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THE  DESCENDANTS 


OF 


Richard  %  G^illian  J^Iansfield 

WHO   SETTLED   IN 

1639 

WITH   SKETCHES   OF   SOME   OF  THE   MOST 
DISTINGUISHED. 

ALSO,  OF  CONNECTIONS  OF  OTHER  NAMES. 


Compiled  and  Ppblishkd  by 

H.      MANSFIELD, 

New  Haven, 

1885. 


^  HDggsDn  &  RDbinson,  ^ 
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LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


The  figures  denote  the  ages  of  the  persons  when  their  Portraits  were  taken. 

Col.  Jared  Mansfield,  (69),  Frontispiece. 

Page. 
Maj.  William  Munson,  (77,) 23 

Lieut.  Nathan  Mansfield  House, 28 

Rev.  Dr.  Richard  Mansfield,  (90,) 31 

Rev.  Dr.  Richard  Mansfield  House, 35 

Col.  William  Douglas,  (30,) 42 

Hannah  (Mansfield)  Douglas,  (25,) 43 

Silhouettes  of  Rev.  Achilles  Mansfield,  etc., 54 

William  Punderson  Mansfield,  (78,) 72 

Hon.  Edward  D.  Mansfield,  (74,) 77 

Prof.  Charles  Davies,  (68,) 87 

Gen.  J.  K.  F.  Mansfield,  (57,) 91 

Maj.  Benj.  F.  Mansfield,  (63,) 102 

Mrs.  Susan  Huntington,  (18,) 104 

H.  Mansfield,  (75,) 114 

J.  M.  Mansfield,  (68,) 118 

Hon.  Hugh  White,  (46,) 126 

Maria  M.  (Mansfield)  White,  (75,) 126 

William  Mansfield  White,  126 

Lewis  Wm.  Mansfield,  (62,) 127 


The  author  desires  to  return  his  most  liearty  thanks  to  the  following  persons 
who  have  contributed  important  information  in  the  compilation  of  this  work,  in- 
cluding those  who  have  furnished  several  of  the  Illustrations,  namely :  Ex-Lieut. 
Qov.  Douglas  of  Middletown,  Ct.,  who  contributed  the  fine  steel  plate  Portraits 
of  Col.  William  Douglas  and  his  wife  Hannah  (Mansfield)  Douglas,  which  he  had 
engraved  at  great  expense,  by  Sartain  of  Phila.  for  the  "  Douglas  Genealogy," 
and  were  taken  from  oil  paintings,  preserved  in  his  possession,  painted  by  a  French 
artist  in  1772.  Also  Rev.  Mrs.  Edward  T.  (Mansfield)  Swiggett  of  Morrow,  Ohio, 
for  the  Portrait  of  her  grandfather  Col.  Jared  Mansfield,  from  a  copy  of  an  oil 
painting  by  Prof.  Robert  Wier  (and  presented  to  Yale  College  by  Prof.  Charles 
Davies  many  years  since)  from  the  original  painting  by  Sully  in  the  West  Point 
Academy;  said  to  be  an  excellent  likeness.  Also  Charles  D.  Mansfield,  Paymas- 
ter U.  S.  N.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  for  the  steel  engraving  by  Sartain  of  his  father, 
Hon.  Edward  D.  Mansfield  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  which  he  had  engraved  at  his  own 
expense  expressly  for  this  work.  Henry  Livingston  Mansfield,  Esqr.,  of  Middle- 
town,  for  the  steel  engraving  of  his  father,  Gen.  J.  K.  F.  Mansfield.  Mrs.  Prof. 
(Mansfield)  Davies  of  Fishkill,  N.  Y.,  for  the  steel  portrait  of  her  late  husband 
Prof.  Charles  Davies.  Mrs.  Hon.  Hugh  (Mansfield)  White  of  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  for 
the  Portrait  of  her  father  Wm.  P.  Mansfield,  and  others.  L.  W.  Mansfield,  Esqr. , 
of  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  for  a  fine  portrait  of  himself.  W.  C.  Willcox  of  Phila.  for  the 
Plate  of  Silhouettes  of  Rev.  Achilles  Mansfield,  etc.  Mrs.  Dr.  Richards  of  Nor- 
wich, Ct.,  for  the  Portrait  of  her  mother  Mrs.  Susan  (Mansfield)  Huntington. 
Mrs.  Grace  Wheeler  of  New  Haven  (in  her  94th  year)  and  her  daughter  Mrs. 
Grace  Glenny  for  the  Portrait  of  Maj.  Wm.  Munson,  (Mrs.  Wheeler's  father)  from 
an  oil  painting  in  their  possession.  Burton  Mansfield,  Esqr.,  of  New  Haven,  for 
the  portrait  of  his  father  Mr.  J.  M.  Mansfield.  Mrs.  Mary  Aurelia  (Mansfield) 
Doolittle  of  Cheshire,  Ct.,  for  much  information  and  records.  Rev.  Prof.  Geo. 
B.  Hopson  of  Annandale  College,  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  for  records  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Richard  Mansfield's  family  and  descendants.  Maj.  Benjamin  F.  Mansfield  of 
New  Haven,  for  thorough  records  and  reminiscences.  Mrs.  Rev.  Dr.  Phelps  of 
New  Haven  and  her  sister  Miss  Elizabeth  Lyon  Linsley  of  Stratford,  Ct.,  for 
records  and  sketches  of  the  members  of  the  Col.  Lyon  family.  Chief  Justice  C. 
D.  Drake  of  Washington,  D.  C,  for  important  records,  and  to  all  the  many  others 
who  have  contributed  information  he  would  tender  his  grateful  acknowledgments. 
This  has  been  a  laborious  undertaking  during  the  past  three  years  and  more,  but 
a  pleasant  one,  and  the  writer  feels  grateful  that  he  has  been  enabled  to  success- 
fully cany  it  through  to  its  completion. 


Richard  Mansfield,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  New  Haven,  and  ancestor  of 
about  all  of  the  Mansfields  in  Connecticut,  and  most  of  them  in  New  York  State,  and 
in  several  of  the  western  and  southern  States,  came  from  Exeter,  Devonshire,  Eng., 
and  settled  in  "  Quinnipiac  "  in  1639.  This  is  shown  by  a  deed  of  land  from  James 
Marshall,  of  Exeter,  Eng.,  duly  recorded  in  New  Haven  land  records,  Vol.  1,  part 
of  which  was  situated  on  the  north  west  corner  of  what  is  now  Elm  St.  and  Church 
St. ,  extending  from  near  Temple  St.  easterly  and  round  the  corner,  northerly,  to 
near  the  present  Wall  St.  He  owned  another  lot  on  State  St.,  nearly  opposite  the 
County  Bank.  For  the  first  two  or  thre6  years  the  settlers  confined  themselves  to 
cultivating  their  lots  in  the  Town  plat,  and  near  vicinity,  included  in  what  was 
called  the  first  Division,  and  it  is  supposed  he  did  not  build  on  either  of  the  above 
lots,  unless  it  was  temporary  accommodations,  perhaps  a  sort  of  a  cellar,  partly  in 
the  ground,  with  a  thatched  roof,  which  kind  of  habitations  were  built  and  occupied 
by  many  of  the  most  respectable  inhabitants  in  the  first  year  or  two. 

In  the  schedule  of  the  list  of  the  first  Planters,  1641,  he  is  put  down  at  £400. 
30  acres  in  the  first  Division,  6  acres  in  the  "  Neck,"  22  acres  of  meadow,  and  88 
in  the  second  Division.  About  this  time,  it  is  supposed,  he  established  his  large 
farm,  and  built  his  dwelling-house  and  farm  accommodations,  at  a  place  in  the 
"  second  division  "  called  the  "East  farms,"  some  four  and  a-half  miles  out,  on 
the  present  North  Haven  road,  where  he  lived,  till  he  died,  10  Jan.,  1655.  His 
nearest  neighbors  were  David  Atwater,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Turner,  William  Potter, 
William  Bradley,  and  a  few  others. 

His  wife's  first  name  was  Gillian ;  what  her  surname  was,  probably  can  never  be 
ascertained.  After  his  death,  she  married,  in  1657,  Alexander  Field,  and  removed 
into  the  Town  to  live  with  her  husband  in  a  house  just  purchased  by  him  of  Josiah 
Stanbrough  of  Southampton,  L.  I.,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  formerly  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Wheeler,  who  had  owned  and  occupied  the  same  while  living.  ' '  House 
and  Barn  with  about  one  acre  of  land  facing  easterly  the  Market  Place."  Richard 
Mansfield  and  Gilliaij,  his  wife,  had  only  two  children,  Joseph  born  aboiit  1636, 
and  jMoses,  born  in  January  or  February,  1639  Old  Style.  She  had  no  children 
by  her  second  marriage.  Her  second  husband  died  in  1666,  and  she  then  went  to 
live  with  her  son  Moses,  whose  Homestead  occupied  the  large  Lot  corner  of  Elm 
and  Church  streets,  formerly  his  father  Richard's.  His  Dwelling  House  fronted 
on  Elm  St.  She  died  in  1669.  We  extract  from  the  Colony  Records  the  following : 
At  a  Court  held  1643,  Richard  Mansfield  demanded  a  debt  of  40s.  of  Henry  Gib- 
bons, which  said  Henry  promised  to  pay  within  a  month,  only  desired  to  have  20s. 
of  itt  abated  for  lodging  and  firewood  for  a  whole  winter  in  his  cellar,  which  was 
thought  reasonable,  and  Richard  Mansfield  ordered  to  allow  itt. 

The  Gov.  Theopilus  Eaton  gave  oath  of  fidelity  to  Kichard  Mansfield  at  General 
Court  at  New  Haven,  1  July,  1644. 
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2  MAKSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

At  General  Court  7  Oct.,  1646,  Bro.  Richard  Manslield  had  liberty  to  dept. 
the  Court.  Richard  Mansfield  with  John  Thomas  are  appoynted  to  view  East 
river  for  a  Bridge,  and  consider  in  what  place,  and  how  with  the  least  chardge  it 
may  be  most  conveynient  and  commodious  to  suite  the  end  propounded,  and  report 
to  the  Governor  and  Magistrates,  what  their  apprehensions  are  concerning  it. 

At  General  Court  Maye  1648  Richard  Mansfield  and  David  Atwater,  is  to  fiude 
cache  of  them  a  man  to  watch  at  the  towne,  in  regard  of  ther  house  lots  heare. 

In  1648  Richard  Mansfield  and  others  (18  in  all)  each  of  them  fined  12d.  for  not 
bringing  their  weights  and  measures  to  be  tryed,  upon  the  day  appoynted. 

6th  Feb.,  1648.  Richard  Mansfield,  John  Thompson,  and  Andrew  Low,  were 
complained  of  for  their  fencing  lying  down,  the  most  part  of  the  last  summer,  and 
yet  it  is  not  up.  20  posts  Richard  Mansfield,  13  posts  Andrew  Low,  and  6  posts 
John  Thompson,  as  John  Cooper  informs.  They  answered  it  was  a  middle  fence 
and  some  of  the  Quarter  was  in  a  demurr  for  some  time  whether  to  have  it  main- 
tyned  or  taken  away.  Upon  which  consideration  the  Court  ordered  that  they  pay 
but  12d.  a  post  for  the  whole  time  past. 

Exeter,  the  place  from  which  he  emigrated,  has  been  a  City,  and  governed  by  a 
Mayor,  etc.,  ever  since  the  year  1200.  There  was  a  Sir  John  Mansfield,  Knight, 
Mayor  of  the  City  a  few  years  before  the  first  emigration  to  New  England.  He 
was  also  "Master  of  the  Minories,  and  Queen's  Surveyor  under  Queen  Elizabeth." 
There  was  a  "  rich  merchant,"  a  Mr.  Marshall,  in  Exeter,  who  advanced  consider- 
able money  to  John  Mansfield,  a  son  of  the  above  Sir  John,  to  enable  him  to  come 
over  and  settle  in  New  England.  He  came  in  the  Regard,  in  1634,  settled  in 
Charlestown,  had  a  family,  and  died  about  1670,  but  there  are  no  descendants,  at 
least  by  name  of  Mansfield.  Probably  this  Mr.  Marshall  whom  Gov.  Wiuthrop 
calls  "  that  rich  merchant,"  in  his  History  of  New  England,  was  the  same  as  the 
James  Marshall,  who  sold  all  his  possessions  in  New  Haven  to  Richard  Mansfield, 
and  perhaps,  or  probably,  Richard  was  also  a  son  of  Sir  John.  In  the  List  of  the 
123  first  grantees  of  New  Haven,  Richard  Mansfield  has  Mr.  affixed  to  his  name, 
with  only  seven  others  in  the  whole  List,  with  that  title.  The  title  of  Mr.  (Master) 
at  this  time  was  far  more  honorable  than  that  of  Esquire  two  hundred  years  later. 

By  writing  a  good  many  times  to  different  persons  in  Exeter,  the  compiler  has 
not  been  able  to  obtain  any  furtlier  gen^ogical  information  of  the  family.  The 
clerk  of  the  most  ancient  Church  in  the  City,  has  made  thorough  search  of  records 
without  success,  and  I  am  told  on  good  authority,  that  not  in  one  case  in  twenty 
can  satisfactory  information  be  obtained  of  families,  the  records  are  so  complicated 
and  different  from  ours  in  this  country. 

In  compiling  this  work,  have  spent  a  great  deal  of  time  the  past  few  years  in 
thoroughly  searching  all  of  the  New  Haven  Colonial,  Probate,  and  Land  Records. 
First  Church,  Trinity,  and  North  Church  Records.  North  Haven  and  Hamden 
Church  Records.  All  of  the  genealogical  works  in  Yale  College  Library  as  fur  as 
known,  that  might  contribute  information,  including  Savage's  Gen.  Dictionary 
of  first  settlers  of  New  England  down  to  1692,  4  Vols.  R.  Octavo.  New  England 
Historical  Register,  35  Vols.,  Drake's  History  of  Boston,  History  of  Charlestown, 
History  of  Lynn,  etc.  Visited,  and  looked  over  carefully  all  of  the  ancient  cemeteries 
in  New  Haven,  Derby,  Woodbridge,  Hamden,  North  Haven,  West  Haven,  and  East 


MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY.  3 

Haven.  Have  consulted  many  old  people,  several  over  ninety  years  of  age,  and 
the  necessary  and  widespread  correspondence  has  far  exceeded  anything  I  had  any 
conception  of,  when  the  work  was  first  commenced. 


ARRANGEMENT. 


After  examining  a  good  many  genealogical  works  in  the  Yale  College  Library, 
gave  the  preference  to  the  "Huntington  Genealogy,"  as  the  most  simple,  and 
easiest  to  be  understood.  And  have  mostly  followed  the  arrangement  in  that 
work. 

Every  male  Mansfield  and  every  female  by  the  name  of  Mansfield  when  born, 
is  numbered  on  the  left  hand  side  of  the  page,  from  the  first  settler  Richard,  down 
to  the  last  descendant  without  a  break.  And  all  particulars  of  each  individual,  are 
given  in  connection  with  their  number,  whether  occupying  one  line,  or  several  pages. 
Those  male  Mansfiekls  with  a  star  aflixed  to  their  number,  are  carried  forward  as 
heads  of  families,  with  their  number  placed  in  the  middle  of  the  page.  All  that 
is  said  of  the  female  Mansfields,  (of  other  names  by  marriage),  and  their  descend- 
ants, is  given  in  connection  with  their  number,  without  being  carried  forward  to 
another  place,  as  in  the  case  with  the  males.  The  numbering  of  the  children  of  each 
family,  with  Roman  letters,  as  is  the  case  with  some  geneological  family  Books, 
has  been  omitted,  as  unnecessary,  and  rather  rendering  the  work  more  complex, 
and  not  so  quickly  and  readily  understood. 


SECOND    GENERATION. 


1,     RICHARD.  From  England. 

*2.  Joseph,  probably  born  in  England,  in  1636,  as  he  took  the  freeman's  oath 
Feb.  8,  1657.  He  occupied  and  owned  part,  or  the  whole,  of  the  farm  which  was 
his  father  Richard's  before  him,  situated  about  4^  miles  north  of  the  Town  center, 
in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Haniden,  on  the  North  Haven  road.  His  house  was 
probably  situated  near  where  the  brick  dwelling-house  of  the  widow,  Mrs.  Seymour 

Mansfield,  now  is.      He   married  Mary  about  1657,  joined  the  Church 

Aug.  30,  1685.  He  died  Nov.  15,  1692,  aged  about  56.  Estate  £440.  His 
seat  in  the  ^meeting  house  was  No.  8  of  the  "long  seats  for  men,"  the  others 
on  this  seat  were  Robert  Hill,  William  Meeker,  Ephriam  Howe,  Thomas  Harrison, 
Matthew  Rowe,  and  John  Johnson.  In  the  land  records  Jan.  14,  1687,  it  is 
stated  that  his  3d  Division  land  (which  was  in  addition  to  his  farm,)  east  side 
of  East  river  is  bounded  north  by  Thomas  Bowmond,  deceased,  West  by  river, 
South  by  Daniel  Barnes'  land,  and  East  by  New  Haven  Commons.  160  rods  from 
the  river  to  the  country  road,  and  208^  rods  along  by  the  river,  being  106^  acres. 
James  Bishop,  Moses  Mansfield,  (his  brother),  and  Abraham  Dickerman,  Sizors, 
Enos  Tallmadge,  Surveyor.  Aug.  5,  1687,  at  a  Town  Meeting,  Joseph  Mansfield 
made  a  motion  to  buy  Duck  Cove  Island  in  the  East  river.  Two  persons  were  ap- 
pointed to  view  the  same,  and  make  report  thereof  to  the  next  Town  Meeting, 
what  the  land  is  and  how  marked.  Aug.  11,  1690,  at  the  Town  Meeting,  ordered 
that  Lieut.  Dickerman  and  Joseph  Moss,  two  of  the  "  Townsmen,"  give  a  deed  of 
sale,  according  to  law,  to  Joseph  Mansfield,  of  a  small  island  on  or  near  the  East 
river,  he  bought  of  the  town. 

By  the  following  it  would  appear  he  owned  land  on  the  site  of  the  Yale  College 
Buildings.  From  deed  dated  April  11,  1696,  Joseph  Mansfield,  (his  son),  heir  of 
his  deceased  father,  Joseph  Mansfield,  to  John  Ailing,  for  valuable  sum  in  hand,  one 
acre,bounded  East  by  the  Market  Place,  (the  Green),  South  by  Thomas  Tuttle's  Home 
lot.  North  by  John  Yale's  lot  and  George  Pardee's  lot,  and  West  by  Joshua  Hotch- 
kiss'  Home  lot.     This  same  John  Ailing  became  Treasurer  of  Yale  College  a  few 


6  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

years  later,  soon  after  it  was  established.  According  to  a  map  of  the  original  col- 
lege grounds,  in  the  "  History  of  Yale  College,"  recently  published  in  1879,  (in  2 
Vol.  Quarto),  this  "one  acre,"  was  situated,  or  rather  fronted  the  street  about 
where  the  new  Farnham  College  building  now  stands. 

*3.  MosES,  born  in  1639,  probably  in  Jan.,  Feb.  or  March,  "Old  Style,"  as 
he  was  of  course  31  when  he  took  the  freeman's  oath,  1  May,  1660,  and  he  was  63 
when  he  died  Oct.  3, 1703.  He  married  Mercy  Glover,  daughter  of  Henry  Glover, 
an  early  settler  and  prominent  man,  5  May,  1664,  by  whom  he  had  all  his  children. 
He  married  for  his  second  wife  Abigail  Yale,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Yale. 
She  was  born  May  5,  1660,  and  died  Feb.  28,  1709,  in  her  49th  year.  On  his 
monumental  table,  which  is  still  in  a  good  state  of  preservation,  is  inscribed,  "Here 
lyeth  interred  tlie  body  of  Major  Moses  Mansfield,  Assist.,  Aged  63.  Deceased  ye 
3rd  of  October,  Annodom,  1703."  Major  was  the  highest  military  title  at  that 
time,  and  for  defeating  a  body  of  Indians  in  the  time  of  King  Philip's  war, 
about  where  the  town  of  Mansfield  is  situated,  the  town  was  named  after  him. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  General  Court  or  Assembly  48  sessions,  ("which  met  twice 
a  year,  and  some  years  oftener).  Judge  of  Probate,  and  of  the  County  Court.  He 
owned  and  occupied  the  large  lot  as  his  homestead,  corner  of  the  present  Elm  and 
Church  Sts.,  which  was  his  father  Richard's  before  him.  The  following  is  ex- 
tracted from  the  colony  and  Proprietors'  Records,  etc.,  6  Jan.,  1684,  Town  Meet- 
ing. By  a  full  vote  bought  by  exchange  of  land,  1^  acres  of  land  adjoining  Moses 
Mansfield's  Home  lot,  for  building  upon  it  a  dwelling  house  for  the  new  minister, 
Rev.  Mr.  Pierpont. 

7  Dec,  1685.  At  a  Town  Meeting,  Moses  Mansfield  informed  that  he  had  re- 
ceived a  writing  from  Rev.  Mr.  Pierpont  of  acknowledgment  and  thanks  for  the 
land  and  house  granted  to  him. 

3  March,  1689.  It  was  voted  that  Maj.  Moses  Mansfield  view  the  arms,  according 
to  the  order  and  command,  as  there  shall  be  occasion  for  the  common  safety  of  the 
Place.  Sir  Edmund  Andross  had  just  arrived  at  Boston,  which  created  a  great 
sensation  throughout  the  colonies,  not  knowing  what  would  be  the  result. 

3  Nov.,  1690.  At  Town  Meeting  Moses  Mansfield  made  a  motion  for  George 
Scott,  a  gunsmith,  to  be  allowed  liberty  of  settling  as  an  inhabitant  in  the  Town. 
Referred  to  the  Townsmen,  (Selectmen). 

28  Dec,  1692.  Moses  Mansfield  with  three  others,  appeared,  to  undertake  to 
build  a  Saw  Mill,  at  Pine  Brook,  by  Sperry's  Gap,  under  the  West  Rock. 

28  Dec,  1696.^  Maj.  Moses  Mansfield  and  seven  others  for  liberty  to  take  in  forty 
acres  of  the  common  for  corn,  for  seven  years  on  the  west  side  of  the  Beaver  Ponds, 
near  the  Pine  Rock. 

22  Nov. ,  1697.  At  a  Town  Meeting,  Maj.  Moses  Mansfield  opened  the  meeting  by 
informing  the  Town  that  the  chief  occasion  of  the  meeting  was  to  settle  a  mainte- 
nance for  the  minister,  while  he  continues  among  us. 

17  Sept.,  1700.  At  a  Town  Meeting  Maj.  Moses  Mansfield  propounded  that  the 
new  Meeting  House,  (addition),  behind  the  back  of  the  pulpit,  across  the  House 
below,  be  filled  with  pews,  (excepting  the  aisles,)  under  a  regulation  of  a  commit- 
tee, by  the  town  appointed,  and  that  the  persons  that  would  build  the  pews  give 
in  their  names  to  the  committee  at  or  before  the  24th  day  of  this  month.     It  was 


SECOND   GENERATION".  7 

granted,  provided  that  if  the  persons  that  build  the  pews  do  not  fill  up  the  room 
in  the  pews,  the  Town  shall  have  the  liberty  to  do  it. 

31  Dec,  1703.  At  a  Town  Meeting  Maj.  Moses  Mansfield  chosen  Moderator  for 
the  year  ensuing,  etc. 

From  the  Land  Records,  33  Dec. ,  1697.  Widow  Ellen  Glover  gives  to  her  son- 
in-law  Maj.  Moses  Mansfield  and  Sergt.  John  Ball,  a  son-in-law,  all  her  property 
except  Avhat  she  had  already  given  to  her  grandson,  John  Glover. 

8  Feb.,  1687.  Moses  Mansfield  and  Abraham  Dickerman,  Agents  for  the  Town, 
to  Rev.  James  Pierpont  for  his  encouragement,  7  acres  Salt  Marsh,  N.  by  Causway, 
E.  by  Uplands,  W.  by  Mill  river,  and  S.  by  land  of  Mr.  Fenn's  children.  Also 
150  acres  Upland  East  side  of  East  river,  near  Mr.  Yale's  farm,  S.  by  a  creek  or 
bogsmire,  W.  by  Meadow,  N.  by  Common,  and  E.  by  a  common  on  the  Plains, 
200  rods  in  length,  and  120  rods  in  breadth.  Also  13  acres  of  bog  meadows  ad- 
joining. 

5  Sept. ,  1699.  Moses  Mansfield  to  my  beloved  son-in-law  John  Thompson,  for  valu- 
able satisfaction  1 1  acres  at  a  place  called  the  cove.  N.  W.  by  upland  commons, N.  E. 
by  John  Ball's  laud,  S.  W.  by  Samuel  Hemingway's  land,  and  S.  E.  by  Eleaner 
Morris. 

25  Oct.,  1697.  Moses  Mansfield,  committee  of  the  Hopkin's  Grammar  School 
fund,  to  Deac.  Punderson,  for  £7,  6s.  13  acres  in  the  Neck.  E.  by  East  river,  W. 
and  S.  by  Higliway,  and  N.  by  said  Punderson's. 

18  March,  1703.  Moses  Mansfield  and  Abigail,  his  wife,  to  Rev.  James  Pier- 
pont, 108  acres,  partly  arable  and  partly  feeding  ground.  East  side  of  East  river, 
first  range  of  lots  adjoining  Branford,  old  line,  E.  by  Connnon  land,  W.  by  Sam- 
uel Humistone'i^,  and  S.  and  N.  by  Henry  Brooks'. 

26  Oct.,  1703.  Moses  Mansfield  Senr.  to  Moses  >lansfield  Jum-.  Gives  to  lov- 
ing son  Moses,  several  pieces  of  land,  viz.:  One  part  of  my  homelot  9.V  rods  broad 
at  the  front  on  street,  and  IH  rods  broad  at  the  other  end.  Bounded  E.  by  a 
Town  Street  and  land  of  Samuel  Bassett,  S.  by  own  land,  W.  by  Rev.  James 
Pierpont's  and  N.  by  Samuel  Mi.x,  John  How,  and  Samuel  Bassett.  Also  half  of 
Glover's  farm,  meadow  and  upland.  N.  by  Deacon  John  Punderson's,  and  other 
land,  E.  by  West  meadow,  S.  by  Sergt.  John  Ball's,  and  W.  by  Town  Commons, 
which  hath  a  highway  across  it,  between  1st  and  3nd  Division.  The  meadow,  S. 
by  John  Ball,  PI  by  West  river,  N.  by  river,  and  W.  by  the  Upland. 

26  March,  1703.  The  worshipful  Moses  Mansfield,  to  Ebenezer  Blacksly,  20 
acres  east  side  of  East  river,  near  Wharton's  Brook.  S.  W.  by  Joseph  Mansfield's 
land,  N.  E.  by  Thomas  Leeke's,  and  the  river,  N.  W.  by  the  county  road  and  S. 
E.  by  the  common. 


THIRD    GENERATION 


2.     JOSEPH.  New  Haven,  "  Mansfield  Farms.' 

4.  Mauy,  born  April  6,  1658.     Probably  died  unmarried. 

5.  Maktha,  born  April  18,  1660,  married  Richard  Sperry  Dec.  16,  1680,  his 
father  Richard  Sperry,  Senr. ,  Avas  one  of  the  early  settlers,  and  his  homestead  and 
farm  was  about  a  mile  west  of  West  Rock,  he  is  rendered  famous  in  history  in 
connection  with  the  regicides,  "  Goffe  and  Whalley."  It  is  said  he  secreted  them 
in  what  is  called  the  "Judges'  Cave,"  on  West  Rock,  and  supplied  them  daily 
with  food.  Postmaster,  Hon.  N.  D.  Sperry  is  a  descendant  of  Richard  Sperry, 
Senr.,  through  his  son  Nathaniel,  (brother  of  Richard,  Junr.),  who  married  Sarah 
Dickerman  Oct  2,  168^5,  daughter  of  Abraham  Dickerman,  who  was  a  member  of 
the  General  Assembly  many  years,  as  colleague  with  Maj.  Moses  Mansfield.  (3.) 
They  had  8  children,  Moses,  John,  Joseph,  Stephen,  Martha,  Mary,  Silence  and 
Merc3'. 

6.  Mercy,  born  July  26th,  1662,  baptized  Aug.  12th,  1688,  married  a  Bristol. 
Have  made  much  enquiry  and  endeavor  to  trace  down  this  Bristol's  descendants, 
but  without  success. 

7.  Silkn(;e,  born  Oct.  24,  1664,  married  a  Chatfield  of  Killingworth.  Three 
brothers  by  the  name  of  Chatfield  came  from  England  in  1639,  in  the  Rev.  Henry 
Whitfield  company,  to  Guilford.  Francis  died  unmarried.  Thomas  settled  at 
East  Hampton,  L.  I.,  and  George  settled  at  Killingworth.  He  was  probably 
father  of  the  above  husband  of  Silence  Mansfield.     He  died  in  1671. 

8.  Elizabeth,  born  Sept.  20,  1666,  probably  never  married. 

9.  Comfort,  born  Dec.  6,  1668,  married  John  Benham  about  1691. 

By  thorough  search  of  Records,  and  enquiries  among  New  Haven  Benhams,  I 

have  not  been  able  to  trace  down  any  descendants  of  this  John  Benham,  but  waa 

recommended  to  apply  to  Major-General  Henry  W.  Benham  of  New  York,  who 

had  studied  the  Benham  genealogy  for  years.      Gen.    Benham  graduated  at 

3 


10  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

West  Point,  1837,  Hank  No.  1,  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Buena  Vista,  Mexico, 
and  brevetted  Captain  in  1847— and  having  his  horse  shot  under  him  at  Fredericks- 
burg, Va.,  May,  1863,  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  was  brevetted  Colonel  to  Major- 
General— and  thus  became  senior  by  lionorary  rank,  of  the  officers  of  the  Corps  of 
Engineers,  being  retired  from  active  service  by  the  "operation  of  law"  in  1882, 
in  his  70th  year,  and  Senr.  Colonel  of  the  Corps.  He  writes  that  John  Benham 
the  ancestor  of  all  of  the  Benhams  in  this  country,  came  over  from  England  with 
his  family  in  the  ship  Mary  &  John,  in  May,  1630,  and  with  his  fellow  passengers, 
some  120  to  130  in  number,  including  Stephen  Terri,  and  Matthew  Grant,  the  an- 
cestors of  Gen.  Terry  and  Gen.  Grant,  landed  in  Boston  Harbor,  and  the  same 
montli,  May,  1630,  with  others  founded  Boston,  at  what  has  since  been  called 
Dorchester,  and  is  now  a  part  of  Boston  again. 

In  1634  the  Church  having  divided,  a  part  with  the  senior  minister,  including 
Benham,  Terri,  and  Grant,  went  off  to  Windsor,  Ct.  In  1639,  when  the  Daven- 
port and  Eaton  Company  came  to  New  Haven,  Benham  finding  old  acquaintances 
among  these  newly  arrived  settlers,  joined  them  and  was  one  of  the  70  heads  of 
families  that  founded  New  Haven.  Gen.  Benham  says  he  has  no  doubt  that  this 
John  Benham  that  married  Comfort  Mansfield  was  his  grandson.  They  had  Com- 
fort, born  Aug.  15,  1692.  John,  born  April  8,  1695.  Japhet,  born  Dec,  1697. 
Sarah,  born  July  11,  1700,  and  Ebenezer,  born  May  17,  1703. 

10.     John,  born  April  8,  1671,  died  Dec.  22,  1690. 

*11.  Joseph,  born  Dec.  27,  1673,  wife's  name  Elizabeth  (probably  Cooper), 
who  died  Mar.  4,  1763,  aged  86.  Her  gravestone  is  in  the  old  North  Haven  bury- 
ing ground.  He  died  Oct.  8,  1739,  aged  64.  His  gravestone  is  in  the  Grove- 
street  (Cemetery,  against  the  north  wall.  If  the  record  of  his  birth  is  correct,  he 
would  have  been  66  instead  of  64 ;  such  discrepancies  between  the  records  and 
gravestones  occur  occasionally,  especially  the  ancient  stones.  He  was  admitted  a 
member  of  the  First  Church  in  New  Haven  imder  the  ministry  of  Rev.  James 
Pierpont,  Aug.  14,  1735,  and  she  was  admitted  to  the  same  May  31,  1733.  His 
Homestead  and  farm  was  at  the  same  place  of  his  father  Joseph's,  and  grandfather 
Richard's. 

The  following  is  copied  from  "Colonial  and  Proprietors  Records."  April  3, 
1704.  "Here  followeth  the  quantity  of  each  person's  right  in  the  sequestered 
land,  also  the  order  of  the  lots  given  in  the  Half  division,  and  each  person's  quan- 
tity therein  drawn."  From  a  long  List,  stating  the  quantity  that  each  one  had 
drawn,  this  Joseph  draws  20  acres  Sequestered  land,  and  10  acres  in  the  Half  Di- 
vision. April  13,  1713.  At  a  Meeting  of  the  Proprietors  for  2nd  Division  of  Se- 
questered lands,  Joseph  Mansfield  draws  4|  acres.  Dec.  19,  1715.  Joseph  Mans- 
field chosen  a  grand  Juror.  April  29,  1718.  At  a  Meeting  of  the  Proprietors  of 
the  undivided  lands,  Joseph  Mansfield  and  6  other  men,  appointed  to  state  out 
most  of  West  Rock,  and  also  half  of  the  Blue  Hills,  as  commons,  forever.  1722. 
5th  Division  lots  as  they  were  drawn.  Near  Blayton  Brook,  next  to  the  Milford 
line,  Joseph  Mansfield  gets  30^  acres,  26  rods.  80  rods  long  by  61  rods  wide,  also 
18^^  acres,  8  rods  long  22^  rods  wide  at  each  end. 

Jan.  15,  1722.  Lots  drawn  in  the  3rd  Division,  Joseph  M.  gets  6^  acres,  6  rods 
and  11  feet. 


THIRD    GE]S"ERATIO]Sr.  11 

March,  1724.  Here  followeth  some  part  of  the  2nd  Division  of  sequestered  lands 
beginning  at  the  west  end  of  the  Mill  Rock,  leaving  a  way  at  each  end.  Joseph 
M.  6|  acres  6  rods  11  feet,  40  rods  long,  27  rods  4  ft.  wide,  also  6|  acres  60  rods  in 
the  third  part  of  the  sequestered  land.  In  this  way  all  the  land  was  distributed 
from  the  beginning  of  the  settlement.  First  Division,  Second  Division,  &c..  up 
to  7th  or  more,  which  means  First  Dividing,  &c.,  and  Distribution. 

Dec.  13,  1736.  At  a  Town  Meeting  Joseph  M.  was  chosen  a  Grand  Juror  for 
the  year  ensuing.  20  Shillings  was  granted  to  him  in  lieu  of  the  same  he  paid  to 
the  Town  for  a  stray  beast  of  said  Mansfield's. 

*12.  Ebenezer,  (changed  from  Ichabod),  born  Feb.  6,  1677.  He  married 
Hannah  Bassett  April  20,  1710,  she  died  Jan.  22,  1766,  aged  87.  She  joined  the 
First  Church  under  Rev.  Joseph  Noyes,  Mar.  29,  1721.  He  joined  the  same  June 
26,  1735.  He  died  Aug.  3,  1745,  aged  73.  His  gravestone  stands  against  the 
north  wall  of  the  Grove  St.  Cemetery,  a  very  handsome  Stone  for  the  times.  I 
used  to  notice  it  in  my  boyhood  as  it  stood  in  the  ancient  ground,  near  the  S.  W. 
corner  of  the  Centre  Church.  He  lived  at  the  same  place  where  his  brother  Joseph 
and  Japhet  did,  their  farms  adjoining  each  other.  His  estate  was  £1217.  In  his 
will  he  gives  his  daughterin-law  Susanna  Stone,  of  Milford,£lOO.  To  the  first  Church 
in  New  Haven,  Joseph  Noyes,  Pastor,  land  at  Indian  Hills.  To  the  church  at 
the  North  Village,  Isaac  Stiles,  Pastor,  land  at  Duck  Cove.  The  rest  to  John  Pot- 
ter, alias  John  Gill,  whom  I  brought  up.  If  he  die  without  issue,  to  go  to  the 
above  Churches.     We  insert  a  few  extracts  from  the  Land  Records. 

Feb.  12,  1716.  Sergt.  Ebenezer  Mansfield  of  Thos.  Morris  and  Jos.  Gilbert  10^ 
acres  at  a  place  called  Gilbert's  Farm.  S.  by  the  highway,  W.  by  Thos.  Morris', 
N.  by  said  Gilbert's,  and  E.  by  the  highway.  April  30,  1717,  Joseph,  Ebenezer, 
Japhet  Mansfield's  agreement  concerning  a  third  Division  Farm,  east  side  of  East 
river,  W.  by  the  river,  E.  by  Highway,  S.  by  Samuel  Bassett's  heirs,  and  N.  by 
Ebenezer  Blacksley,  Senr.  South  side  of  said  Farm,  to  Joseph,  North  side  to 
Ebenezer  and  Japhet,  said  nortli  side  to  be  9  rods  wider  than  said  south  side  to 
Joseph.  From  "Colonial  or  Proprietors'  Records."  1722.  Fifth  Division  lots 
near  Blayton  Brook,  next  to  the  Milford  line,  as  they  were  drawn.  Ebenezer  M. 
draws  and  is  entitled  to  17|  acres,  25  rods  long,  35|  rods  broad.  Jan.  15,  1722. 
Lots  drawn  in  the  third  Division.  To  Ebenezer  M.  4^  acres,  March,  1724.  He 
draws  from  the  second  Division  of  sequestered  land  at  the  West  end  of  the  Mill 
Rock  4^  acres,  also  another  piece  of  the  same  of  60  rods  long,  and  11^  wide.  Also 
he  draws  a  piece  17  rods  wide  at  each  end,  in  the  first  Division,  next  to  the  York- 
shire Quarter. 

*13.  Japhet,  born  July  8,  1681.  He  married  Hannah  Bradley  Jan.  16,  1703. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  first  church  in  1758.  She  died  Oct.  27,  1768,  aged  86. 
According  to  the  Probate  record,  he  died  in  1745,  at  the  age  of  64.  He  lived  at 
the  "Mansfield  Farms,"  his  farm  adjoining  his  brother  Joseph's  and  Ebenezer's. 
His  estate  was  £475.  We  insert  the  following  extracts  from  a  few  of  a  number  of 
Deeds  recorded  in  the  "  Land  Records,"  to  which  he  was  a  party. 

May  19,  1718.     Japhet  and  Ebenezer  M.  owned  an  undivided  tract  of  land  in  > 
3d  Division,  near  the  river,  4  acres  of  ploughed  land.     A  straight  line  to  divide. 
South  part  to  Japhet,  North  part  to  Ebenezer.     June  29,  1736,  Japhet  Mansfield  to 


12  MANSFIELD   GEKEALOGT. 

Samuel  Mansfield,  Senr.,for  £95,3d  Division  land  in  Wallingford  plain,  formerly  laid 
out  to  Joseph  Mansfield,  deceased,(2),  N.  and  W. by  Ebenezer  Mansfield's  land,  S.by 
Joseph  Mansfield's  land,  and  E.  by  the  country  road.  Quantity  not  stated.  Aug.  18, 
1738,  Japhet  Mansfield  to  Japhet  Mansfield,  Junr.  (his  son)  Half  of  New  House, 
namely,  the  end  next  to  the  country  road,  with  all  privileges  of  cellar,  oven,  and 
well,  passing  and  repassing  to  and  from  the  same.  Also  half  of  my  farm,  on  the 
west  side  of  the  road,  from  the  road  to  the  mill  river  on  the  south  side.  E.  by 
said  road,  S.  by  Ebenezer  Mansfield's  land,  W.  by  the  mill  river,  and  N.  by  the 
remaining  part  of  the  same  farm.  Also  half  of  my  meadow  in  the  East  Meadows, 
so  called.  Jan.  20, 1741,  Japhet  Mansfield,  to  Susannah  Mansfield,  and  her  daugh- 
ter Hannah,  the  only  child  of  Samuel  Mansfield,  deceased,  for  £9,  a  certain  small 
Island  in  the  East  river.  Also  Upland  and  Meadow  that  lies  N.  and  E.  from  a 
Ditch  which  runs  from  or  near  Ebenezer  Mansfield's  Barn,  to  the  East  river. 
Aug.  11,  1741,  Japhet  Mansfield,  to  Benjamin  Rasbotham  for  £30,  5  Acres,  being 
part  of  the  farm  where  said  Japhet  dwells.  W.  by  mill  river,  S.  and  E.  by  said 
Japhet's  and  N.  by  land  that  was  Joseph  Mansfield's.  Perhaps  it  is  impossible  at 
the  present  time  to  determine  the  locations  of  the  Homesteads  of  these  three 
brothers,  Joseph,  Ebenezer,  and  Japhet,  but  should  suppose  by  a  careful  study  of 
the  Land  records,  that  they  all  three  dwelt  on  the  East  side  of  the  main  road,  Joseph 
at  the  north  end  of  the  original  "  Mansfield  Farm,"  about  where  Mr.  Ive's  Brick 
yard  is,  Japhet  the  next  south,  and  Ebenezer  next  south  of  Japhet's,  extending 
southerly  to,  or  beyond  the  ancient  "  Elias  Cooper  House,"  now  standing,  (1884.) 

3.     MOSES,  Major.  New  Haven. 

14.  Abigail,  born  Feb.  7,1664,  married  John  Atwater,  Sept.  13,1682.  Hesettled 
in  Wallingford  on  a  farm  which  had  belonged  to  his  brother  Joshua.  He  died  in 
1748.  She  died  Sep.  24,  1717.  They  had  10  children,  7  sons  and  3  daughters. 
David  Atwater,  whose  grave-stone  is  the  largest,  and  stands  first  in  the  row  of  an- 
cient stones  against  the  west  wall  of  the  Grove  St.  Cemeter}^  was  her  grandson. 
It  says  on  the  stone  he  was  a  "Noted  apothecary,"  and  was  killed  in  a  skirmish 
with  the  British  troops  at  Cumpo  Hill,  April  28,  1777.  Ward  Atwater  one  of  our 
most  prominent  sea  captains,  in  the  West  India  trade,  was  one  of  her  descendants. 
He  died  in  1822.  "  The  Old  Ward  Atwater  House  "  is  still  standing  (1883)  in  a 
good  state  of  preservation,  on  the  S.  W.  corner  of  College  and  Crown  Sts.  "  Old 
President  Atwater,"  as  he  was  called,  was  another  of  her  descendants,  whose  Dwell- 
ing House  is  still  in  good  condition,  on  College  St.,  the  east  side,  between  Grove 
and  Wall  Sts.,  he,  Jeremiah,  graduated  at  Yal.  Col.,  1793,  was  President  of  Mid- 
dlebury  College,  Vt.,  and  afterward  of  Dickinson  College,  Penn.  He  died  at  New 
Haven,  Aug.  29,  1858,  aged  85.  There  have  not  been  many  of  her  descendants  in 
New  Haven,  but  many  in  Wallingford,  and  some  in  N.  Carolina,  Ohio,  and  N.  Y. 
State. 

15.  ]\Iekoy,  born  Ap.  2,  1667,  married  John  Thompson,  about  1691.  He  was 
born  Aug.  6,  1667,  was  son  of  Serg't  John  Thompson,  who  was  son  of  the  first 
settler,  Anthony  Thompson.  Serg't  John's  farm  and  homestead  was  at  "  South 
End,"  near  the  old  Light  House.     His  son  John  and  wife  Mercy  also  lived  at 


THIED    GENEKATIOX.  13 

South  End,  and  owned  a  large  farm  there.  Their  children  were  John,  born  Oct. 
11,  1692,  Abigail,  born  Oct.  6,  1694,  Mercy,  born  Feb.  21, 1696,  Moses,  born  Nov. 
1,  1699,  Helena  born  Ap.  28,  1703,  Samuel,  born  Sept.  30,  1704,  Joseph  and  Bath- 
sheba.  He  died  1721.  Estate  X1669.  Mentions  in  his  will  much  land,  and  Build- 
ings at  South  End.  The  daughter  of  his  son  Moses  and  wife.  Desire  Hemingway, 
whose  name  also  was  Desire,  married  Rev.  Nicholas  Street,  the  Cong.  Minister  at 
East  Haven,  Dec.  6,  1758.  Their  children  were  Eimecia,  born  Oct.  27, 1759,  who 
married  Rev.  Stephen  Stebbins,  1783,  Pastor  in  West  Haven.  Lucinda,  born  July 
17,  1763,  married  first  Darius  Hickox,  second  Titus  Ailing,  third  Theophilus 
Miles,  Desire,  born  Aug.  16,  1764,  married  John  Morris,  1779.  She,  Mrs.  Street, 
died  in  1765.  Mr.  Street's  second  wife  died  1802,  aged  61.  Most  all  of  the  East 
Haven  Thompsons  descended  from  John  and  his  wife,  Mercy  Mansfield.  At  the 
present  time  (1883)  there  are  some  12  or  15  families  of  them  scattered  along  on 
the  road  to  the  Light  House,  most  of  them  well-to-do  farmers.  The  late  Nathaniel 
F.  Thompson,  President  of  the  Mechanics  Bank,  and  his  brother  Elsworth,  in  East 
Haven  centre,  near  the  Cong.  Church  are  lineal  descendants  of  this  Mercy,  and 
John  Thompson. 

16.  Hannah,  born  Mar.  11,  1669,  married  Gershom  Brown  about  1795,  who  was 
born  Oct.  9,  1665.  He  was  son  of  Eleazar,  who  was  son  of  Francis,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  New  Haven,  and  came  from  England  and  arrived  in  Boston  June  26, 
1637,  accompanied  with  his  wife,  who  was  Mary  Edwards.  Their  children  were 
Eleazar,  born  in  1696,  married  Sarah  Rowe,  Jan.  21,  1725,  died  Sept.  21,  1768, 
aged  72.  Hannah,  born  Jan.  1,  1703.  Olive,  born  Feb.  22,  1708.  This  Olive 
married  a  Nathaniel  Brown  (who  came  from  England)  Mar.  20,  1728,  and  she  died 
Oct.  10,  1743,  aged  35,  at  the  birth  of  her  son  Benjamin.  This  Benjamin  lived  to 
grow  up  and  was  a  noted  sea  captain  in  the  West  India  trade  for  many  years.  I 
can  just  remember  him  when  I  was  a  small  boy  about  1820,  when  he  was  an  old 
man.  He  built  the  House  which  is  still  standing,  corner  of  Goltp  and  Sperry  Sts., 
where  he  lived  and  died.  At  that  time  it  stood  all  alone,  surrounded  with  open 
fields.  "  Old  Capt.  Ben.  Brown,"'  as  he  was  called,  was  well  known  throughout  the 
town,  for  his  sharp  sayings,  and  eccentricities.  His  descendants,  by  otiier  names, 
are  very  respectable. 

His  brother,  Robert,  was  born  in  1736,  and  was  well  kncnvn  as  "Capt.  Robert 
Brown,"  (a  military  captain),  and  lived  to  a  good  old  age  and  was  father  of  Robert, 
who  for  many  j^ears  carried  on  the  tallow  chandler  business  in  Union  St.  Hannah 
Mansfield's  husband,  Gershom  Brown,  was  a  merchant  and  owned  several  vessels ; 
appears  to  have  been  a  prominent  Christian  man.  He  once  lost  a  vessel  at  sea, 
which  was  considered  a  very  great  loss,  so  much  so,  that  his  friends  and  neighbors, 
with  the  minister,  met  at  his  house  to  sympathise  with  him  and  iiave  prayers.  He 
left  some  450  acres  of  land  scattered  about  in  West  Haven,  West  Side,  Muddy 
river,  3d  Division,  4th  Division,  Governor's  Quarters,  5th  Division,  East  side. 
Dragon,  &c.  7  slaves,  namel}',  Mingo,  Jack,  James,  Philip,  Harry,  Robin,  and 
Job.  He  died  in  1724,  aged  59.  She  died  Nov.  1,  1726,  aged  57.  There  are 
not  many  descendants  by  the  name  of  Brown  that  can  be  traced  down.  The 
late  Daniel  Brown,  ('arpenter  and  Builder,  who  lived  in  Cherry  St.,  was  one  of 
them,  and  there  are  some  in  Fair  Haven. 


14  MAXSFIELD   GEISTEALOGT. 

17.  Samuel,  born  Dec.  31,  1671.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1690. 
Took  charge  of  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  in  1694,  and  continued  the  charge 
till  1699.  He  was  the  second  teacher  of  that  celebrated  school,  John  Davenport, 
his  predecessor,  being  the  first  after  its  organization.  After  leaving  the  school  he 
went  into  the  West  India  trade,  and  died  single,  in  1701.  He  left  an  estate  of 
£180.  In  the  Inventory  is  mentioned  Sugar,  Molasses,  Rum,  Mathematical  Instru- 
ments, Silver  bucklers  and  buttons.  Pair  of  Money  Scales,  Prospective  Glass,  and 
one-third  part  of  a  Sloope.  Library  of  11  Folios,  10  Quartos,  51  Quartos  and  Oc- 
taves, A  Bible,  21  Old  school  books,  and  a  few  small  Quartos,  stiched,  &c.  Valued 
at  about  £18.  Moses  Mansfield,  Mariner,  (a  younger  brother),  Sworne  to  the  Pre- 
sentment, Richard  Rosewell  and  Joseph  Moss,  Sworne  to  the  Aprisement.  His 
brother  Moses  followed  the  same  business,  also  his  nephew  Capt.  Stephen  M.  son 
of  his  brother  Deacon  Jonathan  M.  and  Samuel  M.  son  of  his  brother  Moses  M. 
Capt.  Jonathan  M.,  grandson  of  Deacon  Jonathan  M.,  and  several  other  collateral 
relatives,  down  to  about  1800  carried  on  this  West  India  trade,  but  this  Samuel 
seems  to  have  been  the  first  of  the  Mansfields  to  engage  in  the  business.  In  the 
will  of  Henry  Glover,  Aug.  20,  1689,  who  was  his  grandfather,  he  wills  and  de- 
sires his  wife,  Ellen,  to  consider  the  afflicted  statoof  their  daughter  Mansfield  Cwife 
of  Maj.  Moses  M.)  and  also  my  grandson  Samuel  (son  of  said  daughter,)  for 
the  promoting  and  encouraging  his  education  in  that  way  of  learning,  which  his 
parents,  (by  the  will  of  God),  have  devoted  him  unto. 

*18.  MosKS,  born  Aug.  15,  1674,  married  Margaret  Prout,  Nov.  3.  1702.  She 
was  daughter  of  John  Prout  who  was  the  son  of  Timothy  of  Boston,  and  was  born 
June  7th,  1682.  Was  sister  of  John  Prout  who  graduated  at  Yale  Coll.  1708,  and 
was  treasurer  of  the  same  from  1717  to  1765^,  and  died  April  4,  1776,  aged  87. 
His  gravestone,  against  the  north  wall  of  the  Grove  St.Cemetery,  has  this  inscription: 
Moses  Mansfield,  Esq.,  Died  Feb.  15,  1740,  aged  67.  A  very  good  red-stone  grave- 
stone for  the  times.  His  Homestead,  of  about  3  acres  was  on  East  Water  St.,  and 
included  the  land  on  which  the  "Benedict  Arnold  House"  now  stands  (1883.) 
He  bought  this  land  of  John  Holt,  son  of  William  Holt,  in  1721.  In  the  Deed  of 
this  land,  said  Moses  M.  is  styled  a  mariner,  in  another  place  he  is  called  a  mer- 
chant. He  was  a  prominent  man  of  the  Town,  and  his  name  appears  many  times 
on  the  Town  records.    A  few  extracts  from  them  are  as  follows. 

In  1718  license  was  granted  to  Moses  M.,  John  Prout,  Junr.,  and  Jeremiah  At- 
water,  to  set  up  a  mill  to  improve  the  flax  seed  of  this  colony  and  for  the  extracting 
and  producing  linseed  oyl,  and  in  1T19  the  same  persons  were  granted  the  Exclu- 
sive right  to  make  linseed  and  rape  Oyl.  May  13,  1718,  Moses  M.  of  John  Prout 
19  acres  in  East  Haven,  land  he  bought  of  Jos.  Tuttle,  N.  S.  &  W.  by  Highway, 
E.  by  Fresh  meadows.  Feb.  12,  1724,  Moses  M.,  John  Prout,  John  Trowbridge 
and  Jeremiah  Atwater,  take  a  lease  of  water  power  of  a  Grist  Mill,  to  put  up  Build- 
ings for  an  Oil  Mill,  to  make  linseed  Oil,  said  Grist  Mill  owned  by  John  Todd, 
Mary  Todd,  Jonah  Todd  and  Daniel  Todd,  (Christopher  Todd,  the  "Town  Mill- 
er," was  probably  their  father.  The  Mill  was  at  the  present  site  of  Whitney's 
Gun  factory.)  June  26,  1724,  Moses  M.  and  wife  Margaret,  C.  Christophers  and 
Sarali  his  wife  of  New  London,  «fc  John  Dixwell  of  Boston  (son  of  John  D.  the 
"Regicide  ")  whose  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Prout  had  recently  died  from  in- 


THIRD   GENERATIOl!f.  15 

oculatiou  for  the  small  pox,  sells  for  21  pounds  to  Theophilus  Munson  a  Store 
House  in  New  Haven,  (no  description  given.)  She  left  3  orphan  children,  Basil 
Dixwell,  horn  1711,  Elizabeth  Dixwcll,  horn  1716,  and  John,  born  in  1718.  Their 
uncle  John  Front  took  the  orphans  home,  and  became  their  guardian.  His  mother. 
Madam  Prout,  took  care  of  John.  His  Aunt  Margaret,  wife  of  Moses  M.,  took 
Basil,  and  his  Aunt  Sarah  wife  of  C.  Christophers  took  Elizabeth.  Basil  resided 
in  Khode  Island,  and  was  a  Silversmith.  He  never  married.  Elizabeth  married 
Joseph  Lathrop.  He  w^as  a  Mariner.  They  resided  in  New  London.  In  1849 
Some  of  the  descendants  in  Boston,  of  John  D.  &  his  wife  Mary  Prout  had  per- 
mission from  tlie  Authorities  of  New  Haven  to  put  up  a  handsome  white  marble 
monument  near  the  rude  ancient  gravestone  of  the  regicide  and  a  suitable  iron  rail- 
ing around  the  same,  enclosing  them  both,  which  said  descendants  soon  after  ac- 
complished, nuich  to  their  credit  and  honor.  The  grave  is  on  the  public  square 
just  in  the  rear  of  the  "Center  Chnrch,"  a  large  portion  of  this  square  being  the 
Site  of  the  Ancient  Burying  ground,  the  stones  and  monuments  of  which,  except 
those  for  Goffe,  Whalley,  and  Dixwell,  were  removed  to  the  Grove  St.  Cemetery 
in  1821.  This  monument  and  these  stones  are  visited  much  by  strangers  passing 
through,  and  stopping  to  look  around  and  view  the  city. 

19.  Sakah,  born  June  14,  1677,  married  William  Rhodes,  Jan.  1, 1698,  a  mar- 
iner, from  Newport,  R.  I.,  probably  resided  in  New  Haven.  Maj' have  ultimately 
removed  to  Newport,  as  the  records  are  so  silent  concerning  them.  There  appears 
to  have  ))een  no  otlier  family  of  Rhodes  in  New  Haven.  In  the  Church  records, 
the  name  appears  only  twice,  two  children  baptized,  namely,  Sherman  Rhodes, 
baptized  June  4,  1731,  and  Ailing  Rhodes,  baptized  Oct.  29,  1727.  There  is  only 
one  grave  .stone  for  this  name,  which  is  a  large  handsome  one  in  the  row  of  ancient 
stones  against  the  north  wall  of  the  Grove  Street  Cemetery.  Inscription  reads.  In 
memory  of  a  son  and  daughter  of  Ooct.  John  Rjjodes,  viz.  :  Frederick,  died  Nov. 
22,  1759,  aged  10  months,  Catharine,  died  Jany.  14,  1773,  aged  3  years.  This 
Doct.  Rhodes  was  a  son  of  the  above  William.  His  large  brick  Dwelling  house 
where  he  resided  was  near  the  present  St.  Paul's  Church,  corner  of  Chapel  and 
Olive  Sts.  He  died,  Jan.  24,  1775,  leaving  minor  children,  namely,  Thomas,  Wil- 
liam, and  Andrew.  His  Estate  was  valued  at  about  £1200.  His  widow  Rebecca, 
married  13  Sept.,  1775,  Doct.  Daniel  Bontican,  he  died,  Aug.  20,  1778,  aged  39, 
and  for  her  next  husband,  she  married,  Dec.  23,  1787,  Capt.  Ephraim  Pease,  of 
Enfield,  (!t.  and  her  family  probably  removed  to  that  place,  as  the  name  of  Rliodes 
does  not  appear  again  on  the  New  Haven  Records,  and  the  writer  has  never  been 
able  to  find  any  of  their  descendants.  She  died  Apr.  6,  1802.  Her  first  husband 
was  Thomas  Tyler,  who  died  Nov.  7,  1754.  She  married  Doct.  Rhodes,  her  sec- 
ond husband,  Sept.  23,  1756. 

20.  RicHAKD,  born  July  20,  1680,  died  Aug.  7,  1681. 

21.  Bathshua,  born  1  Jan.,  1682,  married  Joseph  Chapman,  of  Newport,  R.  I., 
Jan.  22,  1705.  Have  taken  a  great  deal  of  pains  to  ascertain  further  of  their  hist- 
ory. Epgaged  a  friend  who  spends  part  of  his  time  in  Newport  every  year  to 
search  and  examine  Records,  but  without  success. 

*22.     Jonathan',  born  Feb.  15, 1686,  baptized  Mar.  31, 1686.    Joined  the  Church 


16  MAKSPIELD   GENEALOGY. 

under  Rev.  James  Pierpout,  Aug.  28,  1709.  Married  Sarah  Ailing  June  1,  1708. 
She  was  the  daughter r)f  John  Ailing,  ("Recorder"  and  Treasurer  of  Yale  Coll.) 
and  Susannah  Coe,  daughter  of  Robert  Coe,  of  Stratford,  Ct.  The  inscription  on  his 
monument,  removed  from  the  ancient  ground  to  Grove  St.  Cemetery,  Cedar  Av. , 
College  Lot,  reads  thus  :  "  Here  Ij'eth  intered  the  body  of  the  worshipful  John  Ai- 
ling, Assist.,  who  died  March  25th,  1717,  aged  76  years."  He  was  the  sou  of  Rod- 
ger Ailing,  one  of  the  first  settlers,  who  came  to  New  Haven  from  England  in  1639, 
became  a  prominent  man,  Deacon,  and  Treasurer  of  the  jurisdiction.  This  John 
Alling's  wife,  Susannah,  died  Ap.  3,  1746,  aged  93.  Jonathan's  wife  died  May  4, 
1765,  aged  80.  Her  gravestone  in  the  Grove  St.  Cemetery,  Sycamore  Av.,  No.  28, 
has  this  inscription :  Here  lies  intered  the  body  of  Mrs.  Sarali  Mansfield,  the  vertu- 
©us  consort  of  Deacon  Jonathan  Mansfield,  who  having  faithfully  in  her  place 
served  God  and  his  people  to  a  good  old  age,  fell  asleep  May  4,  1765,  aged  80. 
Their  Homestead  and  Dwelling  House  was  on  the  original  Mansfield  Lot,  on  Elm 
St.  which  extended  from  near  the  present  Temple  St.  to  Church  St.  and  around  the 
corner  to  near  the  present  Wall  St.  (See  the  well  known  map  of  New  Haven  of 
1748.) 

The  1st  Church  records,  records  his  marriage  to  have  been  May  13,  1766,  to  his 
second  wife,  who  was  Abigail  Dorman,  widow  of  Ebenezer  Dorman,  and  daughter 
of  James  Bishop  and  his  wife  Abigail  Bennet,  and  was  born  Sept.  1,  1707.  She 
married  Ebenezer  Dorman  Aug.  26,  1731.  They  had  a  son,  Ezra  Dorman,  and 
three  daughters,  Hannah,  born  May  12,  1782,  and  married  Charles  Ailing  Jan.  17, 
1753.  Their  5'^oungest  daughter,  Lois  Dorman,  born  Aug.  7,  1745.  This  second 
wife  joined  the  first  church  Aug.  9,  1747,  and  died  1798.  An  obituary  notice  of 
her  death,  in  the  New  Haven  Connecticut  Journal  of  Feb.  1st,  1798,  reads  thus  : 
Died  thursday  evening  Jany.  25,  Mrs.  Abigail  Mansfield,  widow  of  the  late  Deac. 
Jonathan  Mansfield,  in  the  91st  year  of  her  age.  On  the  Saturday  following,  her 
remains  were  carried  into  the  Church  at  Hamden  Plains  where  she  had  resided, 
and  an  excellent  and  well  adapted  discourse  was  delivered  on  the  occasion  by  Dr. 
Trumbull  of  North  Haven,  from  the  words  Eccl.  vii-i.  "A  good  name  is  better 
than  precious  ointment,  and  the  day  of  death  than  the  day  of  one's  birth."  He 
died,  the  church  record  says  (of  a  fever)  Jan}^  10,  1775,  Almost  89  years  of  age. 
He  seems  to  have  been  a  very  enterprising,  active  business  man,  and  was  appointed 
to  several  important  and  responsible  public  trusts.  His  name  appears  on  the  Land 
records  in  56  Deeds,  and  on  the  Court  and  Town  Recoi'ds  39  times.  We  insert  a  few 
extracts  as  follows :  Apr.  8, 1708.  Jonathan  Mansfield  in  consideration  of  the  loving 
and  peaceable  agreement  had  made  and  obtained  between  me  and  my  brother 
Moses  Mansfield,  respecting  our  parts  and  proportions  into  the  estate  of  our  father 
Maj.  Moses  M.  Quit  claims  to  his  brother  Moses  all  lands  made  over  to  him  the 
said  Moses  of  his  father  Maj.  IMoses',  and  also  lands  from  his  grandfather  Henry 
Glover.  Also  of  Estate  from  his  mother  Helena  (Glover)  Mansfield  deceased. 
Jonathan  Mansfield  Executor  of  his  father's  will. 

May  24, 1721.  Jonathan  Mansfield  of  John  Dixwell  of  Boston  (Son  of  the  "  Regi- 
cide ")  5i  acres  in  the  fir.st  Division  of  Sequestered  land  at  a  place  called  the  Plains. 
Bounded,  etc. 

July  25,  1743.  Jonathan  Mansfield,  Trustee  for  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  loans 
to  Peter  Roberts  £33. 


THIRD   GENERATT01S-.  17 

Nov.  28,  1750.  Jonathan  Mansfield  and  John  Hitchcock  to  Samuel  Lewis,  Junr. 
for  £723.  Lots  21  and  36,  of  Oyster  Shell  field  lands,  alias  Hopkins  Grammar 
School  lands.  Surveyed  and  laid  out  into  75  Lots.  (Said  Jonathan  M.  and  John 
H.  empowered  by  the  committee  of  ten  men,  names  mentioned  in  the  Deed,  to 
sell  the  same.)  These  75  Lots  had  all  been  sold  at  Vendue,  and  Jonathan  M.  and 
John  H.  were  empowered  to  give  the  Deeds.  Same  date  for  £134  Lot  58  to  Moses 
Mansfield  (son  of  Jonathan,)  also  same  date  Lots  40  and  41  to  Eb.  Beecher  for 
£250.  Lot  71  to  Timo.  Bonticue  for  £115.  Lot  18  to  Elihu  Lyman  for  £170. 
Lot  7  to  Daniel  Lyman  for  £271,  also  22  others  of  the  same  date  bought  one  Lot 
each  or  more.  This  tract  of  land  was  bounded  on  the  west  by  Union  St.,  north  by 
Chapel  St.,  east  probably  by  Olive  St.  and  south  by  the  rear  lines  of  Lots  on  East 
Water  St.  It  may  have  extended  further  east  than  the  present  Olive  St.  These 
purchasers  don't  seem  to  have  paid  anything  down,  but  gave  their  Notes  for  5 
years  time  on  mortgage  of  said  Lots,  and  when  the  time  came  to  pay  thej'  were 
only  required  to  pay  half  of  the  nominal  price,  which  they  generally  did,  in  so 
many  ounces,  &,c.,  of  silver,  and  the  mortgages  were  quit  claimed  off  in  full. 

Ap.  5,  1751.  Jonathan  Mansfield  to  Nathan  M.  In  consideration  of  Love,  Good- 
will and  affection  towards  my  loving  son  Nathan  convey  to  him  about  3^  acres,  E. 
by  Highway,  W.  by  Mr.  Mix,  N.  by  my  land,  and  near  a  path,  and  S.  by  Blakeslei's, 
and  said  granted  home  lot. 

Ap.  3,  1762.  Jonathan  Mansfield  to  John  Rhodes  for  42  ounces  of  silver,  Lot 
58  in  Oystershell  fields.  This  was  Doct.  John  Rhodes,  his  nephew,  son  of  his  sister 
Sarah,  who  married  William  Rhodes.  Doct.  Rhodes  appears  to  have  built  a  house 
on  this  Lot  and  resided  there.  Should  judge  on  Chapel  St.,  near  where  St.  Paul's 
Church  stands. 

Mar.  2,  1772.  Jonathan  Mansfield  to  Selectmen,  for  land  given  him  by  stopping 
up  the  road  East  of  his  son  Nathan's  Dwelling  House.  Gives  the  Town  land  for 
a  road  on  the  West  side  of  said  Dwelling  2  rods  wide  and  40  rods  long,  which  ia 
now  fenced  and  used  as  a  Highway.  This  new  road  is  part  of  the  present  Prospect 
St.  The  old  road  ran  diagonally  from  the  entrance  to  Hillhouse  Av.  across  to  about 
where  the  R.  R.  Bridge  is  situated  on  Prospect  St.  and  extended  thence,  north  west 
into  the  plainfield  road  as  it  was  then  called,  but  lately  Canal  St. ,  and  thence  northerly 
on  what  is  now  Winchester  Av.,  to  Mill  Rock.  The  following  is  from  the  "  Town 
and  Court  Records:"  Town  Meeting  Dec.  21,  1725.  Ensign  Jonathan  Mansfield, 
chosen  Townsman  (or  Selectman).  Dec.  14, 1726.  Ensign  Jonathan  M.  chosen  a 
Lister.  Dec.  11,  1727,  chosen  Grand  juror.  Dec.  10,  1730.  Jonathan  M.  and 
Joseph  Ives  appointed  to  lay  out  a  Highway  from  the  Country  road  to  the  East 
river,  (North  of  Cedar  Hill).  May  10,  1731.  Jonathan  M.  and  Jno.  Hitchcock 
appointed  to  take  a  view  of  a  place  for  erecting  a  Saw  Mill,  as  per  petition  of  Ben- 
jamin Dorman  and  others,  which  petition  was  granted  Dec.  20,  1731,  if  built  within 
one  year  from  this  time.  Ap.  18,  1737.  Jonathan  M.  appointed  one  of  a  committee 
to  fix  the  line  between  Branford  and  New  Haven. 

Dec.  18, 1752.  Jonathan  M.  chosen  one  of  a  committee  for  building  a  Pest  House. 
Reported  to  build  it  at  the  Oyster  point,  one  side  of  the  way  leading  down  to  said 
point  on  the  bank  or  high  land.  37  feet  long,  16  feet  wide,  one  story  high,  with  a 
Gamhriel  roof  and  small  fire  places  in  the  chambers,  and  a  convenient  cellar  under 
one  end,  and  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  prosecute  the  affair  immediately. 
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18  MANSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 

Feb.  26,  1759.     At  this  Town  Meeting  Deac.  Jonathan  M.  chosen  Moderator. 

Feb.  16,  1767.     Deac.  Jonathan  Mansfield  Moderator  of  the  Town  Meeting. 

This  is  the  last  entry  on  the  Town  records  of  his  appointment  to  any  public  ser- 
vices. He  was  82  years  of  age  at  this  time  and  it  was  seven  years  before  his  death. 
My  Father,  Glover  Mansfield,  his  grandson,  was  eight  years  old  when  he  died,  and 
remembered  considerable  about  him.  When  I  was  a  boy  I  used  to  hear  him  say 
he  remembered  his  Grandfather  Jonathan,  and  that  he  was  quite  smart  and  active 
down  to  the  last  year  of  his  life,  cultivating  his  large  farm,  and  attending  to  his 
business.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  prosperous  successful  Farmer.  His  will  is 
dated  Oct.  1,  1767,  and  he  left  a  very  good  estate  for  those  times,  namely,  £1493. 
As  reminiscences  and  anecdotes  of  those  who  lived  so  long  ago  are  so  scarce,  any- 
thing authentic,  handed  down  is  interesting  though  trivial.  Maj.  Benjamin  F. 
Mansfield  relates  the  following,  which  he  used  to  hear  told  by  his  father  William 
M.  who  was  a  grandson  of  Deacon  Jonathan,  and  was  born  in  1750  :  In  front  of 
his  Homestead,  on  Elm  St.  there  was  considerable  of  a  depression  or  hollow  in  the 
ground,  extending  from  in  the  Green  across  the  street  into  his  large  barn  yard, 
which  frequently  in  the  winter  used  to  be  filled  with  water,  and  frozen  so  that  the 
boys  would  gather  on  it  for  sliding  and  skating,  often  taking  the  bars  down  so  that 
they  could  go  the  whole  length  into  his  yard,  which  was  quite  an  annoyance  and  vexa- 
tion to  the  old  gentleman.  So  on  one  of  these  occasions  he  took  his  cartwhip  and  sta- 
tioned himself  behind  his  barn  and  watched  till  they  came  along,  and  put  it  on  to  the 
first  boy  that  appeared  so  suddenly  that  he  hadn't  time  to  recognize  him  as  his  pet 
grandchild  William,  who  was  quite  a  favorite  with  him,  often  taking  him  up  behind 
him  on  horseback  when  going  up  to  part  of  his  farm  a  few  miles  out  on  the  North 
Haven  road,  not  a  great  way  beyond  Cedar  Hill.  It  is  recorded  Aug.,  1710,  that  the 
General  Court  or  Assembly  had  the  use  of  his  Dwelling  House  for  their  sitting,  and 
again  Oct.  14,  the  same  year  he  was  granted  Eighteen  Shillings  for  tending  six  daj^s 
upon  the  assembly  as  constable.  This  was  when  he  was  twenty-four  years  of  age, 
his  father  Maj.  Moses  having  been  dead  seven  years,  who  occupied  the  Dwelling 
(a  large  one)  before  him. 


FOURTH  GENERATION. 


1 1 .     JOSEPH.  New  Haven,  Mansfleld  Farms. 

23.  Maky,  born  Apr.  1701,  married  Daniel  Tuttle  Apr.  25,  1726. 

24.  Lydia,  born  Dec.  25,  1703,  probably  never  married. 

*25.  John,  born  Jan.  21,  1704,  married  Lydia  Tuttle,  who  was  born  Mar.  15, 
1707,  a  daughter  of  John  Tuttle,  grandson  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Tuttle,  who 
came  over  from  England  in  the  ship  Planter  in  1635,  and  settled  in  New  Haven. 
Her  father  lived  on  Chapel  Street  near  High  St.  She  sold  her  rights  to  several 
pieces  of  land  from  time  to  time  in  that  vicinity,  one  piece  to  Rodger  Sherman, 
the  "Signer."  She  lived  down  to  1780,  and  perhaps  later.  Her  brother.  Rev. 
Moses  Tuttle,  who  grad.  Y.  C.  1745,  married  a  sister  of  the  great  Dr.  Edwards, 
and  was  pastor  in  Windsor,  Ct.,  etc.  The  above  John  Mansfield  died  in  June  1751. 
His  name  appears  on  the  Land  Records  as  a  Grantor,  six  times,  but  not  once  as 
a  Grantee.  The  first  Deed  is  dated  Sept.  19,  1740,  for  £33,  7|  acres  in  second 
division,  to  David  Punderson.  The  next  Deed  Feb.  10,  1741,  for  £12,  Bills  of 
Credit  to  the  Governor  &  Co.,  11  Acres  in  the  Plains  north  side  of  the  farm 
where  I  now  dwell,  E.  by  Highway,  W.  by  East  river,  N.  by  Ebenezer  Mansfield's, 
and  S.  by  said  John's.  The  last  Deed  recorded  is  dated  Oct.  16, 1744,  for  £290,  to 
Abraham  Blackslee  a  certain  part  of  the  farm  where  I  now  live,  with  the  House 
and  Barn  thereon,  that  is  to  say,  all  that  part  of  my  farm  not  made  over  to  the 
Government,  nor  sold  to  Abraham  Bassett.  E.  by  the  Country  road,  N.  by  the 
Government  land,  W.  by  said  Bassett  and  the  East  river,  and  S.  by  Ensign  Abram 
Bassett. 

26.     Elizabeth,  born  Oct.  23,  1706. 

*27.  Joseph,  born  Aug.  17,  1708,  married  Phebe  Bassett  Oct.  10,  1732,  died 
about  1762.  His  name  as  Grantor  or  Grantee  appears  in  Deeds  recorded  in  the 
Land  Records  13  times,  from  1739  to  1761.  We  insert  a  few  extracts  from  a  few 
of  them.     June  17, 1754,  Joseph  Mansfield  and  wife  Phebe  for  £11  14s.  of  Daniel 


20  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

Bassett  2^  acres  Half  Division  land  in  Parish  of  North  Haven.  Oct.  28,  1756, 
Joseph  Mansfield  for  the  consideration  of  the  Love,  Goodwill  and  affection  I  have 
and  bear  unto  my  beloved  son  Titus,  give  him  a  certain  piece  of  land  of  the  garden 
and  the  east  end  of  my  dwelling  house,  with  liberty  to  pass  to  the  road,  with  con  - 
veniences,  also  with  half  of  ray  cellar.  May  23, 1753.  Joseph  Mansfield  of  Samuel 
and  David  Bassett,  Samuel  Ailing  and  wife  Mary,  Thos.  Doolittle  and  wife  Eliza- 
beth of  Wallingford,  John  Sutliff  and  wife  Martha,  Levi  Bassett  of  Waterbury  and 
Daniel  Rowe  and  Thankful  his  wife,  of  Cambridge,  County  of  Hartford,  for  a  suitable 
confidation  of  our  Brother  and  Sister.  Joseph  Mansfield  and  his  wife  Phebe,  con- 
veys 4  acres  of  land  to  the  same,  that  belonged  to  our  honored  father  Samuel  Bas- 
sett. Bounded  W.  by  Highway,  N.  by  Joseph  Bradley's,  E.  by  Abraham  Bassett's, 
and  S.  by  John  Sutliff  and  wife's.  Feb.  16,  1761.  Joseph  Mansfield  for  £12  to 
son  Titus  4  acres,  N.  by  Jos.  Gilbert's,  E.  by  Highway,  S.  by  Widow  Mansfield's, 
and  W.  by  said  Titus'.  Also  another  piece  at  the  S.  W.  corner  of  my  Homelot,  9 
rods,  being  3  rods  square.  W.  by  Highway,  S.  Abel  Ives',  E.  and  N.  bj'^  said 
Homelot.  This  Joseph,  3rd  doubtless,  lived  on  land  included  in  the  original  tract 
granted  to  Richard  the  first  settler,  and  perhaps  on  the  very  site  of  the  original 
Homestead.  Old  people  in  this  vicinity  remember  very  well  when  the  very  Old 
House  where  the  above  Titus  lived  was  pulled  down,  which  was  doubtless  his  father 
Joseph's  before  liim,  and  from  a  careful  survey  of  the  Deeds,  with  the  boundaries 
described  therein,  it  looks  as  though  it  might  be  the  very  spot  where  Richard  the 
ancestor  lived.  This  was  on  the  east  side  of  the  main  road,  exactly  where  Mr. 
Alfred  Ives'  Brick  Kiln  was  till  1882,  but  since  removed. 

28.  Amos.  His  birth  is  not  recorded.  He  was  baptized  as  an  adult,  in  the  1st 
Church  Nov.  25, 1733.  His  name  appears  on  the  Records  as  Grantor  only  5  times, 
from  1741  to  1742.  June  4,  1741,  he  sells  to  John  Potter  a  portion  of  the  farm 
called  the  "  Mansfield  farm  "  for  £20,  on  the  west  side  of  the  road.  W.  Samuel 
Bradley's,  S.  Japhet  Mansfield's,  E.  said  Amos'  land,  and  N.  Ebenezer  Mansfield's 
land.  May  29,  1742,  to  John  Potter  for  £72  a  part  of  the  estate  of  Joseph  Mans- 
field's, Deceased,  9  acres,  west  by  said  Potter's  and  Japhet  Mansfield's  land,  N.  by 
Ebenezer  Mansfield,  Junr's  land,  E.  by  Highway  and  S.  by  heirs  of  Japhet  Mans- 
field, Junr's  land. 

Nov.  2,  1742,  for  £125  he  sells  17  acres,  being  part  of  the  farm  of  the  estate  of 
Jos.  Mansfield,  deceased,  to  Aaron  Gilbert. 

Feb.  28,  1742,  sells  for  £25,  to  Thos.  Mansfield,  2  acres  meadow,  lying  at  "Mans- 
field Farm,"  so  called,  etc. 

Nov.  2,  1742.  He  and  his  mother,  widow  Elizabeth,  sells  to  Samuel  Mansfield 
for  £100,  6  acres  with  Dwelling  house,  Barn,  &c.  W.  by  Highway,  that  leads  to 
Wallingford,  N.  by  Jos.  Mansfield's,  E.  by  meadow  land,  S.  by  Eb.  and  Japhet 
Mansfield's,  with  the  orchard  and  improvements  thereon.  This  is  the  last  we  can 
trace  of  him.     Perhaps,  or  probably,  he  died  rather  young,  unmarried. 

*29.  JosiAH.  His  birth  not  recorded.  According  to  the  Probate  Records  he 
died  in  1757.  He  appears  in  the  Land  Records  3  times  only,  and  as  Grantor.  June 
30, 1736,  for  £12,  to  Samuel  Ives,  9  acres  20  rods  6th  Division  land,  at  a  place  called 
the  "  Steps"  (Mt.  Carmel).  Nov.  17,  1739,  for  £2,  ^rd  part  of  the  Island  in  East 
river,  encompassed  by  the  river,  to  Samuel  Mansfield.     June  20,  1740,  for  £295, 


FOURTH    GENERATIOISr.  ^1 

86  acres  of  6th  Division  land  with  the  Dwelling  house  where  said  Mansfield  now 
lives,  N.  Jno.  Beecher's,  E.  Mill  river,  S.  Samuel  Woodin's  and  W.  bj'^  Highway. 
He  appears  to  have  lived  at  Mount  Carrael,  and  his  son  Josiah,  grandson  Josiah, 
and  great  grandson  Josiah  after  him  as  will  appear  in  the  proper  places. 

30.  Abigail.  Her  birth  not  recorded,  died  Sept.,  1740.  She  married  Jan.  20, 
1734,  Jacob  Turner,  who  was  born  Jan.  20,  1702,  and  was  a  great  grandson  of  the 
celebrated  Capt.  Nath.  Turner,  who  settled  a  little  south  of  the  "Mansfield farm," 
and  was  lost  at  sea  in  Lamberton's  ship,  that  was  never  heard  from,  1646.  She 
probably  lived  and  died  in  this  vicinity. 

*31.  Thomas,  born  in  1713.  He  was  baptized  as  an  adult,  in  the  first  Church 
Nov.  25, 1733,  at  the  same  time  with  his  brothers,  Amos  and  Ebenezer,  also  adults, 
and  supposed,  preliminary  to  their  admission  into  the  Church.  He  married  Hannali 
Goodyear  Dec.  1738.  He  died  Nov.  4,  1798,  aged  85.  She  died  Nov.  24,  1798, 
aged  81.  Their  residence  was  in  North  Haven.  He  was  a  prominent  man  in  the 
Place,  as  the  records  show.  His  name  appears  in  39  Deeds,  recorded  from  1739 
to  1786.  26  times  as  Grantee,  and  13  times  as  Grantor.  A  few  of  them  are  here 
given.  Sep.  22,  1739.  Sells  to  Samuel  Mansfield,  Senr.  (son  of  Ebenezer  M.)  He 
Avas  called  Senr.  probably  because  there  was  another  Samuel  M.  6  years  younger, 
son  of  Capt.  Moses  M.  the  mariner),  for  £19,  1  Acre  of  Meadow,  near  Ebenezer 
M's.  Dwelling  house.  N.  by  Joseph  M's.  Meadow,  etc.  Mar.  30,  1741,  sells  to 
Aaron  Gilbert  for  £37,  6|  Acres,  being  part  of  the  farm  which  was  my  honored 
father  Joseph's,  deceased,  lying  by  that  road  running  through  said  farm,  called 
the  upper  highway.  N.  by  said  road,  E.  Amos  M's.  land,  S.  Japhet  M's.  land  and 
N.  by  Samuel  Bradley's  land.  Sept.  27,  1739  buys  of  Josiah  Tuttle  for  £100,  8 
acres  east  side  of  East  river  near  the  pine  Bridge,  with  the  Dwelling  house  thereon, 
etc.  Mar.  3,  1752,  buys  of  Stephen  Brown  for  £1900,  28  acres  with  the  House 
and  Barns  adjoining  Jos.  Bassett's,  Moses  Thorp's  and  Christopher  Todd's,  also  'dl 
acres  adjoining  Isaac  Stiles'  land,  etc.  July  27,  1753.  Thos.  M.  and  Jos.  Bassett 
established  boundaries  between  their  30  acres  of  land  each,  in  the  North  Haven 
Parish.  Dec.  3,  1753.  Thos.  M.  buys  of  Christopher  Todd  for  £328,  8f  acres 
near  the  Meeting  House  in  tlie  Parish  of  North  Haven.  S.  by  Isaac  Thorp's,  E. 
and  W.  by  highway,  N.  by  said  M's.  land.  Aug.  6, 1659.  Thos.  M.  of  the  "Select- 
men," for  £3,  13s.,  8d.  that  old  original  highway  between  said  M's.  farm,  and  the 
river,  antiently  laid  out  at  the  end  of  the  third  Division,  etc.  Jan.  10, 1771,  Thomas 
M.,  Thos.  Cooper,  and  Thamer  Todd  appointed  a  committee  by  the  Society  of 
North  Haven  to  sell  a  certain  piece  of  land  in  North  Haven  to  Lawrence  Clinton 
for  £72,  18s.,  containing  11^  acres.  S.  by  Stephen  Alling's,  E.  and  W.  by  High- 
way in  part,  and  part  on  Samuel  Bassett's  land,  N.  on  said  Bassett's  and  Moses 
Bradley's  laud.  Sep.  5  Sept.  1770  Thomas  M.  to  my  daughter  Bede  Daggett,  wife 
of  Philip  Daggett,  for  love,  good  will,  &c.,  the  House  and  1  acre  of  land, 
in  Parish  of  North  Haven,  where  said  Philip  and  Bede  dwell,  E.  by  highway, 

N.  and  W.  by  Walter  Munson's,  and  S.  on  land  of .     Jan.  31,  1785.     Thos. 

M.  of  Jas.  Bishop  and  wife  Patience,  for  £150,  30  acres  and  the  House  and  Build- 
ings thereon,  in  Parish  of  North  Haven.  N.  by  Highway,  E.  by  Capt.  Ezra  Tut- 
tle's,  and  Gideon  Todd's,  and  S.  and  W.  on  Titus  Todd's  land.  Prom  "  Colonial 
or  Proprietor's  Records."    Dec.  19,  1754.     Thos.  M.  appointed  Collector  of  the 


32  MAifSFlJlLD  GENEALOGY. 

Town  rates  for  North  Haven.  Dec.  8,  1755,  chosen  a  Selectman.  Also  chosen 
again  in  1756,  1757,  1758,  1759,  1760  and  1761.  Dec.  11,  1761.  Thos.  M.  chosen 
one  of  a  committee  of  3,  to  open  a  Highway  in  North  Haven.  From  the  above  it 
will  be  seen  he  was  one  of  the  principal  men  in  North  Haven.  He  left  no  male 
descendants  by  name  of  Mansfield,  as  his  son  Samuel  lived  and  died  single. 

32.  Ebknezkk.  His  birth  not  recorded.  He  died  in  1745.  Estate  £33,  188. 
3d.  His  brother-in-law,  Daniel  Tuttle,  husband  of  his  sister  Mary,  was  Executor. 
Property  divided  among  his  Brothers  and  sisters.  Lived  and  died  young,  unmar- 
ried. He  appears  on  the  Records  only  on  two  Deeds,  on  both  as  Grantor,  as  follows : 
Oct.  18,  1742  to  John  Potter  for  £30,  2  acres,  20  rods,  being  part  of  the  farm  of 
my  honored  father's,  Jos.  M.,  deceased,  N.  and  W.  by  Samuel  Bradley's,  S.  by  said 
Potter's,  and  E.  by  said  Ebenezer's  land.  June  38,  1743,  to  John  Potter,  for  £60, 
6J  Acres.  E.  by  Highway,  called  the  middle  road.  S.  and  W.  by  said  Potter's 
land,  and  N.  by  Samuel  Bradley's. 

12.     EBENEZER.  New  Haven,  Mansfield  Farms. 

33.  Samuki.,  his  only  child,  born  Jan.  38,  1711,  married  Susanna  Mansfield, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Jonathan  M.,  Dec.  33,  1736.  She  was  born  Dec.  9,  1712. 
She  was  his  second  cousin.  He  died  in  1750.  They  had  one  child,  Susanna, 
which  died,  and  his  Estate  of  £750  was  allowed,  one  third  of  it  to  his  widow  dur- 
ing life,  afterwards  said  third  to  be  distributed  to  the  child's  great  Uncle  Japhet 
and  great  Aunts,  namely,  Mercej'^  Bristol's  heirs.  Comfort  Benham's  heirs,  Martha 
Sperry,  and  Silence  Chatfield,  of  Killingworth.  The  two  thirds  were  distributed 
to  the  above  at  once,  in  5  equal  parts.  His  name  appears  on  the  Land  Records 
only  3  times,  Feb.  13, 1739,  he  buys  of  Jos.  Humaston,  for  £12,  f  acres  part  orchard 
and  part  mowing  land.  S.  by  land  of  Sergt.  Ebenezer  M's.  which  he  bought  of 
John  Newman's  heirs,  E.  by  said  Samuel's  «fe  N.  &  W.  by  the  country  road.  Mar. 
28,  1740,  he  buys  of  Jos.  M.  land  near  his  own  dwelling,  and  another  piece  adjoin- 
ing his  uncle  Japhet's,  &  Sergt.  Ebenezer's  Homelot.  He  was  baptized  Ap.  33, 1731, 
at  the  same  time  his  mother  Hannah  was,  and  I  presume  prepartory  to  her  being 
taken  into  the  Church.  Samuel's  widow,  Susanna,  subsequently  married  John 
Stone  of  Milford,  and  lived  and  died  there.  She  died  in  1797,  aged  85,  leaving  for 
each  of  the  above  5  heirs,  or  their  representatives,  £8  3s.  6d.  each. 

13.     JAPHET.  New  Haven,  Mansfield  Farms. 

34.  Hannah,  born  Jan.  6,  1704,  married  Gershora  Todd. 

35.  Sarah,  born  Apr.  8,  1706,  married  Amos  Tuttle. 

36.  Japhet,  born  Jan.  5,  1708,  married  Ruth  Tuttle,  sister  of  Lydia,  wife  of 
John  (25)  Jan.  18, 1738.  He  died  Mar.  35, 1741,  aged  33  ;  on  his  gravestone  which 
is  among  the  ancient  stones  removed  from  the  old  ground  and  placed  against  the 
north  wall  of  the  Grove  St.  Cemetery,  he  is  called  Japhet  Mansfield,  Junr.  He  died 
4  years  before  his  father  Japhet.  He  left  no  children.  His  homestead  was  in  the 
vicinity  of  his  father's,  and  uncles  Joseph's  and  Ebenezer's  homesteads.     His  Es- 


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FOURTH    GET!fERATION'.  23 

tate  was  £516,  distributed,  at  least  in  part,  among  his  seven  married  sisters,  ac- 
cording to  the  Probate  Records. 

37.  Mekoy,  born  Nov.  18,  1711.  As  her  name  does  not  appear  in  the  distribu- 
tion of  the  Estate  of  her  brother  Japhet,  she  probably  died  young. 

38.  Rachel,  born  Apr.  3,  1714,  married  Stephen  Tuttle. 

39.  Esther,  married Beach. 

40.  Martha,  married  Thomas  Sperry. 

41.  CoMFOKT,  married  Samuel  Nichols,  of  Stratford. 

42.  Mary,  married  Elihu  Sperry,  Feb.  3,  1746,  of  Woodbridge. 

18.     MOSES,   Capt.  New  Haven. 

43.  Samuel,  born  Aug.  23,  1705,  and  died  in  infancy. 

44.  Mary,  born  Feb.  23,  1707,  and  married  Fitz  John  Allyn,  Oct.  7,  1725. 
They  had  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  9,  1726,  who  married  Christopher  Christophers  of 
New  London,  Dec.  1,  1743. 

45.  ]Margaret  born  Oct.  7,  1708,  and  married  Captain  Israel  Munson  for  his 
third  wife,  Sept.  27, 1744.  He  was  a  prominent,  enterprising  man,  and  carried  on 
the  Blacksmithing  business  on  the  East  side  of  College  St.,  just  north  of  Wall  St., 
and  at  the  same  time  kept  an  Inn  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Street.  Their  chil- 
dren were  William,  born  May  27,  1747.  (He  was  born  in  the  House  formerly 
owned  and  occupied  by  John  Dixwell  the  Regicide,  Corner  College  and  Grove 
Sts.,)  and  Margaret,  born  Mar.  10,  1749,  who  married  Benj.  Gillett.  She  died  Mar. 
11,  1825.  Their  posterity  are  not  very  numerous,  but  respectable,  none  of  them 
bearithe  name  of  Gillett,  but  there  arc  Youngs,  Derricks,  Hastings,  etc.  William, 
the  eldest,  as  above,  was  one  of  our  most  distinguished  citizens.  He  served  as  a 
commissioned  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  from  1775  until  the  army  was 
discharged  in  1783.  He  was  afterward  made  Major  by  brevet,  and  was  appointed 
by  General  Washington  as  Inspector  and  Surveyor  of  the  Customs  at  the  port  of 
New  Haven,  which  office  he  held  33  years,  and  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
Feb.  26,  1826.  He  served  in  the  winter  campaign  in  Canada,  from  November, 
1775,  until  April,  1776.  He  was  present  at  the  siege  and  capture  of  the  British 
Army,  under  the  command  of  Lord  Cornwallis,  at  Yorktown.  His  large  Dwelling 
House  was  on  the  north-east  corner  of  Stale  and  Fair  Sts.  When  the  British  in- 
vaded New  Haven,  in  1779,  an  18  pound  cannon  ball,  fired  from  one  of  the  Galleys 
in  the  harbor,  lodged  in  the  chimney,  beside  the  fire  place,  which,  partly  in  sight, 
remained  there  for  many  years,  at  least  during  his  life.  I  remember  him  well, 
often  seeing  him  in  my  boyhood.  He  was  a  rather  large,  portly  gentleman,  and 
dressed  in  the  fashion  of  the  continental  times.  I  remember  distinctly  he  was 
scrupulously  neat,  and  always  displayed  a  nice  ruffled  shirt  in  his  bosom.  I  am 
indebted  to  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Capt.  Wheeler,  now  91  years  of  age,  (1883),  and 
to  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Glenney,  for  most  of  the  above  account,  which  is  here  grate- 
fully  acknowledged. 


24  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

46.  Daniel,  born  Mar.  23,  1711,  lived  single,  and  died  in  1788.  He  was  a 
merchant,  and  in  the  inventory  of  his  estate  is  mentioned  a  wharf  and  store.  His 
estate  went  to  his  brother  Samuel,  and  his  four  sisters,  namely  :  Susannah  Cook, 
Margaret  Munson,  Mary  AUyn,  and  Mercy  Throup,  or  their  heirs. 

47.  Susannah,  born  Feb.  16,  1713,  and  married  Samuel  Cook,  son  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Cook,  of  Stratfield,  (now  Bridgeport),  Ct.,  Nov.  5,  1735. 

48.  Samuel,  born  Nov.  23, 1717,  and  married  Esther  Hall,  of  Middletown,  Ct., 
Oct.  4,  1742.  He  was  a  Merchant,  and  his  Dwelling,  Wharf  and  Store,  was  on 
what  is  now  East  Water  St.,  near  the  celebrated  "Benedict  Arnold  Mansion,"  now 
standing,  (1883),  whose  daughter  Margaret,  Benedict  Arnold,  the  traitor,  married 
for  his  first  wife.  He  graduated  at  Yale  Coll.,  1735,  carried  on  business  very  ex- 
tensively, and  was  Sheriff  of  the  county.  He  joined  the  North  Church,  June,  1773, 
and  his  wife,  Esther,  June,  1771.  He  died  June  22,  1775,  aged  57.  She  died  Oct. 
21,  1795,  aged  77.  Their  handsome  white  marble  gravestones  were  removed  from 
the  ancient  ground  to  the  Esther  Thompson  lot,  in  Grove  St.  Cemetery,  No.  57 
Linden  Av. 

29  Deeds  are  recorded  in  the  Land  Records,  in  which  he  appears  as  buyer  or 
seller.  Their  children  and  descendants,  which  were  to  be  carried  forward  to 
another  place,  we  are  obliged  to  insert  here,  without  numbering. 

The  children  of  the  above  Samuel  Mansfield  and  Esther,  his  wife,  were  Esther, 
born  Jan.  6,  1744,  died  in  infancy.  Margaret,  born  April  24,  1745,  married  Feb. 
27,  1767,  Benedict  Arnold,  the  "traitor."  She  died  June  19,  1775.  Her  grave- 
stone, of  blue  slate,  is  in  the  "Crypt,"  under  the  Center  Cong.  Church,  as  out  of 
curiosity,  at  least  many  would  be  interested  to  know  of  their  descendants,  we  are 
enabled  from  several  sources  of  information,  recently  come  to  light,  and  published 
to  present  the  following :  They  had  3  children,  Benedict  Arnold,  born  Feb.  14, 
1768 ;  died  in  Jamaica,  aged  27.  Richard  Arnold,  born  Aug.  22,  1769,  married 
Dec.  30, 1804,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Samuel  Weatherhead,  Augusta,  Canada.  He 
died  Dec.  9,  1847.  They  had  9  children.  Henry,  or  Harry  Arnold,  born  Sept. 
19,  1772,  married  Dec.  4, 1796,  Hannah  Ten  Eyck,  daughter  of  Richard  Ten  Eyck, 
of  New  York.  He  died  Dec.  8,  1826.  They  had  11  children,  of  whom  only  one 
survived  infancy,  namely,  Sophia,  who  married  Mr.  Sill,  of  New  York.  There 
are  no  male  descendants  by  name  of  Arnold  living,  of  Benedict  and  his  wife,  Mar- 
garet Mansfield.  Margaret,  4th  child  of  the  above  Richard  Arnold,  married  John 
McEwan,  for  the  last  twenty-four  years  Sheriff  of  Essex  Co.,  Canada.  Their  son, 
P.  A.  McEwan,  Esq.,  of  Windsor,  Canada,  has  in  his  possession  a  lot  of  correspond- 
ence of  Mrs.  Benedict  Arnold,  the  second  wife.  Miss  Shippen,  of  Philadelphia, 
and  of  her  sons  in  England  with  his  grandfather  Richard  Arnold,  half  brother  of 
these  sons.  It  will  doubtless  be  interesting  information  to  state  that  Gen.  Arnold 
married  for  his  second  wife,  April  8,  1779,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Judge  Edward 
Shippen,  of  Pennsylvania,  who  died  Aug.  24, 1804.  By  her  he  had  four  children. 
Edward  Shippen  Arnold,  Lieut.  6th  Bengal  Cavalry,  and  Paymaster  of  Muttra, 
died  unmarried  at  Singapore,  India,  Dec.  13,  1813.  James  Robertson  Arnold, 
Lieut.  Gen.  K.  H.  and  K.  C. ,  married  Virginia,  daughter  of  Bartlett  Goodrich,  of 
Saling  Grove,  Essex,  which  lady  died  July  14,  1852.  He  died  without  issue,  Dec. 
27, 1854.     George  Arnold,  Lieut.  Col.  2nd  Bengal  Cavalry,  married  Martin  Brown, 


fOtJRtB:  GENERATION".  35 

and  died  in  India,  Nov.  1,  1828,  leaving  issue,  namely,  George,  who  married  a 
daughter  of  Sir  Tliomas  Seaton,  K.  C.  B.,  and  died  about  1865,  leaving  one  daughter, 
and  Sophice  Mary,  who  married  Rev.  Arthur  Wilmington  Ingram.  William  Fitch 
Arnold,  the  youngest  son  of  Benedict  and  his  wife.  Miss  Shippen,  was  born  in 
London,  June  25,  1794.  He  was  a  Capt.  in  the  19th  Lancers.  He  died  Nov.  7, 
1840.  He  married.  May  19,  1819,  Elizabeth  Cecelia,  only  daughter  of  Alexander 
Ruddach,  of  the  island  of  Tobago,  Capt.  in  the  Royal  Navy,  and  had  six  children. 
The  eldest,  Rev.  Edward  Gladwin  Arnold,  born  April  25,  1823,  married  April  27, 
1852,  Lady  Charlotte  Georgiaua,  eldest  daughter  of  Lord  Henry  Cholmondeley, 
now  the  Iklarquis  of  Cholmondeley.  They  have  had  7  sons  and  4  daughters.  The 
next  son  of  William  Fitch  Arnold  was  William  Trail,  born  Oct.  23,  1826.  Capt. 
4tii  (King's  own)  Regiment,  and  killed  at  Sebastopol,  May  5,  1855.  The  other 
four  children  of  William  Fitch  Arnold  were  all  daughters,  and  all  married  Ministers. 

