(n {OH- CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FROM .H. Smith UATE DUE FEB 2? 1952 FEB 5- 19S4ffV Acy'. iji^}^- o 7 Cornell University Library F 104M8 B16 History of Montville, Connecticut, forme oiin 3 1924 028 842 684 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/cu31924028842684 HISTORY Montville, Connecticut FORMERLY THE NORTH PARISH OF NEW LONDON FROM 1640 to 1896 COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY HENRY A. BAKER HARTFORD, CONN. Ipress of Ube Case, l.oc)!wooii & JSrafnarSi Company 1896 V-o F V\<6'S>\ (o /]Uji7J Copyright, 1896. By Henry A. Baker. AW HI r OOl^TENTS. I'HA PTER. I. Introduction, . . . ■ . II. History of Uncas and Mohegan, Sassacus, .... Rev. Samson Occum, . . . III. History of the Nortli Parish of New London, List of Persons who served in the War of the Revolution, " Pensioners of the Revolution, . War of 1812, IV. Genealogies of the Early Settlers, Rev. Ahishai Alden, Rev. Lorenzo Dow, V. Industrial History of Montville, Manufacturing Industries, VI. Ecclesiastical History, . VII. Statistical Record, VIII. Raymond Library, St. John's Church, IX. Enlistments in the late Civil War, X. Post-Offlces, .... Physicians, .... Appendix ; Joseph Chapman, 708; William Walden| 708; Blisha B. Baker, 710; David Gardner and John Gustin, 711; Joseph Willoughby, 713; William Prince, 713; Richard Church, 713; Whiting & ISToyes, 714; Nelson & Rogers, 716; Dudley Williams, 717; French Spoliation, 717; William Brown, 719. 1 4 66 66 70 Revolution, 94 . 98 99 100 600 608 615 631 636 680 691 693 695 701 704 LIST OF ILLUSTEATION,^. To Henky a. Bakek, Cyntha Hoscott House, . Samson Occdm House, Nathan Comstock House, Alexander Baker House, Oliver Baker House, Thos. Ro&er's House, VrNCBNi's Mill, Cochbgan Rock Browning House, Turner House, .... Vallbt House, .... Nathan S:iiith House, Mrs. Caroline (Chester) (^mith Latimer's Mill, Bzekiel Fox House, Latimer House, Chesterfield, Waterfall at Latimer's Mill, Blisha Holmes House, Dolbeare House, Mohegan, . Nathaniel Bradford House, Joseph Bradford House, Town Farm House — Samuel Allen Elisha H. Palmer (Portrait), George Williams House, Old Elder Palmer House, . Houghton Tavern, . Joseph Church House, . Mercy (Sands) Raymond House, John Raymond House, Daniel F. Raymond House, Lorenzo Dow House, Lorenzo Dow (Portrait), Palmer Brothers' Mill, Carmichael Robertson (Portrait) Rockland Mill, 's Residence 1720, Frontispiece. face page 59 67 143 157 165 198 328 351 361 303 304 314 315 330 324 337 343 391 394 430 441 465 485 ^486 *505 575 583 584 604 614 435, 637 638 639 VI LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS. Bank Paper Mill . To face page 631 Chesterfield Churches, 662 Baptist Church, .... 663 MoHEGAN Chapel, .... 667 Methodist Church, Uncasvillb, . 676 Raymond Library 692 St. John's Church, . . . . 694 PEEFACE. No one, except those who have had experience in this line of work, can have any proportionate idea of the amount of labor and patience required to prepare a work of this character, es- pecially in that part of it which contains the genealogies of a multitude of families, many of which are very obscure in the matter of dates, and the record of names. If a thorough investigation and research is to be made, with dates of births, marriages, deaths, and other events in detail, which is requisite for a full and complete record, many perplexing embarrassments are encountered, which give the compiler no little anxiety. In compiling this work much time has been spent in investigation and research. The records of this town and the adjoining towns have been thoroug'hly searched, 'and every information possible to be obtained from the oldest in- habitants sought. Much aid has been obtained from the history of JSTew London, written by its gifted author, Mss Frances Manwar- ing Caulkins, by which many of the early settlers in the Ji'orth Parish of New London, now Montville, have been ascertained, and their history determined. In the his- tory of Uhe Mohegan tribe of Indians, a large pairt of the earli- est history of these Indians was obtained from the " Histoiry of the Indians of Connecticut," by John W. DeEorest, who had very studiously gathered the historic facts from various documents of both pubKc and private record. In the compila- tion of the town's history, it has been my aim to gather from its records such points of local interest as would most interest the present inhabitante of the .town, 'and to preserve the same to its future generations. ■viii PREFACE. The illustrations contained in this work are a selection of the oldest and most historic residences now standing, and its portraits are those of the older residents, who have long since ])assed off the stage of activity. Much care has been taken to avoid as many errors as pos- sible in the compilation of the family genealogies, but, un- doubtedly, some will be found. It is impossible to get every date correct, there being so many discrepancies in the records of dates and names. To the present generation of the sons and daughters of this historic town, this History of ilontville, which tbeir enterprise and that of their ancestors has done so niuch to honor, is respectfully dedicated by the autlior. CHAl'TEE I. Two hundred and fifty years ago tlie territory now com- prising the town of Montville was a savage wilderness, entirely possessed by a race supposed to have been of Asiatic origin, and may have been, as some historic writers think, descend- ants from some of the ten lost tribes of Israel. > Their religion was a system of paganism without idolatry, their government rude and founded solely upon custom, their character ferocious, but streaks of virtuous action were upon occasions manifested, their mode of life, roving and unsettled, dependent almost wholly for subsistence upon hunting and fishing. Their utmost ingenuity of art had no proper con- ception of the implements of husbandry. Much of the field work was doubtless performed with their hands, and the only implements the natives of the soil seem to have had were spades rudely constructed of wood or stone, or of a large shell fastened to a stick. With these rude implements they turned up the soil and dropped in their seed. There are a few still remaining that bear the tints of that savage and ferocious race that once roamed over this territory of ours, but ndw how unlike them. They have outgrown their native barbarous condition and become refined by con- tact with civilization. Though their ancestors were rude in manner and ferocious and warlike in character, there are many passages in their history which are instructive, and some touching and pathetic. Had the aborigines of this land remained unmolested and unvisited by Europeans till the present day they would now have been as rude, as poor, as warlike, as disdainful of labor, and in every way as imcivilized as when the white man first explored the river Thames and sailed along its virgin shores. 2 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. This country would still have been covered with forests and unimproved fields, the streams unoccupied, except for fish- ing and game. Tracks of wild beasts would be found where now extends the hard roadway, trodden by thousands of human feet. The ferocious bear would be seen coming out of the hollow tree, upon the site of which now crowds of youth are emerging from the hall of learning. This land which now rejoices and blossoms as the rose would still have been a wilderness and solitary. If one was to stand upon some of the highest ridges which overlook this town and take a survey of the landscape, listen to the rippling streams coursing and meandering through . these valleys made subservient to man's interest in turning the wheel, the spindle, the loom, and the various kinds of machinery of modern invention, and then glance the eye over the hills and glens which meet it on every side, where now the hum of industry is heard and the voice of the white man and the civilized Indian awake their echoes, where farms and schools, industry and thrift, civilization and Christianity, home of comfort and social enjoyment, the merry laugh of the school girl and boy returning from their studies, attest the presence of the more intelligence and civilized race, he would be amazed and wonder at the change that has come over this region of the country in the last two centuries. These hills and these valleys were then the abode of the iin tutored Indian; these forests filled with wild beasts and wild animals of various kinds, some of them beasts of prey and others suitable for food for the hunter. Here were the wild cats, wolves, and foxes, whose furs rendered them an object of the chase. Here were various species of birds and fowl, both in the forest and open fields. A continuous forest, with but here and there an open space for planting grounds, overspread nearly the whole landscape, adorning these hills with its verdure, darkening these valleys with its thick foliage and bending gracefully over the margin of the silvery streams, where the wild birds amid their HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 3 leafy bowers sung their carols only to tlie wild beasts and wild man. Patbs led meandering tbrougb these forests, marked only by the footprints of the red man and the wild beast, leading sometimes along the margin of some rippling stream or on through some open plain and up the declivity of some woody hill, then down through the rocky glen ; not paths of iron such as those over which the iron horse now flies, nor were they the graded road for the swift horse and polished carriage, but paths along which the wild beasts and the wild man alike traveled in single file. Here nature was in its rudest dress, hill and glen, forest tree and cragged rock, the murmuring stream and mirrowed lake, every attempt at improvement by the untutored occupants had only marred their native beauty. The homes, the rude cabin here built, the paths here opened, the soil here disturbed, all attempts at change made, only begun and ended in forest homes and blinded paths. The utmost of all that Indian art and industry could do scarcely detracted any of nature's gracefulness. ISTor had the waters of the beautiful Thames yet felt the keel of civ- ilized commerce or had borne upon its bosom the paper shell of Harvard and Tale. The rude bark or dugout canoe had been the only means of transport over the bosom of this " great river." ]S[or had the sharp crack of the hunter's rifle, nor the booming of modern artillery ever yet disturbed these solitudes, though instead the twang of the stringed bow and the whizzing flint-headed arrow had often brought to the ground the eagle or the fish-hawk as they stood perched upon the tall, mast-like forest tree on the " mountain ", or cut short the fleet-footed deer in his race over the open field, or the prowling wolf in his search for prey. CHAPTEE II. It is claimed by historians that the Pequots and Mohegans were apparently of the same race with the Mohicans or Mohi- canders who lived on the banks of the Hudson. ISTot long previous to 1600, it is supposed that these tribes resided among their relations, and the probability is that they voluntarily separated from the parent tribe on account of the want of room to support so large a population of hunters. Migrating towards the east, they perhaps moved along the middle or southern part of Massachusetts until they crossed the Connecticut river and then took a southern course and came upon the sea shore. All the traditions of the Indians agree in the assertion that they migrated from the north a short time previous to the arrival of the English in this part of the country. Upon the arrival of the Pequots or Mohegans in this part of the country, they found themselves in possession of a large extent of country and just adapted to their needs, a large tract of hunting ground and abundance of shell, sea, and river fish, but at the same time surrounded by hostile tribes, who pro- tested against the invasion. The Pequots, being possessed of a bold and venturous spirit, were not easily intimidated by their enemies. They carried terror and trembling among the ad- jacent tribes with whom they were often in deadly conflict. The names of some of the early sachems of the Pequot tribe have been preserved in a genealogy of the Uncas family as it was made out by Uncas himself in 16Y9. The first whose name is mentioned was Tamaquashad, who probably lived about the time when the Pequots first established themselves in what is now Connecticut. The next in succession was Muck- qimt-do-was, who lived in a place called Awcnmbucks, situated in the heart of the Pequot country. He had two children. HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 5 Woipequand, who became sachem after his father's death, and a daughter called after her mother, Meek-un-ump, who was married to Oweneco the father of Uncas. Woipequand mar- ried a daughter of Wekousn, chief sachem of the ISTarragan- setts, and when he died, was succeeded by his son Wopigwooit. Wopigwooit had a son Sassacus, the most famous of the Pequot sachems. About ten years previous to the war of the Pequots with the English, which was about 1626, Uncas, the son of Oweneco, married a daughter of Sassacus, thus connecting himself more closely with the royal line. This double connection of Uncas with the royal blood of his tribe afterwards contributed to the downfall of his native tribe and resulting in the raising of Uncas himself to independent power. It is a recorded fact that Uncas became one of the most re- markable characters in the history of the Indian tribes of Connecticut. It seems probable that on the death of Wopig- wooit, Uncas laid claim to the sachemship, claiming his title on his own descent and also that of his wife. At all events, some diificulty arose, and Uncas was in open hostility with the chieftain, his father-in-law, Sassacus. The great body of the Pequot natives remained faithful to their chief and the re- bellious sagamore was by them expelled from the country. Uncas fled to the ISTarragansetts, but after remaining with that tribe awhile, he sent a humble message to the Pequot chief, begging permission to return to his native tribe. His request was granted only on condition of his submission and future good conduct. Uncas of course promised to accede to their requirements and was therefore received back. Again he was accused of treachery, found guilty, and again had to fly for security. On a further promise of loyalty he was again par- doned and allowed to return. Once more for the same cause he was banished. In all these attempts to secede and es- tablish an independent tribe, he had failed, but as soon as the English had commenced their settlement on the Connecti- cut river, Uncas and his band were joined by a number of Connecticut river Indians, probably from about Windsor and 6 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Hartford, and found himself at the head of some seventy war- riors. With this band he probably returned to the Pequot territory, lying on the west bank of the Thames river, now included in the boundaries of Montville and the north part of ^Vaterford, and assumed the title of Mohegoneah. On this territory was the ancient burying place of the Pequot sachems. With this -bold and treacherous act on the part of Uncas, Sassa- cus was greatly exasperated, and it is not to be supposed that Sassacus, the descendant and representative of that race of heroes whose graves were thus polluted by the foot of one who had made himself an alien and rebel to his tribe, would long remain quiet. The Pequots having failed to make a satisfactory treaty with the English who had restored the Connecticut river Indians to their rightful territory and had sided with and sheltered Uncas, was too much for the proud Sassacus and his advisors to endure, so he resolved to extirpate the English by means the most diabolical and inhuman that Indian sagacity could contrive. We shall now see of how much use Uncas made himself to the English settlers and how deeply he revenged his past misfortunes upon his countrymen. Smarting with disappointment and mortified pride, and with a desire for vengeance, this seceder from the Pequots now comes to Hartford at the head of his small band of followers, to offer his aid to the colonists. Yery soon after, an offensive war was commenced against the Pequots. The necessary sup- plies were voted by the ]\Iassachusetts and Plymouth colonists, and John Mason, who had been lately stationed at Saybrook, was fixed upon as commander-in-chief of the forces. On the 20tli of May, 1637, Mason at the head of ninety Englishmen and seventy Indians under Fncas embarked at Hartford on board a pink, a pennace, and a shallop, and began to drop down the river. The water was low, the vessels often got aground, and at their own request the Indian allies were set on shore to proceed to Saybrook by land. On their way through the forest they fell in with thirty or forty of the enemy and killed seven of them with no loss to themselves, except one HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 7 man wounded. The two parties arrived at Saybrook, when the Enghsh were dehghted by hearing of the exploits of Uncas, which they looked upon as a sure pledge of his fidelity. Lieutenant Lion Gardner, who was the commander of the fort at Saybrook, was, however, suspicious of him, and said to Mason, " How dare you trust the Mohegans who have but a year come from the enemy ? " " We are forced to trust him," replied the captain, " for we want them to guide us." Gardner was still unsatisfied, and calling Uncas to him he said, " You say you will help Captain Mason, but I will fii'st see it, therefore send twenty men to Bass river, for there went last night six Indians there in a canoe. Fetch them dead or ahve, and you shall go with Mason, else you shall not." Uncas did as he was required, his warriors found the enemy, Idlled four of them and took another prisoner. This Indian prisoner it appears had been a bold and cunning savage, and now in his extremity he showed neither fear nor sorrow, but dared his captors to do their worst. The Mohegans requested permission to torture him and the Enghsh made no attempt to save a man who had often assisted in the torture of their own countrymen. Their mode of execution was of a most torturing character. One of the captive's legs was tied to a post, a rope was fastened to the other and twenty warriors pulled him asunder. The Pequots, under their chief Sassacus, had become bold and hostile to the settlers. Much depredation had been com- mitted by members of the tribe, cattle had been taken, crops destroyed, and even children had been taken captives. A war was determined upon and waged against them with a determina- tion on the part of the Enghsh settlers either to subdue them or exterminate them. A severe struggle followed, which close was hastened by the capture of their forts on Pequot Hill in Groton, and the destruction of the same by setting it on fire, by which means many of the Pequot warriors, their women and children, perished. Their chief, Sassacus, was soon forced to flee for safety and took refuge in the country of the Mohawks, 8 HISTORT OF MONTVILLB. but he did not, however, avoid his fate. The Mohawks, moved, it was reported, by a bribe from the JSTarragansetts, per- haps also by a desire of gratifying the English, fell upon him by surprise and killed him, and the scalps of Sassacus, one of his brothers, and five others were sent to Connecticut to convince the English of the certain death of their brave enemy. This great and nearly decisive victory was on the night of the 26th of May, 163 Y. In this severe conflict, Uncas took an impor- tant part, as did also the Narragansetts. The day before the encounter, as they were nearing the enemy's forts, many of the ISTarragansetts who had joined the expedition began to ex- hibit the fear in which they held the Pequots, and turned back toward their homes, and others appeared to be in such fear that Captain Mason, who led the expedition, called Uncas to him and asked him what he thought the Indians would do. The brave sachem replied, " The l^arragansetts will all leave you, but as for myself, I will never leave you." For which expression and for some other speeches made previously by Uncas, said Mason in his account of the war, " I shall never foi'get him; indeed, he was a great friend, and did us good service." Their last unavailing struggle was in a large swamp in the present town of Fairfield, whither the main body of the Pequots had taken refuge. This body of men, women, and children, numbering several hundred souls, headed by Sassacus, fied their own country and traveled slowly westward along the southci'n boundary of Gonnei'tieut, crossed the Connecticut river, and were overtaken by the English forces in Fairfield swamp. At the close of the swamp fight, it was calculated that seven hundred Pequots had beeu killed or captured, among whom were thirteen sagamores of their nation, the others of which it was reported there were thirteen probably perished with tlieir chieftain by the hands of the Mohawks. Broken and dispirited, the Pequots now became an easy prey to their enemies, and the Mohegans and ISTarragansetts continually brought their heads or hands into the English settlement. HISTORY OF MONTVILLH. 9 While the persecution of the scattered Peqttots dragged on, Uncas, in July, 1638, with a number of his warriors made a visit to Boston, and was admitted before the council of the colony. As a present to the governor he laid down twenty fathoms of wampum. He was told that the governor would not accept.it until he had made certain explanations, and gave satisfaction concerning the Pequots whom he had received among his own tribe and now harbored them. Uncas was somewhat perplexed. He was aware of the rock upon which Sassacus had been wTecked, and was determined not to bring down upon himself the indignation of the English, and at the same time he did not wish to part with any of his followers. He at once denied that he had any Pequot vnth him or had harbored any of the defeated tribe, and most positively af- firmed that all the company then present with him were true Mohegans. As the Pequots and Mohegans were until lately all of the same people it was very difficult, if not impossible when mingled together, for the colonists to distinguish them. The strong protestation of Uncas and his evident willingness to conciliate with the colonists softened the displeasure of the council and his present was therefore accepted. This gave him courage. Placing his hand on his heart, and addressing the governor, said, " This heart is not mine, it is yours. I have no men; they are all yours. "Whatever you command of me I will do it. I will never believe any Indian's word against the English. If any Indian shall kill an Englishman I vsdll put him to death, even if he be dear to me." The spirit exhibited in this address to the governor was faithfully carried out by Uncas as long as he lived. Devoted to his own interest, he found that he advanced that interest by manifesting great devotion to the colonists. His faithfulness to them was not because in his heart he loved them, but be- cause of the gains he expected to receive by appearing to be their special friends. It is said that Uncas in person was a man of large frame and great physical strength. His courage was never doubted, for it was too often displayed. He ap- IQ HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. peared to set little value upon the glory of conquest in war, compared with the advantages it brought him in the matter of booty and new subjects, and a wider range of fields. His nature, judging from his continuous acts, was selfish, jealous, and tyrannical, his ambition was grasping, but often con- cealed by the appearance of magnanimity. The overthrow of the Pequots relieved the Enghsh colonists from a very troublesome barrier to the peaceful prosecution of their settle- ments in Connecticut. After their defeat many new emi- grants came over from England, and the white settlers began to flow into the newly-opened field in considerable numbers. This whole land was now open for peaceable settlement. The Indian set little value on the land, but much upon the imple- ments and ornaments which the white man could offer them. They willingly exchanged the one for the other, and probably thought that they were the greatest gainers by the transaction. A tripartite treaty, dated October 1, 1638, was entered into by John Havncs, Koger Ludlow, aiid Edward Hopkins for the English of Connecticut, by Miantinomoh on behalf of the sachems of the ISTarragansetts, and Uncas on the part of himself and the sagamores under him. There was to be perpetual peace between the parties, all former provocations and animosities were to be buried forever. The first trans- actions of importance between Uncas and Connecticut after the treaty, was an agreement drawn up and signed on the 28th day of September, 1640. The nature of this agreement was vague, and many years afterwards was made the ground of a long and expensive law suit between the Mohegans and the colony. After the overthrow of the Pequots, and Uncas had quietly settled upon his newly-achieved possessions along the westward bank of the " Great Eiver," afterwards the Thames, he, by that crafty and ambitious nature which was sure to be developed when the advantage seemed to favor, laid claim to the sovereignty of the country lately held by the Pequots, on the groimd of his connection with the royal family of the tribe. He however yielded to the English that tract along the sea- HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. H coast wHcli they liad seized, but the remainder he claimed as justly belonging to him. He thereby came into possession of all the northern part of what is now New London county, together with the southern portion of the counties of Wind- ham and Tolland. At this time many of the conquered tribe had attached themselves to Uncas and had become his subjects. Fragments of other tribes too collected around him, and in- creased the numbers and stre;igth of the Mohegans. Another source of influence was coijf erred upon Uncas in consideration of his late service in the Pequot war. His faithfulness during that war was repaid by the colonists with their favor, when it could be conferred with justice, and sometimes perhaps only with injustice. As Uncas had made a claim to all that tract of land lying on both sides of the Thames river, and extending several miles north, so he also claimed the right to dispose of the same in whatever manner he should deem best for his interest, and thereupon the agreement of the date of Septem- ber 28, 1640, was entered into, between himself and the colony of Connecticut. That agreement was as follows : " Sep- tember 28th, 1640. This Writing Witnesseth: That I, Uncas, alias Poquaiom, Sachem of the Mohegans, have given and freely granted unto the governor and magistrates of the English upon the Connecticut river, all the land that doth belong, or ought of right to belong, to me by whatever name soever it be called, whether Mohegan, Yomtoke, Aquapank- suks, Porkstannocks, Wippawocks, Massapeake or any other, which they may hereafter dispose of as their own, either by settling plantations of the English there or otherwise as shall seem good to them, reserving only for my own use that ground which at present is planted and in that kind improved by us; and I do hereby promise and engage myself not to suffer, so far as I have power, any English or any other to set down or plant within any of those limits which before this grant did belong to me, without the consent or approbation of the said magistrates or governor at Connecticut aforesaid. And this I do upon mature consideration and good advice, freely and 12 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. without any constraint. In Witness "WTiereof, I hereunto put my hand. The mark of Poquaiom, alias Uncas. In presence of Thomas Stanton. The mark of Poxen, alias Foxon. " The said English did also freely give to the said Uncas five and a half yards Trucking Cloth, with stockings and other things, as a gratuity." The colonial authorities and all who were interested in the success of the government, claimed that it was a clear deed of purchase and sale. The Indians, however, declared that it -was a mere right of pre-emption, by which Uncas pro- hibited himself from selling his land to any but the colony or the settlers of Connecticut, without the approbation of the authorities. Thus from the two interpretations arose the great controversy which followed and continued many years. Uncas soon became a formidable rival with the ISTarragansetts, whose hatred toward Uncas now increased. This hatred and jealousy on the part of the other tribes led them to form a conspiracy to overthrow and destroy Uncas. He, on the other hand, strove to defend himself and to injure the enemies by spreading unfavorable reports of their feelings and designs with regard to the English. " Miantinomoh," says the Mo- hegans, " wants to make himself sachem of all the Indians in jSTew England. Miantinomoh is trying to bring all the Indians into a conspiracy against the white settlers." These reports caused a suspicion on the part of the mag- istrates of the colony, and in ISTovember, 1640, they sum- moned the ISTarragansett chief to Boston. He at once obeyed, thus producing a strong impression in his favor. "When questioned, he was dehberate in his answers, and showed much cunning in his observations. He offered to prove that Uncas and the Mohegans alone had raised the reports against him, and asked that his accusers might be brought face to face Ixifore him, and demanded that if unable to prove their charges they should be put to death. His demeanor and the HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. ]3 apparent justness of his remarks silenced tlie complainants, and the magistrates acqiiitted him of all suspicion of conspiracy, and he was set free and returned to his home in peace. This affair doubtless tended to increase his hatred of Uncas, and not long after an incident occurred which was said to be an effect of that revived hatred. One evening, as Uncas was passing from one wigwam to another in Mohegan, an arrow, discharged by some unseen marksman, pierced his arm. On reaching the cabin to which he was going, the wound was dressed, but being slight was soon healed. The perpetrator of this attempted as- sassination was never known, but suspicion rested on a young Pequot who was known to have a large quantity of wam- pum. He was questioned in relation to the wampum he had in his possession, but would give no reasonable explanation of how he came by so much, which increased suspicion against him. Observing that he was suspected of committing the act, he stole away oiit of the Mohegan territory and fled over to the ISTarragansett country, and took refuge with Mianti- nomoh. Uncas took the matter before the magistrates of Massachusetts, charging Miantinomoh with being the instiga- tor of the c6wa;rdly attack on him, and Miantinomoh once more felt himself compelled to go to Boston. He took along with him the Pequot, who was examined by the magistrates in the presence of the' chief. He told a most extraordinary story, how he had been staying in Uncas' fort and how Uncas had engaged him to tell the English that he had been hired by Miantinomoh to kill Uncas, and how at the time Uncas said that an arrow pierced his arm, he took the flint of his gun and cut his arm on two sides so as to make it appear as if an arrow had pierced it. This story seemed improbable to the magistrates, and was very unsatisfactory to the colonists, who had long distrusted the ISTarragansetts and favored the Mo- hegans. This improbable tale served to bring Miantinomoh under strong suspicion. It seemed that the sachem had used the young Pequot as a tool for throwing off the guilt of a conspiracy from his own shoulders, and laying it on the in- 14 HISTORY OF MONTVII/LE. tended victim of that conspiracy. Tlie magistrates expressed themselves convinced that the young Pequot was guilty, and declared that he ought to be given over to Tineas to be dealt with as his crime demanded. The Narragansett sachem objected, claiming that the young man was under his protection, but finally promised that if he might only carry him back to his own country he would then surrender him to Tineas. His earnest pleadings were listened to, and he was allowed to go with the criminal, but on the way to the sachem's home, he had him murdered by his own men. This act with good reason deepened the suspicion already excited against him, as it was immediately con- cluded that he had put his accomplice to death to prevent his own guilt from being thoroughly exposed. He was doubt- less unwilling to gratify a hated rival by surrendering the man to him for vengeance, and he may have feared that TJncas might make iise of him by torture or intimidation for the purpose of bringing still more dangerous accusations against himself and his tribe. Sequassen, the sachem of the Connecticut river tribes, now began to play his part against the Mohegans and their sachem. Some of his naen had killed a leading Mohegan, and others waylaid TJncas him- self as he was sailing down the Connecticut in a canoe, and shot arrows at him. TJncas at once complained of their at- tempts at his life and those of his men to the magistrates at Hartford, and the governor, having summoned the two sachems before him, attempted a reconciliation between them. Tineas said that the man who had been murdered was one of considerable importance in the tribe, and that he must have six of Seqiiassen's men to put to death in retaliation for the one of so much consequence in his tribe. The governor labored hard to reduce this extravagant de- mand as it did not accord with the English idea of justice, and after great persuasions, TJncas was prevailed upon to accept a single individual and the acknowledged murderer. But the murderer being also a man of importance, and he HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 15 was moreover a relative and a great favorite of Miantinomoli, Sequassen consequently would not consent to his surrender, and said that lie would defend him by force, and probably relied upon Miantinomoh for aid. The governor, finding that it was impossible to effect a reconciliation between the two sachems, dismissed them, and gave Uncas liberty to revenge his own wrongs. He did so. Entering Sequassen's territory he made war upon him, killing several of his war- riors and wounding others. He also burned their wigwams and carried away a quantity of booty. This successful act of Uncas kindled anew the old hatred of Miantinomoh, who again began to plan for revenge. Ac- cording to the treaty of 1638, he first submitted his com- plaints to the magistrates before taking up arms. He sent a message to Governor Haynes of Connecticut complaining that Uncas had injured his friend and relative Sequassen, and his allies. The governor replied that the English had no hand in the affair, and did not mean to uphold Uncas in any unjustifiable conduct. He also sent a notice to Gov- ernor "Win thr op of Massachusetts, complaining of the injury Uncas had done him, and asked in particular whether the people of Massachusetts would be offended with him in case he should make war upon Uncas. Governor "Winthrop's reply was still more satisfactory than that of Governor Haynes, for he informed him that if Uncas had done him or his friends any wrong and refused to give satisfaction the English would leave him to choose his own course in retaliation, and so left the matter as on a previous occasion, to be settled between the sachems. Miantinomoh immediately therefore begun prepara- tions for avenging his own and his kinsman's quarrel with more than usual energy. He collected a large band of war- riors and advanced rapidly and unexpectedly into the country of the Mohegans. The Mohegan sentinels on the hills of jSTorwich suddenly beheld the ISTarragansetts emerge from the woods and cross the Shetucket river at a place a short distance above its junction with the Qiiinebaug. The run- IQ HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. ners immediately dashed off, some to carry the startling in- telligence to their chief, some to collect their scattered war- riors. Very soon the Mohegan warriors came pouring into thoir fort on all sides. (This fort is supposed to have been the one situated on an eminence a short distance west of the present Mohegan station and in full view of the sur- rounding hills about Norwich. Uncas may have been at this fort or at his cabin which stood on another eminence about a mile south of the fort and in sight of it. The site of this fort is easily discovered by the hollow circle around it clearly seen at the present time.) The warriors were soon able to advance toward the enemy. Uncas at the head of his band of noble men, moved forward toward the enemy until he came to a spot situated in the present township of ISTorwich and now known as the East Great Plain. Here he halted his men on a rising spot of ground and explained to them a strategem by which he hoped to make up for his inferiority in numbers. It is probable that the Mohegans numbered about three hundred warriors, and that of their enemy twice that number. The ISTarra- gansetts, , having already crossed the fords of the Yan- tic, soon appeared descending the declivity opposite to the Mohegans. Uncas now sent forward a messenger to ask an interview with Miantinomoh. It was granted, and the two sachems shortly met each other in a narrow space between the contending armies. The ISTarra- gansetts were waiting unsuspicioiisly the result of the con- ference; the Mohegans were watching anxiously for the pre- concerted signal from their sachem. Uncas addressed Mian- tinomoh on the folly of mutally wasting the lives of the brave warriors in a contest which could as well be decided by themselves alone. " Let us fight it out," said Uncas; if you kill me my men shall be yours, and if I kill you, your men shall be mine." Miantinomoh is said to have been a tall and strong man, and it is not likely that he was so deficient in courage as to reject the proposition of Uncas through fear. HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 17 Biit he was certain of his siiperiority in numbers and was therefore resolved not to throw away what seemed to be a certainty for an uncertainty. " My men came to fight," said he, " and they shall fight." Uncas had probably expected such an answer and now the time had come for his stratagem. He threw himself suddenly upon the ground. His men, rec- ognizing the signal, and drawing their ready-bent bows, they poured a shower of arrows among the astonished ISTarragan- setts. Uncas sprang up, and his warriors, pealing forth the yell of battle, and brandishing their tomahawks, rushed for- ward with their chief upon the paralyzed enemy. The ISTar- ragansetts, panic struck at this bold and sudden assault, made hardly an attempt at resistance, and speedily took to fiight. The Mohegans pursued them with impetuous fury, drove them through the shallows of the Yantic, and continued the chase into the forests beyond. All over that hilly country the pursuers and pursued might have been seen leaping over rocks and dashing through tangled thickets like wolves in chase of timid deer. I'liantinomoh fled with his followers, but his flight was probably impeded by an English corselet which he wore around him as a protection in battle. Two of the Moheg^n captains followed him closely and could easily have taken or killed him with their own hands, but this honor they were willing to reserve for their chief. The first of these men who reached the flying chieftain was a sagamore named Tantaqui- gion, whose descendants were for a long time afterward held in high esteem among the Mohegans. (But one person at this writing lives that bears the name.) Uncas finally came up and seized Miantinomoh by the shoulder. The fated chieftain, as soon as he felt the hand of his enemy upon him ceased his flight and sat down upon the ground, but not a word escaped his closed lips, made so by the raging anger within. Thirty or more of his warriors had been slain in their flight and many more wounded; the remainder sought their own safety, and left their chief to the mercy of his cap- 2 18 HISTORY OF JIONTVIIiLE. tors. Some of Miantinomoli's warriors were brought up and slain before bis eyes, but be was silent, showing neither weak- ness or fear. " Why do you not speak ? " said Uncas. " If you had taken me, I should have besought you for my life." Miantinomoh was carried in triumph to the Mohegan fort, his life was spared and he was even treated with some degree of kindness and respect. It is said that during the captivity of iliantinomoh his people sent him several packages bf wampum which he gave aAvay, some to Uncas, some to Uncas' wife, and some of his counselors. These presents were made, as the Mohegans said, partly by way of thanks for his kindly treatment while in their hands and partly to persuade Uncas to deliver him over to the English and refer his fate to their decision. The ITarragansetts, hoAvever, as- serted that the wampum was given as a ransom, and subse- quently made it a strong ground of accusation against the Mohegan sachem. The capture of ]\Iiantinomoh excited a deep interest among the English of Rhode Island. One of them is said to have written Uncas a letter conunanding him to set Miantinomoh at liberty, and threatening him with the English power if he refused. Uncas was by no means willing to set his captive free, but he did not dare now, on his own authority, to put him to death. In this dilemma he concluded to refer the case to his old friends, the English of Connecticut. He therefore took his capti^-e to Hartford and surrendered him to the cus- tody of the magistrates, and begged them to show him his duty. The magistrates replied that there was no open war between their government and the ISTarragansetts; he had better wait until the meeting of the commissioners of the United Colonies, as tlie.y did not wish to interfere in such matters. Accordingly the matter Avas laid before the com- missioners at their next meeting at Boston, which took place the following September. The question was there debated, whether it would be just and lawful to have the captive chief put to death. The commissioners hesitated in their judgment. HISTORY OP'' MONTVILLE. ■ 19 and at first decided that while it would not be safe to liberate the captive, there was still no sufficient cause to put him to death. In this uncertainty it was determined to refer the case to the clergy, a general convocation of whom was held in Boston, as many as fifty being assembled from all parts of ISTew England. From this number five only were selected to consider and give their opinion on this important question. These were called in, and the case laid before them. After due consideration they gave it as their opinion that Mianti- nomoh ought to die. The commissioners being thereby relieved of the grave responsibility of the decision by the verdict of the clergy, de- clared that the sachem was worthy of death, and that Tineas might reasonably kill him, since his own life would be in constant danger as long as such a false and bloodthirsty enemy lived. The commissioners decided that Uncas and some of his best men should be summoned to Hartford; that the captive chief should there be surrendered into his hand, and by him put to death without the limits of the English set- tlement, and that some of the colonists should witness the execution for the more full satisfaction of the commissioners. It was agreed that if Uncas refused to kill the prisoner he was not to be surrendered to him, but if he should carry the sentence into eifect, he was to be taken under the English protection, and it was to be the special duty of Connecticut to defend Tineas against all enemies whom he might thus create. This decision was to be kept secret until it was known that the commissioners ,had reached their homes. As soon as it was ascertained that the commissioners were in safety, Tineas was ordered to Hartford with a sufficient number of his warriors. He went, attended by his brother Wawequa, and a select band. The decision of the commissioners was made known to Tineas, which decision was doubtless after his own heart. He offered not the least objection to carrying it into execution. The prisoner was delivered into his hands. 20 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. and two Englishmeii were designated to go with Mm and wit- ness the execution. They left Hartford and traveled on through the forests by the paths often traveled by the Mo- hegans until they came to the spot where Miantinomoh was captured, and where he sat down upon the ground with silent contempt. Wawequa, the brother of Uncas^ was walk- ing close behind the captive chief, who was still uncertain what his fate would be. Uncas gave the signal, and Wawe- qua silently raising his tomahawk, sank it with a heavy blow into the head of the unsuspecting prisoner. It is said that ITncas, then and there, cut a piece of flesh from the shoul- der of his now dead enemy and ate it, saving, " It is the sweetest meat I ever ate; it makes my heart strong." Such was the tragical end of Miantinomoh, the chief of the ISTarragansetts. He was buried on the site, both of his defeat and his death, and the spot afterwards received from the English settlers the name which it still retains, " Sachem's Plain," and is situated in the present township of iSTorwich near the Shetucket river, a little south of its junction with the Quinebaug. On the 4:th day of July, 1841, was erected, principally through the efforts of William C. Gilman, Esq., a monumental stone to the memory of the jSTarragansett chief. It is a block of granite, eight feet high and about five feet square at its base, and bears this inscription, " Miantinomoh, 1643." After the loss of their sachem the J^arragausetts by no means remained quiet, but were continually harassing the Mohegans. Within a month after the death of Miantinomoh, Pessicus, a brother of the sachem, sent presents to Boston with messages that he wished peace with the English, but at the same time had determined upon making war vnth Hncas. His presents were rejected, and he was told that the English would stand by Uncas whenever he should be attacked. The re- jection of the presents, and the assurance that Uncas should be protected produced little effect for the hatred and burning desire for vengeande that was concealed in the bosoms of the ISTarragansetts, and could not be easily overcome either by HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 21 threats or persuasion. Hostilities were at once commenced, and the warriors of the ISTarragansetts in squads again invaded the territories of Uncas. In the spring of 1645, about two years after the defeat of Miantinomoh, a large, force of his warriors poured into the country of the Mohegans under the command of Pessicus. They destroyed every wigwam and plantation in their pro- ' gress, drove the Mohegans before them, and forced Uncas to take refuge in one of his forts called the " Shantock Fort." A short distance east of this fort, partly down the hill, is a living spring of water which was of easy access by the be- sieged. When once in this fort, the Mohegans could easily defend themselves against a foe no more skilled in warfare and as poorly armed as themselves. The STarragansetts had no expectation of driving the Mohegans from their stronghold by any force they could bring against them, so they attempted to annoy them by seizing their canoes that lay along the banks* of the river, and spread themselves over the surrounding country, hoping to reduce the besieged by cutting off their supplies. Uncas, however, succeeded in sending news of his condition to the English fort at Saybrook. A Mohegan creeping cautiously out by night made his way undiscovered along the river and over the country to the mouth of the Connecticut river, and crossing over, communicated to the English the perilous condition of Uncas and his men. Say- brook Fort was at this time commanded by John Mason, who, from a grateful remembrance of services rendered by Uncas in the Peqtiot war, was quite willing to assist him in his present extremity. On the information obtained. Mason allowed one of his garrison, a young man named Thomas Leffingwell, to undertake the enterprise of taking a supply of food to Uncas. It is presumed that Leffingwell was assisted on his expedition by two other men named Thomas Tracy and Thomas Miner. The canoe in which they embarked was ca- pable of bearing twenty hundredweight of provisions. They succeeded in bringing it around to the mouth of the Pequot 22 HISTORY OF MOKTVlLLE. or Thames river, and, taking advantage of a dark night, cau- tiously paddled up the river to Shantock Point, and, running up a small cove into which the Shantock brook empties, landed their cargo without being discovered by the besiegers. The starving Mohegans shouted their delight when they saw the beef, corn, and peas which had been sent to them, and at once gave notice to their enemy of their relief, by elevating a large piece of meat on a pole. When daylight came the ISTarragansetts saw that they had been provisioned, and seeing one or more Englishmen among the Mohegans, they gave up the siege in despair and returned to their own territory. And again Uncas was left free for a time. The ISTarragansetts would often afterwards repeat their invasions into the ]\£ohe- gan territory. The old hatred towards Uncas would not allow them to live long without attempting revenge. During the year 165 Y the Mohegans were again obliged to defend them- 'selves against the attacks of the ISTarragansetts, assisted by the ISTehantics. On one occasion Pessicus, the Xarragansett chief, with a large force invaded the Mohegan country, and once more held Uncas besieged in his fortress. A small body of English was sent by the colony of C'onueeticiit to reheve him. Its very appearance caused the Narragansetts to re- treat, and the Mohegans, rushing out of their foil;, piirsued them and changed their retreat into a rout. The invaders fled in a tumult towards their own country, and were furiously pursued by the Mohegans, who overtook them, killing many while struggling through the thickets of brush or floundering across the streams. It is said that some old !Mohegans vised to relate incidents of this battle a long time afterv^ards, how they found a poor ISTarragansett among the brushes which bordered the river, and so crazed with fear that he imagined himself in the water and was actually trying to swim. Tradi- tion says that one body of the pursued was driven out of the direct course to the fords of the Yantic river, and canae upon the stream where it flowed between high banks with a deep and rapid current; many of them plunged in recklessly into HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. 23 the abyss and were either slaughtered or drowned, their mangled bodies floating down into the calm waters below. This incident probably gave the foundation for the tradition- ary legend connected with the Falls of the Yantic. In 1666, Uncas became involved in a quarrel with the sachem of the Podiinks, a tribe located in the vicinity of Hartford. The Mohegans had encroached upon the territories of the Po- dunks, probably by hunting over them. One, or both pax- ties, however, soon appealed to the government of Connecti- cut, and the General Court appointed a committee to examine into and settle the difficulties. A boundary line was surveyed and marked out, and both parties expressed themselves sat- isfied, and so their quarrel was brought to a peaceful con- clusion. In confirmation of the friendship which was formed between the two sachems, Uncas and Arramament, the lat- ter, sachem of the Podunks, gave his daughter,' Sow-gon-osk in marriage to Attawanhood, the third son of Uncas. After- wards, in May, 1672, the Podunk chief made over to his daughter and her husband all the lands which he owned in Podunk or elsewhere, then and forever. This territory was' to descend to the children of the daughter by Attawanhood, and in case there was no such, to the children whom she might have by any other person, and in case there were none such as these, then to whatever persons were declared to be the nearest heirs of Sow-gon-osk by the English law. Since about 1668 no special record is found of quarrels or war between the different tribes of Connecticut as had previously existed. The English settlers were at this time rapidly oc- cTipying the Indian lands, either by purchase or encroach- ment. Many grants had already been made. iN'ew London had become considerably populated, and a deed had been signed by Uncas and his sons Owaneco and Attawanhood, conveying to the town of and inhabitants of ISTorwich a tract of land nine miles square. The Indians at this early period gave the white settlers not a little annoyance by loitering around their settlements. 24 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. They would often frighiten the women and children by enter- ing the houses without liberty and through their excessive eagerness to handle fire-arms, some lamentable accidents were caused. They were not always strictly honest either, being quite apt to take whate\'cr excited their longing, and more disposed to run into debt than to pay what they already owed. If a person trusted an Indian to any considerable amount he was pretty sure to lose both the debt and his customer. To put a stop to such annoyance, penal laws were enacted both by the Colonial Courts and by the town authorities. For handling dangerous weajDons, an Indian was to pay a fine of half a fathom of wampum. If he wounded anyone by his carelessness or ignorance he was to defray the expense of curing the patient. If the injured person died, life was to be exacted for life. Indians who came prowling around the settlements by night might be summoned by the watch- man to surrender, and if they refused to obey might be shot down without hesitation. Is^othing operated with more in- jurious effect upon the Indians than intoxicating liquors, and they drank them greedily whenever they ccmld get them, and the tribes soon began to exhibit proofs of their delete- rious effects. One law after another was passed forbidding any person to furnish an Indian with such liquors under pen- alty. In 1654 this penalty was five pounds for every pint thus sold, and forty shillings for the least quantity. These laws were what are now called prohibitory enactments, and were, in the judgment of the law-makers of those times, need- ful for the good of the Indians ami the safety of the white settlers. ISTot withstanding these prohibitory laws the evil still went on, increasing, liquors growing more abundant and could be obtained at less expense; the white settlers being too willing to furnish the liquors for the gain the sale brought them. The Indians were forbidden to hire land of the white settlers, because by this means they mingled with them and corrupted the youth, and there was good reason for this cau- tion, for the moral example of the native was beyond question HISTORY OF MONTVILLB, 25 very corrupting. At tMs date the Indians found themselves in danger of losing some of their lands through the encroach- ments of settlers, and they began to look with anger and dismay upon the steady progress of the foreigners in spreading over and occupying the coimtry. And the last great struggle of the native tribes of ISTew England against the race of foreigners v?as that of King Philip. This war, called ever since "King Philip's War," broke out in June, 16Y5, just about a century before the struggle of this country for inde- pendence. In this war, ITncas and his son Owaneco took an active part, and was probably the last struggle of this nature that Uncas was engaged in. In August, 1676, King Philip fell, and after this event the contest in the southern part of JSTew England soon ceased. During a period of more than twenty years before his death, Uncas had been selling and granting land with a lavishness that showed that he had a full share of that improvidence usually exhibited by the natives of the soil. Many of the deeds given were signed by Uncas alone, and others by Owan- eco, while some were signed by both, and others by the addi- tion of his other sons. In these deeds various reasons are as- signed for parting with their lands. Sometimes it is, " Out of love and affection for the grantee;" sometimes, " In con- sideration of continued kindness shown to me and my chil- dren," and sometimes for " favors received when in peril." These grants often conflicted with each other, and were the source of serious quarrel and litigations between the set- tlers and each other. Uncas died about 1683 or 1684, the precise time, as well as the circiimstanees of his death being imknown. He was probably about eighty years old at his death. His domicile was situated on a commanding site about three-fourths of a mile southeast from the Mohegan Chapel, or what is now called " Uncas Hill." The land on which his house stood is now owned by Captain Jerome "W. Williams, haAdng been conveyed in 1858 to !N". B. Bradford, Esq., by the overseer of the tribe. Dr. S. C. Maynard, by a decree of the 26 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Superior Court upon tlie petition of tlie members of tlie tribe tben holding the fee of the land. The petitioners claiming ownership were William Wallace Uncas and his sister Eliza Uncas. The land possessed or claimed by the Mohegans at the death of Uncas consisted mainly of three tracts. The first was where the tribe mostly resided, and lay on the west bank of the Pequot or Thames river, between Xoi-wich and ISTew London, and measured more than four miles in breadth, resting at its easterly extremity on the river and extended westerly more than eight miles. Another tract lay along the northern boundary of Lyme, being about two miles in breadth and about nine miles in length, extending to the Connecticut river. A third, called the hxinting grounds, lay between ISTorwich and the towns of Lebanon, Lyme, and Had- dam, a part of which constitutes the town of Colchester. Owaneco, the son of Uncas, succeeded his father as chief of the tribe. Of his three brothers, Attawanhood, alias Joshua, was already dead. Of the other two, John, who was the eld- est, probably died before Owaneco, while Ben outlived them both, and ultimately succeeded to the sachemship. Owaneco continued to convey land to the English settlers, which after- wards became the source of much controversy. On succeed- ing to the sachemship, Owaneco seemed to have had a desire to secure his tribe in the perpetual possession of their lands. It is very probable that Daniel and Samuel Mason urged him to this course. They, like their father, John Mason, were high in favor with the ilohegans, and advised them in im- portant matters. A paper dated March 16, 1684, was drawn up, probably by the direction of the Masons, and signed by Owaneco with his mark. The following is a copy from the Norwich records: " Know all men whom it doth or may concern, that I, Owaneco, Sachem of Mohegan, have, and by these presents ]iass over all my right of that tract of land between New London town bounds and Trading Cove Brook unto the Mohegan Indians for their use to plant; that neither HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. 27 I nor my son nor any under him shall at any time make sale of any part thereof; and that tract of land shall be and remain forever for the use of the Mohegan Indians; and myself and mine to occupy and improve for our mutual ad- vantage forever. As Witness my seal and mark. Owaneco's Mark." Soon after the execution of the paper, " fearing " as he said, " that he might be induced to drink too freely, and to make injudicious sales of his lands," Owaneco trusted his lands to Samuel and Daniel JVIason, as his father had done in 1659 to John Mason. Erom this time Samuel and Dan- iel Mason were recognized as their guardians by the Mohe- gans, they often, however, acting in conjunction with Rev. James Fitch, who was their spiritual adviser. On the 24th of May, 1685, the General Court granted to the town of Ljune a tract of land lying north of that township, nine miles in length by two in breadth. This had been claimed by the Mohegans, and for a long time asserted that for this large tract they had never received any compensation what- ever. In 1699, Owaneco gave a deed to Nathaniel Foot, who acted as agent to a company from Hartford who were the purchasers of a large tract of land called the Mohegan hunting grounds. This tract afterwards constituted the township of Colchester. It is said the only consideration for this tract of land being some iive or six shillings; this conveyance was by some thought to have been effected by means no ways honest, Owaneco being in liquor at the time. However this may have been, it was very probable that this deed was ob- tained in order to establish the original proprietors of that tract of land in their rights. It was only about a year pre- vious that the General Court had granted a petition of the inhabitants living in Hartford, giving them Liberty for a plantation in that locality. " At a General Court, holden at Hartford, October the 13th, 1698. This Court, upon the petition of divers of the inhabitants in the counties of Hartford, Grant Libertye for a plantation at or near the place 28 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. called Jeremiah's farm upon the Kode to JSTew London, and Oapt. Daniel Wetherell, Capt. John Hamlin, Mr. Will Pitkin, Capt. Samuel ffosdick, they or the Majr part of them are by *this Court appointed to be a Committee to lay out a town Ship there beginning at the North bound of twentie mile River and So to Extend Southward to a Eiver Called deep River; And to Extend Eastward from the bounds of Had- dam Seven miles." This transaction gave rise to a quarrel between the Mo- * hegans and the settlers of Colchester, each inflicting petty insults and injuries upon the other. Daniel JVIason took part with the Indians, which so exasperated the townsmen that on one occasion, when he was riding through Colchester, some of them threatened to shoot his horse under him. About the same time another quarrel took place between the Mohegans and the town of Xew London, the town having passed a vote, taking under their jurisdiction all land lying between their northern limits and the southern limits of Norwich. The northern boundary line of ISTew London, as de- termined by a committee appointed by the General Court in June, 1654, was " to a brook called by the Indians Cochicknoke, where the footpath to Mohegan goeth over the creek or cove," and was the stream of water now called Oxoboxo, the southern line of Norwich being at Trading Cove and the brook flowing into it. The Mo- hegans were alarmed at this action taken by the citizens of New London, fearing that by this act the whole of their entailed lands would be taken away from them. They therefore complained to the General Court, which ordered an investi- gation, and had the chiefs of the tribes summoned to sup- port their own cause. Owaneco, his brother Ben, and his son Mamohet, made answer to the summons in a letter, written by their friend Daniel Mason. They complained of various encroachments made upon them, and among others were the two large farms laid out by order of the General Court HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 29 in October, 1698, for John Winthrop and Gurdon Salton- stall upon their entailed lands. The selectmen of ISTew Lon- don, however, qiiieted the difficulty between the Indians and the inhabitants of the town, by making a declaration, that in extending the limits of their township over the Mohegan territory, they had no intention of infringing upon the rights of the Indian, but considered they held the same claim to their lands as before. But the dissatisfaction of the Indians still continued respecting the territory which they had lost in Colchester. They acknowledged that the land had been purchased, but that the purchase had been illegal, and the terms unfair and unequivalent : illegal because made with- out the consent of Mason their overseer, unfair because Owan- eco was intoxicated at the time, and because the price paid bore no proportion to the actual value of the land. ISTieholas Hallum, a strong friend of the Mohegans, drew up a petition enumerating all their wrongs, and presented it to Queen Anne. A commission was appointed, consisting of twelve persons, for hearing and deciding upon the case. This com- mission was issued July 29, 1Y04, by which they were em- powered to restore to the Mohegans their land if it should ap- pear that it had been unjustly taken from them. The court was to be held at Stonington. The commissioners met ac- cording to appointment, and the governor and company of Connecticut, with all persons holding lands claimed by them, were summoned to appear. The government of the colony protested against the action of the commissioners, found- ing their assertion upon the ground that the crown had no right to issue such commission, it being contrary to a statute of Charles I, and to the charter of Connecticut. The result was that no defense appeared to support their case, and Owan- eco and his friends, Mason and Hallum, had the testimony and all the proceed.ings their own way. The commission went over the circumstances by which in a space of twenty- two years the Mohegans had been deprived of their land, measuring, as they said, more than forty square miles, with 30 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. but a small compensation in most instances, and in some none at all. They referred to an enactment of the colony by wliich Mason was acknowledged as trustee of the Indian lands, and cited those grants which had been made, some by Owan- eco, and some by the General Court without the concurrence of Mason. The decision of the case was at length rendered, ordering that the colony should replace the Indians in pos- session of all the lands which they held at the death of Uncas. Owaneco and Ben Uncas thanked the commissioners for their decision and expressed their entire satisfaction with it, and urged strongly that their acknowledgment might be sent to the Queen for her kind regards for the Mohegans. Samuel Mason, who had acted as their overseer, was now deceased, and Owaneco requested the commission to appoint John Mason of Stonington, nephew of the former overseer, to the place. John Mason was accordingly appointed overseer of Owaneco and his people, with authority to manage all their affairs. The commission then adjourned. The colony appealed from the decision of the commission appointed by the Queen, and on the 15th day of February, 1706, the Queen granted a commission of review. John Mason, now the overseer of the Mohegans, being of a feeble state of health, was for sev- eral years confined to his house. The government of Con- necticut had little interest in prosecuting the affair, and thus the commission never convened. The General Assembly, however, appointed a committee to treat with Owaneco con- cerning the differences arising upon his claim to the lands in Colchester and in ISTew London, but his demands were such that it was considered more safe to leave the matter to some future time, and so the attempt was abandoned. In 1711, John Mason resigned his overseership to Wil- Kam Pitkin and five others. Grants of land were still made by Owaneco with Indian heedlessness, several of them too without the consent of the overseers and without any valuable consideration. His conduct in parting with so mtich territory in so reckless a manner excited some opposition among his HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 31 own people. It is very probable if not all tbese last grants were obtained by him eitber while intoxicated, or by teas- ing him when sober. Two grants made by Owaneoo about this time were for kindness shown him by John Plumb and Jonathan Hill in saving his life when in imminent danger of drowning. Being quite intoxicated one night, he fell out of a canoe and would have been drowned had not these per- sons, happening to be near, pulled him senseless out of the water, for which he afterwards gave tlicm each one hundred acres of land, which transaction was afterwards confirmed by the General Court, and ordered to be surveyed and laid out " about a mile or two west northerly of the ancient Indian fence, provided Owaneco hath good right to said land, and it is not prejudicial to any former grant." Another grant was made to Jonathan Rogers, a cripple son of Samuel Rogers, " in Consideration of his lameness." This land was " bounded on other land of Samuel Rogers and on Hartford path and brook that cometh out of the pond called Obsopogsuit," now Gardner's Lake. Ben Hncas and fifty-four other Mohegans, in May, iTli, signed a paper and had it recorded in ISTew London affirming that Owaneco had wrongfully sold a large part of their lands, and declaring that they consigned what was left to Gurdon Saltonstall, Capt. John Mason, Joseph Stanton, Col. William Whiting, and John Elliot. Owaneco died in 1715 at the probable age of seventy or seventy-five years, tie had three sons, Josiah, Mamohet or Mahomet, and Cesar. Josiah and Mamohet died before their father, and Mamohet, the son of Mamohet, being but a child, Cesar, on the death of his father, assumed the sachemship. Disputes between the tribe and the colony continued to dis- turb the reign of Cesar, and an appeal was made to the Gen- eral-Assembly, which in 1718 appointed a commission "to Adew the state of the Indians living at Mohegan and of the land they lived upon, that they might the better understand their situation, and provide measures for civilizing them and acquainting them with the truth of the gospel. The com- 32 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. missioners appointed were Jame^ Wadswortli, Jolin Hooker, and Captain John Hall. They were empowered to hear and settle the complaints of the Indians and to remove all persons from the lands who held them by no legal right. The num- ber of the Indians as returned to the Assembly at this time was upwards of two hundred. At the May session of the General Assembly in 1720, the commissioners made their report, which was substantially in favor of the white claim- ants. Nearly every claim of the settlers was allowed, the hunting grounds to Colchester was confirmed, the nine-mile tract to Lyme and three-quarters of the sequestered lands to the several persons who had obtained titles to them. The decision was ratified by the government of Connecticut, and thus ended the proceedings resulting from the complaint which Hallum had made to the Queen seventeen years before. As to the religious condition of the Mohegans, very little was done at this period to instruct them in the Christian faith. It is presumed that but few of them had become converts to the Christian faith; the remainder were still heathen, believ- ing not perhaps in all their ancient deities, but at least in some of them, and asserting that while the English were bound to worship the English God, the Indians were equally bound to worship and serve the Indian gods. About this time com- plaint was made to the government by the Indians, asserting that several of the settlers had encroached upon their lands. The governor summoned the chiefs to appear before him at New London and state their complaints. Cesar, Sachem, Ben IJncas and several of the council appeared before the governor, Gurdon Saltonstall, June IS, 1720, when he asked .them M'ho the persons were that had intruded upon their lands. They replied that they were Stephen Maples, Jona- than Hill, Ealph Fargo, Joshua Baker, Alexander Baker, and John Nobles, and also that a saw-mill * had been built upon their land by Peter Mason, and was then in the hands of *Thls saw-mill stood -where the Fox Mills, as they were afterward called, stood. HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 33 Samuel AUyn, by which means their timber was destroyed. The governor then informed them that the persons complained of shoiild be sent for and required to give an account of their pretention to their claims, which should be a preliminary step to bring the matter before the General Court. Cesar and his council were to have notice to be present and be heard in what they had to say relative to their complaints. The per- sons complained of were accordingly notified to appear before the governor's council on the Monday after the opening of the General Court, in September, 1720, which day fell on the third day of October of that year. All parties being present, the Indians were requested to state their particular complaints. Whereupon Ben Uncas declared " that the land which Jonathan Hill held as coming from his father, did not rightfully belong to him, and that Hill had offered him and Cesar four pounds apiece to be quiet and not com- plain against him," to which assertion Jonathan Hill replied, " he had offered it only for peace sake," upon which the Indian said, " the land was not theirs to dispose of, but was to de- scend to their children." Mr. Hill declined to give any ac- count of the right he had to the land " because on a former occasion he had given his reasons to the committee appointed by the General Court to settle all disputed claims." Stephen Maples also refused to make any statement relative to his claim to title before the council, as he said, because he had previously shown his right to his land before the committee. Ralph Fargo declared the same, Jonathan and Alexander Baker also alleged that they had shown their titles to the committee, and the committee made no objection to them. John ISTobles gave the same reasons for not showing his title as the others had. Upon the consideration of the complaints made by the Indians, and the answers by the claimants, the matter was, by the council, referred to the General Assembly, which body appointed James "Wadsworth, John Hooker, and Captain John Hall, or any two of them, to be a committee to effect,, if possible, a final settlement of the controversy per- 3 34 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. taining to the land question in the JSTorth Parisli of New London. Messrs. Wadsworth and Hall accordingly met at the house of Joseph Bradford, Esq., who resided in the North Parish of 'New London, on February 22, 1720-1, examined the matter laid before them, and decided in the favor of nearly every white claimant ! They allowed nearly all the English claims which weife presented to them, and almost every claim- ant was quieted in his possession. The deed of trust was con- firmed, and the possession of the sequestered land which re- mained, being from four to five thousand acres, settled upon the ilohegans so long as a single man of them should remain in existence, and the reversion settled upon the town. All the court grants were ratified, the purchase of John Lev- in gston, Robert Denison, Samuel Kogers, and James Harris made in lYlO, and in general all Indian engagements made previous to that date. This decision was ratified by the Gen- eral Assembly, and thiis ended the long existing controver- sies. Cesar, the son of Owaneco, died in 1723, after having for eight years assumed the sachemship of the Mohegans. The rightful heir to the crown now, as before, was Mamohet, the grandson of Owaneco by his eldest son Mamohet. Being still a youth, or at the most a very young man, advantage was taken of him on that account to deprive him of the sachem- ship. Ben Uncas, youngest brother of Owaneco, an illegiti- mate son of Uncas the first, (it was a matter of report among both Indians and whites that Ben's mother was the daughter of Foxen), must now have been an old man, yet not old enough it appears to prevent his claim for royalty and power. Upon the death of Cesar, Ben Uncas became a competitor with Mamohet for the sachemship, and even threatened, as so reported, the life of his opponent. A council of the tribe was called and the claims of the two rivals were discussed, 'and disputed for several days, and at last decided in favor of Ben. The Assembly sustained the choice, and Mason also supported him. Major Ben Uncas, as he was commonly HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 35 called, was therefore crowned sachem of Mohegan, and his installation conducted under the supervision of the govern- ment. The governor appointed two or three persons, having an understanding of the manner and language of the Indians, to be present and to signify the concurrence of the govern- ment and .to keep order among the Indians diiring the occa- • sion. The controversy respecting the Mohegan lands, which were supposed to have been forever settled in 1721, very soon revived. John Mason had never been satisfied with the de- cision then made. He had been to too great expense in the matter of pursuing the claims of the Indians before the courts. He stated that the charges of the Queen's Commission, held at Stonington in 1705, was 573 lbs. 12s. 8d., part of which he had already paid, and for the remainder he had made himself responsible. Mason, as guardian of the Indians, had stood responsible for their proportion of the charges of the commission, supposing that the lands which had been con- veyed in Colchester and Lyme would be either returned to the Indians or an equivalent paid for it, which would enable them to pay him the amount he had advanced for them, but all his hopes being crushed by the decision of the committee in 1721, Mason seems to have resolved to appeal for justice to the General Court, and in 1722 applied for copies of the proceedings relative to the lands of the Mohegans, and in October of the following year presented a memorial of his grievances, and a petition for redress, with the request that he might again have the care of the Mohegans and their lands, with permission to live among them, and to cultivate such lands as they were willing to allot him. The court took no notice of his memorial at first, but afterwards granted his reqiiest to live among them. He was authorized to take charge of the affairs of the Indians, and was requested to set up a school among them to make them acquainted with the nature of the Christian rehgion. This favor was prob- ably out of respect to the ancestors of Captain Mason, and to the confideoce which the Mohegans reposed in him. Ben 36 HISTORY OF MONTYILLE. Uncas, his council and tribe, then chose Captain Mason their overseer and confirmed tlie office to him and to his heirs for- ever, granting him permission to live among them, and a tract of land for his own use. Captain IMason accordingly moved from Stonington to ifohegan, improved the land al- lotted him, and for several years acted as the teacher of the Mohegans, the General Court at times granting him small sums as a compensation for his services. He still complained, however, of the injustice of being obliged to pay all the costs of a court which the colony had refused to accept, and being un^villing, and probably now unable to extort so large a sum from the tribe, he made another effort to obtain it from the colony. In May, 1725, a second memorial was presented, ask- ing that either the decision of the Queen's Commission be ful- filled, or some other method taken to liquidate the expenses thereby incurred, as well as the losses he had sustained by waiting twenty years. On the presentation of this memorial a committee was appointed which made its report in ]\[ay of the following year. Objection was made to his charges, and the committee also brought up against him the resignation of the trusteeship of the Mohegan lands made in 1710, and the one thousand poimds which were paid by the colony to those persons who claimed lands of him, but were rejected by the committee. This report was accepted hx the General Court, and the petition dismissed. In the spring or summer of 1726, Major Ben Uncas, sa- chem of the Mohegans, died, and was succeeded by his son, also named Ben Uncas. Some opposition, however, was made to him by part of the tribe, but he was publicly in- stalled into the office after the Mohegan fashion, and his election was ratified by the G-eneral Court. In the meantime, Mason, still unsatisfied with the previous acts of the colony, was endeavoring to form a party among the Indians who would support him in the effort to obtain what he considered his rights. Ben Uncas the second, now sachem, remained as firm to the colony as had his father, and also a few others of HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. 37 the tribe. But Mason had succeeded in gaining over the greater part of them to his side, and the sachem, finding his authority disturbed, became strongly opposed to Mason, and as anxious to destroy his influence as the colony could desire. He had twice petitioned that other overseers be appointed for the tribe, and accordingly the General Court, in 1726, passed a resolution confirming Ben Uncas as sachem, and appointed John Hall and James Wadsworth as his guardians. Mason, though deprived of the overseership, still continued to live on the Mohegan lands, believing still that he had been wronged by the colonial gpvemment, and still claiming to be the right- ful overseer of the tribe, he resolved to carry his case before the Crown. Finding the sachem bitterly opposed to him, he came out in support of the claims of Mamohet to the sa- chemship, and succeeded in getting a large part of the tribe to adhere to him. In 1730, three guardians, James Wadsworth, Stephen Whittlesey, and Samuel Lynde were appointed with authority to lease the Indian lands to white settlers to im- prove, the rents to be received by Ben Uncas in right of his dignity as sachem. Two years afterwards the guardians were authorized to prosecute those tenants who refused to quit the lands when their leases expired- It had been pre- viously enacted that persons holding lands on the tract se- questered to the Mohegans by John Mason in 1671, should not be allowed to plead even fifteen years' possession for their claim, but should still hold them merely as tenants of the Indians, unless they could prove title and to have been fairly purchased. Captain John Mason in 1735, with his son Samuel Mason and Mamohet, sailed for England with a determination of presenting a memorial of his grievances concerning the land in question to the King, George the second. The King re- ceived his memorial, and referred it to the Lords. They re- ported that an order of re'^iew of the case had been given in 1706, and proposed that another should now be granted, tlie expense of which, out of consideration for the poverty of 38 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. the tribe, should be paid by the Crown. Before the com- mission was made out, John Mason died in England. A few weeks after the death of Mason, Mamohet was laid in the grave on old England's soil. The Mohegans, on hearing of the death of Mamohet, set up in his place John Uncas, a cousin of Ben, and son of that John who was the next older brother to Owaneco. A few months previous to the death of Mamohet, the Mohegans, while holding one of their dances, had a vote taken, whether Mamohet or Ben Uncas was their true sachem, which was unanimously in favor of Mamohet. John and Samuel Mason, after the death of their father, laid claim to the guardianship of the Indians by virtue of a public document making over the office to their father and his de- scendants in perpetuity. At this time, very few of the the tribe adhered to Ben Uncas, the sachem. Out of about a hundred men, the number then composing the tribe, only about a dozen remained firm to their sachem. These two parties drew up and signed petitions in favor of their re- spective choice. The adherents of Ben complained that Cap- tain John Mason, lately deceased, had opposed the right of Ben to the sachemship, and encouraged the Mohegans to set up a rival against him. Captain John Mason, ha^'ing been per- mitted to occupy and improve some of the tribe land, out of respect to his ancestors, and in consideration of his setting up a school among them, it was now asserted that Mason, being dead, the land on which he had lived ought to return into the possession of the tribe. The General Court, upon hearing their petitions, directed the three guardians, James Wads- worth, Stephen Whittlesey, and Samuel Lynde, to go to Mo- liegan, and if possible settle the quarrel of the Indians. They were also instructed to see that their rights were protected and preserved to them, their fields fenced, and their com protected from the cattle of the neighboring farmers. In June, 1Y37, a commission of review upon the unsettled af- fairs of the ]\rohegans was made up in England, appointing as commissioners the g(n'ornor and assistants of Rhode Island, mSTORY OF MONTVILLB. 39 and the lieutenant-governor and members of New York. This created a considerable commotion in the colony of Con- necticut, especially among those settlers in the town of ISTew London, Colchester, and the north of Lyme. The govern- ment of Connecticut began immediately its preparations to meet the approaching storm. An important point on which the fate of the trial might turn was the question as to who was the rightful sachem of the Mohegans. If Ben Uncas coiild retain the position and authority of that office, he might perhaps render the proceedings of the proposed commission void by refusing to acknowledge Samuel Mason as the agent of the tribe, and by declaring that the Mohegans had no cause of complaint against the colony. The majority of the Indians were indeed bitterly opposed to Ben Uncas, but a favorable opportunity was now offered to induce them to ac- knowledge his title to the office. A report had been circulated about that the eastern Indians were about to attack them, and the Mohegans thereupon applied to the government for protection against the threatening tribes. The governor re- plied that he would protect none but their lawful sachem, Ben Uncas, and those Indians who submitted to his authority. A paper, acknowledging Ben as the true and lawful sachem of the Mohegans, was drawn up and presented for the signa- tures of those who, on this condition, would accept the pro- tection of the government. Fifty-eight Indians signed the paper. Another scheme was at this time projected in order to strengthen the claims of Ben. He was to send for his son, then an indentured apprentice to Samuel Kussel of Sherburne, Massachusetts, and have him married to Ann, the daughter of their former sachem, Cesar. His master refused to give him tip without being compensated for that part of his ap- prenticeship which was still unexpired. Thereupon forty pounds were paid for this object, and ten pounds more for the expense of the messenger. The young man Ben was brought home to ]\Iohegan and married to Ann, as had been proposed. Precaution was also taken in obtaining a deed from the Mo- 40 HISTORY OF JIONTVILLE. liegans acknowledging that the colony had always behaved towards them with justice, disclaiming the complaint which had lately been made to the King, and releasing all persons concerned from the consequences of the decision rendered at the Queen's court in 170,";. Such, however, was the influence of the Masons that only eighteen of the tribe, including the sachem, could be induced to sign the deed. A large number of the others met the next day and formally protested against what had been done, disclaiming Ben Uncas as their sachem, and denied that he had a.ny right to release their demands. The Mason party had retained as counsel for the Mohegans William Shirley and William Bolan. The meeting of the com- missioners court being now near at hand, John Richards, one of the guardians of the Indians, who had been appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Stephen Whittle- sey, was ordered to provide Ben Uncas with proper clothing to appear before the commissioners. On the fourth day of June, 1738, the commission convened at Xorwich. The com- missioners were nine in number, Phillip Cortlandt and Daniel Horsmanden of ISTew York, and the governor and six as- sistants of the colony of Ehode Island. Phillip Cortlandt was chosen president, and the commission entered upon its business. All persons interested were summoned to appear before the commission. When the chief sachem was called, Ben Uncas, in his dignity, arose and replied that he was the chief sachem of the Mohegans. Immediately following him was John Uncas, who also asserted that he was chief sachem. The commis- sion decided to settle this point before proceeding further, and nine persons, residing in the vicinity of the ilohegans, well acquainted among the tribe, were summoned and ex- amined as to which, in their opinion, was the rightful claim- ant to the title. They each testified that John was descended from the second son of old Uncas, and that Ben was descended from a younger son, who was supposed to have been illegi- timate, that in consequence of the mixture of white blood HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 41 in Ben, John ITncas was the true and lawful sachem of the Mohegans. Upon hearing this testimony, the Ehode Island commissioners, who appeared to have favor for the colony, ex- pressed themselves as still unsatisfied, and the attorneys for the Mohegans, seconded hy Mason, at once proposed that the Indians who were present be brought forward and heard in the matter. This proposition being put to the vote, a majority of the commissioners decided against it. This was on the tenth day of June, 1Y38. On the following day the examination of testimony was continued, and Thomas Stanton, Captain John Morgan, and Jonathan Barker, then a missionary among the Mohegan Indians, each testified in favor of John Uncas. The council for the Mohegans again moved that the testi- mony of the Indians might be taken, first for Ben Uncas, afterwards for John Uncas. A part of the commissioners refused to take their testimony, the others dissented from the refusal. On the thirteenth of Jujie a majority of the commissioners decided that Ben Uncas was the rightful sachem of the Mohegans, and thus ended this extraordinary hearing. The costs of this hearing had been considerable to the colony of Connecticut, and some of the items preserved in the records are not unworthy of notice. James Harris, a large land- holder and speculator, then living on land in the vicinity, pur- chased of Owaneco, sent in two bills for expense incurred in keeping up a party among the tribe who were favorable to the colony. The first item consisted of 81bs. 5s. lOd. for clothes and other articles furnished to Joshua and Samuel Un- cas, Simon Choychoy, and Zachery Johnson. A second item Avas for expenses incurred while remaining personally among the Mohegans, and endeavoring to keep them in good humor. Another item was lOlbs. 