CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY F 104W7*=S85 ""'""'"' '■'""^ "'^'inliXiiirP/imMfii'iS"' Windsor. Connecticut oiln 3 1924 032 286 001 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924032286001 THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT, INCLUDING EAST WINDSOR, SOUTH WINDSOR, AND ELLINGTON, T»iiioit TO lyes, THE DATE OP THEIR SEPAEATION PROM THE OLD TOWN; AND WINDSOR, BLOOMFIELD AND WINDSOR LOCKS, TO THE PRESENT TIME. ALSO THE ^tnealogus anb Genealogical floles OF THOSE FAMILIES WHICH SETTLED WITHIN THE LIMITS OP ANCIENT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT, PRIOR TO 1800. BY HENRY R. STILES, M. D., OF BROOKLYN, N. Y. NEW YORK: CHARLES B. NORTON, 348 BROADWAY. 1859. Y ^^ P^. (dT.'^'^ r /i ;CV- coriniell universityI s^LIBRARY < Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, BY SAMCEL STILES, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. PRINTED BY MHNSELL & ROWLAND, ALBANY, N. Y. TO THE MEMORY OP ASAHEL STILES, OF SOANTIC PARISH, EAST WINDSOR, CONN., WHO SERVED IN THE BEVOLUTIONAET WAE. AS DRUMMER IH ONE OF THE COMPANIES WHICH WENT FROM HIS NATIVE TOWN, AND WHO, AFTER THE WAR, WAS ELECTED CA.-prCA.XJST OF THE SAME COMPANY; AND WHOSE LIFE EVINCED A SINCERITY OF PURPOSE, AND A RIGID ADHERENCE TO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE AND DUTY, WHICH, TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN PERSONAL CHARACTEKISTICS, WON FOR HIM, AMONQ HIS NEIGHBORS, THE EXPRESSIVE BUT RESPECTFUL APPELLATION OF "CAPTAIN STKAIGHT," THIS VOLUME IS BESPECTPULLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS GRAJSTDSON. PEEF ACE While engaged, some years since, in tracing out the genealogy of my family, I hecame deeply interested in the history of the ancient town where they first settled. This interest gradually deepened into a conviction that its history ought to be written, ere it was too late. There were other heads and hands, as I thought, better fitted than mine to undertake this labor ; but failing to enlist their services, I reluctantly undertook it myself. I was, at that time, in very poor health, and suffering from a serious affection of the eyes, which totally incapacitated me from any continuous effort at reading or writing. Thus prevented from the pursuit of my profession, I felt the necessity of something, which, by occupying my mind, should relieve ms from both the constant contemplation of my physical sufferings, and from the still greater discomfort of idleness. Seeking the country for its genial iniluenoes upon my weakened frame, I spent my time amidst the pleasant scenery of Ancient Windsor, visiting among friends and relatives, and drinking in, from aged lips, rich stores of historic lore. Meanwhile, taking advantage of an occa- sional " favorable spell" of eyesight, I cautiously used it, in examining the old written records, and in marking out such portions as were necessary to be transcribed. These were afterward copied by my brother, William L. Stiles, in whose accuracy I have as much confidence as in my own ; and to whom I here desire to express my gratitude for the deep interest which he has constantly manifested in everything pertaining to this work. The large stores of material thus collected were afterward collated and read to me ; and so, gradually, reading when I could, thinking when I could not read, and trusting my thoughts to the ready pen of an amanuensis, the skeleton of the history was constructed. From time to time, as my eyesight im- proved, I visited the old records, each time bringing away with me new material. Many times my health and eyesight failed me, but visiting Wind- sor for the benefits of its air and sunshine, I never gave up the purpose of writing its history, if my hfe should be spared. Gradually, and to an VI PEBPACB. extent which, if I had imagined before I undertook it, would prohably have deterred me from the labor — the work grew on my hands ; but to the Great Physician I humbly record my gratitude, that with the increased burden has also come an increase of strength, and that to day I enjoy a degree of health which I once scarcely dared to hope for. These circumstances, however, I would not naention here, were it not in the hope that they might serve to explain and to excuse, what perhaps might seem to others inexcusable faults of omission and commission. The original plan of the work included the history of East and South Windsor and Ellington to the present time. Finding, however, that Dr. H. C. Gillette of South Windsor, had undertaken the history of those towns from the commencement of the Revolution to the present day, and had in- deed commenced its publication in the Hartford Times, I relinquished that portion of my intended labor, and contented myself with giving the history of those towns only down to the year 1768, at which time they ceased to be a portion of Ancient Windsor. For the sake of completeness, however, I continued the ecclesiastical history of the east side towns, as well as the genealogies of the families therein, to the present date. In the construction of my history, I have endeavored to make it a treasury of all that was valuable and interesting relative to Ancient Windsor. My constant aim has been to bring out the original documents ; and to impress upon this history not the seal of my own authorship, but the broad seal of undoubted authenticity. I have preferred to imitate the pious zeal of Old Mortality, who wandered thro' " bonnie Scotland," not raising new monu- ments, but carefully removing from decaying tombstones, the thick moss, and reverently chiselling deeper the almost effaced inscriptions which pre- served the blessed memory of the " covenanting fathers." Such, I conceive to be the work of the true historian ; and wherever (as especially in the case of the chapter on Scantic Parish), I have found material garnered by other hands, I have availed myself of their labors, with the same freedom which I would myself allow in like circumstances, and with full acknowledgment therefor. As before mentioned, this work has increased on my hands to an unex- pected size, and, consequently, I have felt obliged to make it mainly a con- tribution of original material to the history of Windsor, and to cast out all such as being elsewhere printed, could be safely omitted here. This was especially the case in the biographical department. The lives of such men as Jonathan Edwards, John Fitch, Governor Roger Wolcott, and Chief Just- ice Ellsworth, would each, if as fully written out as we should wish fill a volume of the size of this. And, with all the abundance of original matter pressing upon me, I determined to give it the preference, even at the ex- pense of having my work censured as incomplete, by many who naturally expect to find lengthy biographies of Windsor's eminent sous. I preferred to leave them to other pens, and to content myself with rescuing from fast- PEEPACE. VU coming oblivion the oharaoters and memory of hamtler children of the same mother, the " rank and file," whose epitaphs have not previously been ■written, save, perchance, upon their gravestones. This unexpected increase of material upon my hands, has also obliged me to omit much of what I had prepared, and intended to have printed. Among other items, I may mention a chapter on the Colonies of Ancient Windsor, and another on ministers, college graduates, etc., who originated from that town ; besides lists of freemen, town officers, and state officers who originated there. The same cause has also obliged me to use small type and the most compact form of arrangement in the genealogies, as an undesirable expansion of the volume could only be avoided, to use a phrase more expressive than elegant, " by chucking 'em in tight." In the same cause also, must be found my excuse for the many repeated delays in the appearance of the volume, for which it is hoped my readers will feel amply compensated by the fact that they have over 900 pages instead of 600, as promised. Another pleasant duty yet remains, viz., the rendering of acknowledg- ments to those who have assisted me in my labors. Where so many have lent a " helping shoulder," it may seem invidious to particularize individuals ; yet I must refer to the Misses Stiles, whose hospitable roof has always been a pleasant home to me whenever I h.ave visited Windsor, and to whom, especially to Miss Luceetia Stiles, this history is, in a thousand ways, in- debted for its value and interest. To Mr. Jabez H. Hayden of Windsor Locks, Ct., whom Nature certainly designed for the historian of his native town, but whose multiplicity of business cares have prevented him from fol- lowing out his inclination ; to the president and officers of the Connecticut Historical Society, especially to its librarian. Feed. B. Perkins, Esq., and to Mr. HoADLET, State Librarian, for facilities and assistance extended to me in investigating the valuable manuscripts in their charge ; to Mr. Sidney Stanley, for his extremely valuable contributions to our Ellington history; to J. Hammond Tkcmbull, Esq., and the Hon. Gideon Welles, all of Hart- ford ; to John W. Baeber of New Haven ; to Mr. S. H. Hayden of Windsor ; to Dr. AsHBEL Woodward of Franklin, Ct. ; to Mr. Edward Hall and the Hon. Benjamin Pinney of Ellington, Ct. ; to Mr. George H. Mooee, librarian of the New York Historical Society; to Rev. Edward C. Marshall and Horace Dresser, Esq., and family, of New York city ; and to the town clerks of all of the towns formerly comprised within Ancient Windsor, I tender my hearty thanks for many facilities and courtesies extended to me during my investi- gations. I should be doing serious injustice to my own feelings, did I not, in this connection, express my deep sense of personal obligation to Mr. Joel Munsell, of the firm of Munsell & Rowland, the printers of this volume, for the hearty interest with which he has superintended its progress through the press. Being, like myself, a grandson of Ancient Windsor, the labor has been to him, as to me, a "labor of love," of which every page bears witness. viii PREFACE. It may not he amiss in this place to speak, somewhat at length, of the manuscripts and records which we have consulted in the preparation of this history. The Records of Windsor are as follows : 1. Record of Town Acts, in four volumes. Volume 1st, size, 9 by 7J inches, parchment covered, 50 (double) pages, contains the records from May 6, 1650, to December 31, 1661. Several of the first pages of this volume have crum- bled away from age. Volume 2d, similar in size and covering to the above, 81 (double) pages, contains records from February 6, 1666, to October 26, 1700. Ten pages of this volume are devoted to lists of town rates, and pages 51-52 to a record of town ways. A volume of 52 (double) pages, without cover, and altogether in a very dilapidated condition, contains records from December, 1700, to December 7, 1714 ; probably belongs to the preceding volume, and should be bound with it. Volume 3d, of larger folio size, leather binding, 147 (double) pages, contains records from December, 1768, to December, 1830. 2. A Record of Ads of Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands in Windsor, folio, parchment covered — very dry reading. 3. A little volume of same size as the earlier volumes of Town Acts, in parchment binding, entitled A Book of Town Wayes. This has been used and referred to in our chapter on the Plan and Distribution of Ancient Windsor. It is transcribed by Timothy Loomis, third town clerk, from the original by his predecessor, invaluable Matthew Grrant. 4. A volume similar in size to the above, in parchment cover, filled mostly with ancient Town Rates, Lists, etc., about 1672-1676. 5. Land Records, 1640 to the present day. The original /rsf volume is still in existence, although rather worn and shabby in appearance, and deserves a good strong binding, as its covers are gone, and its leaves loose. The present copy, now in use, at the clerk's oflce, was copied by Timothy Loomis, in 1723,* as we learn from the following town vote: — Aprils, 1723, "voted to pay Timothy Loomis, £20, 12s., to be paid out of the town rate for his transcribing the first book of town records of lands." It is clearly and accurately written in Mr. Loomis's elegant style of chirography , yet the original must always have a prior value in a legal and antiquarian point of view, which no copy can possess, and we hope that the selectmen of Windsor will order this volume to be carefully rebound. We may here observe, that although the Records of Windsor are mostly in an excellent state of pre- servation, yet some attempt should be made by the town authorities to have all the records, manuscripts, maps, etc., in the town clerk's oifice, carefully overhauled, examined, and filed in volumes, properly labeled and indexed. Many valuable and interesting documents, especially of the Revolutionary * Xot 1710-12, as stated on page 104. PREFACE. iX period, are perishing for lack of a little care.* We can not too urgently recommend that all these records should be placed beyond all danger of destruction by fire, by the erection of a suitable fire proof building for their reception. The records, especially the land records of Ancient Windsor, possess a value which pertains to the records of few other towns of Con- necticut, and Windsor owes it to the state, as well as to its own interests, to provide against the contingency of what would be an irreparable loss. 6. The Old Church Record, reprinted in this volume (Appendix No. 2), ver- batim et literatim, et punctuatim, the original of which is in the safe keeping of the Connecticut Historical Society. Our reprint is from a very accurate transcript by our friend Mr. Jaeez H. Hayden of Windsor Locks, Ct. 7. Henry Wolcott, Jr.'s, Shorthand MS. Volume, thus described : " Among the papers deposited in the Library of the Conn. Historical Society, some years since, was a stout little vellum-covered volume, of nearly 400 pages, closely written in a puzzling shorthand, with no clue to the sub- ject nor the writer's name. It lay unnoticed until a little more than a year ago, when it attracted the attention of J. Hammond Trumbull, Esq., who is as ingenious in such matters as he is persevering in his researches. He suc- ceeded in deciphering it, and found it to consist of notes of sermons and lectures, delivered in Windsor and Hartford, between April, 1638, and May, 1641, in regular course. The writer's name is not given, but his birthday is noted on the first leaf of the volume, and this and other facts identify him as Henry Wolcott, Jr.; and it is a curious fact that the only record of his birth is found among these hieroglyphics, and the date has been unknown till now. " These notes give the dates, texts and general outlines of the discourses of the Rev. Messrs. Warham and Huit, in Windsor, and of the Rev. Messrs. Hooker and Stone, in Hartford, during the sessions of the General and Par- ticular Courts. Among the former is one delivered by Mr. Warham, Nov. 17, 1640, 'at the betrothing of Benedict Alvord and Abraham Randall,' from the text, Eph. vi, 11, 'Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.' The preacher ' improved ' the theme ' for teaching the betrothed lovers that marriage is a Mac-/a»-i»tg condition,' and ' for reproof to those who think nothing is needed for marriage but the consent of the parents.' In the face of these solemn admonitions, it appears from the Windsor records that both were duly married before the expiration of the year — the happy Benedict to Joan Newton, and the other to Mary Ware. " Amon? the latter discourses, are Mr. Hooker's two Election Sermons, of May 31, 1638, and April 11, 1639. Of the first, from the text, Dent, i, 13 ; Mr. Trumbull gives an abstract, of deep interest, as showing the ' politics ' which were preached by the ablest and best of the Puritan Fathers." We may further notice that of seventy-five of the Rev. Mr. Warham's sermons and lectures preached in the year, from April, 1639, to April, 1640, twenty- four were from Psalms, xcii, 5, 6, 7 ; nineteen from I Corinthians, vi, 11 , fourteen from Matthew, xxii, 37, 38 ; and four from the 6th, 7tli and 8th verses of the same chapter, together with five occasional sermons from other texts. Of * We certainly do not intend, by these remarks, or those on page 398, to reflect, in the least, upon the present excellent town clerk of Windsor. As far as his care and attention can extend, the records are well and safely kept ; but the subject of which we speak is a town matter. It needs the attention of the seleetmen, and an appropriation trom the town to put these papers in a proper condition for safe keeping and reference. 2 X PREFACE. forty-six sermons and lectures, preached by Rev. Mr, Huit, between August 18, 16iJ8, and April 14, 1.640, twenty-one were from 2d Timothy, ii, 19, 21 ; five from Jeremiah, viii, 4 ; five from James ii, 14 ; fi>ur from I Corinthians, X, 12. Of the numerous other records and manuscrips, consulted in the writing of this history, it is unnecessary to speak, as they hare been elsewhere alluded to. And now, in conclusion, I may truly say, with valiant Captain John Mason : * " I wish [this task] had fallen into some better hands, that might have performed it to the life. I shall only draw the curtain & open my little casement, that so others, of larger hearts & abilities may let in a bigger light ; that so at least some small glimmering may be left to posterity what difficul- ties & obstructions their forefathers met with in first "settling these desert parts of America." Wishing, therefore, that my readers may find ^as much of profit and pleasure in perusing these pages, as I have found in writing them, I remain Their Friend and Servant, HENRY R. STILES, M. D. Brooklyn, N. Y., September, 1859. * In Mb Introduction to his History of the Pequot War. CON^TENTS. > -^ • »■ > Page. Chapter I. From the Discoverj' of the Connecticut to thg Settlement of Windsor, 1614-1636, 1 Chap. II. Civil and Ecclesiastical History, 1636-1650, 30 Chap. III. The Civil Organization of Windsor, illustrated by her records 53 Chap. IV. The Religious Organization of Windsor, 73 Chap. V. Indian History, 81 Chap. VI. Indian Purchases, 102 Chap. VII. Distribution and Plan of Ancient Windsor,. ... 116 Chap. VIII. Extracts . from the Town Acts, 141 Chap. IX. An Episode of Ecclesiastical History, 1668-1684, 163 Chap. X. King Philip's War, 1615-6 194 Chap. XI. Ecclesiastical and Civil History, 1685-1129 208 Chap. XII. Queen Ann's War, 1102-1113, and Indian War of 1122-24, 213 Chap. XIII. Windsor, East of the Great River, 1662-1168, 220 Chap. XIV. Windsor, East of the G-reat River — continued; Ellington Parish , 260 Chap. XV. Windsor, East of the Great River — continued; North or Scantic Parish, 290 Chap. XVI. Windsor, East of the Great River — continued ; Wapping Parish, 323 Chap. XVII. Windsor's Share in the Old French War, 1139-1162 329 Chap. XVIII. Ecclesiastical History of Windsor, First or Old Society, 1112-1116, 356 Xll CONTENTS. Page. Chap. XIX. Ecclesiastical History of Windsor, Third or Poquonnoc Society, 1124-1800, 365 Chap. XX. Wintonbury Parish, now Bloorafield, 310 Chap. XXI. Windsor's Share in the American Revolution, 1115-1183 380 Chap. XXII. Ecclesiastical History, First Society, 1116- 1859 431 Chap. XXIII. The Schools of Windsor, 442 Chap. XXIV. Perries, Inns, Stores, Houses, SlavoM, etc... 461 Chap. XXV. Windsor Locks, 1833-1859, 501 Chap. XXVI. Windsor since 1800 505 Genealogies, 511, 842 AppBijfDIX — No. 1. Sir Richard Saltonstall's Letter to Gov. Winthrop, 843 No. 2. Matthew Grant's Old Church Record, 844 No. 3. The Windsor Church the Oldest Orthodox Congre- gational Church in America, 858 No. 4. The Presbyterianism of the Earlier Churches of New England 864 The Patent of the Town of Windsor, 866 No. 5. The Petition of Inhabitants on the East Side of the Great River, 1680, 868 No. 6. Early Records of the East Windsor Church, 869 No. 1. Deacons and Early Members of the Congrega- tional Church in Ellington, Ct., 812 No. 8. The Original Members of the Wintonbury (now Bloomfield) Church, 873 No. 9. Records of the Seventh, or Fourth or North So- ciety of Windsor, 814 No. 10. Windsor Physicians, 811 Index to Historical Portion of the Volume, 881 Tndex to Intermarriages, etc., in Genealogical Portion of the Volume, 896 Errata, „;„ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. 1. Frontispiece, the old AUyn House, and Residence of Mr. H. S. Hayden, on Broad Street Green, Windsor. 2. Map illustrative of the Indian Purchases of Ancient Windsor, Conn., 103 3. Plan of the Ancient Palisado Plot in Windsor, 121 4. Plan of Ancient Windsor, 1640-1654 123 5. View of the Old Stone Fort, 155 6. View of the Old Moore House, 486 1. Portrait of Hon. John M. Mies 125 OLD AJ^D l^EW STYLE. Before l'I52, the year began March 25th (called Lady Day); although in Catholic countries, after 1582, it commenced Janu- ary 1st. Hence, between January and March, it was common to double-date. The difference between the Julian and Grego- rian year in the 18th century, was 11 days; after 1800, it was 12, which is to be added to any date in the Old Style to reduce it to the New. 2 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. and Cornelius Jacobsen Mey, all experienced captains in the Dutch merchant service, commenced an exploration of the Great Eiver of the Manhattans. At the very outset of the voyage, however, Block's vessel was burned. But, nothing daunted, he speedily constructed, on the wild and rocky shores of Man- hattan Island, a small yacht of 16 tons, which he named the Onrust, or Restless^ In this vessel he explored the East Eiver, which he named Helle Gat, established the insular nature of Long Island, and passing along the northern shore of the sound, discovered the Housatonic Eiver, and the Norwalk Islands. Eastward of these, he came to the mouth of a large stream flowing from the northwest, which he ascended as high as 41 deg. 4S min. (about half way between the present towns of Hartford and Windsor), where he found an Indian village or fort, belonging to the Nawaas.'-^ Upon this stream, which he named the Fresh River, better known to us as the Connecti- cut,^ he seems to have made no further explorations ; but re- turning to the Sound, coasted along to Cape Cod, where he met his friend, Captain Corstiaensen. Mey, meanwhile, had been^ exploring the Atlantic Coast south of Manhattan Island. The discoveries thus made opened to the adventurous mer- chants of Holland large and inviting channels of trade, in beaver skins and furs, especially with the Indians of the north, which they were by no means slow to see and improve. The Dutch West India Company was formed in 1621, and as the settlement of Nieuw Amsterdam, under its fostering care, gradually increased in size and permanence, so their commercial relations expanded and brightened. Their traders traversed the trackless forests, or paddled their light canoes along silent rivers, and visited the redman in his wigwam. The little fort at Manhattan was never free from stately Indian chiefs, whom the desire of barter, and the fame of fair dealings, had tempted thither; while an- 1 O'Callaghan, Hist, of New Netherland, i, 73. 2 Probably an error of pronunciation and spelling. 3 In the Indian tongue Quonektacmt — meaning as some say the long river / but according to others the River of Pines, in allusion to the pine forests which once stood on its banks. THE DUTCH IN CONNECTICUT. 3 Dually, from the goodly harbor, went forth a gallant fleet of broad bottomed Dutch vessels, richly laden with furry treasures, to gladden the hearts of the honest burgers of Amsterdam and Hoorn. Yet during all this time, and for many years after, there was little or no attempt at colonization. The rich and beautiful country to which they had gained access, was occupied only by a few straggling and scantily garrisoned log forts, which served as centers of trade; and their government was merely the agency of a wealthy mercantile corporation at home, whose objects and regulations were unfavorable to agricultural or in- dependent industrial pursuits. As yet no plans of comfortable settlement or visions of future empire had troubled the Dutch- man's busy brain. The meadows of the Connecticut Valley were lovely in his eyes, not as the home and inheritance of his race, but for the 10,000 beaver skins which were annually gathered from thence.^ Meanwhile events were transpiring on another Continent, and in another nation, which were destined to wrest this territory from the Dutch, and to give it for a goodly heritage unto men of a different mould and nobler aims. England, at this time, was overcast by the thick gathering cloud of civil and religious persecution. Church and State were becoming more and more exacting in their demands; all rights of conscience and faith were abnegated, and every heart was filled with forebodings of the future. " Every corner of the nation," says Macauley, "was subjected to a constant and mi- nute inspection. Every little congregation of separatists was tracked out and broken up. Even the devotions of private fami- lies could not escape the vigilance of spies. And the tribunals afforded no protection to the subject against the civil and ecclesi- astical tyranny of that period." It was then that America, long known to the English people for its valuable fur trade and fish- eries, began to be regarded as an asylum, by those whose prin- ciples and persecutions had left them no alternative but exile. Hope whispered to their saddened hearts that, perhaps, in these 1 Winthrop, i, 113. 4 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. savage western wilds, they might be permitted to enjoy those privileges which were denied them at home. The experiment was made. In 1620, the Eev. John Robinson's congregation, who, for eleven years, had found a home with the kind hearted Hollanders, embarked for America, and on the memorable 11th of December,! landed upon the bleak and rockbound coast of Plymouth. It is not our purpose to dwell upon the details of that scene which has become one of the grandest epochs of the world's history. Suffice it to say, that the experiment was a success. Starvation, cold, and all the novel dangers of a new settlement, failed to extinguish the life, or check the growth, of the Plymouth Colony. On this portion of the Western Oonti- nent were now planted two races of Europeans, with different natures and aims. The Dutchman, with his feudal institutions, and a soul absorbed in pelf. The Englishman, with his deep religious zeal, his love for popular liberty, and, it must be con- fessed, as great a love of trade as his Teutonic rival. The pro- bability that, sooner or later, their claims must conflict, was warranted equally by their national antecedents, and their di- versities of character. Yet it was not until 1621 that there was any actual communication between the two colonies. Then the Dutch sent a pacific and commercial embassage to Plymouth. Their envoy. Captain De Rasiere, was courteously welcomed, and honorably attended with the noise of trumpets. The meeting was pleasant to both parties. The Dutchman was the countryman of those who had befriended them in the day of their afQiction. " Our children after us," said the Pilgrims, " shall never forget the good and courteous entreaty, which we found in your country; and shall desire your prosperity forever." He in turn, seeing the sterility of their soil, invited them, as old friends, to remove to the fertile and pleasant lands on the Con- necticut. But the Pilgrims, with a frankness which savored almost of discourtesy, questioned the right of the Dutch to the banks of the Hudson, and requested them to desist from trading at Narragansett; at the same time plainly suggesting the pro- priety of a treaty with England. Good feeling, however, pre- 1 Old style. THE SETTLING OP NEW ENGLAND. 5 vailed in their intercourse. It could hardly he otherwise with so many pleasant memories to bind them together. Yet when De Easiere returned to New Amsterdam, it must have been with an uncomfortable apprehension of future trouble with their Eng- lish neighbors. For, soon after his return, the authorities sent home to the Directors in the Fatherland for a reinforcement of forty soldiers. The Dutchman's heart was kind, and his voice was ever for peace. But the plain words and grasping attitude of the Plymouth colonists had sown seeds of dissension which could not fail to disturb his tranquillity. Nor were these fears entirely groundless. The success of the Plymouth Colony, as well as the continuance of religious persecution and intolerance in the mother country, gave a decided impetus to the progress of emigration to New England. The Charter of Massachusetts Bay, granted in 1628, was con- firmed in 1629, and the same year the first settlement under its provisions was made at Salem, by Gov. Endicott and 300 others. Charlestown was next settled by a portion of the Salem people, and the same year the patent and government of Massachusetts was transferred to New England. This was but the beginning. The next year not less than It ships arrived, bringing some 1500 or 1*100 immigrants. Dorchester, Watertown, Eoxbury, Medforth and Weymouth, were rapidly settled by the new comers. And the social necessities of these colonists, as well as their restless activity and numbers, forbade the supposition that they would long remain within these narrow limits, when they became acquainted with the better lands and resources of the interior. Foremost among these colonies of 1630, both as regards the character of its members, and the date of its arrival, was the one which settled at Dorchester, and which afterwards removed to Windsor, Conn. It had been formed mostly from the west- ern counties of England,'- early in the spring of 1629, by the 1 Trumbull says this " honorable company" was derived from the coun- ties of Davonshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire. 6 HISTORY OP ANCTBNT WINIiSOE. exertions of the Rev. John White of Dorchester, whose zeal and labors fairly entitle him to the appellation of the " great patron of New England emigration." " Great pains were taken," says the historian, ^ " to construct this company of such materials as should compose a well- ordered settlement, containing all the elements of our independ- ent community. Two devoted ministers, Messrs. Maverick^ and Warhani,^ were selected, not only with a view to the spiritual welfare of the plantation, but especially that their efforts might bring the Indiaus to the knowledge of the Gospel. Two mem- bers of the government, chosen by the freemen or stockholders of the company in London, assistants or directors, Messrs. Rosseter and Ludlow, men of character and education, were joined to the association, that their counsel and judgment might aid in preserving order, and founding the social structure upon the surest basis. Several gentlemen, past middle life, with adult families and good estates, were added. Henry Wolcott, Thomas Ford, George Dyer, William Gaylord, William Rockwell and William Phelps, were of this class. But a large 1 History of the Town of Dorchester, Mass., (edited) liy a committee of Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society. 2 John Maverick was a minister of the Established Church, and resided about forty miles from Exeter, England ; he is first mentioned at the time of the assemblage in 'the New Hospital, Plymouth, England, to organize a Church. Cotton Mather includes him in the "First Classis" of ministers, viz : those who "were in the actual exercise of their ministry when they left England." He was "somewhat advanced of age," at that period. He took the freeman's oath May 18, 1631. A curious account of his drying some gun-powder in a pan over the fire, in the Dorchester meeting-house, which was used as a magazine also, and the wonderful escape of Maverick in the consequent explosion of a " small barrel," are described iu Winthrop's Journal, i. *78. Mr. Maverick expected to remove to Connecticut, but died Feb. 3, 1B36-7, aged " about sixty." " A godly man, a beloved pastor, a safe and truthful guide." Samuel Maverick, an Episcopalian, an early settler of Noddle's Island, and afterwards royal commissioner, was a sou of Rev. John. For a, inll account ot each, see Sumner's Hist, of East Boston. A h Q. 3 Rev. John Warham had been an eminent minister in Exeter Enoland and came to New England as the teacher of the Dorchester Church. THE DORCESTEE COLONY. 7 portion of active, well-trained young men, cither jnst married, or without families, such as Israel Stoughton, Eoger Clap, George Minot, George Hall, Richard Collicott, Nathaniel Dun- can, and many others of their age, were the persons upon whom the more severe trials of a new settlement were expected to devolve. Three persons of some military experience — viz: Cap- tain John Mason, Captain Richard Southcote and Quarter-Master John Smith — were selected as a suitable appendage, as forcible resistance from the Indians might render the skill and discipline which these gentlemen had acquired under De Vere, in the cam- paign of the Palatinate, on the Continent, an element of safety essential to the enterprise." "These godly people," says Roger Clap, one of the number,^ " resolved to live together, and therefore as they had made choice of those two Rev. Servants of God, Mr. John Warham and Mr. John Maverick to be their Ministers, so they kept a solemn Day of Fasting in the New Hospital in Plymouth, in England, spending it in Preaching and praying; where that worthy man of God, Mr. John White of Dorchester, in Dorsetshire, was present and preached unto us in the forepart of the day, and in the latter part of the day, as the people did solemnly make choice of, and call these godly ministers to be their Officers, so also the Rev. Mr. Warham and Mr. Maverick did accept thereof and expressed the same." On the 20th of March, 1630, this company of 140 persons, embarked at Plymouth, in the Mary and John, a vessel of 400 tons burden, commanded by Captain Squeb. " So we came," says Clap, " by the hand of God, through the Deeps comfortably; having Preaching, or Expounding of the Word of God, every day for Ten Weeks together, by our Ministers." On the Lord's Day, May the 30th, 1630, their good ship came to anchor, on the New England Coast. Their original destination was the Charles River, but an unfortunate misunderstanding which arose between the captain and his passengers, resulted in the latter being summarily put ashore at Nantasket (now Hull), 1 Roger Clap's Memoirs, published by the Dorchester Antiq. and Hist. Society. 8 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WJNDSOB. where they were obliged to shift for themselves as best they could. ^ Ten of the male passengers, setting out in a boat in search of the promised land, reached Charlestown Neck, where they were kindly received by an old planter, who gave them a dinner of " fish without bread." Thus scantily refreshed they passed up the Charles Eiver to what is now Watertown. Here they passed two or three days, when they returned to the main part of the company who had found a good pasture ground for their cattle at Mattapan now known as Dorchester Neck, or South Boston. Their settlement was named Dorchester in honor of the Rev. Mr. White of Dorchester, England, which had also been the home of several of their own number. The long sea voyage had probably enfeebled many of them,^ and as they still retained their original project of settling on the Charles River, they had made little or no provision for future want in the way of planting. Consequently, shortly after their arrival, they found themselves threatened with a scarcity of food. We will let Roger Clap tell the story in his own quaint and pathetic manner. " Oh the hunger that many suffered, and saw no hope in the eye of reason to be supplied, only by clams, and muscles, and fish. We did quietly build boats, and some went a fishing; but bread was witli many a scarce thing, and flesh of all kinds scarce. And in those days, in our straits, though I cannot say God sent us a raven to feed us as he did the prophet Elijah, yet this I can say to the praise of God's glory, that he sent not onlj' poor ravenous Indians, which came with tjaeir baskets of corn on their backs to trade with us, which was a good supply unto many, but also sent ships from Holland and from Ireland with provision, and Indian corn from Virginia to supply the 1 " The Mary and John was the first ship, of the fleet of 1630, that arrived in the bay. At that time there were surely no pilots for ships to be found, and the refusal of the captain to attempt the passage without pilot or chart does not seem unreasonable, though Clap has sent the captain's name to posterity as a " merciless man," who Trumbull says was afterwards obliged to pay damages for this conduct." {Hist, of Dorchester, Mass,) This trouble was afterwards amicably settled by the mediation of Gov. Wiuthrop. See his Journal, i, 28. 2 See Winthrop. THE ENGLISH INVITED TO CONNECTICUT. 9 wants of his dear servants in this wilderness, both for food and raiment. And when people's wants were great, not only in one town but in divers towns; such was the godly wisdom, care and prudence (not selfishness but self denial) of our Go- vernor Winthrop and his assistants, that when a ship came laden with provisions, they did order that the whole cargo should be bought /or a general stock : and so accordingly it was, and dis- tribution was made to every town, and to every person in each town, as every man had need. Thus God was pleased to care for his people in times of straits, and to fill his servants with food and gladness. Then did all the servants of God bless His holy name, and love one another with pure hearts fervently." For a further account of their doings at this place, a subject possessing peculiar interest to every inhabitant of Windsor, who traces his lineage back to these settlers of Dorchester, we refer to the history before mentioned. In 1631, Wahquimacut, a Connecticut Eiver sachem visited Boston and Plymouth, earnestly soliciting both colonies to make settlements on the river. While he extolled the exceeding fruit- fulness of the country, and its advantages for trade; he proffered the cordial friendship of his people; and offered the English, in case of their settlement, a full supply of corn and an annual present of 80 beaver skins. The urgency of this invitation arose, as the English afterwards discovered, from a desire to avail himself of the skill and arms of the white men against the Pequots, who were at that time harassing and conquering the river tribes. Gov. Winthrop of the Massachusetts Colony, though he treated the sachem courteously, declined the pro- posal. Gov. Winslow of the Plymouth Colony, however, deemed the matter worthy of more consideration, and shortly after took occasion to make a journey to Connecticut, whence he returned very favorably impressed. About this time also some of the Plymouth People had been up the river to trade, and the matter appeared in so favorable a light to that colony, that in July, 1633, Mr. Winslow and Mr. Bradford visited Boston to confer with Governor Winthrop and the Council upon the subject. It was proposed that the two colonies should unite in the erection of a trading house on the river, for the establishment of a traffic in hemp and beaver skins. The rumored occupation of that 2 10 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. fine country by the Dutch was also urged as an additional rea- son for its immediate preoccupation by the English. But the enterprise of Plymouth met with a cold response from the cau- tious authorities of Massachusetts. Gov. Winthrop objected to the proposition, first, because of the number of warlike Indians on the river; secondly, because of the bar at its mouth; thirdly, because of the ice and the violence of the stream, which it was thought would render it unnavigable during a greater part of the year. Finally, he plead the poverty of the Massachusetts Colony as preventing them from joining the enterprise. To this last, the Plymouth Company replied, by generously offering to loan them suflScient capital — but it was of no avail ; The Massachusetts gentlemen, " casting many fears of danger and loss," replied " they have no mind for it."> Finding the Massachusetts Colony thus disinclined to favor the undertaking, the Plymouth People determined to set about it themselves. A trading company was formed, and prepara- tions made for erecting a trading-house. In September following, also, one John Oldham, with three others of Dorchester, traveled through the wilderness to Con- necticut. He was kindly received by the native chiefs, who gave him a valuable present of beaver skins. Specimens of Indian hemp which he carried back to Dorchester, were pro- nounced far superior to the English article.^ He represented the distance from the Bay to Connecticut as being about 160 miles The Dutch meanwhile had not been idle. Feeling the necessity 1 These are the words of Gov. Bradford of Plymouth. There appears truly to have been a want of ingenuousness in the action of the Massachusetts Colony. Their objections seem to us, as they probably seemed to their friends at Plymouth, " rather specious than solid." And their subsequent jealously of the Plymouth Colony — their eagerness to settle in the new country of the Connecticut after the former had made an entrance and begin- ning — together with the peremptory illiberal manner of dealing with them in regard to the settlement of Windsor, contrast strongly, and, we can not but think unfavorably, with their previous extreme caution and reluctance to embark in the enterprise. 2 Oldham also carried back some fine specimens of black lead "whereof the Indians told him there was a whole rock." — Winthrop's Journal i 111, DUTCH PURCHASE AT HARTFORD. 11 of maintaining their claim to the Connecticut by actual occupa- tion, Director Van Twiller, in 1632, had purchased from the Indians, lands at Saybrook, on which he had erected the arms of the States General. And on the 8th of June, 1633, the West India Company through their clerk Van Curler, bought from Sachem Wapyquart, a tract of meadow land, "extending about a [Dutch] mile down along the river, to the next little stream, and upwards beyond the kill, being a third of a [Dutch] mile broad."^ On this purchase, the present site of the city of Hart- ford, Van Curler quickly erected a little fort, which he defended with two cannon, and called the House of Good Hope. Events were hurrying forward a collision, which could not long be avoided. Early in October, the bark Blessing, from Massachusetts, voyaging to Long Island, visited New Amsterdam, where its captain showed to Van Twiller his commission, signifying that the King of England had granted to his loyal subjects the river and country of Connecticut. Whereupon the Dutch Go- vernor wrote back a very "courteous and respectful" letter to the Eastern Colonies, stating that both by prior discovery, occu- pation, and the grant of the States, the country belonged to the Dutch West India Company; and requesting the Plymouth Peo- ple to refrain from settling there until the matter could be determined by the proper persons, in order that they " as Christians, might dwell together in these heathenish parts.'' But these courteous and pacific counsels had no weight with the Pl3'mouth Trading Company, who, within a few days after, sent out " a large new bark," in charge of one William Holmes, a man of enterprising and resolute spirit, with an equally resolute crew.^ Holmes had on board the frame of a house, with all the materials requisite for its immediate erection. He also carried with him Attawanott, and other Indian sachems, the original pro- prietors of the soil, who had been driven thence by the warlike Pequots, and of whom the Plymouth People afterwards purchased 1 O'Callaglian, Hist. New Netherland, i, 151. 2 This was " the latter part of October," but the Dutch authorities state it as the 16th of September. See O'Callaghan. 12 HISTORY OB ANCIENT WINDSOB. the land. Sailing steadily up the broad Connecticut, he suddenly found himself under the " two guns" of the newly erected Dutch fort at Hartford. The drum-beat that resounded from its walls, the cannoniers standing with lighted matches, under the banner of New Netherland, all gave note of warlike intent. Nor was he long left in doubt. The Dutch hailed him with an enquiry as to his intentions, followed by a peremptory order to stop. He curtly replied that he held his commission from the Governor of Plymouth ; that his orders were to go up the river to trade, and go up he would. They threatened to fire upon him, but his English blood was up, and he proceeded on his way in cool defiance of their threats. The Dutch, for reasons best known to themselves, did not fire. Passing on a few miles, he arrived at the location which had been selected for a trading house, just below the mouth of the Tunxis (or Parmington) river, in the present town of Windsor. Here he erected his house — the first ever erected in Connecticut"^ — and proceeded to fortify it with palisadoes, with the utmost dispatch. As may be imagined, these high handed proceedings of their Yankee neighbors, produced quite a flutter among the honest traders of Nieuw Amsterdam. Gov. Van Twiller immediately wrote to the Netherlands for advice and troops, and directed Commissioner Jacobus Van Curler to serve a protest upon Cap- tain Holmes, which was done forthwith with all due solemnity^ October 25th, as follows: " The Director and Council of Nieuw Netherland hereby 1 Gov. Woleott's Mss. By this is probably meant the first English bouse. Barber (Hist. Collections of Conn.) says tbis bouse " stood about two miles Southeast of the First Congregational Church, on the riverbank, about twenty rods from a point of land extending down the river, near the western shore. It was at this place Farmington or Windsor River entered the Connecticut. The mouth of the river is now sixty rods above. This was changed by Gov. Woleott's cutting a canal for a ferry boat across the point of land above men- tioned. This channel has become so much enlarged, that it is now the main channel of the river. The meadow lying in the vicinity of where the house stood is still called Plymouth Meadow", and the point near where Holmes landed is occupied by a fishing hut, and called by the boatmen on the river Old Point Comfort. CAPT. HOLMES AT WINDSOR. 13 give notice to William Holmes, lieutenant and trader, acting on behalf of the English Governor of Plymouth, at present in the service of that nation, that he depart forthwith, with all his people and houses, from the lands lying on the Fresh River, continually traded upon by our nation, and at present occupied by a fort, which lands have been purchased from the Indians and paid for. And in case of refusal, we hereby protest against all loss and interest which the Privileged West India Company may sustain. Given at Fort Amsterdam, in Nieuw Nethcrland, this xxvth Octob., 1633."! To this protest a written answer was requested but refused by Holmes. And not long after^ the Plymouth trading house was besieged by a force of 10 Dutch soldiers, who, with banners displayed, seemed to menace its destruction. Finding, however, that Holmes was fully prepared to resist their attack, they demanded a parley, which was granted. Holmes reasserted his peaceable intentions; his just claim by purchase of the original proprietors, and his determination to maintain that claim. The parley finally ended by the peaceable withdrawal of the Dutch troops, and no further demonstrations were ever made against the Plymouth house. Yet he undoubtedly was obliged to keep a vigilant watch and ward, for with irate Dutchmen on the one hand, and the haughty Pequots, who were incensed at his bringing back the original proprietors of the soil, on the other, his position was no sinecure. As this was the last of the Dutch controversy, so far as Windsor was concerned, we shall take leave of it here. Its history pertains more to the early history of Hartford. Nor was it long. The Dutch arms at Say- brook were torn down and replaced with a fool's head, by the English, in 1634. The House of Good Hope, at Hartford, although it maintained a precarious existence for several years, was merely a house of forlorn hope; and under the aggrandizing claims of the Connecticut Colony, the Dutch possessions in these parts, within four years, dwindled to a tract of twenty-eight acres, more or less, and even those were held by sufferance of their 1 O'Callaghan, i, 154. 2 December 22, 1634. By a letter from Plymouth it was certified that Holmes's House had been attacked. {Winthrop, i, 153.) 14 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOB. Yankee neighbors. In 1653, when England and Holland were at war, Captain John Underbill seized the House of Good Hope in the name of the Providence Plantations; and in 1655, an act of sequestration extinguished the last vestige of Dutch claim on the Connecticut River. Soon after, also, Manhattan yielded to the demands of Gov. Nicholls of Virginia, and Nieuw Amster- dam became New York. The local controversy between the Dutch at Hartford and the Plymouth People at Windsor, seems to have been rather on general principles. Holmes's purchase extended only to the " great swamp next the bounds of Hartford [on the] South."i This would at most only slightly overlap the northern bounds of the Dutch lands at Hartford, the probability is that it did not.^ Moreover the Dutch bought their lands of the Pequots who had become the owners thereof by (comparatively recent) conquest. Holmes, with more apparent justice, at all events with con- siderable policy, purchased his lands of the original owners whom he restored to their native soil.^ Yet in all this, we can not avoid a sympathy for the unlucky Dutchman. His honesty, forbearance and constant desire for peace, and his courteous dealing under all these aggravating cir- cumstances, contrast favorably with the rough, over-bearing manner, and grasping desire for gain, which characterized the self-styled " dear servants of the Lord," the English colonists. Obliged by superior force to retire from a well-earned posses- sion, the Dutchman left, among Indian friends and English enemies, a reputation untarnished by deceit, or intentional wrong doing. If the right of possession depends upon the mere fact of 1 See Deed of Mr. Prince, in behalf of Plymouth. Colony, to Windsor, May, 1637. 2 The land purchased of Wapyquart by the Dutch in 1633, extended on the north " to a musket shot over the kill (or a little river) on which the House of Good Hope was built." And Gov. Bradford says of Holmes's party, " They did the Dutch no wrong, for they took not a foot of any land they bought, but went to the place above them," &c. 3 Same. DUTCH AND ENGLISH CLAIMS. 15 prioi' discovery, then England, by virtue of the discoveries of the Oabots in 1495 and 149T, clearly held the title to these western wilds. But if, as England, in the person of " Good Queen Bess," so boldly aflSrmed in 1580, actual possession con- fers the only valid title to uninhabited lands, we must concede that right to the Dutch. The settlements at Albany and Man- hattan, in 1613 and 1614, asserted the right of the States Gen- eral to the discovery made by Hudson, in the service of a Dutch merchant company, in 1609, long before any Englishmen had made their homes upon this part of the Western Continent. Dutch traders followed close in the wake of their countryman's vessel, as her restless keel, for the first time cleft the still waters of the Fresh River, and established with the natives of the Interior, a large and profitable commerce. Nay, more, they had even complied with the great prerequisite of actual possession, established by England, and by purchase and occupation were rightful owners of the soil, full one year before their Saxon rivals. The early Dutch maps of their American possessions, in- clude not only New York, but New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and a part of Massachusetts. The discussion of abstract principles and rights involved in the different English charters and patents of New England — a subject in which there is certainly room for a full variety of opinion — belongs rather to the general historian than to the scope of this work. Yet we may remark, that, in our opinion, the Great Charter of New England, granted by King James, fully recognizes the claims of the Dutch, by its express reservation, " that any of the said premises herein before mentioned be not actually possessed or inhabited by any other Christian prince or state." Yet England with strange inconsistency, found it convenient to set aside the just claim of the States General, and " fully consummated an act of spoliation, which in a period of profound peace, wrested this province from its rightful own- ers, by means violating all public justice, and impugning all pub- lic laws."^ 1 Hon. Ben. P. Butler of New York. J 6 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. In the early part of November, 1633, Hall and two companions from Massachusetts, visited Connecticut for the purpose of trade, but found the Indians suffering so severely from the small-pox, that they were unable to do any thing. They therefore returned to Massachusetts in January, 1634. This mortality seems to have been general throughout New England, and the Indians of Windsor were among its victims.^ Bradford in his Journal gives the following account:^ "This spring, also, those Indians that lived about their trad- ing house^ there fell sick of the small-pox, and died most miser- ably; for a sorer disease can not befall them; they fear it more than the plague. ****** The condition of this people was so lamentable, and they fell down so generally of this disease, as they were (in the end) not able to help one an- other; no, not to make a fire, nor to fetch a little water to drink, nor any to bury the dead; but would strive as long as they could, and when they could procure no other means to make fire, they would burn the wooden trays, the dishes they ate their meat in, and their very bows and arrows; and some would crawl out on all fours to get a little water, and sometimes die by the way, and not be able to get in again. But those of the English house (though at first they were afraid of the infec- tion), yet seeing their woful and sad condition, and hearing their pitiful cries and lamentations, they had compassion of them, and daily fetched them wood and water, and made them fires, got them victuals whilst they lived, and buried them when they died. For very few of them escaped, notwithstanding they did what they could for them, to the hazard of themselves. The chief sachem* himself now died, and almost all his friends and kindred. But by the marvellous goodness and providence of God, not one of the English was so much as sick, or in the least measure tainted with this disease, though they daily did these offices for them for many weeks together. And this mercy which they shewed them was kindly taken, and thankfully acknowledged of all the Indians that knew or heard of the same; and their masters here did much commend and reward them for the same." 1 See Winthrop's Journal, i, 119-123. 2 Page 325. '^ The Plymoutli trading house at Windsor. * This was probably Attawaiiott or Nattawanut, who was brought home and restored' to his possessions by Holmes. See the Chapter on Indian History and Purchases. EMIGRATION FROM DORCHESTER. 17 We have now arrived at a most interesting point in our his- tory, namely, the emigration from Dorchester of the first settlers of Windsor. The causes of this movement are thus ably and briefly described by the historian of Dorchester. ^ " The emigration to Connecticut of a large portion of the first settlers of Dorchester, forms an important crisis in the affairs of the plantation ; it deprived it of nearly one-half of its popula- tion, including the ministers, Messrs. Maverick and Warham, and a large part of the intelligence and wealth which accompa- nied the first comers. This movement has been attributed to different causes, but it appears rather to have been produced by a concurrence of sundrj- incidents, than any one prominent motive. Cotton Mather, in reference to this subject, saj's: " Massachusetts soon became like a hive overstocked with bees, and many thought of swarming into new plantations.'' But the whole colony at this time contained but five or six thousand people. The Dorchester settlers were made acquainted with the rich bottom lands of the Connecticut by Hall and Oldham, in 1633, and the labor of clearing their own rocky fields daily brought to their minds the advantages possessed by the former position. A great quantity of valuable furs had reached the Bay from the River Indians, and many of the Dorchester People were engaged in the fur business. It was known that the Con- necticut Patentees, Lord Brooke, Sir R. Saltonstall, John Hamp- den, and others, were preparing to take possession of their patent, and make a settlement at the lower part of the river. ^ IHist. of Dorchester before referred to. 2 In 1631, the Plymouth Council in England (chartered in 1620) " for the planting, ruling and governing of New England in America," gave a patent of Connecticut, including all the land from the sea, 120 miles into the Coun- try, and from Narragansett River (in Rhode Island) on the East to the South Sea (Pacific) on the West, to Lords Say and Seal, Lord Brook, Sir Pauhard Saltonstall, and others. This patent was duly confirmed by the King, and the Patentees, at that time, contemplated removing to Connecticut as soon as settlements were so far advanced as to afiord a comfortable accommodation. The indefinite nature of the grant, however, was always a source of misunder- standing and contest. We can not but speculate as to the diff'erent course which the history of 18 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. This subject agitated the people of the Bay to such a degree that a public fast was appointed, September 18, 1634.i Roger Ludlow, one of the assistants and a leading inhabitant of Dor- chester, strongly opposed the movement. In this state of affairs, Israel Stoughton, one of the first Deputies of Dorches- ter, had an altercation with Governor Winthrop, and published a pamphlet which occasioned his expulsion from the House,^ and the Dorchester People petitioned in vain for a remission of his sentence. Roger Ludlow, of Dorchester, aimed at being Governor of Massachusetts Colony in 1635, and protested openly against the choice of Governor Haynes, and was in consequence left out of the Magistracy. It is not improbable that these wealthy and influential gentlemen sought a more congenial field for their political ambition, than the Bay Colony presented to them at that moment. It is certain that Mr. Ludlow sud- denly changed his views on the subject, and was actively engaged in the project in 1635, which he had with zeal opposed in 1634. ***** These different considerations will sufiSce to account for the movement which was at first opposed by the Government, but in the spring of 1635 reluctantly assented to,"^ on the condition that the new colonies should our state would have taken, had this company of lords and gentlemen of ample means and aristocratic tendencies been the first settlers on the Con- necticut Eiver. 1 Gov. Bradford, with a quiet reference to the previous caution of the Mas- sachusetts folks, says: "Some of their neighbors in the Bay, hearing of the fame of Connecticut River, had a hankering mind after it (as was before noted), and now understanding that the Indians were swept away with the late great mortality, the fear of whom was an obstacle unto them before, which being now taken away, they began now to prosecute it with great eagerness." P. 338. The animus of the people of the Bay, in this matter, is unconsciously revealed by Winthrop, i, 140, who, in his account of the session of the general court at Newtown, Sept. 4, 1634, at which the subject was long and earnestly discussed, states the following as among the " principal reasons " assigned for removal to Connecticut: " The fruitfulness and commodiousness of Connecti- cut, and the danger of having it possessed by others, Dutch or English." And " The strong Jjent of their spirits to remove thither." 2 Winthrop, i, 155. 3 Hutchinson, i, 41. ARRIVAL OP STILES'S PARTY. 19 continue within the jurisdiction, and as a part of Massachu- setts. Early in June, the General Court granted " 3 pieces [or can- non] to the plantations that shall remove to Connecticut, to fortify themselves." And in the last days of this month, a company of Dorchester men, the pioneer corps of the proposed emigration, set out for the Connecticut River, to select a loca- tion and make preparations for a settlement. Arriving on the river probably about the 28th of the month, they sat down temporarily near the trading-house which Holmes had erected two years before. After here experiencing the hospitality of the Plymouth People for a few days, they made an excursion to examine the lands above the falls — probably Long-meadow^ — which not being quite to their liking, they came down the river again to their first camping ground, Matianuck,^ now Windsor, intending, with evident disregard of the claims of their hospit" able Plymouth friends, to settle there. But here they found that, during their absence, other pioneers had arrived whose claims conflicted with their own. These new comers were a party of some 20 men, under the superintend- ence of Mr. Francis Stiles, who had been sent out in a vessel at the private expense of Sir Richard Saltonstall, to prepare grounds and erect houses for himself and certain other lords and gentlemen, the before-mentioned Patentees of Connecticut. Having arrived in the Bay, June 16,^* Stiles remained there ten days, and then sailed for Windsor, the point designated in his instructions, which he reached about the 1st of July.^ Here he landed his party, and was about commencing his prepara- tions when unexpectedly interrupted by the return of the Dor- chester party from their explorations up the river. Thereupon 1 Masacskk. — See Savage's notes to Winthrop, ii, Appendix R, 393. 2 Sometimes spelt Mettaneug, or Maltaneaug. Also Cufchankamaug, or Ousclmnkamaug.- — Ibid. 3 Winthrop's Journal, i, 161. And Saltonstall in liis letter to Gov. Win - throp, Jr., says his Pinnace lay at Boston 10 days, which brings his time of departure from there, to the 26th. His voyage here to W. could not have taken longer than 5 or 6 days. 20 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. ensued a conflict of claims. The people of the Bay had long been jealous of the projected enterprise of the Patentees of Con- necticut, and Roger Ludlow, who was a magistrate of Massa- chusetts, and a sort of leader of the Dorchester party, claiming that they were within the jurisdiction of that colony, refused to give way to the authority of the Patentees. Although Mr. Stiles, with much firmness, represented the just claims of his employers to the soil, and that, at the time of his arrival, the Dorchester People were unsettled, and seeking for a place fur- ther up the river — yet his workmen were driven off, and his claim disputed and denied, with much abuse. Thus thwarted, he landed his stores in the vicinity of the residence of the late Chief Justice Ellsworth, and sending back his vessel to Eng- land, awaited further orders^ This affair was a very serious pecuniary loss to Saltonstall; and Gov. John Winthrop, Jr., who arrived at Boston in the November following, as governor of the Plantations of the Connecticut Patentees, was commissioned to consult with the Massachusetts authorities, " and those who were to go to Connecticut, about the said design of the Lords, to this issue, that either the three towns gone thither should give place upon full satisfaction, or else sufficient room must be found there for the Lords and their companies."^ The^matter was not, however, then adjusted, for the next year Saltonstall addressed a letter to Winthrop,^ authorizing him to settle the matter, at the same time cautioning him lest he should " breed some jealousies in the people, and so distaste them with our (the Patentees') Government." It was not settled, however, until 1645, when the Patentees, having abandoned their project of coming hither, sold out their patent, together with the fort, houses, &c., at Saybrook, to the Connecticut Colony. Salton- stall's personal claim at Dorchester seems to have been trans- 1 This vessel of Saltonstall's was cast away on the Isle Sable, on its return voyage. See Winthrop's Journal, i, 171. 2 See Letter from Winthrop, Vane and Peters, to Ludlow, Newberry, Stoughton and otters "engaged in settling on the Connecticut." Winthrop, I, 397-8. 3 This very interesting letter will be found in the Appendix, No. 1. LIST OP stilus's party. 21 ferred to Stiles, ^ wlio with his party settled there and became participants with the other settlers, in the general distribution of lands in 1640.^ There is no doubt that Stiles's party were, after the Ply- mouth Trading Company, the first actual settlers of Windsor. Fortunately, the researches of that indefatigable antiquarian, the Hon. James Savage, of Boston, among the manuscript treasures of Old England, enable us to present a full list of these first comers.^ It is as follows: " March 16, 1634-5, to New England, embarqued in the Christian de Lo[ndon], John White, master, bound thither, the men have taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy." Francis Stiles, aged 35^ Yvs., Jo. Cribb. aged 30 yrs., Thomas Bassett, 31 Geo. Chappel, tt 20 " Thomas Stiles, 20 Robt. Robinson, It 45 " Thomas Barber, 21 Ed. Patteson, ft 33 " Jo. Dyer, 28 Fr. Marshall, tt 30 " Jo. Harris, 28 Rich. Hayles, it 22 " Jas. Horwood, 30 Tho. Halford, tt 20 " Jo. Eeeves, 19 Tho. Haukworth, tt 23 " Thos. Foulfoot, 22 Jo. Stiles, tt 35 " Jas. Busket, 28 Henry Stiles, tt 40 " Thos. Cooper, 18 Jane Morden, tt 30 " Ed. Pkeston, 13 John Stiles, " 9 mts., Joan Stiles, 35 Rachel Stiles, tt 28 yrs. Henry Stiles, 8 Of these, sixteen, whose names are printed in small capitals, are positively known to have settled in Windsor.* Three of 1 See genealogy of tlie Stiles family, in another portion of this work. 2 Though for some time after designated as "the servants," meaning of Saltonstall. 3 Published in Mass. Hist. Society's Collections, 3d series, viii, 252. It is contained on p. 16 of a folio manuscript volume "at the Augmentation Office so [called], in Rolls Court, Westminster Hall," London. This record contains the names of persons permitted to embark at the port of London, after Christmas, 1634, to some period in the following year, kept generally in regular succession. 4 John Stiles, his wife Rachel, his children Henry and John, his sister Jane, and hrother Henry, were permanent settlers at Windsor, as also was Tliomas Barber. Mr. Francis Stiles removed to Stratford in or about 1652. Thos. Bar- ber, before mentioned, Thomas Stiles, Jo. Dyer, Jo. Reeves, Thomas Cooper and Gfeorge Chappel, were his apprentices, in his trade of carpenter. Thomas 22 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. these were females, and tradition, which tells ns that the foot of that fair maid, Mary Chilton, was the first to press the Plymouth Eock, has also preserved the name of Rachel, wife of John Stiles, as the first English woman who stepped ashore m Wind- sor. By this time the tide of emigration towards the Connecticut had fully set in, and the Dorchester party were constantly receiving accessions to their number. The following letter to the Plymouth Trading Company, from their agent at Matianuck (or Windsor), presents a lively picture of the stir and agitations upon the hitherto solitary river. "Sir: &c. The Massachusetts men are coming almost daily, some by water and some by land, who are not yet determined where to settle, though some have a great mind to the place we are upon, and which was last bought. Many of them look at that which this river will not afford, except it be at this place which we have, namely to be a great town, and have commodious dwell- ings 'for many together. So as [toj what they will do I can not yet resolve you; for [in] this place there is none of them say any thing to me, but what I hear from their servants (by whom I perceive their minds). I shall do what loan to withstand them. I hope they will hear reason; as that we were here first, and entered with much difficulty and danger, both in regard of the Dutch and Indians, and bought the land (to your great charge, already disbursed), and have since held here achargea- ble possession, and kept the Dutch from further incroaching, which would else long before this day have possessed all, and kept out all others, &c. I hope these and such like arguments will stop them. It was your will we should use their persons and messengers kindly, and so we have done, and do daily, to your great charge; for the first company had well nigh starved, had it not been for this house, for want of victuals ; I being forced to supply 12 men for 9 days together; and those which came last, I entertained the best we could, helping both them (and the Stiles removed to Long Island, where lie became one of the first settlers of Flushing. Jo. Reeves is afterwards found at Salem, M_ass., and a genealogy of his descendants can be found in the Medford Genealogies. Thomas Cooper moved to Springfield, probably about 1644^-6. Geo. Cliappel moved to New London, about 1651. Thomas Bassett removed to Fairfield, about 1650. Edward Preston is found in the neighborhood of Hartford, as late as 1645 ; and Edward Pattison, as late as 1670. 1 Family tradition. See Stiles genealogy. DORCHESTER VS. PLYMOUTH. 23 others) with canoes, and guides. They got me to go with them to the Dutch, to see if I could procure some of them to have quiet settling near them; but they did peremptorily withstand them. But this later company did not once speak thereof, &c. Also I gave their goods house room according to their earnest request, and Mr. Pincheon's letter in their behalf (which I thought good to send you, here inclosed). And what trouble and charge I shall be further at I know not; for they are coming daily, and I expect these back again from below, whither they have gone to view the country. All which trouble and charge we undergo for their occasion, may give us just cause (in the judgment of all wise and understanding men) to hold and keep that we have settled upon. Thus with my duty remembered, &c., I rest. Yours to be commanded, Matianuck, July 6, 1635. Johnnatha Brewster.^ It was evident that the Dorchester party had found no place so lovely in their eyes, or so well adapted to their wants, as that of Matianuck which belonged to the Plymouth People. And " after thorough view of the place, they began to pitch them- selves upon their land and near their [trading] house," with an intention of allotting to the Plymouth House, in the distribu- tion of land, a share " as to a single family''- This conduct towards those who had, at so much risk and trouble, purchased and occupied the land, and whose hospitality they had but a few days before, nay, even then were enjoying — was, to say the least, ungenerous. The Plymouth People very naturally resented it as an " attempt not only to intrude themselves into the rights and possessions of others, but in effect to thrust them out of all." Bradford's Journal has preserved several extracts from the many "letters and passages that went between" the two parties, on the subject, which fully exhibit the course and tem- per of the dispute. The Dorchester Party refer to the land in dispute, as that " upon which God by his providence cast us, and as we con- ceive in a fair way of providence tendered it to us, as a meet place to receive our body [company] now upon removal."^ In 1 Eldest son of Elder Brewster of Plymouth, came in the Fortune, 1621, removed to Duxbury in 1622, where lie became a prominent man. He after- wards removed to New London, Ct. 2 Or now about to remove," 24 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. reply the Plymouth People say: "We shall not need to answer all the passages of your large letter, &o. But whereas you say ' God in his providence cast you, &c.,' we told you before, and (upon this occasion) must now tell you still, that our mind is otherwise, and that you cast rather a partial, if not a covetous eye, upon that which is your neighbor's, and not yours; and in so doing, your way could not be fair unto it. Look that you abuse not God's providence in such allegations." The Dorchester People having argued that as it was "the Lord's waste, and for the present altogether void of inhabitants," who could use it "to the right ends for which land was created, Gen. I, 28 '' — it was therefore free for themselves to own and improve; and that the "future intentions" of the Plymouth People should not be preferred to their own present necessities and "actions," received the following pertinent reply from their Plymouth neighbors: "That if it was the Lord's waste, it was themselves [the Plymouth People] that found it so, and not they; and [they] have since bought it of the right owners, and maintained a chargeable possession upon it all this while, as themselves [the Dorchester men] could not but know. And because of present engagements and other hindrances which lay at present upon them, must it therefore be lawful for them [the Dorchester party] to go and take it from them?" But while this matter was in dispute, the Dorchester emigrants were by no means idle. They had set their hands as well as their hearts upon the land of Matiauuck; and all through the summer months, the forests echoed to the stroke of the settler's axe as he cut down the gigantic trees, and opened, here and there, a little spot of ground to the sunlight. And all summer long, more mindful of his dear wife and babes in the distant Bay, than of Plymouth land claims, he labored diligently to construct for them a home and a shelter against the coming winter. In August the Plymouth Colony formally protested against the usurpation of the Dorchester settlers on the Connecticut; and the Dutch also, alarmed at the increase of English immigra- tion on the river, sent to Holland for instructions. In Septem- ber, the Massachusetts General Court appointed one William THE EMIGEATION TO WINDSOR. 25 Westwood " constable for the plantations in Connecticut,'' and shortly after, they granted a new supply of arms and ammuni- tion to the new colonies, together with leave to appoint their own constables. Meanwhile, at the mouth of the Connecticut River, Gov. John Winthrop, Jr., was preparing to erect a fort by order of the Patentees of Connecticut.^ In the last daj's of this "pleasantest of autumnal months" (Oct. 15), the main body of the emigration, about sixty men, women and children,^ set forth from Dorchester on their long and toilsome journey to the Valley of the Connecticut. Their household furniture, bedding and winter provisions were sent around by water, and it is probable that some families also took this means of conveyance. " Never before had the forests of America witnessed such a scene as this." Driving the cattle before them; the compass their only guide through the bewil- 1 Winthrop, i, 173. 2 Winttrop says (vol. i, p. 171): about 60 men, women and children, went hy land to Connecticut, with their cows, heifers and swine, and after a tedious and difficult journey, arrived there safe. Contrary to the general opinion, we believe that this party of 1635, who drove their cattle before them, were principally Dorchester people. For they are particularly mentioned by the same author, as suffering much, and losing most of their cattle during the succeeding severe winter. And the Newtown people drove so many cattle the next summer on their route to Hartford that we can not suppose they had driven many to Conn, before. Haines, in his account of Dorchester, Mass., says that about 100 people removed to Conn, in 1635, most of which were Dorchester People, joined by a few from Newtown and Watertown. Trumbull says that Mr. Warham did not remove with his charge at this time, but came to Con- necticut in Sept. 1636. But we find no mention of him during this time, in Massachusetts, though Mr. Hooker (of Hartford) took part in councils until the next summer. Nor can we understand why a new church should have been formed at Dorchester while Mr. Warham remained. Winthrop says a council was called, April 11, 1636, to form a new church, ''a great part of the old one being gone to Connecticut." Its formation, however, from theological reasons, was deferred until August. la view of these circumstances, we feel warranted in our belief that the emigration of 1635, consisted mostly of Dorchester People, who settled at Windsor, and that their pastor came with them. 26 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. dering mazes of the unbroken forests, commencing and ending each day's march with songs of praise, and heartfelt utterances of prayer, which sounded strangely amid these solitudes — they journeyed on. That which is now a four or five hours' trip, was to them, encumbered as they were with women and children, and slow moving cattle, a journey of two weeks. ^ Before they reached the Connecticut, the hues of autumn had faded from the forests, and their leafless branches were swaying to and fro in the wintry storm. Winter, indeed, set in unusually early. By the 15th of November, the river was closed, and as yet the vessel containing their household goods and provisions had not arrived, nor were there any tidings of it. The rude shelter and accommodations which had been provided for themselves and their cattle, proved to be quite insufficient to protect them against the extreme inclemency of the season. They were able to get only a portion of their cattle across the river, the remain- der were left to winter themselves as best they could, on the acorns and roots of the forest. At this time (Nov. 26) a party of thirteen, driven by hunger and distress, attempted to return to Massachusetts, through the woods. One of the number fell through the ice and was drowned; and the remainder would have perished " but that by God's providence, they lighted upon an Indian wigwam.^ As it was they were ten days in reaching 1 In regard to tlie course of the first settlers, on their way to the Connecti- cut, Dr. MoClure's MSS., in possession of Conn. Hist. Soc, preserve the following narrative : ' " In a conversation with the late aged and respectable Captain Sabin, of Pomfret, Ct., he related to me the following discovery, viz : About 40 years, ago he felled a large and ancient oak, about the north line of Pomfret, adjoin- ing Woodstock. On cutting within some inches of the heart of the tree, it was seen to have been cut and chipped with some sharp tool like an axe. Rightly judging that at the time when it must have been done, the Indians, so far inland, were destitute and ignorant of the use of iron tools, he counted the number of the annular circular rings from the said marks to the bark of the tree, and found there were as many rings as the years which had intervened from the migration of the Dorchester party to that time. Hence the ' proba- bility that they journeyed along the north border of Pomfret, and as they traveled by a compass, the conjecture is corroborated by that course being nearly in a direct line from Boston to the place of their settlement on the Connecticut river.' " 2 Winthrop'S Journal. A DREADFUL WINTER. 27 the Bay.'- By the 1st of December, the condition of the infant colonies on the river was perilous in the extreme. Many were destitute of provisions; those who were not, were unable per- manently to relieve their neighbors, and the only alternative was to reach their vessel, which was supposed to be fast in the ice below. A company of seventy,"-' of all ages and both sexes, now set out in search, intending doubtless to winter on board the vessel. Shelterless and scantily supplied witli food, they toiled on, day after day, through snows and storm, hoping at every turn of the stream to discover the wished for relief. Who can picture the sufferings of that painful marcli, or their disappoint- ment as they reached the sea, and looked, but looked in vain for succor. How applicable to their condition are these words of Vfebster: "We hear the whisperings of youthful impa- tience, and we see chilled and shivering childhood, houseless but for a mother's arms, couchless but for a mother's breast, till our blood almost freezes." But God, in whom they trusted, was not unmindful of His suffering ones. His arm was stretched out to save. A small vessel, the Eebecca, of 60 tons, which had attempted to ascend the river to trade, before the winter set in, had become entan- gled in the ice, twenty miles from the river's mouth. ^ Fortun- ately a storm of rain came up, which though it drenched the sufferers, released the vessel which came to their relief; and Providence sending favorable winds, " they came " says Gov. Winthrop, " to Mass. in 5 days, which was a great mercy of God, for otherwise they had all perished with famine, as some did." The few who remained in Connecticut through this fear- ful winter, suffered much, as did their cattle also, from insuffi- ciency of both food and shelter. They literally lived on acorns, malt and grains, with what food they could gain by hunting, and such as was given them by the Indians. Their losses were 1 Winthrop's Journal. 2 Ibid. 3 Winthrop says, that while the Rebecca lay there in the ice, the Dutch sent a sloop to take possession of the mouth of the river, but the men got two pieces [cannon] on shore, and would not suffer them to land. HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. /ery heavy, that of the Dorchester People being as much as 22000 in cattle alone.'- Early in the month of March, 1635-6, Connecticut was set apart as a colony, under a commission granted by the General Court of Massachusetts, "to several persons to govern the peo- ple at Connecticut for the space of a year [then] next coming."^ The commissioners named were Roger Ludlow and William Phelps, of Windsor; John Steele, William Westwood and An- drew Ward, of Hartford; and William Pyncheon, of Springfield; William Swaine and Henry Smith, of Wethersfield. With the first dawn of spring (April 16, 1636), those brave hearts who had survived the toils and exposure of the previous winter, again undauntedly turned their footsteps towards Con- necticut. They comprised the larger part of the Dorchester Church, with, as some say, their surviving pastor, Mr. War- ham.^ Their settlement at Matianuck, was named Dorchester, in honor of the plantation from which they had emigrated. About the same time also Mr. Pyncheon and others from Eox- bury, Mass., settled at Agawam, now the city of Springfield. And in June following, came the venerable Hooker, with his companions from Cambridge, Mass., who settled at Suckiaug, now the beautiful city of Hartford, where a few settlers had "made a goodly beginning a little before."* Wethersfield had been precariously settled in 1684, by a few who "managed to live" through the trying scenes of 1685-6.^ 1 Winthrop says that those cattle which " came late and could not be put over (i. e. across the river) fared well all winter, without hay." 2 This was done after due consultation with John Winthrop, then lately "appointed governor by certain noble personages and men of quality [the Patentees, Saltonstall and others] interested in the said River, which are yet in England." 3 See note on p. 25. * There is evidence that Hooker and his party were preceded by a few who held some town meetings as early as 1635. 6 In the absence of other positive evidence, the claim of Wethersfield as the oldest town in the State, is substantiated by a judicial decision to that effect in the Colony Court (see Col. Eec, i, 513) which can not be gainsaid. THE BIRTH OP CONKECTICDT. 29 Thus, almost simultaneo\isly, in the rich soil and the choicest spots of the beautiful Connecticut Valley, were the seeds planted which were destined to take root, and germinate into a mighty commonwealth. And the history of that commonwealth, for more than two centuries, has borne witness to the strong and simple faith of its fouuders, so appropriately and significantly expressed in the motto of our state: "qui teanstulit, sustinet."* 1 "He who transplanted, still sustains." CHAPTER n. 1636-1650. We have heard with our ears, God ! Odb fathers have told vs what m'oek thou didst in their days, in the times of old. how thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them ; how thou didst afflict the people and cast them out. for they got not the land in possession by their own swokd, neither did their own arm save them ; but thy right band, and thine arm, and the light of thy COUNTENANCE, BECAUSE THOU HADST A FAVOR UNTO THEM.- — Psalm, xUv, 1-3. The town records of Windsor, or Dorchester as it was first called, prior to 1650, having crumbled away under the remorse- less tooth of Time, we have undoubtedly lost much which it would be both pleasant and profitable to know. Yet from the Colonial Documents,' and such fragmentary manuscripts as have escaped the ravages of time and neglect, vt^e are enabled to trace, in outline at least, the growth and development of the infant town during the first fifteen eventful years of its exist- ence. The first item we have, is from a record of the first court held at Newtown (Hartford), April 26, 1636, by the commissioners appointed by Massachusetts for the colonies on the Connecticut. At this court complaint was made " that Henry Stiles [of Dor- chester], or some of the ser[vants^] had traded a piece with the Indians for corn.'' Situated as they were in a new country, and surrounded by Indians, with whom their intercourse was neces- 1 The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1635, to 16 — , 3 vols. 8vo, edited by J. Hammond Trumbull, Esq. 2 Probably meaning the servants of Saltonstall and the Patentees. FIRST COURT IN THE COLONY. 31 sarily guarded, this act was justly deemed a grave offence, and one that imperiled the general safety. It was therefore "ordered that [the] said Henry Stiles, shall between and the next court, regain [the] said piece from the said Indians in a fair and legal way, or else this court will take it into further con- sideration." An order was also promulgated, "that from hence- forth none that are within the jurisdiction of this court, shall trade with the natives or Indians any piece, or pistol, or gun, or powder, or shot." At the next court held at Dorchester (Windsor), Henry Stiles, not having complied with the order of the previous court, was ordered to do so by the next one, and to appear personally and answer his neglect. It was also "ordered, that there shall be a sufficient watch maintained in every town," under the direction of the constable; and that "every soldier in each plantation" should have on hand, before the end of August following, 2 lbs of powder, and 20 bullets of lead, ready to show it to the constable, upon demand. Non- compliance was to be met with a fine of 10 shillings for each failure, " which is presently to be levied by the said constable, without resistance." It was further ordered at the next court held at Watertown (Wethersfield), that, "every plantation shall train once a month;" and if there were any "very unskill- ful" in such exercises, "the plantation may appoint the officer to train oftener the said unskillful." Every absence from train- ing, without lawful excuse tendered within two days, was to be punished by a fine of two shillings. Any neglect to mend or keep their weapons in repair, was fined in the same amount, and if arms were " wholly wanting," the delinquent was to be bound over to answer for it at the next court. In all these regulations we find evidence of the prudence and constant watchfulness which was necessarily imposed upon these settlers in a new country. They built their humble cabins amid the wilds of Matianuck, as the prophet Jeremiah and his friends rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, with their arms in their hands. " In no part of New England, were the Indians so numerous, in proportion to the territory, as in this valley, and traditions of the horrors of the Indian wars are linked with almost every village throughout its whole extent. For ninety years after 32 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. the first settlement, there was scarcely an hour in which the inhabitants, especially of the frontier towns, could travel in the forests, work in the fields, worship God in their churches, or lie down in their beds at night, without apprehension of attack from their stealthy and remorseless foe. The fact that the attacks of the Indian were preceded by no note of preparation, gave a sense of insecurity to the members of the family at home, or the heads of the family abroad, which made the real danger, great as it was, seem more formidable. The blow fell where and when it was least expected. When the Indian seemed most intent on his avocation of hunting and fishing, or in planning some distant expedition — then the farmer in the field would be surprised by an ambuscade, or on his return home find his house in ashes, his wife and children butchered or hurried away into captivity; or the quiet of his slumbers would be broken by the war-whoop, and the darkness of midnight illu- mined by the glare of the village on fire. Those were trials of which the present generation can know nothing.'' '^ They were trials, however, to which the settlers of Windsor were fully exposed, and from which a merciful Providence, in a remarkable degree, preserved them. The Indians who resided in their neighborhood always exhibited a friendly feeling, and seem to have regarded the presence of the whites as a protec- tion against the exactions and attacks of the Pequots and Mohawks, both of which tribes assumed the rights of conquest over these Valley Indians 1 Yet, the character of the Indian was always uncertain, and experience dictated the necessity of constant care and jealous watchfulness in all their dealings with them. Added to the constant dread of Indian treachery, was no small amount of loss and trouble among their cattle, who had suffered so much from exposure during the previous winter. Winthrop, under date of " 9 [Decemjber, 1636," says, "Things went not well at Connecticut. Their cattle did, many of them cast their young, as they had done the year before." At the court of February 21, 1636-1, the plantation of Dorches- 1 Introduction to the Foote Genealogy, by Nathaniel Goodwin. SETTLEMENT OP BOUNDARIES. 33 ter received its present name of Windsor,'- and a committee appointed for the purpose, by a previous court, brought in a report that the bounds thereof should " extend towards the Falls, on the same side the plantation stands,^ to a brook called Kettle Brook, and so over the Great Eiver,^ upon the same line that Nevctown and Dorchester doth between them. And so it is ordered by the court." Also, "the bounds between Hartford and Windsor is agreed to be at the upper end of the great mea- dow of the said Hartford toward Windsor at the Pale [fence] that is now there set up by the said Hartford, which is abut- ting upon the Great Eiver, upon a due east line, and into the county from the said Pale upon a due west line, as parallel to the said east line as far as they have now paled, and after- wards the bounds to go into the country upon the same west line. But it is to be so much shorter towards Windsor as the place where the Girte that comes along at the end of the said meadow, and falls into the said Great Eiver is shorter than their pale; and over the said Great Eiver the said plantation of Windsor is to come to the rivulets'* mouth, that falls into the said Great Eiver of Connecticut, and there the said Hartford is to run due east into the country, which is ordered accordingly." This spring the contentions and negotiations between the Plymouth Company and the Dorchester People, concerning the land at Matianuck, upon which the latter had so unceremoni- ously squatted, at their first coming, were brought to a close. It seems that in February, 1635-6, prior to the return of the emigrants to the Connecticut, whence they had been driven by the severity of the previous winter, Mr. Winslow of Plymouth, went up to the Bay, to adjust the matter in dispute.^ He demanded that the Plymouth People should be allowed a reservation of one-sixteenth part of the land, and iSlOO as damages, " which those of Dorchester not consenting unto, they 1 Undoubtedly, although we know not with what particular reasons in honor of Windsor, the royal abode of England's sovereigns. 2 The west side of the Kiver. 3 Connecticut river. *Podunk River. SWinthrop's Journal. 34 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. break off [negotiations] ; those of Plymouth expecting to have due recompense after[wards], by course of justice, if they went on." There seems to have been an evident intention, among some of the leaders of the Dorchester party, to maintain their position at any cost, and to force the Plymouth Company either to re- linquish or sell out their claim to them. Yet we do not be- lieve that these high-handed measures at coercion were sanc- tioned by the more thoughtful and conscientious among their number, for Winthrop distinctly says, that " divers resolved to quit the place, if they could'not agree with those of Plymouth." Seeing this evident determination of their neighbors to force an issue, feeling that to offer forcible resistance would be useless, and "that to live in continual contention with their friends and neighbors would be uncomfortable, and too heavy a burden to bear. Therefore, for peace sake (though they conceived they suffered much in this thing)," the Plymouth People "thought it better to let them have it upon as good terms as they could get; and so they fell to treaty. The first thing that [because they had made so many and long disputes about it] they [the Plymouth People] would have them [of Dorchester] to grant was, that they [Plymouth] had right to it, or else they would never treat about it. The which being acknowledged and yielded unto by them, this was the conclusion they came unto in the end, after much ado:" 1st, that Plymouth should reserve a six- teenth of all the land they had purchased from the Indians, leaving the rest of the land excepting a small "moiety to those of Newtown" (or Hartford^) to the Dorchester settlers. This Plymouth Reservation "was to be taken in two places; one towards the [trading] house, the other towards Newtown's proportion [Hartford bds.] ." 2d, The Plymouth Company were to receive equitable compensation for the land which they had purchased from the Indians. Accordingly, on the 15th of May, 163*1, Thomas Prince, in iThe reason for this is thvis given in Bradford's Journal : " They of New- town dealt more fairly, desiring only what they could conveniently spare, from a competency reserved for a plantation, for themselves, which made them [the Plymouth men] more careful to procure a moiety for them, in this agreement and distribution.'' An honorable testimony, truly. PLTMOUTH COMPANY SELL TO WINDSOR. 35 behalf of the Colony of New Plymouth, formally transferred and sold to the inhabitants of Windsor, Conn., the lands owned by said Company, by a deed, of which this is a copy: "An agreement made by Thomas Prince, for and in behalf of New Plymouth in America, and the inhabitants of Windsor, upon Conuecticott, in the said America, the 15th day of May, • 1637, as followeth, viz, Imprimis. In consideration of thirty- seven pounds ten shillings to be paid about three months hence, the said Thomas Prince doth sell unto the inhabitants of Wind- sor all the ground, meadow and upland, from a marked tree about a quarter of a mile above Mi'. Stiles'- [on the] North, [to] the great swamp next the bounds of Hartford [on the] South, for length. And in breadth into the countrj^ towards Poquo- uack as far as Sequasson and Nattawanut, two sachems hath or had (as proprieties) all which hath been purchased of the said Sequasson and Nattawanut, for a valuable considera- tion, the particulars whereof do appear by a note now produced by the said Thomas Prince, always excepted and reserved to the House of the said New Plymouth, 43 acres of meadow, and three quarters, and in upland on the other side of the swamp, next their meadow 40 acres, viz, 40 rods in breadth and in length 160 rods into the country for the present, and afterwards as other lots are laid out they are to have their proportion within their bounds aforesaid. There is likewise excepted 10 rods in breadth towards the bounds of the said Hartford in an indif- ferent place, to be agreed upon, and to go in length to the ends of the bounds, aforesaid. In witness whereof the parties afore- said, have set their hands and seals the day and year above written. Signed, sealed and delivered. In presence of JosiAs WiNSLOW. Roger Ludlow. Thos. Marshfield. William Phelps. The mark of Wm. Butler. John Whitfield. The above deed or instrument is a true copy of the original being compared therewith Apl. 1, 1673 per us John Talcott John Allyn, Sec'y J To the copy of this deed on the town records of Windsor, is appended the following note by Matthew Grant, the Recorder: " This Bargain as it is above exprest, and was written and 1 Mr. (Francis) Stiles's place was on the ground occupied by the Chief- Justice Ellsworth house, now owned by the widow of his son, Martin Ells- worth, deceased. 2 These signatures are affixed to the copy of the deed on the Colony Ee- oords, but omitted on that in the Windsor Records. The omission of Mr. Prince's signature is probably an error of transcription. I Asst.2 36 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. assigned, I can certainly Testify does not mention or speak to every particular, of the bargain as it was issued with Mr. Prince, before it was put in writing. This should have been the frame of it. Dorchester men that came from the Mass. Bay up here to Connecticut to settle in the place now called Windsor; Plymouth men challenged propriety here, by a purchase of the land from the Indians, whereupon in the latter end of the '35 year, some of our Principal men meeting with some of the Plymouth men in Dorchester, labored to Drive a Bargain with them to buy out their [claim], which they challenged by purchase, & came to Terms, & then May '31 as it is above exprest, then our com- pany being generally together (that intended to settle here) Mr. Prince being come up here, in the behalf of the Plymouth men, that were partners in their purchase, issued the bargain with us. We were to pay them £B1 10s for their whole purchase, which Mr. Prince presented to us in writing, only they Eeserved the 16 part off for themselves & their 16 part in meadow land came by measuring of ye meadow to 48 acres 3 quarters, which was bounded out to Mr. Prince, he being present, by myself ap- pointed by our Company, in Plymouth meadow so called by that account. Their 16th part in upland they took up near the bounds of Hartford, TO rods in breadth by the River & so to continue to the ends of the bounds. They were also to have one acre to build on, upon the Hill against their meadow.^ Also Mr. P. said he had purchased the land on the East side of the [Conn,] River that lies between Scantic and Namerick, & that we should have in lieu of 40 rods in breadth of upland & to run in length 160 rods, from the swamp, to be 40 acres, & afterward to have their proportion within their bounds, according to a 40 acre man, in the commons. This I Testify, Matthew Geant. And " thus," says Gov. Bradford, " was the controversy ended, hut the unkindness not so soon forgotten."^ These negotiations with the Plymouth People, however, were not the weightiest or most important matters which occupied the attention of the Windsor People. They, together with their neighbors of Hartford and Wethersfield, were now involved in 1 Probably Stony Hill. 2 Savage observes that although Bradford "was a patentee, the reader will find, with pleasure, that his pen was guided by truth, as well as interest." The ex parte evidence of few men can be so fully relied upon, as that of the excellent Governor Bradford. In connection with this subject, honest Mor- ton, the Plymouth chronicler, says that his people " deserved to have held it [the Connecticut country], and not by friends to have been thrust out, as in a sort, they afterwards were." THE PEQUOD WAR. 37 a contest, upon the event of which, their lives and -welfare, and all that is most dear to the human heart, were staked. We refer to the breaking out of the Pequod War. Since the i5rst approach of the white man to the valley of the Connecticut, that tribe, whose seat was on the Mystic River, seemed to have imbibed a bitter hostility toward the English. As early as 1634, they began the work of murder and pillage, and in 1636 they con- ceived a design of extirpating and driving the whites from New England. The murders of Stone, Noreton and Oldham, and the garrison at Saybrook Fort; the horrible cruelties in- flicted on Butterfield, Tilly and others, had alarmed and exas- perated the English Colonies; and the murderous attack on Wethersfield, on the 23d of April, 1631, aroused them to strike a blow, as sudden as it was successful and decisive. At the court convened on the 1st of May following, the delibera- tions were doubtless weighty and important. The first line of the record, of this Court, is sententious but energetic: " It is ordered that there shall be an offensive war against the Pequots." Mark well the words, " an offensive war." No longer would they stand on the defensive, they had now drawn the sword, and that sword could only "be sheathed in victory or death." And then follows in the same terse and energetic language, " There shall be 90 men levied out of the three plant- ations, Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor, in the following proportion: Hartford, 42; Windsor, 30; Wethersfield, 18." Hartford was to furnish fourteen, and Windsor six suits of armor. Each soldier was to carry one pound of powder, four pounds of shot, twenty bullets, and a light musket " if they can." They were also directed to take a barrel of powder from the Saybrook Fort, and Capt. John Mason was entrusted with the command. Supplies were also levied on the three towns as follows: Windsor was to furnish sixty bushels of corn, fifty pieces of pork, thirty pounds of rice, and four cheeses. Hartford was to furnish, eighty-four bushels of corn, three firkins of suet, two firkins of butter, four bushels of oat-meal, two bushels of peas, five hundred pounds of fish, two bushels of salt. Wethersfield, one bushel of Indian beans, and thirty-six bushels of corn. 38 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOK. Bach plantation was to have its corn ground, and one-half baked in biscuit. It was furthermore ordered that there should be furnished " one good hogshead of beer, for the captain, minister and sick men;" and "if there be only three or four gallons of strong water, two gallons of sack." Mr. Pyncheon's shallop was employed for the occasion. Thus equipped, the troops of the several towns, rendezvoused at Hartford May the 10th, where they found a "pink, a pinnace and a shallop " awaiting them. Here, also, they were joined by seventy Mohegan and River Indians, under Uncas. The staff of command was duly delivered to Captain Mason, by the venerable and reverend Dr. Hooker, of Hartford, whose colleague, the Rev. Mr. Stone, accompanied the expedition as chaplain. Dr. Thos. Pell, of the Saybrook Fort, was the surgeon. The soldiers were " encouraged by the Rev'd ministers," a night was spent in earnest prayer, and the next morning, followed by the tears and lingering gaze of the relatives and friends, whom they left behind — that little fleet of "pink, pinnace and shallop," with "many Indian canoes," dropped down the stream. Never before nor since, did the placid bosom of the Connecticut bear a more precious freight. It is not our purpose to accompany them during this short but decisive campaign, the details of which are to be found in every history of New England. Let us, however, return to those who were left at home with- in the Palizado of Windsor. What their feelings and fore- bodings were in the absence of their friends, we can learn from the following letter, written May llth, two weeks after the departure of the expedition. It is addressed by Mr. Ludlow to Mr. Pyncheon, who, with a few others, had commenced a settle- ment at Agawam, now Springfield, Mass. "^ He says: "I have received your letter, wherein you express that you are well forti- fied, but few hands. I would desire you to be careful and watchful that you be not be betrayed by friendships. For my part, my spirits is ready to sink within me, when upon alarms, which are daily, I think of your condition, that if the case he never so dangerous, we can neither help you, nor you us. But 1 See Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc'y. THE BATTLE AT MYSTIC. 39 I must confess both yon and ourselves do stand mei-ely by the power of our God; therefore he must and ought to have all the praise of it." Further on, in reply to Mr. Pyncheon's urgent request to have some assistance sent to him at Agawam, he says: "I can assure you it is our great grief we can not, for our plantations are so gleaned by that small fleet we sent out, that those that remain are not able to supply our watches, which arc day and night, that our people are scarce able to stand upon their legs; and for planting, we are in a like condi- tion with you; what we plant is before our doors, little any- where else. Our fleet went away tomorrow will be seven-night." But the decisive battle of May 26th had been fought — the Pequod power was broken, the victorious little army was on its homeward march, full of joy and of gratitude for success such as they had hardly dared to hope. Mason was " nobly enter- tained with many great guns" by Capt. Gardiner at the Say- brook Fort, and the welcome which awaited his gallant troops on their arrival home, was indescribably warm and enthusiast- ic. A day of special thanksgiving was proclaimed throughout the colonies, and everywhere the song of exultant victory was blended with prayer and praise to Him who ruleth on high. In all these rejoicings, we may well believe that the good people of Windsor had their full share. Captain Mason, the "very foremost man of them a'," was their townsman. So was brave Sergeant Alvord, So were Edward Barber and David Fattison, whose valiant right arm caused seven Indians to " bite the dust."^ So were lucky Thomas Stiles and John Dyer, who were singularly fortunate in escaping with their lives, being each of them struck by arrows, which stuck in the knots of their neck- handkerchiefs, a twin-like coincidence, which is justly com- memorated by Capt. Mason in his account of the battle, as among the " wonderful providences '' of the day. ^ Nor was the 1 See Niles's Indian Wars, and " A Brief History of the Pequot War : Especially of the memorable taking of the Fort at Mistick in Connecticut, in 1637, written by Major John Mason, a principal actor therein, as their chief Captain and Commander of Connecticut forces ;" published at Boston in 1736, and republished in the Collections of the Mass. Hist. Soc'y, vm, 2d series. 40 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. valiant Captain himself, without his " special providences " in that fearful fray, though with a modesty as characteristic as his bravery, he makes no mention of it. Yet we have it upon good authority, that in the thickest of the fight, an Indian drew "an arrow to its head" full upon the Captain, whose life was only saved by an opportune thrust of a comrade's sword, which cut the bowstring.^ We may well imagine that wondering child- hood crept closer to the knee of manhood, and that woman's fair cheek alternately paled and flushed as the marvelous deeds and hairbreadth escapes of the " Pequot fight " were rehearsed within the Palizado homes of Windsor. Nor were they with- out more tangible proofs. The Pequods were so thoroughly subdued, that they were hunted down like wild beasts, by small parties of those very River Indians, to whom, but a few days before, their name had been a terror; and for a long time their ghastly grinning heads were brought into Windsor and Hartford, and there exhibited as trophies. It would be interesting to have a complete list of the thirty gallant soldiers, whom Windsor contributed to the Pequod ex- 1 Trumbull says that this was Sergt. Davis. But Capt. Mason himself men- tions Davis as one of the party who attacked the other entrance of the fort, and were driven back by the flames of the burning wigwams. It seems certain, from accounts of the battle, as well as from tradition, that William Haydeu of Hartford was the lucky man who saved the Captain's life. At the com- mencement of the attack, the Captain, Lt. Seely, and sixteen others, effected an entrance into the fort, and in the hand to hand fight which ensued, Wm. Hayden distinguished himself by his daring and prowess. Mason in his own narrative, while modestly omitting any reference to himself, especially men- tions the gallantry of Hayden ; and Wolcott, in a poetical account of the battle, written in 1721, thus intimates that Hayden came to the general's assistance at a very critical juncture. " But fate that doth the rule of action know, Did this unequal combat disallow, For quite too much to force one man alone, To beat an armj'j take a garrison, Sent Hayden in, wlio with his sun-steeled blade Joining the general, such a slaughter made, That soon the Pequots ceased to oppose. The matchless force of such resistless foes." A sword now in possession of the Conn. Hist. Soc'y, at Hartford, is said to have been the one used by Wm. Hayden in this battle. Its line of descent from him, is at least, unimpeachable. NAMES OF PBQUOT SOLDIERS. 41 pedition. Unfortunately, however, we can only name fifteen who are certainly known to have belonged to this town.^ Capt. John Mason Nathan Gillet Sergt. Benedict Alvord Thomas Gridley Thomas Barber Thomas Stiles Thomas Buckland Sgt. Thomas Staires George Chappel Richard Osborn John Dyer Thomas Parsons James Bggleston Edward Pattison William Thrall. They were absent three weeks and two days. Every soldier received Is. 3d per day (reckoning* six days in the week") ; Ser- geants, 20d per day; Lieutenants, 208 per week. The Captain 40s per week. A large grant of land was also given to each soldier, and to this day, the memory of an ancestor in the Pe- quot fight, is an honorable heirloom in every Connecticut family. The next month, thirty men were raised from the three river plantations, who, under command of Lieut. Seeley, were " to set down in the Pequot Country and Eiver, in place convenient to maintain our right, that God by conquest hath given us." To this army of occupation, Windsor furnished ten men, also twenty bushels of Corn and thirty pounds of Butter.^ By an order of the next court, June 26, 10 soldiers were added to this company, of which 5 were from Windsor. The town was also obliged to furnish the following additional supplies: " 1 Ram- goat; 201b of butter; | C of cheese; 1 gallon of strong water; 3 bushels of Malt.'' In the fall, also, Mr. Ludlow and Mr. Haines were deputed to visit the Bay, and enter into arrangements with the authorities there, for an offensive and defensive alli- ance against the enemy; and for a permanent settlement in the Pequot Country. But though the cloud of war had passed, still 1 This list is the result of much careful research, and may be depended upon as reliable, as far as it goes. By availing ourselves of the Yankee pri- vilege of guessing, we could easily fill up our list, and probably with much correctness, but we prefer to state merely what we know, and no more. 2 From Mason's account we infer that Sgts. Palmer and Staires, of Windsor, were engaged in this expedition. 6 42 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. a new danger threatened the Colonies. The necessary expenses and supplies of the late expedition, although promptly and cheer- fully met, had left the country impoverished and burdened with debt. Every article of clothing and food was purchased only at the dearest rates; and the army had so drained the fields of laborers that their farms had been but partially tilled, and did not yield enough to supply their wants. The Court, foreseeing the great scarcity of provisions, contracted (February, 1638) with Mr. Pyncheon to furnish the Colonies with 500 bushels of Indian corn, or more if it could be procured. The inhabitants were also forbidden to bargain for it privately, and it was limited to certain prices, lest individual speculation should in- terfere with the public good. A vessel, belonging to Elias Parkman of Windsor, was also ordered to be sent to Narragan- sett, to buy corn of the natives there. The winter was very severe, and Winthrop says, that " the snow lay on the ground from the 4th of November to the 23d of March. It was some- times four and five feet deep. Once it snowed for two hours together flakes as big as English shillings." It appears from the records of the next court, that Mr. Pyncheon, being appre- hensive that he should not be able to procure enough corn. Cap- tain Mason and Mr. Ludlow were authorized^ to " trade to supply their own necessities and the necessities of some others that are in want." In spite of these precautions, however, corn became so scarce that it rose to the extraordinary price of 12s per bushel. Thereupon, a committee was sent to the Indian village of Po- comtock (since Deerfield, Mass.), where they purchased so large- ly that " the Indians came down to Windsor and Hartford with fifty canoes at a time full of corn." February 9, 1638, the court levied a war tax npon the towns, of which the Windsor proportion was £158 :2s, to be paid "either in money, in wampum four a penny, or in good and merchantable beaver at 9s per pound." Shortly after (March 8) the court order "that there shall be 50 costletts (or coats of armor) provided in the plantation, viz, Hartford 21, Windsor 12, Wethersfield 10, Agawam 1, within 6 months" Also "it is ordered that Captain Mason shall be a public military officer of the plantations of Connecticut, and shall train the military men MILITARY REGULATIONS. 43 thereof in each plantation, according' to the days appointed ; and shall have £40 per annum to be paid out of the treasury- quarterly." All persons above the age of sixteen were ordered to bear arms, except excused by the court. Commissioners and church-ofBcers, and those who had filled those offices, were ex- empted "from bearing arms, watchings and wardings." Maga- zines of powder and shot were established in every town; that of Windsor, consisting of one barrel of powder and 300 weight of lead. Every plantation neglecting to provide such a maga- zine, within three months was fined £2 (40^) and 10s every month until it was provided. Every military man was required to " have continually in his house in a readiness -|- a lb of good powder ; 2 lbs of bullets suitable to his piece ; one pound of match if his piece be a matchlock,'' under penalty of 5s for every default. The following order of the court of April 5th, 1638, marks the first highway in Connecticut : " Whereas there is a desire of our neighbors of Hartford, that there may be a public highway, for cart and horse, upon the upland between the said Hartford and Windsor, as may be con- venient, it is therefore thought meet ; that Henry Wolcott the younger, and Mr. Stephen Terry, and William Westwood, and Nathaniel Ward, shall consider of a fitting and convenient highway to be marked and set out, and bridges made over the swamps, and then it being confirmed by the court, the inhabit- ants of Hartford may with making a comely and decent stile for foote, and fence up the upper end of the meadow ; this to be done by Monday, sevenights, upon penalty of 10s every default." On May 3d, 1638, Lieut. William Holmes, by authority of a power of attorney, executed on the 20th of October previous, by the company of New Plymouth, sold to Mr. Matthew Allyn of Hartford, all the lands, houses, " servants, goods and chattels " of the said company, in the town of Windsor. And thus was extinguished the last vestige of Plymouth right and title upon the Connecticut Eiver.'' 1 Mr. Allyn, it would appear, afterwards attempted to evade some rates on this land, levied by tlie town of Windsor, ingeniously claiming exemption on the ground that having purchased from Plymouth, he was not amenable to taxation by the colony of Connecticut. Whereas by an Order the 7th of December last, the dififerenoo between Mr. Allyn and Windsor concerning land purchased of Plymouth, was, by 44 HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. June 1st. "There was a great Earthquake, about 3 of the Clock in the afternoon, and about a fortnight before, there was a great thunder, and a thunder bolt at Hartford went through a house, and melted a [bar] and hailstones as big as a man's thumb." 1 January 14, 1638-9, will ever be memorable in the history of Connecticut as the date of the adoption of its first Constitution. Up to this time the necessary legislation of the three colonies had been transacted by the court, which first met at Hartford in 1636, and consisted of five magistrates, two from Windsor, two from Hartford and one from Wethersfield, holding their authority from Mass. The commission had, in strictness, no force, propria vigore, after the settlers left the territory of Mas- sachusetts, but it was useful as the basis of organization until a different form of government could be established. The com- missioners were not usurpers ; their authority was originally valid beyond cavil ; they were rulers de facto ; their powers exercised benignly and wisely and were submitted to with cheer- fulness and promptness. They met from time to time, as occa- sion required, until May, 163T, when committees, afterwards called deputies, were elected by each town to assist the magis- trates. From these two bodies grew our senate and house of representatives. In 1639, however, it being admitted that the people on the Connecticut were out of the jurisdiction of Mas- consent, referred to Mr. Haynes, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Phelps, to end the same, and what is agreed on by them is to he yielded nnto on both sides, according to which Order and reference we who are mentioned in the said Order have seriously weighed all such arguments as have been ten- dered unto us on both sides, and we can not see but Mr. Allyn ought to be subject, for the said land and purchase, to the laws and orders and jurisdic- tion of this Commonwealth, and by a necessary consequence, subject to that Plantation of Windsor, wherein the said land lies, and to all such reasonable- and lawful orders as are agreed there for the public good of the same, and in equal proportion to bear his share in all rates there, so as while he and his successors live elsewhere then he or they are to pay only according to his proportion of land there, and profits and benefits thence arising, and such stock as is resident usually employed in & thereupon. And our judgment for the present is, that the said Mr. Allyn nor his successors should not be rated in any other place for that land and estate he hath there as aforesaid. It is intended that Mr. Allyn have notice given him, in convenient time, of all such orders as do or may concern him, and that the orders be such as lie within his compass and power to accomplish and perform in a reasonable way. Dated the 4th of Ja. 1638, and subscribed by Jo: Haynes Ed. Hopkins Ro : Ludlow Will' Phelps. — Col. Rec. I, 53. 1 Extract from the shorthand MS. journalof Henry Woloott, Jr., of Windsor. FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION. 45 sachusetts, and the patentees of Connecticut having abandoned their proposed undertaking, the people of Windsor, Wethers- field and Hartford met at the last named place, and adopted a constitution for Connecticut ; the first written constitution, de- fining its own powers, which the world ever saw. This docu- ment, recognizing no authority, save God's, superior to that delegated by the People, was drawn up by a member of the Windsor Church, Mr. Roger Ludlow, assisted by the magis- trates. It was modeled on the constitution of the Congrega- tional Church, and from the date of its adoption to the present day, there has been no radical change in the forms or principles of the government of Connecticut. " The men who formed this constitution deserve to be held in everlasting remembrance. They were not ignorant, or rash, or timid men. They were Ludlow, and Haynes, and Woluott, and Hopkins, and Hooker, and others of kindred spirits ; men of clear minds and good hearts— men who, in their views of civil and religious liberty, were far in advance of their age, and who, under the guidance of a kind providence, introduced a form of government which, for two centuries, has secured to the people of this state, a measure of peace, of liberty, of order, and hap- piness not surpassed by any other people on earth. I say em- phatically for two centuries. For the charter, obtained from Charles II, in 1662, did little more than assume and ratify the constitution of 1639. It left its great principles unaltered ; and Connecticut was still a republic in every thing but a name. The constitution adopted in 1818 is altogether conformable, in its principles, to the compact entered into by our fathers ; dif- fering from it chiefly in its adaptedness to a more numerous population, and to the interests of a more widely extended and complicated state of society.'"- March 10, 1638-9. " It was reckoned from the beginning of the plantation hitherto that there have died of old and young 21, but not their names exprest ; but 2 that were members [of the church] and the Captain's wife. Of children 16, of servants 8; and that there had been born of children from the beginning to this time 40, but not their names."^ IDr. Hawes' Centennial Address at Hartford, 1835. 2 Extract from the Old Church Book, compiled by old Matthew Grant. See Appendix No. 2. 46 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. In 1638-9, the annual flood, which succeeds the breaking up of the ice on the Connecticut Kiver, seems to have been un- usually heavy. Matthew Grant's Church Kecord states that he found it in the " old book," that " the great flood began on the 5th March [1638-9] . On the 11th of March it began to fall, but by reason of much rain on the 12th day, it rose very high. On the 14th, two youths drowned, being in a canoe on the flood, gathering up pales swimming on the flood, against Thomas Dewey's house, Matthew Kamend and Henry Lush.^ On the 15th and 16th days it [the flood] had fallen near two feet, buton the 16th day was much rain and great wind out of the south east, which made it an exceeding great storm. It damaged houses, *and broke down many trees, so that by tlie cause of which rain, all the 11th and 18th day the water rose very high, more than had ever before been known by the Indians. It drowned many houses very deep, and endamaged many cattle over the river, for all the ground there was drowned to one little ridge, where Samuel Grant now lives.= It carried away much timber and hay, and beat up pales out of the ground, and posts and rails, and carried them away, and whole trees and all. On the 18th day at night there was great fear of another storm of wind. It began, but it pleased the Lord, it ceased quickly, and by the morning one might perceive the water was begun to fall, and so it continued ; on the 22d day at night it was well fallen, and yet it was as high as the highest flood we had known before." " August 11th, 1639. Mr. Huit and divers others came up from the Bay to Windsor to settle."^ The arrival of the Rev. Ephraim Huit, was an era in the his- tory of the town. Hitherto the godly Mr. Warham, bereft by the death of Mr. Maverick in 1636, had been without any asso- ciate in his arduous pastoral labors, amid the harassing cares and trials of a new settlement. We can imagine, then, with what feelings of devout joy, he welcomed one who was to be a teacher to his little flock, and a co-laborer in breaking " the 1 These names are somewliat indistinct in the original manuscript. 2 This was in tlie present town of Soutli Windsor, just in the rear (or west) of the Tlieological Institute. s Mattliew Grant's MS. Cliurch Eecojd. DISAFFECTION OF THE INDIANS. 47 bread of life " to them. Mr. Huit was then in the prime of life, possessing acknowledged abilities, and high attainments. He had been pastor of Wroxhall, in Warwickshire, England, and had been prosecuted the year before, for nonconformity, by the Bishop of Worcester, who intended "either to reform or punish him." This was probably the cause of his coming to America. He was accompanied by several excellent families, members of his own church, and was joined by many others in Massachu- setts, while on his waj' to Connecticut, so that the arrival of his party formed a very considerable accession to the Windsor colony. He preached to the chiirch of Windsor, on the day after his arrival, from 1 Corinthians, 12th chapter, the last part of the 31st verse. ^ Symptoms of disaffection and trouble among the Indians, be- gan at this time to threaten the safety of the settlements, " The manifold insolences," says the court record of August 15th, " that have been offered of late by the Indians, put the Court in mind of that which hath been too long neglected, viz: the exe- tion of justice upon the former murderers of the English," Accordingly, a levy of 100 men was sent down to Middletown to apprehend " several guilty persons " who had been harbored by the chief Sohiage. In September following, the conquered Pequots at Pawtatuck (Mystic ?) who had been given to Uncas and Miantonimoh, having violated their agreement by planting corn at that place, Major Mason was dispatched thither with 40 men, to confiscate and gather in the corn thus planted. He was accompanied by Uncas, with 100 warriors and 20 canoes. On his arrival at Pawtatuck he found the Indians somewhat disposed to show fight. It however finally resulted in nothing worse than a skirmish between his allies under Uncas, and the Pequots having burned the wigwams of the latter, the English returned to their homes in safety, bringing with them their vessel and some 50 canoes full of corn and booty. Windsor furnished thirteen men, twenty arms and two shallops to this expedition. They were absent nine days, and received each 2s per day. 1 Henry Wolcott's Shorthand MS. 48 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. The 10th of December 1639 was probably a "high day" at Windsor, for then and there Mr. Huit was solemnly ordained or " called to office." Mr. Warham preached on the occasion from Titus 1st chapter, 5-9 verses. ^ In 1639-40, the first meeting-house of Windsor was built. It may seem strange that its erection was so long delayed, but it is to be remembered that our ancestors had much to do within the first five years of their residence here. The forest and the field were to be subdued, houses must be built for shelter, and fortifications for defense of themselves and families. These and many other things must first be accomplished, and that too in the face of dangers and obstacles most appalling. Indian war, with its hoiTors, its sense of insecurity, and its necessary drain upon the time, the means and the nerve of the colony; thin crops and scarcity of food ; winter in its severest aspects ; and lastly — but not least, the Great Flood of the previous year, sweeping away all the results of their labors with "one fell swoop." Is it then to be wondered at, that five years passed quickly away, before they found the necessary leisure and opportunity to build their sanctuary? Where they had assembled for worship, during this time, we know not. Perhaps, like their brethren of Hartford, they found insufficient accommodation in some rude log church, perhaps in some humble private dwelling — or it may be, in the open air, under the wide shadows of some monarch elm. Be this as it may, in February, 1639-40, they had commenced the building of a Meeting-House. " Mr. Hull moved the Court in behalf of Thomas Ford of Windsor, that in regard the workmen are much taken up and employed in making a bridge and a meeting-house with them, and his work hindered of impaling in the ground which was granted him by the Court for a hog-park, that there may be granted him a year longer time for the fencing it in; which was upon the reasons aforesaid, condescended to." This Meeting-house was located within the palizado, opposite the present residence of Dr. William S. Pierson. It was not finished for many years, owing perhaps to the fact that the town was feeble, and fully occupied with the more pressing 1 Henry Wolcott, Jr.'s Shorthand MS. A MEETING-HOUSE AND PERRY. 49 necessities of daily life, and that many individuals contributed their proportion in the work of their own hands, and worked, of course, as they could find leisure. The town records, as will be seen, present many items which chronicle its slow progress toward completion. The bridge which is mentioned in connection with the meet- ing-house, must have been over the Little Kiver, connecting the upper and lower portions of the town. It was undoubtedly of a frail description, and early carried away by the freshets, as the earliest town records (1650) make no mention of it, but frequently refer to a ferry. Apropos of this bridge, we may here relate an anecdote which tradition has preserved of its reputed master-workman, the Eev. Bphraim Huit. While engaged in its construction, he was honored with a visit from his friends, the Rev. Messrs. Stone and Hooker of Hartford. Being very much occupied with his work, he failed to pay them as much personal attention as usual. This they noticed, and after watching his labors for a while they turned to go, Dr. Stone pleasantly remarking to Dr. Hooker, " Ephraim is joined to [his] idols, let him alone."^ In June, 1640, the Indians having become somewhat free and bold in their manners, the Court passed the following order: "Forasmuch as our lenity and gentleness towards Indians hath made them grow bold and insolent to enter into English- men's houses, and unadvisadly handle swords, and pieces, and other instruments, many times to the hazard of limbs or lives of English or Indians, and also to steal divers goods out of such houses where tliey resort; for the preventing of such mischiefs, it is ordered, that whatsoever Indians shall hereafter meddle with or handle any Englishmen's weapon of any sort, either in their houses or in the fields, they shall forfeit for every such default \ a fathom of wampum, and if anj' hurt or injury shall thereupon follow, to any person's life or limb (though accident- al) thej' shall pay life for life, limb for limb, wound for wound, and shall pay for the healing such wounds and other damages: and for anything that they steal to pay double and suffer such further punishment as the Magistrates shall adjudge." Two years later, 1642, the conduct of the Indians gave rise to serious apprehension of trouble, and about the 20th of August, 1 Hosea, iv, 17. 50 HISTOET OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1642, Mr. Ludlow, then residing at Uncowa (Fairfield), was visited by a neighboring sachem, who disclosed to him a plot of Miantonomoh, sachem of the Narragansetts; Sohiage, sachem of Mattabesick, and Sequasson of Hartford, to rise and mur- der the English upon the Connecticut River, and throughout New England generally. The same plot was also disclosed to Mr. Eaton at New Haven, by a friendly Indian, and the matter was promptly brought before the general Court on the 26th of the same month. They immediately adopted precautionary measures. The Massachusetts General Court was duly warned of the impending danger. Orders were issued that the troops, ammunition and defences of each town should be overlooked and reported. Each town clerk was required to hand into the town deputy an exact list of all the " Train men from 16 to 60 years ;'' and each town was ordered to furnish, within fourteen days, two half-pikes, ten feet in length. Several pieces of ordnance, recently bought from Piscataqua, were immediately mounted on carriages. A daily guard was also kept under arms in each plantation. The Windsor guard numbered thirty. Aforce of forty men in each town, was ordered to come "complete in their arms to the meeting every Sabbath and lecture days." No Indians were permitted to enter into the houses, although magis- trates might entertain " a sachem, if he come with not more than two men." The inhabitants were prohibited from purchas- ing venison from them, and smiths were forbidden to work, or make, or mend any weapons for them without license from the magistrates. In short, every precaution was adopted, which could preclude the possibility of any sudden attack. In October, it was required that " 90 coats be provided" by the plantations "within ten days, basted with cotton wool and made defensive against Indian arrows." Windsor furnished thirty of these arrow-proof suits. Truly in those earlier days, "the price of liberty, was eternal vigilance." The year 1643 was not characterized by any very important event. The next year, however, was saddened by the death of the Rev. Ephraim Huit. Of his life and ministry we know nothing, save that his piety, character and talents had greatly endeared DEATH OP RET. MR. HUIT. 51 him to the church and people of Windsor. Over his grave they erected a monument bearing the following inscription, suffi- ciently indicative of their respect for his character, and sorrow at his loss: > Heere LyethEphraim Hvit, sometimes Teacher to ye chvrch of Windsor, who dyed September 4th, 1644. Who When hee Lived Wee drew ovr vitall Breath, Who When hee Dyed his dying was ovr death, Wlio was ye Stay of State, ye Chvrohes Staff, AIa,s the times Korbid an EPITAPH. The stone which bears this inscription, still exists, in a good state of preservation, in the Old Burying Ground of Windsor, and is supposed to be the the oldest original monument in the state, if not in the Valley of the Connecticut. It consists of a slab of red sandstone, which is now inserted in one side of a monument, the other side of which bears a corresponding slab, with an inscription to the memory of the Rev. Jonathan Marsh. Mr. Huit's only published work is entitled, " The whole Prophecy of Daniel Explained, by a paraphrase, analysis, and brief comment, wherein the several visions shewed to the prophet are clearly interpreted, and the application thereof vindicated against dissenting opinions." 4to, published at Lon- don, 1643. He left a widow, and daughters, Susanna, Mercy, Lydia and Mary, but no sons.'^ 1648, "This year" says Winthrop,^ "a new way was found out to Connecticut, by Nashua, which avoided much of the hilly way." In 1649, we find the first mention of any settlement in that portion of the town known as Poquonnoc. Thomas Holcomb, John Bartlett, Edward, Francis and George Griswold, all of Windsor, had removed thither, and the Court "taking into consideration the many dangers that their families are in and exposed unto by reason of their remote living from neighbors, and nearness to the Indians, in case they should all 1 His will is printed in the Col. Records of Conn., vol. i, p. 458. 2 Vol. II, p. 253 52 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. leave their families together without any guard," freed " one soldier of the forementioned families from training upon every training day; each family aforesaid to share herein according to the number of soldiers that are in them, provided that man which tarries at home stands about the aforesaid houses upon his sentinel posture." CHAPTER m. The Civil Oksahization of Windsor, Illustrated by hee Eeoords. The first act of the settlers of Connecticut, doubtless, was to provide for themselves a civil organization. They were no mere adventurers, but men of sober thought and strong intent, who believed that "Law is the faint reflection in Man's turbid mind Of the bright order iirst by Heaven designed." Nothing more clearly exhibits their character in its best and truest light, than the system of laws and regulations which they laid as the corner stone of their social fabric, and which remains, after the lapse of two centuries, as substantial and clearly defined, as when first created. Their Civil Organization was purely democratic as regards those who, in the capacitj' of inhabitants, framed it. Inhabitants, in those days, were such, and only such, as by virtue of a good character, blameless life, and "honest conversation," and a vote of the town taken in public meeting, had been admitted to the privilege of residence and participation in town affairs. Vicious and abandoned persons, idlers, vagabonds and pau- pers, were excluded from such privileges, and not even permit- ted to tarry in the town. So carefully did our forefathers guard themselves against the influx of bad members of society, that the General Court, in 1637, enacted that " No young man that is not married, nor hath any servant, 54 HISTOET OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. and be no public officer, shall keep house by himself without consent of the town where he lives, first had, under pain of 20 shillings per week."-' " No master of a family shall give habitation or entertainment to any young man to sojourn in his family, but by the allowance of the inhabitants of the said town where he dwells, under the like penalty of 20 shillings per week."^ We accordingly find, scattered along through the town records of Windsor, such entries as these: "Dec. 1, 1651. John Moses had allowance to sojourn with Simon Miller in his house." .^ Also, " Sept. 13, 1652. It is assented that Isaac Shelden and Samuel Rockwell shall keep house together in the house that is Isaac's, so they carry themselves soberly and do not entertain idle persons, to the evil expense of time by night or day." Also, " that John Bennett" should be entertained by William Hayden in his family." Also, 1656: " In town meeting it was consented that Nicholas Wilton should sojourn with John Owen, so he lived orderly with him." Again, "June 27, 1658 — The townsmen took into con- sideration how to prevent inconvenience and damage that may come to the town if some order be not established about enter- tainment and admitting of persons to be inhabitant in the town. We therefore order that no person or persons whatsoever shall be admitted inhabitant in this town of Windsor, without the approbation of the town, or townsmen, that are, or shall be, from year to year, in being. Nor shall any man sett or sell any 1 This law continued in force until the general revision of the statutes in 1821, being then the oldest statute provision on our records not previously repealed, expressly or by implication. (Mss. of Thos. Day, LL. D.) 2 This was embraced in the Code of 1650, survived the revision of 1673, but disappeared in that of 1702. — Ibid. 3 This John Bennett was an old offender, and the order seems to refer to some previous one. Perhaps the town designated this place because of liis proneness to get into mischief. William Hayden's house was at the extreme north end of town, although several families lived near him. In 1648, three complaints had been entered against John Bennett on the same General Court. One for breach of covenant with John Bissell. One for defaming John Griffen, charging him with giving false evidence in Court. The other complaint would indicate that there was even among those humble settlers of Windsor, an aristocracy of worth, if not of family, sufficient at least to forbid an unworthy fellow from defaming the reputation of "an old man's daughter," by report- ing that she looked upon him with favor. "John Drake complains of John HEB CIVIL ORGANIZATION. 55 house or land so as to bring in any to be inhabitant into the town without the approbation of the townsmen, or giving in such security as may be accepted to save tlie town from damage. Also, it is ordered by the townsmen, that whereas Edward Kiilg^ doth reside in a place remote from the Town where there has sometimes been recourse of divers persons in a private way which we judge may prove prejudicial to divers persons if not timely prevented. It is therefore ordered that on or before tiie first of October next he shall give in sufficient security for his good carriage in his family and also for his careful attendance of the order of this jurisdiction, and of the order of this town, or else shall continue there no longer than that time, upon the penalty of 20 shillings per week. " It is also ordered that Edward Ryle shall continue there no longer than the aforesaid time appointed, upon the same penalty." "November 29th, 1667 — The townsmen granted libertj' to Samuel Pinney that he should entertain Judit Cromel a so- journer in his family for a twelve month, and [he] engageth to see that he carries well, and keeps good order, as an honest man should do, to the best of his endeavor, by counselling him." "Dec. 10, 1659. The townsmen approved of that Thomas Gunn should entertain as a tabler, Capt. Thomas, in his family for this winter." As late as "April, 1699, the widow Rix made application to the townsmen for liberty to keep at the widow Phelp's house or other place in the Town. She saith that she lived with Left. Joshua Wills for wages, but now that they are parted she wants another place. The townsmen do not see reason to grant her request, but have now warned her to remove out of this town to the town from whence she came, or to some other place, that she may prevent the townsmen proceeding against her accord- ing to law." Bennett for saying that he had enticed and drawn away the affections of his [D.'s] daughter." At the next sitting of the Court, Jolm Bennett appeared and " expressing his repentance and promising better carriage in future, the Court is willing once more to pass by his corporal punishment," and he was bound over for his good behavior. Educated as tliese settlers were in a land where the grades of society were strongly marked, it is not strange that some dis- tinctions should be retained even in the more unreserved intercourse of this new country. John Drake was not a man of sufficient distinction to entitle him to the appellation of Mr., yet his son Job, a shoemaker, won the heart and hand of the daughter of Mr. Henry Wolcott, one of the first Magistrates of Connecticut, and probably, after the pastor, the most distinguished man in Windsor. 1 This Edward King was an Irishman. He afterwards lived on the East side of the River, near Podunk. 56 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. These extracts serve to show how carefully the law interposed its authority to preserve the purity of social life.^ Thus constituted, the Inhabitants themselves managed the affairs of the town and transacted its business. They estab- lished the Town Meeting — which has been aptly styled " a little primitive nursery of republican truth," and raade it the duty of every man who was an inhabitant to attend it — subject to a fine for each failure without excuse. These town meetings were convened as often as business or convenience dictated. Sometimes by special appointment, " to publish some orders made at the General Court before,'' or " to read the Capital Laws;" sometimes "after lecture,'' or on "a day of training,'' when it was presumed that most of the inhabitants would be in attendance. 1 Althougli the strictness of these first regulations concerning inhabitants, especially those relating to " joung unmarried men," were after a time some- what softened, yet the settlers always maintained a vigilant eye upon the character and doing of each member of the community. Their deep .sense of the individual duties devolving upon every citizen, found expression in the Oath of Fidelity, which was framed by the General Court in 1640, and which was to be administered by any two or three magistrates to all males, above sixteen years of age, who could present a certificate of good behavior. " I, A B, being by the Providence of God an Inhabitant within the Juris- diction of Conectecotf, doe acknowledge myself to be subjecte to the Govern- mente thereof, and doe sweare by the great and dreadfull name of the overliving God, to be true and faithful unto the same, and doe submit boath my person and estate thereunto, according to all the hol^ome laives and orders that eiher are, or hereafter shall be there made, and established by lawful authority ; and that I will neither plott nor practice any evell against the same, nor consent to any that shall so doe, but will tymley discover the same to lawful authority established there ; and that I will, as in duty bound, mayntayne the honor of the same and of the lawful! Magistrats thereof, promoting the public good of it, whilst I shall so continue an Inhabitant there ; and whensoever I shall give my vote, or suffi-age or proxy touching any matter which concerns this Commonwealth being cauled thereunto, will give it as in my conscience may conduce to the best good of the same, without respect of persons or favor of of any man. So help me God in our Lord Jesus Christe." At the first session of the General Assembly under the charter, Oct. 9, 1662, it was ordered that those who desired to be admitted freemen should obtain a certificate from a majority of the Townsmen, certifying that they are per- sons "of civil, peacable and honest conversation, & that they have attained to the age of 21 years, and have £20 estate (besides their rent Poll), in the list of Estate," and such certificate should be presented to the court authorized to admit freemen. Provision was made at the same time, for the disfranchise- TOWN OFFICERS. 57 The first officers created by the inhabitants, as the executives of their will, were townsmen, constables and surveyors. The duties of townsmen were similar to those of our present selectmen, although more extensive, and laborious. They were exempted from " watching, warding and training," and were " chosen to order the affairs of the town," except cases of taxes, land grants, admission of new inhabitance, and making and repairing of highways. These matters were reserved for the town. It appears, indeed, that many acts which the townsmen were competent to perform, were referred to the people in town- meeting assembled; for we find the townsmen at one time issu- mect of sucli as were convicted of scaudalous oifenses. It has been asserted Toy some, that none but churcb members were admitted freemen in Connect- icut, and that none were permitted to dissent from the faith and form of the established cliurcli order. A better acquaintance with the early history of the colony would do away with tliis erroneous impression. During the administration of Cromwell, the Colonists had been suffered to manage their own affairs much in their own way ; and when Charles II ascended the throne, he soon after sent out, through his Commissioners, to inquire into the administration of the Colonial Governments. At a session of the General Assembly, held at Hartford, April 20, 1668, " His Majesties Honorable Commissr. propositions were presented and read to the court — as follows ; Prop. 1st. "That all householders inhabiting this colony take the oath of allegiance, and the administration of justice be in his Majesties name." To this the Colony answered. " This we return, that according to his Majesties pleasure expressed in our charter, our Governor formerly hath nominated and appointed meet persons to administer the oath of allegiance." Prop. 2d. "That all men of competent estates and of civill conversation, though of different judgments, may be admitted to be freemen & have liberty to choose and be chosen officers, both miUtary and civil." To this, " our order for admission of freemen is consonant with tliat pro- po.sition." Prop. 3d. "That all persons of civil lives may freely enjoy the liberty of their consciences and the worship of God in that way which they think best, provided that this liberty tend not to the disturbance of the publique, nor the hindrance of the mayntaynance of ministers regularly chosen in each respect- ive parish or townsliip." To the 3d Prop. " we say we know not of any one that hath been troubled by us for not attending his conscience, provided he hath not disturbed the publique." Surely this is sufficient to refute the calumnies which have been hurled at the " illiberality " of the founder of Connecticut. 58 EISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. ing orders which are afterwards acted upon in town-meeting. The town also held the power of vetoing such actions of the townsmen as they did not approve, as for example: " March 15, 1650. Also this day the order concerning sheep was published, and the town did not approve of the penalty set hy the townsmen." The selectmen had authority also under the Code of 1650 (see chapter on the Schools of Windsor) to see that every child and apprentice in their town was taught to read and write, and was educated to some useful " trade or calling," and to take charge of any whose parents or guardians neglected thus to educate them. Their supervision even extended to the somewhat minute, and, to us, laughable office of examining the town's children in the catechism! We wonder how our present worthy selectmen would look engaged as ofScial catechumens? The office of constahle, differed but little from that of the present daj% except in its superior dignity. The very oath which he was obliged to take, betokens the important duties and solemn' obligations with which he was vested. I, A, of W, do swear by the great and dreadful name of the everlasting God, that for the year ensuing, and until a new be chosen, I will faithfully execute the office and place of a consta- ble for and within the said plantation of W, and the limits thereof, and that I will endeavor to preserve the public peace of the said place, and Commonwealth, and will do my best endeavors to see all watches and wards executed, and to obey and execute all lawful commands or warrants that come from any Magistrate or Magistrates, or Court, so help me God, in the Lord Jesus Christ." Among his other duties, the constable was captain of the watch, or chief of police, in the town where he resided. He was indeed the arm of the law, and the embodiment of its majesty. For many years after the formation of the colony, the appointment of a constable by the court, was considered as a valid incorporation of a town, which became thenceforth liable to taxation, and entitled to representation. Mr. Henry Wolcott, the iirst constable of Windsor, was appointed by the General Court in 1636, and John Porter became the next incumbent in 1639. The number was afterwards increased to two, and the power of appointment invested in the TOWN OFFICERS. 59 town. The following extract from the records would imply that it was an office much sought after. "February 6, 1666. This day was a town-meeting warned by the constables, wherein some of the Commonwealth Laws were read, and new constables chosen against the court in March next, and they were, after much contending, John Strong and Benedictus Alvord for the year ensuing." In 1639, the office of town recorder, or clerl-c, was first estab- lished by the court. He was to keep a record " of every man's house and land," of all bargains, mortgages, &c., and to present a transcript of the same, "fairly written," at every General Court, to be again recorded by the secretary of the colony. He was also to keep a record of births, marriages and deaths — no- tice of which was to be handed in to him within 3 days, on pen- alty of 5s fine. Dr. Bray Rosseter, a man of fine education and much distinction in Windsor, was the first occupant of the of- fice, which he held until his removal to Guilford, in 1652. Surveyors. Of these, two were chosen annually, whose special duty was to survey the lines of fences and common lands, and to attend to the construction and preservation of highways, &c. It was an office of much responsibility, and was for many years most ably filled hy Matthew Grant, who was also the second town clerk. In a deposition (now on file in the State Library at Hartford) concerning some disputed lands in 16T5, he says: " I have been employed in measuring of land and getting out of lots to men, which has been done by me from our first be- ginning here, come next September is 40 years." Pew men indeed filled so large a place in the early history of Windsor, or filled it so well, as honest Matthew Grant. His name figures in almost every place of trust, and the early records of the town show that his duties were always conscientiously performed. The chimney viewer, was a sort of primitive fire-marshal, whose duty was to carefully examine all the chimneys of the town at regular intervals, and to exact a heavy fine for any failure to clean them. Ladders were to be provided for every house, " or trees in place of ladders," and the frequent orders of the town upon this subject, show that great care was taken to prevent 60 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. any accident by fires. One of the earliest orders remaining upon the Windsor records is to this effect: " February 24, 1650. It was ordered by tlie townsmen that whereas there is a former order that there shall be a good ladder provided for each house to prevent damage by fire, it is now further ordered that all that shall be found defective the first of April next, not having a sufficient ladder to reach to the top of their dwelling house, shall pay the penalty of 12 Nassahegan. presence and witness of ^ William Phelps, William Hill. This copied from the original by me, Matthew Grant, Register. February, 1665." This deed evidently extinguished Nassahegan's title to all the land (except the reservation at Indian Neck above mentioned) in Windsor, south and west of the Tunxis, not included in the previous sale to Phelps. Even the small "part of a meadow at Paquanick" men- tioned in the foregoing deed, was soon absorbed by the insatia- ble white man, for we learn that in V. "April 21, 1659, George Griswold hath by purchase of cer- tain Indians, by name Wattowan, Quockhom, Wannappoush the wife of Wattowan, otherwise called Towanno [Nehano or Te- hano] a certain neck of land lying at Poquonock made over in a conveyance under the hands and marks of the Indians, now in the keeping of George Griswold; the land in quantity by the Indians estimation, is nine acres more or less, since by more 1 This land is more fully described in the deed as " between Gunn's Brook down to Connecticut River, which brook falls into the river at a place called New Brook, at upper end of laud formerly William Haydeu's, deceased, and since to his son Daniel, and from the brook it runs north to the Stony Brook (which enters Connecticut River opposite the great Island on the falls), and bounds easterly on the Connecticut River, and thence runs west to the west- ward side of the mountains, and continues all along the same breadth as at east end." 108 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. exact measure is found 10 acres more or less, as it is bounded northwest by a small swamp in a straight line from river [to riv]er: everj' way else it bounds by the river. Which said parcel of land it shall be lawful for the said George Griswold, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever to have and to hold, possess and enjoy, as freely as we the said Indians above named, had both liberation and counsel from our friends of a long time,^ and we now do engage ourselves and heirs to maintain and defend [all] right and claim that we have sold and made over unto George Griswold, confirming the said land to be good and right, and that we are the true owners of the said land, and stand bound, both we and our heirs, to make good our part of sale and delivery, and free the said land from all claims, de- mands, debts, dues of every nature or kind whatsoever that are or have been upon the said land, from the beginning of the world to this present day." &c. " George Griswold hath reserved to himself, in the Indian neck of land, out of the general purchase that he made with the Indians, two acres and a half and ten rods as it is now bounded, besides an allowance for a way to go by the river side on the east end of it, bounded on the north by the land of James Enno, south by Edward Griswold, west and east by the river.' ^ VI. Sept. 11, 1662, I, Nassahegan of Poquonock, do own my- self indebted to George Griswold i£3: 5s, which should have been paid him in the year 1659, in March, which I delaying to pay do now give for full payment to the foresaid George Gris- wold, all mj^ land in the Indian Neck, which parcel of land by estimation is two acres, more or less, as it lies bounded east and west by the river, north by the land of Samuel Phelps, 1 The term " liberation and counsel " may perhaps be thus explained. In • dians then, as now, were mischievous and would get drunk. Thus they not unfrequently got into trouble, and were either mulcted in fines, or imprisoned in the lock up at Hartford. There is sufficient evidence to our mind that the speculative whites sometimes paid their fines, or obtained their release, receiv- ing, in return for the favor, the title to some coveted piece of land, which doubtless, at the moment, seemed of less importance to the captive red man, than his personal freedom. The deed" of Sepanquet to Samuel IVIarshall (see Section VI, this chapter) is another case, in point. 2 Perhaps this is the land referred to in the following town vote of Deo. 10, 1656: " It was voted that if the corner of land that is in the Indians' possession be judged by the town meet to be purchased, that then their neighbors of Poquonock, jointly, shall purchase, and none other shall buy it from them, but these shall have it to themselves." Town Acts, i, 32. INDIAN PUECHASES. 109 south [by] the land of Josiah Ellsworth, and also all the islands lying in the river from the land that is Aaron Cook's to the lower end of the Indian neck. May 26, 1610: "Deed by Sepanquet son of Nassaheg'an, in consideration of a sum of money to be paid by Samuel Mar- shall in my behalf of me for a fine to the County of Hartford, and 8s more that I am to pay to Jacob Gibbs, an island upon Windsor Rivulet, at a place called by the Indians Matumpseck." This Island is supposed to be the one about opposite the point called Indian Neck. April 19, 1659, Cowcherowind sold to George Griswold, 200 rods of marsh or mowing land under the east side of Massaco [Simsbury] Hills, bounded by a little brook which divideth the land of Samuel Phelps, west bj' the foot of the mountains, also the upland to the top of the same. April 28, 1665, Nassahegan, sachem of Poquonnoc, sold to Jonathan Gillet, Sen., of Windsor, a piece of land, swamp or marsh, containing twelve acres, called by the Indians Mataco- macok. This was situated without the west bounds of Windsor, southerly of the swamp belonging to John Moore and Edward Griswold. VII. In April, 1666, James Enno and John Moses, purchased from Nassahegan, land on both sides of the Rivulet, from Windsor to Massaco. This land, which had descended to him from his uncle Sheat, extended toward Massaco, " as far as his right extends," namely, on the south side of the Rivulet to the foot of Massaco Mountain; and on the north side to the " mountain that answers the foresaid mountain;" and eastward to a new way [or road] passing out of Pipestave Swamp go- ing to Westfield; " and southward from the Rivulet to the Mill Brook " as it runs into the Wilderness and so to the Mountains." This tract containing some 28,000 acres was confirmed to the purchasers, December, 1669, by Rippaquam and Seacet, with the exception of two islands in the Rivulet, one of which Nas- sahegan claimed was given to his son, and the other to his sister by his uncle Sheat, deceased. Enno and Moses, the same year, released this purchase to the town of Windsor, whose agents they were, and received J15: 14*: '2d (the amount ex- pended by them) in lands situate under the Simsbury Mount- 110 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. ains above Salisbury Plain, near the river, and known as Tilton's Marsh. VIII. The Great Island, in the Connecticut River, on Enfield Falls, was sold to John Lewis of Windsor, June 26, 1618, "it now being out of our way to live upon it," by Seoket, Toto, Toutops alias Notabock, Waronyes, and William Roinick, the "true and proper heirs and owners," who claim the " right as descended from one generation to another." They acknowledge having received " full satisfaction, except £3, which was to be paid on or before June next, in Indian corn or shoes, at the current Windsor price." Nassahegan and Coggerynosset were afterwards present, and signed the agreement. The £3 was divided as follows: Totaps 30s, Nassahegan 10s, Coggery- nosset's squaw 10s, Margery, her papoose 10s. It was trans- ferred, Feb. 21, 1683, to Daniel Hayden. It is now called King's Island, is about a mile long by one quarter of a mile wide, and contains nearly 150 acres, more or less cultivated. This island was first owned by the Rev. Ephraim Huit, who in his will, 1644, left it " to the Country." H^ast of the Connecticut River. I. "This is also a record of the purchase made of the Indians of the land on the east side of the Great River, between Scan- tock and Podunk. Know all men by these presents, that we whose names are underwritten, viz: Cassoeum, Sachem of the Mohegeneake; Towtonnomen, Sachem of the aforesaid Mohegans; Pozen of Mohegan; Nepeaseseateke son of Towtonnomen; Nagonce, Scattaaps, Pockettercote, children of Sassowen; Wanochocke a Mohegeneake; Arramement of Matianuck; Toquash of Matia- neke; Re wen, Arramemet's father, and his wife; Sheat of Paquaanocke; Cockeronoset of Paquaanocke, which are all the Indians that layeth claim to that ground called Nowashe, bounded with the river Scantok over against the now dwelling house of Mr. [Francis] Stiles, situate on the east side of the river called Quenticute [Connecticut], bounded on the south with the brook or rivulet called Potaecke [Podunk] over against the now dwelling house of Arramemet or thereabouts, near the upper end of Newtown [Hartford] meadow, we before mentioned do acknowledge that we have sold unto Dorchester plantation INDIAN PURCHASES. Ill who are now resident at Quenticutt, all our right and interest in the foresaid ground, for and in consideration of twenty cloth coats, and fifteen fathoms of sewan [wampum] of which there being paid in hand eight coats and six fathoms of sewan, the other twelve coats and nine fatiioms of sewan to be paid at the coming up of our next Pinnace, we also the foresaid Indians do avouch that we have not formerly sold the said ground to any other, and we do also promise and bind ourselves by these presents to make good and maintain this our sale against any that shall make challenge or lay claim, either to the whole or any part thereof, viz: the ground between the two brooks or two rivulets before mentioned in breadth, and so eastward into the country one day's walk. Neither will we ourselves disturb or molest the said English inhabitants, or their successors for- ever, by sitting down, planting, or giving away to any other whatsoever, that shall any way molest the said English inhabit- ants before named. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals even the 15th day of this Instant, second month; com- monly called April, Anno Domini, 1636, being the eleventh year of the Eeign of King Charles. Hereunto annexed the names of eleven Indians which assigned hereunto." In witness Sassowen [or Cassoeum], Jonathan Brewster, Towtonnomen, Edward Pattison, Pozen, William Brewster. Wanochocke, Arramemet, Cdewince, Nagonce, Pockettercote, Sheat, Tuckqueasb, cockeronoset. This copied out of the original by me Matthew Grant, Register, Feb'y, 1665. II. The following note, or affidavit, without date, occurs on the Land Records of Windsor: " Ooggerynosset [Poquonock] testifies that the land on the east side of the Great River between Scantick and Namareok [iMayluck Brook^] was Nassacowen's, and Nassacowen was so 1 This ancient name, now obsolete, was derived (as tradition affirms) from a party of the early emigrants to the Connecticut, who came through the woods in the month of May, and following the course of the brook struck the river — hence its name May-luck. 112 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. taken in love with the coming of the English that he gave it to them for some small matter, but he knows of none but the meadow. Witness COGGEEYNOSSKT. Matthew Grant, Jacob Drake, Stephen Taylor. In September 26, 1687, Toto (of Windsor), grandson of Nas- sacowen, deceased, confirms to Captain Benjamin Newbury, Mr. Henry Wolcott, John Moore, Sen., Return Strong, Sen., Daniel Eayden and Abraham Phelps, agents of the town of Windsor, a tract of upland (or woodland), between Namarack Brook and Scantic River on east side river, which was sold to Windsor people by his grandfather, Nassacowen. "It-[the said land] bounds north on John Stiles's (deceased) lot, by south side of small brook that falls into Namerack, and becomes a part of it; thence runs east by south side of said brook to the head of the brook; and thence easterly, varying a little to the south, till it runs over Scantick near where Goodman Bissell [built] a saw- mill, and runs over the old road or highway that formerly went to Lead Mines, crossing Ketch Brook, and so to the mountains near Frog Hill,' and then butts or ends on the top of the 3rd bare mountain or hill, the northmost of three hills, and so runs along to the ridge of the mountain till it comes to the path that leads to Cedar Swamp, and thence south, near a half mile to another bare hill, which is the south-east end or corner; and then turns west bearing a little to the north, and so south to some ponds known as Person Ponds; and from there near the head of Podunk Brook, and then crosses Lead Mine road at a place called Cart Hill, and from thence it comes to Connecticut River on the south of John Birge's lot." We have been unable fully to trace out the ancient localities mentioned in this deed, but the reader, with the aid of the map of Lidian Purchases, will find no difficulty in understanding the general boundaries of the purchase. IIL In September (20), 1660, John Bissell, Jr., bought of Wat- shemino all his " planting land from Namelake [or Name- rick] Brook, upward by the Great River, to the land of the said John Bissell, Jr., only the grass land excepted that Goodman 1 There is now a place beyond Ellington, somewhere in Tolland county, called Frog Hall — probably the same as Frog Hill. INDIAN PURCHASES. 113 Hayden hath formerly to mow, 10 acres more or less, for 50 fathom of wampum." In September 19, 1611, Nearowanocke (alias Will) a Name- roake [Namerick] Indian, sold " for a certain sum of money already received of Thomas and Nathaniel Bissell," a parcel of land, " lying without the bounds of Windsor, on the East side of the Great River, bounded on the south by Potunke River and land that was Tantonimo's; on the east by the hills beyond the pine plains [probably Ellington], on the west by the Scantock as it runs till it comes to bear due east from the mouth of Fresh Water River [Connecticut] till you come to the hills beyond the pine plains, which said line marks the north bounds," "reserving only the privilege^ of hunting beaver in the river of the Scantock." This extensive purchase, covering the greatest part of Enfield; two thirds of East Windsor; east of Scantic; and all of Ellington, was obtained by the Bissells for the town of Wind- sor, to whom it was afterwards transferred. The Bissells received 200 acres (in the present town of Ellington) for their share in the transaction. March 23, 1692-3. Towtops, son of Wicherman of Windsor, for and in consideration of the sum of £5, by him received, sold to Nathaniel Bissell, 100 acres, on the east side of Con- necticut River, at the foot of [Enfield] Falls, viz: in breadth next to the river, which bounds it on the west, 50 rods, and 1 We may mention in this connection, that similar reservations in many Indian deeds, have apparently given rise to the very prevalent opinion among the people of New England, that the Indians, of the present day, have still a claim or right to certain privileges within the domains once owned hy their ancestors. Even the damage done to young wood-lands, &c., hy stroll- ing bands of Indians, are often submitted to in silence, from a general undefined impression that they have a sor tof hereditary right to make free with such property. An amusing anecdote is told, which illustrates this point. One of the selectmen, of a certain town once included in Ancient Windsor, a man who boasts that the blood of the Mohegans courses in his veins, in giving directions respecting the improvement of the highway, ordered certain trees cut away. The owner of the laud opposite denied the right of the selectmen to cut down the trees. Warm words ensued, when the 15 114 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. runs east one mile with the same breadth, and abutts east and north on Totap's land, and south on Daniel Hayden's land. This purchase covered all the south part of the present village of Warehouse Point. IV. In 1659-60, Thomas Burnham and partners having bought lands, of Podunk, of Tontonimo, a committee was appointed by the Court, to lay out and divide said purchase to them. This Committee was also empowered to treat with the Podunks to sell to Burnham and Co., such other lands as they could spare, with the understanding that the Indians were to be allowed to gather in the winter grain which they had already sown on the ground. They reported to the next Court, April II, 1660, that a part of the land in contract belonged, not to Tontonimo, but to the heirs of Poxen [or Pozen, ?]. The Court therefore decreed that Tontonimo's portion alone should be laid out to Burnham. Subsequently (March 14) the Court ordered "that no persons in this colony, shall directly or indirectly buy or rent any of the lands at Podunk, that are laid out and possessed by the Indians there." But, if the Indians should leave the place, Thomas Burnham was to be allowed (with their consent) the use of their lands selectman, feeling the dignity of his position, exclaimed " Mr. , I have a right to cut the trees just where I have a mind to." The claim so hroadly stated reminded the other of the tradition to whioh we have referred, and which he supposed legitimate law ; and quick as thought he replied " I know it, I know it, you've a right to cut them for baskets and brooms but for no other purpose ; and the other selectman has no right to cut them for that purpose." It is needless to add that the Indian of the present day, has no legal right to commit any trespass upon the now alienated land of his forefathers, nor can he have any claim except by the favor of the present owners. Yet as we have said, there is a very prevalent impression to the contrary, an impression which the Indians themselves are by no means slow to improve to their own advantage, and under cover of which they steal from the forest with perfect impunity the materials for the manufacture of their basket, willow, and fancy wares. INDIAN PURCHASES. 115 in theiv absence, and whenever they returned he was to relin- quish them again. In May, 1666, Jacob Mygatt, Burnham's partner, sold his share of the lands at Podunk to William Pitkin and Bartholo- mew Barnard, who demanded from Burnham a division of the land and surrender of possession. To this he demurred, and the case was brought into couft. The final issue, made May, 1668, was " that Pitkin and Barnard shall stand quietly pos- sessed of the said land '' against any claim of Thos. Burnham, b,ut the latter was to reap the wheat, and have the peas upon the land, he paying rent for the peas Ss per acre "■ May 14, 16T9, Thos. Burnham, Sen., of Podunk, received a deed from Shebosman and Noames, of two acres, "more or less, at Podunk, in Indian Meadow, on the south side of Podunk Brook, runs by the Indian Meadow only on the north side within two rods of Bartholomew Barnard's land, and the said Burnham hath already paid the sum of £& and what Obadiah Wood paid for us also." 1 State Archives, Private Controversies, i, Doo. 29-47. CHAPTEH Vn. DiSTEIBUTION AND PlAN OP AnCIENT WiNDSOB. "Cities ahd towns, the vAKions haunts op men, Kequire the pencil ; they deft the pen. # # * * Can we so describe That tou mat faiely streets and buildings trace. And all that gives distinction to a place ? This cannot be ; yet moved et your request, A PART I PAINT — let FANCY FORM THE REST." Crabbe. The first Kecord of the division of lands in Windsor was un- doubtedly a simple designation of lots, by figures. The General Court, however, in September, 1639, enacted that every town in the colony, should choose a town clerk or register, " who shall, before the General Court in April next, record every man's house and land already granted and measured out to him, with the bounds and quantity of the same," and " the like to be done for all land hereafter granted and measured to any, and all bar- gains or mortgages of land whatsoever shall be accounted of no value until they be recorded.'"- To this order, the first vol- ume of Windsor Land Eecords owes its origin, and the earliest 6-ntry on its pages, is under date of October 10th, 1640. Under this and subsequent dates are entered and fully described the home-lots and other lands belonging to the various inhabitants. Indeed, it is almost certain that it comprises the names of all iCol. Rec, I, 37, ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 117 persons having dwelling houses in the town at that time, and therefore forms our fullest and most reliable source of informa- tion as to the first settlers of Windsor. In addition to the Land Kecords, we have availed ourselves of an ancient little volume in the town clerk's ofiBce, entitled A Book of Records of Town Ways in Windsor. This was com- piled in August, 1654, by Matthew Grant, who prefaces it with these words: " Forasmuch as it hath been desired that I should enter upon record several highways that have been formerly laid out, to express what their several breadths were appointed to be, and so to continue for Public use." This little record, be- sides preserving several interesting items not contained in the Land Kecords, affords considerable explanatory and elucidative assistance in tracing out the plan of Ancient Windsor. Tradition, also, has been listened to with a cautious ear, and in some instances has helped us to a clue, which subsequent in- vestigation has corroborated. Such are the sources and aids of the present chapter; now let us consider a few of the hindrances and obstacles with which we have had to contend. Aside from the great changes which time, and the march of improvement have wrought in the face of the country and the appearance of the town; we have to regret the loss of many local names, and once familiar expressions, which have gradu- ally lost their significance, and have therefore become almost obsolete and unmeaning in the present day. Salisbury Plain and Tilton's Marsh may perhaps be cited as examples of many local names, once familiar as househould words, now scarce to be discovered or identified by the most pains-taking antiquary, A well known proverb intimates that it is not polite to " look a gift horse in the mouth," and it may perhaps be rather ungracious in us to find any fault with the old Land Eecords, to which we are so much (or solely) indebted for all that we know about the locale of Ancient Windsor. Yet we have felt, in many in- stances during our investigation, that there were some very bad gaps in those records, which we could not but wish had been filled up. Often have we felt as if — could we have invoked that most excellent and conscientious of all town clerks and surveyors, Matthew Grant, from his grave in the old cemetery — 118 fflSTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. that we would cheerfully pay him better " day's wages," for "running" a few lines over again, than ever he received for similar services in his lifetime. Had we been believers in spiritualism, we should have promptly put ourselves en rapporl with his spirit, and questioned him earnestly about many items of needed information. But as it was, we were obliged to trust to our own unaided efforts; and in truth, if honest Matthew had as much trouble in " running lines " for the first settlers through the virginal forests and tangled undergrowth of old Windsor, as we had in "running" them over again, after the lapse of two centuries, through his crabbed handwriting on the crumbling pages of the old books — he must have had a hard life of it. We are now fully prepared to believe the tradition that old Matthew was wont to say, as he returned at sunset, wearied and jaded, from his day's labor at surveying, that he " wouldn't accept all the land he had bounded that day, as pay for his labor.''^ But to return to our subject — the deficiencies in the records themselves. We find that some lands are hounded by those of persons who had previously removed from Windsor; which lands had subsequently reverted to the town. Or, we find that others have their lands bounded by neighbors whose lands are not recorded. Or, again, lands seem to have passed from a first owner to a subsequent one, through two or three intermediate owners, whose names do not appear on record, and are only acci- dentall}'^ found in some other connection. Now these are great obstacles — but not insuperable — and before patient investigation, the mist of doubt is gradually dispelled, and " the crooked paths made straight." Mainly, then, through the perseverance of our coadjutor, Mr. Jabez H. Hayden, whose familiarity, from boyhood, with the topography as well as the local history of his native town, and its records, abundantly qualify him for this "labor of love" — we are able to present our readers with a map of Ancient Windsor. And although, from obvious reasons, we have not attempted to point out the exact spot whereon each house stood, yet we are 1 He miglit " change his tune " somewhat in these days, if he could see those same lands under tobacco. ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 119 reasonably confident that we have correctly located each man's home-lot. It may be taken then, as a fair picture, not of all we wish to know, but of all we do know — of the " distribution and plan of Windsor," two hundred years ago. Presumptive evidence leads us to the conclusion that the Dor- chester party first settled on the north side of the Kivulet or Farmington River. Saltonstall's party under Mr. Francis Stiles, evidently made their beginning (from which they were shortly after driven olF by the Massachusetts men") near the present Ellsworth place. And, aside from the prudential motives which would have induced the first comers to settle, as much as pos- sible near together; it is natural to suppose that their settlement on the north side of the stream, would afford less cause of com- plaint on the part of the Plymouth Company, with whom they were at that time endeavoring to effect a compromise. Matthew Grant, also, in describing the origin of the ancient palisado, which was erected at the beginning of the Pequot war, on the northern bank of the Eivulet, states that it was built by "our inhabitants on Sandy Bank" who " gathered them- selves nearer together from their remote dwellings, to provide for their safety." Sandy Bank, as it was anciently named, is synonymous with the Meadow Bank, which overlooks the Con- necticut River Meadows ; and " their remote dwellings," extended " northward along this bank, in the line of the present street. There is also, to our mind, a significance in the use of the word our (which we have italicised) as applied to the Dorchester settlers, in contradiction to the Plymouth Company. The dis- pute between the two parties was not adjusted until after the beginning of the Pequot war, and we find no evidence whatever of any settlement south of the Rivulet, by the Dorchester party, until after the close of the war. When that event brought safety to the English homes, they were not slow to improve the rich lands to which their Plymouth neighbors had reluctantly yielded their right. And now, with map in hand, and the old records in our pockets for convenient reference, we are prepared to accompany the reader in his walks about Ancient Windsor. We stand upon the Palisado Green, the veritable shrine of Windsor history and 120 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. romance. Very pleasant it is, as we see it now, in the warm sunset light of a summer day, lined with noble trees, behind whose waving tracery neat and elegant dwellings assert the presence of happy horags. On this spot, more than two centu- ries ago, our fathers dwelt; here, protected by the rude log de- fence which their own hands had thrown up, they slept secure from savage foe; here stood the meetinghouse, wherein the gentle Warham and the earnest Huit preached and prayed; here, too, was the little village graveyard, close under the pali- sade wall, where — one by one — they put off life's toils and cares, and laid them down to an eternal rest. " Their winter past. Fair spring at last Receives them on her flow'rj sliore ; Where pleasure's rose Immortal blows, And sin and sorrow are no more I" The history of this interesting locality is as follows: Upon the breaking out of the Pequot war in 1631, the Windsor People, as a precaution against surprisal by the Indians, sur- rounded their dwellings at this spot, with a fortification or pali- sado. This consisted of strong high stakes or posts, set close together, and suitably strengthened on the inside, while on the outside a wide ditch was dug, the dirt from which was thrown up against the palisades, and the whole formed a tolerably strong defence against any slender resources which the uncivil- ized Indian could bring to bear against it. It was of course necessary to keep a constant guard within the enclosure, to prevent the enemy from climbing over, or setting fire to the palisades. It was the fatigue of supplying these watches, that so exhausted the men (as Mr. Ludlow sorrowfully wrote to Mr. Pynchon during the absence of the Pequot expedition), " that they could scarce stand upon their legs." The whole length of this line of palisades was more than three fourths of a mile, enclosing an irregular parrallelogram of con- siderable extent. Prom the southwest corner of the burying ground, it extended along the brow of the hill overlooking the Parmington eastward to the Meadow hill. This south line was ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 121 60 rods long.i Its west line extended northward 69 rods, along the brow of the hill west of the burying ground. Its east line ran along the brow of the Meadow Hill, 80 rods northward; and its north line ran across from hill to hill near the present resid- ence of Mrs. Giles Ellsworth, and was 50 rods in length. When the first palisado was built, those who had their home- lots within its limits, resigned their title for the benefit of the whole community. Matthew Grant, for instance, says that he originally had six acres, but resigned it all up except where his buildings stood. This was the case with others. The following plan of the palisado was drawn in 1654, by Matthew Grant, who 50 ' Town. Iiause QO I Gnmt Cap* Hi\Vay De-He Palezado T.Farscim 4 .Pldlicps o Plott. W.eaylord MVClarJc rC3 MuTsTiel a Burying ' Streruf \ "3 ^ 1 w ilton ■ Rivulet. 60 Flan of the Anmnt Palisado Plot in Windsor. was at that time recorder. He thus discourses concerning it: " And seeing I am entered into the palisado, I will speak a little of the original of it ; about 1631 years, when the English had war with the Pequot Indians, our inhabitants on Sandy 1 Along the south side of the passage leading from the meeting-house to the burying ground, are now to be seen the remains of a ditoli, believed to have been a part of the south line of the fortification . 16 122 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Bank gathered themselves nearer together from their remote dwellings, to provide for their safety, set upon fortifying, and with palizado, which [land] some particular men resigned up out of their properties for that end, and [it] was laid out into small parcels, to build upon; some four rods in breadth, some five, six, seven, some eight — it was set out after this manner.^ These building places were at iarst laid out of one length, that was sixteen rods, but differ [in breadth] as afores*. Also on all sides within the outmost fence, there was left two rods in breadth for a common way, to go round within side the Palizado," to the rear of the building lots. This left an open space in the centre (marked W in the plan) nearly 20 rods wide and 30 rods long. When peace was again restored, " divers men left their places [in the Palisado] and returned to their lots [outside] for their conveniences. Some that staid (by consent of the town) en- larged their gardens. Some had 2, some 3, some 4, plats to their own propriety, with the use of the two rods in breath round the outside, every one according to his breadth, only with this reserve concerning the two rods, that if in future time there be need of former fortification, to be repaired, that then each man should resign up the two afores'^ two rods for a way only for common use. Note, that in the west corner of the afores^ plot there is reserved for a common Burying Ground, one particular parcel that is six rods in breadth, all the length on one side, and one end take it together, it is eight rod in breadth, and eighteen in length." It will be recollected that this plan shows the division of lots and names of owners seventeen years after the Pequot war. We purpose to show its distribution and inhabitants 'previous to 1654. Our plan of arrangement in the following chapter is as fol- lows: 1st. The name of the first owner, so far as the records show, of each home lot. 2dly. The place of his nativity in England, and the date of his arrival in New England, as far as we can ascertain; together with the time of his arrival in Wind- 1 Here in tlie record the foregoing plan is inserted. No. 1 Map. ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 123 sor. 3dly. Notes or memorandum relative to subsequent sales and purchasers of the same property. Starting, then, from the Burying Ground in the south-west corner of the Palisado — we find the lots of Pkancis Gibbs. Probably from Devonshire, where the name is common. Was a first comer at Dorchester. Thomas Bassett. Came to Windsor with Mr. Stiles's party, 1635, afterwards removed to Fairfield. William Hill. An early settler at Dorchester, where he had land granted Nov. 2, 1635. He probably did not come to Windsor with the first company. Lieut. David Wilton. Probably came to Dorchester in 1633, thence to Windsor — from here he removed "from Wind- sor Church to go to Northampton to help to further a church there the beginning March 25, and now Feby. the 6, 1661 he was b[uried] here in Windsor, he died the day before" {Old Church Record). He bought out the lots of his neighbors. Hill, Gibbs and Bassett, prior to 1654, when his name appears as sole proprietor on Grant's Plan of the Palisado. He made a contract in 1651 with the town, to keep the burying ground properly cleared and fenced, &c. The present First Congregational Church, probably stands near the south line of his lot, a little east of the middle of it. These lots cover the ground now occupied by the new part of the burying ground; the First Congregational Church; and the residence of Henry Sill, Esq. Next to them on the land now occupied by the road to the bridge, the residence of the Misses Stiles, &c., were the lots of Sgt. Walter Fyleb. Probably at Dorchester in 1630. His well is still in existence on the lot occupied by the Misses Stiles. Thomas Thornton. Was at Dorchester probably as early as 1630 — ^was one of the keepers of cows for that town in 1635. Sold his lotto John Strong, who lived there in 1654. {See Palizado Plan.) This property is now owned by 124 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Deacon Jasper Morgan. East of Strong's garden fence, a road turned down to the meadow. This is the same that now passes along by Dea. Jasper Morgan's house, and so to the meadow by Mr. Penton's store. It was the old Rivulet Ferry Eoad, and we shall speak more fully of it in another place. North of this road, and at the southeast corner of the Palisado was the lot belonging to Capt. John Mason. One of the original Dorchester Company, who came in the Mary and John, in 1630; among the first at Windsor, whence he removed to Saybrook in 1641, and to Norwich in 1659. He sold out to Captain Samuel Marshall, who dwelt there in 1654. His next neighbor was Sgt. Thomas Stayres. Who afterwards sold to the Rev. Ephraim HuiT, who probably lived and died upon this place. It then passed to Mr. Clarke, who occupied it in 1654. George Phillips, one of the earliest settlers at Dorchester, occupied this place in 1654. William Hubbard. Sold to Thomas Dibble, who lived there in 1654. Matthew Grant. One of the original members of the Dor- chester Church, came to Dorchester in the Mary and John, 1630 — came to Windsor in September, 1635. Stood in the northeast corner of the Palisado, next to The Town House. This lot was first Nicholas Denslow's. He sold it to Capt. Samuel Marshall, who was a notable real estate dealer in those days, and he sold it in 1654 to the " inhabitants of Windsor for a town house."^ It is described in the deed as his " dwelling house, barn, or- chard and land about it one acre more or less," together with a wood lot of 20 acres, &c., which the said inhabit- ants were "forever, fully and freely to enjoy /or the benefit and entertainment of a minister successively." Shortly after, however (Feby. 10, 1656-1), at a town meeting, it "was called into question the legal ness of the record of the 1 The deed wMcli records this purchase was not made until 1656. ITS DISTRIBgTION AND PLAN. 125 town house, whereupon it was voted that the Townsmen should cause the whole town to meet as conveniently as they would, giving suflScient warning of the particular occasion to each man engaged in the purchase, that so there might be a joint debate for future settling of it. Also in the mean time Matthew Grant [who occupied the adjacent lot] was appointed by vote to see to the pre- serving of the house and orchard, and when any fruit came to ripeness the Townsmen should have the dispos- ing of it for the benefit of the town." (Town Acts, I, 33.) " September 28 — The Town met to answer the appointment on the 8th of June before, but in the meeting little was done, but only the major part manifested themselves desirous to have the house sold, and every one to have his pay returned back to him, which he had laid out, if the sale of the house would reach to it." The presumptive evidence, however, is, that the sale did not take place. The same Town House was in existence in 1669-70, when it was refitted and occupied as a meeting-house by the dissenting party under the Eev. Mr. Woodbridge. Six years later, it was in a ruinous and dilapidated state, and the refusal of the town to repair it " upon a town cost," formed a serious " bone of con- tention " in the ecclesiastical dissentions which raged so fiercely at that period. It was occupied by the Woodbridge faction until the settlement of the controversy, in 1681; and was then "finished and made suitable" for the residence of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Mather, who became the pastor of the reconciled and united churches. , Perhaps on the same lot was another important structure, the Town Barn. In those days, when rates or taxes were paid in corn, pease, wheat, etc., etc., it was necessary to have a suitable place of deposit, to which the inhabitants could bring their tithes. It was probably among the earliest buildings erected in Windsor. In January, 1659, " it was voted that the town barn should be put to sale, and that Mr. Allyn and Mr. Clark should do it 126 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. on behalf of the Town." In December, 1659, it was "agreed by the town that the town barn shall be repaired and thatched." Finally, December, 1660, the old barn- "was sold to Samuel Marshall for£13:10s, and he is to give bill for the payment, either in wheat, pease, Indian corn, or pork at £3:10* the barrel." " Also from the Palisado, runs a way northeasterly, called the common street, and is to be four rods wide." Stepping across this " common road " we come first to the lot of John Taylor. Eltwood Pomeroy. Proprietor and first selectman at Dorches- ter in 1633. After the Rev. Mr. Huit'.s death in 1644, his widow had a dwelling on Pomeroy's land. The Land Eecords preserve this item: "Whereas Eltwed Pomeroy formerly gave liberty to Mrs. Elizabeth Huit, in the time of her widowhood, in way of courtesy, to build her a house, by the help of her friends, adjoining to the end of his dwelling house, to use for her own during her life, which she enjoj'ed, and after her death the said Eltwed Pomeroy took it for his own, at a price agreed upon between him and those which she desired as her overseers and friends to order that little estate which she left for her children, which price he hath payed as they appointed him." Begat Eggleston. Probably one of the first comers at Dorchester in 1630, freeman there in 1631 — who afterwards bought out his two neighbors, Taylor and Pomeroy, and ap- pears as the sole owner of this land, in the Plan of 1654. In 1662, he mortgaged " my now dwelling house, barn, &c., home lot and orchard, situate near the meeting- house." Separated from this by a little lane. Elias Parkman. Grantee of lands at Dorchester, 1633, then an inhabitant of Windsor — agai 8; removed afterwards to Boston an inhabitant of Windsor — again at Dorchester in 1631- ITS DISTETBUTION AND PLAN. 127 Capt. Aaron Cook. Probably in Dorchester in 1630 — from Windsor he removed to Northampton — from thence to Hadley — who bought out Parkman and Huit, and occupied the whole in 1654. Kev. Ephraim Huit. From Warwickshire, England — came to Windsor in 1639, died in 1644. " There goeth out of the Palisado towards north-west a highway two rods wide; when past the house plots it is larger." Next south of this road, on the west side of the Palisado, and on the property now occupied by Dr. William S. Pierson, was the home lot of Michael Try, who sold it to Eichard Saxton, and he to Thomas Parsons, who lived therein 1654. Next south of this, on the lots now occupied by Dr. Wilson and Mr. Anson Loomis, was Matthias Senchion at Dorchester in 1634; one of the keepers of the cows in 163*? — he did not come to Windsor with the first company, who sold to Walter Gaylord, who lived there in 1654. Having now traveled round the Palisado, we will pause before leaving it, to point out a few more localities of some interest. The ancient meeting-house stood in about the center of the open central space, on the spot now marked by a telegraph 'po\e, in front of the residence of Dr. Pierson. About seven rods in front of Michael Try's lot, as originally laid out, and facing the western side of the meeting-house, stood the blacksmith shop. This was three or four rods in the rear of Dr. Pierson's present house. We learn from the Town Acts (Bk. i, 4), that in 1650-1, March 11th, " The town did order by a vote that there shall be a plot of ground laid out within the palisado by Thomas Parson's house to build a house for the smith upon it." The smith, who was thus favored, was probably one Thomas Mattock, who by a previous vote of the town had been granted an appropriation of £10 to "help him set up his trade in the 128 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. town, provided he continued his trade. If not, he was to refund it again." (Town Acts i, 4.) Prom some unexplained cause, however. Mattock seema not to have settled here in Windsor. Tahan Grant, son of our old friend Matthew, is the first blacksmith on record; he occupied the place " by Thomas Parsons'," granted by the town, and in 1662 purchased of Parsons's widow, Lydia, her dwelling house, with the land about it, three quarters of an acre in extent. This is the lot now owned by Dr. Pierson. " Also, by gift of the town, a small parcel of land near about \ of an acre in the street that lies between that which he bought [i. e. in front of it] and the smith's shop. He has all the breadth against his own [property] and [it] runs according to the range betwixt him and Walter Gaylord, up to range with the foreside of the shop, and is 6 rods, 2 feet in breadth as it faces against the meeting house." We understand by this, that he was permitted to extend his lot east into the Palisado Common about 1 rods, in a line with the east side of his smith shop, which faced the meeting house. Next south of this lot of Grant's, there stood, though at a subsequent period, a barber's shop, kept by James Eno, who came to Windsor about 1646. On the Land Records, under date of Nov. 28, 1663, is "re- corded the grant of a stray of land of James Eno in the Pali- sado, to build him a shop upon, to barber in, and he has now built it." The land granted him was one rod in breadth next to that granted to Tahan Grant, and ran back a rod till it met Walter Gaylord's fence, which formed its west bound. It will be seen therefore that it was quite a small lot, bounded north by Grant, west by Gaylord, southerly and easterly by the' Pali- sado Common. The shop stood at its east end, about 6 rods south of the road rnnning west by Dr. Pierson's, its front in a line with the front of the smith's shop, and facing the meeting house. This would locate it in the rear of Dr. Wilson's present residence. Thomas Dewey. First settled at Dorchester, went to Westfield with his children and left this land to his daughter, the wife of George Phelps. In 1670 Phelps made over the * ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 129 property to the Eev. Mr. Nath'l Ohauncey, who was at that time colleague pastor over the first Society in Windsor. Aakon Cook. Gave the lot to his son Aaron as a marriage portion. In 1664, Aaron Cook of Hadley, made over his " dwelling house and land ", on Sandy Bank near by Goodman Pomeroy, to John Maudsley (Mosely). ELTWood Pomeroy. He also had a house in the Palisado. William Hosford. At Dorchester in 1630, made freeman in 1634. Nicholas Denslow. At Dorchester in 1630, made freeman in 1633. Mr. Stephen Terry. At Dorchester in 1630, a man of some dis- tinction. Mr. George Hull. A first comer and among the first grantees at Dorchester; was a deputy, also a selectman in 1635. He came to Windsor in 1637. Thomas Buckland. Made free in Massachusetts, in 1635; at Windsor as early as 1638. William Eockwell. One of the original Dorchester Company, by the Mary and John, 1630, freeman the same year; signed the first grants of land in the plantation, and was first deacon with Mr. Gaylord of the Dorchester Church. Did not remove to Windsor with the first emigration. Joseph Clarke. Early at Dorchester, Dr. Harris says in 1630. EoBERT WiNCHELL. Was at Dorchester in 1635, sold toEichard Samways (or Samos) who sold to Anthony Hawkins, who probably resided there after he had parted with his first location to Eobert Watson. Here we come to the present Bissell's Perry Eoad. Joshua Carter, from Dorchester. Arthur Williams afterward lived here. IT 130 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. William Hannum (now Hammond). An early settler at Dor- chester, where he sold out in 1631, and came to Windsor, whence he removed to Northampton. Eddy Tillt. Phillip Randall (called Goodman). Was at Dorchester in 1633, freeman in 1634. Thomas Gtjnn. An early settlei at Dorchester — went to West- field. Thomas Stoughton. An early settler at Dorchester, freeman in 1631; was a constable there the same year, and fined for undertaking to marry a couple. Was probably among the very first who came to Windsor. Is called "Ancient," I which signifies Ensign. On this lot stood the old Stone Port, pictured and described in a subsequent chapter. John Hoskins, and his son Thomas. Came to Dorchester in 1630, made freeman in 1631. Appears to have been past the middle age of life on his arrival, and was called Goodman. Dea. William Gatlord. Probably one of the passengers of the Mary and John in 1630, and one of the first deacons of the Dorchester Church. Signed with Dea. Wm. Rockwell, the first Dorchester land grants — had lands in 1633 — deputy and selectman in l'635-6 — removed to Windsor. John Haynes, Esq. (1st Governor of the Colony). Undoubtedly resided at Hartford. This lot had a house on it, and is among the first entries in 1640. He also owned a large lot south of Rocky Hill. Mr. HuMPHEEY Pinney. From Somersetshire, England, probably one of the passengers in the Mary and John to Dorchester in 1630; freeman there in 1634; removed to Windsor in 1635. This lot is now occupied by the residence of Mrs. Roswell Miller. JosiAH Hull. ' Auerwards sold his place to Mr. Pinney. John Rockwell. Was a cooper; sold in 1665-6 to Robert Watson. Anthony Hawkins. Afterward sold to Robert Watson. ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 131 Peter Tilton, who sold to John Bennett. John Bissell, Senior, first ferryman. Richard Oldage. After his death, this lot was owned by his son- in-law. ■John Stiles, Senior. (See Chap, i.) Mr. Francis Stiles. (See Chap, i.) The present Chief Justice Ellsworth place, sold to Robert Saltonstall, and he to Master Davison, whose widow Joanna sold it to Josias Ellsworth in 1655. William Gatlord, Jr. Henry Stiles. From Bedfordshire, England, came to Windsor with his brother Mr. Francis Stiles in 1635 — was a bachelor, and accidentally killed in 1651 — his property went to his brother John. The Ancient Bissell's Perry Road. See chapter entitled Ferries and Bridges. John Bancroft. Bought this place from John Osborn, who had it from James Eggleston, to whom it was originally set out as a home lot. Bancroft was the first to build upon it. . John Bissell, Senior. John Drake, Senior. Mr. John St. Nicholas. Was a member of Rev. Mr. Huit's con- gregation and dwelt near him in Warwickshire, Eng- land — he intended to come to New England with him — but from some cause, did not. He was a prominent parliamentarian, and represented the county of Warwick, in Parliament in 1653.^ In 1652, Mr. Henry Clarke and Edward Griswold, "his lawful attorneys," sold the pro- perty wi'th " housing," to John Drake, Senior, and Jacob Drake. Thomas Gibbard, bought his land of Mr. Francis Stiles, and afterwards sold it to John Drake, Senior. lA deposition made in 1684, bj' George Griswold (then aged about 77) — State Archives, Private Controversies, ii, 190-224. Also memoranda fur- nished by J. Hammond Trumbull of Hartford. ]32 HISTORY OP ANCTENT WINDSOR. William HatCen.' Came to Dorchester in 1630, freeman in 1634, a first settler at Hartford, came to Windsor in 1643. The neighborhood is yet known as Haydentown. From Windsor he removed to Killingworth in 1664. His house was the " outpost" of Old Windsor.^ Above him, and beyond the place where Gunn's Brook crosses it, the road is divided into two, one "running northwesterly to Norwoct" through the plains to Northampton, the other through the up- land "to Pine Meadow." West of the main street, and extending from Hayden's home lot to John Stiles's place on the south, was an eminence known then and now as Kocky Hill. This was, according to the old records, a common land, of about fifty-four acres. At its upper end was William Hayden's stone-pit or quarry, from which Mr. Huit's and most of the early Windsor grave-stones, and the foundation stones of the oldest houses in town were quarried. On the west side of Rocky Hill, near where the road crossed it, was another stone quarry, called from its first owner Thrall's Quarry. February 16th, 1651-2, " It was granted by the Townsmen, that William Thrall shall have liberty to dig for a Quarry of stone in the Common hill, and shall have it to his own property for seven years, and no man shall molest him by digging within a rod of his pit, his limits are within three rods square." (Town Acts, I, 8.) On the same side of the road, bounded north by a highway going westward between Stephen Terry's and Jefifry Baker's home lots;^ east by the common street; south by the north line of the Palisado, and east by a back street running parallel with the main street, was a parallelogram of land, which seems to have been called Pound Close. At the north end of this par. eel was the home lot of Jefpky Baker. Who sold to Michael Humphrey, trader, and in 1 Henrt Denslow bought a large tract of land at the higher end of Pine Meadow (Windsor Locks) in 1662-3. He was killed by the Indians, while at work there in 1676. 2 This is the road now passing west between the residence of Mr. .Joel Thrall and Mr. W. H. House. ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 133 1610, the Scame property was made over to the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, by deed of gift from certain men "as agents for the whole company," i. e., probably the dis- senting party or Second Church in Windsor. The remainder of the Found Close was afterward almost entirely bought up by Mr. Henry Clarke. On the highway west of the Pound Close we find Elias Parkman. Before mentioned in connection with his lot in the Palisado. He sold this land to John Denslow and Henry Curtis, the latter of whom afterwards lived there. Begat Eggleston. Also before mentioned as an occupant in the Palisado. JoH>f Tayloe. Ditto. William Hubbard. Before mentioned as an occupant in the Palisado. Giles Gibes. Probably from Devonshire, freeman at Dor- chester in 1633, and grantee of Dorchester lands the same year, selectman in 1634. Back of these lots lay Brick Hill Swamp. On the south side of the road which turned westward out of the Palisado (the present road to Sandy Hill, by Dr. Pierson's residence) we find the lots of John Williams. Henry Fookes (Peakes or Powkes). Whose widow married William Hosford, who afterwards dwelt there. John Owen. A Welshman. Simon Hoyt, was in Mass., as early as 1629, freeman in 1631, at Dorchester in 1633 — came to Windsor probably in 1639. Sold this place to William Thrall, 1646. North of this lay Jeffry Baker Hollow. Hosford's Lane seems to have been a highway on the east side of John Owen's house lot, running from the road by Doctor Pierson's present place south to William Hosford's house, which stood on the brow of the meadow hill in the rear of John Owen's lot. Eetracing our steps to the southeast corner of the Palisado, we will cross the rivulet ferry and continue our walk through Windsor 134 HISTOET OP AKCIENT WINDSOR. South of the Riruhi. From the ferry, the old road passed west, through the Little Meadow (Mr. Warham's meadow on the north, and the meadow of Berij. Newberry and Robert Howard on the south) till it came to a " meadow gate." This was just about the site of the present residence of Wid. Alvah Rowland. From this point it turned south to the south corner of Dr. Bray Rossiter's home lot, and then turned abruptly west. Thus, it will be seen, it was the original of the present road running from the cause- way in front of the Alvah Rowland house, and up past the Fac- tory to Broad Street. The Rev. John Warham's home lot was that now known as the Alvah Rowland place, and first belonged to Joseph New- berry. From him, Mr. Warham bought " from the high- way east, back 20 rods to the Palisado on the hill, with the frame and timber standing thereon." This frame proba- bly occupied the very spot where the Alvah Rowland house now stands. Mr. Warham's first house stood a little further north. South of Mr. Warham was the lot of Joseph Newberby. From Devonshire, see Newberry Genealogy. He subsequently sold to Anthony Dorchester, whom we after- wards (1649) find agreeing with Mr. Warham and Dr. Rossiter concerning the fencing of their lots. Mr. William Phelps, Senior — who sold his lot with the buildings thereon in 1642, to Benjamin Newberry, who sold it to Anthony Dorchester, together with that part of Joseph Newberry's lot which Mr. Warham did not buy. Dor- chester sold to Robert Howard, before 1652. Dr. Bray (or Brian) Rossiter. The residences of Messrs. War- ham, Newberry, Phelps and Rossiter probably stood nearly in a line together, on the road. They were, undoubtedly, the houses which were " drowned very deep" in the Great Flood of 1638-9. Back of them on the eminence, between the Rowland place and the rail road track, there was a small Palisado, mentioned in a deed from Joseph Newberry to Mr. Warham. The same location is again alluded to in a deed in 1660, as the place where the Palisado "anciently stood." ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 135 So that the early inhabitants on the south side of the Eivulet were not wholly without a place of refuge, to which their min- ister and themselves might flee for safety. Prom the road which passed west, on the south side of Dr. Eossiter's lot, another road turned south, in very nearly the line of the present rail road, upon which were the following persons: Richard Voee. Was at Dorchester in 1630. " Whereas, Richard Vore, upon Mr. John Warham's request, formerly gave him liberty to build a little house upon his land joining the north end of his [Vore's] then and now dwelling house for the use of his kinswoman, Mary Jones, to dwell in during her life, and at her death to give it to the said Richard, and the said Mary Jones being now deceased, this to testify that I, John Warham, do hereby alienate, assign and set over the said house I builded as aforesaid to Richard Vore of Wind- sor, in the County of Hartford in Connecticut, &c. &c. Dated Dec. 15th, 1666." Vore also owned meadow land between the Rivulet and Mill Brook, where the latter empties into the former, called on the records Vore's Point. RoGEK Williams. One of the earliest settlers at Dorchester — applied for freemanship, Oct., 1630 — came to Windsor probably in 1635 — from there he removed to Boston, sold to Capt. Benjamin Newberry, who afterwards lived there. Thomas Marshfield. Born at Exeter, England — probably came to Dorchester in 1630. Mr. John Branker. " The schoolmaster," early at Dorchester, where he was made freeman in 1632. Thomas Moore. Early at Dorchester. John Moore, came to Dorchester, in the Mary and John — was a deacon at Windsor. John Witchfield, was at Dorchester, probably in 1630. James Marshall,^ and Samuel Allen, both sold out to James Eggleston, who lived on the place. From this point the road turned gradually to the southeast, till it came to the high ground known " from time jiamemorial " 1 A James Marshall, in Exon, Devonshire, England, owned lands and had attorneys in Windsor. Query, was it the same ? 136 HISTORY OP ANCTENT WINDSOR. as The Island, through whose whole length it passed south- ward, and so on through the meadows through Hartford. This was the first or meadow road to Hartford. On the Island, between the road and Plymouth Meadow, we find first the lot of Joseph Loomis. John Moses bought a part of Loomis's home lot on the west opposite side of the highway, and sold it in April, 1655, to Nathaniel Loomis. John Poetek. George Phelps.' Mr. Henry Wolcott, Senior. Somersetshire, England, came in the Mary and John to Dorchester, in 1630- — early at Windsor. Mr. Henry Wolcott, Junior. See above. Mr. Matthew Alltn. First settled at Hartford — bought his Windsor property of the Plymouth Company, in 1631. John Wyatt. Sold to Owen Tudor in 1649. Ambrose Fowler. On the west side of the road, opposite to Henry Wolcott, Senior, was the home lot of Goodman Whitehead. Whose widow sold it to Thomas Orton, and he to Simon Wolcott, who sold it in April, 1611, to George and Christopher Saunders, merchants, with dwell- ing, barn, &c. They also purchased the property of the elder Mr. Wolcott opposite. North of Goodman Whitehead's a road went westward to the wood lots. North of this road, bounded east by the meadow road and west by the upland road to Hartford, and extending up to the land of Samuel Allen, was a large tract owned by Mr. EoGEE Ludlow. Prom Dorsetshire, England, was one of the original Dorchester Company in 1680 — one of the very earliest at Windsor in 1635 — went to Fairfield in 1639, and thence to Virginia. His house was on the upland road, probably near the residence of the late Job Drake. This property was sold by Ludlow to Mr. William Whi^ 1 Henry Wolcott's shorthand Ms. records that on Oct. 11, 1640, while Mr, Huit was preaching to the good people of Windsor from Romans 12:17, " at this lecture, Geo. Phelps house was burnt so that it [the house] went over." ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 137 ing of Hartford, whose widow Susanna sold it to John Bissell, and he transferred it to one of his sons. The upland road here mentioned, was constructed in April, 1638, by order of the court. It commenced from Mr. John V/itchfield's corner, passed westward and southwest (around the corner now occupied by Mr. Thaddeus Mather, at the lower end of Broad Street) and then ran along to Hartford in the line of the present road.^ Bowfield was the ancient name applied to the country west of the present Broad Street, which is of comparatively modern origin, and was laid out along the back ends of the lots of the first settlers. Coming, then, to the road leading westward "to the commons," we find that at about the northwest corner of the present Broad Street, it sent off a branch road to the Old Mill. Northeast of this road, which is now in use, and between it and the Mill Brook, laid the land of Jaspee Kawlins (Rollins). Who afterwards moved to Roxbury, and sold out his place to George Alexander in 1646. He sold to William Filly in 1655. Southwest of the Mill Road, running south to the '' road to the commons," were the lots of John Bartlett. Who afterwards went up into the Poquonnoc district. Mr. Daniel Clarke, Secretary of the Colony from 1658 to 1663. Job Drake. John Drake, Jr. Sgt. Benedictds Alvord. Richard Birdge. Following this Mill Road, we come next to the old mill, some- times called the old Warham Mill. Mr. Warham was its first owner, probably by gift from the town, and calls it, in a deed to his wife in 1664, his "corn mill." According to tradi- 1 See Col. Reo., i, 17, 51, 56, 125. Also 2d chapter of this work. 18 138 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. tion, this was the first grist mill in Connecticut, and was resorted to by the people of all the neighboring towns, even from Middle- town, Be this as it may, it is evidentlj' one of the oldest of Windsor institutions. It seems to have had a number of owners; at one time was divided between twenty-five proprietors, and has always been considered, even to the present day, as good stock. It is now owned by Col. James Loomis of Windsor. From the mill, the road turns northward, following the gene- ral course of the Kivulet or Parmington Eiver. On its east side and running back to the Eivulet, we find the lots of the following inhabitants: Samuel Pond. William Buell. A Welshman, and carpenter. John Hillter. William Thrall. Sold to Nicholas Palmer in 1646, and removed to land which he that year purchased of Simon Hoyt, in Hoyt's Meadow (see Hoyt). Thomas Bascomb. (Probably came to Dorchester with the first settlers, in the Mary and John, 1630.) Sold to John Moses. Mary Collins. Sold to James Eno — this is now the old Eno Place, occupied by Samuel Eno. Nicholas Senchion. William Filly. Sold to Simon Mills, perhaps an exchange (see Hyde), and he to John Browton. Thomas Orton. Had this home-lot from the town. It had originally been granted to Lawrence Ellison, who had not complied with the terms of two years settlement thereupon. Prom Orton it passed to Samuel Phelps. William Phelps, Jr. (See below.) William Phelps, Se. One of the earliest settlers and grantees of land at Dorchester, applied for freemanship Oct., 1630, Selectman in 1633. Deputy in 1634 — came to Windsor in 1636. This was about half a mile north of the present residence of Deacon Eoger Phelps. ITS DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN. 139 Above Phelps, near the abrupt turn in the road, was JosiAs Ellsworth, who, after selling the Gillett place in 1658, built and lived here until he purchased the present Ells- worth place. Above this on the east side of the Rivulet, we find Hoyt's Meadow. Here was located Simon Hoyt. At Dorchester probably in 1630 — perhaps came to Windsor in 1639 — removed to Fairfield. Had land granted in 1640, and sold it in 1646, with his " dwelling house, barn, &c.," to William Thrall and Robert Wilson. In 1654, Wilson sold out his half to Thrall, who evidently continued to live there. Edward, George and Francis Griswold, Thomas Holcomb and John Bartlbtt, were living at Poquonnoc as early as 1649.'- Griswold and Holcomb settled there very early, as there is no evidence that they built anywhere else previously. Edward Griswold. With his brothers, came to Windsor in 1639, with the Rev. Mr. Huit, from Warwickshire, England. He had a cider-press on this place. He removed to Killingworth about 1664. Thomas Holcomb. Freeman at Dorchester in 1634, came to Windsor in 1635 — probably immediately after the sale of his house and land in August of that year. John Bartlett. Sold to Samuel Phelps, and he to Edward Gris- wold in 1651, and he to George Griswold in 1656. John Tinker. "Of Boston" in 1654, had land here which extended 160 rods west from the Rivulet, then turned south-east 226 rods and went over Stony Brook. These lands " and housing " he sold to Edward Griswold, Thomas Holcomb and Samuel Phelps. There was also included in this sale, "a certain marsh for grass, about 14 acres, lying near S. W. from the foresaid parcel, between two ponds." This has since retained the name 1 Col. Eec, I, 196. Also reprinted in Chapter ii of this work. UO HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. of Tinker's Swamp, and is now owned by Mr. Daniel Buck, Jr. The road to Poquonnoc above the old mill, at just about the place where the present road from the bridge, near the 1st Con- gregational Meeting-house, comes in, was anciently intersected at right angles by a highway running about southwest from the Eivulet. On this highway we find the residences of Alexander Alvord. Early at Windsor, who sold to Josiah Ellsworth in 1654, and he sold to Cornelius Gillet in 1658. This is the present Oliver S. Gillet place. Thomas Barber. Came with Mr. Francis Stiles in 1635. South of the highway was the lot of Humphrey Hyde. Sold to Simon Mills, he to William Filly, and he to Richard Saxton, who lived there. His neiglibors, on the opposite side of the Poquonnoc road were George Stuckey. Nathan Gillet. Jonathan Gillet. ADDENDA. While tlie foregoing chapter was passing through the press, we received the following items, Irom Mr. Jabez H. Hayden : John Witchfield. In 1660 bought out David Wilton's house and lands in the Palisado. He probably removed there, as he sold his former place (south of the rivulet) to John Moore in 1661. In 1672, Witch- field made over all his housing and lands, as a marriage portion, to his "kinswoman, Elizabeth Dolman," who was about to be married to John son of Walter Pyler. John Higlt. (Son-in-law of Job Drake, Sr., and grandson of Deacon Moore) owned, in 1679, a house on the west side of Broad street, on the north side of the rivulet, by the ferry. Captain Newberry and George Griswold also had warehouses there. Enoch Drake, (Son of Job) in 1681, had built a house and smith shop on the west side of Broad street, next south of John Higley, bounded east by the highway. Since writing the above, we have come across the following item concern- ing the Old Town House .' " At a town meeting in Windsor, the 28th of December, 1692, it was voted that the town would not repair the town house. At the same meeting it was voted to give to Timothy Thrall, Sen'r, the town house." CHAPTER Vin. History of Windsor. 