The  Estate  and  seat  of  the  Arnold  family  is  Little  Missenden  Abbey,  Bucking- 
ham. Gen.  Arnold  received  from  the  British  government  several  grants  of  land 
in  Canada,  one  of  them  at  Gwillimbury,  near  what  is  now  the  city  of  Toronto ;  and 
other  grants  at  Elmsley.  The  greater  part  of  the  lands  at  Elmsley  have  beea 
sold,  and  the  lands  at  Gwillimbury  have  been  occupied  by  squatters  for  a  number 
of  years. 

The  next  child  of  Sheriff  Samuel  Mansfield,  and  his  wife,  Esther  Hall,  was 
Esther,  born  Nov.  2,  1746,  married  Jacob  Thompson,  son  of  Abraham,  about  1773. 
Tins  Abraham  had  four  children,  Abraham,  Isaac,  Jacob  and  Mary.  I  was  told 
by  a  grandson  of  this  Mary,  that  people  used  to  say,  this  family  of  children,  were 
Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  and  the  virgin  Mary.  She  married  the  father  of  the 
late  Prof.  Eleazar  Thompson  Pitch,  Y.  Coll.,  and  she  was  his  mother. 

Jacob  Thompson,  and  his  wife  Esther  Mansfield,  had  eight  children,  viz.:  Esther 
Thompson,  bapt.  Jan.  2,  1764,  married  Aaron  Bradley,  of  Hamden.  Frances 
Thompson,  bapt.  Oct.  16,  1774,  died  in  infancy.  Margaret  Arnold  Thompson, 
bapt.  Oct.  5,  1777^  died  Oct.  5,  1850,  aged  73.  Henry  Thompson,  bapt.  Mar.  28, 
1779,  died  young.  Frances  Thompson,  bapt.  Oct.  14,  1781,  married  a  Buckley, 
State  of  N.  Y.  Mary  Thompson,  bapt.  Nov.  23,  1783,  probably  died  young. 
Elizabeth  Thompson  married  Hezekiah  Hotchkiss,  son  of  Hezekiah  Hotchkiss, 
who  was  many  j'ears  a  hat  manufacturer,  his  shop  and  hat  store  was  on  Elm  St., 
south  side,  two  or  three  doors  east  of  York  St.,  the  buildings  still  standing,  as 
dwelling  houses,  in  good  repair.  Hezekiah  Hotchkiss,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth 
Thompson,  had  only  one  child,  Doct.  .lacob  Thompson  Hotchkiss,  whose  ofllce  was 
in  the  old  Jacob  Thompson  House,  still  standing,  on  George  St ,  north  side,  near 
Church  St.  ,he  died  unmarried,  Aug.  22,  1850,  aged  34.  His  mother,  Elizabeth,  died 
Dec.  6, 1834,  aged  49.  Maria  Thompson,  the  youngest  daughter  of  the  above  Jacob, 
and  his  wife  Esther  JMansfield,  married  Doct.  Atwater,  of  Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 
Mr.  Jacob  Thompson,  was  connected  with  business  in  the  West  Indies,  was  a 
large,  portly  man,  was  struck  with  the  "numb-palsy"  a  few  years  before  he  died, 
and  was  quite  helpless.  He  died  .Jan.  28,  1807,  aged  62.  His  wife,  Esther,  was 
also  large  and  fleshy,  of  excellent  sense  and  intelligence,  and  died  July  25,  1825. 
The  very  ancient  and  large  house  in  which  they  lived  on  George  St.,  as  described 
above,  is  said  to  be  much  more  than  a  hundred  j^ears  old.  The  noted  Benedict 
Arnold  "Sign"  now  in  the  "Historical  Rooms,"  was  for  many  years  stowed 
5 


26  MANSFIELD   GENE  A  LOO  Y. 

awa}'  in  the  garret  of  this  liouse.  The  next  child  of  Saml.  Mansfield,  and  his 
wife  Esther  Hall,  was  Mary,  born  July  3,  1748,  married  John  Prout  Sloan,  a  sea 
captain,  they  at  one  time  lived  on  East  Water  St.,  in  the  Benedict  Arnold  hoiwe. 
He  died  Nov.  27,  1786,  aged  41.  She  died  Apr.  26,  1817,  aged  69.  They  had 
only  one  child,  which  died  Aug.  1781,  one  month  old.  Their  next  child,  Elizabeth, 
bom  Feb.  26,  1750,  died,  unmarried,  Sept.  24,  1794.  Their  next,  Moses  Samuel, 
who  went  by  the  name  of  Samuel,  born  Dec.  16,  1751.  He  lived  and  died  in  New 
York,  married,  and  had  two  daughters,  who  married  and  settled  somewhere  in  N. 
Y.  State,  up  the  Hudson  river.  They  had  no  son.  Their  next  and  youngest, 
Giles  Daniel,  born  Nov.  14,  1753,  died,  unmarried,  1792.  His  brother-in-law,  Jacob 
Thompson,  Adm.  of  his  Estate.  His  slave,  Cuff  Anson,  was  liberated  on  his  paying 
£30  for  his  freedom.  Sept.  28,  1796,  a  slave  named  Nancy  Ailing,  belonging  to 
the  Estate  of  the  late  Esther,  widow  of  the  late  Sheriff  Samuel  Mansfield,  Jacob 
Thompson  Adm.,  was  made  free.  The  health  of  the  slave  was  good,  her  age  about 
40. 

There  are  no  living  male  descendants  of  Sheriff  Saml.  or  his  father  Capt.  Moses 
Mansfield,  bearing  the  name  of  Mansfield,  having  long  since  became  extinct,  and 
tlieir  property,  so  long  held  by  them,  or  their  heirs,  on  East  Water  St.,  has  long 
ago  passed  into  other  hands.  The  very  ancient  brick  house  on  East  Water  St., 
once  occupied  by  Capt.  Moses,  and  afterwards  by  this  son,  Saml.  Mansfield,  and 
afterwards  for  many  years  by  the  late  Robert  Brown,  and  more  recently  by  his 
son,  the  late  Charles,  was  a  short  time  since  pulled  down  to  make  room  for  the 
office  and  lumber  yard  of  the  Messrs.  Beckleys. 

49.  Mercy,  born  ISIar.  3, 1719.  She  married  Rev.  William  Troup.  They  had 
a  son,  CapL  John  Rutherford  Troup,  who  married  Susannah  Bills.  Their  daughter, 
Polly,  married  Capt.  Justus  Storer,  whose  son,  Alexander  Storer,  still  living,  (1884), 
was  a  well  known  grocery  merchant  many  years,  on  the  corner  of  Olive  and  Wooster 
Sis.  In  President  Stiles'  '*  History  of  the  Judges,"  Goff,  Whalley,  and  Dixwell, 
published  in  1795,  he  states  that  he  called  on  several  aged  people  to  obtain  infor- 
mation and  confirmation  concerning  their  reputed  gravestones,  still  standing  in 
the  rear  of  the  Center  Church,  and  among  others  he  called  on  Madam  Mercy  Troup, 
then  75  years  of  age.  The  relation  she  gave  him  is  so  interesting  we  here  insert  it 
from  the  Book,  verbatim.  "  She  was  the  daughter  of  Capt.  Moses  Mansfield. 
She  sajs  once  when  a  girl,  riding  with  her  parents  together  in  a  chaise  or  calash, 
they  passed  bj'  Dixwell's  House,  (corner  of  College  and  Grove  Sts.,)  her  mother 
desired  Mr.  M.  to  stop,  and  while  sitting  in  the  carriage,  she  mourned  over  and 
lamented  him,  as  a  pious  and  holy  man,  and  enlarged  in  his  praises  and  commen- 
dation, saying  many  holy  prayers  had  been  made  in  that  House.  From  her  I  was 
informed  of  the  place  of  Di-xwell's  house,  which  was  standing  till  1756.  Her 
Brother  Prout  had  the  same  veneration  for  these  good  men. "  This '  'brother  Prout, " 
brother  to  her  mother,  who  was  Margaret  Prout,  was  John  Prout,  many  years 
Treasurer  of  Yale  Coll.,  (see  18). 

50.  Sarah,  bom  July  25,  1720,  died  in  infancy. 


FOURTH   GENERATION".  27 

22.     JONATHAN.  Deacon.  New  Haven. 

*51.  Moses,  born  May  5,  1709,  married  Ann  Mary  Kierstead  May  17,  1734. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  a  Mr.  Kierstead,  of  New  York,  a  wealthy  Dutchman, 
who  when  he  became  old  came  to  New  Haven,  and  lived  there  till  he  died.  She 
died  July  5,  1743,  aged  33  He  married  for  his  second  wife  widow  Rachel  Ward, 
Feb.  17,  1748.  He  graduated  at  Yale  Coll.  1730.  His  Dwelling  is  put  doAvn  on  the 
Map  of  New  Haven  of  1748,  on  Church  St.,  between  Elm  and  Wall  Sts.,  on  the 
west  side,  and  by  occupation  is  stjied  "Schoolmaster."  He  kept  the  Hopkins 
Grammar  School  from  1730  to  1734,  and  thereafter  he  appears  to  have  kept  a  popu- 
lar private  School,  fitting  young  men  for  college,  etc.  He  died  in  1754.  His  name 
appears  on  the  Land  Records  as  Grantor  or  Grantee  in  16  Deeds.  He  was  chosen 
several  times  as  constable,  and  collector  of  taxes,  and  was  appointed  on  committees 
for  public  services  several  times. 

There  is  a  well  authenticated  anecdote  handed  down  in  the  family  which  I  had 
from  Miss  Mary  Francis  Townsend,  a  great  granddaughter  of  the  above  Moses 
Mansfield.  Some  of  the  College  students  had  been  guilty  of  some  petty  misbe- 
haviour, perhaps  pilfering  fruit  from  his  garden,  or  something  of  that  kind,  and 
he  was  authorized  by  the  faculty  to  punish  them  personally  by  boxing  their  ears, 
and  that  they  were  ordered  to  stand  in  a  row  in  regular  order,  when  he  boxed  the 
ears  of  each  most  thoroughly,  beginning  at  the  first,  and  so  through  to  the  last.  I 
presume  this  story  is  substantially  true,  as  his  business  was  fitting  young  men  for 
college,  thus  bringing  him  into  intimate  relation  with  the  faculty. 

53.     Jonathan,  born  Jan.  27,  1711,  died  young. 

53.  Susannah,  born  Dec  9,  1712,  married  Dec.  23,  1736,  Samuel  Mansfield, 
only  child  of  Ebenezer  Mansfield.  He  was  born  Jan.  28,  1711,  and  died  in  1750. 
Afterward  she  married  John  Stone,  of  Milford.     See  Ebenezer,  (12). 

54.  Sarah,  born  May  2,  1715.  She  married  Feb.  21,  1739,  Capt.  Thomas 
Wilmot,  a  Joiner  and  Builder,  who  was  born  Aug.  25,  1712.  He  was  a  great  grand- 
son of  Benjamin  Wilmot,  one  of  the  first  settlers,  who  came  over  from  England 
about  1640,  at  the  age  of  50,  with  his  wife,  Anne,  both  much  older  than  the  aver- 
age of  emigrants,  which  was  about  25  to  28.  He  died  Aug.  18,  1669,  and  his  wife 
Oct.  7,  1668.  The  children  of  Capt.  Thomas  Wilmot  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Mansfield, 
were  Rhoda,  born  Feb.  29,  1740.  Samuel,  born  Mar.  6,  1742.  Daniel,  born  Oct. 
.16,  1744,  and  Sarah,  born  Feb.  6,  1747.  The  Land  Records  show  that  he  was 
living  in  1792,  and  his  wife  in  1787.  The  precise  date  of  their  deaths  could  not 
be  ascertained.  Their  son,  Capt  Samuel,  died  Mar.  1,  1812,  aged  70,  and  his  wife, 
Elizabeth,  died  Jan.  9,  1809,  aged  63.  Samuel,  son  of  Capt.  Samuel,  was  a  silver- 
smith and  jeweler.  His  store  was  on  the  south-west  corner  of  Chapel  and  Orange 
Sis.  He  moved  away  several  years  before  he  died.  He  died  Mar.  25,  1846,  aged 
69.  His  wife,  Abanatha,  died  Jan.  7,  1846,  aged  71.  These  last  were  taken  from 
a  white  marble  monument,  in  the  Grove  St.  Cemetery,  Central  Av.,  Lot  No.  40. 
This  Samuel,  the  Silversmith,  owned  and  resided  in  the  Dwelling  house  in  Olive 
St.,  now  (1884),  owned  and  occupied  by  the  Hon.  James  Gallagher. 

*55.    Stephen,  born  Nov.  14,  1716,  married  Dec.  31,  1746,  Hannah  Beach,  of 


28  MANSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 

Wallingford.  He  died  July  15,  1774.  She  died  Sept.  20, 1795,  aged  67.  He  was 
an  enterprising  sea  Captain,  and  engaged  many  years  extensively  in  the  West  India 
trade.  His  Homestead  was  on  the  north-east  corner  of  Chapel  and  State  Sts.,  and 
his  Store  was  adjacent  to  it.  Feb.  37,  1760,  Capt.  Stephen  M.  and  throe  others 
appointed  a  committee  for  improvement  of  common  and  undivided  lands,  for  £6  a 
piece,  of  land  lying  east  of  said  Stephen's  lot,  being  the  length  of  his  lot,  which  is 
16  rods,  and  3  rods  wide  at  the  south  end,  and  2  1-16  rods  wide  at  the  north  end. 
W.  by  said  M's.  lot,  E.,  S.  and  N.  on  common  land. 

Oct.  34, 1765.  Stephen  M.  and  Christopher  Kilby,  Vestrymen  of  Trinity  Church, 
and  Timo.  Bonticou  and  Isaac  Doolittle,  Church  Wardens,  and  the  rest  of  the 
members  of  said  Church,  buy  of  Enos  Ailing,  for  4)271,  5s.,  a  certain  piece  of  land 
lying  at  a  place  called  Gregson's  Corner,  about  H  acres.  N.  l)y  the  Market  Place, 
(the  lower  Green),  or  Highway,  E.  by  the  Highway,  (Church  St.),  or  Town  Street, 
S.  by  land  in  possession  of  Samuel  Cook,  and  W.  by  land  in  possession  of  Kalph 
Isaacs.  May  12,  1769.  Stephen  M.  and  Enos  Ailing,  to  the  committee  of  White 
Haven  Church  Society,  namely,  Col.  David  Wooster,  Phineas  Bradley,  and  Lieut 
Jno.  Mix,  for  £410,  f  acre.  W.  by  the  Town  street,  N.  by  Abigail  Bassett,  E. 
Jno.  Noyes'  heirs,  and  S.  on  land  of  Richard  Woodhull,  and  Isaac  Jones,  with  the 
House  and  barn  thereon  where  Rev.  Mr.  Hubbard  dwells.  This  land  was  pur- 
chased for  the  enlargement  of  the  site  of  the  "  White  Haven  Church,"  corner  of 
Church  and  Elm  Sts.,  in  order  to  build  an  addition  to  the  Building  which  was 
erected  about  20  years  previous  to  this  time.  It  was  called  the  "Blue  Meeting 
House,"  on  account  of  its  being  dUginally  painted  blue.  It  was  pulled  down  in 
1815,  the  society  having  united  with  the  North  Church,  who  had  just  completed 
their  New  Brick  Church  Building,  corner  of  Elm  and  Temple  Sts.,  now  standing, 
(1884).  The  above  extracts  froni  the  Land  Records,  were  selected  from  quite  a 
number  of  Deeds  recorded,  in  which  his  name  appears.  Several  of  his  children 
and  grandchildren  became  very  distinguished  in  public  life,  as  will  appear  in  their 
proper  places. 

*56.  Nathan,  born  Nov.  15,  1718,  married  in  1745,  Deborah  Dayton.  His 
Dwelling  House  was  on  the  east  side  of  the  present  Prospect  St.,  just  north  of 
the  New  Sheffield  Scientific  Building,  which  was  built  about  1740,  (and  taken 
down  in  1871,)  and  given  to  him  by  his  father,  Deac.  Jonathan,  soon  after  his 
marriage,  and  a  considerable  part  of  his  Farm  was  adjacent,  north  of  his  Dwell- 
ing. His  gravestone  was  moved  from  the  Ancient  Burying  ground  to  the  Grove 
St.  Cemetery,  and  is  placed  in  Lot  28  Sycamore  Av. ,  and  contains  the  following  ■ 
inscription  :  In  memory  of  Mr.  Nathan  Mansfield,  who  departed  this  life  Mar.  13, 
1783,  in  the  65th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  kind  and  tender  husband  and  father, 
a  benevolent  and  charitable  neighbor,  a  sincere  friend  to  his  Country,  and  a  hearty 
well  wisher  to  all  mankind.  He  died  in  the  Christian  faith,  with  a  sure  and  certain 
hope  of  a  glorious  resurrection  to  immortal  life.  "  Mark  the  perfect  man,  and  be- 
hold the  upright,  for  the  end  of  tliat  man  is  peace."  This  stone  is  erected  by  his 
disconsolate  widow.  The  inscription  on  his  wife's  Gravestone  is  as  follows :  De- 
borah, wife  of  Nathan  Mansfield,  died  May  29,  1817,  aged  93  ye^rs.  Distinguish- 
ed in  life  for  enlightened  and  consistent  piety,  she  descended  to  the  grave,  with  a 
hope  full  of  immortality.     She  had  the  high  satisfaction  of  communing  at  the  altar 


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FOURTH   GENERATION".  •  29 

of  her  Lord,  with  her  descendants  of  four  generations,  and  pronouncing  her  bless- 
ing on  one  of  the  fifth.     Having  seen  the  salvation  of  God,  she  departed  in  peace. 

This  "  one  of  the  fifth  generation"  alluded  to,  was  Caroline  Augusta  Street, 
daughter  of  Augusta  It.  Street,  (Founder  of  the  Yale  Coll.  Art  Department,)  and 
his  wife,  Caroline  M.  (Leffingwell)  Street.  She  was  born  Aug.  34,  1816,  became 
the  wife  of  Rear  Admiral  Andrew  H.  Foote,U.S.N.,anddied  Aug.  26,1863,  aged47. 
Mrs.  Street  was  the  daughter  of  Wm.  Leffingwell,  and  his  wife  Sally  Maria  (Beers) 
Leffingwell.  Jlrs.  Leffingwell  was  the  daughter  of  Isaac  Beers,  and  his  wife  Mary 
(Mansfield)  Beers.  Mrs.  Beers  was  the  daughter  of  the  above  Nathan  and  Deborah 
Mansfield.  The  following  "  notices  "  from  the  '•  Journal  and  Courier  "  of  June, 
1875,  will  in  this  place  be  very  appropriate  and  interesting.  The  one  signed 
"Aged  Observer  "  was  written  by  lier  great  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Augustus  It.  Street, 
at  the  age  of  85. 

The  following  obituary  notice  we  extract  from  the  Connecticut  Journal  of  June 
3d,  1817 : 

After  an  illness  of  nearly  five  yt  ars,  which  she  bore  with  patient  resignation, 
this  day  expired  (May  39)  Deborah,  relict  of  Nathan  ilansfield.  She  drew  her 
first  breath  in  this  town,  August  8th,  1734,  and  here  her  e}'es  beheld  her  great  great 
grand-child  ;  for  she  had  been  for  several  years  the  oldest  person  in  the  city.  It 
is  a  remarkable  fact  that  her  surviving  descendants  of  four  generations  are  just 
equal  to  the  j'cars  of  her  life,  viz.  93.  In  this  long  period  the  circumstances  and 
appearance  of  her  native  place  were  entirely  changed.  She  could  remember  the  time 
when  there  was  but  one  house  for  public  worship,  and  but  one  minister;  when  the 
New  Township  was  a  common  field  Avithout  a  single  building  ;  when  there  was 
not  one  painted  house,  one  pane  of  sash  glas«,  nor  one  riding  chair  in  the  town ; 
when  all  the  foreign  trade  employed  two  small  vessels,  and  Avhen  the  first  stick  was 
laid  for  the  Long  Wharf. 

Funeral  eulogiums  are  too  frequently  extravagant,  but  the  writer  feels  compelled 
to  say  that  if  the  uniform  practice  of  industry,  prudence,  fidelity  and  benevolence 
springing  from  vital  piety,  deserves  th(!  esteem  of  fellow  mortals,  let  the  memory 
of  the  deceased  be  regarded. 

The  maiden  name  of  this  venerable  lady  was  Deborah  Dayton.  At  the  time  of 
her  birth  the  entire  population  of  the  State  was  not  more  than  the  present  popula- 
lation  of  this  city  alone.  Dr.  Trumbull,  in  his  history  of  Connecticut,  states  the 
population  in  1717  to  have  been  17,000.  In  1724,  the  j-ear  of  Mrs.  Mansfield's 
birtli,  and  only  seven  years  later,  its  increase  could  not  have  been  over  tliirty  per 
cent.  It  helps  us -to  realize  the  rapidity  of  our  growth,  to  think  that  huuilreds  of 
our  citizens,  now  in  the  maturity  of  life,  can  well  remember  this  aged  person  in 
whose  childhood  Litchfield  county  was  still  that  remote  west  to  which  the  more 
adventurous  and  daring  looked  for  a  future  home  to  themselves  and  their  children. 

[For  the  Journal  and  Courier.^ 
Messrs.  Editors: 

The  revival  of  tlie  memory  of  Mrs.  Mansfield,  by  your  extract  on  Wednesday 
morning  from  the  Journal  of  1817,  was  grateful  and  refreshing  to  the  feeling  of 
surviving  friends,— although  they  did  not  all  need  it  in  order  to  reta\n  a  lively  rec- 


30  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

oUection  of  her  virtues.  It  was  ray  privilege,  as  a  fellow-citizen  and  Christian 
friend,  to  visit  and  converse  with  the  old  lady  at  intervals,  through  a  series  of  years. 
She  was,  without  question,  an  uncommon  woman  in  her  day ;  stout  and  robust  in 
form  ;  of  strong,  well  balanced  mind ;  with  a  large  share  of  good  sense,  and  vein  of 
pleasant  humor.  Intelligent  people  from  a  distance  sought  her  society  in  order  to 
enjoy  the  original,  independent  and  shrewd  remarks  which  spiced  her  ordinary  con- 
versation. Her  children,  and  children's  children,  in  the  city  more  especially,  set  a 
high  value  upon  her  e.xample,  counsel  and  prayers.  Among  these  children  were 
the  first  wife  of  Hon.  Isaac  Beers ;  the  wife  of  the  well-known  Captain  Major 
Lines,  and  of  Col.  Lyon,  the  old  cashier  of  New  Haven  Bank.  Rev.  Achilles 
Mansfield  of  Killingworth,  now  Clinton,  was  her  son,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Susan 
Huntington,  of  precious  memory.  But  Mrs.  Mansfield  was  most  valued  and  is 
best  remembered  for  the  elevation  and  dignity  of  her  Christian  character.  Her 
mind  was  enlightened  and  regulated  by  familiarity  with  the  Bible,  together  with 
the  writings  of  Flavel,  Baxter,  Edwards,  and  Bellamy.  She  had  seen  and  convers- 
ed with  General  Washington  ;  had  been  a  hearer  of  Whitfield,  and  permanently 
felt  the  influence  of  his  preaching.  Well  directed  observation,  a  retentive  memo- 
ry, and  protracted  discipline  in  the  school  of  Christ,  as  well  as  active  intercourse 
with  the  world,  made  the  results  of  her  experience  in  life  both  rich  and  various. 

Above  all,  like  the  mother  of  Samuel  and  Deborah  of  old,  Mrs.  Mansfield  was 
pre-eminently  a  woman  of  filial  confidence  in  God,  of  fearless  courage,  faith  and 
prayer.  Fear  indeed  she  did,  for  a  time,  (as  who  did  not,)  that  Napoleon  would 
be  permitted  to  bind  the  whole  of  Europe  in  chains ;  but  still  with  unshaken  firm- 
ness clung  to  the  divine  government  as  sure.  And  in  answer  to  an  inquiry  once 
put  her  by  the  late  Dr.  Mason,  (with  a  view  to  develope  the  degree  of  her  faith  and 
hope,)  "having,  she  said,  through  divine  grace  been  able  to  resist  the  attacks  of  the 
Adversary  for  near  sixty  years,  she  had  uo  idea  that  she  was  to  be  left  to  fall  into 
his  hands  at  last,  but  felt  sure  of  victory  through  the  crucified,  risen,  reigning,  all 
conquering  Redeemer." 

I  have  thus  gone  into  some  details,  because  there  was  a  fitting  occasion  for  it, 
and  I  love  to  exhume  and  hang  up  before  a  generation  so  easily  satisfied  with  our- 
selves as  the  present,  some  specimens  of  the  purity  of  the  piety  in  repute  in  former 
times. 

Aged  Obsebver. 

57.  Louis,  born  Apr.  27, 1721,  married  Jan.  9,  1746.  Abraham  Bradley,  great 
grandson  of  William  Bradley,  the  ancestor  of  all  the  New  Haven  Bradley's,  who 
appears  to  have  come  to  New  Haven  about  1645.  Their  children  were  Abraham, 
born  in  1746,  and  died  Jan.  24,  1825,  and  Lois,  born  Mar.  3,  1748.  She  married 
Thadeus  Beecher,  a  "Merchant  for  50  years,"  on  N.  E.  corner  of  Church  and 
Chapel  Sts.,  who  died  Jan.  17,  1823,  aged  74;  his  wife,  Lois,  died  Apr.  20,  1805, 
aged  57.  The  above  Lois  Mansfield's  first  husband,  Abraham  Bradley,  died  in 
1748,  aged  about  28,  leaving  an  estate  of  £1041.  In  the  Inventory  is  mentioned 
Watt's  Hymns,  Gospel  Sonnets,  by  Ralph  Erskins,  and  a  Psalm  Book.  In  1761 
Deacon  Jonathan  Mansfield  was  appointed  guardian  to  Abraham  and  Lois  Bradley, 
his  grandchildren.  For  her  second  husband  she  married  Josiah  Woodhouse,  of 
London,  Eng.     He  died  Sept.  3,  1764,  aged  43.     They  had  one  child,  Robert,  and 


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FOURTH   GtlirfiEATIGISr.  SI 

Lewis  Kelay,  in  New  York,  became  his  guardian.  Have  the  impression  he  died 
young.  For  her  third  husband  she  married,  July  10,  1766,  John  Watts.  She  joined 
the  Churcli  under  Rev.  Chauncey  Whittlesey,  Oct.  30,  1764.  She  died  Mar.  16, 
1806,  aged  85.  The  inscription  on  her  gravestone,  a  large  white  marble  handsome 
one  for  the  times,  is  as  follows:  "In  memory  of  the  widow,  Lois  Watts,  who 
died  March  16,  170G.  In  the  85th  year  of  her  age.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Deacon  Jonathan  Mansfield,  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  of  an  ancient  family  of  this  City. " 
(Lot  No.  18  Maple  Av.,  Grove  St.  Cemetery). 

Her  son,  Abraham  Bradley,  married  Mary  Punchard,  who  died  Sept.  25,  1833, 
aged  74.  They  had  only  one  child,  William,  who  married  Caroline  Munson,  of 
New  Haven,  and  had  six  children,  namely:  Abraham  P.,  Wm.  A.,  Catherine  B. , 
Emeline  W.,  Mary  E.,  and  Caroline  A.  Catharine  B.  Bradley  married  Philando 
Armstrong,  a  prominent  Shipping  Merchant  of  New  Haven.  They  have  had  eight 
children.  Two  died  in  infancj'.  The  others  are  W.  T.  Burden  Armstrong,  H. 
Bolden  Armstrong,  Lillian  Idle  Wild  Armstrong,  Philando  Sitiendo  Armstrong, 
Ricardo  Fuertos  Armstrong,  and  Maude  Searles  Armstrong.  • 

*58.  Richard,  born  Oct.  1,  1723,  married  Oct.  10,  1751,  Anna  Hull.  She  died 
Aug.  20,  1776,  aged  40.  He  died  Apr.  12,  1820,  aged  96.  According  to  the  New 
Haven  Probate  Records,  he  made  his  will  in  1798.  His  daughter,  Elizabeth,  ap- 
pointed Executress.  He  gives  to  Richard,  AVilliam,  Stephen,  Elizabeth,  Anna  Hum- 
phreys, Lucretia  Allis,  Marj^  Louisa,  Grandaughter  Sarah  Mansfield  Blakesley,  his 
whole  Library  of  Books,  to  be  equally  divided  among  them.  Gives  to  daughter 
Elizabeth,  f  of  all  lands  or  real  estate,  the  other  i  to  his  son  Stephen,.  His  daughter 
Elizabeth  to  give  a  legacy  of  $100  to  Marj'^  Louisa.  All  movables.  Cattle,  Horses, 
•fee,  to  Elizabeth.  William  and  Elizabeth  were  appointed  joint  Executors,  but  as 
William  died  before  his  father,  she  was  sole  Executress,  in  the  settling  of  the 
estate.  His  Dwelling  House,  in  Derby,  at  Up  Town,  as  it  is  called,  is  still  stand- 
ing, (1884).  The  following  sketches  of  his  life  are  extracted  from  "Sprague's 
Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit,"  and  from  the  History  of  the  "Old  Town  of  Derby," 
by  Rev.  Samuel  Orcutt,  and  Ambrose  Beardsley,  M.  D.,  (Pub.  1880). 

Richard  Mansfield  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Oct.  1,  1723.  He  was  the 
youngest  child  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Ailing)  Mansfield,  and  his  father  was  a 
Deacon  in  the  Congregational  Church.  He  was  very  early  put  to  the  study  of  the 
languages,  and  was  fitted  to  enter  College  when  he  Avas  only  eleven  years  of  age : 
though  he  did  not  enter  until  he  was  fourteen.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1741,  and  afterwards  remained,  as  a  resident  graduate,  for  two  years,  devoting  his 
time  to  the  further  prosecution  of  his  studies,  and  to  general  reading.  It  was  during 
these  two  years  that,  in  consequence  of  reading  the  theological  works  of  some  of  the 
divines  of  the  Church  of  England,  he  renounced  the  congregational  system,  under 
which  he  had  been  educated,  and  became  an  Episcopalian.  He  was  an  excellent 
classical  scholar,  as  was  sufHciently  indicated  by  the  fact  that  he  shared  in  Dean 
Berkeley's  bounty. 

In  1744  he  took  charge  of  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  in  New  Haven,  and 
continued  his  connection  with  it  three  years. 

In  1748,  he  crossed  the  ocean,  and  was  ordained  Deacon  in  Kensington  Church, 
London,  on  the  3d  of  Aug.,  1748,  by  Dr.  Thomas  Herring,  Archbishop  of  Canter- 


S2  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

bury,  and  advanced  to  the  Priesthood  by  the  same  Archbishop,  in  the  same  church, 
Aug.  7th,  1748.  Having  received  an  appointment  from  the  "  Venerable  Society  for 
Propagating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,"  he  returned  to  his  native  country  in 
1749,  and  entered  upou  the  active  duties  of  his  ministry.  His  first  charge  was  Derby, 
Conn.,  in  connection  with  West  Haven,  Waterbur}^  and  Northbury  (now  Plymouth). 
About  tlie  year  175.'),  he  relinquished  the  care  of  the  churches  in  West  Haven, 
Waterbury  and  Northbury,  and  from  that  time  till  his  death,  had  charge  of  the 
Churches  in  Oxford  and  Derb)'.  Of  the  parish  of  Derb}"^  he  was  Rector  during  the 
almost  unprecedented  period  of  seventj^-two  years. 

What  Mr.  Mansfield's  position  was  during  our  Revolutionary  troubles  may  be 
inferred  from  the  following  extract  from  a  letter  written  by  him  Dec.  29,  1775  : — 
"  After  havinj;  resided  and  constantly  performed  parochial  duties  in  my  mission, 
full  twenty-seven  years,  without  intermission,  I  have  at  last  been  forced  to  fly 
from  my  churches,  and  from  my  family  and  home,  in  order  to  escape  outrage  and 
violence,  imprisonment  and  death,  unjustly  meditated  of  late,  and  designed  against 
me,*  and  have  found  a  temporary  asylum  in  the  loyal  town  of  Hempstead,  pretty 
secure,  I  believe,  at  present,  from  the  power  of  those  violent  and  infatuated  people 
who  persecute  me  in  particular,  and  disturb  the  peace  of  the  whole  British  Empire. 
As  soon  as  these  sparks  of  civil  dissention  appeared,  which  have  since  been  blown  up 
into  a  devouring  flame,  I  did  (as  I  thought  it  my  duty),  inculcate  on  mj^  parishioners, 
both  from  the  pulpit  and  in  private  conversation, the  duty  of  peaceableness,  and  quiet 
subjection  to  the  King,  and  to  the  parent  State,  and  I  am  well  assured  that  the  Clergy 
in  general  of  the  Church  in  the  Colony  of  Connecticut,  with  most  of  whom  I  have 
the  pleasure  of  a  particular  acquaintance  and  friendship,  did  the  same.  That  my 
endeavours  and  influence  have  had  some  effect  appears  from  hence,  that  out  of 
one  hundred  and  thirty  families  which  attended  Divine  service  in  our  two  churches, 
it  is  well  known  that  an  hundred  and  ten  of  them  are  steadfast  friends  to  Govern- 
ment, and  that  they  detest  and  abhor  the  present  unnatural  rebellion,  and  all  those 
measures  which  have  led  to  it." 

Mr.  Mansfield  addressed  a  letter  to  Governor  Trj'on,  stating  it  as  his  opinion  that, 
in  case  the  King's  troops  were  sent  to  protect  the  Loj'alists,  several  thousand  men 
in  the  three  western  counties  of  the  Colony  would  join  them.  The  contents  of  this 
letter  having  been  communicated  to  the  Committee  of  Enquiry,  thej-^  gave  direc- 
tions for  Mr.  Mansfield's  apprehension ;  but,  being  apprized  of  the  order  by  his 
friends,  he  had  just  time  to  alTect  his  escape.  His  own  account  of  the  affair  is  as 
follows:  "  I  was  forced  to  flee  from  home,  leaving  behind  a  virtuous,  good  wife, 
with  one  young  child,  newly  weaned  from  the  l)rea8t,  four  other  children  which 
are  small,  and  not  of  sufticient  age  to  support  themselves,  and  four  others  which 
are  adults:  and  all  of  them  overwhelmed  with  grief  and  bathed  in  tears,  and  but 
very  slenderly  provided  with  the  means  of  support,  whilst  I  myself  could  entertain 
but  very  faint  hopes,  if  any  at  all.  considering  the  badness  of  the  times,  of  return- 
ing back  to  them  in  safety.  But  I  hope  to  be  able  to  maintain  some  fortitude  of 
mind  under  adversity,  and  to  improve  in  the  virtues  of  patience  and  resignation  to 
the  disposal  of  Divine  Providence,  which,  since  my  misfortunes,  1  have  found  to. 
yield  me  some  comfort  and  sensible  relief."  We  will  here  insert  a  short  extract 
from  the  "  History  of  the  Old  Town  of  Derby  "  as  a  sequel  to  the  above.  "  On  a 
Sunday  morning,  whilst  Dr.  Mansfield  was  preaching,  a  guard  of  American  troops 


FOUETH    GENEEATION-.  33 

marched  into  his  church,  when  the  good  parson  came  down  from  his  pulpit  in 
"  double-quick,"  and  escaping  from  the  sanctuary  without  his  hat,  hastened  to  his 
home  and  soon  fled  to  Long  Island,  then  in  possession  of  tlie  Britisli,  leaving  liis 
wife  and  infant,  and  seven  other  children,  to  the  care  of  otliers ;  one  daughter  being 
married  to  Elijali  Humphreys.  It  is  said  that  this  son-in-law,  being  an  officer  on  a 
War  Vessel,  arrested  him  in  his  flight,  but  it  is  more  probable  that  he  became  a 
guarantee  for  his  conduct,  and  obtained  the  privilege  for  him  to  return  not  long 
after  to  his  home  and  his  pulpit.  After  the  war,  his  opposition  to  the  cause  of 
liberty  in  the  colonies  seems  to  have  been  soon  forgotten  in  the  piety  and  zeal  he 
manifested  towards  his  church,  and  the  meek  and  dignified  deportment  he  exhib- 
ited toward  all  who  entertained  different  religious  views  from  himself." 

Mr.  Mansfield  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Yale  College  in 
1792. 

Dr.  Mansfield  was  obliged  to  cease  preaching  some  twenty  years  before  his 
death,  on  account  of  the  failure  of  his  voice,  and  from  that  time  he  could  only  make 
the  attempt  occasionally,  when  extreme  necessity  required  it.  His  general  health, 
however,  remained  unimpaired,  and  his  efforts  to  be  useful  among  his  people  out 
of  the  pulpit,  unintermitted,  till  a  very  late  period  of  his  life,  His  death  was  not 
occasioned  by  any  particular  disease,  but  was  the  natural  result  of  the  decay  of  na- 
ture. He  was  confined  to  his  house  but  about  four  weeks  previous  to  his  death, 
and  for  a  less  time  to  his  room  and  bed.  He  breathed  his  last  so  quietly  that  it 
was  impossible  to  fix  upon  the  precise  moment  of  his  departure.  He  died  August 
12,  1820,  aged  ninety-six,  and  his  Funeral  Sermon  was  preached  b}-  the  Rev.  Philo 
Shelton,  of  Fairfield. 

He  was  married,  Oct.  10th,  1751,  in  his  church,  to  Anna,  eldest  daughter  of 
Joseph  Hull,  2nd,  of  Derby,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  of  Stratford,  who  has 
been  justly  styled  "the  father  of  Episcopacy  in  Connecticut."  (She  was  of  the 
same  family  with  Commodore  Isaac  Hull,  of  the  U.  S.  Navy).  They  had  thirteen 
children,  nine  of  whom  lived  to  matlirity.  One  son  was  graduated  at  Yale  College, 
but  never  studied  a  profession. 

Dr.  Mansfield  published  a  Sermon  on  the  death  of  the  Rev.  John  Beach,  New- 
town; another  on  the  Evidences  of  the  Christian  Religion;  and  a  third  on  the 
Free  Grace  of  the  Gospel. 

IFrom  the  Rev.  Joseph  8cott,  Hector  of  St.  MichaeVs  Church,  Naugatuck.] 

Naugatuok,  Conn.  ,  May  8,  1855. 
To  Dr.  William  B.  Sprague  : 

My  Dear  Sir,— In  April,  1834, 1  took  charge  of  the  parish  in  Derby,  Conn.,  of 
which  the  Rev.  Dr.  Mansfield  was  Rector  seventy-two  years,  and  as  he  died  in 
April,  1820,  it  was  fourteen  years  after  his  decease  that  I  became  one  of  his  suc- 
cessors. I  found  residing  there,  at  that  time,  three  of  the  Doctor's  children,  rang- 
ing in  their  ages,  I  should  judge,  from  fifty-five  to  seventy-five,  and  also  some 
eight  or  nine  grandchildren.  And  not  only  his  own  family,  but  half  of  the  parish, 
at  least,  and  many  persons  in  the  town  and  the  towns  round  about,  remembered 
him  well.  So  that  what  I  am  to  say  of  him,  though  not  gathered  from  personal 
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34  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

acquaintance,  (for  I  never  saw  him),  may,  I  believe,  be  regarded  as  worthy  of  en- 
tire  confidence,  coming,  as  it  does,  from  those  who  had  known  him  intimately  from 
their  childhood. 

Dr.  Mansfield  was  a  man  who,  by  reason  of  his  profession,  his  appearance,  his 
manners,  his  very  long  life,  and  his  being  out  and  active  to  the  last,  would  make 
strong  and  enduring  impressions  upon  all  v^rho  knew  him.  Probably  no  man  has 
ever  lived  in  Derby,  who,  from  all  the  circumstances  that  combine  in  his  history, 
has  left  so  vivid  an  unwritten  memorial  of  himself  in  the  minds  of  the  generation 
that  survived  him. 

Dr.  Mansfield  was  nearly  six  feet  in  height,  rather  slender,  always  erect  in  his 
gait,  his  visage  somewhat  long,  his  nose  acquiline,  his  mouth  rather  small,  his  eye 
mild  and  amiable,  with  a  general  expression  indicating  an  intellect  of  high  order, 
and  a  pure  and  affectionate  heart.  His  costume,  to  the  last  of  his  days,  was  the 
same,  in  fashion  with  that  of  the  old  school  period,  when  a  dignified  and  imposing 
dress  and  a  courtly  ease  and  elegance  of  manner  prevailed.  He  wore  the  large 
■white  wig,  surmounted  with  a  broad,  flat-brimmed  hat,  and  small  clothes  and  shoes. 
A  friend  once  said,  as  the  boys  laughed  when  a  gust  of  wind  blew  off  the  old  gen- 
tleman's hat,  as  he  was  riding  by,  "It  seemed  as  if  they  were  laughing  at  an 
angel." 

Dr.  Mansfield  was  distinquished  for  his  politeness,  on  all  occasions,  and  every 
where,  and  to  persons  of  all  grades  and  conditions,  he  was  ever  the  true  and  kind 
gentlemen.  He  was  most  delicately  considerate  of  the  feelings  of  others.  Neither 
by  neglect  or  abruptness,  nor  by  marked-  partialities  to  one  or  more,  while  others 
were  present,  was  he  ever  known  to  give  pain  to  any  one.  As  he  was  passing  by 
some  children  of  his  flock,  who  had  grown  so  fast  as  to  appear  considerably  larger 
than  when  he  last  saw  them,  he  hastily  exclaimed — "Why,  my  dear  children,  you 
grow  like  weeds — no,  for  I  should  have  said  like  flowers  in  the  garden."  While 
his  politeness  was  so  easy  and  winning  that  it  might  have  seemed,  at  first  view,  to 
have  been  the  result  of  well  studied  lessons  in  the  school  of  some  Chesterfield,  yet 
its  hightest  charm  was  that  it  belonged  to  him  as  part  of  his  nature,  — coming  from 
his  goodness,  as  from  an  ever-flowing  fountain  within. 

It  was  a  marked  trait  of  his  character  never  to  think  little,  but  always  much,  of 
every  kind  of  ministerial  duty  he  was  called  to  perform.  As  an  instance  of  this ; 
when  he  was  sent  for,  a  certain  time,  at  a  distance  of  nearly  a  day's  journey,  to 
marry  a  couple,  he  mounted  his  horse,  and  rode  through  a  stormy  day  until  he 
reached  the  place.  After  solemnizing  the  marriage,  and  tarrying  over  night,  he  set 
out  the  next  morning  for  home,  and  traveled  another  day  over  a  bad  and  tedious 
road.  When  again  by  his  own  fireside,  after  such  a  jaunt,  he  was  as  placid  and  as 
far  from  fault-finding,  as  though  he  had  traveled  at  ease,  in  a  rail-car,  and  had  re- 
ceived some  princely  compensation  for  his  services.  On  being  asked  how  much  the 
fee  was,  which  you  know  is  not  an  uncommon  question,  when  the  minister  returns 
from  a  wedding,  he  replied  with  a  smile, — "  Why,  it  was  a  pistareen,  (twenty  cents) 
and  two  cents!" 

Dr.  Mansfield,  as  a  preacher,  was  not  loud  and  vehement,  but  always  solemn  and 
impressive,  leaving  upon  the  minds  of  his  hearers  the  conviction  of  his  deep  sincerity, 
and  of  the  infinite  importance  of  Gospel  truth.  In  reading  some  of  his  sermons,  I 
found  his  style  to  be  easy,  chaste  and  nervous.     He  was  a  finished,  classical  and 


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belles  iettres  scholar,  and  hence  such  a  style  might  reasonably  be  expected  of  him. 
His  matter  was  always  sound  and  instructive.  Though  a  close  thinker,  and  a  vig- 
orous reasoner,  yet  his  aim  seemed  never  to  be  to  put  the  gifted  and  erudite  man 
in  the  foreground,  while  the  preacher  of  "the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus"  was  left  in 
the  shade.  In  a  word,  his  ruling  desire  evidently  was  to  magnify  his  office,  and 
not  himself.  And  he  could  truly  say,  in  view  of  his  best  efforts,— "  Not  unto  me, 
not  unto  me,  O  Lord,  but  unto  thy  name  be  the  glory." 

Though  he  lived  nearly  a  century,  he  retained  his  senses,  his  judgment,  and  his  other 
faculties,  unimpaired  to  the  last.  It  falls  to  the  lot  of  but  very  few  to  live  so  long 
and  favored  a  life  as  was  Dr.  Mansfield's.  The  patriarch  sleeps  in  the  quiet  church- 
yard of  his  old  and  rural  parish,  and  Hope  and  Peace,  like  guardian  angels,  are 
waiting  to  attend  his  resurrection  at  the  last  day. 

Dr.  Mansfield's  register  of  baptisms  numbers  2, 191,  and  there  is  reason  to  believe 
his  marriages  and  burials  were  equally  proportionate.  He  taught  from  house  to 
house,  and  was  diligent  in  his  attentions  to  his  people.  He  generally  rode  on  horse- 
back, being  a  good  hoiseman,  and  no  inclemency  of  weather,  or  almost  impassable, 
roads  prevented  his  visiting  the  sick,  or  in  any  way  discharging  his  duty.  On  one 
Sunday  he  appointed  to  preach  and  hold  a  baptismal  service  in  Oxford,  and  the 
week  previous  rains  fell  in  torrents,  the  streams  were  greatly  swollen  and  bridges 
swept  away ;  but  mounting  his  horse  in  the  morning,  around  gullied  roads,  through 
lots,  and  traveling  eight  miles  out  of  his  way  to  cross  the  Naugatuck,  he  reached 
Oxford,  and  found  his  little  flock  waiting  his  arrival.  This  he  considered  no  hard- 
ship, in  the  line  of  duty.  On  one  occasion  he  was  called  to  tie  the  "  indissoluble 
knot "  at  Wooster's  tavern,  in  Gunntown,  in  the  limits  of  old  Derby.  The  happy 
pair  were  colored,  and  they  wanted  to  be  "  married  like  white  folks."  "  Will  you 
pay  the  same  as  white  folks,  if  I  marry  you  in  that  way  ?"  said  Dr.  Mansfield. 
"Oh,  yes,  massa,"  was  the  reply.  The  ceremony  over  and  the  parson  ready  to 
leave,  waiting  for  his  fee,  the  sable  groomsman  turned  him  off  by  saying,  "You 
no  sing  the  psalm,  nor  kiss  the  bride,  as  you  do  with  white  folks. " 

Dr.  Mansfield  was  very  familiar  with  his  laymen,  who  loved  him  as  a  father, 
and  always  provided  "  Something  good  "  when  he  came  among  them.  Visiting  a 
parishioner  one  day  in  Oxford,  the  wife  had  prepared  him  a  meal  with  the  luxury 
of  coffee  sweetened  (as  was  common  in  those  days)  with  molasses  "  fretted  in." 
Passing  his  cup  for  more  sweetening,  the  good  lady  said,  "  La  me,  parson,  this 
coffee  would  be  none  too  good  for  you  if  it  was  all  'lasses." 

Dr.  Mansfield  was  never  idle.  Among  his  diversified  and  arduous  duties  he  found 
time  to  cultivate  the  lands  about  his  residence,  in  which  he  took  particular  pride. 
The  venerable  elm  that  now  adorns  the  front  yard  of  the  "old  Mansfield  house  " 
at  Up  Town,  was  planted  and  nourished  by  him  more  than  a  hundred  years  ago, 
he  having  brought  it  from  New  Haven  on  horseback.  The  black  walnut,  so  fash- 
ionable in  this  age,  was  first  introduced  into  Derby  by  Dr.  Mansfield. 

On  his  return  from  England  in  1748,  the  year  of  his  ordination,  he  brought  in 
his  pocket  .some of  the  "old  England  walnuts,"  and  had  them  planted  on  the  farm 
now  owned  by  the  heirs  of  tlie  late  Capt.  Asa  Bassett.  One  seed  took  root  and 
grew  to  be  a  large  tree,  the  stump  of  which  we  believe,  in  part,  still  remains.  We 
might  call  up  many  more  pleasing  reminiscences  of  this  excellent  divine.  As  a 
preacher  he  was  earnest,  persuasive,  and  scripturally  interesting.     In  a  word,  his 


36  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

counection  with  the  Episcopal  church  in  Derby  for  nearly  three-quarters  of  a  cen- 
tury, largely  identifies  his  name  with  her  history,  and  the  people  here  are  greatly 
indebted  to  him  for  the  good  fruits  of  his  long,  faithful  and  untiring  ministry.  He 
still  lingers  in  the  affection  of  those  who  remember  his  godly  example  and  pious 
teachings,  with  profit  and  comfort  to  their  souls.  A  ' '  memorial  window  "  in  the 
flourishing  church  of  Ansonia  holds  sacred  his  memory.  Near  where  was  the  cor- 
ner-stone of  the  first  Episcopal  church  edifice  erected  in  Derby,  an  humble  slab, 
leaning  toward  the  rising  sun,  for  ovec  half  a  century  has  marked  the  place  where 
he  lies,  over  which  many  grateful  tears  have  been  shed.  Through  the  munificence 
of  his  descendants  an  imposing  monument  has  very  recently  been  erected. 

It  is  stated  in  Dr.  Beardsley's  "  History  of  the  Episcopal  Churches  of  Connecti- 
cut," that  the  Episcopal  Clergy  in  convention,  Feb.  27,  1787,  chose  Dr.  Mansfield 
Bishop,  as  coadjutor  Bishop  to  Dr.  Seabury,  but  he  shrunk  from  the  burden  as  one 
too  oppressive  for  him  to  bear.  It  is  stated  also  in  the  same  work,  that  at  the  Ct. 
Episcopal  Convention,  for  the  Election  of  a  Bishop,  which  met  at  New  Haven, 
June  2,  1819,  the  venerable  Dr.  Mansfield,  of  Derby,  verging  upon  a  century,  met 
his  bretlu-en  for  the  last  time,  on  this  occasion,  and  presided  over  their  deliberations 
during  the  pending  of  the  ballot. 


FIFTH    GENERATION. 


25.     JOHN.  New  Haven,  Mansfield  Farms. 

The  Probate  Records  say,  Lydia  (Tuttle)  Mansfield,  their  mother,  was  appointed 
guardian  to  these  four  young  children. 

59.  EuNioE. 

60.  Rebecca. 

*61.  David,  baptized  Nov.  28,  1742.  His  father  dying  when  he  was  about 
ten  years  of  age,  he  was  bound  out  to  Capt.  D,  Holbrook,  of  Derby,  Ct.,  until  he 
was  21  years  old.  He  bought  a  farm  in  the  western  part  of  the  town  of  Harwinton, 
Ct.,  Oct.  25,  1771,  being  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  there.  The  first  house  he  built 
was  burned  down  about  70  years  ago.  He  married  Sept.  27,  1770,  Eunice  Peck, 
of  Northbury  (now  Plymouth),  Ct.  She  died  July  29,  1787.  He  married  second, 
Nov.  27,  1788,  Mrs.  Abigail  Coply.  She  died  without  issue,  Apr.  29,  1819.  He 
died  Jan.  22,  1832. 

62.  Timothy,  died  1782.  His  cousin.  Captain  Joseph  Mansfield  (65),  was  ad- 
ministrator of  his  estate.     He  probably  was  never  married. 

27.     JOSEPH.  New  Haven,  Mansfield  Farms. 

63.  Dan,  born  Jan.  29,  1733,  wife  Sarah  ,  probably  Cooper.  He  prob- 
ably died  in  1773.  His  name  appears  in  18  Deeds  in  the  Land  Records,  mostly  of 
lands  in  Mount  Carmel  Parish,  where  he  lived.  He  had  one  child,  Ahimeas,  who 
was  baptized  in  first  church  of  New  Haven,  Nov.  27,  1763.  At  the  same  time  was 
baptized  Benedict  Arnold,  (son  to  Benedict  Arnold,  the  Traitor),  Jan.  8, 1768.  For 
valuable  consideration,  Theophilus  Goodyear  gives  a  quit  claim  to  Dan  M.  to  3  of 
his  right  ta  a  saw-mill  on  Sheppard's  Brook,  with  ^  part  of  all  the  irons  belonging 
to  said  Mill,  also  ^  part  of  privilege  of  Pond  and  land,  leased  to  me.  Record, 
June  7,  1773,  says :  Jos.  Chandler  and  Steven  Ball,  empowered  by  the  General 


38  MANSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 

Assembly  to  sell  his  estate.  The  same  was  sold  to  James  Bassett  for  £165.  16 
acres,  home-lot  and  House  in  Parish  of  Mt.  Carmel.  In  the  last  record,  Apr.  16, 
1783,  he  sells  to  Richard  Mansfield  for  £18,  12  acres,  E.  by  Mill  river,  W.  Nath. 
lleaton  and  Neal  Mansfield,  N.  Highway,  and  S.  by  Nath.  Heaton.  He  died 
about  this  time. 

♦64.  TiTrs,  born  Nov.  5,  1734,  wife  Mabel  Todd,  daughter  Gershoni  Todd. 
She  died  Sept.  12,  1783,  aged  45.     He  died  about  1808. 

His  Homestead  and  Farm  was  at  "  Mansfield  Farms." 

There  are  39  Deeds  in  the  Land  Records  in  which  his  name  appears,  as  Grantor 
or  Grantee,  about  an  equal  number  of  each.  Feb.  16,  1761,  His  father,  Joseph  M., 
conveys  to  him  for  1"12,  4  acres,  N.  Jos.  Gilbert's,  E.  Highway,  S.  by  Widow 
Mansfield's,  and  W.  l)y  said  Titus'  land.  Also  another  piece,  at  8.  W.  corner  of 
my  Homelot,  9  rods,  being  three  rods  square.  W.  Highway,  S.  Abel  Ives,  E.  and 
N.  by  .said  Homelot.  Mar.  19,  1764,  his  father,  Joseph  M.,  conveys  to  him  for 
£10,  one  half  of  the  House  where  said  Titus  dwells,  together  with  half  of  an  acre 
of  land,  which  is  all  the  land  I  now  own,  where  the  House  stands,  W.  by  the  coun- 
try road,  S.  Abel  Ives',  E.  on  meadow  of  Joel  Cooper's,  running  north  to  a  point. 
Dec.  3,  1771,  Titus  M.  of  Abel  Ives,  for  £100,  4  acres  with  House  and  Barn,  W. 
Highway,  N.  by  said  Titus'  in  part,  and  part  on  meadow  of  Left  Joel  Cooper's, 
E.  on  .loel  Cooper's  meadow  in  part,  and  part  on  said  Titus'  meadow,  and  S.  by 
Capt.  Gill's  land.  Sept.  26,  1772,  Titus  M.  of  Lemuel  Bradly,  for  good  considera- 
tions, &c.,  convey  all  my  right  in  a  certain  Mill  or  Mill  place,  that  was  conveyed 
to  me  by  Dan  Mansfield.  June  15,  1772.  Bill  of  Sale  is  this  day  given  into  the 
hands  of  said  Titus,  and  is  in  his  hands  at  the  signing  hereof.  (In  Mount  Carmel 
on  Sheppard's  Brook).  Jan.  21,  1784,  Titus  M.  leases  to  Josiah  Tallmadge  and 
Daniel  Tallmadge,  Junr.,  all  the  land  he  owns  on  the  East  side  of  the  Mill  river, 
for  flowing  and  raising  a  dam,  for  999  years,  for  6d.  a  year,  payable  annually. 
The  last  Deed  in  the  Records  is  dated  May  15,  1786.  He  conveys  to  Ebenezer  his 
son,  for  £8,  part  of  the  brick  yard,  .so  called,  N.  by  Samuel  Humaston,  Junr.,  S. 
by  said  Ebenezer's,  W.  by  the  coimtry  road,  and  E.  on  the  meadow.  He  appears 
to  have  been  an  invalid  at  this  time,  as  it  says  in  the  Deed,  "  By  consent  of  his 
overseer,  Doct.  Walter  Mun.son."  He  lived  in  a  very  old  Dwelling,  opposite  the 
present  Seymour  Mansfield  House,  on  the  site  of  Alfred  Ives'  brick-yard  ;  probably 
it  was  built  by  his  father  Joseph,  and  possibly  by  his  grandfather  Joseph,  son  of 
Richard  the  First.  Mrs.  George  Atwater,  his  granddaughter,  now  (1884)  87  years 
of  age,  says  she  remembers  him  well,  and  that  he  was  disabled  by  the  rheumatism 
for  many  years,  till  he  died.  She  says  she  was  about  10  or  12  years  of  age  when 
he  died,  which  would  make  the  year  of  his  death  about  1808. 

*65.  Capt.  Joseph,  born,  Apr.  16,  1737,  married,  May  27,  1761,  Hannah  Pun- 
derson,  who  was  born  Oct.  21,  1740.  She  wa.s  the  eldest  child  of  12  children  of 
David  Punderson  and  his  wife,  Thankful  (Todd).  Their  Homestead  and  farm 
was  at  the  "  Mansfield  Farms?,"  where  they  lived  till  about  1784.  All  of  his  nine 
ciiildren  were  born  there.  His  name  appears  in  the  land  records  in  25  Deeds,  the 
earlier  ones  as  grantee,  the  later  ones  as  grantor.  He  appears  to  have  sold  about 
all  of  his  property  in  the  course  of  the  years  1784  and  1785.  Jan.  4,  1784,  he  sold 
his  Homestead  of  5  acres,  with  all  the  buildings  thereon,  to  his  nephew,  Ebenezer 


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Mansfield,  Bounded  E.  by  the  Highway,  N.  Tuiio.  Potter,  W.  David  Atwater  and 
S.  by  Rev.  Mr.  Whittlesey's  laud.  The  house,  part  stone  and  part  brick,  of  the 
late  John  Lewis  Mansfield,  son  of  this  Ebenezer,  was  built  on  the  very  site  of  this 
Joseph's  Homestead.  After  selling  out  his  property,  he  immediately  removed  with 
his  family  to  Litchfield,  South  Farms,  where  he  bought  a  very  large  farm,  and 
lived  and  died  there.  Mrs.  Sally  Maria  (Mansfield)  Blakeslee,  wife  of  Mr.  Joel 
Blakeslee,  of  Bridgeport,  Ct. ,  daughter  of  John  Todd  Mansfield,  son  of  Capt.  Jo- 
sepli,  says  she  remembers  well  when  she  was  a  small  girl  of  seeing  her  aged  grand- 
fatlier  and  grandmother  at  their  home,  and  of  his  sitting  in  a  large  arm  chair,  and 
remembers  just  how  they  looked.  Mrs.  Louisa  (Mansfield)  Harrison,  of  New 
York,  daughter  of  David  Mansfield,  son  of  Capt.  Joseph,  writes  that  she  has  heard 
her  father  say  that  his  mother  was  a  very  courageous  woman,  and  told  of  her  going 
out  in  the  night  alone  to  scare  a  bear  away  from  the  pig  pen.  Doubtless  at  this 
time  the  region  around  them  was  comparatively  a  wilderness,  infested  with  wild 
beasts. 

His  grave  stone  in  Litchfield  reads  thus:  Joseph  Mansfield,  born  Apr.  16,  1737, 
Died  June  6,  1831,  aged  84  yrs. 

Poud  memory  lingers  round  this  turf, 
Recalls  his  worth,  his  useful  life, 
The  honor  brave,  the  parent  kind, 
Are  legacies  that  are  left  behind. 

His  wife  Hannah's  grave  stone  ;  Inscription  thus :  Hannah  Punderson,  wife  of 
Joseph  Mansfield,  born  Oct.  31,  1740,  Died  Aug.  26, 1826,  aged  85  yrs.  "  Precious 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  is  the  death  of  his  saints."  We  here  add  the  following 
interesting  anecdotes : 

James  Punderson  Mansfield,  son  of  Timothy,  son  of  Capt.  Joseph,  many  years  a 
prominent  business  man  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  now  residing  there,  retired,  sends  the 
following :  My  grandfather  Joseph,  when  the  Revolutionary  war  broke  out  joined 
the  army,  and  was  made  Captain,  and  remained  till  the  close  of  the  war,  and  took 
with  him  his  eldest  sou  Charles,  aged  16,  asfifer,  who  also  remained  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  I  send  a  little  anecdote  which  might  come  in  place  here,  which  took 
place  during  the  war.  My  grandfather,  who  was  home  on  a  furlough,  was  asked  by 
Mr.  Lines,  that  noted  man  for  tricks,  of  New  Haven,  to  accompany  him  to  the  army, 
which  was  accepted.  They  both  started  on  horseback  for  the  front ;  on  arriving  at 
an  elevated  piece  of  ground,  they  saw  before  them  a  number  of  men  about  finishing 
a  bridge  across  the  stream.  Lines  said  to  Grandfather,  we  will  have  some  fun  with 
them  when  we  get  there.  Grandfather  couldn't  imagine  what  he  was  going  to  do, 
but  soon  discovered  Lines  reeling  on  his  horse  as  if  intoxicated,  and  when  they  got 
on  the  bridge  he  fell  off.  Grandfather  holding  the  horse.  He,  Lines,  said  he  would 
bet  a  dollar  he  could  throw  any  one  on  tlie  bridge,  wrestling  side  hold.  The  bet  was 
accepted  and  put  up  in  grandfather's  hands.  They  took  hold  and  the  bridge  man 
threw  him,  and  stakes  were  given  him.  Lines  said  he  would  bet  two  dollars  he 
could  not  do  it  again,  which  was  accepted,  and  the  bridge  man  tln-ew  him  again  ; 
stakes  given  him  as  before.  Lines  continued  to  appear  as  if  drunk,  said  he  would 
bet  ten  dollars  he  could  not  do  it  again,  which  was  accepted.  They  took  hold  and 
Lines  worked  liim  up  near  the  railing,  took  a  hip-lock  on  him,  threw  him  over  the 
railing  into  the  water,  and  while  his  comrades  were  looking  after  him,  Lines 


40  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

jumped  on  his  horse,  and  away  they  went.  As  facts  and  anecdotes  handed  down 
from  so  long  ago,  are  so  extremely  rare,  it  is  hoped  the  above  will  not  be  deemed 
too  frivolous  to  insert  in  this  connection.  When  I  was  a  boy  this  "  Lines  "  was  an 
household  word  in  New  Haven,  as  it  were,  though  he  died  before  I  was  born.  I 
used  to  hear  a  great  many  stories  about  his  tricks.  Though  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Church,  (a  queer  one,)  I  have  heard  my  father  say  that  he  remembered  when 
lie  was  a  small  boy  of  "Old  Lines,"  as  he  was  called,  teaching  him  the  Catechism 
with  some  other  boys,  and  that  even  then  he  couldn't  refrain  from  gratifying  a  lit- 
tle of  his  natural  propensity.  Putting  his  hand  behind  his  back  and  slyly  nunching 
one  of  the  boys,  and  looking  sober  as  though  it  wasn't  him  that  did  it. 

The  following  extract  is  from  Mrs.  Maria  M.  (Mansfield)  White,  widow  of  the 
late  Hon.  Hugh  White,  of  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  daughter  of  William  Punderson  Mans- 
field of  Kent,  Ct. ,  son  of  Capt.  Joseph : 

My  grandfather  was  a  Captain  in  the  Kevolutionary  war.  His  eldest  son,  Charles, 
had  a  musical  talent,  and  at  14  or  15  years  of  age  had  joined  the  band  with 
"the  fife,"  so  when  the  Company  or  Regiment  were  ordered  "  off"  he  had  to  go 
with  them.  His  mother  made  his  suit  of  clothes  to  go,  with  the  tears  running  down 
her  face  as  she  worked.  Afterwards  Charles  went  to  N.  Hampshire,  and  settled 
there.     "Mansfield  Mountain"  was  named  after  him,  I  am  told. 

66.     Phebe,  born ,  married  Leman  Potter. 


29.     JOSIAH,  MountCarmel,  (Hamden.) 

*66i.  JosiAH,  wife  Hannah.  He  died  in  1777.  Estate,  £199.  He  bought,  in 
Mt.  Carmel,  land  of  Benj.  Hotchkiss,  also  of  Abr.  Norton,  and  a  shop  of  Mrs. 
Mather.  Widow  Hannah,  and  Simeon  Bristol,  Ex.,  (perhaps  this  Bristol  was  her 
brother,)  was  probably  a  mechanic. 

67.  Abigail,  born  June  5,  1738. 

68.  Timothy,  born  Mar.  4,  1740. 

69.  Lemuel,  born  Dec.  25,  1741. 

♦70.  Ural,  born  Nov.  6,  1744,  married  Rachel  Sperry  Oct.  1,  1770.  Dr.  Trum- 
bull married  them.  Admitted  a  member  of  the  Cong.  Church  in  Mt.  Carmel, 
July  7,  1774.  His  name  appears  in  15  Deeds,  9  on  the  New  Haven  Land  Records, 
and  6  on  the  Hamden  Records,  the  last  is  dated  1793,  on  the  Hamden  Records. 

31.     THOMAS,  North  Haven 

71.  Samuel,  born  Aug.  1740,  died,  unmarried,  Nov.  10,  1813,  aged  73. 

72.  Mabel,  born  Mar.  13, 1743,  married  Doct.  Walter  Munson.  She  died  Feb. 
25,  1789,  aged  46. 

73.  Bede,  born  Nov.  21,  1746,  married  Philip  Daggett,  brother  to  President 
Daggett,  Yale  Coll.  Pres.  They  had  at  least  one  child,  Samuel,  died  Sept.  13, 1772, 
aged  4  years.     She  afterwards  married  Oct.  24,  1785,  Ensign  Thomas  Cooper. 

74.  Polly,  born  1757,  died  June  3,  1775,  aged  18. 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  41 

51.    MOSES,  SOHOOLMASTKR.  New  Haven. 

75.  John,  born  Aug.  18,  1734. 

76.  Saeah,  born  July  7,  1736,  married  by  Richard  Mansfield,  D.  D.,  July  13, 
1758,  John  Danielson,  a  Scotchman.  He  was  a  communicant  of  the  Trinity  Episco- 
pal Church  in  1781,  as  per  Church  Records.  She  died  Feb.  18,  1775,  aged  39.  They 
had  3  children,  one  of  them  only  lived  to  grow  up,  namely,  Mary  Ann  Danielson,  who 
married  William  Lamont,  a  mariner,  and  they  had  one  child  only,  Sarah  Mansfield 
Lamont,  who  died  unmarried  Oct.  15,  1867,  aged  80. 

*77.  Jonathan,  born  Mar.  8,  1739,  married,  Nov.  10,  1761,  by  Rev.  Samuel 
Bird,  to  Mary  Dorchester,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  Dorchester.  Mr.  Dor- 
chester owned  a  large  part  of  the  land  facing  on  Broadway.  He  was  a  merchant,  and 
his  store  was  the  only  one  on  State  St.  at  that  time.  By  her  second  husband,  Ed- 
mund Burke,  she  had  a  daughter  who  became  the  wife  of  the  late  well  know  Deac. 
Sherman  Blair.  Mrs.  Burke  survived  her  second  husband,  and  died  Sept.  24, 
1830,  aged  92.  She  is  remembered  by  some  now  living,  as  a  fleshy  woman,  smart 
and  lively,  and  well  versed  in  reminiscences  of  the  old  times.  She  was  ancestress 
of  the  large  family  of  New  Haven  Benedicts,  also  of  the  Blairs.  He  was  an  enter- 
prising Sea  Captain,  and  died  at  the  early  age  of  30,  Sept.  2,  1769.  His  name  ap- 
pears three  times  in  the  Land  Records.  He  appears  to  have  left  a  homestead  on 
Union  St.,  on  the  east  side,  between  Wooster  St.  and  East  Water  St. 

78.  Moses,  (by  his  second  wife,  widow  Rachael  Ward,)  born  Sept.  25, 1749, 
married  the  widow  of  Thomas  Dodd,  a  mariner,  and  became  step-father  to  her  5 
small  children.  He  never  had  any  children  of  his  own  ;  one  of  them,  Mary  Dodd, 
married  the  late  Isaac  Mix,  the  well  known'Carriage  Maker.  Hannah,  one  of  the 
other  daughters,  married  a  Hubbell,  and  Richard,  a  son,  was  a  prominent  and  popu- 
lar Barber  many  years  in  New  Haven.  This  Moses  was  also  a  Schoolmaster,  as 
his  father  before  him.  His  homestead  was  on  Grove  St. ,  the  south  side,  near  Church 
St.,  the  story-and-a-half  Cottage  of  which  is  still  standing  (1883).  He  died  Dec. 
31,  1831,  aged  82. 

*79.  James  Kierstead,  born  Feb.  15,  1751.  He  was  always  called  Klerstead 
instead  of  James.  Manned,  Feb.  2, 1774,  Mary  Hitchcock.  She  was  taken  into  the 
First  Cong.  Church  July  26,  1788.  They  lived  in  the  House  on  Church  St.,  west 
side,  about  half  way  between  Elm  and  the  present  Wall  St.  He  inherited  the  same 
from  his  father  Moses,  Schoolmaster,  who  kept  the  Grammar  School,  (see  map  of 
1748.)  Said  Kierstead  owned  most  of  that  part  of  the  original  Mansfield  home-lot 
that  faced  Elm  St.  and  the  Green.  He  was  a  Mason,  or  Builder,  and  just  before 
the  Revolutionary  War  was  engaged  in  manufacturing  Saltpetre  for  the  government 
service :  was  at  one  time  also  engaged  in  calico  printing.  Miss  Mary  Francis 
Townsend,  his  granddaughter,  furnishes  the  following  well  authenticated  facts 
concerning  him.  He  was  a  member  of  the  "  Governor's  Foot  Guards,"  and  as  he 
was  six  foot  tall,  or  over,  was  chosen  one  of  the  twelve  grenadiers.  He  contracted 
a  cold  in  making  Saltpetre,  which  eventually  settled  into  consumption.  At  the 
time  of  the  Revolution,  being  sick  with  the  consumption,  he  was  not  able  to  enter 
into  the  service.  When  the  British  invaded  New  Haven,  he  and  his  wife,  and  their 
two  small  children,  started  for  Hamden  on  foot,  but  as  grandfather  and  the  little 
7 


42  MANSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 

boys  became  very  tired,  he  hailed  a  man  with  a  team,  hurrying  out  of  town  with 
some  goods,  to  take  them  in.  He  said  he  could  not  stop  for  it,  for  if  he  was  over- 
taken he  would  be  blamed.  Just  then  Capt.  Vandusen  came  along,  and  by  some 
means  he  had  captured  a  British  Officer,  and  was  driving  him  out  of  town.  The 
Captain  told  the  man  with  the  load,  if  he  did  not  stop  and  take  in  that  sick  man 
and  children,  he  would  run  him  through  with  his  sword,  which  had  the  desired 
effect.  Some  of  the  soldiers  went  into  great  grandmother's  house,  and  one  of  them 
took  her  glasses  from  her.  She  said,  *  'don't  take  them,  I  shall  not  be  able  to  read 
my  Bible. "  His  comrade  said,  ' '  don't  take  them,  you  do  not  want  them. "  His  reply 
was,  "  he  wanted  them  for  his  blind  brother."  He  cut  the  ribbon  off  her  bonnet  to 
tie  his  cue  with.  He  died  in  1804,  aged  53.  His  descendants  are  not  numerous; 
there  are  none  by  the  name  of  Mansfield. 

65.    STEPHEN,  Mabinke,  Ska  Capt.  New  Haven. 

This  family  of  eight  children  were  all  born  in  New  Haven. 

80.  Hannah,  bom  Nov.  17, 1747.  She  married,  July  5,  1767,  William  Doug- 
las. The  following  sketch  of  his  life  is  taken  from  the  "  Genealogy  of  the  Doug- 
las family,"  recently  published :  "Col.  William  Douglas  was  born  in  Plainfield, 
Ct.,  Jany.  27,  1742.  At  the  early  age  of  16  years,  he  engaged  in  the  old  French 
and  Indian  War.  He  was  chosen  orderly  sergeant,  in  a  company  under  Israel 
Putnam,  and  participated  in  the  expedition  which  resulted  in  the  surrender  of 
Quebec,  in  1759,  and  the  speedy  termination  of  the  war.  He  soon  after  removed 
from  Plainfield  to  New  Haven,  where  he  engaged  in  the  sea-faring  business,  and 
soon  became  a  commander  of  a  merchaot  ship,  sailing  between  New  Haven  and  the 
West  Indies.  In  this  he  was  very  successful,  and  accunmlated  a  fortune,  consid- 
ered in  those  days  more  than  ample.  At  the  breaking  out  of  hostilities  between 
this  country  and  Great  Britain,  he  abandoned  the  water  and  raised  a  military  com- 
pany in  New  Haven.  He  was  commissioned  Captain  of  this  Company,  May  16, 
1775,  and  immediately  proceeded  to  the  north  Avith  provisions  and  supplies  for  the 
troops  under  Montgomery.  When  he  reported,  Gen.  Montgomery  finding  he  was 
a  good  seaman,  requested  him  to  take  command  of  the  Flotilla,  on  Lake  Champlain. 
He  accepted  the  position  of  commander  of  this  little  fleet,  and  in  the  fall  of  1775, 
rendered  important  service  in  the  siege  and  capture  of  St.  .Johns,  at  the  head  of 
the  lake,  taking  large  quantities  of  provisions,  arms,  and  other  military  stores., 
together  with  cannon,  which  were  carried  across  the  country,  and  used  in  the  de- 
fence of  Boston.  Early  the  next  year,  1776,  he  raised  a  regiment  of  soldiers  in  the 
vicinity  of  New  Haven,  of  which  he  was  commissioned  Colonel,  by  Gov.  .Jonathan 
Trumbull,  .June  20,  1776.  As  soon  as  the  regiment  was  equipped,  he  marched  to 
New  York,  and  joined  the  Continental  Army  under  General  Washington.  He 
participated  in  the  disastrous  campaign  of  Long  Island,  taking  part  at  Harlem 
Heights,  White  Plains,  Philip's  Manor,  Croton  River,  and  New  York.  In  the  bat- 
tle of  Sept.  15,  his  clothes  were  perforated  with  bullets,  and  his  horse  shot  from 
under  him.  In  this  engagement  he  became  so  exhausted  that  in  connection  with 
subsequent  exposure,  he  lost  his  voice,  and  was  never  able  afterward  to  speak  a 
loud  word.  From  the  day  of  this  battle  until  toward  the  middle  of  'December,  he 
was  80  constantly  on  duly,  that  he  rarely  slept  beneath  a  roof. 


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FIFTfi   GElfERATIOlf.  43 

When  the  war  broke  out,  and  after  Col.  Douglas  had  joined  the  army,  New 
Haven  being  in  an  exposed  position,  was  continually  harrassed  by  fear  of  the 
British  soldiers,  who  in  many  places  were  driving  the  families  of  the  whigs  out  of 
their  houses  at  the  point  of  the  bayonet,  while  the  homes  of  the  tories  were  pro- 
tected from  molestation  by  the  royal  soldiers.  To  save  his  young  wife  and  children 
from  these  annoyances,  Col.  Douglas  purchased  a  farm  of  150  acres,  about  8  miles 
from  New  Haven,  in  the  town  of  Northford,  and  moved  his  family  thither.  When 
he  was  disabled  at  the  battle  of  New  York,  and  was  no  longer  able  to  render  ser- 
vice to  his  country,  he  returned  to  his  family  in  Northford,  where,  surrounded  by 
those  nearest  and  dearest,  and  comforted  by  their  ministrations,  he  quietly  breathed 
his  last  on  the  28th  of  May,  1777,  at  the  early  age  of  35  years.  Col.  Douglas'  wife 
was  the  daughter  of  Capt.  Steven  Mansfield,  (55),  and  sister  of  Col.  Jared  Mans- 
field, who  was  at  the  head  of  the  West  Point  Millitary  Academy,  and  subsequently 
Surveyor  General  of  the  United  States.  Mrs.  Douglas  survived  her  husband  48 
years,  dying  in  Northford,  May  22,  1825.  Their  children  were  all  born  in  New 
Haven,  namely:  Olive,  William,  Hannah  and  John." 

Their  daughter,  Hannah,  born  Apr.  12,  1772,  married  Amos  Dutton.  Their  son, 
George  Dutton,  graduated  at  West  Point,  1822,  died  1857,  a  Major  of  Engineers, 
aged  54. 

81.  Stephen,  born  Sept.,  1750,  died  Aug.  25,  1751. 

82.  Stephen,  born  July  31,  1753,  died  Aug.  14,  1756. 

83.  John,  born  Apr.  11,  1756,  died  Nov.  5,  1766. 

*84.  Jaked,  born  May  23,  1759.  He  was  married  in  New  Haven,  March  2, 
1800,  to  Elizabeth  Phipps,  who  was  born  Apr.  8,  1776,  daughter  of  David  Phipps, 
and  his  wife  Mary  English,  by  the  Kev.  Bela  Hubbard,  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 
She  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  First  Cong.  Church,  Dr.  Jas.  Dana,  Pastor, 
Mar.  29,  1795.  The  following  is  furnished  by  members  of  his  family.  At  the  age 
of  fourteen,  he  entered  Yale  College.  Soon  after,  his  father  died  suddenly  in  the 
night.  From  that  time  he  assisted  his  mother  in  the  charge  of  her  family,  living 
at  home,  and  continuing  his  studies  in  College,  excepting  a  period  when  the  col- 
lege instruction  was  suspended,  during  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  •  He  afterwards 
finished  his  studies  there,  and  graduated.  He  took  particular  pleasure  in  the  exact 
sciences  and  of  Greek.  After  leaving  College,  he  continued  to  reside  with  his 
mother.  When  he  was  about  twenty-five  years  of  age,  his  health  became  impaired, 
owing  to  too  hard  study,  and  in  hopes  of  benefitting  it,  he  took  a  journey,  during 
which  he  visited  the  notch  of  the  White  Mountains.  About  the  beginning  of  April, 
1887,  he  sailed  from  New  York  for  Belfast,  and  arrived  there  after  a  voyage  of 
fifty-six  days.  He  visited  Ireland,  England,  and  Wales,  and  spent  ten  months  in 
carefully  investigating  what  he  saw,  especially  in  London.  He  traveled  on  foot 
in  Ireland,  and  ever  after  retained  a  sense  of  pity  for  the  poverty  of  the  people, 
and  a  grateful  remembrance  of  their  hospitality;  for  he  had  always  found  the 
Irish  Peasant  ready  to  share  his  potatoes  and  milk  with  the  stranger.  After  his 
return,  he  went  to  Philadelphia,  to  take  charge  of  the  Friends'  Latin  Grammar 
School.  The  friends  were  very  kind  to  him,  and  he  appreciated  them  highly;  but 
after  several  years  spent  among  them,  hearing  of  the  illness  of  his  mother,  he  re- 


44  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

signed  his  position,  and  returned  to  New  Haven.  It  was  too  late  ;  his  mother  was 
dead.  This  was  in  1795.  He  remained  in  New  Haven,  and  taught  a  school  for 
advanced  pupils  of  both  sexes,  which  was  also  attended  by  young  men  studying 
navigation.  While  teaching  in  New  Haven,  he  published  a  book  entitled,  "  Essays 
on  Mathematics."  It  was  an  original  work,  and  but  few  copies  were  sold;  for 
there  were  but  few  men  in  the  country  who  could  understand  it.  The  book,  how- 
ever, established  his  reputation  as  a  man  of  science,  and  greatly  influenced  his 
after  life.  He  was  appointed  in  the  army,  with  the  rank  of  Captain  of  the  Corps 
of  Engineers.  The  letter  containing  news  of  his  appointment,  was  entirely  unex- 
pected, for  he  had  not  applied  for  it,  and  at  first  was  not  inclined  to  accept,  as  he 
had  no  taste  for  the  military  ;  but  when  he  was  assured  that  he  would  be  stationed 
at  West  Point,  and  his  sole  duty  would  be  to  teach  science  in  the  Military  Academy, 
he  accepted  the  appointment.  He  removed  with  his  wife  and  infant  son  to  West 
Point,  where  they  remained  a  year  and  a-half.  In  the  autumn  of  1803,  he  received 
an  appointment  as  Surveyor  General  of  the  United  States.  This  was  entirely  un- 
expected, and  it  was  not  without  much  hesitation  that  it  was  accepted.  They  then 
removed  to  Marietta,  Ohio,  where  they  lived  about  a  year  and  a-half,  and  from 
thence  to  the  neighborhood  of  Cincinnati.  Col.  Mansfield  resigned  his  Surveyor 
Qrneralship  in  1812.  In  reference  to  the  above  appointment,  we  extract  from  the 
Book  "  Personal  Memories,"  by  Edward  D.  Mansfield,  the  following :  "Mr.  Jeffer- 
son had  been  but  a  short  time  in  office  when  he  became  annoyed  by  the  fact  that 
the  public  surveys  were  going  wrong  for  the  want  of  establishing  meridian  lines 
with  base  lines  at  right  angles  to  them.  The  surveyors  of  that  time,  including  Gen. 
Rufus  Putnam,  then  Surveyor  General,  could  not  do  this.  Mr.  Jefferson  wanted  a 
man  who  could  perform  this  work  well;  necessarily,  therefore,  a  scientific  man." 
Col.  Mansfield,  after  his  resignation  as  above,  removed  to  New  Haven,  where  he 
resided  two  years. 

The  Military  Academy  having  been  remodeled  by  (Jongress,  hew  as  appointed 
Prof,  of  Natural  and  Experimental  Philosophy  Oct.  7, 1812,  but  none  of  the  cadets 
being  prepared  for  this  study,  his  presence  was  not  yet  needed  at  West  Point.  In 
Aug. ,  1814,  he  chartered  a  sloop  to  take  himself,  family  and  furniture  to  West 
Point.  It  being  reported  that  a  British  Man-of-War  was  near,  a  Revenue  Cutter 
escorted  the  sloop  beyond  the  supposed  danger.  He  remained  at  West  Point  four- 
teen years,  and  resigned  his  Professorship  Aug.  31,  1828.  He  removed  to  Cincin- 
nati, where  he  continued  until  the  summer  of  1829,  then  returned  east,  and  died 
in  New  Haven,  Feb.  3, 1830.  His  wife  died  in  Fishkill,  on  the  Hudson,  April  20, 
1850.  There  is  a  fine  white  marble  monument  to  their  memory  in  the  Grove  St. 
Cemetery,  Cypress  Ave.,  one  side  of  which  is  devoted  to  the  following  inscription  : 
"  Early  distinguished  for  intellectual  power,  industry  and  self-denial.  His  attain- 
ments in  classical  learning,  in  Mathematics,  Astronomy  and  Philosophy  were  pre- 
eminent. As  a  public  officer,  able  and  faithful.  As  a  Professor  and  instructor  of 
youth,  loved  and  venerated,  of  singular  integrity.  'His  word  was  a  bond.'  In 
the  discharge  of  his  relative  duties,  conscientious.  Few  have  better  deserved  the 
character  of  a  wise  and  just  man."  We  append  further  extracts  from  "  Personal 
Memories,"  by  Edward  D.  Mansfield,  LL.D.,  son  of  Col.  Jared.  "My  mother's 
maiden  name  was  Phipps,  and  my  grandfather  Phipps  came  from  Falmouth,  Me. , 
to  New  Haven,  Connecticut.     He  had  the  distinction— for  in  a  historical  sense, 


nrrn  G-ENERATioif.  45 

such  it  was — of  being  an  officer  in  the  first  naval  squadron  ever  fitted  out  by  the 
United  States.  He  sailed  under  Commodore  Hopkins,  who  captured  the  island  of 
New  Providence,  in  the  Bahamas,  from  the  British ;  he  remained  in  the  Navy 
during  the  Revolution,  and  was  a  remarkable  man :  he  was  a  strict  disciplinarian  and 
a  pious  Christian.  Once  when  commanding  the  frigate  Essex,  he  heard  the  sailors 
swearing;  he  called  the  men  up  and  said:  "Men I  there  must  be  no  swearing  on 
board  this  ship.  I  do  all  the  swearing."  For  some  years  after  the  Revolution,  the 
Government  having  no  employment  for  him,  he  commanded  a  merchant  ship  trad- 
ing with  Holland  and  Ireland.  In  his  voyages  from  Ireland,  he  brought  from  Lon- 
donderry and  Belfast  a  large  number  of  Irish  emigrants,  among  the  first  who  came 
to  this  country.  My  mother  had  strong  views  of  politics,  and  was  a  great  patriot : 
for  this,  she  had,  in  her  experience,  good  reason.  When  Tryon  captured  New 
Haven,  in  the  Revolution,  my  mother's  family  suffered  ;  some  of  them  fled  to  the 
country,  and  others  remained.  It  was  then  that  her  grandfather,  Benjamin  English, 
(great  grandfather  of  Ex-Gov.  English,  of  Connecticut),  when  over  eighty  years 
of  age,  was  stabbed  and  killed  by  a  Hessian  soldier,  whilst  sitting  in  his  own  house. 
That  incident  never  faded  from  my  mother's  memory,  and  a  warmer  patriot  or  a 
greater  enemj'  to  the  English  government,  than  my  mother,  never  lived.  Here  let 
me  say  that  I  am  indebted  for  my  political  opinions  to  two  persons,  except  so  far 
as  they  have  been  modified  by  my  studies  and  experience.  These  persons  were 
my  mother  and  Oliver  Wolcott,  of  Connecticut.  The  reader  may  ask  if  I  got  no 
opinions  from  father.  Some  certainly,  but  not  of  that  positive  character  and  in- 
fluence which  marked  my  mother's  principles  and  views.  He  was  a  philosopher, 
a  student  of  science,  and  a  teacher;  his  mind  was  cool  and  philosophical,  while 
my  mother's  was  positive,  direct,  and  earnest.  She  believed  in  the  triumph  of 
Christianity,  in  the  success  of  the  American  Republic,  the  overthrow  of  the  British 
Government,  and  the  downfall  of  all  oppression.  She  was  lion-hearted,  and  would 
have  died  a  martyr  to  her  opinions,  had  it  been  necessary.  My  mother  was  brought 
up  in  a  very  religious  family,  and  therefore  had  all  the  knowledge  that  the  Bible 
and  the  Church  can  give,  and  that  is  not  a  little.  In  the  next  place,  she  had  a 
strong  literary  taste,  read  all  the  English  classics,  with  the  popular  literature  of 
the  times,  and  remembered  what  she  read.  Her  husband  being  a  man  of  Itjtters 
and  of  science,  she  was  always  in  the  best  society,  and  acquainted  with  many  dis- 
tinguished literary  and  scientific  people.  This  social  education  is,  perhaps  the  best, 
and,  with  her  naturally  strong  mind,  made  my  mother  a  superior  woman. 

*85.  Henry,  born  Feb.  1,  1762,  married  Mary  Fenno,  of  Middletown,  Ct., 
Aug.  3,  1785,  she  being  then  18  years  and  4  months  old.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
West  India  trade  for  many  years.  He  built  one  of  the  largest  and  handsomest  Dwell- 
ing Houses  in  the  City,on  the  east  side  of  State  St., near  Chapel  St.  Nearly  two-thirds 
of  this  House  is  standing  now,  (1884),  ttfe  south  part  having  recently  been  cut  off  to 
make  room  for  a  brick  store.  He  lived  in  the  West  Indies  a  good  part  of  the  time, 
and  died  there  about  1805.  On  the  New  Haven  Land  records  his  name  appears  as 
Grantor  or  Grantee  eight  times.  The  last  record  is  as  follows :  May  10,  1805. 
Henry  Mansfield,  of  West  End,  Island  of  St.  Croix,  W.  I.,  to  William  McCrackeu, 
and  William  McCracken,  Junr.,  for  $25,  a  quarter  part  of  the  pew  No.  28,  in 
Trinity  Church.     His  wife  died  Jan.  14,  1825,  aged  58,  and  is  buried  in  the  Mor- 


46  MANSFIELD   GEKE^LOGY. 

timer  Cemetery  in  Middletown.  She  was  daughter  of  Ephraim  Fenno,  of  Middle- 
town,  and  born  April  3,  1767. 

86.  SARAH.born  in  1765,  married  in  1784,  James  8isson,of  Newport,  R.I.,  either 
while  he  was  in  Yale  College  or  soon  after.  They  had  Qcliildren,  as  follows ;  Mary, 
who  married  Richard  Gaines,  a  farmer  living  in  Hamilton  Co. ,  Ohio.  Harriet,  born 
Nov.  11,1787,  in  New  Haven, married  Dec.  20,1807,  Dr.  Daniel  Drake,  of  Cincinnati, 

and  died  Dec.  30.  1835.     James  married,  and  had  live  children.     William  

Grace,  married  Arthur  Henric,  of  Hamilton  Co. ,  Ohio,  and  died  in  Texas,  having 
liad  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  all  now  dead.  Sarah,  married  William  Poursford, 
of  Cincinnati,  and  died  in  1832,  leaving  a  daughter,  now  dead,  and  a  son,  Arthur 
H.-,  now  living  in  Cincinnati.  Emily,  married  John  Forbes,  of  Cincinnati,  and 
died  in  Texas.  Her  daughter,  Mrs.  Emily  Wells,  lives  now  at  Nacogdoches,  Texas. 
Eliza,  married  sometime  between  1820  and  1825  to  a  Mr.  Smith,  in  Cincinnati. 
Caroline,  never  married.  Died  in  Cincinnati  in  1828.  The  above  Dr.  Drake,  "  was 
a  man  of  real  genius,  whose  mind  was  fresh,  active,  ambitious,  and  intellectually 
enterprising.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Goforth,  the  pioneer  physician  of 
Cincinnati,  and  for  thirty  years  was  a  leader  to  medical  science  and  education.  He 
founded  the  Medical  College  of  Ohio,  the  Cincinnati  Hospital,  and  was  a  professor 
in  medical  colleges,  and  a  teacher  during  the  largest  part  of  his  active  life.  He 
closed  his  career  with  a  great  work  on  the  diseases  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  a 
work  of  great  value,  embodying  an  immense  amount  of  research,  information  and 
science." 

87.  Geace,  born  in  1770,  married  (by  Rev.  Bela  Hubbard)  Oct.  15,  1785,  to 
Peter  Totten.  They  had  two  children,  Joseph  Gilbert,  born  Aug.  23,  1788,  and 
Susan  Maria,  who  married  Col.  Beatty,  an  English  officer.  Mrs.  Beatty  was  living, 
a  widow,  in  London,  in  1866,  where  they  probably  always  resided.  In  the  Grove 
St.  Cemetery,  in  the  Totten  lot,  Maple  Av.  No.  2,  there  is  a  handsome  Grave  Stone 
of  clouded  white  marble,  which  was  removed  from  the  Ancient  burying  ground  on 
the  upper  green,  in  1821,  with  this  inscription  :  "Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Grace, 
the  amiable  consort  of  Peter  Totten,  Ob.  July  12,  1792,  JE  XXII.  Her  exemplary 
conduct  in  life,  her  patience  during  her  illness,  and  her  resignation  in  her  last  mo- 
ments, softened  the  King  of  Terrors  to  the  Prince  of  Peace."  Her  son,  Joseph  G., 
became  one  of  the  most  distinguished  men  of  the  military  department  of  the  United 
States.  We  make  the  following  extracts  from  a  sketch  of  his  life,  by  Bvt.  Maj. 
Gen.  J.  G.  Barnard,  U.  S.  A.:  "Joseph  Gilbert  Totten  was  born  in  New  Haven, 
Ct.,  on  the  23rd  of  August,  1788.  His  grandfather,  Joseph  Totten,  came  from 
England  before  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  in 
New  York.  Attached  to  the  cause  of  the  mother  country,  he  left  that  city,  after 
the  acknowledgment  of  our  independence,  J'or  Annapolis,  Nova  Scotia.  It  would 
appear  that  his  two  sons  remained  in  this  country,  since  one  of  them,  Peter  G. 
Totten,  married,  in  1785,  Grace  Mansfield,  of  New  Haven,  a  very  beautiful  woman, 
who  died  a  few  years  after  her  marriage,  leaving  two  children,  the  subject  of  this 
memoir,  and  a  daughter,  Susan  Maria.  After  the  death  of  Mrs.  Totten,  which  oc- 
curred when  her  infant  son  was  but  three  years  old,  the  father  having  been  ap- 
pointed United  States  Consul  at  Santa  Cruz,  West  Indies,  took  up  his  future  abode  on 
that  island,  leaving  his  son  under  the  care  of  his  maternal  uncle,  Jared  Mansfield, 


FIFTH   GENEEATI03S-.  47 

a  graduate  of  Yale  College,  1777,  and  a  learned  mathematician.  The  boy  continu- 
ed to  be  a  member  of  Mr.  Mansfield's  family  until  the  latter  removed  to  West 
Point,  having  been  appointed  Captain  of  Engineers,  and  a  teacher  in  the  United 
States  Military  Academy,  then  just  organized  by  act  of  Congress  of  1802.  Young 
Totten's  first  teacher  in  New  Haven  was  Levi  Hubbard,  brother  to  the  rector  of 
Trinity  Church ;  afterwards  his  education  was  carried  on  under  the  personal  super- 
intendence of  his  uncle.  Of  the  period  of  his  schoolboy  life  we  have  some  glimpses 
through  the  recollections  of  an  old  friend  and  schoolmate,  Hon.  Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  of 
New  Haven,  who  speaks  of  him  as  a  bright,  noble  youth,  of  fine  mind,  fond  of 
study,  and  always  at  the  head  of  his  class,  gentlemanly  in  his  deportment,  and 
greatly  beloved. 

Young  Totten  went  to  West  Point  with  the  family  of  his  uncle  in  1802.  He  was 
soon  after  appointed  a  cadet.  He  remained  at  West  Point  one  term,  that  of  1803, 
and  perhaps  part  of  that  of  1804.  He  was  promoted  to  a  second  lieutenancy,  in 
the  corps  of  Engineers,  July  1,  1805. 

The  venerable  General  J.  G.  Swift,  recently  deceased,  his  brother  Engineer  offi- 
cer and  life-long  friend,  describes  him  at  West  Point  as  "  a  flaxen  headed  boy  of 
fourteen  years  of  age,"  a  good  scholar,  and  to  me  a  most  interesting  companion. 

His  uncle,  having  been  appointed  surveyor  general  of  Ohio  and  the  Western 
Territories,  Nov.  4,  1803,  induced  his  nephew  to  accompany  him  to  the  west,  as  an 
assistant  on  that  first  systematic  survey  of  an^  of  the  new  States  of  the  Union. 
His  tastes,  however,  led  him  back  to  the  army,  (from  which  he  had  resigned  short- 
ly after  his  promotion,)  and  Feb.  23,  1803,  he  was  reappointed  a  second  lieutenant 
of  Engineers. 

