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Sergeant Francis Nicholls
of Stratford, Connecticut, 1689, and the
Descendants of his Son, Caleb Nicholls
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To the memory of
Majok Gekebal Joseph Wheeler, U. S. A., C. S. A.
A lineal descendant of Caleb Nicholh,
this volume is reverently dedicated
by hi* kinsman, the Author.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
The authorities consulted in the preparation of this work
were : Records of the Perogative Court, Canterbury, England ;
Royal College of Arms, London, England ; Burke's Peerage
and Commoner, Crozier's Armory ; Colonial Records of Con-
necticut, Original Lists of Persons of Quality, (Hotten) ; As-
pinwall's Notarial Records of Boston, Winthrop Papers,
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary; town, church and private
records of Stratford and Fairfield; Histories of Early
Wethersfield, (Stiles); Springfield; Fairfield, (Schenck) ; Nor-
walk, (Selleck) ; Stratford, (Orcutt) ; Woodbury, (Cothren) ;
Wallingford, (Davis) ; Derby, (Orcutt) ; New London, (Caul-
kins) ; United States, Records of Southold and Huntington,
L. L; Memorial History of Hartford County, (Trumbull);
Memorial History of Boston, Historical and Genealogical
Notes by Rev. Samuel Orcutt, Rev. Benjamin Swan, Isaac
Sherman, Esq., and personal reminiscences.
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PART ONE
Sergeant Francis Nicholls
NICHOLLS OF AMPTHILL
The Ancestors of Sergeant Nicholls
ArTTis, Azure, a fesse bet three lions* heads ;
Crest, a tiger segent. Ermine.
Motto, Illi nunquam cedunt.
Robert Nicholls, of London, married Elizabeth or Isabel,
died 1548; they had three sons, Thomas (the elder), John, and
Thomas the Younger; these children and his grandson Robert,
son of Thomas, are mentioned in his will, dated and proved 20
June, 1548, leaving a mansion in London, and large landed
property.
Thomas, eldest son of Robert, married Eliz. Popplewell, died
1561. By his will, dated 11 October, 1558, and proved 31
January, 1561, leaves real estate in various parishes of Lon-
don and Tottenhall Court, etc., to his sons, Robert, Antony,
Richard and John ; and, besides family legacies, £100 to ea,'ch
of the four hospitals in London, and liberal remembrances to
other charities.
Antony, the second son of Thomas, and grandson of Robert,
married Mary Waldron of Say Co., Somerset. Their children
were: Francis, Antony, William and Elizabeth. On the monu-
ment of his daughter Elizabeth, Antony is mentioned as of
Paddington Esq. (Paddington is now a part of London.)
Francis, of Ampthill, Bedford Co., the eldest son of Antony,
is described in the pedigree of 1628, as of the Middle Temple,
one of the squires of the Bath, and lies buried at Ampthill,
about forty miles from London. He married Margaret, daugh-
ter of Sir George Bruce of Camock. The children of Francis
Nicholls and his wife, Margaret Bruce, were:
Edward, bom ante 1600.
Francis, bom ante 1600.
Bruce (a daughter), borii ; married John Frecheville
(baron) of Stavely, Derby, and died in 1629. He died in 1682.
12 Sergeant P'rancis Nicholls
Richard, bom , was Governor of New York in 1664, and
returned to Enf^land in 1667.
In 1613 the custody of the Great Park at Ainpthill in Bed-
fordsliirc, was granted to Lord Bruce, father of Margaret, the
honor of Ain|)thill being vested in the Crown, antl under this
arr/mgeincnt the Nicliollses were for many years lessees of
Amj)thill (Jn-at Park under the Bruces and resided at the Great
liodge, or Capitol Mansion, as it was then styled and is now
occupied by Lady Anipthill, one of the late Queen Victoria's
Ladies-in-Waiting, and is called by the villagers " The Park
House."
The following is a literal translation of the inscription (in
Latin) on the monument erected to the memory of Col. Richard
Nicholls, in the English Church at Ampthill :
"Here lies interred in the tomb with his most estimable
parents, and always most closely united with them by frlial
affection, Richard Nicholls, son of Francis Nicholls and Mar-
garet Bruce, a groom of the bed chamber to his Highness,
James, Duke of York. In the year 1643, having abandoned
the seats of the muses (college), he conunanded a troop of horse
in the Civil War, and was a bold and intrepid youth. In the
year 1661', having become ripe in age, and martial science, he
was sent out to North America invested with command, and
having disposed the Dutch, he restored Long Island and other
Islaruis tf» their rightful master, and honored them with the
names of his Lord, and was their Governor for the space of
three years. He was distinguished in College, in War, at
Court, in Majesty, in literature, in Virtue, in frankness of
Soul, in prudence, was beloved by all for his character, and
was perfectly upright in all his transactions. On the 28 of
May 1672, while gallantly fighting on board the flagship
against the Same Dutch, he fell pierced through by a large
Cannon ball. He had for his brothers besides William, who
died at an Early period, Edward and Francis, both of them
Captains of foot, who impatient of the vile Slavish tyrrany
which at that time opp'-essed England, preferred Exile, if
Exile, it Can be Called, to follow after a banished King — and
dying, departed for their Heavenly Country, the former at
Paris, and the other at the Court of the Hague."
On the top of the monument rests the cannon ball that killed
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him, and above it is the inscription : " Instrumentum mortis
Immorlalitatis."
Of the sons of Francis and Margaret (Bruce) NichoUs,
chroniclers tell us : " Edward and Francis held military offices
in the Royalist Cause, and were compelled to flee the country
and never returned ; that Edward died at Paris, while Francis
went to the Hague, thence to the Continent of North America,
which was commonly called in England at that period : — * the
Indies.' "
Apropos of the foregoing are the following-named legacies
excerpted from the will of Sir Wm. Craford, Kt. of Beckerings
Park, Bedfordshire, dated U Feby, 1634, and probated 28
May, 1636, which was recently discovered on file in the Preroga-
tive Court, Canterbury, England:
" To Margaret Bruce, wife of Francis NichoUs, £60.
" Francis NichoUs, Esq., now in the Indies, £150."
The death of Francis NichoUs, Sr., occurred in 1622; the
will of his wife Margaret is dated 20 April, 1651. She ap-
points William NichoUs (Dean of Chester) and her "ancient
servant," Thomas Green (alias Hodson), executors; she leaves
all her effects to the relief of her son Francis.
That Francis NichoUs of Stratford was recognized as a
military man is evidenced by the following enactment of the
General Court of Connecticut in 1639:
"Ordered, that Commissioners be sent to confer with the
planters of Pequonock (Stratford), to give them the oath of
fidelity, and to make such free as they see fit ; order them to send
one or two deputies to the General Court in September and
April, and for deciding of differences and controversies under
40s. among them, and give them power to choose among them-
selves, with liberty to appeal to the Court here, as also to as-
sign Sergt. NichoUs to train the men and exercise them in
military discipline."
When Francis NichoUs came to Stratford, Conn., he was ac-
companied by his four children, namely: John, Isaac and
Caleb, and a daughter whose Christian name is not disclosed by
the records. She married Richard Mills, one of the original
proprietors of the township. Among Mr. Mills* noteworthy
proprietary holdings was the beautiful elevated plateau, which
14 Skikjkant Fhancih Nicifollh
fnrdiN llic Nniillitrly lioi'dir of SI nil ford, overlooking^ Long
Isi/itMJ Sontid; wIionc wmvcn lave iU rocky ouliiiu'.
Iiiiiiicdi.itcly upon tlio actiuircnicnt of the territory by Mr.
Mills it was duhhed by the good townsfolk, " Mills' Lordship,"
a title which it bore until about a century later when, coining
into the possession of the NicoU family of Long Island, it was
re-christened the " Nicoll I^ordship."
Richard Mills and his wife sojourned at Stratford but a
short time; eventually settling in Westchester Co., N. Y., and
became the ancestors of several noted and wealthy families
bearing the same patronymic; one of whom being popularly
regarded at the j)resent time as the fin flcur of American
societ y.
Francis Nicholls was apj)areiitly a widower when he came
to Stratford, as the records there do not make any mention of
his wife. He married, however, a second time in 1645, Anna,
daughter of " I)ea." Barnabas Wines, of Southold, L. I., by
whom he had one child, a daughter.
After Francis Nicholls' decease, which occurred in 1650,
his widow was thrice married; first, to Mr. John Elton, a
•wealthy planter of Southold; second, to Capt. John Tooker, of
Seatauket, L. L; and third, to Col. John Youngs, son of Rev.
John Youngs, the first minister at Southold.
Our authority for the latter marriage is a bond in the
Southold records, for £300, executed by said Col. John Youngs,
to enter into marriage with Mrs. Anna Nicholls Elton Tooker.
Anna, the daughter of Francis and Anna (Wines) Nicholls,
married Christopher Youngs, Jr., nephew of her step-father
number three. Francis Nicholls probably died intestate, as his
will has never been found, but annexed is a copy of the inven-
tory of his personal eflfccts, as spread upon the probate records
of Stratford:
INVENTORY
" An inventory of ye estate of Francis Nicholls, lately de-
ceased, Jany ye 16th 1650:
-"'-,.■>. .-■.';,■ '■ - ' . ;' - £. s. d.
Viz. : one bed, 2 pillows, four blankets 1-18-0
" four sheets 1-10-0
" two potts & kettles 1-7-0
« all pewter 0-16-0
NiCHOLLi OF AmPTHILL 1*
£. ». (I
Viz.! all woodcnwrviv ^ ^'^
** white & colored linen : *" ^'^
« nails «-^^-^
« two shawls, 1 coat, bandolier ^ sword »-16-8
« All old iron, one Hrkin of soap 1-14-0
« j^\ — two and irons, brass ^ *"^
" 1 Pair boots & shoes S- "S-O
« 1 hat ^ ^^
«♦ 5 bushels Indian Com nft.fi
" 12 bushels of peas ^ a
« __ yards — silk ^ J-^
« «jug8,lchest 0-18-0
" » tables • ^ "■"
THE NICHOLLS— BRUCE LINEAGE
King Robert Bruce, 1334.
Robert Bruce of Clackmanan, 1867.
Sir Edward Bruce,
Sir Robert Bruce, 1893.
Sir David Bruce,
Sir David Bruce, 1497.
Sir Robert Bruce,
Edward Bruce, 1665.
Robert Bruce, — —
Sir George Bruce of Camock.
Margaret Bruce, married Francis Nicholls, Sr.
CALEB NICHOLLS AND HIS DESCENDANTS
As stated, Caleb Nicholls came to Stratford with his father
and other members of tlie family in 1639, and about 1650 he
married Ann, a daughter of Andrew and Esther Shcnnan
Warde, of Fairfield.
He resided at Stratford until about 1670, when, with most
of his family, he removed to Woodbury, Conn., although re-
taining all his proprietary rights at Stratford, which, to-
gether with his plantation at Woodbury (according to his
last will and testament, a copy of which is subjoined), were
devised to his wife and children and afforded each a handsome
competency.
Caleb Nicholls evidently enjoyed the esteem of his fellow-
citizens of Stratford during his protracted residence there, as
on several occasions tliey honored him with the (in primitive
days) important office of " Townsman " (Selectman) ; the
Townsman being, as it were, the moral and economic conserva-
tor of the township.
In 1661, while an incumbent of the office in question, along
with his two associates, Samuel Sherman and John Kurd,
Esquires, he purchased from the Indians in behalf of the inhabi-
tants of Stratford, a vast tract of land, a description whereof
is given in the appended deed:
" This indenture made the 4th day of Dec. in the Year of
Our Lord Christ one thousand, six hundred and sixty-one, be-
tween Towtanamy and his Mother, the wife of Ansantaway,
being Chief Sagamore of Paugasit, on the one parte and Samuel
Sherman, John Kurd and Caleb Nicholls, Townsmen, in the
name of the inhabitants of the town of Stratford in the Colony
of Connecticotc on the other parte; Whereas the said Towtan-
amy is now lawfully seized to him and his hearyers and assigns
forever of and to all that plot of land lying and being between
the Near Milne River, commonly so-called by the English, and
being bounded South and Northeast on the Stratford River
(Housatonic) and West by the Bare Swamp, called by the
Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 17
Indians Makaron, North East on Black Brook's mouth. Now
this indenture, Witnesscth that the said Towtanamy, and in
the name of all the rest of the Indians of Paugasit, for and in
consideration of twelve pound worth of trading cloth and one
blanket to him in hand payed before the writing hereof by the
sayed Samuel Sherman, John Hurd and Caleb Nicholls, and
for other considerations, him the sayd Towtanamy, thereunto
moving, hath given, granted, bargained, Sould, enfcefed, con-
firmed, and by these presents, do give ... to Samuel
Sherman, John Hurd and Caleb Nicholls and the inhabitants of
Stratford aforesayed, forever, all and every parte of the sayd
parcell of the land above written, being between the Mill Rivers ;
and all the sayed Towtanamy's right and interest thereto."
"Signed:
" Towtanamy, Sagamore. (His mark.)
" Ansantaway. (His mark.)
"Miktine. (His mark.)
"Chipes." (His mark.)
The foregoing deed describes substantially the territory
known as " Nicholls Farm," hereinafter mentioned.
WILL OF CALEB NICHOLLS
" Know ye that I, Caleb Nicolcs of Woodbury, in ye County
of Fairfield and in the Government of Connecticut in New
England in America, now being in good health and of fast
memory, and considering it the duty of every person to set his
house in order before he dies, and :^ith other good considerations
me, ye said Calib, thereunto answering, do make this my last
will and testament. First, I give and bequeath to my eldest
son, Samuel Nicoles, and his heirs, five shillings besides what
I have given him already. 2d. I give and bequeath to my eldest
son's child, Josi«^ Nicoles, four acres of land lying upon ye
Grassy Hill in Woodbury, joining and near his father's la.id,
to him and his heirs; but if it should \appen that the said
Josiah should die in his minority, o" -f he should not have a
child of his own body to heir this land, the said land shall
return to be divided with my other lands. Thirdly: I would
have all my lands and meadows which are at Woodbury divided
into three parts equally, both in quantity and quality, and two
parts within which shall be the homestead which I now live upon,
I give and bequeath to my well-beloved wife and my son Job.
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Nirliolos witli th" house nnd all other buildinpfs upon it, ye
Kaid homestead, and a third part of ye movables. I give and
beciucath to my well-beloved wife, Ann Nicolcs, to have full
power to dispose of when and to whom she pleaseth, but as for
ye home lot and other lands before mentioned to my wife and
son John, my wife Ann shall have ye housing, orchard, and
garden and such other lands as she has occasion of to use, so
long as she remaineth my widow, and in case this should not
be enough for my wife to get her a sufficient maintainencc out
of, my son John shall provide his mother at such time and
stich necessaries as she shall have occasion for, and in case
my son John faileth of supplying his mother as aforesaid, my
wife Ann shall have full power to sell my several parcels of land,
if it is out of lands within ye two-thirds belonging to my wife
and son John, and if my wife Ann do alter her condition by
m/irn'age, then my son John shall have possession of all ye
said land of his mother, had in y>roportion, but if my wife do
marry and bury her husband and is so poore that she is willing
to return to my plantation from whence she went, then my son
John shall receive her and let her have which room she asketh
in the flwelling house, and shall have all other privileges as she
had before, in like manner it shall be; if she marry a second
tiiTie my son John shall have all yc two-thirds of land in Wood-
bury, as aforementioned with the buildings upon it after his
mother's decease. Fourthly : I give unto my son Caleb the
other third part of my land and meadows at Woodbury.
Fifthly: I give unto my son Abraham ten acres of land to be
taken out of my two and thirty acres which is at Coram Hill
near Pangasitt, in case my wife's children be gone from Wood-
bury and are willing to live at Stratford ; then my son Abraham
shall give her this land, the same in proportion and take a third
part of ye land at Woodbury until such time as they shall
return and yc said land at Stratford shall be equally divided
between my wife and sons until they return to Woodbury.
Again my wife having two-thirds of all yc rooms in ye house.
Sixthly : I will have all ye debts paid out of yc remaining part
of all my land and ye two parts of movables, and after my
debts are paid, then I give and bequeath unto my three daugh-
ters, Mary, Anna, and Pheby, all ye rest of ye land and ye mov-
ables. If ye will be not enough to make my three daughters*
possesions half as large as my three sons ; then my wife and sons
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shall make it so much of theirs ; but if ye said land and movables
do amount to more than half so much as my three sons is, then
the others — shall return to my sons. Seventhly: I give and
bequeath unto my sons-in-law, Moses Wheeler, John Prentice
and William Martin, five shillings apiece, if they demanded it;
it being in full of my daughters* portions. I do appoint my
trusty friends, Mr. Zacheriah Walker, Capt. John Minor, John
Sherman, to be my overseer to my will performed according to
the true intent and meaning hereof, and for a confinnation of
this, my last will and testament, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 14th day of ye 6th month, 1690.
In the presence of:
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" Caleb Nicolbs.
" John Cole.
" John Willlvms."
Caleb Nicholls' children were :
1 Sarah, born Dec. 1, 1651.
2 Ann, bom March 6, 1653.
3 Esther, bom Feb. 17, 1656.
4 Joseph, bom Dec. 25, 1656.
6 Samuel, bom March 29, 1658.
6 Andrew, born Nov. 28, 1659.
7 Abraham, bom Jan. 29, 1662.
8 Abigail, bora Feb. 6, 1664; married William Martin.
9 Hannah, bora Aug., 1666.
10 Caleb, bom Feb., 1668.
11 Phebe, bom Nov. 12, 1671.
12 Mary, bora 1673.
13 John, bora — — 1676.
1 SARAH NICHOLLS. Married Moses Wheeler, Jr.,
of Stratford, October 20, 1674. Moses Wheeler's sister Eliza-
beth married (1) Samuel, son of Rev. Adam Blakeman, the
first vr .nister at Stratford ; "I) Jacob, son of Robert Walker.
The' daiighter Mary marriea Abraham Wooster, and of their
issue was Gen. David Wooster, an illustrious Revolutionary
oflBcer of Connecticut.
Children:
14 Moses Wheeler, born July 8, 1676.
16 Caleb Wheeler, bora Jan. 29, 1676-7.
20 Skroeant Francis Nicholli
16 Sarah Wlicclcr, bom June 26, 1678.
17 Nathan Wheeler, bom Jan. 31, 1680.
18 Samuel Wheeler, bom Feb. 27, 1681-2.
10 Jatiies Wheeler, born Oct. 23, 1683.
20 l{obert Wheeler, bom May 18, 1686.
21 Elizabeth Wheeler, bom Au^. 18, 1687.
Major-General Joseph Wheeler, C. S. A., U. S. A., was
nmon/^ the distin^ished descendants of Moses and Sarah
(Nirliolls) Wheeler. General Wheeler's Hncapjc is as follows;
Samuel, married (1) Mary Brinsmadc, May, 1708; married
(2) Lois Hi^^s.
James, born July, 17J6; married Sarah Johnson, May 19,
1736. .
Joseph, born IMay 2, 1748; married Lucy Smith 1773.
Joseph, born Au^. 9, 1787; married Julia Knox Hull.
Joseph, bom Se|)t., I'f36.
MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER
Joseph Wheeler was born at Augusta, Ga., son of Joseph
and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler, of Derby, Conn. Thus Gen-
eral Wheeler was descended in a double line from Caleb and
Ann (Warde) NichoUs; his paternal ancestor being Gen. Wil-
liam Hull of tlie United States Army during the war of the
Revolution.
J()s('j)h Wheeler was graduated from the U. S. Military
Academy in 1859 and assigned to the dragoons. After a
year's service at tlie Cavalry School f«)r practice at Carlisle, Pa.,
ho received the full rank of second lieutenant, but on the 22d
of A[)ril, 1861, resigned and entered the Confederate Army.