1650-1615. Extracts from the Town Acts. 1650, August 21. "It was ordered by the Town that whereas there is an order of the country that there shall be 10s paid by the country for every Wolf that shall be killed within the juris- diction; now it is ordered that there shall be 5s added by the town for every Wolf that shall be killed within the bounds of the town, within this year next ensuing" (Bk. i, 1). The following extract shows a rudeness of demeanor which we should think unbecoming in a sabbath congregation of the pre- sent day. Mr. Warham, and several of the magistrates, resided on the south side of Windsor River. The meeting-house was but a short distance from the ferry, and half the congregation would of course arrive there at the same time — all of whom could not go over together. October 23rd. " It was ordered by the townsmen that upon the Lord's days, [of the] meetings, and all other days of public meetings, none shall go into the canoe before the magistrates and elders, when they or any of them go, [personally over] and that there shall not at any time go above 35 persons at a time into the great canoe, and not above six persons at a time in the little canoe, upon the penalty of bd for every such trans- gression; and if any children or servants transgress this order, their parents or masters shall pay the penalty aforesaid, or if they refuse to do it the name of the person so offending shall be returned to the court." (Bk. i, 1.) Robert Hayward was this year miller in Windsor, and was freed from jury duty while tending his mill (Col. Rec). January, 1650-1. An agreement was made with John Brooks 142 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. to keep the ferry over the Rivulet for one year from the 25th of March ensuing. He was to carry all who call from sunrise to evening. No one should have power to take the boat from him. He was to have " s [ — ] pounds " per annum in wheat, peas and Indian corn, in equal proportions. " He is to take pay of strangers that pass through the town, but he is not to receive pay for such as come about any business in the town, which are of Hartford or Wethersfield." " Also the town are to make a place fit for him to dwell in before the 25th of Dec, to be 10 feet in breadth and 15 in length. Also he is to have his wages brought in by the 8th of January next. Also if it should so fall out that the [house] be not ready by the time aforesaid, the town shall provide a house to put his corn in, and he is to attend two several days which shall be appointed to receive his wages, but if all his wages should not be brought in those two days aforesaid, then the townsmen are to cause the rest to be brought in. Also he is to have a penny for every single person that he shall fetch over in the [boat] but if he shall fetch over more than one at a time, he is to have but a half penny a person, and 2 pence for a horse, and * * * if he fetch them over the river. * * * * ^j^t jf jjg carry them up to Mr. Warham's^ he is to have 3 pence for a horse [and] man, except such as shall be employed in [public] service shall pay nothing. (Bk. i, 2, 3.) May 5th. " At a meeting of the townsmen Mr. Clarke was appointed to sit in the great pew." (Bk. i, 5.) Mr. Clark had been appointed a magistrate the year previous — and according to the custom of the day was honored with a seat in the " great pew," which was wainscotted and expressly designed as a place of special dignity. October 8. " After lecture it was voted, by the inhabitants then present, that Mr. Warham should have ^100 for his labours for this year ensuing, and for after time as the town shall see 1 The ferry, as will be recollected, was at the old road near Mr. Fenton's present dwelling ; but when the water was high, the meadow was overflowed, and the ferryman was obliged to carry his passengers over the submerged meadow, and land them at Mr. Warham's, which was the high ground now occupied by the Alvah Rowland place. ESTRACTS FROM TOWN ACTS. 143 meet. Also Mrs. Hewit to have £20 the year ensuing." (Bk. I, 5.) " Likewise the same, September 29th, 1652." This annuity to the widow of their beloved teacher was con- tinued from the time of his decease in 1644 to 1656 or there- abouts. November 16th. " Samuel Bagelstone began to beat the drum to give warning to meetings on the Lord's days, twice in the morning seasonably, and once after dinner: and also on lecture days twice, and is so to continue for a twelve month following, and is to have 10^ for his labours." (Bk. i, 6.) 1651-2, January 13th. "Articles of Agreement made be- tween the Townsmen of Windsor the one party, and Thomas Parsons the other party, about keeping the passage over the Eivuletfor one year, to begin on the 25th of March next ensuing, the date above written, and so continue until that time twelve months. His daily time, to begin to give his attendance, is by the rising of the sun, and to continue till the shutting up of the evening ; and for any that shall have occasion to pass over in the evening after his day is ended, shall pay for one single per- son Id; and if above one, 2 for a penny, and for a horse and man 2d; and for strangers that pass upon any occasion to pay a ha'penny a person, and for a horse and man 2d; and in flood time, when they go to the other side of the meadow, 3d, horse and man. Likewise Indians halfpence a piece. Only Hartford men are to pass free at all times, and on lecture days, and that come to lectures. He is to have a great Boat for horse, and a little canoe besides, delivered into his hands with chains for [them], and a lock for the great Boat; and he is to secure them, and deliver them up to the Town again when his year is out. And no man shall have liberty to take them for any use without his consent; also if any man have more than ordinary occasion in the morning before the sun rising, they calling, he shall help them over; also any that go about public occasions for country service, as Magistrates, Deputies, Jurors, to come free. And in consideration of his labour, he is to have £18, for a year, paid in wheat, peas and Indian corn, besides what he gets by strangers. The corn in equal proportions, and to be brought into Thomas Parsons house: £9, on the 29th September next, and the other £9 in the beginning of March following. He is also to have a little house set up at the Town cost, 12 feet in length, and 8 feet in breadth — this is to be done by the 25th of March next, finished to his hand. In witness whereof we have inchangably set our hands." William Phelps, Thomas [X] Parsons. William Gaylord, John Moore, David Wilton, John Strong. (Bk. i, 6 and 1.) J 44 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Mar. 24th. " There were three men chosen to take view of the Town, according to the order of Court for that purpose. Henry Woixott, Commissioner. John Bissell, Mathew Gp.ant." 1652, March 29th. "Accounts made with William Buell for work done on meeting house. The Elders' Pew, Deacons' Pew, Magistrates' Pew, and tlieir Wives' Pew, formerly paid; and for the four rows of seats in the house, when the doors are up, we find that his work comes to £2S I9s Od. And for the new work about altering the magis- trates' wives' Pew, and others in that range, come to 4 3 8 The whole sum is £3B 02 08. Of which he is paid ^£2^:5:2. (Bk. i, 8.) 1652, September 13th. " It is assented that John Hillier shall have for the digging of all graves, one with another, Is &d per grave, and is to attend it on all occasions." (Bk. i, 11.) Sept. 29th. An agreement was made between the Townsmen and Gregory Gibbs, who took the Eivulet ferry on nearly the same terms as Parsons had done the year previous. Dec. 13. "It is ordered that swine shall not run at large on penalty of 6d and their damage paid." (Bk. i, 13. j 1653. During the previous year hostilities had been com- menced between the Dutch and English, and the well known conduct of the former gave rise to much apprehension that the Indians would be instigated to a general revolt. This of course spread a general alarm throughout New England^ and the Com- missioners of the United Colonies, in session at Boston, in May, having " considered what number of soldiers might be neces- sary, if God called the Colonies to war with the Dutch;" ordered that 500 men should be raised out of the four colonies; of which Connecticut was to furnish 66. Of these, 12 were from Windsor. A Committee was appointed, consisting of Mr. Wolcott, Mr. Chester, Mr. Clark, Mr. Phelps and David Wilton, with whom the constable was to advise in regard to pressing the men. Sept. 8th. " The Court doth grant the soldiers of these four towns on the River [Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield and Middletown and Parmington], one day for a General Training together — and they have liberty to send to Captain Mason to desire his presence, and to give him a call to command in chief, and to appoint the day; provided that each town shall have EXTRACTS FROM TOWN ACTS. 145 power to reserve a guard at home for the safety of the towns, as occasion shall serve." (Col. Rec.) This order was undoubtedly the origin of that famous Con- necticut insiituiion, General Training Day. November 8th. " William Gaylord, the Elder, and John Strong, are to appoint what calves shall be reared for bulls, on this side of the River, likewise for the other side." (Bk. r, 15.) i 1653-4, February 6th. "A meeting of the townsmen, there was a case presented by John Moore in behalf of others of his neighbors, with himself, against John Bissell, concerning herd- ing of cattle. And whereas it has been proved that John Bissell hath had several of his young cattle kept among their cattle by their herdsman, it is judged to be equity for John Bissell to pay a suitable proportion with them, according to his cattle, which is evidenced to be thirteen young beeves and two the price of a cow, according to hire rates, 3i', 2d, 3 farthings, which amounts to £1, \s." (Bk. i, 18.) 1654, October. Windsor contributed 8 soldiers to the Nar- ragansett expedition against Ninigret, ordered by the Commis- sioners bf the United Colonies; also " a sergeant, two barrels of meat, one barrel of peas, and a boat. 1654-5, Feby. 5th. An agreement made with John Bartlett to keep the Rivulet Ferry on same terms as Gregory Gibbs had before kept it. He is to have "i£18 in wheat, pease and Indian corn, in equal proportions, according to the ordinary price." (Bk. I, 22.) 1655, May 28th. "Being the Day appointed for training, in the afternoon, and a pretty full meeting, and also most of the ancient men, there was a vote put for the choice of a Captain, and it was assented to that there should be a captain chosen, but with this proviso, that whosoever it fell to, he should per- form the service of the place, without expecting any wages or maintainance from the town. In proposing about the choice, it fell to be Captain upon Lieutenant Cook, for he had 87 papers; and for all that were brought into nomination besides, were but 19 papers. In the choice of a Lieutenant, Mr. Newbury had 80 papers, and all the rest were but 13. In the choice of an Ensign, David Wilton had the choice, by 6 papers more than Daniel Clark." (Bk i, 24.) Sept. 15th. " Also appointed to have the great meadow cleared of Indian corn by the 26th of this month. And the east of the great river to be cleared by the 3d day of Oct. following." November 26th. "The Townsmen met and appointed some- where to set in the meeting-house." 1655-6, February 4th. "At a meeting of the Townsmen, it was taken into consideration, that which was referred to them by the vote of the town, to give such encouragement to the man that was 19 146 HISTOET OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. propounded for a currier, as has manifested inclinations to come to us, so that the town would procure him the house of Henry- Curtis, with the lot. They do now agree that David Wilton shall send a letter with the first opportunity in the spring. And to encourage him, the town shall provide him a house conve- nient at the present [time], and procure him the house and lot of Henry Curtis, if it be to be sold. And to add something for a^shop; or if that be not to be procured, they will bestow as much as it is worth, in a convenient place, and if he lives and dies with us, and affords us the use of his trade, he shall have it to him and his heirs ; else to leave it to the Town." (Bk. i, 21.) "Also that Richard Oldage and Samuel Marshall shall be propounded to the General court to be appointed sealers of leather." (Bk. i, 27.) " Also an agreement made with William Edwards, Cooper, of Hartford. He is to take Simon Hillier, son of John Hillier, deceased, and keep him until he is 21 yrs. of age, which will be completed and ended on the 25th day of Dec, 1669; he is to learn him to write and read English, and cast accounts, and be at the cost, and use his best endeavors, to get his scurf head cured. Also to learn him the trade of a cooper, and at the end of his time to let him go free, and give him double apparel, a musket, sword and bandoliers, and 20s; and Mr. Wolcott and David Wilton are to sign indentures betwixt them at the time of the General Court at Hartford on March, next ensuing." (Bk. I, 27.) March 3. " It was a day of training, and it being propounded to the Company there assembled what they would give Mr. Warham for this year, that is, from September to September, next ensuing, it was jointly voted that they -would give him fourscore and ten pounds." (Bk. i, 28.) March 10. " The Townsmen met, and it was judged by them that Mr. Phelps should keep James Hillier one twelvemonth after the end of next May ensuing, and then to let him go from him with a double apparel, yet with this casion [proviso]; If the Townsmen see any man willing and fit to take him to bring him to a trade, Mr. Phelps is to let him go at any time after next May; also Mr. Phelps saith he will not be bound to keep him if the disease of the thistles should break out again." August 18th. "The major part of the townsmen met and according to the ordering of the [court], that the townsmen of Windsor from year to year, do take care for the preserving of the estate of John Hillier, deceased, for the benefit of his children, do now for the present agree that because the widow of the said John Hillier is towards joining herself in a second marriage that she shall not have power to dispose of any part for her own, until the court make a distribution." (Bk. i, 31.) September 1st. " Training day; the Townsmen appointed the 25th of this month to open the meadow." EXTRACTS PROM TOWN ACTS. 147 "Also voted, by the company, that the guard that carried arms to meeting, should have ^ pound of powder for the two years now past, and so likewise those now presently appointed for the year to come, and so afterwards." (Bk. i, 31.) "Also assented to, by divers persons present, and appointed that at the next opportunity to be propounded to the rest of the Townsmen, that Oapt. Cook shall cause that seasonable warning shall be given to come to meeting on the Lord's days and lecture days, by Drum or trumpet, on the top of the meeting house, and should have 20* for the year ensuing." " Sapt. 6th. It was confirmed." (Bk. i, 31.) 1656-1, Feb. 10. "It was voted to allow Mrs. Huit [an annu- ity] as formerly, only Nicholas Palmer, John Griswold, Jacob Gibbs, Anthony Uoskins, John Denslow, Jos. Hosford opposed it." (Bk. I, 32.) October 26. " The Town met and agreed to have the burying place made commodious. David Wilton doth hereby engage himself and his [successors] forever to maintain whatsoever fence belongs to the burying place of Windsor, now joining to his land, and also to make and maintain a commodious gate for passage to it. Also, to clear it of all stubbs and boughs that grows upon it, between this and next Spring, and to sow it with English grass that it may be decent and comely, and he, and his heirs, is to have the benefit of the pasture forever." (Bk. I, 84.) November 26. " At a town meeting warned, Mr. Warham's rate, Mr. Huit's and John Bartlett's [rate] for the ferry were published. Also a general vote passed for the entertainment of a new smith, and to give him £10 and lend him £20, to pay it again in work." 1657-8, March 11. A troop of thirty horse, the first in the colony, was organized by the General Court, and placed under the command of Capt. John Mason. On the list of troopers " presented and allowed" by the court, we find the following Windsor names: Mr. Daniel Clark, John Williams, " Thomas Allen, Nathaniel Loomis, Samuel Marshall, Thomas Loomis, John Bissell, Capt. Aaron Cook, George Phelps, Ens. David Wilton, Stephen Terry, Simon Wolcott, William Hayden, Thomas Strong, John Hosford, John Porter. John Moses," 1658. " The Townsmen being met on Monday the 13th Sep- tember, Lieut. Newberry is desired to get such sills for the meeting house as are wanting, and to bring them to the water side."i (Bk. I, 36.) 1 The rivulet bank. 148 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. This year was one of great sickness and mortality in Con- necticut, as well as in New England generally. Keligious con- troversy, and the implacable animosity of the Indians, gave constant alarm to both rulers and people. The crops also were unusually light, and " it was a year of fear, perplexity and sor- row.'' December 13. "At a meeting of the five men,i it was determined that provision should be made upon the top of the meeting house, from the Lanthorn to the ridge of the house, to walk conveniently, to sound a trumpet or drum to give warning to meetings." (Bk. i, 37.) 1658-9, January 8. " At a town meeting, was voted that Samuel Grant should try and seal measures for the town." "Also, that Peter Brown that keeps the mill should take but single toll, or the sixteenth part of all grain for his grinding; only of Indian corn it was voted by the Major part that he should take toll and half, from this time until the 25th of March next ensuing, but no longer." " Also, that John Bartiett is to continue the keeping of the ferry, and is not to put in any man without the Townsmen's approbation, and the Townsmen are to see to the providing of some stones and timber to build him a cellar at the ferry house; and he is to pay the cost of it out of this ferry rate, and when he leaves the keeping of the ferry, or does not give honest con- tent in the place, but the Townsmen must seek another, then he is to leave the cellar, and the town must give him for it as it is worth." (Bk. i, 31.) 1659, March 21. " The trumpet was sounded again to give warning to meeting." (Bk. i, 38.) June 1. " Also this day, 'terms agreed upon about the tolls at the mill; Mr. Warham is to have the sixteenth part, or two quarts upon a bushel, of all English and malt grinding, and for Indian corn a twelfth part, or three quarts upon a bushel grind- ing." (Bk. I, 39.) Dec. 10. "Also, it is granted by the town that Gapt. Cooke shall have half the ordinary pay, in the next town rate, for seven young wolves taken out of an old one."^ (Bk. i, 40.) 1 The Townsmen previously appointed. 2 Feb'y 16, 1659-60. Capt. Cook was again paid for " 4 wolves." Judging from the frequency of similar items on the town records, the Captain, and his townsman Daniel Hayden, were the Mmrods of Windsor. They certainly made great havoc among the wolves of that neighborhood. Many years after the settlement of the country, these animals were very numerous and committed frequent depredations. As early as 1647, the General Court offered a bounty of 10s. for every wolf " killed within 10 miles of any planta- EXTRACTS FROM TOWN ACTS. 149 The following shows the names and number of the household- ers of Windsor, and the manner of their "seating" in the meet- ing house. It is extracted from an old Book of Eatcs: January 18, 1659-60. "A note [was] taken what dwelling houses are in the town, that the owners of them have paid for seats in the Meeting house, and how much and by whom. For those that have been placed in the two rows of long seats were first seated by five in a seat, and were to pay to Wm. Buel 3s a person, or &s for a man and his wife; and that made up his pay when he had finished them with doors. Also, those that were placed in the short seats at the first, were to pay 3s a person, as Ihey in the long seats; but when it was agreed that those seats should be raised higher for more convenient hearing, they were to pay Wm. Buel 6s a person more, so that for a man and his wife Is. First I set down those that have paid, and were placed in the long seats where they paid. Thomas Ford, 6s Jonathan Gillet 6s Bray Kossiter, 6s Josias Hull, 6s John Porter, 6s Thomas Hoskins 6s Stephen Terry 6s Anthony Hawkins, 6s Henry Wolcott, 6s Peter tilton 6s John Bissell, 6s Joshua Carter 6s Thomas Nowell 6s Abraham Randall, 4s 9d Thomas Thornton 6s Matthias Johnson 4s Arthur Williams,, 6s George Phillips, 6s Philip Randall 6s George Phelps 6s Thomas Buckland, 6s Samuel Allen 6s Thomas Gunn, 6s Mr. [Francis] Stiles,.. . . 3s Begat Bggleston 6s John Drake, Senr., . ... 6s Thomas Holcomb,, 6s Eltwed Pomeroy, is Sd Robert Winchell, 6s Humphrey Pinney, 6s Walter Fyler, 6s John Moore, 6s tion in this Commonwealth," which bounty was to be paid by the town in which the animal was killed, or by the nearest town. The earliest town act of Windsor, which is preserved in 1650, adds 5s to this 10s offered by the Court. This sum was afterwards increased, until 1667, when the whole bounty amounted to 25s. The Indians, likewise, were especially encouraged to kill wolves, for each of which they were to be paid 20s in wampum, at the rate of 6 pieces for a penny. Wolves were generally caught with baited hooks, or in pits dug for the purpose. In 1656, the Court decreed that " what person soever, either Indian or English, shall take any wolf out of any pit made by any other man to catch wolves in, whereby they would defraud the right owner of their due from the town or the country, every such offender shall pay to the owner of the pit 10s, or be whipped on their naked bodies not exceeding 6 stripes." 150 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Koger Williams, 6s Matthew Grant, 6s Aaron Oooke 6s David Wilton, 6s Thomas Dewey, 6s William Hubbard 6s Richard Vore, 6s Thomas Bascomb 6s Nico Palmer 6s Wm. Thrall, 6s John Rockwell, 6s John Hakes, 6s John Stiles, Senr., 6s William Buel, 6s Samuel Pond, 5s Nat. Gillet, 6s Thomas Parsons, 5s Jeffry Baker 6s John Rockwell, by his mother 3s Richard Oldage, 3s John Young, 3s Owen Tudor, 6s Simon Hoyt 6s £lb 8s 5d Those that were placed in the short seats, what they have paid. William Hayden 'Is Daniel Clarke, Is Henry Newbury, 4s 6rf Henry Stiles, 8s William Gaylord, jr.,. . . 6s 6d Simon Wolcott by Thomas Orton, .... 6s John Hosford, by his mother, 3s 6d Geo. Crist. Wolcott, .... 5s Rob. Wilson, 7s Miles Merwin, 7s Thomas Barber, 7s [Robert] Watson 7s Thomas Deble, 3s Samuel Phelps 7s Nath. Phelps, 4s Richard Birge, 9d Henry Curtis 3s Rhody Taylor Edward Griswold, 6s John Drake, Bs 6d Job Drake, 4s 6dl Joseph Loomis, 6s William Philips, 7s Stephen Taylor, 6s Samuel Gaylord 7s Benedict Alvord, 6s Jacob Drake 7s Robert Hay ward, 7s Simon Mills, is 6d James Enno 6s William Filley, bs 9d Mic. Johnson, is 9d Thomas Gilbert, 7s Richard Weller, 6s William Hannum, 7s Alexander Alvord, 7s John Osborn, 7s George Alexander 3s Anthony Dorchester, .... £10 17s 3(Z In the Pews. Mr. Allyn 6s Mr. Loomis .... 6s Mr. [John] Witchfield.. 2s Qd Goode Denslow, ........ 3s Goode Gibbs, 3s Goode Hoskins, Is Deacon Gaylord's wife, . . 3s In the Pews. Mr. Allyn, 6s Mr. Phelps, Mr. Clark, 3s C. Cook, 6s Mr. Wolcott, 6» Mr. Terry 6s John Bissell, EXTRACTS FROM TOWN ACTS. 151 Mr. Clarke, 3^ Mr. Stoughton, Mr. Mason 5s £1 Us 6d John Wilcoxson, Women. C. Gibbs N. Denslow, W. Hoskins " Now to set down persons as they are seated and how their seats have been paid for." 9 long seats, with 6 in a seat. 13 short seats, with 3 in a seat. Houses that have seats paid for by tlieir first owners, and the present dwellers in them, if any, have no seats. 9 names." 1659-60, January 23. " The Townsmen met, and John Loomis and Joseph were at a debate with the Townsmen, about Joseph's seat. Mr. Henry Clark and Mr. Warham asserted, that the issue was that he had lost his seat, according to order that was first made." December 20. " Also to repair roof of the meeting house, left to townsmen to agree upon." " Also agreement made by the townsmen with John Bartlett, for keeping the ferry *! years, was published and assented to." (Bk. i, 42.) In the annual estimate of Town Expenses, this year we find the following items: "For 16 wolves taken ^£8. For cleansing the meeting house and drum £4. Thos. Parsons for his canoe to serve the ferry £5. Mr. Wolcott for liquors for bounds 2s 6d. For the remain- der of the work, to the silling and underpinning of the meeting house £10 19^ M. Wm. Buell for a pair of stocks and mending some seats 9s 6d. Nat. Cook for cutting ice Is 2d. For 1000 nails of JohnBissell 15^, &c., &c." 1660-1, January 1. "The Townsmen met and agreed that the Meeting House should be shingled, all the gutters on both sides the lanthorn, and not alter the form of the roof" " Also agreed with William Buell to alter the great pew into two, one part for the magistrates, and one for others, and that it be raised equal with [the] short seats." "Also, those that be seated and never paid, neither them- selves nor by their predecessors in their houses should now be called for to make in payment to Buell for work about the house, etc." January 31. "A town meeting named by the Constables to publish some orders made at the General Court before. Also, a vote, passed by the major part, for liberty to those men that would join in setting a ware across the rivulet, to take fish 152 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. in any place below the ferry, and none of the townsmen, that join not with them, shall have liberty to set a ware below them for 5 years space. And at the 5 years end, if the town desire to take the benefit of the ware to themselves for a town good, they shall, paying the men that join for their barrels as they be worth at that time." February 25th. " The Townsmen made a bargain with Samuel Grant to shingle the inside roof of the meeting house, from end to end, on both sides of the lanthorn, with 18 inch shingles. He is to get the shingle in the woods, and cut them, hew them and lay them on one inch and a quarter thick generally, and 1 inches in breadth one with another. And he is to have is per 100 for all plain work, and for the gutters, because of the more difiS- culty of laying these, he is to have what he shall in equity judge to be more worth than is per 100; and, for the time of doing this work, he is to do the north side of the lanthorn before mid- summer next, and the other side by October following. The timber, that he works to be good sound timber, and the pay taken out to this agreement." We subscribe our hands in witness: John Mooee, Samuel Gkant. Henry Wolcott, Benjamin Newberry, Edward Griswold. "Also this day, accounts taken of the town debts for a town rate to be made; and there appeared: £ a. d. For 6 wolves taken, 3 " Sounding the Drum to meetings 10 " Ensign Wilton, for James Osborn,! 10 " Cleansing the meeting house, 3 To make 2 new pounds 4 To buy a barrel of powder, 8 To buy nails and lath for meeting house, 5 Mr. Wolcott, for liquors for bound-goers, 6 3 Mr. Newburry, for some help bounding ways, 1 For employment by Mathew Grant's act as followeth: For time spent last spring about ordering the town rate of £4:9, with various accounts with men for work done, keeping the accounts of several rates to distinguish them , 2 9 For ordering the list of the town [e] state last year, and 2 days spent at Hartford about it, 15 6 For drawing the [e] state into a book for a rule of rating, making Mr. Warham's rate in October, and publishing it from house to house, 16 1 Which gift to Osborn was formerly granted by the town to give him 40 s, for supply in his want. EXTRACTS FROM TOWN ACTS. 153 To transcribing 18 court orders, and going, with my son and others, to Podunk line, and some time already bounding ways 4 days, 1 1 6 To pay the honesetter, besides the county rate, 1 14 To pay Cooke [for] another wolf, 10 £32 19 3 1661, Peb'y 4. In a long account with William Buel for work done to the meeting-house, we find an item of " 5 buttons [or pegs] for hats. Is." It had hitherto been customary to raise Mr. Warham's salary by a tax, but this year the system of voluntary subscription was introduced, as will be seen by the following extract from the town record. November 11. " The Townsmen met and took into considera- tion how to proceed to know the town's mind what they would give Mr. Warham for his ministry this year, and we judge it meet, raither than warn a town meeting, to appoint some men to go from house to house, and speak with every man that pays rates, to know what each man will voluntarily and freely give Mr. Warham for this year; and the men to go about to take down on a paper what sum they would be rated, and whether as formerly or what. And the men that go about are Deacon Gaylord and William Hayden from the higher end [of the street] downward to Thomas Buckland; and from there to the ferry George Phelps and Matthew Grant. On the other side of the ferry from Paquonack downwards to all that side of the Mill Brook; and from the mill all to Ambrose Fuller's, Oapt. Newbury and Deacon Moore." This system was continued several years; the name and amount of each subscription is still on record. In 1666, the smallest given sum was Is ?>d, the highest (Mr. Wolcott's) was £l:10s. (Bk. I, 48-49). 1662, May 15th. The troopers of the several towns had hith- erto trained at some place of general rendezvous, but the court of this date, in consideration of " the inconvenience " and " un- necessary expense of time to no profit," allowed them to train in the several towns to which they belonged, "with their own foot company." They are, however, to be considered as " one entire Troop, consisting of several parts, who are to unite and attend the General Training as one entire body of horse." The stand- 20 154 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. ing of the different train-bands was also determined, as follows: 1st, Hartford, 2d, Windsor, 3d, Wethersfield, 4th, Farmington. Oct. 9. " The new Charter of Connecticut was pnblicly read in an audience of the freemen [at Hartford], and declared to belong- to them and their successors." (Col. Eec.) 1663, May 14. A lively picture of the police regulations of the several towns is gleaned from the following court order. "The Constables in each Plantation are hereby empowered to charge the watch and ward duly to attend their watch and ward by walking in such places where they may best discover dan- ger by the approach of an enemy or by fire, which if they do discover, they are to give notice thereof by firing their guns, and crying Fire, fire, or Arm, arm. And in case they meet with any persons walking in the streets unseasonably, they are to exa- mine them, and in case they can not give a good account of themselves, they are to return them to the Constable, who is to require them to appear before a Magistrate or some Assistant, to give account of their unseasonable walking." The watchmen were also ordered to report themselves for instructions to the constable, " in the evening, by the shutting in of the daylight;" and were not to leave their watch before daybreak on pain of Is for each default. At this time, the good townsfolk were much annoyed by Indians strolling up and down in the towns, "in the night season to buy liquors." The court therefore decreed that any Indian found walking the streets, after nightfall, should be fined 20s (15s to the public treasury, and 5s to the informer) or else be whipt with "six stripes at least." (Col. Eec.) In the Annual Estimate of Town Payments: October 31. "This was a town meeting, and all that were present voted that Mr. Warham should [have] for this year following as formerly £90. Also manifested themselves willing that there should be a looking out for a help for him." "Also a request was made by some to set a housel to shelter their horses in on Sabbath days, and other days when they ride to meeting; on one side of the street against Begat Eggleston's orchard, about 9 or 10 feet in breadth, by his fence, and in length 23 or 24 feet — and it [was] granted." 1664-5, March 1. " Nath'l Bissell hath paid for his seat in the gallery to Josias Hull in pay for his wolf, 6s." 1665, May 11. Jas. Enno was fined for his wife's fault, in selling cider to the Indians. Nov. 30th. Items of Matthew Grant's account. " For drawing up Mr. Warham's pay into a method, that he EXTRACTS PROM TOWN ACTS. 155 might understand what he was to receive of each man by his free will offering-, which cost me a great deal of time. I iiad better to have made two rates as formerly, yet I set down but Gs 6d. Then for time I spent last July at the lending out of powder and lead, and making bullets, and taking again of some, and the setting down the accounts of these things, cost mc about 4 days time, I put down Is &d." 1666. It is probable that during this year, the fort was built at Windsor, which is alluded to in the following court record of the next year: October 10, 1667. At a General Assembly held at Hartford: " The inhabitants of Windsor' having improved themselves in building a fort, this Court, for tlieir encouragement, doth release the Train soldiers of Windsor two days of their training this Michael Tide, and one daj' in the Spring." This fort may have been merely a rebuilding, or strengthen- ing, of the old Palisado; but our own impression is that it was the buildini? since known as the Old Stone Port. This •^ 1^ •*.cr:r:r-rr?li The Old Stone Fort, or Stou^hton House. edifice, which is remembered only by the oldest persons ia "Windsor, was situated about one mile north of the Congrega- tional Meeting-house, on the east side of the road, opposite to and a few rods north of the present residence of Mr. Lemuel Welch. It stood back from the road, near the brow of the hill overlooking the meadows, where an old well still marks the 156 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. spot. The building itself was pulled down about 1809. Prom the description of some of the old people now living, we have been able to obtain a pretty good idea of its appearance, and to make a picture of it, which will (so the aforesaid old people say) give the "rising generation," a very correct representation of this almost forgotten and interesting piece of antiquity. The Old Port, or Stoughton House, was composed of two portions, one built of stone, and the other of wood. The stone part, which was somewhat the oldest, stood parallel with the road; and its walls were built of heavy, uncut stones, pierced with two small diamond-paned windows set in lead, and numerous lurking port-holes which peeped suspiciously out from under the eaves of the high, peaked roof. At the northern end or gable of the house, a gigantic chimney was built into the wall. At the east, or back part of the house, as we should now call it, facing the river, was the door, framed of heavy oaken timbers, strongly studded and clenched with iron spikes, and bearing, if we may believe tradition, sundry suggestive hacks and cuts of Indian tomahawks. Joined to, and at a right angle with this stone building, with whose front its gable end was parallel, stood the larger and more modern frame dwelling. Its general appearance, as will be seen from the engraving, was similar to the other part, except that its windows and doors were more numerous and larger; and in its huge chimney was inserted a stone sculptured with the initials '^g™ and the date of its erection 1666.^ The initials were those of Thomas Stoughton and Maby his wife, whose descendants have retained the property almost ever since. But if the exterior of the Old Port was quaint, the interior seems to have left upon the minds of those who knew it, a still stronger impression of mysterious and romantic interest. They love to dwell upon the pleasure which they, as children, experi- enced, in roaming about its rambling apartments; in climbing the ancient winding stairway, which even in their day was 1 There is, in tlie minds of all the old people with whom we have conversed, an uncertainty, as to whether the date on this stone was 1666 or 1676. The majority, however, concur in the opinion that it was 1666. EXTRACTS PROM TOWN ACTS. 157 "tottering to decay;" thus endangering both life and limb to obtain the happiness of a peep through the loopholes in the wall. They dwell with particular delight upon the many queer nooks and dark corners with which the place abounded, as well as divers curious prints and articles of furniture which excited their childish admiration and wonder. The old house also contained an ancient helmet and piece of armour, undoubt- edly one which had been used by some valiant Windsor soldier, in the Pequot wars; but these valuable relics, which would be so carefully preserved in these days, were sold, ignobly sold, to a pedler, for — mention it not in antiquarian ears — old iron! Shade of worshipful Major John Mason ! this steel cap and breast-plate, which perhaps even protected thy stalwart form in the " battle's heat and roar," sold — disregardless of its inspiring associations — at one cent and a half a pound. A curi- ous Indian bow and sheaf of arrows, of gigantic proportions, was also contained in the building, and afterwards passed into the Ellsworth family, but is now lost. 166T, April 1st. Luke Hill took the charge of the Rivulet ferry for £12 per annum "besides what he gets from travellers and persons by night." " This day Nat. Cook hath condescended to perform the work of cleansing the meeting house for this next year for 50ji."i April 21th. " When the freemen met for choice of deputies, Luke Hill made a sad complaint that if the town would not add to the sum they had set him for keeping the ferry, at the former meeting, he must leave the ferrj'; and his wife came in and sadly bemoaned their condition. Whereupon it was voted that they would add the other £3 as it was before." July 3d. " Those of the dragoons that have received pouches of Thomas Dibble, which he got made, and is to be paid by the town. Deacon Moore, one for his man. Anthony Hoskins, one. Michael Humphry, one. Ebenezer Dibble, one. Josias Hull, one. Nicholas Senchion, one. Thomas Stoughton, one. Henry Stiles, one. Thomas Dibble, one. IJohn Owen, the former sexton, felt aggrieved by this appointment of Cook's and it was agreed that " John Owen should have part of the pay with Nathaniel, though he did not of the work. It is issued that John Owen shall have 5s of Nathaniel's £3, of the last year's pay." 158 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. These 9 Dibble delivered, and he delivered 1 more, which make up 16 — which comes to 40^. John Rockwell had one of the old ones; he has received this again." (Bk. ii, 1.) September 30th. The freemen voted to give IT shillings (besides the 8s offered by the County) for all wolves killed vs^ithin the limits of Windsor and Massaco [Simsbury] . Indians were to have for each wolf 20^ in wampum at 6 for a penny. (Bk. n, '?.) 166T-8, February 3d. The Townsmen, upon complaint of Thomas Hopewell's Wife, [as to] their straights of firewood because of his lameness. The Townsmen, had appointed Samuel Marshall to carry them two loads and now appointed William Thrall to carry them three loads more, and put it on account in a town rate. (Bk. ii, 1.) March 11th. ''In preparation for a town rate for this year past, to gather up what debts the town must pay. First to begin with wolves killed. The whole amount for Wolves was £22, 08^, OOd. Mr. Wolcott, for seven [ J cartridges, de- mands 1, 15, 00. Thomas Dibble, for making soldier pouches 2, 01, 00. Stephen Taylor, for barrel of Tar for boat. . . 15, 00. William Thrall, for 3 loads of Wood for Hopewell 9, 00. Walter G-aylord, for beating the drum and new cord 1, 1, 00. Ebenezer Dibble, for his part to make half pikes 15, 00. 4 Lister's Expenses 4, 00. 4 Townsmen 2, 08. House and fire 1, 02. 3 Townsmen dining with the Magistrates. . 3, 00. Deacon Moore, his part making 36 pikes.. . 15, 00. Thos.Burnham,for making 36 Heads for pikes 5,10, "00. Tahan Grant, for some Smith work, mending the ferry chain and some nails, and hinges for town house, and nails for pike rods 4, 06. April 15th. " Mr. Allen came to my house to give notice to Thomas Marshall and Daniel Hayden to be free men of this corporation." (Bk. ii, 7.) May 16th. " Mr. Wolcott brought to me 84 cartridges, so many as to set off his town rates 20s lid." " Baggot Egleston undertakes the cleansing of the meeting [house] for this year coming for 50s, and the beating of the drum to meetings for 28s. Also it was voted that Granfleld men should have liberty to improve their land this year, but not to be allowed Inhabitance by this; and the difference between the Town and this, is deferred till the whole Town be made acquainted with it, and meet about it." {^Bk. ii, 1.) EXTRACTS PROM TOWN ACTS. 159 September 28th. " Voted that the town should be at the cost to procure a new rope for the ferry, because Luke Hill is not able to be at the cost himself." October 31st. " Also, Deacon Moore is to speak with John Gibbard, to get him to come to mend the glass of the meeting house windows. Also, George Griswold is to get somebody to clab up the walls of the meeting house that are broken." 1668, November 23d. " The townsmen met concerning the old ferry Boat. The townsmen are content that Samuel Mar- shall shall have it to make the best of her; and if the town will exact lOs of him for it he will pay it." November 30th. " It was desired of all that were at this meeting that they would give in tiieir papers, that we might know their minds, what they would give to Mr. Warham for this year going, which ends the 25th of next March; and some per- sons, to the number of 50 did give in; and the sum of all which they presented rose to £27. What more will be done, I yet know not." (Bk. n, 13.) 1668-9, January 18. " The town voted to allow the Indians for every wolf they kill, and bring their heads in wampum, at 6 a penny, 10s. And they that pay it to them must take up in our pay among ourselves with bs." February 15th. Accounts taken of town debts that have to be paid by a tov/n rate to be made, or by pay that is to be paid of former rates: £ s. d. John Owen, for clabing [clapboarding] he did, the meeting house before winter t 4 Ephraira Strong, for 2 years setting in the yard, 2 Nathaniel Pinney, the like, 2 Samuel Rockwell, for making the ferry rope 13 4 Nath'l Bissell, for 40 lbs. of hemp for the ferry rope, betwixt his father and himself, 1 6 8 Jacob Drake, for 2 gallons of Tar, 1 6 John Grant, for carting boults from Pipe Stave Swamp for clabboards for the meeting house walls, 7 6 For paying Hogernosset for his wolf, 5 Baggot Egleston [for] 4 wolves, meeting house, 3 10 Drum and drum head 3 Several men, for setting in the yard, 16 There is also demanded by Mr. Stone, for preaching 3 sermons some years past. (Bk. n, 14, 15.) 3 00 March 11. " Voted that tliose who reside in town but are not allowed inhabitants, to pay ferriage as strangers." April 3d. " Mr. Wolcott sent 41 cartridges more to those he brought May 16th, 68, 84, together 125. (Bk. ii, 15.) April 23d. A great flood which ruinated and carried away abundance of fencing, and caused much trouble. (Bk. ii, 16.) 160 HISTOET OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. May 11. (Clause of an agreement with John Willington to keep the rivulet ferry.) " He is also to have the use of the cellar, which the town has now bought of Luke Hill — for his use to dwell in, and the little house by it, and the use of a corner of land below the cartway that lies between the river and the brook, during the time of this year, for his improvement, he securing it; and for his wages he is to have 16 pounds paid him by a rate, &c." (Bk. ii, 16.) May 24th. " This was a day of training, and by reason of the death of Samuel Phelps, it was voted that Benajah Holcomb should supply his place of a way warden." Also Nathaniel Loorais is allowed to entertain Andrew Hillyer as a sojourner, seeing that he carries well and orderly accord- ing to order. (Bk. ii, 11.) October 12th and 13th. " Wm. Bucl came and brought two new casements for the corner windows of the meeting-house, and fitted them up, and he counted for his work 7s, — which took of his own town rate for 68 — Ss Id, and Timothy Palmer's town rate, 68 — Ss dd — so there is due to him bd." 1669-10. February. John Willington is to keep the rivulet ferry one year more. October. At Court of 15th. " Windsor recorder certified that they had 300 lbs. of Powder and 100 lbs. of lead for their town stock. The Court granted liberty to Capt. Daniel Clark "to add to his troop so many as may make them complete sixty besides ofiicers — provided that none be taken out of Windsor without the Capt. of the foot company's leave, and that they are volun- teers and maintain a horse and arms complete according to law, witliout any charge to the country." 1611. May. " The Court extends the bounds of Windsor 2 miles beyond the former grant." May 14. " The Court orders the bounds between Hartford and Windsor shall begin on the Bast side Connecticut Eiver at the lowermost Elm that was discoursed about between the two Committees." And "whereas, the stated bounds between Hart- ford and Windsor, on the west side of the Great River, gives Hartford some advantage of land, in varying from the west line from Brick Hill Swamp, northerly — This Court orders that the line betwixt the said towns on the E. side of the Great Eiver shall take its rise at the Elm Tree appointed by this Court to be the bound tree, and to run to the south of the east from the said tree, so much and so far as it doth vary from the west, northward from the abovesaid swamp to the end of the north bounds." July 19. " We entered upon the use of Corporal Marshall's boat for the ferry, and are to have the use of it for the ferry, 13 weeks, paying him 50s. EXTRACTS FROM TOWN ACTS. 161 August 16. — Nathaniel Pond borrowed one of the town mus- kets, by Capt. Newbury's allowance. Also, Thomas Parsons had a musket, August 19. And John Parsons had a musket, August 21. And Thomas Eggleston, had a musket and a sword with scab- bard, August 23. All by Captain Newbury's allowance, and told me John Lon- don has a musket that was at his son John Madgly's. [Mosely's.] (Same date). A couut given of the locksmith of his work done to some of the town guns. All the particulars he did to the gun of the town. Nathaniel Pond, had. he put down, Ss &d For a gun Thomas Parsons had, he put down 5*0^ For a gun John Parsons had, his work about it 2s 6rf And for a great spring and cock pin for a town lock. ... Ss Od And mending a lock. Captain Newbury brought Is Od All £l:0s:0d " March 24. — The town met to give information to the persons chosen to run the line between Windsor and Simsbury. First, you must understand that our south bounds betwixt Hartford and Windsor extend half a mile beyond the Chesnut tree westward, and extends itself something beyond the foot of the mountain where you will find a tree marked, and from there you are to traverse a way by your compass North and by West, which is the line to be set out between Windsor and Simsbury, and you are carefully to extend this line till you meet with our North bounds." Matthew Grant, Samuel Marshall, John Loomis, Jacob Drake, Thomas Stoughton. (Bk. II, 37.) "Items in Grant's estimate of town debts. (Bk. ii, 38.) Here I set down what town debts will be to be paid this year. There must be pay ordered to make 2 new pounds. . £6:()0s:0d Nathaniel Bissell, for three days himself to run lines, and a quart of rum demanded £0:10s:0d There must be pay looked for the meeting house drum £l:OQs:(}d For 2 quarts of rum, and 2 quarts cider £0: bs-.Qd For 3 quarts of rum, and a bottle and 2 quarts of cider £0: Ss:Od John Bissell, for himself and horse 4 days east side river £0:10s:0d And for 2 gallons cider he will have £0: 2s:0d 21 162 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Account of Tahan Grant, of iron work done for the town: A scourer for the great gnn; two extra pins and washers for the new carriage; 3 binders for the ferry boat, all are" £ 0: 1s-M "Thomas Powell, packer, his mark on meat cask. His mark with two P. P. with a racing iron on the head if it be good. If not, then only with an X on the beiges." (Bk. ii, 46.) CHAPTER IX. An Episode of Ecclesiastical History. 1663-1684. The harmony and efficiency which had hitherto characterized the churches of New England, now began to be seriously threat- ened and disturbed by questions of church membership, discip- line and baptism. Commencing first in the church at Hartford, shortly after the decease of Mr. Hooker, the dissension spread into the neighboring churches, and finally the whole colony, as well as all New England, became warmly engaged in the dispute. Important changes, it must be remembered, had taken place in the country since its first settlement. The ancient pastors were mostly dead or removed, and the worthy fathers who had fol- fowed them hither, had given place to a generation who neither inherited their spirit of self-denial, nor, perhaps, their strict piety. There were many, also, who had immigrated at a later period, and with different motives and principles. In this man- ner a large party had arisen, who favored the admission of all persons of " an honest life and conversation," to the full com- munion of the churches, upon their profession of the Christian religion, without regard to any change of heart. Some even claimed that all those who had been members of the Established Church of England; or who had belonged and contributed to the support of regular ecclesiastical parishes there, should be al- lowed the privileges of full communion in the churches of New England. 164 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. The right of all baptized persons to the privileges of church membership, and of baptism for their children, though they par- took not of the Lord's supper, was also much desired and in- sisted upon. The first settlers came to this country as church members, regularly embodied in a church state, and their child- ren, of course, were all baptized. But, says Cotton Mather, " when our churches were come to between twentj* and thirty years of age, a numerous posterity was advanced so far into the world, that the first planters began apace in their several fami- lies, to be distinguished by the name of grandfathers; but among the immediate parents of the grandchildren, there were multitudes of well disposed persons, who partly through their own doubts and fears, and partly through other culpable neg- lects, had not actually come to the covenanting state of com- municants at the table of the Lord. The good old generation could not, without many apprehensions, behold their offspring excluded from the baptism of Christianity, and from the ecclesi- astical inspection which is to accompany that baptism; indeed it was to leave their offspring under the Shepherdly govern- ment of our Lord Jesus Christ in his ordinances, that they had brought their lambs into this wilderness."^ Thence arose a very natural and general desire to extend to this class of respectable persons, who could not conscientiously feel that they were regenerated, and who were otherwise unable to comply with the rigid terms of congregational churches, the privileges of church membership for themselves, and of baptism and church watch for their children. Involved with these questions, was another, as to the exclu- sive rights of the churches to choose a pastor for themselves and the congregation. It was argued that as all the inhabitants of a town had an equal interest in the qualifications of a pastor, and were all obliged to contribute to his support, they had an equal right to vote in his election. The innovations thus proposed met with much opposition from a large number uf the clergy, and most of the churches of Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Church, with perhaps a iMagnalia Americana, ii, 238. AN EPISODE OP ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 165 too exalted idea of its sphere and privileges, yet with an honest desire to return to the purity of its earlier days, was battling with the World, whose war-cry was " Expediency, Democracy!" The public mind was greatlj' agitated. The General Court became interested, and endeavored to interpose its judicial authority to adjust the dispute. Councils were called, but so far from quieting the unhappy Church of Hart- ford, they only spread the flame into every part of the colony. Scarcely a church in Connecticut escaped the contagion. As Dr. Mather quaintly observes: " From the fire of the altar, there issued thunderings, and lightnings, and earthquakes, through the colon}'.'' The civil authorities of Massachusetts and Con- necticut now decided, although in the face of a strong opposition from many churches in the latter colony, to call a council at Boston, to decide upon the subjects in dispute. The council met June 4tb, 1657, and after a session of some two weeks, re- turned an elaborate answer to twenty-one questions which had been referred to them. Several of these questions are involved in each other, and were sufficiently answered by the reply to the principal one, concerning baptism and church membership. On this point the council asserted, that it was the duty of those who had been baptized in infancy, "when grown up unto years of discretion, though not fit for the Lord's supper, to own the covenant they made with their parents, by entering thereinto, in their own persons," and that having so done, they had a right to claim baptism for their children. This was, "in effect," says Trumbull, " an answer to the other respecting the right of the towns to vote in the election of ministers; for if they were all members of the church by baptism, and under its discipline, they doubtless had a right to vote with the church in the elec- tion of their pastor." All the painstaking and wisdom of the learned Boston Coun- cil, however, served only to inflame rather than reconcile the churches. Wethersfield partook of the general disturbance, and together with Hartford, refused to be comforted, until about 1660, when the disturbing elements were withdrawn, by the removal of many of the disaffected, of both churches, to Hadley, Mass. 166 HISTORY OP AUCIENT WINDSOR. During the long continuance of this distressing controversy, ■which we have thus briefly sketched, the Windsor Church, so far as we can learn, enjoyed quiet, although not unaffected by the neighboring turmoil. Yet the leaven of discontent was doubtless at work in her bosom. The minds and prejudices of her members must, of course, have been variously and deeply agitated on the questions which were claiming so large a por- tion of the public attention. Her pastor was now becoming old and feeble. He was one of the only two survivors of all the pious and gifted ministers who presided over the first churches of Connecticut. Of all that goodly company who solemnly chose him for their pastor, in the New Hospital at Plymouth, who suffered with him in Dorchester; and accompanied him on that v^ilderness journey to Connecticut, but few were left, and they, like sere and yellow leaves, were quietly dropping away to their graves. The children who filled their places neither inherited their ripe experience, nor, it may be, their strict piety; and mingled with these were many new comers, in whose hearts the world o'erpowered the interests of the Church. The Church, thus weakened by the gradual decay of her pastor, and the loss of those pillars which had so long upheld her, was exposed and rudely shaken by the storm of contention and discord which raged on every side. Yet it is not until 1664, that we find any allusion to difficulty in the Church at Windsor. In March, of that year, however, the Court Record mentions that: " The Church of Christ at Windsor complains of James Eno and Michael Humphrey, for several things contained in a paper presented to the Court. Mr. Clark, in behalf of the Church, com- plains of James Eno and Michael Humphrey for a misdemeanor, in offering violence to an established law of this Colony. Mr. Clark withdraws this charge."^ Although the complaint was withdrawn by the church, yet the court saw fit to pass, at the same session, its censure upon the agitators of public peace, as follows: " This Court having seriously considered the case respecting James Eno and Michael Humphrey, do declare such practices to iCol. Rec, (, 420. AN EPISODE OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 167 be offensive, and may prove prejudicial to the welfare of this Colony, and this Court expects they will readily come to the acknowledgement of their error in the paper by thera presented to this Church, whereupon, the Court respites and remits the censure due for their offence, provided answerable reformation do follow, expecting' that their lenity therein will win up on the spirits of those concerned in this case. And this Court doth approve of the pious and prudent care of Windsor, in seeking out for a supply and help in the ministry, Mr. Warham growing ancient; and do order all persons in the said plantation to allow their proportion towards the competent maintenance of such a supply in the ministry. And the Court desires a friendly cor- respondence may be maintained at Windsor, as if this trouble had never been; this Court declaring their readiness to maintain all the just privileges of all the member.=i of this Corporation."^ In spite of this withdrawal by the Church, and the leniency of the court, the matter was again subsequently agitated by the malcontents in a paper, which though lengthy, is presented ver- batim, in order that the subject may be fully understood. It was drawn up by the skillful hand of William Pitkin, Esq., of Hartford, and was signed by seven persons, four of whom were Windsor men. Indeed it is probable, from the evidence before us, that Eno and Humphrey were the chief movers in the affair, and that the letter was aimed at the Windsor Church. The humble address and petition of sundry persons of and belonging to the same Corporation, sheweth. That whereas we whose names are subscribed, being Profess- ors of the Protestant Christian Religion, members of tiie Church of England, and subjects to our Sovereign Lord Charles the Se- cond, by God's grace. King of England, etc., and under those sacred ties mentioned and maintained in our covenant, sealed with our baptism, having seriously pondered our past and pre- sent want of those ordinances, which to us and our children, as members of Christ's visible church, ought to be administered. Which we apprehend to be to the dishonor of God, and the ob- struction of our own and our children's good (contrary to the pious will of our Lord the King, his main purpose in settling these plantations, as by the Charter and His Majesty's letter to the Bay, June 26, 1662, and thereways is most evidently mani- fested) to our great grief, the sense of our duty towards God, the relation we stand in to our mother the Church, our grateful acceptation of His Majesty's Royal favor, the edification of our own and our children's souls, and many other good Christian iCol. Eec, 1,420. 168 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. and profitable ends (as also at a late session of this honored assembly having received a favorable encouragement from the worshipful Deputy Governor) hereunto moving us, we are bold by his own address to declare our aggreviance and petition for a redress of the same. Our aggreviance is, that we and ours, are not under the due care of an orthodox ministry, that will in a due manner ad- minister to us those ordinances, that we stand capable of, as the baptising of our children, our being admitted (as we ac- cording to Christ's order may be found meet) to the Lord's Table, and a careful watch over us in our way, and suitable dealing with us as we do well or ill, with all whatsoever bene- fits and advantages, belong to us as members of Christ's visible church, which ought to be dispensed by the officers of the same, of which being destitute, we humbly request, that this Honored Court wonld take into serious considet-ation our present state in this respect, that we are thus as sheep scattered, having no shep- herd, and compare it with what we conceive you can not but know, both God and our King would have it different from what it now is, and take some speedy and effectual course for redress therein, and put us in a full and free capability of enjoy- ing those forementioned advantages, which to us as members of Christ's visible church do of right belong, by establishing some wholesome law in this Corporation, by virtue whereof, we may both claim and receive of such officers, as are or shall be by law set over us in the church or churches, where we have our abode or residence, these forementioned privileges and ad- vantages. Furthermore we humbly request, that for the future, no law in this corporation may be of any force to make us pay or con- tribute the maintenance of any minister or officer of the church that will neglect or refuse to baptise our children & to take care of us, as of such members of the church, as are under his or their charge or care. This, in hopes that your careful and speedy consideration and issue hereof, will be answerable to the weight of the matter, and our necessities, and that matters of less moment may be omitted till this be issued. We wait for a good answer, and for this Honored Court we shall ever pray, etc." [Signed by] William Pitkin [Hartford], Oct. 11, 1664. Michael Humphrey [Windsor], John Stedman [Hartford], James Eno [Windsor], EoBEET Reeve, John Moses [Windsor], Jonas Westovek [Windsor]. Stripped of its verbiage, the petition simply amounts to this: Michael Humphrey and James Eno, by virtue of their having AN EPISODE OP ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 169 been in England members of the national church, demanded from the (non-conforming) Church of Windsor, baptism for their children, and admission to full church privileges. This, of necessity, was declined. Thereupon James Eno and Michael Humphrey, with five others, petition the assembly, in well set phrase " to establish some wholesome law," by virtue of which they " may claim and receive " of such officers " as are or shall be set over us in the churches, where we have our abodes and residences, these forcmentioned privileges and advantages." And they furthermore request to be relieved from paying the minister's tax, or in any way contributing to the support of any church, whose officers shall see fit to deny them these desired privileges. It was in short, asking the assembly to proscribe the terms of membership for the churches. There were several other facts which serve to show in a stronger light, if it were necessary, the cool effrontery of this petition. Both Mr. Warham and Mr. Maverick had been regu- larly ordained ministers in the Church of England, and it is well known that the main points of dissent, between Puritans and Episcopalians, were not so much of doctrine, as of forms of church government and discipline. These fathers of the Windsor Church had left their homes, and endured much suffer- ing, that they might establish for themselves and their children after them, a system of church-government which they deemed more in accordance with the New Testament. It was not strange, therefore, that they should hesitate to throw aside or modify that sj'stem merely to gratify the wishes of adventurers who had come after them, and wbo had not " borne the heat and burden of the day." For Michael Humphrey came to Windsor in 1643, and James Eno in 1646. They certainly could not have come to America for religious liberty. If that had been their object, they might better have remained in England where Episcopacy was the rule and not the exception. Nor can we learn that they had any civil cause of complaint. On their coming to Windsor, they had been freely allowed the same privileges as other citizens, and the town had even voted James Eno a plot of ground, already under cultivation, within the palisado, " to barber on." Manifestly then, this petition was 22 170 HISTOET OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. unjust and arrogant in its pretensions, as well as improper in its tone. It revealed the fact that, even in the Church of Windsor, there were some smouldering ashes of discontent, which the surrounding agitation of the times could hardly fail, eventually, to kindle into a consuming blaze. Ever since the Council of 1657, its opinions concerning bap- tism had been gradually gaining ground, and many of the clergy and people were desirous of carrying them into effect. So general and formidable, hovcever, was the opposition to it, that it could not be effected without a synod. Consequently, the General Court of Massachusetts, convened a synod of all the ministers of that colony, at Boston, in September, 1662. Their answer to the principal question, " Who are the subjects of baptism ? " substantially reaffirmed the decision of the Council of 1651. Their verdict was by no means unanimously received. Many of New England's most learned and able divines, among whom were the Eev. Charles Chauncey, presid- ent of Harvard College, Dr. Increase Mather, Mr. Mather of Northampton, and Mr. Davenport of New Haven, opposed it by word and pen; and the churches were, as a body, more opposed than the clergy. The General Court of Connecticut, having other important matters on hand, had hitherto taken no official action on the subject. But at their October session, this year (1664), aroused by the lamentable discord which prevailed throughout the coun- try, and especially, it may be presumed, by the tone of the peti- tion which had been presented to them by Messrs. Pitkin, Eno, Humphrey, &c., they passed the following resolve, which was evidently intended to enforce the action of the synod upon the churches of the colony. " This Court, understanding, by a writing presented to them, from several persons of this Colony, that the}' are aggrieved, that they are not entertained iu church fellowship; this Court, having duly considered the same, desiring that the rules of Christ may be attended, do commend it to the ministers and churches in this Colony, to consider, whether it be not their duty to entertain all such persons, who are of an honest and godly conversation, having a competencj' of knowledge in the princi- ples of religion, and shall desire to join with them in church fellowship, by an explicit covenant; and that they have their AN EPISODE OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 171 children baptized; and that all the children of the church be accepted and accounted real members of the church; and that the church excercise a due christian care and watch over them; and that when they are grown up, being examined by the ofScer, in the presence of the church, it appear, in the judgment of charity, they are duly qualified to participate in that great ordinance of the Lord's Supper, by their being able to examine themselves and discern the Lord's body, such persons be admit- ted to full communion. The Court desires that the several officers of the respective churches, would be pleased to consider whether it be not the duty of the Court to order the churches to practice according to the premises, if they do not practice without such an order. If any dissent from the contents of this writing, they are desired to help the Court, with such light as is with them, the next session of this assembly.'"- A copy of this order was sent to each church and minister in the colony, by the secretary of the court. The measure thus proposed was what is best known as the Half-way Covenant. It failed, however, to convince the heart or to satisfy the conscience of the great mass of the people. They felt a natural dread lest such latitudinarianism with respect to baptism and church communion should tend to weaken and sub- vert the very design for which the churches of New England were established. And in spite of the wisdom and influence of councils and synods; the uneasiness of many church members; and the plainly indicated will of the General Court, its intro- duction into the churches of Connecticut, was slow and difficult. Many hesitated for years, and others utterly refused to adopt it into practice. In the history of the Half-way Covenant, the course of the -w-w-r- * Windsor Church was peculiar and exceptional. Mr. Warham, whose views were somewhat more liberal than those of the clergy of that day," sympathized with the resolution of the Coun- 1 CoL Rec, I, 437. 2 This we may justly infer from the following extract from the letter of Fuller, the Plymouth physician to Gov. Bradford, dated June 28, 1630, wherein he says : "I have been at Mattapan, at the request of Mr. Warham (N. B. The Dorchester party had suffered considerably in health from their long voyage, and needed medical treatment). I had conference with them till I was weary. Mr. Warham holds that the visible church may consist of a mixed 172 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. cil of June, 1657, of which he had been a inembcr,^ and shortly after formally adopted the practice in his own congregation. " And the time which Mr. Warham first began this practice" says the record,^ "was January 31, 165'I[8] and went on in the practice of it until March 19, 1664 [5, on] which day he declared to the church that he had met with such arguments against the practice, concerning the baptizing of members' [chijldren, that he could not get through at present, and could not go on as he had done without scruples of conscience. Therefore [he] must forbear, until he had weighed arguments and advised with those that were able to give [advice]. Not that he intended to cast off the practice wholly, but only to delay it for a time, till he could be better able to answer his present scruples, for if he should act, and not of faith, Romans 14th [chapter] would be sin in him.'' What the arguments were which so sorely troubled the faith- ful and conscientious pastor, we do not know. The fact is evi- dent from the church records, that the Half-Way Covenant was not resumed until the summer of 1668. Then Mr. Chauncey, who was preaching as a supply to the Windsor Church, "set it [the practice] on again," by the following vote of the church. "June 21st, 1668. It was by vote of the Church assented to, that adult persons, be it Husband or Wife, that desired to have their children baptized by Mr. Chauncey, should if they presented themselves to the Elders in private, and de- clared to their satisfaction, their knowledge in the principles, and owned the Father's Covenant, there should nothing be re- quired of them in public, until they presented themselves for people, godly and openly ungodly, upon whicli point we all had our conference, to which, I trust, the Lord will give a blessing." 1 By appointment of the Court. See Col. Rec, i, 288. 2 Trumbull in his Hist, of Conn, (i, 471), says the Half- Way Covenant was first introduced by the Hartford Church (under Mr. Woodbridge) in February, 1696. But Trumbull was not aware of the existence of this Windsor Church record, from which we quote the above. This conclusively entitles the Windsor Church to the honor (?) of being the first church in Connecticut to adopt the Covenant. 3 Old Church Records — which adds that " before this time it had been the practice to call such persons in public to stand forth and answer to questions of catechism propounded to them, and to own the church Covenant." AN EPISODE OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 173 fuU commnnion.''^ Two weeks after, July 5th, the records of baptism under this Covenant, which had been dropped since '64, is again resumed. " So the delay of it, from the 19th of March, '64, was three years and so much [more] as from the 19th of March to the 21st of June, [the time] that Mr. Chauncey set it on again.'"^ This was only two years before the decease of Mr. Warham, whose failing strength had for some time past incapacitated him from the active duties of the ministrj^. Whether his scruples had been removed; or whether the Covenant was resumed on the responsibility of the church and Mr. Chauncey, and with his approbation, does not appear. The practice, however, was con- tinued, and the Windsor Church, having been the first to adopt, was almost the last in the State of Connecticut to relinquish the Half-way Covenant.^ Mr. Warham, the venerable pastor, as we have before inti- mated, was now well stricken in years, and both he and his people, felt the necessity of procuring a suitable colleague to assist him in his duties. They had sent in the summer of 1666 to the pastors of Boston, Dorchester and Cambridge, soliciting their aid in the matter, and received the following reply, recommending Mr. Chauncej':^ To the Reverend Mr. John Warham and Mr. John Witchfield, Elders of the Church of Christ at Windsor; these, Reverend and much beloved in the Lord. We have received your letter by Brother Filer, and were we as capable of serving you in a matter of so great importance, as we are willing, we hope we should not be wanting to answer your desires. But it is little we can say by reason of our un- acquaintedness (especially most of us) with the persons by you 1 Old Church Records. 2 It was ahandoned during the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Rowland, and it is believed that some of the brothers and sisters of our friend Mr. Jabez H. Hay- den, were among the last baptized under its provisions. 3 Nathaniel Chauncet, the 4th son of Pres. Charles Chauncey of Harvard College, was born in or about 1639, at Plymouth, Mass., but was baptized at Scituate, 1641. He was a twin brother of Elnathan. Took the first degree at Harvard College, 1661, with his brothers Elnathan and Isaac. There is a tradition that he was a distinguished scholar. He took the degree of A. M in 1664, and maintained the affirmative of the question : " Utrum detur idea 174 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. named. For Mr. NatW Chauncey we have good encouragement by what we hear concerning his learning and steadiness, dili- gence, hopeful piety, grave and peaceable demeanor. As con- cerning his voice, two of us never heard him preach, from the third [of us] you have heard an account formerly. We hear that it was better and more audible the second time he preached at Cambridge, than the first. But we understand he is likely to preach again the next Lord's day, when some of yours [Windsor people] will be present, by whom j'ou may have further informa- tion than we can now give. For Mr. Chauncey, he is not at present in the Bay [Mass.], but we understand he is likely to be here about a fortnight hence, and some probabilities that he will come free from the place where now he is. We learn that he hath well approved himself for his abilities in preaching, and for piety, having been received into full communion in the church of Ipswich several years since, and carried it commendably among the people where he is. We can not discouroge you from either of these two, both of them being persons of good esteem with us, but we dare not take upon us, which of these you should pitch upon, (only that Mr. Chauncey is now free and serviceable to be at- tained at the present). But we suppose the inhabitants of yourselves and people, and the motives of desire propounded, will guide you as to that. The liOrd direct your way before you, with a choice blessing, yea with one, who may come unto you in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ. With dearest express [ions] and desire of mutual prayers, we take leave, and remain Your loving Brethren in Jesus Christ, JoH^ Wilson [Boston], EicHARD Mather [Dorchester], Jonathan Mitchel [Cambridge]. Boston, I'l' of the 4''' mouth, 1666 [July 1th]. There was, however, a want of unanimity among the people on the question of giving Mr. Chauncey a call; and the legis- omnium entium, in prime ente ?" He wag afterwards a fellow. On the title page of the New England Almanac for the year 1662, the next after his graduation, his name is placed as the author, with the following motto : "Felix qui potuit rerum coguosoere causas." He was engaged at Windsor during a season of much excitement and discussion, and being a man of great readiness of mind, when a sermon was preached in the pulpit in the forenoon containing doctrines to which lie was opposed, he would in the afternoon, preach to the same audience from the same text, a regular logical sermon in confutation of those doctrines. He was invited, Nov. 10, 1679, to Hatfield, where he was settled Jan'y 21, 1680, and died Nov. 4, 1685. (Ext. from Chauncey Genealogy. For family, &c., see Genealogies. ) AN EPISODE OP ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOET. 175 lature then in session attempted to settle the diflSculty, by the following compulsory order, of October the 10th, 1667: " This Court doth desire and require the Town of Windsor, to meet on Monday next, at the Meeting House, hj sun an hour high in the morning, and all the freemen and householders within the limits of said town and Massaco [Simsbury] are to bring in their votes to Mr. Henry Wolcott; Those that would have Mr. Chauncoy to be the settled Minister for Windsor, are to bring in a paper to Mr. Wolcott, a paper with some writing on it, those that are against his continuance are to bring a white paper to Mr. Wolcott. And Mr. Wolcott is desired to take the account of it, and make a report thereof to the General Assembly. And this court doth herebj' require and command all and every of the inhabitants of Windsor, that during this meeting they forbear all discourse and agitation of any matter as may provoke or disturb the spirits of each other; and at the issue of the work that they repair to their several occasions [oc- cupations] as they will answer the contrary. If any should object against the vote of any person, Mr. Henry Wolcott is to decide it. This to be published on the sabbath day, after the morning exercise.'"^ The question produced much excitement and probably called forth the entire strength of the " freemen and householders." One hundred and thirty-six votes were polled, with a result favorable to Mr. Chauncey. "Mr. Wolcott returns that this day, being the 14th of Octo- ber, the Town hath met, and that there was eighty-six voted for Mr. Ohauncey's continuance, and fifty-two voted against it."2 The dissatisfied minority now petitioned the Assembly to authorize them to procure another minister for themselves. This, together with permission to the church to settle Mr. Chauncey, was granted by the following order: " This Court having duly weighed the case presented by the church at Windsor respecting the uncomfortable connections there in reference to Mr. Ohauncey's reception, and the dissatis- faction of a considerable number of the inhabitants as to his settling. Do therefore, upon the earnest solicitation of the dis- senting party, as an expedient to their mutual peace and settle- ment, grant liberty to those inhabitants that are unsatisfied and can not close with Mr. Chauncey, if they see meet, to pro- vide or procure an able orthodox minister, such an one as 1 Col. Rec, II, 73. 2 Ibid. 176 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. the General Assembly shall approve of; and this court leaves the Church at Windsor at liberty for settling Mr. Chauncey and calling him to office; and in the mean time and until an- other be procured and resident in the work of the ministry at Windsor by the aforesaid inhabitants, this court expects and orders that all persons at Windsor shall contribute according to their proportions to the maintenance of Mr. Chauncey ."^ Accordingly the dissenting party having made choice of the Eev. Benjamin Woodbridge, requested permission of the As- sembly to enjoy his services as their minister. Whereupon May the 18th, 1668, the " Court declares that they shall not dis- approve of Mr. Woodbridge's continuance as a lecturer there, and that if the church and Mr. Warham shall so far condescend for peace as to give liberty for Mr. Woodbridge to preach once a fortnight on the Sabbath, as well as on the week day, until some further time be obtained to improve some other way as an expedient for the peace of Windsor, it shall be acceptable to this Gourt."^ Also, Mr. Warham having enquired of the assembly, whether they had intended by their order of the previous October, to authorize the withdrawal of any members of the church, was affirmatively answered "that the dissenting party mentioned in the order are those that have liberty granted them." The dissenting party, however, could not long remain con- tented with the limited functions allowed to Mr. Woodbridge; and it is also quite probable that Mr. Warham had not "seen fit to condescend for peace sake," that Mr. AVoodbridge should officiate on the sabbath. That the adherents of the latter made strenuous efforts to secure a town vote in his favor, and that public feeling ran high on the subject, is sufficiently evidenced by the following entry on the town records, in a strange hand, to which is appended the formal protest of the town clerk: August 8th. At a town meeting warned by the townsmen, by tlie desire of several inhabitants, to see the desires of the town concerning giving Mr. Woodbridge a call to preach once on the Lord's day, and it was voted by a full vote. This as a proviso: I here express to clear myself from having any hand in assenting to the warning of the town meeting, so iCol. Eec.,i, 76. 2 Ibid, 11, 85. AN EPISODE OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 177 called, as George Griswold has entered in this Book, Aiig't. the 8th, — 68 — for he and some others came to [my] house after they had been together, and desired me, being the town recorder, to enter their town vote, made this day, that Mr. Woodbridge shall have liberty to preach on the Sabbath. I told him I would not have no hand in the business, nor enter their vote. Then he desired me to let him have the town Book, wherein I used to enter such things. He being a townsman I laid the Book upon the table, and there he wrote himself what is entered by his own hand. This I testify, Matthew Grant. Augt. 11th, 1668. Sept. 28th. Also Voted that the townsmen should get the meeting house to be set in good repair, every way that it needs, and to be made comely, upon the town cost. Dissension, however, continued to reign supreme, and the assembly then had to resort to, that most unsatisfactory of all resorts, an ecclesiastical council. Oct., 1668. "This Court by reason of several applications, that have been made to them both by the officers of the Church of Christ at Windsor, and also by the dissenting party, arc to their great grief very apprehensive that those divisions that have been among them there, are not healed, and therefore can not but declare that they are very studious to promote the public peace of the Church and town of Windsor. And in order thereto, this Court doth desire and appoint the Rev'' Mr. James Pitch, Mr. Samuel Wakeman, Mr. Gershom Bulkley and Mr. Joseph Eliott, to meet at Windsor the 4th day of the second week in April (or sooner if they see cause) there to hear all and what- soever shall be represented to them by the Church of Christ at Windsor, or by the dissenting brethren and inhabitants there, in reference to Mr. Chauncey's invitation, reception, election and ordination to office in the Church of Christ at Windsor; and also whatsoever shall be objected against the procurement, entertainment, continuance and improvement of Mr. Woodbridge at Windsor. And when they have heard what they have to say, of both sides, they are desired and empowered to settle an accomodation between the church and dissenting brethren of Windsor, if they can attain it. But if, after all their endeavors the aforesaid Gent" can not attain an accomodation or issue to satisfaction, they are desired and by this Court ordered to make a return how they find the state of Windsor, with their advice annexed; what way in their judgments maj' be the most agree- able to rule to settle peace in the ciiurch and town of Windsor. But if, by any Providence of God, any of the aforementioned Gent'' should be hindered from meeting the aforesaid time, they are desired to take the next opportunity to attend the aforesaid 23 178 HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. service, so it be before the General Court in May next. And for the mean time this Court grants Mr. Woodbridge liberty to keep a lecture at Windsor once a fortnight on the 4th day of the week, that the inhabitants of that plantation, as their occasion will permit, may religiously and without offence attend the same, and not on the Sabbath without liberty from the Eeverend Mr. Warham; which is all at present this Court sees cause to grant.''"- This council, however, was unsuccessful in its attempt to reconcile matters, and by their advice, the dissenting party were at last permitted to euibody themselves into a separate church organization. May, 1669. "The precedent Court having desired and im- pounded Mr. James Fitch, Mr. Gershom Bulkley, Mr. Samuel Wakeman and Mr. Joseph Eliott, to hear all that should be presented to them by the Church of Windsor or by dissenting brethren and inhabitants there, in reference to Mr. Chauncey's invitation, reception, election and ordination, and also what- soever should be objected against the procurement, entertain- ment, continuance and improvement of Mr. Woodbridge at Windsor, and when they have heard what they have to say of both sides, to settle an accomodation in that case, and the said Gent" having heard and considered and returned in writing under their hands the sense of that case, and their advice for an accomodation suitable to the present state of matters there. This Court doth, according to the serious advice of those said Gent", approve that both those Gent", viz: Mr. Chauncey and Mr. Woodbridge abide in their respective improvements as formerly, till such time as either there be a greater appearance of the settlement of their peace in the enjoyment of these, or some other orderly means (to be promoted by the civil authority) may be used for the procuring of another minister, so as may be for the union and satisfaction of the whole, or till some other expedient be ordered by the Court. And it is ordered that a copy of the Elders' advice be delivered to the Church of Wind- sor, and another copy to the dissenting party. And it is desired they would severally declare to the next court in October, their consideration about it."^ Oct. 16, 1669. "This Court finding to their great grief that the differences and dissensions at Windsor, do, after many means of healing yet continue, and no appearance of a mutual compli- ance as yet presented in their last return to what the Court recommended, therefore they see not cause to deny liberty to 1 Col. Rec, II, 99. 2 Ibid, II, 113. AN EPISODE. OP ECCLESIASTIOAL HISTORY. 179 those dissenters to meet distinctly for the present and orderly and regularly to imbody themselves in church state, according to law, when they shall seekit.''^ They lost no time in acting upon the consent so reluctantly granted by the court. Mr. Woodbridge was ordained over the new church on the 18th of March following (1669-10), ^ and the old Town House was fitted up and occupied as a place of wor- ship. ^ It might have been supposed that the two churches would now have pursued their respective ways in peace and quietness. But bitter words and uncharitable thoughts were yet rankling in the hearts of those who should have been brethren, and as we shall see, the calm was but temporary.* In the midst of these uncomfortable bickerings and disputa- tions, Mr. Warham died. He expired, April 1st, 1610, having been for forty years minister in New England, six at Dorchester, ICol. Rec.,n, 124. 2 In Mr. Simon Bradstreet's Journal {N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, ix, 45) is the following item : "March 18, '69-70. My Br. Benjamin Woodbridge was ordained minister of the Presbyterian party (as they are accounted) of Wind- sor." The Rev. Mr. Bradstreet of New London, was both cousin and brother- in-law of Rev. Benj. Woodbridge (see Gen. Reg., ix, 118), and it is hardly pro- bable that he was either misinformed, or would be apt to say " ordained," unless he meant it. I have therefore preferred to adopt his account, in direct opposition to that of Trumbull, who says (Hist. Conn., i, 470) that neither Mr. Chauncey nor Mr. Woodbridge were ordained. 3 This Town House stood in the northeast corner of tha Palisado, near the spot now occupied by the house north of Mrs. Giles Ellsworth. (See chapter on Distribution and Plan of Ancient Windsor.) * " The humble application of the distressed and grieved inhabitants of Windsor, requesting the Court to direct that the disaffected have the meeting- house their share of the time on the Sabbath and not cause a division. The experience we have had doth give us a test of the ruins of division. If there can be no union obtained by all endeavors that are used we are apt to think that time will bring such desolations upon us. We thank God 'tis the same Gospel truths that are preached by our minis- ter and by the others and to find out the reason why one must take all the labor upon himself, and the other must be silent and have his mouth stopped when we have need of variety of gifts, doth puzzle other heads than ours. [Signed] Thos. Stoughton, [Dated] May 13, 1670. George Griswold, Timothy Thrall, [for the rest.] 180 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. and thirty-fouT at Windsor. The little that is known of him is contained in the following passage from Cotton Mather: " The whole colony of Connecticut considered him as a prin- cipal pillar and father of the colony. I suppose the first preacher that ever preached with notes in our New England, was the Rev. Warham; who, though he was sometimes faulted for it by some judicious men who had never heard him, yet when once they came to hear him, they could not but admire the notable energy of his ministry. He was a more vigorous preacher than most of them who have been applauded for never looking in a book in their lives. " But I have one thing to relate concerning him which I would not mention, if I did not, by the mention thereof, propound and expect the advantage of some that may be my readers. Know then that, though our Warham were as pious a man as most that were out of Heaven, yet Satan often threw him into those deadly pangs of melancholy, that made him despair of ever get- ting thither. Such were the terrible temptations and horrible butfetings undergone sometimes by the soul of this holy man, that when he has administered the Lord's Supper to his flock, whom he durst not starve by omitting to administer that ordin- ance, yet he has forborne himself to partake at the same time in the ordinance, through the fearful dejections of his mind, which persuaded him that those blessed seals did not belong unto him. The dreadful darkness which overwhelmed this child of light in his life, did not wholly leave him till his death. 'Tis reported that he did even set in a cloud, when he retired into the glorified Society of those righteous ones that are to shine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father, though some have asserted that the cloud was dispelled before he expired. "What was desired Johannes Mathesius, may now be in- scribed on our Warham for an Epitaph. Securus recubo hie mundi pertsesus iniqui; Et didici et docui vulnera, Christe, tua.' Six years had now elapsed since the death of Mr. Warham, during which the two churches of Windsor, under the respect- ive care of Messrs. Chauncey and Woodbridge, had dwelt together, not in harmony perhaps, but with comparative quiet. It was a quiet, however, which the most trivial cause could not fail to disturb, nor was that cause long wanting. Both the 1 Magnalia, i, 442. " Saviour! with life o'ertasked, oppressed, forlorn Thy Cross I preached — Thy Cross too, I have borne ; But now I rest." AN EPISODE OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 181 Old Meeting-House belonging to the original church, and the Town House, occupied by Mr. Woodbridge's church, had been for some time past in very dilapidated condition, and much needed repairs. Consequently on June 8th, 1616, " the Towns- men met, and considering the ruinous condition our meeting- house is in, we do agree to get [it] set in good repair; the cost of doing it to have it paid by a town rate, which work we do determine to have to be done. Witness our hand. Matthew Grant, John Loomis, Jacob Drake, Thomas Bissell, John Mauds- ley."i The Woodbridge party, probably thought that the Town House which thej' were occupying needed repairs quite as much as the Meeting-House. For at the following meeting of the town a paper was "presented by George Griswold, Timothy Thrall [and] Job Drake as foUoweth: "To our respected friends the townsmen of Windsor. Whereas there was a voat sometime passed by the town that both Meeting-houses here in Windsor, in respect to the cover- ing outside, should be repaired on a general or town account, and the old meeting-house, as we apprehend, is already done in answer to that vote: We therefore whose names are under- written as a Committee, in the name [and] behalf of the new congregation here in Windsor, do hereby present to you that the New Meeting-house may also be speedily done, there being great necessity of it, and we desire and request [it] may be es- pecially attended; or if not you would give an answer to return to the company whom we represent, that they may consider what is to be done in that matter."" To this the townsmen returned the following answer: "Whereas we received a writing, dated July 21, 1616, from some of our friends, wherein they declare that formerly there was a town voat that both the meeting houses should be repair- ed upon a town account, and that they do apprehend that we have gone on to repair the old Meeting-house upon the account of that vote, and therefore [they] desire [us] as speedily to re- pair the new one, or else to give them a speedy answer. There- fore we having considered the matter, as it is presented to us; we do give this answer: that we have endeavored to repair the old meeting-house, and do intend to perfect it as soon as we can upon a town charge, but not out of any respect to such a vote as you say was lately passed, for we know of no such 1 Town Acts, Bk. ii, 40. 2 Ibid. 182 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. vote — but we did as looking at it to be a proper estate [cus- tom] of the whole town, from the first setting' up till now, for such a use as it is now put to. Therefore we looked at it to be a proper work of the townsmen to look to the repairing of it. And as to the town house we looked at it be as properly the town estate as ever, yet it being taken into the hands of some part of the town and improved to another use than was agreed by the town, and by them made incapable for that [former] use, that it was first intended [for], therefore now we do apprehend it is not the work of the townsmen to meddle with it upon the account of a reparation [repairing], until it be set in the state it was at the first, and then we look at it to be the townsmen's work to put it in repair." Matthew Grant, John Loomis, Jacob Drake, Thomas Bissell, John Maudsley.^ In this refusal to repair the Town House it is easy to discern that the townsmen, representing the orthodox, or First Church, were unwilling to recognize, by any official act, the existence or legitimacy of the new congregation. The repairing of a town house, occupied by the dissenters, " on a town account," would have been a concession which they would not make, and a precedent which they dared not establish. The Woodbridge faction, of course, did not quietly submit to being thus tacitly ignored and snubbed by their fellow citizens, and contention again arose in Windsor. At length, at a towns meeting held September 22, "16, it was proposed "to make choice of indifferent men out of some other towns, who shall have power to advise and determine in what way and manner the two public meeting places of the town of Windsor shall be repaired. Also 3 men shall be chosen, one party [to] choose one, and the other party [to] choose one, and the third to be chosen by those two men so chosen. This was voted affirma- tively, and the man chosen by the New Congregation is Captain Allyn, and the man chosen by the other is Major Treat." Finally at a Town meeting held on November 2d, "it was voted by the major part that the old meeting-house and the other companies' meeting-house or Town house shall both of 1 Town Acts. AN EPISODE OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 183 them be repaired both on the outsides of them, on the town cost." Here their diiBculties rested for a short time. The Old Meeting House and the Town House were both repaired, and at a town meeting, February 11th, 1617, it was "appointed and desired that Mr. Wolcott, Sen'r, Capt. Newberry, and Capt. Clark, with the townsmen, should order persons seating in the meeting-house." During the two years which followed, various attempts at reconciliation and reunion of the two churches, were made. But here a new difficulty arose. The First Church insisted that those members who had withdrawn themselves and joined the Second Church, should be examined before readmission to the First Church. The Second Church claimed that this was unne- cessary, inasmuch as they had been members of the First Church, " in good and regular standing," and were at that time members in full communion with the Second Church. But the First Church, in the pride of their orthodoxy, and the uncharita- bleness of their hearts, stood firm on this point. At length, January 31st, 1671-8, a council of fourteen members, was mutually called by the two churches. This council advised, " that the two congregations reunite and walk together in the same way and order, and this way of order, whereunto they shall meet in their future walk, shall be the known and settled walk of the First Church, which we understand to be the Congregational way of Church order." ^ That " those who wore originally members of the First Church be admitted; and those who after the division, joined the New Church, be examined, if there was any objection to them, by the Rev. Mr. Rowlandson and the Rev. Mr. Hooker." 1 There is, to our mind, au especial significance in this frequently recurring phrase, " the Congregational way of Church order." Taken in connection with the term Presbyterian, as applied to the Woodbridge party in Windsor by Simon Brad.street (see note to p. 179), and other similar terms, it seems clear to our minds that Presbyterianism was creeping into the churches, and as such was recognized as a foe to the established or Congregational order. The Synod of 1708, at Saybrook, evidently developed many latent seeds of Presbyterianism in Connecticut. 184 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. That " Mr. Chauncey be continued in his office and employ- ment, acting- according to the professed Congregational princi- ples; and that Mr. Woodbridge be received to communion and assist in preaching." This advice was partially complied with. The following August, the Second Church^ send a communi- cation to the First, stating that, "we are satisfied in ourselves respecting our churchhood and churchmembership;" and afBrm- ing their understanding of the council's advice to be that they (the Second Church) be received in a body, "without any trial of their fitness," by the First Church. This communication being read to the First Church after meeting on the sabbath, they voted "that they understood the Council's act otherwise, and should wait the Council's session for the clearing up of the matter." On the 14th of January, 1618-9, "at a town meeting, the congregation in Windsor being met, did by their vote choose six men, who are desired and empowered to consult with the present Hon''^° and Eev'' Council, and any others able to advise, to what person to make application unto, to procure him to carry on the work of the ministry, in this place, and so to return the Council's advice given to the congregation to carry it on to effect — to procure the person to settle amongst us here in Windsor in the work of the ministry. The above written is voted — and the persons chosen for a committee are the Wor" Mr. Wolcott, Capt. Newberry, Capt. Clark, John Loomis, Jacob Drake, John Bissell." Attest. John Allyn, Secy. James Richards.^ " It was also voted that Mr. Chauncey and Mr. Woodl5ridge shall carry on the work of the ministry in Windsor jointly to- gether, uutil a third minister be settled amongst us."^ The Council recommended the Rev. Samuel Mather, of Bran- ford, and the Rev. Isaac Foster, as suitable candidates for set- tlement. And, January 2Tth, 1618-9, " The Congregation being met to consider the return of advice that the Committee received from the Hon^'^ Council — Mr. Ma- 1 Through John Hosford, Timothy Thrall and Jacob Gibbs. 2 Town Acts, Bli. ii, 48. 3 Ibid, Bk. 11,48. AN EPISODE OP ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 185 ther being put to vote, there was forty-seven affirmative votes, and seventy-one negative. And for Mr. Foster, eighty-three affirmative and forty-four negative." Also, " the congregation having passed a vote vi'herein they declare their desire to procure Mr. Foster, if he be free and suitably persuaded and accomplished to carry on the work of Christ in the ministry here amongst us, do therefore desire the committee latelj- chosen to apply to so many of the Hon'^''' and Rev"* Gentlemen with whom they lately advised as may be (con- veniently) come at, and with all convenient speed, procure not only their concurrence but assistance in obtaining the said Mr. Foster, provided it appears by sufficient information from such Hon'''6 and Rev* Gent"^ in the Massachusetts {colony] to whom we shall apply by a messenger that he is not only congregation- ally persuaded, but otherwise accomplished to carry on the work of Christ amongst us."' The committee accordingly waited upon the council, and in due course of time received the following reply i^ Hartford, April 10, 1619. Gentlemen: We have perused the letters of Eev. Mr. Dakes and Mr. Mather in answer to ours concerning Mr. Foster: and entertain their testimony of him as to his parts and piety with great satisfaction and thankfulness. There seemeth to us a doubtfulness still abiding concerning his persuasion in point of church order; by reason of which we can not advise you immediately to make ap- plication to him; but rather think it advisable to send down Capt. Newberry and John Loomis with letters from Oapt. AUyn, Mr. Richards, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Whiting, to the Rev. Mr. Dakes and Mr. Mather, requesting them that they would improve their interest in Mr. Foster to gain a true discovery of his judgment in the premises, and in case they can obtain so much from him as shall capacitate them to assert that he is congregationally persuaded according [to the] synod [s] [of] '48 and '62, that then they be entreated to lend their helping hands to promote the motion to him and persuade him to come to you: otherwise not to meddle. This is the sum of our present thoughts. To which we add our earnest prayers to the Father of lights for his gracious guidance and blessing, and remain your Friends and servants, John" Allyn, James Richards. Samuel Hookek. John Whiting. 1 Town Acts, Bk., 48. 2 Ibid, II, 50. 24 186 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. " At a town meeting, April 14th, the congregation unanimously voted their acceptance of the advice sent from the council." They also " voted their willingness to give the said Mr. Fos- ter an invitation to the work of the ministry" amongst them, and that in case of his acceptance of the same " there shall he allowed him for the first year, if he stay so long with us, the sum of seventy pounds." "The Congregation also by vote, desired and empowered the Committee to draw up a letter to Mr. Foster," which being done and read to the congregation, was " by them approved and ordered to be improved by the messengers, Capt. Newberry and John Loomis, according to the advice sent to us by the Council."^ The messengers accordingly went to Massachusetts and brought back a favorable report. The congregation invited Mr. Foster to come to Windsor on trial, which he did, and gave them such " full satisfaction of his parts, ability and per- suasion, and some test of his labors,"^ that they tendered him " a unanimous call" to settle among them. .£100 per aanum for his support was voted, and Capt. Daniel Clark was delegated "to accompany Mr. Foster to the Bay, and further his return again." The prospects now seemed bright, of a speedy reunion and restoration of harmony to the unhappy and divided churches of Windsor. But, for some unexplained reason, Mr. Foster did not settle there, and the partial union between the parties was again broken. In the contentions which ensued, as in those that preceded, it is not easy certainly to discover, which side was most to blame. Both parties undoubtedly had good causes of complaint, and it was natural that they should be tenacious of the principles and rights for which each had so long and warmly contended. And it is quite as probable that matters in themselves comparatively trivial, had, by the heat of passion and the long continuance of dispute, assumed an undue importance in the eyes of the dis- putants. Yet we can not avoid the inference, from the docu- mentary evidence before us, that the chief thing which fomented and perpetuated this unhappy feud, was an unwillingness on the part of the First Church and its pastor, Mr. Chauncey, to 1 Town Acts, n, 61. AN EPISODE OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 187 make any concession towards the other party. They seemed to have considered the Second Church as rebels, who should be received, if received at all, only on terms of unconditional sur- render. But we will allow the records to speak for themselves. At a Town-meeting-, October 2'?th, 1619, "it was proposed to the Congregation whether they apprehended themselves under the power of an Ecclesiastical Council, and whether they were willing so to remain under the said Council." Voted in the negative. Also George Griswold and Jacob Drake were desired "to re- pair to the Rev. Mr. Chauncey, and to desire him that both him- self and the church with him would return their determinate answer whether they will admit Mr. Woodbridge to preach once on the Lord's day, as the Hon. Gov"^ and the worshipful Capt. Allyn have desired in their last letter.'' In case of a nega- tive answer from Mr. C. and the church, "the townsmen are desired to apply to the Civil Council in Hartford for their appro- bation and countenancing Mr. Woodbridge in preaching together with Mr. Chauncey, until we can be otherwise provided for."^ Mr. Chauncey and his church probably returned a negative answer, for we next find (Dec. 14, '19) that a committee of ten were appointed in town-meeting " by order from the Governor and Magistrates" * * * " to act in endeavoring to [obtain] a supply in the ministry." This committee, however, composed of the following individuals, Mr. Wolcott, Sr., Capt. Newberry, Capt. Clark, George Phelps, John Loomis, Henry Wolcott, Jr., John Bissell, Thomas Bissell, John Moore and Cornelius Gillet, was not acceptable to the people, 21 only voting in their favor at the town-meeting of January 3, 16*19-80.^ IDec. 2, '79. Voted to allow £80 to be divided between Mr. Chauncey and Mr. Woodbridge according to their "respective times and pains in the min- istry." It is very probable that at this time, the Second Church was the largest, as the passage of this vote in town meeting would argue the weight of influence to be on their side. 2 Where the real trouble was, we may perhaps learn from the following : Job Drake, George Griswold, John Moses and Timothy Thrall [all active members of the Second Society or Woodbridge faction] subsequently presented to the governor and assistants a paper, dated July 5, 1680, containing sundry high charges, and the marshal was sent to bring them before the governor and 188 HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. In May following a council was convened, which gave the same advice as that of 1671. In July, the assembly again interfered and ordered the Sec- ond Society to suspend their meetings on the sabbath and pub- lic days, and to unite with the First. "All actings contrary will be esteemed, contempt of authority ."^ Still the Second Church continued refractory. Meanwhile Mr. Chauncey had left Windsor, and a Mr. Stow^ was preaching in his place to the First Church. Mr. Woodbridge still remained. The assembly, finally, was obliged to issue another perempto- ry order, Oct. 14th, 1680: " This Court, having considered the petition of some of Windsor,^ and the sorrowful condition of the good people there, and finding that, notwithstanding all means of healing afforded tbem, they do remain in a bleeding state and condition, do find it necessary for this court to exert their authority towards the issuing or putting a stop to the present troubles there; and this Court do hereby declare, that they find all the good people of Windsor obliged to stand to, and rest satisfied with the advice and issue of the council they chose to hear and issue their matters; which advice being given and now presented to the Court, dated January, 1611,* this Court doth confirm the assistants. They acknowledged the paper, and "did openly recognize the said scandalous and offensive writing, declaring themselves to be of the same mind." The court therefore bound them over in bonds of £10, to appear before the court in October, " and answer for the defamation of authority in the said writing so avowed and justified as before, and contempt of authority * * * * to the orderly and peaceable settlement of ministry in Windsor, according to lawful appointment," The court also did " farther enjoin and require the said persons, and all concerned with them, to carry peaceably towards their neighbors of the Church of Windsor, and not interrupt or dis- courage the committee appointed by lawful authority to provide an able ministry for the said church of Windsor." See State Archives, Ecclesiastical Papers, I, 74, 77, 78. Also, Col. Rec, in, 72. 1 They also advise the good people of Windsor to assist Mr. Woodbridge in the transportation of his effects to the Bay. 2 Probably Mr. Samuel Stow of Middletown, who afterwards (1681) preached at Simsbury for 4 years. Although never settled, he formed the First Church in that town. 3 State Archives, Towns and Lands, i, 77. See also same volume, Nos. 63-68, 71-79. 4 Ibid, I, 63. AN EPISODE OP ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 189 same, and order that there be a seasonable uniting of the Second Society in Windsor with the first, according to order of the council, by an orderly preparation for their admission ; and if there be objection against the life or knowledge of any, then it be, according to the council's advice, heard and issued by Mr. Hooker and the other moderator's successor; and that both the former ministers be released. And that the committee appointed to seek out for a minister, with the advice of the church and the town collectively by their major vote, do vigorously pursue the procuring of an able, orthodox minister qualified according to the advice of the Governor, and Council, and ministers, May last; and all the good people of Windsor are hereby required to be aiding and assisting and not in the least to oppose therein or hinder the same, as they will answer the contrary at their peril." Soon after a communication without date is sent to the as- sembly, by the Second Society, complaining that the First Church would not receive them, and would not abide by the advice of council.^ " Our communicants," say they, " are not entertained or ob- jected against [if they had been objected against they could have obtained certificates of orthodoxy from Mr. Rowlandson and Mr. Hooker] neither we or our minister could enjoy com- munion in sacraments, nay the sacrament was professedly put by, that we might not. ***** Indeed we did enjoy the preaching by our minister, and maiutainance by the whole [town] a little while, and then were jostled out of that too." They furthermore profess their willingness that the First Church should call Mr. Chauncey back again, or get another minister, but even if this is granted, " we are yet suflering that we had it not above two years and a half ago." Tradition says, and it seems quite probable, that the people of Windsor had, by this time, become so disgusted with their own wranglings, and so dissatisfied with those vyho had preach- ed to them, that they unwittingly found themselves united in one point, viz: to seek a new minister. And at a town meeting held on March 11th, 1680-81, "It was voted unanimously, that Mr. Mather, of Branford, should be sought unto and endeavors speedily [made] to secure him, if God shall succeed, in the work of the ministry, and to tender to him a salary of £100 per year." 1 Probably the 1st Church atill insisted on terms which the 2d considered as unjustly rigorous. 190 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. In May following (1681), Mr. Woodbridge's connection with the Second Church was severed. That there was some difficulty in the matter, and possibly some bard feeling, is evident from the fact that he complained to the assembly, of injustice done to him by the Second Church. To this the assembly replied (May 19, 1681) as follows: " This court having heard Mr. Woodbridge, his petition, do find that it may be difficult to come to a just issue of the case, and that it may be hazardous to the peace to enter particularly into the bowels of the case, as matters are circumstanced, therefore as a final issue of all matters of strife about demands by Mr. Woodbridge upon the people of Windsor for his labors there. This Court do grant unto Mr. Woodbridge the sum of 200 acres of land for a farm, provided he take it up where it may not prejudice any former grant to an3' particular person or plantation. And this court do recommend it to those of Wind- sor who have been engaged to Mr. Woodbridge, that now at his parting, they would consider their engagements to him, and act towards him as they are in duty bound; and we recommend to Mr. Woodbridge as a friend to peace, that he would rest satis- fied therewith." Meanwhile, the people of Windsor, with a unanimity which must have surprised themselves, were negotiating with Mr. Mather. In July (21), 1681, the town voted to have the Town House (previously occupied by the Second Church) "finished and made suitable for the entertainment of Mr. Samuel Mather, if God in his providence sends him amongst us.'' Also voted, to give him £100 upon his settlement, " and the use of the house and lands belonging to it." There was still an impediment in the way of the union of the two societies, viz: some plan of union upon which both could reasonably and mutually agree. But the heartfelt desire for peace and quiet, which now possessed all minds, led them to make the following judicious and Christian resolution. "August 25th, the Congregation being met, do jointly agree to present an invitation to Mr. Mather, and if it may be to obtain him, and leave the pursuance of the union of the two societies, till such time as he is present among us; and we are unitedly agreed in this, that so far as Mr. Mather can be helpful to us, from the word of God, to effect our union together, we shall readily attend. And wherein any person can not con- cur with his apprehensions, we are willing to wait till God shall help us to see reason to concur with him, and in the meantime not to make any disturbance, or occasion any trouble." AN EPISODE OP ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOEY. 191 But it was not until the following Spring (May,'1682) thatthe way was fully prepared for the much desired union. Then the Assembly, "upon application made by the Church in Windsor, re- specting the difBculties they meet with in the settlement of Mr. Mather, all former orders and endeavors not being effectual to remove the impediment that lies still in the way, that the matter of the union may be plainly stated, which is now mainly impe- dimenting unto them, this Court see cause to declare their ready owning of the said Church in the quiet practice of their professed principles in point of order; and so that the forementioned union be carried on in manner following, viz: That Mr. Mather being in due time called and settled in oiSce by the church of Wind- sor, thereupon such of the Second Society as desire fellowship with them in all ordinances (excepting those that were formerly in full communion with that Church, that are returned, or to re- turn to the same standing in it), address themselves to Mr. Ma- ther; and having satisfied him about their experimental know- ledge, and the grounds of that satisfaction by him declared to the Church unto their acceptance, with encouraging testimony given in reference to their conversation, they be thereupon ad- mitted," The plan thus proposed by the court, and which gave the First Church all they ever demanded, seems to have reconciled the previeus difficulties; and a new spirit of harmonious enterprise at once infused itself throughout the town. Yet the task of softening the prejudices and fusing the discordant elements of the two churches, was a work which required time and pa- tience, as well as the exercise of sound judgment and consum- mate tact. All these qualities were in a high degree possessed by Mr. Mather, and probably in the fall of 1684, he was fully ordained and settled in the charge of the united congregations of Windsor.^ At a town meeting in Dec'r of that year, " it was voted, that the town allow ten pounds per winter to be payed out of the 1 We are well aware that Trumbull and all other authorities assert that Mr. Mather was settled at Windsor in 1682. The following vote of the town, Dec. 28, 1684, "to give Mr. Samuel Mather 100 acres of land at Salisbury plains in case he settles in office amongst us ; " and also the record of admis- sions to the church during his ministry (as copied by Mr. Rowland from the original manuscripts of Mr. Mather — see Oh. Rec'ds, which begins thus: " The following were admitted to the church the 1st year, 1685," lead us to the conclusion that 1684 was the true date of his settlement and ordination. 192 ANCIENT HISTORY OP WINDSOR. town rate towards procuring wood for Mr. Mather; the money to be laid out yearly by the townsmen, then in being, so as best [to] attain the end aforesaid. Also that any man may have liberty to bring one load of wood yearly to Mr. xMather; and to be paid for the same out of their town rate, provided they bring it before the first day of February yearly, until the ten pounds be expended. Should there not be so much wood brought to Mr. Mather before the first of February as shall amount to the said sum, then any man may bring wood until the same be [made] up, and be paid as before said, the price to bo three shillings and four pence the load." " It is voted by the town that a new meeting house be built for the more comfortable carrying on the worship of God — and the form of the house to be according to the meeting house at Springfield, unless the committee chosen do see cause to make alteration in height or breadth. The Committee chosen to carry on this matter and to procure and agree with an able workman to do the work, are Benjamin Newberrj', Mr. Henry Wolcott, Nath'l Bissell, John Porter, and Timothy Thrall. Mr. Samuel Mather, the second pastor of Windsor, was in every respect a fit successor to the venerable Warham. Descended from a highly respectable and gifted ancestry, he was one, and by no means the least, of a circle of noble men, whose varied talents and pious lives, have rendered the name of Mather, distinguished among the families of New England, even to the present day. His father, Timothy Mather of Dor- chester, was a son of the Rev. Eichard, third minister of that town,^ and his mother was a daughter of the excellent Major General Humphrey Atherton. Thus highly connected, his earlier years were spent in the enjoyment of all the advantages which the best society of that day could afford. Graduating at Harvard College in Idl, he went first to Branford, Conn. Prom thence he was called in the Providence of God, to Wind- sor, where the powers of his mind, the amiability of his cha- racter, and his piety, speedily won the esteem and love of his people, and composed the difficulties which existed among them. He was then in the prime of his life, grave and dignified in 1 He succeeded Mr. Warham, and had the charge of the new church which was formed after the emigration of tlie old church to Connecticut, 1635. It is a curious coincidence that his grandson slaould succeed Mr. Warham in the charge of the same old church in Connecticut. AN EPISODE OP ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 193 person, faithful and consistent in his daily life, and benignant and winning in manner. His connection by marriage with the daughter of the lion. Robert Treat of Wethcrsfield, afterwards governor of the colony of Connecticut, was in itself happy, and served to increase the influence which his gifts of mind and heart had already secured for him in the public estimation. Thus happy in his domestic and public relations, his life was quietly passed in the faithful discharge of his pastoral duties to this now happy flock. And it is pleasant to record, that during the whole period of his ministry, not one shadow of complaint seems to have darkened his or their pathway. On the contrary, there is abundant evidence that he was the constant recipient of many marks of public and private respect and care. He is known to have published but one work, entitled A Death Faith Anatom- ised, printed at Boston, 1697, with an introduction by his cousin, the celebrated Cotton Mather, which concludes thus: " The author is known throughout the churches of the famous and happy colony, to none of the least whereof he hath for many years been a faithful Pastor; known for his Piety, Gravity and Usefulness more than any recommendations of mine can render him; and my relation to him will readily excuse me, as well as his modesty forbid me, for saying any more." 26 CHAPTER X. King Philip's War. 1675-6. " Black kevenge Looked fkom the heavens — the forest echoed it In the "WILD storm I the winter snows were piled High with its cdeses, and e'en green-garbed spring That brought her birds, her flowers, and grass and light To the cdesed white man, howled revenge to them. And they obeyed the call ; fire, steel combined Marched thro' the woods and filled the depths with rdin." For nearly forty years the New England settlements had en- joyed a season of almost uninterrupted quiet and prosperity. Providence had smiled upon their labors, the wilderness had begun "to bud and blossom as the rose," and there was scarce a cloud upon the horizon of their condition. But suddenly the warwhoop of the Indian rang through the length and breadth of the land, and they awoke from this " sweet dream of peace" to find themselves involved in all the horrors and uncertainties of savage warfare. King Philip and his warriors had appeared on the eastern borders, and their course was marked by mangled corpses and burning villages. In the general consternation which followed, apprehensions were felt of a general rising of all the New England tribes.^ 1 In the better light which time and historic Investigation throw upon this subject, we find that this apprehension was unfounded. King Philip himself inherited a strong friendship for the whites from his father Massasolt, the first to welcome the Pilgrims of the Mayflower — and was faithful to that KING PHILIP'S WAR. 195 We, of the present day, can scarcely realize the terror which filled the hearts of our ancestors as they found themselves again on the eve of an Indian war. The crisis, however, was boldly and promptly met. A momentary blanching of the cheek there might have been, but there was no flinching of the heart among those brave men of Connecticut. The safety of their families, the preservation of their property, the hopes of religious free- dom depended on them, and they bravely prepared to defend the trust committed to them. Fortunately and unexpectedly to them, the war did not reach the lower towns on the Connecticut, Simsbury being the nearest approach that the enemy made. Yet from the suddenness of the war, as well as the exposed condition of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield, those towns were in a continual state of dread and alarm. The inhabitants literally slept on their arms, in constant expectation of an attack. Windsor, particularly, from its widely extended limits, was more exposed than its neighbors; and from its situation on the great thoroughfare between Hart- ford and Springfield, was constantly alive with the hurrying "to and fro" of troops and munitions of war, on their way to the aid of the less fortunate towns above the falls. To all of the numerous levies drafted during the war, Windsor contributed a large proportion of troops; having in the service at different times not far from 125, mostly dragoons. These dragoons, from their greater facility of movement, and better adaptedness to the nature of the service, were constantly employed in rapid marches, bearing despatches and scouting parties. In an old book of rates we find the following names of Windsor troopers, who were in actual service, and received 6s Sd each " on war account.'' trast. He was liurried into the war by the rash and unauthorized acts of some of his young men, and being thus compromised and proscribed by the English, was obliged in self defence to take up the hatchet. Few characters in Indian history are more worthy of stady and admiration than that of the talented and brave, but unfortunate King Philip. The action of the different tribes in tliis war was by no means concerted or similar, and we can not consider it as a general emeute. 196 HISTOET OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Oapt. JobnBissell, John Hosford, Capt. Sam. Marshall, John Bissell, Jr., Anth'y Hoskins, John Moses, Nath'l Bissell, Dan'l Hayden, Thos. Moore, Oapt. Daniel Clark, Joseph Loomis, Mr. John Porter, Edward Chapman, Nath'l Loomis, Mr. Henry Sanders, Tlios Strong, John Terry, Mr. Henry Wolcott. Immediately on the receipt of the news (July Ist) from Massachusetts, the governor and assistants at Hartford, or- dered a detachment of thirty dragoons to the defence of New London and Stonington, which were considered most exposed to attack. On this service were fifteen dragoons and five troopers from Windsor. The next month (August) she con- tributed fourteen dragoons to a relief party to Maj. Pyncheon of Springfield; and also twenty-five dragoons to a levy of two hundred and thirty from Hartford, New Haven and Fairfield counties, ordered by the council "to be in readiness for the march upon an hour's warning, and to have their arms well fixed and fitted for service." Capt. Benjamin Newberry of Windsor commanded the Hartford County troops. On the 31st of the same month, Major Treat moving with his army toward Northampton, learned on his march that Christo- pher Crow of Windsor, while traveling between that town and Simsbury, had been shot at by four out of a party of eight Indians. Halting at Windsor, he sent back to the council for advice, who ordered him to leave thirty (of the Hartford Co.) troops there, and to move on with the remainder of his force. On the same day John Colt of "Windsor was shot at by an Indian, and a party of Indians were seen that evening, skulk- ing around the North Meadow at Hartford. These facts in- duced the council the next day (Sept. 1) to order the immediate return of Maj. Treat with his command to Hartford; requesting him also to send out three detachments of dragoons of thirty each, one party to scout on the east side of the river from Hoc- canum Eiver to Scautic, another to scout on the west side from Hartford to Wethersfield, and a third to search on the west side from Hartford to Windsor — and the troops having fulfilled these orders rendezvoused at Hartford on the following even- ing, when the Major proceeded again on his march to Westfield. KING PHILIP'S WAE. 197 Sept. 3. " It is ordered by the Council, that in the several plantations of this Colony there be kept a sufficient watch in the night, which watch is to be continued from the shutting in of the evening till the sun rise; and that one fourth part of each town be in arms every day by turns, to he a guard in their respective plantations." "All soldiers from 16 to 70 years of age (magistrates, ministers, commissioners, coirmiission officers, school masters, physicians and millers excepted) are to attend their course of watch and ward as they shall be appointed. It is also ordered, that, during these present commotions with the Indians, such persons as have occasion to work in the fields shall work in companies; if they be half a mile from town, not less than six in a company, with their arras and ammunition well fixed and fitted for service." A heavy fine was also imposed on any one who should '' shoot off a gun without command from some magistrate or military commander," except in self-defence, or " for the destroying of some wolf or such ravenous beast." Sept. 4. " For the prevention of danger to travelers upon the road between town and town in this County," — said towns were ordered to keep scouting parties of mounted men on the roads. " Windsor each other day, shall send four men to clear the roads to Simsbury, and two each other day, to clear the roads between Hartford and Windsor; Windsor to begin Mon- day next to Hartford, and Tuesday to Simsbury." Hartford was also to send two men each other day, to clear the road to Wind- sor." The men were to be taken out of the town guard, " and to be upon their work by sun an hour high each day." Sept. 6. " Sgt. Joseph Wadsworth of Hartford, and John Grant of Windsor, were ordered to take twenty men each and pass up to Westfleld and Springfield which were threatened. The following is a copy of their instructions: "To John Grant In His Majesty's name you are required to take under your conduct those dragoons now present, and lead them forth up to Springfield, there to assist against the common enemy, and there to continue till you receive farther orders from the council here, or are called forth to the army by Maj. Treat, or some of the chief commanders of our army. Also, in case you hear that any of our plantations are assaulted by the enemy, you are forthwith to post away to relieve the place or plantation as- saulted ; and in case you should be assaulted in the way, you are to use your endeavor to defend yourself and destroy the enemy. 198 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT M'INDSOE. This signed pr. the Secretary." These troops returned home in a few days by order of the council. Sept. 28. Two hundred bushels of wheat were ordered for the supply of the army, ground and baked into biscuit. Windsor was to furnish 50 pounds. The Springfield Indians, who had hitherto been considered friendly to the English, now treacherously received some 300 of Philip's Indians into their fort, intending to attack and burn the town which was a mile distant. The plot was fortunately dis- closed by one Toto, a friendly Indian at Windsor, on the even- ing preceding the expected attack, and expresses were immedi- ately sent to Springfield, and to Major Treat at Westfield, to warn them of the danger. The Springfield people howeVer were incredulous, and suffered a surprise. They were only saved from utter destruction by the timely arrival of the Con- necticut forces under Treat, who had promptly marched from Westfield to their relief, on receipt of the message from Wind- sor. This was bringing the war pretty close home, and the council at Hartford, at its session of Oct. 5, "Upon occasion of the dangerous and destructive assault of the enemy so near as Springfield, which may increase their insolency to attempt upon our towns suddenly" — "saw cause" to order the immediate preparation in each town of places for defence, to which women and children might repair for refuge, upon any alarm. They also ordered "that the inhabitants of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield — do forthwith set them- selves in their several quarters to join together to gather in their Indian corn, and to bring it and their English corn on the east side of the Great River, into places of best security in their respective towns." All persons were ordered to lend every assistance in their power, and the magistrates were authorized to impress men and teams, " this being a time for all private interest to be laid aside to preserve the public good." (Ool. Rec.) Nov. 4. " It is also ordered, that at Windsor, the town being so scattered as it is, it is difficult to maintain and keep a military watch, do recommend it to the military officers of that town to continue a double walking watch, as hath been formerly attended there since these present troubles have broke forth." (Col. Rec.) About this time, the commissioners of the United Colonies becoming convinced that the Narragansetts, were deeply impli- THE SWAMP MGHT. 199 cated in the designs of Philip, in direct violation of their treaty of peace; resolved to attack them at their own headquarters in Narragansett country. The season indeed was both difficult and hazardous for such an expedition; as they expressed it, " It was a humbling providence of God, that put his poor people to be meditating a matter of war at such a season." They wisely judged, however, that it was better to strike one bold blow at the enemy while in winter quarters, than to delay until the spring, when they would be scattered in different parts of the country. Accordingly a force of 1000 men was raised for a winter campaign, under command of Josiah Winslow, Governor of Plymouth Colony. Of this force Connecticut furnished 300 men, together with 150 Indian allies — all of whom were divid- ed into five companies, commanded by Capts. Seely, Gallup, Mason, Watts, and Marshall, of Windsor. Major, afterwards Governor, Treat commanded the Connecticut troops. They ar- rived at Petty quamscott, on the Hth of December, and after a night of exposure, formed a junction with the Massachusetts and Plymouth troops. After another night spent in the open fields, exposed to all the severity of the weather, they com- menced, at daybreak, their march to meet the enemy, some fifteen miles distant. The Massachusetts troops led the van, those of Plymouth came next, and the Connecticut forces brought up the rear. Wading through the deep snows, they pressed gallantly on, without food or rest, until about one o'clock, when they came in sight of the enemy, who were en- trenched within a fort upon an eminence in the centre of a large swamp. This fort was well defended with palisadoes and a high thick set hedge, and its only feasible entrance was a fallen tree or log, protected in front by a log bouse, and on the left by a flanker. Without waiting to form, the Massachusetts troops dashed forward over the tree, and although they succeed- ed in effecting an entrance, were met with such a furious fire from the enemy that they were obliged to retire with a fearful loss. At this juncture the Connecticut troops came pouring in over the tree, and a small party at the same moment stormed the rear of the fort, which turned the tide of battle. After a few moments of desperate hand to hand fighting, the centre of 200 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. the fort was gained, the torch was applied to the frail and combustible wigwams, and the fate of the Narragansetts was sealed. Amid the shrieks of women and children, rattling of musketry, yells of despairing warriors and exultant cheers of the English, their lamp of life went out, and the dense column of smoke which rose from the smouldering ashes of their homes, was all that was left of some 4000 once brave and happy souls. It was a glorious victory for the English, but it brought sor- row as well as safety to their homes. Six captains and 80 soldiers were killed or mortallj' wounded, and 150 wounded. Nor was this all. Two days of exposure and fatigue, and three hours of hard fighting were followed by a distressing night march of some eighteen miles to headquarters, through storm and sleet and deep snows, bearing with them their dead and wounded. The next morning the snow was exceedingly deep, and the cold intense, so that the jaded and frost-bitten army could scarcely move. Four hundred troops were unfit for duty. The Connecticut troops had suffered more in proportion to their numbers, than those of the other colonies. Capts. Marshall, Seely and Gallup " died in the bed of honor," while Mason was so badly wounded that he died within a year after. " The fire of the enemy," says Trumbull, "was dreadful, when the Con- necticut men were entering, and after they first entered the fort, until the men who came in upon the backs of them, began to fire their large muskets, loaded with pistol bullets, upon the enemy, where they stood together in the closest manner. This at once disconcerted them, and checked their fire in that quarter.'' Windsor had her full share of glory as well as of sorrow in this eventful battle. On the town books the Eecorder has entered the following: " Here I set down the Deaths of several persons who went against the Indians and were wounded that they died. It was on the 19th of December, 1675." Capt. Samuel Marshall, "^ Nath' Pond, Bbenezer Dibble, Richard Saxton, Edward Chapman. 1 Trumbull saj'S, " Marshall was killed as he ascended the tree before the log house." Fourteen are mentioned as killed and wounded in his com- pany. KING PHILLIP'S WAB. 201 John Fitch was also wounded so that he died after his return home.'^ In the State Archives is a petition dated Ma3', 1135, signed by eleven persons, who believe themselves to be the sole sur- vivors of the Swamp Fight, praying for a grant of land for their services.^ We find among them the names of Josiah Gil- let and James Enos, probably of Windsor.^ And this is all that can be ascertained, at this day, concern- ing the names and exploits of those who represented our town in this hotly contested and important battle. The Connecticut troops had suffered so severely that they were withdrawn from active service, but the Massachusetts and Plymouth forces kept the field for the greater part of the season, actively engaged in pursuing and harrassing the enemy, who on their part were neither inactive nor relenting. But to re- turn to affairs at home ■ December 28. The council " thought meet to order and com- mand that those that continue on the east side of the River in the plantations of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield, Ao forth- with repair into good and sufficient garrisons, in such manner for numbers as that in an ordinary course of God's Providence, they may be able to defend themselves; and that their grain of all sorts be brought into the towns or secured in some garrison on that side, and that they kill and secure all their swine that are fit to be killed; and that they keep no arms nor ammunition but in garrison houses, except what they carry about with them; and that they keep and maintain good and sufficient watches by night, and wards by day, for their own defence and security, or else send scouts to range the woods by day, to discover the approach of an enemy." Again in February 1675-6, as Indians seemed to be hovering around, the council warned the inhabitants on the east side of the river to convey all their corn and provisions over to the towns on the west side. In case they did not, they were to establish them- selves and bring all their cattle, hay, &c., into garrisons, and 1 Probate Records. He left his estate to the town as a school fund. See Chapter on Schools. 2 Labelled War, vol. i. 3 Simon Chapman, Eliakim Marshall, Thomas Elgar and Peletiah Griswold, who are on the list are also Windsor names, but whether of Windsor we are not certain. 26 2U2 ANCIENT HISTOEY OF WINDSOE. not go abroad singly, or unarmed. Garrisons of six men each, at least, and well fortified, were ordered to be kept at Nath'l Bissell's (Scantic) ; Thomas Bnrnham's (Podunk) ; Mr. John Crane's, at Nabnck (Glastenbury), and at Mr. Wyllys's farm. In the month of March, the towns of Northampton and Springfield, Chelmsford, Groton, Sudbury and Marlborough in Massachusetts, and Warwick and Providence in Ehode Island, were attacked, and some of them destroyed by the Indians, and the Connecticut settlers felt that at any moment they might hear the warwhoop sounding at their own doors. Therefore the council (March 16) issued the following stringent orders: " In regard of the present troubles that are upon us, and the heathen still continuing their hostility against the English, and assaulting the plantations, to prevent their designs against us, it is ordered, that the watch in the several plantations, about an hour at least before day, in each day, do call up the several inhabitants in each plantation within their respective wards, who are forthwith upon their call by the watch, to rise and arm themselves, and forthwith to march to their several quarters they are appointed to in their [wards] and elsewhere, there to stand upon their guard to defend the town against any assault of the enemy, until sun be half an hour high in the morning, and then the warders are to take their places; and two scouts_in each end of every town are to be sent forth on horseback, to scout the woods to discover the approach of the enemy, and to con- tinue on the scout, going so far into the woods as they may return the same day to give an account of what they shall dis- cover; and the scouts are to take direction from the chief military officer residing in their respective towns, how and which way they shall pass to make their discovery." March 25th, " Capt. Newberry was appointed to improve the soldiers of Windsor, in scouting the woods, and was permitted to appoint some of them to assist Capt. Clark in the remove of the desolate widdow to Windsor, provided they do not stay out above one night." Also " upon a petition from sundry persons in Windsor, that they might have liberty to cut wood near their town, during this present war," the council ordered the authorities there to select such places as they might take wood from. The burning of Simsbury on March 26th, 1616, caused much alarm at Windsor. The settlers of Simsbury were mostly na- tives of Windsor, where they were now living, having removed thither for safety, by previous order of the council. So near an KING PHILIP'S WAR. 203 attack, and the destruction of the houses and goods of their friends and neighbors who were dwelling with them, must have vividly brought to the minds of the Windsor people, the immi- nent danger to which they were themselves exposed. For- tunately these apprehensions were not realized, and the war never again approached so near the homes of Windsor. It was, however, by no means at an end. Repeated successes of the Indians» filled the hearts of the whites with despair, and Massa- chusetts at one time seemed in a fair way to be utterly depopu- lated. The tide soon changed. Captain Dennison and three others of Connecticut organized several volunteer companies, and with the help of a large number of friendly Indians, commenced a guerilla warfare, taking the field alternately by companies, with admirable success. In less than four months they had made ten or twelve expeditions, killed or captured 230 Indians, taken 50 muskets, and 160 bushels of corn, and completely cleared the country of the astonished and flying red-skins. On the 19th of May, Capt. Turner, with 150 choice soldiers, surprised and routed a large encampment of Indians, above the falls now known by his name. The news was received the next day at Hartford, with a request for immediate aid. Capt. Benjamin Newberry of Windsor was dispatched up the river with eighty-one men, thirty-two of whom were his townsmen. On reaching Westfield he was induced by the earnest solicita- tion of the inhabitants (whose garrison had been weakened by the recent engagement) to leave three men who were willing to remain. Arriving at Northampton, he found the people there anxious to march against the enemy. He himself thought it advisable, and writes to the council at Hartford " it will be for great advantage to be so doing as soon as may be." Three hundred Indians were at Quabaug, and he offers, if the council will send Maj. Treat with his forces, or if they would dispatch only fifty or sixty men, to attack the enemy; and the men, he says, " would rather be in action than in garrison; little is likely to be got by garrisoning, whatever may be saved." If the council should not see fit to comply with his request, he asks whether he had not better undertake the enterprise with his own force, and such as he could pick up thereabouts, for he 204 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. thinks the affair should not be delayed. He further suggests " whether it may not do well that Samuel Cross, ^ and those dogs he hath, may not be advantageous to the present motion, to be sent up," probably with a view of employing them to track and hunt the Indians. In the beginning of June, Maj. Talcott took the field with a large force of English and Indians, and spent that and the suc- ceeding month in scouring the country, engaging the enemy wherever he came upon them, and gaining several very decided and important successes. In August, King Philip himself was killed near his old home at Mount Hope, where he had returned, as it were, in despair and desperation, to die. With him died also the hopes of the Indian tribes. His only son, " the last of the family of Massasoit," was sold as a slave and transported to the Bermudas. The once powerful Narragansetts were a " lost tribe.'' The sword, fire, famine and sickness had swept them from the earth. And the war, while it had given safety, and opened a wide door for immigration and improvement, had still been most dis- astrous to the whites. " Twelve or thirteen towns were de- stroyed; the disbursements and losses equaled in value half a million of dollars; an enormous sum for the few of that day. More than six hundred men, chiefly young men, the flower of the country, of whom any mother might be proud, perished in the field. As many as six hundred houses were burned. Of the able bodied men in the colony, one in twenty had fallen; and one family in twenty had been burnt out. There was scarcely a family from which death had not selected a victim." While this was true of Massachusetts and Plymouth, Con- necticut had suflFered comparatively little. Her towns had escaped the ravages of the enemy, and her slain were but few. The Indians within her borders were not only friendly, but aided her in the field. And she had the glorious privilege of repeat- edly assisting her confederates, and of " rescuing whole towns and parties when in the most imminent danger." Yet all this was only accomplished at great risk and expense. Besides 1 Samuel Cross was of Windsor. A DEED OF CHAKITY. 205 guarding her own towns and frontiers, she had sent into the field a larger force, in proportion to her population, than any other colony, and for three years after the commencement of the war, the inhabitants paid 11 pence on the pound, upon the grand list, exclusive of all town and parish taxes." And when the Protestant Irish generously sent a contribution to relieve the necessities of the suffering New England colonies, Connecticut relinquished her share to the more distressed colo- nies of Massachusetts and Plymouth. Nor was this all, but they even sent a voluntary contribution out of their own little store to their " brethren in distress in our neighboring colonies." The Eecord of Windsor's share in this work of mercy, as pre- served by Matthew Grant, ^ forms an appropriate Jinah to this chapter. " This is the account of what persons gave to the voluntary contribution made for the poor in want in other colonies upon motion sent to this colony of Connecticut. It was done June 11, '76. £ Mr. T. Allyn, Benedict Alvord, . ... Jeremy Alvord, Edward Adams, John Bissell, John Bissell, Jr., .... Thomas Bissell, 1 Samuel Bissell, Nathaniel Bissell,. . . 1 John Brooks Benjamin Bartlett, ... Nicholas Buckland, . . Joseph Birge, Samuel Baker, Thomas Barber, Peter Brown, Sara Buell, silver, ... Josias Barber Ephraim Bancroft, ... William Buell Mr. Chauncey, 1 Widow Chapman,. . . Samuel Cross, Nathaniel Cook, Capt. Clark, .... James Cornish, s d 6 6 1 1 3 1 2 5 4 1 1 2 6 3 2 6 1 9 7 1 2 6 1 6 1 8 10 6 2 6 1 10 5 5 jE s d Gabriel Cornish, 1 3 Nathaniel Cook, Jr, and sister 1 3 Bliakim Cook, Jr., . . . 2 6 Job Drake, Sen'r, 5 6 Jacob Drake, 8 Job Drake, Jr., 3 John Drake, Jr. 3 9 Job, his brother, .... 1 3 Lydia, his sister, 6 Israel Dewey, 4 his wife 4 Thomas Dibble, sen'r, 13 Abram Dibble 1 3 John Denslow's wife, flax 9 Josias Ellsworth, 3 Wid. Egelston, cloth, 4 Thomas Egelston,... 2 6 James Egelston, 1 6 Walter Pyler 8 John Fyler, 0'2 6 Zurob'l Fyler, 1 3 Samuel Forward 1 3 William Filley 7 Samuel Filley, 5 1 Old Churcli Record. 206 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. John Filley, Jonathan Gillet, Scnr. Nathan Gillet Cornelius Gillet, .... Nicholas Godard, ... Joseph Griswold, .... Jonathan Gillet, Jr.,. George Griswold,.. . . Josias Gillet John Gillet, Mathew Grant, silver, Samuel Grant, Tahan Grant, John Grant, Walter Gaylord his wife in cloth his son Eliazer, Flax, John Gaylord, Sear.,. John Gaylord, Jr Nathaniel Gaylord,. . Joseph Griswold's wife, Jacob Gibbs, Samuel Gibbs, Kobert Hay ward,... Timothy Hall, Andrew Hillier, Ephraim Howard, ... Hanna Higly John Hosford John Hoskins, John Loomis, and in money Daniel Loomis, Thomas Loomis, Nathaniel Loomis, ... Joseph Loomis, Jr.,. . John London his wife, Deacon Moore, John Moore, Jr., John Moses Simon Mills Mary Maudsly Mary Marshall, Mrs. Newberry, John Owen, Samuel Osborn 2 6 4 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 3 9 2 6 1 3 3 5 8 2 6 2 6 6 3 1 6 2 6 3 2 2 6 2 3 5 2 6 2 6 2 6 1 3 1 6 1 6 5 9 1 2 6 5 1 3 2 6 9 6 6 4 5 6 2 6 7 6 8 6 2 6 1 1 3 £ s d George Phelps, 4 6 Humphrey Pinne,.. . . 2 Sara Pinne 1 3 John Porter, Senr., ... 10 Geo. Phillips, bacon,. 2 9 John Porter, Jr., 3 Nathaniel Porter,. .010 James Porter 2 6 Timothy Phelps 3 6 Thomas Puell, 4 Wm. Phelps, 09 Joseph Phelps 5 Good-wife Palmer, .. . 2 10 Timothy Palmer, 2 6 Humphrey Prior 2 6 John Pettibone's wife, 6 Abra'm Randall 2 6 Thomas Rowly, 13 James Rising, 5 John Rising 1 6 Hanna Rising 13 Samuel Rockwell, ... 2 John Strong, 11 Return Strong, 5 Thomas Stoughton, . . 2 6 Hanna Shadock 13 Joseph Skinner, 2 g Nicholas Senchion, . . 2 6 John Saxton 1 3 George Sanders, 13 Stephen Taylor, Senr, 5 Stephen Taylor, Jr., ..040 Owen Tudor, 6 1 Samuel Tudor 4 William Thrall, 2 6 Timothy Thrall, 2 6 Juda Trumbull 1 6 Hanna Trumbull, .... 1 6 Richard Vore, 1 3 Mr. Wolcott 10 Mr. H.Wolcott, Jr.,.. 5 Samuel Wolcott, 5 Robert Watson, 8 David Winchell, 2 6 Nicholas Wilton, 18 John Williams, 4 John Renard, 2 6 Samuel Wilson 13 CLOSE OF KING PHILIP'S WAR. 207 This generous contribution ofWindsor was, by the following special order of the court, appropriated to relieve the wants of the Simsbury people, and others whose property had been de- stroyed, and who were in circumstances of much destitution. July 10th. "The council, being informed that through the good hand of God upon us, our people of this colony have bountifully, according to their ability, afforded some supply for our brethren in distress in our neighboring colonies, have thought meet to desire that our brethren of Windsor would im- prove what they have gathered of the good people there, to supply those in want that are removed by reason of thi rage [of the] enemy into their town; and that the remainder of it be distributed among the people of Springfield in distress, and those upper towns, according to the good discretion of Deacon John Moore, John Loomis, Jonathan Gillet, Senr., and Jacob Drake." As far as can be ascertained, only one person was killed by the Indians during the war, within the present limits of Wind- sor. Henry Denslow had purchased, in 1662, a tract of land on both sides of Kettle Brook, including nearly the whole of the present town of Windsor Locks. He settled on this purchase about one-half or three-quarters of a mile south of the brook, and his was probably the only family in that part of the town until after Philip's war. Daniel Hayden was his nearest neigh- bor, at the distance of nearly two miles. When the war broke out he removed his family into the centre of the town, but being a courageous man he ventured alone, as tradition informs us, to cultivate his lands. He was killed, however, in the summer of 1676, by the same wandering party of Indians who burnt Simsbury, and who afterwards confessed their crime at Hart- ford. A Mr. Elmor was also killed about the same time, near Po- dunk, in the present town of South Windsor. Edward Bartlett of Windsor, was killed at Westfield, Mass.* 1 His will in the probate office at Hartford, is dated February 24, 1676. CHAPTEE XI. Ecclesiastical and Civil History. Extracts fkom Town Acts. 1685 — 1129. 1685. " At a town meeting, June 23, 1685. It was voted that the town would have a Patent according to charter taken out from the Governor and Company, of the township of Windsor. Also Captain Newberry, Capt. Clarke, Henry Wolcott, Thomas Bissell and George Griswold were chosen to take out the afore- said Patent in their names from the Governor and Company in behalf of the town:" This Patent will be found in the Appendix. 1686. At a town meeting, " also the Town voted that Mr. John Wolcott shall be paid for the horse block he set up, at the ferry; also that the townsmen shall set up a good horseblock at the meeting house on town account." 1690, Peb'y 2. " It was voted that Sarg' George Griswold and Ens" Joseph Griswold shall have liberty to make a mill dam across the river at the upper end of the meadow at Poquon- nuck — provided they build a good grist-mill for the use of the town within 3 years time, and keep the same in good repairs; and that they shall have liberty to build a sawmill at the same place as long as they keep the gristmill in good repair. Always provided that in case said Griswolds fail to build the gristmill within 3 years as before said, then this grant is to return to the town." " 14 Sept., 1693, the townsmen met and took some of the town's lead in view, and found and left at Lft. Return Strong's old house, under the stairs, 359 pounds; and at Mr. John Tyler's 138 pounds, and it is judged under the meeting house north gallery [there is] 500 weight, besides a body of bullets at Mr. John Tylers." EXTEACTS FEOM THE TOWN ACTS. 209 The meeting house may perhaps seem a strange place for the keeping of military stores, but it was a very general custom at that day, as being a central and well protected depot for such purpose. And it must be remembered, also, that our ancestors did not view the meeting house as a consecrated place. They used it. for all public purposes, without any compunctions of con- science, for what some might deem sacrilege. 1696-'!. "At a town meeting, January 19, it was voted that whosoever shall at any town meeting speak without leave from the Moderator of the meeting, he shall forfeit one shilling and it [is] to be restrained by the constable for the use of the town." This would indicate a growing boldness of manners and self- sufficiency, quite in contrast with the decorous propriety of the first generation. Also at the same meeting "it was voted to forbid all persons to make turpentine or rosin within the town bounds." Gov. Roger Wolcott mentions in his Journal that " the year 1691 was a year of great scarcity and mortality. The summer was cool and cloudy, not a month without a frost in it; the win- ter was very long and severe. In February and March the snow was very high and hard. There was a great cry for bread; the cattle perishing in the yards for want; the sickness was very distressing and mortal. Those in health could hardly get fuel, tend the sick and bury the dead. Many suffered for want of fire-wood and tendance." 169T-8, January 17. "Voted that all the male inhabitants of the town from sixteen years of age and upwards shall kill one dozen of black birds, or give one shilling to the town treasury. And whosoever shall kill above his dozen shall have one shilling paid out of the town rate, and whosoever shall kill six black- birds in March or April it shall be accounted as if he had killed a dozen." (Bk. ii, 72.) 1698, April 2. The townsmen thought meet to send Josiah Bartlett to Hadley, to the wife of Caleb Smith, in order to the procuring a cure of his lameness, and we do desire Serg't Por- ter to take care to send him thither, and to do what is needful in that mattet." On the 5th of April following the " Townsmen met, and whereas Josiah Bartlett above mentioned is now at Hadley, we do further empower Serg't Porter in the name of the town, to put him an apprentice to a suitable place, for time as his discretion shall guide." (Bk. ii, 73.) 27 210 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. December 21. " The town voted a desire that the Court would grant liberty to Alexander Allyn to sell wine and other strong drinks, provided he do not allow any to drink it in his house, and that hz sdl cheaper than others that have license. (Bk. ii, 10.) 1698-9, January 31. "The town ohose Lft. Hayden and Ensign Joseph Griswold to take care to prevent the carrying away of the iron ore at the marsh called Tilton's Marsh." 1699, March 14. The town voted to expend £100 pounds in cleaning sheep commons, each man to work out his part. Also A.d per head for killing crows, and the same price as before for blackbirds, and no person hereafter to be fined for not killing them. (Bk. ii, 19.) Also liberty was granted to any person to work iron ore [probably at Tilton's Marsh], provided they should sell " 1000 lb. weight to the people of the town, one fourth part cheaper than the market price." (Bk. ii, 80.) This offer was accepted by Mr. John Elliott. 1100, December 26. " Voted by the town to allow Mr. Sam- uel Mather for his salary for preaching the Word, for the pre- sent year, one hundred and ten pounds." 1101, February 11. Town meeting voted that as there was no stream sufficient for carrying on the iron works, nearer than Stony-brook (in the present town of SufSeld), that the ore found on the commons might be carried there; "and that the inhabitants of Windsor or Suffield may be indifferently em- ployed to carry the said ore, provided the inhabitants of Wind- sor may be employed as well as the inhabitants of Suffield to cut wood in Suffield common, and make and cart coal for the use of the said works." December 29. " Voted to erect a pew between the pulpit and the Great Pew which is on the women's side [of the meeting- house], for the use of Mr. Mather's family during his life or abode in the town." » 1102, June 5. Liberty was granted to certain men, to get turpentine out of the trees already boxed on the east side of the (Connecticut) River, on the condition that they should deliver one fourth part of it, " barrels and all to the townsmen for the town's use." 1103, April 21. £20 was granted by the town, with which to procure "assistance in the ministry" for one quarter. The committee were directed to make application to a certain Mr, EXTKACTS FROM TOWN ACTS. 211 Reade, and if he could not accept, to Mr. Samuel Mather, the son of their pastor. Mr. Mather was not a minister, but he was an educated man, had graduated, from Cambridge, two years before, and probably possessed all the requisite gifts of mind and character for " a supply." In 1703, the term Society is first used on the town records of Windsor. 1107, December 19, the society voted to give Mr. Mather £110 as usual, for the salary for the current year ending in April, " but in case a help be provided, that so much be abated as his oflSce is." It was also agreed " to make application to Mr. Jonathan Marsh, of Iladley, to be helpful in the ministry for half a year." December 30. The society appointed a committee, who should have power to call meetings, order about repairing meeting house, and any other business needful for the society. 1708, March 30. The society voted "to make application to Rev. Jonathan Marsh to desire his continuance with us in the work of the ministry in order to a settlement." This was unanimously voted, except one. His salary was to be dE80 if he performed the whole or the greater part of the labor; but if Mr. Mather was able to undertake one half of it, then Mr. Marsh was to receive ^670 in current country pay, or two-thirds in current silver money. "-And for his further encouragement, voted to give him £100 per year while he continues in the work after the decease of Mr. Mather, besides what shall be done towards his honorable settlement." In January, 1709, they offered Mr. Marsh £100 in " current country pay," in case of his settlement among them; which terms were accepted, and he was ordained colleague pastor with Mr. Mather, some time in 1709 or 1710.^ This mark of respect- ful consideration for the infirmities of their venerable pastor, is further enhanced by their voting him, in December of the same year, £60 " for his honorable maintenance." 1710, December 4. The town voted to give the Rev. Mr. Marsh the improvement of the town orchard, bounded north on 1 Timothy Loomis's memoranda records under date of " August 29th, 1710, Mr. Marsh's /irsi Lecture." 212 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. the highway, and south by John Grant's heirs, so long as he shall continue in the ministry. 1716-11, March 18. " Voted to divide the Law Books belong- ing to the town, according to the list of 1116," the selectmen to divide them into three parts according to the lists belonging to each side of the river. " After the books are divided by the Selectmen as above, that Thomas Moore distribute according to said list on the south side of the rivulet, Israel Stoughton on the north, and Deacon Samuel Kockwell on east side Great Kiver." 1124, September 24. " Voted and desired that the Reverend Ministers of this town recommend the sore and diflScult circum- stances of our good friend Nathaniel Cook, to their respective congregations, to consider his case by way of brief as soon as may be." 1125, May 11. "Voted to sell the town guns at vendue, at the sign post at the beat of the drum." 1125-6, February 24. " Voted that persons from other towns ■who take any wood from the town commons should pay 20s a load." 1128-9, February 3. " Voted that if any person at this meeting or any town meeting to be holden hereafter by the inhabitants of this town, shall presume to speak in town-meet- ing without liberty of the Moderator, he shall pay a fine of 20j to the town treasurer." Judging from the increased fine, the manners of the people had grown much worse, since the similar vote in 1696-1. CHAPTER Xn. Qdeen Anne's War, 1102-1113, and Indian War of 1122-24. " But uow a steener daekness settles down, * * * PlEKCB battle bends HIS FROWN." In May, 1102, Queen Anne of England, the Emperor of Ger- many, and the States General, united in a declaration of war against France and Spain. This, of course, involved the Ameri- can colonies in a French and Indian War. Instantly they wore encircled by a terrible, but unseen, cordon of wily and ferocious enemies. Death hovered on the frontier. " In the following years the Indians stealthily approached towns in the heart of Massachusetts, as well as along the coast, and on the south- ern and western frontiers. Children, as they gamboled on the beach; reapers, as they gathered the harvest; mowers, as they rested from using the scythe; mothers, as they busied them- selves about the household — were victims to an enemy who disappeared the moment a blow was struck, and who was ever present where a garrison or a family ceased its vigilance. If armed men, rousing for the attack, penetrated to the fast- nesses of their roving enemy, they found nothing but solitudes." Bach night was full of horrors, to which day scarce gave relief. Summer's foliage concealed the lurking foe, and his steps fell lightly amid the rustling leaves of autumn. Even winter's icy barriers and drifts of snow were defied by his bloodthirstiness and the snow-shoes which he wore. Deerfield, Hatfield and other towns were attacked, and their flames lighted the path- 2 14 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. way of captives hurried away to a Canadian captivity, the recital of whose horrors still curdles our blood. Amid the accumulated horrors of such a warfare, Counecticut was, as usual, alert and lielpful, botb in protecting her own borders, and assisting her more exposed sister colonies. Every town was put into a complete state of fortification and de- fence, i Simsbury, Waterbury, Woodbury and Danbury, then the frontier towns of the colony, were objects of special care and precaution. The whole militia of Connecticut were held in readiness for active service upon an hour's warning. Indians were employed, with high wages, to range the woods as scouts. Such were the daily trials and anxieties which for many slow years, tortured the New England settlers, and impeded their advancement. Connecticut, although herself untouched, and uninvaded, had many men in the service of the New York and Massachusetts colonies. "August, 1108, one Barber of Windsor was slain a 100 miles up the Great Kiver."^ As may well be imagined, this constant apprehension of assault and surprises had sorely galled and worn upon the patience of the colonists: and when at length, in May, 1709, a demand was made upon them for troops and munitions of vpar, to assist in the reduction of Canada, Acadia and Nevpfoundland, none responded with more alacrity or energy than Connecticut. Three hundred and fifty men under the command of Col. William Whiting, were raised and ready to sail for Quebec by the 20th of the month. General Nicholson (formerly Lt. Governor of New York, and of Virginia) had command of the provincial army which lay in camp at Wood creek, near Albany, awaiting the arrival of the British fleet and forces preparatory to a simultaneous attack on Canada. Disaster to their Portuguese 1 "At a town meeting in Windsor, jMarch 23, 1704-5, named by order of general court to consider about making of fortifications, but nothing was agreed on at said meeting concerning the matter. Also Lieut. Timothy Thrall [was] chosen to take care of the town arms and ammunition, and to be accountable for them, and the townsmen were appointed to agree with him, and to give him a reasonable satisfaction for his trouble." 2 Deaths in Hatfield, Gen. and Hist., Reg. ix, 162. died aboard tlie vessell coming from Albany." QUEEN ANNE'S WAR. 215 allies, however, changed the destination of the fleet to Portugal instead of America. Meanwhile a great mortality prevailed among the troops at Wood Creek; and disappointed in his hopes of a reinforcement from England, Nicholson, early in the fall, returned to Albany. This failure entailed a heavy expense to the colonies, and a loss of more than a quarter of the brave men who enlisted. Captain Matthew Allyn, led a company from this town, in this unfortunate campaign. Wc learn from his lettei's to his wife,^ from the camp at Wood Creek, that himself, " Tim Phelps, Obadiah Owen, Nat Taylok and Bartlett are sick, Taylor the worst." On the town records, are the following entries: "Sept. 24, 1709. Benj'n Newbekky, Jk., died at the camp at Wood creek. October " Hezekiah Bissell, died near Albany. Sgt. Isaac Pinney William Stratton, Stephen Taylor, Samuel Thrall. In this expedition Mr. Timothy Edwards of (East) Windsor, and the Eev. Mr. Buckingham of Milford were appointed by the legislature, chaplains to the Connecticut troops. Leaving Windsor for New Haven in July, Mr. Edwards reached Albany, with a detachment under command of Lieut. Col. Livingston, on the 15th of August. Their march to Albany, throngh a wild and uncleared country, was full of toil and exposure. On his arrival there he wrote a letter to his wife, from which we make the following extract: " Whether I shall have any time to write you after this, I know not; but however that may be, I would not have you dis- couraged or over anxious concerning me, for I am not so about myself. I have still strong hopes of seeing thee and our dear children, once again. I can not but hope that I have had the gracious presence of God with me since I left home, encourag- ing and strengthening my soul, as well as preserving my life. I have been much cheered and refreshed respecting this great undertaking, in which I expect to proceed, and that I shall, before many weeks are at an end, see Canada; but I trust in the Lord th-at he will have mercy on me, and thee my dear, and 1 Wolcott Manuscripts, Library of the Conn. Hist. Soc'y. 216 HISTOET OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. all our dear children, and that God has more work for me to do in the place where I have dwelt for many years, and that you and I shall yet live together on earth, as well as dwell together for ever in Heaven with the Lord Jesus Christ, and all his saints, with whom to be is best of all.''^ On the 20th of August, the troops marched for Wood Creek, but Mr. Edwards being overcome by the unaccustomed fatigue and exposure, was taken sick; and on the 4th of September, was conveyed in a boat to Stillwater, and from thence to Al- bany, through the woods, in a wagon, and on a bed. After remaining a short time, he was, by the failure of the expedition and consequent return of the army, restored in safety to his anxious family and parishioners. Nothing of importance was accomplished the next year (1110) except the reduction of Port Royal, to which Connecti- cut, although poorly able, contributed 300 troops. Flushed with this success. General Nicholson made a voyage to Eng- land to solicit the means for another invasion of Canada. Con- trary to all the expectations of the colonies, he succeeded in his design, and in June arrived at Boston, with the news that a fleet might soon be expected from England, and with her ma- jesty's orders that the colonial government should have their quotas of men and means in immediate readiness for the ex- pedition. But, when the fleet arrived, it had neither pilots nor provisions. The colonies found that nearly the whole burden of the affair was to be thrown upon them, and the suspicion which naturally arose, that Queen Anne's tory ministry were not very anxious about the conquest of Canada, rather served to dampen the zeal which they had for the service. Yet " in a little more than a month from the arrival of the fleet, the new levies and provisions for that and the army, were ready." Connecticut, besides victualing her own troops, furnished New York with 200 fat cattle and 600 sheep. More than this could not have been expected. On the 30th of June, a splendid fleet under Admiral Walker, having on board an army of TOOO troops, sailed from Boston for Canada. On the same day. Gen. Nichol- son began his journey to Albany, where he found himself at the ll Spvngue's Annals of the American Pulpit. QUEEN ANNE's WAR. 217 head of 4000 men from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the latter commanded by the veteran Colonel Whiting. Ad- miral Walker, however, loitering on his way, and calculating the possibilities of winter dangers, was, by a terrible storm, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, among the Egg Islands. Eight or nine vessels were shipwrecked, and nearly a thousand lives lost, and the Admiral sailed for England, consoling him- self that had he "arrived at Quebec, ten or twelve thousand men must have been left to perish of cold and hunger; by the loss of a part. Providence saved all the rest! " The failure of Walker, left Nicholson no option but to retreat. Tlius inglori- ously terminated the campaign which had been heralded by so much preparation. It was a sore blow to the hopes of the colonies, and many began to think that "it was not the design of providence, that this northern continent should ever wholly belong to any one nation." In Timothy Loomis's memorandum book, is recorded that " The Training Day they had throughout the Colonies to press soulders to go take Canada was the 6th of July, 1111. There went out of Col. Allyn's Company seven. The names are as fol- lows: Joseph Holoomb, Thomas Gillet, Benjamin Howard, Benj. Barber, Benedict Alvord, Ebenezer Cook, Nathan Griswold. They set away from Windsor, July 10, 1111. They returned to Windsor againe October 12, 1111."^ The following Windsor men were also in service, in Captain Moses Dimond's Company:^ Lieut. Samuel Bancroft, Sgt. Nath. Pinney, Nathaniel Griswold, Isaac Pinney. Joseph Griswold, KoGER Wolcott (afterward Governor) was Commissary in the expedition. The following year 1712 was unmarked by any occurrence of importance. Various scouting parties were employed in rang- ing the woods. Joseph Phelps, Jr., of Windsor, while engaged in a scout 1 Timothy Loomis's Mamiscripts. 2 State Archives, Manuscript War, iii, Commissary Account of Roger Wolcott, 28 218 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. under Lieut. Crocker, in the summer of this year, had a narrow escape from the Indians, in which he lost his coat, blanket, hat and divers other traps. ^ In 1113, the war, which had grown out of European changes and convulsions, was ended by the treaty of Utrecht, which by establishing the territorial relations of France and her neigh- bors, closed the series of universal wars for the balance of power, and left no opportunity for future contest. The peace between England and Prance, did not wholly relieve the New England colonies from trouble and alarm from their Indian neighbors. The latter, under the insidious influence of the French, continued to show signs of restlessness and ill-will, which in 1124 broke out into actual hostilities. These lasted until the close of 1724, when a satisfactory peace was estab- lished between the Indians and whites. In this war, Massa- chusetts was the heaviest loser. Connecticut, however, was obliged to make heavy sacrifices for the common safety. The whole colony was put into a complete state of warlike defence, but suffered no loss of lives. Besides garrisoning her own frontier settlements, Connecticut furnished and paid iifty or sixty men, each year, for the defence of Hampden county, Mass. The Windsor militia were not called into very active service, during this war. Certain hostile movements of the Indians in the vicinity of Litchfield, in the summer of 1124, induced the government to guard against any sudden attack, by establish- ing a line of scouts, from Litchfield to Turkey Hills, including the most exposed portions of Simsbury. Azaeiah Pinnet, Shubal Griswold and Nathan Watson were stationed at Litch- field on this scout. Watson claimed to have shot an Indian, which was stoutly denied by some of his companions, but as stoutly affirmed on afiSdavit by others. At Turkey Hills a garrison was established, to which nine Windsor men were sent, sis of them remained from July 4th to August 13th, and three until August 22d. On the 12th of July, " an alarm at Turkey Hills " induced the Council to send there, 1 State Archives. QUEEN ANNE'S WAR. 219 three sentinels from Windsor, under Captain Woloott and Lt. Ellsworth. They were however dismissed after one day's service. At length there came a respite from War's fierce ravages. Again " Life, active, prosperous life, Ran tlirougli tlie woods, and mantled o'er the land. As tlie tree fell, the log-hut sprang in place ; The log-hut, like the tent in fairy tale, Expanded to the village." CHAPTER Xn. WiNDSOB, Ea3T of THE GrEAT RiVEK. ( South Windsor.) 1662-1168. " And thus the white kaoe speead, And thus thet scattered their rude clearings through The leafy desert. The tall BLOCEHonsE rose Sokrouhded by its stooping cabin-roofs And belted with its pointed palisades. The axe rung always, and the echoes woke To THE DOM'N-CKASHING WOODS. GrEEN MEADOWS SPRUNG From the wood-moss, and cattle lowed where rose The bleating op the deer, and where the wolf Howled to the moon. The rifle brought auicK death In hard strong hands to the majestic moose And bounding deer. The eagle stooped to it. The darting salmon pelt the barbed point Op the torch-lighted spear — the spotted trout Leaped at the butterfly, and found quick death. The beaver paddling round his ancient stream Pelt the sharp talons op some hidden trap, And meekly died.'' — Strut. Its First Settlement. It will be remembered that the first purchase of land made by the Dorchester People after their arrival on the Connecticut, was upon the east side of the river, within the present town of South Windsor,^ Tradition has always asserted that, at first, 1 See Chapter ou Indian Purchases. EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT EIVEE. 221 they intended to settle here, but that fear of floods induced them to remove to the high lands on the west side. All the evidence, however, which has been presented in a former chapter, tends to show that their original intention was to locate on the present site of Windsor. Yet it is not improbable that this purchase, made during the disputes and negotiations with the Plj'mouth Company concerning their land at Windsor, was intended as a dernier re- sort, and that in case of the failure of those negotiations, the Dorchester party would have effected a permanent settlement on the east side of the river. From this alternative, however, they were relieved by the final agreement with the Plymouth Com- pany in 163T, which left them in quiet possession of the much coveted lauds at Windsor. For thirty years after, there seems to have been no occupation of the lands on the east side, except as a pasturage for their cattle, and some small pieces of mow- ing.^ Tempting as were the advantages offered by its broad expanse of fertile meadow, there were obstacles and dangers in the way of its actual settlement, which could neither be over- looked or rashly encountered. The broad stream of the Great Eiver, at all times an inconvenient highway, was, in the winter season, almost impassable with ice and drift. It was also a serious barrier to social intercourse and mutual aid or protection, while its annual freshets obliged them to build on the uplands at a considerable distance from its banks, and consequently at a greater remove from the main settlement. On those eastern shores, also, dwelt the ferocious Podunks, and their allies the Scantics, who though never overtly mischievous or unfriendly, could hardly be considered as safe or pleasant neighbors. More- over, prudence and the exigencies of the times, forbade any undue increase of colonization, whereby the strength and safety 1 Matthew Grant, in describing the great flood of 1638-9, says that it " endamaged many cattle over the river," i. e. on the aast side ; and in the deed of a purchase of land on that side by John Bissell, Jr., in 1660, mention is made of a piece of ground that " Goodman Haydeu hath formerly to mow." Also, " Sept. 7, 1757, it was voted that the meadow east side of the river be cleared by the 23d." These and many other similar extracts might be adduced to show that the lands on the east side were to some extent im- proved. 222 HISTOBY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. of the older towns might be weakened. Such, probably, were the main reasons which, for many years, retarded the progress of settlement and improvement on the east side of the Great Kiver. The BissELL family, to whom the monopoly of the Country Ferry was granted in 1648-9, were undoubtedly the pioneers of the East Windsor emigration. It is not probable, however, that they had any permanent residence on the east side for many years after that date, as so insolated a position, in the then unsettled state of the country, would have been full of peril to themselves and the common welfare. In January 1662-3, Nathaniel Bissell received from his father John, a deed of property upon the east side of the river, near the ferry, wherein is mentioned a house already huilt. This was undoubt- edly the first and for several years the only dwelling house in East (now South) Windsor;'- and it is probable that John Bis- sell, Senior, himself moved over to the east side in 1662, for in that year he made over without reservation, his former residence on the west side of the Connecticut to his son John, Jr. The numerous purchases and grants which were made during the following ten years, bear evidence that the Windsor settlers justly considered their possessions on the east side of the Con- necticut as among their most important and valuable interests. Indeed the spirit of speculation in eastern lands seems to have been as rife among them, as the " western land fever" has since been among their descendants. In 1672 there was a decided movement towards the settlement of the east side as a distinct town. We learn from the Colony Eecords, that the court, hav- ing at a previous session, granted a considerable tract of land on the east side of the river '' within Windsor bounds," to Capt. Benjamin Newberry, Deacon John Moore and others, received a petition from the inhabitants of Windsor, asking for the post- ponement of confirmation until they could present objections to the same. 1 Thos. Burnham and others had purchased lands at Podunk in 1659-60, but there is no evidence that they were occupied, otherwise than for agricultural purposes. EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT EITER. 223 The court answered this petition thus: "and it is conde- scended to ij Capt. Newberry, and Deacon Moore, that if Windsor plantation at their next town meeting, by unanimous or major vote, of the inhabitants of Windsor, will release their township right in the lands on the east side of Connecticut River that are within their bounds, io make a distinct plantation, on that side of the River, then the said Capt. Newberry, and Deacon Moore engage to release their particular grants, for the accommodating of the said plantation, provided the plantation be confirmed a plantation by this court also, October next, and they have their proportion therein.'' The reply of the town to this accommodating proposition of Messrs. Moore and Newberry, has not been preserved. That it was insufficient to influence the previous decision of the court, is evident, from the record of its subsequent session; wherein they declare that they see " no cause to put a stop to Deacon Moore and Capt. Newberry's" proceedings. These gentlemen, however, were by no means the only per- sons on the east side. Already many individuals, mostly mid- dle-aged or young married men, urged by the adventurous spirit of the day, or by the necessity of larger accommodations for their growing families, had crossed the river, and had built their humble dwellings along the uplands which overlooked the meadows. A road, also, had probably been opened from Scantic to Podunk, for in June 1612, occurs on the town books the fol- lowing " List of Persons on the East side of Great River," who were appointed to work the highways: Thomas Bissell, John Colt, Nathan'l Bissell, Edward Elmor, Sr., Nathan'l Bancroft, Edward Elmor, Jr., Nathan'l Briskall, John Elmor, Thomas Buckland,* Joseph Fitch, Thomas Buckland, Jr., Samuel Grant, John Buckland, JohnHigley, Samuel Baker, Richard Johnson, Samuel Cross, Edward King, 1 Or Burnham. 224 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. William Morton, Stephen Taylor, John Osborne, Jr., Stephen Taylor, Jr., Joseph Phelps, John Taylor, John Porter, Jr., Jonathan Winchell. Samuel Rockwell, The young settlement had but just fairly commenced, when (16'75) King Philip's War broke out. Immediately " great fear fell upon the land." Danger lurked in every bush, and peered from behind every tree; their houses were scattered, their num- bers few; the Indians numerous and suspected; and the broad stream of the Long River cut them off from any immediate help of their friends and neighbors on the west side. In that hour of anxious fear, and torturing suspense, they felt that "in union there is strength." Many removed to the opposite side of the river, and those who remained carried their "lives in their hands." The frequent orders of the council of safety, in regard to places of refuge and precautions necessary to be taken, show how imminent was the danger. Finally the inhabitants on the eastern side of the Connecticut were ordered " forthwith " to remove themselves, with their cattle and grain, to the west side; and garrison houses were ordered to be kept for the protection of the few who were obliged to remain. One of these garrisonB was established at Nathaniel Bissell's at Scantic, and another at Thomas Burnham'a at Podunk. In fact, the settlement was temporarily broken up and dispersed. But soon the war closed. Peace smiled again xipon the settlements, and the tide of emi- gration set back with renewed vigor. The lofty forest trees bowed their heads before the energetic stroke of the settler's axe; the meadows gained new beauty and fertility under his daily toil; and the smoke which curled lazily up from the chim- neys of his cabin, announced to the inhabitants of the old town, that the settleuient "on the east side" of the Connecticut was a fixed fact. Yet this was attended with dangers and hardships almost equal to those experienced by their fathers, on their first arrival in the country, thirty years before. There were the same stub- born elements of nature to be subdued. The Indian was still an undesirable neighbor, and the constant fear of his sudden BAST OP THE CONNECTICUT ETVER. 225 attack, compelled them to carry their arms with them into the field, and even to the sanctuary; while at night they sought a common safety with their families in block-houses. Two of these were built on the Street ; one where John Allen, 2d, and the other where Abizur Porter lived in 1845. ^ Sickness, also, weakened the strength of the settler; for the depressing emotions of fear and anxiety, added to the fatigue and exposure of daily toil, rendered him an easy prey to the malaria which arose from the virgin soil which his plough up- turned, and from the low wet lands on the river. Our information concerning the location of the first settlers is exceedingly scanty, yet it may be remarked, that, as a gene- ral rule, their descendants at the present day, occupy very nearly the same localities. The Bissells, who as before men- tioned were the first, settled at the mouth of Scantic Eiver. Next above them were the Osbokns; and next to them the Stileses. Edward King (the Irishman) had a house on the south side of Podunk as early as 1663. In 1619 Joseph Fitch sold the house he then lived in to John Colt. This house was on the north side of Podunk. In 166T, Samuel Elmor sold to John Elmor, land and " encumbrances " in Podunk meadow. John Porter (Jr.?) built one of the first houses, afterwards occupied by Warham Porter, of the 4th generation. Thomas Ellsworth built the first house above Scantic river, a few rods north of the present line of division between East and South Windsor.^ The three first, and for a considerable time, the only houses on The Hill, were, one on nearly the spot now occupied by Mr. Carlos W. Olapp's residence; one where the house of the Eev. J. B. Tyler now stands; and the third nearly opposite the Academy.^ John LooMis is supposed to have built a house nearly opposite Eoderic King's. His brother Joseph Loomis is supposed to have built a house nearly opposite Horace Filley's present dwelling. It was taken down about 1110.* With these few facts we must 1 Manuscripts of the late Dr. Ebenezer F. Reed. 2 Ibid. 3 Ibid. 4 Ibid. 29 226 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. rest content. The lands of the early settlers all, or nearly all, ran back from the river three miles, thus giving to each one an almost equal proportion of meadow, upland and vt^oodland. The first houses were as a general rule erected on the upland, along the present street from Hartford to Warehouse Point, &c. As their numbers and necessities increased, they gradu- ally moved further back in the woodlands, and there cleared away farms and building spots. Of these later settlements, such as the present town of Ellington, the parish of Scantic jn East Windsor, and Wapping in South Windsor, we shall speak more fully in a subsequent portion of our volume. Attempts to obtain a distinct Church Organization. The first inhabitants of Windsor Farms, ^ for many years at- tended public worship on the west side of the river, and retained their connection with the church and congregation there. But this was accompanied with great inconvenience and, in certain seasons of the year, with so much hardship and even danger, as to induce them, at a very early period, to seek relief. Accord- ingly, in May, 1680, they petitioned the assembly for a separate township, that they might settle a minister, and enjoy religious ordinances of their own. Their request, however, seems to have been denied, as eleven years after, in October, 1691, we find them again urging the matter in the following well-set and expressive language.^ To the Hon' Gen' Court sitting at Hartford, October 8, 1691:' The petition of the inhabitants of Windsor on the East side of the River, humbly sheweth; That whereas by God's pro- vidence, who is the Supreme Orderer of the bounds of all men's habitations, ours are so disposed as that we are incapacitated for attendance upon the public worship of God, in our Towne, without great Trouble, Labor, Hazard, and difficulty on the Sab- bath, which by Divine appointment is a day of rest, and a con- siderable part of our inhabitants being for the most part wholly deprived of any opportunity of enjoying God in his ordinances 1 The term Farms was not uufrequently applied to the outsettkmmts of the older towns. Cotton Mather gives a catalogue of ministers in Massachusetts and Connecticut, in which he mentions "Windsor, Mr. Samuel Mather, and Farmc, Mr. Timothy Edwards." 2 State Archives, Eccl. i, 87. EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 227 ia public worship, and G-od having increased the number of our families to above 50, wherein it is reckoned there are near 300 persons capable to hear the word of God to profit, and appre- hending it inconsistent with the design of our fathers who came into this wilderness that they might enjoy the ordinances of God in peace, without disturbance, and laying out our land for a settlement of so many of us their children on y' side the Kiver, that we should be thereby deprived of the liberty of quietly enjoying God in his ordinances on the Sabbath, & the Town together being by God's Goodness to us able to maintain 2 ministers; We humbly petition that the Hon' Court would be pleased to order that the Town should mutually maintain 2 ministers, and one of the 2 to be settled on the Bast side of the River. We request the Hon' Court to consider that it hath pleased the Hon'^ Gen" Ct to grant an enlargement of 5 miles to our place for the encouragement of the plantation, which is nothing to us, without the enjoj'ment of God's ordinances there. And the extreme hazards, dangers, and difficulties to the most able, and total inability of the greater part to go to the publick meeting at the Town, and the many Sabbaths that none of us can go, forces us to make this our application to this Hon* Court Your compliance herewith will oblige us, & as in duty we are bound to pray &c. Signed by us in behalf of the major ^ Joseph Fitch part of the inhabitants of Windsor >• Nath^ Bissell on the East side of the River ) Samuel Grant S" At their next session. May, 1692, the Court declared that "find- ing a difficulty arising in the case," they were unwilling to ren- der an immediate decision; but appointed Mr. William Pitkin, Mr. Timothy Woodbridge, and Mr. Noadiah Russell, "to meet at Windsor, and to endeavor to bring the people to a comfortable agreement between themselves for settling the ministry to the best accommodating of the people, and to make report thereof to the Court at their next session." The committee was to meet on "Thursday come t night at Windsor." It does not appear from the records, exactly what was the nature of the "difficulty in the case," which influenced this ac- tion of the court. It probably, however, arose from the unwil- lingness of the inhabitants of the town on the west side of the river, to allow the formation of a new society, which would involve a division of the estates, and thus increase their own share of the burden of ministerial support. That this was one if not the chief " difficulty," is evident from the record of the subsequent court, wherein (June 22d) they say, that "having 228 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOK, considered the same " they " do not find the estate of the people to be such as may at this present encourage this Court to grant their petition," and they therefore " recommend it to the inhab- itants of Windsor to a hearty endeavor in the first place to set- tle a comfortable maintainance to their present minister, & then that they (of the West side) do freely grant the people on that (East) side to provide for the settlement of a minister on that side in some good way of their own agreement, for this Court sees that after a little patience the necessity of the case will call for it, & it will be [a matter] of necessity to have 2 places of public worship in that Town, one on each side the river." This sensible advice of the honorable court was followed, and the east side folks held their " souls in patience " for two years longer. But the inexorable " necessity of the case," was still upon them, a burden too grievous to be borne. Conse- quently we are not surprised to find them again agitating the question. April y* 9th, 1694. — We whose names are underwritten, being the inhabitants of Windsor, on the east side Connecticut river, do earnestly desire that we may have liberty to procure and settle a minister among us to be maintained by the present inhabitants and those that shall inhabit with us hereafter.* Joseph Fitch, Sr., James Porter, Nath'l Bissell, John Elmor, Sr., Sam'l Grant, Sr., Joseph Skinner, Jr., John Colt, Sr., John Strong, Jr., Sam'l Rockwell, Sr., John Pinney, Thomas Stoughton, Geo. Sanders, Stephen Tailer, Benj. Bissell, Thomas Bissell, John Stoughton, . Nath'l Loomis, Joseph Colt, John Loomis, Matt. Grant, Henry Wolcott, John Taylor, Jeremiah Biggins, Robert Stedman, Samuel Baker, Samuel Rockwell, Job Drake, Sr., Joseph Fitch, Josiah Loomis, Joseph Rockwell, Nath. Porter, Josiah Grant, Sam'l Grant, Jr., John Grant, Joseph Drake, , John Moore, Jr., 1 State Archives, EccL, i, 103. EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 229 Joshua Willes, Sr., Thos. Lon^, Joseph Loorais, John Elmor, Jr., James Loomis, Joshua Willes, Simon Wolcott, [Moses ?] Loomis. Settlement of the Rev. Mr. Edwards. The desired permission was accordingly granted by the assembly on the 10th of May, 1694,i and every impediment being now removed, the inhabitants of "Windsor on the East side of the River," procured the services of the Rev. Timothy Edwards, who preached to them as a candidate from " the midst of November" following, until March, 1695,^ when he was formally ordained as their pastor. Their choice had fallen on one eminently qualified, both by nature and education, to be their spiritual guide and counselor. He was well descended, being the eldest son of Mr. Richard Edwards, of Hartford, " a respectable merchant and an exem- plary Christian," whose grandfather was a Welsh clergyman in London in the days of "good Queen Besa." The boyhood of young Edwards was spent in the midst of a pious, well regu- lated family circle, and having pursued his studies at the gram- mar school of his native city, he was at a proper age sent to complete them under the Rev. Peletiah Grover, of Springfield. Under the instructions of this eminent classical scholar, he finished his preparatory studies, and entered Harvard College in 1681. On the 4th of July, 1691, he received on the same day, the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts, "which was an uncommon mark of respect paid to his extraordinary proficiency in learning. Such were the antecedents of the individual, who now, in the prime of his youth, consecrated his talents to the service of God, and to the welfare of this pioneer congregation. 1 This permission was accompanied by the explicit declaration, that those who preferred to attend public worship on the west aide might do so ; and that those who had estate on the east side, but resided on the west side, should be rated in the latter place. 2Eccl. Soc'y Records, i., 1. Dr. Sprague in his Jlnnals of the .American Pulpit, sets May, 1694, as the time of his ordination, but this is evidently incorrect. We have preferred to follow the Eccl. Soc'y Records. 230 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. First Meeting House. About the time they called Mr. Edwards, they had erected a small meeting house, which was located on or near the corner of a lot adjoining the north-east corner of the old burying ground. This house, as far as we can learn, wa's merely a covered frame, without floor or seats, and the people sat upon the sills and sleepers. In December, 1706, the Society voted " that the young men should have liberty to make a seat upon the beams [of the meeting-house. J The young men's names are as followeth : William Morton, Jr., Josiah Eockwell, Samuel Bis- sell, Robert Stedman, Jr., Joseph Loomis, Jr., Jeremiah Drake, William Stoughton." Various subsequent charges of expenditures for "mending," show that this edifice was never entirely finished. Having now settled a minister, the court granted them "so much of their country rate as amounted to 3 pence upon the pound for their encouragement," which favor was repeated the suc- ceeding year. This was a custOHiary as well as necessary act of legislation in those early days, when money was scarce, and all the resources and energies of the people were hardly equal to the demands that were made upon them by the exigencies of the times, and the labor of subduing the country to the uses of civilized life. " At a meeting of Inhabitants on the East side of the Great River in Windsor for the settling of Mr. Timothy Edwards in the work of the ministry, September 25, 1695, it was then voted as follows: " That they will allow Mr. Edwards, besides the hundred pounds formerly granted, three score pounds a year for the two first j'ears,^ seventy pounds per year for the two next years, and eightj- pounds per year for the future, and his wood." 1 His first year commenced in the midst of November, 1694, and ended in the midst of May, '95. He received for it £31 9s. 8rf — at a rate (in year 1695) of S.^rf on the pound. The collectors were John Stoughton and Samuel Tudor. " A copy of a receipt which Mr. Timothy Edwards gave to the collectors which is as followeth : " I do hereby acknowledge that I have received the full of my Rate made for the first half year, as witness my hand. December 11, '96. Timothy Edwakds. EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT EIVBR. 231 " At a General Court held at Hartford May 12th, 1698. ^ Ordered by this Court that all those that inhabit on the East" side of the Great River in the township of Windsor — and those who shall hereafter inhabit there shall pay their equal propor- tions with the rest of their neighbours for the maintenance of the worship of God in that place so long as they shall there inhabit. • Vera Copia Test. Eleazur Kimberly, Sec'y." Incorporation as a Distinct Society. At the October session of the assembly, in 1699, the people of Mr. Edwards's charge, were incorporated into an ecclesiastical society, and henceforth are known as the Second Church and Society in Windsor.^ Accordingly at their first subsequent meeting, "John Stoughton, Sgt. James Porter, Samuel T.udor, Corporal John Ellsworth, were chosen a committee to order the affairs of the society." John Stoughton was chosen clerk "to record the votes and make rates." Joseph Skinner and John Rockwell were chosen collectors. December 15th, 1102. Voted "that every man and all the teams shall spend one day to cut and cart wood for Mr. Ed- wards, and if that doth not provide wood enough for one year, then that the Committee now chosen shall have power to call out the men and teams another day." In llOe, we find the following item among the expenses of the Society: " To Lieut. Willis for sweeping the Meeting-house, £l:&d." In those earlier days even a lieutenant did not disdain to be a " doorkeeper in the house of the Lord." He performed this office until about l'?23. Second Meeting House. " At a meeting of the Society on the East side [of] Connecti- cut River, in Windsor, December 28, 1710. 1 " At a General Court holden at Hartford, Oct. 12th, 1699. Ordered by this Court and the authority thereof that the inhabitants of Windsor on the East side of the Great River, belonging to the society there, shall have liberty to choose 3 or 4 men for a Committee to order the affairs of that society, and also Collectors to gather rates. A true Copy. Test. Eleazuk Kimeeely, Sec'y." 232 msTORY OP ancient Windsor. Deacon Drake was chosen Moderator for this meeting. Voted at this meeting that the place where the meeting-house shall be set up shall be determined by a major vote. Voted by this Society that they would build a meeting house. Voted that the new meeting house shall be set up in this place where the present meeting house now standeth, or within a few rods of said house. Voted also that the new meeting house shall be built 40 feet square, and of a suitable height." Capt. Thomas Stoughton, Lt. Nathaniel Loomis, Sgt. Henry Wolcott, Sgt. John Ellsworth, Sgt. Samuel Bancroft, were also appointed a Building Committee with discretionary power. May 22, 1113, "voted the roof of the new meeting house shall be as this is." Also, voted, to raise a rate of £100 " to be paid by January next" for building said meeting-house. And one year after (May, 1714) it was voted "that this old meeting house should be put into the Committees hands to dis- pose of." This with an accompanying vote to raise a rate of J6100 on the next list for "finishing" the new meeting-house, chronicles the completion of the latter. Its erection, however, had not been unaccompanied with diffi- culties and vexations, for who ever heard of a New England meeting-house being built, that did not call out some expression of dissatisfaction, or some manifestation of ill temper? In this instance, the cause of the trouble was, that most prolific of all causes, the location of the new ,house. The records of the so- ciety merely mention a trouble which bad arisen from " Henry & Simon Wolcott & others," which necessitated the calling of a council. The matter is more fully explained by a petition pre- served in the State Archives. This petition, dated October 5th, 1713 is made by 57 families living south and 37 families living north of the meeting-house, who after stating that the present or old house stood " near the midst" between Martha Osborn's house on the north, and John Morton's house on the south, 8| miles and 60 poles apart; go on to aiSrm that the travel of the south families is about double that of the people on the north. They therefore urgently pray that the new meeting- EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 233 house may be more equally located. ^ Their request was evidently reasonable, and the number and eminent respectabi- lity of those who urged it, secured the respectful consideration of the assembly, who called a council' to compose the difference. This council, consisting of Joseph Talcott, Tim° Woodbridge and Thos. Buckingham, met on the 15th of May following, (1*114) and their decision supported the previous action of the society, viz: 1st, that the new meeting-house should be placed according to their own votes and the act of the assembly; 2d, that the dissenting brethren he quiet and Ghristian-lilce ; 3d, that they reserve the liberty " when God in his providence shall put them into a capacity for it in a lawful and orderly way " to make a distinct society. Attempt to Divide the Parish. Still unsatisfied, the people residing in the south part of the town, petitioned the assembly (May 12th, 1115) for liberty to set up a separate society.^ This petition, signed by forty-one persons, was promptly negatived by the assembly. And finally the matter was again referred to the former council, who re- affirmed their previous decision, supporting the vote of the society and the assembly. Finding' both the assembly and council unyielding, the dis- senting brethren had no alternative but submission, and at the next society meeting, in December 26, 1116, it was "voted that 1 Signatures to the abo 76 Joseph Fitch, Sr., Nath'l Fitch, Joseph Newberry, John Wolcott, Nath'l Porter, Jas. Loomis, Joseph Porter, Saml Elmor, Jeremiah Digging, Jeremiah Diggins, Jr., Joseph Colt, Simon Wolcott, 2 State Archives, Eocl. ii, John Elmor, Sr,, Benj. Loomis, Hezekiah Porter, Samuel Fitch, Joseph Stedman, Sam'l Burnham, John Morton, Noah Loomis, Jabez Colt, John Wood, Sr., Thos. Loomis, Thos. Skinner, 237. 30 Robert Stedman, - Ed. Elmor, Benj. Colt, Sam'l Evans, Samuel Long, Hezekiah Loomis, Henry Wolcott, Roger Wolcott, William Wolcott, Mary Morton, Joseph Phelps. 234 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Koger Wolcot, Esq., Capt. Stoughton and Ens. Burnham should dignify the seats in the meeting-house.* An amusing evidence of the intensity of the excitement to which this controversy had given rise, is presented in the fol- lowing verbatim et literatim copy of some " Verses made by Jabez Colt {of East, now South Windsor), when they raised the Meeting- House on the East Side of the Cheat River, at the Lower End," which we found in Timothy Loomis's old common-place book. In the same book we find that " the meeting-house (on y* South end) of y* East Side of Great Kiver was raised March 22d, 1114." 2 Behold all you that do pass by Which at us scorne and jeare Be pleased now to turne aside and our defence to heare You do account that we Eebel And Siscems [schisms] we do make Thus are we in the talker's mouths and of us they do spake. As if that some new sectary we did intend to bring we never had the least intent to practise such a thing. Thus Euben, Gad, Menassa's tribe they were reproacht likewise but yet the altar which they built was not for sacrifice. 1 State Archives (ii), 237. 2 There has beeu some difficulty in our mind as to the location of this ediflce. It seems most probable that it was the East Hartford meeting-house, which being of course more accessible to those who lived at the lower end of East (now South) Windsor, would have greatly enlisted their sympathies ; and it is likely that Jabez Colt, the poet, together with many of the south-end East Windsor people, volunteered their services and good-will at this raising. We have at least failed to discover any evidence of independent church erec- tion by the disaffected party in East Windsor, to which our poet belonged. EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT RITEE. 235 Nor neither do we build this house false worship to erect Yet grievously, without a cause on us they do reflect. But if you have a mind to know or heare the reasons why we undertake to build, this house I'le tell y^ presently. One reason why we build this house I openly declare to offer praises, Sacrifice and for a house of prayer. The Lord of host [s] now grant for us with upright hand and mind we in the same may worship him with hearts that are unfained. And let our priest with righteousness as with a robe be clad His holy truth for to unfold to make our soles full glad. One other reason yet there is the which I will unfold how many of us suffer much both by the heat and cold. It is almost four milds which some of us do go upon God's holy Sabbath day in times of frost and snow. Two milds we find in Holy writ Sabbath dale's journies bee wherefore then are we compelled for to go more than three [?] By reason of the length of way our burden it is great through stormy wind which we do go both in the rain and snow. 236 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. now let us all with one accord in unity and love by lifting up of heart and mind Seeking to God above That He would cast off our reproach and eke exalt our home and with His gracious presence then Our Meeting house adorn. In August 30th, 1111, the Society voted Mr. Edwards £100, which " shall be paid Mr. Edwards, whether he does stay with us, or go away from us." Meeting-IIouse Improvements. December, 1T18, the society vote records, that if there be mone}' left that was raised for the building the meeting-house, the committee shall be empowered to build pews over the gallery stairs. December 8, 1119, it was voted "that the present committee shall demand what money there is due to the society, and lay it out to buy a cushion and a hour-glass,- and make two horse-blocks, one on the north end of the meeting-house, and the other on the south; and build two pews, one over the south stairs, and the other over the .north stairs, if the money will hold out. Voted, if there be monej' enough together, then to make caps over the doors." Probably the money failed " to hold out,'' as the caps were rescinded at a subsequent meeting. Our fathers were careful not to incur any undue amount of indebtedness in the matter of church erection, a point worthy of notice by some "church building committees " of the present day. March 21, 1124. There being a general dissatisfaction with the seating of the meeting-house, it was ordered to be reseated, and the rules adopted by vote, were: 1st. That shall be 1 head to a man, and age, and estate, &o., to take it from the building of the meeting-house until now. 2d. That the men shall sit on the men's side, and the women EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 237 on the -women's side, and it shall he counted disorder to do other- wise. 3d. That the seaters shall fill up all the scats with young persons, viz: where the married [folks] are not seated. Sinmns. May 22, n21. "Voted," That for the future the rule of Singing in this Society shall be according to the rule of singing now brought in, and taught among us by Mr. Beall." Renewed Attempt at Division. In May, 1129, an attempt was again made to divide (East) Windsor into two distinct societies, 'but the movement was promptly negatived by a vote of 60 against 19. It would seem, however, that its adherents were augmenting in numbers, for on a similar motion made at the society's annual meeting, two years later (1730-1) they formed a minority of 31 against 66. In April following, the south end people petitioned the assembly for a new society.^ In this document they state that the present " society is built almost wholly on one street, and is ten miles long." But the assembly would not sanction them, whereupon, with a degree of perseverance which docs them honor, they petitioned at the October session of 1*132, for tvinter privileges {i. e. that they might employ a minister during the months of December, January, February and March), and for an abate- ment of one third of their rates to Mr. Edwards. " We are forced," say they, " to travel from our own dwellings unto ye meeting-house, & there endure ye extreme cold, & often- times with wet clothes, fasting from morning until night, and then travel from ye meeting-house, unto our own dwellings, which by reason of ye difference of ye way, & ye coldness of ye weather, is so great a hardship that but few of us are able to endure. So that many of ye aged men, women & children are utterly debarred from attending on ye public worship a great part of ye cold season, &c."^ Again the influence of the society prevailed, and again were the courageous south-enders defeateci. 1 State Archives. Thi.s petition signed (and probably drawn np) by Lt. David Bissell, Clerk. 238 HISTOET OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Here we will leave them for a while, contending against the prejudices of their neighbors, and the old fogy conservatism of the assembly. Troubles in the Church, 1 735-1141. The even course of the Second Church was now seriously disturbed by a sharp and protracted contest between the pastor and his people on certain points of church government and discipline. The somewhat remarkable character of this dispute, as well as the importance of the principles involved, claim for it a more than passing notice at our hands. It is necessary to take a brief retrospective glance at the state of the churches in Connecticut, in which this difficulty first had its origin. Pre- vious to 1108, the congregational had been the only mode of worship in the colony. Presbyterianism and Episcopalianism, however, had commenced their inroads upon the established opinions of the people. Against them the Congregational Churches had no general plan of church-fellowship or discipline to oppose. The Cambridge Platform, which for sixty years had been their rule, made no provision either for any association of ministers or consociation of churches. It was true that such associations of the clergy had, at an early date, been established in particular counties or neighborhoods — which had been pro- ductive of much good; yet they were purely voluntary and lacked the efficiency which a more general plan of union would have secured. In the absence of suoh a plan, many abuses had crept into the churches. One of the chief of these, was an utter lack of any regular system of examination of candidates for the ministry, and of their proper introduction to that office. The deplorable looseness which prevailed in this matter was a source of reproach and evil to the cause of religion. "Besides," says Trumbull, " it was generally conceded that the state of the churches was lamentable, with respect to their general order, government and discipline. That for the want of a more general and energetic government, many churches ran into confusion ; that councils mere not sufficient to relieve the aggrieved and restore pea(5e. As there was no general rule for the calling of councils, council was called against council, and opposite results were given upon the same cases, to the reproach of councils and the wounding of religion." EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT EITEE. 239 A very general desire was felt, therefore, among the clergy and the laity of New England, for some nearer union between the churches. In Connecticut, both legislative and clerical in- fluence favored the association of ministers and the consociation of churches; and the synod of 1662 had distinctly approved of the latter. " The heads of agreement drawn up and assented to, by the united ministers in England, called presbyterian and congregational, in 1692, had made their appearance on this side of the Atlantic; and in general, were highly approved." Such was the state of things, when in May, lt08, the Assem- bly of Connecticut, being '' sensible of the defects of the disci- pline of the churches of this government, arising from the want of a more explicit asserting of the rules given for that end in the holy scriptures," passed an act, requiring the ministers and churches of each county to meet and prepare drafts of an eccle- siastical constitution, which drafts were to be compared together at a subsequent general meeting at Saybrook. Accordingly, the delegates of the several councils met at Saybrook, Sept. 9th, 1708, and having duly considered the drafts submitted to them, drew therefrom a constitution, which was presented to, and approved by the assembly at its session in October following. Concerning this platform of discipline, now generally known as the Saybrook Platform, Trumbull makes the following re- marks: " Though the council were unanimous in passing the platform of discipline, yet they were not all of one opinion. Some were for high consociational government, in their sentiments nearly presbyterian; others were much more moderate and rather verging on independency; but exceedingly desirous of keeping the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, they exercised great Christian condescension and amicableness towards each other. As it was stipulated that the heads of agreement should be observed through the colony, this was an important means of reconciling members to the constitution, as these did not carry points so far as the articles of discipline. These did not make the judgments of councils decisive, in all cases, but only main- tained, that particular churches ought to have a reverential re- gard to their judgment, and not to dissent from it without 240 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. apparent regards from the word of God. Neither did these give the elders a negative in councils over the churches; and in some other instances they gave more latitude than the articles of discipline. These therefore served to reconcile such elders and churches, as were not for a rigid consociational govern- ment, and to gain their consent. Somewhat different construc- tions were put upon the constitution. Those who were for a high consociational government, construed it rigidly according to the articles of discipline, and others by the heads of agree- ment; or, at least they were for softening down the more rigid articles, by construing them agreeably to those heads of union." We have been at the pains of thus quoting these remarks of Trumbull's, because they serve to enlighten us very materially, concerning this controversy in the Second Church. Mr. Edwards was undoubtedly one of those who " were for high consociational government, and in their opinions nearly Presbyterians,'' and disposed to construe this Saybrook Platform rigidly according to the articles of discipline." On the promul- gation, therefore, of the Platform, he asserted that it should henceforth be the order of his church,'- as their delegates had been present at the convention which framed it, and had (im- pliedly at least) endorsed it.^ This the church denied, inas- much as they were unaware, when they sent their messengers 1 This churoli early adopted the Cambridge Platform of church government and worship, and the Westminster Confession of Faith ; as the church in West Windsor, from which they originated, liad also done ; but has ever united in associations and ecclesiastical councils, with the neighboring cliurches, who are generally settled on what is called the Saybrook Platform. (Extract from Church Manual.) ^ For our information concerning this controversy in the Second Church of Windsor, we are indebted to a manuscript volume, in the possession of the Conn. Hist. Society. It fills 108 small quarto pages, written in the clear chi- rography of Governor Roger Wolcott, and was evidently (having title page, preface, &c.) intended for publication. It is entitled "A | Narrative | of the Troubles in the Second Church in | Windsor | since the year 1735 ; to the year 1741 | with the | Pv,easons why the Brethren of that Church | adhere to the order of Church Government | Assented to | By the Churches of New England A: Dom: 1648 | and | Refuse to submit to the order of Discipline | agreed upon at Saybrook 1708 | Acts, svii, 11. ( BAST OP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 241 to tlie convention, that any such change was contemplated. They also declared their adherence to the ancient congrega- tional order. " Finding their Pastor so much attached to this new Scheme of Discipline ;" and finding that according to its provisions the messengers of a church were of no account un- less they conformed to the major part of the elders; and not approving of the silential method of voting, they insisted to their pastor upon their right, as a church, to the free choice of messengers. Notwithstanding this wide variance of opinion between pastor and people, concerning this platform of discipline, there seems to have been no open break until the year 1135. In the course of that year, Mr. Edwards, preaching to his church on the subject of church discipline, asserted the following points: 1st. That it belongs to the Pastor of the Church to judge and determine what complaints or accusations shall be brought before the Church and what not. 2d. That the votes of the Brethren to Convict or Restore an offender, are of no force or validity without the concurrence or the approbation of the Pastor. It is needless to say, that the brethren were both surprised and grieved at the position taken by their pastor. They imme- diately addressed him a letter, wherein they modestly but firmly insisted on the equal rights of messengers and elders ; complaining that he had always designated the one to be sent as messenger — unless some one objected, which is the silential method, and unfair in its operation. They conclude by request- ing a fair and free conference on the matter.