Lieutenant  Totten  commenced  his  career  as  a  military  engineer  under  Col.  Jona- 
than Williams,  the  first  chief  of  the  corps,  and  was  engaged  on  the  construction 
of  Castles  Williams  and  Clinton,  New  York  harbor. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  war  with  England,  he  was  assigned  to  duty  as  chief 
engineer  of  the  army,  under  Brigadier  General  Van  Rensselaer,  in  the  campaign  of 

1812,  on  the  Niagara  frontier,  and  in  that  capacity  took  a  conspicuous  part  in  the 
battle  of  Queenstown.  He  was  subsequently  chief  engineer  of  the  army  under  the 
command  of  Major  General  Dearborn  in  the  campaign  of  1813,  and  of  the  army, 
under  Major  General  Izard  and  Brigadier  General  Macomb,  in  the  campaign  of  1814, 
on  Lake  Champlain.     Having  been  promoted  to  a  captaincy  in  1812,  he  was  in  June 

1813,  bre vetted  major,  for  "meritorious  services,"  and  Sept,  11,  1814,  lieutenant 
colonel,  for  "gj^llant  conduct  at  the  battle  of  Plattsburg  ;"  his  efticient  services  as 
an  engineer  in  the  defensive  arrangements  of  that  field  having  contributed  powerfully 
to  the  successful  issue. 

The  termination  of  the  war  may  be  considered  as  the  close  of  one  period  in  the 
life  and  services  of  Gen.  Totten,  and  the  commencment  of  another ;  or  rather  it 
may  be  said,  that  the  events  of  which  we  have  traced  a  faint  outline  were  but  the 
preparation  and  training  of  his  mind  for  the  real  work  of  his  life.  Reared  under 
the  eyes  and  guardianship  of  a  relative  distinguished  for  his  mathematical  attain- 
ments, receiving  as  extensive  a  military  and  scientific  education  as  West  Point  at 
that  early  day  could  give,  called  by  his  position  in  Surveyor  General  Mansfield's 
office,  not  only  to  exercise  the  science  which  the  duties  involved,  but  to  take  ex- 
tended Tiews  of  our  country  as  to  the  interconnection  of  its  parts,  and  their  tela- 


48  MANSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 

tions  to  commerce  or  war,  then  practically  taught  the  duties  of  a  military  engineer 
in  what  concerns  the  defence  of  harbors,  and  finally  carried  through  the  ordeal  of 
actual  war  in  the  campaigns  of  armies  in  the  field,  he  was  now  prepared  for  the 
great  work  of  his  life— the  fortification  of  our  seaboard  frontier.  When  I  call  this 
the  great  work  of  his  life,  I  am  not  unaware  that  it  is  but  a  part  of  that  work — 
still  the  most  important  part,  and  one  to  which  his  other  labors  may  be  considered 
incidental. 

"In  1828,  Colonel  Totten  took  special  charge  of  the  construetion  of  Fort  Adams; 
for  ten  years  he  devoted  himself  entirely  to  it,  and  in  the  technical  skill,  happy 
adaptation  of  means  to  ends,  and  the  mastery  of  every  detail  of  the  engineer's  art, 
it  stands  one  of  the  best  monuments  of  his  genius." 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Mexican  war.  Colonel  Totten  was  called  on  by  Gen. 
Scott,  who  well  understood  his  worth,  to  take  personsll  charge  of  the  engineering 
operations  of  our  armies.  For  "  his  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  at  the  siege 
of  Vera  Cruz  "  of  which  he  had  full  directions,  he  was  brevetted  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral, March  29,  1847.  This  period  forms,  so  to  speak,  an  episode  between  the  two 
great  labors  of  his  life,  of  the  second  of  which  we  shall  now  speak. 

General  Totten  is  one  of  the  two  or  three  men  to  whom  wc  mainly  owe  our 
present  light-house  establishment.  The  attention  of  congress  was  called  in  1851 
to  the  many  abuses,  irregularities,  and  imperfections  of  the  then  existing  system 
— or,  rather  want  of  system — and  to  the  necessity  of  a  general  reform  and  improve- 
ment, in  accord  with  the  advanced  state  of  science.  A  board  was  instituted  to  in- 
vestigate the  whole  subject,  of  which  General  Totten  was  a  prominent  member. 
The  mass  of  evidence  collected  in  the  reports  of  this  Board  as  to  the  defects  and 
abuses  characterizing  the  management  of  the  light-houses,  and  the  suggestions  of 
new  and  scientific  systems  were  due,  in  a  great  measure,  to  his  critical  observation 
and  practical  mind ;  and  when  these  reports  led  to  the  formation  of  a  permanent 
Light-house  Board,  he  was  appointed  a  member.  In  its  great  work  of  bringing 
order  out  of  chaos,  light  out  of  darkness,  he  bore  his  share.  His  minute  acquaint- 
ance with  our  coast,  his  technical  knowledge  in  construction,  his  practical,  solid 
sense,  made  his  co-operation  truly  invaluable.  The  present  system  speaks  his  praise , 
and  his  name  will  not  be  forgotten  while  the  Minot's  Ledge  light  looks  out  on  the 
Atlantic. 

He  was  married  to  Catlyna  Pearson,  of  Albany,  in  1816.  Beautiful  beyond  all 
else  that  earth  presents  is  that  conjugal  companionship,  so  touchingly  depicted  by 
Burns,  which,  beginning  in  youth,  is  permitted  to  continue  unbroken  till  the  Psal- 
mist's period  of  life  is  overpassed.  During  the  later  years  of  their  lives,  Mrs.  Totten 
no  longer  bound  to  the  domestic  hearth  by  the  cares  of  a  growing  family,  became 
truly  an  inseparable  companion.  Never,  when  it  was  at  all  practical  to  have  her 
with  him,  did  he  ride  or  walk,  or  make  a  journey,  or  perform  one  of  his  periodical 
tours  of  inspection,  without  her  companionship ;  nor  could  one  see  them  together 
without  feeling  that  they  presented  a  model  of  whatever  is  amiable  and  lovely  in 
the  conjugal  state.  If  he  was  to  her  the  embodiment  of  all  that  is  most  worthy 
of  respect  and  love  in  man,  not  less  marked  was  his  deference  to  her.  In  her  own 
sphere — as  woman,  wife,  mother — she  was  supreme,  and  her  judgment  his  law. 
When,  but  two  years  before  his  own  death,  she  was  somewhat  suddenly  called 
away,  it  Beemed  as  if  he  regarded  it  as  a  message  from  on  high,  "set  thy  house  in 


PIFTH    GE??-ERATIO]Sr.  49 

order,  for  thou  shall  die  and  not  live."  No  murmur  escaped  his  lips,  and  no  loni^ 
continued  sadness  clouded  his  brow,  but  there  was  an  unwonted  gentleness  and 
quietude  in  his  demeanor,  a  softening,  as  it  were,  of  his  nature,  which  revealed  how 
deeply ' '  the  iron  had  entered  his  soul. "  His  health  and  bodily  strength  seemed  to  con- 
tinue little  impaired,  and  his  devotion  to  the  duties  of  his  office  undiminished. 
But  once,  during  a  life  protracted  beyond  the  usual  span,  had  that  powerful  frame 
submitted  to  the  sway  of  sickness,  and  he  seemed  to  have  unusual  promise  of  a  still 
further  protracted  life.  But  such  promises  proved  deceitful.  Early  in  March,  1864, 
he  was  attacked  with  pneumonia.  His  illness  was  not  at  first  deemed  alarming, 
and,  indeed,  at  one  time  he  was  supposed  to  be  convalescent,  but  a  relapse  ensued, 
and  on  the  22nd  of  April,  he  expired,  having  born  the  sufferings  of  his  sickness 
with  cheerfulness  and  resignation,  and  retained  to  the  last  the  perfect  use  of  all  his 
mental  faculties.  He  had  long  been  a  member  and  communicant  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  and  died  in  the  Christian's  hope  of  a  joyful  resurrection. 

Gentle,  kind,  and  good,  mild,  modest,  and  tolerant,  wise,  sagacious,  shrewd,  and 
learned ;  yet  simple  and  unpretending  as  a  child,  he  died  as  he  had  lived,  sur- 
rounded by  hearts  gushing  with  affection,  and  the  object  of  the  respect  and  love 
of  all  with  whom  he  had  ever  been  associated. 


56.     NATHAN,  Liedt,  Faemer.  New  Haven. 

This  family  of  eight  children  were  all  born  in  New  Haven. 

88.  Mart,  born  Dec.  14,  1745;  married  Isaac  Beers,  Bookseller.  His  store 
was  on  Chapel  St.  corner  of  College.  He  was  also  President  of  the  New  Haven 
Bank  from  1798  to  1812.  His  father  was  Nathan  Beers,  from  Stratford,  who  was 
killed,  or  rather  murdered,  by  a  British  soldier,  whilst  standing  in  his  own  door, 
when  the  British  invaded  New  Haven,  July  5,  1779.  Mrs.  Beers  was  a  woman  of 
a  very  superior  mind,  in  illustration  of  which  we  extract  the  following  very  inter- 
esting account  from  Dr.  Stiles'  "  History  of  the  Regicides,"  published  in  1795. 
When  Dr.  Stiles,  President  of  Yale  College,  compiled  his  well-known  Book,  called 
"  Stiles'  Judges,"  he  availed  himself  of  every  possible  source  of  information  in  his 
power :  among  several  persons  whom  he  consulted  was  Mrs.  Beers.  We  quote 
the  result  in  his  own  words,  as  follows : 

"  Some  persons  are  of  a  singularly  tenacious  memory,  and  treasure  up  things  in 
conversation,  which  vanish  from  others  who  hear  them  with  cursory  inattention. 
Such  is  Mrs.  Beers,  consort  of  Isaac  Beers,  Esq.,  born  in  this  town,  1745,  and  now 
aged  47.  She  is  well  read,  is  an  excellent  historian,  and  is  versed  in  the  family 
anecdotes  and  antiquities  of  New  Haven.  She  is  of  the  Mansfield  family,  and  a 
lineal  descendant  from  Maj.  Moses  Mansfield,  her  great  grandfather,  who  died 
1703.  aged  63,  and  who  was  one  of  the  appraisers  of  Dixwell's  Estate,  and  was 
intimately  acquainted  with  the  history  of  Dixwell  after  his  death  and  I  presume  with 
Whalley  and  Goffe.  Her  grandmother  was  of  the  family  of  Ailing,  the  Assistant, 
about  the  close  of  the  last  century;  also  well  acquainted  with  the  story  of  the 
Judges.  The  Honorable  John  Ailing,  Esqr.,  had  three  daughters,  sensible,  very 
worthy  and  venerable,  and  social  matrons,  one  of  whom  was  Mrs.  Beers'  grand- 
mother. They  often  met  together  on  social  visits  at  her  grandfather  Deacon  Jona- 
S 


50  MANSFIELD    GENEALOGY. 

than  Mansfield's,  son  of  the  Major's,  who  was  born  1684,  or  four  years  before  Dix- 
well's  death,  Avho  was  also  full  of  the  stories  of  the  Judges.     This  yisiting  circle 
and  family  connection  had  the  greatest  esteem  and  veneration  for  the  Judges,  and 
in  their  visits  together  were  often  talking  over  the  stories  about  them.     Mrs.  Beers, 
when  young,  was  often  among  them  at  her  grandmother's,  and  heard  these  good 
ladies  converse  on  tliese  matters,  and  tell  all  the  anecdotes  concerning  them.     She 
used  to  sit  and  listen  to  them  with  attention  while  the  other  grandchildren  took 
little  notice  of  the  discourse,  so  different  are  the  tastes  of  children,  that  what  strikes 
one's  curiosity  will  not  touch  another's.     Mrs.  Beers  was  born  an  historic  genius, 
and  curious  narratives  were  food  and  delight  to  her  mind.    I  think  this  particularity 
in  describing  character  necessary  in  this  case  towards  making  the  most  or  best  of 
what  otherwise  might  be  deemed  information  too  slight  to  have  any  weight.     Mrs. 
Beers  has,  from  this  source,  as  much  of  the  interesting  history  of  the  Regicides, 
not  only  of  Dixwell,  but  Goffe  and  Whaliey,  as  most  persons,  and  narrates  several 
anecdotes  with  singular  precision  and  accuracy;  but  as  they  coincide  with  what  I 
have  gone  over  before,  from  other  more  certain  sources,  I  do  not  repeat  them.     She 
died  Aug.  16.  1805,  aged  60.     Isaac  Beers,  her  husband,  died  Aug.  30,  1813,  aged 
71.     They  had  only  two  children,  Sally  Maria,  born  in  1765 ;  she  married  William 
Leffingwell,  a  Merchant,  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  wealthy  men  in  the  city. 
Their  residence  was  on  the  corner  of  Chapel  and  Temple  Sts.     Mrs.  Leffingwell 
died  Aug.  25,  1830.     Mr.  Leffingwell  died  Oct.  23,  1834,  aged  69.     Their  children 
were  William  C,  born  Dec.  25,  1788,  died  Jan.  3,  1833.     Caroline  M.,  born  Apr. 
30,  1790,  married  Augustus  Russell  Street,  who  founded  the  ' '  Yale  School  of  Fine 
Arts."     She  died  Aug.  24.  1877.     He  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Nov.  5,  1791,  and 
died  June  12,  1866.     Sally  Maria,  born  July  17,  1792,  married  Timothy  Dwight 
Williams.     She  died  Jan.  31,  1866.     He  was  born  March,  1794,  and  died  June, 
1831.     Lucius  Wooster,  born  Sept.,  1796,  grad.  Yale  Coll.  1814,  lived  most  of  his 
life  in  Ohio;  died  Feb.,  1875,  and  was  buried  in  the  family  lot  in  New  Haven. 
Edward  H.,  M.  D.,  born  Apr.,  1802,  grad.  Yale  Coll.  1822,  lived  several  years  in 
South  America,  married  there  Maria  del  Garcia  Fani.     Had  a  son,  died  July  26, 
1833,  aged  1  yr.,  7  mos.,  and  a  daughter,  died  Feb.  23,  1834,  aged  3  mos.     His 
wife  died  Dec,  31,  1834,  aged  21.     He  was  for  several  years  manager  of  the  His- 
torical Soc.  rooms.     The  other  daughter  of  Isaac  Beers  and  his  wife,  Mary,  was 
Elizabeth,  born  1767,  married  Col.  Joseph  Lucius  Wooster,  of  Huntington,  Ct. , 
who  was  born  in  1761,  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1781.  and  died  July  20,  1796. 
They  had  only  one  child,  namely,  Elizabeth  L.,  born  May  24,  1795,  married  Eleazar 
Thompson  Fitch,  who  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Jan.  1,  1791,  graduated  at  Yale 
College,  1810,  and  was  Pastor  and  Professor  of  Divinity  in  said  college  from  1817 
to  1852,  when  he  resigned.     He  died  .Jan.  31,  1871.     She  died  Aug.  30,  1821. 
They  had  only  one  child,  a  sou,  Lucius  Wooster,  born  July  25,  1820,  grad.  Yale 
Coll.,  1840,  married  Sarah  Porter  Tufts,  who  was  born  Mar.  14,  1823.     Their 
children  were  Elizabeth  Wooster,  born  Jan.  1,  1846,  Eleazar  Thompson,  born 
Sept.  22,  1847,  Mary  Cornelia,  born  May  29,  1852.     He  was  assistant  treasurer  of 
Yale  Coll.  many  years. 

Mrs.  Leffingwell  and  her  sister,  Mrs.  Wooster,  were  persons  of  rare  Christian 
attainments  and  excellence.  Mrs.  Leffingwell  and  her  husband  joined  the  Church 
under  Rev.  Moses  Stuart,  Sept.  24,  1809. 


FITTH   GEIfERATtOK'.  51 

The  following  additional,  respecting  the  above  William  Lefflngwell  and  his  wife, 
is  from  a  paper  by  Rev.  Dr.  Bacon,  in  the  New  Englander  of  Jan.,  1882:  Sally 
Maria  Beers  was  married  by  Rev.  Achilles  Mansfield,  (her  uncle),  to  Willliam  C. 
Lefflngwell,  1786;  grad.  Y.  C.  next  day.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Col.  Christo- 
pher Lefiingwell,  of  Norwich,  Conn.  He  removed  to  New  York,  1793,  and  was 
partner  with  Hon.  Beers  Pierpont :  returned  to  New  Haven,  1809;  lived  on  the 
cor.  of  Chapel  and  Temple  Sts.,  in  house  built  by  Jared  Ingersoll,  afterwards 
owned  and  occupied  by  the  Street  family,  and  now  known  as  the  "  Foote  House." 
He  was  the  richest  citizen  of  New  Haven. 

89.  Lois,  born  Apr.  24,  1747,  married  Col.  William  Lyon,  who  was  born  Mar. 
6,  1748,  a  son  of  William,  and  Elizabeth  (Maltby)  Lyon.  The  following  sketch  is 
furnished  by  one  of  his  granddaughters:  "Col.  Lyon  early  exhibited  remarkable 
mental  power,  being  well  prepared  for  Yale  College  at  nine  years  of  age.  He  was 
the  first  Cashier,  and  head  of  the  old  New  Haven  Bank,  incorporated  in  1792. 
Devoting  the  last  twenty  or  thirty  years  of  his  life  to  intense  reading,  and  possess- 
ing an  extraordinary  memory,  he  was  considered  one  of  the  greatest  antiquarians 
and  thoroughly  versed  historians,  in  the  United  States.  Although  his  pen  enriched 
so  many  periodicals  of  his  time,  he  could  never  be  persuaded  to  publish  any  volume 
of  ancient  or  modern  history.  This  has  been  deeply  regretted,  as  for  half  a  century 
he  was  the  oracle  of  so  many  histories  published  by  others.  His  upright  life  re- 
mains a  model  of  integrity." 

I  remember  well  how  he  looked,  when  I  was  a  boy.  He  wore  short  breeches,  with 
knee  buckles,  and  large  buckles  to  his  shoes.  He'dressed  always  very  plain,  almost 
like  a  quaker.  He  was  a  great  economist,  and  abhorred  extravagance.  He  thought 
it  was  wicked  to  build  costly  churches,  (though  not  a  church  member),  and  I  rec- 
ollect when  the  extremely  plain  Methodist  Church  was  built  on  the  north-west 
corner  of  the  green,  he  contributed  torwards  building  it,  on  account  of  its  plainness. 
He  was  an  early  riser.  When  a  boy  about  15  years  ©f  age,  it  was  my  vocation  to 
rise  very  early  in  the  morning,  and  go  down  and  open  store,  and  he  was  about  the 
only  person  I  used  to  see.  I  would  often  hear  the  sound  of  his  cane,  on  the  walk, 
coming  up  Chapel  St.,  before  he  was  in  sight.  I  recollect  exactly  how  he  looked 
when  talking,  the  peculiar  motion  of  his  lips,  and  the  short,  quick,  articulation,  of 
his  words.  His  sayings  were  proverbial.  He  had  a  good  garden,  and  was  an 
enemy  to  hens.  I  have  heard  my  father  tell  more  than  once  what  Col.  Lyon  said 
about  keeping  hens :  he  said  every  hen  that  was  raised  cost  somebody,  I  say  somebody, 
at  least  50  cents.  Wlien  quite  young,  1  was  once  at  a  funeral  where  he  was,  the 
weather  being  almost  insupportably  warm  ;  when  he  arrived  at  the  house  and  came 
into  tlie  room,  lie  asked  for  a  glass  of  water,  on  receiving  it  he  clasped  both  hands 
around  the  tumbler,  and  held  it  some  time  before  he  drank,  and  said  to  those  sitting 
near,  "  it  made  a  person  feel  cooler  to  do  in  that  way.'' 

They  had  six  children,  William,  born  July  12,  1772.  Was  clerk,  or  teller,  m  the 
old  New  Haven  Bank  many  years,  and  died  Oct.  26,  1841. 

Sarah  Lyon,  born  July  21,  1775,  married  Ely  Sherman,  and  had  two  sons,  Gold 
Sherman  and  Eli  Sherman.  After  his  death,  she  married  Samuel  Andrew  Law, 
and  had  four  sons,  William  Lyon  Law,  Samuel  Andrew  Law,  Jonathan  Albion  Law, 
and  Stephen  Dodd  Law.  She  died  Mar.  10, 1840.  Elizabeth  Lyon,  born  July  2, 1777, 
died  Nov.  26, 1851.    Mary  Lyon,  born  Oct.  7, 1780,  died  Sept.  12, 1817,  in  Charleston, 


52  MANSFIELD    GEITEALOGT. 

S.  C.  "Possessing  a  superior  intellect,  and  warm  affections,  her  life  was  eminent 
in  its  exemplary  piety."  Her  "memoirs,"  were  written  by  her  sister  Sophia,  the 
wife  or  Rev.  James  H.  Linsley,  and  were  published  in  New  Haven  in  1837. 
Sophia  Brainard  Lyon,  born  March  17,  1783,  married,  Feb.  1,  1818,  Rev.  James 
Harvey  Linsley,  who  was  born  in  Northford,  Conn.,  May  5,  1787.  He  graduated 
at  Yale  College  1817,  taking  his  second  degree  in  due  time.  In  his  own  denomina- 
tion he  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  clergymen  in  the  State ;  of  eminent  ability, 
and  widely  varied  culture,  he  was  elected  to  the  membership  of  many  scientific 
societies.  His  contributions  to  different  departments  of  science  were  numerous 
and  important.  He  was  especially  distinguished  as  a  Naturalist.  His  catalogues 
of  the  Mammalia,  Birds,  Reptiles,  Fishes  and  Shells  of  Connecticut,  appeared  in 
Silliman's  American  Journal  of  Science,  in  1842,  '43  and  '44.  He  was  the  first 
who  had  ever  attempted  this  great  work  for  his  native  State.  These  unprecedented 
and  most  valuable  papers  were  brilliant  with  his  discoveries.  Numerous  religious, 
literary  and  scientific  works  were  aided  by  his  pen,  when  living,  and  since  his  death, 
many  more  have  contained  sketches  of  his  life  and  his  successes.  His  memoir, 
was  published  in  Hartford,  in  1847.  He  died  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  Dec.  26,  1843. 
His  wife  also  died  in  Stratford,  Jan.  31,  1866.  They  had  two  children,  Elizabeth 
Lyon  Linsley,  and  Sophia  Emilia  Linsley,  the  latter  married  Rev.  Sylvanus 
Dryden  Phelps,  D.  D.,  Aug.  26, 1847.  He  was  born  in  Suffleld,  Ct.,  May  15, 1816, 
graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1844,  and  at  the  Divinity  School  of  Yale  College 
in  1847.  After  supplying  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  New  Haven,  fpr  about  a 
year,  he  was  ordained  Jan.  21,  1846,  as  its  pastor,  a  relation  that  lasted  nearly 
twenty -eight  years.  In  1874,  he  became  pastor  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  in  1876, 
Editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Christian  Secretary,  Hartford,  Ct.  Author  of  "Elo- 
quence of  Nature,  and  other  Poems  ;"  "  Sunlight  and  Hearthlight,  or  Fidelity,  and 
other  Poems;  "  "  Holy  Land,  with  Glimpses  of  Europe  and  Egypt,  a  Year's  Tour,' 
and  "  The  Poet's  Song  for  the  Heart  and  the  House."  They  have  had  five  child- 
ren :  Sophia  Lyon  Pbelps,  born  May  24,  1848,  died  Feb.  21,  1871.  Dryden  Will- 
iam Phelps,  born  Mar.  16,  1854.  James  Linsley  Phelps,  born  Apr.  8,  1856,  died 
Jan.  27,  1860.  Arthur  Stephens  Phelps,  born  Jan.  23,  1863,  and  William  Lyon 
Phelps,  born  Jan.  2,  I860.  These  births  and  deaths  wereat  New  Haven.  Emilia 
Lyon,  born  Feb. 6, 1787,  married  Joseph  Bennett,  of  Charleston,  S.C, who  graduated 
at  Yale  College,  1807.  Their  children  were  -loseph  William  Bennett,  born  July  6, 
1811,  died  Mar.  29,  1883.  Lois  Mansfield  Bennett,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  Feb. 
5,  1813,  died  in  New  Haven,  Apr.  16,  1815.  Thomas  Bennett,  born  Feb.  6,  1815, 
died  Apr.  1858.  Mary  Lyon  Bennett,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  Oct.  2,  1817,  died 
Oct.  23,  1819,  and  Elizabeth  Margaret  Stone  Bennett,  born  in  Sullivan's  Island,  S. 
C,  Sept.  23,  1824,  died  July  30,  1832. 

The  above  Thomas  Bennett  married,  Apr.  2,  1838,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Leonard  Bacon, 
Mary  A.  Hull,  daughter  of  Elisha  Hull,  of  New  Haven.  He  was  a  Lawyer  and 
Judge.  Their  nine  children  were  Emilia  L. ,  Mary  E. ,  Margaret,  deceased,  Thomas 
Gray,  Wm.  Lyon,  Joseph  H.,  George  H.,  deceased,  Susan  J.  and  Harriett.  Thomas 
Gray  Bennett  married.  May  8,  1872,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Phelps,  Jeiyiie  Winchester,  and 
had  Hope,  Winchester,  and  Eugene  Bristol.  He  is  Vice  President  of  the  "Win- 
chester Arms  Co."  in  New  Haven,  Grad.  Yale  Coll.  Is  a  member  of  the  corpora- 
tion of  said  College. 


tlFTH    GEXERATIOK.  53 

William  Lyon  Bennett  married  Frances  T.  Welles,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  had 
Ethel,  and  Mary  Elizabeth.  Grad.  Yale  College.  Is  a-prominent  Lawyer  in  New 
Haven.  Joseph  H.,  also  Grad.  Y.  C.  Col.  Lyon's  daughters,  Sarah  and  Mary, 
joined  the  First  Church,  under  Rev.  Moses  Stuart,  Aug.  31,  1806.  Sophia  and 
Emilia  joined  the  same  Jan.  29,  1809,  and  Elizabeth  joined  July  30,  1809,  at  the 
same  time  her  cousin  Caroline  Mary  Leffingwell,  afterwards  wife  of  Augustus  R. 
Street,  joined  this  church  also.  Col.  Lyon  died  Oct.  12,  1830,  his  wife  died  Aug. 
26,  1831.     She  joined  the  church  under  Rev.  Chauncey  Whittlesey,  Apr.  27,  1777. 

♦90.  Nathan,  born  Nov.  30,  1748,  married  Anna  Thomlinson,  of  Derby,  Mar. 
5,  1775,  who  was  born  in  1756.  They  lived  in  Derby,  at  a  place  called  by  the  In- 
dian name  of  Squantuck,  some  four  miles  west  of  Derby  Narrows.  He  was  a  car- 
penter by  trade,  and  built  many  houses  in  the  Town  of  "  Old  Derby."  A  grand- 
son of  his  informs  me  he  also  made  coffins,  and  sometimes  had  to  get  up  in  tlie 
night  and  make  them,  often  getting  only  a  dollar  for  one.  For  a  great  many  years 
he  also  kept  a  tavern  at  Squantuck,  which  was  very  extensively  known  in  the  ad- 
jacent parts  of  the  State,  and  was  a  popular  stopping  place  for  persons  traveling 
west,  to  Danbury,  Newtown,  etc.  I  well  remember  my  Uncle  Nathao,  when  a 
small  boy  of  about  twelve  years  of  age,  I  was  sent  of  an  errand  out  there,  about 
thirteen  miles  from  New  Haven,  and  as  I  was  to  foot  it,  my  father  let  me  take  his 
old  fashioned  "  bulls  eye  "  watch,  at  my  request,  as  I  wanted  to  see  how  many  miles 
I  could  walk  in  an  hour,  there  being  regular  mile  stones  on  the  way,  and  I  recollect 
I  made  my  four  miles  several  times,  but  I  must  confess  that  I  had  to  almost  run  in 
order  to  do  it.  He  was  then  over  seventy,  but  quite  smart,  not  tall,  but  rather  thick 
set.  His  natural  expression  was  very  cordial  and  smiling  in  conversation.  As  the 
weather  was  rather  cool  when  I  arrived  in  the  afternoon,  he  stirred  up  a  glass  of 
"toddy,"  for  me.  I  might  have  drank  a  little  but  don't  remeuiber  exactly.  I  have 
always  been  a  tetotaler,  and  my  father  before  me.  I  am  told,  by  one  of  his  grand- 
sons, that  he  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  that  he  used  to  read  the 
Bible  a  great  deal  a  few  years  before  he  died,  when  he  was  much  over  over  eighty, 
and  that  sometimes  he  would  get  asleep  and  drop  the  Bible,  and  that  many  a  time 
he  picked  it  up  for  him.  He  died  Nov.  5,  1835,  aged  87.  His  wife  died  Dec.  10, 
1838,  aged  82.  They  were  buried  in  the  small,  new,  neat  burying  ground,  a  short 
distance  west  of  the  iiomestead  where  they  had  lived  so  many  years,  which  was  set 
apart  from  his  own  land  some  years  before  he  died. 

*91.  William,  born  April  1, 1750,  at  the  old  Mansfield  House,  which  occupied 
the  place  where  the  Sheffield  North  College  now  stands.  Married  Dec.  25,  1776, 
Elizabeth  Lyon,  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Maltby)  Lyon.  Slie  died 
Oct.  17,  1817.  He  married  for  his  second  wife,  Dec.  1, 1818,  Lucy  (Peck)  Culver, 
daughter  of  Abner  and  Sarah  Peck,  of  Wallingford. 

"In  his  boyhood  he  was  employed  on  the  farms  of  his  father,  and  grandfather 
Dear.  Jonathan  Mansfield,  whose  residence  was  on  the  N.  W.  corner  of  Church 
and  Elui  Streets,  though  his  lands  were  mostly  in  what  is  now  the  southerly  part 
of  Hamden:  where  William  was  required  to  spend  many  nights  in  watching  the 
sheep,  to  protect  them  from  the  wolves,  which  were  then  very  numerous.  When 
grown  to  manhood  he  became  a  mariner,  and  was  a  mate  and  part  owner  of  a 
vessel  trading  to  the  West  Indies.     It  was  on  his  first  voyage  out  that  by  his  experi- 


54:  MAN-S-prELD   GTlKTIAr.OGlr. 

ence  and  observation  he  became  so  impressed  witli  the  evils  of  intemperance  that  he 
became  at  once  a  "  total  abstinence  man,"  and  althougli  it  was  many  years  before 
a  Temperance  Society  was  tliought  of,  he  pledged  himself  against  the  use  of  ardent 
spirits  of  any  Ijind.  and  from  that  time  to  the  day  of  his  death,  which  was  seventy 
years  afterwards,  not  a  taste  of  spirits  passed  his  lips.  At  the  brealiing  out  of  the 
war  of  the  Revolution,  he  was  a  merchant  in  West  India  and  other  goods,  and  his 
store  and  residence  was  on  the  south  side  of  Chapel  Street,  about  four  rods  east  of 
where  now  is  the  corner  of  Orange  Street.  He  was  an  ardent  patriot,  and  entered 
heartily  into  the  cause  of  the  colonists.  He  joined  a  company  of  minute  men, 
raised  mostly  among  the  sailors,  and  men  engaged  in  trade  about  the  wharves,  and 
was  made  a  lieutenant.  He  went  with  Gen.  Wooster,  in  1777,  to  the  vicinity  of 
Norwalk  upon  receipt  of  intelligence  that  tlie  British  were  landing  tliere  in  force, 
and  acting  as  aid,  and  in  charge  of  a  small  scouting  party,  followed  the  enemy  to 
near  Danbury,  and  it  was  upon  his  return  and  report  to  Gen.  Wooster,  that  such 
disposition  was  made  of  the  militia  under  Generals  Silliman  and  Arnold,  as  to  en- 
deavor to  cut  off  the  retreat  of  the  enemy  on  their  return  to  the  coast,  and  which 
brought  on  tlic  engagement  which  resulted  in  the  lamentable  death  of  the  brave 
Gen.  Wooster.  At  the  invasion  of  New  Haven  by  the  British,  ia  1779,  he  was 
early  on  the  scene  of  action,  and  his  experience  and  account  of  the  whole  affair, 
as  related  to  liis  children,  some  of  whom  are  still  living,  is  extremely  interesting, 
but  too  lengthy  for  insertion  here.  He,  in  common  with  most  of  his  fellow-citizens, 
suffered  severely  for  their  patriotism.  His  house  and  store  being  ravaged,  and  all 
goods  and  articles  of  value  carried  a  waj'  or  completely  destroj'^ed.  A  vessel  in  which 
he  was  part  owner  lay  in  the  harbor  nearly  loaded  and  ready  for  sea,  waiting  for  op. 
portunity  to  run  the  blockade,  was  taken  away,  and,  as  believed  at  the  time,  by 
tories  from  Long  Island,  under  protection  of  the  British  vessels.  Being  consider- 
ably broken  in  fortune,  and  suffering  in  physical  health,  and  having  much  of  the 
responsibility  of  providing  for  the  large  family  of  his  father^  (he  being  an  invalid), 
besides  the  care  of  his  own  wife  and  young  child,  obliged  him  to  remain  at  home 
for  a  time,  though  always  in  readiness  to  render  all  possible  aid  to  the  cause  of  his 
country.  After  the  war  he  was  engaged  in  business  and  in  farming,  his  residence 
being  in  the  northerly  part  of  the  town  until  aljtjut  the  year  1800,  wlien  he  built  a 
house  and  barn,  and  established  a  milk,  fruit,  and  vegetable  farm  on  what  was  called 
the  "  Neck,"  between  Mill  River  and  Quinnipiac  River,  on  land  he  acquired  partly 
by  purchase,  and  partly  by  inheritance,  a  portion  having  been  in  the  family  name 
since  the  first  settlement  of  the  town.  There  he  lived  for  many  years,  when  the 
only  road  to  town  was  by  "Ferry  Path,"  over  the  Neck  Bridge,  and  down  "Neck 
Lane,"  (now  State  Street).  When  the  Grand  Street  Bridge,  over  Mill  River,  was 
built  in  1818,  he  contributed  to  its  cost,  and  gave  a  strip  of  land  through  his  farm 
four  rods  wide,  extending  from  near  Mill  River  to  Ferry  Path,  or  about  where  now 
is  the  junction  of  Fillmore  and  Grand  Streets,  for  the  opening  of  a  highway,  now 
known  as  East  Grand  Street.  About  1824  he  sold  this  farm  to  his  son-in-law,  Capt. 
Richard  Everitt,  and  moved  to  Fair  Haven,  near  the  Quinnipiac  River,  where  he 
died  May  28,  1842,  in  the  93rd  j'ear  of  his  age.  In  all  the  vicisitudcs  of  a  long  and 
eventful  life  he  bore  its  ills  with  amazing  fortitude,  and  to  the  end  sustained  the 
character  of  a  man  of  candor,  honesty,  and  uncompromising  integrity.  His  first 
wife  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  First  Cong.  Church,  Rev.  Chauncey  Whittlesey, 
paator,  Dec.  3,  1779.    His  second  wife  died  April  29,  1842,  aged  62. 


REV.  ACHILLES  MANSFIELD. 


MRS.  ELIZABETH  MANSFIELD  OLOOTT. 


HON,  AUSTIN  OLOOTT,  M.  O. 


MRS.  ELIZABETH  MANSFIELD  WILLOOX. 


♦ 


FIFTH    GENEKATION.  55 

*92.  Achilles,  born  in  1751,  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1770,  was  or- 
dained pastor  of  the  Cong.  Ciiurch  in  Killingworth,  Ct.,  Jan.  6,  1779,  and  died 
Julj'  22,  1814.  He  was  a  fellow  of  Yale  College  from  1808  till  his  death.  He 
married  Mar.  10,  1779,  Mrs.  Sarah  Huntington,  widow  of  Rev.  Eliphalet  Hunting- 
ton, predecessor  pastor  of  the  above  church.  She  had  three  children  by  her  first 
husband,  and  three  by  her  last  husband.  She  was  born  July  24, 1751,  and  married 
her  first  husband  April  14,  1766.  He  was  the  son  of  Deac.  Samuel  Huntington  of 
Lebanon,  Ct.,  and  was  born  April  14,  1737.  Graduated  at  Yale  College,  1759. 
installed  over  the  Church  at  Killingworth  Jan.  11,  1764,  and  died  of  the  small  pox 
Feb.  8,  1777.  Her  maiden  name  was  Elliott,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Walker) 
Elliott,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Jared  Elliott,  of  Killingworth,  and  fourth 
generation  from  John  Elliott,  "Apostle  to  the  Indians."  Dr.  Elliott  stood  verj' 
high  throughout  the  country  for  his  learning,  philosophical  researches,  and  acquire- 
ments. 

Mr.  Mansfield's  daughter,  Susan,  married  Rev.  Joshua  Huntington,  Pastor  of  the 
Old  South  Church,  Boston,  and  became  distinguished  for  talents  and  piety,  and 
her  "Memoirs"  liad  a  wide  circulationhere,  and  in  Great  Britain."  Full  notice  of 
her  life  will  be  given  in  its  proper  place. 

W.  C.  Willcox,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  who  married  a  granddaughter  of  Mr. 
Mansfield,  and  remembers  him,  and  is  familiar  with  the  history  of  the  family,  writes 
that  though  not  a  robust  man,  he  enjoyed  excellent  general  health,  and  his  sudden 
death  created  a  profound  sensation  and  universal  grief  in  the  community.  He 
conducted  the  services  of  his  church  all  day  on  Sunday,  preached  from  the  text, 
"And  his  rest  shall  be  glorious,"  his  last  sermon,  was  taken  with  a  malignant 
fever  on  the  same  night,  and  was  buried  on  the  following  Thursday. 

A  lady  now  (1884)  nearly  eighty  years  of  age,  who  was  brought  up  in  Killing- 
worth,  now  Clinton,  says  she  remembers  him  well,  and  that  she,  with  other  children, 
used  to  recite  the  catechism  to  him  on  Saturday  afternoons,  and  that  he  was  one  of 
the  kindest  and  best  of  men,  greatly  beloved  and  esteemed  by  the  entire  community. 
There  is  only  one  printed  sermon  of  his  handed  down,  preached  in  1810,  and  is 
preserved  in  the  Yale  College  Library. 

We  very  much  regret  we  are  unable  to  give  a  more  extended  account  of  his  life, 
as  there  are  so  very  few  now  living  who  are  able  to  add  any  further  information  to 
this  brief  sketch.     His  wife  died  Dec.  27,  1817,  aged  66. 

A  white  marble  monument  was  erected  to  his  memory,  on  which  the  inscription 
reads  thus:  "Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Achilles  Mansfield,  Fellow  of  Y'ale  Col- 
lege, Pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Killingworth,  who  was  suddenly  called  from 
bis  labor,  July  22nd,  1814,  in  the  64th  year  of  his  age,  and  in  the  35th  of  his  min- 
istry." 

The  following  extracts  from  "  Two  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Clinton  Con- 
gregational Church,"  printed  in  1867,  were  furnished  by  a  friend  in  Clinton,  after 
the  above  was  written. 

Achilles  Mansfield  was  the  fifth  pastor.  He  was  born  at  New  Haven,  in  1751. 
Graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1770.  Licensed  by  the  New  Haven  East  Association 
in  1775.  Began  to  preach  for  this  people  the  17th  of  August,  1777,  being  then 
twenty-six  years  of  age.  On  the  17th  of  December,  1778,  a  call  was  given  him  to 
become  pastor,  which  he  accepted,  and  was  ordained  and  installed  January  6tb, 
1779.     It  was  voted  : 


56  MANSFIELD    GENEALOGY. 

"  Ist.  That  there  be  given  to  Mr.  Achilles  Mansfield,  on  condition  of  his  set- 
tling amongst  us  in  the  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry,  the  sum  of  600  ounces  of 
silver,  or  in  bills  of  credit  to  the  value  thereof,  to  be  improved  by  him  at  his  dis- 
cretion, towards  providing  himself  with  a  convenient  tenement  for  his  accomodation 
among  us,  to  be  collected  and  paid  in  four  equal  payments  annually. 

"  2d.  That  there  be  granted  unto  Mr.  Mansfield,  as  a  yearly  salary,  for  the  four 
years  first  after  his  being  regularly  inducted  into  the  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry 
among  us,  the  sum  of  135  ounces  of  Silver,  or  in  Bills  of  Credit  to  the  value  thereof, 
to  be  paid  Mr.  Mansfield  on  the  first  day  of  January,  annually,  until  the  terra  of 
four  years  be  completed  ;  and  after  the  expiration  of  four  years  coming,  this  Society 
do  hereby  grant  to  Mr.  Mansfield  the  sum  of  180  ounces  of  Silver,  annually,  during 
his  continuance  in  the  office  of  the  Gospel  Ministry  among  us;  and  to  be  computed 
and  paid  to  him  in  Wheat,  at  the  rate  of  5  shillings  per  bushel ;  or  Rye,  at  3  shillings 
per  bushel ;  or  Indian  Corn,  at  2  shillings  per  bushel ;  or  in  pork,  at  four  pence  per 
pound ;  or  in  Beef,  at  two  pence  per  pound ;  or  in  other  articles  in  like  proportion : 
or  in  Bills  of  Credit  to  the  value  thereof." 

He  was  also  allowed  the  use  of  the  Parsonage  or  Society  lands,  and  the  sixty 
cart  loads  of  wood  annually. 

On  March  the  10th,  1779,  he  married  the  widow  of  the  Rev.  Eliphalet  Hunting- 
ton, by  whom  he  had  three  children— Elizabeth,  who  married  Dr.  Olcott ;  Nathan, 
who  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1803,  studied  medicine,  and  died  in  1813 ;  and 
Susan,  who  married  the  Rev.  Joshua  Huntington,  of  Boston. 

A  gentleman,  who  was  a  member  of  his  congregation,  and  knew  him  well,  has 
kindly  furnished  me  the  following: 

'•The  Rev.  Achilles  Mansfield  was  of  medium  height,  of  good  form,  and  had  a 
very  pleasant  countenance.  He  was  courteous  and  affable  in  his  manners,  and 
upon  all  occasions  gave  good  evidence  of  a  sincere  desire  to  promote  the  interest  of 
his  Master's  Kingdom.  His  voice  was  good,  being  clear  and  full.  In  the  delivery 
of  his  sermons  he  was  lively  and  interesting,  and  very  punctual  in  the  performance 
of  all  his  duties  as  pastor.  In  extempore  speaking,  at  funerals  and  like  occasions, 
he  had  few  equals ;  for,  possessing  a  tender  and  sympathetic  heart,  he  felt  keenly 
for  those  in  affliction,  and  so,  prompted  by  his  own  kindly  nature,  he  was  in  an 
especial  degree  fitted  to  soothe  and  console  the  sorrowing. 

It  was  during  his  ministry  that  evening  meetings  were  established,  being  held  in 
the  Old  Stone  School  House  which  then  stood  a  little  east  of  the  Church.  He  con- 
ducted the  meetings  thus :  After  the  preliminary  exercises,  such  as  prayer  and 
singing,  he  would  read  the  chapter  selected  for  the  occasion  and  then  explain  it 
verle  by  verse,  remaining  seated.  All  who  attended  these  exercises  well  remember, 
how,  after  reading  a  verse  or  two,  he  would  stop,  sit  back,  raise  his  spectacles,  and 
then  explain  and  enforce  the  truths  of  the  passage.  Few,  if  any,  surpassed  him 
in  like  efforts;  and  the  meetings  were  well  attended  and  appreciated." 

He  was  six  years  a  member  of  the  Corporation  of  Yale  College,  being  so  at  his 
death.  He  was  faithful  and  attentive  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  to  that  Institu- 
tion, and  was  ever  desirous  of  promoting  its  interests.  He  was  very  popular  with 
his  associates,  and  his  death  was.  regarded  as  a  severe  loss  to  them  and  the  flock 

which  he  loved. 
Dr.  FteUl  says  :   "  H«  was  a  maB  diitinguished  for  mild  and  pleasant  manners, 


PIFTH   QEXERATIOK".  57 

for  uniformity  and  sweetness  of  disposition,  and  for  the  patient  endurance  of  afflic- 
tion." Here  for  thirty-seven  years  he  preached  to  this  people,  and  for  the  whole 
time,  lacking  two  j'^ears,  their  pastor — and  he  had  the  joy  of  welcoming  one  hun- 
dred and  eighty-two  to  the  Sacramental  Feast.  On  the  Sabbath  preceding  his  death 
he  preached  from  the  text,  "  His  rest  shall  be  glorious."  He  lived  in  the  house 
now  occupietl  by  Esquire  Taintor,  where  he  died  July  22d,  1814,  aged  sixty-three. 

93.  ScsASXA,  born  Sept.  23,  1756,  married  Aug.  12,  1775,  Major  Lines,  a  Sea 
Captain,  who  was  born  Oct.  14,  1747.  Tlie  inscription  on  his  gravestone  reads 
thus:  "Major  Lines,  40  yeai"8  commander  in  the  Merchant  Service,  performed 
111  foreign  voyages,  died  May  2,  1814,  aged  GO."  She  was  admitted  a  member  of 
the  North  Cong.  Chiu'ch,  Kev.  Dr.  Edwards,  pastor,  Sept.,  1722,  died  Aug.  2, 1824, 
aged  08.  Will,  dated  Oct.  30,  1823 ;  leaves  all  her  property  to  daughters  Susan, 
Mary  and  Frances.  David  Daggett,  Executor;  Simeon  Baldwin  and  Elisha 
Munson,  Dividers. 

They  had  eight  children  :  Stephen,  born  Jan.  31,  1777,  married  EUzabeth  Gour- 
ley  Jime  11,  1796.  She  was  born  Jan.  22,  1780,  joined  the  North  Church  Oct., 
1808,  died  Aug.  28,  1857.  He  died  Dec.  25,  1816.  Their  six  children  were 
Sally  Gourley,  died  in  infancy,  Elizabeth  Sloan,  born  Feb.  26,  1799,  married,  July 
14,  1822,  Henry  Cannon,  born  July  8,  1797.  He  died  Apr.  1,  1830.  She  died 
Feb.  8,  1862. 

Their  nine  children  were  :  Emilj'  Augusta  Cannon,  born  May  17,  1823,  died  Aug. 
31,  1824.  Edward  Young  Cannon,  born  Nov.  24,  1824,  grad.  BroAvn  Univ.,  1845, 
Lawyer  in  Richmond,  Va.,  married  June  29,  1854,  Mary  Georgianna  Smith,  and 
have  had  five  children.  Garland  H.  Cannon,  born  May  11,  1826,  died  May  8,  1832. 
Alexander  G.  Cannon,  died  Apr.  24,  1828.    Richard  Watson  Cannon,  died  Aug.  15, 

1830.  Henry  Gibbon  Cannon,  born  Nov.  18,  1830,  Lawyer  in  Richmond,  Va., 
married  Nov.  17,  1869.  Margaret  E.  Blair,  born  Jan.  18.  1840,  and  have  had  six 
children.  George'  Randolph  Cannon,  died  Dec.  9,  1853.  Frederick  Middleton 
Cannon,  unmarried.  Louisa  Chatterton  Cannon,  di'cd  June  25,  1838.  Maria  Sarah 
Lines,  bom  Feb.  13,  1801,  married  William  Chapman,  of  Hartford.  Nov.  6, 1825, 
who  died  Dec.  24,  1825,  aged  27 ;  she  died  Jan.  20,  1830.  Julian  Lines,  born 
July  11,  1803,  married  Aug.  14,  1825,  John  Hutchins,  who  died  May,  1863 ;  she 
died  in  New  York,  Nov.  4,  1837,  and  was  buried  in  Grove  St.  Cemetery,  New 
Haven. 

Their  five  children  were:  Augustus  Hutchins,  born  July  8,  1826,  for  several  years 
Secretary  of  Boonton,  N.  J.  Iron  Works,  and  died  of  consumption,  Feb.  23,  1854, 
unmarried.  Charles  Hutchins,  born  June  26,  1828,  married  1866.  Resides  in 
San  Francisco.     Albert  Hutchins,  born  Aug.  23,  1830.  accidently  killed  July  9^ 

1831,  while  in  charge  of  a  black  domestic.  Albert  Hutchins,  born  Oct.  17,  1832, 
died  Aug.  31,  1833.  Alexander  Hutchins,  born  Jan.  22,  1835.  Grad.  Williams 
College  as  valedictorian,  1857.  Stud.  Med.  in  Boston  and  New  York,  M.  D.  from 
N.  Y.  Medical  Coll.,  1860,  and  at  the  same  time  received  the  prize  in  the  depart- 
ment of  Toxicological  Chemistry.  Assistant  Ed.  of  the  Journal  of  Materia  Medica, 
of  New  York.  Appointed  House  Surgeon  to  Blackwell's  Island  Hospital.  Com- 
missioned as  Surgeon  in  the  U.  S.  N.,  1861.  In  Sept.,  1863,  began  private  prac- 
tice in  Brooklyn,  where  he  still  resides.     His  principal  contributions  to  medical 

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58  MANSFIELD    GEXEALOGT. 

literature  are  monographs  on  "Afocynum,"  "  Jaborandi,"  "Nitrate  of  Amyl," 
and  an  Essay  on  "  School  Hygiene,  with  reference  to  the  physiological  relations  of 
age  and  sex  to  mental  aud  physical  education,"  to  which  essay  the  State  of  New 
York  awarded  the  prize  for  1875.  He  married  Dec.  16,  1863,  Mary  F.  Pelton, 
of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  born,  Dec.  25,  1836,  a  niece  of  Gov.  Samuel  J.  Tilden. 
They  have  had  four  daughters  and  three  sons.  Frances  Amelia  Lines,  born 
Dec.  10,  1805,  married  Feb.  26,  1828.  Laban  S.  Beecher,  born  Jan.  30,  1805. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  a  wood  carver  of  Hezekiah  Auger,  born  in  New  Haven,  a 
great  natural  genius,  self-taught,  the  first  carver  that  ever  set  up  the  business  in  the 
city.  Afterward,  he  was  in  a  prosperous  leather  business  with  Elma  Townsend, 
his  brother-in-law.  In  1858,  a  director  in  the  Chicago  Land  Co.;  subsequently  he 
bought  largely  with  Indian  land  warrants,  and  from  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  sent  lumber  to 
the  Eastern  Markets;  and  at  the  time  of  his  decease  was  thought  to  be  the  second 
largest  owner  in  Wis.  He  did  much  to  improve  the  c;ountry,  and  won  the  confi- 
dence of  the  Indians,  by  his  efforts  to  protect  their  reservations.  He  labored  to 
procure  a  city  charter  for  Roxbury,  Mass.  and  was  elected  on  its  first  Board  of 
Aldermen.  At  the  time  of  his  decease,  he  Avas  Pres.  of  the  United  States  Insur- 
ance Co.,  of  Boston.  He  died  at  Oshkosh,  Mich.,  (3ct.  22,  1876,  of  injuries  by  a 
runaway  team.  Buried  from  his  residence  in  Boston  Highlands,  Mass.  He  was 
a  member  for  forty  years  of  the  Elliot  Cong.  Church,  in  Roxbury. 

Their  six  children  were  as  follows:  William  Chapman  Beecher,  born  ilarch 
21,  1829,  died  Dec.  25,  1829.  Louisa  Augusta  Beecher,  born  Dec.  27,  1830, 
married  May  27,  1852,  William  Gaston,  born  at  Killingly,  Ct.,  Oct.  3,  1820,  son 
of  Alexander  and  Keziah  (Arnold)  Gaston.  His  ancestor,  a  French  Huguenot, 
came  over  about  1725,  and  settled  in  Killingly,  where  the  family  continued  until 
1830,  when  the  father  of  William  removed  to  Boston.  He  prepared  for  college  at 
the  Brooklyn  and  Plainfield  Academies,  entered  Brown  Univ.  at  the  age  of  15,  and 
grad.  with  honor,  1840.  After  a  course  of  study  in  the  law  office  of  Hon.  Francis 
Hilliard,  of  Roxbury,  and  of  C.  P.  &  B.  R.  Curtis,  of  Boston,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1844.  In  Roxburj'  he  held,  among  other  oflices,  that  of  City  Solicitor 
for  a  number  of  years.  Elected  Maj'or  of  the  city  in  1861,  and  re-elected  in  1862, 
almost  unanimously,  there  being  but  four  votes  in  opposition.  For  many  years  he 
was  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Jewell,  Gaston  &  Field,  of  Boston. 

In  1853  and  1854  he  was  elected  to  the  House  of  Reps.,  as  a  whig;  aud  again, 
1856,  by  a  combination  of  Whigs  and  Democrats  against  the  Knownothings.  In 
1868,  elected  to  the  Senate,  though  the  district  was  strongly  Republican.  In  1857, 
after  the  annexation  of  Iloxburj'  to  Bo.ston,  he  was  ele(;ted  Mayor  of  the  enlarged 
City,  and  re-elected  in  1871.  In  1874,  elected  Gov.  of  Mass.,  by  about  7,000  ma- 
jority over  Lieut.  Gov.  Thomas  Talbot.  In  1876,  he  declined  the  nom.  for  Gov., 
in  favor  of  Chas.  Francis  Adams,  and  the  same  year  declined  the  Cong.  nom. 
from  the  fourth  district.  At  the  expiration  of  his  gubernatorial  term,  he  actively 
resumed  his  professional  practice,  and  in  1879,  having  associated  Mr.  C.  L.  B. 
Whitney,  continues  under  the  firm  name  of  Gaston  &  Whitney.  While  Gov.  the 
hon.  degree  of  LL.D..  was  conferred  by  Brown  aud  Harv.  Univs.  Their  oliildrcn 
are  Sarah  Howard  Gaston,  horn  1853.  Wiu.  Alexander  Gaston,  born  1859,  grad. 
H.  C,  and  Martha  Louisa  Gaston,  born  1861,  died  1869.  Frances  Amelia  Beefcher, 
born  June  5,  1833,  married  Hon.  Henry  G.  Cromwell,  (son  of  Isaiah  Cromwell,  of 


PIFTH   OEKERATION.  59 

Yarmouth,  Cape  Cod,  Mass.,)  merchant  of  Boston  ;  mem.  of  the  Governor's  Coun- 
cil of  Mass.,  in  Gov.  Claffln's  adra.,  and  has  held  other  public  trusts. 

They  have  had  Martha  Louisa  Cromwell,  born  1865,  and  Alice  Brown  Cromwell, 
born  1869.  Theodore  Sedgwick  Beecher,  born  Apr.  6,  1835,  died  Mar.  3,  1846. 
Elizabeth  Gourley  Beecher,  born  Mar.  5,  1839,  married  Hon.  Henry  Wm.  Puller, 
born  in  Hooksett,  N.  H.,  June  30,  1838,  (son  of  David  Q.  and  Jane  C.  Converse 
Fuller),  Dartmouth  College,  1857,  class  poet;  LL.B.  Harvard  1859,  taking  the 
first  prize  for  legal  esaa)^;  began  practice  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  1860,  was  the  first 
man  to  enlist  in  the  1st  Regiment  N.  H.  Vols,  on  3  mos.  call,  in  1861 ;  commis- 
sioned as  1st  Lieutenant  before  leaving  the  State,  served  through  the  war  in  Dept. 
of  Ya.,  Dept.  of  the  Gulf,  Dept.  of  the  South,  promoted  to  rank  of  Captain, 
Major,  Lieut-Colonel,  Colonel,  and  breveted  Brigadier  General.  After  the  war, 
remained  in  Louisiana  two  years,  then  removed  to  Roxbury,  Mass.,  and  begaa 
practice  of  law  1868.  Representative  in  Massachusetts  Legislature  1875,  '76,  '78, 
'79,  and  Senator  1880. 

They  have  had  one  child,  Frederick  Beecher  Fuller,  born  1872. 

Julia  Martina  Beecher,  born  Mar.  1,  1844.  Contributor  to  "  The  Golden  Rule," 
over  signature  "Aunt  Mary."  A  volume  of  selections  from  her  writings  has  been 
published. 

Susanna  Mansfield  Lines,  born  Mar.  10,  1808,  married  Jan.  18,  1830,  Benjaiiun 
English,  eldest  brother  of  Gov.  James  E.  English.  He  was  in  the  lumber  business 
near  the  head  of  long  wharf.  He  died  Aug.  29,  1839.  She  died  May  26,  1838. 
They  had  Frances  Elizabeth  English,  born  Oct.  20,  1833,  married  Oct.  20,  1853, 
Stephen  Bishop,  son  of  Stephen  and  Hannah  Cutler  (xitwater)  Bishop,  born  Oct. 
28,  1830,  died  Oct.  27,  1866.  She  died  Feb.  20,  1857.  James  Gourley  English, 
born  Feb.  13,  1834,  married  Oct.  7,  1856,  Mary  Elizabeth  Tuttle,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Tattle.  He  is  of  the  firm  of  English  &  Mersick,  Importers,  Manufacturers,  and 
Dealers  in  Carriage  Goods,  38  and  38  Crown  St.  He  is  also  President  of  the  New 
Haven  County  Bank. 

Charles  Burrill  Lines,  born  July  29,  1779,  married  Dec.  25,  1803,  Laura  Frost. 
She  united  with  the  North  Cong.  Church,  Oct.,  1808,  died  April  29,  1853,  aged  70. 
He  died  Mar.  1,  1833.  Their  six  children  were  Jane  Maria  Lines,  married  David 
H.  Carr,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  a  carriage-maker.  Deputy  Sheriff  for  several  years, 
had  6  children.  Charles  B.  Lines,  born  Mar.  12,  1807,  married,  Jan.  18,  1829, 
Maria  Wooden,  born  Jan.  7,  1808,  golden  wedding  celel)rated  at  Wabaunsee,  Kan. , 
1879.  They  have  had  9  children,  4  girls  and  5  boys,  20  grandchildren,  and  1  great 
grand  child.  Thirty-two  of  his  relatives  are  settled  around  him  at  W.  of  which  28 
were  present  at  the  wedding. 

When  a  boj%  he  went  to  sea  awhile,  but  afterwards  learned  the  trade  of  cabinet- 
making.  He  seems  to  have  done  undertaking  to  some  extent,  for  he  put  Noah 
Webster  in  his  coffin,  and  John  Trumbull,  aid  of  Gen.  Washington,  into  his.  He 
was  always  an  urgent  reformer,  and  ready  with  voice  and  pen  to  help  on  every 
giX)d  work.  Ardent  in  the  temperance  movement  ;  then,  in  1854,  he  eoiered  with 
his  usual  belligerent  energy  into  the  Kansas  Anti-Slavery  War.  In  1856  he  con- 
cluded to  form  a  company  to  colonize  in  Kansas,  and  in  furtherance  of  that  enter- 
prise, the  celebrated  meeting  in  the  North  Church,  New  Haven,  was  held,  at  whigh  a 


60  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

quantity  of  "  Sharpe's  rifles,"  and  a  sum  of  money,  were  subscribed  to  arm  and  equip 
the  emigrants.     He  left  New  Haven  the  same  year,  and  settled  with  his  colony  at 

•  Wabaunsee,  now  a  flourishing  agricultural  community  ;  and  Kansas,  the  dark  and 
bloody  ground  where  the  battle  of  freedom  was  fought  and  won,  is  now  a  great 
state  of  a  million  of  inhabitants,  more  or  less.  In  1871  he  was  appointed  pension 
agent  for.  Kansas.  (The  above  from  the  "Tuttle  Genealogy,"  by  permission  of 
the  author).  Laura  Frost  Lines,  born  1809,  married  Chase  Hill,  of  the  State  of 
Maine,  and  had  3  children.  Mary  M.  Lines  married  Abner  Beach,  of  Newark,  N. 
J.,  and  had  one  child.  Grace  Ann  Lines  married  F.  S.  Collins,  a  joiner  and  car- 
penter, and  had  6  children.     Charlotte  P.  Lines  married  F.  W.  Gilbert,  a  hotel- 

■  keeper ;  after  he  died  she  married  J .  R.  Harris. 

William  Lines,  born  Mar.  18,  1781,  married  1805,  Elizabeth  Osborn,  (daughter 
of  Capt.  Edward  Osborn).  He  was  a  sea  captain,  and  master  of  the  Brig  Shepherdess, 
many  years  sailing  from  this  port.  He  died  in  Savannah,  Qa.,  Oct.  10,  1822. 
Their  children  were  Edward,  born  1806,  married  and  had  children ;  residence, 

Chatham  Four  Corners.     Amelia,  born  1808,  married Smith,  a  purser  in  U. 

S.  N.     She  died  about  1861.     William  Frederick,  born  1810,  married  and  had 
children ;  residence,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Elizabeth  Lines,  born  July  5,  1783,  married  1810,  John  Chatterton,  son  of  Samuel 

'  and  Rhoda  (Ball)  Chatterton,  born  Nov.  10,  1781,  died  Sept.  3,  1834.  She 
died  Mar.  20,  1852.     Their  ten  children  were  John  Henry  Chatterton,  born  Feb. 

•2,  1811,  died  Jan.  15,  1846.  Elizabeth  Chatterton,  born  Aug  19,  1812,  died  Feb. 
7,  1828.  Samuel  Chatterton,  born  Jan.  5,  1816,  died  Oct.  10,  1816.  Thomas  Chat- 
terton, born  Aug.  16,  1818,  married,  Aug.  27,  1844,  Adeline  Marble  Bishop.  He 
removed  to  New  York,  where  he  has  for  many  years  done  a  large  and  prosperous 
business  as  a  manufacturer  and  wholesale  dealer  in  clothing ;  House  of  Thomas 
Chatterton  &  Co.,  365  &  867  Canal  St.,  near  Broadway.  He  has  many  interesting 
heirlooms  and  family  relics,  and  has  also  made  considerable  collections  of  local 
history,  biography,  anecdote  and  genealogy  relating  to  his  native  City  and  its  people. 
He  has  traced  mainly  from  original  records,  several  of  his  ancestral  lines,  and  has 
obtained  much  information  of  his  collateral  kindred  of  various  names.  For  the 
privilege  of  examining  these  papers  the  thanks  of  the  compiler  are  due.  (The 
above  from  the  "Tuttle  Genealogy").  Louisa  Augusta  Chatterton,  born  Aug. 
27,  1820,  married  Jeremiah  A.  Bishop,  Merchant  and  Bank  President.  She  died 
April  19,  1846.  Edwin  Star  Chatterton,  born  April  3,  1822,  died  Jan.  5,  1823. 
Susan  Lines  Chatterton,  born  Dec.  15, 1823,  died  May  5, 1825.  Francis  Chatterton, 
born  June  5,  1825,  married.  May,  1849,  Josephine  Riker ;  they  have  3  children : 
Alfred  Clark  Chatterton,  born  Oct.  14,  1826. 

Susanna  Lines,  born  May  31,  1785,  died  Jan.  21,  1871.  Marj'  Lines,  born  Mar. 
31,  1788,  married,  May  6,  1840,  Hon.  David  Daggett,  for  his  second  wife.  His 
first  wife  was  Wealthy  Ann  Munson,  daughter  of  Dr.  Eneas  Munson,  Senr.  He 
was  born  in  Attleboro,  Mass.,  Dec.  1,  1764,  died  April  12,  1851.  Graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1783.  Representative  in  Connecticut  Legislature  of  1791.  U.  S. 
Senator  from  Connecticut  in  1813,  1819.  Instructor  in  Yale  Law  School,  1824. 
Kent  Prof.  1826,  same  year  Judge  of  Sup.  Court,  and  LL.D.  from  Yale  College. 
Chief  Justice  of  Supreme  Com-t  of  Connecticut  in  1832;  retired  by  limitation  of 


FIFTH   GENKRATION".  61 

age  in  1834.  Francis  Lines,  born  May  31,  1790,  died  Feb.  8,  1869.  Major  Lines, 
born  July  11,  1792,  married,  July  11,  1843,  Martha  Truesdel.  They  resided  in 
Philadelphia.  He  died  in  Philadelphia,  Jan.  10,  1870.  They  had  one  son,  Theo- 
dore, born  Sept.  13,  1844,  is  in  prosperous  business  in  Philadelphia.  The  four 
sisters  above,  Elizabeth,  Susanna,  Mary  and  Frances,  were  taken  into  the  North 
Congregational  Church,  June,  1808. 

94.  Elisha,  born  about  1761.  I  had  always  heard  my  father  speak  of  his 
brother  Elisha,  as  being  remarkably  bright  and  likely,  but  very  impulsive,  daring, 
and  venturesome.  When  the  British  came  to  New  Haven,  in  1779,  he  being  a 
young  man  of  only  17  or  18  years  of  age.  When  they  were  marching  down  Broad- 
way he  took  his  loaded  gun  and  ran  down  College  St.  to  the  tavern,  corner  of  Col- 
lege and  Elm  Sts.,  and  as  the  British  had  got  down  nearly  to  where  now  is  High 
St.,  he,  quick  as  a  flash,  froiri  the  corner,  fired  into  them,  and  ran  with  all  his  might 
and  got  safely  way,  their  bullets  whizzing  after  him.  He  learned  a  tailor's  trade, 
and  when  some  35  years  of  age,  went  south,  and  died  in  Baltimore,  some  years 
after  :  uncertain  whether  he  ever  married. 

*95.  Glovee,  born  Dec.  30,  1767 ;  bapt.  Apr.  19,  1772.  Married  April  5, 
1792,  Mary  Aikins,  of  Danbury,Ct.  She  was  born  May  23, 1775.  Was  the  daughter 
of  Andrew  Aikins,  of  Wilton,  Ct.,  and  Deborah  (Foote)  Aikins,  born  Aug.  22,  1753, 
a  descendant  of  Nathaniel  Foote,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Wethersfield,  Ct.  She 
was  admitted  into  the  First  Cong.  Church,  Dr.  James  Dana,  pastor,.  Apr.  14,  1799. 
He  carried  on  the  hat  manufacturing  business  for  many  years  on  the  spot  on  which 
the  new  Sheflield  Scientific  School  building  is  built.  Some  of  his  sons  and  grand- 
sons have  carried  on  the  same  business  down  to  almost  the  present  time.  Stores 
on  State  and  Chapel  Sts.  He  was  a  great  antiquarian,  and  well  versed  in  the  his- 
tory and  all  the  legends  of  the  town. 

Just  before  the  "  Centennial  Celebration,"  Jul}'  4,  1879,  of  the  British  coming  to 
New  Haven  in  1779,  one  of  his  sons  furnished  the  following,  which  was  printed  in 
the  Morning  Courier: 

'*  In  ni}'  boyhood  I  had  often  heard  a  great  deal  about  the  British  coming  to  New 
Haven,  by  my  father  and  others,  and  had  had  my  mind  exceedingly  interested  from 
time  to  time  by  relations  of  incidents  that  took  place  on  that  wonderful  occasion, 
but  quite  vague  and  unconnected.  So  when  I  was  about  ten  years  of  age — I  recol- 
lect it  almost  as  of  yesterday,  and  the  place  where  the  whole  story  was  told  me — 
I  urged  my  father  to  tell  me  the  whole  thing  from  beginning  to  end,  and  his  being 
at  the  time,  as  I  thought,  in  good  mood  to  tell  stories,  he  finally  consented,  and  we 
sat  down  together  in  his  counting  room  all  alone  bj^  ourselves  in  the  evening,  about 
eight  or  nine  o'clock  ;  it  seemed  to  me  I  was  never  in  raj'  life  more  intensely  enter- 
tained for  full  two  hours  or  more,  and  I,  of  course,  had  a  great  many  questions  and 
explanations  to  ask.  My  father  was  twelve  years  old  at  the  time  the  British  came, 
he  said,  as  he  commenced  the  story. 

"There  had  been  various  alarms  that  morning  early,  ringing  the  bells,  etc.,  and 
rumors  through  the  town  that  they  were  certainly  coming,  but  his  father,  then 
somewhat  aged,  would  not  believe  it  would  amount  to  anything,  as  there  had  been 
so  many  false  alarms,  and  concluded  they  would  go  to  work  in  the  fields  near  by, 


63  Mansfield  genealogy. 

beiiiir  !i  tanner.  So  they  went  to  work,  as  usual,  early  in  the  morning.  They  had 
a  large  piece  of  rye  cut  on  the  lot,  afterward  owned  by  Prescott  &  Sherman  a  good 
many  years,  and  subsequently  by  the  late  Mayor  Skinner,  and  others,  on  what  is 
now  Prospect  St.,  extending  to  the  top  of  the  hill.  Thej'  kept  on  working  till  about 
nine  o'clock  without  much  fear  or  misgiving,  when  the  rumbling  report  of  a  distant 
field-piece  a  little  startled  them.  But  my  grandfather  was  not  j^et  convinced  they 
were  actuall)'  coming,  so  they  kept  on  raking  rye  still  longer,  when  another  report 
came  a  little  louder  and  nearer,  but  the  old  gentleman  was  not  convinced  yet.  By- 
and-by  another,  and  then  another  still  nearer,  l)ut  they  kept  on  raking,  as  it  might 
be  possiblj'  from  our  own  cannon.  Not  long  after,  there  was  a  discharge  of  mus- 
ketry and  a  field-piece  almost  simultaneously,  and  soon  after  more  musketr}',  and  as 
the  report  of  the  cannon  became  louder,  they  noticed  they  were  different  from  the  re- 
ports of  the  old  iron  cannons  they  were  accustomed  to  hear,  being  sharper,  from 
brass  pieces.  The  firing  rapidly  becoming  more  frequent  and  louder,  the  father 
says  to  his  son,  '  The  British  really  are  coming,  sure  enough,  and  we  won't  work 
any  longer,'  and  throwing  down  their  rakes,  they  left  the  field  at  once. 

"At  this  time  they  had  probably  marched  as  far  as  Allingtown,  and  considerably 
this  side  of  there.  My  grandfather,  being  old  and  lame,  went  home  and  remained 
there  during  the  occupation  of  the  town  by  the  British.  My  father,  a  twelre-year- 
old  boy,  went  up  the  second-quarter  road,  now  Prospect  St.,  up  to  the  top  of  the 
liill,  whore  a  great  many  of  our  people  were  collected.  At  that  time  the}'  could 
look  down  into  the  region  of  Broadway,  Ditch  Corner,  &c.,  and  discern  objects 
quite  distinctly,  as  there  was  not  much  obstruction  by  buildings,  fences  and  shade- 
trees.  My  father  said  he  could  see  the  '  red  coats  '  plainly  and  distinctly,  swinging 
their  caps  and  shouting  '  hurro !  hurrol'  and  firing  upon  our  people.  It  was  a  clear 
day,  and  they  could  see  their  muskets  and  bayonets  glistening  in  the  sun.  The 
British  were  scattered  around  considerably,  and  he  said  he  saw  one  fellow  deliber- 
ately load  his  piece  and  fire  it  off,  as  distinctly  as  though  he  were  right  before  him. 

"  After  remaining  on  the  high  ground  for  some  time  with  our  people,  it  began  to 
be  rumored  around  that  they  were  putting  out  their  guard  or  sentinels,  to  surround 
the  town,  as  some  of  them  had  notice  of  it,  and  it  wouldn't  do  to  stay  there  much 
longer,  which  proved  true  Some  were  in  vehicles  with  valuables,  some  on  foot, 
others  on  horseback.  It  finally  became  apparent  it  was  unsafe  to  remain  there  any 
longer,  and  they  began  to  leave  for  their  several  places  of  retreat  in  the  adjoining 
country  farm  houses.  As  my  father  stood  there  in  the  throng,  an  acquaintance,  a 
man  by  name  of  Beecher,  on  horseback,  called  to  him  and  said,  "  come,  get  up  be- 
hind me,"  calling  him  by  his  first  name,  which  he  very  promptly  did,  and  in  quick 
time  they  all  soon  scattered  away,  not  knowing  probablj',  most  of  them,  whither 
they  were  going.  Mr.  Beecher  and  the  boy  rode  out  about  five  miles  into  Hamden, 
and  stopped  at  a  kind  farmer's  house  till  the  British  left  the  town.  I  recollect,  he  said, 
they  had  hasty  pudding  and  milk  for  supper  and  he  never  more  relished  a  meal  in 
his  life,  he  was  so  hungry,  His  parents  knew  nothing  what  had  become  of  him,  and 
were  anxious  almost  to  distraction  about  him.  On  making  enquiry  of  one  of  the 
British  concerning  him,  he  replied  "  they  saw  in  a  lot  just  above  them  a  boy  as  de- 
scribed, lying  dead  and  bayoneted." 

"  After  the  British  left  the  town  he  came  home,  to  the  great  relief  and  joy  of  his 


FIFTH    GEXERATIOX,  63 

parents,  all  safe  and  sound.  The  next  day  he  went  all  around  to  see  the  damages  and 
the  results.  He  saw  feather  beds  ripped  open  and  the  feathers  scattered  around, 
looking-glasses  dashed  to  pieces,  dead  hogs  and  other  domestic  animals  bayoneted 
just  for  sport  and  wantonness,  and  many  other  things,  and  furniture  mutilated  and 
destro\'ed.  In  coming  to  the  old  brick  grammar  School,  which  stood  on  the  corner 
of  the  Green,  about  fifty  feet  east  of  the  front  of  the  North  Church,  in  which  some 
fifteen  or  twenty  prisoners  including  some  Hessians,  were  confined  and  guarded, 
which  excited  a  great  deal  of  interest  and  curiosity,  he  found  crowds  of  spectators 
there  and  many  from  the  country.  Some  of  the  prisoners  were  ■wounded,more  or  less 
severely.  He  recollected  one  of  the  prisoners  asking  the  bystanders  for  a  string  to 
lie  round  and  keep  on  one  of  his  bandages,  and  one  of  the  Potter  Farm  women,  from 
Hamden,  answering  him,  "I'll  give  you  a  string  to  hang  j-ou  with."  The  soldiers 
stole  some  valuables,  including  a  choice  silver  tankard  from  his  father's  house.  A 
party  bivouaced  in  a  lot  near  the  old  Prof.  Silliman  place,  the  night  they  were  here, 
and  made  a  large  fire  in  sight  of  his  father's  house,  and  cooked  for  themselves 
Johnny  Cake.  Near  noon  of  tliat  day  a  party  of  our  soldiers  pulled  off  boards  from 
his  father's  barn  in  the  rear  of  his  house  to  make  a  breastwork  of,  and  made  a  stand, 
consequently  the  house  itself  received  several  of  the  bullets  of  the  enemy.  A  lady 
visitor  there  in  the  act  of  stooping  down  to  lay  an  infant  child  on  the  bed,  very  nar- 
rowly escaped  a  bullet,  that  lodged  in  the  wall  in  range  of  her  body,  had  she  not 
been  stooping.  His  father  owned  a  slave,  who  I  belief  was  born  in  Africa,  and  had 
been  his  grandfather's  many  years.  This  grandfather  was  then  living,  towards  90 
years  of  age,  and  a  deacon  of  the  First  Church.  Tiie  slave's  name  was  Kent,  well 
known  through  the  town  for  his  witty  and  humorous  sayings,  and  would  on  occa- 
sions .sometimes  get  a  little  boozy.  It  was  given  out  by  the  British  commander 
that  no  lights  would  be  allowed  in  any  house  in  the  town  that  night,  and  that  the 
utmost  stillness  should  be  observed,  but  old  Kent  having  imbibed  too  freely  of  some 
intoxicating  liquor,  probably  rum,  acted  as  if  he  were  possessed,  lighted  a  candle 
and  capsized  boxes  and  heavy  things  in  the  house  and  made  all  the  noise  he  could, 
which  frightened  the  folks  almost  to  death,  fearing  the  worst  consequences,  but  he 
was  finally  subdued  and  taken  care  of.  He  related  that  for  several  years  after,  in 
going  of  errands  across  lots  into  Broadway,  he  could  see  traces  of  the  tight  in  bullet 
holes  through  the  rails  and  fences.  I  presume  at  that  time  they  could  see  through 
and  all  over  the  town,  and  go  acro.ss  lots  as  in  the  country  I  have  in  my  posses- 
sion an  old  oaken  chest  that  the  above  slave  used  to  keep  his  cocked  hat  and  Simday 
clothes  in.  It  was  thought  possibly  it  might  have  been  brougiit  over  from  England 
by  his  senior  master's  grandfather,  the  settler.  My  father  related  to  me  the  whole 
story  and  incidents  of  the  invasion  as  far  as  he  knew^  and  recollected  at  the  time. 
He  told  me  of  the  killing  of  Mr.  Tuttle,  and  cutting  out  his  tongue,  and  stabbing 
and  murdering  old  Mr.  Beers,  and  I^nglish.  He  gave  tiie  nuniber  of  killed  and 
wounded  on  both  sides,  as  near  as  were  known,  lie  knew  and  had  seen  many  of 
them  on  our  side  that  were  killed,  some  of  them  from  Hamden,  and  adjoining  towns. 
The  whole  stor}'  of  the  detachment  of  the  British  that  landed  on  East  Haven  side, 
the  hot  reception  which  they  received,  of  Mr.  Pardeis  having  his  head  shot  off  by 
an  eighteen  pound  ball  from  the  British  fleet,  their  l)urning  many  buildings,  and 
other  incidents  iu  East  Haven  he  fully  related.     Also  of  President  Daggett's  going 


64  MANSFIELD    GENEALOGY. 

out  to  fight  them  and  being  taken  prisoner  and  beaten,  insulted  and  abused,  and 
many  other  well  known  incidents  or  acts  of  the  invasion,  from  their  landing  at  yavin 
Rock,  their  march  into  the  town,  their  occupation  and  departure." 

''  Our  father  was  one  of  the  most  affectionate  of  parents,  very  social,  kind,  and  in- 
teresting. Exceedingly  industrious  and  diligent,  even  till  within  a  short  time  before 
his  death.  He  was  proverbially  honest  in  his  dealings:  and  our  mother  used  to 
often  say  that  in  his  business  and  bargains,  he  seemed  to  have  more  regard  for  tlie 
interests  of  those  he  was  dealing  with,  than  for  his  own  ;  and  she  thought  people 
often  took  the  advantage  of  that  trait  in  his  character.  He  died  of  the  dysentery 
Oct.  26,  1849,  aged  83.  Our  mother  ix)ssessed  the  virtues  and  graces  of  the  true 
christian  in  an  eminent  degree.  It  seemed  to  us  there  never  was  a  more  faithful 
and  affectionate  parent.  She  endured  many  trials  and  sorrows  of  an  unusually 
protracted  life,  with  the  greatest  patience  and  fortitude  serenely  sustained  with  the 
Christian's  hope.     She  died  Nov.  8,  1858,  aged  83." 


58.     RICHARD,  D.  D.  Derby.  Conn. 

This  family  numbers  twelve  children. 
*96.     Richard,  born  Sept.  3,  1752 ;  bapt.  Sept.  10,  1752.    Married  Abia  Shellon. 

97.  Elizabeth,  bapt.  Sept.  29,  1754,  commonly  called  Betsey.  Remained  un- 
married. After  the  death  of  her  mother,  who  died  Aug.  20,  1776,  aged  40.  she 
devoted  her  life  to  the  care  of  her  father  and  his  large  family  of  motherless  chil- 
dren. She  reached  her  72nd  year,  universally  respected  and  beloved.  On  her 
monument  is  inscribed,  "  Forever  with  the  Lord."  A  life  of  rare  devotion  to  filial 
duty.  "  This  woman  was  full  of  good  works  and  almsdeeds  which  she  did."  Acts 
ix.,  36.     She  died  Feb.  22,  1826. 

98.  Anna.  bapt.  May  2,  1756.  Married  Major  Elijah  Humphreys  Oct.  23,  1774. 
He  died  on  his  way  to  the  West  Indies,  July  2,  1785,  in  the  40th  year  of  his  age, 
and  was  buried  in  Martinico.  She  died  Apr.  11,  1841,  aged  85.  Their  children 
were  Anna  Humphreys,  born  Sept.  14,  1775;  died  Nov.  15,  1854,  in  Manhattan, 
111.  She  married  Rev.  James  Thompson,  an  Episcopal  Minister  in  Durham,  Green 
Co.,  N.  Y.  Their  children  were  Caroline  Thompson,  born  Feb.  18,  1802,  died  in 
Manhattan,  111.,  Jan.  9,  1858.  3Iansfield  Thompson,  born  July  13,  1803;  died  of 
yellow  fever  in  New  York  City.  Aug.  21,  1822.  Hezekiah  Thompson,  born  Aug. 
23,  1808;  died  in  Durham,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  16,  1882.  Sarah  Ann  Thompson,  born 
Nov.  21,  1813.  Betsey  Thompson,  born  Aug.  19,  1816;  died  in  Albany.  N.  Y., 
Apr.  30,  1880.  Elijah  Thompson,  died  young.  Caroline  Thompson,  married  Apr. 
2t>,  1825,  John  Young.  Their  children  were  Ann  Elizalieth  Young,  born  on  Staten 
Island,  N.  Y.,  Nov.,  1826;  died,  aged  3  days.  James  Thompson  Young,  born  in 
Ohio,  May  6,  1828.  Mansfield  Young,  born  in  New  York  City,  Dec.  26,  1830. 
Caroline  Elizabeth  Young,  born  in  New  York  City,  July  3,  1833,  and  Edward 
Y'oung,  born  in  Durham,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  6,  1837.  James  Thompson  Young,  married 
in  New  York  City  June  13,  1856,  Caroline  Garrison;  has  always  resided  in  New 
Y(jrk ;  is  President  of  Staten  Island  Dyeing  and  Printing  Establishment. 


FIFTH    GEXERATIOX.  65 

They  have  had  five  children,  viz.:  Ella  Garrison  Young,  born  in  N.  Y.  City. 
Caroline  Estella  Young,  born  in  N.  Y.  Willoughby  Thompson  Young,  born 
in  N.  Y.,  died.  Virginia  Custis  Young,  born  in  N.  Y.,  and  Samuel  Marsh  Young, 
born  in  N.  Y.  Mansfield  Young,  married  May  6,  1863,  in  N.  Y.  City,  Sarah  Walker, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Walker.  She  was  born  Jan.  7,  1842,  and  died  May  25,  1876, 
leaving  no  children.  Her  husband  now  resides  in  Joliet,  111.  Sarah  Walker  was 
born  in  N.  Y.  City,  and  was  born  of  Quaker  parentage,  and  was  baptized  and  con- 
firmed in  tlie  Episcopal  Church  in  1864,  at  Orange,  N.  J.,  and  now  sleeps  in  Joliet, 
III.  Caroline  Elizabeth  Young,  maiTied  June  11,  1863,  Frank  Cagwin,  a  Banker, 
in  Joliet,  111 ;  no  children.  Edward  Young,  married  Feb.  13,  1865,  Annie  E.  Hoyt, 
of  Greenwich,  Ct.     They  reside  in  Joliet,  111. 

Their  children  are  George  Warner,  born  in  Manhattan,  111.,  Mar.  25^  1866. 
Charles  Herbert,  born  in  3Ianhattan,  111.,  Sept.  21,  1867.  John  Mansfield,  born  in 
Manhattan,  111.,  Nov.  21, 1869.  Heusted  Thompson,  born  in  Manhattan,  111.,  May 
10,  1872,  and  F.  Edward,  born  in  Joliet,  111.,  Dec.  13,  1876. 

Sarah  Ann  Thompson,  daughter  of  the  above  Rev.  James  Thompson,  married 
Orin  Peckham,  Oct.  13,  1834,  she  had  one  son,  George  Thompson,  Peckham,  born 
Mar.  25,  1837,  who  married  Mary  Dickerman,  of  Turner's  Junction,  N.  Y.,  June 
1871,  where  he  now  resides.  By  her  second  husband, Capt.  Edward  Blakeslee  Crafts, 
to  whom  she  was  married  Oct.  9, 1846,  she  had  three  children,  Elizabeth  Mansfield 
Crafts,  born  in  Derby,  July  25,  1848,  Edward  Thompson  Crafts,  born  in  Derby, 
Dec.  29.  1850,  and  John  Young  Crafts,  born  in  Manhattanville,  111.,  June  8,  1852, 
4^  died  Sept.  20,  1852.  Elizabeth  Mansfield  Crafts,  married  June  12,  1872,  Abi- 
w  Cagwin.  She  now  lives  in  Joliet,  III.,  and  has  two  children,  viz.:  Edward 
Crafts  Cagwin,  born  in  Joliet,  Nov.  3,  1874,  and  Francis  Mansfield  Cagwin,  born 
in  Joliet,  Feb.  1,  1877.  Edward  Thompson  Crafts  is  a  Physician,  unmarried,  and 
resides  in  Chicago.  Betsey  Thompson,  daughter  of  the  above  Rev.  James  Thomp- 
son, married  Apr.  1837,  Edward  Hand,  in  Durham,  N.  Y.  They  both  died  in  Al- 
bany, N.  Y.,  and  had  three  children,  viz.:  Edward  Hand,  born  in  1838,  died  in 
infancy.  Kate  Thompson  Hand,  born  in  Durham,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  1842,  and  John 
Thompson  Hand,  born  in  Durham,  Nov.  1844.  Sarah  Humphreys,  daughter  of  the 
above  Major  Elijah  Humphreys,  born  in  Derby,  Dec.  22,  1777,  married  Moses 
Austin,  and  died  in  1865 — no  children.  Elijah  Humphreys,  son  of  the  above  Ma- 
jor Elijah  Humphreys,  was  born  in  N.  Y.  City,  Oct.  12,  1779,  married  Maria  Eld- 
ridge  in  New  York,  sister  of  Mrs.  Mclntyre,  (Vide  Hist,  of  Derby,  pp.  600,  601). 
He  died  in  1834.  Their  5  children  were  Annie,  born  Sept.  15,  1823,  died  Aug.  6, 
1856.  Maria  Louise,  born  Aug.  17,  1825,  died  June  11,  1833.  Elijah,  junr.,  born 
Jan.  25,  1829,  died  Dec.  1,  1829.  Elijah,  born  in  Derby,  Ct.,  Aug.  W,  1833,  un- 
married. Edward,  born  June  20,  1834,  died  immamed,  Aug.  27,  1870.  Annie 
married  Admiral  Aaron  K.  Hughes,  U.  S.  N.  They  had  Emma  Hughes,  died  in 
infancy,  and  Annie  Mansfield  Hughes,  born  in  Erie,  Pa.,  Dec.  14,  1849,  married 
Cornelius  Disosway,  a  hardware  merchant  in  New  York  City.  They  had  four 
children,  Annie  Marion  Disosway,  born  in  New  York,  Feb.  11,  1875,  now  living. 
Rosilie  Disosway,  born  on  Staten  Island,  Mar.  17,  1876,  died  Jan.  14,  1877.  Cor- 
nelius Humphreys  Disosway,  born  on  Staten  Island,  Jan.  28,  1878,  died  July  29, 
1878,  and  Aaron  K.  Hughes  Disosway,  born  on  Staten  Island,  Nov.  30,  1880,  de- 
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66     •  ■  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

ceased.  Betsey  Humphreys,  daughter  of  the  above  Capt.  Elijah  Humphreys,  was 
born  in  Derby,  Ct.,  Oct.  10,  1781,  and  died  Dec.  9,  1864,  aged  82.  She  married 
Capt.  Thomas  Vose,  a  prominent  man,  and  sea  captain,  in  the  town  of  Derby, 
Ct.,  who  died  Sept.  30, 1845,  aged 73.  Thej'  had  one  child,  Ann,  who  died  Jan.  17, 
1811,  at  the  age  of  G  years. 

David  Humphreys,  the  youngest  child  of  the  above  Major  Elijah  Humphreys, 
was  born  Feb.  26,  1784,  and  died  in  New  Orleans  1809,  aged  25. 

99.  Sakaii,  born  Aug.  9,  1758,  baptized  Sept.  17,  1758,  married  Kev.  Edward 
Blakeslee,  who  for  several  years  assisted  his  father-in-law  in  the  parish  of  Derby. 
He  died  July  17,  1797,  aged  30.  She  died  Dec.  23,  1790.  They  had  one  child,  Sa- 
rah Mansfield  Blakeslee,  who  married  Pearl  Crafts,  M.  D.,  Dec.  24,  1812.  Their 
childreh  were  Edward  Blakeslee  Crafts,  Elizabeth  Mansfield  Crafts,  Samuel  Pearl 
Crafts  and  Julia  Maria  Crafts  ;  the  last  two  died  in  infancy.  Edward  Blakeslee 
Crafts,  (born  1814,  died  1883),  mairied  Sarah  Peckham,  widow  of  Orin  Peckham. 
Their  children  have  already  been  mentioned.  Elizabeth  Mansfield  Crafts  married 
Edward  Clark — no  children. 

100.  Henrietta,  born  Oct.  3,  1760,  baptized  Nov.  16,  1760,  died  Feb.  3, 1761. 

101.  Joseph,  born  Feb.  24,  1762,  baptized  Mar.  13.  1762,  died  Dec.  19,  1782. 
It  is  recorded  in  New  Haven  Trinity  Church  Records,  that  the  Rector  of  said 
Church,  Dr.  Hubbard,  was  called  to  officiate  at  his  funeral,  Dec.  22,  1782. 

*102.  William,  baptized  Jan.  12,  1764,  Grad.  Yale  Coll.  1784,  married  Eunice 
Hull.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Derby,  and  carried  on  an  extensive  business,  was  en- 
gaged also  in  tlie  mauufacture  of  linseed  oil.  He  died  Oct.  1,  1816,  in  liis  53rd 
year.     They  had  eleven  children. 

103.  StephExV,  born  Sept.  12, 1765,  baptized  Sept.  15,  1765,  died  Aug.  9,  1819, 
in  his  54th  year.  His  death  was  the  result  of  a  singular  accident.  Driving  along 
in  his  buggy,  he  saw  overhead  a  branch  of  a  tree  so  decayed  that  it  seemed  ready 
to  fall.  He  seized  hold  of  it  as  he  was  passing,  to  break  it  off,  but  the  branch  prov- 
ing stronger  than  he  anticipated,  pulled  him  out  of  the  buggy.  He  fell  on  the  back 
of  his  head,  and  was  killed. 

104.  Jonathan,  baptized  Jan.  21,  1768,  died  in  infancy. 

105.  Jonathan,  baptized  Nov.  12,  1769,  died  Dec.  10,  1770. 

106.  Ldceetia,  born  Jan.  12,  1772,  baptized  Feb.  2,  1772,  and  died  Feb.  10, 
1849.  She  married,  Aug.  10,  1796,  Abel  Allte.  Their  six  children  were  Mansfield 
Allis,  born  Aug.  9,  1797,  died  Aug.  18, 1797.  Richard  Mansfield  Allis,  born  Sept. 
10,  1799,  died  Oct.  6, 1799.  Mansfield  Allis,  born  Nov.  9, 1800,  died  Nov.  26.1800. 
William  Mansfield  Allis,  born  Jan.  31,  1803.  Stephen  Giles  Mardenbrough  Allis, 
born  June  5,  1805,  and  Caroline  Allis,  born  Sept.  15,  1809.  William  Mansfield 
Allis  removed  to  Mississippi,  married  and  died,  leaving  no  children.  Stephen  Giles 
Mardenbrough  Allis,  married  Ann  Chapin.  Their  six  children  died  in  infancy. 
They  reside  in  Waverly,  111.  Caroline  Allis  married,  Sept.  9,  1833,  Rev.  Oliver 
Hopson,  an  Episcopal  minister.  Their  eight  children  were  Richard  Mansfield  Hop- 
son,  born  Dec.  22,  1834,  died  Apr.  28,  1835.     William  Allis  Hopson,  born  Apr.  20, 


FIFTH    GENERATION".  67 

1836,  died  Aug.  31,  1873.  George  Bailey  Hopson,  boru  Jan.  18,  1838.  Caroline 
Scovill  Hopson,  born  Jan.  26,  1840.  Edward  Crafts  Hopson,  boru  June  18,  1843, 
died  Oct.  19,  1864.  Elizabeth  Crafts  Hopson,  born  Apr.  21,  1845.  Mansfield  Co- 
biah  Hopson,  born  Mar.  23,  1848,  and  Mary  Clark  Hopson,  born  Mar.  3,  1850. 
William  AUis  Hopson  removed  south,  and  entered  into  the  mercantile  business  in 
Macon,  Ga.  He  married  in  1866,  Miss  Virginia  Connor.  Their  children  are  Georgia, 
born  June  25,  1870,  and  Virginia,  born  Sept.  17,  1872.  Rev.  George  Bailey  Hop- 
.sob,  an  Episcopal  Minister,  and  Professor  of  Latin,  in  St.  Stephens  College,  Annan- 
dale,  N.  Y.,  married  Mar.  29, 1864,  Mary  Williamson  Johnston.  Their  children  are 
Francis  Johnston,  born  Feb.  4,  1865.  Caroline  AUis,  born  Mar.  8, 1866,  died  Mar. 
27.  1867.  Mary  Williamson,  born  Feb.  23,  1868,  died  Jan.  6,  1874.  Edward 
Mansfield,  born  May  31,  1870,  died  Feb.  6,  1874,  and  William  Oliver,  born  Nov. 
19,  1872. 

Caroline  Scovill  Hopson,  daughter  of  the  above  Rev.  Oliver  Hopson,  married 
Rev.  James  Starr  Clark,  D.  D.,  an  Episcopal  Minister,  and  Rector  of  Trinity  School, 
Tivoli,  N.  Y.  Their  children  are  Ann  Mansfield  Clark,  born  Oct.  14,  1874,  and 
Margaret  Elizabeth  Clark,  born  Nov.  23, 1876.  Elizabeth  Crafts  Hopson,  daughter 
of  the  above  Rev.  Oliver  Hopson,  married  Dec.  27,  1871.  John  Cu}ier  Baker,  a 
farmer  in  Manhattan,  111.  Their  children  are  Helen  Mary  Baker,  born  June  2,  1878. 
George  Welsh  Baker,  born  May  7,  1882,  died  Sept.  14,  1882,  and  Clark  Guy  Baker, 
born  Aug.  3, 1883.  Mansfield  Cobia  Hopson,  son  of  the  above  Rev.  Oliver  Hopson, 
is  a  farmer  residing  in  Waverly,  111.,  married  Sept.  22, 1874,  Cornelia  Mason  Bailey. 
Their  children  are  John  Neal,  born  July  22,  1875,  and  Fanny  Bailey,  born  Feb.  27, 
1880.  Marj'  Clark  Hopson,  daughter  of  the  above  Rev.  Oliver  Hopson,  married 
Aug.  2,  1877,  William  Brown,  Cashier  of  a  Bank  in  Waverly,  111.  Their  children 
are  Cornelia  Kate  Brown,  born  Mar.  6, 1881,  ancj  Edward  Tanner  Brown,  born  June 
18,  1883. 

107.  Mart  Louisa,  baptized  June  12,  1774,  died  May  6,  1863.  She  married 
Giles  Mardenbrough.  Their  children  were  Eliza  A.  Mardenbrough,  and  Louisa  Mar- 
denbrough.  Eliza  E.  Mardenbrough  married,  Oct.  20,  1822,  Capt.  Richard  Marshal] 
Clark,  who  was  born  Feb.  13,  1789,  and  died  Jan.  19,  1854.  He  was  an  extensive 
shipping  merchant  in  New  Haven  for  many  yeans.  Their  children  were  Richard 
Marshall  Clark,  John  Mardenbrough  Clark,  who  died  unmarried,  Nov.  4,  1853,  in 
Natches,  Miss.,  aged  27.  Wilhelmina  Verveer  Clark,  who  died  Nov.  7,  1833,  aged 
5.  William  Lintot  Clark,  Mary  Louise  Clark,  Wilhelmina  Clark,  and  Joseph  Farran 
Clark.  Richard  Marshall  Clark,  Junr.,  died  unmarried  Nov.  19, 1883.  Mary  Louise 
Clark,  married,  Dec.  26,  1867,  Prof.  Charles  D.  Vail,  of  Hobert  College,  Geneva,  N. 
Y.,  and  died  Sept.  11,  1874,  leaving  one  child,  Louis  Mardenbrough  Vail.  William 
Lintot  Clark  married  Frederica  Kimberly,  removed  to  Sacramento,  Cal.,  and  died 
Dec.  22,  1874,  leaving  three  children,  viz.:  Eliza  Mardenbrough  Clark,  William 
Lintot  Clark,  and  Joseph  Marshall  Clark.  Wilhelmina  Clark  married  June  11,1863, 
John  P.  DeLancy,  son  of  Bishop  DeLaucy  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.  He  died  June  22, 1870, 
leaving  no  children.  Joseph  F.  Clark,  son  of  the  above  Capt.  Richard  Marshall  Clark, 
is  unmarried.  Louisa  Mardenbrough,  daughter  of  the  above  Giles  Mardenbrough, 
was  born  in  St.  Martins,  W.  I.,  July  25,  1806,  and  died  Nov.  20,  1883,  in  Ansonia, 
Ct.     She  married,  Mar.  4, 1840,  Eleazar  Peck,  who  was  born  in  Woodbury,  Ct., 


68  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

June  4,  1808,  ami  died  July  34,  1878.  He  was  a  merciiaut  in  Ansonia,  (Derby). 
Tlieir  children  were  Charles  Edward  Peck,  born  June  14,  1841,  and  died  Sept.  19, 
1852.  John  Verveer  Peck,  who  died  Dec.  10, 1850,  aged  6  years  and  two  months. 
Jane  M.  Peck,  who  died  Feb.  2,  1855,  aged  8  years,  and  Eliza  Peck,  born  June  13, 
1843,  and  married  June  13,  1865,  Albert  W.  Webster,  who  was  born  at  Pleasant 
Valley,  Ct.,  Jan.  21,  1838.  They  had  three  children,  Louise  Mardenbrough  Web- 
ster, born  Mar.  5,  1866.  William  Walter  Webster,  born  Mar.  16,  1869,  and  Susie, 
(twin  daughter),  born  Mar.  16,  1869s  and  died  July  13,  1869.  Mrs.  Webster  died 
Aug.  10,  1882,  aged  39. 