He was made colonel of the 19th Alabama infantry on the
4th September, 1861, and sened principally in the West. At
Shiloh he commanded a brigade and covered the Confederate
retreat from the field. In Julv, 1862, he was transferred to
a cavalry command and engaged in raiding in western Ten-
nessee. During the Kentucky campaign of that year he had
charge of General Braxton Bragg's cavalry and fought at
Green River and Perryville. He commanded the rear-guard
of the Confederate Army when it retreated into Tennessee,
and on October 30, 1862, was promoted brigadier-general. At
Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants SI
Murfreesboro he was in charge of the cavalry, and thereafter
he was continuously active in contesting Gen. William Rose-
crans' advance, also attacking his flanks, raiding in the rear
and destroying his trains. On January 19, 1863, he received
his commission as major-general and opposed the National
advance on Chattanooga. He commanded the cavalry at
Chickamauga and after the battle crossed Tennessee River, and
fell upon Rosecrans' line of communication, defeating the force
that was sent against him and destroying twelve hundred
wagons with stores. On this raid he succeeded in damaging
National property to the value of $3,000,000, but after losing
six hundred men was driven back to northern Alabama ; subse-
quently he took part in the siege of Knoxville and covered
Braggs' retreat from Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain.
During the winter and spring he continually harassed the
National troops, and on the advance of Gen. William T. Sher-
man's army toward Atlanta, he opposed every movement, and
fought almost daily, often with his own men dismounted.
During July 27-30 he fought the raiding force of Gen. George
Stoneman, Gen. Kennar Garrard and Gen. Edward M. McCook,
and captured many prisoners, including General Stoneman,
and all the artillery and transportation. On August 9, 1864,
he was sent by Gen. John B. Hood to capture the National
supplies, burn bridges, and break up railways in the rear of
General Sherman's army. Passing through northern Georgia
he went into Tennessee as far as the Kentucky line, and thence
through middle Tennessee back into northern Alabama. Dur-
ing this raid, which lasted one month, he was continuously
engaged and ruined much property. He was unsuccessful in
destroying Sherman's communications and was finally driven
back by the National cavalry when the Confederate commander
became convinced of the impossibility of arresting Sherman's
advance. Wheeler was sent in front of the army to prevent
the National troops from raiding and foraging. He then
engaged in the defence of Aiken, received the thanks of the
legislature of South Carolina.
General Wheeler received his promotion to the rank of lieu-
tenant-general on February 28, 1865, and continued in charge
of the cavalry under Gren. Joseph E. Johnston until the sur-
render in Aj- i, 1866. The death of Gen. E. B. Stewart on
May 11, IS /4, made him senior cavalry general of the Con-
22 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
federate Annies. After the war he studied law, which profes-
sion and the occupation of cotton planting he followed until
1880, when he was elected to Congress as a Democrat, and
took his seat December 5, 1881 ; but his place was successfully
contested bv William M, Lowe and was unseated June 3, 1882.
lie was re-elected to the same Congress on the death of Mr.
Lowe a few months later. In May, 1898, he was made a
major-general of volunteers and conmianded the cavalry divi-
sion of the Anny of Santiago in the Spanish War, taking part
in the battles of I>as Guaisinms and San Juan; and was senior
member of the commission which negotiated the surrender of
the S|)anish army and territory at Santiago. After n brief
visit to the United States he was assigned to command the
First IJrigade Second Division of the Army in the Philippines,
where he served from August, 1899, till January 24, 1900, and
was retired on September 10th following.
The following tribute to Gen. Joseph Wheeler, clipped from
the New York Times, tersely sums up the character of the
man.
A NATIONAL LEADER
" Peace hath her inctories
No less rcnozcncd than war."
Gen. Joseph Wheeler was a great and natural leader, and his
achievements were of no less renown in peace than in war.
Distinguished as a sohher and as a commander of dashing intrc-
j)i(hty, yet with cool and decisive judgment, he won even greater
laurels in ci\il life, I'or his work as a statesman is worthy of
the higliest coimnendation — not alone on account of its intrinsic
merits, but because of its influence in the unification of a divided
country. As a member of Congress he exerted a distinct and
potent revitalizing influence in the restoration of peace, order,
and security ; and his work as a citizen — calm, forceful, just,
patriotic — was no less effective. And when the war with Spain
broke out his prompt offer of military service served to align
the whole South in the cause of Cuba.
It was not so much the progress of events as the character
and virtues of the Southern men which effected the complete
restoration of the Union and the extinction of civil strife. The
broad and conservative action, the exalted patriotism and sense
Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 23
of duty displayed by a class of men of whom General Wheeler
was an acknowledged leader, served to coalesce the divided ele-
ments of the North and South.
General Wheeler was a member of a brilliant coterie of South-
em men who have come to New York or its vicinity to engage
in various lines of work or to enjoy well-earned repose. These
men have exerted in metropolitan life a distinct and ennobling
influence — an exalted sense of duty, justice, and honor — the
cardinal principles of the old yet still vital Southern chivalry.
George Allen Benham.
Cortland, N. Y., January 27, 1906.
j; Sarah, a daughter of Capt. James Wheeler, great grandson
\ of Caleb and Ann (Wardc) Nicholls, married Stephen Whit-
» ney, grandfather of the eminent New York merchant, Stephen
\ Whitney, of the last century.
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HON. NATHANIEL WHEELER
Nathaniel Wheeler, of Bridgeport, Conn., was bom at Water-
town, Conn., September 7, 1820; son of David and Sarah (De
\ Forest) Wheeler, and descended from Moses, Jr., and Sarah
(Nicholls) Wheeler
! Nathaniel Wheeler was the chief organizer of the Wheeler
I & Wilson Sewing Machine Company in October, 1853; and
'' was made its general manager. In 1855 he was elected its
) president, retaining the office until his death, which occurred
I December 3, 1893.
i Nathaniel Wheeler was justly regarded as the most active
and public-spirited of Bridgeport's citizens during a long resi-
dence there, and although he never aspired to political prefer-
ment, was several times chosen to represent Bridgeport in both
the upper and lower houses of the State legislature. He wos
one of the commissioners appointed to design and supervise
the constmction of the State capitol at Hartford ; was a direc-
tor of the City National Bank ; an incorporator of the People's
Savings Bank; vice-president of the Board of Education of
Bridgeport and a director of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad.
Nathaniel Wheeler was twice married. First to Miss Hulda
24 Sergeant Francis Niciiolls ;
Uradloy, of Wnlcrtown, Conn., by whom he had issue:
iMartha, Samuel H., and Ellen B. ; the latter married Edward
W. Ilarral, of Bridgeport. He married, second, Mary E.
Crissy, by whom he had issue : Harry DeForest, William Bishop,
Archer Crissy, and Harry Penoyer. i
After Mr. Wliccler's death his son, Samuel H., succeeded to |
the presidency and general management of the Company; }
which position he retained until its recent consolidation with ;
the Singer Sewing Machine Company. \
I
3 KSTIIKH NICHOLLS. ISfarricd John Prentice, of
Woodbury; Niibscqiicritly of New London, where he waH conv*
Miaiider of I he fori from 1(1!)!^ lo 17()!i. High HJienir of NeV
London County in ITOfi and county surveyor for many years.
He was also a shipowner and master; his vessels besides bemg
engaged in foreign and domestic commerce were frequently
enlisted in patriotic enterprises in behalf of the Colony.
5 SAMUEL NICHOLLS. Married Susan, widow of
Thomas Fairchild. He died in 1G91 at Woodbury.
Children:
22 Josiah, bom July 25, 1687.
2.3 Andrew, baptized March 10, 1088.
7 AHKAHAM NICHOLLS. Married December 3,
1084, ll/uhel, d/iughter of Daniel and Kellogg, of Nor-
walk, Conn. He (Vui not accompany the family to Woodbury;
remaining at Stratford to supervise his father's plantation and |
proprietary interests there, a large portion of which, compris- )
ing several thousand acres coming to him by inheritance, and I
which acreage was greatly augmented during his lifetime by ;
proprietary distribution. , [
About 1700 Abraham Nicholls erected for himself a home-
stead upon his lordly domain, and which, according to the
description vouchsafed by persons now living, who chanced to
view it while yet standing in the early part of the nineteenth
century, was an immense gambrel-roofcd structure of a ram-
bling style of architecture, situated upon an eminence, afford-
ing an unobstructed vista of the surrounding landscape and at
the southward, about four miles distant, the shimmering bosom
I Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 25
I •-
j of Long Island Sound. There it stood for decades, without
I a neighboring habitation within a circuit of several miles;
while the sepulchral quietude of its surroundings was rarely
broken, even bj the echo of a sound adequate to dispel the day
dreams, or waken the nocturnal slumbers of its peaceful inhabi-
tants, save that of the casual lowing of kine, the appealing
cadence of the whip-poor-will at nightfall, or the grewsome
howling of wolves.
After Abraham Nicholls' decease the broad acreage was duly
apportioned to his heirs, who in turn bullded their own home-
steads tlicrcon, and soiling portions of their heritage to others
for ft like purpose, thus the section now known as the Villftge of
Nicljols soon bccftmc ft populous center, and is regarded by the
esthetic as one of the ideal village sites of southern Connecticut.
The naming of the vast territory " Nicholls' Farm " was coeval
with its acquirement by Abraham Nicholls.
The original homestead house was last occupied by Abra-
ham Nicholls' great grandson, Hezekiah Nicholls, Esq., but
at his decease, along with its capacious slave quarters, the
venerable gambrel-roofed manse was taken down, and with it
I the estate lost, to use a simile, its prestige as a " manor."
j The homestead site is in the possession of a scion of Abra-
I ham Nicholls, Mrs. Charles S. French, who resides thereon.
I It is ft subject of profound regret on the part of many of the
} descendants of Abraham Nicholls that neither his will nor the
\ inventory of his estate can be found of record.
I
Children :
24 Joseph, bom Sept. 21, 1686. , ^
23 Daniel, bom April 7, 1687. ' '^^' '< Z;^- /' ^/ ' ^'^7 ..fr
I 26 Hester, bora Oct. 31, 1689; married Elnathan Peet.'
I 27 Rachel, born Nov. 9, 1691 ; married Ephraim Booth.
I 28 Abraham, bora Sept. 15, 1696.
I 29 Avis, bom Nov. 7, 1698. )_, .
I 80 Eunice, baptized Dec. 7, 1698 J "®'
I 81 Ruth, bom March, 1701.
I 32 Phebe, bora July 22, 1703.
/ 10 CALEB NICHOLLS. Went with the family to
I Woodbury, where he died, unmarried, April 14, 1706. In his
I will, dated March 6th, of the same year, he appoints his
26
Sergeant Francis Nicholls
brothers, Abraham and John, executors, and to whom, together
with liis sisters, Abigail, Martin, IMary Hull, Phebe Knell, and
Hannah (Anna) Nichols, he bequeaths legacies.
11 PHEBE NICHOLLS. Married Isaac, son of Nicho- ,i
las and Elizabeth Newman Knell, of Stratford. His mother ' i
was a daughter of Governor Francis Newman of the New | I
Haven Colony. ij
12 MARY NICHOLLS. IVIarricd Joseph Hull, of
Derby, Conn., January 20, 1691 ; died April 6, 1733.
Children :
83 Daniel Hull, bom Nov. 15, 1692.
34. Mary Hull, born Aug. 2, 1693.
an JoNcph Hull, bom May 2H, 16941.
,36 Caleb Hull, born i'Vb. 7, 1().)6.
37 Andrew Hull, born July 13, 1698.
38 Mary Hull, bom Sept. 13, 1699.
,39 Sarah Hull, bom Aug. 13, 1701.
40 Obiah Hull, born Dec, 1703.
13 JOHN NICHOLLS. Married Jane, daughter of
John and Mary (Rrinsmado) Hostwick, of Hartford. They
resided at Woodbury, where he died in 1727.
CiiiLnnEN:
41 Sarah, baptized March, 1707.
42 Caleb, bom Dec, 1708; died young.
43 John, born April, 1711.
44 Caleb, bom March 18, 1713.
Andrew, born Oct. 6, 1715.
Josepli, bom June 28, 1718.
Mary, bom July 7, 1720.
Phebe, born , 1722; married Elisha Baker.
45
46
47
48
49
Samuel, bom March 10, 1724.
Mary, sinter of Elisha Baker, married Joseph Allen, and one
of their children was Ethan Allen — thus Phebe (Nicholls)
Baker became aunt to the illustrious hero of " Ticonderoga and
Crown Point."
22 JOSIAH NICHOLLS. Married Mabel, widow of
John Griswold, and sister of Rev. Daniel Boardman, of New
Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 27
Milford. She was aunt to U. S. Senator Elijah Boardman.
Josiah Nicholls resided in Danbury.
24 JOSEPH NICHOLLS (CAPT.). Married Mary,
daughter of " The Worshipful " Joseph and Bethia (Boothe)
Curtiss, December 26, 1704. Joseph, being the eldest son,
succeeded to the homestead at the manor of Nicholls* Farm
and was one of its most prominent and wealthy citizens. In
1738 he was appointed by the Greneral Court captain of the
Fourth Regiment or " train band " of the town of Stratford.
After his decease his widow married Henry Hawley, Esq. Had
issue by first wife only.
Children :
50 John, bom May 9, 1705.
51 Mary, bom June 7, 1707.
62 Natlian, born Doc. 1, 1709.
53 Joseph, born June 16, 1712.
54 Abigail, bom Jan. 1, 1715.
56 Sarah, bora June 9, 1717 ; married Ebenezer Beecher.
56 Eunice, bom Oct. 1, 1719.
57 Elizabeth ; married John French.
68 Martha.
69 Andrew, baptized Jan., 1723-24.
WILL or captain JOSEPH NICHOLLS
" In the name of God, amen, this 14th day of September,
Anno Domini, 1742, I, Joseph Nichols, of ye parish of Unity
i in ye bounds of Stratford in ye County of Fairfield and in ye
I Colony of Connecticut in New England, being very sick of body
I but of sound mind and calling to mind yt. it is appointed for
all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and
: Testament.
' In primis, I give my soul unto ye hands of God, yt. gave it,
and my body I rcccomend unto ye earth, to be buried in
I' Christian decent burial at ye direction of my executors here-
after named and as to what Morldly estate it has pleased God
to bless me with here in this life I give and dispose of yt. same
in ye following manner and form: My just debts and funeral
charges being first satisfied and paid as hereafter mentioned,
my Will is that thirty pounds money be paid out of my movable
estate of the rate of old tenor money, bills of credit, for ye
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28 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
payiiiont of my just debts anrl for yc payment of ye remaining
part of my debts, I order and impower my executors in this
Will hereafter named, to sell as much of my land at Booth's
Hill, fio-callcd, h'lnfr at yc southward part of sd. Hill in sd.
Str.itford to be by them sold for ye payment of my remaining
debts aforesaid and said land of which I hereby order part of
yc whole to be sold as need may be and is bounded West by ye
Ivist sfrcajn of l*cquftnnuck River, South by my son John
Nicliols, Ivist by a brook parting; Quimby's Hill and Booth's
Hili /itid is in (|ii;intity »d)out fifty acres, be yc same more or
less.
Item. — I fr'iw uiifo Mary, niy well-beloved wife, ye one-half
of my movcal)le estate to use and dispose of as she shall see
cause, after ye above first thirty pounds is paid for ye payment
of part of said debts, and also yc use and improvement of one-
third part of my present dwelling house and one-third part of
•my barn near said house duririfr her natural life and also ye
imj)rovoment and use of one-third part of my land joining to
said house, called my homestead and yc liberty of getting one
load of salt hay during her natural life.
Item, — I give unto my son, John Nichols, and unto his heirs
and assigns forever, yc e<|ual half of my salt meadows lying
in yc great meadow so-called on yc west side of my lot there and
also five acres of land lying on I'ilders Hill, so-called, joining \
to Israel Beach's land in vc bound of Stratford, and also
twenty acres of hind lying on Walker's Hill, so-called, in ye j
boiinih of hmIiI St nil ford on ye north wide of my lot there, yo
IoIm of MilfM' of mIiicIi yc given preniises '\h a p/irt an; bounded
as a|»pear of Stratford records.
Item. — I give unto my son, Nathan Nichols, and unto his
heirs and assigns forever yc several tracts of land meadow and i i
sedge hereafter mentioned, lying in ye bounds of Stratford, |[
namely, viz. ; Twenty acres of land lying at Booth's Hill, so- |
called, and is bounded West by the east stream of Pequannuck ^
River, North by ye Donee's land and South by my own land,
yt. I may dispose of in this instrument, and East on ye brook
parting Booth's Hill and Quimby's Hill, and one-half of my
salt meadow in yc great meadow on ye east side of my lot there j\
— a id also two acres of sedge at yc rear of ye lot purchased of i
Brinsmade,
Item. — I give unto my son, Joseph Nichols, of said Strat- i
Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 29
ford, and unto his heirs and assigns forever, ye several tracts
of land and meadow hereafter mentioned all lying in ye bounds
of said Stratford, namely, twenty acres of land lying on
Walker's Hill, so-called, lying south of what I have above in
this instrument given to my son, John Nichols, and ye equal
half of one acre and a quarter of salt meadow called Brinsmade
meadow, and one-half of ye sedge there at ye rear of said
meadow.
Item. — I give unto my son, Andrew Nichols, unto his heirs
and assigns forever, ye several tracts of land, meadow and
sedge hereafter mentioned, namely: Ye whole of my land called
my homestead land and joining to my present dwelling house
and my house and bnm standing thereon, two-thirds of which is
to be enjoyed by my said son, Andrew, immediately at my
death, with two-thirds of ye buildings and ye other third to
be enjoyed by him after my wife's decease, and also ye remainder
of my land at Walker's Hill that is not before in this instrument'
disposed of, and ye equal half of one acre and a quarter of
meadow called Brinsmade meadow, and one half of the sedge
there at ye rear of said meadow.
Item.— I also give to my four sons before-named and to
their heirs and assigns forever, all my meadow in Misha Hill
pond meadows, so-called, to be divided between them in equal
shares among them, all my aforesaid sons living in ye bounds
of said Stratford and ye given premises lying in said boundaries.
Iti'in. — I give \in(o my (hiughtor, Mary Vixlec, wife of PctiT
I'ixleo, five mouiuIn out of n>y vniaiv after yo rate of ohl tenor
bills having given her at marriage what portion I thought
convenient.
Item. — I give unto my daughter, Abigail Shelton, wife of
Samuel Shelton, of said Stratford, five pounds out of my estate
after ye rate of old tenor money bills.
Item. — I give unto my daughter Eunice, wife of Josiah
Shelton, of said Stratford, five pounds out of my estate after
ye rate of old tenor money bills.
I Item. — I give unto my daughter Betty, those goods she
formerly received and those goods in my custody, prepared for
I her, an addition more of fifty pounds out of my estate after
f ye rate of old tenor bills as a compleating of her portion.
/' Item. — I give unto my daughter, Sarah Nichols, of Stratford,
as her portion, one hundred and fifty pounds money after ye
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Sr.KOKANT FllANCIS NiCHOLLS
nitc (jf old iiioruy hills to be paid licr of yc Hale of land which
I sliall order my executors, hereafter named, to sell and also
what goods slie hath by her industry gained.
Item. — I give unto my daughter, Martha Nichols, of said
Stratford, one hundred and fifty pounds to be paid her out of
ye sale of my land hereafter-mentioned, to be sold by my
executors, hereafter named, and if there be not sufficient to
make ye said sum, then to be allowed of ye moveables, and said
one hundred and fifty pounds is to be understood after ye rate
of old tenor money bills as compleating her portion.
I do constitute and appoint my two sons, John Nichols and
Nathan Nichols, aforesaid, to be sole executors of this my last
Will and Testament, disallowing and revoking all other wills
by trie before made, confinnlng, nillfying this, giving my said
execnfors ye full |)ower of yo sellifig of ye land on booth's
Hill not JM'fon' dinported of for yc p/iynient of Nuid legacieN and
debJK, and if there uliall be a surplusage more than to pay naid
debts and legacies, I freely give the same to Mary, my said
wife, to dispose of 3'e same as she shall see cause, llfttlfying
this and no other to be m}' last Will and Testament. In
witness and confirmation hereof I set to my hand and seal in
Stratford ye day and date first-mentioned. Interlined before
signing ye words " yc equal half of lot not before disposed of,"
"but of sound mind." "Wife of Peter Pixlee, of said Strat-
ford."
Joseph Nichols. [seai^]
Signed, sealed, published and
derlarcfl in presence of: .
JoifN TirOMPSON.
Danikt, Citrtis.
T)roMA8 Pekt.