^ This very rea- Siquid Novisti Rectius lUis Candidus Imperii Si non his utere mecum. — Hor. Putlislied at tlie Desire of Several of the Brethren and others." The head- ing of the first page is " The Privileges of the Church contended for." It evidently presents an ex parte view of the case, yet its able discussion of the theological points involved ; its strong common sense, and the dignified spirit of Christian courtesy which pervades it, incline ns to a more than usual confidence in its statements. 1 This letter was signed " in behalf of the church," by Hez. Porter, Wil- liam Wolcott, Sam'l Bancroft, Joshua Loomis, Henry Wolcott, and Roger Wolcott, all highly respectable and influential men. 31 242 HISTOET OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. sonable request was declined by Mr. Edwards, and the difficult-y existed in this unsatisfactory state, until a case of discipline brought matters to a focus. It seems that " Mr. Edwards had for a considerable time debarred Joseph Diggins from owning his covenant and having his child baptized, unless he would publickly confess himself guilty of a scandalous offence, Mr. Edwards had charged him with." This was his marrying Mr. Wm. Stoughton's daughter contrary to her father's wish. Joseph Diggins asserted his innocence, and claimed a trial by the church. This Mr. Edwards refused, claiming that he had a negative on the church, and that therefore, until his opinion was altered, it was useless for the church to trouble themselves about the matter. Thus the case rested (although Mr. Edwards was often importuned by the elders and brethren to allow a trial) until October, 1138, when a council was called which decided in favor of granting a trial to Joseph Diggins. Some- time after this, Mr. Edwards called a church meeting, and entered a formal protest against Diggins, charging him with having broken the 5th and 8th commandments. The case was tried, and Joseph Diggins was pronounced not guilty. From this decision Mr. Edwards and two of the brethren dissented, and called a council. The council met June 12th and 18th, 1*139, and their decision sustained the previous action of the church. They however commended Mr. Edwards for his " tenderness, prudence, faithfulness and caution" in the matter; and if he can not without scruples admit Joseph Diggins, the brethren are advised not to press the matter, and Diggins him- self recommended to apply to some other minister for church privileges and baptism for his child. After this, Diggins again applied to and was denied by Mr. Edwards. The kindly importunities of the deacons of the church in his behalf met the same fate from the unrelenting pastor. Then an affectionate, plain-spoken and earnest letter from the church, in behalf of Joseph Diggins, praying for his admission, and asserting their rights as a Congregational Church, was handed to Mr. Edwards. Agaiii he refuses their request, on a EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 243 plea of conscientious scruples, as he does not wish to counte- nance such marriages as that of Joseph Diggins. Finding the pastor thus disposed, the church move that Dig- gins be allowed to seek elswhere for church rights. To this he demurs: 1st, on the ground of its great inconvenience; and, 2d, because "it is safest for me to be here under the watch of this church, where my brethren are about me to observe my behavior and direct me." The aspect of things was now decidedly bad, and the dea- cons, "fearful and loth to have the affair drove to extremity," requested their pastor to call a church-meeting. This he flatly refused to do, whereupon the deacons called one on their own responsibility. At this meeting (Oct. 1139-40), Joseph Dig- gins made a formal charge, against Mr. Edwards, of mal-ad- ministration. Finally the pastor was induced to call a council, which met April 22, 1140. To them the church propounded four questions for their con- sideration and advice. 1st. Concerning the power of the pastor to appoint messen- gers. 2d. Concerning the pastor's power to negative the action of the church. 3d. Concerning the pastor's power to judge and determine what complaints shall come before the church. 4th. To determine the case of Joseph Diggins. Involved with this was the still pending charge of mal-ad- ministration, against the pastor. But the council, like most councils, was too thin-skinned to manage the matter. It con- tented itself with declining to entertain any discussion on the first three propositions, but professed its willingness to adjudicate the case of Joseph Diggins. This however was but of secondary importance to the church. Deeply interested as the majority were in the case of their aggrieved brother, they could not but feel that it involved principles of vital importance to them- selves and the church at large. For thirt3'-two years they had firmly maintained the inalienable rights of a Congregational Church to govern themselves, and during all that period they 244 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. had resisted the attempted encroachments of their respected pastor, with a mingled judgment and forbearance which excites our surprise and admiration. Councils had but added to the difficulties of the case. That of 1738 had wholly omitted to pronounce on the duty of Mr. Edwards to submit Diggins's case to the church. That of 1139, had given advice contradictory to itself, or liable to inconstruction. The last council, had utterly refused to adjudicate the very points upon which the welfare of the church depended, and had, indeed, required them to renounce those principles. Their pastor also was still lying under a charge of mal-administration, and for nearly three years, the church had not partaken of the Lord's Supper, " We desire," said the church, as they recounted their griev- ances, " no new thing, but only what were the p?-indples and practice of our fathers; yea, the principles of the first Puritans, as may appear from the Order of Church Government drawn up by Mr. Cartwright, the father of the Puritans, in Queen Eliza- beth's time." Furthermore they stated their convictions that the real controversy was whether the church or the pastor should have the power of nominating their elders. Finally Mr. Diggins having, " upon importunity of some of the brethren," withdrawn his complaint, a considerable number of the church presented their pastor with the following letter; Windsor, August 11th day, 1141. Eev* Sir: It would have been a great satisfaction to us if you had granted our motion to you (the last time you called us together) to call a Congregational Council to advise us in our controver- sies respecting our church-order which was offered to the coun- cil that met, which they refused to hear and give their opinion upon. We are still of opinion that a Congregational Council would have been the properest way to have led us into peace in that matter. But since you have declined this, and we are denied the benefit of such a council, we hope you will suffer us, without offence, to declare that we are still a Congrega- tional Church, and that in our opinion it is not with our Pastor to debar us from any privilege belonging to us as such; but we are ready to receive any evidence from the Scriptures or reason, to convince us that the Congregational Church-order is unscrip- tural or unsound. We are further of opinion that merely the different understanding between us about our church-order is not a sufficient cause to hinder our Communion, and Mr. Dig- EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT RIVEE. 245 gins having withdrawn his complaint, we see nothing in the way but we may set down at the Lord's Table together. To the Eevd Mr. Timothy Edwards. (Signed) Hez. Pokter, Josiah Rockwell, Joseph Skinner, Matthew Rockwel, Roger Wolcott, Daniel Skinner, Job Elsworth, William Wolcott, Jr., Sam'l Bancroft, William Ellsworth, Jeremiah Bissell, Joseph Osborn, Joseph Newberry, James Pasco, Richard Skinner, Jacob Munsel, Abiel Abbot, Samuel Ellsworth. Upon receipt of this letter, the Pastor " propounded the Sacra- ment, which was attended by the Brethren without objection." The unhappy condition of the church seemed now in a fair way to be at an end. But, " on the Lord's day, Nov. 1, 1141,'^ Mr. Edwards read a letter to the church after morning discourse, desiring them to send a messenger to a council at Hartford. He also took occasion to reassert his right to nominate the mes- senger, " yet for peace sake, and for this time," he condescended to leave it to them. In the afternoon the congregation met and appointed a messenger, who applied to Mr. Edwards for his cer- tificates to said council. The pastor, who had been absent from the election, although invited to attend, declined to furnish such certificate to the messenger, alleging as a reason, that not having been present, he did not know who was elected. Thus suddenly and strangely, the partly healed wound between pastor and people, was rudely torn asunder, and the church found themselves again plunged into a sea of troubles. How the difficulty was finally settled, we are not informed. The written account, to which we are indebted in the previous pages, although fully prepared and intended for publication, was never issued. But the following item from the society's books, may possibly aiford us a clue. " To Mr. Matthew Rockwell £8 for preaching 4 Sabbaths to this Society in Mr. Edwards's confinement." "Pour Sabbaths" previous to this date of December 1st, would carry us back near the date (Nov. 1) of that "Lord's day" whereon Mr. Edwards so unaccountably renewed the scarce-healed controversy between himself and people. It is not improbable that we may find in this fact an explanation and 246 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. an extenuation of the aged pastor's strange conduct. Old age brings with it infirmities of temper as well as of body; and we are inclined to regard his persistence, in what he doubtless thought to be the line of duty, as an unconscious manifestation of that disarrangement of the nervous functions, which more or less accompanies the gradual decay of the physical powers; and of which it was, in his case, probably the first marked premo- nition. It was at all events followed by a few weeks' illness, the first, as the records show, of a series of successive sick- nesses, which marked his passage to the grave. It is probable that this was the opinion of his people, for, as we have before said, the intended protest was suppressed, and no further allusion is found on any of the records to the ques- tion in dispute. Whatever difference of opinion might have existed in regard to the mooted points of church government, there seems to have been at all times an unusual degree of affection for their pastor. They could not but feel that his whole life had been devoted to their highest good, that his character had been in strictest harmony with his teachings, that in all his dealings with them fidelity had been mingled with love, and judgment tempered with mercy. Over the errors, as they deemed them, of his declining years, they were disposed to cast the wide mantle of Charity, and rallying around his bending form, they strove by tender offices of affection to lighten his labors, and to uphold his feeble hands. Another yet more powerful influence was probably at work, to bind them together in the bonds of Christian fellowship. The '• Great Awakening " of 1741-2, which had commeuced at Northampton under the ministrj' of " Mr. Jonathan," the son of their beloved pastor, was spreading over the land. And this church and town partook of its blessed effects. " Some of the aged still among us," says the church record in 1191, "date their conversion from that memorable period, and have main- tained a Christian life to their old age." And before the pre- sence of the Lord, all bitterness of spirit, if such there was, must have melted away, as the snows upon the hillside disap- pear before the genial warmth of spring. 1142, December. It was voted that the "Galleries be en- EAST OP TEE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 247 larged all aroitnd, as it now is on two sides." And in lt45, J3lO was paid to Doctor Matthew Rockwell and Mr. Wolcott, " for preaching in our Pulpit" in Mr. Edwards's absence. Mr, Perry Installed as Colleague Pastor. For nearly threescore years Mr. Edwards bad "gone in and out" before this people, breaking- to them the "bread of life," and ministering to their spiritual wants, with a fidelity and earnestness which had greatly endeared him to their hearts. His whole active life had been spent in their service, his children had grown under their eyes to positions of eminence and use- fulness, and his fame had become a part of their own. But these many years had not been without their effect upon him I the tall form was beginning to bend, the elastic step grew daily less firm, and the snows which whitened his head, reminded them that he and they were " passing away." And so, with a consideration honorable alike to themselves and their venerable pastor, the society determined to procure a colleague to help him in the work of the ministry, and at a meeting in August, 1752, " The Committee, Capt. Eoger Wolcott, Mr. Matthew Rock- well and Mr. Wm. Wolcott, are directed to wait upon the Rev. Mr. Timothj' Edwards, and inform him that his great age and the infirmities that attend it, have rendered him unable to preach the word to the Society to their edification as it ought to be, and that therefore the Society have agreed to settle another Minister, in which they desire his concurrence and advice." The committee doubtless performed their somewhat delicate task in a manner acceptable both to their aged pastor, and the society, as in December following, we find the latter taking- measures for procuring a colleague. And in October, 1153, it was resolved that " this society shew their willingness by their committee that Mr. Edwards should be eased of the burden of preaching," until the next annual meeting. His pulpit was accordingly supplied by the Rev. Thomas Williams, who after- wards received a call from the society on very flattering- terms of settlement, which were declined. The society then called Mr. Joseph Perry. The terms offered hira were a settlement of J2,500, old tenor, in bills, to be paid in three equal installments at end of each year, for the first three years, and a salary of 248 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. £60 proclamation money, annually, for first three years ; and after that £*l& in lawful money or its equivalent, so long as he should remain with them in the ministry. The call was accepted by Mr. Perry in the following letter : ■"To the Second Society in the town of Windsor : Brethren — After having returned you my most hearty thanks for the honor and respect you have done me, by inviting of me (on the 28th of October last) to settle with you in the work of the Gospel Ministry, I would inform you by these lines, that I have taken your proposal into serious consideration, consulted Heaven for direction, and taken all proper advice in this great and important aifair, and recordingly return an answer to your request, in the following manner (viz) that I fully and freely accept of the settlement by the society votes, also that I freely accept of the salary by the society votes for my support, so long as I shall continue among you as your Minister. As your courteous behavior to, and Christian treatment of me have effectually engaged my heart to you, let it be our constant care to keep up a Christian temper and deportment towards each othei", and mutually strive to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, that he who is Head over all things to His Church, may dwell in the midst of us, and bless our honest designs to promote the Glory of God in the salvation of souls, and may we long rejoice together in beholding the Glory of God, and the prosperity of the Redeemer's Kingdom among us. Brethren, pray for me, that I maj' be a faithful and successful laborer in God's Vineyard, and that I may study to show myself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, and may that Love, Peace and Harmony, I trust is really sub- sisting between us at present, continue, until we shall be admitted into the New Jerusalem, and God's Holy Temple above, whore Love reigns without dissimulation, which is the prayer and shall ever be the constant endeavor of your friend and well wisher Joseph Peery. Windsor, April the 28th, 1755. Accordingly on the 11th of June following, " he was duly ordained as colleague pastor over the Second Church of Christ in Windsor." The council on that occasion, was entertained at the house of Capt. Ebenezer Grant, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Samuel Porter of Sherburne. "^ 1 A I Sermon | preached at the | ordination | of the Reverend | Mr. Joseph Perry, | to the | Pastoral care of a Church in Windsor : | June 11,1755. | By Samuel Porter, A. M., | Pastor of a Church in Sherburne. Boston: New England ; Printed by John Draper, at his Printing-Offioe in Newbery Street. | mdcclv. Text, 1 Cor., ii, 2. EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT EIVBE. 249 Mr. Perry was a native of Sherburne, Mass., graduated at Harvard College in 1152, and was only about 22 years of age when he became Mr. Edwards's colleague. He possessed a fine education, promising talents, and great amiability of character. These, together with his fervent piety, soon endeared him to the hearts of his new charge, and commended him to the confidence of their aged pastor. Death of Rev. Mr. Edwards. The pleasant relations which they sustained to each other were, however, soon broken, by the death of the venerable Edwards, on the 2'7th of January, 1158, in the 89th year of his age. For 63 years he had been a faithful laborer in the Lord's harvest-field. How many precious souls were bound up in the sheaf which he presented to his Master, will never be known to us on earth, for the records of this church during his ministry, as well as that of Mr. Perry, are lost.^ But certain we may be, that the crown which Timothy Edwards wears at his Lord's right hand in the heavenly mansion above, is not the least for brightness among those that surround the " starry throne." We find in Dr. Sprague's valuable Annals of the American Pulpit, the following account of Mr. Edwards's appearance, character and habits, from the pen of his descendant, Dr. Sereno E. Dwight: " Mr. Edwards was about five feet ten inches in height; of fair complexion J of a strong, robust frame; full but not corpu- lent. He was a man of polished manners, particularly attentive to his dress, and to propriety of exterior; never appearing in public but in the full dress of a clergyman. 1 " As also, in great part, during that of Mr. Wlielply" (Cliurcli Manual). It was our good fortune to And, in some manuscripts of the Rev, Timothy Edwards, belonging to Mrs. L. Weld, of Hartford, a, copy of the Original Church Covenant ; list of church members under date of 1700; and bap- tisms from August 1698 to July 1703. These, with other private memoranda concerning church matters, constitute the earliest and only records of the Second Church, prior to 1830. They have been duly incorporated iu Appen- dix No. 6. 32 250 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. " The management not only of his domestic concerns, but of his property generally, was entrusted to the care of Mrs. Ed- wards, who discharged the duties of a wife and a mother with singular fidelity and success. In strength of character she resembled her father; and like him she left behind her in the place where she resided for seventy-six years, that ' good name' which is 'better than precious ointment.' On a visit to East Windsor in the summer of 1823, I found a considerable number of persons advanced in years, who had been well ac- quainted with Mrs. Edwards, and two upwards of ninety who had been pupils of her husband. From them I learned that she had received a superior education in Boston; was tall, dignified and commanding in her appearance, affable and gentle in her manners, and was regarded as surpassing her husband in native vigor of understanding*. They all united in speaking of her as possessed of remarkable judgment and prudence, of an exact sense of propriety, of extensive information, of a thorough knowledge of the scriptures and of theology, and of singular conscientiousness, piety and excellence of character. By her careful attention to all his domestic concerns, her husband was left at full liberty to devote himself to the proper duties of his profession. Like many of the clergy of that early period, in New England, he was well acquainted with Hebrew literature, and was regarded as a man of more than usual learning, but was particularly distinguished for his accurate knowledge of the Greek and Roman classics. In addition to his other duties, he annually prepared a number of pupils for college; there be- ing, at that time, no academies or public schools endowed for this purpose. One of my aged informants, who pursued his preparatory studies nnder him, told me'that, on his admission to college, when the officers had learned with whom he had studied, they remarked to him that there was no need of exam- ining Mr. Edwards's scholars.^ " He was for that period, unusually liberal and enlightened, with regard to the education of his children — preparing not only his son, but each of his daughters also, for college. In a letter, bearing date August 3, 1711, while absent on the expe- dition to Canada, he wishes that Jonathan and the girls may 1 He was also something of a poet, for Roger Wolcott, in tlie dedication of his poems, 1723, thus addresses him : " Yet where you censure, Sir, don't make the verse, You pinned to GJlover's venerable hearse. The standard for their trial ; nor enact. You never will acquit what's less exact. Sir, that will never do ; rules so severe Would ever leave Apollo's altar hare, His priests no service : all must starve together. And fair Parnassus' verdant tops must wither. BAST OP THE CONNECTICUT ElVER. 251 continue to prosecute the study of Latin; and in another of August 7th, that he may continue to recite his Latin to his elder sisters. When his daughters were of proper age, he sent them to Boston to finish their education. Both he and Mrs. Edwards were exemplary in their care of their religious instruction; and, as the reward of their parental fidelity, were permitted to see the fruits of piety in them all, during their youth. "He always preached extemporaneously, and, until he was upwards of seventy, without noting down the heads of his dis- course. After that time, he commonly wrote the divisions on small slips of paper; which as they occasionally appeared be- yond the leaves of the Bible that he held in his hand, his parish- ioners called, ' Mr. Edwards's thumb papers.' Apologizing for this one day to one of his pupils, he remarked to him, that he found his memory beginning to fail, but that he thought his judgment as sound as ever; and this was likewise the opinion of his people, till near the close of his life. He is not known to have written out but a single sermon, which was preached at the General Election in 1132, and was published. It is a solemn .and faithful application of the doctrine of a general judgment to his hearers, particularly as legislators and magistrates. As he lived till within a few months of his son's decease, the latter often visited his father and preached in his desk. It was the customary remark of the people, that 'although Mr. Edwards was perhaps the more learned man, and more animated in his manner, yet Mr. Jonathan was the deeper preacher.' " His influence over his congregation was commanding, and was steadily excited on the side of truth and righteousness. When he knew of any division among them, he went immedi- ately to see that the parties were reconciled; and when he heard of any improper conduct on the part of any individuals, it was his uniform custom to go and reprove them. Under his preach- ing, the gospel was attended with a regular, uniform efficacy, and, in frequent instances with revivals of religion; yet no record is preserved of the actual admissions to the church. " In some of the family letters, I find incidental mention of a revival of religion, as existing in 1115 and 1116; during which Mrs. Edwards and two of her daughters made a profession of their Christian faith; and several others of the family are spoken of ' as travelling towards Zion with their faces thitherward.' His son observes, in 173T, that he had known of no parish in the west of New England, except Northampton, which had as often been favored with revivals of religion, as that of his father." In the ancient burying ground of East Windsor, which com- mands an extended view of the beautiful Connecticut Valley , rest the remains of this devoted servant of God. Over them, on a monumental table, is inscribed: 252 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WBTDSOE. " In memory of the Eevd. Mr. Timothy Edwaeds, Pastor of the 2d Society of Windsor (whose singular Gifts and Piety rendered him an excellent, and in the Judgment of Charity, ai successful minister of the Gospel), who died January 2%, A. D, 1158, in the 89th year of his age, and 64th of his ministry. And his remains buried under this stone. An Epitaph. The man of God, who nobly pled. His master's cause alas! is dead His voice no more! but awful urn, Still speaks to men their great concern, His praise on souls will long outlast: When Grace completes the work began, Bright saints will shine his living crjjwn." The partner of his bosom, who had so long shared with Mm life's toils and labors, survived him but twelve years, during which time she retained her mental faculties in remarkable vigor. Her husband's salary, and the affection of his flock, was con- tinued to her until her death, January 19, 1170, at the advanced age of ninety-nine years. As she had been a most efficient helper to her husband, so, by her active piety and good influ- ence, she greatly assisted and strengthened his successor in the ministry. Mr. Edwards's residence was on the west side of the street, about a hundred rods north of Stoughton's Brook; it was two stories high, with a projection in the centre of the front, perhaps eight or nine feet square, forming in the lower floor, a sort of hall or ante-room, and above a small room with win- dows. The ground floor of the house was laid on the ground, and the sills of the house placed upon it, so that in entering one had to step over the sill. This house was pulled down about 1814, and James Flint built a new one over the old cellar. The stepping stone which laid in front of the sill was purchased of Mr. Flint, and used as the corner stone of the Theological Insti- tute in East Windsor, The house, like all the houses of that day, was furnished with fire places suiBciently large to take in wood five or six feet in length, and leave room enough each side to seat a large family of children. Wood was abundant, and his people kept his wood-pile well supplied, so that he used it freely. His negro, Tom, attended to his fires, and it is related EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 253 of Mr. Edwards that when the room became too hot for comfort, he would call upon Tom to bring in an armful of green wood to quench the fire. Mr. Edwards had a sort of bower or alcove in the edge of the woods, perhaps fifty rods from his house, where he used frequently to retire for study and meditation. A New Meeting- House. Meanwhile the good people had been agitating the propriety of erecting a new meeting-house, for the old one was altogether insufficient to meet the wants of the fast increasing population. Indeed, as early as 1152, the society had decided to build anew, and some steps had been taken towards it; but in 1153, in con- sequence of some contentions (as usual) in regard to its loca- tion, the necessity of settling a new minister, and the burden of £300 paid to the society, which had been set off in the north parish, under the Eev. Mr. Potwine, it was concluded not to build " at present." In 1151, however, the project was reviewed and application made to the assembly for a committee to locate the said meeting- house. This important step being accomplished, the society fixed upon the dimensions of the new edifice (viz: length, 60 feet; width, 45 feet; height, 21 feet posts); and appointed Erastus Wolcott, Ebenezer Grant, and Joel Loomis as building committee. Mr. Grant had the greatest burden of the business, as the records and accounts of this committee suflSciently evi- dence.'^ By October, 1161, the new meeting-house was so far ad- vanced, that the society chose the seaters, to seat it, and in- structed them as follows. Voted, that the Committee " seat men and women apart. Voted, furthermore, that if any set of males (of the married people) being so seated, shall agree among themselves to ex- change with their wives, they have the liberty. Voted, the men take the south end, the women the north end. Left with the committee, to seat the widows & single people." 1 These accounts are still in possession of his grandson, Maj, Grant of South Windsor. 254 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. This edifice, which was paid for mainly by the sale of tobacco,^ stood originally in the street, about 60 or 65 feet south, and 50 feet east of the present church. This position was forced on the society, in consequence of the unwillingness of the owner of a desirable adjoining lot, to sell, although offered an extravagant price. Here it stood until about 1825, when it was removed back to the location of the present building, by Dea. Abner Eeed. Its removal was accomplished, in spite of the predictions of all the wiseacres of the village, without any perceptible strain or damage to the church or steeple.^ It was considered in its day as a remarkably fine specimen of church architecture. The steeple especially was the pride of the town, and was built by subscription, except £40 voted by the society. One influential gentleman remarked, when the subscription paper was handed to him, that he should cheerfully add his contribution, for "God had one barn in Windsor already, and did not want another," referring to the Wapping meeting-house, which had no steeple.- The old negro doctor Primus, also had his say, in the following sentiment proposed at the raising; " Big ohuroli, Mgh. steeple, Proud committee, poor people." IT 63, June 23d. The society's committee were "empowered to secure the glass windows of the meeting-house from breaches, by purchasing springs or weights," as they should judge best. In December following, they were ordered to make such changes in the floor seats " as to make room below to bring the new married people down." 1 Tradition, amply confirmed by the accounts of the building committee. 2 The house was so well built, that to quote the words of Deacon Abner Reed, in a letter to the author. "At the time it was taken down (1845) the timbers of the frame were perfectly sound, and the builder of the new house told me that after he had stripped off all the covering he examined the frame, and could not find a spot of rot in the whole that he could stick the point of his knife in, except one in the sill where the double front door lapped to- gether, and that not enough to injure it. Ml the posts of the old house, and all the beams and other parts that for size and length would answer, were worked into the new. The contractor told me that he could not have got timber for the posts that would have answered so well as the old ones." BAST OP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 255 December, 1*165. A sum of money having been subscribed to obtain a bell, Erastus Wolcott, Ebenezer Grant and Joel Loomis were appointed a committee " to lay it out." This bell, the first in the Society, became broken, and was replaced with a new one in 1*191-2. Three years after, in 1168, that portion of Windsor, east of the Great Eiver, was incorporated as a distinct town; and this church and society became the First Church of Bast Windsor. History of the Church since 1168. Mr. Perry died on the 21st of June, 1183, aged about fifty years, and " distinguished for talents, learning and piety." His pastorate of twenty-eight years, had been remarkable for the pleasant and uninterrupted relations which had subsisted be- tween himself and his people. Courtesy, reasonableness and kindness marked all his intercourse with them. And while his amiable qualities of heart endeared him to his people, his talents and judgment commanded the respect and confidence of his brethren in the ministry. When the war of the American Revolution broke out, he eagerly espoused its principles, and both in public and private threw the whole weight of his influ- ence in favor of the patriot cause. Nay, more, for when the company marched from East Windsor to New York in the sum- mer of 1116, this fearless pastor accompanied them.^ Of Mr. Perry's personal appearance we know but little, except that he was, in the later years of his life, very corpulent. But three of his sermons have been published, viz: a Sermon on the death of Governor Roger Wolcott; a Sermon on the death of the Rev. Nathaniel Hooker, 1111; and a Connecticut Election Sermon, 1115. His residence, and the place of his death, is still standing, and is occupied by Miss Nancy Verstille. 1 The letter in which he requests permission from his congregation to go upon what he considered a call of duty, is one of the most beautiful and touching which was ever penned by this devoted and talented man. It was accident- ally found by the author, and will be published in Dr. H. C. Gillette's His- torical Sketches of East Windsor, since 1768. An interleaved Almanac con- taining memoranda of this march, kept by Mr. Perry, is deposited in the library of the South Carolina Historical Society. 256 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Singing. April, 11'16. Voted, that "the young men who sing on the tenor be allowed to sit in the north front gallery." Erastus Wolcott, Jr., chosen chorister, " to set the psalm and lead in singing." March, 1180. " Question put to this Society whether they were willing to admit the use of the pitch-pipe iu setting the psalm in public worship. Voted in the negative." This little instrument seems to have been the innocent cause of much noise, and disturbance in the society. On the 30th of the same month, a similar vote met with a similar fate, where- upon the singers refused to sing, and a diiSculty also arose concerning the choice of a chorister. The emeute was finally allayed by the reappointment of the " Old Committee." In October, 1191, we find the first mention made of that now popular and necessary institution, singing schools. "Voted, to raise and use the sum of iE8,00 lawful money in hiring a singing master to teach the young people of said society the art or rule of singing psalmody." After this date, the singing school becomes one of the most regular items of expense on the society's books. Pews and Seatings, Sfc, SfC. The practice of seating the meeting-house continued, until within the memory of those who are now living. The long seats in the meeting-house were altered to pews in 1185; a clock was voted for in 1810; liberty was granted, in 1821, to certain per- sons to put up "a stove or stoves" at their own expense; and at the same time the plan of selling or leasing seats was adopted. In 1845, the old meeting-house was taken down, and a new one built on nearly the same ground. The same year, by the division of the old town of East Windsor, this church became the First Church of South Windsor. Watts's Psalms and Hymns are still in use in this church. The seasons of comaiunion were quarterly till 1852. Since that time once in two months. The practice of admitting persons into the church on what was called the half-way covenant plan, continued here until EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT BIVEE. 257 March 21, 1808, when it was quietly abolished. A relation of Christian experience was required of all candidates for full communion from an early period. This church have repeatedly and solemnly adopted the Cambridge Platform and Westminster Confession, as the foundation of their union in discipline and doctrine, because, in their view, most agreeable to the word of God. Prom the year 1186 to 1821, a period of forty-one years (during the ministry of Dr. McClure and Mr. Robbins), a record has been kept by them, in Ihe church book, of all the deaths that have occurred within the bounds of this society, with the ages and diseases of the deceased, which gives decisive proof of the remarkable salubrity of the place. Ministers. There have been eight ministers, viz: Settled. Died. Rev. Timothy Edwards, March, 1695, Jan. 21, 1158. Joseph Perry, April, 1155, Apl. 21, 1183. David McCluke, D. D., June, 1186, June 25, 1820. Dismissed. Thohas Bobbins, May 3, 1808, Sept. 21, 1821. Sastoel W. Whelpley, Apl. 11, 1828, Dec. 6,1830. Chauncey G. Lee, Aug. 8, 1832, Mar. 30, 1836. Levi Smith, May 6, 1840, May 1, 1849. Edward Hooker, Sept. 4, 1849. The present pastor is the Rev. Judson B. Stoddard, a descend- ant of Timothy Edwards, the first minister of this church. The following persons are all that the records name as having filled the office of deacon in this church, but the time in which they were appointed is specified only in part of the cases. Joseph Skinner. Matthew Rockwell. Daniel Rockwell. Benoni Olcott. Amasa Loomis. Thomas Sadd. 33 258 HI9T0ET OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Amasa Loomis, Jr., appointed September 21, 1193. Ab^erEeed, I i^ted May 22, 1799. Daniel Rockwell, ) Eeastus Ellsworth, appointed April 4, 1834. Theodore Elmer, ) ..■.-.r unoio^n y appointed March 28, 1849. John Allen, ) We must add, or prefix, to these the names of Deacons Samuel Baker and Job Drake, as found in the Edwards Manuscripts, before mentioned. They were probably the first incumbents of the office in this church. The X)ld Burial Place. This graveyard was the first one opened on the east side of the Connecticut Eiver. In December, 1101, the Second Society voted, "that the Committee should purchase a piece of land for a burying place in some convenient place, and the Society would pay the purchase next year.'' In April following (1108) it was voted in town meeting " that the townsmen shall have power to agree with Dea. Job Drake, for land for a burying place, on the east side of the river." And in December of the same year, the inhabitants of Windsor, In town meeting assembled, consummated the purchase by grant- ing to Deacon Drake " 30 acres of land for the | of an acre assigned up for a burying place." The first person buried in this ground was Thomas Morton, who "fell from a cherry tree, and broke his neck,'' July 20th, 1108. His monument is now standing. A record of all the burials in this yard was commenced by Doctor Matthew Rockwell, or his father, and afterwards passed into the hands of the Cook family, by whom it has been care- fully preserved, and additions made to it, down to the present day.'- The latest interment, according to a copy of this record 1 This interesting and valuable record, opens with the following introduc- tion : " Burials in the Yard by Amasa Drake's, from the Book owned by Mr. Oli- ver Cook. " Death is a terror unto Kings The King of Terrors too, Both old and young, both rich' and poor When summoned, they must go," EAST OP THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 259 in the author's possession, was in 1833. No spot in South Windsor is so full of interest as this ancient " God's acre," thick set with the quaint tombstones which mark the last rest- ing places of the fathers and mothers of the town. No one who has spent a leisure moment in bending over these crumbling memorials of departed worth, or who has surveyed the beautiful expanse of scenery which it commands, will ever for- get the Old Burial Ground of South Windsor. The new burying ground, near the present South Windsor Church, was purchased in 1803. And a committee to superin- tend fanerals was first appointed in 1820. CHAPTER XIV. Windsor, East of the Connecticut River. — Continued. The Parish, {now the Town) of Ellington. 1711-1168. The earliest purchase of land in the present town of Elling'- ton, was made in September 1671, by Thomas and Nathaniel Bissell, of one Nearowanocke, a Namerick Indian. ' It is then described as " without the bounds of Windsor." Shortly after, the town itself became the purchaser of a larger tract, including that bought by the Bisaells.^ And the court at its October session, 1612, upon the application of Messrs. Joseph Pitch, Samuel Marshall and Jacob Drake, in behalf of Windsor, granted l;hat the limits of said town should be extended five miles to the eastward.^ The bounds of Ancient Windsor, as thus enlarged, 1 See chapter on Indian purchases. 2 " Voted, that Nathaniel Bissell's and Thomas Bissell's heirs have !!00 acres of land on the north side of the land formerly purchased by the town, and within the purchase of saidBissells of Arowonuck the Indian, provided the said Bissells make over to the town all the right to the purchase made of Arowanuck or Will." Town Acts of "Windsor, n, 102. Time, Dec, 1708. 3 " Whereas, Mr. Joseph Fitch, Corporal Samuel Marshall and Jacob Drake, by the appointment of the town of Windsor, September 9th, 1672, moved this Court to grant them some enlargement on the East aide the River of Connecticut, by reason of a purchase tliey have made of the Indians, tliey having an eye that in convenient time it will be fit for a plantation ; This court upon the said motion, for tlie encouragement of such as shall plant PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 261 extended east to the road as it now runs from Jesse Meacham's by Mr. Oliver W. Steel's. South of the latter it passed on the side-hill east of that road as it now runs to Vernon. That part of Ellington east of this, known as "the Equivalent," was subsequently granted to the town of Windsor, as indem- nity for certain lands of which they had been deprived in the settlement of the boundaries between Connecticut and Massa- chusetts. The following summary of its history is gleaned from papers in the State Archives. l*llb, Sept. The petition of Windsor, by their selectmen, stated that, by a recent arrangement of the bounding line with Massachusetts, several thousand acres had been taken from that town and annexed to the other colony ; that the assembly had agreed that a suitable equivalent, in public lands elsewhere, should be rendered to Windsor ; they therefore requested the assembly forthwith to assign them an equivalent in some place convenient for the town and with due allowance for the dis- tance. They feelingly reminded the assembly of the extra hardships and expenses the}' had borne by being a frontier town ; followed by the grievance of having such a quantity of land, purchased many years previouslj' by that "ancient town," " taken out of the bosom of the Town, and forced" to receive an indemnity " in a remote place." The petition was signed by John Elliot, Israel Stoughton, Nathaniel Loomis, Jonathan Ells- worth and Henry Wolcott. It was granted in the upper house and negatived in the lower. A committee of conference was appointed, but no result appears on the record. 1116, May. Matthew Allyn and Koger Wolcott, agents for Windsor, in a petition reminded the assembly of the loss to that town of seven thousand two hundred and fifty-nine acres of land by the settlement of the north line of the colony, and requested the appointment of a committee to lay out an equiva- lent from the public lands. " We beg leave to express our con- cernment to see this ancient town, which has cheerfully borne her part in the charge of this colony from the infancy thereof, a particular instance in thus suffering so great a loss which we could not have expected from this assembly." there, grant the bounds of Windsor shall extend eastward 5 miles from their former bounds, provided all former grants made of any parts of those lands, are excepted in this Grant." Trumbull's Col. Rec, ii, 18.'5. A copy of this record among the papers in the State Archives, was endorsed by the person who arranged them, a few years ago, as relative to Tolland. It undoubtedly, however, refers to Ellington, and the north part of Vernon, which last was also a part of the ancient town of Windsor. 262 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. This memorial was accompanied with the affidavit of Thomas Stoughton, who testified that in about 1102, Caleb Stanley, county surveyor, was employed by Windsor to ascertain the east bounds of the town : " who began at the Great Eiver and measured eastwardly eight miles, which eight miles extended half a mile east of the marsh known by the name of the Great Marsh ;" also a statement from Wm. Thompson, New Haven county surveyor, who, under the employment of Mathew AUyn and Roger Wolcott, had ascertained that six thousand two hundred and forty acres from Windsor had been assigned to Enfield ; and one thousand and nineteen to SufEield — in all seven thousand two hundred and fifty-nine. Upon this application the assembly appointed Joseph Tal- cott, Esq., and Mr. Thomas Kimberly, to survey and set to Windsor, as an equivalent to the lands taken from that, a tract " lying between the towns of Windsor and Tolland, north of the claim of Joshua's legatees ; and if in that place there shall not be found land sufficient to make the equivalent (consideration being had to the distance of the place and the quality of the land) the remainder shall be laid out to the town of Windsor, in the ungranted lands of this colony, above Tolland." 1122, May. Mr. Israel Stoughton, select man of Windsor, in the name of the town reminded the assembly of the above resolution, and stated that the committee, though often re- quested, " have hitherto refused to lay out said equivalent lands to the town of Windsor," and petitions for the appoint- ment of a new committee or the addition of one to the former, and to give full power to any two of them. The assembly, upon the motion of the representatives of Windsor, appointed " Oapt. James Wadworth and John Hall, Esq's, with the assist- ance of Mr. Thomas Kimberly, country surveyor, to lay out to said town their equivalent lands." 1123, May. James Wadsworth and John Hall made report, that, in April previous, they had laid out to Windsor, on the east side of the town, about eight thousand acres of land as an equivalent for the lands taken from that town; which report was adopted, ordeired to be put on record and that a patent be issued, " under the seal of the colony, and signed by the governor to the inhabitants, ' proprietors of said town' " of Windsor. In this patent, signed by Gov. Saltonstall, the bounds of the tracts are described as follows: "Bounded west upon a right line down from the northeast to the southeast corner bound walks of said town; and east partly by Wil- lamantick River, partly by Stafford bounds, and partly by Tol- land township; northwardly partly by Enfield bounds, and partly by Stafford bounds; and southwardly partly by said Tolland bounds, and, in part, by Bolton bounds, which is a line drawn from the south end of Meshenups pond to the afore-mentioned line from Windsor northeast to the southeast corner," PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 263 Twenty years, however, passed away before any division of this tract was made among the proprietors. During this inter- val, yearly meetings were held, at which the division of these and other common lands was the principal subject of discussion; but the lapse of time had so complicated the claims of proprietors, and intensified their differences of opinion, as to embarrass their proceedings and prevent them from coming to any mutual agreement. Finally in 1143, as a desperate attempt to extricate themselves, they accepted the report of a committee appointed many years before, and under their direction, the allotments were made. Beginning east of where the present road from Rock- ville to Ellington Centre, leaves Vernon or Rock ville, they laid out the lots in half mile ranges, to Somers and then back again. Be- yond this second tier, the lots were laid north and south in two tiers; all the south range bounded south by Tolland, and all the north on the north by Stafford. Beyond this a number of lots were laid out the whole breadth from Tolland to Staf- ford, and thus till the last lot was bounded by the Willimantic. In all these surveys and allotments, the pond between Elling- ton and Tolland was uniformly written Messhanips — for the north pond bordering upon Stafford no other name is known than Square Pond.^ Yet for nearly fifty years after the settlements began on the east side of the Connecticut River, this iine tract remained unsettled and unimproved. The traveler of the present day, who passes through the town of Ellington, and witnesses the high degree of cultivation and the pleasing scenery for which it is now distinguished, will wonder that ij^ was ever under- valued or neglected. Still more will he be surprised to learn, that in the oldcu time, a very general opinion prevailed, that " the soil on the plain, near the present centre of the town, and all the western section of it, was far inferior to the elevated tracts in the towns east." So the wave of emigration, scorning to remain upon the plains, rolled onward over the crest of the eastern hills, and boldly courted toil in the more mountainous districts beyond. Willington, Bolton and Stafford were surveyed earlier than any 1 Barber's Hist. Coll. of Conn. 264 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOK. part of this town, Tolland and Coventry were settled towns, enjoying regular "gospel ministrations," long before anyone was located here. The following is the first known record of land surveyed in the present town of Ellington : " Land surveyed to Daniel and John Ellsworth, sons of Lieu- tenant John Ellsworth, of Windsor, by Thomas Kimberly, sur- veyor of land in the county of Hartford, 16th of March, 1120, five hundred and forty acres of land between the mountains east of Windsor and Connecticut River, at a place called by the English The. Grtat Marsh, and by the Indians Weaxskas- fiiick — 340 acres bought of Capt. Joseph Wadsworth, and 200 acres bought of the Bissell's,^ by said Lieut. John Ellsworth, began at a pine tree marked and having two mere-stones by it, standing on the plain, near the northwest corner of the said marsh — [then all the bounds are described] Samuel Pinneyand Daniel Grant, being under oath, assisted in carrying the chain."^ It has been generally supposed that Ellsworth was the first settler in Ellington. It seems probable to us however, that he was preceded by Samuel Pinney, as early as the year 1111. This supposition is, to our mind, very strongly corroborated by the following entry, or addition, made by some person to Mat- thew Grant's list of deaths, &c., in the Old Church Eecord. " The year 1111. I set down all that have died in Blenton [Ellington] to the year lUO."" This we may consider, as establishing the earliest date of set- tlement in the town. Samuel Pinney had, for some years pre- vious, been much employed by the town of Windsor, in survey- ing the lands east of the Connecticut River. He thus had an excellent opportunity of selecting, and probably purchased of the town the land'on which he settled. This was a tract about l\ miles in length from east to west, and about 1 mile broad from north to south, comprising some of the best land in Ellington.* 1 See first part of this chapter. 2 Barber's Hist. Ooll. Conn. p. 547. 3 The first name on the list is that of Lt. Ellsworth, and the second "Iail)e[l] Pinye." * It was afterwards divided to his three sons, as follows ; Samuel, Jr. had his share on the northern side of the tract, now owned by Martin Beebe, Henry Lawrence and Albert Pinney. His house was near Mr. Martin Beebe's present PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 265 On this he built a log house, about twenty rods southeast of the square-roof brick dwelling lately occupied by Lt. Eleazer Pinney, and at present by his son Nelson Pinney. In the spring of 1T20, John Ellsworth came from (East) Windsor, and made a clearing on the east side of the Great Marsh, and built a shanty near the present residence of Mr. Chester Chapman. Tradition says that he and his two sons were accustomed to come out to this place on Monday morning, with their oxen and cart, and return again to their homes on Saturday afternoon. On the clearing which they made they raised corn, peas and turneps. One Saturday afternoon, in Oc- tober, l'I20, the father ordered the boys to pull some turneps and put them in the cart, while he would go down to the Marsh and fell a tree. Having done as they were told, and finding that their father did not return as soon as they expected, they went to look after him. They found that the tree had fallen upon and killed him. Taking their oxen and stone-boat, they drew their father's dead body to the shanty; where one remained to guard it during the night while the other returned to the settlement on the river for assistance. Who can imagine the feelings of that faith- ful son as he watched by the dead through the long hours of night, far away from all human aid and sj-mpathy; or the horrors which surrounded the other youth, as, with "mind affright" by the sad spectacle of a father's mangled corpse, he anxiously picked his waj' through the dense forest and darkness to his home on the river's side ?^ Ou a stone by the roadside, on the farm of Mr. Noah Pease, Jr., is the following inscription : " Lieut. John Ellsworth was dwelling. Joseph, the second son, took liis share on the south side, now owned by Andrew and William Pinney. His house was 15 rods east of William Finney's brick house, the ancient well is still to be seen there. The central portion ol this property fell to the third son Benjamin, and it was truly a Ben- jamin's portion. On this reside JNelson Pinney, Amos Jacques and Stedman Nash ; on it also is the Ellington Carpet Mill, Flouring and Saw Mill, and a whole manufacturing village, dwellings, stores, etc. 1 This son was afterwards the first Captain of Militia in Ellington. 266 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. killed here by the fall of a tree, Oct. 26th, 1720, aged 49 years and 15 days.'"^ The tract which he purchased is now owned by Mr. McKin- stry, Asaph McKinney, Austin Tilden, Chester Chapman, Noah Pease, Jr., and others, and together with the Pinney tract, em- brace the best land in Ellington. After Ellsworth and Pinney, the first settlers were probably Capt. Daniel Eaton, Nath'l Taj'ler, Simon Chapman, Isaac Davis, John Burroughs, Nath'l Davis, and the McCrea family. The early settlers of Windsor Goshen, as the little collec- tion of farms at the Great Marsh was called, for many years attended the ministry of Mr. Edwards in East (now South) Windsor. The distance, however, to the Street, which they were obliged to travel every sabbath, was a very severe tax upon even their weather-proof fidelity; and it is not strange, that they should have been anxious to secure gospel privileges for themselves, at the very earliest moment warranted by their ability. It is probable that some attempt of this kind was made in 1125, as in December of that year, the Second (Mr. Edwards's) Society passed a vote, "that the inhabitants at the Great Marsh shall be freed from their parts of Mr. Edwards's salary for the year past, provided they do on their own cost provide themselves a minister to preach the Gospel to them from this present time till the first day of April next.'' And in February following the town, " considering there is likely to be a society on the land laid out on the east side the River," granted, " 30 acres to be laid out for a [ministerial] home-lot in the ancient town patent, and 40 acres in the equivalent."^ Two or three years elapsed before the inhabitants of Great Marsh were able to eifect their desire, owing probably to a want of ability, for in IISO, the settlement numbered only eleven families, most of whom were poor: In 1131 they hired 1 A few years since a man who purchased a part of the old Ellsworth farm, took up the stone which marked the spot where Lieut. Ellsworth was killed. He was designing to use it for a door step. Mr. Miller, u, neighhor, hearing of his proposed vandalism, purchased it from him, and set it up where it now stands. 2 Toivn Acts of Windsor, Bk. ni, 48. PARISH OF ELLINGTON. 267 a minister, and in 1133 settled him with a salary of forty pounds a year, and his fire wood; j'et in 1134 the precinct contained but one hundred and ten persons. Their first pastor was the Rev. John McKinstry, a native of Erode, county of Antrim, Ireland, his Scottish parents having renaovcd to that place from the vicinity of Edinburgh, to escape the persecution in the reign of Charles Second. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated as M. A., in 1112, and in 1118, was one of a large company who emigrated to New England from the North of Ireland. After preaching in Sutton, Mass., several years, he set out with his family for New York, but resting in East Windsor on account of the illness of one of them, he was invited to Ellington, where he remained until his decease in 1154, at the age of seventy-seven.^ He preached on the Sunday before his death. He was sensible, pious, a sound Calvinist, plain in manners and spoke a broad Scotch dialect. His widow, originally a Miss Fairfield, of Worcester county, died in 1162, aged eighty-one. On account of disagreements between Mr. McKinstry and his people, arising from discordant views of church discipline, their connection was dissolved in 1149. A branch of his family yet remains in Ellington — his descendants in various parts of the country are numerous and respectable.^ According to usage in those days, the aid of the general assembly was frequentlj' requested in the management of paro- cViial aifairs. The early ecclesiastical annals of Ellington are fully given in the following summary from papers in the archives of the state. May, 1132. They petitioned for exemption from ministerial 1 He purchased a small place of Andrew McKee, a little east of tlie place where Judge Hall's High School is located, by deed April 27th, 1736. He built here an elegant house, for those days, where before tlie meeting-house was built the first settlers used to assemble for worship. Three years after he bought about thirty acres of land adjoining his first purchase, of Simon Par- sons; his deed witnessed by Daniel Ellsworth, John Fairfield and Samuel Thompson, iis appears from Windsor records. (Barber's Hist. Coll., Conn.) 2 See Genealogical portion of this work. 268 HTSTOET OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. taxes in East Windsor. They stated the number of persons in the settlement was one hundred and ten. May, 1734:. In a second memorial they desire a continuance of the same exemption. They stated that it had been granted them by a vote of the town, two years of the tliree in which they had supported a minister of their own, but on the preced- ing year ministerial taxes had again been laid upon them. They desired freedom from all taxes whatever. Tho assembly freed them from ministerial taxes in East Windsor, so long as they maintained an orthodox minister of their own. There were thirtj'-five signatures on the petition, and on it was endorsed, " There are one hundred and ten souls in the parish."^ A paper accompanying this memorial is as follows; "Windsor, May 13, 1734. We the subscribers are perfectly willing that our neighbors that live at the Great iMarsh shall be excused from paying rates to Mr. Edwards, so long as they hire a min- ister among themselves: we live on the street and are the Rev. Mr. Edwards's constant hearers." Signed by fifty-nine persons. May, 1735. A memorial, signed by twenty-three persons, desired the erection of their precinct into a distinct parish, the western line of which should be four miles from the Great 1 Names of tho Signere of tlie Petition of 1734. Those marked [*] had no male descendants in the town hearing their name in 1820. Samxiel Finney, Joseph Pinney, *John Burroughs, Benjamin Pinney, *Ephraim Chapin, *Jonathan Grant, *Isaao Davis, ? Simon Chapman, Jr., *Nathaniel Grant, Ephraim Person, *Daniel Pearson, *David Chapin, ♦Nathaniel Taylor, *Ephraim Chapin, Jr., William Thompson, *Nathaniel Davis, Samuel Thompson, *Joshua Booth, ♦Nathaniel Grant, Jr., *Roger Griswold, ♦Benjamin Grant, *Daniel Eaton, ♦Daniel Ellsworth, *John Graves, ♦Daniel Eaton, Jr., *Joseph Graves, Simon Pearsoji, ♦John Burroughs, Samuel Russell, *Samuel Gibbs, ♦Isaac Davis, Jr., ♦Samuel Gibbs, Jr., ♦Josiah Halock, *Giles Gibbs. Samuel Pinney, Jr., Nearly all the signers of this petition resided near the marsh — mostly west or north-west, two or three a mile and a half N. E. of the present meeting- house. Settlements on the mountain probably had not commenced. PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 269 Eiver; and that they may " have liberty to ordain and settle an orthodox minister among ns — that so we may have the or- dinances of Christ in the gospel dispensed to ns in our own ter- ritories." They reproached their brethren of East Windsor for taxing them in two years of the four in which tliey had sup- ported a minister of their own; and requested that indemnity might be made in freeing them from country rates the two en- suing years. The paper was endorsed, " The petition of the Great Marsh people."^ The assembly appointed Ozias Pitkin, Esq., Capt. Thomas Wells, and Mr. Jonathan Hills, a committee " to hear, consider, and if they judged best to divide, then fix a line," and report to the assembly at its session in October. October, 1735. The above named gentlemen made report, that considering all the circumstances, and especially that the inhabitants were ten or twelve miles from the place of worship in East Windsor, they " do judge it best that they be a distinct society there, and that th?y be endowed with parish powers and privileges, and have accordingly set them a line," running, how- ever, five and a half miles east of the river. The bounds and lines of the parish — subsequently those of the town — were fully defined. The assembly therefore constituted the precinct a society or parish, and ordained, " that the Society shall be known by the name of Ellington Parish." A petition was pre- sented to the assembly, at the same session, by a committee, viz. Isaac Davis, Daniel Ellsworth and John Burroughs — "in hopes the Honorable Assembly will confirm what the Committee has done for us, we humbly ask liberty that we may ordain and settle a good orthodox minister among us." They were granted 1 Names of the Petitioners of 1735. Names marked [*] were extinct in 1820. S.imuel Pinney, *Natli'l Dral^e, .Ir., *Isaao Davis, *Josiah Drake, *Jolin Burroughs, *Ephraim Chapin, Samuel Pinney, Jr., *Dai)iel Ellsworth, Wm. Tliompson, Ephraim Parsons, Samuel Thompson, *.Tolin Burrouglis, Jr., ^Nathaniel Taylor, *Sam'l Gibbs.'jr , Simon Chapman, j'r., Simon Person, *James McCarter, *Epli'm Chapin, Jr., *Benj. Grant, Daniel Pearson, *Nath'l Davis, *Samuel Gibhs. *Nath'l Grant, 270 HISTORY OP ANCIBXT WINDSOR. the privilege to " embody into church estate, they having first obtained the approbation of the neighboring churches." May, 1131. The Rev. Mr. McKinstry presented a petition stating that for " sundry years '' he had been engaged in the work of the ministrj' in Ellington, four years of which his salary was but i'orty pounds annually and his fire-wood; since which, besides fire-wood his salary had been fifty pounds, which he represented as too small, and that the ability of his people was not equal to their benevolence. He therefore requested that the lands in the parish owned by non residents sliould be taxed, the six years ensuing, and the proceeds added " to his preseut small salary," but the petition was negatived in both houses. May, 1138. On the 20th of the previous December, the par- ish having voted to build a meeting-house forty-five feet long, thirty-five wide with twenty foot posts, more than two-thirds of the parish being in the affirmative, and being well agreed as to its site, they petitioned the assembly to confirm their choice, without putting them to the expense of a committee to select one — also on account of the increased value of lands by build- ing a meeting-house, they requested leave to tax the lands owned by non-residents, but the petition was negatived in both houses. May, 1139. Mr. Isaac Hubbard waited upon the assembly with a petition from Isaac Davis and Daniel Ellsworth, com- mittee, stating that timber for the meeting-house had been pre- pared, and requesting the appointment of a committee to fix upon a site before the close of the session, that it could be ac- cepted by the assembly and the work proceeded with. They also requested the appointment of the same gentlemen who fixed the limits of the parish. The assembly appointed Capt. Thomas Wells, Captain Joseph Pitkin and Captain Jonathan Hills, who forthwith attended to their duty, and selected the place chosen by the society, whereupon the assembly ordered " that the place so affixed shall be the place wherein said inhabitants shall build their meeting-house for divine worship, and the said inhabitants are ordered to proceed to build the same in said place accordingly." This first meeting-house stood about four rods east of the PAEISH OP ELLINGTON. 271 f three elms standing between the Windsor and Enfield roads, and fronted the former. It is said, on excellent authority, that at its raising, all the men belonging to Ellington sat down on the east sill of the frame. It continued in use until the erection of the present church edifice in 1806. The successor of the Rev. Mr. Kinstry was Mr. Nathaniel Huntington, a native of Windham, Ct., and graduate of Yale College, 1744, who died April 28, 1156, aged tliirty-one years — a little more than six j'ears after the time of his settlement, and was long remembered with unusual esteem and regret. Mr. Huntington was succeeded by Mr. Seth Norton of Par- mington, a graduate of Yale College, in 1151, from which, as well as from Harvard University, he afterwards received the degree of Master of Arts. He died on the 19th of January, 1162, aged 30. In 1164 the parish settled Mr. John Bliss, a native of Long Meadow, Mass., and a graduate of Yale College in 1161, whose connection with the society ceased in 1180. He died in the town, February 13, 1190, aged 53. The troubles of the Revolutionary war, and of succeeding years, prevented the settlement of another minister until after Ellington finally became a town, in 1186. Rev. Joshua Leonard, a native of Raynham, Mass., was or- dained pastor of this church Sept. 1th, 1191, and dismissed in October, 1198. He graduated at Brown University, in 1188, and received his second degree at Yale College, in 1192. Rev. DiODATE Brockway was the next pastor. He was a native of Columbia, in this state, and graduated at Yale College, in 1191. He was ordained to the pastoral office in this church, September 18th, 1199, the duties of which he continued to per- form until May, 1829, when, on account of ill health, he found it necessary to receive the assistance of a colleague. He was for many years a member of the corporation of Yale College. During the latter part of his life he did little more than to re- tain a nominal connection with the church as its pastor, and left the duties of the pastoral office almost entirely to his col- leagues. He died on the 21th of January, 1849, having been the minister of this church fifty years. During his whole life 272 HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. « "he enjoyed the public esteem to a degree, and with an Tinau- imity that has seldom fallen to the lot of any clergyman. Per- haps very few persons whose lives were protracted until old age, so remarkably escaped the ill-will of their fellow men as Mr. Brockway. Even the most worthless delighted to speak of him with high esteem and veneration. Possessing the kindliest- feelings of nature, and having in his own family an unusual amount of affliction, in the form of disease and death, he knew how to sympathize with those who were called to mourn. He possessed in a rare degree that union of qualities which made his presence equally agreeable at a funeral and at a wedding: he was therefore often invited out of his precincts to olEciate on those occasions. Kindness to the poor; gentleness to the young, and equal affability to all, were marked features in iiis character. Possessing superior abilities as a pastor, he had become a father in the ministry, and the common title, ' Father Brockway,' truly expressed the regard in which he was held far beyond the limits of his own parish." ■■• Eev. Lavius Hyde was installed colleague pastor with the Eev. Mr. Brockway, in November, 1830. He was originally from Franklin, Conn., and graduated at Williams College, in 1813. He was dismissed from this church in February, 1834, and is- at present settled as pastor of the Congregational Church in Bolton, Conn. Rev. EzEKiEL Marsh was ordained as colleague with the Rev. Mr. Brockway on the 29th of April, 1835. He was a native of Danvers, Mass., and graduated at Bowdoin College, in 1831. He was released from his pastoral charge on account of ill health, on the ninth anniversary of his settlement, and died in the month of August, 1844. Rev. Nathaniel H. Eggleston- was ordained as colleague pas- tor with the Rev. Mr. Brockway, on the 19th day of February, 1845. He is a native of Hartford, in this state, and graduated at Yale College in the year 1840. He was released from his 1 Eev. Diodate Brockway. A biography of him is contained in Hon. TLomiis Day's Memoirs of the Class of 1797. See also Dwiglit's Travels. PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 273 pastoral charge at his own request on the 4th day of March, 1850. The church records, previous to 1199, are lost. A list of deacons and earlier known members will be found in the Appendix. There was a large immigration of Scotch-Irish (rigid Presby- terians) into Ellington about the middle of the last century. They formed a valuable element in the formation of the society of the town, and their descendants, to this day, are among the most influential and respectable of its present population. During the latter parochial years of Ellington there were two or three families of Episcopalians, two of Sandemanians, and possibly one or two of Methodists upon the mountain, though Methodism might not then have been introduced. 1*?62, May. "The memorial of the inhabitants of the Parish or Society of Ellington, in the town of Windsor," by Abner Burroughs and Stone Mills, agents, petitioned for incorporation as a town. They stated their distance was so remote from the main body of their fellow-townsmen, and from the place of holding public meetings, that they had little advantage of vote or voice in town affairs. So far as concerned the memorialists, they acknowledged confidence in the "prudent care and man- agement" of town affairs ; but claimed that the town's people generally being strangers to the circumstances of that parish, suitable regulations could not be adopted, nor officers appointed for it, so much for their interests as the inhabitants could for themselves; whereby thej' in a great measure lost their town privileges. That, moreover, the area of the town was suffi- ciently extensive, that they were not inconsiderable in numbers or in estate ; and there was no society in the colony which so much needed relief as Ellington — the town meetings being generally held [in Windsor] on the west side of the River. This petition was negatived in the lower house. In May, 1764, a memorial, signed by the same agents, set forth that the township of Windsor was of very large extent on each side of the Connecticut River, and, without Ellington, was equal in size to some four towns in the colony. That 35 274 ANCIRNT HISTORY OF WINDSOR. Ellington was near seven miles square, and their list was more than £1,000. They were situated in the north-east extremity of the township, the middle of the parish being more than ten miles distant from the river, and fourteen from the place of holding town meetings; the more important of which being held in December, could not be attended by the Ellington peo- ple. The transaction of business with the town officers required an absence from home of two days, and the expense of man and horse one night. They also wished for the means of reviv- ing "a good discipline," and reducing to good order some who, living so remote, "are now a law unto themselves." This, like the former petition, was negatived in the lower house. Three years later, May, 1161, Matthew Hyde, as agent, pre- sented a memorial recapitulating the above mentioned incon- veniences, and petitioning for distinct town privileges. The assemblj' postponed it until October, then until May, 1168, when that part of Windsor east of the Connecticut River, was made the town of East Windsor. With this improvement of their circumstances, the Ellington people seem to have been content until llie obvious claims of the parish to a distinct organization, resulted in their incorporation in 1186, as the town of Ellington' Tho relations of the town with East Windsor, were always amicable; the neighborly connection between them is not yet extinct. The Hon, Erastus Wolcott (" Old General Wolcott"), who decided upon many of the petty lawsuits that are so fre- quent among an ignorant and secluded people, was always remembered and admired by his Ellington cotemporaries, as the greatest man in the world, next to General Washington, the Governor, and possibly " Old Put." The first merchant in Ellington was a McLean, who had a store on the old road formerly leading to Job's Hill. It stood about west of Daniel Warner's present residence. McLean, however, failed in business. His principal creditor was the celebrated John Hancock, of Boston, with whom he had exten- sive dealings, and to whom he had mortgaged liis farm. The farm thus came into Mr. Hancock's hands, and has been known to this day as the Hancock farm. PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 275 John Hall, a native of Lyme, Conn., was for many years a successful merchant in the south-east part of the town. His house and store stood a little south of a house built by Lyman Kansom, and now owned by Nathan Doane. In those days a merchant did not seek a village, or central portion of a town, for business, but relied on his own energy to command trade, rather than upon any favorable location. To this store farmers brought their beef, pork and grain. Mr. Hall had many persons employed in packing meat, transporting it to market, and carry- ing on some mechanic arts. Wrought nails were made here At one time Nathan Hall, a brother of the merchant, and father of Rev. Gurdon Hall, one of the first missionaries from this country to heathen lands, had the care of the blacksmithing department. He afterwards removed to Tolland, Mass. The varied business carried on by Mr. Hall, was very exhausting to the physical energies of one who had the oversight of so much, and who carried it on under all the difficulties of transportation and exchange of those days. Heavy loads were drawn by ox teams, and exchange was in " hard currency;" Goods were purchased at Boston instead of New York, in those days, by merchants in this region. Mr. Hall went to Boston on horse- back, and carried his "hard money " in saddle-bags thrown upon the horse. The weight of the specie was often greater than the weight of Mr. Hall, who was of medium size. He was the father of John Hall, Esq., whose name must ever be prominently connected w^ith the interests and history of Ellington, He was born Feb. 26, 1783. His boyhood was spent at home, amid such scenes as the trafSc carried on by his father, and such as the cultivation of a large farm, produced. This period of his life was marked by activity and ingenuity in his father's affairs, although he was not a robust lad. The father died when the son was thirteen years of age. He was then sent abroad to school, and spent some time in preparation for college, with Rev. Mr. Prudden, at Enfield. He entered college at the age of fifteen, and graduated in 1802. He was a superior scholar. At junior exhibition he received, for his appointment, the Latin oration. The year he graduated appointments were not given out, as they had previously been given, nor as they have 276 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. since been made Parts were assigned, according as it was thought that each appointee would excel, and not according to his merit roll as a scholar. He received at graduating a dispute. Two years after this he was appointed a tutor in Yale College, and remained in this position between two and three years. As Mr. Hall's health was delicate he did not take a profession. He purchased a farm in his native town, and superintended it from 1808 to 1829. During this period he spent much of bis time in literary pursuits, and to the close of his life he cherished a great relish for books. He was not only an extensive reader, but he was eminently an original thinker. In college, and through life, he was fond of discussion; and he analyzed truth more boldly than men of his times were accustomed to do. He often employed himself in analyzing the sounds of the letters in the English language. He left manuscripts on the structure of our language, and arranged a Grammar, in which he fol- lowed no author. He devoted years to mental philosophy, and endeavored to make such definitions as would be undisputed, and as would not need defining. This subject he had completed in his own mind, but he died at the time he was ready to com- mit his views in full to paper. His farm showed that taste, and adaptation of means to farm- ing, were not wanting. In his day the products from a farm, in Connecticut, did not compensate the man who carried it on through hired laborers. He had too much love of the beautiful, in all his efforts, to render his labors profitable in a pecuniary point of view. The beautiful and large elms, now adorning the village of Ellington, he either planted, or induced others to plant. Mr. Hall originated the Ellington School, and was its prin- cipal for ten j'ears from the autumn of 1829. The instruction was of the most thorough kind, and a direct and positive influ- ence was exerted by him on his pupils. Mr. Hall's health began to fail about the time he relinquished the school. This fact, added to the consideration that the school gave no pecuniary advantage, led him to resign his position. The school had en- joyed a high reputation, for fitting young men for college or for active business in life. PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 277 Mr. Hall was acknowledged as a man of strict integrity and of irreproachable purpose. His varied talent and reading ren- dered him agreeable to gentlemen in any one of the professions, and his acquaintance was much valued by those who were par- ticularly intimate with him. As he lived rejoicing to commit his ways to God, so he died rejoicing to commit himself to Him in whom he confided. His life closed and death opened to him the reality of his trust, Oct. 2, 1847, at the age of 64. The first blacksmith shop in Ellington was about eighty rods a little northeast of the house now occupied by Mr. Horace Warner. It was on an ancient highway, now discontinued. Abner Burroughs, of famous counterfeiting renown, once used this shop. The tavern, now occupied by Dr. Joseph Partridge, was built in 1190. Previous to this time, west of the meeting-house there were only the Davis house, about eighty rods west of the Elling- ton school; the house where Mr. Culver's house now stands; the parson's house, where Mr, Griswold's house now stands, the well is there now; and Deacon Fitch's house, a few feet east of Timo. Pitkin's house. John Cross had a small house near the spot on which the district school house stands. Capt. Sessions then traded near where Mr. Julius S. Ham- mond lives, and carried on the potash business. Dr. James Steele traded where his son 0. W. Steele now lives. Legends of Snipsic Pond, Epitaphs, etc. There was an Indian family living at the head of Snipsic sic Pond. The father of the family, Isaac Kogers, was going to mill in a boat, and being intoxicated, fell overboard. When he rose, he clung to the side of the boat, but was unable to get in. His daughter was in the boat, but could not help him into it. She however put a shingle under his chin, to keep his head out of the water, and then rowed the boat, with her father hanging to the side, to the shore. When he was taken away he was found to be dead. He had so tight a grasp of the boat that a piece of it was split off", and remained in his hand when he was carried to his house. This event happened in 1790. He 278 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. was the husband of Poor Sarah, whom we have before men- tioned in our chapter on Indian history. Not long after this a colored boy, or young man, living with a Mr. Post, nearly a mile northeast of the pond, went in bathing there, on the sabbath, and was drowned. On the road to Vernon, on the west side of the marsh, and a little north of Mr. Lawrence's house, is a stone with this inscription {verbatim et liUratirn): " Killed in this place. Samuel Field Knight, by a cart wheel roliiig over his head in the 10th year of his age, Nov. 8, 1812. But the shaft of death was flung and cut the tender flower down. Death's sharpened arrows gave the wound And now he moulders in the ground." The boy had been sent to Capt. Abbott's, with a yoke of oxen and cart, for a barrel of cider. Ellington seems to be somewhat noted for roadside epitaphs. On the farm of Mr. Prank Goodell, a large slab reveals to the passing traveler, a grim death's head, surmounting the following: This is y" place where Mr. John Aborns was Killed by a Plash of Lightning Prom Heave" August S^^lTeS. Aged 46 Years this Day all You y* Pass this way Prepare Por Death while in Helth Por you must die this was Erected by Mr. Samuel Aborns of Toland his brother." Early Epitaphs in the Old Burial Ground in Ellington. March 13, 1133-34, it was voted to draw 40^. from the town treasury, to purchase a burial place, " at the place called Gnat Marsh, in Windsor.'' (Town Acts). The earliest inscription is the following : PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 279 Here Lies y" Body of Mrs Sarah Modlton y® wife of Mr Samuel Moulton who Died Oct y« 4, 1147, aged 36 years. In Memory of y"= Rev'' Mr Nathaniel Huntington A. M., a 2d Pastor of the Church in Windsor six Years and 6 months, who Died April ye 28, 1756, in y« 32d Year of his Age. In Memory of y« Eev'^ Seth Norton y= 3d pastor of y" Church of Christ in Ellington in Windsor who departed This Life Jan- uary ye 19, 1762, in y^ 31st Year of his Age. Behold as You Pass by as Yon are now So Once was I. as I am Now So You Must be Prepare for Death and Follow me In Memory of Charles Ellsworth Esq who Departed this Life Jan 4, 1776, in y" 47th year of his age While yet alive his virtues shined The products of a Pious mind We trust his soul is now above Where all is peace, where all is love. According to the unanimous statements of old people, Mr. Ellsworth fully deserved the eulogy implied in the first of the above lines. He was the earliest justice of the peace in the parish, having received the first appointment in 1769. In Memory of Capt Daniel Ellsworth who Died January y^ 27th A D 1782 in y^ 82d year of his age. In Memory of Dea. Jonathan Porter, who Died July ye 5 1783, In the 73d Year of his Age. Beneath this stone Deaths prisoner lies The Stone shall move, the dead shall rise Whats now concealed beneath the dust. Dea. Porter came into Ellington when a young man, from Ipswich, Mass., bought a large tract of land, and in 1747 built a house near the junction of the West Stafford and old Somers roads, which was inhabited by himself and his descendants for near a century. Its fashion, site, and remarkably antiquated air inside and outside, during its latter j'ears, would strongly remind one of the garrison houses in early times. Dea. Porter was one of a class of men in his time who had a taste for solid reading otherwise than religious. Among his books were large quarto volumes of history, besides other valuable and curious works of a smaller size. Dr. Daniel Porter, who was in the action between the Trumbull and the Watts, during the 280 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. * Eevolution, and afterwards became a very respectable physician in the vicintij' of Warehouse Point, was his son. In Memory of Doc' Joseph B. Wadsworth who Departed this Life March y« 12 A D 1T84 in y« 37th Year of his Age. When weeping friends draw near And drop a Sacred Tear My last Best [obliterated,] Dr. Wadsworth graduated at Yale College in 1166, and was a surgeon in the Re%'olutionary army. He was a native of Hartford, and settled near the geographical centre of Ellington (about a mile in a strait line northeast of the meeting house) about 1115. Old people invariably described him as the hand- somest man and the most polished gentleman they ever knew. Besides his regular education, Dr. Wadsworth possessed many elegant accomplishments rare among his cotemporaries; a pecu- liar neatness and elegance of taste and style was a marked characteristic. While in the army he kept a journal, which, with many other historical papers, were after his death neglected and destroyed. Dr. W. wore a large three-cornered hat, scarlet coat, white or yellow vest and breeches, and topped boots — a costume which it appears was rather frequent among those who occupied a high rank in society. The following letter written by him to his father-in-law, Mr. Allyn, of Windsor, during the Revolutionary war, may, perhaps, prove not uninteresting to some of our readers : Camp, West Point, May 1, 1118. Hon'd Father: I return you my hearty thanks for the favor of your two let- ters. I can inform you that notwithstanding my taking a bad cold coming from home, whereby I have been incapable of join- ing ray regiment until last Saturday, I am now, through the goodness of God, almost well. As to news we have none here, except what you wrote. We have no enemies nigh that appear, but snakes; and they have not yet forgot the severity of winter, and I desire the time may come wlien the tories, and ministerial tools may lie as still as the snakes have here the winter past. Let me beg the favour of a line from you every opportunity, as it will revive the spirits of your obedient son Joseph B. Wadsworth. My sincere regards to mamma and sisters and all friends. P. S. I can not forget to return you my sincere thanks for the kind care you have taken of my family since my absence. PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 281 May the choicest of Heaven's blessings rest on you, your family, as well as on them, is the prayer of yonr obd't son, in haste. J. B. WADSWORTH. N. B. I have now 21 under my care, sick with the measles, fevers, &c. In memory of The Rev. John Bliss who Died Feb^ ye 13, 1190, in ye 54th year of his Age. Whenever you walk this hollow ground And o'er my dust yon tread dont forget you soon must sleep Upon this dusty bed This monument is erected in memory of Col Levi Wells who died December 18th 1803 in the 69th year of his age. Oh Death thou sole proprietor of man, Since the sad hour apostacy began. No patriots love, no human worth can free Prom the great tribute that is due to thee. After the close of the Revolutionary war, Col. Wells removed from Colchester to Ellington, not having been previously a resi- dent of the latter town. During the siege of Boston he was a captain in Spencer's Regiment' — in 11*16, then a major, he was taken by the enemy in the battle of Long Island and underwent a painful captivity. His case, with those of other officers is described by Ethan Allen, in his account of the cruelties per- petrated bj' the British upon American prisoners. After his exchange, while in command of a regiment of state troops distributed as a guard near the South West part of this state. Col. Wells was surprised in the night by a vastly superior force, and again made a prisoner. On this occasion John Lathrop, a respectable young man of Tolland, was killed, and Lemuel King of Vernon, then a mere boy, but afterwards one of the first citi- zens of that town, received a stiff knee for life. During his residence in Ellington, Col. Wells was held in the highest estima- tion. By a fortunate second marriage (with the widow of Charles Ellsworth, Esq.) and the success in life of his children, unlike too many of his brother officers, he spent the latter years of his life in abundance as well as honor. He was chosen a representative, and was for about ten years before his death a justice of the peace, then an honorable and even lucrative office. His grave stone was the first of marble erected in that burial ground. 36 282 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. This monument is erected to remind the living of the life and death of Matthew Hyde Esq., who died Sept. 24, 1806, aged 72 years. Mr. Hyde was a native of Franklin, married a Miss Stough- ton of Windsor (probably east of the river), and settled in Ellington years before the river was made the dividing line. Besides his farm he followed the trades of carpenter, joiner, cabinet maker, and general worker in wood — all which and sometimes others were wrought at by the same person. Hav- ing embraced the creed inculcated by Thomas Sandeman, and perhaps engrafted some improvements of his own upon it, he was conscientiously opposed to all war, as opposite to the plain and undoubted injunctions in the gospel, consequently was not an advocate for the American Eevolution. Ho even allowed his cattle to be distrained for war taxes, though he would im- mediately redeem them. He also opposed the war as impolitic on any ground whatever, declaring his apprehensions that ff independence were secured the large states would eventually oppress the smaller ones. But it was evident that his actual sympathies did not harmonize with those of the American ad- herents to the British cause; he was not therefore deemed an enemy to his country, and never lost the confidence and favor of his fellow citizens who in that war contributed even their personal services. As a practically wise man, Mr. Hyde enjoyed a standing in Ellington similar to that of Eoger Sherman in a more extensive field. He was the first representative elected by the town, and was chosen to that office fifteen times. On the organization of the town he was appointed a justice of the peace and chosen the town clerk, both which offices he held until his death, or a period of twenty years. Transacting the principal business of the former office in a town then somewhat famous for its petty lawsuits, and in numerous other offices and trusts, his good judgment and unsuspected integrity rendered him a remarkably useful and influential man, while his excel- lence as a private citizen gained him equal respect. On the decease of the above, his oldest son, Eobert, succeeded him as justice and town clerk, to which office he was annually reappointed for about thirty years, the records of the town re- maining in one house from 1186 to 1835. During much of the time PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 283 from 1806 until constitutionally disqualified in 1831, Robert Hyde, Esq., transacted the greater sliare of such business as is referred to a justice of peace. He also represented the town at several sessions of the general assembly, and received numer- ous other proofs of the confidence of his fellow citizens. This gentleman, still living, is a son of Windsor, having been born in Ellington during the last days of the entire ancient township. Daniel Hyde, second sou of Matthew, and occasionally a representative, select man, &c., was, like his father and elder brother, a man of extensive reading (besides their own library the social library was kept in their house), and enlarged capa- city for public usefulness. But, undesirous of public employ- ment, he either wrought at his father's trades, or enjoyed a quiet home with his brother at the family residence, neither of them having ever been married. Mr. Hyde is still living at near ninety years of age. Allyn, youngest son of Matthew Hyde (we have made no account of one who died in boyhood), inherited the family sense and intelligence in full. He studied medicine, settled in Elling- ton, and stept at once into a very extensive practice, which he retained until superannuated. Doct. Hyde married a Miss Mather of Windsor, daughter of Col. Mather, and niece of Chief Jus- tice Ellsworth, by which last, and his children, the Hyde family was always held in particular respect. As property has no small share in fixing a position in societj', and as that fact exists, it may not be amiss to mention that during the most exalted years of the Hyde family, in a town abounding in wealthy men, their condition in life was that of the common farmer. Doct. Hyde deceased two or three years ago, shortlj' previous to which all three of the brothers, each of them being above eighty years old, went to the polls and voted the Whig ticket. Two at least, if not all the three daughters of Matthew Hyde, had the family cast of character. The same was the case with two grand children, brought up at the family residence — the male one, Joseph Wadsttorth Bissell, having been a represent- ative and justice when those offices yet conferred some honor on their holders. The wife of Matthew Hyde, Esq., was a woman of a remarkably strong character and highly cultivated mind. 284 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Her reading, even in old age, consisted in works of the sound- est character. She has many times been seen, when above eighty years old, engaged in the perusal of Plutarch, Rollin, and other similar authors. To the memory of Col. Joseph Abbott, who died Jan. 5, 1814, aged 78 years. Col. Joseph Abbot moved into Ellington from Brooklyn, at about the close of the Revolutionary war, having purchased a tract of more than a square mile of excellent land, situated in the south-west part of the town. He was celebrated for his skill in farming; his equal in that business, on so extensive a scale, probably never has been found in Tolland County. In conjunction with other favorable circumstances at the time, it was by observing his success and imitating his example that the farmers on the plain discontinued their ridiculously Sloven- ish and unprofitable mode of tillage — ambition and emulation were soon followed by prosperity — in a few years the agricul- tural features of their part of the town were changed, and El- lington became the pleasant place that never fails to excite the admiration of a stranger. It is related of Col. Abbot, probably with truth, that on one occasion he said he did not know of a single bush on his farm — and that if he did, he would instantly send a man to cut it down. He brought his military title from Brooklyn, and as he must have hold a commission in the time of the Revolution, he probably saw service in that contest. Col. A. was twice a representative. He had a son bearing his name who represented Ellington several times. Col. Levi Wells also had a son Levi, whose name among the representatives might lead to a mistake by one who was not acquainted with the cir- cumstances. In memory of Capt. Ichabod Wadswokth, who died March 3, 1815, aged 13 years. Stop reader spend a mournful tear. O'er the dust that slumbers here And whilst you read the fate of me Think on the glass that runs for thee. Capt. Wadswortb was raised in Ellington, "put out " until he was sixteen years old; sold his hair for a shilling, the first he ever had, and, when his period of service was up, enlisted in PAEISH OP ELLINGTOiSr. 285 the array (war of 1155); was in the expedition to Cuba, 1162, and at the close of that war was -a sort of veteran of the age of twenty — like many of the soldiers in the heroic days of our country, with his moral and religious principles entirely unin- jured. He married a Miss Drake, who owned about forty acres of poor land in the northern part of Ellington — within a few years after marriage she died, leaving one child, a son. Mr. Wadsworth was by this time in sufficient standing to be wel- comed for a second wife into the family of Deacon Porter. In this prattle of family affairs, we ought to mention that the new wife was always one of the kindest of mothers-in-law — having however no child of her own. She survived her husband many years. In 1116, Mr. W. had arrived at the dignity of orderly sergeant of the militia company, and went with it to New York, where his former experience in camp and field duties, and in taking care of the sick, elevated him so highly in the esti- mation of his comrades, that on the resignation of the captain directly after, he was promoted over the subalterns to the com- mand of the company. As a captain he was several times in actual service, and was one of the three or four chief veterans of the town. Captain Wadsworth was extremely well qualified to cut a path for himself through the world. He acquired a large property, and for many years was one of the principal farmers of the town. Punctual in attending church on Sun- days, he used to ride in a superior style that indicated the wealthy farmer, viz: in a large, heavy, two-horse farm wagon, set strong and stiff upon the axles, the sides built like a cart and painted red, with movable end boards, and unpainted side boards. The men were seated on a slip of board, while the females were accommodated with chairs. In those days of comparative simplicity, Capt. W. occasionally attended meeting with his three-cornered, large, old-fashioned military hat on — nobody dreaming of its being in any way improper. In memory of Mrs Roxanna Kingsbury wife of Dr Joseph Kingsbury. Born April 20, 1113 Died March 5, 1820. In memory of Doct. Joseph Kingsbury who died Aug 29, 1822 Act. 66. 286 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. Doctor Kingsbury was born in Ellington many years before the river line of separation Was adopted, and was therefore a son of Windsor, At the age of twenty-one he enlisted into Washington's army for three years as a fifer, in which capa- city he was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth, and in various other minor engagements. He fully participated in the sufferings of that army during the period of his enlist.- ment ; he was also in the State troops as a sergeant. In early life it was the settled resolve of Joseph Kingsbury to be a phy- sician — his country needed his services in the field, and he cheerfully rendered them. But he did not relinquish his plan, and being a musician be often enjoyed some leisure, during which he sought improvement by observation and otherwise, in the hospitals, and there were surgeons who readily gave him what instruction might at the moment be practicable. Possess- ing a remarkable aptitude for gathering medical information, for arranging it into some system of ideas peculiar to himself, and to adapt it to a practical purpose, he quitted the army with a good stock of professional knowledge, and after studying awhile with Dr. Joseph B. Wadsworth, he commenced practice. In a few years he married the widow of Doct. Wadsworth, who, inheriting a large fortune, and his health failing, the result of the hardships endured on his campaign, he gradually relin- quished practice. Dr. K. was in most cases partial to botanic and simple remedies; his ideas on medical science were origi- nal ; his success often indicated a peculiar skill. He enjoyed a high rank in his profession ; health and poverty only were needed to urge him to exertions that must greatly have extended his fame. Dr. Kingsbury was the son of a common farmer, and in his latter years often used to describe the habits of society in the days of his youth. Though residing more than a mile from the meeting, he used in summer, until more than a dozen years old, to attend without a hat or coat, and with breeches that left the legs bare below the knee. Such simplicity of apparel however was common at that time in Ellington among persons of his age. He wrote an elegant hand, acquired mostly bj' writing on birch bark of a peculiar kind, that was in general use among school boys as a substitute for paper. Under simi- PARISH OP ELLINGTON. 287 lar disadvantages he acquired a good English education — the basis in after life of a competent share in the general intelli- gence requisite to sustain himself creditably among well informed people. For about twenty-five years before his death, Dr. K. was a deacon in the church ; he was a gentleman of the old school, as it was called, adhering to the costume of the revolutionary age, which, with his noble countenance and bear- ing, gave him the look of just having stept out of some splen- did revolutionary painting. He was venerated next to Mr. Brockway. Dr. Kingsbury was a rare instance of one who had the good fortune to ascend from comparatively humble life to the highest rank in his native town, and yet retain the warm friendship of the early companions whom he had so greatly dis- tanced. Mrs. Roxanna Kingsbury was daughter of Mr. Josiah Allyn of Windsor, a desendant of Col. Matthew Allyn, and, as before mentioned, was the widow of Dr. Joseph B, Wadsworth. As a humane, amiable, considerate, worthy woman, and a lady in all the relations of life, she was rarely equaled. "In memory of Eleazbr Pinney who died July 15, 1855, aged 83." Eleazer Pinney was born in Ellington about sixteen years before the incorporation of the township east of the river, and was consequently a son of Ancient Windsor. He was a ser- geant in the campaign against Burgoyne, in a corps of Con- necticut militia that distinguished itself for bravery. He was engaged in the battle fought at Stillwater on the 19th Septem- ber, 1111, and also in the battle of Saratoga 1th Oct., 1111, which decided the fate of Burgoyne's army, and was one of the division that stormed that general's camp. Lieutenant Pinney (for in Ellington, the commission that he afterwards held, conferred upon its possessor the title for life), Ltftent Pinney, until his active career was closed by age, ranked among the first citizens of the place. He represented the town in the legislature, was a selectman fourteen years, no other person having ever held that office so long; and received his full share of other town meeting honors. In the settlement of estate, guardianships, and other responsible trusts, he received a 288 HISTORY OP ANCTENT WINDSOR. marked preference, although Ellington then contained an un- usual number of men well qualified for similar proofs of con- fidence, and was often jocularly called the administrator-gen- eral of Ellington. For a week preceding his death he suffered much pain, which was endured with true Christian patience and resignation. Pew men in life were more respected, or, in death, more universally regretted. His funeral was numerously attended, for he was truly a friend of all, especially of the poor. The McKinstry Burial Ground, Originated in the determination of the first pastor of Elling- ton, not to be buried by the side of tlwse of his former charge who had, as he thought, treated him unjustly in life. He, there- fore, chose a spot in about the centre of the present village, where he and many of his kindred have been interred. Lately, the whim of the old pastor has been perpetuated by a portion of his descendants, who have erected (1858) a large and ele- gant granite monument, and have enclosed the ground with a handsome iron railing. It contain.s the graves of the allied families of McKinstry and Ellsworth. The following unique inscription is copied verbatim et literatim: Here Rests ye Last Rema- ins of Mr. Alexander McKin- stry yc Kind husband ten- der Parent Dutiful Son affectionate Brother Faith- ful Friend Generous Master compassionate & obliging Neighbor ye unhappy hous looks Desolate & Mourns & Everj' Door Groans doalful as it turns ye Fillers Languish and each Silent Wall in Grief lament ye Masters Pall, who Departed this life, Novem: ye 9, 1759 in ye 30th Year of his Age. Here also are interred: " The remains of the Rev. John Ellsworth, A. M., minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Island of Saba, in the West Indies, son of Daniel Ellsworth, Esq., and Mrs. Mary, who died Nov. 22, 1791." ELLINGTON PARISH. 289 This young man graduated at Yale College in 1185; was ordained at East Windsor, in Sept., 1185; and was settled oyer a small Presbyterian Church in the Isle of Saba, in the West Indies. Being obliged, by the failure of his health, to relinquish his charge, he returned to Ellington, where he died, as above stated, at the age of 29. The sermon at his funeral was preached by the Rev. Dr. McClure, of East Windsor, and was afterwards published. 3t CHAPTER XV. Windsor, East oe the Connecticut Eivek. — Continued. Thz North, or Scantic Parish {now the town of East Windsor). Our esteemed friend, Mr. Azel S. Roe, has already written so thorough and excellent a history of this parish,^ that any at- tempt to rewrite it for the mere sake of originality, would be a work of superoragation. Therefore, as the elucidation of his- toric truth, rather than any display of authorship, is the object of this work, we shall content ourselves in the following chap- ter, with simply abridging the substance of his interesting little volume; and adding thereto a few items which we have ourselves collected. As before mentioned, the first settlement of Windsor, east of the Connecticut Kiver, was along the river from Scantic to Po- dunk, and included the whole of the present town of South Windsor. At a subsequent period (1696-1100) a few families began to locate themselves north of the Scantic. Thomas Ells- worth, the Osborns and the Stileses were among these north- ernmost settlers, all of whom were near the Connecticut River. But the gradual increase of numbers, and a necessity of larger accommodations, drove them, in the course of a few years, back into the higher forest lands of the interior. "As early as 1136, settlers began to select favorable spots 1 History of the Fir.-it Ecclesiastical" Society in East Windsor, from its forma- tion in 17.52, to the death of its second pastor, Rev. Shubael Bartlett, in 1854. With a sketch of the life of Rev. Mr. Bartlett, and his farewell discourse, pre- pared for the fiftieth aimiversary of his settlement. Hartford, 1857. NORTH OR SCANTIC PARISH. 291 for location amid the forests — some choosing their position where the land was favorable for grain, sonic where the large pines afforded means for the maunfacture of tar, and others amid marshj' places where the grass grew rank, for the pur- pose of gathering hay to winter stock, the sowing of grass-seed being an improvement in agriculture not then known to them."" At what time the Ketch Mills''- settlement was commenced is uncertain. As early as March, 1663-4, the court allowed Mr, Matthew Allyn " to take up that meadow at Catch, beyond Goodman Bissell's, on the east side of the Eiver, and what up- land he pleaseth, so he exceeds not his former grant." And in Feb., 1687, the town voted that "Samuel Grant, Senior and Nathaniel Bissell shall have liberty to set up a sawmill with the use of ten acres of land upon the brook that is known by the name of Ketch, and the town is to have the boards for 4s per 100 at the mill, or 5s at the Great River, they to have no right to the land any longer than they maintain a mill upon the place." We think the settlement in that neighborhood, however, be- gan at a much later date — and subsequently to that on the river. The first settlers there, or among the first, were John, EoGER and Luke, sons of John Loomis. I It is related that once, " in the olden time," the men engaged at the old saw mill here were suddenly alarmed while at dinner by the unceremonious appearance of a huge bear. Unprepared for saoh an honor, they sought their safety in flight, while their unwelcome visitor, snuffing around in search of something to eat, espied the luncheon which one of the men had left on, the huge log that was set for the saw. Mounting the log. Bruin began, with his baolc to the saw, quietly to dispose of the luncheon. Meanwhile the owner thereof, taking courage to reconnoitre, found his four footed adversary thus busily employed, and started the saw. Away it went, steadily sliding along the timber, on which unconscious Bruin was seated, in happy enjoy- ment of his stolen feast, until he was awakened from his " sweet dream of peace," by a savage scratch on his shaggy back. Quick as thought he faced around, and instinctively grasped the shining blade in a deathlike hug — but still, up and down, the relentless saw held on its way — and a mangled carcase testified to the exultant settlers that Bruin had " caught a Tartar." This incident has been assigned as the origin of the name Ketch Mills, but this is an evident mistake. The name is a corruption of catch, by which the brook was known at a very early date in the history of Wind.'sor. The low wet lands on its borders were then covered with a large quantity of coarse grass, of which each of the surrounding inhabitants had liberty to gather in what he could ; hence the name of Catch Brook. 292 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Ireland Street, in the northeast part of Scantic Parish, was settled about the middle of the last century, by a number of families of Scotch-Irish, who came from the north of Ireland with the Rev. Mr. McKinstry, and others, who settled at Elling- ton. The names of Thompson, McKnight, Harper, Gowdy, Cohoon, and others, have been long and' honorably connected with the history of this parish. " From all," says Mr. Eoe, " that can be now learned of the character of those who first settled the north parish of Bast Windsor, we must judge them to have been men of strong reso- lution, untiring industry, and of religious habits. They were not mere speculators, who sought to make the most out of the land they occupied in the shortest possible time, and then to remove and try their luck upon some other uncultivated spot; but they seemed to have settled with a design to make a life- stay of it, contenting themselves with a bare living for the first few years, and enlarging their incomes as they extended their clearings and brought more land into a state of cultivation. The houses which they erected were not log-houses, such as have formed the first houses of settlers in the far west, but they were frame buildings of small size, made comfortable without any pretension to ornament. Many of the original settlers pur- chased large tracts of land, which have sufiiced even to the present day for division amopg their descendants, so that in very many locations among us the present owners can sit be- neath the shadow of the trees that sheltered their forefathers, and cultivate the soil where their great-great-grandfathers labored. From the best information which can be obtained, they were a chnrch-going people, for we learn that they were in the habit of attending regularly those places of worship nearest to their different locations. Those who lived in the north visited the old church in Enfield, and those who settled in the middle and southern portions of the parish, attended the church of Dr. Ed- wards, situated near the old burying ground at East Windsor. Sabbath after sabbath they traversed the foot-paths through the woods to that place of worship, and in death they were car- ried through the same paths for many miles on the shoulders of NORTH OR SCANTIC PARISH. 293 neighbors and acquaintances to the depository of the dead near the house of God."i In December, 1149, however, the inevitable necessity of a division was so apparent, that the Second Society petitioned the assembly therefor. Several committees vs'ere appointed, the last of whom re- ported, Sept. 1151, favorably to a division of the society by a line running due east from the mouth of the Scantic River ; with the proviso, that as the list of the south side exceeded that of the north side,^ a part of the former should pay rates to the latter for six years. Tliis report was finally adopted, not with- out some remonstrance from the south-siders ; and, by an act of the assembly, in May, 1152, that part of the Second Society north of the Scantic, became the Second or North Society of Windsor, east of the Connecticut River. ^ The first meeting of the new society, of which we have any record, was held on the 25th of June, 1152. Prom this point we follow Mr. Roe's book. " A meeting legally warned con- vened on that day at the house of Mr. John Prior. Captain John Ellsworth was chosen moderator, and the following- votes were passed : " Voted, That Captain John Ellsworth, David Skinner and Joseph Harper, be society's committee. Voted, By more than two thirds of the inhabitants of the North Society, entitled by law to vote, to build a meeting- house iu and for said society. Voted, That they would apply themselves to the county court to see where the meeting-house should be. Voted, That Samuel Watson, an inhabitant of said society, be the agent for said society to apply to the county court for a committee to affix a place where the meeting-house shall be." Oct. 30th, 1152, at an adjourned meeting of the society, the following resolution passed : 1 One of our oldest inhabitants remembers that at the death of a young lady, wliose relatives had been buried in the old cemetery on East Windsor Hill the corpse was carried from the house he now occupies in Ireland Street, upon the shoulders of the bearers to the place of interment, a distance of .seven miles ; several sets of hearers relieving each other. 2 South side list, £9. 71Gs. North side list, £5. 165s. s State Archives, Ecclesiastical. 294 HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. "Voted that they would raise five hundred pounds, old tenc currency, for the building of a meeting-houae, to be put int the hands of the committee for that purpose." The county court, according to request, appointed a commil tee, and said committee made report, but it appears not to hav been satisfactory, for on the 10th of Dec, 1152, at a meetinj then held, in which Captain John Ellsworth was moderator, am Ammi Trumbull clerk, we find the following resolution passe( by a vote of ten majority : " Voted, That they would apply to the county court to laying objections against the report of second committee of said cour ordered by said court to affix a place for a meeting-house, anc to apply to said court for another committee ; and that Erastus Wolcott be employed to find the center of society, and to niakt a new place if necessary. Voted, That Benjamin Osborn be an agent for said society ir laying their objections before the couutj' court." Daring the delay necessary to fix upon a suitable spot for the erection of their place of worship, the inhabitants of the parish were not willing to be without the preaching of the gospel within the bounds allotted to them, and we find the following resolution on record. "At a meeting of the North Society of Windsor, legally warned. Voted, To raise one hundred pounds, old tenor money, to hire preaching at Mr. John Prior's. Voted, That one-quarter of said hundred pounds, should be spent in preaching at Mr. Nathaniel Ellsworth's. Voted, That Benjamin Osborn should go to hire a minister to preach to said society." At the expiration of a year from the time of their first meet- ing for the purpose of erecting a house of worship, the difficul- ties attending the setting a stake at the place where it should be located, were surmounted, and on the 22d of June, 1153, we find the following vote : "Voted, That a person be appointed to go to the county court, now siting at Hartford, to get the place where the last committee set the last stake, as a place for a meeting house to be recorded. "^ And that Joseph Harper be their agent for that purpose." 1 The following record was made at the June term of the county court; 1753 : " We, the subscribers, being appointed in November last, a committee to repair to the north society in Windsor, view their circumstances, hear all per- NOETg: OR SCANTIC PARISH. 295 At the same meeting it was also " Vo^^d, That Mr. Caleb Booth should go for Mr. Potwine to preach." In August we find the following important resolutions: "Aug. 20th, 1*153. At a meeting of the north society in Wind- sor, legally assembled. Captain John Ellsworth being moderator, Voted, To give Mr. Thomas Potwine, of Coventry, a call to preach with us on probation, in order to settle with us, with the advice of the association. Voted, To build a meeting-house, the same length and breadth as the meeting-house in the second society, and twenty-one feet high between joints. Voted, Jonathan Bartlett, Samuel Allyn, and Ammi Trum- bull, be a committee to employ men to get timber for said build- ing." After a trial of two months it was decided that Mr. Potwine should be called as their pastor. The meeting for that purpose was held on the 22d October, 1183. "Voted, To give Sir Thomas Potwine a call to settle with us in the work of the ministry. Voted, To give Sir Thomas Potwine, of Coventry, two thou- sand pounds in money, old tenor, as it now passes, as a settle- ment. Voted, To give Sir Thomas Potwine five hundred pounds for his yearly salary. Equal to grain, wheat at forty shillings per bushel, rj'e at thirty shillings per bushel, and Indian corn at twenty shillings per bushel, old tenor, and to add to it as our lists rise until it amounts to six hundred pounds old tenor money. Voted, That Joseph Harper and Mr. David Skinner be a com- mittee to treat with Sir Thomas Potwine about settling with us. sons concerned, and af&x and ascertain a place, in our opinion, most suitable and commendable whereon to build a meeting-house for divine worship in said society, having reported to said court in January last, the said society having applied to us to review and further consider their case, did on the 6th day of May, inst., repair to said society and review their circumstances and hear all persons concerned, and having advantage of a new plan of said soci- ety which gave a different representation from that which we before used, in reconsideration, h.ave, in the presence of a large number of the inhabitants of said society, set down a stake in the lot of Lieutenant Samuel Watson, about 36 rods near south from the new dwelling-house of IVlr. Daniel Clark in said society, and are now of opinion that the place where we have now set the stake is the most suitable place whereon to build a new house for divine wor- ship for said society, and will accommodate the inhabitants thereof. Nathaniel Olcott, Zebclon West, Stephen Cone, June term, 1753. Committee. 296 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Voted, To alter the shape of the meeting-house, that it should be fovty-soveii feet in length, thirty-five in breadth, and twenty- on'e in height between joints. • Voted, That Bbenezer Bliss go to Lieutenant Watson and Daniel Clark, in the name of the society, to purchase of them and take a deed for the same, of one and a half acres of land." This was designed for the spot on which the church should be erected and where the stake had been placed. Our forefathers had doubtless more correct ideas of the true relation in which a pastor and his people stand to each other than many societies of the present day, and the record which now follows ought to be engraven on the hearts of all ecclesi- astical societies, and should be a ruling principle in all their agreements for the support of the ministry. The reason which called for the resolution is not given, but the fact of its having been placed upon their records goes far to illustrate their char- acter as men and Christians. " At a meeting of the north society legally assembled on the first day of February, 1T54, Voted, That if what we have already voted for Sir Thomas Potwine's salary should be insufficient for his support, that we will add to his salary as his circumstances call for and our abilities will admit of." In 1758 a new agreement was entered into between the Eev. Mr. Potwine and his people, in which, at his request, the sum to be paid to him annually was to be sixty pounds so long as he should continue their minister. He had also the use of the glebe land, or minister's lot, and a yearly provision of wood. As this seems to have been an arrangement satisfactory to both parties, we may conclude that the sum, small as it appears to us, was sufficient in that primitive period of country, for its purpose. We find, however, much to the credit of the society, when, at a, subsequent period, in consequence of the high price of the necessaries of life during the terrible years when our young nation was in the deadly struggle for her independence — and upon an application by Mr. Potwine for assistance, we find the following record: " 27th Dec, 1799. Voted, To raise fourteen hundred and forty pounds money to be paid to the Rev. Thomas Potwine, in addition to his stated salary the current year, on account of the high price of the necessaries of life." S8WLNTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 297 What was the actual value -of the amount designated as four- teen hundred and forty pounds is not now easilj' determined, but as they also raised one hundred and eighty-eight pounds for the purchase of his wood for that year, which had usually cost five pounds, we can suppose it to have amounted to forty pounds — an addition to his regular salary of two-thirds. There is also an excellent testimony borne for the society by its records in the promptness with which the salary to their minister was paid. Regularly as the year came round his receipt is attested as in full for the amount agreed upon. The following rules of church discipline were defined for set- tlement of Mr. Potwine, at a meeting of the society' on the first April, 1754: " Voted, To settle Sir Thomas Potwine in the following man- ner, viz.: 1st. The Word of God is the only infallible rule of church discipline. 2d. That the church will have a manual vote in this house. 3d. That whenever we shall have occasion to send a messen- ger, that we will choose him by proxy. 4th. That whenever we shall have occasion for a council, that the church shall choose them. 5th. We do agree to leave the examination of those who de- sire to join in full communion with the minister. 6th. We do agree that those who have a desire to join in full communion have liberty to make relation of their experience in the church and congregation, upon their admission to the church," Mr. Potwine, having accepted the terms offered him as a set- tlement, it was concluded that on the 1st day of May, 1154, he should be solemnly ordained as their pastor. And the following votes were passed at the meeting held on the 1st April preceding: "Voted, To ordain Sir Thomas Potwine at Lieutenant Samuel Watson's. Voted, That Captain John Ellsworth proceed for the ministers that shall ordain Sir Thomas Potwine, and the rest of the minis- ters that shall come to ordination, and the messengers. Voted, That Caleb Booth, Bzekiel Osborn, Jonathan Bartlett, Samuel Watson, David Skinner, John Gaylord, Ebenezer Bliss, Benjamin Osborn, and Ammi Trumbull, provide for people that come to ordination." No building had as yet been erected for public worship, but 38 298 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. the people, anxious to have the ininistration of the ordinancei ' and a servant of God as their leader and teacher, procured the use of a private house for that purpose, and the one most appro priate then on account of its size and capacity for accoinmodat ing a number of pe.ople was that which is now in possession ol Mr. Joel Prior, situated in Main street. The ordination of Mr Potwine was celebrated under the roof of a barn then newlj erected and never as yet used. Of course none are now living who witnessed that scene, but the account of it the writer has received from an old lady, who very distinctly remembers, what her mother told her about it, who was present and with her babe in her arms. The ceremony was performed upon the barn floor. A table answered for a desk, and benches made of rough boards, with a few chairs for the more distinguished ministers, were their seats. Boards were laid across the bays as standing places for the women and older people, while upon the beams above perched the younger and most elastic. This barn is still stand- ing. It would be gratifying to be able to give some particulars of the ministry of Mr. Potwine, but unfortunately no records have been preserved that can throw light upon it; nothing pertaining to church matters can be known except from tradition. How many were added through his long ministry can only be known now when the last great account shall be made up. In about one year after his ordination, the house for worship was completed,' and the congregation joyfully assembled ' The house of worship was not probably in a finished state when first oceupiecl, for we find on record the following resolutions in reference to it: " Dec. 18th, 17f>9, Voted, That Joseph Allyn, Jonathfin Bartlett, and Ammi Trumbull, be a committee for finishing the lower part ol the mtetiug-house. " Voted, That the lower part of the meeting-house be finished with pews." Again, at a meeting held 21st Dec, 1767 : " Voted, To raise tvrelve pounds to glaze the meeting-house, to be paid in grain, viz : wheat at four .shillings, rye at three shillings, and Indian corn at two shillings per bushel ; and the Society's committee to take charge of the glazing." Again, at a meeting held 11th Dec, 1769 : " Voted, to raise eighty pounds to be expended in flnihhing the rtieeting- house, to be paid in grain, wheat at four shillings, rye at three shillings, and Indian corn at two shillings per bushel ; and Lemuel Stoughton, Jonathan Bartlett, and Simeon Wolcott, to be a committee to lay out the money and see to the work." SCANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 299 together for the purpose of coiisecvatiiig it as a holy place where they could meet to sing the praises of Jehovah, to bow together in prayer before him, and to sit beneath the droppings of the sanctuary, and listen to the teachings of his servant from the holy scriptures. It was erected as nearly at the centre of the parish as could be agreed upon, although in the opinion of many, who lived on what was called the river road, " too far in the woods." The site chosen was the one occupied by the present place of wor- ship. The building was after the fashion of many of that day, where the society was not large or wealthy. It was a plain, oblong building, of small size, as the dimensions already given testify, and without any steeple or ornament. A door opened from the east and south, and with its galleries could probably accommodate from two to three hundred persons. Not long after the erection of the church a small building was put up near the present site of the dwelling-house of Samuel W. Bart- lett, Esq., for the accommodation of those who lived too far from the place of worship to be able to return to their homes during the interruption of public worship at noon, where they could take refreshment such as they had brought with them, or, if the winter season, have the benefit of a fire, and replenish their foot-stoves for the afternoon service, a warm meeting-house being in those days an interdicted luxury. This building also answered a very useful purpose for those females who might have no convienience for riding to church, and were of necessity often compelled to encounter sand and dust if the season was dry, or snow and mud at other times — a change of the nether garments vyas necessary, and here it could be effected. Going to church was in those days a matter of course. None staid at home but the very aged and the sick; and they went in that way which happened to be most convienent, for the most part on horseback.^ The husband and the wife, the brother 1 Some of the roads were inconvenient even for that mode of conveyance. At the top and bottom of the long hill which ascends from Mr. Csborn's mill to what is now called Prospect street, horse-blocks were erected ut which the riders could dismount and mount — the hill was so steep and rugged they were obliged to lead their horses going up or down ; and some persons now living remember well seeing these blocks. 300 HISTOKY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. and sister, the lover and his lass, each pair on the same horse, and often a little one in the arms of the mother or father. One hundred horses have been counted thus passing in line along one of the most frequented roads, of those who had been attend- ing the house of God. Weather did not then determine the numbers who should be in their seats in the Lord's house. The soaking rain and the driving storm of snow were matters of little account with the hardy ancestors of this settlement, the men who with their own sturdy arms had made a clearing for their families amid the forest, and the women who with their own hands wove the garments in which their husbands and themselves were clad, were not the persons to look either to the heavens above or the earth beneath to ascertain whether it would do to "venture out to-day." Moreover, going to church was considered an indis- pensable duty, none turned their backs upon the house of God, and it was no uncommon thing for neighbors to question each other if for one or two sabbaths any were absent from their place. Alas! that the good habit should ever have been laid aside. With this practice continued, as the parish increased in num- bers, we can readilj' understand how at the end of fifty years the house which had accommodated the fathers became too small for their descendants. The seats could not contain the congregation, and the stairs which led into the galleries, as well as the outer steps at the doors, were often filled with those who could find no other resting place. Whether the spiritual condition of the people may bo judged by this crowding to the house of God, can not now be so clearly ascertained as we could wish. That there was a good degree of vital religion we may hope. Prayer-meetings were regularly kept up in different parts of the parish, and in these exercises the hands of the pastor were greatly strengthened by the energy and devotion of his venerable father who had removed to this town.i He went from house to house and held meetings that 1 John Potwine, a goldsmith, removed from Boston to Hartford, and thence to (North) Coventry, Ct., where he was admitted a freeman in 1754. From Coventry he came to Scantic. See Genealogy. SCANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 301 were well attended, and was constant in his labors both in regular attendance through all weathers and in direct conversa- tion with individuals. And so much was he esteemed for these 'abors of love, that the people of their own accord erected for him a small house in the center street of the parish, that he might have a permanent home among them. The first notice we have of any necessity for a new meeting- house is from the record of a meeting held on the 19Lh day of Dec, 1196. The society was called together " for the purpose that the inhabitants of said society may show their minds respecting the necessity of building a new meeting-house, and to do any business lawful and proper to be done relating to the building of said house. But two votes were passed at this meeting; one appointing James Chamberlin moderator, and the other to adjourn the meet- ing to the first Monday of March following, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. At the meeting held in March, the question was put by the moderator: " Will you do anything respecting the building a new meet- ing-house in this society? The society answered in the negative." Five years elapsed before any move was again made in refer- ence to erecting a new house or repairing and enlarging the old one. On the 21st day of April, 1801, a meeting was held of the Second Society in East Windsor, " legall j' holden at the meeting-house in said society." "Voted, To build an addition to the meeting-house in said society of about 21 feet in length, and the same height and breadth with the body of said house, on the north part of said house; to build a new roof facing the opposite way from what the old one now stands; to move the pulpit to a proper place; to fill the new part with pews, excepting proper alleys; to move any pews that it shall be necessary to move; to plaster all parts of said house that shall be necessary; to new cover the outside of said house and paint it; to underpin the said house decently with three tier of stone, including many of the old underpinning stone as can be used; and to procure suitable step stones; all to be done within twenty months from this date. Voted, That Messrs. John Morton, Thomas Potwine, Jr., and Stoddard Ellsworth, be a committee to carry the above vote into execution. 302 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Voted, To raise four cents on the dollar on the list of 1800, to enable said committee to carry into execution the above de- scribed building." Nothing had been done towards the accomplishment of the resolutions passed at the meeting in April, when the society again met in October of the same year, excepting collecting materials for the work; nor is there a record of any motion having been made to rescind or alter the votes which had been passed; nor is any mention made in reference to the matter, except the following vote: "Voted, That the inhabitants of this society or any indi- viduals be permitted to build a cupola or steeple to the meeting house in this society, provided it be done entirely by subscrip- tion, and provided no tax be laid to defray the expense of the same." A difference of opinion is, however, known to have arisen, and perhaps a little too much pertinacity was manifested on each side; the breach became seriously wider and wider, and the members on either side of the question were determined to stand . by their expressed opinion. At the close of one of their meet- ings in which many hard words had been sent back and forth, and in which it had been decided by a majority of voters that an addition should be made to their present house of worship, it was very evident that the minority felt sorely grieved, and one of them was heard to express the opinion " that the addition would never be made." Whether it was spoken under pro- phetic inspiration or otherwise is of little consequence now. In the edge of evening of that sanoe day, 5th October, 1801, the families living in the vicinity of the meeting-house were aroused by the cry of fire! and to their dismay soon found that the sacred building which had been the subject of so much contention, and the innocent cause of much asperity of feeling, was involved in flames. The fire had originated upon the west end of the house, and when first discovered .it is said might soon have been extinguished; but the efiicient help at the right time was wanting, and the dry material soon fed the flame beyond the power of any means within reach to extinguish it, and in a few hours a heap of ashes and charred timbers alone remained of the place where for half a century the inhabitants of the SCANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 303 second parish of East Windsor had worshiped. To some, doubtless, it was rather an agreeable sight than otherwise; there could be no patching or adding to be done; a new house must be had to worship in, or none at all; but to very many it brought dismay and sorrow of heart. The old building had been their "first love." It was associated with the memory of departed ones. It was their holy house. Sabbath after sab- bath they had gathered there from their earliest days; there they had sung the praises of Jehovah, had bowed in solemn prayer, had listened to words of exhortation, and there perhaps had received the first breath of spiritual life. No other place could be to them what that had been, and as the unsparing- flames wrapped in their furious embrace the sacred building, and sent their lurid glare far up on the overhanging clouds and on the distant hill-tops, the tears of heartfelt sorrow broke forth, and lamentations were heard in many a household. It seemed to them like the triumphing of the wicked; like the tread of the demon of evil upon their sacred Zion. But perhaps to no one was the intelligence " that the church was on fire" so heart-rending as to him who had administered at that sanctuary for the last fifty years. Mr. Potwine had now become an old man. He had reached the farther shore of time, and the mists from eternity's vast ocean were beginning to gather around him. Advanced in life and weakened by disease, he was in no condition to bear such a trial. To him, above all others, that old edifice was precious. It had been the place of his life's labor; the post where his master had stationed him in the days of his early manhood, and in which he had been kept to his old age; it was associated with all the memories so dear to a true pastor of the flock of Christ. He had there proclaimed a Saviour's dying love; administered the elements commemorat- ive of that Saviour's atoning sacrifice; witnessed the power of the truth upon those who listened to liis message from the heights of Zion. It was the one spot to which for fifty years his mind turned with deep interest, and with which were con- nected his duty here and his crown hereafter. He is said to have lost his usual elasticity of mind, his spirits drooped, and his 304 HISTOKT OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. bodily infirmities increased in power, until the hour came which closed his trials and his stewardship. A period of darkness now ensued. The minds of many in the society were sadlj' embittered. The daring and wanton act which had been perpetrated by some rude hand could not he forgotten. More than one individual was suspected and openly charged with the crime, and at length a prosecution was com- menced agairist several who had been members of the society, They of course denied the charge; and those connected with them by friendship or family ties, were greatly aroused and violently embittered against the society, and withdrew their names from its list of members. It was a time of contention and subsequent darkness. Some now living can no doubt i^ecall the scene as one of severe trial to the lover of Zion; as a time when Satan seemed to have gained the ascendancy, and was about to root up the good seed which had been sown here by the preaching of the Word, and the prayers and tears of God's people. The trial in the courts lasted for some time, but the result of it is now of little consequence. Most, if not all, of those con- cerned on either side, have gone before a higher tribunal, and the troubled waters have long since subsided; we would not raise a ripple on their calm surface. Whatever division of feeling existed within the society, there seems to have been a decision of purpose with a large majority in regard to the erection of a new place of worship. At the regular meeting of the society in the following April, it was "Voted, To build a meeting-house in this society, at a place where the Honorable General Assembly or County Court shall affix — by a majority of the whole except two — and that Caleb Booth, Esq., be agent in behalf of this societj' to proffer a me- morial praying said Assembly or Court, as occasion may require, to appoint, order and affix the place whereon said meeting- house shall be built, and also to apply to said Assembly for their resolve appropriating the materials and money provided for repairing the old meeting-house, lately burnt in this society, to the purpose of building a new one. Voted, To raise five mills on the dollar on the list of 1801, for the purpose of defraying the expenses." The expense referred to was more particularly intended for SCANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 305 carrying on the law-suit ordered to be commenced against those suspected of having- fired the old meeting-house. On the 26th day of May, 1802, a meeting was held " for the purpose of taking into consideration the doing of the Honorable General Assembly committee in affixing the place whereon to build a- meeting-house in this society, and for acting thereon." "Voted, That provided said Assembly shall ratify the doings of said committee, we will build a meeting-house on said place. Ninety-one in the affirmative and twenty-three in the nega- tive." On the 31st Jfay, the society again assembled; " Voted, To raise two cents on the dollar on the list of 1801, towards defraying the expense of building the new meeting- house, when tiie General Assembly have affixed the place, in addition to the four cent tax already voted and appropriated to the building of said house, by said Assemblj^ payable on the first day of October, 1802. Voted, Messrs. John Morton, Thomas Potwine, Jr., and Job Ellsworth, be a committee to carry the bui'.ding of said meeting- house into effect. Voted, To build said meeting-house of the following dimen- sions: fifty-six feet in length and forty-seven feet in breadth, and a proportionable heigiit, to be determined by the committee appointed to build said house; and to erect the frame, and cover the outside, and lay the lower floor, bj' the first day of October, 1802, or as soon as may be." The committee chosen by the society seems to have possessed a very commendable degree of energy in carrying out their resolutions, for in one month from the date of their last meeting the house was raised, and we suppose in some state of forward- ness, so much so that at a meeting legally warned and held on the 2d of July, 1802, they felt it necessary to pass a vote and take measures for protection against any evil disposed persons who might attempt to injure it. The following resolution speaks for itself: "Voted, That Samuel Stiles, Jeremiah Lord, and John Pel- shaw, be agents in behalf of this society, and they are hereby authorized and appointed to take care of the new meeting-house lately erected in this society, and to commence a prosecution or prosecutions against any person or persons who shall attempt or commit any trespass on said meeting-house, in any wise in- juring the same, and to make presentment to proper authority for any breaches of law or for any threats that have or shall be 39 306 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. uttered respecting said house, and prosecute the same to final judgment aud execution." The last vote for raising the yearly salary of Eev. Mr. Pot- wine, was passed by the society at their regular meeting in October, 1802. " Voted, To raise two hundred dollars for the Rev. Thomas Potwine's salary for the current year. Voted, To raise sixteen pounds, sixteen shillings, to get the Rev. Thomas Potwine's wood for the year ensuing, to be paid to the following named persons, in proportion as they have undertaken to get said wood: cords at 8 shillings. To Daniel Osborn, 4 ti Hezekiah Wells, 4 " Daniel Chapin, 4 II Hezekiah Bissell, 8 if Jonathan Clark, 2 i( Henry Wolcott, 2 II Paul Hamilton, 2 11 David Bancroft, 2 << Alexander Vining, 6 It Joseph Button, 2 tt Caleb Booth, 4 << Jonathan Button, 2 42 cords " This method of supplying wood for Mr. Potwine had been adopted first at a meeting of the society in November, 1194, at which time an inspector of the wood thus to be provided was appointed. Soon after this meeting in October, 1802, the society was left destitute of a pastor by the death of the Rev. Mr. Potwine.' 1 Mr. Potwine died in November, 1802, about one year after the buraing of the meeting-liouse Tte following record of his last lioiirs of life was made at the time when the scene occurred : "For more than ten days preceding his death, Mr. Potwine was exercised with great bodily distress, but patient and resigned to the hand of God. So great was his weakness that he was unable to converse in that length of time ; but while the lamp of life was glimmering in the socket, and every moment expected to be his last, on the morning of the Lord's day, which was the day before his death, to the surprise of his mourning family and many people who called in to take a last and affectionate farewell of their beloved pastor, on their way to the place of public worship, at that moment he was lavored with a short revival, his departing spirit recalled, and with an audible voice he asked them to unite with him in prayer : and in the following words poured forth the desires of his heart : " Almighty God and Heavenly Father I be pleased to he with us on this Thy holy day, tq keep us from sin and all evil, and guide us in duty. Will SCANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 307 Thej- did not however relax in any of their efforts to finish their meeting-house, already erected, or to provide for themselves and families the stated preaching of the gospel ; and it is highly gratifying to perceive how promptly and systematically they went on amidst the difficulties with which they were surrounded. Tliey had now no spiritual leader. Many who had been mem- bers of the society either withdrew their aid or united in oppo- sition ; but the business of the society went steadily on. A meeting was legally warned and held on the 10th day of January, 1803, when it was " Voted, That Caleb Booth be and he is hereby appointed agent for this society to apply to the association for advice and assistance in procuring a candidate to preach the gospel to them on probation. Voted to raise two cents on the dollar, on the list of 1802, for the purpose of paying tlie expenses on the meeting-house, already arisen, and likewise to build a pulpit." la March following, a meeting was held by adjournment from that held 10th of January, which was again adjourned to the third Monday of March ; and on the third Monday the society God be with me, Thy servant, who is soon to be laid in tlie consuming grave. Merciful God 1 be witli me in my dying moments, to uphold and sup- port me. Pat underneath me Thine everlasting arms of mercy ; and support me by Tliy free, rich grace ; and receive my parting spirit to Thy blissful pre- sence. Will God be with my dear and mourning wife in hergi-eat trials, and support her by Thy Holy Spirit. Will God sanctify my death to my dear children, for their spiritual and everlasting good. And may my death be sanctilied to my beloved church and people, when I am laid in the dust. Unite them in one heart and one mind to serve the living and true God. Pre- serve them from Will worship : and may they in truth and sincerity love and serve Thee, May they be united in liarmony and peace. Bless the whole Israel of God ; and have compassion on the immortal souls Thou hast made ; througli the merits of Thy dear Son, our Lord and Saviour, and to Him, with the Father and Eternal Spirit, be ascribed everlasting praises. Amen." The last words which Mr. Potwine was heard to utter, were, " Christ is my all and in all." And the Rev. Mr. McClure, the pastor of the South Church in East Wind- sor, chose them as the text from which he preached his funeral sermon, No- vember 17, 1802. Colossians iii, 2. — " Christ is all and in all." His monument, in the Scantic graveyard, bears this inscription : " Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Thomas Potwine, first Minister of the Second Church in East Windsor, he was a native of Boston, .and educated at Yale College, 1731, settled in the gospel ministry here, 1754, where he con- tinued more than 48 years, the faithful pious pastor of an united people, his useful and exemplary life, thro' the grace of his Savour, was crowned with peace and triumph in death, He deceased Nov, 15th, 1802, aged 71 years. 308 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. again assembled, but the only resolution passed was the follow- ing : " Voted, To dissolve this meeting." That there was some difficulty, appears evident from these frequent meetings, without anj'' action. There was, however, a majority of determined friends to religion and good order, for on the twenty-eighth day of March, instant, another meeting was legally warned and held, at which considerable business was transacted. " Voted, To finish off the new meeting-house in this society complete by the first day of December next ; the stairs in the steeple to be included in finishing said house. Voted, To raise six cents on the dollar, on the list of Aug. 20, 1802, to defray the expense of the same, to be paid at three several payments, viz : \ first of Oct. 1803 ; \ first of Octo- ber, 1804 ; \ first of October, 1805 ; and that the rate-bills be imraediatelj' made out, that any persons so disposed may pay their proportions at once. Voted, That John Morton, Job Ellsworth and Thomas Pot- wine, be the committee to finish said house. The above meeting was adjourned to the 6th day of June fol- lowing, when the following vote was passed : " Voted, To raise five mills on the dollar, on the list of 1803, to defray the expense of hiring a clergyman to supply the pul- pit in this society." Mr. Booth had been successful in procuring a candidate, the Eev. Shubael Bartlett ; and the above tax was laid for the pur- pose of paying him for his services. After preaching some months as a candidate, Mr. Bartlett received a call from the society to settle as their pastor. The preliminary meeting for that purpose was held on the 28th day of November, 1803. The vote was passed to call Mr. Bartlett by a large majority, eighty-four voting in the affirma- tive, and twelve in the negative. The terms of settlement were, five hundred dollars to be paid him as a settlement, and a yearly salary of four hundred and fifty dollars, so long as he should be able to supply the pulpit, and if disabled from preach- ing, one-half the salary to be deducted. He was also to have the use of the ministerial lot. These terms were accepted by Mr. Bartlett, and he wa? ordained as their pastor, on the 15th of February, 1804, SCANTIC, OU NORTH PARISH. 309 In 1841, the meeting-house was remodeled and finished in a style of modern convenience and elegance. BeU and Clock. The bell and clock were presented to the society as a dona- tion, and the following is the first notice of them on record: "At a meeting of the second ecclesiastical society, legally warned and held on the second day of October, 1809;" Voted, That whereas sundry individuals belonging- to the second ecclesiastical society in East Windsor, have provided, by free donation, a bell and also a clock, for the use and benefit of said society, and have freely presented the same by their committees; therefore. Resolved, That this society cordially and gratefully accept the donation and return them their sincere thanks for the same, and also to the respective comoiittees for their trouble and attention to this business." The bell and clock were no doubt put into their respective places immediately, for we find provision made for ringing the bell and taking care of the clock, at this same meeting, in the following vote: "Voted, To raise twenty-two dollars, to be paid to Mr. Thomas Tarbox for ringing the bell and taking care of the clock." The regulations for ringing the bell were not made until 1812. At a meeting held in October of that year, it was " Voted, That the following shall be the regulations for ring- ing the bell: The bell shall be rung at 12 o'clock in the day, and nine at night, five minutes each time. After ringing the bell at nine at night, to toll the day of the month. It shall ring every sabbath morning at half past nine o'clock, fifteen minutes, it shall ring at meeting time five minutes, and then toll until the minister comes and enters the desk. In like manner before a lecture. It shall ring for a death five minutes; for a male about ten years old, it shall strike three times three strokes; for a female over ten years of age it shall strike three times two strokes; and for a child under ten years of age, three strokes; and then it shall strike the age of the person deceased; and then it shall be tolled fifteen minutes. It ehall be tolled at a funeral when requested. It is not to be tolled for a death after the sun is down.'' We find no mention made of stoves for warming the meeting- 310 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. house until 1825. At a meeting held in October of that year it was " Voted, To g^ive liberty to the inhabitants of the second society in East Windsor, to put a stove or stoves into the meet- ing house, provided they shall be the property of the society so long as the society shall suffer them to remain in said house." Nothing, however, was done in accomplishing what now seems such an absolute necessity for comfort in the house of worship, until another year had passed. A meeting was held on the 25th day of December, 1826, which was adjourned to the 2d day of January, 1827, when it was " Voted, To raise three-fourths of a cent on a dollar, to defray the expenses of putting up stoves and pipes into the meeting- house — to provide fuel for the same, and a man to attend to the stoves." Seating the Meeting-House. The first notice in regard to pews is recorded at a meeting of the society in December, 1159, when a committee was appointed to finish the meeting-house with pews. Whether the committee completed the work, is doubtful, for no mention is made of their doings, nor was any money voted for that purpose. In 1169, eighty pounds was raised for the purpose of finishing the meet- ing-house, and Ensign Lemuel Stoughton, Captain Jonathan Bartlett, and Simeon Wolcott, were appointed committee to carry the vote into effect. The next year, 10th day of Decem- ber, niO, is the first notice we have of seating the meeting- house, so that in all probability the pews were not completed until that period. The persons selected for that purpose, were James Harper, Simeon Wolcott, John Thompson, Jr., Ensign Lemuel Stough- ton, and John Prior ; and the meeting was adjourned to the first Monday in February following, for the express purpose of hearing their report. The report was accepted. In December, 1785, a committee was again appointed for the same purpose; and at an adjourned meeting held on the second Monday of January following, the report of that committee was heard and accepted. The persons appointed for that purpose were Captain Hezekiah Bissell, Major Lemuel Stoughton, Cap- SC ANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 311 tain Caleb Booth, Joseph Allen, Esq., and Eb^nezer Watson, Jr. In December, 1190, it was "Voted, That the committee that seated the meeting-house the last time, be a committee to seat those persons who have come into the society since the meeting-house was last seated." In January, 1194, a committee was again appointed to seat the house, and on the 1st April following their report was ac- cepted. The last order for seating the old house was made at a regular Hociety meeting held on the 6th day of October, 1800. Samuel Stiles, Samuel Bartlett, Thomas Potwine, Jr., Benja- min Loomis, James Chamberlain, Stodaut Ellsworth and John Pasco were the committee appointed for that purpose. The meeting was adjourned to the first Monday of February follow- ing, to hear their report. At that adjourned meeting, the following question was put to the society, by the moderator, Capt. Hezekiah Bissell : " Do you accept the doing's of your committee in seating the meeting-house ?" "Voted in the affirmative." After the erection of the new meeting-house, in 1802, nothing was done in reference to seating the house for twenty-four years. When the congregation took possession of the new pews, they probably seated themselves according to some prin- ciple which had been established during their occupancy of the old house. It must, at least, have been an arrangement satis- factory to the larger part of the society, or it would not have been continued so long without some attempt to alter it. The first notice of any movement on the subject is recorded at a meeting of the society held the 2d of October, 1826. "Voted, That the society's committee be directed to embrace in their warning, at the next annual meeting, to see if the soci- ety will lease the pews in the meeting-house in this society for one year — or whether they will do anything relating to selling the pews or seating the meeting-house." The society, however, seems to have been greatly divided in opinion on that subject, as well as others, and after several ad- journed meetings the matter was finally dropped until 1832, when at the regular meeting, held on the 1th of October of that year, Jonathan Bartlett, Esq., being moderator, Chester Belknap, Esq. 312 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. clerk and treasurer — Simeon Barber, John Bissell, Esq., 2nd, Moses Osborn, society committee. The following resolution was passed : "Voted, To lease the pews for one j'ear to raise money to defray the expenses of the society the current year and to dis- charge the debts now due from the society. Voted, That Messrs. Moses Osborn, John Bissell, Esq., Ira Wells, Samuel Bartlett, Esq., and Sim.eon Barber, be a commit- tee for the above purpose." This committee made report at an adjourned meeting held in November, which was accepted, and the sale of the pews ac- cordingly made — and this method of seating the meeting-house has been since usually adopted with slight variations. Si7igi'ng. Attention to singing, as a part of the worship of the sanctu- ary, has always been held among this people as of great importance, and very early in the history of the society we find the subject alluded to and provision made for its maintenance. At a meeting of the society in December, 1158, among other resolutions for the good of the society, we find the following: "Voted, To raise eight pounds to hire Mr. Beal or Mr. Wilson to teach us to sing." What method these gentlemen adopted in their term of instruc- tion we can not now say, but it appears some years afterwards, the society thought it necessary to pass a resolution whicli would seem to indicate that the service had been performed pretty "much " ad libitum." At a meeting of the society in April, 11*11, it was " Voted, To introduce singing by rule in the congregation." This resolution it would seem did not meet with approbation, for at a meeting of the society next year it was in effect re- scinded, as follows: " Voted, Not to act upon the article of singing in the congre- gation." There were doubtless, wise men among them, who, as soon as they perceived what testy folks singers were, resolved to let them have their own way — either to sing in unison, or each one on their own hook, merely insisting upon the following regula- tioij, which should be in force for one year : SC ANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 313 " Voted, To sing in the congregation without reading line by line, a part of the time, not exceeding one-half, until the next annual meeting of the society." At the next annual meeting it was " Voted, To continue the singing in the congregation, as agreed upon at the last meeting." No further attempt was made to interfere with the singing until 1794. At a meeting of the society, held in January of that year, the following resolution was passed : "Voted, To raise one farthing on the pound on the list of 1193, for the purpose of hiring a singing-master to instruct in the rules and arts of singing Psalms, so that singing in divine wor- ship may be performed decently and orderly in this society." The peculiar wording of this resolution rather leaves an im- pression upon the mind that things were not in respect to that department of the exercises just as they should have been. And the society appears now to be in earnest to correct the evil, for at the next annual meeting another farthing on the pound was raised, and Major Caleb Booth empowered to hire a singing master for the winter. Again in 1196, a vote was passed to raise one-half penny on the pound for the purpose of hiring a teacher " to learn the inhabitants of this society the rules of singing psalms in the congregation," and Daniel Osborn was appointed a committee to carry the resolution into effect. The last singing school for the benefit of worship in the old church, was in the winter of 1800 and 1801. At a meeting held 6th October, 1800, it was "Voted To raise two mills on the dollar, on the list of 1800, for the use of hiring a singing-master the ensuing winter. Voted, That Capt. Asahel Stiles should procure a singing- master." Since the erection of the last meeting-house, and during the ministry of Mr. Bartlett, singing schools were enjoyed every few years; the pastor himself always attended them, for he not onlj' took a great delight in sacred ra.usic, but he believed that the meeting together of the younger part of the congregation to engage in this exercise had a happy influence on their minds, and he has often been heard to say that he could date the 40 314 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. beginnings of several revivals of religion from the close of the singing-schools. His prayerful watch over them did, no doubt much to prevent the evils which have come upon other eccle- siastical societies from this source. In 1847, Mr. Bartlett was induced, by the infirmities of age, to request the assistance of a colleague pastor. Accordingly the society chose the Rev. Samuel J. Andrews, who was duly ordained to his office, in October following, " and commenced his peculiar and responsible duties, for which hy nature, and more especially by the grace of God, he was in an eminent degree qualified." In 1854 the society were bereaved by the death of the ven- erable second pastor. The following sketch of his life and character we have condensed from the faithful and touching memoir, by the same graceful pen to which we have been so much indebted in the preparation of this chapter. The Rev. Shubael Bartlett was born at Lebanon, in the state of Connecticut, 2d of April, 1718. His father, Mr. John Bartlett, was a deacon in the Congrega- tional church at Lebanon, under the pastoral charge of .Rev. Dr. Ely. In a direct line he could trace his ancestry to John Alden, who landed at Plymouth in December, 1620, and the whole line of pedigree runs through those who were professedly pious persons. Mr. John Bartlett was a man in plain circumstances, working with his own hands at the shoemaker's trade; but training his family in the fear of God, and had the pleasure of beholding his children walking in the ways of righteousness and profess- ing faith in Jesus Christ. In his declining years, having lost his wife, and his children being scattered abroad, he left Lebanon and closed his life at the house of his son. Rev. Siiu- bael Bartlett, at East Windsor. I find in the diary of Mr. Bartlett this record: " If ever I was born again, I have reason to hope that it was some time in the springing of the year, A. D. 1794." He united with the church in June of the same year, so, that he must have made a profession of religion when he was sixteen years of age. SCANTIC, OE 'north PARISH, 315 His mind was soon after this turned towards the ministry, attd he commenced studies preparatory- to entering college under the Kev. Zebulon Ely, and in September, 1196, entered the freshman class at Yale College. His means for a collegiate course were mainly provided by himself, in part by teaching, together with some perquisites received by him for service in' the college. His father could spare but little from his income for such purposes, and in those days there were no benevolent societies to offer assistance to young men in the arduous undertaking of a collegiate course. The rock had to be broken then by resolute and sturdy blows. Having finished his collegiate course in the year 1800, he commenced studying for the ministry under Dr. Dwight, and in the course of the year 1802, was licensed to preach the gospel. In January 1th, 1803, Mr. Bartlett received an invitation from the Second Society in East Windsor, to preach as a candi- date, the church being then left destitute by the death of their former pastor, Eev. Thomas Potwine. Soon after this invitation he came and supplied the pulpit for several months. Towards the close of the year a call was voted by the church and society, and handed to him for acceptance. Having accepted it, on the 15th February, 1804, he was sol- emnly ordained in the new meeting-house as pastor of the church and people. The character which Mr. Bartlett was enabled through so many years to sustain as a man was that of a consistent Christ- ian. He was remarkable for an evenness of deportment as well through his youth as in his maturer years, and to the very close of his life. He seemed always to realize his accountability to God for all his conduct towards his fellow-men, and for all the motives of that conduct. He not only believed it to be wrong to indulge in harsh censure of his fellows, he felt that it was beneath the Christian's character to indulge even in harsh thoughts. In all his most private concerns he felt that it was his privi- lege as a child of God, to have the care and counsel of his heavenly Father, and thus connecting the care and the will of God with his daily interests and his daily duties, he may be said 316 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. truly to have traveled the path allotted to him with the sensible presence of his Almighty Friend, hallowing every scene and making even its darkest passes radiant with the light that streameth from heaven. * * * The government of his family was far from being rigid; he treated his children with the greatest familiarity, entering into all their plans, examining with them all the reasons for or against a certain course, and encouraging them under every circumstance to make perfect confidents of both their parents. He was in the habit of conversing freely with them, especially as they drew near to adult years, on the peculiar temptations to which they would be exposed, and thus guarding them against concealed dangers. * * . * He kept a strong hold of his children by prayer, bearing them continually on his heart before God and more especially so if any peculiar circumstance in the life of either of them excited his interest. * * * * Mr. Bartlett's style of preaching was not calculated to please a fastidious taste; he had never studied to adorn his discourses with the graces of elocution even from the first, and perhaps regarded with too much indifference the manner in which the truths which he wished to enforce were presented. It doubtless seemed to him all sufficient if he could say to his hearers, thus saith the Lord — and from a desire to make every proposition as plain as possible, he enlarged upon each particular more perhaps than was necessary for the best effect and yet who can say that more finished compositions, a style more in unison with the refined taste of later years, would, upon the whole, have accomplished a greater amount of good? His preaching was rather practical than doctrinal. He did not, indeed, keep back the prominent articles of our faith, hut they were never brought out in their startling boldness, so as to lead the minds of his hearers to revolt at them or to create a disputatious spirit. He was fully conscious that " we now see only in part," that many things " were hard to be believed," and could never be made quite clear in our imperfect state — but ■' to love the Lord with all our heart and our neighbor as ourself," to repent heartily of sin, to lay hold on Jesus as the so ANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 317 great Saviour of the soul, to do works meet for repentance, and to walk by faith on the Son of God. These were within the grasp of the mind and upon these he dwelt. In his ministrations as a pastor, he appeared among his people in the same character as when standing in the sacred desk, the same gentleness of manner, the same Christian courtesy, the same serious, devout instructor. He never put off the ambassador of Christ when mingling with the family circle, at the firesides of his people. He had a word of en- couragement for the desponding, a word of exhortation to the thoughtless, and to those who openly transgressed, his reproof and admonition were administered in the spirit of humility and love. Nor had he any partiality. All received from him the same tokens of his kindly feelings. He looked upon his flock as a father upon his children; all might not equally meet his approbation, but all shared in his heart's interest. * » * His attention to the children of his flock was also a peculiarity in his ministrations that has done much in accomplishing his work, and implanted an interest for him in the hearts of very many which will never die away. He never passed a child without especial notice, and for many years could call any child among his people by name. He walked before his people a living example of true religion. His path was a plain, steady path of unaffected piety. The tongue of scandal was never heard against him, it could find no stain upon his pure character, to feed its malignity. He never wandered into a dubious path, nor did an act of question- able character. He loved his people — he did his best for their temporal and eternal welfare, and his record is in many hearts on earth, and we doubt not, well registered in heaven. Fifty years is a long period in the relations of life, and seldom is it exceeded — and the providence of God had determined that the pastoral connection of his servant to the people he had so long watched over, should be brought to a close, and its results sealed up. The last public services which Mr. Bartlett performed were in the month of December, 1854. An appointment had been made for the consecration of a house of worship, at Broad Brook. 318 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. It was a stormy day, one "of the worst of the season, and he being the only minister present on the occasion, all the service devolved upon him. On the following sabbath he was invited to preach there, and although then suffering from his previous ex- posure, he went through the duties of the day. A severe attack of influenza succeeded, from which he appeared partially to recover, and from which his physician hoped he would be finally relieved in the opening spring. But when the returning spring brought no vigor to his sys- tem, and his wasting frame began to assure him that his food did not impart its accustomed nourishment, he readily yielded to the sign that his master had no more work for him here, and that it was his will that he should depart hence. His worldly matters were easily arranged, and he had but little to do in putting his house in order — for he had lived wisely. He had no special preparation to make on his own account — he had been doing that for sixty years, and had no new arrange- ments to trouble himself with. He conversed freely about the event that was approaching, with the same calmness as was usual with him in reference to any concern in life. By degrees he gave up his duties as the head of a family, as he had done those of a pastor of his flock, having placed in the hands of his colleague, the Rev. Mr. Andrews, the book of records belonging to the church, which for fifty years he bad faithfully kept. The morning and evening service at the family altar was the last duty he resigned. And on Jesus, this servant of God kept a firm and steady hold to the very last. No fear, no doubt, no cloud, dimmed his clear vision, or troubled his passing spirit. He watched with a firm look the steady approach of death, marking his own pulse, and following the life current as it dropped and retrograded to the heart. And thus he sunk to rQst, on the 6th of June, 1854. Scantic, or North Parish. The present pastor of this church is the Rev. Fredekick MUNSON. The following list of deacons and earliest church members, is from the church manual: so ANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 319 Deacons. Lamson Wells, David Skinner, A. D. 1154. Joseph Egqleston, died May 9, A. D. 1791, aged 82. John Bancraft, died March 20, A. D. 1800, aged 66. James Harper, died March 19, A. D. 1808, aged 85. Oliver Barber, died October 8, A. D. 1820, aged 84. Noah Allen, ordained A. D. 1809; died May 1, A. D. 1824, aged 61. Daniel Richardson, ordained A. D. 1818; removed A. D. 1829; died A. D. 1841. Ira Wells, ordained A. D. 1823. Anson Bissell, ordained A. D. 1825; removed to Wapping A. D. 1832. Erastus Buckland, ordained A. D. 1880; died Jan. 23, A. D. 1848. Azel Stevens Roe, ordained A. D. 1833. When the second pastor of this church first removed to this place, A. D. 1803, a few weeks previous to his ordination, the clerk of the church furnished a list of the male members of the church, and said that there were no records of the church to be found, from its first formation. May 1, A. D. 1154, to the death of the first pastor, November 15, A. D. 1802. Of the members of this church, as far as they could be found, February 15, A. D. 1804. Figures denote the age at death. Mrs. Lydia Potwine, v^idow Benoni Stiles, 64. of Rev. Thomas, 82. Seth Stowell. Dea. James Harper, 85 Elijah Sadd, '^'^. Wife of Dea. H., 14. Alexander Vining, 16. Dea. Oliver Barber, 84. Gideon Wolcott, 11. Wife of Dea. B. 81. Widow Sarah Bancraft, 81. Noah Allen, 61. Wife of Nathan Pelton, 63. Benjamin Allen, 44. Wife of Hezekiah Allen, 84. Nathaniel Allen, 36. Wife of Nathan Cohoon, 10. Ashbel Barber, 13. Wife of Samuel Bartlett, 84. Simeon Barber, 61. Wife of Solomon Ellsworth, 85. Jerijah Bissell, 92. Wife of Aaron Frost, 81. Isaac Bancraft, 81. Wife of Alexander Morton. Samuel Bartlett, 81. Wife of Daniel Bissell, 19. Isaac Bancraft, Jr., 19 Wife of Daniel Chapin, 13. Josiah Blodget, 13. Wife of David Crane, 88. Elisha Crane, 91. Wife of Rufus Crane, 88. 320 HISTOET OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Hezekiah Crane, 84. Wife of Wareham Crane. David Crane, 91. Wife of Elijah Sadd, 84. Eufus Crane, 64. Wife of Oliver Clark, 10. Wareham Crane, 65. Miss Mary Eaton, 61. Jonathan Clark. Mrs. Hannah Eggleston, wife of Daniel Chapin, .54. Dea. E., 88. Aaron Crane. Mrs. Rachel Potwine, 86. Aaron Frost, TO. Wife of Hezekiah Crane, 83. Aaron Frost, Jr. Wife of Josiah Blodget. Alexander Morton, 63. Wife of Aaron Crane. Daniel Osboru, 82. Wife of Elisha Crane, 94. Nathan Pelton, 15. Mrs. Hannah Bartlett, widow of Thomas Potwiue, 61. Jonathan B., 94. Solomon Payne. Wife of Seth Sliowell, 59. Names of the Society. This society, when it was organized, in 1154, was the Sixth Society in Windsor. It remained so until 1168, when, by the division of the ancient town, it became the T'hird Society in East Windsor, the church in Ellington being the second. In 1186, Ellington was set off as an incorporated town ; after which period this society was known as the Second Society of East Windsor ; and in 1846, by the incorporation of South Windsor, as a distinct town, it became the First Society in East Windsor. Society Fund. The first mention of any fund for the support of the gospel ministry in this parish, appears to be a sum left by Capt. Samuel Stiles. At a meeting of the society on the 4th day of October, 1813, the following resolution was passed : " Voted, That the society committee be directed to receive the sum of one thousand dollars given to this society by the last will of Capt. Samuel Stiles, deceased, and dispose of the same according to the tenor of said instrument." And, year by year, after this, we find the interest of this fund used in part for the payment of the minister's salary — at first as an addition to the regular salary on account of the high price to which the necessaries of life had risen, and thus it was continued until 1820. The next addition to the fund appears to have been received from the state, and is called the State Fund — the record con- SCANTIC, OR NORTH PARISH. 321 cevning it was made at a society's meeting held the 6th day of October, 1818, as follows: " Voted, That the State Fund received at Hartford in Decem- ber last, by the society committee, and interest amounting to one hundred and seventy-seven dollars, be put at interest and remain as a fund for the support of the Gospel ministry in this society during- the pleasure of this society." At an adjourned meeting held on the 2d day of January, 1821, we find the first notice of the Bartlett Fund : "Voted, To accept of the donation given by Mr. Samuel Bart- lett, of one thousand dollars, to the second society in East Windsor, under its restrictions." The following extract from the will of Mr. Bartlett, will show the nature of the donation and the restrictions above referred to: " And wishing to perpetuate a regular Gospel ministry, I will that my executor pay as a donation which I now make to the second ecclesiastical society in East Windsor to which I belong, the sum of one thousand dollars, under the following restrictions, viz : That this donation shall be kept at annual interest until principal and interest shall amount to four thousand dollaes, and when the whole sum shall amount to the aforesaid sum of four thousand dollars, the interest arising thereon shall be applied annually towards paying the minister's salary in the society, leaving the principal of four thousand dollars entire with the following conditions being complied with : Ist. That said societj' keep and maintain a deceiit meeting- house in which to perform public worship. 2nd. The said meeting-house to be the sole and entire pro- perty of said society. 3rd. That said society shall not at any time be destitute of an ordained minister more than two years, which minister shall be a learned man of true orthodox principles according to the sense in which our forefathers maintained the same. 4th. They shall not pay any of the interest arising on this donation to hire a minister of different principles, — but if at any future period of time shall neglect or refuse to comply with the above conditions and restrictions, then and in that case said donation shall be forfeited by said society to my executor or his heirs, to sue for and recover the said donation to his or their use." This fund reached the amount specified in the will of Mr. Bartlett (four thousand dollars), in 1849, and the income from it has been since that period appropriated for the purpose to which it was consecrated by the devisor. 41 322 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. At an adjourned meeting of the society held 13th of Octobei 1845, a committee previously appointed for the purpose c making a permanent lease of the parsonage lot, reported a follows : That they had leased to Mr. Daniel Chapin the " ministry lo of land" for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine yean from April, 1845, for the sum of fourteen hundred and sevent; dollars ijinety-three cents. And the society's committee was instructed to pay the inte rest on said amount of fourteen hundred and seventy dollar! and ninety-three cents to Eev. Shubael Bartlett, annually, or the iirst day of December in each year, subject to the regula tions of settlement of Mr. Bartlett. At a meeting of the society held in October, 1854, this func was appropriated as follows : " Voted, That the fund belonging to the first ecclesiastical society in East Windsor, arising from the sale of the ministrj lot (so called) and amounting to fourteen hundred and seventy dollars and ninety-three cents, be applied to liquidate the in debtedness of this society in building their parsonage-house and purchasing land of the same, and that said fund shall not be appropriated for any other purpose whatever. Graveyards. The inhabitants of Ireland district, for many years buried their dead in Ellington. The deed for the present burying ground, near Mr. Gowdy's, was given in 1^94, and the first per- son buried there was John Prior. A deed was given for the graveyard at Scantic, near the meet- house, in 1151, and for another in the street by Caleb Pot- wine's, in 1180. The Warehouse Point graveyard was deeded in 1801. Since then another graveyard has been opened near Ketoh Mills. CHAPTER XVI. Windsor, East of the Connecticut Eiver — Continued. Wapping Parish.^ That section of Windsor, known as WappiDg,^ was probably- first settled by one Thomas Bissell, as early as 1100-5.^ This house stood a little south of the road from the Hill, and west of Podunk River, until about 1840, when it was taken down.* Tra- dition records that, shortly after coming here, Bissell had a very severe fight with a large and powerful Indian, who in a mood of drunk<;n bravado, boasted of having killed ninety-nine vfhite men, and insisted on making up the kundred, by killing him. Bissell's courage and strength, however, completely over- came him, and defeated his sanguinary intentions. The Bissells, Rockwells, Skinners, Sadds, Stoughtons, Smiths and Grants, were among the first to locate in Wapping, where their descendants remain to this daj'. 1 We are maiiilj' indebted, for our information concerning this parish, to a MS. account written by the Rev. Marvin Root in 1840, and deposited in the arcliives of the Conn. Hist. Soc'y. 2 Wapping is the name of a street in London, on the Thames. 3 In an old account book of Samuel Rockwell, "a mighty hunter," in those days, we find that he sold venison to Thos. Bissell, who then lived in the N. W. corner of Wapping, as early as 1705. *MS. of Dr. Ebenezer F. Reed. We find in the society records frequent allusions to a place below Podunk River, called Bissell's Farms, it may perhaps refer to Wapping. 32 i HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. The first settlers were of course included within the limits of the Second Societ.y (or Windsor, east of the Connecticut Eiver) ; and attended worship in Mr, Edwards's congregation. But the roads to the street, were exceedingly bad; and they seem to have petitioned, at a very early day, for winter privileges, i. e., for libei'ty to hire a minister during six months of the year. This reasonable request was, for many years refused. In 1161, however, the assembly made thcra a winter parish ;^ and the society voted to allow them their proposition of rates, which amounted to £6:12s.'-' Their first meeting-house was built, under the title of a. school, about 1765. It stood on land now owned by Oapt. Samuel Hall. His west barn occupies a part of the old church site.^ Its windows above were boarded up, and only those below were glazed; and the whole edifice finally became so dilapidated that the six months winter privileges were extended to ei^,^.^months, and, by leave of the assembly, the warm season was sub.sti- tuted for winter; the people worshiping in the latter season with the society, who invited them to do so, taa; free. Their own old edifice was therefore used only in spring, summer and fall, and finally having acquired the appellation of Wapping Barn, was pulled down one night in the year 1199, by a party of young men, " out on a frolic." The first minister we can ascertain to have preached in Wapping, was one Matthew Kockwell, who graduated at Yale ^ At this time, as we learn from their petition, dated March, 1761, on file among the State Archives, they numbered 200 souls, and had 32 houses, while their proportion of the (East) Windsor list was £2000. They com- plain that on settling the meeting-house on the Street, no regard was had to thein, that they are obliged to go to it four miles and a half, " through the wilderness." A number of documents relative to Wapping are preserved among the State Archives. -East Windsor (Soc'y) meeting-house and Wapping meeting-house were three miles apart. The Street always claimed that their society extended within half a mile of the Wapping meeting-house, i. e., three miles from the river, or to the end of the " three mile lots;" 3 Rev. M. Root's MSS., 1849 WAPFING PARISH. 325 College in 1728. He was a physician, and added a gift of preaching to his other accomplishments. He was a licentiate, and occasionally preached for the Rev. Mr. Edwards, during the last year of the latter's life. "Windsor, Nov, 4, 1763. Received, of Samuel Grant, the sum of .£1 Is M for preach- ing at Wapping, in the year 1762. By me, Matthew Rockwell." Tradition affirms that he preached in Mr. Grant's old house, before the building of the meeting-house in 1765. Mr. Moses Tuthill, also preached here for three years. He was a Congregationalist, and a man of eccentric character, although of considerable talent. He graduated, at Yale Col- lege, in 1745; became the pastor of a church at Granville, Mass., at its organization in 1747; resigned his charge in 1753. He then came to (East) Windsor for a season. His wife was Martha, the daughter of the Rev. Timothy Edwards, to whom he was married in 1746, and who is represented as a woman of remarkable fine powers of mind, although, perhaps with some peculiarities of character. Mr. Tuthill is described as " an orthodox and faithful minister, and his short ministry, in Granville, was blessed with prosperity and peace.'"^ He died at Southold, L. I., October, 1785, in his 78th year. His widow, died in Wapping, February, 1794, aged nearlj' 77 years. Another meeting-house was built in 1801, about 20 rods southeast of the site ofthe old one. Its dimensions were 60 by 44 feet, and 24 feet posts. Its frame stood uncovered until the spring of 1802; when a subscription was raised for "covering, glazing and roofing it.'' Its pulpit and seats were rough and unfinished; and a pillow with a clean case, was carried to meeting every sabbath, and placed on the desk as a cushion. This edifice was erected by the different denominations then existing in Wapping on a union plan. The Congregationalists, 1 Rer. Dr. Timothy M Cooley, the present pastor of said church. 326 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR were to become the sole proprietors, at such time as they should see fit, paying the other denominations what they had contributed towards its erection, " deducting decay." This church is the same now in use, but has never been consecrated except by usuage. In the fall of 1829, a subscription was raised "for lathing and plastering its walls, erecting abreast- work around the gallery, and building a pulpit." Although the people of Wapping had enjoyed preaching almost all the time from IT 61, no formal attempt seems to have been made to organize a church. "In the years 1826 and 1821, however, the question was seriously discussed by a few indi- viduals," says the Church Manual, " Must our children be brought up under a religious belief different from the one which we and our fathers embraced?" These people resolved on making an effort to sustain Gospel ordinances among them- selves, few though they were in number, at the first. In this state of things, Kev. Mr. Brinsmade came from Hartford, where he was teaching in the Mute's Asylum, to preach to this people.' He continued his labors for about six months, during which time there was a revival of religion here, and eighteen or twenty adults indulged hope. It was then judged expedient by those who were the first in acting in this society, that a church should be formed. Rev. Henry Morris came to Wapping, July 10, 1829, to labor as a minister. He continued to labor here till the summer of 1832. The church here was organized during his ministry. ■ No minister has labored here with so much apparent success as Mr. Morris. The following is Mr. M.'s account of the forma- tion of this church: 1 Previous to this, a Mr. Blakely of the Baptist denomination had preached here, in 1816 and 1817, with some success. A Mr. Osborn, a Methodist, also preached about two years from 1826, and did much good. His denominitional j^rejudices, however, were very freely exhibited. It is even said that he once took the Saybrook platform, and the Methodist articles of discipline, into the pulpit, and commented strongly upon them. This so embittered the Congregationalists, that they expelled him from the meeting-house ; and this act was followed by the formation of a separate Methodist society. WAPPING PARISH. 327 " A council of ministers convened at the house of Mr. Samuel Hall, February 2, 1830, and after discussing', the subject, pro- ceeded to organize a church. The church, when formed, con- sisted of twenty-eight individuals — five males and twenty-three females. It enjoyed a precious revival in the autumn of 1831, which commenced at a protracted meeting of six days length, which commenced August 30, 1831." The number of hopeful conversions was not far from fifty at this meeting. Rev. Samuel S. Whelpley, was moderator (the writer has been informed), when the church was organized. July, 1832, the Kev. David L. HuniV, from Sandwich, Mass., commenced preaching as stated supply. He preached till May 1st, 1835, when he discontinued his labors here; 21 were added to the church during his stay. Rev. Marvin Root first preached in Wapping, July 12, 1835. He commenced his labors as stated supply, August 30, of that year. He was installed the first pastor over the Third Church in East Windsor, June 29, 1836. The pastoral relation existing between him and the church was dissolved by mutual council, April 29, 1840. Twenty-seven (three by profession) were added to the church during his pastorate. The church was visited by the special presence of the Holy Spirit about the 1st of August, 1841. Rev. Augustus Pome- roy then labored in the place, and from twenty to twenty-five were the hopeful subjects of the work of Grace. In 1843, Mr. 0. F. Parsons commenced to preach here, and was settled on the 8d of January, 1844. He was obliged by ill health to resign his charge, and was dismissed by act of Coun- cil, October, 1848. The present pastor. Rev. William Wright, from Chicopee Falls, Mass., was settled and ordained, August 22, 1854. Standing Rule of the Church. At a regular organized meeting of this church, held Decem- ber 12, 1831, Voted, That it shall be a standing rule in this church, that no individual shall hereafter be received into fellowship (or connection), who vends, distills, or makes an habitual use of ardent spirits. 328 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Deacons of the Church. Elwakd Miner was chosen first deacon of the church, December 12, 1831, and inducted into his office the 22dof the same month. He afterwards removed to Hartford, and united with the Second Church there, but having returned to Wapping again, was re- elected to the office of deacon February 8, 1849. November, 1832, Anson Bissell was chosen and inducted into the office of deacon. In the summer of 1835, he removed to the West, consequently vacated the office of deacon. June 12, 1836, William Vinton was chosen deacon by the church. Note. — September 26, 1831, this church was consociated with Hartford North Consociation. The first Sabbath School was organized, April 19th, 1829. The first monthly concert for prayer was held, August 2, 1829. The first person buried in the Old Burial Place of Wapping, was an Indian. " Molly Mohalk, died December, 1162, ae 28, a squaw." Her grave was opened by Oliver Skinner. The first sexton of Wapping was Timothy Skinner, who died August 31, 1111, ae 36 years. He was, also, a schoolmaster, and taught in the old brick school house, which the oldest inhabitants aflSrm was the only one in the parish, until 1115 or 1180, at which time Wapping formed one school district.^ His successor as sexton was Thatcher Lathrop. 1 He was the first husband of Mrs. Hannah Grant, who died Sept. 4, 1837, a^ed 89 years and four days. She called in a doctor, for the first time in her life, only the day before her death. The records of burials here were in possession of Alfred Grant, passed into David Miner's hands, and are now lost. CHAPTER XVn. Windsor's Share in the Old. French War.^ 1739-1162. In the latter part uf 1139, England declared war against Spain, and the American Colonies were called upon to assist in the proposed expeditions against the Spanish settlements in the West Indies. Four regiments of troops were to be raised in the north, who were to form a junction at Jamaica with the largest fleet and the most powerful army which had ever been sent into the Gulf of Mexico. The colony of Connecticut seconded the wishes of the royal government with her usual alacrity. The governor issued a proclamation for volunteers, recruiting officers were appointed in each county, and every influence was used to forward the objects of the expedition. In October, 1140, the armament, under the command of the able and popular Lord Cathcart, sailed for the West Indies. At Dominica, Cathcart fell a victim to the climate, and the command devolved upon his second, Wentvvorth, and vice-admiral Vernon, whom they were to join at Jamaica. " The enterprise, instead of having one good leader, had two 1 We have endeavored, as far as po.ssible, to designate the parishes of Ancient Windsor, to which individuals helonged, by the following abbreviations : E. W., East and South Windsor; ^\\., Ellington ; Wby., Winionbury, now Bloomfield. All others are supposed to have belonged to Windsor proper. The Wintonbury names are mostly gleaned from the MS. pastoral records of the Rev. Hezekiali Bissell, first minister of that parish. The others from town and chm'ch records, and the State Archives. 42 3;;0 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. bad ones." Wentworth lacked experience and resolution, Yernon was arrogant and impetuous. There could be no unity between such different temperaments, and the fate of the expedition was virtually sealed before it fairly commenced. Time was foolishly wasted, and when the splendid fleet of over 100 vessels, with 15,000 sailors and 12,000 troops, fully provisioned and equipped, at last set sail, it was on a fool's chase after the French and Spanish fleets, which had already left the fatal climate. Then, instead of attacking Havana, which was the keystone of the gulf, although poorly defended, Vernon preferred to at- tack Carthagena, the strongest point in the Spanish power. A brave but rash attempt to storm the town was repulsed, with heavy loss to the assailants; then the rainy season set in, and the fever of the marshes began a havoc among the English troops more deadly and rapid than the heaviest fire of artillery. In two days there died three thousand four hundred men. Of nearly 1000 New England men who left their homes but a few months before, scarce one hundred survived, and before the return of the fleet to Jamaica, in Kovember, 1T41, it was estimated that 20,000 lives had been lost, mostly by the pestilence. In every towri, and in almost every family in this and the neighboring colonies was heard the voice " of farewells to the dying And mourning for the dead." Several citizens of Windsor enlisted in this unfortunate ex- pedition.^ "July 6, 1T40. Volunteers appeared in Capt. Henry Allyn's company for Cuba, alias the West India settlements, viz: Thos. Elgar, Alex. Alfoed, Oyeus Jackson, Asahel Spencer, Aaron Cook. From the State Archives we glean the names of Eetuen Strong, Nathaniel Hayden, Koger Newberry. The latter gentleman was a distinguished citizen of Windsor, and his death is thus quaintly recorded on the town books: " Roger Newberry, Esq., Capt. of one of His Majestie's Com- panies belonging to Connecticut, and Listed in His Majestie's Service in y'' war against y^ Spanish West Indies dyed (accord- ing to the best account that is yet given) May 6, 1741, In his 1 Timothy Loomis's MS. record.s. THE FRENCH WAR. 331 Return from Carthagena to Jimica about Three days before y" Transport arrived at Jimica." Tiie character of this excellent man is thus portrayed in the following obituary notice, found by us among some ancient manuscripts in an old garret in South Windsor, and reprinted here verbatim et lileratim. "Windsor, July 29, 1141. Last Monday we had the Melan^ cboly news of the Death of the Worthy Capt. Roger Newberry who went from this Town on the Expedition. He was well de- scended. The Honorable ilajor Benjamin Newberry, that had adventured his Life in his Country's Service in the Indian war, and sate several years att the Councill board, was his Grand- father. Capt. Benjamin Newberry, who died of Sickness in the Expedition formed against Canada, 1109, was his father. " This Gentleman had a Liberal Education Bestowed upon him which he was careful to Improve and was an accomplished mathematician and Good Historian. He always Carryed about with him a Lively Sense of the Divine providence and of man's accountableness to his Maker of all his tho'ts, words and actions, and gave his Constant Attendance on the Worship of God in the Public and Private Exercises of it, was Just in his Dealings, a Sure friend and faithful Monitor. " He had a very Quick and Clear apprehension of things, a solid Judgement & Tenaceous memory ; his Discourse and Con- versation was affable and Instructive and so Peculiarly win- ning that most were his Real friends, as weie acquainted with him His mind was formed for Business, which he followed with an Indefatigable aplycation by which he not only dis- charged to Good Acceptance the public Trusts that were put upon him, but also advanced his own Estate. "In May 1140, he being then a member of the Generall As- sembly was pitcht upon by the Governor and Councill, yea, he had the suffrage of the Assembly to Invite him to Lead one company of the Troops from this Collony in this Expedition. He took it into Consideration and after Sometime appealed Inclined to undertake it, whereupon Some of his Relations to Dissuade him from it Laid before him the Dangers of his own Life and the Great Loss his family would Sustain if he should mis^ carry. He answered " I can Leave my Family with the Divine Providence, and as to my own Life Since it is not Left with man to Determine the time or place of his Death I think it not best to be anxious about it. The Great thing is to Live and Dy in our Duty. I think the War is just and my Call is Clear. Somebody must venture and why not I, as well as another." So he took out his commission and Proceeded to fill up his Compiny, and there appeared such a Readiness to serve under him that he said he thought he could have made up his Compiney in [his] own Town. 332 HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. " He was att the Takeing of Boto Chico, from which fort two Days after he wrote a chearful Letter to his Wife Expressing his Great Hopes of Takeing the Town of Carthagena and thereby finishing the Expedition and opening a way for his Return. " Butt soon after this he was Taken Sick and Languished untill the fifth of May. When he had almost Completed the thirty- fifth year of his age, he not far from Jamaica Departed this Life and wee Shall sec his face no more untill the Sea gives up the Dead that are in it. " He hath Left his antient mother to Lament the Death of this her only Son. His ownWiddow with seven small Children, one att her Breast, a Family to mourne under this heavy Bereave- ment and Combat with the Difficulties of an unquiet World." In March 1744, Prance, long suspected, by England, of assist- ing Spain, boldly threw ofi" the mask, and war was mutually declared between the two nations. In the hostilities which fol- lowed, success for a time attended the French, who captured Canso, and whose cruisers took many vessels and completely broke up the English fisheries. This of course deeply touched the interests of the New England colonies, who were largely engaged in the fish trade, and it became the general desire of the country that Louisburg should be taken. Having unsuc- cessfully applied to the home government for assistance, they at length resolved to undertake it alone. The deliberations on the subject were weighty and divided, but the war party pre- ponderated, and preparations were accordingly made. None of the colonies outside of New England would join the hazardous undertaking, but nothing daunted by this or the manifold obsta- cles which presented themselves, an army of 4000 troops, to- gether with a fleet fully equipped, was raised within the short space of two months. Of this force Connecticut contributed 500 men, under command of Lieutenant Governor Roger Wol- coTT of Windsor, who was also second in command of the united colonial array. On the 23d of April the array was joined at Canso by Commodore Warren, from his station in the West Indies, with a fine fleet of large ships ; and full of joy and enthusiasm the army and fleet set sail for Louisburg. It is needless here to recount the details of that eventful siege. Suf- fice it to say that after numerous successes by land and water, which seemed like special interpositions of Providence; after miracles of labor, bravery and endurance, Louisburg, the appa- THE FRKNCH WAR. 333 rently impregnable Gibraltar of North America, capitulated to the brave New England troops. Not until the victorious army entered the gates of the city, did they know the extent of their achievement, nor the difficulties which their bravery had over- come. Wonder struggled in their hearts with emotions of adoration to Him who had given them the victory. " God has gone out of the way of his common providence," said they, " in a remarkable and almost miraculous manner, to incline the hearts of the French to give up, and deliver this strong city into our hands." God had indeed granted to an undisciplined army of mechanics, farmers and fishermen, led by a merchant gene- ral, a victory almost unparalleled in history. The news was received in England with exultation, and in New England with a frenzy of popular joy. Words can not express the enthusiasm which was everywhere felt. It was a proud day for Windsor when she welcomed home again her brave son, the Lieut. Governor. His journal affords us a pleasant glimpse of the scene. " Tuesday 30th. Col. Whiting with his troops and sundry Gentlemen from Hartford and Wethersfield came to me at my lodgings from whence they attended me to my own Home at Windsor, where we arrived about twj3 afternoon. Here we had a Good Dinner, Drank some bowls of Punch, &c , and after the Discharge of the Great Artillery and small arms Gave 3 Huzzas, and parted Good friends." "^ Windsor contributed many of her best citizens to this enter- prise, but it is impossible to ascertain the names of all. Alexander (afterwai'ds Dr.) Wolcott accompanied the Con- necticut troops as surgeon's mate. Israel Stoughton. Capt. David Ellsworth (E. W.). John Warham Strong, was a first lieutenant in service. James Bggleston, Jr. (Why), was impressed into the service. Ezra Loomis (Wby) died at Louisburg, aged about 24 years, Dec. 18, 1145. Thomas Barber (Wby) died at Louisburg, aged about 24 years, 1145. Stephen Gillet (Wby) died at Louisburg, aged about 34 years, Feb. 1146. 1 Coll. Conn. Hist. Society, i. 334 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Caleb Case (Wby) died at Louisburg, aged about 34 years, May 10, 1146. James Baenett (Wby) died at Louisburg, aged about 22 years, April 24, 1146. Jeremy Alford (who lived on Cook's Hill) distinguished him- self by his bravery at Louisburg. For a while America seemed destined to be the theatre of the Anglo-French war. France planned the recapture of Louisburg, but the fleet under D'Anville in 1146, was met by storms and pestilence, and, worse than all, left without a commander by the death of DAnville, and the suicide of his successor — so that it never accomplished anything. Another French fleet, thenext year, was captured by the English admirals, Anson and War- ren. The New England Colonies proposed a plan for the con- quest of Canada, but it was not seconded by the mother country. At length, a season of " masterly inactivity" was ended by the general peace of Utrecht in 1148; and England, France and Spain mutually restored to each other, the fruits of their con- quests. " Nothing was gained, humanity had suffered, without a purpose, and without a result." The war which the colonies had entered into with such zeal and at great expense, had not brought them any special advantage. On tin contrary, it had been an almost useless expenditure of resources, and a loss of thousands of their young men; it left them with a depreciated currency, a paralyzed com- merce, and that saddest accompaniment of war, a fearful dete- rioration of public morals. The peace of Utrecht, however, procured but a slight cessa- tion of hostilities. France, always restless and intriguing, soon began to infringe on the British possessions in Acadia and Nova Scotia. She also, in direct violation of treaty stipulations, ex- tended her frontiers toward Crown Point and Ticonderoga on the north, and Virginia on the west, with the evident design of forming a connection between the head of the St. Lawrence and their possessions on the Mississippi. This, together with their relations with the Indian tribes, would have given them a com- mand of 'he extensive trade of the interior; and an opportunity THE FRENCH WAR. 235 to harrass and annoy the English colonies, which the latter could never consent to. About this time a number of lords and gentlemen in England, "and planters in Virginia, associated themselves under the name of the Ohio Company, and obtained a grant of 600,000 acres of land in the Ohio River country. This movement was immedi- ately resented by the French, mutual skirmishes and reprisals followed, and finally in 1754, the Virginians, who had com- menced a fortress on their patent, were attacked by an over- whelming French force, and driven from the ground with a loss of all but two of the English traders, and skins and property valued at £20,000. On the same spot which commanded the whole Ohio and Mississippi country, the French built a fortress which they named Fort da Quesne. As may be imagined this event caused much alarm and apprehension to Great Britain and her American colonies. Virginia, South Carolina and New York were speedily in the field, and Col. Washington (after- ward the hero of the Ainerican Revolution) having defeated a party of French belonging to Fort du Quesne, was afterward attacked by Villiers, the commandant of that post, with a large force; and after a brave defence in a hastily constructed for- tress, accepted honorable terms of capitulation, which his bravery had extorted from the French general. At this junc- ture a convention of delegates from the several colonies was held, at which was discussed the feasibility of a union of the colonies for mutual protection and defence against the French and Indians. This necessary movement was warmly approved by the colo- nies, but, as might have been expected, was strongly opposed and denounced by Great Britain, whose whole policy was re- pugnant to any thing that savored of colonial independence. She evidently feared that the combined strength of the latter might some day be employed to sever the chain which bound them to herself. Consequently a meeting was proposed of the governors of the several colonies, who should in the large- ness of their wisdom, devise ways and means of defence, gov- ernment and protection; and the colonies were to be taxed for the expenses of the whole. It is needless to say that this plan 336 HISTORY OF ANCIEXT WINDSOE. met with the most universal disapproval of the colonics them- selves; for they were as unwilling to trust their interests into the hands of kings and favorites, as the latter were to grant them any independent powers. Hostilities between France and England had now proceeded to the extent of actual war. Four expeditions were planned against the former; one against Port du Quesne, under General Braddock; a second against Nova Scotia; a third against Crown Point, and a fourth against Niagara. In the Spring of 1755, the northern colonies were alive with preparations for the coming campaigns. Special assemblies were held, and taxes levied to defray the necessary expenses of fitting out the army. It was proposed to raise in New England 5000 men, of vvhom Connecti- cut was to furnish one fifth, to attack Crown Point and occupy the country around. In the meantime the expedition against Nova Scotia under Col. Monckton was already in the field. Three several encoun- ters with the French troops, and their Indian allies, resulted in success to the British arms, and placed the whole of Nova Scotia in their possession. The Acadians, numbering some 15,000, were disarmed and removed to New England and other Qolonies, where they were distributed as prisoners of war among the dif- ferent towns. Some of them were sent to Windsor, but their names and subsequent history can not now be discovered.^ This event has received a new and romantic interest from Long- fellow's beautiful poem, entitled Evangeline, a tale of Acadie. While this was going on at the north. General Braddock with 1500 regulars had arrived in Virginia from England, and com- menced, though tardily, his preparations for the expedition against Port du Quesne on the Ohio. The history of that expe- dition is written in letters of blood upon the page of our country's history as Braddock's defeat. The rashness and arrogance of its leader was atoned by his death, and redeemed only by the bravery and good sense of George Washington and the Virginia troops. Let us, however, turn from this scene to the 1 We can only learn that three men came here and lived for a while on Hinsdale Hill, as the little eminence was named, on which, the present Sixth District school house now stands. THE FRENCH WAR. 337 operations of the expedition against Crown Point, and Niagara, which are more intimatelj'^ connected with the purposes of our history. The former under the command of Gen. Johnson luck- ily intercepted the Baron Dieskau, who with a largo force of French and Indians was advancing to cut off Fort Edward, which was garrisoned by New York and New Hampshire troops. The battle which ensued resulted in the complete defeat of the French, although with a loss to the British of some brave officers and men. The remainder of the fall of this year was busily occupied in building a fort at Lake George, and completing the works at Fort Edward, all of which had to be done in a trackless forest, and in face of many obstacles. All the colonial troops, except those in garrison, returned to their homes in November. Benjamin Allyn, Esq., of Windsor, was appointed Captain of the 4th Company in the 3d Regiment, in August, 1755. The following is the muster-roll of his company, nearly all of whom were from this town.'^ " EoU of Capt. Benj. Allyn's Co. Crown Point Expedition, 85 men enlisted." Isaac Tucker, NatW Gaylor, Reuben Crow,* John Japhet, Zaccheus Crow, Thos. Hawkins, Levi Chapin, 1st Lt. Reuben Cook, Noah Hunt, Zebulon Winchell, Elijah Barret, Robert Westland, John Hosmer, Benj. Baker, Patt O'Conele, And'"' Shilling, Chas. Burnham, Jona"" Pinney, Jr., John Abbot, Daniel Filley,* Hez. Welles, Elijah Denslow, Elijah Evings, Elisha Williams, Geo. Colton, Jona° Buckland, Sgt. Daniel Eaton, Ephraim Parker, Jacob Osborn, Joseph Winchel,* Gideon Loomis, Ebenezer Loomis, 1 State Archives. War, toI. yi. * Those thus marked remained in garrison during the winter of 1755-56, their names being found in "A Role of Capt. Noali Grant's company in Garri- son at Fort Edward Novr ye 26, 1756, their wages made ont from y" 23 of Nov. 1755 to y« 26 of March 1756." 43 33S HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Capt. Allyn, Zephaniah Snow, Giles Wolcott, Asa Pimrey (or Perry), Joel Soper, Ely Parker, John Ef^gleston, Jr., Appleton Hollister, Abner Prior, Orvis, 2d Lt. Ozias Grant, John Strong, Drummer, David Bissell, Jona" Pinney, Corp' , Jon" : Gillett, Benj. Kinney, Corp' , Joseph Moore, Eliphalet Loomis, Joseph Moore, Jr., Charles Bnrnham. Gideon Prior, Drake, Sgt. Silas Wells, Zeb. Winslow, John McMunnen,^ Josiah Standliff, Wm. Thomson, Thomas Jarwell, Eben Belknap, Kenp Perrigue (Indian). Asher Isham, Isaac Drake (Why) was buried at Lake George, Oct. 26, 1155, aged 23 years. The Niagara expedition, commanded by Gov. Shirley of Massachusetts, was too tardy and too poorly provisioned to effect much. They, however, built a new fort near the old one (on the site of the present city of Oswego), and leaving a gar- rison there, returned home in October. The campaign in USB opened brilliantly under the command of Lord Loudon and Gen. Abercrombie. A fine army, including 1000 Provincials, was early in the field, anxious to be led against Crown Point, but its leaders were dilatory.^ Time was wasted, and after a somewhat indecisive success by Col. Bradstreet, and the inexcusable surrender of Oswego to the French, by which they obtained command of Lakes Ontario and Brie, and the surrounding country, the campaign ingloriously terminated. Capt. Benjamin Allyn was in commission this year, in the Crown Point expedition. Medina Fitch (Ell.) was first lieutenant in 7th company, 2nd regiment. Moses Griswold was first lieut. in 1st Kegiment. Daniel Brown (Why) died at Albany in September. Samuel Belcher, died in war, as it is supposed, near Crown Point, 1156. 1 A parado was held in Windsor for "enlisting men for Crown Point expedi- tion " on 10th April. (Olcott MSS.) TUE FRENCH WAR. 339 Ithamar Bingham (Ell.) was appointed comrnissavy (March, 1756) of the hospital, in this expedition. Extensive preparations were made by Great Britain for the campaign of 1757, and early m July a powerful fleet under Admiral Holbourn, with 6000 regular troops under Gen. Hopson, arrived in Halifax. Here they were joined by Lord Loudon with 6000 provincials, eager to bo led against Crown Point. But again they were disappointed. Lord Loudon preferred to attack Louisburg, and much to their chagrin they were obliged to submit. So dilatory, however, was his lordship, that, before they were read^' to sail, Louisburg was reinforced by the arrival of a large fleet, and the project was abandoned. Loudon re- turned leisurely to New York. But Montcalm, the French general, was by no means so pusillanimous and inactive as his English opponent. First surprising and defeating a detachment of 400 near Ticonderoga, he pushed on and invested Fort William Henry, which was well fortified and garrisoned by 3000 men. After only six days' siege, during which it made a brave defence, it capitulated to the French. Gen. Webb, who was occupying Fort Edward, only 14 miles distant, and might easily have relieved his braver compatriots, not only failed to do so, but sent a letter to Col. Monroe, advising him to surrender. The British were allowed to march out with arms, baggage and one cannon. But the French and Indians, contrary to stipulations, plundered them of their baggage, killed the Indians in their service, and chased the unfortunate English themselves nearly to Fort Edward, where thej' arrived in a most piteous plight. This seems the more unaccountable when we consider that the English had arms in their hands. After it was all over. Gen. Webb alarmed the colonies, and put them to the useless expense of sending on further reinforcements to the north. Albany was threatened, the people were alarmed, and the colonies sent on large numbers of troops. Connecticut alone furnished 5000 men within a few days.-' 1 Samuel Allen (sou of Jcseph and Marj, of E. W.) was among the few who escaped. When running through the woods, with nothing but his breeches on, he 340 HISTOEY OP ANCIBNT WINDSOE. Windsor was by no means behind her sister towns in respond- ing to the call. The following document serves to give us an idea of the urgency of the occasion.* " To Benoni Olcott, Clerk of y"" 3rd Company or Trainband in Windsor, greeting: Whereas I've Rec'* special orders from Lieut. Colonel Geo. Wyllis, Lieut. Col. of y« first Regiment of ye^ Colony of Connecticutt to muster my Company for a speedy march to fort Edward for the relief and succor of y^ King's gar- rison and subjects there ; These are therefore to require you, forthwith to notify all under my Command that they appear complete in their arms at landlord Porter's tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock for y« attending to y« business above s* as they will answer their neglect at y" peril of y^ Law. Fail not of thy writ to make Return to my Lieutenant. Dated at Windsor y« 12th day of August A. D. 115t. Bbenezer Grant, Capt, for 3d Company. P. S. If we march it will be on horse." Of the Windsor men who responded to the Port Wm. Henry alarm, the same month, we have found but three names, viz: Lt. David Phelps of West Windsor, and Samuel Stoughton and Ammi Trumble of East Windsor.' Thus ended this year's campaign, as a British historian remarks, " to the eternal disgrace of those who then commanded the armies and directed the councils of Great Britain." The year 1758 opened hopefully for the cause of Great Britain^ The reverses and losses of the three previous years, were so evidently the result of incapacity and bad management, as to demaud a change of ministers and policy, in order to retrieve the waning fortunes of the British arms. A new cabinet was formed, and the genius of Pitt and the sound sense and integ- was caught by an Indian who sprang from behind a tree and seized him by the back of his neck. He turned suddenly upon the Indian and brought his knee forcibly against the pit of his stomach, and brought him to the ground and despatched him by jumping botli feet upon his breast. He rau in this situation for a while, then meeting a man Mr. Allen said to him : " I can not run so, do for God sake give me your jacket," which he had the kindness to do. He then proceeded to Fort Edward. Mr. Allen carried the marks made by the Indian's finger nails upon his neck to his grave. (MSS. of Mr. Henry W. Allen of Warehouse Point, Ct.) 1 Olcott family MSS. (South Windsor). 2 MSS. Archives of the State. THE FRENCH WAB. 341 rity of his coadjutors gave renewed hope of better days. New measures were proposed, a new spirit was infused into every department of tlie service at home and abroad. Louisburg was to be reduced, Crown Point and Fort Du Quesno were to be the main points of attack in the coming campaign. Tjie colonies were in ecstacies, their darling projects were at last about to be realized, and when his majesty's letter, composed with the matchless art of Pitt, was received, requesting their loyal aid and support and the raising of 20,000 men, the whole country was in a fever of lo3'al joy. Connecticut immediately pro- ceeded to raise 5000, more than she could well afford, yet it was done not only cheerfully but with enthusiasm. They were to be divided into four regiments, each with its colonel and chaplain; the already large bounty offered for enlistment in previous years, was increased, and everywhere the work of enrollment went briskly on. Meanwhile across the broad ocean was sailing a noble fleet under Admiral Boscawen, bearing 10,000 troops, commanded by " the circumspect Lord Amherst," and the scarcely less skillful Gen. Wolfe. On the 2d day of June that fleet lay before the battlements of Louisburg, and on the 8th the English lauded through a rolling surf which upset and broke their boats, and in the very teeth of bristling ramparts and a perfect hailstorm of artillery, drove the French from their bat- teries and invested the city. For nearly two months the siege went on, but not until the city was a heap of ruins, not until their finest ships were burned and their batteries disabled, did the brave French surrender. With Louisburg, fell Cape Breton and Prince Edward's Island. Wolf returned home to meet the commendations of his sovereign, bearing with him the praises of New England, whose great heart was overflowing with joy and gratulation. Dr. Elihu Tudok (E. W.), Mark Filley and his elder brother (E. W.), were engaged in this expedition. While this was being enacted, the colonies were actively pushing forward their preparations for their long cherished attempt on Crown Point. " On the banks of Lake George 9024 provincials, from New England, New York and New Jersey, assembled. There were 342 HISTOKY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. the 600 New England rangers, dressed like woodmen, armed with a firelock and a hatchet ; under their right arm a powder- horn; a leather bag for bullets at their waist ; and to each offi- cer a pocket-compass as a guide in the forests. There was Stark, of New Hampshire, now promoted to be a captain. There was the generous, open-hearted Israel Putnam, a Connec- ticut major, leaving his good farm, around which his own hands had helped build the walls; of a gentle disposition, brave, inca- pable of disguise, fond of glorying, sincere, and artless. There were the chaplains, who preached to the regiments of citizen soldiers a renewal of the days when Moses with the rod of God in his hand sent Joshua against Amalek. By the side of the provincials rose the tents of the regular army, 6361 in number; of the whole iorce Abercrombie was commander-in-chief ; yet it was the gallant spirit of Howe that infused ardor and confi- dence into every bosom."