108.     Graok,  born  Aug.  15,  1776,  baptized  Aug.  25,  1766,  and  died  Oct.  14, 
1776. 


SIXTH    GENERATION. 


61.     DAVID.  Harwinton,  Ct. 

The  records  of  the  descendants  of  the  above  David  Mansfield  were  furnished 
too  late  to  be  inserted  in  the  regular  order,  with  the  numbers  attached  to  each  name. 
His  children  were  Mary,  born  Aug.  11,  1771 ;  married  John  Hosford,  of  Litchfield, 
Ct. ,  and  had  several  children.  They  removed  to  the  Western  Reserve,  Ohio,  where 
some  of  tlie  descendants  are  still  living.  Joseph  C,  born  May  15,  1775;  never 
married ;  died  Mar.  14,  1883.  He  was  subject  to  epileptic  fits  from  infancy,  and 
always  lived  Avith  his  father's  family.  David,  Junr.,  born  May  31,  1777,  married 
July  13,  1806,  Widow  Hannah  Gillette  Goodwin,  who  died  Apr.  3,  1842.  He 
always  lived  in  Harwinton,  occupation,  farmer;  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  He  died  Mar.  5,  1865.  Their  five  children  were  as  follows:  Asahel  G., 
born  July  4,  1807,  was  never  married.  He  was  lost  at  sea  in  returning  from  Cuba 
in  1851.  He  was  a  verj^  scholarly  man,  being  a  phj'sician,  and  having  studied 
civil  engineering.  He  also  composed  music :  was  making  a  book  at  the  time  he 
died.  Prof.  Mason  of  the  "  Boston  Academy  of  Music,"  said  his  work  was  equal 
to  that  of  any  of  the  English  composers,  and  that  he  had  no  equals  in  this  State. 
He  could  speak  or  write  correctly  in  seven  different  languages,  was  a  member  of 
the  "Harwinton  Board  of  Education,''  at  one  time.  Jeremiali  P.,  born  Jan.  6, 
1809  ;  married  Mary  Hosford,  of  Ohio,  who  was  born  Mar.  14, 1826,  and  died  Aug. 
15,  1872.  He  is  a  machinist,  and  farmer,  in  Ganges  township,  AUigan  Co.,  Mich. 
Their  four  children  are  as  follows:  Oscar  Delos,  born  Sept.  16,  1854,  is  a  telegraph 
operator  in  Chicago.  Sidney  David,  born  June  15,  1857.  Lucj'  Adelaid,  born 
Sept.  30,  1859 :  married  May,  1881,  Whitcomb  Hendrys.  Residence  Dakota. 
Have  a  daughter,  born  Nov.  13,  1882;  and  Henry  Lewis,  born  Sept.  29,  1863^  is  a 
joiner  and  carpenter.  Abigail  C,  born  Mar.  20,  1811,  married  Nov.  24,  1830, 
Thomas  J.  Bailey,  of  Harwinton.  Their  son,  Henry  Bailey,  married  May  23, 
1871,  Amelia  L.  Marshall,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  later  of  Green  Bay,  Wis.  She 
died  a  few  years  after  their  marriage  without  leaving  any  children.     He  is  a  part- 


70  MAXSFTELD    GENEALOGY. 

Tier  with  his  father  in  the  wood  turning  business  in  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  where  they 
own  a  shop  or  factory.  John,  born  Apr.  30,  1814  ;  never  married ;  owns  a  farm 
in  Burlington.  Hartford  Co.,  Ct.,  where  he  carries  on  farming.  He  has  a  remark- 
ably clear  conception  of  numbers,  and  employs  a  considerable  part  of  his  leisure 
time  in  doing  problems  in  the  higher  mathematics.  David  E.,  youngest  child  of 
David,  Junr.,  born  May  23,  1818;  married,  Dec.  13,  1855,  Lucj'  Newell  Churchill, 
who  died  Apr.  20,  1873.  He  married  second  Clara  Marvin,  of  Litchfield.  He  is  a 
farmer,  and  lives  on  the  old  homestead  in  Harwinton.  Had  by  his  first  wife  Da- 
vid Baker,  born  July  27,  1856,  and  John  Asahel,  born  Apr.  20,  1858.  They  both 
live  at  home  with  their  father,  and  are  farmers.  Am  indebted  to  David  B.  for 
most  of  the  information  of  the  descendants  of  David  Mansfield,  Senr.  Ruth, 
daughter  of  David  Mansfield,  Senr.,  born  July  25,  1778;  married  May  28,  1811, 
Willard  Hodges,  of  Torrington,  Ct.  She  died  Jan.  15,  1864.  He  died  June  9,  . 
1817.  Their  two  children  were  as  follows:  Sally  Emeline,  born  Mar.  8,  1812; 
married  Sheldon  Barber,  Apr.  10,  1833,  of  Torrington,  by  whom  she  had  one  son, 
Willard  Hodges  Barber,  who  is  the  wealthiest  farmer  in  Torrington.  She  died 
Nov.  3,  1863.  Eunice  Willard  Hodges,  born  June  19,  1817,  married  Oct.  30, 
1837,  Hon.  John  Marsh  Wadhams,  of  Goshen,  Ct.,  who  has  represented  Goshen 
in  the  Connecticut  Legislature  several  terms,  and  was  State  senator  one  term.  She 
died  Aug.  7,  1855.  Betsey,  the  next  child  of  David  Mansfield,  Senr., born  Feb.  2, 
1781,  never  married ;  always  lived  with  her  fathers  family  ;  died  of  consumption 
Nov.  29,  1816.  Eunice,  the  next  and  last  child  of  David  Mansfield,  Senr.,  born 
Aug.  21,  1784,  never  married ;  also  lived  with  her  father's  family,  and  died  Dec. 
2,  1816. 

64.     TITUS.  New  Haven,  "Mansfield  Farms." 

*109.  Ebkn'ezer,  born  July  16,  1757,  married  Mary  Lewis  Sept.  23, 1784,  and 
died  Oct.  8, 1819.  She  died  Mar.  8, 1844,  aged  79.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  farmer. 
He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  saw  Major  Andre  hung.  He  received  a 
silver  dollar  from  Lady  Washington,  for  making  her  a  milking  stool. 

*110.  En'os,  born  Dec.  12,  1758,  married,  April  4, 1791,  Elizabeth  Jacobs,  and 
died  Feb.  20. 1814.  She  died  Apr.  22,  1850,  aged  84.  He  was  a  farmer  at  "  Mans- 
field Farms,"  now  Hamden.  * 

111.  Hannah,  born  Feb.  12.  1761 ;  baptized  Apr.  19,  1761.  Married, Daniel 
Tuttle.     Their  children  were  Betsej',  Lydia,  P0II3'  and  Sally. 

*112.     RionARD,  born  May  24,  1763  ;  married  Mary  Stiles,  (who  was  born  Feb. 

22,  1763),  a  daughter  of  Isaac  Stiles.     He  died  .     She  died  Mar.  13,  1828, 

aged  65.     He  was  a  saddler.     Tliey  lived  in  North  Haven,  Ct. 

113.     Mabel,  born  1767,  bapt.  Sept.  11,  1767  ;  died  Mar.  5,  1773. 

*114.  Titus,  born  1770,  married,  July  16,  1795,  Hannah  Ives.  He  died  Jan. 
19,  1829,  aged  59.     He  lived  in  what  is  now  Hamden  ;  was  a  blacksmith. 

*115.  Jesse,  born  Aug,  11,  1772;  married  Kezlah  Stiles,  who  was  born  Nov. 
11,  1772.  He  died  July  21,  1825.  She  died  July  4,  1854,  aged  82.  They  lived 
in  what  is  now  Hamden.     He  was  a  carpenter. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  71 

116.  Mabel,  born  1774,  married  Joel  Todd.  He  died  Sept.  11,  1820.  She 
died  Sept.  13,  1857.  Their  children  were  Dennis,  Orrin,  George,  Seloma,  Caleb 
and  Mabel. 

*117.     Lemuel,  born ,  married  Mary  Cooper,  (who  was  baptized  in  Cong. 

Church,  North  Haven,  May  6,  1821),  Dec.  24,  1800,  and  died  Sept.  26,  1826.  He 
was  a  farmer.     They  lived  in  North  Haven. 

*118.  Joel,  born  1778,  married  Terza  Jacobs.  He  died  July  25,  1824,  aged 
46.     He  was  a  farmer.     They  lived  in  North  Haven. 

119.     Mary,  (or  Polly),  born  ,  married  Lyman  Smith.     Their  children 

were  Emeline,  Almira,  Mary,  Julius,  David  and  Grace. 

65.     JOSEPH,  Capt.  Litchfield,  South  Farms,  Ct. 

This  family  were  all  born  in  New  Haven  (Hamden).  Their  parents,  with  their 
family  of  children,  removed  to  Litchfield  about  1785. 

*120.  Charles,  born  Dec.  14,  1762,  married  about  the  year  1792,  or  93,  Molly 
Howard,  of  Winchester,  N.  Hampshire.  She  died  a  few  days  after  the  birth  of 
her  fourth  child,  Pollj',  who  was  born  Nov.  7,  1800.  He  afterwards  married  sec- 
ond, about  1801,  or  2,  Elizabeth  Howard,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife.  At  the  early 
age  of  14  years,  he  went  with  his  father  into  the  Revolutionary  War,  as  fifer,  en- 
during all  the  hardships  and  privations  that  the  soldiers  in  that  war  were  subject 
to,  until  its  close.  Many  very  interesting  incidents  were  related  by  him  to  his 
family  and  friends,  and  handed  down.  The  venerable  fife  used  by  him  is  now  in 
the  family  of  his  son  Charles,  of  Winchester,  N.  H.,  and  will  be  handed  down  from 
generation  to  generation.  Through  the  influence  of  a  man  by  name  of  Moore,  he 
came  to  Winchester  for  the  purpose  of  working  at  his  trade,  brick  making,  when 
he  was  probably  about  21.  He  lived  an  honest  and  upright  life,  and  died  Jan.  12, 
1830,  aged  67.     His  second  wife.  Elizabeth,  died  Sept.  28,  1843,  aged  69. 

*121.  Elisha,  born  Dec.  12,  1764,  married  Rebecca  Camp,  of  Litchfield,  a 
sister  of  Deacon  Abel  Camp,  a  prominent  man  in  the  town.  Removed  from  Litch- 
field to  Canaan,  and  settled  in  what  is  called  Canaan  IMountain.  He  died  Apr.  27, 
1840,  aged  76. 

122.  Joseph,  born  June  17,  1767.  He  lived  near  his  brother  Elisha,  on  Ca- 
naan Mountain  ;  married ,  and  had  certainly  a  son  Julius,  who  spent  his  life 

near  by,  and  raised  a  large  family.  The  Mansfields  of  Canaan,  of  which  there 
were  quite  a  number  some  30  j^ears  ago,  appear  to  be  entirely  extinct,  of  that  name, 
at  least,  in  that  town.  He  died  Oct.  22,  1837,  aged  70.  This  is  all  have  been  able 
to  obtain  of  this  family. 

123.  Sally,  born  Dec.  27,  1769  ;  died  May  8,  1773. 

*124.  David,  born  Feb.  11,  1772,  married  in  1797,  Louisa  Harmon,  of  New 
Marlborough,  Mass.  She  died,  and  he  married  second,  in  1808,  Melinda  Harmon, 
a  younger  sister  of  his  first  wife.  They  lived  in  Westmoreland,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y., 
and  both  died  and  were  buried  there.  He  died  May  5,  1867,  in  his  96th  year. 
He  was  a  joiner  and  cabinet  maker,  by  trade,  but  afterwards  a  farmer. 


72  MANSFIELD    GENEALOGY. 

*125.  William  Pundkrson,  born  Sept.  6,  1774,  married  in  the  spring  of  1807, 
in  Litchfield,  Ct.,  Sally  Mills,  daughter  of  Bradley  and  Hannah  (St.  John)  Mills, 
with  whom  he  became  acquainted  whilst  she  was  a  pupil  at  the  Morris  Academy 
at  Litchfield  S.  Farms;  was  a  merchant  there.  Removed  to  Kent,  Ct.,  and  in  1810 
built  there  the  house  and  store  now  occupied  as  a  dwelling  and  residence  by  Mrs. 
Myra  Wheeler,  and  her  son.  John  R.  llaxin,  being  in  partnership  with  his  father? 
in-law,  under  the  name  of  Mills  &  Mansfield.  In  1833,  he  removed  to  Waterford, 
Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  to  be  near  liis  daughter,  Mrs.  Hugh  White,  and  they  occupied 
houses  opposite  of  each  otiier.  He  there  joined  with  his  son-in-law,  Hon.  Hugh 
White,  in  building  a  flouring  mill,  the  site  of  which  is  now  occupied  by  the  Munson 
Manufacturing  Co.  Their  residence  was  on  what  is  now  called  "  North  Side,"  op- 
posite Cohoes,  on  the  other  side  of  the  river.  He  died  ilar.  16,  1855.  His  wife 
died  in  Feb.,  1842,  in  her  53rd  year. 

*126.  John  Todd,  born  Dec.  31,  1776,  married  in  1798,  Dolly  Steele,  who 
was  born  in  1777.  They  were  devoted  Christians,  and  possessed  with  a  disposition 
uniformly  amiable,  cheerful  and  kind ;  highly  esteemed  and  beloved,  bringing  sun- 
shine into  every  circle  wherever  they  went.  He  died  Oct.  25,  1860,  aged  84. 
She  died  in  1840,  aged  63 ;  both  died  at  their  son  Lemuel's,  in  Litchfield,  Ohio. 

127.  Sally,  born  June  13,  1779,  married  about  1835,  Lewis  Spooner,  a  wid- 
ower. She  died  May  18,  1857,  in  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  having  survived  her  husband. 
She  had  no  children  of  her  own.  "  She  was  a  genuine  old-fashioned  specimen  of 
a  Connecticut  Puritan.  Li  person,  very  tall  and  slim,  full  of  iiumor  and  fun,  but 
sometimes  a  little  '  timid.'"  We  extract  the  following  from  a  letter  of  one  of  her 
nephews:  "They  Avere  married  in  Kent,  Ct.,  where  Mr.  Spooner  lived,  she  being 
about  40  or  45,  and  he  a  widower.and  came  up  here  on  their  wedding  trip  in  a  two 
horse  country  wagon.  Got  to  way,  where  they  had  to  cross  over  to  our  side,  and 
the  bridge  there  seemed  so  long,  that  Aunt  Sally  was  a  little  afraid  of  it,  and  asked 
the  tollman  if  he  was  sure  that  bridge  was  safe;  being  told  that  it  was,  they  drove 
on,  and  about  half  way  ac;ross,  Mr.  Spooner  stopped  the  team  to  show  his  wife 
how  strong  the  bridge  was ;  and  now,  said  he,  this  is  a  good  place  for  you  to  take  a 
pinch  of  snuff.  She  told  him  very  sternly  to  '  drive  right  on,  that  was  no  place  to 
be  taking  snuff.'  I  forget  whether  they  went  back  by  that  bridge  or  by  Waterford, 
but  they  made  us  their  visit,  and  got  back  safe  home,  with  as  many  proper  oppor- 
tunities for  a  pinch  of  snuff,  no  doubt,  as  they  cared  for." 

*128.  Timothy,  born  May  1,  1782,  married  Mar.  11,  1809,  Annie  Carter,  of 
Wetaug,  who  was  born  Sept.  16,  1789.  They  lived  in  Salisburj%  Ct.,  till  about 
1820,  when  they  removed  to  Greenfield,  Pa.,  and  three  or  four  years  after,  to 
Stroudburg,  Pa.  He  died  Apr.  2,  1845,  at  Castleton,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.  She 
died  July  26,  1852,  at  Phelps,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.  His  occupation  was  road-build- 
ing, turnpiking,  etc. 

66^.      JOSIAH.  Mount  Carmel,  Ct. 

129.     Joseph. 

*130.  JosiAH.  He  lived  in  Mt.  Carmel,  probably  a  mechanic;  died  there  in 
1795  ;  gives  ^  of  shop  to  his  widow,  ^  to  his  son,  .Josiah,  and  ^  to  son  Ira ;  mentions 
the  Hotchkiss  lot  and  Norton  lot  in  his  will.     Wife's  name  not  given  in  the  record. 


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SIXTH    GENERATION".  73 

70.     UZAL.  Mount  Carmel,  Ct. 

*131.  Uri,  born  in  1774  or  5,  in  Mount  Carmel,  married  Eunice  Atwater,  who 
was  born  in  1778,  in  Hamden.  He  died  Jan.,  1813.  She  died  May,  1862.  She 
was  admitted  a  nieniber  of  the  First  Cong.  Church  at  New  Haven,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Taylor,  Sept.  26,  1818. 

132.  Timothy,  baptized  Aug.  20,  1775,  in  Mt.  Carmel. 

133.  Mabkl,  baptized  Aug.  16,  1777,  in  Mt.  Carmel. 

*133^.  Ebenezkr,  born  in  1786,  married  Sally  Hill,  of  Bethlehem,  Ct.  He 
died  Sept.  4,  1835,  aged  49.     She  died  July  15,  1839,  aged  51. 

134.  Elizabeth,  bapt.  July,  1789,  in  Mt.  Carmel.  , 

135.  James,  bapt.  Mar.  25,  1792,  in  Mt.  Carmel. 

77.    JONATHAN,  Capt.,  Mariner.  New  Haven. 

136.  Mary,  born  about  1765,  married  Wheeler  Beecher,  of  Woodbridge,  Ct. 
son  of  Caleb  Beecher,  whose  farm  was  situated  in  Woodbridge,  and  is  now  owned 
and  occupied  by  Capt.  Daniel  Auger,  where  he  has  resided  for  nearly  fifty  years. 
Wheeler  Beecher's  wife,  Mary  Mansfield,  died  in  1793,  or  a  little  before,  leaving  no 
children.  He  married  for  his  second  wife  Mary  (or  Polly)  Hotchkiss,  of  Wood- 
bridge,  by  whom  had  several  children.  Their  son  Anson,  born  in  1805,  was  a  great 
mechanical  genius.  He  carried  on  extensively  manufacturing  for  many  years  in 
Westville,  (New  Haven  Town),  and  died  in  1876.  His  four  sons,  Ebenezer  B.  L., 
Wheeler,  layman  A.  and  William  S.,  have  successfully  continued  the  business  at 
the  same  place,  till  the  present  time. 

The  above  Wheeler  Beecher  removed  to  Waterbury,  and  resided  there  in  1808, 
according  to  the  Woodbridge  Town  Records,  and  probably  some  time  before  and 
after  that  date.  He  removed  to  Plymouth,  Ct.,  about  six  years  before  his  death,  and 
died  there  in  1838,  aged  84.  He  and  his  wife,  and  his  half-brother.  Burr  Beecher, 
were  buried  in  Northfield,  near  Plymouth,  side  by  side.  His  wife  was  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  Church.  Wheeler  Beecher's  name  appears  on  the  Woodbridge  Town 
Records  in  eight  places :  May  17,  1785,  he  buys  of  Capt.  Lazarus  Tolles  and  Capt. 
Enoch  Newton,  for  £180,  35  acres  in  Parish  of  Bethany.  May  18,  1787,  3|  acres 
of  Lazarus  Tolles.  Sept.  16,  1790,  for  £94,  21  acres  of  Enoch  Newton  and  Lazarus 
Tolles,  lying  in  the  Parish  of  Bethany,  5  acres  of  which  were  given  to  his  wife 
Mary.  Sept.  19,  1792,  for  £2  5s.  small  piece  of  land  in  Bethany,  near  a  saw  mill 
that  Capt.  Tolles  built.  June  21,  1786,  Wheeler  Beecher,  and  Burr  Beecher.  for 
£4  5s.  small  piece  of  land  in  Woodbridge,  to  Alvin  Lines,  bounded,  etc.  '  Feb.  25, 
1793,  Wheeler  Beecher  to  Jesse  Beecher,  for  £68,  16  acres  in  Bethany,  which  I 
l)<)ught  of  Lazarus  Tolles,  when  5  acres  adjoining  were  conveyed  to  wife  of  said 
Beecher.  Apr.  8,  1808,  Wheeler  Beecher,  of  Waterbury,  sues  Joseph  Collins  of 
Cheshire,  for  .f  15,  and  recovers.  jMar.  8,  1793,  John  Benedict  and  wife  Sarah  of 
New  Haven,  who  was  sister  of  Mary  B.,  now  deceased,  wife  of  Wheeler  B.,  quit 
claims  for  a  consideration  to  Jesse  Beecher,  all  right  to  the  5  acres  from  Capt.  Enoch 
Newton  to  Mary  Beecher,  now  deceased. 
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74  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

137.  Sarah,  born  1768,  married,  in  1786,  John  Benedict,  of  New  Haven, 
who  was  born  in  1766.  John  Benedict  was  born  in  New  York,  to  which  place  his 
mother  journeyed  on  horseback  from  West  Haven,  Ct.,  and  remained  there  several 
years,  when  she  returned  to  her  home  in  West  Haven,  a  widow,  bringing  her  boj' 
witli  her.  She  made  the  journey  several  times  on  horseback,  wliich  was  nothing 
strange  in  those  da>'s.  Soon  after  tlie  marriage  of  Jolm  and  Sarali,  they  purchased 
a  house  on  Brewery  St.,  with  a  large  garden,  whicli  extended  througli  to  beyond 
Warren  St.,  (Warren  St.  having  been  cut  through  it),  where  they  lived  till  he 
died,  in  1838.  aged  72.  His  wife  died  April  26, 1856,  aged  88.  Mr.  Benedict  wa« 
very  fond  of  his  garden,  and  raised  many  fruits,  and  vegetables  of  all  kinds,  which 
were  free  to  all  his  friends,  both  rich  and  poor.  He  was  a  man  of  strict  integrity, 
with  a  strong  degree  of  order,  and  daily  read  his  Bible  by  the  hour.  Often  when 
complimented  on  the  neatness  of  his  garden,  he  would  reply  by  saying :  "  He  who 
would  let  weeds  grow  in  his  garden,  would  let  weeds  grow  in  his  heart."  They 
had  twelve  children,  as  follows : 

Lyman,  born  in  178'?,  died  July  9,  1863.  He  married  Annie  Moulthroup,  who 
died  Oct.  27,  1874.  Their  children  were  Harriet,  who  married  Richard  Storey. 
They  resided  at  Cedar  Hill.  They  had  nine  children,  and  are  both  deceased. 
Elizabeth  resides  in  Fair  Haven.  William  J.  married  Abigail  Grannis,  lives  in 
Fair  Haven,  is  in  the  oyster  business.  They  have  had  three  children.  Grace,  de- 
ceased. Sarah,  married  Dennis  Dorothy,  a  mariner.  Thej'^  liave  had  eight  children. 
Emeline,  born  in  1820 ;  married  Levi  Granniss.  They  live  in  Fair  Haven,  and 
have  had  three  children.  Nancy,  married  Lambert  Moulthroup,  a  carpenter,  who 
is  deceased.  They  had  three  children.  Lyman,  born  in  1823 ;  married  Harriet 
Beers.  They  live  in  Fair  Haven.  He  is  an  engineer.  They  have  had  five  children. 
Julia,  married  John  Kingsbury,  and  they  have  had  eight  children. 

Barnabas,  son  of  the  above  John  and  Sarah  Benedict,  born  in  1788,  and  died 
Dec.  21,  1836. 

Walter  and  Polly,  died  in  infancy. 

Sarah,  born  in  1796,  and  died  June  2,  1873,  aged  77. 

Truraan,born  Apr.  19, 1798,  married,  July  4,  1819,  Elizabeth  Hotchkiss,  who  was 
born  Nov.  17,  1796,  and  died  Dec.  4, 1867.  He  married  for  his  second  -wife,  Mary 
A.  Auger,  who  is  still  living.  He  died  April  14,  1880.  He  was  the  first  that  en- 
gaged in  the  anthracite  coal  business  in  New  Haven,  and  carried  it  on  successfully 
till  his  death.  The  children  by  his  first  wife  were  as  follows :  (there  were  none 
by  his  second  marriage.)  Henry  W.,  born  Aug.  16,  1820;  married,  April  2,  1844, 
Sarah  E.  Hemingway,  by  Rev.  Stephen  Dodd,  of  East  Haven,  at  the  house  of  lier 
father,  Capt.  John  Hemingway.  Their  children  were  Henry  Hobart,  who  married 
Ella  Maltby.  They  have  had  three  children.  He  is  extensively  engaged  in  the  coal 
business.  Edwin  Walter,  died  June  27,  1850,  aged  3  years.  Sarah  Maria.  Frank 
Walter,  who  married  Helen  Piper,  from  Williamsport,  Pa.,  also  engaged  in  the  coal 
business,  and  Nellie  Hemingway.  Henry  W.  was  engaged  largely  in  the  coal 
trade.  He  built  the  large,  elegant  block,  called  the  "Benedict  Building,"  corner 
of  Church  and  Center  Sts.  He  sadly  came  to  his  death  by  a  railroad  accident,  Nov. 
25,  1877.  Truman,  born  Oct.  11,  1821,  died  in  infancy.  Mary  A.,  born  May  22, 
1823,  married  J.  S.  Broralej'.  They  have  had  two  children.  Ralph  I.,  born  Aug. 
11,  1824;  married,  Feb.  18,1846,  Ann  Eliza  Hurd,  of  Clinton,  Ct.,  and  died  May 


SIXTH   GEXERATIOX.  75 

12,  1879.  They  had  one  child.  John  A.,  born  Jan.  2,  1847,  who  married  Emma 
Butler,  of  Middletown,  Ct.  Elizabeth,  born  Nov.  22,  1825 ;  married  E.  Bromley, 
and  died  Mar.  16,  1865.  They  had  four  children.  Henrietta,  born  July  13,  1827, 
married  H.  Fcnner,  of  Worcester,  Mass.  He  is  a  II.  R.  Engineer.  They  have 
had  four  children.  Truman,  born  Sept.  14,  1829,  died  in  infancy.  Truman,  born 
Mar.,  1831,  died  in  infancy.  Caroline,  born  Dec.  13,  1832,  married  Merrit  II. 
Bishop.  They  had  four  children,  three  of  whom  are  dead.  The  fourth,  Mettie, 
married  John  H.  Piatt,  of  the  firm  of  Piatt  &  Thompson,  painters  and  paper 
hangers,  corner  of  Orange  and  Center  Streets.  He  died,  and  she  married  for  her 
second  husband  D.  W.  Buckingham,  a  retired  merchant.  George  W.  L.,  born 
Oct.  16,  1839;  married,  Jan.  15,  1863,  Amelia  M.  Lee,  of  (Clinton,  Ct.;  no  chil- 
dren.    Coal  merchant  in  the  "  Benedict  Building." 

Mary,  born  in  1800,  married,  Jan.  12,  1823,  by  Rev.  Samuel  Merwin,  Morris 
Church,  of  Wilton,  Ct.  They  settled  in  Bristol,  Ct.,  where  they  lived  four  years, 
and  then  removed  to  New  Haven.  They  had  six  children,  namely  :  Munson  Bene- 
dict, Wealthy  Anna,  Bolivar  Morris,  who  died  in  infancy,  Maria  Augusta,  Albert 
Walter,  and  Charles  Benedict.  Morris  Church  died  in  1834,  aged  34.  His 
wife,  Mary,  died  in  1857,  aged  57.  Munson  B.  emigrated  to  California  in  1849, 
going  round  Cape  Horn,  and  is  still  living  there.  He  was  married  in  1860,  to 
Arabella  Schnediker.  They  have  had  four  children  :  Charles,  who  died  in  infancy, 
Mary  Adalene,  Frank  and  Thomas.  Mary  Adalene  was  married  in  1884,  to  J.  S. 
Clarke,  a  teacher,  of  Sonoma  Co.,  California.  Maria  Augusta  Church,  married 
in  1854,  by  Rev.  Edward  Strong,  D.  D.,  to  Robert  M.  Hoggson,  a  printer  of 
New  Haven,  a  member  of  the  well  known  firm  of  Hoggson  «fe  Robinson,  located 
in  "  Benedict  Building,"  corner  of  Church  and  Center  Sts.  They  have  had  five 
children,  namely :  Mary  Adelaide,  Annie  May,  Charles  Robert,  died  in  infancy, 
Lillian  Irene,  and  Albert  George,  who  died  in  infancy. 
Nancy,  born  in  1802,  and  died  unmarried,  1883. 

Harvey,  born  in  1804,  married  Henrietta  Hotchkiss ;  they  had  seven  sons,  one 
of  them,  James  Edward,  married  Sarah  Foote,  daughter  of  Joel  B.  Foote.  They 
have  had  three  children  :  Edward  and  Minnie,  who  are  living,  and  Herbert,  who 
died  in  infancy.  Willis  Hotchkiss,  born  Mar.  16,  1841,  married,  May  29,  1872, 
Sarah  J.  Goodell,  and  they  have  one  child,  Emma  Frances,*  born  Sept.  17,  1873. 
He  is  a  Druggist.  Store  on  Congress  Avenue.  The  other  five  children  of  Harvey 
died  in  childhood.  Harvey  died  Nov.  11,  1878,  and  his  wife  died  Nov.  21,  1868. 
Charles  W.,  born  in  1809,  died  on  the  day  appointed  for  his  wedding,  Jan.  15, 
1832. 

Sherman,  born  Oct.  16,  1811,  married,  Sept.  18,  1833,  Lucy  J.  Prindle,  who 
was  born  Oct.  30,  1810,  and  died  Jan.  9,  1843.  They  had  two  children  :  Lucy  J., 
and  Ellen  A.  Lucy  J.  married  George  Blair,  a  son  of  Deacon  Sherman  Blair,  and 
had  one  daughter,  Kate  E.  Ellen  A.  married  Courtland  Wooding,  keeper  of  a  livery 
stable.  Crown  street.  He  married  second,  Dec.  31,  1843,  Eliza  A.  Ives,  who  was 
born  Nov.  14,  1820,  and  they  have  had  two  children :  Fannie  L.  and  Helena  E. 
Fannie  L.  married  William  Frost,  in  the  telephone  business ;  reside  in  Hartford, 
Conn.     He  is  a  farmer,  and  lives  in  North  Haven. 

George  W.,  born  in  1814,  married  Polly  Landcraft,  of  East  Haven,  and  had 
hree  children :    Martha  J.,  who  died  in  childhood,  Charles,  who  married  Isa- 


76  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

dora  Armstrong,  and  has  one  daughter,  and  Emma,  who  died  at  the  age  of  18. 
George  died  May  26,  1847. 

138.  John  was  a  mariner ;  never  married.  Hesailedout  of  New  York  generally. 
Owned  land  in  the  "  New  Township."  He  was,  doubtless,  off  on  a  voyage  at  sea, 
when  the  following  Deed  was  given.  ^lay  17,  1789.  Wheeler  Beecher  and  wife, 
Mary;  John  Benedict,  and  wife,  Sarah,  and  if  their  brother,  John  Mansfield,  is 
dead,  they,  his  heirs,  convey  to  David  Daggett,  land  bounded  south  on  Elm  Street, 
front  5  rods  and  5  links.  East  by  laud  of  Kierstead  Mansfield,  north  by  land  of 
Kierstead  and  Moses  Mansfield,  and  west  by  land  of  John  Pierpont.  Said  land 
was  given  by  will  of  Deac.  Jonathan  Mansfield  to  Capt.  Jonathan  Mansfield,  his 
son  Moses  Mansfield's  son,  said  Moses  being  deceased.  This  Moses,  (51)  grad- 
uated at  Yale  Coll.  1730,  lived  on  Church  St.,  west  side,  about  half  way  between 
Elm  and  Wall  Sts.  Said  Mary,  Sarah  and  John,  were  the  legal  heirs  of  said  Capt. 
Jonathan,  their  father,  deceased. 

79.     (JAMES)  ^KIERSTEAD.  New  Haveu. 

*139.  Jonathan,  baptized  July  26,  1778.  He  married,  about  1796,  Hannah 
Dougal,  daughter  of  David  Dougal,  who  came  from  Edinburg,  Scotland,  whose 
homestead  was  on  George  St.,  south  side,  near  Morocco  St.  He  died  of  the  con- 
sumption, in  the  West  Indies,  in  1801. 

*140.  Kierstead,  baptized  July  26,  1778,  married,  JIar.  1.5,  1797,  Anna 
Thompson.  He  was  a  merchant,  in  New  Haven.  He  died  Jan.  16,  1805,  aged 
28.  She  joined  the  North  Cong.  Church,  Aug.  7,  1808 ;  married  for  her  second 
husband  Eli  Osborn,  a  widower,  with  several  children,  of  whom  the  late  Walter 
Osborn,  many  years  Collector  of  taxes,  was  one,  and  the  late  Minott.Osborn,  Editor 
of  the  New  Haven  Daily  Register,  was  another.  She  died  Oct.  6,  1849,  aged  70. 
He  died  Sept.  9,  1844,  aged  67. 

141.  Maky,  baptized  Sept.  12,  1779,  married  Leman  Hall,  Mar.  4,  1800.  He 
kept  a  grocery  store  many  years  on  the  north-east  corner  of  Elm  and  Church  Sts. 
Have  not  been  able  to  obtain  the  record  of  this  family.  They  had  some  six  or 
eight  children. 

142.  Sabah,  bapt.  Mar.  17, 1782,  married  Stephen  Porter,  about  1815.  They 
had  one  son,  George  H.  Porter,  who  was  born  Nov.  2,  1819;  married,  Nov.  21, 
1849,  Sarah  Hotchkiss.  They  have  an  adopted  daughter,  Alta  H.  Porter.  Resi- 
dence, New  Haven. 

143.  Julia,  born  Nov.  1, 1784,  baptized  Jan.  .19, 1785,  married,  IVIar.  21, 1821, 
David  Ritter,  an  extensive  manufacturer  of  monuments,  gravestones,  etc.,  a 
widower,  with  a  number  of  children.  They  had  Stephen,  born  Sept.  22,  1822, 
who  married,  Sept.  7,  1846,  Margaret  G.  Bond,  of  New  York,  and  had  3  children, 
and  .Joseph,  born  Oct.  24,  1824,  married,  in  1845,  Elizabeth  Pease,  of  Hartford, 
Ct.,  and  had  one  child.  Both  Stephen  and  Joseph  reside  in  New  York.  Stephen 
is  a  commercial  traveler ;  Joseph  is  a  jeweler.  Their  father  was  born  1778,  and 
died  Oct.  14,  1842.     Their  mother  died  Oct.  9,  ia50. 


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SIXTH   GENERATION".  77 

144.  Rachel,  born  Mar.  14,  1787,  baptized  May  20,  1787,  married,  June  20. 
1807,  James  Webster  Townsend,  a  mariner,  who  was  born  July  20,  1782.  He 
died  Dec.  21,  1824.  Slie  died  Feb.  26,  1855.  Tlieir  cliildren  were  Lucius  Beards- 
ley,  born  Apr.  16,  1808,  died  Mar.  19,  1882.  Martha,  born  in  1810,  died  in  infancy. 
John,  born  July  10,  1812;  married  and  had  children,  and  died  Mar.  16,  1867. 
Mary,  born  in  1814,  and  died  in  infancy;  and  Mary  Frances,  born  June  20,  1820. 
To  this  last  mentioned  I  am  indebted  for  much  of  the  information  relajlive  to  the 
descendants  of  Kierstead  Mansfield. 


H4:,     JARED,  CoL.  West  Point,  and  Cincinnati. 

*145.  Edward  Deerisg,  born  in  New  Haven.  Aug.  17, 1801,  married  probably 
about  1830,  to  Mary  Peck,  of  Litchfield,  Ct  ;  she  died  ■ — — .  For  his  second  wife  he 
married,  Apr.  24,  18'iid,  Margaret  Worthington.  fourth  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Eleanor  VVorthington,  of  Adena,  nearChillicothe,  Ross  Co., Ohio.  He  was  born  July 
16,  1773,  was  governor  of  Ohio  1814,  and  in  1818 ;  was  U.  S.  senator  from  1803  to 
1807.  and  in  1809  and  1815.     She  died  Mar.  16,  1863. 

As  there  has  been  no  regular  History  of  his  Life  published,  we  are  dependent  in 
a  good  measure  upon  his  "  Personal  Memories  "  from  1803  to  1843,  a  Book  of  some 
350  12  mo.  pages,  written  by  himself,  and  published  in  Cincinnati,  1879,  from  whicli 
we  extract  the  following  passages  :  "His  father  having  been  appointed  by  President 
Jefferson,  Surveyor  General,  it  was  necessary  for  him  to  remove  into  Ohio.  My 
fatlier's  removal  to  the  west,  which  took  place  in  1803,  recjuired  long  journeys, 
much  time,  and  a  good  deal  of  trouble.  The  reader  will  understand  that  there  were 
then  no  public  conveyances  west  of  the  Alleghany.  Who  ever  went  to  Ohio  from 
the  East  had  to  provide  his  own  carriage,  and  take  care  of  his  own  baggage.  At 
that  time  there  was  really  but  one  highway  from  the  East  to  the  West,  and  that  was 
the  great  Pennsylvania  route  from  Philadelphia  to  Pittsburg.  It  professed  to  be  a 
turnpike,  but  was  really  only  a  passable  road  on  the  mountains,  narrow  and  dan- 
gerous. It  w^as  chiefly  traversed  by  the  wagons  who  carried  goods  from  Philadel- 
phia to  the  West.  A  private  carriage  and  driver,  such  as  my  father  had  to  have, 
was  the  abhorrence  of  the  wagoners,  who  considered  it  simply  an  evidence  of  aristoc- 
racy. Tliey  threatened,  and  often  actually  endangered,  private  carriages.  My 
mother  used  to  relate  her  fears  and  anxieties  on  that  journey,  and,  as  contrasted 
with  the  mode  of  traveling  at  the  present  day,  that  journey  was  really  dangerous. 
Arrived  at  Marietta,  Ohio,  my  father  established  his  office  there  for  the  next  two 
years."  "  The  people  of  Marietta  were,  in  general,  intelligent,  upright  people,  and 
my  parents  passed  two  j^ears  there  pleasantly  and  happily.  I,  who  was  but  a 
little  child  of  three  or  four  years  of  age,  was  utterly  oblivious  to  what  might  go  on 
in  Marietta  Society."  "In  1805  my  father  and  mother,  with  their  little  boy,  left 
Marietta  for  Cincinnati.  There  was  neither  railroad,  steamboat,  nor  stage.  How 
were  they  to  travel  ?  There  were  two  kinds  of  bouts  on  the  Ohio,  one  called  a  keel- 
boat,  and  the  other  an  ark,  an  oblong  boat  made  of  boards,  with  a  tiat  bottom.  In 
the  one  we  came  in  there  was  a  small  cabin  at  one  end  fitted  up  for  my  mother." 
We  arrived  in  Cincinnati,  I  think,  the  last  part  of  October,  1805.  Here  occurs  the 
first  memory  of  which  I  am  absolutely  sure.  Cincinnati  was  the  first  town  I  had 
seen,  except  Marietta.     But  what  was  Cincinnati  then  ?  One  of  the  dirtiest  little 


78  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

villa'1-es  you  ever  stfw.  The  chief  houses  at  that,  time  were  on  Front  Street,  from 
Broadway  to  Sycamore  :  tliey  were  two-story  frame  houses,  painted  white.  One 
was  that  of  General  Findley.  receiver  of  the  land  office."  •'  We  remained  in  Cin- 
cinnati but  a  few  days,  when  'my  father  removed  to  "Ludlow^  Station."  The  '■  Sta- 
tions," as  they  were  called,  of  which  Ludlow  was  one,  were  originally  points  of 
rendezvous  and  defense  against  the  Indians.  It  was  built  by  Col.  Ludlow,  one  of 
the  originf^J  proprietors  of  Cincinnati.  It  was  then  a  large  two-story  dwelling,  with 
wings— the  best  looking,  and  I  think,  the  largest  house  then  in  Cincinnati.  My 
father  being  Surveyor  General,  took  one  of  the  wings  as  his  office,  and  the  other 
was  used  as  a  kitchen ;  a  lawn  sloped  down  toward  Millcreek  and  there  was  a 
large  apple  orchard,  and  two  gardens— a  kitchen,  and  flower  garden.  This  house 
is  still  standing  in  the  midst  of  Cumminsville."  I  have  said  already,  that  my  father 
was  appointed  by  Mr.  Jefferson,  for  the  express  purpose  of  running  the  meridian 
lines,  on  which  our  whole  system  of  public  surveys  depend.  The  astronomical  in- 
struments, whose  purchase  by  Mr.  Jefferson  has  been  described,  were  set  up  in  one 
room  at  our  .house,  at  Ludlow  Station.  Hence,  as  I  have  often  said,  the  first  real 
observatory  was  established  in  our  house.  (See  an  account  of  Observatories  in  Har- 
per's Magazine.)  My  father  established  three  of  the  principal  meridians  in  Ohio 
and  Indianna,  and  by  them  were  surveyed  the  great  body  of  lands  to  the  north  and 
west  of  Cincinnati.  In  his  employment  w^ere  many  young  men  who  became  after- 
wards the  most  successful  and  distinguished  men  of  the  West.  Among  these  were 
Thomas  Worthington,  afterwards  governor  and  United  States  senator ;  Lewis  Cass, 
afterward,  senator,  secretary,  and  embassador,  who  was  one  of  his  clerks  :  Governor 
Ethan  Allen  Brown,  etc.  He  had,  at  one  time,  as  many  as  forty  deputies  having 
contracts  of  surveys."  "  We  lived  at  Ludlow  Station  from  October,  1805,  to  June, 
1809.  I  went  to  noschool  and  have  no  memory  of  any  sort  of  education,  even  from 
my  mother." 

"  In  the  summer  of  1809  we  paid  a  visit  to  our  friends  in  the  East.  I  was  too 
young  to  pay  much  attention  to  the  journey.  When  we  arrived  at  what  is  now 
called  Jersey  City — then  a  solitary  tavern — the  question  was,  how  was  the  river  to 
be  crossed  ?  There  was  no  bridge,  no  ferry  boat,  but  there  was  a  little  schooner 
called  a  Pirogue.  On  this  we  had  to  carry  our  horses,  carriage,  ba2;gage,  and  our- 
selves. The  wind  was  high,  and  there  were  two  frightened  people — my  mother 
and  myself —but  this  ridiculous  little  craft  carried  us  safely  across,  and  we  were 
landed  in  New  York." 

"On  going  East,  my  father  had  given  up  Ludlow  Station,  and,  on  retuning  to 
Ohio,  rented  a  house  called  Bates'  Place,  two  miles  nearer  Cincinnati,  now  within 
the  city  limits.  We  were  established  at  Bates'  Place  in  1809,  in  the  autumn,  and 
remained  there  three  years.  I  was  then  eight  years  old,  and  this  is  the  first  period 
at  which  I  can  remember  receiving  anything  that  can  be  called  education.  In  1810, 
in  the  spring,  my  father  gave  me  a  slate  and  pencil,  and  taught  me  the  elementary 
rules  of  arithmetic.  My  mother  had  taught  me  to  read,  and  the  first  line  I  ever 
read  was  in  Webster's  spelling  book,  and  was:  'No  man  may  put  off  the  law  of 
God.'  My  particular  admiration  in  the  spelling  book  was  the  picture  of  the  man 
who  pretended  to  be  dead  when  the  bear  smelled  of  him,  and  the  old  man  who 
called  the  boys  down  from  the  apple-tree,  and  when  they  laughed  at  him  for  throw- 
ing grass,  pelted  them  with  stones. 


SIXTH   GEKERATIOK.  79 

There  was  one  thing  my  mother  was  very  particular  about,  and  the  effect  of  her 
care  remains  to-day,  this  was  spelling.  She  drilled  me  in  that,  and  I  believe  I 
have  never  misspelled  a  word  through  ignorance.  It  was  in  1811  that  I  received 
two  quarter's  schooling— all  that  I  received  prior  to  1813.  It  was  in  a  log  school- 
house  ;  at  the  close  of  the  quarter  in  July,  there  was  a  spelling  battle,  in  which  I 
came  off  head  of  the  school." 

"My  father  had  now  fulfilled  his  office  as  surveyor-general,  and  was  about  to 
return  to  West  Point,  as  professor  of  philosophy  and  astronomy.  We  began  our 
journey  in  the  beginning  of  June."  "It  took  us  thirty  days,  traveling  in  our  own 
carriage,  from  Cincinnati  to  New  Haven,  where  we  arrived  in  July,  1812."  The 
war  had  then  begun,  and  the  United  States  coasts,  especially  seaports,  were  lined 
with  British  cruisers.  My  father  was  then  an  officer  of  engineers,  and  was  de- 
tained at  New  Haven  on  military  service,  and  subsequently  by  severe  illness.  He 
was  ordered  to  New  London  and  Stonington  to  superintend  fortifications.  During 
these  two  years  detention  at  New  Haven,  he  attended,  part  of  the  time,  a  select 
classical  school,  in  which  he  learned  considerable  Latin,  and  became  acquainted 
with  the  nicest  boys  in  New  Haven.  One  of  them  was  Theodore  Woolsey,  after- 
ward President  of  Yale  College  ;  another  was  Alexander  Twining,  afterward  a  dis- 
tinguished engineer;  another,  Henry  White,  a  lawyer,  and  most  excellent  man. 
Thus  my  two  years'  residence  in  New  Haven  became  a  very  important  period  of 
ni}^  educational  life.  My  taste  for  reading  was  acquired.  The  books  I  read  were 
instructive,  and  I  first  learned  to  think. 

In  the  Spring  of  1814,  my  father  had  recovered  from  his  severe  illness,  and  his 
military  duties  in  Connecticut  were  over.  He  therefore  proceeded  to  West  Point 
to  enter  upon  the  duties  of  his  profession.  Congress  having  reconstructed  the 
Military  Academ)'.  and  instituted  this  professorship  of  Natural  and  Experimental 
Philosophy  for  my  father.  Accordingly  we  went  to  West  Point.  But  how  ?  in  a 
steamboat,  railcar,  or  stage  ?  In  neither ;  but  in  a  sloop.  Family  and  furniture 
were  all  embarked  in  a  sloop  at  New  Haven,  and  proceeded  down  the  sound  and 
up  the  Hudson."  At  West  Point  we  occupied  the  same  old  yellow  house  looking 
up  the  Hudson,  which  we  had  occupied  in  1803,  and  now  again  in  1814." 

"Here  I  will  revert  to  an  episode  in  my  own  life.  While  mj'  father  was  be- 
ginning his  professional  career  at  West  Point,  I  was  sent  to  an  Episcopal  academy 
at  Cheshire,  Connecticut.  The  purpose  was  that  I  should  learn  Latin,  preparatory 
to  entering  college.  My  brief  stay  at  Cheshire  can  soon  be  told,  and  it  is  of  no 
special  importance,  save  in  tracing  out  my  own  life.  My  father  introduced  me  to 
Squire  Beach,  who  was  his  cousin  on  his  mother's  side.  One  of  his  brothers  was 
rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  New  York,  and  my  father's  family  were  Episcopalians. 
The  principal  of  the  academy  at  Cheshire  was  Dr.  Bronson,  and  I  boarded  at  the 
house  of  Mr.  Cromwell,  another  Episcopal  clergyman.  Dr.  Bron.son  was  a  good 
natured,  smiling  old  gentleman,  who  invited  me  once  or  twice  to  make  hay  in  his 
yard,  but  who  seemed  to  care  very  little  whether  the  boys  learned  anything  or  not. 
Mr.  Cromwell  was  somewhat  more  strict,  but  the  whole  affair  was  rather  official 
than  either  useful  or  real.  I  learned  little,  but  Cheshire  had  three  attractions  for 
me,  which,  if  they  did  not  advance  my  education  or  elevate  my  thoughts,  perhaps 
did  me  (fuite  as  much  good.  First,  Cheshire  had  a  town  library,  and,  like  mo.st 
town  libraries,  was  chiefly  composed  of  novels.     lu  the  second  place,  being  sum- 


80  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

mer  time,  Cheshire  abounded  in  blackberries  and  whortleberries.  There  was  a 
little  stream  in  town,  witii  some  good  land  near  it,  but  away  from  that  the  hills 
and  slopes  produced  little  but  rock  and  sand.  It  was  a  glorious  place  for  black- 
berries, and  gloriously  did  we  enjoy  it!  For  every  new  latin  word  I  learned  I  ob- 
tained at  least  a  quart  of  blackberries,  but  the  chief  thing  I  had  was  exercise  and 
pleasure.  Lastly,  Cheshire  had  what  was  a  town  green,  and  it  was  a  fine  place 
to  play  in.     So  Clieshire  had  other  ujerits  for  me  than  its  renowned  academy." 

"  I  remained  as  I  have  already  said,  but  a  brief  time  at  Cheshire.  One  summer 
(lay,  my  parents  drove  up  to  the  tavern  in  their  gig.  and  found  me  on  the  town 
grean,  chasing  a  pig.  My  mother  cried  out :  '  How  thin  you  are  !  You  are  noth- 
ing but  skin  and  bone.'  No  wonder;  for  their  beloved  son  had  been  chiefly  en- 
gaged in  playing  ball,  picking  blackberries,  and  chasing  pigs.  I  was  acquiring  the 
vitality  and  fibre  which  was  to  carry  me  through  the  next  half  century.  It  was 
the  summer  of  1815  when  I  returned  to  West  Point.  I  was  just  fourteen  years  of 
age  when  I  received  my  appointment  as  cadet.  West  Point  had  then  none  of  the 
fine  buildings  and  ornaments  which  it  has  since  received.  But  nature  was  still 
the  same.  There  was  the  grand  old  mountains,  Rocks,  and  the  river — the  same 
scenes  which  had  beheld  the  treason  of  Arnold,  and  on  the  mountain  top  stood  old 
Fort  Put.,  almost  the  only  ruin  in  our  country  which  can  remind  the  traveler  of 
the  castellated  ruins  of  Em-ope.  There,  too,  were  the  lonely  graves  of  the  Revo- 
lution, unknown  to  the  present  generation,  but  which  I  knew  and  found  beneath 
the  shade  of  the  rocks  and  the  cedars.  There  the  trees  grew  green  o'er  the  homes 
of  the  dead,  who  had  fought  with  Washington  and  Wayne.  Old  Fort  Put.  is 
the  only  witness  to  their  burial.  It  was  then  almost  a  wild,  for  no  steamboats 
were  seen  on  the  river,  no  fine  buildings  rose  on  the  plain,  and  no  bright  assembly 
of  ladies  and  gentlemen  greeted  the  evening  parade.  West  Point  was  then  as  the 
Revolution  had  left  it,  before  the  hand  of  Young  America  had  adorned  it  as  the 
home  of  young  officers,  and  the  resort  of  fashion." 

"  It  was  ordered  by  the  War  Department,  that  at  each  annual  e.xatiiination,  five 
cadets  of  each  class  should  be  enrolled  according  to  merit,  and  'their  promotion  in 
the  army  be  determined  by  this  order.  When  this  order  was  issued,  I  remember 
very  well,  when  sitting  at  the  breakfast  table,  my  mother  (who  was  ambitious  for 
her  son),  said  that  I  could  and  must  be  one  of  the  "  five,"  who,  by  the  way,  were 
to  be  honorably  recorded  in  the  army  register.  I  don't  think  this  mention  moved 
me  much,  but  my  father  looked  up  and  said :  ''  Edward,  if  you  will  be  one  of  the 
five,  I  will  give  j'ou  the  best  gold  watch  I  can  buy."  That  struck  my  attention, 
and,  to  tell  the  truth,  was  the  leading  motive  to  my  increased  activity.  A  gold 
watch  is  rather  a  stirring  prize  to  a  youth.  I  had  only  two  years  to  make  up  time 
in,  but  I  did  it,  and  the  watch  I  wear  is  the  evidence  of  my  diligence.  From  that 
moment  I  waked  up  and  did  a  good  deal  of  hard  work  before  my  graduation." 

"  You  can  see  from  what  I  have  said  that  West  Point  was  to  our  class  almost  an 
unmixed  scene  of  work  and  study ;  but  we  had  some  amusements.  In  summer, 
the  latter  part  of  the  afternoon,  we  often  played  foot-ball,  a  game  I  was  fond  of, 
as  I  was  a  fast  runner,  and  alert  in  all  games.  In  winter  the  Hudson  furnished 
the  best  skating  in  the  world,  and  when  they  could  get  an  hour  to  spare,  much 
did  the  cadets  enjoy  the  ice  of  the  Hudson.  Saturday  afternoons  were  always 
given  us,  and  in  summer  that  was  my  time  for  walking,  and  much  did  I  enjoy  the 


SIXTH   GEIfERATION.  81 

sublime  and  picturesque  scenery  of  the  highlands.  I  have  seen  many  beautiful 
and  grand  scenes,  but  I  never  saw  one  which  surpassed  that  up  the  river  from  West 
Point.  I  would  often  run  to  "  Old  Fort  Put.,"  and  look  off  from  its  battlements 
upon  the  rock-built  mountains  and  the  lake-like  river,  shut  in  between  Beacon  Hill 
and  Crow  Nest." 

"I  graduated  at  West  Point  in  June,  1819.  I  stood  fourth  in  the  class,  and  was 
commissioned  second  lieutenant  of  engineers.  My  commission  was  signed  by  John 
C.  Calhoun,  Secretary  of  War.  It  was  determined  in  the  family  council,  however, 
that  I  should  be  a  lawyer,  and  therefore  declined  my  appointment." 

In  August,  1820,  mj^  father  took  me  to  Farmington,  Conn.,  to  prepare,  under  a 
private  tutor,  to  enter  college,  preparatory  to  the  study  of  law.  As  this  was  a  new 
and  striking  life,  I  will  give  a  little  description  of  it,  chiefly  for  the  sake  of  the  in- 
side view  I  had  of  New  England  society.  "  My  tutor,  Mr.  Hooker,  was  a  des- 
cendant of  one  of  the  old  New  England  families,  and  had  all  the  characteristics  of 
the  Puritans ;  was  very  religious  and  exact  in  all  his  duties.  He  lived  on  what 
had  been  a  farm,  but  a  portion  of  it  had  been  embraced  in  the  town.  Having  got 
forward  in  the  world,  he  had  built  a  new  house.  His  old  house  was  one  of  the 
oldest  in  the  country,  large,  dark  red,  with  a  long,  sharp,  projecting  roof.  This 
was  the  residence  and  school-room  of  the  students,  and  we  called  it  'Old  Red.' 
There  were  about  fourteen  of  us,  from  nearly  as  many  States.  There  we  lodged, 
and  there  we  recited,  while  we  took  our  meals  at  Mr.  Hooker's.  His  son,  John, 
afterward  married  Miss  Isabella  Beecher,  now  the  noted  Mrs.  Isabella  Hooker." 

At  that  time,  and  to  a  great  degree  yet,  in  a  New  England  village,  out  of  the 
great  stream  of  the  world,  its  young  women  were  the  largest  part  of  the  inhabitants, 
and  by  far  the  most  interesting.  The  young  men  usually  emigrated  to  the  cities 
or  the  West,  in  hopes  of  making  fortunes.  The  old  people  were  obliged  to  remain 
to  take  care  of  their  homesteads,  and  the  young  women  stayed  also.  No  place 
illustrated  this  better  than  Farmington,  where  there  were  at  least  five  young  wo- 
men to  one  young  man.  The  advent  of  the  students  was,  of  course,  an  interesting 
ev^ent  to  them.  And  a  young  man  in  his  nineteenth  year  was  not  likely  to  escape 
wholly  the  bright  shafts  which,  however  modestly  directed,  he  was  sure  to  encoun- 
ter. I  soon  became  acquainted  with  these  young  ladies,  and  never  passed  a  pleas- 
anter  time  than  when  days  of  study  were  relieved  by  evenings  in  their  society. 
]My  father  went  with  me  to  Farmington,  and  introduced  me  to  the  Hon.  Timothy 
Pitkin.  This  gentleman  was  then  a  very  distinguished  man.  He  was  one  of  the 
leading  men  of  the  old  federal  party.  He  was  sixteen  years  a  representative  from 
the  State  of  Connecticut,  and  had  written  a  very  good  book  on  the  civil  history 
and  statistics  of  this  country.  He  was  a  plain  man,  of  the  old  school,  living  in  an 
old-fashioned  house,  near  the  church.  In  two  or  three  weeks  after  I  had  been  in 
'Old  Red,'  Mr.  Pitkin  called  upon  me,  and  said  his  daughters  would  be  glad  to 
see  me  on  a  certain  evening.  Of  course  I  accepted,  and  on  that  evening,  arrayed 
in  my  unrivaled  blue  coat,,  with  brass  buttons,  cravatted  and  prinked  according  to 
the  fashion,  I  presented  myself  at  Mr.  Pitkin's.  It  was  well  I  had  been  accus- 
tomed to  good  society,  for  never  was  there  a  greater  demand  for  moral  courage. 
On  entering  the  parlor,  I  saw  one  young  man  leaning  on  the  mantel-piece,  and 
around  the  room,  (for  I  counted  them),  were  eighteen  young  ladies!  During  the 
evening,  my  comrade  and  self  were  reinforced  by  two  or  three  students ;  but  five 
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82  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

made  the  whole  number  of  young  men  who  appeared  during  the  evening.  The 
gentleman  who  was  in  the  room  when  I  entered  it  was  Mr.  Thomas  Perkins,  of 
Hartford,  wlio  afterward  married  Miss  Mary  Beecher,  tlie  daiightei-  of  Dr.  Lyman 
Beecher.  The  town  of  Farmington  furnished  but  one  beau  during  the  evening, 
and  I  found  out  afterward  that  there  were  but  two  or  tlu-ec  in  the  place ;  I  mean 
in  that  circle  of  society.  This  was,  perhaps,  an  extreme  example  of  what  might 
have  been  found  in  all  the  villages  of  New  England,  where,  in  the  same  circle  of 
society,  there  were  at  least  three  girls  to  one  young  man.  You  may  be  sure  that 
when  I  looked  upon  that  phalanx  of  eighteen  young  women,  even  the  assurance  of 
a  West  Point  cadet  gave  way.  But  the  perfect  tact  of  the  hostess  saved  me  from 
trouble.  This  wiis  Miss  Ann  Pitkin,  now  Mrs.  Denio,  her  husband  being  Mr. 
Denio,  late  chief  Justice  of  New  York.  Miss  Pitkin  evidently  saw  my  embar- 
rassment, which  was  the  greater  from  my  being  near-sighted.  She  promptly  came 
forward,  offered  me  a  chair,  and,  introducing  me  to  the  ladies,  at  once  began  an 
animated  conversation.  In  half  an  hour  I  felt  at  home,  and  was  ever  after  grate- 
ful to  Miss  Pitkin. 

"The  time  had  now  come  to  leave  Farmiugton.  My  sleigh  rides,  my  parties, 
mj'^  pleasant  visits,  and,  alas  I  my  pleasant  friends,  were  to  be  left  forever.  My 
path  lay  in  different,  and  sometimes,  far  less  pleasant  scenes.  I  well  remember 
the  bright  morning  on  which  I  stood  on  Mr.  Pitkin's  steps,  bidding  farewell  to  my 
kind  and  gentle  friend,  Mary  Pitkin.  Married  and  moved  away,  she  soon  bid 
farewell  to  this  world,  where  she  seemed  like  the  morning  flower,  too  frail  and  too 
gentle  to  survive  the  frost  and  the  storm.  In  May,  1830,  I  returned  to  my  father's 
home  at  West  Point,  to  finish  my  preparations  for  Princeton  College.  I  recited 
Xenophon  to  my  father,  and  the  Greek  Testament  to  our  next  door  neighbor,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Picton,  the  Chaplain.  Toward  evening  I  would  run  down  to  the  river, 
or  up  to  'Old  Fort  Put.,'  on  whose  rock-built  battlements  I  would  often  stand 
alone,  and  gaze  with  delight  on  that  unequaled  scene. 

"In  September,  1820,  I  was  admitted  to  the  junior  class,  Nassau  Hall.  I  was 
more  than  prepared  in  mathematics,  but  deficient  in  Greek.  Mr.  Lindsley,  pro- 
fessor of  languages,  said  I  might  make  it  up  by  extra  study.  This  I  did.  I  was 
conscientious,  and  took  everything  literally,  which  I  have  found  would,  in  the  pre- 
sent age  of  the  world,  be  a  great  mistake.  With  hard  work,  I  had  accomplished 
before  January  six  books  of  Homer.  When  I  came  to  Mr.  Lindsley  to  be  examined, 
he  said  :  "Pooh!  pooh!  It's  no  matter. "  The  truth  is,  he  had  found  me  to  be 
the  best  student  in  the  class—not  the  hardest  worker  in  the  classics,  but  the  best 
general  student."  "  Upon  the  whole  my  two  j'ears  in  Princeton  College  were  years 
of  the  hardest  work  I  ever  did.  In  the  mean  time  Mr.  Lindsley  and  I  got  on  capi- 
tally together,  not  only  during  my  time  at  college,  but  in  after  years,  when  he  con- 
tinued mj'  firm  friend." 

"At  length  the  time  came  for  me  to  graduate.  At  Princeton  they  divide  the 
distinguished  graduates  into  what  are  called  "  Honors,"  sometimes  several  having 
the  same  "Honor."  The  fii-st  "Honor"  was  given  to  me,  Mr.  Pearce,  and  Mr. 
Mearns,  of  Pennsylvania,  who  afterwards  became  a  clergyman.  It  became  my 
lot  to  speak  the  Latin  salutatory,  as  it  is  called.  You  may  depend  I  was  puzzled, 
for  this  was  not  my  forte,  and  I  scarcely  knew  what  to  do.  It  was  not  uncommon 
—on  the  contrary,  quite  common— for  the  students  to  get  their  commencement 


SIXTH   GtlNEBATlOif.  83 

orations  written  by  others,  and  pay  for  them ;    but  this  did  not  suit  me.     So  I 
went   home  and  went  to  work.      I  wrote  a  good  oration  in  Englisli,  and  then 
translated  it  into  Latin,  and  finally  my  father,  than  whom  I  never  knew  a  better 
scholar,  wrote  the  exordium  and  peroration,  and  you  may  depend  they  had  the  ore 
rotumio.     Wiien  I  came  to  speak  it  I  was  in  fear  and  trembling.     But  I  had  one 
comfort,  that  if  I  happened  to  make  a  mistake  or  stumble,  not  a  soul  in  the  audi- 
ence would  know  what  it  was  about.     In  looking  back  upon  it,  I  think  that  to 
write  a  Latin  oration,  commit  it  to  memorj',  and  speak  it  without  a  blunder  to  a 
great  audience  of  learned  men  and  bright  women,  is,  in  relation  to  his  capacity, 
equal  to  one  of  the  labors  of  Hercules.     I  got  through  quite  creditably,  and  returned 
home  with  my  honors  fresh  upon  me.     I  left  Princeton  without  much  regret  or 
affection.     But  I  have  since  learned  to  regard  it  more  highly,  for  I  have  learned 
that  it  was  one  of  the  first  institutions  in  the  country,  where  pure  and  undefiled 
religion — the  religion  of  the  cross — was  taught  without  any  mixture  with  the  false 
philosophies  or  the  corruptions  of  the  world.     There  I  received,  perhaps  not  the 
first,  but  the  strongest  of  my  religious  impressions.     They  have  never  left  me,  nor 
has  the  conviction  that  those  doctrines  taught  there,  are  the  real  doctrines  of  the 
cross  as  interpreted  bj'  St.  Paul,  and  now  preached  in  the  Evangelical  churches." 
"  I  left  Princeton  in  the  autumn,  and  it  had  been  determined  that  I.should  be  a 
lawyer.     It  was  thought  best  that  I  should  commence  mj^  studies  at  Litchfield, 
where  I  was  to  go  the  next  summer.     My  parents  were  doubtless  willing  to  see  a 
little  more  of  me  than  thej'  had  recently  done,  and  besides  there  was  a  practical 
advantage  in  being  able  to  read  works  of  general  history  and  jurisprudence,  which 
few  j'oung  men  can  spare  the  time  to  do.     So  my  plan  was  soon  marked  out,  and 
I  never  regretted  it.     It  was  a  part  of  education  which  few  can  get,  but  which 
none  can  be  thoroughly  educated  without.     I  determined  to  take  the  forenoon  of 
each  day  to  read  history,  the  laws  of  nations,  and  general  jurisprudence,  leaving 
the  latter  part  of  the  day  to  society  and  amusement.     Notwithstanding  I  was  wholly 
unrestricted  as  to  what  I  should  or  should  not  do,  yet  I  pursued  this  plan  strictly 
and  most  profitably.     About  eight  months  of  time  was  passed  in  this  kind  of 
study.      During  that  time,  Hume's  Historj^  Robertson's  Introduction,  Vattel's 
Law  of  Nations,  Rutherford's  Institutes,  Beccana,  and  other  works,  which  were 
historical  and  legal,  I  read  with  the  greatest  interest,  and  in  regard  to  my  intellec- 
tual advancement,  with  great  advantage.     This  course,  as  was  all  that  I  ever  after 
pursued,  I  chose  mj'self,  and  I  cannot  at  this  day  see  that  I  could  have  chosen  any 
better.     The  simple  fact  is,  that  after  a  school  or  college  has  given  a  young  person 
what  may  be  called  the  tools  of  education — that  is,  the  elementary  studies — all  the 
rest  must  be  of  their  own  making.     People  talk  of  "  self-education;"  but  all  edu- 
cation which  is  practically  useful  for  either  mind  or  business  must  be  self-directed." 
"  It  was  about  the  middle  of  June,  1823,  that  my  father  and  I  drove  up  to  Grove 
Catlin's  tavern,  on  the  "green,"  of  Litchfield,  Connecticut.     It  was  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  days  of  the  year,  and  just  before  sunset.     The  scene  was  most  striking. 
Litchfield  is  on  a  hill,  about  one  thousand  feet  above  the  sea,  and  having  fine  scenery 
on  every  side.     On  the  west  rises  "Mount  Tom,"  a  dark  frowning  peak;  in  the 
south-west,  "Bantam  Lake,"  on  whose  shores  I  have  often  walked  and  ridden. 
In  the  north  and  east  other  ridges  rolled  away  in  the  distance,  and  so,  from  Litch- 
field Hill,  there  is  a  varied  and  delightful  prospect.     One  of  the  first  objects  which 


84  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

struck  my  eyes  was  interesting  and  picturesque.  This  was  a  long  procession  of 
school  girls,  coming  down  TSforth  street,  walking  under  the  lofty  elms,  and  moving 
to  the  music  of  a  flute  and  flageolet.  The  girls  were  gayly  dressed,  and  evidently 
enjoying  their  evening  parade,  in  the  most  balmy  season  of  the  year.  It  was  the 
school  of  Miss  Sally  Pierce,  whom  I  have  mentioned  before,  as  one  of  the  earliest 
and  best  of  the  pioneers  in  American  female  education.  That  scene  has  never  faded 
from  my  memory.  The  beauty  of  nature,  the  lovliness  of  the  season,  the  sudden 
appearance  of  this  school  of  girls,  all  united  to  strike  and  charm  the  mind  of  a 
young  man,  who,  however  varied  his  experience,  had  never  beheld  a  scene  like 
that.  In  the  evening  my  father  and  myself  walked  up  to  the  home  of  Judge 
Gould,  who  was  to  be  my  future  preceptor.  The  judge  was  a  handsome  man,  a 
very  able  lawyer,  with  a  keen  and  superior  mind,  subtle,  discriminating,  and  yet 
clear  as  a  crystal.  His  treatise  on  "Pleading,"  which  was  one  of  the  law  titles 
upon  which  he  lectured  to  our  class,  is  the  ablest  law  book  there  is  extant.  My 
father  was  acquainted  with  him,  and  it  was  soon  announced  that  I  should  enter  as 
a  law  student,  and,  as  it  turned  out,  my  residence  in  Litchfield  continued  the  next 
two  years,  and  I  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  county  court  of  Litchfield,  in  June, 
1825." 

"The  time  had  now  arrived  when  I  was  to  begin  my  professional  life,  if  such  I 
was  to  have.  In  May,  1825,  I  started,  in  company  with  my  father,  for  Ohio, 
where,  as  it  was  intended,  and  it  turned  out  in  fact,  I  w^as  to  remain.  We  went 
by  the  route  through  New  York,  via.  Buffalo.  At  that  time  a  large  part  of  the 
New  York  and  Erie  Canal  was  completed.  It  seemed  to  my  inexperienced  mind 
that  nothing  could  be  more  pleasant  than  a  calm,  unruffled  voyage,  without  danger 
or  noise,  and  with  time  to  read  and  observe  the  scenery,  in  a  nice,  well-fitted  canal- 
packet.  So  we  took  passage  in  such  a  packet  from  Albany  to  Utica,  ninety -five 
miles.  Never  was  a  youthful  vision  so  speedily  and  so  utterlj'  dispelled  '.  The 
quiet  and  beautiful  canal-boat  proved  to  be  the  dullest,  the  most  tedious,  the  most 
wearisome  of  all  earthly  conveyances.  Ariived  at  Utica,  we  were  glad  to  take  an 
old-fashioned  stage-coach,  and  complete  our  journey  to  Buffalo." 

"  We  arrived  in  Cincinnati  in  June,  and  found  it  hot  enough.  My  first  aquaint- 
ances  were  mj'  relatives.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Drake.  As  they  were  in  the  midst  of  so- 
ciet3',  and  my  father  was  well  remembered  by  all  the  old  citizens,  it  did  not  take 
long  for  me — who,  I  found,  was  regarded  as  a  promising  young  man — to  become 
known  to  the  best  people  of  Cincinnati.  So  far  as  my  memory  extends,  I  will 
mention  some  of  them.  Among  the  first  I  saw  were  General  and  Mrs.  James  Find- 
lay,  who  were  warm  friends  of  mj'  father  and  mother.  He  was  the  brother  of 
William  Findlay,  governor  of  Pennsylvania,  and  of  John  Findlay,  member  of  Con- 
gress. James  Findlay  was  receiver  of  public  moneys  at  Cincinnati,  in  1805,  when 
my  father  first  arrived,  and  the  families  became  intimate.  He  was  now  out  of 
office,  but  in  good  circumstances,  living  on  Broadway.  In  that,  or  the  following 
year,  he  was  elected  to  congress,  from  the  Cincinnati  district.  Another  family, 
connected  with  the  Findlays  was  Judge  Torrence,  then  president  judge  of  the  com- 
mon pleas.  He  was  a  bluff,  honest,  good-natured  man,  with  not  much  law,  but  a 
great  deal  of  good  principle.  He  was  very  kind  to  me,  and  I  have  remembered 
him  with  gratitude.  It  was  under  him  that  I  came  to  the  bar — for  a  very  Itrief 
time."    (B.e  soon  after  left  the  law,  and  devoted  his  whole  life  to  literary  pur- 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  85 

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suits.)    The  outline  sketch  which  follows,  was  furnished  by  one  who  knew  him 
intimately. 

"Edward  D.  Mansfield  is  a  commanding  figure  in  the  annals  of  Ohio.  His  birth 
gave  him  an  assured  position  among  the  best  residents  of  tlie  community.  His 
education  had  been  careful,  thorough  and  complete.  He  was  thereby  fitted  to  oc- 
cupy the  highest  place  among  people  of  refinement  and  cultured  intellect.  This 
position  he  filled  for  the  elevation  of  his  fellows.  His  culture  was  broad,  and  the 
versatility  of  his  pen  enabled  him  to  reach  all  classes  of  men,  who  were  subject, 
in  a  remarkable  degree,  to  the  influence  which  his  keenness  of  insight  and  wisdom 
enabled  him  to  exert.  There  was  no  man,  so  wise  or  so  experienced  in  public  af- 
fairs, who  might  not  sit  at  his  feet  and  learn  truth.  There  was  none  so  humble 
that  he  could  not  understand  the  lucid  argument  and  forcible  diction,  and  find 
guidance  and  strength  in  his  writings.  In  political  affairs  his  influence  was  unpar- 
alleled, because  his  al)ility  to  weigh  events,  and  issues,  and  by  deductions  from 
them  forecast  the  future,  was  matchless.  His  constituents  were  found  everywhere 
in  the  United  States.  But  in  Ohio,  where  he  was  best  known,  men  were  accus- 
tomed to  receive  their  watchword  from  Ids  pen.  Yamoyden,  the  delightful  resi- 
dence which  had  been  his  home  for  the  last  quarter  century  of  his  life,  was  a  Mec- 
ca to  which  all  eyes  were  turned  in  days  of  doubt  and  danger.  Here  also,  in  the 
midst  of  an  abounding  hospitalit}',  were  found  statesmen  and  divines,  scholars  and 
soldiers,  Avho  delighted  to  do  honor  to  their  host.  The  value  of  thorough  educa- 
tion was  appreciated  by  Mr.  Mansfield.  In  public  addresses,  bj'  his  pen,  in  pri- 
vate, Ids  great  influence  was  ever  found  in  the  front,  urging  on  the  elevation  of  bis 
kind,  through  the  training  of  the  intellect,  and  purification  of  morals.  Some  of 
his  valual)le  papers  are  preserved  in  printed  form.  His  literary  ability  and  useful- 
ness received  recognition  from  Marietta  College  when,  in  1854,  the  degree  of  LL.D. 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  that  institution.  A  marked  mathematical  faculty  and 
marvelous  memory  added  to  his  power.  In  the  field  of  statistical  labor  he  was 
without  a  compeer.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  "Societe  de  Statistique,"  of 
France.  In  Ids  social  life,  Mr.  Mansfield  wa.s  the  most  delightful  of  men.  A 
brilliant  conversationalist,  he  drew  from  his  accumulated  stores  of  information, 
and  the  interest  of  what  he  said  was  heightened  by  the  addition  of  his  own  per- 
sonal views,  or  illustrated  by  anecdote  of  famous  men  and  events.  At  all  times 
accessible  to  all,  his  home  had  entertained  many  of  the  most  noted  men  of  con- 
temporarj'  times.  He  was  a  friend  of  Chase  and  Garfield  and  Hayes  among  States- 
men ;  of  Daniel  Drake  and  others,  among  physicians  ;  of  Lyman  Beecher,  among 
divines. 

Upon  a  high  ridge,  of  peculiar  conformation,  overlooking  the  waters  of  the  blue 
Miami,  he  had  created  a  home.  It  was  called  "  Yamoyden,"  a  name  known  in  the 
early  Indian  wars  of  King  Piiilip  in  New  England,  and  from  this  spot  were  dated 
the  literary  productions  of  his  later  years.  The  range  of  his  work  was  so  extensive 
that  it  is  impossible  to  give  a  conrplete  catalogue  of  his  published  writings  and  ad- 
dresses. He  wrote  much  in  behalf  of  railway  enterprises,  and  these  were  not  al- 
ways published  over  his  own  signature.  A  multitude  of  pamphlets,  some  of  which 
are  inaccessible,  attest  his  indefatigable  diligence.  During  the  dark  days  of  the 
civil  war,  he  was  a  regular  contributor  to  the  New  York  Daily  Times,  over  the 
signature  *'  Vetran  Observer,"     His  writings  at  this  time  did  much  to  dispel  des- 


80  MAKSPIELt)   GEKEAt.OGY. 

pondent  fears  and  stimulate  the  courage  of  those  whose  doubt  led  them  to  antici 
pate  disaster  to  tlie  cause  of  tiie  Union.  His  cheerful  and  hopeful  mind  found  en- 
couragement in  circumstances  whose  value  he  knew  well.  He  possessed  a  marked 
ability  in  imparting  to  others  his  own  well  founded  views.  Even  men  high  in  the 
conduct  of  the  war  found  help  in  the  calm  judgment  of  this  retired  ol)server  of 
men  and  events. 

He  was  editor  of  the  Cincinnati  Gazette  for  many  years,  and  remained  the  most 
valued  contributor  to  its  columns  until  the  end  of  his  life.  At  different  periods  he 
was  editor  of  the  Cincinnati  Chronicle,  the  Cincinnati  Atlas,  the  Railroad  Record. 
He  was  the  author  of  a  "  Treatise  on  Constitutional  Law,"  "  Political  Grammar," 
"The  Legal  Rights  of  Women,"  "Life  of  Gen.  Winfield  Scott,"  "History  of  the 
Mexican  War,"  "American  Education,"  "The  Utility  of  Mathematics,"  "Memoirs 
of  Daniel  Drake ;''  joint  author  with  Benjamin  Drake  of  "  Cincinnati  in  1836,"  and 
also  of  a  volume  entitled  "  Personal  Memories,"  covering  a  period  of  many  years, 
and  embracing  sketches  of  manj'  men  who  have  been  prominent  in  the  public  life 
of  the  United  States. 

His  personal  character  was  without  the  faintest  suggestion  of  a  blemish.  A  mind 
free  from  petty  faults ;  a  heart  moved  by  the  desire  to  benefit  the  world ;  a  hand 
ever  willing  to  labor  in  the  cause  of  the  right  and  of  those  who  had  no  defenders, 
gave  him  a  place  in  the  hearts  of  men  rarely  attained,  even  by  the  wise  and  the 
good.  His  achievements  have  added  luster  to  the  annals  of  his  adopted  State,  Ohio. 
His  life  and  work  embellished  the  history  and  traditions  of  the  race  of  Mansfields. 
His  broad  sympathy  for  the  oppressed  and  needy— his  true  heart  in  the  loyal  ser- 
vice of  human  progress  place  his  name  by  he  side  of  those  w^hose  names  stand  as 
types  of  the  noblest  and  best  among  the  creatures  of  God.  He  was  a  Christian, 
serving  God  according  to  the  faith  and  order  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  in  which 
body  he  was  for  a  long  time  a  Ruling  Elder.  But  his  religious  convictions  were 
neither  narrow  nor  bigoted.  His  pre-eminent  virtue  was  a  catholic  charity,  ever 
ready  to  discover  the  best  and  to  *'  cover  a  multitude  of  sins." 

This  attril)ute  was  a  fitting  exponent  of  the  faith  which  he  professed  in  the  eter- 
nal verities  of  divine  revelation  and  providence ;  and  of  the  exalted  hope  which 
was  an  anchor  holding  him  firmly  to  those  truths  which  his  own  consciousness  at- 
tested, and  which  pointed  to  an  ultimate  destiny  of  unbounded  blessedness,  when 
he  should  be  transferred  to  the  highest  sphere  of  action  in  which  man  can  find 
scope  for  his  activity." 

What  follows  is  from  one  of  his  married  daughters,  Rev.  Mrs.  S.: 

"  Whatever  else  is  left  out  from  the  obituary  sent  by  my  husband,  I  should  like 
emphasized,  1st,  my  father's  power  of  mind  even  to  old  age.  He  wrote  an  article 
for  the  CincimMti  Gazette  two  weeks  before  his  death,  and  the  morning  after 
his  death  the  paper  repuhluhed  it,  in  compliment  to  his  memory— he  had  been  at 
one  time  Editor  of  the  Gazette,  and  up  to  his  death  contributed  to  it  regularly, 
over  his  initials  E.  D.  M.  2nd.— His  thorough  literary  education— he  had  gradu- 
ated both  at  West  Point  and  at  Princeton  before  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age- 
that  was  a  goort  deal,  but  more  than  that  he  read  a  great  deal,  always  what  was 
worth  reading,  and  kept  up  with  the  age;  had  read  books  of  Darwin  and  Herbert 
Spencer,  and  had  written  articles  on  them  before  there  was  any  general  discussion 
of  them  in  the  papers  or  society— //e  believed  in  the  CUmies.  3rd.  —His  moral  cour- 
age.   He  wrote  for  the  public  good,  for  the  education  and  improvement  of  man- 


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SIXTH   GEISTEEATION.  87 

kind  ;  a  strong  friend  of  working  men,  he  used  to  say  I  want  on  my  tomb-stone  : 
Here  lies  a  working  man  !  lie  was  wondrously  industrious,  never  idle,  interested 
in  books,  in  nature,  and  in  the  "noblest  study  of  mankind— man."  4th. — His 
christian  character  and  his  strong  faith  in  God — he  used  often  to  say,  "  God  is  on 
my  side,"— he  scorned  all  those  evil  prophets,  of  this  generation  being  worse  than 
former  generations;  on  the  contrary,  he  said,  the  world  is  growing  better  all  the 
time.  5th. — His  patriotism— he  was  an  American  in  every  fibre— n.  believer  in  the 
American  people,  and  their  future — a  thorough  rfebcliever  in  European  education 
for  Americans.  6th. — He  was  one  of  the  most  sociable  people  in  the  world,  a 
lover  of  pleasant  society,  yet  at  all  times  sufficient  to  himself —at  home,  either  in 
the  most  brilliant  society,  or  among  his  own  children,  with  whom  he  would  talk 
over  events  of  the  day  ;  and  to  whom  he  would  read  his  articles  before  they  were 
printed — he  loved  to  sit  on  Yamoyden  porch  in  summer  lime,  and  look  at  the  little 
river  and  far  away  fields,  or  listen  to  the  birds— or  run  during  his  walks,  to  talk  in 
a  simple,  unaffected  way  with  a  day  laborer  or  mechanic.  His  nature  was  sweet, 
simple,  true,  he  never  spoke  ill  or  believed  ill  of  any.  He  helped  many  people, 
but  never  asked  aid  himself  from  any.  He  was  too  much  in  earnest  in  doing  good 
to  be  rich,  yet  always  earned  enough  with  his  pen  to  live  likt;  a  gentleman,  in  a 
simple,  pleasant  manner — yet  ever  hospitable  to  all,  and  Yamoyden,  his  home  for 
over  twenty  years,  has  seen  many  distinguished  guests.  He  died  Oct.  27th,  1880, 
of  Heart  disease,  in  his  80th  year,  having  been  born  in  New  Haven,  Aug.  17th,  1801. 
For  three  years  previous  to  his  death  he  suffered  much  from  heart  disease,  but  his 
last  illness  was  very  brief,  he  was  confined  to  his  room,  on]y  fmtr  days,  and  to  his 
bed  less  than  one— he  died  peacefully,  his  last  words  were,  "O  Death  where  is 
thy" — there  his  voice  stopped.  He  was  buried,  October  29th,  at  Spring  Grove 
Cemetery,  Cincinnati,  on  a  lovely  autumn  day,  a  fitting  close  to  a  long,  honored 
and  useful  life." 

146.  Mart  Ann,  born  at  Ludlow's  Station,  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Jan.  23, 
1807;  married,  Oct.  11,  1825,  Charles  Davies,  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.  Subjoined 
is  an  obituary  sketch  of  his  life,  from  the  "National  Teachers  Monthly."  "On 
the  18th  of  Sept.,  1876,  died  Professor  Charles  Davies,  at  Fishkill,  on  the  Hudson. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the  most  distinguished  teacher  in  the  United  States, 
perhaps  the  oldest,  certainly  the  best  known,  either  as  teacher  or  writer.  His 
family  was  of  English  origin,  settled  in  Washington,  Litchfield  Co.,  Ct  Born  in 
1798,  he  was  removed  with  his  father  and  his  family  to  St.  Lawrence  County,  N. 
Y.,  in  the  early  part  of  this  century.  That  region  was  then  almost  a  wilderness, 
on  the  northern  frontier.  There  he  was  a  farmer's  boy,  inured  to  work,  to  country 
habits,  and  to  some  measure  of  hardship.  W^ith  a  strong  constitution,  quick  mind, 
and  impulsive  character,  he  had  all  the  elements  which  were  necessary  to  sustain 
those  habits  of  study  and  labor,  which  made  him  a  successful  student,  and  a  most 
useful  teacher.  In  Dec,  1813,  he  was  appointed  a  Cadet  at  West  Point.  In  con- 
sequence of  the  rapid  promotions  (it  then  being  War  time),  he  was  promoted  second 
Lieutenant  of  Artillery  in  Dec,  1815.  He  was  only  one  year  in  the  army  proper, 
except  being  paymaster  at  West  Point  from  1841  to  1846.  In  Dec,  1816,  he  was 
appointed  Assistant  Professor  of  Mathematics  at  the  IMilitary  Academy,  a  civil 
office,  created  by  law  for  the  purpose  of  having  permanent  teachers.  In  1821,  he 
was  appointed  Assistant  Professor  of  Natural  and  Kxperimental  Philosophy  ;  and  in 


88  MANSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 

May,  1823,  Professor  of  Mathematics.  In  this  chair  he  remained  until  May,  1837, 
■when  he  resigned  and  removed  to  Hartford,  Ct.,  chiefly  with  a  view  of  preparing 
and  publishing  the  series  of  Educational  works,  which  have  since  made  him  cele- 
brated. The  office  of  Teacher  had,  however,  become  habitual  and  natural  to  him. 
He  loved  it,  and  so  he  continued  in  it  almost  to  the  last  years  of  his  life.  From 
1839  to  1841  he  was  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  Trinity  College,  Hartford. 

Removing  to  West  Point  as  paymaster,  and  subsequently  to  Fishkill  on  the  Hud- 
son, he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Philosophy  in  the  University 
of  New  York,  in  1848,  and  Professor  of  the  higher  Mathematics  in  Columbia  Col- 
lege New  York,  in  1857.  There  he  remained  until  1865,  when  he  retired  and  was 
Emeritus  Professor.  Even  then  he  did  not  cease  wholly  his  connection  with  teachers 
and  teaching.  He  was  invited  to,  and  often  attended  the  Teachers'  A.ssociations 
and  meetings  throughout  the  country.  In  1844,  he  was  President  of  the  Teachers' 
Association  of  New  York,  and  in  recent  years  a  member  of  the  "  University  Con- 
vocation," of  New  York.  It  was  to  that  body  he  made  his  Report  on  the  "  Metric 
System ;"  a  report  which  did  much  practical  good  in  preventing  a  rather  foolish, 
and  even  dangerous  introduction  of  that  system  into  this  country.  That  work  was 
published  in  1870.  It  was  on  this  occasion  he  wrote  to  me  what  seems  so  express- 
ive both  of  his  labors  and  the  brevity  of  life.  "  Somehow,  time  rolls  on  so  fast, 
that  I  seem  to  have  no  scraps,  except  for  trifles,  which  absorb  all  the  moments  of  life. " 
These  scraps,  however,  were  with  him  only  the  vacation  from  labor;  for,  as  we  see, 
he  had  just  then  completed  his  laborious  and  most  interesting  report  on  the  ' '  Metric 
System."  The  world,  and  especially  the  institutions  of  learning  were  not  unmind- 
ful of  these  labors,  and  did  what  they  could  to  honor  him.  In  1824,  the  degree  of 
A.  M.  was  conferred  by  the  college  of  New  Jersey,  (Princeton) ;  and  in  1825,  the 
same  degree  by  Williams  College,  Massachusetts ;  and  in  1840,  the  degree  of  LL.  D. , 
by  the  Geneva  College,  New  York.  His  various  Professorships  and  degrees  indi- 
cated clearly  enough  what  the  public  of  learning  and  education  thought  of  him. 
If  his  was  a  life  of  actual  teaching,  it  was  perhaps  still  more  so  as  the  writer  of 
text-books,  and  the  author  of  methods.  In  this  character  the  world  knows  far 
more  of  him,  and  from  Maine  to  California,  his  name  is  in  every  school.  The  be- 
ginning of  his  work  in  this  way  arose  from  an  actual  and  crying  want  of  the  country, 
and  especially  at  the  very  point  where  Professor  Davies  was.  It  is  not  generally 
known,  but  it  ought  to  be  written  out  in  striking  characters,  that  at  the  time  the 
present  system  of  scientific  instruction  was  begun  at  West  Point,  there  were  actually 
110  text-books  of  science  to  be  had.  They  had  to  be  created.  The  only  good  text- 
books of  science  were  French.  At  this  time,  this  seems  a  strange  fact ;  but  it  was 
real,  and  it  was  a  great  drawback  on  the  teachers  at  West  Point.  We  all  see  now  how 
completely  the  difficulty  was  overcome  by  the  labor  of  teachers  and  the  enterprise 
of  publi-shers.  Without  any  better  books  than  old  "  Hutton's  Mathematics,"  Pro- 
fessor Davies  got  the  idea  of  translating  and  adapting  the  French  books. 

It  was  in  the  summer  of  1883,  I  think,  he  began  the  translation  of  Legendre's 
Geometry.  It  was  a  capital  book  on  that  subject ;  and  its  success  induced  him  to 
go  on  with  other  works.  The  next  was  "  Bourdon's  Algebra."  Both  of  these  were 
French,  but  he  subsequently  changed  them,  and  adapted  them  so  that  they  became 
his  own.  It  was  at  this  time,  now  got  to  be  1836,  that  he  conceived  the  idea  of  pub- 
lishing a  series  of  such  works,  and  he  found  that  it  would  be  more  profitable  to  be 


SIXTH   GENERATiON.  89 

engaged  either  wholl3\  or  in  part,  in  tlie  publication  ;  at  least  until  his  books  were 
introduced  and  he  became  known.  At  that  time  this  particular  class  of  book  pub- 
lishers did  not  exist,  and  the  publishers  of  miscellaneous  books  had  little  advantage 
over  the  authors.  Accordingly,  as  we  have  said,  he  resigned  his  Professorship  at 
West  Point,  and  removed  to  Hartford.  There,  in  connection  with  A.  S.  Barnes, 
(the  founder  of  the  house  of  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co.),  he  continued  the  preparation  and 
publication  of  text-books.  This  is  not  the  place  to  describe  these  books,  but  they 
have  been  numerous,  popular  and  useful.  They  comprise  the  whole  range  of  Math- 
ematical subjects. 

The  Geometry  was  prepareil  first,  because  he  was  then  at  West  Point,  but  they 
have  since  been  continued,  until  they  make  the  most  comprehensive  series  in  the 
English  hiiiguage.  Among  them  are  no  less  than  eight  different  grades  of  Arithme- 
tics ;  Elementary  works  on  Algebra,  Geometry,  Trigonometry,  Practical  Mathemat- 
ics, Surveying  and  Navigation,  Analytical  Geometry,  Differential  and  Integral  Cal- 
culus, Descriptive  Geometry,  Shades,  Shadows,  The  Metric  System,  Mathematical 
Tables,  Foundations  of  ^lathematical  Science  and  Perspective.  In  addition  to  these 
he  wrote  the  Logic  and  Utility  of  Mathematics ;  and  jointly  with  Professor  Peck, 
the  Mathematical  Dictionary.  Tiiese  form  a  complete  series  of  Mathematical  text- 
books, and  there  is  none  otlier  so  full,  if  they  be  so  accurate.  These  works  have 
gone  into  thousands  of  schools,  academies  and  colleges.  They  are  known  to  tens- 
of-thousands,  from  the  boy  often  to  the  man  of  fifty  years,  and  no  epitaph,  no  obit- 
uary, and  no  biography  will  make  the  name  of  teacher  or  writer  so  widely  known 
as  those  simple  but  most  useful  books.  The  work  of  teacher,  or  that  of  text-books, 
is  not  celebrated  by  the  voice  of  trumpets,  or  the  eulogies  of  history,  but  both  will 
live  in  the  memoriLS  of  students  now,  and  in  the  transcript  of  minds  from  generation 
to  generation. 

In  private  and  social  life,  Mr.  Davies  exhibited  all  the  characteristics  of  the  culti- 
vated christian  gentleman.  In  1826,  he  married  a  daughter  of  the  late  Col.  Jared 
Mansfield,  then  Professor  of  Philosophy  at  West  Point.  His  house  was  always 
profitable,  attractive  and  pleasant.  Whether  at  West  Point,  Hartford,  or  Fishkill, 
there  gathered  around  their  table  many  of  the  people  most  interesting  in  Science  and 
Letters.  Men  and  women  whom  the  world  honored  and  admired  were  often  there. 
There  were  few  people  who  entertained  better  than  Professor  Davies,  and  few  who 
had  more  of  the  tact  which  makes  the  guest  at  home,  and  pleased  with  himself. 

Mr.  Davies  was  a  Conservative,  parti}'  by  nature  and  partly  because  he  was 
educated  in  the  habits  of  military  discipline.  So  when  the  war  came  on  he  was 
earnestl}'  in  favor  of  the  Government ;  but  when  it  closed,  he  was  equally  in  favor 
of  a  universal  amnestj^ ;  a  settling  down  into  amity  and  harmony.  One  of  the  last  acts 
of  his  life  was  an  address  to  the  graduates  of  West  Point,  in  which  he  endeavored 
by  kind  words  and  acts  to  unite  those  who  had  been  separated  by  war. 

The  family  of  Davies  had  been  Episcopalians,  and  the  Professor  adhered  to  that 
church.  Without  any  bigotry  in  forms,  he  liked  a  church  which  seemed  in  its  form 
and  order  to  be  conservative.  In  character  he  was  kind  and  generous,  the  best  of 
friends,  and  the  kindest  of  neighbors.  It  will  be  long  before  one  so  just,  so  ami- 
able, so  widely  useful  will  perish  from  the  memory  of  this  generation,  or  cease  to 
be  handed  down  to  posterity. 
13     . 


90  MANSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 

147,  Elizabeth,  born  Jan.  5, 1811,  at  Bates'  Place,  near  Cincinnati,  O.,  and 
died  in  infancy. 

148.  Jared  Acgustds,  born  May  21,  1813,  in  New  Haven,  Ct.,  died  Mar.  18, 
1816,  at  West  Point,  N.  Y. 

85.     HENRY.  New  Haven,  Ct. 

*149.  Henry  Stephen,  born  in  New  Haven,  May  26,  1786,  was  married  Nov. 
10,  1811,  to  Elizabeth  Buffum,  of  Smithfield,  E.  I.,  daughter  of  Joshua  Buffuni, 
one  of  the  early  settlers  in  this  country.  He  removed  to  Providence,  R.  I.,  where 
he  was  employed  as  an  accountant  for  Brown  &  Ives.  Afterwards  removed  to 
Slatersville,  Smithfield,  R.  I.,  and  was  employed  as  an  accountant  for  Almy  Brown 
&  Slater,  and  1818,  was  chosen  Cashier  of  the  Farmers  and  Manufacturers,  after- 
wards, the  Village  Bank  of  Slatersville,  and  continued  in  that  capacity  until  Aug., 
1839,  when  his  son  Henry  S.  Mansfield,  Junr.,  was  chosenin  his  place.  He  died  in 
New  York,  Mar.  26,  1851. 

150.  John  Fenno,  born  Jan.  9,  1788,  settled  early  in  life  at  Cincinnati,  O., 
raised  a  company  of  light  infantry  there,  and  was  chosen  Captain  of  it,  went  with 
it  to  Detroit,  and  was  with  it  there  under  Gen.  Hull,  when  he  ignominiously  sur- 
rendered the  Fort  to  the  British,  in  1812.  Capt.  Mansfield  was  surrendered  with 
the  others.  He  was  released,  but  in  crossing  Lake  Erie,  took  a  fever.  He  had 
barely  strength  enough  to  return  to  Cincinnati,  and  died  Sept.  12,  1812,  at  the  house 
of  his  friend  Ethan  Stone,  Esqr. ,  not  of  fever  alone,  but  of  a  broken  heart.  In  ' '  Per- 
sonal Memories,"  by  Edward  D.  Mansfield,  LL.D.,  occurs  this  passage,  "  I  cannot 
stop  to  describe,  even  if  memory  would  permit,  the  many  brilliant,  and  some  of 
them  afterward  greatly  distinguished,  persons  who  were  either  members  of  our 
family  or  visitors  at  Ludlow's  Station.  Among  others  were  John  Mansfield,  a  young 
man  of  extraordinary  worth  and  genius ;  Joseph  Totten,  who  afterward  became  Gen- 
eral of  Engineers ;  Dr.  Daniel  Drake,  the  most  distinguished  physician  of  the  Ohio 
valley ;  Judge — afterward  Governor  Brown,  and  others  of  less  note,  but  equally 
agreeable  members  of  the  social  circle." 