2.5 DANIEL NICHOLLS. Married Hannah Feet. His
will was dated May 4, 1740.
i \
Children :
60 Samuel.
61 Daniel.
62 Nathan Pcct, baptlzcfl July, 1725.
63 Rachel ; married Isaac Jackson.
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Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 81
28 ABRAHAM NICHOLLS. Married Abigail, daugh-
ter of " Dea " Robert and Ruth (Wilcoxon) Walker. She was
great-great-granddaughter of Robert Walker, one of the
founders of the Old South Church of Boston ; she was also aunt
to Gen. Joseph Walker, one of Connecticut's most iUustrious
soldiers in the Revolutionary war.
Chiij)REn:
64 Hester, bom Sept. 16, 1719.
65 Ruth, bom Dec, 1722 ; married John Hatch.
66 Abraham, baptized Sept. 12, 1731.
67 Robert, bora Feb. 1, 1734.
35 JOSEPH HULL. Married Sarah, daughter of Dea-
con Daniol Bennett, of Derby. This was the Deacon Bennett
who entertained at hrcMikfaxt Oon(M'Hl Lafayette nnd bl« officer*
while liJM army waw on rotito from Rhode iNland to Join Waiih-
ington*8 forces at the Highlands.
Children : - ,
68 Sarah Hull, bom Sept. 7, 1726.
69 Joseph Hull, born Feb. 18, 1728.
70 Elizabeth Hull, bom Sept. 18, 1731.
71 Anna Hull, bom June 9, 1736.
36 CALEB HULL. Settled in Cheshire, Conn. He was
ancestor of Rear- Admiral Andrew Hull Foot, U. S. N., whose
lineage is as follows: Mary, daughter of Caleb and Ann
(Warde) Nicholls; married Joseph Hull, of Derby, Conn.;
and had Caleb, who married Mercy Benham ; and had Andrew,
who married Lowly Cook; and had Andrew (General), who
' / married Elizabeth Mary Ann, daughter of Reuben Atwater, of
I I Cheshire, and had Eudocia, who married Samuel Augustus
/ Foot.
j
i HON. SAMUEL AUGUSTUS FOOT
t
Samuel Augustus Foot was a member of the 16th, 18th and
23d Congresses ; U. S. Senator, 1827-33 ; Governor of Connec-
ticut, 1834-36, and Presidential Elector in 1844.
In the U. S. Senate, December 29, 1829, he was the member
32 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
who introduced tlic resolution instructing the " Committee on
pubhc lands" to. enquire into the expediency of limiting the
gale of public lands, etc. This resolution incensed some of
the Southern and Western Senators, and was the object which
inspired the memorable debate between Webster and Hayne,
and which involved the right of secession.
REAR-ADMIRAL ANDREW HULL FOOT
Andrew Hull Foot was born at New Haven, September 12,
IHOO. He WHH H cadet in the U. S. Military Academy in 1822,
and left on December of the same year to enter the naval service
as midshipiiiHn, lie was asslgni'd to the IT. S. schooner Gram-
j)i(s of the West Indian S(|Uii(lron, operating agaif.st ])iratical
craft engaged in arnoying American conmierce. In December,
18*^JJ, he was transferred to the Peacock, and sailed iNIarch 29,
1H24, to the Pacific. While with the squadron he was trans-
ferred to the frigate United States. In 1827 he was again with
the West Indian Squadron, having been assigned to the
Notches, and shortly after transferred to the Hornet. He
was promoted lieutenant December 9, 1831, and ordered to the
Delaware July 30, 1833; sailing her to the Mediterranean;
was made connnander in 1850. He commanded the Brooklyn
Navy Yard in 18.58-60, and the U. S. Navy, operating in con-
junction with Fremont's Army, 1801-2; helping to build and
equip the light draft gunboats. Part of his flotilla, under Com-
mander Walker, assisted General Grant in landing the troops
and capturing Camp Belmont, November 7, 1861, and saved
the army from being captured in the retreat when the Con- |
federates were re-enforced. \^
At Fort Henry, February 6, 1862, he led the gunboats in |
the attack, and captured the fort before the arrival of Grant's
troops. On February 14th, he took part in the reduction of
Fort Donelson. On the 14th he arrived with six other gun-
boats and commenced a brisk cannonade which was so effectually
replied to as to force him to retire to long-range, while Grant ^
surrounded the fort ; cut off retreat and received the capitula-
tion of the fort. He returned to Cairo on the morning of the
16th, where he received the news of the surrender on February
17th.
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Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 83
He subsequently participated in a number of other impor-
tant engagements, but on account of the serious character of
his wounds and exposure was retired from active duty, and on
the 30th of July, 1862, was raised to the rank of rear-admiral.
He received the thanks of Congress and of the State legis-
latures, and was presented with a sword by the citizens of
Brooklyn, N. Y. On the 4th of June, 1863, he was appointed
commander of the South Atlantic blockading squadron to suc-
ceed Rear-Admiral Dupont, and died while en route to assume
command.
39 SARAH HULL. Married, first, William Beach,
Esq., of Stratford; second, Rev. Samuel Johnson, 1). D., whose
first wife was Charity, widow of William Nicoll, of Isllp, L. L,
and daughter of Richard Floyd, Esq., of Brookhaven, L. I.,
who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
William Nicoll was grandson of Matthias Nicoll,* the first
English Secretary of the Colony of New York under Governor
Richard Nicholls.
Rev. Samuel Johnson was the first president of Kings (Co-
lumbia) College, of New York, and father of William Samuel
Johnson, the noted Connecticut statesman, whose wife was
Anne, daughter of his step-parents, William and Sarah (Hull)
Beach. Samuel W., their son, married, November 27, 1791,
Susan, daughter of Pierrepont Edwards, of New Haven.
The Johnson homestead at Stratford, erected by Rev. Samuel
Johnson, is still standing, and occupied in the summer season
' by Mrs. Susan Edwards Johnson Hudson, of New York. Mrs.
Hudson is great-granddaughter of Hon. William Samuel John-
j son, the Connecticut statesman, and great-great-great-grand-
I daughter of William and Sarah (Hull) Beach; the latter being
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Nicholls) Hull, and grand-
daughter of Caleb and Ann (Warde) Nicholls. Mrs. Hudson
is Regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies* Association for Connec-
ticut and also its general secretary.
43 JOHN NICHOLLS. Married, first, February 2,
• No kinship has been proven to exist between Governor Richard
Nicholls and his Secretary of the Province of New York, Matthias NicoU,
who came from Islip, England.
.K
SI Sergeant Francis Nicholls
1732-3, Elizabeth, dauglitcr of William and Martha (Judson)
Preston ; second, Abigail, daughter of Jonathan and Mary
Mitchell Judson ; third, Mary, daughter of Sergeant Isaac
Smith.
William Preston was a leading figure in the Colony; was a
member of the General Court thirty-five sessions and attained
to the rank of colonel in the militia; was justice of the quorum-
eleven years, and upon the formation of the new County of Litch-
field in 17/51 was appointed its first judge, which ofl^ce he held
for several years, or imtil his death.
Children, by first wife:
Elizabeth, bom Feb. 9, 1733.
('iiir.Diii.N, by second wife;
1'2 Andrew, boni Oct., 173(1.'
73 Caleb, born Aug. 7, 1738.
71' Ann, born June, 1741.
7.') Elisha, bom April 7, 1743.
76 Sarah, baptized April 10, 1748.
Children, by third wife:
77 Elisha, baptized Aug. 7, 1757.
78 Mary, baptized May 2, 1758.
79 Susanna, baptized Oct. 20, 1751.
80 Anna, baptized Jan. 29, 1766.
46 dOSEPH MCIIOLES. Married Phebc Smith in
1737. lie gra(hiate<l from Yale College in 1756, but did not
prejxire for any profession. lie was a member of the General
Assembly in 1739. He died in 1760 at Nicholls' farm, where
he had resided the greater portion of his life.
50 JOHN NICHOLLS. Married Bathsheba, daughter
of Thomas and Sarah (Stiles) Welles. Her father was second
in descent from Governor Thomas Welles, of Connecticut.
81 Ephriam, bom Dec. 8, 1727.
82 Ann, bom Sept. 26, 1730.
83 Bathsheba, born March 8, 1731.
84 Anna, baptized March 31, 1734.
85 Abiah, born July 24, 1735.
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Cal£b Nicholls and His Descendants 85
86 Naomi, bom Nov. 12, 1736.
87 Eunice, baptized Oct. 14, 1738.
88 Beulah, born March 23, 1740.
89 Martha, bom April 6, 1742.
90 Sarah, bom Aug. 28, 1743.
91 Jerusha, bom March 6, 1750.
61 MARY NICHOLLS. Married Peter Pixiee, Esq., of
Old Mill, Stratford.
Children :
92 Eunice Pixlco, baptized May, 1729.
93 Huldah Pixiee, baptized Aug., 1731 ; married (1) Jere-
miah Judson ; (2) Stephen Burroughs, Esq.
94 William Pixiee, baptized May, 1734.
96 David Pixlcc, baptized Nov., 1742.
96 Mary Pixiee, baptized Feb., 1760.
Pixiee Judson, grandson of Jeremiah and Huldah (Pixiee)
Judson, married Catherine Isabella, daughter of Isaac Nichols,
Esq., and had, among other issue: David Judson, who married
Phebe, daughter of Agur and Charity (Birdsey) Lewis. Their
children were:
97 Mary Lewis Judson ; married Dr. Edward Hitchcock, of
Amherst, Mass., son of Professor Edward Hitchcock,
D. D., LL. D., president of Amherst College. She is
the distinguished author of the Hitchcock Genealogy.
98 Caroline Judson.
99 Lewis Henry Judson.
100 Charles Frederick Judson.
101 Charles Nichols Judson.
102 Pixiee Judson.
62 NATHAN NICHOLLS (LIEUT.). Married (1)
Patience Hubbell, December 4, 1740; (2)Elizabeth. — He resided
at Booth's Hill, Trumbull. He was appointed by the General
Court, lieutenant of the train band of the town of Tnimbull,
and was also a member of the " Committee of Safety ** during
the Revolution.
Children :
103 David, bora Sept. 21, 1741.
104 James, bom Aug. 30, 174S.
36 Skroeant Francis Nicholls
lOr, Nathan.
106 Abijah.
107 Eunice; married Eliakini Walker.
108 Patience, bom Jan. 24, 1762; married Andrew Curtis.
Miss IMartlia Edwards Beach, a lady of culture and distin-
guished artistic tastes, of Bridgeport; Frederick C. Nichols,
also of Bridgeport, and Judge David A. Nichols, of Monroe,
Conn,, are lineal descendants of Lieut. Nathan and Patience
(Hubbell) Nicholls.
53 JOSEPH NICHOLLS. Married Abigail Edwards,
September 17, 1741.
CniT-nnEN:
100 Mary, bom March 25, 1742-3.
no Abigail, bom Dec. 11, 1744; married Stilson.
111 Joseph,
112 Betty, born Nov. 6, 1748,
113 I'^unice, born March, 1751.
54 ABICtAH. nicholls. Married Samuel, son of
Daniel and I'Ji/abeth (Welles) Shelton. They resided at Hunt-
ington, She <lied February 21, 1794.
Chilurkn:
114 Mjiry, bom Feb. 13, 1735-6; married Hezekiah Beach.
115 Daniel, born April 26, 1737; married Mehitable Shelton.
116 Samuel, born Aug. 21', 1738; married Tabitha Boothe.
117 Elizabeth, born Feb. 13, 1739; married Nathan Clark.
118 David, born June 16, 1741 ; married Elizabeth Masters.
119 Abigail, born Dec, 29, 1742; married Amos Burr.
120 Joseph, born Feb. 2, 1744.
121 Andrew, born Nov, 26, 1746; married Sarah Boothe. \
122 Sarah, born Jidy 19, 1748; nwirricd Samuel Bootho.
l^J Ann, bom Feb. 7, 1749.
124 Philo, bom March 4, 1754.
125 Isaac Wells, bora March 11, 1766; married Martha
Shelton.
126 Agur.
56 EUNICE NICHOLLS. Married Josiah, son of Dan-
iel and Elizabeth (Welles) Shelton, May 17, 1737. They lived
at Huntington.
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Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 87
Children:
127 Charity Shelton, born 1737.
128 Eunice Shelton, bom ; married David Wakelee.
69 ANDREW NICHOLLS. Married Abiah, daughter
of Noah and Abiah (Plntt) Plumb, of NichoUs' Farm, Decem-
ber 23, 1760. Noah Plumb was one of the most opulent and
influential citizens of the township.
Children:
129 Isaac.
130 Robert, bom May 12, 1764. ,;. ,.
131 Sarah, bom 1765.
132 Abiah, born Feb. 11, 1768; married Phillip NichoUs.
135 Mary, bom 1770 ; married Nathan NichoUs.
134. Silas, bom July 15, 1772.
135 IVIartha, bom 1774
136 John, bom July 22, 1777.
137 Hezekiah, bom 1781.
60 SAMUEL NICHOLLS. Married, (1) Hannah
; (2) Comfort Mansfield, of New Haven, October 19, 1741.
'i
Children, by first wife:
138 Mabel, baptized March 31, 1733.
139 Rachel, baptized Oct. 14, 1735.
140 Elnathan, baptized June 19, 1737.*
141 Benjamin, bom June 15, 1739.
Children, by second wife:
142 Mansfield, baptized 1744.
143 Esther, baptized 1747.
144 Elijah, baptized 1749.
61 DANIEL NICHOLLS. Married Jemimah .
Children: '
145 Caleb, baptized July, 1738.
146 Daniel, baptized Aug. 19, 1740.
62 NATTT\N PEET NICHOLLS. Married Hannah
Edwards Booth, November 5, 1747.
38 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
Children:
147 William, bom May 8, 1750.
148 Isabel, born March 28, 1753.
149 Isaac, born May 24, 1754.
150 Gcrsliim, born May, 1756.
69 JOSEPH HULL (CAPT.). Married, May 13, 1750,
Elizabeth, daughter of William Clark, of Derby.
Chitj)ren:
151 Joseph Hull, born Oct. 27, 1750.
152 William Hull, born June 24, 1753.
153 Samuel Hull, born Aug. 5, 1755.
154 i:iizabeth Hull, born Jan. 20, 1759.
155 Isaac Hull, bom D^c. 28, 1760.
156 David Hull, born March 27, 1765.
157 Sarah Hull, born Jan. 6, 1769.
158 Levi Hull, bom April 29, 1771.
81 EPHRAIM NICHOLLS married Esther, daughter
of Deacon Thomas and Plube (Nicholls) Peet, July 31, 1751.
The family resided in Newfirl! (North Bridgeport) until about
1775, when they removctl to "^ awling, N. Y.
Ciim.diikn:
15!) Joliii, b(»rn March, 1752.
1(>0 Epbraim, born .lunc 5, 1753.
Hil Anna, baptised ilan. 2, 1757.
162 Joseph, baptised Aug. 25, 1759.
163 F:iijah, baptised July 17, 1763.
164 P^sther, bom Oct., 1764.
165 Agur, born Aug., 1768.
166 Reuben, baptised July 1, 1770.
103 DAVID NICHOLS married Hannah Beach, Jan-
uary 14, 1761. They resided in Newfield, now North Bridge-
port.
Children:
167 Stiles, born Aug. 13, 1761.
168 Philip, born May, 1763.
169 Comphe, born Aug., 1765.
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Caleb Nicholi.s and His Descendants 89
170 David, born March, 1770.
171 Elizabeth, born Jan. 29, 1776.
172 Hannah, born Mar. 16, 1777.
104 JAJVIES NICHOLS married Phebe, daughter of
Noah and Abiah (Piatt) Plumb, of Nitholls' Farm, Mar. 17,
1762.
Children :
176 Hulda, bom April, 1763.
176 Philo, born Aug., 1765.
177 Anna, born Oct. 25, 1767.
178 James, bom Apr. 21, 1772.
179 Noah, born April, 1774.
180 Phebe, bom April, 1777.
181 Abijah, baptised May 4, 1788. 1^' T, - '5 • /7ifS , T,.,,n,4«//
105 NATHAN NICHOLS married Phebe .
Children:
182 Eunice, baptised July 3, 1768.
183 Nathan, bom Aug., 1771.
184 John, bora July, 1775.
185 Nathan, baptised May, 1778.
194 PIULO SHELTON was graduated from Yale Col-
Irgo in 1775; Ntudicd theology and wa« the Hr«t clergyman
Episcopally ordained in the United States, August 8, 1785, by
Bishop Scabury.
Among Mr. Shelton's first pastoral charges were those of
Fairfield, Bridgeport and Weston ; dividing his time between
them ; his Bridgeport charge was St. John's church, but resign-
ing from that pastorate in 1824, he confined his labors to the
church in Fairfield, but did not long survive the change, as he
died the following year.
Bishop Brownell thus gracefully sums up the inherent quali-
ties of Rev. Philo Shelton : " For simplicity of character,
amiable manners, unaffected piety and a faithful devotion to
the duties of the ministerial office, he has left an example by
which all his surviving brethren may profit, and which few may
hope to surpass."
An autograph copy of a sermon by the Rev. Philo Shelton
40 , Skrokakt Francis Nicholls
atfrarted jniicli attention amon^ tlic Colonial exhibits at the
Atlantji Cotton States l'>xj)ositi()n n ew years ago, and later at
a notable liistorica! exln'bitlon in Ntw York City, under the
auspices of the New York City Chapter I). A. R.
Mr. Shelton was buried in the Stratfield cemetery, Bridge-
port. A tablet in the wall of St. John's church bears affec-
tionate testimony to his Christian worth and his fidelity to his
holy calling.
Two of his sons entered the ministry, George Augustus, the
younger, graduated from Yale College and became rector of
St. James' church, Newtown, Long Island. William, another
son, succeeded his fatlier at Fairfield for a time, and then be-
come the founder of St. Paul's church in the city of Buffalo,
N. Y., the oldest parish in the city; of which he was rector more
than half a century.
The homestc/ul of Uev. Philo Shelton, situated on Fairfield
averuie, Bridgeport, is still standing, and ])reserving ahnost in
tluir enlircty its j)rimitive architectural characteristics; and is
occui)icd by Uev. Mr. Shelton's great grandson, Hamilton
Shelton, Esq., vice-president of the Connecticut National Bank
of Bridgeport.
127 CHARITY SHELTON married Beach Tomlinson,
Esq., who was great uncle of Hon. Gideon Tomlinson, Gov-
ernor of Connecticut from 1827 for four years, and United
States Senator for six years.
Hon. Cii'deoM ToiiiliiiNon married Sar/ih Bradley of Grcen-
fidd Hill, by wlumi he had only one child, a son, who died un-
married, aged twenty years.
Governor Tondinson left no descendants.
100 ROBERT NICHOLLS married (1) Anna Hawley,
(2) Johamia, (laughter of Abijab and Abiah (UfTord) Pcet.
CniivDKFN, by first wife:
186 Amelia, bom Dec. 23, 1783. '|
187 Charles, bom June 1, 1786.
188 Ira, bom April 6, 1789; married Hulda Edwards.
Childrkn, by second wife:
189 Abijab Moss, bom Jan. 27, 1792.
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Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 41
190 Andrew Scnsion, born Feb. 22, 1793.
191 Prosper, bom Jan. 6, 1795; married Lucy Curtiss.
192 Charles Lewis, bom Oct. 13, 1800.
Lucius Curtiss Nicholls, son of Prosper (No. 191) and Lucy
(Curtiss) Nicholls, is a leading and highly esteemed citizen of
Nichols, where he was bom May 6, 1828. Mr. NichoUs
exemplifies in personality all the traditional courtliness and
urbanity of his forebears of the " Manor.
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135 MARTHA NICHOLLS married about 1800, Col.
Lewis Fairchild, of Nicholls' Farm. He was one of its most
prominent and substantial citizens. He was in direct line from
Thomas Fairchild, the first of the name of Stratford. J
193 Bryant Fairchild, bom 1801.
194 IJctsoy Fairchild, born 1806.
195 Daniel Fairchild, bom .
196 Plumb Nichols Fairchild.
197 Le Grand Fairchild.
198 Sarah Ann Fairchild.
199 Celina Abiah Fairchild.
200 Juliet F. Fairchild.
137 HEZEKIAH NICHOLLS married (1) Prudence
Sholton ; (2) Avis Peet. He succeeded to the homestead «t
NichollH' Farm.