^ On the 5th day of July, the whole army of more than 15,000 men, embarked at daybreak on Lake George in 900 small boats ,and 136 whale boats, together with artillery on rafts, and "the fleet, bright with banners and cheered with martial music, moved in stately procession down the beautiful lake, beaming with hope and pride, though with no witness but the wilder- ness." Early the next morning, they landed at the northern end of the lake, and forming in four columns, began their march to Ticonderoga. But after two miles had been passed, they came in the depths of the wilderness upon a large body of French. The struggle was sharp and resulted successfully to the English, but they lost their bravest man, Lord Howe himself, " the idol of the army;" and grief-stricken and dispirited the army en- camped on the battle field which it had so dearly won. The next morning, Abercrombie returned to his landing place, and sent out an engineer to reconnoitre the French works. The engineer reported that they were of flimsy construction, but the better practiced eye of Stark and the New England woodsmen decided otherwise. Abercrombie, however, heeded only the advice of " his Eehoboam counsellors," and gave orders for storming the French position. But they had an enemy who was wary, cool, and prepared at every point. Again and again, through the hours of a sweltering hot July day, the brave grenadiers and active provincials charged upon those rude 1 Bancroft, vol. iv, 299. THE FRENCH WAR. 343 ramparts only to be mown down and hurled back by the steady and resistless fire of the enemy. At last, near sunset, they fled promiscuously from the field, leaving 1944 killed and wounded, mostly regulars. While Montcalm had been in the thickest of the fight, with his coatotf, seeing, comprehending, directing everything; Aber- crombie had been snugly but ingloriously ensconced at a saw mill two miles distant. And although the English possessed the advantages of position and heavj' artillery, although in numbers they still exceeded the French fourfold, Abercrombie, paralyzed with " extremest fright and consternation,'' embarked his army the next morning, and did not draw a free breath until " he had placed the lake between himself and Montcalm." Thus disastrously ended the expedition which had been inaugurated with such bright hopes. Its shame was, however, somewhat redeemed by Col. Bradstreet, who, at his own desire, and according to his own plan, was detached with a consider- able force against Fort Frontenac, on the St. Lawrence, near its junction .with Lake Ontario. This, after a two days' siege, he captured and destroyed, with its large stores of provisions and military equipments, and nine armed vessels. He then returned to Oswego, having frustrated a proposed attack of the French on the Mohawk River settlements; restored the com- munication between Albany and Oswego; and obtained the comroand of Lake Ontario. In the south. Fort du Quesne had been taken, nominally by Gen. Forbes, but really through the sagacity and energy of the youthful Washington, who commanded the Virginians. On its site the flag of Great Britain was joyously planted, and the place was named Pittsburgh. " It is the most enduring trophy of the glory of William Pitt. America afterwards raised to his name s.tatues that have been wrongfully broken, and granite monuments of which not one stone remains upon another; but, long as the Monongahela and the Alleghany shall flow to form the Oliio, long as the English tongue shall be the language of freedom in the boundless valley which their waters traverse, his name shall stand inscribed on the Gateway of the West."' 1 Bancroft, Hist. U. S., iv, 313. 344 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Thus, with the exception of the unfortunate affair at Tic deroga, this campaign closed with honor to the British an presenting a marked contrast to the bad management a accumulated disaster of previous years. John Chick was 2d Lieutenant in 3d Company, 1st Eegime John Ellsworth was Ensign in 9th Company, 1st Regime Medina Fitch was a first lieutenant. Jonathan Gillet was a first lieutenant. Silas Case (Why) aged 18, was buried, Sept. 16, half-w between Albany and Lake George. Jonah Filley (Why) Abel Loomis (Wby) buried October 16th, at Green Bank. John Loomis (Wby) buried November 12, between Albany a Cheffield. John Mdmfobd (Wbj') aged 21, died with small-pox, in Dec above Albany. Richard Fitch, aged 18, enlisted and went to Oswego a: Montreal ; on his return took the small-pox, which he commu; Gated to three children of his father's (James) family. Francis Drake and Jedidiah Eggleston, were impressed and i listed in the spring, but on account of sickness were allowed return home, where they were a long time sick. The campaign of 1159 opened with a free seacoast and clear road into Canada, whose conquest became the great «obje of the British ministry. To effect it, three expeditions we planned, which should act simultaneously. Gen. Wolfe, tl hero of Louisburg, was to attempt the capture of Quebec. Ge Amherst was to reduce Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and th( to form a junction, via. the Sorel and St. Lawrence Rivers, wi Wolfe at Quebec. Gen. Prideaux was to move against Niagar and, if successful, to embark on Lake Ontario, and passir along the St. Lawrence was to besiege the city of Montrei The colonies were required to furnish the same number of in( as for the previous year, and " Connecticut," says Bancrol "which distinguished itself by disproportionate exertions, raise as in the previous year, 5000 men. To meet the past expens the little colony incurred heavy debts, and learning politic THE FRENCH WAR. 345 economy from native thrift, appointed taxes on property to dis- charge them." Gen. Amherst was first in the field, and en route for Ticonde- roga, which the enemy abandoned on his approach, and retreated to Crown Point, which they also evacuated in a very few days. Being thus in possession of these important posts, the general took active measures for the building of a fleet on Lake Cham- plain, to oppose that of the French at that point. Meanwhile Ticonderoga was repaired, and a strong fort erected at Crown Point. While Amherst was thus employed, Prideaux had set siege to the fort at Niagara, where he was killed, but his place was ably filled by Sir William Johnson, who in a sharp and protracted encounter completely routed the enemy. Three important posts were now gained, but Quebec, the heart of the French dominion, was still untouched, and to its reduction every efl:'ort of com- bined skill, sagacity and numbers was turned. On the 26th of June, a splendid British fleet, with 8000 picked troops, under Wolfe, arrived before the precipitous and appa- rently impregnable cliffs of Quebec. On those battle-crowned summits, Montcalm commanded, and though feeble in numbers, he was as usual, cool, wary and intrepid; and his chief strength was the nature of his position. Such were the peculiar diffi- culties and obstacles to be overcome, that in spite of repeated but unsuccessful attempts, and the utmost sagacity and energy, it was not until the 15th of September, that any full assault could be made. On that night, in silence and darkness, the perilous ascent was made, and at daybreak Wolfe and his army stood in battle array upon the Plains of Abraham. Montcalm was amazed and confounded, but his brave soul re- solved in the very forlornness to make a brave blow to avert the almost inevitable doom which he saw awaiting him. Why need we recount the details of that eventful battle ? Empire hung breathless on its every turn, and waen the victorious shouts of the British troops fell upon the ear of their dying chief, he ex- claimed, " Now, God be praised, I die happy." Among the loose manuscripts of the town, is the following subscription paper, circulated among the members of the First 44 346 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. trainband in Windsor, under command of Captain Nathanii Hayden : Windsor, 13th of April, 1159. " Whereas y^ Providence of God Binds a Necessity upon i to exert ourselves to y^ utmost of our Power in y^ Present wa and a number of our Young men called to enter His Majesty service this Currant year, and altho' y^ Assembly have doi considerable to incourage men to enlist freely into said servic it is thought advisable that since a number of onr friends mui go, and y^ service attended with much hardship as to requii iucouragements, that a further incouragement be given by ; subscribers to incourage men in y* said 1st Company in Win( 8or to enlist into said service, & it is Hoped & Expected & Ei quested y' all within y^ limits of y'' said 1st Company, whethe in y^ [Train-] Band or out of y^ [Train-] Band, give their incou agement." This was subscribed to by 46 influential men of Windsor, o condition that the sons and servants of such subscribers shoul be exempt from impressment. The amount subscribed, i;54 11 was to be divided among the enlisted and impressed men. Th state requisition was for sixteen men. On the back of tl document was the following endorsement : Soulgers thai Listed. Soulgers Prest. Roger Eno, Joel Palmer, John Grant, Noah Barber, Joseph Marvin, Joseph Youngs, John Alford, Moses Barber, Daniel Filley, Jeremiah Alford, Jr., Ebenezer.Loomis, Sgt. Phinehas Drake. John Allyn, Jr., Uriah Pees[e], Sam. Eno, Jr., John Japheth [colored]. Samuel Lattimore also appears on bills in this campaign. The year 1160 opened with an attempt by the French to retak Quebec, which was for a while averted by the vigilance of th general in command. On the 26th of April, however, the enem invested the city, and the British commander, foolishly prefe: ring to risk a battle rather than endure a siege, found himse overmatched and obliged to retire within the walls, with heavy loss. The French, flushed with this success, set activel TUB FRENCH WAR. 347 to work to capture the town, which was only saved by the opportune arrival of a large British fleet. Montreal, also, had been invested by three large English armies under Lord Amherst and Generals Haviland and Murray. It shortly after capitulated on honorable terms, and with it all the French possessions in Canada passed into the power of Great Britain. The Windsor men in this campaign were mostly in service in this siege. By the kindness of Mr. Elihu Marshall, of Poquonnoc, Wind- sor, we are enabled to present our readers with the following digest of two muster rolls of General Lyman's Regiment in this campaign. One of these, evidently an orderly sergeant's roll, was entitled: "A Muster roll of Gen" Lyman's Company" in "Camp at Montreal, Sept. 4'^ 1160." This we have copied, with sundry additions and items gleaned from the other document, which is "A List of General Phinehas Lyman's Company of all y'' enlisted men, with the time of their several enlistments, and the time of the death of those that are dead, and that are deserted, or never joined; and the time of their receiving the King's bounty." This is drawn up in a formal and handsome manner, on a large sheet of paper, and endorsed on the back "R[oyalJ A[rtillery], N° 42." General Lyman was a distinguished officer in Connecticut, and a native of SufBeld. His company, as will be seen, was made up principally of Suffield and Windsor men; and, indeed, so intimate has been the connection between the two towns, that we have not been able to locate many of the names which have become so common in each place. We have therefore left that to the more abundant leisure and industry of descendants and genealogical investigators. Windsor, more especially the Poquonnoc district, is well represented. Rank. Names. Gen" Phinehas Lyman. Cap' Giles Wolcott. Lieut. Roger Enos. Do. Silas Holcomb. Ensign John Strong. Do. Elihu Humphrey. 348 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Eank. Names. Serg' Major Sam" Granger. Qr Serg' James Harman. Serg' Joel Addams. Do. Joseph Marvin, enlisted March 24. Do. Oliver Hanchet. Do. Ephraim Addams. Do. Shadcach Phelps. Do. John Slaid. Do. Phinehas Southwell. Do. Eleazer Smith. Do. Eeuben Denslow. Do. Wm. Ross. Do. Jon"i Allyn. Do. Philander Pinney. Do. Thomas Jerrit, enlisted March 25. Do. Zephany Snow, enlisted Do. Do. Jon**" Beaman, enlisted Do. Clerk, Joab Griswold, enlisted March 24. Do. Nath^i Humphrey. Docf How. Do. Andrus. Chap' Beckwith. Corp' Abiether Evans, enlisted March 25. Do. Dan King. Do. Ebenezer Phelps. Do. Elisha Spencer. Do. Stephen Holcomb. Drumm' Ephraim Goodrich. Do. Elijah Reed. Do. Sam" Marvin, deserted Sept. 22d. Privates, Daniel Enos, enlisted April Ist. Nath" Griswold, enlisted March 24. Francis Griswold, enlisted Do. John Lewis, enlisted March 26, deserted Sept. 15th. Timothy Soper, enlisted April 4th. Abiether Jones, enlisted Do. 26. David Jones, enlisted Do. 26. Epraphras Wolcott, enlisted March 25. Moses Fargo, enlisted Do Jona*'' Bewell, enlisted Do. 16. Sam" Blackmore, enlisted Do. 25. Berijah Brunson, enlisted Do. 25. Elisha Pendal, enlisted March 25. Roswell Davis. Jonath" Brown, enlisted March 24. Richard Fitch, enlisted March 25. Simeon Allin. Austin Phelps, enlisted March 24. Benajah Webster, enlisted March 25. THE FRENCH WAK. 349 Rank. Names. Privates, Isaac Crowfoot, deserted Sept. 15. Phinehas Puxley. Joshua Preston. Ebenezer Burbank. Joseph Towner. Stephen Bu[c]kly, enlisted March 25. J osep h Stoughton. CavTcntitytr Silas Simans. Tho^ Newberry, enlisted March 25. Jon'"^ Gillett, enlisted May 1, died Oct. 3d. Joseph Easton. Thos. Austin. , David Allyn, Jr. Moses Warner. Reuben Phelps. John Rimington. W"^ Middleton. Marshall Stanly. Elias Austin. Hosea Brunson. John Alford, enlisted March 24. David Spencer. Ebenezer Halladay. Thaddeus Lyman. Brown Be[c]kwith. Enoch Granger. Thos. Williams, Jr. Dudley Hayse. Jesse Goddard. Jehiel Messenger. Richard Andros. Isaac Goff, died Sept. 13th. Aaron Noble, enlisted April 4. Moses Holcomb, died Oct. 4th. Shadrach Phelps, Jr. Primus Hills. ^ Isaac Fosbery. John Williams. John Forward. Joseph Hinksman. Thos. Davis. Abel Norton, died Aug. 2Tth. Dan Pom[e]r[o]y. John Thomas, enlisted March 28th. Joel Peck. 1 Protably the old colored Dr. Primus, afterwards of East Windsor. 350 HISTORY OP ANCIBNT WINDSOR. Rank. Names. Privates, Timothy Wills. Wm. Cammel. John Dewey. Benjamin Thrall. Elijah Brunson. John Thomas, enlisted March 28. William Harrington, enlisted March 26. Not joined, Thomas Parsons, enlisted May 21. Not joined. Giles GiBBS (Ell.), aged 17, was drafted and died, north of Grown Point, of camp-distemper. The French war was now virtually at an end. The balance of the year 1*760, was occupied with a distressing and harrass- ing war between the Southern Colonies and the Cherobees, which ■was finally brought to a successful close. The year 1761 was mostly spent in repairing' and strengthening the numerous posts gained from the French, a work in which the provincials were much employed. At the commencement of 1762, England found herself in- volved in war with the principal continental powers, and the greatest part of the maritime power of Europe. The colonies ■were therefore required, as heretofore, to furnish men and arms for service, and in an expedition which was made against Mar- tinique and the French posts in the West Indies, in the early part of 1762, a large number of colonial troops were employed. Shortly after, war was declared against Spain, and a large fleet with some 15 or 16,000 troops was sent to attempt the reduction of Havana and the Spanish West Indies. A large num- ber of provincials under their own ofiScers, joined this under- taking. The greatest obstacles of nature and art, the terrors of pestilence and the burning rays of a tropical sun, endured for two long months, had almost wasted and destroyed this courageous and energetic army, when their drooping spirits were revived by the opportune arrival of a reinforcement from North America, and the 15th of August, the town, the shipping in the harbor, and a large extent of territory, were surrendered to the English commander. New England in this enterprise lost a large number of her sons. Slain in battle, or swept oif by the pestilence, but few ever returned to their homes. THE FRENCH WAR. 351 Thomas Parsons (Wby), aged about 26, died and was buried in Cuba. John Eggleston (Wby), aged 34, and Eliphalet Loomts (Wby), aged 32, died and were buried in the ocean coming from Ha- vana. Eeuben Cook (Wby), aged about 86, died at New York on his return from Havana. Dr. Elihu Tudor (E. W.), was on the surgical staff. Capt. IcHABOD Wadstvobth and Isaac Hubbard (Ell.), were in Putnam's Regiment during this siege. Benj. Pierson, son of Simeon, (Ell.), died at New York, No- vember, on his return. Benj. Pinney, son of Benjamin, (Ell), died at New York, November, on his return. Joseph Pinney, son of Joseph, (Ell), died at Havana, Novem- ber, on his return. Reuben Stiles was in the expedition, and returned safe and sound. Sudden and unforseen changes in European affairs soon after turned the scale of fortune in favor of England, and enabled her to treat for peace, without relinquishing a single advantage which she had gained in North America. Accordingly a defini- tive treaty of peace between England and France was entered into on the 10th of February, 1162, and the series of long and bloody French Wars was ended. It may perhaps be thought by some that we have occupied more space with this subject than is appropriate in a local his- tory. But when we consider how devotedly the colonies sacri- ficed lives and means in the service of their king; when we remember how great a change the Blench wars produced in the character of New England society and manners ; above all, when we reflect that they were pre-eminently the School in which God was drilling and disciplining the American Colonies for that greater struggle for their own independence, it does not seem that we have given it too prominent a place in our Wind- sor history. For in the long Canadian campaigns, the colonial troops, fighting by the side of the disciplined masses of Eng- 352 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. land's choicest soldiery, and under the eye of England's best generals, were silently learning their own defects and strength- ening their own powers. Nay, more, for as they measured their own success with the cumbersome inefficiency of the regular troops, they gradually learned to rely on themselves. And when in after years, they met those same troops, as foes, upon the battle grounds of American liberty, it was not with the fears of timid novices, but as practiced athletes, wrestling with those whose prowess and abilities they had already tested in former contests. We append the names of some who served in the French wars, but of whose time or place of service we have not been able to find the exact data. John, son of Nathaniel and Ruth (Stiles) Taylor (B. W.), died January 6th, llbl. Benoni Stiles (E. W.), died in war, aged 24 years. John and Hezekiah Bissell (E. W.), were in one or more campaigns. Thomas (son of Roger) Newberry of Windsor, at the age of 16, went to East Windsor to learn a trade, and there enlisted under Oapt. Erastus Wolcott, with whom he served several years in Canada. Nathaniel Owen, was in one or more campaigns. Division of Ancient Windsor. We have now arrived at a point in our history which is of some considerable interest, viz : the incorporation of Windsor, east of the Connecticut River, as a distinct town, under the name of East Windsor. As the settlements of Old Windsor gradually extended in size and influence, a necessity arose for such a division of the ancient limits as should better accommodate the circumstances and interests of the inhabitants. Those who in these days of rail roads and easy carriages, are prevented by the breadth of the DIVISION OP THE TOWN, 1768. 353 noble Connecticut from visiting their relatives on the opposite side, oftener than once a year, if indeed as often, can readily understand that in those early days of rough roads, sparse settle ments, and horseback riding, it was no small joke for those on the east side, tough and hearty though they were, to be obliged to travel from twelve to six miles, and cross a river, in order to attend town meetings or transact any business with the town officers. The only wonder is that they bore it so long and so patiently as they did. But everything has an end, and so did the trials of the east side Windsor folks. The subject was first agitated at a town meeting on the 30th of January, 1148-9, but was not acted on. Again in July, 1153, it was voted that they would divide the town of Windsor into two distinct towns, " as Connecticut Kiver runs." At a meeting on February 11th, 1156, the same vote was passed, and a committee appointed to apply to the assembly about the matter. In 1159, the same subject came before the town, and William Wolcott, Samuel Bno and Peletiah Mills were appointed agents to apply to the assembly. Again, on December 1, 1161, Erastus Wolcott and Josiah Bissell were appointed a committee for the same purpose, and at last their efforts were crowned with success. At a town meeting on the 3d Monday in March, 1168, the details were agreed upon, as follows: that the town should be divided as the river runs; thatWindsor should keep all the records and half the money which might remain in the treasurj' after all town debts were paid; and support ten of the town poor, who were named, and have the free use of the stone quarry (Snake Hill) on the east side. The east side folks were to take the charge of eight of the town poor. And thus, " Windsor, east of the Connecticut River," including the present towns of East and South Windsor, and Ellington, was duly set apart, and incorporated as the town of EAST WINDSOR. 45 354 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. Extracts from Newspapers. Hartford, Feb. Stth, 1167. One nig-ht last week, a panther having killed nine sheep in a yard at Windsor, the owner of the sheep, one Mr. Phelps, the next morning, followed the panther by his track into a thicket about half a mile from his house, and shot him. He was brought to this town, and the bounty of five pounds allowed by law was paid for his head. — New London Gazette, No. 112. From the Connecticut Courant, dated Hartford, August 10, 1767. " Last Tuesday two transient persons were taken up at Windsor, for committing, each of them, two thefts, and received sixteen lashes on each of their backs; eight for each offence. The next day they were committed to Gaol in this Town, to take their trial at the Superior Court next month, for breaking open and robbing a house at Windsor." Prom the Connecticut Courant, dated Hartford, September, 1767. " Last week, David Campbell and Alexander Pettigrcw, were indicted before the Superior Court, sitting in this Town, for breaking open and robbing the house of Mr. Abiel Abbot, of Windsor, of two watches, to which Indictment they both plead guiltj', and were sentenced each of them to receive 15 stripes, to have their right ears cut off, and to be branded with a capital letter B on their foreheads; which punishment was inflicted on them last Friday. Pettigrew bled so much from the amputation of his ear, that his life was in danger." From the Connecticut Courant, No. 191, dated August 22, 1768. "On Saturday, the 13th inst., the following melancholy acci- dent happened in Windsor, viz.: Pour young women whose names were Thrall, who had been at work abroad in the after- noon, after the}' had completed their labor, agreed to divert themselves in the water, in a small river at that place. Accordingly they pulled off their stockings and shoes, and join- ing hands, immediately went into the river; but not being acquainted with the depth of the water, and the bottom beingf very uneven, the young woman that was foremost fell into a deep place, which she did not discover till it was too late to save herself, and pulled two of her unhappy companions after her, by which means they were all unfortunately drowned; and the other very narrowly escaped sharing the same fate. Two of the above young women were sisters, one of which was about 21, the other about 19 years of age. The other was a near relation. Their bodies were soon after taken up, and the next day decently interred. The Rev'd Mr. Russell preached a ser- mon suitable to the occasion. A few daj's after, one Henry Chapman of the same place, accidentally fell from a beam in a barn, upon a cart that stood EXTRACTS FEOM NEWSPAPERS. 355 upon the floor, and split his head, and died instantly. He was about 40 years of age." Tradition relates that Mr. Chapman, at the time of this acci- dent was at work for a neighbor on the north side of the Rivulet; his own residence being on the south side. That afternoon, his wife sent a little daughter up to Iloyt's Meadow, to look after or drive home the cows. The child went, but shortly returned, crying violently and appearing greatly frightened and agitated. On being questioned as to the cause, she affirmed that on reach- ing the pasture where the cows were, she bad seen her father standing on the stump of a tree, and covered with blood. In a few minutes after, word was brought to the family, of the sudden accident by which the husband and father bad lost his life. It was undoubtedly one of those cases of premonition which sometimes precede coming events, but which all our phi- losophy fails to explain. " We hear from Poquonock, a parish in the western part of Windsor, that about half an acre of the surface of the'ground there has lately sunk or fallen to a considerable depth below the common surface or level; not unlike to what is frequently occasioned by earthquakes, though attended with no eruptions, either of water or fire; for which event no natural cause has as yet been assigned. And it is more unaccountable, as the ground that is sunk was not contiguous to or bordering upon any pre- cipice or declivity, nor adjacent to any collection of water that should occasion it. to sink." — Conn. Journal, June 22, 1110. CHAPTER XVni. Ecclesiastical Histoey of Windsor, First or Old Society. 1112-1116. After 1112, the ecclesiastical history of the town is found in the records of the School Society, and will therefore be here- after treated of, distinctly from its civil history. February 3, 1112-13. Voted. "To give the Rev. Samuel Mather, this year, and also during his life for the future, the sum of . J45 in pay, or two-thirds in money, yearly, and so pro- portionately for a lesser term of time." January 30, 1116-11. "Voted, That the south and north sides of the Meeting House, and the east end be made into pews. Voted, It shall now be determined in what manner the said pews shall be built. Voted, That the Society shall be at the charge of making the pews around the Meeting House as above." Dr. Mather and Samuel Allyn were appointed a special com- mittee, to act with the Society Committee, in the matter. A major part of the said five to act. " Voted, That Dr. Samuel Mather shall have room to erect a pew from the Gallery stairs, going into the women's gallery, to extend to the South Guard, including one casement." February 14, 1111-1118. Thos. Griswold, Sgt. Israel Stough- ton and John Palmer, were appointed a committee to " seat the meeting house." " Voted, That Corporal Allen and Dr. Mather and Lt. Barber should dignify the seats." The seaters were specially instructed, in the performance of their duty, to have due regard to age and estate, " none to be degraded." Also " voted. Those that have seats of their own granted are not to be seated nowhere else, except they resign up their seats to the Society." ECCLESIASTICAL, 1712-1776 357 Also voted, " That the seaters shall not seat the minister's pew." " Voted, To permit Isaac Skinner, Stephen Palmer and Enoch Drake to have liberty to make a pew over the women's stairs, provided they fill the said pew, and don't hinder the light."i December 30th, 1118. "As to the middle pew in the gallery, the Society voted that notwithstanding any former right, any person had, by building or being settled, in the aforesaid pew, the Society takes it into their own custody, to dispose of it as they shall think lit, allowing those persons wliat they shall think reasona.ble that built it." "Voted, That the Society will give to the persons that built the pew in the gallery, 31^. for it." The committee were ordered to seat it. December 81, 1119. Voted " that the pew next to the pulpit shall be for the use of Mr. Marsh's family and no other." In the year 1724, the inhabitants of the Poquonnoc district were set off as a distinct parish, and the style of the " Society West of the River,'' is after this date changed, on the records, to the Old, or First, or Middle Society. January 29, 1129. It was voted, that Deacon Thomas Mar- shall shall set the psalm on sabbath day. April 5, 1131. " Voted, that this Meeting-House shall be repaired, with new window frames, sash frame, and well glazed forthwith, and clab-boarded anew where it is needful; also that the under-pinning be well repaired and the dormant windows, so called, taken down and the space filled up with boards and shingles." At a subsequent meeting this vote was reconsidered, and it was ordered that " the meeting-house windows shall be made in the same form as they now are, and that the dormer windows be unchanged." 1 In the Town Records is a " Pewman's Bond," dated Dec. 19, 1718, which corresponds with the above. It was executed by Enoch Drake, John Stiles, Isaac Skinner, Natli. AUyn and Thos. Allyn, Jonathan Barber and Daniel Griswold, for the sum of £5 each. It bound " all and every one of them, their heirs and administrators, to well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, his or their ratable part of building a Pew, which we are now about to build in the gallery of the Meeting-House." None were to sell out their right with- out the consent of all the rest ; and none to sell it for more or less than its original cost. Matthew Ally n afterwards sold his right to his brother Thomas, and he to Simon Chapman. 358 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. February 4th, nSi-o. The society committee wore instru( to "purchase a good suitable black broadcloath, which may creditable to cover corpses withall when buried, and that the si be left with Mr. Thomas Filer, so that 'any person may ki where to take it when any person is buried ; and it is to purchased on the society's cost, and the cloth to remain for use aforesaid." Also, " Voted, that the Society drum be fitted in good i and some person hired on the Society's cost to .beat it on Sabbath days." About this time the meeting-house was seated anew, am was ordered, " that each person is to be seated according to age and rates, and not to have any regard to anything else, only no man to be seated lower than he is now seated." In society expenses, the next year, are the following items "John Wilson, for pall, ^8:15^:. " " to turning a pair of drumsticks, 6d. Josiah Allen for beating drum. John " " In nse, or thereabouts, there seems to have been quit commotion in various churches of the colony, occasioned b new f angled method of singing, introduced by a certain Mr. B( and called Singing by Rule. In the Church of Windsor, attempted introduction gave rise to much excitement, dur: which an amusing incident occurred, which is thus naively scribed on the Society Eecords: July 2d, 1736. At a society meeting at which Capt. Pelat AUyn was moderator, '• The business of the meeting proceeded in the followi manner, viz., the Moderator proposed to the consideration the meeting in the 1st place what should be done respecti that part of Public worship called singing, viz; whether in th Public meetings, as on Sabbath days. Lectures, &c: they wo' sing the way that Deacon Marshall usually sang in his lifetit commonlj' called the '' Old Way," or whether they would si the way taught by Mr. Beal, commonly called " singing by Rul and when the Society had discoursed the matter, the Modera proposed to vote for said two ways as foUoweth, viz: that thi that wore for singing in public in the way practiced by Deac Marshall, should hold up their hands and be counted, and tl that tliose that were desirous to sing in Mr. Beal's way, cal "by Rule," would after show their minds by the same si: ECCLESIASTICAL, 1712-1776. 359 which method was proceeded upon accovdingly. But when the vote was passed, there being many voters, it was difficult to take the exact number of votes in order to determine on which side the major vote was: whereupon the Moderator ordered all of the voters to go out of the seats and stand in tho alleys, and then that those that were for Deacon Marshall's [way] should go into the men's seats, and those that were for Mr. Beal's way should go into the women's seats, and after many objections made against that way, which prevailed not with the Moderator, it was complied with, and then the Moderator desired that those that were of the mind that the waj'to be practised for singing for the fntnre on the Sabbath, &c. should be the way sung by Deacon Marshall as aforesaid would signify the same by holding up their hands, and be counted, and then the Moderator and mj'self went and counted the voters, and the Moderator asked me how many there was. I answered 42 and he said there was 63 or 64, and then we both counted again and agreed in the number be- ing 43. Then the Moderator was about to count the nnmber of votes for Mr. Deal's way of Singing called " by Rule," but it was offered whether it would not be better to order the voters to pass out of the meeting-honse door and there be counted, which method (though by many objected against) was ordered by the iloderator, and those that were for Deacon Marshall's way of singing, as aforesaid, were ordered to pass out of the Meeting- House door and there be counted, who did accordingly and their nnmber was 44 or 45. Then tlie Moderator proceeded and desired that those that were for singing in Public the way that Mr. Deal taught, would diaw out of their seats and pass out of the door and be counted; they replied that they were ready to show their minds in any proper way where they were, if they might be directed thereto, but would not go out of the door to do the same, and desired that they might be led to a vote where they were, and they were ready to show their minds, which the Moderator re- fused to do and "thereupon declared that it was voted that Deacon Marshall's way of singing called the "Old Way,'' should be sung in Public for the future, and ordered me to record the same as the vote of the said Society, which I refused to do under the cir- cumstances thereof, and have recorded the facts and proceed- ings." At the next meeting in January, 1136-1, Deacon Marshall's method was dropped, and it was " voted, that the Society would sing in their public meetings, for the year ensuing, one part of the day in the old way of singing, as it is called, and the other half of the day in the new way of singing, called singing by Rule" In February, 1139-40, Beal's method of singing was adopted for the current year; and Deacon John Wilson was continued 360 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. as chorister, while Dea. John Cook was to " read the Psalm in public." In the winter of 1140-1, occurred the famous revival of reli- gion known as the Great Awakening. Commencing at North- ampton under the preaching of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, it extended throughout the breadth and length of New England, until almost every church had partaken of its influences. The first parish in Windsor, under Mr. Marsh, was richly blest, as Mr. Edwards says, " about the same time as we in NorthamptoD, while we had no knowledge of each other's circumstances; there has been a very great ingathering of souls to Christ in that place. "1 About this time the celebrated Whitfield preached, at least once, in Windsor. The meeting-house, which at that time stood on the Palisado green, opposite Dr. Pierson's, was very large and had two galleries, yet it could not accommodate hun- dreds who came to listen to the burning eloquence of the Man of God. In 174'7, the Rev. Jonathan Marsh, third pastor of this society, rested from his labors. He possessed great amiability of temper, with strong powers of mind; and fervid piety was happily blended with sound judgment. Tradition relates that not un- frequently, when the sands of the pulpit hour-glass had quite run out, he would turn it over, and preach almost to the end of the second hour. His life was one of laborious effort, and his ministry was attended with great success. His monument, in the old cemetery at Windsor, bears the following truthful epitaph: " Here lies interred the body of the Rev* M"^ Jonathan Marsh, a faithful and successful Pastor of the first church of Windsor, who died Sept y« 8, 1747 in the 39"^ year of his Ministry. iEtatis Sui 63. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi." The love and respect with which he had inspired his people, and their tender care for his family, is evinced in the following society votes: "At a Meeting of the 1*' or Old Society in Windsor lawfully warned and assembled in the Old Meeting House in Windsor on the first Monday of October, A. D. 1747, to consider what we shall do under our sore and heavy bereavement, brought on us 1 Jonathan Edwards'.? Hist, of the Great Revival. ECCLESIASTICAL, 1712-1776. 361 in the Death of our Late, Rev^ Mr. Jonathan Marsh, our pastor, voted, that Deacon John Wilson, Deacon John Cook, Ebenezer Hayden, Daniel Bissell, Jonathan Stiles, John Palmer, Jr., and Henry Allyn, or the major part of them be a Committee for this Society to seek after and provide some meet Person to preach with us under our present circumstances." Voted to raise ^200 for the Gospel ministry, and to pay Mr. Marsh's heirs the balance of his salary. The Society in April 1148, voted in consideration of the "late depression of our paper currency, and the charge of the decent Interment of the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Marsh, onr late worthy Pastor, it is now voted to grant to his heirs £175, money, old Tenor, in addition to what has hitherto been granted." Shortly after the decease of Mr. Marsh, and before his suc- cessor had, as yet been decided upon, the society began to agi- tate the subject of having a new meeting-house; and straight- way became involved in one of those quarrels, which — alas for poor human nature — are so frequent in the history of New England churches. The matter in dispute was the location of the new edifice. Prom the first settlement of the town, the meeting-house had stood on the Palisade green, north of the Rivulet. A rule very generally recognised in locating churches was to take the sum of the distances from each dwelling, and find the common centre. Tradition says that a centre thus ob- tained, measured by the usual path of those who resided in what is now the Fourth school district (the vicinity of the old mill), who usually crossed the Rivulet in their own boats near the present rail road bridge, would have located the new meeting- house on the site of the old one; but those who lived south of the Rivulet, on and below what is now known as Broad Street, claimed that their distance ought to be measured by the public road and ferry, which was considerably below the present bridge. -"^ The war of contending factions rose high, but those 1 There is now in the town clerk's office a map which was drawn up at this time, and with special reference to this question of locating the meeting- house. From some notes on its margin we gather the foUo'viug items : The travel of the inhabitants on the soy-th side of the Rivulet to Dr. Wolcott's (the house now occupied by the Widow of Sidney Bowers), is, 112 miles. The travel from Dr. "Wolcott's tq the meeting-house, is 56 miles. 168 miles. 46 362 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. south of the Kivulet finally carried the day — and the soci in 1754, agreed to erect the new meeting-house in Broad Str It was built, as we learn from the date on its corner sti inserted in tlie foundation of the present edifice, in 1151. ' dissatisfaction, however, of those who lived north of the R let, resulted, in 1159, in the passage of a legislative act, thorizing the formation of a distinct ecclesiastical soci This was done, and the Seventh Society, or the Society in N( Windsor, as they were styled, erected an edifice on the west i of the road, nearly opposite the present residence of Mr. Hi: Buckland ; and in Sept. 1161, were by act of the Consociai of the North District in the county of Hartford, solemnly apart as a distinct church of Christ. In October, 1165, am imous call was extended to the Reverend Theodore Hinsdak become their pastor. Mr. Hinsdale entered upon his past( duties on the 30th of April following. He was a graduate Yale College in 1162, and a man of deep piety and excell attainments. The same year, 1166, the new society received from the Fi or Old Society, certain propositions, intended as a basis fo reunion. The latter offered to finish their meeting-house, wli it then stood, at their own cost, within five years, or as soon the state of the times and circumstances of the society sho permit. Also, to exempt the North Society people from tl ministry taxes for the next four years, and to admit them ti proportionable share of all public stock and privileges of said First Society. The only condition imposed upon the Seve or North Society, was, that they should "freely and cordial annex themselves and their public stock to the First Society; i in case of futurei division, each were to have their own bi again; and such property as should have been acquired aj The travel of the inhabitants on the north side of the Eivulet to the meet: house, is - - - 71 miles, 253 r The travel from the meeting-house to Dr. Wolcott's, is 39 miles, 110 miles, 253 r Making the travel of the south side people 58 miles, 253 rods, more 1 that of those on the noith side. KCCLESIASTICAL, 1712-1776. 363 the reunion, should be divided by the amount of their respec- tive lists at the time of division. This proposition, however, was not accepted by the North Society. Meanwhile the First Society remained without a pastor for four years after the death of the venerable Marsh. An invitation was extended to a Mr. Graham in 1T40, and another in 1150, to Mr. Joseph Fowler of Lebanon, both of which were declined. At length, in February 1151, the society voted to call the Eev. Wil- liam Eussell, Jr., of Middletown. The call was accepted by him, in person, in April following, andvie was accordingly ordained on July the 24th, 1154, and settled on an annual salary of £61 "coined silver money at 8s. per oz. or in Bills of Credit," to- gether with a settlement of £1600 old tenor, to be paid in two years, and the usual provisions for firewood. The new pastor was the son of the Eev. William Eussell, of Middletown, Conn.; and had graduated in 1145, at Yale College, in which institution he afterwards held the office of tutor. He came to the charge of the Windsor church at a peculiarly trj'- ing time, when the minds of the people had become unsettled by the want of a regular ministry, and by the contentions and divisions which were then agitating the parish in regard to the building of the meeting-house. Yet, so far as we can learn, he ruled his charge with mingled prudence and fidelity, and his intercourse with the Eev. Mr. Hinsdale and the new congrega- tion, was such as to secure their respect and aifection. ■In January, 1158, the new meeting-house seems to have been nearly completed, for the society instructed the committee "to pull down the Old House, sometime in March or April next, and that it be applied for finishing the new;" and in April it was voted " to give Mr. Eussell the timber that was picked out of the old meeting-house, for a barn." The new edifice, which stood where the academy since stood, in front of Widow Bowers's, was never quite finished. April 19th, 1115, the society were bereaved by the death of Mr. Eussell. In the 24 years of his ministry, he had baptized 319 and admitted 39 persons to the communion of the church. " During his pastorate, there was a shower of divine grace, by 364 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. which twenty of the above number were added.''^ His loss was felt not only by the people of his own charge, but by the town ; and the attendance upon his funeral gave evidence of a sorrow as wide-spread as it was heartfelt. He was buried on the same day on which the news of the battle of Lexington was received at Windsor. 1 MS. Church Records. CHAPTER XIX. Ecclesiastical History of Windsor, Third, or PoQUONNod Society. 1124-1800. The records of this church and society, although probably in existence somewhere, have thus far eluded all the investigations and inquiries which we have made. We have therefore had to rely, in the following meagre and unsatisfactory sketch, upon MSS. in the State Archives, the records of the Old Society, and such fragmentary documents and traditionary evidence, as we could obtain. It is hoped that this explanation will fully excuse such deficiencies as may be noticed. That portion of Windsor known as Poquonnoc, was first settled, as before mentioned, in 1649, and prior to ItOO had become one of the most thickly settled neighborhoods in the town. As early as 1117, the inhabitants were allowed by the Old Society to which they belonged, the sum of £4: for schooling their own children ; but several years elapsed before there was any at- tempt to secure for themselves the benefits of an independent church organization. In January 1123-4, however, at a meeting of Windsor West, or Old Society, it was "' voted, that the inhabitants of Poquon- noc, with the people adjacent, viz: as far as Peter Brown Jr's, inclusive, and Thomas Thrall's, exclusive, shall be freed from paying to the ministry here in proportion to such time as they shall hire an orthodox minister amongst them, that shall preach." By the same vote, the Old Society released the following in 366 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. habitants of Poquonnoc, on the south side of the Eivulet, from paying ministerial taxes: John Brown, John Brown, Jr., Jonathan Brown, Peter Brown, Hester Barber, Benjamin Barber, Wid. Martha Barber. Nathaniel Griswold, Peletiah Griswold, Ens. Thomas Griswold, Thomas Griswold, Jr., Sgt. John Griswold, Daniel Griswold, Jr., Matthew Griswold, Ens. George Griswold, David Griswold, Lt. Daniel Griswold, Edward Griswold, Joseph Griswold, Sgt. Benajah Holcomb, Wid. Martha Holcomb, Joseph Holcomb, Benjamin Moore, Sgt. Joseph Barnard, Wid. Hannah Phelps, William Phelps, Jr., Josiah Phelps, Lt. Nathaniel Pinney, Nathaniel Pinney, Jr., David Marshall, Francis Griswold, Their list of estates for 1123 amounted to £1570 10*. On the north side of the Rivulet, Thomas Phelps, Enoch Phelps. David Phelps, Samuel Phelps, Sgt. John Phelps, Stephen Winchell. Sgt. Benjamin Griswold, Benjamin Griswold, Jr., Nathan Gillet, Sr., Isaac Gillet, Obadiah Owen, Nathaniel Owen, Ephraim Phelps, Their list of estates for 1723, amounted to £590 lis. In May following, the Poquonnoc people made a formal ap- plication to the assembly for incorporation as a distinct society. This petition states that they number forty families, most of whom are four miles distant from the Old Society meeting- house; and that they have a " difficult river to pass" in going there. The assembly granted their request, and they, in Octo- ber 1724, were duly incorporated as the Third Society in Windsor. At the same time their bounds were extended, which much " grieved " the Old Society, who petitioned in vain for a recon- sideration. The new society by vote of April, 1725, called Mr. Daniel Puller of Wethersfield, and after a trial accepted him as their pastor, and appointed a day for settling him. From some unex- plained cause, however, they suddenly dropped him. Where- upon (Oct. 1726), the discomforted minister petitioned the POQUONNOC SOCIETY. 367 assembly for redress, claiming that he was put to mnch incon- venience and expense, as he had been at Poquonnoc a year, and had moved his family there. The society denied that they had wronged him, bnt a committee, appointed by the assembly, decided that they had not treated him well, and must pay him £50 damages. This verdict the society petitioned against, but found no relief. Of the real causes of dissatisfaction between pastor and people we are ignorant, with the exception of the little light that is shed upon the case by the following amusing affidavit: "*May, 1727. Cornelius Brown testifieth that when Mr. Daniel Fuller was at Poquonnoc, I was one of them that sought for his settlement in y^ work of y^ ministry there, but perceiv- ing great uneasiness amongst y® people in that affair, and par- ticularly at y^ shortness of his sermons, I prayed Mr. Puller to apply himself to his work, and lengthen out his sermons, that if possible he might gain disaffected persons. Mr. Fuller re- plied that he did not concern himself about it, if they were but orthodox they were long enough for Poquonnoc. Cornelius Brown." In 1727, the Poquonnoc Society erected their church, which stood on or near the place now occupied by a small shop, south of the residence of the widow of the late Hon. John M. Niles. Their first pastor was the Kev. John Woodbridge, son of the Eev. John Woodbridge of West Springfield, Mass.* He gradu- ated at Yale College in 1726. We have no data whatever concerning his ministry here, or the time of his removal. His residence at Poquonnoc was on the site of John E. Griswold's present dwelling. He was succeeded in January, 1740, by the Ptev. Samuel Tudor, of (East) Windsor. He was a grandson of Owen Tudor, the first 1 The Rev. John, of West Springfield, graduated at Harvard College in 1694, m. Jemima, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Eliot of Guilford (son of the Apostle), and died in 1718. His father was Rev John, who graduated at Harvard College in 1664, was pastor at Killingworth, Ct., in 1666, and at Wethersfield in 1679. He was son of Rev. John (son of Rev. John, a distin- guished non-conformist clergyman), horn at Stanton, Wiltshire, England, about 1613, who came to New England in 1634, m. a daughter of Hon. Thos. Dudley, settled at Andover, Mass., in 1641 ; returned to England in 1647, and returned to New England in 1663; settled at Newbury. — Sprague's Annals of Am. Pulpit, i, 129. 368 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. of the. name in Windsor, was born in 1705, and graduated at Yale College in 1728. Of him we know but little, except that he was a gentleman of very high classical attainments, a faith- ful and beloved pastor, and a sincere follower of his Master. He died Sept. 21, 1757, aged 52, and was interred in the old burial ground of East (now South) Windsor. His death was caused by camp-distemper, communicated from his son who contracted it in Canada while engaged in the French war cam- paigns, and who died of it after his return home. The Eev. Mr. Tudor was the father of the celebrated surgeon, Dr. Elihu Tudor, of East Windsor. His residence was just north of the present dwelling of Mr. Cyrus Phelps. His death was followed by a season of trouble and disquiet- ude. The people were divided in their wishes and opinions; some opposing the settlement of a minister, because they judged that they could not properly support one, while others desired a dissolution of the society. Separatists, also, " attending on what they call laymen extraordinarily qualified to preach," became a disturbing element in the ecclesiastical troubles of the parish. Petitions to the assembly to be annexed to Winton- bury parish, or to the Old Society; applications to associations and councils; and committees whose decisions always failed to give satisfaction to the inflamed prejudices of the disputants, followed each other with ceaseless rapidity — but all to no purpose. The only knowledge we have is the following document (for which we are indebted to Mr. Elihu Marshall, of Poquonnoc), dated in 1771, fourteen years after Mr. Tudor's death. We the Subscribers members of y" Second Society of Windsor Eeflecting on the Melancholy state of s"' Society in this Very great Particular viz our having for a Long time and still Con- tinuing to be Destitute of a settled minister & some part of y' time without a preached Gospel among us and also Reflecting on y^ great Improbability of ever being able to bring about y* settlement of a Gospel minister in y^ Common & ordinary way y' y^ Gospel is settled and supported in other Societys; and also being sensible of y^ Solemn obligations y' are upon us to support y^ Gospel in a Regular and Honourable way & manner in Tenderness to our own souls & those of our Children & friends & for y^ promoting outward good order among us have agreed to make one Eifort more for the Quiet and peacable Settlement & pOquonnoc society. 369 Support of y« Gospel, hereafter in s"! Society, y' is to say for y" Supporting a sound orthodox Dissenting Congregational or presbyterian Minister, & whereas it appears [to be the most] likely method to bring s<* ye same quietly to main- tain & support (also being of oppineon y' Sixty Pounds Law[full money per ann] urn sallary a suf6cie[nt sum to supjport & maintain a Gospel Minister among us) this is to Bind [ourselves] to pay according to y« proportion we Shall Hereunto with our names annex according to List with those y' hereunto annex their names y" whole of our proportion accord- ing to our Lists. In consideration of what is above written we promise to pay our several proportions as Subscribed Here- under to a Com" we shall appoint for y* use above said when & so long as a Gospel minister remains settled among us & to be by s"* Com" levied & Collected p'^ annum for y*' use abovesaid by a rate or Tax made on all y« members of s"* Society & Collected in y^ usual way & manner as Done heretofore. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this li^^ day of January Ano Domini 1171. Isaac Pinney, Ezekiel Clark, Edward Barnard, Joseph Alford, Hez. Griswold, Timothy Phelps, Jr., Geo. Griswold, Jr., Elisha Phelps, Simeon Moore, Isaac Griswold,' Eeuben Denslow, Isaac Phelps, 3d, John Phelps, 4th, John Phelps, Francis Griswold, Isaac Phelps, Aaron Griswold, John Griswold, Samuel Holcomb, Martin Holcomb, Nath. Griswold, Math'w Griswold, Nathaniel Owen, Jr., Alex'r Griswold, William Phelps, Moses Griswold, Edward Griswold, Jr., Phin's Griswold, Abel Wright, Noah Griswold, John Eoss, Thomas Griswold, Joab Griswold, Moses Griswold, Jr., Geo. Griswold, Alven Owen. During and after the Revolutionarj' war,^ a Mr. Daniel Foster preached to the Poquonnoc people for a while, but his doctrines were not acceptable to the people — and perhaps, if rumor be true, they were not very orthodox. After him came Universalism and Infidelity, and though the societj' in 1796 erected a new meeting-house (now standing), the church was pretty much broken up. It gradually became extinct, and its last members died a few years ago. 1 He was there as early as 1776, when he represented P^cjuonnoo 3,\ the ordination of the Rev. D. S. Rowland at Windsor. 47 CHAPTER XX. WlNTONBUBY PaRISH, Now Bloomfidd. We have no definite data as to the time when that portion of Windsor, known as Wintonbury, was first settled, or by whom.^ By 1134, however, its inhabitants had so far increased in numbers as to be desirous and able to support, partially at least, a gospel minister among themselves. Accordingly, the legislature, at its May session in that year, received a petition signed by 21 residents of the district known as " Messenger's Farms in the South-west part of Windsor," praying that they might be allowed "winter privileges."^ This, in view of their distance (six miles) from the house of worship in the north society, was deemed a reasonable request, and winter privileges were granted to them from the first of November to the last of March. 1 Barter sajs, in his Hist. Coll. of Conn , that " at the period of the first settlements on Connecticut River, the Windsor people sent out a number of men to explore the tract, since Wintonbury. These men returned, and reported that there was good land sufficient for the maintenance of three families." It is not at all probable, however, that this was " at the period oiWe first settlements," &o. 2Thos. Rowel, David Euttolph, Robert Walley, Abel Gillet, Robert Barrett, John Hubbard, Isaac Brown, Moses Cadwell, David Brown, David Grant, Peter Mills, Nath Cook, John Loomis, John Soper, Jonathan Brown, Alex'r Hoskins, Peletiah Mills, Joseph Hoskins, Solomon Clark, Anthony Hoskins, Zebulon Hoskins, Isaac Eggleston, Isaac Sldnner, Daniel Eggleston, Jinocli Drake, Jr., John Eggleston. D.iniel Mills, WINTONBURY PARISH. 371 Two years elapse, during which they probably hired a minis- ter and maintained regular worship, and then, May, 1136, we find another petition from 31 persons in Windsor, with 12 in Simsbury and 8 in Farmington, similarly situated, and earnestly praying for parish privileges. Accordingly a parish was set off, bounded on the north by Simsbury and Windsor Third (Poquon- noc) Society; east by Windsor First Society; south by Windsor and Hartford, and west by Farmington and Simsbury. Of this parish, which was nearly four miles square, about seven-tenths lay in Windsor, one-tenth in Farmington, and two-tenths in Simsbury. It Was named in consequence, from the towns of which it was composed, Win-ton-bd{iy. The first society meet- ing was held November 16th, 1136, at which it was unanimously voted to build a meeting-house and hire a preacher. At the next session of the legislature, May, 1137, they say that they have voted to build their meeting-house on the east side of Wash Brook, but fearing lest they should intrude on the pre- rogatives of that legislature in the matter, they request the appointment of a committee to locate the said meeting-house. The desired committee was appointed, and located the meeting- hou.=ie near the bank of the hill, about twenty rods from the cen- tre of the parish, which was duly approved by the legislature. This edifice, situated on the site of the second one taken down in 1858, was 45 feet in length by 35 in breadth, but was never entirely finished. A church, consisting of 61 members, was organized on the 14th of February, 1138, and on the next day the Rev. Hezekiah Bissell was ordained as its pastor. On that occasion, the Eev. Jonathan Marsh, of Windsor, preached from 2d Corinthians, iii, 6; the Rev. Samuel Whitman, of Farmington, gave the charge, and the Rev. Benjamin Colton, of West Hartford, the right hand of fellowship.^ There were at that time 65 families in Wintonbury, comprising 325 souls. At a society meeting about this time, it was "Voted, we will give Mr. Bissell, £200 yearly for the space of three years, whereof £100 yearly is for his salary, and the 1 This was in 1751, the Fifth Society in Windsor. For list of original members, deacons, &c., see Appendix, No. 8. 372 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. other jElOO is for his settlement, the money at the present currency." JEIOO on the then existing scale of metal coin, was equal to £&0, which was finally established as his salary, with the addi- tion of 38 cords of " 3 foot " wood, yearly. Thus, in the faithful discharge of those mutual and pleasant relations which exist between a beloved pastor and his people, time sped tranquilly on, until, in lt79, Mr. Bissell's failing health obliged him to ask for assistance in his ministrations. From that date, his pulpit was supplied until his death, which occurred January 28th, 1783. On his monument in the old cemetery at Bloomfield is the following inscription: " Sacred | to the Memory of the Reverend | HEZEKIAH BIS- SELL I His birth was at Windsor, of pious | and reputable Pa- rents. Yale College was the place of his | Liberal Accomplish- ments ^ and the Scene | of his usefulness was extended. He was alike unmoved by all the Vices | and Errors of the late Times | Secure against both, his doctrines & | his Life was Exemplary. Remarkable ( Peace and good order that reigned | among the People of his Charge | During his Ministry, bear Witness I To the Prudence and Greatness | of his Mind. In Domestic Con- nections I he was truly a Consort & a Father | and in Social Life a Friend indeed | After the faithful Labors of 45 | years In Sacred Offices his last | and best Dayc arrived which was | January 28"', A D. 1783, Eetat 72." In the early years of his ministry, Mr. Bissell had adopted the Half-Way Covenant, which admitted all persons of civil behavior to the watch of the church, and to the privilege of baptism for their children, without attending the Lord's supper. Under the workings of this rule, the number of real communicants in the church had become very small. After Mr. Bissell's death, in September, 1785, the church adopted a New Covenant and Con- fession of Faith: and at the same time abolished the Half- Way Covenant. Its abolition, however, was accompanied by the fol- lowing compromisory vote: " Voted, that all those of competent knowledge in the word of God, and of regular life and conversation, and that appear to be serious and conscientious in the judgment of the church, may be admitted to Covenant with this church." This, however, gave rise to the question, whether those who 1 He graduated in 1733, the first of his name among the aUimni of that institution. WINTONBTJUT PAEISH. 373 had formerly been admitted to the Half-Way Covenant were excluded by this vote. The church therefore, March 10th, 1786, " voted, that those that have owned the Covenant have still a right to ofTer their children for baptism, so long as they walk orderly." Much opposition ensued, and the society who were also dis- turbed by Separatists, and a strife which had arisen in regard to settling a successor to their late pastor, were in a most uncomfortable state. Finally they voted, although with diffi- culty and by a small majority, to reconsider their former vote, and adopt the rule of the Stratford Church, which admitted per- sons to full communion, without necessarily requiring them to partake of the Lord's Supper.'' Under this Stratford Church rule, which lasted only to 1191, five persons were admitted to full communion, who felt unworthy of partaking of the Lord's Supper. These were Hezekiah Lati- mer, Jr., and wife Rebecca (who became hopeful converts in the revival of 1199); Peletiah Parsons and wife Roxy; and Dorthesias Hubbard. Meanwhile, a great quarrel was going on in the society, con- cerning the settlement of a pastor. The principal candidate, Rev. Solomon Walcott, was bitterly opposed, and several in con- sequence certified themselves as having joined the Baptist Church. His friends finally triumphed, and he was installed May 24th, 1786. He received no settlement, but his salary was fixed at $300 and 30 cords of "3 foot "wood. Mr. Walcott graduated at Dartmouth College in 1776, was ordained pastor at North Stamford, Conn., in 1780, from whence he was dis- missed in 1786. The unhappy contention, however, to which his settlement at Wintonbury had given rise, was still un- healed. The church at length made -a desperate attempt to extricate themselves from their embarrassments, by the follow- ing vote of November 15, 1790: "This church, conscious of their own imperfections and of the failings of human nature, and earnestly desirous to be built up in gospel order and regu- larity, remembering their unhappy situation during the late con- test, vote to forgive mutually their past oifences towards each other, and to cultivate mutual peace and brotherly love." This pacific measure failed of its intended effect, the malcon- 374 HISTOET OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. tents would not return, and peace was only restored, in 1190, by the dismission of Mr. Walcott, who removed to Canajoharie, N. Y. The Rev. William F. Miller was ordained as the third pastor of Wintonbury parish, on the 30th Nov. 1T91. He received £100 salary and the same allowance cif wood as his predecessor. He was a man of strong powers of mind, and ardent piety, and his labors were crowned with much success. He not only succeeded in fully restoring the tranquillity and harmony of the hitherto divided church, but was blessed with several interesting seasons of revival. The most noticeable of these occurred in 1799, 1800, 1808 and 1809, when large additions were made to his charge. Previous to his settlement, the society threw out the Strat- ford rule, and readopted the vote of Oct. 6, 1185. They also voted " that the parson is only as any other church member." In the years following they proceeded in an orderly manner, and after repeated attempts at conciliation, to deal with those members who, in the late dissensions had left them and joined the Baptists. On December 6th, 1801, they met for the first time in a new and beautiful meeting-house.^ A dedi- cation sermon was delivered in the afternoon by the pastor, from Mark xi, 14, 16, It, and " not a pew empty, above or below; a joyous day." Well might he record it as " a joyous day," for a great change had come over the almost wilderness parish, which sixty-seven years before had humbly petitioned the legis- lature for " winter privileges.'' Now the forests had given place to well tilled farms, and the dwellings of a large and prosperous community. Manufactures also contributed to swell the resources and increase the domestic comfort of the inhabit- ants; while over all was spread the beneficent influence of peace and free institutions.^ 1 A view of this edifice (now, 185S, torn down), may be seen in Barber's Hist. Collections of Connecticut. It was .'iO feet long and 40 broad. 2 In 1802, Wintonbury parish contained 176 dwelling house, and about 1050 souls. There were also at that time, 4 taverns, 1 saw-mill, 1 fulling mill, 1 grist mill with two sets of stone, and one gin-distillery erected that year. In ISOI, 1500 meal casks, hogsheads, barrels and tierces had been made and vended. The Wintonbury Library Society was formed in January, 1793. WINTONBURY PARISH. 375 In June, 1808, the church adopted the confession of faith and covenant now in use. In 1811, the Rev. Mr. Miller was dismissed . Rev. John Bartlett was installed February 15th, 1815, and dismissed May 19th, 1831. He was the brother of the Rev. Shubael Bartlett of East Windsor, and was born in Lebanon, Ct., graduated at Yale college in 1801, settled at Warren, N. Y., in 1811. From thence to Bloomfield, after his dismissal in 1831, he removed to Avon, N. Y. Rev. Ansel Nash was installed September Tth, 1831, and dis- missed February 24th, 1835. Rev. Cornelius B. Everest was installed June 22d, 1836, and dismissed October 13th, 1840. Rev. William W. Backus was installed March 24th, 1841, and dismissed April 16th, 1844. Rev. A. 0. Raymond was installed and remained two or three years. Rev. Francis Williams was installed in 1852, and dismissed in 1858. The society has no settled pastor at present. A new and beautiful church was dedicated on the 22d of December, 1858. Its size is 48 by 82 feet, and it is furnished with a fine bell weighing 1564 lbs. The, Baptist Society. During Mr. Bissell's later years, the Separatists or Baptists, as they are now called, began to gain ground in his parish. The number of their adherents was much augmented by an un- happy quarrel between two of the principal families in the place, in which the venerable pastor firmly refused to take any part. This was construed by Abel Gillet, one of the principals in the affair, as showing favor to his opponent, and he consequently ■ withdrew and became a Separatist. The long and obstinate contention, also, concerning the settlement of Mr. Walcott, which succeeded Mr. Bissell's death, alienated the minds of many of the church-members, who swelled the ranks of the new 1 The Baptist Society are first mentioned in public votes of tlie Congrega- tional society in 1782. 2 He was a son of the .aforesaid Abel, and father of the Hon. Francis Gillet, of Hartford. 376 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. sect. In 1186,1 ^jjgy organized the First Baptist Church ( Windsor, and settled Ashbel Gillet as their pastor,^ and grad ally increased in numbers and influence during the unpopuh ministry of' Mr. Walcott. After his dismissal, a few accepted the overtures, and returne to the watch of the orthodox church. The remainder, howeve maintained their organization, and built a small meeting-hoiis( about 1195, which has since been repeatedly repaired. Mr. Gillet was succeeded by the Rev. Augustus Bolles. Sine his time the church has had no settled ministry; but are noi enjoying the pastoral labors of the Kev. Ralph H. Maine. Of the original members ^ of the church at its formatio (about twenty in number), but one survives; Mrs. Wealth; Thrall, who is now aged 95 years. The present church consist of about fifty members. The Methodist Episcopal Church in Wintonbury, was organizei July 4, 1811, by Rev. Aurora Seagar, a native of this place He formed a class of three persons, viz., Maria Palmer, Oliv Hoskins and Fanny Griswold. Edwin E. Griswold (now presiding elder of Bridgeport dia trict) became connected with it March 20, 1818. The following preachers have originated from this place Aurora, Micah and Schuyler Seager; Edwin E. Griswold, Ebene zer Latimer, Walter W. Brewer and Reuben H. Loomis. The first church was erected on Whirlwind Hill in 1833, anc rebuilt in its present location at the centre of the town in 1854 The present pastor is the Rev. Thomas Stephenson. St. Andrews Episcopal parish, one of the oldest in the state is situated mostly in that part of Bloomfield which was annexec from Simsbury, in 1843, and as its history has already beei 1 In the absence of the original church records, we gather from the votei of excommunication and other official actions of the Congregational Church the following names, of some of the original members of the Baptist order : Widow Hepzibah Barnes, Joseph Fitch and wife Prudence, Mary, wife of Samuel Eno, Aaron Phelps and wife Susanna, Christian, wife of Caleb Case. Abel Pettibone and wife Elizabeth, George Latimer. 2 History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton, 1642-1845, by Noah A. Phelps, Hartford, 1845. WINTONBURY PARISH. 377 attended to, in the history of that town,^ we shall not include it in the present work. The first person buried in the Old Burial Place of Wintonbury, now Bloomfield, was " Luce, daugh*"^ of Serg°' Isaac Skinner, who Died Feb"''' y^ 23"> 1139, Aged 18 Years." Many of th§ inscriptions in this cemetery are exceedingly quaint. We present two or three specimens: Mrs. Anna Meechar, | Daughter of Widow | Samantha Cook, Died July 3 1808. Sixteen years I lived a maid Two years I was a Wife Five hours I was a mother And so I lost my life. My babe lies by me as you see That shows no age from Deatfi is free. " Mire, daughter of Widow Semantha Cook, Died Feb'y 15, 1808, Aged 12 years. One day in health I did appear Next day a corpse, fit for the bier." " In Memory of Hezekiah Goodwin, A. M., & Preacher of the Gospel; Son to Mr. Stephen Goodwin & Mrs. Sarah Goodwin, who departed this life, Jany 19'*» A. D. 1767, in y<= 21 Year of his Age. His Epitaph composed by himself, upon his deathbed is as follows: How short, how precarious, how uncertain — is Life! How quick y^ Transition from time to Eternity. A Breath, a Gaspe, a Groan & lo we are seen no morel And yet on this point, Oh alarming thought, on this slender point turns a vast Eternity." " In Memory of Mr. Jonah Gillett, who Died May y^ 21, 1782, in y'= 75 Year of his Age. My kindred Dear as you draw near Don't think that Death's a jeast, Eeraember you are mortal too Must pass the Solemn Test. " This monument to the memory of Peletiah Alltn, who d. Feb. 5, 1821, in the 24th year of his age, was erected by the Congregational Society of Wintonbury, of which he was a member. Mr. AUyn early arrived at maturity, in the powers of his mind, and was possessed of more than ordinary energy and decision of character. In the testamentarj' disposal of his estate, good judgment and benevolence were happily united. After several legacies to individuals, he gave ^£200 for foreign mis- sions, 100 annually forever for the relief of the industrious poor of Wintonbury, 30 annually for the suppo^■t of religious psalm- 48 378 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. ody in the Congregational Society, and 200 to 210 annually for- ever for the support of the gospel in the same society." The new cemetery was opened in 1856. In a manuscript account of Wintonbury, written in 1801 by its third pastor, Mr. Miller, ^ we find some items in regard to the diseases of the parish, which are worth preservingii The diseases then most common to the parish, as stated by Mr. Miller, were pleurisy, consumption, dropsy, slow or long fevers, bilious and nervous fevers, dysentery and hoarse canker. In the western part of the society, on a large brook (which has a dead current, being at the bottom of the mountain; and its bauks being boggy, black earth and coarse grass) the in- habitants dwelling on the road running parallel, have, in some seasons, been peculiarly subject to slow fever, or to dysentery, neither of which appeared at the same time. In 1115, dysentery raged fearfully on this street; almost every person suffering from it more or less. That year, 52 persons died in the society, of whom 15 died before July 19th, when the dysentery first appeared. Of the remaining 31 who died between this date and the next .spring, Ihirly died on this street, which then con- tained only 33 houses. Other parts of the society suffered but little. In the fall of 1192, the dysentery again raged in the same street, and many died, while but few were sick in the other portions of the society. It continued to rage until the following January, in spite of early frosts and snows. From January 1, 1192-1801, inclusive, there were 163 deaths in the parish. Of this number, 48 persons died under 2 years of age. 22 between 2 and 20 years of age. 21 li 20 and 40 31 tt 40 and 10 15 a 10 and 80 11 tt 80 and 85 6 It 85 and 90 I at age of 93. 1 (( 94. 1 It 91. t Deposited in the Archives of the Conu. Hist. Soo'y . WINTONBURY PARISH. 379 In 1845, Wintonbury parish, together with a portion of Po- quonnoc society in Windsor, was incorporated as the town of Bloomfield. To this was added, in 1840, a portion of Simsbury, known as Scotland parish. The town of Bloomfield, as now constituted, is bounded n. and e. by Windsor, s. by Hartford, and w. by Simsbury, and averages four miles in length and breadth. On the east border of the town there is a forest ex- tending the whole length of the township, and about one and a half miles in breadth from east to west. The face of the town is gently undulating, presenting several excellent kinds of soil, and very little waste land. Large crops of grass are raised, and the town is justly noted for the quantitj' and excellence of its fruits. Three large brooks, of slow current, which frequently overflow their banks, run through the town, and near its southern line unite and form one of the principal branches of Hartford Little Eiver. The principal timbers of original growth are elm, maple, but- ternut, walnut, chestnut, white, black, yellow and red oaks. Take it as a whole, the town of Bloomfield is a remarkably choice town for agricultural purposes. Barber says,' " the inhabitants are generally agriculturists, and remarkably free from the evils of litigation." He might have added that no better evidence of their prosperity is needed than the neatness of their dwellings, and the snug, well-ordered appearance of their farms; and that they are blessed with so many roads as to give rise to the saying, that " in Bloomfield every man has a road of his own to Hartford." The present population of the town is about 1800. 1 Hist. Coll. of Conn. CHAPTER XXI. Windsor's Share in the American Revolution. 1775-1183. " Oh, few and weak their ndmbees were, A HANDFUL OP brave MEN ; But to their God thet gave their prater, And rushed to battle then. 'They left the plowshare in the mold. Their flocks and herds without a fold, feE sickle in the unshorn orain, TtiE corn half barner'd on the plain, And mustered in their simple dress For wrongs to seek a stern redress — To right those wrongs, come weal, come wo. To perish or o'ekcome their foe." — McLdlan. It might have been presumed that the colonies, in retiring from a war it> which they had borne so conspicuous and loyal a part, and from which they had themselves derived but little benefit, would have received some mark of approbation, or at least of indulgence, from their sovereign. But that sovereign was weak, and his ministerial advisers were unprincipled and short-sighted. They found the treasury empty, and the national debt increased by recent wars, to almost seven millions of dollars. Their subjects at home were already alarmed and grumbling at the increased burden of taxation which seemed to await them. It was then that Grenville's facile brain conceived the idea, un- generous as it was unwise, of taxing the colonies, by levying new duties upon their imports. This was the " one straw too much which broke the camel's back." The colonies, who had THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 381 sacrificed thousands of their best lives, and treasures, and whose frontiers had for so many years been constantly drenched in blood, could not bear this new burden. From one and all arose a unanimous protest against "taxation without repre- sentation." A few wise men foresaw and plainly represented the danger, but their advice was wasted on the grasping minis- -ters of England. The Stamp Act was passed on the 22d of March, 1165, and this " entering wedge for the dismemberment of the British empire " was accompanied with the explicit decla- ration " that it was intended to establish the, power of Great Britain to tax the colonies.'' It was received in America with an over- whelming feeling of resentment. Alarmed and abashed at the outbreak of determined opposition which it provoked, the govern- ment of Great Britain repealed the act. Hardly had the rejoic- ings of the grateful colonies over this event ceased, before the unwise and unjust acts of the ministrj' again plunged the country into alarm and discontent. An act enforcing the quartering of a royal army in their midst, and at their expense, was followed by another, levying duties upon paper, glass, paints, lead and tea imported by them. In both these acts, the principle involved was the same as in the Stamp Act, and was as firmly resisted by the colonies. These manifestations of revolt, however, as well as the plain words of many wise and noble minds, even in parliament itself, were unheeded by the blindly infatuated ministers of the British government. Amer- ica was in constant and open revolt, but one after another these hated measures were forced down her throat. It is true that a bill was passed in 1110, repealing the duty on all articles but tea. It was too late. For on that very day was enacting in the streets of Boston the tragedy of the Boston Massacre. Then came two years of outward quiet — but really of seething unrest. Again, in December, 1113, the smouldering fire burst out anew, and Boston harbor witnessed the destruction of several cargoes of tea, by a disguised but orderly band of patriots. Roused and enraged, the English ministry now passed the famous Boston Port Bill. This bill, providing for the removal of customs, courts of justice and all government officers from Boston to Salem; and for the " complete discontinuance of all 382 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. landino-, discharging and shipping of wares and merchandise at Boston, or within the harbor thereof," came into effect on the 1st of June, 11'74. Its effect was instantaneous. "The utter prostration of all business soon produced great distress in the city. The rich, deprived of their rents, became straitened, and the poor, denied the privilege of labor, were reduced to beggary. All classes felt the scourge of the oppressor, yet the fortitude and forbearance of the inhabitants were most remarkable." The sympathy of the whole country was aroused, for although the blow was aimed at Boston as "the ringleader in every riot," it was keenly felt in every colony. And this sympathy evinced itself not only in words and encouraging resolves, but in substantial tokens of attachment to the sufferers. From ■ Georgia came sixty-three barrels of rice, and seven hundred and twenty dollars in specie. The town of Windham, in Connecticut, sent a large flock of sheep; and from every quarter contribu- tions of wheat and grain, pork and money, came pouring in. Even the great city of London, in its corporate capacity, sent one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the relief of the poor in Boston. "The people of Marblehead and Salem offered the Boston merchants the free use of wharves and stores, for they scorned to enrich themselves at the expense of their oppressed neighbors! A committee was appointed in Boston to receive and distribute donations, and, in the midst of martial law, the suffering patriots were bold and unyielding.'' Liberty had her friends among the people of our town of Windsor, who were not unmindful of their suffering brethren. In the correspondence of the committee for the relief of the Boston sufferers by the Port Bill, we find the following letter.' It tells its own story with a straightforward brevity which characterizes the ofiS.cial actions of the town during this period.^ 1 Published in Mass. Hist. Soc'y Coll., 4th Series, iv, 266. 2 The town government of Windsor at this period was in the hands of men of influence — who were straightforward, brief, earnest and business-like in all their actions. And these characteristics are very plainly impressed on all the records and correspondence of the town during the revolutionary struggle. It is indeed in very strong contrast to the eloquent, and somewhat wordy, style of expression which is displayed in the East Windsor records. Yet in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 383 Windsor, March 20, 1115. Mr. Jonathan Mason, Sir: We being appointed by this town to receive donations for the poor of Boston, and as we understand you are one to receive them, have directed Capt. Smith to deliver you what grain we have co.lected for that purpose, viz., 391 bushels rye, 89| bushels corn, and half barrel of pork. We are, your humble servants, James Hooker. Oliver Mather. Meanwhile the troops in Boston were daily augmenting, until it was one vast garrison. Insulted by the presence of the soldiery, their rights invaded and trampled upon, the people of Massachusetts, and with her the united colonies, were preparing to strike a blow at the coil of despotism, which was gradually ' surrounding them. Every fresh act of oppressioi;i was met by scornful and dignified yet determined resistance. Every hour seemed pregnant with impending collision. It came, on the 19th of April, 1115. In the grey dawn of morning, on the village .green of Lexington, a handful of rustic patriots un- dauntedly awaited the approach of an advancing column of British troops. One hour later, on that village green, lay eight patriot corpses, and from their blood, still welling out upon the dewy sod, there had gone forth a cry for vengeance which all America heard. Through the length and breadth of the land bell responded to bell, and watchfire to watchfire, and every- where the people were in arms. The people of Windsor had just paid the last sad tribute of respect to their beloved pastor — perhaps they even yet stood by the side of the open grave — as a mounted messenger came " spurring in hot haste " from Hartford, bearing the news of the battle which had been fought the day before. It was as the first lightning flash in the approaching storm, not wholly unexpected, but none the less startling; and as the intelligence spread quickly from mouth to mouth, and from family to family, it everywhere awoke an instantaneous activ- ity. The signs of grief gave place to the sound and bustle of warlike preparation. Brave Thomas Hatden was quickly in the feeling, patriotism and attachment to the cause of freedom, botli towns were emphatically " shoulder to shoulder." 384 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. saddle, bearing the news to Suffield, as fast as his steed could carry him. On every side there was " hurrying to and fro ;" in every home the agitation of sudden departure and the tremu- lous tones of farewell words. Ere many hours had elapsed, an " alarm party " of twenty-three men, under command of Capt. Nathaniel Hayden, had left Windsor, on their march to Lexing- ton. The following are the names of those gallant sons of Windsor, viho first responded to the call of liberty, copied from the original pay list, signed by eaoJbiniember of the party. Capt. Nathan'l Hayden, Sgt. Samuel Gibbs, Corp'l Cornelius Russell, William Davis, Ezra Hayden, Lemuel Welch, Oliver Hayden, Ebenezer Woolworth, Thomas Hayden, Gershom West, Reuben Denslow, Oliver Lee, Martin Denslow, William Thrall, Jr., John Allyn, William Parsons, John Allyn, Jr., John Roberts, Elijah Stoughton, Ebenezer Fitch Bissell, Sgt. Samuel Wing, David Thrall. Eleazcr Gaylord, They left Windsor about 21st of April, and the receipt is signed July 1*1, l'I15, which was probably about the time of their return. The expenses of the expedition were about £69 15^ M. The struggle for independence was now fairly commenced. The capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen, " in the name of Jehovah and the Continental Congress," on the 10th of May, and the hotly contested battle of Bunker Hill in June following, inspired confidence in the patriot arms, and committed them to a war from which there was no retreat. The first item which appears upon the records of Windsor, relative to the Revolutionary war, is the appointment, in Decem- ber, 1775, of a Committee of Inspection, composed of the follow- ing persons, all of them eminent citizens and true patriots. Doctor Alexander WoLOOTT, Josiah Bissell, Capt. James Hooker, Roger Newberry, Capt. Josiah Phelps, Henry' Allyn, Esq., Ensign Jonathan Pilley, Lieut. Pelatiah Mills. Mr. JoAB Griswold, The chief duly of this committee was of a peculiarly delicate nature, warranted only by the circumstances of the times. It THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 385 was nothing more or less than a patriotic and searching espi- onage into the principles, actions and private affairs of every member of the community, without regard to station, profession or character. It was necessary to know how each man stood affected towards the war — whether his feelings were enlisted in his country's behalf, or whether secretly or publicly he was aiding and abetting the enemy. Lukewarmuess in action, an unguarded word, or an equivocal deed, was suiScient in those days of trial to excite distrust; and woe to the unlucky man, whatever his rank in life, who fell under the suspicion of " the people." Undoubtedly many innocent persons were unjustly suspected, yet, on the whole, the influence of this Vigilance Committee was as salutary as it was certainly necessary. After the battle of Bunker Hill, the American army commenced the construction of various fortifications and defences upon the heights adjacent to Boston, which was held by the British troops. Upon these lines, which were situated on Winter and Prospect Hills, at Roxbury, and from thence to the Charles River, the troops were mostly engaged during the fall and winter of l'I'I5-6. Quite a number of Windsor men are known to have been here, under Gen. Putnam, but their names can not be fully ascertained. Ebenezer Fitch Bissell was second lieutenant of a company from Simsbury. " He was a gentleman, though not of the most easy and familiar turn; yet for his steady, correct attention to the duties of his station, he was well respected." He was ad- vanced, while in camp, to the captaincy of the 1th company, llth regiment. Elijah Stoughton, was ensign in the same company. " Sick- ness detained him long out of camp. He was a tall, well-made man, and possessed a good military appearance." Thomas Hayden was sergeant of this Simsbury company. From his letters to his family we have mostly gleaned the fol- lowing names: David Gibbs, sick, Oct., 1775. Hezekiah Hayden. Martin Denslow, sick, Oct., 1775. Sgt. Thrall. 49 386 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Daniel Brown, sick. Jesse Wall, sick. Alpheus Mdnsell, sewed at Koxbury, as an army blacksmith. Mr. Roe, sick with pleurisy. Elijah Hoskins (Wby), died, in March, in camp at Eoxbiiry, aged about 42. Eliphalet Loomis (Wby), died in April, on return from the camp, aged about 20 years. A lifelike picture of the winter encampment is given by the Eev. William Emerson, chaplain in the army. "The generals, Washington and Lee, are upon the lines every day. New orders from his excellency are read to the respective regiments every morning after prayers. The strictest government is taking place, and great distinction is made between officers and sol- diers. Every one is made to know his place, and keep in it, or to be tied up and receive thirty or forty lashes, according to his crime. Thousands are at work every day from four till eleven o'clock in the morning. It is surprising how much work has been done. * * * * * It is very diverting to walk among the camps. They are as different in their form as the owners are in their dress, and every tent is a portraiture of the temper and taste of the persons who encamp in it. Some are made of boards, and some of sail cloth; some partly of one and partly of the other. Again, others are made of stone or turf, brick or brush. Some are thrown up in a hurry; others are curiously wrought with doors and windows, done with wreaths and withes in the manner of a basket. Some are your proper tents and marquees, looking like the regular camp of the enemy.'' To complete the picture we will quote the words of a Simsbury soldier: "For every six soldiers there was a tent provided. The ground it covered was about six or seven feet square. This served for kitchen, parlor and hall. The green turf, covered with a blanket, was our bed and bedstead. When we turned in for the night we had to lie perfectly straight, like candles in a box: this was not pleasant to our hip bones and knee joints, which often in the night would wake us, and beg to turn over. Our household utensils, altogether, were an iron pot, a canteen THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 387 or wooden bottle holding two quarts, a pail and wooden bowl. Each had to do his own washing, and take his turn at the cooking." It has been our privilege to read many of the letters written home by the soldiers in this motley camp to their friends and families in Windsor. Though not of sufficient importance to publish, yet they contain many homelike passages of touching interest; queries of, and kind messages for friends; little bits of camp gossip and daily incident — with not unfrequently a re- quest to be furnished with a new vest, or blanket, or a cheese. And these were not minor wants or luxuries, but necessities. For at this time the army was suffering for want of means and food. Eecruits came in tardily, the army itself was weakened, its spirit was lowered, and as the cold weather approached it sorely felt the necessity of fuel and comfortable clothing. Some regiments ate their rations raw for want of fuel to cook them. Sickness was raging in the camp, and the terms of enlistment beginning to expire, many of the soldiers preferred to go home. Added to these trials was the dispiriting effect of the failure of the expedition against Quebec. In the month of August previous, a plan had been devised to invade Canada, by an expedition, which, entering that country by way of the Kenne- bec Kiver, should co-operate with another under Gen. Schuyler, approaching by the northern lakes. Eleven hundred hardy men, accustomed to frontier life, many of them veterans of the old French war, were selected from the array for this service. The chief command was given to Col. Benedict Arnold, whose eminent bravery and acquaintance with the country to be in- vaded, peculiarly fitted him for the perilous undertaking. His subordinate officers were Lieut. Cols. Eoger Enos, of Windsor, and Christopher Greene; and Majors Meigs and Bigelow; while the rifle corps were commanded by Captain Daniel Morgan, famous as a partizan leader in the subsequent history of the war. Arnold's detachment marched from Cambridge on the 13th of September, 1775, and embarking at Newburyport on eleven transports, set sail for the mouth of the Kennebec Eiver. At Gardiner they found 200 batteaux awaiting them, and in these 388 HISTORY OP Xnoibnt windsoe. they pushed on to Norridgewock Falls. Here began the perils and toils of a march which has no parallel in the history of our Revolutionary struggle. The Lardy voyageurs were obliged to carry all their batteaux, provisions and stores around the falls, into navigable water, a mile and a quarter above. This severe labor consumed seven days, and had to be repeated at Carrem- tuc Falls. At length, however, in spite of a current so rapid that the men waded through the stream, pushing their boats before them, the little band reached the great carrying-place, twelve miles below the junction of the Dead River with the Kennebec. By this time their number had been reduced by sickness and desertion, to about 950, yet their spirits were cheerful and their courage unshaken. Twenty-five days' pro- visions still remained, and Arnold determined to push on to the French settlements on the Chaudiere, estimated at ten days' distance. " The great carrying-place was a portage of fifteen miles, broken by three ponds. Oxen dragged the batteaux part of the way on sleds, and the baggage and stores were carried on the shoulders of the men. Over craggy knolls and tangled ravines, through deep morasses, creeks and ponds, they pursued their journey, sometimes carrying their vessels, and the vessels Sometimes bearing them, until they reached the Dead River. The ponds afforded an abundance of delicious salmon-trout, and want of food had not yet been among their privations. The surface of the Dead River was smooth, and the waters flowed on in a gentle current in the midst of the magnificent forest, now rendered gorgeous by the brilliant hues imparted to foliage by early frost. Occasional falls interrupted their progress, but the labors of the men were far less severe than hitherto. Sud* denly the monotony of the vast forest was broken by the ap- pearance of a lofty mountain covered with snow, at the foot of which Arnold encamped three days, raising the Continental flag over his tent. When the expedition moved forward, a heavy rain set in, which sent down such heavy torrents from the hills that the river arose eight feet in one night, overflowing its banks and filling its channels with rafts of drift-wood. So suddenly did this freshet occur, that the water came roaring down the valley THE AMERICAN EEVOLUTION. 389 where the soldiers were encamped, so unexpectedly and power- fully, that they had barely time to retreat to their batteaux before the whole plain was overflowed. Seven boats were over- turned and their provisions lost, and others were in imminent peril in the midst of the flood. They were yet thirty miles from the head of the Chaudiere, and but about twelve days' pro- visions remained. The storm and exposure made many sick, and despondency supplanted cheerfulness, for the future seemed pregnant with misery. A council of war was held, and it was decided to send the sick and feeble back, and to press forward with the healthy. Arnold wrote to Greene and Enos, who were in the rear, to select as manj- of their best men as they could supply with fifteen days' provisions, and come on with them, leaving the others to return to Norridgewock. Enos, either through a false construction of the order, or wilful disobedience, returned to Cambridge with his whole division. His appear- ance excited the greatest indignation in the Continental camp, and Enos was looked upon as a traitor for thus deserting his companions and endangering the whole expedition. He was tried by a court martial, and it being proved that he was short of provisions, and that none could be procured in the wilder- ness, he was acquitted. He never was restored in public esti- mation, however, and soon afterwards left the army. In the meanwhile Arnold, with the rest of the troops, pressed onward. The rain changed to snow, and ice formed upon the water in which the men waded to push the batteaux as they passed the numerous ponds and marshes near the sources of the Dead River. Seventeen falls were passed, and on a bleak day, marching through snow two inches deep, they reached the Highlands which separated the waters of New England from Canada." Soon they came to Lake Megantic, on whose eastern shore the little army encamped to recruit fi-om their fatiguing march, while Arnold with thirteen men in batteaux and canoes, and Capt. Hanchet with a party of fifty-five men on shore, pro- ceeded dovrn the Chaudiere to the French settlements, to pro- cure provisions. The voyage was frightful in the extreme. The rapid current boiled and foamed over a rocky bottom, and 39U HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. they were without guides, but they lashed themselves to the batteaux, and embarked upon the stream. Soon they were among the rapids. Three boats were broken to pieces, their contents upset, and the hapless voyageurs left struggling with the waters, but no lives were lost. For seventy miles there was a constant succession of falls and rapids, with their accompa- nying dangers. At last they reached Sartigan, where the hos- pitable French furnished them with provisions, which were im- mediately sent back to the approaching army. They reached the troops at an opportune moment, for they had slaughtered their last ox some days before, and had even been reduced to the extremity of using dog's flesh, sand-roots, and the leather of their shoes and moccasins, for food. Pushing on with renewed strength, the army reunited at Sartigan, and on the 9th of November, after this terrible march of thirty-two days through gloomy forests, emerged at Point Levi, opposite Quebec. Their sudden appearance, mj'sterious and unheralded, gave rise to the most exaggerated rumors of their numbers, and the Canadians were in a tumult of alarm. Arnold's intention was to have taken advantage of this, and strike a bold and decisive blow. But a heavy storm of wind and sleet prevented him from crossing the River St. Lawrence until the evening of the 13th. Then, under the very guns of a frigate which had been placed in the stream to intercept him, Arnold safely landed his forces at Wolf's cove, and scaling the heights where Wolfe had ascended sixteen years before, stood at dawn upon the Plains of Abraham. And as the little band of patriots mustered there, before the grim battlements looming fearfully through the gray light of morn, it is not strange that their hearts sank within them, and that for the first time they realized the full extent of their own hardihood. They numbered but 750 men, without artillery, and half of their muskets were spoiled and useless. They learned also that new reinforcements had added to the enemy's strength. Arnold, however, made a feint of attack hoping to draw out the English, and relying on the French. The French, however, were deterred by fear of the English garrison, who in turn were too wary to place the city at the THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 391 po\yer of enemies within, by issuing forth against the incon- siderable force which menaced them without. Consequently, after indulging in some ineffectual bravado, Arnold finding himself deficient in stores and ammunition, and learning that further reinforcements to the enemies were approaching, hastily retired to Point aux Trembles, twenty miles above Quebec, there to await the arrival of Montgomery's army. On the 1st of December Montgomery appeared with a most welcome sup- ply of clothing for Arnold's half-naked troops, and taking the chief command, the combined forces, of less than 1000 men, again set out, in the face of a severe snow-storm, for Quebec. Reaching that place on the 5th, they invested the city as well as they could with so insignificant a force, and three weeks were spent in fruitless endeavors to intimidate the British commander to surrender, or to batter down an entrance with the light guns which they possessed. Now, mutiny and dissatisfaction began to develope themselves, and the small-pox broke out in the camp. In the face of all these fearful dangers, a council of war determined upon a regular assault. At 2 o'clock on the morning of the 31st of December, in the midst of a driving storm of snow which the winds were whirling into almost im- passable drifts, the attack was commenced by three columns, commanded respectively by Montgomery, Arnold, Livingston and Brown, which approaching the town by different routes, were to meet at a certain point. Slowly and cautiously Montgomery's command crept up to the lower town by the road, under Cape Diamond. Stealing upon the little, and as they hoped, unprepared battery, they were suddenly met by a terrific storm of iron hail, which for ten minutes belched forth death, and then ceased, for there was none to slay. The gallant Montgomery and his aids lay dead, and the few who lived fled in dismay from the terrible havoc. Meantime Arnold, at the head of his division, was struggling through the heavy snow- drifts in the Sault au Matelot, when he received a wound which obliged him to retire, and the command devolved on Morgan, under whom the brave troops stood battling in the narrow pass for three long hours. And just as they had succeeded in storm- ing the battery, they were surprised by an overwhelming force 392 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. of the enemy, to whom they were obliged to surrender. Thus ended this rashest of all rash attempts to take Quebec : 160 of the American forces were killed and wounded, and 426 surren- dered, while less than 800 escaped and retired to a short dis-- tance from the town, where under Arnold's command they re- mained till the following spring. Gen. Wooster then came from Montreal with a large force, and took the chief command. An attempt was made to beleaguer and occupy the city, which however proved futile, and the patriot arms were obliged to leave Canada without anything to boast of except their intre- pidity in a good cause. Those who had surrendered themselves were kindly treated, and finally sent home to their anxious friends and families. It may be thought, by some, that we have devoted more space to this expedition than is proper in a local history. We have, however, chosen to dwell upon it, because as one of the most remarkable exploits of modern history, it must always be inter- esting to those who love to recall the brave deeds of our revo- lutionary struggle; and because Windsor men shared the toils of that wonderful wilderness march; faced the fury of the elements, and the wilder storm of British artillery, and lan- guished in the gloomy depths of a British prison. In the escalade which was made by Arnold's division, Capt. Seth Hanchett of Suffield, and Elijah Marshall of Windsor, were the first to mount the barrier. And clear above the rattle of musketry was heard the encouraging voice of the former: " Walk up, Marshall, our mothers are at home praying for us, and the enemy can't hurt us." Aye — that was the secret of America's success in the Revolution — her cause was just, her Washington a praying general, and her brave sons, amid the temptations of camp life, and the danger of battle, never forgot that mothers, wives and daughters at home were praying for them. Theophilus Hide was killed in the assault. Among the prisoners we find the names of Elijah Marshall, before mentioned, Daniel Rice^ and Stephen Posbukt (of Why), 1 A Journal of the Expedition, published ia New Eng. Hist, and Gen. Regis- ter, VI, 129. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 393 who died in Canada, January 1, 1776, with sraall-pox, during his imprisonment, aged 20.^ Although these and other reverses tended to depress the hearts of America's patriotic defenders, yet the energy of Washington triumphed over every obstacle. He vigorously pushed forward his preparations for the seige of Boston, and having secretly fortified Dorchester Heights, commenced the bombardment of the city on the 3d and 4th of March. In the darkness of the night, the American army had done its work well, and the suu as it rose on the morn of the 5th, revealed to the astonished foe, the adjacent heights bristling with cannon and men. Howe was astounded and chagrined. " I know not what I shall do," he exclaimed, " the rebels have done more in one night than my whole army would have done in a month." The tables were indeed turned, the British army in the city and the fleet in the bay were in an extremely critical situation. Esteeming " prudence the better part of valor," Howe aban- doned the town, and on the 18th, the American army entered it in triumph. Quite a number of Windsor men were present at this scene, but we have been able to get but few of their names. Sgt. Thomas Hayden, before mentioned, was at Roxbury when the fortifications there were thrown up, and is said to have con- structed some of them, a duty for which his business of carpen- ter and architect peculiarly fitted him. Hezekiah Hayden,^ 1 This, with other Wintonbury names irom the manuscripts of the Rev . Hez. Bissell. 2 We make the following extract from one of his letters addressed to his father, Dea. Nathaniel Hayden, dated " Camp at Roxbury, Jan'y 30, 1776." " Honored Sir ****** It is a sick time in the camp, several heen carried to the hospital to-day, and a day or two past. Six I hear, are broke out with the Small-pox to-day k carried to Cambridge hospital (sup- posed) to be catched of the Deserters which come in daily. We are in some fear from the enemy, our regiments are but about half full. Number is so small and duty is so hard & weather is so cold that we are in great danger of being sick. One John Gilman died last night in Capt. Bissell's company — one Indian man died this morning in the hospital — 12 unfit for duty in our company — Windsor men are tolerably well. But I blessed be God am remarkable hearty. Provisions is plenty and good." 50 394 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Lemuel Welch, Nathaniel Lamberton and Increase Mather were also there. Ezra Hayden was at Dorchester. After the evacuation of Boston by the British, they concen- trated their forces near New York City. This caused Gen.' Washington to call upon Gov. Trumbull to order the whole of the standing militia of this state west of the Connecticut Eiver. His urgent request was promptly responded to by the governor, and there were not less than 10,000 Connecticut militia in the service near New York, among whom were very many " Windr sor boys." In the disastrous battle of Long Island, August 21, 1116, the affair at White Plains and the retreats through Westchester County, the Connecticut troops suffered terribly. Many fell at their posts, and many, less fortunate, were imprisoned within the gloomy walls of the Old Sugar House, or suffered the ter- rors of those floating charnels, the prison ships. Hezekiah Hayden enlisted into the army about the 1st of January, 1116, and served as a private soldier. He was taken prisoner on the 21th August, 1116, at the battle of Long Island, and' died on board the prison-ship, of starvation, after having disposed of every thing in his possession, even to his sleeve buttons, to purchase of his keeper food enough to sustain life. He was a native of Windsor, and much respected and esteemed by his neighbors. Nathaniel Lamberton died on board the prison ship, Nov. 9th. William Parsons died Nov. 9th, in captivity, at New York. Elihu Denslow died Sept. 9th, in camp, at New York. Capt. Ebenezee Pitch Bissell, Sr., was one of those who endured the horrible cruelties of the imprisonment in the Jersey prison ship. He was accustomed to relate with much feeling the sufferings which he witnessed and experienced at that time. He sent home to his family for money. Silver was extremely scarce, and by dint of hard scraping, borrowing and pledging, they succeeded in sending him some. But it never reached him, having probably found its way to the pocket of some greedy British ofScial. " His wife (whose maiden name was Esther Hayden), was vigilant in her endeavors to send articles for his THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 395 comfort and relief, and once succeeded in visiting him in his captivity."! Samuel Wing and his son Moses were present at the retreat from New York, as was also Jabez Haskell, who was then act- ing as nurse to the sick soldiers. Having through some neglect received no orders to retreat, they were left behind, and finally escaped in the very face of the advancing British. Jonathan BiDWELL (Wby), Daniel Gillet, Jebijah Barber. Oba- DiAH Fuller, Elisha Moore, Watson Looms, were drafted and served in New York and Westchester in August and September. Frederick (son of Ezekiel) Case (Wby), died July 26th, at camp, at New York, in his 15th year. Oliver Case (Wby), died October, near New York, aged about 30. Samuel Andrus (Wby), died Oct. .5th, on return from camp, near New York. Joseph Marsh died August 15th, at Meriden, coming from camp at New York. The great number, as well as the length of the drafts, had seriously interfered with the agricultural interests of the town, and the crops were scanty and insufficient for the winter's sup- ply. Nearly all the able-bodied men of Windsor were absent in the army, and labor was so scarce that the harvests of 1176 were literally gathered by the women and children. The tra- dition^ which preserves this fact, also mentions that not a clock in the whole town marked the flight of time, thdr weights having been melted down and run into bullets.^ 1 MSS. of Mrs. Fanny L. Biasell, in whose possession is still preserved the sword of this gallant officer. 2 This tradition is well authenticated, both in the case of this and of the surrounding towns. 3 Corroborative of this fact we have found, in looking over some Revolu- tionary papers of the town, several memoranda, of which this will serve as a specimen, of " lead delivered to the town.smen, 1776, clocli; weight lead." Captain Stoughton, 18 pounds. I David Ellsworth, Jr., 24 pounds. Captain Ellsworth, 30 " Daniel Hayden, 24 Rev. Mr. Hinsdale, 13 (f John Allyn, 14 Josiah AUyn, 28 it 396 HISTOBY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Ittl. Early this year, enlistments for three years, or during the war, were called for, and the quota established for each town. This new levy was a severe test of their patriotism, but bur- dened and overstrained as they were, it was cheerfully and promptly met by Windsor and the other towns of the state. Large bounties were offered to those who would enlist, and those who, from any cause, were not liable to be engaged in military duty, were heavily taxed to pay the expenses thus in- curred. The following appears on the town books: "At a town meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Wind- sor, lawfully named and held in Windsor, the 22d of April, lilt, for the purpose of doing the following business, viz: Ist, To see what method the town will take to encourage the proportion of soldiers assigned to the town of Windsor to enlist into the Continental Army, to supply the quota assigned to this town. 2d, To choose a committee to provide necessaries for the fami- lies of all those persons belonging to the town of Windsor that shall enlist into the Continental Army at the price as stated by Law, and at said meeting Doct. Alex. Wolcott chosen Moderator for said meeting. Voted, To raise a Kate or tax upon the list of the poles and rateable estate of the inhabitants of the town of Windsor, made and computed for August 20, 1116, of so much money upon the Pound as Will raise Thirty pound Lawful money for each able bodied eifective man that belongs to the town of Windsor that has already enlisted into the Eight Battalions, including what they have already received as private encouragement for enlisting, and are now actually in service in the Continental Army, or that shall enlist into either of the Eight Battalions, ordered to be raised in the State of Connecticut for Continental Service on or iJefore the 30th day of April instant, at 12 of the clock on said day. Provided that not a larger number than 79 soldiers shall enlist including the number already enlisted, the first 79 soldiers that shall enlist shall receive said sum, which said sum shall be paid to each soldier that has already enlisted or that shall enlist before said 30th day of April, inst. at 12 of the clock on said day, until said number be made up." At the next meeting, held May 2d, 1777, this encouragement was renewed to all who should enlist before the 9th of May, inst.; also " Voted, That the families of all such soldiers, being lawful inhabitants of the town of Windsor, who have or shall en- gage and go into any of the Continental Battalions to be THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 397 raised in tbis State, shall be supplied with necessaries in their absence by a Committee appointed for that purpose, at the price affixed by Law on his or their lodging or remitting money to said Committee appointed for that purpose, the additional cost to be paid by said town agreeable to his Honor's recommenda- tion in the aforesaid Proclamation." Voted, that Henry Allyn, Noah Griswold, Solomon Allyn, Samuel Denslow, George Griswold, and Josiah Gillet be a Com- mittee agreeable to the above vote, and to execute the same. " At a town meeting held by adjournment on the 9th of May, 1177, and opened at 3 of the clock afternoon, according to ad- journment, the Moderator of the former meeting not being pre- sent, Capt. Nath^ Loomis was chosen Moderator," " at said meeting. Voted, that each able bodied effective man, that is an inhabitant of the town of Windsor, that shall enlist into either of the Eight Battalions of Continental Troops belonging to the State of Connecticut, or that has enlisted since the 22d day of April last, shall receive of the Selectmen of the town of Windsor an order upon the Treasurer for the town of Windsor for the sum of Thirty pounds Lawful money, agreeable to the vote of this town at their meeting holden on the 22d day of April last. Provided that each soldier so enlisted %hall be able to secure the Selectmen, that in case such soldier shall not pass muster that he will repay the said sura into the town treasury with the lawful interest for the same, from the time of receiving said money out of said treasury, until the same be repaid into said Treasurer, and the said order to be drawn upon said Treasurer to pay the same within two days after sight thereof, and if not then paid to pay the lawful interest for the same after the said two days till such time as the Treasurer shall receive the money for the pur- pose of paying said order and lay the same by for that purpose." The encouragement of £30 was again renewed at town meet- of May 27, and it was also Voted; that Capt. Caleb Phelps, Col Roger Eno, Mr. Alex. Allin, Capt. Nath'l Hayden, Capt. Isaac Pinney, Capt. Edward Barnard, Peletiah Mills and Capt. Jonah Gillet be a Committee to prepare a Subscription and present the same to the inhabit- ants of this town in order to raise money by voluntary sub- scription for the purpose of paying the encouragement voted by this town, to give to those inhabitants of this town that shall enlist into the Continental Army." In addition to this subscription, a rate or tax of eighteen pence upon the pound was self-imposed for the same purpose, by a vote of the town, June 10th, 1777. And at a town meeting in September, Capt. Caleb Phelps being Moderator, it was 398 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Voted; that the Selectmen of this town purchase or procure, as soon as may be, upon the best terms they can, the sundry articles of clothings as requested by the Governor and Council of Safety at their meeting at Lebanon upon the 12th day of Sept. inst., for the Non-commissioned ofQcers and soldiers raised for the Quota of soldiers assigned for the town of Windsor, and that actually enlisted into the Continental Army for the term of the War or for three j'ears, and forward the same to the Com- missaries as requested, and bring in their accounts which shall be allowed and paid by this town, including such sum or suras as shall or may be received from the Colony Treasury or other way by order of the General Assembly in October next. Dec. 1111. — Capt. Caleb Phelps, Solomon Allyn, Sam'l Dens- low and Noah Griswold were appointed a Committee to provide necessaries for soldier's families. Captain Abner Pbior, belonging to the 4th Conn. Regiment, and Lt. Seth Phelps of Col. Durkee's Regiment, spent some time in Windsor during May, 1711, as recruiting officers; and the work of enrollment bravely on. Capt. Prior seems to have enlisted the largest number. The original (lertificates of enlist- ments, bearing on their backs the owners' endorsements of £30 bounty received from the selectmen, are yet preserved(?) in an old barrel(l) at the clerk's office. From these we have been enabled to rescue the names and fame of many of Windsor's revolutionary heroes, which otherwise would have been lost to posterity. The attack of the British on Danbury, April the 26th, spread a general alarm throughout the state, and Windsor sent many volunteers, most of whom, however, arrived too late to partici- pate in the action of the next day. Among those who started in hot haste for the fray, was Daniel Phelps, aged eighty-four, who invited Daniel Gilllet, only a few years younger, to ac- company him. Mounted oa horseback, these two youthful vete- rans had proceeded nearly a day's journey toward Danbury, when they were met with the news that the crisis had passed, and volunteers were not needed. Old Mr. Phelps was bitterly disappointed, exclaiming, as he turned his face towards home, " I am so sorry, I wanted just to have a few shots at those red coat British." On arriving at Litchfield that evening, on their homeward route, the old gentleman was so stiff from age and unwonted fatigue, that he was obliged to be helped from his THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 399 saddle. The exertion which he had made undoubtedly hastened his death, which occurred a few days after. Such was the "spirit of '76." Reuben King (Wby), returning home from captivity in New York, died January 1717, aged about 18. John Wilson (Wby), died at or near New York, aged about 18. • In October of this year, a detachment of Ensign David Bar- ber's company of Windsor, belonging to Lt. Col. Willey's regi- ment of state militia, was ordered to Peekskill. They started on the 6th, and were absent about 38 days. Their names were as follows: Ens'n David Barber, Timo. Cook, Sgt. Martin Pinnet, Gideon Case, Sgt. Ales. Griswold, Abel Griswold, Corp. Zephaniah Webster, Elisha Marshall, Drum. Joseph Holoomb, Oliver Phelps, Benj. Moore. Col. Roger Enos of this town, commanded one i of the regi- ments raised in May of this year. He was stationed on the south-western border of the state, near Long Island Sound. 1778 was a gloomy year. Enlistments went on slowly; the previous winter (1777-8) had been disastrous and severe; the small-pox was raging in several parts of the country, and men's hearts " failed them for fear." The states however came together on a common basis of confederation, and with the aid of the French troops, the war was prosecuted with commendable vigor. Some of the Windsor troops were this year in garrison at West Point. Elijah Hill, Judah Pinney and Joseph Holcomb, belonging to Capt. Barber's company, were among the number. The terrible massacre at Wyoming, in Pennsylvania — a town settled by and belonging to Connecticut — produced great agita- tion and distress throughout the state. In every county and town there were those who had dear friends and relatives there, and when they heard of the terrible fate which had befallen them, there was deep sorrow and indignation in every heart. 400 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Mrs. AzuBA (Griswold) Perkins, a daughter of Windsor, barely escaped, with her two children, from the infuriated savages, who had murdered her husband. She afterwards lived and died in Poquonock. Dr. Elisha N. Sill, was also a survivor of this massacre. 1779. The war being principally carried on in the south, the Con- necticut troops were not in very active service. Two alarms for the defence of Horse Neck, in February and May, and the great scarcity of clothing and provisions in the army were the most noticeable events in the northern division. At a town meeting held in July, it was voted, that Mr. Elisha Strong should be an agent to procure the quota of clothing assigned for the town of Windsor to clothe the Connecticut line in the Continental Army. Again at a town meeting in same meeting, it was voted, " That Mr. Elisha Strong, agent for this town for the clothing of the Connecticut line in the Continental army assigned for this town to purchase by Resolve of the General Assembly in May last, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow on the credit of this town, and give his obligation therefor, a sum not exceeding Three thousand pounds Lawful Money payable in a reasonable time on interest, for the purpose aforesaid, and that he be accountable to this town therefor, and that he use all possible care and prudence that the LoaYiers be repaid by monies received from this or the United States." 1780 was a peculiarly trying year to the American cause. Destitution famine and want of clothing had assailed and tortured the north- ern army in their winter-quarters. Defeat and toryism were the fearful odds against which the southern army was contending. Added to this, the heavy drain of men and means, for the past four years, had impoverished the country, and the sudden de- preciation of continental currency, with which the soldiers had been paid off, served to increase the general distress and wretchedness. Just at this juncture, also, as if to complete the gloominess of public affairs, the treachery of Arnold came to light, filling every heart with the direst apprehension of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 401 trouble and disaster. Men's hearts stood still with doubt and fear, and it was with the utmost diiBculty that Washington and the leaders of the Eevolution succeeded, by the most untiring exertions and the most earnest and impassioned appeals, in reviving the drooping faith and energies of the people. The records of Windsor show that the most extraordinary means were put forth, by the authorities, to secure the necessary number of troops which were required. Large bounties were offered for enlistment, and heavy taxes imposed to meet them. And there is sufficient evidence that the calls, both for enlist- ment and contributions, were responded to with a cheerfulness almost remarkable, when we consider the number of excessive drafts which had been made on the town, and its consequent weakness. " At a town meeting 10th July, 1780. Voted; that each able bodied effective man that shall enlist muster and be accounted one of the Quota assigned to this town by virtue of an act of the Governor and Council of Safety at a meeting held at Hartford on the 20th day of June 1780 for raising one thousand men in this State to serve in the Continental army till the last day of December next, shall receive in addition to the bounty given by this State the sum of 40 shillings lawful money; and that each person so enlisting that shall lodge with the treasurer of this town the whole or part of said bounty, and his wages now given, he shall receive for the same during the term aforesaid, the interest at 6 per ct within a reasonable time. All of which shall be paid in Wheat at four shillings per bushel, or an equi- valent thereto in Indian corn, Rye, or Beefe as those articles were usually sold in the year 1174, or in money equivalent in a reasonable time, provided that all monies lodged with the Treasurer of this town be lodged within Ten days next after they shall receive the same." The nililia of the town, who should be detached for three months' service, were offered a bounty of twenty shillings, to be paid out of the town treasury, in the same manner and on the same conditions a-^ above stated. Also, "Voted, that those persons of the troop of horse of the town of Windsor, to the number of five persons that shall be detached to serve in the foot for six months, shall have the same encouragement as to bounty and wages made good to them, including the bounty and wages they shall receive of this State, 51 402 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. as those of the foot of this town detached for six months hy vote of this town." This was accompanied with the same privi- lege of interest, if they shall lodge their money with the town treasurer as above. Ample provision was made at a subsequent meeting to guard against any inconvenience or loss by the depreciation of the continental currency. " At a meeting, Nov. 6, 1*180, voted, that the Selectmen of this town with the assistance of Oapt. Benj. Allyn, Capt. Sam'l Stoughton, Jr., Mr. Seth Dexter, and Mr. Isaac Pinney, Jr., be a committee to class the inhabitants of the town of Windsor into so many equal classes by the list of the poles and rateable estate of the inhabitants of the town of Windsor, and others having estates in this town, given in August 1179, as the town of Windsor is deficient in their quota of men to fill up the Con- tinental Army, and make report to their meeting on Wednesday next." At their next town meeting, however, the people resolved not to class the town for raising their quota of men; but voted, that Edward Griswold, Jr., Nath'l Griswold, Elisha Strong, Alex'r Allyn, Daniel Talcott, Jonah Gillet, Jr., Josiah Phelps and Henry Allyn be a committee to hire their quota of men to fill up the deficiency in the army." They were " empowered to act their best judgment in procuring said men as to the price given and whS,t pay to make, and if need be to borrow such sum of money as they shall judge it necessary for the purpose of procuring said men, which sums that said committee shall pay out for said purpose shall be repaid to them with lawful interest,'' &c. 1781, brought with it new drafts and responsibilities. Gen. Wash- ington having informed the assembly, that there was an impera- tive necessity of raising 1500 "three months' men," and a furce equal to one-sixth part of the state's quota in the regular army, to supply deficiencies, they at their May session, took measures to secure a voluntary enlistment of 2100 men by the 1st of July following. All deficieucies existing after that date were to be filled by peremptory detachment. The largest part of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 403 actual service performed by these new troops was at Horse- neck. Six men was the quota assigned to Windsor, who were raised by dividing the town into six classes, each of which hired a man for the service. At town meeting, March 21, 1181, " Voted, to apply to His Excellency the Governor, and Council of Safety for a permit to transport one thousand bushels of In- dian corn to Rhode Island, for the sole purpose of enabling this town procuring Hard money to enable this town to comply with the act of the General Assembly relative to procuring the quantity of clothing assigned to this town for the Connecticut line of the Continental array. Voted, that Capt. Josiah Phelps, Eliakim Marshall and Henry Allyn, be agents in behalf of this town to apply for said per- mit." At town meeting, held April 3, ItSl, "Voted, That Nath'l Griswold and Silvanus Griswold shall take all benefit that may be had by a permit granted by His Excellency the Governor, and Council of Safety, granting to the town of Windsor liberty to transport one thousand bushels of Indian corn, or Rye flour equivalent thereto, to Rhode Island for the purpose of procuring Linen Cloth for frocks, shirts and over-alls for this town's quota of clothing for the army, agreea- ble to the acts of the General Assembly, upon these conditions, that they lay out Sixty pounds Hard money in Linen cloth, proper, good and suitable for frocks, shirts and ovcrhalls, pro- vided they procure the same by the 10th day May next — and deliver the same to Mr. Elijah Hubbard for and on account of the town of Windsor, and to have no other pay for the same than what said Hubbard shall apprize the same at, and be allowed by Pay-table for the same. Voted, That Nath'l Griswold have Twelve pounds State mo- ney paid to him out of the treasury of this town upon his pro- curing One Hundred and eight [pairs] good, large well made men's shoes, and one hundred and eight pairs of good, well made men's stockings, and deliver the same to Mr. Elijah Hub- bard, Subclothier at Middletown, by the 10th day of May next, for and on account of the quota of shoes and stockings ordeied by the General Assembly to be provided by the town of Windsor for each non-commissioned officer and soldier required for this town's quota of the Conn. Line of the Continental Army, to serve for three years or during the war. He having no other demand for the same than said twelve pounds State money, and also that what shall be allowed by Pay-table for the same." Voted, To raise a rate or tax of four pence one farthing on the pound on the list of polls and rateable estate of the Inhabit- 404 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. ants of the town of Windsor made and computed for August 20th, 1180, to be paid in Silver or Gold for the purpose of pur- chasing the Beef ordered by the General Assembly to be raised in this town in the months of July, August, September and October, 1781, as by said act may appear, &c. Voted, That James Roberts be Eeceiver of all such Beef- cattle as shall be brought in to him by any person or persons as shall choose to pay their four-pence halfpenny tax above. Voted, To raise the Beef assigned to this town, for this month and the three following months, said beef called to be appraized as in said act mentioned and the person or persons procuring the same to have the advantage of the same according to ap- prizement and price stated, only allowing one half of one per cent for trouble to said Roberts, and said Roberts to have full power to purchase the whole of the beef ordered by the General Assembly to be raised in the month of July, August, September and October by this town, except the beef that shall be deliv- ered to said Roberts by the inhabitants of this town, &c. * * The town to have liberty to bring in their cattle by the 5th day of each of said months respectively. The records of the town during the year 1782, present nothing of very special interest.^ The requisitions made upon the different towns of the state, were very heavy, and it is doubtful if they could have much longer sustained the con- tinued drain to which they had, for so many years, been sub- jected. The town of Windsor, in common with others, began to evince a flagging, not in her patriotism or- cheerfulness, but in her ability. Yet every nerve was strained to its utmost. At this juncture, the God of America's battles interposed his strong arm to save her. The surrender of Oornwallis on the 19th of October, virtually ended the long eight years' struggle for in- dependence. The whole country was filled with joy and thanks giving. Preliminary articles were signed at Paris, in Novem 1 "At a town meeting held July 15, 1782, voted, That Gen. Roger New- berry and Mr. Oliver Ellsworth be a committee to attend the proposed Con- vention to beheld at Hartford on the 16th day of .July next, agreeable to the proposal made by the town of Farmington, there to represent this town to consult and advise what is proper and necessary to be done to carry into execution the Laws of the State for preventing illicit trade and commerce with the enemy, and to counsel and determine upon other matters and things for the public good, proper for such a convention." THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 405 ber following, and on the 19th of April, 1183, a formal proclamation of peace was published to the world. At the close of the Revolution, the officers of the American army felt a natural desire in some way to perpetuate the long- cherished friendship and social intercourse which had bound them together during the many trying scenes of the contest which had ended. Agreeably, therefore, to the suggestion of Gen. Knox, and with the acquiescence of their beloved com- mander Washington, thej' formed themselves, in May 1183, into a society which they called, in honor of the Roman hero Cincin- natus, the Society of the Cincinnati. This association was founded on the following " immutable" principles: "An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a national being is a curse instead of a blessing. " An unalterable determination to promote and cherish be- tween the respective states, that unison and national honor so essentially necessary to their happiness and the future dignity of the American empire. "To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting among the officers, this spirit will dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and particularly extend to the most substantial acts of benificence, according to the ability of the society, towards those ofBoers and ttieir families who unfortunately may be under the necessity of receiving it." On this basis, then, these officers solemnly associated them- selves into "one society of friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in fail- ure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members." This society was divided into state societies. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and South Carolina, were thus represented. Gen. Washington was its first President-General, from 1183 till his death in 1199. He was succeeded in 1800 by Gen. Alexander Hamilton until his death in 1804. His successor was Gen. Charles 0. Pinckney of South Carolina, who died in 1825. Since then the office 406 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. has been filled by Major Gen. Thomas Pinckney, Col. Aaron Ogden of New Jersey, Gen. Morgan Lewis of New York, Maj. Popham of the same state, and lastly Gen. Dearborn. The following commissioned officers of the Continental Army, belonging to Windsor, were members of the Connecticut So- ciety of the Cincinnati :'^ Major Abnee Prior. Lieut. Martin Denslow. Sgt. Timothy Mather. Lieut. Cornelius Russell. Lieut. Samuel Gibbs. The Treasurer's report for the year 1775, exhibits a balance in favor of the town, of - £276:12:2 1776, " " " 322:17:1 1777, " " " 586:17:6 And money raised to hire soldiers in addition, 859:17:1 177k Balance on hand, . 562:09:4 1780. Now in the hands of the Treasurer (Phinehas Wilson), and collectors, £5151:9:10 Cont'l money, old currency. Also, - 440:18:04 State money. 1781. The Treasurer has on hand as follows: £1202:12:02 Continental. 2109:04:11 State money. 439:17:11 Lawful money to pur. beef. 142:02:01 Bounty money. 1782. On hand as follows: £590:09:06 Continental. 539:07:00 State. 642:04:09 Silver. 1783. On hand: 1784. On hand: £533:16:03 Continental money. 476:12:00 State money. 356:02:00 Silver. £228:12:10 Continental. 71:11:01 State. 356:07:04 Legal. 1 From MSS., &c., relating to the Conn. Cincinnati, in possession of the Conn. Hist. Soo. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 407 The History of Daniel Bissell, the Spy. Among the namjs of the Windsor soldiers in the revolution, occurs that of Daniel Bissell, accompanied on the official return by the ominous suffix, " deserter.'' The record was as undoubt- edly authentic, as it was unpalateable; but a few enquiries among the old people, suggested a probability that there were some extenuating circumstances, or possibly a satisfactory ex- planation. Investigations were at once instituted, and finally we had the extreme pleasure of vindicating the deserter's char- acter; and of bringing to light the record of a life of devotion to his country's interests, and of suffering in her service, such as has been seldom paralleled, even in the roll of brave deeds which ennobles the page of American history. For, if honor and gratitude are due to him who boldly main- tains a just cause by force of arms and personal bravery, how much more is it due to him, who renouncing glory's brightest dream, takes upon himself the unenviable character and office of a spy, in his country's service ? Such a one, not only subjects himself to the ignominy of a felon's death, if detected, but ex- patriates himself from all human sympathy. He knows — and it is the most terrible thought that a noble heart can feel — that not only his comrades are covering his name with execration, but that those who are nearest and dearest to him, are either unconscious of his real character, or if conscious, are dragged down and suffering from the contempt which he has brought upon them. For him, all hope of return is past, and the future has but one bright hope to illumine his pathway, the hope that his country will profit by the sacrifice which she demands of him. Such was Hale, whose martyr memory is precious to every patriot heart — such too, though more fortu- nate, was Daniel Bissell, of Windsor. The following account of his military services and adventures is gleaned from a package of documents, now sacredly pre- served, in the keeping of his son, Dr. D. Bissell, resident physician at the Quarantine on Staten Island, N. Y. They are copies from the original documents in the department of war, at Washington, and their authenticity is fully attested by the 408 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. seal of the department and the signature of the secretary, John C. Calhoun, under date of December 5th, 1820. Daniel Bissell, the eldest son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Loomis) Bissell, of Windsor, was born in 1154, and arrived at the years of early manhood with a character marked by a great degree of personal courage, self-reliance, prudence and strict integrity. Upon the brsaking out of the Revolution, he enlisted in the continental line, v?here his sterling qualities of head and heart, speedily gained the esteem of his comrades, and the confidence of his officers. He served through the war vrith credit ■ — was present at the battle of White Plains, also at Trenton and Monmouth; at the latter place he was slightly wounded in the cheek. In the summer of 1181, he was selected by Gen. Washington to obtain information of the enemy's force and plans in the city of New York, and on Long Island. We will let our hero tell his own story, in his own way, in the following affidavit: State of New York, Ontario County, ss: I, Daniel Bissell, of Richmond, of more than sixty years of age, do testify and say, that on the thirteenth day of August, 1181, Colonel Heman Swift, of the 2d Connecticut Regiment, called on me early in the morning, and stated to me that he dined at Head Quarters the day before, and His Excellency found it necessary to send within the British lines, to ascertain their position and force, some person, and that I was determined on for the undertaking; and further stated that His Excellency conceived that the great danger was in passing the several examinations. After some further conversation on the subject passed between us, I agreed to accept the perilous tour. Col. Swift then directed me to go to a certain place near Head Quarters, where Col. David Hum- phrey would meet me. Soon after I arrived at the place ap- pointed, the Colonel came and put into my hand a paper, re- questing me to go to some bye-place and read it over, through the course of the day, then destroy it, go to my Regiment, get some refreshment, put on and carry with me two suits of clothes, wear in my watch, silver buckles, &c,, which I wore in the American army, so as it should have the appearance of desert- ing ;i and at the time the army was on the parade for evening roll-call, quit the Regiment, go to a bridge between the army 1 Still further to avoid suspicion and secure the aecomplishmeiit of the design in hand, Bissell was entered and published in the official returns, as a deserter from the American army. His real character and design was thus Icnown only to Washington and a, few of his principal officers. The THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 409 and Col. Schammel's Light Infantry, where I should meet Col. Swift, who would give me further instructions. Col. Swift directed me to call on Col. Scliammel at his marquee at nine o'clock in the evening ; and Col. Schammel went with, and conducted me by his Camp guards and sentinals, and informed me that he had ordered ofi' all guards and patrols from the North Kiver road (until after midnight) down as far as Croton Bridge, that being the extent of our lines. I was then to answer (if hailed) ' friend to Britain.' Tlie paper Col. Humphrey gave me was as follows, to the best of my recollection : As Gen. Arnold'^ is now in Virginia, with all the new raised corps, there will be no recruiting parties in New York ; and as the fleet is now at the Hook, consequently there will be no press [gang] in the city; and with the money you carry in, you can get a protection from the Mayor or Police of the city, to go to Lloyd's Neck, thirty miles on Long Island, to cut wood for the Crown. After this, you will return to King's Bridge or Laurel Hill, and view the works there, obtain the number of each regi- ment, the number of men each contains, by whom commanded, their several alarm posts, the number of cannon mounted in each work. You will view all the works on York Island in the same manner; get the whole number of regular forces, distinguish- ing the British from foreigners; the number of the new raised corps, and also the number of militia enrolled for the defence of the city. Get what information you can of their works and force at Fowler's Hook, also that of Staten Island. Obtain the number of Shipping in the Harbour, and that at the Hook; and when you have completed your business here, you will pass over to Brooklyn, view the works there, ascertain their force on Long Island. When you have got the business completed, the seventh or ninth night, be at a place called Whitestone, not far from Lloyd's Neck, where a boat will attend to fetch you off. In case j'ou can not attend on one of those nights, you will then make your escape off at the east end of Long Island. Then followed all the probable questions that would be asked me, in the several examinations, together with their answers. But when I arrived in New York, to my great disappointment, I found that Gen. Arnold had returned and had established his recruiting parties in every place where deserters could come in; that the British fleet had got into New York and shut out the French fleet; and that the press-gangs were in every part of astonishment and mortification of his numerous friends, when they lieard him returned as a deserter, can he better imagined that described, and though his character was afterwards satisfactorily vindicated, yet througli the malevo- lence of certain persons, he was, at various times, exposed to much annoyance on this account. 1 The traitor Arnold, then in the British service. 52 410 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. the city ; that the Commander-in-chief, Sir Harry Clinton, had issued a late order that there should be no more protections given to deserters. After avoiding the press-gang for three days, and being attacked vs^ith a violent fever, ^ I caused my name to be enrolled in Arnold's regiment. I was. soon after sent to the Hospital at Flushing, in December following removed back to York Island (Harlem Heights), put into a barn, which was their Regimental Hospital, where I remained until May. Here my suffering was truly great ; without fire the greatest part of the time, only wood allowed for the piirpose of cooking our pork and peas ; without attendance ; but one additional blanket to two men ; without shifting mj' clothes for three months ; covered with head and body lice ; unable to walk. In this situation, I was taken out of the Hospital to do Qnarter- Master Sergeant's duty, for said Eegiment, by Capt. Robert Rowley, who acted also as Quarter-Master to the same ; and through his kind attention to my health, I owe my escape from them.^ 1 Mr. Bissell has been heard to say that he had fully possessed himself of the details of the proposed attack on New London, when he was attacked with illness, and thus prevented from making any use of his knowledge, 2 Although Mr. Bissell, in his affidavit has not mentioned the particulars of his escape, yet they are not without interest. It seems that from early boyhood he had been in the habit of talking in his sleep, and during the temporary de- lirium of liis fever in the British hospital, he probably betrayed his secret to his attending physician, who was also warmly attached to him. After Ms recovery the doctor gave him a quiet hint to that effect. Bissell's mind was immediately made up to leave. Taking into his confidence a comrade who was also desirous of escape, the two obtained permission of the officer of the guard, to leave the lines, in search of a pig which, as they pretended, had strayed away. Accompanied by a boy, whom they took along as a blind, they started forth. Their adventures were numerous and exciting. Coming to a small river, they were obliged to swim across, Bissell supporting his comrade (who was a larger man, but no swimmer) on his shoulders, and the boy swimming by his side. At another and wider river, they were at a loss how to cross, and were deliberating on the subject, when they espied a per- son approaching in a boat from the other side, whom they hailed. He seemed to be much frightened, threw overboard what seemed to be a quarter of beef, and was about paddling off in the opposite direction, when Bissell seized a small stick about the size of a horse-pistol, and threatened to shoot him im- mediately, if he did not come ashore. This he thought best to do, and on reaching the beach, was ordered by Bissell to put their party across the river, and "no questions asked or answered." This the man did, and appeared THE AMERICAN BEVOLUTION. 411 When I returned from the British Army, to the American Head Quarters, and after being there two days, committing to paper the information which I had obtained. Col. Humphrey informed me that his Excellency said that he could not reward me in the way and manner he intended when I went in; my being detained there so long, also there being so many super- numerary officers. Congress had ordered there be no more com- missions given; and asked me if I wished to be discharged froni service. I told the Col. I had been in every campaign of the War (and out of health) that my wish was to continue through. I was then asked to join the Invalid Corps and receive a pension. This I declined on the ground, my Country was poor and it would be of no advantage to me. He said, I might do duty or not as I pleased. I went to my Regiment and did orderly sergeant duty until May following, when I obtained permission from his excellency to go to Susquehannah, And on my return to the regiment I found the last division of the army had been furloughed the day before; my clothes which I left in the regi- ment were all stolen. I found there liad been a General Order for me to attend at Head Quarters and receive an honorary certificate and a badge of military merit. These were given me by Jonathan Trumbull, then secretary. In the year 1111 or T8, Congress passed a resolution that any non-commissioned ofiicer or private who should furnish him- self with clothing (regimental) should receive thirty-six dol- lars, seventy-five cents per year. Agreeably to the resolve, I furnished myself with clothing the most part of four years, as it will appear by the Books of the 2nd Connecticut Regiment, now at the seat of Government. Thirteen months I clothed and victualled myself, while in actual dangerous service for my country, and sacrificed a constitution as good perhaps, as any ever entered the American service. In Washington's administration I petitioned Congress for compensation for extra services, and to feel quite relieved when well rid of liis load. He was protably a re- negade farmer who was smuggling in beef to the British army on New York Island. Before they had been long absent, their intent was suspected, and they were pursued by a detachment of the British light-horse. Luckily however, they reached a large swamp, in which they hid themselves for some time, with nothing but their heads out of water, while their pursuers, accompanied by bloodhounds, were riding and beating around in vain search. But the water with which it aboiuided threw the dogs off their scent, and after two or more hours of the most agonizing suspense, Bissell and his comrades were delighted to hear the bugle sound a recall, and the footsteps of their pursuers gradually receding. They climbed up into the trees, and there cold, wet and hungry, spent a forlorn night. But at length their sufferings had an end. 412 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. for money paid for clothing' in the War. Daniel Buck, Esq. member of Congress from the state of Vermont, carried forward my petition, he was to call on the President, show him my certificate and badge of merit. The President did advise Mr. Buck to put in a petition for me. Accordingly he did. Mr.- Buck, on his return to Vermont, informed me I was barred by law, this being the year the Limitation Act took place. James Fisk, Esq., member of Congress from Vermont, carried forward my second petition; on his return informed me that the com- mittee on claims, reported in favour of the petitioner; that it went to the second reading, when Mr Talmadge, a member from Connecticut moved to have the petition put over to the next sitting of Congress (and carried). Here the business has rested ever since. Furthermore the deponent saith not. Daniel Bissell. Personally appeared Daniel Bissell, of Eichmond, Ontario County, State of New York, and made solemn oath, that the above, within and foregoing written deposition by him sub- scribed contains the truth, according to the best of his recol- lection and belief. Sworn to, this Tth of January 1818 at Eich- mond before, Wm. Baker, Justice of the Peace. The Honorary Certificate,^ which accompanied the Badge of merit, above alluded to, was as follows : 1 The establishment of this "badge was announced to the army in general orders, dated : " Head QtrAETEBS, NEWBtfROH, ) Wednesday, Aug. 7th, 1782. ) "Honorary Badges of distinction are to be conferred on the veteran non- commissioned officers and soldiers of the army who have served more than three years with bravery, fidelity and good conduct : for this purpose a narrow piece of white cloth of an angular form is to be fixed to the left arm on the uniform coats. Non-commissioned officers and soldiers who have served with equal reputation more than six years are to be distinguished by two pieces of cloth set in parallel to ear-h other in a similar form. Should any who are not entitled to these honors have the insolence to assume the badges of them, they shall be severely punished. On the other hand, it is expected those gallant men who are thus designated will on all occasions be treated with particular confidence and consideration, " The General ever desirous to cherish a virtuous ambition in his soldiers, as well as to foster and encourage every species of military merit, directs that whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permi -ted to wear on his facings over the left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding. Not only instances of unusual gallantry, but also of extraordinary fidelity and essential service in any way shall meet with a due reward. Before this favour can be conferred on any man, the particular fact or facts, on which it is to be grounded must be set forth to the commander-in-chief, accompanied with certificates f^om the commanding officers of the regiment and brigade to which the can- THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 413 " I, George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the American Army, &c., &c., &o. " To all to whom these Presents shall come, sendeth Greeting : " Whereas, it hath ever been an established maxim in the American Service, that the Road to Glory was open to all, that Honorary Rewards and Distinctions, were the greatest Stimuli to virtuous actions, and whereas Sergeant Daniel Bissell of the Second Connecticut Regiment, has performed some important service, within the immediate knowledge of the Commander-in- Chief, in which his fidelity, perseverance and good sense, were not only conspicuously manifested, but his general line of con- duct throughout a long course of service, having been not only upspotted but highly deserving of commendation. "Now, therefore. Know Yc, that the aforesaid Sergeant Bis- sell, hath fully and truly deserved, and hath been properly invested with, the Honorary Badge of Military Merit, and is entitled to pass and repass all Guards and Militarj' Posts, as # didate for reward belonged, or other incontestible proofs, and upon granting it, the name and regiment of the person, with the action so certified, are to be enrolled in the book of merit which will be kept at the orderly office. Men who have merited this last distinction to be suffered to pass all guards and sentinels which officers are permitted to do. " The road to glory in a patriot army and a free conntrj; is thus open to all. This order is also to have retrospect to the earliest stages of the war, and to be considered as a permanent one." Four days later, another order was issued in explanation of the foregoing, and to prevent any misapplication of the badges. "Head Quaetees, Newbdegh, Sunday, August 11, 1782. " In order to prevent misapplication of the honorary badges of distinction to be conferred on the non-commissioned officers and soldiers in consequence of long and faithful service, through any mistake or misapprehension of the orders of the 7th instant, the General thinks proper to inform the army that they are only attainable by an uninterrupted series of faithful and honorable services. A soldier who has once retired from the iield of glory forfeits all pretensions to precedence from former services; and a man who has deservedly met an ignominious punishment or degradation cannot be admitted a candidate for any honorary distinction unless he shall have wiped away the stain his reputation has suffered by some very brilliant achievement, or by serving with reputation after his disgrace the number of years which entitle other men to that indulgence. The badges which non-commis.sioned officers and soldiers are permitted to wear on the left arm as a mark of long and faithful service, are to be of the same color with the facings of the corps they belong to, and not white in every instance as directed in the orders of the 7th instant." (Prom an article by Peter Force, Esq., of Washington, in the Historical Magazine, vol. iii. p. 1.) At present only two others are known to have received this badge. See the article above referred to. 414 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. freely and as amply as any Commissioned Officer whatever ; and is further Recommended to that Notice which a Brave and Faith- ful Soldier deserves from his Countrymen. " Given under my hand and seal, in the Highlands of New York, this Ninth day of May, A. D. 1783. Signed. [l. s.J George Washington. Registered. Jonathan Tkumbull, Secretary. This certificate was highly prized by the recipient and in after life carefully preserved between the leaves of an old Family Bible, which, together with all his earthly goods, was lost bj' the burning of his house, in Richmond, N. Y. A copy, however, had been made, the authenticity of which was sub- sequently attested by the following affidavits and letters: To all wh*im it maj' concern, by these Presents be it certified and made known: That Daniel Bissell of the town of Windsor, in the State of Connecticut, was a Sergeant in the 2d Regiment of the Troops of the said State, in the service of the U. S., in the year ItSl. That the Coramander-in Chief, to whom the undersigned were then aids-de-camp, having had occasion to employ an intelligent, faithful and brave man to obtain, by per- sonal inspection, information of the strength and position of the British army in New York, at the time of the junction of the American and French armies, near the White Plains, at the opening of the campaign in the before mentioned year, did through the agency of one of the undersigned, and on the special recommendation of Col. Heman Swift then commanding the Regiment, to which the said Daniel Bissell then belonged, engage the aforesaid Sergeant Bissell, in this perilous and im- portant undertaking, under pretext of being a deserter to the enemy, and in order to render the deception complete, of being returned as such, on the succeeding muster-rolls: That he did so quit the lines of the American Army, about the 14th of August, 1181, and enlist in one of the Provincial Regiments, so called, in the service of the King of Great Britain, and become Quarter Master Sergeant in the same, whereby he had an oppor- tunity of learning the force of the several corps from the num- ber of rations delivered at the Commissary's store. That having been constrained by inevitable causes to remain for nearlj' thirteen months, he did then return to the American Head Quarters with interesting intelligence. That General Washing- ton, having been well satisfied with his whole conduct, did give him an honorable discharge from the army, lest from any THE AMERICAN EEVOLUTION. 415 future contingency he might fall into the hands of the British, and be capitally punished for the performance of this patriotic and secret service to his country. And the undersigned do further certify and make known, according to the best of their knowledge and belief, that the before named Sergeant Daniel Bis- sell, did receive a highly creditable certificate, together with what was termed the Badge of Merit; and that they are ignorant of his having ever received any other reward for his meritorious services. Given under our hands and seals, in Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, this 29th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1817. r -| Signed D. Humphreys, '- ■ '-I David Cobb. Accompanying this was the following letter from Major Humphreys : Boston, May 29, 1817. Sir : I have delayed an answer to your letter of the 4th of April, until I could confer with General Cobb on the subject of it. We hasten to furnish you with a certificate in conformity ' to our joint and distinct recollection of facts, in the hope it may prove of some avail in procuring you a compensation for the perilous undertaking, in which we believe you engaged from motives of patriotism. As you mention that you had the misfortune to lose your papers by fire, it is suggested that it is not improbable you may [defaced] that, to which you allude, among the documents of the tate Commander-in-Chief, which would doubtless add much support to the strength of your claim, on the generosity and Justice of the Public. With my best wishes for your health and happiness, I remain. Very respectfully, Your friend & Humble Serv'. D. Humphreys. Mr. Daniel Bissell, _ Kichmond, Ontario County, State of New York. This testimony is further corroborated by two of his fellow sergeants, who were in the same regiment with him, and who were afterwards his neighbors in Richmond county, N. Y. Sgt. Bissell, afterward served in the campaign against the Indians in 1799, known as the Adams War. He then held the rank of 1st lieutenant in the 16th regiment of U. S. Infantry. Still later he removed to Vermont, where he married a second 416 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. wife. ' In 1810 he removed to Richmond, N. Y., where he in August, 1824, aged 10 years. His character was that of an upright, fearless, public spii citizen. His naturally fine constitution never recovered i the privations and sufferings to which he was exposed du his service as a spy within the British lines at New York ; the maladies to which his after life was subject, undoubt tended much to cripple his energies, and to thwart the sue which those energies would otherwise have accomplished, he brought up a large family of children, all of whom h taken responsible and useful positions in life. And to his la hour, the remembrance of his patriotic service, was a sourc honorable pride, which fully compensated him fo.r all the su: ings which it had entailed upon him. An Incident. At an early period in the Revolutionary struggle, and bei the war had as yet fairly commenced, some of the torks whom there were a few in Windsor) happened one day to c( across Elihu Drake, then a young lad about eight years old, partly in earnest and partly in a joke, endeavored to con him to say " God save the King." Failing of success, t tried to intimidate him, by threatening him with a duckiflj the Little River. But the boy still stoutly refused. Becom somewhat enraged at the young rebel, they carried their thr into execution, and thrust him under water ; but as they pul him out spluttering and choking, the only exclamation wt he uttered was a fervent " God d — n the King.'' Again i again was the little martyr thrust under, but each time same " God d — n the King," was all which they could exi from him, and they were obliged to release him, with mi hearty curses for his stubbornness. • This little hero was the son of Adjt. Augustine Drake, Windsor, and afterwards, at the age of twelve, accompanied father into the war, in the capacity of waiter. LIST OP REYOLtTTIONARr SOLDIERS. 417 A List of Soldiers in the American Revolutionary Army, Who were natives of, or enlisted /row, the town of Windsor, Ot.; collected from the certificates of enlistment in the town clerk's office; from documents in the state archives ; official returns, private letters, etc.^ Alltn, Elisha, enlisted March, 1118, to January, 1119. Moses, served sis months in 1180. George, served at Horseneck, Ct., from March, 1182, to April 1, 1183. Solomon, Jr., served at Horseneck, Ct., from May, 1181, to March, 1182. John, in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1115. John, Jb. ditto. Joseph. Alfoed, Joseph, served at New York, Peekskill, Pishkill and New Haven. Andrus, Samuel, died near New York, 1116. Barber, David. David, Jr., enlisted May, 1111, in Col. Durkee's reg't, Capt. John Harmon's company, for 3 years. Eeuben, served six months in 1180. Shubael, enlisted May, 1111, in Col. Durkee's regiment, Capt. John Harmon's company; also bought and sent a negro into the army; probably served through the war. Jerijah, was at New York in the fall of 1116. Barker, Ethan. Barnard, Joseph, enlisted for the war; was at White Plains, N. Y. Joseph, Jr., served in Col. Durkee's regiment, Capt. John Harmon's company, 1111. Samuel, served at New York, Boston and New Haven. Barnes, Stephen, served six months in 1180. Abel. 1 Although, almost every family had " an ancestor in the Revolution," we have rigidly excluded traditionary, and relied exclusively on original docu- mentary evidence, in the compilation of this list. 53 418 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Baezilla, Henry (colored), enlisted in Col. Durkee's regiment, Capt. John Harmon's company, May, 1*1 71, for the war. Beckett, Ezra. Beckwith, Ezra (late of Simsbury), enlisted in Col. Wyllys's reg't, Capt. Allen's company, for three years. Benton, Elihu, served six months in 1180. Bidwell, Jonathan (Wby), served in New York, 1116. Bissell, Cornelius (Ens.). David, Jr. (Lieut.) Elias (Corp'l), served in summer of 1180. Eben'r Fitch (Capt.), see pages 384, 385, 394. Daniel. Blanchard, Jedediah. Bogus, Daniel. Brister, John (colored), enlisted May, 1111, in the 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. Brown, Elias (Pifer), ditto. Ezra, served at Horseneck, Conn., from March, 1182, to April 1, 1183. JUDE C. Samuel, Jr. Justus, served in Ehode Island and New York. Michael, served at Old Milford and New York. Daniel, in camp at Eoxbury, 1115. Brownson, Samuel. Burr, Thomas. Burn (?) Thomas. Cahale, Cornelius. Cammarum, Daniel, aged 20, enlisted August, 1111, in Col. Wyllys's reg't, Capt. Eells's company, at Peekskill. Canny, Patrick, served at Horseneck from March, 1182, to April 1, 1183. Case, Benjamin, Jr. Gideon, was at New York and Fishkill. Benoni, was at New York, New London and Old Milford. Frederick (Wby), died in camp at New York, 1116. LIST OF EEYOLUTIONAEY SOLDIBES. 419 Ca*e, Oliver (Wby), died near camp at New York, 1116. Chandler, Isaac, enlisted 1111, inOol. Wyllys's reg't, Oapt. Thos. Abbey's company, at Enfield. Levi, enlisted May, 1111, in 4th Conn, reg't, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for the war. Chapman, Frederick, served six months in 1180, under Colonel Wyllys. Charter, Levi. Clark, Ezekiel, served in the Continental army, was at New York and Peekskill. Ezekiel, Jr., enlisted May, 1111, in Col. Durkee's reg't, Capt. John Harmon's company, for three years. Benjamin, enlisted May, 1111, in 4th Conn, reg't, Capt. Abner Prior's company. George, ditto. Solomon. Daniel, served six months in 1180, was at Horseneck from March, 1182, to April 1, 1183. Elias, served six months in 1180. David. Moses, was at Boston and New Haven. CoLTON, LoDis (Wby). CoLViN, David. Colt, Jabez, served three months in 1180. Cook, Shubael. Richard. Abner. William, served in Continental army for three years. Abel, served in Col. Durkee's reg't, Capt. John Harmon's company, June, 1111. Eli, detached August, 1118, for one month, on tour of duty in Rhode Island. Timothy, was at Fishkill and in New Jersey. Joel, served six months in 1180. William, Jr., enlisted May, 1111, in Col. Durkee's reg't, Capt. John Harmon's company, for 3 years. Co¥, Samuel. Crow, Elias, enlisted for Vie war, returned as a deserter. 420 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR Coon, Timothy, enlisted 1111, in 4th Conn, reg't, Oapt. ABner Prior's company. Cuff, Samson (colored), served three months in 1180. Daniels, David, enlisted 1111, in 4th Conn, reg't, Capt. Abner Prior's company. Davies, Bukdon. \ViLLiAM, in Lexington Ahum party, 1115, was at Sara- toga, N. Y., and Old Milford, Ct. Day, Isaac (Corp'l). John, was at New IlaA'cn. Denslow, Joel, enlisted May, 1111, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. Martin, (Capt.) ditto; was also in Lexington Alarm party in 1115; at Roxbury Camp, 1115; half-pay Lient. BLinu, died in camp, at New York, 1116. Elijah. Samuel, Jr., served six months in 1180. Reuben, was in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1115; afterwards belonged to the Liglit Horso in Col. Hart's regiment, at Mamaroneck Gamp, N. Y., 1111; was at Horsencck, 1181. De Wolf, Elias, was at Pishkill and White Plains, N. Y. Dickens, Luke. Drake, Lory, served six months in 1180. Abiel, was in 11th Conn, reg't, Capt. Hubbard's company, April, 1116. Augustine; (Adjutant in the regular line) died at home during the war. Ebenezer. Donalds, David. DusET, Philemon. John. Edward (negro, belonging to Rev. D. S.Rowland), enlisted May, 1111, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for the war. Eggleston, Joseph, aged 11, enlisted 1115, in Col. Wyllys's regi- ment, Capt. E. Eells's company, for the war, LIST OP REVOLCTIONAEY SOLDIERS. 421 Eg'gleston, Nathaniel, Isaac. Timothy, enlisted April, 1176, in 11th regiment, Oapt- Hubbard's company; returned as a deserter. James, served three months in 1180. David. Jonathan (Wby). Samuel, served in the Light Horse, during the war. Thomas, was in the battle of Long Island. His grand- son (Elijah, of Hartford), has often heard him tell his recollections of this battle, Mr. E. was one of those who were detailed to manage the boats and barges which con- veyed the retreating American army across the East River, and worked hard all night. Elmeb, Phinehas, served six months in 1180. Enos, James, ditto. Erasmus, was at Horseneck, Ot., April, 1182, Roger (General), was Lieut.-Colonel in Arnold's expedi- tion to Quebec, 1115. See p. 889. Abijah, served at New York and in Rhode Island. James, served at New York and Saratoga. Frank (colored). PiLLEY, Hezekiah, servcd in summer of 1180. Moses (Wby). Jonah, served at Horseneck, May, 1181, to March, 1182. Mark (?). Filer, John, enlisted 1111, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company. Horace, ditto — also at Horseneck, from March, 1182, to April, 1183. Norman. FosBURY, Stephen (Wby), Sergt. in Arnold's Quebec expedition, taken captive and died there. See p. 392, Foster, Zachariah, Fuller, Obadiah, was at New York in fall of 1116, Gaylord, Eliakim, served six months in 1180. Eleazub, in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1115. 422 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. GiBBS, David, was at Roxbury Camp, 1115. GriBBs, RuFUS, served six months in 1180, and atHorseneck, Ct., from May, 1181, to March, 1182. Samuel (Lieut.), in Lexington Alarm party, 1115. John. GiLLET, Abel. Daniel, volunteer to Danbury. See p. 398. Jonah (Drum-major). Aaron, went to White Plains, July 2, 1118. Daniel, was in New York, fall of 1116. Griswold, Elihu. Isaac, was at New York. Edward, was at New York, West Point and New Rochelle. Phinehas, enlisted May, 1111, in Col. Durkee's legi' ment, Capt. John Harmon's company, for three years; was at New York, and on duty in guarding Burgoyne's troops. Abel, was at New York and Pishkill. Abiel, was at New York and Pishkill, enlisted for three years. Moses (Sgt.), served in summer of 1180; was at New York, Pishkill and in New Jersey. Friend, was at New Haven. George, 3d. Thomas (Cornet), in Light Horse, Col. Hart's regiment, Mamaroneck camp, N. Y., 1111. Jonah, was at Pishkill and New York. Noah, was at New York, and on duty guarding Bur- goyne's troops. Alexander (Corp'l), was at New York and Pishkill. Nathaniel (Sgt.), hired for three years; was at N. Y. Hall, William, aged 20, enlisted August, 1111, in Col. Wyllys's reg't, Capt. E. Eells's company, Peekskill. Halsey, Philip (Pifer). Hamond (colored). Hayden, Hezekiah. In Lexington Alarm party, 1115., Camp at Roxbury. Died in New York. LIST OP EEVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 423 Hayben, Thomas, in Lexington Alarm party, April 1715; ap- pointed serg't-major in Col. Jedediah Hunt- ingdon's 8th regiment foot, August 11,1115; adjutant in 11th regiment (also Col. HJs), Oct. 20, 1116; 1st lieutenant to Col. Wyllys (commission signed by John Hancock"), Jan. 1, 1111; 2d lieutenant in Capt. Hub- bard's company, 11th regiment; appointed adjutant to Col. Zebulon Butler, at Danbiiry, Ct., April 8, 1111; was in Windsor, August, 1111, enlisting men for Capt. Eells's com- pany, Col. Wyllys's regiment at Peekskill; took the oath of allegiance, April 14, and discharged 25th, 1118, at West Point. Nathaniel (Capt.), commanded the volunteer Lexing- ton Alarm party, April, 1115; went to West Point in command of 42 Windsor men, June 21, 1180. EzEA, in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1115. Oliver, ditto. Levi, in troop of horse. Haskell, Jabez, at New York, 1116. Haze, Thomas, aged 21, enlisted, August 1111, in Col Wyllys's reg't, Capt. Ed. Eells's company, Peekskill. Hide, Thaddeus. Theopilus, enlisted June, 1111, in Col. Durkee's regiment, Capt. John Harmon's company; had resided for two years past in Windsor. Hill, Elijah, was at West Point. John. Eeuben, was in Major Walbridge's regiment, served at West Point. HoLCOMB, Matthias, enlisted, May, 1111, in Col. Durkee's reg't, Capt. John Harmon's company, for the war. Elijah. Joseph. Matthew. 424 fflSTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. HoLCOMB, Joseph, in New Jersey, at Fishkill, and West Point. HoLLiDAY, Daniel, Si'., was atHorseneck, Ct., from March, 1182, to April 1, 1183. Jr., ditto. Hooker, Daniel (Wby). HooLBOD, Alvin. HosKiNs, Asa. Pere. Timothy, enlisted. May, 1111, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for 3 years. Zebulon, ditto. Elijah (Wby), at Roxbury. Hurlburt, Alvin, enlisted May, 1111, in Col. Durkee's regiment, Capt John Harmon's company, for the war. Alexander, served one month and six days in August and September, 1116, at New York. Jacobs, William. King, Reuben (Wby), was at New York, died 1111. Keaton, John. Lamberton, Obed, Jr. enlisted, 1111, in 4th Connecticut regiment, Capt Abner Prior's company. William, at New York, died, 1116. Nathaniel, in camp at Roxbury, 1115. Lattimeb, Ahaliab (Wby), served in the summer of 1180. George (Wby) (wagoner). Lawrence, Amos (Sgt.j, enlisted, 1111, in Connecticut regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company. Amos, Jr. Lee, Oliver, in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1115. LooMis, Stephen, Jr. George, enlisted, May, 1111, in the 4th Connecticut regiment, Capt Abner Prior's company, for three years. Jonathan, served in summer of 1180. Eliphalet (Wby), New York, died, 1116. Gideon. Watson, New York, fall of 1116. LIST OP REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 425 LOTER, EpHRAIM. LovELAND, Levi, returned as a deserter. LOVEWELL, EphRAIM. Mack, Andrew, a Hessian. Marsh, Joseph, died at New York, 1116. See p. 395. Marshall, Samuel, Jr., enlisted, in 4th Connecticut regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. Elijah, in Arnold's expedition against Quebec, 1115. See p. 392. Served in the summer of 1180. Elisha, was at Pishkill and New London. Mather, Elihu (Sgt.), at Saratoga, hired in 4th Connecticut regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years; in October, 1181, "being desti- tute and in great want, by the deficiency of public clothing," was granted 8 days leave of absence to go home and procure clothes, was taken sick and lay at home for a long time, was attended by Drs. Chaffee and Wolcott, whose bills are still on file in Windsor town clerk's oflice. Increase, at Roxbury camp, 1115. Samuel. Dr. Timothy, surgeon in the Continental army through the war. John, died in camp at Kingston, N. Y. McLean, Neil, Jr., enlisted May, 1111, in Col. S. B. Webb's regiment, for the war. Millard, Joseph (Wby). Miller, John, served through the war. RoswELL, on guard at Windsor. Mill, Elijah, Jr. Mills, Elisha (?), enlisted, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. Mitchell, Oliver (colored). Moore, Simon, Jr., enlisted. May, 1111, in Col. Durkee's regiment, Capt. John Harmon's company, for three years. 54 426 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. MooKE, Elisha, in New York in the fall of 1776 ; acted as com- missary. Asa, served six months in 1780. Philander, was at Boston and in New Jersey. Benjamin, was at New York and Pishkill. Morris, James, was at Horseneck, Ct., from May, 1781, to March, 1782. MuNRo, William, enlisted May, 1777, in Col. Durkee's regiment, for three years. MuNSELL, Alpheus (Corp'l), served in the summer of 1780; was at Roxbury. Negus, Israel, was at New London. NiLES, Moses, was at New York and New Jersey. Owen, Alvin. Parsons, William (Sgt.), in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1775, died in New York. ■ Thomas, enlisted in Col. Wyllys's regiment, Capt. Allen's company, for three years. Peletiah, served in the summer of 1780. Phelps, Isaac (Dr.), enlisted May, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. Isaac, Jr. Daniel, volunteer in Danbury Alarm. Alexander, was at West Point and Old Milford. Job, was at New York, New Rochelle, New London. Cornelius (Corp'l). John, was at New York. Timothy, Jr., enlisted. May, 1777, in Col. Durkee's regi- ment, Capt. John Harmon's company, for three years. Elisha, hired for the war, was at New York, New Rochelle and Peekskill. Austin. Elijah. Enoch, was at New York. Daniel, hired for the war, was at New York and New Rochelle. Jesse, was at New York and Rhode Island. LIST OP REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 427 Phelps, John, was at New York and in New Jersey. Oliver, was at Fishkill and in New Jersey. JosiAH, was at Old Milford. Phelps, Seth. Launcelot, was at New York and Boston. William, hired for three years. Picket, Phinehas. PiNNEY Aaron, enlisted May, 1711, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. Jonathan. Noah, served six months in 1180. Phylaster (late of Simsbury), enlisted May, 1111, in Capt. Edward Griswold's company. JuifA, hired for three years ; was in New Jersey, and at Boston and West Point. Martin, was at New York and Fishkill. Nathaniel, was at New York and New Jersey. John (Sgt.), was at New York. Pomerot,- Jonathan. Porter, Daniel, enlisted. May, 1111, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. Daniel, Jr. Prior, Allyn, enlisted May, 1111 in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. Abner (Capt. in 4th Conn, regiment), entered service; was discharged with rank of major, and half-pay. Abner, Jr. Primus (Doctor) (colored). PROvmENCE (colored), enlisted May, 1111, in Col. Durkee's regiment, Capt. John Harmon's company. Plymouth (colored), enlisted, 1111, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company. Rice, Daniel, in Arnold's expedition against Quebec, 1115, taken prisoner. Roberts, Peter (Wby), served three months in 1180. Clark. John, in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1115. Paul, was at Saratoga. Rowel, John. 428 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. EowLEY, Silas (Wby). Philandek (Wby). Job (Wby), enlisted February, 1178, until January, 1179. Eottland, David. Sherman, enlisted in 4th Conn, regiment, Gapt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. EussELL, John, served six months in 1780, was corporal in Lex- ington Alarm party, April, 1775. Cornelius, enlisted May, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. Also served in Col. Bradley's reg't, Capt. Sanford's company. At end of war retired with rank of lieutenant,*and half-pay. Seymour, William (Wby). Joseph, enlisted May, 1777, in Col. Durkee's reginlent, Capt. John Harmon's company, for three years. Sheldon, Eemembranoe, enlisted May, 1777, in 4th Conn, regi- ment, Capt Abner Prior's company, served through the war. Smith, Elijah, enlisted, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company. Soper, Timothy. Sperry, Ambrose, enlisted May, 1777, in Col. Durkee's regiment, Capt. John Harmon's company, for the war. Starks, Eobert. Stiles, Ashbel, was at Horseneck, from May, 1781, to March, 1782. Stoughton, Elijah, in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1775. Taylor, William, enlisted, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company. Stephen. Thrall, Isaac, enlisted May, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years. David, ditto; also in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1775. William, Jr., in same party. Giles, was hired by Tim. Phelps into the 6 months service in the Continental line, for £9:1:4, in 1781. LIST OP EKTOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 429 Troy, Timothy, aged 19, Col. Wyllys's regimeDt, Capt. B. Eells's company, Peekskill, N. Y., August, 1717. Vanduzer, Thomas. Wakefield, Patteshal, enlisted May, llll, in Col. Durkee's re- giment, Capt. John Harmon's company, for three years. Wall, Jesse, Roxbury camp, 1775. Wakdwell, Isaac. Ebenezer. Warner, Loomis. George. Webster, Timothy. Zephaniah, was at Boston and Fishkill, served in Con- tinental army. MiCAH, enlisted, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company. Welch, Ebenezer. Lemuel, in Lexington Alarm party, and at Koxbury Camp, 1775. West, Gershom. Westland, Joseph, enlisted May, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company. EoBERT, ditto — for three years. Amos, Jr. Wheeler, John. Whiting, John. Wilson, John (Wby), at New York, 1776; died. See p. 399. Winchell, John. Joseph, enlisted May, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's com'y, for three years. Wing, Joseph, ditto. Samuel, enlisted May, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's company, for three years; Lieut, in Lexington Alarm party, 1775; at New York, 1776. Moses, ditto. Roger, served in summer of 1780. Wilson, Calvin, at New York, Boston and Saratoga, 430 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Wilson, Abiel (Sgt), served in summer of 1780. Samuel, at Horseneck, from May, 1181, to March, 1782. Moses. Joel, at White Plains, N. Y. James, at New York, Boston and Pishkill. Woodward, Oliver, enlisted May, 1777, in 4th Conn, regiment, Capt. Abner Prior's com'y, for three years. WooLWORTH, Eben'r, ditto ; also in Lexington Alarm party, April, 1775. Wright, Abel, served at Peekskill and New London. Young, Ebenezee, in the Light Horse, Col. Hart's regiment, at Mamaroneck Camp, N. Y., 1777. CHAPTEE XXn. Ecclesiastical Histort. First Society. in6-1859. On the 21th of March, 1116, the Eev. David S. Rowland, was installed as pastor of this church and society. He was a graduate of Yale College in 1743; and entered upon the pastoral charge of the cliurch in Plainfield, Conn., March 11, 1141-8,^ but owing to difficulties which had arisen during the time of his predecessor, the Rev. Joseph Coit, the church had become so divided and affected as to throw obstacles in the way of Mr. R.'s support and usefulness, and to necessitate his removal. He parted on excellent terras with the congregation, in 1161, and we next find him settled over the "Presbyterian or Congre- gational Church" in Providence, R. I. Here he ranked very high among the clergy of that day; and was equally admired for his talents and beloved for his amiability of temper. At an early day, he became recognized as a firm and zealous defender of the liberties of our country against foreign oppression. So obnox- ious did he make himself to the enemies of the country by his bold and patriotic defence of our liberties from the pulpit, that when the town of Providence was invested, he was obliged to flee with his family in a sloop, and, during the darkness of 1 Pres. Stiles, in his MS. Itinerary, in Yale College Library, says that Mr. Rowland, when he entered upon the charge of this Plainfield Church, "installed himself in the presence of two or three ministers." 432 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. the night, he escaped through the midst of the enemy's fleet, and went up the Connecticut River.^ When he came to Windsor, he was past the meridian of life and in the full vigor of his powers. "He was a powerful and eloquent preacher, of commanding presence in the pulpit, and of fine elocution," and his influence in Windsor was wide spread and beneficially exerted. After the close of the Revolutionary war, and mainly by the exertions of some of those noble minded citizens of Windsor, who had been so strongly identified with that patriotic strug- gle,^ a union was effected, between the two societies. That under the charge of the Rev. Mr. Hinsdale, hud, by the separa-' tion of East Windsor from the old town, become the Fourth Society of Windsor, and the plan of union proposed (May, 1192) between it and the First Society, contained the following propo- sitions: let. That the property of both should be united in a common stock. 2d. That a bridge and causeway should be built and kept in good repair "in the new highway lately laid out from the dwelling of Dr. Alexander Wolcott to Oapt. Nathaniel Howard's barn." 3d. That the centre of travel for all the inhabitants within the limits of the New Society, should be ascertained and considered as the location for the now meeting-house; with this proviso, that it should be no farther south than the location of the First Society's meeting-house, nor farther north than "the first suitable ground" on the north side of the Rivulet. 4th. That the New Society should assume all contracts be- tween the said two societies and their pastors, except debts. 5th. That the lands given to the First Society for the support of schooling, should be applied to the support of a good school on the opposite side of the Rivulet to that on which the new meeting- house should be built; and that the said school should be free to 1 He not only impaired his fortune, in tlie cause of our country, but equipped a son and sent Mm into the field, where he continued in service during the whole war. 2 Oliver Ellsworth, Roger Newbury, James Hooker, and others. ECCLESIASTICAL, 1776-1859. 433 the inhabitants on either side of the stream, and in an equally accommodating position. These propositions being- mutually agreed upon, a committee, consisting of Oapt. James Hooker, of the Fourth society, and Gen. Roger Newberry of the First society, was appointed to apply to the General Assembly for an act of incorporation as one society. Their application was successful, and the provisions of the act of incorporation, bearing date May 16, 1192, were fully complied with by Sept. 24, 1193. In January following, Oliver Mather and Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, were appointed a building committee, and entered into contract with Ebenezer Clark, architect, for the erection of the new meeting-house. The new building was erected just north of the Rivulet, near the burying ground, where with some modifications and repairs, it yet remains, and gives evidence of ability to stand the " wear and tear " of yet another half century. * The same year (1794), Mr. Hinsdale, the former pastor of the Fourth society, was bought off for the sum of dESOO, in three annual payments, by the New Society, who retained the Rev. Mr. Rowland as their spiritual guide and teacher.^ Perhaps no one act of compromise ever secured to a town so many real advantages as this union plan of Windsor. A new church edifice, a commodious academy, two new and convenient roads, with a bridge and causeway, were among its visible re- sults. In addition to this was a very appreciable economy, which resulted from the union of the two parishes, and which was grateful to a people who had just emerged from a long and exhausting war. But more than this — and above all earthly estimate — was that serene and happy influence which pervades a community who have agreed to forget their former animosities, and live together as brethren. 1 It may be worthy of note that the steps ot the old meeting-house were used for the new. 2 The history of the Fourth society, under Mr. Hinsdale's charge, will be found in Appendix, No. 9. 55 434 HTSTORT OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. About the same time (February 3, 1194), the principal citizens of Windsor, subscribQ- the blessing obedient humble servants, ) of peace. Aakon Bissell, '] Amasa Loomis, >- Committee. Thomas Foster, ) The above report was accepted with the following alterations, viz.: " That Samuel Bartlett be set and belong to the school dis- trict north of the highway between Israel Stiles and said Bart- lett and that John Bartlett be set and belong to the south district of schools west of Scantic River in the woods — and that William Bartlett, now living at Scantic Mills, belong to the school district east of Scantic River, as reported." 460 HISTOET OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. At a meeting of the North Society, held in December, 1189, a petition was presented from the inhabitants of Warehouse Point to be set off" as a distinct school district. The petition was granted and the bounds defined as follows: " Beginning at the north-west corner bounds of East Windsor, when running South along the line of Connecticut River to the south side of a lot of land lately owned by Timothy Thrall, then east by the south line of said land within forty rods of the Coventry road, then north the same distance from said road to Enfield line, then west to the first-mentioned bounds." In December, 1193, at a meeting of the society, it was " Voted, That the south-east district of schooling commonly called Ketch-Mill district be divided, and the Ketch-Brook as it runs through said district be a dividing line of said district."' The last act which appears upon record of this ecclesiastical society in reference to common schgols, is dated 9th day of November, 1195. The usual two pence on the pound was voted for the use of schooling for the coming year, and the usual committee of 12 persons chosen to collect the money and super- intend the schools. After this, school matters disappear from the records of the ecclesiastical parish. CHAPTER XXrV. Ferries, Inns, Stokes, Houses, Slaves, Etc. Bissell's Ferry. The subject of a regular ferry across the Connecticut, at Windsor, seems to have been first agitated about January, 1641-2, at which time the court decreed that if the town of Windsor provide a ferry boat to attend the river, they are to be allowed 3 pence for a single passenger, and 2 pence a person when they carry more than one at a freight, and 12 pence for a horse. ^ No definite action, however, was taken in the matter until January, 1648-9, when the court concluded the following contract: ^. John Bissell undertakes to keep and carefully to attend the Perry over the Great River at Windsor, for the full term of seven years from this day, and that he will provide a sufficient Boat for the carrying over of horse and foot upon all occasions: And that if his own occasions should necessitate him at any time to go out of call from his house or Perry, that then he will provide some able man in his room to attend that service ; for which the said John Bissell is to have of those thathe ferries over, eight pence for every horse or mare, and two pence for every person that goes over therewith, or that hath another passenger to go over the said Perry at the same time; and three pence for every person that goes over the said Perry alone, single, or without any more than himself at the same time. 1 Col. Eec, I, 71. 2 Col. Rec, I, 174. 462 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. And the court prohibits all other persons (except the inhabi- tants of Windsor, who have liberty to carry over themselves or neighbors in their own canoes or boats), from carrying over the said Perry any passenger or passengers, when the said John Bissell or his assignee is present, or within call of his house or Ferry as aforesaid, to attend that service. And if any person or persons as aforesaid shall at any time during the aforesaid terra, go over by Indians or English that have not boats or canoes of their own, that they pass over the said Ferry in, they shall as truly pay 8rf for ever}' horse or mare, and %d for every person, as if they went over with him. And the court also gives •the said John Bissell liberty to relieve [i. e. — entertain) such strangers and passengers as can not go the ordinary, and take of them convenient and reasonable recompense for the same. This was consented to by John Bissell in Court. ^ The road from the Street to the original Bissell's Ferry lay along the south side of the present home lot of the heirs of Hez- ekiah Hills to the top of the Meadow Hill, where it bore to the right upon the land now owned by Leavitt Ellsworth, to the river. The landing place on the east side of the Connecticut Kiver was probably from twenty to thirty rods below the pre- sent wharf used by the Quarry Company. The road leading from it turned north to the present road, thence east following the present road to a point of the Meadow Hill, at a considerable distance from the Street, where it ascended the hill bearing away to the north-east. The lease having expired, was again renewed May 15th, 1656, for one year, on the same terms as before, with this 1 There is a tradition in the Bissell family, that in 1636-7 this John Bissell was Sent by the colony to England, to procure a new supply of cattle to re- plenish the heavy losses which they had suffered from the exceeding severity of the preceding winter, — that he returned with " 17 cows and a bull" — and as a reward for his services, received the monopoly of this ferry, from the court. The tradition is strongly marked, both by its prevalence and its uniformity of detail, among all the different branches of this large and widely extended family. Yet we are disinclined to believe it ; 1st, because in the official colonial records, there is not the slightest allusion to any such circumstance; 2dly, because we have very serious doubts whether John Bissell was here in Windsor, at so early a date. It is possible that he may have come here about 1639 or 40, and may have brought some cattle with him, but we have been as yet unable to connect them with the ferry. FEEEIES. 463 addition, that troops shall have free passage for man and horse, " so often as the said troopers shall with their listed horses travel vsrith them to Springfield town or beyond."* Again: May, 1657. John Bissell's lease of the country ferry was re- newed for one year "at his old honse."^ March 11, 1651. John Bissell, Jr., having managed the coun- try ferry at Windsor, to entire satisfaction, received from the court a renewal thereof for ten years, viz: "This court doth grant to and agree with John Bissell, Jr , of Windsor, that the ferry there, over the Great River, shall be and belong to him for the space of 10 years next ensuing, upon the limitation and terms hereafter expressed, to which he doth in court agree and engage to attend: 1. That there shall be always maintained in readiness upon all occasions, an able and sufficient boat and man for the safe passage of horse and man. 2. The sa.id John Bissell shall have Sd a head for any beast, and 2d a head for any person that cometh with them, and Sd for any single person. 3. That each Trooper listed and allowed in the Court, and the horse he rides, is only freed from the ferriage going to Spring- field Town, or as far as Springfield Town, or further. 4. That no person of Windsor shall have liberty for to help over any person or beast of any other town, but they shall then pay the ferryman as much as if they were carried over by him. 5. Upon consideration with the inhabitants of Windsor, they are to go over the ferry at half tiie forementioned price, only that single persons shall pay 3d per head for their passage, as before.^ In March, 1663-4, John Bissell, Jr , applied to the court for a release from his contract. It was granted, " if the Assistants " at Windsor should provide "a sufficient man'' in his place.* In May, 1668, " The court leaves it to the deputies and towns- men of Windsor to agree and settle a Ferryman there to keep the ferrj' over the Great River for 7 years, provided there be no charge come thereby to the county."' iCol. Rec, I, 281. 2 Col. Rec, 1, 298. 8 Col. Rec, I, 310. *Col. Rec, i, 394. 6 Col. Rec, II, 183. 464 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. This order had not been attended to by the subsequent session of the court in October, for the Windsor authorities received a very brief and summary order to attend to it "without delay."' October 31, 1668. The townsmen consulted with Nathl. Bis- sell about keeping the ferry (supposed to be the one across the Connecticut, as in the same meeting, they engage " a rope for the lUtle ferry"), but they could not agree as to terms, and the sub- ject was deferred.^ May 10, 1671. Nathaniel Bissell received a lease of the Perry for seven years from date; " he was always to keep a boat and men ready to attend the service, and to take for his pains sixpence £for] a horse and man in silver presently paid, [i. e. in cash'] or in other pay eight pence a horse and man."^ The ferry subsequently reverted to the town. March 18, 1116. At a town meeting, the Connecticut Eiver Perry at Scantic was granted to Jonathan Bissell and Ammi Trumbull on condition they should carry over the selectmen, and collectors free, when they were upon business, and foot passen- gers on lecture days. In Pebruary, 1119-20, the selectmen were ordered to lease it again. Joseph Baker had the ferry in 1124-5. In 1126, the ferry was granted to Jonathan and David Bissell, for seven years. They engaged to pass over all, who lived north of the Rivulet in Windsor, or those who lived north of Stoughton's Brook in Bast Windsor, free on sabbath and lecture days. January, 1130. It was voted by the town to raise a sum not exceeding £20, for the purpose of having a free ferry at Scan- tic: but it does not appear with what success. The next year, however, Jacob Munsell was the ferryman, iCol. Rec, II, 95. 2 In 1695, the court, in consequence of some overcharges ?of ferry-rates which had occurred, established the following tariff of fares : A man, horse and load, nine pence in pay, or five pence in money ; single man three pence in pay, or two pence in money ; a horse five pence in pay, or three pence in money. (Col. Rec.) 3 Col. Rec, II, 314. FERRIES. 465 and petitioned the Legislature for a license to keep accommoda- tion and " strong drink for the accomodation of travellers." 1180. A lease was authorized with Jonathan Eoberts "to keep a good ferry where Scantic ferry is now kept." l'?82, February. A similar lease was granted to Azariah Mather, Jr., for twenty years. Captain " Dont [Jonathan] Ellsworth " kept the ferry at one time. The Wolcott, or Higley Ferry. In October, 1135, Roger Wolcott, being in need of a ferry for his own purposes, petitioned the assembly for leave to establish a double ferry, from the landing place in Plymouth Meadow, across the Rivulet and the Connecticut River, to his own land on the eastern bank of the latter. He offered to make landings and passways on the east side, at his own cost. His request was granted, and the court ordered the town to make three highways, for which (March, 1126,) they were assessed £158 lis. The town protested against this, alleging that the grant was £1000 damage to them, and only benefited Wolcott. Con- siderable litigation followed, but the future governor was a rising man, and his influence enabled him to hold his own; and and it is but just to say that there is evidence that the ferry was well kept and attended. In January 21, 1135-6, the town " voted that there shall be a ferry setup across the Connecticut River against the Little Ferry, at the place called Newberry's Landing." A committee was also chosen to oppose the petition of Edward Wolcott, at the county court, " for a way from the ferry over the Little River through the Great Meadow to the point to the ferry that cross- eth the Great River." July, 15, 1136. A committee was chosen to negotiate with Major Wolcott concerning his ferry, and to buy his ferry house and boat, if they judged it best. Also, to purchase a way to accommodate the ferry lately voted to be set up at Newberry's Landing. One year after, July, 1131, the town voted to move the "New ferry lately set up at Newberry's Landing." 59 466 HISTOET OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. In April, 1138, it was voted to reimburse the committee for the amount (£192 13* Sd) which they had expended in the purchase of Major Wolcott's ferrj' boat and ferry grants, etc. In 1741, Wolcott obtained from the assembly a renewal of his former grant of a ferry across the Connecticut and Little Eivers, " where he formerly had it." This was remonstrated against by the town. In 1145, the assembly regulated the fares at this ferry, by the following tariff: Across both rivers, 12d, o]d tenor, for each single passenger; &d for each single horse; neat cattle, Sd per head. Across Connecticut River only, man, load and horse lOd; single passenger, 5d. In 1146, the rate was reduced; man, horse and load, id; single passenger, 2d. In 1149, the ferry rates on this as well as the Scantic Ferry, were again re- duced by legislative action, as follows: Man, horse and load, Bd; single passenger. Id; horse. Id; neat cattle, 2d per head; sheep and swine, ^d per head. In 1169, Erastus Wolcott petitioned the legislature for an in- crease of fare, inasmuch as the river was considerably widened. His petition was granted. Sometime previous to the revolutionary war, this ferry passed into the hands of the Higley family, by whose name it was afterwards known. It has long been discontinued. Warehouse Point Ferry. In May, 1155, Samuel Watson, of (East) Windsor, petitioned the assembly for a ferry across the Connecticut River. He represented that a ferry from the southeast corner of his farm, on the east side, to the end of the ferry road^ on the west side, would be a great convenience to Scantic Parish. He urged that the travel between Ellington and Bast Windsor was increasing; that it took two hours to reach Bissell's Perry, which in high floods was often and deeply overflowed. His petition was signed by 61 residents of thesaid Scantic Parish.^ It was, however, negatived. 1 Described as running east from the country road near Daniel Bissell Jr.'s, to the Connecticut River. 2 The names of tlie signers of this petition, comprising probably all the in- habitants of the North or Scantic Parish at that time, are as follows : PEBBIES. 467 The next motion we, find for a ferry at this point, is the peti- tion of Mrs. Elisabeth Thrall, dated May 17, 1782. She thinks the ferry is much needed, and prays that it may be confirmed (after her) to her son Timothy, then aged 17 years. Her peti- tion was referred to a committee, who reported favorably to establishing a ferry on the side of William Thrall's land in East Windsor, " where one Mr. Fitch dwells.'' The next year, Mr. James Chamberlain informs the assembly that he has purchased Thrall's land, and renews the petition for a ferry, which was granted to him on condition that he should open a road from the common road in East Windsor, to the river. This was done, and the ferry was kept by him for many years. The Rivulet Ferry. The history of this ferry, prior to 1700, has been incidentally presented in the previous chapters of this work. The first item we have concerning it, subsequent to that date, is a town vote, in December, 1719, to appropriate £28 for the purpose of build- ing a new ferry house. In March, 1732, we learn from the Ecclesiastical Society's Ee- cords that " Jacob Munsell desired this society will allow him to set in the west or lower end of the east flanker seat on the men's side so long as he shall continue ferryman here, and he may also make a door in the east end of the said seat." The request was granted. Jno. Ellsworth, Nathaniel Ellsworth, Benj. Ellsworth, Charles Ellsworth, Thos. Ellsworth, James Olcott, Nath'l Stoughton, Ebenezer Watson, David Skinner, Jeremiah Bissell, Israel Bissell, Jerijah Bissell, Samuel Bissell, Ephraim Bancroft, Jr., John Prior, John Prior, Jr., Ammi Trumble, Jr., Jona, Bartlett, Jacob Elmer, Simeon Booth, Josiah Blodgett, Job Blodgett, Ebenezer Blodgett, Israel Stiles, Benoni Stiles, Israel Dibble, Joseph Allen, Jr., Samuel Allen, Abel Allen, Samuel Allen, Jr., Noah Allen, James Cole, Joseph Harper, Joseph Harper, Jr., Jona Munsell, Calkins Munsell, Jacob Munsell, jr., Henry Wright, Peter Wolcott, Simon Wolcott, John Thompson, Job Thompson, John Thompson, Jr., Israel Osborn, Nathaniel Osborn, Joseph Eggleston, Bigot Eggleston, Lamson Wells, Solomon Wells, Aaron Clark, Josiah Gaylord, Stephen Newton, William Young, Phiueas Chapin, [?] Abm. Whipple, Sam. Russell) Alex. MuKinstry, Medina Pitch, Dan'l Eaton, Samuel Watson. 468 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. In July, 11B1, Lieut. William Thrall m9,de a proposal to build a bridge, " across the Rivulet at the ferry," and a committee was chosen to consider the matter. The lieutenant was somewhat ahead of his more conservative neighbors — as we find no further mention of a bridge, until April, 1745, at which time a town-meeting was warned to consider " about the Rivulet ferry," and '' about a bridge there." The latter was again negatived. In April, 1748, however, the subject again came before the town-meeting, and it was then agreed that any person or persons might have liberty to build a bridge, provided they did so at their own expense, and made it a free, hridge for ever! Said persons were to leave their names with the town clerk, within one year from date.^ In December following, Peletiah Allyn, Daniel Bissell, Isaac Burr, and sundry others,^ announced to the town clerk their intention of accepting this extremely liberal offer. Accordingly, in 1749, they erected a good cart bridge — the first ever erected across the Tunxis — and made itfree.^ In 1759, it needed repairs or rebuilding, but the town voted " not to build or repair."* Whereupon (December, 1759), 1 Town Acts, HI, 78. 2 The names of these bridge builders of 1749, should be preserved in grateful remembrance. They are copied from the original petition in the State Archives at Hartford. (Travel, i, 373, 375). Caleb Phelps, Daniel Phelps, Nathl Mather, Henry Allyn, Josiah Loomis, Nathl. Loomis, Timothy Loomis, Job Drake, John Waruer, Benj. Allyn, John Palmer, Phinehas Drake, David Barber, Ed. Moore, Gideon Barber, Selh Youngs, John Roberts, Joseph Moore, John Gillet, Benedict Alford, Nathl, Filley, Wm. Cook, Amos Filley, Josiah Cook, Benj. Ellis, Alex. Wolcott, Danl. Bissell, Peletiah Allyn, Isaac Burr, Josias Allyn, Samuel Euo, Esq. 3 The last vote in regard to the ferry, was in September, 1755, when the selectmen were ordered to "take care of, and dispose of the ferry-house, ferry-boat, and rope, for the best advantage of the town." Town Acts, in, 85, * State Archives, Travel, ii, 369. PERRIES. 469 the original builders of the bridge petitioned the assembly that they •' would order" the town of Windsor to rebuild or make such repairs as were necessary, i The assembly did so order (May, 1760), but the refractory and illiberal town merely con- tented themselves with making a few slight and temporary repairs ;2 and thus the matter rested until 1162, when the necessity of a good, new and substantial bridge became too imperious to be any longer evaded. We now find the town of Windsor (March, 1762), petitioning the assembly for a lottery, to enable them to rebuild the Rivulet bridge. They state that it is the most costly bridge iu the gov- ernment, being 20 rods long, and 25 feet posts; that money is scarce, owing to the expense of the war; that societies in the town are destitute of ministers, and three are building meeting-houses; and that persons stand ready to take tickets for plank. The assembly therefore, authorized a lottery of £250 for the bridge, and £30 for the expense of the said lottery, and appointed Wil- liam, Brastus, and Alexander Wolcott, and Capt. Josiah Bissell, as managers.^ The drawing took place October 1st, 1762, and the bridge was soon after built.* It stood untilJanuary 1, 1767, when " by a sudden fall of rain, the ice in the river and brooks in this colony broke up on a sudden and rushed forward with such impetuosity as to destroy almost everything that stood in its way, so that very few bridges in the colony could withstand its rage, the like of which has not happened within the memory of man, at which time about one-half of said bridge was carried away with the ice," .and the other half left standing.^ Again the town refused to repair it, and 31 individuals peti- 1 State Archives, Travel, ii, 370, 2 The town ordered that the selectmen should repair the bridge across the Rivulet, "not exceeding £10." Town Acts, in, 89. 3 Petition in State Archives, Travel, i, 372, 373. 4 March 9, 1762, " it was voted that the town will take all the tickets of the lottery for the bridge, not sold by the 1st of October next," Town Acts, m, 91. 6 Petition in State Archives, Travel, n, 275. 470 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. tioned the assembly, May, 1161, to ''order the town" to build anew. They were accordingly so ordered, and reluctantly com- plied.^ Again, in the winter of 1182-3, this bridge was carried away by a great freshet, and again the town refused to replace it, so 10 petitioners pray for assistance from the assembly.'* That omnipotent body also received a petition from 43 inhabitants of the Poquonnoc District, in which they state (May 1, 1183) that the bridge was built on a sandy foundation, and has been frequently carried away; and that Poquonnoc Society has built a bridge making a nearer road and better accomodating the travel to SufSeld. Therefore, as the lower bridge is " now down by the ice" and about to be rebuilt, and (in their opinion) little neededi and obstructs navigation, they request that it may be tebnilt as a swing bridge.'' Another petition from 16 persons, says that if the river were kept open for navigation to Poquonnoc, it would save much land carriage.^ Nineteen masters of coasting vessels also testify that they can pass up Windsor Eiver as far as Poquonnoc, and of course prefer the lower bridge to have a swing. ^ All these petitions were referred to a committee, who repaired to Windsor, examined the facts of the case, and reported as follows: '' that the road through Poquonnoc was \ of mile and 60' rods, that it will not answer for wet seasons, and "the present location is the best ; that the swing bridge is needed by the First and Fourth Societies, and that at high water vessels can pass up to Poquonnoc, but if these two societies are com- pelled to build the bridge, they ought to be at the expense of a draw. Furthermore, that the town had voted to divide the town into districts, as Poquonnoc and Wintonbury had maintained their own bridges, and were urgent, and the others feared that otherwise no vote could be obtained to build as ordered, May 1161.'' On the whole, the Committee were of the opinion that it would be better to take care of all the bridges within their limits. The assembly (June, 1183) ordered the town to build 1 By a vote of 51 affirmative to 44 negative. Town Acts, in. 2 State Archives, iii, 331, 332, 333, 335, 337. INNS. 471 the lower bridge so as to let vessels pass, and hereafter to support the other bridges in their limits. In 1194, a bridge and causeway were erected as part of the union contract between the First and Fourth Societies of the town, as more fully described ia chapter xxii. On its site another bridge was built— about 1833— and being carried away in the freshet of 1854, was replaced by the present one. Inns Were first established by the following order of the court, dated June 4th, 1644: "Whereas many strangers and passengers that upon occa- sion have recourse to these towns, and are straitened for want of entertainment, it is now ordered, that these several towns shall provide among themselves in each town one suiHcient in- habitant to keep an ordinary for provision and lodging in some comfortable manner, that such passengers or strangers may know where to resort; and such inhabitants as by the several towns shall be chosen for the said service shall be presented to two magistrates, that they may be judged meet for that em- ployment, and this to be effected by the several towns within one month, under the penalty of 40s, a month, each month either town shall neglect it."^ The duties of the innkeeper were very fully defined by the Code of 1650,^ for the court justly remarks, that although there is a necessity of houses of common entertainment, " yet be- cause there are so many abuses of that lawful liberty, both by persons entertaining and persons entertained, there is also need of strict laws and rules to regulate such employment." So landlords were forbidden to sell any guest more than half a pint of wine at a time, or to allow them to " continue tippling " over half an hour, or later than nine o'clock at night. All the recog- nized grades of drunkenness, from slight mellowness to down- right beastly drunkenness, were threatened with fines of pro- portionate severity. Second offences — always doubly heinous in the eyes of Puritanic justice — were visited with ireUe fines, and wo to the unlucky chap who could not " fork over the cash," for he was then unceremoniously whipped, or else clapped into iCol. Eec, I, 103. 2 Col. Rec, 1,533. 472 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. the stocks " for three hours, when the weather may not hazard his life or limbs." The innkeeper was also specially instructed in regard to making proper provision for the "beasts" of travellers and guests. In 1686, the court enacted a strong law against gam- ing, dancing" and singing iu taverns. The first innkeepers'^ in Windsor, of whom we have any record, were appointed at a town meeting in December, 1115. They were Simon Chapman^ and Eliakim Marshall on the west, and Nathaniel Cook and the widow Grace Grant on the east side of the Connecticut River. Of Messrs. Chapman, Marshall and Cook, we have no information. Mrs. Grant, however, kept tavern in East Windsor until about 1134-5, when it passed into the hands of her son, Ebenezer Grant, subsequently better known as Capt. Grant, the leading merchant of the east side of the town. The other inn-keepers on the east side of the river, before its incorporation as a distinct town, were landlord Nathaniel Por- ter, whose place was on the west side of the street, a little south and opposite to the south middle district school-house. Captain Joel Loomis also kept tavern about forty rods south of the middle school-house, on the west side of the street. After his death his son, Capt. Giles Loomis, succeeded him in the busi- ness for many years. He built an addition to the house for a Freemasons' Hall. The tavern was -the regular rendezvous for the train band — and on these occasions, says an aged friend 1 There are several notices of licenses granted by the court, to various per- sons to sell wine and liquors, but it is uncertain whether they were inhkeepert. In 1664, the record says : " This court grants Sam'l Gilihs a license to sell nine or ten quarter casks of wine by the gallon, to his neighbors or those that will buy it ; and he freely presents the court with an anchor of the best of his wine, which the court desires him to leave with the governor," In the lease of the country ferry, at Windsor, to John Bissell in 1648, is a clause granting him the privilege of entertaining and receiving recompense from suc4i travelers as may not find it convenient to go to the ordinary. - He was assessed, in 1720, £5 for keeping tavern on the north side of the Eivulet. TATEHNg. 473 " there would be a great crowd collected, and card-playing and drinking were not neglected." Of the ancient taverns of Windsor proper, we have collected but few facts, and those mostly from the cobwebbed memory of garrulous old folks. More than a hundred years ago, Ser- geant Samuel Hayden kept a tavern at the house now occupied by the family of the late Levi Hayden. The old oak, under which his weary guests found a grateful shade, is still a thrifty wide-spreading tree, highly prized by certain individuals whose childhood's home is sheltered by it. Tradition whispers that Chief Justice Ellsworth, before he became known to fame, occasionally cracked jokes and eat apple pie at Sergeant Sam's, with the young men of his time. In later years, Pickett's Tavern, which stood a few rods from the former, acquired a wide-spread fame. These taverns were located but a quarter of a mile from Windsor Plains, across which lay the great thoroughfare between Hartford and the north and east. Here the highway leaves the river, to avoid bridging the streams, and passes between the heads of the brooks which flow on one side into the Connecticut, and on the other into the Rivulet. Not a stream crosses the road in the di.stance of five miles, and after rising the hill the road was almost perfectly level and straight, without a house upon it. Midway, at a spring beside the road, stood an old oak, known far and wide as the Old Smoking Tree. Here travelers, and especially teamsters,^ made a halt in summer to water and feed their cattle, and smoke their pipes. Forty years ago, an old man, bearing a knapsack marked U. S. A., who had preferred the old familiar track to the New Road, stopped at the house which once bore Sergeant Sam's sign, to ask a little refreshment before ascending the plain. While partaking of the cheer set before him, he asked many questions about the localities he had known long years before. When told that the Old Smok- ing Tree had been cut down, the ire of the old veteran was roused, and the deep curses he uttered against the Vandal who 1 A hundred years ago, much of the produce from the north which found a market at Hartford, was conveyed over this and other roads by ox teams. 60 474 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. cut it, witnessed that the fatigues of another Eevolutionai'y wav would have been cheerfully undergone to bring the author of so grievous an outrage to condign punishment. Before chimney-corners had given place to modern innova- tions, the children used to tell of a woman, who, while crossing the plains on horseback, was overtaken by a terrible shower. Her horse, which was one of the fleetest, was urged to his " speedy utmost," and from Smoking Tree to Pickett's horse- shed she was enabled to outfly the storm which poured in torrents just behind her. But, horrible to relate — Ur little dog, unalkto keep up, was oMiged to swim all the way ! All travelers, with one notable exception, whether going north or south, stopped at Sergeant Sara's, and, after his day, at Pickett's, for refreshment, whether the plains lay before Ihem, or were already passed. The exception to this general rule was Gen. George Washington. On the 21st of October, 1789, Washington, then President of the United States, passed through Windsor, on his New England tour, and the following sentence appears in his journal of that date : " Between Windsor and SulBeld you pass through a level, barren, uncultivated plain for several miles." We think it unfortunate for the plains that he did not stop at Pickett's, as he would then have had a fresher start, and we fancy would have omitted the words barren, uncultivated, and looking beyond the shrub-oak hedges which skirted the road, .would have seen (with prophetic eye, at least,) large fields of Indian corn and rye, or at least have sweetened the uncultivated fields with the mention of strawberries, and the wood with whortleberries. But he had that morning break- fasted with his old friend. Judge Ellsworth, a mile or so below. We would not have the reader infer that we have any doubts about the breakfast; it was a good, substantial one, the best the times afforded, but it is not unlikely that they both discussed the affairs of the nation with more interest and solicitude than they did the breakfast which the Judge's accomplished lady had set before them. " Capt. Dont [Jonathan] Ellsworth," kept for many years a famous tavern, half a mile north of the meeting house, on the spot now owned by the heirs of the late Joel Thrall. STEALING THE BRIDE. 475 In later days taverns have been, at various times, kept at the places now occupied by Mr. Thaddeus Mather, Mr. Hayden Pilley, Judge H. Sill, and Mr. Lemuel Welch. There was also a Blssell's Stage House above Major Ellsworth's Place, and a half-way house on the road between Windsor and Hartford, kept by the father of the present mayor of tlie latter place. The subject of taverns is suggestive of the following anec dote, illustrative of the men and manners of days gone by. There was a custom among the young people, in the early days of Connecticut, of stealing iht hride, as it was termed. When ayoung couple were to be married, those of their acquaint- ance who were not invited to the wedding, would sometimes combine, go stealthily to the house where the ceremony was celebrating, and, watching for a favorable opportunity, rush in, seize the bride, carry her out, and placing her upon a horse behind one of the party, gallop off' with her to some neighboring tavern, where music, supper, &c., had been bespoken. If the capture and flight were successful, and the captors succeeded in reaching their rendezvous at the tavern, without being overtaken by the wedding party, the night was spent in dancing and feasting at the expense of the bridegroom. Mr. Elisha Griswold, of Simsbury, a descendant of Old Windsor, used, in his later years, to relate with much glee, the particulars of one of these bride-stealings, in which he was a principal actor. It seems that a certain couple were to be married in Simsbury, and Mr. Griswold, with others of their acquaintance, who had not been honored with an invitation, resolved upon retaliation, by steal- ing the bride. Accordingly, on the evening of the wedding, having first ordered a nice supper and engaged the music, &c., very privately, at a tavern at Turkey Hills, himself with two or three others went into the neighborhood of the bride's residence. Here they reconnoitered, but as the party was large, and the rooms crowded, they were obliged to watch for some time before the favorable opportunity presented itself. At length, however, the evening being warm and beautiful, the company gradually withdrew from the house and dispersed through the grounds and garden which surrounded it. Through a window they could see the bride, distinguished by her bridal dress, almost alone in the 476 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. parlor. Now was their chance. One or two of the surprise party, quietly entered the dwelling by a back door — to seize the bride and bear her out to where their confederates were holding the horses, and to place her behind one of the, party on horseback, was but the work of an instant. In another moment they were speeding over the road to Turkey Hills, with a swift- ness which almost defied pursuit. But to their surprise, the whole wedding party seemed also to have sprung to their saddles, and were almost immediately in pursuit, as their loud voices and the clear ring of their horses' hoofs too plainly told. The race was exciting — their laboring horses seemed not to gain one inch on their pursuers ; but at last they reached the tavern, dismounted, carried their fair prize into the hall, and had just time to arrange the dance, when the wedding party arrived. The music struck up, the dance began — but the astonishment of the gallant captors can scarcely be imagined when they dis- covered, for the first time, that the supposed bride had on her feet men's loots, and that her steps and movements were altogether too masculine and antic to comport with the dress and known refinement of the real bride. It then flashed upon them that they had been awfully sold; the whole wedding party now came rushing into the hall, laughing and exulting with the great- est glee. It seems that the friends of the bride had suspected or learned of the attempt to be made upon her, and had purposely dressed up one of the young men and left him exposed in the parlor, having their horses also in instant readiness for pursuit. The hilarious scene that followed the denouement, was amusing. The whole thing was taken in perfect good humor, the dancing and supper were very highly enjoyed, and the company broke up and dispersed at a very late hour — the kidnappers paying all expenses. And, for years after, they had to bear the laughs and jokes of the neighborhood, for having the "lobby turned upon them." We have heard of another instance in which the joker un- expectedly became the victim. The bride in this case was the heroine of the story. Mrs. C, of East Windsor, on her wedding night was stolen from her husband and friends, placed in a sleigh (for it was winter season), and driven by her abductors OLD TREES. 