13s. Yd. for feasting the Indians at their meeting for the revocation, alluding to the council con- vened, when the release was assented to by^the party who favored Ben. Uncas as sachem. The entire bills of Mr. Harris amounted to some more than one hundred and ninety pounds, but the G-eneral Court finally allowed him one hundred pounds. 42 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Diificulties, however, soon after arose between Ben Uncas and some of the people of Norwich, and he complained to the General Court that encroachments were being made on the Mohegan lands, which had so lately been reserved to them. The guardians, Wadsworth, Lynde, and Eichards, were there- fore commissioned to ascertain the bounds of the Mohegan lands, and assist their sachem in maintaining them against intruders. After the close of the court in 1738, John and Samuel Mason were comin.issioned by their party among the Mohegans to present an appeal to the Crown. The memorial was drawn up, signed, and sent over to England. The claim of John Uncas to the sachemship was again revived. His friends claimed for him, as being the oldest surviving branch of the royal family, and this was supported by a majority of the tribe, Ben Uncas only representing the youngest branch of the royal family, and that branch as generally believed to be illegitimate. Descent among the Indians was held to be in- fluenced by the mother and not by the father. The mother of Ben, not being a woman of the royal blood, consequently John Uncas was the rightful sachem by descent. The memorial sent over to England was by the Lords Justices considered, and the former decision of the commissioners was set aside, and a new commission granted (January, 1741), empowering the governor and council of !N"ew York and the governor and council of New Jersey to try the cause. On the 9th day of July, 1743, the commissioners held their first meeting at Norwich, then a small town. The town was filled to overflow^ing with strangers, representing the sev- eral parties in interest. The whole tribe of the Mohegans was quartered on the inhabitants of the town, and the two rival sachems exerted themselves each to maintain their re- spective claims to the sachemship. John Uncas and his fol- lowers were entertained by their friends, the Lathrops and Leflingwells, and other principal inhabitants of Norwich. Ben Uncas was supported mostly at the expense of the colony, and was honored vsdth the notice of the chief offices of the HISTORY 01? MONTVILLE. 43 government. Four parties, John Uncas, Ben Uncas, the colony of Connecticut, and the holders of disputed lands ap- peared in court, each being represented by its own attorney. The case was fully presented and argued by the several at- torneys. The trial dragged on for several days, and an ini- mense amount of evidence on every point having any relation to or bearing on the case in question, was brought and ex- amined. The counsel for the colony had claimed that the Mohegans were not originally a distinct and independent peo- ple, but only an offshoot of the Pequots, which had been res- cued from servitude and rendered numerous and powerful by the friendship of the English. Thus they had properly no territory of their own, and what rights to land they could claim were passed away by Uncas' deed in 1640. Another deed had been obtained in 1659 by JMason, not as trustee of the Indians, biit as an agent of the colony of Connecticut, of which he was then deputy governor. Within a year after, he had made over all the lands thus obtained to the colony, so that his subsequent reservation of a considerable portion of them to the Mohegans was illegal and consequently void. The lands in dispute had thus twice been bought in the mass, and had afterwards been purchased in tracts by individuals, and remuneration received by the Indians. The Indians them- selves were entirely satisfied, and only made troubJ.e because they were incited to do so by. selfish and intriguing men. Finally they desired that the authority of the commissions could extend further than to such lands as the sachem had in their sales reserved to themselves. The counsel on the part of the claimants denied that the Mohegans had ever sold their lands in a mass to the colony, they had only trusted it to their faithful friends from the greediness and cunning of many of the English. And when Mason had grown old, and was about to die, he had returned the greater part of it to the tribe, and the sachem had, after his decease, transferred it to the care of his children. In the Mason family it had always continued, and in that family, by the will of the Mohegans, it still re- 44 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. mained. The complainants also denied that Ben Uncas was the true sachem, and acknowledged no one for that office but John Uncas. The counsel for Ben Uncas requested a hearing on behalf of his client, which was granted, upon which he pro- cured a paper signed by Ben Uncas as sachem of Mohegan, and by ten of his people. It was a release to the government and people of Connecticut from the present trial, acknowledg- ing that all the material assertions in their defense were true, and declaring that they held legal and honorable possession of the territory no^v in litigation. The holders of the disf)uted lands appeared by counsel before the commission, denying that they were complained against by those who had a right to complain, and asked to be dismissed. The counsel for the complainants replied that the tenants held lands once belonging to the Mohegans, that the Mohegans had charged them with obtaining those lands unfairly, and it was their business to repel that charge, and the proofs which were alleged in its support, by substantial facts. The tenants then denied the power of the Crown to institute a commission such as was now sitting for the trial of their case, but the commissioners overruled the de- nial. The tenants finally made a declaration that they held their titles to the lands now occupied by them by fair Indian grants, obtained for money, goods, and valuable considerations, paid to the native owners. On the seventeenth day after the opening of the commissioners' court, all the evi- dence had been finished, and the pleas of the counsels for the several parties interested heard. In reviemng the evidence, the commission went over the whole history of land trans- actions between the Mohegans and the colony of Connecticut; allowed the truth of all, or nearly all that had been urged by the advocates of the latter; expressed their belief that the Indians would not have retained a foot of land had it not been for the interference of the government; mentioned that the Mohegans now had secured to them a tract of four or five thousand acres, and pronounced a decision in favor of the col- HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 45 ony, two out of the five, ]\roms and Horsmanden, dissenting from the decision as rendered. The court then adjourned to the fifth of November, 1743, at which time the judgment of the majority should be read, and final decision pronounced. On the appointed day the commissioners again met, and the judgment by Golden, Eodman, and Cortlandt was i^ead, closing with the following decision: The decree of Governor Dudley and his colleagues, de- livered September 3, 1Y05, is wholly revoked, except as to that part of the sequestered lands, which has been laid oiit by the colony of Connecticut for the Mohegan Indians^ and which is now reserved to them as long as they exist. Bollan, coun- sel on the part of John Uncas and his friends, then presented an appeal from the decision of the court to that of the King's privy council. The appeal was sent, and the cause was tried, and finally settled in England. The last mention of these disputed claims may be found in Hartford, dated July 8, 1766, when it was to be presented to the Lords' Commission in the following February. The final decision, when it took place, was given in favor of the colony. It has been already mentioned that John Mason, about 1723, by the request of the Mohegans, moved from Stoning- ton and settled on their land, and for several years acted as school teacher among them. A schoolhoiise, twenty-two feet long and sixteen feet wide, was by the General Assembly ordered to be built for the benefit of the Mohegan Indians, and to be paid for out of the colonial treasury. In 1727 all persons having Indian children in their families were .com- manded to teach them the common English branches, and to instruct them in the Christian faith. During the fall of 1733, a minister named Jonathan Barber was sent among the Mohegans by the agents of a missionary society estab- lished in England, with a view to evangelize and spread the gospel among the Indians of ISTorth America. How long Mr. Barber remained among them, or what success attended his labors is uncertain. The indulgence by the Indians in 46 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. the use of intoxicating liquors was found to be a great Mnder- ance in the attempt to Christianize them, and the evil at this time was so extensive that some of the Indians themselves began to be alarmed. Severe laws had been enacted regu- lating the sale of intoxicating liquors to the 'several tribes of Indians in the colony of Connecticut, but they were broken with impunity, and rum was brought among them by the gallon, and cider by the barrel, in deiiance of law. The In- dians were as anxious to get it as the whites were to furnish it, and it was difficult to induce an Indian to inform against those who enabled them to procure their favorite beverages. At the session of the General Assembly held in October, 1733, a law was passed particularly for the benefit of the ilohe- gans, and was upon the petition of Ben Uncas. I will give the exact words as they are found in the colonial records : " An Act for the more effectual Preventing the Selling Strong Drink to the Mohegan Indians: Whereas, Ben Tin- eas, Sachem of said Indians has complained to this Assembly that, notwithstanding the laws now in force to prevent selling strong drink to the Indians, there is now continually much strong drink sold to the ilohegans, by means whereof their estates are impoverished, their manners debauched, and them- selves rendered more untractable to receive the Christian faith, for remedy whereof, " Be it enacted by the governor, council and representa- tives in General Court Assembled, and by the authority of the same, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That all Cyder, Rhum, and other strong drink that shall hereafter (till this Assembly order otherwise) be found with any of the said Indians, without the allowance of Messrs. Adonijah Fitch, and Abraham Avery, living in said Mohegan, shall be forfeited to our Sovereign Lord the King, the produce of it to be im- proved for the good of the Mohegan Indians. " And the said Adonijah Fitch and Abraham Avery, and each of them are hereby appointed and impowered to make search after such strong drink, and to seize and secure the HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 47 same, and to libel against it as forfeit for any assistant or Justice of the Peace, when the forfeiture is not above forty shillings, otherwise before the County Court in the County of 'New London, and the said Adonijah Fitch and Abraham Avery are hereby chosen and appointed Grand Jurors for the County of ISTew London till this Assembly shall order otherwise, who shall be sworn accordingly, and they are di- rected especially to make diligent seatch after, and due pre- sentment of all breaches of the laws made to prevent the sell- ing strong drink to the Indians. " And it is further enacted. That when any strong drink shall be seized as aforesaid in the custody of any of the said Indians, if such Indian or Indians shall inform of whom he bought such drink, and give evidence thereof, so as such ven- der, besides the penalties already by law established for such offense, shall forfeit to such Indian twice the value of the drink seized as aforesaid, and the authority before whom such vender is convicted shall give sentence accordingly. This Act to continue in force till the first day of May in the year 1735." As early as 1736, Ben Uncas made a declaration that he had embraced the Christian religion. When this event was known to the Assembly, the members of that body expressed themselves much gratified, and resolved to encourage the chief in so good a course. They therefore passed a resolution de- siring the governor " to present him at the public expense with a hat and coat in the English style, and his wife Anna with a gown." During the year 1741 there was great rehgious interest throughout jSTew England. It was at this time that White- field visited many of the towns in JSTew England, and preached with distinguished success. The Rev. Eliphalet Adams of jSTew London, with Rev. David Jewett of the North Parish, had for some years been laboring among the Mohegans. After Mr. Jewett was settled over his parish in 1739, many of the Indians attended upon his ministry, and from fifteen to 48 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. twenty joined the chnrch, among whom was Widow Bete Occum and Anna Uncas, wife of the sachem, Lucy Coche- gan, Sarah Occum, Samuel Ashpo, and Widow Hannah Coop- er. Ben Uncas died about 1749. His will, dated May 8, 1745, was probably drawn up by some of the white settlers, but some of the ideas contained therein seem to be those of his own, and for the beneiit of the reader I give an extract from its opening passage: " In the name of Grod, Amen. I, Benjamin Uncas, Sa- chem of the Mohegan tribe of Indians, sensible that I am bom to die, and also knowing that the time when, is uncertain, do now in my health and strength, for which I desire to praise God, make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God who made it, trusting in Christ for the free and full pardon of all my sins, and for obtaining eternal life. My body I commit to the earth to be buried in devout Christian burial, at and in the sepulcher of my ancestors in the common Indian Kings burying ground in the town of Norwich, and I believe that through the mighty power of God my body shall be raised at the last day, and soul and body be re-united and live together, never more to be separated." He appointed his only son, Benjamin, as his successor. In the division of his personal property, he gave his wife, his son, and his five daughters, each one-seventh part. He ex- pressed the desire that all his children might be brought iip and educated in the Christian religion, which he affirmed to be his own choice, and in which he declared that he hoped to live and die. Eev. Eliphalet Adams is styled in one of the petitions of Ben Uncas and his people " their venerable and faithful pastor." He died in 1753, aged 77 years. The year before his death he, in conjunction with Eev. David Jewett, petitioned the Assembly to make an appropriation for the repairs of the Indian schoolhouse, then much dilapidated from exposure. The petition was granted, and the schoolhouse repaired and enlarged for the accommodation of the teacher HISTORY OF MO'NTVILLE. 49 and his family. Eobert McClelland, a man sent to tliem by the missionary society in England, became teacher of the IVTohegans. He continued to exercise Ms office as a teacher for several years. He was a member of Mr. Jewett's church. Two years after this appropriation a law book was pre- sented to the Mohegans by the Assembly, and Mr. McClel- land was directed to read and explain to them the contents of the book at least twice each year. About this time there were many orphans in the tribe, owing to the late war be- tween the colony and the French and Indians of Canada, the Indians having volunteered to assist the English in driv- ing back the French and Indians. Many had lost their lives in the encounter. Much suffering on account of poverty prevailed, and it was with great difficulty that the children could be induced to attend school. McClelland found no small difficulty in getting the mem- bers of his school together. Sometimes he would go out into the fields in search for them, and sometimes he went to the cabins of the parents to persuade them to do what they could in getting their children regularly to school. Finding these endeavors unavailing, he commenced giving each of the poorer scholars a piece of bread every day for dinner. This plan had a good effect. His means would not, however, allow him to continue that practice from his own resources alone, so he petitioned the Assembly for assistance, which was successful, and as long as he continued to feed the mind of the Indian child he fed his body. Among the Indian boys at the time when Ben ITncas the second was crowned sachem was one, who, in after years, became famous, not only among his own tribe, but throughout both New and Old England. His name was Samson Occum. He was born at Mohegan in 1723. At the age of seventeen years he became anxious about his soul's welfare, and at times was greatly alarmed at his own lost condition. For six months he was burdened with his sins, and could get no relief. At last light broke in upon his soul, and he entered into the path of the just. From the time 4 60 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. light broke upon him, and the dreaded doom of darkness had vanished, the desire uppermost in his mind was to become a teacher of the " good news " to his brethren. Occum was early placed in the family of Eev. Mr. Whee- lock of Lebanon, where he received his first education, being at tliat time quite young. Two others of the ilohegan boys were also at different times under the tutorship of Mr. Whee- lock : Joseph Johnson, who also became an eminent preacher of the gospel, and Isaiah Uncas, son of the sachem, who, when in youth, "\\'as in feeble health and of a dull intellect. Isaiah died about lYTO, and with him expired the male line of the Ben Uncas family. After Cecum's conversion,. liiR education re-commenced in Rev. ilr. Wheelock's family, and here he remained three years, when he removed for about one year to the home of Rev. Mr. Pomeroy, a clergyman of Hebron. It was the intent of the friends of young Occum that he should complete his education at college, but his health failed him under confinement, his eyes became affected from close study, and he was obliged for a time to give up his stiidies. In 1748, Occum taught school for a while in iSTew London. After this time he was a preacher on Long Island, when on the 29th of August, 1759, he was ordained by the Suffolk Presbytery. His preaching on Long Island was to the tribe of Indians located there. Occum was ever after- wards regarded as a regular member of the ecclesiastical so- ciety. In 1Y66 he ^dsited England, and preached with good acceptance in London and other principal cities of Great Brit- ain to crowded audiences. In May, 1769, died Ben Uncas, the last sachem of the tribe of Mohegans, being the sixth crowned sachem of the tribe, and the third Ben Uncas in the direct line of Uncas the first. The news of his death reaching the Assembly then in session, a committee was immediately appointed to go to Mohegan and consult with the Indians about the best method of choosing a successor, and of pre- venting any quarrel that might arise as to the lands. Three of the committee appointed, AVilliam Hillhouse, Gurdon Sal- HISTORY OF MONTVILI.E. 51 tonstall, and Pyan Adams, arrived in time to attend the funeral of the deceased sachem. The funeral sermon was preached by the Eev. David Jewett, the pastor of the church at North Parish, and a sincere friend of the Mohegans. The remains of the sachem were buried in one of the burial grounds at Mohegan, but were subsequently exhumed, and re-buried in the royal cemetery of the tribe at Norwich. The committee, on arriving at Mohegan, found all the former quarrels of the Mohegans revived and broken out with redoubled violence upon the question of the sachemship. Occum, who, since his return from England had been preaching part of the time to his countrymen, was in favor of John Tineas and so was John Cooper, Jo Wyacks, and most of the leading men of the tribe. John Tineas' party had publicly recognized his title to the sachemship on the same day that Ben Tineas died, and the committee were obhged to confess that besides the family of Ben Tineas, not more than four or five Mohegans could be induced to acknowledge any person as sachem whom the assembly would approve. Another committee had been appointed soon after the first, and had been furnished with explicit directions. They were to acquaint Isaiah Uncas with all the particulars regarding what the colony had done for the first Tineas and grand sachem, the state of the suit now pending in England, and with the release in favor of the colony, which had been executed by the first Ben Tineas and his people, and then they were to recommend the appointing of Isaiah Tineas as sachem. But the committee could effect noth- ing, either as to the sachemship or the division of their lands. Those who favored John Tineas refused to say anything ex- cept that they wanted no help or advice from the colony, and that they did not choose to appoint a sachem or divide their lands until they had heard how the case had gone in England. All the efforts and propositions of the committee were useless, and they were finally obliged to give up their errand and return to Hartford to report their ill success. Soon after this the great suit before the King's Bench was at last made, and 52 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. was again in favor of the colony. Occum, on Learing of the termination of the suit, in writing to a friend says: "The grand controversy which has subsisted between the colonj^ of Connecticut and the Mohegan Indians above seventy years is finally decided in favor of the colony. I am afraid the poor Indians will never stand a good chance with the English in their land controversies, because they are very poor; they have no money. Money is almighty nowadays, and the In- dians have no learning, no wit, no cunning. The English have all." The following is the copy of a paper found on file in the State Library', and to which is attached the names of more than forty of the Indians who were on the stage of action at the death of Ben Uncas the second; in 1749. " Mohegan, June 19th, 1Y49. " We, the Indians commonly called ]\Imoyanhegunneh- vog, having had several meetings to consult about sachem, for we see that we can't be a free and Distinct People by our selves unless we have a head, and now we have ISTominated Benjamin Uncas to be our sachem; i. e., if he will Consent to all the Articles which his Eather Left in his Last Will or Tes- tament Concerning the matter, and this is all that we Can Say at this Time Seeing we cant do much of our Selves. And now having again had further Consideration and having Ex- amined Benjamin Uncas and heard his Consent and Com- pliance to all the Articles above mentioned. And he proposes Also, by Divine help and assistance to conform him Self to them all. And so now upon these very Terms and Considera- tions and not other We do Choose Benjamin Uncas to be our Sachem, and we do also promise to be Loving, faithful, and Obedient Subjects to Benj. Uncas as our Sachem So long as he shall maintain and walk agreeable to the Articles of his father's Last Will or Testament Concerning Sachemship. HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. 58 In Testimony Whereof We do Set to our hands, Zachbey Johnson John Dantuequejan Epheaim Johnson Samson Occum Joseph Johnson John George Samuel Pie Moses Mazzean James Robpin David Ocoom John Robpin Jacob Hoscott Jacob Hoscott, Jr. Jabez James Simon Choychoy Noah Choychoy Chals. Choychoy Henry Quamqtjanquid Caleb Cauchegan John Cheswonkeh Thomas George John Fetch Joshua Occom Jacob George Samuel Ashpo John Johnson Abel Aushkonuntt Joshua George Daniel Cooper Pege Jowon Robert Ashpo Samuel Cooper Solomon Cooper Joseph Ashpo Jonathan Occom Bliphalet Jowon Joseph Jowon Thomas Occom Joshua Joguire John Nanezcoom George Meieyetummie Sworn to at New London May 10, 1750, Before DANIEL COIT, Justice of the Peace. After the report of the committee appointed in the interest of Isaiah Uncas, a bill was passed by the Assembly, appropriat- ing thirty pounds, for presents to Isaiah and his attendants. This was in consideration of the " ancient friendship between the Mohegans and the colony." The money was expended partly in presents to Isaiah and some of his adherents, partly paying their expenses while on a visit to Hartford, and partly in purchasing various articles from the widow and family of the late sachem. Isaiah Uncas died during the year 1Y70, and with him expired the male line of the .Ben Uncas family. No person has ever been sachem since the death of the last Ben 54 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Uncas. The strongest claimant to the crown was Isaiah; be- sides him was his rival, John Uncas, but neither these persons nor any others ever became sachems. About this time William Hubbard had succeeded Robert McClelland as school teacher among the Mohegans, with a salary from the missionary society of twenty-four pounds a year. The schoolhouse, and the dwelling attached to it, both being in need of repairs, he had expended about five pounds from his own resources to make them comfortable. This sum, after several petitions to the Assembly, was by its order paid back to Hubbard, and also a grant was made to him of six poimds yearly in addition to his previous salary. It is not certainly known how long this man was employed as a teacher of the Mohegan children, but it is supposed until about 1774 or 1775. In the latter part of 1771, a Mohegan named Moses Paul was tried, condemned, and sentenced to death for the murd«r of one Moses Clark while in a fit of intoxication. A large assembly of English and Indians collected to witness his execution, and by request of the condemned, Samson Ce- cum preached a funeral sermon before the poor miserable man was launched into eternity. He took for his text the words, " For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The following is an extract from the sermon preached from the above text, and when the condemned man was before him, and probably sitting upon his cofiin. " My poor kindred, you see the woeful consequences of sin by seeing this, our poor, miserable countryman now before us, who is to die for his sins and great wickedness. And it was the sin of drunkenness that has brought this destruction and untimely death upon him. There is a dreadful woe de- nounced from the Almighty against drunkards, and it is this sin, this abominable, this beastly sin of drunkenness that has stripped us of every desirable comfort in this life; by this sin we have no name or credit in the world among polite na- tions; for this sin we are despised in the world, and it is all HISTOEY OF MONTVILLE. 55 right and just, for we despise ourselves more, and if we don't regard ourselves who will regard us ? By this sin we can't have comfortable houses, nor anything comfortable in our houses, neither food or raiment, nor decent utensils. We are obliged to put up any sort of shelter, just to screen us from the severity of the weather, and we go about with very mean, ragged and dirty clothes, almost naked. We are half starved, and most of the time obliged to pick up anything to eat. And our poor children are suffering every day for want of food, and we have nothing to give them ; and in the cold weather they are shivering and crying, being pinched with cold. All this is for the love of strong drink. And this is not all the misery and evil we bring on ourselves in this world; but when we are intoxicated with strong drink, we drown our rational powers by which we are distinguished from the brute creation. We unman ourselves and bring ourselves, not only on a level with the beasts of the field, but seven degrees beneath them; yea, we bring ourselves level mth the devils. I don't know but we make ourselves worse than the devils, for I never heard of a drunkard devil. They have been cheated," he proceeds to say, " by means of drunkenness, they have been drowned and frozen through drunkenness, yet, for all this, drunken- ness is not a matter of shame among them; the young men will get drunk as soon as they will eat when they are hungry; and while no sight is more shocking, none is more common than that of a drunken woman." The preacher made a long and earnest address to the doomed prisoner, pointing out the fright- ful nature of his crime, explaining the divine mode of salva- tion, and urging him with pathos and energy to accept it. He closed his discourse with the following general exhortation: " And now let me exhort you all to break off your drunkenness by a gospel repentance, and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved. Take warning by this doleful subject before us, and by all the dreadful judgments that has befallen poor drunkards. Oh, let us all reform our lives and live as becomes dying creatures in time to come. Let us be persuaded 56 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. that we are accountable creatures to God, and must be called to an account in a few days. You tbat have been careless all your days, now awake to righteousness and be concerned for your poor and never-dying souls. Fight against all sins, and especially against the sin that easily besets you, and behave in time to come as becomes rational creatures, and above all things believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall have eternal life, and when you come to die your souls will be received into heaven, there to be with the Lord Jesus in eternal happiness with all the saints in glory, which God in his infinite mercy granted through Christ Jesus, our Lord. Amen." At this time efforts were being made by one or more of the Mohegans to induce the members of the tribe to leave their present homes and accept the hospitality of the Mohawks, who had offered them a settlement on the unoccupied lands of the Six Nations. Occum sympathized with the movement, and did much to encourage it, but the principal agent in the under- taking was Joseph Johnson, whose education, as before stated, was received at the Eev. Mr. Wheelock's school, and who was afterwards sent as a schoolmaster to the Six Nations. In his efforts to induce his countrymen to move to other lands, sev- eral journeys had been made, and, having exhausted all his means, he applied for assistance to the governor and Assembly of Connecticut. By his earnest and affecting appeal, he ob- tained the sum of six pounds from the colony, and Governor Trumbull gave him a certificate of his good character, and the meritorious nature of his enterprise, to assist him in other places. In December, 17Y4, he presented his cause on an evening at the old Presbyterian church in New York, when a collection was taken up to aid him in his enterprise. He had formed a determination, if God should prosper hi m in his undertaking, to make his influence felt in the establishment of peace between the western tribes and his majesty's sub- jects, and to instruct them in the Christian religion. How many of his coiintrymen he induced to remove with him is unkno-svn. A few, however, are known to have left their na- HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 57 tive land and to have taken up their abode among tlie ISTew York Indians. He became a missionary among the Indians of the State of New York, and was living with them at the Six Nations at the opening of the revolutionary war. Wash- ington, while at Cambridge, during the siege of Boston, wrote him a letter, dated the 20th of February, 1Y76, in which he said, " Tell the Indians that we do not want them to take up the hatchet for us unless they choose it, we only desire that they will not fight against us. We want that the chain of friend- ship should always remain bright between our friends, the Six Nations, and us. We recommend you to them, and hope by spreading the truths of the gospel among them it will always keep the chain bright." Disagreements still continued among the Mohegans, part- ly concerning their government, and partly about their lands. Zachery Johnson, Simon Choychoy and a few other old coun- cilors were determined upon taking the government of the tribe into their own hands. On the other hand, those Indians who adhered to the Mason family stubbornly refused to obey them. Another cause of difference also presented itself. A number of the Indians began to pay some attention to the cultivation of their lands, and to keep small stocks of sheep and cattle. These persons soon usurped a large part of the cleared lands, and as a matter of course those more idle and improvident became dissatisfied and made complaints about not receiving their proportion of the lands. Several tracts of the Mohegan lands had been leased to white farmers, and the overseers were puzzled as to how they should divide the rents. All these things served to create differences among the Mohegans, and the whole community was in a state of turmoil and confusion. The Assembly was often petitioned by the several parties to aid them in adjusting these difficulties. Committees were sent from time to time to assist them in removing the dif- ferences, and to promote peace and harmony among them. A code of directions were formed for the regulation of these 58 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. affairs. The overseers were instructed and empowered to prosecute trespasses upon the Indian lands, to summon the parties, give judgment and award damages. If any Indian wanted land for himself he was to apply to the overseer, who might set off for him a suitable tract to be improved for his personal benefit. In August, 1Y82, a list of all the Indians belonging to the tribe of Mohegans was made out, and sent to the Assembly for the purpose of making a division of the tribe lands. The fol- lowing was copied from the original paper on file in the office of the State Librarian at Hartford. " List of the Mohegan Indians, Aug. 5, 1782, viz : Mercy Uncas, widow of ye late sachem Esther Uncas, daughter to Abimileck, 87 years old Zachery Johnson, Old Councillor Martha Obed, his wife. No children Lucy Dantaquechin, wife of Peter Trocomas, cast off Eliphalet, about 6 years old ) „, .,, . . , _ n J.^ ■ , . A J }■ Children of said Lucy Uynthia, about 4 do \ •' Sarah Chawchoy, widow of Simon Amey, about 30 ") Elizabeth, about 20 ^ Children of said Sarah Simon, about 25 ) Mercy Uncas, widow of Noah. Son of twin John John, about 17 ^ Noah, about 14 I Amy, about 7 ^ Children of said Mercy by Noah Esther, about 3 J Hannah Uncas, widow of twin John, grandmother to ye above children Sarah Mahomet, widow of him that died in England Betty Uncas, widow of (Mason) John deceased Anna Uncas, widow of Ben, son of (Mason) John, said Ben killed at New London, Sept. '81 Anna, about 18 mos. old, child of said widow Anna Saml Uncas, son of said (Mason) John HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 59 Elizabeth, his wife Joshua, about 8 years Eunice, about 9 do George, about 3 do > Children of said Saml and wife Polly, about 10 mos. John Dantaquegin Lucy, his wife Jerusha, about 20 ^ David, about 18 I Bartholomew, about 12 ( Children of said John and Luoy Parthenia, about 7 J Esther Dantaquegin, mother of said John Betty George, widow of Pompey John George, son of said Betty in ye army Lucy, about 11 ^ Molly, about 10 I Children of said Betty Pompey, about 4 J Moses Mazzeen Sarah, about 20 ^ Hannah, about 19 I T? „i • 1 u J. -1 Q ■ iu / Children of said Moses Jlizekiel, about 18, in the army j Thomas, about 9 J Sarah Occom, widow, mother of Sampson Sampson Occom, minister Mary, his wife Benoni, about 19 ^ Theodosia, about 13 i „, ., , r r, ^ Saml Fowler, about 12 f C^^^l'^'-^'^ «* Sampson Occom Andrew Gifford, about 8 J Jonathan Occom, brother of Sampson Eunice Occom, widow of Joshua, disceased Eunice, her daughter, about 17 f Sons of Jos. Johnson deceased Wm. Johnson, about 8 J by Anna his wife, daughter of Jos. Johnson, about 6 | Sampson Occom, cast off for in- (^ continency since a widow Jacob Hoscott > Children of Samuel Cooper and wife go HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Ann, his wife \ Saml, about 16 ^ Isaiah, about 9 „, ., , . . , t i j \ , ' ^ r > Children of said Jacob and Ann Jacob, about 5 f Josiah, about 1 j Saml Johnson, in ye army )„,.,, j, rrrm t u „ ^. T , t Children of Will Johnson ratience Johnson ) Betty George, widow Kachel Bobin, widow Ann Bobin, alias Occom Aaron Occom, son of said Ann Abigail Cooper, widow of Daniel Samuel Cooper Betty, his wife Mary, about 23 Joshua, about 18 Elisha, about 16 Jonah, about 11 Lucy, about 8 Lucretia, about 5 John Cooper Esther, his wife Jacob Cooper ) John Cooper P«"^ «f «^^- Children of said Solomon Abram, about 5 ) Hannah Cooper, old widow Betty Pequin, widow Lucy Wequot, old widow Lucy Cooper, widow of Sam Jr. Amy, about 4, child of said Lucy Hannah Shantop, old widow > Children of said Joseph and Hannah HISTORY OF MONTVII^LB. 61 Hannah, her daughter Jos. Shantop Hannah, his wife Martha, about 16 ^ Joseph, about 13 Joshua, about 11 Henry, about 8 Moses, about 6 Lucy, about 3 Dan, about 2 mos. Rebecca Tanner, widow, lost her 5 sons in ye army Sarah Bphraim, widow Henry Quaquaquid Lucy, his wife Samuel Ashpo, lost his 3 sons in ye army Hannah, his wife Joshua Ashpo, son of Samuel Jr. deceased about 9 John Ashpo, son of Samuel Ann, his wife Moses, son of said John and Ann, about 2 n 11 A b [ Children of John, deceased Robert Ashpo Betty, his wife Hannah, about 13 ) , ., , ■ ^ r, y n h t 1 1 \ Children of said Robert and Betty Joseph Ashpo Jenny, his wife Lucy I Mercy >• Children of said Joseph and Jenny Andrew ) Betty Silas, widow Lydia Joquibe, old widow Mary Jowon, old widow Eliphalet Jowon Esther, his wife g2 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Jonas, about 18 Eliphalet, about 12 ! ^^^^^^^ ^^ Eliphalet and Esther Jacob, about 8 f ^ Hezekiah, about 4 J Hannah Nannapoon, old widow The foregoing list made with the greatest percision we could obtain. By Joseph Spencer j August, 1782. William Williams > Committee " Nath'l Wales ) In 1783 the overseers -were empowered to divide all the unrented lands among the different families, and to forbid any stranger from settling upon the reservation without their consent. An order was also given that the old councilor, Zachery Johnson, and his vsdfe, should be supphed as long as they lived with necessaries and comforts out of the avails of the lands. It was not until 1790 that the lands were by order of the legislature of the State of Connecticut sur- veyed and di^dded to each family, at which time a map was made, and each member of the tribe had his or her tract located and set off to them by " metes and Bounds." After the division of the land, many of the Indians were too indolent to make much use of their farms, and very little of the land was cultivated, except by the white tenants, until within the past twenty-five or thirty years. Old Zachery, the Regent of the Mohegans, as he was sometimes called, died about 1787, and by some was said to be one hundred years old, and by others only about eighty years. It is probable he did not know his own age. During the revolution many of the ]\roliegans enlisted in the army of the Colonies, and seventeen or eighteen of them died in the service or were Idlled in battle, leaving several widows, some with young children. In May, 1789, some of the Mohegans presented to the legislature a remarkable memorial which should be preserved as a relic of history, and serves to show the condition of the tribe at the time of the in- HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 63 corporation of this town of Montville, so far as those who drew the paper were able to understand it. It is styled " A Memo- rial of the Mohegans by the hands of their brothers, Henry Quaquaqnid and Eobert Ashpo." " We beg leave to lay our concerns and burdens at your excellencies feet. The times are exceedingly altered, yea, the times are upside down, or rather we have changed the good times chiefly by the help of the white people. Eor in times past our forefathers lived in peace, love, and great' plenty. "When they wanted meat, they would just run into the bxish a little way, with their weapons, and would soon return, bring- ing home good venison, raccoon, bear, and fowl. If they chose to have fish, they would go to the river, or along the seashore, and they would presently fill their canoes with a variety of fisli, both scaled and shell fish. And they had abundance of nuts, wild fruits, ground nuts, and ground beans, and they planted but little corn and beans. They had no contention about their lands for they lay in common, and they had but one large dish, and could all eat together in peace and love. " But, alas ! It is not so now; all our hunting and fowl- ing and fishing is entirely gone, and we have begun to work our lands, keep horses and cattle and hogs, and we build houses and fence in lots. And now we plainly see that one dish and one fire will not do any longer for us. Some few there are that are stronger than others, and they will keep off the poor, weak, the halt and blind, and will take the dish to themselves. Tea, they will rather call the white people and the mulattoes to eat out of our dish, and poor widows and orphajis must be pushed aside, and there we must sit, crying and starving, and die. And so we are now come to our good brethren of the Assembly, with hearts full of sorrow and grief, for immediate help. And therefore our most humble and earnest request is, that our dish of suckutash may be equally divided amongst us, that every one may have his own little dish by himself. 64 HISTORY OF MONTVIDLE. that he may eat quietly, and do with his dish as he pleases, that every one may have his own fire." A committee appointed to consider this curious and orig- inal memorial reported that the condition of affairs in Mohe- gan were in such order as to render further interference at that time unnecessary. In 1790, the time of the division of the Mohegan land, the tribe held about twenty-seven hundred acres of land, and numbered about one hundred and forty mem- bers. The only religious instructor among them at this time was one of their own members, John Cooper. He was con- sidered by them to be the richest man of the Mohegans, being the possessor of two cows and a yoke of oxen. Two bearing the name of Uncas, John and ISToah, were still living about 1800. A son of John, named Ben Uncas, was living about 1835; he lived at one time with Charles Hill. In the first part of the nineteenth century the members of the tribe would occasionally meet in council and discuss their affairs. After about 1800 little worthy of record took place for more than a quarter of a century. Small sales of land were occasionally authorized by the General Assembly, the whites being the purchasers of all such sales. Their territory continued slowly to contract until about 1860, when their land was re-surveyed and distributed among' the several members of the tribe, agree- able to an act of the General Assembly passed at its May ses- sion of that year. The governor, William A. Buckingham, appointed Samuel Hebard, T. H. C. Kingsbury, and Henry P. Haven, commissioners to make the survey and re-distribu- tion. The Fort Hill farm, so called, was still held as tribe property, and was siibsequently sold by the direction of the commissioners at public sale to Theodore Raymond of ISTor- wich, and the avails distributed among the living members of the tribe. At the time of the re-distribution of their land in 1860, only forty persons belonged to the tribe that were living to whom distribution was made, several of whom have since died, and their heirs now hold their possessions. Esther Cooper, who was a descendant in the fourth or fifth genera- HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 65 tion from tlie first Fncas, died on tlie 30tli day of December, 1852, aged Y9 years. Martha Uncas, who was also a descend- ant, died on the 8th day of October, 1859, aged 95 years. Most of the persons now living who are members of the tribe are of mixed blood, but claim the title to the land through their mothers and allowed to share in the distribution. The old Samson Occum house has been taken down, and nothing remains of it, but up to about 1880 it was 'occupied and owned by the descendants of the preacher, Jerome B. and Sally Bo- hemia. The religious interest of the tribe had become wholly neglected when about the year 1827 Miss Sarah L. Hunting- ton of Norwich, afterwards the wife of Rev. Eli Smith of the American Syrian Mission, became deeply interested in the moral and intellectual condition of this then forlorn remnant of such an historic race. She put forth her hands to raise them from their depth of ignorance and degradation. This interest was shared by other females of similar, spirit, Miss Sarah Breed of ISTorwich, afterwards the wife of President Allen of Bowdoin College, and Miss Elizabeth Kaymond of Montville. From the untiring efforts of these Christian wo- men, the Mohegans were lifted up and started again with greater success on the road leading to a higher state of morality and intelligence. A daily school was established in the farm- house on the Fort Hill farm, which iliss Huntington and Miss Raymond taught by alternate weeks, both remaining at Mo- hegan on the Sabbath, and assisted each other in conducting the religious exercises of the day. These daily instructions continued until a chapel was secured, a religious teacher en- gaged, and a schoolhouse built. The Indians themselves manifested much enthusiasm in the means employed for the improvement of their condition. The practical results of the labors of these Christian wo- men here in the formation of a church and an ecclesiastical society, the erection of a church edifice, schoolhouse, and par- sonage, are subjects which will be further considered in another chapter of this history. 5 gg HISTOEY OF MONTVILLE. SASSACUS. " Shall no memorial in the land Remain of Sassacus? Like sand Beat by the sea, shall every trace Of the Great Spirit of his race Be swept away? " Once on yon mount* the Pequot stood And gazed o'er all the world of wood, Eyed the blue sound, and scanned the bays. Distinct in evening's mellow rays; Like a green map lay all below, With glittering veins where rivers flow, The distance stretched in haze away. As from his mount by Mystic bay, Whence, as the calumet went round. His eyes could measure all the sound; Or, in the boundless ocean, find Delight for his untutored mind. Eastward he turns his glistening eye. There where his throne, his people lie. Lie prostrate — subjects, children, power. All, all extinguished in an hour. " The heart-wrung savage turned aside. But no tear stained a Pequot's pride; The dark hand spread upon his breast, Only the wampum grasped and pressed. He turned — he stopped — took one last view, And then, like Regulus, withdrew. These mountains, rivers, woods, and plain. Ne'er saw the Pequot King again; Par in the region of the West The Mohawk sent him to his rest. (JAMES ABRAHAM) 'Hillhouse.'" The Kev. Sampson Occum of tlie Moliegan nation was born a pagan. In 1741, when about 18, lie became a Chris- tian, and soon after applied to the Eev. Mr. Wheelock, who willingly received him as a pupil at the Indian Charity School in Lebanon, where he remained about three years. He afterwards studied theology, was licensed by the As- sociation of "Windham County, and in 1T59 was ordained by the Suffolk Presbytery at Long Island, and placed over the Indians at Montauk. * Groton Heights. HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 67 In 1761 lie left Long Island, and went as a missionary to tlie Oneidas, laboring tliere about five years witb considerable success. He then left the mission for a season, and with Rev. Nathaniel Whitaker, pastor of the Second Church in Norwich, made a voyage to England, to solicit funds for the Indian school. They were highly recommended by many of the most respectable persons in America, and were cordially re- ceived. Mr. Occum, being the first Indian minister who had been welcomed to England, attracted great attention in the principal cities of England and Scotland, and preached with great acceptance to numerous audiences of different denomi- nations. The enterprise met with great favor from the Kev. Mr. Whitfield, who had visited the school at Lebanon. He showed great kindness to Mr. Occum, invited him to his pulpit, and in- troduced him to a distinguished individual, whom he styled " the Daniel of the age, the truly noble Lord Dartmouth." At the solicitation of the Earl of Dartmouth, the King made a donation of about $1,000, and in a short time there was collected in England and Scotland about $50,000 for the support and enlargement of the Indian school. The success of the mission was in a great measiire attrib- uted to Mr. Occum. The funds thus collected were em- ployed in founding Dartmouth College, called after the name of the Earl of Dartmouth. Several Indians, educated as teachers, were sent from this school to the Oneidas, among whom we find the names of David Eowler, a Montauk; Joseph "Woolley and Hezekiah Calvin, Delawares; Moses Peters, Johannas Abraham, primus, and Abraham, 2d, Mohawks; and Jacob Fowler a Montauk. Brandt was also a pupil. On his return from Europe, Mr. Occum resumed his mis- sionary labors, and with a portion of the Mohegans under his care he removed from the vicinity of Mohegan to the Oneida country, where he settled at a place called Brothertown, and where he died in July, 1792, aged about 69 years. 68 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. The father of Samson Occum was a Mohegan, and Ms mother was a Groton Indian. Her name was Sarah, and who is said to have been a descendant of Uncas, which may- have been true. She was probably of the Samson family, whicli led her to so name her son. Samson Occnm, at the age of 18 years, married Mary Powler, whose parents belonged to the Montauk tribe on Long Island. David and Jacob Fowler were her brothers; the former was born in 1735 and the latter was probably younger. Joseph Johnson, another yoimg Moheiian. who married Ocenm's daughter. Tabitha, was also a religious teacher, and with the others previously named, became the projectors of the removal to Brothertown and thereby carried the gospel and civilization to the Oneida Indians of New Tork. Diu-ing the Tlevolutionarv- War, Occum, the Fowlers, and Joseph Johnson were the Indian heroes of jSTew England. The first emigration of the Mohegans to the lands given by the Oneidas for a settlement was in IT 84, although some few families had gone there earlier. The emigrants who started for the Oneida country on ilay 8, 1784, included twenty families, and among them were Jacob Fowler and Occum's son-in-law, Anthony Paul. Occiim himself con- ceived the plan to remove to JSTew York and establish in the Oneida country a to^vn governed after the Ciinnecticut model, the townsmen wholly Indians, given to agriculture, who would be a means of Christianizing and civilizing the savages about them. Arrangements were made by which the Oneidas were to give them lands ten miles square. On the 8th of July, 1774, Samson Occum and David Fowler received the lands, settled the boundaries, and took a deed of gift. The Revolu- tionary "War began about this time, and prevented an im- mediate cari'ying out of their plan, and it was not until about ten years after that the general move was made. David Fowler built the first house in the township. On the 7th day of ISTovember, 1785, Occum's company met at the house of David Fowler to organize a government. The HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 69 town was named Brothertown. Jacob Fowler was chosen clerk. Koger Wanby, David Fowler, Elijah Wampy, Jobn Fuhy, and Abraham Simon were chosen trustees for a year, a new board to be chosen annually. This was the beginning of a township formed by the members of the Mohegan tribe and other tribes from Connecticut and Long Island, which con- tinned for many years. The white settlers, however, began encroachments upon their lands, treaties formed by which certain portions of their lands were given up, until at last the whole was absorbed by the whites, and the Indians removed to a place in "Wisconsin, which they called Brothertown, after the name of the town where the first settlement was made, in the State of ISTew York, and where some of the IVCohegan de- scendants still reside. CHAPTEK in. The town of Montville is situated on the west side of the Thames river, about half way between the cities of New Lon- don and Norwich. Its present area is about forty square miles, and contains twenty-five thousand acres. It was for- merly a part of the township of New London, and called the North Parish of New London. Its early history is iadis- solubly connected with that of New London and Norwich, and other towns adjoining. Within the boundaries of this town was the central seat of the famous tribe of Indians called the Mohegans, whose history has been closely identified with that of the State of Connecticut. Tineas, the Grand Sachem of the tribe, being a friend to the English, received at their hands protection from his enemies, and often when in extreme peril from the hostile advancements made upon him by other tribes, the English rendered him timely assistance. Tineas was always generous to those who befriended him and his warriors, and easily persuaded to confer liberal gifts of his lands as a remuneration for friendship. This tract of land now constituting the town of Mont- ville was, at the earliest notice of its history, in the possession of the Pequots, of which tribe the Mohegans were a frag- ment, and occupied by them as their planting and hunting grounds. A remnant of the Mohegans still continue to pos- sess and improve a portion of the land sequestered to them by the early English settlers, not, however, as wards under the guardianship of the state, but as actual owners of the soil with the privilege of citizens of the state and of the United States. Their advance in civilization and morals had been identical with that of the growth and prosperity of the town; the Indian having exchanged his lands for civilization and Christianity. HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. 71 It is not strange tliat a place possessed of sucli natural advan- tages, when once known to tlie English, slionld have been highly prized by them, or that when obtained from the native owners it should be quickly settled, or, since its settlement, it should have grown and prospered so extensively. It has never known any serious decline, either in numbers or prop- erty, and though at times laboring under disadvantages from various sources, it has generally been upon the advance. The spirit of enterprise, it is true, has shifted from one part of the town to another, and from one source of industry to another, but it has never left its precincts or ceased to ad- vance. Many individuals whose names are inscribed upon the rolls of fame and honor have emanated from this com- munity. The records, both of church and state, contain many an honored name whose possessor had his .or her origin on this soil. The names of Hillhouse, Kaymond, Chester, Otis, and many others, are such as the historian has delighted to honor. In the year 1646, John Winthrop, Jr., and some others from Boston, Massachusetts, commenced to lay out and settle a plantation in the Pequot coimtry, which was afterwards called New London. Winthrop, before laying out the plantation, called all the neighboring Indians together in order to ascer- tain the legitimate bounds occupied by the Pequot tribe, that no encroachment might be made on the rights of the Mohe- gans. Uncas at that time made no claim to any land east of the Thames (Pequot) river, nor on the west side any farther south than Cochiknack (now Oxoboxo) or Saw Mill Brook and the cove into which it flowed. This brook (now Oxoboxo) was therefore established as the northern boundary of the New London plantation by an agreement with Uncas, sachem of the Mohegans. The early history of this part of New London, called the North Parish of New London, runs through a maze of perplexity and confusion. Many of the finest tracts in the district which had been early obtained of the natives, or by grants of the town for speculation or settlement, passed from one possessor to another with great rapidity. A com- 72 HISTORY OF JIONTVILLE. bination of influences served to facilitate the speedy transfer of claims. The first grants of lands within the Mohegan reservation was made by Uncas in 1658 to Richard Hough- ton and James Rogers, and consisted of valuable farms on the river at places called Massapeag and Pamechaug. The former place was situatc 78. John, b. 24 Aug., 1756, never married. He served during the war of the Revolution on board a privateer, was taken prisoner, and died 16 July, 1787, in a prison ship. 79. Henry Delamore, b. 3 April, 1760; m. Eunice Raymond, dau. of John Raymond, and died 28 Oct., 1805. Had one child only, John Raymond, who married Julian Hewlitt of Groton. V. DANIEL (39), b. 4 May, 1736, son of Thomas Bolles and Mary Rogers; m. Lucretia Eargo, dau. of Robert Fargo. He settled in Waterford, where he died in 1818. Children. 80. Stephen, b. ; m. 1st, Rebecca Lampher of Ston- ington, and had six children: 1st, Rebecca, b. 8 Dec, 1787; m. David Street of Norwalk, 10 Aug., 1810, and settled in Montville, where he died in 1832. She died 6 July, 1880. They had nine children: 2d, Stephen; 3d, Nathaniel; 4th, Lucretia; 5th, Daniel; 6th, Martin, BOLLES FAMILIES. 119 81. Martin, b. 1772; m. Amy Dart and had three children: 1st, Liicretia, b. 30. Jan., 1801; 2d, Joshiia, b. 19 Aug., 1802; 3d, Kobert, b. 22 Aug., 1804. He died 1 Dec, 1805. V. AMOS (41), b. 15 May, 1739, son of Thomas Bolles and Mary Rogers; m. 1st, Abigail Smith about 1763, by whom he had three children. She died . Pie married for his second wife, Anna Gardner, b. 7 Sept., 1748, dau. of David Gardner, by whom he had six children. Children by Abigail. 82. Robinson, b. 83. Amy, b. 84. Amos, b. 16 Oct., 1769; m. Elizabeth Mills. Children by Anna. 85. Abel, b. 86. Daniel, b. 87. Abigail, b. 14 Aug., 1777; m. Bliss Baker 6 Jan., 1799. 88. Anna, b. 89. Sarah, b. 90. Elizabeth, b. V. JOSEPH (44), b. 24 March, 1736, son of Isaiah Bolles and Lydia Powers; ni. Lydia Kirkland 2 Dec, 1760. He settled in New London. They had eight children. 91. Isaiah, b. 30 Oct., 1763, second child, m. Phebe Daniels of Waterford and had fourteen children. 92. Lydia, b. 1792; m. Edmund Richards. 93. Abigail, b. 1793, m. 1st, Jacob S. Wright; 2d, Frederick Rogers, and died at Montville. 94. Mary, b. 95. Fanny, b. 96. Joseph, b. 15 Sept.; 1798; m. Sarah (Gray) Story. 97. Gilbert, b. 98. Hannah, b. 99. Eliza, b. 120 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 100. Reuben P., b. ; m. Fanny C. Baker. 101. Henry D., b. 102. William K., b. 103. Margaret, b. 104. Elijah, b. 105. Joshua, b. V. DAVID (46), b. 14 Jan., 1743, son of Enoch Bolles and Hannah Moore; m. Susanna Moore, dau. of Jonathan Moore, 10 Jan., 1765. ' He was a farmer, tanner, and cur- rier, but later in life became a Baptist minister. He was among the first preachers in the Baptist Church at Hartford, of which his brother John was so long its deacon. He died at Enfield, 14 Eeb., 1807. She died 2d ^ov., 1807. Children. 106. David, b. 26 Sept., 1765; m. Elizabeth Daw. 107. Mathew, b. 21 April, 1769; m. Anna Hubbard. 108. Ebenezer, b. 28 March, 1772; died young. 109. Charles, b. 19 Eeb., 1775; died in 1790. 110. Augustus, b. 28 Dec, 1776; m. 1st, Fanny Trowbridge, 27 ISTov., 1798, by whom he had seven children. She died 9 April, 1841. He then married Esther (Baker) Wheeler, widow of Nathaniel Wheeler of Montville, 27 Feb., 1842. She died at Mont^'ille . He was a Baptist minister, and died at Colchester. V. HEZEKIAH (60), b. 15 Dec, 1759, son of Joshua Bolles and Joanna Williams; m. Anna Rogei-s, dau. of John Rogers and Delight Green. He settled first in Great Bar- rington, Mass., as a farmer, and afterwards removed to Gris- wold, Conn. He died 12 May, 1828. She died 10 Nov., 1840. Children. 111. Eliza, b. 25 Nov., 1791; died at New London in 1846 unmarried. 112. Delight R., b. 13 Sept., 1796; m. Ebenezer Williams. 113. William, b. 7 Aug., 1800; m. Cornelia C. Palmer. EOLLBS FAMILIES. 121 114. Joanna, b. 25 Jan., 1805; m. Ebenezer Williams, 2d wife. 115. Joshua, b. 21 Jan., 1808; m. Augusta Wbeeler. 116. John K., b. 13 Atig., 1810; m. Mary Hempstead; died 1895. V. CALVIN (6Y), b. 18 Dec, 1777, son of Samuel BoUes and Margaret Moore; m. 1st, Kebecca Darrow, 24 Oct., 1799, dau. of Lemuel Darrow, son of Zadoc. She died 11 June, 1811. He then married Hester Darrow, a sister of his former wife, 5 Dec, 1811. She died 12 Nov., 1818. He then married Sarah Turner, dau. of Mathew Turner, 1 July, 1819. She died Feb., 1864. He was a farmer, tanner, and currier. He was a justice of the peace ia Montville for many years, a man of sound judgment and business qualifi- cations. He died at Montville. Children by Rebecca. 117. Eebecca, b. 14 May, 1803; m. Samuel B. Palmer. 118. Margaret, b. 27 Nov., 1805; m. Daniel F. Beebe. 119. Francis W., b. 24 July, 1808; m. Nancy C. Morgan of East Haddam, 9 Nov., 1831. She died 30 Nov., 1854. He then married Anna M. Morgan, sister of his former wife, 1 July, 1855. Children by Hester. 120. Harriet, b. 1 July, 1814; m. Albert G. Scholfield. 121. John Calvin, b. 18 Sept., 1816; m. Eunice Budding- ton. He is a physician; has practiced in Montville for many years. Is now living (1896). V. ZEBEDIAH (42), b. 11 June, 1743, son of Thomas BoUes and Mary Rogers; m. Margaret Green, dau. of Ben- jamin Green, in 1803. He died 29 June, 1817. She died 29 Aug., 1813. Children. 122. Diana, b. 10 May, 1806; m. Daniel Williams, 29 May, 1825. He was a cabinet maker. They had a daugh- ter, Susan E., who married Dr. Rufus W. Mathewson 122 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. of Durham, Conn. They had six children. Earl, Eufus, Mary, Amelia, Eandolph, and Susan. Both Dr. Rufus Mathewson and his son, Dr. Earl Mathew- son, were practicing physicians in Montville at dif- ferent dates. 123. Margaret, b. 1813; m. Ralph Hurlburt of Gales Perry. He was a farmer, and they had five children ; Ralph W., Mary A., Tabitha E., Greorge W., and Henry W. VI. JOHJSr RAYMOND (79), b. 27 Sept., 1787, son of Henry Delamore Holies and Eunice Raymond; m. Julian Hewlitt of Groton. He was a mariner and whaling master. Settled at Waterford. He died suddenly. She died in 1855. Children. 124. John, b. 11 Sept., 1820; m. Nancy Chapman and had . six children, John, Isabella, Ahce, Elizabeth, Wal- ter, and Charles. 125. Julian, b. 3 April, 1822; m. Lyman Richards. 126. Henry D., b. 8 March, 182-1:; m. Almira Latimer 16 May, 1847. Had two sons, Henry and Eranklin. He was a mariner, now living (1896) near Comstock's . Wharf. 127. Stephen, b. 9 Nov., 1825; m. Hannah M. Avery, 31 Aug., 1856. He was a whaling master. Now living in 1896. 128. Francis, b. 2 June, 1827 ; m. Austin Benham of Water- ford. Had six children. VI. AMOS (84), b. 16 Oct., 1769, son of Amos BoUes and Abigail Smith; m. Elizabeth Mills. He was knocked overboard by the boom of a vessel and drowned. Children. 129. Alfred, b. 3 June, 1795; m. Julian Stoddard, 8 July, 1821. He was a farmer and carpenter. He died 10 Jan., 1895. He had 1st, Ellen S., b. 9 Aug., 1824; m. William M. Ackley, 23 Oct., 1854, and had one "^^■Ujasc^ ^©A«ft0W- FAMILIES. 123 son, Edward, b. 15 June, 1856; 2d, Emeline F., b. 19 Oct., 1826; m. Erasmus Darwin Kogers, 11 May, 1848; 3d, Amos, b. 25 June, 1829; 4th, Nelson, b. 2 May, 1839. 130. Orlando, b. ; m. Ellen Fitch, 18 Jan., 1835, dau. of Adonijah Fitch and Anna Fox. They had son William, b. m. Sturtevant. He was a lawyer and literary writer; was for a time editor of the Norwich Bulletin. His wife obtained a di- vorce from him in the Superior Court, held at Nor- wich at its September term, in 1881. 131. Emily, b. ; m. Oapt. Calvin Stoddard. VII. JOSEPH (96), b. 15 Sept., 1798, son of Isaiah BoUes and Phebe Daniels; m. Widow Sarah (Gray) Story, 3 June, 1830. He settled at Montville, and lived near Com- stock's Wharf. He died Children. 132. Jane E., b. 28 Sept., 1831; m. 133. Frances L., b. 10 March, 1833; m. Julia Holdridge. 134. Jared, b. 26 May, 1835; m. Clarrissa Comstock. 135. Keuben C, b. 30 July, 1837; m. 136. Almira A., b. 26 Dec, 1839. 137. Mary C, b. 25 June, 1842; died 25 June, 1844. VIII. JAKED (134), b. 26 May, 1835, son of Joseph BoUes and Sarah (Gray) Story; m. 16 Dec, 1860, Clarrissa Comstock, dau. of William Comstock and Mary E. Hewitt. He settled at Montville, was dock master at Comstock's Wharf, and mail carrier from Montville Station to Gales Ferry. Both living in 1896. Children. 138. Eeuben C, b. 1 Jan., 1863; m. Berthia King. 139. Lucian, b. 21 Jan., 1866; living at Norwich in 1896. 140. Charlotte I., b. 18 Jan., 1870. 141. Gertrude A., b. 27 March, 1878. CONGDON FAMILIES. Benjamin Congdon appears to have first settled in Ehode Island, where, on the 20th day of September, 1671, he bought of William Brenton, Benedict Arnold, and others, 230 acres of land in ISTarragansett, but did not occupy it for several yeai*s after. He was made a freeman in 1677, being born about 1650. It is not ascertained who his parents were, or whether he was bom in this country. In 1679 he received a deed of 200 acres of land in Narragansett, being part of 7,630 acres laid out by Samuel Wilber to Jirch Bull and 24 others. On the 20th day of Oct., 1683, he sold to John Sheldon the 230 acres he purchased of William Brenton and Benedict Arnold, for £7. In the deed he styled himself, " late of Portsmouth, planter." His signature was made to deeds, etc., by mark Z, while his son Benjamin signed by mark O. His will was executed July 2, 1715, and proved in the Probate Court Dec. 10, 1718. His executors were his wife, Elizabeth, and son, John. To sons William, John, Benjamin, and James, 5s. each, they hav- ing had their portions. To daughter Elizabeth Wells and Susanna ISTorthrop three cows each, and to granddaughter Elizabeth Wells, a cow at decease of his wife. To his wife, the household goods at her disposal, and the farm, orchard, and housing for life. To son John, two cows and a heifer. Ben- jamin Congdon married Elizabeth Albro, dau. of John Albro and Dorothy . He died Jan. 19, 1718. She died ISTov. 15, 1720. Both were buried in the Congdon burial ground at Congdon Hill, near Wickford, R. I. His chil- dren were: 2. William, b. ; m. 1st, Mary ; 2d, Mar- garet , and had children, 1st, Joseph; 2d, CONGDON FAMILIES. 125 William, b. 25 Jan., 1698; 3d, Margaret; 4tli, Eliza- beth; 5th, Abigail; m. Reynolds; he died in 1Y61. 3. Benjamin, b. ; m. 1 Dec, 1701, Frances Staf- ford, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Holden) Stafford, and had children, 1st, Benjamin, b. 20 Oct., 1702; 2d, Francis, b. 6 Dec, 1703; 3d, Joseph, b. 15 Feb., 1705; 4th, John, b. 23 Sept., 1706; 5th, Sarah, b. 26 June, 1708; 6th, William, b. 6 Nov., 1711; 7th, James, b. 13 May, 1713; 8th, Elizabeth, b. 8 April, 1715; 9th, Mary, b. 10 March, 1718; 10th, Susanna, b. 7 Feb., 1720; 11th, Strikely, b. 11th Dec, 1722. 4. John, b. ; m. Mary Smith, dau. of Jeremiah and Mary (Gereardy) Smith. 5. James, b. 19 April, 1686; m. 1st, Margaret Eldred; 2d, Dorcas Westcott, 15 Nov., 1739; 3d, Widow Mary Dorcas Taylor, widow of Joseph Taylor. Children by first wife were 1st, James; 2d, Penelope; 3d, Ben- jamin; 4th, Samuel; 5th, William; 6th, John; 7th, Elizabeth; 8th, IMartha; 9th, Margaret, b. in 1725. Children by second wife are 10th, Ephraim; 11th, Dorcas; 12th, Joseph. By third wife, 13th, Robert; 14th, Susanna; 15th, Phebe. He died 27 Sept., 1757. 6. Elizabeth, b. ; m. John Wells and had children, 1st, John; 2d, Benjamin; 3d, Mercy; 4th, Elizabeth; 5th, daughter; 6th, Susanna. She died in 1732. He died same year. 7. Susanna, b. ; m. David ISTorthrup, and had children, 1st, David; 2d, Stephen; 3d, Benjamin; 4th, Robert. II. JOHN (4), b. , son of Benjamin Congdon and Elizabeth Albro; m. Mary Smith, dau. of Jeremiah and Mary (Gereardy) Smith. He was at Kings Town, R. I., 17 May, 1710, whei'e he and others bought 2,000 acres of the vacant land in Narragansett. He was connected with his mother as executors of his father's will, and settled the estate. It is presumed that he left Rhode Island after his father's death, and with his family removed into Connecticut. His children were all born in Rhode Island. 126 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 8. Jeremiah, b. about 1700; m. Ann Chapel of ISTew Lon- don. 9. Mary, b. about 1703; m. 10. John, b. about 1705; m. Mehitabel Gardner. 11. James, b. ; m. III. JEREMIAH (8), b. about 1700, son of John (4) and Mary Smith; m. 16 Dec, 1725, Ann Chapel, dau. of John Chapel and Sarah Lewis. Mr. Congdon appears to have set- tled in the North Parish of ~New London as early as 17:39. His farm lay along the southerly side of Oxoboxo Brook, a little west of Uncasville, a portion of which is now owned by the Pequot Company. His will was approved Aug. 20, 1778, about which time he probably died. It does not appear from any record found where either he or his wife died, or where they were buried. Children. 12. John, b. ; m. Ann ilirick. 13. Susanna, b. 1751. ; m. James Eogers, 12 March, 14. Mary, b. 15. Martha, b. ; m. Joseph Rogers, 23 Jan., 1754. 16. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Peleg Church. ni. JOHlSr (10), b. about 1705, son of John (4) and Mary Smith; m. 1735, Mehitabel Gardner, b. 22 May, 1715, dau. of Stephen Gardner and Amy Sherman. Children. 17. Jeremiah, b. 27 Aug., 1736. 18. Eunice, b. 14 April, 1738; m. 19. Timothy, b. 15 April, 1739. 20. Elisha, b. 5 Aug., 1740. 21. Mehitabel, b. 3ci ISTqv., 1742. IV. JOI-m (12), b. , son of Jeremiah (8) and Ann Chapel; m. Ann Mirick, b. about 1733, dau. of CONGDON FAMILIES. 127 Elisha Mirick and Grace Rogers. He received from his father by will the homestead at Montville, where he was a farmer, and where he died aboLit Children. 22. John, b. ; m. 23. Da^'id, b. 25 Aug., 1756; m. 1st, Abigail Baker, 24 March, 1780; 2d, Mary Bishop, 29 Jan., 1784. 24. Peggy, b. 1757; died 26 Nov., 1815. 25. Eunice, b. 1759; m. Andrew Maples. V. DAVID (23), b. 25 Aug., 1756, son of Jdhn (12) and Ann Mirick; m. 1st, Abigail Baker, b. 25 April, 1760, dau. of Joshua Baker and Abigail Bliss. She had one son, and died Feb. 11, 1781. He afterwards married Mary Bishop, b. . He was a farmer, and lived on the home- stead left to him by his father. He built the house that is now standing on the old homestead in 1802. He was deacon of the Baptist Church, called the Palmer Church, until it became extinct, and the present Union Baptist Church in Palmertown was organized. His last wife died April 24, 1813. He died Peb. 19, 1850, aged 93 years. Child by Abigail. 26. Jeremiah, b. 23 Feb., 1781, died 11 Sept., 1784. Children by Mary. 27. John, b. 21 Dec, 1784; m. Louisa Bishop. 28. Abigail, b. ^ Feb., 1787. 29. David, b. 22 May, 1789; m. Alma Comstock. 30. Stephen, b. 5 Feb., 1792; m. Abby Ann Rogers. , 31. Anna, b. 15 May, 1794. 32. Elisha, b. 5 Feb., 1797; m. Ella Forsyth. She died 6 May, 1825. He died in jS^ew York . Had one son, John, who died 20 Jan., 1856. 33. Hannah, b. 11 March, 1800; m. 34. Nicholas Bishop, b. 30 Nov., 1802; m. Mary P. Hill. 35. Joshua, b. 3 Sept., 1805; m. Harriet Bedent. After his death, 18 Dec, 1840, she married Joseph Moxley. J28 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. VI. JOHN (27), b. 21 Dec, 1784, son of David (23) and Mary Bishop; m. Louisa Bishop, dau. of Jona- than Bishop . He lived on Fisher's Island about 1825, afterwards reinovcd to New London, where he died. Children. 36. Joseph, b. ; m. 1st, widow Pool; 2d, widow 37. jMary, b. ; died unmarried. 38. David, b. ; m. YL DAVID (29), 1). 22 May, 1789, son of David (23) and Mary Bishop; m. Alma Comstock, dau. of Nathan Com- stock and Mary Eogers. He lived at Moiitville and died there . Llis widow afterwards married William ^Valden. Children by 1st husband. 39. Nathan, b. 40. Jeremiah, b. . Lost at sea. 41. Gilbert L., b. ; m. Caroline Cumniings. VL NICHOLAS B. (34), b. 30 Nov., 1802, son of David and Mary Bishop; m. 20 Sept., 1827, Mary Park Hill, dau. of Charles Hill and Sybel Fox. He was a farmer and occu- pied the homestead farm, which had been in the name for four generations. He died 19 Dec, 1843. She died 18 Dec, 1870. Children. 42. Samuel Hill, b. 20 June, 1828; m. Sarah Ann Daniels. 43. Henry Nicholas, b. 20 Dec, 1829; died in infancy. 44. Mary Ann, b. 21 Aug., 18;]1; died in infancy. 45. Joel Nicholas, b. 27\\pril, 1833 ;,ni. 1st, Salina Man- waring; 2d, IMary Northrop. 4(1. Abby Lamb, b. 22 Feb., 1834; m. 1st, John Fowler, and had one son, Frank, b. 21 Dec, 1856; 2d, John Smith. 47. John Bishop, b. 23 Dec, 1836; m. Fanny White 48. Louisa Bishop, b. 8 i\rarch, 1839; m. 1st, Elisha Mitch- ell; 2d, Jarcd S. Eogers. 49. Hannah Fuller, b. 20 Jan., 1840; died in infancy. 50. Ellen, b. 26 July, 1843; m. Nicholas Church. FAKGO FAMILIES. Moses Fargo first appears at JSTew London about lOSO, and afterwards at ISTorwicli in 1690. In lO'J-i lie obtained a grant of land " on tlie bill above the rock where his bouse stands." He was one of tlie proprietors of the town of Nor- wich who came later, and were added to those of the original. He afterwards, about 1722, appears among the inhabitants of the North Parish of Now London, now ilontville, where he settled with his family of irine children. Llis descendants have been quite numerous, and several are still residents of the town. The name of his wife was Sarah . Two of his sons, Thomas and Aaron, were baptized by He v. James Hillhouse and joined the church. He died in 1Y26. Children. 2. Sarah, b. 19 June, 1680. ?>. Mary, b. .6 June, 1681. 4. Ann, b. 2 March, 1684. 5. Patience, b. 9 May, 1688; m. Stephen Maples. 6. Moses, b. 9 April, 1691. 7. Ralph, b. 18 Aug., 1693. 8. Robert, b. 30 Sept., 1696. 9. Thomas, b. 9 Nov., 1699. 10. Aaron, b. 9 Dec, 1702. ROP>ERT (8), son of Moses Fargo and Sarah, m. Settled in MontA'ille near the site of the " Old Palmer Church." Children. 11. Robert, b. about 172.5; m. Prudence Stanton. 12. Joshua, b. ; m. Mary Bliss, dau. of Pelatiah Bliss. J3C HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. i;!. Moses, li. ; m. Mary Turner. l-t. Daniel, 1). ; m. Hannah Bishop, dau. of Elea- zer Bishop. 1.5. Jason, b. ; m. Lucy 16. Lucretia, b. about 1736; m. Daniel Bolles. 17. Mary, b. ; m. David Dart. ROBEET (11), son of Eobert Fargo and , m. 1 July, 1756, Prudence Stanton, dau. of Thomas Stanton of Groton, Conn. He was called Elder, and was a Baptist preacher in the old Morse Church, afterwards called the Elder Palmer Church. He died 10 April, 1794. She died 19 July, 1818, aged 84 years. Children. 18. Sarah, b. 25 April, 1757. 19. Amy, b. 13 Sept., 1758. 20. Moses, b. about 1760; removed to Sandisfield, Mass. j^ 21. Mary, b. about 1762; ni. Mathew Turner. ' ^ICi:^ 22. Stanton, b. about 1764; m. Eanny Comstock. 23. Robert, b. ; m. Prudence Whipple. 24. ISTehemiah, b. ; m. Mary Chapman, dau. of Alpheus Chapman. MOSES (13), son of Eobert Eargo and ; m. 14 Feb., 1762, Mary Turner, dau. of Thomas Turner. Children. 25. Jabez, b. 27 June, 1763. 26. Samuel, b. 6 Nov., 1765., 27. Moses, b. 16 Sept., 1767. 28. Thomas, b. 19 ]\Iay, 1769; m. Ann Mercy Comstock. STANTON" (22), son of Eobert Fargo and Priidence Stanton, m. , Fanny C<.Hnsto<,'k, dau. of Elisha Com- stock. He was a farmer, and occupied the old Fargo home- stead in Montville. His wife fell into the fire and was severely burned, causing her death. FARGO FAMILIES. 131 Cliildren. 2'.>. Elijah, b. 30 Nov., 1T87; m. Nancy Brown; liad a son ]\lartin, whose dan., Mary, m. John R. Comstock. '■'>0. Prndenoe, b. ; ni. Prentis Church. 31. Elisha, b. ; never married. 32. Stanton, b. ; m. Prudence Day. 33. Robert, b. about 1795; died unmarried at Ahnshouse in 1885. 34. Lucretia, b. ; m. John Brown. 35. Almira, b. ; m. Simeon Church. 36. Polly, b. ; m. Charles Brown. 37. Amy, b. about 1800; m. Benjamin Lester. 38. ISTancy, b. ; m. Levi Hiimphrey. ROBERT (23),.son of Robert Eargo and Prudence Stan- ton ; m. Prudence "Whipple, dau. of Titus Whipple. He settled in Lyme, in that part of the town afterwards set off to Salem, where he died. Children. 39. Sarah, b. about 1796; m. William Buck. 40. Robert, b. 12 Eeb., 1799; m. Almira Turner. 41. Moses, b. about 1800. Moses Eargo, who married Hannah Lampher in 1763, and whose children's births are recorded in New London, can- not be connected with either of the foregoing families, but it is supposed that he was the son of either Joshua (12), or Dan- iel (14). Children. 42. Daniel, b. 9 March, 17G4. 43. Mathew, b. 3 Nov., 1765. 44. Mary, b. 16 Aug., 1767. 45. Nancy, b. 9 Jime, 1769. 46. Hannah, b. 1 April, 1771. 47. Moses, b. 13 Jan., 1773. 48. Elizabeth, b. ^10 Aug., 1774. 49. Lydia, b. 12 Nov., 1776. 50. Elizabeth, b. 1 Jan., 1781. 51. Esther, b. 1 July, 1783. COMSTOCK FAMILIES. William Comstock, the ancestor of the Comstock families in ]\I(jntville, Miss Caulkins says, " came from Plartford in KJii), and lived to old age in his house upon Post Hill," New London. His wife Elizabeth was aged fifty-five in 1663. He is supposed to have come to this country between the years 1630 and 1637, and first settled near Boston and afterwards removed to Hartford. His property in ISTew London was in- herited by his son Daniel and grandson William, son of John. Miss Caulkins thinks it probable that Daniel and John were the only children of William Comstock, Sr. From sources which appear reliable, it would appear that William Comstock and Elizabeth, his wife, had six chil- dren when he removed to Hartford, and all born previous to his innnigration into this country, ^-iz. : John, Elizabeth, Dan- iel, Samuel, Christopher, and Gideon. John settled in Lyme, Samuel in Providence, Daniel and Gideon in j^ew London, and Christopher in Norwalk. That Samuel settled in Provi- dence is quite certain, for the records show that about 1646, or a little subsequent to that time, Daniel Comstock claimed twenty-five acres of land in Providence, E. I. It is said that he was only about 16 years old at the time, and went to >few London with a friend and settled there. At this time Samuel was in trouble at Hartford, and was released from his bond to keep the ]icaee in 104-0. On March 1, 1654, Samuel Comstock appears upon the records at Providence as the pur- chaser of a house and lot, and in 1655 he appears to have had some difficulty, and the person who had given bonds for him was allowed to settle the case. This Samuel Comstock mar- ried Ann of Providence in 1650. He had a son, Samuel, born 1654, and great-grandson Gid- eon, b. 4 Nov., 1709. COMSTOCK FAMILIES. 133 Noali D. Comstock, a descendant of Samuel of the seventh generation, was a resident of Arcadia, Wis., in 187Y. John Comstock m. Abigail and has had numerous descendants. Gideon Comstock had children baptized in New London 9 April, 1671, viz.: Daniel, Mary, Sarah, Hope, Zipporah, Elizabeth, Bethia, and Hannah. On the 6 ISFov., 1671, was baptized Patience; Bethia m. Daniel Stebbins. Children of William Comstock. 2. John, b. ; m. Abigail ?.. Elizal)eth, b. ; m. 4. Daniel, b. 1630; m. 5. Samuel, b. ; m. Ann 6. Christopher, b. ; m. 7. Gideon, b. ; m. II. JOHISr (2), b. , son of William Comstock and Ehzabeth -' j,..«-c/- ; m. AhmailCJi^PP''"' . He settled in Lyme, Conn., where he died •L--3 '^ ' Children. 8. Abigail, Jd. 12 April, 1662 ;:m. Moses Huntley 18 Jan., 1680.^..iT>n \kl^\j^^ yJU^-Kx (^^.Tl-t.^ 9. Elizabeth, b. 9 June, 1665. , ' 10. WiUiam, b. 9 July, 1669; m^eomyTOJa^ 10 Sept., 1695. ~ ^ciy^ 11. Christian, b. 11 Dec, 1671. / 12. Hannah, b. 22 Jan., 1673. 13. John, b. 30 Sept., 1676. 14. Samuel, b. 6 July, 1678. II. DANIEL (4), b. about 1630, son of William Com- stock and Elizabeth ; m. Paltiah, dau. or step-daughter of John Elderkin. He settled in New London, and purchased in 1664 a farm on Saw Mill Brook (Oxoboxo) in the vicinity of the present village of Uncasville, a portion of which has 134 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. continued in the Comstock families down to the present time. The Comstock Cemetery is located on a portion of this land. Soon after 'he settled on his purchase a bounty was offered on the inhabitants of l^ew London of twenty shillings per head for woh'es killed. These perilous animals infested the swamjJS and woods in the north and west part of the town, and were very troublesome to the new settlers. Mr. Com- stock, on one occasion killed one of these animals, and received the bounty offered. He died in 108.3. It is not known from the records how many children he had. On the church records of Sew London there are but two entries of the bap- tism of his children; these are 15. Kinsley, bap. 2 J^ov., 1673; m. 10. Samuel, bap. 1077; m. 1st, Sarah Douglas; 2d, Martha Jones. II. GIDEON (7), b. son of William Comstock and Elizabeth ; m. . Llis cliildren are here recorded in the order of their baptism. Children. 17. Daniel, bap. in iSi'ew London, 9 April, 1G71; m. Eliza- beth Prentice. IS. Mary, bap. in Xew London, 9 April, 1671. 19. Sarah, bap. in Xew London, 9 April, 1671. ^0. Hope, bap. in New London, 9 April, 1671. 21. Zipporah, bap. in Xew London, 9 April, 1671. 22. EHzabeth, bap. in Xew London, 9 April, 107l. 23. Berthia, bap. in New London, 9 April, 1671; m. Daniel Stebbins. 2-I-. Ilaimah, bap. in Xew London, 9 April, 1671; m. John Forsyth. 2;"). Patience, bap. 6 Nov., 1671. TIL laXSLEY (15), bap. 2 Nov., 1673, son of Daniel Comstock wnd Paltiah ; m. . It is not ascer- taiiuMl how many children he had. The only record found is the liaptism of Kinsley Comstock and his sister Mary, and COMSTOCK FAMILIES. fSf) are supposed to be his children. They united with the church on the same day, and that one of his children was baptized May 3, 1Y19. Children. 26. Kinsley, b. ; m. Kachel Crocker. 21. Mary, b. 28. Daniel, b. 1715; m. Mary Chapel. III. SAMUEL (16), bap. in 167Y, son of Daniel Corn- stock and Paltiah ; m. 1st, Sarah Douglas. She died about 1704. He afterwards married Martha Jones. He set- tled in the North Parish of New London, now Montville. He was a farmer. He died May, 1757, aged 81 years. She died 12 Dec, 1756, aged 85 years. Both were interred in the old society burying-ground on Raymond Hill. Children by Sarah. 28. Samuel, b. about 1700, m. 29. Christopher, b. Children by Martha. 30. Nathaniel, b. 7 June, 1706; m. Margaret Fox. 31. Gideon, b. Jan., 1708: m. Hannah Allen. 32. Zebediah, b. June, 1710; m. Berthia Prentis. 33. Caleb, b. about 1713; m. Martha Brown. 34. Martha, b. ; m. Joseph Atwell, 1728. 35. Jonathan, b. about 1720. III. DANIEL (17), bap. 9 April, 1671, son of Gideon Comstock and . He married, 23 May, 1700, Eliza- beth Prentis. He settled in the North Parish of New Lon- don, now Montville, in the vicinity of Uncasville. Many of his descendants have, since his death, lived and owned land in this vicinity. He died about 1746. His will was ad- mitted to probate in New London, 28 May, 1746. Children. 36. Peter, b. 4 March, 1702; m. Martha Avery. 37. Daniel, b. 22 Sept., 1703; m. Elizabeth Avery, 30 Dec, 173L 136 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. r.s. John, b. 12 Sept., 1705; m. Mary Lee. :','.). Thomas, b. 25 March, 1710. 40. James, b. 16 June, 1712; m. Hannah Allen, 17 April, 1738. 41. Jonathan, 1). 28 July, 1714; died about 1756. 42. Elizalieth, b. 2 Aug., 1717; m. Ebenezer lYaterman. IV. IvIXSLEY (26), b. , son of Kinsley Coni- stoek and ; m. IS Sept., 1717, Rachel Crocker. JTe probably settled in the Xorth Parish, as a number of his chil- dren were l)aptized there, and their names appear on the church records. Children. 4.S. Rachel, bap. 2 Oct., 1720; m. John Brown. 44. Joseph, bap. 10 Feb., 1723; m. Althea Bliss. 4"). Elizabeth m. StejJien Baker. 45a. Jeniima, b. aboiit 1723; m. Richard Chapel. IV. DAXIEL (28), b. about 1715, son of Kinsley Corn- stock and ; m. 7 July, 173(), ^lary Chapel, dau. of Joseph Chapel. Jle settled at ]\Iont-sdlle. He was a fanner, and died at ]\[ontville. Children. 4(i. Elisha, b. 30 Mav, 1737; m. Ann Fox. 47. ilary, b. 27 April, 1740. 48. Ebenezer, b. 12 July, 1742; died in 1762. 40. Desire, b. 24 Xov.,' 1744. 50. Jemima, b. 8 April, 174J>; m. 51. Daniel, b. 14 Dec, 1750; m. Susan N"ewlierry. IV. NATHANIEL (30), b. 7 June, 1706, son of Sam- uel Cinustock and ^Martha Jones; m. 8 Feb., 1728, Margaret Fdx, dau. of Samuel Fox and ilargarct Brintnel. He was a farmer and settled at j\lont^dlle. He was chosen an Elder in the Congi'cgatiinial Church in 1750. He died 24 Oct., 1701. She died 31 Dec, 1798, aged 00 years. Both were interred in the eenieterv on Raymond Hill. COMSTOCK FAMILIES. 137 Children. 52. Amy, b. 15 July, 1729; m. Justin Ransom. 53. Sarah, b. 17 Aug., 1731; m. Jonathan Smith. 54. Martha, b. 29 Jan., 1734; died 14 March, 1743. 55. Margaret, b. 15 Eeb., 1736; m. Prentice. 50. Bridget, b. 20 June, 1738; m. Samuel Bradford. 57. ISTathaniel, b. 5 July, 1740; m. 1st, Sarah Bradford; 2d, Ann Stark. 5S. Mathew, b. 27 Feb., 1742; died 3 March, 1772. 59. Samuel, b. 11 Feb., 1746; died in 1777. 60. Eliphalet, b. 23 Jan., 1748. 61. Eleanor, b. 2 J\ilj, 1750; died 27 May, 1769. 62. Martha, b. 3 jSTov., 1753; died in Sept., 1829, unm. 63. Jared, b. 13 March, .1755; m. Eachel Chester. IV. GIDEOIT (31), b. Jan., 1708, son of Samuel Comstock and Martha Jones; m. Hannah Allen, dau. of Sam- uel Allen and Lydia Plastings. He was a farmer and settled at Montville. Children. 64. Lancaster, b. about 1724; m. Mary Smith, 2 May, 1754. 65. Gideon, b. about 1727; m. Delama Turner. GO. Jeremiah, bap. 29 Jan., 1729. 67. Eufus, b. about 1732. 68. Kingsland, b. about 1734. Settled at Great Barring- ton, Mass. 6Sa. Lydia, bap. 23 Oct., 1739. 69. Ezekiel, b. 14 Dec, 1747. Settled in Nova Scotia. IV. ZEBEDIAII (32), b. June, 1710, son of Samuel Comstock and ilartha Jones; m. 11 July, 1743, Berthia Pren- tice. Children. 