151.  Mary  Grace  Caroline  Mansfield,  born  June  4,  1792,  married  David 
Wade,  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  a  distinguished  Lawyer  and  Judge.  She  died  Apr.  16, 
1825  ;  was  the  mother  of  nine  children. 

152.  Grace  Totten  Mansfield,  born  Feb.  13,  1799,  in  St.  Croix.  Frederick 
Stead,  West  End,  W.  I.,  under  his  Danish  ^Majesty,  Christian  the  7th,  married  June 
15,  1816,  Elias  Parker  of  New  Haven.  She  resided  in  Middletown,  Ct.  Her  child- 
ren were  Grace  Caroline  Parker,  Mary  Adaline  Parker,  and  Hannah  Eliza  Parker. 
Grace  Caroline  married  William  Douglas,  of  Middletown,  Ct.  Mary  Adaline,  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Douglas  of  Middletown,  Ct.,  a  brother  of  William,  who  were  second 
cousinsof  their  wives.  Their  grandmother  Douglas,  being  Hannah  Mansfield,  sister 
of  Henry  Mansfield.  Hannah  Eliza  Parker,  married  Hon.  Amos  W.  Prentice,  of 
Norwich,  Ct.  The  above  Grace  Totten  Mansfield  Parker,  died  at  Middletown,  Ct. , 
Mar.  10,  1878,  aged  79  years  and  25  days. 

153.  Hannah  Fbnno  Mansfield,  born  in  St.  Croix,  Frederick  Stead,  W^est 


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SIXTH   GENEKATION.  91 

End,  W.  I.,  under  his  Danish  Majesty,  Christian  the  7th,  Feb.  24,  1801.  She  was 
never  married,  and  died  in  Middletown,  about  1873.  The  following  note,  written 
in  the  old  bible,  by  her  mother,  reads  as  follows:  "She  was  under  two  different 
Kings, Christian  7th, His  Danish  Majesty,and  George  the  third, his  Britanic  Majesty, 
and  under  Thomas  Jefferson,  President  of  the  United  States,  and  under  the  supreme 
magistracy  of  indulgent  Heaven,  a  free  country,  a  heaven  born  race  of  beings,  be- 
fore she  was  twelve  weeks  old."  This  is  copied  to  show  the  Christian  Patriotism 
of  those  times,  that  should  cause  a  mother  to  write  thus  of  her  infant  child. 

*154.  JosKi'u  King  Fenno  Mansfield,  born  in  New  Haven,  Dec.  22,  1803; 
married,  Sept.  25,  1838,  Louisa  Maria  Mather,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Catharine 
Livingston  Mather,  at  Middletown,  by  the  Rev.  J  ohn  R.  Crane  ;  was  fatally  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Antielam,  Sept.  17,  1862,  and  died  the  next  day.  "In  1817,  at 
the  age  of  fourteen,  he  entered  the  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  and  graduated 
with  high  honors  in  1822,  being  second  in  his  class,  of  forty  members,  and  the 
youngest,  aged  only  nineteen.  He  was  appointed,  July  1,  1822,  Brevet  Second 
Lieutenant  of  Engineers.  Tims  he  continued  for  nearly  ten  years,  his  commission 
as  First  Lieutenant  bearing  date  March,  1832.  In  July,  1838,  he  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  Captain,  and  on  theoutbreak  of  the  Mexican  War,  was  intrusted  with 
the  responsible  post  of  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Army  commanded  by  Major-General 
Taylor,  during  the  years  1846  and  1847.  In  the  defence  of  Fort  Brown,  which 
was  attacked  on  the  3rd  of  May,  and  heroically  defended  until  the  9th.  Captain 
Mansfield  was  particularly  distinguished,  and  received  the  brevet  of  Major  for  his 
services. 

In  the  three  days'  conflict  at  Monterey,  21st,  22nd  and  23rd  of  Sept.,  1846,  Major 
Mansfield  again  distinguished  himself,  and  was  breveted  Lieutenant-Colonel  for 
gallant  and  meritorious  conduct.  At  the  storming  of  Monterey  he  was  severely 
wounded,  but  in  five  months  after,  Feb.,  1847,  he  was  again  at  his  post,  being 
breveted  Colonel  for  gallant  services,  in  the  battle  of  Buena  Vista,  Feb.  23rd,  1847. 
In  1851,  Col.  Mansfield  was  still  Captain  in  the  corps  of  Engineers,  his  name  being 
third  on  the  list.  At  that  time  the  following  distinguished  officers  were  his  asso- 
ciates in  the  Engineers :  Generals  H.  W.  Halleck,  G.  B.  McCleilan,  Horatio  E. 
Wright,  G.  W.  Cullum,  W.  S.  Roseucrans,  John  Newton,  G.  Foster,  H.  W.  Ben- 
ham,  T.  Q.  Barnard,  Charles  E.  Blunt,  Quincy  A.  Gilmore,  and  Quartermaster- 
General  Meigs.  The  Rebel  Generals,  Robert  E.  Lee,  Peter  G.  T.  Beauregard,  and 
Charles  S.  Stuart,  were  also  officers  in  this  corps  at  the  same  time. 

On  the  resignation  of  Inspector-General,  Geo.  A.  McCall,  Col.  Mansfield,  was  se- 
lected. May  28,  1853,  to  fill  the  important  post  of  Inspector  Geiieral,  with  the  full 
rank  of  Colonel,  and  thereupon  resigned  his  rank  as  Captain  of  Engineers.  He  con- 
tinued to  perform  the  duties  of  Inspector- General  of  the  United  States  army,  until 
May  14,  1861,  at  which  date  he  was  nominated  by  the  President  for  one  of  the  new 
Brigadier-Generalships  in  the  regular  army,  then  just  created  by  Congress. 

The  following  extracts  are  from  a  discourse  on  his  life  and  character,  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Taylor,  of  Middletown.  "In  1853,  Colonel  Mansfield  was  selected  to  fill  the  high 
position  of  Inspector  General  of  the  army,  and  in  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his 
office,  visited  all  parts  of  our  country,  some  sections  many  times ;  being  absent  from 
home  on  some  of  these  visits  of  inspection  more  than  a  year  at  a  time.  In  this  ser- 
vice he  was  engaged  in  Texas  at  the  commencement  of  the  sad  state  of  the  country. 


93  MANSFIELD    GENEALOGY. 

His  thorough  acquaintance  with  the  different  sections  of  the  union,  enabled  him  to 
see  the  magnitude  of  the  increasing  evil  as  but  few  could  do,  and  not  one  felt  more 
deeply  than  did  he,  the  mortification  that  there  was  not  courage  and  strength  in  the 
Government  at  that  period,  to  crush  the  outbreaking  spirit  of  disloyalty  and  treason. 
He  said  a  man-of-war  or  two  might  have  put  an  extinguisher  on  the  whole  bursting 
flame  of  secession  and  have  saved  the  country  its  horrible  agony  of  blood. 

He  was  called  home  in  the  spring  of  1861,  to  await  for  a  season  the  duties  to  which 
the  drifting  events  in  the  country  might  call  him.  To  make  the  record  of  his  life 
complete,  it  should  be  mentioned,  that  for  twenty  years  in  the  department  of  Engin- 
eering, he  was  erecting  the  fortifications  along  our  extended  coast.  Prominent 
among  the  works  which  he  planned  and  superintended  in  building,  is  Fort  Pulaski, 
admitted  by  all  familiar  with  its  strength,  to  be  a  model  of  its  kind  ;  and  presenting 
a  claim  to  be  the  very  best  defensive  fortification  in  the  possession  of  our  Govern- 
ment. During  some  of  those  anxious  days  that  followed  the  attack  on  Fort  Sumpter, 
Colonel  Mansfield  remained  in  town,  in  a  state  of  trying  suspense.  As  the  war 
horse,  whose  mettle  the  bugle  has  stirred,  scents  the  battle  from  afar,  and  longs  for 
the  strife,  so  our  friend  stood  looking  out  on  the  disturbed  elements,  eager  to  aid, 
to  the  extent  of  his  power,  in  quelling  them.  At  length  an  order  came,  assigning 
him  duties  in  the  north-west.  But  he  had  scarcely  reached  his  destination,  when 
his  presence  was  demanded  immediately  in  the  metropolis.  Washington  was  in  dan- 
ger;  and  to  him  the  authorities  looked  as  the  proper  person  to  secure  its  defense. 
In  the  meantime,  there  were  occuring  those  startling  scenes  of  the  ever  memorable 
nineteenth  of  April._  New  England  blood  had  been  shed  in  the  streets  of  Baltimore, 
and  the  whole  North  was  in  a  blaze.  How  the  heart  aches,  and  the  brain  fires,  even 
now,  in  recollection  of  those  times  and  events.  Colonel  Mansfield,  coming  from 
the  west,  in  hopes  of  reaching  Washington  via.  Baltimore,  found  himself  shut  off 
from  the  railroad,  and  was  obliged  to  make  his  way  on  foot  and  alone,  as  best  he 
could.  Those  were  hours  when  no  one  could  tell  who  were  the  friends  or  the  foes 
of  the  country.  Several  days  were  past  before  he  worked  his  way  through,  and 
his  rations  were  not  at  all  times  very  liberal  for  a  private  soldier.  A  dry  biscuit  or 
cracker  was  all  the  food  he  could  obtain  for  one  day.  But  the  end  came  at  last. 
He  reports  himself  at  headquarters,  ready  for  duty,  and  is  immediatelj^  placed  in 
command  of  the  forces  detailed  for  the  defense  of  the  Capitol.  April  30,  1861,  the 
journals  of  the  day  announced,  "  Colonel  Mansfield  is  now  in  command  of  the 
troops  at  Washington.  He  is  an  officer  of  high  attainments  and  great  experience." 
The  whole  north  seemed  to  breathe  easier,  seeing  as  they  thought,  the  right  man  in 
the  right  place.  Soon  the  cheerful  note  came  to  us,  "  Washington  is  safe."  Ar- 
lington Heights  were  crowned  with  fortifications  under  his  careful  eye,  and  order 
held  the  sceptre  over  the  agitated  city.  What  prayers  were  offered  for  him — what 
interest  felt  in  his  behalf,  in  those  days  of  solemn  responsibility,  when  the  eyes  of 
the  civilized  world  were  turned  towards  him  and  the  city  of  his  guardianship,  need 
not  here  be  spoken.  May  17,  he  was  promoted  to  a  Brigadier  generalship  in  the 
regular  armJ^ 

There  were  many  scenes  of  thrilling  interest  occurring  in  every-day  life,  while 
he  was  at  Washington.  It  was  a  new  theatre  upon  which  the  nation  was  launched, 
and  well-nigh  every  act  was  new.  Confidence  in  man  was  destroyed ;  life  and 
property  had  lost  the  pledges  of  their  past  security.     Willard's  Hotel  and  the  ad- 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  93 

joining  buildings  are  threatened  with  the  devouring  fiauies.  The  General  is  called 
from  his  slumbers  to  battle  with  this  new  foe.  He  quickly  marshals  into  service  a 
company  of  Ellsworth's  Zouaves,  and  they  handle  the  uncaged  element  as  they 
would  a  lamb:  by  their  wild  mancBuvres  and  dexterous  movements  making  the 
whole  scene  one  of  the  most  graphic  of  its  kind  in  history.  The  brave,  though  indis- 
creet Ellsworth  met  his  untimely  fate  in  those  days  of  anxious  suspense,  and  in  his 
death  the  government  was  destined  to  see  blasted  the  hopes  it  cherished  respecting 
the  efficiency  of  that  mode  of  warfare  which  had  been  introduced  by  him.  Over 
the  decayed  beauty,  and  perished  expectations,  and  unhallowed  martyrdom  of  the 
youthful  soldier,  no  tear  of  affection  more  truly  spoke  the  deep  emotion  of  the 
prompting  heart  of  grief  than  tiiat  shed  1)}'  Mansfield.  He  was  favored  with  many 
assurances  of  the  high  regard  in  which  he  was  held  by  the  citizens.  None  could 
have  been  more  pleasing  than  that  furnished  on  the  fourth  of  July.  The  day  had 
been  observed  under  his  direction,  in  appropriate  forms  of  celebration.  At  the 
close,  he  found  himself  in  receipt  of  a  superb  offering  of  flowers,  accompanied  with 
the  following  written  testimonial : 

FOR  GENERAL  MANSFIELD, 

BELOVED    BY    HIS    FRIENDS; 

ESTEEMED    AND   TRUSTED   BY   HIS   ACQUAINTANCES; 

HONORED    BY    ALL,   AS   THE    GOOD    MAN,  THE   NOBLE    AND    EFFICIENT   OFFICER, 

THE    JUST    AND    LOYAL   CITIZEN  : 

MAY    HIS    LIFE    MEASURE   MANY    YEARS. 

He  retained  his  command  in  Washington  until  the  17th  of  Aug.,  1861.  Such 
changes  were  made  in  the  military  departments  as  led  to  his  removal  from  thatj 
post.  He  embraced  the  opportunity  which  then  offered  to  make  a  brief  visit  to 
his  family  and  friends,  in  this  place — the  only  time  he  has  been  home  since  called 
to  the  scenes  of  war.  Many  complaints  have  been  brought  against  officers  and 
privates,  that  they  have  exhibited  criminal  neglect  in  being  from  their  posts  of  duty 
in  the  hour  of  need.  No  such  charge  has  ever  adhered  to  General  Mansfield.  He 
has  seen  the  year  come  and  go  while  away  from  home,  although  but  a  few  hours 
of  distance  intervened  between  him  and  those  he  so  tenderly  loved.  He  longed 
for  the  end  of  the  strife,  that  he  might  come  home  ;  but  while  the  war  lasted  his 
course  was  plain.  On  his  visit  referred  to,  we  were  gratified  to  find  the  Christian 
still  eminent  in  the  soldier.  He  was  in  his  place  in  the  lecture  preparatoiy  to  the 
sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  The  Sabbath  ensuing,  the  first  in  September, 
one  year  ago,  he  partook  of  the  sacrament  with  us.  He  remained  during  the  fol- 
lowing week,  was  in  the  church  one  Sabbath  more,  and  returned  to  his  public  duties 
the  next  Monday.  While  at  home  on  this  occasion,  an  earnest  desire  was  felt  on 
the  part  of  the  citizens  generally,  that  some  ovation  should  be  tendered  him.  The 
limited  time  of  his  slay  precluded  this.  The  late  Samuel  Russell  threw  open  his 
mansion  to  an  impromptu  gathering  of  his  friends  and  admirers,  which  doubtless 
was  more  agreeable  to  the  General's  feelings  than  any  formal  reception. 

Mr.  Mansfield  has  ever  been  in  high  esteem  in  this  place  of  his  residence.  Of  him 
it  can  be  truly  said,  '  Nowhere  else  has  the  prophet  had  more  honor  than  in  his  own 
country  and  in  his  own  house,'  so  rare  has  been  the  felicity  of  his  life  and  presence 


94  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

among  us.  Fresh  iu  the  memory  of  most  in  this  audience,  is  the  scene  of  welcome 
which  greeted  his  return  from  the  wars  of  Mexico.  One  who  was  an  actor  in  that 
highly  becoming  transaction  has  made  this  record  :— 

"It  may  well  be  doubted  whether  on' any  occasion  a  distinguished  individual  has 
ever  received  a  more  hearty  welcome,  or  a  mure  gratifying  reception  than  has 
Colonel  Mansfield,  when  more  than  one-thousand  of  his  old  friends  and  acquaint- 
ances, neighbors  and  fellow  citizens,  hastily  collected  together  to  offer  him  a  renew- 
ed tribute  of  their  esteem  and  respect." 

The  private  life  of  our  friend  may  be  said  to  have  closed  on  his  return  to  the  seat 
of  war.  The  year  that  has  passed  since  that,  has  found  him  wholly  absorbed  iu 
labors  for  the  public  weal.  We  turn  back,  therefore,  at  this  point,  to  trace  the  cur- 
rent of  events  which  delineate  his  life  and  character  in  the  narrower  and  less  con- 
spicuous sphere  of  his  duties.  Two  months  after  he  was  promoted  to  a  captaincy, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Louisa  M.,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Catharine  Liv- 
ingston Mather,  of  this  city.  With  the  exception  of  some  five  years,  during  which 
they  resided  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  their  home  has  been  here.  The  famil}- residence 
of  the  parents  became  the  home  of  the  daughter,  on  their  demise ;  so  that,  under  the 
same  roof  she  has  participated  in  her  early  joys  and  later  sorrows. 

Mr.  Mansfield  made  his  public  profession  of  religion  on  the  fourth  of  July,  1841. 
It  was  the  privilege  of  the  late  Dr.  Crane,  to  welcome  the  soldier  in  his  country's 
service,  to  enrollment  in  the  grand  army  of  the  cross  of  Christ.  The  thought  is 
pleasant  to  us  in  the  midst  of  the  services  of  this  hour,  that  they  have  met  again, 
and  pledged  their  eternal  friendship  in  a  cup  from  the  fruit  of  tlie  vine  in  the  king- 
dom of  our  father.  The  piety  of  General  Mansfield  was  the  resultant  of  a  happy 
flowing  together  of  a  sincere  trust  in  Christ,  as  the  only  hope  of  salvation  ;  and 
great  activity  in  the  labors  of  a  religious  calling.  He  believed,  and  therefore  spoke 
and  did.  He  was  active  and  cheerful.  He  saw  things  on  there  bright  side  ;  was 
never  desponding.  He  had  been  in  too  much  service ;  witnessed  too  nmch  real  dan- 
ger, to  be  borrowing  trouble  over  any  in)aginary  evil.  While  careful  and  provident, 
his  was  a  happy  exemplification  of  the  precept  of  our  Lord,  '  I^t  the  morrow  take 
thought  for  the  things  of  itself.'  An  anecdote  is  told  of  him  by  a  friend,  which 
illustrates  his  character  in  this  particular.  To  a  little  group  of  friends,  he  had  been 
narrating  some  of  his  narrow  escapes  from  danger,  when  a  lady  asked,  "Were  you 
not  frightened?"  "  Jio,  Madam,"  was  the  prompt  reply,  "  we  are  never  afraid,  but 
we  take  great  precautions." 

It  has  been  said  he  was  of  the  Puritan  stock.  Nothing  is  more  true.  All  the  ele- 
ments and  unfoldiugs  of  his  being  evinced  him  to  be  worthy  of  such  a  lineage. 

Had  he  lived  in  England  in  the  days  of  the  protectorate,  the  Puritan  cause  would 
have  had  no  firmer  friend ;  its  great  leader  no  braver  soldier.  His  spirit  of  devotion 
was  gentle.  His  prayers  in  public  seemed  like  the  pleadings  of  a  child,  simple, 
earnest,  trustful.  He  talked  with  God,  as  one  who  had  seen  him,  knew  him  inti- 
mately, and  loved  him  sincerely.  In  the  praises  of  the  sanctuary  he  had  great  en- 
joyment ;  especially,  the  mild  and  tender  in  divine  song  had  a  peculiar  charm  for 
him.  From  the  nature  of  his  profession,  requiring  great  promptness  of  thought 
and  action,  it  would  be  natural  that  he  should  have  well-formed  and  positive  opinions 
on  all  subjects  within  the  range  of  his  investigations.  He  was  not,  therefore,  a  man 
to  be  bribed  or  cajoled.     He  spoke,  he  acted,  as  to  him  seemed  right.     His  word 


SIXTH  GEliTERATION-.  *  96 

was  law,  where  he  ought  to  be  obeyed.  Yet  one  never  yielded  a  point  in  debate 
more  gracefully  and  cheerfully,  when  argument  brought  conviction.  He  could  be 
firm  as  an  oak  ;  he  could  be  pliant  as  a  willow. 

We  come  now  to  the  closing  period  of  his  life.  His  last  year  of  earth.  He  was 
with  us  in  church,  for  the  last  time,  September  8,  1861.  Knowing  of  his  departure 
the  next  morning,  there  was  read  and  expounded  in  his  hearing,  from  the  Book  of 
God,  the  one-hundred  and  twenty-first  Psalm.  In  a  panoply  of  love  and  divine 
protection,  we  sought  to  array  him  to  meet  the  uncertainty  of  the  dark  future. 

In  the  early  train  of  the  ensuing  morning,  he  was  borne  from  view.  Had  we 
seen  then  what  has  now  come  upon  us,  how  we  should  have  clung  to  him,  as  Elisha 
did  to  Elijah,  to  await  the  appearance  of  the  chariot  of  Isarel  and  the  horsemen 
thereof.  During  the  year,  his  name  and  deeds  have  been  associated  with  Fortress 
Monroe,  Newport  News,  and  Suffolk.  And  it  is  but  just  to  his  merits  to  say,  the 
field  of  his  labor  has  not  been  commensurate  with  his  talent,  or  such  as  was  due  to 
his  large  experience  and  past  valorous  deeds.  The  year  has  been  to  him  one  of  te- 
dious monoton}\  With  the  exception  of  the  stir  caused  by  the  appearance  of  the 
Merrimac,  and  the  brief  naval  engagement  which  her  saucy  visit  provoked,  there 
had  opened  to  him  no  tiieatre  where  his  enegj'  and  powers  could  be  brought  to  bear. 

He  had  sighed  for  action  in  some  field  where  his  distressed  country  needed  men 
of  tried  service.  It  was  therefore  a  positive  relief  when  the  order  reached  him, 
calling  him  to  Washington,  evidently  looking  to  future  service,  where  the  fate  of 
battles  was  to  be  decided. 

He  found  on  reaching  the  Capitol,  that  a  Court  of  enquiry  awaited  his  presence. 
When  its  session  had  closed,  and  he  was  preparing  to  join  the  Army  of  the  Upper 
Potomac,  he  was  assigned  his  old  trust.  The  commander-in-chief  ordered  him  to 
inspect  the  fortifications  about  Washington. 

While  these  things  are  passing,  he  greets  a  few  old  friends.  A  brother-in-law 
from  this  State  dines  with  him  on  one  of  those  anxious  days.  He  writes  to  his  son 
just  recovering  from  sickness  at  home,  to  come  on  and  take  a  position  on  his  staff. 
Thursday,  the  daj^  he  first  planned  to  leave  the  city,  alive  to  the  claims  of  a  live- 
long friendsiiip,  he  wrote  a  hurried  line  to  Colonel  Thayer,  of  Massachusetts,  "I 
am  in  great  haste.  I  shall  leave  to  day  for  McClellan's  headquarters  on  the  Upper 
Potomac.  This  i.s  only  to  say,  if  I  never  see  you  again,  that  I  have  not  forgotten 
your  inestimable  favors  to  me.  May  God  bless  you  in  your  old  age,  and  finally  re- 
ceive you  into  his  glorious  kingdom  of  heavenly  peace."  Two  da}'s  later,  the  ver}'^ 
day  of  his  d7>parture,  he  is  dining  with  a  friend  from  Massachusetts.  His  spirits 
are  in  fine  flow  until  the  hour  of  parting  is  near.  His  thoughts  then  seem  abstract- 
ed, aud  busy  with  their  own  secret.  Ah !  who  can  doubt  where  his  mental  vision 
then  rested  i  There  doubtless  rises  to  his  view  his  home— his  beloved  family ;  and 
he  longs  to  fly  to  their  embrace  once  more,  before  meeting  the  perils  of  the  coming 
engagement : — 

"  Wliile  memory  each  scene  gaily  covered  with  flowers, 
And  restored  every  rose,  but  secreted  its  thorn." 

He  seems  also  to  rest  his  eye  on  the  dawning  battle-field,  with  premonitions  of 
coming  ill.  He  awakes  from  the  revery  to  speak  the  final  word  to  his  friend :  "I 
am  going  into  battle.     If  I  fall,  have  my  body  sent  to  my  friends  in  Middletown, 


96  *  MAN^SFtELD   GEKEALOGY. 

Ct."  His  letters  to  his  family  of  this  date,  tell  but  too  plainly  that  he  was  alive 
to  the  dangers  that  were  immediately  before  him.  His  closing  words  of  love  are, 
"  All  is  luicertain  in  the  future.  May  heaven's  blessing  rest  upon  you."  On  Sat- 
urday, the  13th  of  September,  he  mounts  his  horse,  and  starts  for  the  battle-field. 
A  single  aid,  Capt.  Dyer,  and  a  body  servant,  attend  him.  He  presses  on,  ail  day 
Sunday.  We  may  easily  imagine  where  his  pious  thoughts  found  rest  during  that 
dreary  Sabbath  ride— his  last  holy  day  of  earth.  Did  they  not  come  hither  to 
mingle  in  the  services  of  the  sanctuary  ?  Did  he  not  catch  glimpses  of  that  rest 
which  remaineth  to  the  people  of  God,  where  there  shall  no  more  be  the  confused 
noise  of  the  warrior,  and  garments  rolled  in  blood ;  no  more  pain,'  no  more  death. 
Monday  morning  he  reaches  Middletown,  Md.,  the  headquarters  of  General  Mc- 
Clellan,  reports  himself  for  duty.  He  was  immediately  assigned  to  the  command 
of  General  Bank's  corps  of  eleven  thousand  men,  in  two  divisions,  under  Generals 
Williams  and  Green. 

Two  days  later,  Wednesday,  the  painfully  memorable  17th  day  of  the  month, 
he  led  his  forces  on  to  battle,  at  the  early  hour  of  seven  o'clock,  a.  m.  His  prac- 
ticed eye  soon  saw  fear  in  the  faces  and  movements  of  one  of  the  new  regiments. 
The  charge  of  the  enemy  was  terrible,  and  needed  courage  of  no  ordinarj'  kind  to 
withstand  it.  To  inspire  courage,  he  ordered  his  aid  to  bring  forward  General 
Gordon's  Brigade.  In  the  meantime  he  pressed  forward  where  the  battle  waxed 
the  hottest,  to  inspirit  the  faltering.  While  thus  throwing  all  the  ardor  of  his  soul 
into  the  eng^ement,  at  the  head  of  General  Crawford's  brigade,  a  minnie  ball  en- 
tered and  passed  entirely  through  his  body,  piercing  his  right  lung  in  its  course. 
His  noble  steed  shared  the  fate  of  the  battle  with  its  rider,  and  fell  wounded  by 
three  balls.  The  engagement  had  been  but  about  an  hour's  continuance  when  these 
results  had  been  reached.  The  General  was  borne  from  the  field  to  die.  He  con- 
tinued, however,  to  live  for  a  day,  and  expired  on  Thursdaj'^  morning,  a  few  min- 
utes past  eight  o'clock.     He  died  from  exhaustion,  induced  through  loss  of  blood. 

True  to  the  instincts  of  the  patriot-soldier  to  the  last,  his  thoughts  were  with  the 
contending  hosts.  "How  goes  the  battle?"  was  his  repeated  enquiry.  "How 
fares  it  with  my  associates  in  command."  When  told  that  Hooker  and  Burnside 
had  fallen,  overwhelmed  with  grief,  he  exclaimed,  "Too  bad,  too  bad."  "Poor 
fellows,  poor  fellows."  When  assured  that  it  was  well  with  our  army,  his  joy 
seemed  great.  When  the  report  of  the  fallen  Generals  was  contradicted,  a  weight 
of  sorrow  seemed  to  have  passed  from  his  heart.  In  those  thoughtful,  solemn 
hours,  when  his  life  was  fast  ebbing,  his  home  and  friends  came  up  for  remem- 
brance. To  them  he  .sent  his  love,  and  bequeathed  his  mortal  remains.  Knowing 
surely  that  he  must  soon  die,  he  went  as  calmly  to  meet  the  all  conquering  foe, 
Death,  as  to  any  of  the  pleasant  duties  of  his  past  life.  "  It  is  the  Lord'swill,  and 
is  all  right."  His  Superior  Officer— his  Supreme  Lord,  must  be  obeyed.  Prayer 
gave  wings  to  his  soul,  to  bear  it  up  to  God.  And  iiis  spirit  of  Calm  trust  could 
sing,  we  doubt  not,  Yea,  though  I  walk  through  the  vallej'  of  the  shadow  of  death, 
I  will  fear  no  evil,  for  thou  art  with  me.  Thy  rod  and  thy  staff,  they  comfort  me. 
Kind  and  faithful  were  the  attentions  which  smoothed  his  passage  to  the  tomb.  The 
best  medical  and  surgical  skill  watched  by  his  side.  His  faithful  aid,  whom  head- 
dressed  as  his  dear  boy,  anticipated  every  want,  and  scrupulously  obeyed  his  injunc- 
tion '  not  to  leave  him.'    Forgetful  of  himself,  and  of  his  own  need,  as  he  was  wont, 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  97 

he  urged  the  surgeons  to  leave  him,  to  alleviate  the  wants  of  others.  It  is  told  of  him, 
also,  that  when  going  into  hattle  on  the  morning  he  was  wounded,  he  was  urged 
to  put  on  a  steel  vest  which  had  been  tendered  to  him:  his  reply  was,  "No,  my 
men  have  none,  and  I  will  share  the  dangers  with  them."  The  place  of  his  death, 
henceforth  a  sacred  spot,  was  an  old  farm-house  consecrated  to  hospital  u.ses,  about 
a  mile  and  a-quarter  from  the  spot  where  he  fell,  between  Cadysville  and  Sharps- 
burgh.  The  railroad  station  from  whence  the  body  was  taken,  is  Monocacy,  a 
short  remove  from  Frederick  City.  At  Baltimore,  Lieutenant  Mansfield  and  Hon. 
Benjamin  Douglas,  joined  Capt.  Dyer  in  charge  of  the  remains,  on  their  way  hither. 
The  news  of  the  fallen  had  gone  before  and  prepared  the  way  for  the  most  marked 
and  honorable  attention,  to  be  bestowed  upon  the  remains  of  the  dead.  Cities  and 
railroad  corporations  vied  with  each  other  in  offering  tokens  of  esteem.  The  passage 
of  his  lifeless  remains  through  the  city  of  Baltimore,  honored  by  an  imposing  escort 
of  cavalry,  was  in  marked  and  instructive  contrast  with  his  secret  and  difficult  es- 
cape from  that  same  city,  in  April,  1861,  when  summoned  to  his  post  of  duty  and 
danger,  in  the  defense  of  the  Federal  Capital.  Passing  on  to  New  York,  the  funeral 
cortege  has  a  car  placed  gratuitously  at  its  disposal,  while  the  tender  hearted  super- 
intendent, with  tears  in  his  eyes,  expresses  his  sense  of  personal  loss,  and  remarks 
that  the  country  has  sustained  a  sore  bereavement,  for  it  has  few  such  men  as 
Mansfield  to  lose. 

In  New  York,  the  privilege  was  craved  of  bestowing  marked  honor  upon  the 
dead.  The  request  was,  that  the  body  might  be  suffered  to  lie  in  state  for  a  day 
at  the  City  Hall,  for  this  purpose ;  and  when  those  in  charge  felt  constrained  to 
refuse,  in  grief  and  much  disappointment,  they  were  told,  "General  Mansfield  did 
not  belong  exclusively  to  Connecticut,  but  to  the  country ;  and  they  desired  to  give  to 
the  country  evidence  of  their  love  and  regard  for  him."  Acommittee  from  the  board 
of  aldermen  urged  the  return  of  the  sacred  relicts,  to  receive  the  homage  of  the 
citizens,  even  after  they  had  passed  on  their  way  to  their  native  State.  It  is  seldom 
that  a  living  man,  when  withdrawing  from  the  scenes  of  his  past  exploits,  feels  the 
great  heart  of  popular  sympathy,  bearing  him  onward  with  its  honors  and  praises, 
as  in  this  instance  the  dead  evoked  the  testimonials  of  highest  regard.  Does  not 
such  regard,  shown  to  the  character  and  memory  of  those  who  have  fallen  in  de- 
fense of  their  country,  tell  more  distinctly  than  words  could  do,  where  the  heart  of 
the  people  is  in  this  great  struggle.  Does  not  it  say,  the  Union  must  be  preserved, 
cost  what  it  may  of  life  and  treasure  ?  Does  not  every  additional  offering  of  valu- 
able life,  which  we  thus  make,  proclaim  the  hour  is  coming  when  our  nation  shall 
stand  forth  honored  by  the  world  as  never  before,  loved  and  cherished  by  every 
citizen  as  never  before,  because  we  saw  the  hand  of  the  destroyer  upon  it,  and  wo 
rose  in  this,  the  might  of  our  strength,  for  her  defense  ?  We  saw  the  heel  of  the 
tyrant  upon  her  throbbing  heart,  and  we  brought  all  our  treasures  to  purchase  her 
deliverance!  What  is  worth  such  a  struggle— such  a  price,  all  men  will  say,  is  worth 
possessing.  0 1  when  the  tempest  is  past,  and  the  storm  is  over,  and  the  sky  is 
serene  as  of  yore — as  will  soon  be— then  to  thee,  my  beloved  land,  shall  the  honors 
of  the  earth  be  paid.  "The  sons  of  strangers  shall  build  up  thy  walls,  and  their 
kings  shall  minister  unto  thee.  The  sons,  also,  of  them  that  afflicted  thee,  shall 
come  bending  unto  thee ;  and  all  they  that  despised  thee  shall  bow  themselves  down 
at  the  soles  of  thy  feet." 
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98  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

It  has  been  said  that  republics  are  ungrateful :  they  honor  not  those  who  lay 
their  foundations  and  rear  their  institutions.  But  we  learn  a  different  lesson  to- 
day. Passing  events  assure  us,  the  tried  soldier,  the  devoted  patriot,  holds  a  place 
in  the  affections  of  his  countrymen  that  nothing  can  destroy.  As  honorable  as  are 
the  testimonials  brought  to  the  name  and  merit  of  the  dead— to  the  spirit  of  those 
offering  them— so  soothing  are  they  to  this  circle  of  bereaved  friends,  where  rests 
the  cloud— where  deep  grief  bows  the  spirit.  It  tells,  too,  what  an  inheritance 
such  a  deathless  name,  such  exalted  virtues,  is  to  family  and  friends.  The  end  of 
earth,  to  General  Mansfield,  has  in  all  respects  been  worthy  of  the  patriotic.  Christ- 
ian soldier.  He  died  at  his  post,  with  all  his  honors  on,  his  eyes  not  dimmed,  nor 
his  natural  force  abated.  He  stepped  from  the  high  wave  of  earthly  honor  into 
the  sun-wrought  chariot  of  light  immortal.  His  name  will  go  down  the  coming 
ages  of  our  national  history,  commemorated  with  Wolf,  and  Williams,  and  War- 
ren, who  fell  in  the  earlier  struggles  of  our  national  history;  and  with  Lyon,  and 
Reno,  and  Kearney,  and  a  host  of  others,  whose  bones  lie  beside  their  country's 
altar  to  day ;  and,  what  is  better  far,  it  shall  shine  as  the  brightness  of  the  firma- 
ment forever  and  ever,  in  heavenly  glory.  Among  the  young  men  of  America,  the 
word  MANSFIELD  will  be  invested  with  talismanic  power.  As  it  is  pronounced, 
Piety,  Courage  and  Patriotism  will  stand  forth  in  new  and  winning  forms  of  beauty 
and  strength.  In  the  light  of  it,  many  will  discover  that  God  honors  them  that 
honor  him  ;  that  "the  way  of  the  cross  is  the  way  of  light."  Come  in  thy  many 
forms,  O  Death,  and  thou  art  terrible — 

"  Bat  to  the  hero,  when  his  sword 
Hath  won  the  battle  for  the  free, 
Thy  voice  sounds  like  the  prophet's  word, 
And  in  its  hollow  tones  are  heard 
The  thanks  of  millions  yet  to  be." 


90.     NATHAN.  .  Derby,  Ct. 

*155.  Jared,  born  July  11,  1774:  married.  Mar.  4,  1807,  Mrs.  Eunice  Lum, 
widow  of  John  Lum,  a  sea  captain,  with  one  son.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Nehe- 
miah  Jennings,  of  Weston,  Ct.,  and  was  born  June  7,  1774.  He  died  May  28,  1870, 
aged  54.  She  died  Mar.  21,  1870,  aged  94.  He  was  a  school  teacher  and  farmer 
in  Derby. 

156.  Betsey,  born  Dec.  1,  1777;  married  Anson  Gillette,  a  mechanic  and 
farmer.  Residence,  Derby,  Ct.  They  had  10  children,  as  follows:  Sally  Gillette, 
married  Judson  English,  and  had  three  children,  all  deceased.  William  Gillette, 
born  July  31,  1804;  married,  Apr.  25,  1829,  AmyRetta  Johnson,  of  Pines  Bridge. 
Their  three  children  are  as  follows:  Cliarles  William  Gillette,  born  Apr.  2,  1831; 
married  July  4,  1859,  Kate  Eliza  Vaughan,  of  Southbridge,  Mass. ,  and  had  Alex- 
ander Vaughan,  born  Mar.  20,  1860.  Edwin  Johnson,  born  Mar.  18,  1864,  and 
William  Mansfield  Gillette,  born  Feb.  19,  1869.  He  is  a  lawyer,  established  in 
Waterbury,  Ct.  The  next  child  of  William  Gillette,  George  Lyman,  Iiorn  Oct.  21, 
1835  ;  married,  Apr.  2, 1863,  Rhoda  Ann  Terrell,  of  Tolland,  Berkshire  Co.,  Mass., 
and  had  William  Sylvester,  born  Nov.  25,  1863,  and  died  Sept.  11,  1864.  Amie 
Lemira,  born  Feb.  20, 1865,  and  died  Aug.  7,  1867.     George  Wilton,  born  Feb.  14, 


StXtH   G^IsTERAtlOir.  99 

1867.  Mary  Elizabeth,  horn  Jan.  26,  1869.  Emma  Retta,  born  Sept.  14,  1871. 
Harriet  Abigail,  born  July  11,  1874,  and  died,  Apr.  6,  1881.  Charles  Rutherford, 
born  Jan.  17,  1877.  Alfred  Johnson,  born  Mar.  11,  1879,  and  Kate  Vaughan,  born 
Nov.  19,  1881.  Residence,  College  Point,  Queen's  County,  N.  Y.  Next  child  of 
above  William  Gillette,  Mary  Augusta,  born  Sept.  30,  1840 ;  married,  Sept.  28, 
1869,  Jacob  Zaljriskie  Solomon,  of  Silver  City,  Nevada,  and  had  one  child,  Amy 
Gillette  Solomon,  born  Nov.  1,  1876.  The  next  child  of  the  above  Anson  Gillette, 
Isaac,  who  married  Harriet  Hurd,  and  died  in  1883.  No  issue.  Next  child  of 
Anson  Gillette,  Eli,  who  married  Eliza  Bassett.  He  is  a  mechanic  and  farmer. 
Residence,  Derby,  Ct.  Has  had  Emily,  who  married  Frederick  M.  Clemens,  and  had 
Bertha,  Arthur  and  Eddie  Clemens.  Sarah,  who  married  Edward  Clark,  and  had 
Wilbur,  Freddie  and  Sadie  Clark.  Lily,  who  married  Edward  Davis,  and  had 
one  child ;  and  the  next  and  last  child  of  above  Eli  Gillette,  Wilbur  Fiske,  born 
Feb.  9,  1837 ;  married,  Aug.  31,  1866,  Amelia  Rice,  who  was  born  Oct.  12,  1843. 
He  is  a  mason  and  builder  by  trade.  Residence,  New  Haven.  Their  four  children 
are  Kitty  Eliza,  born  Oct.  7,  1867.  Charles  Eli,  born  Oct.  26, 1869.  George  Wil- 
bur Fiske,  born  Dec.  25,  1874,  and  Collins  Pratt,  born  Sept.  30,  1878.  Next  child 
of  above  Anson  Gillette,  Charlie,  who  died  young.  Next,  Mar}',  died  young. 
Next,  Philo,  married  Mary  Bassett,  and  had  Martha,  who  married  David  Hawley, 
and  Dexter,  now  deceased,  who  married  Amy  Retta  Sperry.  Next,  Lucius,  born 
1812,  deceased.  Next,  Mary  Ann,  born  Sept.,  1820;  married  Albert  J.  Downs, 
deceased.  No  children  ;  and  next  and  last  child  of  above  Anson  Gillette,  Betsey, 
deceased,  who  married  Abner  White. 

157.  Sally,  born  in  1781 ;  married  Cyrus  Holbrook.  She  died  Apr.  4,  1855, 
aged  74.  He  died  Sept.  21,  1859,  aged  78.  Their  two  children  were  Lucius  Hol- 
brook, born  June  19,  1802 ;  accidentallj'  killed  by  a  log  rolling  down  upon  him 
from  a  mountain  ;  unmarried;  and  Mary  Ann  Holbrook,  born  Feb.  8,  1813;  mar- 
ried Bennett  Chatfleld,  and  had  one  child  that  died  in  infancy.  She  died  Sept., 
1831. 

158.  Isaac,  died  unmarried. 

159.  Anna,  married  William  Dyer,  of  Berlin,  Ct.,  and  died  Apr.  10,  1870. 
They  had  three  children :  William,  who  died  in  infancy.  William  3nd,  married 
Mary  Jane  Downs,  and  had  a  son,  and  Bennett,  married  Susan  Somers,  and  died 
in  1881 ;  no  issue.     These  three  children  were  born  in  Woodbridge,  Ct. 

91.     WILLIAM.  New  Haven. 

This  family  were  all  born  in  New  Haven. 

*160.  William,  born  Oct.  23,  1777 ;  married,  Feb.  25,  1798,  Sarah  Oaks,  who 
was  born  Feb.  27,  1781,  and  died  June  14,  1840.  He  died  Aug.  27,  1861.  He 
had  a  stove,  sheet-iron  and  tinware  store  on  Fleet  St.  (now  George  St.),  opposite 
the  corner  of  State  St. ,  where  he  carried  on  the  business  successfully  for  many 
years. 

161.  Elizabeth,  born  Jan.  37,  1780;  married,  Mar.  31,  1811,  Capt.  Richard 
Everitt,  of  New  York  City.  They  had  one  son,  Phineas  Everitt,  born  Dec.  7,  1812, 
and  died  unmarried  in  New  York,  Sept.  18,  1854.     She  died  May  28,  1818. 


100  MAKSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

162.  Annie,  born  Sept.  3, 1782  ;  married  in  1810,  Henry  Eld.  They  had  three 
children,  Henry,Elizabeth,and  Edward.  Henry,born  June  3, 1814,  was  educated  for, 
and  entered  the  U.  S.  Navy,  where  he  soon  took  high  rank  as  a  scholar,  and  was  promot- 
ed to  the  rank  of  passed  midshipman,  and  then  lieutenant.  He  was  an  officer  on  board 
the  U.  S.  Sloop  of  War,  Peacock,  one  of  the  squadron  under  Capt.  Charles  Wilkes  on 
the  U.  S.  exploring  expedition  in  search  of  tlie  antarctic  continent;  in  1838  to  1842. 
It  was  Lieut.  Eld  who  first  discovered  land,  which  he  did  from  the  cross-trees  of 
the  Peacock,  at  10  a.  m.,  Jan.  16,  1839;  and  its  highest  mountain  peak,  was  named 
by  Capt.  Wilkes.  "  Eld's  Peak,"  in  honor  of  its  discoverer.  Lieut.  Eld  was  an 
officer  on  the  U.  S.  Sliip-of-War  Ohio,  and  when  returning  from  a  three  and  a-half 
years  cruise,  she  touched  at  the  port  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,  w  here  the  yellow  fever  pre- 
vailed, and  it  broke  out  on  the  ship  but  a  few  days  after  leaving  that  port.  Lieut. 
Eld  was  one  of  the  first  victims,  dying  March  12th,  1850,  in  the  prime  of  his  man- 
hood and  usefulness. 

163.  Isaac,  born  May  28,  1786.  Soon  after  attaining  manhood,  he  went  to 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  established  the  business  of  a  copper-smith.  Some  years 
later  he  removed  to  Texas,  while  it  was  yet  an  independent  State.  It  is  not  posi- 
tively known  whetlier  he  ever  married  and  left  descendants. 

164.  Mart,  born  Apr.  28,  1789,  and  died  in  Aug.  of  the  same  year. 

166.  Sarah,  born  Apr.  4,  1791 ;  married,  Feb.  6,  1820,  Capt.  Richard  Eve- 
ritt,  the  former  husband  of  her  deceased  sister,  Elizabeth.  She  died  July  23, 
1875.  He  was  of  an  old  Long  Island  family,  born  in  N.  Y.  City,  Dec.  23,  1772. 
Became  a  ship  master,  and  commanded  packet  ships  trading  between  N.  Y.  and 
Holland,  London  and  Bristol,  Eng.  He  also  made  voyages  to  other  European 
ports,  the  W.  I.  and  South  America.  He  commanded  the  second  American  vessel 
that  visited  Rio  Grande  de  Sul,  in  Brazil,  now  the  great  hide  exporting  place. 
His  life  was  remarkable  in  some  respects.  He  began  going  to  sea  at  the  age  of  11 
years,  and  followed  it  until  he  was  50,  then  retired  to  New  Haven,  and  lived  there 
40  years.  He  never  drank  a  glass  of  rum,  gin  or  brandy  in  his  life,  a  remarkable 
circumstance  considering  his  occupation  and  the  habits  and  customs  of  liis  class, 
aud  of  the  times.  He  was  of  a  kindly  and  genial  disposition,  and  liad  many  friends, 
and  few,  if  any,  enemies.  He  died  Mar.  4,  1863,  in  New  Haven,  and  was  buried 
in  the  Grove  St.  Cemeter}%  where  his  wives  are  also  buried.  Tlieir  children  were 
Elizabeth  Everitt,  born  Jan.  15,  1822,  and  died  July  7,  1822.  Richard  Mansfield 
Everitt,  born  Apr.  9,  1824,  who  was  a  merchant  in  New  York,  largely  engaged  in 
the  W.  I.  and  Amazon  river  trade;  retired  from  active  business  in  1870;  married, 
Feb.  5,  1861,  May  Talman  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Watson  E.  and  Augusta  M. 
Lawrence  of  New  York,  residence  Whitney  Ave.,  New  Haven.  They  have  had 
five  children,  namely:  Richard  Lawrence  Everitt,  born  Dec.  19,  1861,  in  N.  Y. 
City.  Grad.  Yale  Coll.  1882.  Emma  Augusta  Everett,  born  Oct.  27,  1863,  and 
died  July  27,  1864.  Arthur  Mansfield  Everitt,  born  June  12,  1865.  Annie  Co- 
ley  Everitt,  born  May  15,  1867,  and  Edward  Hotchkiss  Everitt,  born  Aug.  5, 
1870.  The  next,  William  Lyon  Everitt,  son  of  the  above  Capt.  Richard  Everitt, 
born  Oct.  21,  1826;  married,  July  28,  1853,  Adelaide  Prescott  Frink,  and  have 
had  Richard  Mansfield  Everitt,  born  May  4,  1854,  and  died  young,  and  Martha 
Prescott  Everitt,  born  Feb.  25,  1857,  and  married  Emil  Gessner,  and  have  had 


StXTIt  GE]srEnAtto>r,  lol 

three  children.  Marj'  Merceiii  Everitt,  daughter  of  Capt.  Richard  Everitt,  born 
Feb.  7,  1839;  married,  Aug.  4,  1851,  John  H.  Cole}',  who  whs  for  many  years  a 
leading  dry  goods  merchant  in  New  Haven.  They  have  had  five  children.  Mary 
Everitt  Coley,  born  Dec.  16,  1853;  married,  Oct.  19,  1875,  Dr.  Holmes  E.  Sad- 
ler. They  reside  in  Emporia,  Kansas,  and  have  had  three  children.  Isabel  Merceiu 
Coley,  born  Sept.  17,  1859.  Elizabeth  Carter  Coley,  born  Dec.  3,  1861,  died 
young.  William  Beach  Coley,  born  Oct.  8,  1864,  and  John  Hyde  Coley,  born 
Jan.  20,  1868. 

166.  Susan,  born  Jan.  19,  1795 ;  was  never  married,  but  spent  most  of  her 
life  in  Virginia  with  her  sister  Louisa,  and  in  bringing  up  and  caring  for  the  only 
child  of  that  sister,  which  early  became  motherless,  and  when  grown,  married  and 
settled,  Susan  remained  with  this  niece  until  her  own  death,  which  occurred  at 
Williamsville,  Bath  Co.,  Va.,  June  5,  1871,  an  excellent  good  woman. 

167.  Lucius,  born  Feb.  36,  1798;  married  in  1834,  Winter,  of  Georgia, 

and  had  children.  He  married  second,  Aug.  15,  1838,  Elizabeth  Bryan,  of  Hous- 
ton Co.,  Ga.  His  nine  children  were  as  follows:  William  Lucius,  born  Jan.  23, 
1836,  at  Monticello,  Ga. ,  and  married,  Dec.  2,  1848,  Louisa  E.  Clifton,  of  Lump- 
kin, Ga.,  and  had  eight  children,  namely:  Florence  Janet,  born  Dec.  9,  1849,  and 
died  Oct.  39,  1857.  William  Clifton,  born  Apr.  8.  1852;  married.  May  8,  1853, 
Zoe  Sevier  Rogers,  daughter  of  W.  G.  Rogers,  of  Griffin,  Ga.,  and  had  five  child- 
ren, viz.:  Zoe,  born  at  Marietta,  Ga.,  May  3,  1875;  Katie  Lou,  born  at  Dalton, 
Ga.,  Apr.  29,  1877  ;  William  Lucius,  born  at  Marietta,  Ga.,  Feb.  16,  1879;  Felice, 
born  at  Cleveland,  Tenn.,  Sept.  25,  1880,  and  a  son,  born  at  Cleveland,  Tenn., 
1883.  The  next  child  of  William  Lucius  was  Franklin  Clifton,  born  July  38,  1856  ; 
married,  July,  1877,  Kate  Williams,  of  Marietta,  Ga.,  and  had  George  Allen,  born 
Sept.  13,  1878.  The  next  child  of  William  Lucius  was  Frederic  Sherwood,  born 
Oct.  8,  1858 ;  married,  S.'pt.  23,  1884,  at  Tyler,  Texas,  Rena  Hubbard,  daughter 
of  Ex-Gov.  R.  B.  Hubbard,  of  Texas.  The  next  child  of  William  Lucius  was 
Florence  Janet,  born  Mar.  13,  1862.  Next,  Roselle,  born  June  19,  1864.  Next, 
Eugene  Warren,  born  Aug.  6,  1865;  and  next,  Minnie  Lou,  born  Feb.  11,  1868. 
The  next  child  of  Lucius  above,  was  a  daughter,  and  died  young.  The  next  child 
of  Lucius  was  Isaac  C,  born  Mar.  23,  1840,  and  married,  Jan.  21,  1861,  Anna  M. 
Knight,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Knight,  of  Edgecomb  Co.,  N.  C,  and  had 
three  children,  viz.:  Frederic  Lee,  born  June  6,  1861  ;  Frank,  born  June  19,  1868, 
died  May  20,  1870;  and  Lucius,  born  Jan.  1,  1872.  Tlie  next  child  of  Lucius  was 
Josephine,  born  Jan  1,  1843,  and  married,  1868,  Joseph  H.  Singer,  son  of  George 
Singer,  of  Lumpkin,  Ga.,  and  had  four  children,  viz.:  Henry  Leon  Singer,  born 
July  28,  1870;  Lulu  Elizabeth  Singer,  born  July  9,  1872;  Joseph  E.  Singer,  born 
June,  1874  ;  and  Willie  Boynton  Singer,  born  Sept.,  1879.  They  resided  in  Enfala, 
Ala.,  until  1883,  when  they  removed  to  Atlanta,  Ga.,  where  she  died  the  same 
year,  Aug.  5th.  The  next  child  of  Lucius  was  John  Bryan,  born  Feb.  23,  1844, 
died  unmarried,  Apr.  4,  1874.  Next  child  of  Lucius,  Henry  Hardy,  born  Mar. 
22,  1846,  and  died  Aug.  30, 1874.  He  married.  May  13,  1868,  Epsie  Beall,  daughter 
of  Erasmus  and  Charlotte  Beall,  of  Lumpkin,  Ga.,  and  had  Carrie  Elizabeth,  born 
about  1870,  and  Henry,  born  Mar.  1,  1875,  and  died  Apr.  7,  1878.  Next  child  of 
Lucius  was  Louisa  Susan,  born  Dec.  16,  1847,  and  married,  Jan.  16,  1867,  HoUis 


103  MAifSPriiSLD  Gt!NllA.LOGY. 

A.  Boynton,  son  of  Hollis  A.  and  Clara  (Rawson)  Boynton,  of  Lumpkin.  Have 
had  William  Lucius  Boynton,  born  May  9,  1868 ;  Edward  Rawson  Boynton,  born 
Apr.  5,  1871,  and  Hollis  Augustus  Boynton,  born  Nov.  5.  1875,  and  died  May  30, 
1877.  Residence,  Lumpkin,  till  1875.  After  that,  Atlanta,  Ga.  Next  child  of 
Lucius  was  Lucius,  Jnnr.,  born  Mar,  34,  1853,  and  died  unmarried  Nov.  13,  1877. 
Next  and  last  child  of  Lucius,  Julia,  born  June  6, 1855.  Residence,  Atlanta.  She 
has  the  charge  of  rearing  the  four  children  of  her  deceased  sister,  Josephine.  Lucius 
J^Iansfield  learned  the  trade  of  carriage-making  of  James  Brewster,  in  New  Haven. 
Soon  after  the  age  of  31,  about  1830,  went  to  Georgia,  set  up  thebasiness  at  Monti- 
cello,  afterward  at  Lumpkin,  Stewart  Co.,  where  most  of  his  children  were  born 
aud  reared.  For  some  30  years  was  trying  justice  for  Stewart  Co.,  being  annually 
elected  to  that  office,  without  regard  to  party.  He  died  at  Lumpkin,  May  9, 18G4. 
He  was  a  man  of  sterling  character,  true  to  his  convictions,  and  fearless  in  defense 
of  the  right.  As  a  business  man  his  integrity  was  unquestioned.  His  son,  the 
above  William  L.  Mansfield,  was  possessed  of  a  character  far  above  the  average  of 
men.  He  was  a  prosperous  and  successful  merchant,  being  known  and  trusted  as 
a  man  of  the  strictest  integrity.  Benevolent  and  charitable  to  all.  In  later  years 
his  convictions  led  him  to  believe  it  his  duty  to  preach  the  gospel,  which  he  devoted 
himself  to  with  all  the  zeal  and  earnestness  of  a  faithful  disciple  ;  in  the  meantime 
supporting  his  family  by  such  business  as  he  could  make  available  for  that  purpose. 
His  whole  aim  in  life  seemed  to  be  to  do  good  to  his  fellow  man.  He  died  at 
Marietta,  Ga.,  Apr.  13,  1873. 

The  above  records  of  Lucius  Mansfield's  descendants  were  furnished  too  late  to 
insert  in  the  regular  order.  His  above  children,  grandchildren,  and  great  grand- 
children, are  therefore,  necessarily  put  in  unnumbered. 

168.  Lois,  born  May  15,  1803,  died  Feb.  9,  1804. 

169.  Louisa,  born  Dec.  10,  1806,  married,  in  1833,  Doct.  Peter  Mettaner,  of 
Prince  Edward  Court  House,  Va.  They  had  one  child,  Mary  Louisa,  born  1836, 
who  married  Rev.  J.  H.  H.  Winfree,  and  had  four  children.  John  Mumford  Win- 
free,  born  1865,  William  Harrison  Winfree,  born  1867,  Mary  Elizabeth  Winfree, 
born  1873,  and  Louisa  Mansfield  Winfree,  born  in  1875.  Mrs.  Mettaner  died  in 
1835.  Mrs.  Winfree  died  in  1876.  In  1881,  Mr.  Winfree,  with  his  children,  were 
living  at  Shemariah  Manse,  Augusta  Co.,  Va. 

*170.  Benjamin  Franklin,  born  Mar.  14,  1830,  married  Apr.  16,  1843,  Harriet 
Janet  Clark,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Jane  (Baldwin)  Clark,  both  at  Sheffield,  Mass., 
formerly  of  Milford,  Ct.  Has  held  several  important  public  offices,  was  Town 
Agent  several  years,  and  for  several  years  past,  up  to  the  present  time  (1884)  has 
been  the  chief  acting  member  of  the  City  board  of  compensation. 

*171  Frederick,  born  Feb.  38,  1835,  in  Fair  Haven,  now  part  of  New  Haven 
City,  married  Sept.  30,  1846,  Emily  Barnes,  daughter  of  Jared  and  Sally  Barnes, 
of  North  Haven.  He  has  been  extensively  engaged  for  many  years  in  the  oyster 
business  in  Fair  Haven. 

92.    ACHILLES,  Rev.  Kiiiingworth,  ct. 

172.     Nathan,  born  in  1784,  and  died  Apr.  6, 1813.    He  graduated  at  Yale  Col- 


SIXTH   GENERATIOir.  103 

lege  1803,  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  on  finishing  his^  medical  education  at  that 
institution  :  resided  in  Killingworth  ;  was  never  married. 

173.  Elizabeth,  (or  Eliza),  born  Mar.  10,  1787,  and  died  Apr.  20,  1808.  She 
married,  Mar.  6,  1807,  Doct.  Austin  Olcott,  of  Killingworth.  He  was  a  prominent 
man  in  his  profession,  and  in  the  public  affairs  of  his  State.  He  represented  his 
town  in  1807,  and  1811  in  the  Legislature,  and  in  his  senatorial  district  in  the  years 
182i,  23,  24  and  25.  He  was  born  at  East  Hartford,  Ct.,  Jan.  1,  1775,  and  died  at 
Clinton,  Ct.,  (formerly  Killingworth),  May  4,  1843.  Their  only  child  was  Elizabeth 
Mansfield  Olcott ;  born  in  Killingworth,  Mar.  24,  1808,  and  died  in  Philadelphia, 
Apr.  25,  1871.  She  was  a  lady  of  refinement,  and  noted  for  her  piety,  charity,  and 
good  works.  She  was  buried  at  the  Church  of  St.  James  the  less,  at  the  falls  of 
the  Skuylkill,  Germantown,  Phila.  She  married,  Aug.  8, 1827,  William  C.  Willcox, 
who  was  born  in  Killingworth,  but  a  resident  of  New  York.  They  had  six  child- 
ren namely,  Austin  Olcott  Willcox,  born  in  Killingworth  Aug.  21,  1828;  William 
Henry  Willcox,  born  in  New  York,  May  15,  1831,  married,  Dec.  7,  1859,  Clara, 
daughter  of  Charles  J.  Wolbert,  Esq.,  of  Pliiladelphia.  Their  one  child,  Charles 
Henry,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Dec.  14,  1860.  James  Freeland  Willcox,  was 
born  in  New  York,  Feb.  12,  1833.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Chesborough  Manufac- 
turing Company,  New  York.  He  married,  Oct.  19,  1859,  Julia  S.,  daughter  of 
Charles  J.  Wolbert,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia.  They  have  had  three  children,  Julia 
Mansfield  Willcox,  born  iu  Phila.,  and  died  in  infancy.  William  Huntington  AVill- 
cox,  born  in  Phila.,  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Willcox,  born  in  Phila.,  Oct.,  1867. 
Charles  Edward  Willcox,  born  in  New  York,  Oct.  16,  1835,  and  died  in  infancy. 
Oliver  Willcox,  born  in  New  York,  Apr.  14,  1838,  luarried  Annie,  daughter  of 
William  Eckfeldt,  of  Phila.  They  have  had  four  children,  William  Eckfeldt  Will- 
cox, Oliver  Willcox,  and  two  who  died  in  infancy.  Elizabeth  Mansfield  Willcox, 
born  in  New  York,  Aug.  2,  1840,  and  died  July  5,  1842. 

174.  Susan,  born  in  Killingworth,  Jan.  27,  1791,  married.  May  18,  1809,  Rev. 
Joshua  Huntington,  Pastor  of  the  "Old  South  Church,"  Boston.  They  had  six 
children,  namely,  Susan  Mansfield,  born  Sept.  10,  1810,  married,  Mar.,  1831,  Charles 
Henry  Strong.  He  died  Sept.,  1839.  Their  son,  George  Augustus  Strong,  born 
Jan.  21,  1832,  is  rector  of  Grace  Church,  New  Bedford,  Mass.  Their  daughter, 
Mary  Huntington  Strong,  was  born  June  22,  1837,  and  died  Jan.  13,  1851.  She 
married  second,  May  24,  1841.  Dr.  Wolcutt  Richards,  M.  D.,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
He  had  a  son,  Charles  Augustus  Lewis  Richards,  11  years  of  age,  when  she  married 
him.  This  son  is  at  present  settled  as  rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Providence,  R. 
I.  Their  daughter  Ilariiet  D.  Witt,  born  Aug.  6,  1842,  died  Dec.  12,  1865.  Their 
daughter  Susan  Huntington,  born  Nov.  16,  1845,  died  Dec.  3, 18  days  old.  Joseph 
Eckley,  born  Feb.  1 1,  1812,  graduated  at  Yale  1832,  his  name  liaving.  after  his  young- 
est brother's  death,  been  changed  to  Joshua.  He  has  pursued  a  professional  course 
of  study,  both  in  medicine  and  theology.  He  graduated  in  medicine  at  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1837,  and  from  1838  to  1845  was  in  the  United  States  naval  service  as  assist- 
ant surgeon  ;  was  engaged  for  several  years  in  teaching  a  private  school  for  boys  in 
the  city  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  resides  now  in  Washington,  D.  C;  has  never  mar- 
ried. •  He  rendered  very  important  and  extensive  service  in  the  compilation  of  the 
"Huntington  Genealogy,"  by  Rev.  E.  B.  Huntington,  a  Book  of  over  400  octavo 


104  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

pages.  Sarah  Ann,  born  June  33,  1813,  married  about  1832,  Edward  Boylston  Hunt- 
ington, who  was  born  June  18,  1806,  and  died  about  1874.  They  have  had  seven 
children,  namely,  Peter  Lanman,  born  June  8, 1833.     Susan  Mansfield,  born  June 

22,  1835,  in  New  York  City,  and  married  in  lloxbury,  Mass.,  Jan.  4,  1860,  Rev. 
Francis  B.  Perkins  of  ilontague,  Mass.  Edward  Trumbull,  born  Feb.  22,  1837, 
and  died  in  New  York  city,  May  23,  1837.  Edward  Norton,  born  Sept.  14,  1838, 
at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  and  died  Oct.  27,  1861,  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Mary  Lanman, 
born  Mar.  23,  1842,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Frederick  Jabez,  born  Dec.  6.  1844,  in 
Bwnton,  N.  J.,  and  Elizabeth  Moore,  born  July  14, 1851,  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  and 
died  same  day.  This  family  resided  many  years  in  Roxbury.  He  carried  on  busi- 
ness in  Boston  for  years,  and  died  as  above.  She  now  resides  in  Norwich,  (~!t. 
Elizabeth  Moore,  born  Mar.  6,  1815,  and  died  Sept.  25,  1821.     Mary,  born  Sept. 

23,  1816.  married  Jedidiah  V.  Huntington,  who  was  born  in  New  York  city,  Jan.  20, 
1815.  He  was  a  son  of  her  father's  sister,  who  married  a  Huntington.  He  was 
educated  at  Y.  College,  and  at  the  New  York  University,  graduating  in  1835.  He 
received  his  medical  diploma  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1838. 

Finding  literature  more  attractive  than  his  profession,  he  devoted  himself  mainly 
to  its  pursuit.  He  labored,  also,  in  the  educational  field,  and  received  an  invitation 
to  the  professorship  of  mental  philosophy  in  St.  Paul's  College,  near  Flushing,  L.  I. 
In  1841,  he  was  ordained  in  the  Prot.  Episcopal  church,  and  after  a  period,  assum- 
ed parochial  duty  in  Mi<ldlebury,  Vt.  Declining  health  induced  him  to  visit  the 
South,  and  to  reside  for  a  while  in  Europe,  where  he  spent  four  years,  returning  in 
1849.  In  1842,  he  published  a  volume  of  poems,  among  which  were,  "  The  North- 
ern Dawn,"  a  descriptive  piece  ;  athrenodia,  "ToEmeline:"  "TheTrystingplace," 
and  translations  from  the  Greek  Anthology.  Several  sonnets  completed  the  vol- 
ume. Griswold  speaks  of  these  poems  as  meditative,  and  flushed  in  a  style  of 
scholarly  elegance.  A  thoughtful  critic  of  the  times  discerned  in  them  passages 
which  recalled  the  tender  beauty  of  Tennyson.  The  novel,  "  Lady  Alice  "  appeared 
in  1849,  and  was  a  decided  success.  Its  high  artistic  merits  elicited  the  applause 
of  critics,  and  20,000  copies  were  promptly  sold.  Soon  followed  another  novel, 
"Albao;"  apoem,  "  America  Discovered;"  "The  Forest;"  "The  Pretty  Plate;" 
"  The  Blonde  and  Brunette ;"  and  "Rosemary."  Dr.  H.,  for  a  season  edited  the 
"Metropolitan  Magazine,"  at  Baltimore,  and  still  later,  the  "Leader,"  at  St.  Louis. 
He  has  also  lectured  in  several  of  our  larger  cities,  before  associations.  He  died  at 
Pau,  in  Southern  France,  of  consumption,  March  10, 1862."  A  beautiful  tribute  to 
his  memory  and  personal  worth  appeared  in  the  "  Tablet,"  a  single  passage  from 
which  is  here  presented,  "  With  all  his  rare  mental  gifts,  Dr.  Huntington  had  the 
meekness  and  humility  of  a  child,  and  had  in  a  most  uncommon  degree,  the  art  of 
endearing  himself  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  In  him  we  saw  com- 
bined the  finished  gentleman  and  the  accomplished  scholar,  the  humble,  sincere, 
practical  Christian  ;  as  a  husband,  as  a  brother,  as  a  friend,  as  a  citizen,  Dr.  Hunt- 
ington was  all  that  man  ought  to  be,  whilst  as  an  author  he  has  left  a  distinguished 
name  among  American  writers.  His  death  leaves  a  void  in  the  ranks  of  American 
literature  that  will  be  long  and  severely  felt.  Dr.  Huntington's  health  failed 
rapidly  after  "Rosemary"  was  finished;  he  traveled  to  the  north-west  with  some 
benefit,  and  by  the  advice  of  his  physician  sailed  for  France  in  November  1861,  to  pass 
the  winter  in  Pau.     In  that  balmy  climate  he  failed  to  find  permanent  relief,  but 


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gradually  sank,  soothed  by  the  tenderest  care  of  wife  and  friends,  and  on  the  10th 
of  March  last  went  to  his  rest  as  calmly  as  a  sleeping  infant."  Joshua,  the  sixth 
and  last  child  of  Rev.  Joshua  Huntington  and  his  wife  Susan,  was  born  Dec.  3, 
1819,  and  died  Aug.  25,  1821. 

The  three  children  of  the  wife  of  Rev.  Achilles  Mansfield,  by  her  former  husband, 
Rev.  Eliphalet  Huntington,  were  Sarah,  born  Sept.  19,  1768,  married  Dec.  22, 1804, 
John  Wilcox  of  Branford,  Ct.,  where  she  died  in  1840.  She  left  one  son,  E.  H. 
Wilcox,  of  Branford.  Mary,  born  Sept.  29,  1770,  married  Dec.  23,  1805,  Jonah 
Rutty.  Her  husband  died  Dec.  29,  1819.  She  had  one  daughter,  Eliza  M.,  who 
married  Asa  ^I.  Bolles,  of  Killingworth,  after  whose  death  she  married  for  her  sec- 
ond husband  Rev.  Owen  Street,  pastor  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  they  now  reside. 
She  had  two  children  by  her  first  husband,  and  two  by  her  second.  Mrs.  Rutty 
died  in  1853.  Joseph  Huntington,  the  son  of  the  above  Rev.  Eliphalet  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  Jan.  11,  1776,  and  died  single.  May  20,  1817.  Mrs.  Susan  Hunt- 
ington, died  Dec.  4,  1823.  Soon  after  her  death,  a  Boole  of  "Memoirs"  of  over 
800  pages,  12  mo.,  was  written  by  Rev.  Benjamin  Wisner,  Pastor  of  the  Old  South 
Church,  Boston,  which  went  through  several  editions  in  this  country,  and  several 
in  England  and  Scotland.  James  Montgomery,  of  Sheffield,  Eng.,  the  poet,  wrote 
an  "Introductory  Essay"  of  twenty -eight  pages,  for  the  third  edition,  and  an  ori- 
ginal poem  for  the  same.  The  following  extracts  arc  drawn  principally  from  these 
Memoirs:  "Mrs.  Susan  Huntington  was  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Achilles  Mansfield, 
of  Killingworth,  Ct.  In  this  place  her  father  was  ordained  in  the  year  1779,  and 
continued  tlie  pastor  of  the  First  Church  until  his  death,  in  1814.  This  gentleman 
was  a  native  of  New  Haven,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College,  and  a  respectable,  useful, 
and  much  esteemed  minister  of  Christ :  and,  for  many  years  previous  to  his  death, 
was  a  member  of  the  Corporation  of  the  College  at  whicli  he  had  received  his  edu- 
cation. Susan  Mansfield  was  the  youngest  of  three  children.  Her  childhood  was 
marked  by  sensibility,  sobriety,  and  tenderness  of  conscience,  and  a  taste  for  read- 
ing. Her  education  was  chiefly  under  the  paternal  roof,  and  at  the  common 
schools  in  her  native  town.  The  only  instruction  she  received  from  any  other 
source  was  at  the  classical  school  kept  in  Killingwortli  during  two  seasons.  Her 
parents,  however,  devoted  much  of  their  time  and  attention  to  her  instruction  ;  and, 
as  her  constitution  was  delicate  from  infancy,  she  was  suffered  to  gratify  her  in- 
clination, in  devoting  most  of  her  time  to  the  cultivation  of  her  mind,  by  reading 
and  efforts  at  composition. 

In  reference  to  the  formation  of  her  religious  character,  a  friend  of  lier  youth 
remarks  in  a  letter  to  the  compiler,  "Blessed  as  she  was  with  a  tenderness  of  con- 
science very  unusual,  from  her  earliest  years,  which  was  exhibited  in  all  her  inter- 
course, at  liome  and  abroad,  and  with  the  faithful  instructions  of  her  parents,  who 
were  living  examples  of  wliat  Christians  ought  to  be,  and  were  constantly  endeav- 
oring to  instill  into  the  minds  of  their  children  sentiments  of  piety,  of  the  deepest 
reverence  towards  God,  of  love  to  the  Saviour,  and  of  universal  benevolence  and 
good-will  towards  men.  It  is  diflicult  to  fix  on  any  precise  time  when  her  serious 
impressions  commenced.  She  appeared  to  have  been,  in  a  measure,  sanctified  from 
her  birth,  and,  from  the  first  dawn  of  reason,  to  need  only  to  be  informed  what 
her  duty  was,  to  perform  it."  When  about  five  years  of  age,  she  was  brought  by 
the  Holy  Spirit  to  consider  the  duty  and  consequences  of  becoming  a  Christian  in- 
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106  MANSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 

deed,  more  seriously,  and,  in  the  opinion  of  her  parents  and  other  pious  acquaint- 
ances, to  choose  God  for  her  portion.     Of  the  correctness  of  this  conclusion  of  her 
parents  and  friends  she  always  entertained  doubts,  and  regarded  a  season  of  deeper, 
and,  in  her  view,  more  scriptural  religioas  impression,  when  about  ten  years  of 
age,  as  the  commencement  of  holiness  in  her  heart.     She  made  a  public  profession 
of  her  faith  in  Christ,  and  joined  the  Church  of  which  her  father  was  pastor,  on 
the  19th  of  April,  1807,  having  just  entered  her  seventeenth  year."     Her  "Mem- 
oirs "  contain  numerous  letters,  from  which  we  here  insert  part  of  one  as  a  speci- 
men.    'Tis  to  a  young  lady  friend  and  relative  near  her  own  age  in  New  Haven. 
To  Miss  L.  of  N.  H.     Killingworth,  Mar.  31,  1809.     I  received  j-^our  kind  letter, 
my  beloved  M.,  with  the  mo.st  cordial  pleasure.     It  is  some  time  since  I  heard  from 
my  good  friends  at  N.  H.;  and  I  hope  I  feel  sensations  of  gratitude  to  Him  who  is 
the  giver  of  every  good  and  perfect  gift,  that  he  has  preserved  you  from  sickness 
and  death  until  this  present  time,  and  that  he  has  not  withdrawn  the  precious  in- 
fluences of  his  Spirit,  but  is  still  causing  the  showers  of  divine  grace  to  descend 
upon  your  favored  town.     It  is  certainly  true,  my  dear  friend,  that  frequently, 
when  there  is  an  uncommon  attention  to  religion,  there  is  also  an  uncommon  zeal 
in  defending  or  opposing  things  unessential.     That  the  Christian  world  is  so  di- 
vided in  its  opinions,  is  a  circumstance  which  must  excite  sorrow  in  the  bosom  of 
every  member  of  the  family  of  God.     But  so  long  as  human  nature  is  subject  to 
err,  and  as  long  as  there  are  different  doctrines  taught  by  those  who  undertake  to 
expound  the  Scriptures  of  truth,  this  must  unavoidabl}'  be  the  case.     We  are  not 
to  condemn  any,  who  differ  from  us  in  some  points  of  faith,  but  hold  to  the  funda- 
mental doctrines  of  Christianity.     A  proceeding  so  uncharitable,  has  no  sanction 
in  the  benevolent  and  perfect  rules  of  the  Gospel.     That  the  best  men  are  liable  to 
embrace,  and  have  embraced  errors,  is  amply  evident  from  the  least  acquaintance 
with  ecclesiastical  history.     This  fact,  together  with  the  numerous  exhortations  in 
Scripture  to  the  exercise  of  charity,  should  lead  us  to  view  with  candor  and  impar- 
tiality the  opinions  of  others,  to  examine  faithfully  before  we  condemn  them,  and, 
if  we  must  condemn  them  because  we  find  them  to  be  fundamental  errors,  to  do  it 
in  the  meekness  of  the  Christian  temper.     Yet,  as  I  have  ahead}'  intimated,  while 
we  endeavor  to  avoid  unjust  and  uncharitable  censure  of  others  for  their  religious 
opinions,  we  must  be  careful  not  to  sacrifice,  at  the  shrine  of  modern  'liberality,' 
the  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints ;  we  must  not  sanction,  even  by  our  silence, 
principles  subversive  to  the  great  truths  inculcated  by  Christ  and  his  prophets  and 
apostles.     There  is  a  manifest  difference  between  those  divisions  among  nominal 
Christians  which  relate  merely  to  the  externals  of  religion,  or  to  doctrines  which 
do  not  nearly  affect  the  foundations  of  the  Christian  faith,  and  those  which  are 
repugnant  or  contrary  to  the  essential  doctrines  of  the  gospel,  and  which,  openly  or 
secretly,  aim  at  the  basis  of  the  Gospel  system.     To  those  who  differ  from  us  in 
relation  to  the  former,  we  may  and  ought  to  extend  our  fellowship.     But  errorists 
of  the  latter  description,  should  be  strenuouslj'  opposed,  if  we  would  obey  the  di- 
vine injunction  to  contend  earnestly  for  the  faith.     We  are  not  indeed  to  oppose 
them  with  severity  and  acrimony,  but  with  that  firmness  which  arises  from  a  con- 
sciousness of  being  on  the  Lord's  side ;  a  firmness,  which,  while  it  precludes  our 
being  turned  about  by  every  wind  of  doctrine,  is  accompanied  with  meekness  and 
discretion.     In  the  primitive  church,  some  were  for  Paul,  others  for  Apollos,  and 


SIXTH   GENEKATION.  107 

Others  for  Cephas.  And  yet  they  may  all  have  been  real  disciples  of  Christ ;  for 
Paul,  Apollos  and  Cephas  all  preached,  (though  with  some  unimportant  variations, 
which  were  made  the  occasion  of  those  divisions),  the  same  method  of  salvation : 
they  all  preached  Christ  crucified,  the  wisdom  of  God,  and  the  power  of  God  unto 
salvation  to  them  which  believe;  and  therefore  the  sincere  followers  of  each  were 
true  Christians.  At  the  present  day  also,  it  is  of  little  consequence  whether  men 
are  Presbyterians,  Episcopalians,  IVIethodists  or  Baptists ;  for,  although  some  one 
of  these  denominations  is  doubtless  nearer  being  right  than  the  others,  a  person 
may  embrace  the  peculiarities  of  either,  and  yet  be  a  Christian.  But  it  is  of  the 
highest  importance  whether  we  be  Orthodox,  Unitarians,  Pelagians  or  Antinomians, 
for  the  distinctive  principles  of  these  sects  immediately  affect  the  foundations  of 
Christianity,  and  must,  other  things  being  equal,  have  a  material  influence  upon  the 
morals  of  mankind :  on  the  points  which  separate  these  classes  of  what  is  loosely 
called  the  Christian  world,  we  cannot  be  too  solicitous  not  to  err ;  for  an  error 
here  may  be  fatal.  Such,  if  I  understand  you,  is  the  distinction  which  you  make. 
I  can  therefore  yield  an  entire  assent  to  your  remark,  that  'did  Christians  study 
more  to  avoid  foolish  and  unprofitable  questions,  and  give  more  of  their  attention 
to  the  essentials  of  the  gospel,  we  should  see  less  of  the  virulence  of  party  spirit 
and  more  of  the  fruits  of  piety.'  " 

After  her  marriage,  May  18,  1809,  she  immediately  removed  to  Boston,  and  we 
here  insert  an  extract  from  the  first  letter  written  from  that  place,  among  the  many 
contained  in  her  Memoirs.  To  a  sister-in-law,  at  N.  L.,  Boston,  May  30,  1809. 
Our  ride  was  very  pleasant,  I  am  delighted  with  the  country  around  Boston,  and 
think  the  town  is  handsomely  situated,  and  I  doubt  not  I  shall  be  pleased  with  the 
inhabitants.  But,  my  dear  friend,  flattering  as  is  the  prospect  before  us,  I  cannot 
contemplate  the  responsibility  of  the  station  in  which  I  am  placed,  its  total  dissimi- 
larity to  that  to  which  I  have  been  accustomed,  and  the  arduous  duties  result- 
ing from  it,  together  with  my  own  inability  to  perform  them  as  I  ought,  without 
feeling  a  degree  of  anxiety  lest  I  should  be  found  wholly  unqualified  for  the  situation. 
Did  I  not  believe  that  the  bounds  of  our  habitations  are  not  accidental,  but  determ- 
ined by  the  providence  of  God,  I  should  sink  under  the  weight  of  responsibility 
which  now  rests  upon  me.  But  I  do  believe  that  the  Lord  has  placed  me  here  ; 
he  it  is  who  calls  me  to  the  arduous  duties  in  which  I  am  now  to  engage,  and  1  de- 
sire, I  think,  I  feel  in  some  degree  enabled,  to  trust  in  him  for  wisdom  and  strength 
to  guide  and  sustain  me.  I  have  as  yet  seen  but  few  of  Mr.  H.'s  congregation. 
But,  if  I  may  form  a  judgment  from  those  who  have  called,  I  think  I  shall  find 
among  them  many  who  cherish  an  ardent  attachment  to  the  doctrines,  and  main- 
tain a  consistent  practice  of  the  duties  of  the  Gospel,  unmoved  by  the  prevalence  of 
error— many  real  disciples  of  the  blessed  Jesus.  I  do  not  doubt,  therefore,  but  I 
shall  be  happy  ;  for  it  is  chiefly  the  society,  which  renders  a  place  agreeable  or  un- 
pleasant. " 

We  give  only  one  more  extract  from  her  "Memoirs."  "God  placed  her,  when 
quite  young  and  inexperienced,  in  a  most  responsible  and  difficult  station ;  where 
her  character  and  conduct  would  be  scrutinized  by  multitudes,  where  hundreds  of 
her  own  sex  would  be  looking  to  her  example  as  a  model  for  their  imitation,  and 
where  her  talents  would  cause  it  to  be  expected  of  her  to  take  the  lead  in  most  of 
the  efforts  made  by  females  for  extending  the  Redeemer's  kingdom ;  a  task  far  more 


108  MAKSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

difficult  then  than  now,  because  general  efforts  for  benevolence  by  females  had  but 
recently  commenced,  not  a  few  were  disposed  to  consider  all  such  efforts  on  their 
part  wholly  improper,  and  it  was  yet  to  be  determined  what  kind  and  degree  of  ex- 
ertions were  consistent  with  propriety.  He  gave  her  a  strong  desire  to  be  useful, 
eminently  useful,  in  the  station  he  had  assigned  her;— a  desire  to  live  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  convince  her  familj%  and  all  with  whom  she  had  intercourse,  that  the 
glory  of  God  was  her  ultimate  aim  in  all  that  she  did,  and  the  enjoyment  of  him 
her  most  ardent  aspiration,  her  unremitted  pursuit,  her  unspeakable  comfort — to 
prepare  her  children  for  doing  good  on  earth,  and  inheriting  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
— to  be  the  means  of  advancing  her  fellow  Christians  in  holiness,  and  of  recommend- 
ing religion,  by  her  axample  and  conversation,  to  the  impenitent— to  employ,  in 
the  most  discreet  and  effectual  manner,  her  talents  and  opportunities  for  contribut- 
ing to  the  extension  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ.  But  when  she  contemplated,  and 
was  about  to  enter  upon,  the  actual  performance  of  these  duties,  she  was  frequently 
so  impressed  with  their  magnitude,  and  the  difficulty  of  discharging  them,  as  almost 
to  sink  in  despondency.  Thus  she  was  effectually  taught  her  own  weakness,  her 
entire  impotency  ;  made  sensible  that  in  Christ  alone  she  could  obtain  strength 
equal  to  her  day  ;  and  led  her  to  apply  to  him  for  gi-ace  to  help  in  her  times  of  need, 
in  that  spirit  of  humility  and  entire  dependence  which  always  obtains  the  blessing 
it  seeks.  And,  as  a  natural  consequence  of  this  discipline,  she  became  more  and 
more  distrustful  of  herself,  and  attained,  continually,  higher  views  of  that  faith 
which,  when  in  steady  and  vigorous  exercise,  will  carry  us  through  every  duty  and 
every  trial.  So  that  she  could  say,  that  she  had  learned  from  her  own  experience, 
that  '  God  will  require  nothing  of  us  which,  if  we  look  to  him,  he  will  not  give  us 
grace  to  perform.' 

But  this  was  not  the  only  discipline  her  heavenly  Father  employed  in  fitting  her 
for  the  high  destination  for  which  he  intended  her.  He  also  repeatedly  and  severely 
afflicted  her. 

I  have  already  had  occasion  to  remark,  that  her  attachments  were  uncommonly 
strong.  She  loved  her  friends  with  tenderness  and  ardor.  To  promote  their  in- 
terests and  enjoy  their  society,  contributed,  in  an  unusual  degree,  to  her  happiness. 
The  loss  of  them  would,  therefore,  be  eminently  calculated  to  teach  her  the  vanity 
of  earthly  good,  the  utter  impossibility  of  finding,  in  herself,  or  in  any  creature,  a 
source  of  permanent  enjoyment,  and  to  cause  her  to  give  her  heart  entirely  to  God, 
to  take  Christ  and  the  inheritance  he  has  provided  for  his  people  as  her  supreme, 
her  only  portion ;  and  thus  to  contribute  to  her  advancement  in  holiness.  Few 
persons  have,  in  the  short  period  to  which  her  life  was  extended,  been  called  more 
frequently  to  mourn  the  death  of  friends,  or  to  suffer  bereavements  more  afllicting 
than  hers.  Though  not  thirty-three  years  of  age  when  herself  removed  from  this 
state  of  trial,  most  of  her  connections  and  early  intimate  acquaintances  had  been 
taken  from  her.  And  now  mark  the  illustration  furnished  by  her  history  of  the 
truth  asserted  in  our  text,  in  connection  with  that  other  precious  assurance  given 
to  the  people  of  God,  that  "as  their  days,  so  shall  their  strength  be."  In  the  early 
part  of  the  year  1814,  she  was  led,  in  consequence  of  an  indisposition,  which  seemed 
to  threaten  the  disease  that  ultimately  caused  her  death,  to  "  resolve  to  set  apart, 
from  that  time,  a  short  portion  of  every  day  for  special  prayer  for  divine  aid  in  every 
season  of  affliction,  and  especially  for  strength  to  conquer  her  last  enemy,  death. " 


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A  resolution  which,  it  is  believed,  she  kept,  as  far  as  circumstances  would  admit, 
to  the  close  of  life  ;  and  which,  she  was  not  led  to  adopt  and  observe  in  vain.  In 
a  little  time  her  bereavements  commenced.  This  resolution  was  adopted  in  May. 
In  the  following  July,  she  was  called  to  mourn  the  death  of  her  father ;  and  in 
December,  1817,  of  her  mother.  September,  1819,  she  was  written  widow,  and  her 
prospects  in  life  entirely  changed.  In  the  fall  of  1821,  two  of  her  children  were 
removed  by  death  ;  one  of  whom,  was  peculiarly  dear  to  her.  And  these  are  but 
a  part  of  her  bereavements,  during  the  period  in  which  theyoccured.  In  all  these 
afflictions  her  suffering  was  intense  ;  in  tlieir  immediate  prospect,  she  felt  as  if  her 
feeble  frame  could  not  sustain  them  ;  when  they  came,  her  heart  bled  at  every  pore. 
In  the  death  of  herexcellent  husband, all  Avho  hear  me  know,  she  incurred  no  common 
loss ;  she  felt  as  if  every  fountain  of  earthly  happiness  w  as  exhausted.  Her  youngest 
child—"  the  last  bud  of  her  earthly  hopes,  the  fair  blossom  which  sprung  up  from 
the  root  of  her  former  prosperity,"  to  excite  expectations  of  enjoyment  in  nourishing 
its  growth  and  seeing  its  fruit,  and  then  wither  and  die— was  taken  from  her,  with 
scarce  a  moment's  warning.  The  shock  was  almost  overwhelming ;  her  suffering 
greater  than  any  which,  in  similar  circumstances,  I  ever  witnessed.  But  her  mer- 
ciful Father,  when  he  had  thus  taught  her  that  her  strength  was  weakness,  uniformly 
appeared  for  her  support  and  consolation ;  gave  such  views  of  the  rectitude  and 
goodness  of  his  proceedings,  and  such  manifestations  of  the  fullness  and  precious- 
ness  of  Christ,  such  undoubted  tokens  of  his  favor,  and  such  sweet  experience  of 
the  joys  of  communion  with  him,  that  she  soon  became  composed  and  tranquil, 
sustained  her  trials  with  a  fortitude  which  all  who  saw  her  admired,  and  learned 
that  even  the  most  innocent  and  virtuous  earthly  enjoyments  are  vanity,  and  God 
the  only  portion  that  can  satisfy  the  soul."  The  account  of  her  life  during  the  four 
years  succeeding  the  death  of  her  husband,  occupies  a  large  part  of  the  latter  portion 
of  her  "Memoirs."  She  died  of  the  consumption,  December  4,  1833.  We  here  in- 
sert two  pieces  of  her  poetry  selected  from  several,  at  the  end  of  the  volume. 

Written  in  May,  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  and  published  in  the  Boston 
Recorder  of  June  10th,  1820 : 

Smile,  Nature,  smile  ;  the  tearful  eye 

Of  WIDOWHOOD  thou  need'st  not  wear : 
Winter,  thy  sullen  foe's  gone  by ; 

Fresh  bound  thy  streams,  soft  glows  thine  air. 

Weep'st  thou,  to  lift  thy  youthful  brow 

And  smile,  whilst  aches  this  bleeding  heart  ? 
Oh  !  I  have  lov'd  and  love  thee  now, 

Chang'd  Nature  as  to  me  thou  art. 

Yes,  thou  may'st  smile,  and  not  for  me 

Enshroud  thy  virgin  charms  in  gloom. 
And  vail  thy  face  in  sympathy 

With  shade  and  sadness  of  the  tomb. 

There  was— and  low  that  form  is  laid, 

And  still  that  bosom's  conscious  glow. 
And  deep  the  sleep,  and  dense  the  shade. 

And  hushed  the  life-blood's  vital  flow. 


110  MANSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 


He  lov'd  thee,  too :  and  he  is  gone ; 

From  this  fond  heart  so  early  riv'n. 
And  now,  thou  see'st  me  all  alone.  < 

To  weep,  and  trace  my  way  to  heav'n. 

Abroad,  upon  thy  modest  face, 

Meek  Nature,  earliest  love  of  mine. 
1  fix  my  sad  and  silent  gaze. 

And  mourn  that  alter'd  look  of  thine. 

For  not  in  all  thy  deserts  wide— 

In  blooming  vale,  or  mountain  gray, 
Or  stormy  ocean's  troubled  tide, 

In  earth,  or  air,  or  sky,  or  sea- 
Meets  me  the  friend  I  lov'd  so  well. 

And  ne'er  shall  meet  on  mortal  shore  : 
And  long  this  bosom's  anguished  swell 

Shall  speak— that  we  shall  meet  no  more. 

Yet,  there's  a  land,  which  ne'er  was  trod 

By  mortal  foot :  and  there  is  he. 
Nature  !  there  dwells  thy  Maker,  God  ; 

And  there,  that  friend  these  eyes  shall  see. 

And  soon,  life's  journey  measur'd  o'er, 

And  death's  dividing  torrent  pass'd. 
My  soul  shall  reach  that  holy  shore, 

That  quiet,  peaceful  home,  at  last. 
Then  death  shall  ne'er  our  spirits  sever. 
But  we  shall  meet,  nor  part  forever. 

On  the  death  of  an  infant  son,  born  after  his  father's  death.     Written  in  Nov. 
1821.     Published  in  the  Boston  Recorder  of  Dec.  8th,  1831. 

Ah  1  where  is  he,  with  the  eyes  so  blue, 

And  the  shining,  yellow  hair, 
And  the  lofty  brow,  still  serenely  mild, 

And  the  cheek  so  angel  fair  ? 
Oh,  spirit  lov'd  I  who,  like  vision  of  light, 
Stole  across  my  path,  in  that  fearful  night. 
When  the  storm  was  high,  and  thy  sire  far  away. 
And  smil'd  through  the  darkness— how  short  was  thy  stay, 
Like  fleeting  cloud,  that  by  tempest  is  driven 

Athwart  the  stormy  sky. 
Or  dew-drop  that's  wept,  at  close  of  even. 

From  Nature's  humid  eye. 
That  cheek  was  fair,  but  'tis  deadly  pale. 

The  last  living  tint  is  fled ; 
And  the  cherished  form,  on  this  bosom  that  slept. 

In  the  damp  tomb  rests  its  head. 
Soon  was  finished  thine  errand  to  this  distant  shore. 
And  thy  mission  of  love,  dearest  babe,  soon  was  o'er. 
In  my  soul's  saddest  hour  of  distress  wert  thou  given, 
To  assuage  the  deep  anguish,  then  vanish  to  heaven. 


SIXTH  GENERATION-.  Ill 

Though  oblivion's  dews  settle  fast  on  thee,  now ; 

There's  one  heart  shall  forget  thee,  never;' 
And  the  stroke  that  shall  end  all  my  sorrows  below. 

Shall  nnite  us  again  forever. 

We  here  extract  from  the  "  Huntington  Genealogy"  the  following :  Joshua  Hunt- 
ington was  born  Jan.  31,  1786,  and  graduated  at  Yale  in  1804.  He  married,  May 
18,  1809,  Susan,  daughter  of  Rev.  Achilles  Mansfield,  of  Killingworth,  Ct.  He 
was  remarkable  during  his  college  course  for  his  correct  and  gentlemanly  deport- 
ment. His  classmate  and  chum  during  the  sophomore  year,  Rev.  Dr.  McEwen, 
late  of  New  London,  speaks  of  him  as  a  young  man  of  "very  acceptable  address, 
both  private  and  public,"  as  having  "constitutional  discretion,"  and  "good  com- 
mon sense."  A  revival  of  religion  occurred  in  college  during  his  sophomore  year, 
of  which  he  became  a  subject.  He  very  soon  decided  to  devote  himself  to  the 
work  of  the  ministr_v,  and  this  henceforth  was  the  aim  or  business  of  his  life.  A 
habit  of  stammering  had  been  contracted,  which  threatened  to  interfere  with  this 
purpose ;  and  at  length  his  embarrassment  was  such  as  almost  effectually  to  dis- 
courage his  attempts.  But  so  firm  was  his  conviction  of  his  duty,  and  so  earnest 
his  desire  to  do  good  in  the  work  on  which  he  liad  set  his  heart,  that  he  set  him- 
.self  to  the  daiij"  task  of  reading  and  re-reading  with  steadiness,  long  passages,  un- 
till  he  completely  triumphed.  After  his  graduation,  he  commenced  with  several 
young  men  tiie  stud^^  of  theology,  under  the  guidance  of  Dr.  Dwight ;  and  after 
leaving  New  Haven,  as  was  customary  in  those  days,  he  sought  the  instruction  and 
training  which  were  to  be  found  in  the  studj'  and  pastoral  duties  of  the  private 
pastor.  Such  a  school  he  enjoyed  in  the  family  of  Rev.  Asahel  Hooker,  of  Goshen, 
Conn.;  and  here  he  laid  a  good  foundation  for  the  marked  success  which  attended 
his  brief  but  most  useful  ministry. 

At  the  earlj' age  of  twenty-one  he  commenced  preaching,  and  from  the  first, 
though  exceedingly  youthful  in  appearance,  both  the  manner  and  the  matter  of  his 
discourses  were  such  as  to  Secure  the  approval  of  his  hearers. 

The  memoir  which  appeared  in  the  "Panoplist,"  for  Dec,  1820,  will  exhibit 
the  brief  ministerial  career  and  Christian  character  of  Mr.  Huntington,  better 
than  anything  which  can  now  be  written.  It  is  a  tribute,  penned  by  one  who  knew 
well,  and  who  highly  prized  the  subject  of  it.  It  is  the  worthy  testimony  of  a 
personal  affection,  which  could  forever  embalm  "those  amiable  and  desirable  quali- 
ties, on  which  the  eye  dwells  with  unmingled  satisfaction." 

The  memoir  says :  Few  young  men  have  been  received  with  more  decided  marks 
of  approbation  on  their  first  entering  the  pulpit ;  yet  we  never  heard  that  it  pro- 
duced in  him  any  indication  of  vanity.  This  we  consider  as  a  most  remarkable 
triumph  of  good  sense  and  piety  over  the  love  of  distinction.  During  the  year  that 
Mr.  Huntington  preached  as  a  candidate,  the  people  in  each  of  several  vacant 
parishes  were  desirous  of  obtaining  him  for  their  minister.  He  received  two  formal 
invitations  on  the  same  day.  one  from  the  Old  South  Church,  Boston,  and  the 
other  from  the  Congregational  Church  in  Middletown,  Conn,  About  the  same 
time  he  received  an  invitation  from  another  church  in  a  pleasant  and  populous 
town.  The  unanimity  with  which  these  calls  were  offered,  by  the  most  respectable 
congregations,  in  different  parts  of  the  country,  is  proof  that  the  person  to  whom 
they  were  addressed  was  a  youth  of  distinguished  promise. 


lis  MAlTSnEtD   GElfEAtOGY. 

"After  serious  deliberation,  and  with  tlie  most  judicious  advice,  he  accepted 
the  invitation  from  tlie  Old  South  Church,  and  was  ordained  as  colleague  pastor 
with  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Eckley,  May  18,  1808. 

"  He  had  not  quite  completed  the  third  year  of  his  ministrj-,  when  the  senior 
pastor  was  suddenly  removed  by  death,  and  the  weight  of  a  large  church  and  con- 
gregation rested  upon  him.  Though  deeply  feeling  his  increased  responsibility,  he 
was  not  disheartened,  but  continued  his  faithful  labors  with  alacrity  and  zeal. 

"In  the  steady,  noiseless,  conscientious  discharge  of  his  official  functions,  did 
this  good  man  persevere,  without  any  remarkable  era  in  his  life,  till  he  was  sum- 
moned to  an  early  tomb.  His  progress  was  that  of  increasing  usefulness,  and  ex- 
tending reputation,  and  a  most  evident  preparation  for  a  better  world." 