477 to a distant tavern. While they were at table, she contrived in some manner to elude their observation for a few moments, let herself out of a back window, went to the barn, helped herself to a horse and cutter, and was far on her homeward road, before her captors even dreamed that she was absent. The oldest tree in Windsor perhaps is the old cedar, now standing in the door yard of the Chief Justice Ellsworth house. Tradition says that it was one of the original forest trees, and that for several of the first generations of settlers, was the rallying spot for the hunters when they made a gmeral huiit. High in its branches hung an immense pair of deer's antlers, which disappeared some 50 years since, and have never been found, although often searched after by the chief justice and others.' Lt. Joseph Stiles's house stood a little north of this tree, and its foundations were dug up by the plow in the summer of 1868. The beautiful elms in Broad Street were set out in 1755^ by a respectable citizen of Windsor, who afterwards, /cZ/ from graxe by reason of dissipation, and was publicly whipped on two several occasions at two of his own trees. The peculiar indig- nity of the punishment rankled deep in his memory, and he afterwards, when in want of wood, cut down the trees at which he had been punished. Afterwards, in his drunken moods, he used to threaten the destruction of the remaining trees, but was always bought off by old Squire Allyn with a cord of wood and some cider. The Old Smoking Tree and the Hayden Oak have already been alluded to. While on the topic of trees, we can not refrain from presenting an extremely interesting article by our friend Jas. Hammond Trumbull, Esq., of Hartford, which was first published in the Hartford Press, entitled : "Early Apples and Old Cider — A Windsor Orchard, in 1650. Josselyn, on his first visit to New England in 1638-9, found "not one apple-tree nor pear planted yet, in no part of the country, except on Governor's Island in Boston Harbor, where he procured, half a score of very fair pippins." In the account 1 The date of erection was cut on a small iron plate and affixed to one of the trees, which was afterwards in its old age blown over, and the plate was then placed on another in front of the residence of S. H. Hayden. 478 • HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOK. of his second voyage, some thirty years later, he says that "our fruit trees prosper abundantly, apple trees, quince trees, cherry trees, plum trees, barberry trees," and he " observed with admiration that the kernels sown or the suckers planted produce as fair and good fruit, without gralBug as the tree from whence they were taken; the country is replenished with fair and large orchards." On his return to England in 1671 he was told by Mr. Henry Wolcott, of Windsor (who was a fellow passenger), that "he made five hundred hogsheads of Syder out of his own orchard in one year." " Syder," adds Josselyn, " is very plenti- ful in the country, ordinarily sold for ten shillings a hogshead." Mr. Wolcott's apple orchard was one of the first, and, for many years, was probably the largest in the Connecticut Valley. It was in bearing before 1649, and his cider-presses were at work in 1650. For twentyyears aftei wards, he supplied young » trees, summer and winter apples, and cidfer by the hogshead, gallon or pint, not only to his neighbors at Windsor, but to other towns in the vicinity, and occasionally for exportation to other colonies. The account book in which he entered, year by year, the product of his orchard, the sales of trees and graft6, the times of making cider, &c., is still extant. To save paper, or to conceal .his profits from the eyes of prying neighbors, these accounts were kept in short-hand, (of the same character as that used in the volume containing notes of sermons, which was recently described in the Press). From this book are derived the following particulars, which may not be without interest to our agricultural and horticultural readers. The first entry is: "A note of several sorts of apples I had grown, 1649," under which the quantity gathered from each tree of the old and new orchard is carefully entered: " Of the earliest apples, 1 bushel; of 2 earl^' sorts of sour apples in the new orchard, 1 bushel; of the summer pippin, by well, 4 bushel; of the Holland pippin, 11 bushel; of the Pearmain, 15 bushel; of the 4 trees of winter apples (ofi' the tree next John Loomis's 2| bushel, the next 6^); 19 bushel; of the 4 trees of Bellybonds [as Mr. Wolcott spelled the name of an old favorite; Bdlibone was the English form of the French Belle et bonne], 6 bushel and 1 peck; of the London pippin, 1| bushel; of Mr. Allen's green apples, in the lower side of the orchard, 2 bushel," &c. Total, for 1649, 91 bushel. In 1650, the orchard yielded 212 bushel, the greater part of which was made into cider, which was sold at Is Sd per gallon, and £4: is per hogshead; the apples bringing from 6s to Syper bushel. Three bushels were "sold, at the Faire" for £1:7. 31 gallons of hoiled cider sold at 25 6rf. This year, a half bushel of qmnces is charged at 4s. Bush. producing including Cider. Inl651,./ 496 £117:12 £40:5 "1652, 452 92:18 72:10 " 1653, ■••• 1127 19:10 " 1644 1588 A WINDSOR ORCHARD IN 1650. 479 The price of apples had gradually fallen from Ss, in 1650, to 2s &d, and 3s in 1654; and of cider from Is id, to Is Ad per gal- lon, or £1 10s per barrel. [In October, 1574, the General Court ordered that no innholder should ask more than id a quart for cider; so the retail price seems to have remained nearly con- stant, from 1650; though Josselyn tells us it was sold, in 1671, at 10s a hogshead.] In 1653, wheat sold at 4s, rye at 3s, and Indian corn at 2s per bushel. By these standards, it is easy to compare the prices of apples and cider, or other luxuries, of that day with this. Occasional credits on Mr. Wolcott's book show that he exchanged a part of the produce of his orchard for sack [Spanish wine] at 6s per gallon, white wine at 18s, strong water -at 3s per quart, &c. Venison at Is &d for a quarter, of 9 lbs. and 8s lOd for one of 16 lbs., 32 lbs. Sugar (a rare luxury), at Id per lb. "The forbearance of J24 for 1 year" is charged at £1 18s, or at the rate of Is Id per pound (7| per cent). Here are a few entries of sales from the nursery and orchard, showing that Mr. Wolcott was doing a tolerably large business in trees and fruit at this early period. 1650. July. To Mr. Gisbert [Gysbert op Dyck, perhaps — who had formerly been commander of the Dutch Fort, in Hart- ford], 50 bush, apples, £11 lis 6^. Oct. 18. To the same, 100 peare trees, £5. 1651. Aug. 22. "George Phelps bought halfe my thousand of young trees for which he is to pay me two pence per tree to be paide halfe in wheate and halfe in pease, in March" &c., £4. 3s 4c;. July 17. "Sold Joseph Magget [Mygatt, of Hartford] a parcel of yong trees," £22 10s. Sept. To the same, 500 trees, £4. 1652. Sept. 14. Sold to Mr. Goodyeare [the deputy governor of New Haven] , 100 bushels of apples, to be delivered presently, £20. 20 blls. cider, to be delivered the 10th of October next, £40. 1653. Wm. Edwards "owes, for a cow, 32 cider barrels to be delivered at the landing place, by Sept. 12th." For aught we know, some of Mr.Wolcott's apple or pear trees are yet bearing fruit in their season. Our Windsor friends can tell. The old pearmain, on the Wyllys Place, believed to have been brought from England at a yet earlier date, "still lives." Almost every ancient town has its traditions of early orchards and points to at least one tree which was planted by a first settler. The May Flower is supposed to have found room, in her assorted cargo, for nearly as many nursery plants as tables, chairs, bureaux or dinner pots ; and the pilgrim fathers may have marched to their 'wilderness homes,' as 480 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Malcolm's army to Dunsinane, each with his tree. There is a tradition that when John Winthrop began the settlement of Pequot, now New Loudon, in 1646, he distributed a large number of young fruit trees to the first planters. The bill or sale of a house and land there, in 1652, mentions apple, pear and gooseberry trees. Until 1852, an ancient apple tree was standing on the land of Jona. Coit, Esq., in New London, a relic of llie family of one of the early settlers. It measured fourteen or fifteen feet in circumference, near the ground, and three or four persons could stand together in the hollow of its trunk. The author of the History of New London, thinks "there can be little doubt but that it was a fruit-bearing tree before ItOO," It blossomed in 1852, but was blown down, in September of that year. Gov. Endicott's orchard, at Salem, Mass,, is mentioned as early as 1644, and a pear tree which tradition avers to have been imported by him in 1630, was bearing fruit, when we last heard from it, seven or eight years ago." From inns, we naturally glide into the cognate subject of Stores, Trade, Commerce, Etc., For in those early days, as now, tavern-keeping and trading were often carried on by the same persons. The notes which we have gathered, relative to this subject, are exceedingly scanty, yet sufficient to show us conclusively that Windsor, in the early colonial days, was a leading commercial town and port of entry. This position it held until subsequent to the Eevolution, when its neighbor Hartford "took a start" and left poor Windsor quite in the background. The Wolootts were probably the first and most extensive merchants here; especially Henry Wolcott, Jr. Josiah Wolcott was a large merchant in 1681. Michael Humphrey was quite a merchant, as early as 1662. Among the papers in the State Archives are many inventories, etc., of goods shipped by his brothers Samuel and Henry Rose, merchants of St. Malo. Captain Newberry and George Griswold had warehouses here in 1619 (see addenda to chapter vii); and about the sanae time George and Christopher Saunders, were traders to England and the West Indies. In 1120, Matthew Grant, on the east side of the river, was MERCHANTS, ETC. 481 assessed £40 "for faculty and vessell;" Captain Timothy Thrall was assessed ^£40, and Captain Daniel White £20 for " trading." Both resided north of the Little Eiver. Still later, Capt Eoger Newberry was a prosperous merchant in Windsor, on the place now owned by Dr. Preston of Hartford. After his death in the Cuba Expedition, in 1140, his widow received a pension from the English government, which she had transmitted to her in goods instead of money, and so continued the store many years after her husband's decease. Her account books are yet preserved in Bloomfield. Prior to and during the Kevolution — or in other words during Windsor's palmiest mercantile days — the Palisado Green was the " commercial centre" of Windsor. Here was the great firm of Hooker & Chaffee, known through the length and breadth of the country for its extensive dealings and its high mercantile honor. Horace and his brother James Hooker, and Hezekiah Chaffee were the partners. The Chaffee and Hooker houses are now standing on the eastern side of the Green ; the former retains much of its pristine appearance, the latter has been somewhat remodeled and modernized, and is occupied by Deacon Woodford. North of this, and a little back from the street, stood the old store, packing houses, &c. Their trade was large. From every portion of the country there was constantly pouring in large supplies of horses, beef cattle, wheat, and produce of all and every sort.-"- Nothing seemed to come amiss to their mill ; notes at thirty days were given in exchange, and always promptly paid; while under the bank of the Little River near by,'' lay many — sometimes six or seven — -coasting vessels, IThe Green was often heaped with goods of all kinds which had been re- ceived, or were being shipped. An eye witness assures us that from her window she has counted as many as thirty teams in 'the road waiting their turn. Old people even now love to dwell upon the theme. "They some- times retailed a hogshead of molasses in a single day," " They did a larger business than any house in Hartford at the time," are some of the expressions which fall from their lips. 2 There being at that time no bridge at Hartford to obstruct the navigation of the river, Windsor was a port of entry, and "West India and other goods were, during a part of the year, landed at the Rivulet ferry, 61 482 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. and generally some larger English or West India vessels. Their trade to Liverpool and the West Indies was at that time very- extensive, and during some parts of the year the Little River was quite full of vessels, loading and unloading, and the Green was lively with hearty sea-captains and bronzed and jolly sail- ors. Several of these captains resided here, among whom, was Capt. Nathaniel Howard, father of the late Major William How- ard. He always brought home a little stock of fine silks, and choice goods, from his various voyages, and his wife kept store in the building now occupied by the Misses Stiles. It is related of her that she was remarkable for dressing well, which excited the envy of some of her less fortunate neighbors ; and that when on one occasion she sported an umbrella, which the captain had brought from furrin parts, and which was the first article of the kind ever seen here, she was followed by several of her fellow citizen-esses, in a spirit of derision, carrying iiei-es elevated on the tops of broom handles, etc.! Major Howard afterward traded here, and kept the post ofBce. The business was subse- quently carried on under the name of Howard & Alford, At Matson's Store, which stood a few rods from Pickett's Tavern, a comparatively large business was done,' down to about the last century. A few years before this the amount of business was $40,000 per annum. They dealt largely in Turk's Island salt, which, during high water in the Connecticut, was landed direct from the West Indies and exchanged for northern produce. The old salt room of the store is still cold and damp. There was also a store (built by Major Ellsworth) on the site of Dr. Wilson's present house, and one Strong traded on the site of the second house south of the Misses Stiles. But the palmy days were destined to pass away from Wind- sor. The Hookers lost considerable by the French Spoliation troubles. The erection of a bridge across the Connecticut at Hartford also damaged the interests of Windsor, and she gradually fell behind in the race.^ Now the only store in 1 Few vessels came up above Hartford bridge after 1820. An amusing story of the last days of the qnarrel between Windsorand Hartford, to whicli this bridge gave rise, is still told. It seems that the first bridge erscted there MERCHANTS, ETC. 483 Windsor is S. H. Hayden's (formerly Looniis' & Sheldon's — and originally Col. James Loomis'), on Broad Street Green, and a little shop in the southwest corner of the Palisado Green, kept by a Mr. Penton. Merchants in Windsor, East of the Connecticut River. Foremost among these was Captain Ebenezer Grant (grand- father of Major F. W. Grant of South Windsor), who was for many years the leading merchant on the east side of the river, and carried on an extensive business for that day. His son, Ros- WELL Grant, a young man of fine education and abilities, after- wards became a partner in the concern. Mr. Grant was a large customer of the celebrated John Hancock of Boston, who dealt in dry goods; and of Jonathan Mason of the same place. He was largely engaged in the West India trade, shipping horses, lumber, tobacco, staves, &c., and in return receiving sugar, rum, etc. His principal correspondents were Samuel Olcott, Samuel Welch, and Jonathan Welch of Barbadoes, and Thomas Elmer of Antigua. liad a draw in its centre, tut being destroyed by a fresbet, it was replaced by anotber bridge having its draw (a drop draw) at the western end, next to the city. Just below the draw, Lyman's wharf extended into the river, at which vessels were always loading and unloading, so that "Windsor vessels were much hindered in getting through the gap. On one occasion, Mr. Alford of the firm of Howard & Alford, was dropping down the stream in one of his vessels, and coming to the bridge was refused passage by the bridge-master on the ground that the way below the bridge was blocked up by vessels at Lyman's wharf. Alford, however, insisted on the draw being raised, saying that he would look out for a passage, he could get along. Finally, up went the draw — Alford dropped down the streaiTi, but just as he had got in the gap under the bridge, he slipped an anchor, and loudly declared he couldn't go any further — even if he did go through the draw — that the way was obstructed by the vessels below. The bridge keeper swore and frowned, the draw could not be dropped so long as the ve.ssel was under it — the current of teams and passengers across the bridge was obstructed, and becomino- every moment more impatient and numerous— but imperturbable skipper Alford, as cool as a cucumber, held his place — protesting his will- ingness, but his inability to budge an inch further. Finding him firm, the Hartford folks made it convenient to move some of their vessels out into the stream, and then the Windsor captain floated down the river exulting. 484 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Mr. Graut was also alarge'ship-owner, and even built several vessels, at the mouth of the Scantic. One of these, Peggy, was a brigantine built by Charles Gaylord, during lli'l and 1748, at a cost of £212 12*. She was owned by a company of East Windsor men in the following proportion: Ebenezer Grant, |; Mr. Lawrence, J; Nathl. Day, |; Ebenezer Bliss, ■^■ John and Charles Gaylord, -jSj-; Samuel Watson, ■^•, Ebenezer Watson (who worked on her), -j^; Ammi Trumble, -^j David Bissell, ~^. In 1151, Mr. Grant purchased of Nathl. Hooker of Hartford, merchant, ^ of the sloop Sarah, " being a square stern vessel of about 65 tons burden;" and in 1755, he pur- chased from Thomas Elmer, Joseph Kockwell, Jr., and Jerijah Olcott, I part of the sloop Susannah, 50 tons. The schooner Ann, was also built at East Windsor. Mr. Nathaniel Poetek, before referred to as tavern-keeper, was also a merchant. His store was an addition to the north- east end of his house, beyond which it projected some 15 feet, and by a slight excavation of earth was high enough to form a cellar below, for liquors, etc., and a room above for dry goods, with steps leading it, running up by the side of the house. Similar to this was another store kept by Mr. Augustus Mills, and Mr. John Watson's (now standing^ was an exact copy of the same. Ship-Building. Timothy Loomis's common-place book records that, "The_^rs* sloop raised in Windsor was on the 19th day of December, 1723. Mr. J* W^ , Master Workman. Said sloop was lancht May 7, 1724 The boat belonging to said sloop was launched May 28, 1724." Hayden's Ship Yard, owned by Master John Hayden, who came from Essex, Ct., about the close of the last century, was situated at the present Old Red House, half a mile from Hayden Station. There was also a ship-yard at the Rivulet ferry. These, together with three yards on the east side of the river, at Warehouse Point, the mouth of Scantic River, and at Higley's Ferry, were used for ship-building until 1820, or thereabouts. The launching of vessels from any of these yards OLt» HOUSES, 485 was always quite a matter of interest to the townsfolk, who 'repaired in large numbers to witness the scene. One old gen- tleman, however, was wont to exclaim that he couldn't see what there was so wonderful in a ship launch, as for his part he would just as lief see a turtle slip off an old log, into the water. Old Houses. The dwellings of the first settlers were undoubtedly mere log houses, or cabins, such as the emigrant of the present day erects on the prairies of the west. These were succeeded, as the cir- cumstances of their owners improved, by a better class of houses, two stories high, containing two large square rooms above and below, with a chimney in the centre, and steep roofs. Some of these houses had a porch in front, about ten feet square, of the same height as the main part of the building. This porch form- ed a room overhead, and the lower part was cither enclosed or left open and supported by pillars, according to the fancy of the occupant. Of this description was the house of the Rev. Mr. Hooker, at Hartford, and also that of the Rev. Timothy Edwards, of (East) Windsor. At a later period, as the necessities of growing families increased, and they needed more room, the scants or lean-to was added to the rear of the house, leaning to- wards the upright part, and continuing the roof down to the height of the first story. This afforded a kitchen, buttery and bed-room. This, with an addition to the chimney of a fire-place, for a kitchen, became the established order of domestic archi- tecture. Examples of this kind of house will be found in the old MooRE and Allyn houses, which stand nearly opposite to eacTi other on Broad Street Green. The former, of which we present a likeness, on the next page, taken from a drawing made some yearssince, was built by old Deacon John Moore, and presented — so says tradition — to his son John as a set out on his mar- riage day, A. D. 1690. It was in its day, and even within the recolle'ction of some now living, a fine house, but is now degraded to the humble office of a kitchen to a more modern house which occupies its original site. Still some of its ornaments remain — sufficient to hint of its former glory. The lady to whom we are indebted for its portrait, and who is herself a descendant of the old 486 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. •' ^ .''"• Kf^ '",!^ , - - \ T T "■ i TAe Ancient Moore House. house, ^ writes us aa follows. "I have pointed out the door for the cat, for, at tliat early (lay, it was considered a very necessary accommodation to so important and privileged a member of the household. The old song, you knoAv, sings of him, who, when ' He made a great hole for the great cat to go thro', A little hole made, for the little cat too.' Mj^ ancestor was not quite so provident ; but be it known that in every door of the old mansion was a passage for puss, that she might pursue lier vocation from garret to cellar without let or hindrance.'' We may remark, also, that the old elm which overshadows the house, always possessed as much interest as the dwelling in the hearts of the occupants — being one of the oldest and most beautiful trees in the town. The old Allyn House was built by the iirst Squire AHyn, and afterwards occupied by his son the second squire. In its day it was considered tlje grandest house in town, if not in the ■' universal Yankee nation." It was painted red, and the old 1 Mrs. Paniiy L. Bi.gsell. OLD HOUSES. 487 people yet relate the anecdote of a certain child, who, having gone down to witness the training on Broad Street Green, saw, for the first time in his life, the Allyn House. In narrating the day's adventures to his parents, on his return home, he asserted, with all the natvele and innocence of childhood, that he had seen "Heaven, the big house where the angels lived!" Here was the centre of the best society of the times, and here, also, was justice dispensed by the squire. " How changed the scenel" — now the old building is rapidly sinking to decay, and when we went over it in the spring of 1859, we found naught but empty rooms; garrets filled with broken spinning wheels and antique furniture; and in the " best room," a party of negro wenches, preparing pies and cookies to be peddled off at an approaching 'Lection day. Next to this old house stands the elegant modern dwelling of one of Windsor's wealthiest and most liberal-minded citizens, to whom, as well as all the other members of his family, we are indebted for many acts of personal kindness, and for much of the value and interest which these pages may possess for those who read them. But to return to our synopsis of the orders of New England architecture; the next step was the carrying of the same form of house up to the second story, making what is called an upright house. The form of roof was also often changed to that peculiar humpback form, known as the gambrel-roof, of which many specimens are yet remaining. The old brick house south of Deacon Woodford's, formerly known as the Chaffee House, is a fine specimen of this style of roof. These were succeeded by houses with two chimneys, and a large hall in the centre. These were more elegant in form and arrangement than their prede- cessors, but have sometimes been objected to, because the rooms are apt to be small and the house cold. Since then the orders of architecture have become sadly confused, and all sorts of dwellings have arisen — varying according to the whim, the convenience, the means and the tastes of the occupants. Yet taken as a whole, the architectural effect of Windsor is pleas- ing, and its dwellings evince prosperity, as well as taste. 488 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. In the olden time it was the custom for young men who were about to be married to first build " a nest for their bird." The raising of a new house, was always, to a greater extent than now, an occasion of general hilarity. All themeighbors and friends were invited, and work was succeeded by frolics, games and feasting. It was a custom, also, for the bride elect, to drive one of the pins in the frame of her future home. It is related, that about 16T1, a certain young man residing in Pink Street, who was about to be married, had a raising, and during the joyous occasion, become somewhat more elevated than his affianced thought proper. So, although she had already com- plied with the custom of driving the pin, she soon after took occasion to break off her engagement. She afterwards, how- ever, married a young man of the same name, who purchased the house from her former lover — and so " they lived and died in peace," in the house which was built for her. Slaves. In every New England village church, the darkies have a corner in the gallery — and another corner in the village grave-yard, where ant-hills and tangled vines and weeds struggle for the honor of bedecking their humble and unhonored graves. So we, also, must give a passing notice to the sable inhabitants of Ancient Windsor. When slavery was first introduced into Connecticut we do not know* — nor does it seem ever to have been directly established by law, although indirectly sanctioned by legislative enactments, and frequently recognized by the courts. In May, 1660, the court decreed "that neither Indian nor negar servants shall be required to train, watch or ward."^ Henry Wolcott Jr's inventory, in 1680, names Cyrus, valued at £30. This is the first slave in Windsor (and probably in Connecticut) of which we have any record. We have also 1 Matthew Grant's Old Churcli Records mentions among the deaths in 1644, " one Hager." If, as is probable, this was meant to be the same as Hagar, it would seem to have been a negro woman, possibly an Indian. 2 Col. Eec.,1, 349. SLAVES. 489 seen a deed of sale of a negro boy named Philip, in 1694, to Eleazur Gaylord of Windsor, from Andrew Belcher of Boston. In 1720, John Anderson, on the East side of the river, was assessed for a negro man. The record of burials in the Old Burying Grround of South Windsor, gives the deaths (but not the names) of twenty-one negro slaves, between the years 1136 and 1168. Eleven of these belong to the Wolcotts, three to the Elmers, two to the Eockwells, two to the Cooks, one to the Ells- worths, and two unknown. So that portion of Ancient Wind- sor appears to have been abundantly supplied, for that day, with slaves. ■ The importation of slaves into the state, however, was never very large, and in 1111 was prohibited altogether. In the Eevolutionary war, freedom was granted to all slaves who enlisted and served through the war. Several such will be found in the list of Windsor soldiers in that war. The last colored survivor of the Revolution, who dwelt in Windsor, was Oliver Mitchell, who died, as was supposed from a fit, in his boat in whi'ch he had been to Hartford for the purpose of draw- ing his pension money, in March, 1840. In 1184, the legislature, assuming that " Policy requires that the abolition of slavery should be effected as soon as may be consistent with the rights of individuals and the public safety and welfare," enacted that no negro or mulatto child born after the first day of March iu that year, should be held as a slave after they had arrived at the age of twenty-five years. Masters of slaves were also permitted to release them, on application to the selectmen of the towns, provided such slaves were in good physical and mental condition, and between the ages of twenty-five and fortj'-five years. In 1188, a statute was passed, obliging all masters, within six months after the birth of each slave, to duly notify the town clerk, of such birth, &c., on penalty of seven dollars for each month's neglect. This was intended to guard against the illegal holding, by unscru- pulous masters, of those who were entitled to their freedom. In 1197, it was enacted that the children of slave mothers born after August of that year, should receive their freedom 62 490 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. at the age of twenty-one. At the same time, the carry- ing of slaves out of the state for sale was prohibited; and thus gradually the institution of slavery decreased, and finally disappeared, in 1848, by a formal act of abolition. The following anecdote is preserved in connection with the liberation of slaves. An aged and faithful Windsor slave, working in the field with his master, was observed to be very moody and silent. At length he broke the silence by saying that such a neighbor had given his slave his freedom, and modestly suggested that " Massa ort to give me freedom." The master quietly replied, " Well, Tom, you may have your freedom.'' "May I, Massa — when?" "Now," was the reply. "What, now, Massa, right away?" exclaimed the surprised slave. "Yes, Tom, you may stick up your fork where you are, if you choose, and be free." Tom stood looking upon the ground, more mood- ily than ever, while his master went on with his work. After a half hour's consideration, Tom resumed his labor, remarking with a knowing look, " No, Massa, you have de meat, now you may pick de bone. I no go and take care old Tom myself" Those who released slaves who were too far advanced in life when the act was passed to be legally affected by it, generally took the precaution to obtain a release from the authorities of the town from all responsibility for their future maintenance. Among a family of slaves released without this precaution, some members who had removed to East Windsor became poor in their extreme old age, and the authorities of that town, find- ing that they had not been legally liberated, obliged the heirs of their old master (the family of the late Daniel Pinney) to support them. Those of whatever age, who were incompetent to support themselves, were still slaves unless the town chose to release their owners. Such was Old Nance, whose death recently occurred in the family of Col. James Loomis. She was born on Greenfield Hill, Fairfield Co., Conn., and remained in the family of Hezekiah Bradley until she was four years old, when she was given to Charlotte Bradley Chaffee, wife of Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee, of Windsor. At his death in 1821, she became a household gift and charge, commended to the especial care of his daughter, NEGRO ELECTIONS. 491 Mrs. Abigail Sherwood Loomis, in whose family she was most kindly cared for to the day of her death in 185T, aged 82. The first record of negro slavery in Connecticut appeared in the inventory of Henry Wolcott, Jr., in 1680. Old Nance, per- haps, closes the record witliiu half a mile of the spot where the first one lived. For many years previous to the American Eevolution, and as late as 1820, or thereabouts, it was the custom of the Connecti- cut negroes — in that spirit of emulation and imitation which is peculiar to their race, and the monkey tribe — to elect a govern- or for themselves : and not a governor only, but a deputy, staff oflBcers, sheriff and squires or justices of the peace, who were all elected with much discretion, pomp and ceremony, and exerted the same functions among those of their own color, as their more lordly prototypes of the white race. Negro election and parade generally came off on the Saturday succeeding the election day of the whites, and was participated in by those who came up to the capital with their masters, and such others as were able to be present. "They of course made their election, to a large extent, deputatively, as all could not be present, but uniformly yielded to it their assent. * * * The person they selected for the office in question, was usually one of much note among themselves, of imposing presence, strength, firmness and volubility, who was quick to decide, ready to command, and able to flog. If he was inclined to be a little arbitrary, belonged to a master of distinction, and was ready to pay freely for diversions — these were circumstances in his favor. Still it was necessary he should be an honest ne- gro, and be, or appear to be, wise above his fellows. * * * The precise sphere of his power we can not ascertain. Probably it embraced " matters and things in general " among the blacks, morals, manners, and ceremonies. He settled all grave disputes in the last resort, questioned conduct, and imposed penalties and punishments sometimes for vice or misconduct. He was respected as gubernor, say many old gentlemen to us, by the the negroes throughout the state, and obeyed almost implicitly. His parade days were marked by much that was showy, and by some things that were ludicrous. A troop of blacks, some- 492 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. times an hundred in number, marching sometimes two and two on foot, sometimes mounted in true military style and dress on horseback, escorted him through the streets, with drums beating, colors flying, and fifes, fiddles, clarionets, and every " sonorous metal " that could be found, " uttering martial sound." After marching to their content, they would retire to some large room which they would engage for the purpose, for refreshments and deliberation. This was all done with the greatest regard to ceremony. His ebony excellency would pass through the files of his procession, supported by his aids, with an air of consum- mate dignity, to his quarters, and there receive the congratula- tions of his friends, and dispense the favor of his salutations, his opinions and his appointments.'"^ The following amusing story is related concerning one of the occasions at Hartford. Dinner was duly set, the dignitaries had marched in and taken their places around the "groaning board," the governor at the upper and the deputy governor at the lower end of it, when the latter with delicate regard for the proprieties of the occasion, exclaimed, " Mr, Gubnor, seems to me dere ort to be sumthin said on dis 'casion." " Will Mr. Deputy say sumthin?" responded His Excellency. Thereupon the Dep- uty spread himself and began, "Tunder above de Hebens. Litnin on de earth. Shake de tops of de trees. Table spread afore us, no eat a'yet, eat a-bimeby, for Christ's sake. Amen." " Well done," exclaimed the governor, " well done, Mr. Deputy, I no idee you such able man in prayer." And straightway the company fell vigorously to work upon the object of the meet- ing. We do not know that Windsor ever gave birth to a negro governor. Negro Trainings were also common. At one time subse- quent to the Revolution, irainimg was held at Pickett's Tavern, about half-a-mile above Hayden's Station. General Ji, a slave belonging to Capt. Jona. Ellsworth, commanded on that occasion. His master, being a captain of the cavalry, furnished 1 Scceva's Hartford in the Olden Time, whose chapter on the negro governors of Hartford, is exceedingly humorous and vivid. NEGRO TRAININGS. 493 him with his own uniform, accoutrements, and watch, to the chain of which he added several huge seals, and set him upon his own war-steed. So General Ti rode forth, that day, "the observed of all observers." Such exhibitions were a source of no little amusement to the whites, who often visited them to witness the evolutions and performances of their sable competi- tors. On this occasion, as we learn from an eye witness, the general was early on the ground, and becoming somewhat im- patient at the tardiness of the soldiers belonging to the Pine Meadow (Windsor Locks) District, he ordered up bis horse and rode through the crowd to take a survey of the field, and things in general. Pulling up his horse in the immediate vicinity of Esquire Bissell, and other prominent Windsor citizens, he exclaimed, " Wonder why de troops don't Come on from de north." The squire, who was a bit of a wag, with a syrapa- thyzing air, inquired, " What time is it. General?" Dropping the bridle rein, he drew up his watch, hand over hand, and holding it out, exclaimed with scornful dignity, "Look for yourself, gemmen, by ," which not a little amused the squire and his friends, who happened to know that the general could not tell the time himself. When the attempt was made to form the regiment, there was no little difficulty in arranging the soldiers so as to make the best appearance — for most had some bit of uniform, but no two alike. The general, anxious to put the best foot forward, hit upon a plan and issued his orders accordingly. Rising in his stirrups he shouted, " All you what got white stocca, rocker shoe, stand in de front." This order was readily under- stood, and the front rank was soon formed of those who were equipped with shoes and stockings. Then came another order from the chief, " All you what got rocker shoe and no white stocca, stand in de rear," and then with the self-satisfied air of one who felt that he had " gone and done it,'' the general exclaimed, " Now you niggers what got no white stocca, and no rocker shoe, stand out of de way." During some of the evolutions of the day — which were badly performed, the general's passions got the better of his dignity, 494 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. and he exclaimed with heartfelt bitterness, " A nigga alius will be a nigga, don't know nuthin, and alius did." Cato, also, is remembered by some of our oldest citizens, as a self-appointed tythingman — who exerted himself on the sab- bath to keep the boys in order — and attended to the ringing of the bell. He was accustomed to go around the town regu- larly to collect his remuneration for his services as bell-ringer, and when any one refused his or her mite to the voluntary con- tribution, he would say, " Well, no pay, shan't hear um bell." At the commencement of the present century, and for some time after, there were many negroes in Windsor — but they all seem to have been, or to have ultimately become — a poor, shiftless, lazy set of free negroes. No town in New England can boast a worthier ancestry than Ancient Windsor. In social position, intellectual culture, sincere and fervent piety, and sterling integrity of character, her settlers were equalled by few, and surpassed by none. Tliey were not mere random adventurers, seeking some fairy Utopia, and bound together by flimsy bonds of selfish interest, but a high-minded, large-hearted Christian brotherhood — selected with consummate tact and rare judgment, from the wealthiest and most cultivated counties of England, by the master mind of the Rev. John White — who, when he saw them set sail from Plymouth har- bor, felt that he was casting forth upon the waters, precious bread, which, with God's blessing, was to enrich and beautify the ends of the earth. There was Warham, " a famous preacher," and Maverick, with a reputation equal to his years. There was WoLCOTT, whose ancestral antecedents, wealth, and personal character would have commanded respect in any community, and Ludlow, with legal abilities, and ideas far in advance of the age in which he lived. Mason, also, with a reputation among the best warriors of the continent. Phelps, Rockwell, Gatlord, and others, all picked men, each possessing some trait or valuable quality essential to the welfare of the whole community. Wo- man, too, was there, with her sustaining and cheering influences, herself upheld by that deep current of religious faith which under- lies the character of her sex. And in every heart — to a degree OUR ANCESTRY. 495 which we perhaps can never experience, and therefore can never fully understand— dwelt that glorious light of Christian love and truth which maketh free. It sustained them in the hour of trial, it humbled them in the hour of prosperity, it regulated their every action, it developed the exercise of every virtue and talent, it softened the thousand nameless little asperities of individual character, and social life, and thus contributed to the perfect and harmonious working of the whole social polity. Such was the character of Xhe first gemration. But, as has been elsewhere aptly said, the emigration from a civilized to a new country, is necessarily a step backward into barbarism. The second generation did not fill the places of the fathers. Reared amid the trials and dangers of a new settle- ment, they were in a great measure deprived of the advantages, both social and educational which their parents had enjoyed. Nearly all of the former could write — which can not be said of their children. Neither did the latter possess that depth of religious feeling, or earnest practical piety which distinguished the first comers. Eeligion was to them less a matter of the heart, than of social privilege, and in the Half Way Covenant controversy we behold the gradual " letting down of the bars," between a pure church and a grasping world. The third generation followed in the footsteps of their prede- cessors. Then came war; and young New England brought from the long Canadian campaigns, stores of loose camp vices, and recklessness, which soon flooded the land with immorality and infidelity. The church was neglected, drunken- ness fearfully increased, and social life was sadly corrupted. Bundling — that ridiculous and pernicious custom which pre- vailed among the young to a degree which we can scarcely credit — sapped the fountain of morality and tarnished the escutcheons of thousands of families. Next came the American Revolution, which merely prolonged the evil; for war, even where necessary, is always an evil. So that not until the com- mencement of the present century, can it be said, that any return was made to the purity of the first generation. And it is our solemn conviction, that all those who croak the romantic tune of " alas! the good old time," will find, on careful examin- 496 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. ation, that in every respect, politically, morally, religiously, the present world, with all its vices, is no worse — nay, that it is infinitely better off — now than then. We would not, however, be understood as saying that piety, morality or education died out after the first generation, or was wanting among their descendants. The history of Windsor evidences that religion and education were always dear to her children, and that in every generation, there have been many whose lives and characters come down to us as a blessed legacy. These good men possessed a marvelously strong faith and belief in special providences. Events which we should attribute to nat- ural causes, 'were by tliem referred directly to diviue power. Wars, pestilences, victories, accidents, in short all the thousand and one incidents which make up the life of a nation or of an individual, were considered as so many direct interpositions and revelations of God's will. They prayed with a fervency which grew out of this intense faith in God's power and willingness to answer prayer. And in New England history there are many instances in which we can hardly doubt that their prayers and faith were singularly answered. The following Windsor legend is quite to the point: " Once upon a time " — as all good story-tellers commence — the good people in Windsor had suffered for a long time from an excessive drought, until at last, viewing it as a judgment of God upon them for some of their sins, they resolved to hold a fast day, to be spent in humiliation and prayer. In the lower part of the town dwelt a godly man by the name of Barber, to whom some of the people from up town extended a very pressing invitation to join them in this day of prayer. Mr. Barber happened to have a great quantity of hay cut at the time, and felt that he needed dry weather just then, and could scarcely spare the time to pray, while so much of it was out. But, with true Christian good feeling, he consented to join his brethren at the upper end of the town, in their prayers for raiu. When the time arrived, Mr. Barber appeared at meeting, with his overcoat on his arm (although it was clear, hot, scorch- ing weather), and on being wonderingly interrogated as to his REMARKABLE PROVIDENCES. 497 motive of bringing it, replied, that he "came to pray for rain, and he expected it." Before the day closed the rain did come, sure enough, and, still more wonderful to relate, in passing, as it did pretty generally, over the town, it passed around Mr. Barber's land, and left his hay uninjured. Among some of the Kev. Timothy Edwards's manuscripts we find: " A Eecord of Some Eemarkable and Gracious answers of Prayer, Remarkable [Providences] and some other things of a Spiritual Nature I have met with in the course of my Life, and first of Remarkable Deliverances, Recoveries." A few extracts will show our readers the nature of these remarkable incidents: 1. When I was a little child (as I have been told by my Father as I remember) I fell into a Tub of Water, and y« providence of God sent one to my Relief and y' strangely, who passing by upon Occasion, Saw me and took me out almost dead. 2. When I was a School boy I took a gun In my hand, which an Indian's hunting Gun, and as he said y' was y® owner of it, a gun that Seldom or never missed fire. This gun was charged with a brace of bullets. I held it out against one of my school- mates, John Hunter by name, who was old Goodman Mitchell's Serv*. I aimed at his breast putting my hand to y^ pricker, he being at about 8 foot distance, and said these wd* as I remem- ber. " Oh, Hunter, if you were an enemy now how I could shoot you down," thinking no harm at all, not being aware y' y* gun was charged or if it had been that there was any danger of its going off, but the cock being half bent, went down, and it either fired or as standers by affirmed flashed in y^ pan, and yet no harm ensued. Those that stood by were amazed to see how narrowly the boy escaped, and so was my father, being called in out of y* Shop, together with y'' Indian, both whom very much wondered when they heard how it was. My Father looked upon it as little less than a miracle and said " If Mr. Mather's Book of Remarkable Providences had not been out before, he would have that put in amongst them." I was also much amazed and afiected with God's wonderful goodness tome in Keeping of me 80 [ ] miraculously from wantonly, though [ ] killing one of my neighbors, and therefore [ ] to keep y'' Record of it by me. On another occasion he tumbled off a cherry tree and liked to have broken his neck — only he didn't: and again he came very near going under the ice while skating — if some one had not called to him and caused him to stop. And then he remembers, that when a boy at the grammar school at Hartford, he one day 63 498 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. performed some very foolish feats of climbing on a cherry tree, by way of " bravado to show some of my mates (one of them, at least, viz: Thos. Olcott's son) how venturesome and bold I was, and yet God safely brought me down again," on to the solid earth, which was a sincere cause of gratitude to this pious man in all after life. We have room for but one more example of the Rev. Tim- othy's hairbreadth escapes. " When I was a school boy, as I was eating some [very] mellow peaches, the stone of one [slipped] down as [I was] sucking of 'em, and stuck in [my] throat, and [ ] speech and my breath so [ ] neither I strove [ ] couldn't, the boys seeing how it was clapt me on the back, but all would n8t do. I saw plainly that I could not help myself and if God didn't help I should surely die. I was very apprehensive and much afraid of death; my thoughts then I think I can remember pretty exactly, and they were these: ' Now, if God don't won- derfully and miraculously help (which I inwardly desired him to do) I shall die bye-and-bye. Death is a coming towards me apace. I am not far off from it. I have heard of dying, but now if God be not very gracious I shall quickly know what it is, and I am afraid God will not help me. I have so sinned against him, but, oh, that He would though!' Thus being very sensible of my dying and dangerous condition, I, seeing strain- ing and striving was to no purpose, I was ready to despair of help though as I remember I had some litile hope at least in the power and mercy of God. Only one thing the boys advised me to do, and that was to go down to the river and drink, which was so far off, that if God had not helped me, I should have dropped down dead long before I came there. However I was willing to make any experiment or take any likely course to save my life, for which I was so concerned in my mind, that I did not think of the impossibility of getting any help by doing as they advised me. Accordingly I went to my master to ask leave to go out, and by the time I came half way to him I thought with myself, " what do I go to ask leave for? I can not speak and besides my life lies upon it. I have need to make all the haste I can, I may venture to go out without leave to save my life, and so I turned back again before I came to him and run in a fright and in haste towards the door so as to go down to the river, and when I came to the door, unexpectedly without any straining or striving at all, when I had not many moments more to live, the peach stone came out as though it went of itself. God, by his power, brought it out from me and saved my life; he helped me when I couldn't help myself, yea, and when all the men in the world couldn't help me, when I was almost past help, being just at death's door. Then I was "as a brand plucked out of the burning." REMARKABLE PROVIDENCES. 499 Such was the " frame of mind," in which our ancestors lived, labored and died. A sweet sense of God's power, presence and providence illumined all the events and providences of their earthly life. Let us take the lesson to our own hearts. CHAPTEE XXV. Windsor Locks. 1833-1859. The northern portion of the ancient town of Windsor, was, from its early settlement, called Pine Meadow, down to 1833, when a post office was established and the name changed to Windsor Locks, combining the good old name of Windsor with the canal improvements which were completed in 1829. The first house was built by Henry Denslow, about the year 1662, from .thirty to forty rods south of the town lock, on the point of a hill. Tradition says he was killed by the Indians, in 1616, while attending to his crops, and it is confirmed by a re- cord of the answer from an Indian prisoner to the question pro- posed by the committee of safety, " Who killed Henry Denslow 1" Ephraim Haskell and Seth Dexter, in lt69, bought 160 acres of land, " with the saw mill thereon standing," on the site of the present one. The first clothier works in this section of the country, was built in 1169 by Seth Dexter, who moved from Kochester, Mass., to this place in 1110. The clothier's business was carried on by the family, until 1811 when David, son of Seth, sold the property to Timothy Mather and moved to Am- herst, Mass. Jabez Haskell, who also moved from Rochester in 1110 — with Seth Dexter, in 1184, built a grist mil] a few rods east of the present one, which was removed to make way for the canal. The present grist mill was built in 1819 by their descendants, and the mills are still in their possession. WINDSOR LOCKS. 501 In the summer of IITG, the head of each of the nine families comprising the population of Pine Meadow, with a single exception, were in the army at New York. In 1811, H. & H. Haskell built a distillery for the manufac- ture of Gin — and continued the business until 1833 ; then aban- doned it. The canal around Enfield Falls, five miles in length, over- coming a fall of thirty feet, was completed in 1829, for navi- gation and water power, built mostly by Hartford capital. The population at this time was about 300. 1831. Jonathan Danforth from New York built ttie foundery (now occupied by H. A. Converse as a foundery since 1844), and a small building on the north for a finishing and packing room in the manufacture of door butts, which was continued near two years, when the proprietor " struck his flag" to a cheaper imported article which came into the market. These buildings were occupied a few years in the manufacture of cotton batting, by Griswold & Co. of Hartford, Elisha Jenks of Warehouse Point, also Sexton, Woodward & Co. of the same place. In 1844, Slate & Brown, from Stafford, erected on the site of the finishing building, the present building for a machine shop, occupying it several years in the manufacture of cotton and other kinds of machinery. The building is now owned by L. B. Chapman and is occupied by A. G. West in manufacturing sewing and various other kinds of machines. Samuel Williams, of Hartford, built a six engine paper mill just north of the Ferry-way, and failed during the financial trouble in 1837. In 1838, the mill was again put in operation under a joint stock company, by the name of Windsok Mills, but for want of ballast was foundered in about two years. While the varied interest of mortgagers, endorsers and stock- holders were being legally adjusted, the property passed into the possession of the Connecticut Eiver Company, for non-pay- ment of water rent. It was however disposed of by the parties in interest to Persse & Brooks, of New York in 1844, and by them put, and continued, in operation until it was burnt in 1856. In 1856, they rebuilt it, making an eight engine mill. This with 502 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. two others, were transferred in ISSt to the Persse & Brooks Paper Works. 1836. Carleton of New Hampshire and Niles of Hartford built a large saw mill, and manufactured lumber several years. After the death of Mr Niles, the property was sold to J. B. Chap.' man, and run by him until his death in 1847, when the business was abandoned, and it was subsequently sold to C. B. Hutcbins & Co. of New Hampshire, and by them to James Outterson who converted the works into a paper mill. After the death of Mr. Outt%rson, it was again sold to Converse, Burbank & Co. in 1855, who removeid the paper mill and manufactured manilla paper about one year. It was then sold in 1867, to Persse & Brooks, and by them the same year to the Persse & Brooks Paper Works. 1838. Haskell & Hayden commenced the sewing silk busi- ness in the old Distillery buildings (which were burnt in 1848, and rebuilt the same year), and is continued successfully by them. 1839. James H. Wells, Jr., of Hartford, built a two engine paper mill for hardware paper just south of the Ferry-way, was unsuccessful in manufacturing, sold the mill and house in 1843, to C. P. Hollister of Andover, Conn., who ran the mill on printing paper, until it was burnt in 1847. The ruins were sold, in 1849, to A. & G. Blake of Wrentham, Mass., who commenced to rebuild for the manufacture of cotton batting, but their buoyant hopes were crushed by old embarrassments, before a cover to the walls could be raised. The unfinished property was sold to L. B. Chapman, in 1850, who finished the building and sold it to Medlicott & Osgood who are now manufacturing stockinet goods. 1845. Philip & E. G. Eipley of Hartford built a rolling mill about fifty rods south of the lower (canal) bridge, for the manufacture of iron. In 1852, E. G. Eipley retired from the business, which was carried on by P. Eipley until 1856, when the works were leased to T. G. Nock for five years, but one year's business enabled him to retire. The works have not been occupied since. ^ 1845. Josiah Eice of Hartford erected a building a few rods north of the rolling mill, for the manufacture of Wesson rifles; but, instead of rifles, cotton batting and thread were manu-. WINDSOR LOCKS. 503 factured by several rotating successors initil 1849, when the property was sold to Apollo Willmarth of Medway, Mass. — the present owner, and a manufacturer of thread and twine. 1846. Royal Prouty, formerly from Spencer, Mass., built a house a few rods north of the town (canal) bridge for the manu- facture of various kinds of wire, blind staples and covered bonnet wire. In the fall of 1851 the public were surprised by a dissolving view of Mr Prouty and most of his property. The works are now occupied by W. E. Rice of Worcester. 1846. The Connecticut River Company built a large building near the locks, to rent for various mechanical purposes, but in 1847 rented the building to the Connecticut River Mills, a joint stock company owned mostly in Hartford, for the manufacture of printing cloths and umbrella goods, whiclf was continued nine years without a dividend, when the stockholders sold out their interest to A. Dunham and others, who are successfully manufacturing a superior article of thread. 1847. C. H. Dexter built a four-engine paper mill to manu- facture tnanilla paper, to which he has added another engine, and otherwise increased the work. 1847. Leander Hotchkiss erected a building near the lower canal bridge, for the purpose of manufacturing edge tools, in company with Charles Dickerman of Westfield, but failing to agree, it was occupied by Hotchkiss as a small machine shop until 1849, when it was sold to Carroll & Risley and by them converted into a two engine paper mill for printing paper, and was run by them until the death of Mr Risley, when the property was sold in 1853 to S. N. Risley who carried on the business until 1857 and failed ; one of the mortgagers, John C. Ely of New York run the mill five months in 1858, then closed— the gates remaining in a statu quo condition until a fire iu March, 1859, destroyed it. The ruins and land were sold in April to C. H. Dexter. 1854, 5 and 6. Persse & Brooks, built one of the best and largest paper mills in the country, fourteen 36 inch engines and three 84 inch Pourdrinier machines, with all the modern im- provements in machinery, to make first class book papers. In 1857, they obtained an act of incorporation under the name of 504 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Persse & Brooks Paper Works, which commenced its existence on the 1st of August, I8b1, comprising three mills, store house, dwellings, &c., capital $450,000, employing about 200 hands, and making about eight tons of paper per day. The great financial crisis which commemorates this year, caused Persse & Brooks to suspend in September, but not affecting the corporation. The mills are in successful operation for the benefit of their creditors. This year, also, the place was incorporated as a distinct town, under the name of Windsor Locks. 1859. The population of Windsor Locks is now about 1500. It contains 6 paper mills, 2 thread mills, 1 rolling mill, 1 silk and one stockinet manufactory, 1 wire mill, 1 saw mill, 1 grist mill, and a manufactory of Hoi brook's school apparatus, 7 stores, 1 Congregational Church, 1 Catholic Church, and a Methodist Congregation occupying a hall. T/te Congregational Church of Windsor Locks, a branch of the First Church of Windsor, was organized on the 28th of February, 1844, in the chapel built ten years before on the ground in front of the present church edifice, and since that time regularly used as a place of public worship, until the erection of the present house. Its original members were thirteen. Two others, whose letters failed to come in season for the organization, were received the following sabbath : making the number at the beginning fifteen, six males and nine females. Rev. Samuel H. Allen, the first and only pastor, was ordained April 22d, 1846, after one year's probationary services with the church. The house of worship now occupied, was begun in July following, and dedicated on the 17th March, 1847, CHAPTER XXVI. Windsor since 1800. The history of Windsor, since the year 1800, is simply the record of a quiet, prosperous agricultural town; possessing little or no interest, and unmarked by any event more startling than an occasional flood. We have enquired anxiously of all knowledgeable persons now living in Windsor, but could gain no interesting items of the town's progress within their recol- lections. We have painfully turned over leaves of musty old diaries and memorandum books, and have diligently consulted files of newspapers, but all to no purpose. Windsor has lived and grown, but of the process of growth there is little trace left. In the war of 1812, some considerable political excitement agitated this as well as other towns; and a volunteer company was formed, which served at New London. From an orderly book, belonging to the late David Pinney, we extract the following list of the members of the company. Prom a list of privates in the possession of H. H. Barbour, Esq., of Hartford, which he kindly placed at our disposal, we have selected a few additional names designated by an asterisk: "Port Trumbull, February 13, 1813. Frovision.s drawing for 60 men, from the above date to March 1st.'' Capt. Blanchard, Eliphalet G. Allyn, Lieut. .las. R. Halsey, Levi Markham, " Samuel White, Morris Gillespie, Ensign Jos. Smith, Pyrannus Holcomb, H. Rawdon, John Smith, 2^ Sargt. Abel Strong, Ethan Merril, " Cyrus Bissell, Samuel Stiles, 64 506 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Sargt. Chas. P. Hempstead, " Calvin Adams, Corp'l Richard Aliyn, Augustus Hoskins, Timothy Wilson, J. F. Phelps, Amasa Bailey, Avery Parsons, Wm. Thrall, Henry Clark, ^ Ohauncey Alford, Samuel Hathaway, Alfred Sikes, Nathaniel Snow, Joel Loomis, Daniel Marshall, Fredus Griswold, 3" Jonathan Kent, Eoswell Cook, Chester Soper, Wait Hicox, Thos. W. Stephens, Philip Barnes, Augustus Stebbins,^ Samuel Hathaway, Austin Hall, Roswell Brooks, Samuel Hunting, Oliver Roberts, Stephen L. Wilson, Aaron Smith, P', Zen as Clark, Jasper Peck, Luther Lewis, -Harlow Case, Richard Allen, Zenas Sikes, 2* Horace Sikes, Samuel Huntington, Joseph Dilson, Timothy B. Strickland, Samuel Tucker, Cyrus How, Apollos Owen, Wm. Porter, Wareham Griswold, 2*, * Hez. Griswold, * Wm. Allyn, 3", * Ethan Barker, Jr., * Elihu Newbury, of Winton- bury, fifer, * Timothy Townsend. To this we may add the name of David Pinney, orderly set- geant. Major Martin Ellsworth,^ served at New London. Cyrus Griswold^ was in the 25th regiment, U. S. army. The late Mayor William Howard^ was also an officer in the U. S. army. Ancient Windsor formerly covered an area of some forty-six square miles, but, by the separation of several towns from its limits, has been greatly shorn of its fair proportions, and is now bounded north by Windsor Locks; east by the Connecticut River; south by Hartford and Bloomfield; and west by Bloom- 1 Oil H. H. Barbour's list is named as drummer. 2 Or Gustavus ? 3 Not in the list. Added hy ourselves, on good authority. FIRST SOCIETY. 507 field and Simsbury. Its surface may be considered as divided into three planes or levels; the first, broad, rich meadow knd^ ..skirted by the river; west of this, a higher level, on which the village is mainly built; and west of this, a yet higher elevation,, covered with woodland, etc, extending back towards the bounds^ of Bloomfleld and Simsbury. The soil is variable, but all of it good. The inhabitants of Windsor are industrious, well-educated and " well to do in the world " — indeed. New England contains- no pleasanter town or society than Old Windsor. Churches, schools, etc., have been described in the preceeding- pages. The only manufacture carried on in Windsor, is that of woolen. goods, by the Sequasson Woolen Company. This was iarst started in the spring and summer, of 1853, under the name of the Windsor Knitting and Manufacturing Company, and was- fitted up for the production of stockinet; but, owing to private difBculties, the property was assigned and sold before any goods- were made. The present company was formed in the spring of 1835, with a capital of $26,000, owned by twelve individuals. The following gentlemen were elected officers, and held office without change until January 1st, 1859: Wm. S. Pierson, M. D., president; E. N. Phelps, secretary; F. M. Brown, treas- urer; Wm. A. Lovell, agent. The first goods were sent to market December 6th, 1855. The mill is a substantial edifice of brick, four stories high, located a little northeast of the present railroad depot, and contains three sets of machinery, driven by steam. The annual amount of production is about $15,000; the annual amount paid for labor, is about $11,000; the annual quantity of wool used, is about 80,000 lbs; the annual number of hands employed, is from forty-five to fifty. The present officers are, L. B. Chapman, president; E. N. Phelps, secretary; P. M. Brown, treasurer; Wm. W. Billings, agent. Foquonnoc, (Or Second Society,) situated on the Earmington (Windsor, or Little) Eiver, is a thriving settlement. The river was formerly navigable to this place, and now affords abundance of water 508 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. power, which is improved by a variety of manufacturing inte- rests. At Rainbow, Charles W. Denslow has a rail], wire works,, which employs about 20 hands. Hodge & Co. have two paper mills, eight engines, and two machines, employing about 30 hands. Denslow & Chase have a machine shop, employed principally in millwright work and paper machinery. At Poqtwnnoc are the Franklin Paper Works, consisting of two mills, one of which is now owned by Buckland & Co., con- taining seven engines, one 62-inch Fourdrinier machine. The other mill has been recently sold to B. T. Goodrich of Hartford, and A. C. Goodman of New York, and has six engines, one 84 inch Fourdrinier machine. A. M. Hathaway & Co. have a cotton mill, manufacturing cotton warps for carpets. Harris & Co. have a cotton mill, with about 30 looms, manu- facturing printing cloths. Alexander Clapp has a grist mill for custom work. Much of the land about Poquonnoc is what is termed plain land — sandy, partly covered with wood; when new, good for raising rye, well supplied with muck^ holes, and needs only energy to cart the muck on to the sandy parts to make them capable of bearing good crops. This muck, according to the experience of Mr. Daniel Buck, Jr., of Poquonnoc, on the upland, " is equal to barn-yard manure,' load for load." We herewith present an elaborate analysis, made by Prof. S. W. Johnson, of Yale College, of this muck, and also of the compact peat underlying it, which Mr. Buck employs for fuel. Both were examined in the air-dried state. General Analysis. Water. Muck. Water 1120 18.05 Vegetable or organic matter f4.1T 16.03 Ash, 8.63 5.92 100.00 100.00 1 Muck is the upper-crust, say 12 to 15 in. deep, pulverized by the action of the frost and rains. POQUONNOC PARISH. 509 Further there are p. ct. p. ct, 2.94 Matters soluble in water, 1.80 Matters soluble in weak solution of car- bonate of soda so-called soluble geine, 33.66 21.19 Potential ammonia 2.92 2.92 The analysis of the ash of the above peat on a specimen from Mr. Buck's farm, gave the following results : Potash, 69 Soda, 58 Lirae, 40.52 Magnesia ' 6.06 Oxyd of iron and alumina, , 511 Phosphoric acid .50 Sulphuric acid 5.52 Ciilorine, 15 Soluble silica, 8.23 Carbonic acid, 1 9.60 - Sand and charcoal, 12.11 Calling the ash 6 per cent of the peat, instead of 5.92, and calculating its ingredients on that amount, we have the com- plete analysis of the peat as follows. For the sake of compari- son, it is accompanied by a complete analysis by Dr Voelcker, of well rotted stable manure, made from the mixed dung of horses, cows and sheep. No. I, is the complete analysis of peat; No. IT, of well rotted stable manure : I. II. Water expelled at 212 deg., 18.050 15.420 ' Soluble in dilute solution of carb. of soda, soluble geine, 21.190 Insoluble in solution of carbonate of soda, 48.840 Potash 041 Soda 035 Lime •••• 2.431 Magnesia, 364 Oxyd of iron and alumina, 310 Phosphoric acid, 030 Sulphuric acid, 331 Chlorine, 009 Soluble silica, - 494 Carbonic acid, 1.115 Sand and charcoal 100 I- 16.530 .491 .080 1.990 .188 .613 .450 .121 .018 1.618 1.401 1.010 100.000 100.000 Potential ammonia 2.920 .135 Matters soluble in water, 1-800 5.180 510 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. TTie Congregational Church at Poquonnoc, known as the second in Windsor, was formed several years since, mostly by the labors of the Rev. T. H. Eouse, and with the aid of the Home Missionary Society. The field was hard to cultivate and discouraging to look upon. Universalism and infidelity had not only killed the ancient church of Poquonnoc, but had sown the seeds of a moral and religious lethargy, which had rendered this beautiful portion of the town a reproach to the cause of Christ, and it was familiarly spoken of in the surrounding country as Sodom. But through the labors of a few, and the blessing of God, the scene has changed. In 1853, a handsome church edifice of brick was erected, and soon after, a parsonage. In 1857, the Rev. H. J. Lamb became the pastor, and new improvements were under- taken upon the church and parsonage, which were temporarily • checked by the financial crisis of 1857. Soon after an exten- sive revival commenced in the society, and resulted not only in a manifest spiritual increase of strength, but in a determined and successful effort to clear ofi" the debts and incumbrances on the church, GEN EALO GIE S AND GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF THOSE FAMILIES WHICH SETTLED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ANCIENT WINDSOR, CONN., PRIOR. TO 1800. ABBREVIATIONS. J., born. S. TT-, South Windsor. m., married. Wby.^ Wintonbury (now Bloomfield). d.^ died, Poq-t Poquonnoc parish (in Windeor). wk.f week. W. i., Windfor Locks. mo., month. W. Rec.^ Windsor Town Records. W.y Windsor. Old Ch. Rec, Matthew Grant's OldBecord. E. W.^ Enst Windsor. dau., daughter. £;;., Ellington. j?., eon. The Graveyards, from whence InscriptionB are given, are designated as folloWB : W. O., Windsor Old Cemetery. E. W. O.. The Old E. W. Burying Ground in South Windsor. S. W., South Windsor New Graveyard. Wp. O., Wapping (S. W.) Old Burying Ground. Wp. N., Wapping (S. W.) New Burying Ground. Pog, O., Poquonnoc (Windpor) Old Graveyard. Pog. N., Poquonnoc (Windsor) New Graveyard. £., Bloonifleld Old Graveyard. E. W. St.^ the Graveyard on East Windsor Street, between Warehouse Pt. and the Hill. Sc, Scantic (East Windsor) Graveyard. Z, Ireland Street (East Windsor) Graveyard. K. M., Ketch Mills (East Windsor) Graveyard. INTRODUCTION, The ground-work material for the genealogical portion of this volume, was the Ancient Windsor Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, from 1635 to .1858, which were copied for me by my brother, William L. Stiles, with rare patience and accuracy.* The fiUing-in material has been drawn, 1st, from private family records, ancient documents, wills, etc., kindly placed at my disposal by their owners ; 2dly, tombstone inscriptions collected from over fourteen graveyards within the limits of the towns which were formerly com- prised in Ancient Windsor ;t 3dly, from probate, state, church, and pastoral records, printed volumes, newspapers, etc., etc., too numerous to mention. In short, every means have been employed to render this portion of our history as interesting, reliable and complete as joossi6/c — for such an undertaking can never be complete, and must always fall far short of the ideal and desires of him who undertakes it. Two circumstances have principally prevented the work from being as full as I could have wished. P'irst, that I was not a resident of the town, and thus did not possess tlie advantages of acquaintance, and traditionary knowledge of its inhabitants, which I should otherwise have enjoyed. I have therefore been obliged to go by the written record, and where that failed me, to rely on others. Secondly, others, especially the actual residents of the towns, who could and ought (for their own interests) to have aided me with those bits of personal and family history which public records fail to preserve — were strangely apathetic and indilferent to the matter. Out of over 1200 printed circu'ars containing genealogical inquiries, addressed by name to the residents of the six towns once comprised in Ancient Windsor, I have received answers to about one dozen ! The questions which these circulars contained were such as every intelligent man — who knew the name * Also the similar records of the town of East Windsor, from 1768 (the date of its separa- tion from the old town) to 1835. t As follows: Windsor. 1st Society, tlie old cemetery on Palizado Green. 2d Society, Po- quonnuc, the old cemetery by Elihn Marshall's, and the newer one by the church. Bloom. .;?«/d, the old cemetery. East Windsor. Scantic; Ketch Mills; Ireland Street ; the Street be- tween the Hill and Warehouse Point. South Windsor, let Society, the old burying ground ; the new one by the church. 2d Society, Wapping, the old aud the new burying grounds. Ellington, the old burying ground, and MoKiniatry ccmetoy. 05 514 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. of his grandparents, parents, his own brothers and sisters, &c. — could have answered in five minutes — without (one would suppose) any very alarming expenditure of thought, time, or eifort. But indifference reigned supreme — and if in the following pages, which present all that authentic written records, correspondence and unwearied personal eifort could gather, these persons shall find serious gaps, and faults of omission, they may thank themselves ! I speak thus plainly because I am very well aware that these very persons will be foremost and severest in their criticisms of this my " labor of love." An- other class, however — an almost infinitesimal minority — have treated the matter quite differently. They have furnished me every facility ; have an- swered my letters fully and promptly ; have confided to me valuable and treasured documents; have stirred up their friends and relatives to do like- wise — in short, have manifested a lively rational interest in their own an- cestry, and an appreciation of my labors for the gratification of that interest. They have my most heartfelt thanks, and in these printed pages, methinks they will have a still greater reward, in the greater fullness of detail which their family records present. For, in a work of this kind, the value and in- terest of a genealogy must necessarily depend to a large degree upon the labor and assistance bestowed upon it by individual members of the family. They alone can give those Utile touches and incidents, which clothe and beautify the otherwise dry skeleton of dates. Except in these.cases, the genealogies which are here present must be con- sidered merely as approximations to, or material for genealogies. The im- mense amount of debris — the membra disjecta — the odds and ends which could not be fitted in to their appropriate niches, have been preserved under the head of Miscellaneous. There they will — by the kindly agencies of types — be preserved, until the right time, when the right hand shall fit them each to their right place. It is believed that the forms of arrangement em- ployed, are so simple and plain, as to need no elaborate explanation. I might also add, that every genealogy has passed under my own eye — has been carefully collated with my large store of information and manu- scripts, has been arranged and rearranged, and is now presented to the pub- lic, with a, reasonable confidence that it will be found correct and trust- worthy. HENRY E. STILES, M. D. Brooklyn, N. Y,,1859. GENEALOGIES ABBE (Abbee, AVbj, Abbey, Abbie). An original name at Enfield. Sam- uel of Windsor, bought land in Windham, of Obid, in 1714. Simeon (s. of Thos.), b. Feb. 3, 1772. Amos had— Amos, b. Jan. 27, 1792; Lucy, b. .June 24, 1795; Abigail, b. July 28, 1797; Elijah, b. Aug. 1, 1793. Joel (E. W.) had— Joel, b. Jan. 14, 1817 ; Lydia, b. Nov. 28, 1818 ; John, b. Feb. 26, 1822; Joel, b. March 12, 1824; Jacob, b. June 25, 1826 ; Eunice, b. April 26, 1832 ; Joseph, b. Dec. 20, 1836. Marriages (E. W.). Robert M. m. Maria Wolcott, April 28, 1822; Johit B. m. Abigail H. Kingsbury, Nov. 27, 1828 ; Amos m. Clarissa L. Marble, Jan. 6, 1833. Death (E. W.). Hakvet C. m. Mary Ann . He d. Aug. 8, 1846, a. 40 years (E. W. I.). Their s. Lester d. March 19, 1839, a. 2; Alice H., dau. of Daniel and Amelia V., d. Sept. 20, 1856, a. 6 ; Edssel d. Nov. 17, 1851, a. 57, His wife, Martha, d. Sept. 24, 1851, a. 61 ; Mart, wife of Jere- miah, d. Aug. 21, 1797, in 63d year; Ltdia, wife of Jeremiah, d. Sept. 9, 1855, a. 79. They had— Harriet, d. July 6, 1807, a. 6 ; Minerva, d. Sept. 20, 1808, a. 3 ; Miles, d. Dec. 21, 1837, a. 39. Benjamin d. Nov. 24, 1836, a. 83. ABBOT (Abbit, Abbett). George, a servant boy in W., was fined £5 for .selling a pistol and some powder to th« Indians, and bound by the court for his good behavior, 1640. At court in Hartford, 1647-8. In 1647 was fined 12s to Richard Lettin. He was a ■witness in the settlement between the In- dians of Ma;Saco (Simsbury) and John Griffen, in 1648. A G«orge, Sen., pro- bably the same, was at Norwalk, Ct., as early as 1655. Abiel b. Aug. 10, 1693; m. Abigail Grant, Jan. 9, 1717; A. Jan. 21, 1758. She d. Aug. 22, 1724, in 29th year (E. W.). CAiWrm- Abigail, b. Nov. 25, 1718 ; Ann b. Aug. 3, 1721 ; Abiel, Jr., b. June 14, 1724. ADAMS, Edward (of Hartford), m. Elizabeth Buckland of Windsor, May 25, 1660; he d. Aug. 15', 1683 ; left a small estate to his wife and daughter. Children — Edward, a. 12 years in 1683, d. before his father ; Mary, b. Aug. 516 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 28, 1671. ADOMS, John, m. Abigail Pinne, Dec. 6, 1677. Children— Ahig^l b. July 8, 1681 ; John b. March 15, 1682-3. ADOMS, Samuel, m. Deborah CJillet," April 23, 1694. C/»7d— Gillet b. Feb. 19, 1694-95. ADAMS, Wm., and Olive Westland, both of Windsor, m. June 16, 1823. William and Olive Holcomb m. Feb, 2, 1852. ADOMS, Daniel, m. Mary (dau. of Sam'l) Pinne, Sept. 20, 1677. ADAMS, Benj. W., ni. Catharine T. Sedgewick, April 16, 1833 (E. W.). ALEXANDER, George (Scotchman), m. Su. Sage, March 18, 1644. He paid 3s for a pew in 1059 — was probably the same who was a first settler at Northampton, in 16^3. Children— John, b. July 25, 1645 ; Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1648; Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1650 ; Nathaniel, b. Dec. 29, 1652; d. at Hadley, 1742, a. 90 years ; Susan (or Sarah), b. Dec. 8, 1654, also a second John, and a daughter {Old Ch. Rec.). John (s. of Geo.) had a .=on, Nathaniel, b. "ye beginning of April," 1676, at W. ALVORD (Alford). Benedicths m. Jane Newton,, Nov. 26, 1640; joined the Windsor Church, 1641 ; was juror in April, 1643 ; sergeant in the Pequot flght, 1637; constable in 1666; will proved in 1683-4; estate £229 3s 9rf. His son Josias had the farm granted his father by the county for services in the Pequot war ; he d. April 23, 1683. Children — Jonathan, b. June 1, 1645 ; Benedict, b. July 11, 1647 ; Josias, b. July 6, 1649 ; Elisabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1651; Jeremy, b. Dec. 24, 1655. Jeremy (son of Benedictus), m. Jane , who was his widow and ad- ministratrix in 1709 ; she d. May 19, 1715. Children — Benedict, b. April 27, 1688; Newton, b. March 24, 1689-90; Jeremiah, b. May 8, 1692; Jonathan, b. March 4, 1691, d. July 14, 1700; Jane, b. Jan. 14, 1698-9; Joanna b. March 1, 1701-2 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov, 22, 1703, d. Jan. 10, 1703-4 ; Elizabeth 2d, b. April 27, 1706 ; Job, b. Aug. 26, 1708. BENEniOT (son of Jeremy), m. Abigail Wilson of 'Windsor, Jan. 12, 1714. C/iiWrai— Benedict, b. Aug. 29, 1716; Abigail, b. Aug. 3, 1718, d. Jan. 16, 1746 ; Alexander, b. March 31, 1721 ; Jerusha. b. April 3, 1723, d. Feb. IS, 1753 ; Azuba, b. Feb. 19, 1727, d. June 2, 1786. Benedict (son of Benedict 2d), m. 1st, Jerusha Ashley of Hartford, Aug. 9, 1744; she d. Jan. 18, 1761, a. 38 years ; m. 2d, Rebecca Owen, Dec. 18,1761; he d. Feb. 15, 1764 (?). Children by lit Wi/e— Deidamia, b. Jan. 13, 1744; Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1747; Jerusha, b. Aug. 21, 175- ; Alexander, b. June 25, 1752; Lucrece, b. March 27, 1755; Abigail, b. Oct. 23, 1745; Benedict, b. Feb. 27, 1757 ; Anna, b. April 7, 1759 ; George, b. March 10, 1761. Children by 2d w(/e— Rebecca, b. Oct. 24, 1762 ; Rossiter (dau.) b. Nov. 18, 1763. Jeremiah (son of Jeremy?), m. Sarah . Children — Sarah, b. June 16, 1712, d. June 9, 1715 ; Jeremiah, b. June 1, 1714, d. Jan. 4, 1751-2; Jane, b. June 1, 1715 ; Sarah 2d, b. Feb. 14. 1717-18 ; Jonathan, b. Sept. 16, 1720; Jeremiah, b. May 14, 1725 ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1727. ALVORD — ALLEN — ALLYN. 5 1 7 Job (son of Jeremy?), m. , was one of the first settlers at Ilarwinton, Ct., about 1734. Children— Joh, b. July 3, 1736 ; John, b. Sept. 4, 1738. Jonathan (sou of Jeremiah), m. Charity Thrall, Dec. 17, 1744. Children— Jouathau, b. Dec. 21, 1745 ; Joseph, b. July 6, 1748 ; Charity, b. June 20, _ 1750. Jeremiah (son of Jeremiah), m. Annie Giles, July 15, 1746. Child — Jere- miah, b. Feb. 16, 1746. MISCELLANEOUS. Births. — AzDBAH, had Dorothy, b. July 28, 1750. Marriages. — Josiah, m. Mary Drake (alias Case), Oct. 20, 1726. Nathaniel m. Experience (dau. of Joshua) Holcomb, July 3, 1724. JekemiAh, m. Sarah (dau. of John) Eno, July 4, 1771. Nathaniel B., m, Kezia Barber, April 14, 1829. William, m. Maria Barber, July 9, 1835. Elijah L., m. Emily Sill, Sept. 30, 1850. Deaths. — Abigail (possibly wife of Benedict, jr., sou of Jeremy), d. April 30, 1773, a. 93. Elizabeth, d. May 18, 1727. Jeremiah, d. July 9, 1714. Jekemiah, d. June 6, 1709. Azubah, d. June 2, 1786. Elizabeth (dau. of Jona), April 9, 1777, a. 7. James (son of Jona) April 9, 1777 or 2. Inias of Benedictus, d. May 10, 1722. William and Clarissa (she d. Dec. 1, 1809 a. 35), had : William, d. March 14, 1806, a. 2 ; Felton, d. April 1, 1806, in 4th year. Capt. William, had : Alanson H., d. April" 1810, a. 8 months; Selina, d. Feb. 4, 1821, a. 39 ; William F., d. Aug. 27, 1851, a. 43. Alexander (probably a brother of Benedictus 1st), m. Mary Vose of Windsor, Oct. 29, 1646, was a settler at Northampton. His children born at Windsor, were : Abigail, b. Oct. 6, 1647 ; John, b. Aug. 12, 1649 ; Mary, b. July 6, 1651 ; Thomas, b. Oct. 27, 1653 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1655 ; Benja- min, b. Feb. 11, 1657 ; Sarah, b. June 24, 1660.— OW Ch. Rec. ALLEN and ALLYN. Among the original families of Ancient Windsorj there are three distinct families of this name. The Allen, from Enfield, who settled in East Windsor, and two families of Allyn, one of Scotch and the other of English extraction. Owing to the peculiar disregard of orthogra- phical correctness displayed by town clerks, and grave-stone cutters, as well as individuals themselves, it has become a difficult and almost impossible task, in many cases, to distinguish to which family an individual belonged. This consideration will sufficiently account for any errors which may here- after be detected in the arrangement of this genealogy. ALLEN (AUin, Ailing — also Allyn). The descendants are very numerous in Enfield and East Windsor — there being about 50 tax payers of the name.* Samuel was chosen a juror of the Town of Windsor, March 5, 1644. He * Our acknowledgements are largely due to Mr. Henry W. Allen of Warehouse Point, who kindly drew up and submitted to our inspection, an excellent outline genealogy of his an- cestry. 518 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. died, and was buried April 28, 1848.* His widow, Ann, with her three eons, moved to Northampton, Mass., where she m. William Hurlburt. Children — Samuel ; t Nehemiah ; John.l JoHif,t m. Mary Hammond, and was killed by the Indians, at the battle of Bloody Brook in Deerfield, Sept. 18,1675. CAtWrm— John,2 b. 1670; Samuel,3 b. 1673 ; Hannah, b. 1675. JoHN,2 m. 1, Bridget , who d. Sept. 5, 1714. He m. 2, Elizabeth , who d. Feb. 27, 1759 ; he settled and lived in Enfield, where Abial Pease now lives. Children — Azariah, b. 1701 ; m. Martha Bnrt of Longmeadow ; d. 1781 ; left one son, Moses, who lived and d. in Eniield ; Ebenezer,* b. Feb. 11, 1711-12. SamdeLjS m. Hannah Burroughs, in 1700. Lived in Enfield, wher« Chauncey Allen now lives ; died in 1735, ». 62. Children — Samnel,^ b. 1702; Joseph,8 b. 1704; John, b. 1712; m. Abigail Faase, 1737; lived where his father lived ; he d. 1791, and left one son, John, who lived on the same place occupied by his father and grandfather, and had two sons, Isaac and Peter. Epenezek,* m. Rebecca Bartlett of Stafford, 1750 ; d. June 25, 1795. His wid. d. Sept. 16, 1817. Children — Ebenezer, settled in E. W ; m. Chloe — ; he d. Feb. 15, 1825, a. 73; she d. June 17, 1788, aged 33 {E. W. Street Gd.); Israel,' b. Nov. 5, 1753 ; Jonathan, settled in Enfield; Elijah, moved west; Solomon, settled in Enfield: SamuelS (late of Enfield), m. Elizabeth Booth in 1728, lived in East Windsor where H. Barber Allen now lives. Children — Samuel b. Jnne 13, 1729 ; Elizabeth, b. March 28, 1731 ; Abel, b. Aug. 14, 1733 ; Tabithy, b. April 13, 1736 ; Love, b. July 13, 1738 ; Peletiah ; Zachariah,t b. Oct. 31, * Wyndsor, 8th September, 1648. An Inventory of the estate of Samuel Allyn, late of Wyndsor, deceased: £ fi d Impr. : the horreing and homelottes. Hi : It : 4 acres of meadow, 71, , 18 00 00 It: 15 acres ouer the ureat Riuer, 15 00 00 It : 18 acres of upland, 4 10 00 It: in goodes onebed with his furniture 5 tW 00 It: two beds more, &c., 2 14 00 It : one piilowbeere, one table cloalh & napkins, 10 8 It : his wearing aparrell, 5 5 00 It : '3 Iron pots, '21 5a ; In brass, IHOs ; in pewter, 1;, 4 15 00 It: in hogeheadH, payles, tubbs and earthenware, 19 00 It: 2 spinning wheels, 7 00 It: m crook es, Grid iron, fire pan and tongs, 13 00 It : his working tooles, 2; 2s, 2 200 It : amurkltt and sworde, 13s, 13 00 It: a table and forme, and other lumber, 10 00 It : in cattle, one cowe, one heifer, one yearling, ; 12 00 00 It: two swynes, 4 00 00 76 18 08 Heioiy Clakke. Davld Willtom. t This Samuel had lands in Northampton in 1657 ; married Hannah Woodford. He died in 1719. His son Samuel died 1739, aged 63. His son Joseph died in 1779, aged S3. His son Thomas died in 1810, aged 67. The first minister of Pittsfleld. His son Rev. William Allen, of Northampton, born 1784, known as the author of Allen's Biographical Dictionary. tMSS. of H. W. Allen, Esq. ALLEN. 519 1742 ; m. Hannah ; lie d. Nov. 17, 1831, a. 89; she d. Dec. 28, 1848 a. 9L JosEPH,6 m. Mary Hewlet, settled in East Windsor, where Jabez Allen, now lives; d. June 11, 1777, a. 73; she d. June 28, 1782, a. 78. Chilirm— Hannah, m. Caleb Booth ; d. Nov. 22, 1779, a. 55 ; was mother of Caleb Booth, Esq., who lived in East Windsor, where G. Newton Booth now lives. Joseph, Esq., b. 1725 ; m. Lois Burnham of East Hartford, Jan. 17, 1755 ; lived in East Windsor, where the widow of James B. Adams now lives ; he d. Oct. 8, 1808, in 83d year; she d. Dec. 6, 1805, a. 75 : Noah b. May 15, 1730; m. Annah Root of Somers, March 20, 1756 ; lived in East Windsor, where the jate Daniel Allen lived and died ; he d. Oct. 27, 1776, a. 47 ; she d. Oct. 10, 1806, in 78th year : David.o b. Nov. 22, 1734 : Samuel,io b. June 8, 1736 : Hezekiah,ll b. Oct. 8, 1738 : Mary, m. Matthew Thompson of Enfield; had 2 children : Dorcas, b. June 10, 1742 ; m. Henry Wolcott of East Windsor ; d. May 9, 1822, a. 81 ; lived where Henry W. Bissell now lives. Israel,^ m. Martha French, 1778 ; d. Sept ; 26, 1828, a. 75 ; lived in East Windsor ;* she d. Sept. 20, 1826, a. 68. CftiWrm— Israel ; Martha, b. Nov. 18, 1780, m. Elam Allen ; Lydia, d. Nov. 23, 1786, in 4th ysar; Gains, d. Dec. 23, 1787, in 3d year; Lydia; Gains; Josiah, d. Aug. 2, 1828, a. 36: Michael, drowned July 4, 1813, a. 16 ; Mary, d. at Alton, 111., Aug. 3, 1853, a. 38 ; Clarissa. Abel,8 m. Elizabeth Chapin of Enfield, Jan. 1, 1766. Children — Abel, b. Nov. 15, 1756 ; Phinehas, b. Oct. 31, 1758. David,9 m. March 1, 1742, Miriam Parsons of Somers, Ct,, farmer, lived in East Windsor, near Luman S. Allen's pre.'^ent residence; he d. April 9, 1789, in his 50lh year ; she d. July 2, 1805, a. 75. CA^rfren— Nathaniel,l2 b. Jan. 2, 1754 ; David, b. Aug. 13, 1755 ; Mos s, b. July 9, 1757 ; Solomon, b. June 20, 1759 ; Noah, b. Feb. 14, 1757 ; Timothy, b. Nov. 25, 1759. SAMtTEL 10 m. 1, Elizabeth Wells of East Windsor, who d. May 11, 1781, a. 33 ; he m. 2, Sarah Booth of Enfleld, who d. July 27, 1800, in her C7th year; he m. 3, Lucy (wid. of Darius) Markham of Enfield ; he d. Oct. 10, 1816, in his 81st year ; lived where his father Joseph lived. Children by \st ,ciye— Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1763, m. Jonathan Pasco, Esq., of E. W. d. Oct. 2, 1837, a. 74 ; lived where Alvah Morrell now lives ; had 10 children : Samuel S., m. Mary Allen of Enfield ; lived where James H. Allen his grand- sou now lives; he died October 11, 1841, aged 77; had 7 children. Mabel, b. Mdrch 30, 1768; m. Simeon Pease of Enfield; died November * The house in which Mr. Allen lived and died waa huilt (by contract) in 1735. The agreement waa entered into between the said Allen and one John Meacham, said Meacham waa to build the house according to the apecificationa in the agreement, receiving therefor the sum of £413 16s, one half to be paid in eash the auooeeding May, the other hall in October, following, to be paid in neat cattle and grain, at the appraisal of indiB'crent men. Mr. Allen waa to furnish tho eaid Meacham Hve gallons of rum while doing the work. 520 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 3, 1804, a. 36 ; had 12 children ; lived where "Wells Pease of Enfield now lives ; Joshua, tn. Abigail Bartlett of East Windsor ; lived where Henry W. Allen, Esq., now lives ; he died Feb. 6, 1843, a. 72; had 6 children: Elam,l4 b. July 29, 1774. Sabra, m. John McThompson of E. W. ; d. March 28, 1858, a. 84 ; had 10 children, and lived where her grandson, Franklin Thompson now lives. Children by 2d wife — Chester, b. June 13, 1780; m. Margaret Shaw of East Windsor; settled in Enfield, and moved to E. W., where he d. March 11, 1849, a. 69 ; had 6 children : Jabez, d March 9, 1783 ; Jabez, b. Jan'y 25, 1786 ; m. Lucy Markham of Enfield ; lives where his father and grandfather lived, and with his son Jabez S. Allen, Esq.; Mrs. Lucy Allen d. March 21, 1842, a. 64 {Sc); has 2 childien: Sarah, b. Aug. 1, 1789 ; m. Roswell Phelps of Enfield ; settled in Wilbraham, Mass. ; d. Oct, 4, 1850, a. 61 ; had 4 children. Hezekiah,ii m. Abigail Bartlett, of Stafford, d. June 14, 1807, a. 68; lived in East Windsor, neiir the present residence of Asher Allen, his gi-and- son. C/iiWrM— Abigail, b. Oct. 28, 1769. Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1773. Hezekiah, b. Sept. 7, 1777 ; m. Nancy (dau. of John) Paine of Vt, ; he d. March 11, 1846, a. 68 ; she d. July 20, 1843, a. 63: Hezekiah, b. Feb'y 27, 1804; had Giles, d. June 21, 1823, a. 14 : Joel, b. June 28, 1781 : Eunice, b, Dec. 9, 1783. Nathaniel,12 m. Annah ; lived in E. W. ; he d. Jan'y 5, 1804, a. 50 ; she d. Oct. 19, 1803, a. 47 {/. B. G'd). C/iiWre« — Nathaniel, b. Dec. 16, 1774 ; Amzi, b. Aug. 16, 1776 ; Moses, b. Aug. 11, 1778 ; Mary, b. July 3, 1780 ; Annah, b. Oct. 11, 1782 ; Sarah, d. Nov. 3, 1807, a. 18 (I. B. G'd). Soi,OMON,l3 m. Martha Simons of E. Windsor ; resided where his father did before him ; he d. June 1, 1846, a. 80 ; she d. March 26, 1829, a. 56. ChiU- ren — Roxalena, b. about 1792, d. Jan. 16, 1798, in her 6th year; Huldah, b. about 1794; d. March 10, 1813, in her 19th year; Luman S.,16 b. Sept. 19, 1806 ; Charlotte, b. in 1809, d. March 23, 1811, a. 19 months; Huldah F. b. 1813, d. Aug. 31, 1841, a. 28 (dates from Ireland graveyard, E. W.) Elam,i* m. Martha (dau. of Israel) Allen, of East Windsor (they both being the fourth generation from the John who was killed at Bloody Brook) ; set- tled in Enfield, and afterwards moved to East Windsor, where he lived and died in the same place where Israel Allen settled, and near the present resid- ence of his son Homer D. Allen, Esq. ; she d. Oct. 25, 1852, a. 72; he d. Jan'y 3, 1855, a. 78. Children- — Martha; Maronet; Elam ; Julia Ann; Miranda ; Lorina. Homer D, , b. Jan'y 29, 1815 ; m. Lucy Stoughton of South Windsor, Sept. 24, 1844 ; lives in E. W., on the farm owned by his father and grandfather; has one son living. Homer Stoughton Allen; dau. Lucy E., d. 1852, a. 17 mo. ; inf. son, d. 1846. Elizabeth W. ; Henriette. Luman S.,15 m. Jan'y 16, 1834, toEthelindaL. Kibbe, of Somers, Ct. ; farm- er, on the land occupied by his father and grandfather. Children — Ethelin- da, b. Oct. 25, 1834; Emily L., b. April 29, 1836; Amelia A., b. Sept. 30, ALLTN. 521 1837; Georgiana, b. Jan'y 1, 1839; Delia H., b. June 14, 1847; Luman S., b. Nov. 12, 1852; Lizzie S., b. April 24, 1854 ; d. Mai-ob 31, 1857. ALLYN, Alexander, was a Scotchman ; was an extensive merchant at Windsor, Conn, and connected in trade with the Borlands of Boston ; he was licensed at Windsor, to sell wine, and other strong drink, provided he would " not allow any to drink it in his house, and that he sell cheaper than others that have licenses ;" he m. 1, Mary Grant of Windsor, Sept. 21, 1693 ; she d. Aug. 6, 1703, a,. 29 ; m. 2, Elizabeth Allyn, dau. of Hon. John AUyn of Hartford, Dec. 21, 1704, who survived her husband, and m. for 2d husband, Mr. John Gardner of Isle of Wight, July 13, 1710 ; Mr. Alexander Allyn d. Aug. 8, 1708, a. 49 (Tombstone) ; his estate was £2,706 4s 2d ; he gave in his will £10 to each of his brothers, Robert and William, then re- siding in Scotland, to be expended in Boston to purchase articles to be sent to them ; he gave £15 for building a school-house on the Green in Windsor ; to Scott's Box in Boston, £5 ; to Rev. Mr. Mather, £5 ; to Rev. J. Marsh, £5 ; to Mary Cross, his mother-in-law, £5 in specie ; to Sarah (dau. of Thomas) Grant, a servant girl, 20s, to buy a Bible for her ; to his only dau. Mary, £400 in cash, and the remainder to his sons. Children hy 1st wife — Alexander, Jr., b. Sept. 9, 1695 ; John, b. July 25, 1697 ; William, b. April 9, 1701, d. May 16, 1701 ; Mary, b. June 7, 1702, d. Aug. 7, 1703. Children by 2d tot/e— Fitz John,b. Oct. 12, 1705 ; removed to New Haven where he lived ; he was a gen- tleman of means and education. Alexander, Jr. (s. of above), remained at Windsor, where he was also a merchant and possessed of a large property ; he m. Hannah Marshall of W., May 17, 1716 ; he d. April 2, 1742, a. 47 ; she d. Nov. 30, 1772, a. 78 ; his estate amounted to £8,875 9s lOd. Children — Abigail, b. Feb. 4, 1716-17, d. Sept. 20, 1719, " being scalded to death by running back- wards into a kettle of hot water ;'' Alexander 3d, b. Dec. 25, 1718 ; Alexander, who m. Hannah Ellsworth, April 28, 1748; he d. March 3, 1790; she d. Deo. 7, 1796, a. 83 : Abigail, b. Aug. 28, 1721 ; m. Ellsworth : Mary, b. July 14, 1733 ; m. Capt. James Hooker, and d. April 19, 1765, a. 22 : Hannah, b. Aug. 13, 1736 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 30, 1743. ALLYN (English), Hon. Matthew, m. Margaret ; he d. Feb. 1, 1670, at W. Children — Hon. John ;!• Thomas ;2 Mary, m. Benjamin Newberry ofW. Hon. JoHN,l m. Hannah, dau. of Henry Smith of Springfield, granddau. of Wm. Pynoheon ; he d. at Hartford, Nov. 16, 1696. Children — Anna, b. Aug. 18, 1654; Mary, b. April 3, 1657; Margaret, b. July 29, 1660, m. Wm. Southmayd of Middletown, Ct.; Rebecca, b. March 2, 1664; Martha, b. July 27, 1667; m. Aaron Cook : Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1669, m. Alexander Allyn OfW. Capt. Thomas,3 m. Abigail (dau. of Rev. John) Warham, Oct. 21, 1658 ; he d. Feb. 14, 1695-6 ; she d. . Children— John, b. Aug. 17, 1659, d. 66 522 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOB. Oct. 4, 1659 ; Matthew (Col.),^ b. Jan. 5, 1660; Thomas, Jr.,* b. March 11, 1663, m. Joanna ; had an only dau., Joanna, b. Nov. 22, 1703 ; his property was distributed to mother and dau , in 1712; estate £258 10« 8rf. ; his widow m. for a 2d husband, Samuel Bancroft of Windsor (Hinman) ; John, b. Jurie 24, 1665 ; Samuel, b. Nov. 3, 1667 ; Jane, b. July 22, 1670; m. Wolcott; Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1672, m. Bis'sell ; Sarah, b. July 13, 1674, m. ; Hester, b. Oct. 29, 1679. Col. Matthew, 3 m. Elizabeth Wolcutt (granddau. of Hon. Henry W., Sen.), Jan. 5,1686. She inherited from her grandfather, an estate situated in the parishes of Tolland and Ledyard Lauran, in Somersetshire, and at Willington, called Long Forth, in England. The rents of these lands, held by her husband in her right, were disposed of by him in his will, 1740, to their three living sons, and the four sons of his son Thomas, deceased. His estate was £1,806. He gave £4 to the 1st Society of Windsor. "The Hon. Col. Matthew Allyn, E.sq., who was many years one of the Coumil and Judge of the Superior Court, for the Colony of Connecticut, d. Feb. 17, A. D 1758, in ye 98th year of his age. Mrs. Elizabeth Allyn, his con.TOrt, died June ye 4tli, A. D. 1734, in the 69th year of her age" [Tumbstone in Windsor). "And here their bodies sleep in Dust, Till the Resurrection of the Just." Children— Thomas ■,^ Matthew, Jr.,6 b. Aug. 9, 1687; Peletiah,'' b. May 3, 1689 ; Josiah,8 b. March 9, 1692-3 ; Henry ,9 b. Dec. 16, 1699 ; Theopilus, b. Aug. 26, 1702. Lieut. Thomas,* m. Martha Wolcott, Jan. 6,1686; she d. Sept. 8, 1687. OAt/rfrcn— Benjamin,! h. Oct. 14, 1680; Martha, b. Sept. 1, 1687, d. Sept. 3, 1687. Capt. Thomas,5 m. Elizabeth; he d. Dee. 11, 1738, a. 42. Children— Thomas,ii b. Nov. 7, 1725 ; Theopilus,i2 b. Nov. 23, 1726 ; Eunice, b. June 7, 1730 ; Jonathan, b. March 5, 1733 ; Joseph, b. June 3, 1737. Matthew, 6 m. ; he d. before his father, who, in a codicil to his will, provided for the children ; estate distributed in 1671. Children— M&tthm, b. Dec. 20, 1740 ; d. Nov. 13, 1768, a. 28 ; Jonathan, b. Dec. 21, 1742 ; Elijah, b. Feb. 25, 1744. " In memory of Elijah Allyn, who after being mist 14 days, was on ye 5th of June, 1764, found drowned in Windsor Little Rivulet in ye 20th year of his age."— Windsor Rec. Dorcas, b. May 5, 1745 ; Esther, b. May 9, 1747 ; Moses, b. July 16, 1756 ; Aaron, b. April 5, 1753. Capt. Peletiah,7 m. Mary, dan. of Thos. and Abigail (Edwards) Stoughton, Aug. 26, 1711. C/ii/drm— Elizabeth, b. Nov. 22, 1712'; Peletiah, b. Oct. 4, 1714; Mary,b. Oct. 11, 1716; Theopilus, b. Aug. 28, d. Deo. 4, 1718; Doro- thy, b. Nov. 5, 1719 ; Jerusha, b. March 3, 1723-4 ; Samuel Wolcott,l3 b. Deo. 6, 1727 ; Solomon,!* b. Oct. 8, 1732. JosiAH,8 m. Sarah Ellsworth, Feb. 9. 1726; he d. Feb., 1753, before his father, and his children received from their grandfather, the portion which he had designed for their father; his widow d. May 31, 1763, a. 65. Child- ren— Josiah (LiBut.),i5 b. Nov. 3, 1727, d. Jan. 17, 1794, u. 67 ; his wid. Ann ALLTN. 523 d. March 18, 1795, a. 64 ; John b. Nov. 28, 1729 ; Matthew, b. April 3, 1732, d. Dee. 14, 1768 ; Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1731. Maj. Henry Alltn,9 m. Elizabeth ; he d. June 23, 1753, a. 54, before hia father, who made similar provisions for his grandchildren to those he had made for his other deceased sons. ChUdren—Hajiiy, jr.,18 b. Feb. 4, 1728 ; Ann, b. Dec. 6, 1731. BEXjAMra,10 ro. Ann Watson, Dec. 18, 1707. Children— Artn, b. Deo. 13, 1708; d. Sept. 10, 1717; Benjamin," b. April S, 1711; d. 1712-13; John, b. July 4, 1713. Thomas,!! m. Sarah Phelps, Dec. 13, 1750. Children— Thom&s, b. Dec. 30, 1751 ; Luke, b. Jan'y 17, 1753 ; Alexander, b. B'eb. 14, 1757 ; Theo- philus, b. May 23, 1759 ; d. March 29, 1767. Elislia, b. April 14, 1761 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 19, 1763. Theophilcs,12 m. Tryphena Wolc.ott, Oct., 1751 ; he d. Sept. 3, 1757. CAiWren— Tryphena, b. Jan. 8, 1752; Abigail, b. July 25, 1754; Luke, b. Feb. 5. 1755 ; George, b. July 18, 1756. Samuel 'Wolcott,13 m. Joanna Mills, Feb. 20, 1755 ; he d. Feb. 27, 1801, a. 74; she d. July 9, 1794, a. 63. CA)7c(rra— Clarissa, b. Deo. 21, 1756; Mary, b. Oct. 30. 1767 ; Samuel, b. Nov. 15, 1769 ; Wolcot, b. Sept. 11, 1763 ; Clarissa, b. Jan. 13, 1766. Caft. SoLOMOjf,!* m. 1, Abiah Stoughton,Dec. 8, 1756 ; she d. Nov. 9, 1788, a. 55 iBloomfietd Graveyard) ; m. 2, Rachel , who d. July 1, 1794, in her 50th year {B. Graveyard) ; m. 3, Sarah , who d. Sept. 17, 1819, a. 62 (B. Graveyard) ; Capt. Solomon, d. Nov. 16, 1810, a.. 75. Children— So\o' mon, b. 1757 ; Abiah, b. Aug. 2, 1761 ; Hetty, b. Aug. 8, 1764 ; Chloe, b. May 19, 1768. LiEDT. JosiAH,l5 m. Ann AUyn, Dec. 3, 1751. He d. ' Jan. 17, 1794, a. 67, and his widow died March 18, 1795. Both their estates were distributed as one, at the same time ; amount, ^8055, Is. 7d. Children — Roxana, m. Dr. Joseph Kingsbury of Ellington ; Ann, b. Sept. 10, 1756 ; m. Dr. Daniel Por^ ter of East Windsor. Rhoda, b. Sept. 18, 1757 ; Chloe, m. Dr. Elisha Sill of Windsor. Henkt, Esq. ,16 m. Ann Loomis, Feb. 22, 1727 ; he A. June 23, 1753, a,. 54 ; shed. Jan. 23, 1732. Children— Ufini-y (Esq.), b. Feb. 4, 1728 ; d. May 8, 1804, a. 76 : Ann, b. Dec. 6, 1731. Capt. Benjamin,17 m. Abigail Loomis, Aug. 9, 1738; lied. March 18, 1776, a. 66; she d. May 29, 1795, a. 74. Children— AUgnil, b. Oct. 30, 1734; d. Sept. 12, 1737. Benjamin, b. Sept. 13, 1736 ; m. 1, Sar.ah ; she d. Aug. 9, 1789, a. 50 ; m. 2, Abigail , who d. May 29, 1795, a. 84 ; he. d. Dec. 30, 1827, a. 90, and had 0. Allin, d. July 9, 1762, a. 9 mo. ; Abigail, b. Oct. 26, 1738 ; John, b. May 26, 1740 ; Samuel, b. April 17, 1742 ; Eunice, b. July 30,1743; Ann, b. July 21,1745; Job, b. Sept. 15, and d. Dec. 11, 1747; Dorothy, b. Feb. 12, 1749-50 ; Job, b. Nov. 24, 1753. 524 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — John, m. Elizabetli Mather, May 2, 1151. David, m. Mary Bancroft, Feb. 27, 1753. David, m. Miriam Parsons, of Somers, Not. 14, 1755. Zachakiah, m. Huldab Parsons, of Enfield, Oct. 31, 1765. Ehjah, m. Miriam Parker, of Southwick, Mass., Feb. 17, 1823. Eli B., m. Jerusha Mather, June 7, 1821. Benjamin, m. Cynthia Mather, Oct. 16, 1823. Al- gernon Sidney, m. Sarah E. Richardson, Sept. 4, 1835 ; Rev. Samuel H., m. Julia A. Pierson, Feb. 16, 1847. George W., m. .Jane Doyle of Spring- field, April 12, 1848 ; Wm. A., m. Ruth Ann Phelps, Dec. 29. 1849 ; Wm. A., of Bloomfield, m. Harriet Barnes, Dec. 24, 3858; Benjamin, m. Charlotte Phelps, May 11, 1828 ; Isaac G. (E. W.), m. Sabra Thompson, Oct. 20, 1832 ; their dau. Emily G. d. Sept, 12, 1834, a. 15 mo. Bir(A».— Samuel had Samuel, b. Oct. 27, 1703 ; Mary.b. Sept. 1, 1711. Johh m. Hannah Chapman, Feb. 20, 1723 ; child, William, b. April 22, 1728. John (AUin) had Ephestion, b. April 21, 1731. John had John, b. Oct. 10, 1751 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1753. John (Allyn) had Sarah, b. April, 1756. Joseph had Lois, b. Sept. 2, 1751 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 22, 1753 ; Roxana, b. April 25, 1753. William had William, b. Feb. 25, 1753. John had Charles, b. March 19, 1762. John 2d, m. Ruth Burnham of Farmington Dec. 18, 1760, had John, Jr., b. March 5, 1762. Jonah had Theodore, b. Feb. 25, 1762. Solomon (s. of David), b. March 10, 1766. Samuel, m. Lucy Gillet, Jan. 5, 1764. Samuel, probably the same, had Samuel, b. June 16, 1764; Samuel, b. Jan. 15, 1765. Jonah, m. Susannah; he d. Nov. 3, 1799, a. 66 ; she d. March 26, 1800, a,. 66 ; their son Theodore, d. April 10, 1762. Matthew, m. Mary ; he d. Dec. 14, 1768, a. 37 ; his widow d. Sept. 6, 1777, a. 63. Thomas had James, b. March 26, 1766 ; Eunice, b. April 18; 1768 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1, 1770. Elijah had Mary Andrus, b. March 2, 1766 ; Rebecca, b. Dec. 24, 1767. ChAkles had Charles, b. Aug. 27, 1787; William, b. March 25, 1791; Eliphalet Gilman, b. Jan. 18, 1797. Ebenezer Young, son of Sarah Allyn, and reputed son of Ebenezer Young, b. Oct. 19, 1777. Jonathan had Jona- than, b. Feb. 20, 1772; Elijah, b. June 21, 1776. Ensign John, m. Elisabeth ; he d. Feb. 6, 1796, a. 67 ; she d. Feb. 1, 1813, a. 83. Deaths {W. O.)— Capt. Peletiah AUin, d. Nov. 3, 1766, a. 78; Josiah, d. Feb. 4, 1735, a. 61; William, d. May 16, 1701; Samuel W., d. Jane 6,1805, a. 4; Elisha (of Elisha), d. Oct. 3,1806, a. 3; Elizabeth, d. Sept. 17, 1825, a. 72; Josiah, d. Deo. 2, 1797, a. 88 ; Elizabeth (wid. of Charles), d. March 10, 1806, a. 37 ; Fitz John, jr., d. Jan. 25, 1825, a. 38. (W. JSec.)— " Old Mk. Allyn," d. Sept. 12, 1675 ; Thomas (of Thos.), d. April 18, 1688. Thomas,^ d. April 6, 1709 ; Benjamin, d. Dec, 14, 1712; John, drowned June 3, 1714; Love (dau. of Samuel) Allyn, d. Sept. 17,1757; Samuel (g. of Samuel) Allyn, d. Jan. 23, 1759 ; Elizabeth (wife of Samuel) Allyn, d. Sept. 17, 1757; Matthew (s. of Thomas) Allyn, d. Nov. 13, 1768; ALLYN. 525 Thomas, d. Nov. 13, 1781 ; Wolcott of Randolph, Vt., d. Jan. 18, 1843 ; Samuel, d. Jan. 29, 1718 : his wife, Sakah (Cook), d. Nov. 22, 1724 ; Ann (dau. of Josiah) d. Oct. 28, 1756 ; (J3.)— Abraham, d. Nov. 13, 1812, a. 33; Eunice, wife of Jonathan, d. Jan. 20, 1794, in 45th year ; Azcbah, wife of Hezekiah (and dau. of Isaac and Azuhah Gleasou of Middlefield, Mass.), d. May 6, 1808, a. 30. Her son Henry d. Sept. 28, 1804, a. 24 days ; Mart (wife of David), d. Jan. 14, 1754, in 23d year. {E. W. 0.)— AsHER (s. of Sgt. Joseph), d. Nov. 1, 1825, a. 59 ; his wife Chloe, d. Feb. 14, 1850, 84. Daniel (s. of Daniel and Submit), d. July 22, 1806, a. 14 mo. Abigail, d. Jan. 25, 1825, a. 84. Sarah W. (wife of Daniel Dwight), d. Sept. 14, 1836, a. 34, in Scio, Mich. William E., d. March 5, 1849, a. 34, in Columbia, Miss. Deacon Noah, m. (2d wife) Mary Potwine, April 2, 1822 ; she d. June 20, 1847, a. 75 ; he d. May 7, 1824, a. 67 ; Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Noah, d. Oct. 3 0, 1802, in 48th year ; Peter, son of Deacon Noah, d. Sept. 23, 1793, in 27th year ; Betsy (dau. of Deacon Noah and wife of Timothy), d. March 20, 1812, a. 27. (St.)— Ianthe S. (dau. of Jas. and Ann), d. Feb, 16, 1836, a. 10 ; William (sou of same), d. Sept. 3, 1834, a. 21 mo. Benjamin, d. Nov. 21, 1800, in 45th year; his wife Miriam, d. July 5, 1827, ». 64; their dau. Ann, d. Sept. 25, 1790, in 3d year, and son Thompson, d. Jan. 2, 1809, in 17th year (they also had sons James and Isaac). Nathaniel, d. Oct. 6, 1811, a. 36 ; his son John, d. Oct. 11, 1803. Luke, d. April 4, 1835, a. 75 ; his wife Peggy, d. Oct. 24, 1832, a. 77. Makgaret (dau. of Luke and Mehitable), d. Jan. 12, 1838, a. 3. .Lathrop E. (sou of Lathrop and Sophronia), d. Sept. 9, 1841, a. 13; Bernard (of same), d. Sept. 29, 1841, a. 9. Samuel T., d. Aug. 9, 1841; a. 9 mo. Frederick R., d. Sept. 29, 1827, a. 9 mo ; Leverette, d. Aug. 10, 1829, a. 5. Harvey B., d. May 17, 1851, a. 39 ; his wife Submit, d. Nov. 10, 1847, a. 79 ; Daniel H. (son of Harvey B. and Marilla), d. Feb. 22, 1844, a. 6J. Elizabeth A. (dau. of Hiram M. and Lucy), d. Oct 10, 1848, a. 15 mo. ; Albert (of same), d. April 8, 1857, a. 7 yr. 8 mo. Solomon, Jr., d. Feb. 16, 1829, a. 31. Delma, wife of Winthrop, d. Jan. 4, 1846, a. 34; their s. Marcus, d. Dec. 20, 1845, a. 11 wks. ; their dau. Ellen F., d. Nov. 20, 1846, a. 6. Harriet S. (dau. of Alfred and Henrietta), d. Nov. 12, 1842, a. 3 yr. 8 mo.; Henrietta T. (of same), d. Nov. 21, 1849, a. 4 w. (K. M.)— Ann E., d. Oct. 4, 1844, a. 3. Israel, d. Nov. 15, 1848, a. 69 ; his wife Rhoda, d. Jan. 18, 1856, a. 73. (S.)— Samuel, jr., d. Nov. 10, 1836, a. 46 ; his wife Mary, d. May 21, 1823, a. 56. Samuel, m. Azubah Moody, Jan. 12, 1824; she d. Nov. 27, 1840, a. 76. James 0., d. Aug. 21, 1846, a. 61 ; his wife Eunice, d. June 30, 1848, a. 66. Ebenezer, d. Sept. 21, 1850, a. 75. Anna Livia (dau. of Jabez S. and Ann), d. Jan. 21, 1852, a. 5. Mariette Abigail (dau. of Henry W..and Elizabeth W.), d. Dec. 6, 1842, a. 5i (E. W. Si!.).— Samuel, d. Jan. 20, 1759, a. 29. Samdel (Allyn), d. Dec. 20, 526 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1771, a. 70. Zachakiah (AUyn), d. April 2, 1784, a. 42. Eliza, wife of Baxter H., d. Nov. 6, 1855, a. 22. ALLISTON, WiUiani, d. May 30, 1684. ANDERSON, Asahel, had Nancy, b. April 26, 1756 ; Ashbel, b. June 29, 1758. George, had Stephen Stedman, b. Feb. 27, 1796 ; Theodore, b. May 1, 1798 ; Violette, b. March 14, 1790 ; Chester, b. Deo. 8, 1791, Rdssel (s. of Geo. and Aurelia), d. July 18, 1796, a. 2^ (£. W. 0. Gd.). ATCHINSON, Silvester, had Laura, b. Sept. 3, 1780. ATWELL, Joseph, m. Miriam Case, Dec. 27, 1753, had Joseph and Benja- min, twins, b. Oct., 1754. BAKER, Jeffey, an original settler at Windsor, m. Jane Rockwell, Nov. 15, 1642. He d. July 7, 1655. Cfa7rf/-c«— Samuel, b. March 30, 1644, m. Sarah Cook, June 30, 1670 ; Hepzibah, b May 10, 1646; Mary, b. July 15, 1649 ; Joseph b. June 18, 1655 ; Abigail, b. Deo. 23, 1652. Joseph (son of above), m. 1st, Hannah (wid. of Thos.) Buckland and 3d dau. of Nathl. Cook, Jan. 30, 1676 ; he m. 2d, Hannali Pomeroy of North- ampton, July 8, 1702. Children by \st wife — Joseph, b. April 13, 1678, d. Dee. 11, 1695 ; Lydia, b July 15, 1681, d. May 8, 1698 ; Samuel, b. Oct. 17, 1684, d. Oct. 16, 1685 ; Hannah, b. Dec. 19, 1686, d. March 8, 1687 ; Ebenezer, b. July 17, 1689. Children by 2d wi/c— Joseph, b. April 19, 1703; Samuel, b. June 28, 1705 ; John, b. Dec. 28, 1707 ; Hannah, b. April 9, 1709 ; Jacob, b. Jan. 11, 1710; Abigail, b. Nov. 11, 1712; Ebenezer, b. Jan. 31,' 1714-15, Daniel, b. April 2, 1717 ; Heman, b. April 27, 1719 ; Titus, b. May 14, 1722. Joseph, m. Abigail Bissell, Dec. 26, 1706. Nathaniel, had Bezaleel, b. Oct. 9, 1745. Marriages. — W. A.,m. Frances P. Gillett, Dec. 7, 1841. Joseph, m. Eliza- beth Marshall, Nov. 11, 1829. Joseph W., m. Hannah M. Clark, April 12, 1849. Deaths. — Susan, wife of S. S. (dau. of Henry and Mary Taylor of Niagara 00. N. y.) d. Aug. 25, 1850, a. 35 years. Henky E., s. of Simon and Harriet, d. June 21, 1824, a 15 mo. BAILEY, Smith (E. W.), m. Jerusha Backus, Jan. 8, 1772. BALDWIN, Daniel, had Elijah P., June 15, 1754. BALLARD, Daniel (E. W.), perhaps a son of John of Willington, Ct., had John, b. Nov. 19, 1784. BANCROFT (Bancraft), John, perhaps a s. of John of Lynn, Mass., was at W., 1645 ; m. Hannah Dupper, Dec. 3, 1650 ; he d. Aug. 6, 1662. ChUd- rc»— John b. Dec. 1651 ; Nathaniel,2 b. Nov. 19, 1658 ; Ephraim,3 b. June 15, 1656 ; Hannah, b. April 6, 1659 ; Sarah b. Dec. 26, 1661. Nathaniel, 2 m. Hannah (dau. of John) Williams, Deo. 26, 1677. Child- ren— John i b. Jan. 24, 1678 ; Nathaniel,6 b. Sept. 25, 1680. BANCEOPT. 527 Ephraim,3 m. Sarah Stiles, May 5, 1681. CAiWito— Ephraim.s b. Feb. 8, 1682; John b. Feb. 8, 1685 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 26, 1686-7; John, b. Deo. 19, 1690 ; Benjamin, b. May 10, 1694 ; Daniel, b. July 16, 1700 ; Thomas,' b. Dec. 14, 1703. John,* m. , had Rachel, b. Aug. 2, 1723, d. July 8, 1735 (E. W. O ) Nathaniel,^ m. Ann Wolcott, Dec. 21, 1732, she d. May 2, 1766. CAi7d- rf«— Mary, b. Jan. 6, 1730; Sibel, b. Oct. 17, 1734; Hannah, h. July 22, 1735 ; Samuel, b. Oct. 29, 1737 ; Abner, b. Oct. 30, 1739 ; Jerusha, b. April 11, 1742 ; Thomas, b. Sept. 26, 1746. Ephraim,6 Jr., m. Frances Phelps, March 17,1715. Children — Sarah, b. 30, 1715; Ephraim, b. Oct. 8, 1717; Ephraim,8 b. March 12, 1818-9, d. July, 6, 1750; Isaac,9 d. Aug. 17, 1720; Hannah, b. July 23, 1723 ; Eliza, d. July 13, 1750 ; Ruth, d. Jan. 28, 1727-8 ; Ruth. b. Sept. 7, 1729. Thomas,' m. . C/n7dr™— Sarah, b. Dec. 15, 1728 ; Esther, b. Nov. 21, 1729 ; Thomas, b. Oct. 10, 1731, d. Aug. 6, 1758 ; Nathaniel, d. April 20, 1768 ; John.lO b. Dec. 31, 1733 ; Edward," b. July 13, 1737; Abel, b. July 25, 1740 ; Ann, b. Oct. 8, 1744; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 16, 1748. Epheaim (E. W.),s m. Esther Leason of Enfield, Dec, 6, 1739. Children— Tryphena, b. Aug. 10, 1740 ; Alice, b. March 4, 1746, d. July 13, 1750 ; Esther, b. Dec. 23, 1744 ; Ruth, b. Dec. 13, 1746 : Ephraim, b. Feb, 6, 1748-9, d. July 6, 1750 ; Ephraim b. Feb. 24, 1751 ; Noadiah, b, Dec. 13, 1753 ; Oliver July 22, 1757. Isaac,9 m. Abigail Eggleston, Dec. 17, 1741 ; shed. June 17, 1758. Child- ren— Issue, b. Sept, 8, 1742; Abigail b. Aug. 23, 1744; Eunice, b, Feb. 16, 1747 ; Jerusha, b. Jan. 21, 1749 ; Lois, b. Nov. 5, 1752 ; Hannah, b. March 29, 1755, JoHN.lOm. . Children— Amia, b. Oct. 22, 1763; John, b. Oct. 13, 1767. Edwakd (E. ■W.),llm. . CAi'Wrm— Sarah, b. Jan. 5, 1770; Thomas, b. Aug. 3, 1771 ; Editha, b. Feb. 20, 1778 ; Chloe, b. Sept. 13, 1781 ; Na- thaniel, b. Oct. 28, 1783. John (E. W.), had Chloe, b. June 19, 1773. Samuel, m. 2d, Wid. Joanna Allyn, Feb. 3, 1709-10 ; she d. Jan. 8, 1773, a. 97. CAiWrcn— Margaret, b. May 15, 1698; Eunice, b. Dec, 29, 1708; Nathaniel, b. July 4, 1703 ; Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1706. miscellaneous. Marriages {E. W.). — Benjamin, m. Docia Goodale, Jan. 4, 1823. Alfred, m. Minerva Clark, March 3, 1824. Bissell, m. Joanna Morton, Nov. 24, 1824. Caleb I,, m. Chloe Wolcott, Oct, 5. 1831, Deaths (B. W. O.) — Lieut. Samuel, d. Nov. 29, 1742 ; Hannah (wife of S.), d. Jan. 24, 1708-9, in 38th year. Ben-jamin, d. Dec. 9, 1854, a, 77; his wife Anna, d. July 14, 1821, a, 41. Fanny, dau. of Anson and Miriam, d. Aug. 27, 1795. 528 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. (If. M.)—CsLOs, wife of David, d. Deo. 16, 1850, a. 78. (Sc.)— Minerva, wife of Alfred, d. July 14, 1827, a. 31 ; their s. John Clark, d. April 2, 1825. ( Wp. N.) — Fkedeeick, s. of Henry and Aurelia, d. Sept. 13, 1850, a. 1 year 8 mo. James B., d. Nov. 5, 1850, a. 8 years 9 mo. BARBER, Thomas, the first of the name in New England, came to W. with Mr. Frances Stiles' party, in 1635. The court held atHartford, March 28, 1637, " ordered that Mr. Francis Stiles shall teach George Chappie, Thomas Cooper and Thomas Barber, his servants, in tlie trade of a carpenter, according to his promise, for their service of their term, behind 4 days in a week only to saw and slit their own work." He was made freeman in 1645. Was a soldier in the Pequot fight. In 1648 was a defendant in court. Sgt. Barber, for his disorderly striking Lieut. Cook, was adjudged to forfeit his office and pay £5. He removed to Simsbury, where he contracted to build the first meet- ing-house. He m. Jane , Oct. 7, 1640. Children — John, 2 hap. July 24, 1642 ; Thomas,3 bap. July 14, 1644 ; Sarah, hap. July 19, 1646 ; Samuel,* bap. Oct. 1, 1648 ; Mary, bap. Oct. 12, 1651 ; m. Hale, settled in Snf- field ; Josiah,6 bap. Feb. 15, 1653. JoHN,2 m. Bathsheha ; lived at Simsbury ; was a freeman in 1669 ; made his will Feb. 4, 1711-12. Children recorded at Windsor — Joanna, b. April 8, 1567 ; John, b. July 14, 1669. Thomas,^ m. Mary Tlielps, Dec. 13, 166-, lived at Simsbury ; he d. at Simsbury, May 10, 1701. Estate £488 18s '3d. Children— M&ty, b. Jan. 11, 1666 ; Sarah, b. July 12, 1667. Samoel,* m. 1, Mary Cozzens; he m. 2, Ruth (dau. of John) Drake, June 25, 1676 ; he lived in W. a little n. of Millbrook, afterwards removed to Simsbury. Children by 1st wife — Thomas, b. Oct. 7, 1671, buried Oct. 31, 1673 ; Samuel,e b. July 26, 1673. Children by 2d m/c— John,7K h. Jan. 25, 1676 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 4, 1681 ; Ruth, b. July 24, 1683 ; m. Wilham Phelps, settled inW., near where William Cook now lives ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 9, 1684; m. Daniel Loomis, lived in W., near where R. W. Loomis now lives : David, b. May 12, 1684 ; m. Hannah Post, and settled on lands at Hebron, willed to him by his father : Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1698 ;m. 1, Stephen Palmer, and settled in Poquonnoc ; m. 2, a Phelps, moved to Westfield : William ;^ Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1704 ; m. Peter Brown, settled in W., near Julius Ransom's present residence : Mindwell , d. unmarried ; her brother Joseph was appointed administrator on her estate, March 17, 13 ; estate £61 lis : Jo- seph ;8 Benjamin.9 Josiah,* was m. to Abigail (dau. of Nathaniel) Loomis, Nov. 22,1677, "by Capt. Newberry ;" lived in s. part of Windsor, near the river ; she d. Feb. 9, 1700-1, Chil /rm— Abigail, b. March 12, 1678 ; Josiah, b. 1685 ; Nath.,l» b. April 6,1691; Rebecca, b. April 11, 1698; Jouathan,li June 4, 1694; Aaron,"l2 July 20, 1697. Samuel, Jr., 6 m. Martha Ponder of Westfield, June 18, 1713. Children— BAEBBB. 529 Martha, b. May 1, 1714; Hepziba, b. April 8, 1716 ; Samuel, b. Aug. 28, 1717 ; Thomas,l3 b. May 5, 1720 ; Ezekiel, b. Sept. 25, 1721 ; Benjamin. William,' m. Esther Brown, Nov. 5, 1700, lived at Poquomioc ; d. July 17, 1704 CAiW— William," b. Dec. 31, 1701. SoMsJ^ m. Jane Alford, July 24, 1717. Children— John, b. June 19, 1718 ; Jane, b. June 16, 1720 ; married David Thrall, lived in W., where Horace Thrall now lives; Naomi, b. Jan. 27, 1721; m. Daniel Barber of W. ; Gi- deon.is b. Aug. 26, 1723 ; Asahel, b. Dec. 6, 1725 ; d Nov. 6, 1726 : Asahel, b. Aug. 10, 1727 ; m. Mary Collier cf Hartford, settled at Harrington : Reu- ben, b. Jan. 26, 1728 ; m. Sarah Merriman of Harrington, where he settled : Jerusha, b. Sept. 26, 1730 ; m. Jonah Barber, lived in W., where J. P. Ells- worth now lives ; David.W b. March 31, 1733 : Noah, b. May 8, 1735 ; m. Sybil Booth of E. W., on Oct. 28, 1761, where he settled ; his dau. Tarzah wash. July 9, 1762; Mrs. Sybil, d. Aug. 16, 1815, ». 81; he d. March 13, 1822, a. 87 : Joel, b. Oct. 22, 1736 ; m. Mary Drake, went to Simsbury ; Jeri- jah," b. 1739 : Ruth, b. Nov. 10, 1740 ; m. 1, Titus Burr of Bloomfield ; m. 2, Ebenezer Burr of same place. Joseph,^ m. Mary Loomis, May 6, 1708. Children — Joseph, b. Jan. 28, 1708-9 ; Samuel, b. Aug. 6, 1710 ; Daniel, b. July 2, 1712 ; Mary, b. March 24, 1714; Mindwell, b. Oct. 8, 1716 ; Daniel, b. April 23, 1719 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1721 : Jonah,18 b. Jan. 9, 1723. Benjamin,^ m. Hannah Lewis, June 30, 1720, settled at Poquonnoo, near Wm. Barnes' present place. Children — Benjamin, b. July 11, 1721 ; Eldad, b. Jan. 23, 1723. Nathaniel,!" m. Mary Filley, July 2, 1711. Children — Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1713 ; Josiah,19 b. Maroli 6, 1714 ; Nathaniel,20 b. Dec. 5, 1717 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 11, 1720 ; Azuba, b. Oct. 31, 1725. Jonathan,!! m. Rachel Gaylord, Aug. 4, 1720. Children — Rachel, b. Sept. 6, 1721;Kezia,b. Jan. 25, 1722-3 ;' Azuba, b. Dec. 20,1721; Lucy, b. Dec. 26, 1725 ; Ann, b. Dec. 2, 1728 ; Jonathan, b. Dec. 3, 1731 ; Shadrach, b, Jan. 28, 1733-4; 0Uver,2! b. Jan, 29, 1735-6. Aaron,!^ m. Mary Duglas of W., late of New London, Feb. 2, 1724. Children— Umy, b. Sept. 13, 1726 ; Aaron, b. Oct. 16, 1728 ; Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1731 ; Moses, b. Nov. 2, 1733 ; Hannah, b. Jane 17, 1729 ; James, b. March 22, 1742 ; Elijah,22 b. Jan. 11, 1745 ; Ann, b. March 10, 1748. Thomas,!3' m. Jane Isham, Jan. 10, 1748. Children— Jane, b. Oct. 12, 1749 ; d. Nov. 14, 1749 ; Thomas, b. Nov. 13, 1750 ; Jacob, b. June 16, 1752 ; Mary, b. Aug. 14, 1754. William,!* m, Abigail Brown, March 10, 1725-6. Children— Wiinum, b. Sept. 19, 1727 ; Abiel, b. April 8, 1730 ; Elijah, b, Feb. 1, 1731 ; Abigail, b. March 23, 1733 ; Luther, b. Oct. 1, 1736. GiDE0N,!5m. 1, Anna Gillet, Nov. 9, 1744; he m. 2, wid. (Clark) Hos- kins, and lived where William Sheltou now lives ; removed to Vt. Child- 67 630 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. j-en— Daniel, b. June 15, 1745 ; Shnbal, b. Sept. 8, 1747 ; Anna, b. March 27, 1751 ; Tfyphena, b. Dec 1753. David,16 m. Mary Brown, Feb. 12, 1754 ; settled in W., about one mile w. from Joel Palmer's present residence. Children — David, b. Jan. 15, 1755 ; Chester, b. Nov. 20, l764; Clare, b. Sept. 18, l772. jEKijiH,!' m. Loannah (dau. of Amos) Filley, Dec. 5, l765 ; d. Feb. 7, 1792. She d. July 9, 1793, a. 49. CfeWrfM— Jerijah ,23 b. Aug. 23, 1736; Loannah, b. March 9, 1768 ; m. Wm. Cooley ; settled at Granville, Mass.: John, b. May 19, 1770 ; m. 1, Ann Newberry ; 2, Miss Catlin ; settled at Tor- rington, Ct.: Roxana, b. Aug. 17, 1772 ; m. Cyrus Miller ; settled at Hartland ; Lucina, b. Nov. 17, 1775 ; m. Theo. Ensign ; live in Ohio : Rhoda, b. April 20, 1783 ; m. Roger Phelps, Windsor. JoNAH,l8 m. Jerusha Barber, July 10, 1747 ; she d. Feb. 6, 1781. ChUd- Wn— Jerusha, b. July 12, 1751 ; Benj., b. Aug. 6, 1753 ; Tabitha, b. May 6, 1757; Huldah, b. Jan. 4, l766 ; Esther, b. June 5, 1773. JosiAH,i9m. Sarah Forbes of Hartford, June 28, 1745. Childreit — Josiah, b. Oct. 9, 1742 ( ? ) ; Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1749-50. NATHANlfeL,2o m. Hepziba Loomis, Sept. 13, 1739 ; had Hepsibah, bi March 9, 173?. Oliveb (E. W.),21 m. Ann Root of Westfield, Jan. 80, 1766. Children^ Oliver, b. March 3, 1767 ; Grove, b. July, 19, 1769 ; Eunice, b. July 6, 1772; Orrison, b. Oct. 2, 1775 ; Anne, b. March 22, 1778 ; Leete, b. April 25, 1782 ; Henry, b. July 2, 1796. Elijah,22 m. Abigail Wood, Deo. 29, 1768. C/iiMren— Elijah, b. Oct. 24, l769 ; Abuer, b. Sept. 18, 1772 ; Roger, b. Jan. 29, 1775 ; Abigail, b. Aug. 18, 1778. Jerijah, jr.,23 m. 1, Deborah (dau, of Seth) Dexter, May 26, 1796 ; she d. Sept. 29, 1803; m. 2, Anna (dau. of Nathaniel Hayden, May 27, 1806 ; she d. Nov. 5, 1858; he d. March 24, 1820.' CAiMrm— Deborah, b. April 10> 1798; in. Solomon Phelps, Poquonnoc ; Fidelia, m. Alonzo Bridges; settled at Milford, N-. Y. : Nathaniel Hayden ; Rhoda Ann L., d. Oct. 30, 1826, a. 18 ; Mary Jane, d. Sept. 14, 1821, a. 11; John Henry ,24 b. March 10, 1813; Samuel Thomas, d, Feb.l7, 1816, a. 4 mo.; Samuel Jerijah, d. Dec. 23, 1821, a. 4. John Henry,2* m. Clarissa (dau. of Strong) Hayden of Bennington, N, Y, Children— J&naes Henry, b. July 20, 1829 ; Strong Hayden, b. Oct. 12, 1851 ; Mary Grace, b. April 9, 1853 ; d. Aug. 29, 1853 ; Milton, b. Dec. 16, 1854; d. May 23, 1856, Gerald Thomas, b. Aug. 18, 1858. Simeon (E. W.), m. Lois AUyn, Sept. 26, 1771 ; he d. Oct. 7, 1808, in 68th year ; his wife Lois d. July 29, 1814, a. 63. C/ii'Wrm— Cynthia, b. Oct. 20, 1772; Simeon, b. March 17, 1774; Louis, b. Oct. 16, 1775; Rachel, b. Sept. 25, 1781 ; Hadassah, b. Dec. 22, 1784. James (probably son of Aaron and Mary), m Esther Allyn, July 17, 1768. CAiWi-m— Esther, b. Sept. 7, 1769 ; James, b. Nov. 19, 1771 ; Allyn, b. May BAEBER. 531 14, 1774; Asa, b. Apriri2, 1776; James, b. June 2, 1778 ; Olirer, b. Jubq 3, 1780 ; Eassell, b. Jao. 11, 1783 ; Heni-y, b. July 1, 1785. Daniel, had Naomi, b. July 20, 1743; Dauiel, b. Nov. 8, 1744. Besjamin, m. Ruth Booles, Dec, 3, 1778, and had Ruth, b. Oct. 27, 1780 ; Jonah, Sept. 20, 1783. Joseph, Jr., m. Elisabeth Cook, June 18, 1728 ; had Joseph, b. May 6, 1729 ; Elizabeth, July 18, 1731 ; Lucy, b. July 11, 1734, MISCRLLANEOCS. EnTH, had Submit, b. Feb. 28, 1772. Marriages. — Lieut. Josiah, m. Sarah Drake, Nov. 5, 1701; he d. Dec. 14, 1729 ; she d. Dec. 13, 1730. Jonathan, Jr., m. Elisabeth Osborn, April 17, 1760. AsAHEL, m. Sarah Osborn, Aug. 1, 1767. Josiah, Jr., m. Naomi Williams of Hartford, March 26, 1767. Martin, m. Cath. Moore, Dec. 28, 1832. Noah (E. W.), m. Peggy Sanders, Nov, 4, 1821. Asheel (E. W.), m. Elisabeth Phelps, Sept. 4, 1823. Henry (E. W.), m. Mary Pease, May 10, 1817. Henry (E. W.), m. Emily Terry, Jan. 27, 1829. Allyn, m. Charlotte Cass of Canton, Deo. 25, 1822. Elibha, m. Chloe Riley, Deo. 30, 1828. Hinman gives the following : John, and Bathsheba his wife, at Springfield as early as 1670 ; they had children b there, viz.. Return, b. May 29, 1672 ; Thomas, b. Feb. 4, 1674; Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1677, perhaps others. Thomas d. at Westfield or Suifield, July 11, 1689. Samdel, of Hebrjn, is described,, in a deed from Rev. Thomas Buckingham of Saybrook, as from Windsor. John and Samcei., from W., were first proprietors and settlers at Harwinton, 1733-4. For several families of Barber, of Simsbury, etc., see Abiel Brown's Genealogical Sketches of the First Settlers nf West Simsbury, now Canton, Conn., pp. 18-29. Deaths.— K.M.—SniEov, d. June 22, 1847, aged 73. Rachei, d. Aug. 19, 1854, aged 73. Jane R., dau. of Alonzo and Nancy M., d. March 13, 1846, a,ged 5 mo,. Sarah D., wife of Edward W., d. Sept. 21, 1S51, aged 24. E, w. 0.— Geo. W., d. Oct, 6, 1853, aged 53. Sally, dau. of Nath'l and Sally, b.Sn Vt., d. at her grandfather Bissell's residence, Feb. 20, 1795, aged 5 mo., 10 d. Eld ad, d. Nov. ,7, 1844, aged 76. His wife, Lois, d. Nov. 7, 1843, aged 75. &— Shadrach, d. Feb. 24, 1855, aged 48. Harriet B., d. Sept. 28, 28, 1851, aged 48. Oliver, Jr,, d. May 20, 1822, aged 55. Sarah (his wife,) d. Oct. 10, 1854, aged 80. Their dau., Persis, d. Aug. 27, 1816, aged 2 yrs. 1 mo. George, d. Oct, 24, 1842, aged 76 ; his wife, Betty, d. Aug. 20, 1853, aged 82. Mart Ann, wife of Geo. W., d. March 21, 1843, aged 36. Her dau., Sarah, d. March 31, 1843, aged 2 yrs, 6 mo. Anna, d. Dec. 11, 1829, aged 52. W. iJcc— Hannah, wife of Joseph, d. July 7, 1705. Samuel, Sen,, d. Mch. 12,1708. Hepzibah, wife of Samuel, d. Dec. 20, 1711. MindWEll, d. Dec. 532 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 3, 1712. Abigail, dau. of Joseph, d. July 11, 1714. Dea. Samuel, d. Apl. 12, 1715. Daniel, s. of Joseph, d. June 27, 1714. Elizabeth, dau. of same, d. June, 1722. Samuel, s. of Samuel, d. Feb. 1, 1722-3. Rctu, wid. of Samuel, d. Nov. 13, 1731. Nathaniel, d. Aug. 6, 1768. John, d. Mch. 29, 1767. Wid. Jane, d. Deo. 25, 1770. Freeman, d. Jan'y 16, 1857, aged 69. Esther, d. Oct. 27, 1732. Sdbmit, dau. of Ruth, h. Feh. 28, 1772. BARKER, Thomas, was an original settler at W. Samuel was made free- man in Oct. 1658. Reuben had— Reuhen, b. Oct. 16, 1789 ; Sarah, b. July 15, 1792 ; Chauncy, b. Jan. 6, 1794 ; Perrin, b. Feb. 16, 1796 ; Oliver, b. Dec. 2, 1802 ; Horace, m. Cynthia Bower, Sept. 3, 1822. BARNARD. Tl^ Windsor Barnards are supposed to have descended from Francis, who with his brother John, both first settlers at Hartford, moved to Hadley, Mass., in 1659. Sgt. Joseph, m. Abigail Griswold, Oct. 4, 1705 ; she d. in 1747 ; her son Joseph executor ; inventory £200 and over. Children mentioned — Joseph, Edward, Francis, Abigail, Sarah, Ann, Rebecca. (Hinman.) Lieut. Joseph, d. 12, 1736. CAiWrcn— Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 1707 ; Joseph, b. March 16, 1708 ; Ebenezer, b. Sept. 8 , 1710 ; Ann, b. Feb. 28, 1712 ; David, b. Nov. 3, 1714; d. May 27, 1719 ; Francis, b. Sept. 9, 1719. Joseph had Joseph, b. Deo. 11, 1744; Jehuben, b. Feb. 15, 1751; Elijah, b. Aug. 31, 1757; Elizabeth, b. July 30, 1776 ; Joseph Standleff, b. Feb. 25, 1779 ; Lorinda, b. Nov. 10, 1780 ; Elizur, b. Oct. 30, 1783 ; Joseph, b. Dec. 11, 1784 Robert, had wife Mary, who d. June 5, 1727, in childbed, leaving a dau. Mary born same day ; he m. Ruth Loomis, Nov. 1, 1728. JosiAH, m. Elizabeth Holoomb, Feb. 9, 1743. John, m. Rebecca Holcomb, Nov. 26, 1750, had James, b. June 17, 1751. Dea. Joseph of Windsor, d. 1788. Edward (Capt.), d. at W. about 1783 ; wife was Mabel , and his children mentioned, Lemuel, Edward, deceased, Mabel, Abigail, Hannah, Miriam and Roxana. Edward, Jr., d. before his father, about 1775, leaving a widow, Ruth, and children, Ruth, a. 10 years, Edward 8, Sarah 6, Selah 5, and LucretiaS, whom he entrusted to guardianship of his father Capt. Edward. (Hinman.) BARRETT, Zebulon and Elizabeth had Elizabeth, who d. May 2, 1778, a. 12 years ; John, d. Nov. 2, 1774 in second year ; Zebulon, d. Deo. 26, 1775; a. 38 years ; Hannah, wife of John, d. Sept. 21, 1776, a. 73 years. (All from E. W. 0.) BARTLETT, John, was early at (Poquonnoc), Windsor; in 1648 he kept the Rivulet ferry ; he d. May 14, 1670. Children — Ezaza (Isaiah), b. June 13, 1641 ; Benjamin, bap. March 26, 1643 ; Hepzibah, b. July, 14, 1646 ; Jehoiada, bap. Dec. 23, 1649 ; Mehitable, b. Feb. 27, 1650 ; Ephraim, b. Oct. 19, 1644; d. 1648. BARTLETT. 533 Benjamin (son of Jolm), to. Deborah. Barnard, June 8, 1665 ; he d. Oct. 25, 1668. CAtWren— Deborah, b. Aug. 3. 1666*; Benjamin, b. June 21, 1668,* d. March 2, 1675 ; Ezaza, 9, 1670 ; m. Abia Gillet, Dec. 3, 1663. CAt(rf— John, b. Sept. 12, 1664 (Old Ch. Rec] ; Barnardt (Hinman), a son, b. July 26, 1672; Ephraim, b. June 17, 1673*; .lehoidah, b. Nov. 1, 1675*; Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1677* ; John, b. June 29, 1678.* Jehoiadah (son of John), ra. ; he d. June 14, 1718. Children — Sarah, b. May 30, 1677 ; James, b. Dec. 7, 1631 ; d. March 8, 1694-5. Joseph, b. Nov. 11, ; Samuel, b. April 11, 1688 ; Isaac, b. May 22, 1696. John (son of Benjamin), m. •. Children — Samuel, b. Jan. 31, 1715, Capt. Jonathan, b. 1716, E. W. ; m. wid. Hannah (Watson) Bissell, of East W., Jan. 26, 1743; he was a farmer, and d. March 29, 1799, in East W.; she d. Sept. 21, 1806, aged 93. CMWrcm— Samuel, b. Jan. 15, 1744-5 : Hannah, b. Nov. 8, 1746 : Eunice, b. May 18, 1749 : Ann, b. March 10, 1750-1. Samuel, (E. W.) s. of Jonathan, m. Anne Crane of E. W., Sept. 14, 1767 ; was a farmer; d. in East W., Nov. 29, 1825; she was b. March 12, 1747, and d. March 17, 1831. Children— Col. Jonathan, b. July 25, 1769 : Al^ail, b. June 25, 1772 ; m. .Joshua Allen of E. W., deo'd : Samuel, b. Sept. 6, 1779 : Anna, m. James Harper of Enfield, dec'd : Sarah, m. Capt. Clark Foster of Ellington, whom she survives. Samuel, Jr., (E. W.) son of Samuel above, m. Lydia Pinney of Ellington, Oct. 28, 1802; he was a farmer in E. W., and d. Sept. 11, 1845 ; she was b. Oct. 9, 1776, and d. May 14, 1838. Children— Persia, b. Sept. 20, 1803, d. Oct. 12, 1803; Samuel William, b. April 5, 1805, d. Sept. 14, 1807; Mary Ann, b. Nov. 8, 1806, m. Alman Noble of E. W., and d. Sept. 17, 1848 ; Samuel William, b. March 5, 1810 ; Eunice King, b. April 4, 1812, m. Alman Noble of E. W. : Henry, b. Nov. 25, 1813, d. Jan. 26, 1847 : Otis Pinney, b. Sept. 25, 1815, d. Nov. 24, 1856 ; Lydia Persis, b. Oct. 8, 1807, m. George Parsons of E. W. Samuel William (E. W.), s. of Samuel above ; m. Elisabeth B. Noble of E. W., Sept. 29, 1830; she d. Sept. 24, 1842, a. 33 ; he m. 2, Octavia C. Tar- box of E. Wi, Sept. 14, 1843 ; is a farmer in E. W. Children — Samuel I., b. Sept. 23, 1831, m. Caroline P. Gotten of E. W., Dec. 10, 1856 ; Elisabeth M., b. May 15, 1836 ; Clara Maria, b. June 22, 1846, d. July 10, 1849 ; Octa- vius W., b. Dec. 1, 1850 ; Lucy C, b. Aug. 4, 1857. Isaiah (probably Ezaza^ of Johnl ), had Johnb. Sept. 11, 1664. Gebshom had Joseph, b. Jan. 23, 1748-9 ; Lucy b. Nov. 18, 1750. JosiAH (E. W.), had Anne, b. June 25, 1773. John (E. W.), had Betty, b. April 13, 1775 ; John, b. March 6, 1777 ; Har- vey, b. Jan. 30, 1779; Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1781; Levi, b. May 8, 1784; Clara, b. March 1, 1788. * Windsor RecordB. t Perhaps Barnard Bartlett, who m. Elizabeth Drake, of Northampton, Jan. 14, 1702.3. 534 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Wid. Bartlktt, d. Feb. 21, 1719-20. Edward, d. 1676 ; no family ; made his will Feb. 24, 1675, as he was entef- ing service against Indians ; he mentions his house and land at Greenfield (Poquonnoc), of money due to him from Jas. Hillier, from the county, &c. j he gave property to Benoni, son of Christopher Crow, of Simshury j also t. July 3, 1731; Samuel, b. May 2, 1734; Mary, b. April 23, 1737; Lucy, b. Oct. 1, 1739. Benjamin,6 m. Hannah Grant, Oct. 19, 1743. Children— 'Ha.rtnah, b. March 2, 1744 ; Joseph, b. May 25, 1753 ; Jerusha, b. Nov. 17, 1746 ; Benjamin, b. Deo. 20, 1748 ; Sarah, b. July 4, 1751. JoBK,7 m, Mary Eggleston, March 14, 1725 ; he d. 1790; she d. Aug. 25, 1789. Children— Mary, d. single, a. nearly 100 yrs. ; John, b. Nov. 4, 1728 ; 560 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. m. Hannah (dau. of Elijali and Hannah) Owen, 1758 ; lived in Wiutonhury ; settled in West Simsbury (Canton), 1755 ; was chosen captain of trainband there in 1776, and d. in camp at New York, of dysentery, Sept. 3, 1776, a. 48 ; she d. May 18, 1831, a. 91 ; they had 7 daus. and 4 sons, the youngest of whom, Miel, was the compiler of a valuable little work called Genealogical Sketches, ^c. of W. Simsbury, now Canton, which contains genealogy of this branch ; Margery, b. June 3, 1731 ; m. David Filley ; no issue ; she d. 1775, aged about 45 : Esther, b. Sept. 5, 1733; d. Aug. 7, 1751 : Ezra, h. July 25, 1738 ; Hannah, b. July 1, 1787 ; d. Aug. 11, 1737 : Hannah, b. Aug. 17, 1743; d. Aug. 6, 1751. IsAA0,8 m. Martha Brown, March 5, 1729. Chillren — Martha, b. May 2, 1742 ; Mindwel], b. Sept. 20, 1744. David,9 m. Isabel Bamet, March 15, 1732. Children— Da,Yid, b. Feb. 20, 1733-4; Isabel, b. Nov. 3, 1735; Isabel, b. Aug. 21, 1737; Noah, b. March 9, 1738 ; Timothy, b. Oct. 27, 1741 ; Chloe, b. April 5, 1744 ; David, h. March 22, 1746-7 ; Moses and Miriam, b. Sept. 1, 1748 ; Isabel and Mary, b. Nov. 14, 1750; Elijah, b. March 24, 1753. Ephraim,io m. Thankful (Brown) of Farmington, Dec. 10, 1737 ; she d. Jan. 9,1774. Children— Sphnsim, b. Oct. 16, 1738; George, b. May 22, 1742; Michael, b. Oct. 31, 1744; Thankful, b. April 3,1747; Alpheus, b. May 9, . 749 ; Ebenezer, b. May 15, 1751. Jonathan, Jr.,ll m. Naomi Elsworth, Jan. 11, 1743-4. Children — Jonathan, b. Deo. 20, 1744^5 ; Naomi, b. 1746; Ann, b. Oct. 4, 1748 ; Lucy, b. Oct. 4, 1750; d. June 16,1758: Tryphana, b. Aug. 25, 1753; d.' May 27, 1758: Deborah, b. Aug. 23, 1755 ; d. June 15, 1758 : Martin, b. Dec. 10, 1757; d. June 10, 1758 ; Justus, b. Sept. 9, 1760 ; Jonathan, b. Sept. 11, 1767. Daniel had Zadock, b. June 6, 1750 ; Uriah, b. Dec. 12, 1752. Zadock, m. AnnEgleston, Dec. 3, 1775; had Ann, b. Jan. 7, 1776; Eli, b. Aug. 4, 1781 ; Ruth, b. Oct. 27, 1783 ; Nathan, b.' Oct. 6, 1780. Stephen, m. Eunice Loomis, Nov. 26, 1775 ; had James, b. Dec. 2, 1776; Stephen, b. April 30, 1778; Bradley, b. Dec. 13, 1779 ; Eunice, b. Jan. 29, 1781 ; Sarah, b. June 27, 1782 ; Martha, b. Dec. 22, 1784 ; Rebecca, b. Deo. 6, 1786 ; Jesse, b. May 17, 1791. Elias, had Erastus Fitch, b. March 20, 1779; Joseph, b, July 31, 1792; Harriet Prudence, b. Jan. 30, 1796 ; Julia Maria, b. Dec. 7, 1798. Ephraim (s. of Ephraimio ), Jr., m. Mercy Westland, April 13, 1757 ; had Elias, b. March 16, 1758 ; Silas, b. March 31, 1761 ; Susy, b. Sept. 9, 1769. MISCELLANEOUS. Jonathan (E. W.), m. Patience Kneeland, June 22, 1775. Petek, m. Margaret Filley, Feb. 27, 1777; had Peggy, b. Jan. 5, 1778; d. Deo. 1, 1788: Chauncey, b. Oct. 12, 1779 ; Lucy, b. July 24, 1782. Joab, m. Abigail Wil- son, Nov. 30, 1801 ; had William, b. March 8, 1803. Jonathan had Ashbel, b. July 22, 1738 ; Azubah, b. March 22, 1739. John had Jerijah, b. Deo. 26, BEOWNLBG — BBOWTON — BOWERS. 56 1 1738. Peter, m. Rachel Scott of Hartford, Aug. 14, 1722 ; had Peter, b. Aug. 5, 1723. Samuel (of Lebanon), m. Joanna Loomis, Nov. 8, 1721. Silas had Silas, b. Aug. 30, 1810. Woodward, m. Lucy Brown, May 3, 1821. Samuel, m. Harriet Miirshall of Simsbury, Jan. 5, 1821. Oeediah, m. Cla- rissa Bacon, Aug. 20, 1832. William, m. Thirza M'. Griswold, Jau 16, 1823. Nathan, m. Emily Brown, Feb. 24, 1824. Silas H., m. Roxy L. Reynolds, Oct. 7, 1829. Lucius, m. Abigail Barber, April 20, 1833. Rich. M., m. Caro- line C. Abbe, June 7, 1842. Sarah, dau. of John, b. March 28, 1746. Deaths. — Elizabeth of John, d. Aug. 12 ,1715. Maky of Samuel, d. Jan. 19, 1755. Sarah of John, d. Aug. 14, 1751. Marah, wife of Mr. Samuel, d. Jan. 19, 1755 ; Mr. Samuel d. June 18, 1785. Peter, d. March 6, 173'9. AznBA,dau. of John, d. Aug. 9, 1751. Charlotte, wife of Daniel, d. Oct. 5, 1847, a. 28 ; her son W. C, d. March 18, 1844, a. 1 year. £. W. (X)— Chauncey, d. May 9, 1857, a. 69. IiJarilla, d. Nov. 2, 1855, a. 64. BROWNLEE, Dr. Robert (Scotch, lived in Easf Windsor, Scantic parish) ; d. May 29, 1797, in 80th year ; his wife Priscilla d. Dec^ 11, 1803, in 76th year; their dau. Mary d. May 6, 1760, a. 3 mos. ; their son William d, at Fairfield, Sept. 13, 1776, in the 23d year of his age, from the effects of drink- ing cold water while overheated, on his return home from the Revolutionary army, in which he was then serving ; Priscilla, his sister, d. Aug. 10, 1786, in her 32d year ; Robert, jr., her brother, died a prisoner in New York, Nov. 3, 1781, a. 19 ; Cyrus Matthew,d. May 2, 1789, a. 21 ; Frederick, d. June 25, 1805, in 54th year ; Elizabeth, b. July, 1757 ; d. Feb. 23, 1789, in 32d year. (All the above buried in Scantic, E. W. burying ground.) BROWTON, John, m. Hannah Bascomb, Nov. 15, 1650 ; an original set- tler at W. ; he purchased of Simon Mills of W. his dwelling house, out house and orchard, with house lot and swamp adjoining at the west end ; also 5J acres ; also 10 acres in the woods ; also 4 acres by Mill Brook, and 20 acres by same brook ; sold his 5 acre lot to Samuel Marshall ; no dates, but it was early, as is known by the bounds of the lots ; perhaps moved to Windham. {Hinman, which also see for Windham Broushtons.) BOWERS (Bower and Bowre), Ebenezer, a. 19, of Windsor, 1726 ; chose Matthew Grant for his guardian. (Hinman.) John (E. W.), d. March 23, 1825, a. 88; had Lodema, b. Sept. 1, 1783; Cyrus, b. March 28, 1785 ; Erastus, b. Aug. 28, 1787 ; na. wid. Munsell, Nov. 25, 1830: Rhoda, b. Nov. 22, 1789 ; Abigail, b. Oct. 31, 1793; Abner, b. April 26, 1795 ; Azel, b. June 22, 1797; m. Mary Craw, Nov. 24, 1820 ; Fanny, b. Jan. 20, 1799; Sidney,l b. Nov. 25,1800; Cynthia, b. Feb. 22, 1803; Horace,2 b. July 18, 1805 ; Anson Griswold, b. Jan. 7, 1811; m. Cla- rissa A. Ellsworth, Dec. 31, 1839. Azel (E. W.), m. Susannah ; had Azel, b. Aug. 15, 1768 ; Azel, b. Aug. 14, 1771. n 562 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Sidney,! m. Sarah Buckland, Nov. 25, 1830; had John Sidney, h. Sept. 25, 1833 ; Buckland Palmer, b. April 18, 1838. Horace, 2 m. Nancy Ann Welch, Not. 18, 1835 ; had Naney Ann, h. April 15, 1838 ; Horace Welch, b. Jan. 14, 1843. BUCKLAND, Thomas, was freeman in Mass., 1635 ; an early and highly respectable settler at Windsor, as early as 1638 ; juror in 1644 ; collector in 1649 ; Waywarden in 1655 ; in the Pequot fight, 1637, for which he received a grant of land ; he m. Temperance ; d. May 28, 1662, leaving his widow encienle at his di.iease ; she, "Old Widow Buckland," d. July 26, 1681; inventory of estate, Aug. 19, 1681, £99 13s id. Children — Timothy, b. March 10, 1638 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1640 ; Temperance, b. Nov. 27, 1642 ; will proved 1681 ; estate £100 ; lier brother, Nicholas, administrator : Mary, b. Oct. 26, 1644; d. Dec, 1657: Nicholas, b. Sept. 21, 1646; Sarah b. March 24, 1648 ; Thomas, b. Feb. 25, 1650 ; buried May 28, 1676 : Hannah, h. Sept. 18, 1654; John, b. Jan. 26, 1660. Timothy (sou of Thomas), m. Abigail Vore, March 7, 1662 ; he d. May 31, 1689 ; inventory £167 8s M ; she d. Dec. 20, 1727. C/itWr»— Timothy, b. April 20, 1664 ; Thomas, b. June 23, 1665 ; m. Abigail Hannun, Jan. 25, 1693; he d. Jan. 30, 1741, a. 77; she d. April 1, 1746, a,. 82 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 11, 1667; m. Hosford: Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1670; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1678; m. a Buckland : Hannah, b. June 28, 1676 ; m- Gillet : Sarah, b. April 10, 1673 ; d. Sept. 25, 1682 : Esther, b. Feb. 12, 1682. Nicholas (son of Thomas), m. 1, Martha Wakefield of New Haven, Oct. 21, 1668 ; who d. Oct. 28, 1684; m. 2, Elizabeth Drake, March 3, 1685-6; who d. Feb. 20, 1697; m. 3, Hannah Strong, June 16, 1698; who d. March 27, 1719 ; he d. Aug. 24, 1728, a. 82 ; he tendered himself to obtain baptism for his children, March 16, 1670; he had John, b. March 13, 1672; d. April 2, 1673 : Hannah, b. Sept. 1, 1674; m. Samuel Mather : John b. Dec. 7, d. Dec. 30, 1675 : Martha, b. March 1, 1677-8 ; m. Samuel Strong : John, b. Deo. 10, 1686 ; Nicholas, b. Jan. 8, 1687-8 ; d. May 9, 1688 : Elizabeth, b. July 19, 1692 ; m. Robert Hoskins : Ebenezer, d. Aug. 22, 1685 ; John, d. Dec. 1686. MISCELLANEODS. William, d. May 13, 1791, insolvent ; left a widow ; probably had a son William, perhaps others. William, from W., was first of name at East Hart- ford, as early as 1687 ; m. Elizabeth Hills ; he d. Deo. 12, 1725, a. 75. (Child- ren, see Hinman.) Mary, d. Feb. 6, 1738. Jarvis, m. Julia Fish, Sept. 18, 1827. John F., m. Lueinda Bancroft, May 19, 1824. Deacon Erastcs, b. June 7, 1779 ; d. Jan. 23, 1848. Z)cai/«— Capt. Erastds, d. Nov. 28, 1820, a. 46 ; Sarah (his wife), d. Oct. 21, 1850, a. 75. CAiMrm— Hurlehigh, d. Oct. 16, 1803, a. 1 year 3 mo. 24 days ; Harriet, d. April 11, 1809, a. 1 mo. 10 days ; Marilla Ann, d. Sept. 21, 1820, a. S years 2 mo. 20 days, Marietta, wife of Harvey H., d. Jau. 23, 1843, a. 21. B0EL — BURLIB — B0RNHAM. 563 TT.— Nicholas, d. Aug. 24, 1728, a. 82. Thomas, d. Jan., 1742, a. 77 ; his wife Abigail, d. April 1, 1746, a. 82. BUEL (Bewell) William, a Welchman ; an early and respectable settler at W., joiner by trade ; was in the first land division in W. ; his will is dated July 26, 1681 ; inventory offered by his wife £147 2s Id ; he gave his dau. Mary (Mills) £5 more than the oth r daus ; to his son Peter he gave the land granted him by the' town, and half his tools ; the other half to his son Samuel ; he made his mark to his will ; Mr. Buel's mother probably accompanied him to W., as the town records say : " Goode Buell d. at Windsor, Deo. 3, 1639." This might have been a first wife, but was more likely his mother ; he m. Mary -, Nov. 18, 1640, who d. Sept. 2. 1684 ; he d. Nov. 23, 1681. Cfti'Wcm— Samuel , b. Sept. 2, 1641 ; Peter, b. Aug. 19, 1644 ; Mary, b. Sept. 3, 1642 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 8, 1646, m. A. Palmer ; Hep- zibah, b. Oct 11, 1649, m. Thomas Welles of Hadley, Mass., 1672 ; Sarah, b. March 21, 1653, d. before her mother ; Abigail, b. Feb. 12, 1655. Samuel (sou of William), m. Deborah Griswold, Nov. 13, 1662, and settled in Killingworth. C/iiWrm— Samuel, b. July 20, 1663 ; Deborah, b. Oct. 18, 1665 ; m. Nathaniel Porter of W.: Hannah, b. Sept. 6, 1667, d. infant ; Mary, b. Nov. 28, 1669, m. Hezekiah Porter of W. ; John, b. Feb. 17, 1671 ; Han- nah, b. May 4, 1674, m. Joseph Porter of W.;' William, b. Oct. 18, 1678 ; David, b. Feb. 15, 1678-9 ; Josiah, b. March, 16, 1680 ; Mehitable, b. Aug. 22, 1682, d young; Peter, b. Deo. 3, 1684 ; Benjamin, b. in 1686 at Killing- worth; Samuel. John (son of Samuef), m. Mary Loomis, Nov. 20, 1695 ; had Mary, b. Deo. 11, 1696 ; John, b. Feb. 1, 1698-9. BURLIE (Burless, Burly, Bra Lis, Burliss, all appear on Windsor Records), Fearhot (son of Edward, of Suffolk), b. Dec. 18, 1679 ; m. Elizabeth Buck- land, Feb. 8, 1704-5 ; he d. Nov. 13, 1732; she d. Dec. 7, 1753. Children— Esther, b. Feb. 15, 1705-6 ; Daniel, b. Dec. 30, 1707 ; Elizabeth, b. July 2, 1709 ; Ebenezer, b. May 8, 1711. Hinman supplies the following additional children : Job, b. Aug. 7, 1714 ; Daniel, b. March 7, 1717-18 ; Mary, b. March 3, 1720-1. BURNHAM, Thomas, sen., m. Ann ; he came to Hartford about 1647-8, perhaps from Ipswich, Mass.; was a large land speculator, first owner and occupant of Podunk lands, in 1660 ; plaintiff in court in 1649 ; made a freeman in May, 1657; in 1659, called before the court to answer complaint as to " his former carriage.'' In May, 1665, he was re-admitted to his freemanship; is among Windsor freemen in 1669 ; his was one of the four places named for the keeping of garrison houses in King Philip's war, 1676 ; then lived at Podunk ; descendants are now in nearly the same loca- tion, generally found either in the lower part of S. Windsor, or in East Hartford ; his oldest son, Thomas, jr., m. Naomi Hull, at Killingsworth, Jan. 4, 1676, (W. Rec.) ; had, according to Hinman, Thomas, b. April 16, 1678; John, b. May 22, 1681, {W. Rec); Josiah; Charles; Elizabeth (Gilman) ; 564 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Sarah (Mulford) ; Naomi (Gaylord) ; Mary; Abigail (Williams) ; his will was dated March 15, 1726 ; he d. May 12, 1726. Thomas (son of Thos. Jr., according to TF. iJec.),m.- Elizabeth Strong, Nov. 9, 1711 ; lived in Hartford, and d. Aprilli, 1721 ; had Thomas, b. July 24, 1712. William (E. W.), m. Emeline Parsons ; had Erastus William ; Harriet, m. Geo. Hays; Louisa, m. Henry Hays; Maria ;• Juliet ; Abigail; Edward; Elizabeth ; Walter ; Gilbert Lee. James, m. Catherine P. Judson, March 15, 1841. James Y., m. Harriet Haskins, March 20, 1841. BURR, Benjamin, had Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1733 ; Abigail, b. April 4, 1736. Stephen, m. Sarah Burr, Oct. 22, 1761. CAz7iirc»— Sarah, b. March 10, 1764 ; Eunice, b. Aug. 8, 1769 ; Glare, b. Jan. 29, 1773. Nathaniel, Jr. of Farmington; m. Abigail Strong of W., April 3, 1766. Children— nariis, b. Dec. 16, 1766 ; Elijah, b. April 7, 1768 ; Bissell, b. Dec. 14, 1771 ; Nathan, b. Oct. 13, 1775 ; Levi, b. Feb. 21, 1778 ; James, b. Dec. 12, 1779. Rev. Isaac, son of Thomas, and grandson of Benj'n of Hartford, graduated at Yale College in 1717; m. Mary, dau. of John Eliot, Esq., of W. ; he preached several years at Worcester, Mass., and then returned and located his family at Windsor, about 1744, where he died about 1751-2 ; many articles of merchandise are found in his inventory, probably goods from the estate of his father-in-law, John Eliot, Esq., who had been a merchant in W. ; estate about £2,000 ; Mary, his widow, administratrix. Children- — John Eliot ; Dr. Isaac, a respectable physician in Hartford ; d. before 1795 : Samuel, d. before 1795: Jonathan; Mary, d. before her father: Prudence; Lois, m. Talmadge Bishop. John E., Jonathan, and Prudence became insane, and Henry Allyn, Esq. of W., was appointed their conservator, with Pliny Hillyer, Esq., appointed to distribute Rev. Isaac's estate in Granby, in 1795; iirst distribution, April 1756 by J. Bissel, N. Loomis, and H. Allyn. [Hinman.) Samuel, m. Christian Cadwell, Dec. 28, 1752. Henkt, m. Julia Ann Barnard, Oct. 22, 1824. Deaths ( HTiy ).— Isaac, d. May 13, 1822, a. 62 ; his wife. Deliverance, d. March 15, 1799, a. 42. Asenath, wife of Sylvester, d. Oct. 3, 1845, a. 66. Isaiah, d, April 27, 1779, in 34th yr. Salmon, d, Sept. 19, 1773, a. 50. Sal- mon, son of Salmon and Deborah, d. Dec. 17, 1757. John, d. Sept. 21, 1769. Ebenezer, d. May 3, 1811, a. 70 ; his wife, Ruth, d. Dec. 8, 1814, ». 74. Titus, d. Jan. 26, 1799, in 61st yr. Noadiah, d. June 28, 1793, in 62d yr. Also he had " 4 children lying northeast of the foot of his grave " ; viz : Abigail, Asenath, Rhoda and Noah. Clakina, d. Nov. 24, 1795, a. 24 (W.). BURROUGHS, David, m. Sarah Tyler of Tolland, May 24, 1744 ; had Anna, b. March 1, 1774-5. Simon, m. Lydia Porter, Oct. 30, 1745. Children— Simon, b. Sept. 30, BUTLER — CAMPBELL. 565 1746 ; John, b. Feb. 16, 1745 ; (?) John, b. April 30, 1748 ; David, b. Jan. 6, 1749-50; Simon, b. July 14, 1751; Ebenezer, b. July 1, 1753; Aaron, b. July 16, 1755. Jonathan, m. Judith Webb, March 5,1752. Children — Jonathan, b.* Nov. 14, 1752 ; Stephen, b. Jan. 3, 1755 ; Zebulon, b. Sept. 3, 1758. Jonathan had Jonathan, b. June 27, 1725 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 19, 1731. Jonathan, Jr., had Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, 1740 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 9, 1744; Joel, b. Aug 7, 174S ; Daniel, b. May 25, 1755-6. Abnek (E. W.) had Abner, b. Sept. 12, 1754; Alfred, b. Aug. 19, 1777. Abel (E. W.) had Abel, b. July 18, 1775. BUTLER, Thomas (Wby), d. Aug. 23, 1725, a. 64; his wife, Abigail, d. Sept. 5, 1750, a. 85 ; his son, Isaac (Wby), m. Sarah Marshfield, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1722-3. Children— OMve, b. May 2, 1724, d. Sdpt. 27, 1727 ; Sam- uel Stone, b. Jan, 31, 1726-7 ; Olive, b. May 10, 1729, d. Sept. 10, 1754; ,To- siah, b. Nov. 9, 1731 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 23, 1734, d. Jan. 12, 1753. Samdel Stone (son of Isaac), m. Mary Goodwin, Aug. 19, 1751 ; was taken into the church at Harwinton, April 15, 1753, also his wife : he d. July, 1798 . C/iiWrra— Isaac, b. June 15, 1752 ; Sarah, b. July 23, 1754. Samuel had Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1741 ; Samuel, b. March 6, 1743 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 18, 1744; Jerusha, b. Sept. 21, 1746, d. March 24, 1747 ; .Terusha, b. Oct. 26, 1747 ; Abigail, b.Dec. 20, 1749 ; Zechariah, b. March 21, 1752 ; Zeoha- riah, b. Sept. 4, 1754 ; Josiah, b. Sept. 2, 1755 ; Thankful, b. Jan. 24, 1759. David had David, b. Nov. 8, 1736. JosiAH, m. Margaret Manly, Simsbury, Nov. 13,1754; had Nathaniel (E. W.), d. Aug. 30, 1828, ». 78 ; Aurelia, d. Aug. 31, 1824, a. 54. BUTTOLPH, David, had Roger, b. Oct. 4, 1734. BUTTON, Jonathan (E. W.), had Levi, b. March 24, 1776 ; Joseph, b. June 22, 1778; Naomi, b. July 12, 1780 ; Rhoda, b. May 14, 1785 ; Huloag, b. March 25, 1789 ; Jesse, b. July 25, 1791. BYONTON, John, had John, b. June 4, 1754. CADWELL,* Moses, had Lois, b. Jan. 1729-30, d. Deo. 28, 1734; Pene- lope, b. April 25, 1733 ; Jonathan, b. March, 1734-5. CADY, John, d. Sept. 6, 1751, in 74th year. {E. W. O.) Nahum, d. Oct. 14, 1834, a. 91 ; his wife, Deborah, d. April 17, 1826, a. 74. (E. W. 0.) CAMARON, Mr. John, d. Jan. 8, 1813, in 54th year ; " a native of Scot- land." (£. W.) CAMPBELL, James, had Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1743 ; William, b. Jan. 31, 1745 ; Matthew, b. Jan. 7, 1747 ; James, b. Jan. 11, 1749 ; Elizabeth, b. March 26, »Thi8 family is mostly found in that part of Bloom Bold formed from SimBbury. 566 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1751 ; John, h. Nov. 2, 1753 ; Rosanna, b. June 14, 1755 ; Joseph, b. May 4, 1756. CARPENTER, Noah (E. W.), had Abner, b. Jan. 15, 1784 ; Noah, b. Sept. 8, 1785. David (E. W.), m. Martha Brunson, April 13, 1786 ; had Lorina, b. Oct. 6, 1786 ; Joel, b. March 28, 1789. CARTER, Joshua, a first settler at Dorchester and at W. ; d. July 5, 1647. Children— J oshoa,, bap. March, 1638 ; EUas, bap. Aug. 13, 1643, and Eli.sha ; both died accidentally, being burned to death in their father's house, " May, 1653, at night." (See also, p. 46, of Hist, of Dorchester.) GARY, Samdel, m. Deliverance Grant, Dec. 7, 1762 ; had Christopher, b. Feb. 25, 1763 ; Anna, b. May 5, 1765. CASE, John, m. Sarah, dau. of William Spencer of Hartford, and lived in W. until spring of 1669, when he settled in Simsbury, at Weatogue ; his 1st wife d. Nov. 3, 1691, a,. 55 ; and he m. 2, Elizabeth, wid. of Nathaniel Loomis of Windsor, and dau. (as supposed), of John Moore of W. ; he was the first constable appointed in Simsbury, Oct. 14, 1669, and represented the town several times at the General Court ; he d. Feb. 21, 1703^; his wid. d. July 23, 1728, a. 90. C/uWrcn— Elizabeth, b. about 1658 ; Mary, b. June 22, 1660; John, b. Nov. 6, 1662; William, b. June 5, 1665 ; Samuel, b. Junel, 1667 ; Richard, b. Aug. 27, 1669 ; Bartholomew, b. Oct., 1670 ; Joseph, b. April 6, 1674; Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1676; Abigail, b. May 14, 1682. (For a large and excellent genealogy of this family, see Goodwin's Genealogical Notes.) Benoni, had Agnes, b. Jan. 19, 1776 ; Benoni, b. March 28, 1778 ; Amy, h. July 3, 1783 ; Chloe, b. July 28, 1786. Benoni, Jr. (son of above), m. Chloe Barnard, May 1, 1798. Children — Warren, b. July 12, 1801 ; d. May 2, 1851, a. 49 : Frederick, b. March 4, 1803 ; Mary, b. March 31, 1805 ; d. Feb. 6, 1841, a. 35 : Otis, b. Nov. 14, 1798 ; Pamelia, b. Feb. 8, 1788 ; Harlow, b. Sept 20, 1790 ; Zophar, b. June 26, 1792 ; m. Julia ; had Julia, who, d. Sept. 20, 1850, a. 29 {Poq. New Gd.) : Zardus, b. Oct. 18, 1794; d. Sept. 30, 1830, a. 36 : Delsena, b. May 19, 1797 ; Fredns, b. June 19, 1179 ; d. May 24, 1836, a. 37 ; m. Ruth Phelps, Feb. 14, 1828, and had Adelaide, who d. Aug. 26, 1848, a. 17. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — Gideon m. Sarah Alderman, Dec. 5, 1750. Orson m. Mary Bebee of Hartford, May 1, 1822. William, m. Chloe Stoughton, Deo. 2, 1824. Deaths (Poq. iV.).— Benoni d. Feb. 5, 1833, a. 81; his wife Anne d. Deo. 24, 1814, iv. .',6. Benoni, 2d, d. Jan. 30, 1854, a. 76. Julius, d. Nov. 11,1834, a. 44. Gideon, jr., d. Oct. 8, 1786, a. 59. W. Rec.—Wid Elizabeth, d. July 23, 1728. Nathaniel, d. June 6,1753. CASEY, Eunice ( wife of Patrick), d. Feb. 28, 1799, in 55th yr. [E. W.) CHAFFEE (Doctor), d. March 4, 1819, a. 88 ; his wife Lydla d. Oct. 1, CHALKWBLL — CHAPMAN. 567 1801, a. 79. CftiMrcn— Hepzibah, b. Aug. 12, 1758 ; Mary, b. July 25, 1760 ; Hezekiah, b. March 21, 1762 ; Esther, b. April 24, 1765 ; John, b. Feb. 22, 1767. (For notes of Chaffee family see Hinman's larger catalogue.) Anson, m. Sarah M. Whipple, April 19, 1827. CHALKWELL, Edwaed, d. Oct. 17, 1648 ; left no children ; legatees were, Nicholas Sension, John Moses, Rev. Mr. Warham, Geo, Phelps, and the poor of the church of Windsor. CHAMBERLAIN, Oliver (E. W.). C/ii7*m— Wyatt, b. Dec. 26, 1763 ; Oliver, b. July 16, 1765 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1766 ; Levi, b. Oct. 12, 1769 ; Alva, b. Feb. 14, 1771 ; Chauncey, b. Dec. 14, 1772. CHAMPION, Capt. Reuben (E. W.), had Reubtn, b. May 18, 1797. CHANDLER, Isaac, m. Anna Loomis, Oct. 3, 1771 ; had Isaac, jr. ; b. April 19, 1773. CHAUNCY (Rev.) Nathaniel, son of Pres. Charles, and brother of Rev. Israel of Stratford, Ct. ; was b. at Plymouth about 1639 ; educated and grad- uated at Harvard College in 1661, of which he was afterward fellow ; bap. at Scituate ; he first settled as teacher of the church of Christ at Windsor, Ct. ; m. Abigail, dau. of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Nov. 12, 1673 ; had children recorded at Windsor, viz : Isaac, b. Sept. 5, bap. Sept. 6, 1674 ; Catharine, b. Jan. 12, and bap. April 16, 1675; Abigail, b. Oct. 14; Na- thaniel, jr., b. 1681 ; Charles, b, Sept. 3, 1679 ; bap. 7th, and d. Oct, 31, 1679. The Rev. Mr. C. removed to Hatfield in 1679, and d. there in 1685 [See p. 173) ; his wid. m. Dea. Medad Pomeroy of Hatfield, in 1686, who was a selectman, town clerk, and representative to the general court, and a man of large wealth and influence. Their son, Samuel (Pomeroy), b. 1687, graduated at Y. C. in 1705, and settled at Newtown, L. L, in 1709, where he d. in 1744, very suddenly, " and left his dear bosom friend and congregation to bewail hia unspeakable loss." (Rev.) Mr. Chakles of Fairfield (s. of Rev, Nathaniel), m. Sarah Wolcott, March 16, 1698-9 ; who d. Jan, 5, 1703-4. Children, recorded at TT.— Abiah, b. Jan. 22, 1699 ; Robert, b. Nov. 29, 1701 ; lohabod Wolcott, b, Jan. 4, 1703-4. Hinman adds that he was " in 1710, appointed guardian for his children. * * * He d. before 1715 ; and John Moore and Daniel Bissell of W., were appointed guardians." CHAPMAN, Edward, m. Elizabeth Fox, in England ; was made freeman in 1667, and was killed in the attack on the Narragansett Fort, known as the Swamp Fight, in 1675 ; inventory dated Feb., 1675-6, is f 184, 10s. ; gave £61 to the widow ; to son Henry £30 ; Simon £18 ; and £15 to each of the 5 daughters : his widow had her children baptised after their father's death. CW/rf/cn— Henry, b. July 4, 1663; Mary, b. Aug. 23, 1664; Mary, b. Oct. 22 (or 7), 1654; Elizabeth, b, Jan. 18, 1667; Simon, b. April 30, 1669 ; Han- nah, b. May 3, 1671 ; Margaret, b. March 7, 1672; Sarah, b. May 24, 1675. 568 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOK. Hknrt (son of above), m. Hannah Grant, 'May 11, 1692. Children — Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1692-3; Edward, b. April 8, 1695; Hannah, b. March 2, 1699; Betty, b. April 12, 1702 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 10, 1706. Simon (son of Edward 1st) . Children — Samuel, b. March 2, 1695-6 ; Simon, b. Nov. 14, 1700. Samuel (.son of Simon), m. Hannah Strong, Aug. 8, 1717; 'had Reuben, b. Deo. 9, 1718 ; d. Jan. 3, 1718-19 ; Sarah, b. May 23, 1720 ; Samuel, b. Oct. 5, 1723 ; he is recorded as the son of Samuel of Hartford ; probably Samuel, senior, had removed there. Simon, Jr. (son of Simon), m. 1, Mary AUyn, Jan. 7, 1724, by whom he had Simon, 3d ; b. Dec. 29, 1726 ; who d. Jan. 3, 1726-7 ; Mrs. Mary, the mother, d. Sept. 3, 1729, a. 28 ; m. 2, Silence Winchel, Deo. 25, 1730; he d. April 22, 1737, a. 36. Simon (probably the same), m. Mrs. Elizabeth Lothrop of Tolland, Deo. 2, 1736 ; probably this was the same Simon who m. 2 wives before. Henry, m. Mary Dibble, May 24, 1744. CArtdrcn— Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1744 ; Mary, b. May 5, 1748 ; Hannah, b. March 21, 1753. Taylor, m. Ann Ellsworth, Nov. 1, 1759 ; she d. Jan. 1, 1794. Children— Taylor, b. April 25, 1764; Frederick, b. Sept. 3, 1760; m. Lucy Marshall, Nov. 27, 1800 : Edmund, b. April 6, 1762 ; dau., b. Nov. 5 ; d. Nov. 30, 1765. Edward, had Margaret, b. March 7, 1667. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — Edwin, m. Abigail Drake, April 29, 1824. John B., m. Lydia Hoskins, June 11, 1827. Asahel, of Glastenbury, m. Eunice A. House, Aug. 6, 1829. Ldcas B., m. Olivia C. Wilson (both of Windsor Looks), Dec. 4, 1849. DraMs.— Henry, d. Dec. 22, 1713. Edward, d. May 21, 1724. Simon, d. Oct. 12, 1749, a. 79. Sarah, wife of Simon, d. May 21, 1735, a. 60. CHAPIN, Eliphalet (E. W.), m. Mary Darling, Nov. 25, 1773, who d. Sept. 24, 1776 ; m. 2, Anna Read of Canterbury, June 18, 1778. Children- Sophia, h. Aug. 17, 1776 ; Wright, b. March 26, 1779 ; Betsy (dau. of Anna), b. April 9, 1787. (E. W. 0.) Aaron (E. W.), m. Mary King, Sept. 11, 1777 ; had Laertes, b. Aug. 21, 1778. Joseph, a noted gunsmith and mechanic, m. Jane Allen ; lived at Long- meadow, Mass., then settled in Ketch Mills district (E. W.) ; afterwards went to Vt., where he d; his children were Tryphena, b. at Longmeadow ; m. Capt. Asahel Stiles of E. W. ; Solomon went to Sodus, N. Y. ; had a large family : Irene, m. twice ; 2d time to a Smith of Amherst ; Gideon and Joseph worked at their father's trade, and blacksmithing ; Gideon m. a dau. of Rev. Thomas Potwine of E. W. ; Abigail m. for a second husband, James Clark ofE. W. CLAPP — CLARK. 569 Henry, m. Melissa Loomis, Jan. 25, 1827. Deaths [E. W. O.).— Daniel, b. Dec. 13, 1808, a. 54 ; his wid. Eunice, d . April 14, 1822, a. 73 ; their dau., Huldah, d. Nov. 22, 1803, in her 18th year. Flavey, wid. of Daniel, d. Sept. 5, 1827, a. 30. Fbedds W. d. Oct. 18, 1827, a. 8 years. H. Celestia, wife of Daniel, jr., d. April 5, 1858, a. 22. CLAPP, PKEi5EEVE[D], son of Capt. Roger of Dorchester, and Sarah ' (dau. of Capt. Benjamin) Nuberry of W., were m. by Mr. Talcott, June 4, 1668. (See also p. 44 of tlie History of Dorchester.) Maky, dau. of Ebenezer and Sophia R., d. Feb. 6, 1837, a. 1. [E. W.) HnLDAH, wife of Alexander, d. Aug. 15, 1867, a. 17. (Poq^. N.) William, m. Emeretta Griswold, July 7, 1839. CLARK, Daniel, one of the first settlers, and a man of much influence and position at W., was m. 1, to Mary (dau. of Thomas) Newberry, June 15, 1644; she d. Aug. 29, 1688; m. 2, Martha (wid. of Simon) Wolcott, a sister of Wm. Pitkin, Esq., of Hartford; the Hon. Daniel, d. Aug. 12, 1710, "in the 88tli year of his age, or thereabouts ;" he was an attorney at law, and held many public ofB.oes ; was appointed secretary of the colony in 1658, which oflice he held until 1664 ; he again held it during 1665-6 ; was in the land division at Hartford in 1639 ; his wife d. Oct. 13, 1719 {E. W. 0.). Children — all by his first wife; Mary, b. April 24, 1645; d. in infancy: Josiah,! b. Jan. 21, 1648; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 28, 1651 ; m. 1, Moses Cooke, of Westfield, son of Capt. Aaron, Nov. 25, 1669 ; 2, Lieut. Job Drake, of W., Sept. 13, 1677 (see Cooke and Drake families) : Daniel, b. Apri 14, 1654 ; m. Hannah (dau. of Daniel) Pratt of Hartford, 1678; went to Colchester, where he became the ancestor of a large branch :* John,2 b. April 10, 1656 ; Mary, b. Sept. 22, 1658 ; m. 1, John Gaylord, Dec. 13, 1683 ; 2, Jedediah Watson, about 1700 (see Gaylord and Watson families) : Samuel, 3 b. July 6, 1661 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1668 ; m. 1, Isaac Pinney, about 1685 (see Fin- ney family) ; 2, to a Marsh, or Nash of Hadley : Hannah, b. Aug. 29, 1665 ; d. in early life : Nathaniel, b. Sept. 8, 1666; never married ; was slain by the Indians in 1690 ; left a will, dated April 29, 1690, which thus begins : " Whereas, I, Nathaniel Clarke of Windsor, in the county of Hartford, am, by the providence of God, called to go out against the common enemy, for his Majesty's service, and the defence of the country ; and considering the peril and hazard of such an undertaking, and being now of good understand- ing and memory, I count it my duty to settle that estate God hath in his mercy bestowed upon me, in the manner following." JosiAH,! m. Mary (wid. of Christopher) Crow, and dau. of Benjamin Burr of Hartford. Only child recorded at W., Josiah, b. Jan. 13, 1682. JoHN,2 first of Simsbury, where he was admitted an inhabitant, Deo. 24, ♦For genealogy of this branch, see Goodwin's Genealogical Notes. 12 570 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1686, afterwards, 1698, of W. ; m. Mary (dau. of Christopher) Crow, 1685 ; he d. Sept, 1715, in 60th year, and liis wid. m. Wm. Randall of Enfield, about 1720. Children — Hannah, b. Aug. 6, 1686, in Simsbury ; m. Thomas Gillet, Feb. 26, 1705 : .Tohn, b. in Simsbury ; d. March 7, 1709 : Mary, b. in Simsbury ; m. Samuel Cooley of Springfield, Oct. 24, 1711 : Jemima, b. in Simsbury ; m. a Cooley : Martha, b. in Windsor, March 19, 1697 ; m. James Eggleston of W., Aug. 28, 1718 ; she d. May 25, 1728 : Solomon, b. May 20, i 1699, in Windsor; m. Ann. Eggleston, Eeb. 24, 1720 : Elizabeth, b. May 16, 1701, in Windsor : Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1702, in Windsor ; d. young : Daniel, b. Dec. 31, 1704, in Windsor; Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1706, in Windsor; d. Aug. 16, 1713 : Benoni, b. Oct. 21, 1708, in Windsor ; d. at Enfield, Jan. ]6. Samuel, 3 m. Mehitable (dau. of Timothy) Thrall, 1687 ; she d. Aug. lSl5, 1723, a. 59. CAiVdren— Samuel, b. Nov. 10, 1688 ; m. Abigail (dau. of Josiah) Owen of Simsbury, where he settled ; a slight genealogy of his family will be found in Goodwin's Genealogical Notes: David, b. April 1, 1696; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 11, 1699; Joseph, b. July 13, 1697 ; d. July 7, 1718. Joseph, had Joseph and Mary, both baptized Sept. 30, 1638 ; this may be the Joseph, who, the History of Dorchester says, was at that place early ; Dr. Harris thinks in 1630, see p. 46 of that history. EziEL (Ezekiel?), had Oliver, b. Feb. 6, 1747-8. EzEKiAL, had Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10, 1751. John, m. Keziah, had Keziab, b. April 14, 1751 ; d. Oct. 8, 1775 : Isaac, d. Aug. 26, 1777 ; Martha, b. Oct. 9, 1753 ; John, b. Oct. 6, 1755 ; Deborah, b. April, 1757 ; Jeremiah, b. Feb., 1759 ; Daniel, b. Dec. 24, 1760. Benoni, m. Abigail Latimore, April 12, 1759 ; had Benjamin, b. April 4, 1761 ; Abigail, b. April 16, 1763 ; Elias, b. May 6, 1765 ; Hezekiah, b. Aug. 18, 1767. HiKAM, m. Emeline ; had Jane, d. Dec. 7, 1850 ; Emetine F., d. July 19, 1850, a. 10 ; Homer F., d. May 1, 1849, a,. 14 mo. ; Katherine, d. Sept. 24, 1834, a. 7 ; Angeline, b. Oct. 5, 1834, a. 1 ; Emeline, the mother, d. April 9, 1854, a. 45. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — Isaac S., m. Fidelia Phelps, May 11, 1835. Joel B., m. Jane Griswold, June 12, 1836. Russell T. of Hartford, m. Sarah W. Mather of W., Oct. 3, 1838. Jason, m. Dolly B. Watrous, Aug. 1, 1821. Henky, m. Chloe Riley, Jan. 1, 1821. Mokgan, m. Julia Fox, Jan. 27, 1830. William, m. Ruth W. Moore, Jan. 9, 1828. Jddson, m. Almira T. Barber, Oct. 24, 1831. Samuel, m. Cordelia Blanchard ,Nov. 29, 1832. John S., m. Eunice A. Loomis, March 5, 1833. Ira, m. Fidelia AUyn, Oct. 18, 1840. Sdmnee, m. Prudence B. Murphy, March 5, 1841. Deaths. — Joseph, d. May 2, 1659. Joseph, buried April 14, 1641. (E. W. 0.)— Elizabeth, wid. of Ebenezer, d. Nov. 11, 1810, in 79th year. (Sc.)— John Denison, d. June 25, 1812, in 14th year. Betst, dau. of Jonathan and Sally, d. Oct. 30, 1803, in 12th year. Sahah, wife of Jonathan, COGSWELL — COPLEY. 571 d. Dec. 4, 1803, a,. 38. Capt. Olivek, d. April 8, 1846, a. 74 ; his wife Azu- bah, d. March 25, 1843, a. 70 ; their s. Lamson W., d. Dec. 8, 1812, a. 19 ; their dan. Aurelia, d. Nov. 30, 1814, a. 6 montlis. {Wp. JV.)— Emily, wife of Norman, d. Oct. 24, 1852, a. 46. (Poq. iV.)— Lev:, d, Sept. 8, 1832, ». 71. Abiei, B., d. March 16, 1847, a. 129. John S., d. Oct. 31, 1842, a,. 34 ; his son (by wife Eunice A.), Edgar P. d. Sept. 25, 1841, a. 2. Luaknah, wife of Gilbert, d. Nov. 11, 1851, a. 45. Edwin R., d. Oct. 15, 1854, a. 24. Nelson H., s. of Samuel and Cordelia, d. Jan. 18, 1833, a. 5 years, 7 mos. Grove, d. Sept. 27, 1846, a. 80. Mart? P., dau. of Isaac S. and Fidelia, d. June 21, 1842, a. 6 years, 3 mos. Russell, d. July 6, 1852, a. 35. Henry (of Hadley), made his will in 1675, wherein he mentions that he wag a member of the Windsor church, viz : " My will further is, that the disposal of my housing and land at W. be, and be understood to be, with this proviso, that the rates and maintenance due therefor to the ministry, be continued and paid to the 1st Church of Christ at Windsor, of which I was sometime a member." — (W. Land Rec.) He was an uncle to Elizabeth, the wid. of Ed- ward Chapman. COGSWELL, Joseph, had Sarah, b. March 31, 1754 ; his wife Sarah, d. April 15, 1754. COLGROVE, Joseph, had Hannah, b. Aug, 12, 1788 ; AUyn Mather, b. Deo. 27, 1790 ; Almena, b. Feb. 16, 1793. COHOON, Capt. Nathan, m. a sister of Thos. Potwine, and lived at Ketch Mills, E. W. COLLINS (E. W.), Levi, had Levi and Daniel, twins, b. March 13, 1792 ; Simon, b. May 5, 1794 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 19, 1797. Aaron A., m. Sally Maria Newberry, March 1, 1827. " Samuel Warner of W. and Ebenezer Warner of Springfield, gave oath be- fore John Moore, y»s(icc, that they heard Mr. John Hollinbeck say tliat Nathan CoUons and Anna Cooley had been published according to law ; they further informed, that Anna Cooley was near or about thirty years old, and that she had done for herself e near ten years ; also, they said that her mother was against her marrying with said Nathan Collons." Nathan Collons and Anna Cooley, m. in W., Feb. 6, 1710. Deaths {W. N.).—Co\. John, d. Nov. 5, 1857, a. 78. Simon, s. of Levi, d. Oct. 15, 1795. COLT, Jabez, (s. of J?) b. April 1, 1703. Joseph, m. Ruth Loomis, Oct. 29, 1691 ; he d. Jan. 11, 1719. COPLEY, Nathaniel, m. Mary Gaylord, April 3, 1730 ; had Nathaniel, jr., b. April 9, 1733. Nathaniel, m. Esther Griswold, Sept. 19, 1745 ; had Noah, b. June 25, 1746. 572 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. COOK (Captain) Aakon, was probably at Dorchester in 1630; removed to W., although not in the first company of 1635, as is evident from a town grant of land voted him on July 5, 1636 ; he m., as supposed, a daughter of Henry Smith of Springfield, son-in-law of William Pyncheon. Children — Joanna, b. April 5, 1638 ; Aaron, bap. Feb. 21, 1640 ; Miriam, b. Mai-ch 12, 1642 ; Moses, b. Nov. 16, 1645 ; Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1650 ; Elizabeth, b. April 7,1653; Noah, b. June 14, 1657.— {Old Ch. Rec.) Prom W. he went to Northampton, where he was a representative, and from thence to Hadley, which town he also represented at the Mass. Gen. Court ; " Mr. Cooke was a man of great energy, and a devoted friend to the regicide Judges, Gofiis and Whalley : while they were in this country, they resided in his neighborhood : his first wife was a dau. of Thomas Ford ; his second wife was Joan (dau. of Nicholas) Denslow ; he had a third and fourth wife, and d. in the year 1690."— (J^ist. Dorchester.) Nathamiel, one of the first settlers at W., m. Lydia Vore, June 29, 1649; was made freeman May 16, 1650 ; was in full communion with the W. Church, June 22, 1662 ; his wife in 1658 ; he d. May 19, 1688 ; wid. Lydia, d. June 14, 1698. C/«idrm— Sarah, b. June 26, 1650 ; Lydia, b. Jan. 9, 1652, d. Oct. 24 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 11, 1655 ; Nathaniel, jr.,l May 13, 1658 ; Abigail, b. March 1, 1659-60 ; John, b. Aug. 3, 1662 ; Josiah,2 b. Deo. 22, 1664. Nathaniel, Jr.,^ who d. Feb. 28, 1724, had Nathaniel, jr.,3 April 6, 1689 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1690 ; Ebenezer, b. June, 1692 ; Daniel, b. Jan. 9, 1693 ; Lydia, b. March 13, 1696 ; Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1700 ; Richard,* h. Aug. 30, 1703 ; Abigail, b. Jan. 12, 1705 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, 1707; Jemima, b. Sept. 23, 1709 ; Benjamin, b. March 26, 1711 ; Joseph,6 b. April 1, 1713 ; Aaron, b. April 22, 1715. Jo3iAH,2 m. 1, Ruth ; m. 2, Sarah Ponder of Wakefield, Jan. 14, 1702; she d. Sept. 29, 1697. Children— io^mh, b. Aug. 4, 1690; Ruth, b. April 22, 1692 ; William,^ b. Nov. 4, 1695. Nathaniel, Jr.,3 m. Mary Brooks, Feb, 19, 1717. CftiMrm— Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1718 ; Dorothy, b. July 20, 1721 ; Lydia, b. Feb., 1724; Nath., b. March 2, 1726; Simeon, b. Oct. 18, 1729; Sarah, b. Oct. 31, 1731; Marah, b.NoT. 26, 1736 ; Elkanah, b. May 31, 1738. Richard,* m. Martha Evins, April 11, 1722. C/»7rf«»— Reuben, b. Feb. 5, 1722-3 ; Hannah, b. June 29, 1726 ; Ebenezer, b. April 17, 1728 ; Lucie, b. July 20, 1730; d. Aug. 21, 1747; Dudley, b. Feb. 14, 1732; d. Dec. 28, 1754; Joel, b. March 17, 1734 ; Abner, b. May 6, 1737. Joseph, 5 m. Joahebah Willington, Nov. 26, 1744. Children— Aaron, b. Oct. 1, 1745 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 7, 1753 ; Lydia, b. Feb. 1, 1746 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1750; Sarah, b. May 12, 1754. WiLHAM,6 m. Edie Drake, Feb. 28, 1716. Children— mie, b. Dec. 30, 1717 ; Ann, b. Oct. 30, 1719. COOK. 573 JosiAH, m. Joanna Relay, June, 1718. CHdrcm— Joanna, b. May 24, 1719 ; Ruth, t. April 4, 1723. TheoPilds, m. Mindwell Holcomb, gppt. 26, 1721. CAi7rfrc«— Margaret, b. July 20, 1722 ; Mindwell, b. Dec. 14, 1724 ; Samuel, b. July 6, 1726 ; Tlieo- pilus, b. June 3, 1729 ; David, Jonathan, b. Jan. 26, 1733-4; Noah, b. May 7, 1736 ; Elijah, b. Nov. 19, 1738 ; Josiah, b. Feb. 11, 1740-41. Theopilus, Jr. (.son ot above), m. Hannah Graham, Oct. 19, 1758. Child- ren— limothy , b Jan. 30, 1746-7; Theopilus, b. Jan. 5, 1749-50; Shubael, b. April 20, 1751 ; Ashbel, b. April 22, 17.'J3; Abel, b. Apiil 12, 1755 ; Isaac, b. July 5, 1757; William, b. Dec. 11, 1758 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 12, 1762; Eli- jah, b. March 26,1764; Alexander, b. Aug. 19,1766; Roger, b. Dec. 4, 1768; Abijah, b. Sept. 26, 1773. Solomon, had Hosea, b. March 10, 1730-1 ; Martha, b. Nov. 5, 1733. Dea. JoHH, m. Deborah • ; he d. May 25, 1751, a. 59 ; she d. Aug. 25, 1755. Children— Fi-ancis, b, Sept. 16, 1737 ; d. Oct. 22, 1737; Job, b. April 19, 1740 : Hannah, b. Aug. 7, 1742 ; Elisha, b. Deo. 24, 1745 ; Sarah, b. March 15, 1748. John, m. Hannah Loomis, Jan. 1, 1735. John and Hannah had Elisha, b. Feb. 14, 1732. Elisha (son of Dea. John), met " an untimely death being in the 40th yr. of his age ; being washing his nets in Windsor Rivulet, his carriage sank, the stream being very swift in the Rivulet, he drowned, on the 24lh day of May, 1785." CAi/rfrm— Olive, d. Sept. 1, 1775 ; Anna, d. Sept. 10, 1787 ; Phena, d. Sept. 17, 1785. Samuel, had Samuel, b. April 29, 1749 ; d. same yr. Samdel, had Samuel, b. July 15, 1748. Samdel, m. Dorothy Oillet, Nov. 25, 1747. Benjamin (E. W.), had Oliver, b. June 14, 1769. Abner, Jr., had Reuben, b. March 23, 1795 ; Abner, b. Dec. 21, 1796. William, m. Keziah (Weston?) of Hartford, May 13, 1790 ; had Elizabeth, h. Feb. 24, 1791 ; Ann Maria, b. March 30, 1793. Joel, had Sarah, b. July 26, 1755 ; Anne, b. April 4, 1757 ; Joel, b. May 19, 1763 ; Finney, b. Jan. 19, 1765 ; Agnes, b. Aug. 29, 1767. Thomas, had Frances Ellen, b. Aug. 31, 1841. Abner, m. Ann Hoskins, Feb. 18, 1762. Children — Daniel, b. April 10, 1763 ; Abner, b. Nov. 13, 1765 ; Elisha, b. June 9, 1766 ; Nama, b. July 16, 1767; Belsena, b. Aug. 28, 1788 ; Roswell, b. May 29, 1791. JosiAH, Jr., m. Hannah Cook, April 14, 1762. Children — Kesiah, b. July 18,1762; Sarah, b. April 11, 1764; Josiah, b. Oct. 13, 1766; George, b. Dec. 30, 1769 ; Anna, b. April 11, 1772. Elisha, m. Anna Raymond, Jan. 16, 1767. Children — Anna, b. Dec. 7, 1765 ; Elisha, b. Aug. 13, 1769 ; Phena, b. Aug. 12, 1771 ; Olive, b. May 1, 1774; Olive, b. June 12, 1776; Lula, b. May 7, 1779; Clara, b. Sept. 24, 1783. 574 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Noah, m, Lydia Westland, Feb. 21, 1758. Children — Lydia, b. Jan. 26, 1759 ; Noah, b. Sept. 5, 1767; Margaret, b. April 25, 1764; Asa, b. July 10, 1766 ; Ruth, b. June 23, 1767 ; Chloe, b. Jan. 30, 1772, Benjamin (E. W.), m. Abigail Skinner, Nov. 30, 1758 ; he d. Jan. 5, 1791; she d. Sept. 15, 1802, in 73d yr. Children— Ah\ga.i\, b. April 27, 1760; Elia- kim, b. June 18, 1762: Benjamin, b. Sept. 3, 1765. Moses, had Lydia, b. April 17, 1675. John (son of John), had Francis, b. July 17, 1715 ; " died an untimely death (being about 7 yrs. and 4 mos. old), by a cart wheel running over his body, near the shoulders, he lying on his face, on the 17th day of Nov., 1722 " : Sarah, b. June 2, 1717 ; John, b. June 14, 1719. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — MosEs of Woronoke, m. Elizabeth Clark, Nov. 25, 1669. JoHlf, m. Hannah Drake, July 15, 1714. Rodney, m. Lorauia Moore, March 8, 182f, NoKMAN, m. Almira Cook, May 22, 1827. Allen, m. Mary Griswold, Sept. 1, 1831. Horace, m. Almira G Fisk, Nov. 16, 1834. Jdstin, m. Fanny Moore, Jan. 18, 1835. John (possibly son of Nathaniel 1st), m. Sarah Fiske of Wenham, Sept. 14, 1688. Horace, m. Fanny M. Daniels, Nov. 25, 1849. Eliakim, m. Abigail, , who d. April 4, 1760. Deaths [W. iJcc.).— Thomas, d. Nov. 18, 1697; Mary, dan. of Thomas, d. March 10, 1688-9 ; Martha, dan. of same, d. Nov. 8, 1683. Mr. Thomas, d. Nov. 29, 1724 ; Alice his wife, d. June 13, 1705. Moses, d. May 15, 1714. John, d. Feb. 27, 1711-12. John, d. Nov. 3, 1692. Josiah, d. Deo. 4, 1773. David, d. July 1, 1796, a. 62. Mindwell, d. May 7, 1801, a. 78. Dea. Wil- liam, d. Feb. 28, 1780, a. 85. (JE. W. 0.) — Anna (dau. Luke) Loomis, wife of Benjamin, d. Oct. 25, 1793, in 22d yr. Eliakim, d. Aug. 6, 1776, in 84th yr. ; his wife, Jemima, d. April 4, 1760, in 66th yr. Mabel (dau. of Dea. Amasa) Loomis, wife of Benjamin, d. May 27, 1800, a. 31. COOLEY, Simon, son of Chauncey and Roxy, d. July 25, 1795 (E. W.). Charles (E. W.), had Charles, b. Nov. 20, 1804; Selina, b. April 12, 1806 ; Julianna, b. Aug. 22, 1807 ; Carmaralzaman, b. June 1, 1809. Jane Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Lyman, b. April 11, 1828 ; d. Sept. 6, 1828, a. 4 mos. 26 days : Frances Pamelia, dau. of same, d. March 27, 1824, a, 2 yrs. 2 mos. CORNING, Nathan, d. July 5, 1796, a. 70 years (£. TV.). CORNISH, James, had Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1697. Gahiel (of Westfield), m. Elizabeth (dau. of George) Wolcott, Deo. 15, 1686. James (of Wakefield), m. Elizabeth Thrall, Nov. 10, 1693. COTTON, Mr. Lebron, had a dau., Dorothy, b. Nov. 11, 1656. COY — CROSS. 575 COY, David, had David, b. May 19, 1759. Uriah, had Eunice, b. Dec. 4, 1758 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 8, 1761. Samuel, had Mabel, b. Feb. 5, 1757; Josiah, b. Jan. 31, 1764; Zephena, b. Jan. 3, 1766. COLEMAN, John, of Hatfield, d. Feb. 21, 1725, a. 18 {E. W. 0. Bg. Gd). CRANE, Hezekiah, m. Rachael Rockwell, April 2, 1747 ; he d. Jan. 3, 1805, a. 84; she d. Oct. 7, 1809, a. 83 (Sc.) ; had Hezekiah, b. Aug. 7, 1747. David (E. W.), had David, b. Oct. 5, 1775 ; Samuel Pitkin, b. Jan. 15, 1780; Curtis, b. Nov. 9, 1781. Aakon (E. W.), had Polly, b. May 10, 1779 ; Aaron, b. March 24, 1781 ; Timothy, b. Jan. 28, 1783 ; Ziba, b. April 16, 1785 ; Eli, b. Aug. 3, 1787 ; Jenny, b. Dec. 24, 1789 ; Luoina, b. Aug. 19, 1792. Marriages. — Elishama, m. Sarah Bis.sell, Dec. 31, 1744. Barnes, m. Elizabeth Gibbs, April 15, 1821. Hosea, m. Laura A. Hubbard, ISfov. 28, 1827. Deaths (Sc). — Chloe, wife of David, jr., d. Nov. 24, 1829, a. 49. Charlotte, d. Jan. 14, 1813, a. 25. John, son of David and Jerusha, d. Feb. 24, 1799, a. 1 yr. 8 mos. Alfred, son of Chauncey and Phebe, b. Dec. 19, 1818 ; d. Feb. 15, 1819. James, d. Jan. 2, 1843, a. 48 ; his wife Electa, d. July 16, 1845, a. 49. Rdfus, d. Nov, 30, 1820, a. 64 : his wife Rachel d. April 1 , 1849, a. 88. Jasper G., d. May 3, 1851, a. 23. (K. ilf.)— Almira, dau. of Rufus and Wealthy, d. April 14, 1840, a. 11. RuFDS, d. Feb. 7, 1851, a. 64. CRESSY, Benjamin, had Wealthy, b. Nov. 18, 1783. CROCKER, Elihd, d. Nov. 4, 1768. iuciDS, m. Elizabeth Barnes, June 17, 1833. CROSS, William, was an early settler in W., also land owner, in 1644, at Weathersfield ; appears to have been a seafaring man, and died in Fairfield about 1655 ; left a wife and perhaps children. Capt. Samdel (supposed to be a son of the above), m. Elizabeth (wid. of Edward) Chapman, July 12, 1677; he purchased land in W. of Jacob Gibbs, in 1678 ; also had 40 acres allotted to him in Suffield, May 16, 1671, being the ninth recorded land in that place [Hinman) ; he d. Nov 6, 1707. Chil- dren— Ea.nnah, b. June 11, 1678 ; d. July 7, 1680 : Samuel, b. Dec. 10, 1679 ; d. same day : and other children ; he had a son-in-law, Simon Chapman, and was cousin to John, Samuel and Jonathan Bates, also of Sarah Ketohum, Jonathan Jagger, Hannah Welch, James Picket, Mary Hoyt and Ephrdim Pheljjs ; all, of whom shared his estate. John, m. Mary Grant, Nov. 3, 1686 ; he d, July 23, 1721 ; she d. June 29, 576 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1720; had Hannah, b. April, 10, 1694; d. Deo. 1696: his will mentions children, viz. : Nathaniel, Mary (Pioket), Hannah (Jagger), Sarah (Bates). Petek had Peter, b. Dec. 17, 1756 ; Mary, b. June 3, 1759. CROW, Christopher, first came to Hartford ; after a few years removed to Windsor ; m. Mary, dau. of Benj. Burr of Hartford, Jan 15, 1656 ; made freeman in 1656 ; his farm and last residence in Conn., was at Greenfield, in W. ; he left the colony, and his wife also left (about 1680), and left behind her 3 young children in a sufifering state ; the court ordered, Dec. 11, 1680, that Samuel and Thomas Burr should take an inventory of estate, pay the debts and take charge of the children ; the estate was finally settled in 1684. (See Hinman.) His children were : Samuel, a. 21, in 1683 ; Mary, a. 18, Oct., 1683 ; Hannah, Feb. 15, 1683, a. 15 ; Martha, a. 14, May, 1684 ; Benoni, a. 12, 1683; Margaret, a. 11, April, 1684; Thomas, a. 5, 1684. Samuel, m, Ruth; she d. Nov. 4, 1698 : had child Martha, b. Nov. 13, 1690. Samcel, m. Martha Moses, Jan. 30, 1689. CROWFOOT, Joseph of Springfield, m. Mary Hillier, April 14, 1658. CULVER, Henry (son of William and Esther), d. Oct. 10, 1781, a. 8 mo. (E. W.). CUMMING, George (E. W.), had Mary, b. May 22, 1775 ; Allison, b. Aug. 16, 1776; Rhoda, b. March 13, 1781. CUMMINS, Daniel, d. May 20, 1709. CURTICE, Henry (by tradition, from Stratford-upon-Avon, in England), m. Elizabeth Abeel, May 13, 1645. C/ii/rfrm— Samuel, b. April 26, 1649 ; Nathaniel, b. July 15, 1651 : this family settled at Wethersfield, and Strat- ford, Ct. DAMMOND (probably Demmon, or Deming), Samuel, Jr., had Thankful, b. Sept. 13, 1739. DART, Simeon, d. Dec. 4, 1763. William (E. W.), d. Jan. 12, 1799; had a son William, who had a son Oliver, now living. DAVIS, Abel (E. W), had Esther, b. Oct. 22, 1776 ; Phebe, b. Sept. 9, 1779. Marriages. — David, m. Lucy Parker, Jan. 1,1777. Isaac, m. Deborah; had Rachel, b. Feb. 15, 1722. Nathaniel, m. Mary Gleason of Enfield, Oct. 4, 1739. Isaac, Jr., m. Rachel Sheldon, of Suffield, May 15, 1745. DcaiA.- -William, d. June 6, 1776, a. 33. DAY (an E. W. family), Nathan, m. Deborah Porter, Dec. 15, 1729; he d. Dec. 28, 1779, in 7Sth yr. (E. W. 0.) ; she d. Nov. 11, 1774, in 79th yr. (E. W. 0.). Children— OUvev, b. Jan. 3, 1732; d. July 27, 1795, a. 62 (£. W. O.) : Justus, b. April 10, 1745 ; he d. Oct. 6, 1802 (E. W. 0.) ; hiswid. Mary, d. March 15, 1825, a, 78 (E. W. 0.). Jonathan, d. Aug. 17, 1743, a. 6 mo. 15 d. (E. W. 0.). DENSLOW. 577 Stiklino, m. Susan Barker of Enfield, Aug., 1824. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages.— iBA&c, m. Harriet N. Finny of Hatfield, Jan. 1, 1832. Gkove, m.LoisEllsworth, Deo. 11, 1822. Isaac, m. Sarah May, April 17, 1823. W. W., m. Kmeiine E. Russell of Springfield, March 12, 1848. Deaths {E. W. 0.).— William, d. Dec. 27, 1781, in 66th yr. Oliver (s. of Oliver and Eleanor), d. Jan. 23, 1775, a. 7. Molly (dan. of same), d. Feb. 7, 1776, in 2d yr. Eleanok (wife of Oliver), d, March 9, 1774, in 39th yr. Jona- than, d. Sept. 9, 1721. DENSLOW,* Nicholas, was an early settler at Dorchester (probahly 1630) ; freeman there in 1633 ; removed to Windsor. Henry, m. ; was the first settler of the present town of Windsor Locks; was killed by the Indians in 1676. CAtVdrcn— Hannah {Old Ch. Rec. have it Susannah), b. Sept. 3, 1646 ; Mary, b. April 10, 1651 (OU Ch. Rec.) ; Ruth, b. Sept. 19, 1653 ; Abigail, b. Feb. 6, 1655 ; Deborah, b. Dec. 21, 1657 ; Samuel, b. Dec. 19, 1659 ; Hannah, b. March 1, 1661 : Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1665 [Old Ch. Rec). John, m. Mary Eggleston, June 7, 1655 ; he d. Sept. 14, 1689. Children- John, b. Aug. 13, 1656 ; Mary, b. March 10, 1658 ; Thomas, b. April 22, 1661 ; Deborah, b. May 29, 1663 [Old Ch. Rec.) ; Joseph, b. April 12, 1665 (Old Ch. Rec.) ; Benjamin, b. March 30, 1668; George, b. April 8, 1672 (OM Ch. Rec.) ; Isaac, b. April 12, 1674; Abigail, b. Nov. 7, 1677 {Old Ch. Rec.) ; d. April 5, 1690: Abraham, b. March 8, 1679 {Old Ch. Rec). Samuel (s. of Henry), had Hannah, b. Nov. 14, 1690 ; Elizabeth, b. March 9, 1692-3; Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1694; Samuel, b. July 14,1697; Benjamin, b. March 29, 1701 ; Joseph, b. March 24, 1703-4. Samuel, Jr. (s. of Samuel above), m. 1, Mary Grant, March 7, 1727 ; she d. Feb. 25, 1729, a,. 27 : m. 2, Sarah Chapman, Oct. 1, 1730. Children by Isf tcj/c— Mary, b. May 23, 1729. Children by 2d wife— Sa.riih, b. July 5, 1731 ; Samuel, b. April 24, 1733 ; m. Hannah Levit, May 24, 1756 : Reuben, b. Aug. 4, 1735 ; Elijah, b. May 9, 1738 ; Patience, b. Sept. 5, 1740 ; Benajah, b. Oct. 30, 1743 ; Hannah, b. April 24, 1746. Joseph, m. Ann Holcomb, Oct. 10, 1733 ; he d. Oct. 2, 1749. Children-^ Joseph, b. Sept. 25, 1734; d. Oct. 1, 1734: Anne, h. Nov. 15, 1735 ; Rosa- bella, b. May 27, 1738 ; d. Oct. 4, 1740 : Joseph, b. Dec. 9, 1740 ; Benajah, b. June 6, 1743 ; d. Sept. 10, 1746 : Martin, b, April 25, 1745 ; Rosabella, b. May 9, 1748 ; d. Oct. 21, 1749. Benosi, m. Sarah Griswold, Nov. 17, 1748. C/iiHrm— Sarah, b. Sept. 11, 1749; Tryphena, b. Nov. 19, 1751; Zulima, b, March 13, 1754; Oliver, b, May 15, 1756 ; Joel, b. April 28, 1758 ; Sarah, b. April 30, 1761 ; d. June 13, *^r. D. B. Denslow of New York city, has been for Beveral years engaged on a genealogy of this family. We simply present what the records show. ^3 578 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1761 : Pliebe, b. Sept. 22, 17C3; Submit, b. May 15, 1765 ; Joseph Gaylord, b. June 6, 1769. Maktin (son of Joseph), m. Lois Wizard of Farmington, April 11, 1770. CAiWcTO— Huldah, b. April 3, 1771 ; Martin, b. Feb. 19, 1773. Joseph Gaylord, had Oliver, b. June 16, 1794. Aakon had Chloe, b. May 17, 1758. Joseph, Jr., had Elihu, b, Aug. IS, 1757; Samuel, b. Sept. 15, 1759. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages — John, m. Elizabeth Stiles, March, 1720. Albert, m. Eliza Fish, Sept. 18, 1827. Deaths. — Patience (dau. of Samuel), d. Deo. 9, 1697. Benjamin, d. Not. 23, 1688. Susanna, d. Aug. 26, 1683. Mart (wife of Job), d. Aug. 29, 1684. John, d. Oct. 25, 1732. Mary (dau. of Samuel, jr.), d. Dec. 22, 1729. Patience (dau. of Samuel), d. Oct. 1, 1736. George, d. Jan. 17, 1737. Mr. Sameul, d. Oct. 1, 1743. Mr. Joseph, d. Jan. 14, 1754. Sarah (dau. of Samuel), d. July 23, 1756. Lois, d. Dec. 13, 1813, a. 61. Carlos, d. Feb. 15, 1826, a. 39. Violette (dau. of Elijah), d. May 26, 1786, a. 20. DEWEY, Thomas (spelt on the Dorchester town records Duee), was early at Dorchester, and, on his removal to W., sold his house and lands atD. to Richard Jones; juror in 1642 and '44; frequently a juror and deputy; m. Frances Clark, March 22, 1638 ; he d. April 27, 1648, and his wid. m. George Phelps, Nov. 2, 1648. Children,— Thom&s, jr., b. Feb. 16, 1639 ; Josiah,bap. Oct. 10, 1641 ; Anna, bap. Oct. 15, 1643 ; Israel, bap. Sept. 25, 1645 ; Jedi- diah, bap. Deo. 15, 1647. GiDDiNGs, m. Loricia Bidwell, Aug. 5, 1823. DEXTER, Seth, one of the early settlers of Pinemeadow, now Windsor Locks, Ct., was b. in Rochester, Mass., Dec. 1743 ; m. Dec. 18, 1768, to De- borah Haskell, who was b. at Dartmouth, July 26, 1743 ; they moved to W. Aug. 17, 1770, where he d. Aug. 1, 1797, and his wife d. Feb. 14, 1830, a. 87. Children — David,! b. in Rochester, Mass., May 17, 1770; Joanna, b. March 23, 1772; m. Horatio Clark, and resided in Bennington, Vt., where she d. May 30, 1819 ; Deborah, b. June 15, 1774 ; m. Jerijah Barber, and d. Sept. 29, 1803: Seth,2 b. Dec. 22, 1776 ; Azuba, b. Feb. 17, 1779; m. W. C. Aberuathy of Harwinton, May 1800; d. Jan. 16, 1826: Nancy, b. May 22, 1781 ; m. Benjamin Gates; resided at Phelps, N. Y. ; d. 1864: Natlianiel,s b. March 23, 1784; William,* b. Feb. 28, 1786; Sophia, b. June 21, 17S9 ; m. Capt. Luther Hoadley of Winsted, Ct., Jan. 23, 1811, who d. at Groton, Sept. 7, 1813, in the service of the U. S. ; she m. 2, W. C. Abernethy of Harwinton, where she resided a few years, and moved to Augusta, HI., where he d. Feb., 1856; she is now ihe only survivor of tbe 2d generation. David,! m. Mary Pitkin of East Hartford, Dec. 22, 1796 ; (b. June.30, 1769, and d. Nov., 1848) : they resided in Amherst, Mass., where he d. June 29,1838 Children— ;ia.mes P.,5 b. Sept. 8, 1797; David,8 b. April 15, DICKINSON — DIGGENS. 579 1799; Maiy, b. Oct. 17, 1800 ; m. Rev. Ralph Clapp, May 22, 1828, and d. at Parma, N. Y., April 8, 1840: Abigail Church, b. April 25, 1302; m. Erastus Clark of Granhy, Ct., April 12, IS.'iS : Horace,' b. Deo. 29, 1803 ; Lucretia, b. June 15, 1805 ; m. William Clark of South Hadley, Mass., June 6, 1843 : Edward,8 b. Feb. 18, 1807 ; William,^ b. Sept. 13, 1809. Seth,2 m. Sylvia Gaylord, May 5, 1808 (b. Sept. 7, 1787) ; he d. March 31, 1841. CAt'Wren— Harriet Clark, b. April 5, 1809 ; m. Edwin A. Douglass of Stephentown, N. Y. (b. March 3, 1804) on Feb. 6, 1834, and d. at Mauoh Chunk, Pa., Feb. 26, 1846 : Charles H.,10 b, Sept. 19, 1810. Nathaniel,3 m. Betsy ; lived at Bennington, Vt. CMd— Henry H. William,* m. Sally Malory of Wmsted, Ct. where they resided for several years, and then moved to Illinois ; he d. May 3, 1841. Children — Sarah Ann ; William, jr. ; Elizabeth ; Harriet ; Saloam ; John. James P. ,5 m. Irene H. Clarke of Amherst, Mass., Sept. 6, 1823. Child' rc»— Eliza C, b. June 1, 1825 ; Charles P., b. March 23, 1827 ; resides at Eutan, Ala. : Mary C, b. Nov. 18, 1829 ; m. James Miller of Mauch Chunk, Pa. ; resides in New York : Irene H., b. Oct. 27, 1832; Henry L., b. Dec. ll, 1834; Harriet L., b. April 13, 1838 ; Luther H., b. July 7, 1840. David, 6 m. Cynthia Rankin (b. Nov. 15, 1803), of Pelham, Mass., Sept. 21, 1850; he d. Sept. 11, 1856. CMM— Martha Ann, b. March 2, 1833. Horace,' m. Eunice C. Boltwood (b. Aug. 14, 1809), of Amherst, Mass., Oct. 4, 1827; resides at Willoughby, N. Y. Child— Irene B., b, Dec. 6, 1830 ; m. Sept. 5, 1850, to H. G. Tryon of Willoughby, N. Y. Edward," m. Dec. 5, 1833, to Mary Ann Parsons (b. Oct. 23, 1812), of Ludlow, Mass. ; resides at Broad Brook, Ct. Children — Charlotte Maria, b. July 25, 1836; George P., b. Dec. 23, 1839 ; Mary Ellen, b. Dec. 1, 1849. William,^ m. May 6, 1845, to Fanny F. Herrington, of Stockbridge, N. Y. Children— norence A., b. Jan. 26, 1846; Clarence W., b. April 23, 1848; Charles H., b. July 1, 1850 ; Francis F., b. Nov. 8, 1853 : Maria E., b. Nov. 3, 1858. Charles H.,W m. Sept. 19, 1838, to Lydia (dan. of Dr. Wm. S.) Pierson of W. Is a manufacturer of paper at Windsor Locks, Ct. Children — Julia S. , b. Nov. 4, 1839 ; Annie P., b. May .''., 1842; Edwin D., b. Oct. 24, 1846, DICKINSON, Obadiah (E. W.). Children— Ohadiah, b. March 25, 1770; Seth, b. Jan. 9, 1772; Elizabeth, b Feb. 10, 1774; Hannah, b. March 12, 1776 ; Horace, b. Feb. 6, 1778 ; Mary, b. Jan. 28, 1780 : Anson, b. March 28, 1782; Ethan, b. Sept. 28, 1784; Lois, b. June 14, 1787. DIGGENS, Jeremiah, 1648. Thomas, m, Mary Loomis, Dec. 31, 1719 ; had Thomas, who d. March 11, 1719-20. Jeremiah, Jr., had Joseph, b. April 12, 1710. Deaths {E. W. O.). — Jeremiah and Mary, had Theodore, who d. March 22, 1753, a. 6 yrs., 6 mos. ; John, who d. Aug. 11, 1751, a. 2 yrs., 10 mos.. 580 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 4 d. ; Mary, who d. June 8, 1752, Dg as a Drake. . ." Ritson, King of Tan, t. 408. DRAKE. 583 We find that the Deaoon was displayed in the banners of the Britons aa early as 1448, and that churches have borne the emblem from time immemo- rial." Another coat of arms was granted by Queen Elizabeth, to Sir Francis, the great navigator. The family of Drake has been distinguished in England, from the earliest ages, by a long array of noble men ; soldiers, navigators, clergymen, martyrs and authors. But our limits forbid us from entering more into detail ; the curious reader will find these items in the little work from which we have made the preceding extracts. It is sufficient for our purpose to say that among- the many noble families of the name, in Great Britain, the family who held their s=at at Ashe, were ever prominent, and from them it is supposed that the Drakes of New England were descended. Of this family was John, one of the Council of Plymouth, a member of the original company established by King James, in 1606, for settling New Eng- land. Several of his sons came hither and settled, viz : Richakd, who came over with two or more sons, and nine daughters, and settled at Hampton, N. H. ; and John, who came to Boston in 1630, and settled at Windsor. From these are descended all of the name in America. John (the Emigrant). " Aug. 17, 1659, John Drake, sr., dyed accidentally a.s he was driving a cart loaded with corn to carry from his house to his son Ja- cobs, the cattle being 2 oxen, and his mare. In the highway, against John Grif- fin's, something scared the cattle, and they set a running, and he laboring to stop them by taking hold on the mare, was thrown down on his face, and the cartwheel went over him, brake one of his legs, and bruised his body, so that he was taken up dead, being carried into his daughter's house, had life come again, but dyed in a short time, and was buried on the 18th of Aug. 1659 (IT. Rec). " Old Widow [Elizabeth] Drake, died Oct. 7, 1681, at 100th yr. of age, having lived a widow, 22 years" {Old Ch. Rec). Children — Jobl ; John 2 ; Jacob, m. Mary Bissell, April 12, 1649, "now it is 25 years and never had a child ;" his mother lived with him, after her husband's death (Ch Rec.) ; he d. about Sept., 1689. Sgt. JoEjl m. Mary Wolcott, June 25, 1646 ; d. Aug. 6, 1689 ; wid. Mary, d. Sept. li, 1689 ; estate £583 4s. CMdrm— Abigail, b. Sept. 28, 1648 ; Mary, b. Dec, 12, 1649; m. Thomas Marshall, 1685: Job,3 b. and bap. March 28, 1652; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1654; Joseph, b. April, 16, 1657; Hepzibah, b. July 14, 1659 ; Hester, b. Oct. 10, 1662. John, Jr. ,2 m. Hannah Moore, Nov. 30, 1648 ; was one of the first settlers at Simsbury ; inventory presented Sept. 12, 1689 ; Simsbury property amount- ed to £393 15s ; Windsor property, .£223 2s ; had a son John (now of Dan- bury), who in 1708 chose a guardian : she d. Feb. 16, 1686. Children — John,3 b. Sept. 14, 1649 ; .lob.* b. June 15, 1651 ; Hannah, b. Aug 8, 1653 ; Euoch.5 b. Dec. 8, 1655 ; Ruth, b. Dec. 8, 1657 ; Simon, 8 b. Oct. 28, 1659 ; 584 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Lydia, b. Jan. 26, 1661 ; Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1666 ; Elizabeth, b. July 22, 1664; Mindwell, b. Nov. 10, 1671 ; Joseph,^ b. Jane 26, 1674. Lt. JoB,2 m. Wid. Elizabeth Cook )dau. of Daniel Clark), Sept. 13, 1677; he d. Nov. 9, 1711, in 60th yr; she d. Dec. 22, 1729, a 78. Children— Job, b. Jan. 26, 1678 {Old Ch.Rec); Mary, b. April 29, 1680 (Old Ch. Mec); Jaeob,8 b. Jan. 29, 1683 ; Sarah, b. May 10, 1686 ; m. Hon. Gov. Roger Wol- cott, Dec. 3, 1702 : Job,9 b. , 1705. J0B,4 m. Elizabeth Alvord, March 20, 1671. C/«Hrm— Jonathan ,10b. Jan. 4, 1672; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 4, 1675 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 16, 1689. Enoch,S m. Sarah Porter, Nov. 11, 1680 {Old Ch. Rec); who, after his death, m. Sgt. Josiah Barber, who, March 12, 1701-2, moved for a distribu- tion of Enoch Drake's estate ; d. Aug. 21, 1698. Children — Sarah, b. May 31, 1681 {Old Ch.Rec); Enoch,llb. May 5, 1683; Samuel, b. July27, 1688; Hannah, b. Oct. 6, 1695 ; Nathaniel {in Probate Record). SiMON.e m. Hannah Mills, Dec. 15, 1687 ; she d. in 1712. Children— S\- meon, b. Aug. 27, 1690 ; d. Sept. 19, 1690: Hannah, b. Sept. 29, 1694; Edee, b. Nov. 14, 1697 ; Prances, b. Oct. 16, 1701 ; d. June 5, 1713 ; Phineas,12b. Sept. 21, 1706. Joseph.'' Children — Joseph,"13 b. April 24, 1697 ; Benjamin, b. April 14, 1699 ; John, b. May 6, 1703 ; Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1701 ; William, b. Deo. 30, 1705 ; Thomas, b. May 18, 1708 ; Abel, b. March 24, 1710 ; Moses, b. July 20, 1716. Jacob (son of Job),8 m. Hannah (dau. of Thomas) Loomis, June 28, 1704. CAiWrm.— Jacob,l4 b. May 27, 1705 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 3, 1706 ; Aaron, b. Nov. 25, 1710 ; d. Aug. 30, 1735. Mr. JoB,9 m. Martha Moore, Nov. 16, 1730 ; he d. Deo. 9, 1789 ; she d. July 25, 1765, a,. 34. CAiWrra— Martha, b. Oct. 31, 1731 ; d. July 25, 1765 : Au- gustine,l5 b. Nov. 7, 1742. JoNATHAN,lo m. Esther ; he d. 1716. Children — Benjamin, b. Feb. 1, 1709 ; d. 1717 : Esther, b. May 4, 1712 ; d. June 20, 1730 : Eunice, b. Feb. 4, 1715-16. E.voCH,ii m. Elizabeth Barber, April 20, 1704; she d. April 2, 1717; he m. 2, Lydia Cook, who d. May 18, 1718 ; he m. 3, Dorcas Eggleston, May 6, 1719. CAiWrm— Enoch,i6 b. Jan. 12, 1705 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 3, 1707-8 ; Eunice; Lois, b. June 15, 1710; Noah," b. June 13, 1714; Hannah, b. March 29, 1717; Jerusha, b. June 14, 1720 ; Hezekiah, b. Jan. 17, 1721-2 ; Dorcas, b. Sept. 11, 1723 ; Dudley, b. Aug. 30, 1725 ; Lydia, b. Nov. 15, 1727 ; Ebenezer, b. Nov. 28, 1729 ; Isaac, b. July 13, 1733. Phineuas,12 m. Deborah Moore, Feb. 29, 1727. CAiWrm— Phinehas, b. Feb. 20, 1728 ; Prudence, b. April 5, 1735 ; Edee, b. July 6, 1737 ; Eunice, b. April 5, 1740 ; Roger, b. March '^5, 1742 ; Hannah, b. June 14, 1744 ; Elisha, b. Aug. 4, 1748. Joseph, Jr.,i3 m. Sarah Eason of Hartford, May 31, 1721. CAiidren— Sarah Easou,' b. Jan. 15, 1722 ; Lemiwell, b. Sept. 12, 1723. DRAKE. 585 Jacob w m. 1, Hannah , who d. July 6, 1722; m. 2, Catharine Porter, Jan. 10, 1727; he d. 1754. Children— Asalieiw b. June 24, 1722; Catharine, b. July 5, 1729 ; Jacob,i9 b. March 23, 1732-3 ; Aaron,20 b. Aug. 30, 1735 ; John, b. Oct. 27, 1739 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1741 ; Hepzibah, b. Jan. 27, 1744^5 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 13, 1746 ; m. Benjamin Case. AcGDSTraE,l5m. Mary Griswold ; lived on Broad st., Windsor, just north of where H. Sydney Hayden now lives ; he d. May 6, 1777, a. 53 : she d. Jan. 22, 1816, a. 73. C/i(7i/«n— Mary, b. Sept. 3, 1761 ; Elihu, b. Sept. 24, 1763 ; Martha, b. Sept. 20, 1765 ; Job,2ib. Ang. 23, 1767. Enoch,16 m. Mary Barber, May 1, 1735. Children— Ma,ij, b. Dec. 31, 1736 ; EUzabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1739 ; Enoch, b. Aug. 24, 1741 ; Elijah, b. June 20, 1744; Eunice, b. June 22, 1749 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 22, 1752. NoAH,lT m. Hannah Skinner, Oct. 1, 1741. Children— Noah, b. May 30, 1743 ; d. June 13, 1743 : Noah, b. May 5, 1744 ; d. July 21, 1744 : Noah, b. Sept. 3, 1745 ; d. Nov. 4, 1745. AsAHEL,l8 m. Damaris Kelly, of Hartford, Feb. 7, 1744-5. Children— As&- hel, b. Oct. 10, 1745 ; Ehoda, b. Aug. 15, 1747 ; Damara, b. Dec. 26, 1752. Jacob, Jr.,l9 had Adonis, b. May 12, 1765 ; Jacob, b. Jan. 20, 1768. Aakon,20 m. Clotilda Gillett, July 21, 1757 ; had Chloe, b. May 17, 1758. J0E,21 m. Jemima Gillett, Oct. 4, 1796 ; lived on Broad st. ; built the house where Miss Betsey Drake now resides. Children — Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1797 ; Richard Griswold,* b. Sept. 13, 1803 ; d. Feb. 20, 1858 : Frederic Augustine,22 b. June 11, 1810. Fkedeeic A.,22 m. Mary H. (dau. of Amos) Seward, of Guilford, Sept. 18, 1838; merchant at Georgetown , S. C. ; family reside at Guilford, Children — Mary' Seward, b. Feb. 20, 1840 ; d. inf. : Frederic Richard Seward, b. Aug. 31, 1846 ; son, b. May 3, 1852 ; d. inf. Nathahiel, m. Rebecca Barber, Jan. 23, 1705-7. Children — Nathaniel, b. *KicHARD Griswold Drake, Esq., eon of Job and Jemima Drake, was born at Windsor, Ct., on the 13th day of September, A. D. 1803. He was educated at Yale College -where he graduated with distinction in the year 1830. He choee the Law as his profession, and pur- sued his preparatory studies, for a portion of the required time, in the office of the Hon. Isaac C. Bates, of Northampton, Mass., and was admitted to the bar in the year 1B32. For the first few years of his professional life, he was located in Windeor, and enjoyed the confi- dence of the community where he lived, as an honest counselor and sound lawyer. In the year 1837, he was invited by Hon. Charles Chapman of Hartford, to remove to that city and enter into co-partnership with him in the practice of Law, which invitation he ac- cepted. He continued in that business connection, under the name of Chapman & Drake, until his death. For the last two years of his life he suffered under a pulmonaiy difficulty, and in the autumn of the year 1857, went to Philadelphia for the purpose of spending the winter. During the winter his symptoms became more and more alarming, and on the 20th day of Feb., 1858, he died. His remains were removed to Windsor, and Interred in the family burying ground. Mr. Drake did not determine to acquire a liberal education and pursue a profession, until 74 586 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. June 4, 1708 ; Joseph, b. April 18, 1711 ; Samuel, b. Sept. 6, 1713 ; Eebeoca, b. Deo. 30, 1715. Israel, had Job, b. Nov. 6, 1714. Jekemiah (E. W.), m. Hannah Burnham, Oct. 17, 1717; he d. 1746. Children — Hannah, b. April 20, 1718; m. Ebenezer Bissell : Jonathan, b. Sept. 28, 1717; Elizabeth, b. May 4, 1721; Ann, b. Sept. 2, 1722; m. John Prior : Ance, b. Sept. 22, 1724 ; Job, b. Feb. 1, 1725-6 ; Marcus, b. Jan. 13, 1727; Gideon, b. Aug. 31, 1729. JosiAH, had Joel, b. Jan. 30, 1738-9 ; Levi, b. Ang. 6, 1743 ; Jonah, b. Aug. 6, 1747 ; Moses, b. April 2, 1749 ; Aaron, b. April 13, 1751. Joseph had Reuben, b. May 19, 1741. Thomas, m. Eunice Skinner, Jan. 25, 1750. ChUdrm — Amasa, b. Dee. 8, 1750; Thomas, b. Nov. 7, 1753; Elinor, b. Oct. 27, 1756; Abner, b. Sept. 23, 1758 ; Amy, b. July 7, 1755. Samuel had Samuel, b. April 14, 1744 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 24, 1745 ; Amy, b. Oct. 24, 1749 ; d. April 18, 1750 : Abigail, b. April 22, 1752. Job 2d, m. Hannah Goodrich, April 27, 1749. CM*cn— Job, b. Oct. 15, 1750; John, b. Oct, 20, 1751 ; Hannah, b. July 4, 1753. Ebenezek, Jr.,m. Martha Steadman, Feb. 18, 1762. Children — Nancy, b. March 15, 1767; Warner, b. Jan. 3, 1771; Chauncey, b. Feb. 10, 1773; Rumah, b. May 12, 1775 ; Theodocia, b. May 11, 1777 ; Lucina, b. Sept. 4, 1781. Amasa (E. W.). Children— Eunice, b. Dec. 2, 1775 : Sarah, b. Sspt. 10, 1778 ; Francis, b. Jan. 8, 1781 ; Thomas, b. June 30, 1779. Job, 3d, m. Hepzibah Willis, Feb. 7, 1774. CAiHrm— Matilda, b. May 16, 1774 ; Molly, b. Aug. 14, 1778 ; Patty, b. Oct. 23, 1780 ; Hepzibah, b. Feb. 14, 1784 ; Amelia, b. June 12, 17— ; Sabra, b. March 27, 1786 ; Sarah, b. May 20, 1791; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1737. Dea. Daniel (E. W.), m. Elizabeth Warner, Feb. 4, 1730-1; he d. March 24, 1800, in 92d year; she d. Feb. 19, 1790, in 79th year. .CAiMrm— Ehza- beth, b. Sept. 8, 1732; Waitstill, b. Nov. 2, 1734; d. Oct. 22, 1784: Natha- niel, b. March 4, 1736; Ebenezer, b. June 12, 1739. Dea. Nathaniel, had Silas, b.Jan. 8,1741-2; Nathaniel, jr., and Ehzahefli, had a dau., b. Sept. 7, 1747 ; lived 24 hours. he had first prepared himself for other husiness parsuits. He had nearly reached his ma- jority before he commenced the study of the classics, but having entered upon the study, ho pursued it with great diligence and euccess. Hie position In his class was a biglily hODor- able one, and on his graduation he received a first class appointment. In the study of his profession he was industrious and untiring, and entered upon the practice with a mind well stored with legal lore. He was a gentleman of refined tastes and accomplished manners, an agreeable companion and firn\ fnend. As a lawyer he sustained a highly respectable rank, was engaged in an extensive business, and enjoyed the uninterrupted confidence of his clients. As a man of good business habits, great firmness and unsullied integrity, he was held in high esteem by all who knew him. — Communicated by Hon. Charlea Chapman. D0NLAP — BATON. 587 Silas (E. W.) (son of Dea. Nathaniel above), m. Hannah West, Nov. 12, 1771 ; he d. April 20, 1827, a. 86 ; she d. Aug. 26, 1836, a. 89. CMUren— Ira, b. Oct. 8, 1772 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 8, 1776 ; Silas, b. July 4, 1779 ; Ches- ter, b. April 15, 1781; Anne, b. May 25, 1783; Elizur, b. March 29, 1785; Caleb, b. Aug, 21, 1787 ; Joshua, b. Aug. 21, 1787 ; Simeon, b. Oct 30, 1790. MISCELLANEOUS. Births. — LoKY, son of Lydia, and reputed son of Jasper Soper ; b. May 4, 1745. Feances, b. April 12, 1733. Marriages.— Joais, m. Esther Bissell, April 14, 1708. Josiah, m. Hannah Wilson, May 7, 1735. Nathaniel, jr. (E. W.), m. 1, Anna; she d, Sept. 9, 1769, a. 27 ; m. 2, Hopefull Wolcott, April 4, 1774, who d. May 22, 1815, a. 73 ; he d. Feb. 13, 1806, a. 69. Gideon, d. Aug. 20, 1771. David, m. Elizabeth Strong, March 12, 1747. David, jr., m. Eunice Egleston, Dec. 12,1820. Edward, m. Almira Gaylord, Jan. 18, 1827. H. N.,in. MaryA. Penton, March 28, 1832. Fbedekick, m. Eliza D. Phelps, March 6, 1843. Edmund, m. Eliza Jane Knox, of Hartford, March 18, 1849. Deailis (W. Rec ). — Josiah (s. of Job), d. Jan. 18, 1681. Benjamin (s. of Job), d. Jan. 17, 1697. Makt (wid. of John), d. Aug. 7, 1693. Solomon, d. Dec. 21, 1711. Job (s. of Lt. Job), d. Oct. 15, 1712. Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Job, d. Dec. 22, 1729. Dea. Job, d. April 19, 1733. Aakon, d. May 20, 1734. John (son of Jacob, jr.), d. Oct. 28, 1741. Mr. Jacob, d. Jan. 20, 1762. Francis (son of Phinehas), d. Sept. 3, 1762. Rebecca, wife of Dea. Nathaniel, d. May 22, 1768, a. 81. Dea. Nathaniel, d. May 23, 1769, a. 84. Elijah (son of Phinehas), d. Oct. 3, 1769. Mr. Jacob, d. Sept. 11, 1771. Mr. SAM0EL, d. Jan. 17, 1S37. Elihc, d. Jan. 17, 1839. Lemuel, d. April 15, 1780, a. 57 : his wife Esther d. Sept. 10, 1818, a. 54. David, d. March 28, 1822, a. 65. Job, d. April 16, 1657. Martha, wife of Job ; d. March 22, 1768, a. 63. Lucy, d. June 24, 1840, ». 64. Samuel, d. Oct. 18, 1798,.a. 86 ; his wife, Anne, d. Dec. 1790, a. 68. {E. W. O.)— Capt. Simeon, d. August 9, 1807, in 59th year; wife Lois, d. March 30, 1833, aged 88 ; Gideon, d. August 20, 1771, aged 42 ; wife Abigail, d. May 6, 1816, aged 81; Emeline, dau. of Elizur and Mary, d. Jan. 21, 1827, aged 11. Pibrcy, wife of Chester, d. Nov. 2, 1810, aged 28. Bath- SHEBA, wife of Shubael, d. July 18, 1795, in 45th year. {W. if.)_CALEB, d. April 1, 1848, aged 61. Joshua C, son of Caleb and Sarah, d. Jan. 21, 1849, aged 25. DUNLAP, Robert, m. Martha ; had James (b. upon sea), Oct. 2, 1721 ; Martha, b. Dec. 27, 1722 ; Hannah, b. March 18, 1726 ; John, b. June 24, 1730. EATON, Daniel (E. W.), had Nathaniel, b. April 26, 1736; John, b. June 6, 1739 ; Daniel, b. Feb. 23, 1762 ; Enoch, b. Nov. 1, 1763 ; Chloe, b. Oct. 6, 1765 ; Stephen Davis, b. Feb. 13, 1767 ; Elihu, b. Oct. 17, 1768 ; Elihu, b. Oct. 21, 1770; Jonathan, b. Dec. 14, 1772; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 6, 1774; 588 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Amelia, h. Marcli 19, 1776 ; CUoe, b. Deo. 20, 1780 ; Ardon, b. Jan. 21, 1778 ; Polly, b. June 20, 1782. Aakon, m. Lydia Barber, Oct. 21, 1762. Maey, had Abigail, b. July 9, 1768. EDWARDS. We do not propose to giye a full genealogy of this large and gifted family. The subject is so extensive and so interesting, as to utterly preclude the pos- sibility of our doing more than simply giving those portions of the family more immediately connected with the town of W. A large and tolerably correct genealogy will be found in Goodwin's Geneahgical Notes, to which we acknowledge our indebtedness — but we venture to express a hope and a belief that some one of the numerous and able descendants of the Rev. Timoiht Edwakds, will, at some not very distant day, give to the world a genealogical and biographical history of the family, worthy of the name. There are thousands in this country who are proud to trace their descent from, or con- nection with, the Rev. Jonathan Edwakds, the greatest theologian, and the most subtle intellect of New England, and who would hail with delight a record of the family of Edwakds. William, a son of Rev. Riohakd, a noted Welsh clergyman in the days of Queen Elizabeth (see p. 229), was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Ct., where he m. Agnes (dau. of William) Spencer. He d. before 1672 ; and Ms son Riohakd, b. in 1647, m. 1, Elizabeth (dau. of William) Tuthill, of New Haven, in 1667 ; m. 2, Mary (dau. of Lt. Col. John) Talcott of Hartford, about 1692. His eldest son, Rev^JTiMOTHY, b. May 14, 1669, grad. at Y. C. in 1691, and was ordained pastor of the 2d church of W. (now East W.) in 1694 ; he m. Esther |dau. of Rev. Solomon) Stoddard of Northampton, Mass., Nov. 6, 1694; he d. Jan. 27, 17.58, and his widow d. Jan. 19, 1770, both at East Windsor. Child- ren — Esther, b. Aug. 6, 1695, in W. ; m. Rev, Samuel Hopkins, 2d pastor of the FirsrCh. in M'est Springfield, June 28, 1727, by whom she had 4 child- ren ; he d. Oct. 5, 1755, in 62d yr. ; she d. June 17, 1766 : Iprabeth, b. April 14, 1697, in W. ; m. Jabez Huntington, Esq. of Windham, Ct., June 30, 1724; Col. H., d. Sept. 26, 1752, a. 60; she d. Sept. 21, 1733, a. 36; had 4 dans., one of whom, Tryphena (b. Aug. 27, 1729), d. and was buried in E.W. Aug. 19, 1745 ; after the death of Mrs. Elizabeth, Col. H. m. 2, wid. Sarah Wet- more : Ann, b. April 28, 1699, inW.; m. Capt. John Ellsworth of E. W. : May, b. Feb. 11, 1701 ; d., unm., in E. W., Sept. 17, 1776 : (Rev.) Jonathan, b. Oct. 5, 1703: Eanice,b. Aug. 20, 1705, in W.; m. Rev. Simon Backus, pastor of Ch. in Newington Society, Wethersfleld, Ct., Oct., 1729 ; he d. at Louisburg, while acting as chaplain to the British army, in 1746 ; she d. at E. W., June 1, 1788, a. 83 ; they had 8 children, of whom 2 d., and are bnried in W.; Eunice, b. Jan. 14, 1733 ; d. 1808, unmarried ; and Mary, b. March 24, 1745 ; d. Dec. 27, 1751 : Abigail, b. Dec. 25, 1707, in W.; m. William Metcalf of Lebanon, Ct., Oct. 25, 1737 ; he d. June 15, 1773, in 65th year ; she d. Sept. 24, 1764, EDWARDS. 589 in 57th year; 5 children: Jerusha. b. May 30, 1700, in W.; d. Deo. 22, 1729, in W.: Hannah, h. Feb. 8, 1713 ; m. Seth Wetmore, Esq. of Middletown, Ct., Jan. 15, 1746; she was his 3d wife ; she d. June 17, 1773 ; he d. April 12, 1778, a. 78 ; 3 children : Lucy, b. May 25, 1715, in W.; d. Aug. 21, 1736 : Martha, b. Jan. 5, 1718, in W.; m. Rev. Moses Tuthill of Granville, Mass., in 1746 (see p. 325) ;* he d. at Southold, L. I, Oct., 1785, a. 70 ; she d. in Wap- ping, E. W., Feb., 1794. Children — 4 daus., 3 of whom d., and were buried inE. W. (Wp.); Martha, d. March 15, 1837, a. 90; Hannah, d. Deo. 11, 1831, a. 81 ; Ruth, d. 1805, a. 52. Rev. Jonathan (s. of Rev. Timothy), grad. at Y. C. in 1720, before he was 17 years of age, and lived in college for nearly two years after, fitting himself for the duties of a minister ; In 1722, he went to New York, and preached for some months to a small society of Presbyterians ; in 1724, he was appointed a tutor of Yale College, which office he held until 1726, wlien he was invited to preach as colleague in his grandfather Stoddard's church at Northampton ; where he was ordained as colleague in 1727. His worli here was a great and Useful one ; but in 1750, his fearless dealings with the immoralities of some of his charge led to a separation from them ; driven from this place of his early and faithful ministration, he succeeded, in 1751, Mr. Sergeant, as a missionary to the Housatonic Indians, at Stockbridge, Mass ; after six years' labor in this field, he reluctantly accepted the invitation to become the president of the college at Princeton, N. J., but he had scarcely entered upon his new sphere of labor, before the prevalence of the small pox induced him to be inoculated, and this disease was the cause of his death ; he d. March 22, 1758. Jonathan Edwards is now considered as the greatest intellect, and the most eminent theologian to whom America has given birth ; it might be expected that we should devote considerable space to an account of his life, works, and writings ; but the absolute impossi- bility of extending our limits forbid us from attempting any further deli- neation of so great a character; a whole volume, or more, of the size of %is, would scarcely contain his biography. We must therefore refer our readers to the memoir prefixod to his works by the pen of his descendant, Sereno E. Dwight ; to the well written article in Allen's Jim. Biog. Did. ; the discriminating and excellent article in jlppleton's EncyclopcBdia, written by the Hon. George Bancroft, the eminent historian ; the article in Middleton's Evang. Biog.; the biography by Samuel Miller, in Sparks' Am. Biyg. 1st series, viii, 1 ; and lastly, but not least to his own writings, which have attained a celebrity surpassed by none ; it is also understood that a new and complete edition of Jonathan Edwards' writings are soon to be published by his great grandson, the Rev. Tryon Edwards, D. D. of New London, Ct. Rev. Jonathan Edwakds, m. Sarah (dau. of Rev. James) Pierpont of New Haven, July 28, 1727, she being then in her ISlhyear ; remarkable as an * For anecdote of this Diarriago, eee Holland's Hist. Western Mass., vol. ii, p. G.5. 590 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. example of early piety, she combined the highest graces of personal beauty, with the more surpassing graces of a cultivated mind, and a heart which "dwelt with God ;" she d. at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 2, 1758, in her 49th year. Children — Sarah, b. August 25, 1728 ; m. Elihu Parsons of North- ampton, Mass. : Jerusha, b. April 26, 1730 ; d. Feb. 14, 1747 : Esther , b. Feb. 13, 1732; m. Eev. Aaron Burr, pastor of the ch. at Newark, N. J., and afterwards pres. of Princeton Coll. ; they were the parents of the cele- brated Aaron Bdre, vice-president of theU. S., etc. : Mary, b. April 7, 1734; m. Timothy Dwight of Northampton, Mass., Nov. 8, 1750: Lucy, b. Aug. 31, 1736; m. Jahleel Woodbridge of Stockbridge, Mass.. (Hon.) Timothy, b. July 25, 1738 ; m. Rhoda (dau. of Robert) Ogden of Elizabethtown, N. J. ; Susapna, b. June 20, 1740 ; m. Eleazur Porter of Hadley, Mass. ; Eunice, b. May 9, 1743; m. to Thos. Pollock of Newbern, N. C. ; m. 2, Eobt. Hunt of Elizabethtown, N. J. : (Rev J^ Jonathan, b. May 26, 1745 ; m. 1, Mary (dau. of Eleazur) Porter, sr. of Hadley ; and m. 2, Mercy (dau. of Col. Hezekiah) Sabiu of New Haven ; Rev. Jonathan became pres. of Union Coll. N. Y. : Elisabeth, b. May 6, 1747 ; d. at Northampton, Jan. 1, 1762 : Pierpout, b. April 8, 1750 ; ra. Frances (dau. of Moses) Ogden of Elizabeth- town, N. J. (For further particulars see Goodwin's Genealogical Notes.) EGGLESTON, Begat,* born 1590; came from England to Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1630 ; was made a freeman at Dorchester, in 1631 ; m. 1, Sarali Talcott ; m. 2, ; was one of the original members of Mr. Warham's church, and removed to Windsor in the first emigration of 1635 ; d. Sept. 1, 1674, " ner lOOyerould." — (Old Ch. Rec.) Children — James,l and Samuel,^ twins, b. in England ; Thomas, b. Aug. 26, 1638; made freeman, 1658; lived in E. Windsor, on land bought of John Terry ; d. May, 1697 ; estate, £144, 6s. U : Mary, b. May 29, 1641 ; Sarah, b. March 28, 1643 ; m. John Petti- bone of Simsbury, Feb. 16, 1664 ; had John, Sarah, Stephen t : Rebecca, b. Deo. 8, 1644 ; Abigail, b. June 12 ; bap. the 18th, 1648 : JOBeph,3 bap. March 30, 1651 ; Benjamin,* b. Dec. 18, 1653. • James,! m. Hester ; was made freeman in May, 1657 ; was in the Pe- quot fight in 1637, for which, in 1671, he received a grant of 50 acres of land ; he d. Dec. 1, 1679, a. 59. CAaircn— James,5 b. Jan. 1,1656; John,6 b. March 27, 1659 ; Thomas,' b. July 27, 1661 ; Hester, b. Dec. 1, 1663 ; Na- thaniel,8 b. Aug. 15, 1666 ; Isaao,9 b. Feb. 27, 1668 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 1, 1671 ; Deborah, b. May 1, 1674; Hannah, b. Deo. 19, 1676 ; Hester, b. March 14, 1682-3. Samijel,2 m. a dau. of Nicholas Disbro of Hartford ; was made a freeman at Windsor in May, 1658 ; went to Middletown, Ct., where his name appears * Spelt variously on the old records, viz : Bagot, Bigod, Begott, Bigget, Biggot, &o., &c. t John O. and Virgil Pettihone of Simsbury, Ct., and W. C. and E. T. Pettibone of Hartford are descendants of this lamily. EGGLBSTON. 591 as a landholder, in March, 1670;* he d. Deo. 6, 1686; estate £105 15s 9d; she d. 1683, a. 71. CAiWrcn— Samuel, w b. 1658 ; Sarah, h. 1665 ; Susanna ; Nicholas, h. 1672; Mary, b. 1674; Mercy, h. 1677; Ebenezer," b. 1680. Joseph,^ m. ; probably settled in or near North Stonington, Ct. Children — Joseph ;12 David, resided in Voluntown, Ct., was m. and was called King David; Ichabod ;13 many dans. Benjamin,* described in his father's will as " my stay and staff in my infirm old age," was m, to the widow Hannah Shadock (or Shadrake), dan. of John Osborn, on March 6, 1678, by Capt. Newberry ; he lived in E. W. ; d. 1729 ; Mrs. Hannah Eggleston d. Aug. 17, 1715. Children— Unry , b. Oct. 2, 1680 ; m. a Miller; Sarah, b. April 20, 1683 ; m. a Bliss : Sarah,* b. April 11, 1685 ;Benjamin,l4b. May, 1687 ; Dorothy, b. Feb. 28, 1689-90; m. Sam'l Osborn ; Hester, b. July 10, 1699 ; m. an Osborn of Enfield. JAMES,5 m. 1, Martha Clark, August 28, 1718 ; she d. May 25, 1728 ; m. 2, Elizabeth Blancher, of Hartford, Nov. 31, 1732 ; he d. about 1746 ; estate £336 9s 4d. CWrfrm— James, b. Sept. 4, 1719 ; d. Nov. 5, 1719 ; Elisha, b. Sept. 25, 1720 ; James, b. Sept. 15, 1724 ; Abigail, b. Jan. 6, 1733-4. JoHN,6 m. Esther Mills, June 1, 1682; lived in what is now called Bloom- field, near the Brick School House, 5 m. N. W. of Hartford ; will witnessed June 17, 1730; estate over £600. CAiMren— James, b. June 18, 1689; John,15 b. March 13, 1702-3 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 14, 1683 ; Sarah, b. .Jan. 4, 1686 ; Dorcas, b. Sept. 7, 1692; m. a Drake : Deliverance, b. April 7, 1695 ; d. July 12, 1715 ; Ann, b. Jan. 18, 1697 ; m. Solomon Clark : Damaris, b. July 14, 1700 ; Martha, b. Nov. 20, 1705 ; Edward,i6h. Jan. 31, 1707. Thomas,^ m. Grace Moore ( ? ) ; was a farmer ; lived in Windsor, probably on the lot north of St. Gabriel's Episcopal church ; he d. April 6, 1732; estate £387 9s M ; she d. March 27, 1739. Children— Thomii& ■^^ Grace, b. Nov. 11, 1687 ; m. Nathan Whaples of Hartford : Mary, b. Jan. 11, 1689-90 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 7, 1691-2 ; m. Isaac Loomis : Jedidi'ih,i8 b. June 14, 1696 ; Isabel, b. Jan. 25, 1697; m. Ebenezer Loomis : Deborah, b. May 10, 1700; m. Aaron Loomis : Mary, b. May_13, 1702; m. John ; moved to Canton ; d. 1789, a. 87. Mindwell, Nov. 24, 1703 ; m. Ebenezer Phelps : Joseph,l9 b. April 4, 1706; Ephraim,20 b. March 3, 1708 ; Esther, b. Oct. 19, 1710 ; m. Edward Eggleston. Nathaniel,8 m. Hannah Ashley of Springfield, Ct. (who was b. Dec. 14, 1675), Sept. 13; 1694. Children— Jose-ph, removed to Westfield ; was a, weaver; never married : Nathaniel ;2l James (?). IsAAC,9 m. Mary Stiles, March 21, 1694-5 ; lived in present town ol' Bloomfield, Ct., a few rods north of the Old Brick School House ; he d. * WiiB the .inoostor of all the Egglmtona of Middlelown, Ct.; BoBtan 4 Corners, MaBB., and Windsor and Dulchess countiee, N. Y. Mrs. Oliviii PliolpB, wifo of the well known Chiistian moi-oh.int, Anson G. Phelps, Senr., of the Arm of Pliel|)fl, Dodge & Co of New York city, was a deaoendiint from this Samuel. Her father was poacon Jacob E-, a inanufaolurer of Bi ilannla ware, Middletown, Ut., and her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Oleott. The name of Eggleston is now extinct in that place. The records of this branch wore kindly furnished by the Rev. Awbbobe Eggleston. 592 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WDfDSOR. about 1735. CWMrm— Isaac, b. Dec. 30, 1695 ; d. Feb. 10, 1716-17 : Mary, b. July 20, 1697; m. a Shepard : John, b. Sept. 10, 1700 ; d. Jan. 12, 1701 : Nathaniel,22 b. Jan. 8, 1702-3 ; Daniel,23 b. June 12, 1705. ,...- SamueLjIO m. Patience ; lived in Middletown, Ct., where he gave a deed to his son Samuel, dated Feb. 2, 1727-8. Children— Sa,mue\,'^'b. 1705 ; Abigail, m. John Boynton ; Benjamin ; 25 Joseph,26 removed to Saratoga county, N. Y. ; Amos, removed to Western N. Y. ; Mabsl, m. a Wight of Cornwall, Ct. ; Nicholas and John d. in infancy; Susannah;* Sarah;* Pa- tience;* Mary, b. 1702;* John.* Ebenezer,ii d. about 1751. Children — Ebenezer ; Ambrose ; Bennet ; Thankful; Sybil. Joseph, 12 resided in Voluntown, Windham Co., Ct. ; had John,27 h. 1760, now living in Voluntown. IcHAi)0D,l3 had Icliabod,28 b. about 1778; Rebecca; William,29h. about 1784; Lucy; Betsy. Benjamin, jR.,l*m. Mary Dibble, Dec. 2, 1708; he d. Oct. 30, 1732. CAiWrmt— Abigail, b. June 21, 1710 ; Benjamin, b. Sept. 28, 1713 ; d. Aug. 9, 1733 : Joseph, so b. April 9, 1716 ; Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1718 ; d. June 28, 1761 : Hannah, b. April 9, 1722 ; Bigget.si March 17, 1724 ; Abiah, b. April 29, 1728 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 25, 1730; d. Oct. 30, 1741. ' John, Jr.,l5had Deliverance, b. Feb. 5, 1729. EDWAKn,i6 m. Esther (dau. of Thos.) Eggleston ; his residence in Windsor, on Broad street, probably a few rods south of a small brook on the west side, ^opposite the present St. Gfabriel's church ; he d. 1758 ; estate (which appears to have been located in Torrington, Ct.) amounted to about £120. Children — Edward, jr., b. April 14, 1736 ; Benjamin, b. March 16, 1742-3 ; Jofeph, b. Aug. 10 1744 ; Timothy, b. April 7, 1746 ; son b. May 11, 1747 ; d. 6 days after. TBOMAs,l''m. Sarah Moore; he d. about 1785. Children — Thomas,32b. 1741 ; Lydia, b. 1727 ; m. Solomon Dill of Canton, Ct. ; she d. 1789 : Isabel, b. 1733; m. John Hill of Canton; was his 2d wife, and d. 1818 : Lois (or Eunice), b. 1730. Jedidiah,18 m. Sarah Moore ; was a farmer ; d. July 15, 1766. Children — Sarah, b. March 16, 1726; Lydia, b. Jan. 12, 1728 ; Grace, b. Jan. 12, 1730; d. May 30, 1736: Isabel, b. April 11, 1732 ; Jedidiah, b. July 7, 1736; d. in French war, 1768 : Grace, b. June 17, 1744 ; m. Thomas Eggleston : Thomas, b. Sept. 26, 1746 ; Elijah, b. July 2, 1747. JosEPH,i9 lived in Windsor, on the lot north of St. Gabriel's church ; m. Mary Winchel of Granby, Ct. ; he d. 1774. CW/dnn— Joseph, b. 1775 ; un- married ; a good carpenter ; built a large barn, now standing, on his father's * MSS. of Rev. AmbroBO Eggleston. t Ho had also a dau., Rebecca, who d. Oct. 11, 1718, and a son Joseph, who d. Jnly 27, EGGLESTON. 