Childben, by first wife :
201 Norton.
202 Lucinda.
CniLDEENf by second wife:
203 Polly Serena.
204 Hezckiah Shelton.
205 William Grandirson.
206 Mary.
207 Harriet.
208 George Kneeland.
209 David.
210 James Kant.
211 Lavinia.
42 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
151 JOSEPH HULL married first, -^ ; second, .
He entered tlic army in 1776 as a lieutenant of artillery; was
prisoner at the capture of Fort Washington, and was ex-
changed after much suffering.
Children:
21 Je .Toscf)h Hull, horn Mar. 9, 1771.
21. 'J Levi Hull, horn 1773.
211. Isaac Hull, horn 1775.
21 T) William Hull, honi 1781.
216 Daniel Hull, horn 1784.
217 Henry Hull, horn 1788.
218 Charios Hull, horn 1792.
152 WHJ>L\M HTLL married Sarah, only daughter of
Hon. Ahraluim Fuller, of Newton, Mass.
Children :
219 Sarah Hull, horn Jan. 29, 1783; married John McKes-
son, of New York.
220 Eliza Hull, horn Jan. 22, 1784; married Isaac McLellan,
of I'ortland, Maine.
221 Ann IJinney Hull, horn June 19, 1787.
222 Maria Hull, horn .June 7, 1788.
223 Uehecca Parker Hull, horn Feh. 7, 1790; married Samuel
Clarke, of Newton, Mass. They were parents of Rev.
.James Freeman Clarke of Boston.
224. Caroline Hull, horn Apr. 30, 1793.
22.5 Julia Knox Hull, born 1795; married Joseph Wheeler, of
Augusta, Ga. They were parents of Major General
Joseph Wheeler, C. S. A., U. S. A.
GENERAL WH LIAM HULL
William Hull was chosen captain of a company of soldiers
raised in Derby, his native town; joined the army at Cam-
bridge an<l served under Washington during the campaign in
New Jersey, being promoted to the rank of major, and after-
wards lieutenant-colonel; was inspector of the army under
JJaron Steuben, and on the occasion of Washington's farewell
Caleb Nich.olls akd His Descendants 4S
to his soldiers, commanded the escort of the commander-in-
chief; fought in the battles of White Plains, Stillwater, Sara-
toga, Fort Stanwix and Stony Point, and those in New Jersey.
In 1796 he was appointed Major-General of the militia of
Massachusetts. In 1805 President Jefferson appointed him
Governor of the territory of Michigan, which office he held
until the accession of Lewis Cass in 1812.
At the beginning of the sc'cond war with Great Britain
General Hull was appointed commander of the North Western
Army. By a series of misunderstandings and complications
arising from incompetency at the seat of government, he was
forced to surrender, August 5, 1812, to the British General,
Brock.
" History shows," says .another, " that the American comr
monder fell a victim to the conditions indicated and was made
a scapegoat for the powers above him. He was tried by a
court-martial in 1814 and actually sentenced to be shot; but on
account of his distinguished military services, and advanced
age he was recomincndod to mercy and the President, while
approving the sentence, remitted its execution."
" As a matter of fact, Hull's anny, which had marched from
Url)ana, Ohio, through the wilderness to Detroit, was an in-
sufficient force; only one-third that of General Brock, while
owing to an armistice which had been entered into by General
Dearborn on the Niagara, the entire enemy could be employed
against him. The British commanded Lake Erie and a part
of Hull's own force under Colonels Case and McArthur had
been taken from him. Faced by an overwhelming force ; cut
off by the lake and the wilderness from supplies and re-en-
forcements, General Hull was obliged, in his answer to the
charges made against him to say that he detmed it a sacred
duty which he owed under his government, to his fellow citi-
zens, to negotiate a capitulation which secured their safety."
" There is every evidence to show that had the predictions
and suggestions of General Hull been heeded at the outset of
his undertaking, he would not have been placed in the position
in which it became necessary for him to surrender his force."
During the latter part of his life General Hull resided at
Newton, Mass., where he died Nov. 26, 18£6.
189 ABIJAH MOSS NICHOLLS married Pamelia
44 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
Bcardsley, of Trumbull, Conn. She was a kinswoman of Judge
Samuel Beardsley of the Supreme Court of the State of New
York.
Children:
226 Bradley.
227 Henry H.
22« Daniel M.
229 Lutlier, married Mathilda Clark.
2.'30 Cornelia.
231 Mary, married Chas. R. Bagley.
232 Lucy.
233 Carrie, married Edgar Beers.
234 Jane.
102 CIIART>i:S LKWIS NICHOLLS married Jennctt,
daughter of Steplicn and Mary (JenningH) Burroughs, of
Bridgeport.
iVIr. Nicholls engaged in the wholesale grocery business at
Bridgeport in 182.5, which he conducted with signal success
for about five years, when he transferred the same to New
York City, where he soon became recognized as one of its lead-
ing merchants.
Some years subsequently Mr. Nicholls, in conjunction with
the " merchant prince," Moses Taylor, engaged extensively in
the importation of staple tropical products, viz. : sugar,
molasses, coffee, etc.
Mr. Nicholls retired from business in 1868 and returning to
Bridgeport, purchased the beautiful and spacious Ireland
homestead, situated on Old Mill Green, where he and his family
resided until a short time before his death, which occurred at
Jersey City, N. J., in 1881. His wife survived him two years.
Children:
235 Charles E., married (1), Frances Williams; (2), Mary
S. Rowley.
236 George W., married Elizabeth Main.
237 Mary, married Archibald A. Thomas.
238 Edward Livingston, married (1), Sally Westcott; (2), \
Laura May Applegate.
2.39 Henry C, died unmarried.
£40 Sarah J.
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Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 45
241 Elizabeth, married Theodore F. Bradlej,
242 Walter, married Eliza L. Nicholls.
243 Frances, died in infancy.
195 DANIEL FAIRCHILD married Ann Eliza Hunger-
ford.
Children :
244 Horace Fairchild, married Antonette Edwards.
246 Julia Emma Fairchild.
246 Antonette Fairchild, married Hobart R. Wheeler.
247 Anna Fairchild, died young.
196 PLUMB NICHOLS FAIRCHILD married Jen-
nett Lewis, widow of Marshall Booth, of Trumbull. They left
no issue.
20*^ GEORGE KNEELAND NICHOLLS married Ar-
mina de Lyon Seely.
Childeen :
248 Charles Wilbur de Lyon.
249 Lavinia Armina, died 1873.
210 JAMES KANT NICHOLLS married Elizabeth (de
Lyon) Seely.
Childeen :
250 Harriet Elizabeth, married Horace Wheeler.
251 Eliza Lavinia, married Walter Nicholls (The Author).
262 Frances Serena, married Walter H. Bullard.
253 Mary Lucinda, married John V. Singleton.
254 Carolyn Josephine, married Lewis Bonnell Crane.
214 ISAAC HULL (COMMODORE) went to sea as a
cabin boy at fourteen, and at nineteen was in command of a ves-
sel ; entering the navy as a lieutenant. In March, 1798, he was
assigned to the ComtitutioTit with which his fame was closely
linked. In 1800 he outsailed an English frigate by some miles
in a day*s race, and in a small sloop dashed into Port Platte,
Hayti, and captured a French privateer and spiked the guns
of the battery on shore. Made master in 1804, he served in
the Argus against Tripoli, in General Eaton's Algerian expe-
46 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
(Htlon, and in tlic Bay of Naples. In 1811 he was in command
of the frigate Constitution, and being threatened with the de-
tested " Search " by British frigates, in the harbor of Torts-
mouth, prepared for action, though war had been declared.
In July, 1812, he sailed for Annapolis with orders not to
figlit against odds " if he could help it." Chased by a British
squadron in a light wind, his eminent qualities as a sailing
master came into play, and he escaped by sending boats with a
kedge to which the ship was warped up. In Boston he grew
tired awaiting orders and went out without them. August
19th he had his famous battle with the Gnerricre of forty-four
guns. Commander Dacres. After half an hour the enemy was
disabled and surrendered, being reduced to a useless hulk and
having seventy-nine men killed and wounded. The Constitution
lost but fourteen, and was so little injured as to gain the title
of " Old Ironsides."
The moral effect of this victory, the first of the war, was
great and Congress voted $.50,000 to those engaged in it, and
a gold niedal to Hull, who received further honors from several
states and cities.
It was probably not Commodore Hull's fault that he reposed
on his laurels gained by this exploit, and did nothing worthy
of remembrance during the remaining thirty years of his life.
Tiie navy had as many ships as captains; others were entitled
to their turn, and he had had his share of "glory"; yet it is
to be regretted that his brilliant abilities and splendid courage
could not have been further used during the war.
Commodore Hull served for many years on the Naval Board;
had command of the navy yards at Boston, Portsmouth and
Washington, and of the Pacific and IVIediterranean fleets. He
died in Philadelphia, Fcbuary 13, 1843.
220 BRADLEY NICHOLS married Sarah L., daugh-
ter of Dr. .Fohn H. and Caroline (Edwards) Pardee, of Trum-
bull. Dr. Pardee was a lineal descendant of Moses Pardee, of
Huguenot antecedents, and the first of the name at New
Haven ; coming to this country from Poitiers, France.
Children:
255 Warren B.
256 William Jason.
Caleb Nicholls and His Descendants 47
240 SARAH J. NICHOLLS married William F. Moody,
Esq., of New York. Among their issue is John Moody, the
eminent author of " Moody's Manual." Mr. Moody is recog-
nized as the ablest financial statistician in the United States.
248 CHARLES WILBUR DE LYON NICHOLLS,
philanthropist and author, was bom at Nichols. He com-
menced the study of Latin at eight and Greek at twelve
years of age. He graduated at De Graff's military school,
where he was a pupil of Clark, the grammarian, and finally at
Williston Seminary, taking high honors in the classics ; after
which he devoted three years to the study of music and ancient
classics, which he continued to pursue until his entrance to the
Johns Hopkins University ; during the summer vacations of
his course attending lectures on the philosophy of Hegel under
United States Commissioner of Education W. G. Harris, LL.D.
A thesis written by him at that time was forwarded by Dr.
Harris to Scotland to the renowned author of the secret of
Hegel, as a specimen of what American students were doing
on speculative lines. He engaged in the study of ethical and
speculative theology at the Scabury Divinity School, Minne-
sota, and the regular three years' course at the General Theo-
logical Seminary of the Episcopal Church, New York City. He
was ordained deacon by Bishop Henry C. Potter at St. Thomas'
church. New York City, and to the priesthood at the Church
of the Holy Communion of that city. Mr. Nicholls' remarkably
elaborate education was subsequently rounded out by study in
the Gregorian University in Rome. He was vicar of St.
Thomas' church. New Haven, for a year; rector of St
Stephens' church, Staten Island, for nearly five years ; end for
five years chaplain of the Department of Public Charities and
Corrections of New York City.
Mr. Nicholls has an international reputation as a novelist
and essayist on fashionable society. He is the author of the
" Greek Madonna," and the " Decadents," both of which made
a great stir in fashionable circles. His latest work, " The
Ultra-Fashionable Peerage of America," a volume of essays on
Mrs. Astor's coterie in American society, won higher enco-
miums from that distinguished social leader herself than any-
thing which had been written about her by Ward McAllister or
numerous other writers on fashionable society. Mr. Nicholls
48 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
is ftlso deeply interested in pliilftnthropic work, and is the |
founder of the Sunday Kindergarten of New York City, a
unique educational and patriotic work for tenement house chil- ^
dren. It was also due to his efforts in enlisting his friends that il
the New York Home for Convalescents was tided over the most !|
critical period of its existence. He is Governor-General of the 11
Society of Scions of Colonial Cavaliers.
255 WARREN B. NICHOLS married Ida A., daugh-
ter of Judge Van Rensselaer C. Giddings, of Bridgeport.
25(5 WILLIAM J. NICHOLS married (1), Mary
Nash Barker; (2), Elizabeth Frances (sisters), daughters of
James W. and Martha E. Barker, of Fairfield, and grand-
daughters of Hon. James Barker, the first mayorality candidate
of the Republican party of New York, and great grand-
daughters of Dr. William Nash of Bridgeport, one of Connecti-
cut's most eminent physicians, and Rev. Andrew Elliot, Fair-
field's distinguished divine; both of whom were living during
the nineteenth century ; were also lineal descendants of Capt.
Thomas Nash, of Westport, an illustrious Revolutionary
soldier.
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PART TWO
WARDE— SHERMAN— NICHOLLS
Andrew Warde was probably son of Andrew and grandson
of Sir Richard Warde of Gorleston, Suffolk County, England;
his grandmother being a daughter of Sir Richard Gunviile,
also of Gorleston. He came to America in Winthrop's fleet;
was made a freeman May 14, 1634, and for a short time resided
at Watertown, Mass. He was appointed by the General
Court of the Bay Colony one of the commissioners " to govern
^hc people of Connecticut"; was one of the five persons who
held the first court in the colony in April, 1636; tried the first
cause and made the first law, and was one of the six magistrates
who, with committees of the lower house, first asserted the
sovereignty of the colony, by the formal declaration of war
against the Pequots, May 1, 1637.
The historian Trumbull says : " The names of the six com-
missioners should livfe forever."
Andrew Warde's wife was Esther, a daughter of Edmund
and Judith (Angier) Sherman, formerly of Dedham, England.
Hon. John Sherman and General William Tecumseh Sher-
man were descendants of Edmund Sherman.
Hon. Roger Sherman, Hon. William M. Evarts and United
States Senator Geo. F. Hoar were descendants of Henry Sher-
man, uncle of Andrew Warde's wife.
The children oi' Andrew Warde and Esther, his wife, were:
Edmund, married Mary Hunt.
William, bom 1645; married Deborah, daughter of Robert
and Susanna Lockwocd.
Ann, married Caleb, son of Sergeant Francis Nicholls, one
of the original proprietors of Stratford, brother of Col. Richard
Nicholls, the first English Governor of New York.
Mary, married John Burr, the second, of Fairfield. They
were ancestors of President Aaron Burr, of Princeton College,
father of Hon. Aaron Burr, third Vice-President of the United
States.
John, married Mary Harris, of Rowley, Mass.
Sarah, married Nathaniel Burr, of Fairfield.
Abigail, married Moses Dimon, of Fairfield.
52 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
Arulrc'W, nmrrlod Tryal, daiipflitcr of John Moigs, of Guil-
ford, Conn. Tlicy were ancestors of Capt. Andrew and Gen-
eral Willi/mi Ward, of Revolutionary fame, and also ancestors
of the distinguished Bcevhcr family: Henry Ward Beccher,
Harriet Beechcr Stowe, Isabella Beecher Hooker, et al.
Samuel, married (1) Alice Ogden, of Fairfield; (2), Mrs.
Hannah Nicholls, widow of Jonathan Nicholls, of Stratford.
Esther.
Andrew Warde's will was dated at Fairfield, June 8, 1659,
and by its provisions he leaves property to his Avife, Esther, and
to his children: Esther, Sarali, John, Samuel and Edmund;
" the rest of his children having already received their por-
tions."
By the will of Esther, wife of Andrew W^arde, dated Decem-
ber G, 1005, she bequeaths to her daughter, Ann Nicholls, her
" best red cloth petticoat, also nine y)ounds to be equally di-
vided l)etween the cliildrcn of said Ann Nicholls."
Descendants of Andrew Warde
Following are some of the descendants of Andrew Warde,
living during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries,
whose names stand pre-eminent on the roster of those who dedi-
cated their lives and energies toward the advancement and per-
petuity of the great American Republic, in the founding of
which their forebear took so conspicuous and important a part:
Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foot, U. S. N. ; Gen.
William Hull, U. S. A.; Com. Isaac Hull, U. S.
N.;Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, U. S. A., C. S. A. ; Col.
Chas. H. Whipple, U. S. A. ; Admiral Hiram Paulding, U. S.
N.; Stephen Burroughs, inventor decimal system of currency;
John Burroughs, eminent naturalist and author; Mary E.
Woolley, president of Mt. Holyokc College and author; Prof.
Everett Ward Olmstead, of Cornell University; Prof. Allan
Marquand, of Princeton University; Prof. Charles H. Smith,
of Yale College; Rev. Aaron Burr, first president of Princeton
University; Hon. Aaron Burr; third vice-president, U. S. ; Miss
Anna Burr Jennings and Oliver Gould Jennings, of Fairfield,
Conn.; Rev Freeman Clark, of Boston; George Foster Pea-
body, banker and philanthropist of New York; Morris K. Jos-
Waede — Sheeman— Nicholas 6d
sup, George J. Gould, John Moody, author of Moody*» Manual
and eminent financial writer; George Burroughs Torrey, dis-
tinguished contemporary portrait painter of New York and
Paris; Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of
"Uncle Tom»8 Cabin,** et oL
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KELLOGG— NICHOLLS
Daniel Kellogg wns baptised and probably born at Great
Leighs, a town about thirty-five miles from London, England.
He was a member of the small Anglo-Saxon coterie who, in
16H6, received from the General Court of the Colony of Con-
necticut, acting under authority of King James the Second,
letters patent of the township of Norwalk.
Daniel Kellogg was chosen Townsman in 1670, and repre-
sentative to the Cieneral Court from 1670 to 1683, inclusive,
and was also frequently selected by his fellow citizens to act on
various committees, both ecclesiastic and civil.
He was twice married, first to ; second to Bridget,
daiighter of John IJouton, a leading citizen of Norwalk.
Chtlorkn, by first wife:
Sarah, born Feb., 1659; married Daniel Brinsmade.
]Mary, born Feb., 1661 ; married Joseph Piatt.
Rachel, born Feb., 1663; married Abraham Nicholls.
Children, by second wife:
lillzabeth, born Aug., 1666. j
Daniel, bom May, 1671. *-. '^- ' "^ ' '' ' "''^^
Samuel, born Feb., 1673. ;
Lydia, bom April, 1676. , ' '
Benjamin, born Afarch, 1678. '•
Joseph.
Rear Admiral Francis Hoyt Gregory, U. S. Navy, was
of the fifth generation from Daniel Kellog, through Asa and
Ruth (Kellogg) Hoyt, their granddaughter having married
Capt. Moses Gregory, of Norwalk, April 27, 1787.
Francis Hoyt Gregory was in the merchant service, as a
boy, in 1807, but became a midshipman in the navy in 1809.
Soon afterward, while serving on the Vesuvius, and in charge
of one of her barges near the Batize, he surprised and captured
an English slaver. He was made active master in 1811, and
Mhile in comnumd of gunboat No. 1652, captured a gchooner
KeLLOOO NiCHOLLS 65
fitting for piratical purposes, disabled and drove away a privaf
teer of greatly superior force, that had been annoying our
coniincrcc, and took a Spanish pirate of fourteen guns. He
was with Commodore Chauncey in his actions on Lake On-
tario, and on June 28 was made lieutenant. In August, 1812,
he was taken prisoner and sent to England, where he remained
eighteen months. He soon afterward joined one of the frigates
against the Algerians without coming home. In 1821-3, while
in command of the schooner Grampus, he was active in sup-
pressing piracy on the coasts of Cuba and Mexico; capturing,
near St. Croix, the notorious pirate brig Pandvita, a vessel
far superior to his own in armament and number of men. He
was promoted to commander, April 28, 1828, and to captain,
January 18, 1838, and in 1840 commanded the Raritan in the
blockade of the Mexican coast.
His last sea service was in command of the African squadron
in 1849-62. In July, 1861, he was ordered to superintend the
construction of all vessels of war built outside of navy yards,
and was engaged in this duty when he died. He was made
Rear Admiral on the retired list, July, 1862.
A daughter of Rear Admiral Gregory married Governor
Charles R. Ingersoll, of Connecticut.
CURTISS— WELLES— BOOTHE—NICHOLLS
John Curtiss, and his brother, William (in relation to the
latter, sec Appendix), came to Stratford with their widowed
mother, Elizabeth Curtiss, among the early settlers. John
Curtiss' wife, Elizabeth, was a daughter of Governor Thomas
Welles, of Connecticut. She died December 2, 1707.