His  death  occurred  at  Groton,  Mass.,  at  the  residence  of  Rev.  Dr.  Chaplin,  while 
he  was  returning  homeward  on  a  journey  for  his  health,  on  Saturday,  Sept.  11, 
1819. 

"  On  the  succeeding  Monda}%  the  mortal  remains  were  interred  in  Boston,  with 
appropriate  exercises  and  great  solemnity.  A  sermon  was  delivered  on  the  (x;ca- 
sion  by  Rev.  Mr.  Dwight,  in  the  Old  South  Church,  where  an  immense  concourse 
was  assembled  to  express  their  interest  in  this  .solemn  event,  and  to  paj'  a  public 
tribute  to  distinguished  worth.  The  clergy  of  Boston  and  the  vicinity,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  church  and  congregation  of  which  the  deceased  had  been  pastor,  and  a 
multitude  of  other  acquaintances  and  friends  united  with  the  bereaved  familj'  and 
relatives  in  deploring  their  common  loss,  while  they  praised  God  for  the  bright  ex- 
ample of  Christian  virtue  which  they  had  witnessed.  The  spacious  house  of  wor- 
ship, where  the  last  sad  offices  were  performed,  was  so  crowded  that  many  hun- 
dreds tried  in  vain  to  get  admittance.  The  tokens  of  unaffected  mourning  were  so 
numerous  and  so  impressive  that  it  could  not  be  doubted  in  what  high  and  affec- 
tionate estimation  the  character  of  the  departed  minister  and  friend  was  held." 

95.     GLOVER.  New  Haven. 

This  family  were  all  born  in  New  Haven. 

*175.  Giles,  born  Jan.  15,  1793.  baptized  May  12, 1799,  married,  May  10,  1816, 
Harriet  Stanley,  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  who  was  born  in  Hartford,  Mar.  22,  1796.  She 
died  Sunday,  Aug.  26,  1827.  He  married  second,  June  16,  1828,  Harriet  Stanley, 
of  Cheshire,  Ct.,  who  was  born  Sept.  17,  1792.  She  died  Monday  Oct.  9,  1848. 
He  married  third,  Dec.  29, 1852,  Elizabeth  Deming,  of  New  Haven,  who  was  born 
Oct.  17,  1814.  She  died  Sept.  28,  1854.  At  the  age  of  20  he  set  up  a  Hat  Store 
on  State  St.,  fronting  Crown  St.  Remember  it  well,  when  I  was  about  five  years 
old.  The  store  bad  a  portico  the  whole  width  of  the  front,  on  which  he  had  a  sign, 
the  largest  in  the  city,  painted  by  a  man  of  the  name  of  Boyle,  think  he  was  an 
Englishman,  the  most  popular  sign  painter  of  that  da}' ;  on  it  were  painted  two  or 
three  Indian.s,  large  as  life,  holding  out  in  their  hands  bunches  of  beaver  skins,  in 
the  act  of  trading  with  white  men.  Boyle  was  a  real  genius,  and  the  work  was  well 
done.  Some  years  later  he  removed  to  a  brick  store  on  State  St.,  now  standing, 
next  north  to  the  County  Bank,  About  1832,  he  removed  into  Chapel  St.,  south 
side,  between  Orange  and  Church  Sts.,  where  he  remained  till  he  rfetired  from  busi- 
ness, about  1854    He  died  July  15, 1875.     The  following  is  from  the  New  Haven 


SIXTH    GENERATION".  113 

RegisUr,  of  Friday,  Jiily  16, 1875.  Another  of  our  oldest  citizens,  Giles  Mansfield, 
Esqr.,  died  at  his  residence  on  Thursday  afternoon,  at  the  advanced  age  of  82.  He 
was  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  New  Haven  families,  and  saw  the  growth  of 
the  town  from  its  infancy,  to  its  present  condition,  and  for  many  years  was  an  active 
and  successful  business  man— proverbial  for  conscientious  dealing,  outspoken  inde- 
pendence of  mind,  and  decision  of  character.  Mr.  M.  was  an  earnest  reader  on 
all  important  subjects,  as  the  sciences,  history,  politics,  etc.,  and  his  pungent  pen 
was  familiar  to  the  popular  publications  of  thirty  and  fifty  years  ago.  For  some 
time  past  he  has  devoted  his  leisure  to  the  preservation  of  his  health,  foreign  travel 
and  study.  A  man  of  generous  impulses  and  strong  convictions,  he  had  a  decided 
aversion  to  deceit  in  every  form,  and  maintained  for  himself  through  life  the  charac- 
ter of  a  kind  parent  and  honest  man. 

176.  Nathan,  born  June  9, 1795,  baptized  May  12,  1799,  married.  May  25,  1817, 
Mrs.  Maria  (Howell)  Sheppard.  She  died  in  Oxford,  Apr.  7,  1860,  aged  74.  He 
married  second,  Mrs.  Maria  Hodges.  He  died  May  6, 1869,  in  Oxford,  Ct,  where 
the  family  had  resided,  on  his  farm,  since  about  1832.  He  was  a  hatter  by  trade, 
and  an  excellent  christian  man. 

*177.  Eli,  born  Dec.  16,  1796,  baptized  May  12,  1799,  married  in  Hancock 
Co.,  Georgia,  Mar.  20,  1828,  Nancy  B.  Hardwick,  who  was  born  in  Hancock  Co., 
Oct.  17,  1803.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  removed  to  Sparta,  Ga.,  when  about 
twenty-two  years  of  age,  partly  on  account  of  his  health,  being  inclined  somewhat 
to  pulmonary  difficulties.  He  died  at  Sparta,  Dec.  22,  1841.  She  died  at  Sparta, 
Apr.  19,  1852. 

178.  Mary,  born  June  11,  1799,  baptized  Aug.  11,  1799,  and  died  of  the  con- 
sumption, May  22,  1826.  She  bore  her  protracted  complaint  with  great  patience, 
and  was  a  most  lovely  and  amiable  daughter  and  sister,  and  a  true  christian. 

179.  Eli  AS,  born  Jan.,  1801,  baptized  Apr.  12, 1801,  and  died  Sept  26,  1801. 

180.  Harriet,  born  Dec.  5, 1802,  baptizsd  Apr.  3, 1803,  and  died  Aug.  9. 1803. 

181.  Andrew,  born  June  6,  1804,  baptized  Aug.  19,  1804,  and  died  in  Ohio, 
1849.  He  learned  the  hatter's  trade,  and  taught  music  for  several  years.  He  mar- 
ried about  1837,  in  Ohio,  a  good  christian  woman,  by  name  of  Cahill,  a  native  of 
JMaryland,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  a  son,  by  the  name  of  Aikins,  born  in  1840. 
He  resides  unmarried  (1884)  in  Steubenville,  O.     She  died  in  1848. 

182.  Caroline,  born  Aug.  4, 1806,  married,  Sept.  24,  1829,  Daniel  Barritt,  who 
was  born  Sept.  6,  1803,  in  Newtown,  Ct.  He  carried  on  the  merchant  tailoring 
business  in  Cincinnati,  O.,  for  many  years,  and  died  there  Sept.  22, 1857.  She  died 
July  6,  1880.  Their  children  were  Maria  Louise,  born  May  29, 1830,  married,  Dec, 
1846,  Charles  Y.  Anderson,  of  Cincinnati,  who  was  born  in  1820,  and  died  in  1856. 
She  died  Dec.  16,  1860.  Their  two  children  were  Isabel  Maria  Anderson,  born 
June  9,  1848,  and  died  June  21,  1868,  and  William  Mansfield  Anderson,  born  Sept. 
17,  1852,  and  died  Apr.  9,  1877.  Lavinia  Barritt,  born  May  2,  1834,  died  Sept.  16, 
1849.  Caroline  Amelia  Barritt,  born  Aug.  15,  1846,  married.  May  1,  1866,  James 
E.  Stetson,  who  was  born  Apr.  24,  1846.     He  graduated  at  Yale  Medical  College 

16 


114  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

1881.  He  is  a  physician  in  New  Haven,  deservedly  popular  and  of  extensive  prac- 
tice. Their  only  child,  James  Frederic  Stetson,  was  born  Nov.  7,  1867,  and  died 
Oct.  10,  1868. 

*183.  Horace,  born  June  16, 1808,  married,  Sept.  10,  1833,  Mary  Jane  Dimock, 
tenth  child  of  Capt.  Joseph  Dimock,  of  Rocky  Hill  (Wethersfield),  Ct.  She  was 
born  May  24,  1811,  and  died  Aug.  30,  1845.  He  married  second,  Jurte  24,  1846, 
Elizabeth  Vroman  Brott,  first  child  of  Abraham  and  Irene  Brott,  of  Chittenango, 
N.  Y.  Has  always  resided  in  New  Haven,  and  is  a  Book  Publisher.  The  first 
book  he  published,  was  in  1833,  entitled,  Whitfield's  Life  and  Sermons,  by  John 
Gillies,  D.  D.,  with  engravings.  Octavo,  600  pages.  We  extract  the  following  from 
the  New  Haven  Courier,  of  Aug.  27, 1868.  ' '  Our  townsman,  IMr.  Horace  Mansfield, 
commenced  publishing  Books  in  New  Haven,  in  connection  with  the  Book  Store 
business,  over  thirty  years  ago,  at  the  old  Samuel  Wadsworth  stand,  Chapel  St. ,  south 
side,  between  Orange  and  Church  Sts.  A  few  years  later,  with  a  view  of  giving 
his  principal  attention  to  publishing,  he  relinquished  the  book  store  business,  and 
erected  a  building  for  an  oflSce  and  packing  room  uptown,  near  his  dwelling  house, 
and  for  many  years,  until  the  present  time,  has  had  all  of  his  books  printed  and 
bound  in  New  York,  or  Philadelphia,  and  shipped  from  New  Haven  to  his  agents 
in  various  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  Canada.  The  first  work  he  published 
was  "  Whitfield's  Life  and  Sermons,"  Octavo,  600  pages,  price  i|2  50  ;  number  sold 
6,000  copies.  Succeeding  works,  "  Remarkable  and  Interesting  Events, "  12  mo., 
600  pages;  about  10,000  copies  sold.  "Voyage  Round  the  World,  U.  S.  Squad- 
ron" 12  mo.,  650  pages,  $2.25,  25,000 copies.  "History  of  the  Mexican  War,  by 
John  Frost,  LL.D,"  12  mo.,  350  pages;  price  .fl.25  and  $150;  35,000  copies. 
"  Bunyan's  Life  and  Times,"  Octavo,  650  pages,  $2.50,  6,000  copies.  "  Life  and 
Voyages  of  Americus  Vespucius,"  Octavo,  500  pages,  10,000  copies.  Among  those 
published  in  connection  with  other  publishers,  he  has  sold  several  smaller  editions 
of  the  following  works:  "Kossuth  and  the  Hungarian  War,"  300  pages,  $1.50. 
"  Spurgeon's  Life  and  Sermons,"  12  mo.,  450  pages,  $2.00.  "  Indians  of  North 
America,"  Octavo,  400  pages,  $2.00.  "Religious  Denominations  of  the  World." 
Octavo,  500  pages,  $2.50.  "Dr.  Livingston's  Travels  in  Africa,"  12  mo.,  500 
pages,  $2.00  ;  and  several  other  works.  Some  of  the  above  reached  a  sale  as  high 
as  4,000  copies  and  more.  He  still  continues  the  business,  and  hopes  to  be  success- 
ful in  scattering  abroad  through  the  world  many  good  and  useful  books."  Along 
from  1868  to  1870,  he  purchased  in  separate  tracts,  some  twenty-five  acres  of  land 
situated  in  the  most  pleasant  part  of  the  subm-bs  of  New  Haven,  on  the  west  side 
of  west  river,  and  projected  and  carried  out  the  extension  of  Chapel  St.,  (the  most 
important  street  in  the  city)  across  the  river,  till  it  came  to  his  land,  and  thence 
mostly  through  the  center  of  his  land,  over  2,000  feet  to  Forest  St.,  building  a 
bridge  over  the  river,  and  a  causey  1,500  ft.  long,  30  ft.  wide  at  top,  and  about  15 
ft.  high  on  an  average,  mostly  at  his  own  expense,  costing  him  some  •$  15,000,  besides 
throwing  open  to  the  public  the  land  of  said  road  70  ft.  wide.  He  also  projected 
and  carried  through,  the  widening  of  Tryon  St.,  from  40  ft.  wide,  to  70,  (taking off 
a  strip  from  his  land  on  Tryon  St.,  over  1,000  ft.  long  l)y  15  ft.  wide)  and  also  the 
extension  of  said  street  northerly  through  land  of  others,  some  1,000  ft.  to  Fountain 
St.,  in  Westville. 


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SIXTH   GENERATION-.  .  115 

All  the  land  opened  to  the  public,  including  that  he  purchased  whree  the  Noyes 
house  stood  on  tlie  east  side  of  the  river,  for  the  extension  of  Chapel  St. ,  cost  him 
about  f  4,000.  He  set  out  over  100  elm  trees  on  these  roads ;  built  (in  1874)  a 
dwelling-house  and  connected  a  large  garden  therewith,  on  the  corner  of  Chapel 
and  Tryon  St.  (now  Central  av.),  resided  there  until  1880,  and  then  removed  back 
into  the  city,  where  he  now  resides. 

The  above  is  probably  the  greatest  public  road  improvement  ever  projected  and 
carried  out  b)'^  one  man,  mostly  at  his  own  expense,  ever  done  in  New  Haven. 

184.  William  Achilles,  born  Sept.  27,  1810,  baptized  May  3,  1812,  married, 
Sept.  14,  1839,  Minerva  Monk,  who  was  born  March  20,  1802.  He  is  a  carriage 
trimmer.     He  has  a  farm  in  Plymouth,  Ct.,  on  which  they  reside ;  no  children. 

185.  Elizabeth,  born  Mar.  27,  1814,  married,  Sept.  14,  1835,  Newel  C.  Hall, 
who  was  born  in  Southbury,  Ct. ,  Apr.  16,  1814,  and  died  in  New  Haven,  June  30, 
1875.  He  was  a  merchant  for  many  years  in  New  Haven,  but  latterly  for  some  years 
a  manufacturer.  Their  children  were  Charles  M.,  born  Jan.  21,  1837,  died  Nov. 
17,  1884  ;  married,  Sept.  10,  1861,  Rebecca  S.  Read,  who  was  born  Jan.  14,  1841 ; 
issue,  Harry  Newel,  born  July  28,  1862,  and  Mary  Gertrude,  born  Oct.  2,  1864. 
Mary  Louisa,  born  Apr.  20,  1847,  married,  Sept.  2,  1867,  Frank  S.  Bradley,  who 
was  born  Sept.  2,  1844.  He  is  connected  with  the  Singer  Sewing  Machine  Co.,  in 
New  Haven.  Their  children  are  Arthur  Stanly  Bradley,  born  Nov.  27,  1868 ; 
Elizabeth  Sophia  Bradley,  born  May  29,  1871,  and  Charles  Newel  Bradley,  born 
May  1,  1876. 

96.    RICHARD,  June.  Derby,  Ct. 

186.  Grace. 

187.  Sophia.  She  married  Mr.'Hurd.  They  had  one  child,  Richard,  who 
died  unmarried. 

102.     WILLIAM.  Derby,  ct. 

188.  Sarah. 

189.  William. 

190.  Abigail  Ann. 

191.  Samuel. 

192.  Charlotte. 

193.  Stephen. 

194.  Ann  Hull. 

195.  Charlotte. 

196.  Abby  Ann. 

197.  Eunice. 

198.  RiOHABD  Abijajt. 


116  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

All  of  these  died  unuiarried  except  Ann  Hull  and  Abby  Ann.  Ann  Hull  Mans- 
field married  Eleazar  Peck.  She  died  June  3,  1838,  aged  29,  leaving  one  son,  Ed- 
ward Crafts  Peck,  who  died  at  the  age  of  6  years  and  6  months.  Abby  Ann  Mans- 
field married  Samuel  Sherwood.  They  had  three  children,  Thomas,  Elizabeth 
Mansfield,  and  Samuel.  Thomas  Sherwood  married,  removed  to  the  South,  and 
died  in  1888,  leaving  two  children.  Elizabeth  Mansfield  Sherwood,  died  unmar- 
ried, July  1,  1867,  aged  29.     Samuel  Sherwood  died  unmarried. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


109.    EBENEZER.  Hamden.  Ct. 

199.  Rhoda,  married  Derias  Cooper,  Aug.  12,  1802. 

200.  Sally,  born  1786,  married,  Nov.  18,  1804,  Ransley  Hall.  She  married 
second,  John  Babcock.     She  died  Oct.  17,  1864,  aged  78. 

201.  Mabel,  born  Nov.  13,  1788,  married,  Jan.  22,  1806,  Steven  Babcock, 
She  died  June  19,  1867. 

*202.  Ebenkzek,  Junr.,  born  Jan.  23,  1791,  married,  Dec.  26,  1814,  Laura 
Stiles,  who  was  born  Nov.  80,  1787.  He  died  at  North  Haven,  Feb.  10,  1865, 
and  she  died  at  North  Haven,  May  19,  1879,  aged  over  91  years. 

*203.     John  Lewis,  married  Nov.  11,  1819,  Martha  Burnham. 

204.  Maky,  born  Jan.  80,  1800,  married,  Dec.  1,  1819,  Ezra  Kimberly,  who 
was  born  Apr.  26,  1794,  and  died  June  19,  1867.     She  died  in  1870. 

IIO.     ENOS.  Hamden,  Ct. 

205.  Twins,  born  Aug.  16,  1791,  one  lived  three  hours,  the  other  three  days. 

*206.     Lyman,  born  Jan.  29,  1793,  married  Abtah  Cooper ;  she  died,  Feb. ,  1836, 
aged  39.     He  married  second,  Lucy  Hubbel,  who  died  Dec.  20,  1869,  aged  88.  ^ 
He  died  Sept.  20,  1869,  aged  77. 

*207.  Seymour,  born  July  1,  1794,  married,  Dec.  28,  1826,  Almera  Baasett. 
He  died  Jan.  21,  1868,  aged  74. 

208.  Melinda,  born  July  8,  1797,  married,  Apr.  10,  1823,  John  Frost.  She 
died  Aug.  15,  1866,  aged  69. 

209.  Bede,  born  Dec.  7,  1800,  admitted  a  member  of  Cong.  Church,  July, 
1826.     She  died  unmarried,  Apr.  27,  1856. 


118  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

210.  Eliza,  born  Aug.  19,  1803,  married,  in  1839,  John  Henry  Mansfield,  son 
of  Joel  (118).     He  died  Dec.  3,  1881,  aged  75,  and  she  died  a  short  time  after. 

112.     RICHARD.  North  Haven,  Ct. 

*211.  Lkvkret,  born  Nov.,  1786,  married,  Feb.  33,  1806,  Sally  Sanford,  who 
was  born  Mar.  8, 1789.  He  died  Dec.  33,  1868.  She  died  Dec.  30,  1868,  in  Prince- 
ville,  111.  They  formerly  lived  in  Esperance,  near  Albany,  N.  Y.,  where  all  their 
children  were  born  but  their  youngest,  who  was  born  in  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

*212.  Richard,  June.,  born  Feb.  1,  1790,  married  Charlotte  Potter,  who  was 
born  Sept.  18,  1794.  He  died,  Feb.  19,  1850,  aged  60.  She  died  Nov.  17,  1854, 
aged  60.  He  was  a  farmer ;  resided  in  North  Haven.  They  both  joined  the  Cong. 
Church  in  North  Haven,  May  6,  1831. 

212^.  Stiles,  married,  and  settled  in  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.  They  had  one  child, 
a  daughter,  who  lived  to  grow  up.     This  is  all  that  could  be  obtained  of  this  family. 

114.  TITUS.  Hamden,  Ct. 

213.  Charlotte*  born  Jan.,  1796;  married  Eliaa  Bassett,  who  was  born  1791. 
She  died  Sept.  30,  1871.  He  died  Sept.  5,  1861.  He  was  a  farmer.  They  were 
both  members  of  the  Cong.  Church  in  Whitney ville  (Hamden.) 

115.  JESSE.  Hamden,  Ct. 

*214.  Elias,  born  Nov.  35,  1795 ;  married,  May  36,  1818,  Mary  Todd.  He 
settled  in  Sandersfield,  Mass.;  was  a  farmer.     He  died  in  Feb.,  1883. 

•215.  Jesse  Merrick,  born  July  11,  1801 ;  married,  Oct.  33,  1835,  Charlotte 
Heaton.  She  died  June  19, 1844.  He  married  second,  June  80,  1845,  Julia  Tuttle. 
She  died  July  16,  1849.  He  married  third,  Nov.  3,  1850,  Catharine  B.  Warner. 
He  lived  in  Hamden,  was  a  farmer,  afterwards  a  coal  dealer  in  New  Haven,  where 
he  died  Mar.  33,  1878,  aged  77. 

216.  Julia  Maria,  born  Sept.  36,  1797,  married,  Sept.  36,  1833,  David  Leek. 
They  had  one  child,  Julia  Maria,  born  Feb.  13,  1835.  He  died.  She  married 
second,  Jan.  31, 1830,  George  Atwater.  They  had  one  child,  born  Feb.  17,  1831, 
and  died  Aug.  36,  1876.     She  is  still  living  in  New  Haven,  (1884.) 

117.     LEMUEL.  North  Haven,  ct. 

217.  Delana,  born ,  baptized  June  3S,  1831,  married  Zenas  Bassett.     They 

had  Chauncy  S.,  Frederick,  born  July  5, 1834,  and  Margaiet  E.,  born  Oct.  8,  1839. 
This  Margaret  E.  Bassett  married  Elsworth  Davis. 

218.  Eunice,  born ,  baptized  June  33, 1831,  married  Alfred  Thorp.     They 

had  Burton,  D wight  and  Lois  Thorp. 

219.  John,  born  — -,  died  unmarried. 


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SEVEl^TTH   GENERATIOSr.  119 

Mary  Ann,  born  July  28,  1809,  baptized  June  32,  1821,  married  in  1827,  Wash- 
ington Jacobs.  They  have  had  Adeline,  John  T.,  Charles  W.,  and  Marcus  E. 
Jacobs.     She  is  living  (1884)  in  North  Haven. 

118.     JOEL.  North  Haven,  Ct. 

♦220.  Jared,  born  Sept.  29,  1801,  married  Sally  B.  Bradley.  He  died  May  7, 
1849.     He  was  a  cartwright,  and  lived  in  North  Haven.     She  died  Sept.,  1878. 

*221.  John  Henry,  born  June  6,  1806,  married  Eliza  Mansfield  in  1829.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  brickmaker  in  North  Haven.     He  died  Dec.  2,  1881. 

*222,  LivERCs,  born  Nov.  28,  1808,  married  Esther  Jane  Osborne.  Second, 
Charlotte  Amanda  Latham.  He  is  a  wheelwright,  and  resides  in  Livingston,  Col- 
umbia Co.,  N.  Y. 

♦223.  Orrin,  born  Oct.  22,  1812,  married,  Nov.  25,  1838,  Betsey  A.  Bishop, 
who  was  born  July  22,  1820.  He  is  a  blacksmith,  and  resides  in  Sherwood,  Calu- 
met Co.,  Wis.,  to  which  place  he  came  in  the  fall  of  1854. 

224.  Joel  Leveret,  born  in  1816,  died  unmarried,  May  27,  1837,  aged  21. 

120.     CHARLES.  Winchester,  N.  H. 

These  children  were  all  born  in  Winchester,  N.  Hampshire. 

225.  Hannah  Punderson,  born  May  11,  1795,  married.  Mar.  9,  1817,  Chris- 
topher Bullock,  a  thrifty  farmer  of  Winchester,  N.  H.  They  had  Emeiine,  William 
R.,  and  Betsey  M.  Bullock.  Aunt  Hannah,  as  she  was  called,  especially  the  last 
part  of  her  life,  was  a  very  industrious,  energetic  person,  and  was  distinguished 
for  extraordinary  memory.  She  died  Dec.  14,  1873;  her  husband  died  Aug.  5, 
1863.  Their  daughter,  Emeiine,  born  Feb.  8,  1820,  married,  Oct.  9, 1844,  Charles 
A.  Ball,  of  Winchester.  She  died  Jan.  1, 1876,  leaving  two  sons,  namely:  Charles 
W.  W.  Ball,  who  now  resides  in  N.  Y.  City,  is  one  of  the  Olmstead  Electric  Light 
and  Power  Co.,  offices  169  and  170  Temple  Court,  7  Beekman  St.  The  other  son, 
H.  A.  Ball,  is  a  merchant  in  Atlanta,  Ga.  WiUiam  R.  Bullock,  born  Jan.  11,  1822, 
married,  Jan.  11,  1851,  Sarah  W.  Pattridge,  of  Chesterfield,  N.  H.  He  is  living 
on  his  father's  farm,  in  Winchester.  Their  children,  Ellen  L.,  born  April  24,  1857. 
Hattie  M.,  born  Feb.  14,  1^60.  Willie  S.,  born  Apr.  11,  1863.  Georgie  W.,  born 
Mar.  19,  1865.  Betsey  M.  Bullock,  born  July  24,  1825,  married,  Apr.  4,  1854, 
Edmond  Wilber.  She  died  June  22,  1857,  leaving  one  child,  James  E.  Wilber, 
who  died  May  5,  1865. 

226.  Betsey,  born  Oct.  11,  1796,  married,  Nov.  2,  1823,  L-a  Burdick.  They 
lived  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  She  died  there  Jan.  7, 1865.  She  was  a  good  christian 
woman.     They  had  only  one  child,  Charles  Mansfield  Burdick,  born  Oct.  21,  1827. 

He  was  a  contractor  in  different  kinds  of  business,  was  married  Dec.  28,  1852, 
to  Johanna  Carrigan.  Their  children  were  Bessie  Burdick,  born  Mar.  16,  1854, 
and  died  Nov.  8,  1866,  and  Ira  Willis  Burdick,  born  Jan.  10,  1859. 

*227.     Rii.EY,  born  Apr.  25,  1799.     He  was  named  after  Sergeant  Riley,  of  the 


120  MANSFIELD    GEN-EALOGT. 

revolutionary  army,  a  friend  and  fellow  soldier  of  his  father's.  He  married,  in 
1822,  Betsey  Chase,  who  was  born  Sept.  20,  1803,  in  N.  Hampshire,  at  the  foot  of 
the  White  mountains.  She  was  just  the  wife  for  a  pioneer ;  noted  for  her  thirft, 
while  she  spun,  and  wove,  and  fashioned  the  garments  for  her  household,  her  home 
was  a  pattern  of  neatness.  She  died  Mar.  11,  1873.  "The  following  from  the 
''  Vermont  Historical  Magazine  "  gives  a  slight  idea  of  the  energy,  perseverance, 
and  zeal  worthy  of  this  descendant  of  the  Pilgrims."  "  Riley  Mansfield,  born  in 
•Winchester,  N.  H.,  came  from  there  when  19  years  old,  with  an  ox  team,  by  marked 
trees,  through  the  heart  of  the  Vermont  wilderness,  and  located  in  the  valley  of 
Fayston,  clearing  himself  a  farm  and  rolling  up  the  logs  for  his  first  log  house. 
He  lived  in  this  town  till  his  death,  and  raised  a  large  family,  and  was  one  of  the 
principal  landholders  of  his  day,  as  the  Fa3'ston  records  attest.  His  farms  and 
mortgages  on  farms  covered  much  of  the  territory  of  the  town  ;  but  he  was  no  op- 
pressor. A  neighbor  under  embarassment,  came  to  him  one  day,  and  said:  "I 
want  you  to  buy  that  50-acre  lot  of  mine.  If  I  can  turn  it  into  money,  I  can  save 
my  farm,  and  myself  from  ruin."  "  I  will  take  it,"  said  Mr.  M.,  and  paid  him  his 
price  for  the  land.  The  man  afterwards  said  to  him:  "You  saved  me  and  my 
family  from  utter  failure."  He  brought  apple  seeds  from  New  Hampshire,  and 
planted  orchards  around  his  old  homestead  63  years  ago  ;  trees  yet  remain  there 
that  sprang  from  the  seed  he  planted  then.  Mr.  M.  removed  from  the  farm  where 
he  first  settled,  to  a  farm  on  Mill  Brook,  where  he  made  his  home  the  last  25  years 
of  his  life. 

The  "Obituary"  reads  :  "  Riley  Mansfield,  of  Fayston,  died  Jan.  14,  1876,  aged 
nearly  77  years ;  another  of  our  oldest  and  most  respected  citizens  is  gone,  almost 
the  last  of  the  pioneer  men  who  came  to  our  town  in  its  early  settlement,  or  before 
it  had  become  largely  settled  or  improved.  He  came  56  years  ago,  and  helped  by 
his  life-long  industry  to  make  the  wilderness  to  blossom  as  a  garden.  At  23  he  was 
converted  at  §,  Camp-meeting,  and  united  with  the  Methodist  church,  of  which  he 
was  a  member  at  time  of  his  death.  He  was  respected  for  his  sterling  worth ;  there 
lives  no  man  who  will  say  '  Uncle  Riley,'  as  he  was  called  by  all  his  neighbors, 
ever  knowingly  cheated  him  one  cent.  Of  his  sudden  death  he  seemed  to  have  a 
premonition.  He  began  to  feel  unwell  Wednesday  afternoon,  and  died  on  Friday 
near  midnight.  About  an  hour  before  he  died,  he  dressed  himself  and  laid  down 
again  on  his  bed,  apparently  comfortable,  and  died  as  an  infant  hushed  to  sleep  in 
its  mother's  arms." 

228.  Polly,  born  Nov.  7,  1800,  married,  in  the  winter  of  1823,  Henry  Snow, 
who  was  a  farmer.  Residence,  New  Hampshire.  In.  the  summer  of  1834,  they 
removed  to  Rochester,  Mass.,  where  he  continued  his  farm  business,  also  ship- 
building. In  the  spring  of  1856  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Battle  Creek,  Mich., 
where  he  resided  till  his  death.  Mar.  11.  1871,  aged  66.  Thej'^  had  eight  children, 
namely:  Mary  L.  Snow,  born  ilay26,  1823,  in  N.  Hampshire,  married,  Apr.,  1843, 
Thomas  M.  Fuller,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  who  afterwards  died  in  the  war,  May, 
1865,  leaving  three  children  :  Charles  H.,  Sarah  F.,  and  Lizzie  B.  Fuller.  Timothy 
Snow,  born  in  N.  H.,  Mar.,  1825,  and  married.  Mar.,  1854,  Lydia  C.  Wright,  of 
Battle  Creek,  Mich.  He  died  July  5,  1830,  aged  55.  Born  to  them  one  child, 
Idellah  F.  Snow,  now  living.  Willard  H.  Snow,  born  in  N.  H.,  June  2,  1827,  and 
married,  Aug.,  1850,  Lizzie  Gifford,  of  Fair  Haven,  Mass.,  no  children.    Next 


SEVEXTH   GENERATION.  121 

two  children  died  in  infancy.  Ira  B.  Snow,  born  in  K  H.,  Aug.,  1831,  and  mar- 
ried in  1852,  Mary  E.  Waite,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.  He  died  Dec,  1857,  at  Battle 
Creek,  leaving  one  son,  Edward  C.  Snow,  now  residing  in  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Lucy  M.  Snow,  born  in  Mass.,  July,  1839,  and  married,  Oct..  1856,  Horace  Clark, 
of  Battle  Creek ;  born  to  them,  Ida  F.  Clark,  deceased,  and  Henry  A.  Clark,  now 
living.  Harriet  L.  Snow,  born  in  3Ia8s.,  Jan.,  1841 ;  resides  in  Battle  Creek, 
Mich. 

229.  Chales,  born ,  died  at  about  two  years  of  age. 

230.  Martin,  born  Sept.  15,  1804.  When  at  work  in  a  mill,  in  Winchester 
village,  he  was  fatally  injured,  and  died  in  a  few  days  after,  Jan.  31,  1833,  aged  28. 
He  was  a  young  man-  that  was  much  respected  by  his  acquaintances. 

231.  Mart,  born  Sept.  14,  1806.  She  was  a  maiden  lady,  and  resided  most  of 
her  life  with  her  brother  Charles,  was  a  very  industrious  useful  person,  and  was 
very  much  missed  by  the  family,  when  removed  by  death.  May  12,  1882,  aged  75. 

*232.  Charles,  born  Feb.  12,  1809,  married,  June  12,  1839,  Lucy  B.  Burbank, 
formerly  of  Oakham.  Mass.,  who  was  born  Mar.  11,  1830.  When  a  boy  he  was 
quite  fond  of  trading  cattle,  and  other  things.  After  he  became  of  age,  his  desire 
was  to  purchase  land,  and  he  commenced  buying  a  piece  at  a  time,  as  it  was  offered 
for  sale  until  he  owned  fifteen  hundred  acres.  Ten  hundred  acres  are  in  one  body, 
surrounding  the  buildings  where  he  lived,  mostly  timber  land,  which  he  cuts  out 
lumber  from,  in  his  mill.  Soon  after  their  marriage  he  bought  a  farm,  about  a  mile 
from  where  be  lived,  on  the  Ashuelot  river,  in  a  small  village  called  Lake  Village, 
and  moved  on  to  it,  where  he  now  resides.  When  about  27  years  of  age  he  was 
converted,  and  united  with  the  Methodist  church,  became  a  prominent  member, 
holding  several  important  offices,  as  steward,  trustee,  and  class  leader,  and  paying 
largely  for  the  support  of  preaching  and  for  the  church  expenses.  His  occupation 
has  been  and  is,  farming  and  lumbering.  They  have  had  five  children  whose  names, 
births,  (fee,  will  be  given  in  their  proper  place. 

233.  Sarah,  born  June?,  1812,  married  Lucius  Naromore  of  Winchester,  N. 
H.  She  died  Oct.  19,  1856,  aged  44.  He  died  Aug.  29,  1873,  aged  57.  Their  six 
children  were  George  Byron  Naromore,  born  in  Schaghticoke,  N.  Y.,  July  31,  1839 ; 
his  occupation  is  box  making ;  was  married,  Feb.  1873,  to  Abbie  M.  Smith  of  Win- 
chester. They  have  had  two  children,  a  son,  and  a  daughter.  Henry  Lucius  Naro- 
more was  drowned,  when  about  two  er  three  years  old,  in  a  brook  near  the  house. 
Marion  S.  Naromore,  born  in  Winchester,  May  1,  1845,  was  married,  Mar.  15,  1852, 
to  Frank  H.  Lewis.  They  have  had  a  son  and  a  daughter.  Another  little  son  of 
the  above  Lucius  and  Sarah  Naromore,  died  when  about  two  years  of  age.  Edgar 
Herbert  Naromore,  born  Aug.  18,  1850,  married.  Mar.  15,  1852,  Florence  A.  Corlis, 
of  Swanzey,  N.  H.  One  little  daughter  blesses  their  home.  Adrian  Washington 
Naromore,  born  May  31. 1852,  married  Dec.  15, 1883,  Eva  A.  Hill.  The  two  brothers 
Edgar,  and  Adrian,  reside  together  in  Winchester;  are  in  the  lumbering  business. 

234.  William,  bom  in  1814,  and  died  when  two  or  three  years  old. 

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1!J2  MAirSFIELD   GENTlALdGT. 

121.     ELISHA..  Canaan,  Ct. 

♦236.    Elisha  D.,  born  in  1807,  married  Fanny  Munson. 

236.  Phineas,  died  about  1870. 

237.  William,  died  in  S.  Carolina,  in  early  life. 

238.  Rebecca,  who  married  Legrand  Leavenworth,  and  has  always  lived  in 
Canaan. 

239.  Hannah,  moved  west. 

240.  Lyloia,  moved  west. 

124.     DAVID.                             Westmoreland,  N.  Y. 
*241.     Wabben,  born  in  1798,  in  Massachusetts,  married in  1822. 

242.  Lattka,  born  about  1800,  in  Massachusetts,  married  about  the  year  1820, 
Thomas  Halbert  of  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.;  was  a  farmer.  Their  children  were  Al- 
bert, Melinda,  Louise  and  Horace  Halbert.  The  father,  Thomas  Halbert,  died,  and 
the  mother  married,  second,  David  McMaster,  of  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  a  farmer. 
Their  children  were  Mary,  Sarah,  Laura,  and  David  McMaster. 

243.  William  Ptjndekson.  born  Oct.  3, 1809,  and  died  Sept.  15, 1832,  aged  23. 

*244.  Charles  M.  ,  born  Apr.  6, 1811,  married,  Nov.  29, 1837,  Lucy  Mary  Little- 
john,  of  Litchfield,  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Westmoreland,  Oneida 
Co.,N.  Y. 

245.  Louisa  M.,  born  Mar.  9,  1814,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,  married,  Nov. 
29,  1837,  Hezfikiah  C.  A.  Harrison,  who  was  born  in  Litchfield,  Herkimer,  Co.,  N. 
Y.,  Oct.  3, 1813,  and  died  in  the  same  place.  Mar.,  18-58.  He  was  a  teacher.  Their 
children  were  Frances  Luretta  Harrison,  born  in  Westmoreland,  June  11, 1839,  mar- 
ried, June  5,  1864,  Alexander  L.  Frenette  in  Utica,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  carpenter. 
Their  daughter  Frances  Luretta  Frenette,  was  born  in  Utica,  Oct.  27,  1864 ;  her 
mother  died  in  Utica,  Feb.  4,  1865.  Gertrude  Louisa  Hairison,  born  June  19, 
1841,  in  Clinton,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  died  in  Utica,  June  24, 1867.  Isadore  La 
Rue  Harrison,  born  in  Clinton,  Sept.  19,  1842,  married,  Sept.  19,  1878,  Elmer  S. 
Lewis  of  Madison,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.  Their  daughter  Adelaide  Harrison  Lewis, 
was  born  July  12,  1879.  Adelaide  Eugenia  Harrison,  born  July  3,  1845,  in  liitch- 
field,  N.  Y.,  and  died  in  Utica,  Aug.  8,  1866.  Josiah  Quincy  Harrison,  born  Oct. 
28,  1847,  in  Frankfort,  N.  Y.,  married.  Mar.  3,  1870,  Fannie  L.  Roberts  of  Utica. 
N.  Y.  Their  son  Roy  Seymour  Harrison,  was  born  in  Utica,  Mar.  25,  1873,  and 
died  Dec,  1872.  His  mother,  Fannie  L.  Harrison,  died  in  Utica,  Mar.  25,  1872. 
He,  (the  above  Josiah  Quincy  Harrison),  enlisted  in  the  civil  war,  Aug.  23,  1864, 
in  Co.  M.,  N.  York  cavalry,  was  taken  prisoner  Nov.  1,  1864,  by  Moseby's  guer- 
rillas, in  West  Virginia,  and  taken  to  Libby  prison;  was  exchanged  Feb.  17,  1865, 
discharged  in  the  following  June— the  war  over.  He  is  a  clerk  in  the  post  office 
of  New  York  City.  William  Mansfield  Harrison,  born  Apr.  12,  1850,  at  Little 
Falls,  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y.     By  trade,  a  watchmaker,  but  for  many  years  an  in- 


SEVENTH   GENERATION".  123 

Valid.  Linda  Harrison,  born  Aug.  23,  1856,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.;  married 
John  Heckle,  a  photographer,  Sept.  17,  1883,  who  was  born  in  New  York,  May- 
Si,  1856. 

*246.  David,  born  Feb.  21,  1816,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,  married,  July  5, 
1841,  Susan  Ann  Gower,  wlio  was  born  Feb.  7,  1823,  in  Folston,  Kent  Co.,  Eng- 
land.    He  is  a  farmer. 

247.     LuoRKTiA  Meunda,  born  Maj^  31,  1820,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,  aad 
died  in  Meriden,  Gt.,  Apr.  19,  1879;    married.  Dee.  31,  1840,  at  the  same  place, 
John  Kinney,  who  was  born  Jan.  31,  1810,  in  town  of  Bristol,  Fair  Haven,  Mass. 
Their  children  were  Charlotte  Melinda  Kinney,  born  Sept.  7,  1842,  in  Westmore- 
land, N.  Y.     She  married,  Aug.  29,  1869,  Edward  F.  Barnard,  in  Vineland,  N.  J., 
who  was  born  Aug.  14,  1836,  in  New  Hartford,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.     Their  child- 
ren are  Edward  Kinney  Barnard,  born  Aug.  6,  1871,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y. 
Dasy  Clotilda  Barnard,  born  Sept.  17,  1873,  in  Meriden,  Ct.,  and  William  Lewis 
Barnard,  born  July  18,  1875,  in  Meriden,  Ct.     William  Mansfield  Kinney,  born 
July  4,  1844,  in  Westmoreland,  married,  Apr.  20,  1873,  Almedie  Bowen,  in  Vine- 
land,  N.  J.,  who  was  born  Aug.  8,  1839,  in  Lima,  Washtenaw  Co.,  Mich.     He  is 
night-watch ;    lives  in  Meriden,  Ct.     They  have  one  child,  Mag  Mansfield  Kin- 
ney, born  Sept.  20,  1880,  in  Meriden.     Maria  Louisa  Kinney,  born  June  5,  1846, 
in  Westmoreland;   died  Nov.,  1861,  at  same  place.     Joseph  Lafayette  Kinney, 
born  Feb.  5,  1848,  in  Westmoreland.     Is  a  mechanic,  and  now  lives  in  Meriden. 
Josephine  Adelaide  Kinney,  born  Jan.  21,  1850,  in  Westmoreland;  married,  Oct. 
1,  1868,  George  N.  Frost,  in  Vineland,  N.  J.,  who  was  born  June  2,  1842,  in  West 
Derby,  Vt. ,  lives  in  Meriden,  is  a  mechanic.     Their  children  are  Frederick  Edwin 
Frost,  born  in  Vineland,  N.  J.,  Aug.  15,  1869 ;  Charles  A.  Frost,  born  Oct.  4,  1871, 
in  Doniphan,  Kansas,  and  Edna  Beatrice  Frost,  born  Oct.  22,  1876,  in  Meriden. 
Next,  a  son  of  the  above  John  Kinney,  and  his  wife,  Lucretia  M.,  born  in  1852, 
and  died  soon,  without  name.      Charles  Ambler  Kinney,  born  May  2,  1853,  in 
Westmoreland  ;    married,  July  10,  1875,  Marietta  Teal,  who  was  born  July  12, 
1856,  in  Whitestown,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.     He  is  in  business  in  Meriden.     Their 
two  children  are  Sadie  Etta  Kinney,  born  Feb.  22,  1878,  and  Charles  A.  Kinney, 
born  Aug.  6,  1881.     Juliette  Lucretia  Kinney,  born  July  21,  1855,  in  Westmore- 
land, and  died  Feb.,  1856,  at  same  place.      Alice  Bertha  Kinney,  born  Dec.  9, 
1856,  in  Westmoreland  ;  married,  May  2,  1874,  Otis  Carpenter,  of  Vineland,  N.  J;, 
in  Meriden,  who  was  born  1849,  in  Vermont.     Their  two  children  were  Otis  Ckr- 
penter,  Junr.,  born  May  12,  1875,  in  Vineland,  N.  J.,  and  died  last  of  June,  1875; 
and  Alice  Juliette  Carpenter,  born  June  25,  1877,  in  Meriden.     Otis  Carpenter, 
Senr.,  died  in  Vineland,  N.  J.,  June  30,  1878.     His  widow  married  second,  Dec. 
20,  1882,  William  A.  Clark,  who  was  born  Jan.  19,  1848,  in  Meriden,  where  they 
now  live.     He  is  a  plater.     Elman  Frances  Lenore  Kinney,  born  Dec.  20,  1864,  in 
Westmoreland.  Oneida  Co.,  N,  Y.,  residing  in  Meriden,  Ct. 

*248.  Joseph  Lafayette,  born  June  10,  1825,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.; 
married,  Sept.  26.  1850,  Maria  Louisa  Weaver,  of  Deerfield,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y., 
who  was  born  Jan.  14,  1831.  He  lives  in  Grandin,  Dakota.  At  request,  he  sends 
the  following  description  of  his  farm  and  farming.  "  He  farms  a  section  of  625 
acres.     He  can  stand  in  his  own  door  and  look  over  6,000  acres  of  wheat.     He  puts 


.124  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

in  this  season  (1884),  1,000  bushels  of  seed  grain,  principally  wheat.  A  fair  crop 
will  give  him  12,000  to  14,000  bushels.  He  works  16  horses,  and  four  men,  besides 
himself.  He  runs  three  broad-cast  seeders,  putting  in  50  to  60  acres  each  day. 
Harrows  cut  32  feet  wide,  drawn  by  4  horses  abreast."  Besides  farming,  he  culti- 
vates a  talent  and  taste  for  literature.  He  has  written  many  poems,  several  of 
which  have  been  published  in  the  papers.  The  following :  "The  Unfaithful  Soul," 
"Rest,"  "Broken  Vases,"  "The  Infinite  Love."  Two  poems,  delivered  at  the 
decoration  of  soldiers'  graves :  "  Art  thou  lost  to  me  forever?"  "Parting  with  the 
old  homestead,"  and  many  others,  he  designs  to  publish  in  a  volume,  some  time 
during  the  next  year.  This  underneath  was  cut  from  the  Fargo  (Dakota)  Repub- 
lican, of  Feb.  6,  1884,  with  the  heading,  "  Anderson ville."  A  reminiscence  of  the 
War.  By  J.  L.  Mansfield.  The  little  incident  that  suggested  the  following  lines 
was  this :  Sergeant  Daniel  Blanchard,  belonging  to  one  of  the  regiments  of  Cen- 
tral New  York,  had  been  released  from  Andersonville  by  the  exchange  of  prisoners, 
and  had  returned  home  a  mere  skeleton.  The  writer  asked  him  if  it  was  indeed 
true  that  the  famished  soldiers  cheered  when  they  came  in  sight  of  the  old  flag  ? 
He  replied  in  his  laconic  way:  "  Cheered  uncle?  I  should  say  we  did." 

"  Cheered  ancle  t  I  should  eay  we  did  I" 
Cheer  after  cheer  rang  boldly  out, 
Not  like  a  fiendish  rebel  shout, 
But  with  the  voices  of  free  men 
We  cheered,  and  cheered,  and  cheered  again  1 

We  were  ragged,  starved  and  weak. 
Many  could  hardly  walk  or  speak ; 

And  yet  we  cheered,  and  cheered,  and  cheered  like  men  ! 
We  had  been  so  long  insulted 

With  the  sight  of  stars  and  bars, 
How  we  rallied  and  exalted 

At  the  sight  of  stripes  and  stars  1 
We  could  hardly  trust  our  eyes. 
Such  was  then  our  glad  surprise 

To  see  our  own  flag  wave  again ; 

We  cheered,  and  cheered,  and  cheered  like  men  ! 
At  first  it  seemed  a  mocking  dream. 

Mocking  the  soldiers'  longing  sight ; 

For  often  through  the  horrid  night 
Within  that  rebel  hell, 

I  had  dreamed  of  friends  and  home, 
Dreams  of  joys  no  tongue  could  tell  : 
Dreamed  of  waving  Union  flags — 
Victorious  when  our  brave  men  fell 
By  whizzing  shot  and  bursting  shell. 

But  waking  when  my  dreams  were  done, 
Saw  only  hated  rebel  rags. 

Floating  in  sheen  of  morning  sun. 

Ah  !  uncle,  that  was  hard  for  men. 

To  look  in  hunger's  glaring  eye. 

To  see  brave  comrades  starve  and  die. 
To  see  them  falling  day  by  day, 
To  hear  the  tauDts  of  men  in  gray. 
As  the  doomed  patriots  passed  away. 


SEVENTH   GENERATlOir.  125 

That  bogus  chivalry  hath  done 

The  meanest  things  beneath  the  sun  ! 
Let  history  write  their  blackened  name 
Upon  the  lurid  scroll  of  shame. 

But  when  we  knew  it  was  not  seeming— 

That  we  were  wide  awake— not  dreaming. 
That  our  own  flag  was  really  there, 
With  ringing  cheers  we  rent  the  air, 
.  There  was  but  little  left,  you  see, 

Of  men  who  starved  for  liberty. 

Little  was  left  but  fleshless  bones— 

But  the  old  flag  made  us  think  of  homes. 
Homes  of  plenty,  homes  of  wealth, 
Homes  we  left  in  strength  and  health. 

Homes  where  freedom's  fires  are  fed. 

Homes  where  hearts  in  silence  bled. 

Homes  that  mourned  their  honored  dead. 
Homes  where  loved  ones  staunch  and  true. 
Waiting,  prayed  for  boys  in  blue. 

Parents  waiting,  worn  with  anguish. 

While  thf  ir  sons  in  prison  languish  ; 
Brothers,  sisters,  too,  were  waiting. 
Loving  hearts  for  lovers  breaking. 

Many  waiting  still  in  vain. 

To  welcome  dear  ones  home  again. 

Gates  ajar  for  patriots  slain, 

Gates  ajar  for  those  who  sleep 

Where  unknown  graves  their  bodies  keep. 
Gates  ajar  for  all  who  gave. 
Their  lives  our  country's  flag  to  save. 
Stainless,  henceforth,  that  flag  shall  wave. 

Sacred  those  nameless  graves  of  oars, 

Bloom  o'er  them  earth's  sweetest  flowers. 

Leaving  the  southron's  prison  pen. 
But  shadows  left  of  sturdy  men— 

Proudly  we  cheered,  and  cheered,  and  cheered  again  ! 
Sacred  the  power  of  all  these  tokens, 
Grand  the  words  by  Lincoln  spoken, 
By  their  might  were  fetters  broken, 

All  our  country  now  is  free. 

Free  I  from  north  Dakota's  fertile  lands. 

To  the  far  off  semi-tropics  sands. 

Free,  from  Atlantic's  storm-beat  strands, 

To  the  broad  Pacific's  golden  shore,— 

One  flag,  one  country,  evermore. 

No  more  the  traitor's  power  shall  rise. 
No  more  their  flag  insult  the  skies ; 

No  more  shall  wave  the  stars  and  bars. 

Forever  float  oar  stripes  and  stars. 

249.     Helen  Makia,  born  July  7,  1827,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,  married, 
Jan.  1,  1848,  Chester  C.  Waters.     Their  children  were  Charles  Waters,  born  Apr. 


1^6  itANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

12,  1850,  In  Westraorelaud.  George  Waters,  born  in  Westerland,  Nettie  Waters, 
borii  in  Westmoreland,  Joseph  Waters, born  in  Westmoreland,  and  Gertrude  Waters, 
born  in  Englewood,  N.  J.  Their  mother  died  in  Englewood,  Oct.  6,  1868,  aged 
41  years.  She  was  a  very  lovely  exemplary  woman,  and  a  favorite  sister  of  her 
brother  Joseph  L. ,  who  wrote  an  obituary  poem  on  her  death,  the  six  last  lines  of 
which  we  append  ; 

"  Smiling  a  last  farewell  she  passed  away. 
We  know  tliat  she  will  meet  and  greet 
Us  at  the  crossing,  with  the  same 
Fond  smile  we  all,  so  well  remember, 
.  When  we  have  done  our  work  on  earth. 

And  gladly  hasten  to  the  soirita  home." 


125.     WILLIAM  P.  Kent.Ct. 

250.  Maria  Mills,  born  Feb.  5,  1808,  married,  Apr.  10,  1828,  Hon.  Hugh 
White,  who  was  born  Dec.  25,  1798,  in  Whitestown,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.;  graduated 
at  Hamilton  College  in  1823,  and  fitted  for  the  bar  in  N.  Y.  city,  but  soon  turned 
his  attention  to  other  business  pursuits.  He  was  the  first  manufacturer  of  Hydrau- 
lic cement  in  America,  and  furnished  large  quantities  for  the  Croton  Aqueduct.  la 
1830,  he  settled  at  Waterford,  Saratoga  Co. ,  N.  Y.  He  took  an  active  interest  in 
public  affairs,  and  in  1844,  was  chosen  a  Representative  to  Congress.  He  served 
for  three  terms,  being  twice  re-elected.  He  died  Oct.  6,  1870.  They  had  seven 
children,  of  whom  but  two  are  living,  or  had  heirs,  namely:  William  Mansfield 
White,  born  July  8,  1833,  married,  Jan.  22,  1854,  Anna  Maria  Pierrepont,  des- 
cendant of  Rev.  James  Pierrepont,  of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  and  daughter  of  Hon.  Wil- 
liam C.  Pierrepont,  of  Pierrepont  Manor,  New  York.  He  graduated  at  Hamilton 
College,  in  1854,  and  is  a  farmer  in  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.  They  have  ten  child- 
ren: Hugh  White,  born  Aug.  29,  1865;  William  Pierrepont  White,  bom  Apr.  8, 
1867;  Anna  Maria  White,  born  Aug.  14,  1868 :  Hubert  Laurence  White,  born  Oct. 
12,  1869 :  Florilla  Mansfield  White,  born  Sept.  7,  1871 ;  Mary  Pierrepont  White, 
born  July  14,  1873 ;  Cornelia  Butler  White,  born  July  7,  1874  ;  Isabel  White,  born 
Apr.  17,  1876  ;  DeLancey  Pierrepont  White,  born  June  12, 1878,  and  Charles  Car- 
roll White,  born  June  3,  1880.  Their  mother,  Mrs.  Wm.  M.  White,  died  in  Utica, 
Sept.  22, 1884,  after  the  above  was  prepared  for  the  press.  The  following  obituary 
notice  is  from  the  "  Cohoes  Daily  News :" 

Sddden  Death  of  Mbs.  Wm.  T.  White.— Anna  M.,  daughter  of  William  C. 
Pierrepont,  and  wife  of  William  Mansfield  White,  died  at  Utica  on  Monday,  after 
only  a  few  hours  illness,  and  during  the  absence  of  her  husband,  who  had  gone  up  to 
her  father'sto  stay  with  him  over  Sunday.  They  had  all  returned  with  their  children 
last  week  from  their  summer  home  at  the  farm  at  Canaseraga,  and  were  all  in  good 
health,  and  looking  forward  to  an  enjoyable  winter  in  their  comfortable  home  at 
Utica,  when  this  sudden  change  came  upon  them  without  any  warning  or  premoni- 
tion, and  the  true  and  loving  wife  and  mother  was  called  up  into  the  other  home, 
in  the  skies— that  home  which  is  always  prepared  and  made  ready  for  the  people 
of  God.  Funeral  services  were  held  yesterday  at  Utica,  and  to-day  the  burial  will 
take  place  at  Pierrepont  Manor. 


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SEYEOTna:  geistbeatiois-.  137 

The  other  one  of  the  above  two  surviving  children  of  Hon.  Hugh  White,  and 
Maria  Mills  Mansfield  White,  is  Isabel,  born  Mar.  22,  1837,  married,  Jan.  3,  1855, 
William  Watson  Niles.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  1845,  and  is  a  lawyer  in 
New  York  City.  They  have  had  seven  children  :  Robert  Lossing  Niles,  born  July 
2,  1857 ;  William  White  Niles,  born  July  22,  1860 ;  Isabel  Niles,  born  Feb.  7, 
1862 ;  Susan  Charlotte  Niles,  born  Sept.  4,  1864 ;  John  Barron  Niles,  born  Aug. 
9,  1867 ;  Florilla  Niles,  born  Nov.  18,  1870,  and  Nathaniel  Marston  Niles,  born 
Mar.  1,  1882. 

251.  Florilla  Pttitderson,  born  Aug.  16,  1809,  and  died  Aug.  25,  1826. 

252.  Bbadlbt  Mills,  diedDec.  19,  1831,  aged  21. 

*253.  Lewis  William,  born  May  16,  1816,  in  Kent,  Litchfield  Co.,  Ct.;  mar- 
ried Carrie  M.  Bayard,  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Lewis  Bayard.  Two  years  after  her 
death,  he  married  second,  Dec.  19,  1855,  Sarah  B.  Lewis,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  Lewis,  of  York,  Livingston,  Co.,  N.  Y.  After  her  death,  he  married 
third,  June  4, 1862,  Mary  J.  Hogan.  He  was  brought  up  a  strict  Congregationalist, 
but  at  about  the  time  he  married  his  first  wife,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Prot. 
Epis.  Church.  He  went  to  school  at  Sharon,  Ct.,  at  Montgomery,  Orange  Co., 
N.  Y.,  and  at  Chittenango,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  entered  the  Junior  Class  at 
Union  College,  in  1833,  graduating  in  1835.  Engaged  in  business  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  Hon.  Hugh  White,  at  Whitesport,  near  Kingston,  N.  Y.,  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  hydraulic  cement,  continuing  the  business  for  about  15  years,  and  on  going 
out  of  business^,  wrote  the  following  books  (now  out  of  print):  "The  Morning 
Watch,"  a  narrative  poem,  12  mo.,  p.  157,  published  for  him  by  G.  P.  Putnam, 
1850.  "Up  Country  Letters,"  Appletons,  1852.  "Country  Margins,"  Pub.  J.  C. 
Derby,  1855,  a  joint  work  with  the  late  S.  H.  Hammond.  In  1855  engaged  in  the 
knitting  business  in  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  and  continued  in  that  business  10  years.  Dur- 
ing the  war,  and  strictly  in  reference  to  it,  he  began  a  daily  hour  prayer  meeting 
in  his  mill,  at  the  noon  hour,  (12  to  1),  and  on  Sunday  afternoon,  had  a  union 
meeting  of  the  same  kind  at  his  house,  on  the  north  side  of  the  river.  The  meeting 
at  the  mill  after  two  months,  with  an  average  daily  attendance  of  forty,  up  to  that 
time,  was  changed  to  a  half-hour  meeting,  with  a  full  hour  meeting  every  Wednes- 
day;  and  so  continued,  at  the  mill  during  the  week  days,  and  at  the  house  on  Sun- 
days, without  any  interruption,  for  about  five  hundred  consecutive  days,  up  to  the 
close  of  the  war,  at  which  time  his  health  failed  him,  and  the  last  meeting  was 
held  on  the  5th  of  April,  when  news  came  of  the  taking  of  Richmond.  The  next 
year  the  mill  was  sold ;  and  in  1882,  sixteen  years  after  going  out  of  business  a  sec- 
ond time,  he  prepared  and  completed  the  manuscript  of  a  small  book,  entitled, 
"  The  Outlines  of  the  Mental  Plan,  and  the  preparation  therein  for  the  Precepts 
and  Doctrines  of  Christ,"  which  was  published  for  him,  by  Phillips  &  Hunt,  New 
York,  1883,  and  by  E.  &  T.  B.  Young,  in  1884;  the  title  in  the  second  edition 
being  slightly  changed,  to  wit :  "Traces  of  the  Plan  of  our  Being,  so  far  as  re- 
vealed in  the  Mental  Plan."  Mr.  M.  is  also  the  author  of  the  tracts,  "My Token," 
and  ' '  The  Spiritual  Body,"  and  of  several  books,  not  yet  published,  to  wit :  ' '  Hymns 
and  Poems,"  "  Looking  up  the  Plan,"  "  Overwork,"  and  "  Coming  into  Form." 


128  MANSPTELD    GENEALOGY. 

126.     JOHN  T.  Litchfield.  Ct 

This  family  were  all  bom  in  Litchfield,  Ct. 

254.     Betset,  born  June  29,  1799,  married  Anson  Hubbard,  she  died  . 

Their  son,  James  M.  Hubbard,  is  an  officer  in  the  Post  Office  at  Chicago,  111. 

265.  Ann,  born  Aug.  12,  1801,  married.  May  8,  1822,  Chandler  Swift,  who 
was  born  Oct.  27,  1795.  He  died  May  12,  1862.  She  died  Oct.  17,  1864.  Their 
children  were  Rufus  Swift,  born  Mar.  18,  1823,  and  died  Jan.  27,  1829.  Lemina 
Ann  swift,  born  Jan.  21,  1825,  married,  Nov.  1,  1877,  Edmund  H.  Mills,  of  Kent, 
Ct.  Florilla  M.  Swift,  born  Apr.  10,  1827,  and  died  July  11,  1829,  and  Jane  F. 
Swift,  born  Sept.  20,  1830,  and  died  Nov.  14,  1851. 

256.  Susan,  born  Sept.  29,  1803,  married  Asa  Slade.  She  died  Apr.  7,  1842. 
He  married  second,  about  1845,  Charlotte  Plumb,  of  Litchfield.  He  died  Feb.  6, 
1870.  Their  three  children  were  Rollin  Henry  Slade,  who  died  in  California. 
FJorilla  Mansfield  Slade,  born  in  1832,  who  married  James  J.  Webb,  an  enterpris- 
ing, well  known  farmer,  in  Hamden,  Ct.  She  died  Aug.  6,  1861,  leaving  a  son. 
J.  J.  Webb,  who  is  a  promising  young  lawyer  in  New  Haven,  and  recently  married. 
Susan  Mansfield  Slade,  born  Mar.  18, 1842,  married,  Nov.  20,  1879.  John  L.  Roberts. 
They  reside  in  Kent,  Ct. 

257.  Joseph  Pcndeksox,  born  Feb.  22,  1806,  was  married,  and  his  widow 
resides  in  Shelby,  Shelby  Co.,  Iowa.  ' 

*258.  Lkmcel  Steele,  born  May  8,  1808,  married,  June  17,  1837,  Susan  A. 
Carter,  of  Southington,  Ct.,  who  was  born  in  the  same  place.  May  17,  1813.  Before 
his  marriage,  in  1835,  he  visited  Ohio,  and  located  in  Litchfield,  Medina  Co.,  where 
he  purchased  a  heavily  timbered  farm,  with  a  clearing  of  two  acres,  on  which  was 
a  log  cabin.  In  1836  he  returned  to  his  native  town,  and  in  1837  married,  as  above. 
Soon  after  they  started  for  their  home  in  Ohio,  taking  the  line  of  the  Erie  canal 
and  Lake  Erie,  the  remainder  of  the  distance  by  stage.  In  1852  they  removed  to 
Westfield,  Medina  Co.,  Ohio,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  1866,  when  he 
again  removed,  to  near  Durant,  Muscatine  Co.,  Iowa,  and  purchased  160  acres  of 
improved  land,  valued  at  $70  per  acre,  where  he  now  resides  with  his  son.  In 
politics,  was  one  of  the  early  abolitionists,  and  is  now  a  strong  republican,  is  a 
member  of  the  Cong.  Church,  and  has  been  a  deacon  more  than  40  years.  His 
wife  died  Sept.  14,  1872. 

259.  Harriet,  born  Aug.  27,  1810,  married,  Nov.  17,  1831,  Ira  Frink.  They 
have  had  two  children.  Rufus  Swift  Frink,  born  Apr.  23,  1834,  and  Elizabeth 
Mansfield  Frink,  born  Aug.  27,  1841. 

260.  Mary  Steele,  born  Apr.  19,  1813,  married,  Mar.  22,  1837,  Henry  Chapin. 
of  Enfield,  Ct.,  at  Litchfield,  Ohio.  They  lived  in  Lafayette,  Medina  Co.,  Ohio, 
till  May,  1863.  In  Benzenia,  Mich.,  till  Sept.,  1866.  In  Durant,  Iowa,  till  Mar., 
1876.  In  Anite,  Cass  ('o. ,  Iowa,  till  the  present  time  (1883).  Their  seven  children, 
all  born  in  Lafayette,  are  as  follows :  Terry  Mansfield  Chapin,  born  Feb.  5,  1838, 
and  died  May  8,  1854 ;  Mary  Jane  Chapin,  born  Mar.  28,  1840,  married,  Apr.  12, 
1863,  C.  F.  Ghilds,  of   Lafayette,  who  is  a  farmer.     Their  five  children  were : 


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Ella  Viola  Childs,  born  Aug.  14,  1864 ;  Arthur  Chapin  Cliilds,  born  June  1,  1867; 
Mar}'  Evalyn  Childs,  born  June  1,  1872,  and  died  Oct.  18,  1881 ;  Charles  Henry 
Childs.  born  Jan.  12,  1875,  and  died  Feb.  8,  1875,  and  Theron  Earnest  Childs, 
born  Jan.,  1879,  and  died  Oct.  24,  1881.  Their  home  at  Grinnell,  la.,  since  1876. 
Henry  Timothy  Chapin,  born  Nov.  23,  1842,  married,  Nov.  4, 1869,  Penina  Eveline 
Stice,  of  111.  They  have  had  Rollin  Henry  Chapin,  born  Dec.  9,  1872,  and  Ger- 
trude Eveline  Chapin,  l)orn  Apr.  29,  1878.  They  lived  near  Durant,  la.,  till  1875, 
then  near  Anita,  till  the  present  time  (1884).  He,  (Henry  Timothy  Chapin),  on 
his  19th  birthday,  1861,  left  for  the  war,  and  enlisted  in  Co.  B,  42nd  O.  V.  I., 
under  command  of  Jas.  A.  Gartield,  accompanied  the  regiment  through  all  of  its 
marches  and  engagements,  and  was  not  absent  a  day  from  post  of  duty  on  account 
of  sickness  or  furlough,  during  the  three  years  of  service.  Col.  Garfield  was  sent 
into  eastern  Kentucky,  under  the  command  of  the  forces,  which  soon  captured 
Painlville,  Prestonberg,  and  Piketon.  Engaged  the  entire  enemy  at  Middle  Creek, 
under  Humphrey  Marshall,  and  gained  the  first  substantial  victory  for  the  Union 
cause.  In  the  spring  of  '62  the  command  was  transferred  to  Brig. -Gen.  Geo.  W. 
Morgan,  who  marched  from  Louisville,  Ky. ,  to  Cumberland  Gap,  which  was,  as 
Gen.  Bragg  says  in  an  official  report,  "the  gate-way  to  the  heart  of  the  Confederacy." 
This  place  was  captured  and  occupied  on  the  18th  of  June,  '62,  and  held  till  sur- 
rounded and  starved  out.  Rather  than  surrender,  Gen.  Morgan,  with  1200  famished 
soldiers,  started,  Sept.  18,  on  a  forced  march  for  the  Ohio  river,  a  distance  of  250 
miles,  which  was  reached  in  14  days  of  as  hard  marching  as  was  done  during  the 
war,  the  enemy's  cavalry  being  in  front  and  rear,  skirmishing  and  harassing,  by 
burning  bridges  and  blockading  roads  all  the  way,  save  the  last  15  miles.  Major- 
Gen.  A.  G.  Wright,  commanding  the  department  of  the  Ohio,  in  his  report  says : 
"The  march  of  Gen.  Morgan  from  Cumberland  Gap  to  the  Ohio  river,  reflects 
much  credit  upon  him,  his  officers,  and  upon  the  men,  for  the  cheerfulness  with 
which  they  bore  the  hardships  of  a  toilsome  march,  on  scanty  fare,  over  a  country 
affording  little  subsistence,  and  often  for  long  marches  without  water."  After  a 
brief  stay  on  the  Ohio  river,  the  command  went  into  western  Virginia,  and  scared 
the  enemy,  under  Gen.  Floyd,  out  of  the  Kanawha  valley.  The  division  was  then 
broken  up  and  a  part,  including  the  42nd,  went  down  the  Ohio  and  Miss,  rivers  to 
Memphis,  to  join  the  army  there  organizing  under  Gen.  Sherman,  for  a  campaign 
against  Vicksburg,  was  in  the  assault  at  Chickasaw  Bluffs,  where  Gen.  Sherman 
sustained  a  most  disastrous  repulse.  The  capture  of  Arkansas  Post,  or  Fort  Hind- 
man,  next  followed.  During  the  investment  and  capture  of  Vicksburg,  the  regi- 
ment took  an  active  part,  and  in  all  the  operations  of  the  army,  including  the  battles 
of  Port  Gibson,  Thompson's  Hill,  Champion  Hill,  Black  River  Bridge,  and  Jackson, 
and  in  the  two  general  assaults  on  Vicksburg,  under  Gen.  Grant,  and  the  sirt)sequent 
siege  of  the  city.  The  capture  of  the  place  ended  the  hard  fighting  for  the  regt. 
The  remaining  5  months  was  spent  in  guard  duty,  up  and  down  the  Miss,  river, 
with  now  and  then  a  brisk  skirmish ;  was  discharged  at  Columbus.  Ohio,  Dec.  2, 
1864.  (This  interesting  account,  written  by  himself,  could  not  well  be  condensed.) 
Susan  Matilda  Chapin,  born  May  12,  1845,  and  died  of  Typhoid  fever,  at  Durant, 
Nov.  28,  1867.  Lucy  Loretta  Chapin,  born  Aug.  31,  1847,  married.  Mar.  21,  1872, 
at  Durant,  Iowa,  William  M.  Kinsey,  who  was  born  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Ohio,  Oct. 
28, 1846.  Occupation.  Attorney  and  Counsellor-at-law  Residence,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
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130  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY, 

Their  children  were  Edward  Raymond  Kinsey,  born  Jan.  24,  1872,  at  Duraut,  la. ; 
Thaddeus  Kinsey,  born  Sept.  2o,  1874,  at  Durant,  and  died  at  St.  Louis,  Feb.  6. 
1877 :  Laura  Kinsey,  born  Feb.  6,  1877,  at  St.  Louis ;  William  Kinsey,  born  .Jan, 
18,  1880,  at  St.  Louis,  and  died  .July  26,  1880,  and  Ralph  and  Robert  Kinsey, 
(twins),  born  Sept.  7,  1881,  at  Pomona,  Kansas.  I^ewellyn  Adelbert  Chapin,  born 
Jan.  25,  1851,  married.  Mar.  7,  1876,  at  Wilton,  Iowa,  Helen  A.  S.  Peterson,  who 
was  born  May  1 1 ,  1848.  Occupation,  farming.  Their  three  children  are,  Florence 
Alberta,  born  May  VS,  1878;  Clarence  Lewellyn,  born  Aug.  11,  1879,  and  ilary 
Varilla,  born  Dec.  23,  1880.  John  Mansfield  Chapin,  born  Oct.  2, 1853,  unmarried. 
Lives  in  Anita,  Iowa.     Occupation,  farming. 

261.  Sally  Maria,  born  Aug.  7,  1815,  married.  May  14,  1834,  Joel  Blakeslee, 
who  was  born  Sept.  2,  1812.  Their  seven  children  were,  Arthur,  born  Sept.  15, 
1835,  married  Mar.  24,  1859,  Catharine  Adeline  Ives;  Erastus,  born  Sept.  2, 1838, 
married,  Mar.  30,  1865,  Marj'  Goodricli  North,  daughter  of  John  G.  North,  Insur- 
ance Agent,  at  New  Haven.  He  latterly,  studied  for  the  ministry,  and  has  recently 
been  settled,  as  pastor,  over  the  2nd  Cong.  Church,  in  Fair  Haven,  eastern  suburb 
of  New  Haven  City.  Jane  Maria,  born  July  8,  1840,  and  died  Apr.  10, 1844,  aged 
3  years  and  9  mos.;  Cornelius,  born  July  18,  1842,  and  died  Apr.  1,  1844,  aged  1 
year  and  9  mos.;  Jane  Maria  2nd  born  Jan.  30,  1845,  married.  May  24,  1866,  to 
Edward  Riley  Ives;  Cornelius  2nd,  born  Nov.  3,  1848,  married,  Dec.  25,  1873, 
Mary  E.  Sanford ;  and  Theron  Joel,  born  May  12,  1851.  Mrs.  Blakeslee,  and  her 
husband  Joel,  reside  in  Bridgeport,  Ct.  He  is  a  manufacturer  there,  and"a  Deacon 
of  the  Cong.  Church. 

262.  JoHJJ,  born  Apr.  22,  1818,  married,  Nov.  19, 1840,  Sarah  W.  Wiard,  who 
was  born  Feb.  26,  1822,  and  died  Dec.  29,  1880.  They  had  but  one  child,  Ella  L. 
Mansfield,  born  Sept.  27,  1857.  She  is  unmarried  ;  married  second,  Feb.  3,  1883, 
Mrs.  Eliza  D.  Leavitt,  who  was  bom  Dec.  15,  1836,  at  Clinton,  N.  Y.  He  has  been 
a  merchant  for  32,  years,  and  resides  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

263.  PuNDEBSON,  born  June  6,  1820 ;  married  and  had  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Lillie 
Nesbit,  residing  in  Shelley,  Shelley  Co.,  Iowa.     He  died . 

264.  Hannah,  born  Dec.  9,  1824 ;  deceased. 


128.    TIMOTHY.  "S^S^fo'ca^N^Y: 

265.  William  Caktee,  born  Jan.  15,  1810,  in  Salisbury,  Cl,  and  died  July  11, 
1811,  at  the  same  place. 

266.  James  Punderson,  born  Sept.  2, 1811,  in  Salisbury,  Ct.;  married  July  18, 
1839,  at  Phelps,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Betsey  Moore.  They  have  had  no  children; 
residence  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  he  was  a  merchant  for  many  years,  till  some  years 
before  his  death  he  retired  from  active  business.  He  died  Apr.  27,  1883,  aged  72 
years.     The  following  obituary,  is  from  the  Detroit  Free  Press,  of  Apr.  29,  1883 : 

"James  P.  Mansfield,  whose  death  we  briefly  announced  in  yesterday's  paper, 
was  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  of  Detroit.  His  large  figure,  his  hearty  laugh, 
his  "  ever-preserved  youth,"  and  his  beaming  benevolence  were  known  to  everybody 
in  the  city.     He  enjoyed  life  to  the  top  of  his  bent  and  remained  a  boy  to  the  end 


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of  his  life,  everybody's  friend  and  favorite,  and  the  soul  of  generous  hospitality. 
He  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Ct.,  Sept.  1811,  but  removed  when  a  child,  with  his 
father  and  family,  to  Orleans,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.  There  he  grew  to  manhood,  and 
married  a  daughter  of  Washington  Moore,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that  region,  and  in 
1848,  he  came  to  Detroit.  He  engaged  in  business  as  a  produce  commission  mer- 
chant, which  he  carried  on,  successfully  for  a  long  time.  He  was  also  prominently 
identified  with  the  construction  of  the  Detroit  and  Hillsdale  Rail  Road  ;  engaged 
sometime  in  milling ;  built  the  "Mansfield  Market,"  and  was  for  many  years  a 
leading  spirit  in  the  famous  Board  of  Trade  entertainments,  which  were  given  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Industrial  School.  He  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the  boulevard 
.scheme.  He  died  very  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  a  few  hours  after  returning  home 
from  a  business  visit  down  town.  Heart  disease  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  cause 
» of  his  death.  He  leaves  a  widow  in  comfortable  circumstances,  and  three  sisters, 
living  at  Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y. 

266^.  Mary  Ett,  born  Sept.  14,  1813,  in  Salisbury,  Ct.;  married  Apr,  6, 1852, 
Noah  French,  at  Spring  Arbor,  Mich.;  residence  Clifton  Springs. 

267.  Sabah  Maria,  horn  Aug.  28,  1816,  in  Salisbury,  Ct.;  resides  at  Clifton 
Springs. 

268.  Caroline  Cornelia,  born  July 21,  1818,  in  Salisbury,  Ct.;  married  June 
4,  1849,  Zimri  Densniore,  atCastleton,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.  She  died  Aug.  16,  1873, 
at  Jonesvill,  Mich.  Their  two  children  are  Elizabeth  Punderson  Densmore,  born 
Sept.  12,  1851,  and  Frank  Mansfield  Densmore,  born  June  4,  1854. 

269.  Ann  Elizabeth,  born  Nov.  10, 1823,  at  Greenfield,  Pa.,  resides  at  Clifton 
Springs. 

270.  Martha  Stroud,  born  Mar.  24,  1825,  at  Stroudsburg,  Pa.,  and  died  Sept. 
28,  1843,  at  Castleton,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y. 

271.  Florilla  Mills,  born  Feb.  18,  1827,  at  Stroudsburg,  Pa.,  and  died  Mar. 
3,  1846,  at  Phelps,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.  " 

130.     JOSIAH.  Mount  Carmel,  Ct. 

*272.  JosiAH,  born  1773,  married,  Mar.  18,  1796,  Anna  Dickerman.  He  died 
June  28,  1826,  aged  53.  She  died  Mar.  2,  1844,  aged  72.  They  both  died  at  .Mt. 
Carmel,  (Hamden).     He  was  a  mechanic. 

273.  Ika.  All  we  can  ascertain  of  him  is,  that  he  received  his  share  of  one- 
third  of  his  father's  estate. 

131.     URL  Mount  Carmel,  Ct. 

274.  Luther. 

275.  Ltmas. 

276.  Sophia. 
377.     Alfokd. 


138  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

*378.  William  W.,  born  Sept.  19,  1806,  married  Oct.  14,  1828,  Nancy  Tripp, 
of  Essex  Ct.,  who  was  born  Apr.  1,  1808,  and  died  Dec.  7,  1849.  He  married  sec- 
ond, Lois  Wilmot,  of  Orange  Ct.,  who  has  recently  deceased. 

279.     Willis,  born  Sept.  19,  1806;  a  twin  brother  of  William  W.,  deceased. 

*280.  Chester  D.,  married,  Esther  Austin,  Sept.  10,  1835.  He  was  a  sea  cap- 
tain, residence  Fair  Haven,  Ct.     He  died  Aug.  2,  1867. 

981.     Harbiet,  died,  aged  12  years. 

133^.     EBENEZER.  Woodbury,  ct. 

282.  Mabia,  born  Jan.  12,  1808,  married,  Oct.,  1828,  Daniel  Atwood.  They 
had  Mary,  born  Feb.  32,  1833,  who  married  William  Pay,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  who 
died  Oct.  5,  1865,  and  Albert  D.  Atwood,  who  married,  Mar.  13,  1860,  Louisa  M. 
Downs.  They  have  three  children,  Eugene  P.,  born  Sept.  7,  1862  ;  Emerson  C, 
born  Oct.  18,  1863;  and  Irving  D.,  born  Aug.  17,  1865.  Mrs.  Maria  Atwood, 
married,  second,  May  5,  1872,  Harmon  Warner,  who  died  Feb.  13,  1883,  aged  81. 

*283.  Charles,  born  Sept.  13,  1810,  married,  Mar.  19,  1839,  Alma  Fox.  She 
died. 

284.  Almon  Carlos,  died  young. 

285.  Caroline,  born  Jan.  23,  1814,  married,  Apr.  26,  1840,  George  Saxton,  by 
trade  a  mason.  They  have  had  one  child,  Josephine,  born  Sept.  29,  1843,  who 
married  Dec.  25,  1861,  James  B.  Wooster,  of  Watertown,  Ct.;  no  children. 

286.  Almon,  born  May  8,  1816,  married  in  1846,  Elizabeth  Pope. 
*287     Sheldkn,  born  Feb.  15,  1818,  married,  Eliza  Cowles. 

288.  Julia  Ann,  born  July  7,  1820,  married,  Feb.,  1840,  Cereno  Sa.xton.  Their 
children  were  Marietta  Saxton,  born  June  2,  1842,  married  Aug.  23,  1862,  Capt. 
Henry  S.  McKinney  and  died  June  25,  1864 ;  Ellen  Saxton,  born  Sept.  4, 1846, 
married,  Oct.  13,  1869,  Edward  Stoddard,  a  mechanic.  She  died  Aug.  6,  1872  . 
Laurence  Saxton,  born  Nov.  27,  1852,  married,  Dec.  25,  1872,  Georgiana  Davis- 
Libbie  Saxton,  born  July  22,  1855,  married,  Sept.  24,  1872,  Seymour  Capewcll,  a 
mechanic;  Lillian  Saxton,  born  Aug.  20,  1860,  and  died  Sept.  30,  1860. 

289.  Harriet,  born  Aug.  24, 1824,  married  first,  George  W.  Johnson,  second 
she  married,  July  4,  1852,  Bennett  H.  Benham,  and  had  Sarah  S.  Benham.  born 
May  3,  1855;  Delia  J.  Benham,  born  July  1.  1858,  and  died  Aug.  18,  1860,  and 
George  A.  Benham,  born  June  2,  1861. 

290.  Emelink,  born  Oct.  4,  1826,  married  first,  in  1846,  Le  Grand  Russell ;  had 
one  child,  Le  Grand,  born  Jan.  12,  1847,  and  died  Apr.  6,  1864.  She  married  sec- 
ond, Ransom  L.  Nichols,  July  4,  1852. 

139.     JONATHAN.  New  Haven. 

291.  LtroT  Maeia,  born  in  1797,  and  died  May  19,  1847,  aged  50.     The  Probate 


SEVENTH   GENEEA-TION.  133 

Records  state,  that  she  left  $550.00.  Will  presented  by  Russell  Chapman,  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  First  Methodist  Church,  of  which  also  she  was  a  member.  She 
gave  her  property  to  that  church. 

140.     KIERSTEAt),  June.  New  Haven. 

292.  Eliza  A.,  born  Jan.  28,  1800,  married,  Sept.  19,  1821,  by  Rev.  Samuel 
Merwin,  Samuel  Rowland,  Junr.,  who  was  born  at  Fairfield,  Ct. ,  Sept.  24,  1798. 
and  died  at  New  Haven,  Aug.  26,  1873.  She  died  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  14,  1861. 
Their  children  all  born  in  New  Haven,  were  Sarah  Ann,  born  June  26,  1824,  and 
died  Oct.  24,  1824.  James  Henry,  born  Apr.  4, 1828,  married,  Harriet  Silliman, 
and  they  have  two  children  ;  reside  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y.;  Eliza  Mansfield,  born  June 
20,  1831,  died  Sept.  26,  1831;  Cornelia  Walter,  born  Mar.  5,  1833,  died  Sept.  17, 
1833.  George  Mansfield,  born  Sept.  13,  1835,  died  Sept.  25,  1835.  George  Mans- 
field 2nd,  born  Jan.  29,  1838,  married  Harriet  Huggins,  and  had  a  daughter.  He 
died  Sept.  27,  1878.  He  resided  in  New  Haven,  also  in  Bridgeport,  Ct.  He  car- 
ried on  the  picture  and  picture-frame  business.  His  widow  and  daughter  live  at 
the  west. 

293.  George  K.,  born  May  10,  1802,  and  died  July  31,  1815. 

145.     EDWARD  DEERING,  LL.D.  Cincinnati,  o. 

294.  Edward  Jared,  born  Feb.  2,  1831,  and  died  July  3,  1870.  Having  been 
a  civil  engineer,  but  not  a  graduate  of  any  college,  but  well  educated. 

295.  Charles  Davies,  born  Aug.  26,  1834,  married  m  May,  1876,  Anna  Beck, 
of  Lexington,  Mo.;  no  children.  He  graduated  at  Marietta  Coll.,  O.,  practiced 
law  in  Cincinnati,  for  a  number  of  years,  but  for  about  twenty  years  has  been  a 
paymaster  in  the  Navy,  has  passed  all  the  degrees,  and  is  now  Full  Paymaster;  at 
present  on  the  Fish  Commission,  S.  Albatross.     Residence,  Washington,  D.  C. 

296.  Elizabeth  Phipps,  born  Dec.  14,  1843,  at  Cincinnati ;  married  Dec.  14, 
1864,  at  Yamoyden,  near  Morrow,  Ohio,  Rev.  A.  S.  Dudley,  who  graduated  at 
Miami  University,  Oxford,  O.,  in  1858,  and  at  Law  Theological  Seminar)^  Cin- 
cinnati, O.,  in  1861 ;  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  by  the  Presbytery  of  Dayton, 
Dec.  11,  1861.  Tliey  liave  had  four  children,  as  follows:  Elizabeth  Mansfield 
Dudley,  born  Apr.  23,  1866,  at  Yamoyden  ;  Edith  Dudley,  born  Aug.  28,  1869,  at 
Yamoyden;  Helen  Margaret  Dudley,  born  Apr.  23,  1873,  at  Granville,  Ohio; 
Adolphus  MansfieldDudley,  bom  Feb.  14,  1877,  at  Cincinnati. 

297.  Eleanor  Strode,  born  Nov.  23,  1845,  married,  Sept.  16,  1873,  Charles 
Moulton,  of  Newburyport,  ISIass.,  he  died,  leaving  no  children,  in  Feb.,  1874,  she 
married,  second,  Aug.  31,  1880,  Rev.  Edward  T.  Swiggett,  of  Cincinnati,  a  Pres- 
byterian clergyman.  They  have  had  two  children,  Edward  Mansfield  Swiggett, 
born  at  Morrow,  O.,  Sept.  9,  1881,  and  Douglas  Worthington  Swiggett,  born  at  Ya- 
moyden, near  Morrow,  Sept.  11,  1882;  residence  Yamoyden. 

298.  Francis  Worthington,  born  Nov.  11,  1848,  is  unmarried  ;  graduated  at 
West  Point,  June  1871,  and  is  now  First  Lieutenant  in  the  lith  Regt.  U.  S.  L,  Ft. 


134  MANSFIELD   GEITEALOGT. 

Leavenworth,  Kansas — "  a  remarkable  fine,  noble  character,  worthj^  of  the  best  of 
his  ancestors." 

299.  Margaret  Edith  Deering,  born  Feb.  30, 1853,  in  Cincinnati ;  is  unmar- 
ried, is  fitting  herself  at  the  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  Normal  School,  for  a  teacher— has  a 
very  fine  mind,  well  cultivated,  and  remarkable  executive  ability.  She  was  the 
youngest  child.     There  were  three  other  children,  who  died  in  infancy. 


149.     HENRY  STEPHEN.  Slatersville.  R.  I. 

300.  John  Fenno,  born  May  8,  1813,  and  died  Oct.  2,  1817. 

301.  Elizabeth  Buffum,  born  Apr.  8,  1816,  married,  May  15,  1839,  Parley 
Hammond  ;  residence  Smithfield,  Mass. ,  where  she  died  Sept.  25, 1863.  He  resides 
in  Baltimore,  Md.  They  had  two  children,  Henry  B.  Hammond,  born  Feb.  18, 
1840,  in  Douglas,  Mass.,  married.  May  29,  1866,  in  Boston,  Josephine  Louise  Bates, 
daughter  of  the  late  Benjamin  E.  Bates.  He  is  a  lawj^er,  and  President  of  Rail- 
roads.    They  reside  in  New  York  City ;  have  no  children.     Walter  Hammond,  born 

married,  May  4,  1871,  Adelaide  F.  Coe,  since  deceased ;  left  one  son,  Parley 

Mansfield  Hammond,  born  Aug.  21,  1874.     Walter  Hammond,  resides  in  Baltimore, 
and  his  father.  Parley  Hammond,  lives  with  him,  (1884.) 

*302.  Henry  Stephen,  Jtikr.,  born  Apr.  11,  1818,  in  Slatersville,  R.  L,  mar- 
ried, Sept.  12,  1844,Emily  Faruam,  daughter  of  Darus  D.  Farnam.  She  died  July 
31,  1883.     Residence,  at  Millville,  town  of  Blackstone,  Mass. 

303.  John  Fenno,  b©rn  Sept.  8,  1820,  at  Smithfield,  R.  L,  married,  June  1, 
1847,  Fanny  E.  Batchelder ;  residence,  Smithfield,  R.  I.     No  issue. 

304.  Mart  Sabra,  born  Oct.  29,  1822,  died  Sept.  20,  1823. 

*304i.  Joseph  King  Fenno,  born  Oct.  26,  1824,  at  Slatersville,  Smithfield,  R. 
I.;  married,  Oct.  1852,  Elizabeth  Andrews,  daughter  of  James  Andrews  of  Slaters- 
ville. She  died  at  Candor,  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  25,  1878.  He  married  second, 
Nov.  18,  1880,  Annie  E.  Maffatt.     Residence,  Rahway,  N.  J. 

*305.  Jared,  born  Sept.  1827,  at  Slatersville,  R.  I.;  married,  Aug.  30,  1851, 
Harriet  Ayer,  who  died  Oct.  30,  1866.  He  died  at  West  Newton,  Mass.,  Oct.  29, 
1879,  aged  52. 

*306.  William,  born  Nov.  3,  1829,  at  Slatersville,  married  July  4,  1857,  Sally 
Ann  Burt,  (who  was  born  June  3,  1838,  in  Providence,  R.  L),  in  Columbia,  Tuo- 
lumne Co.,  California.  Has  resided  in  California,  since  Jan.,  1852.  Has  been  col- 
lector for  the  Tuolumne  County  Water  Compan}%  since  1854;  engaged  also  in  gold 
mining;  has  taken  out  of  his  claim  $20,000  in  gold  dust,  and  expects  to  take  out 
as  much  more. 

307.  Mairt  S.,  born  Nov.  36,  1831,  in  Slatersville,  R.  L;  is  unmarried;  resi- 
dence, Slatersville.     Occupies  the  old  family  homestead. 


St:VEKTH  GENERATION.  135 

154.    JOSEPH  KING  PENNO,  Gkn.  Middletowa,  ct. 

308.  Samuel  Mather,  born  Sept.  23,  1839,  married,  Apr.  16,  1874,  Anuie 
Baldwin  Wriglit,  iu  St.  Pauls  Church,  Detroit.  Mich.,  by  the  Right  Rev.  R.  A. 
McCoskey,  assisted  by  Rev.  Dr.  Pitkin  and  Arch  Deacon  Balch  ;  no  children  ;  grad- 
uated at  West  Point,  June  17,  1862,  rank  6,  and  promoted  in  the  army  to  2nd  Lieut. 
Corps  Engineers.  Served  during  the  Rebellion,  1862,  to  1866,  on  the  staff  of  Maj. 
Gen.  Mansfield,  etc.     Now  stationed  at  Galveston,  Texas,  Major  U.  S.  Engineers. 

309.  Mary  Louisa,  born  Mar.  23,  1841,  iu  Middletown,  died  of  consumption 
June  22,  1863. 

310.  Joseph  Tottkn,  born  Oct.  4,  1843,  iu  Middletown,  died  July  15,  1844. 

*311.  Henry  Livingston,  born  Mar.  31,  1845,  in  Middletown;  married,  Aug. 
39,  1866,  Adeline  O.  Carter.     Residence,  Middletown,  Ct. 

312.     Katharine  Mather,  born  May  1,  1850,  in  Brookline,  Mass. 

155.     JARED.  Derby,  Ut. 

*313.  Stephen,  born  Jan.  1,  1808,  married,  Mar.  4,  1830,  Caroline  Oatman, 
who  was  born  about  1805,  she  died  Apr.  16,  1838.  He  married  second,  Eliza 
Craig,  in  1839 ;  she  died,  and  he  married  third,  Mrs.  Amy  Hotchkiss,  May  8, 1855. 
He  was  for  several  years  a  traveling  salesman  ;  now  a  farmer.  Residence,  Bethany, 
Ct. 

314.     Nathan,  born  Feb.  2,  1809,  died,  two  weeks  old. 

*315.  N  rfHAN  Glover,  born  at  Great  Hill,  Derby,  Ct.,  Feb.  23,  1812,  married 
Theodocia  Parker,  who  was  born  June  11,  1819,  at  Bloomsbury,  N.  J.  He  died 
Mar.  12,  1855.     Was  a  merchant  in  Easton,  Pa. ,  where  he  lived  and  died. 

316.  Eliza  Ann,  born  Apr.  21,  1815,  married  Abram  Fowler,  deceased.  She 
married  second,  Sept.  14, 1881,  George  Tomlinson.  Residence,  Great  Hill,  Derby, 
Ct. 

160.     WILLIAM.  Meadow  St.,  New  Haven. 

317.  Eliza,  born  Apr.  25,  1799. 

318.  Grace,  born  Apr.  23,  1802,  married  Capt.  Benjamin  Hallet,  of  Wilming- 
ton, N.  C.  They  had  no  children.  She  died  in  Wilmington,  about  1860.  She 
possessed  superior  musical  talent,  and  for  many  years  was,  perhaps,  the  most  dis- 
tinguished female  singer  in  the  city,  and  sang  in  the  Centre  Church  choir,  under 
the  leadership  of  the  celebrated  chorister  of  that  day,  Mr.  Ailing  Brown,  author  of 
a  popular  singing  book,  etc.     She  was  his  main  stay  among  the  female  singers. 

319.  Charlotte,  born  Nov.  7,  1803,  died  Oct.  6,  1874. 

*320.  William  L.,  born  Oct.  11,  1805,  died  Apr.  28,  1876.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Bradley.     Was  once  in  the  tin-ware  and  stove  business. 

321.     Julia  Ann,  bora  July  27,  1807. 


136  MANSFIELD  GEifEALOGV. 

*322.  Hkn-ry,  born  June  10,  1809,  married.  May  8,  1838,  Julia  C.  Trowbridge, 
who  was  born  Dec.  29.  1810.  He  died  Nov.  12,  1860.  He  was  one  of  the  chief 
eaders  of  the  pioneer  military  bands  which  were  first  started  in  New  Haven,  and 
was  a  superior  musician. 

323.  Fkkderick,  born  May  G,  1811,  died  Aug.  8,  1811. 

324.  Sarah,  born  May  18,  1817,  died  June  13,  1881. 

325.  Jank,  born  Aug.  12,  1815,  died  Nov.  4,  1859. 

326.  Leonard,  born  Mar.  26,  1818,  died  May  2, 1881.  He  was  an  accountant 
and  book-keeper. 

170.     BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN,  Major.  New  Haven. 

327.  Harriet  Elizabeth,  born  Jan.  13,  1844,  married,  Jan.  1,  1867,  Thomas 
J.  Beers.  Their  children  are  Kate  Mansfield  Beers,  born  Nov.  28,  1867;  Hallie 
Mansfield  Beers,  born  July  31,  1871,  and  Burton  Mansfield  Beers,  born  Feb.  24, 
1874. 

328.  Emma  Augusta,  born  July  22,  1846,  married  Sept.  15,  1869,  Charles  E. 
Doty.  Their  children  are  May  Mansfield  Doty,  born  Oct.  18,  1870 ;  Cassie  Mans- 
field Doty,  born  Feb.  22,  1872 ;  and  Mansfield  Mudge  Doty,  born  Aug.  18, 1879. 

'  *329.     Edward  Franklin,  born  Oct.  15,  1848,  married  Sept.  14,  1871,  Kate 
Coale  Goodnow.     He  is  a  merchant  in  New  Haven. 

330.  Mary  Louisa,  born  Oct.  6,  1855,  married,  Feb.  23,  1876,  Frank  B.  Walk- 
er. Their  children  are  Elizabeth  Mansfield  Walker,  born  Sept.  23,  1877  ;  Edward 
Mansfield  Walker,  born  Feb.  26,  1879,  and  Mansfield  Walker,  born  Mar.  29,  1883. 


171.     FREDERICK.  Fair  Haven,  Ct. 

331.     Susan  Louisa,  born  Aug.  14,  1850. 

♦332.  William  Frederick,  born  Dec.  7,  1852,  married,  Aug.  17,  1880, 
Esther  Eleanor  Wedmore,  who  was  born  in  Fair  Haven,  Oct.  14,  1858. 

333.  Frank  Jared,  born  Feb.  18,  1856,  married,  May  12,  1880,  Alice  Enola 
Wilson,  daughter  of  Richard  Wilson,  who  was  born  in  Fair  Haven,  May  12,  1856. 

334.  Jennie  Elizabeth,  born  Apr.  29,  1859,  married  May  11,  1881,  Marcus 
Edson  Butterfield,  who  was  born  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  July  30, 1855.  They  have 
had  Florence  Adelaide,  born  Oct.  11,  1882. 

335.  Alice  Emma,  born  Jan.  27,  1863. 

175.      GILES.  New  Haven. 

This  family  were  all  born  in  New  Haven. 

336.  Mart  Ann,  born  Apr.  9,  1817,  and  died  in  Muscogee,  Ga.,  Apr.,  1846. 


St:VEXTfi    GEN^ERATIOX.  137 

337.  George  Stanley,  born  July  28,  1818,  and  died  Oct.  17,  1869.  He  was 
connected  with  tlie  hat  manufacturing  and  selling  business  for  many  years. 

*338.  John  W.,  born  Oct.  15, 1819,  married,  Dec.  14,  1853,  Mary  A.  Macumber. 
He  was  twice  elected  representative  to  the  State  legislature,  was  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Connecticut  Savings  Bank  for  some  20  years,  till  his  death,  was 
offered  the  presidency  of  the  old  New  Haven  Banli,  but  chose  to  remain  where  he 
was.  This  savings  bank  had  four  millions  of  dollars  in  deposit  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  died  Aug.  3,  1879.  His  estate  inv.  $380,000.  Before  he  took  charge 
of  the  savings  bank,  he  had  lieen  engaged  for  many  years  in  the  real  estate  business, 
with  much  success. 