593 homelot, north of St. Gabriel's eh. ; was a Revolutionary soldier, and in the inventory of his estate is the following item : " A debt unknown for services in the Revolutionary army as a militia soldier, hard fare and poor pay, £0000, 00, 00 " : Ephraim, b. l7o9 ; d. 1821 : Mary, b. 1761 ; d. 1782. Epheaim,20 m. Isabella (supposed) Loomis ; lived in Windsor, on lot now occupied by St. Gabriel's church ; d. in 1758 ; left no children, but his wife was pregnant at time of his death ; his will devised property to this posthu- mus child, if born, but if not, it was to pass to his brother Joseph ; his child was born and named Ephraim. NATnANiEL,2l lived at Westfield, Mass.; d. 1788, a. 90. Children—Ehev ;33 Simeon ;3l Abner, d. young. Nathaniel,22 m. Abigail (dan. of Samuel) Goodwin of Hartford, 1738 ; lived in Wintonbury ; he d. 1788. Children — Abigail, m. Jonathan Bidwell, of Windsor ; Nathaniel, was a farmer and a good weaver ; d. in Windsor, August 24, 1814, a. about 73, unmarried ; gave most of his estate to the sons of his brother : Samuel,3iK b. Dec, 1747, in Windsor, now Bloomfleld. Daniel, ''3 lived in present town of Bloomfield, on site of Old Brick School House, m. May ; d. 1776. Children— Dnniel, b. Oct. 29, 1737 ; Isaac ; Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1735 ; Elizabeth, m. Abel Hoskins ; Anne ; Hannah. SA5nrEL,24m. Hester Buck, March 18, 1761; lived in Northeast, Dutchess County, N. T. : he d. Jan. 25, 1822, a. 84; she d. Jan. 10, 1828, a. 90. Children — Phebe, m. Joseph Conger, and d. in Sangerfleld, N. Y. : Elizabeth, m. Joseph Sherwood, and d. in Genesee, N. Y. : Hester, m. Samuel Gilbert ; d. in Hillsdale, N. Y. : Martha, m. 1, Aaron Barnes ; removed to Auburn, N. Y. ; m. 2, a Treat: Nicholas,35 b. Nov. 8, 1769; David,36b. 1771; Abi- gail, b. 1773 ; m. Samuel Case ; removed to Greece, N. Y. : Samuel,3' b. May 3, 1777 ; Eunice, b. May 1, 1779 ; m. 1, John Dawson ; m. 2, Spafiford ; m. 3, Fuller; removed to Wheatland, N. Y. ; now lives in Holly, N. Y. : Susan, b. Jan. 8, 1782 ; m. Joseph Huntley ; lives in Chenango, N. Y. : Keturah, b. March 30, 1785 ; m. Brewster Jewett, and d. in Northeast, N. Y. BEHJAMiif,25 m. Holmes of Northeast, N. Y. ; removed to Duanes- burgh, N. Y. Children — Amos, Uved in Esperance, IT. Y., in 1846 ; Asa, lived in Duanesburgh, N. Y., in 1846 ; and others. JosEPH,26 m. 1, , who d. insane, aboat 1760 ; m. 2, ; m. 3, a wid. Prosser ; he moved to Saratoga County, N. Y. Children — Samuel, b. Sept. 6, 1764; Sarah, b. June 20, 1766; Charity, b. July, 1768; m. Pike: John,38b. Aug. 12, 1770; d. 1852: Jeremiah, 39 b. 1774; Abigail, b. Deo. 10, 1776 ; m. Goodspeed : Joseph Bibbins, b. Jan. 4, 1779 ; Tabitha, b. 1772 ; d. three years old : Artemus, b. March 29, 1785, Hawkins County, 0. ; Amos, b. March 26, 1786 ; d. 1856 : Benjamin, b. Oct. 19, 1787 ; David, b. March 5, 1789, Albany County, 0. ; Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1790 ; m. St. John. JoaN,27 had John W.,30^ b. in Voluntown, 1790. IcHAB0D,''8 had Betsy, m. Billings of North Stonington, Ct. : Erastus, m. t5 594 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. and lives in Nortli Stonington, Ct. ; has at least one son : Stephen, m. a wife, in Lyme ; lives in North Stonington, Ct. ■WiLLiAM,29 had William, jr., m. , of Waterford, Ct. Children — Lucy, m. George Wilkinson, of North Stonington ; has children : Stephen, m. , of Waterford, Ct. ; has children : Persis, m. Park Woodward, shoemaker, of Griswold, Ct. ; 6 children: Elias, m. and lives in North Stonington ; has fami- ly : Clarissa, m. Ira Miller of Waterford, Ct. ; has family : Avery, m. and has family^; lives in North Stonington, Ct. ; Almira, m. Walker, of North Stonington ; family, a dau. JoSEPH,30 m. wid. Naomi Phelps, of Simshury, Dec. 21, 1757. Children — Mary and Joseph, twins, b. May 15, 1760 ; Ephraim, b. March 8, 1762. BiGGET,3l m. Mary Corning of Enfield, Nov. 7, 1745. Children — Jehiel, b. Feb. 17, 1745-6 ; Benjamin, b. Jan. 2, 1747-8 ; Sarah, b. July 10, 1750 ; Thomas EGSLESTOir,32 m. 1, Rebecca (dau. of Samuel) Drake of Windsor, Feb. 13, 1766; she d. 1775; m. 2, Ann Clark of Wintonbury, 1780; he was a revolutionary soldier, and a noted fisherman, and with his sons owned the best fishing place in Conn. River, north of Middletown ; this was situate on Deerfield lot, and is still called Thomas Eggleston's Fish Place;* in his old age became involved through his sons. Children by 1st wife — Sarah Rebecca, b. Deo. 22, 1766 ; m. Dea. Titus Case of Canton, Ct. 1790 ; aud d. 1820, a. 55 ; six children (See Genealogies of Canton, hy Abiel Brown) ; Jedidiah, b. April 11, 1764 ; never married ; was a farmer and brickmaker ; was easy and generous to a fault ; in 1798 was corporal, and in 1808, sergeant of Windsor company; d. at W., 1854, a. 86 : Elijah, -10 b. March 12, 1770, a. Dec. 10, 1771, (W. Rec.) : Francis, b. March 26, 1774; went to Genesee, N. Y., to superintend the brickworks of Messrs. Wadsworths; he d. there, 1795 ; was a likely young man : child, d. in infancy. Children by 2d wife — Elihu,*! b. 1782; Joseph,*2 b. 1784; Henry, b. 1786; never married ; farmer ; went with his father to N. Y. state ; lived at Salina with his sister, Mrs. (Ann) Clark ; thence to west; George, b. 1789 ; never married; fanner and brickmaker ; a universal genius, and roving in disposition ; went south: Ann, b. March 22, 1792; m. 1, Chauncey Clark of Salina, N. Y., who d. m 1853 ; she then moved west. Ebee,33 was a revolutionary soldier and pensioner ; lost in battle 3 fingers ; had Eli, jr.,« b. 1794 ; Eber, jr.,** b. 1790; Judd ; others. SiME0N,3* a revolutionary soldier ; had Abner, Nathaniel, Silas, Simeon, jr., Pliny, others(?). Samdel,3*>^ was a farmer, and possessed a character of the old Puritan * This place is four miles north of Hartford State House, and is now owned by'the heirs of Timothy Millp, dec. Opposite 'this place, on the west side of the street, is an old brick house, formerly Capt. Benj. Allin's, now owned by D. L. Hubbard. The brick in this house "were said to have been made by Thos. Eggleston. It was built in 1670, and the 1 and are still to be seen in its front. It is said to be the oldest brick house in Conn., and the Egglestuns the first brickmakers in the colony. EGGLESTON. 595 stamp ; was a soldier of the Revolution ; lived in Bloomfielc' , Ct. Children-^ Samuel, b. about 1770 ; m. and settled in Pike, N. Y. : Orrin, b. about 1783 ; lives in Bloomfield ; m. (dau. of Asahel) Clark of Bloomfleld : Na- thaniel, b. about 1788 ; was a merchant in Hartford ; a man of great busi- ness capacity ; m. Emily Hillyer, of Granby : Jason Goodwin, b. 1795 ; is a retired merchant in Hartford, Ct., respected for his excellent qualities of mind and heart : Dorcas E,, m. 1, Higley ; 2, Asahel Clark : Abigail, m. Dr. Nath. Hooker. NrcH0LAS,S5 m. Polly Stewart, April 26, 1771 ; lived in Northeast, N. Y., where he d. Oct. 6, 1853 ; she d. Sept. 18. 1843, a. 72. Children-^Joha E.,«M. D., b. Sept. 23, 1790; Martha Maria, b. Feb. 25, 1792; m. 1, Philip J. Jenks ; m. 2, Beebe Wadhams of Richmond : Rev. Ambrose,*^ b. Mass., May 16, 1793 ; Truman,« b. July 8, 1795 ; Albert,48b. Jan. 17, 1797 ; Nicho- las Steuart,49 b. March 24, 1808 ; Julius Hamilton, b. March 8, 1810 ; m. Sarah Ann Alberton ; he d. April 10, 1843 ; she also died ; left one son, Lewis Winchel, unmarried; lives in Illinois: Benjamin, b. May 27, 1815 ; m. Eliza- beth Mills of Northeast, N. Y: ; had 2 sons, viz. -. Edirard and George, and other children ; lives at Ancram, N. Y. David,S6 m. Olive Cartwright, of Boston Four Corners. Children — Loretta, m. Brace; d. in Boston Four Corners: Nicholas D. ;50 Katurah, m. Brace ; d. in Oneida county, N. Y. ; Dennis,6l d. in infancy ; Dennis, 2d ; David ;52 Richmond ;53 Emily, m. Bissell of Sharon, Ct. Samoei.,37 m. Deborah Sanders; d. in New Marlborough, Mass., 1835. CliUdren — Marilla L., m. Stebbins, of Sheffield, Mass. ; Artemesia, m. Langdon of New Haven ; Samuel LM ; Seth Myron ; Sarah, m. Brigham; d. in New Marlborough, Mass. : Egbert,56 ; Truman,68 Hester, m. Frederick M. Miller of Tyringham, Mass. . Clark W.S7 ; Clarissa, m. Wilber, of Cairo, N. Y. ; Julia, m. Langdon of Tyringham, Mass. JoHN,38 lives in Corinth, N. Y. Children — Silas ; Lucinda, m. Isaac Barber, a millwright, at Corinth, N. Y. ; Sarah, m. Darius Feuton, of Corinth, N. Y. ; John, jr., in Corinth, N. Y. ; Harvey, lives at River Rapids, Mich. ; Marion, lives at Corinth, N. Y. Jekem:iah,39 lived in Corinth, N. Y. Children — Cyrus, lives in Corinth, N. Y., , dau., m. Benj. Griper, of Corinth, N. Y. John W.,39>^ m. Betsy Cone of Voluutown. Children— John B., b. 1818 ; m-., lives at Valley Falls, Pawtucket, R. I. ; mason by trade ; has 6 children ; Asa, b. 1822 ; lives at Fall River, Mass. ; grocer and proprietor of a patent medicine called " Washington cramp killer " ; has 3 dans. Elijah,*" m. Martlia (dau. of Eli and Martha Clark) Hoskins, April 3, 1794 ; was a farmer and brickmaker,* an industrious and useful man ; lived with his brother Jedidiah, in the old house, west side of Main street, nearly op- *In this branch of industry ho was connected with his brother Jedidiah, as managers ot a company, whose brickyard was on the site of the present (CathoUc) St. Patrick's Cathedral, Hartford, Ct. 596 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. posite the present residence of Mr. Oliver W. Mills ; d. Sept. 7, 1800, a. 30. C/«Mrm— Elijah,*' h. Jan. 17, 1795 ; Eunice, b. Nov. 28, 1796 ; m. David Drake, jr. of W., Deo. 12, 1820 : Mary Ann, h. Feh. 24, 1798; m. Edward Marsh of Hartford, 1822 ; and d. Aug. 7, 1849, a. 57 ; had 3 sons : Mrs. Marsh was a candid, steady, noble-minded woman. Elihu,*! m. Kesia Hoskins, about 1783 ; who d. about 1805 ; after which he went to Salem, Mass., to make brick on contract, and m. Miss Eleanor Gardner of Marblehead, Mass. ; was a man of excellent business capacity. Child, by 1st loi/e— William, 59 b. in Windsor, 1804; Children by 2d unfit— James, b. in Salem; Henry, b. in Salem ; dau. b. in Salem. Joseph, *2 m. Hannah Patrick of Colebrook, Ct., about 1804; moved to Chenango county, N. Y., about 1808 ; farmer in Cortlandtville, N. Y. ; Mrs. Hannah Eggleston, d. in Cortlandt, N. Y., 1856. Children — Francis, b. in Windsor, Ct., 1805; Fanny, b. in Windsor, Ct., 1807 ; unmarried; d, in Cortlandtville, N. Y.; Ann, d. young ; Hiram, m.; no children ; lives in Alden, N. Y.; Asahel; George; Julia, m. Cortland Corwin of Cortland ville, N. Y. ; have two daus.: Emily, d. young; Delia, m. Bancroft; live at White- water, Wis.; 3 children, 2 daus. Eli,*3 m. Ij ; m. 2, Laura (niece of Benj. of Middlefield, Mass.) Eggles- ton. Children — Jerry, b. at Westfleld, 1818 ; miller ; d. in Enfield, Conn. • William, b. at Westfield ; d. in Wilbraham, Mass. : Eev. Eussel, b. ; Congregational clergyman in Madison, 0.: Eli H., ; clerk, Cincinnati, 0. ; Electa, m. ; cooper ; lives in Windsor, Ct. ; Julia, m. James D. Col- lins ; a gunsmith at Col. Coifs Pistol Factory, in Hartford, Ct. ; have 1 dau. ! other sisters. Ebeb, Jr. ,44 had Francis S. , b. at Westfield, in 1822 ; farmer ; has one child, named Francis. John E., 45 (M.D.), m. Henrietta Goodrich, of Northeast, N.Y., where he now lives. Children — Jernsha, m. Shafer ; lives in Columbia county, N. Y. ; Mary Louisa, m. ; Rush S., d. unmarried ; Nicholas S., m ; Elizabeth A., m. Wright, of Staten Island, N. Y. . John G., unmarried ; lives in North- east, N. Y. : .Jane ; Sarah ; Frances Anginette ; Helen Antoinette ; Augusta Ann, unmarried. (Rev.) Ambrose, 18 m. Betsy Harper ; is a Presbyterian olci^yman; now lives in Deposit, N. Y. Children — George H., b. 1821 ; Nicholas Albert, b. 1824 ; Hamilton Stewart, b. 1835 ; merchant in Deposit, N. Y. ; unmarried ; Mary Emily, d. 1842 in Windsor, N. Y., a. 2 yrs. 4 mos. TBnMAN,47 m. Lorinda Payne ; in 1858 settled at Toledo, 0. Children^ Louisa, unmarried ; lives at Toledo, 0. : Ambrose, widower ; do ; no issue ; Sarah, m. Thos. Gleason, do ; Harriet, m. Merrills, do : Rachel, m. Luke Andrews, Sharon, Ct. ; Hiram, unmarried ; Jay ; Grove P., d. in infancy. Albert,*' m. Betsy Stevens ; lives at Northeast, N. Y. ; a widower (1858). Children — Laura of New Marlborourgh; Richard ; Albert. EGGLESTON. 597 NiCHOLAS,66 m. Jane Ann Allerton ; now lives atMendota, 111. Children — Maria Antoinette, m. Williams of Mendota, 111. ; Sarah Ann, unmarried ; one or two others d. young. Nicholas D., 49 m. Rachel Parish; live in Northeast, N. Y. Children- Olivia, ; Julia ; Egbert ; Edgar ; Hiler ; Emily ; Alma. Dennis,60 of Boston 4 Cor's, Mass. Children— George ; Clark, Methodist minister ; Mary Ann. David,62 m. Brown. Children — Cornelia ; James ; Sanford ; Rosalie. Richmond, 61 lives at Trenton, N. Y. Children — Maria; Charlotte and others. Samuel L.,53 m. Taylor ; lives in Owego, N. Y. Children — Artimesia Marietta ; m. a widower ; Samuel E., unmarried ; lives in Blenheim, N. Y. ; Urania Antoinette ; Eliza P. ; Ophelia J. Egbert, 54 lives in New Marlborough, 'Mass. Children — Alvin and others. TRnMAN,56 resides in Ohio. Children — Sarah Jane, living ; twin, dead ; Janette. Clark W.,57 lives at Warrensville, 0. Children — Helen Ophelia ; Lucella. Elijah, 6S m. Lavinia (dau. of Joel and Amelia Booth) Cowles, of Meriden, Ct. (b. June 5, 1806) ; is a saddle and harness maker in the city of Hartford, Ct.* Children— Ma,Ty Ann, b. in Hartford, Sept. 29, 1828; Ely ; Elijah, b. May 7, 1831 ; m. Frances E. fdau. of Manthans and Susan (Andrews) Bates of Litchfield, Ct., Dec. 31, 1857; is connected in business with his father. ■WiLLiAM,59 after his mother's death lived with his grandfather in Windsor, and removed with him to New York state ; at the age of 16 went to Carbon- dale, Pa., where he m. into a prominent Dutch family ; was a storekeeper ; engaged in the iron foundry business ; was a post master, and quite a promi- nent man in the new town ; his wife d. ; and he m. 2, a Fuller, of Albany, N. Y., where he moved ; here he became largely interested in rail roads, water works, and the brewery business ; he at one time owned the Dean St. Brew- ery in Albany ; he became involved in a rail road from Albany to Vermont, in 1854-5, which ended in his failing for $60,000; he now lives at Rock Island, 111., with wife and two youngest children ; a man of large business capacity and tact. Children — Wm. Wallace, b. 1832, of firm of Pease & Eg- gleston, Albany, N. Y. ; Charles, b. 1834 ; a brewer in Boston ; Charlotte C, b. 1842. ChiU by 2d wife— Son , b. in Albany, 1847. Jonathan, m. Mindwell Hoskins, June 24, 1762 ; lived and died in Win- tonbury, now Bloomfield, Ct. ; residence in West street, west of Filley street ; was a large, powerful man, and a brave soldier in the Revolutionary war. Children— Sabra., b. Sept 19, 1762 ; Mina, b. Oct. 1, 1764 ; Freeman, b. Nov. 19, 1766. MISOELLAiVEOUS. Marriages. — Joseph of East Windsor was a Deacon in Rev. Mr. Potwine's *Th6 bulk of material from which this genealogy was coDstrucied, were mainly collected by him ; and to his researches, unweariedly and unostentatiously pursued, the family must be ever deeply indebted. 598 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. church ; m. Wid. Hannah Blodgel ; d. May 9, 1797, a. 82, without children. Abigail (sister of above), was the first wife of Isaac Bancroft of E. W., and had 1 sou and 5 daus. Deaths (W.). — Mercy, d. Dec. 8, 1687. Widow Eggleston, d. July 25, 1689. Corp. John, d. March 10, 1730. John (s. of Isaac), d. Jan. 12, 1701i (Sc). — LucRETiA (dau. of Jeremiah I)., and Louisa), d. Nov. 29, 1842, a. 1 yr, 7 mo. ELDERKIN, (a Windham name) John (of New London), m. wid. Elizabeth Gaylord, March 1, 1660. .James, d. April 26, 1698. ELGAR, Thomas, m. wid. Rachel Kelsey, Deo. 22, 1714. Children— Am, b. Oct., 1715 ; David, b. Aug. 6, 171,8; Rachel, b. Dec. 26, 1720 ; Jerusha, b. Feb. 1, 1723-4 ; Ezra, b. Sept. 6, 1728 ; Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1731 ; Hannah, b. May 10, 1738 ; Abner, b. Sept. 8, 1734 ; a son of Thomas, d. Oct. 15, 1727. ELIOT,* John, Judge, h. April 28, 1667 ; was a son of Rev. John, minister at Newton, Mass., b. 1636 ; d. 1668, who was 2d child and eldest son of Rev, John Eliot, the " Apostle to the Indians ;" he grad. at Harv. Coll., 1685 ; m. 1, Elizabeth, wid. of James Mackman, and dau. of Thomas Stoughton of Windsor, Oct. 31, 1699 ; she was bap. Nov. 18, 1669; ni. her 1st husband Nov. 27, 1690, and d. Nov. 24, 1702; after her death Judge Eliot m. 2, Deo. 19, 1706, Mary, dau. of John Woloott of Windsor ; she d. about 1746 ; he d. March 25, 1719, a. 52. Children, all by last wt/c— Mary, b. March 28, 1708 ; m. Rev. Isaac Burr :t Ann, b. Feb. 12, 1710 ; m. 1, George Holloway of Cornwall ; who d. July 13, 1756 ; m. 2, Joseph Banks of Reading ; Eliza- beth, b. May 14, 1712 ; m. Thomas Chandler of Woodstock, who frequently represented that town in general assembly : Sarah, m. Rev. Joshua Eaton,, who was born at Waltham, Mass., in 1714 ; grad. at Harv. Coll. in 1735 ; he at first entered successfully in the practice of law, but finally became a humble and useful preacher of gospel truth ; he was settled at Spencer, Mass., in 1744, and d there, April 2, 1772, a. 58 : their son John Eliot Eaton, grad. Harvard Coll., 1779 ; John, b. Jan. 21, 1717 ; grad. at Yale Coll., in 1737; resident in New Haven until 1760, when he removed to Spencer, Mass., and was a gentleman of wealth and distinction ; remained there 10 yrs. ; m. March 7, 1730 (an evident error of the record) Lydia (dau. of Mr. Jeremiah), Atwater of New Haven ; had Mary, b. Jan. 19, 1743 ; John, b. April 22, 1745 ; grad. at Harvard ; entered the ministry, and became a school teacher in New Haven ; m. Jan. 21, 1795, Mrs. Sarah Harlow of Branford, which proved un- fortunate ; became insane, and was last heard of as a soldier in the Adams' war, in 1798 or 9 : Sarah, b. Nov. 30, 1750 ; Richard Rosewell, b. Oct. 8, 1752 ; grad. at Harvard Coll. in 1774 ; tutor in same 1779 ; was minister in * Windsor Reo. and Genealogy qf the Eliot family, by W. W* Porter, f See Burr Genealogy, artte. ELIOT — ELLSWORTH. 599 Watertown, Mass., from 1780 to his death, Oct. 21, 1818, in the 66th year of his age : he was an excellent man ; m. 1, Sherman of Conn. ; and 2, Lucy Bowman of Lexington, Mass., who d. July 20, 1834 ; no children ; Han- nah, h. Aug. 25, 1755 ; William, b. July 29, 1757 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1719 ; this line is extinct. ELLSWORTH.* (Elesworth, Elsworth), Josias (whom Hinman says was son of John, at W., in 1646), was a juror in 1664; m. Elizabeth Holcomb, Nov. 16, 1654; he d. Aug. 20, 1689, a. 60, leaving estate of £655. Children— So- sias,l b. Nov. 5, 1655 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 11, 1657; Mary, b^ May 7, 1660 ; Martha, b. Dec. 7, 1662 ; Thomas,2 b. Sept. 2, 1665 ; Jonathan,3 b. June 23 ; bap. July 4, 1669 : John,* b. Oct. 7, ; bap. Oct. 15, 1671: Job,5 b. April 13, 1674; Benjamin, b. Jan. 19, 1676 ; d. Apjjl 14, 1690. JosiAH, Jr.,1 m. Martha (dan. of Samuel) Taylor, a. 20 Oct. 30, 1779 ; he J^l>^*^' d. in 1706; left an estate of £377. CAiVdrm— Martha, b. Oct. 1, 1680 {Old. Ch. Rec.) ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 22, 1683 ; Josiah, b. March 3, 1690; Mary, b. March 3, 1694-5 ; Abigail, b. 1694; Samuel,^ b. July 18, 1697 ; Joseph, b. March 23, 1700-1. Sgt. Thomas.2 CAi7*-en— Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1696 ; Nathaniel,' b. Dec. 3, 1699 ; Wimam,s b. April 15, 1702 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 25, 1704 ; EHzabeth, b. Nov. 18, 1706; Thomas,9 b. March 10, 1708; Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1710; Abigail, b. Sept. 14, 1712; Deborah, b. Sept. 24, 1714; Eunice, b. March 29, 1719: Naomi, b. Feb. 23, 1719-20. JoifATHAN,3 m. Sarah Grant, Oct. 26, 1693. CAiZrfren— Jonathan, b. March 11, 1695-6 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1698 ; Giles,10 b. Aug. 6, 1703 ; Mary, b. March 1, 1706 ; Esther, b. March 9, 1708 ; Anna, b. April 27, 1705 ; Martha, b. Feb. 27,1705; Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1713; Jonathan," b. Aug. 22, 1716; Ann, b. Aug 12, 1719. (Lt.) JOHif,4 m. Esther (dan. of Daniel) White of Hartford, Dec. 9, 1696 ; he was the first settler in Ellington, and was killed by the fall of a tree, Oct. 26, 1720: she d. Sept. 7, 1766, a. 95. Children— Jolan,^^ b. Nov. 7, 1697 ; (Capt.) Daniel, b. March 20, 1699-1700; d. in Ellington, Jan. 27, 1722 ;t Esther, b. March 9, 1702; m. Capt. Sam. Welles of East Hartford : Anna, b. * We had hoped to have been able to present a fuller and more interesting genealogy of the Ellsworths. But as we have received little or no assistance from any individual mem- bers of the family (except from James Ellsworth of Northampton, Mass., and Josiah Ellsworth of East Windsor), we have been obliged to content ourselves with such items as we could gather from public records. t Daniel, probably son of Capt. Daniel, m. Mary (dan. of Rev. John) McKirstry ; he d. July 27, 1803, a. 76 ; she d. March 2?, 1801, a. 75. Children— (Kev.) John, d. Nov. 22, 1791 set! p. 289); Elizabeth, m., d. June 21, 178B, a. 22 ; Alice, d. May 7, 1786, ». 21 ; Mindwell, d. Feb. 7, 1781, a. 23 j D.aniel (3d son), d. Nov. 27, 175.'i, a. 2 mos. (27« above from McKine- iry Gd., Ell.) 600 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. April 27, 1705; m. Sam, Hunt of Northfield, Mass. : Martha , 1>. Feb^7, 1709 ; m. Natli^l_Stqughton of W^,_Sept. U, 1729 : Ann, b. 1712T* Capt. JoB,5 m. Mary Trumble, Dec. 1971695 ; mT'wid. Sarah Clark o/ Farmington, Oct. 25, 1711 ; who d. Sept. 15, 1710 ; he d. Sept. 29, 1751, ». 78 {E. W. 0.). C/iiWrm— Benjamin,i3 b. Oct. 1, 1696; Job, b. June 5, 1698 ; d. at Newport, R. I., June 29, 1724 : Hannah, b. Feb. 10, 1700 ; Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1703 ; d. Feb. 28, 1707-8 ; Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1706 ; d. Jan. 9, 1709 : Margaret, b. April 3, 1709. __ Samuel,6 m. Elizabeth (dau. of John) Allen of Enfield, Nov. 20, 1717, Children— Ssimnel, b. Oct. 1, 1718; Charles,!^ b. Oct. 13, 1721; Elijah, b. Feb. 11, 1723-4; Josiah,l5 b. Sept. 18, 1726; Eliphalet, b. July -23, 1740. Nathaniel,7 m. 1, Abigail Stroug, Jan. 1, 1729 ; who d. Jan. 20, 1745-6. CAiY(/ren— Nathaniel, b. Sept. 9 ; d. Sept. 16, 1730 : Abigail, b. Aug. 7, 1731 ; d. Aug. 8, 1739 : Asahel, b. Jaly 17, 1734; Nathaniel, b. April 30, 1738; d. May 28, 1742 : Moses, b. May 11, 1748 ; Joel, b. Feb. 9, 1749-50 ; Abigail, b. Aug. 3, 1752. William, 8 m. Mary Oliver, of Boston, June 16, 1737. Children— Maxy, b. June 27, 1738; William, b. March 24, 1740; Jemima, b. Sept. 4, 1742; Oliver and Ann, twins, b Aug. 25, 1745 ; d. a. 11 weeks : Oliver, b. March 24, 1746-7 ;t Caroline, b. March 24, 1748. * She and Anna, both living in 1723 and 1736 (^Probate Rec. at Hartford"). t April 29, 1745, is the date of birth generally given in all published accounts, as also on his gravestone. The Hon. Oliver Kllsv^orth^ entered Yale College in the year 1762, and continued in that geminfiry three years, when he went to the college at Princeton, in New Jersey, and there finished his education. lie was adoiitted to the bar iu 1771, and soon rose to great distinction among his professional brethren. Upon being appointed state attorney for the county, he removed to Hartford, where he resided several years, and was universally considered as at the head of the bar. In 1776, he was appointed, by the legislature, a delegate to the continental congress. In 1780, he was elected a member of the council; a place which he occupied for four years; and in 1784 he was appointed judge of the superior court. In 1787, he was chosen a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States, and was one of the most able and efficient members of that dignified assembly. When that document was submitted to the people of the states for their approbation, he was elected a member of the state convention chosen for that purpose, and probably had more influence in procuring its adoption, than any other member of that bod v. At the organization of the national government, he was appointed a senator of the United States. He held his seat in that body until March, 1796, when he was appointed chief justice of the United States. In 1779 he was nominated envoy extraordinary to France; and having finished the negotiation, with which he and his associates were entrusted, with the French government, he visited England for the benefit of his health, which had been seriously impaired by the voyage to Europe. Whilst he was in England, he resigned the office of chief justice of the United States. Immediately after his return to this country, he was elected a member of the council, and was appointed chief justice of the state— an office which he declined, in consequence of the ill state of bis health. He remained, however, in the council until his death, which occurred in November, 1807. The following account of this distinguished gentleman, was penned by one of his most intimate friends (President Dwight's Travels in New England and New York) : " Mr. Ellsworth was formed to be a great man. His person was tall, dignified and command- ing; and his manners, though wholly destitute of haughtiness and arrogance, were such as ELLSWORTH. 601 Thomas, Jr. ,9 m. Sarah Loomis, March 26, 1733; he d. Sept. 26, 1750. Children— EsQiQi', b. March 29, 1734; Thomas, b. Jan. 21, 1735-6 ; John, b'. Dec. 31, 1737 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 11, 1740 ; Gustavus,i6 b. June 21, 1743 ; irresistibly to excite in others, whenever he was present, the sense of inferiority. His very attitude inspired awe. His imagination was uncommonly vivid; his wit brilliant and piercing ; his logical powers very great, and his comprehension fitted for capacious views and vast designs. Intense thought appeared to be his amusement, and he unfolded his views, on every occasion, with an arrangement singularly clear and luminous. Perhaps no judge ever more delighted or astonished an intelligent as.-embly by extricating a cause, perplexed in law, fact and testimony from all its embarrassments, and exhibiting it perfectly to the comprehension of plain common sense. His eloquence, and indeed almost every other part of his character, was peculiar. Always possessed of his own scheme of thought concerning every subject which he discussed, ardent, bold, intense and masterly, his conceptions were just and great; hia reasonings invin- cible; his images glowing; his sentiments noble; his phraseology remarkable for its clearness and preeisibn ; his style concise and strong, and his utterance vehement and overwhelming. Univeraally, his eloquence strongly resembled that of Demosthenes; grave, forcible, and inclined to severity. In the numerous public stations which he filled, during a period of more than thirty years, he regularly rose to the first rant of reputation — and in every assembly, pubUc and private, in which he appeared after he had fairly entered public life, there was proba- bly no man when Washington was not present, who would be more readily acknowledged to hold the first character. To this superiority of intelligence, his moral attributes were peculiarly suited. In private life he was just and amiable — in public life his impartiality, fairness, integrity and patriotism, awed, and defied even calumny and suspicion. Retentive as his mind was, he must, from his intense application to public affairs, have lost much of that ready recollyction, and that exact knowledge of law, which are necessary for the bench. Yet he sustained the office of chief justice of the United States, with high and increasing reputation throughout every part of the Union. As a senator he was pre-eminent. His mind discerned political subjects with an intu- ition peculiar to himself." It may be added, that in the highest excitement of party spirit, no attack was ever made upon his public incegrity, or private worth. We have not space sufficient to portray at length, the character of this excellent man. For a more extended notice of his life and works, the reader is referred to the discriminative article, in AUen's Bwg. DuA.^ and to Santvoord's Lives of tJie Clii^f Justices. It is understood also that Prof, Jackson, late l^rofessor in Trinity College, Hartford, and nnw of Hobart Free College, New York, has been for many years engaged on a large and elaborate biography of Chief Justice Ellsworth, which, from his well known ahilities, and the numerous facilities which have been placed at his disposal, we have no doubt will be fully worthy of his eminent subject. We subjoin the copy of a letter, now in the possession of Mr. 0. K. Teft, Esq. of Savannah, Qa., which is remarkably characteristic of the Chief Justice. It was addressed to his wife during his absence in France : Pakis, August 5, 1800. Dear Miia, Ellsworth : ^ . ■, ^ j. • * ■ ^ „ I shall leave France next month, letour business, which is yetunfinished termmate asit may. If it please God that I see my family and friends once more, I shall certainly love them better than ever. Ulivbb j^llsworth. His monument in the Old Cemetery of W., bears the following i^scripUon: , " In Memory of Oliver Kllsworth. LL. D., an assistant in the Council, a^^J^f J",^ge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut. A member of ^^^^^^Y'^^l^'^.^^^V^JfJ^^^^ of the State Convention which adopted the Constitution of the P^^ted biates fcenator and C^^^^^^ Justice of the U. S . one of the tnvoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary who made the Convention of 1800, between the United States and the French Kepublic , , Amiable and exemplary in all the relations of domestic, social and christ an chara^^^^ manently useful in all the offices he sustained, whose ^^^t/alenttm am?nsr iL firs^ mflexible integrity, consummate wisdom and enlightened ^f I P'^ff *? Ji'^hH mSrLan Ke^^^^^ illustrons statesmen who achieved the Independence and estabhshed the American Kepubiic. Born at Windsor, April 29, 1745, and died Mov. 2b, lbU7. Chief Justice Ellsworth taa four sons: Ouveb, jr.; MiKim; (Hon.) William Wolcott, and (lion.) Henry L. 76 602 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Dinah, b. Dec. 5, 1745 ; Levi, b. March 22, 1747; d. Nov. 9, 1760 : Deborah, b. Nov. 2, 175—. - GiLES,iOm. Hannah Stoughton, Feb. 6, 1728 ; she d. Deo. 29, 1756, a. 51 J he d. March 20, 1768, a. 65. Children— Ann, b. Feb. 25, 1729-30; Giles," b. Sept. 6,1732; Reuben, b. Feb. 19, 1736; Hannah, b. May 18, 1740; Jerusha, b. Nov. 9, 1743. Lieut. JoifATHAN.llm. Sarah ,whod. Nov. 9, 1755, a. 82; had. Sept. 13, 1749, a. 81. Children— Savah, b. Sept. 16, 1739 ; Jonathan, b. May 28, 1743 ; Alexander, b. June 9,1747; Grove, b. Feb. 23, 1765 ; d. March 10,1805: Hannah, b. July, 1767. Capt. John12 (E. W.), m. Ann (dau. of Rev. Timothy) Edwards of E. W., May (or Nov.) 8, 1734; he d. Jan. 4, 1784 (Sc ) ; she d. April 11, 1790, a. 91 yrs. wanting 16 days (Sc). Children — John, b. Aug. 24, 1785 ; Solomon,18 b. April 30, 1737 ; Frederick, b. Oct. 26, 1738 ; m. Anna (widow of Capt. Hugh) Thompson of E. W., and dau. of Nathaniel Stoughton of E. W. ; he d. Feb. 20, 1799, a. 60 ; she d. Aug. 5, 1820, a. 79 ; no issue : Ann, b. Jan. 23, 1741; m. Col. Lemuel Stoughton of E. W. Benjamin,i3 m. Deborah Hosford, Oct. 28, 1721. Children, — Azubah, b. April 16, 1722; Margaret, b. March 6, 1723 ; [Hannibal?], b. Jan. 11, 1725; Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1727; Anne, b. April 17, 1730; Mabel, b. June 15, 1732; Sybil, b. March 7, 1734; Job,l9 b. April 15, 1737. Oliver Ellsworth, Jr., was an amiable and interesting young man, who after finishing Mb collegiate education, accompanied his father in his embassy to France. Soon after hia return, his health became impaired, and after a gradual decline, he died in the 25th year of his age, July 4th, 1805. Major Martin Ellsworth, recently deceased, was a gentleman of fine abilities, and high character ; he resided in YTindsor, on the old homestead, which still preserres, internally and externally, the appearance which it wore during the lifetime of his father. His wid. survives him. Hon. William W. Ellsworth, was b. at W., Nov. 10, 1791; grad. at Y. C, 1810; chose the profession of law, and was Professor of Law in Trinity College ; and a representative in Con- gress, from Conn., from 1829 to 1833. In 1838 he was elected governor of Connecticut, and re-elected four years; for many years past he has been a judge of the supreme court of Con- necticut. He now resides in Hartford, Ct. His biography.has heen published in Livingston's Biographie:S of American Lawyers. Hon, Henry L. Ellsworth, grad. at Y. C. in ISIO, aud after studying law with Judge Gould at Litchfield, he married Nancy, the only daughter of the Hon. Elizur Goodrich, of New Haven, and settled at Windsor on the estate of his father, in the practice of hie profession and the pursuits of agriculture. He was appointed by Gen. Jackson, as president commissioner among the Indian tribes to the south and west of Arkansas. While employed in this service he mada extensive circuits towards the Rocky Mountains. In one of these he was accompanied by Mr. Washington Irving, who thus obtained the materials of hia remarkahle work upon our western prairies. At the end of two years, Mr. Ellsworth was called to Washington, and placed at the head of the Patent Office. At the expiration of about ten years, Mr. Ellsworth resigned hie connection with the Patent Office, and established himgelf at La Fayette, Indiana, in the pur- chase and settlement of U. S. land. Here he became known as the largest farmer in the state, until about 1856, when finding his constitution sinking, he removed to Fair Haven, Connecticut, where he d. Dec. 27, 1858, in the 68th year of his age. ELLSWORTH. ' 603 Charles,!* m. Betsy Bell of E. W., where they lived. Children — Betsy, m. Sylvester Woodman of Madison, N. Y. ; Mary, ni. 1, Moses Allen of Elling- ton; 2, Thomas Munsell of Sunderland, Mass.; by each husband she had a son : William, went to Hancock, Vt., where a son Albert now lives ; Charles,.— b. Feb. 25, 1763 ; went to Pennsylvania ; Elenor, m. a McDurvey of Spring- field, Mass. ; Eliphalet ; Calvin,2» b. Feb. 9, 1770; Roxana, m. Lorin Pierce of Easton, N. Y. ; Exekiel,2l b. Nov. 5, 1780. JosiAH,i5 m. Anna Grover of Ellington, 1792 ; he d. Deo. 24, 1815 ; had Josiah,22 b. Oct 1, 1793. GusTAvns,'"^ m. wid. Keziah Eaton of Springfield, April 14, 1766 ; had Keziah, b. Sept. 5, 1766. Giles, Jr.jlf m. Keziah , who d. June 26, 1762. Children — Keziah, b. Aug. 13, 1756; Giles, b. Sept. 7, 1758 ; Roger, b. July 28, 1760; d. May 13, 1801 : Gilbert, b. June 17, 1762 ; d. Oct. 28, 1791. Lieut. SoLOMON,l8 m. Mary (dau. of Abner) Mosely of Glastonbury, Dec. 27, 1758; he d. Oct. 19, 1822 (Sc.) ; she was b Dec. 8, 1737; she d. Feb. 16, 1823 (Sc). Children— Ma.vy, b. Sept. 14, 1759 ; d. Jan. 12, 1777 [E. W. 0.): Ann, b. March 13, 1761 ; Solomon, jr., b. Dec. 12, 1762 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1765 ; Stoddard.zs b. April 14, 1767 ; Abigail, b. Jan. 6, 1769 ; m. Abner Sage of Chatham ; d. Feb. 13, 1841 (E. W. 0.) : Abner Mosely, b. Jan. 4, 1771 ; John, b. Jan. 13, 1773 ; Marilda, b. Dec. 27, 1774 ; Timothy, b. Dec. 12 ; d. Deo. 21, 1776 : Timothy ,24 b. April 17, 1778 ; Joseph, b. March 6, 1780 ; Ann, b. April 30, 1783. JoB,l9 m. Mary Trumbull, May 4, 1762 ; lived in E. W. Children— ^en- jamin, b. July 9, 1763 ; Joel, b. Aug. 26, 1765 ; Ameril, b. Oct. 24, 1767 ; Ann, b. Aug. 30, 1770. Calvin,20 m. Dolly Lovejoy, Jan., 1800 ; went to Ohio ; one of his daus. is wife of Lyman Parsons of Northampton, Mass. Children — Silence B., b. Dec. 13, 1800 ; Almira ; Dorothy L., b. June, 1803 ; Lathrop C; Sophrina E.; Eox- anna, dec'd ; Letitia, dec'd ; Letitia, 2d, b. June 25, 1S19 ; Artemesia. EzEKiEL,21m. Abigail Taylor, of West Springfield, Mass., July, 1808 ; he d. Oct. 4, 1854; was a farmer, and spent several of the last years of his life with his son George, in Northampton. Children — George, b. Sept. 27, 1809 ; m. Clarissa Strong, of N., May 5, 1829 ; is piincipally engaged in lumbering, and has established since 1854, two first class mills at the West, one at Min- neapolis, Minn., the other at Durand, Wis. ; had but one child James, b. Jan. 5, 1830, who now resides at Northampton, and to whom we are indebted for this branch of the family record : Calista, b. Jan. 10, 1811 ; m. Charles Pomeroy ; resides in N., and has 4 children, viz., Charles, Calista, Sarah and Calista, 2d : Emetine, b. Jan. 31, 1813 ; m. Asa Pittsinger ; they reside in N. ; have 4 children, viz., Allen, John, Harriet, Allen : Ezekiel, b. Oct. 1815, m. Abigail Holmes of W. Springfield ; now lives in Chaskas, Carver County, Minn., of which county he is Sheriff : Thomas, b. Jan. 10, 1818 ; was in the 604 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Florida war ; now lives at Chaskas, Minn. : AWgall, t. March 27, 1820 ; m. Otis Wilcox ; lives in North Bangor, N. Y. : Angeline, b. Aug. 18, 1822, deceased : Mary, h. Jan. 19, 1825 ; m. Hopkin Clark, of Southamptou; have had 4 children : Sarah, b. May 12, 1828. JosiAH,22 m. Lucretia Lord of East Windsor, Oct. 2, 1814 ; is a farmer at E. W. Children — Lucretia Maria, b. Sept. 24, 1815 ; m. Moses Stoddard ; has one child, Ellsworth S. -. Ann, b. Feb. 10, 1817 ; d. Dec. 24, 1822 ; Sarah Elizabeth, b. Deo. 1, 1818 ; m. Oliver C. Buckland ; has one dau. Emma : Josiah 0.,26 b. Nov. 14, 1820 ; Emily S., b. Aug, 12, 1822 ; m. Albert Allen"; has 3 children : Ann, b. Feb. 23, 1824 ; m. Lorenzo BoUes, jr. ; had 2 child- ren ; d. June 21, 1852 : Rhoda C. , b. Nov. 4, 1825 ; d. June 14, 1836, a. 10 : Edgar L.,26 b. May 23, 1827 ; John N.,27 b. Jan. 16, 1829 ; Julia R., b. Jan. 10, d. Oct. 13, 1831: Flavius J.,28h. May 16, 1834. Stoddaed,23 m. Ann (dau. of Col. Lemuel and Ann Edwards) Stoughton ; he d Oct. 31, 1845, a. 78 (£. W. O.) ; she d. May 24, 1806 {E. W. 0.), in 86th yr. ; a female infant lies in the same grave : Ann, d. Feb. 7, 1794, in 2d yr. (£. W. 0.); Ann, d. Dec. 28, 1837, a. 41 (E. W. 0); Mary, d. May 9, 1805, a. 10 (E. W. 0.) : Stoddard, jr. : Edwards, d. June 24, 1801, in 2d yr. (E. W. 0.). TiMOTHT,24 m. Anna Mather ; lived in Windsorville, E. W. Children — Mary Ann, who d. Aug. 25, 1814, a. 12 ; Mary Ann, who d. March 27, 1828, a. 13 : Henry. JosiAH 0.,2S m. Lucy Mills. Children — Mason P., Ellen, Althea. Edgak L.,26 m. Almira McClure. Children — Herbert, Willy, Edward. John N.,27 m. Mary Ann Clough. Children — Uriah, John, Angelina, Flavius J. ,28 m. Martha Jane Abbee. Children — Flavella Jane, Calista, inf. d. Stoddakd, Jr. ,29 m. Aurelia ; he d. Dec. 11, T819, a. 25, at Darien, Ga. ; she d. Nov. 26, 1841, a. 52 {E. W. 0.). CAiH— James S., d. Dee. 13, 1830, a. 13 [E. W. O.). Aenek Moselt {E. W.), s. of Lieut. Solomon,l8 m. Elsie Thompson, Dec. 31, 1797, who d. Nov. 20, 1840, a. 74. CAtWrm— Frederick, b. Nov. 8, 1798; Abner M., jr. Feedekick (E. W.), m. Anna ; he d. Feb. 20, 1799, a. 61 (Sc.) ; she d. Aug. 5, 1820, ii. 79. (Sc.) AenerM., Jr. (E.W.),m. Lucy W. Stoughton, April 26, 1832: he d. Sept. 24, 1846 : had Sarah E., d. Jan. 26, 1841, a. 4. Jason (E. W.), m. 1, Mary Phelps, May 1, 1823, who d. Jane 23, 1843, a. 43 ; m. 2, Sarah , who d. Feb. 21, 1846, a. 47 ; had Jason, who d. March 18, 1826, a. 4 mos. ; Mary Ann, who d. Dec. 9, 1835, ». 9 yrs. ; LydiaS., who d. Dec. 9, 18,35, a. 9 mos. ; Emily F., who d. Dec. 16, 1835, a 3 yrs. ; Mary Ann, who d. March 4, 1844, a. 3 yrs., 8 mos. (The above dates from Sc. E. W. Gd.) ELMER. (305 MISCELLANEOUS. Births.— Jonathan, had David, b. Aug. 8, 1729 or 09 (?). David, had David, h. March 27, 1742. Capt. John, had John, h. Aug. 24, 1735. Marriages— JoK^, Jr., m. Constant Hopliiins, June 3, 1725. Job, Jr., m. Laura Osborn, Oct. 17, 1820. Locids, m. Lydia Ellsworth, Oct. 15, 1821. David, m. Huldah Pinney, April 4, 1832. John P., m Ruth Case, May 29, 1837. Fkedekick, m. Elizabeth Halsey, April 27, 1846. Thomas P., m. Elizabeth Morton, April 7, 1829. Deaths {W. O.).— Capt. David, d. March 5, 1782, a. 73. h-U. Reuben, d. July 4, 1785. His wid. Elizabeth, d. Sept. 23, 1798, a. 57. Jonathan, d. April 12, 1776, a. 60. Giles, d. July 20, 1796, a 65. His wife, Hannah, d. March 18, 1777, a. 42. Giles, sou killed by lightning, July 17, 1775, a. 17. LnoT, wife of Roger, d. Nov. 5, 1828, a. 73. Abigail, wife of Jonathan, d. Jan. 25, 1801, a. 79. Abigail, wife of Judge Oliver, d. Aug. 4, 1818, iv. 62. Makt, d. March 24, 1802, a. 24, David, d. Jan. 4, 1821, a. 78. Jeeusha, d. March 8, 1804, a. 60. Ann (wid. of Capt. John), d. April 11, 1790. Wid. Elizabeth, d. Sept. 18, 1712. Jonathan (s. of Jonathan), d. Sept. 22, 1712. Mr. Giles, d. March 21, 1768. Hia wife, Hannah", d. Dec. 29, 1756. Thomas, d. Oct. 16, 1638, a. 3 yrs, 6 mo. {E. ]^.).— Solomon, Jr., d. Feb. 9, 1841, a. 79. Joseph (s. of Solomon and Mary), d. Sept. 26, 1704. John (s. of same), d. March 10, 1823. Elizabeth (wife of Job), d. May 29, 1823, a. 54. Job, d. March 21, 1849, in 84th yr. Maky (wid. of Job), d. March 25, 1816, a,. 76. (Sc.).— Reuben (E. W.), m. Huldah Allen, Feb. 20, 1826, who d. March 12, 1858, a. 80. Reuben, d. Jan. 1, 1829, a. 33. Fhedekick R. (s, of Reuben andPriscilla), d. Jan. 12, 1829, a. 3 mo. Israel, d. Dec. 7, 1832, a. 26. Anson, d. April 19, 1832, a. 40. Benjamin, d. Aug. 27, 1828, a. 66. Ann, his wife, d. Nov. 10, 1831, a. 67. Henry (s. of Timothy and Mary Ann of E. W.), d. Jan. 2, 1840, a. 31 ; his son, James D., d. Jan. 31, 1839, a. 4 yrs., 6 mo. Fkedekick, d. June 7, 1827, a. 29. Thomas M., d. Sept. 10, 1844, a. 4 iSc). {E. W. 0.)— Nathaniel, d. Nov. 28, 1712, in 14th yr. ELMER (Elmor, Elmore, Elmour, originally Aylmar), Edward,* a member of the original party under Rev. Mr. Hooker, who settled Hartford, where he was a landholder in 1639 ; was killed in 1676, during King Philip's war, by the Indians ;t his children at that time were : John, a. 30 ; Samuel, a. 27 ; Bdwaed, Jr., a. 22 ; Mart, a,. 18, and Sarah, 12. The three sons settled in (East) Windsor; John, the eldest, d. Dec. 24, 1711, leaving a son John, jr., who d. in 1722, leaving William, Thomas and others ; he also had a son Jo- * Supposed to be a descendant or of the family of John A ylmer, tutor toLady Jjino Grey, afterwards made Bishop of London, by Qaeea Elizabeth. (See Wood's AthencB Die.') t Conn. Col. Eec, n, p. 472. 606 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. SEPH, who had Joseph, b. March 28, 1701 ; d. Sept. 10, 1717 : Samuel, b. Deo. 12, 1705 ; Solomon, b. March 5, 1708 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb., 1710 ; Jane, b. Nov. 19, 1711; Jacob, b. Feb. 27, 1713-14; Phineas, b. Sept. 6, 1716 ; Jo- seph, b. Sept. IS, 1718 ; Eunice, b. Sept. 30, 1720. Samdel (2d son of Edward, sen.), left a son, Samuel, jr., who m. Rebecca ; he d. Feb. 4, 1759, in 82d year {E. W. 0.) ; she d. March 28, 1780, in 94th year (£. W. 0.). CAiWren— Daniel, b. March 1, 1707-8; AbigaU, b. April 28, 1700 ; Samuel, 3d ; Deborah ; Elizabeth ; Naomi. Daniel (son gf Samuel, jr., and grandson of Samuel, Sen.), m. Elizabeth ; he d. April 9, 1766 (E. W. 0.) ; she d. Nov. 29, 1778, in 73d year (E. W. 0.). CAiM««— Jerusha, b. Aug. 31, 1735 ; Chloe, b. May 17, 1737 ; Daniel, Alexander, b. Aug. 30, 1739 ; Timothy, b. Sept. 23, 1741 ; Hezekiah, b. March 5, 1744 ; d. Sept. 9, 1752 ; Elizabeth, b. April 23, 1746 ; d. Sept. 1, 1752 ; Abiel, b. May 9, 1752 ; d. Aug. 19, 1752. (Rev.) Daniel (father unknown), who was b. in E. W. ;* grad. from Y. C, 1713 ; preached at Brookfleld, Mass., but left there before 1715. In a notice of the town of Westborough, Mass., written in 1767, by the Rev. Eleazer Barkman, we find that " a church was gathered here, Oct. 28, 1724," and adds in a note : "Mr Daniel Elmer, candidate for the ministry from Connecticut, preached here several years, and received a call from the people, but there arose difficulties, and though he built upon the farm which was given for the first settled minister, and dwelt upon it, yet by the advice of an ecclesiastical council he desisted from preaching here, and a quit claim being given him of the farm, he sold, and with his family removed to Springfield, in 1724. He was afterwards settled in the ministry at Cohansy, in the Jersies." This was in. 2. GATLORD. 623 ( Wp. A^.)— Christiana, dau. of William and Eunice, d. Nov. 26, 1844, a. 17. LoKiNG, d. April 12, 1848, a. 33. Emerson, s. of Norman and Maria, d. Jan. 6, 1840, a. 4 days ; Henrt E. of same, d. March 19, 1850, a. 3 mos. ; Dwight B., of same, d. Sept. 21, 1851, a. 4 yrs. 2 mos. ; Maria, the mother, d. Aug. 22, 1847, a. 27. Mart, wife of Eleazur, d. Dec. 19, 1856, a. 46. FOTJKS (Feakes, Fowkes, Fookes), Henry, early at Dorchester, and at W. ; huried Sept. 12, 1640, at W. FOWLER, Ambrose, was one of a committee appointed to settle hounds hetween Uncoway and Poquonnoo, in 1641 ; moved to Westfleld (for further accounts, see a genealogy in N. E. Gen. Reg., 1858, by Prof. Fowler of Am- herst Coll.) ; m. Jane Alford, May 6, 1646. C/ii7rfrcJi— Abigail, b. March 1, 1846 ; John, h. Nov. 19, 1648 ; Mary, b. May 15, 1650 ( Old Ch. Rec. ) ; Samuel, b. Nov. 18, 1652; Hannah, b. Dec. 20, 1654 [Old Ch. Rec.) ; Elizabeth, b. Deo. 2, 1656 ; Ambrose, b. May 8, 1658. Samuel (of Westfield), m. Abigail Brown of W., Nov., 1683. FOX, "The old wid. F., Mr. Henry Clark's sister, dyed April 13, 1673." Jabez, had Polly, b. Jan. 20, 1772. Henry H., son of Francis, d. Sept. 30, 1834, a. 19. Sophia, d. of same, d. Aug. 4, 1S41, a. 27. FRANCIS, William, m. Agnes Loomis, Sept. 7, 1783 ; had Lovisa, b. June 3, 1786; William, b. April 4, 1790 ; Harriet, b. Jan. 1, 1795. FROST, Aaron (E. W.), m. Parnal Wood, .ipril 12, 1773, who d. Sept. 17, 1776, in 23d year ; he m". 2, Margaret Hammond, Aug. 13, 1777, who d. Feb. 18, 1837, a. 87; he d. Aug. 3, 1817, a. 70. Children by \st wj/e— Parnal, b. July 14, 1773 ; Aaron, b. Sept. 22, 1775. Children by 2d wi/c— Aaron, b. Nov. 3, 1778 ; Alpha, b. July 30, 1782 ; Selah, b. Oct. 10, 1784. Josiah, had David, b. Feb. 1, 1750 ; Mary, b. April 15, 1752; Noah, b. April 8, 1755 ; Ephraim, b. Oct. 4, 1757; Reuben, b. Sept. 18, 1760 ; Joel. b. May 16, 1763 ; Sarah, b. May 8, 1765. Samuel, m. Patience Hammond of Tolland, Ct., Nov. 22, 1775 ; had Amos, b. June 23, 1777. Deaths (K. itf .).— Salrn'on, d. Jan. 23, 1854; ag. 63 : his wife Nancy, d. June 16, 1833, a. 56 ; their son James, d. June 3, 1850, a. 26. Willard M., son of Henry W. and Eunice M., d. Sept. 21, 1856, a,. 11 months. FULLER, Obadiah, m. Dorothy Dill, July 16, 1772. CMrfrm— Josiah, b. July 10, 1755 (or 1775?) ; Martha, b. March 21, 1773 ; Dorothy, b. Sept. 1, 1777; Cynthia, b. Aug. 9, 1780 ; Pitts, b. Oct. 23, 1782 ; Obadiah, b. Dec. 25, 1786. GARDINER, Mr. John, m. Mrs. Elizabeth AUyn, Jan. 23, 1711. GAY, Abner, s. of Levi and Sarah ; d. March 26, 1785, a. 10 days. (JAYLORD (GAYLOR). Deacon William, among the first at W. (see p. 130) ; m. ; d. July 624 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. 20, 1(573, a. 88 ; she d. June 20, 1657. Cfti^rfrm— Elizabeth, b. in England ; m. Richard Birge, Oct. 1641 : William, jr.,l ■Walter,2 Samuel,3 John,* William, Jr.,l m. Ann Porter, Feb. 24, 1644 ; he d. Dec. 14 1656. Child- ren— Anne, b. April 24, 1645 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 30, 1646 ; m. "i^iy Crandall : John.s b. Jan. 27, 1648 ; William, 3d, b. Feb. 25, 1650 ; Hezekiah, b. Feb. 11, 1652 ; d. 1678 ; no issue : Josiah, b. Feb. 13, 1654 ; Nathamel,^ b. Sept. 3, 1656. Waltek,2 m. 1, Mary Stebbins, April, 1648; who d. June 29, 1657; m. 2, Sarah Rockwell, March 22, 1659 ; who d. Aug. 19, 1683 ; he d. Aug. 9, 1689. Chililren by 1st wife.—Joseph^ b. May 13, 1649 ; Mary, b. March 19, 1650 ; Joanna, b. Feb. 6, 1652; m. J. Porter, Sept. 1769: Benjamin, b. April 12, 1655 ; Isaac, b. June 21, 1657. Children by 2d loi/e— Eliazur,8 b. March 7, 1662 ; Sarah, b. April 13, 1665 ; m. Wm. Phelps, Nov., 1686 ; d. July 1688. Samuel,3 m. Elizabeth Hull, Deo. 4, 1646; he d. Aug. 9, 1660, and his wid. m. Juo. Elderkin, March, 1670. CAt^rfrcn— Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1647; Mary, b. N07. 10, 1649 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1651 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 29, 1653; Samuel, b. July, 1657; Martha, b. June, 1660. John,* m. Mary (dau. of Job) Drake, Nov. 17, 1653 ; who d. June 12, 1683; he d. July 31, 1689. Children— John, b. June 15, 1656; Mary, b. Jau. 19, 1663 ; m. Matt. Loomis, Jan., 1686 : John, b. June 23, 1667 ; Eliza- beth, b. Feb. 19, 1670. JoHN,5 m. Mary Clark, Dec, 1683; d. April 127, 1699. Childrm— John,9 b. June 8, 1686; Mary, m. Ebeuezer Bliss of Springfield; Ann, b. April 20, 1693 ; d. April 4, 1718. Nathaniel, 6* m. Abigail (dau. of Thomas) Bissell, Oct. 17, 1678 ; who d. Sept. 23, 1723. CMrfrm— Nathaniel, ir.,iOb. Nov. 23, 1681; Abigail, b. March 13, 1683^; m. John Griswold : Josiah,n b. Feb. 24, 1686; Thomas (who d. June 21, 1690); and Joseph, twins, b. June 20, 1690; m. Sarah Buckland; no issue: Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1693; m. Samuel Griswold; Ruth, b. April 10, 1700; m. Nathaniel Griswold : .Esther, b. April 8, 1702: m. Benj. Griswold : Rachel, m. Jonas Barber. ■ Joseph,? m. Sarah Stanley, July 14, 1670. Children — Sarah, b. July 11, 1671 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 22, 1673 ; John, b. Aug. 21, 1677. ELEAzgR,8 m. Martha Thompson, Aug. 18, 1686. CAi'Mren— Martha, b. May 21, 1687 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1690 ; Eleazur, jr., b. Feb. 26, 1694-5 ; Samuel, b. March 9, 1696-7 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 4, 1700. JoHN,9 m. Elizabeth Marshall, May 27, 1701. CAt'Wrcn— William, b. April 24, 1702 or 1712 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1704 ; Lydia, b. June 2, 1709 ; d. Oct. 2, 1718. John, m. Hannah Grant, April 3, 1712, who d. Feb., 1765 ; he d. June, * For MSS. relative to this branch of the family, we are iadebted to Mr. George R. ailMKB of Poughkeep.sie. GATLOED. 625 1722. CAt'Wrcn— John, b. June 7, 1713-14; d. Nov. 1840: Alexander, b. Nov., 1715 ; d. 1760 : Ann, b. April 6, 1718 ; m. Ebenezer Bliss. Nathaniel, .Jr.,lo m. Elizabeth (dau. of Wm.) Gaylord, 2d, June 1, 1710, who d. July 26, 1770, a. 80 ; he d. Dec. 28, 1762, a. 82. Children— Am, b. March 17, 1710-11 ; d. Sept. 14, 1725 ; Nathaniel, b. July 14, 1713 ; d. Jan. 29, 1728-9 ; Daniel, b. June 13, 1715 ; d. May 6, 1734 ; Eliakim,i2 b. Dec. 4, 1707 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 25, 1717; d. April 12, 1737, ». 20. JosiAH,ll m. Naomi Burnham, May 7, 1713. Children — James, b. May 24, 1714; d. June 22, 1714: Naomi, b. Nov. 3, 1715 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1717; Josiah, jr.,13 b. March 7, 1719-20 ; Nehemiah,l3>S b. June 15, 1722; Elijah, b. Sept. 12, 1725 ; Giles, b. Dec. 19, 1728 ; d. Feb. 12, 1736. Eliakim12 (son of Nathaniel 2d), m. Elizabeth Hayden, who d. Sept. 3, 1776, a. 65; he d. Nov. 10, 1796. CAi/drem— Elizabeth, b Nov, 16, 1744; m. Ephraim Booth ; 13 children: Nathaniel, b. Sept. 13, 1746; d. Sept. 16, 1749, a. 3 years: EliaMm," b. June 23, 1749; Nathaniel,l6 b. April 15, 1751 ; Eleazer,l6 b. May 14, 1753 ; Anne, b. July 27, 1756; d. Feb. 20, 1758: Ithamar, b. April 9, 1758 ; m. Lydia Pettibone of Suflield, Dec. 4, 1800 ; she d. Oct. 10, 1821, a. 63 ; had a son, Eliakim, b. Feb. 4, 1802. Josiah, Jr. ,13 m. Sarah Barnard, Feb. 14, 1744. Children — Hezekiah, b. Nov. 15, 1745 ; Josiah, b. March 6, 1748 ; d. Aug. 15, 1750 : Sarah, b. Aug. 15, 1751 ; Josiah and Thomas, twins, b. May 18, 1756, Nehemiah,13^ m. Lucy Loomis, " a very pious woman," Nov. 10, 1748 , who d. Sept. 2, 1800, a. 74 ; he d. 1801, a. 80 ; they lived in Torringford, Ct. ; he was a farmer. Children — Joseph ;17 Nehemiah ;!'* Naomi, m. Asahel Kellogg ; had three children : Lucy, m. Zachariah Mather, Eliakim,!* m. Anna Dana of Ashford, Nov, 5, 1788. Children — Anna, h. March 22, 1790 ; William, b, Nov. 21, 1791 ; Fasma, b. Oct. 18, 1793 ; Eliakim, b. Oct. 31, 1796 ; d. in infancy : Mary Dana, b. March 26, 1798 ; Lucinda, b. Oct. 25, 1800. Nathakiel,15 m, 1, Persis Stebbins, Oct. 18, 1781 ; who d. Feb. 20, 1804, a. 44; m. 2, Ootavia (dau. of Rev. Joshua) Belden of Wethersfield, Feb. 3, 1808. Children— La,UT3,, b. Dec. 22, 1788 ; Nathaniel, b. Aug. 8, 1791 ; Flavel S., b, Aug. 22, 1795 ; Sophia, b. May 12, 1800. Eleazek,16 (s. of Eliakim), m. Sylvia Clark ; he d. Sept. 17, 1817, a. 64. CAiMrcn— Betsy, b. Oct. 1, 1781 ; m. Luke Fish : Flavia, b. Sept, 19, 1773 ; m. Samuel Hale : Eleazer, b. Oct. 11, 1785 ; m. Hannah Haskell, Feb. 25, 1819 : Sylvia, b. Sept. 8, 1787 ; m. Seth Dexter : Huldah (twin of Sylvia), b. Sept. 8, 1787; m. Cephas Blodget : Harriet, b. Deo. 15, 1790 ; m. Oristus Rising : Hezekiah, b. March 18, 1793. JosEPH,17 m. Ruth Bissell. Children — Euth, m. Jesse St. John of Kent ; had five children : Elijah. 19 Nehemiah,18 m. Esther Stephens (b, 1754) in 1779 ; lived in Torringford, Ct. Children — Sally, never married ; was thrown from a sleigh and killed, 79 626 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Dec. 23, 1821: Nathaniel, 20 b. Oct. 18, 1783; Nancy, d. April 25, 1817; unmarried ; Henry L. ;21 Erastus P.,22 b. Oct. 21, 1795. Elijah," m. 1, Esther Loomis of W., who d. Feb. 12, 1812; m. 2, Betsy Comstock of Kent. Children by 1st wife — ^Fanny, b. Nov. 10, 1801 ; m. Roderic Bissell of Torringford ; had six children : Esther W., b. Feb. 15, 1804 ; m. John H. North of South Cornwall ; had four children : Giles L., b. Nov. 8, 1807 ; m. 1, Pamelia Preston of Harwinton, by whom he had two daus. ; she d. May, 1846 ; he m. 2, Sarah Blake of Winchester, by whom he had a son and dau. Children by 2d wife — Ann, b. Sept. 6, 1814; m. Porter A. Gibbs of Harwinton ; had two sons : Mary Louisa, b. July 14, 1816; d. in infancy, June 7, 1817. Nathaniel,20 m. Hepzibah Rockwell of Sharon, Ct. ; lived many years at Winsted, Ct., and d. Feb., 1859, at the house of his son, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Children — George R. ; Maria, m. Rev. Samuel T. Seelye of Albany, N. Y. Henrt L.,21 m. Maria Tou.sley of Manlius, N. Y. ; resided many years in Cleveland, 0., and d. March, 1853. Ekastus F.,22m. Lucetta Cleveland of Madison, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1823; re- sides at Cleveland, Ohio ; merchant. Children — Sarah B., b., Dec. 1823 ; m. Dr. John S. Newberry, Oct., 1848: Henry C, b. Oct., 1826; m. Catherine Billiard, June, 1856 : Harriet R., b. Oct., 1829 ; m. Geo. C. Hammond, Nov., 1852 ; Charles D., b. Jan. 28, 1840. William (s. of John 9 ?), m. Elizabeth Stoughton, Feb. 28, 1739. CiiH- rm— Elizabeth, b. Nov. 18, 1740; John, b. June 26, 1743 ; Jerusha, b. April 9, 1753. Alexander (E. W.), m. Hepzibah Ladd (or Sadd?), Feb. 9, 1743; he d. Nov. 23, 1760, in 46th yr. Children— Alexander, jr., b. Nov. 18, 1752; also a John, who d. May 23, 1749, a. 1 yr. 11 mo. Hezekiah, had Frederick, b. June 6, 1748. John, m. Elizabeth Stoughton, March 5, 1751 ; had Abiel, b. April 30, 1753 ; Zemiah, b. March 31, 1761. Abiel (E. W.), s. of John above. Children {E. W. 0. i?ci:.)— Zeriah, b. March 5, 1775 ; John Lathrop, b. Aug. 28, 1776 ; Betty, b. March 23, 1778 ; Guy, b. Jan. 12, 17804 Horace, b. Aug. 15, 1781; Stoughton, b. Aug. 17, 1784 ; Ann, b. Feb. 17, 1786 ; Horatio, b. March 15, 1788 ; Harry, d. Oct. 17, 1790; Polly and Sophia, twins, b. July 22, 1793 ; Norman, b. May 2, 1796. Charles (E. W.), d. March 9, 1799, ». 79 yrs. Children (E. W. R-)- Charles, jr., b. Dec. 12, 1779 ; Alexander, b. March 28, 1782; John, b. March 13, 1785. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — Joseph, m. Sarah Buckland, Oct. 21, 1714. Hezekiah, m. Sarah Filley, Dec. 29, 1825. Births. — Ruth had Benoni (Benj. Denslow being the reputed father), b. Sept. 9, 1723. Elizabeth (dau. of John, jr.), b. Feb. 19, 1670. John, s. of GEORGE — GIBBS. 627 Joliii,b. July 15, 1692. David, s. of Daniel, b. Aug. 26, 1701. Thomas, B. of Thos., b. Dec. 10, 1682. Deaths.— Jom, d. Nov. 24, 1740. Joseph, or Josiah, d. June 25, 1741. William, d. Oct. 11, 1755. Wid. Elizabeth, d. Marcli 15, 1758. Lieut. Nathaniel, d. April 26, 1720. John, jr., d. .June 25, 1722. Lieut. Na- thaniel, d. March 26, 1720, a. 64. Hansah, wife of John, d. Feb. 23, 1761, in 76th yr. Elizabeth, wife of Lieut. Matthew, d. July 26, 1762, ». 80. Joseph, d. March 22, 1777, a 86. Eleazer, d. Sept. 17, 1817, a,. 64. John, d. June 22, 1826, a. 83. Mary, wife of John, d. April 1, 1821, a. 68. GEORGE, John, d. April 28, 1724. GIBBARD, Nathaniel, of Colchester, m. Mary Bissell, Feb. 28, 1720. GIBBS (Gibbes), Giles,* supposed from Devonshire, England, where the name is common ; was a freeman at Dorchester, 1633, and a grantee of lands the same year; selectman in 1634 ; came to Windsor early; was buried, May 21, 1641 ; directed in his will that his son should be placed apprentice to some godly man for five years ; and to have the lot over the Great River, if he faithfully served out his time ; to Samuel, Benjamin, and Sarah, he gave £20 each; to Jacob his house, home-lots, and all his lots west of the River, after decease of his mother ; estates £76 18s Sd ; his widow, Katherine was his executrix, and d. Oct. 24, 1660. Children — Gregory, b. at W., in 1649 : Jacob,! Samuel, 2 Benjamin, Sarah. Jacob,! m. Elizabeth Andros, Dec. 4, 1657. Children — Mary b. Aug. 21, 1659; Abigail, b. Jan. 7, 1661 ; Jacob, b. Dec. 1, 1664; d. in 1664 : Jacob,3 b. June 22, 1666 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 1668 ; Elizabeth b. April 1, 1670 ; Eli- zabeth, b. Sept. 13, 167—. SAMnEL,2 m. Hepsibah Debbie, April 15, 1664 ; who d. Feb. 22, 1697-8 ; his estatet £111 3s 9d. CAiWrm—Benjamin,* Hepsibah, b. Jan. 12, 1664 ; m. A. Dickinson, and d. before her father ; Patience, b. Dec. 2, 1666 ; m. Sam- uel Denslow ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1668 ; m. Hayden ; Joanna, b. March 26, 1671 ; m. Moses Loomis ; ' — b. April 4, 1673 ; m. Hux- ley : Catherine, b. April 29, 1675 ; d. June 29, 1676 : Samuel,5 b. April 16, 1677 ; Jonathan, b. Feb. 16, 1679 ; Miriam, m. Josiah Bissell. Jacob,3 m. Elizabeth , who d. Jan. 13, 1689 ; he d. March 18, 1708-9.t CM*-m— Abigail, b. Oct. 3,1694; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1697; Jacob, b. July 30, 1700 ; Eb(!nezer, b. Nov. 8, 1703 ; Mary, b. April 26, 1706 ; Esther, b. July 9, 1709 ; John, b. March 18, 1711-12. Benjamin,* m. Abigail Marshall, Sept. 16, 1708. Childre n— BeBi&mm, b. « There were also at W. rEANCK, and Joseph Gibbb, who wore probably brothers of Giles. Jo- seph was one of a committee to the General Court in 1637. iHin-man, says he d. in 1716, an aged man, and gives from probate records his estate and names of sons-in-law, as above. t Einman eays he d. Feb. 16, 1711-12 - that his estate was £778 Bs 10^ ; that h.s widow's name was Abigail, and also that he was the Urst of the name that d. m tho colony ; which latter is a miBtakc. 628 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. April 23, 1710 ; Zefculon, \>. Aug. 10, 1711 ; Henry, h. Aug. 5, 1713 pj b. March 16, 1714-15 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 2, 1716 ; William, b. June 10, 1718. SamoeLjS had Samuel,e b. Nov. 30, 1704 ; Giles,' b. Aug. 8, 1706 ; d. Oct, 28, 1708. Samuel, Jr.,8 had Samuel,? b. May 2, 1729 ; Mary, b. Aug. 17, 1735. GiLES,8 had Giles, b. June 5, 1742 ; Abigail, b. May 25, 1744; Rachel, b. April 14, 1746; d. March 23, 1763 : Seth, b, Feb. 4, 1748-9 ; Titus, b. Sept. 7, 1750 ; Sarah, b. March 20, 1753 ; Lery, b. July 20, 1756 ; Oliver, b. Aug. 3, 1758; Giles, b. May 25, 1760; Mary, b. July 13, 1762; Deborah, b. Jan. 30, 1765. Samuel, had Josiah, b. March 11, 1754 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1756 ; Hul- dah, b. Sept. 5, 1757. Samuel, m. Mary Winchell, March 4, 1702-3. Jacob, had Abigail, b. Oct. 3, 1694^5. Deaths (E. PF.).— Ebenezek, d. Sept. 17, 1798, a. 40 ; his wife Elizabeth^ d. Oct. 20-, 1813, a. 53. Temperance, wid. of James, d. .July 1, 1791, in 64th year. Alfked, b. April 12, 1782 ; d. Aug. 26, 1826, a. 44 years ; his wid. Sally, d. March 9, 1851. Their CAiWrem— William H., d. March 5, 1825, a. 67 ; George, d. Sept. 1, 1810, a. 4 years 5 mo.; Sally, d. July 23, 1814, a. 6 wks.; Richard Chamberlain (son of Stephen and Ruth), d. Jan. 27, 1774, in 4th year; LoiSA (dau. of same), d. March 13, 1795, ». 5 wks. GIPFIN (I.), Mr. Nathaniel, drowned in Scantic River, Deo. 28, 1808, in 24th year. Mrs. Keziah, wife of John, d. Nov. 16, 1811, in 46 year. GILLET (GILLETTE), Nathan and Jonathan, two brothers, came to Dorchester, Mass., with Mr. Warham in 1630, both of whom moved to W., with the first emigration. Nathan was admitted freeman in Dorchester in 1634, and came to W. in 1635 ; he moved to Simsbury, where his wife d. Feb., 21, 1670. CAiMrm— Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1639 ; Abia, b. Aug 22, 1641; Rebecca, b. June 14, 1646 ; d. July 13 : Elias, bap. July 1, 1649 ; Sarah, bap. July 13„ 1651; Benjamin, b. Aug. 29, 1653; Nathan, jr.,1 b. Aug. 1655; Rebecca, b. Dec. 8, 1657. Nathan, jr.,l''m. 1, Rebecca Owen, June 30, 1692; m. 2, Hannah Buck- land, March 30, 1704. Children by 1st loi/e— Isaac,2 b. Aug. 2, 1693; Dinah, b. Oct. 18, 1696. Children by 2d wife—Azanaii, b. March 28, 1705 ; Ann, b. April 3, 1707; Zabed, b. April 6, 1710; Hannah, b. Aug. 11, 1712; Jorthmiel, b. Jan. 7, 1714-15 ; Gideon, b. Aug. 12, 1717. ISAAC,2 m. Elizabeth Griswold, Oct. 29, 1719. Children— lame, jr., b. May 16, 1720; m. Honora Stephens, Dec. 28, 1742: Zaccheus, b. Dec. 18, 1724; m. Ruth Phelps of Simsbury, Dec. 15, 1743 : Jaoob,3 b. Jan. 27, 1726 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1728 ; Ava, b. Dec. 28, 1731 ; d. Dec. 28, 1736 : Sgt. Ava, b. Dec. 10, 1739. Jacob,3 m. Lydia Phelps of Simsbury, Dec. 15, 1744. Children — Jacob, GILLET. 629 h. Oct 13, 1745 ; Abigail, b. March 25, 1746 ; Joab, b. Nov. 6, 1747 ; Lydia, b. Ang. 1, 1750 ; Jacob, b. Aug. 8, 1755 ; Jabez, b. Jan. 13, 1761. Jonathan, Sen., brother of Nathan, waa early at Dorchester, and early removed to W., with Children — Cornelius,! Joiiathan,2 and Mary. Children lorn at Windsor— kTma., b. Dec. 29, 1639; Joseph, bap. July 25, 1641; Samuel, b. Jan. 22, 1642 ; John , b. Oct. 5, 1644 ; Abigail, bap. June 28, 1646 : Jeremiah, b. Feb. 12, 1647 ; Josias, bap. July 14, 1650. CoRNELiDS,! Settled on spot now occupied by the family of Oliver S. Gillet, dec. \ m. Prisoilla Kelsey ; he d. June 26, 17 — . Children — Prisoilla, b. Jan., 1659 ; d. young : Priscilla, b. May, 1661 ; m. Grimes : Abigail, b. Sept. 20, 1663; m. 1, Loomis; m. 2, Birge ; had Cornelius,'- b. Dec. 15, 1665; bap. Jan. 28, 1665-6: Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1668; Hester, b. May 24, 1671 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1673 ; m. Webb : Joanna, b. April 22 ; bap. " ye 23d day," 1676 ; m. 1, Allyn ; m. 2, Bancroft : Daniel,^ b. July 1, 1679; bap. "ye 27th day." Cornelius, Jr.,^ m. 1, ; m. 2, Rowel. Children — Cornelius, b. 1693 ; Daniel, b. March 11, 1695-6 ; Samuel, b. March 19, 1702-3 ; Thomas, b. Ang. 1, 1705 ; Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1707 ; Deborah, b. Feb. 28, 1708 ; Stephen, b. June 30, 1713 ; m. Ann Loomis, Sept. 21, 1738 ; had Stephen, b., Nov. 1, 1738. Daniel,3 m. Mary Eno, Jan. 28, 1702-3 ; he d. Ang. 16, 1753, a. 75 ; she d. Dec. 17, 1773, a. 92. Children— Dxaiel,'^ b. Nov. 17, 1703 ; Mary, b. .July 9, 1705; m. Anthony Hoskins : John, b. Sept. 11, 1707 ; Ann, b. March 12,. 1710-11 ; m. Samuel Barber ; Eunice, b. Feb. 21, 1716-17 ; m. Isaac Bull, the ancestor of Dr. Isaac Bull of Hartford ; had 2 children : Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1719 ; m. Thomas Moore : Margaret, b. Dec. 31, 1728 ; m. Timothy Phelps: Dorothy, b. May 15, 1726 ; m. Sam. Cook. Daniel,* *m. Anna Filley, Jan. 6, 1726. Children — Anna, b. Dec. 13, 1726; Daniel, m. Ruth Loomis of Boston, Aug. 27, 1735; had dau. Ruth, b. Oct. 13, 1736 ; he d. April 25, 1743 : Shubal, d. July 19, 1744. JoHK,* m. Elizabeth Drake, Sept. 30, 1731 ; lived on the family home- stead; he d. Dec. 25, 1800; she d. Jan. 5, 1802. CAtMrm— Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1732 ; m. 1, Eli Palmer ; m. 2, Thrall ; she d. Jan. 2, 1820, a. 88 ; Lucy, b. Nov. 23, 1735 ; m. Samuel Allyn : John'" and Jabez,? twins, b. July 30, 1738; Ann, b. Aug. 16, 1740; m. Josiah Moore: Prudence, b. May 22, 1743; m. Watson Loomis; she d. July 27, 1830, a. 87 ; one child : a son, b. April 20, 1746 ; lived one hour : Daniel,8 b. Nov. 22, 1748. JoHN,6 m. Abigail Catlin ; he d. January 15, 1825, a. 87. Children — John ; Benjamin, a. 87 : Abigail, m. Stoughton. Jabez,'^ m. 1, Anna Loomis ; m. 2, Lauranna Roberts ; removed to Tor- ringford; hj d. April 29, 1818. Children — Anna, m. Oliver Phelps; had Phenia, unmarried : Paul, m a Cook ; Fanny, m. a Spencer ; Harriet, m. a Colt; Oliver; Horace; Chloe, ra. Anson Colt; had Nancy, m. Aralazaman Loomis ; Anson, m. Mary Ann Barber ; Chloe, m. Leverett Tuttle ; Henry, m. Chloe Catlin ; Charlotte, m. Burton Pond ; Jabez, jr., b. 1818 ; d. an in- 630 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDBOB. fant : Roxaiina, m. Hezekiah Durand ; had Betsy ; Julia ; William, m. Lti- anna Barber : Esther, m. Uri Curtis ; had Riifus, m. Ursula Fowler ; Esther, m. Rial Burr ; Harriett, m. Luther Birge ; Gillet, m. Louisa Wetmore ; Eliza- beth, d. unmarried, July 31, 1833, a. 60: Amelia, m. Seth Treadway ; had Clarissa, m. Darius Wilson ; Marviu Sidney, m. Sarah ; Aurelia ; Charles ; Horace, 9 b. Oct. 6, 1779, at Torringford, Ct. ; John, m. Mary Woodward ; John, m. Charlotte Smith ; Rufus. DAmEL,8 m. 1, Amy Palmer, Nov. 2, 1769 ; she d. Oct. 27, 1785 ; he m. 2, Alethina Gratia (sister of Rev. Henry and Rev. Wm.) Rowland, Feb. 15. 1789 ; he d. Aug. 13, 1837, a. 89 ; she d. Jan. 2, 1828, a. 72. Cliiidrcn by 1st ivife—Amy, b. July 30, 1770 ; m. Christopher Wolcott, Sept. 25, 1766 ; she d. Jaly 24, 1835 : Jemima, b. Dec. 28, 1774 ; m. Job. Drake, Oct. 2, 1796 : Deborah, b. Oct. 2, 1777 ; m. Alvy Rowland, June 1, 1803 : Daniel,!" b. Nov, 25, 1781. Children by 2d wi/e— Sarah Macauley, b. Oct. 22, 1793 ; became the 2d wiie of Dea. Jasper Morgan, Sept. 12, 1832; had Sarah Gillett, b. July 3, 1833; Jasper, jr., b. May 9, 1836 : Oliver Sherman,!! b. May 15, 1796; William Rowland,l2 b. Jan. 18, 1801. Horace, 9 m. Rachel Austin, June 9, 1801 ; he is still living in Torringford, Ct. : she d. Sept. 10, 1849, a. 68. CHWrm— Electa Cornelia, b. May 21, 1803 ; d. June 16, 1810 : Horace Cornelias,!^ b. Feb. 6, 1806 ; Caroline M., b. May 23, 1811 ; m. Chas. N. Henderson, July 29, 1839 ; he d. Jan. 4, 1859 ; she lives in Chicago, HI. ; had Mary Jane, b. May 3, 1840 ; Nelson Cornelius, b. May 15, 1842; Caroline, d. Oct. 4, 1842; Adelaide, b. Jane 24, 1843; d. Sept. 14, 1843 ; Charles Cornelius, b. April 3, 1845 ; Caroline Isidore, b. June 21, 1848; d. Jan. 21, 1849; Caroline, b. April 1, 1852; d. Sept. 13, 1852 : Harriet Electa, b. June 15, 1815 ; d. June 26, 1823 : Samuel Jabez, b. Aug. 3, 1817 ; lives at Torringford, Ct. Daniel,!" m. Edith (sister of Hon. Isaac) Bates of Northampton' Nov. 20, 1805 ; lived at South Hadley Canal, Mass ; he d. Jan. 15, 1824, a. 42. Child- >•£«— Catharine, b. Dec. 21, 1807 ; m. John T. Griswold, April 22, 1830; she d. Aug., 1832: Elizabeth, b. March 24,1809; d. Nov. 23,1815; m. Elias C. Butts of South Hadley : Mary Ann, b. June 23, 1811 ; Daniel Bates, b. Aug. 18, 1813 ; d. June 19, 1814; Edith, b. April, 1815 ; d. same month: Edward, b. Aug. 24, 1817; lives at Westfleld : Daniel Bates, b. June 21, 1819 ; lives at Enfield. Oliver Sherman,!! m. 1, Fanny Pickett, Oct. 20, 1818 ; she d. July 18, 1829, a. 32 ; he m. 2, Sarah A. Belden, Nov. 11, 1832 ; he d. Sept. 14, 1841, a. 45. Children by 1st wi/e— Frances Bethiah, b. Aug. 9, 1819 ; m. W, A. Baker; she d. Sept. 9, 1850, a. 30 : Caroline Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1822; m. L. T. Frisbie, April 5, 1848 : Mary Alethina, b. Oct. 30, 1825. Children by 2d toi/c— Cornelius, b. June 16, 1836 ; Sarah Belden, b. Jan. 26, 1839. William Rowland,12 m. Clemina Parsons, Oct. 19, 1825 ; he d. Sept. 10 1829, a. 28 ; she m. a Clark of East Hampton, Mass., where she d. CfttWrcn— Rachel, Alethina, b. Aug. 30, 1827 ; Wm. Rowland, jr., b. Nov., 1829. Horace Cornelids (M. D),!3 a physician at South Windsor, Ct. ; m. Sarah GILLET. 631 A. Watson, Oct. 1, 1834. Children— ConwMus, b. Sept. 25, 1835; d. infant: Ellen Caroline, b. June 23, 1841 ; Sarab Watson, b. May 6, 1844. Jonathan, Jr.2 (son of Jonathan, sen. , and brother of Cornelius, see p. 629), m. Mary Kelsey of Hartford, April 23, JC61 ; who d. April 18, 1676 ; he m. 2, Miriam Debbie, Dec. 14, 1676 ; who d. undelivered in childbed, April 18, 1687. Children by let wife—U&ry, b. April 5, 1665 ; Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1667 ; Jonathan, b. Feb. 18, 1670 ; d. Sept. 1, 1683 : William, b. Dec. 4, 1673 ; Thomas,l b. May 31, 1678 ; d. June 11, : Hannah, b. Sept. 18, 1682 ; Ebenezer, b. Oct 28, 1679 ; Samuel, b. Dec. 18, 1680. Thomas,! m. Martha Mills, Nov. 21, 1700 ; he m. 2, Hannah Clark, Feb. 26, 1704 ; who d. Feb. 20, 1708-9. Children— Ahe\,^ b. Oct. 18, 1705 ; Joel,3 b. May 1, 1707; Jonah, b. Oct. 18, 1708. Abel,2 went from W. to Wintonbury, now Bloomfleld, when a young man, with all his goods tied up in u, pocket handkerchief ; was a weaver and farmer, a man of remarkable industry and high character for morality and benevolence ; m. Abigail Ensign, of West Hartford, Ct., 1730 ; d. Dec. 15, 1794. CAiWrcm— Abigail, b. Nov. 28, 1731 ; Clotilda, b. Sept. 24, 1733 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 24, 1735 ; Jerusha, b. Sept. 30, 1737 ; Agnes, b. Nov. 1, 1739; Eunice, b. Nov. 6, 1741 ; Abel,* b. May 16, 1744; Lovie, b. June 1, 1746 ; Sarah, b. May 3, 1748 ; d. Dec. 25, 1757 : Ashbel,5 b. Dec. 26,1754. JoEL,3 had Lucy, b. Feb. 18, 1739. Dea. Abel,* Jr., m. Jerusha Andrus, Jan. 7, 1768 ; lived in Wintonbnry. Children— Ahe\, b. April 19, 1769 ; Jerusha, b. Aug. 15, 1773 ; Samuel, b. May 6, 1776 : Sarah, b. Nov. 4, 1778 ; James, b. Jan. 28, 1781 ; Rebecca, b. Sept. 6, 1783 ; Asher, b. May 1, 1786 ; Chauncy, b, Nov. 8, 1788 ; Bethuel, b. April 16, 1791; Leonard, b. July 23,1793; Abigail, b. Jan. 22, 1796; Justin Elmor, b. Jan. 7, 1798 ; Merilla, b. July 1, 1799 ; Zemira, b. Nov. 15, 1801. AsHBEL,5 farmer and preacher of the Baptist denomination ; (see p. 376) ; residence, Wintonbury ; m. Achsah Francis, of Wethersfield, Ct., June 19, 1792; he d. Oct. 21, 1814. CAiZiiren*— Ashbel, b. May 18, 1793; d. Sept. 30, 1813 : Abigail, b. Aug. 14, 1796 ; m. Lott Thompson, of Granby, Ct. ; went to Ohio ; has seven children grown up : Sarah, b. Nov. 13, 1800 ; m. Carver Hotchkiss, of Windsor, N. Y. ; now resides at Shelburne Falls, Mass.; has had 4 children, of whom 2 are living: Francis,^ b. Dec. 14, 1807. Hon. Pkancis, 6 f m. Eliza Daggett Hooker of Farmington, Ct., Sept. 10, * Also had two daughters and one son, whose names have not been given. t Hon. Francis Gillette was bom in that portion of the town of Windsor now included in Bloomaeld, Dec. 14th, 1807. At tlie earlj- age of si.t yenrs, he lost his father, and his mother marrying again some two or three years later, a man who felt no sympathy or kindness for the fatherless hoy, his childhood was a drear and chilling orphanage. Yet, though he could hardly be said to have a home, and was made to feel the bitterness of his loss full often, there were in him, even in childhood, the same elements of truthfulness, honor and fearlessness, which have 632 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1834; resides at Hartford, Ct. Children^ Ashhel Francis, b. May 17, 1836; Eliza Hooker, b. Dec. 7, 1838 ; Edw. Hooker, born Oct. 1, 1840 ; Robert Hooker, b. Aug. 1, 1842 ; Mary Hooker, b. June 24, 1845 ; d. Aug. 27, 1847: William Hooker, b. July 24, 1853. Joseph (son. of Jonathan, sen., and brother to Cornelius''- and Jonathan, jr.2 seep. 629), settled in Simsbury ; m. Elizabeth Hawkes, 1664. Children^ Joseph,! b. jSTov. 2, 1664 ; Elizabeth, b. June, 13, 1666 ; Mary, b. Sept, 10, 1667; Jonathan, b. Aug. 11, 1669 ; John,2 b. June 10, 1671 ; Nathaniel, b. May 4, 1673, and 3 daus. Joseph,! had Joseph, b. Feb. 16, 1692. John (son of Jonathan, sen., and brother to Cornelius,! Jonathan, jr.2 and Joseph, sen. see p. 629) of Simsbury, m. Mary Barke r, July 8, 1669. Child- ren— Thom&s, b. Jan. 7, 1671, bap. " ye 14th ;" John, b. Aug. 6, 1673; d. marked his manhood. Kven his harsh stepfather, whose hatred of him seemed almost insane in its malignity, acknowledged, that he had never known him to utter a falsehood, or use a profane word. Yet, notwithstanding this testimony, he lost no opportunities of endeavoring to prejudice his friends, and even the hoy's own mother, against him. When a little more than fifteen years of age, young Gillette attended an academy at Ashfield, Mass , where his mother was then residing. Here, the latent love of learning in his heart first hegan to develop iteelf ; he soon determined that he must have a collegiate education ; and, with almost unexampled industry, fitted himself to enter Yale college, in one year. His step-father SHid little, while he was busily acquiring his preparatory education; but when the time had come for him to go to New Haven for examination, his wrath burst forth, and knowing the dutiful disposition of the son to his mother, he prevailed on her to interpose and prevent his going. But he had mistaken the force of will in that Quiet boy. Suspecting the source of her objections, (which might have had more force, had he not possessed the means of acquiring an education, inde- pendent of her), the young student reasoned with her, and sought to obtain her approval. Finding, however, that she was too much under her husband's influence to be readily moved, and feeling that he must have an education, he at last said, " Well, mother, I must and will go to college, in spite of father or the devil," And he did go. In college, he was studious, emulative, yet social and popular vith his fellow students. In the classics, in philosophical studies and Belles Lettres, he ranked high. The mathematics were not favorite studies, but he maintained a fair standing in them. He was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, and chosen unanimously by his classmates Class valedictorian. After his graduation, Mr. Gillette entered a law office, but his health having become im- paired, and without applying for admission to the Bar, he relinquished his legal studies, and settled upon his patrimony, as a farmer. Upon taking the electoral oath in 1832, he was chosen to represent the town of Windsor in the General Assembly. Again, in 1838, he received the same appointment from the town of Bloomfield, which had, three years before, been incorporated by the legislature. In both cases he acquitted himself as a fearless and eloquent legislator. It was in 1S38 that questions touching the subject of slavery were first pressed upon ihe attention of the legislature. Mr. G. did not hesitate to range himself on the side of freedom, and advocate the claims of justice and humanity. His speech on the proposition to erase the word " white" from the Constitution of the state made a deep impression upon the legislature. He now became thoroughly and prominently identified with the anti-slavery party, and in 1841, at the organization of the liberty party in Connecticut, was nominated for governor, a nomination often repeated, notwithstanding his earnest declinatures. In 1854, Mr. Gillette was elected to fill the long term in the U. S. senate, and it is doing no discredit to the many eminent men who have occupied a scat in the senate from our state, to say, that during bis brief term of oflice, no Connecticut senator ever deported himself with more of dignity and propriety, none knew better when to speak and when to be silent, while by his votes, not Icps than in his speeches, he evinced that capacity for statesmanship, which caused his retirement GILLET. 633 July 4, 1699 ; Thomas, b. July 18, 1676 ; Samuel, b. Feb. 16, 1677 ; Nathan- iel, b Oct. 3, 1680 ; Mercy, b. Jan. 31, 1682.* Jeremiah (son of Jonathan, sen., and brother to Corneliusi- and Jonathan, jr.,2 Joseph and John, seep. 629 ),.m. Deborah Bartlett, Oct 15, 1685 ; d. March 1, 1692-3. C/itfdrcn— Deborah, b. Aug. 6, 1686 ; d. April 22, 1693 : Abigail, b. Feb. 21, 1687 ; d. Feb. 16, 1689 : Jeremiah, d. April 21, 1692. JosiAH (son of Jonathan, sen., and brother to Cornelius,! Jonathan, jr., 2 Joseph, John and Jeremiah, see p. 629), of Simsbury, m. Joanna Tainter, June 30, 1776. Children— JosisAi, b. Nov. 24, 1678 ; Joanna, b. Oct. 28, 1680 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1682; Jonathan, b. June 28, 1685 ; Mary, b. March 8, 1686-7 ; Dorothy, b. April 15, 1689 ; Samuel, b. Oct. 1, 1690 ; Joseph.i b. MarchS, 1694-5 ; Mindwell, b. Feb. 4, 1696; Aaron, b. March 8, 1698-9; Noah, b. Dec. 5, 1701. Samdel, Jr., had Hannah, b. Sept. 2, 1684. Jonathan, m. Mary Lewis, Dec. 17, 1731. Children— Maxy, b. Sept. 30, 1732 ; Daniel, b. Sept. 22, 1733 ; Jonathan, b. Oct. 21, 1735 ; Rachel, b. March 9, 1737 ; Tryphena, b. Aug. 15, 1740 ; Simon, b. Oct. 16, 1743 ; Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1746; Stephen, b. July 4, 1748 ; Thomas, b. Jan. 17, 1751; Lucy, b. Jan. 17, 1753. Jonathan, 3d, had Amos, b. Oct. 15, 1743 : Rhoda, b. Jan. 25, 1750. Jonathan, Jr., m. Abigail Hubbard, Dec. 11, 1740. NoADiAH, m. Sarah Owen, Sept. 29, 1737. Children— Notidiiih, b. Nov. 29, 1737; d. Dec. 13, 1737; Sarah, b. April 21, 1739; d. March 16, 1748. Benjamin, m. Jane ■ ; who d. April 15, 1757. Children — Benjamin, b. March 28, 1761 : Samuel (or Lemuel), b. Nov. 7, 1754. Almekin, m. Eunice Griswold, 2d, of Lyme, Dec. 29, 1790. Children — Eunice, b. April 20, 1796 ; Cynthia, b. Nov. 15,. 1798 ; Julia Ann, b. March 23, 1802 ; George Griswold, b. June 10, 1804. from the senate to be rei?arded as a serious loss, by the ablest statesman in it. But it is not alone as an anti-slavery writer and speaker that 51r. Gillette hi\s acquited a reputation. He early identified himself with the cause of temperance, and no man in Connecticut has been more active, consistent and earnest in its advocacy. Some of his most eloquent addresses, and most powei'ful written appeals, have been directed against the traf&c in intoxicating diinks. The earnest temperance men of the state, however they might differ from him on the subject of slavery, yet ever welcomed him as a true yoke-fellow in the cause of temperance. Nor has he been less active in the promotion of education. From 1838 to 1842 he most heartily synf- pathized with, and aided Hon. Henry Barnard in bis zealous labors for educational reform ; and during the years of gloom that succeeded, his faith never faltered, uor were his efforts wanting, to do all that a private gentleman might do, to hasten a better time for the improvement of education in the state. In 1849, at the organization of the Normal School, be was named one of its trustees, and soon after chosen chairman of the Board, an office which he has ever since filled to great acceptance. In 1857 he was chosen Acting Visitor of the Board of Visitors of schools in Hartford, and regarding any service in the cause of education as honorable, he accepted the appointment, and has filled it with rare fidelity and ability. Mr. Gillette removed to Hartford in 1852, and in connection with John Hooker, Esq., bis brother-in-law, purchased the Nook farm estate, in the management of which, in literary pursuits, in lecturing, and in the performance of his public duties, he finds ample emploj ment, and a happy life. • Old. Oh. Bee. has it Mary, b. Oct. 30, 16S2. at Hartford. 80 634 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. MISCELLANEOUS. Joseph, b. Nov. 20, 1664. Jonathan, had Jonathan, b. July 26, 1708. Jonathan, m. Ruth Searl of Northampton, Nov. 18, 1727 (17 ?). Jonathah B., m. Hannah Foster, July 1, 1835. Capt. Amos (of Wintonbury), m. Mrs. Minerva Brown, April 29, 1824. Jonathan, d. Sept. 5, 1708. Jonaihait (s. of Joseph), d. June 3, 1686. Hannah, (dau. of Joseph) d. Aug. 11, 1683. Jonathan, d. Feb. 27, 1697-8. David (s. of Jonathan), d. Aug. 14, 1711. CoKNELins, d. Sept. 5, 1746. Wid. Mart, d. Jan. 5, 1685. Mr. Nathan,- d. Jan. 30, 1757. Wid. Maht, d. Dec. 6, 1773. Wid. Elizabeth, d. Jan. 5, 1802. Daniel, d. Aug. 13, 1837. GILMAN (E. W. 0.), Nancy (dau. of Benjamin and Zeruiah), d. Oct. 5, 1793, in 7th year. GLAZER, Eliphalet, had Martha, b. June 26, 1792 ; Betsy b. June. 18, 1794. GLEASON, Isaac, had Isaac, b. Sept. 14, 1747. GOODALE, TiTDS (E. W-), had Titus, b. July 30,1777. Ebenezee, d. Sept. 8, 1794, in 64th year ; his wid. Phebe, d. Feb. 7, 1808, a. 73. Capt. Walter, d, July 20, 1820, a. 64 ; his wife Sabra, d. Nov. 17, 1834, a. 71. Ralph F., d. April 29, 1834, a. 32. Walter, d. Oct. 7, 1835, a. 41. Fkahk W. (s. of W. A. and E. A ), d. Sept. 8, 1854, o,. 3 years, 6 mos. GOODELL, Jesse, m. Marah Wolcott, April 22, 1764. GOODMAN, Richard of Hartford, m. Mary Terry, Dec. 8, 1659 GOODRICH, Stephen, m. Rachel Gillet, Jan. 3, 1754; had Jacob, h. Feb. 5, 1755. Elijah, m. Margery Gillet, Aug. 20, 1752. Children — Solomon, b. Oct. 11, 1761 ; Margery, b. July 24, 1763 ; Daniel, b. Aug. 8, 1765 ; Uriah, b. Aug. 24, 1767 ; Justus, b. June 16, 1769. GOODWIN, Daniel, had Dolly, b. July 30, 1742. GORWIN (or Gorin), Henry, had William, b. Oct. 13, 1679. The W. Re- cords also record the marriage of William Goring to Sarah Buell, " both of Hartford," Sept. 11, 1700. GOZZARD, Nicholas, d. 1693 ; left wid. Elizabeth and CAMren— Matthew, a. 16 ; EKzabeth, a. 4; John, a. 11 ; estate £83. GRAHAM, Sarah, wife of Joseph, d. Oct. 20, 1722. Jonathan B , m. JerushaM. Loomis, Aug. 19, 1735. Ldke, m. Harriet Crosby, May 20, 1841. GRAYHAMS, John (of Hartford), had Marah, b. Nov. 15, 1720. Joseph of W., m. Sarah Warner of Southfield, May 21, 1719. GRANGER (Suffield name), George, had Lydia, d Feb. 15, 1706-7. (Sc.)— Sarah, wife of Horace, d. Sept. 19, 1854, a. 57. Mabel, d. Sept. 13, 1831, a. 1 yr. 4dys. Carlos H., d. June 16, 1852, ». 5 mo. 17 dys. (both these children of Francis H. and Elizabeth M.). GRANT. 635 GRANT, Matthew, was one of the original company who oame in the Mary and John, to Dorchester, in 1630 ; was a freeman there in 1631 ; removed to Windsor, among the very earliest;* was second town clerk there, also the first and for many years the principal surveyor ; was a prominent man in the church ; evidently was just and exceedingly conscientious in all his public and private transactions and duties ; as recorder, he often added notes, expla- natory or in correction, to the records, which have considerable value to the investigator of the present day ; he was the compiler of the Old Church Re- cord, so often quoted in this work, which in the absence of some of the earliest records of the town of W. (1635-50) assumes a value which can scarcely be over estimated ; in short, he was a pious, hardworking, conscien- tious Christian man, and a model town clerk ; his first wife's name is unknown ; he m. 2, Susannah Rockwell in W., May 29, 1645; "Matthew Grant, Re- corder," d. Dec. 16, 1681, having resided for 4 years preceding with his son John; she d. Nov. 1665-6. ChiUlren by Jst wife — Josiah ;l Samuel, 2 b. in Dorchester, Nov. 12, 1631 ; Tahan,3 b. in Dorchester, Feb. 3, 1633 ; John,* b. in Windsor, April 30, 1642. Child by 2d wife — Priscilla, m. Michael Humphrey, Oct., 1847. JosiAH,! had Josiah, i>2b. Nov. 24, 1678. Samcel2 (E. W.), settled on the little eminence in rear of the E. W. Theol. Institute, which Matthew, the father, speaks of in 1675-6, in the Old. Ch. Eec, as being the only place in the meadow which was not covered with water in the great flood of 1638-9 (see p. 46) ; m. Mary Porter, May 27, 1658. Children— Samuel, jr., 5 b. April 20, 1659; John,6 b. April 24, 1664; Mat- thew ,7 b. Sept. 22, 1666 ; Josiah,8 b. March 19, 1668 ; Nathaniel,^ b. April 14, 1672; Mary b. Jan. 23, 1675 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1678 ; Abigail, m. Dr. S. Mather, April, 1704. TAHAir,3 was a blacksmith ; m. Hannah Palmer, Jan. 22, 1662; he d. May, 1693. CMdrem— Matthew, b. Jan. 4, 1663 ; Tahan, b. Sept. 27, 1665 ; Hannah, b. June 8, 1668 ; m. Henry Chapman, 1692 : Thomas, l" b. Feb. 20, 1670; Joseph, 11 b. May 14, 1673; Sarah, b. Sept. 19, 1675; m. Jonathan Ellsworth, Oct., 1603: Mary, b. Oct. 23, 1678; b. Nov. 11, 1680; d. Nov. 14, 1680. John,* m. Mary Hull, Aug. 2, 1666. CMrfrcm— John, jr.,b. Oct. 20, 1670; Mary, b. April 26, 1675; Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1677; Abigail, b. Jan. 27, 1679 ; bap. in Hartford, by Rev. Mr. Foster, July 17, 168-. JosiAH.iS Children— Josiah, b. Jan. 22, 1710 ; Sarah, b. March 11, 1711 ; Mary, b. July 20, 1713 ; John, b. May 17, 1716 ; Increase, b. Feb. 13, 1716-17 ; • In State Archives, ia vol. of MSS., relnting to Private Oontroversie.s, p. 138, in a matter con- cerning lands in dispute between Josepli Loomia, Jr., and Senr , April 21, 1675, Matthew Grant testifies : "And if anj- question my uprightness and legal acting about our town affate, that I have been employed in a measiring of land, and gettmg.out of lots to men Which bus been done by mefrrm ourfA Ij^gmnim km. come m's^t Sept. K 40 ym. I never got out land to any man, until I knew ho hall a grant to it from the townsmen, and town's approbation or about recording after the Book wa-i turned to me, which is near 23 years since. I can say with a cleare conscience, i have been careful to do nothing upon one man s desire, He. 636 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Elijah, b. June 22, 1719 ; d. Aug. 13, 1724: Huldah, b. May 25, 1721 ; Eben- ezer, b. March 2, 1723 ; Jerusha, b. Jan. 1, 1725. Saml'el, Jr.6 (E. W.), m. Hannah* Filley, Deo. 6, 1683 ; she d. April 18, 1686; m. 2, Grace Minor, April 11, 1688; he d. May 8, 1701; Mrs. Grace Grant, d. April 16, 1753, in 84th yr. Children by 1st wife — Sarah,* b. Sept. 2, 1684. Children.by 2d wi/e— Hannah, b. March 28, 1689 ; m. John Gaylord, April, 1712: Samuel, b. Sept. 19, 1691 ; Noah, b. Dec. 16, 1692; Abigail, b. Deo. 15, 1695 ; Ephraim, b. Aug. 24, 1698 ; Grace, b. Aug. 17, 1701 ; David,12 b. Dec. M, 1703; Ebenezer,i8 b. Oct., 1706. JoHi*,6 tn. Elizabeth Skinner, June 5, 1690; he d. July, 1695 ; had John, jr., b. March 3, 1690. Matthew,'' m. Hannah Chapman, Oct., 1690. Children — Matthew, b. Oct. 22, 1691 ; d. April 19, 1710 : Daniel," b. Feb. 2, 1692-3 ; Hannah, b. March 5, 1694-5 ; William,l5 b. Jan. 23, 1700 ; d. May, 1701 : Mary, b. April 17, 1702 ; Rachel, b. April 17, 1704 ; William, b. June 7, 1706 ; Sarah, b. July 17, 1710. JosiAH,'' was at E. W. in 1693 ; went to Stonington, 1695 or 6, where he m. Rebecca (dau. of Ephraim and Hannah Avery) Minor, July 8, 1696, who d. Jan. 15, 1746-7, a. 75 ; he d. March 28, 1732.t CAiMrm— Josiah, John, Oliver, Noah, Minor. Nathaniel,^ m. Bathia Warner, May 16, 1689. Children — Bathia, b. Jan. 17, 1700 ; Ruth, b. Feb. 19, 1702 ; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 18, 1705 ; Benjamin,l6 b. .July 8, 1708; Esther, b. Oct. 31, 1710 ; Jonathan," b. Aug. 18, 1713; d, Sept. 10, 1713. Thomas,io m. Sarah Pinuey, Feb. 13, 1695-6. Children— Wena, b. Oct. 2, 1696; Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1699 ; Mary, b. May 16, 1702 ; Jehiel, b. June 28, 1705 ; Thomas, jr., b. Oct. 5, 1710. Sgt. Joseph,!! m. Mary Warren, May 1, 1701 ; Mrs. Mary Grant, d. Jan. 12, 1718-19. CAiMreji— Tahan, b. Feb. 25, 1702-3 ; Joseph, b. June 29, 1706 ; d. Dec. 24, 1716 : Mary, b. Sept. 6, 1710 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 1, 1716. David, 12 m. Elizabeth Chapman, Deo. 21, 1727. Children — Elijah, b. May 8, 1729 ; d. Aug. 14, 1749 ; David, b. June 8, 1734 ; drowned June 15, 1748, in Wintonbury mill pond ; Ashbel,l8 Aug. 20, 1737. Capt. EbenezerIS (E. W,), m. Anne Ellsworth, Nov. 10, 1737, who d. Feb. 1, 1790 in 69th year. Children— A^iue, b. Nov. 18, 1739; d. Oct. 21, 1747; Eunice, b. Oct. 21, 1741; d. Oct. 28, 1747: Ebenezer, b. April 24, 1744; d. Dec. 4, 1747; Rebekah, b. Sept. 10, 17—; Roswell,} h. March 3, 1745-6; Anne, b. May 6, 1748; Eunice, March 27, 1752; d. Feb. 3,1754. Daniel,!* m. Sarah Burt, of Springfield, Nov. 18, 1717. CAiWren— Daniel, b. Jan. 26, 1728-9. * Both mother and daughter's name is Anna in Old Ch. Rec, t This fiimily furnished from notes of J. II. Teombull, Esq., of Hartford. Josiah and his wife ■were admitted to the Stonington church, 1699. t The father of Maj. F. W. Grant of E. W. Hill. GRANT. 637 WiiLiAM.16 C/MMrm— Bathsheba, b. Oct. 26, 1728 ; Matthew, h. P'eb. 8, • 1730 ; Zeriah, b. Nov. 13, 1731 ; Sarah, b. June 8, 1735 ; Tryphena, b. Jan. 16, 1737. Benjamin,16 m. Ann Hunt of Enfield, Feb. 10, 1737 ; had Benjamin, b. Dec. 9, 1737. Jonathan;17 m. Mary Ladd of Tolland, .July 9, 1741. Children— Ud.vy , b. June 23, 1742; Susannah, b. Sept. 5, 1744; Phebe, b. March 1,^,1747; Rhoda, b. April 12, 1749 ; Katurali, b. Jan. 2, 1752; Prudence, b. Sept. 15, 1754; Grace, b. Sept. 27, 1756 ; Rachel, b. June 20, 1762. ASHBEL,IS d. June 6, 1774 ; had Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1767 ; d. May 10, 1772 : David, b. July 6, 1770. AzAKiAH (E. W.), m. Abigail, Beaman, July 6, 1749 ; had Samuel, b. March 6, 1752; Jerusha, b. June 5, 1758 ; d. June 6, a. 7 : Abigail, b. Aug. 10, 1759 ; Lucy, b. April, 22 1761 ; Eunice, b. .July 18, 1779. Matthew (E. W., perhaps Matthew ' ), m. Hannah ■ , who d. Dec. 28, 1752, in 82d year. Children— Lasinsi, d. Oct. 14, 1762, in 7th year ; Elijah, d. Oct. 16, 1762, in 3d year ; Daniel, d. Feb. 9, 1740, a. 47 ; Matthew, d. Feb. 9, 1735, in 68th year. A Seth moved from W. to Hartford ; no issue. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — Josiah, m. Sarah Cook, .Aug. 4, 1714. Josiah, m. Sarah Cook, March 30, 1710. Thomas, Jr., m. Elizabeth Rockwell, July 9, 1722 Samdel, ni. [Thankful ?] Barilett, Jan. 1, 1718. John, m. Mary Chapman, Nov. 11, 1714. Matt., m. Abigail Birge, Feb. 2, 1749. Geace, m. Asahel Green, Oct. 1, 1778. Abiel, m. Elizabeth Loomis, May 26, 1754. Asahel, m. Eliza- beth Chapman, March 29, 1764. Mart, m. A. AUyn, Sept., '90; d. Aug., 1703, Mart, m. J. Crow, Nov., '86. Mary, m. J. Enno, April, 1703. Maky, m. J. Skinner, March, 1694. . Elizabeth, m. J. Wills, May, 1697. Wyllys, m. Emily Belcher, July 6, 1820; d. Oct. 6, 1855, a. 62 {Wp. N.). Warren {E. W.), m. Jane Ann Easton, Nov. 22, 1825, who was b. Aug. 28, 1804, and d. April 19, 1837. Samuel, m. Elizabeth Webster, Feb. 1, 1821. Harvey, m. Sarah Ellsworth Osborn, Jan. 22, 1829. ffirtAs.— John, of John, b. Aug. 6, 1673. John had Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1717; John, b. Jan. 1, 1720 ; Mary, b. Sept. 20, 1728 ; Matthew, b. June 27, 1723 ; Edward Chapman, b. Jan. 13, 1725 ; who d. Oct. 30, 1811, a. 85 ; his wife was Hannah Foster, m. April 4, 1754 ; their son Dyer d. Aug. 4, 1784, in 15th year ; their dau. Anna d. July 1, 1775, in 18th year. Thomas, had Elizabeth, b, June 8, 1724 ; Samuel, b. June 30, 1726. Abiel (s. of Abiel), b. May 26, 1762; d. May 28, 1762. Justus (s. of Matt.), b. Aug. 17, 1751, who d. Oct. 10, 1826, a. 76 ; his wife, Anna, d. April 29, 1821, a. 62 (E. W. 0.). Eliza- beth {dau. of John), b. March 7, 1730. Elizabeth (dau. of Thomas), b. Nov. 15, 1730. William (of Thomas), b. April 24, 1727. X>fa(/!s.— John, July 22, 1684. .John, of Peter, Sept. 29, 1687. John, of 638 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. John, May 17, 1686. Wm., of Matt., May 26, 1701. Samdel, jr., Uif S, 1712. Mary, wife of J. G., d. Jan. 2, 1718-19, a. about 37. Sarah, wife of Josiali, d. July 30, 1713. Elizabeth, of Thomas, jr., d. Jan. 7, 1725. Matt,, d. Feb. 9, 1734. Lieut. Math., d. Dec. 28, 1762. Anne, wife of Capt. Eben- ezer, d. March 20, 1783, in 70th yr. {E. IF".)— John, d. Jan. 16, 1771, a. 79 yrs. 10 mo. 9 dya. John, d. Deo. 12, 1803, a. 80. Mart, wife of John, d. Oct. 12, 1762, in 60th yr. IsAaoj b. Oct. 20, 1734 ; d. Sept. 29, 1816 ; his wife Hannah, d. Sept. 4, 1837, a. 89. William, d. Sept. 18, 1804, in 77th year. Elizabeth, wid. of Capt. Thomas, d. Nov. 8, 1781, it. 86. Capt. Thomas, d. Oct. 18, 1769, a. 77 yrs. 6 dys. Maby Jane, wife of Lyman, d. Dec. 20, 1830, a. 22 yrs. Daniel, d. June 27, 1839, a. 39. Elmira (dau. of Marvin and Abigail), d. Sept. 22, 1834, a. 15 mo. David, d. Oct. 5, 1833, a. 76 ; his wife Mary, d. Nov, 30, 1830, a. 67. Abiel, d. May 28, 1762, a. 33 yrs. 1 mo. 6 dys.; liis wife Elizabeth, d. Jaly 15, 1759, a. 27. Elliot, d. June 7, 1846, a. 84; his wife Chloe'. d. Feb. 19, 1823, u. 43 ; their dau. Eliza, b. Aug. 11, 1808 ; d. July 10, 1831. Pitkin (dau. of Aaron and Lucy), d. Dec. 4, 1788, in 3d year. Trtphena (dau. of Rockwell and Mabel), d. Jan. 10, 1764, a. 2 yrs. 4 mos. Edssell G., d. March 8, 1844, a. 89 ; his wife, Rebecca, d. Sept. 27, 1851, a. 77. Elijah, d. June 29, 1800, in 23d year. Oliver, d. Oct. 17, 1806, a, 47; his wife, Maky, d. Nov. 19, 1807, a. 44. Levi and Ann, had Frances, d. Oct. 10, 1822, a. 16 mos. ; Frances, d. June 9, 1825, a. 14 mos. Charles, d. Nov. 27, 1816, a. 36; his children by his wife Anna — Lucy, d. March 29, 1817, a. 6 mos. ; George, d. June 10, 1790, a. 6 mos. Gideon, m. 1, Mehitable , who d. Feb. 20, 1776 ; he m. 2, Ruth, who d. Oct. 28, 1819, a. 90 ; he d. April 13, 1821, a. 94. Oliver, b. Nov. 18, 1761 ; d. April 7, 1826, a. 64; his wife Roxy, d. July 31, 1831, a. 64 ; their son Noah, d. Dec. 3, 1823, a. 24. (Wp. N.) — Randolph and Nancy had Wesley, d. Sept. 21, 1840; Ange- line, d. Sept. 28, 1853, a. 10 years, 14 days. Horace, d. March 15, 1857, a. 44. Gdstavus, d. March 11, 1841, ». 82 ; his wife Phebe, d. Nov. 6, 1856, a. 81. J. Haskell (s. of Frank and Electa), d. Oct. 1, 1847, a. 3 yrs. 3 mos. Elisha, d. July 20, 1818, a. 27. Gideon, jr., d. Sept. 15, 1824, a, 71. Elizabeth, d. Dec. 22, 1845, a. 86. Gideon and Mabel had Eunice, d. May 6, 1798, a. 17 ; Samuel, d. Dec. 3, 1783, a. 3 mos. William's wife, Eliza, d. Feb. 9, 1850, a. 43 ; their son, Cornelius, d. Sept. 25, 1853, a. 12. {Institute Burial Ground, E. W.) — Children of Frederick W. and A. E.,viz: Fred. W., jr., b. Aug. 30, 1843; d. June 13, 1857; LucyE., b. Aug. 29, 1850 ; d. Sept. 24, 1851 ; Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1848 ; d. Sept. 21, 1849. GRAY, .John, of Windsor, moved to Litchfleld in 1777 {Hinman). GREGORY, E. at Windsor in 1641 {Hinman). GREEN, Barzilla (E. W. ), m. Eunice Bissell, Nov. 30, 1850 ; who died Feb. 12, 1795 ; a. 71 years ; he d. Oct. 23, 1795 ; a. 70 years ; had Joel b. Oct. 3, 1761 ; Asahel b. June 19, 1763. AgAHEL, son of Barzilla, m. Grace Grant, Oct. 1, 1778 ; who d. Feb. 9, 1849, GRISWOLD. 639 a. 92; he d. Sept. 1, 1838 ; a. 85. Children— Uaitin, b. Nov. 21, 1780; Roxy, b. July 21, 1782 ; d. Oct 21, 1802 ; a. 20 ; ThankCiil, b. June 15, 1784 ; d. Feb. 17, 1820 ; a. 35 : Asahel, b. April 18, 1786 ; Daslie, b. Feb 9, 1788 ; Eli, b. May 9, 1789 ; Reuben, , d. Feb. 15, 1792 ; a. 6 days. Jabish, " of West Windsor," m. Mary McCarty, of Canterbury, Nov. 1, 1797. Children— Olive, b. May 5, 1799 ; d. Oct. 16, 1801 : Daniel, b. Dec. 22, 1802; Olive, b. April 19, 1805. Martin (s. of Asahel), of W. Windsor, m. Irene Muusell. Children— Roxanna, m. Wm. Hunt ; Nancy, m. 1, Elijah Rockwell ; m. 2, Nathaniel Newell; Maria Therese, m. Jason Taintor : Martin, d. a. about 11 ; Joel B., m. 1, Mary Hovey ; m. 2, Nancy Crosby ; is a builder in Hartford, Ct.: .Julia, m. Fitch Stoughton ; a dau., d. young ; Martin, the f'.ther, d. many years ago; his wid. resides in the old homestead of her father. RoswELL, had Mason, b. March 30, 1787; Roswell, b. Nov. 26, 1794 ; Huldah, b. May 23, 1792; Jabish, b. March 20, 1794. William, had Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1835 ; d. Jan. 21, 1839 {Wp. N.) : Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1837 ; William Wolcott, b. Sept. 29, 1839 ; Augusta Mo- lina, b. Aug. 1, 1843. Sarah, wife of Jabez, d. July 3, 1797, in 64th year. Lydia (dau. of above), d. June 8, 1797, in 81st year. 6RIDLEY, Thomas, at Windsor in 1639, in which year he was fined, and ordered to be whipped by the court, for " strong suspicions of drunkenness," for refusing to watch, and for striking one of Mr. Stiles's servant men ; in 1648, was one of the surveyors of highways. GRIFFIN, John (of Simsbury), with Simon Wolcott, was ordered in 1673 to command the train band; was a first settler^ and the first manufacturer of tar in the colony (see Phelps' Hist, of Simsbury) ; he m. Anna Bancroft, May 13, 1647. CAiVdreji— Hannah, b. July 4, 1649 ; Mary, b. March 1, 1651 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 25, 1654 ; .John, b. Oct. 20, 1656 ; Thomas, b. Oct. 3, 1658 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 12, 1660; Mindwell, b. Feb. 11,1662; Ruth, b. Jan. 21, 1665 ; Ephraim, b. March 1, 1668-9 ; Nathaniel, b. May 31, 1673. Alfred, m. Fanny Clark, Nov. 27, 1823. GRISWOLD.* Edward and Matthew (the latter of whom was the ancestor of the two Governors Griswold), were brothers ; they resided in Kenilworth, Warwick- shire, England, where another brother, Thomas, also lived. t They came to America in 1639, in a vessel sent out by Mr. William Whiting, and in com- * Collected and compiled by Henry Bright, Ef?q., of Northampton, Mass. Arms of the Gris- wolds (or Griswolde, afi anciently spelt) : Arff., a fesse, {/u., betw. two greyhounds, current, sa., which corresponds with a drawing, recently in possession of a family in Simsbury. that de- scended to them from their ancestors. Seat of Griswolde, Malvern Ilall, Co. WarwicU, England. t Miss Caulkins has found among papers in the clerk's office at New London, the following aflidaTit of George, son of Edward Griswold, the Pilgrim, which satisfactorily proTes the rela- tionship and residence of the brothers. " George Griswold, aged about 67 years, testifies as foiloweth : That in his youthful years, he 640 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. pany with the Rev. Ephraim Hilit, and several other members of his congrega- tion, who settled at Windsor.* Edward, born in England In 1607 ; married while young, Margaret ; after his arrival in America he settled in a part of Windsor called Poquon- noo ; he afterwards became one of the first settlers at Killingwortli, Ct., where he appears to have been a man of much enterprise and influence ; in March, 1663, he was appointed " one of a committee to lay out the undi- vided lands in Massaco (Simsbury) to such inhabitants of Windsor as desire or need them ;" in Killingworth he was a commissioner and a large land- holder ; his first wife Margaret, d. in Killingworth, Aug. 23, 1670 ;t he then m. wid. Sarah (of James) Bemis of New London. Children — Edward Gris- wold, d. about 1690 ; Francis,! b.. in England ; George,^ b. in England ; John, b. in England . d. 1642 ; Sarah, b. in England ; m. 1, Samuel (son of William) Phelps, Nov. 10, 1650 ; m. 2, Nathaniel (son of Humphrey) Piu- ney, July 21, 1670 : Ann, b. in America ; bap. June 19, 1642 : Mary, b. Got. 5; bap. 13, 1644; m. Timothy (of Wm.) Phelps, March 19, 1661: Debo- rah, b. and bap. June 28, 1646; m. Samuel (of Wm.) Buel, in 1662; went to Killingworth: Joseph, 3 b. and bap. March 2, 1647; Samuel, b. and bap. Nov. 18, 1649 ; d. July 6, 1672: John,* b. and bap. Aug. 15, 1652. Feancis,! settled first at Poqiionnoc, Windsor, where he was in 1649; afterwards went to Saybrook, and thence about 1659-60, with the earliest settlers to Norwich ; is represented as one of the most active and enter- prising of the first settlers, and his descendants have been respectable ; he d. at Norwich, Ct., Oct., 1671 ; his wife's name unknown. Children — Sarah, b. March 28, 1653; m. Robert Chapman of Saybrook, 1670; d. April 7, 1692, having had nine children : Joseph, b. June 4, 1655 ; " d. the last of July, 1655 :'' Mary, b'. Aug. 26, 1656 ; m. 1, Jonathan Tracy, July 11, 1672 ; m. 2, Eleazer Jewett, Sept. 3, 1717; d. Sept. 18, 1723 : Hannah, b.,Deo. 11, 1650 ; m. Wm. Clark of Saybrook, March 7, 1677-8 : Deborah, b. May, 1661 ; m. Jonathan Crane, Dec. 19, 1678 : Lydia, b. June, 1663; d. 1664; Samuel,6 b. Sept. 16, 1665: Margaret, b. Oct., 1668 ;m. Thos. Bucking- ham, Dec. 16, 1691 ; had a son Thomas, b. Jan. 24, 1693-4: Lydia, b. Oct., 1671. George, 2 m. Mary Holcomb, Oct. 3 ; she d. April 4, 1708 ; he settled in Poquonnoc, Windsor; was a considerable land owner, part of which he bought lived "with bis father, iu England, in a town called Keillinsworth, in Warwickshire ; he did eeye- ral time.s sioce hear his father Kdward Griswold say that the house they then lived in, and lands belonging thereto, was his brother .Matthew Griswold's, and have lately seen and read a letter under the hand of Thomas Griswold of lieillinswortb. at)ove described, to his brother Matthew Griswold aforesaid, wherein the said 'ihomas Griswold intimated that lie did then live in the above said house betonsing to his paid brother Matthew Griswold aloresaid. May y, 1700, George Griswold appeared before me in Hartford, and made oath to the above testimony. Signed, Joseph Ourtiss, Assist." =i: From an affidavit of George Griswold (a. about 77), dated May 15, 1684, contained in State Archives. Private controversies, vol. 2, p. 203. t In the burying ground at Clinton, Ct., there is a granite slab, 7 inches by 2^ feet high, with the initials, J/. C, 1670, which was probably at the grave of Edward Griswold's Ist wife, Margaret, as there was also a monument to Dea. John G., who d. Aug. 3, 1777, a. about 70, and another to Samuel G., d. Oct. 16, 1732, a. about 68. GRISWOLD. 641 from the Indians ; and was a man of high respectability ; d. Sept. 3, 1704. CWWrm— Daniel,6 b. Oct. 1,1656; Tliomas,? b. Sept. 29, 1658; Edward,8 b. May 19, 1660 ; Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1663 ; George, b. Dec. 3, 1665 : (there was a George Griswold, d. Sept. 3, 1704 :) John,9 b. Sept. 17, 1668 ; Benja- min,10b. Aug. 16, 1671 ; Deborah, b. May 20, 1674; m. Thomas Moore of W., Dec. 12, 1695 ; Abigidl, b, Oct. 31, 1676 ; d. May 7, 1682; Samuel, b. Nov. 5, 1681 ; d. June 1, 1682. Joseph,^ m. Mary Gaylord, July 14, 1670 ; lived in W. ; he d. Nov. 14, 1716. Children— Unry, b. March 16, 1670-1 ; m. Joseph Gilbert, May 17, 1692; she must have d. soon as he m. again in 1695. Children — Joseph, n b. Jan. 24, 1677; Prancis,l2 b. July 11, 1683; Matthew,i3b. Feb. 25, 1686 ; Abigail, b. Aug. 11, 1689 ; and probably others. John,* m. 1, Mary , who d. Oct. 27, 1679 ; m. 2, Bathsheba , who d . March 19, 1736 ; he went from W. to Killingworth, probably with his father, and d. there, Aug. 7, 1717 ; he appears to have been a man of property, intelligence and influence ; was deacon in the church, &c. ; this inventory was presented, Oct. 7, 1717, and he gave his lands to his sons, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, and Walter. Children by 1st wife — JIary, b. Feb. 1, 1673 ; Mar- garet, b. Dec. 10, 1675 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 25, 1677 ; John, b. Sept. 22, 1679 ; " d. Dec. 27, 1679. Children by 2d wife— Dorothy, b. May 4, 1681 ; Bathsheba, b. Dec. 5, 1682 ; m. Daniel Clark, Dec. 1, 1708 : Samuel.l* b. April 4, 1685 ; Lucy, b. July 4, 1686; Martha, b. June 1, 1689; d. March 17, 1690: Joseph,l6 Benjamin,l» twins, b. Sept. 26, 1690 ; Dorothy, b, Sept. 23, 1692 ; Martha, b. June 16, 1694; Daniel," b. Oct. 25, 1696 ; Walter,i8 b. March 7, 1700. SAMcrEL,6 m. 1, Susannah Huntington, Dec. 10, 1685 ; m. 2, Hannah ; he d. at Norwich, Ct., Dec. 2, 1740 ; his 1st wife d. March 6, 1727 ; 2d, Feb. 25, 1752. C/ifWrm— Francis,^ b. Sept. 9, 1691 ; Samuel,20 b. Feb. 8,1693'- Lydia, b.May 28, 1696; Hannah, b. April 30, 1699; Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1700-1; John,2l b. Dec. 16; Joseph,22 b. Oct., 1706; Daniel, b. April 25, 1709 ; d. Dec. 22, 1724. Daniel,6 m. Mindwell (dau. of Nathaniel) Bissell, Feb. 3, 1680; who d. Dec. 31, 1728. Children— Darnel, ^'^ Nathaniel, 2* twins, b. Feb. 14, 1684 ; Peletiah, b. Sept. 13, 1689 ; Mary, b. 1692 ; Edward,35 b. March 8, 1695-6 ; Deborah, b. Nov. 7, 1698 ; David,2s b. Aug. 6, 1701. Thomas,? m. Hester Drake (dau. of Job and Mary Wolcol) Drake, and grand-dau. of Hon. Henry Wolcot of Windsor, Aug. 11, 1681; she d. Feb. 19, 1691-2. CMrfrm— Thomas, 27 b. Dec. 10, 1682; Samuel,28 b. Aug. 7, 1685; Hezekiah, b. 1688 ; Hester, b. Jan., 1690; m. Daniel Gunn of West- field, Oct. 15, 1712. EdwakDiS m. 'Abigail Williams, Nov. 3, lOSl ; he d. in WestQeld, May 31, 1688; she d. Sept. 16, 1690. Children— Edward, b. Dec. 6, 1682; Abigail, b. 1685. Sgt. JoHN,9 m. Abigail (dau. of Nathaniel) Gaylord, Nov. 22, 1705 ; he d. 81 642 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. June 13, 1738, iu 70th yr. C/iiWre«— Abigail, h. Feb. 1, 1706 ; Rachel, b. Feb. 28, 1709-10 ; John, b. June 16, 1712 ; Hezeklah,29 b. Sept. 6, 1715 ; Isaac,3» b. Sept. 24, 1718; male infant, b. "middle of" April, 1721; lived four days : Abigail, b. May 21, 1727 ; probably others. Benjamin,'!'' m. Elizabeth Cook. .Children — Elizabeth, b. I^eb. 5, 1695 ; m. Isaac Gillet, 1711 : Deborah, b. Jan. 16, 1697 ; d. Jan. 26, 1697-8 : Hannah, b. March 16, 1698-9 ; Benjamin,3l b. April 14, 1701 ; Zeriah, b. Deo. 26, 1703 ; Zaccheus,32 b. Deo. 10, 1705 ; Ann, b. May 28, 1708 ; m. Dorethius Hum- phrey, May 23, 1734 : Azubah, b. Aug. 2, 1710 ; Esther, b. April 4, 1712 ; Moses,33 b. July 10, 1714. JosEPH,ll m. Deborah . Children — Joseph, b. May *1, 1700 ; Shubal,3* b. May 2, 1701 ; Josiah (or Jonah), b. April 12, 1704 ; Roger, b. Jan. 30, 1707-8 (or 1705 ?) ; George,35 b. Feb. 26, 1709-10 ; Abel, b. Feb., 1713-14; Deborah, b. March 10, 1715-16 ; Lois, b. Aug. 29, 1721 ; Deborah, h. Jan. 26, 1723 ; Joseph, b. Jan. 6, 1724-5. Fkancis,i2 m. Abigail Colton of Springfield, Mass., Dec. 7, 1703. Child- ren— Ahigail, b. Dec. 23, 1704 ; Mary, b. July 23, 1707 ; m. Zaccheus Griswold, Nov, 15, 1728 :. Margaret, b. Oct 20, 1710; Keziah, b. Sept. 1, and d. Dec. 1, 1714 ; Ann, b. July 29, 1716 ; Francis,36 b. Nov. 8, 1719. Matthew,13 m. Mary Phelps, June 6, 1709. Children — Mary, b. May 11, 1710; Jerusha, b. April 19, 1714; Lucy, b. June 10, 1716 ; Esq. Matthew, b. Jan. 27, 1717-18; d. Jan. 19, 1776 : Capt. Noah, b. Sept. 11, 1722-3 ; Lydia, b. Sept. 18, 1725. Samdel,!* m. Sarah ; he d. in Hartford, Dec. 29, 1736 ; she d. May 9, 1735. Children— Uwy, b. June 28, 1718; Samuel, b. July 27, 1720; d. Oct. 29, 1732 : Sarah, b. Aprils, 1725 ; probably others. JoSEPH,i5 m. Temperance Lay, 'Dec. 29, 1714; he d. April 18,1771; she d. Sept. 18, 1773. CAi/rfrcn— John, b. Oct. 12, 1715 ; Joseph,37 b. Oct 22, 1716 ; Nathan,3S b. April 28, 1719 ; Giles,39 b. June 3, 1723 ; John,'"' Dan- iel,« Jedidiah.^ BenjAmin,^6 m. Abigail Norton, June 17, 1718. Children— 3ohn,*^ b, March 12, 1719 ; Lucy, b. March 23, 1721 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 13, 1726 ; Ben- jamin, b. April 27, 1728 ; Amaziah, b. Sept. 7, 1731. Daniel,17 m. Jerusha Stevens, March 9, 1721. Children— l>a,me\ B.,** b. 1722; Bathsheba, b. Oct. 23, 1737: Samuel, d. April 17, 1745. 'Walter,i3 m. Sarah 'Wight, Oct. 24, 1723, and moved to Saybrook, Ct. C/iarfrm— Hannah, b. July 31, 1724 ; Martha, b. May 28, 1726 ; Walter Price, b. May, 24, 1729 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1731. Fkancis," m. 1, Elizabeth Loomis, Nov. 30, 1714, who d. April 13, 1718 ; m. 2, Abigail Bingham, Dec. 13, 1721, who d. Feb. 18, 1754 ; m. 3, Mrs. Patience Starr, Dec. 23, 1755, who d. April 19, 1761 ; he d. April 10, 1760. C/iiWrcn— Francis, b. Jan. 31, 1722-3; d. Nov. 25, 1736: Mary, b. March 2, 1724^5; Daniel, b. Nov. 21, 1726; Abigail, b. April 18, 1729; Abel,« b. GEISWOLD. 643 March 12, 1731 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1732-3 ; Isaao,« b. April 3, 1735 ; Adonijah, b. June 6, 1739. Samcel,20 m. Elizabeth Abell, b. April 2, 1719. Children— Samuel, b. April 21, 1721 ; d. June, 1726 : Elisha,« b. May 6, 1722 ; Ebenezer,'l8 b. July 29, 1725 ; Samuel,« b. April 7, 1728 ; Simon,50 b. Aug. 14, 1731 ; Elizabeth,* b. May 19, 1734. J0HN,21 m. Susannah ; he d. April 19, 1730 ; had John, 61 b, Nov. 22, 1730. Deacon Joseph, 22 m. Sarah Diirkee, Feb. 6, 1728 ; she d. Oct. 11, 1744 ; he d. in " his 90th year, venerable for age and piely." Children — Joseph,62 b. Nov. 4, 1728 ; Susannah, b. Jan. 25, 1729-30 ; m. Benj. Edgerton of Norwich, Oct. 31, 1754; had six children : Andrew, b, Nov. 7, 1731 : John, b. Not. 6, 1733 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 13, 1735 ; m. Elihu Hyde, March 26, 1766 : Hannah, b. Feb. 6, 1737-8 ; m. Asa Edgerton of Norwich, May 16, 1758 ; she d. Jan. 8, 1766 ; had five children : Oliver, b. Feb. 18, 1739-40 ; Jere- miah, b. Sept. 10, 1742 ; Benjamin, b. Oct. 6, 1744. DAmEL,23 m. Sarah White, Sept. 6, 1716; he removed to Bolton, where she d., Feb. 1, 1738, a. 43; he m. again. Children— Saraii, b. Oct. 14, 1717 ; m. James Olcott of Bolton : Anne, b. March 20, 1718-19 ; m. Benj. Smith : Bathsheba, b. Dec, 2, 1720 ; m. Jabez Dart of Bolton ; d. Feb. 1, 1746 : Mindwell, b. Feb. 12, 1722 ; Daniel, b. May 26, 1723 ;t Hamah, b. Feb. 8, 1725-6 ; probably d. Nov. 4, 1757: White, b. Oct. 22, 1727; m. Elizabeth Cheeney, 1751 ; probably removed to Harwinton, Ct. : George, b. Jan. 1, 1730 (in Bolton) ; m. 1, 1759, Sarah Jones ; m. 2, Susannah Cone ; he d. in B., April 26,1813: Seth, b. April 27, 1732; m. 1751, Susannah Shurtleff: Adau, b. June 12, 1736; lived 10 hours: Reuben, b. Jan. 16, 1738. Eds. NATHANiEL,2't m. Euth Gaylord, 1731 ; lived in Poquonnoc, W. ; he d. Sept. 16, 1753, a. 69 years. Children— Ruth, b. Aug. 3, 1722 ; Naomi, b. April 5, 1735 ; Azubia, b. July 14, 1736 ; Nathaniel, b. July 27, 1742. Edwaed,25 m. Abigail Gaylord, June 2.i, 1728. Children — Edward, M b. July 13, 1729 ; Abigail, b. May 5, 1732 ; Keziah, b, July 5, 1737. David,29 m. HuldaU Brown, 1731. Children— Dmid, b. May 25, 1733 ; d. March 6, 1736: Ezekiel, b. Feb. 21, 1736-7; Huldah, b. April 23, 1739; Sybil, b. April 17, 1742; Deborah, b. March 15, 1745 ; David,^ b, Feb. 15, 1748 ; Asinah, b. Sept. 6, 1750. Capt. Thomas,27 m. Abigail Sackett of Westfield, Sept. 5, 1725; he d. March 7, 1753. Children— Thomas, b. Jan. 5, 1728 ; m. Rhoda Tudor ; had no * Either this one or Elizabeth, dau. of Francis (19), m. Alpheua Abell, March 11, 1753, and had six children. t This D.i.^llEL m. 1, Elizabeth Baldwin of Coventry, in 1744: m. 2, 1771, Mrs. Judith Sbaylor of Bolton; where he d. July 27, 1803; be or his father lived in Hatfield in 175.5. (Communi- cated by A. S. Kellogg of Vernon, Ct., who is engaged in collecting the genealogy of the White family.) 644 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. children; d. Oct. 27, 1805, a. 76; she d. Oct. 1, 1832, a. 98; Phineas,55 b. Nov. 15, 1725. Esq. SAMnEL,28 m. 1, Deborah (dau. of Benajah) Holcomb of Windsor, March 5, 1713 ; she d. Dec. 22, 1715 ; he m. 2, Elizabeth (dau. of Lieut. Nathaniel and Abigail) Gaylord of W., 1707 ; she d. Jan. 4, 1764, a. 72, and was buried in Simsbury, Ct., where her monument now stands ; he d. May 16, 1777, a. 92. His death was caused by a fall ; he was dragging in. a back log for the fire, by an axe, which was struck into one end 'of it ; the axe suddenly came out, and he fell backward, the shock causing his death. In person, he was but little above a middle height; eyes, hair, and general complexion light; he was an enterprising and influential man; frequently moderator of town meetings, assessor, or committee man ; was representative in 1732 ; accumulated a large estate. His residence was on a farm of nearly 600 acres, beautifully situated in the bend of the Farmington River, in Sims- bury, where it breaks through the Talcott mountains. His dwelling was on a lovely swell of ground, commanding a romantic view of valley and mount- ain scenery, and of the river for a considerable distance above and below where it plunges into the wild gorge of the mountains, and rushes on the plains of the Connecticut River. These beauties have since been much marred by the erection of the manufacturing village of Tariffville. His estate was divided between his two youngest children ; two-thirds to Elisha, and one-third to Deborah. Children by 1st wife — Susannah, b. Jan. 15, 1714; d. inf. : Samuel, 68 b. Dec. 12, 1715. Children by 2d wt/c— Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1718 ; m. Haynes {2d son of Timothy) Woodbridge of Simsbury, Dec. 29, 1742; had six children : Esther, b. Sept. 15, 1720; d. Aug. 24,1739: Lydia, b. Dec. 17, 1722 ; m. Dr. Phelps, who d., leaving her with one son; m. 2, Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee, and had three dans, and two sons ; she d. Oct. 1, 1801, a. 79 : Deborah, b. July 24, 1727 ; m. John Robinson, who was 20 years her junior, expended most of her property, and finally left her, where- upon she obtained a divorce ; had no children; she d. June 14, 1809, a. 82: Elisha,67 b. Oct. 25, 1731. Hezf,kiah,29 m. Sarah Barnard, Deo, 14, 1738. Children — Sarah, b. June 5, 1740 ; d. July 14, 1740 : Hezekiah, b- Feb. 28, 1741-2 ; Mary, b. June 29, 1744 ; Frederick, b. June 6, 1748 ; d. April 1, 1751. l3AAo,so m. Mindwell Phelps, May 19, 1748 ; he d. Oct. 17, 1755. Child- ren— Isa&c,^^ b. Aug. 8, 1749 ; Abiel,59 b. June 14, 1755 ; Prudence, b. Nov. 26, 1751; d. Nov. 27, 1752. Capt. Benjamin ,31 m. Esther Gaylord, July 6, 1726 ; who d. Sept. 3, 1774; a. 70.* Children— Rev. Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1727 ; was liberally educated, * The sermon preached at his funeral from the text, Job, xiv, 12, was printed, and from it we make the foUowing extracts : Capt. Benjamin Gri.swold was born in Windsor, of an ancient and honorable family, April 14, 1701. July 22, 1726, he married Esther Gaylord of Windsor, with whom he lived in great peace and unity until his death, which was July 26, 1772, in the 72d year of his age, and 46th of Ws GRISWOLD. 645 grad. at Y. C. ; was a minister of the gospel ; d. Sept. 1 , 1751 ; a.24 ; llepzi- bah, b. May 31,1730 ; m. Phineas (son of Tliomas) Griswold ; m. 2, Per- kins : liad by 1st husband 2 sons, and 2 sons by 2d husband : Silvauus,60 b. 1733. ZA00HEns,32 m. Mary (dau. of Francis) Griswold, Nov. 15, 1828; had Zaocheus, b. Nov. 15, 1730. MosEs,33 m. 1, ; m. 2, Mary (dau. of Capt. Cyprian and Mary Spen- cer) Nicholas of Hartford. Children— Moses ; Mary, b. 1742; m. Augustine Drake of Windsor ; he d. May 6, 1777; she d. Jan. 22, 1816, a. 73 : Lucy, b. 1753; m. Joseph Alvord of Windsor, 1772; who d. Nov. 1, 1826, a. 79; she d. April 10, 1835, a. 82. Shubal,-'* m. Phebe Cornish, Nov. 3, 1723 ; d. March 6, 1732-3 ; had Shu- bal, b. Dec 18, 1724. Georoe,3o m. Zeruiah (dau. of J.) Griswold, March 6, 1734^5 ; he d. Feb. 1, 174i)-50 ; she d. 1748, a. 48. CfoWrm— Z(^ruiah, b. Dec. 22, 1735 ; George, jr.,f'i b. Sept. 28, 1837; Joab,62 b. Sept. 11, 1740. FnANClSjSB m. Jerusha Griswold ; he d. Nov. 9, 1796, a. 78. Children— Francis, b. April 23, 1740-1 ; Aaron, b. Oct. 23, 1743 ; Jerusha, b. Dec. 6, 1747. JosEPH,37 m. 1, Rebecca Ruty, who d. May 31, 1747 ; he m. 2, Sarah Hurd, Sept. 22, 1748 ; his estate was settled 1774. Children by 1st wife— Gulden, b. July 24, 1742; d. Dec. 31, 1742: Joseph, b. Deo. 29, 1743; Samuel, b, July 6, 1745. Children by 2d Mif/e— Elnathan, b. Jan. 24, 1749 ; Rebecca, b. Nov. 14, 1753 : Daniel, b. July 18, 1755 ; Gulden, b. Feb. 3, 1757 ; Lydia, b. March 20, 1759 ; Guilbord, b. June 6, 1761 ; Lydia, b. Deo. 6, 1763 ; Eii- sha, b. Oct. 1, 1765 ; Stephen and Asahel, twins, b. June 24, 1768 ; Ellen, b. Feb. 25, 1771. married life. He was a man for whom nature had done great things ; he had a very considerable depth of thought, a regular mind, and steady judgment, and a mind well poised ; not at all apt to be governed by fancy, or the inferior faculties of his soul, but seemed to choose that hia rea- flon and the superior faculties of his mind should bear rule. By great industry, prudence and ftugality, he had attained a very ample fortune. He h ad a good understanding of the more important doctriDcs of the gospel ; be very much delighted in reading; and in his youth he read agreat many excellent bookp. He was conaider- ably acquainted with history, especially church history, that of the reformation from popery in particular. He loved orthodox*, sound and rational preaching, was a true son of the glorious Calvin, as to the fundamentals of our holy religion. He was averse to all misguided zeal and wild sallies of enthusi- asm, and loved a regular, sound, manly and constant religion. He lived a regular rural life, was just and upright in his dealings with bis fellow men. He lived in good harmony and agree- ment with his wife. They were a remarkable iDstance for the good agreement and understand- ing that ever existed between them vJithout any, or with very few exceptions. He professedly looked for an investiture with eternal life and glory, through the free mercy and grace of God in Christ Jesus, bis Lord ; and very often did he in bis last sickness, when I was present, in most solemn, and affecting manner, recommend his soul to God, through the glorious Mediator, Jesus Christ, He was a pattern of patience and resignation through his whole sickness, so long as ho enjoyed his reason entire. 646 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. NATHAir,38 m. Sarah Hull, May 2, 1745. Children — Temperance, b. Deo. 14, 1748; George, b. Nov. 5, 1752; Nathan, b. Sept. 27, i756 ; Joel, b. May 21, 1759 ; Sarah, b. April 10, 1760 ; d. Oct. 5, 1763 : Jared, b. Aug. 11, 1764; d. ^ot. 30, 1784; Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1766; d. Oct. 26, 1784: Martin, b. Feb. 14, 1770 ; d. Oct. 4, 1795. GiLES,39 m. Mary Chatfield, Nov. 17, 1746. Children—Mar j, b. April 18, 1747 ; Giles, b. Oct. 28, 1748 ; Mercy, b. Oct. 19, 1751 ; Lucy, b. Oct. 15, 1753 ; Jesse, b. Aug. 28, 1756 ; d. Sept. 21, 1777 : Ezanus, b. May 10, 1759 ; Abner, b. March 31, 1762 ; Drusilla, b. Jan. 21, 1764 ; d. in March : Drusilla, b. May 21, 1766; David, b. Nov. 20, 1768 ; Charity, b. Feb. 12, 1774. JoHN,*o m. Mary . Children — John, b. Aug. 4, 1749 ; Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1752 ; Jerusha, b. Jan. 25, 1765 ; Grace, b. Nov. 25, 1756 ; John, b. July 10, 1758 ; m. Hannah ; had one dau., Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1789. Daniel,41 m. Lydia Hull, April 26, 1751. Children — Daniel, Josiah, Sybel, Sarah, Grace; Samuel, d. a minor. Jedbdiah,*2 m. Patience . Chlidren — Patience, b. Jan. 21, 1759; Sub- mit, b. May 9, 1761 ; Jedidiah, b. May 20, 1763 ; Edmund, b. Feb. 9, 1766. J0HN,*3 m. Elizabeth ; he d. Aug. 3, 1777. Children — Darius, b. Aug. 1, 1744; d. 1748: Noah, b. Aug. 10, 1746; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 29, 1749 ; Darius, b. Feb. 4, 1751 ; d. 1753. Daniel B.,*^ m. Mary Bushel, Oct. 22, 1750. CAt'Mrcn— Jerusha, b. Aug. 20, 1750 ; Mary, b. March 25, 1752 ; Daniel, b. Jan. 17, 1756 ; Edward, b. Feb. 11, 1758 ; probably moved to Cayuga, N. Y. ; Beulah, b. Oct. 20, 1760 ; Francis, b. Aug. 11, 1762; John, b. June 7, 1764; Ann, b. April 12,1766; Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1768; Aaron, b. Nov. 1, 1770; Simeon, b. Oct. 13, 1771; William, b. March 14, 1776 Abel,*5 m. Euth Avery of New London, Dec. 4, 1757 ; who d. Feb. 1, 1772. Cfo'Wrem— Lucy, b. Sept. 16, 1758; d. Aug. 24, 1759: Daniel, b. Oct. 26, 1760; d. Jan. 14, 1782: Abel, b. Sept. 26, 1762; Lucy, b. Feb. 26, 1765; Ruth, b May 6, 1767 ; d. July 5, 1770 : Lydia, b. Oct. 22, 1768 ; Francis, b. Sept. 20, 1771 ; d. Jan. 9, 1773. IsAAC,''6m. Abigail Latham, July 1, 1760. Children — Abigail, b. Nov. 1, 1761 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1764 ; Patience, b. Oct. 28, 1765 ; d. Feb. 22, 1776 : Molly, b. April 11, 1768 ; Lucretia, b. Sept. 21, 1772 ; Sarah, b. May IJ, 1776 ; Isaac, b. Sept. 26, 1779 ; Patience, b. Nov. 9, 1781. Elisha,« m. 1, Susannah Merrill, Nov. 8, 1748 ; she d. April 26, 1769 ; he m. 2, Lydia Burchard, Dec. 13, 1772. Children by 1st M)i/f— David, b. Sept. 2, 1749 ; Mehitable, b. June 14, 1751 ; Jonathan, b. Dec 30, 1753 ; Sybel, b. April 24, 1757 ; Abiah, b. Oct. 23, 1758 ; Betty, b. Aug, 20, 1765. ChiU by 2d Mi/e— Susannah, b. Nov. 7, 1773. Ebenezek,*8 m. Hannah Merrill, Nov. 7, 1748. C/iiWrm— Ebenezer, b. July 16, 1749; Eunice, b. April 20, 1752; Hannah, b. Aug. 23, 1754; m. Jesse Fenne, Sept. 30, 1773 : Rliodilla, b. Oct. 31, 1756 ; Samuel, b. March GRISWOLD. 647 29, 1759 ; Ruth, b. July 16, 1761 ; Jedidah, b. March 11, 1764; Joshua, b. April 19, 1766 ; Alvin, b. Oct. 24, 1768 ; Rufus, b. March 8, 1773. Samdel,« m. Mary Abell, Feb. 15, 1759. Children— mizstheth, b. Nov. 2, 1759 ; Samuel, b. Aug 5, 1761 ; Elijah, b. Sept. 5, 1763 ; Anna, b. April 13, 1766; Tryphena, b. May 4, 1768 ; Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1770; John, b. Feb. 10, 1773 ; Caleb, b. July 2, 1775 ; James, b. April 14, 1778. SiMON,60 m. Priscilla Morgan, March 9, 1756. Children— Alice, b. Deo. 3, 1756 ; Lydia, b. Oct. 23, 1758 ; Andrew, b. May 10, 1761 ; Azul, b. May 21, 1763 ; Amavera, b. Jan. 24, 1765 ; Wyllys, b. Sept. 7, 1766. JoHN.si m. Ruth Hewil, Nov. 23, 1756. Children— Ruth, b. Sept. 3, 1757 ; Sarah, b. March 18, 1759. Joseph, 5^ m. Lydia Humphrey, July 10, 1750. Children— Esther, b. Sept. 14, 1750 ; Lieut. Andrew, b. Oct. 13, 1753 ; a brave and spirited soldier ; was at Bunker Hill and several other severe engagements, until discharged at the battle of Germantown, where he received a ball in his knee ; he d. in 1827, a. 74 : Ebenezer, b. April 7, 1755 ; Peter, b. Feb. 8, 1757 ; Eda, b. July 2, 1759. Edward,53 m. Abigail Phelps of Simsbury, April 3, 1755. Children — Solo- mon, went to Ohio and became wealthy ; Edward, b. 1759; m. Elizabeth ; d. Aug. 4, 1818 ; she d. Oct. 15, 1832, a. 71 : Simon, b. July 27, 1765 ; m. Lucretia Warner, March 18, 1790 ; he d. Sept. 25, 1843 ; had 1 child, Elizabeth, "who m. a Converse, and d. without issue: Ursula, m. Rev. Sam- uel Stebbins of Simsbury ; Charlotte, m. George Phelps, aud moved to Ohio, where she d. leaving 5 children, who were sent back to Simsbury ; he fell from a horse and broke his neck. David,64 m, Lois Higlee, July 16, 1772. Children— BuYid, b. March 22, 1773 ; Lois, b. May 4, 1775 ; Ira, b. May 31, 1777 ; Olive, b. Jan. 3, 1778 ; Huldah, b. Jan. 8, 1782; Pliny, b. Dec. 27, 1785; Chauncey, b. Feb. 11, 1797. PHiifEAS,56 m. Hepzibah (dau. of Benj. and Esther Gaylord) Griswold. CAiMrcTC— Phlneas,63 b. Aug. 13, 1750 ; Oliver, b. Dec. 9, 1754 ; d. in inf. Samdel,66 jn. ; it is said his wife left home, and went to Canada; he afterwards settled at Preston, Nova Scotia, leaving his children irith their grandfather, Esq. Samuel. Children — Jeremiah, m. Phebe Case, and settled in Canton : Delight, b. June 10, 1751 ; m. Elisha Case of Canton, Ct. ; who d. Sept. 16, 1839 ; she d. April 28, 1842. (See Goodwin's Geneal. Notes, p. 281.) Elisha,8'' m. Eunice Viets, Nov. 11, 1761 ; she was dau. of John and Lois (Phelps) Viets, and granddau. of Dr. John and Catharine (Myers) Viets, aud was b. Nov. 24, 1742 ; he was confirmed in the Episcopal church, 1764 ; d. March 13, 1803, a. 71 yrs. and 5 mos. ; she d. Aug. 20, 1823, in Lanesboro', Mass., a, 81; he was a man of remarkable good sense, and of domestic, home-abiding habits. Children— 'Elisha,'''* b. Dec. 26, 1762 ; Alexander Viets,65 b. April 22, 1766 ; Ezra,66 b. Dec. 6, 1767 ; Roger,67 b. Feb. 22, 1772 ; Deborah, b. Aug. 27, 1776 ; m. Bethuel Baker, of Lanesboro, Mass., on July 648 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR 12, 1811 ; d. Sept. 13, 1850, a. 74, leaving no issue : Eunice, b. Feb. 9, 1770 ; m. 1, Oliver Holcomb, by whom she had 2 children; she m. 2, : Samuel,68 b. Jan. 1, 1780 ; Sylvia Arabella, b. Nov. 17, 1781 ; m. Rev. Jasper Davis Jones, B"eb. 2, 1802; and d. Jan. 27, 1858, at residence of her dau., Mrs. Orville Griffin, in Granby, Ct., a. 77 ; had 8 children. IsAAC,68 m. Christina ; he d. Sept. 21, 1839, in 91st year; she d. Dec. 6, 1831, a. 77, from a fall. Children— Clurissa., b. April 3, 1775; Narcissa, b. Oct. 20, 1777 ; Isaac, b. Oct. 27, 1779 ; Selma, b. Jan. 2, 1782 ; Christina, b. May 23, 1784; m. R. Niles : Cyrus, b. Feb. 15, 1786; Mind- well, b. March 1, 1788; Emillie, b. April 28, 1790; d. Dec. 8, 1827; Fredus, b. Feb. 14, 1792 ; d. Nov. 15, 1813, at French Mills ; he was sergt. in 25th Reg't, U. S. A. : Jared, d. March 7, 1798. Abiel,50 m. 1, Huldah (dau. of Capt. Abraham) Finney of Simsbury, Oct. 25, 1775 ; m. 2, Chloe Moore, Oct. 14, 1779 ; m. 3, DridaniaEaston of Granby, June 19, 1799 ; she d. April 20, 1801, a. 46 ; he d. Dec. 26. 1813, a 58. Children — Abiel Buckland, b. Oct. 27, 1778 ; m. Mary (dau. of Isaac), Pinney, Sept. 8, 1800 ; he d. March 13, 1821, a. 42 ; she d. April 20, 1801, in 46th year: Seneca (probably their son), d. Feb. 11,1810, a 9 years, 7 months : Ida, b. Dec, 1781; Huldah, b. Sept. 15, 1783; d. Sept. 16, 1811: Ori- gen, b. Oct. 31, 1785; Abraham, b. Nov. 28, 1788; Seneca, b. 1795; d. Nov. 17, 1798, a. 3 : Marcus. Capt. SiLVANus,60 m. 1, Mary Collins of Wallingford, April 1, 1762 ; she d. May 26, 1772; he m. 2, wid. Hannah Webb, who d. June 12, 1800, in 59th year; hem. 3, wid. Starr of Middletown; he d. July 6, 1811, a. 78 ; he was one of the wealthiest men in Hartford County, and an influential citi- zen. Children by 1st wife — Sylvester Collins, b. 1762 ; Esther, b. Deo. 22, 1763; Benjamin, b. Feb. 19, 1765; m. Sally , who d. July, 1816; he d. May 25, 1823 : Harvey, b. May 20, 1766 ; d. Dec. 25, 1812, a. 48 ; was buried in Poquonnoc burying ground ; the following lines are on his gravestone : " Those tedious days and nights of grief, Those hours of woe, have found relief." Gaylord, b. Dec, 1767: Susannah, b. June 20, 1769; m. Pox: Syl- vanus, d. June 1, 1772, an inf. : William, b. June 3, 1779 ; m. 1, Anna , who d. Feb. 7, 1813, a. 36 ; m. 2, Case ; he d. May 10, 1830, a. 55 : Hannah, b. July 14, 1780 ; m. Pomroy ; lived in Simsbury : Erastus N., b. Jan. 3, 1783 ; d. April 29, 1821 {Poq. N.). Geokge Jr.,61 m. I, Mary Hayden, Aug. 16, 1769 ; she d. Sept. 11, 1788, a. 48 : he m. 2, Asuba . Children — Abel, b. May 16, 1760 ; m. 1, Chloe Moore; who d. April 21, 1798 ; m. 2, Diadema Cafton of Granby, June 19, 1799 ; had 9 children by 1st, and 3 by 2d wife : George, b. June 8, 1762 ; Mary, b. July 29, 1764 ; Avery, b. May 22, 1767 ; Levi, b. April 26, 1769 ; Lydia, b. July 5, 1772; Zeruiah, b. July 1, 1774; Asuba, b. Sept. 22, 1778. JoAB,C2 m. Elizabeth Collins of Hartford, Oct. 6, 1763-4. Children— }o!i\>, b. Aug. 23, 1764; m. Anne : Trueman, b. Feb. 5, 1767; d. May 2, 177L GRISWOLD. 649 Phineas,63 m. VasMi Bates, who after Ms death, m. Gordon Wadsworth of Hartford, Gt. C/ii7rfrra— Hepzibah , m. Daniel Holcomb; Esther; Phineas, m. Maria Latimer; Oliver, m. Grace Latham ; Vashti, m. Ahel Adams ; Julia, m. Lemuel Cicero Holcomb. ELisnA,8im. Rispha Mitchelsoii, May 14, 17S7; was in the Revolutionary war, under Gen. Heath. C/HWrm— Deborah, b. Jan. 30, 178S ; d. LS27, un- married : Lydia, b. May 26, 1790 ; m. Phillips, 1812, in N. J. ; no children : Lester, li. 1793, went to New .Jersey ; m. Elkius of Williams- port, Pa. ; had one dau. who m. and has children. (Rev. Bishop) Alexander Viets,o& m. 1, Elizabeth Mitchelson ; m. 2, wid. Amelia Smith ; he was confirmed at age of 20 by Bishop Seabury ; ordained deacon in the Episcopal church at Stratford, Ct., 1795 ; began to officiate in Litchfield county, Ct., supplying three parishes, Litchfield, Plymouth and Hamilton ; in 1804 lie became pastor at Bristol, R. I. ; was consecrated bishop of all New England (except Connecticut), May 29, 1811, in Trinity Church, N. Y. ; d. suddenly in the study of his assistant and successor, Bishop Eastman, at Boston, Mass., on Feb. 1.5, 1843, in 77th year of his age. Children— Eliza,- heth, b. Sept. 10, 1786 ; m. Augustus Collius, Dec. 29, 1811 ; Viets, b. June 29, 1788 ; d. May 2, 1812 : Eunice, b. 1791 ; d. April 4, 1811 : Harriet, b. Oct. 25, 1793; d. March 24, 1805 : Susan Maria, b. 1796 ; m. Geo. F. Usher; d. July 29, 1825 : Julia, b. 1798 ; d. April 16, 1826 : Sylvia, b. June, 1800 ; m. John De Wolf; d. April, 1834: (Rev.) George, b. July, 1802, Ct. ; d. Sept,, 1829; buried at Washington, D. C. . Anne DeWolf, b. Oct. 2, 1804; m. Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, D. D. (now of New York), May 6, 1832 : Alexander How- ard, b. April 6, 1807 ; d. Oct., 1839 : Henry Augustus, b. July 5, 1811 ; Uves in Louisville, Ky. ; twice married : Harriet, b. 1816; m. a Morton; lives at Louisville, Ky. . George, b. April 29, 1830 ; d. 1842 : Mary Williams, b. Feb. 1, 1833, at Salem ; m. J. D. Hayward ; d. 1857. EzEA,68 na. Ruth (dan. of Lemuel) Roberts, Nov. 8, 178C ; he d, Oct. 2, 1822; she d. May 31, 1747; they left Tariffville (then called Grisn-old's Mills), Ct, for Ohio, in Sept., 1803; arrived at Worthington, Ohio, Oct. 29, 1803 ; this was then an unbroken wilderness, on which they were the first white family that settled.* C7uM?-en— Ruth, b. Aug. 23, 1790 ; m. Feb. 22, *Mr. Griswold was a plain lookiog.well built maD, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches in hii^lit. always fipjire in flesll, ratlierthin face, but generally healtliy and yery athletic. In his youth, ho seldom met with a man who could excel him in those manly exercises, wbith were then the universal sport of the young. He was a devoted adherent of the Prot. Episcopal Church, and although he had never received a liberal education, hut was, with the aid of his excellent mother, mainly self-taught, he was, on two occasions, engaged in religious controversy, in defence of the doctrines of that church, as having the sanction of Christ and his Apostles. He sometimes indulged himself in the com- position of poetry, of different familiar styles, confining himself mostly to objects of satire. He wag admirably qualified for public emplojment, but was of a retiring, domestic nature, and was never called to any higher oflBce than that of justice of the peace, iu which capacity he served for many years, and enjoyed the universal respect of all who knew him best. 82 650 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1807, to Noali Andrews: d. Oct. 28, 1856: Ezra.eo b. May 25, 1792; George, b. April 17, d. 22d,1794; George Harlow,'" b. May 21, 1795; Melissa, b. May 18, 1798 ; m. Sept. 11, 1817, to Caleb Howard ; d. June 3, 1836. Child stillborn, March 15, 1800 : Edwin Jarvis, b. July 15, 1801 ; Emily, b. Jan. 28, 1803; Hiram Roberts, b. May 15, 1805 ; d. Nov. 10, 1805. Child still- born, July 21, 1807 ; Sylvia, b. Aug. 6, 1808 ; m. March 30, 1823, Deles War- ren ; d. May 23, 1825 : Harriet, b. Nov. 15, 1810 ; m. Feb. 7, 1833, to Rev. Erastus Burr. RoGEE,67 m. 1, Salome Case ; m. 2, wid. Eunice Wight, of Coventry Ct., in 1823 ; lived in Simsbury, on the mountain, south of Tariffville. Child- ren by Isi wife — Zoroaster ; Miranda, m. a Wheaton of Great Barrington, Mass. ; Amanda, m. Joel Eno, and went to Ohio ; John, m. Amoret Pinney, went to Ohio ; Linus ; Delia, m. Philo (son of Erastus) Pinney. By 2d wife — Inf. d. ; Miranda m. Henry Willy, Hartford. Rev. Samuel, 68 grad. at Y. C. ; was ordained deacon, presbyter in the Epis. Church; m. 1, Thetis (davr. of Peter and Damarls) Gilchrist ; he m. 2, Maria (dau. of Samuel and Mary) Riley of Great Barrington, Mass. ; was set-, ted at Volney, N. Y. ; has not preached for many years. Children by 1st wife — Elsie Sophia, George Gilchrist, Lucy Maria, Samuel. By 2d wife — Mary, Jane, Anne. EzEA,69 m. April 4, 1814, to Phileta Cook. Children — Samuel Alexander,'! b. Feb. 18, 1815 ; Frederica Elvira, b. Feb. 6, 1817; d. Oct. 14, 1823 : Victor Moreau,'2 b. April 14, 1819 ; Edwin Jarvis, b. Oct. 22, 1821 ; d. May 30, 1824; Leonora Fredonia, b. Nov. 20, 1823 ; d. Sept. 11, 1826 : Guovion Goldsen, b. Nov. 3, 1826 ; Manfred Marsden,'3 b. March 16, 1829 ; Vivien Viets, b. Aug. 19, 1831 ; Casmer Clayton, b. Sept. 29, 1834 ; Laura Phileta (adopted),b. April 17, 1827 ; m. Lester Augustus Roberts, Geoege Haklow,70 m. Mila Thompson, May 21, 1820. C/irMren— Emilys b. May 20, 1821 ; m. March 16, 1840, to B. F. Johnson ; d. Jan. 16, 1848 : Caroline, b. Dec. 22, 1822 ; m. Feb. 8, 1844, to Cicero Comstock: Harriet, b. May 7, 1825; m. Feb. 20, 1856, to William Lawrence : Martha, b. Deo. 9, 1828; m. Jan. 19, 1855, to James Wilber Comstock: Worthington, b. Feb. 19, 1831 ; d. Aug. 5, 1833 : Mary, b. Nov. 14, 1833 ; m. June 12, 1855, to Henry W. Comstock ; Leonora, b. Feb. 1,1837; m. May 21, 1857, to John .Malcolm Gilbert: Worthington Franklin, b. Feb. 14, 1842. Samcel Alexander,'! m. Jan. 28, 1839, to Ethaline Kelly. Children— Antonia Violetta, b. Aug. 31, 1840 ; Phileta Melissa, b. July 15, 1843 ; Ada Delphine ; b. Oct. 17, 1845 ; Howard Wallace, b. Aug. 5, 1847; Samuel Vieta, b. Feb. 16, 1849 ; James, b. July 8, 1856. Victor Moreau, '2 m. Caroline Mills McElwaine, Sept. 17, 1840. Child- ren— 'Ezra, Purdy, b. April 25, 1842 ; Matilda O'Harra McElvaine, b. July 12, 1844 ; d. Sept. 16, 1845 : Eli Dresbach, b. July 1, 1848 ; Rose and Blanch, twins, b. Nov. 23, 1851 ; George McElvaine, b. Dec. 2. 1853 ; None, b. March 22, 1856. GROVEE — HALSEY. 651 Manfred MAEaDEN,73 m. Mahalie Anne Howlett, Nov. 15, 1853. Child- ren— loae, b. Sept. 19, 1854 ; Mary, b. June 18, 1856. GROVER, Edmond, had Elijah, b. Dec, 18, 1753; d. Jan. 1, 1763; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1757 ; Daniel, b. Sept. 3, 1755 ; Daniel Thomas, b. Sept. 3, 1761. HosEA, d. Sept. 23, 1762. Edmond, d. Jan. 2, 1763. GUNN, Thomas, earlj' at Dorchester, removed to W. early; had Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1640; Deborah, b. Feb. 27, 1641; Mehitable, b. July 28, 1644 ; John, b. July 8, 1647. Daniel of Westlield, m. Esther Griswold, of W , Oct. 15, 1712. HADLOCK, John, had Benjamin, b. March 20, 1743. HAKES, John, early at W. ; had John, bap. Aug. 13, 1643; Nathaniel, bap. Feb. 16, 1644 ; Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 10, 1646 ; Ann, bap. Oct. 1, 1648 ; Isaac, b. Aug. 11, 1650; "was drowned in the Great River, June 22, 1659, by voluntarily going in to swim, and on the day following was found (by an Indian) driven far down, and was brought and buried" {Windsor Rec.) : Mary, b. May 23, 1652; Joanna, b. Feb. 8, 1653 ; Eleazur, b. Dee. 20, 1655 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1659 ; Gershom, b. April 12, 1659. HALL, Timothy, on W. land record, 1664, Deaths (E. W.) (W. A".).— Russell (s. of Andrew and Keziah), d. May 30, 1844, a. 28. Anohew, d. Jan. 21, 1856 ; his wife Sally, d. March 31, 1812, a. 33. Henrietta (wife of Herman), d, Nov. 28, 1820, a, 25; her son Joshua C, d. March 8, 1853, a. 12 ; her son Geokge F., d. Sept. 18, 1850, a. 6i yrs. Samuel, d. Nov. 27, 1844, a. 78 ; his wife Hannah, d. Feb. 4, 1824, ». 57. HALSEY, Philip (s. of Zebulon and Sarah Sayre of Southampton, L, L), b. 1760 ; was a tanner and shoemaker ; was in the Revolutionary army, where he heard the Declaration of ludepe'ndence announced, and was a member of the last company who evacuated New York city in the memorable retreat of the Am. army ; was afterwards discharged at White Plains ; returned home ; but hearing that a company of British dragoons were in the vicinity of his father's house, he, with some comrades, struck across the island to Oyster Pond Ft., and took a boat across the Sound in the night, entered the Conn. River, and found his way to W., where he m. Esther (dau. of Elisha) Moore of W. ; he died in W., 1846, Children— Yiemy, b. July 8, 1784, in W. ; was m. 1, June, 1809, to Abigail (2d dau, of Col. Job) Allyn of W. ; m. 2, Mrs. Laura (dau, of Dr. Christopher Wolcott, and wid. of Capt. Ellsworth) Mather of W., in Nov., 1816; m. 3, July 12, 1832, to Eunice (2d dau. of Daniel) Talcott of W,, whom he survives ; has now living, by his 1st wife, Henry Allyn ; by his 2d wife, Mary Richards and Charlotte Liviuia. Peed P., m. Julia R. Osborn, Nov. 25, 1840. Fbederick (s. of James R,), d, Nov. 17, 1841, 652 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. HANNUM (Hammond), William, was among the early settlers at Dor- chester, removed to W., and from there to Northampton (See History of Dorchester, p. 56.). Children — Abigail, b. Nov. 22, 1640 ; Joanna, b. July 24, 1642; Elizabeth, b. April 24, 1645 ; Mary, b. April 5, 1650. HARPER, Dea. James (Scotch), lived in Ireland district, E. W. ; m. Sarah Burroughs, Nov. 20, 1752; he d. March 19, in 86th yr. ; she d. March 30, 1806, in 75th yr. Children— S&iah, b. Oct. 20, 1753; James, b. May 21, 1756 ; Ann, b. March 22, 1753 ; Ruth, b. Sept. 1, 1759 ; Jenuette, b. Feb. 20, 1762 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 15, 1765. MmiAM (dau. of Joseph, " now residing in W."), b. June 25, 1724. Joseph, had Joseph, b. Jan. 14, 1726 ; Catharine, b. Aug. 28, 1729. Deaths (E. W., /.).— Joseph, d. March SO, 1791, in 92d yr. Joseph, d. 1782, in 56th yr. David (s. of Joseph and Mabel), d. 1781, a. 14 mo. James, d. April 14, 1846, a. 68. His wife, Anna, d. July 22, 1830, a. 53. HART, Thomas, d. Sept. 2, 1688. Elisha, d. Aug. 15, 1683 ; owned land in Westfield, north of the river there. HASKELL (Hascall), Jabez, of Windsor, Ct., formerly of Rochester, Mass., m. Elizabeth Bissell, of Windsor, Nov. 19, 1769 ; hed. Sept. 4, 1816, a. 70: she d. July 8, 1833, a. 85. CAarfrem— Elizabeth Newberry, b. Aug. 6, 1771; m. Mirtin Finney of Vt. ; d. Dec. 11, 1847 : Roxa, b. March 8, 1773 ; m. Martin Moses ; d. Nov. 17, 1851 : Lucinda, b. Feb. 11, 1775 ; m. Harper Partridge ; d. Dec. 7, 1830 : Wealthy, b. Dec. 13, 1776 ; m. Levi Hayden, of Windsor ; Eli Bissell,! b. Oct. 17, 1778 ; HerleMgh,2 b. Oct. 30, 1780 ; d. July 7, 1858 : Harris,^ b. Sept. 8, 1782 ; d. April 29, 1849 : Jabez, b. Deo, 13, 1784; d. June 12,1785; Sidney, b. June 13,1786; d. Nov. 21, 1834: Carmaralzaman, b. Sept. 12, 1790 ; d. Aug. 12, 1815. EnB.,1 m. 1, Sophia Bissell, bothofE. W.; hem. 2, Susan Bissell, of E.W., 1819. Children by Jst wife — Frederick, b. Dec. 4, 1810 ; lives in Michigan city ; m. Caroline Aldridge, 1854 : Edward,* b. May 8, 1813 ; Ralzaman,5 b. May 8, 1815. Children by 2d wife— Uenry Tudor, b. Oct. 29, 1820 ; Sophia Bissell, b. April 4, 1823 ; m. William C. Brown ; d. May, 1855. Hbrlehigh,2 m. Arethusa Haskell, Nov. 19, 1823. Children — Jabez, b. Dec. 28, 1824; d. July 20, 1825 : Jabez, b. June 4, 1827; d. Jan. 19, 1849: Martha Elizabeth, b. March 7, 1830 ; d. March 8, 1850 : George Sidney, b. June 24, 1834 ; d. Aug. 1, 1838. Hakris,3 of W., m. Prances Wolcott of E. W., Nov. 27, 1821. Children^ Jane Elizabeth, b. March 3, 1823 ; d. July 24, 1825 : Thomas Robbing, b. Feb. 11, 1827; Elizabeth Bissell, b. Feb. 15, 1831. Edwakd,* of Toledo, 0., m. Charlotte Williams. Children — George W., b- March 24, 1844 ; Frederick, b. June 8, 1846 ; Emma, b. Dgo. 10, 1848; Jessie, b. about 1852. Ralsaman,6 of Ogdensburgh, N. Y. ; m. Annette C. Ray, of New Haven. Children — Mary, Charlotte, Frederick, b. Jan. 11, 1854. HATCH — HAYDEN. 653 HATCH, IcHABOD, E. W., m. Hannah Muuaell, Dec, 4, 1777. HAWKES, John, was at Windsor, 1G40. HAWLEY, Matthew, d. Feb. 16, 1G95-G. HAWKINS (Howkins), Anthony, m, 1, Isabel Brown, July 16, 1656 ; it ig probable lie m. a second wife, as at his death his widow, as named by Hin- man, was Ann ; he moved to Farmington, where he d. 1673. Children b. at Windsor (Old Ch. Rtc.)— Mary, b. July 16, 1644; Ruth, b, Oct. 24, 1649 ; John, b. Feb. IS, Iti.'Jl. Children b. after his removal to 1".*— Sarah, a. 16 ; Elizabeth, a. 14, and Hannah, a. 12, in 1673, at time ot their lather's death. HAyDEN,t William, came to Dorchester, Mass., with first settlers, 16.30; made freeman, 1634; served under Capt. Mason in the famous Pequot fight in 1637 ; he received land in the first distribution made in Hart- KJrB ford, 1639, and sold the same with dwelling house Feb. 9, 1642-3, at about which time he C'l ■^NS^^ip^S bought lands in Windsor, " towards Pine Meadow," and built upon it ; the site of this house is now oc- cupied by the residence of the late Ezra Hayderi, Esq., on the east side of the highway, at the junction ot the two roads south- east of Hayden Station ; on that part of his farm lying west of the rail road station, he had a stone quarry, which was worked as early as 1654, and then called his "lot where his stone pit is ; " we may infer from this fact, that he was by trade a stone cutter, but we have only this isolated item for evidence of it, and by occujiation he appears to have been principally a farmer; we have a deed of land purchased by him in 1663, at which time lie was still a resident of Windsor ; the next year he was living in Fairfield, where he took up land with the first settlers ; he removed with the first settlers to Homo- nosset (Killingworth) in 1665 ; he represented this last named town as deputy in the general court, 1667, and, with two others, petitioned the court that year for permission to organize a church there ; in 1609, he deeded all his lands in Windsor, and buildings thereon, to his son Daniel, who probably had not left the old homestead; his wife d. 1655, and he m. in Fairfield, wid. Wilcoxson ; he d. at Killingwortli, Sept. 27, 1669. Children — Daniel, l b, Sept. 2, 1640 ; Nathaniel,^ b. Feb. 2, 1642 ; Mary, b. June 6, 1648 ; m. Judah Everts of Guilford. Daniel,! m. Hannah Wilcoxson (both of Windsor), March 17, 1664 ; she d. April 19, 1722 ; he d. March 22, 1712-13. Children— Vmnel,"' b. Oct. 5, 1666 : Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1668 ; m. Wm. Phelps, Jan. 4, 1693 : Nathaniel, b. March 28, 1671 ; d. in infancy : William, b. April 27, 1673 ; d. June 11, *See Hinman, p. 219. t Compiled by Ulr. Jabez II. UaydE-V, of Windsor Locks, Ct. 654 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1675: William,* b. Jan. 1, 1675-6; Samuel.s b. Feb. 28, 1677-8; Ebenezer,6 b. Dec. 14, 1681 ; Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1686 ; d. Oct. 31, 1708. Nathaniel,2 m. Sarah Parmelee (both of Killingworth), Jan. 17, 1667-8; she d. May 19, 1717 ; Experience, b. May 15, 1669 ; m. Thos. Williams of K., Sept. 24, 1698 : Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1680-1 ; m. Jas. Kelsey, March 22, 1709 : Concurrence, m. Stephen Kelsey, 1707. Daniel, 3 m. Elizabeth Gribbs (both of Windsor) ; she d. Oct. 15, 1740, a. 72; he d. Dec. 22, 1759. Children— Da.niel,'' b. Aug. 27, 1703; Isaac,* b. July 3, 1706-7. William,* m. Miriam Gibbs (both of Windsor), Jan. 21, 1702-3 ; he d. July 3, 1713. CfttWrm— Nathaniel, b. April 2, 1706; d. Jan. 9, 1706-7: Miriam, b. Jan. 27, 1707-8 ; m. Job Rockwell, East Windsor, Jan. 3, 1735 , Mary, b. May 11, 1710; m. Thrall of Windsor; Elizabeth,, b. April 24, 1712 ; m. Eliakim Gaylord of Windsor. Samuel,5 m. Anna Holcomb (both of Windsor), Jan. 24, 1703-4; shed. June 13, 1756, a. 81 ; he d, Oct. 12, 1742. Children— Anna, b. May 2, 1706; m. Abraham Adams of Suffleld : Samiiel,9 b. Oct. 7,1707; Nathaniel,!* b. June IB, 1709 ; Joseph, n b. Nov. 17, 1711 ; William,i2 b. March 13, 1713-14 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 17, 1716 ; m. Lyman of Goshen. ■ Ebenezer,6 m. Mindwell Griswold (both of Windsor), Jan. 12, 1708-9. CAiM)-™— Ebenezer,l3 b. Deo. 9, 1709; Mindwell, b. April 4, 1713; m. Dewey of Westfield, Mass. : David,l* b. Jan. 21, 1715-16. Daniel,' m. Esther Moore (both of Windsor), Dec. 31, 1735 ; she d. Nov. 2, 1747, a. 38 ; he d. about 1790. CAiMrm— Esther, b. Nov. 28, 1736 ; m. E. F. Bissell, Windsor : Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1738 ; d. Sept. 2, 1772 : Jerusha, b. Nov. 23, 1739; m. Roger Enos, of Colchester: Daniel, b. Nov. 10; d. in inf : Daniel,l5 b. Nov. 10, 1742 ; Thomas,i6 b. Jan. 14, 1745 ; Sybil, b. Dec. 28, 1746. Isaac,8 m. 1, Hannah Stiles (both of W.), Nov. 19, 1736, who d. Aug. 27, 1750 ; m. 2, Eunice Drake of W., Jan. 25; 1753, who d. Nov. 17, 1804, ». 92; he d. Sept. 20, 1777. CAiWrcn— Hannah, b. Aug. 30, 1637; m. Phelps of Granville, Mass. : Lucy, b. March 5, 1739 ; d. March 10, 1748 : Isaac.lT b. Nov. 26, 1741 ; Ezra, b. Deo. 20, 1742 ; d. Jan. 23, 1742-3 ; Anna, b. March 25, 1744 ; m. Dibble of Torringford : Miriam, b. Nov. 6, 1746,; d. March 21, 1834: Mabel, b. Nov. 6, 1746; d. July 25,1750 : Isaac, b. March 12, 1748; d. 1828 : Eunice, b. Nov. 17, 1754; m. Alphens Munsell of Windsor, 1783 : Lucy, b. Dec. 30, 1755 ; m. Giles Ellsworth of Windsor, 1784 : Ezra,l8 b. Feb. 27, 1758. Samdel,9 of W., m. Abigail Hall of Somers, Nov. 7, 1737. Children— Samuel, b. Oct. 27, 1738; d. Deo. 14, 1743 : Augustine," b. Aug. 24, 1740; Moses,20 b. Sept. 23, 1742 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 21, 1745 ; m. Wetmore of Torringford : Samuel,2l Jan. 27, 1748 ; Aaron, b. May 4, 1750 ; Luke, b. Jan. 7, 1752 ; d. March 22, 1756 : Seth,'b. April 2, 1756. Nathaniel,io m. Marvin Gaylord (both of W.), April, 1837; she d. April HAYDEN. 655 7, 1803, a. 87 ; he d. Nov. 14, 1803. ChUdren—Ama., h. June 6, 1737 ; m. Joel Palmer of Windsor : Nathaniel,22 b. Deo. 14, 1738 ; Hezekiah, lo. April 24, 1741 ; d. 1776 : Levi,23 b. May 28, 1747 ; Naomi, b. Oct. 22, 1752 ; d. April 14, 1753 ; Martin, h. Oct. 30, 1754 ; d. May 3, 1759. JosephII of Harwinton, m. Esther M. ; she d. April 5, 1805, a. 95 ; he d. Feb. 26, 1781-2. Children— Esfher, b. April 27, 1741 ; Joseph,2i b. Dec. 7, 1742; Sarah, b. Nov. 21, 1743; Samuel,25 b. Jan. 5, 1746 ; Benajah, b. Feb. 16, d. Sept. 15, 1776. ■ WilliamIZ of Harwinton, m. Mary ; she d. Oct. 21, 1785, a. 77; he d. Dec. 25, 1790. Children — Abigail; Mary, b. 1745; m. Joseph Hayden of Harwinton, Nov. 14, 1760 : William, b. Jan., 1747 ; d. Oct. 22, 1776. Ebenezer,13 m. 1, Mary Trumble {both of W.), June 16, 1837; she d. Nov. 20, 1750, a. 34; he m. 2, Dorothy Loomis of W., July 16, 1752; he d. 1790. C/it7(irm— Ebenezer, b. May 11, 1738 ; d. May 6, 1746 : Mary, b Nov. 5, 1739 ; Mindwell, b. June 18, 1741-2; Mindwell, b. Deo. 17, 1743; Ebene- znr, b. Aug. 28, 1747 ; d. 1753 : John,26 b. Nov. 4, 1750 ; Eli, b. Jan. 29, 1752-3 ; d. Sept. 2, 1753 : 01iver,27 b. Jan. 29, 1752-3 ; Dorothy, b. 1755 ; m. Thomas Parsons of Windsor ; Ebenezer,28 b. Jan., 1858; Mindwell, b- Jan., 1758 ; m. Joseph Hunt. David,1* m. Dorothy Allen (both of W.), Jan. 19, 1737-8. Children— David,29 b. Oct. 8, 1738 ; Elijah,30 b. July 4, 1741 ; Dorothy, b. March 10, 1748 ; Lucy, b. Nov. 14, 1749 ; Allen.si b. April 9, 1753 ; d. March 10, 1837 : Mindwell ; Jerusha ; Eleanor ; Polly. Daniel,15 m. Tirzah Loomis (both of W.), 1767 ; she d. 1840, a. 95 ; he d. 1815. Chadren—Ss.Tah, b. Jan. 22, 1769 ; m. Charles Rockwell, East Wind- sor : Nathaniel Loomis,32 b. Oct. 27, 1770; d. July 6, 1834: Daniel,33 b. July 10, 1773 ; d. Aug. 5, 1838 : William, b. Feb. 15, 1775 ; d. Sept. 15, 1776: Elizabeth, -b. Aug. 24, 1778 ; d. Dec. 28, 1836. Thomas,16 m. Abigail Parsons (both of W.) ; she d. Dec. 14, 1814: he d. Nov. 28, 1817. Children— Bor&ce, b. Feb. 28, 1768 ; d. 1769 : Horace,3i b. Oct, 13, 1769 ; Chauncey,35 b. Oct. 18, 1771 ; Chester, b. Nov. 18, 1774 ; d. 1777 : Chester, b. Nov. 14, 1777 ; Esther, b. Jan, 25, 1780 ; d. 1825 : Abigail, b. Nov. 11, 1782 ; d. 1782 : Lucretia, b. Feb. 5, 1783 ; d. 1856 : Anson, b. Oct. 13, 1785 ; d. 1786 : Abigail, b. March 5, 1789 ; m. Augustin Drake of Wind- sor: Anson,S6b). Dec. 4, 1790. IsAA0,l7 m. Lucy Phelps (both of W.), Oct., 1773 ; she d. about 1828 ; he d. Jan. 23, 1741-2. Children— Mary , b. Nov. 5, 1774 ; m. William Brown of Goshen : Hannah, b. Oct. 19, 1776 ; d. 1777 : Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1778 ; m. Hezekiah Hayden, 1802 : Alia, b. March 5, 1781 : Lucy, b. April 1, 1784 ; m. Horace Filley of Windsor : Isaac,37 b. April 13, 1787 ; Julia, b. Aug. 3, 1789 ; d. 1814. EzsA,18of W., m. Ohve Wetmore of Torringford, July 13, 1786; she d. Nov., 1848, a. 81 ; he d. July 3, 1819. Children— MeUnda., b. July 25, 1787 ; m. Levi Joy, Amherst, Mass. . Amanda, b. May 10, 1792 ; m. Elijah Mills of 656 GBNEALOGIRS OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Bloomfleld : Altumia, b. April 7, 1794 ; m. Norman Griswold of Otsego county, N. Y. AcGUSTiN,!'' of Torringford, d. 1823. Children — Augustin,38 b. Sept. 14, 1770 ; Samuel,39 t. Feb. 18, 1772 ; Luke,« b. Aug. 30, 1773 ; Nathaniel,*! b. March 80, 1775 ; Cynthia, b. July 31, 1776; m. Theophilus Humphrey of Canton ; Jerusha, b. April 21, 1778 ; Seth,42 b. Jan. 19, 1780 ; Hezekiah, b. Oct. 12, 1781 ; Levi, b. April 1, 1783 ; Aarelia, b. 1784; m. Thaddeus Squires of Granville, Mass ; Cicero,« b. Nov. 23, 1787 ; Tirzah, b. April, 19, 1789 ; m. Seth Barber of Canton ; Nancy, b. 1790 ; m. Solomon Mead, Tioga Co., N. Y.; Betty, b. 1792. MosES,20 of Conway, Mass., had Moses, who d. about 1830. SAMnEL,21 of Winsted, m. 1, Rebecca Smith ; m. 2, Sally Mallory ; d. 1838. C/ifMrm— Samuel, b. Oct., 1774 ; d. Sept. 1797 : Polly, b. Dec, 1776 ; d. 1830 : Seth,« b. June 8, 1781 ; Moses,^ b. Oct. 30, 1783 ; Abigail, b. March 27, 1788 ; d. May, 1805 : Laura, b. Oct. 4, 1791 ; Anna, b. Nov. 2, 1795 ; Sally, b. June, 1803 ; m. Smith of Winsted. NATHANiEL,22m. 1, Anna Filer (both of W.), Sept. 29, 1763 ; who d. Jan., 1777, a. 34 : m. 2, Rhoda Lyman of Torringford, 1778 ; d. April 19, 1834; he d. May 17, 1795. Children — Nancy, b. Nov., 1779 ; m. Jerijah Barber of Windsor: Nathan Lyman,« b. Nov., 1781; Naomi, b. Nov. 27, 1783; m. William Allen of Windsor ; Pliny, b. March 24, 1786. Levi,23 m. Margaret Story (both of W.), 1772; who d. May 10, 1812, a. 62; he d. Aug. 21, 1821. Children— Levi ,*■! b. July 31, 1773; Ellen, b. Sept. 6, 1775 ; d. Feb. 2,1780 : Hezekiah,« b. June 6, 1777 ; Story,« b. July 27, 1780 ; Martin,50 b. May 20, 1782 ; Clara, b. Aug. 6, 1784; m. E. Owen of western N. Y., 1826 : Anson,6i b. April 11, 1786 ; William, b. Feb. 14, 1788 ; d. April 17, 1790 : Ellen, b. June 24, 1790 ; m. Giles Ellsworth of Windsor : William,62 b. May 14, 1792 ; d. Jan. 27, 1837 : Albert, 53 b'. April 7, 1794. JosEPH,2i m. Mary Hayden (both of Harwinton), Nov. 14, 1766 ; who d. March 13, 1813, a. 68 ; he d. May 4, 1807. Children— Ansov,^* b. Feb. 13, 1774 ; Benajah,66 b. Sept. 3, 1776 ; d. Sept. 27, 1852 : William,66 b. Feb. 16, 1780; d. March 11, 1711: Sarah, b. May 24, 1782; d. Aug. 27, 1829: Sabra, b. June 30, 1784 ; d. Dec. 29, 1826 : Adna, b. April 25, 1787 ; d. Nov. 7, 1811. Samuel25 of Harwinton, m. 1, Lois Phelps of Simsbury ; he m. 2, Lois Griswold of Harwinton, about 1788 ; he d. 1828. Children — Samuel, m. ; Elisha ; Lois ; Canfield,*? b. 1793 ; Julia. John26 of Windsor, m. Anna Trumble of East Windsor, Nov. 15, 1792; who d. April 24, 1848, a. 94. CAt7*'en— Anna, b. Nov., 1772 ; m. Israel Os- born of East Windsor : Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1774 ; m. Hezekiah Wells of East Wmdsor: Ursula, b. May 20, 1776; d. Sept. 4, 1777: Ursula, b. Oct. 15, 1778; m. Joel Wells of East Windsor: John,68 b. Oct. 30, 1780; Joseph Trumble, b. Aug. 19, 1782; d. April 17, 1783: Livia, b. March 28, 1784; d. 1858 : Somantlia,, b. Nov. 29, 1788 ; Aurelia, b. Aug. 8, 1790 ; Orplia, b. July HAYDBN. 657 23, 1794; m. Jonathan Russell, Genesee County, N. Y.: Joseph Trunible,59 b. March 12, 1796 ; d. Nov. 27, 1831. Oliter,27 m. wid. Keziah Blssell (both of W.), 1791. CMM— Keziah, b. 1792 ; m. Henry Osborn of Windsor. EBENEZER28 of Windsor, m. Roxa Prior of East Windsor, about 1782. Children— Roxa,, b. about 1783; d. 1825: Norman, 80 b. 1785; d. 1820: Betsy, b. 1787 ; Elvira, b. 1789 ; m. Hall of Wallingford : Loimis, b. 1791; Arabella, b. 1793 ; Emily, b. 1795 ; Sidney, b. 1797 ; Maria, b. 1799 ; m. Stewart McCarty, New Jersey. David29 of Harwinton, m. Jemima Ellsworth of Windsor. Children— David,6l Jerusha, Newell, Peletiah,62 b. Jan. 10, 1767; Lyman, Abijab, 01iver,63 Olive. ElijahSC of Harwinton. Children— UtsuIsl, m. Jas. Marsh of Litchfield; Chandler,<>l b. 1770; Ammon;65 Elijah ;68 Noah; Sarah, m. Lemuel Brig- ham, Mich. Allen,31 m. widow Annis Peck (both of Harwinton), April 9, 1778 ; she d. a. 68, March 26, 1825 ; he d. March 10, 1837. Children— Clara, b. Jan. 1,1779; Polly, b. Nov. 8, 1780; Allen Willard,67 b. Jan. 26, 1783; Zora Auslin,68 b. April 9, 1785 ; d. April 18, 1842 : Harvey,69 b. Oct. 16, 1787 ; Olive, b. Feb. 26, 1790 ; Allen, jr.,'0 b. Aug. 14, 1792 ; Annis, b. Sept. 12, 1794. Nathaniel Looms 32 of East Windsor, m. Mary Cook of Hartford ; he d. July 6, 1834. CAiMrm— William," b. Jan. 15, 1794; Harris, b, Jan. 22, 1796; d. May 4, 1816: Henrietta, b. Dec. 13, 1797; m. Wovahouse : Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1799 ; m. Stone : Daniel, b. Aug. 30, 1801 ; d. Aug. 28, 1828; Henry L.," b. July 19, 1803 ; d. April 21, 1838 : John, b. Jan. 21, 1807. Daniel 33 of East Windsor, m. Triphena Loomis of Windsor. Children — Elizabeth, b. Sept., 1810; m. R. Andruss of Hartford: Edward, b. July 1813 ; m. Huldah Williams of E. Hartford, about 1839 : Mary Ann, b. 1816; d. 1818: Julius Daniel, b. June 21, 1820; Mary Ann, b. Aug. 13, 1823. Hoeace,3* m. Maria Antoinette Robinson (both of Baltimore, Md.), Feb. 23, 1805 ; he d. 1844. Children— Miza Lucretia, b. Dec. 14, 1807 ; m. A. C. Gibbs of Baltim. : Handel Mozart, b. 1809 ; Edwin Parsons," b. Aug. 7, 1811 ; William Robinson, b. April 18, 1814. ChauncySS oi Randolph, Vt. ; m. Anna Dibble of Torringford, Ct., Feb. 28, 1795 ; she d. 1822, a. 52 ; he d. 1858 ; had Richard Anson,'-* March 13, 1798. Anson B.,36m. Laura Wilson (both of Windsor) ; she d. 1821 ; had Sarah S., b. 1815 ; m. Fowler of Windsor. IsAAc,3T m. Susan Filly (both of W.). Children— Susan Ann, b. 1811 ; m, Jas. H. Wells of Windsor Locks : Juliette ; Isaac Lathrop. AuGDSTiN 38 of Chatham, N. Y. ; m. Asenath Hammon of Suffield, Ct. 83 658 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Children— Angnsta, b. Feb. 14, 1800; m. Ow-en Terry of Pranklinvillei N. y. . Augustus, b. May 28, 1803 ; m. Mary Jewell (both of Franklinville, N. Y.), May 28, 1839 : Wadsworth, b. May 4, 1809 ; m. Lncretia Taylor {both of Franklinville, N. Y.), June, 1839 ; have one son. Samijbl39 m. Dorcas Young (both of Windham, Penn.), March, 1810. Children — Samuel Filor, b. April, 1811 ; Cynthia, b. April, 1813 ; m. Dort. Hinkly, 1833: Clark, b. Feb., 1815; Frances, b. Sept., 1817; m. Augustus Baker, 1836: Samuel Filor, b. Aug., 1820; d. July, 1825: Mary, b. Oct.^ 1823 ; Emily, b. Aug., 1826 ; Ellen, b. Jan., 1829 ; Joseph, b. Sept., 1833 ; Cicero, b. July 4, 1839. LdkbW of Barkhamstead ; m. Ruth Humphrey of Canton, Children — Ruth, b. 1805 ; d. 1806 : Minerva, b. Jan. 13, 1808 ; m. Jared Thompson of Milwaukie, Wis. : Marietta, b. Nov. 26, 1800 ; m. Samuel Mead, 1830 : Julius, b. Aug. 25, 1811 ; Sidney ,76 b. March 1, 1813 ; Julia, b. Feb. 1, 1815 ; Luke, b. Deo. 10, 1818 ; Martha, b. Sept. 25, 1820 ; Cicero, b. Aug. 7, 1823 j Catli^ arine, b. March 21, 1826 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 1829 ; Franklin, b. Deo. 29, 1833. Nathaniel*! of Hartford, m. Sally Ransom of Barkhamstead. Childrm — Ransom, b. about 1800 ; m. a Mattock (both of Hartland) ; had 5 children, previous to 1840 : Betsey ; Nathaniel ; Sarah ; Austin, b. 1810 ; lived in Illi- nois ; had one child previous to 1840 : Altumnia, b. 1815 ; Emily ; Addison, b. 1818. Seth*2 of Western New York ; m. Sylvia , of Albany. Childreiir^ Louisa, b. 1813; m. Taylor of Milwaukie, Wis.: Cornelia, b. 1818; 4sobS; names not known. CiOEEO*3 of Torringford ; m. Sophia Squires, of Granville, Mass. ChUd' rc«— Tullius Cicero, b. Aug. 20, 1811 ; Sophia, b. Sept. 29, 1814 ; Amelia, b. Oct. 21, 1816 ; Henry, b. March 5, 1818 ; Helen, b. Oct., 1821 ; d. July 4, 1822: Augusta, b. July, 1823; Harriet, b. Aug., 1828; m. D. Wainwright, Iowa: Caroline, b. Nov., 1831.. SETH,*4m. Harriet Soper (both of Winsted). CMdrcn— Samuel,76 b. May 4, 1805 ; Seth, b. Feb. 1, 1807 ; d. April 2, 1827 : Lucian,77 b. Oct. 3, 1808 ( Collin, b. Jan. 15, 1811, of Winsted ; m. 1, R. Griffin ; m. 2, T. Hitchcock ; Corintha, b. July 28, 1814 ; Huldah and Henry, twins, b. Feb. 28, 1817 ; William, b. Sept. 29, 1821 ; Laura, b. May 30, 1826. MoSES,« m. Sally Jenkins (both of Winsted); he d. Aug., 1829. ChiUren— J. Carleton, b. Aug. 13,1806; of Sandisfleld, Mass. ; m. a Phillips; had 3 children previous to 1840 ; Julia, b. Oct. 25, 1807 ; Addison, b. Jan. 1, 1809 ; Lucia, b. Feb. 16, 1810 ; Jane, b. April 21, 1811 ; Helen, b. Aug. 5, 1812; Edwin, b. May 7, 1814; Livinia, b. July 15, 1815 ; Samuel Sheridan, b. Nov. 9, 1822. Nathaniel L. ,*6 m. Lucretia Griswold (both of Windsor) , d. Nov. 27, 1808 ; she d. Sept. 19, 1831. Children— Eiw&tA Griswold,78 b. July 5, 1811 ; Nath- HATDEN. 659 aniel Lyman.TB b. May 15, 1813 ; George Phelps, so b. Nov, 11, 1815 ; Uriah Pliny, b. May 9, 1818 ; Samuel Barber.si b. Feb. 15, 1821. Levi,« m. Wealthy Haskell (both of Windsor), Oct. 30, 1800 ; he d. Jan. 30, 1839. Children— hucinda Haskell, b. Sept. 26, 1801 ; Mary Ann, b. Oct. 5, 1803 ; Nathaniel,82 b. Not. 28, 1805 ; Oliyer.sa b. Deo. 3, 1807 ; EUzabeth Bissell, b. Feb. 10, 1810 ; d. Oct. 21, 1834 : Jabez Haskell.'S* b. Deo. 20, 1811; Samuel Strong,85 b. Oct. 13, 1813 ; H. Sidney, b. Jan. 29, 1816 ; m. Abby Loomis of W., Aug. 9, 1849 ; Augustus Henry ,86 b. Nov. 16, 1817 : Sarah Nichols, b. Oct. 2, 1819; m. J. N. Power, N. Y., Aug., 1847: Levi Gaylord,87 b. Sept. 22, 1821. Hezekuh,''8 m. Hannah Hayden (both of W.), Oct. 1802; removed to Ot- sego County, N. Y. ; she d. 1823, a. 45 ; he d. 1823. CAtMrcn— Fanny, b. Jan. 25, 1803; m. Hall, of Western N. Y. : Henry, b. 1805 ; d. 1815 ; Hezekiah, b. June 5, 1806; d. 1829 : Albert,88 b. March 24, 1807; d. June 24, 1849 : Juliette, b. April 10, 1809 ; d. 1813 : Isaao,88 b. April 17, 1811 ; Levi, b Dec. 27, 1813, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; m. Margaret Sargent of Boston, June 25, 1846 : Julia, b. Aug. 28, 1815 ; m. Edward Marshall of Windsor : Heury Alanson,90 March 29, 1817 ; William, b. March 25, 1819, of Jackson, Mioh. ; m. and had a dau., b. about 1858 : Samuel, b. Nov. 14,1820; d. about 1844 : Strong, b. Oct. 4, 1822 ; d. in infancy. Stkoko,*9 m. Lovisa Loomis (both of W.), May 16, 1805 ; removed to Bennington, Wyoming County, N. Y. Children — Mary, b. June 20, 1806 ; m. Ira Earle, May 17, 1824 : Abigail, b. April 23, 1809 ; m. P. Durkee, Sept. 1, 1835: Louvia, b. Aug. 3, 1812; m. H. W. Congar, March 3, 1831: Chaan- cy Loomis,9l b. July 4, 1814; infant, b. April 29, 1816; d. May 1, 1816: Rachel, b. May 4, 1818 ; d. Sept. 10, 1837 : Clarissa, b. May 19, 1821 ; m, J. H. Barber of Windsor, Ct. MAETiif,50m. Amelia Griswold (both of W.), March 4, 1811; removed to Otsego County, N. Y. ; thence to Milwaukee, Wis. ; he d. Nov. 24, 1847. .CAiWrat— Margaret S., b. Feb. 29, 1812; m. Aaron B. Gales, July 28, 1835 : Elizabeth, b. March 31, 1814; Henry Anson,92 b. March 7, 1816 ; Morti- mer M.,93 b. Jan. 14, 1818 ; Aurelia, b. May 26, 1819 ; d. June 2, 1819 : Edward G., b. Aug. 12, 1820 ; d. June 24, 1822: Edward G., b. Dec. 24, 1822; Aurelia A., b. June 30, 1825 ; m. M. Keenan, June 28, 1848 : Albert G., b. Aug. 11, 1829 ; Ellen Adelia, b. April 13, 1831 ; d. Oct. 20, 1847 : Prances Jeanette, b. Aug. 9, 1836. ANSoi!r,51m. Mary Lloyd (both of Hartford), 1816; removed thence to N. Y., and then to Cleveland, Ohio. Children— Jane, b. March 13, 1817 ; Mary, b. Sept. 24, 1818 ; Caroline, b. March 5, 1821 ; Roselle, b. Oct. 1, 1822 ; Anne, b. Dec. 13, 1824 ; Margaret, b. May 17, 1827 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 7, 1829 ; Thomas Lloyd, b. Jan. 19, 1835. WiLLiAM,62 m. Harriet Thomas (both of Alexander, Genesee County, N. Y.). CAiMre«— Ellen, b. May 31, 1823; Henry, b. Oct. 24, 1824; d. 1847: Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1826 ; d. May 28, 1833 : Margaret, b. Nov. 30, 1828; d. 660 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. May 2, 1830 : William, h. Oct. 11, 1831 ; d. 1850 : Saiat, b. March 1, 1833 ; Mary Jane, b. June 23, 1836 ; d. June 30, 1837. Ai.BEKT,53 m. Dorcas A. Baker (botb of Bennington, Wyoming County, N. T.), Jan. 2, 1826 ; removed to St. Charles, Illinois ; she d. Aug, 24, 1844, a. 38 yrs., 58 days. Anson54 of Harwinton. Children — ^Elvia Evelina, b. 1805 ; Benjamin Ames, Joseph Searle, Addison, Anson, Adna, and three others. Benajah56 of Harwinton. Children — Viets Griswold, Adna, b, June 14, 1812; d. Oct. 4, 1812: Curran Tallerand Rittenhonse, b. Aug. 13, 1813; d. Dec. 26, 1830: Jane Eveline, b. Jan. 4, 1817 ; d. Jan. 25, 1834. William56 of Harwinton. Children-^ , d. in infancy ; Harriet, b. May, 1810. CanpieldST of Harwinton ; m. Candice Westlin, of Windsor, 1814 ; re- moved to Litchfield. Children — Samuel, b. 1815 ; Emily, b. 1817; George, b. 1819 ; William, b. 1821 ; Flora Ann, b. 1823 ; Edward, b, 1826 ; Sylves- ter, b. 1828 ; Lois, b. 1830 ; Mary, b. 1834 ; Julia, b. 1836. JoHir,58 m widow Mary Palmer (both of W.), Nov. 28, 1831 ; had Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1833 ; d. April, 1841. Joseph T.69 of Windsor, m. Mary Hawks of East Windsor, Nov. 20, 1820; she d. about 1850 ; he d. Nov. 27, 1831. Children— Anne, b. Sept. 5, 1822 ; m. Jabez S. Allen, East Windsor : Charles Trumble, b. April 4, 1825. NoRMAN^o of New Haven. Children — Charles, Charles, daughter. David, 61 had Lyman ; d. in Allegany Co., N. Y. Peletiah62 of Pompey, N. Y. ; m. widow Hepzibah Case, Montgomery Co., Feb. 8, 1796. Children— Almhit, b. May 2, 1801; m. Erastus Coltoni 1824 : Lucy, b. Oct. 20, 1802 ; m. Jas. H. Childs, Oct. 15, 1829 : David E.,9* b. Dec. 20, 1808. Olivee^s of Onondago Co., N. Y. ; had Henry H. Chandler m. of Harwinton ; m. Cleopatra Phelps, 1795. ChiUrm-^ Chandler, b. Aug. 2, 1796 ; Laura, b. May 1, 1798 ; Aurelia, b. June 11, 1805 ; George, b. June 9, 1810. Ammon 85 of Ohio ; had Julius, a daughter, Cornelius. Elijah 66 of ilichigan ; had George and 6 other sons. Allen Willard,67 m. Abigail Castle (both of Pompey, N. Y.), April 17, 1805. Children— Rowa.n&, b. July 4, 1807; Samuel P., 95 b. July 29, 1809 ; Seymour,96 b. April 25, 1812; WilIard,9V b. Dec. 1, 1813 ; Chas. Jenkins,98 b. March 9, 1816 ; Carmi, b. Feb. 28, 1818 ; Angeline Welthy, b. Nov. 26, 1819 ; m. 1842 : James Edwin, b. Feb. 4, 1822 ; Louiza Abigail, b. Jan. 19, 1825 ; Mary Ann, b. Dec. 22, 1826 ; Sely, b. Oct. 25, 1830. ZoRA AiTSTiN,68 m. Cynthia Wilcox (both of Pompey, N. Y.), 1806. Child- ren— Elizs,, b. Feb. 28, 1808; m. Hiram Glass: Delia, b. March 1, 1810; m. Ralph D. Marvin, Dec. 9, 1835 : Julia, b. May 24, 1812 ; m. Ira McGonegal, Sept. 14, 1827 ; Fanny, b. Dec. 4, 1814 ; m. Guy Nearing, Jan. 29, 1832 : Horace, b. May 8, 1817; m. Catharine Van Woert, both of Pompey, N. Y., HAYDEN. 661 Deo. 19, 1838 : Hiram.M b. June 13, 1819 ; Zora, b. March 21, 1822 ; m. Mary Lambertson, Dec. 19, 1844 : Sephrona C, b. June 5, 1826. Harvey,09 m. 1, Clarissa Smith (both of Pompey, N. Y.), May 8, 1808 ; m. 2, Mary Porter of Mendou, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1816. Children— PoWy W., b, Oct. 7, 1809; Alfred, h. Feb. 27, 1812, of Pompey, N. Y. ; m. Adelia Briant, July 4, 1838 ; had Oscar ; Clarissa A., b. Dec. 12, 1817 ; Charlotte A., b. Dec. 18, 1820 ; James H., b. June 6, 1S22 ; Annis S., b. Nov. 26, 1824 ; Rowana II., b. Jan. 28, 1827 ; Catharine M., b. May 28, 1829 ; Emellne E,, b. July 17, 1832. Allen, Jr.,'0 m. Betsey Gilson (both of Pompey), Oct. 10, 1816. Children-^ Flora, b. July 11, 1817; Julia, b. March 24, 1819 ; Charles G.,loo b. Oct. 29, 1820; Sarah, b. Dec. 30, 1823; Jane, b. Jan. 9, 1826; George, b. Deo. 26, 1827 ; Helen, b. Nov. 18, 1829 ; Merrit, b. July 24, 1832 ; Richard, b. April 1, 1834 ; Frauklin, b. April 30, 1837. William'I of Hartford ; m. 1, Martha CuUio of Norwich, 1815 ; she d. May 31, 1830, a 38 ; m. 2, Abby Denslow, of Lebanon, Jan. 19, 1831. C/iiWrra— Harris,loi b. May 5, 1816 ; Miriam, b. July 19, 1818 ; m. John Belcher, Nov. 2, 1838: Eveline, b. July 16, 1820; ni. Wm. Hall, Sept. 27, 1840; William J., b. Sept. 27, 1822 ; George W., b. Aug. 29, 1824; Martha C, b. Dec. 22, 1826 ; d. Feb. 15, 1828 : Sophia, b. Aug. 29, 1828 ; Cornelia, b. April 16, 1833 ; m. S. Tudor Bissell : Francis, b. Dec. 8, 1834; Daniel, b. July 20, 1836 ; Harriet, b. July 25, 1839. Henrt L.'2 of Hartford, m. Caroline Wilcox of Granville, Mass. Children — Mary Caroliue, b. about 1833 ; Henry, b. about 1835. Edwin P. 73 of Baltimore ; m. Elizabeth House of Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1832. Children— Lewis Sydenham, b. Sept. 11, 1833 ; Chas. Leslie, b. July 1, 1835 ; Horace Edwin, b. Sept. 18, 1837 ; Handel Mozart, b. Feb. 9, 1839 ; d. 1840 : Mary Victoria, b. Feb. 18, 1341. EiCHAKD Anson, 74 m. Lois Blodgett (both of Randolph, Vt.), Aug. 19, 1821. Children— Chs^uncy Highland, b. June 13, 1823 ; d. July 13, 1856 : Anna Louisa, b. Oct. 21, 1824 ; Handel Mozart, b. Oct. 18, 1827. Sidney's of Barkhamstead ; m. Florilla Miller of Torringford, 1836. Children— Jnlms, b. 1838 ; Algernon Sidney, d. 1843. Samuel's of Bethany ; m. Harriet Soper ; had Harriet Laura. Ldcian'T of Bethany; m. C. C. Smith; had Lucian. Edwakd G.,78 m. Louisa Denslow (both of Windsor), Nov., 1837; had Georgiana, b. Aug., 1838. Nathaniel L.,'" m. Mary Ann Ellsworth (both of Windsor), Oct., 1838 CAt7rfre«— Elizabeth Ellsworth, b. Oct. 11, 1839 ; Mary Griswold, b. June 19, 1848. George P., 80 m. Frances Loomis (both of W.). Children— James Loomis, b. March 3, 1843 ; Frances Loomis, b. Jan. 12, 1845 ; Kate G., b. Sept. 24, 1850. Samuel B.,81 m. Sarah Halsey (both of Windsor) ; had Lucretia, b. July 12, 1850. 662 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOB. Nathaniel82 of Charleston, S. C, m. Theodosia P. Walter of New Haven, July 6, 1837 ; slie d. at New Haven, Aug. 19, 1838, a. 21 ; had William Wrtr ter, b, Aug. 7, 1838; d. Aug. 23, 1850. Olivek,83 m. Jane Owen (both of East Granby), Nov. 30, 1837. CkUdnn-r Sidney Hezekiah, b. Dec. 11, 1838; Theodosia, b. Sept. 16, 1840; d. Deo. 14, 1851 : Owen, b. May 5, 1844 ; b. March 2, 1847 : Catharine Jane, b. April 22, 1846 ; Abby, b. April 30, 1849 ; William Owen, b. Feb. 12, 1852. Jaeez H.84 of Windsor Locks, m. Sarah Maria Van Schaick, of Easton, Washington County, N. T., July 23, 1844. CAtW««— Antoinette Hathaway, b. Feb. 21, 1846 ; d. March 29, 1846 : Nathaniel Warham, b. June 5, 1855 ; Julia Bush (adopted), Feb., 1854; b. in Chioopee, Mass., SeJ)t. 28, 1848. SAM0EL S.85 of Windsor Locks, m. Luoretia L. Hinsdale of Hartford, Sept, 26, 1843. CAiMr€«— Harris Haskell, b. Dec. 13, 1844; Charlotte Elizabeth, b. Jan. 2, 1,S47. AcGusTns H.,86 m. Charlotte E. Kinloch (both of Charleston, S. C), Jane 21, 1846. CAtMrcM— Elizabeth Haskell, b. Sept. 11, 1847 ; d. March 22, 1848 : Emma Kinloch, b. April 2, 1849 ; Nina Augusta, b. Jan. 24, 1851. Levi G.«^ m. Mary E. Belden (both of W.), Aug. 15, 1849, Chmren~ Harriet Belden, b. June 28, 1850; Sarah Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1852; Wil- liam Walter, b. April 24, 1853 ; Alice Theodora, b. June 7, 1858, AiBEKT 88 of Buffalo, m. Sevilla Brace of Black Rock, Aug. 31, 1831. ChUd' „»_Frances Julia, b. Nov. 8, 1832 ; d. May 7, 1837 ; Sarah Elizabeth, b. April 6, 1834; m. Dr. Hawley of Buffalo : Brace, b. Aug. 10, 1836; James Talmage, b. Sept. 25, 1838 ; Mary Bates, b. Oct. 6, 1841 ; Julia Laura, b. Dec. 16, 1843 ; Albert Strong, b. Oct. 30, 1845 ; Sevilla Brace, b Feb, 15, 1848. Isaac S.,89 m. Jane Reeny (both of Hartford), Jan. 1, 1835. Children-^ Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 1, 1835 ; Martha Frances, b. Nov. 28, 1837 ; Everitt Strong, h. Aug. 8, 1839 ; WilUam Henry, b. July 19, 1841 ; Martha Frances, b. Aug. 29, 1844. Henky A.80 of Jackson, Mich., m. Mary Elizabeth Aldrich of E. Bethany, Genesee Co., d. Aug. 16, 1843. Children — Julia Maria, b. June 4, 1844 ; Emily Marvin, b. Oct. 5, 1847 ; Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 1, 1849 ; Wm. Henry, b. May 10, 1852 ; d. Sept. 10, 1852 ; Lucy Chickering, b. Nov. 7, 1854 ; Kate, b. April 30, 1836 ; d. July 10, 1856 ; Henry, b. Jan. 26, 1858. CnAnNCT L.,91 m. Mary Chichester (both of Bennington, Wyoming Co., N. Y.), Sept. 12, 1844. CAiWrm— Strong Chichester, b. March 10,, 1846; EiJ' ward C. ; Chauncey Loomis ; Ella L. Hekbt a. 92 of Milwaukie, Wis., m. Virginia J. Dodge, Oct. 14, 1848. Children — Virginia Josephine, b. Sept. 12, 1850 ; Henry Dodge, b. May 23, 1853. MoKTiMEK M.93 of Milwaukie, Wis. ; m. Maria Langton, May 20, 1846. Children — Stella, Clement, Frances Jenette. David E.94 of Pompey, N. Y. ; m. Lucinda Cooley. Sept. 24, 1829. HATES — HIGLBT. 663 Cfti'Mrm— Hiram Collins, b. Dec. 11, 1831 ; Caroline Calista, b. Jan. 4, 1835 ; Hector Childs, b. April 20, 1841 ; Lucy Almira, b. Oct. 14, 1842. Samdel P.95 of Pompey, N. Y. ; m. Scarab Conklin, Nov. 18, 1832. Children— SaXira, Ann, b. Nov. 16, 1834; Ellen Sorone, b. June 18, 1838; Elizabeth May, b. Oct. 15, 1839 ; Elias Daniel, b. Aug. 17, 1844. SETMonnOe of Pompey ; m. Mary Ann Cobum of Cazenovia, March 2, 1837. ChiUren — Loran C, Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 1, 1843. WiLLAKD,97 m. Almira Hanchet (both of Pompey, N. Y.), Sept. 21, 1836. C/itWrm— Wilson Herbert, b. Aug. 31, 1838 ; Caroline Isidra, b. Aug. 30, 1840 ; Oscar Eugene, b. Sept. 3, 1841. Charles J. 98 of Rochester, N. Y., m. Esther Daniels of Fabius, Jan. 3, 1841. Children — Frances Josephine, b. April 9, 1842 ; Oscar Eugene, b. Nov. 10, 1843 ; d. Aug. 18 ; Omer Daniel, b. July 1, 1845. HiramW of Pompey, m. Mary E. Williams, Nov. 4, 1840; had Edward H., b, Aug. 1, 1842. Charles G.ioo of Pompey, N. Y., m. Julia Warner, March 15, 1843 ; had Luther G., Jan., 1845. Hareis,ioi of Meriden, Ct., m. Elizabeth Conner of Hartford, Oct., 1837. CAiWren— Catharine Louisa, b. May 1, 1839 ; William Conner, b. Aug. 26, 1841 ; d. Aug. 29, 1841 : Junius, b. Jan. 10, 1845. HAYES, George, m. 1, Sarah , who d. March 27, 1682-3 ; he m. 2, Abigail Debbie, Aug. 29, 1683. Children— George, b. March 26, 1682-3 ; d. April 3, 1683 : Abigail, b. Aug. 31, 1684 : Daniel, b. April 26, 1686 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 22, 1687 ; Mary, b. Jan. 6, 1689 ; Joanna, b. Oct. 2, 1692 ; George, b. March 9, 1694-5 ; WilHam, b. June 13, 1697. Nicholas of W., m. in 1646 (according to Hinman) ; had Samuel, Jona- than, David, Daniel. Deaths (W. if.)— Rhoda, dau. Russell and Rhoda, d. June 9, 1857, a. 20. Charles, s. of same, d. May 31, 1853, a. 17. Dexter, dau. of Julius and Ehzabeth, b. Oct. 29, 1850, a. 5 mos. (Sc). Lorenzo, d. June 10, 1831, a. 34. HEATH, Stephen (E. W.), m. Mary Hayden, April 27, 1842. Children— Penelope, b. May 19, 1771 ; Jabez, b. May 9, 1773 ; Sarah, b. April 19, 1775 ; Stephen, b. Aug. 22, 1777 ; Rube, b. March 6, 1782 ; Nancy, b. May 19, 1784. HENBURY, Arthur, on land record, W., 1669. HENDERSON, Mr. Walter, m. Mary Lothrop, June 23, 1742; he d. Jan. 6, 1746, a. 39 ; he had William, b. Sept. 30, 1744 ; Mary, b. May 17, 1743. HERNE, Matthew, d. Dec. 16, 1690. HIGLEY, John, Esq., early at W., and moved to Simsbury, where he located at a spot northwest from Tariffville, since called Higlej-town. He m. Hannah (dau. of John and Hannah) Drake, Nov. 9, 1671 ; was the first appointed justice of the peace, and soon after judge of the county court ; 664 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. represented the town in general assembly for many sessions,' after 1698, in which year he was also chosen captain. Children* — John, b. Aug. 10, 1673 ; Jonathan, b. Feb. 16, bap. 20, 1675 ; Hannah, b. March 13, 1677, bap. the • 17th day ; Rebecca, b. Aug. 7, 1679 ; Brewster, b. 1681 ;t Nathaniel, b. Nov 12, 1699.t Isaac, m. Sarah Porter, Feb. 13, 1734-5 ; had Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1735. Nathan, m. Anne Barret of Hartford, Sept. 13, 1766 ; had Horace, b. June 17, 1765. Elijah, had Lavina, b. March 31, 1768 ; Elijah, b. July 7, 1770 ; Anna, b. Aug. 27, 1772. Sakah, d. May 27, 1739. William (s. of Nathan and Hannah), d. July 1, 1821, a. 20. HILL, William, early at Dorchester, where he had land granted Nov. 2, 1635; removed to W., probably not with the first company; possibly a brother of John, mentioned on page 59 of the Hist, of Dorchester ; was ap- pointed in 1639 to view arms and ammunition in the towns; deputy in '39-41 and 44 ; auditor of public accounts in '39 ; after which he was an as- sistant, and in 1659 was collector of customs at Fairfield. Ldke, m. Mary Hout, May 6, 1651. Children— hydia., b. Feb. 18, 1651-2; Mary, b. Sept. 20, 1654; Tahan, b. Nov. 28, 1659 ; Luke, b. March 6, 1661; Abigail, b. April 16, lb64 ; Elizabeth, Oct. 8, 1666 ; John, b. Nov. 28, 1668. Sgt. Eleazee, m. Elizabeth Gillet, July 8, 1731 ; he d. March 3, 1724-6. C/iiMrra— Eleazer, b. May 15, 1732 ; Benjamin, b. July 17, 1735 ; Stephen, b. Oct. 2, 1737. Wid. Sarah, d. Sept. 30, 1737. John, m. Hannah Hallibutt, Dec. 20, 1744. HILLS, John (probably John Hill above), had John, b. Feb. 29,1747; Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1749; John, b. Feb. 20, 1752. Hezekiah, m. Esther Drake, April 10, 1823. Deaths (IF.).— Gapt. Stephen, d. Jan. 21, 1823, a. 71; his wife Mabel, d. Dec. 27, 1821, a. 71. {E. W. O.)— Anna (dau. of John and Anna) ,d .Jan. 28, 1751, a. 1 yr. 4 mo. AzDBAH (dau. of same), d. Aug. 27, 1759, a. 5 yrs. 9 mo. UILLIER (Hillyek), John, m . he d. July 16, . CAiWrm— Nathan- iel, b. Jan. 5, 1650 ; James, b. July 23, 1644; Sarah b. Aug. 25, 1652; Ann, b. May 8, 1677. James, m. Mary, wid. of Ebenezer Dibble, June 28,1677. Children— i&mes, b. Jan. 28, 1678 ; Elizabeth, b. May 6, 1680 ; James, b. April 14, 1683. John, had Elizabeth, b. Dec. 8, 1680; Ann, b. May, 8, 1687; d. July 17, 1687. * From Church Record. t Irom Abul Brown's Gen, SlcetcJies of Canton-, which see for interesting account of this ancient, wealthy and highly respectable family. \ Windsor Record. HITCHCOCK —HOLCOMB. 665 HITCHCOCK, Dr. Caleb, (Wiutoubury, now Bloomfleld) ; had Elizabeth b May 28, 1764; Tamer, b. Nov. U, 1765 ; Caleb, b. Sept. 6, 1767 ; Eleuor.'b May 11, 1770; Charleii, b. Aug. 14, 1771 ; Caleb, b. July 14, 1776; AbiRLil b. March 25, 17S3. ' HODGE, John, m. Susannah (dau. of Henry) Denslow, Aug. 12, 1066. Children*— Joseph, b. Dec. 14, 1672 ; Benjamin, b. June 17, 1674; John, b. July 26, 1694; Nathaniel, b. June 16, 1696 ; Asahel, b, Oct. 10, 1697 ; Susln- nah, b. May 30, 1699. John, had Margaret, b. June 5, 1720 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1721-2; John, b. July 11, 1724; Asahel, b. at Springfield, Oct. 4, 1717; Thankful, b July 28, 1726. WiLLiAJi, had John, b. at Killingworth, June 16, 1667 ; John, b April 10 1678. " AsHBEL, m. Damaris Gilmau of Hartford, Jan. 27, 1740. HOLCOMB, , early at Dorchester, where he was made freeman iu 1634 ; came to W. in 1635. Thomas, m. ; he d. Sept. 7, 1657 ; his wid. m. James Enno, 1658. CMrfrm— Abigail, bap. June (or Jan.), 6, 1638 ; Joshua,l bap. Sept. 27, 1640 ; Sarah, bap. Aug. 14, 1642 ; Beuajah,2 b. June 23, 1644 ; Deborah, b.' Oct. 15, 1646 ; Nathaniel,3 b. Nov. 4, 1648 ; Deborah, b. Feb. 15, 1650; Jona- than, b. March 23, 1652 ; d. Sept. 15, 1656. JosHFA,! t m. Ruth Sherwood, June 4, 1663. Children— Ruth, b. May 26, 1664; Thomas, b. March 30, 1666; Sarah, b. June 23, 1668. Sgt. Benajah.2 m. Sarah Enno, April 11, 1667, who d. April, 1732 ; he d. Jan. 25, 1736. Children— Bens.ia.h,-t b. April 16, 1668 ; James, b. Oct. 13, 1671 ; d. Feb. 11, 1687 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1673 ; Ami, b. March 19, 1675 ; Abigail, b. May 12, 1681 ; Samuel,^ b. Nov. 29, 1683 ; Benjamin, b. June 1, 1689 ; Deborah, b. Oct. 26, 1690 ; Joseph,^ b, Nov. 7, 1686. Nathaniel,3 m. Mary Bliss of Springfield, Feb., 1670; lived in Simsbury ; which town he represented at general court iu 1703-4-5-6, 1720 and 1722 ; he was a farmer ; had Nathaniel, ? b. .Jan. 11, 1673 ; Mary, b. May 17, 1675. Benajah, Jr.,* m. Martha Win chell of Suffield, May 17, 1705; who d. Sept, 8, J722; he d. Oct. 30, 1716. Children— Marths,, b. Sept. 10, 1706 ; Paruel, b. July 8, 1708 ; Beuajah, b. July 10, 1710. Corporal Samuel, 5 m. Martha Phelps, Oct. 13, 1709. Children ~MMth&, b. Aug. 6, 1710 ; Samuel, b. Feb. 16, 1712 ; Deborah, b. July 20, 1716 ; Sarah, b. Deo. 24, 1717 ; Rebecca, b. Aug., 1719 ; Sophia, b. Jan. 16, 1720 ; Samuel, b. Jau. 2, 1720 (-1 ?) ; Martha, b. Nov. 8, 1722. Jo3eph,S m. Mary Winchell, Nov. 11, 1714. Children — Joseph, b. Aug. 5, * Hinmwi says this John had John, Thomas, JIarj", Jc'^oph, Eenjamin and William. \ Hinmail says he d. in 1690, at Simsbury, and left the following children: Euth, o.. 26; Thomas, a. 2i; Sarah, a 22; Elizabeth, a. -0; Joshua, a. IS; Deborah, a. 16; Mary, a, 14 ; Mindwell, a 12 ; Uaunah, a. 10 ; Moses, a. 4. 84 666 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1715 ; Mary, b. Feb. 2, 1717 ; Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1722; David, b. Jan. 7, 1723-4 ; d. April 21, 1724 ; Martin,8 b. Nov. 21, 1725. Nathaniel, Jr. ,7 m. a Buckley, from Wethersfield, Ct. ; lived in Sims- bury (that part now Granby), which he represented at gen. ct. in 1748-9-50- 1-2 and '53. Children— Duvid,^ Peter, Judah. Maetin,8 had Martin, b. May 27, 1753 ; Christiana, b. Feb. 17, 1755 ; Eliza- betli, b. Feb. 14, 1757 ; Joseph, b. Jan. 20, 1759 ; Mary, b. April 12, 1761 ; Medusa, b. Feb. 17, 1763 ; Roderio, b. Oct. 21, 1764. David,9 m. Mehitable Buttolph of Granby ; was a farmer and innkeeper; lived where the Episcopal church now stands, in Granby ; had David, Eli, Ezra,!" Ezekiel, Simeon. EzEA,l<'m. Phebe Gillet; lived in the north part of Granby, d. in 1811. Children — Ezra, Enos, Levi, Alvin,ll Jesse, Asa, Silas. Alvin,!! m. Mary Mather (a descendant of Richard, of Lyme, Ct.), 1792; bed. in 1858. CAz'Wj-ot— Vincent,i2 b. Feb. 5, 1795 ; Horace, Alvin, Wm. M.; Julia M., m. John Watrous, of Broome Co., N. Y. ■ViNCEKT,12 (M. D.), m. Susanna Mills, of Canton, Feb., 1820; lives at West Granville, Mass. Children — Hubert V. C. (M. D.), lives at Branford, Ct. ; Clifford C. (M. D.), lives at Lee, Mass., and 2daus. Matthew, m. Lois Drake, Jan. 20, 1729. Children — Matthew, b. May 30, 1730; Elijah, b. March 5, 1731-2; Eli, b. Aug. 30, 1734; Lois, b. Oct. 25, 1736 ; Lydia, b. Feb. 21, 1744-5 ; Clymena, b. April 13, 1747; John, b. Oct. b, 1749 ; Luther, b. Aug. 12, 1752. Elijah (s. of Matthew, above), m. Sarah Ennis, of Hartford, Nov. 28, 1753 ; d. Feb. 4, 1761. Children— Elijah ; Sarah Cade, b. May 16, 1762 ; Ehjah, b. June 29, 1764; EU, b. Aug. 29, 1766 ; Lois, b. Sept. 4, 1768 ; Olive, b. Dec. 16, 1770 ; Zuriah, b. Aug. 13, 1773 ; Justus, d. March 27, 1773. Samuel, had Deborah, b. April 2, 1741 ; Benajah, b. July 28, 1743 ; Sam- uel, b. Aug. 22, 1746. miscellaneous. Births — George Washington, b. Aug. 13, 1776. Marriages — Samuel, m. Julia Griffin, Nov. 3, 1825. HikAm, m. Maria Latham, March 27, 1827. Elihu, m. Miriam Phelps, March 22, 1832. Mak- ccs, m. Maria Barnes, March 18, 1849. David L., m. Catherine M. Laoey, Dec. 31, 1849. Deaths — Phebe, wife of Samuel , d. Aug. 20, 1750. Samuel, (s. of Sam- uel), d. Oct. 3, 1751. Benajah, d. Nov. 1, 1751. (Pog. N.) Martin, d. Nov. 19, 1833; a. 48. His wife Hannah, d. March 22, 1839, a. 50. Their dau., Elizabeth, d. April 10, 1835, a. 6. Akna J. dau. of Benoni and Ann, d. Aug. 27, 1845, a. 17. JohnB., d. Oct. 20, 1845, a. 23. His dau. (by wife Catherine) Catherine, d. Feb. 28, 1845, a 2. Wm. L. (s. of Wm. and Julia, d. Jan. 1, 1831, a. 3. Elizabeth, d. Sept. 17, 1826, a. 70. Miriam, wife of Elihu, d. Oct. 6, 1852, a. 39. Cokinthia A., dau. of Dryden and Rosanna, d. Sept. 29, 1845, a. 23. HOLMAN — HOSPORD. 667 HOLMAN, Samuel, m. Catherine Roberts of Hartford, Jan. 14, 1715-16 ; he d. Aug. 13, 1722; she d. May 27, 1739. Children— Ahiga,i\, b. Dec. 1, 1716 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 10, 1721 ; Ebenezer, b. April 23, 1727. Ebenezek (E. W.), m. 1, Rath Loomis, Nov. 1, 1763; who d. June 17, 1770 ; m. 2, Rachel Wright, May 1, 1771. C/iiWcc«— Rachel, b. Feb. 6, 1772 ; Ruth, b. Deo. 2.5, 1773 ; Samuel, b. Aug. 29, 1776 ; Ebenezer, b. Deo. 8, 1778 ; d. March 27, 1780 : John, b. July 20, 1783. HOOKER, Nathaniel, had James, b. Aug. 15, 1742. Capt. James, m. 1, Hannah (dau. of Alexander) AUin, Jan. 6, 1763 ; who d. April 19, 1765, a. 22; m. 2, Dolly Goodwin, April 30, 1777; who d. Feb. 9, 1784 ; m. 3, Mary Chaffee, Nov. 7, 1784 ; he d.* Dec. 10, 1805. CAtMrm— Alexander Allin, b. Nov. 30, 1763 ; d. March 20, 1781 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 4, 1785 ; Dolly Goodwin, b. July 30, 1787 ; Alexander AUin, b. Oct. 30, 1789 ; James, b. July 12, 1792 ; Horace, b. July 5, 1794 ; Mary Chaffee, b. March 31, 1796 ; Eliza, b. Feb. 10, 1798 ; Henry Thomas, b. Jnly 13, 1803. HOPEWELL, Thomas, d. Aug. 17, 1683 (Hinman puts him in his Conn. Settlers under date of 1671) ; he had Sarah, b. July 31, 1658. HOSFORD (Horsford), William, was at Dorchester in 1630; on town re- cords in 1633 ; freeman in '34 ; came to W. early ; his wife d. Aug. 26, 1641. John, m. Phillury ThraU, Nov. 5, 1057 ; he d. 1683 ; was a man of con- siderable wealth, as he left his son William £225 ; John £121 ; Timothy £121 ; Hester, Mary and Sarah £100 each ; Samuel and Nath'l £114 each ; Obadiah £122, and his wid. £85 of personal estate for lite ; he d. May, 1698. CAiMrm— William, b. Oct. 25, 1658 ; John, b. Oct. 16, 1660 ; Timothy,! b. Oct. 20, 1662 ; Hester, b. May 27, 1664 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1606 ; Samuel,2 b. June 2, 1669 ; Nathaniel,3 b. Aug. 19, 1671 ; Mary (or Marcy), b. April 12, 1674; John, b. Sept. 20, 167- ; m. Deborah Brown, April 9, 1696, and is • probably the same John who d. Nov. 8, 1698 : Obadiah,* b. Sept. 28, 1077. Timothy,! m. 1, Hannah Palmer, Dec. 5, 1689, who d. Jan. 8, 1701-2; m. 2, Abigail Buokland, Jan. 24, 1706. CAi/drc»i— Hannah, b. Oct. 12, 1690 ; Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1690-1 ; Timothy, b. Feb. 5, 1692-3 ; d. Sept. 15, 1701 : John, b. June 16, 1699 ; d. July 18, 1701 : Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1707-8 ; Timothy, b. Sept. 3, 1709. * " Died at Windsor, on the 10th inst., after a short and painful illness, James Hooker, Esq., in the tilth yeac of his age. He was a man whom nature had endowed with hrilliant talents. He was easy and sociable in his manners ; polite without affectation ; the friend and benefactor of the poor, and ready at all times to plead the cause of the oppressed, and to redress the wrongs of the widow and fatherless. Noble and generous in his dispOBition, he disdained whatever favored of contracted parsimony. He was a firm and liberal supporter of religious institutions, and of whatever was conducive of public utility. To thefe he devoied much of his time without pecuniary reward, and cheerfully aided them by liberal donations. In his family he was an affectionate husband, and a kind and tender parent; and in all his profes- sions a sincere friend, In his death the public are deprived of a great benefactor, the rich and poor mourn, but. to his afflicted widow and eight children the loss is irreparable."— (Jmra Ommnt, Dec. 18, 1806. 668 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. Sam0el,2 m. 1, Mary Palmer, April 4, 1690, who d. May 9, 1715 ; he m. 2, Elizabeth Brown of Colchester, April 17, 1717. Children — William, b. June 24, 1692 ; d. April 13, 1715 : Benjamin, b. Jan. 1, 1700-1;* Martha, b. Sept. 6, 1708 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 11, 1717-18 ; Jesse, b. May 24, 1719 ; Eliza- beth, b. Feb. 8, 1721. Nathaniel,3 m. Mary Phelps, April 19, 1700; Sarah, b. April 3, 1701; d. Deo. 18, 1705; Ann, b. Aug. 3, 1702; d. Oct. 28, 1702: John, b. Oct. 3, 1703; Sarah, b. July 11, 1706 ; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 31, 1708; Mary, b. Aug. 8, 1710 ; William, b. March 26, 1715 ; Isaac, b. Feb. 4, 1717. Obadiah,* m. Mindwell Phelps, May 4, 1705 ; had Ann, b. Feb. 23, 1705 ; Jesse, m. Elizabeth Alford, Oct. 11, 1747. Jesse, had Jesse, b. Feb. 20, 1747. Deaths. — Maktha, of Samuel, d. Dec. 6, 1707. HOSKINS. The Hiet. of Dorchester says that "John came to Dorchester in 1630, and was made freeman in 1631 ; he appears to hav3 been past the mid- dle age of life on his arrival, and was denominated Goodman; he removed to Windsor ; as he is called John Hoskins, Senior, it is presumed he had a son John ; he was a committee man to the general court, in 1637 ; he d. 1648. Anthony (probably son of John, sen.), m. Mary ; he d. in 1706-7; a farmer ; he lived with his son John at time of his decease, to whom he gave £20 ; gave land at Simsbury to Robert, and land at Greenfield to Anthony ; his estate was £984. Children— Isabel, b. May 16, 1657 ; John,l b. Oct. 14, 1659; Robert,2 b. Jane 6, 1662; Anthony ,3 b. March 19, 1663-4; Grace, b. July 26, 1666; m. Eggleston : Rebecca, b. Deo. 3, 1668; d. Oct. 1673 : Jane, b. April 30, 1671 ; m. Alford ; Thomas,* b. March 14, 1772; Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1674. JoHN.l m. Deborah Denslow, Jan. 27, 1677 ; had Deborah, b. June 9, 1679 ; Elizabeth. RoEEKT,2 m Mary Gillet, Oct. 27, 1686 ; went to Simsbury ; had Robert, b. Nov. 7, 1686 ; d. July 20, 1687 : Hannah, b. Feb. 13, 1726. Thomas.s t m. Elizabeth Mills, Feb. 23, 1698-9 ; had Thomas, b. July 1, 1703. Antsont, Jr.,* had Anthony, b. Sept. 1, 1687 ; d. Oct. 6, 1687 : Noah, b. August 29, 1688; Hannah, b. Jan. 19, 1690; Mabel, b. May 11, 1692; An- thony ,5 b. Jan. 19, 1692; Zebulon,6 b. May 6, 1696 ; Anne,b. Aug. 1, 1699; Constant, b. Jan. 1, 1703^; Alexander,^ b. March 8, 1705 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 10, 1707 ; Jane, b. Feb. 18, 1708 ; Josephs and Benjamin, b. 4th and 5th of May, 1710. Anthony, Jr.,5 m. Mary Gillet, Deo. 23, 1725. CAj Wren— Noah, b. Deo. 9, 1726 ; Asa, b. May 4, 1728 ; Anthony, b. April 12, 1731. * a Benjamin of W., after 1717, settled at Litchfield. tTliis may be the same Thomas, who lost a aoQ Thomas, who d. Aug. 2,1718, and m. 2, Elea- nor Warner of SuffleW, June 28, 1719, who d. March 17, 1722-3 ; and TH0M4S, b. Sept. 3, 1719 ; was perhaps their son. Thomas (probably), m. 3, Lydia Loomis, Dec. 17, 1729, and had Daniel, b. Oct. 27, 1731 ; Lydia, b. Deo. 8, 1734; Elizabeth, b. July 7,1736. Thomas (probably the father), d. Aug. 1, 1787, HOSKINS. 669 Zebclon," m. Lois Moore of Simsbury, Aug. 1, 1727, who d. Oct. 31, 1754, a. 50. Children— Zehnlon ,9 h. March 5, 1727-8; Ehjah, b. July 22, 1830; Lois, b. May 22, 1732t Abel.w b. June 28, 1734. Alexandek,7 had MindweU, b. Dec. 29, 1732 ; Eunice, b. Sept. 14, 1734 ; Jemima, b. April 1, 1736; d. Feb. 9, 1757, in 21st yr. : Mabel, b. Dec. 5, 1737; Alexander, b. Aug. 25, 1739 ; Mindwell, b. Jan. 1, 1742; Timothy, b. Deo. 21, 1744 ; Eunice, b. Jan. 14, 1746 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 7, 1748. JoSEPH.S m. Mary Loomis, Jan. 10, 1734-5 ; had Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1734. ZEBnL0N,9 had Zebulon, b. Oct. 17, 1758 ; Alfred, b. Nov. 2, 1761. Abel,10 m. Elizabeth Egleston , March 22, 1759. Children— Asa, b. May 16, 1760 ; Pure, b. Dec. 4, 1761 ; Nathan, b. March 13, 1764 ; Abel, b. Jan. 12, 1766; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1768 ; Anna, b. April 9, 1770 ; Abiah, b. Sept. 21, 1772 ; d. June 30, 1775 ; Henry, b. March 13, 1776. JoHX,* had Susannah, b. Aug. 22, 1682; John, b. June 13, 1688 ; Thomas, b. May 21, 1693 ; John, b. Deo. 5, 1701 ; Caleb, b. Jan. 1, 1703-4 ; Mary b. April 12, 1707. John, m. wid. Elizabeth Filley, May 27, 1708 ; who d. May 9, 1719. John (s. of Thomas), had Abigail, b. May 23, 1710 ; Thankful, b. May 25, 1711 ; Margaret, b. May 10, 1712. John, Jr., had John, b. Oct. 22, 1713. John, 3d, had Ann, b. Dec. 8, 1743 ; Naime, b. July 22, 1745 ; George, b. John, m. Thankfull Evins, June 15, 1735. Children— John, b. March 18, 1735-6 ; Thomas, b. Sept. 8, 1737 ; Chloe, b. March 5, 1739. Feb. 9, 1758. John (perhaps the above), had John, b. May 5, 1740 ; David, b. May 24, 1741 ; Simeon, b. Jan. 1, 1742. John, had David, b. June 22, 1747 ; Eli, b. Nov. 24, 1750; Daniel, b. Sept. 6,1744; Mary, b. Jan. 31, 1746; Ezekiel, b. Jan. 3, 1748; Catharine, b. Sept. 16, 1750; Benjamin, b. Dec. 7, 1752; Benjamin, b. Dec. 25, 1753* Jerusha, b. Dec. 4, 1755. Daniel, had Mary, b. July 2, 1770. Thomas, m. Margaret Filley, April 15, 1760 ; had Elijah, b. July 20, 1760 ; Jonah, b. Sept. 23, 1761 : Margaret, b. Dec. 28, 1762 ; Moses, b. Sept. 28, 1764; MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages — John, m. Catherine Veits of Simsbury, Aug. 17, 1737. John, 3d, m. Jerusha GHllett, June 10, 1755. Eli, ra. Martha Clark, Aug. 13, 1772; had Eli, b. Jan. 25, 1773. Horace B., m. Fidelia H. Holcomb, Dec. 13, 1841. Calvin W., m. Mary A. Davy, Sept. 5, 1847. Henkt H., m. Fidelia Skinner, Sept. 28, 1834. Ekastcs of Bennington, N. Y., m. Louise AUyn, Sept. 10, 1835, Death. — Maey (dau. of John, sen.), d. Nov. 19, 1727. John, sen., d. Feb. 21, 1733. Caleb, d. March 10, 1758. *We freely confess ourselves unable, without further information than we now possess, to arrange these Johns and their families. We therefore present them as we find them on record. 670 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOH. HOSMER, Joseph (S. W.), m. three wives. By let wife, he had Prosper, who d. inf. ; Pro.'iper, who m. Hannah Johnson ; Sally, who m. Sam. Bancroft >' Jeiusha. By 2d wife — Robert, who d. 1813, a. 27. By 3d wife — Betsy, who m. Nathaniel Wales ; Thaddeus, m. Julia Ann Fitch, who d. 1818, a. 26, leaving three children : Horace ; George, b. 1797, d. 1809 ; Miriam, m. Harvey Grant. Joseph's wife, Jerusha, d. Sept. 3, 1784, in 32dyear; his next wife, Betty, d. Feb. 10, 1786, in 24th year. HoBACE (s. of above), m. a Grant. Children — Elizabeth, m. Rev. Moses Palmer ; d. 1841, a. 21 ; Georgs, m. Harriet Parker ; Martha Newberry, m. William Lord ; Arthur, m. Charlotte Elmer ; Edward, m. Elizabeth Hine ; James, Charles. Betty, wife of John, d. Feb. 10, 1786, in 24th year (E. W. 0.). HOWARD (originally Hayward, Howart), Robekt,* a miller ; juror in 1643 and '49; on land record in 1646 ; m. Lydia ; he d. Aug. 23, 1684. ChOd- ren — Sarah, b. Jan. 1, 1644; Taphath.f b. Jan. 1, 1646 ; Rebecca, b. Aug. 17, 1648 ; Hester, b. June 8, 1651 ; d. Deo. 5, 1657 : Lydia, b. June 13, 1655 ; Ephraim, b. Jan 11, 1656 ; m. Abigail Nuberry, Jan. 8, 1684 ; d. (so says Hin- man) in 1690 ; had a son Azer, a. 4, and a dau., a. 2. Robert, son of Ephraim (according to W. Rec), d. Nov. 9, 1685. Thomas, had Eleazer, d. Oct. 28, 1775 ; Reuben, b. Sept. 8, 1767 ; Thomas, b. May 2^, 1770 ; Eleazer, b. Aug. 5, 1772. Nathaniel, m. Ann Watson, of E. W., April 26, 1776; she d. July 15, 1787. Children— Na.tha.mel, b. April 26, 1777 ; John, b. May 29, 1779 ; d. March 25, 1819 : William, b. July 6, 1781 ; Anne, b. June 4, 1785 ; George, b. Jan. 23, 1787. Nathaniel, m. Nancy Vibbert of Hartford, Nov. 30, 1800. Children- Ann Watson, b. Dec. 7, 1801 ; Mary, b. Oct. 14, 1805 ; Nathaniel, b. Aug. 7, 1807 ; d. at St. Lucia, Feb. 16, 1809. William, m. Lucy Ellsworth, April 8, 1805 ; had William, b. April 4, 1808 ; Nathaniel, b. July 6, 1813 ; Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 12, 1815 ; d. Nov. 4, 1816. William E., m. 1, Lucy ; d. March 28, 1828 ; m. 2, Abigail E. Allyn, May 17, 1831 ; who d. Sept. 10, 1845, a. 58. Children— havj Ann, b. Jan. 10, 1831 ; Abigail, b. April 10, 1835 ; d. April 28, 1840 : Elizabeth, b. March 1, 1837. miscellaneous. Geokge, m. Sarah Trumbull, May 28, 1810, who d. at Staten Island, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1839. Jedia, b. March 11, 181L Makt Ann, b. Nov. 5, 1814. Saeah Hakpbe, b. May 30, 1819. Georoe, b. Nov. 15, 1819 ; d March 20, 1819 ? Nathaniel, d. June 3, 1819. Mrs. Ann, d. July 14, 1833 ; had Nathaniel, d. Jan. 17, 1809 ; Mary, d. Oct. 14, 1806 {both children of Nathaniel, * A Robert Howard was a practicing (althougli probably not an educated) physician, in W., about 1678.— No. xxix Col. Doc, Sec*y's Office State of New Yorlc. * The list of oliildren from Old Ch. Rec., but on Wrndsar Rec. this name is. Tciphat, a dau. HOYT — HUBBARD. 67 1 jr.) Nathaniel, m. Sarah H. Blackmer of Springfield, Sept. 24, 1835. Wii- LIAM, m. Abigail Drake, Nov. 15, 1829. HOYT (Hoit, Hoyte, Hoite) Simon, the first of the name in New England. His name occurs in Drake's Hist, of Boston (p. 57) among those " known to have been in Salem, and about the north side of Mass. Bay, before and in the year 1629." He was among the first Mass. freemen, made so May 18, 1631 ; and is mentioned at Dorchester in 1633. According to the Hist, of Dorchester, was probably there as early as 1630. In 1633, owned planting land and house lot at Scituate ; 1635, he and his wife joined the Cluirch at S. ; before 1636, had sold his house and lot to Mr. Bower, and all traces of him are lost. Probably went to Windsor in the^cst, or one of the first com- panies ; although Hinman puts him down as one of the party who came to W. in 1639 with Rev. Mr. Huit.* At the Particular Court, May 7, 1640, " Simon Hoyette and his family are to be freed fro' watch and ward until there be further order taken by the Courte." He had four score acres of land, granted by the Plantation, Feb. 28, 1640. Tlie Old Ch. Rec. gives two child- ren to him. His son, Benjamin, at W., Feb. 2, 1644. He (Simon) had a house lot granted to him, by Fairfield, of 2\ acres, in March., 1649, and pur- chased other lots there in 1649. There may have been " Simon, and some of the foregoing records may possibly relate to him ; but it seems probable that all the earlier records must refer to one individual. Nicholas, of W. (perhaps son of Simon) m. Susanna Joyse, June 2 (on QU Ch. Rec. July 12), 1646 ; he d. July 4, 1655 (she had a dau., Abigail, by her first husband, b. 1645). Nicholas' estate amounted to £148 10s Irf; in- ventory, dated July 30, 1655. His son Samuel sold his father's residence and land to Samuel Gibbs of W., Nov. 16, 1668. C/aMrm— Samuel, b. May 1, 1647; Jonathan, b. June 7, 1649 ; David, b. April 22, 1651 ; Daniel, b. April 10, M53; d. July 15. Waltek, of W. (perhaps son of Simon), 1640, had 3 children; one of whom, John, was b. July 13, 1644 ; went to P'airfield Co.; was an early set- tler at Norwalk, Ct. ; he was fence viewer in 1655 ; deputy to court in 16.'J8-9 and '61 ; confirmed as sergeant of Norwalk Company, by the court. May, 1659 ; deputy again in 1667 ; chosen to beat the drum, 1670 ; a proprietor of of N. in 1685 ; confirmed by general court. Thomas, of W., settled at Stamford, 1662. HUBBARD, Lieut. John (son of Samuel of Hartford), b. about 1691 ; and about 1721, settled on the east side of the Talcott Mountains, in the town of Simsbury (in the part annexed to Bloomfield in 1843), and removed to W., now Bloomfield, in or about the year 1740; the dwelling which he occupied is now standing, and has remained in the possession of his descendants to the present day ; he d. Feb. 14, 1775, in 84th yr. ; his wife Agnes, d. April 11, 1773, in S5th yr. Children— }6h.i\, jr.; Nathaniel, 2 b. 1724 ; and 5 daus, John, Jr.,l had Hannah, b. Nov. 16, 1746 ; John, b. Dec. 28, 1748 ; Timothy, b. Dec. 5, 1750. *B.inman's Hist. (p. 11, smaller edition). 672 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Nathaniel,2 m. Mary Cad well of West Hartford ; he d. Nov. 16, 1773, in 50th yr. ; she d. April 25, 1804, in 73d yr. Children— Nathaniel, h. Get. 24, 1750 ; Asa,3 b. March 16, 1753 ; Mary, h. Aug. 17, 1755 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 24, 1758 ; Agnes, b. July 9, 1752 ; Deidamia, b. April 17, 1754 ; Joab, b. Aug. 16, 1758 ; Oliver, b. April 16, 1761. AsA,3 m. Submit Bishop of W., Nov. 20, 1776; he d. April 13, 1843, a. 90 ; had 5 sons and 5 dans ; two of the latter are still living, viz ; Submit, the wid. of the late Dea. Amos Gillette ; and Hannah, wid. of Thomas Barber of Bloomfield. Benoni (son of above), b. April 2, 1783 ; m. Abigail Francis of Wethersfield, Oct. 19, 1813. Children— ¥ieema,n, b. March 1, 1818; Henry, b. May 24, 1820 ; dan. m. H. C. Goodrich of Augusta, Ga. ; dan. m. Benj. Veils of East Granby, Ct. Heney (son of Benoni), m. June 29, 1846; resides in California; has two children ; the eldest, Henry, b. May 23, 1848. Marriages. — Fkedekiok, m. Brown, Sept. 12, 1820. Hector, m. Eliza Wilson, March 4, 1822. Joab, m. Almira Whitney of Hartford, May 9, 1822. Jekemiah, m. Abigail Drown, March 2, 1832. Joab, m. Fidelia Cadwell, May 18, 1831 ; Trumble, m. Julia Ann Mills, May 12, 1831. Nathaniel, m. Sarah Hubbard, Aug. 27, 1828. Deaths [E. W.) (Sc.).— Anna, wife of Daniel, d. Oct. 29, 1829, a. 44. HUIT, Rev. Ephkaim (see p. 46 and 51) ; he d. Sept. 4, 1644 ; left a wid. / -^ /) » / • ^^^ ^"'^'^ daus. , Susanna, Mer- -^^ / //- Aug. 2, 1640; a son d. befora ■^^^^- his father. Rev. Ephraim's will can be found in TrumbuWs Col. Sec. of Cm,n., vol. I, appendix. " Mr. Huit d. March 8, 1660 ; buried the 9th day, having lived 21 years in this land." This is very plain in the Record, Mr. ; the Old Ch. See, how- ever, does not mention any such death in 1660, but mentions Mrs. Huit's death in 1661 ; probably the wid. of Rev. Ephraim, and the date, probably, should read March, 1660-1. HULL, Geokge ; among the first comers and grantees at Dorchester ; one of the first deputies, with Stoughton and Phelps, and selectmen in 1635; moved to Conn, in 1637 ; settled at W. ; surveyed Wethersfield in 1636 ; deputy in 1639 ; frequently a magistrate, and member of general court ; was granted a monopoly of the beaver trade on the Conn. River ; a man of worth and distinction. JosiAH, m. Elizabeth Loomis, May 20, 1641 ; went to Fairfield, Ct., where he was made free in 1662. C/ii7rf/-cn— John, b. Dec. 17, 1644 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1646 ; Mary, bap. Oct. 8, 1648 : Martha, b. June 10, 1650; Joseph, b, Aug. 15, 1652; Sarah, b. Aug. 9, 1654; Naomi, b. Feb. 17, 1656; Rebecca, b. Aug. 10, 1659 ; George, b. April 28 (bap. May 4), 1662; Thomas, bap. July 30, 1665 ; " b. nine weeks before at Homauosset." Deaths (E. W.) {Sc.) Geo. Potwine (s. of Geo. and Ruth), d. Jan. 23, 1819 H0RLBUET — HUMPHREY. 673 iu 9tli year. Latham (s. of same), d. a. 4 yr, Elizabeth (dau. of same), d. Oct. 11, 1832, a. 19. Ealzaman {of same), d. Jan. 11, 1835, a. 19. George W. (of same), d. Nov. 11, 1843, a. 24. (K. if.)— Euth (the mother), d. March 18, 1856, a. 72. HURLBURT, William, from Dorchester, early at W. 1640 ; resided within or near the Palizado (Hinman). Eeenezek, m. Hannah Winchell, May 11, 1710. JosiAH, had Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1747 ; Josiah, b. Jan. 17, 1749-50. HUMPHREY, Michael, m. Priscilla Grai^t, Oct. 14, 1647. Children— John, b. June 7, 1650 ; Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1653 ; Samuel, b. May 15, 1656 ; Sarah, b. March 6, 1658 ; Martha, b. Oct. 6, 1663 ; Abigail, b. March 23, 1665 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 21, 1669. Thomas, had Anna, b. Feb. 26, 1736 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 12, 1738 ; Abijah, b. Aug. 23, 1740 ; Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1743 ; Lucy, b. Aug. 13, 1746 ; Josiah, b. July 12, 1749 ; Daniel, b. Nov. 13, 1754 ; Susanna. Petee, had Daniel, b. Aug. 12, 1797. Abigail (dau. of Thomas), d. Sept. 20, 1736. Benajah, m. Olive Goodwin, May 4, 1831. The above is all that W. Rec. give of this name. Michael Humphrey went to Simsbury, and his descendants are yet very numerous in Simsbury, Can- ton, Gran by, &c. Abid Brown's Gen. Sketches of Canton (p. 73-85), contains the record of a large number of families of this name. The following record of the descendants of Roswell (p. 81 of the above work), son of William H., who was son of Samuel, 3d, who was probably son of Samuel, 2d, who was son of Samuel, who was son of Michael, the emigrant, has been furnished by Mr. Geo. W. Seward of Florida, N. Y., and is published as a contribution to the Humphrey family — a family well worthy of being written up by some competent hand. Roswell, removed with his family from Canton, Conn., in Dec, 1813, to the town of Caroline, Tompkins County, N. Y. ; he was among the early settlers ; was a man of enninent piety, strongly attached to the Congregational Church ; was a member of the first church in that region, and his descend- ants are still of the same communion ; he m. Elizabeth Seymour of Litchfield County, Conn. ; b. 1768 : d. 1841 ; he d. 1838. Children— Uosvi e\\ 2d,l b. 1789 ; Elizabeth, b. 1791 ; m. 1811, Lnman Case of Canton, Conn. ; removed to Tompkins County, N. Y., 1812, and 1832 removed to Tazewell County, 111. ; she d. in 1844; had 11 children ; Susan, b. 1793 ; m. William Leet, Tioga County, N. Y.; has 4 children : Hiram,2 b. 1797 ; Lucius,3 b. July 2, 1799 ; Luke,* b. 1801 ; Maria, b. 1804; m. Aaron Curtis of Wooster, Mass.; resides in Tioga County, N. Y. ; has Miles Seymour, b. 1806 ; d. 1827 : Erastus Ellsworth,^ b. Jan. 5, 1808 ; Mary Ann, b. 1811 ; d. 1855. Roswell, 2d,l removed with his family from Caroline, N. Y., to Milan, Erie 85 674 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR County, Ohio, in 1833 ; m. Elmira Gleason of Canton, Conn., 1811. Child- ren — Jason Humphrey ; Eliza ; Roswell Henry, m. Jerusha Taylor ; Elmira, Hiram, Orson, Laura Abigail, William, Laura. HmAM,2 m. HuMah Jenks of Tioga County, N. T., Feh. 14, 1857 ; b. July 25, 1799. Children— George W., b. June 18, 1828 ; m. Miriam Moore, Jan. 8, 1851: Hillman Seymour, b. Sept. 22, 1830; d. 1832: Emily Amelia, b. May 3, 1833 ; m. Eleazer Goodrich, Deo. 12, 1855 ; a son, Charles : William Henry, b. Jan. 3, 1836 ; m. Hannah Jacobs, Jan. 1, 1858 ; ason, Sabin Jenks : Edward Le Roy, b. April 22, 1838 ; m. Netty Smith, Jan. 1, 1858 ; one son, Edward Edwin : Clarissa C, (an adopted daughter), b. Sept. 1, 1820; m. Leb- beus Wilbur ; 2 children, dec. Luiocrs,3 was b. July 2, 1799 ; moved with his father to New York, in 1820 : m. Caroline Woodruff, b. 1801, d. in six weeks after marriage ; Oct., 1821, m, Lydia Cowles Chadsey, b. in Canton, Ct,, May, 1802, and d. Oct. 11, 18iO; in April, 1841, m. Eliza Maria Bell, b. August, 1803; resides in Candor, Tioga County, N. Y. Children by 2d wife — Adaline Amelia, b. Dec. 8, 1822 ; m. Frederick C. Gridley July 8, 1841 ; resides in Hudson, Wis. ; 2 children, Charles Humphrey and Harriet Eliza, bothd. : JuliaCaro- line, b. Feb. 11, 1824; m. Geo. W. Sward, of Florida, Orange County, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1852 ; has Charles Humphrey, b. Sept. 21, 1853 ; Julia Humphrey, Mary Jennings, twins, b. June 22, 1857 ; Jane Amanda, b. March 24, 1826 ; teaching at Stillwater, Minn. : Hector Seymour, b. Jan., 1828 ; m. Helen J. Fox of NapierviUe, 111. : editor of Free Press, Oswego, 111. ; has Julia Seward, Frederick Gridley : Herman Loire, b. March, 1830 ; attorney, Hudson, Wis.; m. Jennie A. Cross, July, 1855 ; a son, Henry : Lucius Arnold, b. July, 1832 ; m. Louisa G. Lyons of Ithaca, N. Y. ; resides at Byron, N. Y.: Arthur Little- ton, b. July, 1830 ; William Henry, b. Sept. 5, 1840. Children by 3d wife— Josnph BeU,-b. Feb., 1842; d. Oct., 1843 : Charles Frederick, b. Sept., 1843 ; Joseph Bell, b. April, 1845 ; Rachel Louisa, b. March, 1847. Luke,* m. Eliza Bishop, and removed in 1836 to Tazewell County, 111. Children — Susan, m. Isrut Hicks ; daughter ; Miles Seymour ; Elizabeth, m. WatFon Lockwood ; Ann Eliza, m. John Cornwil ; daughter : Mary, Martha, twins ; Stephen Decatur ; Sarah Jane ; William Henry. Eeastus Ellswoeth,'^ b. Jan, 5, 1808, in Canton, Conn. ; m. Dec, 1829, Anna Watkins of Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y. Children — Laura Jane, b. March 12, 1832; m. Oct., 1853, Morris Mason of Owego, N. Y. -. Frances Louisa, b. March 8, 1836 ; m. Feb., 1856, Albert Jenks : Elizabeth Gertrade, b. April 5, 1839 ; m. Victor Reed, Jan., 1858 : Virginia Victoria, b. Sept. 27, 1852. HUNTINGDON, Thomas. Hinman says he is first found on W. land records in 1656 ; that he was the first of the name in the colony, and moved to Saybrook, and thence to Norwich. CnRisTorHEK, had Ruth, b. April 13, 1633. HUTCHINSON ^ KELSBY. 675 feer. Mr. Nathaniel, had Nathaniel, b. Sept. 20, 1751 ; Jerusha, b. April 30, 1753; Eunice, b. Oct. 5, 1754; Ennice, b. March 17, 1754-5. HUTCHINSON, Mrs. Ann, d. Nov. 11, 1746. HYPE (Hide), Humphrey, on laud record of W., 1640. Matthew, had Ann, b. March 9, 1761 : Louisa, b. Feb. 24, 1763 ; Christo' pher, b. March 20, 1767 ; Daniel, b. Dec. 11, 1770 ; Gustavus, d. Aug. 17, 1775 : Allen, b. April 5, 1773 ; Chloe, b. April 15, 1775 ; d. June 17, 1776 : Chloe, b. June 30, 1778. Ujbiah, had Elizabeth, b. Jan. 14, 1772 ; Eunice, b. March 27, 1774. William, had Robert, b. Aug. 3, 1768. INGERSOLL, Dorothy, who m. Mr. Phelps of W., 1676; Haknah, who m. Mr. Kelsey, 1676, and Margery, unmarried, are supposed by Hinman to have resided at W. JEFFERY, George, had Mary, b. June 12, 1669 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 23, 1671 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 24, 1675. JENKS (Warehouse Ft., E. W.), Charles, m. Martha Mowry, of Smith- field, R. I., Jan. 22, 1797: Elisha M., b. Oct. 21', 1797; Almira, b. May 10, 1799 ; Harriet, b. May 24, 1801 ; Charles Whipple, b. Oct. 21, 1805 ; Martha Ann, b. May 19, 1810; Elsa Maria, b. Oct. 2, 1812. JEWETT, David, had Ira, b. March 1, 1780 ; Ira James, b. April 30, 1794. JOHNSON, (Jonson), Richard d. Aug. 3, 1687. Ebenezer, grad. at Dartmouth Coll., 1778 ; Jno. Farmer says, " he was a native of Ellington, Ct.; taught school a number of years, and removed to the west." Dmthi [E. PT.).— John, d. Dec. 10, 1815, a. 51. Samdel, d. Dec. 19, 1816, a. 63 ; his wife Margaret, d. April 6, 1855, a. 91. (/.)— Salome, d. March 3, 1856, a. 64. Marriages. — Henry, m. Electa Grant, Oct. 15, 1820. John, m. Abigail Skinner, Nov. 12, 1823. JONES, David, had Keziah, b. Dec. 20, 1782. JOYS (Joyse, Joice), William, had Abigail, b. Jan. 31, 1644, William, had Esther, b. Oct. 22, 1758. KELSEY (Kelsy, Kelsie), William (according to Hinman) , -was in the colony as early as 1639, at Hartford. Stephen, see Hinman, p. 151. William of W., m. Abigail Whitcomb of W., March 23, 1694-5; he d. Nov. 8, 1698. CMdrcn— Abigail, b. Dec. 10, 1694-5 ; Joanna, b. Nov. 14, 1696 ; Ruth, b. Jan. 16, 1698 ; d. May 9, 1700. Mark, m. Rebecca Hoskins, March 8, 1658-9, who d. Aug. 28, 1683 ; he m. 2, Abigail Atwood, Dec. 26, 1683, who d. March 28, 1713. CAi/rfrcji— Rebec- ca, b. Jan. 2, 1659 : John, who d. Jane 18, 1685. Thomas, d. May 9, 1715 ; he had Thomas, b. July 10, 1701 ; Ruth, b. Jan. 676 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOB. 10, 1704-5 ; Hannali, b. June 6, 1707 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 10, 1709 ; Mabel, b. June 7, 1712. Thomas (son of above), m. Hannah Douglas of New London, Deo. 11, 1723. Children— Rnih, b. Jan. 3, 1724-5 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 27, 1726 ; Thomas, b. Nov. 6, 1729. Deaths.— Rvra, d. Jan 1, 1724^5. Wid. Elizabeth, d. Jan. 31, 1725-6. KENNEDY (Kennardj), Thomas, had Margaret, b. Nov. 15, 1740, George, had Thomas, b. Feb. 23, 1742; Andrew, b. Jan, 2, 1745. KIBBY (Kibbe), E. W. (this Is an Enfield name). Pmnp, had Pericea, b. June 19, 1787. KIMBALL, Andrew, had Luke, b, Sept. .7, 1757 ; Daniel, b. April 4, 1755 ; Joseph and Benjamin, b. Aug. 1761. KING, Edward, an Irishman, and always so mentioned on the records, re- sided in (E.) W., near the Podunk or East Hartford line. Edward of W. (supposed s. of John of Hartford see p. 280, Hmman);i. 1700; he left a will so badly defaced and torn, and having one dau. not mentioned in it, that the court refused to accept it ; his dau. Mary m. a Hillyer, and another dau. Sarah m. a Cady ; both resided on Long Island. Sarah, wid. of Capt, John of Northampton, d. at W., 1705. Zebclon, m. Keziah Loomis, Dec. 8, 1743. Children — Jerusha, b. Deo. 9, 1747 ; Alexander, b. Deo. 6, 1749 ; Caroline, b. March 6, 1752 ; Tryphena, b, Jan. 29, 1754. TiMOTHT, m. Sarah Fitch, April 19, 1763. Children — George, b. Jan. 25, 1754; Timothy, b. Oct. 14, 1755; d. June 17, 1758: Keuben, b. May 8, 1758 ; Sarah, b. June 17, 1760 ; Roswell, b. May 3, 1765 ; Timothy, d. Sept. 8, 1765 ; Thomas, b. Sept. 18, 1770. Titos, m. Mindwell Loomis, June 5, 1761. Children — Theodore, b. Ang. 5, 1762 ; Augustus, b. July 18, 1764 ; Huldah, b. Aug. 6, 1766. Roderick, m. Sally Newberry, April 20, 1790. Children — Harriet, b. Oct, 12, 1814 ; Henry, b. Nov. 18, 1816 ; m. Elizabeth Stoughton ; Edward, "b. Oct. 18, 1818; Harriet Ellsworth, b. Aug. 6, 1820, m. Enoch Porter; John, b. Nov. 24, 1822 ; m. Julia Keene : Emily, b. Dec. 4, 1824 ; m. a Farnham : Elizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1827 ; m. Jaa. T. Porter ; Sarah Sophia, b. Aug. 5, 1833. Olcott, m. Laura Sadd ; had Cornelia, Frederick, Catharine, Celia. KINGSLEY, Stephen and Rebecca, had William, who d. Jan. 18, 1792, i 18 days ; William, who d. Nov. 6, 1793, in 22d yr. KINSLEY, Bethuel (of Rhode Island), b. April 10, 1783 ; lived in Mon- tague, Mass. ; came to E. W. (Sc), where he m. 1, Chloe (dau. of Nathaniel) Allen, who d. Sept. 3, 1811, a. 24 ; he m. 2, Tryphena (dau. of Capt. Asahel and Tryphena) Stiles; he d. Dec. 17, 1846, ». 63 yrs, 8 mos. ; his. widow lives at Broad Brook, E. W. Child by 1st wife— Henry A., A. July 27, 1811' a. 8 mos. Children by 2d tct/e— Charlotte Maria, b. Oct, 30, 1813 ; Herny LADD — LITTLE. 677 Stiles, h. Aug. 3, 1815 ; Sarah Howard, Td. Sept. 4, 1817 ; Harriet Tryphena, b. Nov. 13, 1819 ; Caroline Eliza, b. Oct. 11, 1821 ; Jane Mellona, b. April 20, 1823 ; d. Sept. 12, 1827, a. 4 yrs. 5 mos. : Fanny Melissa, b. April 30, 1825 I Emeline Matilda, b. Marcli 30, 1827; d. Sept. 24, 1847, a. 20i yrs.: Helen Minerva, b. Feb. 18, 1832. Henry (s. of above), ni. Lncretia (dau. of Rnssell and Martha) Abbe, June 1, 1841 ; lives at Broad Brook, E. W. Children — Rosalie Maria, b. April 8, 1844 i Ellen Cornelia, b. March 14, 1846. LADD, Jesse (E. W.), m. Ann Pengry {?), Nov. 26, 1761. Children— Chloe, b. Jan. 23, 1763 ; Eunice, b. April 1, 176.'5 ; Jesse, b. May 13, 1768 ; William, b. Feb. 15, 1770 ; Daniel, b. March 5, 1772 ; Elias, b. Sept. 1, 1776. MoSES, had Lucy, b. April 21, 1771 ; Orrin, b, April 13, 1773. Elisha (E. W.), m. Tabitha Strong, May 23, 1776 ; had Eunice, b. Feb. 22, 1777 ; Clarissa, b. Oct. 31, 1778; Elisha, b. Oct. 24, 1780. Ephraim had Nancy, b. Aug. 5, 1776; Rexa, b. Dec. 23, 1777; Horatio, b. Jan. 21, 1780 ; Charles Warner, b. Sept. 5, 1781. LAMBERTON, Obed, m. Elizabeth Taylor, Aug. 27, 1747 ; had Obed, b. Nov. 2, 1747 ; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 14, 1749. Jbdidiah, had Sybil, h. Nov. 19, 1749. William, m. Arelia Skinner, Aug. 5, 1822. LATTEMORE (Lattimore, Latimer), Bezaleel, had Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1755; George, b. Nov. 15, 1757; Aholiah, b. Sept. 1, 1762; Christian, b. June 19, 1760 ; William, b. Sept. 30, 1773. Ebenezer (s. of Bezaleel), d. Oct 8, 1762. Marriages. — Ebenezer, Jr., m. Laura Mills, Jan. 19, 1825. Elihc, Jr., m. Tryphena Roberts, Oct. 17, 1834. George, m. ^Eunice Rowland, Nov. 16, 1826. Elizur, m. Betsy McLean, Nov. 15, 1830. Harry, m. Altnira Weston , April 11, 1831. LAW (E. W.), SAMnEL, had Samuel, b. May 30, 1778. LEE, Oliver, had Abigail, b. Feb. 23, 1770 ; Josiah, b. Dec. 7, 1772 ; Lem- uel,b. July 23, 1774; Anna Sarah, b. May 30, 1777; Oliver, b. April 15, 1778. LEWIS, John, d. April 22, 1713 ; had John, b. Feb. 24, 1675 ; Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1681 ; Sarah, b. March 6, 1683-4 ; John, b. Feb. 1, 1693-4. LITTLE, Thomas, had Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1724 ; Thomas, b. Jan. 28, 1726 ; Mary, b. May 14, 1728. Horace B., m. Mary C. Hawley, Nov. 25, 1846. 67S GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. LOOMIS (LOMYS), Joseph, Sen,, from Bristol, England, or its vicinity, first appears in Wi subsequent to 1639 ; whether he came to New England earlier than this is not known. This name does not appear at Dorchester, and the Old Church Record gives the date of his son John's admission to the Windsor churchj as October 11, 1640. It is possible that he may have been a member of the company which accompauied Mr. Huit in 1639. He was accompanied by a wife, and the following children, all born in England ; John;l Joseph, jr. ;2 Thomas ;3 Na,thaniel ; ■* Samuel ; 5 Elizabeth, m. Josiah Hull, May, 1641, and moved to Killingworth ; Joseph, sen., d. 1658 ; his wife d. Aug., 1652, had eleven children. t)ea. JoHN,l m. Elizabeth (dau. of Thomas) Scot of Hartford, Feb. 6, 1648; he d. Sept. 2, 1688, a.. 66 ; she d. May 7, 1696. Children— Jolme b. Nov. 9, 1649 ; Joseph, 7 b. Nov. 7, 1651 ; Thomas, b. Dec. 3, 1653; perhaps is the one who m. Sarah (sister of Capt. Daniel) White of Hatfield, March 31, 1680 ; he d. Aug. 12, 1688. Children— Jolm, b. Jan. 1, 1681 ; m. Martha Osborn, 1706: Thomas, b. April 20, 1684 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Fowler, 1713; m. 2, Hannah Hunt, in 1743 ; he d. April 30, 1765 ;. both these sons lived in Lebanon ; the mother m. 2, John Bissell : Samuel,^ b. June 29, 1655 ; Daniel,9 b. June 16, 1657 ; James, b. Sept. 19, 1659 ; d. Dec. 14, 1669 : Timothy ,10 b. July 27, 1661 ; Nathaniel," b. July 8, 1663 ; David,12 b. May 30, 1665 ; Samuel, b. Aug. 12, 1666 ; d. 1665 : Isaac, b. Aug. 31, 1668 ; d. Dec. 12, 1688 : Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1671 ; m. J. Brown, 1691-2 : Mary, b, Aug. 7, 1673 ; d. May 14, 1675. Joseph, Jr.,2 m. 1, Sarah Hill, Sept, 17, 1646, whod. Aug. 23, 1652 ; hem. 2, Mary Chauncey, June 28, 1659 ; he d. June 26, 1687. CAiMrcn— Sarah, b. July 22, 1647; d. 1654: Joseph,l3 b. July 15, 1649; John," b. Oct. 1, 1651; Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1653 ;lsarah, b. April 1, 1660 ; d. June 4, 1661 : Hannah, b. Feb. 2, 1661 ; Matthew,*i6 b. Nov. 4, 1664 ; d. April 12, 1688 ; Stephen," b. Sept. 1, 1668 ; Nathaniel, b. Aug. 8, 1673 ; James," b. Oct, 31, 1669 ; Isaac, Oct, 28, 1677 ; d, March 17, 1704. ThomAs,3 m. 1, Hannah Fox, Nov. 1, 1653, who d. April 25, 1662; hem, 2, Mary Judd, Jan, 1, 1662, who d, Aug, 8, 1684 ; he d. Aug, 28, 1689, CAiWj-m— Thomas, b, Oct. 29, 1654 ; Thomas,18 b. March 17, 1655 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 28, 1657-8 ; Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1659 ; m. Michael Taintor, 1679 ; Eli- zabeth, b, Jan, 21, 1663 ; Ruth, b. Oct. 16, 1665 ; m. Joseph Colt ; Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1667 ; m. Wakefield Dibble : Jeremiah, July 3, 1670; buried Oct, 18, 1672 : Mabel, b. Oct, 27, 1672 ; Mindwell, b, Aug, 6, 1676 ; Benjamin, b. May 20, 1679, ^^ Nathaniel,'* m, 1, Elizabeth Moore, Nov. 24; m. 2, Elizabeth Ellsworth, Dec, 23, 1680 ; he d, Aug, 19, 1688,' Children— Eh7.si.heth, b, Au^, 7, 1655 ; Nathaniel, b. March 20, 1656 ; Abigail, b. March 27, 1659; m, Josiah Bi-own, v Nov., 1677 ; d, Feb, 1700-1 : Josiah," b. Feb, 17, 1660 ; Jonathan, b. March 30, 1664; David, b, Jan, 11, 1667 ; Hezekiah,20 b, Feb, 21, 1668 ; Moses, 21 LOOMis. 679 b. May 15, 1671 ; Mindwell, b. July 20, 1673 ; m. Jonah Brown, Oct., 1696 : Ebenezi;r,22 b. March 22, 1674; Mary, b. Jan. 5, 1679 ; Rebecca, b. Dec. 10, 1682. Samuel,5 m. ; Children— Rulh, b. Jane 14, 1660 ; Sarab, b. Feb. 3, 1662; Joanna, b. Oct. 22, 1665 ; Benjamin, b. Feb. 11, 1667 ; Nehemiah, b. July 15, 1670 ; William, b. March 18, 1672. JoHN,6 m. . Children— Mary, b. March 20, 1672; m. John Buel of Ebenezerville : Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31, 1677 ; Deborah, b. Jan., 16— ; Zachariah, b. Nov., 1681 ; Ezekiel, b. Oct., 1683 ; Ephraim, b. Nov., 1685 ; Rebecca, b. Dec, 1687 ; Rntb, b. Jan. 28, 1689 ; John, b. March 28, 1691-2. Joseph,^ m. . Children — Hannah and Ann, b. Jan. 10, 1678 ; Joseph, b. Feb. 13, 1681 ; Joseph, b. Nov. 28, 1682 ; Grace, b. March 17, 1684-5 ; Lydia, b. April 15, 1686 ; d. May 7, 1702 : Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1693. Sam0EL,8 m. 1, Elizabeth White of Hatfield, July 2, 1688 ; he removed to Colchester, and was chosen deacon there in 1702 ; she d. Feb. 25, 1736 ; he m. 2, and d. May 20, 1754, a. 88. Children— mizahelh, b. 1689 ; d. Aug. 6, 1689 : Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1690 ; d. March 14, 1690 : Samuel, b. July 17, 1695 ; dea. at Colchester, and d. June 26, 1753 : Isaac, b. Dec. 23, 1693 ; perhaps ra. Hannah Eggleston of Windsor., April 26, 1716, who d. Nov. 6, 1752: Jacob, b. Feb 25, 1692; dea. at Colch., and d. June 28, 1775 : Aza- riah {probably b. in Colch.), m. and d. 1757 or 1758 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1702 ; m. Daniel Worthington : Caleb, Daniel, prob. b. and lived in Col- chester; perhaps other children. Sgt. Daniel,9 m. Mary Ellsworth Dec. 23, 1680 ; he d. June 25, 1740. Child- ren— losiah,^ b. 28, 1684; Job,2* b. Jan. 21, 1686 ; Daniel, b. Nov. 15, 1682 ; John,25 b. Oct. 11, 1688; Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1690; Isaac, b. Aug. 23, 1694; Abraham,26 b. Dec. 13, 1696 ; Benjamin, b. Feb. 7, 1698 ; Benajah,27 b. Jan. 20, 1702. Mr. TiMOTHT,l0 m. Rebecca Porter, March 20, 1689. CMrfrm— Timothy, 28 b. Feb. 22, 1691 ; Ichabod,29 b. Jan. 25, 1692 ; Lois, b. Aug. 15, 1695 ; d. Deo. 20, 1696: Ann, b. June 15, 1698 ; Rebeccah, b. May 24, 1700 ; Uriah, '•"> b. May 8, 1703 ; Odiah,3i b. Aug. 4, 1705. Nathaniel,11 m. Ruth Porter, Nov. 28, 1689. CMdrcm— Nathaniel, b. March 7, 1794-5 ; Charles, b. Feb. 20, 1696. David,12 m. . Children— Lydis,, b. Oct. 21, 1693 ; David, b. Dec. 2, 1694; Aaron,32b. Sept. 5, 1696 ; Hepzibah, b. Dec. 2, 1698 ; Eliakim,33 b. July 27, 1701 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1704; Richard, b. Jan. 1, 1706 ; Han- nah, b. Aug. 2, 1709. JoSEPH,l3 m. 1, Lydia ,who d. May, 1702; hem. 2, Abigail Birge, Feb. 11, 1702-3. CAiHrm— Joseph, b. Oct. 8, 1684 ; d. March 19, 1684 ? Caleb, b. Oct. 10, 1686 ; d. March 5, 1686 : Lydia, b. Feb. 17, 1687 ; Rachel, b. Jan. 12, 1692-3; Euoch, b. March 23, 1694r-5 ; Damaris, b. July 29, 1699; d. June 1, 1705. JoHN,li m. Esther Gillet, Aug. 30, 1705. Children— John, b. Feb. 12, 1706 ; 680 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Esther, h. Sept. 13, 1708 ; d. May 11, 1730 : Sarah, b. Sept. 26, 1710 ; Da- maris, b. Dec. 1, 1712 ; John,3l b. Sept. 21, 1713; Abel, b. Aug. 3, 1716. Matthew,!^ m. Mary Gaylord, Jan. 6, 1686. Child — Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1687. Stephen,16 m. Esther Colt, Jan. 1, 1690. Children — Martha, b. Nov. 15, 1691 ; Stephen, b. July 21, 1693; Hannah, b. April 13, 1703 ; Israel, b. Aug. 6, 1705 ; Amos, b. Aug. 12, 1707 ; Mary, b. March 26, 1709 ; Sarah, b. April 16, 1711. James,'! m. . Children — Mindwell, b. Dec. 28, 1697; James, b. Jan. 27, 1699-1700 ; Henry, b. Sept. 14, 1701 ; Matthew, b. Oct. 25, 1703; Eunice, b. May 1, 1705 ; Hannah, b. April 19, 1707 ; Mary, b. Jan. 3, 1708 ; d. March 31, 1709 : Mabel, b. May 20, 1710; d. Aug. 20, 1710 ; Nathaniel, b. Feb. 15, 1711-12; Lois, b. Oct. 26, 1715. Thomas,i8 m. Hannah Porter, Dec. 17, 1682, who d. .Tan. 1, 1738-9. Children— U&ry, b. Sept. 2, 1683 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 9, 1685 ; Thomas, b. March 16, 1687-8; Joshua,35 b. Nov. 6, 1692; Sarah, b. Jan. 22, 1694; Jabez, b. Jan. 29, 1696 ; Ruth, b. Dec. 27, 1698 ; Gershom,36 b. April 9, 1701. JosiAH, 19 m. Mary Rockwell, Oct. 23, 1683. Children— Hl&vy, b. Jan. 18, 1685 ; Josiah, b. Jan. 23, 1687-8 ; Abigail, b. Aug. 10, 1691 ; Caleb, b. Dec. ■ 23, 1693 ; Ephraim, b. May 2, 1698 ; d. Dec, 1701 : Nathaniel, b. Oct., 1700. Hezekiah,20 m. Mary Porter, April 30, 1690. Children — Noah, b. April 1, 1692 ; Mary, b. Nov. 15, 1694 ; Hezekiah, b. Nov. 7, 1697 ; Solomon, b. July 14, 1-700 ; Joanna, b. Dec. 4, 1702 ; Jonah,3T b. April 1, 1705 ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 13, 1708 ; Ann, b. Feb. 20, 1710. Moses, 21m. Joanna Gibbs, April 27, 1694; he d. April 15, 1754, a. 83. CAiWrra— MoseB,38 b. June 24, 1696 ; Joanna, b. Sept. 22, 1699 ; d. Deo. 3, 1712: Catherine, b. Deo. 19, 1702 ; Thankful, b. March 5, 1709 ; Joanna, b. Jan. 17, 1712-13. Ebenezek,22 m. Jemima Whitcomb, April 15, 1697, who d. Dec. 10, 1712. C/«Hrf«— Ebenezer, b. July 16, 1698 ; d. Oct. 2, 1709 : Jemima, b. Dec. 9, 1702 ; d. Dec. 25, 1704 : Abigail, b. Oct. 31, 1706 ; Jennie, b. Nov. 22, 1708. JosiAH,23 m. Elizabeth Kelsey, Jan. 22, 1707. Children — Josiah, b. March 11, 1708 ; Benajah, b. Jan. 28, 1710 ; Ebenezer, b. Nov. 9, 1712. JoE,24 m. Abigail Filley, April 27, 1710. Children— ioh, b. March 11, 1710-11 ; Abigail, b. April 10, 1713-14 ; Eunice, b. July 25, 1716. JoHN,25 m. . Children— Ann, \>. March 7,1718; Ezra, b. Sept. 10, 1721 ; Anne, b. May 8, 1724. Abraham, 26 m. Isabel Eggleston, Feb. 5, 1718. C/iiZdrra— Jerusha, b. April 21, 1722; Abraham, b. Oct. 17, 1724; Isabel, b. Oct. 26, 1729; Epaphras, b. Nov. 13, 1732 ; Jemima, b. July 4, 1734: Benoni, b. Sept. 28, 1738 ; d, Feb. 27, 1741-2 : Remembrance, b. Sept. 30, 1743 ; d. Jan. 18, 1744-5. Benajah,27 had Temperance, b. Feb. 19, 1731. LOOMIS. 681 Mr. TiMOTHY,28 m. Hannah Phelps, April 5, 1722 ; he d. Aug. 12, 1740, a. 50. C/it'Mren— Timothy ,39 b. July 30, 1724 ; Hannah, t>. Dec. 23, 1728, d. April 16, 1742, >,. 14 : Esther, b. Nov. 14, 1730. IcHABOD,29 m. Dorotliy Loomis, Jan. 25, 1738 ; he d. Feb. 25, 1776, a. 84. CMdren— Lucy, b. Aug. 5, 1727; Elijah,« b. July 13, 1729 ; d. Oct. 17, 1753: Abigail, b. Aug. 2, 1734; Dorothy, b. July 5, 1740: Anne, b. Sept. 19,1741; Ichabod, b. Jan. 17, 1742; Abiel, b. Sept. 13, 1748; Elijah, b. Nov. 6, 1753 ; Daniel, b. Nov. 28, 1756 ; Elizabeth, b. March 23, 1760. Ukiah,30 m. Hannah Wolcott, June 20, 1737 ; who d. Dec. 19, 1760 ; he d Jan. 2, 1788, «.. 