Children:
John, bom Oct. 14, IGIS; settled at Newark, N. J.
Israel, born May 12, 1644.
Elizabeth, bom May 2, 1647.
Thomas, born Jan. 14, 1648; settled at WalHngford, Conn.
Joseph, bom Nov. 12, 1650.
Benjamin, bom Sept. 30, 1652.
Hannah, born Eeb. 2, 1654.
Joseph Curtiss married, November 9, 1676, Bethia, daugh-
ter of Richard and Elizabeth (Hawley) Boothe.
Children:
Elizabeth, born Jan. 17, 1677; married Samuel Ufford.
Anna, born Sept. 1, 1679.
Mary, bom 1681 ; married Joseph Nicholls.
Ephraim, born Dec. 31, 1684.
Joseph, bom Nov. 6, 1687.
Nathan, born Feb. 21, 1689.
Josiah, bom Mar. 31, 1691.
Bethia, born Mar. 10, 1695; married Benjamin Burton.
Eliza, bom July 30, 1699, ]
Ebenezer, born Aug. 1, 1699, \ Evidently triplets.
Eliphalet, born Aug. 1, 1699, J
Joseph Curtiss was elected Deputy to the General Court of
Connecticut in 1686-89, and Assistant, first in 1698; to which
office he was thereafter annually elected for twenty-one years
consecutively. He was also in the meantime frequently chosen
by the General Court a member of various important commit-
CuRTiss — Welles — Boothe — Nicholls 57
tees ; his conferees always being selected from among the most
eminent statesmen of the Colony.
Of the several committees referred to, the following may be
cited :
Committee of Adjustment
" This Court do order and appoint Mr. Samuel Sherman,
Junr., Mr. Joseph Hawley and Mr. Joseph Curtiss to consider
what is most equitable and reasonable for the inhabitants of
Fayrefeilde to pay to the town of Norwalke in refference to the
purchass they have made of the natives of Some lands within
the bounds of Fayrefeilde aforesayed.
j»
Provisioning the Army
In 1690 the General Court enacted the following order:
" This Court do Allso order that a vessel be forthwith sent
to Albany with provisions for the Army, and Mr. Thomas
Strowbridge, Mr. Joseph Curtice, Mr. Josiah Niccols and Mr.
Richard Blackleach or any three of them, do take care and
order the same, and they are hereby ordered Accordingly.'
>»
Committee of Reconciliation
" This Assembly being very sensible of the uncomfortable
State of New Haven, by reason of the unhappy differences
between the said town and the village; and greatly desirious
to have said differences reconciled, do order and appoint Joseph
Curtis, Richard Christophers, Esqrs., and Capt. Abraham Haw-
ley, with Peter Burr and Mr. John Sherman of Woodbury, a
Committee to hear the parties and endeavour if possible to
bring them to a good agreement, and make report to the Gen-
eral Assembly in Oct. next (1708)."
Committee of War
In 1709 Mr. Joseph Curtis, along with Deptuy-Govemor
Nathan Gold, Major Peter Burr, Capt. Joseph Wakeman and
Capt. Theophilus Hull, were appointed by the General Court,
a Committee of War for the County of Fairfield, " to take care
of the defence of the frontier within this County and of Wian-
tenock or New Milford, and that the said Committee or any
three of them shall have full power to act and order for the
full defence of said frontier against the assaults of the enemy
as they shall judge needful."
58 Skrgeant Francis Nicholls
Boundaries
In 1710, in company with the Honorable Nathan Gold
(Dcpiitv-Cfovcnior) and Peter Burr, Esq., Mr. Joseph Curtiss
was appointed by the General Court, to act in conjunction
with a committee from New York State to settle the boundaries
between Connecticut and New York State, as agreed upon by
the authorities in 1700.
Committee of Safety
" It is ordered and enacted by this Court that there be a
Committee appointed by the several Counties of this Colonic
who are to take care and provide for the safetie of their re-
spective counties, and for that end to convene together to con-
sult, advise, direct and command in all affairs proper for a
Commission of Safetie in time of Warre against the common
Enemy." Such committee for Fairfield County was composed
of the following gentlemen, whose names are appended in the
order in which they appear in the Act: Capt. Nathan Gold,
Mr. Joseph Curtice, Mr. Peter Burr, Capt. John Wakeman,
Capt. James Judson, Mr. Ephraim Stiles and Capt. James
Olmstead."
In addition to his onerous duties as Assistant, Joseph Cur-
tiss was Auditor of Public Accounts, and Judge of the County
Court of Fairfield, and was also Town Clerk of Stratford, for
fifty years. He bore the title of " the Worshipful " Joseph
Curtiss.
GOV. THOMAS WELLES
Thomas Welles, grandfather of Joseph Curtiss, came from
England in Ifi.'JO, in company with Uev. Thomas Hooker and
others, as secretary of Lord Saye and Sele, and was one of the
founders of Hartford. In 1637 he was chosen one of the
magistrates of tlie town, an office which he held every year until
his death. He was also chosen first treasurer of the Colony of
Connecticut. From 1640 to 1648 he filled the office of secre-
tary, and in 1649 was chosen one of the Commissioners of the
United Colonies in the first Federal Council in New England.
In 1655-58 he served as Governor, and in 1656-67-59 as
CuRTiss — Welles — Boothe — Nicholls 59
Deputy-Governor. He possessed in an unlimited degree the
confidence of the colonists and drafted many of their most im-
portant enactments.
RICHARD BOOTHE
Richard Boothe, the first of the name at Stratford, was
bom in England in 1607, and, according to accepted genealogi-
cal data was son of Sir Richard Boothe, of Coggshill (baron of
Cheshire), son of Sir William Boothe by his wife, a daughter of
Sir John Warburton.
Richard Boothe was one of Stratford's most prominent and
respected citizens, and as the town and colonial records attest
was often chosen to fill public positions of responsibility and
honor. The title of " Mr." prefixed to his name as frequently
found in the town and colonial records would indicate his en-
joyment of more than ordinary social prestige.
Richard Boothe's wife was Elizabeth, sister of the first Joseph
Hawley, of Stratford. Their daughter, Bcthia, married " The
Worshipful " Joseph Curtiss, of Stratford, and their daughter
Mary, married Capt. Joseph Nicholls, of the Manor of Nicholls'
Farm.
A granddaughter of Richard Boothe married Samuel Grant
and they were the forebears of the illustrious General Ulysses
S. Grant.
Among other descendants of Richard Boothe the following
may be named: Miss Jannett Boothe, the eminent historian
and Genealogist of Stratford, and the distinguished financier,
David B. Boothe, of Putney, Conn. Mr. Boothe, although in
the ninety-fifth year of his age, still maintains apparently all
his pristine mental and much of his physical vigor. He has
been a director of the City National Bank of Bridgeport for
many years, and although living some ten miles distant from the
institution, very rarely fails to attend the weekly meetings of
its directorate. To Mr. Boothe's sagacity and zeal in its
behalf, may in a large measure be ascribed the bank's present
exalted status in the financial world.
PEAT— UFFOUD— NICHOLLS
1 JOHN PEAT'S first appearance at Stratford was in
1639, and lie was therefore one of its ori^nal proprietors. He
came to America from Diifficld Parish, Derby, England, in 1635.
Of liis wife's personality we have no knowledge. He died in
1678.
Childr?:n:
John, born al)out 1638; married Jane Osbom (prob).
2 Benjamin, born about 1640.
2 BENJAIMIN PEAT (Peet), married Phebe, daugh-
ter of Richard Butler, of Stratford, Ob. May 1, 1704.
'.; Children:
' Samuel, bom Sept. 9, 1663.
8 Benjamin, born Aug. 31, 1665.
Thon)as, bom Mar, 2<), 1670.
Alice, bom Oct. 10, 1677.
l\Iary, bom Oct. 10, 1683.
3 BENJAMIN PEAT married, first, Priscilla, daughter
of Thomas Fairchild ; second, Mary Corbit, September 6, 1723.
Children, by first wife:
Butler, bom Sept. 1, 1689.
James, bom Mar. 27, 1691.
William, bom May 1, 1694.
Richard, bom Aug. 30, 1696.
4 Thomas, bom July 15, 1698.
Joseph, bom Apr. 1, 1700. -
Katherine, born July 18, 1701.
Ann, born Jan. 30, 1703.
4 THOMAS (DEA.) PEAT married Phebe, daughter
of Abraham and Rachel (Kellogg) NichoUs, of Nicholls'
Farm, January 7, 1724.
I
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Children:
5 Josiah, born Dec. 20, 1725.
Ephraim, born July 23, 1729; married Bathsheba Nicholls.
Nathan, bom Mar. 14, 1730-1.
Esther, bom June 14, 1732; married Ephraim Nicholls.
Phebe, bora Oct. 30, 1734 ; married Curtis.
6 Thomas, bom Oct. 19, 1736.
William, bom Apr. 3, 1740.
Priscilla, bom Apr. 3, 1742.
William, bom Jan. 24, 1743.
6 JOSIAH PEAT married Abigail Bassett, July 8,
1747.
Childeen :
7 Abijah, bora June 19, 1748.
Abraham, born Nov. 25, 1750.
Josiah, bora Oct. 2, 1764.
Mary, bora May 1, 1757.
A child, baptised Nov., 1759.
Abigail, bora Aug. 6, 1762.
6 THOMAS PEAT married Phebe . In his will,
dated October 3, 1760, he mentions his wife, " and directs his
son William to pay three pounds each to his six brethren:
Josiah, Ephraim, Nathan Peet, Esther Nicholls, Phebe Curtis
and Priscilla Beardslee," and appoints his wife and his son
William, executors.
Childeek:
8 William.
Thomas.
7 ABIJAH PEAT married Bethia, daughter of Samuel
and Anna (Moss) UfFord, July 4, 1771.
Childeen :
Johanna, bora June 9, 1773; married Robert Nicholls.
Mary, bora June 19, 1777.
Philo, bora Dec. 25, 1779.
Isaiah, bora Apr. 8, 1782,
Avis, born Oct. 26, 1787; married Hezekiah Nicholls.
62 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
8 WILLIAM PEAT married Jemima Darrow (widow),
November 21, 1785.
Ciiii-duen:
Catlierine, hajjtiHed Dec. .'31, 1786; married Charles Bost-
wick.
Maria, baptised Jan, 8, 1789; married Longworth.
Georfje, baptised Dec. 5, 1790.
P^lcazer, baptised May 6, 1793,
9 Minerva, baptised Dec. 6, 1795.
William Henry, baptised Aufj. 27, 1797.
Frederick T,, baptised IVIar, 17, 1800.
Francis, baptised Oct, 23, 1801,
Edward W„ baptised May 20, 1804,
Sarah Ann, baptised July 6, 1806; married Henry K.
Harral.
9 MINERVA PEAT married Hon. William Wright of
Clarkstown, New York.
William Wright served in the War of 1812. He removed
to Newark, N, J,, in 1821 ; was mayor of that city in 1840-47;
a representative in twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth Congresses,
and United States Senator in 1853-1863. He died November
1, 1866.
BUTLER *
Richard Butler was one of the original proprietors of
Stratford, In 1651 the General Court granted him liberty to
prosecute the Indian Nimrod at Pequamock, who had ** wan-
tonly killed some of liis swine,"
In 1659 Richard Butler was chosen customs officer at Strat-
ford, and was prominent in the Second Church organization
from 1666 to the time of his decease, which occurred at Strat-
ford in 1670.
Children :
Phebe, married Benjamin Peet.
Mary.
Marv Butler married Thomas Hicks, of Flushing, L. L
The Quaker family of Hicks came from England in 1641
Peat — Uffohd — Nicholls 63
and settled on Long Island; locating where the village of
Ilicksvillc now stands.
Thomas and Mary (Butler) Hicks were grandparents of
Hon. Whitehead Hicks, who was Mayor of New York City in
1776; which office he held for the protracted period of ten
years. He studied law, was admitted to practice in 1750, and
appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of the province of
New York in 1776. He married a daughter of John Brevoort,
Esq., of New York, a member of the distinguished and wealthy
family of that name.
UFFORD
Thomas Ufford came to America from England in the ship
Lion in 1632; landing at Boston, where he was made a free-
man the same year. He was one of a party composed of Wil-
liam Pyncheon, Jehue Burr and five others, who founded, in
1639, the town of Springfield, Mass. He soon, however, dis-
posed of his proprietary interests at Springfield and removed
to Roxbury ; thence to Milford ; thence to Stratford, where he
died in 1666.
Chil-dren:
Thomas.
John.
A daughter, married Roger Terrell.
John Ufford married, first, Martha Nettleton; second,
Hannah, a sister of Joseph Hawley, the first, of Stratford.
Children:
Thomas, born Aug. 20, 1657.
Martha, born Aug. 12, 1659; married Peter Carow.
Mary, bom June 20, 1661; married Daniel Pickett.
John, bom Feb. 3, 1665.
John, bom Jan. 21, 1667.
Samuel^ bom Jan. 21, 1670.
Elizabeth, bom Feb. 19, 1673.
Lydia.
Samuel Ufford (Lieut.) married Elizabeth, daughter of
Joseph and Bethia Booth Curtiss, December 5, 1694. ob. 174>6.
64 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
Children:
Mnrtlm, bom Sept. 28, 1695; married Josi'ah Hubbell.
Elizabeth, born Apr. 3, 1698; married Josiah Beers.
Abipiil, born May, 1700; married Elnathan Beach.
Anna, born Au^r. 3, 1702; married, first, Joseph Burton;
second, William Patterson.
Afary, born Apr. 16, 1704.
'I'liomas, born Jan. 22, 1706.
Betbia, bom May 12, 1708.
Sarah, born Mar. 15, 1710.
Samuel, bom Apr. 12, 1712.
Eunice, bom Nov. 2, 1713; married Edward De Forest.
Joseph, bom Nov. 15, 1715; married Ruth Lewis.
John, bom Nov. 23, 1717.
Ebenezcr, bom 1719; married Jane Moss.
Samuel Ufford married Johanna, daughter of John Moss,
December, 1738.
Children:
Daniel, bom Sept. 28, 1739.
John, born Mar. 2, 1741.
Johanna, born Afar. 5, 1745; married Timothy Fairchild.
Mary, born Dec. 16, 1747; married Lewis Fairchild.
Bcthia, born Feb. 15, 1750; married Abijah Peet.
Jane, bom Au^. 23, 1752; married Richard Salmon.
Avis, daughter of Abijah and Bethia (UfFord) Peet, married
Robert, son of Andrew and Bethia (Plumb) Nicholls. (See
Nicholls genealogy, appended.)
FAIRCHILD
Thomas Fairchild. was among Stratford's earliest pioneers,
those of 1639; and immediately took his position there as one
of its leading citizens. In 1652 he was appointed by the
General Court to draft soldiers for tlie Narragansett War, and
in that same year was elected Deputy ; which office he filled
for several years. In 1663-64-65-66-67 he was nominated for
" As.sistant," but failed of election.
Peat — Uffoed — Nicholls
65
Thomas Fairchild was twice married; first, to
Sea-
brook in England; second, to Catherine Craigg, also of "Eng-
land.
Children, by first wife:
Samuel, bom Aug. 31, 1640.
Sarah, bom Feb. 19, 1641 ; married Jehiel Preston.
John, bora Mar. 1, 1644.
Thomas, bom Feb. 21, 1646.
Dinah, bora July 14, 1648.
Zecheriah, bom Dec. 14, 1641.
Emma, bom Oct., 1663; married Hackeliah Preston.
Children, by second wife:
Joseph, bom Apr. 18, 1664.
John, bom June 8, 1666.
Priscilla, bora Apr. 20, 1669; married Benjamin Peat.
PLATT— PLUMB— NICHOLLS
Richard Platt was bom in Playstow, England; grandson
of Sir Hugh Platt, Kt. He came to New Haven in 1638. In
1646 his name appears at the head of a list of free planters of
Mil ford, and in 1669 was chosen deacon of the church there.
Upon one of the coping stones of the imposing memorial
bridge which spans the Ncpawag River, Milford, is the follow-
ing inscription : // i i ,' ' ' ■
" Deacon
Richard Platt
OBIT, 1684
Mary, his wife."
Children:
John, married Hannah Clark.
Isaac, married Elizabeth Wood, of Huntington, L. I.
Sarah, married, first, Thomas Beach; second, Miles Merwin.
Epcnetus, married Phebe Wood, of Huntington, L. I.
Hannah, married Christoplier Comstock.
Josiah, married Sarah Canficld.
Joseph, born April, 1649.
Joseph married Mary, daughter of Daniel Kellogg, of Nor-
walk, May 5, 16H0. Me was deputy from Milford in 1700, cap-
tain of militia in 1710 and Justice of the Peace for thirteen
years.
Children:
Mary, bom Sept., 1681 ; married John Woodruff.
Joseph, born Feb. 16, 1684.
Phcbe, born March, 1686; married Samuel Newton.
Daniel, bom Sept. 7, 1690; married Sarah Beard.
Hannah, bom April, 1693; married Fletcher Norton.
Epenetus, bom May 7, 1696.
Elizabeth, born Feb., 1698; married Nehemiah Smith.
Gideon, born Sept., 1700.
Sarah, bom Mar. 28, 1703.
Mary, bora May 6, 1704.
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Joseph married Elizabeth Woodbury, April 9» 1702.
Chiij)&£n:
Abiah, bom .
Joseph, born May 11, 1711.
Ebenezer, bom July, 1713 ; married Hannah Green.
Stephen, bora 1717.
Abiah married Noah Plumb, of Nicholls* Perm, His will
was dated September 19, 1774, and probated February 6,
1776.
Childeem:
Abiah, bora Mar. 26, 1739; married Andrew Nicholls.
Phebe, bora Mar. 6, 1741 ; married James Nicholls.
Susanna, bora Aug. 28, 1748.
Daniel, born June 10, 1761.
Joseph, born January, 1766.
HOOKER— NEWTON— rLUMB—NICIIOLLS
Rkv. Thomas IIookkr was bom at Marsficld, Leicestershire,
England, in 1586. lie was a popular Non-Confomiist preacher
in London, hut was silenced by Laud when he (Hooker) kept
a school in which John I^lliot, " the Apostle," was his assistant.
HookfT fled from prrstcution to Holland in 1633, and com-
intf to flic Colony of Massachusetts, was ordained that year
pastor of the church at Newtown, and in 1636 he with his
whole confrre^ation inip^ated to the yalley of the Connecticut,
where they founded Hartford, July 7, 1647.
'I'he historian Northcnd, descantinpf on the subject of
Massachusetts Confjre^ationalisin in England during the
seventeenth century, says: " It was the pens of learned minis-
ters living in New England, that in Old England raised * In-
dependenc\ ' to the position of command. It was Hooker of
Connecticut, and Cotton and Shepard and Allen and Norton
and Mather of Massachusetts that organized the victories of
Fairfax and Cromwell."
A sermon preached by Rev. Thomas Hooker, May 31, 1636,
before the General Court, is said to be the first suggestion of
the fundamental law of our country as enunciated in its Con-
stitution,
Rev, Thomas Hooker's daughter, Mary, married Rev. Roger
Newton, the second minister at Milford. They had a son
Roger, who married ; their son Samuel married, in 1669,
Martha, daughter of Benjamin Fenn, of Milford; their daugh-
ter Susanna married, in 1700, Joseph Plumb, of Milford; their
son Noah married, in 1738, Abiah, daughter of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Woodbury) Piatt, of Milford; their daughter,
Abiah, married in 1670, Andrew, son of Capt. Joseph and Mary
(Curtiss) Nicholls, of Nicholls' Farm.
Samuel Newton was appointed by the General Court in 1690,
lieutenant in the French and Indian War, and captain in 1698.
He was chosen Deputy from Milford from 1690 to 1703, and
a Justice of the Peace for New Haven County from 1701 to
1703, inclusive. .
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SEELEY— NICHOLLS
Robert Seeley probably came from England with Win-
throp's fleet, and was made a freeman of the Massachusetts
Colony May 18, 1631, with John Burr and others. He settled
first at Watertown, where he was surveyor in 1634. He re-
moved to Wethersfield in 1636. On the first day of May,
1637, he was appointed first lieutenant of Capt. Mason's expe-
dition against the Pcquot Indians on the Mystic and Pcquot
rivers. He proved a valiant soldier and was one of the first
to enter the Mystic fort and to clear the brushwood entrance
after Capt. Mason had leapt over it.