70. Berthia, b. 10 June, 1744; m. 71. Mary, b. 23 March, 1745 ; m. James Eogers. 72. Martha, b. 8 Jan., 1748. 73. Zebediah, b. 15 Dec, 1751; m. Parthenia Alexander. IV. CALEB (33), b. about 1713, son of Samuel Com- stock and Martha Jones; m. 2 Jan., 1767, Martha Brown. 138 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Child. 74. Dyer, b. 20 Xov., 1767; m. Betsey Brooks, 19 Feb., 1Y92. IV. PETER (.30), b. -t March, 1702, son of Daniel Coinstock and Elizabeth Prentis; m. ]\Iartlia Avery, dau. of Samuel Avery and Elizabeth Ransford. He was a seaman, and lived in ilontville. He died at sea in 1742. She after- wards married Peletiah Bliss. Children. 75. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Jonathan Chapel, 25 March, 1742. 76. Jeremiah, bap. 3 April, 1724. 77. Martha, bap. 6 April, 172it. 78. Peter, b. 11 July, 1731; m. 1st, Elizabeth Fitch; 2d, Esther Mirick. 79. Daniel, b. ; m. JMary Bishop. 80. Thomas, b. ; m. Sarah Comstock. 81. Ransford, b. 6 Mai'ch, 1737; m. Catherine A^ibber. IV. JOHlSr (38), b. 12 Sept., 1705, son of Daniel Com- stock and Elizabeth Prentice; m. Mary Lee. He wai5 a farmer and settled in Montville. Children. 82. jSTathan, b. 11 Aug., 1730; m. Mary Green. 83. John, b. 24 June, 1734; m. Eunice Stoddard. 84. Lucy, b. 30 Dec, 1737; m. Samiiel Morgan. 85. Mary, b. 28 April, 1743; m. James Avery. 86. Asa,' b. 27 Aug., 1745; m. 87. Joshua, b. 19 April, 1752; died :\[arch, 1763. lA^ JA^^rES (1-0), b. 16 .Tune, 1712, son of Daniel Corn- stock and Elizabeth Prentice; m. 23 March, 1737, Hannah Allen, dau. of Samuel Allen. He settled at Montville and li^'cd near the cove at Uncasville. He was killed at the storm- ing of the Fort Griswold by the English, 6 Sept., 1781. A monunieut was erected to his memory by his grandson, Robert Comstock, in the Comstock Cemetery. COMSTOOK FAMILIES. 139 Children. 88. Jolrn, b. 2 May, 1739; m. Margaret Vibber. 89. William, b. 2 Nov., 1741; m. Lucy Davis. 90. Sarah, b. 7 iSTov., 1743; m. 1st, Thomas Comstock; 2d. Edward Long; 3d, James Cowden; 4th, Burgess Hall. 91. James, b. 19 Sept., 1745; died young. 92. Simeon, b. ; m. . Settled in Groton. 93. Elizabeth, bap. 5 Jan., 1748; m. Nathaniel Adams, Jr., 1770. 94. James, b. 7 March, 1750; m. Amy Church. V. JOSEPH (44), bap. 10 Feb., 1723, son of Kinsley Comstock and Althea Bliss, dau. of Peletiah Bliss and Sarah Harris. Child. 95. Joseph, b. 4 June, 1749. V. ELISHA (46), b. 30 May, 1737, son of Daniel Com- stock and Mary Chapel, m. Anna Fox, dau. of Samuel Fox and Abigail Harris. He was a famier, and owned a tract of land near Uncasville, a portion of which is now owned and occupied by Ezra F. Dart. Children. 96. Mary, b. ; m. Phineas Atwood. 97. Amy, b. ; m. Edwards. 98. Fanny, b. ; m. Stanton Fargo. 98a. Ann Mercy, b. ; m. Thomas Fargo. 99. Henrietta, b. 8 Feb., 1783; m. Vincent. 100. Ebenezer, b. 15 Jan., 1780; m. 1st, Desire Comstock; 2d, Hannah 101. Peregreen, b. ; m. . He was drowned at Scotch Cap by the capsizing of a boat. V. DANIEL (51), b. 14 Dec, 1750, son of Daniel Com- stock and Mary Chapel; m. Susan Newberry. He settled in "Montville, and lived on the place now owned and occupied by Tracv Church. 140 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 102. Desire, b. about 1780; m. Moses Tracy. 103. Anna, b. 27 Jan., 1782; m. James Scholfield. 104. Snsan, b. 20 Dec., 1783; m. John Layard. 10,1 Elisha, b. 2s Nov., 1785; m. Polly Beckwith. V. NATHANIEL (57), b. 5 July, 1740, son of Nathan- iel Comstock and Margaret Fox; m. Sarah, dau. of John Brad- ford and Esther Sherwood. He was a farmer, and lived on the homestead of his father on Raymond Hill, now owned by John Manwaring's heirs. She died 17 March, 1768, leav- ing two children. He afterwards married Anna Stark, May, 1778. She died 3 Dec, 1829. He died 23 Dec, 1829. Children by Sarah. 106. Sarah, b. about 1760; m. Samuel Hillhouse. 107. Perez, b. 8 May, 1764; m. Abbv Raymond, 1 Nov., 1787. Children by Anna. 108. Peggy, b. 26 March, 1779. 109. Anna, b. 28 Jan., 1781; m. Justin Ransom. 110. Charlotte, b. 10 June, 1783; m. Daniel F. Raymond. 111. Sophia, b. 29 Aug., 17S5; died 3 April, 1851; unm. 112. Mary, b. 19 Feb., 1787; m. Oliver Raymond. 113. Nathaniel, b. 14 Nov., 1790; m. Almira Fox. He died at Colchester, 24 April, 1856, without issue. V. JARED (63), b. 13 ]\[arch, 1755, son of Nathaniel Comstock and Margaret Fox; m. Rachel Chester, dau. of Joseph Chester and Elizabeth Otis. He was a fanner, and owned at one time a fai-m on the old Colchester road. He afterwards lived on the farm now owned by James H. Baker. Ho united with the church at IMontville, 17 Aug., 1788, and was clioscn deacon in 1800. He died at Montville, 24 May, 1829. She died 1 Feb., 1842. COMSTOCK FAMILIES. 141 Children. 114. Betsey, h. 18 Jan., 1Y82; m. Daniel Prentice. 115. Eleanor, b. 13 Aug., 1784; m. Lamson Fox. 116. Kaclie], b. 26 Dec., 1Y86; m. Kellogg. 117. Sally, b. 9 Dec, 1787; m. Elipbalet C. Parker, 3 Feb., 1808. 118. Amy, bap. 12 April, 1789; died 17 April, 1819. 119. Samuel, bap. 3 Oct., 1790; m. Elizabetb Turner. 120. Jared, b. 21 Feb., 1792. 121. Joseph Chester, b. April, 1794. 122. David, b. 23 Aug., 1796; m. 1st, Theodocia Wells; 2d, Almira (Fitch) Baker. 123. Isaac, bap. 8 June, 1806; m. Harriett Baker. V. LANCASTEE (64), b. about 1724, son of Gideon Comstock and Hannah Allen; m. 2 May, 1754, Mary Smith, dau. of Jethro Smith. Children. 124. Peregreen, b. 11 ISTov., ; m. 125. Anna, b. 9 Jiily, 1759; m. Isaac Turner. 125a. Desire, b. 16 Nov., 1763; m. Ebenezer Comstock. 125b. Thomas, b. 13 March, 1766. Y. ZEBEDIAH (73), b. 15 Dec, 1751, son of Zebe- diah Comstock and Berthia Prentice; m. Parthenia Alex- ander. He was a farmer, and was a near neighbor to Jared Comstock. He died at Montville. Children. 126. Perthia, b. about 1773; m. Lemuel Baker. 127. Mary, b. 15 Jan., 1780; m. Ezra Turner. 128. ISTancy, b. 26 Sept., 1781; m. Zacheus Wheeler. 129. Patty, b. 30 May, 1783; m. Joshua Bishop. 130. Zebediah, b. 9 June, 1784; m. Delight Swaddle. 131. Caleb, b. 14 Feb., 1786; m. Lucy Dart. 132. Alexander, b. 25 Nov., 1789; m. Charlotte (Vallet) Chapel. V. PETEE (78), b. 11 July, 1731, son of Peter Com- stock and Martha Avery; m. Sept., 1756, Elizabeth Fitch, dau. 142 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. of Adonijah Fitch. He settled at ]\rr)iitville and was a fanner. He was Captain in Col. Latimer's regiment in tlie Continental Army and was stationed at Fort Trumbull wlien Arnold entered and Iturned Xew London. His wife died about 1772. He afterwards married, 12 May, 1774, Sarab Miriok, dan. of Elijah Mirick. He died at Montville, 3 April, 1803. She died 9 Aug., 1826, aged SI years. Children by Elizabeth. 133. Martha, b. 28 July, 1757: m. Samuel Hill. 134. Eetsev, b. 3 July, 1750; m. Henry Corning. . 135. Peter, b. 14 May, 1761. 136. George, b. 2 July, 1763; m. Mercy Allen, dau. of Stephen. 137. Sarah, b. 20 Sept., 1765. 138. Ann, b. 6 April, 1767; m. Andrew AVood. 139. Emblem, b. 25 Jnlv, 1769; m. Joseph Eice. 140. Fitch, b. 3 April, i771; died 8 Xov., 1810. Children by Sarah. 141. Elizabeth, b. S Sept., 1775; m. Jesse Comstock. 142. Sarah, b. 24 Feb., 1777; m. Calvin BoUes. 143. Grace, b. 1 Aug., 1778; m. Guy Turner. 144. Peter, b. 5 Dec, 1779; ni. Sarah AVarren. 145. Jonathan, b. 8 June, 1781; m. Xancv Ann Turner. 146. Elisha ]\ririek, b. 24 Feb., 1783 ; m. 147. Jeremiah, h. 19 Sept., 1784; died 29 :N'ov., 1S19, unm. 148. Esther, b. 9 March, 1786; died 29 ACarcli, 1786. 149. Amy, b. 4 Feb., 1787; m. William A^allet. 150. Esther, b. 3 Sept., 1789; m. Isaac Turner. V. EANSFORD (81), b. 6 ilarch, 1737, son of Peter Cdinstock and ilartha Avery; m. 13 Dec, 1701, Catherine Vibber, dau. of John Vibber and Amy Cop]). She died about 1770. He afterwards married, 2 ifay, 1782, Azubba Davis. Children by Catherine. 1.^)1. Amy, 1). 28 July, 1762; m. Oliver Comstoek. 152. Charlotte, 1). 8 April, 1765. COMSTOOK FAMILIES. 143 153. Obedience, b. 26 June, 1767. 154. Jesse, b. 30 Aug., 1769; m. 1st, Delight Comstock; 2d, Elizabeth Comstock. Children by Azubba. 155. Eansford, b. 25 April, 1782. He removed to the state of 'New York and had children, Charles, Jesse, Ransford, and Guy. 156. Nancy, b. 9 June, 1784; m. David H. Gardner. V. NATHAN" (82), b. 11 Aug., 1730, son of John Comstock and Mary Lee; m. Mary Green, b. 28 Jan., 1732, dan. of Benjamin Green and Almy Chapel. He was a farmer, and owned a tract of land on the river Thames and extending from the river to the old ISTew London and ISTorwich turnpike near Uncasville. Children. 157. Nathan, b. 1753; m. Mary Rogers. 158. Delight, b. 29 Sept., 1767; ni. Jesse Comstock. 159. Asa, b. 12 Aug., 1770; m. Mary Avery. V. JOHN (83), b. 24 June, 1734, son of John Com- stock and Mary Lee; m. Eunice Stoddard. He was a lieutenant in the Colonial Army and was killed at the or- chard fight on Long Island. Children. 160. Oliver, b. 1756; m. Amy Comstock. 161. Eunice, b. ; m. James Smith. 162. Hannah, b. ; m. Abner Beckwith. 163. Elkanah, b. 1772, m. Sarah Green, dan. of Benjamin Green, b. 2 Sept., 1777. He died at Montville 13 May, 1834. 164. Joshua, b. ; m. Holmes. Had Caleb (married Grace Chapman), Mary, Belinda (mar- ried Jesse Chapman), Sarah, Samuel, Joshua, John, Anna, William, Ebenezer. 144 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. V. AVIL].IA:\J (SO), b. 2 Xov., 1741, son of James fiiiiistock and liannah Allen; m. 12 Feb., 1761, Lucy Davis, (Uui. of Benjamin Davis. Children. 165. Robert William, b. 10 -July, 1762. 166. Iluldali, b. 10 Isov., 1765. 167. Solomon, b. 2 Oct., 1707. Y. JAilES (94), b. 7 Mareb, 17.50, son of James Corn- stock and Hannah Allen; m. 2 Aug., 1773, Amy Churrli, b. 1 April, 1754, dau. of Jonathan Church. He lived on the homestead fonnerly owned liy his father, near the cove at Uncasville. He died 12 Oct., Is42. She died 10 Sept., 1847, Both were buried in the Comstock Cemetery. Children. 168. James, b. 7 May, 1774; m. Fanny Rogers. 169. Amy, b. 28 Oct., 1776; m. David Smith. 170. Fairbanks, b. 1 Jan., 1779. Lost at sea 21 Oct., 1S13. 171. John Rusland, b. 3 March, 1782 ; m. Sarah Whaley. 172. Hannah, b. 3 Aug., 1784; m. Samuel Powers. 173. Robert, b. 31 Oct., 1786; died 15 Xov., 1856, imm. 174. Amos, b. 14 Aug., 1791; m. 1st, ilargary Hamden; 2d, l^ancy Lester. 175. Sarah, b. 2s"Aug., 1793; died 28 Oct., 1844, unm. 170. Prentis, b. 5 Sept., 1795; m. Melinda M. Banning. 177. Harriet, b. 18 Oct., 1797; died 10 April, 1885, rmm. VL EP,ENEZER (100), b. 15 Jan., 1780, son of Elisha Coniatock and Anna Fox; m. 1st, Desire Comstock, dau. of Lancaster (04); 2d, Hannah Timpson. Tie first settled at "!\r<)ntville, near the present village of T'ncasville. He was a fanner. His father conveyed to him the farm of ] 10 acres in 1807, on which ho lived. Children hy Desire. 178. Lucretia, b. 179. Catberine, 1). ; m. Joseph Powers. OOMSTOOK FAMILIES. 145 180. Eitchie, b. about 1796; m. Erastus Cburcli. 181. ISTancy, b. ; m. Amos Strickland. 182. Desire, b. ; m. Zebediali Maynard. CMldren by Hannah. 183. Mary, b. ; m. 184. Mark, b. ; m. Sophia Chapman. 185. Ebenezer, b. 186. Lydia, b. 187. Eclecta, b. ; m. Reuben Patterson. 188. Anna, b. 1826. 189. Elisha, lo. 190. Artilessa, b. ; m. Davis L. Mead. VI. PEREZ (107), b. 8 May, 1764, son of Nathaniel Comstock and Sarah Bradford; m. 1 ISTov., 1787, Abby Ray- mond, b. 10 ISTov., 1770, dau. of Christopher Raymond and Eleanor Eitch. He was a farmer and settled Children. 191. Sarah, b. 6 Oct., 1789; m. Joseph P. Jones. 192. Christopher Raymond, b. 6 Dec, 1791; m. 1st, Ilar- riet Euller; 2d, Lois Colton. He had one son, William, and several daughters. 193. Bradford, b. 20 April, 1794; died unmarried. 194. Abby, b. 10 Nov., 1797; m. Leonard Bidwell, 25 ]\Iay, 1819. She died 18 July, 1880. 195. Mary, b. 16 Eeb., 1801; m. Thomas A. Jones, 24 Aui;-., 1851. She died July, 1880. 195a. Nancv, b. 4 July, 1802; m. Ozias Roberts, 26 March, 1823. Died 17 Jan., 1859. 196. Ellen, b. 6 Oct., 1810. 196a. Soiohia, b. 15 July, 1806; ni. Robert Nouree. 197. Martha, b. 15 March, 1805; m. Levi Wells, 22 Jan., 1830. 197a. James Eitch, b. 10 Nov., 1808; m. Elizabeth Stock- bridge. 197b. Elizabeth, b. 8 Eeb., 1814; m. Daniel Goodwin Spen- cer, 29 Jan., 1842. 10 146 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. • VI. SAMUEL (119), bap. 3 Oct., 1790, son of Jared Comstock and Eachel Chester; m. Elizabetli Turner, dau. of Isaac Turner and Anna Comstock. He first settled at Mont- ville, a farmer. He was chosen deacon of the First Congre- gational Church in 1S;11. In 1835 he removed to La Eoy, in the state of New York. He was then engaged in the mer- cantile business. He was zealous in the Christian work, and tiave largely to the church in that place for the support of the gospel. He died at La Eoy much respected, 16 'Nov.. 1870. She died 5 Feb., 1871. Children. 198. Asahel Otis, b. 6 Aug., 1S13; m. Fanny B. Wheeler. 199. Elizabeth, b. 2 Jan., is 17; died , umnaiTied. 200. Amy, b. 4 July, 1819; died 1835. 201. Samuel Francis, b. 29 March, 1S25; m. Mary Maria Turner. VI. DAVID (122), b. 23 Aiig., 1797, son of Jared Comstock and Eachel Chester; m. 11 Jime, 1S22, Theodocia Wells. He settled at Montville, was a farmer, and for sev- eral years previous to his death owned and lived on the " Jew- ett Farm." She died 3 Feb., 1838. He then m. Ahnira (Fitch) Baker, widow of Joshua Baker, Jr., and dau. of Eu- fus Fitch. He was much respected as a citizen and a Chris- tian, and held several town offices. He died 21 Oct., 1865. She died 6 Nov., 1873. Children by Theodocia. 202. Mai-y Wells, b. 7 Oct., 1823 ; died young. 203. Jared Otis, b. 28 Feb., 1828; died 20 Oct., 1832. 204. Sarah, b. 13 Aug., 18;]5; m. Ezra T. Comstock. Children by Almira. 205. David (llicstcr, b. 15 Doc, 1839; m. 1st, Fanny Eay- mond; 2d, Letetia Landphere. 20G. Smith, b. 29 Jlarch, 1843. 207. Fanny, b. 8 March, 1845; m. James M. Eaymond. 208. Jared, b. 11 July, 1847. OOMSTOCK FAMILIES. 147 VI. CALEB (131), b. 14 Feb., 1Y86, son of Zebediab Comstock and Parttenia Alexander; m. Lucy Dart, dau. of David Dart. He was a carpenter and house builder. Settled in Waterfoi'd in 1821, and continued Ms residence there until his death, May 2, 1841, aged 55 years. Children, 209. Emily, b. 20 Dec, 1810; m. John Miner Allen. 210. Orlando, b. 19 Oct., 1812; m. 211. Cordelia, b. 1 April, 1815; m. Alexander H. Geer. 212. John P., b. 5 Dec, 1817; m. Elizabeth Dart. 213. Frank B., b. 23 Oct., 1820; m. Hannah Cooley. 214. Ezra T., b. 18 Oct., 1822; m. 1st, Sarah R. Comstock; 2d, 215. Stephen, b. 7 Feb., 1825; m. Elizabeth Hemstead. 216. George, b. 5 Dec, 1827; died 26 Sept., 1835. 217. Allen M., b. 15 Sept., 1830. Lost at sea July, 1850. 218. Lucy J., b. 25 July, 1834; died 20 Aug., 1836. VI. ZEBEDIAH (130), b. 1 Jime, 1784, son of Zebe- diah Comstock and Parthenia Alexander; m. Delight Swaddle, b. 2 Jan., 1788, dau. of William Swaddle and Jemima Chapel. He settled in Montville, was a farmer, and died March, 1862. She died 16 Nov., 1875. Children. 219. Sarah Ann., b. 14 Aug., 1814; m. Joshua Chapel. 220. Ariadny, b. 19 Feb., 1825; died yoimg. 221. Ulysses M., b. 17 March, 1828; m. Maria Chappell. VI. ALEXANDEE (132), b. 25 Nov., 1789, son of Zebediah Comstock and Parthenia Alexander; m. 5 Nov., 1816, Charlotte (Vallet) Chapel. He settled in Montville, was a farmer. He died 7 Oct., 1862. She died 22 Aug., 1873, aged about 90. Children. 222. Alexander, b. 27 May, 1818; m. Mary R. Walker, 16 Feb., 1840. 223. Aveline, b. ; m. John Carlton. X48 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. VI. PETEE (144), b. 5 Dec, 1770, son of Peter Com- s5tock and SaraK Mirick, b. about 1742, dau. of Elisha Mrick; ui. Sarali Wai-ren, dau. of Hon. Moses "Warren of Lyme. He was a niercliant, settled in Lyme, and was a prominent man in tliat town. A^'as Judge of Probate, and held other offices of tnist. He represented the to\vn in both branches of the legislature of this state. He died 29 Oct., 1862. Children. 224. Mary Ann, b. 24 Dec, 1809; m. Amos L. Strickland. 225. Moses Warren, b. ; m. Sarah Griswold. 226. Peter A., b. ; m. Maria Turner. 226a. Eliza, b. ; m. James Loomis. 22 Gb. Hannah, b. ; m. Da^-id P. Otis. 226c. Lois, b. ; in. Leamler Beckwith. 226d. AVilliam H. PL, b. 20 March, 1819; m. Eliza A. Smith. 226e. John J., b. ; m. Emeline Morse. 226f. Sarah, b. ; died young. VI. JOXATHAA" (140), b. 8 June, 1781, son of Peter C'onistock and Sarah Mirick; m. Xancy A., dau. of Isaac Tur- ner and Ann Comstock. He settled in W^aterford, and was a farmer. Children. 227 228 220 2;n 2.T2 Emeline, b. Maro, b. Nancy, b. Isaac Turner, b. 4 ]\Iarch, 1811. Mary K., b. Ellen, b. Martha, b. VI. JESSE (154), 1). 30 Aug., 1769, son of Ransford ('•linstock and Catherine A'ibber; ni. 1st, Delight Comstock, dan. of Nathan, 25 June, 1701. She died 4 Dec, 1Y95. He then married 27 Juno, 1709, Elizabeth Comstock, dau. of Pct(>r. He settled in ilontville, where he died, 19 Jan., 1846. She died 26 Jan., 1856. COMSTOCK FAMILIES. l49 Children by Deliglit. 234. Diodama, b. 26 March, 1792. 2;]5. Polly, b. 6 Feb., 1794. Children by Elizabeth. ■2?A). Jesse, b. 10 May, 1803; m. 1st, Frances Newberry; 2d, Jerusha (Smith) Chapel. 237. Eliza, b. 4 May, 1805; m. Nathan Comstock. 238. Charles, b. 17 March, 1809; m. 1st, Lydia Lester; 2d, Mary Lester. VI. NATHAN (157), b. 1753, son of Nathan Corn- stock and Mary Green; m. 14 Feb., 1782, Mary, dau. of John Rogers and Delight Cireen. He settled in Montville. He was taken prisoner by the English in the AVar of the Revolu- tion, and carried to England, where he was kept in confine- ment seven years. He finally escaped by stratagem and reached his home at Montville. Lie died 19 April, 1834. She died 1 July, 1841. Children. 239. Elizabeth, b. 14 Aug., 1783; m. John Scholfield. 240. Mary, b. 15 March, 1785; m. Reuben Palmer, Jr. 241. John Rogers, b. 30 Oct., 1786; died 3 June, 1820, unmarried. 242. Delight, b. 29 July, 1788; m. 243. Nathan, b. 27 May, 1790; m. EHza Comstock. 244. Alma, b. 13 Oct., 1792; m. 1st, David Congdon; 2d, William Walden. 245. Asa, b. 6 Jan., 1795; m. Sarah W. Strickland. 246. Fanny, b. 9 Jan., 1797; m. Daniel Stoddard. 247. David, b. 19 Nov., 1800; died 5 Jan., 1882, unm. VL ASA (159), b. 12 Aug., 1770, son of Nathan Com- stock and Mary Green; m. 28 Feb., 1801, Mary Avery, b. 19 Dec, 1779. He was bom in Montville, and lived near the river Thames, a short distance above Comstock's "Wharf. She died 30 April, 1842. He survived her, and died 2 Nov., 1848. 1^0 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Children. 248. William A., b. 13 Aug., 1803; m. Mary E. Hewitt. 24-9. Eeuben, b. 13 March, 1806; died 28 May, 1837. VI. OLIVER (160), b. about 1756, son of John Corn- stock and Eunice Stoddard; m. about 1785, Amy, dau. of Ransford Comstock. He was a sea captain, and followed the occupation of seaman. He lived at Montville, and owned the farm formerly occupied by his father. He was a deacon of the Palmer Baptist Church. He died 25 June, 1820. She died 8 Jan., 1839, aged 76 years. Children. 250. John, b. 31 Jan., 1785; m. 1st, Sylva Avery; 2d, Nancy Newberry; 3d, Dart. 251. Eunice, b. 22 Nov., 1786; m. Giles Turner. 252. Oliver, b. ; m. Mary Stebbins, 9 Nov., 1815. 253. Amy, b. ; m. George G. Latimer, 17 Feb., 1825. 254. Hannah, b. ; m. Bishop Stebbins, 19 Nov., 1827. 255. Clarrissa, b. 30 Sept., 1783; m. Joseph Adgate. 256. Lois, b. about 1799; died 22 April, 1874, unmarried. 257. Esther, b. about 1790; m. Isaac Turner. VI. JAMES (168), b. 7 May, 1774, son of James Com- stock and Amy Church ; m. Fanny, dau. of Joseph Rogers and ]\Iartha Congdon. He was a farmer and fisherman, and lived on the homestead near Haughton's Cove. He died 20 June, 1827. She died 22 Dec, 1832, aged 64 years. Children. 258. Nancy, b. 11 Oct., 1799; died 11 Jan., 1840, unm. 2.V,). Fanny, b. 13 May, 1801; died Nov., 1888. 2(i0. Almira, b. 4 Aug., 1S05; died 11 Oct., 1865; unm. 261. James Nelson, b. 4 Aug., 1808; m. Mary Ann Bud- dington. Llad a son, James Andrew, b. 8 Aug., 1843; m. Maiy D. Smith. Lie died by a pistol shot from his own hand, 1 July, 1895. COMSTOCK FAMILIES. 161 VI. JOHN KUSLAND (lYl), b. 3 March, 1782, son of James Comstoek and Amy Olmrcli; m. 25 Dec, 1812, Sarah C. Whaley, b. 23 Oct., 1Y91, dau. of Jonathan Whaley and Mercy Chester. He was a sea captain, and sailed a coast- ing vessel. He lived in Montville on the farm formerly owned by his wife's father. He died 26 July, 1851. She died 13 Feb., 1873. Children. 262. Mary S., b. 2 Feb., 1814; killed by a lightning stroke, 25 May, 1823. 263. Caroline C, b. 23 May, 1816; living in 1896. 264. William H. H., b. 17 March, 1819 ; died 31 May, 1837. 265. Sarah, b. 4 Feb., 1822; m. John F. Parkhurst. 266. John Eusland, b. 26 Jan., 1824; m. Mary Fargo, 8 ISTov., 1846. Fie died Dec. 11, 1891. VI. AMOS (174), b. 14 Aug., 1791, son of James Com- stoek and Amy Church; m. 1st, Margary Hamden; 2d, ISTancy Lester. He died 9 July, 1837. After his death his surviv- ing wife married William S. Cardwell of Montville. Children by Margary. 267. Henry, b. 268. Harriet, b. 269. Fairbanks, b. Child by ISTancy. 270. JohnLester,b. 5 Jan., 1827; m. Ann M. Hewitt. She died in May, 1871. He then married Fanny E. Palmer, dau. of Marvin Palmer and Hannah Kings- ley. VI. PEENTIS (176), b. 5 Sept., 1795, son of James Comstoek and Amy Church; m. Melinda M. Banning, and settled in Lyme. He was a farmer, and was living at Lyme in 1884. He had nine children, viz.: Alexander, Mary, Albert, Ellen, Warren, Angeline, Harriet, William,' and ITgenia. 152 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. VII. DAVID CHESTEE (205), b. 15 Dec., 1839, son of David Comstock and Almira (Eitcli) Baker; m. 27 Dec., 1863, Frances A. Kaymond, dau. of Eicliard Kaymond and Julia Ann Gardner. He was a farmer, and was living on the farm which was formerly owned by his father at ilontville in 1884. After the death of his wife, JSTov. 2, 1874, he man-ied for a second wife Letetia Landphere of Colchester. Children by Frances. 271. j\Iinnie E., b. 1 June, 1865; m. Edmund H. Rogers. 272. Edwin, b. 21 Aug., 1808; m. Lena Williams. 273. Julia, b. 21 Jan., 1872. 274. Francis Chester, b. 31 July, 1874; died 20 Feb., 1889. VII. JESSE (236), b. 10 ilay, 1803, son of Jesse Com- stock and Elizabeth Comstock; m. 25 Feb., 1838, Frances A. Xewberry, b. 29 Dec, 1822, dau. of Nathaniel ISTewberry of Gales Ferry. He settled at JMontville and was engaged in seafaring business for many years. Was captain of several small sloops running between [N^orwich and ISTew York. His wife died 26 March, 1858. He afterwards married Jerusha (Smith) Chapel, widow of James Chapel, 21 March, 1860. He died 8 March, 1880. She died 9 March, 1880. Both buried same day in Comstock Cemetery. Children by Frances. ■,!'■>. 9. Jesse, b. 11 Dec, 1841; died 18 Dec, 1842. 27(;. Fanny K"., b. 04 Qgt., 1S43. Betsey il., b. 20 July, 1846. 278. Nathaniel X., b. 28 March, 1848. 27'.i. Jesse E., b. 15 Feb., 1850. 280. Fitch L., b. 17 July, 1852. 281. Sarah A., b. 12 Feb., 1856; died 1 March, 1861. BAKEE FAMILIES. Alexander Baker, the common ancestor of a numerous progeny, was bom in London, England, about 160Y. He sailed from London in tbe ship Elizabeth and Ann, in 1635, at the age of twenty-eight years, with his wife, Elizabeth, aged 23 years, and two children, Elizabeth aged 2 years, and Chris- tian, aged one year. They landed at or near Boston. It ap- pears that for a short time he lived at Gloucester, Mass., and afterwards settled in Boston, where he became a permanent resident. His occupation was a ropemaker. Before their departure from London, he obtained a certificate from a min- ister of the established church of England, as to his standing in the church, and before two justices of the peace took the oath of allegiance. After their arrival on these ISTew England shores they had born to them nine children. Alexander, b. 15 Jan., 1636; Samuel, b. 16 June, 1638; John, b. 20 June, 1640; Joshua, b. 30 April, 16^2; Hannah, b. 29 Sept., 1644. These last named wei'e bap. 5 Oct., 1645, their father and mother having been admitted members of the church at Boston the preceding day. After this time they had "William, b. 15 May, 1647; Ben- jamin, b. 16 March, 1635; Josiah, b. 26 Feb., 1655 (the last died in infancy); and Josiah again, b. 26 Feb., 1658. II. JOSHUA, the fourth son, b. 30 April, 1642, was the ancestor of the Baker families in Montville. He removed from Boston and settled at ISTew London, Conn., about 1670. He received shares in the town plot and became a large land- holder. About the year 1700 he received a deed from Owan- eco, the Chief of the Mohegans, for a large tract of land in 154 HISTORY OF MONTVILDB. Moliegan, on which his sons afterwards settled. A portion of the same tract some of his descendants still occupy. This tract of land was located in the vicinity of the famous " Coche- gan Eock." He married, 13 Sept., 1674, Hannah Tongue Mintern, relict of Tristram ilintern of i\ew London. She was a daughter of George Tongue, b. 20 July, 1654. A sister of hers married Gov. John Fitz Winthrop. He died at New London, 27 Dec, 1717, aged 75 years. Children. 2. Elizabeth, b. 9 May, 1676; m. Richard Atwell. 3. Joshua, b. 5 Jan., 1677; m. Mariam Hurlburt. 4. Alexander, b. 16 Dec, 1679; m. Mary Pemberton. 5. John, b. 24 Dec, 1681; m. Phebe Douglass. 6. Hannah, b. 18 Jan., 1683; died unmarried. 7. Sarah, b. twin to Hannah; m. Andrew Davis. 8. Benjamin, b. ; m. 9. Mercy, b. ; m. James Greenfield. 10. Patience, b. ; m. Rouse. ni. JOSHUA (3), b. 5 Jan., 1677, son of Joshua Baker and Hannah (Tongue) Mintern; m. 27 March, 1705, Marion Hurlburt, dan. of Stephen. He settled in the North Parish of New London, where he was a farmer and carpenter. He died in 1740. His will was admitted to probate at New Lon- don, 8 July, 1740. His widow married John Vibber, 8 May, 1754. He was an active member of the society, and his wife a member of the church. In his will, dated 25 May, 1740, he names each of his ten children, and gives a portion to each. The will reads as follows: " In the name of God, Amen. The 25th day of May, in the year of our Lord God, 1740, I, Joslnia Balcer of New London, in the County of New London, and Colony of Connectieut, carpenter, being very sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God. " Therefore, calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do BAKER FAMILIES. 155 make and ordain this my last will and testament ; that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my body, I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christianlike manner, at the di- rection of my executors, nothing doubting, but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, " I give, bequeath, and dispose of the same in manner and form following: " Item: I give and bequeath unto my well-beloved son, Joshua, all that my tract he now lives upon, and is bounded as follows: Beginning at James Greenfield's southerly cor- ner and running westerly to a great heap of stones about twenty rods northerly of my dwelling-house, and from thence running to Mr. Mirick's bound, being a little white oak stad- dle standing upon a little island in the swamp ; from thence to a crotch of the brook, and from thence to Joseph Bradford's land, and down said brook "to Greenfield's land, to the first- mentioned bound, with the fencing and buildings thereon, and all the privileges thereof, which is his full share, and double portion, of my estate. "Item: I give my well-beloved son, Gideon, all that my tract of land in the ITorth Parish aforesaid which he now lives upon, and is bounded as follows: Beginning at Peter Wickwire's south corner of a certain piece of land which he bought of his brother Christopher, and so running a west line until it comes to Samson Haughton's northwest comer, from thence the same comer about twenty rods to a heap of stones, and from thence by said Wickwire's land aboiit thirty rods, and from thence a northeast line to a black oak stump standing by a brook, and from thence to the above-named Wickwire's land to the first boundary, being about twenty- five acres, with the buildings thereon, and all the privileges and appurtenances thereof. 156 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. " Item : I giye to my beloved son, James, all my land, fencing and buildings not above disposed of to bim and bis beirs forever, and I do bereby order bim to pay out of wbat I give bim, sixty pounds money to Samuel, bis brotber; sixty pounds money to Stepben, bis brotber; sixty pounds money to Asa, bis brotber; and sixty pounds money to bis brotber Jobn. To said Samuel and Stepben to be jaaid at my decease, and Asa and Jobn to be paid at lawful age. " I give to my beloved daugbter, Elizabetb, tbirty pounds money, besides wbat sbe batb already bad. I do bereby order my executor bereafter named, to make my daugbter Sarab equal witb ber two sisters in wbat tbey bave already bad, and tben to give ber tbirty pounds in money. " I also give to my beloved wife my riding borse and four cows, and I do bereby order my son, James, to keep tbe four cows and borse well, and to take proper care of tbem during bis motber's widowbood for ber own use and beneiit, and also sbe is to bave tbe use and improvement of my bouse- bold stuff, and one room in my bouse tbat I give and be- queatb to my son, James, wbom I likewise constitute, make, and ordain my only and sole executor of tliis, my last will and testament, and I do bereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every otber former testament, will, legacy, requests and executors by me made before tbis time named, willed and bequeatbed, ratifying and confirming tbis and no otber to be my last will and testament." " In Witness Wbereof, I have bereunto set my band and seal tbe day and tbe year above ^vritten or mentioned." Witness JOSHUA BAKER [Seal.] Josbua Raymond, Peter Wickwiro, Josepb Bradford, Jr. His inventory as exbibited in court was as follows: BAKER FAMILIES. 157 £ s. d. Household stuff, farming and carpenter tools. 110 11 03 One horse, 18 00 00 One yoke of oxen. 30 00 00 Four cows. 40 00 00 Two yearlings, three calves, one two-year- old, one colt, thirty-five sheep, and five swine, i 59 00 00 Land and dwelling houses, 771 00 00 Three acres of wheat standing. 24 00 Hides and skins, 3 16 £1029 19s. 7d. Children. 11. Joshua, b. 3 May, 1706; m. Phebe Wickwire. 12. Samuel, b. 24 Aug., 1707; m. Jerusha Davis. 13. Elizabeth, b. 24 April, 1709; m. James Swaddle. 14. Grideon, b. 27 Nov., 1711; m. 1st, Kogers; 2d, Thankful (Bliss) Tuttle. 15. Lydia, b. 12 June, 1712; died 24 'Nov., 1712. 16. James, b. 17 March, 1714; m. Dorothy "Williams. 17. Anna, b. 28 May, 1716; m. ISToah Hammond. IS. Stephen, b. 17 March, 1719; m. Elizabeth Comstock. 19. Sarah, b. 14 May, 1721; m. John Maples. 20. John, b. 1723; m. Eachel Scovil. 21. Asa, b. 1726; m. Elizabeth Abel. III. ALEXAl^nDER (4), b. 16 Dec, 1679, son of Joshua Baker and Hannah (Tongue) Mintern; m. Mary Pemberton, dau. of Joseph Pemberton. He settled in the North Parish, on land inherited from his father, located on the west side of Haughton's Cove. He died 15 Jan., 1724. Children. 22. Hannah, b. 24 Jan., 1707; m. Daniel Brown. 23. Mary, b. 30 April, 1710; m. Gilbert Lilly. 24. Elizabeth, b. 4 March, 1713. 25. Pemberton, b. 24 March, 1716; m. Hepzabeth Eogers. 26. Joseph, b. 12 Sept., 1721; died in 1743. 168 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 27. Lydia, b. 24 July, 1Y23. 28. Sarah, b. ; died 17 June, 1738. IV. JOSHUA (11), b. 3 May, 1706, son of Josbua Baker and Marian Hurlburt; m. Pbebe Wickwire, dan. of John Wickwire and Mary Tongue. He settled in the ISTorth Parish, and occupied the farm bequeathed to him by his father, which farm at a later date was occupied by Daniel Baker. He held town offices, was grand juror in 1744, was active in society affairs, being among the first contributors to the society fund, now extant. He died about 1770. Children. 29. Joshua, b. 13 Aug., 1730; m. Abigail Bliss. 30. Zebulon, b. about 1733; m. 31. Phebe, b. about 1736; m. Jeremiah Wickwire. 32. Delight, b. about 1740; m. Ezekiel Chapel. 38. Jared, b. about 1745; m. Phebe Harris. 34. Betsey, b. 13 July, 1747; m. Samuel Leffingwell. JV. SAMI.^EL (12), b. 24 Aug., 1707, son of Joshua Baker and Marian Hurlburt; m. S Doc, 1733, Jerusha, dau. of Andrew Davis and Sarah Baker of Groton. He settled in Groton, now Ledyard, where he was a farmer. He died in March, 1793. Children. 35. Andrew, b. 18 Se]it., 17;]8; died voung. 36. Amy, b. 9 Jan., 1739-40; m. ' Geer. 37. Lydia, b. 13 July, 1742; m. Eoach, and had children, Wealthy, Thomas, Susanna. 38. Daniel, b. 26 Feb., 1745-6. 39. Elizabeth, b. 5 May, 1748; m. Cook. 40. Samuel, b. 27 Julv, 1750; m. 41. Sarah, b. 16 Pel).', 1753-4; m. Jabez Shoals. 42. Andrew, b. 22 March, 1756; killed at Fort Griswold, 6 Sept., 1781. 43. Eunice, b. 14 Jan., 1758; m. Thomas. IV. GIDEON (14), b. 27 Nov., 1711, son of Joshua Baker and Marian Hurlburt; m. 1st, Lois Eogers, supposed BAKER FAMILIES. 159 dau. of Daniel Kogers; 2d, Thankful (Bliss) Tuttle, relict of Daniel Tuttle and dau. of Peletiah Bliss. She had one son by her first husband, Peletiah, who married Betsey Swaddle, jSTov., 1783. Gideon Baker was a farmer, and lived on the farm bequeathed to him by his father, and later occupied by his grandson, Samuel B. Baker. A few years before his death, 29 Jan., 1794, he conveyed by deed of gift all his real estate to his son, Elisha, reserving a life lease of the same. He died 19 Dec, 1805. His last ^vife died of small pox, and was buried on the farm where they lived. Children by first wife. 44. Gideon, b. 45. Abigail, b. about 1744; died unmarried 11 Oct., 1822. 46. Lois, b. about 1754; m. Edward White. 47. Marian, b. about 1757; m. Elijah Parish. 48. Samuel, b. Children by second wife. 49. Alpheus, b. 7 Oct., 1763; died unmarried. 50. Sabra, b. 6 Jan., 1765; m. 1st, Joseph Chapman; 2d, Nathan Latimer. 61. Lebbeus, b. 20 May, 1767; m. Mary Chapel. 52. Lemuel, b. April, 1769; m. 1st, Bethia Comstock; 2d, Betsey Patten. 53. Elisha, b. 8 Jan., 1771; m. Bathsheba Adams. 54. Bliss, b. 22 July, 1773; m. Abagail BoUes. IV. JAMES (16), b. 17 March, 1714, son of Joshua Baker and Marian Hurlburt; m. about 1745, Dorothy Wil- liams, dau. of Ebenezer Williams and . He was a farmer, and lived on the farm bequeathed to him by his father, and later occupied by Lemuel Balcer. The old house stood a few rods northwest from the present one. He sold a portion of the farm to his son, Josiah, in 1771, located at the southeast comer of his farm, on which he built a house, which was later occupied by Samuel W. Palmer. His will was dated 18 Nov., 1788, and admitted to probate 10 Aug., 1795. He IfJO HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. was an active business man, and held important offices in the town. She united with the church under the pastorate of Rev. David Jewett, and died 1 Oct., 1801, aged 75 years. Pie died 19 May, 1795. Children. 65. ' Josiah, h. 13 Aug., 1746; m. Abigail Leffingwell. 56. William, b. about 174S, and removed to Pittsfield, Mass. 57. Lois, b. about 1751; m. Jonathan Gilbert. 58. Joseph, b. about 1753, and removed to Charlton, N. Y. 59. Lydia, b. about 1756; m. JSTathan Barber. 60. Eunice, b. about 1758; m. Lebbeus Haughton. IV. STEPHE:NT (IS), b. 17 March, 1719, son of Joshua Baker and Marian Hurlburt; m. 13 Xov., 1745, Elizabeth Comstock, dau. of Kingsland Comstock and . It does not appear where he settled and there is no record that shows where he died. Children. 61. Lucy, b. 13 Oct., 1746. 62. Stephen Hurlburt, b. 29 Oct., 1748; m. Priscilla He had two children, Gurdon, b. 1800; Joshua, b. 1802. He died in service in the war of 1812. 63. David, b. 9 Oct., 1750. 64. Abell, b. 13 Jan., 1753. 65. Siblell, b. 19 Jan., 1759. lY. JOHN" (20), 1). 1722, son of Joshiia Baker and Marian Hurlburt; m. 14 ^Niarcli, 1754, Eachcl Senvil, dau. of Arthur Seovil of Colchester. He probably settled in Colchester, as the birth of his children are found recorded there, and some of his descendants are still li^dng there. Children. 66. John, b. U April, 1755. 67. Desire, b. 25 Sept., 1756. 68. Anna, b. 23 April, 1758. (i9. Hurlburt, b. 23 Dec, 1759. 70. Rachel, b. 16 Nov., 1761. BAKER FAMILIES. 161 Yl. Elisha, b. 14 Oct., 1Y63. . 12. Ehoda, b. 11 April, 1T66. 73. Elias, b. 14 April, 1768. IV. ASA (21), b. 1726, son of Joshua Baker and Marian Huriburt; m. 28 Jan., 1752, Elizabeth Abel, b. 27 Jan., 1730, second dau. of Samuel Abel and Lydia Gifford. She was great-granddaughter of Margaret Post. He settled in ISTorwioh, where she died, 27 Dec., 1808. He died there 30 April, 1816, aged 90 years. Children. 74. Alice, b. 15 April, 1753; m. 17 May, 1774, Andrew Smith, and had six children: 1st, Obediah, b. 20 Sept., 1775; 2d, Lucinda, b. 17 June, 1777; 3d, Lucy, b. 30 Aug., 1779; 4th, Lovice, b. 9 Jan., 1782; 5th, Eanny, b. 25 May, 1784; 6th, Ozias, b. 17 May, 1786. 75. Elizabeth, b. 18 Feb., 1755; died 24 Oct., 1838, at Bozrah. 76. Lydia, b. 10 Jan., 1758. 77. Asa, b. 27 June, 1760; m. Comfort Kinney of Preston. 78. Griswold, b. 20 Dec., 1762. 79. Daniel Gilbert, b. 1 Aug., 1774; m. Lydia Calkins of Bozrah. V. JOSHUA (29), b. 13 Aug., 1730, son of Joshua Baker and Phebe Wickwire; m. Abigail Bliss, dau. of Pele- tiah Bliss and Sarah Harris. He settled in Montville, was a farmer, and lived on a farm lying about three-fourths of a mile south of thie present Congregational Church. He died of small pox, 17 March, 1777, and was buried on his farm. She died 23 Aug., 1812. Children. 80. Mary, b. 14 iSTov., 1757; m. Thomas Kogers. 81. Abigail, b. 25 April, 1760; m. David Congdon. 82. Elizabeth, b. 21 April, 1763; m. 1st, Josiah Raymond; 2d, Robert Manwaring. 11 IQ2 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 83. Parthenea, b. 21 June, 1765; m. Frederick Rogers. 84. Joshua, b. 13 Feb., 1767; m. Elizabeth Chapel. 85. Sarah, b. 24 Feb., 1769; m. Azel Sogers. 86. Ann Maria, b. 29 March, 1772; died unm., 18 May, 1846. 87. Caleb, b. 17 May, 1773; died unm., 1848. 88. Oliver, b. 29 Dec., 1776 ; m. Amy Otis. V. JARED (33), b. 1745, son of Joshua Baker and Phebe Wickwire; m. about 1769, Phebe Harris, dau. of Ephraim Harris and . He was a farmer, and oc- cupied the farm where his father lived, and later occupied by his son Daniel. He died 1822, aged 77 years. She died 1807, aged 60 years. Children. 89. Daniel, b. 7 ISTov., 1770; m. Sarah Raymond. 90. Jared, b. 3 Jan., 1774; m. Abigail Wither. V. LEBBEUS (51), b. 20 May, 1767, son of Gideon Baker and Thankful (Bliss) Tuttle; m. 28 March, 1793, Mary Chapel, dau. of Peter Chapel and Esther Douglass. He was a blacksmith and a farmer. He had a saw-mill, located on Alwive Brook, near where he lived. He died 7 jSTov., 1844. She died 5 April, 1837, aged 64 years. Children. 91. Lemuel, b. 23 Dec, 1793. 92. Charles, b. 23 Jan., 1795; died young. 93. Lydia, b. 5 July, 1796; m. John Bush. 94. Esther, b. 1 Nov., 1797; m. 1st, Nathaniel Wheeler; 2d, Rev. Aiigustus BoUes. 95. Mary, b. 10 Sept., 1799; m. Lester Richards. 96. Elijah P., b. 19 Feb., 1801; m. Lydia Watrous. 97. Mercy, b. 9 Jan., 1803 ; m. George H. Steward. 98. John D., b. 24 March, 1805; died unmarried. 99. Celinda, b. 4 April, 1807; m. Lyman Ames. 100. Emeline, b. 1 Aug., 1809; m. Elisha Baker. 101. Peter C, b. 13 May, 1811; m. Maria Ames. BAKER FAMILIES. 163 102. Eliza D., b. 5 April, 1815; m. Anson Ames, 1st wife. 103. Julia, b. Y Sept., 1817; m. Anson Ames, 2d wife. 104. Ellen M., b. 29 Sept., 1819; m. 1st, Charles Whit- well; 2d, Erastus Chadwick. V. LEMUEL (52), b. April, 1769, son of Gideon Baker and Thankful (Bliss) Tuttle; m. 1st, Bethia Comstock, 18 July, 1798, dau. of Zebediah Comstock and Bethia Prentice. He was a farmer and house carpenter, lived on the farm for- merly occupied by James Baker. His first wife died 24 Dec, 1804. He then married, Sept., 1805, Betsey Patten, dau. of John Patten. She died 18 March, 1840, aged 67 years. He died 19 Sept., 1856. Children by first wife. 105. Gideon, b. 27 Aug., 1800; died young. 106. Zebediah, b. 6 May, 1802; m. Mary Kimball. 107. Lemuel, b. 23 April, 1804; removed to Indiana, from there to the South, and never more heard from. Children by second wife. 108. Hiram Patten, b. 15 Eeb., 1807; m. 1st, Lucy Palmer; 2d, J^ancy B. Baker. J 09. Eliza S., b. 26 Is^ov., 1808; m. 1st, David Holmes; 2d, Joshua K. Bradford. 110. John Gardner, b. 8 Oct., 1813; m. Emily C. Turner. V. ELISHA (53), b. 8 Jan., 1771, son of Gideon Baker and Thankful (BKss) Tuttle; m. 16 Eeb., 1800, Bathsheba Adams, b. 2 March, 1777, dau. of James W. Adams of Groton. He was a farmer, and lived on the farm conveyed to him by his father. He died 27 Sept., 1850. She died 22 Feb., 1851. Children. 111. John Adams, b. 17 Nov., 1800; died 2 Aug., 1839; unmarried. 112. Elisha Bliss, b. 11 Dec, 1803; m. Charlotte Fox Hill. 113. JSTaney Bill, b. 4 Aug., 1805; m. Hiram P. Baker, 31 March, 1844. 154 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 114. Samuel Franklin, b. 19 Jan., 1811; m. Mary Ann Clark; no issue. He died 17 March, 1844. She died 9 Oct., 1894. 115. James Harvey, b. 19 Sept., 1816; m. Eliza Wheeler; had one dau., Eliza Jane, b. 116. Jane G-., b. 16 Sept., 1818; m. John Stanton. 117. Lyman, b. 16 Sept., 1820; m. 1st, Ann Eogers, dau. of Joshua; 2d, Kosanna Brown, dau. of John; 3d, Mary Lathrop. He settled in New London, car- penter; was alderman of the city at the time of his death in 1880. V. BLISS (54), b. about 1773, son of Gideon Baker and Thankful (Bliss) Tuttle; m. 6 Jan., 1799, Abigail BoUes, dau. of Amos BoUes and Anna Gardner. He was a farmer and lived on the farm on which is located the famous Coche- gan Eock. He died June, 1847. She died Eeb., 1827. Children. 118. Samuel, b. 4 Nov., 1799; m. Khoda Powers. 119. Eunice, b. 8 July, 1801; died unmarried. 120. Amos, b. 13 Oct., 1803; m. Mary Bush. 121. Elisha, b. 12 Nov., 1805; m. Emeline Baker. 122. Gideon, b. Sept., 1807; m. Harriet Loomis. V. JOSIAH (55), b. 13 Aug., 1746, son of James Baker and Dorothy Williams; m. 15 Nov., 1770, Abigail LefSngwell, dau. of Samuel Leffingwell and Betsey Baker (34). Lie was a farmer, and lived at Chesterfield. She died 15 April, 1810. He then manied Mary Dart. He died at New London. Children. 123, 124 125, 126 127 128 129 James, b. 3 Oct., 1771; m. Lois, b. 15 Jan., 1775; m. David Turner. Mary, b. 13 July, 1781; m. James Turner. Charlotte, b. 10 Nov., 1783; m. Isaac Whipple. Abigail, b. 26 July, 1789; m. James Beed. Betsey, b. 6 Oct., 1793; died young. Josiah L., b. 20 Oct., 1794; m. Delia Edmonds. y^->~»aio^ifa»». \i BAKER FAMILIES. 165 YI. JOSHUA (84), b. 13 Feb., lYGY, son of Joshua Baker and Abigail Bliss; m. 17 Feb., 1792, Elizabeth Chapel, b. 1772, dau. of Atwell Chapel and Johanna liill. He was a farmer, and occupied the farm formerly belonging to his father-in-law. He died 19 July, 1856. She died 18 Oct., 1849. Children. 130. Joshua, b. 17 Feb., 1793; m. Almira Fitch. 131. Erastus, b. 17 June, 1794; m. Anna O. Baker. 132. Abby, b. 22 April, 1797; died unmarried 21 March, 1874. 133. Eliza, b. 31 Jan., 1803; died unmarried 5 Oct., 1873. 134. Mercy Ann, b. 7 Jime, 1805; m. Samuel Selden Har- ris. She died 20 May, 1880. He died 5 Aug., 1882. 'So issue. VI. OLIVEE (88), b. 29 Dec, 1776, son of Joshua Baker and Abigail Bliss; m. 23 Oct., 1802, Amy Otis, dau. of l^athaniel Otis and Amy Gardner. He was a carpenter and farmer. He built the house in which he lived in 1803, on land he purchased of Elizabeth Hillhouse, widow of John G-. Hillhouse, it being a portion of the Samuel Gilbert farm, which was conveyed to Gilbert's wife by her father, Saijiuel Rogers. He worked on the Uncasville factory at the time of its erection, and purchased a considerable of the timber. He died 13 Dec., 1844. She died 23 May, 1873. Children. 135. Anna Otis, b. 18 March, 1803; m. Erastus Baker. 136. Abishai Alden, b. 29 Feb., 1804; m. Mary G. Keeney. 137. Marinette, b. 18 April, 1805; died 11 May, 1810. 138. Oliver Gardner, b. 17 Sept., 1807; m. Emeline I^ewis. 139. Edwin Bliss, b. 10 Aug., 1811; m. Eliza Thomas. 140. Henrv Augustus, b. 29 Oct., 1823; m. Hannah Fox Scholfield. VI. DANIEL (89), b. 7 Nov., 1770, son of Jared Baker and Pliebe Harris; m. 27 June, 1797, Sarah Raymond, dau. 166 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. of John Raymond and Elizabeth Griswold. He was a farmer, and lived on the farm formerly occupied by his father and afterwards by his daughter, Mary Ann, who married Joseph Chappell. He died 23 Aug., 1851. She died 20 April, 1855. Children. 141. George Griswold, b. 19 Dec, 1Y98; m. Mary Ann Crane. 142. Mary Ann, b. 24 April, 1800; m. Joseph Chappell. 143. Saxaih Raymond, b. 12 MaMi, 1802; m. Ira Vincent. 144. Giles Turner, b. 4 Jan., 1804; m. Settled in Ohio. 145. Martha Scholfield, b. 18 Oct., 1806; m. Samuel Yin- cent. 146. Hannah L., b. 2 Jan., 1808; died unmarried, 31 Aug., 1845. 147. Daniel Albert, b. 6 Sept., 1810; m. . Settled in Ohio. 148. WilliajnTIenry, b. 23 Sept., 1816; m. Maria L. Brom- ley." YI. JAEED (90), b. Jan. 3, 1YY4, son of Jared Baker and Phebe Harris; m. Abigail "Wither, dau. of Amasa Wither. He was a farmer, and settled at Pomfret, Conn., where he died 28 Oct., 1852. She died May, 1853, aged 83 years. Children. 149. Lyman, b. 11 May, 1794; died 23 April, 1814, at Mid- dletown. Conn. 150. Phebe, b. 4 March, 1797; m. Samuel White of Pom- fret. 151. Abigail, b. 22 Eeb., 1799; m. Ebenezer Barret. 152. Marion, b. 19 Aug., 1801; m. 1st, Sarah Adgate; 2d, Rebecca Brownell. 153. Cyrus, b. 29 May, 1804; m. Ruth K French, b. 9 Jan., 1816; had one dau., Harriet, b. 4 Oct., 1841; m. George M. Hayden. 154. Jared, b. 7 Sept., 1813; died unmarried. YI. PETER C. (101), b. 13 May, 1811, son of Lebbeus Baker and Mary Chapel, m. 2 'Nov., 1834, Maria Ames, b. 2 BAKER FAMILIES. 167 Nov., 1805, dau. of Jonathan Ames. He was a blacksmith and farmer. He settled first in Montville, and then removed to Waterford, v^here he died. Children. 155. Abby E., b. 23 Aug., 1835; m. Coiirtland C. Daniels. 156. Jonathan A., b. 9 May, 1838; m. 1st, Maria Lee; 2d, Esther Chapel. 15Y. Amelia, b. 11 Feb., 1840. 158. Sarah D., b. 24 Nov., 1846; m. 1st, Alfred ; 2d, Eobert E. Dart. VI. ZEBEDIAH (116), b. 6 May, 1802, son of Lemuel Baker and Berthia Comstock; m. 14 May, 1823, Mary Kim- ball. Children. 159. Mary, b. about 1824; died young. 160. Charlotte, b. about 1827; m. John Dickerson; had Emma, b. 1848; George, b. ' 1863. VL HIEAM PATTEN (108), b. 15 Eeb., 1807, son of Lemuel Balcer and Betsey Patten; m. 10 Oct., 1831, Lucy Palmer, dau. of Samuel Palmer and Tha^nkfuL Clark. He was a farmer, and taught district schools in the winter terms in his native town and adjoining towns. He held many town offices, was energetic in all matters of business. He was greatly respected by his fellow citizens for his integrity and business qualifications. At the time gold was first discovered in California in 1848, he was among the many who went from the East to seek their fortunes. He was a member of the Congregational Church at. Montville Center, and a faith- ful attendant on divine worship. He lived on the farna later occupied by James Harvey Baker. She died 26 Feb., 1843. He then m. 24 March, 1844, his cousin, Nancy B. Baker. He died 25 Nov., 1871. She died 12 July, 1883. Children. 161. Anoson Gleason, b. 27 Aug., 1832; m. 1st, 28 Aug., 1853, Clarrissa S. Eogers, and had Hiram A., b. 1 ]^g8 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. June, 1857, and Lucy E., b. 4 June, 1859 ; 2d, Emily C. Whipple, 30 Sept., 1865. 162. Albert Nelson, b. 26 July, 1834; died young. 163. Ellen Maria, b. 2 April, 1837; m. Stephen C. Parker and had James A., b. 15 Sept., 1869, and Jiilian B., b. 9 March, 1876. VI. JOHN GAEDNER (110), b. 8 Oct., 1813, son of Lemuel Baker and Betsey Patten; m. 27 Jan., 1839, Emily C. Turner, dau. of Isaac Turner and Esther Comstock. He was a farmer and house carpenter. He settled in Montville, and occupied the farm on which his father lived. He built a new dwelling on the farm. Remaining there a few years, he sold and removed to Norwich. He afterwards returned to Mont- ville, and built a house near Comstock's Wharf, where he resided until his death, 7 June, 188 S. She died there 10 Nov., 1894. Children. 164. Emma Theresa, b. 11 Nov., 1839; died 11 Feb., 1857. 165. Eliza Bradford, b. 11 April, 1851; died 25 Jan., 1856. 166. John Turner, b. 25 April, 1857; m. Effie Coggshall. VI. ELISHA BLISS (112), b. 11 Dec, 1803, son of Elisha Baker and Bathsheba Adams; m. 1 May, 1832, Char- lotte Eox Hill, dau. of Dea. Charles Hill and Sybel Fox. He was captain of a New York piloit boat, and lived in Brook- lyn, N. Y., where he died of small pox, contracted on board of a ship which he was piloting into the harbor, 8 March, 1856. She was living on the old homestead of her father at Montville in 1896. Children. 167. Abby, b. 28 Nov., 1833; died 3 Jan., 1859, unm. 168. Annie, b. 1 Sept., 1835; died 28 Oct., 1873; unm. 169. Fannie A., b. 26 Sept., 1836; m. Joseph H. Richards of Brooklyn, N. Y., 22 April, 1857, and had four sons and one daughter, Joseph Addison, Paul, Her- bert Taft, Theodore Tilton, Grace. BAKER FAMILIES. 169 170. Charles, b. 9 Oct., 1838; m. 11 ISTov., 1863, Louisa t Kingsley, daughter of Charles Kingsley. He died at ISTew York, 20 Dec, 1880, leaving two children, Mary Louisa, and Florence. VI. ELISHA (121), b. 12 Nov., 1805, son of Bliss Ba- ker and Abigail BoUes; m. 4 March, 1832, Emeline Baker, dau. of Lebbeus Baker and Mary Chapel. He was a farmer, and occupied the old homestead until the death of his son Charles, then removed to Palmertown. He died 5 Jan., 1880. She died 26 Feb., 1878. Children. 171. Louisa Annette, b. 14 Jan., 1833; died 5 Oct., 1860. 172. Sabra Emeline, b. 26 May, 1834; m. Oscar Comstock. 173. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 3 Oct., 1835. 174. Daniel Webster, b. 28 March, 1837; died 28 April, 1854. 175. Charles Edwin, b. 17 June, 1838; m. Susan A. Henry. 176. Henry Harrison, b. 17 Dec, 1840. 177. Harriet Lucretia, b. 15 June, 1843; m. Joseph Pierce. 178. David Holmes, b. 5 Sept., 1844. 179. Augustus Emerson, b. 3 ISTov., 1847. 180. Mary Abbie,, b. 26 Aug., 1849. 181. Erank Eugene, b. 3 June, 1851. VII. EKASTUS (131), b. June, 1794, son of Joshua Baker and Elizabeth Chapel; m. 26 Nov., 1827, Anna Otis Baker, dau. of Oliver Baker and Amy Otis. He was a farmer and first occupied a farm adjoining his father's. He afterwards bought the farm owned by his uncle, Caleb Baker, near the Congregational church, where he died, 19 June, 1855. She lived with her son, Joshua Dwight, until the sale of the farm in 1883. She then built a new house on the opposite side of the highway and lived with her daughter Marinett. She died there 23 Aug., 1886. 170 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 182. Joshua Dwight, b. 23 Jan., 1830; m. Florence. Otis. 183. Marinett, b. 25 Sept., 1831; m. Otis Kelsey, and had one son, Dwight, b. 2 Aug., 1869. She died Sept., 1888. VII. ABISHAI ALDEN (136), b. 29 Feb., 1804, son of Oliver Baker and Amy Otis; m. 24 May, 1829, Mary G. Keeney, dau. of William Keeney and Mary Gorton of Col- chester. He was a farmer and school teacher. Settled first at Montville. He removed to Colchester and engaged in the book business. He went to Lexington, Ky., where he died 31 Dec., 1838. She died at Colchester, 30 Jan., 1881. Children. 184. William Edwin, b. at Montville' 21 Oct., 1830; m. Mary A. Smith, 17 Dec, 1857, dau. of Thomas H. Smith of Colchester. He settled in Hartford, where he is engaged in the fire insurance business, and has two children, Gertrude Ellen, b. 28 Jan., 1860, and George William, b. 13 April, 1868. 185. Abishai Alden, b. at Montville 26 July, 1835; m. Mar- garet Worthington of Colchester. He was early engaged with his brother AYilliam in the sale of county maps. He settled at Colchester, and was for several years teacher in Bacon Academy. He is a deacon in the Congregational church, much re- spected and esteemed by his fellow townsmen. He has two 'child row, Arthur and Lillias. Arthur married A. Luilla Kimball of ^N'ashua, ^ST. H., 7 Feb., 1884; had Charles Alfred, b. 16 April, 1893, and Kimball Alden, b. 19 April, 1895. Lillius m. Edward T. Bunyan of Delaware, Ohio, 1 Mscroh, 1893; had Margaret Frances, b. 16 March, 1894, and William Worthington, b. 19 April, 1896. VII. EDWIW BLISS (139), b. 10 Aug., 1811, son of Oliver Baker and Amy Otis; m. 18 Sept., 1839, Eliza J. Thomas, dau. of Charles Thomas and Frances ISTevins of Nor- wich. He entered the mercantile business as clerk for Henry A. Richards ait Uncasville when twelve years of age, remain- BAKER FAMILIES. 171 ing about two years. He then entered school at Bacon Acad- emy, Colchester, was there about two years, and then en- gaged as a clerk for Backus & l^orton, in the wholesale grocery business at Norwich, Conn., where he remained until the fall of 1834, when he went to Natchez, Miss. At first he was general clerk, but afterwards went into the wholesale business of plantation supplies. He continued in the business until a few years before his death. His wife died at Natchez, 18 April, 1891. He died there 14 Dec, 1893. Children. 186. Edwin Backus, b. at Natchez 22 June, 1840; m. Mary Carduio and had three children. He was a soldier in the Confederate army, and died a few years after the close of the war. 187. Thomas Otis, b. at Natchez 14 March, 1844; living in 1896. 188. Stephen Duncan, b. at Natchez 25 Aug., 1855; living in 1896. 189. Charles Oliver, b. at Natchez 23 Dec, 1856; died young. VII. HENEY AUGUSTUS (140), b. 29 Oct., 1823, son of Oliver Baker and Amy Otis; m. 18 May, 1846, Han- nah Fox Scholfield, dau. of Joseph Scholfield and Mercy New- berry. Settled in Montville, first on the homestead, was a farmer, remained there until the death of his mother in 18Y3, when he removed to a place near Scholfield's Mills. He held the ofiice of probate judge from 1860 to 1862, was re-elected in 1867, and held the office until January 1, 1889. He also held the office of town clerk of Montville twenty-five years. His wife died 18 May, 1892. Children. 190. Oliver Augustus, b. 5 July, 1847; died 2 Dec, 1853. 191. Charles Lester, b. 5 March, 1850; died 23 Sept., 1854. 192. John Franklin, b. 31 March, 1855; died 5 June, 1855. 193. William Henry, b. 19 Oct., 1856. 194. Anna Alma, b. 1 Oct., 1866; m. George H. Bradford; has one dau., Jessie Arlean, b. 172 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. Dr. GEOEGE GRISWOLD (141), b. 19 Dec, 1798, son of Daniel Baker and Sarah Raymond; m. Mary Ann Crane. He was a physician. A graduate of Bowdoin Col- lege, Maine, in the class of 1822. Settled first in ISTorwalk, Ohio, where he practiced medicine, a physician of consider- able note. He received an appointment as minister to Italy under the administration of Presidenit Lincoln, and accepta- bly filled the ofiice during that administration. Dr. Baker returned to his native State about 1870, and settled in Xorwich, where he purchased a house on Laurel Hill, where he lived until his death, April 20, 1877. His wife survived him, and died at Salisbury, Oonn., April 30, 1880, aged 72 years and 6 months, at which time she was visiting with friends. During her life, her acts of benevolence, which were always generous, were so quietly accomplished that often only the recipient of her kindly gifts knew of them, or the spirit that prompted them. They had but one child, a daughter, Sarah, b. about 1829. She was a beautiful girl, and no pains were spared in the be- stowing 'of a liberal education upon heir. She was the idol of her parents, and her early death was a severe affliction to both her parents. She died 16 Aug., 1849, at the age of about 20 years. The following lines were written by her mother, while crossing the ocean from New York to Europe on the fourth anniversary of her deiath, Aug. 16, 1853: " Sad are the mem'ries of that day When thou, so young, so bright and gay, So full of hope, Avas torn away, My daughter. " So dire and sudden was the stroke My heart almost in anguish broke. Thus quickly severed from my only hope. My daughter. BAKER FAMILIES. 173 " Long hours I gazed upon thy face, So calm and still In death's embrace. Nor could a ray of comfort trace, My daughter. " That form and face and forehead fair. Those folded hands and glossy hair. Were all the same — but thou not there. My daughtei-. " My head was bowed in speechless gloom To see thee thus in beauty's bloom Laid low, and mantled for the tomb, My daughter. " Thy dying words, so full of love, Did not one hope of solace prove. Nor could I lift my heart above, Dear daughter. " The one dread thought that thou wast dead, Did more than banish all thou said To soothe me on thy dying bed, Dear daughter. " I tried, but all in vain, to pray, For faith and hope both fled away And left me, on thy dying day. Dear daughter. " A striclien, torn, and withered leaf, I sat alone in tearless grief, Nor scarcely sought or wished relief, Dear daughter. " Then sleep o'ercame my racking brain And aching lieart, and in my dream I held thee in my arms again. Dear daughter. " And listened to thy loving voice That always made my heart rejoice ; Now it spolse of the better choice, My daughter. ' ' Good bye. for I am dying now. Another kiss upon thy brow. Good bye, thou lov'st me, I know. Dear motlier. 174 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. " ' It comforts me, as here I lie Upon this bed, so near to die. To think of all our love and joy, Dear mother. " ' Thou'lt think of me when I'm gone, And grieve that I no more return To share the joys of our loved home, My mother. " ' But there's a better home than this — A home of joy, where all is bliss — A home of love, where Jesus is, Dear mother. " ' I know I'm vile, am all depraved ; But then I have his pardon craved. I do believe I shall be saved. Dear mother. " ' I cannot say I long to die. Nor leave you all without a sigh, 'Tis hard to say the last good bye, Dear mother. " ' But God has spoken, his will be done. I shall not see another sun, My days have now their circle run, My mother. " ' Let not your heart in sorrow break. That God doth now your darling take. For you must live for father's sake. Dear mother. " ' And now one kiss for father dear, Oh, how I wish that he were here ! Tell him from me to meet me there. My mother. " ' Just turn my face toward the door ; He yet may come before 'tis o'er. And we three meet on earth once more. My mother. " ' I seem to think that he is nigh, I long to see him 'fore I die, And kiss him once, and say good bye, Dear father. BAKER FAMILIES. 175 ' ' I'm dying now — 'tis well — good bye. I soon shall be beyond the sky, And you will meet me there on high, My mother. ' ' Still live in hope and humble prayer. Be father's welfare now thy care ; And tell him, sure, to meet me there, Dear mother.' " Those precious words were not a dream, No passing thought, or fancy's gleam. But from thy filial lips they came. My daughter. " Within the inner heart of mine I'll treasure long those words of thine, That spoke such love and peace divine. Dear daughter. " In faith and hope and humble prayer. Thy last request shall be my care. And still I'll trust we'll meet thee there. Our daughter." KOGEES fa:\iilies. -TAMES EOGERS the first came to America in the ship " Increase," from London, in England, in 1635, at the age of twenty years. He is first known at Stratford, Xew Ha- ven county, where he married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Eowland. They afterwards removed to Milford, where his wife united with the Rev. Mr. Prudden's church, in 1645, and he in 1652. Their children were baptized at ]\Iilford. Mr. Rogers had dealings in New London in 1656, and, liking it as a place of business, fixed himself permanently as an inhabit- ant of the plantation there, previous to 1660. Here he soon achieved property and influence, and was much engaged, both in the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the place. He was six times elected representative to the general court. Governor Winthrop had encouraged his settling in New London, and accommodated him with a portion of his own house lot next the mill, which was afterwards leased to him. On this lot Mr. Rogers built a dwelUng-hous© of stone. He was a baker, and carried on the business on a large scale, often furnishing biscuit for seamen and the colonial troops, and between the years 1661 and 1670 had a greater interest in the trade of that post than any other person in the place. His landed possessions became very extensive, consisting of several hundred acres on the Great Neck, a tract of land at Mohegan at the place called Pamechog, now called Massa- peag, several house lots in town, and twenty-four hundred acres on the east side of the river, which was held in partner- ship with Colonel Pyncheon of Springfield. James Rogers, the ancestor of a great throng of descend- ants, was an upright and circumspect man. At his first set- tleinent in New London, both himself and his wife united ROGERS FAMILIES. 177 with Mr. Bradstreet's clmrch. They, however, after a few years, became dissenters in some sort from the established Con- gregational churoh and joined the Sabbatari'ans, and were afterwards called Quakers. There is no laccount of any dealings with him and his wife on account of their secession from the church. Of his latter years, little is known. Mr. Rogers was born about 1615, and is supposed to be the son of Rev. John Rogers of Dedham, in England, who' died in 1636, and his descendants hold to a trtadition that he was the grandson of the Rev. John Rogers of London, who w^as burned at the stake in Smithfield in 1555, during the reign of " bloody " Queen Mary. Recent genealogical researches have, however, thrown much doubt 'as to this lineal connection of this stock of Rogers vrath that of the martyr. James Rogers died at ISTew London in February, 1687-8, when the government of Sir Edmund Andros was paramount in ISTew England. His will was therefore proved in Boston. The first settlement of the estate was entirely harmonious. The children, in accordance with his earnest request, made an amicable division of the estate, which was sanctioned by the general court, May 12, 1692. Children. 2. Samuel, b. at Stratford 12 Dec, 1640; m. 17 Nov., 1664, Mary Stanton, dau. of Thomas Stanton. 3. Joseph, b. at Stratford 14 May, 1646; m. about 16Y1, Sarah . 4. John, b. at Stratford 1 Dec, 1648; m. 17 Oct., 1670, Elizabeth Griswold, dau. of Mathew Griswold. 5. Bathsheba, b. at Stratford 30 Dec, 1650; m. 4 March 1669-70, 1st, Richard Smith; 2d, Samuel Eox. 6. James, b. at Milford 15 Feb., 1652; m. 5 Nov., 167.4, Mary Jordan, dau. of Jeffrey Jordan. 7. Jonathan, b. probably at Milford 31 Dec, 1655; m. ISTaomi Burdick, dau. of Elder Burdick of New- port, R. I. 13 178 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 8. Elizabeth, b. probably at ISTew London 15 April, 1658; m. Samuel Beeby. II. SAMUEL (2), b. 12 Dec, 1640, eldest son of James Eogers and Elizabeth Eowland; married 17 Oct., 1664, Mary, daughter of Thomas Stanton and Ann Lord, daughter of Thomas Lord of Hartford. The parents of these two parties entered into a formal contract, each pledging £200 as a mar- riage portion to the couple. James Rogers, the father of Samuel, in fulfillment of his part of the contract, conveyed to his son his stone house and bakery at the head of Winthrop's Cove, where the couple commenced housekeeping. They lived here 'only a few years, and removed to the outlands of the town in the vicinity of the Mohegan tribe of Indians, and became the first English settlers within the present Kmits of the town of Montville. He was twice married, as appears by his last will, executed Dec. 8, 1712, in which he gives " his beloved wife Johanna all she needs." He died 1 Dec, 1713, and was buried in the Old Eogers Burjdng Ground on the farm where he then lived, and which was aftei-wards owned by Oliver Baker. Children. 9. Daniel, b. probably at New London about 1665; m. in 1702, Grace, dau. of Thomas Williams. 10. Mary, b. at New London April, 1667; m. 2 Oct., 1684, Samuel Gilbert. 11. Samuel, b. at New London Dec, 1669; m. 16 Jan., 1694, Abigail, dau. of John Plumb. 12. Elizabeth, b. at New London 8 May, 1673 ; m. Asa Har- ris. 13. Sarah, b. at New London 9 Aug., 1676; m. 10 May, 1710, James Hams. 14. Jonathan, b. at New London 1680; m. 1708, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Peiuberton. II. JOSEPH (3), b. 14 May, 1646, second son of James Eogers and Elizabeth Eowland; mamed about 1671 Sarah . He first lived on a town plot in New London and ROGERS FAMILIES. 179 afterwards removed to the fann given him by his father at Great Neck. He is supposed to have died about 169Y. Children. 15. James, 'b. at ISTew London about 1672; m. 2Y March, 1699, Sarah Stevens of Killingworth, Conn. 16. Samuel, b. at New London about 1673. Settled at Branford. 17. John, b. at New London 20 March, 1675; m. Deborah Brighton. 18. Jonathan, b. at New London ; m. Alice . 19. Rowland, b. at New London about 1680; m. Mary 20. Eliza, b. at New London; m. Chapman. 21. Sarah, b. at New London; m. "Williams. 22. Bathsheba, b. at New London; m. 29 April, 1725, Ga- brel Harris. II. JOHN (4), b. 1 Bee, 1648, third son of James Rogers and Elizabeth Rowland; m. 17 Oct., 1670, Eliza- beth, daughter of Mathew Griswold. The rite of marriage was performed by the father of the bride, and accompanied with the formality of a written contract and dowry, the hus- band settling his farm at upper Mamaoock upon the wife in case of his death or separation from her during life. This farm was situated about two miles north of New London, on the Thames river. In May, 1675, after having two children born to them, she applied to the General Court for a divorce, grounding her petition not only upon the heterodoxy of her husband (that of being a Quaker), but upon certain alleged immoralities. The court, after the delay of nearly a year and a ihalf, granted her petition, but in less than two years she was married again. This marriage was to Peter Pratt, 5 Aug., 1679. She had by him one son, Peter. Her second husband, Peter Pratt, died 24 ]\:rarch, 1688, and shortly after- wards she married a third husband, Mathew Beckwith, 2d, by whom she had one daughter, Grisell. Elizabeth Gris- wold, the wife of three husbands, died in 1727. IgO HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Mr. Rogers was greatly incensed at tlie decision of the coiirt in granting a divorce to his wife. He lived a single life about twenty-five years, and then married himself to Mary Eansford. She is reported to have been a servant, whom he had bought, and probably of the class of persons then called Redemptionists. Mr. Rogers would not be united in the marriage rite by any minister or magistrate, and pro- posed to 'Ms intended that both go in to the county court room while the court was in session, and there publicly declare their marriage intentions, which proposal was agreed to by the intended. He, leading the bride by the hand, entered into the presence of the assembled court, and there requested the whole assembly to take notice that he took the woman he held by the hand to be his lawful wife, the bride also as- senting. This connection was, however, an unhappy one, violent quarrels afterwards arising between the reputed wife and the youngest son of Mr. Rogers. To preserve peace and qiiiet, the law in several instances was invoked. The elder Rogers himself was compelled to apply to the court for assistance in quelling their domestic broils. In 1703, upon the presentation of the grand jury, the court simmioned the reputed wife of Jolin Rog'ers, Sr., be^ fore them, declaring her marriage invalid, and sentenced her to pay a fine of forty shillings or receive ten stripes, and pro- hibited her return to her reputed husband under still lieaAder penalties. Upon receiving the sentence she came around to the side of the court, acknowledged her marriage illegal, cast off the protection and authority of Rogers and refused to re- gard him as her husband. Soon after this she escaped from the confinement in which she had been placed by order of the court and fled to Block Island, leaving her two children by Rogers with him. She was afterwards married to Robert Jones of Block Island. In 1714, John Rogers was again married to Widow Sarah Cole of Oyster Bay, L. I., the ceremony being performed in ROGERS FAMILIES. 181 the State of Rhode Island. With this connection there was no trouble. He died of small pox 17 Oct., 172 1, and was buried upon the bank of the Thames Kiver within the bounds of his Mamacock farm, where he had set aside a place for a family sepuldher. Children by first wife. 23. Elizabeth, b. in New London 8 Nov., 16Y1; m. Stephen Prentice. 24. John, b. at New London 20 March, 1674; m. Bath- sheba, dau. of Richard Smith. Children by second marriage. 25. Gershon, b. at New London 24 Feb., 1699; died at sea. 26. Mary, b. at New London 6 March, 1702; m. John Hobbs. She died 5 Oct., 1781, leaving two chil- dren, James, b. 3 Oct., 1721; Jonathan, b. Aug., 1723. n. JAMES (6), b. 15 Feb., 1652, fourth son of James Rogers 'and Elizabetli Rowland; married 5 Nov., 1674, Mary, daughter of Jefferj' Jordan. According to tradition, Mr. Rogers was in command of a vessel in which a number of persons called Redemptionists were brought over from Eng- land ; aanong that number was a family by the name of Jordan. On their arrival he became the purchaser of the eldest daugh- ter, Mary, and made her his wife. In after years he was often heard to say " it was the richest cargo he ever shipped, and the best bargain he ever made." He became a dissenter as well as his father and all his brothers, except Samuel, from the established church. The origin of their dissent is supposed to be through an intercourse which began in the way of trade with the Seventh-day Baptists of Rhode Island. James Rogers, Jr., was the first to embrace the 'Sabbatarian princi- ples. He was baptized and united with that sect in 1674. He died Nov. 8, 1713. Children. 27. James, b. at New London 2 Feb., 1675; m. Elizabeth Harris. 1^2 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 28. Mary, b. at jS^. L. about 16Y6; m. Prentis. 29. Elizabeth, b. at N. L. about 1680; died young. 30. Sarah, b. at K". L. 23 ISlov., 1682; m. Jonathan Haynes. 31. Samuel, b. at N. L. 3 March, 1685. 32. Jonathan, b. at N. L. 13 April, 1687. 33. Kichard, b. at K L. 1689; m. in 1710 Mary Eaymond. 34. William, b. at N. L. 10 May, 1693; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Harris, b. 7 May, 1690. II. JONATHAN (7), b. 31 Dec, 1655, fifth son of James Eogers and Elizabeth Eowland; m. Xaomi, daughter of Elder Burdick of Newport, E. I. Elder Burdick was a Seventh-day Baptist minister. Mr. Eogers was drowned at Gull Island in 1697, aged 42 years. Children. 35. Euth, b. 1678; m. her cousin, WilKam Beebe. 36. Elizabeth, b. 1681; m. James Smith, son of Eichard Smith and Bathsheba Eogers (5). 37. Naomi, b. 1686; m. 7 Feb., 1707, Benjamin Fox, and had children, Benjamin, Stephen, Daniel, Hannah, Margaret, Naomi, and Tacy. 38. Content, b. 1688; m. Jonathan Maxson of Westerly. 39. Jonathan, b. 1690; m. Judith -^-^ . 40. Eachel, b. 1692; m. Samuel Eox, 2d. 41. Catherine, b. 1694; m. William Brookfield. III. DANIEL (9), b. about 1655, eldest son of Sam- uel Eogers and Mary Stanton; m. in 1702, Grace, daughter of Thomas Williams. He was a fai-mer, and inherited a large tract of land in North Parish of New London, now Montville, from his father. He from time to time purchased other lands in the vicinity. Several deeds of land to him are now in the possession of his descendants, dating from 1727, and running down to 1765. Also deeds from him to his sons. One of the latter is dated January 24, 1753, to his son Thomas. One dated April 16, 1771, in which " for the consideration of love, good will, and fatherly affection, I have ROGERS FAMILIES. 183 and do bear unto my well beloved sons Alpbens Eogers and Thomias Eogers " lie conveys to tbem certain tracts of land near where be tben lived and included tbe homestead. The house in which he lived at tbe time of his death stood on the south side of tbe highway leading from the Congregational meeting-house in Montville to Haughton's Cove, a short distance sou.tb of tbe present residence of A. A. Parker, Esq. He died about 1771, aged one hundred and five years. Tra- dition says " that his appearance in the last years of his life was that of a venerable old man, his long gray hair covering bis shoulders, and when seen in the field without a hat upon bis bead, which was his usual custpm, he bad the appearance of an old prophet." Children. 42. Grace, b. at North Parish about 1703; m. 14 ISTov., 1728, Elisba Myrick. 43. Mary, b. at North Parish about 1705; m. 25 May, 1728, Thomas BoUes. 44. Daniel, b. at North Parish about 1708; m. 26 July, 1738, Sarah Williams, probably a cousin. 45. Alphe;us, b. at North Parish about ; m. 31 Jan., 1745, Delight, dau. of James Hams (4). 46. Thomas, b. at North Parish; m. 7 April, 1751, Sarah, daii. of Adonijah Pitch. III. SAMUEL (11), b. Dec, 1669, second son of Sam- uel Eogers and Mary Stanton; ni. 16 Jan., 1694, Abigail, dau. of 'John Plumb. He was a farmer, and lived in the west part of North Parish, in the present town of Salem. Children. 47. Anna, b. at N. L. 24 April, 1698; m. Samuel Gilbert. 48. Abigail, bap. at N. L. 8 Dec, 1700. 49. Samuel, bap. at N. L. 10 May, 1702; m. 1730 Lucy Denison. 60. Mary, b. at N. L. 17 Dec, 1704; m. Asa Harris of Preston, Conn. 51. Thomas, bap. lat N. L. 3 May, 1707. "1^34 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 52. Jonathan, b. at IST. L. 53. Daniel, b. at K L. 54. George, bap. at IST. L. 28 May, 1710. 55. Mercy, bap. at IST. L. 13 July, lYll. III. JONATHAISr (14), b. about 1680, youngest son of Samuel E-ogers and Mary Stanton; m. in 1708, Elizabetb, daughter of Joseph Pemberton. He was a farmer, and owned the farm on which he lived, located near the village of Un- casville, in Montville. Children. 56. Dorothy, b. at New London 8 Sept., 1709. 57. Elizabeth, b. at K". L. 10 Sept., 1711. 58. James, b. at IST. L. 20 Jan., 1718; m. Susanna Cong- don. 59. Joseph, b. at IST. L. 14 Aug., 1716; m. Martha Cong- don. 60. Mary, b. at K L. 18 July, 1718; unmarried in 1760. 61. Hepsibah, b. ; m. Pemberton Baker. 62. Lydia, b. ; m. Caleb Morgan. 63. Juba, b. 64. Sarah, b. ; m. Champlin. III. JAMES (15), b. about 1672, eldest son of Joseph Pogers and Sarah ; married 27 March, 1699, Sarah Stevens of Killingworth, Conn. He died 21 July, 1721. She died 4 Jan., 1752. Children. 65. Sarah, b. at N. L. 12 ]\Iay, 1700; m. Mathew Smith. 66. Anna, b. at ~S. L. 27 Xov., 1701; m. Jonathan Weeks. 67. Mary, b. ; ra. Joseph Leach. 68. Abia, b. 28 March, 1708; m. Ebenezer Darrow. 69. Hannah, b. 3 Aug., 1710; m. Ezekiel Beebe. 70. Zariah, b. 11 Sept., 1712 ; m. Samuel Powers. 71. Priscilla, b. S Feb., 173 5; m. Jonathan Leaidh. 72. James, b. 6 July, 1717; m. Meihitable Newberry. III. JOHN (17), b. 20 March, 1675, third son of Jo- seph Eogers and Saraih ; married 1 Peb., 1718, De- ROGERS FAMILIES. 185 bor^h Brighiton. He received from 'his father's estate, thir- ty-four acres of land, a house and orchard near New London. He died in 1739. Children. 73. Joseph, b. 16 Sept., 1720. 74. John, b. 6 Aug., 1722; m. Ann Tinker. 75. Deborah, b. 1725; m. 6 Dec, 1746, Moses Stark. 76. Catherine, b. 1728. 77. Eowlaiid, b. 23 April, 1732; m. . Moved to ISTova Scotia. He was a Tory. 78. Lucy, b. 1737; died young. ni. EOWLAND (19), b. about 1680, fifth son of Jo- seph Rogers and Sarah ; married about 1708, Mary . He was a farmer, and settled in Lyme on a farm given him by his father. Lie died in 1712. Children. 79. Eziber, b. 80. Joshua, b. 10 Sept., 1711; m. Experience . IIL JOLIN (24), b. 20 March, 1694, eldest son of John Rogers and Elizabeth Griswold, m. 2 Jan., 1700, Bathsheba, daughter of Richard Smith, a cousin. She died 28 Jan., 1722. He afterwards married Elizabeth Dodge. He died 18 June, 1753. Children. 81. John, b. at IST. L. 11 Nov., 1700; died of small pox 1721. 82. James, b. at IST. L.. 7 Dec, 1701; m. Grace Harris. 83. Samiiel, b. at IST. L. 1 June, 1703; died young. 84. Samuel, b. at N. L. 8 Oct., 1704; died young. 85. Elizabeth, b. at IST. L. 14 June, 1706. 86. Ichabod, b. at K L. 20 Oct., 1709; m. Mary Savol. 87. Jonathan, b. 21 June, 1711. 88. Samuel, b. 17 April, 1713; m. Hannah Gardner. 89. Jemima, b. 23 Nov., 1714; m. Cooley. 90. Deborah, b. 6 Dec, 1716. IgQ HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children by second wife. 91. John, b. 14 April, 1724; m. Delight Green. 92. Mary, b. 8 June, 1725; m. Ebenezer BoUes. 93. Sarah, b. 17 July, 1727; died young. 94. Alexander, b. 13 June, 1728; m. 1st, Grace Eogers; 2d, Kachel Larrabee. 95. Sarah, b. 4 Xov., 1730; m. Gilbert. 96. Nathaniel, b. 2 May, 1732; died 1802. 97. Elizabeth, b. 22 May, 1734; died 1804. 98. Jonathan, b. 9 iMarch, 1736. 99. Daniel, h. 7 Sept., 1739; died unmarried at Groton in 1773. He left by will to his four brothers and to two sisters all his property, amounting to £221, 15s. Id. III. JAMES (27), b. 2 Feb., 1675, eldest son of James Rogers and Mary Jordan; mai-ried Elizabeth, daughter of Harris. He lived on " Town Hill," near Xew London and owned a windmill. He reinr)ved froon ISTew London to Worwalk in 1726, where he died in the year 1733. His wife (2d, probably) suiwived him, and died there in 1739, aged 46 years. Children. 100. Edward, b. at K L. 14 May, 1702. 101. James, b. at N. L. 20 Aug., 1704; m. Mary Harris. 102. Jedediah, b. at New London about 1709. 103. Uriah, b. about 1710. 104. Mai-y, b. about 1712; m. Jonathan Chester. 105. ISTehemiah, b. about 1717. 106. Stephen, b. about 1720. 107. Moses, b. about 1724. 108. Aaron, b. about 1726. III. WILLIAM (34), b. 10 May, 1693, youngest son of James Eogere and jMary Jord'an; m. 28 Au.g., 1713, EHza- beth, daughter of James Harris and Sarah Denison. He died 1741. She afterwards married John Tinker. EOGERS FAMILIES. 187 Cliildren. 109. Jordan, b. about 1Y15; died 1754. 110. Jeremiah, b. about 1Y17; m. Patience . Set- tled at Middletown, K. I., where they bad children born, and where he died in 1764. One daughter, Elizabeth, m. Deacon "William Tilley of Newport, E. I. 111. Peter, b. about 1719; m. Lucy (Tinker) Harris, widow of Daniel. 112. Elizabeth, b. about 1721. 113. Wilham, b. about 1723. 114. Nathaniel, b. about 1725; m. Theoda Mner. 115. Lydia, b. about 1729; m. John Dodge. 116. Ebenezer, b. about 1733; m. Naomi (Eox) Beebe. 117. Timothy, b. about 1735; m. Eunice Hammond. 118. Josiah, b. ; m. Lucretia Harris. 119. Sarah, b. ; m. Ransom. III. JONATHAN (39), bom about 1690, only son of Jonathan Rogers and Naomi Burdick; married Judith . He settled in Rhode Island. He died in 1784, aged 94 years. She died 26 June, 1805. Children. 120. Judith, b. 30 Nov., 1712; m. Thomas Potter. 121. Jonathan, b. 24 Nov., 1714; m. 26 Oct., 1737, Han- nah Hiseox of Westerly. 122. Peace, b. 30 Aug., 1716. 123. Nathan, b. ; m. 1st, Martha Davis; 2d, Han- nah Crandall. 124. David, b. 8 March, 1719; m. three times; 1st, Grace, dau. of Daniel Lester. 125. Ruth, b. ; m. Samuel Maxon. 126. Bethia, b. April, 1725; m. Elder John Davis. 127. Tacy, b. ; m. Elder John Maxon. 128. Hannah, b. 25 Dec, 1727; m. Elisha Stillman. 129. Mary, b. 26 May, 1731. IV. DANIEL (44), b. about 1708, eldest son of Daniel Rogers and Grace "Williams; married 26 July, 1738, Sarah, 188 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. daughter of Ebenezer Williams. He settled in ISTew Salem Soricty, now in the town of Salem. Children. 130. Gurdon, b. ; m. 131. Ebenezer, b. 3 June, 1744; m. Elizabeth Grates. IV. ALPIIEUS (45), b. about ; second son of Daniel Eogers and Grace Williams; married 31 Jan., 1745, Delight, daughter of James lian-is. He was a farmer, and settled in ISTew Salem Society, on land inherited from his father. He died 12 Feb., 1779. She died 10 March, 1783. Children. 132. Sarah, b. 27 Oct., 1745; m. Seth W. Holmes. She died 17 Sept., 1778. 133. Jehial, b. 3 Jan., 1747; m. Amy Vibber. 134. Alpheus, b. 12 Oct., 1750; m. He was a physician. 135. Grace, b. 28 Jan., 1754; died 8 June, 1773, unm. 136. Asa, b. 14 Eeb., 1756; m. Hannah Harris. 137. James, b. 7 July, 1759; m. He was a deacon in the Baptist church in Colchester. IV. THOMAS (46), b. about ; third son of Dan- iel Eogers and Grace Williams; m. 7 April, 1751, Sarah, daughter of Adonijah Fitch. He was a farmer, and settled in Montville on the farm given to him by his father. He died 1801. Children. 138. Betsey, b. at North Parish 25 June, 1751; m. Perez Bradford. 139. Parthenia, b. at IST. P. 8 Nov., 1752; m. Benjamin Bradford. 140. Adonijah, b. at N. P. 18 Xov., 1754; m. Anna Nobles. 141. Thomas, b. at N. P. 10 April, 1757; m. Mary Baker. 142. Sarah, twin to Thomas, m. Peletiah Tuttle. 143. Andrew, b. at N. P. 24 July, 1759; m. Elizabeth Eogers. ROGERS FAMILIES. 189 144. Azel, b. at IST. P. 2Y July, 1Y65 ; m. Sarah Baker. 145. Frederick, b. at E". P. 1768; m. 1st, Parthenia Baker; 2d, Desire Yibber; 3d, Abigail (Bolles) "Wriglit. IV. SAMUEL (49), b. 10 May, 1702, son of Samuel Rogers and Abigail Plumb; married in 1730, Lucy Denison, born 1702, daugbter of Robert Denison. He settled in ISTortb Parish, New Salem Society. Tlhe homestead was a few rods west of the " Bland Tavern." He was a farmer, and con- cerned in the town affairs. Children. 146. Daniel, b. ; m. Hannah Latimer. 147. Prudence, b. 9 Dec, 1734; m. Daniel Han-is. 148. James, b. 8 Peb., 1739; m. Zilpha Hyde. 149. Mary, b. ; m. John Bradford. 150. Elizabeth, b. ; died unmarried. 151. Applin, b. ; died unmarried. 152. Jabez, b. ; m. Sarah Gorton, and settled in Vermont. Lie had a son who married a daughter of Grovemor Chittenden of Vermont. IV. JAMES (58), b. 20 Jan., 1713, eldest son of Jona- than Rogers and Eliz'al>eth Pemberton; married 12 March, 1751, Su&anna Congdon, daughter of Jeremiah Congdon. He settled in JSTorth Parish, near the present village of Uncas- Aalle. He was a farmer. He died in 1783. Children. 153. Jeremiah, b. 3 Sept., 1752; m. ISFancy Forsyth. 154. Ann, b. 10 Sept., 1754. 155. Lydia, b. 23 May, 1756. 156. Elizabeth, b. 27 March, 1760; m. Andrew Rogers. 157. Eunice, b. 24 April, 1762. 158. James, b. 8 Aug., 1764; m. Elizabeth Lloward. 159. Jonathan, b. 2 April, 1767; m. Huldah Church. IV. JOSEPH (59), b. 14 Aug., 1716, son of Jonathan Rogers and Elizabeth Pemberton; married 23 Jan., 1754, l^Q HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. M?a'tlia Congdon, daughter of Jeremiah Congdon. He lived at North Parish, near the village of Uncasville. Children. 160. Amy, b. 19 Jan., 1755. 161. Elizabeth, b. 2.'] March, 1Y56. 162. Martha, b. 16 Feb., 1758. 163. Joseph, b. 10 Aug., 1761; m. Esther Ohuroh. 164. David, b. 22 Jan., 1765; m. Lucinda Gardner. 165. Fanny, b. 1768; m. James Comstock. IV. JAMES (72), b. 6 July, 1717, only son of James Rogers and Sarah ; married in 1746, Mehitable Xew- berry, daughter of John x^ewben-y. She died 8 Dec, 1787. He died in 1790. Children. 166. Mehitabel, b. 16 Jime, 1747; m. John Tinker. 167. Sarah, b. 9 Aug., 1748; m. James Moore. 168. Elizabeth, b. 12 Nov., 1749; m. Powers. 169. James, b. 6 Oct., 1751; m. Sarah Fish. 170. Solomon, b. 9 June, 1754; m. Lucretia Packer. 171. Hannah, b. 11 July, 1756; m. Merriman. 172. Stevens, b. 14 March, 1758; m. Abigail Powers. 173. Mary, b. 21 Jime, 1760; m. Paul Beebe. 174. Isaac, b. 30 June, 1762; m. Mary Griffin. IV. JOHN (74), b. 6 Aug., 1722, second son of John Rogers and Deborah Brighton; married 17 Nov., 1748, Ann Tinker. She died 11 Nov., 1835. He died 9 Oct., 1836. Children. 175. Ann, b. 24 July, 1749; died 1 June, 1755. 176. Hannah, b. 7 Aiig., 1751; m. Peter Rogers, Jr. 177. Sarali, b. 4 Sept., 1753; m. Nicholas Harrow. 178. Catherine, b. 27 Nov., 1755; m. Nathaniel Harris. 179. Ann, b. 11 Aug., 1757; m. Amos Keeney. 180. John, b. 2 Dec", 1759; died young. 181. Israel, b. 4 Sept., 1761; m. Zeriah Miner. 182. Lucy, b. 4 Oct., 1763. ROGERS FAMILIES. 191 IV. JOSHUA (80), b. 10 Sept., 1711, son of Eowland Rogers and Mary ; married Experience . He was a minister, and a member of the Baptist church, at Great JSTeck. He settled in Lyme. His wife died about 1752. He married, second, Lydia Miner. He committed suicide by hanging himself, about 1756. Children. 183. Eimice, b. 29 Dec, 1733. 184. Isaiah, b. 29 Jan., 1739; m. 1st, ■ ; 2d, Betsey Sill; 3d, Elizabeth Beckwith. 185. Elias, b. 5 Nov., 1742. 186. Joshua, b. 5 March, 1746. 187. Mary, b. 30 March, 1748. 188. Lois, b. 31 Jan., 1752. Children by second wife. 189. Jemima, b. 14 March, 1754. 190. Eowland, b. 9 ISTov., 1756; m. Elizabeth ChampHn. lA^. JAMES (82), b. 7 Dec, 1701, second son of John Rogers and Bathsheba Smith; m. 8 D.ec, 1725, Grace, daugh- ter of Lieutenant Joseph Harris. He was a cooper, and died 29 March, 1754. Children. 191. Grace, b. 24 June, 1730; m. Peter Rogers. 192. John, b. 9 May, 1733; died num., 24 Oct., 1753. 193. Bathsheba, b. 14 May, 1734; m. Henry Deshon. 194. Esther, b. 7 Oct., 1736; died 20 March, 1764. 195. Elizabeth, b. 15 l^ov., 1738; died young. 196. James, b. 14 April, 1740; m. Mary Comstock. 197. Elizabeth, b. 9 June, 1742; m. Deacon Robert Man- waring. 198. Jonathan, b. 26 March, 1745. 199. Mary, b. 30 July, 1747. IV. ICHABOD (86), b. 20 Oct., 1709, fifth son of John Rogers and Bathsheba Smith; married 23 Feb., 1744, Mary, daughter of John Savol. He died 30 May, 1771. 192 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Cliildren. 200. John, b. 13 Dec, 1744; died young. 201. William, b. 5 Aug., 1746. 202. John, b. 1 July, 1748; m. Larrabee. 203. Meliital)el, b. 23 July, 1751; died young. 204: Edward, b. 28 Oct., 'l752. 205. Savol, b. 18 Oct., 1754. 206. Mehitabel, b. July, 1756; m. Caleb Coats. 207. Jason, b. 28 Nov., 1757; m. Fanny Allen. 208. Sanah, b. 20 Atig., 1769; m. James Carroll. 209. Bailey, b. 20 June, 1761. 210. Abigail, b. 8 March, 1763; m. ISTabhaniel Smith. IV. SAMUEL (88), b. 17 April, 1713, seventh son of John Rogers and Bathsheba Smith, married about 1733, Han- nah Grardner. Children. 211. John, b. 21 July, 1734; m. Elizabeth BoUes. 212. Deborah, b. 21 March, 1736; m. Joseph BoUes. 213. Samuel, b. 16 April, 1738. 214. Hannah, b. 8 April, 1740; m. John Harris. 215. . Isaiah, b. 7 May, 1744. Lost at sea. 216. Jonathan, b. 12 May, 1745; died unmarried. 217. Bathsheba, b. 20 March, 1748; m. Daniel Bums, and had one son, Daniel, who married Eanny Rogers. 218. Sarah, b. ; m. Swan. lY. JOHlSr (91), b. 14 April, 1724, eighth son of John Rogers and Elizabeth Dodge; married 2 Jan., 1755, De- light Green, daughter of Benjamin Green. He settled in ISTew London, now Waterford, where he died 11 Feb., 1799. She died 2 Nov., 1815. Children. 219 220 221 222 223 224 ]\rary, b. 25 Jan., 1756; m. Nathan Comstock. Ahuy, 1). 7 Sei)t., 1757; m. Elijah Bolles. Elizabeth, b. 2 Sept., 1759; died in 1836, unm. John, b. 14 Oct., 1761. Delight, b. 16 March, 1764. Anna, b. 13 June, 1767; m. Hezelriah Bolles. ROGERS FAMILIES. 193 225. Benjamin, b. 17 IVIay, 1769; removed to Vermont. 226. Sarali, b. 18 May, 1772; m. Jonathan Kogers. 227. Alexander, b. 26 March, 1775. He was drowned. IV. ALEXANDER (94), b. 13 June, 1728, ninth son of John Rogers by second wife, Elizabeth Dodge ; married 1st, Grace, daughter of . She died without issue. He afterwards married Rachel Larrabee. Children. 228. Alexander, b. 20 July, 1779; m. ISTancy Green. 229. Desire, twin to Alexander; m. John Watrous. 230. Sarah, b. 1784; m. Zejjhaniah Watrous. 231. Rachel, b. 1786; m. Timothy Watrous. 232. ISTancy, b. 1788; m. Henry Watrous. 233. Daniel, b. 1790; m. Sarah Newberry. IV. JAMES (101), b. 20 Aug., 1704, second son of James Rogers and Elizabeth Harris; m. Mary, daughter of Peter Harris. Children. 234. Lemuel, b. 10 Dec, 1723; m. Love Richards. 235. Peter, b. 3 Oct., 1725; m. Grace Rogers.. 236. Ichabod, b. 1728; m. Ruth Shipley, 21 April, 1751. 237. Mary, b. 238. Edward, b. 239. Uriah, b. 1732; m. Mary Howell. ^They had one son. Dr. Howell Rogers, who settled in Colchester. 240. Jeremiah, b. 17-36. 241. James, b. 1738; m. Mary . 242. Elizabeth, b. 1741; m. IV. PETER (111), b. 1719, third son of William Rog- ers and Elizabeth Harris; married 21 Feb., 1744, Widow Lucy Harris, daughter of Tinker and widow of Daniel Harris. He died 19 Dec, 1793. 13 194 HISTORY OF HONTVILLB. Children. 243. Daniel, b. 20 Feb., 1745;. died young. 244. William, b. 3 Aug., 1747; m. 1st, Grace Kogers; 2d, Elizabeth Tinker. 245. Lucy, b. July, 1751; m. Dr. Simeon Wolcott. 246. Jordan, b. 12 Dec, 1754; died young. 247. Harris, b. 12 Jan., 1756; m. Fanny Packwood. Lost at sea. 248. Peter, b. 15 May, 1759; m. Hannah Kogers. He was lost at sea at the same time of his brother. IV. NATHAlSriEL (114), b. 1725, fifth son of William Kogers and Elizabeth Harris; married 13 Sept., 1747, Theoda, daughter of Jesse Miner and granddaughter of Joseph Miner. Children. 249. Elizabeth, b. 12 April, 1748. 