339.  Emily  Nichols,  born  Oct.  8, 1821,  married,  Dec,  1846,  Timothy  Dwight, 
many  years  a  shipping  merchant  in  the  West  India  trade,  of  large  estate.  He  died 
Dec.  18,  1857.     She  resides  in  New  York. 

*340.  Theodore  D.  Mansfield,  born  Oct.  6,  1885,  married  in  Grace  Church, 
Boston,  Dec.  33,  1853,  Mary  Atkins  Leeds,  who  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Apr. 
10,  1828,  daughter  of  Henry  Leeds,  who  was  born  in  Boston  Feb.  2,  1803,  and 
Eliza  Small,  his  wife,  who  was  born  in  Provincetown,  Mass.,  1805,  and  died  in 
Boston,  Apr.  34,  1833.  He  kept  a  hat  store  many  years  in  Boston,  and  resides 
there  still,  with  his  family. 

341.     Harriet  Stanley,  born  July  33,  1827,  and  died  Mar.  5,  1833. 

*342.  Henry  Whiting,  born  Aug.  13,  1830,  married,  Sept.  6, 1859,  Julia  A. 
Macumber.  He  kept  a  hat  store  many  years,  ftn  the  corner  of  Chapel  and  Church 
Sts. 

343.  Joseph  Deming,  born  Sept.  31,  1854,  is  clerk  in  the  large  hardware  store 
of  F.  S.  Bradley  &  Co.,  New  Haven,  where  lie  has  been  connected  many  years. 

176.     NATHAN.  Oxford,  Ct. 

This  family  were  all  born  in  New  Haven,  except  the  youngest. 

344.  Jennett,  born  June  16,  1818,  married,  Apr.  20,  1868,  Samuel  Riggs,  a 
mason  by  trade.     He  was  born  in  Apr. ,  1818,  and  died  Apr.  20,  1873. 

345.  Harriet,  born  May  5,  1820,  married,  Apr.  14,  1858,  Henry  E.  Rhodes, 
who  was  born  July  15,  1823.  They  had  William  Frederick,  born  Aug.  14,  1859, 
who  is  a  piano  maker  in  New  York,  and  Mary  Frances,  born  Sept.  26,  1861. 

346.  Charles  Henry,  born  Oct.  3,  1831,  and  died  in  California.  He  was  a 
cabinetmaker. 

347.  Samuel  Howell,  born  Nov.  36,  1833,  went  to  Texas,  and  returned  with 
broken  health,  and  died  a  few  days  after  he  reached  his  home,  in  Oxford. 

*348.  Frederick  W.,  born  Nov.  2,  1825,  married  Oct.  17, 1858,  Harriet  Hurd, 
daughter  of  Jehiel  Hurd,  of  Roxbury,  Ct.  She  was  born  July  2,  1832,  and  died 
Oct.  18,  1867,  married  second,  Oct.  5, 1870,  Sarah  E.  Marden  of  New  Haven,  who 
died  Oct.  3. 1873,  aged  32.  He  is  a  tinner,  and  sheet  iron  worker ;  had  a  stove  and 
tin-ware  store  some  years  on  Congress  Avenue,  New  Haven. 
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138  MANSFIELr)   GENEALOGY. 

349.  Nathan,  Jjora  Aug.  30,  1827.  Is  in  business  in  California,  where  he  has 
resided  many  years,  is  unmarried. 

♦360.  Lucius,  bora  Mar.  17,  1830,  married,  May  20,  1857,  Sarah  E.-  Moore,  of 
Newark,  N.  J.,  who  was  born  Jan.  14,  1834.     He  is  a  carpenter,  etc. 

351.  RoLLiN,  born  in  Oxford  Mar.  7,  1836;  residence,  California ;  kept  a  store 
several  years,  in  Sacramento,  but  now  (1884)  resides  in  San  Francisco.  Has  been 
married  twice.     No  children. 

177.     ELI.  Sparta,  Ga. 

352.  Mart  Franoes,  born  in  Sparta,  Apr.  4,  1829 ;  married,  in  Sparta,  Nov. 
26,  1844,  Richard  M.  Johnston,  a  lawyer,  who  was  born  in  Hancock  Co.,Ga.,  Mar. 
8,  1822.  Their  children  were  as  follows,  Malcom  Hilary  Johnston,  born  in  Mt. 
Zion,.Ga.,  Oct.  17,  1845;  Mary  Walter  Johnston,  born  in  Sparta,  Ga.,  Sept.  26, 
1847,  and  married,  Feb.  11,  1874,  at  Pen  Lucy,  Md.,  near  Baltimore,  Walter  Glasco 
Charlton,  who  was  born  in  Savannah,  June  5,  1851.  They  have  had  four  children, 
viz.:  Robert  Millege  Charlton,  born  in  Savannah,  Dec.  29,  1874,  and  died  at  Pen 
Lucy,  Md.,  Nov.  14,  1876;  Frances  Mansfield  Charlton,  born  in  Savannah,  Ga., 
Aug.  15, 1877 ;  Richard  Malcolm  Charlton,  born  in  Savannah.  July  6,  1880,  and 
Walton  Charlton,  born  at  Pen  Lucy,  Md.,  Aug.  14,  1881,  and  died  Aug.  17,  1881. 
Lucy  Davenport  Johnston,  born  in  Sparta,  Ga.,  Apr.  4,  1851,  and  died  at  Rockby, 
near  Sparta,  Aug.  31,  1865 ;  Frances  Mansfield  Johnston,  born  in  Sparta,  Apr.  4, 
1854,  and  died  at  Kildee,  Hancock  Co.,  Ga.,  Nov.  8,  1854 ;  Albon  Johnston,  born 
at  Kildee,  Nov.  15,  1855;  Amy  Elizabeth  Johnston,  born  at  Kildee,  Jan.  21, 1858  ; 
Mariana  Hull  Johnston,  born  at  Athens,  Ga.,  Mar.  29,  1861;  Richard  Francis 
Johnston,  born  at  Rockby,  Mar.  17,  1863 ;  Ruth  Johnston,  born  at  Rockby,  Apr. 
26,  1864 ;  Effie  Elliott  Johnston,  born  at  Rockby,  Jan.  4,  1866,  and  Lucian  Dom- 
mic  Johnston,  born  at  Pen  Lucy,  July  6,  1868. 

353.  Elizabeth  Jane,  born  in  Sparta,  May  7,  1831,  and  died  July  21,  1832. 

354.  Robert  William,  born  in  Sparta,  May  26,  1833,  deceased.  He  was  a 
druggist. 

183.     HORACE.  New  Haven. 

This  family  were  all  born  in  New  Haven. 

355.  James  Dimock,  born  Aug.  23,  1834,  and  died  in  St.  Cloud,  Minnesota, 
Oct.  12,  1857.  He  resided  in  St.  Anthony  (now  Minneapolis)  to  Avhich  place  he 
went  soon  after  it  began  to  be  settled,  and  was  connected  with  his  uncle,  in  the  real 
estate  business. 

356.  Ellen  Jane,  born  July  4, 1836,  married,  Apr.  14, 1856,  Wallace  B.  Fenn, 
who  was  the  son  of  Hart  Fenn  and  his  wife  Belinda  (Blakesley)  Fenn,  of  Plymouth, 
Ct.,  and  was  born  Dec.  10,  1833.  He  has  one  of  the  largest  shoe  stores  in  the  State, 
on  Chapel  St.,  New  Haven,  where  he  has  successfully  earned  on  the  business  for 
many  years.     He  is  oflBcially  connected  with  several  public  trusts  and  institutions. 


SEVENTH   GEN^ERATION.  139 

Their  two  sons  are  Bruce,  born  Jan.  7,  1857,  grad.  Y.  C.  Sheffield  Scientific 
School,  1877,  and  Y.  C.  Law  School,  1879.  He  is  a  lawyer  in  N.  Y.  'City.  The 
other  son,  Paul,  was  born  Oct.  6,  1858,  grad.  Y.  C,  1881.  He  is  connected  with 
the  brokerage  and  banking  business,  in  N.  Y.  City. 

357.  Mary  Aikins,  born  Sept.  17,  1839,  married,  Nov.  5,  1862,  Francis  Way- 
land  Wilkinson,  who  was  born  Dec.  12,  1835,  in  Brandon,  Vt.  He  was  brought 
up  in  the  mercantile  business  ;  has  been  in  various  kinds  of  business,  in  Salt  Lake, 
Utah,  Atchison,  Kansas,  Chicago,  etc.  Their  children  were  Nellie  W  ,  born  Dec. 
27,  1866,  at  Salt  Lake  City.  Katie  C,  born  Apr.  11,  1869,  at  New  Haven,  and 
died  Mar.  23,  1878.  Grace  D.,  born  July  6,  1871,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Minnie, 
born  Nov.  5,  1873,  at  St.  Louis. 

*358.  Edward  Glovbr,  born  Apr.  19,  1842,  married,  Feb.  26,  1874,  Emma 
R.  Smith,  .who  was  born  Jan.  23, 1844.  He  resided  in  Chicago  a  good  many  years, 
occupation,  book-keeper  and  superintendent  of  a  carriage  manufactory  there ;  sub- 
sequently he  removed  to  New  Haven,  set  up  a  grocery  store,  and  is  now  book- 
keeper in  one  of  the  principal  book  stores  in  the  city. 

359.  Sarah  Waknek,  born  May  21,  1844. 

360.  Elizabeth  Irene,  born  Mar.  15,  1847,  and  died  Sept.  22,  1849. 

361.  Irene  Elizabeth,  born  Sept.  19,  1849,  married,  June  24,  1875,  at  New 
Haven,  Merrit  Matteson,  M.  D.,  of  Morris,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  at  which  place  they 
reside.  Their  children  are  Elizabeth  Irene,  born  Mar.  26,  1876 ;  Anne  Steere,  born 
Mar.  19,  1877;  Alice  May,  born  Feb.  1,  1879,  and  Robert  Harrington,  born  Apr. 
2,  1881,  and  died  Nov.  8,  1882. 

362.  Jennie  Louise,  born  Feb.  18,  1852,  married,  Apr.  3,  1874,  John  D. 
Bulkley,  who  died  Apr.  30,  1877.  She  married  second,  Apr.  1,  1881,  Charles 
Morris  Brocksieper,  of  New  Haven.  Has  been  a  contractor,  etc.;  no  children. 
Residence,  New  York. 

363.  George  Brott,  born  Jan.  16.  1854,  married,  Sept.  4,  1884,  in  Rapid 
City,  Dakota,  Mary  Robinson,  where  they  reside.  He  was  brought  up  in  the 
large  wholesale  grocery  house  of  Gray  Bros. ,  Chicago.  He  now  has  a  store  in 
Rapid  City,  connected  with  the  above  firm. 

364.  Horace  Jewett,  born  Apr.  22,  1856,  married,  Apr.  19,  1884,  Alma  D. 
Mathusheck,  of  New  York.     Residence  in  that  city. 

365.  Louis  DiMooK,  born  Mar.  22,  1858,  and  died  Aug.  10,  1858. 

366.  Richard,  born  Feb.  19,  1868. 


EIGHTH    GENERATION. 


202.  EBENEZER.  Hamden,  Ct. 

*367.  Isaac,  born  Nov.  36,  1815,  married,  May  15,  1842,  Maria  Hitchcock,  of 
Morris,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  at  which  place  they  reside.  He  is  a  farmer.  He  re- 
moved to  Butternuts,  now  Morris,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  when  eight  years  of  age, 
subsequently  fitted  for  a  teacher  in  the  Filer  Academy,  making  teaching  a  profes- 
sion for  eight  years ;  then  purchased  a  farm  in  Morris,  and  cultivated  the  same  30 
years.  Assessor  3  years,  afterwards  supervisor  for  3  years  during  the  Rebellion, 
also  justice  of  the  peace. 

*368.  Edwin  Lewis,  born  May  18,  1817,  married,  Oct.  25,  1843,  Polly  C. 
Bishop,  who  was  born  Oct.  21,  1824,  of  North  Haven,  where  they  reside.  He  is  a 
farmer. 

369.  Mart  Elizabeth,  born  Oct.  14,  1819,  and  died  July  20,  1832. 

370.  Laura  Louisa,  born  June  7,  1821,  and  died  Mar.  10,  1823. 

371.  Eunice,  born  Dec.  27,  1823,  married,  Dec.  27,  1841,  Edward  Johnson. 
Tlicir  children  are  Wallace  E.,  bom  Apr.  8,  1843;  Ellen  Cornelia,  born  Dec.  12, 
1844;  Stanley  W.,  born  Apr,  3,  1847;  Alice  Emma,  born  Mar.  26,  1850,  and  died 
Mar.  18,  1879,  and  Charles  Melville,  born  Oct.  17,  1857. 

372.  Laf-ra,  born  Mar.  8,  1826,  and  died  Nov.  25,  1828. 

203.  JOHN  LEWIS.  Hamden.  Ct. 

373.  George  B.,  born  Aug.  20,  1820,  married  July  4,  1846,  Hellen  M.  Bates, 
and  died  July  27,  1852,  leaving  one  child,  Gertrude  Burnham  Bates.  He  was  a 
book-keeper  in  New  York. 

374.  Maria,  born  Apr.  24,  1822,  married  May  8,  1842,  Dana  H.  Hotchkiss. 
Their  children  were  Ralph  George,  born  Feb.  38,  1844.     Lost  at  sea,  Au^.  28,  1863, 


142  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

acting  master's  mate,  aboard  Brig.  Bainbridge,  U.  S.  N.,  and  Emily  Jane,  born 
Oct  16,  1845. 

*375.  Willis,  bom  Feb.  5,  1824,  married,  May  14,  1850,  Sarah". E.. Piatt,  of 
Albany,  N.  Y.  Occupation,  railroad  supervisor.  Residence,  New  Haven.  He  is 
the  inventor  of  "Mansfield's  Patent  Switch  House,"  "Mansfield's  Elastic  Frog," 
"  Switch-chair  and  Head-block,  combined,"  and  "  Seat  for  Steel  Rail  Frog."  In 
1836,  at  12  years  of  age,  he  began  work  on  the  old  Hartford  and  New  Haven  Rail- 
road, under  Chief  Engineer  Prof.  Twining  and  General  Palmer,  as  ' '  chain  boy. " 
At  16  years  of  age,  he  began  the  laying  of  railroad  track  on  the  Hartford  and  New 
Haven  R.  R.,  N.  York,  N.  H.  and  H.  R.  R.,  New  Haven  and  New  London,  Har- 
lem R.  R.  and  New  York.  At  18  years  of  age,  had  charge  of  a  gang  of  men, 
numbering  some  of  the  time  as  high  as  200.  He  invented  the  "switch  house," 
Aug.  1,  1854.  The  switch  is  so  constructed  that  when  the  switchman  turns  the 
switch  off  the  main  track,  he  is  fastened  in,  and  cannot  get  out  until  he  turns  it 
back  on  the  main  track  again.  It  is  extensively  used  in  this  country,  also  in  France, 
Germany,  Russia.  The  "Frog-chair  and  Head-block,"  was  patented  July  5,  1859. 
It  is  a  combination  frog  of  wood,  iron  and  rubber,  which  makes  it  impossible  to 
break.  The  old  frog  was  made  of  cast-iron,  and  would  break  easily  in  frosty 
weather.  The  "  Seat  fur  Steel  Rail  Frog,"  was  patented  June  3,  1874.  All  of  the 
above  patents  are  made  in  Chicago,  Baltimore,  Philadelphia,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Bos- 
ton and  New  Haven,  and  several  roads  have  purchased  the  right  to  make  for  their 
roads  only. 

376.  Jank,  born  Dec.  26,  1825,  married*  Apr.  30,  1848,  Munroe  L.  Battell, 
New  York,  had  one  son,  John  Sherman  Battell,  bora  Oct.  24,  1854,  who  married, 
Oct.,  1882,  Mary  Gary,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  has  business  with  the  Home  Insur- 
ance Co. 

377.  Emily,  born  Jan.  8,  1828,  married.  Mar.  1,  1848,  Samuel  Davis,  by  Rev. 
C.  W.  Everest.  Their  eight  children  are  Elihu  Sanford,  born  .June  23,  1849 ; 
Avery,  born  Sept.  11,  1851 ;  Charles  Lyon,  born  Feb.  21, 1855;  Martha  Eliza,  born 
Feb.  8,  1858 ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Feb.  8,  1858 ;  Susan  Lillebridge,  born  Oct. 
28,  1862;  Benjamin  Joseph,  born  Oct.  28,  1864,  and  John  Hubbard,  born  Mar.  28, 
1868.  He  was  superintendent  of  the  New  Haven  Almshouse  several  years.  Res- 
idence, New  Haven.  He  owns  and  cultivates  a  fine  farm  in  Hamden,  near  the 
city. 

206.     LYMAN.  Hamden.  Ct. 

378.  Bedk  CoBNELiA,  bom  Mar.  14,  1820,  married,  Sept.  17,  1843,  Uriah 
Robinson.  They  live  in  North  Branford,  Ct.  He  is  a  miller.  They  have  had 
five  children,  namely:  Edwin  I.  Robinson,  born  Nov.  20,  1845,  Newton  M.  Rob- 
inson, born  June  15,  1848,  who  married,  Oct.  30,  1873,  Elizabeth  Brockett,  and 
have  had  Albert,  born  July  1,  1876 ;  Lucilla  A.  Robinson,  born  June  26, 1852,  and 
married,  Nov.  15,  1876,  Leslie  C.  Sperry,  and  had  Arthur  L.  Sperry,  born  Sept. 
24,  1877;  Sarah  A.  Robinson,  born  Aug.  29,  1855,  and  married,  Dec.  20,  1881, 
Elizur  Palmer,  and  Elizur  E.  Robinson,  born  Apr.  28,  1858. 

*379.  Exos  Orson,  born  May  12,  1822,  married,  Dec.  20,  1863,  Sarah  L. 
Stowe.     Residence,  New  Haven. 


EIGHTH    GENERATIOX.  143 

*380.  William  Lyman,  bom  Apr.  14,  1825,  married  Elizabeth  Razee,  wlio 
was  born  Aug.  1,  1836.  Residence,  Haraden,  Ct.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  died 
Mar.  27,  1884. 

381.  Francis  Lorenzo,  born  — -,  died  Sept.  27,  1829. 

382.  Sarah  Sklina,  born  Nov.  13,  1830,  married,  Sept.  34,  1872,  Jotin  H. 
Thompson.     Thej'  live  in  North  Branford,  Ct.     No  children. 

207.     SEYMOUR.  Hamden.  ct. 

383.  Charles,  born  Dee.  7,  1827,  married  Elizabeth  Van  Doran,  and  died 
July  27,  1856,  aged  29. 

384.  Grace,  born  June  21,  1829,  married,  Oct.  7,  1852,  William  Van  Doran. 
They  have  had  Willie,  born  Jan.  23,  1855,  and  Benjamin,  born  Jan.  28,  1862. 
Residence,  Hamden,  Ct. 

385.  Nelson,  born  Mar.  16,  1833,  died  Apr.  30,  1841. 

386.  Mary  Eliza,  born  Dec   13,  1839,  died  Jan.  30,  1844. 

387.  Mahia,  born  Sept.  28,  1845,  married,  June  29,  1868,  Jobn  Jacobs.  They 
have  had  Mary  A.,  born  Nov.  16,  1869;  Sarah  M.,  born  May  24,  1872;  Dora  E., 
born  July  27,  1874;  Twins,  Nellie  L.,  and  Nelson  S.,  born  May  3,  1878.  Nellie 
L.,  died  July  24,  1878. 

211.     LEVERET.  Princfvine,  ill. 

This  family  were  all  born  in  Esperance,  N.  Y.,  except  their  youngest,  Edward. 

388.  Eliza,  born  May  15,  1808,  married  John  S.  Kelly.  Have  had  ten  chil- 
dren.    Residence,  Pingree  Grove,  Kane  Co.,  HI. 

389.  Jennet,  born  July  20,  1810,  married  Caleb  Lyon.  Have  bad  three  chil- 
dren.    Residence,  Beecher,  111. 

♦390.  Stiles,  born  June  12, 1812,  married,  Jan.  16, 1849,  in  New  York,  Sarah 
Kelly,  who  was  born  May  31,  1832.  They  reside  in  Fair  Haven,  Ct.  He  is  a 
farmer.  He  joined  the  Cong.  Church  at  New  Haven,  under  Rev.  Leonard  Bacon, 
Jan.  23,  1831.     fChurch  Records.)    * 

391.  Angeline,  born  May  11,  1814;  died  Mar.  22,  1856.  Was  admitted  mem- 
ber of  Cong.  Church,  North  Haven,  May,  1831. 

*392.  Henry,  born  Mar.  26,  1816,  married  in  1847,  Harriet  A.  Etting,  of 
Peoria,  III.  She  died  in  1854,  and  he  married  second,  in  1856,  Isabell  F.  Servoss, 
of  New  York.  Residence,  Peoria,  III.  He  was  a  clerk  in  a  Drug  Store  in  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  from  13  to  18  years  of  age,  when  finding  a  change  necessary,  he  entered 
the  Government  Survey,  and  finally  in  1840,  settled  in  Peoria,  where  the  same  year 
entered  into  partnership  with  Dr.  N.  S.  Tucker,  of  Boston,  which  continues  to  the 
present  time.     He  is  said  to  be  worth  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars. 

393.     Maryett,  born  Dec.  15,  1818,  and  died  Sept.  1,  1870. 


144  MAVSFIELD   GENTftALOGt. 

304.  John,  born  Jan.  13,  1820,  married,  and  haa  children.  Residence,  Elgin, 
111. 

396.  Levkret,  born  Sept.  7,  1833,  and  died  in  New  Jersey,  Mar.  14,  1849. 

♦396.  Edward,  born  Aug.  8,  1836,  married,  Apr.  1,  1857,  Rebecca  Pulton. 
He  is  a  farmer.     His  farm  and  residence  is  in  Princeville,  Peoria  Co.,  111. 

212.     RICHARD,  Junr.  North  Haven,  Ct. 

397.  Caroline,  born  Mar.  33,  1815,  died  Nov.,  1815. 

398.  Edward  Street,  born  Dec.  18,  1816,  died  Sept.,  1817. 

399.  Caroline,  born  Dec.  19,  1818,  died  Dec,  1819. 

400.  Jane  Ei.izA,  born  Nov.  18,  1830,  died  Oct.  87,  1858. 

401.  Caroline  Amanda,  born  Apr.  19,  1823,  married,  Nov.  4,  1850,  Jftred 
Brockett.     No  children. 

402.  Cornelia,  born  Aug.  32, 1836,  married  Hemaii  Broolcs,  and  died  Jan.  21, 
1850. 

403.  Delia,  twin  sister  of  Cornelia,  married,  Apr.  27,  1847,  Francis  Newton 
Stephens.     They  live  in  West  Haven,  Ct.     No  children. 

404.  William  Leander,  born  Feb.  15,  1839,  died  Sept.  1,  1839. 

405.  William  Lkander,  second,  born  May  29, 1830.  He  enlisted  in  the  14th 
Brooklyn  Regiment,  was  in  the  first  Battle  of  Bull  Run,  was  severely  wounded, 
taken  prisoner,  confined  in  the  Tobacco  Warehouses  in  Richmond,  for  three  montlis, 
after  which  he  was  exchanged,  returned  home,  using  crutclies  for  a  year  and  a-half ; 
aftewards  was  in  tlie  employment  of  the  New  York  and  New  Haven  Rail  Road. 
He  died  Mar.  8,  1871. 

406.  Sereno,  born  Sept.  22,  1833,  married,  Sept.  19,  1855,  Lottie  E.  Rowe, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Mary  A.  Rowe,  of  Fair  Haven,  Ct.  They  have  no  chil- 
dren. He  was  in  the  photograph  business  with  W.  A.  Beers,  in  New  Haven, 
twelve  years,  and  has  been  in  the  stationery  business,  in  Philadelphia,  fifteen 
years. 

*     • 

214.     ELIAS.  Sandersfleld.  Mass. 

Tliis  family  were  all  born  in  Sandersfield. 

♦407.  Julius  Elias,  born  June  18,  1819,  married,  Dec.  31,  1838,  Catharine  L. 
Hardick.     He  is  a  farmer.     Residence,  Sandersfield. 

408.  Mary  Maria,  born  Nov.  18,  1821,  married,  Aug.  28, 1838,  J.  O.  Barker. 
Their  children  are  Frederick  and  Jane. 

409.  Jessie  Albert,  born  June  26,  1824,  married,  Nov.  15,  1846,  Belinda 
Bromley.     Have  had  two  sons.     Residence,  Adrian,  Mich. 

410.  Ann  Eliza,  born  Nov.  8,  1827,  married,  Oct.  7,  1845,  Newton  Royce. 


EIGHTH   GENERATION-.  145 

Their  children  are.  Addie,  Charles,  Mary,  Frank,  and  Willie.     Residence,  Great 
Barringlon,  Mass. 

411.  Geoege  Oscak,  born  Nov.  29,  1829,  married,  and  has  one  son,  and  per- 
haps more  children.     Went  west,  lives  now  in  Ohio. 

412.  Edwin  Oliver,  born  Apr.  23,  1835,  married,  Nov.  12,  1859,  Amelia 
Jones.  Clifford,  their  son,  born  Mar.,  1860,  and  Delia,  their  daughter,  born  Sept., 
1871. 


215.     JESSE  MERRICK.  New  Haven,  Ct. 

413.  Ellen,  born  Oct.  18,  1826,  married.  Mar.  30,  1850,  George  D.  Gower, 
who  was  born  Aug.  31,  1826,  in  Farmington,  Me.  Has  been  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness many  years,  in  New  Haven.     She  died  Jan.  9,  1860.     Their  children  were 

•  Ella,  born  Aug.  7,  1851,  in  Makawas,  Maui,  Sandwich  Islands;  Susan  Charlotte, 
born  Mar.  20,  1854,  in  Lahaina,  Maui,  and  Henry  Lee  Gower,  born  June  19, 1857, 
in  New  Haven,  and  died  Apr.  8,  1884. 

414.  Austin,  born  Sept.  2,  1829,  and  died  Dec.  9,  1831. 

*415.  Austin  2nd,  born  Apr.  7, 1833,  married  Emily  Ford,  who  died  Aug.  13, 
1879.  He  is  a  partner  with  his  brother-in-law,  George  D.  Gower,  in  the  lumber 
business. 

416.  Susan,  born  Feb.  19,  1837,  married,  May  30,  1861,  George  D.  Gower, 
for  his  second  wife.  Their  children  are  Katharine  Elizabeth,  born  May  20,  1864 ; 
Helen  Augusta,  born  Nov.  14,  1869,  and  died  July  13,  1875,  and  Ethel  Margaret, 
born  July  29.  1876.     These  were  all  born  in  New  Haven. 

417.  Howard,  born  July  2, 1849,  graduated  at  Yale  Coll.,  1871,  and  at  Colum- 
bia Coll.  Law  School,  in  New  York,  1874.     Is  a  lawyer  in  New  York. 

418.  Burton,  born  Apr.  4,  1866 ;  graduated  at  Yale  Scientific  School,  1875, 
and  at  Yale  Law  School,  1878.  He  is  established  as  a  lawyer  in  New  Haven.  He 
married,  Oct.  18,  1882,  Elizabeth  H.  Barney,  daughter  of  Samuel  E.  and  Eunice 
H.  Barney.     She  was  born  Jan.  9,  1856. 


220.     JARED.  North  Haven,  ct. 

*419.  Sherlock  A.,  born  Aug.  25,  1824,  married.  Mar.  15,  1850,  Polly  Eliza 
Bassett,  who  was  born  Feb.  21,  1819 ;  residence,  North  Haven.  He  was  a  cart- 
wright.     He  died  Aug.  14,  1871. 

420.  Dbn-nis  T.,  married  Mrs.  Maria  Holmes,  North  Haven  ;  removed  to  East 
Haven.  A  wheelwright  by  trade,  but  for  several  years  past  has  kept  a  Hotel,  or 
sea-shore  house  of  entertainment. 

421.  Sarah,  married  Franklin  Shepherd.  Their  children  are  John  F.,  born 
.Ian.  31,  1854;  Mary  Delight,  born  May  14,  1856,  and  married  Isaac  Lewis  Mans- 
field, son  of  Edwin  Lewis  Mansfield,  and  reside  in  North  Haven.  Mabel  Susan 
Shepherd,  born  Jan.  30,  1860,  and  married  George  Marks ;  Rosewell  J.  Shepherd, 

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146  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

bom  July  13,  1868;  Le  Etta  J.  Shepherd,  born  Feb.  27,  1867;  Sylvia  Elizabeth 
Shepherd,  born  Mar.  12,  1870,  and  Esther  L.,  born  Oct.  28,  1872. 

422.     Chables  B.,  born  in  1833,  and  died  Sept.  13,  1852. 

221.     JOHN  HENRY.  North  Haven. 

*423.  Bbonson  a.,  born  Nov.  17,  1829,  married,  June  18,  1854,  Harriet  E. 
Mabry.     Is  a  farmer  in  North  Haven. 

424.     Fbanoks  Ewzabeth,  born  Mar.  29,  1832. 

*426.  Jamks  Gorden,  born  Feb.  6, 1836,  married.  May  4,  1858,  Nancy  Riggs, 
who  was  born  June  30,  1838.     He  is  a  farmer  in  North  Haven. 

426.  Maktha  Amanda,  born  Mar.  14,  1845,  died  Mar.  16,  1846. 

222.     LIVEROUS.  '  Livingston.  N.  Y. 

427.  Stephen  Obein,  born ,  married ,  lives  in  Hamburg,  N.  Y. 

•428.     Levkbet,  born  - — — ,  married  Ada  Carpenter. 

223.      ORRIN.  Siierwood,  Wis. 

429.  CABOLiNE,'born;Apr.  17,  1842,  married,  June  15,  1856,  William  Riley 
Bishop,  who  was  born  Apr.  22,  1835,  in  Readsboro,  Vt.,  and  came  to  Wisconsin, 
in  the  fall  of  1854,  is  the  inventor  of  the  Bishop  Stave  Machine,  Tramway,  and 
other  patents.  Has  a  grist  mill,  sawmill,  and  280  acres  of  land  ;  residence,  Sher- 
wood, Calumet  Co.,  Wis.  Their  children  are  as  follows:  Forrest  W.,  born  Sept. 
27,  1860 ;  Alice  K,  born  May  18, 1863  ;  Emerie  L.,  born  Nov.  17,  1864 ;  Edith  L., 
born  Nov.  26,  1867;  Cassie  L.,  born  Sept.  11,  1869;  boy,  born  and  died  .Jan.  1, 
1872 :  Lillie  E.,  born  Aug.  23, 1875,  and  died  Dec.  22. 1875 ;  Clifford  E.,  born  Apr. 
14,  1877,  and  Stella  May,  born  May  20,  1879. 

430.  Feanklin  J.,  born  Nov.  28,  1843,  died  in  the  war.  of  fever,  Nov.  14, 
1861.  He  enlisted  in  Co.  I.,  5thlRegt.  Wis.  Vol.,  May  11,  1861,  Capt.  Emmerson. 
He  was  embalmed  and  sent  home  to  Harrison.     "  He  was  heroic  and  brave." 

"  431.  Louisa' H.,  born  Mar.  4,  1847,  married,  Aug.  15,  1863,  Bela  Bishop. 
She  second,  in  1873,  married  Legare  Potter.  She  has  two  sons.  Gift  Potter,  born 
Apr.  11,  1874,  and  Ocha  Potter,  born  Mar.  1,  1878.  She  married  third,  in  1880, 
E.  H.  Pratt,  who  died  the  same  year,  of  epilepsy.  She  had  one  child,  born  between 
the  above  two,  died  in  infancy. 

432.     Obbin,  Junr.,  born  June  25,  1867. 

227.      RILEY.  Fayglon.  Vt. 

483.  Maeia  B.,  born  July  16, 1825,  married,  Dec.  12,  1844.  Timothy  Wheeler, 
had  three  children,  namely:  Laura  Maria  Wheeler,  born  Nov.  1.  1845.  and  mar- 
ried in  1862,  Morril  Dillingham,  of  Waterbury,  Vt.,  and  have  two  children,  Edwin 


EIGHTH    GENEKATION.  147 

Wallace  Dillingham,  born  Dec.  23,  1863,  and  Albert  John  Dillingham,  born  Feb. 
13,  1870.  Myra  Wheeler,  bora  Mar.  10,  1849,  and  died  Feb.  4,  1852,  and  Erastus 
Parker  Wheeler,  born  Apr.  21,  1851,  and  died  Apr.  14,  1873.  Mrs.  Maria  B. 
Wheeler,  their  mother,  died  Apr.  26,  1852.     Her  surviving  husband  resides  in 

Waterbury,  Vt. 

434.  William,  born  Oct.  1,  1827,  and  died  July  26,  1846. 

435.  Hannah,  born  July  4,  1830,  and  died  Aug.  18,  1830. 

*436.  Martin,  born  May  24,  1834,  married,  Apr.  12,  1855,  Sarah  Brlgham, 
daughter  of  Elisha  Brigham.  Residence,  Troy,  N.  Y.  He  is  one  of  the  proprietors 
of  the  "  Windsor  House,"  in  Windsor,  Dakota,  at  which  place  he  is  now  (1884) 
temporarily  residing. 

437.  Ltdia  Luana,  born  in  1837,  and  died,  a  victim  of  the  consumption,  Apr. 
1,  1855. 

438.  Mary  Minerva,  born  Jan.  24,  1848,  married,  Nov.  10,  1865,  Anson  O.  , 
Brigham,  and  had  Josephine  E.,  born  Dec.  12,  1866,  Minnie  L.,  born  May  5, 1868, 
and  Frederick  C,  born  June  7,  1871.  His  health  was  broken  in  the  army,  and  he 
died  July  14,  1875,  aged  30  years.  She  married  second,  Orlo  Town,  of  Stowe,  Vt., 
in  1876,  and  died  with  consumption,  Oct.  22,  1877.  The  children  live  with  their 
step-father  in  Stowe. 

232.     CHARLES.  Winchester,  N.  H. 

The  children  of  this  family  are  as  follows:  The  eldest,  (name  not  given),  born 
Mar.  29,  1842,  and  died  Dec.  30,  1843.  The  second,  a  daughter,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy, (name  not  given. ; 

439.  Josephine  L.,  born  June  13,  1849,  married,  Feb.  24.  1869,  Andrews  T. 
Sprague,  of  Keene,  N.  H.  When  a  child  she  manifested  an  unusual  talent  for 
music,  and  made  rapid  progress  in  the  practice.  At  thirteen  she  conmienced 
playing  the  organ  in  church.  At  fifteen  began  teaching  on  the  organ  and  piano, 
and  at  eighteen  engaged  in  teaching  vocal  music,  and  conducting  Juvenile  Singing 
schools,  and  has  followed  teaching  both  instrumental  and  vocal  music  very  success- 
fully to  the  present  time.  They  have  had  three  children,  one  son  and  two  daughters. 
The  eldest  child,  a  beautiful  little  girl,  died  at  the  age  of  three  years  and  seven 
months.     His  business  is  manufacturing.     They  reside  in  Greenwich,  N.  Y. 

440.  Charles  Burbank,  born  Feb.  16,  1857,  married,  Nov.  8,  1882,  Hattie  • 
L.  Franklin,  of  Hinsdale,  N.  H.     He  resides  with  his  father,  and  has  charge  of  his 
business. 

441.  Henry  Martin,  born  Dec.  6,  1858,  married,  Oct.  7.  1882,  Matie  E.  New- 
bury, Middle  Falls,  N.  Y.  Residence,  Middle  Falls,  Greenwich,  N.  Y.  Occupa- 
tion, book-keeping. 

V 

235.     ELISHA  D.  Can»an,  Ct. 

442.  William  H.,  born  in  1835.  Has  been  many  years  Agent  of  the  Hauaa- 
tonic  Rail  Road  Co. ,  at  Great  Barrington,  Mass.     Has  never  married. 


148  MAKSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

443.  Petke,  birth  not  given. 

444.  Sarah  Booth,  birth  not  given  ;  and  a  half  brother. 


554:1.     WARREN.  Westmoreland,  N.  Y. 


244.     CHARLES  M.  Weatmoreland,  N.  Y. 


446.  Timothy. 

446.  Louisa. 

447.  Electa. 

448.  William. 

449.  Lattba. 

460.  JuLLA  C. 

461.  Euza. 

462.  Alice. 


246.     DAVID,  June.  Westmoreland,  N.  Y. 

453.  Maet  Louisa,  born  Apr.  6,  1842,  and  died  Mar.  18,  1867. 

454.  Cklia  Maria,  born  Feb.  1, 1845,  married,  Dec.  6,  1871,  William  Thomp- 
son, a  farmer,  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.  Their  two  children  are  Clyde  Mansfield 
Thompgon,  born  July  20,  1873,  and  Nina  Mary  Mansfield  Thompson,  born  Dec. 
13,  1878. 

348.     JOSEPH  L.  Orandin,  Dakota. 

456.  Elizabeth,  born  Nov.  19,  1852,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,  married,  Dec. 
24.  1877,  John  D.  Irving,  of  New  Hampshire,  resident  Insurance  Agent,  Toledo, 
Ohio.  They  have  one  child,  John  Mansfield  Irving,  born  July  6, 1883,  in  Toledo. 
"Mrs.  Irving  teaches  elocution,  and  is  a  successful  dramatic  reader.  She  is  a 
woman  of  wonderful  force  of  character,  a  determined  worker  in  her  art,  and  has 
already  won  ahigli  place  in  the  public  regard.  She  has  recited  before  great  gather- 
ings of  3,000  to  5,000,  and  can  make  them  all  hear,  without  seeming  at  all  mascu- 
line in  her  methods.  These  occasions  were  Soldiers'  re-unions,  and  meetings  of  the 
'Grand  Army  of  the  Republic'  The  old  veterans  '  Go  wild  over  her  dramatic  re- 
citations of  patriotic  Poems. '  She  was  publicly  complimented  by  Gen.  Garfield, 
and  Gen.  Sheridan,  for  the  genius  and  oratory  she  displayed.  She  was  quite  a 
young  girl  during  the  war,  but  she  took  in  the  whole  situation,  and  always  instinct- 
ively defended  the  right.  She  had  a  natural  talent  for  lier  work,  even  in  childhood, 
and  after  she  had  studied  and  practiced  for  two  years,  she  placed  herself  in  the 
*  school  of  oratory  in  Phila.,  and  took  lessons  in  New  York  City.  Her  voice  is 
faultless,  her  presence  before  an  audience,  pleasing  yet  earnest,  and  intensely  mag- 
netic. Of  medium  size,  yet  with  a  fine  physique,  and  shown  herself  capable  of 
enduring  an  immense  amount  of  work." 


EIGHTS    GENEKATlOJr.  149 

456.  Louisa,  born  Feb.  16,  1855,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y. 

457.  William  Pundkuson,  born  Dec.  17,  1860,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.     la 
a  farmer. 

458.  Jessie,  born  Mar.  21,  1865,  in  Clockville,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y. 


253.     LEWIS  WILLIAM.  Cohoes.  N.  Y. 

459.  William  Kinsell,  born  Sept.  17,  1856,  married,  Oct.  30,  1883,  Ella, 
daughter  of  Charles  H,,  and  Delia  Clute,  of  Crescent,  N.  Y.  He  became  proprietor 
of  the  "  Gohoe»  Daily  News,"  Oct.  1,  1884. 

460.  Joseph  Pundkrson,  born  Nov.  30,  1858,  and  died  Sept.  23,  1859 ;  also 
an  infant  of  his  last  wife,  that  did  not  live  to  be  christened. 

258.     LEMUEL  STEEL.  Near  Durant,  Iowa. 

460^.  William  Caktek,  born  June  19,  1840  ;  he  enlisted  in  the  2nd  Ohio  Vol. 
Cavalry  in  the  fall  of  1861,  and  was  killed  on  May  7,  1862,  in  a  skirmish,  near 
Lemar,  Jasper  Co.,  Mo.  He  was  remarkablj'^  straight  and  well  proportioned,  six 
feet  and  one  inch  in  height.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church ;  had 
been  trained  for  the  mercantile  business,  also  had  some  experience  as  a  teacher. 

*461.  John  Resssklaek,  born  Feb.  26,  1842,  also  participated iu  the  late  war, 
was  a  member  of  the  164th  Ohio  Vol.  Infantrj*.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  removed 
with  his  father  to  Iowa,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  farming,  and  raising  thorough- 
bred short  horn  cattle,  also  owns  an  improved  farm  of  1,000  acres  in  Eastern  Ne- 
braska, valued  at  $25  per  acre.  In  politics  is  a  republican,  and  a  strong  advocate 
of  prohibition,  is  a  member  of  a  Cong.  Church,  and  has  been  superintendant  of 
the  S.  School  the  past  six  years.  He  married,  Jan.  12,  1871,  Elice  E.  Eustick,  of 
Cedarville,  Green  Co.,  O.,  who  was  born  at  Bloomingburg,  Fayette  Co.,  Sept. 
25,  1847. 

462.  Harriet  Carter,  born  Sept.  1,  1845,  and  died  Sept.  1,  1846. 

463.  Nancy  Elizabeth,  born  June  19,  1849,  married,  Dec.  23,  1871,  Jasper 
B.  Blackstone,  a  well-to-do  farmer  of  Muscatine  Co.,  Iowa,  and  died  Oct.  18, 1872, 
at  the  birth  of  tiieir  little  daughter  who  is  now  living,  and  is  called  Nannie,  after 
her  mother. 

272.     JOSIAH.  Mount  Carmel,  Ct. 

464.  Beoa  married  a  Dorman ;  had  a  daughter,  who  lived  to  grow  up,  and 
married  well,  and  is  deceased. 

465.  Laura  married  Capt.  Sherry,  a  sea  captain. 

466.  Hannah  married  a  Rowe. 

467.  Lucy  E.,  born  Feb.  24,  1805,  married,  Jan.  20,  1828,  Edward  Bulkley, 
who  was  born  Aug.  7,  1801,  in  Wethersfleld,  Ct.,  and  carried  on  the  chair  making 


150  Mansfield  genealogy. 

business  in  New  Haven  for  over  fifty  years,  till  his  death,  Dec.  15,  1880,  and  was 
highly  esteemed  for  his  excellent  character,  as  a  christian,  and  diligent  man  of  busi- 
ness. She  died  Dec.  15, 1880,  on  the  same  day  of  her  husband's  death.  They  had 
three  children,  Edward,  born  Oct.  30, 1828,  and  died  Feb.  19,  1831.  John  Francis, 
born  May  15,  1831,  and  died  June  19, 1832,  and  Edward,  born  May  15,  1833,  grad. 
Yale  Med.  Department,  July,  1856  ;  entered  as  medical  officer  in  the  6th  Reg.  Ct. 
Vol.,  Sept.  2,  1861 ;  served  in  S.  C,  Flor.,  and  Va.,  mustered  out  bj' expiration  of 
term  of  service  in  Va.,  Sept.,  1864.  Served  as  A.  A.  Surgeon  U.  S.  A.,  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  from  Nov.,  1864,  to  July,  1865,  after  which  he  continued  to  practice 
medicine  in  New  Haven  till  his  death,  Nov.  5,  1880.  He  married,  May  7,  1867, 
Grace  Caroline  Bishop,  of  New  Haven,  and  had,  Jane  Bonticon,  born  May  24,  1868 ; 
Lucy  Mansfield  born  Mar.  19, 1870 ;  Grace  Chetwood,  born  Nov.  26,  1872  :  Edward, 
born  Mar.  12,  1875 ;  and  Sarah  Chauncey,  born  May  7,  1878. 

278.      WILLIAM  W.  Middlebary,  Ct. 

•468.  Henry  A.,  born  Sept.  20,  1829,  married,  Feb.  20,  1854,  Betsy  Ann 
Sackett.  He  learned  a  sail  maker's  trade  in  New  Haven,  of  John  Hempstead,  after- 
wards bought  a  farm  in  North  Haven,  Ct.,  where  he  resides,  and  carries  on  farming. 

469.  Lyman  C,  born  Jan.  3,  1832,  and  died  June  23,  1836. 

470.  Elizabeth  S.,  born  May  14,  1834,  died  Aug.  5,  1880. 

471.  William  L.,  born  Nov.  26,  1836,  died  May  2,  1859. 

472.  RicHARP  G.,  bom  July  14,  1839,  died  May  23,  1840. 

473.  Martha  W.,  born  May  27, 1841,  died  Dec.  11,  1847. 

474.  Nancy  E.,  born  Aug.  20,  1846. 

280.     CHESTER  D.,  CaPT.  Fair  Haven,  Ct. 

475.  Harriet  S.,  born  Apr.  7,  1838,  died  Jan.,  1864. 

476.  Marion  E.,  born  Nov.  11,  1^41,  married,  Nov.  25, 1860,  James  M.  Bald- 
win. 

477.  RozKL  B.,  born  Apr.  20,  1845,  died  May  20,  1846. 

478.  Helen  A.,  born  Apr.  6,  1847,  married  Jan.  6.  1864,  Henry  B.  Ball. 

479.  Walter  Uri,  born  Oct.  13,  1852,  died  Nov.  24,  1855. 

480.  Geo.  Washington  Ezra,  born  Mar.  16,  1855,  died  Apr.  30,  1876. 

481.  Elliot  Walter,  bom  July  9,  1857,  died  Apr.  7,  1878. 

283.     CHARLES.  Woodbury,  ct. 

482.  Margaret  S.,  born  Apr.  14,  1840,  married,  Aug.  12,  1862,  Charles 
Rowley,  a  carpenter,  had  Le  Grand  R.,  born  Apr.  3, 1868,  and  Eliza  R.,  born  Dec. 
22,  1877. 


EIGHTH   GEXERATION.  151 

483.  George,  born  Dec.  16,  1845,  married  1st,  Lucy  Read. 

484.  Julia  Ann,  born  Jan.  7, 1854,  married  Joseph  Gee,  who  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, Nov.  20,  1851.     Shear  polisher. 


287.     SHELDEN.  Woodbury,  Ct. 

485.  Cebeno,  born  Feb.  15,  1849. 

486.  Waltkb,  born  May  5,  1852.  , 

487.  Ralph,  born  Oct.  30,  1854. 

488.  WiLBUK,  born  Dec.  23,  1861. 

489.  Belle,  born  May  4,  1865.   • 

302.     HENRY  STEPHEN.  Mlllville,  Mass. 

490.  Henry F.,  born  June  13,  1845,  at  Smithville,  R.  I.;  married,  Delia  Hay- 
ward,  daughter  of  William  Hayward ;  residence,  Utica,  N.  Y.     No  issue. 

491.  Emily,  born  Jan.  18, 1847,  at  Smithfield,  R.  I.;  married  at  Millville,  Mass., 
Isaac  C.  Bates,  of  Providence,  R.  I. ,  at  which  place  they  reside.     No  issue. 

492.  Albert  Thater,  born  May  31,  1848,  at  Millville,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass., 
married.  May  14,  1879,  Mary  Warren,  of  Newton  Upper  Falls,  Mass.  Residence, 
Allendale,  R.  1.     No  issue. 

493.  Eewaru  Alexander,  born  June  16,  1859,  at  Millville,  Mass.;  married, 
Dec.  6,  1883,  Ada  V.  Scott,  daughter  of  Orlando  Scott,  of  Millville,  Mass.  Resi- 
dence, Uxbrldge,  Mass. 

3044.     JOSEPH  KING  FENNO.  Rahway,  N.  J. 

494.  Arthur  Douglas,  born  July  6,  1853,  at  Smithfield,  R.  I.;  residence, 
Rahway,  N.  J.  • 

495.  James  Andrews,  born  Jan.  26, 1860,  at  Smithfield,  R.  I.;  residence (1884) 
in  Michigan. 

305.     JARED.  West  Newton,  Mass. 

496.  Willie  Henry,  born  June  15,  1856.     Lives  in  Boston. 

497.  Hattie  Phillips,  born  Nov.  6,  1858,  married,  Oct.  1882,  Thomas  Baher, 
in  Rahway,  N.  J.,  where  they  reside  (1884.) 

498.  Frank  Irving,  born  Dec.  4,  1860,  at  Newton  Corner,  Mass.  Now  living 
in  Boston,  (1884),  immarried. 

499.  Frederick  Augustus,  born  Oct.  26,  1867,  at  West  Newton,  Mass,  Now 
living  in  Boston,  (1884.) 


153  ilANSriELD   GENEALOGY. 

306.      WILLIAM.  Columbia,  Tuolumne  Co.,  Cal. 

This  family  were  all  born  in  Columbia,  Cal. 
600.     Anna  Adams,  born  Apr.  29,  1858. 
501.     William  Bdffum,  born  Apr.  2,  1860. 

602.  Lilly  Pierob,  born  May  4, 1862. 

603.  Mart  Elizabeth,  bom  Feb.  17,  1865. 

604.  Fanny  Rebekah,  born  Aug.  11,  1871. 

311.    HENRY  LIVINGSTON.  Middietown,  ct. 

606.  Ellie  Bubnham,  born  May  23,  1872,  in  Middietown,  baptized  Nov.  20, 
1872,  by  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  John  L.  Williams. 

606.  Joseph  Livingston,  bom  May  3, 1876,  in  Middietown,  baptized  June  30, 
1876,  by  Rev.  W^alter  Mitchell,  and  died  the  same  day,  aged  1  year,  1  month  and 
27  days. 

507.  Lodisa  Mather,  bora  May  29,  1877,  in  Middietown,  baptized  Aug.  20, 
1878,  by  Rev.  R.  D.  McConnell. 

313.     STEPHEN.  Bethany.  Ct. 

508.  Burton,  born  June  23,  1832,  in  Oxford,  Ct.,  married,  LillieMerritt.  He 
is  a  merchant  in  New  York. 

509.  Mary  Eunice,  born  June  17. 1843,  in  Berwick,  Pa.,  married  Mr.  Schwartz ; 
married  second,  Ex.  Senator  Sawyer,  of  Tennessee. 

510.  Frances  Ann,  born  Aug.  30,  1846,  in  Berwick,  Pa.,  married  a  Mr. 
Marks ;  married  second,  a  Mr.  Magalhaes,  who  was  bom  in  Brazil,  8.  A. 

511.  John  Clark,  born  Feb.  22, 1848,  in  Berwick.  Pa.:  married  Kate  Hoctor ; 
residence,  Philadelphia*  Pa. 

612.  Jared  Willie,  born  in  1850,  in  Allentown,  Pa.,  married.  Berwick, 
Columbia  Co.,  Pa. 

513.  Nathan  French,  born  July  21,  1860,  lives  in  Bethany,  and  is  a  farmer. 

315.     NATHAN  GLOVER.  Easton,  Pa. 

514.  Henry,  born  in  Lancaster,  Pa.  Served,  years,  in  the  129th  Regt.,  of  the 
civil  war,  was  afterward  Secretary  to  Prof.  James  Coffin,  in  the  preparation  of  his 
meteorological  work,  published  by  the  Smithsonian  Institute.  Acknowledgment 
is  made  of  his  service,  in  the  preface  to  the  work.  He  lives  at  present  in  New 
York  City. 

615.  Mary  Eunice,  born  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ,  graduated  at  the  High  School  in 
Easton,  and  at  present,  teacher  to  Senior  class  of  the  same  school. 


MghtB  generation.  153 

516.  JULIA,  born  in  Easton,  married,  Oct.  16,  1873,  James  J.  Cope,  Prothon- 
otary  of  Northampton  Co.,  Pa.  Their  five  children  are  Georgia,  Lucy,  Nathalie, 
Pauline,  and  James  Mansfield  Cope. 

517.  Fannie,  a  graduate  of  Easton  High  School,  was  married  Oct.  1,  1874,  to 
Edwin  S.  Walker,  a  merchant  of  Philadelphia.     They  have  one  child,  Marguerite 

Walton. 

518.  Frank,  born  and  educated  in  Easton,  is  book-keeper  for  firm  of  W.  H. 
Hazzard,  of  Easton.     Unmarried. 

519.  Lizzie  Glovek,  born  and  educated  in  Easton,  resides  at  home,  unmarried. 


320.     WILLIAM  L.  New  Haven,  Ct. 

520.  Ellen  Augusta,  born  Aug.  1,  1835,  married,  Nov.  9,  1858,  John  H. 
Northrop,  and  had  one  child,  Edward  Gold,  born  Nov.  20,  1860. 

521.  Mary  Louisa,  born  Oct.  1,  1839,  married,  Oct.  3,  1866,  Auguatin  It. 
Treadway,  and  had  three  children :  Francis  Wilcox,  born  Jan.  7,  1869 ;  Charles 
Frederick,  born  Mar.  5,  1870,  and  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Feb.  17,  1874.  Residence, 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

322.     HENRY.  New  Haven,  Ct. 

*522.  Thomas  Trowbridge,  born  Jan.  29,  1839,  married,  Aug.  6, 1860,  Cath- 
arine Robertson  Hurlbut.  He  died  Dec.  4,  1876,  was  professor  of  music.  Resi- 
dence, Meriden,  Ct. 

*523.  Frederick  Oaks,  born  July  19,  1841,  married,  Sept.  3,  1867,  Mary 
Hine,  who  was  born  Jan.  28,  1840.  He  has  been  many  years  superintendent  of 
the  carrier  department  of  the  Daily  Journal  and  Courier.  Residence,  New  Haven. 
At  present  (1884)  retired  from  business. 

329.    EDWARD  FRANKLIN.  New  Haven,  Ct. 

524.  Benjamin  Franklin,  born  June  21,  1872. 

525.  Henrietta  Goodnow,  born  May  30,  1874. 

332.     WILLIAM  FREDERICK.  Fair  Haven,  Ct. 

526.  Effie  Louisa,  born  June  4,  1881. 

338.     JOHN  W.  New  Haven,  Ct. 

527.  Emily  Dwight,  born  Nov.  17,  1853,  married,  May  31,  1881,  Charles  H. 
Ferry,  Grad.  Yale  Coll.,  1872.  Is  a  lawyer.  Residence,  Chicago.  They  have 
one  child,  Mansfield  Ferry. 

528.  May,  born  May  1,  1858. 

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154  MANSFIELD   GEKEALOGY. 

340.     THEODORE  D.  Boston,  Mass. 

529.  Gkokge  Stanley,  born  Kov.  4,  1854,  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  married, 
Sept.  11,  1879,  at  Everett,  Mass.,  Sarah  Elizabeth  Nichols,  who  was  born  July  30, 
1858,  at  South  Maiden,  Mass.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Smith  Nichols,  who 
was  born  Feb.  20,  1817,  in  South  Maiden,  Mass.,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Perkins, 
who  was  born  Sept.  8,  1822,  in  Union,  Maine,  and  died  in  S.  Maiden,  Nov.  18, 
1866.     Their  son,  Stanley,  was  born  Dec.  8,  1884. 

630.     Emily  Frances,  born  Sept.  7,  1856,  in  Boston. 

581.     William  Kendbick,  bom  Nov.  3,  1858,  in  Chelsea,  Mass. 

532.  Fbancis  Leeds,  born  May  22,  1861,  in  Chelsea,  and  died  June  14,  1861, 
in  Chelsea. 

533.  Lyman  Lbbds,  born  July  5,  1862,  in  Chelsea,  and  died  Feb.  17,  1863,  in 
Chelsea. 

534.  Haebibt  May,  bom  Nov.  21,  1886,  in  Chelsea. 

342.     HENRY  W.  New  Haven,  Ct. 

535.  Habbiet  Stanley,  born  Sept.  7,  1860. 

536.  Abthub  Whiting,  bom  Aug.  27,  1862  ;  died  Mar.  6,  1864. 

537.  Stanley,  bom  Jan.  27,  1871. 

348.     FREDERICK  W.  New  Hav«n,  Ct. 

538.  Nathan  T.,  bora  June  1,  1861,  is  a  Drug  Clerk. 

539.  Fannie  P.,  born  Nov.  17,  1863,  died  Oct.  13,  1873. 

540.  Wallace,  born  in  Mar.,*  1872,  died  July  16,  1872. 

3o0.     LUCIUS.  New  Haven,  Ct. 

*541.  Chables  E.,  born  Apr.  2,  1858,  married,  Jan.  5,  1880,  Katie  R.  Leeke, 
who  was  bora  June  2,  1860,  in  Centerville,  Ct.  He  is  connected  with  the  photo- 
graphing business. 

542.  Ella  M.,  bora  Dec.  19,  1860,  married,  July  13.  1881,  Charles  M.  Stone, 
who  was  born  in  Lee,  Mass.,  Dec.  9,  1859.  They  have  had  Leroy  Mansfield  Stone, 
bom  Sept.  2,  1883. 

358.     EDWARD  G.  New  Haven.  Ct. 

548.     CoBNELiDs,  bom  Apr.  9,  1875,  and  died  Mar.  20,  1878. 

544.  Edwabd  G.,  bom  Dec.  5,  1877. 

545.  Heebebt  Rich,  bora  Dec.  27,  1879. 


NINTH  GENERATION. 


367.     ISAAC.  Morris,  N.  Y. 

546.  RoMAiXE,  born  Feb.  25,  1843,  married  Eraelia  Moore,  of  Morris.  They 
have  had  Archibald,  Gertrude,  Pauline,  Mary  Moore,  and  Mabel  Rulison.  He 
fitted  for  College  at  the  New  Berlin  Academy,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  grad.  at 
Hobart  Coll.,  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  also  at  the  General  Theological  Seminary,  New  York 
City.  Ordained  an  Episcopal  Minister  1868.  The  same  year  called  to  the  Rector- 
ship of  St.  Paul's  Church,  in  Spring  Valley,  Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  still 
remains  (1881.) 

547.  Maky  Cornelia,  born  Aug.  21,  1845,  and  died  Apr.  2,  1863. 

548.  Vebxon   DeLanoet,  born  Feb.   15,  1849,  married  Marjery  ,  and 

have  had  Agnes.  At  the  age  of  21,  in  1870,  went  to  Colorado,  and  joined  the  colony 
that  first  settled  the  City  of  Greely.  Occupation,  druggist,  and  proprietor  of  "  Em- 
porium on  European  Plan,"  in  that  city. 

549.  Edwin  Lyman,  born  Jan.  21, 1853.  In  1871  joined  his  brother  at  Greely, 
was  with  the  late  N.  C.  Meeker,  at  the  White  river  agency,  when  the  massacre 
occurred,  and  was  the  only  man  who  escaped.  He  is  now  with  his  brother.  Le  Roy, 
located  at  Greely,  in  the  book  and  stationery  business,  with  the  telegraph  business 
in  connection,  etc. 

550.  Lb  Roy,  born  Mar.  24,  1857,  married  Rose  A.  Allen,  July  13,  1882. 

551.  Charles  Isaac,  born  Dec.  23,  1860,  is  a  clerk  in  Potter  Bros.  &  Co.'s 
Store,  dry  goods,  groceries,  &c.,  in  Morris,  N.  Y. 

368.     EDWIN  LEWIS.  North  Haven,  Ct. 

552.  Maky  Adbelia,  born  July  29,  1844,  married,  Nov.  30,  1864,  Hubbard 
Bradley,  of  Hamdeu,  Ct.  He  died,  and  she  married  second.  May  28,  1884,  Wil- 
liam Henry  Doolittle,  of  Cheshire,  Ct.     He  is  a  farmer.     Residence,  Cheshire. 


156  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

*553.  Isaac  Edwin,  bom  Nov.  28,  1850,  married,  May  28,  1874,  Mary  D. 
Shepherd.  He  is  a  teacher  and  farmer ;  is  one  of  the  selectmen.  Residence,  North 
Haven. 


376.     WILLIS.  New  Haven. 

564.     Monroe  W.,  born  Jan.  21,  1852,  and  died  May  14,  1867. 

566.  Gborge  L.,  born  June  6,  1854,  is  a  clerk  in  a  store. 
666.     Fkkdbeick  W.,  born  Oct.  14,  1856,  is  a  clerk  in  a  store. 

567.  Hattie  E.,  born  Jan.  27,  1860. 

379.     ENOS  ORSON.  New  Haven. 

668.  Lilian  S.,  born  Feb.  9,  1866. 

669.  Nellie  C.  ,  born  Mar.  9,  1867. 

380.     WILLIAM  LYMAN.  Hamden,  ct. 

560.     William  C,  born  Apr.  30,  1858. 

661.  LuTHUR,  born  Sept.  3,  1860. 

662.  C.  Elizabeth,  born  Mar.  1,  1862,  married,  May  16,  1883,  Elsworth  H. 
Bassett,  of  Hamden,  Ct. 

563.  Franklin  E.,  born  Jan.  26,  1864,  and  died  Oct.  18,  1864. 

664.  Jennie  L,  born  Sept.  14,  1865. 

566.  Nelson  L.,  born  July  3,  1868. 
666.  Austin  H.,  born  June  13,  1870. 

567.  Abthcr,  born  Aug.  6,  1875. 

390.     STILES.  Fair  Haven,  Ct. 

568.  Frank  Pierce,  born  Feb.,  1853,  and  died  Sept.,  1853. 

569.  Frederick  Lynn,  born  May  27,  1855,  died  June  16,  1879. 

570.  Stiles  Clarence,  born  July  18,  1857,  died  June  27,  1858. 

571.  Edward  Sanford,  born  July  12,  1859,  died  Jan.  18,  1860. 

572.  Stiles  Sanford,  born  Feb.  23,  1866,  died  Sept.  28,  1866. 

573.  Sarah  Lucretia,  born  Nov.  4, 1870. 

392.      HENRY.  Peoria,  111. 

674      Elting,  born  May  15,  J848,  died  July,  1849. 


NINTH   GENEKATION.  157 

575.  May,  born  July  4,  1849,  died  June  3,  1869. 

576.  Faxnie,  born  Apr.  15,  1851,  married,  July  1,  1867,  O.  B.  Blakeslee,  and 
had  Henry  Mansfield  Blakeslee,  born  Sept.,  1869,  and  Denison  Blakeslee,  born 
Mar.,  1872. 

576^.  Louise  Pentard,  born  June  1,  1857,  married,  Aug.  23,  1876,  C.  W. 
Mosher,  a  banker,  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  and  had  Edwin  Wesley  Mosher,  born 
Dec,  1879;  and  Henry  Mansfield  Mosher,  born  Feb.,  1881. 

576^.  Elijah  Henry,  born  Sept.  8,  1858. 

577.  Mabgukeite  Elting,  born  Oct.  2,  1859. 

578.  Isabelle  Fleming,  born  Dec.  31,  1860. 

579.  Sarah  Sanfokd,  born  July  22,  1862. 

580.  Henry,  born  Mar.  4,  1864. 

581.  Eleanor  Tucker,  born  June  12,  1869. 

582.  Nathaniel  Saville,  born  June  13,  1872. 

396.     EDWARD.  Princevllle,  Peoria  Co.,  ni. 

683.  Leverette,  born  May  24,  1858. 

584.  Albert,  born  Nov.  3,  1859. 

585.  George,  born  Aug.  14,  1862,  and  died  in  infancy. 

586.  Edward,  born  Feb.  4,  1865. 

587.  Sanford,  born  Oct.  4,  1866. 

588.  Richard,  born  Apr.  22,  1868,  and  died  in  infancy. 

589.  ,  Joseph,  bora  May  26,  1869. 

590.  Josephine,  born  May  26,  1869,  and  died  in  infancy. 

591.  Charlie,  born  Nov.  8,  1876. 

407.     JULIUS  ELIAS.  Sandersfleld,  Mas*. 

592.  James  H.,  born  Sept.  14,  1848,  married  Sept.  14,  1868,  Hattie  E.  Kinney, 
of  Winsted,  Ct.     He  is  a  dealer  in  pictures  and  frames,  Chapel  St.,  New  Haven. 

415.     AUSTIN.  N«w  Haven. 

593.  Loms  A.,  born  Mar.  11,  1863. 

419.     SHERLOCK,  A.  North  HaTen.Ct. 

*594.  Frederick,  L.,  born  Dec.  15,  1851,  married,  Jan.  12,  1879,  Eunice 
Qoodyear.     He  is  a  cartwright.     Residence,  North  Hftven, 


t68  MANSFrELD   GENEALOGY. 

595.  ZsarnsW.,  born  Jan.  7,  1865,  married  Oct.  9,  1883.  Mary  P.  Bradley, 
daughter  of  Elijah  Augustus  Bradley ;  of  East  Haven,  Ct. ,  and  was  born  May  22, 
1858.     He  is  a  painter  by  trade. 

•696.  Robert  S.,  bom  Sept.  4,  1857,  married,  Feb.  5,  1879,  Hattie  Hitch- 
cock, who  was  born  July  6,  1856.     He  is  a  farmer.     Residence,  North  Haven. 

597.  George  H.,  born  Oct.  4,  1861,  died  May  28,  1862. 

598.  Franklin-  A.,  born  Jan.  17,  1864,  married,  Nov.  23,  1882,  Carrie  E. 
Fredericks,  who  was  born  Sept.  1,  1883.     Residence,  North  Haven. 

423.     BRONSON,  A.  North  Haven. 

599.  John  Henry,  bom  Nov.  2,  1855,  died  Aug.  13,  1864. 

600.  Willie  Lyman,  born  Oct.  16,  1857,  married  Apr.  6, 1880,  Fannie  Birch. 
He  is  a  farmer  in  North  Haven. 

601.  Hattie  Augusta,  born  Nov.  8,  1859,  married,  Feb.  15,  1882,  Robert  C. 
Button.     Had  Alice  Glena,  born  Sept.  14,  1882. 

602.  Charlie  H.,  born  Jan.  12,  1862. 

603.  Mary  E.,  born  Mar.  11,  1866. 

426.     JAMES  GORDON.  North  Haven. 

604.  John  Henry,  bom  Dec.  29,  1867. 

428,     LEVERET.  Colttmbia  Co..  N.  Y. 

605.  Edwin  L. 

606.  Abner  W. 

607.  Lottie. 

608.  Claud. 

609.  Douglas. 

4.36.     MARTIN.  Troy,  N.  T. 

610.  Kate  M.,  born  Dec.  5,  1856,  married,  Sept.  11,  1874,  Prof.  Bert-Watis- 
man,  and  have  had  Vance  W.,  bom  Apr.  9,  1876.     Residence,  Burlington,  Vt. 

611.  Bessie  L,  born  Sept.  15,  1867,  married  in  1872,  George  Marsh,  of  North- 
field.  Had  one  child,  Nina  L.,  born  Nov.  9,  1874.  She  is  now  a  widow,  residing 
with  her  parents  in  Troy,  N.  Y. 

612.  William  Riley,  bora  Oct.  3,  1859.  Now  at  the  age  of  24,  is  station 
agent  on  the  N.  P.  R.  R..  at  Windsor,  Dakota.  The  following  interesting  sketch 
is  from  the  Vermont  Oazetteer:  Will.  R.  Mansfield,  at  the  age  of  20,  took  his  small 


^-^INTH    GENERATION.  159 

valise  in  band  and  started  for  the  "  far  west."  He  stopped  a  few  weeks  in  Ne- 
braska as  telegraph  operator  on  the  B.  &  M.  R.  R.  He  then  accepted  the  position 
of  baggage-master  and  telegrapli  operator  on  a  new  branch  of  the  Atchison,  To- 
peka  «fc  Sante  Fe  R.  R.,  through  New  Mexico,  and  served  two  months,  when  be 
was  invited  to  dine  with  an  old  Spaniard,  at  Los  Vegas,  for  whom  he  had  don6 
some  slight  service,  and  started  to  return  to  Grenada,  Col.,  in  the  caboose  that 
was  sent  ahead  of  President  Hayes  and  his  escort,  on  their  way  from  California, 
to  see  that  the  road  was  clear.  The  party  in  the  "caboose"  had  been  "looking 
upon  the  wine  when  it  was  red,"  and  when  the  "caboose"  gave  a  great  bound, 
and  any  sober  person  must  have  known  there  was  some  obstruction,  they  declared 
there  was  "  nothing  wrong,"  nor  would  they  stop  to  see  whether  there  was  or  not. 
So  this  Vermont  boy  turned  the  brake,  caught  a  lantern  and  jumped  off,  and  upon 
examination,  several  feet  of  rails  were  gone,  and  he  had  nothing  to  do  there  in  the 
wilds  of  N.  M.,  but  wait  for  the  train,  and  this  was  not  a  pleasant  task,  as  the  co- 
yotes began  to  gather  from  every  direction.  This  was  his  first  experience  of  the 
kind,  and  grim  terror  seized  him  :  quick  as  a  flash,  he  sprang  up  a  telegraph  pole 
close  at  hand,  and  sitting  astride  the  cross-bar,  watched  the  howling  pack,  thinking 
all  the  while  what  an  excellent  mark  he  would  be  for  an  Indian,  and  it  was  far  from 
being  an  agreeable  thought.  At  last  the  train  came  up,  and  he  clambered  down 
from  his  perch,  gave  a  great  shout  at  the  wolves,  and  swung  his  lantern  to  stop 
the  train.  The  wolves  scattered  and  the  train  had  to  stop  for  repairs.  For  this 
act  of  faithfulness,  he  was  promoted  at  once  to  conductor,  and  has  occupied  that 
position  until  the  present  time. 

461.    JOHN  RENSELLAER.  Dur*nt,  Iowa. 

613.  Bessie  Lee,  born  Aug.  10,  1871. 

614.  Susie  Eleanor,  born  Mar.  20,  1873,  died  Aug.  10,  1873. 

615.  Nellie  Cartee,  born  Apr.  21,  1874. 

616.  William  Robert,  born  Aug.  14,  1876. 

617.  John  Ralph,  born  Dec.  7,  1878. 

618.  Alice  Mabel,  born  Sept.  7,  1880. 

468.     HENRY  A.  North  Hav«n,  Ct. 

619.  Charles  H.,  born  Jan.  15,  1855,  married,  Jan.  16,  1882,  Bertha  Bassett. 
He  is  a  carpenter  and  builder ;  resides  in  Fair  Haven,  Ct. 

620.  Wallace  H.,  bom  Oct.  27,  1859.     Is  a  machinist  in  New  Haven. 

621.  William  E.,  born  Nov.  18,  1870. 

622.  Edith  M.,  born  May  24,  1873,  and  died  Mar.  28,  1874 

5213.    THOMAS  TROWBRIDGE.  Merlden,Ct. 

623.  Edward  Austin,  bom  June  29,  1861. 


160  MAl>i^SFIELt)   GENEALOGY. 

624.  Sophia  Philips,  born  May  1,  1864. 

625.  Julia  Trowbridge,  born  July  27,  1866,  died  Nov.  10,  1867. 

626.  Henry  Trowbridoe,  born  Aug.  36,  1870,  died  July  24,  1871. 

523.      FREDERICK   O.  New  Haven. 

627.  Mary  Hine,  born  Dec.  3,  1868. 

628.  Walter  Cakrington,  born  Mar.  1 ,  1872. 

541 .     CHARLES  E.  New  Haven. 

629.  Leon  B.,  born  Aug.  27,  1882. 

630.  May,  born  Apr.  9,  1884. 


TENTH   GENERATION. 


553.    ISAAC  EDWIN. 

631.  Irtings  Holmes,  bom  Aug.  12,  1875. 

632.  Edith,  born  Sept.  26,  1877. 

633.  Edwin  Shkphbbd,  horn  Jan.  12,  1880. 


North  Haren,  Ct. 


594.    FREDERICK  L. 
634.     Clarence  G.  ,  born  Jan.  9, 1878. 
636.     Edward  Lewis,  born  Apr.  12,  1881. 


North  Haven. 


596.    ROBERT  S. 
686.     Bertha  Louise,  born  Nov.,  1880. 


North  Haven. 


23 


^P^PENDIX. 


WILL  OF  MAJ.  MOSES  MANSFIELD  (3)  AND  INVENTORY 
OF  THE  ESTATE. 


lu  tlie  Name  of  God  Amen,  I  Moses  Mansfield  of  New  Haven,  being  this  third 
day  of  October,  1703,  Sick  and  weak  in  bod)-  but  through  the  mercy  of  God  of 
sound  and  perfect  memorie  doe  ordaine  this  my  last  will  and  Testament,  first  I 
coniitt  my  Soule  to  God  that  gave  it,  and  my  body  to  be  decently  hurried  by  my 
Executors  hereafter  named,  hoping  in  the  mercy  of  God  through  Jesus  Christ  for 
the  pardon  of  all  my  Sinss  and  an  Inherritance  among  them  tiiat  are  sanctified,  and 
for  the  dispose  of  such  Wordly  Estate  as  it  hath  pleased  God  to  Betrust  me  with, 
after  my  Debts  and  Funerall  Expenses  are  paid  I  dispose  the  same  as  follows,  viz.: 
•Imp.  as  a  Token  of  mj'  Love  to  my  dear  and  beloved  wife— Abigaill  Mansfield  I 
give  to  her  one  third  part  of  Such  Estate  as  She  had  before  and  att  marriage  to  be 
first  sett  out  to  her :  And  then  one  third  part  of  all  my  estate  reall  and  personal!, 
the  personall  estate  to  be  at  her  absolute  dispose.  The  reall  to  be  to  her  during 
onely  her  naturall  Life. 

2nd.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Loving  Daughters  Abigaill  Atwater,  Mercy 
Thomson,  Hannah  Browne,  Sarah  Rhodes,  and  Bathshua  Mansfield,  the  summe 
of  Fift}'  five  pounds.  Country  pay  or  Inventorial  Estate  to  Each  of  them,  that  is, 
to  make  up  the  said  summes  with  what  they  have  already  received,  and  to  be  paid 
to  etch  of  them  by  my  Executors  within  four  years  after  my  decease. 

3rd.  I  having  already  given  unto  my  Son  Moses  by  Deed  or  Deeds  sundry  par- 
cels of  land  and  meadow  &c.,  Doe  now  Confirm  the  Same  to  him  and  doe  alsoe 
give  unto  him  that  parcel  of  meadow  Lying  undivided  betweene  me  and  Brother 
John  Ball  on  the  West  side  of  the  West  River  near  the  Bridge,  to  be  to  him,  bis 
heirs  and  Assignes  for  ever  in  full  of  his  portion. 

4th.  All  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  Estate  both  reall  and  personall  with  all 
iaterrest  in  undivided  Land  and  all  Right  that  at  present  doth  or  hereafter  may 
acrue  to  the  Same  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Loving  Son  Jonathan  Mansfield  to 
be  to  him  to  his  heirs  and  assignes  forever. 

5th.  And  Lastly  I  constitute  and  appoint  my  Loving  Wife  and  my  Son  Jonathan 
Mansfield  before  named  to  be  Joynt  Executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament 
untill  my  Son  Jonathan  accomplish  the  age  of  Twenty  one  years  and  then  do  ap- 
point him  to  be  Sole  Executor.  I  doe  also  desire  and  appoint  my  Trusty  and  well 
beloved  Friends  Deacon  Abraham  Bradley  and  Nathaniell  Bradley  to  be  overseers 
of  the  performance  of  this  my  last  will  and  to  be  helpfull  to  my  Executors  thereof. 
And  doe  revoke  all  former  will  or  wills  by  me  made  or  done.     Declaring  this  to  be 


164 


MAIfSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 


uiy  last  will  aud  Testament.     In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  putt  my  hand 
and  Seal,  the  date  first  above  on  the  other  side  mentioned. 


MOSES  MANSFIELD 


Signed  sealed  and  pablished  as  his 
last  Will  and  Testament  in  pre- 
sence of  us. 

Jeremiah  Osbobne 
Peter  Carrington 
Nathaniell  Bradley 
Joseph  Tuttle. 

Att  a  Court  of  Probate,  November  11, 1703,  Appeared  Then  the  above  Witnesses 
and  made  SoUomne  Oath  that  they  Saw  Major  Moses  Mansfield  subscribe  Seal  and 
publish  the  foregoing  Will  as  his  Last  Will  and  Testament,  and  that  he  was  of 
Sound  mind  and  understanding  (According  to  the  best  of  their  knowledge)  when 

he  see  did. 

Test, 

JOHN  WINSTON,  Clerk. 

The  Inventorie  of  the  Estate  of  Major  Moses  Mansfield  of  New  Haven,  deceased, 
&  taken  by  us  whose  names  are  underwritten. 


November  the  second,  1703. 

jt    8.  d. 

Imp.  2  gunus,  £3,  5s.  a  kersey  Coat  £1,  14s.  broad  cloth  Coat  £2     .  6,  19,  00 

a  broad  cloth  Coat  £3,  Cloake  £3,  black  vest  £2,           ...  7,  00,  00 

Wast  coat,  £1,  10s.,  plush  breeches  £1,  5s.  more  17s.        .        .        .  3,  12,  00 

a  hatt  £2,  lOs.  two  pr.  Shooebuckles  16s.  breeches  16s.          .  4,  02,  00 

4  pr.  Stockins,  £1,  two  pr.  gloves  5s.,  five  shirts  £2,  17s.          .        .  4.  02,  00 

To  a  pr.  drawers  9s.  neckcloth  168 ] ,  05,  00 

plate,  cash  16,  =£1,  4s.  new  pewter  £1,  lOs.  pewter  £1,  10s.          .  4,  04,  00 

pewter  £1,  old  pewter  £1,  10s.,  two  potts  Us 3,  01,  00 

more  pewter,  10s.  Three  old  Chamb.  potts  15s 1,  05,  00 

A  great  brass  kettle  £3,  6s.  old  kettle  2s.  6d.                  ...  3,  08,  06 

a  brass  pan  13s.  brass  Skillett  12s.  more  brass  5s 1,  10,  00 

a  skillett,  old  warming  pan  lOs 00,  10,  00 

bar  iron  Us.  Three  Candlesticks  4s. 00,  15,  00 

Frying  pan  «fe  gridiron  Ss.  2  pr.  Tongs  6s 00,  14,  00 

Scales  and  Stilliards  £1,  old  morter,  box  irons  78 01,  07,  00 

To  2  pr.  handirons  £1,  two  cards  18s.  Irons  19s.             ...  02,  17,  00 

To  severall  of  Tools  £4,  13s .        .  04,  13,  00 

To  a  knife,  Tobacco  Tongs  Earthen  ware  lis 00,  11,  00 

Earthen  ware  6s.  hony  98.  glassbottles  3s. 00,  18,  00 

2  dozen  of  Trenchers  3s.  driping  pan  Tunnill  2s.           ...  00,  05,  00 

\  dozen  spoons  Os.  Seven  Trays  5s, 00,  11,  00 

great  Tray  5s.  Tow  Sheets  4  pair  £4,  10s. 04,  15,  00 


A 


APPEISTDIX. 


165 


one  bolland  Sheet  £l,  Ss.  two  pair  Sheets  £l,  ISs.     . 
To  one  pair  Sheets  £1,  7s.  pr.  Sheets  £1,  4s. 
To  6  pillow  beirs  138.  Table  Cloth  12s.  Six  napkins  12s. 
Severall  napkins  £l,  Is.:  napkins  13s.  Cloth  3s. 

Table  Cloth  8s.  Towell  9s 

To  2  Table  cloths  6s.  Towills  2s.  brush  Spectacles  48.  6d, 

Cloth  £1,  5s.  bed  beding  £17,  lis 

Bed  £10,  13s.  Bed  Furniture  £15  .... 

More  Beding  £3,  7s.  great  Bible  £1,  Books  £l2s.      . 
To  a  Table  Cloth  £1,  4  Leather  chairs,  £1, 12s.  four  chairs  12s, 
11  Chairs  16s.  8d.  great  Chairs  14s. 
To  9  Cushrons  12s.  Three  joint  stools  Ss.        .        .        . 
a  Chist  14s.  hatt  press  &  Forme  10s.  baskett  28.  glasses  10s. 
.a  Tape  loome  Is.  4d.  hatchell  15s.  Wheels  15s. 
To  severall  smale  Things  in  the  out  roome, 
To  5  basketts  Ss.  Butchers  ax  5s.  four  chists  &  others 
Come  in  the  Barne  £7,  10s.  Indian  Corne  £7,  Wheat  £1,  7s 

Flax  £1,  53.  Gates  £8,  Hay  £20 

Wooll  £3,  9s.  butter  £1,  17s.  Cyder  £1,  Things  £4,  Ms. 

2  Saddles  £3,  Bridle  2s.  6d.  Fan  lOs.  others 

2  Cowhides  18s.  Four  Oxen  £20,  Eight  Cows  £24,  a  4  year  old  £4 
3,  2  year  olds  £6,  two  2  yeare  olds  £4    . 

one  horse  £4,  two  3  yeare  olds  horses  in  the  Woods  £4, 

more  £4,  Swine  £15,  two  Stocks  bees  hives  £1,  6s. 

39  Sheep  £18,  lOs.  old  dishes  three  shillings, 

Cart  Irons  £2,  46  lbs.  beefe  7s.  8d.  ploughs  £1.      . 

horse  geers,  £1,  4s.  harrow  los.  Chains  £1,  4s. 

Cart  rope  lOs.  haire  rope  5s.  forks  5s.     . 

Fetters  6s.  100  rayles  £1,  posts  lOs.  mattuck  5s. 

House  homelott  £150,  Land  in  Cooper's  quarters  £140, 

20  Acres  Slill  Rock  £40.     One  acre  &  i  Governor's  Quar.  £4,  lOs. 

6  acres  in  Little  quarter  £18,  in  W^estfleld  £12, 

20^  acres  in  neck  £40,  at  the  Farm  20  acres  £20, 

2^  Acres  meadow  neck        ..... 

Meadow  at  the  West  bridge  3  acres  \      .        .        . 

Meadow  at  the  Farme,  25  acres 

Land  at  Chestnut  hill  £15 

quarter  part  of  Sawmill  &  Swamp 

20  acres  of  Winter  Corne  now  on  the  ground 

an  old  pillion  6s. 


the  widdow  Abigail  Mansfield*    sworne  to  the 
&  Jonathan  Mansfield/   presentment 

Abraham  Bradley  }  sworne  to  the 
William  Thomson  {    aprizement 

Att  a  Court  of  Probate  Mar.  21,  1703. 


add 


02,  17,  00 

02,  11,  00 
01,  17,  00 
01,  17,  00 
00,  17,  00 

00,  12,  06 
18,  16,  00 
25,  13,  00 
04,  19,  00 

03,  04,  00 

01,  10,  08 

00,  17,  00 

01,  16,  00 
01,  11,  04 

00,  12,  00 

04,  01,  06 
15,  17,  00 

29,  05,  00 
11,  00,  00 
07,  19,  03 
48,  18,  00 
10,  00,  00 

.  08,  00,  00 
20,  06,  00 
18,  13,  00 
03,  07,  08 
03,  03,  00 

01,  00.  00 
.       02,  01,  00 

290,  00,  00 
44,  10,  00 

30,  00,  00 
60,  00,  00 

22,  10,  00 
35.  15,  00 

175,  00,  00 
15,  00,  00 

23,  00,  00 

09,  00,  00 
00,  06,  00 

£1016,  07,  05 

10,  16,  09 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  NAME. 


Prom  all  that  can  be  gathered  from  Encyclopedias,  and  other  sources,  it  would 
seem  the  name  originated  in  Saxon}'.  An  educated  German  who  has  been  in  this 
country  some  ten  years,  by  the  name  of  Mansfeld,  (he  spells  his  name  without  the 
i)  had  taken  nmch  pains  and  interest  to  ascertain  its  origin  years  ago,  and  has  at 
my  request  written  several  times  to  a  gentleman  in  the  city  of  Mansfeld,  in  Saxony, 
for  information.  Mr.  Mansfeld  writes,  "  It  is  clear  to  my  mind  that  all  the  English 
Mansfields  are  of  Saxon  origin.  The  name  Mansfield  and  Mansfeld  means  the  same 
in  both  languages,  viz.  "  A  Man  in  the  field."  How  the  name  originated  in  En- 
gland after  the  Saxons  mixed  with  the  Normans,  Danes,  Celts  and  others  is  easily 
explained,  no  man  in  America  for  instance  would  call  me  Mansfeld,  but  Mansfield, 
in  the  same  way  no  doubt  many  a  German  or  Saxon  name  was  changed  in  England, 
and  this  is  done  even  now  very  often  in  the  U.  S.  English  speaking  people  make 
Hough  out  of  the  German  Hoff.  Herkhimer  out  of  Herkheimer  and  hundreds  of 
others  which  I  observe  myself  in  this  country.  "The  shield  on  the  Tower  in  the 
City  of  Mansfeld  in  Saxony  shows  the  origin  of  the  name,  "  A  man  in  the  Field," 
"  A  Knight  who  first  appeared  as  the  Defender  of  his  Country."  "The  noble  Family 
of  Mansfeld  of  Germany  is  very  old,  traces  back  almost  to  the  time  of  Charlemagne  ; ' ' 
and  flourishes  down  to  the  present  time  .-  as  the  following  extract  will  show,  which 
is  copied  from  the  extended  account  of  the  great  celebration  of  the  unveiling  of  the 
Bronze  Statue  of  Luther  at  Eisleben  (adjacent  to  Mansfeld)  on  his  four  hundredth 
birth  day,  Nov.  10th,  1883.  From  the  description  of  the  long  Historical  possession, 
we  extract  the  following: 

CITY    HKKALD3. 

At  the  head  of  the  procession  walked  several  elegantly  caparisoned  horses.  Aftw 
them  marched  a  herald  with  the  emblems  of  the  new  German  Empire.  He  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  horseman  with  a  kettle  drum.  The  drummer  was  clothed  in  a  suit  of 
red  and  white,  the  colors  of  the  city  of  Mansfeld.  He  was  followed  by  twelve 
trumpeters.  Then  came,  in  blue  and  white  colors,  the  herald  of  the  city  of  Eisleben. 
The  Burgomaster  and  his  staff,  with  a  crowd  of  citizens,  welcomed  the  procession. 

THE    HOUSE   OF    MANSFELD. 

At  the  gates  of  the  city  they  joined  the  procession.  The  color  bearers  of  the 
Counts  of  Mansfeld  came  with  some  of  the  noblemen,  bearing  their  coats  of  arms. 
They  were  followed  by  a  large  crowd  of  falconers  and  hunters  on  horseback  and  on 
foot.  On  a  large  horse  rode  the  armour  bearer  of  the  house  of  the  Counts  of  Mans- 
feld, followed  by  a  splendid  troop  of  noblemen  of  the  Golden  Aue.  Then  were 
seen  the  Counts  von  Mansfeld  Albrecht  and  Gebhard  themselves,  with  their  wives, 
daughters  and  the  young  counts  who  were  able  to  master  horses.     In  this  part  of 


APPENDIX.  167 

the  procession  were  seen  many  garbs  made  out  of  brocade  or  Venetian  mantles  of 
silk  or  velvet  suits  and  robes  trimmed  with  real  embroidery  of  Flanders. 

THS  BBNAIS8AN0B. 

Herewith  was  given  a  true  picture  of  the  lustre  and  glory  of  the  time  of  the  Ren- 
aissance. So  everything  shows  the  immense  wealth  and  opulence  of  the  Counts  of 
Mansfeld.  With  great  favor  also  was  welcomed  the  Prince  Wolfgang  of  Anhalt, 
who  rode  on  a  vivacious  battle  horse.  He  was  conducted  by  his  banner  bearers 
and  marshals  of  his  court,  and  he  presented  himself  as  a  stately  hero.  As  he  likes 
very  much  the  noble  sport  of  hunting  he  was  accompanied  by  many  hunters. 


SKETCH  OF  THE  MILITAKY  HISTOEY  OF  COL.  LYON. 


Col.  William  Lyon,  husband  of  Lois  Mansfield  C89),  was  one  of  the  original  65 
menobers  of  the  "  Second  Company  Governor's  Foot  Guards,"  organized  in  New  Ha- 
ven, in  January,  1775.  Among  them  was  Benedict  Arnold  (the  traitor),  who  was 
chosen  their  Captain  ;  Thaddeous  Beecher,  a  "  merchant  50  years"  on  the  north- 
east corner  of  Chapel  and  Church  Sts. ;  James  Hillhouse,  Senator  to  Congress,  etc. ; 
the  noted  Pierpont  Edwards  ;  Deacon  Nathan  Beers,  Captain,  and  Paymaster  in 
the  war  of  the  Revolution,  (lived  to  be  96);  Amos  Doolittle,  the  Engraver,  who 
carried  on  his  business  a  great  many  years  on  the  west  side  of  College  St. ,  near 
Elm  St.  He  was  the  Engraver  and  publisher  of  the  well  known  large  engravings 
of  the  Battles  of  Lexington  and  Concord,  published  soon  after  they  took  place  ; 
and  for  many  years  engraved  the  plates  for  "  Silliman's  Journal  of  Science ;"  the 
well  known  Capt.  Hanover  Barney,  etc.  Immediately  after  the  Company  was 
organized,  they  employed  Edmund  Burke,  probably  a  foreigner,  and  the  one  re- 
ferred to  (77)  to  be  paid  £A  per  month,  as  company's  instructor.  When  the  news 
arrived,  Friday,  21st  of  April,  of  the  Battle  of  Lexington,  about  noon.  Captain 
Arnold  immediately  called  out  his  company  and  proposed  their  starting  for  Lexing- 
ton, to  join  the  American  army.  "  The  next  day  they  commenced  their  march, 
and  stopped  at  Wethersfield  the  second  night.  They  took  the  middle  road  through 
Pomfret,  at  which  place  they  were  joined  by  General  Putnam.  On  their  arrival 
at  Cambridge,  they  took  up  their  quarters  at  a  splendid  mansion  owned  by  Lieu- 
tenant Governor  Oliver,  who  was  obliged  to  flee  on  account  of  his  attachment  to 
the  British  cause.  The  company  was  the  only  one  on  the  ground  complete  in  their 
uniform  and  equipments,  and  owing  to  their  soldier-like  appearance,  were  ap- 
pointed to  deliver  the  body  of  a  British  officer,  who  had  been  taken  prisoner  by 
the  Americans  and  had  died  in  consequence  of  his  wounds  received  at  the  battle 
of  Lexington.  Upon  this  occasion,  one  of  the  British  ofiicers  appointed  to  receive 
the  body  from  the  guards,  expressed  his  surprise  at  seeing  an  American  company 
appear  so  well  in  every  respect,  observing  that  in  their  military  movements  and 
equipments  'they  were  not  excelled  by  any  of  His  Majesty's  troops.'  After  remain- 
ing nearly  three  weeks  in  Cambridge,  the  Guai'ds,  (except  those  who  remained  in 
the  army),  returned  to  New  Haven." 

In  1788,  Col.  Lyon  was  appointed  captain  of  this  company,  and  May  15th,  1795, 
he  resigned  his  office,  being  appointed  by  the  Hon.  General  Assembly,  colonel  of  a 
regiment.  The  following  address,  upon  taking  leave  of  the  company,  was  pre- 
served among  some  old  papers  in  the  possession  of  one  of  his  descendants : 

Gbntlbmkn  of  the  Govbbnok's  Guard  :  I  presume  the  present  occasion  is  the 
last  time  I  shall  have  the  pleasure  of  meeting  with  you  as  a  member.  I  therefore 
crave  your  patience  to  a  short  address. 

As  a  considerable  number  before  whom  I  now  speak  are  not  fully  acquainted 


APPENDIX.  159 

with  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  company,  it  may  not  be  improper  to  give  a  con- 
cise account  thereof  on  the  present  occasion.  In  the  fall  of  the  year  1774,  my 
very  dear  and  honored  friend,  Samuel  Greenough,  now  of  Boston,  proposed  to 
myself  and  a  few  others  of  his  friends,  the  raising  an  independent  company.  Fif- 
ty-eight gentlemen  soon  associated,  and  obtained  from  the  General  Assembly  of 
the.State,  in  January,  1775,  an  act  constituting  them  a  military  company.  At  their 
election  of  officers,  in  March  following,  Benedict  Arnold,  Esq.,  was  appointed 
captain,  he  entering  into  the  American  Army,  lose  to  rank  of  major-general.  His 
knowledge,  activity  and  bravery,  for  several  years,  and  his  final  infamous  defec- 
tion at  West  Point,  are  too  well  known  to  need  any  comment.  In  1779,  Hezekiah 
Sabin,  Esq.,  was  elected  captain,  and  being  promoted  to  the  command  of  a  regi- 
ment in  1780,  the  Hon.  James  Hillhouse  was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy.  In  1783, 
he  was  appointed  major  of  a  regiment,  but  resigning  both  that  and  the  command 
of  his  company,  he  was  succeeded  by  Daniel  Bishop,  Esq.,  who,  resigning  his 
commission  in  1786,  was  followed  by  Nathaniel  Fitch,  Esq.;  he  procuring  a  dis- 
mission in  October,  1788,  you  were  pleased  to  appoint  for  the  captain  the  man  who 
now  has  the  honor  of  addressing  you.  This  mark  of  your  esteem  was  gratifying 
my  ambition  to  the  utmost,  but  I  accepted  the  office  with  diffidence,  from  a  full 
conviction  that  I  was  placed  over  a  number  of  gentlemen,  on  many  accounts  my 
superiors. 

I  have  ever  aimed  at  the  greatest  impartiality  in  the  discharge  of  my  duty,  and 
to  the  utmost  of  my  power,  promoted  the  welfare,  the  honor,  and  the  privileges  of 
the  company.  If  my  conduct  on  the  whole  has  given  satisfaction,  I  rejoice,  and 
trust  that  your  candor  will  excuse  my  errors. 

In  May  the  last,  the  Hon.  General  Assejubly  were  pleased  to  give  me  the  command 
of  a  regiment,  a  task  to  which,  in  my  present  low  state  of  health,  I  feel  myself 
very  unequal.  I  consider  the  appointment  a  compliment  paid  this  company,  as  it 
sanctions  their  choice,  and  promotes  a  man  whom  they  had  first  distinguished. 
Twenty  years  have  elapsed  since  raising  this  company.  In  that  time  nineteen  per- 
sons have  died  belonging  to  it,  and  two  others,  who  had  been  members,  were  dis- 
missed. 

His  Excellency  the  Governor,  at  my  fourth  application,  has  granted  me  a  dis- 
mission from  the  command  of  the  Guards,  which  I  have  held  more  than  six  years, 
double  the  time  I  determined  or  expected,  on  my  accepting  the  commission.  I 
leave  behind  me  but  two  of  the  original  members.  I  should  be  guilty  of  black  in- 
gratitude if  I  did  not,  in  the  most  explicit  manner,  return  to  you  my  thanks  for  all 
the  obliging  marks  of  esteem  and  friendship  that  I  have  received  from  you,  for 
your  prompt  obedience  when  under  arms,  and  for  that  general  orderly  conduct, 
which  on  many  occasions,  and  particularly  in  October,  1793,  attracted  the  notice 
and  received  the  approbation  of  the  most  dignified  members  of  the  legislature. 
These  things,  while  they  give  the  company  respectability,  are  peculiarly  grateful 
to  the  officer  commanding.  I  cannot  express  my  feelings,  as  a  man,  nor  take  my 
leave  with  cold  indifference. 

Believe  me,  gentlemen,  from  the  long  intimate  acquaintance  and  mutual  exchange 
of  kind  offices,  you  are  become  deai-  to  me,  and  I  shall  ever  retain  a  pleasing  re- 
membrance of  the  many  days  we  have  passed  together  in  great  sociability,  a  pleas- 
ure that  has  never  been  alloyed  by  any  altercation  between  me  and  my  respected 
23 


170  MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 

Company.  In  every  situation  of  my  future  life,  ray  best  wishes,  and  on  every 
proper  occasion  my  best  services  attend  you.  Suffer  me  to  hope  that  this  afifection 
is  mutual,  and  that  the  members  of  this  Company  will  not  at  once  forget  a  man 
who  is  warmly  attached  to  them. 

I  have  no  doubt  that  your  conduct  under  your  new  captain  will  be  such  as  will 
do  you  and  him  honor,  nor  do  I  feel  at  all  abashed  in  delivering  over  to  any  gen- 
tleman, the  Company  I  have  lately  had  the  honor  to  command. 

Gentlemen,  I  bid  you  an  affectionate  farewell. 

WILLIAM  LYON. 


CAPT.  JOSEPH  MANSFIELD  (65). 

'THE    FOLLOWING    18    FROM   THE    LITCHFIELD  (CT. )  ENQUIEER "    OF  MAR.   18th,   1852 


THE  FATAL  SILVER  BULLET. 

A    NABBATIVE   OF   FA0T8. 