On June 2 following, the General Court gave him command
of thirty men out of the Connecticut River plantation, " to
set down in the Pequot country and river in place convenient,
to maintain the right that God by conquest had given them."
In 1639 he joined the New Haven Colony, where his name
appears among the first list of freemen for that year; he
signed the fundamental agreement of the church June 4, and
in October the following year was admitted a member of the
General Court ; at the same time being chosen marshall.
He went back to England in 1646, but returned in a few
years, and in 1654 led the forces raised in New Haven to be
placed under the command of the English officers Sedgwick
and Leavitt against New Netherlands ; but fortunately, timely
tidings of peace arriving from England, the expedition was
abandoned.
In 1662 Robert Seeley was 'chosen by the General Court,
Commissioner for Huntington, L. I. In 1663 he was appointed
chief military officer of Huntington, and also one of those who
received letters patent of that township.
Captain Nathaniel, son of Lieut. Robert Seeley, was an able
and brave officer. In 1676 he was commissioned a lieutenant
for Fairfield County in " King Philip's War " and was killed
on December 19 of that year in the Great Swamp fight while
gallantly leading his men into action. A grant of two hundred
acres of land at Fairfield was made the next year by the Col-
69
I
70 Seboeant Francis Nicholls
oniul government to his wife, in recognition of his military
services.
lie married first, about 1(549, Mary, daughter of Benjamin
Turncy, Esq.; second, Elizabeth, widow of Obcdiah Gilbert^
fortiicrly wife of Nchcmiah Olmstcad. Had issue by first wife
only.
Children:
Nathaniel.
Robert.
IJcnjamin. ;
Joseph.
Jo])n.
Miiry.
Sarah.
IMm'Ih'. ' .,\ '
Rebecca.
Lieut. Nathaniel married Hannah Odell.
Children:
Nathaniel.
James.
Ebcnezer.
Hannah Gray.
James married Sarah Gregory, January 21, 1702-3.
Children:
Sarah. ■■
James.
Anna.
Scth.
Hannah. .
Nathan.
Stephen. \ -
James.
Samuel.
Abel.
Ensign Nathan married Eunice . ,
Seeley — N1CHOLL8 71
Children :
Seth.
• Nathan.
Eunice.
Lieut. Nathan married Deborah Gregory.
Children :
Nathan.
James.
Abner.
Abel.
Jesse.
Alnton,
Lieut. Nathan Seeley was in command of Stratfield
(Bridgeport) and its environs in the War of the Revolution.
Both he and his father, Ensign Nathan Seeley, are buried in the
old Stratfield cemetery, the entrance to which has recently
been graced by an artistic memorial gateway, the gift of the
Mary Silliman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
of Bridgeport.
Abner married first, Sabria, daughter of Zacheriah Lyon,
Esq., a prominent and wealthy resident of Western Connecti-
cut ; second, Lucy Osborne.
Children, by first wife:
Children, by second wife:
Monson.
Sabria.
Maria.
Nathan W.
Alden.
Alson.
Mariettc.
Eli.
M0N8ON (Rev.), married Eliza Maria, daughter of Aaron
and Polly (Lyon) Piatt. He served as a boy in the War of
1812. After his marriage he settled at Palmyra, N. Y.
72 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
Aaron Piatt was in direct line from Richard Piatt, one of the
original settlers of Milford, Conn., and for one of whose de-
scendants Plattsburgli, N. Y., was named.
Cmr-DiiKN:
AiiMiNA, married George Knceland Nicholls.
Calvin.
Afary.
l''t,iZAHRTir, married James K. Nicholls.
Aaron.
Sabria.
Sarah J.
Abner, died unmarried.
Armina married George Knecland Nicholls, of Nicholls'
Farm.
Children:
Charles Wilbur de Lyon.
Lavinia Armina, deceased 1873.
Elizabeth married James Kant Nicholls, of Nichols.
Children:
Harriet, married Iloraice Wheeler.
Eliza Lavinia, married Walter Nicholls.
I'Vances Serena, married Walter IL Bullard.
Mary Lucinda, married .John V. Singleton.
Carolyn Josephine, married Lewis Uonnell Crane.
OSBORNE— SEELEY
Abxer Seeley, son of Lieutenant Nathan Seeley, of the
Revolutionary war, married, second, Lucy Osborne. The Os-
bomes, a family of unusual financial acumen, were among the
founders of the historic Christ Church of Tashua, Fairfield
County, Connecticut. Two of the members of the branch of
the Osborne family : Amos and William, removed to Water-
ville, N. Y., where they built up fortunes in the banking busi-
ness. Rosalie, the remarkably beautiful and* accomplished
daughter of Amos Osborne, Esq., married, first, Fitz Hugh
SeELET NlCHOLLS 73
Ludlow, an eminent author, and, second, Albert Bierstadt, the
celebrated landscape painter.
Mr. and Mrs. Bierstadt were presented at most of the prin-
cipal European Courts, and were pioneers in New York society
in entertaining personages of title, both at their town house in
Fifth Avenue, and at their palatial studio villa at Irvington>
on-Hudson. Bierstadt's paintings adorn the palaces of the
Emperor of Germany ; the Czar of Russia ; the King of England
and the Sultan of Turkey.
IIINMAN— STILES— NICIIOLLS
Patiknce, daughter of Edwftrd and Hannah (Stiles) Hin-
nmn, married John I3urrough(s) of Stratford, January 10,
169i-5.
Edward Hinman was the only person of the name among the
early settlers of the colonies; landing at Boston in 1650, thence
coming to Stratford in 1651, and subsequently removing to
Woodbury, where he resided until his death, and where his will
was dated November 17, 1681. He was a cavalier in England
and one of the bodyguard of King Charles the First.
Edwnrd Ilinman was the forebear of several of our country's
most illustrious soldiers and sailors in its struggle for inde-
pendence; jimong whom may be cited: Col. Benjamin Hin-
man, U, S. A., Capfjiin lOlish/i Hinnuin, U. S. N., »ind others
of the name, as well, who achieved distinction in various walks
of life at a later period.
Col. Ben.tamin Hinman
Benjamin Hinman, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Lamb)
Hinman, and gran<lson of Edward and Hannah (Stiles) Hin-
man, was born at Woodbury in 1720. He held a warrant as
master of a troop of horse in the 13th Regiment and served in
Canada against the French in 1771.
He received April 19, 1775, a commission as captain in a
regiment raised ^or the defense of His Majesty's territory
against the French by Elijah Goodrich, who was the colonel.
This regiment defended Crown Point and vicinity. Captain
Hininan's promotion during this war was rapid and at its close
he rajiked as lieutenant-colonel, and was promoted to the
colonelcy of horse in the 13th regiment.
At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he was com-
missioned as colonel of the 4th Regiment of Colonial troops by
Governor Trumbull ; was in command of his regiment at Ticon-
deroga ; was present at New York when captured by the British,
and remained in active service until 1777, when ill health com-
pelled him to return home. He represented Woodbury in the
legislature for twenty sessions. He was also a member of the
HiNMAN — Stiles — Nicholls 76
State Convention which ratified the Constitution of the United
States.
Capt. Elisha Hinman
Eh'shtt Hinman, son of Andrew, and great grandson of
Sergeant Edward Hinman, was bom at Woodbury, Conn.,
March 10, 1734i. At fourteen years of age he took to a sea-
faring life, and before he had attained his twentieth year he
was captain of a merchantman, trading with Europe and the
Indies. He was one of the first captains of the navy appointed
by Congress and commanded the Cabot, a Continental brig,
fitted out in New London in 1776. Later he succeeded Paul
Jones as captain of the Alfred, which was captured by the
Ariadne and Ceres while on her way home from France, March
9, 1778. He was carried as a prisoner to England, but escaped
to France, whence he returned home and engaged for a while
in privateering.
In 1779 he commanded the Hancock, a privateer sloop, and
had fi run of exceptionally brilliant successes. He was honor-
ably acquitted of all blame for the loss of the Alfred, and in
1780 Captains Hinman and Havens in their respective sloops
the Hancock and Beaver, captured the Lady Erskine, a brig of
ten guns ; one of a fleet of twenty-one sailing vessels which was
passing New London, under convoy of the Thames, a frigate
of thirty-one guns. He <?ommanded several other vessels and
at the close of the war returned to the merchant service. In
1794 President Adams ofTered him command of the Constitu-
tion, but he felt compelled to decline by reason of his advanced
age. From 1798 to 1802 he was in the Revenue Service. He
died at New London, August 29, 1807.
BURROUGHS— NICHOLLS
John Bueroughs, of Stratford, married July 10, 1694, Pa-
tience, daughter of Sergt. Edward and Hannah (Stiles) Hin-
man.
Childeen:
1 Stephen, bom Feb. 26, 1696.
ft Edwaed, bom Mar. 14, 1696.
Hannah, bora Nov. 26, 1697 ; married Ephraim Curtis.
Eunice, bom Sept. 1, 1699; married Josiah Curtis.
7G Sergkant Fkancis Nicholls
3 Joseph, horn Nov. 23, 1701.
JJathshehu, horn Sc'i)t. 2fi, 1703; married Sevignon Lewis.
Jolin, born Au^. 31, 1705.
Eden, horn July 10, 1707.
Ephrnim.
ratitncc, horn Jan, 2, 1709.
1 STEPHEN JU'IIHOUGIIS succeeded to the home-
stead, and in conformity with the custom of tlie period, being
the eldest son, received a " double portion." He was the owner
of tlic " parisl) ^rist inill," an extensive land owner at Stratford,
and also at Cornwall, Conn. ; having in 1737, in company with
fifty others, purchased from the State, in fee simple, the whole
of that township; comprising some thirty thousand acres. He
also owned much land in Meridan and Wallingford, which he
acquired by irdicritance from his father. He married March
S, 1720, Ruth, daughter of Abraham and Rachel (Kellogg)
Nicholls, of Nicholls' Farm.
Childrek:
4 Eunice, born July 4, 1723.
Edward, born 1727.
6 Stephen, born Oct. .4, 1729.
Ruth, bom April, 1731. ■
Edward, born April, 1735.
6 Eden, born Jan., 1737.
7 Ephraim, born April, 1740.
John, bom July, 1745.
2 EDWARD married April 2, 1710, Abigail, daughter
of Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey of Hatfield, Mass., son of Rev.
Charles Chauncey, second president of Harvard College. She
died in 1720. He married, second, Anne Judson, September
11, 1722. By his will, dated April 18, 1732, and now on file
in the probate records of Fairfield, Conn. ; he bequeaths to his
only son Zachariah : " All his real estate, whether situate,
lying and being in any part of the Kingdom of England; par-
ticularly in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, in the Parish of
St. Gregory, or here in Stratford in New England; whether
lands, tenements or hereditaments."
The seal of the instrument bears the Burrough(s) coat-of-
BUBROUOHS NiCHOLLS 77
arms, which, according to the best works on heraldry, is that of
the Suffolk, England, family. He was a sea captain.
3 JOSEPH married a sister of Rev. Stephen Munson, of
New Haven (Yale, 1725). Their son, Joseph, was bom at
New Haven, March 18, 1735, and graduated from Yale Col-
lege in 1767. He died the year of his graduation,
4 EUNICE married, 1741, Daniel Summers. Their
son, Capt. Stephen Summers, married Mary Holhurton; their
son Capt. Steplien Summers, married Betsey Young; their
daughter Polly Summers, married Sheldon Smith; their son,
Sterling Smith, married Lucy Josephene Wheeler, sister of
Major General Joseph Wheeler, and their son Sterling Sum-
mers Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y., married Annie E. Bynum,
1879.
Through the Holburton line the descendants of Capt.
Stephen Summers go back to the Fayerwethers, Capt. Mathcw
Sherwood, son of Thomas Sherwood, and Gov. Thomas Fitch,
whose line is definitely traced back in England to 1294.
6 STEPHEN married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of
Joseph and Punal (Bostwick) Browne of Stratford, May 22,
1760. She died December 4, 1764. He married, second,
Hulda, daughter of Peter and Mary (Nicholls) Pixlee, of " Old
Mill," Stratford.
Stephen Burroughs was in many respects a remarkable man,
not only' as a pre-eminently successful merchant, ship builder,
ship-owner and navigator — his vessels ploughing the seas in
every direction, even to the distant ports of the Orient; but
notwithstanding the magnitude and importance of his com-
mercial interests, he was ardently given to philosophical specu-
lation—-becoming a recognized authority in the science of
astronomy, which subject he pursued with all the pertinacity
and acumen of a Newton or a Herschel; his deductions being
quoted by more than one of the standard treatises of the day.
He, moreover, occupied an exalted position in the realm of
mathematics, being the author of the decimal monetary system
of the United States ; the formula of which he submitted to Hon.
William Samuel Johnson, who was United States Senator from
Connecticut at the time; and he, recognizing its practical
78 Sergeant Francis Nicholls
utility, presented it to Congress, and an enactment was at once
liad under which Connecticut and Massachusetts began in 1785
to coin copper cents — the full decimal currency being evolved
by degrees, until the full decimal system was made legal in
1798.
Stephen Burroughs was an active Whig in the Revolution.
He raised a militia company called the Householders, of which
he was chosen captain; was twice chosen representative to the
General Assembly, and was a Justice of the Peace for many
years. He was blind nearly twenty years before liis death,
whici) ocnirred August }i, 1H17, aged eighty-eight yoarn. His
retiiMifiN npohc beside (jione of \\\n wife, Jliildii, ill the old
SI raf field cemetery, Bridgeport. Upon his gravestone is in-
scribed the following epitaph, composed by and placed there
at the instance of his stepson, Pixlee Judson, who was a young
man of more than ordinary intelligence and erudition, and a
great admirer of his step- father:
EriTAPTT
" Stephen Burroughs, Ksqr., a man distinguished by his in-
dustry and, his talents and acquirentents, self-taught and
original, he exfjlored the vast fields of mathenuitical and as-
tronomical science beyond all the efforts of a Cassini or a New-
ton, and made discoveries of a most useful and astonishing
nature, but, in consequence of his blindness, his discoveries are
lost to the world."
" This monument is erected by Pixlee Judson."
The historian Orcutt, in a monograph entitled, " Stephen
Burroughs and His Times," read by him before the Fairfield
County Historical Society at Bridgeport, a. d. 1887, and which
is on file in the archives of the Society, the following passage
occurs :
" This germ of a city, planted most certainly by Stephen
Burroughs about 1755 at Rocky Hill and on the Pequonnock
Harbor, foot of State Street in 1769, has grown to be a popu-
lous city; celebrated in every village of America and Europe
and largely to the ends of the earth as the City of Bridgeport.
Stephen Burroughs started the wheel moving at his grist mill
when he lifted the gate of trade by opening a store and building
a schooner, and therefore to him belongs the honor of planting
Burroughs — Nicholls 79
the cornerstone of this now prosperouj, populous, and widely
known city." It might be added in parenthesis, Bridgeport
to-day is a city of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants.
Stephen Burroughs' library was one of unusual proportions,
consisting chiefly of scientific, philosophical, and historical
works ; bound mostly in substantial calf leather. The greater
portion of this library is in the posession of his great-grandson,
James R. Burroughs, Esq., of Bridgeport.
Children, by first wife;
Eunice, born April 80, 1761.
8 Hlrplu'ii, Imrn Murcli /J, 1769.
David, bom Oct. 18, 1764.
Children, by second wife:
Elizabeth, bom Sept. 4, 1767.
9 Hulda, bom March 26, 1769.
Abigah, bom Jan. 17, 1771.
David, bom Oct. 31, 1773.
10 Isaac, bom Oct. 16, 1776.
A sister of Stephen Burroughs* first wife married Wolcott
Chauncey, and they were the parents of Commodore Isaac
Chauncey, the distinguished naval officer of the eighteenth
century. Wolcott Chauncey was son of Rev. Robert Chauncey,
son of Rev. Charles Chauncey, son of Rev. Israel and Mary
Nicholls Chauncey, the latter being daughter of Isaac Nicholls,
brother of Caleb Nicholls. Rev. Israel Chauncey was one of
the chief founders of Yale College.
COMMODORE ISAAC CHAUNCEY.
Isaac Chauncey went to sea at the age of thirteen years:
obtained command of a ship when nineteen years of age; was
appointed lieutenant in the U. S. Navy in 1798 ; was promoted
to be commandant in 1802 and captain in 1806. He served
with distinction in the war with Tripoli; was in command of
the Navy Yard at Brooklyn from 1808 until 1812, when he was
placed in command of the lakes, which he maintained with the
highest gallantry as a naval commander. Afterwards he com-
manded the Mediterranean Squadron from 1816 to 1818, and
80 Skiigkant Francis Nicholls
then was npni'n rommandcr of the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, and
was president of the Navy Comniisssion at his decease, which
occurred at Wasliington January 27, 1840,
6 KDEN nURUOUGIIS. Was graduated from Yale
College, Class of 1757. After fjraduation he studied theology
under the preceptorship of the distinfruished divine, Rev. David
Judson, of Newtown, Coiui. Having fillc<l v/irious jjastorates;
in the yt'iiv 177) • id the Hollrllalion of Prchidcnt VVheclocK, of
))fit linotllh ColltTrc, lie w/m inchiced lo vi^it H/itiovei', N. II.,
to (Jnach as a candidate for the p/istorato of the church there,
and his sirviccs proving satisfactory, he received »i call, which
he acce|)ted. lie was elected a trustee of Dannouth College
the next yar, and remained in that office until his death. The
degree of I). I), was conferred upon him in 1806.
It is said that, with many eccentricities, Eden Burroughs
possessed a strong mind and special power as an extempo-
raneous speaker. He was the author of several ecclesiatical
works.
7 EPIIRAIiM. Removed from Stratford to New York
State eai^ly in life, and among his descendants is John Bur-
roughs, the distinguished naturalist and author.
8 Sl'EPIIEN. Married, first, Mary, daughter of Capt.
Levi Jennings, of Boston, Mass., March, 1792; second, Parmela
Turney, of Trumhull, Conn,, November 12, 1812. He suc-
ceeded to his father's commercial intereets, which he conducted
with enn'ncnt success to about the time of his demise, which
occurred in 1836.
Children, by first wife:
11 IMaria, bom June, 1792-3.
Stephen, born Aug. 27, 1793; lost at sea.
Henry, bom April 30, 179— .
12 Lucretia, bora Nov. 19, 1796.
Eliza, born April 23, 1798.
13 Henry, bora Oct. 20, 1800.
Charles, bora July 31, 1802.
14 Fanny, bora April 7, 1804.
16 Jennet, bora Oct. 24, 1805 ; married Charles Lewis Nicholls
David, bora May 6, 1809.
Burroughs — Nicholls 81
Children, by second wife:
16 George, born July 16, 1813.
Cornelia, born Aug. 13, 1817 ; married Frederic Kirtland.
Harriet, bom Feb. 20, 1819.
Susan, born June 22, 1821.
Charles, bom June 16, 1826.
9 HULDA. Married Joseph Backus, Esq., an able
lawyrr of Stratfleld (Brldjifoport). Mr, Bftekus enjoyed the din-
tineilon of being the autlior of the borough eharter of Bridge-
port, the first borough charter granted by the Slate of Con-
necticut.
Mr. Backus was son of Rev. Simon Backus, of Stratfield;
his mother being a sister of the distinguished ecclesiastic, Jona-
than Edwards.
10 ISAAC. Married Rebecca, daughter of Andrew
Hurd, Esq., of Old Mill, Stratford.
Children :
Abigah.
Isaac.
17 Catherine Ann.
11 MARIA. Married Isaac Sherman, Esq., one of
Bridgeport's prominent and influential citizens. Mr. Sherman
was largely interested in maritime enterprises, being the owner
of several vessels employed in the Boston and West India
trade. At one time he was a partner of his father-in-law, Ste-
phen Burroughs. Mr. Sherman enjoyed quite a reputation as
a " local historian," having prepared a series of historical
notes of Stratford and Fairfield, which embraced biographical
sketches of their more notable citizens living during the eight-
eenth and nineteenth centuries. These sketches were subse-
quently copied verbatim et literatim by the historian Orcutt
in the preparation of his valuable histories of Stratford and
Bridgeport.