350. Jeremiah, b. 1 March, 1750. 251. Lydia, b. 8 Aug., 1751. ^252. Theoda, b. 14 March, 1753. 253. "STathaniel, b. 11 Nov., 1754. 254. Hannah, b. 15 July, 1756. 255. Lucinda, b. 16 April, 1761. 256. Susamia, b. 20 May, 1763. lY. EBENEZEK (116), b. 1733, sixth son of William Kogers and Elizabeth Harris; married 18 Oct., 1754, Widow i^aomi Beebe, daughter of Samuel Fox, born 21 April, 1731. He died in 1796. She died 28 March, 1813. Children. 257. Amos, b. 22 !N"ov., 1755; m. Sarah Phillips of Lyme. 258. Ebenezer, b. 5 Sept., 1758; ni. widow Thankful Avery. He committed suicide by hanging himself. 259. Lucretia, b. 11 June, 1760; m. William Stewart. 260. Daniel, b. 22 July, 1768; m. Kebecca Crocker. IV. TIMOTHY (117), b. 1735, seventh son of William Rogers and Elizabeth Harris; married Eunice, daughter of JSToah Hammond and Anna Baker. ROGERS FAMILIES. ] 95 Children. 261. Daniel, b. 262. ISTancy, b. 1763; m. John Harris. 263. Betsey, b. 4 Feb., 1Y66; m. Deacon Henry Harris. 264. Josiah, b. ; m. twice. 265. Drusilla, b. ; m. 1st, ISTathan Steward; 2d, Ebenezer Maynard. 266. Charlotta, b. ; m. 1st, Andrews; 2d, Beach. IV. JOIST ATHAN (121), b. 24 Nov., 1714, eldest son of Jonathan Rogers and Judith ; married 26 Oct., 1Y3Y, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Wilcox of Westerly, E,. T. She died Y Oct., 1Y50. He afterwards married lY ISTov., 1Y51, Sarah, daughter of jSTathaniel ISTewberry. Children. 26Y. Amy, b. 31 Oct., 1738; m. Jonathan Wells. 268. I^ydia, b. 14 Nov., 1Y40; died in 1832, unm. 269. Hannah, b. 13 April, 1743; m. Beebe. 270. Clark, b. 15 Jan., 1745; m. Esther Eogers. 271. Ephraim, b. 16 May, 1747; m. Tacy Maxson. 272. Aress, b. Aug., 1749; m. Danidl Peckham. Child by second wife. 273. Sarah, b. Dec, 1752; m. Ezra Harris. TV. NATHAN (123), b. ; second son of Jona- than Rogers and Judith ; married 1st, Martha Davis. She died 1756. He afterwards married, 1 Sept., 1757, Han- nah Crandall of Hopkinton, E,. I. Children. 274. Nathan, b. 1 Nov., 1741; died unm. 275. Amos, b. 16 June, 1743; m. Settled in Greenfield, N. Y. 27G. Gary, b. 9 May, 1745; m. Settled in New York. 277. Elizabeth, b. 3 June, 1747; m. Landphere. 278. Jeremiah, b. 2 July, 1749; m. probably Eanny Hoxie of Newport, E. I., 5 May, 1Y83. Settled in New York. -[i]Q HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 279. Martha, b. 9 Feb., 1751; m. Greenman. 280. Davis, b. 1 Sept., 1764; m. Hannab . Childreii by second wife. 281. Jiidith, b. 3 Sept., 1758; m. Timotby Lester. 282. Jonathan, b. 10 IsTov., 1760; m. Milly Green. 283. Phineas, b. 5 March, 1764; m. Kebecca Beebe. 284. Jesse,b. 10 Jan., 1767. Settled in the State of X. Y. 285. Ethan, b. 5 Dec, 1768; m. Sally Truman. 286. ISTaiicy, b. ; m. Theodore Blivin. IV. DAVID (124), b. 8 March, 1719, third son of Jonathan Rogers and Judith ; married in 1743, 1st, Grace Lester, daughter of Da^dd Lester, by whom he had ten children, bom at Waterford; 2d, Judith -Green; 3d, Su- sanna Truman. He died 17 Oct., 1803, aged 84 years. Children. 287. Ezekiel, b. 7 Dec, 1744; died in 1780 of prison fever. 288. Esther, b. 30 July, 1746; m. Clark Rogers. -289. Euth, b. 28 Aug., 1748; m. Phineas Crandall. 290. David, b. 15 Oct., 1750; died a young man. 291. Thomas, b. 20 Dec, 1752; m. Desire Downs. 292. Zebulon, b. 3 July, 1757; m. Sally Green. 293. Grace, b. 25 March, 1760; m. Beitijamin Green. 294. Lester, b. 11 Dec, 1762; m. Pollv Tuthill. 295. Paul, b. 27 Aug., 1766; m. Polly Barton. 296. Silas, b. twin to Paul; died young. V. EBENEZEE (131), b. 3 Jime, 1744, son of Daniel Rogers and Sarah Williams; m. 24 ISTov., 1744, Elizabeth Gates, b. 17 Jan., 1756. Settled in ISTew Salem Society, now Salem, Conn. Children. 297. Lydia, b. 15 June, 1776. 298. Betsey, b. 7 Jan., 1778. 299. Daniel, b. 23 ISTov., 1787. 300. Ebenezer, b. 27 Dec, 1792. ROGERS FAMILIES. 197 Y. JEHIAL (133), b. 3 Jan., 1747, eldest son of Al- pheus Rogers and Deliglit PTarris; m. Amy Yibber, b. abotit 1*750, daugbter of ISTatbaniel Vibber and Desire Brown. He was a farmer, and settled in Montville. He lived on tbe farm now owned by A. A. Parker. He was a deacon of tbe Baptist church, of which Elder Reuben Palmer was pas- tor. He died at Montville, '4 Dec, 1815. She died 11 Aug., 1827. OMldren. 301. Grace, b. 11 Sept., 1776; died 13 March, 1797. 302. S.arah, b. 30 Sept., 1778; m. ISTathaniel Parish. 303. Desire, b. 5 Jan., 1781; m. Jesse Jerom©, 16 Dec, 1804. 304. Alpheus, b. 10 July, 1784; m. Deboralh Walker. 305. Amy, b. 1 Aug., 1786; m. Azel Gardner. 306. Delight, b. 17 May, 1789; died 25 Aug., 1827, unm. 307. John B., b. 27 March, 1793; m. 1st,' ISTancy Maples; 2d, Elizabeth Scholfield. 308. Anna C, b. 26 Dec, 1794; m. Erastus Gardner. Y. ASA (136), b. 14 Feb., 1756, son of Alpheus Rogers and Delight Harris; married Hannah Harris, daughter of Ephraim Harris. Settled in ITew Salem Society. He was a farmer. About the year 1801 he removed to Hartford. Some of their descendants are still residing in Hartford. Among them were the Rogers Brothers of Hartford, jewelers, who were aniong the pioneers in electro and galvanic plating, and who are so widely known as manufacturers of all kinds of plated ware. Asa Rogers died at Hartford. The order or dates of birtihs of his children have not been ascertained. Their names were: Children. 308a. Asa, b. 308b. Simeon, b. 308c. William, b. 13 May, 1801; m. Nancy Wilson, 7 Dec, 1831. 308d. George, b. 308e. Julia, b. 198 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 308f. Sarali, b. 308g. Esther, b. 308b. Harriet, b. V. ADOmjAH (140), b. 18 ISTov., 1Y54, eldest son of Thomas Kogers and Sarah Pitch; married Anna ISTobles, daughter of James Nobles and Anna Vibber, widow of Wil- liam Vibber. He settled at ]\Iontville. Children. 809. Charles Lee, b. 4 Nov., 1777; m. Abby Adams of Groton. 310. JSTehemiah, b. 19 Sept., 1781. 311. Peletiah, b. 15 July, 1783. 312. Andrew, b. 5 Aug., 1785. 313. Sarah, b. 27 Oct., 1787. 314. Betsey, b. 13 Jan., 1790. 315. Adonijaih, b. 7 Oct., 1792; m. and settled at Nobles- town, N. Y. 316. Ann Clarissa, b. 25 Feb., 1795. y. THOMAS (141), b. 10 April, 1757, second son of Thomas Rogers and Sarah Fitch; married 7 Nov., 1784, Mary Baker, daughter of Joshua Baker and Abigail Bliss. He settled at Montville, and built the house in which he lived in 1789. The land on which the house stood was purchased of the Indians in 1787. He was a farmer and a seaman. He was captain of a whaling vessel. The farm on which he lived until his death is now owned by a grandson. She died 19 Jan., 1831. He died 2 June, 1842. Children. 317. Elisha Hinman, b. 5 July, 1785; m. Mary Whipple. 318. Jared Starr, b. 7 Jan., 1787; died 1 Sept., 1816, unm. 319. Henry Truman, b. 24 April, 1789; m. Clarissa Cook. 320. John Baptist, b. 24 June, 1794; died young. 321. Thomas Perkins, b. 15 Jan., 1797; m. Mary Fish. 322. Mai-y Ann, b. 10 April, 1799; died 27 Dec, 1866; unmarried. 323. Eliza Bliss, b. 25 July, 1802; m. George Eaymond, Jr. ROGERS FAMILIES. 199 V. ANDKEW (143), b. 24 July, 1759, son of Thomas Rogers and Sarali Fitch, married 13 ISTov., 1Y88, Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of James Rogers and Susanna Oongdon. He settled at Montville, where he died 23 Aug., 1792. She died 6 April, 1793. Children. 324. Lebbeus, b. 2 Aug., 1789; m. 325. Samuel, b. 3 July, 1790; m. Anna Butler, 15 Jan., 1817. 326. Andrew, b. 15 Jan., 1792; m. Y. AZEL (144), b. 27 July, 1765, son of Thomas Rog- ers and Sarah Eitch; married 31 Jan., 1790, Sarah Baker, daughter of Joshua Baker and Abigail Bliss. He settled at Montville. He was a farmer and blacksmith. The farm on which he lived and died was the homestead of his father, and is now owned and occupied by his grandson, S. C. Parker, and is situated about one mile east of the Congregational church. He held the office of town clerk and selectman for several years. He died 17 Aug., and she died 19 Aug, 1841. Both were buried in the family burying lot on the farm. Children. 327. Joshua, b. 26 July, 1790; m. Maria Church. 328. Azel Eitch, b. 18 Dec, 1791; m. Eleanor Fox. 329. Abby Baker, b. 7 July, 1794; m. Stephen Congdon, son of Deacon Da-vid Congdon and Mary Bishop, 25 Dec, 1814. They settled first at Waterford. He was a farmer. After having accumulated con- siderable property, they removed to Montville, and resided on the old Rogers homestead. She died 4 June, 1869. He died 6 JSTov., 1871. 330. Sarah Ann, b. 22 JSTov., 1803; m. 26 Jan., 1826-, James Parker, son of James Parker and Zerviah Pettingill. He was a farmer and cooper, and they settled at Montville. Upon the d^.th of her father be bought the homestead, ^and died there 1 Jan., 1859. They had one son, Stephen Congdon Parker, b. 9 March, 1839. 200 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 331. Caleb Baker, h. 25 June, 1806; m. 1st, Harriet Webb; 2d, . 332. Frederick W. H., b. 13 Jime, 1813; m. Abby Ann Gardner. V. rKEDEKIOK (145), b. 1768, son of Thomas Sogers and Sarab Fitch; m. 1 ilay, 1790, Parthenia Baker, daugh- ter of J'oShua Baker and Abigail Bliss. He was a farmer, and built the house afterwards owned by the first ecclesiasti- cal society, and for many years occupied as a parsonage. He lived there from 1804, at which time it was built, to his re- moval to the " Point," so called, on the Thames River, and now called Massapeag. His first wife died July, 1796. He afterwards married, 30 July, 1797, Desire Vibber, bom 13 Sept., 1772, daughter of ISTathaniel Vibber. She died with- out issue, 6 Jan., 1842. He then married, 20 Sept., 1846, Abigail (Bolles) Wright, who survived him, and died in 1870. He died 27 Aug., 1850. Children. 333. Benjamin, b. 1 Feb., 1791; m. Phebe Champlih. 334. Thomas, b. 2 June, 1793; m. Elizabeth Tuttle. 335. Parthenia, b. Dec, 1795; m. Samuel Champlin. V. JAMES (148), b. 8 Feb., 1739, son of Sanrael Rog- ers and Lucy Denison; m. 1762, Zilpha Hyde, daughter of Eleazer Hyde and Sarah Hewitt. He settled in jSTorwich (Wauwecus BDlll). He was a farmer, a large muscular frame; a Baptist by profession. Children. 336. Eleazer, b. 25 Dec, 1763; m. Lucy Edgerton. 337. James, b. 18 Oct., 1765; m. 1st, Zerviah Ingraham; 2d, Sarah Coit. 338. Lucy, b. 15 Jime, 1768; died 8 April, 1803; unm. 339. Sarah, b. 25 April, 1770; m. Phineas Leffingwell. 340. Denison, b. 20 April, 1772; m. Nancy Pendleton. 341. EUab, b. 27 May, 1774; m. Mary Hyde. ROGERS FAMILIES. 201 342. Haimali, b. 9 Sept., 1YY6; m. Jabez Bushnell. 343. Lydia, b. 24 Feb., lYYS; m. Jabez Leffingwell. V. JEEEMIAH (153), b. 3 Sept., 1752, son of James Rogers and Susanna Congdon; married 21 July, 1777, ISTancy Forsytb. He was a pbysician, and settled in Montville. , His residence was on tbe old ISTew London road in Palmertown, and was afterwards tbe residence of tbe late Albert G. Dar- row. Cbildren. 344. Horatio, b. 13 Nov., 1777 ; m. Saxton. 345. Susanna, b. 19 Marcb, 1779; m. Samuel Tbompson. 346. jSTancy, b. 26 Feb., 1781; m. William Adams. 347. Obarles, b. 13 March, 1782; died young. 348. Sopbia, b. 4 Feb., 1784; m. Clark Case. 349. Hypocrates, b. 1787; died in 1806. Y. JAMES (158), b. 8 Aug., 1764, son of James Eogers and Susanna Congdon; married Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Elder Nathan Howard by his second wife. He settled at Montville. The old house in which he lived is still standing (1884), a few rods from the highway between Pequot village and Uncasville. He died 20 July, 1835. She died 28 Feb., 1838, aged 77 years. Children. 350. ISTathan, b. 5 July, 1786; m. Elizabeth Brown. 351. Jeremiah, b. about 1787; m. Polly Brown. 352. James, b. 28 Dec, 1789; died yoimg. 353. Betsey, b. 9 Aug., 1790'; m. 1st, William Callahan; 2d, Rev. David IST. Bentley of JSTorwich. 354. Nancy, b. about 1793; m. Erastus Chapel. 355. Eichard, b. 24 Oct., 1795; m. Charlotte . 356. David, b.. ; settled West. 357. Hiram, b. ; settled West. 358. Abby, b. ; m. Samuel Latimer. 359. Hannah, b. ; m. James McClelland. Y. JONATHAN (159), b. 2 Aprils 1767, son of James Rogers and Susanna Congdon; m. Huldah Church, 202 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. CMldren. o 360. Jonathan, b. ; m. Colver. 11. Isaac, b. about 1T97; m. Anna Bailey. 302. Lyman, b. 14 Oct., 1799; m. 1st, Almira Turner; 2d, widow of David Turner; 3d, Nancy Perkins. 303. Fanny, b. ; m. Steward Towers. 304. Octavia, b. ; died unmarried. 365. Maiy, b. ; m. Joseph AUyn. 366. Ilrsnla, b. ; m. Simeon Chapman. V. JOSEPH (163), b. 10 Aug., 1761, son of Joseph Rogers and Martha Congdon; mai-ried 15 Feb., 1785, Esther Church. Fie was a farmer, and settled in Montville, where he died, 27 March, 1831. Children. q 367. Sophia, b. 20 March, 1786; m. Sanford Congdon. 68. Sally, b. 5 June, 1788; m. Peregrene "Wheeler. 369. John, b. 16 Dec, 1792; m. 370. Joseph, b. 13 March, 1794; m. 371. Charles, b. 31 March, 1796; m. 372. Patty, b. 20 Mav, 1798; m. Young. 373. David, b. 11 April, 1801. 374. EUza, b. 9 Dec, 1802; m. 375. Amy, b. about 1804; m. Sanford Congdon, 2d wife. 376. Flypocrates, b. about 1806; died vmm. 377. Esther, b. about 1808; died unm. V. STEVENS (172), b. 14 March, 1758, son of James Eogei^s and Mehitabel JSTewberry; man-ied 11 April, 1786, Ab- igail Powei-s, b. 4 Dec, 1750. Tie died 25 July, 1811. She afterwards married second husband, Byrne of Windham, and died 9 Dec, 1S56. Children. 378. Sally, b. 6 March, 1787; m. Amos Rogers. 379. Stevens, 1). 13 Eel)., 1789; m. Mary Rogers. 380. Lydia, b. 2 Jan., 1791; m. John Byrne. 381. Abigail, b. 24 Sept., 1793; m. Gilbert Rogers. ROGERS FAMILIES. 203 Y. ISAAC (174), b. 30 June, 1Y62, son of James Rog- ers and Mehitabel IsTewberry; m. 13 April, 1Y86, Mary Griffin. Children. 382. Doctor James, b. 10 June, 178Y; m. Eliza Latimer. 383. David, b. 7 Oct., 1789; died young. 384. Fanny, b. 22 ISTov., 1791; died young. 385. Isaac, b. 3 Nov., 1793; m. Tinker. He was a Mormon, and died at Salt Lake City. V. ISAIAH (184), b. 29 Jan., 1739, son of Joshua Rog- ers and Experience ; m. 1st, ; 2d, Betsey Sill, who was the mother of six children; 3d, Elizabeth Beck with. Children. 386. Polly, b. 17 Oct., 1767; died unm. 387. Betsey, b. 16 Oct., 1769; died unm. 388. Mathew, b. 14 Sept., 1771; m. Sarah Weeks. 389. Esther, b. 10 Sept., 'l773; died unm. 390. Richard, b. 24 Oct., 1775; m. Louisa Miner. 391. Clarissa, b. Sept., 1779. Child by Third Wife. 392. Isaiah, b. Sept., 1781; m. Eunice Way. V. JAMES (196), b. 14 April, 1740, son of James Rog- ers and Grace Harris; married 2? July, 1764, Mary Com- stock, daughter of Zebediah and Bertha Prentice. He died 24 Feb., 1821. She died 30 July, 1821. Children. 393. James, b. 30 Oct., 1765. 394. Jonathan, b. 18 Oct., 1767; m. Sarah Rogers. 395. Zebediah, b. 15 Dec, 1769; m. Catherine Richards. 396. John, b. 16 Oct., 1771. 397. Mary, b. 20 Jan., 1774; died 1 Jan., 1790. 398. Martha, b. 7 April, 1776; died 2 Feb., 1799. 399. Fanny, b. 20 March, 1778; died 22 Aug., 1781. 400. Grace, b. 9 April, 1780; died 26 Aug., 1781. 401. Fanny, b. 24 Aug., 1782. 204 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. 402. Grace, twin to Fanny; died 178 5. 403. Stevens, b. 25 Oct., 1784; died 28 Nov., 1808. 404. Harris, b. 4 May, 1787; m. Joanna Strickland. 405. Charles, b. 20 .Tune, 1789; died 11 Jan., 1824. V. JOIIE" (202), b. 1 July, 1748, son of Icbabod Kogere and Alary Savol; m. Larrabee. Children. 406. Esther, b. 8 May, 1777; m. Samuel Chappell. 407. Mary, b. 1 Aug., 1779; m. Silas Kichards. 408. John, b. 23 March, 1782; died unm. 409. Giles, b. 5 June, 1784. 410. Betsey, b. 8 July, 1786; m. Jonathan Wiggins. 411. Savol, b. 27 Feb., 1789. 412. Thomas, b. 16 March, 1792. 413. Ichabod, b. 30 Sept., 1795. V. JASOl^ (207), b. 28 ITov., 1757, son of Ichabod Rogers and Mary Savol; married 29 May, 1783, Fanny Allen. Children. 414. David Allen, b. 24 Feb., 1784. 415. Jason, b. 1 June, 1786; m. Davis. Was left on the Island of Trinidad. 416. Fanny, b. 19 March, 1788; died young. 417. Grace, b. 25 March, 1790; died young. 418. Ann, b. 7 Feb., 1792; died young. 419. Jonathan, b. 29 Dec, 1794. 420. Maiy, b. 20 Aug., 1706. 421. Esther, b. 30 May, 1798. 422. Eenjamin, b. 24 Aug., 1800. 423. Erastus, b. 6 Nov., 1802; killed in the Florida war. 424. Caroline, b. 4 Mav, 1805. 425. Fanny, b. 22 Sept., 1808. V. JOHN (211), b. 21 July, 1734, son of Samuel Rog- ers and Hannah Gardner; man-ied Elizabeth BoUes, daugh- ter of John BoUes and Elizabeth Wood. ROGERS FAMILIES. 205 Children. 426. John, b. 42Y. Gurdon, b. They were drowned together in the Thames River, near the Benham place, a short distance above ISTew London. 428. Jeremiah, b. ; m. Hannah Bolles. -1-29. Fanny, b. ; m. Joshua "Wheeler. 430. Betsey, b. ; m. John Wheeler. 431. Eunice, b. ; m. Ebenezer Wheeler. 432. David, b. 1YY4; m. Polly (Story) Wheeler. Y. ALEXAISTDEE (228), b. 20 July; 1779, son o-f Alexander Rogers and Rachel Larrabee; married ISTancy Green, b. 5 ]\raroh, 1783, daughter of Benjamin Green. He settled at Waterford, and died 14 June, 1832.. She died 10 Sept., 1869. Children. 433. Alexander, b. 22 Feb., 1809; m. Eliza Stebbens, 15 ]\rarch, 1835. 434. ISTancy, b. 2 May, 1812; died 28 Feb., 1855, unm. 435. Henrv, b. 8 April, 1813; m. thrice; died 18 Aug., 1848. 436. John, b. 26 Oct., 1815; died 23 Nov., 1849. 437. Benjamin G., b. 13 Jan., 1818; m. Mary Green. 438. William, b. 21 April, 1820; m. Hannah Comstock. 439. Elias P., b. 1 May, 1822; m. Lucy Smith. 440. Chris.topher, b. 2 ISTov., 1825; m. Sarah Smith. 441. Fanny G., b. 38 Feb., 1827; m. Hazzard R. Gates. 442. Mary, b. 3 March, 1830; died 5 Oct., 1831. V. DAMEL (233), b. 1790, son of Alexander Rogers and Rachel Larrabee; miarried 2 Sej^t., 1813, Sally ISTewberry, daughter of Davis Newbeny. He died . She died 16 Dec, 1861. ■ Children. 443. Sarah, b. 18 Jan., 1815; m. Hubbard Holdridge. 444. Rachel, b. 17 N'ov., 1817; m. Charles Wheeler. 206 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 445. Lydia, b. 10 June, 1818; m. Kaymond Lamb. 446. Catherine, b. 4 Sept., 1819; died young. 447. Amos W., b. 18 May, 1821; died 27 March, 1847. 448. Isaac, b. 20 May, 1823; m. Whipple. 449. Williams, b. 15 Feb., 1825; m. 1st, Martha Sanders; 2d, Mary Landphere. 450. Martha, b. twin to Williams; m. Jonathan Hill. 451. Clarissa, b. 22 ISTov., 1829; m. Anson G. Baker. 452. Ephraim, b. 2 Jime, 18-31; m. Phebe Ames. V. LEMUEL (234), b. 10 Bee, 1723, son of James Rogei-s and Mary Harris; man-ied 6 Oct., 1745, Love Rich- ards, daughter of Captain George Richards. He died 9 Dec, 1754. She afterwards married Nathaniel Coit. Children. 453. George, b. 11 Aug., 1746; m. Desire Springer, 7 Oct., 1770. 454. Theodore, b. 9 Dec, 1747. 455. David, b. 23 Feb., 1748. 456. ISTathaniel, b. 6 April, 1750. V. PETER (235), b. 3 Oct., 1725, son of James Rogers and Mary Harris; married 5 ISTov., 1749, Grace, daughter of James Rogers and Grace Harris. He owned a fulling mill in Lyme, in 1764. Children. 457. Peter, b. 23 June, 1754; m. Green. 458. Deborah, b. ; m. Sears. 459. Esther, b. ; m. George At well. 460. Grace, b. 31 March, 1761; m. Peter Strickland in 1781, by whom she had four children, two of whom died young. Sarah, b. ; m. Asa Com- stock, and Peter R. married Laura White. Peter Strickland, Sr., died 16 April, 1825. She after- wards marrietl Captain Guy Wheeler of Waterford, and died 21 Aug., 1844. ROGERS FAMILIES. 207 V. UEIAH (239), b. about 1Y32, son of James Eogers and Maiy Harris; married jMary Howell of South Hampton, Long Island. Children. 461. Howell, b. ; m. He was a physician, and settled at Colchester. 462. ilary, b. about 1766; ra. Chapman. 463. Cyntha, b. about 1773; m. Jesse Breed. 4 64. John, b. 465. William, b. about 1781; m. Abby Byrnes. 466. Henry, b. ; died yoimg. Y. WILLTA]\I (244), b. 3 Aug., 1747, son of Peter Rogere and Lucy (Tinker) Harris; married 1st, Grace Eog- ers, .daughter of Samuel Eogers; 2d, Elizabeth Tinker, 20 ISTov., 1774. She survived her husband, and afterwards married John Owen. His children were all by his second wife. Children. 467. Jordan, b. 2 July, 1775. 468. William, b. 11 April, 1778. 469. Lucretia, b. 5 April, 1782. 470. Elizabeth, b. 27 March, 1784. 471. Henry, b. 6 Aug., 1786; m. He was a printer in Bos- ton. Y. PETEE (248), b. 15 May, 1759, son of Peter Eog- ers and Lucy (Tinker) Llarris; m. Sept., 1773, Llannah Eogers, daughter 'of John Eogere and Ann Tinker. Children. 472. Daniel, b. 24 May, 1774; m. Elizabeth Eogers. 473. Lucy, b. 1 Aug., 1776; ni. John Avevj. 4:74-. Anna, b. 23 April, 1^79. 475. Peter, b. 15 Dec, 1784; m. Chariotte Owen. 476. Hannah, b. 18 June, 1786; died yo'ung. 477. Wancy, b. ; m. David Johnson. 208 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. V. AMOS (251), b. 22 Nov., 1Y55, son of Ebenezer Kogers and Naomi (Fox) Beebe; m. Sarab Pbillips. Sbe died 10 June, 1802. He afterwards married a second wife, but her name is not found on record. He was drowned 21 Sept., 1820. CMldren. 478, 479 4 80 481, 482 483 484 Moses, b. 1780; m. Adelia Smitb. Amos, b. 3 Marcli, 1783; m. Sally Kogers (378). Sally, b. 1785; m. Tbomas Avery. Gilbert, b. 30 ^March, 1787; m. Abigail Eogers (381). Daniel, b. 1789 ; m. Widow Matbews. Mary, b. 3 Feb., 1795; m. Stevens Kogers (379). Ebenezer, b. 1 Sept., 1800; m. Gallup. V. DANIEL (260), b. 22 July, 1768, son of Ebenezer Kogers and Naomi (Fox) Beebe; mai-ried 28 Jan., 1790, Ke- becca Crocker, b. 7 Nov., 1769, daughter of Jonathan Crock- er. He died 6 April, 1834. She died 11 Oct., 1734. Children. 485. Kebecca, b. 4 Nov., 1790; m. Giles Harris. 486. Daniel, b. 5 Sept., 1795; m. Sally Harris. 487. Lyman, b. 11 March, 1798; m. Mary Pember. V. PHINEAS (283), b. 5 March, 1764, son of Nathan Kogers and Hannah Crandall; m. Kebecca Beebe. The birth of his children are all recorded in Mont-^dlle, where he re- sided. Children. 488. Kebecca, b. 4 Dec, 1784. 489. Naomi, b. 28 Apiil, 1786. 490. Kuth, b. twin to Naomi. 491. Crandall, b. 17 Feb., 1789. 492. Henry, b. 19 Sept., 1792. 493. Lemuel D., b. 16 Oct., 1794. 494. Phineas, b. 2 Nov., 1796. 495. Mercy, b. 30 Sept., 1798. ROGERS FAMILIES. 209 496. Hannah, b. 20 May, 1801. 49Y. Lucy, b. 24 Dec.,' 1804. 498. Elks, b. 2 Oct., 1806. V. ETHAlsT (285), b. 5 Dec, 1768, son of ISTathan Kog- ers and Hannab Crandall; m. 25 Dec, 1794, Sally Truman of Soutbold, Long Island. They afterwards settled in Mont- ville. Children. 499. Ethan, b. in Southold, L. I., 11 April, 1796. 500. Clark Truman, b. in New London 23 Jan., 1798. 501. Susanna, b. in Montville 3 Sept., 1801. 502. Jesse, b. in Montville 23 June, 1803. V. ZEBULOlSr (292), b. 3 July, 1757, son of David Rogers and Grace Lester; m. 9 Jan., 1783, Sally Green, daughter of Judith Green, his father's second wife. He set- tled in Waterford, where he died 19 March, 1829. Children. 503. Esther, b. 12 April, 1784; m. Oliver Maxson. 504. David, b. 27 Jan., 1786; m. Mary Potter. 505. Betsey, b. 24 July, 1788; m. George Potter. 506. Zebulon, b. 25 Aug., ; m. Lydia Brooks. V. LESTEE (294), b. 11 Dec, 1762, son of David Rog- ei-s and Grace Lester; m. 22 Jan., 1795, Polly Tuthill of Long Island. Children. 506a. Joseph, b. 25 Sept., 1796; died young. 506b. Benjamin, twin to Joseph; m. Susan Truman. 506c. Lester Tuthill, b. 24 Sept., 1797; m. Susan Crandall. 606d. Joseph Sanford, b. 17 Oct., 1799; m. Betsey Coon. 506e. Thomas, b. 8 April, 1802; m. Maria Coit. 506f. David, b. 11 July, 1804; m. Sally Maxson. 606g. ISTathaniel, twin to David, died, aged 16 years. 506h. Henry H, b. 21 Jan., 1806; m. Nancy Peckham. 506i. Mary Ann, b. 23 Nov., 1808; m. David P. Rogers. 14 210 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 506j. Grace, b. 25 Dec, 1810; m. Edmond Darrow. 506k. Susan, b. 25 ISTov., 1812; died aged 32 years, umn. 5061. Cyntba T., b. 25 Sept., 1815; m. Alexander Rogers. V. PAUL (295), b. 27 Aug., 1Y66, son of Dayid Rog- ers and Grace Lester; married Polly Barton. Children. 506m. Paul, b. 1 May, 1790; m. Celinda Oomstock. 506n. Silas, b. 15 Sept., 1788; m. Nancy Stillman. VI. ALPHETJS (304), b. 10 July, 1784, son of Jehial Rogers and Amy Vibber; married Deborah Walker. He settled in Salem, Conn. He was a carpenter and farmer. He died . She afterwards removed to Montville, where she died, 8 March, 1862. They had but one child. Child. 507. Sarah, b. at Salem; man-ied James M. Stewart, a printer. They were living in Montville in 1856, but soon after removed West. VI. JOHN B. (307), b. 27 March, 1793, son of Jehial Rogers and Amy Vibber; married 15 Jan., 1818, Nancy, daughter of Andrew Maples. He was a farmer, and settled at Montville on the old homestead, where he lived until about 1847, when he removed to his new farm, which was pur- chased of Daniel F. Raymond's heirs in 1837, located near Scholfield's factory. His wife died 8 Jan., 1849. He after- wards, 24 March, 1852, married Elizabeth J. Scholfield, daughter of James Scholfield and Anna Comstock. He held the ofiice of twvn treasurer, and was a selectman of the town for several years. He was elected representative to the Gen- eral Assembly of this State for one year. He died 9 Oct., 1870. Children. 508. William James, b. 31 Dec, 1818; died in 1877, unm. 509. Elisha Maples, b. 13 May, 1824; m. Amy Gardner. ROGERS FAMILIES. 211 Child by Second Wife. 510. Anne E., b. 26 Jan., 1865. VI. WILLIAM (308c), b. 13 May, 1801, son of Asa Rog~ ers and Hannali Harris ; married Parthenia Tyler, who died 3 Jan., 1831; then married Y Dec, 1831, Nancy Wilson. He resided in Hartford during his whole life. He was engaged in the jewelry business from 1825 until 184Y, at which date he, with his brothers, Simeon and Asa, entered into the man- ufacture of silver-plated ware. He was business manager. The high standard, fine workmanship, and sterling honesty of their goods established for them a reputation which has be- come world-wide, and will probably outlive any of the de- scendants now living.^ He died at Hartford, 17 FebT, 1873. Children. 511. Frances E., b. 20 Nov., 1827; died 28 Nov., 1830. By Second Wife. 512. Ellen Frances, b. 9 Jan., 1837. 513. William Henry, b. 15 Nov., 1832. 514. Lucy Welden, b. 17 March, 1839. 516. Mary Elizabeth, b. 20 Feb., 1841. 516. Sarah Agnes, b. 2 March, 1844. 517. Greorgianna Coles, b. 11 May, 1847. 518. Jane Isabelle, b. 10 April, 1849. 519. Frank Willsen, b. 11 Dec, 1751. VI. HENRY TEUMAN (319), b. 24 April, 1789, son of Thomas Eogers and Mary Baker; m. 24 March, 1816, Clar- rissa, daughter of Rev. Kozel Cook. He was a carpenter and farmer. In early life he learned the clock-making busi- ness. He lived the last half of his life on the farm formerly owned by his wife's father, where he died 30 March, 1871. She died 30 Aug., 1875, aged 80 years. 212 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 620. Harriet Maria, b. 17 June, 1818; died 12 May, 1825. 521. Sarah Ann, b. 28 Feb., 1820; m. Egbert Morgan. 523. Edward Truman, b. 5 June, 1824; died 1 Sept., 1839. 523. Jared Starr, b. 6 May, 1826; m. Charlotte F. Allen. 524. Albert Augustus, b. 30 Aug., 1830; m. Francis A. MclSTiel. Vi. THOMAS PEEKIlSrS (321), b. 15 Jan., 1797, son of Thomas Kogers and Maiy Baker; married Mary Fish. He was a farmer, but in his early years followed the sea. He was chosen deacon of the Congregational church in Montville in 1838, and held the office with much honor and faithfulness until his death, 12 Aug., 1873. She died 9 Nov., 1863. Children. 525. Chester, b. ; died young. 526. Phebe D., b. 10 March, 1826; m. Ebenezer Tracy. 527. Elisha, b. 20 Sept., 1828; m. 1st, Mary J. Soholfield; 2d, Martha Perry. 528. Samuel, b. ; died young. 529. Colton, b. 5 Sept., 1832; died about 1850 in Califor- nia. 530. Mary E., b. ; m. George "W". Rogers. VI. JOSHUA (327), b. 26 July, 1790, son of Azel Rog- ers and Sarah Balcer; married 22 Jan., 1821, Maria Church, born 1798, daughter of Peleg Church and Mary Leach. He was a carpenter and farmer. He died at Montville, 22 Dec, 1867. She died 30 Nov., 1871. Children. 531. Abby Ann, b. about 1822; m. Lyman Baker. 532. Sarah Baker, b. 9 March, 1824, now living, 1896, unm. 533. Eliza Jane, b. about 1825; died young. 534. Mary Jane, b. , ; m. Harrison B. Aldrich, who was drowned from the steam'er City of New London, which took fire on the Thames River, and was burned to the water's edge on the morning of the 22d of November, 1871. ROQEKS FAMILIES. 213 VI. AZEL FITCH (328), 'b. 18 Dec, 1791, son of Azel Rogers and Sarah Baker; m. 18 Oct., 1821, Eleanor, daugh- ter of Daniel Fox and Lucy Angel. He was a farmer and blacksmith. He lived on the farm formerly owned by Joseph Bradford and afterwards by Perez Bradford. He was a prom- inent man in the town, and held many town offices. He died 24 Jan., 1869. Children. 535. Caroline Worthington, b. 4 May, 1823; died young. 536. Azel Fitch, b. 25 July, 1826; died young. 537. Emma Louisa, b. 24 July, 1829; m. Captain Christo- pher Pendleton. 538. John Eandolph, b. 15 Sept., 1832; m. Kate Moore. 539. Sophia Jane, b. 4 Sept., 1834; m. Aaron H. ISTilee. 540. Lucy Fox, b. 6 June, 1837; m. Benjamin F. Tracy. 541. Harriet M., b. 13 June, 1839; m. 1st, Richard J. Rog- ers; 2d, Andrew J. Grardner. 542. Ellen Fitch, b. 22 March, 1845; m. Smith Browning. VL CALEB BAKER (331), b. 25 June, 1806, son of Azel Rogers and Sarah Baker; married 1st, 10 May, 1830, Harriet S. Webb, b. 5 Aug., 1813, at Brooklyn, Conn., daugh- ter of G-eorge Webb and Sarah Brewster, a lineal descendant ' of William Brewster, who came over in the Mayflower. He settled at Norwich in 1820. He was a carpenter and house- builder, at which business he continued until 1848, when he began the manufacture of wood-working machinery, and con- tinued in the same until his death. She died 20 June, 1847. He afterwards maTried, 2 May, 1848, Iduella T. R. Gardner. She died 2 April, 1849, without issue. He again married, 8 Jan., 1851, Eleanor H. Krebs, who survived him, and died in 1876. He lost his life by the burning ^of the steamer City of ISTew London in the Thames River, on which he was returning home from ISTew York, on the morning of ISTovem- ber 22, 1871. The fl'ames of the buTuing vessel drove the passengers into the water, and he, with sixteen others, was drowned. His body was recovered by his youngest son after 214 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. a searcli of thi-ee days. His remains were interred in Ms family lot in Yantic Cemetery at ISTorwicli. He was a mem- ber of the Congregational churoh in Norwioli, and was a man of great benevolence, and sustained a bright Christian char- acter. Children. 543. Harriet Maria, b. 2 March, 1833; died yonng. 544. George Webb, b. 10 June, 1837; m. Mary E. Rogers. 545. Harriet E., b. 30 Aug., 1839; died young. 546. Edward Payson, b. 2 Jan., 1842; m. Caroline Berry. 547. Bradford Haile, b. 20 Jime, 1847; m. Josephine Tyler. He died by his own hand at Chicago in Oct., 1895. YI. FEEDERICK WILLIAM HAUGHTOI^ (332), b. 13 June, 1813, son of Azel Rogers and Sarah Baker; mar- ried 11 May, 1835, Abby Ann Gardner, b. 7 March, 1815, daughter 'of John Gardner of Bozrah. He fii-st settled at ISTorwich, and was a carpenter and house-btdlder. About the year 1857, he, with his family, removed to Winona, Minn. He afterwards went to Chicago, where he was for several years engaged in mercantile business, and where she died in . He was living at Chicago in 1896. Children. 548. Jane Llaughton, b. Oct., 1837; died 21 June, 1841. 549. Abby Jane, b. 18 June, 1841; m. James Zearv Y^errt. 550. Mary Haughton, b. 15 Sept., 1848; m. William S. Crosby. YL BENJAMIN (333), b. 1 Feb., 1791, son of Freder- ick Rogers and Parthenia Baker; man-ied 16 Feb., 1815, J^hebe Champlin, born 21 Nov., 1795, daughter of Samuel Champlin of Rhode Island. He was a seaman, and resided at Massapeag. She died 6 May, 1839. He died 31 Oct., 1842. Children. 551. Darwin Erasmus, b. 16 Nov., 1817; m. Emeline Bolles. ROGERS F'AMlLlEg. 215 552. Mary Ellen, b. 10 March, 1821; m. Elisha P. Church. 553. Susan Decatur, b. 2 Oct., 1823; m. Charles Water- man. 554. Benjamin Nelson, b. 8 Feb., 1826; m. 1st, Sarah Hartshorn; 2d, Alvina Oama; 3d, Widow Mary Church. 555. Frederick, b. 24 Feb., 1829; died lY Nov., 1830. 556. Harriet, b. 1 June, 1831; m. Robert Larkin. 557. Frances Jane, b. 28 April, 1835; m. Emery Dunbar. VI. THOMAS (334), b. 2 June, 1793, son of Frederick Rogers and Parthenia Baker; married 27 Sept., 1818, Eliza- beth Tuttle, b. 26 May, 1794, at Montville, daughter of Pele- tiah Tuttle and Betsey Swaddle. He lived at Massapeag, and was a seaman and farmer. She died 13 Jan., 1864. He died 2 April, 1876. Children. 558. Eliza, b. 12 July, 1819; m. Sherwood Fitch. 559. George A., b. 13 June, 1821; m. Susan M. Maples. 560. James H, b. 14 Aug., 1823; m. Harriet M. Smith. 561. Jared S., b. 26 March, 1826; m. Jane M. Beckwith. 562. Sarah F., b. 13 June, 1828; m. 1st, Edwin Church; 2d, French. 563. Mary Ann, b. 23 Dec, 1830; unm.; living in 1884. 564. John Wesley, b. 2 March, 1832; died young. 565. Charles E., b. 30 July, 1834; m. Huldah Church. 566. Caroline M., b. 23 May, 1836; m. William B. Walden. 567. William Henry, b. 12 April, 1840; m. AdeMide Ray- mond. VI. ISTATHAlSr (350), b. 5 July, 1786, son of James Rogers and Elizabeth Howard; married Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Brown. The dates of birth of his children are not found anywhere recorded. Children. 568. Nathan, b. . Lost overboard at sea and drowned. 569. Orlando, b. 216 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. 570. James, b. 571. John, b. 572. Christop'her, b. 573. Peter, b. 574. Andrew, b. 575. Elizabeth, b. 576. Grace, b. 577. Charlotte, b. 578. Martha, b. ; m. Henry R. Strickland, 579. Mary, b. ; m. Peter Strickland. VI. LYMAN (362), b. 14 Oct., 1799, son of Jonathan Rogers and Huldah Church; married 1st, about 1823, Almira Turner, daughter of David Turner, by whom he had seven children; 2d, the 'widow 'of David Turner, Jr., by whom he had one daughter; 3d, Nancy C. Pea-kins, widow of Charles L. Perkins of Groton, 22 Eeb., 1846, by whom he had five children. He settled in Montville and was a farmer, and died in 1893. Children by Pirst Wife. 580. Frances Huldah, b. ; m. John Perkins. 581. Elisha L., b. ; m. Martha . 582. George L., b. ; m. Mary Walden. 583. Eliza Ann, b. ; died unm. 584. Emily, b. 29 Aug., 1830; m. Aaron E. Rogers. 585. Hiram, b. 11 Dec, 1832; m. Salome Hurlburt. 586. Amos, b. 19 ISTov., 1833; m. Catherine Higgens. Child by Second Wife. 587. Almira, b. 15 Jan., 1841; m. Children by Third Wife. 588. Charles Perkins, b. 16 Jan., 1847; died young. 589. Oliver Edmund, b. 21 April, 1848; m. Frances Ann Potter. 590. Addison E., b. 2 Jan., 1850. 591. Alice A., b. 22 Oct., 1851; m. Jdhn W. Potter. 592. Francis R., b. 14 Oct., 1854; m. Mary McFariand. ROGERS FAMILIES. 217 VI. MATIIEW (388), b. 14 Sept., ITTl, son of Isaiah Rogers and Betsey Sill; married Sarah Weeks. Children. 593. Polly, b. 24 Oct., 1800; m. Mathew Gee of Lyme. 594. Esther, b. 2 Oct., 1804; m. Lyman Steward. 595. Sally, b. 9 March, 180'7; m. Davis Herden. 596. Caroline, b. 18 July, 1809; m. Charles Brockway. 597. Isaiah, b. 4 Oct., 1811. 598. Betsey, b. 3 Jan., 1814; m. Daniel A. Baldwin. 599. Hannah, b. 3 May, 1816; m. William Crocker. 600. Harriet, b. 27 Sept., 1818; m. William Morgan. VI. JEREMIAH (428), b. , son of John Rogers and Elizabeth Bolles; married 11 Dec, 1791, Hannah Bolles, daughter of Enoch Bolles. Children. 601. Mary, b. 3 Aug., 1792; died unm. 602. Rebecca, b. 19 Dec, 1793; m. Andrews. 602a. Gurdon, b. 16 May, 1795; m. Miner. 603. Russel, b. 7 May, 1797; m. Hannah Wilcox. 604. Aaron, b. 27 Feb., 1799; m. Betsey Edwards. 605. Enoch, b. about 1800; m. 606. Hannah, b. 9 Nov., 1802; m. James Miner. 607. Jeremiah, b. about 1804. 608. Charles, b. ; m. 1st, Hannah Hamilton; 2d, . 609. Albert, b. ; m. . Settled at Nat- chez, Miss. 610. Sarah, b. ; m. Joseph Dickson. VL DANIEL (486), b. 5 Sept., 1795, son of Daniel Rogers and Rebecca Crocker; married 26 Dec, 1819, Sarah, b. 3 April, 1806, daughter of Deacon Henry Harris. He died at New London, 6 Feb., 1862, in the 67 year of his age. He had collected together, and noted in a book kept by him for the purpose, the names of many of the Rogers families. 218 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. from wMch the writer obtained many of tlie families con- tained in this record of the Kogers genealogy. Children. 611. Betsey, b. 29 Sept., 1821; died 17 Oct., 1831. 612. Marvin H., b. 4 Oct., 1825; died 30 July, 1856, unm. 613. Uriah F., b. 14 July, 1828; m. M. W. Millbank. 614. Ellen P., b. 14 Nqv., 1830; m. Elias Peck. 615. Martin Cooley, b. 17 March, 1833; m. . Died 31 Oct., 1881. 616. Sarah E., b. 28 May, 1836; m. W. T. Strickland. VI. LYMAlSr (487), b. 11 March, 1798, son of Daniel Rogers and Eebecoa Crocker; married 20 Dec., 1820, Mary S. Peniber, b. 18 March, 1804. She died 31 Oct., 1855. He afterwards married, 24 Nov., 1856, Maria Havens. Children. 617. Anson S., b. 21 ISTov., 1822; m. Lucretia Beebe. 618. Marcy Ann, b. 31 Oct., 1824; died young. 619. Hamilton, b. Eeb., 1827; died young. 620. Abby Ann, b. 26 Dec, 1830 ; m. Frank Baker. 621. Maro, b. 26 April, 1833; died young. VI. DAVID (504), b. 27 Jan., 1786, son of Zebulon Rogers and Sally Green; married 7 Jan., 1808, Mary Pat- ter, daughter of George Potter of Rhode Island. He settled in Waterford, was a practical farmer, and lived upon the old Rogers farm, which had been in the family for several gen- erations. He held several important to^vn offices. He and his wife were members of the Seventh-day Baptist church, and were among its strongest supporters, giving the groimd where the building occupied by that society now stands, and he serving as 'one of its deacons for many years. He was a man possessed of many excellent qualities of head and heart, of the strictest integrity. He lived respected and died re- gretted. EOGERS FAMILIES. 219 Children.. 622. David Potter, b. 21 Oct., 1808; m. Mary Ann Eogers. 623. Charles, b. 22 Jan., 1811; died young. 624. Sally, b. 12 Aug., 1813; m. William Maxson. 625. Daniel, b. 25 May, 1815; m. Mary Ann Titsworth. 626. Mary, b. 28 March, 1818; m. Peleg Berry. 627. Charlotte, b. 20 Jan., 1820; m. Thomas S'. Greenman. 628. G-eorge, b. 14 Aug., 1821; died young. 629. Ann Maria, b. 21 July, 1823, m. Benedict Rogers. 630. Lydia, b. T April, 1823; m. 1st, Paul Stillman; 2d, Enoch Davis; 3d, Eliphalet Lyon. VII. ALBERT AUGUSTUS (524), b. 30 Aug., 1830, son of Henry Truman Rogers and Clarriasa Cook; married 19 June, 1853, Erances A. McMel, b. 25 March, 1828, daugh- ter of Henry MclSTiel and Clarrissa Coming. He was a car- penter and farmer, and was living on the old Cook hom'e*- stead in Montville in 1884. Children. 631. Wallace E., b. 16 IS^ov., 1853. 632. Harriet, b. ; died in infancy. 633. Emeline, b. 29 April, 1859; died in 1862. 634. Edmund H., b. 5 April, 1862; m. Minnie Oomstock. 635. Arthur, b. 24 Sept., 1864; m. Jane Avery. 636. Emma, b. 2 March, 1870; m. Isaac Lamb of Groton. VII. ELISHA (527), b. 20 Sept., 1828, son of Thomas Perkins Rogers and Mary Fish; married 1st, Mary J. Schol- field, 19 March, 1854, daughter of Joseph Scholfield and Mercy ISTewberry. He was a carpenter and farmer, and liv- ing on the old homestead in 1884. She died 21 May, 1869. He afterwards marri^ed Martha Perry, 5 Nov., 1870, daugh- ter of George Perry of Putnam, Conn. Children. 637. Edwin, b. 27 July, 1855; died 4 May, 1860. 638. Alice E., b. 26 Dec, 1857. 220 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 6;ll). Horace, b. 3 Feb., 1863. 640. Stella, b. 20 March, 1866; died 5 May, 1876. VII. JOI-m RANDOLPH (538), b. 15 Sept., 1832 son of Azel Fitch Rogers and Eleanor Fox; married 3 March 1862, Kate Moore, b. 16 Sept., 1839, daughter of J-ame Moore and Eliza J.- Worthy of Waterford. He was a farme- and seaman. He has made several voyages in a whaling ves sel, was elected representative to the General Assembly ii 1883, and has served as first selectman in his native town. H( died at Montville 24 Aug., 1887. She died 26 Xov., 1894. Children. 641. Azel Fitch, b. 17 Dec., 1865; m. Jerome. 642. John Randolph, b. 11 April, 1870. VII. DARWIN ERASMUS (551), b. 16 Nov., 1817 son of Benjamin Rogers and Phebe ChampHn; married, 1847 Emeline, daughter of Alfred Bolles and Julia Stoddard. H( was a seaman, and made several voyages in the whaling busi ness as captain. He was living at Gales Ferry in Ledyard ii 1884. Children. 643. Delphine, b. June, 1854. 644. Frank Bolles, b. ; died young. 645. Alfred, b. March, 1866. VII. BENJAMIN NELSON (554), b. 8 Feb., 1826, son of Benj'amin Rogers and Phebe Ghamplin; married Ist, Sarah Hartshorn. She died 20 Sept., 1868. He afterwards married his second wife, Alvira Cama. She died at sea while on a voyage with her husband to China. He then married third wife, Mary (Ames) Church, flhe widow of Norman B, Church. He was living at Hncasville in 1884. Children. 646. Charles Nelson, b. S Feb., 1852; m. Eva Champlin, (laughter of Captain Frederick W. Champlin. ROGERS FAMILIES. 221 647. William, b. 20 Sept., 1864; died at sea wliile on a voy- age with his father to China. VII. GEOEGE A. (559), b. 13 June, 1821, son of Thomas Rogers and Elizabeth Tuttle; married 19 ISTov., 1846, Susan Malissa, daughter of John C. Maples and Susan Smith. He was a seaman, and died at Massapeag, in Montville. Children. 648. Georgianna Frances, b. 8 Nov., 1847; m. Peter Jeffrey. 649. Frank Alton, b. 14 April, 1854; m. VII. JAMES HENEY (560), b. 14 Aug., 1823, son of Thomas Eogers and Elizabeth Tuttle ; married Harriet Matilda Smith of New London. He resided at Massapeag, was a sea captain, acting master and executive officer on seven United States vessels of war, and while in the service he contracted a disease of which he died 16 March, 1865. Children. 650. Hattie Elizabeth, b. 13 March, 1850; m. Fitch B. Collins. 651. William Edwin, b. 18 April, 1852; died 1 Dec, 1864. VII. CHAELES E. (565), b. 30 July, 1834, son of Thomas Eogers and Elizabeth Tuttle; married 17 May, 1855 iJ, Huldah M. Church, b. 16 Sept., 1836, daughter of Seth Church and Lucy A. Lester. He settled at Montville, and was engaged in the mercantile business. She died . Children. 652. Minnie Mabel, b. 25 May, 1860. 653. Elsie Ellsworth, b. 12 Aug., 1862. 654. Norman Lester, b. 20 l^Liy, 1867. 655. Charles Edwin, b. 14 Nov., 1868. 656. Frederick Hosmer, b. 2 July, 1871. 222 HISTORY OF MONTVII/LB. VII. WILLIAM HENEY (56Y), b. 12 April, 1840 son of Thomas Rogers and Elizabeth Tuttle; married 8 'Nov. 1863, Adelaide, daughter of William Raymond. He was ai engineer on a steamboat, and lived sut Massapeag. She diec Child. 657. Lena, b. 20 Aug., 1864; m. BROWNING FAMILIES. The first appearance of the name in Khode Island was in 1645, when ISTathaniel Browning bought of John Roome a dwellingio'use and two lots of eight acres in Warwick for £3 in wampum. In 1652, Sarah, the wife of ISTathaniel Brown- ing, received a deed of gift from her father of a small parcel of land adjoining James Weedens, and eight acres later. She had a further gift of twenty acres from her father, William Freeborn. jSTathaniel Browning was admitted freeman at Portsmouth, E. I., in 1655. He married Sarah Freeborn, born in 1632, daughter of William and Mary ( ) Free- bom. She died April 23, 1670. Children. 2. William, b. ; m. 1st, Rebecoa Wilber; 2d, Sarah . 3. Jane, b. ; m. James Sweet, son of John and Elizabeth ( ) Sweet, and had eight chil- dren, Daniel, William, Nathaniel, Mary, Saraih, Elizabeth, Renewal, Susanna. II. WILLIAM (2), b. , son of Nathaniel Browning and Sarah Freeborn. He married 1st, Rebecca Wilber, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Porter) Wilber. He was admitted freeman in 1684, and on March 19, 1865, he exchanged certain lands with Thomas Manchester, Jr. He sold to Robert Fish, Feb. 25, 1688, twenty acres for £70, being land given by deed of his grandfather, William Free- born. His wife, Rebecca, and Uncle, Gideon Freeborn, signed also. He died in 1730. His last wife died the same year. Will dated Jan. 12, 1730. Proved Feb. 8, 1730. His inventory amounted to £1,199 16s. 7d., viz.: 61 oz. silver, 24 224 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. lbs. 8s. Wearing apparel, cane, gloves, and belt, 19 lbs. 2s. Bond, 61 lbs. 17s. 5d. Eiding horse, negro woman, 80 lbs. Pair of oxen, 57 sheep, 9 cows, 5 horse kind, 7 swine. Children. 4. Samuel, b. 9 Feb., 1688; m. Mercy 5. Hannah, b. 16 July, 1691; m. William Knowles, and had two children, Keljeeca and Hannah. 6. William, b. 29 Sept., 1693; m. 1st, Mary Freelove; 2d, Mary Wilkinson. 7. Sarah, b. April, 1694; m. Eleazer Kelly, 6 Oct., 1721. 8. John, b. 4 March, 1696; m. Ann Hazzard, 21 April, 1721. III. SAMUEL (4), b. 9 Feb., 1688, son of William Browning and Rebecca Wilber; married Mercy . In September, 1718, he and his wife Mercy, for 1,600 lbs. sold, to his father three tracts of land, measuring 100, 250, and 500 acres, respectively. April 19, 1751, Samuel Brown- ing, Jr., for 150 lbs. mortgaged to the Colony ten acres of land. T'he date of his death is not ascertained, and only one child is named on record. He probably had others. Children. 9. Samuel, b. ; m. Phebe Gardner, Oct. 26, 1722. III. WILLIAM (6), b. 29 Sept., 1693, son of WiUiam Browning and Eebecca Wilber or Sarah . Probably the latter; married 1st, Mary Freelove, bom in 1700, daugh- ter of Morris and Elizabeth (Wilber) Freelove, Dec. 7, 1721; married 2d, Mary Wilkinson, daughter of William and Dinah ( ) Wilkinson, Aug. 5, 172S. He died Feb. 11, 1773. Will proved March 8, 1773. Inventory, 1,279 lbs. 15s. 2 3-4(1., \dz.: Wearing appurel, 15 lbs. 12s. 9d. Old gun, kog of wine, cash, 598 lbs. 4s. 4 3-4d. 89 sheep, swine, sorrel horse, 14 cows, 2 pair oxen, 2 pair steers, heifer, 8 young eat- BROWNINC; FAMILIES. 226 tie, old mare, colt, negro, Bristol, £30, Abram, £30, boy Cae- sar, £37, fanning and carpentering tools, etc. Ohild by First Wife. 10. William, b. Nov. 28, 1724; m. Elizabeih Trip. ■ Children by Second Wife. 11. Wilkinson, b. 1-4 July, 1731; m. Susanna Hazzard. 12. Jobn, b. 26 July, 1733; m. Ann Browning. 13. Mary, b. 10 June, 1735; m. Thomas Brtowning. /Vy J. 14. Dinah, b. 10 Sept., 1736; m. Champlin. 15. Joseph, b. ; m. Mary Champlin in 1761. 16. Euth, b. ; m. 17. Tabitha, b. ; m. Grardiner. IS. Anne, b. ; m. Henry Knowles April 28, 1791. III. JOHN (8), b. 4 March, 1696, son of William Browning and Sarah ; married Ann Hazzard, daugh- ter of Jeremiah and Sarah (Smith) Hazzard, April 21, 1721. He died 1777. She died 1770. His will proved April 14, 1777. Inventory, £106, 6s. 4d., viz.: Wearing apparel, £7, 10s. Loom, Bible, etc. Children. 19. Thomas, b. ' //- 2- •; m. Mary Browning. 20. Jeremiah, b. ; m. 21. Hannah, b. ; m. Jedediah Frink, Sept. 7, 1748. 22. Sarah, b. ; m. Stanton. 23. John, b. 15 Nov., 1742; m. 1st, Sarah Davis; 2d, Eu- nice Williams; 3d, Elizabeth Boss. 24. Ephraim, b. March, 1746; m. Susanna Davis. 25. Martha, b. ; m. Powers. 26. Ann, b. ; m. John Browning. 27. Mary, b. ; m. Champlin. 28. Eunice, b. ; m, Clark. 15 •■-, :• 226 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. IV. WILLIAM (10), b. 28 Nov., 1724, son of William Browning and Mary Freelove; married Elizabeth Trip. Children. 29. William, b. ; m. Sally Stanton. 30. Christopher, b. ; m. 31. Stephen, b. ; m. Bridget Babcock, March 16, 1Y86. 32. Eebecda, b. ; m. Thomas Segar, Feb. 17, 1785. 33. Amy, b. ; m. Gideon Hoxie, Jr., Oct. 20, 1774. IV. JOHlSr (12), b. 26 July, son of William Browning and Mary Wilkinson; married Ann Browning, daughter of Jdhn Browning and Ann Hazzard, 31 Jan., 1754. Children. 34. William, b. 1 Dec., 1755; m. Sarah Cole, 13 Dec., 1787. 35. Anna, b. 6 May, 1757; m. Samuel Sheffield, 3 Dec, 1778. 36. Euth, b. 9 Feb., 1759. 37. John, b. 1 Jan., 1761. 38. Ephraim, h. 16 Jan., 1763. IV. JOHN (23), b. 15 Nov., 1742, son of John Brown- ing and Ann Hazzard; married 1st, Mary Davis; 2d, Eunice Williams; and 3d, Elizabeth Roes. By the last wife there was no issue. He died 24 Feb., 1832. Children by Maiy. 39. Jedediah, b. 40. Jotn, b. Children by Eunice. 41. Greorge, b. ; died young. 42. Mary, b. 43. Eunice, b. 44. Avery, b. 8 Feb., 1786; m. Mary Arnold, 17 July, 1808. BROWNING FAMILIES. 227 45. Anna, b. 46. Jesse, b. ■ 47. George "W., b. IV. EPHRAIM (24), b. March, 1746, son of John Browning and Ann Hazard; married Susanna Davis, born about 1750. He was born in South Kingston, R. I. He set- tled at Waterford, Conn., where his children were bom, and where he died March 4, 1826, aged 80 years. She died at Waterford, Aug. 14, 1832, aged 82 years. Children. 48. Nancy, b. 1780; m. Isaac "Williams. 49. Eouse B., b. 25 Aug., 1787; m. Euth Morey. 50. Welcome, b. ; m. Nancy Hull. 51. Hazzard, b. 25 Nov., 1769; m. 1st, Hannah Lewis; 2d, Edna Thompson. 52. Mary, b. about 1773; died unm. 4 July, 1851. 53. Amy, b. ; m. Guy Wheeler. 54. Wealthea, b. ; died unm. V. WILLIAM (29), b. , son of William Brown- ing and Elizabeth Trip.; married Sally Stanton and had nine children. Children. 55. William Trip, b. ; m. Martha Card. 56. 57. 58. 59. Sally, b. Elizabeth, b. Amy, b. Samuel S., b. ; died youiig. ; died young. ; m. Catherine M 60. Abril, b. 61. Hazzard, b. 62. 63. Sally, b. Elizabeth, b. V. AVERY (44), b. 8 Feb., 1786, son of John Browning and Eunice Williams; married Mary Arnold, b. 8 June, 1796. He was born in Exeter, E. I. He afterwards removed to Griswold, Conn., where he was a farmer and much in public 228 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. affairs. He died at ISTonvicli, 9 May, 1865. She died 22 June, 1879. Children. (U. Arnold, b. ; died . G5. Hiram, b. 66. Beriah II., b. 13 Sept., 1S19; m. Sarah E. Campbell 1842. 67. Eunice W., b. V. EOUSE B. (49), b. 25 Aug., 17S7, son of Ephraim Browning and Su.sanna Davis; married Ruth Morey, daugh- ter of Robert Morey, b. 8 March, 1797. He was a farmer, and occupied the fai-m in Waterford, where his father lived. He died 4 March, 1852. Children. 68. Sarah F., b. 27 April, 1817; ni. I^athan S. Brown, 9 Sept., 1835. 69. Hannah, b. 26 Feb., 1819; m. Charles B. Ayer, 24 Oct., 1838. 70. Elizabeth L., b. 19 April, 1821; m. Stephen W. Cole. 71. Oliver D., b. 23 Feb., 1823 ; died 4 April, 1824. 72. Emeline, b. 3 March, 1825; m. Guy Douglass, 24 Dec., 1844. 73. Leonard, b. 25 March, 1827; died 25 July, 1827. 74. Lucy, b. 14 May, 1829; m. Orlando Brown. 75. Delia, b. 15 Sept., 1831; m. 1st, ISTathaniel Dustin; 2d, Elias Browning. 76. William Henry, b. 19 Oct., 1836; m. HAZZARD (51), b. 25 Nov., 1769, son of Ephraim Browning and Susanna Davis; married 1st, Hannah Lewis, b. 10 Feb., 1769, daughter of , 22 Nov., 1791; 2d, Edna Thompson, b. 25 Aug., 1779, daughter of ISTathaniel and Delight Fox; m. 10 May, 1812. He was a farmer, and resided at l\Tont^dlle. He was a justice of the peace, and held other town offices. He died at Montville 6 Aug., 1842. His first wife died 22 Nov., 1810. His last wife died 29 Jan., 1871. BROWNING FAMILIES. 229 Children by Hannali. 77. Lucretia, b. 25 Aug., 1792; died 23 Dec, 1868, unm. 78. Amy, b. 15 April, 1794; m. Jacob Loomis, 19 ISTov., 1817. 79. Esther, b. 7 May, 1797; m. Thomas Forsyth, 2d wife, 30 March, 1828. 80. Elizabeth, b. 31 May, 1799; m. Thomas Forsyth, 1st - wife, 6 IS^ov., 1824. 81. Jared B., b. 27 July, 1801; m. Amy Bishop, 2 Feb., 1826. 82. Davis, b. 31 March, 1803; m. Mary E. B£|,lmaii, 28 Aug., 1828. 83. Ephraim, b. 19 Mar, 1805; m. Maria Brown, 21 Oct., 1831. 84. Daniel Lewis, b. 11 Sept., 1808; m. Fanny 0. Lewis, 17 Jan., 1833. 85. Welcome H., b. 25 Aug., 1810; m. Betsey Moore, 3 Sept., 1837. Children by Edna. 86. Christopher, b. 5 Feb., 1813; m. Eliza Bnomley, 17 Mardh, 1836. 87. Dr. Isaac, b. 19 June, 1814; m. Martha B. Howe, 8 Jan., 1840. 88. Elias, b. 6 Sept., 1816; m. Amy P. Smith, March, 1840; 2d, Deha (Browning) Dustin. 89. John, b. 11 April, 1822; m. Jane E. Howe, 5 Oct., 1845. DOCTOE ISAAC (87), b. 19 Jan., 1815, son of Haz- zard Browning and Edna Thompson; married 8 Jan., 1840, Patty B. Howe, b. 18 Feb., 1813, daughtea- of Silas Howe and Zilpba Bruce. He settled at Montville, ^a farmer, black- smith, and carriage-maker. He lived near 'the factory of Harry Vincent. He died 3 April, 1885. She died . Children. 90. Hazzard, b. 1 April, 1841; died 11 Sept., 1865. 91. Martha M., b. 9 Nov., 1842; m. Martin V. B. Brain- ard. 230 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 92. Silas Howe, b. 24 Jan., 1845; m. Anna Parks. 93. Washington Indng, b. 18 Dec, 1848; m. Douglass. 94. Fanny Lewis, b. 19 Aug., 1850; m. William J. Bald- win. 95. Willis T., b. 20 April, 1852; m. Emma Daniels. 96. Tantha, b. 8 May, 1856; m. Charles L. Turner. ELIAS (88), b. 6 Sept., 1816, son of Hazzard Browning and Edna Thompson; married 25 March, 1840, Amy Smith, b. 10 May, 1820, daughter of Abel Smith and Lydia Palmer. He was a farmer in the early part of his life, and afterwards was employed in the Rockland Paper Mill. His wife died 22 April, 1864, leaving four children. He afterwards mar- ried Delia (Browning) Dustin, 11 July, 1866. He died sud- denly of heart failure, while at work in the Kockland Mill, 18 Nov., 1871. Children. 97. Ira, b. 30 Sept., 1843; m. Louisa Hewitt, 5 June, 1872. ■ 98. Smith, b. IS April, 1847; m. Ellen F. Rogers, 11 Aug., 1868. 99. Amy Ellis, b. 20 Dec, 1850; m. Lewis Browning, 2 April, 1874. 100. Olin E., b. 26 Julv, 1857; m. V'IBBEE FAMILIES. John Yibber first appears as an inhabitant of l^ew Lon- don North Parish in lYll. He, "with his wife, were on the list of members who organized the first church in the parish in 1722. Previous to t^ieir settlement in the North Parish, they appear in Groton, where he was an inhabitant. In Peb., 1741, John Vibber exchanged farms with George Hill. The farm then owned by Mr. Vibber ^yas t|ie same afterwards owned by George Hill, and which descended to his son Jonathan and grandson Charles, and on which the latter lived at his deat|i. The farm then owned by George Hill and which was ex- changed mth Mr. Vibbpr was the same afterwards owned by his grandson Nathaniel, lying on the Norwich road, 'and has since been called the " Vibber Place." John Vibber the first was born 25 Oct., 1689, and married 19 July, 1711, Jonaithan Williams, bom about 1685, daughter of . . . He was a farmer and a landholder of considerable note in his day. He was active in the affairs of the church, and held offices of honor and trust both in the church and town. ■ His wife, Johanna, died 9 Jan., 1754. He thep miarried, 8 May, 1754, Mariam Baker, widow of Joshua Ba]jer. Children. 2. Johanna, b. 31 Oct., 1712; m. 1st, George Hill; 2d, Jason Allen. 3. John, b. 6 Jan., 1713; m. Amy Copp. 4. Marcy, b. 9 Jan., 1715; m. Abraham Harden. 5. William, b: 15 Nov., 1717; m. Ann Leffingwell. 6. Nathaniel, b. 6 Feb., 1720; m. Desire Brown. 7. Thomas, b. 9 Nov., 1722; died when 17 years old. 8. Sarah, b. 24 Dec, 1724; died at the age of 2 years. 232 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. !). Margaret, b. 20 Nov., 1726; m. John Comstock. 10. Anna, b. 6 Dec, 1729; m. John Ohamplin. II. JOI-m (3), b. 6 Jan., 1713, son of John Vibber and Johanna Williams; m. 28 April, 1737, Amy Copp, b. 24 Sept., 1707, daughter of Deacon Jonathan Copp and Cath- erine Lay." Both were members of the church. He was a farmer and lived on the farm afterwards occupied by William Bradford. He was also lieutenant of the training band in North Parish. He died in 1779. Children. 11. Catherine, b. 11 Nov., 173S; m. Ransford Comstock. 12. John, b. 8 June, 1740. 13. Ann, b. 8 June, 1742. 14. Joanna, b. 28 May, 1744. 15. Obedience, b. May, 1748; died 28 Jan., 1752. II. ISTATHAKIEL (6), b. 6 Feb., 1720, son of John Vibber and Joanna Williams; m. Desire Brown. He was a member of the church and society in the Xorth Parish, was active in the affairs of the church, captain of the training band, and was a farmer, living on the farm formerly occupied by his father. He died in 1781. JEstate distributed 9 Oct., 1781. Children. 16. Aliphal, b. about 1746; died unm. 17. Nathaniel, b. about 174S; m. Mehitabel Fox. 18. Amy, b. about 1750; m. Jeliial Rogers. 19. Fanny, b. about 1751. William, b. 10 Aug., 1753; m. 1st, Lois ; 2d, Elizabeth Lyon. 20. III. NATHANIEL (17), b. about 1748, son of Nathan iel Yibber and Desire Brown; married Mehitabel Fox, daugh ter of Ezekicl Fox and Mehitabel Lamson. He was a farmer and occupied the farm on which his father lived. VlBBER FAMILIES. 233 Children. 21. Desire, b. 13 Sept., 1772; m. Frederick Rogers. 22., Betsey, b. 31 Aug., 1774; m. Samuel Atwell; died 8 April, 1859. 23. Louisa, b. 16 Sept., 1780'; died 31 Sept., 1865, unm. 24. JSTatbaniel, b. 13 Jan., 1783; died unm. 25. Mehitabel, b. 15 June, 1785; died unm. 26. A son, b. 24 July, 1788; died in infancy. III. WILLIAM (20), b. 10 Aug., 1753, son of Nathan- iel Vibber and Desire Brown; m. 1st, Lois ; 2d, Eliza- beth Lyon, 29 July, 1812, daughter of John Lyon and Eliza- beth Moore. He was a farmer, and lived on the west side of the Colchester road, half a mile distant. He died 17 June, 1831. She died 5 April, 1852. Children by Lois. 27. Lois, b. 2 July, 1779. 28. Fanny, b. 5 June, 1785. 29. Amos S., b. 5 Jan., 1787. 30. Eussell, b. 26 Nov., 1788. Children by Elizabeth. 31. Salmon C, b. 28 March, 1815 ; m. 1st, Amy D. Wheeler; 2d, Abby Ohamplin. 32. Eunice C, b. 2 Sept.^ 1817. SALMON" C. (31), b. ,?8 March, 1815, son of William Vibber and Elizabeth Lyon; married 17 March, 1844, Amy D. Wheeler, b. , daughter of . He then married, 11 Oct., 1856, Abby Champlin, daugh- ter of John Champlin. He was a fairmer and a large land- holder, living on the farm lying on the old Colchester road, boug"!!* of Peter R. Strickland, and fo^rmerly the residence of Elisha Fox. His first wife died 6 Aug., 1855. He died 3. Dec., 1885. His second wife survived him, and died 14 March, 1892. 234 HISTORY OF MONTVILDB. Children. 33. Elisha W., b. 15 Jan., 1845; m. Mary E. Champlin. 34. Horace C, b. 8 March, 1846; m. Mary Ann Fitch. 35. William, b. 23 Sept., 1849; m. Julia "M. Holt. 36. Emma E., b. 24 Feb., 1854; m. John "Woodmansee. GREEN FAMILIES. The Grreen families of Montville and Waterford were de- scendants from John Green of Warwick, Rhode Island. This John Green was born about 1597 at Bowridge Hall, Gill- ingham, Dorset County, England, son of Richard Green. He was a surgeon in Salisbury, where he made his first marriage. He had seven children baptized at St. Thomas Church in Salis- bury. He married 1st, 4 ISTov., 1619, Joan Tattersall, who was the mother of all his children. She died, and he then married widow Alice Daniels, and for a third wife he married Phillis , who died 10 March, 1688. He died in 1658. John Green, with his wife, Joan, sailed from Southamp- ton, England, 6 April, 1635, in ship " James," and arrived at Boston 3 June, 1635, and was afterwards of Salem for a short period. In August, 1637, he appears at Providence. He was one of the twelve persons to whom Roger Williams on the 8th day of October, 1638, deeded land, which was pur- chased of Canonicus and Miantonomi, chiefs of the Narragan- sett Indians, and was one of tjhe twelve original members of the first Baptist Church in Rhode Island. Children. 2. John, b. 1620; m. Ann Almy. 3. Peter, b. 1622; m. Mary Gorton. 4. Richard, b. 1623; died young. 5. James, b. 1626; m. 1st, Deliverance Potter; 2d, Eliza- beth Anthony. 6. Thomas, b. 1628; m. Elizabeth Barton. 7. Joan, b. 1630; m. Hade. 8. Mary, b. 1633; m. James Sweet. JOHN (2), b. about 1620, son of John Green and Joan Tattersall; married Ann Almy, born 1627, daughter of Wil- 236 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. liam Almy. lie held various offices in the town of Warwick, E. I. He was commissioner from 1652 to 1G63, recorder throe years, general solicitor in 1655, attorney-general from 1657 to 1660, assistant and deputy of the colony, and also deputy governor from 1690 to lYOO. In 1690, Jan. 30, he, \nth others, sent a letter of congratulation to William and Mary on. their accession to the crown of England. Decem- ber 22, 1686, he was notified by Governor Andros of his ap- pointment as a member of his council. On June 27, 1691, he was voted 10s. by the assembly for his encouragement, for drawing up an address to their Majesties. He died 27 Nov., 1708. She died 17 May, 1709. Children. 9. Deborah, b. 10 Aug., 1649. 10. John, b. 6 ITov., 1651. 11. William, b. 1 March, 1653. 12. Peter, b. 7 Feb., 1655. 13. Job, b. 24 Aug., 1656. 14. Philip, b. 7 Oct., 1658. 15. Eichard, b. 8 Feb., 1660. 16. Anne, b. 19 March, 1663 17. Catherine, b. 15 Aug., 1665. 18. Audrey, b. 27 Dec, 1667. 19. Samuel, b. 30 Jan., 1671. SAMUEL (19), b. 30 Jan., 1671, son of John Green and Ann Almy ; married and had a son 20. Benjamin, b. , and m. about 1730, Almy Angel, b. , daughter of James Angel and . She died about 1740, and he married for his second wife ]\rargaret Strickland, daughter of Peter Strickland. Children by Almy. 21. M'ary, b. 28 Jan., 1732; m. Nathan Oomstock. 22. Christopher, b. 7 Sept., 1733; m. Mercy Stoddard. GREfiN FAMILIES. 237 23. Delight, b. 30 July; 1735; m. John Kogers. 24. Stephen, b. 19 Feb., 1737. 25. Almy, b. Children by Margaret. 20. Benjamin, b. 7 April, 1752; m. Abigail Dodge. 27. Samuel, b. ; .died unm. 28. Margaret, b. ; m. Henry Osbom. 29. Anne, b. ; m. Peter Rogers. CHEISTOPHER (22), b. 7 Sept., 1733, son of Benja- jamin Green and Almy Angel; married March, 1760, Mercy Stoddard, b. 10 March, 1740, daughter of Robert Stoddard and Bathsiheba Rogers. He settled at Waterford (Quaker Hill) a farmer. He died 17 Oct., 1820. She died 23 Feb., 1830, aged 90. Children. 30. Wealthy, b. 4 April, 1761; m. 1st, Robinson Johnson; 2d, Nathan l!^ewben-y, 31. Jonathan, b. 30 Aug., 1763; died at sea at the age of 18. 32. Lucy, b. Feb., 1766; m. EK Widger. 33. Mary, b. 26 Feb., 1768; m. Heniy Dayton. 34. Almy, b. 10 July, 1770; m; Jonathan Lester. 35. Wilham, b. 7 June, 1772; m. Abigail . 36. Marcy, b. 14 jSTov., 1774; m. Russel Harding. 37. Christopher, b. 3 March, 1777; m. 1st, Sally Palmer; 2d, Frances (Green) Cutpepper. 38. Eunice, b. 10 June, 1779; lA. 1st, Rathbun; 2d, Harding; 8d, Perkins. 39. Stephen, b. 10 Oct., 1781; died young. BENJAMIN (26), b. 7 April,; 1752, son of Benjamin Green and Margaret Strickland; married 11 Jan., 1776, Abi- gail Dodge, b. 18 Aug., 1759. He settled in Waterford (Qua- ker Hill) a farmer. He died 14 Aug., 1839. She died 9 Sept., 1834. - : Children. 40. Sarah, b. 2 Sept., 1777; m. Elkanah Comstock. 41. Margaret, b. 27 July, 1779 ; m. Zebediah BoUes. 238 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. 42. Nancy, b. 5 March, 1783; m. Alexander Eogers. 43. Samuel, b. 30 Dec, 1784; m. Beteey Holmes. 44. Stephen, b. 1 Feb., 1794; m. Sarah BoUes. 45. Frances, b. 9 Sept., 1796; m. 1st, Malcolm Culpepper; 2(1, Christopher Green. WILLIAM (35), b. 7 June, 1772, son of Christopher Green and Mercy Stoddard; m. Abigail . He settled in the State of New York. Children. 46. William, b. 1799. 47. Jonathan, b. 48. Stephen, b. 49. Eodney, b. 50. Ray, b. 51. Leander, b. 52. Christopher, b. CHRISTOPHER (37), b. 3 March, 1777, son of Christo- pher Green and Mercy Stoddard; married 1st, Sally Palmer, b. 16 Oct., 1783, daughter of Elder Reuben Palmer. She died 21 April, 1823, and he afterwards married Frances (Green) Culpepper, his cousin. He settled in Waiterford, on the homestead' of his father. He died . Frances (Green) Culpepper had a daughter by her first husband, Mal- colm Culpepper, Frances Green, b. 29 Jan., 1815; married Thomas H. Finley of Waterford. Bath were living in 1896. SAMUEL (43), b. 30 Dec, 1784, son of Benjamin Green and Abigail Dodge; man-ied Betsey Holmes, b. aibout 1787, daughter of Dr. Seth W. Holm'es and Mary Bradford. He settled in Montville, living near Bartlett's Wharf; his land adjoined on the Thames River. He died 17 Jan., 1860. She died 28 April, 1R27. Children. 53. William Henry, b. 8 July, 1812; died unm. 54. John, b. 21 Aug., 1813; died unm. 55. Samuel, b. 11 Nov., 1815; m. Mary Ann Crandall. GREEN FAMILIES. 239 56. Mary Holmes, b. 20 Jan., 1817; m. Benjamin G. Rogers. 57. Isaac, b. 4 Feb., 1819; died at 19. 58. Abby Ann, b. 19 March, 1820; m. John P. Hempstead. 59. Harriet, b. i May, 1821; died unm. 60. Lovina L., b. 7 Aug., 1822; m. Nicholas 0. Stebbens. 61. Orrin, b. 20 Feb., 1827; died at sea at 17. STEPHElSr (44), b. 1 Feb., 1794, son of Benjamin Green and Abigail Dodge ; married Sarah Bolles, daughter of Joseph Bolles and Betsey Cobb. He settled in Waterford a fanner. Children. 62. Eliza, b. ; m. 1st, Banning; 2d, Wil- liam Thompson. 63. Joseph, b. about 1823; m. Brown. 64. "William, b. 1828; died unm. 65. Caroline, b. ; m. Stiles Crandall. 66. George, b. ; m. ; went South. CHESTER FAMILIES. In 1663 Captain Samuel Chester, " commander and own- er and factor in the West Indian trade," arrived in Boston, and located at iSTew London, at the same time carrying on some business in Boston for a few years. He was skilled in survey- ing as well as in navigation, which was of great service to him in laying out lands in the new settlements. Trusty, faith- ful, just, loyal, yet persistent in the right of colonies. He was esteemed as a judicious and worthy man. Being a sea captain in early life, he had visited foreign ports, trading among the people of foreign climes with good success. He had a large landed estate, partly on the east side of the river, now Groton, covering the ground where Fort Griswold and Groton Honument now stand; also large tracts to the north and south of Groton Point, now called Easte'm Point, on which his sons, Abraham, John, and Jonathan, settled and reared large families. Captain Samuel Chester also held a large tract of land in the North Parish of New London, now Montville, on which his grandson Joseph settled. Jonathan' Chester, son of Cap- tain Samuel, who married Mary Rogers^ 2 Jan., 1723-4, sold the land where Font Griswold stands to the government of the United States in 17Y7. A deed to Captain Samuel Chester was signed by IJncas, 13 June, 1683, of a grant of several thousand acres in Colchester. The name of Captain Samuel ' Chester's wife was Hannah . His children, whose names have been recovered, were 1st, John, b. about 1690; another child was baptized at New London, 29 May, 1692; 3d, Hannah, bap. 25 March, 1694; 4th, Jonathan,''' bap. 21 March, 1697. John Chester married 1st, Nov., 1716, Marcy StaiT, and had son, Joseph, b. 6 March, 1730, who married CHESTER FAMILIES. 241 first, Rachel Hillhouse, 4 April, 1753, daughter of Rev. James Hillhouse and Mary Fitch, had a daughter, Mary, b. 17 Jan., 1754, and died 11 June, 1765. Rachel, his wife, died 8 April, 1754. He afterwards married Elizabeth Otis, 21 April, 1757, daughter of Deacon Joseph Otis and Elizabeth Little. He settled in the Worth Parish of New London, now Montville, where he was a farmer and large landholder. Llis residence was on what is now called Raymond Hill. His land joined Christopher Manwaring's on the west, and John G. Llillhouse's on the east, and run from Stony Brook on the north to Oxoboxo Pond on the south. In 1775 he sold two hundred acres of land to Nathaniel Oomstock, adjoining the land of John G. Hillhouse. A great legal controversy grew out of a claim for land between the Hillhouse heirs and the Chester heirs, in rela- tion to the land which was claimed by the Chesters as rela- tives of the deceased child of Joseph Chester. This contro- versy continued many years in the courts, and was at last de- cided in favor of the Chesters. Deacon Joseph Chester was chosen an elder in the church 10 April, 1778. He died 4 Aug., 1803. She died 2 Nov., 1798. Children. 2. Joseph, b. 27 Jan., 1758; m. Elizabeth Lee. 3. Rachel, b. 12 June, 1759; m. Jared Comstock. 4. Elizabeth, b. 23 May, 1761; m. Ezekiel Eox. 5. Levi, b. 13 Feb., 1763; m. ; died 2 June, 1812. 6. Mercy, b. 5 Oct., 1764; m. 1st, Jonathan Whaley; 2d, Elisha Lord. 7. Otis, b. 24 Aug., 1766. 8. David, b. 23 April, 1768; m. Prudy Eox. 9. Mary, b. 27 Feb., 1770; m. Asahel Otis. 10. Mabel, b. 11 Nov., 1771: m. James Sterling, 8 Dec, 1795. 11. Caroline, b. 27 Aug., 1773; m. John Smith, 1 Oct., 1795. 12. John, b. 7 Oct., 1775; died 3 Oct., 1796, unm. 16 242 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. l;5. Olive, b. 12 March, 177Y; m. William Haughton, 23 Nov., 1Y96. 14. Lucinda, b. 3 Feb., 1779; died 19 Feb., 1801, unm. 15. Dorothy, b. 7 Feb., 1781; m. Dr. Ephraim Fellowes. 16. Anna, b. 21 July, 1783; died 26 Oct., 1803. 17. Sally, b. 12 Jan., 1785; m. Elisha Forsyth, 24 Feb., 1811. II. JOSEPH' (2), b. 27 Jan., 1758, son of Joseph Ches- ter and Elizabeth Otis; married 22 Sept., 1785, Elizabeith Leie, b. 25 May, 1757, daughter of Benjamin Lee and Mary Ely of Lyme. He was a farmer, and lived on a farm now located in Salem, then Montville. He was killed while excavating for a well near his house, by the falling of a rock under which he was digging, 2 April, 1791. She died 6 Jan., 1843. Children. 18. Lemuel, b. about 1786; m. Jerusha Clark. 19. Joseph, b. 31 Jan., 1788; m. Prudee Tracy. 20. Erastus, b. about 1790; m. Lydia Williams. II. DAVID(8), b. 23 April, 176S, son of Joseph Ches- ter and Elizabeth Otis; married 8 'Nov., 1797, Prudy Fox. Children. 21. Eliza, b. 4 April, 1799; m. Peters of Col. 22. John Fox, b. 8 Sept., 1801. 23. Sophia Maria, b. 8 July, 1803. 24. Charles, b. III. LEMUEL (18), b. about 1786, son of Joseph Ches- ter and Elizabeth Lee; m. Jerusha Clark. , Children. 25. Francis, b. ; m. Dr. Raymond. 2(). Hubbard, b. ; m. ; died 18 Aug., 1846. 27. Joanna, b. ; m. George Miller. 28. Tcinu4t, b. ; m. EoUo. 2i). EllcTi, b. ; m. Durey. 30. Gertrude, b. ; m. WoodhuU. CHESTER FAMILIES. 243 III. JOSEPH (19), b. 31 Jan., 1788, son of Joseph Chester and Elizabeth Lee; married 10 Sept., 1811, Prudee Tracy, b. 20 Feb., 1789, at Franklin, daughter of Eleazer Tracy and Prudee Rogers of ISTorwich. He was a merchant in Norwich. He died at iN^orwich 30 Jan., 1832. She after- wards removed in 1835, with most of her children, to Rome, Ohio, where she married Rev. John Hall. She died 6 Oct., 1853, at Norwich, while there on a visit with her friends, and was buried by the side of her first husband. Children. 31. Albert Tracy, b. 16 June, 1812; m. Elizabeth Stanley. 32. Harriet Newell, b. 27 Sept., 1814; died 23 April, 1815. 33. Charles Huntington, b. 14 Oct., 1816; m. Julia A. Thomas. 34. Harriet Lee, b. 31 Jan., 1819; died 1 April, 1820. 36. Joseph Lemuel, b. 30 April, 1821; m. Catherine H. Hubbard. 36. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 21 Nov., 1823; m. Benjamin S. Stone. 37. Leonard Hendee, b. 1 Oct., 1825; m. Lucy C. Thurs- ton. 38. Anson Grleason, b. 25 July, 1827; m. Mary T. Stains. HI. ERASTUS-" (20), b. about 1790, son of Joseph Chester and Elizabeth Lee; married 29 March, 1812, Lydia Williams. They removed to Ashtabula County, Ohio, 25 May, 1827, where he died in March, 1877. Children. 39. ElLzabeith, b. 8 Jan., 1813; m. Elijah Crosby. 40. Joseph, b. 13 Oct., 1815; m. Hanuah McMaster. 41. Laura Maria, b. 23 March, 1817; m. WilLLam Lock- wood. 42. Mary Jane, b. 6 Aug., 1819; m. Rev. Alexander Den- ney. 43. Hezekiah Griswold, b. 27 April, 1821; m. Laiira Wilcox. 44. Erastus, b. 2 March, 1823; m. Mary Metcalf. 45. Albert, b. 1 April, 1825; m. Ann Maria Lee. MANWAEING FAMILIES. Oliver ]\fanwaring, the first American ancestor of tlie name, was born in England about 1633. He cam© to ISTew London about 1664 and bought a 'house lot of eleven acres, a portion of which containing the house plot and garden it is said has never been alienated by the family, but was in 1890 still in the possession of a descendant in the direct male line. He married Hannah Raymond, daughter of Richard Ray- mond. She connected herself with the church, in New Lon- don in 1671, at which time she had four of the children bap- tized. Previous to the death of Joshua Raymond, Mr. Manwar- ing had bargained mth Mr. Raymond for a tract of land in the iSTorth Parish of New London. Mr. Raymond dying be- fore the deed of conveyance was executed, it was not until after 1704 that a title to the same was obtained. The vndow of Mr. Raymond petitioned the General Court for authority to convey the land, which petition was granted, and convey- ance made. She died 18 Dec, 1717. He died 3 Nov., 1723. Children. 9, Hannaih, b. 3. Elizabeth, b. 4. Prudence, b. 5. Love, b. 6. Richai'd, bap. 13 July, 1673; m. Eleanor Jeimings. 7. Judith, bap. April, 1676. 8. Oliver, bap. Feb., 1678; m. Hannah Hough. 9. Bathsheba, bap. 9 May, 1680. 10. Anna, bap. 18 June, 1682. 11. Mary, b. MANWAKING FAMILIES. 245 II. RICHARD (6), bap. 13 July, 1673, son of Oliver Manwaring and Hannah Raymond; married 25 May, ITIO, Eleanor Jennings, daughter of Richard Jennings and Eliza- beth Reynolds, who emigrated from Barbadoes and settled at New London. He is said to have built the second grist mill erected in the town of New London, which was located at " the falls of Jordan Brook, w^here it falls into the cove," about the year 1712. He had a son (12) Christopher, b. 1 Sept., 1722, who married 31 Jan., 1745, Deborah Denison, b. 9 Dec, 1721, eldest daughter of Major Robert Denison and Deborah Grriswold. He settled at New London, where he died in 1801. She died 22 March, 1816. Ohildreii. 13. Robert, b. 16 Dec, 1745; m. 1st, Elizabeth Rogers; 2d, Elizabeth (Baker) Raymond, widow of Josiah; 3d, Susanna (Hubbard) Bushnell. 14. Deborah, b. 3 Sept., 1747; died at an advanced age, unm. 15. Hannah, b. 3 Oct., 1749; died at an advanced age, unm. 16. Eleanor, b. 12 Sept., 1751; died young. 17. Anna, b. 11 Sept., 1753; died young. 18. Elizabeth, b. 26 Sept., 1754; m. Nathaniel Hempstead. 19. Asa, b. 28 Nov., 1756; died 20 March, 1779, unm. 20. Rogers, b. 27 Aug., 1758; m. widow Ruth Crocker, 6 July, 1797. 91. Sybil, b. 14 June, 1760; died young. 22. Sarah, b. 1 April, 1762; m. Andrew Huntington; 2d vyife. 23. John, b. 21 March, 1765; m. Eleanor Raymond. 24. Lois, b. 16 Aug., 1767; m. Andrew Huntington, 1st vrife. They settled at Montville, where she died, leaving children. II. OLIVER (8), bap. 2 Eeb., 1678, second son of Oliver Manwaring and Hannah Raymond; married 15 March, 1705, Hannaih Hough, b. at New London 30 June, 1688, daughter of Captain John Hough and Sarah Post. 246 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 25. Eicliard, b. 10 Jan., 1707. 'JC. , b. 17 Sept., 1708; m. Kebecca G-ager, daugbter of Samuel Gager and Kebecca (Lay) Raymond, "widow of David Raymond. 27. Oliver, b. 24 Jan., 1711; m. Mary Smith, daughter of Nehemiah Smith of Lyme. 28. Samuel, b. 25 Aug., 1713. 29. Hannah, b. 27 Feb., 1716; m. Jedediah Caulkins. 30. Sarah, b. 9 Aug., 1718; m. Simeon Gager. 31. John, b. 28 Jime, 1721; m. Elizabeth . 32. Anna, b. 20 Nov., 1723; m. Thomas Marshall. 33. Elizabeth, b. 11 July, 1727. 34. Jabez, b. 12 Jan., 1730; m. Mercy Miner. IV. ROBERT (13), b. 16 Dec., 1745, son of Christo- pher Manwaring and Deborah Denison; married 8 Oct., 1772, Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of James Rogers and Grace Har- ris. She died about 1790. He then married Elizabeth (Baker) Raymond, daughter of Joshua Baker and Abigail Bliss, and widow of Joeiah Raymond. She died at Norwich, 13 Feb., 1802. He afterwards married Susannah (Hubbard) Bushnell, daughter of Russel Hubbard. He died at Norwich, 29 March, 1807. She died at Windham, 19 April, 1814. Children by Elizabeth Rogers. 35. Christopher, b. 13 Dec., 1774; m. Sarah Bradley. 36. Frances, b. 6 Nov., 1776; m. Joshua Caulkins in 1792, son of Jonathan Caulkins and Lydia Smith. He died at New London in 1795, while on a trading voyage to San Domingo. They had three children, 1st, Parmelia, b. 19 April, 1793; she died at New London, 16 June, 1883; 2d, Frances Manwaring, b. 26 April, 1795. She was a literary writer and poet- ess, and the distinguished author of the History of New London, and of Norwich. She died at New London. After the death of her first 'husband, Mrs. Frances (Manwaring) Caulkins married 18 Sept., 1807, Philemon Havens, and had four other chil- MANWARING FAMILIES. 247 dren: 1st, Robert. Man-waring, b. 28 June, 1808, at Norwicli; married 20 April, 1840, Adeline Clark of Vermont; 2d, Philemon, h. 21 July, 1810; died at Norwich, 6 July, 1816; 3d, Henry P., b. 11 Peb., 1815, at ISTorwicli; m. 23 Peb., 1840, Elizabeth Douglass, b. 14 July, 1817, daughter of Robert Douglass of Waterford. He was a merchant at 'New Jjondon, where he was several years engaged in the whaling business. He was mayor of the city, and superintendent of the Second Congregational Sunday-school, and for many years before his death had a Sunday-school at Jordan, in which he took a great interest. He died much respected and greatly lamented in 18Y6; 4th, Elizabeth, b. 14 Peb., 1819; died 30 April, 1842. Children. 37. Elizabeth, b. 22 June, 1778; m. William Raymond. 38. Eleanor, b. 22 Dec, 1780; died young. 39. Lucretia. b. 28 Oct., 1783; m. Henry IsTevins, 10 June, 1805. 40. Phebe, b. 18 March, 1786; died young. Child by Elizabeth. 41. Caleb Baker, b. 21 Jan., 1802; m. Lydia Wickwire in 1827; settled in western !N"ew York; had one child. IV. ROGER (20), b. 27 Aug., 1758, son of Christopher Manwaring and Deborah Denison; married 6 July, 1797, Wid- ow Ruth Crocker. He first settled at Montville, a farmer. He afterwards removed to Waterford, where he died in March, 1836. She died 17 Jan., 1854. Children. 42. Elisha, b. 21 May, 1798; he was a lunatic, and died unm. 43. Silas, b. 10 Feb., 1800; m. 44. Asa, b. 11 April, 1802; m. a Widow Crocker. 45. Ezra, b. 22 April, 1804, at Montville. 46. Mary, b. at Montville. 248 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. IV. JOI-m (23), b. 21 Marck, 1765, son of Okristo- plier Manwaring and Deborah Denison; married 21 Mai-ch, J 7 DO, Eleanor Raymond, daugbter of Jobn Raymond and Elizabeth Griswold. He was a farmer in Montville. He was killed by a fall in 1811. She died at Greenfield, Iowa, in Aug., 1820. Children. 47. Robert, b. 27 Oct., 1791; m. Martha Haskins. 48. Hannah Lynde, b. 29 May, 1793; m. Gurdon Water- man. ■ 49. John, b. 23 Sept., 1795; m. Eliza Chnrch. 60. Julia, b. 23 April, 1797; m. 1st, James Jones; 2d, Dr. Gideon S. Bailey. 51. Eleanor, b. 11 April, 1790; m. 1st, Peck; 2d, Charles Patrick. 52. Harriet, b. 24 March, 1802; m. Russel Griffen. 53. Hynes, b. 25 April, 1804. He was a soldier in the U. S. Army, and died in 1829. V. JOHN (49), b. 23 Sept., 1795, son of John Man- waring and Eleanor Raymond; m. 21 Eeb., 1825, Eliza Church, b. 2 April, 1800, daughter of Peleg Church and Mary Leach. He was a large landholder m Montville. His lands lay along the north 'and west sides of Oxoboxo pond. He was also a cat- tle drover, and dealt in the purchase and sale of ca1;tle, horses, and mules, often shipping them to foreign ports. He died 5 April, 1846, at Connellsville, Pa., while on a trip to purchase cattle. His wife died in Montville, 10 Jan., 1890. Children. 54. Eliza, b. 28 Feb., 1826; m. 22 Dec., 1850, John R. Stan- ton, son of Rowland Stanton of JSTorwich. He was a cattle and horse trader, and resided at East Great Plain in Norwich. They had two children. 55. James H., b. 19 Sept., 1827. He has never married; has lived on the old hoonestead since the death of his father. He keeps a large stock of cattle and horses on the fann, and does a large business in trading stock. He was living in 1896. MANWARING FAMILIES. 249 5G. Eleanor, h. 20 Dec, ; m. her cousin, Eobert Man- waring. 57. Jokn, b. 35 March, 1833; ni. Mercy Eaymond, 27 May, 18G3, daughter of Riciiard Eyayiuond and Julia Ann Gardner. He settled in NoTwich, where he is a thrifty farmer. His children were: 1. Infant son, b. 9 March, 1864; died 10 March, 1864. 2. John, b. 16 Oct., 1865. Keeps a sale stable at ISTorwieh, Conn., 1896. 3. Estelle, b. 6 Sept., 1868; m. 11 Nov., 1890,. Dwight Kelsey; had son, b. 28 Jan., 1893. She died 10 April, 1894. 4. Infant son, b. 22 Feb., 1871 ; died 27 Feb., 1871. 5^. ler Jay, b. 29 Dec, 1872. Received degree of M.D. at "Woman's Medical College, Phil., Pa., 8 May, 1895. IV. ELIZABETH (18), b. 26 Sept., 1754, daughter of Christopher Man waring and Deborah Denison, married 26 Aug., 1777, ISTathaniel Hempstead of ISTew London, b. 7 Feb., 1753. They had two sons and three daughters, 1st, ISTathan- iel, b. 2 Sept., 1780; 2d, Christopher, b. 17 April, 1787; 3d, Elizabeth, b. 7 JSTov., 1778; 4th, Anna, b. 2 May, 1784, and Hannah, b. 13 April, 1792. V. CHEISTOPHER (35), b. 13 Dec, 1774, son of Robert Manwaring and Elizabeth Rogers; m. 1st, Sarah Brad- ley, 5 Nov., 1797, daughter of Joshua Bradley. She died 30 Oct., 1805. He then married for his second wife Mary "Wolcott, daughter of Dr. Simon "Wolcott and Lucy Rogers, 21 Jan., 1807. She died 4 Dec, 1832. Children by Elizabeth. 58. Sally, b. 25 Oct., 1798; died 2 Nov., 1798. 59. Christopher C, b. 14 Dec, 1799; m. Catherine J. Hins- dale. 250 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. CO. Lucretia, b. 16 Oct., 1803; m. JSTatla'aii Colver. 61. Infant son, b. 5 Sept., 1805; died tbe next day. Children by Mary. 62. Simon, b. 30 Sept., 1809; m. Sarah Banta, 2 ISTov., 1837, and had 1st, Mary Ellen, b. 7 Sept., 1838 ; m. George Allison; 2d, Sarah Frances, b. 19 March, 1841; died 8 Sept., 1847; 3d, Hester Julia, b. 16 June, 1843; m. William G. Allison; 4th, Caroline, b. 12 Dec., 1845; m. Louis De Santler; 5th, Martha Pitkin, b. 18 Aug., 1849; m. Augustus Foster. 63. Robert Alexander, b. 2 Aug., 1811; m. 15 May, 1845, Ellen Barber, dau. of Hon. l^oyes Barber and Mary Elizabeth (Chester) Smith. He was a physician in New London. Dr. Manwaring was 'the leading physician in New London, and a successful practi- tioner. He died at Xew London, 1 Sept., 1890. He left one son, Wolcott Barber, b. 30 May, 1847, who was living at ~Rew London in 1896, unm. TURNER FAMILIES. Thomas Turner, born about 1700 at Scituate, Mass., was 7^ probably tlie son of ISI'athan Turner, grandson of Thomas and great-grandson of Humphrey Turner. Humphrey Turner, Avith his wife Lydia and some children, emigi-ated from Eng- land (tradition says from Essex) land landed at Plymouth in 1628. In 1633 he became one of the first settlers of Scituate, Mass. He had six sons and tAvo daiighters, their namies not having been recovered. Thomas Tiirner settled at ISTew Lon- don about 1Y20, and married, 23 ISTov., 1727, Patience BoUes, daughter of John BoUes and Sarah Edgecombe, by whom he had nine children. She died about 1760. He lafterwards mairied, 8 Dec, 1770, Mary Waterhouse, widow of John Waterhouse. He died in 179|, aged 92 years. Children. 2. John, b. 29 July, 1728; m. Bathsheba Whipple. 3. Sarah, b. 15 ISTov., 1729 ; m. Whipple. 4. Delama, b. 19 Oct., 1731; m. Gideon Comstock. 5. Mathew, b. 12 Oct., 1733; m. 1st, Mary Eargo; 2d, Elizabeth Smith. 6. Patience, b. 1735; m. ISTathaniel Chappell. 7. Mercy, b. 27 April, 17.40; m. Moses Eargo. 8. Samuel, b. 6 March, 1741 ; m. Whipple. 9. Zipporalh, b. 1 ISTov., 1743; m. IS^orman Lester. 10. DeHght, b. 4 Feb., 1757; m. Nathaniel Hubbard. IL JOHN" (2), b. 29 July, 1728, son of Thomas Turner and Patience BoUes; m. 1 Nov., 1750, Bathsheba Whipple, b. 6 June, 1731, daughter of Zecheriah Whipple. n wrva \ 262 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 11. John, I). 1C> Nov., 1751; m. Mary JSTewson. He was lost at sea. 12. Elizabeth, b. 16 June, 1753. 13. James, b. 5 Jan., 1757. 14. Thomas, b. 11 June, 1759. II. MATIIEW (5), b. 12 Oct., 1733, son of Thomas Tur- ner and Patience BoUes; married Mary Fargo. She was a / sister of Deacon Robert Fargo of Montville. She died . He afterwards married, 14 Feb., 1760, Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Jonathan Smith. He was a farmer, and settled in the North Parish of New London in the vicinity of the old Bap- tist church. Child by Mary. * 15. Isaac, b. 2 April, 1754; m. Anna Comstock. Children by Elizabeth. 16. Mary, b. 22 Nov., 1760; m. Joshua Douglass. ^ 17. Peregreen, b. 2 Nov., 1762; m. Abigail Forsyth. 18. Eliziabeth, b. 2 Aug., 1765; m. William Tinker. ^ 19. Jonathan, b. 20 May, 1768; m. Lois Gilbert. 20. John, b. 19 Jan., 1771 ; m. Sabra Tinker. ■ 21. Mathew, b. 16 June, 1773; m. Abigail Chapel. ^ 22. David, b. 10 April, 1776; m. Lois Baker. 23. Sarah, b. 4 Aug., 1779; m. Calvin Bolles. x 24. James, b. 13 July, 1781; m. Mary Baker. IIL ISAAC (15), b. 2 April, 1754, son of Mathew Turner and Mary Fargo; married in 1776, Anna Comstock, daixghter of Lancaster. Comstock and Mary Smith. He was a farmer, and was a prominent man in to^vn affairs, and held important town offices. He died 13 Nov., 1829. She died 30 June, 1831. Children. 25. (ruy, b. 7 June, 1778; m. Grace Comstock. 26. Maiy, b. 7 April, 1781; m. Samuel Eathbone. TURNER FAMILIES. 253 37. Giles, b. 30 Oct., 1783; m. Eunice Comstock. 28. Isaac, b. 5 April, 1786; m. Esther Comstock. 29. Nancy, b. 11 Sept., 1788; m. Jomatban Comstock. 30. Jared, b. 1 April, 1790: m. ISTancy Stebbins. 31. Elizabeth, b. 22 Oct., 1793; m. Samuel Comstock. 2. Mercy Maria, b. 29 Jan., 1795; m. Gideon Palmer. o III. JONATHAN (19), b. 20 May, 1768, son of Mathew Turner and Elizabeth Smith; m. Lois Gilbert, dau. of Jonathan Gilbert. Children. 33. Gilbert, b. 34. Nancy, b. 35. Louisa, b. IIL MATHEW (21), b. 16 June, 1773, son of Ma- thew Turner and Elizabeth Smith; m. 19 July, 1795, Abi- gail Chapel, daughter of Ezekiel Chapel and Sarah Gard- ner. He was a farmer, and o-wned a large farm in the town of Salem in Chesterfield Society. He died there 1 June, 1866, aged 93 years. She died 17 March, 1858, aged 81 years. Children. 39. Harriet, b. 8 Eeb., 1800; m. Israel Newton. 40. Hubbard, b. 1 Sept., 1802; died 3 Nov., 1837. 41. Amy Chapel, b. 24 Oct., 1804; died in childhood. 42. Sophrona, b. 1 Sept., 1806; died in childhood. 43. Lvman, b. 24 Sept., 1S09; m. Martha Lewis. 44. John, b. 10 Oct., 1816; died 1 Jan., 1843. III. DAVID (22), b. 10 April, 1776, son of Mathew Turner and Elizabeth Smith; m. 26 Nov., 1797, Lois Ba- ker, daughter of Josiah Baker and Abigail Leffingwell. He settled at Colchester, was a prominent and successful busi- ness-man and much respected. He died 16 Aug.,. 1820, at New London. She died at Montville, 12 Aug., 1853. 254 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 45. Elizabeth, b. 5 Feb., 1799; m. 1 March, 1842, Kev. John AVilliams Salter, b. 28 Jan., 1Y98, son of General John Salter of Alanisfield. He was a graduate of Yale College, class of 1818. He was a Congregational minister, and 'acting pastor of the First Congregational church in Montville from 184Y to April 1, 185S. He removed to Manches- ter, his native place, in 1860, and died there 6 July, 1869. She died . 46. Josiah' Baker, b. 10 April, 1801; m. 15 July, 1822, Julia Hubbard Tsham of New London, and had three children, Lucretia Hubbard, Elizabeth, Sa- rah Eose. He died at St. Louis, 16 Oct., 1846. 47. David Smith, b. 27 July, 1804; m. 23 Dec, 1828, Mary Ann Lord of l^ew York City, and had five children, David Lord, Harriet Lord, Louisa Eliza- beth, and two died in infancy. 48. Francis Gardner, b. 20 May, 1807; died at Colches- ter, 12 ISTov., 1837, unm. 49. Jonathan Trumbull, b. 17 June, 1809; m. 15 ISTov., 1833, Adelaide Richards of ISTew London, and had eight children, John, who died in infancy, John, Francis Gardner, Charles Prentis, Leonard Eich- ards, Elizabeth Huntington, Halrlet Adelaiide, Marvin "Wait. in. JAMES (24), b. 13 July, 1781, son of Mathew Turner and Elizabeth Smith; m. 14 July, 1805, Mary Ba- ker, daughter of Josiah Baker and Abigail Leffingwell. He was a fanner, and lived in Chestei-field Society. She died 11 July, 1855, and he died 14 May, 1859. Children. 50. Mary Kmilv, b. 10 Jan., 1807; m. John M. Latimer. 51. Abby Ann', b. 29 .Vug., ISOS; m. Mulford C. Ray- mond. 52. Almira, b. 5 Sept., 1810; m. 20 Jan., 1831, Robert Fargo, b. 12 Feb., 1799. They had one daUgh- TURNER FAMILIES. 255 ter, Mary, b. 15 June, 1833. She married Or- lando ]Sr. Raymond. 53. James Henry, b. 22 Oct., 1812; m. Jane Clark. 54. Laura Eansom, b. 9 Eeb., 1815; m. "William Wbaley. 55. Mathew, b. 27 April, 1817; m. Amanda Jackson. 56. Peregx-ine, b. 10 Aug., 1819; m. Romelia Potter. 57. David, b. 30 Sept., 1821; m. 58. Emeline Smith, b. 5 May, 1825; m. Jared Turner. IV. GUY (25), b. 7 June, 1778, son of Isaac Turner and Anna Comstock; m. 8 Dec., 1799, Grace Comstock, daughter of Peter Comstock and Sarah Mirick. He was a merchant, and settled in New London. He died 18 March, 1833. She died 27 April, 1852, aged 74 years. Children. 59. Anna, b. 7 April, 1800; m. Wanton A. Weaver. 60. Sarah, b. 8 April, 1802; died 20 Dec., 1817. 61. Peter Comstock, b. 15 June, 1804; m. 1st, Mary Ma- son; 2d, 62. Isaac, b. 12 Oct., 1806; lost at sea 5 Dec, 1831, in the Schooner Alabama on her passage to Mobile. 63. Emily, b. 4 Jime, 1808; died 25 Jan., 1818. 64. Elisha, b. in Jan., 1811; died 9 Jan., 1818. 65. Guy, b. in Aug., 1812; died 12 June, 1815. 66. Maria Louisa, b. 15 July, 1815; m. William P. Ben- jamin. 67. Elizabeth, b. 1817; died yoimg. 68. Charles, b. 1 Dec, 1819; died 4 Oct., 1832. IV. GILES (27), b. 30 Oct., 1783, son of Isaac Tur- ner and Anna Comstock; m. in 1807, Eunice Comstock, daughter of Oliver Comstock and Amy Comstock. He was a farmer, and owned a well-cultivated farm in Montville. He was a man of integrity, a member of the Baptist church, and held important ofHces of trust in his native town. She died 16 March, 1862. He died at Montville, 10 Feb., 1864. 