Captain  Joseph  Mansfield,  the  hero  of  the  following  revolutionary  iucident,  was 
for  more  than  thirty  years  a  resident  of  this  town,  parish  of  South  Farnas,  and  died 
here  in  1822.  He  is  spoken  of  by  our  elder  citizens,  as  a  true  patriot,  a  prompt  and 
eflBcient  officer,  and  a  most  worthy  citizen.  He  made  many  sacrifices  for  his  coun- 
try in  the  days  of  her  peril— and  lived  to  see  her  independent,  prosperous  and  great. 
His  name  is  worthy  of  being  remembered  among  tho.se  who  have  done  honor  to  our 
State,  and  as  one  whose  history  is  linked  with  that  of  the  nation  for  the  welfare 
and  gloiy  of  which  he  periled  his  life  and  sacrificed  his  estate.     Ed    Enquikee. 

In  the  summer  and  autumn  of  1777,  while  Sir  Wm.  Howe  with  a  fleet  and  part 
of  the  royal  army  were  lying  at  New  York,  General  Burgoyne  with  his  army  were 
advancing  from  Canada  towards  Albany. 

The  object  and  design  of  the  enemy  were  to  possess  themselves  of  Lake  Cham- 
plain,  with  the  whole  of  the  Hudson,  and  thereby  to  cut  off  all  intercourse  and  com- 
munication between  the  Eastern  and  Southern  States.  For  the  purpose  of  watch- 
ing the  motions  and  annoying  the  operations  of  the  hostile  armies,  General  Wash- 
ington had  directed  small  bodies  of  troops  to  be  stationed  at  Fishkill,  Redhook, 
Greenbush,  and  several  other  places  on  the  east  .side  of  the  river  between  New 
York  and  Albany,  with  strict  orders  to  take  up  and  examine  all  strangers  travelling 
lip  and  down  the  river, — either  by  laud  or  water;  and  if  detected  in  espionage,  or 
employed  in  comnninicating  information  between  the  British  armies,  to  be  punished 
according  to  the  rules  of  war. 

About  the  first  of  September  a  pedestrian  passing  northwardly  was  hailed  and 
stopped  by  a  .sentinel  of  the  guard  stationed  at  Redhook,  and  commanded  byCapt. 
Joseph  Mansfield,  of  Connecticut.  The  man  was  about  thirty  years  of  age,  and 
clothed  in  the  habit  of  a  farmer.  He  was  conducted  to  the  guard-house.  Capt. 
M.,  inquired  of  him  his  name,— the  place  of  his  residence,  as  well  as  that  to  which 
he  was  going,  his  business  there,  &e.  He  replied  by  giving  a  name  and  stated  that 
he  belonged  to  the  place  below  Redliook,  and  was  a  farmer— that  lie  was  on  his  way 
to  the  next  town  above  with  a  view  to  purchase  a  pair  of  oxen  from  a  farmer  of  his 
acquaintance  living  there.  He  was  asked  whether  he  had  about  him  any  letter  or 
other  communication  from  Lord  Howe,  or  any  other  other  British  officer  at  New 
York,  addressed  to  Gen.  Burgoyne,  or  any  officer  in  his  army  ?  To  which  he 
promptly  answered  in  the  negative,  Capt.  M.  then  told  him  that  such  were  the  or- 
ders of  his  superior  officer,  that  it  became  his  duty  to  search  the  person  of  every 
traveller  under  similar  circumstances ;  to  which  he  replied,  he  had  no  objection  to 
being  searched,— Capt.  M.  then  directed  two  or  three  of  the  guard  to  take  off  his 
coat  and  examine  the  pockets,— lining,  and  every  other  part  critically.     While  this 


172  MAKSFIELD   GEKEALOGY. 

was  doiug,  oue  of  the  guards  observed  the  prisoner  to  pass  his  hand  with  a  quick 
motion  from  his  vest  pocket  to  his  raouth,  and  by  tlie  motion  of  his  chin  seemed  to 
be  swallowing  something  that  "  went  down  rather  hard,"  as  he  expressed  himself. 
The  search,  however,  continued  and  was  finished,  without  any  discovery  which 
would  justify  the  farther  detention  of  the  prisoner.  Capt.  M.  was  then  informed 
of  the  suspicious  circumstances  noticed  by  the  guard. 

What  was  now  to  be  done  ?  Strong  suspicion  had  attached  itself  to  the  stranger, 
but  no  positive  proof  had  yet  appeared  against  him.  An  expedient  soon  suggested 
itself  to  the  ready  thoughts  of  our  Yankee  Captain.  He  observed  to  the  prisoner, 
* '  we  have  detained  you  on  your  journej'  for  some  length  of  time,  and  subjected  you 
to  pretty  strict  examination.  I  feel  bound  by  the  rules  of  civility  to  treat  you  to  a 
bowl  of  toddy  before  j^ou  proceed  on, — and  if  you  will  drink  with  us  you  shall  be 
made  welcome." — The  man  was  pleased  with  the  invitation  and  readily  agreed  to 
accept  it.  The  Captain  took  upon  himself  the  office  of  bar-keeper  and  soon  pre- 
pared the  toddy.  To  make  it  genuine  and  answer  the  purpose  for  which  he  wanted  it, 
he  stirred  in  a  good  and  sufficient  dose  of  tartar  emetic.  Our  stranger  being  thirsty 
and  somewhat  fatigued  by  travelling,  drank  very  freely  of  the  beverage,  while  the 
Captain  and  others  present  barely  tasted  and  passed  it  around. 

A  free  conversation  soon  commenced  between  the  stranger  and  his  new  acquaint- 
ances. He  inquired  of  Capt.  M.  the  number  of  men  under  his  command  and  at 
the  different  military  stations  above  Redhook,  whether  they  were  furnished  with 
field  pieces  or  any  kind  of  cannon — what  number  of  sentinels  were  placed  on  the 
watch  at  a  time — how  often, — and  at  what  time  in  the  night  they  relieved, 
&c.,  &c.  About  twelve  or  fifteen  minutes  after  the  toddy  went  round  and  went 
down,  our  guest  began  to  grow  pale  and  look  wild, — "  something "  said  he  "is  the 
matter  with  me  ;  I  feel  very  sick  at  mj' stomach  all  at  once  I"  He  rose  immediately 
from  his  seat  and  went  out  into  the  wood-yard,  where  a  quantity  of  chips  were  lying, 
and  soon  began  to  evacuate  his  stomach.  He  was  carefully  watched  by  Capt.  M., 
and  several  of  the  guard,  and  was  seen  by  them  to  draw  with  his  foot  a  parcel  of 
the  chips  over  the  matter  emitted  from  his  stomach  before  he  returned  into  the 
house.  While  he  was  rinsing  his  mouth  in  the  house,  Capt.  M.  directed  a  search 
to  be  made  among  the  chips,  where  was  soon  found  a  silver  ball,  of  the  size  of  a 
small  musket  ball,  made  bj'  two  pieces  of  very  thinly  plated  silver,  bent  round,  and 
slightly  sodered  together.  Inclosed  in  this  fatal  bullet,  was  found  a  letter  on  silk 
paper,  signed  by  Lord  Howe.— addressed  to  Gen.  Burgoyne,  giving  information 
respecting  the  situation  of  the  royal  fleet  and  army  at  New  York,  and  requesting 
advice  from  the  General  by  the  bearer,  what  progress  he  was  making  with  the  array 
under  his  command  toward  Albany,  and  at  what  place  he  expected  to  meet  him. 
But  the  deciphering  and  reading  the  letter  presented  at  first  another  piizzel  for  the 
Yankee  Captain.  It  commenced  "  in  the  words  and  figures  following,"  (viz.)  "  M 
6  d  21  t  S3  r  b  6  t  h  2  b  21  r  2  r  y  15  w  3  1  1  1  21  r  n."  &c.  Aftera  little  examina- 
tion and  study,  however,  the  difficulty  was  overcome.  It  was  discovered  that  the 
arithmetical  figures  up  to  6  inclusive,  were  substituded  for  our  vowels,  thus  a  1,  e  2,  i 
3,  o  4,  u  5,  y  6.  The  key  being  now  found  immediately  unlocked  the  whole  contents 
of  the  silver  bullet.  The  bearer  of  course  was  continued  in  custody,  and  a  court- 
martial  speedily  formed,  by  whom  on  the  clearest  evidence  of  guilt,— the  unfortu- 
nate prisoner  was  convicted,  sentenced,  and  executed. 


LETTER  FROM  JARED  MANSFIELD  (COL.  JARED,  84) 
TO  HIS  BROTHER  HENRY. 

(this   henry    was  the   father   of  the   late  OEN.  J.    K.    F.    MAN8FIKLD.) 


Dear  Brother  London  Derrt,  May  23,  1785. 

We  airived  here  Apr.  7,  after  a  tedious  passage  of  seven  weeks,  dur- 
ing the  greater  part  of  wliicli  time,  we  had  most  violent  storms  &  very  heavy  galea 
of  wind  :  not  a  dry  deciv  during  the  whole  passage.  No  one  who  had  experienced 
the  like  would  ever  wish  to  tempt  the  seas  again.  I  hope  however  it  has  been 
beneficial  to  my  health,  as  1  have  felt  much  better  ever  since,  and  we  are  now  in  a 
flue  temperate  climate,  and  there  are  many  matters  here,  to  excite  one's  curiosity, 
and  give  pleasure— among  the  rest  which  I  think  would  be  an  object  with  you— 
as  fine  ladies  as  ever  I  saw  ;  surprisingly  enchanting  in  their  conversation  &c  man- 
ners, these  may  be  seen  every  evening  in  abundance,  walking  on  the  walls— & 
though  exclusive  of  the  quality,  the  people  are  very  poor— yet  they  are  remarkable 
for  content  and  cheerfulness,  which  makes  them  happy  in  their  station — much 
more  so  than  ours  who  have  the  means  of  living  better.  I  cannot  at  present  give 
a  particular  description  of  this  country,  so  old,  populous,  &  different  from  ours, 
but  must  defer  it  till  I  arrive  at  New  Haven.  From  this  place  we  expect  soon  to 
sail  for  Loudon,  the  Capitol  of  the  World,  where  I  shall  have  a  greater  scope  for 
curiosity  &  where,  what  small  business  I  have,  must  be  done.  Nothing  can  be 
purchased  here  to  advantage,  except  linen,  &  even  that,  I  am  imformed,  may  be 
had  cheaper  at  London,  there  being  the  place  where  the  prodigious  quantity  of 
linen,  manufactured  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  is  sent  to.  I  apprehend,  we  shall  not 
arrive  there,  till  the  5th  of  June,  it  being  a  great  distance  from  here,  and  the  nayi- 
gation  difficult.  But  when  I  arrive  there,  I  shall  write  the  first  opportunity- 
Give  my  kindest  respects  to  the  best  of  mothers,  to  m}^  dear  sister  Grace,  &  Sally 
if  you  have  an  opportunity.  To  sister  Douglas,  Mrs.  Smith  &  all  enquiring  friends — 
I  hope  to  see  them  again  next  autumn  in  good  health,  though,  I  am  afraid  not  ^g 
soon  as  they  expect— for  passages  across  the  Atlantic,  are  commonly  very  loijg  ^t 

that  season. 

1  am  your  aflectionftle  brother, 

JARED  MANSFIELD. 
Letter  from  Mas.  Prof.  Da  vies, 

To  Mr.  H.  Mas^sfield,  Publisher. 

New  Haven,  Oonnsotiodt. 

FI8HKILL-ON-THE-HdD90N, 

Dear  Sir:  '  ^<*y  28^*,  1884. 

1  send  you  a  copy  of  a  letter  written  99  years  ago,  by  my  Father  ; 
then  twenty-six  years  of  age.  His  health  had  been  injured  by  hard  study,  and  he 
had  crossed  the  Atlantic,  in  hopes  to  benefit  it.  Should  you  wish  to  publish  it  in 
your  book,  concerning  the  Mansfield  family,  you  are  welcome  to  do  so. 

Respectfully,  ^^^^  ^^  ^^^^^^ 


*'  UELATION,"  OF  THANKFUL  TODD. 


The  following  "Relation,"  as  it  was  called,  was  preserved  and  handed  down,  and 
the  original  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  John  Mansfield,  in  Ashtabula  Co., 
Ohio,  a  great  grandson  of  Tiianliful  Todd.  She  wrote  it  in  1736,  when  17  years 
of  age,  preliminar}'  to  joining  the  first  Church  in  New  Haven,  as  was  the  custom 
in  those  days.  Deacon  Joel  Blalicsley  of  Bridgeport,  Ct.,  whose  wife  is  a  sister 
of  the  above  John  Mansfield,  furnished  a  copy  of  it  for  the  work,  and  will  doubtless 
be  read  witli  much  interest  as  a  rare  document  of  those  early  times.  She  was  a 
great  granddaughter  of  CJhristopher  Todd,  one  of  tlie  first  settlers  of  New  Haven, 
in  1638  or  9,  and  ancestor  of  about  all  the  Todds  in  New  Haven,  and  adjacent 
Towns.  She  married  David  Punderson  of  New  Haven,  and  their  eldest  daughter 
Hannah,  of  their  twelve  children,  married  Joseph  Mansfield,  a  Captain  in  Col.  Meigs 
Regiment,  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.     See  No.  65. 

Come  and  hear  all  ye  that  fear  God  and  I  will  declare  what  He  hath  done  for 
my  soul.  It  is  of  the  Lord's  mercy  I  am  not  consumed,  and  that  because  His  com- 
passions fail  not.  My  father  was  taken  off  by  death  when  I  was  young,  (six 
years  of  age).  My  mother  has  l)een  frequently  counciliing  me  to  seek  the  Lord  in 
my  youth,  and  told  me  that  then  was  the  best  time  to  get  an  interest  in  Christ. 
But  I  was  for  delaying  in  these  matters  thinking  that  there  would  be  time  enough 
hereafter  to  mind  my  soul,  and  so  I  laid  the  reins  on  the  neck  of  my  lusts,  and 
went  on  in  almost  all  manner  of  sins,  but  especially  profanation  of  the  Lord's  days, 
l)y  which  I  have  dishonored  God  and  brought  shame  to  myself.  I  heard  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Williams  from  Matt.  34th,  44th.  Therefore  be  ye  also  ready  for  in  such  an  hour 
as  ye  think  not  tlje  Son  of  Man  cometh,  which  much  awakened  me  but  not  unto 
righteousness.  I  was  afraid  to  go  to  God  and  afraid  to  neglect  it.  I  was  some- 
times ready  to  fear  the  earth  would  swallow  me  up.  After  this  I  heard  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Noyes  from  Acts  2nd,  37tb.  Now  when  they  heard  this  they  were  pricked  in 
their  hearts  and  said  unto  Peter  and  to  the  rest  of  the  Apostles,  men  and  breth- 
ren what  shall  we  do  ':*  I  thought  I  was  never  brougiit  to  enquire  in  earnest 
what  shall  I  do  to  be  saved.  I  was  further  awakened  by  reading  Mr.  Baxter's 
Call  to  the  unconverted;  after  this  it  pleased  the  Lord  to  lay  his  hand  upon  me  by 
sickness.  Then  in  my  distress  1  was  ready  to  make  manj'  promises  that  if  God 
would  spare  my  life  I  would  live  more  to  his  glory  than  ever  yet  I  had  done.  It 
pleased  the  Lord  to  restore  me  to  some  measure  of  liealth  :  then  I  thought  of  per- 
forming m\'  promises,  but  found  I  liad  no  heart.  I  was  afraid  to  look  to  an  offended 
God.  Those  words  were  a  terror  to  me.  Hell  from  beneath  is  moved  to  meet  tliee 
at  thy  coming,  it  sloreth  up  the  dead  for  thee— Also  those  words  —Rise  up  ye  women 
that  are  at  ease,  hear  my  voice  ye  careless  daughters,  give  ear  unto  my  speech.  I 
thought  I  was  one  of  the  careless  daughters  that  had  need  to  bestir  myself —As  also 
Micah  2nd,  10th.  arise  depart  for  this  is  not  your  rest,  &c.  I  thought  this  was 
a  call  to  me  to  depart  away  from  my  sin.s,  but  I  found  I  was  unwilling  to  leave 
them,  and  cast  all  upon  Christ,  and  rely  wholly  and  alone  upon  him  for  mercy. 


APPENDIX.  175 

Thus  I  remained  for  a  time.     I  went  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Noyes  and  told  him  something 
of  my  condition,  and  he  instructed  me. 

I  have  been  encouraged  from  these  words— And  the  servant  said,  Lord  it  is  done 
as  tliou  hast  commanded  and  yet  there  is  room ;  and  as  I  was  musing  upon  the  bound- 
less mercy  of  God's  goodness  to  me,  I  saw  as  I  never  before  did— and  I  desire  to 
bless  the  name  of  God  for  it— for  then  I  saw  it  was  not  in  my  own  strength  that  I 
must  go  to  God,  but  in  the  strength  of  Christ  who  has  died  for  me,  and  how  just  it 
would  be  for  God  to  reject  me  and  cast  me  off,  and  I  was  even  astonished  that  I 
Avas  out  of  hell.  I  took  my  Bible  and  happily  lit  upon  Isaiah,  49th,  8th,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  in  an  acceptable  time  have  I  heard  thee,  and  in  a  day  of  salvation  have  I 
helped  thee.  I  was  brought  to  see  the  willingness  of  Christ  to  save  sinners.  I  hope 
I  have  been  made  sensible  of  the  evil  of  sin,  and  how  it  is  displeasing  unto  a  great 
and  Glorious  God,  and  hurtful  unto  men.  I  hope  I  have  been  made  sensible  of  my 
perishing  state  out  of  Christ  and  have  fled  to  Him  for  refuge  who  is  the  alone  hope 
set  before  me.  1  hope  I  find  in  myself  hungerings  and  thirstings  after  righteousness. 
I  find  in  myself  a  love  to  God's  ways  and  people  and  desire  to  give  up  myself  soul 
and  body  unto  Christ  in  a  covenant  to  be  cleansed  and  saved,  and  to  be  humbling 
myself  before  God  and  His  people  this  day  that  I  have  so  long  stood  as  a  dry  tree  in 
God's  vineyard.  I  also  desire  the  prayers  of  all  those  that  have  an  interest  at  the 
Throne  of  Grace,  for  me,  that  I  may  walk  worthy  of  the  profession  which  I  now 
make,  and  that  they  would  council  me  and  instruct  me,  and  if  need  be  reprove  me 
— Let  the  righteous  reprove  me  and  it  will  be  an  excellent  oil,  it  shall  not  break  my 
head. — I  desire  to  come  among  Christ's  friends  tho'  very  unworthy,  and  to  join  with 
this  Church  of  Christ  if  I  may  be  allowed. 

THANKFUL  TODD. 
1786. 


I  isr  D  E  x 


INDEX  OF  THE  MALE  MANSFIELDS, 

In  the  regular  order  as  they  occur  in  the  Book,  (except  young  children),  with  date 
of  births,  and  names  of  wives  (first  wives  only;,  and  residence. 


Birth 

s. 

Wives. 

Residence. 

Pwget. 

1636. 

Joseph. 

Mary , 

"Mansfield  Farms, "5-  9 

1639. 

Moses,  Maj., 

Mercy  Glover. 

New  Haven. 

6-12 

1672. 

Joseph, 

Elizabeth , 

Mansfield  Farms, 

10-19 

1677. 

Ebenezer, 

Hannah  Bassett. 

Mansfield  Farms, 

11-22 

1681. 

Japhet, 

Hannah  Bradley, 

Mansfield  Farms, 

11-22 

1671. 

Samuel, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

14 

1674. 

Moses,  Capl., 

Margaret  Proul, 

New  Haven, 

14-23 

1686. 

Jonathan,  Dea., 

Sarah  Ailing, 

New  Haven, 

15-27 

1704. 

John, 

liydia  Tuttle, 

New  Haven. 

19-37 

1708. 

Joseph, 

Phebe  Bassett, 

Mansfield  Farms, 

19-37 

1710. 

Amos,            , 



Mansfield  Farms, 

20 

Josiah, 

Married , 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

20-40 

1713. 

Thomas, 

Hannah  Goodyear, 

North  Haven  Ct., 

21-40 

1715. 

Ebenezer, 

Unmarried, 

Mansfield  Farins, 

22 

1711. 

Samuel, 

.  Susanna  Mansfield, 

New  Haven, 

22 

1708. 

Japhet, 

Ruth  Tuttle, 

Mansfield  Farms, 

22 

1711. 

Daniel, 

Unmarried,     • 

New  Haven, 

24 

1717. 

Samuel, 

Esther  Hall, 

New  Haven, 

24 

1709. 

Moses, 

Ann  Mary  Kierstead. 

New  Haven, 

27-41 

1716. 

Stephen,  C'apt., 

Hannah  Beach, 

New  Haven, 

27-42 

1718. 

Nathan, 

Deborah  Dayton, 

New  Haven, 

28-49 

1723. 

Richard,  Rev.  Dr., 

Anna  Hull, 

Derby,  Ct, 

31-64 

1742. 

David, 

Eunice  Peck, 

Harwinton,  Ct. 

37-69 

1733. 

Dan. 

U 

Sarah,  prpb.  Cooper, 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

37 

178 


MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 


Births. 

Wives. 

Residence. 

Pages. 

1734. 

Titus, 

Mabel  Todd, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

38-70 

1737. 

Joseph,  Capt., 

Hannah  Punderson, 

Mansfield  Farms, 

38-71 

Josiab, 

Hannah , 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

40-72 

1744. 

Uzal, 

Rachel  Sperry, 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

40-73 

1740. 

Samuel, 

Unmarried, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

40 

1739. 

Jonathan,  ("apt., 

Mary  Dorchester, 

New  Haven, 

41-73 

1749. 

Moses, 

Widow  Dodd, 

New  Haven, 

41 

1751. 

(James)  Kierstead, 

Mary  Hitchcock, 

New  Haven, 

41-76 

1759. 

Jared,  Col., 

Elizabeth  Phipps, 

Cincinnati,  0., 

43-77 

1762. 

Henry, 

Mary  Fenno, 

New  Haven, 

45-90 

1748. 

Nathan, 

Anna  Tomlinson, 

Derby,  Ct., 

53-98 

1750. 

William, 

Elizabeth  Lyon, 

New  Haven, 

53-99 

1851. 

Achilles,  Rev., 

Mrs.  Sarah  Huntingtor 

1,  Killingworth,  Ct., 

55-102 

1761. 

Elisha, 

New  Haven, 

61 

1767. 

Glover, 

Mary  Aikens, 

New  Haven, 

61-112 

1752. 

Richard, 

Abiah  Shelton, 

Derby,  Ct., 

64-115 

1763. 

Joseph, 

Derby,  Ct., 

66 

1764. 

William, 

Eunice  Hull, 

Derby,  Ct., 

66-115 

1765. 

Stephen, 

Unmarried, 

Derby,  Ct., 

66 

1757. 

Ebenezer, 

Mary  Lewis, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

7a-ii7 

1758. 

Enos, 

Elizabeth  Jacobs, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

70-117 

1763. 

Richard, 

Mary  Stiles, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

70-118 

1770. 

Titus, 

Hannah  Ives, 

Hamden,  Ct. , 

70-118 

1772. 

Jesse, 

Keziah  Stiles, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

70-118 

Lemuel, 

Mary  Cooper, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

71-118 

1778. 

Joel, 

Tir;ia  Jacobs, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

71  119 

1762. 

Charles, 

Molly  Howard, 

Winche8ter,N.  H. 

71-119 

1764. 

Elisha, 

Rebecca  Camp, 

Canaan,  Ct., 

71-123 

1767. 

Joseph, 

Canaan,  Ct., 

71 

1772. 

David, 

Louisa  Harmon, 

Westmoreland,  N.Y. 

,  71-123 

1774. 

William  P., 

Sally  Mills, 

Litchfield,  Ct., 

72-12^ 

1776. 

JohnT., 

Dolly  Steele, 

Litchfield,  Ct., 

72-128 

1782. 

Timothy, 

Annie  Carter, 

Salisbury,  Ct., 

72-130 

Josiah, 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

72-131 

1774. 

Uri, 

Eunice  Atwater, 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

73-131 

1786. 

Ebenezer, 

Sally  Hill, 

73-132 

1775. 

Jonathan, 

Hannah  Dougal, 

New  Haven, 

76-132 

1777. 

Kierstead, 

Anna  Thompson, 

New  Haven, 

76-133 

1801. 

Edward  D., 

Mary  Peck, 

Cincinnati,  O., 

77-13^ 

1786. 

Henry  Stephen, 

Elizabeth  Buffum, 

Slatcrsville,  R.  I., 

90-134 

1788. 

John  Fenno,  Capt., 

Unmarried, 

Cincinnati,  0., 

90 

1803. 

Joseph  K.  F.,  Gen., 

Louisa  M.  Mather, 

Middletown,  Ct., 

91-135 

1774. 

Jared, 

Mrs.  Eunice  Lum, 

Derby,  Ct., 

98-135 

1777. 

William, 

Sarah  Oaks, 

New  Haven, 

99-135 

1786. 

Isaac, 

Texas, 

100 

1798. 

Lucius, 

Winter, 

Lumpkin,  Ga., 

101 

INDEX. 


179 


tiirtii 

(X. 

Wives. 

BeddenM. 

Page*. 

1820. 

Benjamin  Franklin 

!,   Harriet  Janet  Clark, 

New  Haven, 

103-136 

1825. 

Frederick, 

Emily  Barnes, 

Fair  Haven,  Ct., 

103-136 

1784. 

Nathan, 

Unmarried, 

Killingworth,  Ct. 

103 

1793. 

Giles, 

Harriet  Stanley, 

New  Haven, 

113-136 

1795. 

Nathan, 

Maria  Sheppard, 

Oxford,  Ct., 

113-137 

1796. 

Eli, 

Nancy  B.  Hard  wick. 

Sparta,  Ga., 

113-138 

1804. 

Andrew, 

Cahill', 

Ohio, 

113 

1808. 

Horace, 

Mary  J.  Dimock, 

New  Haven, 

114-138 

1810. 

William  A., 

Minerva  Monk, 

Plymouth,  Ct., 

115 

1791. 

Ebenezer,  Junr. , 

Laura  Stiles, 

North  Haven,  Ct. 

117-141 

John  Lewia, 

Martha  Burnham, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117-141 

1793. 

Lyman, 

Abtah  Cooper, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117-142 

1794. 

Seymour, 

Almera  Bassett, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117-143 

1786. 

Leveret, 

Sally  Sanford, 

Esperance,  N.  Y. , 

118-143 

1790. 

Richard, 

Charlotte  Potter, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

118-144 

Stiles, 

Married , 

Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 

118 

1795. 

Eli9,s,. 

Mary  Todd, 

Sandersfield,  Mass., 

118-144 

r8oi. 

J  esse  M., 

Charlotte  Heaton, 

New  Haven, 

118-145 

John, 

Unmarried, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

118 

1801. 

Jared, 

Sally  B.  Bradley, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

119-145 

1806. 

John  Henry, 

Eliza  Mansfield, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

119-146 

1808. 

Liverons, 

Esther  J.  Osborne, 

Livingston,  N.  Y., 

119-146 

1812. 

Orrin, 

Betsey  A.  Bishop, 

Sherwood,  Wis. , 

119-146 

1«16. 

John  Leveret, 

Unmarried, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

119 

1799. 

Riley, 

Betsy  Chase, 

Fayston,  Vt., 

119-146 

1804. 

Martin, 

Unmarried, 

Winchester,  N.  H. 

131 

1809. 

Charles, 

Lucy  B.  Burbauk, 

Winchester,  N.  H. 

131-147 

1807. 

Elisha  D. , 

Fanny  Munson, 

Canaan,  Ct., 

132-147 

Phineas, 

Canaan,  Ct., 

122 

...... 

William. 

Canaan,  Ct., 

122 

1798. 

Warren, 

Married , 

Westmoreland,  N.Y. 

133-148 

1809. 

William  Punderson, 

Unmarried, 

Westmoreland,  N.  Y, 

.  132 

1811. 

Charles  M  , 

Lucy  M.  Littlejohn, 

Westmoreland,  N.Y. 

,  133-148 

1816. 

David, 

Susan  Ann  Gower, 

Westmoreland,  N.Y. 

133-148 

1835. 

Joseph  Lafayette, 

Maria  L.  Weaver, 

Grandin,  Dakota, 

123-148 

1810. 

Bradley  Mills, 

Kent,  Ct., 

127 

1816. 

Lewis  William, 

Carrie  M.  Bayard, 

Cohoes,  N.  Y. 

127-149 

1806. 

Joseph  Punderson, 

Married, . 

Shelby  Co. ,  Iowa, 

128 

1808. 

Lemuel  Steel, 

Susan  A.  Carter, 

Durant,  Iowa, 

128-149 

1818. 

John, 

Sarah  W.  Wiard, 

Cleveland,  0., 

130 

1830. 

Punderson, 

Married , 

130 

1811. 

James  Punderson, 

Betsy  Moore, 

Detroit,  Mich., 

130 

1773. 

Josiah, 

Anna  Dickerman, 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

131-149 

1806. 

William  W., 

Nancy  Tripp, 

Middlebury,  Ct. , 

132-150 

Chester  D.,  Capt., 

Esther  Austin, 

Fair  Haven,  Ct. , 

132-150 

1810. 

Charles, 

Alma  Fox, 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

133 

180 


MANSFIELD    GENEALOGY. 


Births. 

Wives. 

Residence. 

Pages. 

1816. 

Alinon, 

Elizabeth  Pope, 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

132 

1818. 

Shelden, 

Eliza  Cowles, 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

13^151 

1831. 

Edward  Jared, 

Unmarried, 

Cincinnati,  0., 

133 

1834. 

Charles  Da'vies, 

Anna  Beck, 

Washington,  DC.  133 

1848. 

Francis  W.,  Lt., 

Unmarried, 

Ft.  Leaven  worth,  K.,  133 

1818. 

Henry  Stephen,  Jr., 

Emily  Far  nam, 

Millville,  Mass., 

134-151 

1820. 

John  Penno, 

Fanny  E.  Batchelder, 

Smithfield,  R.  I 

.,134 

1824. 

Joseph  King  Fen  no, 

Elizabeth  Andrews, 

Rah  way,  N.  J., 

134-151 

1827. 

Jared, 

Harriet  Ayer, 

Newton,  Mass., 

134-151 

1829. 

William, 

Sally  Ann  Burt, 

Columbia,  Oal., 

134-152 

1839. 

Samuel  Marther,  Maj., 

Annie  Baldwin  Wright, 

Galveston,  Texas,  135 

1845. 

Henry  Livingston, 

Adeline  0.  Carter, 

Middletown,  Ct 

,135-152 

1808. 

Stephen, 

Caroline  Oatraan, 

Bethany,  Ct., 

135-152 

1812. 

Nathan  Glover, 

Theodocia  Parker, 

Easton,  Pa., 

135-152 

1805. 

William  L., 

Elizabeth  Bradley, 

New  Haven, 

135-153 

1809. 

Henry, 

Julia  C.  Trowbridge, 

New  Haven, 

136-153 

1818. 

Leonard, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

136 

1848. 

Edward  Franklin, 

Kate  Coale  Goodnow, 

New  Haven, 

136-153 

1852. 

William  Frederick, 

Esther  Eleanor  WedmoreFair  Haven, 

136-153 

1856. 

Frank  Jared, 

Alice  Enola Wilson, 

Fair  Haven, 

136 

1818. 

George  Stanley, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

137 

1819. 

John  W., 

Mary  A.  Macumber, 

New  Haven, 

137^153 

1825. 

Theodore  D., 

Mary  Atkins  Leeds, 

Boston, 

137-154 

1830. 

Heniy  Whiting, 

Julia  A.  Macumber, 

New  Haven, 

137-154 

1854. 

Joseph  Deming, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

137 

1821. 

Charles  Henry, 

Unmarried, 

California, 

137 

1823. 

Samuel  Howell, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

137 

1825. 

Frederick  W., 

Harriet  Hurd, 

New  Haven, 

137-154 

1827. 

Nathan, 

Unmarried, 

California, 

138 

1830. 

Lucius, 

Sarah  E.  Moore, 

New  Haven, 

138-154 

1836. 

Rollin, 

Married , 

California, 

138 

1833. 

Robert  William, 

Unmarried, 

Georgia, 

138 

1834. 

James  Dimock, 

Unmarried, 

Minnesota, 

138 

1842. 

Edward  G., 

Emma  R.  Smith, 

New  Haven, 

139-154 

1854. 

George  B., 

Mary  Robinson, 

Rapid  City,  Dak 

.,139 

1856. 

Horace  J., 

Alma  D.  Mathushek, 

New  York, 

139 

1868. 

Richard, 

New  Haven, 

139 

1815. 

Isaac, 

Maria  Hitchcock, 

Morris,  N.  Y., 

141-155 

1817. 

Edwin  Lewis, 

Polly  C.  Bishop, 

North  Haven,  Ct 

.,141-155 

1820. 

George  B. , 

Hellen  M.  Bates, 

New  York, 

141 

1824. 

Willis, 

Sarah  E.  Piatt, 

New  Haven, 

142-156 

1822. 

Enos  Orson, 

Sarah  L.  Stowe, 

New  Haven, 

142-156 

1825. 

William  Lyman, 

Elizabeth  Razee, 

Hamden,  Ct. , 

143-156 

1837. 

Charles, 

Elizabeth  Van  Doran, 

Hamden, 

143 

1812. 

Stiles, 

Sarah  Kelly, 

Fair  Haven,  Ct. 

,  143-156 

1816. 

Henry, 

Harriet  A.  Elting, 

Peoria,  111., 

143-156 

INDEX. 

181 

Birthi 

f. 

Wives. 

Residence.        Pages. 

1830. 

John, 

Married 

Elgin,  HI.,           144 

1823. 

Leveret, 

Unmari-ied, 

New  Jersey,        144 

1826. 

Edward, 

Rebecca  Fulton, 

Princeville,  111.,  144-157 

1830. 

William  Leander. 

Unmarried, 

144  • 

1833. 

Sereno, 

Lottie  E.  Rowe, 

Philadelphia,       144 

1819. 

Julius  Elias, 

Catharine  L.  Hardick, 

Sandersfield,Mas.  144-157 

1824. 

Jesse  Albert, 

Belinda  Bromley, 

Adrian,  Mich.,     144 

1829. 

George  Oscar, 

Married  

Ohio,     145 

1835. 

Edwin  Oliver, 

Amelia  Jones, 

145 

1833. 

Austin, 

Emily  Ford, 

New  Haven,        145-157 

1849. 

Howard, 

New  York,           145 

1850. 

Burton, 

Elizabeth  H.  Barney, 

New  Haven,        145 

1824. 

Sherlock  A.. 

Polly  E.  Bassett, 

North  Haven,Ct.  145-157 

Dennis  T., 

Mrs.  Maria  Holmes, 

East  Haven,  Ct.,145 

1829. 

BronsoB, 

Harriet  E.  Mabry, 

North  Haven, Ct., 146-158 

1836. 

Janaes  Gorden, 

Nancy  Riggs, 

North  Haven,Ct  ,146-158 

1843. 

Franklin  J., 

Unmarried, 

'Sherwood,  Wis.,  146 

1834. 

Martin, 

Sarah  Brigham, 

Troy,  N.  Y.,        147-158 

1857. 

Charles  Burbank, 

Hattie  L.  Franklin, 

Winche8ter,N.H.147 

1858. 

Henry  Martin, 

Matie  E.  Newbury, 

Greenwich,  N.Y.  147 

1835. 

William  H., 

Unmarried, 

G.  Barrington,  M  ,147 

1860. 

William  Punderson, 

Westraoreland.N.Y.  149 

1856. 

William  Kinsell, 

Ella  Clute, 

Cohoes,  N.  Y.,    149 

1840. 

William  Carter, 

Unmarried, 

Durant,  Iowa,     149 

1842. 

John  Rensellaer, 

Elice  E.  Eustick, 

Durant,  Iowa,      149-159 

1839. 

Henry  A., 

Betsey  Ann  Sackett, 

North,Haven,Ct.,150-159 

1855. 

George  Washington  Ezra,     '   

Fair  Haven,  Ct.,  150 

1857. 

Elliot  Walter, 

Fair  Haven,  Ct.,  150 

1845. 

George  D. , 

Lucy  Read, 

Woodbury,  Ct.,  151 

1845. 

Henry  F  , 

Delia  Howard, 

Utica,  N.  Y.,       151-159 

1848. 

Albert  Thayer, 

Mary  Warren, 

Allendale,  R.  I.,  151 

1859. 

Edward  Alexander, 

Ada  V.  Scott, 

Uxbridge,Mass  ,  151 

1853. 

Arthur  Douglas, 

Rahway,  N.  J.,  151 

1860. 

James  Andrews, 

Michigan,             151 

1856. 

Willie  Henry, 

Boston,                151 

1860. 

Frank  Irwin, 

Boston,                151 

1867. 

Frederick  Augustus, 

Boston,                 151 

1832. 

Burton, 

Lillie  Merritt, 

New  York,          152 

1848. 

John  Clark, 

Kate  Hoctor, 

Philadelphia,       152 

1880. 

Nathan  French, 

Bethany,  Ct.,       152 

Frank, 

Easton,  Pa.,        153 

1839. 

Thomas  Trowbridge, 

Catharine  R.  Hurlbut, 

Meriden,  Ct..       153-159 

1841. 

Frederick  0., 

Mary  Hine, 

New  Haven,        153-160 

1854. 

George  Stanley, 

Sarah  E.  Nichols, 

Boston,                 154 

1858. 

William  Kendrick, 

Boston,                  154 

1861. 

Nathan  T., 

Unmarried, 

West  Haven, Ct.,  154 

182 


Mansfield  genealogy. 


Birth 

«. 

Wives. 

Residence. 

Pages. 

1858. 

Charles  E., 

Katie  R.  Leeke, 

New  Haven, 

154  160 

1843. 

Roniainc,  Rev., 

Amelia  Moore, 

Spr.  Valley,  N.Y, 

,155 

1B49. 

Vernon  DeLance)', 

^largery 

Greely,  Col., 

155 

1853. 

Edwin  Lyman, 



Greely,  Col., 

155 

1850. 

Isaac  Edwin, 

Mary  D.  Shepherd, 

North  Haven, Ct 

.,156-161 

1853. 

Monroe  W., 

New  Haven, 

156 

1854. 

Gteorge  L. , 

New  Haven, 

156 

1856. 

Frederick  W., 



New  Haven, 

156 

1858. 

William  C, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

156 

1860. 

Luther, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

156 

1855. 

Frederick  Lynn, 

Fair  Haven, 

156 

1858. 

Elijah  Henry, 

Peoria,  111., 

157 

1864. 

Henry, 

Peoria,  111., 

157 

1858. 

Leverette, 



Princeville,  111., 

157 

1859. 

Albert, 

Princeville,  111., 

157 

1865. 

Edward, 

Princeville,  111., 

157 

1866. 

Sanford, 

Princeville,  111., 

157 

1869. 

Joseph, 

Princeville,  111., 

157 

1848. 

James  H., 

Hattie  E.  Kinney, 

New  Haven, 

157 

1863. 

Louis  A. , 



New  Haven, 

157 

1851. 

Frederick  L., 

Eunice  Goodyear, 

North  Haven, 

157-161 

1855. 

Zenus  W., 

Mary  E.  Bradley, 

North  Haven, 

158 

1857. 

Roberts., 

Hattie  Hitchcock, 

North  Haven, 

158-161 

1864. 

Franklin  A., 

Carrie  E.  Fredericks, 

North  Haven, 

158 

1857. 

Willie  Lyraau, 

Fannie  Birch, 

North  Haven, 

158 

1862. 

Charles  H., 

■ 

North  Haven, 

158 

1859. 

William  Riley, 

Wind8or,Dakota,158 

1855. 

Charles  H., 

Bertha  Bassett, 

Fair  Haven,  Ct. 

,159 

1861. 

Edward  Austin, 

Meriden,  Ct., 

159 

INDEX  OF  THE  FEMALE  MANSFIELDS, 

In  the  regular  order  as  they  occur  in  the  Book,  (excepting  young  children),  with 

date  of  V)irths,  and  names  of  husbands,  (first  husbands  only),  and  residence. 


Sirths. 

1660.  Martha, 

1662.  Mercy, 

1664.  Silence, 

1668.  Comfort, 
1664.  Abigail, 
1667.  Mercy. 

1669.  Hannah, 
1677.  Sarah. 
1682.  Bathshua, 

1701.  Mary. 

1702.  Lydia, 

Abigail, 

1704.  Hannah, 

1706.  Sarali, 

1714.  Rachel, 

Esther, 

Martha, 

Comfort, 

Mary, 

1707.  Mary, 

1708.  Margaret, 
1713.  Susannah, 
1719.  Mercy. 
1712.  Susannah, 

1715.  Sarah, 
1721.  Lois, 

Phebe, 

1743.  Mabel, 

1746.  Bebe, 
1757.  Polly, 
1736.  Sarah, 

1747.  Hannali, 
1765.  Sarah, 


Husbands.  Memdenr^.           Page. 

Richard  Sperry,  Woodbridge,  Cl.,  9 

Bristol,  g 

Chatfield,  Killingworth,  Ct.,  9 

John  Benbam,  g 

John  Atwater,  Wallingford,  Ct.,  12 

John  Thompson,  East  Haven,  Ct.,  12 

Gershom  Brown,  New  Haven,  13 

William  Rhodes,  New  Haven,  15 

Joseph  Chapman,     «  Newport,  R.  I.,  15 

Daniel  Tuttle,  19 

Unmarried,  "  Mansfield  Farms,"    19 

Jacob  Turner,  Hamden,  Ct.,  21 

Gershom  Todd,  22 

Amos  Tuttle,  22 

Stephen  Tuttle,  23 

Beach,  23 

Thomas  Sperry,  23 

Samuel  Nichols,  Stratford,  Ct. ,  23 

Elihu  Sperry,  Woodbridge,  Ct. ,  23 

Fitz  John  Allyn.  New  Haven,  23 

Capt.  Israel  Munson,  New  Haven,  23 

Samuel  Cook,  New  Haven,  24 

Rev.  William  Troup,  New  Haven,  36 

Samuel  Mansfield,  New  Haven,  27 

Thomas  Wilmot,  New  Haven,  27 

Abraham  Bradley,  New  Haven,  30 

Leman  Potter.  40 

Doct.  Walter  Munson,  North  Haven,  Ct.,  40 

Phillip  Daggett,  North  Haven,  Ct.,  40 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  40 

New  Haven,  41 

New  Haven,  42 

New  Haven,  46 


John  Danielson, 

Col.  William  Douglas, 

James  Sisson, 


184 


MANSFIELD   GENEALOGY. 


Birthi 

(. 

Hiisbands. 

Residence. 

Page. 

1770. 

Grace, 

Peter  Totten, 

New  Haven, 

46 

1745. 

Mary, 

Isaac  Beers, 

New  Haven, 

49 

1747. 

Lois, 

Col.  William  Lyon, 

New  Haven, 

51 

1756. 

Susanna, 

Capt.  Major  Lines, 

New  Haven, 

57 

1754. 

Elizabeth, 

Unmarried, 

Derby,  Ct., 

64 

1756. 

Anna, 

Elijah  Humphreys, 

Derby,  Ct., 

64 

1758. 

Sarah, 

Rev.  Edward  Blakeslee. Derby,  Ct., 

66 

1772. 

Lucretia, 

Abel  Allis, 

Derby,  Ct., 

66 

1774. 

Mary  Louisa, 

Giles  Mardenbrough, 

Derby,  Ct., 

67 

1761. 

Hannah, 

Daniel  Tuttle, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

70 

1774. 

Mabel, 

.foel  Todd, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

71 

Mary, 

Lyman  Smith. 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

71 

1779. 

Sally. 

Lewis  Spooner, 

Kent,  Ct., 

72 

1765. 

Mary, 

Wheeler  Beecher, 

Woodbridge,  Ct., 

73 

1768. 

Sarah, 

.John  Benedict, 

New  Haven, 

74 

1779. 

Mary, 

Leman  Hall, 

New  Haven, 

76 

1782. 

Sarah, 

Stephen  Porter, 

New  Haven, 

76 

1784. 

Julia. 

David  Ritter, 

New  Haven, 

76 

1787. 

Rachel, 

Jas.  Webster  Townsend,New  Haven, 

77 

1807. 

Mary  Ann, 

Prof.  Charles  Davies, 

Fishkill,  N.  Y., 

87 

1792. 

Mary  Grace, 

Judge  David  Wade, 

Cincinnati,  0., 

90 

1799. 

Grace  Totten, 

Elias  Parker, 

Middletown,  Ct., 

90 

1801. 

Hannah  Fenno, 

Unmarried, 

Middletown,  Ct., 

90 

1777. 

Betsey. 

Anson  Gillette, 

Derby,  Ct, 

98 

178t. 

Sally,^ 

Cyrus  Hoi  brook. 

Derby,  Ct. , 

99 

Anna, 

William  Dyer, 

Berlin,  Ct., 

99 

1780. 

Elizabeth, 

Capt.  Richard  Everitt, 

New  Haven, 

99 

1782. 

Annie, 

Henry  Eld, 

New  Haven, 

100 

1791. 

Sarah. 

Capt.  Richard  Everitt, 

New  Haven, 

100 

1795. 

Susan, 

Unmarried, 

Virginia, 

101 

1«06. 

Louisa, 

Doct.  Peter  Mattaner, 

Georgia, 

102 

1787. 

Eliza, 

Doct.  Austin  Olcott, 

Killingworth,  Ct., 

103 

1791. 

Susan, 

Rev. Joshua  Huntington, Boston,  Mass., 

103 

1799. 

Mary, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven. 

113 

1806. 

Caroline, 

Daniel  Burritt, 

New  Haven. 

113 

1814. 

Elizabeth, 

•       Newel  C.  Hall, 

New  Haven, 

115 

Sophia, 

Kurd, 

Derby,  Ct., 

115 

Rhoda, 

Derias  Cooper, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117 

1786. 

Sally, 

Ransley  Hall, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117 

1788. 

Mabel. 

Stephen  Babcock, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117 

1800. 

Mary, 

Ezra  Kimberly, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117 

1797. 

Melinda, 

John  Frost, 

Hamden,  Ct. , 

1.17 

1800. 

Bede, 

Unmarried. 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117 

1802. 

Eliza, 

John  Henry  Mansfield, 

,  North  Haven,  Ct. , 

,      118 

1796. 

Charlotte, 

Elias  Bassett, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

118 

tKDEX 


185 


Mrthn. 

1797.  Julia  Maria, 

Delana, 

Eunice, 

1809.  Mary  Ann, 

1795.  Hannah, 

1796.  Betsey, 
1800.  Polly, 
180G.  Mary, 

1812.  Sarah, 

Rebecca, 

Hannah, 

Ljiola, 

1800.  Laura, 

1814.  Louisa  M., 

1820.  Lucretia  Melinda, 

1827.  Helen  Maria, 

1808.  Maria  Mills, 

1809.  Florilla  Pundersou, 

1799.  Betsey, 

1801.  Ann, 
1803.  Susan, 

1810.  Harriet, 

1813.  Mary  Steel, 

1815.  Sally  Maria, 

1813.  Mary  Ett, 

1816.  Sarah  Maria, 
1818.  Caroline  Cornelia, 

1823.  Ann  Elizabeth, 
1808.  Maria, 

1814.  Caroline, 
1820.  Julia  Ann, 

1824.  Harriet, 
1826.  Emeline, 

1797.  Lucy  Maria. 

1800.  Eliza  A., 

1843.  Elizabeth  Phipps, 

1845.  Eleanor  Strode, 

1853.  Margaret  Edith  Deering, 

1816.  Elizabeth  Buffum, 

1831.  MaryS., 

1841.  Mary  Louisa, 

1850.  Ivalharine  Mather, 

1815.  Eliza, 
1799.  Eliza, 

1802.  Grace, 

25 


Uusbanda. 
David  Leek, 
Zenas  Bassett, 
Alfred  Thorp, 
Washington  Jacobs, 
C!hristopher  Bullock. 
Ira  Burdick, 
Henry  Snow, 
UnmaiTied, 
Lucius  Naroraore. 
Legrand  Leavenworth, 


Thomas  Halbert,        * 
Hezekiah  C.A.Harrison 
John  Kinney, 
Chester  C.  Waters, 
Hon.  Hugh  White, 


Anson  Hubbard, 
Chandler  Swift, 
Asa  Slade, 
Ira  Frink, 
Henry  Chapin, 
Joel  Blakeslee, 
Noah  French, 
Unmarried, 
Zirari  Densmore, 


Daniel  Atwood, 
George  Saxton, 
Cereno  Saxton, 
George  W.  Johnson, 
Legrand  Russell. 
Unmarried, 
Samuel  Rowland, 
Rev.  A.  S.  Dudley, 
Charles  Moulton, 


Parley  Hammond, 

Unmarried, 

Unmarried, 


Abram  Fowler, 

Unmarried, 

Capt.  Benjamin  Hallet, 


Residence.  Page. 

New  Haven,  Ct.,  118 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  118 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  118 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  119 

Winchester,  N.  H.,  119 

Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  119 

Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  120 

Winchester,  N.  H.,  121 

Winchester,  N.  H.,  121 

Canaan,  Ct.,  122 

Canaan,  Ct.,  122 

Canaan,  Ct.,  122 
Westmoreland,  N.Y.  122 

,N.  Y.  City,  122 

Meriden,  Ct.,  123 

Englewood,  N.  J.,  126 

Waterford,  N.  Y.,  126 

Kent,  Ct.,  127 

Litchfield,  Ct.,  128 

Litchfield,  Ct.,  128 

Litchfield,  Ct.,  128 

Litchfield,  Ct.,  128 

Anite,  Iowa,  128 

Bridgeport,  €t.,  130 
Clifton  Springs,  N.Y.  131 
Clifton  Springs,  N.Y.  131 

Jonesville,  Mich.,  131 
Clifton  Springs,  N.Y.  181 

Woodbury,  Ct.,  132 

Woodbury,  Ct.,  133 

Woodbury,  Ct.,  132 

Woodbury,  Ct..  132 

Woodbury,  Ct..  132 

New  Haven,  132 

New  Haven,  133 

Yamoyden,  O.,  133 

Yamoyden,  O.,  133 

Oswego,  N.  Y.,  134 

Baltimore,  Md.,  134 

Slatersville,  R.  I..  134 

Middletown,  Ct.,  185 

Middletown,  Ct.,  135 

Derby  Ct.,  135 

New  Haven,  185 

Wilmington, N.  C,  135 


186 


MANSFIELD    GENEALOGY. 


Birth 

s. 

1803. 

Charlotte, 

1807. 

Julia  Ann, 

1813. 

Sarah, 

1815. 

Jane, 

1844. 

Harriet  Elizabeth, 

1846. 

Emma  Augusta, 

1855. 

Mary  Louisa, 

1850. 

Susan  Louisa, 

1859. 

Jennie  Elizabeth, 

1863. 

Alice  Emma, 

1817. 

Mary  Ann, 

1831. 

Emily  Nichols, 

1818. 

Jennett,                    * 

1820. 

Harriet, 

1829. 

Mary  Frances, 

1836. 

Ellen  Jane, 

1839. 

Mary  Akins, 

1844. 

Sarah  W., 

1849. 

Irene  Elizabetii, 

1852. 

Jennie  Louise, 

1823. 

Eunice, 

1822. 

Maria, 

1825. 

Jane, 

1828. 

Emily, 

1830. 

Bede  Cornelia, 

1830. 

Sarah  Selina, 

1829. 

Grace, 

1845. 

Maria, 

1808. 

Eliza, 

1810. 

Jennet, 

1814. 

Adeline, 

1818. 

Maryett, 

1823. 

Caroline  Amanda, 

1826. 

Cornelia, 

Delia, 

1821. 

Mary  Maria, 

1827. 

Ann  Eliza, 

1837. 

Susan, 

Sarah, 

1842. 

Caroline, 

1847. 

Louisa  H. , 

1825. 

Maria  B. , 

1848. 

Mary  Minerva, 

1849. 

Josephine, 

1845. 

Celia  Maria, 

Husbands.  Residence.  Page. 

Unmarried,  New  Haven,  135 

Unmarried,  New  Haven,  135 

Unmarried,  New  Haven,  136 

Unmarried,  New  Haven,  136 

Thomas  J.  Beers,  New  Haven,  136 

Charles  E.  Doty,  New  Haven,  136 

Frank  B.  Walker,  New  Haven,  136 

Fair  Haven,  Ct.,  136 

Marcus  E.  Butterfield,  Fair  Haven,  136 

Fair  Haven,  136 

Unmarried,  New  Haven,  136 

Timothy  Dwight,  New  York,  137 

Samuel  Riggs,  New  Haven,  137 

Henry  E.  Rhodes,  New  Haven,  137 

Richard  M.  Johnston,  Sparta,  Ga. ,  138 

Wallace  B.  Fenn,  New  Haven,  138 

Francis  W.  Wilkinson,  New  Haven,  139 

Unmarried,  New  Haven,  139 

Dr.  Merrit  Matteson,  Morris,  N.  Y.,  139 

John  D.  Bulkley,  New  Haven,  139 

Edward  Johnson,                141 

Dana  H.  Hotchkiss,  New  Haven,  141 

Monroe  L.  Battell,  New  York,  142 

Samuel  Davis,  New  Haven,  142 

Uriah  Robinson,  N.  Branford,  Ct. ,  142 

John  H.  Thompson,  N.  Branford,  Ct.,  143 

William  Van  Doran,  Hamden,  143 

John  Jacobs,  Hamden,  143 

John  S.  Kelly,  Pingrce  Grove,  111.,  148 

Caleb  Lyon,  Beecher,  111.,  148 

Unmarried,  North  Haven,  Ct..  143 

Unmarried,                          : 143 

Jared  Brockett,  West  Haven,  Ct.,  144 

Heman  Brooks,                   144 

PVancis  N.  Stephens,  West  Haven,  144 

J.  O.  Barker,                       144 

Newton  Royce,  Gr.Barrington,Mas8. ,  144 

George  D.  Gower,  New  Haven,  145 

Franklin  Shepherd,  North  Haven,  Ct.,  145 

William  R.  Bishop,  Sherwood,  Wis.,  146 

Bela  Bishop,  Sherwood,  Wis.,  146 

Timothy  Wheeler,  Waterbury,  Vt. .  146 

Amson  O.  Brigham,  Stowe,  Vt.,  147 

Andrews  T.  Sprague,  Greenwich,  N.  Y.,  147 

William  Thompson,  Westmoreland,  N.  Y. ,  148 


INDEX. 


187 


Bii'ths. 

1852.     Elizabeth, 

1855.     Louisa, 

1865.     Jessie, 

1849.     Nancy  Elizabeth, 

1805.     LucyE., 

1848.     Nancy  E., 

1841.     Marion  E., 

1847.     Helen  A., 

1840.     Margaret  S. , 

1864.     Julia  Ann, 

1847.  Emily, 

1888.     Hattie  Phillips, 

1848.  Mary  Eunice, 
1846.     Frances  Ann, 

Mary  Eunice, 

Julia, 

Fannie, 

Lizzie  Glover, 

1835.  Ellen  Augusta, 
1839.     Mary  Louisa, 

1853.  Emily  DAvight, 

1856.  Emily  Frances, 
1866.  Harriet  May, 
1860.  Harriet  Stanley, 
1860.  EllaM., 

1844.  Mary  Aurelia, 

1860.  Hattie  E., 

1866.  Lilian  S., 

1867.  Nellie  C, 
1862.  C.  Elizabeth, 

1865.  Jennie  L., 
1851.  Fannie, 

1857.  Louise  Pentard, 

1859.  Marguerite  Elting, 

1860.  Isabelle  Fleming, 
1862.  Sarah  Sanford, 
1869.  Eleanor  Tucker, 
1859.  Hattie  Augusta, 

1866.  MaryE., 
1856.  KateM., 

1867.  Bessie  I., 
1864.  Sophia  Philips, 

1868.  Mary  Hine, 


Htt»band». 
John  D.  Irving, 

Jasper  B.  Blackstone, 
Edward  Bulkley, 

James  M.  Baldwin, 
Henry  B.  Ball 
Charles  Rowley, 
Joseph  Gee, 
Isaac  C.  Bates. 
Thomas  Baher, 

Schwartz, 

Marks, 

James  J.  Cope, 
Edwin  S.  Walker, 

John  H.  Northrop. 
Augusta  R.  Treadway, 
Charles  H.  Ferry, 

Charles  M,  Stone, 
Hubbard  Bradley, 

Elsworth  H.  Bassett,  _ 

C.  B.  Blakeslee, 
C.  W.  Mosher, 

Robert  C.  Button, 

Prof.  Bert  Watisman, 
George  Marsh, 


Residence.  Page. 

Toledo,  O.,  148 
Westmoreland,N.Y.,  148 

Clock ville,  N.  Y.,  149 
Muscatine  Co..  la.,     149 

New  Haven,  149 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  150 

Fair  Haven,  Ct.,  150 

Fair  Haven,  Ct,,  150 

Woodbury,  Ct..  150 

Woodbury,  Ct.,  151 

Providence,  R.  L,  151 

Rahway,  N.  J.,  161 

152 

152 

Easton,  Pa.,  152 
Northampton  Co., Pa.  158 

Philadelphia,  158 

Easton,  Pa.,  153 

New  Haven,  153 

Cleveland,  O.,  158 

Chicago,  III.,  153 

Boston,  154 

Boston,  154 

New  Haven,  154 

New  Haven,  154 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  155 

New  Haven,  156 

New  Haven,  156 

New  Haven,  156 

Hamden,  Ct.,  156 

Hamden,  Ct.,  156 

Peoria,  111.,  157 

Lincoln,  Neb.,  157 

Peoria,  111.,  157 

Peoria,  111.,  157 

Peoria,  III.  157 

Peoria,  ill.,  157 

Fair  Haven,  Ct.,  158 

North  Haven,  158 

Burlington,  Vt.,  158 

Troy,  N.  ¥.,  158 

Meriden,  Ct.,  160 

New  Haven,  160 


ALPHABETICAL  INDEX  OF  THE  MALE  MANSFIELDS. 


Births.  Wives. 

1751.  Achilles,  Rev.,  Mrs.  Sarah  Huntington, 

1848.  Albert  Thayer,  Mary  Warren, 

1859.  Albert,  

1816.  Almon,  Elizabeth  Pope, 

1710.  Amos,  

1804.  Andrew,  Cahill, 

1853.  Arthur  Douglas,  

1833.  Austin,  Emily  Ford, 

1820.  Benjamin  Franklin,   Harriet  J.  Clark, 

1810.  Bradley  Mills,  Unmarried, 
1829.  Bronson,  Harriet  E.  Mabry, 

1856.  Burton,  Elizabeth  H.  Barney, 
1832.  Burton,  Lillia  Merritt, 

1809.  Charles,  Lucy  B.  Burbank, 

1811.  Charles  M.,  Lucy  M.  Littlejohu, 
1762.  Charles,  Molly  Howard, 

1834.  Charles  Davies,  Anna  Beck, 

1821.  Charles  H.,  Unmarried, 

1827.  Charles,  Elizabeth  Van  Doran, 

1810.  Charles,  Alma  Fox, 

1857.  Charles  Burbank,  Hattie  L.  Franklin, 

1858.  Charles  E,  '  Katie  Leeke, 

1862.  Charles  H.,  

1855.  Charles  H.,  Bertha  Bassett, 

1711.  Daniel,  Unmarried, 

1733.  Dan,  Sarah,  prob.  Cooper, 

1742.  David,  Eunice  Peck, 

1816.  David,     '  Susan  Ann  Gower, 

1772.  David,  Louisa  Harmon, 

Dennis,  T.,  Mrs.  Maria  Holmes, 

1677.  Ebenezer,  Hannah  Ba.ssett, 

1715.  Ebenezer,  Unmarried, 

1791.  Ebenezer,  Junr.,  Laura  Stiles, 

1757.  Ebenezer,  Mary  Lewis, 

1786.  Ebenezer,  Sally  Hill, 

1801.  Edward  D.,  Hon.,     Mary  Peck, 

1881,  Edward  Jared,  Unmarried, 


Residence. 

Pages. 

Killingworth,  Ct., 

55-102 

Allendale,  R.  I., 

151 

Princeville,  111., 

157 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

132 

"Mansfield  Farms," 

20 

Ohio, 

113 

Rahway,  N.  J., 

151 

New  Haven, 

145-157 

New  Haven, 

102-136 

Kent,  Ct., 

127 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

146-158 

New  Haven, 

145 

New  York, 

152 

Winchester,  N.  H., 

121-147 

Westmoreland,N.  Y. 

,122-148 

Winchester,  N.  H., 

71  119 

Washington,  D.  C., 

133 

California, 

137 

Hamden,  Ct., 

143 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

132 

Winchester,  N.  H., 

147 

New  Haven, 

154 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

158 

Fair  Haven,  Ct., 

159 

New  Haven, 

24 

Mt.  Carmol,  Ct., 

39 

Harwinton,  Ct., 

37-  69 

Westmoreland, N  .Y, 

,,123-148 

Westmoreland,  N.  Y 

.,J1-133 

East  Haven,  Ct., 

145 

Mansfield  li'arms. 

11-  22 

Mansfield  Farms, 

22 

Nortli  Haven,  Ct., 

117-141 

Hamden,  Ct., 

70-117 

Of  Bethlehem,  Ct., 

73-132 

Cincinnati,  0., 

77-153 

Cincinnati,  O., 

133 

IXDEX. 


189 


Births. 

1848.  Edward  Franklin,  Kate  C.  Goodnow, 

1842.  Edward  Glover,  Emma  R.  Smith, 

1865.  Edward,  *        

1826.  Edward,  Rebecca  Fulton, 

1859.  Edward  Alexander,    Ada  V.  Scott, 
1861.  Edward  Austin,  

1817.  Edwin  Lewis,  Polly  C.  Bishop, 
1835.  Edwin  Oliver,  Amelia  Jones, 

1853.  Edwin  Lyman,  

1761.  Elisha.  

1796.  Eli,  Nancy  B.  Hardwick, 

1795.  Ellas,  Mary  Todd, 

1807.  Elisha  D.,  Fanny  Munsou, 

1764.  Elisha,  Rebecca  Camp, 

1858.  Elijah  Henry,  

1857.  Elliott  Walter,  

1758.  Enos,  Elizabeth  Jacobs, 

1822.  Enos  Orson,  Sarah  L.  Stowe, 

1848.  Francis  W.,  Lt.,  Unmarried, 

1856.  Frank  Jared,  Alice  E.  Wilstjn, 

1843.  Franklin  J.,  Unmarried, 

1860.  Frank  Irwin,  

Frank,  

1864.  Franklin  A.,  Carrie  E.  Fredericks, 

1825.  Frederick,  Emily  Barne.s, 

1825.  Frederick  W.,  Harriet  Hurd, 

1867.  Frederick  Augustus,      

1841.  Frederick  O.,  Mary  Hine, 

1856.  Frederick  W., 

1855.  Frederick  Lynn,  

1851.  Frederick  L.,  Eunice  Goodyear, 

1818.  George  Stanley,  Unmarried, 

1854.  George  B.,  Marj' Robinson, 
1820.  George  B.,  Hellen  M.  Bates, 
1829.  George  Oscar,  Married     

1855.  George  W.  Ezra,  

1845.  George  D.,  Lucy  Read, 

1854.  George  Stanley,  Sarah  E.  Nicholls, 

1854.  George  L.,  

1793.  Giles,  Harriet  Stanley, 

1767.  Glover,  Mary  Aikins, 

1762.  Henry,  Mary  Fenno, 
1786.  Henry  Stephen,  Elizabeth  Buffum, 
1818.  Henry  Stephen,  Emily  Farnam, 
1845.  Henry  Livingston,  Adeline  O.  Carter, 
1809.  Henry,  Julia  C.  Trowbridge, 


Reddence. 

Pages. 

New  Haven, 

136-153 

New  Haven, 

139-154 

Princeville,  111., 

157 

Princeville,  III, 

144-157 

Uxbridge,  Mass., 

151 

Meriden,  Ct., 

159 

North  Haven,  Cl., 

141-155 

145 

Greeley,  Col., 

155 

New  Haven, 

61 

Sparta,  Ga.. 

113-138 

Sandersfield,  Mass., 

118-144 

Canaan,  Ct., 

122-147 

Canaan,  Ct., 

71-122 

Peoria,  111., 

157 

Fair  Haven,  Ct., 

150 

Hamden,  Ct., 

70-117 

New  Haven, 

142-156 

Ft.  Leavenworth,  K. 

,133 

Fair  Haven,  Ct., 

136 

Sherwood,  Wis. , 

146 

Boston, 

151 

Easton,  Pa., 

153 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

158 

Fair  Haven,  Ct., 

103  136 

New  Haven, 

137-154 

Boston, 

151 

New  Haven, 

153-160 

New  Haven, 

156 

Fair  Haven,  Ct., 

156 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

157-161 

New  Haven, 

137 

Rapid  City,  Dakota 

,  139 

New  York, 

141 

Ohio, 

145 

Fair  Haven,  Ct., 

150 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

151 

Boston, 

154 

New  Haven, 

156 

New  Haven, 

112-136 

New  Haven, 

61-112 

New  Haven. 

45-  90 

Slatersville,  R.  I., 

90-134 

Millville,  Mass., 

134-151 

Middletown,  Ct., 

135-153 

New  Haven, 

136-153 

190 


MAJrSFIELD   GEKEALOGT. 


Births. 

1830. 

1816. 

1858. 
1829. 
1845. 
1864. 
1808. 
1856. 
1849. 
1786. 
1815. 
1850. 
1811. 
1834. 
1836. 
1860. 
1848. 
1681. 
1708. 
1759. 
1801. 
1827. 
1772. 
1801. 
1824. 
1778. 
1704. 
1776 
1788. 


1806. 
1816. 
1818. 
1820. 
1819. 
1820. 
1842. 
1848. 
1686. 
1739. 
1775. 
1636. 
1672. 
1708. 
1737. 


Wives. 

Henry  Whiting,  Julia  A.  Macuraber, 

Henry,  Harriet  A.  Etting, 

Henry  Martin,  Matie  E.  Newbury. 

Henry  A.,  Betsej^  Ann  Sacket, 

Henry  F.,  Delia  Hay  ward, 

Henry,  

Horace,  Mary  J.  Dimock, 

Horace  J.,  Alma  D.  Mat hushek, 

Howard,  

Isaac,  

Isaac,  Maria  Hitchcock, 

Isaac  Edwin.  Mary  D.  Shepherd, 

James  P.,  Betsey  Moore, 

James  D.,  Unmarried, 

James  Grorden,  Nancy  Riggs, 

James  Andrews,  

James  H.,  Hattie  E.  Kinney, 

Japhet,  Hannah  Bradley, 

Japhet,  Ruth  Tuttle, 

Jared,  Col.,  Elizabeth  Phipps, 

Jared.  Sally  B.  Bradley, 

Jared,  Harriet  Ayer, 

Jesse,  Keziah  Stiles, 

Jesse  M.,  Charlotte  Eaton, 

Jessie  Albert,  Belinda  Bromlej*, 

Joel,  Terza  Jacobs, 

John,  Lydia  Tuttle, 

John  T.,  Dolly  Steel, 
John  Fenno,  Capt.,  Unmarried, 

John  Lewis,  Martha  Burn  ham, 

John,  Unmarried, 

John  Henry,  Eliza  Mansfield, 

John  Leveret,  Unmarried, 

John,  Sarah  W.  Wiard, 

John  Fenno,  Fanny  E.  Batchelder, 

John  W.,  Mary  A.  Macumber, 

John,  Married     

John  Renssalaer,  Felice  E.  Eustick, 

John  Clark,  Kate  Hoctor, 

Jonathan,  Dea.,  Sarah  Allinff, 

Jonathan,  Capt.,  Mary  Dorchester, 

Jonathan,  Hannah  Dougal, 

Joseph,  Mary     

Joseph,  Elizabeth, 

Joseph,  Phebe  Bassett, 

Joseph,  Capt.,  Hannah  Punderson, 


Redidence.  Pages. 

New  Haven,  137-154 

Peoria, '111.,  143-156 

Greenwich,  N.  Y.,  147 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  150-159 

Utica,  N.  Y.,  151 

Peoria,  111.,  157 

New  Haven,  114-138 

New  York,  139 

New  York,  145 

Texas,  100 

Morris,  N.  Y.,  141-155 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  156-161 

Detroit,  Mich.,  130 
St.  Anthony,  Minn..  138 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  146-158 

Michigan,  151 

New  Haven,  157 

Mansfield  Farms,  11-  22 

Mansfield  Farms,  22 

Cincinnati,  ().,  48-  77 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  119-145 
West  Newton,Mass..  134-151 

Hamden,  Ct.,  70-118 

New  Haven,  118-145 

Adrian  Mich.,  144 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  71-119 

New  Haven,  19-37 

Litchfield,  Ct.,  72-128 

Cincinnati,  O.,  90 

Hamden,  Ct.,  117-141 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  Ii8 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  119-146 

North  Haven,  Ct.,  119 

Cleveland,  O.,  130 

Smithfield,  R.  I.,  134 

New  Haven,  137-153 

Elgin,  111.,  144 

Durant,  lowo,  149-159 

Philadelphia,  157 

New  Haven,  15-  27 

New  Haven,  41-  73 

New  Haven,  76 

Mansfield  Farms,  5-  9 

Mansfield  Farms,  10-  19 

Mansfield  Farms,  19-  37 
Litchfield,  8.  Farms,  38-  71 


IXDEX. 


191 


Birtfis 

(. 

Wives. 

Residtnce. 

Pages. 

1762. 

Joseph, 

Derby  Ct., 

66 

1767. 

Joseph, 

Married     

Canaan,  Ct., 

71 

1803. 

Joseph  K.  F.,  Gen., 

,  Louisa  M.  Mather, 

Middletown,  Ct., 

91-125 

1824. 

Joseph  K.  F., 

Elizabeth  Andrews, 

Rahway,  N.  J., 

134-151 

1825. 

Joseph  Lafayette, 

Maria  L.  Wea^Tr, 

Grandin,  Dakota, 

123-148 

1854. 

Joseph  Deming, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

137 

180G. 

Joseph  Punderson, 

Married     

Shelby  Co.,  Iowa, 

128 

1869. 

Joseph. 

Princeville,  111., 

157 

Josiah, 

Married     

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

20-  40 

Josiali, 

Hannah     

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

40-  70 

Josiah, 

Married     

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

.72-131 

1773. 

Josiah, 

Anna  Dickerman, 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

131-149 

1819. 

Julias  Eiias, 

Catharine  A.  Hardicii, 

Sandersfield,  Mass., 

144-157 

1751. 

Kierstead  (James), 

Mary  Hitchcock, 

New  Haven, 

41-  76 

1777. 

Kierstead, 

Anna  Thompson, 

New  Haven, 

76-133 

Lemuel, 

Mary  Cooper, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

71-118 

1808. 

Lemuel  Steel, 

Susan  A.  Carter,      i 

Durant,  Iowa, 

128-149 

1818. 

Leonard, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

136 

1816. 

Lewis  William, 

Carrie  M.  Bayard. 

Cohoes,  N.  Y. , 

127-149 

1786. 

Leveret, 

Sally  Sanford, 

Esperance,  N.  Y., 

118-143 

1823. 

Leveret, 

Unmarried, 

New  Jersey, 

144 

1858. 

Leverette, 

Princeville,  111., 

157 

1808. 

Liverous, 

Esther  J.  Osborne, 

Livingston,  N.  Y., 

119-146 

1863. 

Louis  A., 

NTew  Haven, 

157 

1798. 

Luciu-i. 

Winter, 

Lumpkin,  Ga., 

101 

1830. 

Lucius, 

Sarah  E.  Moore, 

New  Haven, 

138-154 

1860. 

Luther, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

156 

1793. 

Lymau, 

Abtah  Coopei-, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117-142 

1804. 

Martin, 

Unmarried. 

Winchester,  N.  H., 

,   121 

1834. 

Martin, 

Sarah  Brigham, 

Troy,  N.  Y., 

147-158 

1852. 

Monroe  W.. 

New  Haven, 

156 

1639. 

Moses,  Maj.. 

Mercy  Glover, 

New  Haven, 

6-  12 

1674. 

Moses,  Capt., 

Margaret  Prout, 

New  Haven, 

14r-  23 

1709. 

Moses, 

Ann  Maria  Kierstead, 

New  Haven, 

27-  41 

1749. 

Moses, 

Widow  Dodd, 

New  Haven, 

41 

1718. 

Nathan. 

Deborah  Dayton, 

New  Haven, 

28-  49 

1748 

Nathan, 

Anna  Toralinson, 

Derby,  Ct., 

53    98 

1784. 

■Nathan, 

Unmarried, 

Killingworth,  Ct., 

102 

1795. 

Nathan, 

Maria  Sheppard, 

Oxford,  Ct., 

113-137 

1812. 

Nathan  Glover, 

Theodocia  Parker, 

Easton,  Pa.. 

135-152 

1827. 

Nathan, 

Unmarried, 

California, 

138 

1860. 

Nathan  French, 

Bethany,  Ct., 

152 

1861. 

Nathan  T. , 

West  Haven,  Ct.. 

154 

1812. 

Orrin, 

Retsey  A.  Bishop, 

Sherwood,  Wis., 

119-146 

Phineas, 

Canaan,  Ct., 

122 

1820. 

Punderson, 

Married  

180 

192 


MANSFIELD   GteNEALOGlr. 


Births. 

Wives. 

Residenae. 

Pages. 

*>•<•• 

Richard, 

Gillian     

New  Haven, 

1 

1723. 

Richard,  Rev.  Dr., 

Anna  Hull, 

Derby,  Ct., 

31-  64 

1752. 

Richard, 

Abirth  Siielton, 

Derby,  Ct., 

64-115 

1763. 

Richard, 

Mary  Stiles, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

70-118 

1790. 

Ricliard, 

Charlotte  Potter, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

118-144 

1868. 

Ricliard, 

New  Haven, 

139 

1799. 

Riley, 

Betsey  Chase, 

Fayston,  Vt., 

1 19-146 

1833. 

Robert  William, 

Unmarried, 

Georgia, 

138 

1857. 

Roberts., 

Hattie  Hitchcock, 

North  Haven,  Ct  , 

158 

1836. 

Rollin, 

Married  

(lalifornia, 

138      ' 

1843. 

Romaiuc,  Rev., 

Emelia  Moore, 

Spring  Valley,  N.Y. 

,  155 

1671. 

Samuel, i^radH. Coll 

.,  Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

14 

1711. 

Samuel, 

Susanna  Mansfield, 

Mansfield  Farms, 

22 

1717. 

Samuel, 

Esther  Hall, 

New  Haven, 

24 

1740. 

Samuel, 

Unmarried, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

40 

1839. 

Samuel  M.,  Maj., 

Annie  B.  Wright, 

Galveston,  Texas, 

135 

1833. 

Samuel  Howell, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

137 

1866. 

San ford. 

Princeville,  111., 

157 

1833. 

Sereno, 

Lottie  E.  Rowe, 

Philadelphia, 

144 

1818. 

Shelden, 

Eliza  Cowles, 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

132-151 

1824. 

Sherlock, 

Polly  E.  Bassett, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

145-157 

1716. 

Stephen,  Capt., 

Hannah  Beach, 

New  Haven, 

27-  42 

1765. 

Stephen, 

Unmarried, 

Derby,  Ct., 

66 

1808. 

Stephen, 

Caroline  Oatman, 

Bethany,  Ct., 

135-152 

Stiles, 

Married  

Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 

118 

1794. 

Seymour, 

Almera  Bassett, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117-143 

1835. 

Theodore  D. . 

Mary  Atkins  Leeds, 

Boston, 

137-154 

1713. 

Thomas, 

Hannah  Goodyear, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

21-  40 

1839. 

Thomas  Trowbridge,  Catharine  R.  Hurlbut, 

Meriden,  Ct., 

153-159 

1782. 

Timothy, 

Annie  Carter, 

Salisbury,  Ct., 

72-130 

1734. 

Titus, 

Mabel  Todd, 

Hamden,  Ct.. 

38-  70 

1770. 

Titus, 

Hannah  Ives, 

Hamden,  ('t., 

70-118 

1774. 

Uri, 

Eunice  Atwater, 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct. . 

73-131 

1744. 

Uzal, 

liachel  Sperry, 

Mt.  Carmel,  Ct., 

40-  73 

1798. 

Wfirren, 

Married  

Westmoreland,  NY 

.,122 

1750. 

William, 

Elizabeth  Lyon, 

New  Haven, 

53-  99 

1764. 

William, 

Eunice  Hull, 

Derby,  Ct., 

66-115 

1774. 

William  P., 

Sally  Mills, 

Litchfield,  Ct., 

72-126 

1777. 

William, 

Sarah  Oaks, 

New  Haven, 

99-135 

1810. 

William  A., 

Minerva  Monk, 

Plymouth,  Ct.. 

115 

William, 

Canaan,  Ct., 

122 

1809. 

William  P.. 

Unmarried, 

Westmoreland,  N.Y 

.,122 

1806. 

William  W., 

Nancy  Tripp, 

Middlebury,  Ct., 

132-150 

1829. 

William, 

Sally  Ann  Burt, 

Columbia,  Cal. , 

134-152 

1805. 

WUliam  L., 

Elizabeth  Bradley, 

New  Haven, 

135-153 

INDEX. 


193 


births 

Wives. 

Residence. 

Pages, 

1853. 

William  Frederick, 

Esther  E.  Wedmore, 

Pair  Haven,  Ct., 

136-153 

1825. 

William  Lyman, 

Elizabeth  Razee, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

143-156 

1830. 

William  Leander, 

Unmarried, 



144 

1835. 

William  H., 

Unmarried, 

Gr.  Barrington.Mass 

,147 

1860. 

William  Punderson, 

Westmoreland,  N.Y 

.,149 

1856. 

William  Kinsell, 

Ella  Clute, 

Cohoes,  N.  Y., 

149 

1840. 

William  Carter, 

Unmarried, 

Durant,  Iowa, 

149 

1858. 

William  Kendrick, 

, 

Boston, 

154 

1858. 

William  C, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

156 

1859. 

William  Riley, 



Windsor,  Dakota, 

158 

1857. 

Willie  Lyman, 

Fannie  Birch, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

158 

1834. 

Willis, 

Sarah  E.  Piatt, 

New  Haven, 

142-156 

1856. 

Willie  Henry, 
26 

Boston, 

151 

ALPHABETICAL  INDEX  OP  THE  FEMALE  MaNSFIELDS. 


Birthi 

t. 

Hvsbands. 

Residence. 

Page. 

1664 

Abigail, 

John  Atwater, 

Wallingford,  Ct., 

13 

Abigail, 

Jacob  Turner, 

Haoiden,  Ct., 

21 

1814. 

Adeline, 

Unmarried, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

143 

Alice  Emma, 

Fair  Haven,  Ct., 

136 

1756. 

Anna, 

Elijah  Humphreys, 

Derby,  Ct., 

64 

Anna, 

William  Dyer, 

Berlin,  Ct., 

99 

1782. 

Annie, 

Henry  Eld, 

New  Haven, 

100 

1801. 

Ann, 

Chandler  Swift, 

Litchfield,  Ct., 

128 

1823. 

Ann  Elizabeth, 



Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y., 

131 

1827. 

Ann  Eliza, 

Newton  Royce, 

Great  Barrington,  Mass 

.,  144 

1682. 

Bathshua, 

Joseph  Chapman, 

Newport,  R.  I., 

15 

1746. 

Bede, 

Phillip  Daggett, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

40 

1800. 

Bede, 

Unmarried, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117 

1820. 

Bede  Cornelius, 

Uriah  Robinson, 

N.  Branford,  Ct., 

142 

1867. 

Bessie  L, 

George  Marsh, 

Troy,  N.  Y., 

158 

1777. 

Betsey, 

Anson  Gillette, 

Derby,  Ct., 

98 

1796. 

Betsey, 

Ira  Burdick, 

Kalamazoo,  Mich., 

119 

1799. 

Betsey, 

Anson  Hubbard, 

Litchfield,  Ct., 

128 

1806. 

Caroline, 

Daniel  Biu"ritt, 

New  Haven, 

113 

1818. 

Caroline  Cornelia, 

Zimri  Densmore, 

Jonesville,  Mich., 

131 

1814. 

Caroline, 

George  Saxton, 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

133 

1823. 

Caroline  Amanda, 

Jared  Brockett, 

West  Haven,  Ct., 

144 

1842, 

Caroline, 

William  R.  Bishop, 

Sherwood,  Wis., 

146 

1845. 

Celia  Maria, 

William  Thompson, 

Westmoreland,  N.  Y., 

148 

1796. 

Charlotte, 

Elias  Bassett, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

118 

1803. 

Charlotte, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

135 

1668. 

Comfort, 

John  Benham, 



9 

Comfort, 

Samuel  Nichols, 

Stratford,  Ct., 

23 

1826. 

Cornelia, 

Heman  Brooks, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

144 

Delana, 

Zenas  Bassett, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

118 

Delia, 

Francis  N.  Stephens, 

West  Haven,  Ct., 

144 

1845. 

Eleanor  Strode, 

Charles  Moulton, 

Yamoyden,  0., 

133 

1869. 

Eleanor  Tucker, 

Peoria,  111., 

157 

1754. 

Elizabeth, 

Unmarried, 

Derby,  Ct., 

64 

1780. 

Elizabeth, 

Capt.  Richard  Everitt, 

,   New  Haven, 

99 

1787. 

Eliza, 

Doct.  Austin  Ollcutt, 

Killingworth,  Ct., 

103 

1814. 

Elizabeth, 

Newall  C.  HaU, 

New  Haven, 

115 

INDEX. 


195 


BirtJis. 

nu<*band><. 

Residence. 

Page. 

1802. 

Eliaa, 

John  Henry  Mansfield,  North  Haven,  Ct.. 

118 

1800. 

Eliza  A., 

8amuel  Rowland, 

New  Haven, 

133 

1843. 

Elizabeth  Phipps, 

Rev.  A.  S.  Dudley, 

Yamoyden,  O., 

133 

1816. 

Elizabeth  Buffuni, 

Parley  Hammond, 

Baltimore,  Md., 

134 

1815. 

Eliza, 

Married     

Derby,  Ct., 

135 

1799. 

Eliza, 

Unmarried, 

New  Haven, 

135 

1808. 

Eliza, 

John  S.  Kelley, 

Pingree  Grove,  111., 

143 

1852. 

Elizabeth, 

John  D.  Irving, 

Toledo,  0., 

148 

1836. 

Ellen  Jane, 

Wallace  B.  Fenn, 

New  Haven, 

138 

1835. 

Ellen  Augusta, 

John  H.  Northrop, 

New  Haven, 

153 

1860. 

Ella  M., 

Charles  .M.  Stone, 

New  Haven, 

154 

1826. 

Emeline, 

Legrand  Russell, 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

132 

1846. 

Emma, 

Charles  E.  Doty, 

New  Haven, 

136 

1821. 

Emily  Nichols, 

Timothy  Dwight, 

New  York, 

137 

1847. 

Emily, 

Isaac  C.  Bates, 

Providence,  R.  I., 

151 

1853. 

Emily  Dwight, 

Charles  H.  Ferry, 

Chicago,  111., 

153 

1856. 

Emily  Francis, 

Boston, 

154 

Esther, 

Married Beach, 

23 

Eunice, 

Alfred  Thorpe, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

118 

1823. 

Eunice, 

Edward  Johnson, 

141 

Fannie, 

Edwin  S.  Walker, 

Philadelphia, 

153 

1851. 

Fannie, 

C.  B.  Blakeslee, 

Peoria,  III., 

157 

1809. 

Florilla  Punderson, 

Kent,  Ct., 

127 

1846. 

Frances  Ann, 

Marks, 



152 

1770. 

Grace, 

Peter  Totten, 

New  Haven, 

46 

1799. 

Grace  Totten, 

Elias  Parker, 

Middletown,  Ct., 

90 

1802. 

Grace, 

Capt.  Benj.  Hallett, 

Wilmington,  N.  C. 

185 

1829. 

Grace, 

William  Van  Doran, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

143 

16B9. 

Hannah, 

Gershom  Brown, 

New  Haven, 

18 

1704. 

Hannah, 

Gershom  Todd, 

22 

1747. 

Hannah, 

Col.  William  Douglas, 

New  Haven, 

42 

1761. 

Hannah, 

Daniel  Tuttle, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

70 

1801. 

Hannah  Fenno, 

Unmarried, 

Middletown,  Ct., 

90 

1795. 

Hannah, 

Christopher  Bullock. 

Winchester,  N.  H., 

119 

Hannah, 

Canaan,  Ct., 

122 

1810. 

Harriet, 

Ira  Frink, 

Litchfield,  Ct., 

128 

1824. 

Harriet, 

George  W.  Johnson, 

Woodbury,  Ct., 

132 

1844. 

Harriet  Elizabeth, 

Thomas  J.  Beers, 

New  Haven, 

136 

1820. 

Harriet, 

Henry  E.  Rhodes, 

New  Haven, 

137 

1866. 

Harriet  May, 

Boston, 

154 

1860. 

Harriet  Stanley, 

New  Haven, 

154 

1858. 

Hattie  Phillips, 

Thomas  Baher, 

Rah  way,  N.  J., 

151 

1860. 

Hattie  E., 



New  Haven, 

156 

1859. 

Hattie  Augusta, 

Robert  C.  Button, 

Fair  Haven,  Ct., 

158 

1847. 

Hellen  A., 

Henry  B.  Ball, 

Fair  Haven,  Ct, 

160 

1849. 

Irene  Elizabeth, 

Doct.  Merrilt  Matteson,Morris,  N.  Y., 

1S9 

196 


MAXSFIELD  GENEALOGY. 


Births.  Husbands.  Residence.  Page. 

1860.  Isabelle Fleming,           Peoria,  III,  157 

1815.  Jane,  Unmarried,  New  Haven,  136 

1825.  Jane,  Monroe  L.  Battell,  New  York,  143 

1859.  Jennie  Elizabeth,  Marcus  E.  Butterfleld,  Fair  Haven,  Ct.,  136 

1818.  Jennett,  Samuel  Riggs,  New  Haven,  137 

1852.  Jennie  Louise,  John  D.  Bulkley,  New  Haven,  139 
1810.  Jennett,  Caleb  Lyon,  Beecher,  111.,  143 
1865.  Jennie  L.,                       Hamden,  Ct,,  156 

1865.  Jessie,                            Clock  ville,  NY.,  149 

1849.  Josephine,  Andrew  T.  Sprague,  Greenwich,  N.  Y.,  147 
1784.  Julia,  David  Ritter,  New  Haven,  76 
1820.  Julia  Ann,  Cereno  Saxton,  Woodbury,  Ct.,  132 
1807.  Julia  Ann,  Unmarried,  New  Haven,  135 
1854.  Julia  Ann,  Joseph  Gee,  Woodbury,  Ct.,  151 
Julia,  James  J.  Cope,  Northampton  Co.,  Pa.,      153 

1850.  Katharine  Mather,         Middletown,  Ct.,  135 

1856.  KateM.,  Prof.  Bert  Watisman,  Burlington,  Vt.,  158 
1800.  Laura,  Thomas  Halbert,  Westmoreland,  N.  Y. ,      123 

1866.  Lilian  S.,                        New  Haven,  156 

Lizzie  Glover,                Easton,  Pa.,  153 

1721.  Lois,  Abraham  Bradley,  New  Haven,  30 

1747.  Lois,  Col.  Willian  Lyon,  New  Haven,  51 

1806.  Louisa,  Doct.  Peter  Mattaner,  Virginia,  102 

1814  Louisa  M.,  Hezekiah  C.A.HaiTison,N.  Y.  City,  132 

ia55.  Louisa,  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,      148 

1857.  Louise  Pentard,  C.  W.  Mosher,  Lincoln,  Neb.,  157 
1772.  Lucretia,  Abel  AUis,  Derby,  Ct„  66 
1820.  Lucretia  Melinda,  John  Kinney,  Meriden,  Ct.,  123 
1797.  Lucy  Maria,  Unmarried,  New  Haven,  132 
1702.  Lydia,  Unmarried,  Mansfield  Farms,  19 

Lylola,                            Canaan,  Ct.,  123 

1743.  Mabel,  Doc'.  Walter  Munson,  North  Haven,  Ct.,  40 

1774.  Mabel,  Joel  Todd,  North  Haven,  Ct  ,  71 

1788.  Mabel,  Stephen  Babcock,  Hamden,  Ct.,  117 

1708.  Margaret,  Capt.  Israel  Munson,  New  Haven,  23 

1853.  Margaret  E.  Deering,     Oswego,  N.Y.,  134 

1859.  Marguerite  Elting,         Peoria,  111.,  157 

1840.  Margaret  S.,  Charles  Rowley,  WoodI)ury,  Ct.,  150 
1808.  Maria  Mills,  Hon.  Hugh  White,  Waierford,  N.  Y.,  126 
1808.  Maria,  Daniel  Atwood,  Woodbury,  Ct.,  132 
1822.  Maria,  Dana  H.  Hotchkiss,  New  Haven,  141 
1845.  Maria,  John  Jacobs,  Hamden,  Ct.,  143 
1825.  Maria  B.,  Timothy  Wheeler,  Waterbury,  Vt.,  146 

1841.  Marion  E.,  James  M.  Baldwin,  Fair  Haven,  Ct.,  150 

170L  Mary,  Daniel  Tuttle,                     19 

Mary,  Elihu  Sperry,  Woodbridge,  Ct.,  33 


INDEX. 


197 


Birtlu 

r. 

1707. 

Mary, 

1745. 

Mary, 

1774. 

Mary,          • 

]Mary, 

1765. 

Mary, 

1779. 

Mary, 

1807. 

Mary  Ann, 

1799. 

Mary, 

1800. 

Mary, 

1809. 

Mary  Ann, 

1806. 

Mary, 

1813. 

Mary  Steel, 

1813. 

Mary  Ett, 

1831. 

Mary  S  , 

1841. 

Mary  Louisa, 

1855. 

Mary  Louisa, 

1817. 

Mary  Ann, 

1829. 

Mary  Frances, 

1839. 

Mary  Aikins, 

1821. 

Mary  Maria, 

1848. 

^lary  Minerva, 

1843. 

Mary  Eunice, 

Mary  Eunice, 

1839. 

Mary  Louisa, 

1844. 

Mary  Aurelia, 

1868. 

Mary  E , 

1868. 

Mary  Hine, 

1818. 

Mary  ett, 

1660. 

Martha, 

Martha, 

1797. 

Melinda, 

1662. 

Mercy, 

1667. 

Mercy, 

1719. 

Mercy, 

1849. 

Nancy  Elizabeth, 

1848. 

Ntfncy  E., 

1867. 

Nellie  C, 

Phebe, 

1757. 

Polly, 

1800. 

Polly, 

1714. 

Rachel, 

1787. 

Rachel, 

Rebecca, 

Rhoda, 

1779. 

Sally, 

1781. 

Sally, 

Hmbanda.  Residence. 

Fitz  John  AUyn,  New  Haven, 

Isaac  Beers,  New  Haven, 

Giles  Martinbrough,  Derby,  Ct., 

Lyman  Smith,  North  Haven,  C\., 

Wheeler  Beecher,  Woodbridge,  Ct., 

Leman  Hall,  New  Haven, 

Prof.  Charles  Davies,  Fishkill,  N.  Y., 

Unmarried,  New  Haven, 

Ezra  Kimberly,  Hamden,  Ct., 

Washington  Jacobs,  North  Haven,  Ct., 

Unmarried,  Winchester,  N.  H., 

Henry  Chapin,  Anite,  Iowa. 

Noah  French,  Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y. 

Unmarried,  Slatersville,  R.  L, 

Unmarried,  Middletown,  Ct., 

Frank  B.  Walker,  New  Haven, 

Unmarried,  New  Haven, 

Richard  M.  Johnston,  Sparta,  Ga., 
Francis  W.  Wilkinson,  New  Haven, 

J.  O.  Barker,  

Anson  O.  Brigham,  Stowe,  Vt., 

Schwartz,  

Easton,  Pa., 

Augustus  R.  Tread way,Cleveland,  O., 

Hubbard  Bradley,  North  Haven,  Ct, 

North  Haven.  Ct., 

New  Haven, 

Unmarried,  

Richard  Sperry,  ''Woodbridge,  Ct., 

Thomas  Sperry,  

John  Frost,  Hamden,  Ct., 

Bristol,  

John  Thompson,  East  Haven,  Ct., 

Rev.  William  Troup,  New  Haven, 

Jasper  B.  Blackstone,  Muscatine  Co.,  Iowa, 

North  Haven,  Ct., 

New  Haven, 

Leman  Potter,  

North  Haven,  Ct., 

Henry  Snow,  Battle  Creek,  Mich,, 

Stephen  Tuttle,  

James  W.  Townsend.  New  Haven, 
Legrand  Leavenworth,  Canaan,  Ct., 

Derias  Cooper,  Hamden,  Ct,, 

Lewis  Spooner,  Kent,  Ct,, 

Cyrus  Holbrook,  Derby,  Ct,, 


23 
49 
67 
71 
78 
76 
87 

lis 

117 

119 

121 

128 

131 

134 

135 

136 

136 

138 

139 

144 

147 

152 

153 

153 

155 

158 

160 

143 

9 

23 

117 

9 

12 

26 

149 

150 

156 

40 

40 

120 

23 

77 

122 

117 

72 


198 


MANSFIEIiD  GENEALOGY. 


Births. 

Husbands. 

Residence. 

Page. 

1786. 

Sally, 

Ransley  Hall, 

Hamden,  Ct., 

117 

1815. 

Sally  Maria,     ' 

Dea.  Joel  Blakeslee, 

Bridgeport,  Ct., 

130 

1677. 

Sarah, 

William  Rhodes, 

New  Haven, 

15 

1706. 

Sarah, 

Amos  Tattle, 

22 

1736. 

Sarah, 

John  Danielson, 

New  Haven, 

41 

1715. 

Sarah, 

Thomas  Wilmot, 

New  Haven, 

27 

1765. 

Sarah, 

James  Sisson, 

New  Haven, 

46 

1758. 

Sarah, 

Rev.  Edward  Blakeslee,  Derby,  Ct., 

66 

1768. 

Sarah, 

John  Benedict, 

New  Haven, 

74 

1782. 

Sarah, 

Stephen  Porter, 

New  Haven, 

76 

1791. 

Sarah, 

Capt.  Richard  Everitt, 

New  Haven, 

100 

1812. 

Sarah, 

Lucius  Naromore, 

Winchester,  N.  H., 

121 

1816. 

Sarah  Maria, 

Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y. 

,          131; 

1844. 

SarairW,, 

New  Haven, 

139 

1830. 

Sarah  Selina, 

John  H.  Thompson, 

N.  Branford,  Ct., 

143 

Sarah, 

Franklin  Shepherd, 

North  Haven,  Ct, 

145 

1862. 

Sarah  Sanford, 

Peoria,  111., 

157 

1664. 

Silence, 

Chatfleld, 

Killingworth,  Ct., 

9 

1864. 

Sophia  Phillips, 

Meriden,  Ct., 

160 

Sophia, 

Hurd, 

Derby,  Ct., 

115 

1713. 

Susannah, 

Samuel  Cook, 

New  Haven, 

24 

1712. 

Susannah, 

Samuel  Mansfield, 

New  Haven, 

27 

1791. 

Susan, 

Rev.  Joshua  Huntington.Boston, 

103 

1803. 

Susan, 

Asa  Slade, 

Litchfield,  Ct, 

128 

1850. 

Susan  Louisa, 



Fair  Haven,  Ct, 

136 

1837. 

Susan, 

George  D.  Gower, 

New  Haven, 

145 

The  descendants  of  the  married  female  Mansfields  of  other  names,  are  placed  to- 
gether in  one  place,  in  regular  order,  annexed  to  their  respective  numbers,  as  they 
occur. 


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Page  40,  28th  line,  for  Ural,  read  Uzal. 

"    89,  30th  line,  for  profitable,  read  hospitable. 

"    90,  7th  line,  for  country,  read  county. 

"    136,  6th  line,  for  May  18,  1817,  read  May  17,  1813. 
■    "    119,  8th  line,  for  Liverus,  read  Liverous. 

"    98,  31st  line,  for  1870,  read  1828. 

Jared,  of  Derby,  was  accidentally  left  out  of  the  Index.     His  places  are 
pages  98  and  135. 
Page  102,  35th  line,  for  at  Sheffield,  read  of  Sheffield. 


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