. Children:
Mary Sherman.
Eliza Sherman ; married Darwin Warner.
Jane Sherman ; married Rowland B. Lacy.
82 Sergeakt Feancis Nicholls
12 I>UC'IIKTIA. Married, first, Ransom C. Canfield;
second, Gen. William Do Forest. Had issue by first husband
only.
17 Maria Canfield.
18 Elvira Canfield.
13 IIENUY. Married Ophelia Hurd, of Newtown,
Conn.
Children :
Strplicn.
Ifcnry C.
William P.
CliarlcR l)c Lancey.
14 FANNY, ^farricd Joseph Woollcy, and had among
other issue, Kev. Joseph Woolley, of Pawtucket, 11. I., father
of the distin^iiished educator and author, Miss Mary E. Wool-
ley, })residctit of Mt, Ilolyoke ('oljif^e.
JENNETT. Married Charles Lewis Nichols, of Nicholls*
Farm.
CiriLnRFX :
Charles E, Nichols; nmrricd, first, Frances Williams; Bee-
ond, Mary Stewart Uowley.
GcorfTe W. Nichols ; married Eli/abeth Main.
Mary Nichols ; married Archihald A. Thomas.
Jlcnry C. Nicliols ; died unnvirried.
Edward Livingston Nichols; ma^ric(^ first, Sally West-
cott ; second, Laura May Applegate.
Sarah J. Nichols ; married William F. Moody.
F.lizahcth Nichols ; married Theodore F. Bradley.
W^alter Nicholls; married Eliza Lavinia Nicholls.
Frances Nichols; died in infancy.
16 GEORGE. Married Catherine S., daughter of Le-
grand Bancroft, P^.sq., an eminent jurist, son of Oliver Bancroft,
M. D., of Newton, Conn., son of Ephraim Bancroft, of Windsor,
Conn.
George Burrouglis served thirty-five years as cashier of the
Burroughs — Nicholls 8S
Bridgeport National Bank, and much of the prestige which that
institution enjoys to-day is undoubtedly due to his sagacioui
management in its early history.
Children :
19 Harriet Louise.
Mary Katharine ; married Frederic M. Perry.
George Legrand; died unmarried.
James Richard; married Mamie Welles.
17 CATHERINE ANN. Bridgeport's notable philan-
thropist. Married late in life Allison A. Pettengill, of Bridge-
port. Mr. Pettengill was the editor and proprietor of the
Bridgeport Daily Standard, one of the leading journals of
western Connecticut. He was a scholarly and cultured man*
By her will Mrs. Pettengill made the following bequests :
" To the city of Bridgeport," a capacious and attractive
structure, situated at the comer of Main and John streets for
the use of its public library. " The same to be forever known as
the ' Burroughs' Library Building.* "
" To St. John's Episcopal Church Society, of Bridgeport,
the sum of thirty thousand dollars to be expended in the con-
struction of a chapel adjoining the church edifice and to be
known as * The Burroughs' Chapel.' "
She also bequeathed a large sum for the construction and
maintenance of a home for " Worthy indigent maiden ladies,"
to be known as " The Burroughs' Home." This latter provi-
sion of her will has been gracefully and judiciously executed
by the erection at Black Rock, a beautiful suburban section of
Bridgeport, of an attractive and commodious structure of
Colonial style of architecture, handsomely appointed and
equipped with every modem device calculated to inure to the
health and comfort of its inmates.
In addition to the foregoing munificent bequests, Mrs. Pet-
tengill generously remembered " The Bridgeport Hospital " and
** The Sterling Widows Home," of Bridgeport, besides bestow-
ing upon her kinsfolk sums aggregating nearly one hundred
thousand dollars.
18 ELVIRA CANFIELD. Married George Peabody.
84f Sergeant Francis Nicholls
Children :
20 George Foster Peabody.
Charles Peabody.
Royal Peabody.
19 HARRIET LOUISE. Married Joseph Torrey.
She was the founder and first regent of the Mary SlUiman
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Bridge-
port.
George Burroughs Torrey, the distinguished portrait painter
of New York and Paris, is a son of Joseph and Harriet L.
Torrev.
20 GK0RG1-: FOSTER PEABODY is the contemporary
eminent financier and phiiantliropist and a member of the noted
banking firm of Spencer, Trask k Co., of New York City.
LUCRETIA STURGIS. A niece of Stephen Burroughs*
first wife (Mary Jennings) ; married Josliua Bates, Esq., of
Boston. Josliua Ba.tcs subsequently went to England and
became a partner in the great banking house of Baring Bros.,
of London, and of which he was senior member at the time of
his death, which occurred in 1885. They had only one child, a
daughter: Lucrctia Augusta, who married M. Van de Weycr,
Belgiiun minister to the Court of St. James, who had one son,
Victor William Bates Van de Weycr, who married August 6,
18G8, Lady Emily Gcorgina, daughter of the second Earl of
Craven, and they reside at " New Lodge," Windsor Forest, the
seat of Mr. Van de W^eyer's grandparents, Joshua and Lucretia
(Sturgis) Bates. Lady Van de Weyer is a sister of Lady
Coventry, and of the Earl of Craven, who married Miss Brad-
le^'-Martin.
In 1854 Joshua Bates was appointed umpire between the
joint commission, whose object was to effect a settlement of
the claims between the citizens of the United States and Great
Britain, resulting from the War of 1812, and it is said by the
best official authority that the decisions of Mr. Bates were
never called in question by either side, although they frequently
involved differences of the most intricate as well as vitally
important nature.
APPENDIX
. 1
.1
SOME DESCENDANTS OF ISAAC NICHOLLS
Hon. Charles Nichols, of New York, a distinguished member
of the bar and U. S. Consul to the Hague through two Presi-
dential administrations, was bom at Newtown, Conn., and grad-
uated at Yale in the Class of 1812. He married IVIiss Romaine,
daughter of Benjamin Romaine, the second comptcoller of the
City of New York.
Washington Romaine Nichols, an eminent lawyer, son of
Hon. Charles Nichols, graduated at Columbia College, valedic-
torian. He married Alicia Mackie, of New York. Had issue:
Romaine,* Charles, Leta,* Henrietta,* Lulu,* and Washing-
ton Romaine.*
* Romaine Charles Nichols married Amelia Eccheveria, of
New York.
Henrietta * married Hon. Charles Emory Smith, of Phila-
delphia, former U. S. Minister at St. Peterburg, Russia, and
former Postmaster-General under McKinley and Roosevelt, and
is editor *of the Philadelphia Press.
Leta * married Oscar F. Livingston, of New York, whom she
surviveu, and occupied the Livingston homestead, 108 East
Thirtieth Street. ]Mrs. Livingston recently married James
Blanchard Clews, of New York, a nephew of Henry Gews. .
Lulu * married James Francis Sullivan, of Philadelphia, a
banker and one of the foremost financiers of the State of Penn-
sylvania. They had issue: Frances, Leta, Romaine Livingston,
and Elaine Sherman.
Lineage of Hon. Charles Nichols:*
Sergeant Francis NichoUs, Stratford, 16S9.
Isaac Nichols, Stratford. .; .•
Isaac Nichols, Jr., Stratford. " ■ ' '. , ■/ • •
Richard Nichols, Stratford. ....,.;• .,.,,^;.
Nathaniel Nichols, Stratford. ......
Elijah Nichols, Newtown.
* Charles Nichols, New York. : • r-^
■.•:i:*.i:m- -•- •
What is known as the Greenfield Hill branch of the Nicholls*
family first rose to special prominence through the Rev. Samuel
8t
i -
88 Appendix
Nicliol.s, horn al f»r<'( r)ficM ilill, /ind ulio at tlio tiiiK.- of his death
(see Orcutt) was the oldest JOpiscopal clerygimiu in the United
States, He njarrled Miss Susan Ncxen Warner, of New York,
a notahle Iiciress. The old Warner estate comprised a large
section of Murray Hill, including the ground on which the
Grand Central Depot now stands. The late Effingham How-
ard Nichols, LL. D., Colonel A. R. T. Nichols, Susan Warner
Nichols and William B. Nichols, were some of the children of
the Rev. Dr. Samuel Nichols and Susan Ncxen Warner. Ef-
fingham Howard Nichols, of New York, was a lawyer, Union
Pacific Railroad magnate, and real estate capitalist, and a
Yale graduate, and one of the most active members of his class
alumni. An only child. Miss Elizabeth Howard Nichols, of
Shelton, Conn., survives him. She was his child by his first
wife. Elizabeth Seahury Tread well, a lateral descendant of
Bishop Seabury.
Among other descendants of Isaac Nichols, the following
may be named: George Livingston Nichols, an eminent lawjer
of New York; Acosta Nichols, a member of the noted banking
finn of Spencer Trask Sc Co., New York; Starr Hoyt Nichols,
of New York; William Wallace Nichols, of New York; Howard
H. Knapp and Howard N. Wakeman, distinguished members of
the Fairfield County, Connecticut, Bar; Rev. Charles Chauncey,
first minister of the first Congregational Church Society or-
ganized in Stratford (later Bridgeport) in 1695.
Rev. Charles Chauncey was grandfather of the illustrious
naval officer, Comn)odorc Isaac Chauncey, a biographical sketch
of whom is given on pages 79-80.
/
Appendix 89
WILLIAM FORD NICHOLS, D. D., Protestant Epis-
copal Bishop of California, was bom at Llojd, N. Y., June 9,
1849, son of Charles Hubert and Margaret Emilie (Grant)
Nichols. He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.,
in 1870, and from Berkeley Divinity School in 1873, He mar-
ried, May 18, 1876, Clara Quintard, daughter of Edward
Quintard, of New York and Stamford, Conn., a niece of Bishop
Quintard, of Tennessee. The Quintards were related to the
Van Alen and Schuyler families of New York. He was ordained
Deacon in 1873; Priest, 1874; was secretary to Bishop Wil-
liams of Connecticut in 1871-6. After several pastoral charges
elsewhere in Connecticut, he was rector of Christ church, Hart-
ford, from 1877 to 1887; St. James', Philadelphia, 1887-90;
Professor of Church History, Berkeley Divinity School, 1885-7;
consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of California, June 24, 1890;
Bishop of California, April 6, 1893. He was the founder of
the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, San Mateo, Cali-
fornia. »-
Following is the lineage of Bishop Nichols, including the
names, birth and marriages of his children:
ISAAC NICHOLL, son of Francis, had son Jonathan,
who was bom December 20, 1655; died 1689. J
JONATHAN NICHOLS married, December 21, 1681,
Hannah Hawkins. ,....,. .,.,.■.
Children: - .■~j-.x:-:_r.-r:^ ..•.■.-..>.i,
1 Josiah, bom Oct. 21, 1682, ^ ■ ' 1' .: :r '{^ S
2 Mary, bom Jan. 16, 1684. ' "7'i(l ! ^
S Jonathan, bom Sept. 12, 1687; died Not. 6, 1760. ',
3 JONATHAN NICHOLL married, December 10,
1713, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Beach. . ■■\:^y''r'^'-:}'^'
■i- ■■. _ ' ■- ■ .■ ■•.■■■,: '■' .-It.- *-,;.'> ■■J ,,' (■''Mil '; .';
4 Hannah, bom May 28, 1716. , .. ;^'f;':X ^i:^:;;^^^-:.
^ 6 Mary, bora Sept. 6, 1718. ;/;.„:; p\%!}--'^l?V'\\:.;-J\..
■ 6 Abiah, bom Dec. 17, 1722. , W ;. ■','■*: r".^'' ■ ?;:?. ^-.V-.!'^ '-rC- ^
...r.
■y ,•..;. J. •,.•••.'-■.■ -.. .■..;•.-,• — t-, T''*-'^ "• ■'■' <' - .f • »•■ •■ '. ■• , -■.(•••. V'-.j ,"!> • 4« , > ■
, ,-.. - -..,.... - • .> . -.:
90 Appendix >'
7 .Tosiah, bom Dec. 4, 1724. ^. \
8 Hawkins bom Sept. 9, 1727; died Sept. 13, 1767; no " \
children.
» 9 Ruth, bom Sept. 19, 1730. ;■'.;.'
10 Jonathan, bom Aug. 10, 1732, • :
11 Sarah, born Nov. 10, 1734. ' '
12 Eunice, bom Aug. 25, 1736. '' \''\-\-::v....: ''':;':^r
7 JbSIAH NICHOLS' children were:
13 Eunice, born April 22, 1757. ^
14 Sarah, bom Dec. 10, 1759; died about 1838. .
15 Lucy Anne, bom April, 1764.
16 Hezekiah Booth, bom Sept., 1770.
17 Josiah H., bom -; died about 1797.
18 Abiah.
17 JOSIAH H. NICHOLS. Married, March 2, 1794,
hyd'iH Morse.
Child:
18 Josiah Morse, bom , 1797; died April, 1874. *
Child :
18 JOSIAH MORSE NICHOLS. Married, 1814,
Delilah Duncombe.
Children :
19 Sarah Jane, bom Feb., 1816; died March, 1841.
20 Charies Hubert, bom April 9, 1817; died March 2, 1893.
21 William Morse, bom Feb., 1819; died Sept., 1837.
22 Marj E., bom Dec, 1823; died Dec, 1841.
23 Ljdia Ann, bora June, 1827; died Jan., 1866.
20 CHARLES HUBERT NICHOLS. Married, De- ^ '
comber 26, 1844, daughter of Sweton Grant. j
Child: ■•■..■■ ;' - -^ ■■ '-•• '• ■,:.,.:. „
24 William Ford, bora June 9, 1849.
24 WILLIA.AI FORD NICHOLS. Married, Maj 18,
1876, Clara, daughter of E. A- Quintard.
Appendix 91
Chilbben:
26 John Williams, born Feb. «8, 1878.
26 Mary Evelyn, born May 17, 1880.
27 William Morse, born Dec. 1, 1881.
28 Clara Quintard, bom May 22, 1888.
29 Margaret Alice, born April 16, 1894.
25 JOHN WILLIAMS NICHOLS. Married Julia
Woodward, February 27, 1908.
27 WILLIAM MORSE NICHOLS. Married Ellen
Dean Child, November 6, 1907.
26 MARY EVELYN NICHOLS. Married Philip
Moylan Lansdale, December 16, 1904.
Child :
80 Evelyn Lansdale, born May 4, 1906.
WALTER S. NICHOLS, of Newark, N. J., is descended
from Francis Nicholls through Humphrey Nichols, who was
at Newark about 1737. Mr. Nichols is vice-president and
editor of the Insurance Monitor and Law Journal^ of Nev
York. He is a graduate of Princeton University. His great-
grandfather, Captain Robert Nichols, commanded a company
of New Jersey militia in the Revolutionary War.
Mr. Nichols* cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore Bowron, of New
York, is Historian General of the " National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution."
I
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW is a Hneal descendant of Rev.
Israel and Mary (Nicholls) Chauncey. She was daughter of
Isaac Nicholls.
/
92 Appendix
Some Descendants of John Nicholls
mmn II. nicholls, who is descended from the John
Nicholls' brjuich of the family, several of whose members set-
tled )it Norwalk, but svibscqu.'ntly removed to New York State
a few generations afro, married Miss llhoda Holmes, of Lon-
don, daughter of Rev. William G. Holmes, an eminent Church
of J'>ngland clergym'in.
l{h()da Holmes Nicholls is probably the most famous female
waKr-color artist in America. They have two children:
Khoda Olive and Arundel Holmes Nicholls, the daughter in-
heriting to a marked degree her mother's artistic talent.
WH.LIAM CURTISS
William Curtiss, like his brother, " The Worshipful " Joseph
Curtiss, was one of Stratford's most distinguished citizens.
Among William Curtiss' descendants now living arc: Mrs.
Jonathan Godfrey, Lewis IJ., and Roderick P. Curtiss, of
Bridgeport, and their cousins, the Marquise de Talleyrand
Perigord, of France, and Princess Ruspoli, of Italy, daughter
of the late Joseph Curtiss, of New York.
Lewis B. Curtiss was recently chosen president of the Con-
necticut Society Sons of the American Revolution, succeeding
the Hon. Jonathan Trumbull.