256 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 69. Almira, b. 30 July, 1808; m. Albert G. Darrow. 70. Jane M., b. 26 Dec, 1811; m. Cliristopher C. Loomis. 71. Samuel R, b. 28 Sept., 1813; m. Hannab Butler. 72. Catherine C, b. 25 Sept., 1816; died 20 Aug., 1835, unm. 73. Lucy Ann, b. 6 March, 1819. 74. Giles F., b. 6 Feb., 1823; died 24 Aug., 1846, luim. 75. Horaoe, b. 28 May, 1824; died 30 IsTov., 1827. 76. Julia Theresa, b. i9 May, 1826; m. Kev. George K. Darrow. 77. William C, b. 30 May, 1828; m. Sarah H. Latimer. IV. ISAAC (28), b. 5 April, 1786, son of Isaac Turner and Anna Comstock; m. Esther Comstock, daughter of Oli- ver Comstock and Amy Comstock. He was a farmer and merchant. He was a large landholder and land speciilator, living at Montville, his native town. He died suddenly, 8 April, 1832. She died 22 Feb., 1856. Children. 78. Timothy Whitman, b. 16 Feb., 1809; m. Tabathy Buddington. 79. Mary Caroline, b. in April, 1811; m. 1st, Benjamin Jerome; 2d, John P. Wheeler. 80. James Laurence, b. in Aug., 1813; m. Sarah A. Palmer. 81. Henry, b. 1 Feb., 1816; m. A.senith Mchols. 82. Emily, b. 8 'May, 1818; m. John G. Baker. 83. Sarah, b. in Jan., 1821; died 2 March, 1857, unm. 84. John, b. 5 June, 1823; m. Maria Theresa Palmer. 85. Isaac, b. 1826; m. Lucy Geer. 86. Guy, b. in Feib., 1829; m. Eleanor Green. IV. JARED (30), b. 1 April, 1790, son of Isaac Tur- ner and Anna Comstock; m. ^NTaney Stebbins, daughter of Edward Stebliins and Ann Bishop. He was a farmer and merchant, and settled in East Lyme. She died 6 Sept., 1851. He died 18 Jan., 1861. TURNER FAMILIES. 257 L CMldren. 87. Nancy Maria, b. 20 Oct., 1814; m. Peter H. Com- fefcock. 88. Harriet, b. 24 May, 1817 ;m. Jobn D. Otis. 89. Henry E., b. 1 Sept., 1819; m. Mariette S. Fitcb. 90. Albert G., b. 18 Sept., 1821; died yonng. 91. Jared, b. 6 Dec, 1823; m. Emeline S. Turner. 92. Mary Ann, b. 8 Jan., 1829; died 18 March, 1832. IV. LTMAIST (43), b. 24 Sept., 1809, son of Matbew Turner :and Abigail Cbapel; married in Sept., 1842, Martba Lewis. Ske died JSTov., 1861. He died 21 Feb., 1864. Cbildren. 93. Jobn, b. 94. Mary, b. 95. Elizaibetb, b. 96. Bell, b. IV. JAMES HENEY (53), b. 22 Oct., 1812, son of James Turner and Mary Baker; m. Jane Clark, and bad children. Children. 97. James, b. 98. John C, b. 99. Lucy, b. IV. MATHEW (55), b. 27 April, 1817, son of James Turner and Mary Baker; m. 14 Sept., 1848, Amanda Jack- son. Children. ■ 100. Mary E., b. 26 July, 1849. 101. Jared E., b. 23 Oct., 1850. 102. Janette, b. 2 Feb., 1853; died 2 Aug., 1868. 103. James M., b. 7 Oct., 1855. 104. ISTellie, b. 23 Aug., 1862; died 16 April, 1863. i"';i " ■ ' ■ 17 258 HISTOEY OF MONTVILLE. V. PETER COMSTOCK (61), b. 15 June, 1804, son of Quj Turner and Grace Comstock; married 19 NoiV., 1826, Mary Mason. She died 23 June, 1834. He after- wards married, 15 Oct., 1835, Mary Ann Mason. He set- tled at New London, and was cashier in the Whaling Bank a number of years, and afterwards in the First National Bank. He died in 1883. Children by Mary. 105. Peter C, b. 10 Dec, 1827; died young. 106. Mary M., b. 29 April, 1829; m. Samuel L. Oomstock, 1853. 107. Peter 0., b. 28 July, 1831. 108. Charles, b. 20 April, 1834. Children by Mary Ann. 109. Frederick M., b. 12 July, 1837. 110. Francis M., b. 6 Dec., 1839; died in 1843. 111. Grace, b. 23 Feb., 1842; m. Frajik H. Ames. 112. Luther G., b. 8 June, 1845. 113. Elisha, b. 114. Alice S., b. 15 Dec, 1849. V. SAMUEL E. (71), b. 28 Sept., 1813, son of Giles Turner and Eunice Oomstock; m. 16 May, 1837, Hannaih Butler. Children. 115. Partha, b. 9 Feb., 1838. 116. George B., b. 13 Noy., 1840. 117. Frederick S., b. 28 Sept., 1842. 118. Charles H., b. 6 Jan., 1845. 119. Edward H., b. 27 Aug., 1849. V. WILLIAM 0. (77), b. 30 May, 1828, son of Giles Turner and Eunice Oomstock; m. 10 March, 1856, Sarah H. Latimer, dan. of Joseph LI. Latimer and Theresa Tinker. He first settled at ]\ront-^'ille, where he was a farmer. He afterwards removed to New York, where he engaged in the hose business, and where both were living in 1896. TURNER FAMILIES. 259 CMldren. 120. Minnie M.., h. 27 Aug., 1859. 121. G-eorge Edwin, b. 1 Eeb., 1860. V. TIMOTHY WHITMAN (78), b. 16 Feb., 1809, son of Isaac Turner and Esther Comstock; m. 11 Oct., 1842, Tabatby Buddington. He was a mercbant, first at Uncas- ville, and afterwards a merchant and postmajster at Groton Bank. He died at Groton in 1880. Had one daughter, 122. Mary, b. 19 July, 1843. JAMES L. (80), b. Aug., 1813, son of Isaac Turner and Esther Comstock; m. 27 Dec., 1835, Sarah Ann Palmer, daughter of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner. Children. 123. Sarah Ann, b. 124. James Lawrence, b. 125. Emma Bile, b. 126. Mary, b. 127. William, b. 128. Julius T., b. 129. Wendell E., b. HElSTiY (81), b. 1 Feb., 1816, son of Isaac Turner and Esther Oomstock; m. 25 May, 1846, Aseneth Mchols. She died at N'orwich, 24 April, 1854. He was a merchant at ISTorwich. He died at South Norwalk, 7 Sept., 1876. Children. 130. Henry E., b. 31 March, 1847. 131. Charles K, b. 20 March, 1849. JOHlSr (84), b. 5 June, 1823, son of Isaac Turner and Esther Comstock; m. Maria Theresa Palmer, daughter of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner. He was a silk cord manufacturer at JSTorwich, where he died. 260 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Children. 132. Tberesa, b. 6 Dec, 1851; died 12 July, 1854. r.V.i. John Huntington, b. 15 Oct., 1856; died 2 Nov., 1875. 134. Frank Comstock, b. 29 Oct., 1868. 135. Maria Cornelia, b. 17 Mav, 1861. 136. Lillian, b. 7 Aug., 1863; died 18 July, 1864. 137. Isaac Emerson, b. 7 Aug., 1865. ISAAC (85), b. 1826, son of Isaac Turner and Esther Comstock; m. 31 May, 1853, Lucy Almira Geer, daughter of Holibut W. Geer. He first settled at Montville, a mer- chant; was engaged in the grocery business at Palmertown, a member of the firm of Palmer, Turner & Co. He after- wards removed to ISTorwich, and engaged in the silk-cord manufacturing; was living in 1896. Children. 138. Isaac Worthington, b. 19 Aug., 1854. 139. Hattie Esther, b. 12 June, 1856; died 23 Maroh, 1868. 140. George Green, b. 9 JSTov., 1857; died 4 Oct., 1868. 141. Annie Louisa, b. 28 May, 1869. 142. Edward Guy, b. 15 July, 1870. GUY (86), b. Feb., 1829, son of Isaac Turner and Esther Comstock; m. 22 April, 1857, Eleaner Green. He died 26 April, 1874, leaving one daughter, 143. Ada G. L., b. 25 July, 1859. o w B > VALLET FAMILIES. There is a maze about the early history of this family, owing to a deficiency of record to substantiate that "which is traditional, and there are also incidents that appear a little romantic, causing much perplexity to the historian. How- ever, if the traditions of this family history, together with the few incidental facts of record, are to be taken as sub- stantially true, the case is apparently clear. It is an established fact that about the middle of the eighteenth century there were three persons bearing the name of Jeremiah Vallet. The eldest one is supposed to have come from Khode Island and to have settled in the North Parish of ISTew London, and tradition says that the two others were his sons. Jeremiah Vallet the first, was probably bom about 1713. The place of his birth and parentage are unknown. He was a mariner and sea captain, and went on long voyages, but to what ports he sailed for, or from what ports he sailed from, is also not ascertained. That he made such voyages, the in- cidents in his history fully show. Tradition says that he was married to Mary Hammond, daughter of Isaac Ham- mond, a resident of the North Parish of New London, about 1739. By this marriage a son was bom, whom they named Jeremiah, bom about 1740. As the story goes, Captain Jeremiah Vallet soon after bis marriage went on a sea voy- age, expecting to return within a year. The time of his ex- pected return came, but no news from the captain was ever received. Several years passed, and the wife hearf nothing from her husband, and gave up all expectations of ever seeing the captain again, and concluded that he was dead. During the time of his absence she managed to sup- 262 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. port herself and son by taking boarders. Among her board- ers was a man by tbe name of Tbomas Adams, a sbipwrigbt. The wife, supposing her husband to be dead, put on the em- blem of mourning. After a proper tinie, this Thomas Adams proposed marriage, to which she consented. This marriage took place about the year 1744. Their first child, Mary, was born 21 Sept., 1745. Soon after the birth of this child, and while the happy couple were in the full enjoyment of their married life, one day Captain Vallet walked into his former home, and was much surprised upon finding that his wife had married an- other man. The two husbands, however, had a quiet talk over the matter. Mr. Adams was quite unwilling to give up his supposed lawful wife, and she thought it cruel. that her first husband should insist upon her abandoning her sec- ond husband, as she said, " I have mourned for jou for years as being dead." " Well," said Captain Yallet, " your claims are both reasonable, and I will consent to the separation on two conditions : First, the boy which is my son shall be given up to me, and second, both of you must leave this place, and seek a home in other parts." To this the second husband and wife consented, and at once removed to East Windsor, Conn., where they settled, and there were bom to them three sons and five daughters. The eldest daughter, Mary, was married on 1 May, 1766, to Thomas Allen, son of Azeriah, born in Enfield, Conn., 14 May, 1746. Jonathan Allen, son of Ebenezer, bom in Enfield, Conn., 22 June, 1755; mar- ried Sarah Adams, another daughter of Thomas Adams and Mary (Hammond) Vallet. She was born at East Windsor, 16 April, 1753. All were respectable persons, and their de- scendants have been men and women of good standing and moral qualities. Captain Vallet again married, settled in Montville, a fanner. The land records ghoAv that in March, 1748, Jere- miah Vallet purchased land of Ezra Dodge, for which he paid 205 lbs. 13s. He afterwards bought other lan:ds in the vi- VALLET FAMILIES. 263 cinity of his first purchase. On this land he lived until his death in 1795. His inventory bears date Dec. 1st, 1Y93, com- prising 180 acres of land, valued art £540, and personal prop- erty at £161. Captain Jeremiah Yallet was a cripple for several years before his death, caused by a fall from his horse, as he was riding across the lots from his home to his neighbors, Benja- min Ativell. It being very icy, the horse slipped and fell upon his rider, breaking one of his legs. It is said that Jere- miah Vallet, Jr., would occasionally visit his mother and half brothers and sisters, and were always friendly with each other. After the death of Captain Vallet, Luther Allen, son of Moses Allen and Mary Adams, made a visit to his uncle, Jeremiah Vallet, at Montville. The foUo'wing is a copy of a part of a letter written by Luther to his parents, while on a visit to his uncle in 1800. Montville, Thursday, 20 Feb., 1800. Dear Parents and Loving Friends: With the tender feelings of a dutiful child to a kind parent, and a heart that is welling with love towards my Be- nevolent Benefactors, I indite these lines to inform you that your son (L) is in good health and this day in Montville, and accompanied with our Real Friends (Mr. Vallet and Family). We are all in good health, and earnestly desire these to reach you enjoying so great a Blessing. I Received the Receipt of your favor on Thursday last, at half past eight in the even- ing. I was then at Newport, Rhode Island. I came eight miles that night, and took the Stage next morning at haK past four in the morning, and arrived at ITew London Ferry at 6 p. m. the same day, and this day have arrived at my uncle's house, where I sat down with no little pleasure to in- form you of my safe arrival. The Family inform me that they had word from you by the last post, and thait you were all well, and had a pleasant journey wiDhout Exceptions, 264 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. which I rejoice to hear. I should have been glad to have seen you here, But since it is so that we have missed each other, I have nothing to say or cast the Least Keflection. LXJTHEIi ALLEF. There was another Jeremiah Vallet wiho was a resident of this town. He was a blacksmith, and resided near to TJn- casville, and called Jeremiah Yallet, 3d, and who it is re- ported was also a son of Captain Jeremiah Yallet, and whose mother was one ]\Iary Eogers, and was some older than Jere- miah Yallet, Jr., whose mother was Mary (Hammond) Yal- let. The Probate Eecords of E"ew London show that one Jeremiah Yallet on Marcfh 14, 1Y54, being at that time " up- wards of fourteen years of age, son of ]\£ary Rogers, chose Pemberton B'aker for his guardian." This yoimg man grew to manhood, married, and had a family of children. He had a daughter, Charlotte, born about 1Y89, and m^arried Alex- ' ander Comstock. Another daughter died in 1824, unmar- ried. His other children were James, Joshua, Pruda, and Elizabeth. The last named died 21 April, 1814, aged 34 years. One of his sons, it is said, was killed while in the act of entering a store in New London in the night time for the purpose of theft. It is supposed that his father was with him, and assisted in getting through a window, but before he had gained an entrance was fired upon by some person concealed in the building, and killed. His father, taking the body, dragged it to the river, where he fastened it to a boat and towed it up the river to a landing place near where he lived, and buried it on his own land. It was afterwards ascertained that his son was dead, and the aiithorities of the town caused the body to be exhumed, which upon examina- tion was found to contain a bullet hole, which had been stuffed full of cotton, probably to stop the flow of blood. The boy's father, being questioned about his death, said that " he died very suddenly of a disease of a malignant nature, and he had buried him without letting anyone know anything VALLET FAMILIES. 265 about it." The case was for some reason dropped, and noth- ing further done about it. Some time after this affair, Mr. Vallet was caught enter- ing the grist mill, which stood at the head of Haughton's Cove, then run by Jason Comstock, and taking grain. A comrdaint was made out, and he was ^arrested and tried be- fore the Superior Court at ISTew London at the September term in 1808, contacted and sentenced " to be imprisoned in Newgate to be kept to hard labor for the space of two years, and to pay costs of prosecution, taxed and allowed to be $35.59." Mr. Vallet died in the prison before his term of sentence had expired. Jeremiah. Vallet, Jr., born about 1740, son of Captain Jeremiah Vallet and Mary Hammond; married 1st, Holmes, and had three or four children. She died at the birth of twins; 2d, Mary Ann Thompson, daughter of Jabez Thompson. He was a farmer, lived on the old homestead at Mont- ville, and died there about 1821. His will was admitted for probate 5 Oct., 1821. Inventory presented 'and approved 31 Oct., 1821, and amounted to $3,150.71. Harry Vin- cent and Burrel Thompson were the appraisers. There is a tradition of the family that on the return of Captain Vallet from one of his sea voyages, he brought home 3,000 Spanish milled dollars and other -silver coin. It is very probable that with this money he bought the land which was added to his original purchase. Mary Ann, the wife, survived her hus- band and died 18 March, 1835, aged 81 years. Children by Mary Ann. William, b. 11 June, 1784; m. Amy Comstock. Mary, b. 1 April, 1786; m. Abel Bissel about 1820. John, b. 15 June, 1789; m. Mary Dolbeare. ISTancy, b. twin to John, died 1 Jan., 1843, imm. Jeremiah, b. Oct., 1795; m. Hannah Chapel. 266 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. William Vallet, b. 11 June, 1784, son of Jeremiah and Mary Ann (Thompson) Vallet; married about 1812, Amy Comstook, daughter of Peter Comstock and Sarah Mirick. He was a farmer, and settled at Batavia, IST. T., where he died in 1853. He had children, William, Joseph, John, M'ary, Harriet, and Electa. Jeremiah Vallet, b. Oct., 1Y95, son of Jeremiah and Mary Ann (Thompson) Yallet; married 23 Jan., 1843, Han- nah Chapel, daughter of Daniel Chapel and IsTancy Rich- ards. He was a farmer, and lived on the homestead of his father and grandfather, and died there, 12 July, 1853. She died 11 Feb., 1883, at Uncasville. Children. Mary, b. 25 Dec, 1843; died 8 July, 18Y6, unm. John, b. 18 March, 1848; m. Jeremiah, b. 26 Dec, 1852. SCHOLFIELD FAMILY. On the 24th day of March, 1193, John Scholfield, with his family, consisting of his wife Hannah and six children, and his brother Arthur, sons of Arthur Scholfield, who lived at Standish Foot in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, sailed from Liverpool for the United States. They arrived in Bos- ton in May following, and took up their residence in Charles- town, Mass., near Bunker Hill, at which place they remained until August following, making preparation and constructing machinery for the manufacture of woolen cloth. Having been introduced to Mr. Jedediah Morse, author of " Morse's Geography and Gazetteer," as woolen manufac- turers and well skilled in the most improved mode of manu- facture in England, they were by him introduced to some persons of wealth in Newburyport, who availed themselves of the opportunity offered, and immediately put up a factory at Byfield, in the vicinity of Newburyport, under the super- vision of John and Arthur Scholfield. At this factory, the Scholfield brothers constructed and put in operation the first wool-carding machine that was successfully operated in this country. This machine was first operated by hand. When all the machinery necessary for making woolen cloth was completed, it was put to practical use, and John Scholfield was employed as agent. The business was prosperous, and the owners were well satisfied with their investment, and looked forward with a good prospect of success. Other per- sons had, previous to this time, attempted to operate woolen machinery, but had failed, owing to the imperfect construc- tion of the machinery. Mr. John and Arthur Scholfield have the honor of being the pioneers in woolen manufacture in the United States. 268 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. After remaining at ByfieM about five years, Jo'lin and Arthur, having made their business a success, and become ac- quainted with the surrounding country by excursions into Ehode Island and Connecticiit, to purdhase wool and to in- troduce their cloth, concluded to remove to some other place. Mr. John Scholfield on one of his excursions into Connecti- cut became acquainted with a valuable water privilege in ]\rontville, near the outlet of the Oxoboxo stream. This privilege he leased of the owner for the term of fourteen years. The two brothers, John and Arthur Scholfield, sold out their interest in Massachusetts in 1798, and i-emoved to M'ontnlle, where they started a factory for carding rolls and manufacturing cloth. The business was successfully carried on with a yearly increase until the termination of their lease in 1812. Arthur Scholfield left Mont^alle in 1802 or 1803 and set- tled ia Pittsfield, Mass., where in 1804 he produced the first piece of broadcloth made in this country. John Scholfield afterwards purchased a privilege at Stoningtooi, and another at Montville. To the latter place he removed in 1814. Here he remained until his death, the 28 day of Feb., 1820, aged 62 years. His wife survived him, and died at Waterford, the 29th day of March, 1845, aged 82 years. Arthur Scholfield, Sr., was a spectacle maker in England, where he died about 1810, aged 80 years. He bad seven sons, viz.: Arthur, John, Joseph, James, Benjamin, Abraham and Isaac. Isaac, the yoimgest son of Arthur Scholfield, came to this country several years after the oldest brothers and settled at Boston, Mass., where he was engaged as a suc- cessful merchant. His children were Arthur, Isaac, Joseph, Charles, Adeline, Anna, and Ellen. John Scholfield, b. about 1Y58, second son of Arthur Schol- field; married about 1Y81, Hannah Fox, bom in England about 1763. SCHOLFIELD FAMILIES. 269 Ohildren. 2. John, b. in England 20 Nov., 1782; m. Betsey Oom- stook. 3. James, b. in England 23 Sept., 1784; m. Anna Corn- stock. 4. Mary, b. in England 4 Eeb., 1787; m. Thomas Hink- ley. 5. Joseph, b. in England 23 March, 1789; m. Mercy New- berry. 6. Thomas, b. in England 21 March, 1791; m. Oyntha Ross. 7. Martha, b. in England 27 Jan., 1793; m. Harry Vin- cent, b. May 12, 1792. 8. Benjamin, b. at Byfield 26 Jan., 1796; m. Caroline Hod- den. She died Jan. 28, 1878. He died Aug. 19, 1878. 9. Hannah, b. at Byfield 26 Jan., 1798; m. Elias Strick- land. 10. Isaac, b. at Stonington, 21 March, 1800; m. Ohristana Richards. 11. Nathan, b. at Montville, 1802; m. JOHN (2), b. 20 November, 1782, son of John Scholfield and Hannah Eox; maxried Betsey Oomstock, b. 14 Aug., 1783, daughtetr of Nathan Comstock and Mary Rogers. He was a woolen manufacturer, and first settled at Colchester, where he started a factory for carding rolls. He next went to Jewett City, where he remained a few years and returned to Montville. He afterwards removed to Michigan, where he died. Ohildren. 12. John, b. 14 Nov., 1804, at Montville; m. 1st, Hannah Byrant; 2d, Widow Almira Wingate. 13. Nathan, b. 14 April, 1806, at Montville; m. Betsey Taintor Hill. 14. Albert, b. 15 Dec., 1807, at Montville; m. 1st, Harriet N. BoUes; 2d, Harriet Ohipman. 15. George, b. about 1814; died at Montville 24 Feb., 1836. 16. Eliza, b. about — ; m. Brooks, and settled in California. 270 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 11. Josepli, b. about 17a. Willi'am, b. about ; m. JAMES (3), b. 23 Sept., 1784, second son of Jobn ScLol- field and Hannah Fox; married Anna Comstock, b. 27 Jan., 1782, daughter of Daniel Comstock and Susan Newberry. He was a manufacturer, and first settled in Canterbury, Conn. He afterwards removed to Waterford, and then to Montville, where he died at an advanced age, Dec. 3, 1882, aged 98 years, 2 months, and 10 days. She died at Montville 11 June, 1858. Children. 18. Mary, b. 11 Feb., 1807; died unm. 19. James, b. 22 June, 1808; died at Montville 26 Nov., 1888. 20. Susan, b. 21 Jan., 1811 ; died at Montville 17 Jan., 1890. 21. Joseph, b. 8 April, 1812; died unm. 22. Hannah, b. 24 Aug., 1813; died young. 23. Samuel, b. 10 Nov., 1815; died young. 24. Phineas, b. 17 Oct., 1817; m. 1st, Frances Maples; 2d, Happy K. Chapman. 25. Harriet, b. 17 Oct., 1819 ; m. • Bates. 26. Elizabeth, b. 16 Jan., 1822; m. John B. Rogers; 2d wife. MAEY (4), b. 4 Feb., 1787, daughter of John Scholfield and Hannah Fox; m. Thomas Hinkley of Stonington, Conn. He was a farmer, and resided at Stonington, where he died . She died at Stonington 23 May, 1882, aged 95 years, 3 months, 19 days. Children. 27. Mary Ann, b. 9 Oct, 1811; m. Jesse Beebe. 28. ThomasS., b. 22Dec., 1813; m. 29. John S., b. 30 June, 1816; m. Angeline Jackson. 30. Charles Henry, b. 22 May, 1818; m. Jane Knight. 31. Hannah Maria, b. 21 Oct., 1820; m. 1st, Courtland P. Chesebro; 2d, Albert Cook. SCHOLFIELD FAMILIES. 271 32. Pliak Malinda, b. 23 Dec, 1822; m. Oaptaia James Dickens. 33. William E., b. 8 May, 1826; m. 34. Joseph H., b. 29 July, 1830; died young. JOSEPH (5), b. 23 March, 1789, third son of John Sohol- field and Hannah Fox; married Mercy Newberry, b. 20 April, 1Y90, daughter of Nathan Newberry and Welthen (G-reen) Johnson. He was a manufacturer; settled first at Stondng- ton, where he carried on the woolen business until 1834, -when he removed to Montville, and started the manufacture of sati- net. He sold out thie business to his sons, Charles iand Ai> thur, about 1840. He afterwards bought a small farm near the old factory at Montville, on which he lived until the death of his wife, 27 July, 1863. Her death was caused by a fall from a wagon, which broke her hip, and she died of lockjaw. He died at IJncasville 12 March, 1869. Children. 35. Joseph Arthur, b. 25 Nov., 1815; m. Eunice Yibber. 36. Charles Fox, b. 6 June, 1817; m. Phebe E. Winchester. 37. Edwin A., b. 8 March, 1819; m. 1st, Mary Andros; 2d, Celestina Morse. 38. John Eox, b. 7 Nov., 1820; m. Minerva Smith. 39. Benjamin E., b. 19 June, 1822; m. Mary J. Winches- ter. 40. Hannah F., b. 28 Dec, 1823; m. Henry A. Baker. 41. Almy Lester, b. 19 Feb., 1827; m. Thomas Lindsay. 42. Mary Jane, b. 29 Nov., 1829; m. Elisha Eogers. 43. Anson Smith, b. 11 Dec, 1831; m. Anna Fames. II. THOMAS (6), b. 21 March, 1791, fourth son of John Scholfield and Hannah Fox; married Cyntha Ross, Aug., 1816. He was a woolen manufacturer. He made the first piece of satinet manufactured by power loom in this State. He first settled at Waterford, Conn., in 1814, where he owned a small factory, which he afterwards sold. He built a house near the Baptist Church at Quaker Hill, where he lived until 272 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. about 1866, when he remoyed to Montville, where he Kved until about 1882, when he removed to North Lyme, where he hved until his death, 13 Jan., 1892, 'aged 100 years, 9 months, and 23 days. His wife died at Waterford 12 March, 1866, aged 75 years. Children. 44. Cyntha Aun, b. Aug., 1817; m. James Bingham. 45. Caroline M., b. 1822; died 9 Oct., 1825. 46. Martha Vincent, b. 29 ISTov., 1829; m. P. M. Collins, and died 20 March, 1850. 47. William Henry, b. 1837; died 30 March, 1850. II. BElSTJAMIISr (8), b. 26 Jan., 1796, son of John Schol- field and Hannah Fox; m. 24 Jan., 1832, Caroline C. Hedden, b. at Stonington 9 Dec, 1796. He was first engaged in wool- en manufacturing at Montville, with his brotber-in-law, Harry Vincent, at the old Soholfield factory. He afterwards went to New Jersey and started a jenny, but remained there only a few months. He was very skillful in the construction of musical instruments, and played the cymbal with great exact- ness. He died 23 July, 1879. She died at Mantic, Conu., 14 Nov., 1865. Child. 48. Ira, b. 15 Sept., 1837; m. Angelina W. Colhns, 7 Oct., 1864. They had one daughter, Carrie, b. 13 Sept., 1866. II. HANNAH (9), b. 26 Jan., 1798, daughter of John Scholfield and Hannah Fox; married Elias Strickland, b. 31 Oct., 1797. He was a farmer and settled at Waterford. She died there 10 Aug., 1871. He died 12 Feb., 1881. Children. 49. Thomas Strickland, b. 23 Sept., 1823; died 50. Hannah Frances Strickland, b. 9 Jan., 1832; m. 14 Oct., 1856, George Comstock, b. 25 Sept., 1836, son of Eichard. SOHOLFIELD FAMILIES. 273 III. JOHN (12), b. 14 Nov., 1804, at Montville, son of J'olm Scliolfield and Betsey Comstock; married 1st, Hannah Bryant; 2d, Widow Almira Wingate. His first wife, to whom ihe was married 22 Sept., 1828, died 30 Aug., 1855. He was living at Greene vill'e in 1896. CMldren by First Wife. 51. Oliver, b. 18 Oct., 1829; m. Mary Walden, 10 Oct., 1852. 52. Elizabeth, b. 26 July, 1831; m. John Kingsley in 1851. 53. John, b. 14 March, 1833; m. Widow Emma Young in 1859. 54. Joseph, b. 21 Jime, 1835. 55. Andrew, b. 27 May, 1837; m. Lovina Sterry, April, 1858. 56. Ira, b. 27 Oct., 1838; m. Catherine Olmsby, 5 Oct., 1856. 57. Julia, b. 25 April,, 1840; m. Edward Groodspeed, 4 July, 1858. 58. Charles O., b. 17 Jan., 1842. 59. Isabella, b. 30 Dec, 1843; m. Elliot Goodwin in 1864. 60. Susan Sophia, b. 6 Nov., 1846; m. Charles Baldwin in 1866. Children by Second Wife. 61. Harriet L., b. 2 March, 1858. 62. Erank, b. 3 June, 1860, 63. Eannie, twin to Erank. ni. NATHAN (13), b. 14 April, 1806, son of John Scholfield and Betsey Comstock; married 5 Sept., 1830, Betsey Hill, daughter of Charles Hill and Sybel Eox. He was in the early part of his life engaged in woolen manufacturing at Montville. He removed to G-reeneville, Conn., where he built a house in which he lived until his death, 5 March, 1858. He was a machinist and civil engineer. He was the inventor of a regulator called " Scholfield's Regulator," which was in gen- eral use in cotton and woolen mills for many years. He was also the inventor of many other pieces of machinery. About 18 274 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. the year 1850 he went to California, and was surveyor of land in Oregon, where he bought land in the early settlement of that State. His wife was living at Montville in 1896. Children. 64. Socrates, b. 12 June, 1831; m. Abby M. Smith. 65. Maria, b. 28 Aug., 1833; died 20 Oct., 1865. 66. Frances, b. 12 March, 183Y; died 12 July, 1851. 6Y. Le Grand, b. 24 March, 1842; m. 1st, Anna H. Holmes, by whom he had three children. He married 2d, Emma Bradley. III. ALBERT (14), b. 15 Dec, 1807, son of John Schol- field and Betsey Comstock; married 1st, Harriet K BoUes, 29 Dec, 1836, daughter of Calvin BoUes and Hester Darrow. After the death of his wife, he married for his second, Har- riet Chipman. He first settled at Montville, and afterwards at Providence, E. I., where he established a Commercial Acad- emy and continued successfully until he became nearly blind, when he turned it over to his son-in-law, Alba Abbott. He was living at Providence in 1896. Children. 68. Hester, b. 27 Feb., 1838; m. Alba Abbott. 69. Mary, b. 21 May, 1841. 70. Harriet, b. 1844; died in 1847. ni. JOSEPH ARTHUR (35), b. 25 'Nov., 1815, son of Joseph Scholfield and Mercy ISTewberry; m. 27 Sept., 1835, Eunice C. Vibber, daughter of "William Vibber and -Elizabeth Lyon. He was a woolen manufacturer, and first settled in Montville. He, with his brother Charles, manufactured sati- net at the old Scholfield factory. He removed to Westerly, R. I., about 1850, where he was engaged in the woolen manu- faotoiy. He died at Westerly, 23 April, 1855. His widow afterwards marri'cd Ahan Burdick of Westerly. He died there ■ — . She was living theire in 1896. SCHOLFIELD FAMILIES. 276 Children. Tl. "William, b. 11 Oct., 1837. He was drowned in the Pawcatuck Kiver, 4 Feb., 1852. 72. Elizabeth, b. 7 Nov., 1840; m. Charles L. Mann, 22 Feb., 1866. Had one son, Arthur, b. 18 Nov., 1866. He was drotwnlefd in Palmer Btos. pond in 73. Joseph A., b. 8 July, 1843; m. Sarah P. Gardner, 2 Peb., 1866. Had one daughter, Ellen, b. 8 Dec., 1867. 74. Lucy Ann, b. 12 June, 1847; m. George C. Gardner, 20 Jan., 1866. 75. William, b. 17 July, 1850; m. Eliza J. Miner. 76. Eunice Ellen, b. 12 May, 1854; died 5 Aug., 1854. m. EDWESr A. (37), b. 8 March, 1819, son of Joseph Scholfield and Mercy Newberry; m. 1st, Mary Andros, 26 Jan., 1843. She died 10 May, 1867. He then married, 22 April, 1868, Celestiaa L. Morse, daughter of Pev. Charles Morse. He was early in life engaged ia the woolen manufac- tory. He afterwards was in the cotton business in Lowell, Mass., and finally settled in "Westerly, where he was a photog- rapher for many years. "Was living at "Westerly in 1896. Children. 77. Everett A., b. 8 Dec. ; m. Leonora E. Ashly. 78. Edwin Delanoy, b. 25 April, 1847; m. Kate DeYoll. 79. Addison A., b. 5 Sept., 1853; m. Arlene Bugbee. 80. AKce C, b. 22 June, 1870. III. JOHN FOX (38), b. 7 Nov., 1820, son of Joseph Scholfield and Mercy Newberry; m. Minerva Smith. He was trained in the woolen manufacturing business, and worked with his father at Montville until about 1841, when he went to Lowell, Mass., where he was engaged in the cotton manu- factory. Afterwards he was superintendent at the Uncas- ville mill. He settled at Montville, where he was living in 1896. They had one daughter: 276 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 81. Estelle, b. ; died III. BENJAMIN EEANKLIN (39), b. 19 June, 1822, son of Joseph Scbolfield and Mercy Newberry; married 26 Dec, 1852, Mary Jane Winchester, dangbter of Samuel Win- dhester and Mary Parker of Lowell, Mass. He was trained in the woolen manufactory, and worked with bis father at Mont- ville in the '" old mill." Was afterwards a machinist. Went to California in 1849, where he remained about two years. Since 1865 he has been engaged in the manufacture of satinet at the " old mill." Children. 82. Frank C, b. 9 Oct., 1861. 83. Jessie M., b. 19 April, 186Y. III. ANSON SMITH (43), b. 11 Dec., 1831, son of Joseph Scholfield 'and Mercy Newberry; married Annia E. Eames. He went to California in 1849, where he has since re- miained. They had onie daughter: 84. Annie, b. May, 1862; m. Irving F. Moulton. III. ALMY LESTEE (41), daughter of Joseph Schol- field and Mercy Newberry; married 26 Oct., 1863, Thomas Lindsay. He was- a paper manufacturer. Settled first at Montyille, where he was manager of the Eooklan.d Paper Mill until 1866. He afterwards removed to Brookville, Indiana, wherfe he died, 21 Jan., 1895. They haid one son: 85. Joseph, b. June, 1865; m. 1st, Hattie Moor; 2d, Lillie Kyser. He died 14 Jan., 1896, at Brookville, Ind. III. HANNAH MARIA HINKLET (31), b. 21 Oct., 1820, daughter of Thomas Hinkley and Mary Scholfield (4); married 19 Jan., 1840, Oourtland P. Ohesebro of Stonington. I-Ie died 22 Feb., 1847. She then married, 2Y Sept., 1866, Albert Cook of Stonington. SCHOLFIELD FAMILIES. 277 OMldren. 86. Oourtland, b. 10 Oct., 1844; died 22 Feb., 1847. 87. Horace, b. 28 April, 1846; m. Ida Brigbtman, and had one daughter, Ida F., b. 19 Aiig., 1875. 88. Eliza, b. 13 April, 1848; m. Charles S. Cook, and had one daughter, Mary H. 89. Thomas C, b. 1 Dec., 1849. 90. Joseph W., b. 17 Jan., 1852. III. PHALA MALINDA HINKLEY (32), b. 23 Dec, 1822, daughter of Thomas Hinkley and Mary Sdholfield (4) ; married 25 Jan., 1860, Captain James Dickens of Westerly, R. I. He was engaged in the sieaf aring business in the early part of his life. He lived at Westerly, where he died. Children. 91. Hannah May, b. 2 June, 1861. 92. Martha Ann, b. 27 Aug., 1862. 93. Hannah Frances, b. 20 Oct., 1863. ATWELL FAMILIES. Benjamin Atwell first appears as an inhabitant of New London about tbe year 1663. He was constable of tbe town in 16Y5. ISTo mention is made as to the time of his removal to New London, or to the place from which he came. He owned a hotise at New London, which he sold to Lieutenant John Stedman, previous to 1672. He died in 1683. Qhildren. 2. Benjamin, b. about 1668; m. Mary . 3. Thomas, b. about 1670; m. 3a. Mary, b. about 1672. 3b. William, b. about 1674. 4. John, b. about 19 May, 1675, and was at Saybrook in 1712. 5. Joseph, b. 1678; m. and died without issue. 6. Richard, b. 1679; m. Elizabeth Baker. 7. Samuel, b. 23 April, 1681; m. 1st, Mary ; 2d, Euth Coz. II. BENJAMIN (2), b. about 1668; m. Mary . He settled in the North Parish of New London as early as 1705. He, with his wife IMary, united with the clnirch at New London, 29 June, 1711. He died previous to March, 1724, at which time his wife Mary was a widow, as appears by a deed of about one acre of land released to her by John Merritt, Joseph Bradford, Kolicrt Denison, and Marcy Ray- mond. He died in 1723. Children. 8. Mary, b. 11 Oct., 1703; m. Jason Allen. 9. Benjamin, b. 24 July, 1707; probably died young. 10. Joseph, b. 26 June, 1710; m. Martlia Oomstock, 27 March, 1734. ATWELL FAMILIES. 279 II. RICHAED (6), b. 16Y9, son of Benjamin Atwell (1); m. 11 Marcli, 1Y02, Elizabeth Baker, b. 9 May, 16Y6, daugbter of Josbua Baker and Hannah (Tongne) Mintern. He settled in the Worth Parish of New London near to Oxo- boxo Pond. He owned the farm which his heirs afterwards sold to Asabel Otis. His first wife died about 1709, and he afterwards married Joanna . He died 15 Oct., 1727. Children by Elizabeth. 11. Kichard, bap. April, 1702; died young. 12. Benjamin, bap. 14 July, 1706; died 3 May, 1708. 13. Elizabeth, bap. 24 April, 1709; m. William Chapel, 23 June, 1726. 14. Eichard, b. 19 Oct., 1709 ; m. Nabby or Abigail . Children by Joanna. 15. Joanna, b. 10 Aug., 1Y16; m. Samuel Bill, 27 Nov., 1740. 16. John, b. 19 Jan., 1718. 17. Benjamia, b. 18 Oct., 1719; m. Mercy 'Fox, 15 Aug., 1751. 18. Patience, b. 26 April, 1721. 19. Samuel, b. 8 June, 1723; m. II. SAMUEL (7), b. 23 April, 1682, son of Benjamin Atwell (1); m. 1st, Mary ; 2d, Ruth Coz, 19 June, 1726. Children by Mary. 20. Sarah, b. ; m. Philip GofF. 21. Hannah, b ; m. Ezekiel Chapel. 22. Thankful, b. ; m. Ebenezer Williams. 23. Ann, b. 24. Jerusha, b ; m. ISTathaniel GofF. Children by Kuth. 25. Euth, bap. 16 July, 1727. 26. Benjamin, bap. 8 Nov., 1730. 230 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. III. JOSEPH (10), b. 26 June, 1710, son of Benjamin Atwell (2); m. 27 Maroh, 1734, Martha Oomstock, born about 1715, daughter of Samuel Oomstock and Martha Jones. After his death she married George Minard. Ohildren. 27. Benjamin, b. about 1735; m. Mary Ann Lee, daughter of Benjamin Lee of Lyme. 28. Joseph, b. about 1740; m. Lucretia AtwelL III. KICHAED (14), b. 19 Oct., 1709, eon of Richard Atwell (6); married Abigail . He settled on the farm formerly owned and occupied by his father. After his death the farm was sold to Asahel Otis by the heirs. His wife died . His will was probated 9 Nov., 1807, about which time he died. Children. 29. Eichard, b. 30. Wilham, b. 31. Phebe, b. ; m. Griswold. 32. Lucy, b. 33. Nancy, b. 34. Abigail, b. 35. Oyntha, b. IV. JOSEPH (28), b. about 1740, son of Joseph Atwell (10); m. 8 Eeb., 1769, Lucretia, his second cousin, b. 19 'Nov., 1749, daughter of Samuel Atwell and Mary . He set- tled in Montville on Dolbeare Hill. Was a farmer. He died about 1800. His wife survived him, and died 26 Oct., 1851, aged 102 years nearly. The day after she had completed her century of yeare, a party of neighbors and friends made her a donation visit, carrying with them provisions for several days' supply, and spreading a bountiful table, at which sihe sat with her guests, and partook of a thanksgiving dinner. In the center of the table was placed a pie, designed to be as much be- yond the common size as she was older than the common age ATWELL FAMILIES. 281 of her sex. The aged mother enjoyed the feast like one that had renewed their youth, declaring with animation that though she had lived a hundred years, and had seen a vast number of things, she had never before seen so large a mince pie, nor so many Idnd friends together. The aged pilgrim had always led a quiet country life, living in a plain and frugal manner, and devoting her days and years to simple household duties. She was esteemed by her neighbors for her kindness, and thankful spirit for kind returns, possessing a Christian hope of immortal life. At this time a stranger would have estimated her age as aboTit eighty-five. Her motions were quick, her rephes to questions prompt and intelligent, her memory retentive, and showed large observation of incidents and narratives. Being questioned by one of her visitors in regard to the French war, which terminated in 1Y63, she spoke of it as a thing of but yesterday. She had a vivid recollection of the coming home of her friends and neighbors from campaigns in the war, and particularly of the return of her uncle, Benjamin Atwell, who had been absent a long time, " soldering agin the French in Canada." For the last fifty years of her life, she and her daughter, l^ancy Thompson, had hved together in the old house, where she first went to housekeeping, and where she died. Children. 36. Charles, b. about 1770. 37. ISTancy, b. ; died unm. III. SAMUEL (19), b. 8 June, 1723; married Mary, (probably) Leach. He settled at Montville, and for many years lived on a farm in Mohegan, which he had leased. He died previous to 1776. Children. 38. Lucretia, b. 19 JSTov., 1749; m. Joseph Atwell (28). 39. Mima, b. ; died unm. 40. Mary, b. ; died unm. 282 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 41. Susan, b. 42. Jason, b. ; m. Williams. 43. Samuel, b. May, 1755; m. Betsey Vibber. 44. Jehu, b. . Moved to the State of ISTew York. 45. Delight, b. 1771. Had one son, Thomas Jeffer- son, who died unm. IV. BE;N"JAMI]Sr (27), b. 1735, son of Joseph Atwell (10); m. Mary Ann, daughter of Benjamin Lee of Lyme. He lived on the farm aifterwards sold to Dr. Ephraim Fellows. He died 12 May, 1806. His will was probated 16 May, 1806. Children. 46. Lucinda, b. ; m. Latimer. ' iM-ttj^v^. ^-^J) 47. George, b. llCi.. ^^I.^/ ; m. . Was a EseaJBGll Baptist minisiter. ^■■i , i 48. Joseph, b. 29 Feb., 1768; m. Euth P. Sterling. ^ 49. Hannah, b ''7 j^ ; m.,- Tenant, iu^ Ctlcja,' I , IV. SAMUEL (43), b. May, 1755,' son of Samuel At- well (19); m. Betsey Vibber, b. 31 Aug., 1774, daughter of Nathaniel Vibber. He was a farmer, and lived on an Indian farm at Mohegan. He died 26 ISTov., 1850. She died 8 April, 1859. Children. 50. Samuel Hazzard, b. 7 Jan., 1814; m. Harriet Church, and had one daughter, Henrietta, b. 18 April, 1846. V. JOSEPH (48), b. 29 Feb., 1768, son of Benjamin Atwell and Mary Ann Lee; married 1792, Ruth P. Sterling, b. Oct., 1773. He removed from Montville to Hebron, Conn., about 1800; thence to Chenango County, N. T., in 1809; set- tled at Pharsalia, IST. Y., where he died 26 March, 1843. She died there July, 1861. Children. 51. Lydia, b. 1793 at Montville; died in 1795. 52. Eliza, b. 1795 at Montville; m. Henry Coggshall, 1814. ATWELL FAMILIES. 283 53. James, b. 1797, at MontTille; m. Tanny Prink, 1816. 54. Joseph, b. 1799, at Montville; died in 1800. 55. Maiy Ann, b. 1802, at Hebron, Conn. ; m. Elias Widger ; died in 1887. 56. Daniel Lee, b. 1804, at Hebron, Conn; m. Mebitabel June; died in 1878. 57. Benjamin, b. 1806, at Hebron, Conn.; m. Eutb Sage; died in 1893. 58. William Ross, b. 1811, at Pharsalia, JST. Y. ; died in 1836. 59. Onesimus M., b. 1813, at Pharsalia, IST. T.; m. Hannah Coakley, 1838; living in 1896 at Hoboken, IST. J. 60. Caroline Euth, b. 1816, at Pharsalia, IST. Y. ; m. William Sage; died in 1866. VI. JAMES (53), the Itinerant, b. Jan. 11, 1797, Mont- -^dlle, Conn. ; died Peb. 7, 1860, Theresa, IST. Y. Moved to Pharsalia, IST. Y., with his father's family, 1809. In early years was a farmer. Became an itinerant Methodist minister, 1826, upon the Chenango circuit. Superannuated 1857. Agent for the Jefferson Co. (N.Y.) Bible Society, 1859. Died at home of his son, Joseph. Buried at Chittenango, IST. Y. ; married Fanny Prink, Sept. 8, 1816, of Stonington, Conn. (b. 1796; died 1864, at Chittenango, K Y.). Children. 61. George Benjamin, farmer, b. 1817, Pharsalia, IT. Y.; died 1890, Lowville, N. Y. See xv. 62. Francis Fellows, business man, b. 1818, Pharsalia, 'N. Y. ; died 1888, Knoxville, Tenn. ; buried at Chitte- nango, N. Y. ; unm. ; Cazenovia Sem., 1838 ; Manlius Acad.; A. B. Hamilton Coll., 1845; teacher several years and business man many years in EJaoxville, Tenn.; influential Presbyterian; Union man. When Knoxville fell into the hands of the Confederates, he escaped JSTorth through the mountains, traveling by night on foot. He lived many years at home of Hon. Perez Dickinson. See Knoxville papers of May 29-30, 1888. 63. Hannah Maria, b. 1820, Pharsalia, 'S. Y.; died 1848, Danby, IST. Y.; Cazenovia Seminary, 1837; m. Charles Hill, 1844; one child. 284 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. 64. Joseph, business man, b. 1822, Pharsalia, N. T. ; died 1892, Watertown, iST. Y. 65. Fanny Eliza, b. 1827, Guilford, K Y.; died 1896, Chittenango, IST. Y.; Cazenovia Sem., 1855; taught in CJhittenango, Yernon, and Clarkville, N. Y. Her house became the home center for this family. Last family reunion was held there in July, 1886, when the four brothers were present with this sister. " She was a person of queenly dignity, yet modest and self-forgetful;" m. Ambrose E. Gorton, 1855. Child, Fannie Eva, b. June 8, 1858 (Mrs. I. B. A. Taylor of Middletown, N. Y.), who has two chil- dren, Gorton Taylor, b. 1884; and Allen Atwell Taylor, b. 1892; graduate of Cazenovia Seminary. 66. James Sterling, merchant, b. 1831, Pharsalia, N. Y. ; died 1888, Syracuse, IST. Y. VI. DAOTEL LEE (56), b. Apr. 7, 1804, Hebron, Conn.; died April, 1878, California; third son of Joseph, the blacksmith-farmer; m. Mehitabel June, Oct., 1825. Children. 67. Alexander B., b. ; physician. 68. Allen Jeffrey, b. 1836, Pharsalia, IST. Y.; died 1890, Yisalia, Cal. VL BENJAMIN (57), b. May 12, 1806, at Hebron, Conn.; died Mar. 26, 1893, at Waupun, Wis.; m. Kuby Sage, June, 1829. Child. 69. Orville M., b. June 14, 1S30, at New Berlin, N. Y.; m. 1st, Julia A. Boiden, 1851; 2d, Ada Mather, 1888; no children. ■ VL ONESIMUS M. (59), b. June 10, 1813, Pharsa- lia, N. Y. ; at present living with his adopted son, Dr. David K. Atwell, at Hoboken, JST. J.; married Hannah Coakley, 1838, daughter of John Coakley, a soldier of the Revolution. ATWELL FAMILIES. 285 "- Children. 70. Louise, died at 5 years. 71. Oscar M., b. ; died Jan. 4, 1863; enlisted in 1861; wounded in Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862; died in Leucon hospital. VII. GEOEQE BENJAlim (61), farmer, oldest son of James the Itinerant; b. July 4, 1817, Pharsalia, IST. Y. ; died Sept. 7, 1890, at Martinsburg, IST. Y. ; m. Mary Ann Peck, Nov., 1838, daughter of Rev. Luther Peck. Children. 72. George "Wesley, b. Feb., 1840; died July 31, 1862, at Manassas Junction; enlisted JSTov., 1861, in 8th IST. Y. Cavalry, Co. H. ; died of fever in army hospital. 73. Wilber, b. 1842; died Aug. 3, 1844. 74. Sophia Jane, b. Sept., 1845; resides at Martinsburg, W. Y. 75. William James, b. June 11, 1847; farmer, at Martins- burg, N. Y.; m. ISTettie Brown, Nov. 20, 1889; one child, Florence C, b. Feb. 6, 1891. 76. Francis Emory, b. 1852; farmer, Martinsburg, ]!T. Y. ; m. Ella F. Taylor, Dec. 21, 1873; one child, Vercy Genevive, b. Apr. 26, 1886. 77. Anna Maria, b. 1853; m. William O. LaYauchard; no children. VII. JOSEPH (64), business man; third son of James, the Itinerant; b. ISTov. 12, 1822, Pharsalia, K Y.; died Dec 5, 1892, Watertown, ~S. Y. ; educated at Manlius Academy merchant in Jefferson Co., IST. Y., 1848; Supervisor, 1860 state commissioner of Public Accounts, Albany, IST. Y., 1862 insiu-ance man, 1866-1879; deputy collector U. S. customs, 1879-1887; active official member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years; married Mary Beach of Barker, N. Y., Apr. 14, 1853, daughter of Charles Brewster Beach; she was at Cazenovia Seminary, 1852; she now resides at Chau- . mont, ]Sr. Y. 286 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. CMldren. 78. Charles Beacli, b. Apr. 11, 1855, Theresa, IST. T. 79. Joseph, b. June 7, 1858, Theresa, K Y. 80. William Groo, b. May 9, 1863, Theresa, N. T. VII. JAMES STEELING (66), merchant; youngest son of James, the Itinerant; b. July 22, 1831, Pharsalia, IST. Y. ; died Apr. 24, 1888, Syracuse, K Y.; merchant 15 years in Chittenango, IST. Y., and 16 years in Syracuse, IST. Y. ; mar- ried Sophia L. Osbom, 1856. Children. 81. James, b. Jan. 1, 1857, Chittenango, 'N. Y. 82. John, b. Oct. 8, 1862, Chittenango, N. Y, 83. Jeannette, b. Aug. 4, 1870, Chittenango, IST. Y.; resides with her mother at Syracuse, W. Y. ALEXAISTDEE B. (67), physician; b. ; married Mary Bailey; resides at Visaha, Cal. Children. 84. Henrietta, b. ; deceased; m. John T. Brown. 85. Mary, b. ; died ; m. Theodore Stone. 86. Emma, b. ; m. W. L. Smith. 87. William, b. 88. Clara, b. ; deceased. ALLEISr JEEFEEY (68), lawyer; b. Apr. 16, 1836, Pharsalia, 1^. Y.; died ISTov. 21, 1890, at Visalia, Cal.; grad. Lawrence Univ., Wis.; district attorney, 1872; state assembly- man, 1882; married Mary M. Van Epps, Apr. 9, 1861. Children. SO. Maw, b. Jan. 10, 1862; m. E. M. Oreighton, Eeb. 25, 1883. 90. Martha, b. Sept. 1, 1S63; died Oct. 18, 1864. 91. Arthur James, b. Nov. 30, 1865. ATWELL FAMILIES. 287 92. Helen M., b. Dec. 5, 1867; m. Guy Gilmer, Apr. 3, 1887. 93. Washington Irving, b. June 27, 1872. 94. Charles Clarence, b. May 18, 1875. 95. Allen Lee, b. JSTov. 2, 1877. 96. Paul Francis, b. ^v. 28, 1879. 97. Ethel Pauline, b. Sept. 1, 1881. 98. Lizzette B., b. May 9, 1884. VIII. CHAKLES BEACH (78), teacher; b. Apr. 11, 1855, Theresa, N. Y.; class of 1875, Watertown (N. Y.) high school; Ph.B. Syracuse University, 1879; Ph.M., 1881; taught in Lowville (N. Y.) Academy, 1879-80, and in Evans- ton, 111., since 1880; appointed professor in ISTorthwestern University, June, 1891; married Mary Josephine Kellogg of Watertown, IST. Y., Dec. 27, 1883, daughter of Henry H. Kellogg. Children. 99. Henry Kellogg, b. Oct. 22, 1884, Watertown, IST. Y. 100. Francis Charles, b. Mar. 26, 1887, Evanston, 111. 101. Kuth Sarah, b. Jan. 24, 1889, Evanston, lU. 102. William Joseph, b. Oct. 13, 1892, Evanston, 111. VIII. JOSEPH (79), lawyer; b. June 7, 1858, Theresa, ]Sr. Y. ; resides at Watertown, N. Y. ; class of 1877, Watertown high school; admitted to the bar, 1881; city attorney, 1885-6; elected supervisor, 1887; chairman of the board of supervisors of Jefferson Co., IST. Y., 1893 — ; m. Lillian Doxtater Bond of Adams, N. Y., June 7, 1888. Children. 103. Kosalind Bond, b. June 8, 1889, Adams, H. Y. 104. Gladys Stevens, b. Mar. 19, 1896, Watertown, K Y. VIII. WILLIAM GEOO (80), minister; b. May 9, 1863, Theresa, ~N. Y. ; resides at Chaumont, IST. Y. ; class of 1882 Watertown (N.Y.) high school; A.B. 1886, Syracuse University; A.M., 1888; B.D. from Garrett Biblical Institute, 288 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. Evanston, 111., 1894: taught in Maine "Wesleyan Seminary and Female College, Kent's Hill, Me., 1886-7, and in Oazeno- via (N. Y.) Seminary, 1887-1891; joined the northern N. T. conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, 1893; pastor at Spragueville, !N". Y., summer 1892; Bethany Chapel, Water- town, IST. Y., winter 1892-3; Altinor, JN".. Y., summer 1893; Chaumont, N. Y., 1894 — ; married Mary Evelyn Peck, of Cortland, K Y., Aug. 31, 1893, daughter of Andrew Peck. Child. 105. Florence, b. Nov. 26, 1895, Chaumont, N. Y. YIII. JOHISr (82), insurance man; second son of James S. Atwell; b. Oct. 8, 1862; educated at Syracuse University; married Mary S. Farrar of Denver, Col., Jan. 14, 1891; resides at Syracuse, IST. Y. Children. 106. James Farrar, b. Jan. 21, 1892. 107. Harold Leon, b. Apr. 8, 1893. 108. John Spring, b. Apr. 18, 1896. . The Revolution records of Connecticut men show: Thomas Atwell was a member of the Sixth Eegiment, Con- necticut Volunteers, Fifth Company, under Col. Parsons; en- listed May 6, 1775 ; discharged Dec. 10, 1775. Thomas At- well was a member of the Fourth Kegiment, recruited mainly from Windham and ISTew London counties. Conn. This com- pany was at the battle of' Germantown, and wintered at Yalley Forge. He enlisted Apr. 20, 177S, for eight months, and was discharged ISTov. 18, 1778. Thomas Atwell was a member of the Eighth Eegim^ent from Connecticut; enlisted Sept. 10, 1780, and discharged Dec. 12, 1780. These were probably one and the same man, and doubtless a descendant of Benja- min Atwell, the constable, of ISTew London. Miss Catilldns says that Thomas xVtwell, second son of Benjamin, the con- stable, left descendants. The Thomas named above may have been one of them. AUSTI]^ EAMILIES. Robert Austin was undoubtedly the founder of tbe fam- ily in Rbode Island, but very little can be found of bim on the records, and be must bave died previous to 1687. His name appears in a list of 65 persons, residents of ITewport, Poirtsmoutb, and Kingstown (of date Sept. 15, 1661), wbo were to bave lots 'at tbe new settlement of Misquamicut (West- erly). Lot No. 12 fell to Eobert Austin. He tben lived at Kingstown, probably. Cbildren. 2. Jeremiab, b. about 1665; m. Elizabeth . 3. Edward, b. ; m. 4. Joseph, b. ; m. Mary . 5. John, b. ; m. Mary . II. JEREMIAH (2), b. about 1665, son of Robert Aus- tin; married Elizabeth . In 1687, Sept. 6, he was taxed at KingstoAvn Is. under the levy of Sir Edmund An- dros, Governor of the Colonies. His will was proved March 6, 1764, and appoints his wife, Elizabeth, executrix. He calls himself " weak in body, and well stricken in years." Children. 6. Robert, b. about 1690; m. Hannah ■ 7. Parke, b. 1725. 8. Jeremiah, b. 9. David, b. 10. Stephen, b. 11. Mercy, b. 12. Daniel, b. 13. Ezekiel, b. ; m. Margaret Sunderland, 25 Oct., ; m. Sarah m. Dinah ; m. Mary Eish. ; m. Benoni Austin. ; m. Ann Baker, 9 April, 1732. ; m. Champlin. 19 290 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. III. EOBEET (6), b. about 1690, son of Jeremiab Aus- tin and Elizabeth. ; married Hannah . He re- moved from Kingstown to Westerly previous to 1716. Sept. 29, 1721, he bought of William and Ellen Davel tkree acres, more or less, at Westerly. He paid £15 for this parcel of land, and the deed calls him " Oordwainer." Jan. 16, 1746, he bought of George Mnigret, " Chief Sachem of the ISTarra- gansett Indians," one hundred and thirty acres in Chai-les- town for £270. He appears to have lived for twenty-three years on his three-acre piece at AVesterly, pursuing Ms occupa- tion as shoemaker, and then purchased the larger tract. He died in 1752. She died before that date. Children. 14. Robert, b. ; m. 15. Jereaniah, b. about; 1730; m. Margaret Congdon. III. EZEKIEL (13), b. , son of Jeremiah Aus- tin and Elizabeth ; m. Champlin. He was a resident of North Kingstown, R. I. ISTo record of his death can be found, and very little is known of him. Children. 16. Jeremiah, b. about 1749. 17. Ezekiel, b. 18. Stephen, b. ; m. Deborah Johnson. 19. William, b. 20. Elizabeth, b. 21. Joanna, b. IV. STEPHEN (IS), b. , son of Ezekiel Aus- tin and Champlin; married 7 Feb., 1775, Deborah Johnson. He was a resident of Westerly, E. I. Children. 22. Stephen Cliam]ilin, b. 6 Jmie, 1776; m. Delia Hall. 23. Lucy A., b. 8 Dec, 1778; died young. AUSTIN FAMILIES. 291 24. Ezekiel, b. 30 Dec, 1781. 25. Amy, b. 25 Jan., 1Y85. 26. Pardon, b. 20 Aug., 1788. 27. Thomas, b. 15 April, 1790. 28. Susanna, b. 28 Dec, 1792. V. STEPHEIT CHAMPLIN (22), b. 6 June, 1776, son of Stephen Austin and Deborah Johnson ; married Delia Hall, b. 17 May, 1777. They were residents of Westerly, E. I. He died 5 Sept., 1849. She died 17 July, 1848. Children. 29. Thomas, b. ; m. 30. Sally, b. 31. Deborah, b. 32. Stephen, b. 33. Ezekiel, b. 23 Dec, 1808; m. Susan Douglass. 34. "William, b. ; died at Montville. VT. EZEKIEL (33), b. 23 Dec, 1808, son of Stephen Austin and Delia Hall; married 11 ]\Iarch, 1836, Susan Doug- lass, bom at Waterford 16 July, 1813, daughter of Elisha A. Douglass and ]\largaret Dart. She was a sister to Oliver W. Douglass, who for many years held the office of Justice of the Peace in the town of Montville, and a member of the Board of Health. Deacon Austin was a stone cuttei', and lived for a time near Pope Ferry, in Waterford, and worked in the granite quarry. In 1844 he purchased a farm in the southern part of the town, which he afterwards sold, and bought the " Parthenia Thomp- son " farm, near Oxoboxo pond, where he lived until his death. He was deacon of the Union Baptist church, a devoted and exemplaiy Christian. He died i-espeoted and beloved, 21 May, 1894. She died 24 March, 1895. Children. 35. Emily D., b. 20 March, 1837; m. Henry E. Dart. 36. Elisha C, b. 21 Aug., 1838; m. Susan Brown. 292 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 37. John M., b. 27 Jan., 1842; m. Jane Brand. 38. Jane E., b. 24 -Feb., 1844; m. John Kudd. 39. Lucy Ann, b. 17 Feb., 1849; died 4 Sept., 1851. 40. Frederick T., b. 29 June, 1851; died 10 Oct., 1855. 41. Frank E., b. 1 May, 1856; m. Susan Swan. 42. Anna Lizzie, b. 28 Marob, 1859; m. Frederick W. Haoper. SMITH EAMILIES. The Smith families in this country are very numerous, and have had their origin from many different American ancestors. This name is the most frequent of any in New England, and, perhaps, in the United States. It had furnished two hundred and fourteen graduates at the different colleges in jSTew England and New Jersey in 1825, one-fourth of whom have been clergymen. There have been five different families who were settlers in this town pre^dous to 1800, bearing the name of Smith, whose lineage is traced to as many different ancestors, whose settlements date back to the earliest settlers in this country. To trace the lineage of these families back through the mass of names, many of which are the same, is a very difficult and perplexing task to a genealogist, and he often has to abandon the search in disgust. A few of the names who have been residents in Montville can, however, be traced to the first American ancestor; the others can only be connected with a few remote generations. Ebenezer Smith appears to have located in Montville about the middle of the eighteenth century, at a place called Pome- chauge, now called Massapeag. He was son. of James Smith of Groton. In 1741 James Smith of Groton conveys, by deed of gift, one hundred acres of land to his son, Ebene'zer, " on the brook that comes out of Lakes Pond." This farm was located in the western part of ISTew London, on the road that leads from New London to Colchester, and now in the town of Waterford. This farm was afterwards conveyed by Samuel and Ebenezer Smith to Philip Cavarly of Colchester in 1750. (See land records of New London.) On March 17, 1749-50, Samuel Holmes of New London 294 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. conveyed to Elx'iiezer Siiiith of ISTew London a tract of land at Pomecliaug-, containing about fifty acres, bounded, " East by the river ( Thames). Adjoining land of Peregreen Gard- ner on the West, and near to a spring that comes out from under a ledge adjoining Samuel Avery's fence." The same year, Feb. 15th, Thomas Bill conveyed to Ebenezer Smith twenty -fi\'(' acres, adjoining his former purchase, being land, 'as Thomas Bill says, " he purchased of Stephen Gard- ner." Ebenezer Smith was a shoemaker. He was twice married. The name of his first wife cannot be ascertained. His second wife was Lucy Hatch. He was married to his first wife pre- vious to his removal to Massapeag. There is no record of either his death or that of his wives. He probably died previous to 1800. An old account book, in which he made charges for work done and other business transactions, is now in the possession of a great-grandson, Marvin Almon Smith. In this old account book is the fol- lowing entry : "William Prince Dr. to Ebenezer Smith. Januaay 12, 1771. To making 2 pr. Shoes, £0.5s Od; To making Shoes, 6d; To making 3 pr. Shoes, 7s 6d; To 3 pr. heels, 6d." Ebenezer Smith had a brother, Samuel, who lived on the east side of the river Thames, now Ledyard, who was a tanner and currier, and who furnished the leather used by Ebenezer in making and repairing shoes. In the old account book are credits from time to time for leather furnished by Samuel Smith. Children by Eirst Wife. 2. Benjamin, b. 174:6; m. 1st, Susan Lems; 2d, Nancy Morris. 3. Ebenezer, b. 16 Mch., 174S; m. Margaret Wheeler. 4. Anna, b. 13 Dec, 1749; m. Ephraim Wheeler. .5. Sarah, b. 17 Eeb., 1751. 6. Elizabeth, b. 21 Feb., 1754; died unmarried. 7. Perygreen, b. 23 June, 1756. SMITH n^AMILIES. 295 8. John, b. 27 April, 1760; m. Lydia Ames. 9. James, b. 26 April, 1762; m. Weeks. 10. Eunice, b. 8 July, 1764; m. Oliver Williams. Cbildren by Lucy. 11. Daniel, b. 20 Aug., 1769; m. 1st, Wait; 2d, Abby Hempstead. 12. Stephen, b. 9 April, 1772; m. Lucy AUyn. 13. Naomi, b. 2 Sept., 1774. 14. Susanna, b. 18 Feb., 1777. 15. Lucy, b. 24 IvTov., 1780. BEjSTJAMIlSr (2), b. about 1746, son of Ebenezer Smith and ; married 1st, Susan Lewis, 2d, Nancy Morris, b. about 1770. IJe was a farmer, settled first in Qroton, opposite Montville, and may afterwards have returned to Montville. lie died 20 March, 1836. His children were all by his first wife. Children. 16. Benjamin, b. about 1775; m. Eebecca Morris. 17. Asa, b. ; m. Kesiah Parish. 18. Sally, b. ; m. Prentice Adams. 19. Susan, b. ; m. Andrew Bill. 20. Polly, b. ; m. John Williams. 21. Lizzie, b. ; m. Henry McNeil. EBENEZEE (3), b. 16 March, 1748, son of Ebenezer Smith and ; m., about 1770, Margaret Wheeler. He lived at Massapeag, a farmer. He died 16 May, 1827. She died 9 Dec, 1822, aged 79 years. Children. 22. Ebenezer, b. about 1770; m. Llannah Adams. '23. Seth, b. about 1772; m. Mercy Wheeler. 24. Ransford, b. about 1773; died a young man. 25. ]\Ierey, b. about 1775; died 21 Jan., 1839, unm. 26. Margaret, b. about 1777; died 18 July, 1848, unm. 27. Roxamia, b. about 1780; m. John Tuttle. 28. Miranda, b. about 1787; died 30 Jan., 1856. 296 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. JOHN (8), b. 27 April, 1760, son of Ebenezer Smith and ; married about 1783, Lydia Ames, born about 1763. He lived at Massapeag. A farmer. He died 2 Feb., 1852, age 92 years. She died 25 Oct., 1854, age 91 years. Children. 29. Marvin, b. 18 Nov., 1784; m. 1st, Anna Newton; 2d, Sybel Morgan. 30. John, b. ; m. Nancy BoUes. 31. Alvin G., b. 18 June, 1800; m. Nancy Ames. 32. Lyman, b. 22 March, 1803; m. Emeline Fanning. 33. Nancy, b. ; m. Micajah Davis. 34. Betsey, b. ; m. Nathan Palmer Coats. DANIEL (11), b. 29 Aug., 1767, son of Ebenezer Smith and Lucy Hatch; m. 1st, Wait; 2d, Abby Hempstead, 20 Nov., 1777, dau. of Ebenezer Hempstead. He lived first at Massapeag, on the farm he bought of Nathaniel Bradford in 1803, containing 86 acres, covering the ground now owned by the Kittemaug Association. After his death, 9 Oct., 1818, his half-brother, Marvin, purchased this farm and erected a new house. He died of lockjaw. She died 25 June, 1867. Children by First Wife. 35. Wait, b. ; m. Susan Chapman. 36. Mary, b. ; m. Abel Richards. Children by Abby. 37. Hiram, b. about 1807; m. Mary E. Chapel; she died 27 Feb., 1854. He died 1 April, 1890. 38. Peter, b. about 1812; m. Jerusha A. Root. He died 16 Sept., 1879. She died 27 Sept., 1889. 39. Albert, b. ; m. . 40. Jerusha, b. ; m. 1st, James Chapel; 2d, Jesse Comstock. 41. Amy, b. about 1811; m. Samuel Latimer. 42. Caroline, b. ; m. Austin Fuller. SMITH FAMILIES. 297 STEPHEN (12), b. 9 April, 1Y72, son of Ebenezer Smith and Lucy Hatch; m. Lucy Allyn 25 May, 1803, born 16 May, 17Y8, dau. of Thomas Allyn and Bathsheba Stoddard. She died at Montville 16 April, 1847. He died 19 June, 1864, age 92 years. Children. 4.3. AUyjQ,, b. 20 April, 1805 ; removed to the State of IsT. Y. 44. Sanford, b. 28 Jan., 1807; m. Sarah Tare. 45. Cyntha, b. 16 Feb., 1809; living at Uncasville in 1896, unmarried. 46. Cephas, b. 25 July, 1810; died 29 Oct., 1819. 47. Thomas K, b. 26 June, 1812; died 29 Aug., 1830. 48. Sophia, b. 24 April, 1814; m. George May. 49. Eobert, b. 28 Eeb., 1816; died 31 Dec, 1837. 50. Lucy Maria, b. 5 June, 1818 ; m. George White. BEISTJAMIN (16), b. about 1775, son of Benjamin Smith and Susan Lems; m. Rebecca Morris, b. 1774. He was a farmer. Settled in Montville, lived near the old Rogers Saw- MiU on Stony Brook. His farm was afterwards occupied by his son-in-law, Charles L. Whaley. He died 18 Eeb., 1857. She died 19 Dec, 1863, age 89 years. Children. 51. Susan, b. 22 Aug., 1801; m. John C. Maples. 52. Almira, b. about 1806. 53. Emma, b. about 1813; m. Charles L. Whaley. ASA (17), b. , son of Benjamin Smith and Susan Lewis; married about 1796, Kesiah Parish, dau. of Elijah Parish and Marian Baker. Children. 54. Nancy, b. 3 July, 1797. 55. Elijah, b. 26 May, 1801. 56. William, b. 9 April, 1804. 57. Asa, b. 4 Sept., 1806; m. Marinda Smith. 298 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. EBE'NEZEE (22), b. aLoiit 1770, son of Ebenezer Smith and Margaret Wheeler; married 10 Oct., 1793, Hannah A'dams. Children. 58. Lorinda, h. 17 Jan., 1794. 59. Amy, h. 31 Jan., 1802; m. Stephen Maples, 1st wife. 60. Eansford, b. 29 ISTov., 1804. 61. Koxanna, b. 1806. 62. Phebe, b. about 1808 ; m. Stephen Maples, 2d wife. SETI-I (23), b. about 1772, son of Ebenezer Smith and Margaret Wheeler; married Mercy Wheeler, dau. of Jeremiah Wheeler. Children. 63. Seth, b. ; m. JSTancy Koss. 64. Miranda, b. 10 Oct., 1807; m. Asa Smith. 65. Jane, b. ; m. Sherwood Fitch, 1st wife. 66. Abby, b. ; m. Daniel Ayers. 67. Aurelia, b. ; died unmarried. 68. Alfred, b. ; died unmarried. MAEVIISr (29), b. 18 IS^ov., 1784, son of John Smith and Lydia Ames; married, in 1812, Anna Newton, born in 1784. She died 24 Dec, 1843. He then married, in 1845, Sybel Morgan, born in 1796. Mr. Smith was born at Massapeag, where he has always lived. His whole life was spent along the river. In his younger days he was a ship carpenter, some- times employed at the yard in jSTew London, at other times at ISTorwich, and various points along the river. His late resi- dence was on the west bank of the Thames River, directly op- posite AUyn's Point. The Ivittemaug Association Club House is located on land conveyed to the Association by Mr. Smith. It is a beautiful spot; a grove of rare beauty surrounds their commodious edifice, the grounds sloping towards the river, and extends tii its banks. On this spot of land and near to the river, in a clump of rocks on th.e bank whidh rises several feet above the water, is the " Chair of l^ncas," so often men- SMITH FAMILIES. 299 tioned by the press, and in which Uncas is said to have secreted himself when pursued by his enemies. This chair, as it is called, was formed by a natural recess in the rocks extending from near the water's edge several feet back into the ledge, and open towards the river. Mr. Smith lived a very quiet life, and was greatly respected by all. He was honest and conscientious in all his dealings, a good J\Iethodist, and a large contributor towards the support of the ministry of the Methodist Church at Uncasville, of which he was a devoted member. He died 31 March, 1887, at the advanced age of 102 years, 4 months, and 13 days. His second wife survived him, and died in 1895, aged 98 years, 5 months, and 14 days. Children. 69. Betsey Diantha, b. 29 Aug., 1815; m. David Corning. 70. Marvin Almon, b. 13 Oct., 1817; m. 1st, Lydia H. Chapman, dau. of Charles Chapman of ISTew Lon- don, April, 1863, and had one dau., Lydia Henrietta, b. 5 March, 1864. His wife died soon after the birth of the child, and he married for his second wife, Frances Almira Smith, b. 30 Aug., 1831, dau. of Joseph Smith and Eliza Fanning, and had "Wal- lace Almon, b. 24 Nov., 1868, and Marvin Elliott, b. 26 Dec, 1872. 71. Lydia Ursula, b. 8 July, 1820. 72. Frances Manette, b. 31 July, 1823. ALVIN G. (31), b. 18 June, 1800, son of John Smith and Lydia Ames; married 29 Oct., 1826, ISTancy Ames, dau. of Jonathan jVmes and Betsey Douglass. He was a farmer and resided at Massapeag. He held the oifice of justice of the peace for many years. A man of sound judgment, and was considered well qualified to try cases and give advice in mat- ters in dispute. He died 16 Dec, 1891. She died 9 May, 1891. 300 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. ' . Children. 73. Eunice E., b. 18 Dec, 1828; m. Charles Brown. Y4. John, b. 23 Jan., 1832; died 9 June, 1839. 75. Laura L., b. 27 Jan., 1836; m. Elisha Maples. 76. Sarah S., b. 24 Oct., 1841; m. Jedediah R Gay, 2d. 77. John C, b. 23 May, 1845 ; m. Laura Chapel. LYMAlSr (32), b. 22 March, 1803, son of John Smith and Lydia Ames; married, in 1828, Emeline Panning, dau. of Henry Fanning and Lovina Standish. He was a fanner. His farm adjoined that of his brother, Alvin C, at Massapeag. He lived a quiet and peaceable life and died 27 May, 1890. She died 5 Sept., 1861. Children. 78. Henry Austin, b. 27 June, 1834; m. Harriet Mitchell. 79. Julia E., b. 5 March, 1840 ; m. John T. O'Brien. ASA (57), b. 4 Sept., 1806, son of Asa Smith and Desire Parish; married Marinda Smith, b. 10 Oct., 1S07, dau. of Seth Smith and Mercy Wheeler. He died at Montville 10 Oct., 1851. Children. 80. "William P., b. 1 Dec, 1835. 81. Seth Chester, b. 16 Jan., 1837; m. 1st, Ahnira Maple; 2d, Ann Eliza Church. 82. Harriet, b. 26 Jan., 1839; m. Azel Fitch Champlin. 83. Edwin, b. 10 Oct., 1841; living in 1S96, unm. 84. Delea, b. ; died , iinm. OTHER SMITH FAMILIES. Joseph Smith came from Groton to Montyille about 1764, and purchased land on Saw-mill Brook, in the vicinity of Palmertown, now so called, on which he ereteted a dwelling house and a fulling mill. Mr. Smith was born in G-roton, Conn., 25 Dec, 1Y35, son of Johnathan, ot Jonathan, Smith (2), and grandson of Johnathan (1). He served ia the Frendh and Indian Wars. Was at the battle of Tioonderoga, 6 Julv, 1*758. He returned to his home ia Stonington 30 Sept., 1Y58, as appears by a letter written by himself to some friend, giv- ing a report of his travels during his absence from home, which report is in the possession of his great-grandson. Welcome A. Smith of JSTorwich, Conn. JOSEPH SMITH, m. 25 March, 1762, Zerviah Breed, b. 23 Oct., 1741, dau. of Allen and Ann Breed of Stonington, Conn. He died at Montville 1 Nov., 1816, age 80 years, 10 months, 7 days. She died 9 June, 1823, age 81 years, 7 months, 26 days. Children. 2. Zerviah, b. 17 ISTov., 1763, at Stonington; m. Benajah Davis. 3. Joseph, b. 6 July, 1766, at ISTew London, now Montville. 4. Amy, b. 12 Mch., 1769 ; m. Stephen Bishop. 5. Betsey, b. 16 Oct., 1771; m. Greirsham Palmer. 6. Ezra, b. 6 Mch., 1775. 7. Hannah, b. 9 Feb., 1778 ; m. Stephen Eoy. 8. George Washington, b. 5. Aug., 1780. 9. Abel, b. 1 April, 1785 ; m. Lydia Palmer. ABEL (9), b. 1 April, 1785, son of Joseph Smith and Zerviah Breed; m. at Preston, 6 April, 1808, Lydia Pakaer, b. 5 April, 1789, dau. of Gershom Palmer and Zerviah Pal- 302 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. nier. He settled at IMoiitville, a farmer and cotton manufact- iirer. He oecnpied the place which formerly belonged to his fatlicr, iuid on which the Eockland Paper Mill is now located. He died 30 Dec, 1S4.']. She died 6 Aug., 1864. Children. 10. Allen Breed, b. G ilay, 1811; m. 11. Benjamin Alvah, b. 17 jS^ov., 1812 ; m. — Wheeler. 12. Mary, b. 27 Aug., 1817; m. Jerome Palmer. 13. Amy, b. 10 May, 1820; m. Elias Browning. 14. John Wightman, b. 20 Dec, 1821; m. 15. Jacob Benton, b. 13 May, 1823; died 9 Feb., 1840, from lockjaw. WATHAIsT SMITH became an iuihabitant of the Worth Parish of JSTew London about 1759, at which time he bougbt a tract of land of J^oaJi Hammond, and is the same land after- wards occupied by his son, Joihn Smith, later by John Fellowes. The mansion house that ISTathan Smith is supposed to have built is still standing, and in excellent repair, having been much improved by the Hon. Prancis Pellowes of Hartfoi'd, and occupied by him as a summer residence. After his death the dwelling-house and garden was sold to John C. Dolbearc. Nathan Smith was married previous to his removal to ]\rontville. He is supposed to have come from Lyme, born about 1723, and is supposed to have descended from the Lyme families of Smiths. He, with his wife, Elizabeth, united with the church in the latter part of Eev. David Jewett's pastorate. He had been a member of Rev. ]\Ir. Griswold's church. He was a tanner and currier, and, after his death, the business was carried on by his son, John Smith. His wife, Elizabeth, died 29 June, 1776, ngod 47 years. LTo then married for his second wife Anna . She died 24 May, 1807, in the 83d year of her age. He died 7 Jammry, 1809, in the 86th year of his age. It is said that he had fourteen children, three sons and eleven daughters; their names have not all been recovered. OTHER SMITH FAMILIES. 303 1st, Elizabetli, m. Dr. C'aulkins; 2d, Esther, m. Jesse Beck- with; tli'ey were tilie grandparents of Elias H. Beckwitdi of Norwich; 3d, Nathan; 4th, Nancy; 5th, Behnda; 6th, John; Yth, IVIary; Sth, Benjamin; 9th, Caroline, who is said to have been the youngest child. There is a little romance attached to the history of Caro- line, the yotmgest child of Nathan Smith, which may be inter- esting to some who may not have heard of it, if here related. Mr. Nathan Smith, like many other Puritans of his time, had a large family, and " ruled well his own house." Among his employes in the tannery business was a man by the name of AVhipple, who had a son, Lemuel, a bright, intelligent youth, about the age of Caroline, " Square " Smith's youngest daugh- ter. She was an attractive girl of twenty years at this time. Young Lemuel Whipple soon became attached to Caroline, who reciprocated his affections, and the mutual love culmi- nated in their desire to become one. But when marriage was proposed the father of Caroline was very strongly opposed to it. The young man conceived a project, and left for the state of Maine, where he was soon engaged in a profitable business. About a year after the depiarture of young "Whipple, on a beautiful morning in the month of June, OaroEne was missing from her accustomed place, 'and the fact became clear that she had eloped with her lover. On this June night, while the balmy air was perfumed with the odor of roses and pinks, this persistent young lady, responding to a signal that she knew well, threw her personal belongings from the window of her bedchamber, and softly tiptoed down the stairs and out into the yard, where she met her lover, who had provided him- self with the best horse he could find to aid them in their flight. There was no time spent in good-byes to parents or home. The pair, mounted upon the saddle and pillion, sped their way till daylight, when they stopped at a village to be married. Mr. Whipple had carefully considered the distance be- tween Montville and Bangor, and had noted the roads that lay between points, in order to select the most direct route to their 304 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. new home in the " Pine Tree State," so that the 200 miles were covered within forty-eight hours. The little sensation, however, died away at the old home- stead after awhile. The Squire and his family became recon- ciled. The sisters afterwards went to Bangor to see Mrs. ■ yiiipple, but her mother never saw her face again. Mr. Whipple was very successful in his business, and, at his death, left his widow the snug little sum of $250,000. She lived to the great age of 108 years, and at the age of 105 years wrote a letter to a relative in a hand perfectly clear and plain. This letter, it is said, is now in the possession of Mr. E. H. Beckwith of Norwich. JOHN SMITH, b. about 1766, son of Na*han Smith and Elizabeth ; married 7 Oct., 1795, CaroHue Chester, b. 27 Aug., 1773, dau. of Deacon Joseph Chester and Elizabeth Otis. He settled in Montville and lived on the old Smith homestead. He was a man of considerable notoriety; was a justice of the peace and held other town offices; was an active member of the church and ecclesiastical society. His wife was a devoted Christian woman and kind neighbor. They both died without children of their own. He died 26 Feb., 1836. She died 20 Sept., 1856. DAVID SMITH was also another whose ancestors are not certainly known, and who became an inOuabitant of the ISTorth Parish of New London, and settled in the part of Montville that was set off to the town of Waterford. He was born about 1735 ; married 1st, Beebe; 2d, Powers. He died 22 June, 1808. Children. 2. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Sharp. 3. Joshua, b. 28 March, 1762; m. 1st, Esther Powers; 2d, Mima Chapel. 4. Mary, b. about 1786; m. Ezra Keeney. JOSHUA (3), b. 28 March, 1762, son of David Smith and -; married 10 Nov., 1784, Esther, dau. of Joshua MRS. JOHN SMITH. Formerly Caroline Chester. OTHER SMITH FAMILIES. 305 Powers of Black Point. She died 2 Dec, 1796, aged 47 years. He lafterwards married 19 May, 1799, Mima Chapel, dau. ocf Ezekiel Chapel and Sarah Gardner. He died 25 Jan., 1852. She died 22 April, 1866. Children by Esther. 5. David, b. 26 Oct., 1785; m. Amy Comstock. 6. Jonathan, b. 4 Oct., 1787; m. Clara Chapel. 7. Esther, b. 22 Dec, 1791; died 14 Oct., 1793. Children by Mima. 8. Clarissa, b. 20 April, 1800; died 26 Aug., 1814. . 9. Keiiben Palmer, b. 29 Dec, 1801; m. Caroline Chapman. 10. Sarah Gardner, b. 2 Nov., 1804; m. Jesse Jerome, 2d wife. 11. Ezekiel Chapel, b. 8 July, 1809; m. Delia Chapman. JETHKO SMITH, b. about 1714; married 17 May, 1740, Ann Williams, dau. of Thomas Williams and Sarah Babcock. He was an inhabitant of Montville. He had a dau., Mary, who married Lancaster Comstock. Jethro was the son of Jose2:)h Smith and Patience Mowry of Smithfield, P. I., grand- son of Edward Smith and Anpliillis Angel of Providence, P. I., greajt-grandson of Christopher Smitlh aad Alice . He first appears at Providence, E. I., in 1650, Sept.. 2d, when he was taxed 3s. 4d., and died at Providence,, June, 1676, 20 LEFFINGWELL FAMILIES. +-, Thomas Leffingwell tlie first, of Saybrook, was a native of Croxball, England, and one of the earliest planters of Say- brook. He was pergonally engaged in the Pequot War, a friend to Uneas, and gave him great assistance at the time the Miohegans were besieged by the Narragansetts in the spring of 1645. Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell was one of the pro- prietors of JSTorwich. He was active in the affairs of the town and state. He died at Norwich ab'oiut the year lYlO. MJary, his wife, died there Feb. 6, 1711. His descendants were numerous, and the name has been quite common in the vicinity of the first settlement of their first American ances- tor. Children. 2. Eachel, b. 17 March, 1648. 3. Thomas, b. 27 Aug., 1649; m. Mary Bushnell. 4. Jonathan, b. 6 Dec, 1650. 5. Joseph, b. 24 Dec, 1652. 6. Mary, b. 10 Dec, 1654; m. Joseph Bushnell, 28 N'ov., 1673. 7. Nathaniel, b. 11 Dec, 1656; m. Mary Smith. 1, — ■ 8. Samuel, b. about 1660; m. Ann Dickerson. TI. TI-IOMAS (3), b. 27 Aug., 1649, son of Thomas Lef- fingwell and Mary ; married Sept., 1672, Mary, b. Jan., 1654, sister of Eichard Bushnell, the first of Norwich. He died 5 Marcli, 1724. She died 2 Dec, 1745. Children. 9. Thomas, b. 11 March, 1674; m. Lydia Tracy. 10. Elizabeth, b. Nov., 1676; m. John Tracy. 11. Ann, b. 25 Jan., 1680; m. Dr. Caleb Bushnell. 12. Mary, b. 11 March, 1682; m. Simeon Tracy. LEFFINGWELL FAMILIES. 307 13. Zurviali, b. 17 Oct., 1686; m. Beuajah Buslmell. 14. John, b. 2 Feb., 1688; m. 1st, Sarab Abel; 2d, Mary Hart. 15. Abigail, b. 14 Sept., 1691; m. Daniel Tracy, only son of Daniel Tracy and Abigail Adgate. 16. Benajab, b. 9 Aug., 1693; m. Joanna Cbristopbers. 17. Hezeidab, b. 18 ISTov., 1695; died 24 April, 1696. — II. jSTATHANIEL (7), b. 11 Dec., 1656, son of Thomas Leffingwell and Mary ; m. 8 Jan., 1682, Mary Smith, daughter of . They may haye had more children, but only one appears on the records, Samuel, b. June, 1692. II. SAMUEL (8), b. about 1660, son of Thomas Leffing- well and Mary ; m. 16 'Nov., 1687, Ann Dickeirson, daughter of . He died at ISTorwich, Dec, 1691. She died there 22 Feb., 1690-1. They appear to have had but one child. - — ^18. Samuel, b. 4 Feb., 1690-1; m. Hannah Gifford. III. JOHN (14), b. 2 Feb., 1688, son of Thomas Lef- fingwell and Mary Bushnell; married 1st, Sarah Abel; 2d, Mary Hart. He settled at I*forwich. He was styled Cap- tain John. His death or that of either of his wives does not appear. Only one child by his first wife is recorded. Child by Sarah. 19. Elizabeth, b. 12 Dec, 1713; m. Ezra Hyde, 30 Miarch, 1730. Children by Mary. 20. Mathew, b. 28 March, 1739; m. Charity Bushnell. 21. Phineas, b. 9 April, 1742; m. Ehzabeth Hyde 22. John, b. ; m. Hannah Edgerton. in. BEISTAJAH (16), b. 9 Aug., 1693, son of Thom^as Leffingwell and Mary Bushnell ; married Joanna Christophers, born at ISTew London 19 March, 1707, daughter of Judge Kich- 308 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. ard Christophers and Grace Turner. They had eight sons and five daughters. 23. Elisha the 7th son, b. 4 Nov., 1743 ; m. Alice Tracy. III. SAMUEL (18), b. 4 Feb., 1690-1, son of Samuel Lefiingwell and Ann IHckerson; married 2 March, 1714-15, Hannah Gifford. He settled in Norwich. She died there 7 Oct., 1742,. Children. 24. Caleb, b. 13 May, 1716; m. Mary . 25. Samuel, b. 28 May, 1718; m. Hanpah Buck. 26. Hannah, b. 14 Feb., 1719-20. 27. Ann, b. 28 June, 1722; m. 1st, "William Vibber; 2d, James Noble. 28. Andrevi', b. 12 Dec, 1724; m. Marcy Nobles. 29. Mary, b. 8 Oct., 1726; m. John Nobles. w 30. Elizabeth, b. 9 June, 1729 ; m. Samuel Copp. 31. Jonathan, b. 22 May, 1731. . 32. Abigail, b. 29 May, 1734. 33. Sarah, b. 28 Aug., 1736. IV. MATHEW (20), b. 28 March, 1739, son of Captain John Leffingwell and Mary Hart; married Charity Bushnell, second daughter of Richard. They had a large family of children. 34. Jabez, the 6th son, b. 5 May, 1778; m. Lydia Rogers. 34a. Phineas, the 4th son, b. 19 Nov., 1770; m. Arunah "Waterman. TV. PHINEAS (21), b. 9 April, 1742, son of Captain John Leffingivell and Mary Hart; married 19 Nov., 1774, Elizabeth Hyde, daughter of Jabez Hyde. She died 21 April, 1796. He died 25 Sept., 1797. Children. ? 35. Phineas, b. 28 A.ug., 1775. 36. Simeon, b. 13 March, 1778; died 14 March, 1803, unm. LEFFINGWELL FAMILIES. 309 37. Olaarles, b. 6 Marah, 1Y80; removed to Kome, N. Y. 38. John, b. 21 July; m. Ladd. 39. Ambrose, b. 25 ISTot., 1786; died unm. 40. Henry, b. 30 Dec, 1788; m. 1st, Gager; 2d, Babcock. 41. Elizabeth, twin to Charles; m. 1st, Albert Ladd; 2d, Robert Hyde. IV. ELISHA (23), b. 4 Nov., 1743, son of Benuj'ah Lef- fingwell and Joanna Christophers; married 15 Jan., 1766, Alice Tracy, b. 11 Oct., 1745, daughter of Dr. Elisha Tracy. He settled at Norwich. Children. 42. Dyer, b. 6 April, 1767; died 5 Oct., 1770. 43. Lucy Huntington, b. 4 Sept., 1768; m. Deacon Simeon Abel. 44. Dyer, b. 5 Oct., 1770; ni. Hannah Waterman. 45. Sarah, b. 27 Nov., 1772; m. Roswell Culver. 46. Alice, b. 8 Aug., 1775 ; m. Henry Tracy. 47. Elisha, b. 28 Feb., 1778; m. Francis Thomas. 48. Nancy, b. 15 Feb., 1781; m. Nehemiah Huntington. 49. Martin, b. Oct., 1785; m. Mary Thom'as. IV. SAMUEL (25), b. 28 May, 1718, son of Samuel LefEingwell and Ann Dickerson; married 7 Sept., 1743, Han- nah Buck. After her death, 29 March, 1761, he married 10 Dec, 1762, Sarah Eussel. She died 22 Oct., 1763. He died . Children by Hannah. 50. Benjamin, b. 2 Feb., 1743-4; m. Lettis Camp. 51. Samuel, b. 28 June, 1747; m. Betsey Baker. 52. xibigail, b. 2 April, 1752; m. Josiah Baker. IV. ANDREW (28), b. 12 Dec, 1724, son of Samuel Leffingwell and Ann Dickerson; married Marcy Nobles, b. 5 April, 1726, daughter of Stephen Nobles and Marcy Wil- liams. He died in Bozrah, 27 Sept., 1803. She died 5 Oct., 1808. 10 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 53. Gurdon, b. 1Y68, m. Polly Avery. 54. Elisha, b. ; m. Betsey Barney. 55. Andrew, b. ; died a young man. 56. Kliod'a, b. ; m. Cbarles Bill. 57. Annis, b. ; died, aged 80 yeai*s, unm. 58. Eunice, b. ; m. Eansford Avery. 59. Marcy, b. ; m. Stephen Post. JABEZ (34), b. 6 May, 1778, son of Mathew Leffingwell and Charity Bushnell; married 20 April, ISO;^, Lydia Eogers, b. 15 Feb., 1779, youngest daughter of James Kogere and Zilpha Hyde. Children. 60. Lucy Eogers, b. 24 March, 1804; m. . Ee- moved to Ohio. 61. John Hyde, b. 18 Jan., 1806; m. . Eemoved to Ohio. 62. George E., b. 12 March, 1808; died 7 July, 1809. 63. Lydia, b. 4 Jan., 1810. 64. Frances Abby, b. 17 Nov., 1811; m. Joseph Bates Car- ter. 65. George Henry, b. 30 Dec, 1813. V. BENJAMIN (50), b. 2 Feb., 1743-4, son of Samuel LefSng'well and Hannlah Buck; married Lettis Camp, b. July, 1742, daughter of . He was an inhabitant of Bozrab, where he was a farmer, and died 2 Feb., 1826. She died 29 Oct., 1803. Children. 66. Wealthea, b. 6 Aug., 1766; m. Allen Watrous. 67. Hussel, b. 28 Feb., 1768; m. Sarah Gardner. 68. James, b. April, 1770; m. Maples. 61). John, b. 22 March, 1774; m. Eimice Ford. 70. Louise, b. June, 1776; m. David Maples. 71. Joseph, b. June, 1778; m. Sally Ford. 72. Mary, b. Jan., 1780; m. Caleb Eeed. She died 30 Sept., 1825. LBFFINGWELL FAMILIES. 311 V. SAMUEL (51), b. 28 June, 174Y, son of Samuel Lef- fingwell and Hannah Buck; married Betsey Baker, b. 13 July, 1T4Y, daughter of Joshua Baker and Phebe Wickwire. He was a resident of Bozrah, but lived near the Montville town line. He was a farmer, and died 25 March, 1823. She died 5 April, 1816. Children. 73. Samuel, b. ; m. Lydia Herrington. 74. Christopher, b. 29 Dec, 1771; m. Jemima Woodworth. 75. Phebe, b. 27 Jan., 1774; m. Jonathan Chapman. 76. Hannah, b. ; m. Nehemiah Eandall. 77. Lodice, b. ; m. Oliver Landphere. 78. Ann, b. ; m. Stephen Maples. 7J). Abigail, b. ; m. Joseph Ford. 80. Betsey, b. 1779; m. DaA-id Jlaples. V. GUEDON (53), b. 1768, son of Andre^v LeiEngwell and Marcy Nobles; married Polly Avery, daughter of . He was a resident of Montville, a farmer, aiid died 16 Jan., 1844. She died 17 Dec, 1869. Children. 81. Elisha, b. 6 Feb., 1796; m. Betsey Beebe. 82. Marvin, b. 20 July, 1798; m. 1st, Abby Ann Chapman; 2d, Sarah Whaley. 83. Gardner, b. 10 Jan., 1801; died unm. 84. Mary, b. 4 April, 1803 ; m. 85. Amanda, b. 4 Nov., 1805; m. Alfred Eogers. 86. Andrew, b. 9 July, 1808; m. Sally Sabin. 87. George, b. March, 1811; died 28 Nov., 1881, unm. 88. Fitch, b. 1813; died June, 1827. 89. Ira, b. 1816 ; died 4 Aug., 1872, unm. 90. Harriet, b. 25 Aug., 1819; m. Joseph Kelso. VI. JOHlSr (69), b. 22 March, 1774, son of Benjamin Leffingwell and Lettis Camp; married Eunice Ford, b. May, 1782, daughter of Joseph Ford and Eebecca Bradford. He was a resident of Montville, a farmer, and died 19 Oct., 1856. She died 10 Jan., 1873. 312 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 91. Eunice F., b. 13 Sept., 1807; died 8 Sept., 1882, unm. 92. John B., b. 4 Sept., 1809; m. Martha Palmer. CHEISTOPHEE (74), b. 29 Dec, 1771, son of Samuel LeiEngwell and Betsey Baker; married Jemima Woodworth, daughter of Joshiia Woodworth and Lucy . This Joshua Woodworth was born 11 Oct., 1743, and died 3 Nov., 1813. Lucy, his wife, b. 12 Aug., 1747; died 8 July, 1822, parents of Joshua Elliot Woodworth, who lived at Mohegan, and grandparents of Joshua E. Woodworth, Jr., who died at Norwich. Children. 93. Christopher, b. 26 Nov., 1802; m. Amelia Gardner. He died 1 April, 1873. She died 18 Dec, 1868. 94. Joshua B., b. 3 July, 1804; m. Mary Woodworth. 95. Eunice Fitch, b. 5 July, 1808; m. Kobert Palmer. VI. MARVIN (82), b. 20 July, 1798, son of Gurdon Leffingwell and Polly Avery; married 1st, Abby Ann Chap- man, daughter of Jonathan Chapman, Jr., and Phebe . He was a resident of Montville, lived ait the foot of " Nobles Hill." She died 17 March, 1838. He then married Sarah Whaley, daughter of Levi Whaley. He died 31 March, 1856. Children by Abby Ann. 96. Erastus M., b. 31 July, 1825; m. Abby Beebe. 97. Ehza Jane, b. Aug., 1831; m. Lewis Rogers. 98. Daniel C, b. 20 June, 1836; m. Kebecca Curtis. Children by Sarah. i 99. Chauncey, b. ; m. Martin. 100. Maria, b. ; m. James Beebe. VII. JOHN B. (92), b. 4 Sept., 1809, son of John Let fingwell and Eunice Ford; mari-ied 23 Dec, 1833, Martha Palmer, sister of Deacon Robert Palmer. He was an inhabi- LEFFINGWELL FAMILIES. 313 tant of Montville, a farmer of thrift, and a thorough business man, being quite often chosen assessor of the toiwn raites, and also held t)he office of selectman. He died 11 April, 1884. She was living in 1896. Children. 101. John Henry, b. 1 Oct., 1835; m. Harriet Eogers. 102. Mary Jane, b. 22 Sept., 1888 ; m. 1st, Alexander Cutler; 2d, Anson Gardner. 103. Joseph L., b. 9 ISTov., 1841; m. Julia M. Switz. 104. Orren B., b. 29 June, 1849; m. Helen M. Gadbois. yill. JOSEPH (103), b. 9 ISToY., 1841, son of John B. Leffingwell and Martha Palmer; married 26 Nov., 18Y2, Julia M. Switz. He was a farmer; settled near the old homestead. He died 8 Feb., 1888. She was living in 1896. Children. 105. John L., b. 16 Sept., 18Y3. 106. George W., b. 5 March, 1875. LATIMEK FAMILIES. Captain Eobert Latimer, Jr., b. 5 Feb., 1664, was the son of Eobert Latimer, Sr., the first of New London, who mar- ried Mrs. Ann Jones, the widow of Mathew Jones, and daugh- ter of George Griggs, Esq., of Boston. Their only daughter, Elizabeth, married Jonathan Prentis. Captain Robert Latimer, Jr., married Elizabeth , and had five sons and one daughter. He was rich in landed estate. Besides the homestead in ISTew London and town lots, he owned a considerable tract of swamp and cedar land in the vicinity of ISTew London, and an unmeasured quantity of wild land in the northwest part- of New London, which was afterwards occTipied by his descendants. He also owned that tract of land in Chesterfield on which his descendants after- wards lived, and on which some of the name still live. He was elected to many ofiices of trust, was chosen a deputy in 1705, which office he held several years in succession. In lYlY he was a member of the Governor's Council, and again chosen in 1720, and held the position until his death. He died at New London on the 29th day of November, 1728, aged 64 years. Children. 2. John, b. ; m. Eli^iabeth ■ Eobert, b. ; m. Mary Huntley, 17 June, 1731. 4. Jonathan, b. about 1698; m. Borodil Denison. 5. Samuel, b. ; m. Elizabeth. Hallum. 6. Peter, b. ; m. Hannah Picket. 6a. Ann, b. III. JONATHAN (4), b. about 1698, son of Captain Eobert Latimer and Hannah ; married 6 April, 1721, Borodil Denison, b. 17 May, 1701, daughter of George Deni- t-l > s o LATIMER FAMILIES. 