85. Children— Vriah^'i-h. li'eb. 25, 1737; Oliver, b. ; d. Jan. 21, 1741 ; Oliver ,12 b. Dec. 17, 1741 ; dau., b. Deo. 3, ; d. : Hannah, b. Oct. 11, 1747. Odiah,31 m. Jane AUyn, Nov. 1, 1739, who. d Jan. 23, 1805, a. 89 ; he d. Feb. 15, 1794, a. 89. CAtWrm— Abigail, b. Oct. 20, 1740 ; Odiah, b. Feb. 8, 1741 ; Ozias, b. Oct. 25, 1743 ; d. Dec. 17, 1744 ; Ozias,^^ b. Jan. 13, 1745 ; Rebecca, b. Oct. 25, 1750 ; Jane, b. Aug. 31, 1755. Aabon,32 ni. Deborah Eggleston, Feb. 5, 1718. CAiWrcn— Deborah, b. April 10, 1720; Grace, b. April 28, 1721; Aaron, b. Jan, 30, 1722-3; Mindwell, b. March 16, 1724 ; Moses, b. Sept. 12, 1726 ; Abner, b. Nov. 26, 1727; Esther, b. June 30, 1729; Ephraim, b. April 1, 1731; Richard, b. Got. 17, 1732; Eli, b. Feb. 18, 1733 ; Issacar, b. May 28, 1736. Eliakim,33 m. Mary Loomis, Dec. 24, 1735. Children — Eliakim, b. Sept. 25, 1738 ; Simeon, b. May 29, 1740 ; Simeon, b. May 29, 1741 ; Phinehas, b. March 15, 1744. JoHN,34ra. 1, Abigail Ellsworth, April 5,1733; who d. May 6, 176-, in 49th yr: he m. 2, Ann, who d. Aug. 16, 1791, in 81st yr ; he d. Oct. 18, 1793, in 87th yr. CfeiWrcn— John, « b. March 4, 1733 ; Abigail, b. March 28, 1735 ; Luke,*5 b. Oct. 15, 1736 ; Esther, b. May 14, 1738 ; Lucy, b. Dec. 15, 1739 ; Ursula, b. July 13, 1741 ; Naomi, b. April 9, 1743 ; d. Oct. 17, 1749 : Roger,« b. Feb. 9, 1744 ; Elihu, b. Dec. 15, 1746 ; Lydia, b. Oct. 5, 1748. Joshda,35 m. Deborah Cooley of Springfield, Oct. 26, 1715. Children — Joshua, b. Nov. 16, 1716; Deborah, b. Sept. 6, 1718; Zeruiah, b. March 20, 1719-20; Joel, b. June 21, 1722 ; George, b. Feb. 6, 1725 ; Zeruiah, b. Jan. 31, 1727. Gekshom,36 m. Mary Grant, June, 1736 ; he d. Dec. 27, 1738. Child— Ainasa,« b. Feb. 19, 1737. Jonah.ST m. Anna Skinner, June 19, 1734. Children— Anns., b. Oct. 5, 1734; Jonah, b. Feb. 5, 1736; Lucretia, b. Dec. 18, 1738; Rachel, b. Sept. 17, 1740 ; Ezekiel, b. Aug. 20, 1742 ; Alexander, b. June 8, 1744 ; Beulah, b. Aug. 9, 1746 ; Azubah, b. Nov. 6, 1748. MosES,38 m. 1, Rebecca Loomis, Aug. 12, 1725 ; who d. June 10, 1726 ; he m. 2, EUzabeth Bidwell of Hartford, Dec. 17, 1729. Child by 1st m/c— Rebecca, b. Jane 4, 1726. Children by 2d m/e— Elizabeth, b, Dec. 80, 1732; Moses, b. 86 682 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Deo, 24, llSi; Submit, h. Got. 20, 1736 ; Zuriah, b. Nov. 10, 1738 ; Eoxalena, b. Oct, 1, 1741 ; Justus, b. Aug. 25, 1745. TiMOTHy,39 m. ; he d. Dec. 19, 1786, a. 83. Children— rimolhy, b, June 3, 1750; George, b. Sept. 29, 1753; Esther, b. May 19, 1756. Elijah,*" m. . Children— Sihal, b. May 12, 1759 ; Elijah, b. July 17, ' 1761. Ukiah,« Jr.,m. Apphia Sheldon of Suffield, July 5, 1764; he d. May 28, 1787, a. 50. Children— — -, b. Feb. 12, 1767 ; d. soon : Apphia, b. Jan. 15, 1771 ; Betsy, b. April 2, 1772 ; Chauncey, b. April 22, 1775 ; d. Oct. 27, 1776 : Lorissa, b. Sept. 11, 1780 ; Justin, b. March 2, 1785. 0LiVEE,*2m. I, Jeru.sha Bancroft, Sept. 2, 1762; he m. 2, Chloe Wood of E. W., Feb. 9, 1792. CASdrm— Oliver, b. Sept. 24, 1763; Benjamin New- berry, b. Dec. 7, 1765 ; Uriah, b. March 11, 1793. 02iAS,*3 m. Sarah ; he d. Feb. 11, 1796, a. 51 ; she d. Aug. 11, 1820, a. 73. John, Jr.,** m. Redexalena Wolcott, June 8, 1756. Children — Elihn, b. Jan. 28, 1758; d. May 22, 1816; John, b. June 22, 1759; d. Deo. 5, 1786; Redexalena, b. Nov. 29, 1761 ; d. April 27, 1843 ; Damans, b. Feb. 25, 1765; Wareham, b. Dec. 1767 ; Joseph, b. May 5, 1770 ; d. March 25, 1771 : Beuja- min, b. May 5, 1770 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1774 ; m. Ebenezer Allen. LnKE« (E. W.), had Anne, b. July 11, 1764; d. Aug. 4, 1764 : Simeon, b, Sept. 11, 1767 ; Russell., b. Aug, 5, 1769 ; Anne, b. Jan. 16, 1772. RoSERis (E. W.), had Rhoda, b. Dec. 16, 1797; Almira, b. Nov. 16, 1771; Abigail, b. Nov. 9, 1773 ; Samuel, b. Nov. 11, 1777 ; Chloe, b. July 1, 1780 ; Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1783 ; Ashahel, b. July 2, 1785. Dea. Amasa*'' (E. W.),m. 1, Hannah (dan. of John) Hurlburt of Hartford, . July 16, 1763, who d. Oct, 20, 1781, in 42d year; he m. 2, wid. Priscilla Birge, Feb. 6, 1783, who d, Feb. 28, 1816, a. 74; he d. July 1, 1793, in 56tli year. Children— George ,i« b. July 16, 1762 ; Amasa, b. Sept. 29, 1763 ; Han- nah, b. July 29, 1765; Elam, b. June 20, 1767 ; Mabel, b. Sept. 16, 1769; Clarissa, b. Aug. 29, 1771 ; Abner, b. Sept. 6, 1773 ; d. April 29, 1784, a. 10: Gershom, b. Sept. 3, 1777; Chauncey, b. April 16, 1779; d. March 28,1780: Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1781 ; A. Deo. 18, 1812 : Nancy, b. July 10, 1782 ; Chaun- cey and Amelia, twins, b. March 23, 1784 ; Amasa, b. Oct. 10, 1785 ; d. Jan. 31, 1824: Sophia, b. Nov. 10, 1787; Arethusa, b. Sept. 20, 1790; d. June 17, 1832 : Elijah, b. Nov. 1, 1792 ; Betsy, b. June 9, 1795 ; d. Aug. 15, 1797 : Abner, b. Oct. 26, 1797; d. April 25, 1821 : Flavel, b. Oct. 2, 1799 ; d. Aug. 14, 1827 : William, b. Oct. 6, 1801 ; Betsyvilla, b. May 6, 1805 ; d. July 27, 1832. GE0KeE,*8 m. 1, Anne Loomis of Suffield, Dec. 7, 1780 ; m. 2, wid. Anne Jepsou of Hartford, Nov. 20, 1788, who d. Oct. 24, 1789, a. 34 ; he m. 3, Ka- ma Moore of E. W. Children— Amie, b. Oct. 20, 1781 ; Tryphena, b. Feb. 21, 1783; Polly, b. Deo 12, 1784; George, b. June 25, 1787 ; Timothy, b. June 28, 1789 ; Epaphras, b. Nov. 10, 1792 ; Sarah, b. .Jan. 12, 1795. Benjamin {probably son of Daniel i" ) of W. ; lived a few rods north of the LOOMS. 683 house now occupied by Roman W. Loomis, and was by trade a weaver ; m. Joanna Alford, Deo. 9, 1725. Children — Joanna, b. July 31, 1726 ; Benjamin, b. Jan. 12, 1728 ; d. Feb. 8, 1728-9 : Tabitha, b. Got. 16, 1730 ; Benjamin, b. April 19, 1732; Rachel, b. Aug. 5, 1735 ; Serajah, b. Dec. 4, 1740. Seeajah (son of Benjamin above), m. Sybil Loomis of W., Oct. 24, 1767 ; he lived where Roman W. Loomis now lives ; was a farmer. Children — Ni- der, b. April 9, 1768; Ira. b. Feb. 13, 1770 ; Asher, b. April 4, 1772 ; Hor- ace, b. Aug. 4, 1774 ; d. in Champion, Jefferson County, N. Y. : Wealthy, b. Feb. 11, 1777. Ira (son of Serajah above), m. Rosamond Warner of Scotland, Windham County, Ct., March 5, 1798 ; he d. Jan. 9, 1842 ; she d. Sept. 18, 1849. Child- ren— Gmdon ; Ira, jr., b. May 2, 1802 ; Wealthy, d. Aug. 26, 1826 ; Ruth P., m. Noah Griswold of Bloomfleld, Ct. Ira, Jr. (son of Ira above), m. Eliza Sheldon of Suffield, Feb. 12, 18.34; is a farmer and mechanic in W. Children — Newton Sheldon, b. Jan. 17, 1835 ; Edmund Walton, b. May 13, 1837 ; Mary Angelina, b. May 30, 1844. Benjamiit, Jr., m. 1, Elizabeth Barber, Feb. 3, 1757, who d. July 12, 1759 ; m. 2, Lydia Drake, April 27, 1760. Children— BeDJumin, b. Nov. 27, 1757 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 23, 17— ; Ann, b. Oct. 23, 1762. Charles, m. Constant Eggleston, July 3, 1750. Children — Constant, b. March 25, 1756 ; Mabel, b. Oct. 28, 1758 ; Brijadore, b. Sept. 18, 1761 ; Lord, b. May 18, 1764; Aaron, b. March 21, 1768. Dahiel, Jr., m. Elizabeth Barber, Nov. 10, 1709. Children — Daniel, b. Nov. 2,1710; Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1712; David, b. March 13, 1718-19; Mary, b. May 10, 1714; Elisha, b. June 6, 1716 ; Dorothy, b. June 21, 1718 ; Sibel, b. Sept. 18, 1727. Daniel had Sarah, b. Nov. 15, 1737 ; Daniel, b. July 25, 1739. DAvm, Jr. had Joel, b. June 2, 1721 ; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 6, 1723; Richard, b. Oct, 11, 1725 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 29, 1726 ; Mary, b. Oct. 6, 1728 ; Samuel, b. May 21, 1731 ; Ann, b. Sept. 23, 1833 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 28, 1736. Ebenezer, had Jemima, b. March 4, 1734. Eluah, m. Rachel Wolcott, Sept. 15, 1757. Children— Lake, b. Sept. 21, 1766 ; Silas, b. March 24, 1770; Rachel, b. Dec. 22, 1775 ; Russell, b. Oct. 28, 1784; Clarissa, b. March 10, 1788, Eliphalet, had Theisdamia(?), b. Sept. 13, 1754 ; Eliphalet, b. July 20, 1756. Gideon, had Hildah, b. Sept. 14, 1757 ; Caroline, b, Nov. 28, 1758 ; Worthy, b. Sapt. 22, 1760. Gideon, E. W. (probably the same as above), had Gideon, b. Aug. 9, 1767 ; Jerasha, b. Aug. 2, 1769. George had Lavinia Spencer, b. Sept. 25, 1838. Uesry, had Henry, b.'l-'eb. 12, 1727-8 ; Ruth, b. Aug. 24, 1729 ; Jerusha, b. July 10, 1731 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 22, 1733 ; Gideon, b. Dec. 30, 1735 ; James, b. March 11, 1737; Mindwell, b. Nov. 3, 1739. 684 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Isaac, m. Hannah Eggleston, April 26, 1716. Children — His eldest son, stillborn, Dec. 3, 1717 ; Isaac, b. July 19, 1719 ; Jedidiah, b. Sept. 1, 1720 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 15, 1721 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1726 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1733; Sarah, b. March 12, 1743 ; Ehoda, b. July 11, 1746 ; Michael, b. Oct. 13, 1747. Isaac, Jr., had Isaac, b. Aug. 11, 1750 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 16, 1753; Asa, b. Feb. 29, 1756. Jacob, Jr., had Anson, b. Oct. 23, 1800; Jerusha, b. Jan. 3, 1803; Eebeoca, b. Jan. 20, 1805 ; Sylvia, b. Feb. 14, 1807 ; Seneca, b. June 23, 1809 ; Chaun- cey, b. April 30, 1811 ; Jerusha Maria, b. April 9, 1813 ; Betsey, b. Feb. 6, 1819. Job had Hannah, b. July 13, 1737 ; Abigail, b. Jan. 19, 1738. Job, Jr., had Job, b. March 22, 1743. Joel, had Chloe, b. Dec. 13, 1748 ; Giles, b. April 19, 1750 ; Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1752 ; Naomi, b. Jan. 12, 1755 ; Giles, b. Nov. 6, 1756 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 27, 1758 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 11, 1760 ; Joel, b. Nov. 4, 1763. John, had Lucy, b. Aug. 21, 1729. Joseph, m. Keziah Loomis, Jan. 23, 1752. Children — Kezia, b. Feb. 27, 1753 ; Joseph, b. March 23, 1755 ; Jonathan, b. March 25, 1757 ; Sarah, b. April 13, 1759 ; George, b. July 17, 1761 ;■ Susannah, b. Feb. 7, 1764. Joseph, had Isaac, b. Sept. 14, 1705 ; Abigail, b. April 8, 1708 ; Keziah, b. Dec. 12, 1715. JosEEH, Jr., had Mabel, b. March 6, 1711-12. Joseph, Jr., m. Mary Cooley of Springfield, June 28, 1710 ; had Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1720-1. JoNATHAS, m. Sarah Higley, Dec. 24, 1723. CWMrcn— Sarah, b. July 23, 1724 ; Jonathan, b. Nov. 14, 1725 ; Jonathan, b. Sept. 26, 1730 ; George, b. Nov. 22, 1727 ; Kezia, b. June 18, 1729 ; Margaret, b. March 15, 1730 ; Wait, b. Aug. 14, 1732 ; Jonathan, b. June 16, 1734. . JosiAH (s. of Joseph), had Martha, b. Oct. 13, 1690. Lydia, had Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1718. Maktin, had Aurelia, b. May 31, 1799 ; Lucy, b. May 7, 1801 ; Reuben, b. Deo. 7, 1803 ; Sally, b. May 30, 1808. Nathaniel, m. Ann Allyn, March 27, 1718; had Nathaniel, b. April 11, 1719 ; Dorothy, b. April 30, 1722 ; Nathaniel, b. May 13, 1724. Sgt. Nathaniel (E. W.), d. Aug. 2, 1758 ; had Graves, b. Nov. 6, 1727. Nathaniel ; Tryphena, b. Oct. 9, 1753. Capt. Nathaniel, d. June 14, 1784, a. 65 ; had Oliver, b. Deo. 18, 1743; Zeruiah, b. April 5, 1746 ; Watson, b. Jan. 1, 1746 ; Fitch, b. Dec. S, 1748 ; Fitch, b. May 14, 1758. Noah, m. Sarah Morton, May 7, 1713 ; had Noah, b. Jan. 27, 1713-14 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1717 ; Christian, b. April 13, 1719. Philip, had Hannah, b. May 21, 1705. LOOMIS. 685 Reuben, m. 1, Ann Moore, Dec. 2, 1742, who d. Feb. 13, 1743 ; m. 2, Re- becca Goodrich, Feb. 5, 1745. Child by 1st mfe—Ann, b. Jan. 14, 1743. Children by 2d wt/c— Reuben, b. Nov 11, 1746 ; Rebecca, b. March 4, 1747 ; Jacob, b. Sept. 25, 1750 ; Elijah, b. Feb. 16, 1754 ; Abijah, b. Jan. 23, 1756. Reoben, Jr., m. Lorannah Filley, Aug. 17, 1769 ; he d. Sept. 12, 1776, Children , b. May 13, 1770 ; d. soon; Lauranna, b. May 15, 1771 ; Reu- ben, b. April 16, 1773 ; Roxanna, b. March 23, 1775 ; Ichabod, b. March 11, 1777. Seth, m. Esther Kelsey of Hartford, March 1, 1747. Children — Esther b. July 7, 1748 ; d. March 28, 1752 ; Seth, b. Feb. 20, 1751 ; Martin, b. June 6, 1754 ; Right, b. Feb. 13, 1756. Simeon, m. Kezia Moore, March 23, 1769. Children — Anna, b. Dec. 2, 1769 ; Job, b. March 29, 1771 ; Amelia, b. Nov. 28, 1772 ; William, b. Feb. 14, 1774.; Elihu, b. Feb. 19, 1776 ; Kezia, b. Jan. 24, 1778. Stephen, m. Mabel Hoskins, Dec. 7, 1715. Children — Stephen, b. Aug. 21, 1716 ; Charles, b. Feb. 8, 1717-18 ; Seth, b. July 12, 1721 ; Gideon, b. Nov. 19, 1725 ; Eliphalet, b. Jan. 25, 1729. Stephen, Jr., m. Grace Loomis, June 9, 1743. Children — Stephen, b. April 13,1745; Grace, b. Dec. 5, 1746; Dorcas, b. April 9, 1752; Susannah, b. Sept. 24, 1753 ; Huldah, b. Dec. 31, 1755. Stephen (E. W.), had Sally, b. at Hartford, Oct. 23, 1789 ; Laura, b. Feb. 17, 1791 ; George Jefferson, b. July 2, 1793. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — Anson of Bethlehem, Ct., m. Eunice N. Simmons of W., Oct. 25, 1836. Abel, m. Eunice Porter, Nov. 3, 1741. Benjamin, m. Anna Fitch, Jan. 6, 1703. Sgt. Daniel, m. wid. Hannah Drake, Nov. 24, 1715. Daniel, m. Lydia Marsh, Deo. 8, 1692? David, m. Elizabeth Homan, Nov. 24, 1715. Blijah, m. Abigail Phelps, Oct. 26, 1753. George, m. Hannah Wilson, Feb. 10, 1807. Gideon, m. Joanna Loomis, Dec. 8, 1748. Gordon, m. Miriam Warner, Jan. 21, 1830. Henry, m. Ruth Bidwell of Hartford, April 13, 1737. James, m. Fanny Barber, Dec. 14, 1820. Jesse, m. wid. Rachel Isham, Sept. 10, 1766. Joseph, m. Lydia Drake, April 10, 1681. Joseph, sen., m. wid. Abigail Birge, Feb. 11, 1702-3. Joel, m. Thomas, March 24, 1850. John, m. Anne Emma, April 24, 1712. Nathaniel, m. EUzabeth Ellsworth, Deo. 23, 1680. Nathaniel, jr., m. Deborah Loomis, Sept. 22, 1743. Mr. Nathaniel ye 2d, m. wid. Ruth Newberry, March 9, 1740. Nathaniel 3d, m. Margaret Bissell, Dec. 2, 1742. Roman W., m. Ann G. Barber, Oct. 5, 1844. Samdel 0., m. Charlotte Bliss, June 2, 1847. Simeon, m. Barber, Dec. 26, 1832. Spencer, m. Emeliue Loomis, April, 1833. Timothy, m. Sarah Talcott, Jan. 31, 1743. Kns. Timothy, m. Jerusha 'Bissell, Nov. 3, 1763. Willard, m. Abigail Warner, Feb. 17, 1830 ; Looms, m. Nancy Loomis, May 8, 1834. Deaths {W. Sec). —Samuel, s. of Samuel, d. March 14, 1689. Joanna, dan. of Ebenezer, d. Dec. 25, 1704. Jonathan, d. Oct. 23, 1707. Eeenezer, 686 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. d. Oct. 2, 1709. Timothy, d. May 19, 1710. Ebenezek, s. of Ebenezer, d. 1712. Wid. Esther, d. Nov. 6, 1714. Esther, dau. of John, d. May 11, 1730. John, d. Nov. 30, 1732. Lieut. Nathaniel, d. Sept. 29, 1733. Anne (dau. of Ens. John), d. Nov. 11, 1734. James, d. Oct. 28, 1738. Ahn, wife of Reuben, d. Feb. 13, 1743. Mr. Thomas, d. April 19, 1746. Akna, wife of Jonathan, d. Nov. 23, 1748. Mrs. Rebecca, d. April 21, 1750. Mr. David, d. .Tan. 9, 1751. Hannah, d. Nov. 6, 1752. Elihu, s. of John, d. Aug. 21, 1751. Sarah, wife of John, d. May 5, 1760. Giles, s. of Joel, d. Aug. 31, 1751. Benjamin, jr., d. Jan. 2, 1763. Trtphena, dau. of Corpl. Nathaniel, d. July 4, 1765. Mr. Nathaniel, d. March 8, 1768. Ens. Job, d. Jan. 6. 1765. Kesia, wife of Simeon, d. Feb. 7, 1778. Simeon, d. July 31, 1778, Uriah, Jr., d. 1787. Mr. Timothy, d. Dec. 9, 1786, a. 63. Nathaniel, d. Aug. 19, 1688. George, had a dau., who d. at Hartford, Oct. 23, 1789 ; and Laura, d. at Barkhamstead, Jan. 21, 1799 ; his wife Anne, d. at AlbaDy, a. 77, Feb. 14, 1831. (B.)— Emily Hamilton, wife of Rev. R. H., d. April 16, 1855, a. 28. Rei- EEN, d. Oct, 11. 1801, in 82d yr. ; his 1st wife, Anne, d. Feb. 14, 1744, a. 23; his 2d wife, Rebecca, d. Jan. 11, 1775, a. 54. William, of Samuel and Eliza- beth, d. Oct 22, 1772, a. 1. John (or Joab), of Jacob, d. Aug. 10, 1783, in 3d yr. Joab, son of Mr. Joab, d. Aug. 16, 1787, in 3d yr. Timothy, who was a cabinet maker at Torringford, and d. in 1881, a. 82, was from Windsor. LORD, Jeremiah, Jr. (E. W.), m. Tryphena Pease of Enfield, Feb. 5,1777; he d. Oct. 14, 1812, a. 57 ; she d. July 29, 1830, a. 80. Cliildren—hhez, b. Nov. 2, 1778; Sarah, b. July 31, 1780; Jeremiah, b. Feb. 17, 1782; Chester, b. Feb. 20, 1784 ; Rhoda, b. Feb. 19, 1786 ; Orrin, b. May 8, 1788; Lucretia, b. Jan. 23, 1791 ; Horace, b. March 23, 1793 ; Levi, jr., b. Jan. 14, 1795. Jeremiah, Jr. (E. W.), (son of above), d. Sept. 14, 1800; his wife Sarah, d. March 5, 1791. Children — Stoddard, b. June 27, 1781; Joseph, b. June 29, 1783 ; Chloe, b. Oct. 5, 1785 ; Warren, b. April 12, 1788 ; Zilpha, b. Deo. 9, 1789 ; Asa, b. Sept. 17, 1791 ; Huldah, b. Oct. 27, 1793. George, d. Sept. 13, 1808, a. 44 ; he had Rana, b. April 2, 1791 ; George, •" b. April 8, 1793 ; Sophia, b. April 20, 1797. Ephraim, m. Lois Bolton, July 14, 1774. Marriages. — Horace, m. Clarissa Stoughton, Jan. 21, 1827. Atkins, m. Lucretia Merand, Feb. 24, 1825. Hiram, m. Mary Osborn, Oct. 24, 1827. Constant L , m. Elizabeth Nye, Jan. 15, 1828. Orrin R. Lord, m. Sally Marble, July 8, 1832. L. S., m. Dorcas 0. Fish, Nov. 28, 1832. Deaths [E. W.) (Sc.).— Joseph, d. July 5, 1833, a. 75 ; his dau. Hdldah (by wife Chloe), d. June 8, 1800, in 7th yr. ; their son David, d. Deo. 1, 1801, in 5th yr. ; their dau. Betsy, d. Feb. 20, 1804, in 5th yr. Jabez, d.' Oct. 7, 1729, a. 51 ; his wife Lyuia, d. July 11, 1853, a. 62. A^exandee E, d. March 29, 1836, a. 35 ; his wife Charlotte, d. March 25, 1832, a. 28.; their LOVETT — LUDLOW. 687 son Alex. H., jr., d. Sept. 25, 1844, a. 16 ; their dau. Chaelotte E., d. March 20, 1838. LOVETT, Noah, had Hannah, b. Nov 28, 1742 ; Jemsha,b. Jnly 21, 1744; David, h. Feb., 1746 ; John, b. Nov. 13, 1743 ; Samuel, b. Oct. 29, 1751 ; James, b. Aug. 12, 1774. LUDLOW,* Mr. EoGEH, to whom pre-eminently belongs the honorable appellation of the FaiJur of Connecticut Jurisprudence, was a brother-in-law of Gov. Endicott, a lawyer by profession, and resided in Dorchester, England. Before leaving that country he was chosen an Assistant, in the place of Samuel Sharp, and on the 20th March, 1630, embarked with Mr. Warham and his flock, at Plymouth for America. Immediately upon his arrival he entered upon the discharge of his ofScial duties as a member of the court of assistants, which position he held for four years following. At a meeting of the governor and assistants at Boston in 1632, it was mentioned that the people intended, at the next general court (about to be held) to desire that the assistants might be chosen anew every year. At this Mr. Ludlow flew into a passion, saying that such a measure would be subversive of government, and there would be an interim, wherein every man might do as he pleased. And though this argument was answered to the satisfaction of the rest, he continued stiff in his opinion, even protesting that if it were done, he would retum to England. This incident is strikingly illustrative of the temper and character of Mr. Ludlow, and is tlie more remarkable, inasmuch, as the charter expressly provided that the assistants and all other officers of the company, should be, once in the year, forever thereafter, newly chosen for the year ensuing. At the next meeting of the general court, however, on the 8th of May, it was unanimously agreed that the governor and assistants should all be newly chosen every year ; and' the former governor and assistants were re-chosen, Mr. Ludlow among the rest. He was now pacified ; was chosen again the next year ; and in 16o4 had become such a favorite with the people that they elected him deputy governor in place of Thomas Dudley, who was promoted to the chief magistracy. In the course of this year he was an overseer of the works on Castle Island, consisting of two platforms and one small fortifica- tion ; and one of the commissioners or auditors to adjust Gov. Winthrop's accounts of receipts and disbursements during his administration. In lf35 there was a change in Massachusetts, not unlike those which now and then occur in our day. John Haynes, afterwards of Connecticut, was elected gov- ernor, Richard Bellingham, deputy governor, and Mr. Ludlow was entirely left out of the magistracy. For this change, so far as Mr. Ludlow is concern- ed, Gov. Winthrop assigns two reasons : first, because the people would exer- cise their sovereign power, and secondly, because he had been somewhat * This sketch of the life of Mr. Lddlow was found omong fome manuscript notes of the early history of Connecticut jurispruflence, written by tho late Thom.*s Day, LL. D , and kindly placed at our disposal by his son TnoM.^s Day, Esq , of Hartford. 688 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. captious in protesting against the proceedings of the delegates, who had agreed upon the candidates before they came to the meeting ; that is, in modem phraseology, they had held a caucus. This, he asserted, would render the election void, They thought otherwise ; and probably considered the inter- ference of Mr. Ludlow as deserving of a pointed rebuke. But a few weeks elapsed, after this event, before he was on his way across the wilderness to the Connecticut River, where he settled at Windsor, and became one of tlie most influential men in the embryo colony. Still he was not forgotten in Massachusetts, nor -were his merits undervalued. More than six months after his departure his name was inserted in the commission for Connecticut^ placing him at the head of ,the magistracy constituted by that instrument. He attended nearly or quite every meeting of the commissioners held after the arrival of the emigrants in Connecticut, and participatfd largely in their proceedings. He did not at first go on the expedition against the Pequots, his presence being deemed necessary at home. About a week after the de- parture of the little fleet he wrote to his friend Pyncheon, at Agawam, de- tained by a similar necessity, a letter which will be found on p. 38. But this was too inactive a position long to be maintained by a man of Ludlow's temperament, and the next we hear of him he is in pursuit of the routed Pequots, through Menimketuck and Quinnipiac to Sasco, since called the " Pequot Swamp." On the re-organization of the government in May 1637, he was elected a magistrate, and re-elected in 1638. He was the principal framer of the Con^' stitution of 1639, and at the first general meeting of the freemen under that instrument, held in April 1639, he was elected deputy governor of the Com- monwealth, being the first who ever held that office in Connecticut. Being absent the next year, Mr. Haynes was placed in that office, and Mr. Ludlow, notwithstanding his absence, was chosen to be one -of the magistrates, the governor (Mr. Hopkins) being directed to administer the oath of office on his return. In 1641, he was again re-elected to the same office in his absence. The next year, 1642, being present he was restored to the office of deputy governor. Prom 1643 to 1653 inclusive, with the exception of 1648, when he was deputy governor, he sustained, by successive annual elections, the office of magistrate. In 1648, '51 and '53, he was one of the commissioners from Connecticut to the United Colonies. • In February, 1640, he was desired, by tlie general court, to take into con- sideration the following subjects, viz. : sudden deaths, occurring accidentally or by violence ; the disposition of the estate of persons dying intestate ; the purchase and possession of lands, and the pOwer of the magistrate in the infliction of corporeal punishment ; and to present to the next court a draft of such laws relative to those subjects as would best promote the public good. It does not appear that he made any report to the next court, proba- bly because his time was otherwise employed. He may have thought, also, that his commission was too restricted to answer the object in view. The LUDLOW. 689 business remained in this state until April 1646, when the general court desired him to draw up " a body of laws for the government of this oom- monweallh, and to present them to the next general court." While thus employed, he was to be allowed, at the public charge, the services of a man for his own occasions. In May, 1647, it was found, that for reasons which do not appear, he had not perfected the task assigned him. To encourage him, therefore, the Court provided that, besides the hire of a man, he should he further considtred for his pains. In the spring of 1650, the first code of laws, since known as Ludlow's Code, or the Code of 1650, was completed, and entered upon the public records. This is the foundation of the written laws of Connecticut.* It was Mr. Ludlow's destiny, notwithstanding his high position and emi- nent services, to encounter some of the troubles incident to public life. In September, 1639, while he was deputy governor, the general court fined him five shillings for absence. It seems that this was occasioned by his going to "Poquonnock and the parts thereabout " (now Bridgeport and Fairfield), and driving his cattle thither to make provision for them there. By way of ex- planation and apology, he made a report of his proceedings to the general court in October following ; but that body, thinking that his occupation of that country might interfere with their designs respecting the plantation there, de- clared his proceedings unwarrantable, and his conduct without excuse. The absence complained of was evidently not the sole ground of their dissatisfac- tion. He had, evidently, however, got his heart fixed on a future home at that place. It is not improbable, also, that he fancied he should there find a larger field for his talents, and a better chance to realize those ambitious aspirations which he cherished.t We next find him at Fairfield ; but the precise time of his removal is un- certain. It was, however, about 1640, so that his residence at Windsor was only of about five years' continuance. It is evident he had not removed in 1639. In 1641, he purchased of the Indians of Norwalk, certain lands in that town, conveyed to him by a deed recorded under the following cap- tion: "A copy of a deed of sale made by Norwalk Indians unto Mr. Roger Ludlow of Fairfield, 26th February, 1640 ;" that is, according to our notation , 1641. This affords presumptive, though not conclusive, evidence, that he was then a resident of Fairfield. At any rate, the record of the general court shows, very satisfactorily, that in April, 1643, he had become settled at that place. There he remained until the spring of 1654, when he removed with his family to Virginia. The reasons which led to this sudden, but voluntary exile, are as follows : In that year the colony was alarmed by fears of Dutch and Indian hostilities, and Stamford and Fairfield, then * Published at Cambiidge in 1672. t Mr. Ludlow's place of resideace ia Windsor was about three-fourths of a mile below the Tunxis (or larmington) Eiver, on the upland road to Hartford. 87 690 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. frontier towns, were thrown into an agony of apprehension. Entreating the New Haven Colony for troops and assistance, they were refused, ^d losing all patience, they resolved to raise troops independently of the oOTony, and to defend their own horders, and carry on the war themselves. Roger Lud- low was appointed commander-in-chief. In all this there seems to have heen no thought of sedition, but only the impulsive action of a town, who, foreseeing their own imminent peril, and hopeless of receiving the needed aid from a source whence they had a right to expect it, resolved to arm in their own defence. The government of Connecticut, however, did not viewit in that light; but treating it as a matter of insubordination, if not of open revolt, proceeded to deal with the principal movers in the affair as "fomenters of insurrection." Ludlow, although not openly dealt with, had been foremost among those who were for prosecuting the war against the Datoh. He bad also seriously compromised himself by his hasty and unadvised acceptance of the com- mand of the Fairfield forces, without legal appointment. He felt that he had, without any moral guilt, incurred the displeasure of the colony, and that un- less he should make some humiliating concessions, his behavior would not be likely to escape public censure. It was quite evident that his popularity had reached its meridian. Proud and sensitive to a high degree, he brooded over the change that had taken place in his prospects, as well for promotion as for usefulness,* and at last came to the conclusion, not without many keen regrets, to leave the colony, where he held so conspicuous a place for 19 eventful years. That he did not remove before the 13th of April, 1654,t is evident from an assignment executed by him, on that day, to the inhabitants of Norwalk, of his interest in that plantation. This assignment was undoubtedly made in contemplation of his removal, as it appears that within a fortnight afterwards, he was actually shipping his family and effects. The rumor, which was for a long time prevalent, that Ludlow in his flight to Virginia, carried with him the records of Fairfield, is incorrect. It is true, that one of the earliest volumes was for a long time missing from the town clerk's ofSce, but was finally found in the possession of an aged inhabitant of the town, and restored to its proper place. Mr. Ludlow had a wife and sons, one of whom at least was bom in W.t In a deed of June 19, 1650, to the planters of Norwalk, he reserved a convenient lot of the value of £200 to be laid out for these sons. One of them, Thomas, was a witness to the deed of Feb. 26, 1641, and they all accompanied their father to Virginia. * Dr. Eliot {Biog. Diet.) says " he gave so much offence as to make it best for him to leaTe the country. The least he could expect was to lose his offices." t -MSS. of Dr, B. Hall of Norwalk, Ct HoUisUr says 26th April, 1654. See also TrumbulVl Hi^t. of Conn., I, p. 225. t Old Ch. Sec. LYON — MANSFELD. ggj LYON, Aaron, had Rhoda, b. June 18, 1769 ; Aaron, b. Nov 12 1774 • Esther, b. Aug. 23, 1776. . "■* , McCARTER, James, had John, b. Nov. 26, 1755 ; Phebe, b. Feb. 7 1758 • James, b. Feb. 10, 1760. ' MACK, Atokew, had Andrew, b. Nov. 19, 1780 ; William, b. May 31 1783; Hezekiah, b. Jan. 3, 1786; James, b. Aug. 19, 1788; Mary, b. March 25, 1791 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 13, 1792; Fanny, b. Sspt. 14, 1797. AifDKEw, d. July 7, 1839. Andrew, m. Lydia S. Merritt of Vt., Aug. 6, 1843. McCRAY, William, had Elizabeth, b. April 25, 1752; Reuben, b. March 22, 1754; David, b. Dec. 22, 1755 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1763. McKINSTRY, Rev. John (Ell.). Our intention of preparing a genealogy of this family has been forestalled by the recent publication of a very excellent, and interesting history of the family, from the pen of Mr. W. S. Willis of Portland, Me., published in the N. E. Genealogical Register, for 1858. MACKMAN, James, m. Elizabeth Stoughton, Nov. 27, 1690 ; and d. Deo. 18, 1698 ; left a handsome estate, but no children. MACKMORAN, Mr. John, had Elizabeth Gaylord, b. Jan. 10, 1727 ; John, b. July 27, 1729 ; John, b. May 17, 1731 ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1735. McMORRON, John, m". Mindwell Thrall, Feb. 16, 1756 ; had John, d. July 17, 1730. MANLEY (Bloomfield), Ebenezer, who d. May 4, 1777, in 37th yr., had Paley, b. Nov. 15, 1763 ; AUyn, b. Feb. 8, 1765 ; Russell, b. Sept. 19, 1768 ; WiUiam, b. Sept, 9, 1771. Russell (son of Ebenezer), had Nancy, b. April 5, 1797 ; Russell Sherman, b. Jan. 13, 1799. Dea. William (son of Ebenezer), m. Mary Burr, Oct. 9, 1752,* who d. Oct. 10, 1773 ; he d. Nov. 11, 1788, in 84th yr. ; his first child b. July 30, 1753.* William, had Erastus, b. July 12, 1801, who m. Abigail Brown, Jan. 15, 1835. George, m. Ruth Burr, Aug. 15, 1752 ;* had , b. March 27, 1753.* MANSFIELD, John, m. Sarah Phelps, Dec. 13, ; he d. March 15, 1726-7 ; she d. Oct. 26, 1732. Children— John, b. Sept. 13, 1684 ; Sarah, b. Jan . 5, 1685 ; Samuel, b. Sept. 16, 1687 ; Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1689. Marsh, Rev. Jonathan (3d pastor of Windsor Ch., see pp. 211, 360), m. Mrs. Margaret Whiting of Hartford, July 3, 1710, who d. Dec. 8, 1747, a. 58 ; te d. Sept. 8, 1747, a. 63. CAiWrm— Margaret, b. June 10, 1711 ; (Rev.) Jonathan, b. Jan.. 1, 1713-14 ; settled at West Hartford ; Mary, b. July 19, •Private MSS. from BloomfieW. ■^^"^ n rfi the Pali \_/ His na ;2 a/ynU^^^^f/y^<^'^r^cC^r' 692 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 1716 ; Dorcas, b. Aug. 21, 1718 ; Hannah, b. May 28, 1723 ; Joseph, b. Not. 10, 1727 ; Ann, b. Jan. 28, 1729. John, d. Sept. 28, 1688, a. 70. Sarah, d. Jan. 5, 1801, a. 82. MARSHALL * Capt. Samuel, date of his arrival at W. uucer- taiti, but he had a lot in aPalisadoin 1637 ; was deputy in same year, I magistrate in 1638, name also appears 1656. several times as juror of the gene- ral court. In 1663, ,^ _ . j^ he was h- V ^ ^ / censed to 1676. sell liquors by retail, not to be drank in his house. In 1672, he (styled cor- poral) with Joseph Fitch and Jacob Drake, petition the court to enlarge the bounds of Windsor. In 1673, Quarter Master Samuel Marshall received a *Wc are permitted by the courtesy of Kev. Edward C. Marshall of New Tork city, whose zeal and interest has contributed much to the yalue of this history, as well as of his family genealogy, to present the copy of a letter received by him from a son of the celebrated Chief Justice Marshall of Virginia. The writer is a prominent citizen of Fauquier County, Va., and president of the Manassas Gap Rail Road, and the letter, although not as complete as could ba desired, is the fullest yet published, with reference to the origin of the family of the late Chief Justice. Carkinqton, Fauquier Co., Virginia, \ March 3, 1849. } My Dear Sir— I owe you an apology for my delay in this answer to your letter, which Kmie to me very circuitously, and reached me on the eve of a trip to Richmond, connected with a visit to an aunt, sister to my fiither, from whom I hoped I might gather some information which Would throw light on the inguiry which was the subject of your commnnicatiou You were correct in your impression that I urn the son, the youngest, of the late Chi^ Justice Marshall. I regret, however, tliat I can not give you the genealogy of my father's family at ita earliest sources. All I can learn is, that some six generations from me, making the time prob- ably coincident with the immigration of your ancestor, mine came irom llnglaod to Westmore- land County, Va. He came as agent in the employment of a Mr. Markham, who had considerable property in the " Northern Ni'ck," and whose family estate in England was largu. If 1 could ascertain the part or shire in England of the Markham estate, it would go fur to designate the part of Eng- land from which my ancestor came. I infer that our family was. at the beginning, a highly respectable one. because, at an early period, it became connected with some of the best families in the state. The family names most common are John. Thomas and William. The nflmes of John and Thomas have alternated with the oldest sons throughout their generations. * » * My name is ICdward Carriogton, coming from my mother's sister's husband. Col. Edward Carrington. distinguished in the Revolutionary War, in the southern rampnign I will end this communication with a statement of the history of the familv of Virginia, atits later period, which I think very remarkable. My grandfather. Col. Thomas Marshall, highly distinguished at the battle of Brandy wine, had fifteen children— eight daughters and seven sons. He lived to see every one of them grown up and married. Every one but one, was highly dis- tinguished for talents, and every daughter but two, married men of high distinction for talents. The oldest son was Chief Justice of the United States; three others— that is, one son imd two sons-in-law, were made federal j udges, by the elder John Adams ; another son was president of two colleges ; another son-in-law was senator of the United States. '■ Jam satis" 1 think it extremely probable that our families have a common origin in England, and t regret that I have not been able to throw any light on the subject. I will close this letter by saying, that if this investigation, or any other motive, should bring you to Virginia, I shall be happy to see you, and will give you a Virginia welcome. Yours, very respectfully, Edward C. Marshau. MARSHALL, 693 grant of 150 acres. When King Philip's war broke out, he was actively engaged in military service ; was appointed (Oct. 14, 1675) ensign in Maj. Treat's army, and was one of the five captains who led the Connectifint forces in the famous attack on the Narragansett fort, Dec. 19, 1675, where he fell at the head of his troops. Windsor lost in him an honored citizen and a brave soldier. The Rev. Mr. Chapman of Windsor, stated, from tradition, that the original Marshall house was on the bank of the Farmington, near the point which juts into the meadow, a few rods below the present site of the bridge, Capt. Samuel having been one of those whe " staid by consent of the town, and enlarged their gardens In the PaUzado." It has not been ascertained at what period this land ceased to be in possession of the family. The land at Po- quonnoc mentioned in the will of Capt. Samuel, is supposed to be the same upon which Elihu Marshall now resides. He m. Mary (dan. of Lt. David) Wilton, May 6, 1652. Children— S&mne\, b. May 27, 1653 ; Lydia, b. Feb. 18, 1655 ; Thomas, b. April 23, 1659 ; David,! b. July 24, 1661 ; Thomas,^ b. Feb. 18, 1663 (probably Deac. T., who d. Nov. S, 1735) ; Mary, b. May 8, 1667 ; Eliakim* 3 b. July 10, 1669; John,** b. April 10, 1672 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1674. David,! m. Abigail Phe|ps, Dec. 9, 1686. Children— Abiga.il, b, Jan. 9, 1687; Hannah, b, Dec. 8, 1689 ; David,5 b. April 14, 1692. Thomas,2 m. Mary Drake, March 3, 1685-6. C/iiWrcn— Thomas, b. Jan. 14, 1686 ; d. -iug. 26, 1689 : Mary, b. Feb. 21, 1688-9 ; Samuel.e b. July 23, 1691; Thomas,7 b. Feb. 6,1693; Rachel, b. April 12, 1696 ; Catherine, b. April 11, 1699 ; John, b. April 3,1701; Noah.s b. April 24, 1703; (Rev.) Daniel,9 b. 1705 ; Benjamin, b. Aug. 7-&, 1707 ; Eunice, b. May 3, 1709 ; m.f Eliakim,3 m. Sarah Liet of Guilford, Aug. 23, 1704. CAj7rfrm— Dorothy, b. Oct. 1, 1705 ; Sarah, b. June 27, 1709 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 29, 1710-11 ; Mary, b. March 14, 1715 ; Eliakim,iOb. July 15, 1720. John,* m. Abigail ; she d. Feb. 29, 1697-8 ; had Abigail, b. Dec. 10, 1693 ; d. Feb. 18, 1693^ : Hannah, b. April 16, 1695. David,5 m. Sarah Phelps, Dec. 15, 1721. Children — David, b. June 1, 1722; d. 1725: Hannah, b. Feb. 15, 1730-1; Sarah, b. April 4, 1727; David,ll b. Oct. 21, 1728. SAMOEL.e m. Abigail Phelps, July 12, 1706. CAt7dren— Samuel,12 b. Aug. 17, 1717; (Rev.) Eliakim,} b. March 1, 1718-19 ; Abigail, b. March 6, 1721- 22 ; Noah, b. April 29, 1723 ; Rachel, b. Feb. 1, 1724-5 ; Abner,i3 b. Feb. * Not on Town Records, but on Old Church Becord and Will. tThis lady also took upon herself to exhort, and preach Baptist doctrines She was ordered to desist, but not complying, was, although pregnant at the time, thrown into i&il.—iRev. Mr. Chajmian. t He was conyerted under the ministry of Mr. Whitfield, in the JVcto Lialit Stir, and remained a Pasdobaptist minister about 30 years. lie became a Baptist in 1786, and died at Windsor, 1791. He was through life esteemed a preacher of piety and talents. He was also often a member of the Connecticut legislature. As he became a Baptist but about five years before his death, he was not much known among the denomination ; but on account 694 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR, 9, 1726-7 ; Amasa, b. Jan. 17, 1728-9 ; (Rev.) Joseph* and Mary, twins, b. Feb. 17, 1730-31 : Asenath, b. May 1, 1733 ; Aaron, h. May 11, 1735. of some circumstances which attended hia cnnTiction of Baptist fentiments, his biography appt'ars worthy of being recorded. "While Abraham Marshall of Georgia was on hiB way to Tisit New England, in 1786, at Philadelphia he fell in with Sir. "Winchester, of whom be enquired respecting his relatives in ConDccticut. He informed him what he knew ; and among other things observed, that Eliakim Marphall of Windsor was a man of sound judgment, a tetentive memory, and a tender conscience. "Well," replied Abraham, ''if this be his character, I shall expect to baptize him before I return; for if he has a sound judgment, he will understand my arguments in favor of believer's baptism and against that of infants; if he has a strong memory he will retain them ; and if he has a tender conscience, they will have an influence on his mind." With a firm persiTasinn that be should lead his relative into the water, he prosecuted bis journey into Connecticut. It appears from the history of the Kioka church, that this Abraham Marshall was only three years old when his father went from Con- necticut, among the Mohawk Indians. He was of course unknown to any of his relatives here ; but he was received among them cordially, and treated with respect, and he made Eliakim's house his home. He kept in mind what Mr. Winchester had told him of his cousin; but he resolved that he would not be forward to introduce the subject of baptism, nor press him too hard at first. Eliakira frequently expressed a depire to hear what his new relation, as he called him, had to say in defence of the opinions in which they differed; but Abraham waived the matter for a time. At length, from slight skirmishes, they, by mutual consent, entered with all their strength into the baptifmal conti'overey, in which Eliakim had hefiu a man of war from his youth, and now manifested a strong assurance of victory. He bepan with AbraJiaTii's covenant, and mustered all the arguments usually brought in defence of Pasdobaptism. Abraham, on the other hand, opposed his whole system, as destitute of scripture proof, and adduced his reasons for bis different belief. At the first onset, this old P«edobaptiat divine, as he afterwards acknowledged to a friend, had but two arguments left for the support of his system; and continuing to lose ground, while striving with himself to regain it, in the next attack he was completely defeated, and in a short time after confessed his conscience could not he easy till he was baptized. But a trouble arose on account of hie wife, - who was much opposed lo this change in hia aentimenta. He mentioned this circumstance to Abraham, and requested his advice. He replied that his youth did not qualify him to prescribe to a man of his years; " hut," said he, ""I will mention two passages of scripture, which my father fi'equently made use of in diflBcult cases, which are these. ' I conferred not with fleph and blood. "What thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.' " The tender conscience of this aged convert urged bimtoduty; and, according to Abraham's expectation, he was baptized by him the day before he left the place. A large concourse of people, sup- posed to be two or three thousand, collected to witness the administration of the solemn rite. The venerable candidate addressed them in the most melting manner : *' I was awakened," said he, " under the preaching of Whitfield, about forty years ago, at which time ray mind was solemnly impressed with this sentiment, God is wisdom ; he therefore knows all my thoufihts. and all I do. I was in the next place impressed with this sentence, God is holiims; and must therefore hate all in me, which his wisdom sees is wrong. I was in the third pl£w* impressed with this solemn thought, God is power ; this struck me like thunder, and brought me to the ground." So saying he burst into tears, and in a moment the tears were flowing from a thousand eyes. " After laboring a few days," continued he, " under these weighty impressions, the soothing declaration, God is touc, relieved my distress, removed my fears, and filled me with unspeakable joy." He expatiated largely on the interesting event of his con- version, and the most solemn attention pervaded the great assembly. {Baptist lieposUory). * Rev. Joseph went in hia youth into a settlement east of Windsor ; where after a certain period he took upon himself to go about exJiorting the people, without having received any license from the authorities. He was ordered to discontinue this practice, hut he would exhort, whereupon he was fined, which he refusing to pay, was put in jail in Hartford and whipped. He still refused to pay the fine, and finally his neighbor, Mr. Hooker, paid it. Nevertheli'Bs he continued to exhort, and having afterwards removed to Vermont, he died there in the work of the ministry. iRev. Mr. Chapman). MARSHALL. 695 Thomas, Jr.,7 m. Elizabeth Tudor, Oct. 9, 1725. Children— Thom&s, h. Oct. 13, 1726 ; Gad, b. Feb. 18, 1731-2 ; Job, b, April 22, 1736 ; Thomas, b Aug. 24, 1738. NoAH,8 m. Ruth Cook, Jan. 19, 1748 ; had Josiah, b. Nov. 5, 1749. Rev. Daniel,9 m.* 1, Hannah Drake, Nov. 11, 1742 ; 2, Martha (sister of Shubael) Sterns of Tolland, June 23, 1747. Child by 1st MJi/e— Daniel. * The following account of this eminent servant of God, was drawn by his worthy son, Rey. Abraham Marshall, who succeeded his father in the pastoral station of Kioka. It was first published in the Georgia Analytical Repository and afterwards in the History qf the Virginia Baptists. It is now transcribed and presented to the reader in its original epistolary form. '' In giving a biographical sketch of my honored father, we must go back to the distance of almost a century, liis birth was in the year of our Lord 1706, in Windsor, a town in Connecticut. He was religiously educated by respectable and pious parents, and being hopefully converted at about twenty vearsof age. joined the then standing order of Presbyterians in bis native place. The natural ardor of his mind soon kindled into the fire of holy zeal, and raised him so bish iu the esteem of his brethren, that they called him to the offtce of a deacon. Jn the exemplary discharge of his duty m this capacity, he continued near twenty years. During this time, in easy circumstances, he married lu d lost a wife, bv whom he had a son named after himself, Daniel, who is still a useful member of society." (It is related by the Rev. Mr. Chapman, that he made himself odious to the orthodox church in Windsor, by preaching the Baptist doctrines, and at the death of his wife, the people having assembled to witness the funeral ceremony, the Pastor of the church, refused to perform the usual service, upon which the people all dispersed leaving the revprend widower to bury his deceased spouse himself.) " At the age cf thirty-eight years, our worthy parent was one of the thousands in New Eng- land, who heard that son of thunder, the Rev George Whitfield, and caujjht his seraphic fire. Firmly believing in the near approach of the latter day glory, when the Jews with the fulness of the Gentiles, shall hail their Redeemer, and bow to his tientle sceptre, a numberof worthy characters ran to and fro through the eastern states, warmly exhorting to the prompt adoption of every measure tending to hasten that blissful period. Others sold, gave away, or left their possessions, as the powerful impulse of the moment determined, and without scrip or purse, rushed up to the head of the Susriuehanna, to convert the heathens, and settled in a town called Onnaauaggy, among the Mohawk Indians. One, and not the least sanguine of these pious missionaries, was my venerable father. Great must have been his faith, great bis zeal, when, without the least prospect of a temporal reward, with a much beloved wife, and three children, he exchanged his commodious buildings, for a miserable hut; his fruitful fields and loaded orchards, for barren deserts; the luxuries of a well furnished table, for coarse and scanty fare; and numerous civil friends, for rude savages ! He had the happiness, however, to teach and exhort, for eighteen months in this place, with considerable success. A number of the Indians were, in some degree, impressed with eternal conccrn^^. and several became cordially obedient to the gospel. But just as the seeds of heavenly truth, sown with tears in this un- promising soil, began to appear in their first fruits, the brenking out of war amony: the savage tribes occasioned his reluctant removal to Conegochea^ue, in Pennsylvania. After a short residence in this settlement, he removed to a place near Winchester, in Virginia. '■ Here he became acquainted with a Baptist church, belonging to tbe Philadelphia associa- tion; and as the result of a close, impartial examination of their faith and order, he and my dear mother were baptized, in the forty-eifihth year of his life. He was now called, as a licensed preacher, to the unrestrained exercise of his gifts; and though they were by no means above mediocrity, he was instrumental in awakening attention, in many of his hearers, to the interests of their souls. " Under the influence of an anxious desire to be exten.iively useful, he proceeded from Vir- ginia to Hufihwarry, in North Carolina, where his faithful and incessant labors proved the Eappy means of arousing and convertint^ numbers. Being so evidently and eminently useful an an itinerant preacher, he continued his peregrination to Abbot's Creek, in the same state, where he was the instrument in planting a church, of \shich he was ordained pas or. in the fifty-second year of his age, by bis brothers-in-law, tbe Rev, Messrs. Henry Leadbetter. and Bhubael Stearns. Soon after receiving this honor, my reverend father, in one of his evangelical journiea into Virginia, had ttie singular happine.ss to baptize Col. Sam'l Harris, with whom bo afterwards made several tours, and preached, and planted the gospel in several places, as far as James river. It was but a few years after his ordination, before, induced by appearances of increasing usefulness, he took an affectionate leave of his beloved charge, and settled on Beaver creek, in South Carolina. " In this place, likewise, a large church was raised under his minL«try, and till brought to a good degree of maturity in divine things, was an object of his tender and unremitted care and flolieitudf. At the direction of Divine Providence, as he conceived, and as subsetjuent events have proverl. his next removal was to Horse ('reek, about 15 miles north of Augusta. " The fruits of his labors in this place remain in a respectable church, some of whose sons, raised up uader his care, have successfully diilTused the light of divne truth through various bsnighted regions. From Horse Creek my aged father mode his first vi.-its to this state. On the second or third of these, while in prayer, he was seized in the presence of his audience, for preaching in the parish of St. f aul. and made to give security for his appt-arance in Augusta, tbe MoDday fotloving, to answer to this charge. Accordingly he stood a trial, and after hjs meek- ness and patience was sufiiciently exercised, was ordered to come no more as a preacher into Georgia, in the words of an apostle similarly circum.stanced, he replied. ' Whether it be right to obey God or man. judge ye,' Consistently with this just and spirited reply, he pursued hjs successful course, aud on the 1st of Jan., 1771, came with his family, and took up his final earthly 696 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Children by 2d wife — (Rev.) Abraham, John, Zaccheus, Levi, Moses, Solomon, Joseph, Eunice, Mary, Benjamin. EliaiuMjIO ra. Sarah Hodge, Nov. 10, 1743. Children— Sar&h, b. Oct. 17, 1744 ; Eunice, b. Jan. 14, 1745-6 ; Rhoda, b. July 22, 1747 ; Dinah, b. April 1,1749; Elisha, b. Dec. 31, 1750; Elijah, b. Sept. 9, 1752; Eliakin),Hb. Oct. 28, 1754 ; Rachel, b. June 13, 1756 ; Asenath, b. July 9, 1758 ; Lucy, b. July 18, 1760; Tryphena, b. March 31, 1762; Daniel, b. March 18, 1766. DAviD,lim. Naomi Griswold, whod. Sept. 30, 1824, a. 89; resided in Po- quonnoc, W. ; a farmer ; was a prominent man in W. Children — Naomi, b. Sept. 30, 1757 ; m. Moses Niles of W. : Olive, m. 1, Joseph Holcomb of W. ; m. 2, Alexander Euos of Whitestown, N. Y. : Sarah, b. March 21, 1759 ; d. Feb. 6, 1761 : Elisha,i5 b. April 16, 1763 ; EUhu,i6 b. March 21, 1765. SAMcrEL,l2 m. Joanna Cook, Nov. 17, 1743. Children — Samuel,!^ b. March ■ 27, 1744 ; Sarah, b. July 27, 1745 ; Alexander, b. June 13, 1747; Joanna, b. Oct. 27. 1749. Abner,13 m. Hannah Marshall, Jan. 4, 1759. Child — Hannah, b. Oct. 8, 1759. residence at the Kioka ; the following Spring the church here was foriaed, and it is famouB for haviQ^farnisheU materials for siiverKl other churches. For this purpose many common mcm- beis have been dismissed, and .several ministers have been ordained. Among tbese are the llev. Messrs. Sanders Walker, &am'l N«wton, Loveless Savage. Alexander Scott, and the writer of this ariit'le. Through God's blessing on the ministry of tier indetatigable founder and pHstor, this church continued to It^ngthen her cords and strengthen her stakes, breaking forth on the right hand and on the left, till our beloved country was unhappilj involved in the horrors of war Wo scenes, however, from the commencement to the terminiifion of hostilities, were so gloomy and alaiming as to deter my father from discharging the duties of his station. Neither reproaches nor threatenings could excite in him the least appearance of timidity, or anything inconsistent with Christian and ministerial heroi.-m. ** As a friend to the American cause, he was once made a pri.«oner and put under a strong guard; but obtainiug leave of the officers, he commenced and supported so heavy a charye of exhortation and prayer, that, like Daniei of old, while his enemies stood amazed and confound- ed, he was safely and honorably delivered from this den of lions. '■ Jiveu the infirmities of old age. and the evident approarh of the king of terrors, were not sufficient to shake his faith and hope, nor, in the least perceivable dej^ree, to abate his zeal. ■■ A few months previous lo his dece»se, rising in his pulpit, which be had frequently he- sprinkled with his tears, and from which he often descended to weep over a cai-eles.'^ auditory, he suid, * 1 address you, my dear hearers with a difRdence which arises from a failure of me- mory, and a general weiikuess of body and mind, common to my years; but I recollect, he that holds out to the end shall be saved, and I am resolved to finish my course in the cause of God' Accordingly he attended public worship regularly, even through nis last lingering mortal ill- ness, till the last Sabbath but one before his dissolution. In hisfnmily he invariably performed his usual round of holy duties, till the morning preceding his happy change. Fully apprised of this as at hand, and perfectly in his senses, he expressed distinctly and emphatically, hia steady and increasing confidence of future bliss. '• The following taken by me, in the presence of a few deeply affected friends and relations, are his last words. " ■ Uear brethren and sisters. I am just gone. This night I shall probably expire; butlhave nothing to fear. I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, 1 have kept the faith : and henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. God has alwaysshown mo that he is my God. that 1 am his sen, and that an eternal weight of glory is mine !' "The partner of his care, (and 1 may add, faithful assistant in all hie labors), sitting he- dewed with tears by his side, be proceeded, ' Go on, my dear wife, to serve the Lord. Hold out to the end. Kternai glory is before us. " After a silence of some minutes, he called me and said, ' My breath is almost gone ! I have been praying that I may go home to-night. 1 had great happiness in our worship this morning, particularly in singing, which will make apart of my exercise in a blessed eternity.' " fSow gently closing his eyes, he cheerfully gave up his soul to God, with whom, I douht not, he walks, ' high in salvation and the climes of bliss,' This solemn event took place at the dawn of the 2nd day of iNov.. 17S4, in the 78th year of his age. A suitable discourse to hia memory was delivered by the late liev. Charles Bussey." Uis children are all yet living in Georgia, at no great distance from the place in which their venerable father finished his earthly course. Ihey all possess a competency of wordly tbingB, and a number of them are members of the Kioka and other churches. Mr. Marshall after all his sacrifices for the cross of Christ, was always blessed by a bountiful Providence with a sufficiency of the meat that perisheth, and left behind him an estate of considerable value. His sou Abraham inhabits the mansion, from which he.was removed to Uifl "house not made with hands." MARSHALL. 697 EliAKIM.W m. Anne . CAi7rfren— Nancy, h. Dec. 5, 1791 ; Almeda, b. Jan. 18, 1788 ; Warren, b. Oct. 6, 1789 ; EmUia, b. July 18, 1794. Elisha,^6 a farmer in W. (Poquonnoc) ; m. in 1791, Anne Carter of Killing- worth, Ct. ; he d. Sept. 8, 1791 ; his wid. m. 2, Levi Clark of Granby, Ct., who moved to Poquonnoc, W., and had 2 sons and 7 dans. Only child by 1st husband — Sarah, b. at Poq., W., Dec. 2, 1791 ; m. to Lorrain T. Pease of Enfield, Ct., May 28, 1809, by whom she has had 7 children, 4 of whom are now living, viz : EUsha Marshall, b. at Enfield, Conn., Jan. 3, 1812; removed to Texas in 1834, where he now resides ; was engaged in Texan war, as aid- de-camp to Gen. Houston, and having received for his services a large grant of land in Brazoria County, Texas, is now one of the wealthiest land owners of that state ; is a lawyer by profession, and has held the office of judge of the supreme court of Texas, and has been governor of the state two terms, from 1854 to 1858 ; he was m. to Lucadia C. (dau. of the late Col. Rich- ard) Niles of Poquonnoc, W., -August 22, 1850 : John J. R., who resides at Janesville, Wis.; b. June 25, 1817; m. in 1851 to Cornelia M. (dau. of Eev. Thomas J.) Ruger (jf Janesville : Sarah Maria, b. Sept. 22, 1822 ; m. in 1842 to John C. Robinson of Binghamton, N. Y., who is a captain in the 5th Regiment of Infantry, U. S. army: Caroline A., b. Oct. 8th, 1826; m. in 1858 to Hamilton Richardson of Janesville, Wis. Capt. ELiHU,16m. Sabrina Griswold ; he d. Sept. 18, 1810, a,. 48 ; she d. Aug. 11, 1837, a. 65. C/wWren— Chauncey,i8 b. 1794. Elizabeth, b. 1796; m. Guy Griswold of Poquonnoc, Windsor ; no issue : Elihn,!^ d. Sept. 24, 1803, ». 5 ; Elihu, b. 1800 ; Gaylord, d. Sept. 15, 1803, a. 12 ; Elisha Gay- lord (M. D.), b. 1805 ; grad. at Med. Department, Y. C. ; now practicing at Pittsburgh, Pa. ; widower; no issue : David. Samuel," m. Sabra — ; had Oliver, b. Nov. 1, 1769 ; Sam'l b. Nov. 8, 1774. Chaukcet,!* b. at old Marshall home in Windsor ; removed to Little Falls, Herkimer County, N. Y. ; m. Mary Hotchkiss Ward, granddau. of John Wil- cox and Grace Griswold ; thus descended from three old families (Ward, Wil- cox and Griswolds), the last of whom, the Griswolds of Killingworth, now Clinton, Ct., descended from Ed. Griswold, who came over with Mr. Hnit, in 1639 ; he d. May 8, 1838. C/itHrm— Calista Sabina, b. May, 1823 ; m. Joseph Herrin, Esq.; no issue : (Rev.) Edward Chauncey, b. July 8, 1824; instructor in military school at West Point, 1843-45 ; senior tutor in Geneva College, 1845-7 ; assist, prof, of math. atN. Y. University, 1848-9 : Elizabeth Serene ; Elihu; Elisha Gaylord; a cadet in U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. ; entered June, 1845 : Adaline Louisa ; Josepha Toule. EiiH(j,18 m. Mary Caroline Griswold, June 10, 1829 ; resides in Poquon. noc, Windsor, at the old Marshall house ; was a member of the Conn, legis- lature. CAi/rf«n— Frances Elizabeth, b. March 21, 1830 ; d. July 24, 1843 ; Mary Caroline, b. March 13, 1833 ; Ellen Griswold, b. Oct. 24, 1834 ; d. Dec. 18, 1841; Annette Rebecca, b. Nov. 27, 1836; Estelle Wilhemina, b. July 1, 1840 ; David Elihu, b. Aug. 11, 1843 ; Ellen Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1846. 88 698 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR MISCELLANEOUS. Thomas, m. Mary Drake, March 2, 1636. Thomas, m. Bethiah Parsons, May 10, 1660. An Edwaed had wife Martha, who d. Sept. 28, 1697 ; and dau. Abigail, who was h. Sept. 20, 1697. James, see p. . Asenath had Job, b. Aug. 27, 1774. Deaths.— Mary, d. Aug. 25, 1683. Thomas (s. of Thomas), d. .Aiig 26, 1689. Saeah (dau. of Eliakim), d. Jan. 20, 1709-10. Eliakim (s. of Elia- kim), d. Aug. 8, 1720. Benjamin (s. of Thos.), d. July 4, 1708. Noah (s. of Thos.), d. Deo. 22, 1712. Doeotht (dau. of Thos.), d. Oct. 25, 1736. Maet (wife of Dea. Thomas), d. Dec. 2, 1728. Thomas (a. of Thomas), d. Deo. 15, 1736. David (s. of David), d. Sept. 1725. JnuA, wife of Oliver W., d. May 3, 1849, a. 30. David, d. at Seneca Falls, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1834, a. 25 {Pog.). MARSHFIELD, Thomas, b. at Exeter, England, came to Dorchester in 1630, removed to W.,* and is presumed to have been the father of Samuel, one of the proprietors of Westfield, who d. in Springfield, 1692. MARTIN, SiLVAHUs (E. W.), had Nabby, b. Nov. 2, 1775 ; William, b. Feb. 13, 1777. MASKELL, Thomas, m. Bathia Parsons, May 10, 1660 ; was buried Aug. 12, 1671. Children— Buthia,, b. March 6, 1660 ; Thomas, b. March 19, 1661 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 27, 1663 ; Thomas, b. Jan. 2, 1665 ; John, b. Nov. 9, 1667; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 19, 1669. MASON, Jonathan, m. Abigail Dorchester, Aug. 29, 1754. Children— David, b. Feb. 23, 1742 ; Lydia, b. June 10, 1745 ; Hezekiah, b. April 2, 1748 ; Isaac, b. Oct. 24, 1749 ; Zerulah, b. Sept. 29, 1751. Isaac, m. Sarah Benton, June 28, 1770, and had Lydia, b. Nov. 11, 1771. Major General John, the first military man of his day, and the celebrated conqueror of the Pequots, was a member of the original company who came over with Mr. Warham in 1630, and was among the first at W., where he remained until 1647, when he removed to Saybrook. The limits of our work will not allow us to give any extended biography of this illustrious warrior. The reader will find interesting sketches of his life in Hinman's Catalogue of the First Settlers of Conn., in the Hist, of Dorchester, Mien's and the various other Biographical Dictionaries, etc., etc. In person he " was tall and portly, but nevertheless full of martial bravery and vigor ;"t and the universal testimony of other days is, that " his life and conversation were of the Puritan stamp, without ostentation and above reproach." He m. twice, and his children were, Priscilla, b. in W. Oct., 1641 ; m. Rev. James Fitch of Norwich, in 1664 ; Samuel (Maj.), b. in W., July, 1644, resided at Stoning- ton; t Rachel, b. Oct., 1648 ; Anne, b. June, 1650; (Capt.) John, b. Aug., * Hinman states that he came to Connecticut as early as 1639, and left the colony in 1643, ap- parently on account of some difficulty in the church. Was a gentleman of good standing. t Key. Thomas Prince's Introduction to Mason's History of the Pequot War, published at Boston, 17 S6. X The Old Oh. Eec. giyes/owr as the number of Major Mason's children born in W. MATHER. 699 1646, wounded in the swamp fight, 1676, from the effects of which he died, leaying a widow and two children; Daniel, b. April, 1652; Elizabeth, h. in Aug., 1654. MATHER.* .John and his son Thomas resided in Lancashire, England. Rev. Rich- ABD, son of Thomas, was the first of the name that came to this country. He was h. at Lowton, in the county of Lancaster, in England, in 1596. In boyhood he showed great ambition to learn, and used to walk four miles ©very day to school. At the age of fifteen he became himself an instructor, and studying devotedly, after a few years became a fine scholar, and a profi- cient in the liberal arts. He spent much time at Oxford University, where he improved himself by conference with learned men and books, by dispu- tations, and other academical entertainment. Soon after, he was settled at Toxteth as minister, and there distinguished himself by his watchfulness, tenderness and energy in his profession : m. in Eng., Catharine, dau. of Pdmund Hoult, Sept. 29, 1624. In 1633 he was suspended from his calling tor non-conformity, and, " without hope of again enjoying the liberty of doing any public work in his native land." In 1634 he- made his journey to Bristol to take a ship for America, being forced on his way to change his ap- parel that he might escape pursuivants who were endeavoring to apprehend him. He arrived at Boston, August 17th, 1634, and August 23d, 1636, after having been previously sought by many congregations, became teacher of the church in Dorchester, Massachusetts, succeeding Mr. Warham, who emigrated to Windsor. He continued at Dorchester, a prominent, zealous and most affective preacher, until April 22d, 1669, when "he quietly breathed forth his last, after he had been about seventy-three years a citizen of the world, apd fifty years a minister in the Church of God." His wife d. , and he in.,2, Sarah (Rossiter), wid. of Rev. John Cotton, 2d minister of 1st church An Boston, Aug. 26, 1656; his wife d. May 27, 1676, a. 75. Children by 1st wife—Uev. Samuel, b. May 13, 1626, in Eng. ; grad. at Harv. Col., 1643 ; ad- .^ittejj. freeman of Mass., 1648 ; went to England, thence to Scotland, finally settle!! as minister in Dublin ; m. a sister of Sir John Stevens of Dublin ; had only one dau., who lived to adult age ; he d. in Dublin, Oct. 29, 1671, a. 45 : Timothy,! b. in Eng., 1628; Rev. Nathaniel, b. in Eng,, March 20, 1630; grad. Harv. Col., 1647 ; went to Eng., where he was presented with a living at Barnestaple by Oliver Cromwell, in 1656, from which he was ejected after .the Restoration ; he then succeeded his brother in Dublin, and d. at London, July 26, 1697, a. 67 ; having preached 47 years in England, Ireland and Hol- land : Joseph, b. in England, d. young : Rev. Eleazur, b. May 16, 1637, in Dorchester, Mass. ; became minister in iSforthampton ; m. Esther, dau. of Rev. * The history of this remarkable and gifted family has never yet been fully written. It ia to be hoped, however, that the subject will some day attract the attention of some competent per- son who will do the subject the justice it deserves. Our sketch, which is confined to the WiTidsor branch, is collected from the town records (very meagre) ; Goodwin's Gen, Notes ; the JYew Eriff. Gen. Seff., and a slight and very imperfect genealogy of the family, published some years since. 700 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. John Warham of W., Sept. 29, 1659 (after his death she m. his suooessor, the Rev. Solomon Stoddard) : Rev. Eleazur Mather, d. July 24, 1669, a. 32; she d. Feb. 10, 1736, a, 92; had 3 children by Mr. M. ; Warham, Eliakim, and Eunice, who m. Rev. John Williams of Hatfield, Mass., who was captured by the Indians : Rev. Increase, pastor of the North Church in Boston, president of Harvard College ; m. 1, Maria (dan. of Rev. John) Cotton, colleague pastor with Rev. John Wilson, 1st minister of B., March 16, 1662; she d. April 4, 1714; he then m. 2, Anna (dau. of Capt. Thos.) Lake, and wid. of Rev. John Cotton of Hampton, N. H., grandson of Rev. John ; and d. at Boston, Aug. 23, 1723, a. 84 ; she d. at Brookline, Mass., Nov. 27, 1737, a. 74; left 10 children, of whom the eldest (Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather of B.) was the fa- mous minister and author of the Magnolia Americana ; he left a son, Samuel, who succeeded him as pastor of the North Church of Boston. Timothy,! settled in Dorchester ; m. 1, a, dau. of Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton of that tovra, about 1650 ; m. 2, Elizabeth (dau. of Ammiel) Weeks of Dorchester, March 20, 1679 ; d. Jan. 14, 1684, a. about 56, " by a fall from a scaffold in a barn ;" she d. Feb. 19, 1710, a. 53. Children by 1st wife—Rer. Samuel,2 b. July, 1651 ; Richard, b. Nov. 2, 1653 ; m. Elizabeth Wise of Dorchester, about 1680 ; moved to Lyme, Ct., about 1690 ; had 4 children: Nathaniel, b. Sept. 2, 1658 ; Joseph, b. May 25, 1661 ; m. Sarah Clapp of Dorchester, Jane 2r'1689 ; d. 1691; left one child : Atherton,3 b. Oct. 4, 1663; Katherine, d. unm., 1694. Rev. Samoel,2 grad. Harv. C, 1671 ; went from Branford to Windsor, Ct., 1681, where he became the 3d pastor of the 1st Cong. Ch., and united the two societies, which for thirteen years previously had been under the pastoral charge of Messrs. Woodbridge and Chauncey,. the successors of Mr. Warham ; he m. Hannah (dau. of Hon. Robert) Treat of Milford, Ct., lieut. governor, and afterwards governor of the colony of Conn., and son of Richard Treat, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Ct. "Here lyeth buryed ys Rev* Mr. Samel Mather, pastor of y^ church of Christ in Windsor, who dyed March y^ 18th, Anno Domini 1727-8. ^tatis Sui, 77 " {Windsor Graveyard). " Here lyeth buryed Mrs. Hannah Mather, Consort of ye Rev* Mr. Sam' Ma- ther, who dyed March 8th, Anno Domini 1707-8, ^. 47, Dulce Par " [Wind- sor Graveyard). Children— {Dt.) Sumnel* b. 1677; (Rev.) Azariah,* b. Aug. * In 1710 he succetded the Rev. Thomas Buckingham as pastor of the first church estaWished in Saybrook (164-3). Mr. Mather had been a tutor in the college at Saybrook, and had enjoyed an opportunity to become acquainted with the people during his tutorship. As a linguist he greatly excelled, and was an ^ble divine. A sermon was published by him in Latin " on being baptized for the dead." Three of his sermons wore published, viz: Woe to Sleepy Sinners, 1720; Sabbath Day's Rest ; An Election Sermon, 1725. He was dismissed in 1732, and died in 1737. A tombstone is erected to the memory of Mr. Mather at Saybrood, with the following epitaph : " Mariali Mather, b. in Windsor. Aug. 29, 1686 ; expired in Saybrook, Jeb. 11, 1736, iEtatis Sua3, 52. A General Scholar, an eminent Christian, a very great sufferer, but now in g:lOTy, a Triumpher. He many weeks felt death's attacks, but fervent prayers liept him back. His Faitn and Patience was to try and learn us how to live and die. Having the wings of Faith and Love, and Feathers of an Holy Dove, he bids this world adieu, and wisely up to Heaven he flew. Dis- turb not then his precious dust, with censors that are most unjust." MATHER. 701 29, 1685 ; Ebenezer, b. Sept. 3, 1687 ; d, April, 18— : Joseph,* b. March 6, 1688-9; d. Nov. 7, 1717: Elizabeth, b. Jan. 2, 1691; d. Jan. 17, 1696; Nathaniel, b. May 30, 1695 ; Benjamin, b. Sept. 29, 1696 ; John, b. Sept. 22, 1699; Hannah. (Ens.) Athebton,3 settled first at Windsor, then at Suffield, Ct. ; m. 1, Rebecca, (dan. of Thos.) Stoughton of W., Sept. 20, 1694; she d. in 1704; he m. 2, Mary, about 1706 ; he died Nov. 9, 1734, at Suflield, Ct., a. about 71. Ckild by 1st tci/e— William, b. March 2, 1697-8, in W.,m. Silence Buttolph, Nov. 7, 1721 ; he d. 1747 : Jerusha, b. July 18, 1700, in W. ; m. Samuel Smith of Suffield. Children by 2d wi/e— Joshua, b. Nov. 26, 1706, in W. ; settled in Berlin, Ct. ; d. about 1785 : Richard, b. March 31, 1708, in W. ; m. Lois, dau. of John Burbank of Suffield, March 24, 1734 : Mary, b. March 9, 1710-11, in W. ; Thomas (M. D.), b. April 5, 1713, in Suffield ; d. in Boston, 1758 : Eliakim, b. July 10, 1715, in Suffield ; Catherine, b. Jan. 5, 1718; d. Jan. 30, 1733. Dr. Samdel* (see chapter in Appendix on Windsor Physicians), m. 1, Abi- gail Grant, April 13, 1704 ; she d. Sept. 1, 1722, u. 43 ; m. 2, Hannah Buck- land, May 15, 1723 ; she d. March 23, 1758, a. 54 ; he d. Feb. 6, 1745-6, a. 68. CWMren— Eliakim, b. Feb. 10, 1704; d. Sept. 24, 1712: Samuel (M. D.), b. Jan. 6, 1706 ; settled in Northampton, Mass. : Timothy,*^^ b. April 23, 1710 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 1, 1714 ; Nathaniel,6 b. Aug. 8, 1716 ;* Joseph, b. May 31, 1718 ; d. Dec. 27, 1732, a. 14 : Charles, b. Feb. 16, 1719-20 ; d. July 9, 1736, a. 17 : Abigail, b. March 6, 1721 ; m. Wolcott ; she d. June 9, 1741: Hannah, b. Aug. 12, 1727; d. March 18, 1761, a. 34: Lucy, b. Feb. 18, 1728; d. Jan. 1, 1771, a. 43: Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4, 1731 ; Eliakim,6 b. Sept. 26, 1732. TmoTHT,*^ d. April 5, 1752, a, 42; had Jasper; Cotton, d. Nov. 26, 1791, a. 46 ; he m. Martha , who d. Aug. 25, 1829, a. 81, in E. W. . had a dau. Ruth, who d. Dec. 6, 1791, a. 7, and James, who d. a. 1 year. Nathaniel,^ m. Elizabeth AUyn ; he d. Aug. 31, 1770, a. 54 ; she d. May 7, 1791, a. 68. CAiMrcM— Nathaniel, b. March 10, 1740 ; Charles? (M. D.), b. Sept. 26, 1742 ; had a son Roger, who settled in Otis, Mass., and had New- ton, Rhoda, Henry, and Eunice : Elijah, 8 b. Dec. 1, 1743 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 1,1745; d. Nov. 4, 1745: (Rev.) Allyn,9 b. April 10, 1747; Oliver.io b March 21, 1749 ; J:)hn, b. Oct. 8, 1750 ; d. in Revolutionary army at Kings- ton, N. Y. : Increase,!! b. July 4, 1752 ; Ehzabeth, b. May 13, 1754 Timotliy!3 (M. D.), b. Nov. 15, 1755 ; Elihu M., settled in Illinois, and had Thaddeua, M. D., lived and d. at Binghamton, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1854, a. 75 who had Caroline, Cornelius, John, Cotton, Sarah : Roxana, d. Dec, 1781 a. 17. Eliakim.b m, Sarah Newberry, Dec. 4, 1755 ; he d. June 11, 1816, a. 84 she d. July 28, 1786, ». 50. Children— Sa.rah, b. Feb. 20, 1756 ; Sarah, b. * Perhaps the Joseph who m. Elizabeth Stoughton, and had Elizabeth, b. Oct 6, 1714 ; Marah b. Oct. 11, 1717. 702 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Sept. 4, 1757; m. Olcott : Clarina, h. Oct. 10, 1758 ; d. April 3, 1811, a. fi3 : Samuel, b. Feb. 10, 1760 ; William, d. Jan. 1, 1800, ». 38. Ohakles'' (M. D.), was a noted physician in East Windsor and Hartford; he d. June 3, 1822. CAiMren— Charles (M. D.), b. Nov. 30, 1764; m. and settled in New York city ; had Charles, jr., William, Sarah, Nancy, Francis, James, Luoian, Mary : James, b. June 30, 1771 ; d. Sept. 21,^.834: Rhoda, b. Feb. 17, 1767 ; m. Jones ; she d. in Hartford, Nov. 26, 1847 : Ann, b. Dec. 8, 1778 ; resides in Hartford ; unmarried : Sarah, b. June 28, 1776 ; d. young: Elizabeth, b. June, 1778; John, b. Oct. 19, 1780; lives at Man- chester, Ct. Elijah,* m. Mary ; he d. Dec. 11, 1796, a. 53 ; she d. May 18, 1790, a. 46. CA/Zdrcw— EIijah,13 d. Sept. 21, 1798, a. 30 ; Return Strong," settled at Hartford, Ct., d. 1845 : Allen M. ;is PoUy, m. Bissell, and settled in Pittsfield, Mass. (Rev.) Alltn,8 m. Rebecca ; settled at New Haven, Ct. ; he d. at Savannah, Ga., Nov. 4, 1784; she d. Aug. 31, 1805, a. 30. Children— AUyn, jr., lawyer ; Sophia. Olivek,io m. Jemima Ellsworth, March 28, 1778 ; he d. Aug. 27, 1829, a. 81; she d. Sept. 9, 1803, a. 50. Children— Oliver, b. Jan. 13, 1779; Ells- worth ;1'5 R. Treat, d. March 14, 1825, a. 40 ; Nathaniel ; Thaddeus, b. Sept. 1, 1792 ; Jemima, m.*Hyde, and settled in EUington. lNCEEASE,iihad Timothy. Timotht12 (M. D.), m. a Foster; he d. April 5, 1788, a. 34, " inheriting as well the virtues as the talents of his ancestors, his life was a relief to the distressed, and as a last expression of good will to men, he liberally provided for the perpetual preaching of the gospel of peace to the First society in Windsor of which he was a member ; sacred to his memory they have erected this monu- ment " (monument in Windsor graveyard). Children — Elihu, d. young ; Richard, Thomas, Eli, d. young ; Lebbeus, d. a. 16 ; Thaddeus (M. D.). Ei,ijAH,i3 had Talcott, m. Julia Pickett, Jan. 11, 1821 ; Timothy, Epaphras, Jerusha. Retdkn Strong,!* had Wilham, Elijah, Samuel, m. Julia Sill, Nov. 22, 1843 ; Charles, Timothy, John, Lydia, d. young ; Mary, m. Sweeter,; d- in 1844 : Huldah, m. a Pinney of Tariffville, Ct. Allen, M.,1-'' had Cynthia, settled at Deerfield, N. Y. ; Edward, settled at Deerfield, N. Y. : Mary, Samuel, Julia, Harriet, Sarah. Ellsworth,16 d. Dec. 23, 1814. CWdre«— Frederick Ellsworth, is a^lawyer at N. Y. city ; Oliver Wolcott, Laura, m. a Mills. Nathaniel (perhaps s. of Nathaniel, 5), Jr.,, had Nathaniel, b. May 14, 1763 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 12, 1765 ; Lucy, b. Oct. 17, 1769. Joseph, m. Deborah ; she d. May 26, 1789, a. 48. CAiMrc»— Joseph, b. 1765; Samuel, b. Dec. 6, 1767; Timothy, d. April, 1792 ; -Benajahi.h 1771 ; d. Sept. 23, 1808 : Elisha, b. 1773 ; d. July 14, 1800 : Eliakim, b. 1775 ; d. 1777 : Sally, b. Deo. 12, 1779 ; d. 1800. MAUDSLEY — MILLBE. 703 Deaths {W. Rec). — Samuel, s. of Azariah, d. Oct. 8, 1785, a. 8. Timothy, d. July 3, 1796, a. 6. Eliakim, s. of Joseph, d. March 10, 1794, a. 3. Elizabeth, d. Sept. 29, 1828, a. 68. Azaki ah (s. of Azariah), b. Oct., 1722; d. Oct., 1796. MAUDSLEY (Mawdsley, novr Mosely), Capt. John, m. Mary Newherry, Dec. 10, 1664 ; he d. Aug. 18, 1690 ; owned a mill in W. ; estate £228, also house and lands at Westfield, valued at £543. Children — Benjamin, h. Oct. 13, 1666 ; Margaret, b. Feb. 4, 1668 ; " Margaret, dau. of John Maudsley, Thomas, son of Samuel Barber, Ann, dau. of John Bissell, all buried this day, Oct. 31, 1673 " ; Joseph, b. Dec. 21, 1670 ; Mary, b. May 3, 1673 ; Consider, b. Nov. 21, 1675 ; John, d. Feb. 10, 1690 ; Hannah, b. April 3, 1690. Samuel, had Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1674. Benjamin, had Bathsheba, b. May 29, 1697. MAYBEE, Nicholas, buried March 1, 1666. MEACHAM, Barnabas, had Samuel, b. Feb. 10, 1760 ; Barnabas, b. July 21, 1759 ; Paul, b. June 24, 1761 ; Phebe, b. March 28, 1762, Titus, m. Anna Holcomb, June 22, 1820. Titus, m. Miss Plume, April 2, 1827. HEARS, John, m. Lucy Rockwell, Jan. 14, 1761. Children — Louisa, b. Oct. 14, 1761 ; Lucy, b. Sept. 3, 1763. Deaths (E. W. 0.).— Samuel (s. of Stephen and Lois), d. Sept. 10, 1755. Solomon (of same), d. May 12, 1759, a. 3 yrs. 4 mos. Seth (of same), d. Nov. 15, 1764, a. 20 mos. Annette (of same), d. July 17, 1797, a. 16 mos. MESSENGER {Wintonbury or £Zoom/irfd), Edward, had Nathaniel, b. June 18, 1653. Nathan (probably same as Nathaniel above), m. Rebecca Kelsey, April 5, 1678. Cftt/drcn— Hannah, b. Sept., 1682; Nathan, b. April 17, 1683; d. Dec. 30, 1684 : Rebecca, b. Feb. 11, 1684 ; Johu, b. Nov. 24, 1689 ; Return, b. Aug. 4, 1691 ; Joseph, b. Sept. 2, 1687; m. Catharine (dau. of Nathaniel) Holcomb, and was the first of the name who settled in West Simsbury ; he located on the farm now owned by Almon and Newell Messenger in Granby, Ct. (for account of his descendants see Abiel Brown's Gen. Notes of Canton, p. 112-14). MILLARD, Jason, had Jason, b. March 12, 1766 ; Calvin, b. June 28, 1769. MILLER, Reuben, m. 1, Elizabeth Thrall, Feb. 16, 1756 ; he m. 2, Esther Bissell, Feb. 12, 1766. CAi7d— Jemima, b. April 11, 1762. Rev. William P. (pastor of Ch. in Wintonbury, now Bloomfield), m. Anna Starr of Goshen, Ct., June 6, 1792. Children— 'WilUa.m Starr, b. Aug. 22, 1793 ; Anna, b. July 23, 1796 ; Horatio, b. Feb. 18, 1799 ; Lucy Hannah, b, July 14, 1801 ; Julia, b. April 27, 1803 ; George, b. July 27, 1805 ; Mary, b. Aug. 30, 1808 ; Ephraim, b. Sept. 12, 1811. Samuel, m. Abigail Holliday, Nov. 1, 1710. Roswell, m. Betsey Gaylord, July 2, 1828. 704 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. MILLINGTON, John, m. Sarah Smith, April 14, 1688 ; he d. March 26, 1720. Henky, had Abiah, b. May 16, 1711 ; William, b. Sept. 18, 1713 ; Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1716. Samcel, m. Ann Elgar, April 23, 1733 ; had Ann, b. June 28, 1734 ; Chloe,- b. April 27, 1736. MILLS, Simon, by tradition, from Yorkshire, England, settled at W. ; m, Joan , Oct. 18, 1639,* who was buried July 6, 1659. Simon (probably son of above), m. Mary Buell, Feb. 23, 1659-60; moved to Weatogue or East Simsbury, 1669. Children — Samuel and Simon, twins, b. April 23, 1661 ; both d. (Samuel d. May 19, 1661) : Mary, b. Deo. 8, 1662; Hannah, b. 1665 ;t Simon, b. May 1, 1667 ; John, b. June 23, 1668 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 16, 1670; Abigail, b. 1672;t Ehzabeth, b. 1674 ;t Prudence, b. 1676 ;t Simon 24, b. 1678 ;t bap. May 11, 1679. Petek, b. in 1666; a tailor; came from Holland, and settled near what is now the east part of Bloomfield, eastward from the residence of Samuel Mills, near the confines of Windsor plains ; he m. Dorcas , who d. May 18, 1688 ; he d. April 17, 1710. CAiMrcn— Ebenezer, b. Feb. 8, 1687; Re- turn, d. July 12, 1689. Peter, Jr. (probably son of Peter, sen.), m. Joanna Porter, July 21, 1692;t he d. in 1754. Children — Peletiah,! b. April 27, 1693; was an attorney; Rev. Gideon, b. Feb. 3, 1694 ; grad. at Yale Coll., 1737; settled at Simsbury, and afterward in West Simsbury: Rev. Jedidiah, b. March 23, 1696-7; grad. at Yale Coll., 1722; settled in ministry at Ripton (now Huntington); was a preacher of considerable note; several of his works were published.; was the ancestor of the Mills's in Fairfield and New Haven Counties ; Peter, d. April 28, 1700; Peter,2 b. April 12, 1701; Dauiel,3 b. May 22, 1706; John, b. Feb. 14, 1707-8 ; father of the Rev. John, and of the Rev. Ed- mund, minister of Sutton, Mass. (see Appendix to Memoir of Eev. William Robinson). Capt. Peletiah,! m. Martha Chapman of Colchester, July 5, 1720. Child- rc«— Martha, b. March 11, 1721; Peletiah,* b. Jan. 19, 1723; m. Hannah Owen, March 29, 1743 ; d. July 1, 1786 : his wife d. Jan. 25, 1806, a. 89 ; Elijah, b. May 30, 1726 ; Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1728 ; d. Nov. 20, 1734: Joanna, b. March 2, 1730 ; Susannah, b. March 2, 1733 ; Sarah, b. June 4, 1737. Peter, Jr.,2 m. Ruth Loomis, Feb. 1, 1726; had Stone, b. May 17, 1730. Daniel,3 m. Jerusha Steele of Hartford, Feb. 12, 1729. CAt'Mrm— Daniel, * Abid Brown's Gen. Sketches (if Canton (p. 92-98), presents a genealogy of the descendants of this Simon Mills. He states this marriage as 1649. t From above work. Simon (s. of Simon), on W.Eec.f "was b. Jan. 1, 1661-2. t Windsor Bee. also give marriage of Peter to Jane Warrin of Hartford, Dec. 10, 1691; whether this was a 2d wife of Peter, sen., or a first wife of Peter, Jr., does not appear. The above work gives quite a history of this family and descendants (p. 99-104), but there is an error ««ne- where. According to our reading of W. Records, the families should be arranged as above ; but in Brawn's account the sons of Peter, jr., are oil given to Pdtr, sen. ; the date of death of "Peter," sew., in 1710 (from W. Xiec.), would seem to decide in favor of our arrangement. MINOB — MOOEE. 705 b. Nov. 19, 1730 ; Thomas, b. April 3, 1732 ; Jernsha, b. Deo. 22, 1734 ; Anu, b. March 24, 1735 ; d. Marcli 25, 1737 : Isaac, b April, 1738. Peletiah,* had Peletiah ; Samuel ; Roger ; Martha ; Eli ; Frederic ; Su- sanna ; Elihu,5 b. June, 1761. Elihu,5 m. Hetty Allen ; he was a farmer. Children— Retty ; Elihu,8 b. Sept., 1793 ; Ammi. ELiHn,6 m. Amanda Hayden, July 15, 1818 ; was a farmer. Children— Ezra Hayden, b. June 15, 1819 ; m. Margaret Snyder, Dec. 18, 1857 ; is a farmer in Iowa : Elihu, b. April 24, 1821 ; d. May 21, 1821 : Amanda, b. June 11, 1822 ; m. Levi Prosser ; lives at Boston : Elihu, b. Aug. 18, 1824 ; unm.; lives in California : George, b. July 31, 1829 ; m. Mary Jane Roberts ; is a farmer at Bloomfield, Ct.; has one child, Hiram : Roberts, b. Oct. 27, 1853 ; Mrs. Mills d. 1852. Marriages. — Ammi, m. Rebecca Loomis, Nov. 16, 1826. Samuel W., m. Candace AUjm, May 8, 1823. Olivek W., m. Ann T. Phelps, Feb. 23, 1825. MINOE, Philip (a Frenchman), d. Deo. 7, 1711. MINOR, Philip (perhaps the same as Minoe above), m. Elizabeth Cornish of Westfield, May 31, 1704. MITCHELL, Mr., d. May 18, 1725. Mitchell (son) (so written, but probably Mitchell, perhaps Mr. M. above), William, Jr., m. Mary Howard, April 26, 1713; 'had Abigail, b. Sept. 22, 1714 ; Margaret, b. May 4, 1717. MOLTON, Samuel, had Phebe, b. Oct. 18, 1751 ; Gershom, b. Sept. 26, 1753; John, b. Dec. 27, 1755 ; Hannah, b. April 12, 1757. MOORE,* Dea. John, came as deacon of Mr. Warham's church, to Dorchester, in 1630; and removed to W., as we infer from the Old Ch. Rec. (see Ap- pendix, No 2), with the first immigration ; he was juror frequently, and deputy in 1643 ; an excellent and estimable man in his day and generation ; d. Sept. 18, 1677, and was buried the 19th in Windsor. Children— UinivisW, > b. in Windsor, July 10, 1643 ; John,l b. in Windsor, Dec. 5, 1645. JoHKjl m. 1, Hannah Goffe, Sept. 21, 1664; who d. April 4, 1697 ; m. 2, Martha Flamsworth, Dec. 17, 1701. Children by Ist wife— 3ohn,^ b. July 26, 1665 ; Thomas,3 b. July 26, 1667 ; Samuel,* b. Jan. 24, 1669 ; Nathaniel, b. Sept. 20, 1672 ; unmarried : Edward,6 b. May 2, 1674 ; Josiah and Joseph,'^ twins, b. July 5, 1679. One child by 2d uji/c— Martha, b. Sept. 24. 1705 ; m. Job Drake. JoHN,2 settled in (East) Windsor, and m. Abigail Strong, Feb. 8, 1693-4 ; shed. May 1, 1733. Children— .]ohT>^ b. March 21, 1694-5 ; Ebenezer, b. May * The Hist, of Dorchester also speaks of a Thomas, who was one of the first settlers at D., and afterwards moved to W. Hinmun also mentions a Thomas of W., juror in 1639 and '42, whom he thinks a brother of Deacon John. There were several of the name in Dorchester at an early date. 89 706 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 14, 1697 ; unmarried : Peletiah, b. Feb. 26, 1700-1 ; d. June 26, 1729 ; unmar- ried : Abigail, b. May 4, 1699 ; unmarried : Batbsheba, b. July 30, 1707 ; d. Jan. 11, 1723, in 17th yr. ; Elizabeth, b. May 4, 1702 ; m. Foster : Sar^h, b. Sept. 12, 1704. Capt. Thomas,^ settled in Broad street, Windsor ; m. Deborah Griswold, Deo.l2, 1695 ;* he d. Jan. 22, 1734 ; she d. .Jan. 19,1756. Children-^Ennmi. b. April 4, 1697 ; m. Isaac Skinner : Deborah, b. Aug. 6, 1699 ; m. DanieP Kellogg : Samuel, b. Aug. 7, 1701 ; d. the 20th : Kezia, b. March 24, 1708; m. James Woodruff: Abiah, b. July 9, 1706 ; d. Aug. 30, 1747 ; unmarried : Thomas.s b. Oct. 26, 1718. Samuel,* settled in (East) Windsor ; m. Damaris Strong, who d. Sept. 9, 1751, a. 77. Children — Damaris, b. Dec. 28, 1703 ; unmarried; Hannah, b. Dec. 14, 1713 ; d. June 18, 1714 : Esther, b. April 12, 1710 ; m. Daniel Hayden: Return, b. July 4, 1706; Anne, b. Dec. 22, 1707; Thomas, b. March 20, 1744 ; d. April 20, 1729 : Goffe, d. Nov. 4, 1711 ; Samuel GofFe,9 b. May 25, 1715 ; Jesse, b. Nov. 17, 1711. Edwakd,5 m. Mary Taintor, April 4, 1705 : she d. July 15, 1751. Children- Mary, b. May 13, 1707 ; m. Caleb Phelps : Hannah, m. Nathan Filley ; Anne, b. Oct. 6, 1721 ; m. Reuben Loomis : Edward," b. April 3, 1710 ; Roger, b. Oct. 29, 1712 ; d. June 10, 1714 : Roger, b. April 24, 1715 ; Margaret, b. Aug. 15, 1724; d. unmarried. Joseph,'' m. Sarah Brown. Children — Sarah, b. July 14, 1703 ; m, Jede- diah Eggleston : Deborah, b. Aug. 18, 1705; m. Phineas Drake : Phebe, b. Nov. 13, 1707 ; m. John Soper : Lydia, b. Aug. 8. 1710 ; d. unmarried ; Joseph,!! b. Aug. 11, 1712. JoHN,7 settled in (East) Windsor ; m. Abigail Stoughton, Deo. "2, 1724. Children— Roswell,'^'' b. May 17, 1728 ; Oliver, b. Jan. 27, 1734-5 ; d. young. Thomas, Jr.,8 m. Hannah Gillet; he d. Nov. 21, 1755. Children— Hannah, b. Oct. 80, 1743 ; m. Elisha Moore : Deborah, b. Aug. 19, 1745 ; m. Austin Phelps : Abiah, b. Nov. 4, 1747; d. unmarried: Kezia, h. July 26, 1745; m. Simeon Loomis: Eunice, b. July 26, 1751 ; m. Daniel Talcott: Thomas, b. March 2, 1754; d. May 16, 1756. Lieut. Samuel Goffe,9 settled in (East) Windsor ; m. Elizabeth Elmer ; he d. June 26, 1774, in 60 yr. ; she d. Feb. 22, 1798, a. 80. CAiHrc«— Anne, b. Oct 25, 1745 ; m. Benj. Allyn : Warham,l3b. Nov. 17, 1747; Rhuma, d. Sept. 4, 1751, a. 9 mos. 3 days; Rhuma, b. Dec. 20, 1755 ; Eli,l*b. Oct. 14, 1753 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 15, 1757 ; m. Noah Wells : Rhuma, m. George Loomis. Edwakd, Jr. ,10 m. Elizabeth Taintoe of Bradford, Sept. 18, 1735 ; she d. Oct. 6, 1766, a. 51. Children— Keais., b. March 28,1737; m. Giles Ellsworth: Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1744; m. Reuben Ellsworth: Edward,l5b. Oct. 30, 1751. JoSEPH,llm. Elizabeth Allyn, May 29, 1735; he d. May 5, 1790, a. 78; * ri,eceived from his father tho old Moore house, pictured on p. 486. MOORE. 707 . she a. May 11, 1790, a. 78. Children— Joseph ^ b. May 2, 1736 ; Josiah," b. b. Sept. 17, 1737; Elisha,i8b. Dec. 7, 1739 ; Hannah, b. March 18, 1741 ; m. Daniel Phelps: Theopilus, b. March 18, 1741; m. 1, Huldah Griswold, May, 1779 ; she d. May 21, 1790 ; m. 2, Elizabeth Rowell, Nov. 18, 1790 ; no child- ren hy either wife ; d. March 6, 1752 : Asa, b. May 12, 1744, ; Elizabeth, b. April 10, 1746 ; d. young : Elizabeth Wakeman, b. Oct. 21, 1747 ; ni. Abel Strong : Abijah,l9 Anna, b. April 27, 1752 ; m. Rodger Rowel : Sarah, b. April 25, 1755 ; m. Ephraim Rockwell. EoswELL,l2 m. Desire Dunham ; settled in that part of Parmington, now- called Southington, Ct. Children— Oliver, d. a. 19 ; Roswell ;20 Ebenezer, d. young ; William, d. young ; Abigail, m. Ichabod Bradley. Wakham,13 settled in (East) Windsor; m. Anne Newberry. Children — Sarah, d. April 17, 1791, a. 12yrs. 3 mo. ; Samuel ;21 William ; Elizur ; Anne; James ; Sophia, d. April 28, 1790, a. 2 mo. 28 dys. . Elizabeth ; Thomas, m. ■ Chapman ; has one son, Thomas. Eli,ii settled in (East) Windsor ; m. Anue Wells. Children— Peter ;22 Anne, m. Seth King ; Sally, d. young ; John ;23 Eli. Edwakd, 3d,i5 settled in (East) Windsor ; m. Ruth Parsons, Jan. 28, 1773 ; lie d. Nov. 25, 1798, a. 89 ; he d. Nov. 10, 1814, a. 87. ChUdren-Ed- ward,2i Roger.25 JosBPH,l6 settled in New Hartford, Ct. ; m. 1, Margaret Kellogg ; m. 2, Han- nah Phelps ; removed to Pittsfield, Mass. Children by 1st wife — Asa ;2t> Margaret, m. Web. Kellogg ; Joseph.27 Children by 2d wife — PoUus, Hannah, Benja- min, Ehzabeth, Anne, Ebenezer Hutchinson. JosiAH,i7 m. Anna Gillet, Nov. 18, 1762 ; settled at New Hartford, Ct. ChM- n«— Susanna, b. June 1, 1763 ; m. Helmont Kellogg : Josiah,28 b. Sept. 28. 1766 ; Thaddeus, d. young ; Clarina, m. David Miller ; Anna, m. David Wat- son; Prudence, m. Asaph Wright; Elihu ;29 Theon, unmarried; Elvira, d, young; Laurana, m. Nehemiah Beach. EliSHA,18* m. Hannah (dau. of Thos.) Moore, Dec. 3, 1761 ; farmer ; he d. March 6, 1819. CAiWrcrt— Esther, b. Nov. 6, 1762; m. Philip Halsey : TholQaB,sO b. Deo. 10, 1764 ; Orson,3i b. Aug. 12, 1769 ; Chloe, b. June 26, 1772 ; m. William Loomis : William,32 b. Dec. 24, 1780 ; Elisha, b. Feb. 20, 1785 ; d. May 20, 1803, a. 19. *He was in the revolutionary army, and served as Quarter Master in Col. Eno's regiment, and among the many other places of trust which he filled during his life, were those of collector and constable in the days of the colony. Hig staff or baton of the last named oflBce, with the name of King George III and the arms of England stamped upon the broad gilded band that encircled it. ia now in the possession of Mrs. Fanny L. Bissell of Windsor. The following anec- dote of Elisha Moore's courage and calmness has been preserved, and is undoubtedly authentic: A party of British officers were stationed in Windsor, and on an occasion of some conviviality at one of the inns, they became exceedingly insolent and overbearing, and to crown all, having marked a circle upon the floor, they declared that whoever dared to cross the line should be a dead man ; their abusive conduct at length advanced to such a pass, that the constable was sum- moned, and when he arrived, the threat of instant death to the man that entered the circle, waS, with oaths, repeated. Mr. Moore without delay stepped over the Hue, and in the name and authority of the king made them prisoners ; a deep gash in his three-cornered hat witnessed to the peril he had encountered. 708 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Abijah,19 settled at New Hartford, Ct. ; m. Abigail Drake of Windsor, Aug. 20, 1772. Children— Ah\ga.il, h. June 5, 1773 ; m. John Strong, jr. ; Abijah, b. Jan. 26, 1775 ; m. a Benham and went west : Orrln, b. April 11, 1777 ; set- tled in New Hartford ; m. Amanda Benham ; had a son, Orson : Sarah, b. Feb. 7, 1779 ; m. Anderson : Tryphena, b. Feb. 13, 1781 ; m. Duthan Wilson ; Almira, b. July 30, 1783; m. Winslow : Allyn, b. Oct. 23, 1785 ; un- married : Luoretia, b. May 20, 1788 ; m. : Pericles, b. April 23, 1791 ; unmarried : Anna, unmarried ; Nancy, b. Oct. 4, 1793. RoSWELL, Jr., 20 m. Lorina Phillips. Children — John ;33 Dimmis, m. Chester Grammis ; Roswell, 3d ; Oliver ;34 Levi ; Lovina, m. Cromwell Newell ; Sarah, m. Martin Frisbie ; Eliza, m. Chas. C. Langdon of Mobile, Ala. ; Nelson, d. young ; Charles ;3s Lorrain, d. young. Samuel,21 settled in (East now South) Windsor ; m. Lydia Stoughton, CAtVrfrm— Frances, b. Sept. 1, 1829 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1831 ; m. Thos. E. Bancroft : Sophia Lydia, b. Oct. 28, 1833 ; Mary Ann, b. March 19, 1838. Petek,22 m. Lucy ; had one dau., Lucy. JoHN,23 m. 1, Eliza Porter, who d. Feb., 1826; m. 2, Aurelia Butler. Children by 1st ujj/c— Sarah Wells, b. Feb. 11, 1822 ; Ann Eliza, b. Oct. 1, 1823 ; m. Alfred Tuttle. Children by 2d wife—Jajae Aurelia, b. June 20, 1831; Wil- liam Henry ,36 b. Aug. 31, 1834; George Woodbridge, b. July 26, 1840. Edwaed 4th,24 m. Ann Allyn. Children — Ann; Minerva C, d. July 13, 1829, a. 20 : Roxanna, m. Richard Allyn ; Abigail,, m. Henry Daniels ; Mar- garet, unmarried. Ro(JEK,25 m. Anne Picket ; he d. Feb. 28, 1809, ». 94. Children— Eenry; Ruth, m. William Clark; Elizabeth, m. William Morgan; Saxon, m. Mary Robbins ; Fanny, m. Justin Cook ; Edward, unmarried ; Hudson ;3'' James, m. Harriet Hunt ; had 2 sons. Asa, 26 m. Huldah King of East Windsor, Jan. 17, 1797 ; removed to Wardsborough, Vt. ; thence to Junius, N. T. Children — Joseph King and Caasamanda, twins, b. July 11, 1791, in W. ; Asa, b. in Junius; Roderick, Jesse, Huldah, James Catlin, David and Nancy, twins ; Frederick, Anna. JosEPH,27 settled in Simsbury ; m. Alnida Adams. Children — Alnida, Orea, Phebe, Joseph Leman, Urial, Harvey, Wyllys, Lura, Anson, Hume, Watson. JosiAH, Jr. ,28 settled in Onondaga County, N. Y. ; m. Abigail Dewey. Children — John, Henry, Charles, Josiah, Augustus, Moriah. Elihu,29 settled in Torrington, Ct. ; m. Hannah Clark. Children — Delia, Sophia, Erastus, Harriet, William, Maria. Thomas,3I' settled in Wintonbury (now Bloomfield), Ct. ; m. 1, Znlina Palmer, who d. May 10, 1816 ; m. 2, wid. Ketura Smith of Soathwiok, Ct., who d. Aug. 6, 1828 ; m. 3, wid. Phebe French, Feb. 9, 1829 ; was a farmer; d. Jan., 1848. Children — Fanny, m. Harry Spencer of Bloomfield ; Hannah, m. Jacob Burr of Bloomfield ; Zulima, m. Phineas Elmour of Bloomfield ; Laura, m. Joshua Cross ; had 2 children : Elisha,38 b. Dec. 18, 1806 ; Mary Ann, unmarried. MOORE. 709 Orson.SI m. Abigail Gillet, Jan. 17, 1797 ; he d. Aug. 1, 1799, a. 30 ; had Harriet. WiLLiAM,32in. Lydia Case. Children— Sane, unm.; Catharine, m. Martin Barber; Amanda, unm.; Margaret, m. James Roberts; Lydia; Elizabeth; Julia, m. Ferdinand Caulkins ; Harriet, m. Henry Holniau ; Orson, unm.; John, unm. JoHK,33 settled in West Springfield, Mass. ; m. Ruth Tryon. Children— John Henry, d. young; Julia Ann, m. A. Hargar; Lovina, m. Joseph Bedortha ; Martha, m. Lyman Allen ; Eliza Dimmis, unmarried. . 0LiVEK,3i settled in Kensingti^, Ct. ; m. 1 , Caroline Leonard ; m. 2, Abigail . Children by 1st wife — James ; Nancy, d. young. Children by 2d wife — Emily ; Caroline, d. young. Chables,35 settled in West Springfield, Mass. ; m. Thankful Leonard. Children — Henry, Cliarles. Henkt,36 m. Mary Woodbridge ; had Woodbridge. Hudson, 37 m. Mary AUyn ; had Ella, Edward. Elisha,38 m. Clarissa H. Phelps, May, 1829 ; settled in Wintonbnry (now BloQmfield), Ct. ; a farmer. Children — Julia Clarissa, b. July 20, 1830 ; Helen Adelaide, b. Sept. 1, 1833 ; Elisha Thomas, b. March 10, 1836 ; Mary Ketu- rah, b. June 5, 1839. Andkew, d. Nov. 29, 1719. Children— Sa.ra,h, b. Dec. 6, 1672; Abigail, b. Sept. 12, 1682 ; Rachel, b. Feb. 6, 1690 ; Amos, b. Oct. 19, 1698 ; in. Martha Owen, May 21, 1720 : Benjamin, b. Dec. 5, 1693. Ebenezer, m. Esther Bridge, Jan. 10, 1733. Children — Peletiah, b. Aug, 24, 1736 ; d. Oct. 22, 1736 : Esther, d. July 28, 1748. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages {W.). — Simeon, m. Hannah Barber, Nov. 22, 1753. Haklow, m. Delano Case, May, J 825. James, R., m. Harriet N. Hunt of Northampton, Dec. 1, 1850. Elisha &., m. Mabel Thompson, Nov. 28, 1826. Births. — DoEOTHY, dau. of Eliakim, b. Oct., 1705 ; Sakah, 2d dan. of same, b. Jan. 24, 1710-11. Debokah, dau. of Thos,, b. Jan. 17, 1710, Amos, s. of Amos, b, Jan. 21, 1720. Simeon, s. of Benjamin, b. Jan. 6, 1732. Hannah, dau. of Simeon, b. May 28, 1754. Ann, had Release, b. Jan. 26, 1770. Rachel, had Betsy, b. Feb. 14, 1780. Deaths (WT-.). —Mary, dau. of john,3 (?) d. Sept. 27, 1704. Deborah, dau. of Thomas, d. June 28, 1700. Joseph,^ (?) d. Aug. 15, 1713. Ann, d. July 4, 1714. John, Esq., d. June 21, 1718. Edward, d. Feb. 18, 1724. Eunice wife of Benjamin, d. Feb. 23, 1732. Josiah, d. May 10, 1751. Joseph, d May 5, 1790. Hannah, wife of Thomas, d. Oct. 31, 1805, a. 85, Edward, Jr., d. May 5, 1788, a. 37. Theophilcs, d. Aug. 3, 1794, a. 53. His wife Hdldah, d. May 21, 1790, a. 52. Abiah, dau. of Thomas, d. Nov. 20, 1788 a. 41. Return, d. Sept. 21, 1748, a. 42. Samuel, d. April 15, 1755, a. 64, Eleanor, wife of Aaron, d. March 29, 1836, a. 44. Col. Eli (E.W.), d. Dec, 29, 1800, a. 47. 710 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. MORRICE, John. Hinman sstys he was in W. in 1639, and a brother of Bobert of Hartford. MORTON {Hinman gives a William at W. in 1649), Tuomas (E. W.), had ' Hannah, b. March 14, 1706-7 ; Thomas, who d. July 19, 1708, by fall from a oherry tree, and was the^irsf person buried in the Old E. W. burying ground, John, m. Jane Williams, May 7, 1713; had Isaac, b. Feb. 19,1713-14; William, b. Sept. 11, 1735 ; Jane and Anne, twins, b. March I, 1717; Sarah, b. March 26, 1721; Abigail, b. Aug. 9, 1721; Hannah, b. Deo. 21, 1726; Mary, Dec. 5, 1728; Sibel, b. Feb. 1, 1730-1; Lucy, b. Aug. 14, 1732; Vashti, b. April 26, 1736. # Mart (dau. of John), d. Aug. 21, 1727. Elisha G., m. Mabel Thompson, Nov. 28, 1826. Deaths [E. W. 0.).— John (s. of Lieut. John and Esther), d. Dec. 8, 1787, a. 8. mo. Infant child of Elisha and Sarah, d. Sept. 1, 1803. (Sc.)— John, b. May 10, ll53 ; d. Jan. 15, 1820 ; his wife Esther, b. Oct. 11, 1751 ; d. Feb. 1, 1818. Elisha, d. July 17, 1840, a. 62. Dr. James H., d. Sept. 7, 1844, a. 45. Mabel, T'., wife of Elisha G., d. Feb. 19, 1846, a. 41. Alexander, d. April 13, 1822, «,. 63. His wife Ruth, d. Nov. 9, 1850, a. 88. Lucius (dau. of Eli and Harriet), d. March 15, 1816, d. Oct. 6, 1816. Hakkiet, the mother, d. Aug. 15, 1829, a. 44. Haekiet (dau. of William and Huldah), b. Oct. 19, 1816 ; d. Sept., 1817. Willis and Pkiscilla J. had Charlotte A., who d. May 21, 1854, a,. 21 yr. 4 mo. ; Julia P., who d. Aug. 10, 1854, a. 20 yr. 5 mo. ; and Ruth A., who d. Oct. 29, 1850, a. 18. Nathab C, d. Aug. 11, 1843, a. 27. Susan M., wife of Caleb Benjamin, and dau. of John and Nabby Morton, d. April 16, 1850, a. 31. Elisha G., and Mabel, had J. Thompson, who d. Oct. 21, 1849, a. 8 ; Carlos who d. July 31, 1845, a. 2 ; James H., who d. Jan. 26, 1833, a. 2 yr , 6 mo., and James H., who d. Oct. 15, 1834, a. 16 mo. MOSES,* John, m. Mary Brown, May 18, 1653, who d. Sept. 14, 1689 ; he d. in 1683 ; left his wid. one-third of his real estate and £64 persoHSl estate ; to son Timothy, £66 ; to Mary, £70 ; to four youngest daus., £60 ; estate, £575. C/itMrm— John, b. June 1, 1664 ; William, b. Sept. 1, 1656 ; d. Nov. 27, 1681 : Thomas, b. Jan. 14, 1658 ; d. July 29, 1681 : Mary, b. May 13, 1661 (Dec. 2 in Old Ch. Rec.) ; Sarah, b. Feb. 2, 1663 ; Margaret, b. Dec. 2, 1666; Timothy, b. Feb., 1670 ; Martha, b. March 8, 1672 ; Mindwell, b, Dec. 13, 1676. MUCHMORE, John, had John, b. Sept. 6, 1719 ; Hannah, b. April 29, 1723 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1724 ; Samuel, b. Sept. 27, 1727 ; Shadi-ach Sharpen, h. May 31, 1732 ; Ebenezer, b. April 17, 1730. MUGLESTON, Thomas, m. Sarah Bliss, Dec. 13, 1733 ; had Mary, b. Deo. 23, 1734; Lucy, b. Oct. 11, 1736. * See Brown's. Gen. Sketches of Canton for several families of Moses. MDNSELL. 711 MUNSELL. The first immigrants of this name located in the eastern part of Connecticut, hut the time of their coming from England is not well settled. They soon separated, and no communication having heen kept up between them, their personal history is only to be gathered from town records and tombstones. Early in the last century Jacob Monsell. one of their descend- ants, came to East Windsor, and is the progenitor of the families which have ever since been known in the towns and parishes embraced in Ancient Wind- sor, and his posterity is now widely scattered over the United States. The orthography of the name is various upon the records and monuments, but is now written Munsell by all the families in America, Notwithstanding the diversity of orthography in England, the family history as well as the escutcheons of the different branches, show that they are all of one lineage, originating in Sir Philip de Maunsell, who came from Normandy, one of the companions of William the Conqueror, and on whom was bestowed the manor of Oxwiche in Glamorgan- shire. His grandson. Sir John Maunsell, was constituted lord chief justice of England in the time of Henry HI ; his eldest son, Sir Thomas, knight banneret, fell in the Barons' wars, at Northampton, in the 48th Henry IH, and was succeeded by his son Henry, who was the ancestor of the extinct Lords Man- sel, and baronets of Margram. This family omitted the u in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and in 1711, dropped the second ;. A branch of the family emigrated from the neighborhood of Frome in England, and settled in Ire- land early in the reign of Charles I, and is now known as Monsell of Tervoe. The name is written Maunsell : Mansell, Monsell, Monsall, Munsell ; Mansel, Moncil, Munsel, Muncil. Descendants of other branches than this of Windsor are frequently met with. We give the device of one of the English famihes, by way of illustration, which will probably be a, novelty to the descendants here ; and the technical description below exhibits all the dilfer- ence that exists in the arms of the branches, as far as we have been able to discover. jlrms. — Irg., a chevron between three maunches, sable. Crests.— lf,t. On a chapeau, gu., turned up erm., a falcon rising, ppr. 2d. A cap of maintenance, enflamed at the top, ppr. Mottoes.— Q,nod vult valde vult; and, Honorantes me honorabo. MONSELL, Jacob, m. 1, Calkins ; 2, Phebe Loomis, Feb. 1.5, 1718-19. CMdcm— Calkins,! b. June 12, 1718; m. Mary Booth, May 19, 1743: Thomas, b. April 9, 1720; d. April 17, 1720: Mercy, b. Feb. 9, 1721; d. young: Elisha,2 b. Sept. 15, 1723; Jonathan, 3 b. Oct. 7, 1725; Mercy, b. Feb. 20, 1728; Gurdon,* b. April 26, 1730; Jacob," b. April 21, 1732 ; 712 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Joseph, b. Sept. 28, 1734 ; John,6 b. Sept. 5, 1736 ; Desire, b. Sept. 5, 1741; m. Isaac Rockwell. Calkins,! b. Jane 12, 1718 ; m. Mary Booth, May 19, 1743 ; he d. May 21, 1768, aged 40. C/iiWrm— Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1744 ; Zachens.T b. Aug. 17, 1745 ; Phebe, b, Feb. 2, 1748 ; Alpheus.s b. Oct. 12, 1749 ; Sybil, b. May 27,1751; Charity, b. May 21, 1753; Caroline, b. Sept. 14,1754; Submit, b. April 16, 1757; d. April 30, 1779, aged 23. Ei.iSHA,2 b. Sept. 15, 1723 ; m. Kezia Taylor, Deo. 27, 1750 ; he d. Nov. 22, 1803, aged 80 ; she d. April 8, 1784, aged 58. Children— EezeMah, b. Dec. 7, 1751 ; d. young : Hezekiah,9 b, Jan. 17, 1753 ; Joel, b. July 8, 1755 ; a soldier of the Revolution, in the northern army at Saratoga; d. of small pox, on his return, Nov. 23, 1777, aged 22 : Miriam, b. Jan. 15, 1757 ; died young: Naomi, b. April 3, 1758; m. Jonathan Button: Bathsheba, b. Dec. 6, 1760; ^ had George, Dwight, Laura, Caroline, Emerette. Iskael,!" m. Damaris Bancroft of Wethersfield, April 18, 1751. Children — Israel, b. Nov. 26, 1753; Ruth, b. April 1, 1756; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 24, 1758 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 11, 1761. Daniel,ii m. Hannah , who d. Dee. 29, 1825, a. 79 ; he d. March 18, 1818, a. 82. Children— DsjawX, b. Feb. 25, 1765 ; Elijah, b. July 13, 1768 ; Stephen, b. June 4, 1770 ; d. of small-pox, March 22, 1794 ; Moses,is b. Nov. 10, 1772. Zebedee,11>2 m. Abigail Osborn, Jan. 8, 1746. Children — Zebedee, b. Aug. II, 1748 ; d. July 17, 1750 ; Ezra,l6 Jacob,i' Jonathan, Hannah, Achsah, Nehemiah,l8 John Robinson, George. Thomas,12 had Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1777 ; Lovisa, b. June 7, 1779 ; Susanna, b. Oct. 24, 1781 ; Luoina, b. Oct. 17, 1783 ; Eden, b. Oct. 15, 1785 ; Bropper, b. Oct. 29, 1787; Anson, b. Sept. 29, 1789; Henry, b. March 25, 1792; Sarah, b. June 23, 1794. 92 730 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOK. JosEPH,l3 had Mark, Joseph,!^ Archelaus,20 Huldah, Ruth, Elizaheth. ABEL,l*had Annah, b. Feb. 12, 1777; Davis, h., Aug. 9, 1780 ; Achsah, h. March 19, 1782 ; Ezekiel, b. Feb. 27, 1775. MoSES,i5 m. Mary Shaw, Aug. 27, 1794 ; he d. March 7, 1843, a. 70. CAiMren— David, b. April 30, 1795 ; d. Feb. 7, 1854 {Sc.) : Mary, b. March 3, 1797 ; Laura, b. Jan. 25, 1799 ; Persia, b. June 25, 1801 ; Hannah, b. Maroh 17, 1804 ; Emily Terry, b. April 5, 1801 ; Moses Willis, b. Oct. 12, 1809 ; Nelson Starr, b. Feb. 18, 1812 ; m. Jennette , who d. March 19, 1839, a. 25 ; he lives at Ketch Mills, E. W. : Sophronia, b. June 22, 1814 ; Caroline, b. Aug. 9, 1817 ; d. Oct. 23, 1848, a. 31. EzEA,lOhad Ezra, b. Oct. 27, 1784; Chester, b. Dec. 16, 1786 ; Abigail, b. Feb. 20, 1789 ; Horace, b. June 19, 1791 ; Polly, b. Sept. 21, 1793 ; Allen, b. March, 24, 1796 ; Ambrose, b. July 26, 1798 ; Wyllys, b. Dec. 21, 1801. Jacob,17 had Sophia, Emma, Celia, Ruth. Nehemiah,18 had Norton, Amelia, Sarah. JoSEPH,l9 had William, Adelia, Joseph, Miranda, Meribah, William, Mary, Malvina, Meriva. AKOHELAns,20 had Metta, Eleanor, Joseph,.Ethau,2lFrancis,22 Ann, Sarah, Ruth. Ethan (E. W.),21 m. Sybil Wells, Nov. 25, 1823 ; he d. Feb. 4, 1853, a. 64; she d. Aug. 23, 1854, a. 55 ; had Arohelaus, who d. Oct. 8, 1828, a. 1 yr. Fkahcis,22 had Henry, Mary, Francis, Adelaide. Samuel, Jr., m. Hepzibah Lord, Nov. 20, 1766. CAiMrsn-^Ebenezer, b. Aug 16, 1767; Hepzibah, b. Feb. 12, 1769 ; AbigaU, b. April 7, 1771; Samuel, b. July 12, 1774. Henet (probably s. of Thomasl2 ), m. Kerijah , who d. May 14, 1825. CAi/drm— Henry, b. Aug. 21, 1819 ; Julia, b. Jan. 15, 1823. Ezekiel (perhaps Ezekiel 9 ), had Jerusha, b. Deo. 20, 1780 ; Levi, b. Dec. 16, 1795. MISCELLANEOUS. Births. — Samuel (s. of Samuel), b. July 6, 1708. Marriages. — Sgt. Samuel, m. Hannah Phelps of Enfield, July 20, 1737. Samuel (s. of James), m. Mary Brooks, Nov. 14, 1688. Samuel, m. Rebecca Denslow, Feb. 7, who d. May 2, 1751. Parsons, m. Artemesia Lord, Nov. 23, 1822. Allen, m. Betty S. May, Oct. 31, 1825. Deaths [W. Bee). — Samuel, sen., d. June 21, 1736. Samuel (s. of Samuel), d. March 9, 1746. John (s. of John), d. Feb. 10, 1736. Laura, wife «f John, d. Nov. 17, 1814, a. 31. (E. W. 0.) — Hepzibah, wife of Samuel, d. March 5, 1819, a. 76. Ebenezee, d. March 21, 1806, in 30th year. (&.)~William (of Joseph W and Miranda), d. Nov,. 18, 1823. Alsihea (of same), d. Sept. 22, 1823. Elijah, jr., d. Jan. 20, 1825, a. 28. OWEN. 73 1 OWEN (Owin), JoHH, came from Wales, and settled in W. ; he "was b. Dec. 25, 1624, so that in Dec. 25, 1664, he was 40 years" {Windsor Record); he settled in Windsor at a place called Hosford's Lane, but afterward removed further up the Farmington Eiver to a place then and still known as Polly's Orchard, on the opposite side of the stream from Poquonnoc. John, m. Rebecca Wade, Oct. 3, 1650 ; he d. Feb. 1, 1698, a. 76 ; she d. Dec. 3, 1711. Children— JoBias,^ b. Sept. 8, 1651; John, b. Nov. 5, 1652; John, b. April 23, 1654 ; Nathaniel,2 b. April 9, 1656 ; Daniel, b. March 28, 1658; d. March 1, 1682-3: Joseph, b. Oct. 23, 1660; moved to Hebron : Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1662 ; Benjamin, b. Sept. 20, 1664 ; Rebecca, b. March 28, 1666 ; Obadiah,3 b. Dec. 12, 1667 ; Isaac,* b. May 27, 1670 ; moved to Sims- bury (Gtranby). JosiAS,! m. Mary Osborn, Oct. 22, 1674* ; moved to Simsbnry. Children— Isaac, b. June 4, 1674; Josiah,5 b. June 6, 1675. Nathaniel,2 m. Sarah Palmer, Feb. 2, 1697, who d. April 28, 1731. CAi/ircn— Sarah, b. May 3, 1700 ; m. a Gillett of W. ; moved to Westfield : Nathaaiel.B b. Dec. 31, 1702 ; Anne, b. July 17, 1705 ; Abner, b. March 17, 1706 ; d. March 10, 1708 : Anne, b. July 31, 1709. Obadiah.s had Martha, b. Aug. 31, 1697; Obediah, b. July 8, 1694; d. July 18, 1G94: Jemima, b. Nov. 18, 1700; Christian(a), b. Jan. 10, 1702; Obediah, b. June 8, 1705 ; d. Dec. 11, 1728 : Samuel, b. Aug. 3, 1707 ; Tabitha, b. Feb. 6, 1709-10 ; d. June 10, 1714 : Jedidiah, b. May 22, 1712 ; d . June 7, 1714 : Jedidiah,6>^ b. April 21, 1715. Isaac,* m. Sarah Holcomb, Dec. 20, 1694. CAiMrcn— Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1694; Eunice, b. Aug. 8, 1696; Rebecca, b. March 2, 1697; Ann, b. June 12, 1700 ; Isaac,' b. Nov. 7, 1702 ; Elijah,* b. Oct. 7, 1706. ' JosiAH, Jr. ,8 m. Mary Hosford, Dec. 31, 1698. Children— Aaahel,^ b. March 25, 1699 ; Noah, b. May 14, 1701 ; SUas, b. March 9, 1702 ; Amos, b. March 4, 1704 ; Mary, b. April 13, 1707. NathanieLjS m. Mary Griswold, July 2, 1729. Children— Keziah, b. April 11, 17.30 ; d. Aug. 11, 1730 : Mary, b. Sept. 12, 1731 ; m. a Warner of Hatfield, Mass. ; removed to German Flats, N. Y. ; Nathaniel ; w Abner, b. Jan. 4, 1733 ; served under Lieut. Chick in the Old French War, and d. at Fort Edward : Alvan, b. Feb. 22, 1737-8 ; ancestor of the Owens of Shelburne, N. Y. Jedidiah,6« m. Ruth Phelps, Oct. 4, 1735. CAiWren— Obediah, b. Jan. 14, 1736 ; Daniel, b. Dec. 7, 1738 ; Tabitha, b. Oct. 2, 1740. Isaac, f f had Mary, b. June 13, 1733 ; Isaac, b. Sept. 13, 1736 ; Abia, b. Dec. 30, 1739 ; Mr. Benajah, b. June 1, 1743 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1747. Elijah, 8 { m. Lydia Clark of Simsbury, March 8, 1672. Children— Rebecca. , b. Nov. 6, 1736 ; m. Benedict Alford, and removed to' Vermont about 1790 , Hannah, b. July 17, 1740; m. Capt. John Brown of Canton: Elijah, b. Apri] * Plwlpif Bist. (ff Simsbury, who also gives Mary, b. Feb. 16, 1679. t Ancestors of the Owens in Turkey Hills, or East Granby, Ct. t Ancestor of a Massachusetts branch of the family. 732 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 17, 1763 ; Sliem, h. Nov. 9, 1764 ; Silas, b. Oct. 11, 1766 ; Daniel, b. Dec. 15, 1768 ; Erastus, b. Jan. 1, 1771 ; Lydia, b. April 9, 1773 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1775 ; Oliver, b. April 24, 1777 ; Joseph, b. June 26, 1779 ; Peletiah, b. Dec 10, 1781. AsAHEL,9 XQ. Deborah Drake, June, 1752; had Asahel, b. Oct. 11,1752; Abijah, b. April 9, 1754. Nathaniel,io * m. Mary Pinney, April 16, 1755 ; he d. Dec. 24, 1821, a. 86. Children^ AroeTi b. July 21, 1756 ; Esther, b. Nov. 12, 1761 ; never married; lived on the ancient homestead with her father, and after his death with her widowed sister, Kezia ; after her death, she resided alone until her death on Nov. 4, 1862t : Eezia, b. June 15, 1764 ; m. Gideon Tucker, and has 2 sons and a dau. ; Hezekiah,!! b. Sept. 1, 1766. HezekiaHjII m. Elizabeth (dau. of John) Thrall of Wintonbury, Ct., Sept. 21, 1785 ; who d. Jan. 9, 1836 ; lived at Kingsborough, N. Y.$ Childreiir- Elizabeth, d. Jan. 25, 1816 ; unmarried; Candace, b. Aug. 14, 1789; m. Abner Leonard of Kingsborough, and d. April 2, 1839 : Fanny, b. July 7, 1791; m. Eoger Stillwell of Manlius, N. Y. ; she d, Oct. 11, 1849 : Altamira.b. Feb. 1, 1799 ; m. Ephraim Burt: John Jason^Sb. Aug. 13, 1803; Edward Hezekiah^S b.Dec. 10, 1808 ; Roger Leonard, b. in Watertown, N. Y., April 2, 1812; en- listed in the Texan war of independence, and served till its close ; having once been taken prisoner by the Mexicans, and having suffered the greatest priva-. tions; he d. unmarried at Houston, Texas, Nov. 3, 1839. (Rev.) John Jason, 12§ m. 1, Elizabeth B. (dau. of Hezekiah) Webb of ^Nathaniel, was at the time of hiadeath, the last male member of the ancient Congregational Church at Poquonnoc, W. His funeral sermon Tvas preached by the Rev. Mr. Rowland of W. He was a man of great placidity of temper, seldom or ever showing any sign of anger, however much provoked. His children have said that they never knew him to laugh, a smile being all that would betray the feeling within. In the American KeVolution, his son Aroer being called to do military duty, and being in poor health, the father took his place, and was in the army at New York, at the time of the retreat from Long Island. t She left the ancient homestead to her brother Hezekiah, and it is now owned by Kev. John, Jr., and Edwakd H. Owen, Esq., of New York city. t Hezekiah resided at the paternal homestead until 26 years of age, when he removed to Colebrook, Ct., where he united with the Congregational church, under the pastoral charge of the second President Edwards. In 1 803, he removed to Kingsborough, N. Y., where he resided until 1&36, after which time he lived in New York City, with his sons. He was an ardent patriot, and volunteered from Watertown, to defence of Sackett's Harbor in the war of 1812. His life was one of much vicissitude and trial, but his latter days were eminently peaceful and happy. His piety was even and cheerful ; his hopes of eternal life unclouded, and many hours of each day were spent in the studious perusal of the Bible. He was remarkably fond of music, and often astonished his friends, even at the age of 80 years, by the purity and volume of voice with which he would sing the songs of other days. He died at Brooklyn. N. Y., July-16» 1854, nearly 90 years of age, and was buried at Ogdensburgh, N. Y. § (Rev.) John Jason, D. D., being from his earliest years fond of books, and withal not of very robust health, was designed by his parents for some one of the learned professions, but was not able to commence upon a course of liberal education until 1823, when he commenced his preparatory studies at Mlddlebury (Yt.) Academy. One year after, he entered Middlebury Col- lege, where he graduated in 1828. The same autumn he entered Andover Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1831. Having been licensed to preach by the South Suffolk Con' PALMER- 733 Green Farms, Ct. ; m. 2, LaviniaB. (dau. of Daniel) Heath of Bradford, Vt. ; has had three children hy 1st wife, two of whom d. in infancy ; the third, Edwakd Jason, b. Not. 28, 1835, in New York city ; grad. at N. Y. Univer- sity, 1855, now living and practising law in New York city. ^ Edwakd Hezekiah.is commenced the study of law with the Hon. Daniel Cady, at Johnstown, N. Y., and in Nov., 1832, removed to New York city, where he completed his studies in the office of Horace Holden ; was admitted to practice in July, 1833, in New York city, where he now resides ; he m. 1, Jane Augusta (dau. of Stephen) Livingston, of Johnstown, N. Y. ; he m. 2, Sarah Lyman (dau. of Lora) Nash of New York city ; 4 children by 1st wife, of whom are now living, Jane Augusta, William Henry, Edward Livingston. By his 2d wife, 2 children, Frederick Nash, and Sarah Catharine. Samcel, m. Margaret Griswold, Nov. 19, 1730. CMdrm— Samuel, b. Peb- 24, 1736-7; Margaret, b. April 28, 1742; Seth, b. Jan. 1, 1744. Samdel, Jr., had Rachel, b. June 29, 1760; Eunice, b. Nov. 24,1761; Keziah, b. July 16, 1763 ; Azubah, b. Jan. 6, 1765 ; Sarah, b. July 16, 1767; Peggy, b. April 22, 1769 ; Alice, b. ; Samuel, b. June 11, 1773 (or 5). Seth (perhaps s. of Samuel, jr.), had Seth, b. May 2, 1783 ; Jerusha, b. May 12, 1785. John, had John, b. March 18, 1711-12 ; Derzier, b. Feb. 26, 1718. Elijah, had Joel, b. Sept. 6, 1785. Jedidiah (probably s. of ObadiahS ). MISCELLANEOUS. Daniel, m. Mary Bissell, Jan. 24, . Nathaniel, m. Mary Gaylord, June 14, 1694. Dea. SAmnEL, m. Wid. Mary Fyler, Feb. 26, 1783. Death. — John (s. of John), d. Jan. 25, 1670. Isaac (s. of Joseph), d. Dec. 3, 1709. JosiAS, d. Sept 11, 1722. Margaret (dau. of Samuel), d. April 28, 1741. Makgaket (wife of Dea, Samuel), d. Feb. 7, 1783. (E. W. O.) Sarah (wid. of Johh), d. Feb. 5, 1814, a. 89. PALMER, Nicholas, m. Joan ; vpho d. April 16, 1683 ; he d. Aug. 30, 1689 ; had Mary, b. May 3, 1637 ;* Hannah (or Ann), bap. Oct. 11, 1640 ; Timothy ,l bap. March 20, 1641 ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 7, 1644. TiMOTHT,! m. Hannah Buel, Sept. 17, 1663 ; who d. Sept. 26, 1704 ; he d. gregational Association, Boston, Mass. ; he was ordained by the New York Third Presbytery in Oct., 1831. From that time until the spring of 1835 he iilled" the office of secretary of the Bresbyterian Education Society, from which he resigned, in order to take charge of the Cornelius Institute, for the preparation of young men for the ministry. After this he receiyed a call to Middlebury College, Tt., as professor of Greek and Latin languages, which he declined. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by the University of the city of New York, and in 1849 he was elected professor of ancient languages in the New York JFree Academy, and in 1853 was elected Vice President of the same institution, which ofBces he continues to 1311 at present. lie has published with copious notes and commentaries, a classical series, comprising a Greek Reader, Xenophon's Anabasis, Xenophon's Cyropedia, Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey, and Thucydides ; also the Acts of the Apostles ; and is now engaged on an English com- mentary on the New Testament, of which Matthew, Luke and John, have "already been pub- lished. *0m ai. Rx. 734 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Aug. 29, 1713. Children*— TimotTny, b. Aug. 25, 1664 ; Hannah, Td. Oct. 3, 1666 ; Mary, b. May 14, 1669 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1671 ; John,2 b. April 13,, 1673 ; Sarah, b. April 12, 1675 ; Samuel, b. Sept. 7, 1677 ; Martha, b. Dec. 29, 1679, who d. Aug. 16, 1683 ; Benjamin, b. Feb. 24, 1682. JoHN,2 m. Sarah Mudge, Jan. 14, 1695. Children — John,3 b. June 11, 1690 ; Benjamin, b. Dec. 23, 1703, who d. Aug. 23, 1706 ; Samuel,* b. April 5, 1712 ; Benjamin, b. Oct. 11, 1707. Capt. John, Jr.,3 m. Deborah Filley, Sept. 12, 1723, who d. Jan. 29, 1797, a. 92 ; he d. April 11, 1794. ChUdren— J ohn,^ b. Feb. 7, 1724 ; Mary, b. Sept 10, 1728 ; Jehiel, b. Jan. 12, 1730 ; d. Oct. 10, 1756 : Eli, b. Oct. 13, 1733 ; m. Elizabeth Gillet, April 1, 1756 ; d. Sept. 29, 1756 : Joel,« b. May 14, 1736 ; Eaekiel, b. March 17, 1737 ; d. Sept. 10, 1756 : Jonathan,'? b. May 31, 1740 ; Benjamiu,8 b. April 10, 1742 ; Deborah, b. June 21, 1746. SAMnEi,,* m. Ruth Pratt of Hartford, April 6, 1738. Children— SMuh, b. Jan. 12, 1738 ; who d. Feb. 14, 1759 : Lydia, b. Aug. 25, 1743 ; Hannah, b. Dec. 29, 1745 ; Timothy, b Aug. 18, 1747 ; Stephen, b. June 7, 1750 ; Samuel, b. March 16, 1755. John, 3d,5 m. Jerusha Allyn, Deo. 3, 1748 ; who d. April 27, 1785. Child- ren—John, b. April 21, 1750 ; Jerusha, b. Aug. 29, 1751 ; Jerusha, b. Nor. 11, 1752 ; Jehiel, b, March 18, 1757. JoEL.e m. Ann Hayden, July 23, 1761. Children— Aan, b. May 16, 1762 Naomi, b. Oct. 1, 1763 ; Latimer, b. Feb. 4, 1766 ; Joel, b. July 26, 1768 Hervey, b. Nov. 30, 1770; Martin, b.Feb. 19, 1773 ; Eubah, b. July 5, 1775 Hezekiah Haydeu,9 b. Jan. 19, 1781; Horace, b. March 5, 1783. Mr. Jonathan,' m. wid. Hannan Hubbard, Jan. 19, 1764 ; who d. May 5, 1796, a. 67 ; he d. April 22, 1810, a. 70. CAiMren— Jonathan, b. July 14, 1766 ; Jehiel, b. June 17, 1768 ; Ezekiel, b. Feb. 7, 1770. BenjAmin,8 had Chloe, b. Aug., 1763; Mabel, b. Sept. 9, 1768. Hezekiah H., 9 had Julia Ann, b. July 16, 1813; Emeline, b. April 15, 1815 s Abigail T., b. June 15, 1818 ; William Lucius, b. Nov. 20, 1820. Stephen, m. Sarah Barber, Oct. 17, 1717 ; he d. Nov. 17, 1720 ; had Stephen, b. Jan. 18, 1718 ; Timothy, b. June 28, 1720. CoKNELins, had Mary, b. April 2, 1755 ; Job, b. Jan. 27, 1757. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — John, Jr., m. Widow Jerusha Wadsworth, March 4, 1762. Epapheas, m. Sophronia Woodward, Dec. 9, 1824. Hezekiah, m. Abigail Taylor, May 29, 1841. Hokace, m. Mary Heath, Dec, 1823. Mabtin, Jr., m. Sophronia Barber, May 20, 1835. Israel J., m. Flora Wells, Deo. 3, 1828. Joel, m. Emily Barber, Feb. 19, 1834. Deaths {Poq.). — Benjamin (s. of John and Miriam), d. Nov. 15, 1814, a. 23. Capt. John's first wife, Mindwell, d. Sept. 23, 1814, a. 26 ; his second wife, Abigail B., d. Jan. 1, 1832, a. 52. Wid. Miriam, d. May 31, 1727. « All but first and last from Old. Ch. Mec. PANE — PAEKMAN — PARSONS. 735 Martin, d. Nov. 21, 1732. Eli, s. of Samuel, d. Sept. 29, 1756. Martin, d. Aug. 23, 1843. Joan, wife of Nicholas, d. April 16, 1683. Dea. John, d. Sept. 10, 1756. PANE, Philip, had Sarah, h. July 21, 1693. PAINE (Payne), Eleazer (E. W.), son of Stephen, who settled in E. W. aboutl760, and who was of the Rehoboth, R. I., Paynes {see the Paine Megister, published by Henry D. Paine, M. D., of Albany, N. Y.), had the following CAtVirm— Hendrick, b. Feb. 14, 1789 ; Franklin, b. Jan. 15, 1791 ; Charles Cook, b. May 6, 1793 ; Eleazer, b. Nov. 19, 1795 ; Aurelia, b. Sept. 15, 1798 ; Mary Trumbull, b. Oct. 1, 1801. (For extended genealogy of these see Paine Register, above referred to. Articles 31, 61, 71. "We merely publish the above as furnishing dates, etc., which are wanting in that Record.) David, m. Ann A. Sill, Sept. 12, 1822; had Luther Henry, b. March 7, 1824; Theodore Sill, b. Aug. 28, 1825 ; Edward, b. Jan. 24, 1829. PARKMAN, Elias (pp. 126, 133), had Samuel, b. Aug. 12, 1644. PARSONS, * Thomas of Windsor, m. Lydia Brown, June 28, 1641 ; he d. in Windsor, Sept. 23, 1661 ; his wife d. June 14, 1674. The name of Thomas Parsons appears on a book called Town Wayes, in Windsor, as one of the owners of the Palisado Plot. He was a Pequot soldier, and received fifty acres of land in Windsor for his services in the Pequot war ; which land was subsequently allotted to his two sons, Ebenezer and Samuel Par- sons, by the general court at Hartford, and Lieut. Matthew Allyn and Samuel Beckwith, jnn., were appointed by the court to lay it out to them according to their grant, Oct. 13, 1698 (see Cd. Records, p. 87). Children— BethniA, b. May 21, 1642 ; m. Thomas Haskell of Simsbury, who was made a free- maD, May 10, 1660: Abigail, b. Jan. 21, 1644; buried Dec. 5, 1659: Thomas,! b. Aug. 9, 1645 ; d. Dec. 14, 1680 : John,2 b. Nov. 13, 1647 ; Mary, b. July 23, 1652 ; Ebenezer,3 b. May 14, 1655 ; Samuel, b. July 18, 1657 ; d. at Hartford, Aug. 11, 1708 : Joseph, b May 1, 1661 ; d. in Sims- bury, April 15, 1687 ; William.* Thomas,! m. Sarah Deare (or Dare), Dec. 24, 1648, in Windsor ; he d. Dec. 14, 1680 (see Hartford Probate Records, vol. iv., p. 37) ; she d. June 14, 1674. Children— Saiaix, b. Oct. 12, 1669 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 3, 1671 ; Thomas, b. Jan. 2, 1673.t JoHN,2 m. in 1679, Mrs. Elizabeth Garlick (the widow of Joshua Garlick, one of the original settlers of East Hampton, Long Island), and had a daughter Lydia, b. April 10, 1680, at East Hampton, L. I., who m., April 8, 1695, William Shaw, by whom she had six children ; and after his decease she m. 2, Aaron Leamyeng of Cape May, Oct. 12, 1714, and had issue. It ia supposed that her father removed from Windsor to East Hampton, L. I., and * For an extensiTe genealogy of this family see New Enp. Gen. Register, vol. c, p. 263. t Qin!ry, Did he remove to Enfield? Upon the Enfield Kecords the following children of Thomas and Sarah Parsons are recorded, viz. : John, April 25, 1699 ; Mary, b. Aug. 7, ITOO ; Hannah, b. March 28. 1703. 736 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. from thence to Cape May. The maiden name of Mrs. Elizabeth Garlick was Hardy. .John Parsons sold his interest in a lot at East Hampton to Jeremiah Miller, and removed to Cape May, where he landed 13th July, 1691. In September, 1691, he moved on to his plantation, and lived there until his death, January, 1693-4, leaving the whole plantation to his daughter Lydia. After Mr. Parsons's death, his widow married John Fish, who died about six months after. Mrs. Parsons died in May, 1696. Robert W. Learning, Esq. of Philadelphia, is a descendant of Aaron Leamyeng ; also the Rev. Jeremiah Leaming, who was a rector of Christ Church in Stratford in 1788, and previously in Middleton, Ct. Ebexezee,3 * had Abigail, b. Aug. 1, 1675 ; Ebenezer, b. April 16, 1677; John, b. July 29, 1678. William, * * m. Hannah Parkes or Parker, Oct. 26, 1666, in W. ; he was a sergeant in Capt. Turner's company, in the campaign against King Philip, at Turner's Falls, since so called. Children — William, b. July 25, 1669 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 3, 1678. William, had Abigail, b. April 19, 1777 ; Roxa, b. March 31, 1779 ; Rhoda b. Oct. 25, 1782. James, had Louise, b. May 20, 1757. John, had Eunice, b. Aug. 6, 1731. Hezekiah, had Martha, b. June 20, 1732 ; Hezekiah, b. May 28, 1736. Hezekiah, had Hezekiah, b. June 13, 1757 ; Ann, b. May 7, 1764; Abigail, b. Dec. 7, 1765 ; Peletiah, b. Sept. 1, 1758 ; who d. Jan. 29, 1769 : Mar- tha, b. Oct. 29, 1759 ; Peletiah, b. Sept. 15, 1761. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages.— Caleb {E. W.) m. Lois Higgins of Chatham, Sept. 22, 1777. HEZEKI4H, m. Ruth Case of Simsbury, May 4, 1822. Jerky, m. Laura Fish, April 26, 1823. Edwakd, m. Mary J. Abbey, Jan. 30, 1831. Alonzo, m. Cynthia Fish, Nov. 22, 1831. Anderson, m. Mary Hamilton, May 15, 1833. Jonathan J., m. Mary C. Griswold, Dec. 1, 1825. Deaths.— M.AB.Y, d. Aug. 23, 1847, a. 57. Abnee H. (s. of Avery H. and Adaline), d. May 4, 1847, a. 6 yrs, 7 mo. 7 d. Avert H., d. Sept. 11, 1852, a. 37. William H. (s. of Avery and Sarah), d. March 27, 1838, a. 3 weeks. (K. M.)— Norton C, d. June 6, 1855, a. 44. PASCO, James, m. Hannah Osborn of Enfield, July, 1725 ; had Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29, 1728 ; James, b. March 28, 1731. James (s. of James), had Jonathan, b. Sept. 29, 1760, who had a son Jonathan, who m. Elizabeth Allen, April 29, 1784; and had Jonathan, jr., b. March 12, 1785. * Ebenezer, Samuel, Joseph and William, signed an agreement ■with others, May 7, 1683, by which the inhabitants of Simsbury agreed to settle by lot the question of location of a meeting bouse. In 1696, Ebenezer, Samuel and William are named among those in Simsbury who paid minister's rates, and William appears in 1701. (See New Eng. Gen. MegisUr, TOl. v, p. 360J. PEARSON — PERRT. 737 Nelsou, m. Charlotte King, Feb. 1, 1827. Mr. Stephen, d. Dec. 4, 1807, a. 77 ; his wife Lydia d. Jan. 18, 1795, a. 82 Peter, d. Dec. 20, 1844, a. 75 ; his wife Olive d. April 2, 1814, a. 51. Peecis C. (of Norman and Cynthia), d. June 10, 1848, a. 6. PEARSON, Simon, m. Ruth Tailer, Dec. 25, 1738 ; had Ruth, b. Oct. 21, 1739 ; Benjamin, b. May 21, 1742 ; Ezra, b. April 16, 1744. SAMnEi., m. Jeru.sha Kibbe of Eniield, Jan. 17, 1739 ; had Jeruslia, b. Deo. 5, 1740; Love, b. Oct. 23, 1742; Abigail, b. May 27, 1744; Samuel, b. Deo 23, 1745. Ephkaim, m. Hannah Barret, April 23, 1754 ; had Hannah, b. April 1, 1755 ; Anne, b. Nov. 19, 1756 ; Jesse, b. May 6, 1761 ; Benjamin, b. May 28, 1763 ; Ephraim, b. June 18, 1758. PEASE* (an Enfield name), Nathaniel, had Louisa, h. Dec. 2, 1760. Joel (E. W.), had Lois, b. Jan 7, 1763 ; Joel, b. Nov. 6, 1764; Joanna, h. Sept. 12, 1766 ; Eunice, b. July 10, 1769 ; Enoch, b. Aug. 9, 1771. Petee (E. W.), hadAlvah, b. Feb. 20,1784; Elam, b. Aug. 13,1776 Lucy, b. Oct. 30, 1780; Eliphalet, b. Nov. 14, 1785 ; Orrin, b. Jan. 28, 1788 Peter, b. Jan. 7, 1790 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 20, 1792; Lucina, b. May 8, 1794 Wyllys, b. April 16, 1798 ; Hannah, b. April 25, 1800 ; Loring, b. April 30, 1802. James (E. W.), had Jabez, b. March 5, 1783 ; Erastus, b. May 30. 1785 ; Lucy, b. Nov. 22, 1788 ; Rufus, b June 1, 1790 ; Nancy, b.' Oct. 2, 1792; Waltek, m. Olive Denslow, Sept. 4, 1822. David, 2d, m. Elizabeth Cook, March 14, 1841. Julius, m. Mary Griffin, March 23, 1826. Septimeds, was b. March 27, 1813. PECK, Joseph, m. Margaret Stiles, Feb. 23, 1714. PEERINGS (Peeeen), Samuel, d. June 16, 1690 ; left no children ; Samuel Cross was his heir. PELTON, Nathan, had Ruth, b. Sept. 19, 1768 ; Enoch, b. Aug. 7, 1770 ; John, b. July 29, 1772; Lucy, b. Nov. 7, 1774; James, b. Oct. 20, 1778; Sarah, b. Oct. 12, 1780. 1 Austin, m. Charlotte Pelton, Jan. 1, 1822. PEMBER, Elijah, had Thomas, h. March 2, 1757 ; Elizabeth, b. July 20, 1768 ; Stephen, b. Oct. 14, 1760 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1762. PENDAL, Elisha, m. Irene Boyanton, April 15, 1762; had John, b. March 13, 1763. PERRY, Rev. Joseph {2d pastor of E. W., pp. 247 and 255), m. 1, Mrs. Sarah Lawrence of Groton, Oct. 4, 1755 ; m. 2, wid. of Peter Verstille (see Verstille). Children— Joseph, b. Nov. 23, 1756 ; Simeon, b. March 3, 1758 ; * For lengthy genealogy of this family, see vol 3, jVeiw J^nff. Gen. ReoisUr. 93 738 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Simeon, b. Feb. 7, 1759 ; William Lawrence, b. Jbh 11, 1761 ; Nancy, who m. Peter Duponceau of Philadelphia. PETTIBONE,* John, m. Sarah Eggleston, Feb. 16, 1664; had John, b. Dec. 15, 1665 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 1667 ; Stephen, b. Oct. 3, 1669. Daniel, had Daniel, b. Oct. 22, 1770 ; Levi, b. July 15, 1772 ; John, b. July 10, 1774 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 24, 1776 ; Samuel, b. April 18, 1780. PHEIiPS (PHTI,LTPPES),t William and Geokge, supposed to be brothers, and Samuel, son of Wm., came to Dorchester early ; also a Richaed, supposed to be a son of one of the preceding, but the name disappears entirely at Dorchester, after the date of the emigration to Connecticut.! The three first came to W. William, came to Dorchester in 1630, with Rev. Mr. Warham, of whose church he, with his wife, was an original member {Old Ch. Rec.) ; remained atD. 5 years (see p. 138), and came in 1635 to W. ; here he was one of the most prominent and highly respected men in the colony ; he was a member of the first court held in Conn., 1636, also of the court in 1637, which declared war against the Pequots ; a magistrate from 1638 until the close of 1642 ; in 1643, he was the foreman of the first grand jury ; deputy in 1645, '46, '47, '48, '49, '51 and '57 ; in 1658, was again made magistrate, which office he continued to hold for four years after ; he is frequently named on the petit jury, and in 1641, was appointed, in company with Mr. Welles of Hartford, a committee on lying ; he was an excellent, pious and upright man in his public and pri- Tate life, and was truly a pillar in church and state ; his residence in Wind- sor, was about three-quarters of a mile north-west of Broad Street, on the road to Poquonnoc, on the place now owned by Dea. Roger Phelps. " Quid Mr. William Phelps," m. twice ; 1, in England, to ; 2, in this country, to Mary Dover, an Englishwoman ; he d, July 14, 1672 ; she d. Nov. 27, 1675. Children b. in England — William ; Samuel ;l Nathaniel ;2 m. Isabel Wilson, June 4, 1646; " now since 29 yrs., and has not a child, 15th June, 1674 ; " after her death he m. Dec. 20, 1676, Sarah (dau. of Humphry) Pinne ; no issue : Joseph. 3 Children b. in Windsor— limoiYiy ,'^ b. Sept. 1, 1639 ; Mary, b. March 2, 1644 ; m. Thomas Barber ; they settled in Simsbury, and were the ancestors, it is^believed, of the numerous families of that name (Barber) in this section of the country. % Samuel,! m. Sarah (dau. of Edward) Griswold, Nov. 10, 1650 ; he d. May 15, 1669 ; after his death she m. Nathaniel (son of Humphrey) Pinney, by whom she had 2 children. Children — Samuel, bap. Sept. 5, 1652 ; Timothy,* b. Oct. 26, 1656 ; Sarah, b. March 16, 1653-4 ;§ m. John Mansfield, Dec. 13, 1683: Mary, b. Oct., 1658 ;§ WiUiam,6 b. Nov. 3, 1660; John, b. July 7, * See Abiel Broion's Gen. SIcetclies of Canton, for duscendanls, etc t An ancient Staffordshire family. The superfluoup letters in the name "were dropped during the reign of Edward VI. X Hist, of Dorchester, p. 70. § Unrecorded until after her father's death. PHELPS. 739 1662 ; d. without issue : Ephraim,? b. Nov. 1, 1663 ; Abigail, b. May 16, 1666 ; Josiah,8 b. Dec. 15, 1667. Nathaniel, 2 *m. Elizabeth Copley, Sept. 17, 1650; removed to Northamp- ton, where he d. C/uH»-m— Mary, b. June 21, 1651; Nathaniel, b. April 2, 1653; Abigail, b. April 5, 1655 ; William, b. June 22, 1657, at Northampton . JosEPH,3 m. Hannali Newton, Sept. 20, 1660 ; removed to Simsbury, where he d. 1684. CKMrm— Joseph ,9 b. Aug. 27, 1667; Hannah, b. Feb. 2, 1669; d. unmarried : Timothy, lived at Poquonnoc, W., in 1703 ; removed to Sims- bury and had Rachel, h. March 18, 1709 ; Mary, b. July 1, 1711, and Timothy, who d. May 27, 1737 ; perhaps other children : Sarah, m. John Hill of Sims- bury; William, d. Oct. 8, 1689, underage. Lt. Timothy,* m. Mary (dau. of Edward) Griswold, May 19, 1661 ; he d. 1719. CAiWi-m— Timothy, b. Nov. 1, 1663 ; m. Martha Crow, Nov. 4, 1686 ; he d. Sept. 28, 1689, and removed to Hebron : Joseph," b. Sept. 27, 1666 ; William,!! b. Feb. 4, 1668 ; Cornelius,!2 b. April 26, 1671 ; Mary, b, Aug. 14, 1673; d. March 23, 1690 ; Samuel,!3 b. Jan. 29, 1675 ; Nathaniel,!* b. Jan. 7, 1677 ; Sarah, b. Deo. 27, 1679 ; Abigail, b. June 5, 1682 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 4, 1684 ; Ann, b. Oct. 2, 1686; Martha, b. Nov. 12, 1688. TiM0THY,5 m. 1, Sarah {dan. of Walter) Gaylord, Nov. 18, 1686 ; she d. July 10, 1688 ; m. 2, Sarah Pratt, Nov. 13, 1690 : he d. 1712. Children by 1st wt/c— Stephen, b. Jan. 20, 1686 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 20, 1687 ; Timothy, b. June 22, 1689 ; d. Sept. 28, 1689. WiLLiAM,6 m. Hannah Hayden, Jan. 4, 1693 ; he d. Nov. 21, 1711. CfaW- rm— Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1694 ; Phebe, b. Sept. 1, 1696 ; William, b. Jan. 13, 1698-9 ; Daniel,!6 b. March 21, 1700 ; John,!6 b. March 21, 1702-3. Ephraim,7 m. Mary Joggers, May 21, 1691 ; he d. Oct. 30 (Nov. 26, W.R.), 1697. CAiHrm— Ephraim,!7 b. Sept. 28, 1692. JosiAH,-8 m. Sarah Winchell, April 26, 1690; who d. May 4, 1733. Child- ren— Sarah, b. Aug. 18, 1693 ; d. Aug. 9, 1725 : Lois, b. July 14, 1696 ; Sam- uel, b. Jan. 21, 1690 (perhaps the one who m. Rachel Owen, Aug. 28, 1713) ; Damaris, b. July 7, 1699 ; Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1702; Jerusha, b. Nov. 8, 1705 ; Josiah,!8 b. Aug. 24, 1708. Joseph, 9 was among the foremost of the inlluential citizens of Simsbury ; he held the office of justice of the peace for many years, and was elected a representative in the general assembly, twenty-eight times ; he d. Jan. 20, 1750, a. 83 yrs. ; he m. 1, Mary Collier of Hartford, who d. 1697 ; m. 2, Sarah (dau. of John) Case, Nov. 9, 1699 ; who d. May 2, 1704 ; m. 3, Mary (dau. of Richard) Case, who d. Sept. 10, 1757. Children— Josej>h, b. Oct. 9, 1689 ; who settled at East G-ranby (for children see Noah Phelps' Hist, of Simsbury ; p. 173) : Hannah, b. Oct. 25, 1693 ; m. Samuel Humphrey, Feb. 23, 1710 ; she d. before her father, leaving one cliild, Samuel, b. Oct. 16, 1710 : Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1696; d. Jan. 9, 1713, unmarried: Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1700; d. June 14, 1714 : Damaris, b. March 5, 1703 ; m. John Mills, April 7, 1720 : * See HaWs Hist, qf Eastern Vermont, pp. 689-691. 740 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1709 ; m. Daniel Hoskins, July 23, 1725 : John, b. Feb. 14, 1707 ; d. Jan. 5, 1713 : Amos, who m. Sarah Pettibone, July 1, 1723 (for children see Phelps' Hist, of Simsbury, p. 174) 1 David,19 who m. Abigail Pettibone, April 26, 1731. Joseph,!" m. Sarah Hosford, Nov, IB, 1686; was a large land-holder in Hebron : d. in 1716. CAiWre'n— Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1687 ; Mary, b. June 8, 1689 ; Joseph, b. March 16, 1692 ; Abigail, b. Oct. 15, 1693 ; Benoni, b. June 24, 1699 ; Joseph, b. Sept. 20, 1703 ; Abel, b. Feb. 19, 1705 ; Daniel, k March 28, 1707 ; Ichabod, b. April 3, 1708. William,!! m. 1, Abigail Mudge, Dec. 7, 1699, who d. April 24, 1705 ; m. 2, Ruth Barber, April 18, 1706 : William, b. March 16, 1702 ; Ebenezer, b. April 2, 1705 ; Caleb,20b. Jan. 11, 1708; Jacob,2!b. June 18, 1711; Euth,b. Jan. 23, 1713. CoRNELius,12 m. Sarah Mansfield, Nov. 2, 1704. Children — Sarah, b. Deo. 19, 1705; Cornelius,22 b. June 2, 1707; John, b. July 6, 1710; Timothy ,23 b. Feb. 3, 1713-14 ; Isaac, b. July 22, 1722. SAMnEL,!3 m. Abigail Enno, April 3, 1707. Children — Abigail, b. March 8, 1707; Samuel, b. April 5, 1710; James, b. Aug. 12, 1713 ; Matthew, b. Jan. 25,1714-15; Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1718-19; James,24 b. Jan. 23, 1719-20; Tabitha, b. June 18, 1721 ; Joshua, b. Oct. 13, 1729. Nathaniel,!* m. Hannah Bissell, March 28, 1700. Children — Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1701 ; Nathaniel (s. of Nathaniel), who d. Oct. 18, 1735, a. 18 ; was probably son of this Nathaniel. Lieut. DAHiEL,!5m. 1, Mindwell Buokland, Nov. 9, 1728, whod. Aug. 21, 1775 ; he d. Feb. 16, 1807, a. 77 ; m. 2, Hannah -, who d. May 31, 1804, a. 61. CAfldrra— Mindwell, b. Sept. 30, 1729 ; Daniel, b. April 26, 1730 ; Sarah, b. June 17, 1730 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 4, 1731. Dea. John, ,Ir.,i6 m. Sarah Cornish, Nov. 24, 1728, who d. Sept. 6, 1777; he d. Sept. 1, 1777. CAiMrm— John, b. May 14, 1733; Elisha, b. March 27, 1737 ; Elizabeth, b. May 21, 1744. Ephkaim,!' m. Sarah Owen, Dec. 30, 1714. Children — Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1716; Ephraim, b. June 29, 1718; Asa, b. Oct. 1, 1720; David and Jonathan, twins, b. May 24, 1723. Capt. JosiAH,!8 m. 1, Ann Griswold, Sept. 14, 1733 ; m. 2, Hannah Saxton of Simsbury, Dee. 18, 1734. CAiWrcn— Bildad,25 b. Aug. 22, 1739 ; Ann, b. March 20, 1741. David, !9 was an officer in the militia, and represented the town in the general assembly at several sessions ; he died of the small-pox, Dec. 10, 1760, at the age of 50 years ; his widow m. Dea. David Strong of Bolton, Jan. 1, 1772; m. Abigail Pettibone, April 25, 1731. CWrfrm— David, b. March 26, 1733 ; Elisha, b. Oct. 17, 1737 ; Noah,* b. Jan. 22, 1740 ; Abigail, b. * ramous as a prominent man in the ReTolutionary War. (See Hinman'a Hist, of Onnn. in the devolution.) Father of Nouh A., whose children are Noah A. of Middletown, Ct. (the his- torian of Simsbury) ; Jeffbt 0., Hector F., Gulf R. of Hartford, Ct. ; Geo. D., and three daus., all living. PHELPS. 741 Nov. 5, 1735 ; Rachel, h. Deo. 11, 1741 ; Ruth, h. Sept. 15, 1743 ; Sarah, h, Oct. 15, 1745 ; Susanna, b. Jan. 4, 1748 ; Lois, b. March 27, 1750. Capt. Caleb,20 m. Mary Moore, Deo. 24, 1730, who d. April 20, 1747, a. 39 ; he m. 2, wid. Mary Henderson, June 22, 1749 ; he d. July 5, 1781, a. 73. Children— Caleb, b. June 24, 1738 ; Mary, b. May 14, 1734 ; Elijah, 26 b. July IS, 1744; Ruth, b. April 3, 1750; Lucy, b. Jan. 3, 1752; Ann, b. May 27, 1753 ; George, b. Jan. 9, 1755 ; Hezekiah,2T b. Oct. 3, 1758. Jaoob,21 m. Abigail Alford, Dec. 30, 1745. ChiUlren — Corneliua, b. July 1745 ; Abigail, b. Feb. 19, 1745-6 ; Jacob, b. June 16, 1747 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 22, 1749; William, b. May 2, 1752; Tabitha, b. June 25, 1754; Oliver, b. June 7, 1756 ; Alexander, b. Oct. 3, 1768 ; Jerusha, b. March 22, 1760 ; Mary, b. March 1, 1762. CoKNELitrs,22 m. Hannah Phelps, March 24, 1742. Children — Hannah, b. March 17, 1747; Zacchens, b. Aug. 11, 1751 ; Anna, b. Oct. 4, 1752. TiM0THY,23 m. Margaret Gillett, April 24, 1746. C/ii/ii— Timothy ,28 b. July 14, 1748. JAMES,24 had Hester, b. June 20, 1746 ; Elinor, b. June 10, 1749 ; James, b. Oct. 26, 1752 ; Hezekiah, b. Oct. 6, 1754; Israel, b. June 27, 1768 ; Israel, b. Sept. 26, 1757. BiLDAD,25 m. Eunice Phelps, Jan. 5, 1763, who d. Nov. 6, 1817, a. 75 ; ho d. March 12, 1814, a. 69. Children— hwia., b. Sept. 8, 1766 ; Mark Tully Cicero, b. Mar«h 10, 1768 ; Eunice, b. Aug. 18, 1769 ; Cyrus, b. Jan. 15, 1771 ; Candace, b. Jan. 28, 1773. Elijah,26 had Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1768 ; Hezekiah, b. May 12, 1770 ; Esther, b. Sept. 27, 1772. Dr. Hezekiah,27 m. Lydia Griswold of Simsbury, Feb. 21, 1749. Child- ren— hyiia,, b. Dec. 11, 1760 ; Margaret, b. March 2, 1752 ; Daniel, b. Oct. 11, 1753 ; Sabra, b. Oct. 7, 1755 ; Nathaniel, b. July 13, 1757. TiMOTHT,28 m. Ruth , who d. Dec. 2, 1827, a, 73 ; he d. March 11, 1827, a. 79 {Foq. N.). Children— Dr. Timothy, Ruth, twins, b. July 24, 1787; hed. Aug. 13, 1826: Eunice, b. Nov. 17, 1788; Hiram, b. Oct, 14, 1790; Solomon, b. July 15, 1792; Fluvia, b. March 28, 1794; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 22, 1796. Capt. Apstin, m. Deborah Moore, Oct. 27, 1768. CMdrm— Rhoda, b. April 29, 1770; Zulima, b. May 29, 1774; Jule {?), b. July 22, 1776; Harriet, b. Feb. 21, 1784. BehjAmin, m. Hannah Birdge, April 12, 1705; had a posthumous child, Mary, b. Sept. 4, 1706. Benjamin, m. Rachel Brown, June 24, 1731. Children— Be-njaram, b. Nov. 12, 1732; Bildad, b. July 17, 1734 ; Rachel, b. Nov. 6, 1736. Benjamin, had JoseRh, b. May 24, 1760. Charles, had Hannah, b. Sept. 2, 1748 ; Lucy, b. June 18, 1750 ; Charles, b. July 21, 1752 ; m. Ann Cook, April 13, 1776 : Rhoda, b. April 9, 1765 ; 742 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Oliver, lo. Aug. 11, 1758 ; Abner, b. Oct. 15, 1761 ; Joab, b. June 10, 1766 ; Ann, b. April 10, 1777. Daniel (E. W.), had Daniel, b. Jan. 11, 1792 ; Huldah, b. Aug. 2, 1793 ; Benjamin, b. June 27, 1795. Ebenezbr, m. Mindwell Egleston, Deo. 7, 1727 ; he d. Sept. 22, 1756, a. 52. CAadren— Mindwell' b. Dec. 3, 1728 ; d. Nov. 27, 1736 : Abigail, b. Dec. 29, 1731 ; Ebenezer, b. March 18, 1734-6 ; Mindwell, b. March 21, 1736-7; Agnes, b. Jan. 25, 1738 ; Sarah, b. July 3, 1744 ; Lucy, b. Sept. 13, 1747. Eeeitezer, had Ebenezer, b. July 27, 1764. Elisha, had Elisha, b. Aug. 9, 1770 ; Cornish, b. July 18, 1772 ; Zelotns, b. April 18, 1774; Ralph, b. Feb. 1, 1776. JcHABOD, m. Hepzibah Loomis. Children — Ichabod, b. Dec. 10, 1717; Reuben, b. March 4, 1719; Hepzibah, b. July 5, 1722; Lois, b. Nov. 26, 1724. James, had James, b. April 25, 1770. Job, had Job, b. April 28, 1752; Lucy, b. April 4, 1754 ; Lydia, b. Jan. 21, 1756 ; Rosanna, b. Sept. 24, 1757 ; Margaret, b. July 13, 1759 ; Abinoam, b. Oct. 23, 1761 ; Roxalina, b. Dec. 1, 1763 ; Sylvester, b. Feb. 16, 1766 ; Tab- itha, b. July 29, 1768. John 3d, m. Elizabeth Finney of Simsbury, March 10, 1762. ChUdrm— Elihu, b. July 17, 1762; Elizabeth, b. July 27, 1764; d. Sept. 13, 1777: Horace, b. Deo. 19, 1766 ; Sarah, b. July 27, 1770 ; Orrin, b.June 12, 1773; d. Sept. 10, 1777. John (probably the same as John 3d above), had Levi, b. Oct. 20, 1767 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 8, 1771 ; Aurelia, b. May 31, 1776 ; Noadiah, b. March 30, 1780 ; d. Jan. 4, 1800, in 21st yr. {Poq. N.). Joseph, had Daniel, b. Dec. 25, 1689 ; d. Jan. 4, 1690. The following are all entered as children of Joseph : Joseph, b. Sept. 20, 1703 ; Joseph, b. March 20, 1704 ; Sarah, b. March 17, 1703 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 8, 1703. Joseph, had Joseph, b. May 12, 1711 ; Jonathan, b. Oct. 20, 1711 ; Abigail, b. Jan. 6, 1713. Joseph, had Abigail, b. Nov. 18, 1709 ; Jerijah, b. Feb. 17, 1712-13 ; Jona- than, b. Aug. 20, 1715 ; Benjamin, b. Nov. 11, 1717 ; Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1719; Joseph, had Isaac, b. Aug. 16, 1724. Launcelot, m. Jerusha Pinny, July 6, 1779. Children — Paulina, b. Oct. 24, 1779 ; Jerusha, b. Nov. 1, 1782 ; Lot, b. Nov. 9, 1784; Bethuel, b. Feb. 16, 1787 : Jerusha, b. Dec. 12, 1789 ; Jerusha, b. Jan. 27, 1790 ; Warren, b. Jan. 10, 1794. .JosiAS, Sr., had Ruth, b. Oct. 21, 1715. Mindwell, had Phebe, b. May 23, 1739. Ruth, had Ruth, b. Aug. 9, 1735. William, had Elizabeth, b. July 23, 1706 ; Charles, b. Oct. 13, 1708. William (son of Timothy* or William^ ?). Children— WiWiam, b. Sept. 22, 1740 ; Martha, b. April 8, 1742 ; Eli, b. Aug. 16, 1746. PHELPS. 743 Geokge (proliably a brother of William, sen.), m. 1, Phillury (dau. of Philip) Randall, who d. April 29, 1648 ; m. 2, Frances (wid. of Thomas) Dewey, Nov. 2, 1648 ; removed to Westfleld, where he d. July 9, 1678. Child- ren— Isaac,l h. Aug. 20, 1638 ; Abraham,2 b. Jan. 22, 1642 ; Joseph,^ b. June 24, 1647 ; Jacob, b. Feb. 7, 1649 ; John,* b. Feb. 15, 1651 ; Nathaniel, b. Dec. 7, 1653. Isaac,! m, Ann Gaylord, March 11, 1664; had Isaac, b. Sept. 18, 1666 ; m. Mary Maudsley, Dec. 17, 1690; lived at Westfield, Mass. . Sarah, bap. July 4, 1670 ; John, bap. June 29, 1673. Capt. AbeAham,2 lived it is supposed in E. W. ; m. Mary Pinney, July 6, 1663, who d. July 25, 1725, a. 81 ; he d. Jan. 28, 1728, a. 85. Children— Abraham, b. March 6, 1665-6 ; d. in Aug., 1732, a. 67 ; had a son Abraham ; for whose descendants see Brown's Gen. Sketches of Canton, p. 117 : Isaac, b. Aug. 5, 1673 ; d. Jan. 4, 1703 : Benjamin, b. Oct. 1, 1683 ; d. July 24, 1706. JosEPH,3 m. Mary Porter, June 26, 1673, who d. Jan. 16, 1682. Children — Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1674; Sarah, b. April 4, 1677 ; Joseph,*^ b. Deo. 30, 1678 ; Hannah, b. 1680 ; Mlndwell, b. 1682 ; Hester, b. 1693 ; Benoni, b. 1695 ; d. Feb., 1709-10. John,* m. Sarah Buckland. Children — Enoch, 5 b. Jan. 21, 1675 ; John,6 b. April 12, 1678 ; Josiah,7 b. Feb. 17, 1679 ; Samuel, b. March 2, 1681 ; Frances, b. Dec, 1683 ; Thomas,s b. Aug. 21, 1687 ; David, b. Jan. 17, 1689 ; Job, b. April 27, 1692 ; d. Aug. 16, 1692 : Job. b. Aug. 24, 1693. Joseph,*^ m. Abigail Bissell, Nov. 26, 1702, who d. Oct. 23, 1750 ; he d. Sept. 3, 1751; had Joseph, d Nov. 5, 1746; Jonathan, d. Feb. 23, 1758; Isaac, d. Oct. 30, 1785, a,. 63 ; Jerijah.Si-a Enooh,5 m. Mary Owen, April 13, 1704. Children— TAnry, b. Sept. 11, 1706 ; Abigail, b. Feb. &, 1708-9. J0HN,6 m. Elizabeth Lewis, Jan. 15, 1707-8 ; had John, b. Aug. 31, 1709 ; Daniel, b. May 27, 1712 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 25, 1714 ; Ann, b. Feb. 4, 1717- 18 ; Martha, b. Oct. 6, 1720 ; Rachel, b. Aug. 3, 1722. JosiAH,7 m. Abigail Griswold, June 21, 1711. Children — Sarah, b. June 14, 1712; Josiah, b. Nov. 14, 1714; Aaron,9 b. Nov. 9, 1716 ; Moses, b. Oct., 1718; Sarah, b. March, 1723; Ruth, b. Aug., 1726; Abigail, b. March 1, 1727. Thomas,8 had Hannah, b. Sept. 28, 1709 ; Thomas,!" b. July 27, 1711 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1713 ; Media, b. Jan. 7, 1715-16 ; Margaret, b. March 15, 1717; Benjamin, b. July 25, 1720; Mindwell, b. Feb. 17, 1722; Lydia, b. Jan. 12, 1725. Jeeijah8>« (E.W.), m. wid. Sarah Bissell, Feb. 10, 1763 ; who d. Sept. 10, 1794, a. 71 ; he d. Jan. 22, 1792, a. 80. CAiM— Joseph, b. March 18, 1766. Aaron,9 m. Mercy Kent of Sinisbury, Aug. 13, 1742. Children— .loa-nna, b. July 31, 1743 ; Aaron, b. Jan. 26, 1745 : Mercy, b. May 8, 1749 ; Enoch, b. Nov., 1751 ; Thankful b. March 20, 1754; Deborah, b. Feb. 16, 1757; Benajah, b. April 8, 1773. 744 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. Thomas,!" had Abraham and Margaret, twins, b. July 20, 1730; Ann, b. May 20, 1732 ; David, b. Noy. 1, 1734 ; John, b. Jan. 8, 1738 ; Anna, b. Dec. 10, 1736 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1740 ; Deborah, b. May 27, 1743. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages.— 3 OSEFB, m. Sarah Gillet, Feb. 22, 1722. Daniel, Jr. (E. \V.) (s. of Capt. Joseph), m. Damaris Loomis, Feb. 28, 1744 ; who d. May. 5, 1792, a. 80 ; he d. July 11, 1792. Jostah, Jr., m. Emily Allyn, Dec. 26, 1820. Solomon, m. Deborah Barber, April 16, 1822. Josiah, m. Susanna Holcomb, Nov. 6, 1822. Noah, m. Lucy Barber, Deo. 5, 1820. L. C, m. Martha Fish, May 13, 1821. Horace, m. Laura Allen, May 10, 1827. Jabez, m. Mary Allen, Dec. 27, 1821 ; who d. May 5, 1841, a. 52 ; their dau. Mary, d. Oct. 9, 1843, a. 16 yrs. 5 mos. Wtllys, m. Fluvia Pasco, Jan. 18, 1831. CicEKo, m. Catherine L. Griswold, Jan. 31, 1822 ; had Herselia Catalina, who d. April 25, 1826, a. 2 ; and another of same name, who d. Oct. 4, 1828, a. 17 mos [Poq. N.). Ciceeo J.,' m. Sarah AUis, June 28, 1848. Elihu, m. Huldah P. Haise, Dec. 31, 1843. Daniel B., m. Phebe L. Ellsworth, March 21, 1848. Ellswoetb N., m. Lucy Ann Marshall, Not. 25, 1850 ; Timothy, m. Elizabeth Loomis, Deo. 20, 1843. Deaths {W. Rec.).—Mrs. Ann, d. Aug. 30, 1689. William, d. Feb. 17, 1681. Joseph (s. of Joseph, jr.), d. Oct. 4, 1703. Sakah (wife of Joseph, sen.), d. Aug. 9, 1708. Sarah (dau. of John), d. Feb. 27, 1719. Capt. Timothy had Joseph, who d. Aug. 30, 1716. Mary (dau. of Ephraim), d. Feb. 13, 1716-17. Samuel, had Mary, who d. March 15, 1718 ; and James, who d. April 3, 1718. Mary, d. April 1, 1808, a. 91. Roger, d. Jan. 27, 1811, a. 76 ; his wife Deborah d. Aug. 31, 1792, a. 49. John, had Daniel, who d. Jan. 6, 1732-3 ; and John, who d. July 5, 1734. Sakah (dau. of Timothy), d. June 18, 1736. Lieut. Samuel, d. Oct. 26, 1741. Enoch, d. Aug. 5, 1750. Thomas, d. Jan. 6, 1750-51. Dr. Hezekiah, d. July 12, 1752. Hezekiah, d. May 31, 1757. Mr. John, d. Sept. 29, 1776. Amelia (dau. of Roger), d. March 13, 1840. Hakry, had Samuel 0., who d. May 14, 1845. [Poq. 0.)— James, d. Oct. 27, 1751. Esther fwife of James),"d. April 3, 1767, a. 45 ; they had James, who d. Sept. 26, 1752, a. 9 days. Hezekiah, who d. May 31, 1757, in 3d yr. Israel, who d. March 25, 1763, a. 5 ; and James, d. July, 1767, a, 5. Thomas, d. 1750-1, a. 64. Abel, d. Feb. 21, 1731 ; his wife, Jerusha, d. Jan. 21, 1736, a. 31. Capt. Josiah, d. July 24, 1791, in 83d yr. Inf. dau. of Lt. Isaac and Joanna, d. Aug. 30, 1789, a. 6 hours. {Poq. iV.)— Josiah, d. Sept. 11, 1828, a. 65 ; his wife, Polly, d. Oct. 3, 1818, a. 54. Deborah (wife of Solomon), d. Aug. 31, 1844, a. 47. OklandA (s. of Josiah, jr., and Emily), d. Sept. 9, 1825, a. 1 yr. Eli, d. Jan. 28, 1829, a. 84; his wife, Abigail, buried there also. Emily (dau. of Eli), d. July 22, 1852, a. 1 yr. 10 mos. James (s. of Eli), d. Dec. 25, 1849, a. 20 d. Sarah (wife of Noadiah), d. March 16, 1749, a. 49. Mark Tully (s. of PHILLIPS — PIERCE — PINNBT. 745 Cyrus and Narcissa), d. Oct. 3, 1803. John, d. Maroli 14, 1812, a. 73 ; his wife, Rachel, d. Jan. 80, 1829, a. 89. (E. W. O.)— Joseph (s. of Joseph and Elizabeth), d. June 22, 1802, a. 2 yrs. 6 mos. (&.)— Nathaniel, d. June 1, 1815, a. 36. Maet (wife of Jabez), d. Aug. 1, 1817, a. 30 ; her dau. Mart, d. March 1, 1820, a. 4 yrs. PHILLIPS, George, found dead in his room; estate il52 ; no family {Hinma/n). ■• PIERCE, Nathaniel, had Abigail, b. June 20, 1739 ; Benjamin, b. April 5, 1743; Ephraim, b. Feb. 26, 1745 ; Ebeuezer, b. May 3, 1753. Samcel, had Lois, b. Noy. 28, 1748 ; Samuel, b. April 3, 1750 ; E^enezer, b. Jan. 4, 1754. Daniel, had EKzabeth, b. May 12, 1765 ; Joseph, b. Oct. 11, 1767 ; Anne, b. Sept. 18, 1770; Luther, b. Sept. 6, 1772 ; Daniel, b. May 13, 1775. Joseph, had Joseph, b. April 1, 1774; Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1777 ; Theodore, b. May 30, 1781. PINNEY,* HiiMPHKET,t born in Somerset County, England ; came to America with the Rev. John Warham in the ship -Mary and John, which sailed from Plymouth, England, March 30, 1630, and settled at Dorchester, Mass, where he m. Mary Hull, who came from England in the same vessel with him, He was a person of considerablei respectability, being called Mr. In 1635 he removed to and settled in Windsor, Ct. His residence was on the west side of the Main Street, about one mile north of the present Congregational Meet- ing-house, on a lot north and adjoining the present residence of Mr. John * Compiled by Henet Bright, 3Csq., of Northampton, Mass. t Humphrey Pinney's immediate ancestors appear to have resided in Broadway, Somersetshire, England. From the will of his uncle, Kdmund Pinnoy, which was proved by his nephew, Hum- phrey, administrator, in 1631, we learn that the said Edmund resided in Broadway, and that his father (Humphrey's grandfather) was buried in Broadway churchyard, and in a tomb called the PLwrny Tomb. In this will Edmund Pinney left an annuity of 2Ss8rf payable from 3 pieces of land situated in the parish of He Abbots, or Abbots He, which is to be paid yearly in quarterly pay- ments, by the wardens or overseers of Broadway Church, to two poor people of Broadway. This legacy is still regularly paid by Wm. Speake, Esq., of Jordan's, the present owner of the property, and its recipients are two poor persons by the name of Standerwick. It is a somewhat curious coincidence that the Standerwick family were intimately related to the testator, and appear in his will as legatees and executors of certain legacies. In this will, which is remarkably curious and interesting, certain legacies are ordered to be paid by Humphrey Pinney, viz; £4 yearly to Nicholas Pinney, and 20s yearly to Wm. Watts, during their lives, payable quarterly, at the four principal feasts of the year (the Birth of our Lord Jesus; the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; St. John thejBaptist, and St. Michael the Archangel). The said payments to be made in the churchyard ^^road^ay, upon a tomb or monument called Pinney's Tomb, with certain penalties imposed^or anyMelinquency or default of regular payments. Broadway Church js a small and ancient, though beautiful structure, situated in a picturesque churchj^ard, adorne^j with yew trees, located on a little knoll, in an extensive valley, about two miles from the commencement of the hill which terminates in the Blackdon Range. This hill is in the adjoining parish of Buckland and St. Mary's, and commands one of the finest views in 94 746 GENEALOGIES OF ANOIENT WINDSOR. Gaylord; he d. Aiig. 20, 1683 ; slae d. Aug. 18, 1684* C/«7rfren— Samuel, 1 b. in Dorchester, Mass. ; Nathaiiiel,2 h. in Windsor, Dec, 1640 ; hap. Jan. 2, 1641: Mary, hap. in Windsor, June 16, 1644; married Abraham, July 6, 1663 (son of George, the emigrant), Phelps: Sarah, b. in Windsor, Nov. 19; hap. Dec. 3, 1648; married William (son of William, the emigrant) Phelps, Dec. 20, 1676 ; she was his second wife, and received one-third of his pro- erty as a pettlement before her marriage ; no issue ; John, b. and hap. Oct. 19, 1651, and d. at Windsor without family : Abigail, b. Nov. 26, 1654; m. John Addams, Dec. 6, 1667 ; moved to Simsbury: Isaac,3 b. Feb. 24, and bap. 28, 1663. Samoel,! m. Joyce (dau. of John, the emigrant) Bissell, Nov. 17, 1665 ; he weJt to Simsbury; 1667-9 ; left there when Simsbury was biirned by the Indians, 1676 ; was afterwards employed in surveying Ellington, where he settled.t C/ii7(^ren— Mary, b. June 16, 1667; Samuel,* b. Nov. 20, 1668; Josiah, b. Nov. 3, 1681. Nathaniel,2 m. Wid. Sarah (Griswold) Phelps, July 21, 1670; relict of Samuel Phelps, and dau. of Ed. Griswold, the emigrant ; he d. Aug. 7, 1676 ; she d. Nov. 6, 1715. C/ii/rfrm— Nathaniel,^ b. May 11, 1671 ; Sarah, h. Oct. 11, 1673. IsAACjS m. Sarah (dau. of Daniel) Clark; Oct. 6,1709; " Sargent Isaac Pinney died on board a vessell coming from Albany" (see p. 215). C/iiM- rem— Isaac,6 b. Jan. 17, 1686 ; Jonathan, b. Oct. 23, 1688 ; Mary, h. March 4, 1690 ; Sarah, b. March 7, 1692 ; d. unmarried : Humphrey,"^ b. Sept. 5, Somereet County. Broadway is said to have taken its name from a Roman road which lead to Nevocke forest, and wliofie breadth made an impression on the Saxons. The forest has long since disappeared, but thevo ai-c still remains of a Roman encampment on Blackdon Hill. Broad- way itself is a lonp-, straggling village, with more than 400 agricultural inhabitants, an alms- house, &c. The church is quite by itself at the extremity of the village. I^nney's Ground, so called, although paying 2Gs StZ to two poor persons in Broadway, ia in the He Abbots or Abbots He, an adjoining village, boasting of a still more beautiful little fabric of a church. From Edmund Finney's will, proved 1631, we learn that he had a brother, John the dder; and a brother John the younf/er; m. Elizabeth, and had dau. Sarah, who m. Thomas Wrentmore, and had Thomas and Elizabeth ; a sister Alice, who m, "VVay ; a sister Johanna, who m, Giles God- win, and had Johanna. John (the elder), m. Johanna . CTuMrcn— Elizabeth, Edmond, Richard, Roger, Nicholas, 'tVilliam, Humphrey (the emigrant to New England), John of Exeter, Agnes (probably m. John House; had children): Mary (probably m. Thomas Pearco; had children): Sarah (poBBiblym. John Turberfield) ; Alice (possibly m. Wm. Standerwicke). John (of Exeter), m, Parthosy ; had Elizabeth, Edmond, John, Sarah, Susanna, Hester Prudence. *A Mrs. Pinney was admitted to church in ^Vindsor, Eeb.9, 1639. fThe Hon. Judge Benjamin Pinney of Ellington, in a letter, dated May 24, 1850, sayB: ''We can show you the Homestead where Samuel Pinney built his log-house ; and I feel proud la say- ing that the land boxight by him from tho Indians, is now in the hands of my son, William, and two half-brothers, Nelson and Aiidrew l-'inney and it has never been in oth(*r hands, Ihanthe Finneys. It is the only tract of land in this town which has never been conveyed by deed from the family descendants. Of this tract no deed can be found but tho Indian title to Samuel Piuney." PINNEY. 747 1694 ; Elizabeth, h. Jan. 6, 1G96 ; d. Sept. 13, ITW : Noali, b. .July 24, 1703 ; m. Mary AUyn, Sept. 30, 1744 ; he d. Feb. 2 ; she d. Feb. 22, 1744-5 : Han- nah ; Daniel. Samuel,* m. Sarah Phelps, Oct. 24, 1698, who d. Nov, 1712. Childrm— Samuel, b. Feb. 19, 1700 ; m. Sarah Pearce, and left Ellington ; it is not known where he went ; Sarah, b. ISfov. 21, 1703 ; Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1706 ; Joseph,^ b. Feb. 12, 1710; Hannah, b. May 19, 1713; Benjamin,9 b. 1715. NATnANiEL,5 m. Martha (dau. of Timothy, and granddau. of William, the emigrant) Thrall, Sept. 21, 1793 ; they lived in Poquonnoc, Windsor. CMiren— Martha, b. Feb. 24, 1694; d. April 25, 1715: Nathaniel,!" b. Aug. 18, 1695 ; Azariah, b, June 18, 1700 ; was deranged ; d. unmarried in Poq. ; Joseph,ll b. March 10, 1702 ; Amy, b. Oct. 6, 1704 ; m. Wm. (son of John, and grandson of John, and gt. gd. son of John) Pratt of Hartford : Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1706-7 ; John, b. Nov. 18, 1707 ; d. June 20, 1715 : Abraham,l2 b. Feb., 1709-10. • IsAAc,6 m. Abigail Filley, Jan. 26, 1709-10; he d. Aug. 12, 1717. CMWrm— Prudence, b. Oct. 6, 1710 ; Anne, b. Jan. 24, 1712-13 ; Oliver, b. Match 20, 1714^15 ; Isaac,i2^ b. Jan. 15, 1716-17. fluMPHEET,'' m. Abigail Deman of Hartford, July 22, 1717. Children — Elizabeth, b. July 14, 1718; Abigail, b. Oct. 2,1720; m. Benj. Wolcott : Jonathan, b. Feb. 15, 1725-6 ; d. Sept. 21, 1737 : Mabel, b. Sept. 30, 1728 ; Jenisha, b. April, 1731 ; Mary, d. Oct. 25, 1732. JoSEPH,8 had Joseph,l3 b. July 15, 17.34. Capt. Beh-jamin9 of Ellington, m. 1, Ladd ; 2, Susannah Lathrop ; he d. Nov. 25, 1777, a. 62 ; she d. Oct. 22, 1792, a. 82. Childrm by \st. wife— Elizabeth, m. Silas Reed (see Reed) ; d. Oct. 1805, at Ellington : Lois, m. Dr. Standliff ; d. in Shaftsbury, Vt. : Benjamin, d. in Provincial army at Havana, unm. ; CftiWrm 61/ 2d wi/e—Jedidah, m. Eliakim Hitchcock; d. in New York city : Eleazer," b. Feb., 1753 ; Lemuel ;18 Ruth, m. Benj. Wood- worth; had 4 sons and 2 dans. ; d. in Randolph, Vt. : Chloe, m. Lemuel Chapman ; moved to Ohio, May, 1712 : Ebenezer (M. D.), d. in Ellington, July 6, 1786. Nathahiel,io m. Elizabeth . CAtVrfrm— Martha, b. Feb. 22, 1716-17 Irene, b. Jan. 8, 1719 ; Lauraina, b. July 20. 1721 ; Lucretia, b. Jan. 17, 1722-3 Darius,16 b. June 5, 1724 ; Ruhamab and Philander, twins, b. March 3, 1725-6 Philander d. June 28, 1764 : JosEPH,llm. JerushaGriswold. CMrfrm— Nathaniel, d. in N. Y. state; Joseph, b. July 15, 1734; d, in Havana : John," b. 1736 ; Susan. Capt. Abbaham,12 m. 1: Elizabeth Butler ; 2, Wid. Sarah (Clark) Moore ; lie settled in what is called Scotland, in Simsbury, Ct. ; d. Sept. 12, 1780, a. 71. Children all by 1st m/e-Abraham ;18 Jonathan ;W Abigail, m. Nathaniel Sriswold of Poquonnoc ; Elizabeth, m. John Phelps of' Windsor ; Chloe, b. ■' 1750 ; m. Capt, Hezekiah Holcomb : Aaron,20 b. 1743 ; Martha, m. Capt. Joel 718 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Clark of Turkey Hills, Slmsbury : Grove, b. 1759 ; d. April 12, 1761, a 2 ■ yrs. and 2 mos. ; Azariah ; Abner ;2l Levi ;22 Huldab, m. Abiel G.iswold of Po- quonuoc, Oct. 25, 1775. Ens. IsAA0,i2^ m. Mary . CArMrew— I.saac,23 b. July 4, 1741 ; David,24 b. April 12, 1744; Martin,26 b. Ang. 21, 1747 ; Mary, b. June 3, 1751 ; d. Sept. 21,1753; Mary, b. Nov. 28,1754; Judah,26b. Sept. 18,1757; Salome, b. May 5, 1760 ; d. May 30, 1762. JosEPH,l3in. Jerusba Fuller, July 16, 1761; both d. in Ludlow, Mass. Children — Charlotte, m. Russell Smith of Ludlow, Mass. ; Oliver F., b. Nov. 8, 1766; m. -Bliss : Joel, b. June 21, 1768; Gurdon, b. Aug. 24, 1770; Orda, b. Aug. 24, 1792 ; m. Kendall, Ludlow, Mass. : Anna, b. June 9, 1777 ; m. Burr, Ludlow, Mass. : Gustavus, b. March 11, 1779 ; living in Ludlow, Mass., 1850. Eleazpk,!* m. 1, Eunice King, who d. July 6, 1789; 2, Anna Kinney, b. A\jg. 1, 1772; living in 1850: he d. July 15, 1835. Children by Istwift- Lydia, b. Oct. 9, 1772 ; m. Lemuel Bartlett of E. Windsor : Persis, b. Sept. 6, 1778 ; d. unmarried, June 2, 1802 : Benjamin,27 b. July 4, 1780 ; Elizabeth, b. April, 1783; m. Dr. Davilla Farnsworth, May, 1812; she d. in Ohio, Oct., 1813 : Permella, b. June 2, 1785 ; m. Col. Sam'l Belcher, March, 1805 ; he d. in Hartford, 1849 ; no issue. Children by 2d wife — Eleazer, b. Sept. 4, 1794; Ebenezer, b. Sept. 26, 1796 ; Eunice, b. March 19, 1799 ; m. Col. 0. H. King of Vernon ; has 2 daus. : Loring, b. April 3, 1802; Nelson, b. April 6, 1804; Andrew, b. Feb. 28, 1807. Lemuel,16 m. Mrs. Zeriah Tiffany, who d. Nov. 27, 1814 ; he d. iii Tolland. Children — Lemuel, Roxana, Arsah, Nancy, Thankful, Charles, Susannah, Grandison, Horace, Rhoda. Daeics,!^ had Anne, bap. July, 1770 ; d. July 11, 1778 : Dorcas, bap. July 25, 1773 ; Anne, bap. Aug., 1781; d. Oct. 26, 1784. John,!'' m. Sarah Lull, who' was b. 1742, and d. June 11, 1811, a. 69 ; he d. Sept. 24, 1816, a. 80. CAtMrm— John,28 ; galfime, b. July 1, 1764; bap. Oct. 14, 1770 ; m. 1, Perkins ; 2, Oliver (s. of Isaac) Eno : Sarah, b. Sept. 17, 1765 ; bap. Oct. 14, 1770; m. 1 , John Carpenter ; 2, Latham: Joseph,29 b. Sept. 13, 1772 ; Griswold, bap. Sept. 26, 1773 : d. unmanied : Susari ; ErastuSjSo b. June 26, 1777 ; Nathaniel fil Lydia, b. June, 1759 ; m. Reuben Case. Lieut. Abeaham,18 m. 1, Lucretia Barnard, who d. Oct. 26, 1775, a. 32 ; 2, Sarah Clark, who d. in childbed, June 10, 1811 ; 3, wid. Hester (Case) Higley ; 4, Ruth (Cossett) Perrin, who d. July 28, 1836, a. 89 ; he built a house and lived south and near the pressent house of Rockwell Hoskins, ia what is called Scotland, Simsbury, Ct. Children by 1st wife — Grove,32 b. 1759; Abraham,33 bap. 1765; Israel,^* bap. at Easter, 1767; Asaph,36 bap. ; May 4, 1769; Lucretia, bap. June 23, 1771; m. Thaddeus Humphrey; had ', children ; went to Woodbridge, N. J. : Rhoda, bap. June 13, 1773 ; m. Noali ^,, Griswold of Windsor : Elisha, Elijah, twins, both m. and went to Pennsyl- j PINNEY. 749 vania ; ha^ large families ; Ellslia d. about 1849 ; Elijah living in 1850. Cfc'Wrm 6y.Xc(«)t/c—Erastns,36 bap. 1778; Eliliu ; Sally, m. John Gaylord of Windsor. Children by 3d wi/c— David, m.. Anis Eno of Bimsbury, and went to Ohio ; Horace, m. in Ohio, and d. there ; Lois, m. 1, Ellsworth of Poquonnoc; went to Ohio; 2, : Hester, m. 1, Geo. Ellsworth; 2,' . Ensign Jonathan ,19 m. twice; 1, Lydia Case, dan. of John and Abigail (Humphrey) Case; b. Sept. 1, 1741; she d. Aug. 25, 1796, a, 65; 2, wid. Susannah (relict of John) Pettibone, Dec. 25, 1798, by whom he had no children ; his residence was near and south of his brother Abraham's ; he d. July 10, 1813, a. 76. Children, all by 1st wife—Lydin, b. June, 1759 ; m. Reuben Case ; lived in Simsbury : Lovisa, b. Oct., 1761 ; m. Jesse Holcomb ; she d. Sept. 10, 1825, a. 64 : Elizabeth, b. Aug., 1763; m. Abel Holcomb, brother of above; lived in Canandaigua, N. -Y. . Butler,37 b. Sept., 1765;. JonathaB,3S b. Jan., 1769 ; Lot,39 b. Aug., 1771 ; Abigail, b. April 1, 1767 ; m. John Mitchelson, May 12, 1787 ; lived in Simsbury, west of TariftVille ; 5 children: Chloe, b. Dec, 1774; m. George Owen; lived in Granby ; 8 children : Origen,« b. April, 1776 ; Joseph,*! b. Nov. 18, 1780 ; Silvia, b. Jan. 20, 1782 ; m. Jude Barnard ; live in Scotland, Simsbury ; have 3 children. Capt. Aakon,20 m. 1, Martha Bidwell, June 1, 1765 ; she d. Dec. 20, 1772, a. 32 ; m. 2, Susan Phelps, who d. Jan. 2, 1814, a. 60 ; he resided where Rockwell HosMns now lives in Scotland, Simsbury, and d. Dec. 26, 1812, a. 70. Children — Joab ; *2 Codad ; *3 Permelia, m. Enoch Buttles ; no issue : Annis, bap. June 8, 1766 ; m. Joel Eno, Sept. 17, 1787 : Aaron,** bap. July 10, 1768 ; Bidwell, bap. April 3, 1773 ; d. Nov. 16, 1793, a. 20, of small pox: Hemon,*6b. 1771; Bidwell, b. 1789 ; d. Aug. 4, 1806, a. 17. Capt. ABifEK,2l m. Ruth Gillet, of Granby, Ct. ; moved to Woi-thington, 'Ohio, in 1804 ; where he died. Children— Unth, b. July 29, 1774 ; Azariah, b. July 26, 1775 ; Martha, b. March 31, 1777 ; Abner Putnam, b. Feb. 28, 1779 ; Huldah, b. April 5, 1780; Levi,*6 b. March 30, 1782 ; Chester, b. July 26, 1785; Harvey, b. July 13, 1787; Betsy. Capt. Levi,22 m. 1, Hannah Eno, Jan. 2, 1783, who d, Aug. 10, 1795, n. 30; 2, wid. Sabra Freeman ; he lived at Hatchel Hill, Granby, Ct., and d. Oct. 5, 1805, a. 55. Children— Levi, b. July 9, 1775 ; Samuel ; « Hannah, m. J, P. (son of Capt. Jesse) Holcomb, Ohio: Elizabeth; Mary, m. Kev. Fred. Holcomb, Watertown, Ct. ; Daniel ; Sabra, m. G. C. Owen (son of Geo. and Chloe (Pinney) Owen : Allen ; 48 Luther ; « Clitus. so Capt. Isaac 23 of Poquonnoc, W., m. Sabra Phelps, who d. Dec. 2, 1817, a, 63; he d. July 3, 1832, a. 91. Child— Uniy, b. Nov. 3, 1781 ; m. Abiel B. (son of Isaac G.) Griswold of Windsor, Sept. 8, 1800. Capt. David 2* of Poquonnoc, W. ; he d. June 24, 1811; a. 67. Child— ' Sabina, m. Capt. Enos North, of Colebrook, Ct. 750 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOB. Martinis of Poquonnoo, m. Hannah Phelps of Windsor: who d. Oct 6, 1825, a. 78 ; he d. March 8, 1831, a. 84. Children — Hannah, m. Samuel Denslow of Windsor ; Martin ;6l Isa.ac ;52 Amy, m. Levi Phelps, of E. Windsor; Salome, m. Parsons, Enfield ; David ;53 Charlotte, b. 1788 ; m. Erastiis, Griswold of Windsor, 1809. .jDDAH,26m. Esther Griswold. Children — Youngs, b. 1788 ; Esther; Delia, Edward, and others. Hon. Judge Benjamin, 27 ni. Susannah McKinney, Feb. 23, 1803; she was b. July 6, 1780. Children— Feisis, b. Feb. 18, 1804; m. June Ariel Flint, June, 1832 ; d. Jan. 3, 1838, in Quincy, 111. ; had 4 children : William, b, Oct. 26, 1806 ; Permela, b. Oct. 8, 1808 ; m. Rev. Edwin C. Brown, Qninoy, 111. ; and d. June 15, 1850 ; 1 son : Benjamin, b. Aug. 17, 1810 ; Albert, b, April 6, 1812 ; Henry, b. Jan. 3, 1814 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1817 ; m. Wm. .P. Earl of N. Y. city : Samuel B. b. Oct. 2, 1820; Susan C, b. Not. 22, 1822; m. EJisha K. Williams, merchant of Bolton. . JoHN,28 had Lucretia, m. John Perkins ; Hurlburt, m. and went to Ohio ; Betsey, m. Kelsey ; lived in Bloomfield. JoSEPH,29 m. Ellen (dau. of Alexander) Griswold, who d. Oct. 1, 1839, a< 70. C/iiMrm— Elinor H., b. 1804 ; m Allen Pinney ; she d. Jan. 25, 1846-, a. 42: Joseph; Susan, m. Geo. Plaokner, a widower with 2 children, ia Ravenna, 0. ; lives in Portage County ; no issue. Erast0S,3O m. Mary (dau. of David) Eno ; she d. Jan. 18, 1823. Children—' Mary, b. 1810; m. Clitus Pinney ; Rennselaer; Caroline, m. Johnson, in Ohio ; Abigail, m. Smith, in Suffield ; Cecilia, unm. Nathaniel,31 m. Jerusha (dau. of David) Eno ; had Eliza, Jerusha, Lydia ; Sarah, m. Lafayette L. Johnson ; Jane ; Julia, b. 1815 ; d. Aug. 16, 1833, a. 18. Grove, 32 m. Mercy Case of Simsbury ; went to Pennsylvania ; had Clarissa, Mercy. Abraham,33 m. Mehitable Case ; went to Colebrook or New Canaan ; had Ovid, Mehitable, Lee. IsEAEL,3l m. Melinda Loomis ; went to Winsted. Children — Israel, Me- linda, Reuben, Nathaniel, Elihu, Miranda. AsAPH,36 m. Betsey Wilcox ; went to Winsted ; had Orville, m. Elizabeth Phelps ; no issue : Eliza, m. Barbour. Erastds,36 m. 1, Polly Foster, who d. Deo. 20, 1813, a. 38 ; 2, wid. Elizabeth (Pratt) Patterson, a gt. gd. dau. of Esq. Samuel Griswold. Children — Erastus Almon ;54 Maria, m. Merrit (s. of Wm.) Soper, June 6, 1826 : Romanta ; Laura, m. Cook ; Edwin ; Philo ;56 Gaylord, d. young. BDTLEE,37ni. 1797, Wid. Eunice (Griswold) Holoomb, dau. of Elijah and Eunice (Viets) Griswold, and relict of Oliver Holcomb ; she d. May 12, 1849 ; he d. Dec. 28, 1850, and is buried in Episcopal burying ground (Scotland) Simsbury. Children— B.ev . Norman, b. Oct. 21,1800; grad. Y. C, 1823) PINNBY. 751 .studied theology with the Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell of the Episcopal Church ; was by him ordained in Hartford ; held the professoi'ship of mathematics in Washington College, Hartford ; removed to Mobile in 1831, and became Rector of the Epis. Ch. there, but becoming Unitarian in his views, resigned his connection with the church. He then undertook to establish a college in Mobile, where he erected a splendid building for the purpose, but being un- able to secure satisfactory teachers under him, abandoned the project in 1839, and taking a selection of his scholars under his sole charge, established a high reputation as a scholar, preacher, and particularly as a teacher. He pre- pared and published a French grammar, andta series of auxiliary books, also a Spanish grammar. In 1851, for the purpose of more leisure in preparing his works for publication, he removed to New Orleans, where he remained writing and teaching until the spring of 1852, when he returned to Mobile, where he became connected with a Mr. Joseph Rindge in establishing a large boys' school, called The Collegiate Institute of Mobile : Emeline Minerva, b. April 21, 1808 ; commenced as a teacher, for which she was remarkably qualified, at an early age, in Virginia, then in Middletown, Ct., where she established a young ladies' school, lastly at Mobile, where she removed at the urgent request of her brother, and established a young ladies' school, which continued until her marriage with Mr. Henry Bright of Northampton, Feb. 10, 1835. One child, Julia Sanford Bright, b. March 12, 1839 : Viets Gris- wold, b. Sept. 24, 1815 ; was remarkable for his taste and skill in mechanics ; d. Oct. 4, 1830, from injuries received by a fall from a cherry tree. J0HATHAH,3S m. Mercy Foster, who d. March 22, 1847, a. 68 ; he d. Jan. 22, 1846, a. 77. Children— AmanAa,, b. 1800 ; m. Joshua Combs of Granby ; Morimia, m. Joel Clark of Hartford ; Orphia, m. i Clark of Bloomfield ; Emily, m. Jason Graham. LoT,39 m. Diadema Loomis, 1794 ; he lived in Scotland, Simsbury ; and d. April 16, 1822, a. 50. Children — Lot, m. Laura Western ; lived in Scotland, Simsbury, Ct. ; d. Sept. 25, 1838, leaving widow, 2 sons, and 2 daus. : Diadama, b. 1797 ; d. Jan. 22, 1816 : Chloe, became 1st wife of Rockwell Hoskins ; Anson, m. Harriet (of George) Barnard ; Rebecca, m. Henry Win- ship of Hartford ; Lester, m. Jane Graham, and went south ; Julia Anne, m. William F. Martyn, who d. in 1852. OwGEN,4('m. Rose B. Adams, May 26, 1799 ; he lived in Scotland ; and d. Nov. 15, 1818, a. 46. C/«W««— Rosabella, b. 1800 ; m. Hezekiah H. Case : Hilpah, b. 1802 ; d. May 6, 1815, a. 13 : Eliza, m. Virgil Adams of Bloomlield, Ct. ; Emma, m. Geo. Thompson ; Henry, m. Joel Holis (s. of Joel) Holcomb ; Orra, m. Henry (of Joel) Holoomb. Joseph,*! m. Asenath Adams ; lived and d. in Scotland, Simsbury, July 15, 1830, a. 50. Only CArirf— Orator, ni. Laimia Holcomb (of Alex.) ; he d. July, 1830 ; she d. Jan. 8, 1832 ; leaving two children, viz : James Otis, who m. Sarah Anne Rhodes, 1848 ; and Elizabeth Laimia, b. Dec. 9,1824; whom. 752 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Phelps I. Holcoml), Sept. 17, 1844; has one son, Clayton PinneyHolcomb, b. May, 1845. JoAE,« m. Betsy Perkins. CAiMrcm— Dwight, 1816, d. Nov. 24, 1828, a. 12 ; Sidney, m. Eunice L. Wright ; Amoret, m. John (of Eoger) Griswold ; Susan, m. Daniel Olmstead. CoDAD,*3 m. Lydia Eno ; had Amelia, unm. ; teacher in Tariffville : Gay- lord, m. Jane (of Rockwell) Hoskins; Aaron, m. Catharine Stiles; Amelia, m. Jonathan Butler. Aaeon,*^ m. Susannah Holcomb; he d. Jan. 28, 1802, a. 34: had Sophia, m. Ej Thompson ; Aaron, d. ycAing of consumption, unm. ; Bidwell. Hemon-,45 m. PollyHigley ; he d. Dec. 15, 1808, a. 27 ; had Horatio, La- vinia, Melissa. Levi,*3 m. Betsey Hill ; had Levi, Betsy. Samuel,*? m. Mary Miller ; had Mary, Alexander, Randolph, Adeline, Laura, Elizabeth, Samuel, Jennet. Allen,*8 m. 1, Ellen H. (of Nathaniel) Pinney, who d. Jan. 25, 1846, a. 42 ; he m. 2, Huldah Mather. CAiMrm— Wolcot ; Ellen, b. 1810 ; d. Jan. 2, 1812, a. 2 yrs., 2 days. : Ellen; Dewitt, d. Sept. 2, 1839, a. 9 mos., 10 days. LDTHEE,f9 m. Fanny Bartlett ; lives in Turkey Hills, Granby ; had Martin, Margaret, Harriet, Catharine, Emma Jane, Edward, Alice. CLiTns,50 m. Mary (of Erastns) Pinney, who d. Aug. 21, 1848, a. 38 ; he lives in Granby ; had Nuncia, Sabra, Rosaline. Martin, 51 m. Elizabeth N. Haskell, Windsor ; removed to Windsor Vt. ; has Fanny, m. a Gibson ; now lives in Berlin, Ct. -. William Henry, has a' family ; lives in Ohio : Haskell, do. ; Martin, do. ; Eliza, m. ; lives at Knowlton, Ohio : Joseph, do. ; Sidney, lives at Cincinnati, 0. ; has family: Rulza. Isaac,52 m. Rhoda Lord of East Windsor ; removed to Ohio ; has Jennet, who m. Elijah Porter of East Windsor ; Napoleon, m. and has family in Ohio ; John ; Wm. Henry. David,63 m. Adaline Hathaway of Suffield ; Emeliue, m. Joseph Whipple of Windsor Locks ; Adeline, m. Hartley, do. ; David, m. Augusta Clark ; has 2 children : Helen, George, Henry. Ekastus Almonii,51 m. Elizabeth Patterson, dau. of his father's 2d wife by her 1st husband ; lives in Farmington, Ct. Children — Elizabeth Melonia, b. Feb. 4, 1828 ; m. Wm. A. Sage, Oct. 1, 1851 : Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 14, 1829 ; Almond Erastns, b. July 24, 1831 ; Edward Gaylord, b. March 8, 1833 ; Henry .John, b. May 11, 1835 ; d. Oct. 9, 1848 : Charles Woodbridge, b. Aug. 15, 1837 ; James Ward, born Dec. 13, 1839 ; Mary Augusta, born July 21, 1843 ; William Wyllys, b. June 6, 1849. Philo,56 m. Delia Griswold, Sept, 4, 1828. Children — Mary Hercelia, b. April, 1830 ; m. Reuben Knapp, 1849 : Philo Jerome, b. Feb. 28, 1832 ; m. Mary Knapp : Merton Gilman, b. Sept. ]0, 1835 ; Oscar Gaylord, b. March 6, 1837 ; Ammie Walton, b. March 26, 1841 ; Mila Amanda, b. March IS, 1844; POLK — PORTEG. 753 Edwin J., \>. May 5, 1846 ; Frances Medora, b. May 12, 1848 ; Orestus Gris- wold, b. April 25, 1851. POLK, Noah, m. Rachel Pasco of Stafford, Deo. 13, 1764 ; liad Xerxes, b. Jan 14, 1766 ; Noah, b. July 16, 1767 ; Cyrus, b. Dec. 26, 1769. POMEROY, Er.TWEED (Eltwed, Eltwood), had a mare lulled or lost during the Pequot troubles, 1637, for which, after much petitioning the general court, he received an indemnity of .-£10, in wampum, at 6 -.i penny. Children— Medad, bap. Aug. 19, 1638 ; Caleb, b. March 6, 1641 ; m. Hepzibah Baker, and went to Northampton; Mary, b. April 21, 1644; d. April 12, 1657; Joshua, b. Nov. 22, 1646 ; Joseph, b. June 20, 1652. POND, Samuel, m. Sarah , Nov, 18, 1642. Children— Isaac, 'i b. March 16, 1646; Samuel, b. March 4, 1648 ; Nathaniel, 2 b. Sept. 21, 1650; Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1552. ISAAC,l m. Hannah &riffen. May 20, 1667 ; he d. Nov. 15, 1669, a. 23 ; had Hannah, b. Feb. 10, 1667-8. Nathaniel, 2 was probably the one killed in the Swamp fight, 1675 ; had Mary, b. June 21, 1651. PONDER, John, m. Temperance Bucklaud at Hartford, June 26, 1668. POPE, John, d. Aug. 20, 1683. See Hist. Dorchester, p. 74. PORTER, JoBN, came to W. early ; was on a committee in 1637 ; constable in 1639-40; juror in 1641; grand juror in 1643; deputy in 1640 and '47; was an important man in town and colony ; left a large estate (will is printed in Trumbull's Col. Bee. of Conn.) ; m. in England, Rose ; he was buried on the 22d of April, and his wife on the 12th of May, 1648. Children b. in England — John;l James, was a merchant and colonial agent at London, Eng. ; Sarah, m. Joseph Judson of Milford, Ct., Oct. 24, 1644 ; she d. March 16, 1696, a. 70 ; had Samuel ; 2 Rebecca, Rose, Mary, Anna, Joseph. Children h. in Windsor — Nathaniel, b. July 19, 1640 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 4, 1642. John, Jr.,l m. Mary -'-^, Who d. Sept. 13, 1688 ; he d. Aug. 2, 1688 : had John,3 b. June 3, , 1651 ; Mary, b. July 17, 1653 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1655 ; James,4 b. Dec. 22, 1657 ; Nathaniel, b. April 20, 1660 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 1, 1662 ; Samuel, b. March 5, 1664; Rebecca, b. March 8, 1666; Hester, b. May 8, 1667 ; Ruth, b. Aug; 7, 1671 ; Hezekiah," b. Nov. 9, 1673 (Nov. 7, 1672, Old Ch. Eec^} ; Joseph,'! b. Feb. 7, 1675. Samitel,2 m. Hannah Stanley of Hartford, Ct., settled in Hadley, Mass. CAiWrm— Samuel, b. 1660; remained at Hadley;* Thomas, b. 1663, d. 1668 ; Hezekiah, b. 1665 ; settled at East Hartford, Ct. ; John, b. 1666 ; settled at Lebanon, the ancestor of Judali, &c., in Lebanon and Hebron, Ct. : Mehitable, b. 1673 ; m. Nathaniel Goodwin of Hartford, Ct. : Experience, * for genealogy of Iladley branch of Sorter family from this Samuel, see Goodwin's Gen. Ifetes. 95 754 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. b. 1676 ; was one of the first settlers of Mansfield, Ct. : Ichabod, b. 1678 resided at Hatfield, Mass. : Nathaniel, b. 1680 ; settled at Lebanon, Ct. ; Thomas,7 b. 1683. John, Jr.,3 m. Joanna (dau. of Walter) Gaylord, Sept. 16, 1669. CAiW- rm— Joanna, b. Feb. 7, 1670 ; Mary, b. Nov. 20, 1672 ; John,8 b. Jan. 17, 1674 ; Sarah, b. June 1, 1677 ; Ann, b. Aug. 26, 1679 ; Daniel,9 b, Nov. 13, 1683 ; Martha, b. Sept. 16, 1683 ; David,io b. Oct. 3, 1685 ; Isaac and Martha, twins, b. Sept. 23, 1687 ; Lydia and Esther, twins, b. Nov. 28, 1689. James,* m. Sarah (dau. of Owen) Tudor, Jan. 15, 1679. Children — James, b. Oct. 13, 1680 ; d. Jan. 14 : Mary, b. June 4, 1682 ; d. June 9, 1684 : Isaac, b. July 13, 1683 ; d. May 1, 1684 : Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1684 ; Sarah, b. May 31, 1686. Hezekiah,6 m. Mary Bissell, June 27, 1700 ; had Hezekiah,il b. July 7, 1699; Deborah, b. March 1, 1702-3; James, b. May 11, 1706; Lois, b. March 19, 1707-8 ; Samuel, b. March 23, 1709. Joseph,^ m. Hannah Buel of Killingworth, Dec. 5, 1699 ; had Joseph, b. Sept. 14, 1700 ; d. Feb. 2, 1700 ; Joseph,l2 b. Jan. 20, 1701 ; Mehitable, b. ■June 27, 1707; Nathaniel,i8 b. Jan. 14, 1709; Mary, b. May 25, 1713; d. March 16, 1718. Capt. Thomas,'^ settled at Coventry, Ct., where he resided until his death, Aug. 7, 1752 ; was the first town clerk there ; m. 1, Thankful , who d. 1736 ; m. 2, Rebecca , who d. 1795. Children— Ma,vy, b. Nov. 16, 1708 ; m. Jeremiah Fitch, Jan. 6, 1730 ; d. 1744 : Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1710 ; ra. John Sargeant, Jan. 15, 1730 ; d. Dec. 18, 1773; no issue: (Ens.) Jonathan, w b. March 20, 1713; (Col.) Noah, b. Aug. 24, 1715; d. Aug. 3, 1790; m., but without children ; was the 2d town clerk of Ct. .ToHN,8 m. Mary Drake, Sept. 23, 1697, who d. Sept. 12, 1717; had John,i6 b. March 7, 1699 ; Mary, b. July 10, 1703 ; Anne, b. April 2, 1706 ; Catha- rine, b. Sept. 14, 1707 ; Lydia, b. May 4, 1711 ; Ann, b. Oct. 13. 1714, who d. June 1, 1716. DAmEL,9 m. Mindwell Alexander of Northampton, Feb. 19, 1706-7. Children— MiniweU, b. March 26, 1708; Abigail, b. Aug. 26, 1710; Anna, b. Sept. 25, 1710 ; Daniel, b. Oct. 11, 1712 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1714; Eunice, b. Jan. 29, 1716; Alexander, b. March 7, 1718-19. DAvm,iOm. Anne Phelps, Jan. 13, 1706-7 ; had David, b. Sept. 13, 1708; Jerusha, b. Sept. 15, 1712; John, b. April 18, 1714. Hezekiah,ii m. Hannah Ashley of Westfleld, Oct. 30, 1734. Children^ He2ekiah,iSb. Sept. 9, 1735 ; Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1738 ; Abiazer, b. Dec. 23, 1757 ; Israel, b. Sept. 27, 1759 ; Roxalena, b. Jan., 1762 ; Timothy, b. Feb. 5, 1764; Naomi, b. Oct. 13, 1761; Warham," b. Oct. 1, 1766. JosEPH.12 CAsW««— Joseph, b. Oct. 27, 1732 ; d. Feb. 24, 1736 ; Joanna, b. Oct. 13, 1734; Mehitable, born May 27, 1737; Hannah, born Feb., 1739; Joseph,l8 b. July 11, 1742 ; Elisha, b. Sept. 25, 1745 ; Samuel, b. June 3, 1750 ; Mary, b. Deo. 11, 1739-40. PORTER. 755 NathAihel,13 m. Elizabeth Dodd of Hartford, Oct. 3, 1738; had Eleanor, 1). May 16, 1739. Bns. JoNATHANi-t of Coventry, m. Sarah Ladd, June 20, 1734 ; he d. March 24, 1790. Children—Thomas, b. March 16, 1735 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 28, 1736 ; d.inf. : Dea. Jonathan,i9 b. Sept. 17, 1737 ; d. Jan. 19, 1819 : Josiah,b. Aug. 21, 1739 ; d. July 19, 1811 : Noah, b. Oct. 6. 1742 ; m. Submit (dau. of Dea. Jesse) Cook, sr. : Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1744; Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1748 ; Phebe, b. March 11, 1750 ; Irene, b. Dec. 8, 1756. JoHN,l5m. Sarah Hill, June 27, 1720 ; had Abner, b. June 2, 1732 ; Aza- riah, b. April 6, 1734. Hezekiah,16 had Rumah, b. Feb. 26, 1775. WakhamI' (E. W.), had Marvin, m. Porter; Cliloe, m. Harvey Elmer; Frederick; Eleanor; Warham, jr.,20 Mary. JoSEPn,ls had Lucina, b. Feb. 6, 1765 ; George, b. Feb. 1, 1767 ; Naomi, b. March 5, 1769 ; Joseph, b. April 9, 1771 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 27, 1773. Dea. JonathahIS of Coventry, m. 1, Lois Richardson of Coventry ; m. 2, Wid. Lydia (Williams) Abell of Lebanon, Ct. Children — Lois, b. April 14, 1759 ; Mercy, b. May 22, 1760 ; Rachel, b. May 28, 1761 ; Persis, b. July 10, 1762; Amaziah, b. Dec. 2, 1763 ; Irene, b. March 6, 1765 ; Jonathan, b. April 5, 1766 ; Elijah, b. Aug. 20, 1770 ; John Sargeant, b. June 14, 1772 ; Ruby, b. Aug. 20, 1774; WiUiams,2i b. March 31, 1777 ; Betsy, b. July 28, 1779. Wakham, Jr.20 (E. W.), m. Olive Amelia Hills. Children— Inf., b. 1833 ; d. : Olive A., b. April 1835 ; Inf., b. Jan. 10, 1837 ; d. : Lucy Ann, b. Aug. 28, 1840 ; Samuel Warham, b. Jan. 7, 1843. Capt. WiiLiAMs21 of Coventry. Children— John Bliss ;22 Meliuda, Francis, Eunice, Jonathan. John Bi,iss22 (M. D.), surgeon in U. S. A. ; his wife d. in summer of 1858, at Coventry. Children — Francis Buckingham ; John Bliss, jr. Thomas, had Hannable (?), b. Oct. 3, 1682. Nathahiel, m. EUzabelh Gillet of Colchester, June 4, 1712 ; had Amos, b. May 25, 1713. This Amos m. Amy Gains of Glastonbury, Dec. 22, 1734. Jonathan, had John, b. June 29, 1738 ; Betty, b. Dec. 16, 1739 : Reuben, b. Jan. 12, 1741 ; Lydia, b. June 16, 1744 ; Jonathan, b. Nov. 20, 1748. William, m. Mary Burt, Jan. 24, 1805. Children— Mary , b. Dec. 16, 1805 ; William, b. Feb. 21, 1807 ; Elizabeth Burt, b. March 10, 1809 ; Hannah, b. Dec. 27, 1811 ? Daniel, b. July 18, 1814 ; Sally, b. April 17, 1817 ; Harriet Belden, b. Oct. 18, 1819 ; John F., b. Aug. 18, 1822. Joseph, had Reuben, b. Oct. 17, 1773, and Jeptha, b. Jan. 12, 1776. ' Redben had Ruth, b. Dec. 4, 1776 ; Eunice, b. Nov. 26, 1778, and David, b. Sept. 6, 1780. Daniel (of W. L.j, m. Ann E. Harris of W., Dec. 15, 1850. Abiezek, m. Sophia Wood, Sept. 9, 1820. Elijah, m. Olive , Sept. 2, 1821. 756 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Lother, m. Sarah Ann Ellis, Pe b. 12, 1850. Deaths (W. Rec.).— Isaac (s. of John, sr.), d. Cot. 10, 1687. Esther (dan. of John, sr.), d. Feb. 5, . Samuel, d. Nov. 16, 1694. Sgt. John, d. Jan. 4, 1698-9. John (s. of John), d. July 2, 1712. Daniel, d. April 17, 1724. John, d. April 28, 1724. Sgt. James, d. Sept. 29, 1727. Daniel, d, Nov. 30, 1733. Dea. Hezekiah, d. June 3, 1767. Mr. Hezekiah, d. Feb. 26, 1758. (Sc.)— Dr. Daniel, d. Jan. 15, 1822; his wife, Ann, d. Sept. 24, 1828, a. 59. Dr. Henet A., b. Aug. 22, 1789 ; d. March 24, 1837, a,. 47. Daniel, b. Nov. 25, 1793 ; d. at Sew York, June 2, 1822. Heevet, b. July 19, 1800 ; d. at sea off Havana, Sept. 28, 1825. In same enclosure are buried Dr. Jona. Sparhawk's family. PORTER, John, from England (or Wales?) in 1632; of Salem, 1637; was made freeman, 1646 ; had children who settled at Topsfield and Wenham, from which latter place Deacon William Porter removed to Braintree, about 1740 ; his son Jonathan moved to Maiden about 1755 ; and his son Jonathan moved to Medford 1773 [Whitmore's Med/ord Genealogies, p. 38, which also contains a genealogical record of said Jonathan's family). Lieut. John of Wenham, Mass., m. Lydia ; he d. March 8, 1753, a. 95. Children — Samuel; John,l b. July 21, 1683, in Wenham ; Benjamin; Nehemiah ; Jonathan ; Lydia, m. Lamson ; Mehitable, m. Kim- ball ; Mary, m. Cue ; Elizabeth, m. Burnham ; Sally m. Dodge ; Hannah, in. Kimball. JoHN,l m. Elizabeth (dau. of Capt. John) Putnam of Wenham ; she was born Feb. 2, 1687, and d. before her husband's removal to Connecticut ; lie removed to Ellington, Ct., about 1740, and d. there, a. 92. Children— John, b. April 16, 1710 ; Jonathan,2 b. April 1, 1712; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1714; David, b. March 10, 1716; Lydia, b. Sept. 5, 1717 ; Ruth, b. Oct. 28, 1719; Daniel, b. Sept. 19, 1721. Dea. Jonathan,"'^ m. Elizabeth Bachelor of Wenham, May 5, 1736 ; and moved to Ellington with his father; he d. July 5, 1783, in 72d year of his age ; she d. Feb. 16, 1793, in the 81st year of her age. Children — John, b. June 29, 1738 ; Betsy, b. Dec. 28, 1739 ; Reuben, b. Jan. 8, 1742, in Elling- ton ; Lydia, b. July 16, 1744 ; Jonathan,^ b. Nov. 24, 1748 ; Jerusha,b. Jan. 28, 1752 ; Daniel, b. April 23, 1754. Jo.\'ATHAN,3 m. Mercy (dau. of Jared) Foot of Ellington, Ct., Jane 3,1785. CAiWrm— Sally, b. March 29, 1786 ; d. Dec. 7, 1792 ; Louisa, b. Nov. 24, 1788 ; m. Jabez Collins, and d. Dec. 19, 1829 : Marilda, b. May 21, 1790; Lemuel, b. March 19, 1792 ; d. Jan. 3, 1842 : Sally, b. Dec. 23, 1793; d. Jan. 1,1796: Betsy, b. Aug. 13, 1795; d. Nov. 20, 1839; Jeruslia, b. May 5, 1797; d. Dec. 5, 1839; Horace, b. May 7, 1799; d. at sea, Aug. 21, 1824; Dolly, b. May 16, 1801 ; d. .June 30, 1823 : Guy, b. June 27, 1803 : Philo,* b. June 27, 1806 ; Sally. Philo,* m. 1, Clarissa B. (d. of Daniel and Cloenda) Skinner of Windsor, POTTER — POWELL. 757 March 27, 1838; she d. Aug. 15, 1853; m. 2, Cordelia (dau. of David D.) Wadsworth of Ellington, March 30, 1858 ; lives at Ellington. Children— Horace Philo, b. Feb. 6, 1839 ; Louisa Clarissa, b. Aug. 24, 1842 ; d. June 23, 1849 : William Emerson, b. July 16, 1846; Emma Hortense, b. Feb. 5, 1849 ; d. Oct. 4, 1851, from burns received by her clothing taking fire. POTTER, Mrs. Mary, d. Jan, 2, 1799, in 71st year (Sc). POTWINE, E. W. {French, Poitevin, meaning an inhabitant of Poitou, in France ; English, Potyn ; has only one coat of arms, which bears a flcur-de- lys). This family is probably of French Huguenot origin. John (see p. 300), m. Mary , who d. at Coventry, March 5, 1765, in her 68th year; he d. in East Windsor, May 16, 1792, in 94th year (Sc.) Children — John, b. about 1727; d. at E. Windsor, Ct., Aug. 10, 1785, in 58th year {£. W. O.): (Rev.) Thomas, b. in Boston, 1731; Mary, b. about 1835; d. at E. Windsor, Ct., May 22, 1792, in 59th year {Sc). Rev. Thomas (see p. 297 and 306), m. Abigail (dau. of Capt. Abner) Mosely of Glastonbury, Ct., who d. July 23, 1759, in her 27th year; he m. 2, Lydia , who d. Sept. 19, 1817, a. 83 (Sc). Children — Benjamin, who d. July 5, 1787, in 20th year {Sc ) ; William, who d. April, 1794, in 20th year {Sc), and others. MISCELLANEOUS. Marriages. — Nathaniel, m. Sophia M. Clark, Oct. 16, 1821. Thomas, m. Sarah Stoughton, May 22, 1828. Israel, m. Mary F. Bartlett, Nov. 12, 1828. Geo. C, m. Ruth W. Hall, April 25, 1853. Deaths (/.). — Robeet, d. April 13, 1853, a. SO ; his wife Jemima, d. Nov. 10, 1843, a. 67 ; their dau., Louisa P., d. Sept. 24, 1818, a. 3 yrs. 5 mos. ; their son, John T., d. June 17, 1807, a. 2 yrs. 3 mos. ; their dau., Louisa, d. June 17, 1811, a. 2 yrs. 4 mos. ; their son, Geokge C, d. at Granby, Mass., May 28, 1838, a, 31 ; his wife, Ruth W., d. Oct. 2, 'l843, a. 34. Rachel, wife of John, d. Aug. 10, 1817, a. 86. Robbkt (son of John T. and Sophronia), d. Deo. 31, 1843, a. 7 mos. 6 days. Mary Jane (their dau.), d. Oct. 1, 1846, a. 1 yr. 13 days. ' {E. W. 0.)— John, d. at Roxbury, Aug. 22, 1775, in his 21st year ; and David d. Sept. 29, 1775, in his 11th year, both sons of Mr. John (son of John the brother of Rev. Thomas ?) and Eunice. (Sc.)— Israel Atwater (son of Israel and Mary P.), d. Sept. 8, 1854, a. 17. Stephen Atwater (son of Stephen and Mary), d. March 4, 1834, a. 23 ; he grad. A. B. at Y. C, the August previous to his death, and was intending to enter the gospel ministry. His sister, LucmuA Maria, d. Oct. 4, 1828, a. 21. Thomas, d. Sept. 14, 1824, o,. 67. Sarah (dau. of Thomas and Martha), d. Aug. 7, 1825, a. 25. Martha (dau. of same), d. July 9, 1822, a. 62. POWERS, Jonathan, b. Feb. 12, 1734. POWELL, Thomas, m. Elsie Traharan (?) Aug. 25, 1676, and had Ann, b. 758 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. April 19, 1678, and Thomas, h. in 1680; Thomas, Sen., d. 1685; left an estate of only £3 9. Hannibal (s. of Thomas), d. Jan. 15, 1684. John, d. Jan. 17, 1685. PRIOR (E. W.) Humphrey, m. Ann Oshorn, Nov. 12, 1663. CAiWrm— John,i b. Feb. 14, 1664; Daniel,^ b. Dec. 18, 1667. JoHN,l had Ann, b. March 31, 1690 ; Mary, b. March 6, 1692 ; John, b. May 16, 1695. Daniel,2 m. Sarah Eggleston of Middletown, Feb. 9, 1692-3. Child— Sarah, b. March 4, 1693-4. John had Gideon, b. Feb. 19, 1736 ; Joel, b. .Jan. 16, 1739. John, Jr., had Ann, b. Nov. 8, 1748 ; Roswell, b. Jan. 30, 1749 ; Mehitable, b. Aug. 15, 1751 ; Jerusha, b. Jan. 12, 1753 ; Eleanor, b. Feb. 26, 1756 ; Roxy, b. Oct. 14, 1756; Roswell, b. May 30, 1758. Joel, had George, b. March 6, 1767 ; Augustus, b. April 16, 1769 ; Frederick, b. April 18, 1771 ; Jerusha, b. May 14, 1776 ; Clarissa, b. May 21, 1777 ; Augustus, b. Aug 22, 1780 ; Gideon, b. July 31, 1782 ; Asa, h. Sept. 13, 1788 ; Rlioda, b. Aug. 16, 1790 ; Joel, b. Sept. 11, 1793 ; Harvey, b. Nov. 21, 1784. Abner, Abner b. June 10, 1758. Marriages. — Seth m. Sophia Allen, April 17, 1821. Horace m. .Charlotte Chapin, June 5, 1821. REED, JosiAH, m. Hannah Amsdale. David (s. of Josiah), b. June 20, 1706 ; m. Hannah, dau. of Edward and Abigail (Baulch) Raynesford, March 22, 1733 ; her parents came from the vicinity of London, Eng., and settled at Rehoboth, Mass. ; she was b. Aug. 7, 1706 ; * they moved to Ellington, Ct. , where he d. very suddenly in the road, in a fit, March 9, 1763 ; .she d. Nov. 19, 1800, a. 93, at E. W., at the residence of her son, Ebenezer. Children — David, settled in New Marlboro, Mass. ; lived on the old Albany road ; had Augustin, Eliphalet, Reuben, and 2 daus. : Ebenezer,! b. March 22, 1734 ; JoSiah ; " Abijah, m. Anna White, and lived in Canterbury, Ct. ; was a Revolutionary officer, confined as pri- soner by the British in the Jersey prison ship, but returned home to die ; his widow afterwards resided with his brother Ebenezer; t one dau., Nancy, m. Stephen Cole of Manchester, Ct. ; Elizabeth, b. May 26, 1751; m. Jona- than Alford of W. . Charity, m. Stephen Gibbs of W. Ebenezer,! jn, i^ Mary, dau. of Elijah and Mary (dau. of Joseph Loomis of W.) Ktch, Dec. 6, 1759 ; she d. Nov. 11, 1774, in 31st year ; he m. 2, Elizabeth, dau. of James and wid. of Zebulon Thompson) Barrett, Nov. 1, * Hanuah Raynsford, had 2 brotliers, Richard aBd Joseph, who both settled in Canterbury, Ct.; Uichard had a son Benjamin, who had one dau.; Joseph, had one son Joseph, who had a son "Waldo, who went to Penn., near Silver Lake. t M. after his death to a Chapin of S. Windsor. EEBD. 759 1781. CMWrm— Justus,3 b. Oct. 17, 1760; Chloe, b. June 1, 1764; m. Charles May, Aug. 20, 1788, and d. Jan. 26, 1795, a. 31 : Elijah Fitch,* b. May 11, 1767; Abner,B b. Nov. 13, 1771; Judith, b. Oct. 23, 1773; Jerusha, b. Aug. 10, 1773 ; d. March 2, 1777. JosiAH,2 m. a sister of Lieut. Pinney of Ellington. Children — Lovisa ; Horace, b. May 15, 1770 ; studied medicine with Porter of Windsor; spent 8 years at' the south witli the especial view of studying fevers, in the treatment of which he was afterwards very successful, returning to Grlastenbm-y, Ct., he practiced there until his marriage, in 1803, with Betsy Welles, whose father dying, and leaving her considerable property, they removed to Put- nam, Ohio, in 1814, where he remained until his death, April 7, 1804 ; hi.s only uhild — Lucy Welles, m. Robert Hazlett, June 8, 1810 ; has 8 children living ; resides at ZanesviUe, Ohio : Roswell ; d. inft. JuSTns,^ m. 1, Sarah (dan, of Elisha and Sarah (Wolcott) Steele ; she was b. April 19, 1759, and d. July 15, 1790, a. 31 ; m. 2, Lucina Elmer, b. Deo. 6, 1792, at E. Hartford ; m. 3, wid. Lydia Burnham ; he was a shoemaker in E. W., where he d. Oct., 1846. Children by 1st wife— Polly, b. Dec. 17, 1781 ; m. Ellen Loomis, of Torringford, Ct. . Jerusha, b. Nov. 22, 1783 ; m. Monlton : Sarah, b. Oct. 26, 1785 ; m. Phineas Blodgett : Anne, b. April 25, 1787. Children by 2d wi/e— Justus Orlanzo,0 b. Aug. 31, 1792 or 3 ; Chloe, b., Jan. 28, 1795 ; Celina, who d. Nov. 20, 1849, a. 24. Children by 3d wife— Emily, m. a Nettleton. Elijah Fitch* (M. D.), m. Hannah (dau. of Alexander and Joanna (Smith McLean of Simsbury, May 6, 1792. CMMrm— Julia, b. Oct. 8, 1792, m. Henry Watson, Sept. 5, 1809 : Ebenezer Fitch, b. Feb. 4, 1799 ; d. Nov. 25, 1832 : Maro McLean,' b.Oct. 18, 1801 ; Mary Eliza, b. Jan. 15, 1804 ; d. unm. at Waverly, 111., July 26, 1850 : Harriet Smith, b. Feb. 12, 1806; m. John Hall of Ellington, Sept. 6,1830; was his 2d wife ; had Charles, Alfred, Eobert : Julius Alexander,? b. Jan. 16, 1809 ; Rosanna, b. May 14, 1810 ; m. Stanley White, Oct. 17, 1838 ; d. May 28, 1839, at Andover, Ct. Dea. Abnek,5 m. Elizabeth (dau. of Thomas) Loring of Lansingburgh, N. Y., April 9, 1795 ; he now lives at Conneaut, Ohio ; has been an engraver and artist ; she d. at New York city. Children — Jane Ann Maria ; m. Edward Bissell of E. W. . Abner Loring ;9 Elizabeth ; Charlotte Sophia, ni. Samuel Stiles; Waldo Raynsford, d. at Geneseo, N. Y. ; Arthur Melancthon.io JnSTtis Oelanzo,6 m. Betsy (dau. of David) Crane, of E. W ; he d. Sept. 21, 1850, a. 58 ; was a farmer in E. W. Children— 'Lemnul E., b. Aug. 27, 1817; Charlotte C, b. April 9, 1819 ; d. Aug. 10, 1846 : John H., b. July, 15, 1820 ; Maro S.,ll b. May 14, 1822 ; Celina, b. March 22, 1825 ; d. Nov. 20, 1849 : Waldo R., b. Oct. 22, 1827. Mako McLean,7 M. D., m. Elizabeth (dau. of James and Parthenia (Bliss) Lathrop, Sept. 16, 1830 ; she was b. at Hartford, Ct., Aug. 23, 1807. Children b. at Jacksonville, /«.— Harriet, b. June 21, 1831 ; Edward, b. March 6, 1833 ; d. July 3, 1833, of cholera : Albert Hale, b. Feb. 12, 1836 ; Elijah Fitch ; Maria 760 • GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Lathrop, b. Jan. 27, 1839 ; Sarah ; Julia, b. Nov. 20, 1846 ; Henry, b. Feb. IS, 1848 ; d. Aug. 17, 1849 : Mary Eliza, b. June 25, 1849.' Rev. Jdlids Albx'b,8 m. Caroline Blood,'Deo. 1, 18.85 ; lives at Davenport, Iowa. Children — Anna, b. Aug. 30, 1836 ; Rosanna, b. Aug. 11, 1839 ; d. April 25, 1840, by being thrown from a wagon : Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1843. Abner Loeisg,9 m. Abby (dau. of Oliver and Abby (McClure) Tudor, of E. W. ; lives at Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Oliio ; farmer. Children — Charlotte, Oliver. Aktiiue M.jiOm. Harriet (dau. of Judge Thomas) Douglas of Florida; is a banker at Jacksonville, Fla. Children — Louisa and Harriet, twins. Maeo S.,iim., Nov. 17, 1844, Elizabeth L. (dau. of Allen) Loomis of Tor- ringford, Ct. ; farmer in E. W. MISCELLANEOUS. Hezekiah, m. Hannah Hadlock, Feb. 16, 1746, and had Benjamin, b. Sept. 3, 1748. Lewis, m. Elizabeth Fish, Sept. 28, 1S30. Isaac, had Frederick b. Nov. 22, 1754. JosiAH, d. April 24, 1774, a. 67. Jacob, d. May 25, 1774. Cathekine (dau. of Elizabeth) Reed, alias Rite, b. June 12, 1721. Matthew and Lydiahad Emeline, who d. Dec. 20, 1831, a. 65 yrs., and Susan, who d. at Ashford, July 28, 1825, a. 2^. RANDALL, Aekaham, one of the first at W., juror in 1670, m. 1, Mary , Dec. 1, 1640; m. 2, Elizabeth KiUby of Middletown, Oct. 27, 1681 ; he d. Aug. 21, 1690 ; estate £140 ; his j/rincipal legatee was his cousin Abraham Phelps, whom he had adopted when a child, having no children of his owji ; Isaac Phelps of Westfleld, and Joseph of W., received small legacies also. Goodman Philip, at Dorchester in 1633, freeman in 1634 ; buried Sept. 26, 1648 ; his dau. Pliilury, m. Geo. Phelps. RAYMOND, Samdel, had Anna, b. Nov. 10, 1744. RICHARDSON (E. W. 0.), Phipps (s. of Stephen and Mabel), d. May, 1793, in 19th yr. Stephen, d. Oct. 4, 1809, a. 71 ; his wife Mabel, d. Aug. 4, 1798, in 56th yr. (8c.) — Lois (wife of Alexander), d. Jan. 22, 1806, in 30 yr. ; her sons Har- low, d. Oct. 17, 1801, a. 3 jr. j Harlow P., d. Oct. 6, 1806, a. 4 yr. James H. (s. of Alex, and Hannah), d. Jan.- 27, 1810, a. 12. Mart (wife of Daniel M.), d. Nov. 29, 1827, a. 33. RIGHT (probably should be spelt Wright), Abel, had Jerusha, b. Aug. 16, 1768. Mehitable, had Gideon, b. April 29, 1761. RIMINGTON (Remmingtok), Thomas, had Joseph, b. Sept. 1, 1676. RILEY, Hinman mentions a Jacob at W., in 1730. RIPNER, John, had Elizabeth, b. June 27, 1743. RISING, James; his wife d. April 2, 1674. ROBERTS, John of Wethersfield, had John, Jr.,' who moved to Simsbury, BOBERTS. 761 and had John, 3d, who had Lemuel of Simsbury , m. Ruth Woodford of North- ington, Ct. Children—Zemuel^ b. 176G ; Ruth, m. Ezra Griswold of Sima- buvy, and went to Ohio in 1803 ; Hannah, m. Lester Fillcy of Mass. ; Samuel,2 b. 1772 ; Eunice and Lois, twins ; Eunice, m. James Goodwin of Haittord, Ct. ; Lois, m. a Topping and went to Ohio ; Hezekiah.3 Lemuel,! m. Roxa Gillet of (Blomfield) Windsor ; he d. 1829 ; she d. 1848. Children— Roxy, h. 1786 ; m. 1, Elijah Taylor; m. 2, Russell Wells; and d. in 1822: Lemuel,-' b. 1789 ; Laura, b. 1792 ; m. Newton Case; and d. 1829 : Hiram ; 5 Hermon, b. 1794 ; d. 1810 : Melissa, b. 1800 ; m. Simeon S. Bat- terson'. Samdel,2 m. 1, Althea Calkins ; she d. 1813 ; m, 2, Pomely Patchin, who d. 1825 ; he d. 1846. CAiMrm— Samuel," b. 1794 ; Hector, b. 1767 ; m. Harriet Calkins ; no children : Albert,'? b. 1799 ; Virgil,8 b. 1805 ; Emily, b. 1807 ; m. 1, Elijah Hunt ; m. 2, Dr. R. Hills : Henry, b. 1808 ; d. 1810 : Jennete, b. 1818 ; m. Simeon B. Sears; Ella, b. 1818; m. George Cole ; d. 1849 ; Catharine, 1820 ; m. Wm. D. Hamlin. Hezekiah,3 b. 1784 ; m. Harriet King of Sharon. Children— George King, b. 1808 ; m. JaneT. Knuckle : Hezekiah Chesterfield, b. 1811 ; m. Cham- berlain : Roswell Augustus, b. 1815 ; m. Caroline Robinson : Harriet King, b. 1821 ; Richard William, b. 1823 ; d. 1829 : Aurelia Walker, b. 182G ; m. Stephen D. Van Winkle. Lemuel,* m. Betsy Gillet Thrall; he d. 1825. CMdrcn—Elizabeth Thrall, m. 1, E. Seymoar Roberts ; 2,,S. F. Burnham ; d. 1858 : Tryphena Latimer, m. Elihu Latimer ; Lemuel Decatur, m. Julia Maria Brown ; had Augusta Cornelia and Julia Maria : James Monroe, m. Eliza Jenkins ; had Ellen Maria : Lester Augustus, b. 1826 ; m, Laura Cook Griswold ; has Jeanie, b. 1857. HiRAM,6 m. Polly Bidwell. CAi7rfrm— Hiram Bidwell, b. 1826 ; d. 1831 : Mary Serelia, Sarah Ann, George Bidwell, Mary Jane. Samuel," b. 1794; m. Betsy Breadley. Children — Harriette, Hector, Samuel, Henry. Albeet,' d. 1841 ; m. Charlotte Crane, who d. 1841 ; Charlotte, only child. Viroil,8 m. Harriett K. Swan. Children — Cyrus, Albert, Caroline, Charles, James. Mr. John, m. Mary AUyn, Oct. 22, 1734. C/iiWrCT— John, b. May 9, 1737 James, b. May 2, 1739 ; Paul, b. May 19, 1741 ; Mary, b. May 22, 1743 Lucy, b. Aug. 15, 1745 ; Sarah, b. Oct. IS, 1747 ; Ann, b. Feb. 4, 1749 Euhamah, b. June 15, 1752 ; Oliver, b. July 25, 1754 ; Peletiah, b. Aug. 30, 1756 ; Henry, b. Nov. 20, 1759. John, Jr., had Clark, b. Sept. 16, 1761 ; Peter, b. June 26, 1764 ; Nabby Humphrey, b. Dec. 24, 1766; AUyn, b. Nov. 9, 1769; Mary, b, July 22, 1772; Susy, b. Doc. 12, 1776 ; d. Feb. 17, 1776 ; John, b. March 24, 1780. James, m. Jerusha Talcott, Oct. 5, 1766. Children— }ernsha, b. Sept., 1767 ; Jerusha, b. Aug. 17, 1769 ; James, b. June 15, 1771 ; Sally, b. Oct. 25, 1776 ; Elihu, b. June 24, 1779. 96 762 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. William, had Luoina, h. Oct. 28, 1751. Marriages. Elihii, m. Ann R. Lathrop of Middletown, Dec. 6, 1826. CiOEKo, m. Julia Stoughton, April 11, 1849. Cioeko, m. Julia A. Loomifi, Oct. 25, 1843. James, m. Margaret 0. Moore, Sept. 23, 1829. Hoeace G,, m. Lydia C. Moore, April 16, 1835. Deaths.— M.X. Petek, d. May 26, 1752, a. 72. Mr. Johu, d. Dec. 11, 1775, a. 62. Margaret (wife of Rev. Robert, and dau. of Rev. John Marsh, d, Oct. 1, 1747, a. 30. ROCKWELL. Th6 Rockwell family in England traces back its origin to Sir Ralph Db RooKViLLE, a Norman Knight, who accompanied the Empress Maude into England, when she laid claim to the throne of that realm. He ultimately joined King Henry II, and had a grant of three knights of land, in the county of York, upon which estate the Rockwells have continued until the present day. James Rock:well, Esq., of Rockwell Hall, near Borough Bridge, county of York, is the present representative of the family in England. The Old Ch. Rec. says that Abraham R,, and his wife Mary, were in. Dec. 4, 1640, and that his wife d. July 8, 1677, without children; Hinman also mentions a Simon who d. 1665, leaving his estate to the children of his two sisters, viz., Mary, wife of Robert Watson of W., and , the wife of Zachary Sanford. William (see p. 128), was in W. a prominent and highly respected mem- ber of the community ; he m. Susaunah Chapiu (probably a 2d wife) ; lie d. May 15, 1640. Children — John ;l Ruth, m. Christopher Huntington ; Mary, m. Jeffry Mohon ; Samuel ;''- Joseph ; Sarah, m. Wait Gaylord. JoHN,l m. 1, Sarah Ensign, May 6, 1651 ; who d. and was buried at Hart- ford, June 23, 1659 ; he m. 2, Deliverance Haynes, at Dorchester, Mass., Aug. 18, 1662 ; he d. Sept. 3, 1673, and " was buried at sunsetting, 45 years old." Cfti'Zrfrm— Sarah, b. May 12, 1653 ; m. David Hall : Ruth, b. March 5,1654; m. Daniel Mix: Lydia, b. Nov. 27,1656; m. Joshua Atwater: John, b. Sept. 6, 1663 ; Hannah, b. May 30, 1665 ; Joseph,3 b. July 8, 1668; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1670 ; m. James Ward. Samuel,2 m. Mary Norton, April 7, 1660 (tVindsor Rec. say she was of Say brook, and was m. April 9, 1658). Children — Mary, b. Jan. 18, 1662; m. Joshua Loomis: Abigail, b. Aug. 23, 1664; Samuel,* b. Oct. 19,1667; Joseph,6 b. May 22, 1670 ; John,6 b. March 31, 1673 ; Abigail, b. April II, 1676 ; m. John Smith ; Josiah,^ b. March 10, 1678. Joseph,3 m. Elizabeth Foster. Children — John, Joseph, Edwin ;S William, m. Hannah Fisher ; Hannah, Edwin, Edmund. Samuel* (E. W.), m. Elizabeth Gaylord, Jan. 10, 1694; "he was chosen Feb., 1716, in the place of a deacon, and departed this life May the 13th, 1725, in 58th year of his age" (Monument in OU E. W. graveyard). His wid. d. Dec. 12, 1727. Children — Elizabeth, m. Thomas Spencer; Samuel, ROCKWELL. 763 b. Jan. 11, 1702 ; d. April 21, 1725 : William, b. Nov. 11, 1704 ; d. April 22, 1725; Matthew,9 b. Jan. 30, 1707. JosEPH,5 m. Elizabeth Drake ; he d. June 26, 1733, a. 64. Children— Joseph,l0 b. Nov. 23, 1695 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1698 ; Benjamin,!! b. Oct. 26,1700; James,!2b. June 3, 1704; Job,!3 b. April 13, 1709; Elizabeth, b. Jaly 24, 1713 ; m. Jonathan Huntington. JoHK,'5 m. Anne Skinner, who d. April 1, 1756, in 72d year; he d. Aug. 6, 1746 in 75th year. Children— John, b. Dec, 8, 1701 ; Ann, b. Jan. 18, 1704; twins, b. May 12, 1706 ; " both d. 3 days after ;" Daniel,!* b. May 30, 1707; David,i6 b. Aug. 15, 1709; Mary, b. July 10, 1711 ; Abigail, b. Aug. 9,1713; Isaao,!<5b. March 14, 1715-16; Ebenezer, b. Jan. 5, 1717; Joel, b. Sept. 25, 1718 ; Mariha, b. Aug. 28, 1720 ; Joel,i7 b. Sept. 8, 1719 ; d. Dec. 7, 1801, in 54th year ; wife Mary, d. Aug. 27, 1782, in 30th year ; wife Martha, d. May 2, 1791, in 39th year; dan. Mary, d; June 19, 1795, in 19th year; sou (by 1st wife) David, d. May 21, 1779, in 2d year ; dau. (by 2d wife) Elizabeth, d. Nov., 1788 ; Silvanus,* b. Jan. 7, 1723-i; Rachel, b. June 26, 1726 ; John, b. Deo. 5, 1728. JosiAH,^ m. Rebecca Loomis of Lebanon, Dec. 14, 1713. Children — Rebecca, b. March 24, 1714^15 ; Ruth, b. Jan. 6, 1716 ; Josiah, b. March 7, 1718 ; Ezra, b. April 15, 1721 ; Waitstill, b. Sept 6, 1723 ; Eunice, b. June 3, 1727. Joseph,^ m. Safah Yeomans ; had Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Susanna, Joseph. Mr. Matthew^ (E. W.), physician, clergyman and deacon; m. 1, Jemima Cook, Jan. 19, 1743 ; m. 2, Elizabeth , who d. Deo. 12, 1727, a. about 57 ; lie a. March 28, 1782. CAiWrm— Jemima, b. Oct. 8, 1744 ; d. Nov. 19, 1744 : Samuel, b. Sept. 6, 1747 ; d. Oct. 28, 1747 : Mabel, b. April 22, 1749 ; d. Oct. 15, 1796, in 47th yr : Lucretia, b. March 26, 1756. JoSEPHjlO m. Hannah Huntington, Nov. 11 or 15 ; who d. Jan. 18, 1761, a. 68, of small-pox; he d. Oct. 16, 1746, a. 51. CkMren — S ose-ph, !'^ b. March 15, 1715-16; Hannah, b. Deo. 25, 1717; m. Joseph Bidwell : Jerusha, " and a son b. with her, being twins, b. June 5, 1720 ; son d. same day:" Jonathan, b. May 2, 1723 ; Samuel, b. March 9, 1725-6; Samuel.lS b. Jan. 19, 1728. Benjamin,!! m. Margaret Drake ; had Margaret, Samuel, Elizabeth. James,!2 m. Abigail Loomis, Nov. 7, 1728. Children — .Tames, b. Sept. 27, 1723 ; Ebenezer,!9 b. Sept, 27, 1728 ; William, b. Sept. 19, 1731 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 19, 1733; d. Feb. 13, 1733-4; Elizabeth, b. April 9, 1742; Nathaniel,!9i b. Nov. 3, 1746 ; Sybil. Job!3 (E. W.), m. Miriam Hayden, Jan. 20, 1736-7; who d. April 15, 1801, a. 93; he d. Aug. 23, 1751, a. 45. CMMrem— Charles,20 b. Deo. 22, 1737; Miriam, b. Jan. 23, 1739 ; d. Jan. 14, 1769 : Benjamin, b. Jan. 25, 1V42 ; d. Feb. 4, 1773, in 30th yr : Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1750 ; d. Nov. 9, 1751. * Record of his family from tlie monuments in W. 0, (B. W.) graTeyard, 764 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Dea. DanielI-^ (E. W.), m. Margaret Loomis of Lebanon, Feb. 20, 1732-3, ■who d. March 1, 1789, in 80th yr ; he, as his tombstone says, was " one who honored his holy profession, living and dying ;" he lived in Wapping parish, and d. Sept, 3, 1775. CAt7rf?-en— Isaac ,21 b. Jan. 26, 1733; Beulah, b. May 20, 1735; d. July 20, 1741: Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1736; Abner, b. March 6, 1737 ; d. Aug. 7, 1741 : Lydia, b. Oct. 4, 1740 ; Beulah, b. Jan. 20, 1742; Abner, b. Oct. 10, 1744; Daniel,22 b. Sept. 4, 1746; Beulah, b. July 3, 1748; John, b. Aug. 5, 1751; d. June 23, 1755: Noah, b. March 31, 1753 ; d. June 20, 1755 : Margaret. I)Avm,l5 m. Margaret Van Home of Springfield, Feb. 22, 1735-6. Child— Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1737. ISAAC,l6ni. Desire Munsell, July 22, 1764 ; had Frances, b. June 2, 1765. JoEL,l7m. Sarah Drake, Dec. 3, 1740. Children — Isaac, b. Sept. 9, 1742; Sarah, b. April 2, 1744; Sabrina, b. Feb. 1, 1747; Ephraim,23b. Sept. 16, 1750 ; Susannah, b. June 28, 1753 ; Ann, b. Oct. 23, 1755 ; Lucretia, b. June 18, 1757. JosEPH,l7>^ m. Ann Dodd, had Anna, m. Nathan Bass ; John ; Elijah ; Mary, m. William Goodwin ; Jerusha ; Elizabeth ; Gurdon ; Joseph ; Elihu. SamdeLjIS m. Hepzibah Pratt. He was the ancestor of the Rockwells. Children^ — Dr. Samuel ; Timothy ; Solomon ; Reuben ; Alpha ; Martin ; hu- man; Hepzibah. * The following biographical notices of the members of this family are extracted from a pri- vately printed pamphlet, entitled A Sermrm preached at the Funeral qf Martin RockweU, of CoU- brooJc (Ct.), Dec. 11, 1851, by the JRev. Joseph Eldridge. It is proper to state that we have re- ceived the Fame biographical material in the original MSS. from the mother of Geo. E. Gaylobd of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. We acknowledge our indebtedness to the above pamphlet for a very correct ouUine genealogy of the R. family, without dates. It also contains a .similar outline gene- alogy of the Colehrook Kockwells. Samuel Rockwell, f.f the fifth generation from Deacon William Rockwell, was born in Jan- uary, 1759. Ht >.a!?t WiaUsior. He was about seventeen years old at the time of his father's death. Ue was married, at the at^e of twenty-eight to Hepziban Pratt of Kaat Hartford. He inherited a small farm of abouc thirty acres in East Windsor, on which he lived until 1767, when hia fam- ily having been increhsed to four sons, he began to apprehend bis place would soon be too straight Inr him ; and being the owner of a hundred acres of wild land m Colehrook, he removed there, with bis famii\ , in February, 1767. He was the fifth settler in the town. He erected for his dwelling, the building which now constitutes the back or kitchen part of the present resi- dence of the family of the late JIeuhkn Rockwell. It was then two miles distantfrom theothet f-ettlers. The frnme hdd been raided before his family arrived. They were accommodotod by ' their friends, who came into the wilderness the year before, Ibr two or three daj s, until boardB could be brought from the saw-mill and the house made tenantable. This house, of one Btory, with a stone chimney, and a ball room under the roof, was for many years the house of enter- tainment, and place for all town and religiouf^ meetings of the infjint settlement. Here, amitl The toils and privations of a new and rough country, lie reared his family of fix eons in habits of industry, enterprifc and reclitudi-. lie retained, in a high degree, the virtue." of hia Puritan ancestors. He was reared under the niiuistry cf the liev. Timothy Jidwardf— had frequently heard the preaching of Whitfield and the elder President Edwards,— was aprofeseor of relieion, punctual in family duties, and to a good degree, faithful in the religious instruction of bis child- ren. He commanded the military ^ nx. Arua Bullen; he d. Aug. 22, 1822, a. 76; his wife Sarah (a 2d wife) d. June 5, 1810, a. 68. Children— llalAsh, Rath, Nathan- iel, John, Martin, George, Sophia. Charles,20 (E. W.). m. Abigail Wolcott, April 9, 1764; who d. May 12, 1825, a. 84; he d. Feb. 26, 1777. Children— ChM-le^;^^ b. July 2, 1765; Mary, b. July 27, 1767 ; m. Featus Bliss : Elihu, b. Oct. 16, 1770 ; d. Jan. 17, 1776, in 6th year : Miriam, m. Oliver Cook. thoroughly done. IJer lar,irc Indiiin pudding wns on the table precisely nt noon and her Concli pbell blown in proper season, llcr t.-irKe brass kettle was over the fire tor brewing bt'-er every Tuesday mornius- I'er family, always larae, reijuirrd her constimt exertions, and her en^-rsy aud foresight were alwa>s eaiml to the emergeDCy. Kver kind and atteplire to her children, their heads must be combed when she could best attend to it, and if they were cross nnd restive, she would box their ears— and if that failed, phe would promise them bread and butter— and at any rate, when undei'taken, it must be done and thoroughly done. She was a great lover of pence, and took no rarL in neighburhood quarrels, or tea-table slanders. She was ever attentive to the duties of religion, and in the latter half of her life gave evidence of sincere and fervent piety, yhe survived her husband twenty years. Doctor S.\mui;l Rockwell, the oldest son, Hvefl at home and worked on the farm until the age of seventeen, when in tlie year 1776 he was six or eight months in the army at New London. In the followint,' year, his health hemming impnired, he commenced the preparatory studies for college— studying in summer and Keepinti school in winter. In 1779 he entered Yale College, and Ht the end ot one term took a dismission, nnd pursued for the usual time the study of med- icine with l)r. Lemuel Hopkins, then uf Litchfield, after which he traveled for some time to find a place, and finally settled in 17H-t as a practitioner in Sharon, in this State. He soon obtained a handsome run of practice, and in 17S8 married Miss Kunice Canfield, daughter of John Can- field of that place, who died of a consumption in 1795. Soon after this bereavement, he removed to Siilisbury, and after two or three years, married Mrs. Uannab lieed and returned to Sharon, where the remainder of hi.s days were spent. He was signally happy in both bis marriages. His second wife died in lS3o lie was an honest and skillful physician, a firm and etficient friend and supporter of religious institutions, an intelligent and consisient Christian professor— a use- ful and infl-uential member of tlie community. lie sustained the office of justice of tlie peace for several years, and occasionally represented the town in the Legislature. Be died on the24tli of June, 1S36. A long and consisteiit profession, and a faithful, conscientious, and persevering adherence to Christian principles, and discharge of Christian duties, were rewai-ded with the conjforts of faith and hope in his last sickness, and at the near approach of death, lie was born February 18, 1759, and died June 24, 1836, aged 77 years, 4 months and 6 days. Timothy Uockwell. the second son, having in early life manifested an unusual capacity for business, was. by common consent of the.father and younger brothers, considered the }nincipal manager of their extensive business concerns, a post which his foresight, enterprise and businef^s tact, well qualified him to fill. He had a strong propensity for reading, and improved all the means to which he had access, in the acquisition of knowledge. He wrote some scraps of poetry, which afforded decisive indications of genius. He was ever kind and affectionate to his parents. and a faithful teacher of his younger brothers, in those rudiments M— Elijah, « b. Jan. 9, 1773. Wakham, 50 b. Dec. 28, 1774. Ezra, b. Feb. 12, 1777;; d. April 12, 1793. , Japhet,' 61 b. March 12, 1779. Salmon, 62 b. July 6, 1781; d. April 15, 1823. EdWArd,63 b. Sept. 27, 1^83. Isaac, 6* b. March 3, 1785. Tirzah, b. March 15, 1788 ; m. 1, Seth Webster ; m. 2. John Sargent, by whom has 1 dau.; Mrs. Sargent, now living, a widow, in Mendon, N. Y. Heket, 66 b. April 1, 1790. Charles, 56 b. April 1, 1792. Mary, b. April 21, 1794 ; m. Cyrus Webster of Mendon, N. Y. 2EBEDIAH, Jr., 26 m. Elizabeth ; had Ephraim, b. in Pittsfield, Mass., March 13, 1783. ASAHEL,30m. Bissell Gleason of Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 17, 1784; lived at Benson, Vt. ; at age of 92 could read well without glasses ; his memory was retentive, and he was very fond of perusing the Bible, in which he was well versed ; could also (being a shoemaker as well as farmer) mend an old shoe as well as ever; he d. 1853 ; she d. July 14, 1843. Children b. at Benson, Vt. — JosiAH, b. Sept., 1785. Clarissa, b. May 18, 1787. Elijah, b. Oct. 16, 1788 ; d. Nov. 27, 1844, unm. Loreen, i^ b. Aug. 9, 1790 ; lives at Goshen, 0. William, 68 b. May 17, 1792 ; Uves at Phillipsville, N. Y. Cassilda, b. Jan. 27, 1794; d. June 15, 1845, unm. Asahel, Jr., b. Aug. 12, 1797; lives at Genon, 111. Enoch, b. Sept. 4, 1801 ; unm., lives at Benson, Vt. SIMEON, Jr.si of Westfleld, m. Ruth Austin of Suffield Co. Aug. 28,, 1783; moved to Russell, N. Y., about 1801; he d. March 24, 1818; Mrs. Ruth Stiles d. Feb. 9, 1813, a. 56. Children at Westfield— Mercy,.}). June 22, 1784 ; m. Stephen Kimball ; d. Sept. 1, 1844. Oliver,69 b. July 15, 1786. Harrt,60 b. Dec. 13, 1788. Rotal,61 b. June 26, 1791. Clarissa, b. May 1, 1793; m.- Benjamin Gibbons of Granville, Mass; had 12 children; is still living at Russell, N. Y. Asenath, b. Aug, 11, 1796, m. James Burnett of Lawrence Co., N. Y. ; d. in 1852. Ozias, b. Dec. 30, 1799 ; d. in inf. Almiea, b. Jan. 15, 1801; m. Augustus . Smith of Westfleld; lives in Beloit, Wis.. Jerjjsha, b. in Russell, N. Y., 1803 ; m. Col. Johue Hyde of Barker, N. Y. ; lives in Hyde Settlement, Broome Co., N. Y. ; is a widower; no children. JOHN, 82 settled in Westfleld, Mass. ; m. 1, Charity Smith, Nov. 25, 1790 ; she d. July 9, 1805, a. 42 ; m. 2, Anna Day of West Springfield, Mass. ; Oct. 28, 1806 ; John Stiles d. Nov. 27,1837; Mrs. Anna Stiles d. Feb, 5, 1839, a. C9. Children b. at Westfleld — Lucy, b. Jan. 29, 1792; m. 1, Daniel Yeoman, Sept. 1807 ; m. 2, Justus Loomis of Westfleld ; 7 children ; d. Sept. 23, 1849, a. 57. Experience, b. May 25, 1795 ; living in Westfleld, unm. STILES. 793 Rachel, b. Oct. 14, 1798; m. Oliver Jewett of Lanesborough, Mass, Hn. 9 1820; no issue. Ama, b. Aug. 19, 1807 ; m. George Sliepard of Westfleld'; lived in Eaton Rapids, Mich. ; d. about 1845. John Jr.,62.b. Jan. 22, 1809. Simeon, 63 b. April 29, 1811 : lives in Wisconsin. EPHEAIM,33 settled at Westfield, Mass.; m. Esther Mosely, June 29, ' 1787 ; farmer. Children at Westfield, Mass.— CHARLES,64b. May 18, 1788. Lydia, b. Sept. 25, 1789 ; m. Royal Perkins, 1808 ; d. 1855. Pame'lia, b. Aug. 2, 1792 ; m. Peter Towns, 1814 ; lives in Maple Grove, Mich. Cdestek, b. March 19, 1792 ; m., has 1 child, and lives at Battle Creek, Mich. Mak- GARET, b. Aug. 9, 1794 ; m. Martin Shaw, 1821 ; d. 1853. Lauka, b. 1796 : m. Calvin Phelps in 1814 : d. in 1835. Makia, b. 1798 ; m. Asa Phelps in 1817; d. in 1831. Anna, b. 1800; m. Isaac Bailey, 1820; d. in 1836. Esther, b. 1802 ; m. John Downs, 1825 ; lives at Edwards, N. Y. Julia, b. 1804 ; m. Daniel Warden, 1836 ; lives in Maple Grove, Mich. Lavinia,' b. 1806 ; m. Noah Shaw, 1833 ; lives at Edwards, N. Y. SAMUEL,3* m. Charlotte, dau. of Dea. Abner Reed of East Windsor, Ct., June 12, 1825 ; was bred an engraver. Children, all b. in New York City— Henry REED,65b. March 10, 1832. Arthur Chapin, b. Aug. 22, 1837 ; d. Jan. 8, 1838. William Loring, b. April 11, 1839. Samuel Edward, b. Aug 26, 1844. Charlotte Elizabeth, b. Feb. 24, 1847. EZRA,35* m. Anna Spear, Nov. 27, 1823 ; he d. at Syracuse, N. Y., April 7, 1844. CAjMrcn— Frances A. Bradford, b. April 9, 1826 ; m. E. A. Shel- den, Esq., May 16, 1849 ; now lives in Oswego, N. Y. ; issue, Mary Spear, b. Sept. 15, 1850 ; Charles Stiles, b. Aug. 7, 1855 ; Frances Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1857. Charles Worcester Chapin, b. June 28, 1832 ; d. Oct. 10, 1842. SAMUEL, 36 (M. D.), m. Louisa Lamb of Fort Miller, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1817 ;■ moved to Fort Ann ; was assistant surgeon (being a medical student at the time) in last war with England ; practiced medicine with much success in Kingsbury, N. Y., until death; Dr. Samuel Stiles, d. at Fort Ann, N. Y., April 23, 1813, a. 32 yrs. 2 mo. 20 d. ; was buried at Kingsbury ; his widow lives at Fort Miller, N. Y. CAiWrcn— Cincinnatus Woodard, b. Sept. 21, 1818 ; carriage maker ; lives in Fort Miller. Margareitas Chamberlain, b. Deo. 12, 1820 ; m. Guy, April 2, 1840 ; lives in Castleton, Vt. ; has * Died, at his residence in tliis Tillage, on Sunday morning, the 7t}i inst., Ezra Stiles, a. 44 years. He was born in East Windsor, Conn., came to this place eight years ago, and was one of the first and firmest Abolitionists in the Tillage and county. I'irm and undaunted amid dis- couragement and Tiolent opposition, he has shown that devotion to this, and eyery other good cause, which endeared him to the friends of Christian reform, and left an influence behind him that will be imperishable. He was a Christian of no ordinary mould. To him the serying of God was not a mere empty show. The high claims of God were allowed to enter into his first and most earnest devotions. The endorsement of mere theories of truth and righteousness did not satisfy his conceptions of obligation to O'od or man. His life was made the practical demon- stration of that faith and love which dwelt in him,— Syracuse Dem. Freeman, April 12, 1844. 100 794 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Mary Louisa, b. Nov., 1841; Julia Arabella, h. Feb., 1848. Maeoaeet Beckwith, b. Deo. 17, 1822; d. June 9, 1823. HOSEA,37 m. Nelson; he d. at Sudbury, Vt. , 1821; had Lotiise, Adalinb. BENONI, Jr. ,38 m. Esther (dau. of John) Morton of EastWindsor, Ct., Nov. 10, 1813; inherited his uncle Samuel's property; he d. at East Windsor, Sept. 21, 1838; Mrs. Esther Stiles d. at E. W., Deo. 5, 1839. Children— SAMCEi,,6a b. Aug. 26, 1814. Jons M.,67 b. Jan. 11, 1818. Esther J. ISRAEL,39 m. Eunice M. Avery, Nov. 15 (or 18), 1836 ; is a fanner at EastWindsor, Ct. Children, b. at E. W^.— Hahnah M., b. Nov. 13, 1837. Mary E., b. July 28, 1839. Chloe Ahn, b. April 3, 1841. Israel H., b. May 9, 1843. CathaeinEj b. July 20, 1848. Eveline A., b. Sept. 23, 1836. JAMES HARPER,« m. Marilla M. Skinner of Wapping, May 11, 1836 ; was a farmer in East Windsor, Ct. ; he d. at East Windsor, April 4, 1842 ; had James Benoni, b. at East Windsor, Ct., Sept. 24, 1837 ; is a farmer, un- married ; lives with his mother in East Windsor, Ct. ISAAC,*l m. Lois Cooper, Nov. 28, 1815 ; he d. Feb. 4, 1842. CMdren, b. at North Haven, Ct. — Isaac Lorenzo,68 b. June 28, 1819. Lois Delight, b. Sept. 10, 1821. Henry Hobaet,«9 b. Oct. 4, 1824. Z0PHAR,42 m. Caroline Eelsey, Nov. 15, 1826 ; he d. Sept. 2, 1843. Children b. at North Haven, Ct. — Margaret Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31,1827; m. R. S. Bradley of North Haven, Ct., Aug. 27, 1856. CaSoline Luoina, b. Sept. 30, 1830; m. Smith Terrill of Macon, Ga., March 28, 1847. SAsifi Maria, b. Sept. 5, 1836. HORACE,^ m. 1, Harriet Thorp, Sept. 26,1826; she d. 1833 ; 2, Lois Pierpont, Nov. 9, 1834 ; he d. Jan. 6, 1840. Children b. at North Haven— Elizabeth Harriet Byron, b. Oct. 22, 1829; m. Lemuel S. Brooks, Aplril 16, 1851. Charlotte Pierpont, b. Aug. 16, 1838. Vernon Clark, b. Feb. 28, 1337 (?). EZRA,« m. 1, Esther Pierpont, April 30, 1829; shed. 1836; 2, Mary Bristol, May 12, 1837; she d. 1853; 3, Frances Elizabeth Johnson, April 9, 1854. Children, b. at North Haven, Cf.— Charles William, b. Feb. 3, 1833 ; d. Aug. 7, 1840. Esther Josephine, b. March 22, 1836 ; d. Sept. 27, 1836. Children by 2d wife — Charles Romaine, b. Oct. 6, 1840 ; d. May 13, 1841. Ezra Leander, b. May 6, 1844. Child by 3d wife — Charles Herbert, b. Oct. 9, 1855. HARVEY,*5 m. Emily Todd, Oct. 21, 1832. CAtVdrcm— William Haevet, b. Aug. 20, 1833. George Wallace, b. Aug. 1, 1838. Ellen Amanda, b. Nov. 26, 1844. HENRY,*6 m. 1, Cynthia Davis ; 2, ; he d. in Ohio. Children— Jerome; Perry; Cynthia, m. of Springfield, Mass, where she lived and died. BENJAMIN, « m, Mehitable Booth of Granville, Mass. Children— ?bm- STILES. 