INDEX
Allen, Ethan, 26
Joseph, 26
Angler, Judith, 49
Applegate, Laura May, 44
Atwater, Elizabeth Marjr Ann, SI
Reuben, 31
Eudosia, 31
B
Backus, Joseph, 81
Rev. Simon, 81
Bagley, Charles R., 44
Baker, Elisha, 26
Bancroft, Catherine S., 89
Ephriam, 82
Lcprand, 82
Oliycr, 82
Barker, Elizabeth FranCM, 48
Hon. James, 49
James W., 49
Martha E., 48
Mary Nash, 49
Bassett, Abigail, 61^
Bates, Joshua, 84
Lucretia Agusta, 84
Beach, Anne, 33
Elnnthan, 64
Hannah, 38
Hezekiah, 36
Israel, 28
Joseph, 89
Martha Edwards, 36
Thomas, 66
Mllliam, S3
Beard, Sarah, 66
Deardiiley, Judge 8amuel| 44
ritriiirllA, 44
PrNclUii, 61
Beecher, Ebeneeer, 97
Henry Ward, S3, 43
Beers, Edgar, 44
Joslah, 64
Benham, George Allen, 23
Mercy, 31
Bennett, Dea. Daniel, 31
Sarah, 31
Bierstadt, Albert, —
Blackleach, Mr. Richard, 57
Blakeman, Mary, 19
Rev. Adam, 19
Boardman, Rev. Daniel, 26
Senator Elijah, 97
Booth, Jennett, 59
Marshall, 45
Boothe, Bethia. 27, 56, 69
David B., 59
Hannah Edwards, 37
Mr. Richard, 56, 59
Samuel, 36
Sarah, 36
Sir Richard, 59
Sir William, 57
Bostwick, Charles, 69
John. 26
Mary, 26
Bouton, Bridget, 53
John, 53
Bowron, Elizabeth Moore, 91
Bradley, Hulda, 24
Sarah, 40
Theodore F., 45
Brevoort, John, 63
Brinsmade, Daniel, 53
Mary, 20
Browne, Elizabeth, 77
Joseph, 77
Punal, 77
Bruce (lineage), 15
BuUard, Walter H., 45, 72
Burr, Aaron, 49
Amos, 36
Hon. Anroni 49, A9
Jehue 03
John, 49, 69
Nathaniel, 49
Peter, 57, 58
Rev. Aaron, 59
Burroughs, Abijah, 79, 61
9S
94
Index
Burroiiplis, BnthsJieba, 76
Cathrrinc Ann, 81, 83
Clinrlcs, 80. 81
Clmrlrs DcI-HHcey, 83
Cornrlin, 81
David, 79, 80
Eden, 76, 80
George, 81. 82
George Legrand, 83
Hannah, 75
Harriet. 81
Harriot Louise, 83, 84
Henr>% 80, 82
Edward. 75, 76
Eli7,n, 80
Elizabeth, 79
I",phraim, 7fi. 80
Eiinir,.. 75, 70, 77
Fanny, 80, B2
Henrv C. 82
Hnlda, 79, 81
. Tsaae. 79, 81
JameR R., 79
.James Hirhard, 83
.Irniict, If, 80. 82
John, 52. 74, 75, 70, 80
Joseph, 70. 77
[,iirrclla. HO. 82
Maria. 80, 81
Mary Knlhrrlne, 83
I'atienre, 76
Ruth, 76
Susan, 81
Stephen. 35, 44, 62, 76, 76,
77, 78, 79, 80
"William P., 82
Burton. Benjamin. 56
Joseph, 64 ■ •■
Butler. Mary. 62
PhetH", 62
Richard, 60, 62
Cnnfleld. Elvira, 82, 83
Maria, 82
Ranson, C, 82
Sarah. 66
Carow, Peter, 63
Cbauncey, Abigail, 76
Rev. Israel, 79
Rev. Nathaniel, 76
Wolcott, 79
Rev. Robert, 79
Cbauncey, Zacheriah, 76
Commodore Isaac, 79, 88
Mary (NichoUs), 79
Rev. Charles, 76, 79, 89
Christophers, Richard, 67
Clark, Elizabeth, 38
Hannah, 66
Mathilda, 44
Nathan, 36
William, 38
Clarke. Rev. James Freeman, 4?,
52
Samuel, 42
Clews. Henry, 87
James Blanchard, 87
Comstock. Christopher, 66
Cook, Lowly, 31
Corl»it. Mnry. 60
Coventry. Lady, 84
Craford. Sir William, 13 ,
Craigg, Catherine. 65
Crane, Ia-w'ih Bonnell, 46, 79
Craven, Earl of, 84
Lady Emily Georglnana, 64
Crlssy, Mary E., 24
CurtiH, , 61
Andrew, 36
CurtlHs, Atuia, 56
Hcnjamin, 50
Bertha, 60
Daniel, 30
Ebenezer, 56
Eliphnlet, 56
Eliza. 56
Elizabeth, 56
Ephriam, 56, 75
Hannah, 56
Israel. 56
Joseph, 27. 56, 67, 68, 69, 93
Josiah, 56, 75
Ix-wis B., 92
Lucy, 41
Mary, 56
Nathan, 56
Rowcrick P., 93
Thomas, 56
William, 56, 92
D
DeForest, Edward, 64
Gen. William, 89
Darrow, Jemima, 62
Depew, Cbauncey M., 91
Dimon, Moses, 49
IKD£X
95
B
Edwards, Abigail, 36
Hulda, 40
Pierrepont, 33
Rev. Jonathan, 81
Susan, 33
ElUot, John, 68
Rev, Andrew, 48
Elton, Mr. John, 14
Evarts, William M., 49
Fairchild, Anna, 45
Antonette, 45
Betsey, 41
Brvnnt, 41
Ceiina Abiah, 41
Col. Lewis, 41
Daniel, 41, 45
Dinah, 65
Emma, 65
John, 65
Joseph, 65
Julia Kmma, 45
Juliet F., 41
Horace, 45
I/C Grand, 41
Lewis, 64
Plumb Nichols, 41, 45
Priscilla, 60, 65
Samuel, 65
Sarah, 65
Sarah Ann, 41
Susan, 34
Thomas, 24, 41, 60, 64, 66
Timothy, 64
Zecherlah, 65
Fayerwether, 77
Fenn, Benjamin, 68
Susanna, 68
Fitch, Gov. Thomas, TT
Floyd, Richard, 33
Foot, Andrew Hull, 31, 39, 59
Endocia, 31
Samuel Augustus, 31
French, John, 27
Mrs. Charles S., 95
Fuller, Hon. Abrahcun, 49
GUbert, Ellubeth, 70
Grant, Gen., 32
Gen. Ulysses S., 59
Margaret Emilie, 89
Samuel, 59
Sweton
Green, Hannah, 67
Gold, Hon. Nathan, 68
Nathan, 57 *
Godfrey, Mrs. Jonathan, 99
Gould, George J., 63
Gregory, Capt. Moses, 63
Deborah, 70
Francis Hoyt, 63
Sarah, 70
Griswold, John, 26
Gunville, Sir Richard, 49
H
Harral, Edward W., 24
Henry K.. 62
Hawley, Capt. Abraham, 67
Elizabeth. 56, 69
Hannah, 63
Henry, 27
Joseph, 50, 63
Mr. Joseph, 67
HarrlH, Mary, 49
Hatch, John, 31
Hawkins, Hannah, 89
Hicks, Hon. Whitehead, 63
Thomas, 62
Hinman, Capt. Elisha, 74, 76
Col. Benjamin, 74
Edward, 74
Hannah, 75
Patience, 74
Sergt. Edward, 75
Hitchcock, Dr. Edward, 36
Prof. Edward, 35
Hoar, Geo. F. (Senator), 49
Holburton, Mary, 77
Holmes, Rev. William G., 99
Rhoda, 99
Hooker, Isabella Beecber, 69
Mary, 68
Hoyt, Asa, 53
Ruth (Kellogg), 63
Hubbell, Josiah, 64
Patience, 35
Hudson, Susan Edwardr Johnsooi
33
Hull, Andrew, 96
Anna, 31
96
Index
Hull, Ann Binney, 42
Caleb, 96, 31
Caroline. 42
Caph Joseph, 39
Charles, 42
Capt. TIieoj)hilus, 57
Daniel, .'(». 42
David. 38
Kliza. 42
i;iiza!ieth, 31. 38
Oen. William. 20. 42, 62
Henry, 42
Isaac, 38, 42. 45. 62
Joseph, 26, 31. 38, 42
Jnlia Knox, 20, 42
Levi, 38, 42
Marin, 42
Mary, 26
01)iah. 26
Reberra Parker, 42
Samuel, 38
Sarah. 26, 31, 33, 38, 42
William. 38, 42
Ilungerford, Ann Eliza, 46
Hunt, .Mary. 49
Hurd, Andrew, 81
John, 16, 17
Ophrlia, 8i
Hi'linr/i, HI
I
Ingcrsoll, (Jov. Charles R., 65
J
Jackson, Isaac, 30
Jenninps. Anna Burr, 52
Capt. Levi. 80
Mary. 44, 80
Oliver Gould. 52
Jessup, Morris K., 52
Johnson. Dr. Samuel, 33
Samuel W., 33
Sarah, 20
William Samuel, 33, 77
Jones, I'aul, 75
Judson, /Xbigail, 34
Anne, 76
Capt. .FameH, 5B
Caroline. 35
Clins. Frederick, 36
Chns. Nichols, 35
David, 35
Judson, Jeremiah, 35
Jonathan, 34
Lewis Henry, 35
Mary Lewis, 35
Mary (Mitchell), 34
Hev, David, 80
Plxlee, 35, 78
K
ICellopfr. Benjamin, 53
Daniel," 24, 53, 66
Elizabeth. 53
Joseph, 53
Lydia, 53
Mary, 53
Hachel, 24, 53
Samuel. 53
Sarah. 53
Knnpp, Ilavard H., 88
Knell, Elizabeth Newman, 26
Isaac. 26
Nicholas, 26
Phebe, 26
Lacy, How land B,, fll
Ldfcyclle. (icii., 31
I/dfindalc. {''.vclyn, 01
l'liili|i Moylati, CI
Lewis, Ajfiir, 35
Jennett, 45
Phebe, .35
Ruth, 64
Scvlgnon, 76
LivinfTston, Oscar F,, 87
Lock wood. Deborah, 49
Robert, 49
Susanna. 49
Ludlow. Fitzhugh, 73
Lyon, Sal»ria, 71
Zecheriah, 71
M
Mackie, Alicia. 87
Main. Elizabeth, 44
Mansfield. Comfort, 37
Martin. Abigail, 26
Mrs. Bradley, 84
William, 19
Marquand, Prof, Allan, 59
Masters, Elizabeth, 36
Index
97
■ 4
McKesson, John, 42 j
McLellan, Isaac, 43 t
Meigs, John, 52
Tryal, 62
Merwin, Miles, 66
Mills, Richard, 13, 14
Minor, Capt. John, 19
Moody, John, 47
William F., 47
Morse, Lydla, 90
Moss, Jane, 64
John, 64
Johanna, 64
Munson, Rev. Stephen, 77
N
Nash, Thomas, 48
Dr. William, 49
Nettleton, Martha, 63
Newman, Gov. Francis, 26
Newton. Rev. Roger, 69
Samuel, 68
Nichols, Abiah, 89, 90
Abijah, 39
A cost a. 88
Ah'xnndcr H. T., 89
Anna, HO
Mi-lly, :J0
Hnitllcy, 44, 46
Carrie, 44
Catherine Isabella, 35
Charles, 87
Comphe, 38
Cornelia, 44
David, 39
Daniel M., 44
David A., 36
Effingham Howard, 99
Elijah, 87
Elizabeth, 39
Frederick C, 36
George Livingston, 98
Hannah, 89
Humphrey, 91
Hawkins, 90
' Henrietta, 87
Henry H., 44
Hezekiah Booth, 60
Huldn, 39
. Isaac, 87, 89
James, 39 , ^
Jane, 44
John, 30, 39
Nichols, Jonathan, 89, 90 ,
Joseph, 30
John Williams, 91
Josiah, 89, 90
Joslah H., 90
Josiah Morse, 90
Leta, 87
Lucius Curtis, 41
Lucy, 44, 90
Luther, 44
Lulu, 87
Lydia Ann, 90
Margaret Alice, 91
Mary E., 90
Mary Evelyn, 91
Nathan, 30, 39 .. ^
Nathaniel, 87
Noah, 39
Phebe, 39
Philip, 37, 38
Philo, 39
Richard, 12, 87
Romalne, 87
Samuel, 88
Sarah. 29, 90
Sarah Jane, 90
vStarr Hoyt, 99
Htilfs :w
HiiKim Wnriipr, H8
Wnltrr S.. 91
Warren «., 46, 48
Washington Romalne, 87
William B., 88
William Ford, 90
William J., 46, 48
William Morse, 90, 91
William Wallace, 88
NichoUs, Abiah, 34, 37
Abijah, 36
Abijah Moss, 40, 44
Abigail, 19, 27
Abraham, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31,
53, 76
Agur, 38
Amelia, 40
Andrew, 19, 24, 26, 97, 89,
34, 37, 64, 67, 69
Andrew Sension, 41
Ann, 19, 34, 52
Ann Wardc, 93
Anna, 34, 39
Arundel Hohnes, 99
Avis, 95
Bathsheba, 34, 61
98
Index
NIcholls, nonjflmin, 37
Hciilali. 35
IJflty, 3f)
Burr H., 92
Caleb, 13. 16, 17, 20, 23, 26,
-'(). 31, 33, 34, 37, 49, 79
C.'irolyn Joscphene, 45, 72
Clifirles, 40
Charles E., 44
Chas. Ivcwis, 41. 44, 80
Chas. Wilbur de Lyon, 45,
47, T2
Daniel, 25, 30, 37
David, 35. 38, 41
Kdword I-ivingston, 44
Klijah, 37, 38
?:ii'sbn, 3).
EInntlian, 37
Kii?, I I,avinia, 45, 72
F:ii7,abeth. 27. 34, 39, 45
F" ranees Serena, 45. 72
Fninees, }2, 13, 14, 45, 49, 87,
91
Franris, Inventory of Estate,
It, 15
Geor>re W., 44
(lershim, 38
Hannah, 14. 19, 26, 39, 62
Harriet. 41, 72
Hari'et Elizalieth, 45
Henry C. 44
Hester, 25, 31
Hez.jdnh. 25, 37, 41, 61
Hezekiali Shelton, 41
Isaae 13, 35, 37, 38, 79, 89
Isabel, 38
James. 35. 07
James Kant, 41, 45, 72
Jerusha, 35
John, 13, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29,
33, 34, 37. 38, 92
Joseph. 19, 25, 26, 28, 34, 36,
38, 56. 59
Josiah. 24. 26, 27
Lavinia, 41
Lavinia Armina, 45, 73
Lueinda, 41
Mat)el, 37
Mansfield, 37
Martha, 27, 30, 35, 37, 41,
88
Mary, 19, 26, 27, 30, 31, 34,
35, 36, 37, 41, 44
Naomi, 35
NIcholls, Nathan, 27, 28, 35, 36
Nathan Pcet, 30, 37
Norton, 41
Patience, 36
Phel)e, 19, 25, 26, 38, 60
Polly Serena, 41
Prosper, 41
Rachel. 25, 30, 37
Reuben, 38
Richard, 12, 33, 47
Robert. 37, 40. 60, 61, 64
Ruth. 25, 31, 76, 90
Samuel. 19, 24, 26, 30, 37
Sarah. 19, 26, 27, 34, 35, ST
Sarah J., 44
Serpt. 13
Silas. 37
Susanna, 34
Walter, 45, 72
William Granderson, 41
Niccols, Mr. Josiah, 57
Nicoles. Abraham, IB
Ann. 18
Anna. 18
Calel), 17, 18, 19
John, 17
John, 18
Josiah, 17
Mary, 18
Pheby, 18
Samuel, 17
NIcoIl, Charity, 33
Matthia's, 33
Norton, Fletcher, 06
Odell, Hannah, 70
Ogden. Alice. 52
Olmstead, Capt. James, 58
Prof. Everitt W^ard, 63
Osborne, Amos, 72
Jane, 60
Lucy, 71, 72 .
William, 72
Pardee, Dr. John H,, 46
Moses, 46
Sarah L.. 46
Patterson, William, 64
Paulding, Admiral Hiram, 58
Pcabody, Charles, 84
Ikdex
99
Peabody, George, 83
George Foster, 49, 84
Royal, 84
Peat, Abigail, 61
Abijah, 61
Abraham, 61
Alice, 61
Ann, 60
Benjamin, 60, 62, 65
Butler, 60
Catherine, 69
Dea. Thomas, 38, $0
Edward W., 69
Elearcr, 62
Ephrlam. 61
Esther, 38, 61
Francis, 62
Frederick T., 69
George, 62
Isaiah, 61
James, 60
Johanna, 40, 61
John. 60
Josepli, 60
Joslah, 61
Katherlne, 60
Maria, 62
Mary, 60, 61
Minerva, 62
Nathan, 61
Phebe, 61
Philo, 61
Priscilla, 61
Richard, 60
Samuel, 60
Sarah Ann, 62
Thomas, 30, 60, 61
William, 60, 61, 69
William Henry, 69
Peet, Abiah (Ufford), 40
Avis, 41, 61, 64
Hannah, 30
Perry, Frederick M., 83
Pettengill, Allison A., 83
Pickett, Daniel, 63
Pixlee, David, 35
Eunice, 35
Hulda, 35, 7T
Mary, 29, 35
Mary (Nicholls), 77
Peter, 29, 35, 77
WlUiam, 35
Piatt, Aaron,- 71, 79
Abiah, 67, 68
Piatt, Daniel, 66
Ebeneter, 67
EliEabcth, 66
Eliza Maria, 71
Epenetus, 66
Gideon, 66
Hannah. 66
Isaac, 66
John, 66
Joseph, 53, 66, 67
Josiah, ,66
Mary, 66
Phebe, 66
Richard. 66, 79 ^ -
Sarah, 66
Polly (Lyon), 71
Sir 'Hugh, 66
Stephen, 67
Plumb, Abiah. 37, 67, 68
Daniel, 67
Joseph, 67, 68
Noah, 37, 39, 67, 68
Phebe. 39, 67
Susanna, 67
Prentice, John, 19, 24
Preston, Elizabeth, 34
Hackeliah, 65
Jehiel, 65
William, 34
Pyncheon, William, 63
Q
Quintard, Bishop, 89
Clara, 89, 90
E. A., 90
Edward, 89
Riggs, Lois, 20
Romaine, Benjamin, 87
Miss, 87
Rowley, Mary S., 44
Ruspol!, Princess, 99
Say and Sele, Lord, 58
Seabrook, , 65
Seely, Aaron, 79
Abel, 70, 71
Abnep, 71
Alden, 71
Alson, 71
Alston, 71
Anna, 70
643349 A
ICO
Index
Sccly, Armini. 15, 72
IJcrijarnin
Calvin, 12
KhfTKzer, 70
Eli, 71
Klizahcth, V,, 72
]'',iinirp, 71
Ilnnnnh, 70
Iliinnah (Jrny. 70
Jnnirs, 70. 71
Jesse, 71
Jo, It), 70
Joseph, 70
Mnria, 71
Maricltr, 71
Mary. 70, 72
Mnnson, 71
I.iont. Nathan. 70, 71
. Nathan (Ensipn), 70, 71
Natlian, 70. 71
Nalhan W.. 71
Nathanirl. fiO. 70
M.-iit. HolxTt. 69
Phelte, 70
Rebecra, 70
Kobrrt. 70
Sal)ria, 71, 72
Samuel. 70
Scth, 70. 71
Sarah. 70
Sarah J.. 72
Sle|their, 70
Shcltoii, Abijrail, Jf), 30
A^rur, 'Mi
Aii<lr»w, WH
Ann. ;»'!
Charity, '.17, 40
Daniel", 36 .
David, 30 '
Elizabeth, 36
Enniee. 29, 37
Hamilton, 40
Isaac Welles, 36
Jnsei)h, 36
Josifth, 29. 36
Martha, 36
Mary, 36
Mehitahlc
Philo, .36. 39
Rev, Philo. 40
Prudence, 41
Rev, George Agustus, 40
Rev. Willinm, 40
Siimnel, 29, 36
Shclton, Sarah, 36
Sherman. Edmund, 49
Eliza, 81
Esther, 49
Gen. William I., 21, 49
Henry, 49
Hon. John, 49
Hon. Uopcr, 49
Isaac, Rl
Jane. 81
John, 19
Mary. 81
Mr. John, 57
Mr. Samuel, 57
Samuel, 16, 17
Seabury. Bishop, 39, 88
Sherwood, Capt. Mathew, 77
Thomas, 77
Singleton, John V., 45, 72
Smith. Isaac. 34
Hon. Charles Emory, 87
Lucy, 20
Mury, 34
N'ehemiah, 66
Phebe, 34
Prof. Chas. H., 52
Sheldon, 77
Sterling, 77
Sterling Summers, 77
Stiles, . 31
Mr. Ephriam, 58
Sullivan. James I-'rancis, 87
Sununers, Capt. Stephen, 77
Daniel, 77
Polly. 77
SIftwe, Marrlil Mcecher, M
Strowbrldge, Mr. ThomHS, 57
Sturgis, Lucretin, 84
Taylor, Moses, 44
Terrell. Roger, 63
Thomas, Archibald A., 44
Thompson, John, 30
Tomlinson, Beach. 40
Hon. Gideon, 40
Tooker, Cnpt. John, 14
Torrcy, George Burroughs, 53, 64
Joseph, 84
Treadwcll, Elizabeth Seabury, 89
Turney, Benjamin, 70
Mary, 70
Parmella, 80
Index
101
u
Ufford, Abigail, 64 ,
Anna, 64
Anna (Moss) 61
Dnniel, 64
Ebenczer, 64
Elizabeth, 63, 64
Eunice, 64
Jane, 64
Johanna, 64
Joseph, 64
John, 63, 64
Lydia, 63
Martha, 63, 64
Mary, 63, 64
Samuel, 56, 63, 64
Sarah, 64
Thomas, 63, 64
Van de Wcyer, Lady, 84
M., 84
Victor William Bates, 84
W
Wakelee, David; 3T
Wakeman, Capt. John, 58
Howard N., 88
Joseph, 57
Walker, Al)iffail, 31
Klcakiin, 36
Jacob, 10
Joseph. Ill
Mary, 10
Robert, 19, 31
Rtith, 31
Zacheriah, 19
Warde, Abigail, 49
Andrew, 16, 49, 52
Anna, 16, 20, 31, 33, 4» .
Capt Andrew, 59
Edmund, 49, 53
Esther, 52
Esther Sherman, 16
Gen. William, 59
John, 49, 53
Mary, 49
Samuel, 52
Sarah, 49, 52
Sir Richard, 49
William, 49
Warburton, Sir John, 59
Warner, Darwin, 81
Warner, Susan Nexen, 88
Welles, Bathsheba, 34
Gov. Thomas, 34, 56, 58
Mamie, 83
Sarah, 34
Westcott, Sally, 44
Wheeler, Archer Crissy, 24
Caleb, 19
Capt. James, 23
David, 23 _.
Elizabeth, 19, 20 "^
Ellen B., 24
Gen., 23
Gen. Joseph, 92, 77
Harry Deforest, 24
Harry Penoyer, 24
Hobart R., 45
Hon. Nathaniel, 53
Horace, 45, 73
James, 20
Joseph. 20, 42
Lucy Josephine, 77
Maj. Gen. Joseph, 20, 53
Martha, 24
Moses, 19
Moses, Jr., 19, 23
Nathan, 20
Robert, 20
Samuel. 20
Samuel H., 24
Sarah, 20, 23
William Bishop. 94
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Whitney Stephen. 23
Williams, Bishop, 89
Frances E., 44
John, 19
Woodbury, Elizabeth, 67
Wood, Elizabeth, 66
Phebe, 66
Woodruff, John, 66
Woolley, Rev. Joseph, 82
Mary E., 52, 82
Wooster, Abraham, 19
Gen. David, 19
Wright, Hon. William, 69
Young, Betsey, 77
Youngs, Christopher, 14
Col. John, 14
Rev. John. 14
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