315 son, Esq., who graduated at Harvard in 1693 and entered the profession of lawyer. Captain Jonathan Latimer settled at !New London, 'and, like his father, was a wealthy landholder. He orv^Tied a large tract in Chesterfield, which he inherited from his father, and he also possessed a tract of land on the west side of ISTiantic Kiver, now in the town of East Lyme. The site of a dwelKng-house, formerly occupied by one of his sons was in 1882 still visible, on the west side of the Mantic Eiver, about a mile below the bridge at the head of the river, and nearly opposite Sandy Point. The spring from which water was taken to supply the house is still known as " Lati- mer Spring." A long ledge of almost perpendicular rocks, lying along the west bank of the river, has since been called " Latimer's Rocks." He also owned land at the place now called Blaick Point in Lyme. The beautiful white sand beach on the west side of Black Point is still called " Latimer's Beach." Children. 7. Anne, b. about 1728; m. Charles Buckley,* 3 Oct., 1741. 8. Jonathan, b. 27 March, 1724; m. Luoretia G-riswold. 9. Elizabeth, b. 16 Sept., 1726; m. Joseph Denison. 10. Mary, b. 16 April, 1729; m. Joseph Deshon. 11. Amos, b. 5 Dec, 1730. 12. Eobert, b. 26 Feb., 1732. 13. , Henry, b. 28 Eeb., 1737. 14. Daniel, b. 16 Aug., 1739. 15. John, b. 21 Dec, 1741; died in infancy. 16. Borodil, bap. 19 Eeb., 1744; m. Nathaniel Coit. IIL SAMUEL (5), b. , son of Captain Eobert Latimer and Hannah ; married 11 July, 1723, Eliza- beth Hallum, daughter of IvTicholas by his second wife, Eliza- beth Meades, who maiden name was Gulliver. Elizabeth * Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley is a descendant of this Charles Buckley and Ann Latimer. 316 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. (Hallum) Latimer was bom in London, England, 22 Feb., lYOl-2. They settled at ISTew London, wbere be died 1 April, 1774. She died 1 Sept., 1777. Children. 17. Samuel, bap. 4 Jan., 1727; died at the age of 8 years. 18. Elizabeth, b. 28 Aug., 1728; m. Mcholas Hallaan, probably a cousin. 19. ISIiathan, b. 15 March, 1730; m. Jane Lee. 20. Samuel, b. 11 Feb., 1733; m. Elizabeth Prentis. 21. Amos, b. 28 Jan., 1737. 22. Ann, b. 28 Aug., 1739. She was living in 1802. Sold land to Goddard Martenas in Chesterfield. 23. Marv, b. 5 Nov., 1742. 24. Lucy, b. 18 Feb., 1745; died 10 May, 1751. 25. Eichard, b. 27 March, 1749; m. Sarah Holt. III. PETER (6), b. , son of Captain Eobert Latimer and Elizabeth ; married 28 April, 1732, Hannab Picket, daughter of John Picket of ISTew London. He was a sea captain, and was lost at sea in 1790. Children. 26. Peter, b. 12 Sept., 1733. 27. Hannah, b. 29 Aug., 1735; m. Jones. 28. Lucretia, bap. 24 April, 1738; m. Captain ISTathaniel Saltonstall. 29. John, bap. 10 Jan., 1742. 30. Picket, bap. 19 May, 1745; m. Eunice Douglass. IV. JOI^ATHAIsr (8), b. 27 May, 1724, son of Captain Jonathan Latimer and Borodil Denison; m'arried Lucretia Griswold, b. 26 March, 1731, daughter of . He lived at ISTew London in Chesterfield Society, on land which he in- herited from his father. He was colonel of the Third Regi- ment of militia in Connecticut at the time of Arnold's raid on New London in 1781, and at the time was censured for not taking a more active part in bringing forward the forces under LATIMER FAMILIES. 317 his command to meiet the enemy. Colonel Latimer served in several campaigns against the French upon the northern fron- tier, and during the war for independence •^as much of the time in the field of service. The original of the following order issued by him is still extant, in the poesession of the writer. Its orthography would seem to indicate that men in those days were more accustomed to the use of the sword than the pen. " To Capt. Jdhn Hempstead, agreeable to orders Received from Glen 1 Tylar. you are ordered to Colect the Recruits for the continental Army within your Comp,y and Deliver them to the Continental officers at the house of John Raymond in the North Parish of ISTew London on the first Monday of May next. Which ofiioers will be there to muster and Receive them, and if any one of them Shall be mustered out you are to see that another is immediately Detached to Supply his Place, every Recruit must go Prepared to march to army im- mediately after they are mustered. Given at ISTew London, April ye 26, 1Y82. Jon" a Latimer Col 'N. B. ~No Deserter from the British service Negro or Boys can be accepted nor any man whose age or infirmity will Disenable them from an active Campain. J. L." On the back of this order is this endorsement: v " May 6th, 1782. You are hereby Ordered to tak the Body of Henry Harris and Deliver him to the house of John Bammon of N. L. this Day. Mak ISTo Delay. John Hemp- stead Capt. To Corporal Joshua Bradley. In Pursuant to the Above Order I mad Search After the "Within Warned Persons and found Nary One of them. Joshua Bradley, Cor- poral." Colonel Latimer with seven of his sons removed from Montville to Tennessee about 1790. They moved in emi- grant wagons drawn by oxen, taking with them articles and 318 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. provisions for use on the way. Colonel Latimer himself never lived to reiac'li his contemplated destinaition, but died on the j'ourney, and wa^s buried at the place where he died. The sons settled in the country, and were the ancestors of numer- ous descendants now living in the western states. It was said that six of Colonel Latimer's sons and himself measured forty-two feet. The Latimers have ever been noted for their height and stalwart muscular frame. Children. 31. Hannah, b. 19 Sept., 1Y4Y; m. Daniel Rogers. They settled early in Tennessee, and reai'ed a family of children who settled there. 32. G-eorge, b. 29 July, 1749; m. Rachel Smith, 10 Oct., 1Y73. 33. BoTodil, b. 13 Dec, 1750; died yoimg. 34. Jonathan, b. 12 April, 1753; m. Elizabeth Chapel. 35. Borodil, b. 12 April, 1755. 36. Wetherel, b. 18 March, 1757; m. Abigail Fitch. 37. Charles, b. 30 June, 1759. Settled in Tennessee. 38. Robert, b. 2 Nov., 1760. Settled in Tennessee, and was Mlled by the Indians. 39. Mcholas, b. 8 Jime, 1763; probably died young. 40. Griswold, b. 8 Sept., 1764. Settled in Tennessee. 41. Joseph, b. 8 June, 1766. Settled in Tennessee. 42. Nathaniel, b. 25 Feb., 1768. Settled in Tennessee. 43. Daniel, b. 4 May, 1771. TV. ITATHAW (19), b. 16 March, 1730, son of Samuel Latimer and Elizabeth TTallam; married 6 May, 1753, Jane Loe, daughter of Colonel Stephen Lee of Lyme. He settled in Chesterfield, and was li-^dng there in 1802, where he sold land to his son, ISTathan, Jr. Several of the family moved to Pennsylvania and Ohio. Children. 44. Ann, 1). 10 July, 1769; m. Zebulon Chapman. 4r,. Elizabeth, b. 17 Dec, 1764; m. Dodge. 46. Hallum, b. 3 Sept., 1754; m. Mercy Dodge. /,' LATlJlER FAMILIES. 319 47. Jane, b. 13 April, 1763; m. 13 Nov., 1789, Samuel Miner, and liad daugliter Elizabeth, b. 21 May, 1791, and son ISTiathaniel, b. 11 Sept., 1792, and Jane, Eu- nice, Henry, Sannael, and Mary Ann. 48. Natban, b. 24 July, 1756; m. 1st, Ann Dodge; 2d, Widow Sabra (Baker) Chapman. 49. Lucy, b. 3 Dec, 1758; m. ■ Dodge. She had son Mark, who lived in Salem, and other children. 50. Samuel, b. 16 June, 1767; m. Elizabeth Ohapel. 51. Edward, b. 10 July, 1771 ; m. Elizabeth Latimer, daugh- ter of Richard. 52. Stephen, b. 18 Jan., 1761; m. . Moved to Susquehanna. 53. Lydia, b. 5 July, 1773; m. 1st, Strickland; 2d, Beclcwith. IV. SAMUEL (20), b. 11 Feb., 1733, son of Samuel Latimer and Elizabeth Llallum; married 1 Jan., 1761, Eliza- beth Prentis. She died, and he again married, 9 ISTov., 1793, Lydia Green. He died 7 ISTov., 1808. Children. 54. Samuel, b. 25 Dec, 1761; died young. 55. John, b. 7 ISTov., 1764; died young. 56. John, b. 25 Nov., 1765. 57. George Griggs, b. 4 Dec, 1768. 58. Samuel, b. 8 June, 1770; was drowned when 8 years old. TV. EICHAED (25), b. 27 March, 1749, son of Samuel Latimer and Elizabeth Hallum; m. 20 Oct., 1778, Sarah Holt, b. 27 Dec, 1749, daughter of William Holt of New London. He died 7 Jan., 1824. She died 20 May, 1833. Children. 59. Elizabeth, b. 3 June, 1774; m. Edward Latimer. 60. Samuel, b. 11 July, 1775; died 7 Jan., 1802. 61. Sarah, b. 4 July, 1780; died 20 March, 1802. IV. PICKET (30), b. 19 May, 1745, son of Peter Lati- mer and Hannah ; married about 1780, Eunice Doug- 320 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. lass, a sister of Captain Douglass of Waterford, and aunt to Albert G. Douglass of Waterford, who lives on the old home- stead. Mr. Latimer lived in 'Ne'w London until the burning of the town in 1781. H© then built a house in Waterford (Cohanzie), soon after. This house is located three miles from New London, on the old Colchester road. Children. 62. Eunice, b. 9 July, 1792; m. Lebbeus Gardiner. 63. Picket, b. 20 Jan., 1796; died in Norwalt, Ohio. 64. Plannah P., b. 12 March, 1794; m. Ephraim Chese- brough. 65. Eliza, b. 14 Feb., 1798; m. Dr. James Eogers. 66. Peter, b. 30 March, 1800; moved to ISTew York. 67. Lucretia, b. 9 July, 1802; m. 68. John Mulford, b. ; moved to Ohio. 69. Courtland Lewis, b. ; settled at Columbus, Ohio. V. GEOEGE (32), b. 29 July, 1749, son of Colonel Jonathan Latimer and Lucretia Griswold; married 10 Oct., 1773, Kachel Smith. He was a farmer, and settled at Chester- field. He died 8 Oct., 1837. Children. 70. Lydia, b. 2 June, 1775; m. James Baker. 71. Rachel, b. 2 July, 1777; m. James Chadwick. 72. Lucretia, b. 1779; m. James Chapel. 73. Martha, b. 30 Jan., 1781; m. Christopher Latimer. 74. Borodil, b. 31 Aug., 1786; m. 1st, Ealph Teomans; 2d, — Lee. 75. Sarah, b. 31 Aug., 1789; died young. 76. George Griswold, b. 5 June, 1791; m. Lydia Tinker. 77. Nicholas, b. 4 May, 1798; m. Joanna Tinker, 12 Nov., 1825. Had one son, George, b. 7 March, 1828, and ni- Cone. Was living in 1896 on the old homestead, a farmer, and owner of the " Old Lati- mer Mills," in Chesterfield. LATIMER FAMILIES. 321 V. JOlTATHAlSr (34), b. 12 April, 1753, son of Colonel Jonathan Latimer and Lucretia Griswold; m. 3 Aug., 1YY5, Elizabeth Chapel, daughter of Jonathan Chapel. He with his family removed to Tennessee, and settled at Summer City, where he died at an advanced age. His three sons all mar- ried and settled at the West, anld reared large families. His sons were Jonathan, Jacob, and Lyons. V. WETHEKEL (36), b. 18 March, 1Y5Y, son of Col- onel Jonathan Latimer and Lucretia Griswold; m.. Abigail Eitch, daughter of Daniel Eitch and SaraJh Sherwood. He removed with his father to Tennessee, and afterwards settled at Pope City in Arkansas. His wife died, and he contracted a second marriage, by whom he had several children. Children by Abigail. 1H. Daniel, 1). 30 Dec, 1Y83; m. and died in 185Y. Y9. James, b. 15 Oct., 1Y85; m. and lived at Summer City. Children by Second Wife. ; m. Robert Wilson. SO. Jane, b. 81. (Hiarles, b. 82. Sylvanis, b. 83. John, b. 84. Thomas, b. 85. Eobert, b. 86. Malinda, b, V. CHARLES (3Y), b. 30 June, 1Y59, son of Colonel Jonathan Latimer and Ijucretia G-riswold; moved to Tennes- see, where he married and had children, Seldon, ^Nicholas, Pol- ly, Edward, Oliver, Harriet. He settled at Summer City, Tenn., and died there at an advanced age. V. ROBERT (38), b. 2 Wov., 1Y60, son of Colonel Jona- than Latimer and Lucretia G-riswold; removed with his father to Tennessee and married. He was killed by the Indians, and left two children, William and ISTathaniel. 31 322 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. V. JOSEPH (41), b. 8 June, 1766, son of Colonel Jona- than Latimer and Lucretia Griswold; married Ann Dobbins. He settled in Knox County, Hlinois, wbere lie died, leaving eight children, Betsey, Jonathan, Alexander, Sally, George, John, Susan, and David. V. AT"ATHAE"IEL (42), b. 25 Feb., 1768, son of Colonel Jonathan Latimer and Lucretia Grisv^old; removed v^ith his father to Tennessee, where he married and had Erastus, Benja- min, and Robert, who married and had one son, Robert At- well. He was living in California in 1882, and was a Meth- odist minister. V. HALLAM (46), b. a;bout 1756, son of ITatlian Lati- mer and Jane Lee; m. 17 Sept., 1778, Mercy Dodge. About the year 1824 they removed from Chesterfield to ]Marietta, Ohio, where he died. Before removing from Chesterfield, he gave a life lease of the homestead farm, which his father had previously conveyed to him, to his father Nathan, and mother Jane. Children. 87. David, b. 7 May, 1779; died 28 Dec, 1800. 88. Mercy, b. 3 Dec., 1781; died 27 Aug., 1782. 89. Peter, b. 1 Aug., 178-3 ; died 11 May, 1784. 90. Nicholas Hallum, b. 17 Oct., 1785; died 22 Oct., 1786. 91. Lucy, b. 16 Aug., 1787. 92. Prances, b. 6 March, 1790. 93. Nathan Lee Lord. b. 9 Feb., 179-3. 94. Daniel Dodge, b. 22 June, 1795. 95. Mary Ann, b. 13 Jan., 1799. V. NATHAN (48), b. 24 July, 1756, son of Nathan Latimer and Jane Jjee; married Ann Dodge, sister to Hal- lam's wife. He settled in Montville, Chesterfield Society, and lived on the farm formerly occupied by his father, sit- uated near the old meeting-house, erected in 1824. The land (m which the meeting-house was erected was given to the so- LATIMER FAMILIES. 323 ciety by Mm. She died 10 June, 1798, in the 3Yth year of her age. He then married Sabra (Baker) Chapman. He died previous to 1830, his last wife surviving him. Children. 96. Jonathan, b. about 1Y81; m. Ann Watrous, 29 Sept., 1804. 9Y. ISTartihan G-., b. ; m. 98. ISTancv, b. . Settled in Huron County, New York. 99. Lynds, b. . Settled in Ohio. 100. Kobert, b. ; died in ISTew York. 101. Sophia Jane, b. ; died about 1817. 102. Oliver D., b. . Settled in Chenango Coun- ty, ISTew York. V. SAMUEL (50), b. 8 Jan., 1770, son of ISTatban Lat- imer and Jane Lee; married about 1794, Elizabeth Chapel, daughter of Ezeldel Chapel and Delight Baker. He settled in Montville (Chesterfield), where he died about 1807. She died in 1856. Children. 103. John L., b. about 1795; m. Mary Chapman. 104. Ezekiel C, b. about 1797; m. Harriet Chapman. 105. Samuel, b. 8 July, 1802; m. Abby Eogers; 2d, Amy Smith. 106. Lodica, b. ; m. Andrew Maynard. 107. Almira, b. V. EDWAED (51), b. about 1771, son of Nathan Lat- imer and Jane Lee; married Elizabeth Latimer, daughter of Richard Latimer. He settled in ISTew London. He died 16 March, 1836. She died 25 Jan., 1849. They had one son. 108. Joseph H., b. 10 May, 1798; m. Theresa Tinker, b. about 1808, daughter of . Their children were: g24 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Children. 109. Edward 11., b. 25 Oct., 1840. He died at Camp Chese- brough, Baltimore. Md., 14 Feb., 1864. 110. Joseph S., b. 26 March, 1844; m. Arabella Palmer. 111. Sarah A., b. 21 Feb., 1829; m. William C. Turner. 112. Eichard R, b. 25 May, 1831; m. Emma Brown. YI. GEOPtGE GETSWOLD (76), b. 5 Jnne, 1791, son of George Latimer and Eachel Smith; married Nov., 1816, Lydia Tinker. He was a farmer in Chesterfield Society, Mont- ville, and owned with his brother Nicholas the saw and grist- mill, called " Latimer's Mills." He represented the town of jMontville in the legislature of this state in 1850, and held important town offices. He died at Chesterfield. Children. 113. Elizabeth, b. 27 Sept., 1817. 114. .Tamos Monroe, b. 28 Sept., 1819; m. 115. William T., b. 23 March, 1822; m. 116. Lvdia, b. 8 Aug., 1826. 117. Jane, b. 29 Aug., 1831. VI. NICHOLAS (77), b. 4 May, 1798, son of George Latimer andEaChel Smith; married 12 Nov., 1821, Joanna Tinker, daughter of , and sister to George Griswold's wife. He was a farmer in Chesterfield Society, Montville. He represented the town of Montville in the legislatvire of this state in 1847, and held many offices of the town. He died at Chesterfield 7 Oct., 1865,' leaving one son. 118. George, b. 7 March, 1828; m. Aurelia Cone, daughter of Erastus Cone and Lucy B. Beebe. He was living on the old homestead at Chesterfield in 1896. The hnnse now occupied by George Latimer was built by his great-grandf atheir, Colonel Jonathan Latimer, about 1745. ^ LATIMER FAMILIES. 325 VI. JONATHATsT (96), b. about 1781, son of ISTatliaii Latimer and Ann Dodge; married Anna Watrous of Lyme, 29 Sept., 1804. He settled at Cbesterfield, a farmer, and died 2 Aug., 1838. Sbe died 11 Sept., 1844, age 60 years; both buried in Chesterfield. Children. 119. Lucy Ann, b. about 1805; m. Williams. 120. Alexander H., b. about 1807; m. Sophrona A^ Chap- man. 121. Benjamin F., b. about 1809; died 14 May, 1844. 122. Hallam, b. ; died in Lyme. 123. Jane, b. ; m. Edward De Wolf. 124. Mary, b. ; died about 1867. 125. Lafayette, b. ; was living in Michigan in 1888. 126. Jonathan, b. about 1819; died 25 Feb., 1826. 127. Thomas, b. about 1822; died 11 Aug., 1845. VII. ALEXAjSTDEiE H. (120), b. about 1807, son of Jonathan Latimer and Anna Watrous; mun-ied Sophrona A. Chapman, 22 March, 1829, daughter of Gideon Chapman and Sarah Cook; a farmer; first settled at Chesterfield, and in 1837 removed to Michigan. Both were dead before 1890. Children. Eobert E., b. 12 Sept., 1830; m. and had a son, Robert, who murdered both his father and mother at Detroit, Mich. 128. MuKord M., b. 6 Oct., 1832. 129. Daniel S., b. 17 Aug., 1834. 130. David A., b. 10 Dec, 1836; died 1 Oct., 1837. 131. Sarah A., b. 16 ISTov., 1838. 132. Joannah E., b. 9 March, 1841. 133. Charlotte A., b. 9 Aug., 1843. 134. George F., b. 29 July, 1846. 135. John'H., b. 14 Aug., 1849. 136. Marietta J., b. 5 April, 1853. 326 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. JOSEPH STEICKLAJSTD (108), b. 26 Marcli, 1844, son of Joseph H. Latimer and Theresa Tinker; married Arabelle Palmer, 1 Jan., 18T2, daughter of Elisha H. Pahner and Ellis Loomis. He settled in Palmertown. Served in the war of the Rebellion. The past twenty years has been book- keeper in the employ of Palmer Brothers; both were living in 1896. Children. 13Y. Hugh, b. 15 Oct., 18Y2. 138. Frederick P., b. 12 jSTov., 1S75. 139. Eichard W., b. 13 June, 1879. 140. Eobert Lee, b. 24 Oct., 1883. 141. Alice E., b. 9 June, 1887; died 17 Dec, 1889. 142. Gladys Estelle, b. 16 ISTov., 1891. o n o a ■< u HOLMES FAMILIES. The families of the name of Holmes were early settlers in Montville and Colchester, and were among the best citizens of the towns. Their intermarriage with other families of prominence show them to have been persons of high standing in the community. It is, however, a very difficult task to com- pile a genealogy of the families bearing the name, so as to make the lines of the various families connect with each other, owing to incomplete records and lack of dates of births an. Assuming that the Lucretia Holmes, bom about 1727, was Ijhe wife of Samuel Holmes, we have a basis upon which to proceed in the lineage of the Holmes fami- lies. This Samuel Holmes was probably the son of Elisha Holmes and Sarah Bartlett, daughter of Joseph Bartlett of Plymouth, Mass., born about 1722, and married Lucretia Children. 2. Jabez, b. about 1748; m. Lydia Harris. 3. Elisha, b. about 1756; m. Sarah Harris. 4. Samuel, b. about 1763; m. Lucy 5. Nathan, b. about . ; m. 330 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. JABEZ (2), b. about 1Y48, son of Samuel Holmes and Lu- cretia ; married Lydia Harris, born about 1754, daugh- ter of Epliraim Harris. He settled in Chesterfield Society, a farmer. He died 22 April, 1.S14. She died 1 Jan., 1826. Children. 6. Ephraim, b. ; died young. 7. Bartlett, b. 8 Oct., 1789; m. Mary Stanton Kimball. 8. Charles, b. ; m. Hannah Latimer. 9. Nathan, b. ; m. Lydia Bushnell. 10. Jonathan Gilbert, b. 27 Sept., 1707 ; m. Eliza Ann Cobb. 11. Harris, b. about 1799; died 27 Sept., 1822. 12. Lovina, b. ; m. Zadoc "VVickwire. 13. Hannah, b. ; m. Jason Chapman. ELISHA (3), b. 27 Oct., 1756, siipposed son of Samuel Holmes and Lucretia ; married Sarah Harris, born 7 March, 17(;)2, daughter of Ephraim Harris and . He settled in Chesterfield Society, a farmer. He died 21 Dec, 1845. She died 9 April, 1839. Children. 14. Sarah, b. 15 Dec, 1784; m. Kobert Bishop. 15. Charlotte, b. ; m. Philo Holcomb. 16. Pauline, b. ; m. Noah Wood. 17. Lucretia, b. ; m. Brown. 18. Lois, b. ; m. Jonathan Eorsyth. 19. Mary, b. ; died young. 20. Samuel, b. ; died , unm. 21. Elisha Harlow, b. 29 Oct., 1799; m. Lydia Allen. 22. Griswold, b. 29 Oct., 1801; m. 1st, Mary Ann Forsyth; 2d, Widow Josephine Hinman. 23. Ellis or Alice, b. ; died , unm. CAPT. BARTLETT (7), b. 8 Oct., 1789, son of Jabez Holmes and Lydia Harris; married 1 Jan., 1809, Mercy S. Kimball, born 11 Oct., 1788, daughter of Nathan Kimball, born 10 Dec, 1767; and Alice Harris, daughter of Eph- raim Harris. HOLMES FAMILIES. 331 Cliildren. 24. Harta Parmelia, b. 9 Nov., 1809. 25. Alice Lucinda, b. 11 Nov., 1811. 26. Eobert Stanton, b. 27 May, 1813. 27. Henry Jabez, b. 20 May, 1815. 28. Mary Ann,.b. 8 Dec, 1817. 29. Harris Stanton, b. 10 Sept., 1820. 30. George Nelson, b. 2 Feb., 1823; m. Amanda Raymond Palmer. 31. Margaret Kimball, b. 22 July, 1825. 32. Maria Stanton, b. 30 Jan., 1828. 33. Sarah White, b. 27 Jan., 1831; m. James B. Palmer. 34. Joseph Bradford, b. 9 Jan., 1836. GEISWOLD (22), b. 29 Oct., 1801, son of Elisha Holmes and Sarah Harris; married 20 May, 1834, Mary Ann Forsyth, born 9 May, 1813, and died 7 July, 1848. He then married, 2 March, 1854, Josephine H. Hinman. He settled in Chester- field, a farmer. He died in New London, Oct., 1886. Children by Mary Ann. 35. Ellen Forsyth, b. 18 May, 1835. 36. John Griswold, b. 8 July, 1837; died young. 37. George Griswold, b. 8 July, 1839. 38. Mary Ellen, b. 2 Nov., 1841. 39. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 29 July, 1845. Children by Josephine. ; 40. Charles Burdett, b. 1 Feb., 1856. 41. Frank Hoyt, b. 27 May, 1858. 42. Albert Isham, b. 5 Aug., 1860. 43. Kate Bell, b. 24 Nov., 1864. GEOEGE NELSON (30), b. 2 Feb., 1823, son of Bartlett Holmes and Mercy Stanton Kimball; married 27 Nov., 1848, Amanda Eaymond Palmer, daughter of Asher Palmer. She died and he married for his second wife, Althea T. Green, daughter of Edwin Green and Mary Geer. 332 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 4+. Althea Bartlett, b. 15 March, 1849; m. Hellen Maria Murdoch. 45. Mary Louisa, b. 1 May, 1850; m. Eobert B. Sherman. 40. Libbia Amelia, b. 4 Dec, 1852. 47. George James, b. 21 Feb., 1854. 48. Eddie Cogswell, b. 16 Feb., 1857. 49. Sarah Amanda, b. 16 May, 1858; m. James Howard. 50. AVilliam Palmer, b. 19 May, 1805; m. Eose C. Ford. DR. SETH WYMOXD HOL]\IES, b. about 1738, was another of the name who was an inhabitant of the JSTorth Parish of jSTew London. He married 1st, Sarah Rogers, born 27 Oct., 1745, daughter of Alpheus Rogers and Grace Wil- liams. He was a physician and farmer, lived at one time near his father-in-law, who then owned the farm now occupied by Augustus A. Parher. He afterwards moved to a place • near what is now called Bartlett's Cove, and died at the house of his daughter, Betsey, wife of Samxiel Green, now owned by Benjamin G. Rogers, whose wife was a granddaughter of Dr. Holmes. Llis first wife died 17 Sept., 1778. He then mar- ried Mary Bradford, daughter of John Bradford and Esther Sherwood. She died in ilarch, 1837. Dr. Holmes served in the war of the Revolution ; was captain of a company in the colonial regiment, comm'anded by Col. Samuel Chapman. Children by Sarah. 51. James, b. ; m. Browning. 52. Salina Matilda, b. ; m. Jacob Loomis. Children by Mary. 53. JohnB.,b. 23 June, 1780; m. 54. Houry, b. ; died at sea, aged 23 years. 55. Sally, b. ; m. Jeremiah Sheffield. 56. Betsey, b. ; m. Samuel Green. DOLBEAKE EAMILIES. Jotu Dolbeare emigrated from "Wales to America witli Ms wife, whose name is not recovered, and settled at B'oston, Mass., abont the year 1T20. His occupation was that of a brass founder. The coat of arms of the Dolbeare family, says tradition, ex'hibits the family onee to have been the fourth family in the Kingdoim of Great Britain. It is reported that he had twenty-four children : twenty-two sons and two daughters. Lorenzo Dow says, " George Dol- beare the yoimgest was the twenty-fourth child." John Dol- beare purchased a tract of land of James Harris, situated be- tween Gardner's Lake and Oxoboxo pond, and included the latter. This tract contained aboiit one thousand acres, and perhaps more. After the death of Mr. Dolbeare, which oc- curred in Boston in 1Y25, all the real estate possessed by him in the ISTorth Parish of Wew London appears to have come into the possession of his son, George Dolbeare, who oceu- "l>ied and improved the land during his life. After his death it was distributed among his children. A pitcher, which a few years ago was in the possession of Mr. Samuel Allen of Wew Hartford, is said to have been a gift from John Dolbeare of Boston, who was probably a brother to George, and the eldest son. The following .in- scription was engraved upon the side of the pitcher: " The gift of Mr. John Dolbeare of Boston, to the Church of Christ in K'ew Salem, Conn., ISTew England, October 1, 1Y37." ISTo records have been discovered that clearly indicate the number of children that Mr. John Dolbeare had, nor has any names of his children, except John and George, been recovered. He died at Boston, June 17, 1Y25. 334 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. II. G-EOEGE DOLBEAKE, b. about 1Y15, probably the youngest son of John Dolbeare, the emigrant; m., about 1740, Mary Sherwood, b. about 1710. There were two large portraits of George Dolbeare and his wife, Mary, exhibited at the late Groton Centennial, Sept. 6, 1881, which belonged to Miss Lockwood of ISTew London, a descendant. Mr. Dol- beare was a large landholder, and owned four saw-mills. He died 27 March, 1772, aged 57 years. She died 1 Jan., 1790, aged 80 years. Children. 3. Maiy, b. 19 Aug., 1740; m. William Avery. 4. xibigail, b. 31 July, 1743; m. Elisha Hinman. 5. John, b. 10 Sept., 1745; m. Sarah Eaymond. 6. Samuel, b. 12 March, 1748; m. Hannah Mumford. 7. Hannah, b. 26 Dec, 1751; m. Guy Richards. 8. George Benjamin, b. 15 Jan., 1753; m. Margaret Fox. III. JOHN (5), b. 29 Sept., 1745, son of George Dol- beare and Mary Sherwood; married 22 Dec., 1769, Sarah, daughter of Christopher Eaymond and Eleanor Eitch. He settled in Montville on the farm bequeathed to him by his father, lying on the old Colchester road. This farm con- tained several hundred acres, which at his death was distribu- ted among his children. He died 9 April, 1806. She died 9 June, 1828. Children. 9. Sarah, b. 21 Jan., 1770; m. Adonijah F. Bradford. 10. James, b. 14 Nov., 1771; died young. 11. George, b. 1 Feb., 1774; m. Sarah Bradford. 12. Christopher, b. 10 Jime, 1776; m. Eosetta Cook. 13. Elisha, b. 23 June, 1778; m. Mary Fox. 14. Benjamin, b. 18 Dec, 1780; died unm. 15. Hannah, b. 16 April, 1783; m. William Bradford. 16. Eleanor, b. 10 July, 1785 ; m. Washington Fox. 17. John, b. 14 Sept., 1788; m. Eunice Morgan. 18. Daniel, b. 14 Aug., 1790; died young. ] 9. Mary, b. 25 Dec.,' 1791 ; m. John Vallet. DOLBEARE FAMILIES. 335 20. Lemuel E., b. 13 Feb., 1Y93; m. Eleanor Raymond. 21. Abigail, b. 5 Eeb., 1796; died 25 Jan., 1885. III. SAMUEL (6), b. 12 March, 1748, son of George Dolbeare and Mary Sberwood; married 29 ISTov., 17Y0, Han- nah Mumford, b. 26 Eeb., 174Y. He settled in ISTew Salem Society, now Salem, tie was a farmer, and a prominent cit- izen in the town. He died about 1832. Children. 22. Mumford, b. 2Y Oct., lYYl; m. Ehoda Mason. 23. Abby, b. 1 April, 1YY4; m. Samuel Bradford. 24. Samuel, b. 19 Sept., 1Y80; m. JSTabby Eox. III. GEOEGE BEATJAMm (8), b. 25 Dec, 1Y53, son of George Dolbeare and Mary Sherwood; married Margaret, daughter of Ezeldel Eox and Mehitabel Lamson. He was a farmer, and settled at Montville on the farm inherited from his father, located at the head of Oxoboxo Pond, and was afterwards known as the " Lorenzo Dow Place." Children. 25. Lucy, b. 8 Jan., 1Y86; m. Eev. Lorenzo Dow. 26. Benjamin, b. 28 Oct., 1Y89. 2Y. Guy, b. 24 Nov., 1Y90; m. Abby Hazz'ard. 28. Marian, b. 20 Dec, 1Y96; m. Bishop Miner. 29. George, b. 22 March, 1Y99; m. MARY (3), eldest daughter of George Dolbeare and Mai-y Sherwood; married Captain William Avery of Groton. They had a daughter, Hannah, b. 20 Eeb., 1YY2; married 11 Dec, 1Y91, Benjamin Butler, eldest son of Dr. Benjamin Butler of ISTorwich. They settled at TTew London, where he was a ship- ping merchant. They afterwards removed to ITew York, where he was a broker for many years. They afterwards re- moved to his farm at Oxford, ]^. Y., where she died 5 Aug., 1829. He died 1 June, 1839. They had children, 1st, Ben- 336 ' HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. jamin, b. 4 March, 1800; died unmarried; 2d, Julian Hyde, bom 1Y94; 3d, Mary Dolbeare, b. 8 Jan., 1T9Y; married 28 'NoY., IBlY, Mcholas Deveraux. ABIGAIL (4), b. 31 July, 1743, daughter of George Dol- beare and Mary Sbei-wood; married March, 177Y, Captain Elisha Hinman of aSTew London. He was the youngest of three brothers who came from Woodbury, Oonn., about 1760, and established themselves in ISTew London. He was a vet- eran of the sea before the commencement of the Kevolution, and took an early part in the contest. He commanded the Cabot, a continental brig, in the squadron of Commodore Hop- kins, and afterwards succeeded Paul Jones in the ship Alfred, which he was unfortunately obliged to surrender to the Ar- iadne and Ceres on a return voyage from France, March 9, 1778. Being carried a prisoner to England, after a short con- finement, he found friends who aided his escape to France, from whence he returned home. In 1779 he went out in the privateer sloop, Hancock, owned by Thomas Mumford, who was probably his brother-in-law. In this enteiiirise he was quite successful, and on June 1, 1780, he took command of the armed ship Deane. After several yeare' service in armed vessels. Captain Hinman cast aside the apparel of war, and en-tered into the mercantile line. He died in New London in 1807, aged 73 years. HAlsriSTAH (7), b. 26 'Sor., 1751, daughter of George Dolbeare and Mary Sherwood; married 17 June, 1773, Guy Eichards, Jr., son of Guy Richards and Elizabeth . They settled in ~Sew London, where he was a merchant. They had twelve children: 1st, George, b. 1 June, 1774; 2d, Abigail, b. 15 Dec, 1775; 3d, Charles, b. 12 May, 1777; he died yoimg; 4^1, Peter, b. 11 July (?), 1778; 5th, ITathaniel, b. 26 Eeb., 1780; 6th, Sophia, b. 6 Oct., 1781; 7th, Harriet, b. 20 Jan., 178,",; Rth, Charles, b. 3 Jan., 1784; 9th, Sally, b. 25 May, 1786; 10th, Guy, b. 8 Jan., 1788; 11th, Fanny, b. 28 May, 1791 ; 12th, Eliza, b. 9 April, 1795. DOLBBARE FAMILIES. 337 IV. GEORGE (11), b. 1 Feb., 1774, son of Jofcn Dol- beare and Sarab Kaymond; married 16 Eeb., 1797, Sarab Bradford, daugbter of Samiiel Bradford and Bridget Corn- stock. He was a farmer, and settled in Montville. He bved for several years on tbe " Fort Hill Farm," at Mohegan. In tbe year 1850 he purchased tbe " Andrew Maples Farm," and died tbere 11 Dec., 1852. Sbe died there 22 April, 1866, aged 92 years. Children. 30. Wilbam B., b. 28 IS^ov., 1799; m. 1st, 'Na.ncj Raymond; 2d, Abby "VVoodwortb. 31. George F., b" 23 Feb., 1802; m. 1st, Abby Church; 2d, Hannah (Church) Mathews. 32. Sarah, b. 9 Dec, 1804; died young. 33. Sarah R., b. 6 ISTov., 1807 ; was living in 1896, unm. 34. Margaret, b. 7 June, 1810; m. Stephen Bradley. 35. Ellen, b. 29 June, 1813; m. David R. Dolbeare. 36. Cornelia F., b. 23 Feb., 1818; m. Edwin Lathrop. IV. CHRISTOPHER (12), b. 10 June, 1776, son of John Dolbeare and Sarah Raymond; married 17 Nov., 1803, Rosetta Cook, b. 7 April, 1787, daughter of Rev. Rozel Cook. He was a farmer, and settled in Montville. He occupied the farm lying west of his brother Lemuel's, which was a part of his father's estate. He died 7 May, 1846. She died 2 Jan., 1866. . Children. 37. Lucy Tuttle, b. 22 Sept., 1804; m. Elisha Martin in 1829. 38. Rozel Cook, b. 10 June, 1807; removed West. 39. Eleanor Fox, b. 24 May, 1812 ; m. 1st, Griswold ; 2d, Rev. Rozel Palmer. 40. Mary Abby, b. 17 July, 1816; m. 41. Harriet Elizabeth, b. 25 Aug., 1821; m. Ber- nett. IV. ELISHA (13), b. 23 June, 1778, son of John Dol- beare and Sarah Raymond; married 19 Sept., 1802, Mary, 23 338 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. daughter of Samuel Fox and Anna Hill. He was a farmer, and settled at Montville. He lived on the farm lying west of the town farm, on the road to Chesterfield. He was a mem- ber of the Congregational church. He with his wife united with the church 24 Feb., ISll. He died 24 June, 1842. She died 3 Jlay, 1863, aged 80 years. Children. . 42. Elisha H., b. 14 July, 1803 ; died young. 43. Griswold H., b. 18 March, 1805; mai-ried and settled in Georgia. 44. Mary Ann, b. 26 July, 1807; died unm. 45. David K., b. 10 June, 1808; m. 1st, Elizabeth Ray- mond; 2d, Ellen F. Dolbeare. 46. Martha P., b. 1 Jan., 1810. 47. Wancv Fox, b. 27 May, 1818; died 3 May, 1859, unm. 48. Fanny Fox, b. 1 Dec, 1822; died 16 Aug., 1848, imm. IV. JOHN (17), b. 14 Sept., 1788, son of John Dol- beare and Sarah Raymond; married 3 Feb., 1816, Eunice ilor- gan, b. 12 Oct., 1795, daughter of Joseph Morgan and Eunice Perkins of Groton. He was a farmer, and settled in Salem. She died there 2 June, 1856. Children. 49. Lemuel P., b. 18 Dec, 1817; died at Xew London, 8 March, 1835, supposed to have been miu-dered. 50. John Shei-wood, b. 18 Julv, 1819; m. ^raria Phillips in 1855. 51. JoseiJi ]\r., b. 18 April, 1822; m. Eunice E. Goodwin in 1852. 52. Sarah P., b. 18 Oct., 1826; m. Gurdon F. Allen in 1852. TV. LEMTTEL PAYMOI^D (20), b. 13 Feb., 1793, son of John Dolbeare and Sarah Pa^anond; married 6 Dec, 1818, Eleanor, (lauf^htcr of ]\lulford Paymond and Eleanor Brad- ford. TTo ^\'as a fanner, and settled on the homestead of his father. He was a thrifty farmer, and successful in that line DODBEARE FAMILIES. 339 oi business. Both were members of the Congregational Church at Montville Center. She died 29 Jan., 1851. He died 14 May, 1859. Children. 53. Harriet E., b. 19 Nov., 1819; m. Aiigustus A. Parker. 54. Ellen B., b. 5 Oct., 1821; died 20 June, 1875, unm. 55. Jane, b. 18 Oct., 1823; m. N^athan C. Chapel, 3 Sept., 1850, and had one son, Kaymond D., b. 13 May, 1852. 56. Louisa M., b. 3 jSTov., 1825; m. James W. Hillhouse. IV. MUMFORD (22), b. 21 Oct., 1771, son of Samuel Dolbeare and Hannah Mumford; married Jan., 1800, Ehoda Mason, daughter of Jeremiah Mason of Lebanon. He was a farmer. His children were bom in Montville. He removed to Lebanon about 1830, and died there 8 -Sept., 1835. She died 31 Jan., 1840. Children. 57. Sophia E., b. 9 Oct., 1803; m. Jeremiah Hutehins, 27 May, 1857. 58. Edwin Mumford, b. 25 Jan.? 1806. 59. William A., b. 16 Nov., 1808; died 27 Nov., 1852. 60. Jeremiah F., b. 4 March, 1811; m. Eliza Ann Pearce, 28 March, 1838. 61. Samuel P., b. twin to Jeremiah; m. Sophrona S. Gurley, 7 April, 1838. 62. Ehoda M., b. 11 June, 1821; m. Edward L. Strong, 15 Feb., 1871. IV. SAMUEL (24), b. about 1780, son of Samuel Dol- beare and Hannah Mumford; married Abigail Fox, daughter of Jesse Fox. He was a farmer, and settled in Lebanon, where he died 13 July, 1850. She died in April, 1869. He had one son. 63. Francis Henry, b. 22 May, 1808; m. Lenora A. Chap- man, 29 Aug., 1836. He went to California about 1848, and never returned, and is supposed to have died there. 340 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. IV. GUY (21), b. 24 Xov., 1Y90, son of George Dol- hcare and irargaret Fox; married 18 Feb., 1816, Abby Haz- zard. He was a farmer, and settled at Montville, and occupied the fai-m next west of the " Lorenzo Dow Place." He died 17 June, 1823. Children. 64. Hannah, b. 20 Dec, 1816; m. John Blanchard. 65. Susan M., b. 30 Oct., 1818; died 66. James G., b. 19 March, 1820; m. 1st, Burrows; 2d, Burrows. 67. Abby Sabina, b. 4 April, 1822; m. L. L. Button. V. WILLIAM B. (30), b. 28 March, 1799, son of George Dolbeare and Sarah Bradford; married 1st, N^ancy Raymond, daughter of George E.a\Tnond and Martha Smith; 2d, Abby S. Woodworth, 1 April, 1835, daughter of Joshua E. "Wood- worth. He was a farmer, and lived on the " Fort Hill Farm," in Mohegan. He was a member of the Mohegan Congrega- tional Church, and was chosen deacon. He was respected as a Christian, and honored as a citizen. He died . Children by i^aucy. 68. Raymond, b. July, 1S22; m. Lydia Bushnell. 69. Frederick, b. 1825; m. Minnie Lewis. Children by Abby S. 70. Nancy G., b. 15 Jan., 1836; m. Alburtis Peckham. 71. Edward B., b. 25 Feb., 1838; died young. 72. Maria M., b. 25 June, 1840; m. Eleazer Fargo. 73. Joshua E., b. 23 Sept., 1842; m. Fannie Champlin. 74. George B., b. 4 April, 1S45; m. Mary J. Smith. 75. Harleiii P., b. 7 N"ov., 1S4S; living in'l806, unm. 76. Aroanna, b. 15 Feb., 1851; died 26 Aug., 1878, imm. Y. GEORGE FELLOAVS (31), b. 23 Feb., 1802, son of G(M>ro(. Dolbeare and Sarah Raymond; m. 1st, Abby Church, 6 March, 1825, daughter of Peleg Church and Mary DOLBEARE FAMILIES. 341 Leach; 2d, Hannah A. (Church) Mathews, 26 July, 1846, widow of Alpheus Mathews. He was a farmer, land located in Mohegaji. He died 29 Oct., 1887. She was living in 1896. Children by Abby. Y7. John, b. 3 Jan., 1828; m. Annie Guile. 78. Mary, b. about 1826; m. Thomas B. Woodworth. Children by Hannah. 79. AnsonG.,b. 4 March, 1847; died 13 Dec, 1871. Lost from the schooner Era off Montauk Point. 80. Anna, b. 81. George, b. 82. Irene E., b. 13 June, 1848. 83. Charles, b. about 1854; died 11 Eeb., 1869. 84. Edwin L., b. 30 June, 1852; drowned 10 Jan., 1888. 85. Henry H., b. V. DAVID (45), b. 10 June, 1808, son of Elisha Dol- beare and Mary Eox; m. 1st, 6 Dec, 1829, Elizabeth G. Ray- mond, daughter of George Raymond and Martha Smith. She died without issue 21 Dec, 1836. He then married 2d, 11 Sept., 1838, Ellen Dolbeare, daughter of George Dolbeare and Sarah Bradford. He settled in Montville, and was a far- mer. She died at Montville 9 May, 1889. He was living there in 1896. Children. 86. Thomas W., b. 1 Oct., 1842; m. Eliza Champlin. 87. James S., b. 21 Dec, 1840; died 21 Oct., 1854. . 88. Henry C, b. 23 Jan., 1844; m. Alice Whaley. 89. Horatio B., b. 9 May, 1846; m. Chapel. 90. Sarah Ellen, b. 31 Dec, 1848; died 21 Jan., 1851. 91. Mary Elizabeth, twin to Sarah Ellen, died' 25 June, 1880, unm. 92. John, b. 1 Dec, 1853; m. Sarah A. Whaley. V. EDWm MUMEORD (58), b. 25 Jan., 1806, son of Mumford Dolbeare and Rhoda Mason; was bom in Montville. 342 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. After completing liis education, lie wenft into business as a merchant in New York. His health becoming much' im- paired, he was obliged to give up the business, and went to Lebanon about 1850, where he was engaged in farming. He was a member of the Congregational Church in Lebanon, a man of integrity and upright character. He was honored by his fellow citizens by electing him to important offices. He represented the town in the State Legislature in 1860, and the Ninth Senatorial District in the Senate in 1863. A justice of the peace, selectman, and for foau- years judge of the Pro- bate Court. He died at Lebanon 23 March, 1895, leaving no children. EUDD FAMILIES. Jonathan and Nathaniel Rudd were brothers, and probably - were sons of the Jonathan Rudd who was married by John AVinthi-op, Esq., at Bride Brook, in the winter of 1646-7. This marriage is graphically related by Miss Fanny Caulkins in the History of Xew London. Jonathan Rudd settled east of the Shetucket River in what is now the town of Preston, and Nathaniel at the West Farms, in what is now called the town of Franklin. He was one of the organizers of the first church in Franklin. Nathaniel married 16 April, 1685, Mary, daughter of John Post. She died in November, 1705. He then married 21 Jan., 1706, Abigail Hartshorn. He died in April, 1727, leaving an estate valued at £689. Children by Mary. 2. Jonathan, b. 22 May, 1693; m. Joanna Gregory. 3. Mary, b. 3 Feb., 1695; m. Ebenezer Wood. . 4. Lydia, b. 22 Jan., 1699; died young. Children by Abigail. 5. Nathaniel, b. 6 April, 1707. 6. Joseph, b. 31 Oct., 1708. 7. Daniel, b. 12 March, 1710; m. 1st, ; 2d, Mary Metcalf. 8. Sarah, b. 23 Jan., 1712. 9. Abigail, b. 6 Aug., 1713. 10. Lydia, b. 12 April, 1715. 11. Anna, b. 7 Feb., 1717. 12. Susanna, b. 15 May, 1719. 13. Gideon, b. 2 Feb., 1722. 14. Patience, b. 6 Nov., 1723. JONATHAN (2), b. 22 May, 1693, son of Nathaniel Rudd and Mary Post; married 27 Oct., 1720, Joanna Gregory, 344 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. born about 1692. He settled at N'orwich, where he died 29 Aug., 1772. She died 12 Oct., 1774. Children. 15. Samuel, b. 11 Sept., 1722; m. Laura Fitch. 16. Eebecca, b. 14 Jan., 1727; m. Abner Smith. 17. Joanna, b. 23 Dec, 1729 ; m. Joseph Peck. 18. Caroline, b. 13 March, 1732; died 9 April, 1732. 19. Jonathan, b. 13 Sept., 1733 ; m. Tabitha Ormsly. DA-N^IEL (7), b. 12 March, 1710, son of Nathaniel Kudd and Abigail Hartshorn; married for his second wife, 1 July, 1745', Mary Metcalf, daughter of Eev. Joseph Metcalf of Falmouth, Maine. She had previously been living with rela- tives in Lebanon, Conn., to which place she came from her far- off home, according to traditions, in a three-days journey, riding on a pillion behind Capt. James Fitch. Daniel, Jr., b. 10 Jan.; married Abigail Allen, b. about 1757, daughter of Joseph Allen and Priscilla Bill of Montville. She died 29 Feb., 1857, wanting only a few months of being 100 years of age. Children. 20. Lucy,'b. about 1784; m. 1st, Capt. Henry Caldwell of the U. S. Marines, and 2d, Major-Greneral Burbeck, an officer of the Revolutionar}^ War, and that of ISI'2. General Burbeck died at Xew London, 2 Oct., 1848. She died 21. George, b. 8 Oct., 1786; m. ]Mary Arnold, 23. Thomas, b. ; m. Philura Abel. 2;!. Charlotte, b. ; m. Jonathan Eeed. 24. Daniel, b. ; m. Widow Catherine (Hough) Underwood. SAMUEL (15), b. 11 Sept., 1722, son of Jonathan Eudd and Joiuina Gveo-ory; married 25 Dec, 1750, Laura Fitch, b. 2 ifay, 1732, daughter of Jabez Fitch and Ann Knowlton. RUDD FAMILIES. 345 He was a farmer and inn-keeper at JSTorwich. She died 20 Jan., 1Y81. He then married Ann Bingham. He died 22 Sept., 1Y95, at Franldin. Children. 25. Laura, b. 11 Sept., 1751; died 4 Jan., 1754. 26. Prosper, b. 22 Nov., 1753; m. Eliza Lord. 27. Jonathan, b. 20 May, 1756; m. Mary Huntington. JONATHAN (19), b. 13 Sept., 1733, son o£ Jonathan Eudd and Joanna Gregory; married 9 Dec., 1762, Tabitha Ormsly, b. 27 Feb., 1743. He settled at Norwich, where he died 17 March, 1777, with small-pox. She died 19 Sept., 1827, at Franklin. Children. 28. Jedediah, b. 28 Aug., 1763 ; died 20 Feb., 1764. 29. Nancy, b. 3 July, 1765; m. Eliza Huntington. 30. Eebecca, b. 10 Aug., 1767; m. Othniel Gager. 31. Lydia, b. , 1769; m. Oliver Tracy. 32. Samuel, b. , 1771; m. Cornelia Ann Treat. GEORGE (21), b. 8 Oct., 1786, son of Daniel Rudd and Abigail Allen; married 30 June, 1811, Mary Arnold, born 13 Oct., 1793, daughter of . He settled at Mont- ville, a farmer; lived on the old Colchester road. Bo*li were members of the Congregational Church at Montville Center. He died 12 March, 1866. She died 14 March, 1883. Children. 33. Matilda, b. 21 Jan.,- 1811; m. Caleb Whipple. 34. Henry, b. 7 July, 1814; m. Sarah Brown. 35. George, b. 26 Feb., 1817; m. Ann Chappell. 36. Daniel, b. 23 Oct., 1820; died 13 March, 1888; imm. 37. Arnold, b. 8 Feb., 1823; m. 1st, Margaret Lyon; 2d, Louisa Congdon Beckwith. 38. Mariah, b. 1 July, 1827; died 13 Oct., 1828. 39. John, b. 26 Nov., 1829; m. Eliza Jane Austin. 40. Albert, b. 5 July, 1840; m. Eleanor Davenport. FELLOWES FAMILIES. William Fellowes came to this country from England be- fore 1641, and settled at Ipswich, Mass., and became an inhabi- tant of that town. It does not appear from which portion of England 'he came, nor the exact time of his arrival here. He was married before he left England, but the name of his wife is not known, nor when or where they were married. The names of his children are found in the last will. Children. 2. Ephraim, b. in England. 3. Samuel, b. in England. 4. Joseph, b. in England. 5. Isaac, b. in England; m. Joanna Brown. 6. Mary, b. in England. 7. Elizabeth, b. in ISTew England. 8. Abigail, b. in ISTew England. 9. Sarah, b. in New England. II. ISAAC (5), b. , son of WiUiam Fellowes and ; married Joanna Brown, 29 Jan., 1672. Children. 10. Isaac, b. 24 'Nov., 1673. 11. Samuel, b. 8 Feb., 1676. 12. Ephraim, b. 3 Sept., 1679; m. Hannah Warner. 13. Jonathan, b. 18 Sept., 1682. 14. Jeremiah, b. 19 ISTov., 1689. III. EPHRAIM (12), 1). 3d Sept., 1679, son of Isaac Fellowes and Joanna Brown; married Hannah Warner, 18 May, 1703. He settled first in Massachusetts, and afterwards removed to Stonington, Conn. His first children were bom in FELLOWES FAMILIES. 347 Massachusetts, but only Ephraim is recorded; all the others were born in Stonington. Children. 15. Ephraim, b. in Mass. in 1705 ; m. Prudence Plumb. 16. Sarah, b. 3 Jan., 1711. 17. Nathan, b. June, 1714. IS. Nathaniel, b. , 1716. 19. Isaac, b. 19 Eeb., 1719; m. Mary Wantham. 20. John, b. 8 Oct., 1722; died 22 April, 1723. 21. Jeremiah, b. i April, 1724. 22. Mary, b. 16 Aug., 1726; died 16 Sept., 1726. IV. EPHEAIM (15), b. , 1705, son of Ephraim Eellowes and Hannah Warner; married Prudence Plumb, 13 May, 1731. He settled in Stonington, Conn., where all his children were born. Children. 23. Hannah, b. 28 Dec, 1731. 24. Ephraim, b. 2 Oct., 1733 ; m. Ehoda Smith. 25. George, b. 15 Aug., 1735; died 15 Dec, 1736. 26. Samuel, b. 4 Oct., 1737. 27. Warner, b. 13 Oct., 1739; died 3 Nov., 1739. 28. John, b. 7 Nov., 1740. 29. Prudence, b. 2 Nov., 1742. 30. Sarah, b. 28 Sept., 1744. 31. Joseph, b. 7 OcJ., 1746. IV. ISAAC (19), b. 19 Feb., 1719, son of Ephraim Eel- lowes and Hannah Warner; married Mary Wantham 13 Sept., 1742. Children. 32. Mary, b. , 1743. 33. Isaac, b. , 1745. 34. William, b. , 1747. 35. Bryington, b. , 1749. 36. Thomas, b. , 1753. 37. Joseph, b. , 1754. 348 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 38. Elizabeth, b. , 1756. 39. Liicretia, b. , 1761. 40. Plannali, b. , 1763. 41. Sarah, b. , 1767. V. EPHEATM (24), b. 2 Oct., 1733, son of Ephraim Fellowes and Prudence Plumb; married Khoda Smith 24 April, 1766. He.settled in Xorth Stonington. Children. 42. Ephraim, b. 27 Jan., 1767; m. Dorothy Chester. 43. Jeremiah, b. 24 Feb., 1769; m. 44. Ehoda, b. 3 Jan., 1771; died 12 June, 17.S2. 45. Asa, b. 15 March, 1773. 46. Martha, b. 2 Feb., 1775; m. Henry Robinson. 47. Prudence, b. 17 Oct., 1777; m. jSTathan Miner. YI. EPHEAIM (42), b. 27 Jan., 1767, son of Ephraim Fellowes and Ehoda Smith ; married Dorothy Chester 4 April, 1802, daughter of Deacon Joseph Chester and Elizabeth Otis. He was born at ]\lilltown, in jSTcrth Stonington, and removed to Montville about ISOl. ^Vt the time of his coming to Mont- ville he was still unmarried, and for a time boarded ^vith the family of Benjamin Atwell. He had studied medicine and located here as a young physician. He commenced the prac- tice of medicine as soon as he came here and became a noted physician. At the time of his death he was one of the oldest physicians in the county of New London, and up to a short time before his death was remarkably active, both in mind and body. Fie was a man of extensi^'c information, and possessed a very clear, strcmg mind. He was honored by being elected to fill inijiortant tfiwn officers, and in 1830 was a representative from the town in the State legislature. He died at Montville 18 July, 1851. She died at Montville 24 March, 1854. Children. 48. Francis, b. 20 ISTov., 1S03; m. Mary Colton. 49-. John, b. 12 Dec, 1805; m. Maria Noble. FELLOWES FAMILIES. a4n, daughter of Capt. Gad. Colton. She died at Hartford 29 March, 1861. He was an able lawyer in the city of Hartford during most of his life. He removed from Amherst, Mass., where he first settled, to Hartford, and commenced the practice of law about six years after he mar- ried. His practice was very extensive and his advice was sought for in some most difficult and important cases. He was a deep thinker and well understood points of law. In the last years of his life he spent much of his time on his farm in iioiitville, which was fitted up at considerable expense, mak- ing him and his family a fine summer residence. He mar- ried for his second wife Catherine Ann Humphreys, widow of John Humphreys, and daughter of Henry Glasgow of Va. He died at Hartford 25 April, 1888. She died at Hartford Feb., 1895. Children. 58. Mary Elizabeth, b. 23 Aug., 1828; liAdng in 1896, unm. 5!). Francis, b. 8 May, 1830; m. Annie T. Clark. 59a. Genevere, b. 1 July, 1832; m. Abraham Baldwin. 60. Charles E., b. 17 June, 1834; m. Emily C. Baldwin 20 June, 1861, and had 1st, Caroline W., b. 18 April, 1862, in Orange, N. J.; m. 30 June, 1890, Eev. Frank I. Paradise of Andover, Mass., now Dean of Christ Church in New Orleans; 2d, Edward Colton, b. 22 Feb., 1864; m. Ethel A. Wilcox. He is now pastor of First Cong. Church, Derby, Conn. 350 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Rev. Channing Colton, D.D., son of Gad. Colton and Ann Colton wa.s brother-in-law of Francis Fellowes. He, with his hvotlier-in-law, had charge at one time of Mount Pleasant Academy, near Amherst. VII. JOHN (49), b. 12 Dec, 1805, son of Dr. Ephraim Fellowes and Dorothy Chester; married 17 June, 1838, Maria Noble, b. 12 jVug., 1814-, daughter of Roger Noble and Lucy Fitch. He settled at ^iontville, was a farmer. Bought the John Smith farm, on which he built a new dwelling-house about 1.S40. He was a member of the Congregational Church at Montville Center, and was chosen its deacon in 1848. He was treasurer of the town, and held other offices of trust in his native town. He died much respected 22 April, 1870. She died 21 Jan., 1892. Children. 61. John Smith, b. 15 July, 1839; died 10 May, 1852. ()2. Adeline Maria, b. 29 Jan., 1841; living in 1896, unm. 63. Marion, b. 13 Aug., 1843 ; m. Augustus D. Herrick. 64. Rhoda Helen, b. 11 July, 1845; m. Chas. C. Tiffany. 65. William Henry, b. 23 Dec, 1849; died 3 Oct., 1851. 66. Fanny, b. 13 June, 1857; died 26 July, 1857. 67. John Chester, b. 5 April, 1859; m. Emma Davis. OHAMPLi:^T FAMILIES. The first of the name appears in Ehode Island in 1638. In that year Jeflfery Ohamplin and others were admitted inhabi- tants of the island of Aquidneck, having submitted themselves to the govemm'ent that is or shall be established. September 7, 1640, JefFery Champlin v^as admitted free- man. The same year he v^as granted ten acres of land in l^ewport. In 1661 he appears at Westerly, being admitted freeman in that town. He afterwards held the office of mod- erator of town meetings, surveyor of highways, and a member of the town council. He died in 1695. "Where he came from, who he married, and the date of his birth, are facts which the records do not show. Children. 2. Jeffery, b. 1652; m. 3. William, b. 1654; m. Mary Babcock. ' 4. Christopher, b., 1656 ; m. 2d, Elizabeth Davol. II. JEEEEEY (2), b. 1652, son of JefFery Champlin and ; m. . He bought 600 acres of land of Anthony Low in Kings Town, E. I., in 1685. He and three others were appointed by the Assembly to proportion a tax in Kings Town, Sept. 16, 1690. He was an assistant in the Assembly from 1696 to 1Y15. He died in 1*715. Children. 5. Jeffery, b. ; m. 1st, Susanna Eldred; 2d, Hannah Hazzard; 3d, Stisanna . II. WILLIAM (3), b. 1654, son of Jeffery Ohamplin and ; married Mary Babcock, daughter of James and 352 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Sarah Babco<"k. He was admitted freeman at Westerly in KiSl. Town meeting was held at his house the same year. WaR juryman in 1684; memher of the town council in 1684-5. In KlsT he and another were chosen to present a petition to Sir Edmund Andros for a town charter. AVas deputy from 1690 to 1712. Jan. 30, 1608, he bought land beltween Quo- nacoutaug and Pawcatuck Eiver for £35 of Thomas Stanton, Joscpli Stanton, Samuel Stanton, and Robert Stanton, who were four brothers, Joseph living at Quonacontaug, and the othei-s at Stonington. Oct. 25, 1609, he and five others were given power to agree about boundaries between Connecticut and Ehodc Island. He died Dec. 1, 1715. She died in 1747. Children. 6. William, b. ; m. Mary Clarke, Jan. 18, 1700. 7. Mary, b. • ; m. John Babcock. 8. Ann, b. ; m. Samuel Clarke, Jan. 19, 1699. II. CHRISTOPHEE (4), b. 1656, son of Jeffery Cham- plin. He was twice married. His second wife was Eliza- beth Davol, widow of William Davol. He was a member of the town council in 1693, constable in 1608, and deputy from 1706 to 1707. He died April 2, 1732, a.t Westerly, R. 1. His last wife died in 1722. His inventory amounted to £189, 4s. lOd., and consisted of a farm of 150 acres, cattle, houses, pe^'^'ter, old negro woman, etc. 9 10 n 12 13 Children. Christopher, b. 26 Sept., 1684; m. Elizabeth Denison. Jetfery, b. ; m. Sarah . William, b. ; ni. Joanna . Jose])li, b. ; m. Sarah Brown. John, b. ; m. Elizabeth . III. JEEFI<:RY (5), b. , son of Jeffery Champlin and : married 1st, Susanna Eldred, daughter of Thomas anil Susanna (Cole) Eldred; 2d, Hannah Hazzard, daughter CHAMPLIN FAMILIES. 353 of Robert and Mary (Brownell) Hazzard; 3d, Susanna . He died in 1Y18. His inventory, amonnting to 1,457 lbs. 7s. Id., consisting of Avearing apparel, 35 lbs., riding hoirse, five ■ beds, two warming pans, four fleck beds, pair worsted combs, three woolen wlieels, linen M^heel, two guns, ten silver spoons 7 lbs. 16s., pair of silver clasps, and other old silver 15s, piece of gold 1 lb. Is, silver money 5s. 5d., six horses, four mares, colt, bull, forty-tvTO cows, six working cattle, sixteen steers, nine heifers, twenty-one two-year-old, twenty-nine yearlings, twenty-three horse kind, young and old, 312 sheep, eighteen swine, negro 50 lbs., negro woman 40 lbs. His will proved March 10, 1713. Children. 14. Emblem, b. 30 Jan., 1702. 15. Jeffery, b. 2 Feb., 1703. 2d wife. , 16. Thomas, b. 3 Sept., 1708. 17. Stephen, b. 16 Feb., 1710. 18. William, b. 3 March, 1713. 3d wife. 19. Hannah, b. 11 June, 1714. 20. John, b. 12 Feb., 1717. III. WILLIAM (6), b. , son of William Cham- plin and Mary (Babcock) Champlin; married 18 Jan., 1700, Mary Clarke, b. 27 Dec, 1680, daughter of Joseph and Bethia (Hubbard) Clarke. He died in 1747 at Westerly, E. I. She died in 1760. Will proved 29 Dec, 1747. Inventory 821 lbs. 4s. 9d., viz. : Wearing apparel 27 lbs. 17s., silver tankard 36 lbs., pewter 10 lbs. 16s., warming pan, woolen wheel, linen wheel, mare 25 lbs., negro girl Dinah 150 lbs., pair of oxen, six cows, eight yearlings, four calves, Indian girl twelve years old, if she belongs to the estate, 40 lbs., etc Children. 21. William, b. 31 May, 1702; m. Sarah Thompson. 22. Jeffery, b. 6 March, 1704; m. Mary Maxon. 23. Joseph, b. 24. Joshua, b. 33 gg^ HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 25. James, b. 2('). Susanna, b. III. CHEISTOPHEK (9), b. 1684, son of Cbristopber Charaplin and ; m. 5 Dec, 1705, Elizabeth Denison, b. 11 Sept., 1681), daughter of George and :\Iercy (Gorham) Denison. Settled at Westerly, R. I. Children. 27. Ghristopher, b. 30 ISTov., 1707. 28. Joseph, b. 4 Aug., 1709. 29. Elijah, b. 20 July, 1711. 30. Ann, b. 29 March, 1714; m. Gardner. 31. George, b. 15 Feb., 1716. 32. Elizabeth, b. 10 Jan., 1719; m. Belcher. 32a. Thankful, b. 27 March, 1721. 33. Lydia, b. 19 Nov., 1723. 34. Elijah, b. 23 May, 1726. 35. Jabez, b. 31 Aiig., 1728. 36. Oliver, b. 12 May, 1730. 37. Mary, b. 29 June, 1731. IIT. WILLIAM (11), b. , son of Christopher Champlin and ; married Joanna . Lived at Westerly and l^ew London. Children. 38. William, b. , 1718. 30. John, b. 40. Samuel, b. , 1724; m. Hannah Gardner, dau. of Ilonry Gardner. IV. SAIHTEL (40), b. about 1724, son of William and Tdiinim; married about 1T4(), Hannah Gardner, b. about 1729, daughter of Henry Gardiier of South Kingston. He died Miurh I), 1808. She died , 1806, aged 77 years, 6 mos. OHAMPLIN FAMILIES. 355 Children. 41. Hannah, b. Dec, 1747; m. "William Champlin, son of Oliver. 42. Martha, b. 27 Jan., 1750. 43. Mary, b. 16 Atig., 1754. 44. Henry, b. 18 Jan., 1750. 45. Samuel, b. 18 Sept., 1758; m. Jan. 12, 1780, Freelove Ross, dau. of Isaac Ross of Westerly, E,. I. 46. Oliver, b. 17 March, 1761; m. Thankful Oavit. 47. Abigail, b. 23 Jan., 1764, m. Slatterly. 48. Hannah, b. 10 June, 1767. V. SAMUEL (45), b. 18 Sept., 1758, son of Samuel and Hannah Gardner; married Jan. 12, 1780, Freelove Ross, b. Afay 26, 1759, daughter of Isaac Ross of Westerly, R. I. Children. 49. Mary (Pollv), b. 12 May, 1781; died unm., 17 Dec, 1858. 50. Martha (Patty), b. ^20 May, 1783; died young. 51. Isaac, b. 5 Jan., 1786; m. Mary Hurlburt of New Lon- don. 52. Samuel, b. 14 Sept., 1788; m. 1st, Parthenia Rogers, and 2d, Hannah Arnold. 53. Amy, b. 9 March, 1791 ; m. Job Taylor. 54. Phebe, b. 21 iRov., 1794; m. Benjamin Rogers. 55. Martha, b. 19 'Nov., 1800; m. Jonathan W. Sisson. V. OLIVER (46), b. 17 March, 1761, son of Samuel Cliamplin and Hannah Gardner; married Thankful Gavit. Lie settled in Montville, was a farmer. He died 13 April, 1830. She died 17 Oct., 1841. Children. 56. John, b. 10 Aug., 1781; m. Sally Williams. 57. Abby, b. , 1783; died 5 Dec, 1816, unm. VL SAMUEL (52), b. 14 Sept., 1788, son of Samuel Champlin and Freelove Ross; married 1st, Parthenia Rogers, 356 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. i!IJ Dec, ISIO, daughter of Frederick Rogers and Partlienia Baker. He settled in Montville and lived the most of his mar- ried life at M.assapeag. He was a mariner. His first wife died about 20 Jan., 1837. He then married Hannah Arnold of Rhode Ishuid. He died at Montville 17 Dec, 1857. Children by Parthenia. 58. Erederick W., b. 28 Sept., 1817 ; m. Elizabeth Richards. 59. Martha Ann Mercy, b. , 1820; m. 1st, Peleg Wil- liams; 2d, Joseph Reynolds; 3d, Theodore Crandall. 60.. AugTista Parthenia, b. 21 May, 182.3 ; m. Richard C'hurch. 61. Joseph Edwin, b. , 1825; m. 1st, Almira Harts- horn; 2d, Catherine iNe-well. 62. Samuel, b. 20 May, 1828 ; m. Martha Elizabeth Maxon. 63. Alonzo, b. , 1830; m. Sarah Masters. 64. Caleb Baker, b. Dec, 1832; m. Josephine Loomer; died 17 Jan., 1879. 65. Azel Pitch, b. , 1835; m. Harriet Smith. Children by Hannah. 66. Alatilda A., b. ; m. Charles Fletcher. 66a. Josephine E., b. Aa. JOHN" (56), b. 10 Aug., 1781, son of Oliver Champ- lin and Thankful Gavit; married Sally Williams, daughter of , 11 Feb., 1S02. He was a farmer and lived near the head of Oxoboxo Pond. He died 29 Dec, 1841. She died 11 Dec, 1811), aged 68 years. 67 68 6!) 70 71 72 73 Children. John J., b. 21 March, 1803; m. Oliver, b. 2 Feb., 1805; m. Clarissa, b. 17 Feb., 1807; m. Lyman Miner. Al)by, I). 7 March, 1801); m. Salraen C. Yibber. Isaac S., h. 17 Dec, ISIO; m. Sophrona Gardner. William, b. IS Dec, l.Sl;^; m. Mary Ann, b. 7 Sept., 1814; unm. CHAMPLIN FAMILIES. 357 V4. Thomas ;\., b. 18 Jvily, 1810; died young. Y5. Thomas W., b. 9 Sept.^ 1817; m. Limla Wickwire. VII. ISAAC S. (71), b. 17 Dec, 1810, son of John Champlin and Sally Williams; married Nov. 25, 1833, So- phrona Gardner, daughter of Gilbert Gardner and Selina Holms, daughter of George Holms of Salem, Conn. He was a farmer, lived on the old Colcshester road, near Oxoboxo. He died 6 Sept., 1890. She died 2 Feb., 1887. Children. 7G. Alfred, b. 27 March, 1834; m. Harriet Hai'per. 77. William, b. 2 Jan., 1835; m. 78. Sarah, b. 16 Jan., 1837; m. Albert De Wolf. 79. Henry W., b. 11 Feb., 1840; m. Isabella McAlpine. 80. Mary, b. 25 Oct., 1842; m. Elisha W. Vibber. 81. Amy, b. 3 April, 1845; m. Thomas W. Day. 82. John, b. 8 April, 1847; m. Emma Bishop. 83. ISFelson G., b. 3 May, 1850; died 27 July, 1873. V. EOWLAND, b. 8 Jan., 1742, son of William Champ- lin (21) and Sarah Thompson; married 1st, Hannah Stetson; 2d, Anna Babcock, b. 9 Nov., 1752; married 10 May, 1777. His first wife died in 1776. He died 4 Nov., 1812. ■J 85 86 87 88 Isaac. Hampton. Fanny. Desire. Paul. Rowland. Children by Hannah. Children by Anna. 90. Hannah, b. 29 Oct., 1778; died young. 91. Nathan, b. 7 Sept., 1780; m. 92. Jeffery, b. 27 Aug., 1782 ; died 14 March, 1813. 93. Nancy, b. 13 Aug., 1785. 94. Hannah, b. 25 July, 1787; died 13 Jime, 1819. 358 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 95. llcm-y, 1>. 24 April, 1789. 96. jDiuitlian, b. 29 Sept., 1792; died young. 97. Betsey, b. 20 April, 1798; died young. VI. NATHAX (91), b. 7 Sept., 1780, son of Rowland Ghampliu and Ann Baboock; married 1 July, 1804, Lydia Woodward, b. 7 May, 17 8 (i. Sbe died 26 April, 1850. He afterwards married for his second wife Louisa Damming. He was a ship carpenter. Settled in Norwich, Conn., where he died at the advanced age of about 90 years. Children. 98. Betsey Good, b. 1 Nov., 1805; died 3 Feb., 1810. 99. Susanna Caroline, b. 19 July, 1807; m. David Butts. 100. Lydia Ann, b. 15 Mav, 1809; m. PhiHp Ellis. 101. Peter AVoodward, b. 21 Mch., iSll ; died 11 Oct., 1836. 102. Walter King, b. 29 Mch., ISl.'!; m. Mary Hunter. 103. Elias Coming, b. 6 Jime, 1815; died 9 June, 1837. 104. Ohver Wolcott, b. 20 June, 1817; m. Sarah A. Butter- field. 105. Happy Kinne, b. 30 Jan., 1819. 106. Charlotte W., b. 23 Aug., 1821; died young. 107. Joseph Walter, b. 12 Aug., 1823; m. Louisa Drury. 108. Francis Ingersoll, b. 27 Feb., 1826; m. Sarah C. Robin- son. 109. Edward L., b. 6 Jime, 1829. YIL FREDERICK (58), b. 28 Sept., 1817, son of Samuel Champlin and Partlienia Rogers; married 27 July, 1842, Elizabeth A. Richards, b. 24 April, 1823, daughter of Edmund Richards and Lydia Bolles. Fie was a mariner and master of sevcn-al vessels. Capt. Champlin was a very careful and trusty seaman, being accustomed to the sailor's life from his youth, was a remarkably good pilot and managed his craft with great skill. He was a kind husband and father, and died at his own home on " The Point " (Massapeag) much respected by all his circle of friends, 24 Feb., 1876. She was living at tlio old homestead in 1896. CHAMPLIN FAMILIES. 359 Children. 110. William Henry, b. 14 Oct., 1843; m. Grace M. Bolles. 111. Eliza Jane, h. 25 Dec, 1845; m. Thomas W. Dolbeare. 112. Francis Isabelle, b. 2 March, 1850; m. Joshua E. "Wood- worth. 113. Eva Parthenia, b. 28 July, 1853 ; m. Charles IST. Rogers. 114. Frederick Eobert, b. 24 Feb., 1860; m. Aurora Kent. 115. Charles E., b. 11 Feb., 1863. WICKWIRE FAMILIES. John Wickwire was an early settler on lands in the Xorth Parish of ISTew London, now Montville. He first appears on the list of the inhabitants in New London in 1676, and was one of the signers of the patent of ISTew London, which was Sianctioned by the governor and company, 14 Oct., 1704. He married 6 Nov., 1676, Mary Tonge, b. 17 Sept., 1656, daugh- ter of George Tonge. Her sister Elizabeth married Fitz John Winthrop. Another sister married Joshua Baker. Three daughters of George Tonge appear to have been legatees of Richard Pool and inherited a large tract of land covering what is now called Pools or Poles Hill, and extending north through a valley now called " Quaco " to Stony Brook. This land was inherited by the Wickwire and Baker families. Madam Winthrop, relict of Governor Winthrop, at her death left legacies to " sister Wickwire's children." He died about 1712. Children. 2. George, b. 4 Oct., 1677. 3. Christopher, b. 8 Jan., 1679-80; m. . Had children, Ichabod, Solon, Nathan, Elizabeth, Amy, Mary, Jane, Zebediah. 4. John, b. 2 Dec, 1685; m. Abigail Haughton, and had John, b. 15 May, 170S; Mary, b. 7 July, 1710, and Zariah, b. 13 Dec, 1713. 5. Elizabeth, b. 23 March, 1688-9. 6. Jonathan, b. 19 Feb., 1691-2; m. . Had son, Alpheus, bap. 2 Sept., 1722, and daughter Cather- ine. 7. Peter, b. 2 March, 1694-5; m. Patience Chapel. 8. Ann, b. 25 Sept., 1679; m. James Brown and bad son James, b. 7 Sept., 1715. 9. Phebe, b. about 1700; m. Joshua Baker. WIOKWIRE FAMILIES. 361 II. PETEK (7), b. 2 March, 1694-5, son of John Wick- wire and Mary Tonge; married, aboiut 1720, Patience CUiapel, daughter of John Chapel and Sarah Lewis. He lived on the farm now owned by James H. Baker and adjoined to the farm of Gideon Baker. Peter Wickwire and his wife united with the church under the pastorate of Rev. James Hillliouse, 21 Nov., 1722. He died 21 Aug., 1744. Children. 10. Peter, b. 11 March, 1724; m. Ehoda Scofield. 11. SaraJbi, b. 22 Jan., 1725-6; died young. 12. George, b. 7 Oct., 1727; m. Elizabeth Colver. 13. James, b. 8 July, 1729; died young. 14. Eunice, b. 2 Oct., 1730; died young. 15. Amy, b. 23 June, 1732; m. 16. Joseph, b. 22 June, 1734; m. Story. 17. Jeremiah, b. 10 April, 1736; m. Phebe Baker. 18. Samuel, b. 8 May, 1738. 19. John, b. 5 May, 1740. 20. Ezekiel, b. 9 Nov., 1741. III. JEEEMIAH (17), b. 10 April, 1736, son of Peter Wiclcwire and Patience Chapel; m. 13 Dec, 1764, Phebe Ba- ker, daughter of Joshua Baker and Phebe AYickwire. Pie was a farmer, and lived in Chesterfield. He died 31 July, 1807. She died 5 Eeb., 1836, at the age of one hundred years. Children. 21. Jeremiah, b. 24 July, 1766; m. Lydia Chapel. 22. Willard, b. 4 Dec, 1768; m. 1st, Hannalh Chaipel; 2d, Theoda Chapel. 23. Zadoc, b. 20 Jan., 1772; m. Lovina Holmes. IV. JEREMIAH (21), b. 24 July, 1766, son of Jere- miah Wickwire and Phebe Baker; married 13 April, 1797, Lydia Chapel, daughter of Peter Chapel and Esther Doug- lass. He was a farmer. He does not appear to have lived in the town after about 1810, and probably removed to the State 362 HISTORY OF MONTVILTjE. of New York or to Nova Scotia, where many of the people of this town settled. Children. 24. Polly, b. 26 June, 1798. 25. Nancy, b. 11 Oct., 1Y99. 26. GeoTge, b. 22 April, 1802. IV. WILLAED (22), b. 4 Dec, 1768, son of Jeremiah Wickwire and Phebe Baker; married 1st, Hannah Chapel, daughter of Ezekiel Chapel and Sarah Gardner. She died 14 June, 1809. He then married for his second wife Theoda Chapel, daughter of Jedediah Chapel. He was a farmer, and lived on " Chapel Hill." ' He died 7 Nov., 1848. She died 5 Dec, 1865. Children by Hannah. 27. Phebe, b. 25 Sept., 1796; m. Joseph L. Chapman. 28. Sally, b. 9 Nov., 1798; m. William Sharp. 29. Mercy, b. 10 April, 1801; m. Nathan Dart. 30. Gardner, b. 20 April, 1803; m. Abby Minard. 31. Peter, b. 18 Jan., 1805; m. Sally Minard. 32. Amy, b. 25 Nov., 1807; m. Charles Payne. Children by Theoda. 33. Hannah, b. 9 March, 1812; m. Henry J. Fanning. 34. Linda, b. 25 Aug., 1818; m. Thomas W. CbampHn. 35. Willard, b. 27 March, 1824; m. 1st, Laura L. Gates; 2d, IV. ZADOC (23), b. 20 Jan., 1772, son of Jeremiah Wickwire and Phebe Bakor; married, about 1800, Lovina Holmes, daughter of Jabez Holmes. He was a farmer living in Chesterfield. He removed to the State of New York about 1820, where he was a thrifty fanner, and died -. . He had children, Harriet, Burr, and Lydia, who married Caleb Manwaring, and John. V. GARDNEE (30), b. 20 April, 1803, son of Willard Wickwire and Hannah Chapel; man-ied 28 March, 1828, WICKWIRE FAMILIES. 363 Abby Minard, daiighter of George Minard. He was a farmer on Chapel Hill. He sold his farm in Montville in , and removed to Colchester. His wife died at Colchester, 8 July, 1876. He died at New London, at the residence of his son, Giles, 18 Jan., 1881. Children. 36. Abby, b. 10 Eeb., 1830; m. 1st, Joseph A. Bucking- ham; 2d, • Wheelock in 1848. 3Y. Lydia Ann, b. 27 Feb., 1831; m. John T. Balch, 1 Jan., 1855. 38. Giles G., b. 10 Jan., 1833; m. Mary Jane Crouch in 1858. 39. Maria A., b. 10 Feb., 1838; died umn. 40. Allen G., b. 8 April, 1843; m. Adia E. Locke. 41. Mary L., b. 16 Oct., 1849 ; m. Daniel W. BKven in 1872. V. PETEE (31), b. 18 Jan., 1805, son of Willard Wick- wire and Hannah Chapel; married Sally Minard, daughter of George Minard. He was a farmer, and lived in Chesterfield. He kept a country store at the comers. He represented the town of Montville in the state legislature in 1848. He held the office of selectman, and other town offices. He was a Jack- son Democrat, and was an active politician. She died at Montville, 13 Dec, 1872. He died 24 Dec, 1873. Children. 41a. Harriet, b. ; m. Gideon F. Raymond. 42. Ellen, b. 1834; m. William Whaley. 43. George, b. 1835; died young. 44. Charles W., b. 1837; died 12 Nov., 1863, unm. CHEISTOPHER (3), b. 8 Jan., 1679-80, son of John Wickwire and Mary Tonge; manied . He removed from Montville to Nova Scotia about 1760, with his family of eight children, and settled at a place called Horton. Lie had a son, Zebediah, who married 18 March, 1779, Temper- ance Clark of Horton. His children were, 1st, Daniel, b. 26 364 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Jan., 18Y0; 2d, Bavid, b. 19 Sept., 1Y81; 3d, Thomas, twin to David, married Jeruslia Keid, 21 Feb., 1810, and died 5 Jan., 1871; 4th, Greenleaf, b. 29 Jan., 1785; 5th, James,' b. 7 March, 1790; married Abigail Miner, 26 Oct., 1814; 7th, Elizabeth, b. 24 July, 1801. Amos Wickwire, b. 17 ISTov., 1757; was probably grand- son of Peter Wickwire and Patience Chapel, and married Es- ther Atwell. Settled at Comwallis in Nova Scotia. PETER (10), b. 11 March, 1724, son of Peter Wickmre and Patience Chapel; married Khoda Schofield, and was a grantee in Cornwallis, l^ova Scotia. He died there 2 Feb., 1803. She died 29 Sept., 1812. Thfeir children were, 1st, Rachel, b. 26 April, 1748; m. William Carlisle; 2d, Peter, b. 1 Sept., 1751; 3d, Asa, b. 15 Aug., 1763; 4th, Amy, b. 5 Sept., 1756; married Oliver Fox; 5th, Betsey, bom on Sunday, 7 June, 1760, in the harbor of Horton before landing. She married Daniel Huntley of Horton, 9 Aug., 1780, and had sons, Daniel and Peter; 6th, Rhoda, b. 18 June, 1762; married Henry Moulton; 7th, Silas, b. 18 July, 1766; married Pra- dence Cannady; 8th, Prudence, b. 16 ISTov., 1769; m. James Martin. , . FOX FAMILIES. It has not been certainly determined wlio the first Ameri- can ancestor of the Fox families was. It is probable that more than one of the name came over to this country from Eng- land previoTzs to the year 1640. It is often said by the de- scendants of English ancestors, " three brothers came over from England and settled in this coimtry." It is quite prob- able that the* Fox families, like many others in this country, are the descendants from more than one emigrant ancestor who'have settled here. The name of a John Fox appears on the list of passengers for Virginia in 1639, aged 33 years. Also a Jonathan and Richard in 1635, the former 35 years of age, and the latter 15 years of age. It is not ascertained where either of the above emigrants first settled. The first of the name found located was Thomas Fox, who appears in Concord, Mass., a member of the church there in 1640, a freeman in 1644. He married 1st, Rebecca French, who died 11 March, 1647. He married 2d, Hannah Brooks, 13 Oct., 1647. He died in 1658. This Thomas Fox is sup- posed to have been the father of Samuel Fox, who appears at New London about 1675, and was the ancestor of the Fox families who have lived in Montville. Thomas Fox of Con- cord had a son, Eliphalet, who is said to have been his eldest son, and was a minor in 1657. He died at Concord, 15 Aug., 1711. Another Thomas Fox of Concord, who may have been a grandson of the former, was 'bom in 1706. He was a " housewright," and died in 1759, aged 53 years. Rev. Jabez Fox, born in 1646, was probably a son of the eldest Thomas Fox of Concord. He settled at Woburn, Mass., where he was the first minister in 1679. He died there of small-pox 28 Feb., 1702. His wife was Judith Reyner. He 366 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. had sons, Thomas, Jabez, and John, and daughter, Judith. The history of AVatertown, Mass., has it recorded that Eliza- hcith, daughter of Thomas Fox, married 3 Oct., 1665, John Ball for his second wife. A Thomas Fox of Watertown mar- ried, in 1083, E]izal)eth Chadwick, and was a representative from tlrat town the same year. Tlie history of Nevf London, l)y ^Nliss Caulkins, says, " Samuel Fox, born about 1650, and John Fox, born about Hi5a, were brotliers and sons of Thomas Fox of Concord, liass." " They first appear in Xew Tjondon," says iliss Gaul- Idns, " about 1675. Samuel married 30 March, 1675-6, Mary, daughter of Andrew Lester, born 26 Dec, 1647. She died, and he then married second, Joanna . She died from loss of blood in 1689. He afterwards contracted a third and fourth marriage. His third wife was Batbsbeba (Rogers) Smith, widow of Richard Smith and daughter of James Rogers and Elizabeth Rowland. By her first husband she had sons James and John, and daughters, Elizabeth and Bathsheba. Elizabeth married \Yilliam Camp. Batlisheba married her cousin, John Rogers 2d. James, tbe eldest son, was baptized 13 jVpril, 1()71, married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Rogers, and is the ancestor of a numerous family. . John Smith, the youngest son, settled in the Xorth Parish of Xew London, now ilontville, and was grandfather to John Smith, Esq., who married Caroline Chester. Both died at Moni- ville, leaving no children. The fourtli wife of Samuel Fox was Esther . She was living when her husband died. In his will, dated the same year of his death, he gives " to his son Samuel, the elder, his lands iu North Parish, with the mills knoMui as Fox mills, and all his wearing apparel." Lie gives to his son Samuel, the younger, all his farming tools, and all lands at Great Xeck, in N"e\\' London, by paying legacies to others.. He gives to his son-in-law, James Smith, £10, to his ilaughter-in-law, I<;iizabeth Camp, £10, to his daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Piatt, £10. He ga\'e to his wife, Esther, a living o^^t of FOX FAMILIES. 367 the whole, and appointed Timotby Green and 'his son Sanmel, the eldest, executors of his mil. He died 4 Sept., 1727. Children by Mary. 2. Elizabeth, bap. 3 -June, 1677. 3. Samuel, b. 24 April, 1681; m. Margaret Brintnal. •1. Abigail, b. ; m. Charles Hill. 5. Hannah, b. Children by Joanna. 6. Isaac, b. ; m. 1st, Hannah Stark; 2d, Elizabeth 7. Benjamin, b. about 1685; m. Naomi Rogers. Child by Bathsheba. 8. Samuel, b. about 1691; ni. Kachel Rogers. JOHIST, born about 1652, son of Thomas Eox of Concord, Mass., married 2 June, 1678, Sarah Larrabee, daughter of Greenfield Larrabee. They had a son, John, born 1 June, 1680, who married Elizabeth. She died 12 Dec, 1711, with- out issue. They had other sons and daughters, but all died without issue, except Benjamin. In a deed of 1718 he calls Benjamin " my only child which it hath pleased God to con- tinue in the land of the living." John Fox married 2d, Han- nah, relict of Thomas Stedman. His third wife was Mary, daughter of David Lester, 2d. She was fifty years younger than himself, and was a granddaughter of his sister, Hannah Fox, of Concord,, who_married Daniel Lester, Sr. His last will, dated 1729-30, gives all his real and personal estate to his wife, Mary Fox. II. SA^kHJEL (3), b. 24 April, 1681, son of Samuel Fox and Mary Lester; m. Margaret Brintnal, b. in 1680. He li^'ed on the homestead farm bequeathed to him by his father. The old house, and the first built by Samuel Fox, Sr., stood a few rods ■west of the present house in ilontville, and was destroyed by fire about 1760. The present house was erected 368 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. soon af'tci' and is no^v occupied and owned by descendants in the paternal line of the fifth generation. Margaret Fox, the wife of Samuel Fox, was received into the church by Rev. James Hillhouse, 4 July, 1725. She died 24 Sept., 1752, aged 72 years. He died 12 Feb., 1754, aged 72 years. Both were buried in the old Fox burying-groimd on the homestead farm. An old and very large chestnut tree is still standing by the side of the road not far from the burying-ground that was standing when they were living. Children. 9. Samuel, b. about 1707; m. Abigail Harris. 10. ifargaret, b. 21 April, 1709; m. Xathaniel Comstock. 11. Elizabeth, b. about 1711; m. Isaac Avery. 12. Hannah, b. ; m. 13. Benjamin, b. 29 Aug., 1715; m. Abigail (Fox) Brock- way. 14. Ezekiel, b. about 1721 ; m. IMehitabel Lamson. II. ISAAC (6), b. . scto of Samuel Fox and Joanna ; married 1st, Hannah Stark, and 2d, Elizabeth . He gave land by deed on which to erect a meeting- house at Great Xeck, and was afterwards known as the First Baptist Church of Xew London (Pepper Box). His will, dated 5 July, 1731, mentions his sons, Isaac, Samuel, Ebenezer, Thomas, and daughter, Abigail. A codicil, annexed to his will, dated 1734-5, gave to his sons, Samuel, Ebenezer, and Thomas, " the money that is to be paid by Daniel Denison, £200, the last payment for my house and land in the following manner: Ebenezer and Thomas, £20 each above their share in it, to wit: £10 (>ach out of the first £100. £10 each out of the second £100, as it becomes due. The residue I give equally to my four sous." " I give my daughter, Abigail Davis, the two-thirds part of my household gooreseut town farm. AftcM' his death the farm was sold to Ceorge Allen, and afterwards owned by George Fox, son FOX FAMILIES. £73 of Brintnal. lie died 19 Aug., 180Y, aged 59 years. She died 2 Jan., 1805, aged 53 years. Children. 60. Charles, b. 17 March, 1775; died 25 March, 1855. lie was a cripple. 61. Washington, b. 27 Oct., 1780; m. 31 Jan., 1808, Elea- nor Dolbeare. They removed to Goshen, where he was a farmer, and died 2 Aug., 1870. She died 3 Sept., 1875; no issue. 62. JMary, b. 13 Dec, 1782; m. Elisha Dolbeare. 63. Lyman, b. 14 March, 1789; ni. Laura Bradford. 64. Peggy, b. 1 Oct., 1792; m. Wilber. 65. Joseph, b. 12 May, 1786; ni. Norah Buckingham. 66. ISTancv, b. 19 June, 1785; m. Eufus Rogers. 67. Martha, b. , 1777; died 25 Nov., 1796. IV. BRINTXAL (48), b. about 1750, son of Ezekiel Eox and Mehitabel Lamson; married Mary Hill, daughter of George Hill and Joanna Vibber. He lived on the old homestead formerly occupied by his father and grand- father at Montville. He was a farmer. He died 2 Dec, 1831. She died 16 Nov., 1837. Children. 68. Mehitabel, b. about 1771; died 21 Sept., 1856. 69. Guy, b. 1775; m. Eunice Pettis, 25 March, 1804, and had Sophia; m. John E. Todd; Marietta, Har- riet, and Sarah. He settled in the state of ISTew York. 70. Lamson, b. 2 Feb., 1781; m. Eleanor Comstock. 71. George, b. 6 N'ov., 1783; m. Aurelia Cook. 72. Sally, b. 13 Sept., 1784. 73. Hemy, b. 14 Nov., 1786; m. 74. Robert, b. 20 March, 1789 ; m. Emeline (BoUes) Smith. 75. Betsey, b. 13 July, 1790; died 19 July, 1855, num. W. DANIEL (53), b. 19 July, 1766, son of Elisha Fox and Anna Fitch; married 30 Dec, 1792, Lucy Angel, daugh- 374 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. ter of James Angel. He lived on the farm occupied by his father and grandfather. He was a farmer. He died 9 May, 1820, at Montville. She, with her sons and daughter, Amy, removed to Mississippi ahont 1830, where they all married and settled. She died 18 Sept., 1843, at A'icksburg, Miss. Children. 76. James Angel, b. 19 March, 1794; m. 77. John Brown, b. 26 May, 1797; m. Sophia A. Gilbert. 78. Amy Brown, b. 26 Dec., 1799; m. Judge Edward Ean- dolph. 79. Eleanor, b. 16 Feb., 1802; m. Azel Fitch Kogers. 80. Samuel Sherwood, b. 25 April, 180.5; m. Elizabeth Brown. 81. Elisha, b. 17 April, 1810; m. Lucy Moore. lY. LYMAX (63), b. 14 March, 1789, son of Samuel Fox and Anna Hill; m. 28 Jan., 1813, Laura Bradford, daugh- ter of James Fitch Bradford and ]\Iary Merwin. He settled in Cornwall Hollow, Conn., where he died 18 June, 1867. He had a son, John Bradford, b. in 1819, and probably other children. This son was living at Thomaston, Conn., in 1884. Other children were, Charlotte, James, jSTancy, Mary, and Henry. V. LAMSOX (69), b. 2 Feb., 1781, son of Brintnal Fox and Mary Hill; m. about 1800, Eleanor Comstock, daugh- ter of Jared Comstock and Eachel Chester. Fie settled at Colchester and was a successful farmer. His inventory, at his death, amounted to near fifteen thousand dollars. He died at Colchester. Children. Ezekiel, b. Dec, ISOl. Alniira, b. 4 Jiily, 1805; m. Nathaniel Comstock. Enoch, b., Aug., 1S07; died Sept., 1878. Ursula, b. 9 June, 1809. Henry, b. 5 Aug., 1813; m. Ehzabeth Beckwith. Caroline, b. 82 83 84 85 8(1 87 FOX FAMILIES. 375 88. Harriet Newell, b. 89. John, b. 90. Ellen, b. V. GEORGE (70), b. 6 ISTov., 1783, son of Brintnal Fox and Mary Hill; m. 10 June, 1825, Anrelia Cook, daughter of Rev. Rozel Cook. He settled in Mbntville and occupied the farm formerly owned by Samuel Fox, and afterwards by George Allen. F[e sold his farm in 1853 and removed to Waterford, where he died 17 June, 1857. She died there 21 April, lSii9. He had an only daughter, Sarah C, b. 26 June, 182G; married John F. Brown, who removed from Waterford and settled in Montville on Raymond Hill, where he died. V. ROBERT (75), b. 20 March, 1789, son of Brintnal Fox and Mary Hill; married 9 June, 1839, Emeline (Bolles) Smith, daughter of Ebenezer Bolles and Polly Cooley Gilbert. He was a farmer and occupied the old homestead near what is now Oakdale. He died 21 Dec, 1865. She died 14 Jan., 1880, aged 58 years. Children. 91. Albert K, b. 12 March, 1840. 02. Joel PL, b. 17 Sept., 1842; m. Addie Woodmansee. 98. Levi W., b. , 1845; died 24 April, 1866. VI. HENRY (86), b. 5 Aug., 1813, son of Lamson Fox and Eleanor Comstock, daughter of Jared Comstock and Rachel Chester; m. 9 Jan., 1848, Elizabeth Beckwith, daugh- ter of Elisha Beckwith and Sabra Beebe. He settled in Salem, Conn. Was a farmer. He died there 26 Nov., 1884. His wife was living at Salem in 1896. Children. 94. Ellen E., b. 30 Dec, 1848. 95. Millard Llenry, b. 20 Dec, 1850; died 15 Oct., 1851. 96. John Milton, b. 9 Sept., 1853; m. Nettie Fuller. 97. Henry Beckwith, b. 19 Aug., 1860; m. Fannie Rix. 376 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. VI. JOEL H. (92), b. 17 Sept., 1843, son of Kobert Fox and Emeline (BoUes) Smith; married 10 June, 1868, Addie Wociilmansee, daughter of Solomon Woodmansee. He was living in 1896 on the old Fox homestead in Montville, a farmer. His wife died in March, 1895. Children. OS. Franklin Henry, b. 30 April, 1869; died 20 April, 1872. 99. Bell Bolles, b. 9 Sept., 1870; m. Orrin Keables. 1 00. Jennie Eveline, b. 20 ilch., 1872 ; m. Timothy O'Leary. 101. Albert John, b. 28 July, 1874. FITCH FAMILIES. Rev. James Fitch, tlie ancestor of the Montville families of the name, was born at Bocldng, in the county of Essex, Eng- land, in 1622. He was only sixteen years of age when he came to America, being one of a band of thirteen young men, all intending to enter the ministry. He was placed, after his arrival in this country, under the instruction of Messrs. Hooker and Stone at Hartford, where he remained seven years. He married first Abigail Whitfield, daughter of Eev. Henry Whitfield, minister at Guilford, Conn., in October, 1648. She died 9 Sept., 1659. He afterwards married Pris- cilla Mason, daughter of Major John Mason, Oct., 1664. In the year 1646 a church was formed at Saybrook over which Mr. Fitch was ordained pastor. In 1660, after the death of his first wife, Mr. Fitch, with a part of his churdi, re- moved to JJ'orwich. He learned the language of the Indians, and, of ten went among the tribe endeavoring to enlighten their darkened minds and win them from their vices and degrada- tion in which he found them. The Mohegan sachems, not- withstanding their , obstinacy to the Christian religion, were warmly attached to Mr. Fitch and his family. Large tracts of land were conveyed to them, either in trust or as absolute grants. A tract of laud five miles in length and one in breadth, located in what is now the town of Lebanon, was conveyed by Owaneco to Mr. Fitch. On this tract some of his children settled, and among them he died in 1Y02, being about eighty years of age. The f ollo'wing inscription is found on the gravestone erec- ted to the memory of the Rev. James Fitch in the old buryiiig- ground at Lebanon: 378 HISTORY OF MOXTVILLE. " In this grave are deposited the remains of that tiiily rev- erend man, Mr. James Fitch. He was born at Booking, in the County of Essex, England, the 24th day of Dec, in the year of our Lord 1622. Who, after he had been most ex- cellently taught the learned languages, came to Is'ew Eng- land at the age of sixteen years, and then spent seven years under the instruction of those very famous men, Mr. Hooker and Mr. Stone. Afterwards he discharged the pastoral office fourteen years at Saybrook, thence removed with the major part of his church to Noi-wich, where he spent the other years of his life in the work of the gospel. In his old age, indeed, he was obliged to cease from his public labors by reason of bodily indisposition, and at length retired to his children at Lebanon, where, after spending nearly half a year, he slept in Jesus in the year 1702, on the ISth day of November, in the 80th year of his age." Children by Abigail. 2. James, b. 2 Aug., 1649; m. 1st, Elizabeth Mason; 2d, Alice (Bradford) Adams. 3. Abigail, b. Aug., 1650; m. Captain John Mason. 4. Elizabeth, b. Jan., 1652; m. Rev. Edward Taylor. 5. Hannah, b. Sept., 1653; m. Thomas Meeks (or ]\[ix). G. Samuel, b. April, 1655; m. (wife's name unknown.) He died in 1725, leaving children. 7. Dorothy, b. April, 1658; m. l^athaniel Bissel. Children by Pi-iscilla. 8. Daniel, b. 16 Aug., 1665; m. Mary Sherwood. 9. John, b. Jan., 1667; m. Elizabeth Watei-man. 10. Jeremiah, b. Sept., 1670; m. Ruth Gifford. 11. Jabez, b. April, 1672; ni. Elizabeth Appleton. 12. Ann, b. April, 1675; m. Major AYilliam Bradford. 13. Nathaniel, b. 107!); m. Ist, Ann Abel; 2d, Mindwell Tisdale. 14. Joseph, b. ISTov., 1681 ; m. 1st, Sarah Mason; 2d, Ann Whiting. 15. Eleazer, b. 14 May, 1683; m. Martha Brown. FITCH FAMILIES. 37y II. JAMES (2), b. 2 Aug., 1649, eldest son of Eev. James Fitch and Abigail WHtfield; m. 1st, Elizjabetb Mason, j'oungest daughter of Major Mason and sister to his father's second wife in 1676. She died 8 Oct., 1684. He then mar- ried second wife, Alice (Bradford) Adams, daughter of Ma- jor William. Bradford of Plymouth and widow of Eev. Wil- liam Adams of Dedham, 8 May, 1687. Major Jam.es ritch was a prominent and influential man in his day. He was a noted friend and patron of the Indians, and 'after the deatli of Major John Mason possessed more sway over the sa- chems than any other individual, not excepting their other distinguished advocate. Captain Samuel Mason. He was noted as a land surveyor, land register, land speculator, and a land holder to an immense extent. By legislative grants, by pur- chase from other grantors, and intimate connection with the Indian sachems, he accumulated a vast number of acres. In 1684 he obtained from Owaneco the native right and title to a broad tract of unsettled land in the vicinity of the present town of Brooklyn, Conn. Out of this tract the town of Pom- fret was purchased of Captain Fitch for thirty pounds, and consisted of 15,100 acres. The conveyance was made 5 May, 1686. In 1687 Owaneco conveyed to him parcels of land in the towns of Plainfield and Canterbury of such extent as to be measured by miles. Besides this, he had tracts in various localities in the towns about ISTorwich. Major Fitch settled at IvTorwich, but lived in Preston, Plainfield, and Canterbury. He was the founder of Canterbury, having piirchased the land, made the first clearings, laid out farms and house lots, and built himself the first barn and the first framed house within its limits. Major Fitch was a brave soldier and an expe- rienced partizan in Indian warfare. He was active also in political affairs. Pie was an early patron of Yale College, gave the glass and nails for the college edifice, and endowed it with 637 acres of land in the town of Killingly. His histo- rian. Miss Caulkins, says " Tradition and record give int;ima- tions of one defect in his character. He could not always re- ago HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. sist the temptation to convivial excess, but appears to iiave had the Christian grace to acknowledge the fault when committed and to repent of it." He was evidently a man of good abili- ties, excellent business capacity, great activity, energy, and industiy, and was counted among the foremost men of the colony in his day. He died at Canterbury, 10 Nov., 172Y, aged 80 years. Children by Elizabeth. 16. James, b. Jan., 1678; died in infancy. 17. James, b. June, 1679; died young. 18. Jedediab, b. 17 April, 1681; m. Elizabeth . 19. Samuel, b. 12 July, 1683; m. Mary . 20. Elizabetli, b. 1684. Children hj Alice. 21. Abigail, b. 22 Feb., 1688; m. Colonel Dyer. 22. Ebenezer, b. 10 Jan., 1690. 23. Daniel, b. Feb., 1693; m. Ann Cook. 24. John, b. 1695. 25. Bridget, b. 1697. 26. Jerusha, b. 1699; m. Daniel Bissel. 27. William, b. 1701. 28. Jaibez, b. 1703. II. SAMUEL (6), b. April, 1655, second son of Eev. James Fitch and Abigail WMtfield. It is not ascertiiined whom he married, but it is known he had children. He hved in East jSTorwich, in what was called Long Society in the town of Preston. There is no record of his family to be found in the JSTorwich records, and no will' or distribution of his estate. " Nearly all the information," says a biographer, " obtained of Mm is from land records, such as deeds of gift to his chil- dren and other conveyances where the relationship is men- tioned." Some of his descendants settled in Lebanon, and he was the ancestor of the Bozrah Fitch families, descendants of the late Colonel Asa Fitch of that town. Samuel Fitch was also the ancestor of Hon. G. IST. Fitch, ex-Senator of Indiana, FITCH FAMILIES. 