795 OES, in.' Buckingham; d. soon. Delia, d. at 12 years. Laura, m. Hatch, lives at Hartford, Ct. Maktha, living, unm. HAYLAS,*8m. Harriet L. Roberts of Sandislield, Mass., Nov. 15, 1815; Jlrs. Harriet L. Stiles, d. Oct. 17, 1853; Mr. Hylas resides in Franklin Co., Ohio. C/iiWrfiM— William C, b. at Hartford, Ct., Aug. 30, 1817; d. April 13, 1822. Hylas, Jr., b. at H., Jan. 9, 1819 ; lives in New Orleans, La. James R., b. at H., Feb. 12, 1820. Lauka M., b. at H., Feb. 2, 1822; d. Oct. 31, 1846. William C, b. at H., B'eb. 22, 1824; d. Oct. 10, 1829, in New Orleans. Harriet L., b. at H., Nov. 2, 1826 ; m. George Gardner, 1848. William Henry, 'o b. at Wethersfleld, Ct., Oct. 20, 1828. Maky Jane, b. at Hartford, Ct.. Nov. 7, 1830; d. Aug. 5,1832. Arthur D. Cleveland, b. April 3, 1834; d. Aug. 11, 1836. Edwin, b. at Brimfleld, 0., Jau. 13, 1836 ; d. Aug 13, 1847. Mart Jane, b. at Bremen, 0., Nov. 1, 1838 ; d. Jan. 1, 1839. John Douglas, b. at Bremen, 0., Aug. 5, 1840; lives at Owensville, Ohio. ELIJAH, « m. Betsy Jennings of Westfield, Mass., May 28, 1795 ; is now living with his son in Auburn, N. Y. ; Mrs. Betsy Stiles d. Sept. 28, 1849. Children — Ezra Loomis, b. March 11, 1796 ; lives at Arlington, Vt. Mar- tin, 71 b. at Otis, Mass., Feb. 21, 1798; lives at Pittsford, N. Y. Seth Gan- BEY,72b. Nov. 13, 1800. Betsy Kilby, b. Sept. 28, 1803 ; d. Aug. 31, 1852. Eliva, b. Jan. 30, 1806 ; d. April 13, 1813. Sally Potter, b. Sept. 8, 1811. WARHAM, 50 m. Sarah Nelson of Westfield, Mass., in 1800; removed to Hawley, Mass., in Sept. 1802. CftiMrm— Rowland, b. at Westfield, Mass., July 18, 1800 ; d. at Hawley, Mass., Nov. 11, 1825. Warren, fs b. at Westr field. May 19, 1802. GARDNER,7*b. at Hawley, Mass., May 13, 1804. Alva, b. at H., July 25, 1806. Sarah, b. at H., April 26, 1808 ; d. March 12, 1809. Sabah, b. at H., March 12, 1810 ; m. Orrin Thompson ; lives in Columbus, Wis. Martin,75 b. at H., May 19, 1812. Roxanna, b. at H., jaarch 23, 1814; m. Orrin Dunham, Savoy, Mass. Aaron Nelson, b. at H., March 26, 1816 ; lives in Columbus, Wis. Horace, b. at H., Feb. 10, 1819; lives in Bristol, Wis. Tiezah, b. at H., April 27, 1821 ; m. Sanderson Car- ter; lives in Hawley. Mary, b. at H., Feb. 23, 1823; m, Elisha Crowell ; lives in Bristol, Wis. Lucy, b. at H., Feb. 28, 1827; resides with her aged parents in Hawley. Rowland, b. at H., April 15, 1831 ; resides iu Hawley. JAPHET,5l m. Rhoda (dau. of Dr. Salmon) Carrington of New Mil- ford, Ct., Jan. 1, 1800, at Westfield, Mass. ; removed to Canandaigua, N. Y. ; Mrs. Rhoda Stiles d. at Canandaigua, N. Y., April 1, 1851, a. 69 yrs. and 6 mo. CAiirfreji— Salmon, b. at Westfield, Mass., Nov. 22,1802; d. April 5, 1804. Rhoda Rebecca, b. at W., Sept. 14, 1804. Riverids Car- RiSBTOir,76 b. atW., Oct. 18, 1806. Clarissa Grace, b. at W., Aug. 11, 1809. Sophia, b. at W., May 7, 1814 ; m. Ashbel Tuttle, June 14, 1832 ; d. Aug. 7, 1833. Diana Wilmott, b. at Canandaigua, N. Y., March 12, 1826 ; m. S. V. R. Johnson, May 12, 1844. SALMON,62 m. 1, Anna Dewey of Southwick, Mass. ; she d. Jan. 23, 1813, 796 RENBALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. a. 32 ; 2, Charlotte Holmes ; he d. April 15, 1823 ; Mrs. Charlotte Stiles, dj Feb., 1850. Children by 1st wife, all b. at Westfield, Mass. — Ethah Dewet," h. Nov. 16, 1805. Eeubeh Bannistek,'^ b. March 5, 1808. Emuy Ahna, b. June 3, 1810; m. Abijah Estes; lives in Berrien Spgs., Mich. Children by lid m/e.— Delina, b. April 10, 1816 ; m. 1, Asher H. Day of Feeding Hills ; m. 2, Julius Meacham. Henry Salmon, b. Sept. 29, 1818 ; m. Susannah Chapman of Montgomery, Mass., May 9, 1850, where he is a farmer; no child- ren. Mary, b. April 29, 1820 ; m. Luke Shurtleff of Russell. Saeah 0., b. Sept. 12, 1821 ; m. Lyman Herrick of Blandford. Eliza C, b. Feb. 23, 1823 ; In. Henry Williams of Russell. EDWARD,53 m, Lucinda Limberton ; he d. Sept. 30, 1850 ; Mrs. Luoinda Stiles d. Oct. 25, 1856, a 57. CAtMrcn— Philenia, m. William Wells, New- ington, Ct. Martin ; Daniel. ISAAC,6* m. Sally Potter of New Haven, Ct., Aug. 22, 1811; resided in Bethlehem, N. Y. ; he d. Jan. 3, 1839. CAiWrcn— Isaac,79 b. March 15, 1813. Stacy B., 80 Aug. 14, 1814. Louisa, b. Feb. 27, 1816; d. Dec. 27, 1818. SakahP., b. Nov. 6, 1817; lives at Westfield. Louisa, b. June 6, 1819 ; d. April 27, 1836, Heney B.,8i b. Nov. 13, 1822. Tiezah, b. March 3, 1826 ; m. Frederick Gladding, East Haddam, Ct., April 8, 1849. Wealthy, b. April 12, 1828 ; m. Milton Knowles of Westfield, Mass., Aug. 12, 1849. EnwAED, b. April 26, 1832 ; m. Jane Shepard of Westfield, Nov. 7, 1853. HENRY,56 m. Cheney Fox of Westfield, Mass., March 18, 1830; he d. July 24, 1838 ; Mrs. Cheney Stiles d. May 22, 1846, a. 47. Children, all b. at Westfield— GsKR-L-s,^, b. Nov. 16, 1830. Jerome, b. Aug. 11, 1832. Ezra, b. June 8, 1834 ; d. Sept. 6, 1839. Lewis, b. Jan. 22, 1836. Heney B., h. Oct. 4, 1838. CHARLES,66 m. Sophia Rexford, Nov. 25, 1797 ; resided in Augusta, N. Y. ; he d. in Augusta, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1838 ; she d. Aug. 4, 1842. Children, b. in Augusta, N. F.— Edwin, b. Aug. 18, 1819. Hoeaob,82 b. Sept. 23, 1820. Olivia, b. Oct. 9, 1823. Denison, b. April 9, 1825 ; d. at Patch Grove, Grant Co., Wis., March 27, 1857. LORREN, 6' m. Keziah Stout of Lyons, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1816; lives in Goshen, Clermont Co., Ohio. Children — Cassilda, m. C. Wallace, who was killed by railroad casualty in 111. about 1854. Catherine A., m. 1, Wiles; m. 2, Perry, Cincinnati, 0. Robert A., farmer in Goshen, 0. Henry Smith, farmer in G. Helen M., lives at G. John Stout, lives at G. Loeren, jr., 83 b. Oct. 6, 1820, in Lyons, N. Y. WILLIAM,68 m. Luna Perry, 1825 ; lives in Phillipsville, N. Y. ; Mrs. Luna Stiles d. Nov. 30, 1847. Children b. in York, N. y.— Edmund G., b. Jan. 15, 1826; lives in Chicago, 111., unm. DEL0sT.,8*b. Jan. 27,1827. Mary Hollin P., b. in Le Roy, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1833 ; m. M. F. Boult; lives in Battle Creek, Mich. OLIVER,69 m. 1, March 6, 1808, Laura Jewett of Lanesboro, Mass. ; she d. Feb. 22, 1822, at Lisle, N. Y., a. 36 ; m. 2, Sarah Ann Jewett, Jan. 27, 1823, STILES. 797 at age of 20 ; moved to Lisle, Broome County, N. Y. ; was county judge for many years; he d. at Lisle, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1845; a. 60; Mrs. Sarah Ann Stiles, d. at Utioa, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1857. CAiWren— Oliver Jewett,8S b. July 10, 1812 ; lives at Lisle. Laura Maria, b, Feb. 21, 1814 ; m. Hiram Thayer, Hadley, Mass., Aug. 27, 1838 ; had Chas. S., b. Sept. 19, 1839 ; Francis H., b. April 17, 1843 ; d. Aug. 26, 1843 ; Hilan Hyde, April 17, 1846. Frank- lin Hyde, §6 b. in Lisle, N. Y., May 22, 1816. Emilt D,, b. Aug. 16, 1821 ; m. Daniel Goddard, Oct. 1, 1857, at Beloit, Wis. Simeon, 87 b. June 19, 1824. Hekbt, b. Sept. 19, 1827. David J., b. July 20, 1830; Chari,e3, b. Deo. 28, 1832. Sarah Jerusha, b. Oct. 5, 1841. HARRY,6'' m. 1, Eunice Alvord of Hadley, Mass. ; m. 2, wid. Wealthy Fairchild ; Mrs. Wealthy Stiles d. Aug. 22, 1847, a. 60. Children b. at West- field. — Almira, b. March 15, 1815 ; m. Jason Stockbridge, jr. of Baltimore, May 27, 1845 ; one child, Jane, b. March 19, 1853. Eunice Ann, b. June 16, 1819 ; m. Bancroft Taylor of Westfield, May 27, 1845 ; one child, Almira, b. atAlmont, Mich., June 15, 1849. Henry D.,88b. May 29, 1823. William, 89 b. Aug. 11, 1829. ROYAL, 61 m. Dorcas Corbin of Grand Isle, Vt., June 16, 1822; he d, Jan. 30, 1842 ; she is living at Ceresco, Mich. Children — Simeon, b. March 18, 1823. Wabren, b. May 8, 1824 ; d. Sept. 7, 1843. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 3, 1826. James and Jane, twins, b.'May 3, 1828 ; she m. Franklin E. Fellows, Andover, Nov., 18.54. Royal Cohbin, b. Oct. 7, 1832; d. June 2, 1834. Harriet Emily and Huldah Coebin, twins, b. May 9, 1835 ; Huldah d. June 6, 1835. Son , b. Feb. 10 ; d. Feb. 17, 1839. David Royal, b. Aug. 26, 1841. JOHN, Jr.,62 m. 1, Martha Church, July 5, 1830 ; she d. Jan. 11, 1853, a. 47yrs. ; m. 2, Keyes of Warren , 1S54; he d. Sept. 25, 1855. Children, b. at Westfkld. , h. 1833 ; lived only a few days. Edwin, b. July 30, 1835; d. May 6, 1855, a. 20. Mary E., b. Feb. 15, 1841. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 5, 1839. SIMEON,63 m. Ann R. Harman ; removed to and lives at Longham, Boone Co., Mo. Children — William Henry, James Oliver, John Joseph, Eliza Jahe, Rebecca, Mary F. CHARLES,64 m. Sophia Stephens, Nov. 30, 1809 ; is a farmer in Edwards, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. Only child— Sotsia, b. 28, 1813; m. Asa P. Brayton ; d. March 18, 1846 ; left 5 children. HENRY EEED,65 M. D., grad. from the Medical Department of New York University, in 1855 ; practiced medicine for a while in Galena, lU. ; he m. Sarah A. (dan. of Rev. Chas. M.) Woodward of Freeport, 111., Jan. 31, 1856 ; is now practicing Medicine, in Brooklyn, L. I. CMd— Ella, b. at Brooklyn, L. L, Sept. 27, 1857. SAMUEL, 66 m. 1, Roxy Skinner, March 4, 1840 ; she d. March 18, 1842 ; m. 2, Ann Bowers, Deo. 10, 1843 ; is a farmer in South Windsor, Ct. CAiWren— Heney James, h. April 15, 1845. Annette, b. July 24, 1848 ; d. 798 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. May 31, 1856. Fredekick Samcel, h. Jan. 21, 1849. Willie Ebgab, b. July 10, 1851. Charles Adelbert, 1). Oct. 10, 1855. JOHN M, W m. Julia Aim Gurdy, Deo. 14, 1843; is a farmer iu East Windsor, Ct. Children b. at E. W.—Ehi Gdedy, b. Nov. 30, 1844. Robeet Benoni, b. Aug. 8, 1848. ISAAC LORKNZO, 68 m. Sophronia M. Blakslee, Feb. 16, 1842. Childrm-^ Isaac Wadsworth, b. Feb. 28, 1843. Pbakk Lorenzo, b. July 12, 1854. HENRY HOBART, ra m. Sarah Jane Heaton, Oct. 15, 1845. ChiUren— Jake Lois, b. Deo. 8, 1846. Frederick Hobart, b. April 1, 1852 WILLIAM HENRY, 70 m. Catharine Smith of Owensville, 0., Aug. 8, 1847 ; is a farmer near New Market, Gallatin Co., 111. Children — Harriet Louisa, b. Oct. 13, 1848 ; d. Aug. 6, 1850. William Andrew, b. Jan. 6, 1850. Mart Elizabeth, b. Dec. 7, 1851. Catharine Margaeet, b. Oct, 10, 1853. Hylas Christopher, b Aug. 22, 1855. MARTIN,7l m. Mary Holt of Whitesborough, N. Y., Dee. 14, 1817. Children— BzRi. H., b. June 17, 1819 ; killed on railroad, Sept. 29, 1841. Isaac, b. Oct. 6, 1821. Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1823. Henrt, b. April 7, 1825; d. Sept. 29, 1830. George, b. Aug. 28, 1827. Mart, b. Sept. 26, 1831. Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1833. Julia, b. Dec. 19, 1835. Henry, b. June 24, 1839. SETH GANSEY,72m. Sally Tobey of Pawlet, Vt., Jan. 23, 1828; lives in Auburn, N. Y. ; a farmer. Children — Julia, b. at Skaneateles, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1830 ; m. Nelson B. Smith, March 27, 1855 ; has 1 dau. Stella Rebecca, b. Dec. 20, 1831 ; d. July 31, 1832. Fayette, b. at Pittsford, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1835. Marion, b. at P., April 29, 1838. Reuben, b. at P., N. Y., Feb. 2, 1843. WARREN 73 m. Betsy Holeomb of Granby, Ct., May 10, 1831; is now a farmer at Darien, N. Y. Children — Mary Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1832. CoR» NELiA AsENATH, b. Sept. 31, 1834; m. Charles Jones, May 1, 1855. Henry, b. June 22, 1836. Elvira Jeknett, b. Jan. 20, 1842. John Frank, b. Jan. 20, 1846. GARDNER,74 m. Melinda More of Sand Lake, N. Y. ; lives in Hawley. Children— W1LJ.1AM, b. Feb. 8, 1829. Harriett, b. Sept. 22, 1881 ; d. Aug. 12, 1851. John T., b. Jan. 2, 1833. Harvey D., b. March 1, 1836. Fanny C, b. Nov. 22, 1840. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 13, 1842. Cornelia, b. Aug. 12, 1844. MARTIN,'5 m. Harmenia B. Lemoin of Hawley ; resides at North Adams Mass. Chiljiren — Augustus Henry, b. July 23, 1837 ; is whaling in the Paoifle. Clarissa B., b. March 20, 1839. Orville Martin, b. Jan. 8, 1841 ; d. Feb. 2, 1841. George Emerson, b. Dec. 23, 1841 ; d. Jan. 30, 1847. Orville Martin, 2d, b. May 12, 1844. Charles Edgar, b. June 27, 1846 ; d. July 11, 1848. William Warben, b. June 21, 1849. Charles Frederick, b. Nov. 25, 1853. RIVERIUS CARRINGTON,'e m. Persis A. Graves, at Pittsford, N. Y., Feb. STILES. 799 6, 1838; settled in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, N. Y. ; iron founder by business ; acting justice of peacs for 19 years. Children— 'Ewm A, b. July 30, 1839. Egbert, b. April 14, 1841. Aj,bekt, b. Sept. 12, 1842. Fkances, b. July 22, 1844. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30, 1845 . Makt LoniSA, b. Sept. 17, 1847. Akabella, b. April 15, 1849. Rivekius, b. Nov. 10, 1850. Peksis, h. April 15, 1853. David, b. June 30, 1856. ETHAN DEWEY," m. Catharine M. Parmalee of Windsor, Ct., Nov. 21, 1831 ; is engaged in the manufacture of patent and enameled leather, in Newark, N. J. CMrfrm— Samuel Maktin, b. at Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 19, 1834. Charles Henry, b. at Albany, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1836. EEUBEN BANNISTER,78 m. Adaline Janes of Bethlehem, N. Y. ; was a clothier; resides in Albany. Children— Edward, b. Dec. 18, 1831; d. July 25,1833. Edward, 2d, b. Sept. 12,1833. Elishama, b. June 2, 1837; drowned July 16, 1845. Dewitt Clinton, b. March 12, 1842. Charles AceuSTUs, b. Sept. 4, 1843 ; d. Aug. 28, 1844. Anna Maria, b. April 9, 1847. Charles AuGusTtrs, 2d, b. April 9, 1850. ISAAC,''9 m. Amanda Shepard of Westfield, Mass. Children, b. at West- field.— Saras, b. Feb. 4, 1839 ; d. Feb. 20, 1839. Bhraqe H., b. May 22, 1842. Isaac E.,b. June 11, 1846. STACY B., so m. Jane Fi-sher of Albany, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1846; resides at Albany, N. Y. ; has Caroline Amanda, b. Aug. 23, 1851. HENRY B.,81 m. Rebecca Bridge of Westfield, Mass. ; Mrs. Rebecca Stiles d. at Westfield, Jan. 16, 1857, a. 27 years ; had one son. H0RACE,82 m. Harriet Webster of Mendon, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1842; had John Charles, b. at Mendon, N. Y'., May 12, 1844. (Ret-.) LORREN, Jr., S3 m. Maria M. Holmes of Aurora, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1853 ; is a methodist clergyman ; joined the Genesee conference in 1847, and lias been stationed in Buffalo and Lockport, N. Y., and in Cincinnati, 0., is BOW (1858) in Albion, N. Y. CAiMrcM— Lorren, 3d, b. Nov. 27, 1865. Henkt, b. Feb. 17, 1858. DELOS T.,Mm. Laura M. Shepard, Sept. 30, 1853 ; lives in Buffalo, N. Y. ; is a publisher ; has Libbie Luna, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1857. OLIVER JEWETT,85M. D., m. Caroline Rodgers of Lisle, N. Y., April, 1857 ; moved to Michigan, in May following, where he practiced his profession till his death, Aug. 4. 1845. Children— Carolwe, and Darwin, twins, b. 2 mo. previous to her grandpa's death ; she d. ; he lives at Peru. FRANKLIN HYDE, 86 m. 1, Roxanna H. Thayer of Williamsburgh, Mass., Oct. 13, 1842, in Hadley, Mass. ; she d. Dec. 17, 1854; m. 2, Harriet R. Hammond of Peru, Mass., in Streetsboro, 0., Dec. 25, 1855 ; now lives in South Deerfield, Mass. Children by 1st wife— Maw Eliza, b. July 29, 1843. Oliver Jewett, b. Feb. 21, 1847. slMEON,87m. Harriet Brigham, Feb. 6, 1850. Children— Laura M.,}). Deo. 5, 1851. Ella, J., b. Sept. 12, 1853. Mart A., b. Dec. 28, 1854. Melvin a., b. Nov. 6, 1856. 800 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. HENRY D.,88 w. Mary A. Granger of Southwick, Mass., May 2, 1851 ; lives in Westfield ; has Coka Jennette, b. March 25, 1857. WILLIAM,89 m. Margaret Tyford of Baltimore, M. D. ; has Edward Pease, b. April 27, 1857. III. — Descendants in the Line of Isaac Stiles, son or John Stiles the Settler. ISAAC,* m. ; settled at Wethersfield, Ct., about 1665, and removed to Stratford, Ct., after 1671 ; he d. at Stratford, Jan. 5, 1714^15. Children— IsAAGji b. 1663. John, d. before 1710 ; unmarried. Joseph, d. about 1710, Sakah, b. at Stratford, Ct., 1677 ; m. Perry of Derby, Ct. Debokah, b. Jan., 1682. Jonathan,2 b. at S., March 10, 16S8. Hannah, b. at S., Not. 3, 1694 ; m. 1, Samuel Hargis of Stratford ; 2, Tibbate of Derby, Ct. ISAAC STILES, Jr.,i m. Hannah Ross ; he d. 1690, a. 26 or 7. Childrmr- Debokah, m. Samuel Shethar of KilUngworth, Ct., 1715. Isaac,3 b. April 5, 1690, 4 months after his father's decease. JONATHAN^ (called Great or Long Jonathan, from his height, being six feet four inches high) ; m. 1, widow Rebecca Canfield; 2, Elizabeth, widow of his cousin John Stiles of Windsor; removed to Hanover, County of Hun- terden (West), N. J. Children, all by 1st wife, b. at Stratford, Ct. — Joseph, b. Oct. 7, 1706. JoHN,4 b. May 8, 1709. Thomas, b. Dec. 13, 1711. Re- becca, b. Sept. 14, 1719. Ephkaim, b. Feb. 12, 1723-4; d. Aug. 4, 1768, a. 45. ISAAC,3 3d, m. Abigail Adams of Milford, Conn., Feb. 25, 1718-19 ; set- tled at Stratford, then at Woodbury, Conn. Children — William, b. Jan. 23, 1719-20. Sakah, b. Dec. 19, 1721; m. Lieut. Silas Hitchcock, April 9, 1741. Abigail, b. April 6, 1723 ; m. David Munn, Aug. 1, 1751. Hannah, b. July 12, 1726; d. Nov. 4, 1726. IsAAo,5 (4th) b. April 17, 1728. Betty. Mabel. Maky, b. Sept. 21, 1734. Samuel,6 b. June 1, 1736. John,7 b. Aug. 21, 1738. David, b. at Woodbury, June 18, 1741. JOHN* (called Captain), m. and lived at Stilestown, Morris County, N. J. ; Capt. John Stiles d. of small pox during the Revolutionary War, May 17, 1777, ii. 68. Children— Sa^vei. ; 8 John ; 9 b. 1753 ; Elijah ; 10 Mo- ses, m. went South ; d. Aug. 3, 1776, a. 20. Ph(ebe, m. George Bowlsby, Sen. ; issue, Enos, George, Betsy, Polly ; Mrs. Phoebe B. d. at Hanover Neck, N. J. Rachel, m. Samuel Farrom ; issue, William, John, Ebenezer, Polly, Phoebe. ISAAC,6 4th, m. Elizabeth . CMdcm—EuNiOE, bap. July 14, 1751; * In a journal kept by the Rev. Mr. Sharp, an Episcopalian clergyman in the State of New YorK, in Lord Cornbury's adminietration, dated Jan. 27. 3710, is this entry: Baptized Isaac btiles, the first male child born in the Colony of Connecticut, a man of 80 years of age {Kairard's XJisl. Coll.). Lord Cornbury's administration ended inil7 09. Gov. Hunter succeeded June, 1710, and in 1711 visited Connecticut, and passed through Stratford. His chaplain preached and bap- tized there. At this occasion I suppose Mr. Sharp baptized aged Isaac Stiles at Stratford. iFrns. Stilus's Ms. Geitmhigy (if the SiUues, 1764.) STILES. 801 d. unm. Asms, bap. July 1, 1753 ; m. Nathaniel Bristol, Nov. 10, 1777. Gideon, bap. May 15, 1757. Nathan ; U Tehman ; 12 Lewis ; Simeon, d. April 1, 1777, a. 11 yrs. SAMUEL, 6 settled in Woodbury, Ct. ; m. Phoebe Brooks of Redfield, Ct., Feb. 18, 1771. Children— Ajugail, b. Dec. 4, 1771 ; d. Sept. 14, 1775. David, b. April 11, 1773. Timothy, b. Feb. 23, 1775. Euth, b. Jan. 19, 1778 ; d. Sept. 15, 1778. Benjamin, b. Sept. 1, 1781. Freeman, b. March 6, 1782 ; d. July 18, 1782. Ruth Ann, b. Jan. 1, 1779. JOHN, ' m. Betty Olds, Aug. 13, 1760. Children— B.AmA3, bap. Nov. 22, 1761. Daniel Olds, bap. July 22, 1764. Asa, bap. March 1, 1767. John, jr., bap. May 20, 1770. Aaron, bap. July 4, 1773. Andrew, bap. May 22, 1776. Philo, bap. July 23, 1780. SAMUEL, 8 lived and' d. at Stilestown. Children — J oim, m. Nelly Tiohenor ; moved to Lake Co. Betsy, ni. ■ — - Vincent, Jersey city, N. J, Moses, moved with Phoebe. Phcebe, m. Geo. Bowlsby, jr., Ballston Spa, N. Y. ; has iive children. Jacob, moved with Pho3be. JOHN, Jr., 8 m. Mary Sandford of Pine Brook, Morris Co., N. J.; was quartermaster in Revolutionary war ; was elder and deacon of Parsippany Pres. church for many years ; he d. at Stilestown, N. J., Oct. 23, 1830, a. 77 ; Mrs. Mary Stiles d. at Stilestown, Dec. 8, 1843. Children — Catharine, m. Leonard Davenport about 1798 ; issue, John, Archy, Ezra, George L. ; Mrs. Cath. Davenport d. May 26, 1852, a. 77. William.is John,i* b. July 20, 1783. LoCKEY Rachel, b. July 12, 1786 ; m. John Righter, Jan. 9, 1806 ; issue, Charles, b. April 1, 1807 ; d. March 3, 1810 ; Samuel Fleming, b. Aug. 7, 1809 ; lives in New York ; in plate glass business ; unm. ; Betsy Maria, b, April 27, 1812; m. B. N. Corning, M. D., June, 1847; lives at New Britain, Ct. ; Charles Augustus, b. Feb. 9, 1816 ; m. Elizabeth Doremus, farmer and iron manufacturer in Old Boonton, N. J. ; Adelia, b. Dec. 22, 1818 ; d. Oct. 15, 1826 ; William Alexander, b. Sept. 1, 1821 ; m. Emma L. Shengard ; lawyer, at Newark, N. J.; Chester Newell, b. Sept. 5, 1824; d. Dec. 16, 1856, at Diarbekr, Asia Minor ; George Edgar, b. Jan. 10, 1829 ; farmer and iron manufacturer, Rockaway, N. J. Sally, m. John R. Jacobus, Jan. 9, 1806; issue, Archibald, Mary Ann, Rulof, Mary Ann 2d, Rulof, Harriet, William, Sarah C, J. Stiles, Emma. Moses,!-^ b. at Parsippany, N. J., May 15, 1794. ELIJAH, 10 m. Betsy Kitchell ; he d. at Hanover Neck, N. J. Children— Patty. Lydia. Ephraim. NATHAN,ll m. Wagner ; lived and d. in Oxford, Ct. Children—SniEos , b. Sept. 11, 1783. Lyman, b. Jan. 26, 1786. Eleanor, b. Feb. 14, 1789 ; m. Isaac Treat; had children ; lived and died in Oxford, Ct. Henry, b. Sept. 30, 1792. Cynthia, b. May 5, 1796 ; d. a. about 16. Garwood, b. Feb. 5, 1799. TEUMAN,l2m. Levinia Leavenworth, Sept., 1793. Children— Sbeesi as, Robert, Eeastus, Hancy, d. unm. ; Harriet, m. Abraham Bassett ; Ann. 101 802 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. ■WILLIAM,13 m. Polly Morrison ; he d. May, 1851, a. 70. Children — Mbi- viNA, Adaline, Mikahda, George W. Sakdfohd, J. Monkoe, Madisoit. JOHN,i* m. Elsa Sayre, Feb. 27, 1808 ; farmer ; resides in Deckertown, N. J. ; was nearly 40 years an elder in the Presbyterian church of Wantage, of which all his brothers, sisters and children are members. Children — Edwakd Adgdstus,i6 b. Dec. 4, 1808. Maky A., b. March 10, 181] ; unm. ; lives in Deckertown, N. J. M0SES,16 m. Elizabeth Gould Bennett of Caldwell, N. J., July 24, 1815 ; is a drover in Newark, N. J. Children — William Benhett, b. Oct. 24, 1816; d. Oct. 16, 1823. John, b. Sept. 25, 1818 ;' m. Tillas M. Cobb, Sept. 23, 1841. Ann Maria, b. Oct. 15, 1820 ; m. Rev. Elias T. Boing, Aug. 8, 1853. Phbee Cathamne, b. Feb. 8, 1823 ; m. Rev. Elkanah Whitney, Aug. 3, 1853. Adelia KiGHTER, b. Dec. 5, 1825. Harriet Eliza, b. Aug. 8, 1828. Jhdson, b. Deo. 28, 1830. Sarah Elma, b. April 23, 1833. Louisa Francis, b. Nov, 13, 1835. William Bdrnett, b. .July 30, 1838. EDWARD A.,16 m. Evelina Belmont Howell of Parsippany, April 30, 1834; teacher at Deckertown, Mt. Retirement School, Lenox County, N. J., for 20 yrs. Children — William Augustus, b. March 9, 1837. Maey Claeinda, b. Feb. 2, 1841. Alice Leonora, b. June 10, 1846. Emma Jane Belmont, b. Nov. 13, 1847. Eugenia Ashfield, b. Nov. 2, 1851. FRANCIS, baptized at Milbroke, Bedfordshire, England, Aug. 1, 1602 ; was a carpenter in England ; he m. Sarah , in England. He came over as an agent of Sir Richard Saltonstall, one of the patentees of Conn., and located in W., A. D. 1635 (see p. ). After Saltonstall had concluded to abandon his intended settlement there, he appears to have sold a portion of his lands (some 1100 acres) to Francis Stiles. Francis Stiles, had already between 4 lind 500 acres of land in Windsor, which he had by allotment of the town — making over 1500 acres in all. This was in those days an un- usual amount of real estate for one man to hold, and it is probable that Francis Stiles was obliged to borrow money or make some sacrifices to pay for it. At all events it is certain that he owed a debt to Saltonstall and was under the necessity finally of selling his estate. He sold his 1500 acres, also his other lands and house, but he still had something left, and was not poor but reduced. His deed to Saltonstall (for he resold his lands to Sir R. or Ms son) is dated "Sept. 22, 1647." He was then called "Francis Stiles late, of Windsor," but now of (or residing at) Saybrook. Saltonstall was to pay what was due to Stiles at different times, and a part of it "in a'butt of sack at the river's mouth," He moved to and settled in Stratford, Ct., not long after 1652, perhaps in that year, and purchased land there. He did not live many years after, although we know not the exact year of his death. In 1655, his widow sent a petition to the general court in regard to his estate. She afterwards married Robert Clark of Stratford. She made her will June 5, 1677 and died in 1682 ; gave her estate to her six children by Stiles. STILES. 803 t Francis Stiles was undoubtedly a man of much energy of character and pos- sessed an enterprising spirit rather ahead of his age, and far more so than his brothers, who were content with humbler spheres of life. His go-ahead- ativeness was probably the cause of his ruin. If we may judge from the early colonial records,* he wais a man of strong passions, prompt to resent an injury, and to assert his rights ; and figures quite extensively in lawsuits, &c. He bore the title of "Mr.," which neither his brother John or Henry seem to have been entitled to, and which was in those days no unmeaning phrase, but an index of social position. This social position is further con- firmed by the following extract from the Windsor Town Records, 1652, which show him to have been entitled to a seat at church next to the pews which were occupied by the deacons, magistrates, and schoolmaster, and their wives. " Those who were placed in the long seats at the first and five in a seat. " The first Mr. Eossiter, Mr. Styles, Mr. Porter, Thos. J?ord, and Wm. Terry." CAtYrfrcm— Ephraim.i b. at Windsor, Ct., Aug. 3, 1645. SAMnEi,, m. Elizabeth (dan. of Thomas) Sherwood, Dec. 31, 1664; he lived for many years, and probably d. in Stratford, Conn. ; President Stiles says he had a son, but died childless. Benjamin,2 Thomas, d. unm. 1683 ; his inventory (about £200) is dated April 10, 1683 ; he probably d. a few days before. Hannah, m. (probably in 1651) Sergt. Edward Hinman, at Stratford, Ct. ; issue, Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1653 ; Titus, b. June, 1665 ; Samuel, b. June (or Jan.), 1658 ; Mary, b. 1668 ; Patience, b. 1670 ; Edward, Jr., b. 1^2 ; Mary, m, Hope Washburn of Derby. 6 •Court held at Hartford, March 28, 1637, "ordered that Mr. Francis Stiles shall teach Geo. Chappie, Thomas Coopr and Thomas Barber, his servants, in the trade of a carpenter, according to his pr'mise tor there s'ryice of their terme hehinde 4 days in a "weeke onlie to sawe & slitt their owno worke," &c.— CbiJ. JSec'ds of Ct. "Sept. 5th, 1739," Kdward Hopkins comp't in behalfe of Mr. Jno. "VVoodcocke against Fr. Stiles, for breach of Covenants, in 500i. Mr. Stiles desired respite till the next Court in regard of witnes in the Bay. (rranted."— 2rMm&MW, Col. R. qf Ct., vol. 1, p. 33. " Fr. Stiles, Contra Jno. Woodcocke in an action of debt for 2 hhds. malt and u. hhd. of meale."— /WA vol. 1, p. 33. Sept. 10. 1640. Francis Stiles admitted a freeman."— 7&z(Z, vol. 1, p. 62. •■Dec'r the 9th, 1641. The l:"rticular Court." Prancis Stiles, pit., agt. Robt. Saltington, gent., dft. in an action of the case to the damage of 70J. Jury find fur pit. damages ^V. ; costs viis. , Robt. Saltington, gent., pit., gt. Francis Stiles, dft., in to damage of 8002. Jury find for aetl. Coats x« Francis Stiles, pit., against Robt. Saltingston, gent., dft,, in an action of debte to the damage of lOOi. Jury find for pit,, SI pound, twelve shillings damage according to the award, and the double costs of the Court, Kobt. Saltingston, gent., pit., agt. Francis Stiles, deft., in second action of the case to damage Of 600i. Robt, Saltingston, gent, pit. agt Francis Stiles, deft in a third action of the Case to the damage Of 60! I'he Jury is to be named for Thursday come fortnight.— /6(rf. vol. 1, p. 70. ■■ l?articular Court of 14 Oct. 1642. Francis Stiles on JuTj.—Ibid. vol. 1, p. 76. March 27. 1643. " It is ordered tbat Francis Stiles, for his forcible resistance of the officer of the Court upon the execution of his office, is fyued to pay the county fifty pd."— J6id. vol. l,p. — . Court Of Election held the 13th of Aprill, 1643. " The Gov'r (John Haynes, Esij) the Deputy (Ell. Hopkins Esii) Mr. Willis, .Mr. Ludlow, Captain Mason. Mr. Webster, Mr. Whiting and Mr. Kochester are desiered to debate with Mr. Uuit consarning Mr. Stiles his petition and other offensive carriadges, and if they receave not satisfaction to returoe their report to the next Generall Court. They may also take such other helpe as they shall see cause.— J6id. vol. 1, p. 86 July the 6th 1643 " It is ordered that Mr. Huit and Mr. Stiles shall be cauled to the next Generall Courte to answer for their miscarridge in their petition formerly given into Courte.— May 24tii 1647.' " In the action of Mris. Willis, pi. agt Francis Stiles, dft (.Mr. Bpoeter ap- peared for Mr. Styles) the Jury find for the pi. S40i. damages and costs of Court."— ;6Ki. vol. 1, P. 149. 804 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. IV. — Descendants op Francis Stiles the First Seitler, in the LINE OF EpHRAIM, HIS SoN. EPHRAIM,! m. 1, to Ruth (a young widow of Obadiah) Wheeler, July 28, 1669 ; 2, to Bathsheha (dau. of Henry) Tomlinson of Derby ; he lived at Stratford ; made his will July 23, 1712, and d. Jane 21, 1714 ; the inventory of his large estate (£1547) is dated Sept. 8, 1714 [Fairfield Proh. Ct. Records). Children by 2d wife — Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1687; m. Ephraim Curtiss of Stratford, Ct., 26 June, 1707, and had Stiles, mentioned, in the will of his grandfather, Ephraim Stiles {Fairfield Prob. Ct. Records), Sakah, b. Nov. 4, 1693 ; m. Thomas Wells of Stratford, Ct., Aug. 31, 1710 ; had issue, Ephraim, Bathsheba, Comfort, Sarah, Thomas, Gideon, Daniel, Gurdon, Hezekiah ; she received her father's grist-mill by his will. Ph(ebe, b. March 25, 1696 ; (was 18 in 1712, when her father's will was made, in which she received £500 ;) m. David Judson of Stratford, Ct., Oct. 29, 1713 ; had issue, David, b. Sept. 26, 1715 ; Phoebe, b. Feb. 19, 1718 ; Abel, b. Jan. 31, 1721 ; d. inf. ; Abel, b. Feb. 12, 1722 ; Agur, b. March 23, 1725 ; Ruth, b. April 26, 1726 ; Daniel, b. April 26, 1728 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 17, 1730; Abner, b. June 9, 1733 ; Betty, b. Feb. 12, 1737 ; Mrs. Phoebe Judson d. May 20, 1765 (Fairfield P. Ct). BENJAMIN,2 m. Elizabeth Rogers of Milford ; he lived in Woodbury, but d. in Stratford, Ct., April 13, 1711 ; his inventory at Woodbury was £408; his wife d. June 3, 1719 [F. P. Ct. Records). Children — Sarah, bap. May, 1683 ; m. Thomas Wheeler of Woodbury, Ct., Aug. 20, 1701. Thomas, bap. Nov., 1685 ; probably d. young, as his father's will makes no mention of him. Ruth, m. John Wheeler of Woodbury, Ct., Nov. 14. 1704. Abisail, bap. April, 1689 ; m. Samuel Munn. Francis 3 (named in his father's will in Fairfield Co. Probate). Lieut. FRANCIS,3 m. Mary Johnson of Stratford, Ct., Sept. 21, 1709; and settled in Southbury Society ; he d. 1748.* Children — FEAifcis, b. July 23, 1710. Sarah, b. Oct. 21, 1711 ; m. Dea. Benj. Hickock, jr., Feb. 28, 1734 ; had Olive, d. young ; Olive, Amos, Sarah, Benjamin, Patience, Sim- eon, d. inf. ; Simeon ; Mrs. Sarah Hickock d. Oct., 1772. Mabel, b. May 9 1714; m. Andrew Hinman, jr., Feb. 28, 1734 ; had Betty, Daniel, Margaret, Mabel, P'rancis, David. Ednice, b. Aug. 18, 1717; m. David Curtis, sen Benjamin,* b. Feb. 11, 1720. Davie, b. April 8, 1725 ; d. March 31, 1727, Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1728 ; m. Col. Benjamin Hinman ; had Aaron, Joel, Sher- man, d young, Sherman 2d; Mrs. Mary Hinman d. May 7, 1783. * Liiiut. Francis's house was standing until recently, and was used as a barn by Ms descend- ant, Dea. David J. Stiles. Tlie old house spoken of in Calliran^s History qf Woodbury as being the residence of Lieut. Francis Stiles ivas blown to the ground about one year since — it being about 150 years old. Some parts of the timber being sound, haye been manufactured into canes, chairs, &c., and if you should visit Southbury, you -will see there many of Lieut. Francis's de- scendants walking with canes made from his old house, or sitting in chairs made from the same.— Letter of Dea. David J. Stiles, STILES. 805 BENJAMIN, Jk.,* was educated at Yale Col., and was a man of cultivated mind, large heart, and considerable property for that day ; he m. Ruth Judson of Stratford, his cousin, 1747; settled in Woodbury; he d. March 15, 1797, a,. 77; Ruth, his wife, d. June 21, 1814, a. 87. Children b. in Southbury, Ct. Fkancis,6 b. Noy. 13, 1748. Phosbe, b. Jan. IS, 1749 ; d. a. 1 yr. Datid.o b. Sept. 10, 1751. Ephkaim,7 b. Jan. 15, 1753. Bekjamin.s b. Aug. 25, 1756. Abel,9 b. March 26, 1758. Judson, b. May 30, 1762 ; went to Salis- bury, Ct., where he d. unm'd, Nov. 11, 1795. Phcebe, b. July 22, 1764; d. a. 12. Nathan.w b. May 12, 1767. FRANCIS, 5 b. Feb. 23, 1751; m. Sarah Nichols of Derby, Ct., 1783; settled in Woodbury, but afterwards in Southbury, Ct., before birth of his children ; he d. April 5, 1796; she d. May 23, 1841. C/it7rfrm— Benjamin. Thomas," b. Feb. 21, 1789. Ransom,12 b Deo. 29, 1790. Sauy, b. inSalis- bury, Ct., April 17, 1786; m. Newman Holley, Esq., of Salisbury, Nov. 17, 1805. Children — Francis N., Ransom, Mary, Frederick ; Mrs. Sally Holley, d. Dec. 12, 1854. DAVID, 6 m. Olive Pierce, Dec. 12, 1784; he d. April 17, 1828. ChUd- )■««— Makt Anna, b. Aug. 21, 1786 ; m. Nov. 27, 1808, to Smith Downs of Southbury; d. Feb. 14, 1810 Patty, b. Sept 25, 1789; d. Sept. 26, 1794. David J.,i3 b. Oct. 16, 1795. Benjamin, b. June 21, 1798; d. at Yorkville, S. C, Sept., 1855. EPHRAIM, 7 m. Sarah (dau. of Joseph) Trowbridge, of Southbury, Ct. ; he d. Feb. 7, 1821; she d. Aug. 3, 1816. Children— PamsE, b. Nov. 9, 1782; m. Bellamy of Vt., Nov. 22, 1804; afterwards lived in N. Y. state; Mrs. Phebe Bellamy d. July 21, 1848. Ruth, b. Feb. 18, 1786; became the 2d wife of Beiijn. B. Osborn, Feb. 27, 1811 ; still living. Sally, b. July 29, 1789 ; was first wife of Benj. B. Osborn, m. in 1808 ; she d. Sept. 4, 1809. Ephkaim Ekasths,!* b. Oct, 24, 1791. BENJAMIN,* Esq., m. Esther (dau. of Jehiel) Preston in 1786; he d. Feb. 12, 1817. CAtWren— Hakhiet, b. March 13, 1787 ; m. Harry Brown, Southbury, Sept., 1817. Jennet, b. Oct. 4, 1790 ; m. Chas. Ransom Curtiss, March 24, 1817; had Harriet, Mary, Benj. S., Charles, Walter, Horace, Theron. Benjamin b. Aug. 16, 1792 ; d. Oct. 15, 1794. Benjamin Pkeston, b. May 9, 1794; d. Dec. 15, 1838, a. 41, unm. Fkancis Burke, b. May 8, 1801; d. Feb. 12, 1804. Henht Burke,15 b. May 15, 1804. Marietta Esther, b. July 18, 1812; m. Geo. Smith of South Britain, Ct., Oct, 5, 1839 ; no issue. ABEL,9 m. Luoinda Mitchell, Jan. 16, 1790 ; he d. Sept. 2, 1839 ; wife still living. Children— 'S.oseb.iok, b. Deo. 4, 1790 ; d. Sept. 3, 1794. Rode- Ricii:,l6b. May 15, 1794. Rupus, b. Jan. 14, 1796 ; lives in Southbury; m. Sarah Curtiss, Nov. 9, 1822; no issue. Eliza M., b. May 27, 1798; m. Charles C. Hinman, whose great grandmother was sister to his grandfather BeLJamin Stiles, June 17, 1822 ; had Helen Eliza ; lives in Southbury, Ct. 806 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. JoHATHAN,i7 Oct. 10, 1800 ; lives in Southlmry. Nathan M. , h. Got. 15, 1807 ; d. March 25, 1812. Fkahois A., is b. Nov. 4, 1809. NATHAN.io m. Phoebe Dayton, 1795 ; lived in Derby, Ct., that part of the town now called Seymour ; he d. Sept. 2.3, 1804, in Schenectady, N. Y., on his way home from the Western States ; she d. July 14, 1834. Children — Nathan Jddson,19 h. Feb. 27, 1796. Pbosee, b. Dec. 5, 1797 ; lives at New Haven, Ct. Minerva, b. March 28, 1801 ; m. James Roath of Norwalk, June 5, 1827 ; has James and Phebe. Hannah Nakissa, b. Deo. 24, 1804; d. Sept. 15, 1849. THOMAS.ll m. Sarah Augusta Newell of Salisbury, Ct., Nov. 26, 1829; lives in Salisbury, Ct. Children — Thomas AcGnSTiNE, b. at Salisbury, Aug. 22, 1831. Saeah Elizabeth, b. at Salisbury, July 6, 1835. RANS0M,12 m. Hannah Proudfit, March 2, 1820 ; lives in Argyle, N. Y. ; is a retired merchant. Children — Sabah Maria, b. Nov. 4, 1822; m. John A. Pattison, Dec. 7, 1842. Sosanna Jane, b. May 10, 1826 ; d. Sept. 28, 1827. Hannah Elizabeth, b. Sept. 20, 1828 ; m. John Parry, Oct. 3, 1855'. Andrew P., b. Deo. 12, 1830 ; d. Oct. 1, 1833. Susanna R., b. Aug. 1, 1837 ; d. April 14, 1855. DAVID J. ,13 m. Ann French, Oct. 10, 1821 ; lives in Southbury, Ct. Child- ren — Mart A. and Bennet P., twins, b. June 7, 1822 ; she d. Dec. 28, 1845, a. 22 ; he lives in South Britain, Ct. ; m. Janette A. Shelton, April 17, 1854; no issue. Zephina, b. Sept. 8, 1828 ; d. July 21, 1830. Ann F., b. May 19, 1832 ; lives in Southbury, Ct. Adgusta M., b. Nov. 6, 1836 ; lives in Southbury, Ct. Adelatoe, b. .Jan. 28, 1844; d. March 11, 1853. EPHRAIM ERASTUS,!* m. Sally Osborn, May 22, 1817. Children^ Nathan Blaggs, b. March 24, 1818 ; is unmarried ; a farmer at Southbury, Ct. ; Sarah Augusta, b. May 25, 1822 ; m. Melzar Whittlesey of Galen, Wayne County, N. Y., April, 1836. Antoinette D., b. Oct. 4, 1823 ; d. Deo. 9, 1838. HENRY BURKE,15 m. Patty Seeley, Nov. 23, 1831 ; is a farmer in South- bury, Ct. Children b. at Southbury— Mary Jennette, b. July 15, 1834. Ellen Esther, b. Aug. 9, 1837. Alice Marie, b. April 2, 1846. R0DERICK,16 m. Cleora S. Cnrtiss, March 4, 1817 ; living in Woodbury, Ct. -. she d. Nov. 27, 1852. CAiMren— Elizabeth A., b. Nov. 18, 1817 ; m. C. W. Kirtland, Feb. 27, 1854. JONATHAN," m. Nancy Baldwin ; lives in Southbury, Ct. Children— Ransom ; Frank Walter. FRANCIS A.,is m. 1, Elvira Gidney, Feb. 10, 1840 ; she d. Feb. 11, 1845 ; m. 2, Prances M. Shelton, March, 1846. Children — Gidnet A., b. Aug. 28, 1842. Eliza Maria, b. Aug. 13, 1851. NATHAN J. ,19 m. 1, Ann Maria Birch, Sept., 1819, in Salisbury ; she d. Nov., 1849; m. 2, Mrs. Jane Johnson of Lyons, N. Y., April, 1851. Child- ren by 1st Wife— Nathan Jddbon,20 b. June 22, 1820. Henkt Biegh,21 V STOUGHTON. 807 Jan., 1823. Ransom Buedsbt, h. Oct., 1826. Smith D.,22 t. Fet., 1828 ScKiBA, b. Oct. 4, 1833. NATHAN J., Je.,20 m. MelissaPlank of Woloott, N. Y., Sept., 1841; farmer. Children— AsN Maria, William, Jwdson. HENRY BIRCH,2im. l, Mary Eabeock of Penn Yan, N. Y., July, 1846 ; she d. May, 1853 ; m. 2, Mis,s Seloverat Auburn, N. Y., April, 1855. Child- rm, all by 1st wi/c— Albekt ; Daughter, d. a few weeks old. SMITH D.,22 m. Louise Nelson of Auburn, N. Y., May^ 1853; had one inf. dau. STOUGHTON,* Thomas (see p. 130, a brother of t)ie Israel, see p. 83-86 of History of Dorchester), m. Mary (dau. of William) Wadsworth of Hartford ; he d. Sept. 15, 1684 t ; was a prominent man in W. Children— John, 1 b. June 20, 1657: Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1658-9; m. Samuel Farnsworth of Dorchester' June 3, 1677; and d. Aug. 27, 1689: Elizabeth, bap. Nov. 18, 1660; 'rl)omas,2 b. Nov, 21, 1662; Samuel, b. Sept. 8, 1665; Israel,3 b. Aug. 21^ 1667; Rebecca, b. June 19, 1673 ; m. Atherton Mather of W., and afterward of Suffield: she d, 1704. JoHN,l m. 1, Elizabeth Bissell, Aug. 11 ; who d. July 17, 1688 ; he m. 2, Sarah Fitch, Jan. 23, 1689 ; he d. May 24, 1712: John,* b. Oct. 16, 1683 '; WiUiam,5 b. March 10, 1685-6 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 19, 1692 : Nathani'el,6 b.' June 23, 1702. CSpt. Thomas,2 m. Dorothy (dau. of Lieut. Col. John) Taloott of Hartford, Deo. 31, 1691 ; who d. March or May 28, 1696, a. 31 ; m. 2, Abigail (dau. of Rev. Timothy Edwards of E. W., and wid. of Benjamin) Lathrop, May 19, 1697; she d. Jan. 23, 1754, a. 82 ; Capt. Thomas, d. Jan. 14, 1749, in 87th yr.. Children— Mavy, b. Jan. 4, 1692 ; m. Peletiah AUyn of W. : Thomas,^ b. April 9, 1698; Daniel,8 b. Aug. 13, 1699 ; Benjamin.s b. April 28, 1701; Timothy, b. June 27, 1703 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 21, 1704 ; David, b. Sept. 9, 1706; Mabel, b. Aug. 19, 1708 ; Jonathan, b. Oct. 7, 1710; John, b. Dec. 11, 1719 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1712; Isaac, b. Nov. 2, 1714. Sergt. IsEAEL,3 m. Mary Birge, May 7, 1713 ; who d. Aug. 23, 1755 ; he d. Sept. 10, or 17, 1736. CMrfrem— Israel, b. July 21, 1714; Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1715-16 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 8, 1717 ; Hannah, b. June 3, 1719 ; Rebecca, b. March 10, 1720 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 26, 1724; d. Oct. 7, 1755 : Lucia, b. June 8, 1727; Jemima, b. July 16, 1729 ; Abigail, b. May 30, 1731. John, Jr.,* m. Eunice Bissell, May 28, 1706, who d. Dec. 25, 1773 ; he d. April 23, 1746, a. 63. CAi/d— Eunice, b. Sept. 8, 1707. * For arms of the family, seo Drake's Sist. qf Boston, and for interesting items of origin, ete., of the family, see New Eng. Gen. Jlegistcr, vol. ni, and Hist, of Dorchester. t Windsor Recvr-ds have ■' Tliomas, fcr., d. Blarcli 2j, 1661," possibly it may be intended as Tinma-s, jr. 808 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. William 5 (E. W.), m. Elizabeth Striolilancl, July 6, 1710 ; he d. May 18, 1750, a. 64. Children— Blizsiheih, h. Oct. 2, 1711 ; Naomi, b. Nov. 13, 1713 ; "William, b. April 2, 1715. Nathaniel,^ m. Martha Ellsworth, Sept. 11, 1729. Children — John, b. April 6, 1723 ; Jerusha, b. April 12, 1725 ; Oliver, b. May 19, 1727 ; Sybil, b. June 9, 1730 ; Lemuel, b. Aug. 9, 1731 ; Gustavns, b. July 25, 1733 ; John, b. Nov. 22, 1783 (5?) ; Alice, b. May 1, 1736 ; Joseph, b. July 31, 1738; Ann, b. June 30, 1741 ; Alice, b. Oct. 10, 1743 ; Nathaniel, b. March 6, 1746. Capt. Thomas, Jr.,7 (E. W.), m. Mfchitable Lothrop of Norwich, Ct.„Oot. 3, 1722, who d. Jan. 19, 1731-2, in 34th yr. ; he d. Jan. 14, 1748, in 87th yr. CA)7*-™— Tnomas, b. Sept. 29, 1723 ; Mejiitable, b. April 18, 1725 ; d, Feb. 6, 1744 : Zeriah, b. May 26, 1729 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1731. Dahiel 8 (E. W.), m. Joanna AUyn, Sept. 3, 1730, who d. Sept. 30, 1735, in 39th yr. Children— Chloe, b. July 16, 1731 ; Daniel, b. March 6, 1733-4 ; fioxalena, b. Oct. 13, 1734. Benjamins (s. W.), m. Elizabeth Eartlett, Deo. 26, 1744, who d. July 1, 1769, in 26th yr. CfoZdr™— Alexander, b. Sept. 8, 1749 ; Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1752 ; Jonathan, b. Aug. 1, 1754. William, Jr., m. Abigail Wolcott, Feb. 8, 1743. Children — Naomi, b^ March 8, 1744 ; William, b. June 6, 1750 ; Eussell, b. April 3, 1752 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 27, 1765. John, Sen. (probably John, l), had Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1705; Rachel, b. Aug. 23, 1711 ; Martha, b. Jan. 16, 1711. John (probably John, l), had Dorothy, b. March 18, 1714 ; d. June 3, 1714: Eunice, b. Feb. 19, 1717 ; d. July 18, 1715 : Ann and Amy, twins, b. Oct. 24, 1719 ; Sarah, b. June 26, 1723. John, had Hannah, b. Aug. 7, 1705. Samuel, had Samuel, b. Deo. 10, 1702. Samuel, had Dorothy, b. Deb. 19, 1732 ; Abiah, b. March 6, 1734; Samuel, b. May 27, 1737 ; Elijah, b. June 30, 1744; Elisha, b. Jan. 9, 1750. Sgt. William (E. W.), m. Martha Wolcott, July 17, 1735 ; who d. May 15, 1751, a,. 59. William, had John ; m. Bridget ; William, m. Ellen Prior; Russell, m. Elizabeth Newberry ; Lucina, m. Joseph Porter. William, m. Nancy Alexander; had Sanford, b. Feb. 28, 1837; Emily, b. April 4, 1839 ; Almira, b. Feb. 27, 1841. Samuel W., m. Emily Griswold, Nov. 22, 1824. Hakvet, m. Frances Pinney, Oct. 8, 1823. Deaths (W. iJcc.).— Samuel, d. Dec. 1, 1711. Mrs. Mart, d. Feb. 8, 1711-12. Israel (s. of Samuel), d. Deo. 14, 1712. John (s. of John), d. June 14, 1714. Elisha, d. July 5, 1823, a. 74. Jonathan, d. Aug. 10, 1733. Haevey (s. of Israel), d. Jan. 27, 1846, a. 59. Israel, d. Jan. 1, 1795, a. 19. Hannah, d. Sept. 2, 1793, a. 76. Ruth (wife of Elisha), d. May 4, 1776. STRONG. 809 (E. W. 0.)— John, (s. of Wm.), d. Oct. 30, 1746, in 24tli yr. Eleanok (wife of Oliver), d. March 9, 1774, in 39th yr; Olivek (s. of Oliver), d. Jan. 23, 1775, a. 7 weeks; his dau. Molly, d. Feb. 7, 1775, in 2d yr. William, d. Dec. 27, 1781, iu 66th yr. (Wp. 0.)— John, d. March 19, 1823, a. 76; his wid. Bridget d. July 10, 1832, a. 76. Hepzibah, wife of John, 2d, d. Dec. 18, 1828, a. 43. jEKnSHA, wife of Hardin, d. July 14, 1825, a. 35. Shem, d. Feb. 25, 1837, a. 80; his wid. Floka (Grillet), d. March 8, 1845, a. 81. {Wp. iV.)— Ellen K. (dau. of Horace R. and Hannah L.), d. July 25, 1862, a. 9 mos. 15 days. STRONG, Elder John (sou of Richard* of Taunton, England), wa's among tlie'first settlers at D., where his wife and an infant child d. soon after land- ing; in 1630 he m. Abigail (dau. of John) Ford. In 1635, he was at Hing- ham. On Dec. 3, 1638, he was an inhabitant of Taunton, Mass., and was same year made freeman of Plymftuth Colony. He was at Taunton as late as 1643, from which place he moved to W., and from there to Northampton in 1659, where he became the first ruling elder of the church. He d. there 1699, a. 94 ; his wife d. in Windsor, April, 1643. Children b. before coming to W. — John,l d. 1630, 2 months after arrival ; Thoinas, m. Mary (dau. of Rev. Ephraim) Hnit, Dec. 5, 1660 ; she d. Feb. 20, 1670 ; m. 2, Rachel (dau.8 ; Wealthy, b. Sept. 7, 1760; George, b. Sept. 7, 1762 ; Walter, b. Aug. 27, 1764 ; Pliny, b. May 27, 1767 ; Elihu, b. May 10, 1770 ; Gloney(?) b. July 5, 1772. WASHBURN, Isaac (E. W.), had Isaac, b. Oct. 4, 1770; Anna, b. Jan. 28, 1773 ; Margaret, b. June 14, 1775 ; Mary, b. Feb. 12, 1778 ; John, b. Jan. 9, 1781 ; Edward, b. Aug. 18, 1784; Phebe, b. Oct. 15, 1786. WATSON.* Tradition reports a family of seven brothers who came to New England together, and settled in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The records of Hartford and Windsor show a Thomas and a John, in 1644; also a Caleb, whose wife was Mary, and a sister of Caleb, Doecas Adams of Ipswich ; and a Robert. Caleb d. in 1725-6, very aged; John d. in 1718 ; he is probably the John, who had Children — John, b. Dec, 1680 ; Thomas, b. Sept., 1682 ; Zachf.riah, b. Oct., 1685; Ann, b. May, 1688; Cyprian, b. Jan., 1689; Sarah, b. Dec, 1692 ; Caleb, b. May, 1695 ; m. Porter, in 1733 . John (s. of John above), d. in 1725 ; he m. Sarah (dau. of James) Steele, Feb., 1707-8. Children— John, b. 1708-9 ; m. Bethia Tyler, April, 1730 : Margaret, b. 1714; Abigail, b. 1715 ; Sarah, b. 1718; (Cyprian and Caleb?). Robert, from London settled in Windsor ; m. Mary Rockwell of Windsor, * We are under obligation to Sereno Watson, M. D., of Greensboro, Ala., for manuscripts relative to this, as well as other families in this Tvork. WATSON. 819 Dec. 10, 1646; he d. July 19, 1689 ; Mrs. Mary Watson, d. Aug. 21, 1684, Children— Mary, h. Jan. 11, 1651 ; m. John Drake: John, b. March 7, 1653 d. Sept. 8, 1730: Samuel, b. Jan. 14, 1655 ; d. Oct. 27, 1711; Hannah, b Aug. 8, 1658; m. John Birge ; d. July, 1690 : Ebeuezer,^ b, April 25, 1661 Nathaniel,^ b. Jan. 28, 1668 ; Jedldiah, b. Sept. 30, 1666; d. Dec, 1641 ; m. Mary (dau. of Daniel) Clark; who d. April 14, 1730, a. 80. Ebenezer,! moved to East W. and built ; m. wid. Abigail Kelsie of W., April 1, 1703 ; he d. Oct. 3, 1749 ; Mrs. Abigail Watson, d. June 16, 1752. CMrfrem— Ebenezer, Jr., b. March 20, 1703-4; d. Nov. 28, 1705 : Ebenezer, Jr.,3 2d, b. Nov. 23, 1705 ; Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1708 ; m. 1, Israel Phelps ; m. 2, Greene : Samuel,* b. Nov. 13, 1710 ; Hannah, b. April 4, 1713 ; m. 1, John Bissell ; m. 2, Jonathan Bartlett : Abigail, b. Oct. 30, 1715; m. Ezekiel Osborne. NATHAifiEL,3 m. Dorothy Bissell, Jan. 21, 1685 ; he d. Aug. 10, 1690. Children— Anne, b. 1686; Nathaniel, jr., b. 1690. Ebenezer, Jr. ,3 2, m. Anne (dau. of Ammi) Trumbull, Deo. 31, 1741 ; he d. Deo. 19, 1792, a. 97 ; she d. Oct. 8, 1797 (E. W. G.), a. 84. Children— Bh- enezer.s 3d, b, Oct. 16, 1742 ; d. Oct. 6, 1819, u. 77 ; John,6 b. Jan. 8, 1744 ; Nathaniel, b. June 18, 1745 ; d. Dec. 3, 1775, " in war" near Crown Point ; Robert,' b. Sept. 4, 1747 ; Anne, b. Oct. 22, 1749 ; m. Nathaniel Howard : Timotby.S b. Feb. 18, 1752. Lt. Samuel, * m. 1, Elizabeth Mather, Feb. 25, 1742; she d. April 1, 1744 ; m. 2, Sarah Prior, Feb. 25, 1747; he d. Aug. 10, 1786, a. 76. Children— Samuel, Jr., b. Oct. 16, 1749 ; Sarah, b. June 27, 1751; David, b. May 31, 1753; Luke, b. Dec. 6, 1756; d. Sept. 22, 1775, a. 20: Betty, b. Aug. 28, 1757; Abigail, b. July 21, 1759 ; Lucretia, b. Sept. 4, 1761; Mary Ann, b. July 24, 1763 ; d. Oct. 13, 1783, a. 21 : Vashti (dau. of Lt.. Samuel), d. Sept. 26, 1775, a. 10. Ebenezer, 5 m. Sarah Watson, Jan. 13, 1774; had Ebenezer, b. June 26, 1775; Nathaniel, b. Feb. 4, 1771; Timothy, b. Oct. 2, 1779 ; Roderick, b. Oct. 15, 1782 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 29, 1784 ; d. April 23, 1787 : James, b. May 15, 1787. John 8 (E. W.), m. Anne Bliss, July 5, 1767 ; he d. Oct., 1824. Children- Vim., b. May, 1768 ; who d. soon : John, jr., b. June 17, 1770 ; William, b. March 25, 1773; Mary,- b. Dec. 8, 1775; m. Samuel Tudor; d. Dec, 1847, 2 sons: Anna, b. June 17, 1778 ; m. Wm. Hall, jr., no issue; d. Aug., 1S49: Henry ,9 b. March, 1781; Sally, b. Aug. 30, 1784; m. Eliphabet Terry, no issue ; d. April, 1814 : Harriet, b. Sept. 17, 1786 ; m. Jas. Killam. , Robert,? m. Eunice Potwine, Dec. 24, 1772; who d. Sept. 29, 1776. CAiWrm— Robert, b. April 25, 1774 ; Eunice, b. Aug. 28, 1775 ; Eunice, b. Oct. 15, 1777; Betsy, b. Oct. 31, 1779; Jane, b. Dec. 31, 1781; Ruth, b. April 8, 1784; Clara, b. March 1, 1786 ; Huldah, b. July 27, 1788. TiMOTaY, 8 m. Anne Prior ; he d. Feb. 1, 1777, in the prison house at New 820 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. York, from sickness and privation. Children — Annn, h. May 19, 1774; Jerusha, b. Aug. 1, 1776. John, Jr., m. Anne Bliss ; lie d. July, 1841. Children — John Bliss, Ealpli, Ann, Edward Henry, Laura, Mary. William, m. Mary Marsh of Wethersfield ; he d. Nov., 1836. Children— William, Jr., Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, John Marsh. Hbnby,9 m. Julia Reed, Sept., 1809 ; he d. Jan. 1848. CAiWj-cji— Henry ,M h. Sept., 1810 ; Julia, h. July, 1812 ; m. Leverett Bissell, Nov., 1840 : Theo- dore, Hb. Aug., 1814; Cornelius, b. Aug., 1814; d. Sept., 1814: Alfred, b. May, 1816 ; Louis, b. Oct., 1817; m. Amelia Russell Harver, Aug., 1847; who d. Nov., 1850; no surviving children : Ebenezer Bliss,i2Nov., 1819 ; Corne- lius 2d, b. Jan., 1821; Edmund,l3 b. Jan., 1825; Sereno, b. Dec, 1826 ; Reed,l4 b. Dec, 1828 ; Donald, b. April, 1831 ; d. Aug., 1853, in N. Orleans : Harriett, b. July, 1833. Henry, 10 ni. Sophia Peck of (Frederic) Greensboro, Ala., Feb., 1845. Children— Yredeiie, b. Nov., 1846 ; Julia, b. Dec, 1848 ; Arthur, b. July 1851 ; Elba, b. Nov., 1853 ; Rosa, b. Aug., 1856. Theodoee,ii m. Sophia Clapp, Waverly, 111., Oct., 1840, who d. Nov. 24; m. 2d, , 1856. Children of 1st wife — Sophia, b. Oct., 1841 ; Julia, b. May, 1843 ; Henry Theodore, b. March, 1845 ; d. Aug., 1846 : Henry, b. Dec, 1846; Willie Lovell, Dec, 1849 ; Horatio Gates, Feb., 1852; Harriet Amelia, April, 1854. Children of Id wife , b. Dec, 1856. Ebenekek Bliss, 12 m. Arabella L. Sweet, Waverly, 111., Aug., 1848. CAtH- j-cjt— Alice, b. Jan., 1850; Philip, b. Jan., 1852; d. Sept., 1852: Grace, b. Sept., 1854 ; d. Sept., 1855 : Anna Sweet, b. Sept., 1856. EDMUND,i3m. Mary C , of Suflield, Nov., 1850. Children — Harriet b. Nov., 1851 ; Mary Alice, b. Oct., 1853 ; John, b. Sept., 1855 ; , b. Aug., 1857. Reed,14 m. Sarah Bolles of Cambridge, May, 1851. Children — Rozella, b. June, 1853 ; Donald, b. Jan., 1855 ; Amelia, b. March, 1856. Abigail, had Job, b. Jan. 18, 1703-4. Ebenezer, had Joel, b. March 20, 1703. Deaths (E. W. 0.),— Nathaniel, d. Sept. 10, 1733. Mrs. Jedediah, d. Dec. 13, 1741. Ebenezek,6 (?) had Augustus, who d. Sept. 15, 1796, u. 13 mo. and Alexander, who d. Oct. 13, 1803, a. 3 yrs. Geokge (s. of Samuel), d. Sept. 24, 1813, a. 26. George (sou of same), d. March 22, . Hahnah d. Nov. 28, 1778. Hannah (wife of Samuel) d. April 21, 1839, a. 80. Samuel, d. May 3, 1828, a. 79. Robert, d'. March 8, 1801, a. 53. WEBB, Zeedlon, Jr., m. 1, Mehitable Huntington of "Windham, Nov. 24, 1748 ; m. 2, Judith, who d. Feb. 9, 1750 ; had Lydia, b. Jan. 23, 1750 ; Sibel, b. Feb. 20, 1749 ; Stephen, who d. Sept. 6,1751; Mehitable, b. April 23, 1752; Judith, b. March 9, 1754. Nathan, m. Margaret Kellogg, March 20, 1755 ; had Clorina, b. May 11, 1756. WEBSTER — WELLES. 821 WEBSTER, Jacob, m. Azubah Barber, Jau. 19, 1748 ; who d. Jan. 9, 1758 ; had Hezekiah, b. Oct. 23, 1749 ; d. Due. 16, 1749. Wkliam, m. Mary Watson, June 3, 1731 ; who d. May 6, 1754. Children- Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1735 ; James, b. July 29, 1738 ; James, b. Nov. 11, 1740 ; Susanna, b. June 29, 1743 ; Mary, b. March 5, 1746. Eli, d. Oct. 2, 1855, a. 34 (W. N.). SAM0EL (E. W.), m. Lucy ; who d. Jan. 19, 1823, a. 83 ; he d. June 2, 1799, a. 62. Children— Lncy , b. Sept. 2, 1763 ; Walter, b. July 21, 1765 ; Grove, b. Deo. 31, 1767; Wealthy, b. Nov. 9, 1769; Clark, b. Jan. 4, 1772; d. Feb. 8, 1790. CyEENHS (E W.) ; had Chloe, b. March 8, 1772 ; James, b. May 7, 1776 ; Theodosia, b. Feb. 26, 1778 ; Sulla (?) b. Jan. 16, 1780 ; Naomi, b. April 24, 1782. Daniel, m. Ehoda Filer, Oct. 24, 1821. WELCH, Isaac, had Isaac, b. Oct. 22, 1770. Lemuel, had Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1778 ; d. June 14, 1795 : Ruby, b. July 29, 1780 ; d. Dec. 29, 17— : Lemuel, jr., b. Dec. 22, 1782 ; Jerusha, b. June 30, 1785 ; Cynthia, b. March 28, 1788 ; d. March 2, 1790 : Ruby, b. Dec. 4, 1790 ; m. John Kiugsley, April 5, 1814 : Cynthia, b. Deo. 16, 1794 ; Lemuel Augustus, b. Feb. 4, 1802. Lemuel, Jr., m. Nancy Benton, Dec. 10, 1810; had Nancy Aun, b. Jan. 23, 1814 ; Julia Elizabeth, b. April 23, 1822. William, m. Amelia Stiles, Aug. 14, 1821 ; who d. Deo. 30, 1821, a. 20 ; he m. 2, Emeline Hosmer, Aug. 6, 1823. Child — Lncias G., b. May 11, 1824. Lemuel Augustus, m. Harriet Cook, Jan. 12, 1840. WELLER, RiCHAKD, m. Ann Wilson, Sept. 17, 1640. CAiMcra— Rebecca, bap. May 16, 1641 ; Sarah, b. April 16, 1643 ; Nathaniel, b. July 15, 1648 ; Eleazer, b. Nov. 20, 1650 ; Thomas, b. April 10, 1653. WELLES (Wells, Willis, Wills), Joshua, m. 1, . , who d. Sept. 12, 1676; m. 2, Hannah Buckland, who d. Nov., 1694. Children — Joshua, b. April 10, 1672 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 24, 1682 ; John, b. June 14, 1687 ; Henry, b. Oct. 14, 1690 ; Jacob, b. Oct. 21, 1693. Joshua, Jr. (son of above), m. Elizabeth Grant, May 12, 1697. Children — Elizabeth, b. April 19, 1698 ; d. Oct. 9, 1707 : Joshua, b. May 11, 1700 ; .Jona- than, b. Dec. 31, 1703 ; Lamson, b. Nov. 7, 1706 ; Martha, b. Feb. 3, 1709-10 ; Zeruiah, b. Jan. 9, 1711 ; his dau. Mary, d. April 1, 1700. Jacob (sou of Joshua, sen.), m. Dinah Peck of Norwich, May 17, 1700; had John, b. May 26, 1721. Lamson (son of Joshua, jr.), had Hezekiah, b. June 25, 1736 ; Lamson, b. •Nov. 27, 1737; m. Hannah Osborn, jr., Feb. 20, 1757 : Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1740 ; Joshua, b. Feb. 22, 1741 ; Ira, b. March 23, 1744. Joshua, Jr., m. Mary Danks, May 19, 1709. 822 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. {E. W. 0.)— JoSHtJA, d. Jan. 6, 1721, in 75th yr. Hezekiah, d, March 30, 1852, a. 76 ; his wife Mary, d. June 24, 1855, a. 81. Their dau. Sarah, d. Aug. 21, 1808. Capt. Hezekiah, d. March 8, 1817, in 81st yr.; his wid. Sarah, d. Oct. 26, 1839, a. 92. Zerhiah, wid. of Joshua, d. Oct, 28, 1834, a. 78 ; her husband JosHtTA, d. Dec. 9, 1809, a. 69. (Sc.)— Joshua, d. June 1, 1854, a. 70. Horace E., d. Oct. 15, 1857, ».. 28. John T. (son of Joshua and Eunice), d. Jan. 16, 1836, a. 5. Elizabeth S. (dau. of Ira and Persis), d. Dec. 8, 1835, a. 18. Ammi and Sybil had Chadn- cet, who d. Feb. 6, 1804, in 2d yr. Mart, who d. Nov. 16, 1809, a. 1. Joel, d. Jan. 7, 1806, a. 51. Charles H. (son of Jason and Julia), d. Aug. 25, 1833, a. 2 yrs. 2 mo. (W. iV.)— Elizabeth A. B. (wife of Noah P.), b. Jan. 22, 1818 ; d. Jan, 19, 1836. Anna Elizabeth (dau. of above), b. Aug. 24, 1854; d. Jan. 2, 1855. Eonioe (wife of Alexander), d. Jan. 18, 1842, a. 50. Jdlia Ann (dau. of above), d. Nov. 30, 1836, a. 21. William (son of same), d. Feb. 1, 1847, a. 33. Harriet (dau. of same), d. Feb. 13, 1852, a. 33. WEST, Samuel, m. Dorothy Eggleston, Feb. 24, 1708. Children— 3ose^\ b. March 2, 1711; Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1714; William, b. March 26, 1717; Thomas, b. July 21, 1719 ; Asa. b. Nov. 19, 1721 ; Dorothy, b. Aug. 19, 1723 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 13, 1727 ; Elizabeth, b. June 7, 1730 ; Benjs,min, b. Aug. 1, 1733. WESTLAND, Robert, m. Thankful Addoms of Simsbury, May 17, 1721. Children— kmos b. July 30, 1723 ; Deborah, b. Feb. 24, 1725 ; Lydia, b. Dec, 12, 1729 ; Robert, b. Sept. 15, 1731 ; Mercy, b. June 15, 1734. Amos (s. of Robert), had Amos, b. Aug. 19, 1749. Amos (s. of Amos), had Elizabeth, b. Sept. 4, 1779 ; Mary, b. April 15, 1782 ; Hannah, b. June 26, 1784 ; Austin, b. May 20, 1787. Joseph, had Sally, b. Nov. 25, 1787 ; Cota,b. Feb. 8, 1790 ; Grave, b. June 2, 1793 ; William, b. Aug. 22, 1795 ; Candace, b. Feb. 13, 1798. William B., m. Mary Ann Alderman, Nov. 9, 1834. Robert, was drowned in the flood, April 5, 1728. WHITCOMB, Joseph, had Mehitable, b. July 1, 1749. WHITE, Capt. Daniel, b. July 4, 1671, in Hatfield, Mass. ; removed to Windsor, Ct., in 1704, and was a trader there ; his home was " north of the Rivulet " ; he d. June 22, 1726, a. 55 ; he m. 1, Sarah Bissell, dau. of Thomas Bissell and Abigail Moore ; she was b. Jau. 8, 1672 ; d. in Hatfield, July 18, 1703; hem. 2, July 6, 1704, Ann Bissell, dau. of John Bissell, jun., and Isbel Mason ; she was b. April 28, 1675, and d. April 21, 1709 : he m. 3, April 25, 1710, Elizabeth Bliss of Norwich; she returned to Norwich after his death, and d. July 2, 1757, a. 71. CAiMren— Sarah, b. 1693; d. Feb. 24,^ 1693: Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1694; m. Daniel Griswold, jun. of W., Sept. 5, 1716 ; they removed to Bolton, where she d. Feb. 1, 1738, a. 43 : Daniel, b. Sept. 5, 1698 ; settled in Hatfield : Thomas, b. July 10, 1701 ; was minister atBol- WHITEHEAD — WILSON. 823 ton, Ct. : Joel, b. April 6, 1705 ; settled in Bolton : Elisha, b. Nov. 11, 1706 ; settled in Bolton and Killingwortli : Simeon, b. March 11, 1707-8 ; settled in Hatfield : Seth, b. March 6, 1712-13; settled in Prov., R. I., and Plainfield, Ct. : Lucy, b. June 16, 1715 ; m. 1, Joseph French of Norwich and Coven- try; m. 2, Josiah Wolcott of Coventry and Say brook : Elizabeth, b. May 18, 1717 ; m. Samuel French of Norwich : Oliver, b. March 26, 1720 ; settled in Bolton and Say brook. All the ten youngest children (except Seth) had fam- ilies. Sakah (sister of Capt. Daniel), b. in Hatfield, Mass., in 1662 ; m. 1, March 31, 1680, Thomas Loomis of H., who probably came from W. ; and m. 2, John Bissell of W. (s. of John, jr.), who removed to Lebanon. Egbert, had Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1742; Eliphalet, b. June 12, 1745; Friend, h. Nov. 1, 1748 ; Mary, b. March 13, 1751. WHITEHEAD, " Goodman" (see p. 136). WHITEMARSH, Nicholas, bad Samuel, b. Dec. 4, 1741. WITCHFIELD, Elder John 76, 135 and 140) ; his y/f *-^ ~ ""' wife d. April 26, 1759 (see 1642. Hinman). WILCOX, Ebehezek, had Martha, b. June 3, 1710. WILCOXSON, Samdel, had Samuel, b. April 15, 1666. Ebehezek, m. Martha Gaylord, Jan. 15, 1707. WILLIAMS, Akthuk, landholder at W. in 1640. John, m. Mary Buckly, Jane 29, 1644. Children— John, b. March 26, 1646 ; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 25, 1647; Rebsoca, b. April 20, 1649 ; Hannah, b. April 13, 1651 ; Mary and Elizabeth, twins, b. Jan. 5, 1652; Elizabeth, d. Feb. 22, 1652; Abiel, b. Sept. 2, 1655 ; Abigail, b. May 31, 1658. JoBU, Jr., m. wid. Bethia Maskell (Marshell?) Aug. 8, 1672; had Frances, b. May 25, 1673; also John the first bom, and Ebenezer ye second, both at birth, b. Jan. 7, 1675. Nathaniel (son of John, sen.), had Mary, b. Sept. 28 ; Zebedee, b. Jan. 7, 1697-8 ; John, b. April 16, 1699. EoGEE (see p. 134), m. , who d. Dec. 10, 1645. Bavid, d. Sept. 7, 1684. " Esther Williams, widow of James Eggleston, who (as it is reported), was the first female child that was in Hartford ; d. July 10, 1720." Nancy (wife of John), d. April 17, 1681, a. 65. ■ Sampel, m. Cynthia Stoughton, Feb. 17, 1825. Asahel, m. Emeline Cusar, Oct., 1829. • Henry, m. Lucinda Ross, Oct. 13, 1834. WILSON, Samuel, m. Mary GrifiFen, May 1, 1672 ; he d. Aug. 3, 1697. CttreM— Isabel, b Feb. 24, 1672-3 ; Samuel, b. May 1, 1675 ; Samuel, b. 824 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Nov. 21, 1678 ; d. July 31, 1689 : Mary, b. Aug. 7, tap. 8, 1679 ; Abigail,!). March 3, 1683^ ; John, b. May 24, 1686. Dea. John, in. Mary Marshall, June 16, 1709, who d. Feb. 11, 1772, in 83d year; he d. Aug. 10, 1774, a. 89. Children — Mary, b. July 16, 1710 ; John, b. Nov. 7, 1711 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 19, 1713 ; Noah, b. Feb. 12, 1715 ; Joel,b. April 17, 1718 ; Rachel, b. June 6, 1720 ; Amos, b. Jan. 13, 1725-6 ; Phineas, b. March 16, 1728. Samuel, m. Jemima Lewis of East Haddam, May 9, 1723, Children — Jemima, b. Feb. 15, 1723^ ; Keziah, b. Sept. 21, 1725 ; Samuel, b. Dec. 14, 1727 ; Mary, b. Feb. 18, 1729 ; Samuel, b. April 9, 1732 ; Ebenezer, b. March 28, 1734. Joel, had Joel, b. May 1, 1746 ; Moses, b. Sept. 11, 1748 ; Abiel, b. March 18, 1750 ; Samuel, b. B'eb. 17, 1754 ; John, b. Oct. 3, 1757 ; Joab, b. Dec. 22, 1761. Phineas, m. Mary Palmer, Nov. 21, 1750, who d. Sept. 14, 1814, a. 86; he d. Nov. 25, 1804, a. 77. Children— M^ry , b. Aug. 26, 1753 ; Ruth, b. March 10, 1755; Eli, b. Aug. 23, 1757. Abiel, had Hannah, b. May 2, 1786. Eli, who d. a. 84; and his wife, who d. a. 62; m. Nov. 3, 1845; had Melioent, b. Nov. 23, 1819 ; d. Sept. 5, 1845 : Mary, b. July 14, 1822. James, had Lydia, b. March 10, 1777 ; Susannah, b. Nov. 15, 1778 ; , b. Nov. 30, 1780. Calvin, had Oliver, b. Oct. 14, 1785 ; d. Jan. 22, 1787 ; Oliver, b. Jan. 10, 1788 ; Laura, b. Jan. 19, 1790 ; Griggs, b. Feb. 10, 1793 ; d. July 31, 1800 : Emma, b. Jan. 9, 1795 ; Courtney, b. July 11, 1797; d. Jan. 11, 1798; Charles Courtney, b. Dec. 2, 1798 ; Eliza, b. Nov. 4, 1800 ; d. Sept. 12, 1803: Richard Griswold, b. Nov. 8, 1802 ; d. Oct. 6, 1803. Dea.'PfliNEHAS, d. July 12, 1808, a. 55 ; his wife Susannah, d. Feb. 20, 1814, a. 63. Moses, m. Wealthy Ann Barnes, Feb. 5, 1824. Samuel, m. Delia Chapman, Nov. 2, 1829. Ammi, m. Betsy Burr, July 3, 1828. Henkt, Jr., m. Susan A. Newberry, Nov. 17, 1842. Ruth (wife of Eli), d. Feb. 1, 1816, a. 60. WILTON, Lieut. David, see Appendix No. 1 (at the beginning), also Hin- man. Nicholas (brother of Lieut. David), m. Mary Stanford, Nov. 20,1656; who d. Aug. 4, 1683 ; he d. Aug. 4, 1683. CAiZdrcm— David b. Jan. 13, 1660 ; John, b. Aug. 8, 1664. WINCHELL, Nathaniel, m. Sarah Porter of Farmington, April 8, 1664. CMdrpm— Nathaniel, b. Aug. 7, 1665 ; Thomas, b. May 25, 1669 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 26, 1674; Stephen, b. Aug. 13, 1677. RoEEET, who was in Dorchester in 1635, came to W., where he d. Jan. 21, 1667 ; m. , who d. July 10, 1655 ; he d. Jan. 21, 1667. Children— Vhebe, WING — WOLCOTT. 825 bap. March 29, 1638 ; Mary, bap. Sept. 5, 1641 ; David, bap. Oct. 22, 1643 ; Joseph, hap. April 5, 1646 ; Martha, bap. June 18, 1648 ; d. July 12, 1655 : Benjamin, bap. July 11, 1652 ; buried June 24, 1656. Jonathan, m. Abigail Bruson, at Farmington, May, 1666 ; had Jonathan b. Feh, 1667. Nathaniel, m. Mary Graves of Hartford, March 15, 1693 ; he d. March 8, 1699. CAiMrm— Nathaniel, b. Dec. 23, 1694 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 5, 1695 ; Hezekiah, b. June 20, 1697 ; Mercy, b. Feb. 29, 1699 ; Zebadiah, who d. Feb. 16, 1697. Thomas, who d. Aug., 1697; had Samuel, b. Jan. 5, 1690; Hannah, b. May 18, 1693. Stephen, m. Abigail Marshfleld, March 10, 1697-8. Children— Ste-phen, b. Nov. 20, 1698 ; Thomas, b. April 2, 1700 ; Caleb, b. Dec. 6, 1701 ; Dorothy, b. Oct. 2, 1703 ; Robert, b. May 28, 1705; Martin, b. Dec. 23, 1708. David, m. Elizabeth Pilley, Nov. 17, 1669 ; had Joseph, b. Sept. 13, 1670 ; Christian, b. March 9, 1672 ; Elizabeth, b. Deo. 7, 1675. David, m. Mary Griffen, May 1, 1672. Benjamin, had Thomas, b. Dec. 16, 1702. EoBEET, had Lydia, b. July 8, 1734. John, m. Martha Eno, Jan. 3, 1705. Children— lohu, b. April 5, 1707 ; Silence, h. Jan. 6, 1708 ; Samuel, b. March 15, 1710 ; Martha, b. Aug. 24, 1713 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 13, 1715 ; Daniel, b. 1718 ; d, April 19, 1733 : Ebe- BBzer, b. Sept. 15, 1719 ; d. April 21, 1721 : Ebenezer, b. March 31, 1722 ; Martha, b. Dec. 5, 1726 ; d. Jan. 17, 1728. Joseph, had Tryphena, b. May 5, 1752. John, d. Dec. 1, 1773. Wid. Sarah, d. Oct. 7, 1725. WING, Samuel, who d. Aug. 14, 1777 ; had Hannah, b. June 20, 1771 ; Hezekiah, b. March 6, 1777 ; Samuel, who d. Sept. 7, 1777. Major MosES, m. 1, Hannah Denslow, Dec. 13, 1781 ; m. 2, Huldah Denslow, April 8, 1793 ; he d. 1809. Children— Cynthia, b. Nov. 22, 1782 ; William, b. July 1, 1799; m. in 1822 to Electa Spelman of Granville, 0. ; is secretary and auditor of the Central Ohio K. R. Co., and resides at Zanesville, 0. : Adeline, b. O.t. 15, 1801. WOLCOTT.* The family of Wolcott is one of great antiquity and respectability, as will be seen from the following pedigree: 1. Jeean Wolcott (son of Sir John) of Wolcott, who married Anna, daughter of John Mynde of Shropshire. 2. Roger Wolcott of Wolcott, who m. Edith, dau.of Sir * " The spelling of the family name (as was usual in those days) was very variable ; we find not less than a dozen forms. It is given three different ways, in the signature, the seal, and the superscription of the same letter. The traditional pronunciation, in the family, of the Penultimate vowel, gives it the sound of o in }Vbl/" In addition to the Windsor Records, we have availed ourselves, in the compilation of this 104 826 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Wm. Donnes, knight. 3. Sir Philip Wolcott of Wolcott, knight, who m. Julian, dau. of John Herle. 4. John Wolcott of Wolcott, who m. Alice, dau. of David Lloyd, Esq. 5. Sir John Wolcott of Wolcott, knight, A. D, 1383. 6. Thomas Wolcott. 7. John Wolcott. 8. John Wolcott of Wolcott, who m. Matilda, dau. of Sir Richard Cornwall of Bereford, knight. 9. Roger Wolcott of Wolcott, Esq., who m. Margaret, dau. of David Lloyd, Esq. 10. William Wolcott, settled in Tolland, Somersetshire. 11. William Wolcott, who m, Elizabeth. His will is dated A. D. 1500. 12. Thomas Wolcott, who was living in Tolland in 1552. 13. Thomas Wolcott, who m. Alice. Will dated Nov. 4, 1572. 14. John Wolcott of Galdon Manor, Tolland, in Somersetshire, England, where will was dated Nov. 10,-1623. Henry Wolcott, the emigrant, was the second son of John Wolcott of Galdon Manor, and was baptized in the adjoining parish of Lydiard St. Law- rence, Dec. 6, 1578. He m. Jan. 10, 1606, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sand- ers of Lydiard St. Lawrence ; she was b. in 1589. He [held a fair position among the gentry of England, and possessed an estate which yielded hitn a handsome income. By the decease of his elder brother, without issue, he subsequently became proprietor of the family estates, including the Manor, and a mill in the same village.* Here in the quiet pursuits of & country squire, he passed the earlier portion of his life, but as the Reformation advanced he became interested in spiritual affairs. At this juncture he became acquainted with the Rev. Edward Elton, under whose teachings he became converted, and being a man of ardent temperament and lively sensibilities, he soon found himself strongly identified with the Puritans. Becoming cen- vinced, in common with others, that the only way of preserving inviolate and enjoying the right of conscience in spiritual matters, was to remove to another continent, Henry Wolcott, then past his fifty-second year, with a quiet hero- genealogy, of an article published some years ago in the New Eng. Gen. Register, and also a recent contribution to the Ctmgrcgatiortal Quarterly, by Rev. Samuel "Wolcott of ProTidence, R. I., enHtled " Henry Wolcott and his children." It is to be hoped that the extensiveandelaborateHistoryandQenealogy of the Wolcott family, upon which the gentleman above named has been engaged for many years past, will soon bo ^ published, as no family record in New England possesses so great an interest and Talae to thousands of individuals, as that of Wolcott. • " Tolland," says H. G. Somerby, Esq., in a letter to the family, " is one of the most secluded, quiet, and picturesque villages in England. The Galdon Manor, which I sketched, and which is now occupied as a farm-house, must at one time have been very extensive, and the principal room very splendid for the period. It is still richly ornamented with carved work, etc. I visited the old Mill, which belonged to the Family at least 300 years ago. The house connected with it, now somewhat dilapidated, is the same which was then standing, and is a curious specimen of architecture, both internally and externally. The mill is also the original one, With a modem addition to one end ; I made a sketch of the house and mill." " The manor-house, which is still standing, is said to be of very great antiquity and extent It was originally a splendid mansion, designed, as well for the purposes of defence agiunst the excesses of a lawless age, as for the purposes of a permanent family residence. It is still richly ornamented with carved work, and if left to itself unassailed by the hand of violence, it will stand for ages. The familiar motto of the family arms, borrowed from the Roman poet, is still to be seen upon the walls of the manor-house, its bold words informing us that the family who WOLCOTT. 827 ism wliioh could only have proceeded from a stern sense of duty, resolved to etilgrate to New England ; leaving behind them their two daughters, and their youngest son, then five years of age ; until a settlement liad been effected in America, they embarked with their three sons, Henry, George, and Christopher, in company with the Rev. Mr. Warham of whose congrega' tion they were members, and on the 30th of May, 1630, arrived at Dorchester, Mass. Henry Wolcott's name appears on the first list of freemen made in Boston, Oct. 19, 1630. In 1635, he removed with Mr. Warham's Church to Windsor, in Connecticut, of which place he became " a chief corner stone." lu the year 1637, the first general assembly was held in Connecticut. Mr. Henry Woloott was elected a member of the lower house, and thus partici- pated in the first legislative proceedings of both colonies. In 1640,- his name stands first in the list of inhabitants in Windsor. In 1643, he was elected a member of the house of magistrates (the present senate), and was annually re-elected during life. In the year 1640, he visited England. His younger children, Ann, Mary and Simon, had probably joined the family in America before this date ; we can only ascertain that they came between the years 1631 and M41. His honored and useful life at W., dosed on the 30th of May, 1655. His will was dictated oa the day of his death, and was proved ■October 4. The inventory of his estate amounted (exclusive of property in England) to £764, 8s, 10. In the old cemetery of Windsor, over his grave and that of his wife, is an arched monument of brown stone, wrought by their son-in-law, Matthew Griswold ; the inscriptions being on the opposite sides : Here under lyeth the body of Henry Wolcot sometimes a Maiestrate of this Jm'isdiction who dyed ye 30th day of May ( salutis 1655 ^°"° I fetalis 77 Here under lyeth the body of Elizabeth Wolcot who dyed ye 7th day of July ( salutis 1655 ^"°° I jetatis 73 And to the record of their deaths in the ancient " Pamilye Chronologle " is appended this simple and beautiful statement : " These both dyed in hope ilave adopted it as their text of life were ' accustomed to swear in the words of no master,' ^uV Mas addiotusjurare in verba Tnagisiri. It is alike in keeping with the independent spirit of an English gentleman of the middle ages, and with that of a Puritan of the 17th century who spurned the dictation of ecclesiastical dominion. In relation to the Wolcott coat-qf-arms, the fol- lowing anecdote may not be without interest to such as are curious in matters of heraldry. John Wolcott of Wolcott, who liTcd in the reign of Henry the rifth, and who married Matilda, dopghter of SirEichard Cornwall of Hereford, knight, assumed for his arms, the three chess rooks, instead of the crow, with the fleurs de lis, borne by his ancestors. It is recorded in the old family jeiiigiee,that"playinge at the chesse with Henry the Kfth, Kinge of England, he gaye hym the check matte with the rouke, whereupon the kinge changed his coat of arms, which was the cross with flower de lures, and gave him the rouke for a remembrance.' - - - - ' It seems these OheSB Rooks were at first called Rooks for being in defence of all ye re.st ; and therefore they standein ye uttermost corners of ye Chessboard as frontier Castles. King Wm. ye Conaueror lost groat Lordships at this playe. And it might well become a King, for therein are comprised all yc Stratagems of Warr or plotts of Oivill State.' " 828 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. and ly buried under one Tomb in Windsor." This worthy couple had the following Children — JoBU, bap. Oct. 1, 1607; was living iff England in 1631, and apparently never emigrated to America ; he d. without issue previous to the date of his father's will, in 1655. The family record makes no mention of him. Anna, came over with her sister and youngest brother, after the family had become settled. She m., Oct. 16, 1646, Mr. Matthew Uriswold, who resided in Windsor, and was a deputy to the general court. He after- wards removed to Saybrook, in the capacity of agent for Gov. Fenwick ; he subsequently purchased a large estate in Blackball, a pleasant part of Lyme, which has now been the seat of the Griswold family for more than two centuries. He gave the name to the town, of which he was the first inhabit- ant, in honor of Lyme Regis, the place of his nativity in England. He was a stonecutter by trade, and wrought the tombstone of his father-in-law, Henry Wolcott. He d. at the age of 96 years, and was buried in Saybrook ; but his grave is unknown. Henry, b. Jan. 21, 1610-11. George, became a freemen in Conn., May 21, 1657 ; m. Elizabeth Treat, and settled in Wethers- field, Ct. Children — George, Elizabeth, John, and Mercy. Christopher, to whom the family homestead at W., was bequeathed by his father, d. un- married, Sept. 7, 1662, and his estate was divided among his brothers and sisters, Henry receiving the largest share. Mart, m. June 25, 1646, to Job Drake of W. ; she and her husband d. on the same day, Sept. 16, 1649. Simon, b. about the year 1625. " Descendants of Heney, Senior, in the line of his son Henry. Henry, Jr., admitted a freeman at Boston, April 1, 1634, and was then a member of the Dorchester Church, removed to W. in 1636, and m. Sarah (dan. of Mr. Thomas) Newberry, Nov. 8, 1640 ; was a large importing merch- ant ; appears to have visited England in 1654 ; was a prominent man in the colony ; one of the 19 named in the Charter of Connecticut ; elected deputy in 1660 ; a magistrate in 1662, and from that time until his death ; received a grant of 300 acres of land in 1669, and d. July 12, 1680 ; his wid. d. July 16, 1684 ; her wardrobe, an inventory of which still exists among the family papers, was appraised at nearly £100 sterling. Children — Henry ,1 b. Jan. 6, 1642-3; John,2 b. Feb. 28, 1644; Samuel,3 b. Oct. 8, 1647; Sarah, b. July 6, 1649 ; m. Walter Price, and d. at Salem : Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1651 ; m. Jame8 Eussell, Esq. ; d. at Charlestown, Mass. ; Hannah, b. March 8, 1653-4 ; d. Sept. 4, 1688 : Josiah,* b. July 22, 1658. Mr. Henry,i m. Abigail (or Abiah) Gofl'e, Oct. 12, 1664 ; he d. Feb. 15, 1709-10. CMdrcw— Elizabeth, b. Aug. 27, 1665 ; m. Matthew AUyn, Esq., of W. I Henry, b. April 13, 1667 ; Abiah, b. May 1, 1669 ; d. Jan."25, 1696 : Sarah, b. March 27, 1671 ; d. July 20, 1671 . Henry, b. March 30, 1673 ; d. Aug. 5, 1697: Sarah, b. April 16, 1676 ; m. Charles Chauncey ; d. at Strat- ford; Samuel, b. March 26, 1679. WOLCOTT. 829 JoHN,2 m. Mrs. Mary Chester, Feb. 14, 1676 ; he d. Jan. 23, 1711. Child- ren— John,5 b. Nov. 20, 1677 ; Henry, b. Aug. 7, 1679 ; d. April 29, 1680 : Charles.e b. Sept. 3, 1681 ; -George, b. Oct. 20, 1683 ; Benjamin,? had Mary, m. John Eliot, Esq. Capt. Samuel,3 d. June 14, 1695. Children— Samuel » b. .1679 ; Josiah, b. Feb., 1682; d. Oct. 8, 1712: Hannah, b. March 19, 1684; m. William Bnrnham : Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1686 ; Lucy, b. Oct. 16, 1688 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 23, 1690; d. Sept. 9. 1714: Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1692; Mary, b. May 14, 1694. JosiAH,* moved to Salem, Ct. ; m. 1, Penelope Curmin ; m. 2, Mrs. Mary Treat ; he d. Feb. 9, 1729, at Salem. CAiMrsji— Elizabeth, b. March 30, 1688 ; d. July 12, 1702 : Josiah, b. Dec. 21, 1690 ; d. Jan. 4, 1691 : Treat, b. March 26, 1696 ; d. July 7, 1696 : Thomas, b. June 23, 1697 ; d. Sept. 13, 1697: Mehitable, b. Aug. 3, 1698 ; d. July 6, 1721 : Josiah, b. July 11, 1700 ; d. July 31, 1700 : John,9 b. Sept. 12, 1702 ; Elizabeth, b. April 1, 1705 ; d. June 24, 1716 : Mary, b. July 13, 1706; d. July 29, 1706 : Treat, b. Oct. 9, 1712. JOHir,6 m. Hannah Newberry, Dec. 14, 1703 ; he d. Aug. 20, 1750. Child- ren— Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1704 ; d. June 14, 1706 : Hannah, b. Oct. 21, 1706 ; m. Uriah Loomis of W. : John,"io b. April 24, 1708 ; Anne, b. Dec. 9, 1711 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 26, 1716 ; Jerusha, b. Jan. 18, 1718-19 ; m. Erastus Wol- cott, Esq. Lieut. Chaeles,6 m. Elizabeth Hawley, Deo. 19, 1706, who d. Nor. 3, 1765, in 79th year; he d. July 20, 1754, in 74th year. Children— Samh, b. Sept. 29, 1707 ; d. March 24, 1727-8 : Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1712 ; d. March 5, 1727-8 : George, b. March 6, 1713-14 ; d. March 16, 1727-8 : Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1709 ; m. Jonathan North: Benjamin, b. Feb. 23, 1721; d. April 19, 1722 : Eunice, b. June 14, 1725 ; m. Benoni Olcott : Charles, b. June 17, 1716 ; d. June 27,' 1716. Benjamin,'' m. Abigail Pinney. Children — Miriam, b. Aug. 26, 1766 ; d. May 29, 1773 : Caroline, b. Aug. 29, 1769 ; Eleanor, b. Dec. 18, 1770; d. Oct. 18, 1776 ; Talcott, b. Oct. 1, 1772 ; Chester, b. Jan. 23, 1775 ; Eleanor, b. Nov. 2, 1776 ; Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1778 ; d. April 17, 1850 ; his wife Abigail, d. March 25, 1854, a. 79 : Clarissa, b. June 16, 1781 ; James, b. June 23, 1784 ; John, b. July 23, 1786 ; d. May 21, 1787 : SAMDEt,8 d. at Wethersfield, Sept., 1734. Children — Abigail, b. June 3, 1707 ; Oliver, b. Oct. 2, 1709 ; d. 1734 : Samuel, b. April 13, 1713 ; Mehita- ble, b. Aug. 12, 1715 ; Elisha, b. Sept. 26, 1717 ; Josiah, b. March 26, 1720. JoHM,9 had John, b. Nov. 2, 1721 ; d. Nov. 27, 1731. JoHif,iOm. Mary -Hawley, June 9, 1734; he d. April 11, 1773. Children— Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1736 ; m. Abiel Grant : Lorana, b. June 5, 1739 ; m. Jonathan Bement : Hope, b. Dec. 29, 1742 ; m. Nathaniel Drake : Benjamin, b. Oct. 26, 1744 ; Anne, b. March 6, 1746 ; m. Vansant. 830 GENEALOGIES OP AKCIENT WINDSOR. Descendants of Henry Wolcott Senior, in the line or his son Simon. Simon, admitted freeman in 1654 ; m. 1, Joanna (dau. of Aaron) Cook, March 19, 1656-7 ; who d. April 27, 1657, a, 18 ; ra. 2, Martha Pitkin, "late from England" (Windsor Rec.) ; she was a sister of Mr. William Pitkin of East Hartford, and is spoken of by her son, the Governor " as a gentlewoman of bright natural parts, which were well improved by her education in the City of London." She came from England in 1661, and on Oct. 17 of same year was m. to Mr. W. " She is said to have come ou a vi.siit to her brother, and been induced to remain by the marriage proposal which she received, which was backed by the urgent wishes of some of the leading colonists. A few years after this marriage, Mr. Simon Wolcott sold his place in Wind- sor, and purchased a farm in Simsbury, to which he removed. His name appears on the Simsbury Records, as commander of the train-band, and select- man. It proved an unfortunate investment, as the settlers were driven from the place by the Indians in 1676, and his property was destroyed. He remained a few years in Windsor, and in 1680 settled on his land on the east side of the Connecticut River, in the present town of South Windsor. He died Sept. 11, 1687, a. 62, and was buried in Windsor Churchyard. His death was hastened by gloomy anticipations of the oppression and suffering which awaited the colonists under the coming administration of Sir Edmund Andross — fears which, as the result proved, were not wholly groundless." His widow m. in 1689, Mr. Daniel Clarke, and d. Oct. 13, 1719, a. 80. Child- ren— Wizaheth., b. Aug. 19, 1662 ; m. Daniel Cooley ; d. Jan. 30, 1707 : Martha, b. May 17, 1664; m. Thomas Allyn ; d. Sept. 7, 1687: Simon,! b. June 24, 1666 ; Joanna, b. June 30, 1668 ; m. John Cotton : Daniel, b. ; Henry,2 b. May 20, 1670 ; Christopher, b. July 4, 1672 ; d. April 3, 1693 : Mary, b. 1674; d. 1676: William,3 b. Nov. 6, 1676; Roger,* b. Jan. 4 1678-9. SiMOu,! m. Sarah Chester of Wethersfield, Dec. 5, 1689, who d. Aug. 8, 1723. in 67th yr. ; he d. Oct. 28, 1732, in 66th yr. ChiUren—Ssusii, m. Samuel Treat ; Martha, m. William Stoughton ; Simon, d. July 26, 1742, in 48th yr. ; Christopher, d. Oct, 9, 1727, in 3Ist yr. ; Eunice, d. Feb. 18, 1725, in 28th yr. ; James, b. 1700 ; d. Feb. 10, 1747-8, in 48th yr. Henkt,2 m. Rachel , who d. Jan. 8, 1725 ; he d. Nov., 1746. Child- ren— Henry, b. Feb. 28, 1697 ; had a son Henry : Thomas, b. April 1, 1702 ; Peter, d. Dec, 1735 ; had a son Giles ? Rachel, m. Joseph Hunt; Gideon,* b. 1712. Mr. Williams (E. W.), m. Abiah Hawley, Nov. 5, 1707, who d. June 16, 1716 ; he d. Jan. 6, 1749. Children — Abiah, m. Samuel Stoughton ; Lucy, b. May 7, 1710; m. Stephen Olmsted, Hartford : William,^ b. July 29, 1711 ; Martha, b. Jan. 20, 1718 ; m. Chapin of Springfield ; Ephraim, b. March 13, 1714; d.Dec. 18, 1762. WOLCOTT. 831 Got. Rosek** (E. WOrm. Sarah Drake, Deo. 3, 1702. Children— Roger,8 b. Sept. 14, 1704; Elizabeth, b. April 10, 1706; m. Roger Newberry of W. : Alexander, b. Jan. 20, 1707-8 ; d. Oct. 8, 1711 : Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 1709-10; d. Deo. 27, 1717; Alexander,9 b. Jan. 7, 1711-12; , stillborn, Deo. 10, 1712; Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1714-15; d. Jan. 5, 1735: Hepzibah, b. June 23, 1717 ; m. John Strong of E. W. ; Josiah, b, Feb. 6, 1718-19 ; d. Jan. 29, 1802, a. 84: Erastusf and Epraphras,} b. Feb. 8, 1720-21; Eras- tvis,10 b. Sept. 21, 1722; Ursula, b. Oct. 30, 1724; m. Matthew Griswold, Bs(i., Lyme, Ct. : 01iver,li b. Nov. 20, 1726; Mary Ann, b. Jan. 1, 1730; m. Thomas Williams, Esq., Brookline, Ct. * Governor Roger WoLOi^iyr was one of the most remarkable men whom Connecticut has produced. He never enjoyed many educational advantages; was apprenticed at the age of 12 to old Mr. Eno of W., to learn the trade of a weaver ; in 1699 he went into bu.siness for him- self; in 1702, m., and went to the east side of the Connecticut River to reside; in 1707, was a selectman; in 1709, a .representative ; in 1710, a justice of the peace; in 1711, commissary in the expedition to ^Canada; in 1714, a member of the council : in 1721, a judge of the county court: in 1732, a judge of the supreme court; in 1741, was deputy-governor and chief judge of the supreme court ; in 1745, the 2d in command of the expedition to Cape Breton, which resulted in the glorious capture of St. Louisburg ; in 1750, was bereaved by the death of his wife ; in 1750, became governor of the colony. After 1754, he retired from public life, and devoted his leisure to literary pursuits and to reading of the scriptures, meditation and prayers. He is an eminent proof of the power of native talents and industry, in a free country, in raising one to positions of distinction and usefulness. In all his exaltation he was free from hauteur, easy of access, free and affable in manner, possessing ready wit, humor, and good literary tastes. His body was strong and well proportioned, and his countenance peculiarly adapted to inspire reverence and esteem. His personal appearance is thus described by a lady of Wethersfield, who saw him frequently at a time when he was enjoying the height of his popularity. He was a visitor at her father's house, and the costume of an officer under the royal government was too imposing to pass unnoticed. " Several times a week he rode out on horseback, and never appeared abroad. but in full dress. He wore a suit of scarlet broadcloth. The coat was made with wide skirts, and trimmed down the whole length in front with gilt buttons, and broad gilt vellum buttonholes, two or three inches in length. The cuffs were large and deep, reaching nearly to the elbows, and were ornamented like the sides of the coat, as were also the pocket lids, with gilt vellum buttonholes and buttons. The waistcoat had skirts and was richly em- broidered. Ruf&es at the bosom and over the hand they were of lace. He had a flowing wig, and a three cornered hat wjth a cockade, and rode sternly and stately on a large black horse whose tail swept the ground." He was a good thinker, and a clear, vigorous writer. Several of his works were published, viz: In 1725, Poetical Meditations, with a preface by the Rev . Mr. Bulkly of Colchester, Ct. ; in 1761. a letter to Mr. Hobart entitled " The New England Con- gregational Churches are and always have been Consociated Churches, and the liberties greater and better founded in their Platforms agreed upon at Cambridge, in 1 648, than in the agreement at Saybrook in 1708." This was probably a resume of the difBculties in the 2d Church of Wind- sor, of which he was a memher, and which has heen spoken of at length in that portion of our work relating to East Windsor. At his death, a sermon was preached by his pastor, the Rev. Mr. Perry of (E.) W., which was published. It is entitled : The character of Moses illustrated and improved | In a | Discourse I occasioned by the death of the Honorable | Roger Woloott. Ebij. I Governor of the Colony of Connecticut | and died May 7, 1767, I in the 89th year of his age. I Preached the first opportunity after jhis Euneral I By Joseph Perry, A. M., Pastor of the Second Church in W. I Isaiah, Ivii, 1, 2 ; P.slams, cxii, ; Ivii, 11. Hartford, Printed by Thomas Green, t He d. May 12, 17^2. t He d. April 3, 1733. K 832 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Capt. Gideon,-'' m. 1, Abigail Mather; m. 2, Naomi (dau. of Dea. Joseph) Olmsted of East Hartford ; he commanded .i company in the French war in 1760 ; " his cotemporaries and those who knew him best regarded him as one of nature's noblemen;" he d. June 5, 1761 ; estate £2,557 ; she d. Nov. 7, 1775. CMd««— Abigail, b. April 13, 1741; m. Charles Eockwell: Samuel,i2 t. April 4, 1751; Naomi, b. Sept. 28, 1754; m. Rev. William Eobinson of Southington, Ct., Feb. 8, 1780 ; d. April 16, 1782 :* Gideon, n^ b. Nov. 28, 1756 ; FJizur, b. April 12, 1760. William, Esq. 6 (E. W.), m. Abigail Abbot, Feb. 26, 1746; who d. Oct. 12, 1763, in 45th yr. ; he d. May 22, 1799. Children— Eunice, b. Deo. 11, 1747 ; Eunice, b. March 1, 1750 ; d. Nov. 24, 1826 : Abigail, b. Dec. 25, 1751 ; William, b. Feb. 10, 1753 ; m. Esther Stevens at Castleton ; d. Sept. 25, 1825 : Abigail, b. Feb. 8, 1756 ; m. Oliver Ellsworth, Esq., of W. : Martha, b. April 23, 1757 ; Abiel, b. Aug. 10, 1761. Ephraim, 7 m. Mary Kellogg. Children — Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1760 ; m. Josiah Bissell, W. : Ephraim, b. Feb. 25, 1762. Hon. Roger, Esq., 8 m. Mary Newberry, Oct. 10, 1728 ; who d. June 5, 1758, in 49th yr. ; he was a representative to general assembly from the town of W., a major of the Connecticut troops, a member of the council, judge of the superior court, and one of the revisers of the laws of the colony. His early death, Oct. 10, 1754, alone prevented his filling the gubernatorial chair. Children— Roger, b. Sept. 18, 1729 ; d. Nov. 19, 1729 : Mary, b. Oct. 15, 1730 ; d. Aug. 15, 1737 : Roger, b. June 16, 1733 ; d. Nov. 1, 1736 : Sarah, b. June 7, 1735 ; m. Elisha Steele, Esq., of Tolland, Ct. . Roger,13 b. Nov. 10, 1737 ; Epraphras.i* b. May 21, 1740 : Mary, b. April 4, 1742; m. John Goodale : Emelia, b. Oct. 20, 1744; d. Feb. 25, 1745 : Parmenio,l5 b. April 17, 1746 ; Amelia, b. Oct. 27, 1750 ; m. Marvin Lord of Lyme, Ct. : Martha, b. April 23, 1753 ; d. May 9, 1753. Dr. Alexahdeb, 9 m. 1, Lydia Atwater; m. 2, Mary Richards of New Lon- don, April 3, 1745 ; he lived in W. (see chapter on Windsor Physicians, in Appendix), and d. March 25, 1795. Children — ,Teremiah,H5 b. Nov. 14, 1733 ; Alexander, b. 1735; d. 1756: Lydia, b. 1757; m. Samuel Austin of New Haven, Ct. : Esther, b. Sept. 16, 1746; d. Oct. 9, 1746: (Dr.) Simon," b. Aug. 9, 1747 : Esther, b. July 17, 1749 ; m. Samuel Treat of E. W. : George, b. May 23, 1751; d. Oct. 17, 1751: George,l8 b. Oct. 17, 1753; (Dr.) Christopher,i9 b. Oct. 1, 1754; Mary, b. Aug. 7, 1756; m. Elihu Griswold of W. : Alexander,20 h. Sept. 15, 1758 ; Guy ,21 b. Aug. 7, 1760 ; Ehzabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1763 ; m. EUzur Wolcott of E. W. * Her monument in Southington, Ct., bears the following inscription : In memory of 1 Mrs. Naomi IIodinson | Wife of the Kev. William Robinson. I She was horn at E. W. Sept. 28, 1754 | of the ancient and honorable family of the I Wolcotis. I She was pecu- li.".rly beloved in life, 1 and at death universally lamented. I She died of the Small PCX, I in the 28th year of her age, I April IGth, 1782. 1 Hers was the character so strikingly I described in thfe 31st chapter of Proverbs; | and to none could the closing "verse | be more properly applied than to her : | " Many daughters have done virtuously, | but thou excellest them all." ■WOLCOTT. 833 EKASTnslf (E. W.), m. Jerusha Wolcott; ho was repeatedly representative to gen. assembly from W. ; speaker of the lower house ; justice of the peace ; judge of probate ; chief judge of county court ; brigadier general of the Connecticut line in the Revolutionary army ; in 1775, was sent, with Dr. Johnson, to Boston to keep an eye upon the movements of the British troops ; in 1776, at the head of a militia regiment, went to Boston, which was then invested by the American army ; the same year went to New Lon- don, where repairs to fortifications were in progress, and garrisoned B'orts Edward, Trumbull and Griswold with his regiment during the summer ; in 1777 was appointed brigadier general, first brigade of Connecticut militia, went on the expedition to Peekskill, then to Danbury, etc. ; in person he was tall, of large frame with light grey eyes and light hair ; his earlier life had been spent chiefly in the pursuits of agriculture, his educational advan- tages had been limited, but by force of will and great industry he had ac- quired a very extensive amount of learning and solid information ; he was reserved in speec'h, plain iu manner, easy of access, and his great sagacity earned for him among his friends and neighbors the appellation of "Old Long Head ;" he d. Sept. 14, 1793, at East Windsor. Children — Erastus, b. Dec. 24, 1747; d. Aug 16, 17.51: Fluvla, b. May 27, 1750; d. Aug. 23, 1761: Erastus,22 b. July 6, 1752; Fluvia, b. Jan. 5, 1754; m. Roswell Grant of K. W. : Jerusha, b. Nov. 29, 1755 ; m. Samuel Wolcott of E. W. : Aiodi, b. Sept. 29, 1759 ; Albert,23 b. Dec. 19, 1761. Oliver,11 m. Loraua Collins ; lived at Litchfield ; was governor of Con- necticut; d. Dec. 1, 1797. CAtWre«— Oliver, b. Aug. 31, 1757; d. Sept. 13, 17.')7 : Oliver, b. Jan. 11, 1760 ; m. Elizabeth Stoughton ; was governor of Connecticut ; d. in New York city, June 1, 1833 ; buried at his native place, Litchfield, Ct. : Lorana, b. Dec. 15, 1761 ; m. William Mosely, Esq., of Hart- ford ; Mary Ann, b. Feb 15, 1766; m. Chauncey Goodrich, Esq., of H. . Frederick, 2-1 h. Nov. 2, 1767. SAMnEi,l2 (E. W.), m. Jerusha (dau. of Judge Erastus) Wolcott, Deo. 29, 1774; was a commissary in the Revolution; d. suddenly at E. W., June 7, 1813, a. 62; estate $30,669. C/«Mrm— Jerusha, b. Oct. 8, 1775 ; m. Epapb- ras Bissell, Nov. 30, 1794 ; lived at E. W. Hill ; afterwards at Lockport, N. Y. : Naomi, b. Oct. .10, 1777 ; m. James Wadsworth of Geneseo, N. Y. : Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1781 ; Eliliu, b. Feb. 12, 1784; m. Rachel (dau. of Rev. David) McClure of E. W., Nov. 27, 1806 ; she d. April 2, 1822 ; iu 1830 he removed from E. W. to Jacksonville, IU., where he d. Dec. 2, 1858, a. 74 ; his eldest son Is the well known Samuel Wolcott, D. D., of Providence, R. I., and was b. July 2, 1813: Sophia, b. March 29, 1786; m. the late Martin Ellsworth (son of the Chief Justice] and re.sides in the Ellsworth place in W.: Ursula, b. Nov. 17, 1788 ; m. Rev. Newlon Skinner of New Britain, Ct., who d. in 1825 ; she now lives with her son Dr. Samuel Skinner at Windsor Looks, Ct. : Elizabeth, b. Sept. 23, 1791 ; m. Hon. Erastus Ellsworth, Nov. 23, 1820 ; 105 834 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. resides at E. W. Hill : Horace, b. Maroli 25, 1794 ^ d. unmarried in Illinois, in 1838. EogeeIS (E. W.), m. Dorcas Burnham, who d. Nov. 11, 1823, a. 86. Child- • re«— Martha, b. Oct. 29 ; m. Samuel Treat of W. ; d. April 27, 1781 : Roger,25 b. May 25, 1760; Abner, b. March 12, 1762; d. May 11, 1762: Jemima, ]f. May 14, 1763 ; m. James Steel : Cornelius, b. July 12, 1765 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 1, 1769 ; d. Dec. 31, 1769 : Abigail, b. Dec. 11, 1770 ; Seth, b. Oct 11, 1773 ; Emelia, b. July 17, 1776 ; d. July 29, 1776 : Emelia, b. Feb. 2, 1779 ; Oliver, b. March 6, 1780 ; d. April 24, 1781 ; Rhoda, b. April 13, 1785. EphkaphkasI* (E. W.), m. Mabel Burnham. Children — Sarah, h. July 10, 1764-5 ; Jame3,26 b. April 19, 1766 ; Mabel, b. March 17, 1770 ; Mary, b. July 26, 1773. Pakmenio,15 m. Mary Ballard. Children— Alired, b. April 14, 1769 ; Par- menio, b. Dec. 17, 1770 ; Prudence, b. Aug. 21, 1772 ; d. Aug. 2, 1776 : Jo- siah, b. April 20, 1776 ; Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1778; Pruda, b. May 10, 1789. Jeremiah,16 m. Sarah Goodale. Children — Martha, b.' Aug. 18, 1762; Thomas, b. Aug. 17, 1764; Sarah, b. May 7, 1767. Dr. SiM0N,l7 m. Lucy Rogers ; went to New London, Ct. ; had Emelia, Alex- ander, Lucy, Mary, Lucy, Martha, Sophia, Catharine, Elizabeth. Geoege,18 m. Rowland. Children— M&iy, b. Sept. 25,1777; Lucy, b. Jan. 31, 1780 ; Henry Rowland, b. March 22, 1783 ; William Frederick, b. June 9, 1787 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1790. Dr. CaKiST0PHEE,i9 m. Lucy Parsons. Cjiildnn — Laura, b. May 7, 1683 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1784; (Dr.) Christopher, b. June 20, 1786; Laura, b. Oct. 3, 1789. Alexander, 20 * m. Frances Burbanks. Children — Frances, b. Aug. 9, 1786 ; Henry, b. March 16, 1788 ; Alexander, b. Feb. 14, 1790. * The following sketch of this individual is from ihe pen of the late John M. Niles : " Mr. Wolcottpossessedahighly original character; agiganticstature, marked with prominent and intel- ligent features, with a mind not less gigantic, gave him a commanding personal diRnity, inspiring: respect without exciting awe, of which there are few examples. Eis mind was profound rather than brilliant, and although slow in its operations it possessed great energy and strength, but a striking peculiar originality was its characteristic feature. In independence of character and unshaken firmness of purpose he has been surpassed by few, and such was the clearness and force of truth on his mind, that he could never resort to any other means than fair argument and conviction to advance any cause he espoused. Always frank in bis purposes, he was equally direct in his means, despising chicanery and artifice, the constant resource of feeble minds. Alexander TVolcott, more than any other individual, deserves to be considered as the father and founder of the Jeffersonian school of politics in this state. For many years he was regarded afl the leader of the Republican party in Connecticut. He was the Atlas against which the shafts of his political opponents were constantly directed, but amidst all the rage of the political storm, he remained unmoved, firm in his integrity, unshaken in his purposes, untiring in his efforts, until the wralh of his political enemies having spent itself in vain, was constrained to pay hom- age to his inflexible integrity and stern Republican virtues. Such was Alexander Woleott, the early, the enlightened and the faithful disciple of Jefferson, who drank from the same fountain of political wisdom and labored in the same glorious cause— the cause of the rights of man— the implanting deep in the public mind, the primary, elementary principles of Republicanism, with, out which the forms of our constitution would be but feeble barriers against the inroads of power and constant tendencies to aristocracy to which all free institutions are exposed, WOLCOTT. 835 GiiT,2l m. Abigail AUyn. Children— Abigail ; Abigail, b. Oct. 1786 ; Guy ,27 b. Oct., 1788 ; James, b. Nov., 1790. Capt. ERASTns22 (e. W.), m. ChloeBissell, Deo. 27, 1783 ; he was a justice of the peace, representative from W., judge of probate, and a member of the legislature at the time of his death, Jan. 7, 1797. C/i«rfre»— Erastus, 23 b. Oct. 7, 1784 ; Chloe, b. April 19, 1786 ; Edward, b. Oct. 12, 1788. Albert,23 m. Hannah Loomis. C/aWrcn— Hannah, b. May 19, 1786 ; Albert, b. Nov. 20, 1787 ; Cynthia, b. Sept. 16, 1789. Fkederiok,24 m. i^ Betsy Huntington of Norwich, Ct., who d. April 2, 1812 ; m. 2, Mrs. Sally W. Cook, who d. Sept. 14, 1842 ; he d. May 28, 1837. Children— M.a.ry Ann Goodrich, b. Aug. 9, 1801 ; Hannah Huntington , b. Jan. 14, 1803 ; Joshua Huntington, b. Aug. 29, 1804 ; Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1806 ; Frederick Henry, b. Aug. 19, 1808 ; Laura Maria, b. Aug. 14, 1811 ; Charles Mosely, b. Nov. 20, 1816 ; Chauncey Goodrich, b. March l,"), 1819 ; Henry Griswold, b. Nov .-.24, 1820 ; Mary Frances, b. July 9, 1823. RoaER25 (E. W.), m. Mary Steel. (Children— Uary Ann, b. Nov. 11, 1784; Mehitable, b. May 19, 1786; d. July 13, 1787; Mehitable, b. March 20, 1788 ; d. April 30, 1788 : Oliver, b. May 25, 1789 ; Mary, d. March 24, 1794, in 3rd yr. James,26 m. Miriam Munsell. Children — Anson, b. April 9, 1787; Epraphras, b. April 7, 1789 ; James, b. May 29, 1789 (?). Gut, 27 m. Eedexa , who d. April 10, 1848, a. 54. Children — Timothy, d. Dec. 10, 1842, a. 10 ; Erastus, d. Jan. 5, 1844, a. 20. EEASTns,28 m. Lucy . CAtWrere— Charlotte, b. Feb. 24, 1816; m. 1, Luther Babbet ; m. 2, Rufus A. Washburn : Eichard Law, b. Dec. 13, 1818 ; m. Susq,n Loomis : Mary Manwaring, b. Feb. 23, 1820; m. Wm. H. Miller : Frederick Alexander, b. Jan. 26, 1822 ; d. Jan. 1834 : Electa Lucretia, b. ' Jan. 10, 1824 ; m. Horatio Necorr : Wolcott Hinsdale, b. July 16, 1826 ; m. Sarah Harris: David Austin, b. Jan. 24, 1830 ; m. Esther Hosmer. Gideon, m. Huldah , who d. Oct. 30, 1844, a. 74; he d. Oct. 26, Mr. Wolcott was a native of Windsor, the Feat of the original family of that name, which has given three governors to ConnBcticut. For many years he was a representative of that town in the state legislature. He was appointed collector of customs for the port of Middletown, Ct., by Mr. Jefferson, and held the office until his death. In 1809 Mr. Madison nominated him to the senate for one of the judges of the supreme court of the United States, hut through the influence of the senators from this and the other New England States opposed to him in politics, this nomination was not confirmed by the senate. The place was then tendered to John Quincy Adams, who declined to accept it, and was ultimately conferred on Joseph Story. He was a delegate from Middletown to the convention of 1818, which formed and adopted the constitution. But the deliberations and conclusions of a majority of that body were not such as tocommend themselves to the enlarged comprehension, the progressive republican mind, and high expectations of Wolcott. The constitution as presented, he discovered as defective, as unjust ffl founded on no basis of republican eauality, as avoiding in important particulars accountability and responsibility, as a mere embodiment of the charter of 1660, which though liberal in its day was not adapted to present circumstances and the changed condition of the country and times in 1'818. He d. at Middletown, Ct., June 26, 1828." 836 GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. 1840, a. 72 ; lived in E. W. CAiMrcji— Willard, d. Feb. 9, 1825, a. 23 (Sc.) ; Walter, d. May 7, 1797 (E. W. 0.). Henky B., m. Mary Jane , who d. June 2, 1845, a. 27; he d. Oct. 19, 1850, a,. 39. CAiWrcn — Euth, d. April 13, 1842, a. 21 mos. ; and Emily C, d. June 2, 1845, a. 1 week. George, had Justus, b. Feb. 1, 1735-6 ; and Bosanna, b. March 20, 1737. Henry, had Gideon, b. May 26, 1769 ; Betty, b. Sept. 14, 1771 , Jennie, b. Jan. 13, 1780 ; Henry, b. May 27, 1782. Erastus, Jr., had Juliana, b. April 9, 1791 ; Helen, b. March 9, 1794. Marriages. — Mr. John, m. Mrs. Hannah Nicholas of Stamford, June 22, 1692. Henry, jr., m. Jane Allyn, April 1,«1696. Henry, Jr., m. Abigail Cooley of Sprinj^fleld, Dec. 28, 1711. Lt. Henry, m. Mrs. Hannah Porter, April 11, 1727. Elihu, m. Justice Wolcott, May 13, 1823. Hiram, m. Euphronia Crane, Sept. 23, 1824; Oliver, m. Mary Mumford, April 27, 1826. Deaths (W. iJcj.).— Jane (dau. of Henry), d. Oct. 20, 171.0. Capt. Samdel, d. June 25, 1709, a. 30. Jane (dan. tf Henry), d. March 16, 1710. Maky, d. July 10, 1689. Mrs. SaAah, d. July 16, 1684. Henry, d. Aug. 5, 1697. Jane (wife of Henry), d. April 11, 1702. Akah (wife of Henry), d. June 18, 1717, a. 72. Jennette (wife of Henry, jr., and dau. of John and Elizabeth Morrison), d. June 18, 1803, in 26th year. Horace, d. April 15, 1850, a. 52 (K. M.). Betsy (dau. of Ephralm), d. Feb. 15, 1795, in 3d year (.E. W. 0.) B. W. Died Sept 2. 16S0 what once was writ by one upon this Stone he hears is now washt out J and lost and gone : Twas writ hopin in time he might it finde not on this Stone, but on the readers minde WOOD, Robert (E. W.), m. Abigail Barber. Children— [Ca^i.) John, b. Oct. 22, 1743 ; d. a. 90 ; m. Ursula Loomis : Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1744 ; m. Elijah Barber : Robert, b. Feb. 2, 1747 ; Obadiah.l b. Aug. 19, 1759 ; James,2 b. May 22, 1752; Jemima, b. Sept. 14, 1754; m. Aaron Barber ; Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1757; m. Oliver Burnham: Chloe, b. May 19, 1763; m. Oliver Loomis of W. Obadiah,! m. Roxa Burnham, March 2, 1779 ; he d. April 3, 1811. CkM- ren — Eli, b. March 15, 1781; m. Laura Lusk : Jerusha, b. ; m. Bli Calvin, May 19, 1813 : WylUs, b. March, 1794; m. Sally Williams: William Otis. James,2 m. Susanna Elmer. Children — Charlotte, m. Morse ; Susanna, m. Blakesley ; Theodosia, m. Clark ; Emma, m. Fenn ; Asa; John ; Henry. Jonathan (E. W.), m. Rachel Crow, April 13, 1767. CAtHren— Levi, b. Jan. 17, 1768 ; Lucy, b. Dec. 27, 1770. WOODBRIDGE — BLODGET. 837 Redben, m. Amy Belknap, Sept. 17, 1821. LoKAiN m. Cynthia Munsell, March 1, 1827. Tktphena (wid. of Jonathan), -d. Jan. 28, 1772, in 46th yr. WOODBRIDGE, Rev. Mr. Benjamin. CAtVrfrm— Elizabeth, h. April 31, 1673; Dudley, h. Sept. 7, 1677; Benjamin, b. Oct. 12, 1680 (the 2d child of that name). Rev. Mr. John {1st pastor of Poquonnoc Church, Windsor). Children— Try- phena, b. July 21, 1731 ; John, b. July 24, 1732 ; Benjamin Kuggles, h. Oct 16„ 1733. WRIGHT, Jonathan, had Jonathan, b. July 2, 1739 ; Eunice, b. April 22, 1741; d. May 28, 1741 : John, b. April 24, 1745 ; David, b. Feb. 24, 1742; Henry; John, b. Oct. 14, 1748 ; Moses, b. Oct. 1, 1750 ; Sihel, b. Sept. 11, 1752. Abel, had Jerusha, b. Aug. 16, 1763 ; Asenath, b, April 20, 1770 ; Abel, b. March 4, 1773 ; Elam, b. Dec. 1, 1774; Joel, b. Oct. 1, 1777 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 1781 Moses, m. Chloe Neal of Farmington, Oct. 8, 1773. Children — Henry, b. Nov. 8, 1774; Silas, Feb. 19, 1810; Edmund, b. Oct. 28, 1813. David, had Betty, b. March 24, 1770 ; George, b. March 16, 1774 ; Archi- bald, h. Sept. 16, 1776 ; Oliver, b. July 2, 1779. Samuel, m. Elizabeth Jupson of West Springfield, Nov. 4, 1849. YOUNG, Seth, had Hannah, b. July 31, 1744; Seth, b. Feb. 10, 1746 ; Jolin, b. Deo. 12, 1748 ; Anna, h. Oct. 17, 1750 ; John, b. Oct. 4, 1762 ; Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1754 ; Calvin, b. June 18, 1757 ; Frederick, b. April 25, 1759. Ebenezek (son of Sarah AUyn), b. Oct. 19, 1777 ; had James Endicot, h. Aug. 1, 1807 ; Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1805. James, m. Martha Hunt, April 27, 1834. Joseph, d. April 25, 1765. ADDENDA AND MISCELLANEA. ALLEN, HezekiahU (E. W.) m. Abigail Bartlett, Dec. 3, 1768. Hbzekiah, Jr. (son of above), m. Azuba Gleason, Deo. 28, 1802. ALLYN, Abigail, dau. of Martha Porter (reputed) by Benjamin Allyn, b. July 10, 1704. BARRET, John (of Zebulon and Irene), d. April 30, 1795, a. 3 mo. 12 dys [E. W. 0.). BLODGET, Phineas 7 (p. 556), had a son Jehu, b. Oct. 7, 1786. We have also received from the family the following corrections and dates of births . Damaris, b. Oct. 13, 1784, instead of 1785 as printed. Philena, b. Sept. 17, 1787. Marilda, b. Sept. 12, 1789. Luke, b. .July 10, 1794; d. Feb. 21, 1799. Abigail, b. Jan. 4, 1797. Candace.b. Dec. 7, 1798; d. Sept. 27, 1801. Erne- 838 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT "WINDSOE. line, b. Oct. 23. 1800. Candace M., h. Aug. 11, 1805, Antoinette Minerva, b. Aug., 1808, instead of 1809 as befoie printed. CADWELL, Thomas, m. Mary Porter, Deo. 20, 1752. CLARK, HosEA, m. Mary Skinner, Sept. 24, 1752. CHAPIN, Alice, dau. of Hannah Bartlett, and (reputed) dau. of Eliphalet Chapin, b. March 20, 1767. Jake (wife of Joseph, mentioned on p. 568) ; d. Feb. 3, 1788, in 77th year (E. W. O.). Jane (dau. of above), b. July 23, 1769. CHAPMAN, Capt. Samuel,* of the 9th Connecticut company at Louisbnrg, in 1745-6, was a grandson of Edward Chapman, who was slain in the battle of Narragansett Fort, December, 1675. He was apparently a native of Wind- sor ; at any rate he came to Tolland from that town. He was a large land- holder, a justice of the peace, and, except the minister, was probably in higher standing than any other man in Tolland. His house was situated about half a mile east of the house occupied by Sidney Stanley, and con- tinued in the possession of his descendants until within a few years ; and, having always been kept in excellent repair, is still standing. Samuel Chaptain, Captain in 1758, eldest son of the preceding, was born in 1720, probably in Windsor, shortly before his father's removal to Tolland. He resided in the house mentioned above, until his death in 1803. Before and during the Revolution he was the leader in the truly patriotic town of Tolland. He was colonel of the 22d Regiment of Connecticut militia, during that struggle, and as such made several campaigns. He was at New York in 1776, with his entire regiment, diminished, however, by the many previous enlistments. On the evacuation of that city ; that " shameful day," as Marshall calls it, the conduct of Col. Chapman was deemed peculiarly honorable by those who had the opportunity to observe it. He was the most wealthy man and the greatest business man in Tolland ; he also owned seve- ral slaves. He was elected to the Assembly at forty-five annual elections (see State Records), and is recorded among those present at ^ltec« special sessions. He was also a justice of the peace for twenty- six years, continuing in office until he arrived at the age of seventy-seven. He also retained com- mand of the regiment until above seventy, the' business on field days being performed by a sprightly adjutant. He was, in many respects, a remarkable man. In hardihood he was as if made of iron ; ' in the army he not only endured, but seemed to thrive upon, the loathsome food which too often constituted the subsistence of the soldier ; he never, in the coldest weather, wore any covering to his hands, and worked out of doors barefoot in March, when above eighty years old. One who, during the first twenty-eight years * Ills name was Samuel, and not Daniel, as erroneously given in TrumbvU's Hist. qfOmn. These biographical notices of Chapmans are from the notes of our friend Sidney Starlet, Esa., of Uartford, Ct. COHOON — ENO. 839 of his life, resided half a mile from him, never saw him laugh, and he very seldom smiled. COHOON, Capt. Nathan, d. May 7, 1818, a. 44. Abigail EoBEETSoif, wid. of Nathan, d. Nov. 26, 1841, a. 70 {Sc). ELLSWORTH, Jonathan (probablyll s. of Jonathan,3 see p. 602), had David (b. Aug. 8, 1709 ; see first line, p. 605), who m. Jemima Leavitt of Suffield, Ct., and had David,l b. March 27, 1742 ; Oliver ; Jemima, who m. Grant, and lived and d. in South W ; Martin. David, l m. Phebe Lyman of Goshen, Ct., Feb. 22, 1779 ; had David. 2 David, 2 m. 1, Alma Gillespie of Westfield, Mass., Aug. 18, 1818; m. 2, Iluldah Pinney of W. (see p. 605, fourth line). Children — Mary Ann, b. June 20, 1819 ; m. Nathaniel Hayden, Oct. 3, 1808. Phebe Lyman, b. Sept. 19, 1820 ; m. Daniel B. Phelps, March 21, 1845. David Gillespie, b. Oct. 1, 1830 ; d. Sept. 11, 1831. Emily Louise, b. March 4, 1834 ; Eliza Jane, b. Jan. 4, 1837 ; David Josiah, b. Jan. 27, 1840. Deborah (wife of Sergt. BenjamiulS), d. Dec. 22, 1747, a. 51(JS. W. O.). ELMER, Samuel, b. Nov. 18, 1755 ; m. 1, Sarah , who was b. Oct. 1755, and d. Jan. 6, 1805, a. 50 ; he m. 2, Dolly , who d. Dec. 18, 1823, a. 61. Children — Alanson, b. Aug. 4, 1782 ; d. Jan. 15, 1828, a. 45. Susanna, b. Oct. 20, 1784;, d. Oct. 26,1787. Samuel, b. July 18, 1787 ; d. June 8, 1834, a. 79. Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1789 ; Elijah, b. Nov. 14, 1792 ; d. Oct. 11, 1819, a. 27. Harvey, b. Dec. 26, 1799 ; m. Clarissa . ENO, RoGEK,6 and Jerusha, had four children ; Roger, Pascal,! Paoli, Jerusha, and Sybil, all born in Windsor, Connecticut. They emigrated with all their children to Hartford, Vermont. Pascal,! the second son, was educated at Dartmouth College, and studied and practiced law for many years in Vermont. He m. Salome Paddock of Woodstock, Vt., in the fall of 1815, and emigrated to the valley of the Mississippi in the same year. He spent several months in Cincinnati, Ohio, reaching St. Charles, Missouri, in the fall of 1816. The year 1817, he spent partly in St. Louis, and partly in St. Charles, and moved to Madison County in Illinois in the spring of 1818. Here he engaged in farming, and so con- tinned until he was appointed by President Monroe, first " Receiver of Public, Monies " at Springfield, Sangamo County, 111. He went to Springfield in the fall of 1823. He was one of four proprietors who laid out the city of Spring- field in fall of 1823. He d. at Springfield, 111., April 29, 1832, ». 62, leaving a wife and five children, born in order as follows : Pascal Paoli,2 in St. Charles, Mo. ; Zimri Allen,3 in St. Louis, Mo. ; and Martha Maria, Susan Paddock, and Julia Risby in Springfield, 111. The eldest daughter died here in 1837, a. 13. The widow and other daughters still survive and are un- married. Pascal Paoli,2 m. Mrs. Elizabeth J. Johnson of Kentucky, May 19. 1853 ; he Survives his wife who d. without issue, April 15, 1859. 840 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOE. ZiMKi Allen,3 m. Agnes D. Trotter of New York City. CMdrcn— Four sons, and a daughter. FILLEY, Elizabeth (dan. of William and Margaret), m. David Winchell, 1669. EoKicE (dau. of Gurdon28), m. Lucius Newberry, now of Chicago, 111., and has Edwin 0., b. Dec. 30, 1835, and Fannie M., b. Deo. 14, 1842. GAYLORD, Sakaii, wid. of Mr. Joseph, d. June 13, 1761. ' GRANIS, IcHABOD Cromwell, m. Rachel Ellis, Jan. 14, 1747. GRANT, Samuel, d. April 7, 1751, in 60th yr (£. W. 0.). Aabon and Lucy had Pitkin, who d. Dec. 4, 1788, in 3d yr (E. W. 0). GRISWOLD. Interesting biographies of Elibu and Gayloed, natives of W., will he found in Benton's Hist, of Herkimer Co., N. Y. Geobge, Jr., 61 m. . Azdeae, 2d wife of George, jr.,61 d. Feb. 16, 1826, a. 82. George, the husband, d. Jan. 2, 1823, a. 85. HIGLEY, Fkedekick (s. of Nathan and Hannah), d. Feb. 25, 1797, a. 6. HOLCOMB, JosbhaI (s. of Thomas the settler, see p. 665), moved to Simsbury, which he represented at ^general assembly in 1698 ; he had a son, Joshua, who was b. abont 1700 ; m. Mary Griffon, and had a son, Hezekiah, who was b. in 1726, and m. Susanna Alderman. Their son, Hezekiah, b. in Sept., 1750, m. Chloe Pinney, who d. June, 1788 ; and he d. Nov., 1820. Their son, Thomas, lives at Granby, Ct., to whom we are indebted for this record. We have also received a letter from Dr. William F. Holcomb, b. at Stirling, Mass., grad. of Albany Medical College in 1850, since practiced in New York city, and now residing for a time in Paris, France, who is descendant of Thomas of W. This gentleman believes that the family name should be spelled with an e. HOSFOED, Nathaniel,s had a dau. Anne, b. Aug. 3, 1712. KING, Zebulon, d. Oct. 21, 1793, in 76th year (E. W. 0.). Harriet (dau. of Alexander), d. Nov. 21, 1793, in 6th year (E. W. 0.). LADD (£■. M.), Harriet L. (wife of William J.), d. Nov. 3, 1822, a. 22. Their son Albert E., d. April 27, 1853, a. 6 mos. William M., d. Sept. 26, 1851, a. 2 mos. LATHROP, Thatcher, d. Deo. 30, 1806. in 62d year ; his wife Submit, d. Aug. 22, 1794, in 59th year. Their dau. Lydia, d. March 10, 1772. Their dau. Vallaley, m. Elizur Atkins, and Oct. 27, 1794, a. 22 ; had a s. Feke- MAN (Atkins), who d. Nov. 5, 1798, a. 5. LATIMER, Samuel, m. Sybil Goodrich ; he d. in Wethersfield, Ct. ; she d. in Bloomfleld (then Wintonbury), about 1785, a. 97. Children, all b. in Wethersfield — Samuel,! Solomon, d. single; Barzilla,2 Hezekiah,^ Abigail. Samuel,! d. in Wethersfield, where he had the following children — Samuel, Solomon, Elizabeth, Sarah, Eunice. LOOMIS — MAESHEL. 841 Bakzili,a,2 had Barzilla, George, Ahaliab, Ebeiiezer, Jacob, William, Elizabeth, Christian, Sarah, Polly, Abigail, m. . Hezekiah,3 had Hezekiah,* Levi,5 Elihu, Trypheiia, d. in Sharon; Wealthy, m. Oliver Thrall; Ruth, m. and went to Vermont ; Eoxy, m. Terry of Simsbury. Hezekiab,* m. Rebecca Thrall ; had Rebecca, Clarissa, Hezekiah, Elihu, Laura, Chauncey, Hector, John, Mahalah, Mary Ann. Levi,s m. Rebecca Filley ; had Nancy, Maria, Eliza, Susan, Lester. LOOMIS (E. W. O.), Capt, Joei, (see line 14, page 684), d. Jnne 19, 1788, in 67th yr. His wife, Namee, d. Nov. 2.3, 1770, in 47th yr. MosES,?8d. Feb. 16, 171)1, in 65th yr. His wife, Elizabeth, d. Feb. 20, 1761, in 55th yr. Of his children, Giles, d. Aug. 31, 1751 ; Joel, d. Jan. 8, 1761; George, d. Aug. 13, 1766, a. 16 days. * Rebecca (dau. of Timothy and wife of Moses,38 ), d. June 10, 1726, a. 26. Sgt. Gershom,38 d, Dec. 27, 1738, in 37th yr. His wife. Mart (dau. of Matthew Grant), d. Jan. 24, 1780, in 78th yr ■ Thomas,18 d. April! 9, 1746, in92d yr. His wife, Hannah, d. Jan., 1738-9, a. 76. Capt. JoSHnA,S5 d. Dec. 26, 1761, iu 75th yr. His wife, Deborah, d. Jan. 26, 1773, in 82d yr. Ebenezer, d. Oct. 2, 1709, a. 35. Anna, (dau. of Thomas Skinner and wife of Jonah) Loomis,37 d. Nov. 23, 1748, in 37th yr. Their dau., Azubah, d. Sept. 24, 1750, a. 1 yr., 10 mos. Mary (wife of Hez- ekiah), d. Aug. 12, 1752, in 80th yr. Nathaniel (Lt.), d. Sept. 29, 1733, in 77th yr. Jameb (of Bolton), d. Dec. 29, 1750, a. 82. Capt. Joseph, d. May 30, 1748, in 64th yv. Benjamin (of Benj. and Nancy), d . April 4, 1807, a. 6 mo. Joseph (s. of John** and Roxalena), d. March 25, 1771, a. 10 mos. John " ye 3d," d. Dec. 5, 1786, in 28th yr. John, d. Sept. 18, 1807, a. 74. EoflEK,'l8d. Feb. 24, 1820, a. 76. His wife, Chloe, b. Dec. 13, 1748 ; d. April 28, 1825. (Sc.)— Benjamin, d. Jan. 11, 1851, a. 83. His wife, Nancy, d. Feb. 19, 1835, a. 55. Almika, d. Dee. 15, 1829, a. 58. Asahel, b. July 2, 1785 ; d. March 26, 1828. Truman (s. of Asahel and Thankful), d. June 8, 1814, a. 1 yr., 8 mos. LORD William (Sc), (s. of William and Jemima), d. March 15, 1806, in 7th yr. Wealthy (dau. of same), d. Feb. 1, 1803, in 6th yr. William, Sr., d. Nov. 25, 1835, a. 66; his wife, Jemima, d. Dec. 18, 1831, a, 61. George and Jdlia, had Lorain P., who d. July 31, 1825, a. 2 yrs., 4 mos!, and Julia J., who d. Aug. 25, 1825, a. 15 mos. Sophia, d. May 10, 1825, a,. 22. [K. M.)— Orrin, d. Nov, 1, 1847, a. 59 ; his dau., Elizabeth (by wife Edi- tha), d. Sept. 4, 1846, a. 15 yr. Elizabeth (wife of Constant S.), d. Aug. 12, 1851, a. 44. MAESHEL, Ruth of Noah, d. Nov. 13, 1749, 106 842 GENEALOGIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. MATHER (Poq. 0.), Timothy, d. April 27, 1792, in 25th yr. His wife LcciNDA, d. Nov. 8, 1853, a. 85. OSBOEN, ISKAEL, soil of Israel 0. (his reputed father by act of court) and Hannah Stiles. PORTER, Joseph, had Luoina, h. Feb. 6, 1765. George, b. Feb. 1, 1767. Naomi, b. March 5, 1769. Joseph, b. April 9, 1771. Abigail, b. Nov. 27, 1773. JosEPH,6 d. Sept. 29, 1741, in 66th yr. James, Daniel, had Daniel, b. Sept. 25, 1789. STODGHTON, Hervet (son of Israel), d. Jan. 27, 1846, a. 59. VERSTILLE, Petek (son of William, son of Peter), was b. in London; "(vhen a young man came to Boston, where he became clerk in the store of one Mr. Hughes.; afterwards removed to Wethersfield, where he was a mer- chant, and then to Windsor. He m. Mrs. Naomi (Ridgely) Gedney, who after his death m. a 3d time to the Rev. Joseph Perry of E. W. His son William, saw the "tea party " scrape in Boston harbor ; enlisted in the Ame- rican army at the age of 18 ; was a Lieut, under Gen. Parsons, and did good service in the war ; was an artist of fine talent. He m. Elizabeth (dau. of Isaac and Lydia Rilier) Sheldon of New York. He d. suddenly in Boston. Children— 'Sa.ncy Olds and Charlotte L. Riker, both residing in the 0I4 Perry house atE. W. William Henry, who d. at sea. Tristam, now in Texas. Peter d. at sea. Sheldon. WHITING, Jekusha, wife of Col. John, d. Oct. 21, 1776, a. 75. WILLS, Solomon, Captain of the volunteers from Tolland in 1775, was de- scended from Windsor ancestry, who were among the most respectable families in a town (Tolland) which peculiarly abounded in such. In the latter part of the war of 1755, he was a subaltern, and was the lieutenant commanding in the expedition to Havana in 1762. He was also a colonel of state troops, tempo- rary levies, &c., in the Revolution. He was a justice of the peace twelve years, and on the organization of Tolland County, was appointed one of the judges of the county court. Next to Col. Chapman, he was the most influ- ential patriot of Tolland. He was elected to the Assembly twenty-two times, semi-annually. The absence or expected absence of Col. Wills and Col. Chap- man in the army, seems to have prevented their election several times each. It ought also to be stated that Col. Wills having acquired one or two unbecom- ing habits, t)r hard failings, in 1793, the Legislature then and thence forward omitted him in making out the annual judicial appointments. He d. in 1807, a. 76. APPENDIX No. 1. Page 20. Mr. Frands S tiles' s Letter to Gov. Winthrop.* (Mass. Hist. Sotfy Coll. 1st Series, Vol. Tin, p. 42.) Good Mr Wintheop: Being credibly informed (as by the enclosed may appear), yt, there hath beene some abuse and Injury done me, hy Mr Ludlow and others, of Dor- chester who would not suffer Francis Styles & his men to Impayle grounds wheare I appoynted them at Connecticute, Although both by patent which I tqpke aboYe 4 years since & prepossession Dorchester men being then un- settled and seekening up the river above the falls for a place to plant upon but finding none better to their likeing they speedily came backe againe & discharged my workmen casting lots upon yt place where he was purposed to begin his worke notwithstanding he often told them what greate charge I had bene at In sending him & soe many men to prepare a house against my coming & Inclose grounds for my cattle & how the damage would fall heavy upon those that thus hindered me, whom Francis Styles conceived to have best right to make choice of any place there. Notwithstanding they resisted him sheghting me with many unbeseeming words such as he was unwilling to relate to me, but justifie upon his oath before Authority when he is called to itt. Therefore we haveing appoynted you to be our govorneur there, the rest of the Company being sensible of this affront to me would have signified their minds in a generall letter unto you I told them sitth it did concerne myself In particular, & might perhaps breed some jealousies In ye people & soe distaste them with our Grovernment, whereupon they Advised me to write unto you to request you with all speed & diligence to examine this matter, & if (for the substance) you find it as to us it appeares by this Information herewith sent you yt then In a faire and gentle way you give notice to Dor- chester men of this great wronge they have done me. Being the first yt to further this designe sent my pinnace thither at my own great charge of Al- most 1000£ which now is cast awaye by their detaining soe longe before she ooulde unlade & for which In Justice I may require Satisfaction, as alsoe for my provision which cost above five hundred pounds & are now (I heare) almost al spent by this means & not any payling as yet set up at that place where I appoynted them, which had I but Imagined they would have thus greedily snaclied up all the best grounds upon j<- river, my pinnace should rather have sought a pylate at new Plymouth then to have staid ten days as she did in the Bay & to have given them such warning thus to prevent me. And let them spaire (as I am told) they may very well forth of y* great quan- •Astn the i=sae between Got Rich. Saltonstall, and the Dorchester people aboTO referred to. his letter gbes an™ STew of the case, and taking Sir Uiohard'.^ character into consideration, it is p.lbfbly as fal? an one as an interested party conld haTe made. He was an excellent man, and deserved better luck than he found at Dorchester. 844 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. tity they have Ingroced to themselves soe much as my proportion comes to & if they have built any houses thereupon I will pay them their reasonable charges for the same. But I pray you either go yourself with some skilful men with you or send Sergeant Gardiner & some with him to set out my grounds where it may be most convenient hetweene Plymouth Trucking house & ye falls according to my direction given both to the Mr. of my pinnace & to Francis Styles, which I think they will not now deny me understanding what charge I am at (with others of the Company) to secure this River's mouth for the defence of them all wherein we hope you will neglect no meanes accord- ing to our great trust reposed in you, thus beseeching the lord to prosper the worke begun, I commend you with all our affayers under your charge to the gracious direction and protection of our good god In whom I am Your most assured friend Ric. Saltonstall. For my worthyly Respected Friend Mr. John Winthrop Govorneur of the Plantations upon Conuecta- cut Ryver in Newe England (Labelled) Sir Richard Saltonstall— 1636. No. 2. Page 46. Matthew Grant's Old Church Record. Math[ew] G[ra]xt. Church things in general fas they have occurred since oar] first setting down here in Windsor, at least [since Mr.] Huits' first coming up here unto us August [1639] and because the elders of the church have [a record] of church proceedings in some things as they had, therefore in such things as [there] be to speak to I shall set down here in the [ord]er I can : Concern- ing the admission of pei[sonsto] full communion I could give account of [all, but] judge there is no need of such as are dead and gone from us to other places. And for children that have been baptized that are with us I shall name in their order and And others that have not made out for full com[munion] only to attain baptism for their children. I here note down concerning brother Lieut. Wil[ton] did remove from Windsor church to go to North[hampton] to help to further a church there the beginning March 25, and now Feb'y the 6, 1667, he was b[uried] here in Windsor, he died the day before. [A List of those members of the church tliat] were so in Dorchester, and came up liere with Mr. [Warham] and still are of us. 'Mr Wolc]ott of Women. Mr P]helps Mrs. Phelps Mr Witc]hfield Dea. Moore's wife Mr G]aylard Rich, Vore's wife Dea. M]oore Jonath. Gillett's wife John] Fford Lieut Filer's wife — e Tho Deble's wife Filar Geo Phelps' wife [Matthe]w Grant Deble Senr [Geo] Philups Gillet, sen [Gi]llet [Philip R]andall [Eg]elstone [Phejlps APPENDIX. 845 [A List of those f[hat] have been taken [into] [fa]U communion since we[oam]e here. I set them down [ao- ojording to the year and [da]y of the month they were [admjitt^d and now remain. |:,Wi]lUam Phelps, Nov 17, 39 •Joh]n Blssell, sen. May 3, 1640 Joseph] Loomys, Oct H, 1640 Bene]dicts.Allyard, Oct 17, 1641 Robert] Hayward, July 10, 1642 [C]lark, June 18, 1643 |P]ylar, March 31, 44 Womep admitted here. Mrs. Pinney Feb'y 9, 1639 Old Widow Drake Feb'y 23, 39 Mrs. Wolcott Apl 26, 40 Sam. Gaylars wife Apl 27, 45 Abr. Randall's wife Aug 17, 45 Benedictus Alvards wife, Jan'y 13, 47 The widow Hoskius Apl 9, 48 Old Mrs. Allyn Aug 5, 1649 Nicholas Seiichon's wife, Jan'y 22, 49 Will Filly's,wife, July 17, 1651 Nath. Cook's wife, Aug 29, 52 Wm. Phelps wife, Nov 11, 54 Mrs. Newberry Apl 1, 1655 the wife of John Loomys 55 " " " " Drake 3, 55 " " " Mr. D. Clarke, 11, 58 " " " Thos. Fford, 30, 60 " " " Joseph Loomys [Several names at the bottom of this page gone.] Of Men. Robert [Watson], Jan'y 22, 49 Walter Gaylar, May 5, 51 John Moore ordayned Deacon Jan'y 11, 1651 John Rockwell, July 31, 53 Capt. Newberry, Apl 11, 1658 Jacob Drake, Apl 11, 1658 Samuel Rockwell k Jona Gillet, both Apl 6, 1662 Peter Brown and Nathaniel Cooke both June 22, 1662 Samuel Loomys, Nov. 26, 1661 Samuel Marshall, ', ,, „ -, „„„ NathanielLoomis, [ ^^ ' Cornelius Gillett & Timothy Buckland, June 16, 1665 John Gaylord & Thomas Loomys taken in Aug 3, 66 John Madesly Oct 7, 66 Isaac Phelps, Jan'y 27, 1666 Mr. Nathaniel Chauncey made pubhc declaration of his faith in christian principles and the manner of God's workina on his soul, Jau'y 12,1667. Samuel Filley taken into full com- munion Deo 18, 1670 Samuel -Fforward. Oct 8, 71. Samuel Baker Apl 7, 72 Timothy Hall Apl 28, 72 Nathaniel Bissell Mr Chauncey reading what he took from private September 8 73 William Filly taken ' into church communion Mar 8 1673 Samuel Gaylar taken into com- munion Jan 28, 1674. the wife of Samuel Loomys the wife of John Porter, May the wife of Henry Denslo Apl Thos Allyns Wife & Return Strong's wife & Timothy Buckland's wife, Apl Henry Wolcot's wife John Moore's wife & Thos Loomis Wife Apl Jacob Drake's wife, June 3 Stephen Taylors wife Aug John Strong's wife and she was baptized Aug Josias Eieswort wife & Samuel Gibbs wife, Sept Samuel Baker's wife, Oct 2 Saniuel Filleys wife Dec Mary Saxstou & baptized the widow Jose Jun Nathaniel Winchel's wife Aug Cornelius Gillett wife. The wife of Nathaniel Loomys Sept 28. Elizabeth Chapman wide taken into church communion Apl 28, 167 346 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. June 21, 1668. It was by vote of the church assented to that adult persons be it husband or wife that desired to have their children Baptized by Mr. Chancy, should, if they presented themselves to the Elders in private and declared to their satisfaction their knowledge in the principles and owned the Father's covenant, there should nothing be required of them in public until they presented themselves for full communion. Before this time it had been the practice to call such persons in public, to stand forth and answer to questions of catechism, propounded to them and to own the church covenant. And the time which Mr. Warham first began this practice was Jan. 31, 1657 and went on in the practice of it until March 19, 1664 which day he declared to the church that he had met with such arguments against tlie practice concerning the baptizing of members [chi]ldren, that he could not get through at present, and could not go on as he had done without scruples of conscience, therefore must forbear until he had weighed arguments and advised with those that were able to give, not that he intended to cast off the practice wholly but only to delay it for a time till he could be better able to answer his present scruples, for if he should act and not of faith Romans 14tli would be sin in him. So the delay of it from the 19 of March 64 was three years and so much as from the 19 of March to the 21 of June that Mr. Chancy set it on again. Feb'y 16, 78. Joseph Skinner having never been baptized desired that he might be baptized and the church granted it, so he would be tried concerning his knowledge and blameless life, and own the church covei;aDt, and come under discipline, to be owned as a member, and so any others might come in, in like manner, man or woman kind. On the 2 of March there was none that lay any blame on him in point of his conversation, so he owned the church covenant and was baptized. Here I note down the persons in order as they tendered themselves pub- licly to attain baptism for their children from the time Mr. Warham first began until h'i layed it down, and remain so still, and have not put on for full communion, nor have not joined themselves with the other company.* Thomas Bissell, Mary Marshall, wife of Nath'l Loomys, these Jan. 31, '57. Feb. 28, '57, Samuel Gaylar, wife of John Gaylar, wife of Thos. Bissell. May 22, '59, Samuel Grant; July 17, 59, Peter Brown's wife; Nov. 27, '59, John Bissell and Samuel Bissell. Nov. 8, '63, Timothy Phelps ; Dec. 27, '63, wife of Tahan Grant ; Dec. 11, '64, Ebenezer Dibble. March 12, '64, Return Strong and Samuel Gibbs. Since Mr. Chancy began as I can judge by his baptizing their children. Wife of Timothy Hall, July 5, 68. David Winchell & Isrel Deble, Sep. 18, 70. Joseph Gaylar, July 16, 71. Samuel Barber, Oct. 12th, 71. Zurrobabl Ffilar, Mar. 6tli, 69. Samuel Deble, Oct. 12th, 70. John Grant, Oct. 22d, 71. Jonathan Winchell, Feby., 67. John Porter, Jun., Feby. 7th, 70. Nicholas Buckland, March 6th, 72. Isrell Deble, Wife, Oct. Here I set down the names and ages of persons [men and] women kind that have been born and baptized in Windsor Church, and are yet unmarried, and not of those that have turned to the other society but live still under the church's cognizance. Mm Kind.— Sle-phen Taylor, Mar. 16, 44. Thos. Egglestone, Nov. 22, 46. Jos. Phelps, July 11, 47. Thos. Deble, Sept. 3, 47. Samuel Wolcott, April 15, 56. Jeremy Gillett, Feb. 20, 47. John Gaylar, Feb. 4, 48. . Josias Alvard, .July 8th, 49. John Birg, Jan. 20th, 49. Josias GiUet, July 14, 50. Thomas Buckland, Feby. 9, 50. John Loomis of Joseph, Oct. 5, 50. Joseph Birg, Nov. 2d, 51. John Taylor, Nov. 28, 52. John Drake, born Sept. Hth, 49 ; baptized Apl. 15, 55. Job Drake, born Jan. 15, 51 ; baptized Apl. 15, 55. Benjamin Gaylar, Apl. 15, 55. Ephraim Hayward, Jan. 11, 56. Daniel Loomys of John, June 21, 56. Thomas Loomys of Thomas Loomas, born Mar. 17, 55 ; baptized Feb. 7, 57. Samuel Marshall, born May 27, 53; bap- * Thu congregation under the Rev. Mr. 'Woodbriage's minLstry. APPENDIX. 847 tized Feb. 7, 57. Nathaniel Loomys of Nath'l, baptized Feb. 7, 57. Thos. Bissell, bom Oct. 2, 56 ; baptized Feb. 7, 57. Josia Ellsworth, baptized March 7 57. Josia Wolcot July 25, 58. Samuel Grant May 22, 59. Simon Drak of John Oct 30, 59. John Bissell of Samuel born Apl 5, 59, baptized Nov. 27, 59. John Bissell of Thomas June 27, 60. Josia Loomys of Nath'l, Feb. 24, 60. Robert Watson was taken into church fellowship in 49 and May 11, 51 he was oast out and so stood till Jan 18, 56 betwixt his casting out and taking in he had Mary John and Samuel which 3 children were baptized Jan. 25, 56 his Darter Hanna Aug, 15, 58. Ebenezer Watson Apr 28, 61. Nathaniel Watson Jan. 30, 63. Jededia Watson Oct 7, 66. John Bissell of John May 12, 61. The wife of Owen Tudor taken into church fellowship Apl. 28, 61 and then she had five children baptized, Samuel, Owen, Sara, Jane, Mary May 12, 61. F,noch Drak Dec 10. 55. Thomas AUyn Mar. 15, 62. Eleezor Gay]ar Nov. 15, 62. Joseph of Thomas Bissell Apl 19, 63. Timothy of Timothy Phelps baptized Nov. 8, 63. Thomas Taylar Oct 12, 55. Mathew of Joseph Lomys Nov 6, 64. Nathaniel Cook May 16, 58. John Cooke Aug 10, 62. Josia Cooke Deo 25, 64. Wakefield son of Ebenezer Deble Sept 15, 67, baptized May 14, 58. Eben- ezer of Ebenezer Deble baptized Aug 17, 71. William of Will Filly Nov. 12, 64. Jonathan of Jonathan Gillet Jun. baptized Feb. 19, 70. Jeremy Alvard of Beet, baptized Jan. 31, 55, Josias Barber Feb. 15, 53. Thomas of Tim Bnckland Jan. 21, 65. Josias Clark Jan 28, 48. Daniel Clark Apl. 10, 54. John Clark Apl. 15, 56. Samuel Clark July 7, 61. Sara Clark Aug. 19 63. Nathaniel Clark, Sept. 9, 66. Thomas Ellsworth baptized Sept 9, 66. Jonathan Ellsworth July 4, 69. John Ellsworth Oct. 15, 71. Thomas Fylar Mar. 6, 69. John Fille born Deo. 15, 45, baptized Aug. 3, 51. Samuel of Samuel Filly Apl 3, 70. Hesecia of William Gaylar, Feb. 14, 52. Samuel of Samuel Gaylar, July 57. Ephraim Hay ward Jan. 11, 56. Jeremy of Thomas Lomys July 10, 70. Jonathan of N. Lomys Apl 3, 64. David of N. Lomys Jan 12, 67. Hesekia of N. Lomys Feb 28, 68. Moses of N. Lomys Mar 21, 71. Joseph of John Lomys Nov 7, 51. Thomas of John Lomys Dec. 3, 53. Timothy of .John Lomys July 28th, 61. Nathaniel of J Lomys 12, 63. David of John Lomys Jan 4th, 65. Isack of John Lomis Sept 6, 68. Samuel Lomis August, 19, 66. 27. 77, Elizabeth Chapman had 7 children baptized, her son Henry was torn July 4, 1663 ; her darter Mary was born Oct. 27, 1665 ; her darter Elizabeth born Jan. 15, 1667 ; her son Simon born Apl. 30, 1669 ; her darter Hanna born May 3, 1671; her dauter Margaret born Mar. 7, 1672; her dauter Sara born May 24, 1675 ; Elizabeth of John Grant July 15, 1677. Samuel of Samuel Deble baptized May 13, 1679. Sara Darter of John Porter ]r baptized Jan. 3, 77. Benjamin Ellsworth baptized Aug 19, 77 born Jan. 19, 76. Stephen of Nat. Winchell Aug 26 77. Thomas of Thos. Deble baptized Sept 9, 77. Azana of Isack Phelps baptized. Samuel of Timoty Palmer baptized Dec 2, 77. Thomas son of Joseph Skinner baptized Dec 23, 77. Nathaniel son of Tim Phelps baptized .Jan 13, 77. Elizabeth daughter of Samuel Bissell baptized Jan 6, 77. Thomas son of Thomas Newbery and Joseph son of Isrell Dewey baptized Jan. 27, 77. John son of Samuel Pillv baptized Feb. 17, 1677. Wmen kind— Meria,m Deble Dee 7, 45. Sara Pinne Dec. 3, 48. Sara Buckland Apl. 1, 49. Elizabeth Alvard Sept 21 51. Mary Wolcott Dec. 7 SI Sara Gaylr Jan. 18 51. Hanna Fille July 3 53. Abigail of Sarnuel Gaylar baptized Oct. 1, 53. Ruth Rockwell May 11, 54. Sara Rockwell born May 12, 5. Hannah of John Drak born Aug 8, 53, baptized Apl. 15, 55. Rebecca Newbery May 6, 55. Ledia Marshall born Feb. 3, baptized Feb V, 57. Hannah Loomys of T. baptized Feb, 14. Elizabet Ellsworth May 7, 5. Abigayl Taylar Nov. 28, 5. Mary Clark Sep. 26, 5. Martha Gaylar, June 24, 6. Mary Strong Apl 25. 58. Hanna Strong Sept 2, 60. Mary Brown July 24, 59. Hanna Brown Sept. 30, 60. Abigayl Brown Aug. 10, 848 HISTOEY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. G2 Hepsiba Brown Nov. 20 6. Mary Bissel of John Dec 4. Ruth of Jolin Drak Dec. Lidia of John Drak Feb 2, 61. The wife of John Porter admitted to church fellowship May 3, 63, and had 6 children baptized. John 12 years of age, Mary 10 years, Sara 8 years, James 6 years, Nathaniel 3, Hanna .5 months May lOtli 63. Samuel Porter Mar. 12. 64. Rebeca Porter Mar 10 66. Hester Porter May 9, 69. Ruth Porter Apl. 20 71. Mr. Chancy. Mary Taylar June 23. 61. MiudwellTay- lar Nov. 8 63. Mary of Saml Rockwell Jan 26. t:i. Annaof Sam. Pille Sept25, 64. Hanna of Joseph Loomys Feb 8, 61. Sara of Nathaniel Cook born Jan 28 1650, baptized Oct 17 52. Lidia Cooke baptized Jan 17, 52, Hanna Cooke Oct 28 55. Abieayl Cooke March 7 59. Mary of Ebenezer Dehle born Deo 24, 64, baptized Dec. 25, 64. Abigayl of Will Filly Aug. 22. 1658. Debro of Will. Filly Nov. 24, 61. Hepsiba of Samuel Gibbs baptized March 12, 64. Patience Darter of Sam. Gibbs baptized Dec. 9, 66. Elizabeth Gibbs Jan 31, 68. Joanna Gibbs Apl 2, 71. Mary of Nathan Gillet jr. baptized Oct 27, 67. Abigal Bnckland Nov. 11, 67. Mary Buckland Nov. 17 70. Sara of Walter Gaylar Apl 2, 55. The wife of Henry Denslo taken into church fellowship and had children baptized June 4, 65. Saml. 6 years old Ruth 12 years Abigayl 10 years Debora 8 years Hanna 4 years Elizabeth born Feb. 18, 65. Hanna Buckland Sept 18, 54. Ruth Drak of John Dec 6, 57. Mary Drak of John Feb. 3, 66. Elizabet Drak July 24, 6. Mary Ellsworth May 9, 60. Martha Dec 13, 62. .William Filly',s wife admitted July 17, 51 and children baptized Samuel, John Mary and Elizabet August 3. Abigayl Filly Aug 28, 58. Mary and Samuel Fillv Apl. Abigal ol Samuel Filly. Mary of John Gaylar Jan. John of John Gaylar June 2.'i. Eliza- beth Gaylar Feb. 26. Lidia Hayward June 16, 55. Mary of Thos Loomys Jan. 27, 5. Elizabet of Thos Loomys Jan 23, 6. Ruth of Thos Loomys Apl. 8, 66. Sara of Thos Loomys Feb. 2, 67. Abigail of Nat. Loomys Apl. 1, 6. Elizabeth of John Loomys May 14. Mary of John Loomys Aug. 10, 7. Mary of John Grant May 3, 74. Joseph of John Drak Jan 28, 7. Dameres darter of R. Strong July 5. Joseph, son of Joseph Gaylar Aug. John son of John Grant baptized 62. Samuel son of Samuel Gibbs baptized Apl. 22, 77. [Here follows the records of births, marriages and deaths, republished in the New England Genealogical Register, vol. v. Also the items relating to the Great Flood of 1639 ; the number of births, deaths, etc.: and the arrival of Mr Huit at Wiud.sor. These portions of this old record having been incorporated in other parts of this volume, are here omitted.] April 3d 1639, the wife of Joseph Clark died. May 16th 39, two children died John Phelps and Thomas Senchons. June 7, 39, P[al]mers child. July 8, Thomas child born 9th day died. August 25th, John Huldand died. Sept 10th 39, young Matthew Grant died. Oct 20 Pressella Marshfleld died. Dec. 3d, Goode Buelldied. June 10, 1640, Samuel Rossiter died. June 23, John Dewey drowned in the re[vule]t. Aug. 22, Elizabeth Gunn died. Aug 25, Josias Terey died. Sep. 5, Mr Clarks sister died. Sept 18, Joanna Hos- ford died. Sept 23, Abigail Carter died. Oct 7tli, Ann Mason died. Dec 17th, Stephen Tery died. Dec 19, Mary Pumery died. Feb 11, Robard Wilton died. May 29, 1640, the mother [of] Mathew Grant died (we may be mistaken in this name). May 31, Samuel Deble buried. May 23, 76. Account of persons that have died — to begin : The 40 year 2 persons 42 year persons died William Rockwell Thomas ■ rd's wife Henry Fookes John Griswold 41 year 4 persons died Sara Hueit Joseph Clark Nathaniel Hueit Giles Gibbs 43 year 5 persons died John Bissell's wife Thomas Ford's wife William Horsford's wife John Birg APPENDIX. 849 Abigail Fylar Anna Rockwell Richard Birg a child 44 year 8 persons died Mr. Hueit Old Goode Hayt John Thompson's child Rafe Newman Mary Tery One Hager The widow Webster Anna Taylar 45 year 4 persons Roger Williams' wife Thomas Moore Greorg Pa-rum Susanna Hueit 46 year 6 persons Nicholas Palmer's wife Michall Tery's wife Nicolas Oumpsted's child Nathan Gillett's child John Egelstoue Samuel Filar On this 7 years above the persons died are 32. The 47 year 27 persons died Stephen Fay's wife Hepsibah Warham Josia Carter John Porter sen.'s wife Caleb Carter Richard Biddell George Phelp's child Samuel Warham Hoyte's child Thomas Bascom's child Samuel Pond's 2 children died Sara Hayward Sara Senchon George Phelps another child Mary Hayward Thomas Thornton George AUixanders child John Orton Goodman Bid well Susanna Hanum Anthony Howkens child Priscilla Thornton Ann Thornton Henry Carters child Timothy Roseter John Pomeroy 48 year 25 persons John Porter sen died Thomas Dewy Samuel Allyen George Phelps his wife John Haskens Danell Clarks child Samuell Allen's child Benedict Alvards 3 children Henry Wolcotts child Richard Samwais child Rose Porter Ephraim Bartlet James Enno's 2 children Phillury Randall died Abigayle Phelps Abigayle Gillst Chakwell Thomas Newell died lot Thomas Orton 2 children Abigayl Roseter Thomas Holcom's child 50 year 4 persons Richard Samways died Mary Hayward Hanna Taylar Johanna Fylar 51 year 5 persons Peter Roseter Richard Burge Henry Stiles by a gun Elizabeth Roseter Joanna Dible. 52 [yearj Sarah Stowton died Joseph Loomys sen, his wife John Williams Daughter 52 year these three persons. 53 year 3 persons dyed. The wife of William Oaylar Jr, Elias and Elisha Carter. 54 year 4 persons died. Sara daughter of Joseph Loomys Thomas son of Thomas Loomys Sara Holcom Samuel Pond died. 55 year 17 persons died. Henry Wolcot sen, Thomas Gunu's daughter Elizabeth Nicholas Hoyts wife died •Elwed Pumerys wife Nicholas Hoyt died The wife of Henry Wolcott elder Jefery Baker died The wife of Robard Winchell The wife of Richard W — er Martha Winchell died The wife of Anthony Hawkins Nathan Gillet a son and daughter Daniel Hoyi died John Hiller sen died Peter Tiltons daughter The wife of William Hayden. 56 4 persons died Benjamin Winchell Jonathan Holcom 850 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. T]ie son of John Gaylar William Gaylnr died. 67 year 9 persons died Mary Pumery The wife of Simon Mills The wife of William Gaylar sen The wife of Walter Gaylar Thomas Ilolcom died Ester Hayward Mary Egelston Mary Buckland The wife of James Enno 58 year only Joseph Loomys sen 59 year 9 persons died Mr. Witchflelds wife died Joseph Clark died Isack Hakes drowned The wife of John Rockwell The wife of Simon Milles The wife of William Wadsworth John Drake sen. Abigail Parsons Thomas AUyns son John. The 60 year 2 persons Retron Gibbs (Catharine) Richard Oldage 61 year 6 persons Thomas Stoton sen died Mrs Huit died Samuel Milles Sara Loomys Rafe Smith Thomas Parsons 47 to the end of 61, the number of persons died are 121. 62 year 16 persons The wife of Thomas Loomys Richard Saxston Philura Randall, Frances Saxston John Rockwell sen Wilmot his wife Wife of George Phillnps Pheby Winchell Mr. Brauker Thomas Buckland John Stilles John Bancraff Christopher Wolcot The wite of Thomas Barber Thomas Barber Old widow HosMns 63 year 3 persons The wife of John Strong Hanna Newbery The son of John Rockwell 64 year 4 persons Job Drakes son Joseph Timothy sou of Tim Buckland Mathew of Tahan Grant Jacob of Jacob Gibbs 65 year 9 persons The wife of John Bissell sen Son of John Owen Daughter of Samuel Rockwell Simon Rockwell David son of John Loomys Mary of Edward Chapman esay [Isaiah] Bartlet John Williams Jun Old Widow Randal 87 old 66 year 4 persons Mary Janes & wife of Mr. Grant Nicolas Nicolas Denslow 90 old 67 year 4 persons Henry Wolcott's son & Jos Gaylor Son & Nat Wine 68 year only one person Jeremy Burg Samuel Phelpes Mrs. Witchfleld James Risings wife Old Widow Denslow 84 old John Shaw Isack Pond John Loomys son James These 6 persons died in 69 year 70 year 7 persons Mr. Warham died John Bartlet Ebenezer Debles Daughter John Tory sen Son of John Owen Mr Mathew AUyn. The wife of Nathan Gillet 71 year 2 Persons Henry Wolcots daughter Thomas Maskell Mr. William Phelps Nathanell Bissells son Thomas Loomys son Joseph Griswold Nicholas Bucklands son. These 5 persons died in 72 73 year 13 persons Widow Fox Deacon Gaylar 88 old Returne Strongs son The wife of John Fitch John Rockwell died 3 Children buried one day Son of John Osborn and Son of Zurubabel Filer Daughter of Anthony Hoskins Daughter of John Tery 74 year 6 persons James Risings wife Widow Saxslone Thomas Parsons wife Begat Egelstone John Stiles wife Nicholas Bucklands daughter APPENDIX. -851 75 year l2'persons John Besum drownod John Loomys daughter Daniel Havden son Old Mrs. AUyn William Phelps wife The Widow Hoskins Nicholas Buoklauds son Samuel Marshall in war Edward Chapman in war Ebeuezer Deble in war Nathaniel Pond in war Richard Saxston in war 62 to the end of 75 are 91 persons and 153 in all 244 persons 76 Lida Howard John Fitch Son of John Lewis Son of Abram Deble Samuel Barbers wife Thomas Aulys child Lidia Cook Mesnges Daughter Thomas Buckland George Sanders child Elias Shadok Samuel Gibbs daughter Thomas Blssells sou William Trals wife Timothy Trals son Nathaniel Pinne Joshua Wels wife John Brooks wife Hanna Bucklands child All are 19 [Here follows the account of the suiferers by King Philip's war, which 77 William son of John Layton died May 7 The wife of Abram Randal July 8 Aug 23, 77 Jonathan Gillet sen died Hzekia Gaylar died Sept 12, 1677 Deacon Moore died Sept 18, 1677 John Bissell sen died Oct 3, 77 John Terys son Solomon died Oct 27 77 Ester daughter of Thomas Bis- sel died May 9, 78 Thomas son of Jonathan Gillet died June 11, 78 a 11 days old Georg Philups died July 9 78 Isrell Dewey died Oct 23, 1678 Sara wife of Return Strong died Dec 26, 1678 Mr Witchfield died March 16, 78 on Sabbath morning buried 18th day William Tral died Aug 3d Sabbath day 1678, 73 old Dec. 2, 79 James Egelstone died the evening before and buried that day Samuel Gaylars wife died May 2, 1680 The wife of John Williams died April 18, 81 Mary the wife of Joseph Lomys died Apl. 22, 81 The wife of Thomas Deble sen, died May 14, 1681 The old widow Buckland died July 26, 1681 subscription in Windsor, in aid of the is given on p. 205 of this history[, August 17th 1677. I herewith set down what children have been born in Windsor from our beginning hitherto so far as I am able to find out. Mr Thomas Allyn ^Benediotus Alvard Allixander Alvard Georg Allixander Edward Adams B. John Bissell sen John Bissell jr.' Thomas Bissell Samuel Bissell Nathaniel Bissell Thomas Barber sen. Thomas Barber Jr. James Bai-ber John Barber Thomas Buckland sen. Timothy Buckland Nicholas Buckland 1 8 9 6 7 6 4 2 2 Thomas Buckland Jr. Richard Birg Daniel Birg JefFery Baker. William Buell Samuel Buell Thomas Bascom John Bartlet Benjamin Bartlet Esay Bartlet John Brooks John Bancroff Peter Brown C, Mr Daniel Clark Arou Cook Nathaniel Cook Mr Clancy 1 5 3 6 7 1 3 6 6 1 8 5 10 852 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. Edward Chapman John Casse Henry Curtio Joseph Clark Joshua Carter Seboun Coifen D. Thomas Dewey Thomas Deble Isrell Dehle Ebenezer Deble Samuel Deble Job Drak John Drak Job of John Drak Henry Denslo John Denslo Joslas Elesworth Begat Egelston James Egelston James Enno V. Walter Ffylar Suroball Ffylar William Filley Samuel Fylley Ambros Fowler Samuel Forward Samuel Grant Mathew Grant Tahan Grant John Grant Jonathan Gillet sen Jonathan Gillet Jr. Cornelius Gillet John Gillet Joseph Gillet Nathan Gillet Thomas Gunn Edward Griswold Georg Griswold Joseph Griswold William Gaylar Jr. Walter Gaylar Samuel Gaylar John Gaylar Joseph Gaylar John Grifen Jacob Gibbs Samuel Gibbs H. Thomas Holcola Joshua Holcom Nathanell Holcom Benaja Holcom William Hayden Daniel Hayden 6 6 4 5 5 7 11 2 6 5 7 7 7 2 8 3 6 3 7 3 8 2 7 8 4 6 9 3 7 7 6 4 2 10 7 7 John Hosford Nicolas Hayt Robard Hayward John Hake Josias Hull Mical Homfrey Luke Hill Anthony Hawkins John Hodgs Anthony Hoskins Thomas Hoskins John Killer Timothy Hall Christopher Huntington Thomas Henbury George Jeffery William Jess Mark Kelcy John Loomys Joseph Loomys Thomas Loomys Samuel Loomys Nathaniel Loomys John Lewes John Lundon Decker Moor John Moore Samuel Marshall John Mawdsly John Mosses Edward Messenger Andrew Moore Thomas Maskell Simon Miller N. Captain Newbery Thomas Orton John Owen Josias Owen John Osborn sen. Robard Quid P. Old Mr Phelps Samuel Phelps Nathaniel Pinne Nathaniel Phelps Timothy Phelps Georg Phelps Isack Phelps Abraham Phelps Joseph Phelps John Phelps 8 4 5 11 10 7 7 3 13 2 10 5 10 1 2 3 5 9 5 9 3 2 6 6 4 11 1 10 2 Joseph ofW. Phelps John Porter Sen. John Porter sen now John Porter Jr. Mr Pinne Samuel Pinne Eltwed Pumery Caleb Pumery Nicolas Palmer Timothy Palmer Samuel Pond Thomas Parsons sen Thomas Parsons Jr. John Pettebon Humfery Prior Isack Pond William Parsons John Pettebon R. John Rockwell Samuel Rockwell Thomas Ruly Thomas Remington Ebenezer Parsons S. John Strong sen. John Strong Jr. Return Strong Richard Saxston Henery Stilles John Stilles Thomas Stoughton John Shaw APPENDIX. 853 2 2 12 4 1 4 6 4 8 3 3 2 1 1 3 Mr. Christopher Sanders T. Stephen Terey John Terey Peter Tilton Stephen Taylar Owen Tudor Nicolas Wilton Thomas Thornton John Taylar John Tomson William Trail Timothy Trail Richard Vore W. Mr. Henry Wolcot Henry Wolcot Jr Simon Wolcot Mr. John Warham Robard Winchell Richard Weller Nathanell Winchell Jonathan Winchell David Winchell Robard Watson Arter Williams Benjamin Woodbridge John Williams John Williams Jr Samuel Wilson 3 8 5 2 5 3 2 2 10 Some omitted in former accounts being gone yet had children bom here, Capt Mason 4 Richard Samways 3 Mr Roseter 6 Richard Bidwell 1 William Rockwell 1 John Banks 1 Samuel AUyen 6 — Simon Hayt 2 50 William Hulbard 2 Mr Ludlo 1 Elias Partman 2 Nicolas Palmer 4 Thomas Horten 1 Mathias Senchon 3 Prances Stills 4 Mr William Hill 1 Mr Huett 1 Walter Hayt 3 WlUiam Hanum 4 The account of persons taken into church communion and years when, that are now living Dec. 21, 1677. Only yet living that came from Dorchester in full communion. Mr Wolcot sen Mr Pinne Mr Witchfield Walter Fylar The whole sum 195 227 235 177 141 50 1025 of these died 128 854 BISTORT OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Mathew Grant Georg Philups Thomas Debles sen Women from Dorchester Mrs Phelps Deacon Moors wife The widow Gillet Men taken in )iere William Phelps Nov. 1639 John Loomys Oct 1640 Benedictus Alvard Oct 1641 Eobard Haward July 1642 Mr Daniel Clark June 1643 Stephen Taylar Mar. 1644 Robard Watson Jan. 1649 Walter Gaylar May 1651 Capt Newbery Apl. 1658 Jacob Drak Apl 1658 Samuel Rockwell Apl 1662 Jonathan Gillet Apl 1662 Peter Brow[n] & Nathanell Cook June 22 1662 Nathanell Loomys May 1663 Cornelius Gillett & Timothy Buckland both Jan 1665 John Gaylar & Thomas Loomas both Apl 1666 John Mawdsly Oct 1666 Mr Nathaniel Chancy Jan 1667 Samuel Filly Dec 1670 Samuel Fforward Oct 1671 Samuel Backer Apl 1672 Timothy Hall Apl. 1672 Nathaniel Bissell Sep. 1673 William Filly Mar. 1673 Samuel Gaylar June 1674 Richard Vore Abram Randall Richard Vore'.s wife Sister Fylar Sister Deble Women taken in here Mrs Piune Feb. 1639 Widow Drak Feb 1639 Mrs Wolcot Apl. 1640 S. Gaylar's wife Apl. 1645 Buclands wife Mar. 1647 N. Senchon's wife Jan 1649 W. Fillys wife July 1651 N. Cooks wife Aug 1652 Mrs Nubery Apl. 1655 J Loomys wife Apl. 1655 Jo. Drakes wife Apl. 1655 Capt Clarks wife Apl. 1658 Jos Loomys wife Dec. 1660 Sara Gaylar & 0. Tuders wife Apl. 1661 J. Porters wife May 1663 H. Denslo's wife Apl. 1665 T. Allyns wife Jan. 1665 Return Strongs wife Jan. 1665 Timothy Buckland's-wife Jan. 1665 H. Wolcots wife, John Moores wife, Thomas Lomas his wife Apl. 1666 Jacob Drak's wife June 1666 Stephen Tailers wife Aug. 1666 J. Strongs wife Aug. 1666 Ellsworths wife and S. Gibbs wife both Sept 1666 Samuel Bakers wife Oct 1670 Samuel Pillys wife Dec. 1670 Mary Saxston Apl. 1671 Nat, Wincbells wife Aug 1671 Cor Gillets wife Feb 1671 Nat Loomys wife Sep 1673 Elizabeth Chapman Apl. 167 Here I set down the times of sacraments administered Feb. 16th, 69 a sacrament which the church had not had 2 years and 12 weeks. Mar. 6, 69, a sacrament 7 weeks since. June 5, 70, a sacrament 13 weeks since. Aug. 14, 70, a sacrament 10 weeks since. Oct. 16, 70, a sacrament 9 weeks since. Dec. 25, 70, a sacrament 10 weeks since. Feb. 26, 70, a sacrament 9 weeks since. Apl. 23, 71, a sacrament 8 weeks since. July 25, 71, a sacr. 9 weeks since. Sep. 3, 71, a sacr. 10 weeks sinqe. Nov. 5, 71, a sacr. 9 weeks since. Jan. 7, 71, a sacr. 9 weeks since. Mar. 10, 71, a sacr. 9 weeks since. May 5, 72, a sacr. 8 weeks since. Nov. 17, 72, a sacr. 28 weeks since. Feb. 23, 72, a sacr. 14 weeks since. Apl. 27, 73, a sacr. 9 weeks since. June 29, 73, a sacr. 9 weeks since. APPENDIX. 855 Aug. 24, 73, a sacr. 8 weeks since. Oct. 9, 73, a sacr. 11 weeks since. Jan. 11, 73, a sacr. 9 weeks since. Mar. 5, 73, a sacr. 9 weeks since. July 5, 74, a sacr. 16 weeks since. Sept. 6, 74, a sacr. 9 weeks since. Nov. 8, 74, a sacr. 9 weeks since. July 25, 75, a sacr. 28 weeks .since. Oct. 3, 75, a sacr. 10 weeks since. Feb. 13, 75, a sacr. 10 weeks since. Mar. 7, 76, a sacr. 12 weeks since. Sept. 3, 76, a sacr. 17 weeks since. Feb. 18, 76, a sacr. 24 weeks since. May 6, 77, a sacr. 11 weeks since. Aug. 12, 77, a sacr. 14 weeks since. This was the last before Deacon Moore died. For Deacon Moore's accounts the church debtor to him for bread from 15th June, 1666, to 11th Feb., 1673. For 27 sacraments, £2 14 More bread for 14 sacraments, 18 £4 2 Dr. for wine. Nov. 17, 72, Aug. 14, 70, £0 18 Feb. 14, 72, Oct. 16, 70, 13 4 Apr. 27, 73, Dec. 25, 70, 13 10 June 29, 73, Feb, 26, 70, 12 6 Aug. 24, 73, Apl. 23-, 71, 14 6 Nov. 29, 73, June 25, 71, 13 Jan. 11, 73, Sept. 3, 71, 15 9 For a cask of wine, To Sam Loomes, 2 6 More after this. A 11 gal. and ^ at 4s In 77 wine, per gal.. 2 6 Aug. 77, More wine, 12 6 A cask, In 76 wine. 12 4 In 76 wine, 13 In 76 wine, 8 Moore's acc' ount granted Feb. 10th 73. at 2 arson and by what he received of that levy an( unpaid 6 4 of John Loomys for bott 7 Mr. Forward his own 4 William FfiUey Richard Vore 4 Mr. Chancy Captain Clark 4 Nathaniel Loomys John Strong 2 Hanna Drak George Phillups 2 Stephen Taylar Timothy Buckland 7 Jonathan Gillet Jr. Nicholas Senshon 2 Samuel FfiUey Samuel Marshall 3 6 John Mawdsly Benedictns Alvord 4 Abraham Eandall Eobard Watson 6 Cornelius Gillet Mr. Pinne 4 Mr. Wolcott Thomas Deble 3 6 Samuel Rockwell Thomas Loomis 4 Samuel Gaylar Peter Brown 2 Lieut Fylar Samuel Baker 1 Widow Buckland Mathew Grant 2 Hanna Moore Walter Gaylar 4 Samuel Gibbs Captain Newbery 4 Timothy Hall 2 Thomas Lcomys 3 14 11 12 10 6 13 1 12 6 11 6 11 11 6 7 9 3 6 5 11 4 .- levies 2 2 £6 6 6 856 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. Eeceived of granted in 75 £.1 3s Abraham Randall 4 Nathan Gillet 6 John Strong 2 Stephen Taylai 4 John Loomjs 4 Peter Brown 2 himself 4 Lieut Fylar 4 Mr. Chancy 2 Hanna Moore 2 Samuel Rockwell 2 Hanna Drake 2 Samuel Craylar I 6 Mr Woloot 4 Mathanell Loomys 4 Jonathan Gillet Jr. 2 Thomas Loomys 4 Capt. Clark 4 Mr Pinne 4 Samuel FfiUey 4 Walter Gaylar 4 Samuel Gibbs 1 Mathew G-i-ant 2 Samuel Baker 5 Sergt. Alvord 4 Mrs Allyn 5 9 William Filley 4 Mr Cornish, 4 John Mawdsly 4 Jonathan Gillet sen 4 5 13 3 Richard Vore 4 Cornelius Gillet 2 William Phelps 4 with former 2 19 9 Mrs Phelps 2 The year 1717 I set down all that have died in Elenton [Ellington] to the year 1740.* Lieut Ellsworth was killed by the falling of a tree Isibe Penye died John Burg died Ensg John Burah lost a child died Samuel Gibbs lost a daughter died Samuel lost a daughter died Nathaniel Grant a child died Goode Graymes died Ephraim Napes wife died Nathaniell Taylor died Daniel Eton died Capt Ellsworth a child died Lieut Hubbard a child died Daniel Epeeu a child died William Carter two children died Stephen Poaine a child died Symon Chapman died Ensg John Burah six children Samuel Gibbs 3 children born Nathaniel Taylor 3 children Samuel Gibbs Jr. 2 children Daniel Eton 3 children The, Windsor Church under its Second Pastor, Rev. Samuel Mather. Transcribed by the Rev. Mr. Rowland, from the Original Record in the handwriting of Mr. Mather : The following were admitted to the Abigail Bissell Church the 1st year, 1685. Sarah Porter John Filer Elisabeth Loomis Experience Filer Mary Loomis Jonah Barber Hannah Loomis Saml Tudor Johanna Porter Joseph Skmuer & Mary his Wf .Job Drake Hannah Loomis Nath' Loomis Nathaniel Grant two children Nathaniel Grant Jr. three children Benjamin Grant two children Capt. Ellsworth five children Lieut Hubbard two children Carter one child Simon Person one child David Chapen three children Strickland two children Tim Scott one child Samuel Person one child Zidon Skiner one child two Dommans two children Craa one child three Pineys seven children Davies one child Mr. Mckinster two children Booth four ghildren two Drak four children Pars Thompsons 3 children John Burah one child * This is eyidently written by another person. APPENDIX. 857 Hester Eglestone Sam' Grant Martha Wolcott Dan' Loomis Mary Brown Joseph Baker and Hannah his Wf John Porter Jr Joseph Loomis Mary Grant Wf of Sam' Dorkas Mills Michael Taiutor Mary Rockwell The Lord make the next year a good year. 1686 Mary Rowley Elisabeth Drake Wf of Job Mary Loomis Wf of John Abigail Dewey Johanna Porter Simon Wolcott John Loomis Elisabeth Denslowe Saml Willson & Mary his Wf W™ Wormau James Porter . Ann Newberry Lydia Loomis Hannah Gillett Hannah Harmon Benajah Holcomb Sam' Barber Elisabeth Buckland Ruth Barber Johanna Taylor George Griswold Esther Bissell Mary Loomis John Mansfield Israel Bissell Thos Bissell Robt Watson Joseph Loomis [Three names illegible.] 1687 Johanna Wolcott Mary Brown Mary Gaylord Mary Phelps Abigail Bissell Abigail Barber Ruth Loomis Mary Griswold Wf of George Hannah Strong 1688 Not so much as one added to the church this year — but as many died out of it as were added the year before. The good Lord awaken and humble us. 1689 Elisabeth Loomis Mary Buckland Martha Elsworth Abigail Hannam Sarah Loomis 1690 Sam' Loomis Elezer Gaylord 1691 Henry Wolcott Hannah Palmer Mary Rowel • 1692 Conelius Brown Eliphalet Rowley or Rowel Experience Gibs Nathan Harmon Martha Gaylord 1693 Jacob Gibs Elisabeth Wf of [Jacob Gibbs] Heplizibah Brown Is Wolcott Mr Stoughton 1694 Elisabeth Wf of Jas King Elisabeth Wf of AUain Abigail Kent Sarah Phelps Joseph Griswold 1695 [Names not legible, about 13 in No.] 1696 Edm Marshall Mercy Westling Margaret Strong Dorcas Mills Hester Phelps Wf of Josiah Ruth Loomis Wf of Nathl Jo Stoughton Sarah Piuney SamI' Mathee of Windsor. 108 858 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOB. No. 3. Page 74. (Reprinted from the Puriian Recorder.) Although the following articles were intended merely for newspaper circu- lation, and the subject has been more fully treated in this volume, yet we have thought best to reprint them, as affording a clear, consecutive and satisfactory argument in favor of the Windsor Church. The Oldest Orthodox Congregniional Church. Messrs. Editors — Under this head you present in your last issue the claims of the Church in Lynn to the honorable distinction of being the oldest Orthodox Congregational Church in America. Permit me to offer the claims of the Church in Windsor, Conn., to this distinction. The present Congregational Church in Windsor was organized in Plymouth, England, in 1630. The ori.ginal members had assembled at that port, and while awaiting the preparation of their ship, the Church was organized, and the Rev. John Warham and Rev. John Maverick were chosen and installed Pastor and Teacher. The Rev. Mr. White of Dorchester, assisted in the exer- cises of the occasion and preached the sermon. The embarkation, which took place soon after; occurred on the 20th of March, 1630 ; and on tile 30th of May they were landed at Nantaskett Point, several weeks before the arrival of Governor Winthrop at Boston (see Clapp's Memoirs and Annais of Dor- chester). Two of the assistants of Massachusetts, Mr. Roger Ludlow and Mr. Edward Rosseter, were among the original members of this Church. The location selected was named Dorchester, from which place, after five ye?.rs, the removal "of the Dorchester people" to Connecticut commenced. The new location was also named Dorchester, which name was afterwards changed by the Court to Windsor. The Church organization was not left behind in Massachusetts. Winthrop's Journal says a Council was called to Organize a Church at Dorchester, April 11, 1636, " a large part of the old one being gone to Conn.;" bat the Council not being satisfied respecting the soundness of the views of those who proposed to form a new one, " except Mr. Mather and one more ; " the matter was deferred. On the 23d of August a Church was organized, and a covenant, subscribed to by seven individuals, was adopted. (See Annals of Dorchester.) That this was nothing le-ss than anew Church organization is farther proved by a letter from John Kingsley, (one of the seven). The letter was sent to Connecticut in 1676, asking aid., aftef the destruction of the town of Rehoboth. (See appendix to Public Records of Colony of Connecticut, published 1852). He says : " Now being unknowne to you beloe on the river, I say I am the 1 man and onely left of those that gathered the Church that is now in Dorchester, yet of lat have lived at Rehoboth." We have a negative proof that the original Church of tlie Dor- chester people, which was gathered in England, was not disbanded, in the absence of any reference to a new gathering of a Church by Mr. Warham and his people, after their arrival in Connecticut ; and the following extracts from the old Record of the Windsor Church, taken in connection with the fore- going, leaves no room for doubt on this point. The Record to which I refer is now in possession of the Connecticut Historical Society. It is a copy or rather a compilation from the original Records, and was made about 1670 by Mathew Grant, one of the original members of the Church. After this, from time to time, the doings of the Church are added until the death of Mr. Grant, about 1680. The first pages of this Record Book are somewhat mutilated by the crumbling of the leaves ; but enough remains to show why the compiler of this Record did not give us a connected history of the Church from its organization, but only designed to give a record of " Church things in general [as they have occurred since our] first settling down here in Wind- sor, * * * and because the Elders of the Church have [a Record ?] of. Church proceedings in some things, * * * therefore In such things as [there] be to APPENDIX. 859 speak to, I shall set down here in the [orjder I can. Concerning the admis- eiqn of per[sons to] full communion, I could give account of [all", hut] judge there is no need of such as are dead and gone from us to other places." At the head of the list of members a part of two lines are still legible, "were so in Dorchester, and came up here with Mr. [Warhara] and still are of us," then follows a list of 17 male and 7 female members, and on the next page over the column of the names of the male members we read , " [ Men tha] t have been taken [into fu]ll communion since we [caui]e here. I set them down [acc]ording to the year and [da]y of the month they were [adm]itted and now remain ;" over the other column, " Women admitted here." Near the close of the record is another list of members, headed "The account of persons taken into Church commanion, and years when, that are now living, December 21, 1677." "Only yet living that came from Dorchester in full communion;" then follows a list of nine males. — " Women from Dorchester," a list of six. — "Men taken in here," — " Women taken in here," It now remains to show that this Church has not since lost its identity. It has been claimed that the First Church in Hartford is the oldest Church in Connecticut in which the ordinances have been regularly administered. This claim probably originated from the Record Book, from which I have quoted. It says : " Here I set down tlie times of sacraments administered. .January 1669-70, a sacrament ; which the Church has not had 2 years and 12 weeks." This was but two and a half months before Mr. Warham's death. It is evident from the Record, which is continued seven years and a half after the above date, that it was not the practice of the Church at that time to have stated communion seasons. The intervals range from " 7 weeks" to " 28 weeks." Our explanation of the withholding the administration of the sac- rament of the Lord's Supper, for more than two years, is as follows : In the fall of 1667 the Church, in consequence of " Mr. Warham becoming ancient," sent to the Pastors of Boston, Dorchester and Cambridge, soliciting their assistance in procuring a suitable person for a colleague, and they recom- mended the Rev. Nathaniel Chancey. There was a want of unanimity among the people on the question of giving Mr. Chancey a call-; and the Legislature then in session came forward in its wisdom to settle the difficulty, ordering a meeting of the Freemen and house- holders of Windsor, on the Monday following, to vote for or against giving Mr. Chancey a call, and forbid " all discourse and agitation" at said meeting, of such " matters as may provoke or disturb the spirits of each other." The result of that ballot was 86 votes for, and 52 against, calling Mr. Chancey. The minority now appeal to the Legislature and obtain an order authorizing them to procure another minister for themselves ; and liberty was granted to the Church to settle Mr. Chancey. The next May, 1668, Mr. Warham inquires whether the Legislature intended to authorize any of members of the Church to withdraw, which was answered affirmatively. At the next session, in the fall of 1668, a Council of four ministers was designated to meet the April following, and " settle au accommodation between the Church and the dissenting brethren in Windsor, it they can attain to it; " and in the mean time any might "without offence," attend the seperate meetings held by the minority (who had obtained the services of Rev. Mr. Woodbridge). The Council was unsuccessful, and in the fall of 1669 the dissenting brethren were authorized by the Legislature to gather themselves in a separate Church. This permission was doubtless acted upon before the 16th of the Jaimary following, which comprised the whole interval of "2 years and 12 weeks," during all which time we have shown, the shield of the civil authority was held over the refractory members, and they were now by the same authority removed from the membership of Mr. Warham's Church. During this interval the Church sustained Mr. Warham and a colleague ; had regular services on the Sabbath and Lecture days, received members under the Half Way Covenant, and baptized children. Mr. Warham, his 860 HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. two deacons and 22 others of the original memheM, and about 70 admitted here, were at the close of this period in good and regular standing ; and it the omission of the sacrament, under these circumstances, constitutes an irregularity, it by no means disbanded the Church, but tends, when taken in connection with svibsequent events, to prove rigid adherence to the principles of the Congregational Order, and the practice of uncompromising discipline. That the old Church was not swallowed up in the new, we have abnndant proof. In January, 1678, a Mutual Council was called by the two churches. That Council advised "that the two congregations reunite, and walk together in the same way and order, and this way of order wherennfo tliey shall meet in their future walk, shall be the known and settled walk of the First Church, Which we understand to be the Congregational way of Church Order," That " those who were originally members of the First Church be admitted ; and those who after the division joined the new Church, be examined, if there was any objection to them, by the Rev. Mr. Rowlandson and Rev. Mr. Hooker," neighboring ministers. The next August the Second Church send a oom- muuicationto the First Churcli, stating their understanding of the Council to be, that they be received in a body, " without any trial of their fitness by the Church." The Church voted that "they understood the Council's act other- wise, and should wait the Council's session for the clearing up of the matter," July 1, 1680. The Court of Assistants " prohibit all distinct meetings on the Sabbath and public days." It appears from that Order that the Second Church had complied in part with the advice of Council. And it afterwards appears that part of those who separated from the First Church, had returned to her communion. October 1680, the Legislature ordered that the Society shall unite with the First on the terms proposed by the Council of 1668 ; both of the former ministers [Mr. Chancey and Mr. Woodbridge], to be re- leased, and anew one sought." Then the Second Church complain to the Legislature, that the First Church will not abide by the advice of said Coun- cil. " Our communicants are not entertained, or objected against [if they had been objected against they could have applied to Messrs. Rowlandson and Hooker lor certificates of their Orthodoxy] , neither we or our minister could enjoy communion in sacraments, nay the sacrament was put by, that we might not." Finally, at the May session of 1682, the Legislature, " upon application of the Church of Windsor, respecting the difficulties they met with in the settle- ment of Mr. Mather [to whom they had given a call], all former orders and endeavors not being effectual to remove the impediment that lies still in the way, that the matter of union may be plainly stated, which is now mainly impedimenting to them, this Court see cause to declare their ready owning the said Church, in the quiet practice of their professed principles in point of order, and that the lorementioned union be carried on in manner following, viz : 'I'hat Mr. Matlier being in due time called and settled in office by the Church of Windsor, thereupon such of the Second Society as desire fellow- ship with them in all ordinances (excepting those that were formerly in com- munion with that Church, that are returned, or to return to the same standing in it), address themselves to Mr. Mather ; and having satisfied him about their experimental knowledge, and the grounds of that satisfaction by him declared to the Church to their acceptance, with encouraging testimony given in refer- ence to their oonver-sation, they be thereupon admitted." Thus ended a sad division which had continued through fifteen years, mainly stimulated, I think, by the mistaken sympathy of the civil authority. From that time there needs no citing of authorities, to show the continued existence of this church, and that " the ordinances have been regularly ad- ministered." Its present Confession of Faith bears internal evidence of its antiquity, and its orthodoxy. If I am not in error, the present Congregational Church in Windsor is the oldest Evangelical Church in America ; and, except the Southwark Church, London, the oldest Orthodox Congregational Church in the world. J. H. Hatden. Windsor Locks, Ct., January 16, 1855. APPENDIX. 861 ARTICLE II. Messrs. Editors— Since the appearance of Mr. Carlton's article in the Pu- ritan Recorder of April 5th, any farther presentation of the claim of the present Church in Windsor to precedence, may appear of secondary import- ance. But wliatever present or future research may prove respecting other churches of earlier organization, I wish, if you can give me farther sppce in your columns, to establish one point in the history of the Cliurch in Wind- sor, which has been called in question, viz : its removal, with its original organization, from Dorchester, Mass., to Connecticut. The following extract is froia the Life of Richard Mather, published with the sanction of his son, Rev. Increase Mather, in 1670, the very year of Mr. Warham's death, and but thirty-flve years after the date of the event in ques- tion, when there was no lack of living witnesses. There were still living twenty-four members of the church in Windsor, who " were so in Dorches- ter, and came up here with Mr. [Warham] and still are of us." Captain Roger Clap, and probably others who came from England with Mr. Warham audhis people, and remained in Dorchester, were also living. " Being thus by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm brought into New England, motions from sundry towns were soon presented to him, desiring that he would employ the talent which the Lord had enriched him with for the work of the ministry amongst them ; at tlie same time he was desired at Plymouth, Dorchester and Roxbury. Being in a great strait in his own mind, which of these invitations to accept of; considering that in diflncult cases coimsel is an ordinance of God, whereby he is wont to discover his will, he therefore referred himself to the advice of some judicious friends, amongst whom Mr. Cotton and Mr. Hooker were chief, who met to consult this weighty affair; and their advice was, that he sliould accept of the motion from Dor- chester, which, being accordingly accepted of by him, he did (by the help of Christ) set upon that great work of gathering a Chunk; the Church which was first planted in that place being removed with the Rev. Mr. Warham to Connecticut. There was an essay towards gathering a Church, April 1, 1636 ; buthy reason that the messengers of neighboring churches were not satisfied concerning some that were intended members of that foundation, the work was deferred until August 23, when a Church was constituted in Dorchester according to the order of the Gospel by Confession and Profes.sion of Faith ; and Mr. Mather was chosen Teacher of that Church." Blake's Annals of Dorchester, dated 17.50 (the year of the author's death), 115 years after the removal of Mr. Warham and his people to Connecticut, states that " Mr. Warham and about half ye Clmi-ch removed to Windsor, in Connecticut Colony, and Mr. Mather and his people came and joined with Mr. Maverick, and that half of ye Church that were left, and from these people so united are ye greatest part of ye present inhabitants descended. When these two companies of people were thus united, they made one Church, hav- ing ye sd Rev. Mr. John Maverick, and ye sd Rev. Mr. Richard Mather for their Pastors." This statement taken in connection with the fact, that Mr. Warham and Mr. Maverick were installed Pastor and Teacher over the old Church before they left England, has seemed to militate against the evidence presented to sustain the claim that the old Church did remove to Connecticut in its or- ganized capacity. IJut the author of the Annals was certainly in error re- specting Mr. Maverick's connection with the new Church ; for Winthrop shows that he had been dead more tlian six months when the new Church was formed, and I think the author little nearer tlie truth in the statement, that half the old Church remained in Dorchester. I am, perhaps, presuming too much to ask space to extend this communi- cation farther, and certainly am stepping beyond my original design to attempt a criticism on the evidence adduced to prove the identity ot the present Church in West Barnstable, and that gathered by Henry Jacob in 1616. It appears from Mr. Carleton's article, that unless his claim is valid, the far famed Congregational Church of Southwaik, London, became extinct long 862 HISTOET OF ANCIENT WINDSOE. before the question of precedence possessed any interest. Whatever partiality rival olaimauts may feel for the precedence of the churches vrhose claims they present, few will, without regret, accept the latter alternative. Mr. Carleton, with so much ingenious plausibility disposes of the extract from Winthrop, which disproved the former claim that Mr. Lothrop was still pastor of that church at the time of his arrival in New England, that I feel some reluctance in saying, that to my mind, his supposition relative to the pastor, applies with equal force to the Churcli. If tlie Church was impris- oned with its pastor, and it was a condition of his release, or a matter of ex- pediency, that his pastoral relation should be severed from the Church of his affections, his prayers and his labors, would not the same reasons require the disbanding of the Church, to facilitate the release of its individual mem- bers ? Again, Mr. Carleton after quoting from Mr. Lothrop: " Upon the 23d of November, 1634, our brethren of Bcituate that were members at Plymouth were dismissed from their membership, in case they joined in a body at Scituate ;" and goes on to say : " But was there a Church in Scituate on the 6th of October, one week after Mr. Lothrop arrived there, although those who were connected with the Plymouth Church had not at that time received their letters of dismission ? According to Wintlirop, there was a church there even tlien ; for he says ' He (Lothrop) went to Scituate, being desired to be their pastor.' Mr. Lothrop had then, on the 5th of October, 1634, been invited to be the pastor of a oliurch In Scituate, before tlie persons residing there, but belonging to the Plymouth Church, had obtained letters of dismission from their churches." To show that tlie quotation from Winthrop does not of itself prove a church organization at Scituate, I need but refer to the foregoing extract from the life of Rieliard Mather, from which it appears that " he was desired" " for the work of the ministry" in " sundry towns," and " being in a great strait in his own minde which of these invitations to accept of," the advice of his friends was " that he should accept of the motion from Dorchester, which being accordingly accepted of by him, he did, by the help of Christ, set upon that great work, of gathering a Church." Mr. Mather's call was certainly as definite as Mr. Lothrop's. Neither does the fact, that " none from the Plymouth Church," " Mr. Heatlierly, who was the father of Scituate, and Mr. Cudworth, at whose house the first Church Fast was held, appear among those wlio, " Upon January 8, 1634, joined in cove- nant togetlier," but united with the Church afterwards, give us any positive proof that the said covenanting together of " so many of us as had been in covenant before," was not the organization of a new church ; for, at the or- ganization of the New Church in Dorchester by Mr. Mather (which occurred a few mouths later), but seven individuals united to form tlie church, even the name of Roger Clap, who had been " on the ground" five years, a mem- ber of Mr. Warham's Church, does not appear among the original members. And, besides, the inference Mr. Carleton draws from the time the Plymouth brethren united witli the church, suggests the inquiry, Why did they hold their letters of dismission so long if there was a church in Scituate previous to November 23d ? In the extracts from Mr. Lothrop's Record of Church days of Humiliation, which Mr. Carleton has given (January 8th, and that after the removal to Barnstable), there appears more difference in the wording than the same author is likely to make in recording " similar ceremonies." Once more, Mr. Carleton says, " Mr. Lothrop has recorded two Church Pasts previous to the 8th of January, which he numbers 1, 2." "By numbering ' these days, and putting them in the list of Cliurch Fasts, which amounted in Scituate to twelve, and in Barnstable to twenty or more, he clearly indicates that the church existed and acted as such before January 8, 1634, 0. S., or before the day when they renewed covenant." I have nothing positive with which to break the force of this apparently positive testimony, and must still reply by referring to analagous cases, where we know a contrary construction is tlie true one. A few years since several members of the church in Wind- APPENDIX. 863 sov, residing in this village, and three members of other churches, met to make preliminary arrangements for the organization of a new church, which organization -was consummated a. few weeks after. Are the proceedings of that meeting out of place on our Church Records, and under the head of "Proceedings of the Church ?" The well known faith and zeal of Mr. Lo- throp and his people would have led us to expect, that, after setting down in the wilderness at Scituate, they would have observed " days of Humiliation," ■before January 8th^ even though the people, as well as pastor, were "not then in order;" and if any record remained we should expect to find it with the record of like days after the formal organization of their church. It will be said my objections to the ijroofs oflered to sustain the claims of the church in West Barnstable to precedence are all negative ; but are some of the vital points of the proofs free from a like objection ? In the present state of the question I see no necessity for abandoning the claim that the Church in Windsor is the oldest Orthodox Congregational Church in America. I regret that in this discussion the Church in Windsor had not an able champion. I am not even a member of the Church in Windsor ; but a motive for my volunteer efforts may be formed in the fact, that I am proud to trace my descent from the first Pastor of that Church, the Deacon, and several of the members "who came up from Dorchester in full communion." Six generations of my ancestors have lived and died in that communion, and " my friends and kindred" still " inherit the land, and dwell therein, " There I made a public profession of my faith in "the God of my Fathers;" and from thence 1 consented (though with deep regret) to a,sk, with others, a letter of dismission, and commendation " to the Council to be convened at Windsor Locks, for tlie purpose of organizing said members into a Church." J. H. Hatden. Windsor Locks, Ct., June, 18-55. At the conclusion of the discussion, the editor of the Recorder summed up as follows : T/ie Oldest Church. Before we made our recent statement, as to the Church in Lynn being the oldest Cliurch, we were aware that the First Church in Hartford — several years younger than that in Lynn — claimed to be, and we supported was con- ceded to be, the oldest. Church in Connecticut. We have not tlie means of settling the question between Hartford and Windsor. Tliat in Hartford con- fidently rests in the conclusion that she is the oldest. If her claim is well founded, the priority of Lynn is established. Bat it gentlemen in Hartford and Windsor, living nearer the sources of original information, cannot settle the question, it would hardly be modest in us to assume to do it. Then as to the other point, whether the Windsor Church, removing from Dorchester, removed in an organized capacity — that it votid in Church meet- ing to remove as a Church — and carried with them their Church Records, formally dismissing those left behind, and continuing to keep their Records, as the same Church— more light is required. It is true that, both here and at Cambridge, after the removal of some of the first settlers to Connecticut with their ministers, another organization of the Church was had. For new immigrants had come in, and purchased the houses and lands of those migrat- ing to Connecticut ; and so great was the change of people, that there would be occasion for a re-construction of the Church, whether the people who left went in an organized body, or were organized anew in their new field. We were led to conclude, from what Cotton Mather says, that they did Wganize anew in Connecticut. Speaking of tliose Connecticut transplants, he says, of this and that one, that it " removed and became a Church " m Connec- ticut. Of the emigrants to Windsor he says, " They removed arid became a Cliurch." It was on this authority that we based our former position. But since we have had occasion to -examine the matter more critically we have came to the conclusion that Mather uses a looseness ot expression here ; not 864 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. intending to inform its whether the Church organization was transferred. Otlierwise he would contradict himself ; for in one passage he tells us, that the Dorchester people moved and "became a Church in Windsor, and in' another, that the Church planted in Dorchester was transplanted to Windsor. In one place he tells us that Stone and Hooker went as Colleagues to Hartford; and, in another, that Stone was ordained Teacher of the Church at Hartford. Mather uses such vagueness of speech about the whole matter, that his testi- mony is of little or no value either way. As to the evidence produced by Mr. Hayden, in his very acceptable article, it proves clearly, that another Church was organized at Dorchester. Of this we were well aware ; but the expression, " a large part of the old one being gone to Conn.," would seem to indicate that the Church ilself did not go. The difficulty about all the documents relating to this subject is, that the writers seem to have treated the question, as to the preservation of the origi- nal organization, as a matter of little consequence; while they state the fact of the removal, and so use expressions which maj' be construed either way. This defect appears in Mr, Hayden's extracts from the mutilated Compilation of Records. The writer might have said the things there cited in either case. Still we are not certain that there may not be proofs extant somewhere, which will definitely settle this question ; and if any of our readers know of such proofs, we should be grateful for the communication of them. * * Meanwhile, considering nothing upon these points to be definitely settled, we will, in order to be sure that we tread on no one's toes, for the present modify our position ; and say that the Church in Lynn is the oldest Orthodox Congregational Church in Massachusetts, and the oldest remaining in its position, or place of its planting, of any in the country. No. 4. Page 75. T/ie Preshyterianism of the Earlier Chwrcfies of New England. The Presbyterian Quarterly, for January, 1859, in a review of a recent issue of the German press entitled : " The New England Theocracy — a History of Congregationalism in New England to the Revivals of 1740. By H. F. Uhden, with a preface by the late Dr. Neander," makes the following remarks : As to the constitution of the individual Church in the early history of New England, it was Presbyterian rather than Congregational. This was the case with the mother Church of Leyden, of which Robinson was Pastor, and Brewster a Ruling Elder. They seem to have borrowed their ideas of the proper and Scriptural organization of an individual church, with scarce a modification, from the writings of Calvin. In the French Reformed Church, as is well known, the principles of the Genevese Reformer were more per- fectly and constantly carried out than in Geneva itself, and it is to the French Reformed Churches that the Leyden Church refers as the pattern from which they had drawn. In response to certain honorable members of His Majesty's Privy Council, Robinson and Brewster reply under their own signatures to the effect that "touching the ecclesiastical ministry, namely of pastors for teaching, elders for ruling, and deacons for distributing the Chui-oh contribu- tion, as also for the two sacraments, &c., we do wholly and in all points agree with the French Reformed churches, according to their public confession of faith." They add that some small differences were to be found in their prac- tice, but such only as were "in some accidental circumstances," and "not APPENDIX. 565 at all in tlie substance of the things." Yet in specifying these differences, they .say, " We choose none for governing elders but such as are ' apt to teach.' " '"Their elders are annual, &c,, ours perpetual." "Our elders administer their office publicly, theirs more privately." These are the only matters of difference between themselves and the French Reformed Churches, to which they refer in connection with the form of government or the constitution of the individual church . That this distinction between the pastor and ruling elder was one not merely of name, is obvious froma variety of evidence. After the branch ofthe Leyden Church, which had removed to Plymouth, had remained some years without a pastor, waiting the arrival of Mr. Robinson, Brewster, the ruling elder, and a man eminently " apt to teach," wished to know of Mr. Robinson whether it were permissible for him to administer the Sacraments. The reply of Eobinson: is " Now touching the question propounded by you, I judge it not lawful for you, being a ruling elder (as Rom, xii, 7, 8, and 1 Tim., v, 17), opposed to the elders that teach and exhort and labor in word and doctrine, to which the sacraments are annexed, to administer tliem, nor convenient if it were lawful." Again, in his reply to Bernard, he says, " The contrary to that which you affirm is to be seen of all men in our Confession of Faith, Art. 34, wherein it is held, that 'no sacraments are to be administered until pastors or teachers be ordained to their office,'" Still again he says : "We believe and confess that the eldei-s which Christ hath left in His Church are to govern the same in all things, provided always the nature of ecclesiastical government be not exceeded, according to the laws by Him prescribed, and that the brethren are most straitly bound to obey them," And once more to the same purport, he holds that " the flock, both severally and jointly, is to obey them that have the oversite over them." In accordance with such views the Leyden Church was constituted. They were of course reflected in the Constitution of the Plymouth Church in this country. As to the church in Salem, Hubbard says there is no small evidence that they took their model from the Plymouth Church. To its constitution and covenant reference was often made, Mr. Cotton's charge at Hampton was that they should take advice of them at Plymouth, and Gov. Winslow wrote of others, " they will do nothing without our advice." Baillie says, the settlers did "agree to model themselves after Mr. Robinson's pattern," and Cotton speaks of " the Plymouth Church helping the first comers in their theory, by hearing and discovering their practice at Plymouth. " The only point which we find specified in regard to which the other churches diverged from those of Plymouth, is that " they of Massachusetts choose mere ruling elders — that is, as not necessarily 'apt to teach,'— and gave them authoritative power," It would seem therefore that in the Leyden Church we are to find the recognized model of the early New England churches. The Cambridge Platform (1648) thus recognizes the Presbyterian Constitu- tion of the Church. It says : "Of elders, some attend chiefiy to the minis- try of the Word, as the pastors and teachers ; others attend especially unto rule, who are therefore called ruling elders." Again: "The ruhng elder's office is distinct from the office of pastor and teacher,". His " work is, to join with the pastor in those acts of spiritual rule which are distinct from the ministry of the Word and Sacraments." Among the specified duties, are admission of members ; convening the church ; " preparing matters m pri- vatfi" for "more speedy dispatch," &c. m„tf„^,v. The government of the Church, moreover, is according to the Plattorm, vested in "its Presbytery" of elders. "The Holy Ghost frequently -yea always - where it mentioned Church rule and Church government, ascribeth it to elders." This government of the Church is a mixed Government bnt '"'in respect of the Presbytery and the power committed unto them, it is "Taccordancl with these principles the greater part "f. ^^^^/J J^^^;,^^"^- knd churches were established. In Plymouth Colony the choice was not, as 109 866 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. in Massacbusetts, of mcrernling elders, but of those that were " apt to teach." In New Haven several of tlie principal men — called in Scripture phraseology . " the seven pillars" — constituted an eldership which was the base or nucleus of the Church. " It was the opinion of the principal divines who first set- tled New England and Connecticut," so Trumbull remarks, " that in every church completely organized, there was a pastor, teacher, ruling elder, and deacons. These distinct offices they imagined were clearly taught in these passages ; Rom., xii, 7 ; 1 Cor., xii, 28 ; 1 Tim., v, 17 ; and Eph., iv, 11. From this they argued the duty of all churches, which were able, to be thus furnished. In this manner were the churches of Hartford, Windsor, New Haven, and other towns organized. The churches which were not able to support a pastor and teachers, had their ruling elders and deacons. * * The business of the ruling elder was to assist the pastor in the government of the church. He was particularly set apart to watch over all its members, to prepare and bring forward all cases of discipline," &c. " It was the general opinion that elders ought to lay on hands in ordination, if there were a Presbytery in the church, but if there were not, the church might appoint some other elders or brethren to that service." As late as 1670, upon the organization of the second church in Hartford, one of the main principles of Congregational Church order is stated to be " that the power of guidance, or leading, belongs only to the eldership, and the power of judgment, consent, or privilege, belongs to the fraternity of brethren in full communion." Of the importance of the eldership, Hooker speaks in very emphatic language : ' ' The elders must have a Church within a Church, if they would preserve the peace of the Church." Nor would he allow questions to be discussed before the whole body, till the proper course had been resolved upon in the Presbytery, or session of the elders. In these later days, the Congregational churches seem to be tending toward a return to the custom of the earlier church in this respect. Certain churches in the West have elected ruling elders, and the subject is now commanding much attention in the Congregational denomination {Ed). Page 209. TAe Patent of the Town of Windsor. (State Archives MSS., Towns and Lands. Vol. i, p. 222.) Whereas the Generall Court of Conecticot have formerly granted the pro- prietors Inhabitants of ye towne of Windsore all those lands both upland & meadow, within those abuttments uppon Hartford bounds by yi= great River, where j" fence of their meadmv stood & to run as y" sil fence runns till it meets w'li a red oake tree marked for ye bounds standing within ye neck [of] fence in Thos Butler's land, and from ye uee it runs a westerly line till it meets wth yo brick hill Swamp & then it runs due North half a mile till it comes neere to ye head of ye brick hill Swampe, & from thence westerly till it meets w'li farmington bounds & abutts west on farmington and Symshury bounds & North in ye Commons & it extendeth from Hartford bounds on ye South, North to a tree marked neere y" great River two miles above a brooke known by ye name of Kettle brooke. On y" east side of Conecticot River it abutts on a great elme on ye south side of Podiink River & runs Easterly three miles & then south half a mile & from ye half miles' end it runs East five miles & abutts on ye Commons on ye East from sayd Hartford bounds, ye whole breadth till it extendeth two miles above ye forenamed Kettell brooke, both on ye East & west side of Conecticot River, ye si Lands having been by purchase or otherwise lawfully obtained of ye Indian native proprie- tors. And whereas the proprietors ye fore si^e Inhabitants of Windsor, in the APPENDIX. 867 Colony of Conectioot, have made application to yo Governor k Company of , ye sayd Colony of Conecticot assembled in Court, May 25, 1685, that they may have a pattent for y» confirmation of y» afore si tract of land shall be for ever hereafter deemed, reputed & be an in intire township of it selfe. To have & to hold ys s^e tract of laud & p'^mises wth all & singular their appurtenances, together w"' y" privilege & inmomities & franchises herein given & granted into ye s- Lanckton, Experience, 789. Landers, John, 549. Lane, Emma P., 617. Langdon, 695. Langdon, Charles C, 708. Langton, Maria, 662. Latham, 748. Abigail, 646. Grace, 649. Maria, 666. Lathrop. See Lothrop. Latimer, Abigail, 670. Elihu, 761. Eanny, 553. Levi, 612. Lucretia, 723. Maria, 649. Susan E.,616. Lawrence, Sarah, 737. William, 650. Lay, Temperance, 642. Leaming, 736. •Robert, 736. Jeremiah (Rev.), 736. Leason, Esther, 527. Leavett, Jemima, 838. Lee, Azubah, 769. Hannah, 529. Hepzibah, 772. Olivia, 773. W. D.,717. Leffingwell, Fanny, 635. Leonard, Abner, 732. Caroline, 709. Harmenia, 798. Thankful, 709. Lewis, Electa, 723. Elizabeth, 740. Jemima, 824. Jerusha M., 634. .Joanna, 685. Horatio, 608. Mary, 633. Levett, Hannah, 577. Sarah, 725. LiET, Sarah, 693. Livingston, Jane A., 733. Stephen, 733. Lloyd, Mary, 659. Alice, 826. David, 826. Margaret, 826. Locke, Aaron, 665. LoCKWooD, Joseph, 612. Lord, Artemesia, 730. Hepzibah, 730. Lucretia, 604. Phebe, 771. Marvin, 832. Rhoda, 752. William, 670. LOOMIS, 629, 683, 759. Abby, 659. Abigail, 623, 528, 763. Adams, 818. Agnes, 623. Ann, 623, 629. Anne, 567, 629, 682. Anson, 724. Aralazaman, 629. Damaris, 566, 744. GENEALOGICAL INDEX. 911 LooMis, Daniel, 628 Deborah, 610, 685. Desire, 635. ;"„ Diademia, 751. (I Dorothy, 665, 681. Ebenezer, 691 ^^'^''^"J-ha^'^^'' 658, 666, 642, 637, „, 672 68o, 760, 811. Ellen M., 724. Emeline, 686. Esther, 626. Eunice, 660, 570, 724. Frances, 661. Grace, 685. George, 706. Hannah, 673, 684, 812 835. Hepzibah, 530, 742. Isaac, 591. Isabella, 593. Jacob, 612. Joanna, 561. Joshua, 762. Joseph, 744, 759. Julia A., 762. .; Justus, 792. Keziah, 676, 684. Lester, 612. ■j Lovisa, 659. Lucy, 625. Mary, 529, 550, 563, 579, 681, 621 , 669, 812. Margaret, 764, 818. Martha, 544. • Matthew, 624. Melinda, 750. Melissa, 569. Mindwell, 558, 676. Miriam, 685. Moses, 627. Nancy, 613, 683. Oliver, 836. ;; Phebe, 711. Rebecca, 681, 706, 763. Eedexalena, 649. Reuben, 610, 706. Ruth, 532, 671, 629, 667, 704. ■ ■ Rhoda, 556. Sarah, 539, 642, 580, 653, 601, V'. 724. Simeon, 706. '. Susan, 836. Sybil, 683. Thomas, 812, 823. Tirzah, 655, 792. • Tryphena, 667. Uriah, 829. Ursula, 836. Watson, 629. ■William, 707. LoEiNG, Elizabeth, 759. Abigail, 807. loiHBOP, Ann R., 762. Benjamin, 807. Mary, 663. Mehitable, 808. Susanna, 747. lovEjoY, Dolly, 6<'3. Ludlow, 803. Roger, 778, 720. Lull, Sarah, 748. LusK, Laura, 836. Lymah, 634. Elisha, 789. Lora, 733. Lathan, 550. Phebe, 838. Rhoda, 666. Sarah, 733. Lyons, Louise G., 674. Mack, Elisha H., 615. Elizabeth, 698. f,,'; . . Malloey, Sally, 679, 666. Manly, Polly, 612. Mercy, 608. Manning, John, 612. Mansfield, Ebenezer, 791. Jesse, 789. John, 738. Richard, 789. Sarah, 740. Makele, Clarissa L., 516. Margaret, 719. Polly, 719. Sally, 686. Makcy, Hadlock, 787. Markham, Lucy, 519, 620. Marsh, Abigail, 627. Edward, 596. James, 657. John (Rev.), 762, 781. Kate, 549. Lydia, 685. Margaret, 762. Mary, 820. Marshall, 816, 838. • Almeda, 772. Abigail, 639. Candace, 771. David, 726. Elizabeth, 526, 624. Edward, 659. Eunice, 60S. Hannah, 696. Harriett, 561. Laura, 613. Lucy Ann, 744. Naomi, 726. Mary, 824. Thomas, 683. Makshfield, Abigail, 825. Sarah, 565. Martin, 535. Maetyn, William F., 761. Maskell, Bethia, 823. Mason, Capt., 803. Elizabeth 620. Izrell, 541, 822. Morris, 674. Priscilla, 619. Mather, 818, Abigail, 832, Anna, 604. Atherton, 807, Cynthia, 524. 912 GENEALOGICAL INDEX. Mathek, Dorothy, 724. Elialdni, 724. Elizabeth, 624, 819. Hannah, 521. Huldah, 752. Jerusha, 521. John, 721. Laura, 651. Mary, 546, 666. Nathaniel (Col.), 610. Naomi, 554. ■ Richard, 783. Zachariah, 625. Samuel, 562, 635, 772. Sarah W., 570. Matthewson, Esther, 547. Mattock, 658. Makvin, Mary, 614. Ralph D., 660. Sarah, 771. Maudsley. See Mosely. May, Betty S., 730. Sarah, 577. MoCall, Delight, 535. McCarty, Stewart, 657. Mary, 639. McCldbe, Almira, 604. Abigail, 817. David, 833. Rachel, 833. McCeay, Edward (Dr.), 556. McDahiels, Fanny M., 674. McDukvey, 603. McKlvaike, Caroline M., 650. McEwEN, Robert (Dea.), 765. Sarah, 765. MoGokegal, Ira, 660. McGeegoky, 556. . McIntosh, Clark, 555. Robert, 556. McKinney, Charles, 622. Susannah, 750. McLean, Betsy, 677. Hannah, 759. McMarron, Elizabeth, 814. McMastee, John, 649. McNeil, Belinda, 548. McThompson, John, 520. Meach, Polly, 550. Meacham, Jemima, 787. Julius, 796. Mead, Samuel, 658. Solomon, 656. Meeand, Lucretia, 686. Merrick, Porter, 656. Meeeill, 696. Hannah, 646. Susannah, 646. Mereiman, Sarah, 529. Meeeitt, Lydia S., 691. Metcalp, William, 588. Miller, 591. Cyrus, 530. Ebenezer, 544. Eli, 611. David, 707. Plorilla, 661. Miller, F. M., 595. Hector, 612. Ira, 594. James, 570. Jeremiah, 736. Mary, 752. William H., 835. MiLLIHGTOK, Abla, 611. Mills, 702. Elijah, 655. Elizabeth, 668, 695. Eleanor, 551. Esther, 591. Hannah, 684. Jane, 724. Joanna, 523. John, 739. Julia Ann, 672. Laura, 677. Lucy, 604, 615. Martha, 631. Susannah, 666. MiKOR, Grace, 636. Rebecca, 636. Mitchell, Lucinda, 805. MiTCHELSON, Elizabeth, 649. John, 749. Rispah, 774. Mix, Daniel, 762. MoHON, Jeffry, 762. Moore, Abigail, 541, 822. Ann, 686. Catherine, 531. Chloe, 648. Clark, 747. Deborah, 584, 741. Edward, 812. Elizabeth, 622, 678. Elisha, 706. Esther, 651, 654. Fanny, 574. Grace 591 Hannah, 583, 610, 707, 773. Jofia, 629. Julia, 616. Kezia, 686. Lois, 669. Lorania, 574. Lydia C, 742. Mary A., 554, 741. Martiia, 584. Margaret 0., 762. Melinda, 798. Mindwell, 541. Miriam, 674. Olive, 772. Phebe, 776. Ruma, 682. Ruth W., 570. Sarali, 592, 747. Thomas, 629, 641. MoEGAif, John, 548. Julius, 548. Prisoilla, 647. William, 708. MoEEELL, Alvah, 666. MOREY, 550'. GENEALOGICAL INDEX. 913 MoEET, Jonathan, 534 MOKRISON, Polly, 803 ' John, 836. Elizabeth, 836. Morse, Gushing B., 717 §36 Justus, 816. ' MoBTOir, 649. Ann, 611. Elizabeth, 605. Emeline, 636. Esther, 794. Joanna, 527. Nathaniel, 781. Sarah, 534, 684. MoSEliY, Abner (Capt)., 757. Abigail, 757. Esther, 793. Mary, 603, 740. William, 833. Moses, Mary, 608. Martha, 576. Martin, 652. Mindwell, 814. MoTT, Harriett, 543. (May) 716. MOHLTON, 759. MowHY, 675. MuiiGE, Abigail, 740. ; Sarah, 734. MtTMFORD, Mary, 836. Jane M., 773. MuNU, David, 800. SamUcI, 804. , MnNSELL, Alpheus, 654. Cynthia, 837. Desire, 764. Elisha, 812. Gurdon, 78 i. Hannah, 653. Hezikiah, 548. Irene, 639, Lydia, 553. Miriam, 781. Silas, 555. Thomas, 603. Wid. 561. McNSON, Basil, 786. MuEDOCK, John, 771. : Mdephy, Prudence, 570. ij Mtgatt, Ralph, 612. Mtnde, John, 825. Nakeamoee, Joshua, 791. Nash, Stedlman, 557. i Neal, Abigail, 785. ^ Chloe, 837. Hearing, Guy, 660. Nelson, 612, 794. Catherine, 782. John, 554. Louise, 807. Philip, 782. ; Sarah, 795. ,' Nettleton, 759. Newberry, A^bigail, 670. Ann, 630. Anne, 707. i, Benjamin, 521. 115 Newberry, Dyer, 813. Elizabeth, 808, 545, 772. Eunice, 773. Fanny, 772. .John S. (Dr,) 620. Julia A., 616. Lucius, 613, 840. Hannah, 829. Margaret, 810. Mary, 569, 703, 832. Roger, 831. Ruth, 685. Sally, 676, 701. Sally Maria, 571. Sarah, 569, 828. Susan A., 824. Thomas, 828. Newell, Cromwell, 708. Elizabeth, 812. Nathaniel, 639. Sarah Augustus, 806. Newton, Hannah, 739. Jane, 516. Mary, 557. Nicholas, Mary, 645. Hannah, 836. Nichols, Sarah, 805. NiLES, 796. John M., 834. Lucadia, 697. Moses, 696. R., 648. Noble, Alman, 633. Elizabeth B., 533. Diantlia, 783. Molly, 790. North, Enos (Capt.), 749. John H., 626. Jonathan, 549, 829. Norton, Abigail, 642. Eli.jah, 781. Julia Ann, 718. George, jr., 781. Mary, 762. NoYES, Elizabeth, 772. Nye, Elizabeth, 686. Ogden, Prances, 590. Rhoda, 590. Olcott, 702. Benoni, 829. Eunice, 550. James, 643. Old, Abel, 788. OldAge, Ann, 728. Olds, Betty, 801. Oliver, 600. Olmsted, Ashbel, 724, Daniel, 752. Joseph, 832. Mabel, 812. Naomi, 832. Owen P., 551. Stephen, 830. OSEOEN, 591. Abigail, 558, 729. Benjamin B., 805. Elizabeth, 531, 542, 776. 914 GENEALOGICAL INDEX. OsBOBN, Hannah, 736, 821. Henry, 657. Israel, 656, 785. John, 780. Joseph, 783. JnliaR., 651. Laura, 605. Mary, 686,731,772. Marie, 775. Martha, 678, 787. Nelson S., 556. Samuel, 591. Sally, 806. Sarah, 637, 631. Tryphena, 556. Otis, Ami, 536. Desire, 534. James, 751. Mary Ann, 636. OwEK, Abigail, 670. E., 656. Elizabeth, 813. Eunice, 782. George, 749. G. C, 749. Hannah, 560. Jane, 622, Maria, 740. Mary, 782. Rebecca, 516, 62& Samuel, 781. Samuel,. Jr., 782. Sarah, 633, 740. Packard, Charles, 656. Paddock, Salome, 839, Paine, Cynthia, 717, David, 772. Nancy, 520. Palmer, 663. Amy, 630. Deborah, 576, Eldad, 788. Eli, 629. Hannah, 635, 667. Joel, 655. Mary, 660, 668, 824. Sarah, 731. Stephen, 528. Zulima, 708. Parker, Bement, 782. Elijah, 781. Hannah, 736. Harriet, 670. Lucy, 576. Mary, 653. Miriam, 524. Pakkes, Hannah, 736. Parmalee, Catherine M., 799, Sarah, 654. Parsons, 750, 834. Abigail, 655. Bathia, 698. Bethia, 698. Benjamin, 817. Clemina, 630. Elihu, 590. Joseph, 809. Paksons, Huldah, 624. George, 533. Mary Ann, 679. (Gen.), 842. Margaret, 606, 783. Miriam, 519, 524. Rachel, 697. Ruth, 707. Thomas, 655, 780. Pasco, Fluvia, 744. Hannah, 712. Jonathan, 619. Rachel, 752. Patchiit, Pomely, 761. PATRmcE, John, 620. Hannah, 596. Harper, 652. Patterson, Elizabeth, 750, 752. John A., 806. "William, 648. Payne, Lorinda, 596. Ruel, 549. Peaece, Sarah, 747. Thomas, 746. Pearl, Solomon, 713. Pease, Abigail, 518. John C, 725, 727. Lorice, 817. Lorrain T., 697. Mary, 531. Olive, 817. Simeon, 519. Triphena, 686. Walter, 649. Peck, Anna, 549. Aunis, 657. Dinah, 821. Frederic, 820. Harriet, 813. Joseph, 784. Leak, 545. Sophia, 820. Pell, Margaret, 728. Pelton, Charlotte, 737. Pengry, Ann, 677. Perkins, 645, 768. Betsey, 752. Henrietta, 650. John, 750. Royal, 793. Perkih, Ruth, 748. Perky, 800. Joseph (Rev.), 831,842. Oliver H., 727. Luna, 796. Pettibone, Abigail, 740. Asa, 603. John, 590, 749. Lydia, 625. Sarah, 740. Susannah, 749. Phelps, 628, 664, 675, 720, 644. Abigail, 647, 693, 685, 706, Abraham, 746, 760. Agnes, 611. Alexander, 607. Ann, 754, GENEALOGICAL INDEX. 915 Phelps, Anne, 754. Asa, 793. Caleb, 706. Calvin, 793. Cleopatra, 660. Charlotte, 524. Damarls, 814. Daniel, 707. Daniel B., 838. Ebenezer, 591. Eliea D., 587. Elizabeth, 531, 551, 750. Esther, 608, Eunice, 613, 741. Fidelia, 570. Frances, 527. George, 647, 746, 760. Hannah, 607, 681, 707, 730, 741, 750, 781. Isaac, 760. I. N., 659. Israel, 819. John, 747. Joseph, 769. Levi, 750. Lois, 656. Lydia, 628. Lucy, 655. Lucy Jane, 608. Mary, 528, 558, 604, 642, 665, 668, Martha, 665. Mindwell, 644, 668. Miriam, 666. Naomi, 594. N., 713. Oliver, 629. Eachel, 555. Rebecca C, 613. Ruth, 566, 628, 731. Ruth Ann, 524. Roswell, 520. Roger, 530, 610. Sarah, 523, 747, 693, 691. Sabra, 749. Samuel, 607, 640, 746. Solomon, 530. Susan, 749. Timothy, 629, 640. William, 528, 653, 746. ianiips, 658. : . Hubbard, 622. Lorina, 704. Thomas, 784. PlBSCE, Anna, 548. • L.,603. ' Tirza, 550. Olive, 805. PiESPONT, Esther, 794. John, 789. Lois, 794. Sarah, 589. PffiESON, Julia A., 524. Lydia, 579. PmiTET, 702, 759. Aaron, 783. Abigail, 516, 829. Allen, 750. PiNNEY, Amoret, 650. Clitus, 750. Chloe, 749, 840. Ellen H., 752. Erastus, 752. Elizabeth, 742. Erances, 808. George, 749. Hnldah, 605, 648, 838. HoUester, 773. Humphrey, 738. .Isaac, 569. Jerusha, 607, 742. Lorren, 556. Lydia, 533. Mary, 516, 648, 733, 740, 762. Nathaniel, 640, 738, 752. Philo, 650. Samuel, 541. Sarah, 636 738, 786. FiTKiH, George (Col.), 714. Mary, 578. Annie, 819. Placknek, George, 750. Plakk, Melissa, 807. Platte, Jennette, 548. Pldme, 703. PoALK, Sarah, 719. Pollock, Thomas, 590. POMEEOT, 648. Charles, 603. Hannah, 626. Phebe, 622. Pond, Burton, 629. PoNDEK, Mary, 528. Sarah, 572. PooLE, Bethsaida, 609. PORTEB, 803. Ann, 624, 817. Daniel (Dr)., 523. Eleazur, 690. Elijah, 752. Eliza, 708. Enoch, 676. Eunice, 685. Hannah, 680, 836. Harriet, 557. Hezekiah, 563. Israel, 769. J., 624. Joanna, 704, 812. James P., 676. Joseph, 663. Lucina, 808. Mary, 664, 590, 636, 661, 680, 740, 838. Martha, 837. Nathaniel, 563, 816. Rebecca, 679. Ruth, 679, 724. Sarah, 684, 664, 824. Post, 549. Hannah, 528. PoTTEE, Sally, 796. PoTWiNE, 568, 671, 757. Damaris, 551. Elizabeth, 553. 916 GBNlEALOGICAL INDEX. PoTWiNE, Eunice, *il9. Thomas, 788. Mary, 625. PowEKS, Mary Ann, 616. Pkatt, 760. Hannah, 569, Hepzibah, 764. Jane, 726. Jane H., 727. .lohn, 747. Noah, 556. Eulh, 734. Saiah, 739. William, 747 Pkestok, Pamelia, 626. Esther, 805. Pkioe, Walter, 828, Pkior, Ellen, 808. Elisha, 791. Hannah, 538. Roxa, 657. Sarah, 819. Martha, 830. William, 830, Pbosser, James L., 723. Levi, 705. Pkoddfit, Hannah, 806. Putnam, (Capt.) John, 766. Elizabeth, 756. Randell, William, 570. Phillury, 746. Philip, 740. Rankin, Cynthia, 579. Ransom, J. F.,622. Sally, 658. Ray, Annette C, 652. Raymond, Anna, 573. Raynsfoed, Abigail, 759. Richard, 759. Reading, 649. Read, Anna, 568. Reed, Abner L., 817. Ebenezer, 621. Hannah, 765. Jane Ann Maria, 561. Joanna, 573. Julia, 820. Sarah, 656. Silas, 747. Victor, 674. Reid, Mary Ann, 718. Reynolds, Roxy L., 561. Eexfoed, Sophia, 796. Rhodes, Sarah Anne, 751. Rice, Josiah, 661. Richards, Amos, 608. Eli, 611. Mary, 607, 608, 832. RiOHAKDSON, Amos, 786. Hamilton, 697. Lois, 735. Sarah E., 524. Rickek, Isaac, 842. Lydia, 842. Rider, Samuel, 534. RiDGELEY, 842. RiDOCT, Hiram, 613. RiDOUT, Mahala, 613. RiGHTER, John, 801. Riley, Chloe, 631, 570. Maria, 660. RiNDGE, Joseph, 751. Ripley, Alethea, 535. Rising, Easton R., 783. Orestus, 625. Risley, Levi A., 622. RoATH, James, 806. Roberts, Catherine, 667. E. Seymour, 761. Elihu, 713. Hannah, 612. Harriet L., 795. James, 610, 709. Lauranna, 629. Lester, Augustus, 650. Lucy, 619. Mary, 814. Mary Jane, 705. Ruth, 649. RoBBiNS, Mary, 708. Robertson, Bonner, 650. .'\bigail, 838. Robinson, Alethea, 787. Carohue, 761. John, 644. John C, 697. Lewis, 725. Maria A., 667. Nancy, 549, Sarah, 725. William, 725, 832. Rochester, 803. Rockwell, Abigail, 775. Charles, 656, 832. Elijah, 639. Elizabeth, 607, 637. Ephraim, 707. Prank, 613. Harriet, 617. Hepzibah, 626. Isaac, 712. Jane, 526. Job, 654. John, 779. Lucy, 703. Mary, 680, 774, 818. Martha, 788. Rachel, 575. Sarah, 624, 699. Susannah, 635. Waitstill, 769. Roe, Azel Stephen, 535. Rogers, 615. Caroline, 799. Elizabeth, 804. Emma, 615. Lucy, 834. Rood, Abigail, 555. RoosE, Joseph, 811. Root, Annah, 519. Ann, 530. Experience, 790. John, 790. Rose, Harriet, 723. GENEALOGICAL INDEX. 917 I Boss, Hannah, 800 r Lucinda, 823. Willard, 613 EOSSITER, 803. ^ EOWELL, 629. Klizabeth, 707. Roger, 707. '. Rowland, 733, 834. Alethiua, 630. Alvy, 630. ■ Elizabeth N., 773. Eunice, 677. Rowley, Caty, 612. t Jerasha, 612. Rfger, Cornelia M., 697. EuMEiLL, Sarah, 784. Russell, Enieline E., 377. Jonathan, 657. ; ' James, 828. i RuTY, Rebecca, 645. SiBiN, Mercy, 590. y Sackett, AtJigail, 643. I John, 779. ■ Sabd, Abigail, 717. Laura, 676. Sase, Abner, 603. Sn., 516. William A., 752. Saltonstall, 779, 803, 813. • Sanders, Deborah, 595. Elizabeth, 826. Peggy, 531. Thomas, 826. ^ASDFOKD, Mary, 80'. ^ANPORD, Garwood, 648. 'Sargent, John, 726, 724, 754, 792. Margaret, 659. Savage, .James, 778. . Baxton, Hannali, 740. Sayre, Elsa, 803. Scott, Elizabeth, 678. M Rachael, 561. IfScEiPTER, John, 718. Seaman. Julia F., 615. Searl, Ruth, 634. ; Sears, Simeon B., 761. feSEAvEK, Aageline; 643. " Sedgwick, Catharine T., 516. Seelye, Samuel J. (Rev.), 626. Patty, 806. Selover, 807. Sessions, George, 617. Severance, Moses, 537. Seveey, Sarah D., 613. Seward, Mary H., 585. Seymodr, Elizabeth, 673. Rachel, 723. ■; • Sarah J., 613. . Sexton, Charles (Dea.), 535. Chauncey G., 551. Sbadrock, Hannah, 591. Shapee, 596. Shaler, Sarah, 618. SjAPLEY, John, 536. :iSHARP(Rev. Mr.), 800. ' S&AW, Mary, 730. k' Martin, 793. Shaw, Margaret, 620. Noah, 793. William, 735. Sheldon, Apphia, 682. E. A., 793. Eliza, 683. Sarah, 766. Rachel, 576. Shelton, Frances M., 806. Janette A., 806. Shengaed, Emma, 801. Shepard, ATVtaoda, 799. George, 79i3?"-- Francis W., 551. Hannah, 648. Jane, 796. Laura M., 799. Sherman, 599. Sherwood, Elizabeth, 803. Joseph, 593. Ruth, 665. Sally, 543. Shethae, Samuel, 800. Shdetleff, Susannah, 643. Luke, 796. SiDDALL, Sarah, 772. Sidney, Marvin, 630. Sill, Elisha (Dr.), 523. Anna A., 735. Emily, 517. Julia, 702. Lucy, 725. Simmons, Abel (M. D.), 724. Eunice W., 685. Martha, 620. Sims, Catherine, 772. Skinner, 773. Anna, 681,763,811. Abigail, 574, 675. Aurelia, 677. Clarissa B., 756. Cloenda, 756. Daniel, 766. Editha, 557. Elizabeth, 636. Eunice, 586. Fidelia, 669. Hannah, 585. Hiram, 791. Isaac, 706. J., 637. Jemima, 545. Mary, 816, 838. MarillaM., 794. Newton (Rev.), 833. Samuel (Dr.), 833. Eoxy, 797. Sarah, 767. Slade, Mary, 681. SlAtee, Jane P., 724. Royal, 718. Smith, 775, 568, 750, 672, 656. Abigail, 773, 643. Anna, 649. Amelia, 649. Augustus, 192. Benjamin, 643. 918 GENEALOGICAL INDEX. Smith, Catherine, 798. Chivrlotte, 630. Clarissa. ti61. G. C, 661. Charity, 792. Eliza 6., 648. Elisha, 556. Esther, 645. George, 805. Hannah, 521. .John, 762. Keturah, 708. Lyman J., 649. Mary, 816. Nelson, 798. Nettie, 674. Oliver, 816. Philip, 786, Phila, 551. Prudence, 649, 719. Rebecca, 656. Russell, 748. Sarah, 704. Samuel, 701. Timothy, 549, 712, 713. William, 649. Sneed, Eliza T. D. Z. N., 717. Snydee, Margaret, 705. SOMEKBY, H. Gr., 826. SOPEK, Harriett, 668, 661. John, 706. Merrit, 750. Rachel, 547. iSoUTHMAYD, William, 521. Southwell, Phineas, 787. Spapfokd, 593. Sparhawk, Jonathan (Dr.), 766. Speake, William, 745. Speak, Anna, 793. Spelman, Electa, 826. Spencer, 629. Anthony, 534. Agnes, 588. Daniel, 781. Harry, 708. Lucretia, 646. Sarah, 566. Thomas, 762. StjDiKES, Chloe, 717. Sophia, 668. Thiiddeus, 656. Standeuwicke, 746. Standford, Mary, 824. Standlipf (Dr.), 147. Stanley, 811. Ann, 638. Hannah, 753. Margaret, 565. Nathaniel, 555. Sarah, 624. Sidney, 838. Starks, Charles T,, 549. Ebunezer, 713. Starr, Anna, 703. Wid., 648. Stebbins, 595. Mary, 624. Stebbins, Persis, 625. Samuel (Rev.), 647. Stedman, Martha, 686. Violet, 767* Steele, Jerusha, 704. Elisha, 832. James, 818, 834. Mary, 835. Saralij 818. Stephens, Betsy, 596. Esthei-, 626. Honora, 628. Sophia, 797. Steeason, Priscilla, 774. Sterlins, Keziah, 773. Sterns, Martha, 695. Stetson, Bela, 560. Stevens, Jerusha, 642. Esther, 832. Stewart, Louise B., 637. Polly, 596. John, 779. Stiert, Elizabeth, 719. Stiles, 776. Amelia, 821. Anna, 647. Asahel (Capt.), 568. Catharine, 752. Charlotte S., 793. Elizabeth, 578. Hannah, 654. Lucy, 712. Martha, 729. Margaret, 757. Mary, 691. Ruth, 812. Sarah, 527, 729. Samuel, 759. Tryphena, 676. Stillwell, Roger, 732. Stockbridgb, Jason, 777. Stocking, Sophronia, 617. Stoddard, 818. Esther, 588. Moses, 604. Stone, 657. Heber (Col.), 644. Maria N., 564. Rebecca, 719 Samuel (Rev.), 719. - STORRS(Rev.), 716. Story, Margaret, 666. STonanTON,'629, 807. Abigail, 706. Abi'ah, 623, Alice, 665. Ann 604, 609. Clarissa, 686. * Cynthia, 823. Chloe, 566. Dorothy, 548. Elizabeth, 626, 676, 691, 833. Pitch, 639. Hannah, 602. Jerusha, 724. Julia, 762. John, 541. GENEALOGICAL INDEX. 919 Stoughton, Lemiiel, 556, 713, 602. Lydia, 708. Lucy, 720. Lucy W., 604. Rachel, 811. Maria, 540. Maiia A., 540. Mary, 522, 608. Martha, 81 1; Nath.iniel, 600. Olive, 549. Rebecca, 701. Samuel, 830. Sarah, 545. Sybil, 724. Timothy, 811. William, 830. Stout, Kezia, 796. Strickland, Elizabeth, 808. Stkong, 724. Abel, 707. Abigail, 564, 567, 600, 705. Caleb (Gov.), 809. Charlotte, 772. Damaris, 706. Daniel, 634. ■ Davifl (Dea.), 740. Elizabeth, 564, 587. Eleanor, 810. Esther, 542. Experience, 609. Hannab, 568. .John, 708, 831. Margaret, 776. Mary, 544. Return, 724. Siimuel, 562. Sarah, 542. Tabitha, 677. William, 813. Stucket, George, 817. ISt[jrges, Lewis Burr, 788. SwA.\, Harriett R,, 761. SwAKD, George S., 674. Sweet, Arabella L., 820. Sweeter, 702. swetland, 539. Tailer, Ruth, 737. . Taintor, 812. Charles M., 812. Elizabeth, 706. Jason, 639. Joanna, 633. Mary, 706. Michael, 678. Talcott, Charles H., 651. Daniel, 706. • Dorothy, 807. Eunice, 651. Helena, 543. Jared L., 551. John, 807. ■Terusha, 761. Mary, 588. Sarah, 685, 590. Tallmadge, Elisha, 813. Emily, 550. Tarbox, Octavia C, 533. Taylor, 597, 658, 812. (Rev.) Mr.. 619. Abigail, 603, 734. Alouzo; 783. Bancroft, 797. Elijah, 761. Elizabeth, 677, 781. Jerusha, 674. Joanna, 542, 816. Kezia, 712, 785. Lucretia, 658. Nathaniel, 541,784. Martha, 699. Sarah, 776, 781. Stephen, 550. Susan, 526. Temple, 783. Tereil, Smith, 794. Terry. 841. Eliphalet, 819. Emily, 531. Mary, 634. Nathaniel (Col.), 713. Owen, 658. William, 803. Thayer, Roxanna H., 799. Thomas, 685. Zebina (Dea.), 791. Harriet, 659. Peleg, 535. Thompson, Alexander, 716. Anna, 552, 602. Chloe, 545. Elizabeth, 551, 553. Elsie, 604. E., 752. George, 751. James, 759. Jared, 658. John Terry, 556. Lott, 631. Mabel, 709, 710. Martha, 624. Matthew, 519. Mary, 548. Mila, 650. Orrin, 795. S-ibra, 524. Zebulon, 759. Thoep, Harriet, 794. Tirzah, 617. Thrall, Abigail, 629, 654, 810. Betsy Gillet, 761. Charity, 517. David, 529. Elizabeth, 574, 703, 732, Hannah, 814. John, 732. Martha, 747. Mehitable, 570. Mindwell, 691. Phillury, 667. Timothy, 747. William, 747. Oliver, 841. Rebecca, 841, 920 GENEALOGICAL INDEX. TiBBALS, 800. TiCHENOR, Nelly, 801. Tiffany, Zeriah, 748. TiLFORD, Huldah, 545. ToBEY, Sally, 798. Todd, Emily, 794. ToMLissoN, Bathsheba, 804. Topping, 761. TousLEY, Maria, 626. Town.s, Peter, 793. Tracy, Aval, 619. Jonathan, 640. Traharen, Elsie, 751. Treadway, Hannah, 774. Seth, 630. Treat, 593. Elizabeth, 828. Hannah, 700. Isaac, 801. Mary, 829. Samuel, 830, 832, 834. Trotter, Agnes D., 840. Trowbridge, Sarah, 805. Trdmbdll, 803, 838. Amm, 819. Anna, 656. J. H., 720. Hannah, 810. Mary, 600, 603, 655. Sabi-a, 547. Sarah, 670. Tryon, 549. H. G., 579, Ruth, 709. Tucker, M., 580. Gideon, 733. Lucy, 550. Tddob, Abby, 760. JElizabeth, 695. Owen, 754. fihoda, 643, Samuel, 819. Sarah, 754. Toller, Elijah,' 607. Tueberfield, John, 746. Turner, A, M., 615, (Gapt.), 736. Tuteill, Elizabeth, 588. Moses (Rev.), 589. Tuttle, Alfred, 708. Ashbel, 795, John, 789. Leverett, 629. TwiTCHELL, Corinthia, 615. Lambert, 773. Tyford, Margaret, 800. Tyler Sarah, 564. Bethia, 818. Tyng, Steplien H. (Rev.), 649. Usher, George F., 649. Vail (Dr.) Charles, 549. Van Horn, Benjamin, 783. Margaret, 764. RueJ, 791. Van Schaick, Sarah M., 662. Van Wagner, W,,773, Van Winkle, Stephen D,, 761. Vedek, Emily, 536. Veits, Benjamm, 672. Catharine, 669, Eunice, 647. John, 607, Verstelle, Peter, 737, Vibbert, Nancy, 670, Vincent, 801. VoN Wort, Catharine, 660. Vore, Abigail, 562. Lydia, 572. Mary, 517, Wade, Rebecca, 731, Wadhams, Beebe, 595, Wadswokth, Cord^lia, 757, ' David D., 757. Elizabeth, 813. Jerusha, 734. Gordon, 649. Wi'liam, 807, 813. James, 833. Wagnek, 801. Wainwright, D., 658. Lucy, 613, Wakefield, Martha, 562, Mary, 580,: Wakeman, Elizabeth, 810. Waldo, 759. Wales, Nathaniel, 550, 670. Walker, 594. Wallace, C, 796. Timothy, 788, Mariette, 724. Walter, Theodosia P., 662. Ward, James, 762. Sally, 813, Sarah, 774. Mary H., 697. Warden, Daniel, 793. Wakham, Abigail, 521. Esther, 700. Elizabeth, 586. Mary, 636. (Mrs,), 718. Sarah, 800, John (Rev,), 718, 817, 827. Warner, 731, Abigail, 685. Bathia, 636. Betsy Ann, 783. Julia, 663. Lucretia, 647, Ruth, 543, Rosamond, 683. Sarah, 540, 634, 791. Warren, DbIos, 650. Eunice, 803, Mary, 534, Wareiner, Elizabeth, 809. Washburn, Hop», 803, Riifus A,, 835, Waterman, Elizabeth, 534. Watkins, Sarah, 549. Anna, 674, Wattles, Mary, 543. Dolly B., 570. John, 666. GENEALOGICAL INDEX. 921 Watrous, Susan, 772 Watson, B54. Abigail, 729. I Ann, 523, 670. I David, 707. I Jedediah, 669. Julia, 551. Hannah, 539, 544 Mary, 817, 821. I- Robert, 762 Ruth, 771. t Sally, 558. I Sara A., 630, 819. I Timothy, 549. I Watts, William, 745. I Wat, Abiatha, 548. I Webb, 629. I Experience, 790. I Elizabeth, 732. * Hannah, 648. Hezekiah, 732. Judith, 565. Webber, John D., 548. Webster, 803. Ashbel, 549. Cyrus, 792. » Elizabeth, 637. I James, 611. I Harriet, 799. I Seth, 792. IWeeks, Elizabeth, 700. Welch, Mary Ann, 562. > William, 791. IWells, Anne, 707. Betsy, 759. Elizabeth, 519. Flora, 734. Hezekiah, 656. J., 637. t? James H., 657. b Joel, 656. I Lucy, 617. i Noah, 706. i Ruth, 782. Russell, 761. t Samuel (Capt.), 599. Sybil, 730. Thomas, 563, 804. William, 796. ,West, Hannah, 587. Julia, 550. Western, Laura, 751. - Westland, Lydia, 574. Mercy, 560. Olive, 516. Westlin, Candace, 660. WESTo:f, Almira, 677. Keziah, 573. Wetmoke, 654. Louisa, 630. Olive, 655. I Seth, 589. BWhaples, Nathan, 591. Wheaton, 650. Wheelek, John, 804. Ruth, 804, 817. Thomas, 804. 116 Whipple, Joseph, 752. White, Abigail, 675. Anna, 759. Betty, 550. Daniel (Capt.), 641. Esther, 699, 774. Elizabeth, 615, 679. Elizabeth, 615, 679. Jemima, 680. John (Capt.), 778. Sarah, 643, 678. Stanly, 789. Whitfield, Abigail, 619. Whiting, 803. Margaret, 691. Whitney, Almira, 672. Elkanah (Rev.), 803. Whittlesey, William, 620. Melzar, 8061. WiCKHAM, Heart, 550. WiOKS, John, 782. WiDGER, Desire, 718. Wight, 592. Sarah, 642. Eunice, 650. WiLBEE, 595. Lebbeus, 674. Wilcox, Betsy, 750. Caroline, 661. Cynthia, 660. Otis, 604. WiLCOxsoN, Elizabeth, 780. Hannah, 653. Wilder, Rachel, 783. Wilkinson, George, 594. Williams, 597, 755. Abigail, 641. Charlotte, 652 . ElishaK.,760. Hannah, 526. Henry, 796. Huldah, 657. John, 700. Mary E., 663. Thomas, 654, 831. Jane, 710. Naomi, 531. Sally, 836. WiLLiNGTON, Joahebah, 572. Willis, 803. Henry, 650. Hepzibah, 586. Wills (Col.), 842. Wilson, Abigail, 516, 560. Ann, 821. Eliza, 672. Darius, 630. Duthan, 708. Hannah, 577, 685. Henry, 723. Laura, 657, Mary, 6l0, 693. Olivia C, 568. Robert, 782. Winchell, Cornelia, 617. Daniel, 644. Hannah, 673. 922 GENEALOGICAL INDEX. WiNCHELL, Mary, 628, 665, 592. Martha, 665. Maria, 617. Sarah, 739. Silence, 547, 568. David, 840. Wing, Nellie J,, 783. Sylvanus, 723. Winn, Margaret, 537. WiNSHiP, Henry, 751. WiNSLOW, 708. Wise, Elizabeth, 700. Wizard, Lois, 578. WOLCOT, 547. Abiel, 816. Abigail, 765, 808. Ann, 527. Benjamin, 747. Christopher, 630. Chloe, 627. Elizabeth, 522, 574, 724. Erastas, 724, 829. Frances, 652. Guy, 549. Hannah, 581, 681. Henry, 519, 720, 817. Hepzibali, 811. Hopeful, 587. James, 712. Jane, 561. Jane, Catherine, 769. Jerusha, 551. Josiah, 823. John, 724. Julia, 775. Mary, 583, 698, 727. Maria, 616, 522. Marah, 634. Martha, 569, 808. Nathaniel, 549. Peter, 647. WoLOOT, Rachel, 683. Redexalena, 682. Roger, 684, 724. Sarah, 646, 667, 759. Simon (Capt.), 714. Tryphena, 523. Wood, Abigail, 530. Chloe, 682. Parnal, 623. Deborah, 782. Sarah ¥., 790. Sophia, 755. WooDBKiDGE, Haynes, 644i Mary, 553, 709. WooDcocKE, John, 813. Woodford, Hannah, 518. Ruth, 761. Woodman, Sylvester, 603. Woodruff, Caroline, 674. James, 706. Sarah, 550. Woodward, Mary, 630. Park, 594. Sarah A,, 797. Sophronia, 734. WooDWoBTH, Benjamin, 747. WoRAHonsE, 651. Works, Elizabeth, 718. WoRTHiNGTON, Daniel, 679. Wright, 596. Asaph, 701. Clarissa, 554. Eunice L., 752. Jonathan, 545. Mehitable, 642. Rachel, 667. Silas, 727. Wyilys, Ruth, 785. Yeomans, Daniel, 792. Sarah, 763. Young, Dorcas, 658.