3S1 and other prominent men. He died in 1725. His children, whose names have been recovered from deeds and other doc- uments, were: 29. Hezekiah, b. 30. Jabez, b. 31. Benjamin, b. ; m. Amy ; died in 1763. 32. Peletiah, b. ; ni. Elizabeth . 33. Samuel, b. (probably). 11. DAiSriEL (8), b. 16 Aug., 1665, eldest son of Eev. James Eitch by his second wife, Priscilla Mason; man-ied March, 1698, Mary Sherwood, daughter of Mathew Sherwood of Eairfield, Conn. He settled in the ITorth Parish of New London, now Montville, near the ISTorwich line. It appears that he lived at one time in Preston, as a partial record of his family is fotind in that town. He was an active soldier in the Indian wars of his day. His inventory shows that he owned three famis in TTorth Parish, one at Trading Cove, on which he lived, one at Dry Brook, and one lying on both sides of the path leading to Hartford, through Montville and Colchester. The homestead farm at Trading Cove was a town grant to his father, and a portion of it still occupied by his de- scendants. He died 3 June, 1711. His wife survived him, and married Joseph Bradford. Children. 33a. Adonijah, b. April, 1700; m. 1st, Sarah Eitch, his cou- sin; 2d, Ann (Hyde) Gray.' 33b. James, b. 18 Oct., 1703; m. Ann Denison. 33c. Lemuel, b. Jan., 1704; m. Mary Bigelow. 33d. Mary, b. Sept., 1707; m. Rev. James Hillhouse. 33e. Daniel, b. 1709; m. Sarah Sherwood. 11. JOHIST (9), b. Jan., 1667, second son of Eev. James Eitch by his second vidfe, Priscilla Mason; m. 10 July, 1695, Elizabeth Waterman, eldest daughter of Thomas Waterman and Marian Tracy. He settled at Windham, and was a large 382 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. laiidholder. On the 13tii day of :\IaY, 1696, his father gave him a deed of one thoTisand acres of land at Windham Center. He was chosen town clerk of Windham 4 Dec, 1704, and was re-elected every year thereafter during his life. He also held the office of judj;e of proliHte for a short time, and was captein of a company of militia. He died 24 May, 1743. She died 2.5 June, 1751. Children. 34. Elizabeth, b. 1 June, Kl'.Mi; m. Xathaniel Webb. 35. Mariam, b. 17 Oct., 1699; m. Hezekiah Repley. 36. Priscilla, b. 5 Feb., 1702; m. Solomon Paine. 37. John, b. 18 March, 1705. II. JEEEMIAH (10), b. Sept., 1670, third son of Eev. James Fitch by his second A\T.fe, Priscilla Mason; m. Ruth Gifford, probably daughter of Stephen GifEord and Hannah Gallup of Norwich. He settled at Lebanon, ^vliere he had lands granted him soon after his marriage. He remained in ]^ebanon until 1703, and perhaps longer. He removed, and settled on lands now included in the town of Coventry. He was the ancestor of the Coventry, Columbia, ^Vndover, and Bolton Fitch families. He died at Coventry 22 ]\Iay, 1736. His wife survived him, and was living in 1756. Children. 38. Jeremiah, b. 18 April, 1690; m. 1st, ^Mercv Porter, Jan. 6, 1730; 2d, Martha Gifford, June 4,' 1744. 30. Hannah, b. 18 Jan., 1700; m. Humphrev Davenport. 40. Abner, b. 8 July, 1703; m. 1st, Euth Rose, Feb. 17, 1730; 2d, Widow Lee. 41. . Gideon, b. ; m. Sarah Caulkins. 42. Elisha, 1). ; m. Priscilla Patten, May 27, 1736. 43. James, b. ; m. Phebe ifeeough, Oct. 6, 1738. 44. Jo,se]ih, b. 45. Euth, b. ; m. Daniel Whitmore. 46. Stephen, b. 1712; m. Eleanor Strong. FITCH FAJIILIES. 383 IT. JABEZ (11), b. April, 16Y2, foiirtli son of Rev. James Eitch by his second wife, Priscilla Mason; married 10 June, 1Y04, Elizabeth Appleton, daughter of Hon. John Ap- pleton of Ipswich. He graduated at Harvard College in 1694, and was a Congregational clergyman. After his father was disabled from preaching by a paralytic attack in 1694, he was invited to occupy his father's pulpit with a view to settlement. He preached there about a year, but declined the call to set- tle. He was elected Tutor and Fellow of Harvard College, and in 1'703 was ordained at Ipswich as colleague of the Kov. John Rogers, but removed afterwards to Portsmouth, N. H., where he was installed about 1720. He died at Portsmouth, 22 ]^ov., 1746. She died there 18 Oct., 1765, aged 84 years. His children were Mary, Ann, John, Harvard, and James. II. JOSEPH (14), b. Nov., 1681, sixth son of Eev. James Fitch by his second wife, Priscilla Mason ; m. 1st, Sarah Mas'on, youngest daughter of Major .Samuel Mason by his first wife. She died previous to 1721. Pie afterwards mar- ried, 29 Dec, 1721, Ann Whiting, eldest daughter of Eev. Samuel "Whiting, first minister of Windham. He first set- tled in Stonington, where his children by his first wife were born, and afterwards removed to Lebanon. He died 9 May, 1741. She died at Windham, 18 Sept., 1778. Children by Sarah. 47. Judith, b. 48. Sarah, b. 24 Jan., 1704; m. Adonijah Fitch, her cou- sin. 49. Mason, b. 11 Sept., 1708; died March 10, 1734. Grad- uate of Yale. 60. Joseph, b. 14 Feb., 1711; m. Zerviah Hyde. Children by Ann. 51. Samuel, b. 16 Jan., 1724; m. Elizabeth Lloyd. 52. Eleazer, b. 30 Aug., 1726. 53. Azel, b. 7 'Not., 1728; died about 1769, unm. 384 HISTORY OF MOXTVILLE. 54. Ichabod, b. 17 May, 1734. 55. x\nn, b. 12 Julv, 1737. 50. Thomas, 1). 11 June, 1739; died 24 Jan., 1747. II. lYATHAOTEL (13), b. about 1<;79, fifth son of Eev. James Fitcli by his second wife, Priscilla Mason; married 1st, Ann Abel, 10 Dec, 1701, daughter of Joshua Abel of ISTor- wicli. She died 3 July, 1728. He then married, 2d, Mind- well Tisdale of Lebanon, 17 Sept., 1730. He settled at Leb- anon, and was among the early settlers of that town. He died 4 May, 1750. Children by Ann. 57. Joshua, b. 13 Feb., 1704. 58. JSTathan, b. 29 March, 1705. 59. Neliemiah, b. 10 Feb., 1707. 60. James, b. 15 Oct., 1709. 61. John, b. 7 Jan., 1712. 62. ISTathaniel, b. 3 Feb., 1717; m. Whiting. 63. Mehitabel, b. twin to Tv^athaniel. 64. EHzabeth, b. 26 Mav, 1718; m. Bissell. 65. Kaohel, b. Oct., 1720; died Mav 28, 1726. 66. Abel, b. 22 Nov., 1722. 67. Caleb, b. 17 June, 1725. Children by Mindwell. 68. Jabez, b. 4 Oct., 1730; died 14 ^Tqv., 1736. 69. Ezekiel, b. 11 March, 1782. 70. Isaac, b. 1 jMay, 1734. III. ADOXIJAH (29), b. April, 1700, son of Daniel Fitch and Mavy Sherwood; married 1st, Sarah Fitch, daugh- ter of his uncle, Joseiih Fitch and Sarah Mason. She died 5 Jan., 1741. He afterwards married, 22 April, 1744, Ann (Hyde) Cray, daughter of Samuel Hyde and Elizabeth Caul- kins, and widiiw of Simoon Cray of Lebanon. She died with- out issue. FITOH FAMILIES. 385 Children. 71. Mary, b. 24 April, 1727; m. Prince Alden. 72. Sarah, b. 2 March, 1729; m. Thomas Eogers. 73. Ann, b. 20 May, 1731; m. Samuel Hyde. 74. Squire Joseph, b. 12 Aug., 1733; m. Sarah Gardner. 75. Elizabeth, b. 17 Aug., 1735; m. Peter Comstock. 76. John Mason, b. 10 Dec, 1737; died 4 Jan., 1741. III. JAMES (30), b. 18 Oct., 1703, son of Daniel Fitch and Mary Sherwood; married 12 Eeb., 1728, Ann Denison, daughter of Robert Denison and Johanna Stanton. He set- tled at Lebanon, where he died 10 Eeb., 1789. She died 29 Aug., 1792. Children. 77. Ann, b. 2 'Feb., 1729; m. Stark. 78. Elizabeth, b. 27 June, 1731; married Colonel Jeremiah iiason. They had a son, Jeremiah, who was an emi- nent lawyer, and United States Senator from New Hampshire. He spent his last years in Boston. III. DAISTIEL (33), b. about 1709, son of Daniel Fitch and Mary Sherwood; married 'Noy. 16, 1732, Sarah Sherwood, daughter of Samuel Sherwood. He inherited a portion of the homestead at Trading Cove, on which he lived until his death. He was chosen an elder in the church at ilontville in 1750. He died 12 May, 1755, leaving property to the value of from $40,000 to $50,000, which was bequeathed by will to his chil- dren. His wife survived him, and died at the age of 90 years. Children. 79. Eleanor, b. 4 Feb., 1734; m. Dr. Christopher Raymond. 80. Abiah, tivin to Eleianor; m. Jonathan ■ Gardner. 81. Rachel, b. 2 Dec, 1735; m. Joseph Peck. 82. Daniel, b. Oct., 1737; died in July, 1738. 83. Mary, b. Jan., 1740; died in Aug.', 1741. 84. Sarai, b. June, 1742; m. Stephen Beebe. 25 ggg HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 85. Mary, b. July, 1744; m. John Bradford. 86. Anna, b. 4 June, 1746; m. Elisba Fox. 87. Samuel Sherwood, b. 2 Feb., 1749; died April, 1809, unm. 88. James, b. 2 Aug., 1752; died young. 89. Abigail, b. 22 Dec, 1754; m. Wetherel Latimer. IV. SQUIEE JOSEPH (74), b. 12 Aug., 1733, son of Adonijah Fitch and Sarah Fitch; m. Sarah Gardner, grand- daughter of Stephen Gardner and Amy Shennan, and prob- able daughter of Stephen Gardner, Jr. He was a large land- holder, and inherited a large estate from his father, in Mont- ville. He was the owner of slaves, and in 1794 emancipated a negro slave named Phillis, aged 27 years. In 1803 he gave by deed of gift to his son, James, the farm on which he after- wards lived. In 1805 he gave by deed to 'his sons, James, Adonijah, ^and "William, all his real property, they agreeing to maintain their father during his natural life. She died 13 Nov., 1794, aged 56 years. He died 22 June, 1810, aged 77 years. Children. 90. Andrew, b. 1 March, 1759; m. Mary Leffingwell. 91. Sarah, b. 4 April, 1764; m. John H. Adgate. ■ 92. Anna, b. 29 May, 1766; m. James F. Mason, son of Jeremiah. 93. Joseph, b. about 1763; died in 1778, aged 15 years. 94. James, b. about 1768; m. Abigail Fox. 95. Adonijah, b. abotit 1772; m. Anna Fox. 96. William, b. about 1779; m. ISTash. He died at Medina, Ohio, 23 Aug., 1863. 97. Betsey, b. ; m. Fitch Comstock. V. JAMES (94), b. about 1768, son of Sqiiire Joseph Fitch and Sarah Gardner; married 14 May, 1797, Abigail Fox, daughter of Elislia, Fox and Anna Fitch. He was a f ar- mor and sea captain. He sailed on several voyages, and died at sea on boiard of the ship Superior, 23 March, 1820, aged 52 years. She died 2 Nov., 1852. FITCH FAMILIES. 387 Children. 98. John Grardner, b. 20 June, 1798; m. Ist, Angeline Fitch; 2d, Maria Fitch. 99. Anna, b. 7 May, 1800; died 28 May, 1828, unm. 100. Joseph, b. 13 July, 1802; m. Lydia P. Bams. 101. Samuel, b. 27 July, 1804; m. Caroline White. 102. Sarah Adgate, b. 6 June, 1807; m. Joshua E. A\''ood- woi-th, 23 ISTov., 1834. They had one daughter, Anna E., who committed suicide by hanging in 1878. 103. James Mason, b. 6 Jan., 1809; m. Sarah A. Meech. 104. Eiachel, b. 22 May, 1811; m. Nathaniel B. Bradford. 106. Elisha, b. 22 June, 1813; died 15 Oct., 1839, unm. 106. William, b. 14 Aug., 1815; m. Lucy A. Fitch. V. ADONIJAH (95), b. about 1772, son of Squire Joseph Fitch and Sarah Gardner; married 8 Sept., 1805, Anna Fox, daughter of Elisha Fox and Anna Fitch. He was a farmer, settled at Montville, and owned a portion of the homestead at Trading Cove. He died 13 Jan., 1838. She died 21 Dec., 1864, aged 78 yeai-s. Children. 107. Daniel, b. about 1807; m. Harriet Thompson. 108. Sherwood, b. about 1809; m. 1st, Jane Smith; 2d, Eliza Rogers.. 109. Ellen, b. ; m. Orlando BoUes. 110. Harriet, b. ; m. Captain Christopher Pendle- ton. 111. Maria, b. April, 1817; m. Hyde Gardner. 112. Lucy A., b. 6 March, 1819; m. WilHam Fitch. 113. Ad'onijah E., b. 16 March, 1822; m. Sarah Bushnell. 114. Caroline R., b. about 1839; m. Captain Christopher Chapel. VL JOHN GARDNER (98), b. 20 Jime, 1798, son of James Fitch and Abigail Fox; married 24 Feb., 1833-, An- geline Fitch, daughter of Rufus Fitch. (This Rufus Fitch was a descendant of Rev. James Fitch through Samuel (2), 388 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Benjamin (3), Benajah (4), being a great-grandson.) He was a farmer, and owned and lived on the farm occupied by his father. He was for many years overseer of the Mohegan tribe of Indians, and also held important town offices. She died 8 March, 1849, aged 38 years. He afterwards manied,, 1853, Maria Fitch, daughter of John Fitch. He died 17 Feb., 1875. She was living in 1896. Children. 115. John Mason, b. Nov., 1833; died 18 July, 1877, unm. 116. Joseph, b. Oct., 1836; m. Eliza G. Stanton. 117. Edwin, b. 8 Sept., 1839; m. Juha Chase. 118. Sarah, b. 4 March, 1846; m. James C. Lanpher. VI. WILLIAM (106), b. 14 Aug., 1815, son of Cap- tain James Fitch and Abigail Fox; married 7 April, 1845, Lucy Angel Fitch, daughter of Adonijah Fitch and Anna Fox. He was a farmer and sea captain. He made several whaling voyages, and was a successful whaleman. Both were living at Montville in 1896. Children. 119. James W., b. 7 Jan., 1846; m. Maggie Newell. 119a. Frank, b. 30 Dec, 1849; died 17 April, 1853. 119b. Lucy Anna, b. 13 Feb., 1855; died 15 July, 1856. BElSTJAMIlSr (29), b. about 1690, son of Samuel Fitch and ; married 18 Nov., 1713, Hannah Read. He died at Norwich 10 Oct., 1727. Children. 120. Mary, b. 26 Sept., 1714. 121. John, b. 13 Jan., 1716; died 12 April, 1737. 122. Abiah, b. 2S Dec, 1717. 123.. Benjamin, b. 22 Aug., 1719. 124. Benajah, b. 30 July, 1721; m. Sarah Palmei'. 125. Ehonczer, b. 1 Feb., 1724-5. FITCH FAMILIES. 389 BENAJAH (124), b. 30 July, 1721; manied 6 Oct., 1747, Sarah Palmer. Settled in Preston. OMldren. 126. Elijah, b. 14 Dec, 1749. 127. Nathaniel, b. 14 Dec, 1753. 128. Susaomaii, b. 4 June, 1757. 129. Thomas, b. 4 Feb., 1761; m. 1st, Freelove Smith; 2d, Mary Allen, daughter of Stephen . 129a. Eufus, b. 10 Feb., 1765; m. Zipporah Smith. THOMAS (129), b. 4 Feb., 1761, son of Benajah Fitch and Sarah Palmer; married 1st, Freelove Smith, 10 March, 1782, daughter of Paul and Mary Smith of Lyme. She died 21 Jan., 1783; 2d, Mary Allen, daughter of Stephen Allen. He died 2 Sept., 1855. Children by First Wife. 130. William, b. 18 Jan., 1783; m. ISTancy Latimer; died 22 June, 1856. Children by Second Wife. 131. IsTancy, b. 12 Aug., 1785; m. Clement Bishop; died 12 March, 1868. 132. Freelove, b. 12 ISTov., 1787; m. Thomas Strickland; died 17 March, 1871. 133. John, b. 1 Jan., 1789; m. Elizabeth Tinker; died 21 June, 1872. 134. James, b. 10 ISTov., 1790; m. Nancy Strickland; died 9 Jan., 1871. 135. Mercy, b. 24 Sept., 1795; m. and moved west. 136. Thomas, b. 24 May, 1797; died July 5, 1812, from an accident caused by horse racing. EUFUS (129a), b. 10 Feb., 1765, son of Bemajah Fitch and Sarah Palmer; married Zipporah Smith, b. 12 Dec, 1791. He died 19 Oct., 1816. She died 7 June, 1821. Children. 137. Mary, b. 21 Oct., 1792; m. Noah Gates; died 15 Nov., 1842. 39U HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 138. Emma C, b. 8 April, 1794; m. David Bidwell. 139. Eliza, b. 17 May, 1797; m. William Hillhouse. 140. Erastus G., b. 8 April, 1799; m. Ann Davis. 141. Edwin, b. 23 May, 1801; m. 1st, Lucy B. Meecb; died 11 Oct., 1848; 2d, Harriet Lee. 142. Almira, b. 13 Aug., 1805; m. 1st, Joabua Baker; 2d, David Comstock. 143. Susan B., b. 6 July, 1808 ; m. John D. Bradford. 144. Angeline, b. 5 Oct., 1810; m. John O. Eitch. 145. Andrew G., b. 7 Marcb, 1813 ; m. Cyntba G. Bottum. ASA ( ), b. . Probably grandson of Samuel Eitcb (6); maiiied Susannab, daughter of . Children. 146. ISTehemiah, b. ; m. Mary Abby. 147. Lois, b. ; m. Captain George Lee. 148. Asa, b. . Was never married. 149. Susan, b. ; m. Randall. 150. Stephen, b. ; m. Mary Rogers. 151. Fanny, b. ; m. Sherwood Raymond. 152. Douglass, b. ; m. Trence. 153. William, b. ; m. Mary WilHams. 154. Clarissa, b. about 1800; m. John Houghton. JOHN (133), b. 1 Jan., 1789, son of Thomas Fitch and Mary Allen; married Elizabeth Tinker, b. 24 Aug., 1793, daughter of Hams Tinker and Elizabeth Deshon. She died 23 Feb., 1834. He married for his second wife Fanny Tread- way, b. 2 Nov., 1790; died 9 Jan., 1862. He died 21 June. 1872. Children by Elizabeth. 155. Thomas, b. 29 Jan., 1813; m. Ann Smith. 156. Maria, b. 9 Sept., 1816; m. John G. Fitch. 157. Ehzabeth, b. 24 Feb., 1819; m. Francis W. Fitch. 158. Harris T., b. 24 Sept., 1821; m. Almira Brown. 159. John, b. 29 Feb., 1826; died young. 160. Mary, b. 7 Aug., 1828; m. Ca/ptain David Walker. 161. George, b. 4 Aug., 1831; m. Fanny Keeney. BRADFOED FAMILIES. Governor William Bradford of Plymoutii, wlio oame over in the Mayflower, was tiie eldest son of William Bradford, oommander-in-cMef of the PlymouMi forces in King PMlip's War, and deputy governor of the colony, and married Alice Hanson, prohaibly daughter of John Hanson of Austerfield, England, and grandson of William Bradford, who liveid at Austerfield, in or about 1575, whose record of burial is noted as happeninig on the 10th of Jan., 1595-6. William, the Pilgrim, baptized March, 1589, was the ancestor of the Amerioaji Bradf ords, 'and married 1st, Dorothy May, of whose paipentage nothing has been discovered; 2d, Ahoe, widow of Constant Southworth, 14 Aug., 1623, be- lieved to have been a daughter of " Mr. C'arpenter." She died 26 March, 1670. Children by Dorothy. 2. John, probably bom before the emigration; was of Duxberry in 1645, and in 1652 he was a deputy to the general court, and lieutenant. He mari-ied Martha, daughter of Thomas and Martha Bourne, of Marshfield, Mass. In 1653 he removed to ISTor- wich. Conn., wiheire he died in 1678. Children by Alice. 3. William, b. 17 June, 1624; m. 1st, Alice Richards; 2d, Widow Wiswall; 8d, Mrs. Mary (Wood) Holmes. 4. Mercy, b. before 1627; m. Benjamin Vermages. 5. Joseph, b. 1630; m. Jael Hobert of Hingham, daugh- ter of Rev. Peter Hobert, the first minister of Hing- ham. 392 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. II. WILLIAM: (3), b. 17 June, 1624, son of William Bradford and Alice Soutk-worth; married 1st, Alice Rich- ards, daughter of Thomas Ridhards of Weymouth. She died 12 Dec, 1671, aged 44 years. He married 2d, a Widow Wis- wall; 3d, Mrs. Mary, widow of Eev. John Holmes, and daugh- ter of John Wood of Plymouth. She died 6 Jan., 1714-5. His biographer says, " He was next to Miles Standish a chief militiary man of the colony. In Philip's War, he was com- mander-in-chief of the Plymouth forces, and often exposed himself to all its perils. At tihe Warragamsett Port light, he. received a musket ball in his flesh, which he carried the re- mainder of his hf e. In that desperate mid-winter encounter, when both parties fought for their very existence, nearly a thousand Indians fell a sacrifice, and about one hundred and fifty of the English were killed or wounded." In the war with the Indians he held the rank of major, and was assistant treasurer and deputy governor of Plymouth from 1682 to 1686, and from 1689 to 1691, and in the latter year he was one of the council of Massachusetts. His residence was in what is now Kingston, E. I., on the north side of Jones' River. He died 20 Feb., 1703-4. Children by Alice. 6. John, b. 20 Feb., 1661-2; m. Mercy Warren. 7. Wilham, b. 11 March, 1654; m. Rebecca Bartlett. 8. Thomas, b. ; m. 9. Samuel, b. 1668; m. Harmaii Rogers. 10. AHce, b. _ ; m. 1st, Rev. WiUiam Adams; 2d, Major James Fitch. 11. Hannah, b. ; m. Joshua Ripley, 1GS2. 12. Mercy, b. ; m. Samuel Steel. 13. Melatiah, b. ; m. John Steel. 14. Mary, b. ; m. William Hunt. 15. Sarah, b. ; m. Kenelm Baker. Children by Widow Wiswall. 16. Joseph, b. about 1674; m. Anna Fitch. 17. Israel, b. ; m. Sarah Bartlett. BRADFORD FAMILIES. 393 18. Epliraim, b. ; m. Elizabeth Bartlott. 19. David, b. ; m. Eliziabe*b Einney. ' 20. Hezekia'li, b. ; m. Mary Ohandler. II. JOSEPH (5), b. about 1630, son of Governor Wil- liam Bradford and Alice South worth.; married Jael, daugh- ter of Rev. Peter Hobert, the first minister of Hingham, 25 May, 1664. She died in 1730, aged 88 years. He resided in Kingston (then Plymouth), on Jones' Eiver, half a mile from its mouth, at a place called Flat House .Dock, and died there 20 July, 1715. Children. 21. Elisha, b. ; m. 1st, Hannah Cole; 2d, Bath- sheba Brocke. 22. Joseph, b. 18 April,' 1665. III. JOHN (6), b. 20 Feb., 1653, son of WiUiam Brad- ford and Alice Richards; married 5 Feb., 1674-5, Mercy, daughter of Joseph Warren of Plymoiuth. His residence was in Kingston (then Plymouth), a few rods from the landing. He was ^a major, ajid la depiity to the general court from 1689 to 1691. He was tlie first representative to the General Court of Massachusetts from Plymouth. He died 8 Dec, 1736, aged nearly 84 years. She died in March, 1747, aged 94 years. They lived together sixty-two years. Children. 23. John, b. 25 Dec, 1675; m. Rebecca Bartlett. 24. Alice, b. 28 Jan., 1677; m. 1st, Edward Mitchell; 2d, Joshua Hersey. 25. Abigail, b. 10 Dec, 1679; died 4 March, 1697, tmm. 26. Mercy, b. 20 Dec, 1681; m. 1st, Jonathan Freeman; 2d, Isaac Cnshman, Jr. 27. Samuel, b. 23 Dec, 1683; m. Sarah Gray. 28. Priscilla, b. 10 March, 1686; m. Seth Chipman. 29. William, b. 15 April, 1688; m. Hannah Foster. 394 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. III. WILLIAM (7), b. 11 March, 1655, son of William Bradford and Alice Eichards; married Kebecca Bartlett of Duxberry, 1679. He resided at Kingston, and died there in 1687. Children. 30. Alice, b. 1680; m. WiUiam Barns. ol. William, b. ; m. Elizabeth Finney. 32. Sarah, b. ; m. Jonathan Bams. III. SAMUEL (9), b. 1668, son of William Bradford and Alice Kiohards; married July, 1689, Hannah, daughter of John Rogers of Duxberry. He was called Lieutenant Sam- uel Bradford, and lived about a third of a mile northwest from the mouth of Island Creek. His name appears on the rec- ords of Duxberry as early as 1700. He died, there 11 April, 1714, aged 46 years. Children. 33. Hannah, b. 14 Feb., 1689-90; m. i^athaniel Gilbert. 34. Gershom, b. 21 Dec, 1691; m. Priscilla Wiswall. 35. Perez, b. 28 Dec., 1694; m. Abigail Belch. 36. Elizabeth, b. 15 Dec., 1696; m. William Whitney of Hartford. 37. Jerusha, b. 10 March, 1699; m. Eev. Ebenezer Gay. 38. Welthea, b. 15 May, 1702; m. Lane. 39. Gamaliel, b. in May, 1704; m. Abigail Bartlett. III. JOSEPH (16), b. about 1674, son of AVilliam Bradford and the Widow Wiswall; married 5 Oct., 1698, Anna, daughter of Eev. James Fitoh and Priscilla ]\Iason. She died at Lebanon, 17 Oct., 1715. He afterwards married Mary (Sherwood) Fitch, widow of Captain Daniel Fitcli. He removed from Lebanon to the ISTorth Parish of aSTew London about 1717, where he was vei-y active in the business affairs of the parish. He resided on the farm now owned and oc- cupied by J. Randolph Eogers, and formerly called the Perez Bradford Fann. He was chosen elder in the church in 1724, and died 16 Jan., 1747, aged 73 years. She died 16 Sept., 1752. BRADFORD FAMILIES. 395 Children by Anna. 40. Anna, b. 26 July, 1699. 41. Josepli, b. 9 April, 1702; m. Henrietta Swift. 42. Priscilla, twin to Josepli; m. Samuel Hyde. 43. Althea, b. 6 April, 1Y04; died young. 44. Irena, twin to Altbea; died young. 45. Sarah, b. 21 Sept., 1706; m. Benjamin Willis. 46. Hannah, b. 24 May, 1709. 47. Elizabeth, b. 21 Oct., 1712; m. (possibly Chaideis Whit- ing). 48. Althea, b. 19 Sept., 1715; m. David Hyde. 49. Irena, twin to Althea; m. Jonathan James, 18 March, 1736. Child by Mary. 50. John, b. 20 May, 1717; m. Esther Sherwood. III. ISEAEL (17), b. , son of William Brad- ford and the Widow Wiswall; married Sarah Bartlett. He resided in Kingston, Mass. Children. 51. Kuth, b. 11 Dec, 1702; died yoxing. 52. Bathsheba, b. 8 Nov., 1703; m. Thomas Adams. 53. Benjamin, b. 17 Oct., 1705; m. 1st, Zeresh Stetson; 2d, Mary Chtman. 54. Abner, b. 25 Dec, 1707; m. Susanna Porter. 55. Joshua, b. 23 June, 1710; m. Hannah Bradford. 56. Ichabod, b. 22 Sept., 1713; m. Mary Johnson. 57. Elisha, b. 26 March, 1718. III. EPHRAIM (18), b. , son of William Brad- ford and the Widow WiSwall; married 13 Eeb., 1710, Eliza- beth Bartlett. He resided in Kingsbon, Mass. Children. 58. Deborah, b. 21 June, 1712; died 10 Jan., 1732. 59. Anna, b. 25 July, 1715. 60. Elizabeth, b. 3 'Nov., 1717. 396 HISTORY OF JIOXTVILLE. 61. Ephraim, b. 1 Jan., 1719. 62. Abigail, b. 28 Feb., 1720. 63. Susanna, b. 3 May, 1721. 64. Elijah, b. 23 Jan., 1723. IV. JOSEPH (47), b. 1710, son of Joseph Bradford and Anna Fitch; married 1730, Henrietta Swift. He resided in i^orth Parish (now Montville). Children. 65. Elizabeth, b. 17 Jan., 1731; m. Richard Mays. 66. Anna, b. 23 Jiily, 1732. 67. WiUiam, b. 13 April, 1734; m. Sarah Rich. 68. Honora Swift, b. 21 Aug., 173C; ni. Charles Whiting, 1750. 68a. Robert, b. 21 July, 1739. 68b. Hannah, b. 10 March, 1740-1. 68c. Joseph, b. 10 Jan., 1744-5. IV. JOHJSr (51), b. 20 May, 1717, son of Joseph Brad- ford and Mary (Sherwood) Fitch; married 15 Dec, 1736, Es- ther Sherwood. He was a farmer, and resided in Xorth Par- ish (now Montville). He died 10 March, 1787, aged 70 years. Children. 69. Samuel, b. 4 Jan., 1738; m. Bridget Comstock. 70. John, b. 7 Dec, 1739; m. Mary Fitch. 71. Joseph, b. 17 June, 1742; m. Eunice Maples. 72. Sarah, b. 27 July, 1744; m. iSTatbaniel Comstock. 73. Perez, b. 11 Oct., 1746; m. Betsey Rogers. 74. Benjamin, b. 8 Oct., 1748; m. Parthenia Rogers. 75. Eleanor, b. ; died young. 76. Rebecca, b. in Jan., 1754; m. Benjamin Ford. 77. Mary, b. 17 Jan., 1756. V. SAMUEL (69), b. 4 Jan., 1738, son of John Brad- ford and Esther Sherwood ; married Bridget Comstock, daugh- ter of ISTathaniel Comstock and Margaret Fox. He was a far- mer, and resided in North Parish (now Montville). He died 29 July, 1807. She died 15 July, 183.0. BRADFORD FAMIMES. 397 Children. 78. Bridget, b. about 1760; m. Epliraim Wells, 13 Feb., 1814. 79. Eleanor, b. about 1762; m. Mulford Raymond. 80. Samuel, b. about 1764; m. Abby Dolbeare. 81. jSTatbaniel, b. 13 Oct., 1766; m. Lucy Eaymond. 82. Peggy, b. about 1769 ; m. Daniel Prentis, 5 Dec, 1806. 83. William, b. 30 Jan., 1772; m. 1st, Parthenia Bradford; 2d, Hannah Dolbeare. 84. Sarah, b. about 1774 ; m. George Dolbeare. 85. Esther, b. about 1782; m. Reynolds Johnson. V. JOIilSr (70), b. 7 Dec, 1739, son of John Bradford and Esther Sherwood; married, albout 1764, Mary, daughter of Daniel Fitoh and Sarah Sherwood. He was a farmer, and resided first in ISTorth Parish, and about the year 1782 re- moved and settled in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Conn. He died there about 1819, aged 80 years. She died 15 Nov., . 1780, aged 35 years, and was buried in the Raymond Hill Cemetery, Montville. Children. 86. James Fitch, b. 1 May, 1767; married Mary Merwin, 14 Dec, 1790. 87. Rachel, b. ; m. Shubael Lowrey. 88. Mary, b. ; m. Daniel Sterling. 89. Abigail, b. 18 July, 1773; m. David Smith, 13 Oct., 1799. 90. Rebecca, b. ; m. Herman Harrison. 91. Eleanor, b. ; m. Joseph Harrison. V. JOSEPH (71),. b. 17 June, 1742, son of John Brad- ford and Esther Sherwood; married Eunice Maples, b. about 1750, datighter of Stephen Maples and Eunice Way. He re- sided in Mont^dlle, where both joined the church, 3 Oct., 1790. He was a farmer, and died 21 March, 1815. She died 22 Oct., 1821, aged 71 years. 398 HISTORY OF MO'NTVILLE. Children. 02. Joseph, b. 93. Stephen, b. ;m. 94. William, b. ; died 5 Sept., 1800. 05. Sherwood, b. ;diedir;Xov., 1805. 96. Patience, b. 97. John, b. 98. Eunice, b. 99. Benjamin, b. 00. Sarah, b. ; m. l^athaniel Hillho 1816. V. PEEEZ (73), b. 11 Oct., 1716, son of John Brad- ford and Esther Sherwood; mai-ried 22 Feb., 1770, Betsey, davighter of Thomas Pogers and Sarah Fitch. He resided in Montville, and was a farmer and tanner. He died 8 JMav, 1817. She was instantly killed by a stroke of lightning, while attending divine sei'vice in the old meeting-hoiise, on the 25th day of May,' 1823, at the age of 72 years. Children. 101. Adonijah Fitch, b. 9 Aug., 1771; m. Sarah. Dolbeare. 102. Parthenia, b. 13 Aug.,' 1773; m. William Bradford. V. BENJAMIlSr (74), b. 8 Oct., 1748, son of John Bradford and Esther Shei-^^'ood; married Parthenia, daugh- ter of Thomas Rogers and Sarah Fiteh. He settled in the north part of Nortli Parish, in Salem S(~n'iety, where he owned a fann. The date of his death or that of his wife has not been ascertained. Child. 102a. Thomas, b. 16 Xov., 1776; m. Mercy Fox. A'T. SA]\1TTEL (80), b. about 1764, son of Samuel Brad- ford and Bridget Couistock; married 2 May, 1795, Abby Dol- beare, b. 1 April, 1774, daughter of Samuel Dolbeaire and Hannah ^lumford. He settled at ]\lont-\alle, and BRADFORD FAMILIES. 399 was a fanner. He owned and occupied the farm called the " Bradford Place," situated near JVIassapeag Station, and now in the possession of Captain Jerome W. Williams. He died 28 July, 1828. She died 4 Dec, 1841. Children. 103. Abby, b. about 1Y95; died 7 June, 1868, unm. 104. Hannah, b. about 1799; died 14 Nov., 1869, unm. 105. Samuel S., b. 11 April, 1804; m. Abby Branch, 22 Feb., 1830. 106. George D., b. about 1807; m. Caroline C. Adgate, 1830. 107. Julia Ann, b. about 1809; died 30 July, 1837, imm. VI. NATHANIEL (81), b. 13 Oct., 1766, son of Sam- uel Bradford and Bridget Comstook; married 31 Jan., 1790, Lucy, daughter of Joshua Raymond and Lucy Jewett. He settled at Mont'^'ille, was a farmer, and O'A^Tied a farm near Uncasville. He was a thorough Methodist, and contributed largely toward the support of the ministry. She died 18 Aug., 1831, aged 66 years. He died suddenly, 16 Sept., 1832, aged 65 years. Their funeral sermons were both preached by the Eev. Ralph Hurlburt of Groton. Children. 108. Nathaniel Burr, b. 9 Dec, 1795; married 1835, Eachel Fitch, daughter of James Fitch and Abigail Fox. He was a farmer and owned several hundred acres of land. He lived art; the " Haughton Place " from the date of his purchase in 1836 until his death. His inventory amounted to $49,648.98. In his last mil, after bequeathing to his wife the sum of five thoiisand dollars in money and household effects, and twenrt;y-five hundred dollars to his niece and nephew, the balance was given to the A. B. of C. for F. M. He died 11 Oct., 1870. His vddow was living at Montville in 1896. 109. Joshua Raymond, b. 9 Jan., 1801 ; m. Nov., 1848, Eliza (Baker) Holmes, daughter of Lemuel Baker. She 400 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. died 10 Nov., 1861. He was an invalid for sev- eral years before Ms death. He died 3 Jan., IS ^4. 110. Ursula, b. 21 Oct., 1790; died 13 Aug., 1877, unm. 111. Harriet, b. 16 April, 1793; m. Feb., 1837, Dr. Jede- diah E. Gay. He was an eclectic physician, and was very successful in his practice, and greatly es- teeniehia Nichols, b. 6 Sept., 1820. She received the bull^ of the property at his death. She wa.s liv- ing at New York in 1896; and Richard, b. 4 ^March, 1831. He married in California, 28 April, 1858, Emma G. Dutch, b. 15 Jan.. 1835, at New York. They had two children, "Richard Bradford, b. 28 Jan., 1859, and George James, b. 11 June, 1861. YI. WILLIA:\[ (83), b. 30 Jan., 1772, son of Samuel Bradford and Bridget Comstock; m. 24 Jan., 1796, Parthe- nia; daughter of Perez Bradford and Betsey Rogers. Was a farmer, and lived at Montville. She died 20 Dc., 1796. He afterwards man-ied, 30 Jan., 1S03, Hannah, daughter of John Dolbeare and Sarah Raymond. He died 14 Jan., 1846. She died 3 Oct., 1867. Child by Parthenia. 11:5. Parthenia, b. 4 Dec, 1796; m. Henry Ohuroh. They had one daughter, Betsey, who maii-ied Charles AVnterman of Norwich. Their daughter, Kate AYatorman, married Chaides H. Cobb of Norwich, who died suddenly, 6 June, 1878, and suspicion of pnisou by his wife was tliouirht to bo the cause of his (loath. His stomach and li^-er wore analyzed, and found to contain arsenic of sufficient nuantity to produce rleath. She was aiTaigncd, and tried in the Su]ierior Court, for the murder of her hus- BRADFORD FAMILIES. 401 band. She was f oiund guilty, and seatenoed to con- finement in the State Prison during her life. Children by Hannah. 114. Jennett, b. 10 Dec, 1803; died 16 Oct., 1827, unm. 115. John Dolbeare, b. 7 May, 1806; m. Susan Fitch. 116. William B., b. 1 Feb., 1808; living in 1896, unm. 117. Samuel P., b. 23 April, 1810 ; died 2 Dec, 1861, unm. 118. Benjamin Franklin, b. 1818; m. Nancy Pratt. VI. ADOOTJAH FITCH (100), b. 9 Aug., 1771, son of Perez Bradford and Betsey Eogers; married 27 April, 1794, Sarah Dolbeare, daughter of John Dolbeare and Sarah Ray- mond. He was a farmer, and settled in Montville. He rep- resented the town in the state legislature in 1800. Childx'en. 119. Perez Fiteh, b. 23 Feb., 1795; died unm. 120. John Dolbeare, b. 28 Aug., 1797; m. twice; died in Vineland, IST. J. 121. Sarah Sherwood, b. 8 Nov., 1799; m. Captain Gurdon AUyn of Ledyaa'd. 122. Betsey Eogers, b. 7 July, 1802; m. 7 Aug., 1836, George Andrews of Boston, b. 31 May, 1805; died 29 May, 1877. She died 1844. Had daughter, Mary Leonard, b. at Boston 27 Sept., 1837; m. 24 Jan., 1857, Frank Robinson. VI. THOMAS (102), b. 16 Nov., 1776, son of Benja- min Bradford and Parthenia Rogers; married 23 April, 1806, Mercy, daughter of Elisha Fox and Anna Fitch. He was a farmer, and settled first in New Salem Society, in North Par- ish (now Salem, Conn.). Children. 123. Parthenia R., b. 13 Jan., 1807; m. George Barker of Hebron. They had one son, George M., b. 4 March, 1845. 36 402 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 124. Rachel, b. 3 April, 1808; m. Elisha BoUes. 125. Anna F., h. 22 JSTov., 1809; m. Aaron Bogue in 1835. 120. Elisba B., b. 22 Sept., 1811; m. ThanHnl T. Fatmce, 30 May, 1838. He was a metbodist minister and at one time was located at Uncasville. He after- wards removed to ]\Iassacbusetts, and was living at Hyde Park in 1884. He bad tbree cbildren, Wil- liam Fisb, b. 27 Marcb, 1839; died October 4, 1839; Anetba Faunce, b. 29 Oct., 1841; m. Charles A. House; Ella Albertine, b. 29 March, 1846; m. Wa- terman E. Bnmham of Norwich, 4 Dec, 1883. He died in 1895. 127. Mary E., b. 18 June, 1815 ; m. Alphonse Bene. VI. JAMES FITCH (86), b. 1 May, 1767, son of John Bradford and Mary Fitch; married 14 Dec, 1790, Mary ]Mer- win, daiighter of of Goshen, Conn. He was apprenticed at the age of fourteen to a tanner and shoemaker in Montville, and served seven years, when he re- moved to Cornwall, Conn., where his children were born, and where he died in Dec, 1837. She died 20 Dec, 1828. Children. 129. Laura, b. 22 Dec, 1792 ; m. Lvman Fox, 28 Jan., 1813. 130. Mary, b. 25 Sept., 1794; m.' Sherwood Williams, 14 Dec, 1813. 131. Merwin, b. 10 June, 1797; dieid in infancy. 132. Emeline, b. 23 Aug., 179S; m. William ilargh, M.D. 133. John, b. 8 July, 1801; m. Lucretia Harrison, 28 Sept., 1829. 134. Fowler, twin -of John, m. Charlotte Belden, 31 May, 1831. 135. Charlotte, b. 5 Sept., 1803; m. Ed^vin Eugg, 29 May, 1832. 136. James Fitch, b. 2 Sept., 1805; m. Catherine Oathn, 22 Dec, 1830. 137. Eleanor, b. 28 March, 1809; m. John R. Han-ison. 138. TTri, b. 13 Feb., 1811; m. Charlotte Htibbard. 130. Sarah M., b. 14 April, 1813 ; m. Edwin Riigg, 28 Nov 1837. BRADFORD FAMILIES. 403 140. Benjamin, b. 25 Feb., 1815; m. Kebecca Jackson; died 24 Dec, 1866. VII. SAMUEL SHEEWOOD (105), b. 11 April, 1804, son of Samuel Bradford and Abby Dolbeare; married 22 Feb., 1830, Abby Branob, daughter of Moses Brancb of Preston. He was a farmer -and carpenter, ^and settled at Montville. He died 6 Jan., 1891. Children. 128. Samuel Denison, b. 5 Jan., 1832; m. Adelia Hyde, daughter of Harlem Hyde of Norwich; they had four children, May, b. 16 Aug., 1863; George, b. 6 May, 1868; Julia Ann, and J"eniiie Abby; the last two were twins, and bom 29 March, 1874. OTIS FAillLIES. Jolm Otis was born in Glastonbiiry, Somerset, England, in 15H1. He was the son of Richard Otis of Grlastonbiiry, Ciiunty of Somerset, England, who, in his will, dated 17 of ISTovember, 1611, mentions sons, Stephen, John, and Thomas, and two daughters, leaving a wife. He came to iSTew England and settled at Hingham, Mass., and drew house lots in the, first division of lands in that town in 1635, and is the ancestor of the families by the name of Otis that first settled in New London and Colchester, Conn. He was a substantial yeoman, and probably left his country on account of the persecutions of the Puritans, accompanied by his pastor. Rev. Peter Hobert, a staimch non-conforming clergyman. It has not been ascertained with certainty when he landed on the New England shores, or in whose company he came. The first that is known his name appears aimong the t\venty- nine associates of Rev. Peter Hobert, who drew house lots on the IStli of September, 1635, at Hingham. He took the free- man's oath 3d of March, 1635-6. His place of residence at Hingham was at Otis Hill, still so called. Mr. Otis was mar- ried to his first wife, Margaret, in England, and she died at Hingham J\me, 1653. He then removed to Weymouth and married a second mfe, who survived him, but her name does not appear. Hobert's journal records the death of Mr. Otis " at Waimoutli, ]\Tay 31, 1657," aged 76 years. His will is dated at Weymouth the day previous to his death and was proved 2Stli of July in the same year. Children. 2. John, b. in England, 14 Jan., 1622; m. Mary Jacobs. 3. Margaret, 1». in England, ; m. Thomas Burton. OTIS FAMILIES. 405 4. Ilannan, b. in England, ; m. Thomas Gill. 5. Ann, b. in England. 6. Alice, b. II. JOHlsr (2), b. 14 January, 1622, son of John Otis and Margaret ; married in 1652-3, Mary, daughter of ISTioholas Jacobs, who came o^^'er in 1633. He accompanied his parents in their emigration to ISTew England, and settled at Hingham. In 1661 he removed to Scituate, where he re- ceived a grant of land; in 16Y8 he went to Barnstable. He left there his son, John, returned and died at Scituate, 16th of January, 1683. tlis monument is in the old burying-ground in " meeting-house lane," one mile south of the harbor. Children. 7. Mary, bap. in 1653; m. Col. John Gorham, 1694, and had 5 sons and 4 daughters. 8. 'Elizabeth., b. ; m. 1st, Thomas Allen, 1688; 2d, David Loring, 1699. 9. John, b. , 165T; m. Mercy Bacon, 1683. 10. Hannah, b. , 1660. 11. Stephen, b. , 1661; m. Hannah Ensign, 1685. 12. James, b. , 1663; he joined the Canada expedition under Sir William Phipps; was at the taking of Port Eoyal, and was killed in the attack on Quebec. 13. Joseph, b. , 1665; m. Dorothy Thomas. 14. Job, b. 20 March, 1667; m. Mary Little. III. JOHN (9), b. in 1657, son of John Otis and Mary Jacobs; m. 18 July, 1683, Mary Bacon. He settled at Barn- stable, and his talents soon made him one of the most respect- able and trustworthy men in the country. He was employed in a variety of trusts, which he discharged with fidelity and skill. For twenty years he was representative to the general court; above eighteen years commander of the militia of the county; for thirteen years chief justice of the court of com- mon pleas, and first judge of probate. In 1706 he was chosen one of the Majesty's council, and set at the honorable board 406 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. twenty-one years, till death gave him a discharge from every labor and laid his earthly honors in the dust. He died 23d of September, 1727, aged 70 years. Children. 15. Mary, b. 10 Dec, 1685; m. Little. 16. John, b. 14 Jan., 1687; m. Grace Hayman. 17. I\Tathaniel, b. 28 May, 1690; m. Abigail Eussell. 18. Mercy, b. 15 Oct., 1693. 19. Solomon, b. 13 Oct., 1696; m. Jane Turner. 20. James, b. 14 June, 1702; m. Mary AUyne. III. JOSEPH (13), b. 1665, son of John Otis and Mary Jacobs; married 20th of l^ovember, 1688, Dorotihy, daughter of Xathaniel Thomas of Marshfield. Her ancestors succes- sively owned and resided on the estate, afterwards the home of Hon. Daniel "Webster. He held many offices of responsi- bility and trust in his native place (Scituate). He held the oifice of judge of the court of common pleas for Plymouth coiinty from 1703 to 1714. . In 1710 he was elected, under the governor's orders, representative to the general court, and again in 1713. He held also offices in the town. Judge Otis is spoken of by his contemporaries "as a gentleman of great integrity, a judicious and useful citizen." It was said of him soon after his death, " He was a Cliristian upon principle, a public, spiritiial, and useful man, distinguished by talents of the solid, judicial, and useful, rather than of the brilliant and showy kind. He was large in stature, his countenance solemn and serene, frank and open in liis manners, of ready wit and sound understanding. As a private individual, he had the Tinion of simple dignity and benevolent courtesy which mark the gentleman." He removed to New London, North Parish (now Mont- ville), in 1721, his sons, and probably some of his daughters, having removed here in advance of their parents. In 1714 he purchased land of Capt. Samuel Gilbert, being a farm of OTIS FAMILIES. 407 230 acres, lying in the eastern part of Colchester, now Salem, for £7Y0. This land he afterwards conveyed by deed of gift to his son, ISTathaniel. He also purchased a tract of 650 acres of James Harris, lying in the ISTorth Parish of New London, " adjoining the pond called Obplintksok," now Gardner's Lake. Tliis land was first purchased by Thomas Stanton of Stonington of Oneco', 11th of November, 1698, and by him conveyed to Lieut. James Harris. After his removal to the Xorth Parish he was much in public employment; moderator of town meetings and on parish and church committees almost yearly. He died at ISTorth Parisih 11th of June, 1754, greatly lamented. She died 18Uh of February, 1755. Children. 21. Nathaniel, b. at Scituate 30 Jan., 1689-90; m. Hannah Thacher. 22. James, b. at Scituate 21 Jan., 1692-3; m. Sarah Tudor. 23. Deborah, b. M April, 1694; m. David Copp. 24. Mary, b. 20 March, 1695-6; m. John Thompson. 25. Dorothy, b. 24 April, 1698 ; m. 1st, Patrick McClellan; 2d, Gary Latham; 3d, John Bissel. 26. Elizabeth, b. 2 Sept., 1700; m. Luke Lincoln. 27. Ann, b. 21 Sept., 1702; m. Eobert McClelland. 28. Bethia, b. 20 Nov., 1703; m. 1st, Eev. Mr. Billings; 2d, Eev. Mr. Moreley. 29. Delight, b. 19 Dec, 1706; m. Jabez Lathrop. 30. Hannah, b. 10 Dec, 1709 ; died in 1725. 31. Joseph, b. 1 Oct., 1712; m. Elizabeth Little. 32. Eachel, b. 1 Dec, 1713; m. Jonathan Harris. IV. JAMES (20), b. 14 June, 1702, son of John Otis and Mary Bacon; married Mary Allen, b. in 1702, at Ply- mouth. She was connected with the founders of the old colony, who came over in the Mayflower. Judge Otis was a lawyer, colonel, and judge. He was distinguished for his knowledge of law, and rose to be a man of great distinction and influence, of superior genius and native energy of mind, to which he was more indebted than a regular education for 408 HISTORY OF MONTVILDB. the acquirements he possessed. He was elected a member of the Provincial Legislature in 1758, made speaker of the House in 17(10, and continued in that office two years. In 1763 he was ap]K)inted judge of probate. His name has been fre- quently mentioned in terms of highest esteem as a compeer with Adams, Quincy, and Hancock. He settled at Barn- stable, and died there the 9th of November, 1778. Children. 33. James, b. 5 Feb., 1724-5; m. Kuth Cunningham. 34. Joseph, b. 6 March, 1725-6; m. 1st, Kebecca Sturgis; 2d, Maria Walter. He was for many years a clerk of the court of common pleas, a member of the legis- lature, and brigadier-general. President Washing- ton appointed him collector of customs for the dis- trict of Barnstable, which office he held for many years. He had by both wives fifteen children. He died 24 September, 1810. 35. Mercy, b. 14 'Sept., 1728; m. Gen. James Warren of Plymouth, a Kneal descendant of Richard AVarren, who came over in the Mayflower. 36. Mary, b. 9 Sept., 1730; m. John Grav. 37. Hannah, b. 31 July, 1732. 38. Nathaniel, b. 9 July, 1734; probably died young. 39. Abigail, b. 30 June, 1738; died young. 40. Elizabeth, b. 1 Sept., 1739. 41. Samuel AUyn, b. 24 ISTov., 1740; m. 1st, Elizabeth Gray; 2d, Mary Gray. 42. Sarah, b. 11 April, 1742; died in infancy. 43. ISTathaniel, b. 9 April, 1743 ; died 30 April, 1763. IV. .NATHANIEL (21), b. 30 January, 1689-90, son of Joseph Otis and Dorothy Tliomas; married Hannah, daugh- ter of Col. John Thacher of Yarmouth. He removed to Colchester about 1716, and settled on land which his father purchased of Capt. Samuel Gilbert. On this land he erected a dwelling-house, whicli is still standing, and which has been the residence of four successiA-e generations. He held numer- ous offices in the town of Colchester, and died there the 15th OTIS FAMILIES. 409 of April, 1771, aged 81 years. She died the 6th of May, 1780, aged 90 years. Children. 41. Lydia, b. 20 Jan., 1716-17; m. 1st, Abner Kellogg; 2d, Capt. Amos Thomas. 45. Hannah, b. 29 Feb., 1717-18; m. Benajah McCall. 46. Dorothy, b. 16 April, 1721; m. 1st, Asahel Bigelow; 2d, Isaac Day; 3d, Josejjh Langrill. 47. Desire, b. 20 May, 1723; m. Dea. Ichabod Bartlett. 48. ISTathaniel, b. 20 Aug., 1725, at Colchester; and died 24 Jan., 1740-1. He was pursuing his studies pre- paratory to a collegiate course with Kev. David Jewett of Montville, when, one day, he ruptured a blood vessel, cutting wood in strife with another young man. His death soon followed, and his re- mains were taken to Colchester and interred in the old burying-ground at that place. 49. Delight, b. ; died young. 50. John, b. 1 April, 1728: m. Prudence Taintor. 51. Mercy, b. 3 July, 1734; m. Nathaniel Bartlett. IV. JAMES (23), b. 21 Jan., 1692, son of Joseph Otis and Dorothy Thomas; married Sarah Tudor of JSTew York. He died at Saybrook, 1754. She .died at Colchester, 15 Feb., 1788, aged 91 years. Children. 52. James, b. , 1714. He was accidentally killed at a military parade at 'New London, at the age of 21 years. He had just been elected captain of the company, and in the careless discharge of fire-arms used on such occasions, he received a musket-charge in his head, killing him instantly. 53. John, b. , 1732; m. Lucy Darrow. 54. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Jonathan Bigelow. 55. Stephen, b. 30 Sept., 1738 ; m., in 1762, Lucy Chandler of Dnxberry. She was born in 1738, and died 4 March, 1837, at the great age of 98 years, 8 months, and 2 days. They lived at Colchester, where they had eleven children born. He was in the old French war under General Putnam, was stationed at Fort 410 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Stanwix, and was at the taking of Montreal. He was also a soldier in the Revohitionary war, and saw the burning of ISTew London. He died at Hali- fax, Vt., aged 93 years. IV. JOSEPPI (31), b. 1 Oct., 1712, son of Joseph Otis and Dorothy Thomas; married Elizabeth, daughter of David Little of Scituate, and sister of Eev. ilr. Little, a former minister of Colchester. He settled in Xorth Parish (now Montville); was a farmer. He lived on the farm afterwards owned by iS'athaniel Comstock, on Raymond Hill. He united with the church under the pastorate of Eev. James Hillhouse, Oct. 4, 1732, and was chosen an elder of the church in Jan., 1749-50. Pie was afterwards chosen a deacon. He died in 1793. Children. 56. Joseph, b. 11 Aug., 1739; m. 1st, Lucy Haughton; 2d, Widow Garew of xS^orwich; 3d, ^Vbigail Hurlburt. 57. Elizabeth, b. 11 Oct., 1740; m. Joseph Chester. 58. Sathaniel, b. 26 March, 1742; m. xVmy Gardner. 59. David, b. 3 June, 1743; m. Mary Day. 60. Mabel, b. 31 Aug., 1745; m. Jesse Woodworth. 61. Marcy, b. 5 June, 1747; m. Perrin Ross. 62. Dorothy, b. , 1749; died young. 63. James, b. 26 June, 1751; m. Sarah Holmes. 64. Jonathan, b. 1 March, 1753. He entered the service during the Revolutionary war, and was slain in the memorable massacre of AVyoming, 3 July, 1778. He was ensign in the Plymouth company, com- manded by Capt. .Vsaph AVhittlesey. 65. Dorothy, b. 24 Feb., 1755. 66. Olive, b. 14 Jan., 1757. 67. Barnabas, b. ,1759; removed to Ohio. 68. Slmbael, b. 6 Doc, 1760. He entered the service dur- ing the Kevobitionary war, and was killed at Rhode Island. 69. "William, b. , 1762; m. and settled in the state of jSTew York. OTIS FAMILIES. 4H V. JAMES (33), b. 5 Feb., 1724-5, son of James Otis and Mary AUyn; married 1755, Ruth Cunningham. The life of James Otis, " The Patriot,'' has been given to the world in a variety of forms. Before the year 1770 no Ameri- can, Dr. Franklin, only, excepted, who was so much known throiighout the colonies and England as James Otis. For ten years, in the struggle for liberty, he was looked upon as the safeguard and ornament of the cause, and the splendor of his intellect threw into the shade all the great contemporary lights. I'he cause of American Independence was for a long time identified abroad with the name of Otis. In the year 1761 he distinguished himself by pleading against the " "Writs of Assistance." He ^vas a member of the " Stamp Act Con- gress," held in New York in 1765. Besides his legal and political knowledge, he was a com- plete master of classical literature. Such was the strong hatred towards him by the Royalists, that one day he was attacked by one of that party, cruelly beaten, his head cut open, and, when found, was bleeding and faint, a spectacle of ruin, and was but the wreck of what he once had been. His wounds, though not fatal, had destroyed his reason, and the great man was no longer feared by the enemies of liberty. He lived several years after this brutal attack, but a melancholy monument to his friends. The manner of his death was a singular coincidence with a wish he had often expressed to his sister, Mrs. Warren. " My dear sister: I hope when God Almighty, in right- eous providence, shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning." This was a singular wish, and what is still more singular, that wish was granted. On the 23d day of May, 1783, as he was standing at the door of a house in Andover, Mass., he was instantly killed by a stroke of lightning. Mr. Adams, then minister to France, after hearing of the death of the patriot, wrote : 412 HISTORY OF MONTVILT.E. " It is with very afflicting sentiments I learned the death of J\ir. Otis, my worthy master. Extraordinary in death, as in life, he has left a character that will never die while the memory of the American Revolution remains; whose founda- tion he laid with an energy, and with those masterly abilities which no other man possessed." His historian, Tudor, says: " The future historian of the United States, in considering the foundation of American inde- pendence, will find that one of the corner-stones must be in- scribed vwth the name of James Otis. She died 15 !Nov., 1789, aged 60 years. Children. 70. James, b. ,1755. He entered at the beginning of the Revolutionary War as a volunteer midship- man, and died, it is said, on board the " Jersey Prison. Ship," in 1777. 71. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Capt. Brown, an officer in the English army. She left the country with her husband during the war. She was lining a widow in England in 1S21. Her alliance with the British officer deeply offended her father, and in his will he left her but five shillings. 72. Mary, b. ; m. Benjamin Lincoln, the eldest son of Greneral Lincoln of Revolutionary notoriety. She possessed fine talents 'and an agreeable character, and died at Cambridge in IS 06, leaving two sons, Benjamin and James Otis. V. JOHN (50), b. 1 April, 1728, son of Nathaniel Otis and Hannah Thacher; married 20 Dec, 1750, Prudence, daughter of Michael Taintor and Eunice Foot of Colchester, b. 9 Dec, 172!>. He was a farmer and land surveyor. He resided in Colchester and held numerous offices in the town. Ho died 24 Oct., 1804. She died 7 June, 1823. Children. 73. Hannah, b. 24 Ecb., 1751-2; m. ]\rartin Kellogg. 74. Natlianiel, b. 19 Jan., 1753-4; m. Mary Foot. OTIS FAMILIES. 413 75. Sarah, b. 2-i May, 1755; m. Isaac Foot. 76. Ann, b. 15 March, 1757; m. Daniel Wattles. 77. John Thacher, b. 31 Oct., 1758; m. Louisa Pomeroy. 78. Charles, b. 29 Oct., 1760; m. Elizabeth (Gould) Sweet- land. 79. Prudence, b. 23 'Nov., 1762; m. Ambrose Button. SO. Mercy, b. 17 Sept., 1761; ni. 1st, Daniel Cone; 2d, Amos Skeel, M.D. 81. James, b. 6 June, 1767; m. Dorothy Foot. 82. Eunice, b. 28 Nov., 1770; m. Daniel Gardner. 83. David, b. 20 Aug., 1773 ; m. Anna Fowler. 84. Amos, b. 18 April, 1776; m. Huntley. A^. JOSEPH (56), b. 11 Aug., 1739, son of Joseph Otis and Elizabeth Ijittle; married 1st, Lucy Haughton, 4 Feb., 1761, daughter of Sampson Haughton; 2, Widow Carew; and 3d, Abigail Hurlburt. His last wife survived him. He died at Westfield, Conn., in 1823. ' Children by Lucy. 85. Joseph, b. , 1768; m. ISTancy Huntington. 86. James, b. , 1770; died in 1791. 87. Oliver, b. , 1773. 88. Shubael, b. , 1776; m. 1st, Abigail Thomas. 89. A daughter, m. Benjamin Snow of ISTorwich. V. ^TATHANIEL (58), b. 26 March, 1742, son of Joseph Otis and Elizabeth Little; married, about 1764, Amy, daughter of David Gardner and Jemima Gustin. He settled at Montville in JSTew Salem Society (now in the town of Salem), his farm lying on the west side of Gardner Lake. He was a member of the Congregational church in Montville, an ex- emplary, devoted Christian man, commanding well his house- hold, both by example and precept. He was very strict in his attendance upon divine worship, living, as he did, several miles from the meeting-house ; he was always found at his post in the church, whether it rained or the sun shone, unless prevented by sickness. He was chosen deacon in 1770, and continued in the olRce until his death. Deacon Otis died with his son, 414 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. David (;. Otis, at Waterford, 7 Marcli, 1832, aged 92 years. She re(/ci^'0(l a stroke of lightning about the year 1795, the hghtuing striking the dwelling where they lived, which pros- trated her, she remaining unconscious for a time, and never fully recfjvered from the shock, but lived about twenty years, ajid died 30 Aug., 1815, aged 71 years. Children. 90. Nathaniel, b. 25 Felj., 1765; m. Martha Gates. 91. Amos, b. 27 Aug., 1766; was drowned in Gardner Lake 27 ilay, 1786. 92. Asahel, b. 1 J\[ay, 1768; m. Mary Chester. 93. Elcy, b. 3 July, 1770; died in 1795, unm. 94. ilabel, b. 28 April, 1772; m. 1st, Isaiah Rogers; 2d, Carpenter. 95. Isaac, b. 18 April, 1771; drowned with his brother, Amos. 96. David G., b. 1 May, 1776; m. Xancy Perry. 97. Shubael, b. 2 May, 1778; died 25 Aug., 1840, unm. 08. Amy, b. 25 June, 1782; m. Oliver Baker. 99. Joseph, b. 1 May, 1784; died young. 100. Elizabeth, b. 26 May, 1787; m. John Williams. 101. Anna, b. 23 April, 1789; m. Samuel Harris. VI. XATHANIEL (71), b. 19 Jan., 1753-4, son of John Otis and Prudence Taintor; m. 5 Xov., 1778, Mary, daughter of Israel Foot and Elizabeth Kiuiberly, b. 3 April, 1752. He resided at Hartford two or three years, and then removed to New London. His naane appeai-s on the records as " Sur- veyor of land for New London county." He was stationed at Horse Neck during a ])art of the Revolutionary war. He died in the peace of tlie Christian at New London, 18 March, 1834, aged SI years. Slie died there 14 Nov., 18;)7, aged 85 years. Children. 102. Mary, b. 25 Aug., 1779. 103. Israel, b. 2S June, 1781. 104. Asa, b. Ki Feb., 1786. He was never married. At the age of eighteen he entered upon the mercantile OTIS FAMILIES. 415 career as a clei-k in a New York wholesale house. Some years later, in Connectiout with his cousin, Joseph Otis, the founder of the Otis Libraiy in ISTorwich, he 'establisihed a wholesale auction and commission btisiness in New York and Eichmond, Va. The firm name was Joseph & Asa Otis. Ill- ness compelled Joseph to retire from the firm. Subsequently the firm became Otis, Dunlop Mor- com & Co. About the year 1835 Asa also retired from the firm and returned to New London, where he resided until his death. Mr. Otis did not en- gage in active business 'after his removal to New London, but permitted his 'ample fo'rtune, which he had accumulated in business, to remain in stock and bond investment, from which his income is said to have been $60,000 per annum. He was con- nected with the First Church of Christ (Episcopal) in New London, and gave largely to the building fund. It was his custO'in to make an annual gift of $1,000 to the A. B. C. Y. M. In his last will he gave the most of his property to that society, amount- ing to over one million of dollars. His death was as the burning out of a candle; he passed away calmly, in the full possession of his faculties, in the 94th year of his 'age. He was, 'at the time of his death, the oldest citizen of New Lon- don, as well as the wealthiest. The shining charac- teristic of this nonagenarian's life was his probity, his uncompromising integrity. This probity of personal character was the foundation and security of his great fortime. He began and continued honest. He never swerved or deviated to the frac- tion of a dollar. His truth and worth were ap- preciated by the commercial world, and that ap- preciation was constantly tributary to his increasing afiluence. He was a man of sterling good sense, excellent judgment, of simple and quiet Christian enjoyment. His life had the snotlessness of marble and the simplicity of granite. He died VI. JOHN TIIACHER (YY), b. 31 Aug., 1758, son of John Otis and Prudence Taintor; married 9 Sept., 1782, 416 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Loiii.sa Pomeroy. He resided in Colchester and was a patriot of the Revohition. On the news of the battle of Lexington, then less than eighteen years of age, he sought the first oppor- tunity to show his patriotism, and started with a small band and joined the American army at Cambridge. He was at ( 'oiicord among those, who, on the night of the 4th of March, helped to take possession of Dorchester Heights. He was in inw or two engagements at the battle of Stillwater, and at the surrender of Burgoyne. He l)ore honorable testimony to the courage of Putnam at Cambridge, that he was brave and true to his countr^^ His life was active, his character energetic, and he was systematically devoted to the great end of existence and the duties of life. As an officer in the church he was very useful. He died at Colchester, 18 Sept., 1842. She died 3 Dec, 1837, aged 77 years. Children. 105. Sarah, b. 9 May, 1784. 106. John Thacher, b. 4 Aug., 1786. 107. Louise, b. 27 June, 1788. 108. (Jharles Pomeroy, b. 22 April, 1790. He graduated at Yale ( 'ollege in 1829, and was principal of Bacon Academy ton years. He died 7 Jan., 1837. l(»l). Eunice, b. 29 March, 17l»4; died 30 Dec, 1814. 110. Dolly, b. 13 Aug., 170S. 111. Israel Taintor, b. 3 July, 1805. He graduated at Williams College in 1828, and at Andover in 1834. He was a ndnister and settled at Rye, X. LI. yj. DAA'ID ( s.'S), b. 20 August, 1773, son of John Otis and Prudence Laiiitor; married 25 Xov., 1802, Anna Fowler, b. 2s .luuc, 1783, daughter of Capt. Amos Fdwler of Lebanon. He lived a life of piety and die s > S SI o ALLEN FAMILIES. 431 He died 12 Oct., 1745, age 80 yeara. She died 13 Mareli, 1752, age 79 years. Children by Lydia. ■ 2. Jason, b. abont 1700; m. Mary Atwell, 2 April, 1723. 3. Lydia, b. about 1703; m. John Lee of Lyme, 14 Mah., 1723. 4. Abigail, b. about 1706; m. Christopher Stebbins. 5. Stephen, b. about 1709; died 6 March, 1725. 6. Hannah, b. about 1712; m. 1st, Gideon Comstock; 2d, John Bishop. 7. Mary, b. about 1715; m. Joseph Lee of Lyme. 8. Elizabeth, b. about 1716 ; m. Jedediah Graves of Milling- ton. 9. Eunice, b. about 1718; m. Joseph Brown. 10. John, bap. 12 June, 1720; m. Keron Fox, 24 Feb., 1742 -3. She was the daughter of Samuel Fox. They had one child, Lydia, b. 20 June, 1744, who mar- ried her cousin, Jason Allen, son of Jason and Mary Atwell. IL JASON (2), b. about 1700, eldest son of Samuel Allen and Lydia Hastings; married 2 April, 1723, Mary At- well, only daughter of Joseph Atwell. He settled in North Parish and lived on the farm formerly occupied by his father. He was often elected to public offices, was selectman in the town in 1740, and held that office several years. He was chosen an elder in the church at North Parish, of which he was a member in 1749. She died 9 May, 1762. He after- wards married 22 May, 1766, widow Johannah Hill, daughter of John Yibber and relict of George Hill. He died 19 March, 1785. Children by First Wife. 11. Joseph, b. 27 Nov., 1724; m. Priscilla Bill. 12. Mary, b. about 1727; died young. 13. Stephen, b. in Aug., 1730; m. Ann Fargo. 14. Jason, b. 4 Nov., 1740; m. Lydia Allen, his cousin. 43ii HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. III. JOSEPH (11), b. 27 N"ov., 1724, eldest son of Jason Allen and Mary A twell; married , Priscilla Bill. He was a farmer and owned the farm occnpied bv the late Keuben Palmer. The old house stood near the present barn on the premises and was taken down many years ago. He died about 1S06. His last will was probated in New London Sept., 1806, and was dated Oct., 1805. In his will the following chil- dren were named. Children. 15. Roswell, b. ; m. 16. ilary, b. ; m. 17. Abigail, b. , 1747; m. Daniel Kndd. 18. Sarah, b. ; m. James Wright, 12 Feb., 1792. 19. Charlotte, b. ; m. John Bro^vn, 4 S'ov., 1788. 20., ]\fargary, b,. ; m. Lebbeus Lamson. 21. Wealthy, b. ; m. Elijah Brown. III. STEPIIEX (13), b. in August, 1730, second son of Jason Allen and Mary Atwell; married Ann Fargo. Children. 23 24 25 26 Mary, b. ; m. Thomas Fitch (2d wife). Stephen, b. ; m. Elizabeth Gilbert. I^ucy, b. ; m. King Smith. Lydia, b. ; m. Stephen Miner. ]\rercy, b. ; m. George Comstock. III. JASOX (14), b. 4 Nov., 1740, youngest son of Jason Allen and Mary Atwell; married 21 April, 1763, Lydia, daughter of Jason Allen and Karon Fox. He settled at Mont- ville, was a farmer, and held offices in the town. He died in May, 1817. She died 3 Sept., 1813. Children. 27. ]\lary, b. 22 ,\pril, 1764; m. James Rogers. 2S. Samuel, b. 17 June, 1766; m. Mary Prentis. 29. 15etsey, b. 23 Oct., 1768; m. Anson Miller. ALLEN FAMILIES. 433 30. George, b. 8 June, 1771; ni. Sarah Yale. 31. James, b. 4 June, 1774; m. Lucretia Holt. 32. Eunice, b. 26 l^ov., 1776; m. Isaac Thompson. 33. Jason, b. 30 May, 1781; m. 1st, Nancy DeForest; 2d, Lydia White. 34. John Hastings, b. 15 Jan., 1785; m. 1st, Achsa Thomp- son; 2d, Nancy Hill. IV. GEOEGE (30), b. S Jime, 1771, son of Jason Allen and Lydia Allen, daughter of John Allen; married 8 April, 1807, Sarah Yale. She lived with Judge Hillhouse. He settled at Mont^dlle and was a farmer. He afterwards re- moved to Verona, N. Y., where he died August, 1857. She died there in 1864. Children. 35. Samuel, b. 7 Oct., 1808 ; was living in 1886. 36. Delia, b. 28 Feb., 1811; was living in 1886. 37. George Hosmer, b. 20 Jime, 1813; m. Orpha L. Cook. IV. JOHN HASTINGS (34), b. 15 Jan., 1785, son of Jason Allen and Lydia Allen; m. 1st, Achsa Thompson, 3 July, 1814, daughter of Nathaniel Thompson and Delight Fox. He was a farmer. He married 2d, Nancy Hill, daugh- ter of Jonathan Hill and Charlotte Fox. He lived on the farm now owned by the town of Montville. He and his wife, Nancy, both belonged to the Congregational Church at Mont- ville Center. He died 25 Feb., 1866. His last wife died 26 March, 1868. By his first wife he had two children. Children by First Wife. 38. Eunice, b. 25 July, 1816; m. 25 Feb., 1844, James Ladd, and had one son, James Henry, b. in 1846. 39. Jason, bap. in 1823; died unm. Children hj Second Wife. 40. John II., b. 23 Feb., 1827; m. Cynthia Dart. 41. Charlotte, b. in Aug., 1828; m. Jared S. Rogers. 38 434 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 42. Samuel, h. lY June, 1832; m. Harriet Lester. 43. William, b. in April, 1834; m. Eliza Sillman. IV. JASON (33), b. 30 May, 1781, son of Jason Allen and Lydia Allen; m. 1st, JSTancy DeForest. Settled first in Woodbridge, A^. J., and afterwards removed to the state of New York. She died, and he married a second wife, but her name has not been ascertained. He died in Lenox, Pa., about 1837. Children by Nancy. 44. Catherine, b. about 1811; m. Wright. 45. Maria, b. 46. Elizabeth, b. about 1816; m. Kingsley. Children by Second Wife. 47. Nancy DeForest, b. about 1881; m. Dr. Pelchin. 48. Susan, b. about 1834; living in 1886, unm. V. JOHN H, JR. (40), b. 22 Feb., 1827, son of John H. Allen and Nancy Hill; married 20 Nov., 1854, Cynthia Dart, b. 9 Oct., 1832, daughter of Ezra Dart and Eunice New- berry. He was a farmer. Settled in Montville. Both were living in 1896. Children. 49. Jonathan Hill, b. 17 Nov., 1857; m. Minnie Newberry. 50. Fitch Lewis, b. 5 Feb., 1859; m.Mary Williams. 51. Alma Jane, b. 7 June, 1S60 ; died in 1875. 53. Warren Newberry, b. 17 Nov., 1862; m. Anna Allen. 53. Anna Cyntha, b.'l Feb., 1S65; m. Walter Miner. 54. AValter Long, b. 10 July, 1868; m. Flora . PALMEE FAMILIES. Walter Palmer, whose numerous descendants met at Ston- ington on the 10th day of August, 1881, for a family reunion, was of English origin, and arrived in JSTew England in 1629. He was born in England as earlj as 1585, and at the time of his settlement at Stonington was considerably advanced in years, at which place he erected a dwelling-house and removed there with his family during the year 1649. His first appearance was at Charlestown, Mass., where he built the first dwelling-house erected in that place. He was assigned two acres for a house lot, and subsequently had more liberal grants. His inclination tended to farming and stock raising, and soon found that his limited possessions there were entirely inadequate to his favorite business. In 1643 he removed to Plymouth Colony, and, with others, joined in the organization of the town of Eehoboth, where he was honored by his fellow townsmen with the first election of deputy, and was subsequently re-elected to that ofiice, and repeatedly the office of selectman was conferred upon him. From Kehoboth he removed to Stonington and settled at a place called Wequetequock. Of his family it is known that he was married in England long before he came to 'this country, as his oldest datighter, Grace, came to New England with her father and family, and went with him to C^harlestown and joined the church there 1 June, 1632, and was married 23 April, 1634, to Thomas Miner, born in England in 1608, she being about the same age with her husband. The other children of Walter Palmer were, 1st, William, born in England, and came with his father to this country. 2d, John, bom in 1615, came with the family to this 436 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. country, was admitted freeman of the Massachusetts Colony in 1639. Joined the church 23 Oct., 1640, and died 24 Aug., 1677; unm. 3d, Jonas, came over with his father, lived at Charles- town until 1637, when he married Elizabeth Griswill, and moved to Rehoboth, where he died without issue. 4th, Elizabeth, also born in England, came with the family to Xew England, and married 1st, Thomas Sloan, and 2d, a Mr. Chapman. jSTo records appear that show whether or not their mother came over with the family. If she did come with the others she must have died shortly after their arrival here, for in the old chiirch record of Eoxbury, j\Iass., the following statistics appear: " Kebecca Short came in the year 1632, and mar- ried AValter Palmer, a godly man of Charlestown church, which they joined 1 June, 1633." Children by Eebecca. 5. Hannah, bap. 15 June, 1634, came with her father to Stonington and married 1st, Thomas Hewitt, 26 April, 1659, by whom she had two children, Thomas and Benjamin. She married for her second hus- band, Roger Sterry, 27 Dec, 1671, by whom she had two children. For her third husband she mar- ried John Eish, 25 Aug., 1681. 6. Elihu, bap. 24 Jan., 1036, came ^^-ith his father to Stonington and died 5 Sept., 1665, probably unm. 7. E"chemiah, b. 23 Kov., 1637, who also removed from ( ^harlestown to Stonington with his father and mar- ried there, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Stanton and Dorothy Lord, 20 :N'ov., 1662. They had seven children. S. ]\ri)sr's, b. 6 April, 1640 ; who also removed with his father to Stonington, and married Dorothy ; and had five children. 9. Benjamin, b. 30 May, 1642; m. at Stonington, 10 Aug., lOSl, but wlio she was or where she came from the records do not show. The fact of the marriage PALMER FAMILIES. 437 only appears from a diary of Thomas Miner. He died 10 April, 1716. 10. Gershom, b. at Eelioboth, and came to Stonington with his parents, where he married, 1st, Ann, daughter of Capt. George Denison and Ann Borodell, 28 Nov., 166Y. They had ten children. He mar- ried for his second wife Elizabeth Mason, widow of Major Samiiel Mason. He was a deacon of the first church at Stonington, and held various positions of trust in civil affairs. 11. Rebecca, b. at Kehoboth about 1648; came with her parents to Stonington, where she married Elisba CheesebroTigh, son of William Cheesebrough and Anna Stevens, 20 April, 1665, and had one child, Elihu, b. 3 Dec, 1668. The father died 1 April, 1670. She then married, 24 July, 1672, John Buldery of ISTew London, and had five children. Elder Keuben Palmer, b. 13 June, 1759, son of Gershom Palmer and Dolly Brown of Preston, Conn., was of the seventh generation in a direct line from Walter Palmer, the first. He was the only son and fifth child among ten children. His sisters were, 1st, Prudence, who married, 1st, William Breed, and had one daughter, Sophia, who married James Wheeler of Montville. They were the parents to Henry Wheeler, Nathaniel Wheeler, and Charles Wheeler, who were residents of Montville. For second husband she married James Thompson. 2d, Dolly, married Nathan Eandall. 3d, Zerviah, who married her cousin, Gersham Palmer, and had a daughter, Lydia, b. about 1789, and mjamied Abel Smith of Montville. 4th, Naomi, married Stephen Eay. 5th, Lois, married Abel Palmer; they had a son, William, who was a Baptist minister. 6th, Esther, married Jonathan Palmer. 7th, Lucretia, married Elijah Palmer. 8th, Katura, married Jacob Burton and settled in Vermont. 9th, ; married Budlong. VII. ELDEE EEUBEN PALMEE married, 16 Nov., 1780, Lucretia Tyler, daughter of Caleb Tyler and Hannah 438 HISTOKY OF MONTVILLE. Barnos of Preston. He was ordained a Baptist elder at North iStoiiington, and, while pastor of a church there, received a call to the old Baptist church in Montville. He was its active pastor from 3 May, 1788, to 25 Dec, 1798, at which date, a council having been called, he was publicly installed pastor of the church, in which office he continued until his death, 22 April, 1822. She died 15 Aug., 1855, aged 91 years. Children. 2. Hannah, b. 25 Dec.:, 1781; m. ISTehemiah Lamb of Gro- ton in March, 1798, and had fifteen children. 3. Sally, b. 16 Oct., 1783; m. Christopher Green. 4. Eeuben, b. 26 Dec, 1784:; m. Mary Comstock. 5. Lucretia, b. 25 April, 1786; m. Samuel Fox. 6. Mary, b. 17 Dec, 1787; m. Koswell Caulkins. 7. ('aleli, b. 24 June, 1790; m. 1st, Lucy Fox; 2d, Lucy J. Olmstead; 3d, . 8. Tyler, b. 4 March, 1792; m. Lydia Cook. 9. Gideon, b. 23 Oct., 1793; m. Mercy M. Turner. 10. Joshua, b. , 1795; m. Hannah Caulkins. Had two children, John and Elisha. He died 3 Oct., 1819. She then married Huntlev, and died in 1876. 11. Samuel D., b. 11 Feb., 1798 : m. Kebeeca BoUes, 10 Dec, 1823, daughter of Calvin BoUes. He died at Rome, !R. Y., IS June, 1878, while an operation was being performed in removing a cancer. She died 19 Oct., 1876. He had John, Joslnia, Francis, ISTelson, and Calvin. 12. Gersham, b. 6 Aug., 170(); died young. 13. Ehoda, b. 2 Oct., 1799; m. Elisha Hurlburt, June, 1818, and had fourteen children. 14. Peter P., b. 11 May, ISOl; m. Naomi Darrow, 3 Sept., 1821, and had nine children. Settled in the state of ISTew York. 15. Achsa, b. 12 Mav, 1803; ni. Samuel W. Palmer, 1st wife, 22 Sept., 1S20, died 12 Oct., 1820. 16. Louisa, b. 30 Dec, 1804; died 9 Aug., 1844, unm. 17. Emma, b. 31 Dec, 1806;-m. Warren. IS. Thankful, b. 28 June, 1809 ; m. Wells Hart of Michigan. PALMER FAMILIES. 439 YIII. EEUBEN (4), b. 26 Dec, 1784, son of Elder Reuben Palmer and Lucretia Tyler; married lY March, 1805, Mary Comstock, daughter of ISTatlian Comstock and Mary Green. He settled at Montville. Pie was an ordained Bap- tist minister, and for a time was acting pastor of the church over which his father presided before his death, and occasion- ally supplied other churches. Pie was very zealous in the Christian cause, and plainly presented the truth. He was not, however, a brilliant preacher, but gifted in prayer and exhortation. He followed the occupation of a farmer and o^vned the farm on which he lived at the time of his death, and which he purchased of Oliver Baker in 1837. He was also in possession of other tracts of land lying near the Eox Mills, which mills were at one time run by him. She died at Mont- dlle 27 March, 1853. He died 29 July, 1869. He had but one daughter. Child. 19. Lucy Ann, b. 28 Oct., 1816 ; m. 10 March, 1841, Charles P. Landphere. He was a farmer and lived on the farm of his wife's father. She died 6 April, 1887. He died 6 June, 1891. They had ten children, viz. : Mary Palmer, b. 14 Jan., 1842; m. Williams Rogers. ' Prancis Ann, b. 20 Feb., 1843. Achsah Palmer, b. 3 March, 1844. Charles Oliver, b. 13 June, 1845; m. Reuben Palmer, b. 3 Peb., 1847; died 20 Dec, 1861. Alice P., b. 7 ISTov., 1848; m. Allison. Charles Tyler, b. 19 Sept., 1850; m. Mary (Davis). Lucy Ann, b. 19 Peb., 1853. ISTewton G., b. 27 July, 1855. Eloise A., b. 26 March, 1861. VIIL GIDEON" (9), b. 23 Oct., 1793, son of Elder Reuben Palmer and Lucretia Tyler; married 11 July, 1813, Mercy Maria Turner, daiighter of Isaac Turner and Anna Comstock. He settled at Montville. In the early part of his 440 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. business career he was engaged witli Ms fatter in the various (iccupations and projects that his father was engaged in. At one time his father, although a minister of the gospel, was'en- i;agcil in the distillery of spirituous liquors, but his son, Grideon, who, early in life, became impressed that intemperance was an evil, and the manufacture of ardent spirits a vile business, soon after arriving to manhood and began to manage business for himself, abandoned the distillery and substituted the oil business, in which he was engaged for several years. After his s/^-^c ^ ( //y/^^^c^ PALMER FAMILIES. 441 ELISHA H. (20), b. 23 June, 1814, son of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner; married , Ellis Loomis, b. 26 Jan., 1S22, daughter of Joel Loomis and Ellis Chapel. He settled in Montville, was a manufacturer of cotton twine, rope, and bats. He was elected a representative to the state legisla- ture by the citizens of bis native town in 1854, and again in 1864. In 1866 he represented 'the ninth senatorial district in the Upper House, and was for several years the nominee for member of Congress on the Prohibition ticket in the third congressional district of the state. He was an enthusiastic advocate of the prohibition of the use, manufacture, and sale of alcoholic liquors, and devoted much of his time in the last thirty years of his life to public speaking in the cause of temperance. Was president of the Palmer Eeunion Associa- tion, and enthusiastically engaged in gathering the names of those who were descendants from their first American ancestor, Walter Palmer. He died 17 Jan., 1895. She died 9 Jan., 1893. Children. 31. Elisha L., b. 14 Feb., 1840; m. Cornelia Eissan. 32. Edward A., b. 28 May, 1843; m. Isabella Mitchell. 33. Frederick C, b. 18 May, 1845; ni. Estelle Dunmore. 34. Mary Alice, b. 26 Dec, 1847; m. WiUiam S. Mitchell. 35. Arabella, b. 3 March, 1849; m. Joseph S. Latimer. 36. Erank Loomis, b. 9 June, 1851; m. Louisa Townsend. 37. George S., b. 20 March, 1855; m. Ida Amelia Cook. GIDEOI^ (21), b. 30 Oct., 1816, son of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner; married , Eliza H. Johnson. He was a lawyer and settled at Middletown, Conn. Children. 38. Theodore Johnson, b. 25 Dec, 1843. 39. Arthur W., b. 28 Nov., 1845. 40. Charlotte May, b. 25 Sept., 1847. 41. Jessie, b. , 1853. 42. Andy Johnson, b. 6 Dec, 1859, 442 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. WILLIAM HENEY (24), b. 14 Oct., 1821, son of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner ; married , Clarrissa Stan- ton, h. , sister to Eev. R. P. Stanton, for many years pastor of the Congregational cliurcli at Greeneville. He first settled at Montville, where he was engaged, with his brother, Elisha, in the cotton business. Ilis wife died . Mr. Palmer then removed to Middletown, Conn., where he was living in 1896. Children. 43. William Henry, b. 1 Oct., 1843; m. Adeline E. Wood. 44. John G., b. 14 Oct., 1845; m. 45. Clarrissa M., b. 28 Oct., 1847; m. Byron H. Arnold. 46. Mary Ann, b. 6 Dec, 1849; m. Eevelo Markham. 47. Charles S., b. 19 Oct., 1852; died 19 June, 1862. EEUBE^ TYLEE (26), b. 24 Sept., 1825, son of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner; m. , Statina Hill. He was a manufacturer. Settled first at ]\rontville, afterwards removed to Groton, and then to !N^ew London, where he was engaged in the manufacture of bedquilts. He had five chil- dren born at Montville, Ida, Emma, Eeuben Tyler, Tyler Eeuben (the last two being twins), and George. PAEKEE FAMILY. James Parker, bom about 1617 in England. A copy of bis will and a notice of bis life are publisbed in Butler's His- tory of Groton, Mass. He married, 1st, Elizabetb Long of Wobum, May 23, 1643. Sbe was bom in 1623, and was tbe daugbter of Eobert and Elizabetb Long of Obarlestown, Mass. Eobert Long embarked in the " Defiance " witb bis wife and ten c'bildren, and removed from Dunstable, Bedf ordsbire, Eng- land, July 7, 1635. He married, 2d, Eunice (Brooks) Carter, widow of Sam- uel Garter of Wobum, 'and daughter of John and Eunice (Moresall) Brooks of Wobum. She was bom Oct. 10, 1655; married, in 1672, Samuel Garter, son of Eev. Thomas Garter of Wobum, b. Aug. 8, 1640, by whom she bad eight chil- dren. He died in 1693, 'and she married, 2d, James Par- ker. After his death in 1701, she married, 3d, John Kendall, and was living in 1706. Children by EHzabetb. 2. Elizabetb, b. April 12, 1645; m. Wilbam Gray of Eox- bury. 3. Hannah, b. Jan. 5, 1647; m. JSTath'aniel Blood, June 13, 1670. 4. John, b. Feb. 28, 1649. 6. Joseph, b. 1651. 6. James, b. ; m. Mary Parker. 7. Josiah, 'b. 1655; m. Elizabetih Saxton of Groton. 8. Samuel, b. ; m. Abigail Lakin. 9. Joshua, b. March 13, 1658, at Chelmsford, Mass. 10. Z'acbariah, b. Jan. 14, 1659, at Chelmsford, Mass. 11. Eleazer, b. Nov. 9, 1660, at Groton, Mass. 12. Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1697, at Groton, Mass. 444 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. II. JAMES (6), b. , son of James Parker and Elizaibeth Long; married Mary Parker, daughter of Abraham l^arker of Chelmsford, M'ass. She was born I^oy. 15, 1655. They were both killed by the Indians in Groton, July 27, 1694, and their children taken captives. II. JOSIAH (T), b. at Groton, Mass., in 1655, and re- mained there until 1783, and perhaps later. He was an in- habitant of Wobum from 1693 to 1695; in Cambridge from 1696 till his death^ in 1731. He married Elizabeth Saxton or Sexton. Children. 13. Eli2;abefth, b. Aug. 31, 1679; m. Samuel Livermore, Nov. 15, 1699. 14. John, b. April 13, 1681. 15. Sarah, b. May 1, 1683,; m. April 30, 1702, Stephen Coolridge; 2d, Mcbolas Eeasenden, Aug. 8, 1706. 16. Susanna, b. ; m. Eeb. 28, 1712, Samuel Goo- kin, Jr. 17. Joshua, bap. April 3, 1698; m. June 15, 1712, Mary, daughter of Mcholas Fessenden, Sr. 18. "William, bap. April 3,. 1698; probably died young. 19. Ann, bap. April 3, 1698; m. July 3, 1718, William Warland. 20. Mary, bap. Dec. 11, 1698; m. Jan. 22, 1718-19, Thomas Dana. 21. Thomas, bap. Dec. 15, 1700. II. JOSHUA (9), b. March 13, 1658, son of James Parker and Elizabeth Long; married Sept. 22, 1690, Abigail (Shattuck) Morse, widwv of Jonathan Morse and daughter of William and Susanna Moi-se of Watertown. She was bom in 1657; died in 1694. III. THOMAS (21), b. at Cambridge, Dec. 7, 1700, son of Josiah Pai-ker and Elizabeth Sexton; married Graduated at Harvard College in 1718. Settled as a minis- ter at Dracut, Mass., in 1721. Died at Dracut, March 18 1765. PARKER FAMILIES. 445 Children. 22. Thomas, b. 23. John, b. 24. William, b. 25. Mathew, b. 26. Jonathan, b. ; m. Dolly Coffin. lY. JOISrATHAN" (26), b. at Dracut, Mass., son of Thomas Parker and . Graduated at Harvard Univer- sity. He was a physician of very considerable distinction, cxcelliiig particiilarly as a surgeon, and acquired an extensive practice in the town of Litchfield, IT. H., where he settled, and which extended into the adjacent towns, being often sent for from a distance as a consulting physician. Dr. Parker married Dolly Coffin, who was a woman of more thau ordi- nary refinement, of much energy and decision of character, and a consistent and earnest Christian. Active and diligent herself, she inculcated the same principles in her children. She early imbued their minds with religi'ouis truth, knowing that a conversion of their moral accountability would be their surest safeguard, and her own personal instructions would no longer be given. He died Sept., 1791, leaving a family of ten children. Children. 27. 28. Elizabeth, b. E"ov. 7, 1767; m. Kev. Abisha Alden. 29. 30. 31. Eliphalet, b. about 1776; m. Sarah Comstock. 32. 33. 34. Thom'as, b. 35. Jonathan P., b. 30. Edward L., b. July 28, 1785; m. Mehitabel Kimball. V. ELIPHALET (31), b. about 1776, son of Jonathan Parker and Dolly Coffin; married Eeb. 2, 1808, Sarali Com- 446 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. sfofk, daughter of Jared Comstock and Eachel Chester. He settled in Montville, was a farmer, a member of the Congre- gational church, a devoted Christian, and leader of the church choir. He died March 1, 1835. She died Aug. 14, 1860. Children. 37. Abisha Alden, b. Dec. 12, 1808; m. Caroline Fellows. ;!S. Jared Chester, b. March 2, 1812; died joung. 3!). Eliphalet, b. Aug. 28, 1814; m. Helen M. Risley. 40. Dolly Elizabeth, b. April 4, 1817; m. Walter Hough, 17 Jan., 1849. 41. Harriet, b. Dec. 2, 1819; m. Simeon Clark, March 4, 1855. 42. Augustus Alden, b. Feb. 18, 1822; m. Haniet R. Dol- beare. 43. Samuel Chester, b. May 14, 1824; m. Fanny E. Her- lick. 44. Frederick F., b. April 9, 1828; m. 1st, Lucy Ann Gard- ner: 2d, Marv (Green) Hazzard. 45. Sarah, b. I^ov. 17^ 1831; m. Jerome Pease, 3 July, 1869. EDWARD L. (36), b. July 28, 1785, son of Jonathan Parker and Dolly Coffin; m., in 1811, ^lehitabel Kimball, daughter of Deacon Stephen Kimball of Hanover, IN". H. Graduated at Dartmouth College in 1807. Settled as pas- tor of the Presliyterian church in Londonderry, X. H., Sept. 12, 1810. He died July 14, 1850. His wife remarried. Child. 46. Edward Pinkerton, b. April, 1816. TA^ BEXJAinX PARKER, b. 26 Alarch, 1723; mar- ried Elizabeth Pdodgot, b. 4 Oct., 1723. Settled at Chelms- f(M-(l, Alass. She died 17 April, 17s7. He died 17 Feb., ISOl. This Benjamin Parker was probably a descendant from Joseph Parker, one of the original proprietors of Groton, Mass., who was brother to the James Parker, b. about 1617, first named in this genealogy. This Joseph Parker was a PARKER FAMILIES. 447 large landowner in Groton, Chelmsford, and Dunstable, the ancestor of the most numerous branches of the family in that neighborhood. lie died in the year 1690, leaving a large estate. Children. ■i7. Kenben, b. 26 Nov., 1Y51. 48. Benjandn, b. 26 Oct., 1754. 49. Joseph, b. 21 Aug., 1Y5Y. 50. Simeon, b. 25 Oct., 1759. 51. Jeduthan, b. 18 Nov., 1762; m. Phebe Gary. 52. Zebulon, b. 24 July, 1764. V. JEDUTHAN (51), b. 18 Nov., 1762, son of Benja- min Parker and Elizabeth Blodget; married 1 Jan., 1793, Phebe Cary, b. 15 Oct., 1764, daughter of Reuben and Olive Cary. A farmer; settled at Lowell, where he died 11 April, 1838. She died 11 Dec, 1849. Children. 53. Jeduthan, b. 7 Jan., 1794; died 6 April, 1795. 54. Phebe, b. 29 Jan., 1796; m. Samuel Winchester, 28 May, 1822. She died in Hopkinton, N. H., 2 Nov., 1823, and left one daughter, Phebe, b. 3 Sept., 1823 ; married Charles P. Scholfield of Montville. 56. Jesse, b. 28 Aug., 1797; m. Eliza Adams of Boston, Oct., 1831. He died in Lowell, 24 Dec, 1831. . 56. Mary, b. 2 July, 1799; m. Samuel Winchester for his second wife, 17 May, 1826, and had one daug'h- ter, Mary Jane, b. 25 Jime, 1831 ; married Benjamin F. Scholfield of Montville. 57. Sarah, b. 20 July, 1801; died 17 April, 1873, unm. 68. Benjamin, b. 6 July, 1803 ; m. Eliza Wood, 9 Oct., 1834. 59. Eebecca, b. 18 Jan., 1806; died at Lowell. 4 Dec, 1831. 60. Jepthah, b. 8 June, 1810; m. 1st, Luci .Ja Woodman; 2d, I^ouisa Merriam, 6 Jan., 1869. VINCEIvTT FAMILY. William Vincent was the son of Dr. William Vincent and Zeniah Rudd; bom at Westerly, R. I., 31 March, 1764; married 11 June, 1786, Joanna, daughter of Samuel Frink, b. 26 March, 1769. He was deacon of the Baptist chureh in Westerly, a man of rare Christian attainments, honest and upright in all his dealings. She died 3 April, 1846. He died 16 March, 1854. Children. 2. WilUam, b. 8 Dec, 1787; m. 1st, Freelove Sbeffield, 28 Feb., 1813, daug'hter of Jotn Grardner and Susan (Colgrove) Pendleton, b. 20 Feb., 1795, and died 12 Oct., 1853. He married for his second wife Mrs. Eleanor J. Tracy, 15 March, 1858, daughter of Robert and Mary Charles. He had three chil- dren by his iirst wife, and died 1 Feb., 1874. 3. Thomas, b. 3 Dec, 1780; died Oct., 1820, unm. 4. Harry, b. 12 :\ray, 1792; m. Martha Scbolfield, 25 Feb., 181 6, daughter of John Scbolfield and Hannah Fox, b. 27 Jan., 1793, and died at ilontville, 28 Jan., 1878. He died there 19 Aug., 1878. 5. John Randall, b. 26 Jiily, 1794; m. Sarab Sheffield, 29 Sept., 1S46, daughter of Isaac and ]\Iercv (Smith) York, b. 12 April, 1829. He died 27 Oct., 1864. She was limning at Westerly in 1896. 6. Asa, b. 4 Feb., 1797; m. 1st,' ISTancy, 18 March, 1821, daughter of Jams and Polly ( ) Frink, b. 1802. He man-ied for second mfe, Maria King. 7. Ira, b. 7 March, 1799; m. Sarah Raymond, 31 May, 1825, daughter of Daniel and Sarab (Raymond) Pakor, b. 12 March, 1802; died 10 Oct., 1885. 8. Joanna, b. 31 Oct., 1800; m. Benjamin Barnes, 15 ISTov., 1841, son of ISTathaniel and Xancy (Pendleton) Barnes, b. 8 July, 1796; died 24 June, 1873. VINCENT FAMILIES. 449 9. Ezra, b. 11 Jan., 1803; m. Ann Maria Denison, 11 May, 1841, daughter of Gilbert Denison; died 7 July, 1850. 10. Mary, b. 5 Jan., 1805; unmarried; died 1 Sept., 1877. 11. Samuel, b. 19 June, 1807 ; m. Martha S. Baker, 24 Feb., 1828, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Raymond) Baker, b. 18 Oct., 1806; died 7 Aug., 1837. She died 10 Oct., 1885. 12. Charles, b. 19 Feb., 1809; died Nov., 1811. 13. Frank, b. 29 Feb., 1812; m. 1st, Harriet Barnes, 6 Aug., 1845, daughter of Acors and Hannah (Dickens) Barnes, b. 1 April, 1824. She died 26 Sept., 1850; married 2d, Hellen M. Bullard, 1 Oct., 1853, daugh- ter of John and Hannah (Green) Barnes, b. 28 Jan., 1822, and died 10 Nov., 1883. He died 6 Sept., 1889. 14. Albert, b. 8 Jan., 1814; died 4 May, 1872, unm. 15. Benjamin, b. 16 Sept., 1815; died 9 Aug., 1895, unm. 39 LYON FAMILIES. Amariah Lyon, from the best information obtained, -was the son of Thomas Lyon, who came from Roxbury, and settled in Dedham, Mass., about the year 1798. He is believed to have been the son or grandson of William Lyon, the first of the name who came from England to America and settled at Roxbury, Mass., in the year 1635. Amariah Lyon was educated a physician at Boston, and came to Montville (formerly the ISTorth Parish of ISTew Lon- don) about the year 1740, a farmer and a person of consider- able notoriety. He married Lydia, eldest daughter of Christopher Stebbins and Abigail Allen. He had seven sons, all of whoon were in service in the Revolutionary War. Children. 2. John, b. about 1747; m. Ehzabeth Moore. 3. Anson, b. ; in the war, never returned. 4. Josiah, b. 5. Amariah, b. ; died prior to 1785. 6. Thomas, b. ; in the war of the Revolution, died. 7. Christopher, b. ; in the war of the Revolution. 8. Ephraim, b. ; in the war, never returned. 9. Abigail, b. ; m. Peter Clayton. II. JOHlSr (2), b. about 1747, son of Amariah Lyon and Lydia Stebbins; married Elizabeth, daughter of Miles Moore and G-race Rogers. He was a farmer and settled at Montville, where he died 24 April, 1807. She died 20 Jan., 1811, aged 66. Children. 10. Caleb, b. 3 Dec, 1769; m. 1st, Lovice Thompson; 2d, Susan BoUes. LYON FAMILIES. 451 11. Asa, b. 8 MsLj, 1775; m. Adams; died Sept. 1864. 12. Elizaibetih, b. 18 Sept., 1777; m. William Vibber, 2d wife. 13. Grace, b. about 1778; m. Jeremiah Ohapel. 14. John, b. 3 March, 1784; m. Mary Chapel. 16. Ephraim, b. 27 Sept., 1786; m. Sarah Darrow. III. DEACON CALEB (10), b. 3 Dec, 1769, son of John Lyon and Elizajbeth Moore ; married 1st, Lovioe Thomp- son, 22 April, 1792, danghter of William Thompson and Lucretia . She died 2 Eeb., 1819. He then mar- ried 1 Feb., 1821, Susan Bolles, b. 14 Dec, 1779, daughter of Samuel Bolles and Margaret Moore. He settled at Mont- ville, a farmer, was deacon of the Palmer Baptist Church, an earneBt exemplary Christian mian, much respected by 'his neighboirs and fellow citizens. He died 24 July, 1854, at Palmertiowu. She survived him and died 11 Sept., 1874, at the age of 95 nearly. Children by Lovioe. 16. William, b. 19 March, 1793; m. Hannah . 17. Lucretia, b. 2 Dec, 1794; m. Lemuel Darrow, 28 March, 1824. 18. Hamnaih, b. 10 Dec, 1796; m. Caleb Samford, 27 April, 1824. 19. Joshua, b. 19 July, 1798; died at the age of 15. 20. Caleb, b. 17 Jan., 1801; m. Selina Stebbins. 21. Darius, b. 8 April, 1803; m. Lucy Strickland. 22. Martin, b. 25 July, 1808; died at the age of 3 years, 5 months. 23. Grace, b. 8 Aug., 1810; m. George H. Clark. Child by Susan. 24. Margaret, b. 25 May, 1822; m. 16 April, 1848, Arnold Kudd, and had Stephen, b. 3 Feb., 1849, died 16 Aug., 1862; John, b. 6 Feb., 1852, died 12 July, 1863. 25. Aaron, b. 26. 27. 28. Mary, b. Albert, b. Joim, b. 29. Elizabetii, b, Tinm. 30. Kobert, b. 31. 32. ISTancy, b. Frances, b. 452 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. III. JOHN" (14), b. about 1784, son of John Lyon and Elizabetii ]\roore ; mamed Mary, daugibter of William Okapel. He settled in C^hesterfield Society, in the town of Salem. A farmer. He died 5 May, 1874. Sbe died 13 Nov., 1865, aged 85. Cbildren. ; m. Harriet Watrous. ; m. Seth Hayes. ; m. Maria Scott. ; m. Ellen Eogers. ; living in 1882 at 'New London, ; m. Mary Lewis. ; m. Leiwis Haynes. ; m. J. D. T. Strickland. in. EPHKAIM (15), b. 27 Sept., 1786, son of John Lyon and Elizabeth Moore; married 1st, Sarab Darrow, b. 17 Dec, 1784, daughter of Niciholas Darrow and Sally Rogers. After her death he man-led, 1 Dec, 1822, ilar- garet Strickland, daughter of Amos and Mary Morgan. He settled at Waterford, where he died 26 Oct., 1866. She died 19 Dec, 1865. Children by Sarah. 33. Lorenzo, b. 24 Mob., 1809; m. Susan Street; died 8 Nov., 1893. 34. Electa, b. 29 Oct., 1810; m. Giles Chapman. 35. Elizabeth, b. 10 Jan., 1813; m. James Han-is. 36. Daniel D., b. 20 Sept., 1814; m. 1st, Rhoda Latham; 2d, Emeline Babcock. 37. Eliphalet, b. 26 July, 1816; m. lat, Rachel De Pew; 2d, Anna M. Rogers; 3d, Lydia Rogers, sister of Anna. 38. Susan, b. 18 July, 1818; died 1 Sept., 1839; unra. 39. Sarah, b. 24 April, 1820; m. Leonard Harris. Children by Margaret. 40. Lucy, b. 8 Nov., 1823; m. Benjamin Davis. 41. Ephfaim, b. 8 Mfey, 1825; m. Mary Blake. 42. Margaret, b. 8 Nov., 1826; m. Christopher Harris. LYON FAMILIES. 453 IV. CALEB (20), b. lY Jan., 1801, son of Caleb Lyon and Lovice Thompson; married, 5 Aug., 1820, Selina Steb- bins, b. 3 June, 1799, daughter of Edward Stebbins and Ann Bishop. He settled in Montville, a farmer, living first in the old homestead on the old Colohester road, and afterwards removed to PaJmertown, where he died 13 July, 1882. She died 1 Dec, 1877. Children. 43. Orlando, b. 21 Dec., 1823; m. Ist, Martha Wheeler; had son, Benjamia Orlando, b. 31 Dec., 1845; and daughter, Hannah 0., b. 6 Aug., 1850; 2d, Mary (Chapel) Whipple; 3d, Kuth Cobb. 44. Lovioe, b. 27 March, 1826; died young. 45. Ellen, b. 9 April, 1831; died young. 46. Edward S., b. 2 July, 1828; died young. 47. Orrin, b. 1 Nov., 1832; m. Sarah Ann Avery. Was killed in the late civil war. 48. Ann, b. 15 March, 1836; m. Green Brown. 49. Harriet, b. 23 Dec, 1838; m. 1st, George Avery; had son, Albert W. 50. Erastus D., b. 25 April, 1841; now living at Palmer- town, 1896, unm. IV. DAITIEL D. (36), b. 20 Sept., 1814, son of Ephraim Lyon and Sarah Darrow; married Ist, Bhoda T. Latham, 1.6 Oct., 1844, b. 19 May, 1824, died 10 Sept., 1863. He then married for second wife, Emeline G. Babcock, 8 Jan., 1867, b. 17 Oct., 1838. He was a Baptist Minister, much respected and beloved. Elder Lyon, in the early part of his ministry, had the charge of several churches at different times; a man of sincere piety, an earnest preacher, tender hearted, show- ing always a strong sympathy for the afflicted, giving advice and administea-ing comfort to the needy and unfortunate. He was a strong advocate of all moral reforms, an early advocate of the freedom of the slave, and by word and action helped on the cause to victory. He was earnest in the cause of proihibition, and by precept and example fought hard for 454 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. temperance until death released him. He died at Mont- ville 14 Feb., 1895. Children by Eboda. 51. Daniel Latham, b. 2 Nov., 1845. 52. Jonathan F., b. 28 June, 1847. 53. Augustus E., b. 24 Dec, 1851. 54. llhoda Augusta, b. 19 Mch., 1854. 55. Judson Swan, b. 7 Sept., 1857. 5fi. Frederic Denison, b. 18 Aug., 1859. 57. Elizabeth, b. 27 Aug., 1863.' Children by Emeline. 58. Charles Arthur, b. 17 July, 1869. 59. Grace, b. 6 Jan., 1871. 60. Bertha, b. 29 July, 1877. DAET FAMILIES. The first of the name was Eichard Dart, who bought of William Welm^an a house and lot in New London 12 Sept., 1664. He continued his residence at New London until his death, 24 Sept., 1724, at the age of eighty-nine years. The name of his wife was Bethiah. Anna Dart, who mar- ried, in 1659, Benjamin Brewster, son of Jonathan, was probably a sister to Richard. They lived at Brewsters Neck. The descendan'ts of Richard Dart have been quite numerous, some of which are still woirtlhy citizens 'of this town. Children. 2. Daniel, b. 3 May, 1666; m. Elizabeth Douglass. 3. Richard, b. 7 May, 1667. 4. Roger, b. 27 Nov., 1670. 5. Ebenezer, b. 18 Feb., 1672-3; m. Mary . 6. Beitihiah, b. ; m. Joseph Chapel. IL DANIEL (2), b. 3 May, 1666, son of Richard Dart and Betihi'ah ; mJarrifed 4 Aug., 1686, Elizabeth Doug- lass, probably daughter of William Douglass and Ann Mattle ; Miss Oaulkins says, " Elizabeth, wife of John Chand- ler." She was undoubtedly mistaken in the identity of the person. About the year 1716 Daniel Dart, with most of his family, removed to Bolton, in Hartford county. Children. 7. Thomas, b. 1687. 8. Elizabeth, b. 1689, 9. Daniel, b. 1691. 10. John, b. 1693. 456 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 11. March, b. 1695. 12. Ebenezer, b. 1698. 13. Abiah, b. lYOl. 14. Lydia, b. 1703. 15. Samuel, b. 1Y05. 16. Jabez, b. 1709. 17. Rachel, b. 1711. II. EBENEZEE (5), b. 18 Feb., 1672-3, son of Richard Dart and Bethiah ; married, about 1706, Mary . Children. 18. John, b. 11 Oct., 1707. 19. Bethia, b. 12 Dec, 1709. 20. Mary, b. 19 Aug., 1711. IV. DAVID DART was an inhabitant of Montville, b. about 1760, and is supposed to have, been the son of John. There is a generation between the children of Ebenezer and that of David's that is not recovered. David Dart's father was most certainly a grandson of Ebenezer. He married Ist, Mary Eargo, b. about 1761, daughter of Elder Robert Fargo and Prudence Stanton. She died 12 Oct., 1798. He then mai-ried Mercy Ann Mynard. Children. 21. Stanton, b. Jan., 1783; m. Widow Adams. 22. Eunice, b. March, 1784; m. Daniel Chapel. 23. Robert, b. March, 1786; m. Sally Stebins. 24. Lucy, b. July, 1788; m. Caleb Comstock. 25. David, b. Jan., 1791; died unm. 26. Moses, b. 21 April, 1794; m. Mahalith Chapel. MOSES (26), b. 21 April, 1794, son of David Dart and Mary Fargo; married 25 ilarch, 1819, Mahalith Chapel, daughter of Comstock Chapel and Hannah Stebbins. He was a fanner; lived on the old New London road leading fi'(_)m Chapel Hill to New London. She died 2 May, 1878. Ho died 30 Dec, 1879. DART FAMILIES. 457 OMldren. 27. Mary, b. 2 April, 1820; m. Jalm Dart. 28. Albert, b. 22 Feb., 1822; m. Mary 29. Elizabeth, b. 28 May, 1824; m. John P. Comstock. 30. Peter A., b. 5 June, 1827; m. Joseph Daniels. 31. Lavina M., b. 9 April, 1830; m. William H. Kogers. 32. Emily, b. 22 July, 1832 ; died 1874, unm. 33. Hannah M., b. 18J)ee., 1834; m. Horace M. Newbury. 34. Henry E., b. 5 May, 1837; m. Emily D. Austin. 35. Eobert C, b. 4 March, 1841; m. Sarah D. (Baker) Hersh. WILLIAMS FAMILIES. There appears to liave been several families bearing tbe name of Williams among the early settlers of New London county, each appearing to be independent and unconnected with the others. To compile a genealogy of these families is a difficult and perplexing task. There are, however, so many people at the present age who are trying to find out their various ancestral lines for the purpose of forming a family tree or chart, or to ascertain whether any one of their ancestors were in the Kevolutionary service, that they may thereby be enabled to join the " Sons of the Kevolution," or " Daughters of the Revolution," that the genealogist is greatly helped by the information gained from these many sources of historical facts gleaned from every form of record to be found by these record searchers. " Thomas Williams," Miss Caulkins says, " appears in the plantation about 16Y0. He lived west of the river at or near Mohegan, and died Sept. 24, 1705, about 61 years of age." The names of his ancestors she does not give, nor has any historian, since her writings, given any clue to his parent- age. His age at death compares very closely to that of Thomas, son of Robert of Roxbury, whose birth is given as about 1644, but who, Farmer says in his " Genealogical History," died without issue. Farmer m-ay have been mis- taken, and Thomias of Roxbury may have followed the tide of immigration into Connecticut and settled in the wilds of Mohegiam, aud reai-ed a faauily unobserved by the -eaidy historian. That Thomas Williams was a cotemporary with Samiiel Rogers is quite evident from tlie fact that Grace, a daughter of Thomas Williams, married Daniel, son of Samuel Rogers, WILLIAMS FAMILIES. 459 while other mem'bers of his family married settlers on Mohe- gan lands. The wife of Thomas Williams was called Johanna ; her maiden name has not been recovered. He died about 1705. His inventory was taken September 4th of same year. After his death his widow m'arried Samuel Rogers, who died 1 Dec, 1713, leaving her again a widow. Children. 2. John, b. about 1672; removed to Stonington. 3. Grace, b. about 1677; m. Daniel Rogers. 4. Thomas, b. about 1679; m. 1st, Saralh Rogers. 5. Jonathan, b. about 1681. 6. WiUiam, b. about 1684. 7. Johaimia, twin to William; m. John Yibber, 9 Aug., 1711. 8. Mercy, b. about 1685; m. John ISToble, 29 April, 1713. 9. Patience, b. about 1687; m. Thomas Grant, 17l2. 10. Saimuel, b. about 1689; m. Bajthsiheiba Caimp, 17 July, 1713. 11. Elizabeth, b. about 1691; m. Samuel Strickland. 12. Ebenezer, b. about 1693; m. Hannah Bacon. II. THOMAS (4), b. about 1679, son of Thomas Wil- liams and Johanna ; married 1st, Sarah Rogere, daughter of Joseph Rogers and Sarah , 9 Aug., 1712. After living together they appear to have separated, and married for his second wife widow Sarah Babcock in 1717, who died in 1725. His first wife died in 1728. After 1730 he sells a large amount of land at Great l^eck, in several par- cels, one parcel of 200 acres for £600, all amounting to about £2,400. He -then removes to the North Parish of New Lon- don, now Montville, where he died in 1763. He may have married a third wife. Child by First Wife. 18. Ruth, b. about 1713; m. Joseph Huntley. 460 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children by Second Wife. 14. Anna, b. about 1718; m. Jethro Smith. 15. Johanna, b. abouit 1720; m. Joshua Bolles. 16. Lucy, b. about 1722; m. Ebenezer Wilhams. 17. Jonathan, b. ; m. Hannah Williams. EBENEZER (12), b. about 1693, son of Thomas Wil- liams and Johanna ; married about 1717 Hannah Bacon. He settled on Moihegan land. His farm adjoined that of Samson Haughton on the west. He, with his wife, were admitted members of the church in North Parish by Eev. James Hillhouse 21 jSTov., 1722. He was chosen an elder in the church in 1751. He died about 1780. Children. 18. HanniaJh, b. 16 May, 1718; m. Jonathan Williams. 19. Sarah, b. 25 Jan., 1720; m. Daniel Rogers. 20. Ebenezer, b. 9 Dec, 1721; m. Lucy Williams. 21. Ezekiel,'b. about 1723; died about one year old. 22. Dorothy, b. 29 Oct., 1725; m. James Baker. 23. William, b. 9 Sept., 1727; m. Anna Buckley. 24. Mary, b. 5 June, 1729; m. 1st, Simeon Pelton; 2d, Enoch Haskin. 25. Johanna, b. 6 June, 1731; m. Andrew Winchester. 26. Jabez, b. 6 Eeb., 1733; an imbecile. 27. Thomas, b. 6 Feb., 1735; m. Jenisha Abel of Norwich. 28. Twin sons, died in infancy. 29. Samuel, b. 5 July, 1738; m. Bolles. 30. Babe, still born. 31. Abigail, b. Sept., 1740; m. Abraham Johnson. 32. Joseph, b. Feb., 1746-7; died about one year old. ROBERT WILLIAMS of Roxbury eame from Norwich in England about 1638, with his wife, Elizabeth Stratton, and is the ancestor of families bearing the name who have been residents of Neiw London county, and of the divines, ci^al- ians, 'and warriors of tins namo who have honored the country of their birth. His first wife died 28 July, 1674. He then married for his second wife Martha Strong, who died 22 Dec, 1704. He died 1 Sept., 1693, aged about 100 years. WILLIAJIS I<'AMILIES. 461 Children. 2. Samuel, b. about 1632; m. Theoda Parke. 3. Isaac, b. 1 Sept., 1638; m. 1st, Martha Parke; 2d, Ju- dith Cooper. 4. St0i>hen, b. about 1640; m. Saraih Wise. 5. Thomas, b. about 1644; may have married Johanna SAMUEL (2), b. labout 1632, eon of Kobert Williams and Elizabeth Straitton; m. Theoda Parke, daug'hter of Dea. William Parke. He was a deacon of Roxbury Church. He died 28 Sept., 1698. His widow married Stephen Peck, and died 26 Aug., 1718. Children. 6. Elizabeth, b. 1 Feb., 1654; died in same year. Y. Samuel, b. 15 April, 1655; m. 1st, Sarah May; 2d, Widow Dorothy (Weld) Denison. 8. Martha, b. 29 April, 1657; died Feb., 1660. 9. Elizabeth, b. 11 Feb., 1659; m. Stephen Paine. 10. Theoda, b. 27 July, 1662; died in 1678. 11. John, b. 10 Dec., 1664; m. Eunice Mather. 12. Ebenezer, b. 6 Dec, 1666; lived at Stonington and Preston. 13. Deborah, b. 20 ISTov., 1668; m. Joseph Warren. She was grandmother of Gen. Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill 17 Jrae, 1775. 14. Martha, b. 19 May, 1671; m. Jonathan Hunt. 15. Abigail, 'b. 12 July, 1674; m. Expeiriien'ce Porter. 16. Park, b. 11 Jan., 1676; m. Priscilla . ISAAC (3), b. 1 Sept., 1638, son of Robert Williams and Elizabeth Stratton; married 1st, Martha Parke; 2d, Ju- dith Cooper. He settled at ISTewton, Mass., a captain. Representative in 1692, 1695, 'and 1697. Children by Martha. 17. Isaac, b. 11 Dec, 1661. 18. Martha, b. 27 Dec., 1663. | 462 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 19. William, b. 2 Feb., 1665. aO. John, b. 31 Aug., 166Y; m. Martha Wheeler. 21. Eleazer, b. 22 Oct., 1669. 22. Thomas, b. 23 Oct., 16Y3. Children by Judith. 23. Peter, b. 31 Aug., 1080. 24. Sarah, b. 2 Oct., 1688. 25. Ephraim, b. 21 Oct., 1691. EBEWEZEE (12), b. 6 Dec, 1666, son of Samuel Wil- liams and Tbeoda Parke; married 24: Jan., 1687, iLarv Wheeler, daughter of Isaac AVheeler of Stonington. Another daug^hter of Isiaac Wheeler married the same day John AVil- liams, son of Isaac. First wife died 3 June, 1708. He mar- ried second, Sarah Hammond, 12 July, 1711, died 5 Sept., 1751. Ebenezer Williams died 13 Feb., 1746-7. Children by Mary. 26. Theoda, b. 29 Oct., 1687; died young. 27. , b. 17 Sept., 1691; died 3 days old. 28. Mary, b. 7 Jan., 1694. 2'J. Samuel, b. 3 Feb., 1696. 30. Theoda, b. 3 Jan., 1701. 31. Selina, b. 18 Dec, 1703. 32. Elizabeth, b. 21 Oct., 1705. 33. Ebenezer, twin to Elizabeth. 34. Martha, b. 3 xYpril, 1708. Children by Sarah. 35. Nathan, b. 24 Julv, 1715. 36. Elisha, b. 12 Jan.,"l7l8-19. STEPHElSr (4), b. about 1640, son (^f Eobert Williams and Elizab(>th Stratton; nmn-ied Sarah AVise. He died 15 Xov., 17(t2. His -widow then married Thomas Atwood 1 June, 1714. wiIjLiams families. 463 Children. 37. Sarah, b. 13 Aug., 1667. 38. Mary, b. 20 Dec, 1669. 39. Elizabeth, b. 1 Oct., 1672. 40. Bethia, b. 26 April, 1676. 41. Stephen, b. 27 Aug., 1678. 42. Robert, b. ; died in infancy. 43. Joseph, b. 24 Feb., 1681. 44. John, b. 16 Jan., 1683. 45. Henr>', b. 9 April, 1686. 46. Grace, b. 2 April, 1688. 47. Colten, b. 9 Nov., 1690. 48. Thomas, b. 27 July, 1694; died young. JOHlSr (20), b. 31 Aug., 1667, son of Isaac Williams and Martha Parke; mai-ried Martha Wheeler 24 Jan., 1687, daughter of Isaac Wheeler. Children. 49. Isaac, b. 10 April, 1689. 50. John, b. 31 Oct., 1692; m. Desire Denison. 51. Martha, b. 3 Aug., 1693. 52. Deborah, b. 2 Apiil, 1695. 53. William, b. 29 March, 1697. 54. JSTathan, b. 11 Dec, 1698. 55. Beneiah, b. 28 Aug., 1703. STEPHEN" (41), b. 27 Aug., 1678, son of Stephen Wil- liams and Sarah Wise; married . Children. 56. Stephen, b. March, 1701; m. Sarah Payne. 57. Samuel, b. 1703. 58. Susanna, b. 1706. 59. Henry, b. 24 Jan., 1707-8; m. M^y Payne. JOHJSr (50), b. 31 Oct., 1692, son of John Williams and Martha Wheeler; married Desire Denison. He died Dec,' 1771. He was called " Col. John Williams." 464 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 60. William, b. about ITO . 61. Thomas, b. 62. John, b. 6;i. Eoibert, b. 64. George, b. about 1724; m. Eunice Avery. 65. Edward, b. 66. Thankful, b. 67. Mercy, b. 68. Deborah, b. HENKY (59), b. 24 Jan., 1707-8, son of Stephen Wil- liams and Sarah Wise; miairried ifar\' Payne, and had a son, Eenj'amin, b. about 1740, who married and ihad sous, Sniitih, b. 17 ISTov., 1766; Abiel, b. 25 Oct., 1768; Ephraim, b. Oct., 1770; Isaac, b. about 1772; Oliver, b. about 1774. GEOEGE (64), b. about 1724, son of John Williams and Martha Wheeler; married Eunice Avery. A farmer; settled in Montville in the part set off to Waterford in 1801. He was a man of considerable notoriety in his day, a true patriot. He died 11 August, 1775, soon after the Declaration of Inde- pendence was signed. His wife survived him and died 24 June, 1812. Children. 69. George, b. about 1751; m. Nancy Hewitt. 70. Solomon, b. 71. Amos, b. 72. Dudley, b. 73. Robert, b. about 1767; died 15 June, 1787. 74. Ebenczer, b. aboiit 1770. 75. Jesse, b. aboiit 1774; died 12 July, 1822. 76. Prudence, b. 77. Eunice, b. 78. Bridget, b. 79. Desire, b. o H O o o WILLIAMS FAMILIES. 465 GEOEGE (69), b. about 1751, son of George Williams and Eunice Avery; manned Nancy Hewitt, b. about 1759, daugbter of Israel Hewitt and Tabatlia AVbeaton. Pie was a fai-mer and large land-bolder; lived at the old bomestead in "Waterford, near tbe line between Montville and Waterford. His mansion bouse stood on the west side of the old ITorwicb and New London turnpike, and is still standing, 1896. A picture of tbe house is to be found in this book. Esquire "Williams was a man of considerable prominence. A justice of tbe peace, and held other important offices. ■ It is held by a tradition in the families of his descendants that Gen. George Washington, at the time of his passing through Norwich and Mohegan on his trip from Boston to New York in the year 1776, stopped at the house of Esquire Williams and rested for a few hours. A chair in which it is said the General sat at that time is now in the possession of the Hewitts, living near the old Williams homestead. Esquire Williaans at on© tiime owned the land now occu- pied by the Unoasville Manufacturing C-oinpany, and also the site where the Wm. G. Johnson Dye Mill now stands. Esq. George Williams died 30 June, 1830. She died 28 Aug., 1844. Children. 80. Nancy, b. about 1780; m. Peris Hewitt. 81. Cyutha, b. 26 Sept., 1782; m. Joseph S. Allyn. 82. Eunice, b. about 1784; m. Palmer Plewitt. 8.'5. Thankful, b. about 1786; m. Moses Benjamiin. They were the parents of the late William P. Benjamin, a merchant of New London. 84. Eanny, b. about 1788; m. Robert Bowser. 85. Chariotite, b. about 1790; m. Edward E. Warren. 86. Diodama, b. about 1792; m. Jeremiah Comstock. 87. Clarissa, b. about 1794; m. B. E. Champlin. 88. George, b. 27 Aug., 1796; died in infancy. 89. Elizabeth, b. about 1798; died young. 30 MAPLES FAMILIES. Stephem Maples was among the earliest settleirs on lands in the xN'orth Parish of XeAv London. He appears first at 'New London in 1Y12, when he, with others, were selected as watchmen, called the " Military Watdh." He, with others, were summoned before the court of commissioners to show the titles to the land they were occupying and improving, upon the complaint of the Indians to the general court in 1Y20. At the meeting of the commissioners, held at the house of Joseph Bradford on the 22d day of Feb., 1720-21, the land titles which had previously been in dispute were confirmed to the occupants, Stephen Maples being one whose land claim was sustained. He resided in the north part of the Parish, near the Norwich line, and where many of his descendants after- wards lived. He married, about lYlS, Patience Fargo, daughter of Moses Fargo. He, with his wife, united with the church at ISTorth Parish on the 24th day of April, 1726. He died Aug. 26, 1755. Children. 2. John, b. 15 Sept., 1719; m. Sarah Baker. 3. Stephen, b. 1 Oct., 1721; m. Eunice Way. He died Sept., 1750, aged 29 years. 4. Sarah, b. 22 April, 1724; died 11 Sept., 1755, unm. 5. Wilhani, b. 15 June, 1727; m. Prudence Comstock. 6. Mary, b. 2 Dec, 1729; died young. IL JOHN (2), b. 15 Sept., 1719, son of Stephen Maples and Patience Fargo; m. 12 May, 1743, Sarah, daughter of Joshua Baker and ilarion Hurlburt. He was a farmer and lived on the homestead in the North Parish, now Montville. He joined the chui-ch during the pastorate of Rev. David MAPLES FAMILIES. 467 Jewett. He died at Montville 2 July, 1Y98. Ske died 29 July, 1Y97. Children. 7. Joilm, b. 5 June, 1744. 8. Stephen, b. 3 Jan., 'l749; m. 1st, Ann Leffingwell; 2d, Lydia Vergason. 9. Susanna, b. 2 Jiam., 1751; m. Reuben Kansom. 10. Joshua, b. June, 1753; m. Harriet Dart. 11. David, b. 3 Feb., 1755. 12. Sarah, b. 19 Dec., 1757; m. Joshua Monroe. 13. Ann, b. 14 May, 1760. 14. Josiah, b. 15 May, 1762. 15. Andrew, b. 23 July, 1764; m. 1st, Eunice Congdon; 2d, Elizabeth Clark. II. WILLIAM (5), b. 15 June, 1727, son of Stephen Maples and Patience Eargo; m. 1st, Piiiidence Comstock; 2d, Joanna Stebbins, b. 29 l^ov., 1749, daughter of Jabez Steb- bins and Sarah Turner. He was a farmer; lived in the house on the north side of the Norwich road, near the bouse built by his son, Abel, now occupied by Dan. D. Home. He died 13 April, 1821. Children by Prudence. 16. William, b. ; m. 17. Prudence, b. ; m. Simeon S. Carew. 18. Jonathan, b. ; m. Desire Chapman. 19. Joseph, b. ; settled in Preston. 20. Stephen, b. ; m. 1st, Amy Smith; 2d, Phebe Smith, sister of Amy. 21. Betsey, b. about 1768; m. John Stanton. Children by Joanna. 22. Lucretia, b. 29 April, 1781; m. Lebbeus Lathrop. 23. Jabez S., b. 7 May, 1783. 24. Abel, b. 30 Jan., 1785; m. Lovina . 25. Mercy, b. 5 March, 1787; m. Ebenezer Lincoln. 26. Eleanor, b. 5 Jan., 1789; m. William L. Moore, 5 Nov., 1814. 468 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. III. STEPHElSr (,s), b. 3 Jan., 1749, son of John Maples and Sarah Eater; m. Bathsheba . She died 5 Feb., 1819, in her 72d year. After her death he married for second wife Lydia Vergason. He died 3 May, 1829. After his death she married Benjamin Babcock. Children by Bathsheba. 27. Stephen, b. about 1775. 28. John, b. about 1778. 29. David, b. 19 April, 1781; m. Louisa Leffingwell. 30. Olive, b. 13 May, 1783; died 8 Sept., 1854, unm. 31. Benjamin, b. 3 May, 1785; m. 32. Asa, b. 4 Aug., 1788; died 27 April, 1848. 33. Sarah, b. ; m. Samuel S. Ford, 13 Jan., 1822. . Child by Lydia. 34. Eliza J., b. ; m. Goff. IIL JOSHUA (10), b. June, 1753, son of John Maples and Sarah Baker ; mamed Harriet Dart of ISToi-wich. He was a farmer and settled in Norwich, where he died. Children. 35. Joshua, b. 6 March, 1783; m. Elizabeth Rogers. 36. Hannah, b. ; m. Isaac Huntington. III. ANDREW (15), b'. 23 July, son of John Maples and Sarah Baker; m. 1st, Eunice Congdon, daughter of John Congdon and Ann Miviek. She died 16 May, 1805. He then married, second wife, Elizabeth Clark of Lyme. He was a farmer. The house stood on the Norwioh road, built by himself on land which formerly belonged to his father, and now occupied by Silas H. Browning. He died 23 Aug., 1S49. His last wife died 6 Feb., 1834. Children by Eunice. ;'.7a. Andrew C, b. aboiit 1791; died 20 Jan., 1812, tmm. 38b. Elisha, b. about 1793. MAPLES FAMILIES. 469 39c. ISTancy, b. 24 April, 1796; m. John B. Kogers. 40d. John C, b. 20 Jan., 1Y99; m. Susan Smith. Children by Elizabeth. 41e. Charles, b. about 1804; m. Tabatha Lamb. 42f. Almira M., b. about 1806; m. Smith. 43g. Eunice, b. about 1808; died 30 Sept., 1834. 44h. Sarah B., b. about 1811; died 12 April, 183Y. 45i. Erances Maria, b. about, 1817; m. Phineas E. Scho- field; died 24 June, 1885; leaving one daughter, Mary. 46j. Caro'liu'e, b. about 1814; died 23 Sept., 18Y3, unm. 47k. Clark L., b. about 1820; died rri. ABEL (24), b. 30 Jan., 1785, son oi William Maples and Joanna Stebbins; m. Lovina . He was a farmer and settled in Montville, and lived in the house built on the homestead farm of his father, now occupied by Dan. D. Home. He died 18 June, 1832. She died 18 Aug., 1860. Children. 37. Sophia, b. ; died at the age of 6 years. 38. Henry E., b. about 1811; died at sea 14 June, 1836. 39. James K, b. about 1813; died 17 May, 1842. 40. Reuben P., b. about ; m. , living in 1896. IV. DAVID (29), b. 19 April, 1781, son of Stephen Maples and Ann Leffingwell; married Betsey Leffingwell, daughter of Samuel Leffingwell. He settled in Worwich, where he died 3 Sept., 1820. She died 10 July, 1858. Children. 41. Lyman, b. about 1810; m. Lucinda Wells. 42. Leonard, b. about 1812; m. Eliza Bams. 43. Tyler, b. about 1815; m. Ehoda Sterling. IV. BENJAMIlSr (31), b. 3 May, 1785, son of Stephen Maples and Ann Lefiingwell; m. Belinda Hamilton, He 470 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. settled in jSTorwich, where lie died 20 Aug., 1849. She died 28 July, 1851. Children. 44. Hiram, b. ; m. 45. Lathrop. b. ; m. Eunice Allen. 46. Burissa, b. about 1813; died 29 Sept., 183:1 47. Betsey, b. ; m. ISTelson Vergason. 48. Henry, b. ; m. Allen. IV. JOSHUA (34), b. 6 March, 1783, son of Joshua Maples and flan^et Dart; married 9 Dec, 1810, Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Eleazer Rogers and Lucy Edgerton, b. 5 May, 1Y88. He settled in Bozrah. Was cajitain of mili- tia, member of the legislature, and held various to'wn offices; a man of sterling integrity and worth. She died at Bozrah 18 Aug., 184Y. BLe died there Children. 49. Thomas, b. 1 April, 1812; died 31 Aug., 1S40, unm. 50. Bfannah, b. 23 Oct., 1813. 51. Elisha, b. 13 Oct., 1815; died 52. Lucy, b. 15 Oct., 181Y; m. George Lathrop. 53. Mary Eitch, b. 22 Aug., 1820; m. George AVoodworth. 54. Charies, b. 2 Nov., 1822; m. Sarah ilaria Post. 55. Joshua, b. Y March, 1826; m. Alice Abel Traev. 56. Eleazer, b. 25 Dec, 1828; died 1 Afarch, 1829. lY. JOHN C. (40d), b. 20 Jan., 1799, son of Andrew Maples and Eunice Gongdon; married Susan Smith, daugh- ter of Benjamin Smith and Susan I^ewis. He was a farmer, lived at Massapeag, where he died 20 Aug., 1884. Children. 5Y. Susan M., b. 3 Jan., 1824; m. Georo-o A. Rogers. 58. Elisha E., b. 14 July, 1827; m. Laura L. Smith. 59. Almira, b. 30 Julv, 183 Y; m. Seth C. Smith. NEWBUKY FAMILIES. Tlie name of ISTewbury first appears in Groton about 1700, since which time many persons bearing the name have ap- peared on the stage of action, and Others of the female line who have intermarried and taken other names are very numerous in Groton and other towns adjacent. The first of the name whose family is found recorded in the Groton records was John ISTewbury, who married Elizabeth Stark about the year 1704. Children. 2. John, b. 16 Aug., lYlO. 3. Sarah, b. 3 June, 1712. 4. Joseph, b. 4 March, 1713. ' 5. ISTathan, b. 3 March, 1716. 6. Elizabeth, b, 4 Feb., 1718. 7. James, b. 23 March, 1720. 8. Trial, b. 25 Feb., 1722; m. Davis. 9. iN'athaniel, b. 10 March, 1724. 10. Hannah, b. 25 March, 1726. II. TKIAL (8), b. 25 Feb., 1722, son of John JSTewbury and Elizabeth Stark; married, about 1745, Davis, probably daughter of Andrew Davis of Groton. Children. 11. Susanna, b. 7 Aug., 1746. 12. Elkanah, b. 15 April, 1748. 13. Elihu, b. 18 April, 1750. 14. Triphena, b. 20 June, 1754. 15. Eliphal, b. 21 July, 1756. 16. Nathan, b. 29 Aug., 1759; m. Welthan (Green) John- son. 17. Davis, b, 4 Oct., 1762; m. Lydia Williams. 472 HISTORY OP MONTVILLB. ISTATTIAiS^ (16), b. 29 Aug., 1Y59, son of Trial ISTew- 1)11 ry and Davis, supposed daughter of Andrew Davis of Groton; married, about 1Y87, AVelthan (Green) Johnson, widow of Robinson Johnson, b. in England, and daughter of C'liristopher Green and ilcrcy Stoddard. He was a black- smith; lived for a time in Groton, and afterwanls in Mont- ville. He died at Montville 1!) Dec, 1S40. She died 11 Aug., 1814. Children. 18. ISTathaniel, b. 10 May, 17^8; m. Fanny Ball. 19. Mercy, b. 20 April, 1790; m. Joseph 'Schofield. 20. ISTathan, b. 6 March, 1792; m. 21. George Johnson, b. 30 Sept., 1794. 22. Elihu, b. 17 Aug., 1796. 23. Eunice, b. 2 Oct., 1798; m. Ezra Dart. 24. Christopher, b. 29 Dec, 1800; m. Desire Northrop. 25. Stephen, b. 6 Oct., 1804; died 25 Feb., 1809. 26. IS^ewman, b. 3 Jan., 1808; m. Lucinda BoUes. DAVIS (17), b. 4 Oct., 1762, son of Trial E"ewbury and Davis; married Lydia AVilliams. He was a resident of Mont^-ille. Several ohildreri died here of a contagious disease. Children. 27. ISTancy, b. 9 Dec, 1785. 28. Betsey, b. 12 Oct., 1787. 29. Elkhanah, b. 13 Oct., 1780. 30. Sally, b. 23 April, 1792. 31. Maria, b. 10 June, 1704. 32. Fanny, b. 7 Aug., 1796. 33. Sabra, b. 15 June, 1799. 34. Eunice, b. 7 March, 1802. 35. William, b. 13 May, 1804. 36. Benjamin F., b. 20 Aug., 1808. CPIRISTOPHER GREEI^ (24), b. 20 Dec, 1800, son of Wa-than Newbury and Welthan (Green) Johnson; married 16 Feb., 1822, Desire Northrop, b. 4 May, 1802, of South NEWBURY FAMILIES. 473 Kingston, R. I. He settled at Groton, Conn. lie lived a few years on a farm near Oliapel Hill, which he sold and returned to Groton, wihere he died 13 June, 1886. She died there 28 July, 1893. Children. 37. Sally, b. 24 Aug., 1825; m. Amasa Rockwell. 38. Christopher G., b. 24 Feb., 1829; m. 1st, Pren- tice; 2d, . 39. Horace M., b. 3 Sept., 1834; m. 1st, Hannah M. Dart, 2d, . 40. Byron, b. 31 Aug., 1842; m. Emeline Chapel. CHAPEL FAMILIES. William Chapel, the ancestor of the Chapels of Mont- ville, first appears an inhabitant of New London about 1653. In 166Y he was associated with William Peake in the pur- chase of various lots on the west side of the to^^ii plot, which they divided betweeca them. A considerable portion of the land purchased by them and which lay on the southeastern slope of what is now called " Prospect Hill," was sold to Ann Latimer, widow of Robert Latimer. The Cedar Grove Cemetery, which was laid out in 1851, was a part of the Latimer purchase. ]\Ir. Chapel's residence was on the Cohanzie road, on what is now called " Cavarly Earm." His mfe's ruame was Christiian . He died in 1689 or 1690. His widow afterwards married Edward Stallion in 1693, by whom she had two children. He was drowned by falling out of his canoe the 14th day of May, 1703, near Groton shore. The descendants of William Chapel were numerous, many of which settled in the North Parish of New London, now Montville, at a place now called " Chapel Hill." Children. 2. Mary, b. 14 Eeb., 1669; m. John Wood. 3. John, b. 28 Eeb., 1672; m. Sarah Lewis. 4. William, b. Sept., 1677; probably died young. 5. Christian, b. Eeb., 1681; m. Samuel Eairbanks. 6. William, b. 1682. 7. Joseph, b. 1685; m. Berthia Dart. II. JOHN (3)^ b. 28 Eeb., 1672, son of William Chapel and Christian ; married 26 Aug., 1698, Sarah Lewis. CHAPEL FAMILIES. 475 CMldren. 8. Patience, b. about 1699, m. Peter Wickwire, 29 Feb., 1720. 9. Ann, b. about 1700, m. Jeremiali Congdon, 16 Dec, 1725. 10. John, b. about 1702 ; m. Hannab Edgecomb, 28 April, 1726. 11. Elizabeth, b. about 1705; m. 1st, Ezeldel Chapman, 23 Nov., 1730; 2d, . 12. Hannah, b. about 1708; m. Daniel Mason, 13 Dec, 1734. 13. Sarah, b. about 1710; m. Samuel Strickland, 25 Eeb., 1742. 14. Richard, b. about 1719; m. Jemima Comstock, 24 Dec, 1741. 15. Ezekiel, b. about 1721; m. 1st, Hannah Atwell, 12 Jan., 1742; 2d, Delight Baker. 16. Amos, b. about 1722 ; m. Phebe Daniels, 20 Dec, 1748. II. JOSEPH (7), b. about 1685, son of William Chapel and Christian ; married Beirtihia Dart. Children. 17. Joseph, b. about 1709; m. 18. Mary, b. ; m. Daniel Comstock. 19. Jonathan, b. ; m. Elizabeth Comstock. 19a. William, b. ; m. Berthia Dart, 14 April, 1732. III. JOHN (10), b. about 1702, son of John Chapel and Sarah Lewis; married 28 April, 1726, Hannah Edge- comb. Children. 20. Sarah, b. 23 Oct., 1726. 21. John, b. 28 'E<0h., 1728; died in Jamaica. 22. Jonathan, b. 30 Aug., 1730; m. Eunice Leach. 23. Joshua, b. 13 Dec, 1733. 24. Hannah, b. 12 March, 1735. 25. Ann, b. 13 Aug., 1738; m. Daniel Chapel. 26. Joseph, b. 9 ISTov., 1740; m. Patience Stebbins, daugh- ter of Jabez Stebbins. 476 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 27. Isaac, b. 17 June, 1743; m. 28. Jesse, b. 3 April, 1746. III. EICHAED (14), b. about 1719, son of Jobn Obapel and Sarab Lewis; married 24 Dec, 1741, Jemima Comstock, daughter of Kingsley Comstock and Racbel Crocker. He joined the church at New London 5 July, 1741. He died 28 Jan., 1798. She died 29 July, 1809, laged 86 years. Children. 29. Martha, bap. 23 Oct., 1743; m. AVilliam Congdon. 30. William, bap. 26 Aug., 1744; m. Eunice Caulkins. 31. Guy, b. about 1746; m. Delig-ht Swaddle. 32. Bethia, bap. 1748; m. Harding. 33. Jemima, b. ; m. William Swaddle. 34. Betsey, b. ; m. Bishop. III. EZEKIEL (15), b. about 1721, son of John Chapel and Sarah Lewis; m. 13 Jan., 1741, Hannah Atwell, daugih- ter of Samuel Atwell and Mary , by whom he had four children. After her death he married, second, Delight Baker, daughter of Joshua Baker. He died about 1800. Children by Hannah. 35. Atwell, b. 18 May, 1741; m. Johanna Hill. 36. Ezekiel, b. about 1744; m. Sarah Gardner. 37. Japhet, b. about 1746; m. 38. Samuel, b. about 1748; m. and had a son, Joshiia B. Children by Delight. 39. Betsey, b. ; m. Samuel Latimer. 40. Theoda, b. ; m. Stephen Smith. 41. Asa, b. ; m. Betsey Chapman. III. JOSEPH (17), b. 1709, son of Joseph (7) ; married Children. 41a. Daniel, b. about ; m. Ann Chapel. 42. William, bap. 22 March, 1730; m. Kebecca . CHAPEL FAMILIES. 477 43. Mary, bap. 1 Dec., 1734. 44. Berthia, bap. 1 Dec, 1734. 45. Jedediab, b. about 1738; m. 1st, Rachel Carrol; 2d, Theoda Swaddle; 3d, Lucy Swaddle. III. JONATHAN (19), b. , son of Joseph Chapel and Bertihia D'ajit; m'aii'ried 25 March, 1742, Eliza- beth Comstock, daughter of Peter Comstock and Martha Avery. He died in 1786. Children. 42a. Peter, b. 26 Feb., 1743; m. Esther Douglass. 43b. Joseph, b. 10 Dec, 1745. 44c. Prudence, b. 3 Dec, 1746; m. Thomas Strickland. 45d. Ebenezer, b. 26 March, 1748; died young. 46. Christian, b. 14 July, 1751; m. Leach. 47. Elizabeth, b. 16 Nov., 1753; m. Jonathan Latimer. 48. Jonathan, b. 29 Jan., 1756. 49. Ebenezer, twin to Jonathan; died 3 June, 1756. 50. Berthia, b. 10 Sept., 1758; m. Douglass. 51. Martha, twin to Berthia; m. Hambleton. 52. Abigail, b. 28 June, 1761; m. Smith. 53. Sarah, b. 27 Sept., 1763; m. Peter Turner, 11 Nov., 1787. 54. Esther, b. 1765; died young. 55. Comstock, b. 9 March, 1768; m. Hannajh Stebbins. IV. JONATHAN (22), b. 30 Aug., 1730, son of John Cliapel and Plannah Edgecomb; married Aug., 1750, Eunice Loach. Children. 56. John, b. 9 Nov., 1750; died young. 57. Grace, b. 28 Sept., 1753. 58. Guy, b. 23 Aug., 1755; died 18 June, 1782. 59. Rhoda, b. 15 Jan., 1758. 60. Lucy, b. 26 Jan., 1760. 61. Temperance, b. 21 April, 1764. 62. Richard, b. 25 Nov., 1766; m. Sarah Brown. 63. Jesse, b. 5 Aug., 1768. 478 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 64. Jolin, b. 1 April, 1772. 65. William, b. 13 Feb., 1775. IV. ISAAC (27), b. 17 June, 1743, son of John Chapel and Hannah Edgecomb; married , had son, Child. 70. Isaac, b. ; m. Elizaibeth King, Nov., 1783. IV. GUY (31), b. about 1746, son of RichErd Chapel and Jemima Comstock; married, about 1780, Delight Swaddle, daughter of Samuel Swaddle and Delight Bliss. He was a fanner and hved in Montville and Waterf ord. Children. 71. Phally, b. 3 Dec, 1781; m. Daniel Hempstead. 9, James, twin to Phally; m. Jemima Cole. 73. Benjamin, b. 74. Philena, b. 8 March, 1784; m. Fitch Miner. 75. Esther, b. 19 Feb., 1786; m. George Church. 76. Emeline, b. 77. Betsey, b. ; m. Joseph Baker. 78. Hannah, b. 79. Elizabeth, b. ; m. ISTathan Chappell. 80. Erastus, b. April, 1792; m. Nancy Rogers. IV. ATAVELL (35), b. 18 May, 1741, son of Ezekiel Chapel and Hannah Atwell; married 17 March, 1768, Jo- hannah Hill, daughter of Jonathan Hill and Charlotte Fox. His house stood at a place called Chapel Corners in Mont- ville, a short distance east from the Oxoboxo Pond. He was a farmer and bad a saw-mill on the site of Hai-ry Vincent's woolen mill. He was justice of thq^peace and held other im- portant offices, and was much respected. He died 9 Jan., 1811. She died 13 Aug., 1809. Children. 81. George, b. 18 Dec, 1768. 82. Chariot, b. 30 Oct., 1770; m. Sally Miner. CHAPEL FAMILIES. 479 83. Elizabetli, b. 12 Marcli, 1772; m. Joshua Baker. 84. Daniel, b. IT Dec, 1YT6; m. Eunice Eicbards. lY. EZEKIEL (36), b. about 1744, son of Ezekiel Cbapel and Hannab Atwell; married, about 1Y70, Sarab Gardner, daugbter of David Gardner and Jemima Gustin. He was a farmer and settled in Waterf ord. She died 4 July, 1825, aged 75 years. He married, for second wife, widow Pennyman of ISTew London, 13 Jan., 1827, wben be was 82 years of age. He died 3 Oct., 1832, aged 87 years. Children. 85. Mima, b. about 1771; m. Joshua Smith of Waterford. 86. Elis, b. about 1774; m. Joel Loomis. 87. Hannah, b. about 1776; m. Willard Wickwire. 88. Abby, b. about 1777; m. Mathew Tjimer. 89. Sally, b. about 1779 ; m. Stephen Chapel. IV. DANIEL (41a), b. , son of Joseph Chapel and ; married Ann Chapel, daughter of John Chapel and Hannah Edgeoomb. Children. 89a. Daniel, b. 14 Jan., 1783; m. Eunice Dart. Had a son, Edwin E., b. 25 June, 1816; m. Eliza Ohappell. He died 21 July, 1887. Daniel, the father, died 13 Nov., 1880. IV. WILLIAM (42), baptized 22 March, 1730, son of Joseph Chapel and ; married Rebecca . Children. 90. William, b. 21 Dec, 1754; m. Eunice Maples. 91. Hansford, b. ; m. Mercy Williams. 92. Ann, b. ; m. 93. Lucy, b. ; m. Titus Beckwith. 94. Hannah, b. ; m. Clement Beckwith, 95. Nancy, b. ; m. Isaac Whipple. 96. Mary, b ; m. John Lyon. 480 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. IV. PETER (42a), b. 26 Feb., 1Y43, son of Jonathan Cliape] and Elizabeth Comstock; married Esther Douglass. Children. 9Y. Mary, b. about 1773; m. Lebbeus Baker. 98. Lydia, b. ; m. Jeremiah Wiclcwire, Jr. 99. Peter, b. 100. Esther, b. 101. Berthia, b. ; m. Samuel Carol. 102. Betsey, b. ; m. Benjamin Johnson. 102a. Grace, b. ; m. Nathan Holmes. JEDEDIAH (45), b. about 1738, son of Joseph Chapel and Berthia Dart; man-ied 1st, Badhel C'aroll; 2d, Theoda Swaddle, 17 Jan., 1765; 3d, Lucy Swaddle, b. 1 Jan., 1733, daughter of Samuel Swaddle and Delight Bliss. He died 18 Aug., 1822, aged 84 years. She died 12 Aug., 1835, aged 102 years, 7 months, 9 days. Children by Theoda. 103. James Carrol, b. 17 April, 1766. 104. Jeremiah, b. about 1768; m. Grace Lvon. 105. Thomas, b. about 1770. 106. Jedediah, b. about 1778; m. Hester Ames. 107. Theoda, b. about 1780; m. Willard Wickwire. Children by Lucy. 108. Lucy, b. about 1782; m. Jeremiah Miller. 109. Samuel, b. about 1784; m. ISTancy Ames. IV. COMSTOCK (55), b. 9 March, 1768, son of Jona- than Chapel and Elizabeth Comstock; married Hannah Steb- bens, daughter of Edward Stebbens and Ann Bishop. Children. 110. Sarah, b. ; m. Abraham Adams. 111. Joshua, b. ; m. Sarah Ann Comstock. 112. Mehaleth, b. ; m. Moses Dart. OHArEL FAMILIES. 481 V. EICIIARD (62), b. 25 Nov., 1Y66, son of Jonathan Chapel and Eunice Leach; married 23 Oct., 1788, Sarah Brown. Children. 113. Sally, b. 29 Sept., 1789. 114. Liicretia, b. 2 May, 1791. 115. Eichard, b. 19 Jan., 1792. 116. Harriet, b. 28 Sept., 1793. TS.:VAG (70), b. ; son of Isaac Chapel and ; married ISTov., 1783, Elizabeth King. Children. 117. Abigail, b. 7 May, 1785. 118. Jonathan, b. 22 Feb., 1787. 119. Isaac, b. 19 March, 1789. 120. George, b. 6 May, 1793. 121. Henry, b. 6 Feb., 1796. 122. ISTancy, b. 16 May, 1798. 123. Elizabeth, b. 18 Oct., 1800. 124. Lydia, b. 10 May, 1804. V. ERASTIJS (80), b. April, 1792, son of Guy Chapel and Delight S'waddle; married Nancy Eogers, daughter of James. Eogers and Elizabeth Howard. She died 11 July, 1832, aged 37 years. He died at Montville at the residence of his daughter, Nancy, 24 June, 1882. Children. 125. Elizabeth, b. ; died young. 126. James, b. ; m. Jerusha Smith, and had a daugh- ter, Lizzie, who married John P. Turner. 127. Henry, b. ; m. Susan Stoddard. 128. Mary, b. ; m. Hiram Smith. 129. Maria, b. ; m. Th^omias Wheeler, son of Ebenezer, 130. Hiram, b, ; m. Susan Maynard, 31 482 HISTORY OP MONTVILLB. i;il. Nancy, b. 4- July, lS32; m. George W. Alexander. Had t.wo sons, (!eorge E., b. 16 Jan., 1859; Edwin (\, b. 13 Feb., ISOS. 132. ]\Iartha, twin to IsTancy; died young. . V. (HARLOT (.S:>), b. 30 Oct., 1770, son of Atwell Chapel and Johanna Hill; married Sally ilincr. Children. • 133. Caleb M., b. 11 Feb., 1787; m. and settled in Michigan in 1832. He died 14 June, 1873. 134. Japhet, b. 9 July, 1794; m. 'Ma.rj Lewis. V. DATs^EL (84), b. 17 Dec, 177(5, son of Atwell Chapel and Johanna Hill; married about 1815, JSTancy Richards, daughter of ISTehemiah. He was a farmer, lived on the Lucretia .Vtwell place on Dolbeare Flill. He died 31 March, 1856. She died 24 Oct., 1848. Children. 135. George, b. about 1818; m. Mercy Davenport. 136. Hannah, b. 25 Dec, 1822; m. Jeremiah A'allet. Y. WILLIAil (90), b. 21 Dec, 1754, son of William Chapel and Rebecca ; married 19 Jime, 1777, Eunice iiaples, b. 29 Sept., 175;i, daughter of . He was a farmer and lived at Chapel Hill. Children. 137. Rebecca, b. IS Feb., 1780; died wnm. 138. Simeon, b. 8 Oct., 1782; m. 139. Goddard Martenas, b. 31 Jan., 17S5; m. Rebecca Wil- liams. 140. Betsey, b. 16 Sept., 17^7; died imm. 141. Sally, b. 8 May, 1790; died unm. 142. Eunice, b. 29 Jnly, 1793; m. Thomas Jones. 143. Jonathan, b. S July, 1796; m. Freelovc Cobb. CHAPEL KAJIILIES. 483 V. EANSFOED (91), b. , son of William Chapel and Eebecca ; married Mercy AVilliams, daughter of Benjamin Williams. He was a farmer and lived at Chapel Hill. Children. 144. Eliza, b. ; m. James Qninley. 145. Ann, b. 6 Marcih, 1804; m. in 1824, Benjamin Thomp- son, b. in 1784. Had children, Harriet, Sarah, Leonard, Fanny, and Susan. 140. Rachel, b. 1806; m. George Holmes. 147. Catherine, b. ; m. Raymond Austin. 148. Lodice, b. 149. Mercy, b. 150. Lydia, b. died young, died young, m. Palmer Douglass. V. JEDEDIAH (106), b. about 1778, son of Jedediah Chapel and Theoda Swaddle; married Hester Ames, daugh- ter of Daniel Ames. He was a farmer and lived in Chester- field Society in Montville. He died 14 Aug., 1846. She died 1 Sept., 1862, age 82. Children. 151. Hubbard L., b. about 1810; ni. Julia Ames. 152. Daniel, b. about 1811; m. IVEary Whipple. 153. James H., b. ; m. Eunice Dunbar. 154. Emeline, b. ; m. Leander Davis. 155. Theoda, b. ; m. Jason Whipple. V. SAMUEL (109), b. about 1784, sou of Jedediah Chapel and Lucy Swaddle; manied ISTanc.y Ames. He was a farmeir and lived in Chesterfield Society. He died 20 June, 1850. She died 17 Feb., 1865, age 78. Children. 156. Emily, b. ; m. Henry Chappell. 157. Mary Ann, b. ; m. Ezra M. Whaley 158. Lucy, b. ; m. George Dart. 159. ISTancy, b. ; m. Levi Keeney, 160. Alfred, b, ; m- 484 UISTOKY OF MONTVILLE. YI. (lEOEGE (135), b. in 1818, son of Daniel Chapel and :s^incy Richards; m. 15 Oct., 1S49, Mercy Davenport, danglitcr of William and Klcanor (ircen. lie was a farmer, and lived on the fann occupied by his father. He died in 1S1)2. She died in ISUl. Children. im. llan-ict L., b. 30 Aug., 1850; m. Giles Gurley. 1(12. William D., b. 1) March, 1855; living in 18'.»6, unm. Ity. ilp died 8 Dec, 1847. She died 12 March, 1856, age 37. Children. 171. Leauder D., b. 20 March, 1S42; m. Svbil Hill. 172. Samuel, b. 17:!. Lvdia, b. 174. Afoses, b. CHAPEL FAMILIES. 485 VI. HUBBARD L. (151), b. about 1810, son of Jede- diah Chape] and Hester Ames; married Julia Ames. He settled in Chesterfield Society, a farmer. He died 7 May, 1878. Children. ; died unm. 175. 176. 177. 17S. 179. 180. Hubbard, b. George H., b. Esther, b. Emeline, b. James H., b. Lucy, b. m. ; m. Jonathan Baker. ; m. Byron Newbury. ; m. Sarah Sweet, m. George Baniield. HATTGHTON FAMILIES. Eieliard Ilaughton first appears at Xew London in July, 1(151, having about that time supposed to have come from Salem, Mass., and located at jN'ew London. He was probably a son of Rev. Henry Haughton, who was an elder of the church in Salem, and died there in 1629. Richard Haughton re- ceived a grant of land from Uncas, the ]\Iohegan Sachem, August 19, 1658. This land was located at Massapeag, and lay on both sides of the cove, afterwards called " Haughtons Cove." A portion of this land was subsequently occupied by his descendants, on which Sampson Haughton built a mansion house, which became noted in after years as " Haugh- ton Tavern." Richard Haughton appears to have been married previous to his removal to Xew London, and his three sons, Robert, Joseph, and John, were children by his first, unknown wife, born previous to 1640. The wife that accompanied him to !N'ew London was Kath- erine, formerly the wife of Xicholas Charlet, whom he had lately married, she ha^dng two daughters by bei- former husband. The children of ]\Ir. Haughton by his last wife were Sampson, James, and three daughtere, Abigail, who married Thom'as Leach; Katherine, married John Butler, and ilercy, married Samuel Bill; Benoni, married Mary Tru- man. Kathcrine, wife of Richard Haughton, died 9 August, 1670. He afterwards married Alice , who survived liini, and became the wife of Daniel Crombe of Westerly, He died at Xew London in 16S2. 11. SAMPSON HAUCtHTOX, son of Richard, was twic'C marrk'd, the nianie of his first mfe has not been re- covered. He married, for his sec(>nd wife, Sarah Pemberton, haughton families. 487 23 July, 1Y19. He settled in tlie JSToTtli Parish of New Lon- don, now Montville, on lanid wliioli h& purchased of Godfrey ilalbone of Newport, being a part of the grant to his fatlier, the same having been previously sold by the heii-s of Richarcl Haughton. On this land he lived until his death, 2(i Feb., 1756. Children by First Wife. 3. Abigail, b. , 1687; m. John Wickwire. 4. Sampson, b. 29 May, 1692; m. Flannah Bailey. 5. Ebenezer, b. 28 July, 1699. 6. Christopher, b. 23 Feb., 1702-3. 7. Mercy, b. 23 July, 1704. 8. Jeruslia, b. 4 Jan., 1706-7. 9. Katherine, b. 19 March, 1711. Children by Sarah. 11. Sarah, b. 19 July, 1721. 12. Lebeus, b. 11 March, 1724; m. SAMPSON (4), b. 29 May, 1692, son of Sampson Haugh- ton and motiher unknown; married Hannah Bailey. He was a resident of the JSTortiL Pari'sih of New London, a farmer. He died 24 Feb., 1761. Children. 13. James, b. 29 April, 1719; m. Deborah Bailey. 14. John, b. 15. Samuel, b. 16. Elizabeth, b. ; m. "William Fish. 17. Lucy, b. ; m. Joseph Otis. 18. Margaret, b. ; m. Miller Fish. 19. Mary, b. ; m. Jonathan Gardner. JAMES (13), b. 29 April, 1719, son of Sampson Haugh- ton and Hannah Bailey; m. 4 Jan., 1748, DcboTaih Bailey, daughter of Obediah Bailey and Elizabeth A\^illiams. He lived on the old Haughton homestead in ]\[ont-\'ille. His wife, Deborah, died 15 Aug., 1767. He then married 28 April, 488 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 17(;S, P'hilena Wliiting, daughter of Col. John. She died 12 April, 1781. He then married, for his third wife, Euth Adgate, widow of Thomas Adgate, and prohably daughter of John Lellingwell and Mary Hart. 20 21 22 23 24 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Children by Deborah. Sarah, b. 14 April, 1750. Lobens, b. 14 Aug., 1752. James, b. 9 April, 1756. (W'orge, b. 7 June, 1758. Elizabeth, b. 12 Feb., 1761. Children l)y Philena. William Whiting, b. 28 Jan., 1760; died 28 Jan., 1774. Charles, b. 6 April, 1770; died 26 Nov., 1773. William AVhiting, b. 12 Jan., 1774; m. Olive Chester, diaries, b. 18 Aug., 1775. Philena, b. 19 Dec, 1776; m. William P. Whaley. WILLIAM WHITING (27), b. 12 Jan., 1774, son of James Haughton and Philena AVhiting; married 23 Nov., 1706, Olive Chester, b. 12 March, 1777, daughter of Dea. Joseph Chester and Elizabeth Otis. He settled at Montville, lived on the old Haughton homestead. He kept a tavern and house of public entertainment. During the War of 1812, while the war-ships were anchored in the Thames River, the officers of the ships would often visit the tavern, and indulged in various social recreations. JMi-. Haughton had a large cihamber fitted up for dancing parties and social entertain- ments. ]\luch of the public business of the town was trans- acted here. The train-band annually met at this place for drill. Children. ;!0. John Whiting, b. 28 Au"-., 1707; m. Clarissa Fitch. 31. Pichard, b. 13 0,4., 1700. 32. Frederick William Augnstiis, b. 28 Jan., 1801. LESTEE FAMILIES. Andrew Lester first appears at Gloucester, Mms., where he was licensed to keep a house of entertainment by the county court 26 Feb., 1648-9. The births of four children are re- corded at Gloucester. He removed to New London in 1651, was constable and collector in 1668. His wife, Barbara, died 2 Feb., 1653-4, and is the first death of a woman on record at New London. His second wife was Joanna, probably daughter of Isaac Willey and widow of Robert Hemstead. She died previous to 1660 without issue. Andrew Lester married, for his third wife, Anna . He died Y June, 1669, and his widow married Isaac Willey. She died in 1692. Children by Barbara. 2. Daniel, b. 15 April, 1642; m., moved to Bolton, Conn. 3. Andrew, b. 20 Dec, 1044; m. Lydia Bailey. 4. Mary, b. 26 Dec, 164Y; m. Samuel Fox. 5. Anna, b. 21 March, 1651; m. Thomas Way. Children by Anna. 6. Timothy, b. 4 July, 1662. 7. Joseph, b. 15 June, 1664. 8. Benjamin, b. about 1666; m. Ann Stedman. II. BENJAMIN (8), b. about 1666, son of Andrew Lester and Anna ; married Ann Stedman, daughter of Thomas Stedman and Hannah Isbell. Lie was an inhabitant of New London, where he died in 1737. She died 27 Jan., 1711, " after living with her husband twenty-two years, and left 'nine sons and two daug'hiterB." Only six children are found recorded in New London. 490 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 9. Timothy, b. 22 June, 1()1»6; m. Abigail Willoughby. 10. John, b. 3 Jan., 1696. 11. Ann, b. 2K Dec, 1098. 12. Benjamin, b. 15 Sept., lYOO. 13. Isaac, b. 17 May, 1702. 14. Jonathan, b. 28 July, 1706. TT]\rOTIIY (9), b. 22 Jime, 1695, son of Benjamin Lester and Ann Stedman; married Abigail AVilloughby, 31 Aug., 1719. The name of three sons only are to be found as the children of Timothy Lester: 15, Timothy; 16, William, and jSTehemiah. He died previous to 1750. III. TIMOTHY, JK. (15), married 13 June, 1751, Mary Jones, daughter of Ephraim Jones of Xew London. She died 15 June, 1755. He married 2d, Zuviah Lester, daughter of Benjamin. Children by Mary. 17. William, b. 16 April, 1752. 18. ilary, b. 20 May, 1755; died 24 Xov., 1755. Children by Zuviah. 19. Levi, b. 10 Aug., 1757; m., name not recovered. 20. Timothy, b. 7 Aug., 1759. 21. Zuviah, twin to Timothy. 22. Mary, b. 3 Sept., 1763. 23. Hannah, b. 28 Dec., 1767; died 7 Nov., 1770. LEVI (19), b. 10 Aug., 1757, son of Timothy Lester and Zuviah Lester; married 1st, . The name of his first wife has not Ivecn recovered. He married for his second wife Eunice Conistock, 8 'Maj, 1825. She was pro- bably a widow. His first wife died in is 2 4 at the old Lester house, and buried in the old Fargo burying^ground; from this fact her maiden name may have been Fargo. ]\[r. Lester Lester families. 491 was, in the early part of his life, eng-aged in the milling busi- ness. In 1785 he bought a gristmill of Thomas Bishop on " Roaring Brook," so called, which emptied into Alewive Brook. This gristmill was run by Mr. Lester for several years; he then sold ou.t, and bought another gristmill at Unoasville. This he sold to Peter and Henry A. Eichards in 1823. He was lame, one leg being muoh s-horter than the other, having been crushed and broken by a mill-stone falling upon him. He lived several years after the accident. He died 2 Feb., 1835. Children. 24. Daniels, b. about 1784; m. Lucretia (Brown) Brown. 25. Benjamin, b. about 1Y86; m. Amy Fargo. 26. Ezekiel, b. 27. Lydia, b. ; m. Jesse Ross. 28. Fanny, b. ; died Sept., 1834. DANIELS (24), b. about 1784, son of Levi Lester and ; married 30 March, 1806, Lucretia Brown, widow of Robert Brown, and daughter of John Brown and Amy . He was a carpenter, wheelwright, and machinist. At one time he carried on the machine busi- ness at Scholfield's mill. About the yeajr 1835 he removed to Uncasville, built a house and shop. He died here 10 Aug., 1856. He was a man of very large proportions, weighing over 250 pounds. Children. 29. Lucretia, b. ; m. Elijah Fargo. 30. Daniel, b. ; m. Hannah H. Beebe. 31. Mary, b. ; m. Charles Comstock, 1st wife. 32. Lydia, b. ; m. Charles Comstock, 2d wife. 33. John, b. ; m. Ursula Hamilton. 34. Eliza, b. ; m. Gurdon W. Hamilton, 1st wife. 35. Fanny, b. ; m. Dudley B. Williams, 1st wife. BElSTJAMIlSr (25), b. about 1786, son of Levi Lester and ; married in 1817, Amy Fargo, daughter of Stanton 492 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Fargo and Fanny Oomstock. He was a blacksmith; lived at the old homestead in Palmertown, formerly the " Elder Reu- ben Palmer House," and sold by Elder Palmer to Levi Lester. After his death his widow removed to the state of JSTew York, where she died. Children. 36. Levi, b. 31 Oct., 1818; m. Electa Church. m. Lyman, b. 38. Louisa, b. 39. Martha, b. 40. Giles, b. 41. Orrin, b. 42. Isaac, b. 43. James, b. 44. Benajah, b. 45. Sarah, b. 46. Emily, b. BAILEY FAMILIES. Thomas Bailey, bo'm about 1616, son of William Bailey and Mary ; came to New London in 1651; married 10 Jan. ,.1655, Lydia, daughter of James Kedfield. The same month a grant was made to him by the townsmen of ISTew Lon- don, " with the advice and consent of Mr. Winthrop," of a lot lying north of Mr. Winthr'op's land upon the east side of the river, upon which he settled. William Bailey came froni England in the brig " Pros- perous " to Virginia in 1620, aged 41 years. Mary, his wife, came in the " George " in 1621, laged Si years, with her son, Thomas, aged 4 years. William Bailey was an owner of land in Virginia in 1626. Nicholas Bailey, a brother, ar- rived in the " Jonathan " in 1620, and Amy, his wife, in the " Marmaduke " in 1621. THOMAS BAILEY died in 1675 at New London, now Groton. His widow afterwards married, in 1676, William Thome of Dorsetshire, England. Children. 2. Mary, b. 14 Feb., 1656; m. Andrew Davis. -,]. Thomas, b. 5 ilarch, 1659. 4. John, b. April, 1661; m. Elizabeth . 5. William, b. 17 April, 1664. 6. James, b. 26 Sept., 1666. 7. Joseph, b. about 1668. 8. Lydia, b. aboiit 1670; m. Andrew Lester, Jr. IL JOHN (4), b. April, 1661, son of Thomas Bailey and Lydia Redfield ; m. Elizabeth . His will was dated 1727; he probably died about that time. 494 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children, i). Elizabeth, b. 10. Experience, b. 11. I-Iannah, ]>. ; m. Sampson Haughton. 13. Dorothy, b. 13. John, b. about 1690; m. Elizabeth Mather. 14. James, b. 15. Deborah, b. 16. Obediah, b. ; m. Elizabeth Williams. 11. Joseph, b. III. JOHX (1.3), b. about 1690, son of John Bailey and Elizabeth ; married Dec, 1713, Elizabeth Mather. Children. 18. Elizabeth, b. about 1715. 19. Priscilla, b. about 1717. 20. John, b. 17 Oct., 1722; m. Anna . III. OBEDIAH (16), b. , son of John Bailey and Elizabeth ; married 10 July, 1718, Elizabeth Williams. Children. 21. Temperance, b. 20 July, 1719. 22. Elizabeth, b. 27 Sept., 1722. 2.3. Deborah, b. 24 Sept., 1724; m. James Hau^hton. 24. Obediah, b. 24 Sept., 1728; m. Asubah Ko^ers. 25. Experience, b. about 1734. 26. Jesse, b. about 1736. 27. Micah, b. about 1739. Rhoda, t-^rin to Micah. 9, IV. OBEDIAI-I (24), b. 24 Sept., 1728, son of Obediah Bailey and Elijcabeth Williams; married 9 Dec, 1747, Asu- l>nh Itoo'ovs, daugrhter of Jonathan Boo-ers and Elizabeth Pemhertoii. He died in 1780. She died at Whitetown, New York. BAILEY FAMILIES. 495 Children. 29. Jabez, b. 3 Sept., 1Y48. 30. Obedia'li, b. 12 Aug., 1Y50; m. Esther Williams. 31. Simeion, b. 17 Jan., 1Y54. 32. Temperance, b. IS Feb., 1Y56. 33. Asubah, b. 1 Feb., 1758. 34. Elizabeth, b. 19 Sept., 1760. 35. Dorothy, b. 1 March, 1763; died Jan., 1796, unm. 36. Micah,'b. 19 June, 1765. 37. Ehoda, b. 23 Jan., 1768. 38. Vine, b. 15 E"ov., 1771. V. OBEDIAH (30), b. 12 Aug., 1750, son of Obediah Bailey and Asubah Rogers; married 24 ISTov., 1774, Esther Williams, b. 16 Jan., 1746. She died 10 Jan., 1833. He died 27 Aug., 1843. Children. 39. Giles, b. 8 Sept., 1775; died 2 Sept., 1798, unm. 40. Amos, b. 26 Jan., 1777; m. Prudie Geer. 41. Eliphalet, b. 3 Aug., 1778; died 7 March, 1782. 42. Frederick, b. 29 Feb., 1780; m. 1st, Mary Withee; 2d, Lucinda Morgan, 4 June, 1829, died 13 Sept., 1851. 43. Esther, b. 13 May, 1782; m. William Latham, died 17 Nov., 1843. 44. Sally, b. 21 Feb., 1784; m. Simeon Morgan, 25 Dec, 'l811, died 28 Jan., 1862. 45. Lodowick, b. 14 Sept., 1785; m. Hannah Avc'ry. ' 46. Mary, b. 25 May, 1788; died 1881, unm. 47. Isaac, b. 23 Oct., 1790; m. Hannah Lester, died 5 July, 1849. 48. Eliphalet, b. 7 March, 1792. Y. SIMEON (31), b. 17 Jan., 1754, son of Obediah Bailey and Asubah Kogere; married 1 March, 1780, Esther Woodmansee, daughter of John, b. 4 May, 1759. He died at Norfolk, Va., 29 Oct., 1800. His widow then married Amos Allyn 10 Feb., 1805, She died 24 April, 1837. 496 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Children. 49. Simeon, b. 17 Scjjt., 1781; m. Marg-aret Allyn. 50. Robinsdii, b. 'i^O Sept., 1784; m. Lnry Johnson. 51. Fanny, ]). 31 Oct., 1791; m. William Chapman. VI. SIMEOlSr (4!>), b. 17 Sept., 1781, san of Simeon Bailey and Esther Woodmansee; married 7 Oct.,' 1803, Mar- i;ai'et Allyn, daughter of Amos Allyn. He died 23 Sept., 1840. She died 12 March, 18G4, age SO. Children. 52. Simeon A., b. 23 Aug., 1807; m. Emeline Latham, 24 April, 1838. 53. Francina, b. 19 Feb., 1812; m. Russel Perkins, 13 Meh., 1828. 54. Pauline, b. 19 Aug., 1814; m. Levi Perkins, IS Apr., 1837. VI. EOBINSOlSr (50), b. 26 Sept., 1784, son of Simeon Bailey and Esther AVoodmansee; married (5 Alareli, ISiHI, Lucy Johnson, b. 13 Jan., 1785, daughter of George A. John- son of Welthea Green. Settled in Groton; a farmer. He died 24 July, 1853. She died 18 July, 1876. Children. 55. Robinson Johnson, b. 19 Dec, 1807; died 30 April, 1834. 56. Lucy Ann, b. 24 May, 1809; m. Dudley Brown. 57. Rosetta Jane, b. 16 Aug., 1811; m. Joseph B. Stone. 58. Henry Egbert, b. 25 July, 1813; m. Hannah T. Stod- dard. 59. George Anson, b. 26 Aug., 1815; m. ]\Iary Ann Stod- dard. 60. Eveline Belmont, b. 16 Apr., 1818; m. Dudley Brand. She was drowned at sea 25 Sept., 1847. 61. Horatio iSTelson, b. 26 March, 1820; died in San Fran- cisco, Gal. 62. Almy Angel Lester, b. 4 Aug., 1822; m. George W. Payne. 63. C^Titha, li. 28 Jan., 1825 ; died 24 Dec, 1826. BAILEY FAMILIES. 497 VII. SIMEON ALLYN (52), b. 23 Aug., 180Y, son of Simeon Bailey and Margaret AUyn; married 24 April, 1838, Emeline Latham. She died . He then married Esther Alexander. Children by Emeline. 64. Latham A., b. 23 Eeb., 1839; died unm. 65. Elizabeth C, b. 11 Mch., 1844. 66. Simeon, b. 4 June, 1848. 67. Mary Emeline, b. 11 Aug., 1852. Child by Esther. 68. Jennie Maria, b. 26 Sept., 1880. VIL HENEY ECBEKT (58), b. 25 July, 1813, son of Robinson Bailey and Lucy Johnson; married Hannah T. Stoddard, 28 Oct., 1838. She died 13 Dec., 1887. They had only one child. 69. William Johnson, b. 25 July, 1843; m. Belle Barton. 33 ADGATE FAMILIES. The name of Adgate is first found at Saybrook, where the following record, with a registry of lands and the name of Thomas Adgate as being present at a town meeting in 1655 are the chief evidences of his appearance there. It is not known where he came from or when he came, nor whether alone or with a wife and children. Thomas Adgate next appears at K^orwich among its first proprietors in 1660. He was a deacon of Mr. Fitch's church, but at what period chosen the records do not show. He ap- pears to have been twice married. The death of the first wife and his marriage with the second are not recorded. His second wife was Maiy, daug'hter of Mathew Marvin, and widow of Richard Bushnell. His will, dated ^Lax 22, 1704, commences, " I, Thomas Adgate, being in the 84th year of my age." He died July 21, 1707. His wife, Mary, died March 29, 1713. Children by Probable First Wife. 2. Elizabeth, b. 10 Oct., 1651; m. Eichard Bushnell, Jr. 3. Hannah, b. 6 Oct., 1653; m. Samuel Lathrop. Children by Mary. 4. Abigail, b. Aug., 1661; m. Daniel Tracy, 19 Sept., 1682. 5. Sarah, b. Jan., 1663-4; m. Christopher Huntington, 26 May, 1681. 6. Eebecca, b. June, 1666; m. Joseph Huntington, 28 Nov., 1687. 7. Thomas, b. Mch., 1669-70; m. Euth Brewster. ADGATE FAMIIjIES. 499 II. THOMAS (Y), b. Maroh, 1669, son of Thomas Ad- gate and Mary (Marvin) Busiinell; married 15 June, 1692, Rutli Brewster, daughter of Benjamin Brewster and Anna Dart of Norwich. She died 22 Aug., 1734. He then mar- ried for second wife Elizabeth Starr, 20 Sept., 1749. Children by Kuith. 8. Euth, b. 27 March, 1693; m. Thomas Avery. 9. Mary, b. 27 Aug., 1694. 10. Kebecca, b. 10 March, 1696-7. 11. Hannah, b. 10 Aug., 1699. 12. Thomas, b. 9 Feb., 1702-3; m. Euth Leffingwell. 13. Mathew, b. 21 July, 1706; m. Hannah Hyde. 14. Martha, b. 9 Oct., 1710. 15. Lucy, b. 13 Oct., 1714; died 9 Jan., 1717-18. III. THOMAS (12), b. 9 Feb., 1702-3, son of Thomas Adgate and Euth Brewster; married Euth LefEngwell, 25 June, 1753. He died previous to 1782, and his widow mar- ried 6 June, 1782, James Haughton. Children. 16. Thomas, b. 20 March, 1755. 17. Philip, b. 30 Dec, 1757. 18. John Hart, b. 30 Sept., 1759; m. Sarah Fitch. 19. Anna, b. about 1762; died about 1800, unm. 20. Asahel, b. 21 Sept., 1767; m. Sarah Avery. JOHN" HAET (18), b. 30 Sept., 1759, son of Thomas Adgate and Euth Leffingwell; married 10 Oct., 1782, Sarah Fitch, daughter of Squire Joseph Fitch and Sarah Gardner. He settled at Montville near the Mohegan reservation, his land adjoining the " Fort Hill Farm " on the east, and that of Esquire Joseph Fitch on the south. He died 23 April, 1809. Children. 21. Sarah, b. 17 June, 1784. 22. Belinda, b. 13 March, 1786. 500 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 23. Caroline, b. 11 April, 1788. 24. Jolrn Hart, Jr., b. 1 Dec, 1790. 25. Anna, b. ^ March, 1793. 26. James Fitoh, b. 29 June, 1795. ASAHEL (20), b. 21 Sept., 1767, son of Tbomas Ad- gate and Rutb Leffingwell; married Sarab Avery, b. 26 Sept., 1769, daughter of Thomas Avery and Eutih. He settled at Montville, and died 5 Sept., 1851. She died 28 July, 1821. Children. 27. Thomas Avery, b. 24 Jan., 1791; m. Lois Perkins 11 March, 1835. He died 8 Mardh, 1875. She was living at Gales Ferry in 1890. 28. Mary Hart, b. 31 May, 1794; m. Jedediah Willet. 29. Anna, b. 22 Got., 1796. 30. Euth L., b. 15 June, 1798. 31. Sarah M., twin to Euth L. ; m. Marvin Baker. 32. Caroline L., b. 25 June, 1810; m. George Bradford. WHALEY FAMILIES. Alexander Wlialey and James Wlialey were brothers and first appear in the North Parish of ISTew London in the early part of the ISth century. Alexander was a blacksmith, owned a small farm located a little east of the Congregational church, and was conveyed by deed of gift to his son, Jonathan, in 1796. This place was afterwards occupied by Capt. John Eussel Oomstock, who married a daughter of Jonathan Whaley. Alexander Whaley was married to Elizabeth Shaw in 1737. He was bom 25 Dec, 1713, and died 25 Dec, 1799. Children. 2. Margaret, b. 5 Eeb., 1739; died 16 May, 1816. 3. Mary, b. 1744; m. Rollins, and died 20 Dec, 1798. 4. Alexander, b. ; moved to the state of New York. 5. David, b. 4 April, 1749; m. Ann L. Leffingwell. 6. Elizabeth, b. 23 May, 1751; m. Hezeldah Matteson. 7. Samuel, b. 2 Jan., 1754; m. Olive Darrow. 8. Jonathan, b. 26 March, 1759; m. Mercy Chester. 9. Sarah, b. 30 Jan., 1763; m. Ebenezer Beebe. DAYID (5), b. 4 April, 1749, son of Alexander Whaley and Elizabeth Shaw; married Ann Lathrop Leffingwell, daughter of Caleb Leffingwell. He was a farmer and settled in Montville, Leffingwell Society, where he owned the farm aftei-wards occupied by Eliphalet Parker. He died 26 Aug., 1831. He had son, Levi, b. 1788; married in 1810, Lorinda Gardner, b. 15 June, 1790, daughter of Lemuel Gardner and Jemima Lathrop, and had children, 1st, Levi Gardner, b. 30 May, 1811; married Wealthea Davis; 2d, Charles Lathrop, b. 29 Jan., 1813; married Emma Smith; 3d, David Chaimcey, 502 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. b. 28 March, 1815; married Frances Gardner; 4tli, Theodore Dwight, b. 4 Feb., 1817; married Jane Maynard; 5th, Mary Anna, b. 22 Aug., 1818; married Henry Fanning; Qth., Jane Maria, b. 17 Dec, 1819; married Jacob Johns. II. SAMUEL (7), b. 2 Jan., 1754, son of Alexander Whaley and Elizabeth Shaw; married Olive Darrow, daugh- ter of Christopher Darrow and . His child- ren were all bom in Montville. He was a farmer and lived on the farm afterwards occupied by Hazzard Browning, lo- cated on the old Colchester road, and was adjoined on the east by the farm of Dr. Ephraim Fellows. He removed to the state of !N"ew York, where he died in 1813. Children. 10. Alexander, b. 1780. 11. Jonathan, b. 1783. 12. Martha, b. 1785. 13. Joshua, b. 1787. 14. Samuel Palmer, b. 1789. 15. Olive, b. 1791. 16. Christopher, b. 1796. 17. Betsey, b. 1799. 18. Justin, b. 1801. II. JOlSTATHAlSr (8), b. 26 March, 1759, son of Alex- ander Whaley and Elizabeth Shaw; married 17 Oct., 1784, Mercy Chester, daughter of Joseph Chester and Elizabeth Otis. He was a blacksmith and lived on the place conveyed to him by his father. He died there 4 Sept., 1804. His wife then married Elisha Lord of Pomfret, Conn., and died 1 Sept.. 1855. Children. 19. Betsey, b. 10 April, 1785; died 13 May, 1787. 20. Wilham P., b. 27 iS'ov., 1786; m. Philena Haughton. 21. John C, b. 3 Sept., 1789. 22. Sarah C, b. 23 Oct., 1791; m. Capt. John K. Oomstock. WHALEY FAMILIES. 503 23. Betsey, b. 10 March, 1Y94; died 21 June, 1796. 24. Alfred, b. 15 April, 1Y97; m. Esther Palmer. He died Oct., 183Y, and she then married Chester. III. WILLIAM P. (20), b. 27 Niov., 1786, son of Jona- than Whaley and Mercy Chester; married 29 Sept., 1811, Philena Haughton, daughter of James Haughton and Philena Whiting, daughter of Ool. John Whiting. He was a black- smith and settled in Montville. He died 22 Feb., 1851. She died 22 May, 1851. Children. 25. Elizabeth Shaw, b. 4 Eeb., 1813; m. Elijah Strong, 22 Nov., 1843. She died 22 Nov., 1870. 26. Joseph WiUiam, b. 19 April, 1815; m. Eliza Williams. 27. James Wm. Haughton, b. 25 April, 1818; died in Cali- fornia, unm. 28. Ellen Lord, b. 10 Feb., 1820; m. Alexander Elliott. 29. Marj^ Philena, b. 7 Sept., 1824; m. Turner Stebbeiis D arrow. JAMES WHALEY, the brother of Alexander, came to ISTew London, North Parish, probably about the same time as his brother. He married Goff, probably daughter of William Goff. Children. 30. Alexander, b. 31. Thom^as, b. 32. Jonathan, b. 33. Humphrey, b. 34. James, b. 26 Jan., 1775; m. Waitstill Moore. JAMES (34), b. 26 Jan., 1775, son of James Whaley and Goff; married Waitstill Moore of Lyme in 1799. He was a farmer and resided in Chesterfield, where he died. Children. 35. Jonathan, b. 5 Feb., 1801; m. Mary Lester. 36. Ezra Moore, b. 18 Feb., 1808; m.' 1st, Mary Ann De Wolf; 2d, Mary Ann Chapel. 504 HISTORY OF MONTVILLR 37. James, b. 12 June, 1811; m. Phebe Harding. 38. Henry, b. 12 Sept., 1813; m. Mary Brockway. 39. William, b. 30 Jan., 1815; m. Laura Turner, 18 March, 1843. 40. Harris, b. 26 ISTov., 1816; m. Jane Burton, March, 1845. 41. Waitetill Ingals, b. 25 April, 1821; m. William H, Wheeler, 18 Jan., 1846. She was living at New Haven with her son in 1896. CHURCH FAMILIES. Tlie first of the name who appears to have become a settler in the ISTorth Parish of New London, now Montville, was Jonathan Church. Previous to his coming here he was a resident of Colchester. The first notice of him was his marriage to Abigail Pair- banks, daughter of Samuel Pairbanks and Christian Chapel, 24 Feb., 1724, by Rev. James Llillhouse. It appears that soon after this union Mr. Church purchased a farm in the vicinity of TJncasville, at a place afterwards called " Pennytown." He must have been a man of some note and respectability, as some of his descendants became noted men in jurisprudence. It is said that the late Sanford Church, chief justice in the state of ISTew York, was a de- scendant. Jonathan Church was probably a descendant from Richard, one of the first settlers of Diixbury, Mass., and father of the " great warrior against the Indians," Benjamin Churdh. Richard Church had another son, Joseph, b. in 1638, and died at Little Compton, R. I., 21 March, 1711. This Joseph was probably the great-grandfather of Jonathan. The wife of Jonathan Church was a woman of considerable ability and moral character. Her mother was a member of the Hillhouse church. It is not certainly known how many children they had, only Jonathan, Pairbanks, Joseph, and Peleg have been re- covered. The records concerning this family are sadly de- ficient. It is only from the land records, inscriptions on gravestones, and tradition that the information secured has been obtained, consequently many of the dates are approxi- mate. 606 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 2. Jonathan, b. about 1726; m. Mary Angell, 2d wife. 3. Fairbanks, b. about 1728. 4. Joseph, b. about 1730; m. 5. Peleg, b. about 1738; m. Elizabeth Congdon. II. JOISTATHAX (2), b. about 1726, son of Jonathan Church and Abigail Fairbanks; married 13 Feb., 1762, Mary Angell. He settled in Montville and lived on the homestead of his father. He died previous to 1800. His widov? and her children sold out all their interest in the farm to Levi Lester in 1801, and removed to the state of New York. He appears to have been previously married 'and his daugihter. Amy, sons Eoswell and James, were children by a former wife. Children. 6. Jonathan, b. ; m. 7. James, b. 8. David, b. 9. Abel, b. 10. Roswell, b. 11. Joshua, b. 12. William, b. 13. Amy, b. 1 April, 1754; m. James Comstock. 14. Lydia, b. II. JOSEPH (4), b. about 1730, son of Jonathan Church and Abigail Fairbanks ; married (the name of his wife is not to be found). He owned a piece of land in the vicinity of Uncasville, one acre of which, with a mansion house thereon, he sold to Peleg Church 4 Jan., 1764. The old house is now owned liy John B. Lathrop. He probably had other children than the two named. Children. 15. Joseph, b. about 1755; m. Priscilla Monroe. 16. Amos, b. about 1765; m. Lydia Utley. CHURCH FAMILIES. 507 II. PELEG (5), b. about 1738, son of Jonathan Oliui-cli and Abigail Fairbanks; married Elizabeth Congdon, daugh- ter of Jeremiah Congdon and Ann Chapel. He was a black- smith, and first started a shop on the land he bought of Joseph Church in 1764. /He afterwards moved on to the Eort Hill Earm at Mohegan, where he is said to have lived thirty years. He owned in 1788, as is shown by the tax-list, thirty-five head of cattle, five horses, and one hundred and fifty sheep. He died previous to 1805. Children. 17. Elizabeth, b. 18. Peleg, b. about 1766 ; m. Mary Leach. 19. Sanford, b. about 1768; m. Sarah Monroe. 20. John, b. about 1770; m. Sarah Leach. III. JOSEPH (15), b. about 1755, son of Joseph Church and ■ ; married Priscilla Monroe. He lived at Mohegan, near the farm occupied by Samuel Atwell. He died 3 Dec, 1842. She died 22 March, 1849, age 84. Children. 21. Joseph, b. 28 Oct., 1781; m. Mary Comstock. He was drowned near Gales Eerry. Having crossed the river with Mr. Daniel Comstock to get a scythe, on returning fell overboard. 22. Hezekiah, b. about 1783; m. Nancy Fitch, and had Abby, Joseph, Almira, Angeline, Albert, and Lucy, b. Aug., 1830, died young. 23. Abby, b. about 1786; m. William Kay, 2d wife. 24. Pardy, b. about 1789; died unm. 25. Daniel, b. 17 Nov., 1791; m. Ann Hurlbut, and had daugihter, Caroline, b. June, 1815; m. Henry E. Church, son of Erastus, had one son, Albert F., b. 25 Dec, 1841; m. Abby Jane Havens, daughter of Charles Havens. 26. Samuel, twin to Daniel; m. Dorcas Hazzard. 27. Susan, twin to Daniel and Samuel, died from eating poisonous roots. 508 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. III. AMOS (16), b. about 1765, son of Joseph Oliurcli and ; married Lydia Utley. He was a farmer, lived near tbe river below Comstock's "WTiarf. He died 24 May, 1846, age 81. She died 7 Jirne, 1851, age 83. Children. 28. Pruanna, b. 11 Dec, 1Y88; m. Elisha Comstock. 29. Prentice, b. 9 Jan., 1790; m. Prudence Pargo. 30. Simeon, b. about 1792; m. Almira Pargo. 31. George, b. about 1794; m. Hester Chapel. 32. Tracy, b. about 1797; m. Hannah Clark. 33. Seth G., b. , 1803; m. Lucy Whiting Brown. III. PELEG, JK. (18), b. about 1766, son of Peleg Church and Elizabeth Congdon; married ]\Iary Leaoh, daugh- ter of John Leach and Mary . A farmer, lived at Mohegan. The record of neither husband's nor wife's death can be found. Children. 34. Erastus, b. 6 April, 1792; m. 1st, Xancy Pord; 2d, Pitcha (Comstock) Church. 35. Peleg, b. about 1793; m. Jane Han-ington, had child- ren, Jeremiah, Austin, and Lydia; m. 1st, William Dodge; 2d, Alpheus Mosier. 36. Henry, b. about 1795; m. Parthena Bradford. 37. Nancy, b. about 1796; m. Ebenezer Story. 38. Maria, b. about 1798; m. Joshua Rogers. 39. James B., b. ; m. Julia O'Brien. 40. Lydia, b. ; m. Joseph Fuller, 1830. 41. Eliza, b. 2 April, 1800; m. John Manwaring. 42. Harriet, b. ; m. Samuel H. Atwell. 43. William L., b. ; m. Harriet Lticas. 44. Abby, b. ; m. George P. Dolbeare. in. SANFORD (19), b. about 1768, son of Peleg Church and Elizabeth C'ongdon; mamed Sarah ifonroe, sister to Priscilla, who msirried Joseph Church. It is said they were cousins to the president, James Monroe. He was a farmer, lived at Mohegan. CHURCH FAMILIES. 509 Children. 45. Jeremiah, b. ; died unm. 46. Joshua C, b. ; m. Cooper. 47. Eichard, b. 23 May, 1812; m. 1st, Parthena Angusta Champlin; 2d, ISTancy Story. III. JOHN (20), b. about 17T0, son of Peleg Church and Elizabeth Congdon ; married Sarah Leaoh, sister to Peleg's wife. He was a farmer, lived at Mohegan. He died in 1854. She died 16 Got., 1870, aged 94. Children. 48. John, b. ; died unm. 49. Sarah, b. about ; died in 1894. 50. Jane, b. about 1810; died 15 Peb., 1881, unm. 61. George, b. ; m. Maria Pargo. 52. Julia, b. ; died unm. SAMUEL (26), b. 17 E"ov., 1791, son of Joseph Church and Priscilla Monroe; married Dorcas Hazzard. He was a farmer, lived . He died 18 Jan., 1856. Child ren. 53. Eunice, b. 54. Amanda, b. 55. Clarissa, b. 56. Harriet, b. 57. 58. Joseph, b. Melissa, b. 59. 60. 61. Henry, b. Bryon, b. Ann, Id. m. John Strange. ; m. Josephus Brown, 2d wife. IV. PKEISTTICE (29), b. 9 Jan., 1790, son of Amos Church and Lydia Utley; married Prudence Pargo, daughter of Stanton Pargo and Panny Comstock. He was a farmer, lived in the vicinity of TJncasville. He died 12 Nov., 1849. 510 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 62. Isaac, b. ; m. Mary Ann Perkins. 63. Lydia, b. ; m. Archabal Marcli. 64. Elisha P., b. May, 1818; m. Mary Kogers, and bad l&t, Ellen, m. Lewis Perkins; 2d, Susan, m. Walter Armstrong; 3d, Adeline, m. Edwin Thomas; 4th, Kate, m. Austin Perkins; 5th, Georgeanna, m. Charles Fitch. 65. Simeon, b. ; m. 1st, Jane Lamb; 2d, Eliza O'Brien. 66. Pruanna, b. ; m. William Jerome. 6Y. William, b. ; m. Hannah O'Brien. 68. Adelade, b. ; died young. IV. GEOEGE (31), b. about 1794, son of Amos, Church and Lydia Utley; married Hester Chapel, daug'hter of Guy Chapel and Delight Swaddle. He settled at Waterford (Quaker Hill). A farmer and fisherman. He died 27 March, 1871. Children. 69. John, b. April, 1816; m. Desire Chapman. 70. James, b. Feb., 1817; unm. 71. Mary Ann, b. April, 1818; m. Samuel Williams. 72. Eichard, b. Feb., 1820; m. Cordelia Chapel. 73. Louisa, b. Nov., 1824. 74. Elizabeth, b. twin to Louisa; m. John Jackson. 75. Hannah, b. Feb., 1826; m. Emanuel Enos. 76. Lucy, b. Oct., 18S7; died young. 77. Wm. Winthrop, b. June, 1828; m. Sophia Chapman. 78. Benjamin, b. Feb., 1832. 79. Emeline, b. Feb., 1836; m. James Beebe. IV. TEACY (32), b. about 1797, son of Amos Church and Lydia Utley; married Hannah Clark. He settled in Montville, near Uncasyille, a farmer. Children. 80. Heniy, b. 81. Amos, b. ; m. Mary Ohappell. ' CHURCH FAMILIES. 511 IV. SETH G. (33), b. about 1803, son of Amos Ohuroh and Lydia Utley; married, (1 Jan., 1823, Lucy Waiting Brown, daughter of Robert Brown and Lucretia Brown. This Lucretia Brown was a sister of John Brown, who mar- ried Lucretia Fargo. Mr. Ohurch was a farmer, lived near Uncasville. He died 23 July, 1838. His widow then mar- ried Dudley B. Williams. She was living with her daugh- ter, Mrs. G-eorge W. Avery, in 1896. Children. 82. Lym'an, b. 20 March, 1823; m. Mary Peckham. 83. Norman Brown, b. 3 Aug., 1826; m. Mary Ames. 84. Edwin W., b. 11 E"ov., 182Y; m. Sarah Rogers. 85. Harriet A., b. 3 March, 1829 ; m. 1st, Gurdon H. Hom- iston, 2d wife; 2d, George W. Avery. 86. Huldah M., b. 16 Sept., 1836; m. Charles E. Rogers. IV. ERASTUS (34), b. 6 April, 1Y92; son of Peleg Church and Mary Leach; married 1st, I^ancy Eord, daughter of John Eord. He was a farmer, lived at Uncasville. After the death of his first wife he married Fiteha (Co-mstock) Ohurch, b. about 1790, widow of George W. Church, and daughter of Ebenezer Comstock. She died 27 Dec, 1860. He died 9 June, 1880. Children by Nancy. 87. Mary, b. 2 Nov., 1812; m. Carpenter. 88. Henry F., b. 6 June, 1814; m. Caroline Ohuroh. 89. Elisha R., b. 2 April, 1816; m. 1st, Augusta O'Brien; 2d, Melissa Williams. 90. Almira, b. 23 April, 1821; died 24 Sept., 1822. 91. Emeline, b. 20 Sept., 1822; m. 1st, George Cranston; 2d, White. 92. Louisa, b. 16 Jan., 1824; m. Nathan 0. Chappell. 93. Nancy, b. 20 Dec, 1826; m. Thomas Nye. 512 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children by Fitcha. 94. Erastus, b. April, 1834; m. Hellen Sawyer. 95. Charles E., b. 14 Feb., 1837; m. Isabell U. Beebe. 96. Nicholas W., b. 24 May, 1839; m. 1st, Ellen Cong- don; 2d, Juliet Maynard. Had children, 1st, ISTel- S'ooi, 2d, Clarence, 8d, Julian, 4th, Fanny, 5th, Abby. Children of Fitcha by Firet Husband, George "W". Church. 97. Mary Ann, b. 21 Dec, 1815; m. Potter. 98. James L., b. 1 Jan., 1819; m. Anstris Sweet. 99. George W., b. 100. Electa, b. 20 Aug., 1821; m. 1st, John Chapman; 2d, Levi Lester. 101. Dudley, b. ; died young. ly. HAEEY (36), b. about 1795, son of Peleg Church and Mary Leach; married, Jan., 1816, Parthena Bradford, daughter of William Bradford and Parthena Bradford. He was a farmer, lived at ilohegan. Children. 102. Perez, b. ; m. Jane Parke. 103. Frank, b. ; m. Sally O'Brien. 104. Betsa, b. ; m. Eleazer Waterman. V. NORMAN BROWN (83), b. 8 Aug., 1826, son of Seth G. Church and Lucy W. Brown; married Mary Ames. He was a very active citizen of the town, holding important town offices. Was selectman, justice of the peace, a repre- seu'tative to the stajte legislature in 1859.. He was president of the Rockland Paper Company, and manager of the busi- ness from 1868 to his death, Nov. 1, 1873. He kept a number of horse teams, and did the teaming for mills in Palmertown and Uncasville. ' tie was an active business man, respected and honored by his townsmen. His widow, after his death, married Captain Benjamin Rogers. She was living in 1896, a second widow. CHURCH FAMILIES. Cbildren. 105. Alice, b. ; m. Jobn B. Latbrop, 1st wife. 106. Eva, b. ; m. Maurice Brown. lOY. Ida, b. ; m. Frank Ladd. 108. Addie, b. ; m. John B. Latbrop, 3d wife, 109. Grace, b. 513 33 ALLYN FAMILIES. Eobert AUyn, the ancestor of a large and noted family, was of Salem, Mass., in 1637; was there enrolled as a member of the church 15 May, 1(542. It is not certainly known when he emigrated to this country or in what part of the old country he came from. He removed from Salem, Mass., to New London in 1651, and obtained a grant of a large tract of land on the east side of the Thames Eiver, at a place still known as " Allyn's Point," in the town of Ledyard. At the time of his settling here it was a part of New London. He was one of the com- pany who first purchased the to'wn of ISToi-wich, and resided for several years in the western jDart of the town plot. In 1681 he styles himself of " ISTew ISTorridge," and held the office of constable in 1669. In a deed of 1681 he, however, uses this formula: " I, Eobert Allyn of ISTow London." In those early settlements it was sometimes difScult to locate the posscssi(ins of land, the boundaries of the towns often changed, and sometimes one boundary would overlap another of an adjoining settlement, the same being the case of land purchases. Lines between towns had not been clearly defined at first, and only became established as the ]iopulation increased and necessity de- manded it. Eobert Allyn at this late date bad relinquished his home in ISTorwich to his son John, and had removed back to his farm on the river. He died here in 1683, aged about 75 years. The heirs of his estate were his son John and four daugh- ters: Sarah, who mamcd George Geer; Mary, who mar- ried Thomas Park; Hannah, who married Thomas Eose; and Deborala, who afterwards married John Gager, Jr. A.LLYN FAMILIES. 515 IT. JOl-m ALLYIvr, soil of Robert Allyn, b. about 1640; married 24 Dec, 1668, Elizabetb Gager, daughter of John Gager of " ISTew Norridge." In 1691 he exchanged his home- stead and other privileges in Norwich with John Abel and Simeon Huntington for land west of the river, and trans- ferred his residence to the former residence of his father at Allyn's Point. This brought him vs^ithin the bounds of 'New London, and his name appears in 1704 as one of the patentees of that town. He died in 1709, leaving an estate of £1,2Y8, to be divided between his only son, Robert, and only daugh- ter, Elizaheth, the wiie of Thomas Waterman. His inven- tory named three farms and a trading establishment on the Thames River. Among his household effects was a silver tankard, cup, and tumbler, a silver whistle, a gold ring, a wrought cushion, and a lignumvitae mortar and pestle. III. ROBERT, son of John Allyn and Elizabeth Gager, married 26 Jan., 1691, Deborah Avery. Children. 2. Elizabeth, b. 25 Jime, 1692. 3. John, b. 10 Jan., 1695. 4. Robert, b. 25 June, 1697. 5. James, b. 29 Eeb., 1699; m. Althea Avery. 6. Ebenezer, twin to James. 7. Christopher, b. 12 April, 1702; died young. 8. Samuel, b. 26 May, 1704. 9. Christopher, b. 21- July, 1706. 10. Lucy, b. 8 Oct., 1708. 11. JSTatha, b. 9 July, 1715. IV. JAMES (5), b. 29 Feb., 1699, son of Robert Allyn and Deborah Avery; married Althea Avery, b. in 1704. They both died in 1776. Children. 12. James, b. 27 July, 1739; m. Anna Stanton. 13. Ephraim, b. 27 July, 1739; m. Temperance Morgan, 15 Nov., 1770. She died 3 Oct., 1798, He then 516 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. married 7 Dec, 1800, Kebecca (Morgan) Gallup. 14. Lvdia, b. ; iii. Geer. 15. Alrhoa, b. about IT.'JO; m. Capt. Oliver Spicer. 16. Jerusha, b. 17. Elizabeth, b. 1742; m. Isaac Morgan. 18. Sarah, b. 1742; m. Abel Spicer. 19. David, b. . He was a soldier in the Eevolution- ary War. JAMES (12), b. 27 July, 1739, son of James Allyn and Althea Av(>ry; married 15 Dec, 1768, Anna Stanton, b. 22 Jan., 1747. She died 14 April, 1814. Children. 20. James, b. 22 Oct., 1769. 21. Anma, b. 9 Nov., 1771. 22. Joseph, b. 22 Jan., 1774. 23. Althea, b. 6 Aug., 1776. 24. Jabez, b. 12 Jan., 1779. 25. Charles, b. 28 Sept., 1781; m. Lois Gallup, 26. Martha, b. 17 April, 1784. 27. Eoswell, b. 11 July, 1789. CHARLES (25), b. 28 Sqit., 1781, son of James Allyn and Anna Stanton; married 9 Feb., 1814, Lois Gallup, b. 17 April, 1791, daughter of of Groton. He was a farmer, came from Groton and purchased the fann fonnerly owned by Burrel Thompson on Kaymond Hill, Montville. He purchased this farm aboiit and moved on to it. He afterwai'ds purchased the Christopher Raymond farm, adjoining his farm on the east, both famas containing about 300 acres. ]\Ir. Allyn and his wife unitetl with the Congregntiouiil Church 6 March, 1842. He was honored by his townsmen by being elected to many public offices, a man of sound judgment and strict integrity. He died at Montville 13 ::\['ay, 1868. She died suddenly on the 28th day of April, 1860. ALLYN FAMILIES. 617 Children. 28. Louisa, b. 11 May, 1815; ni. Judge Eobert A. Williams of Salem, Conn. 29. Eobert, b. 24 Jan., 1817; m. . Settled in tbe state 'of Iowa and was a college professor. He died in Jan., 1894. 30. Am'anda, b. 26 March, 1819; m. Eev. N. Clark Lewis. 31. James, b. 22 Oct., 1822; m. 1st, Martha A. Williams; 2d, Harriet V. Allyn, daughter Capt. Lyman AUyn. 32. Calvin, b. 26 May, 1827; m. 1st, Gallup; 2d, Ann (Eaymond) Ames. 33. Harriet, b. 6 June, 1832; died 18 jSIov., 1848, unm. Avery eamilies. The first of the name was Christopher Avery, who first appears in Gloucester, Mass., between 1646 and 1654, and at ISTew London in 1665. In October, 1669, made freeman of the colony. He died at E"ew London, but no date of his death is to be found. He must have been quite an old man, and bom in the latter part of the sixteenth century. James, his son, in 1685, gives a deed to his foiu pons of the house, or- chard, and land, " wliieh," he aays, " belonged to my de- ceased father, Christopher Avery." This James Avery is the only son that can be traced. He married 10 Nov., 1643, Joanna > Greenslade, the record of which marriage is found recorded in Gloucester, jMass. Three or more of his children were bom in Gloucester, and the re- maindor probably at ISTow London. At Xew L(mdon he took an active part in the affairs of the plantation. In 1660 he was chosen selectman, and held the oifice twenty-three years. He was successively ensign, lieutenant, and captain of the only train-band in the town, and was in active ser^-ice through King Philip's War. He was twelve times deputy of the general court. His descendants have been very numerous, very many of them have been peraons of distinction, filling position of honor in the church and state. It is not ascer- tained at what date he died, but deeds of lands to his sons, including the homestead in February, 1693-4, nmj indicate his near approach to death. Children. 2. Hannali, b. 12 Oct., 1644. 3. James, b. 16 i)cc., 1646. 4. Mary, b. 19 Fel)., 1648. 5. Thomas, b. 6 May, 1651. AVERY FAMILIES. 519 6. Jolin, b. 10 Feb., 1653-4. 7. Eebecoa, b. 6 Oct., 1656. 8. Jonatban, b. 5 Jan., 1658-9. 9. Cbristopber, b. 30 April, 1661. 10. Samuel, b. 14 Aug., 1664, m. Susanna Palmer 25 Oct., 1686. Had a son, Jonathan, b. 18 Jan., 1688-9. 11. Joanna, b. , 1669. THOMAS (5), b. 6 May, 1,651, son of James Avery and Joanna Greenslade ; married Hannah Miner, by whom be bad five children. After her death he married for second wife Hannah Raymond, b. 8 Aug., 1668, daughter of Joshua Raymond and Elizabeth Smith, by whom he had six children. He settled in the North Parish of jSTew London. His name appears the first on the list of the " first covenanters "■ in the Organization of the church here in 1722. Oapt. Thomas Avery was a man of noble qualities, an active Christian, and a respected citizen; his end was peace. He died 5 Jan., 1737, aged 87. Children by Hannah Miner. 12. Thomas, b. 20 April, 1679; m. Ann Shaply 12 July, 1704. 13. Samuel, b. 15 Nov., 1680; m. Elizabeth Ransford. 14. Ephraim, bap. 18 Oct., 1685. i 15. Hannah, bap. 16 April, 1688; m. Minor. 16. Jonathan, b. 9 Dec, 1691; m. Ist, Elizabeth Water- man; 2d, "Widow Dorothy Copp. 17. Abraham, bap. 6 March, 1691-2; m. Jane Hill. Children by Plannah Raymond. 18. Joshua, bap. 25 Aug., 1695; m. Jerusha Rockwell. 19. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Sylvester Baldwin 19 May, 1724. • 20. Mary, b. ; m. Benjamin Baker. 21. Isaac, b. ; m. Elizabeth Fox. i 22. Charles, b. ; died young. SAMUEL (13), b. 15 l^ov., 1680, son of Capt. Thomas Avery and Hannah Miner; married, 1704, Elizabeth Rans- 5^0 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. ford. He was a farmer and settled at Xontville. Bott were members of tlie churcti. He died 25 Feb., 1Y50. Slie died 9 Sept., 1761. Ohildren. 23. Ransford, b. about 1705; m. Elizabetb Eogers. 24. Martha, b. about 1707; m. 1st, Capt. Peter Comstock; 2d, Pelatiah Bliss. 25. Elizabetb, b. about 1709; m. Daniel Oomstock. 26. Hannah, b. about 1711; m. Samuel Allen. 27. Althea, b. about 1714; m. James Allen. 28. Samuel, b. about 1716; died young. 29. Thomas, b. about 1719; died in an expedition of service. 30. Ann, b. about 1721; m. Jonathan Minor. 31. John, b. about 1723; m. Prudence Minor. 32. Mary, bap. 21 Aug., 1725 ; m. John Williams of Groton. 33. Ephraim, bap. 25 June, 1727; m. Abigail Bill. ABEAHAM (17), bap. 6 Marchr^l691-2, son of Capt. Thomas Avery and Hannah Minor ; married 14 March, 1727, Jane Hill, bap. 8 Marcih, 1703, daughter of Jonathan Hill and Mary Sherwood. He was a farmer, settled in Mont- ville on land given by Owaneco, the Sachem, to Jonathan Hill for the kindness shown to him by saving him from drown- ing. This Avery fann was later owned by John H. Adgate, and is now known as the Adgate place. The original farm house in which Capt. Thomas Avery lived stands on the road from Montville Center to ISTorwicli, a few rods east of the schoolhouse, now owned by Keenoy H. Barnes. Abraham Avery and his wife were both members of the Hillhouse Ohurch. His wife died 26 July, 1744, and on the 1st day of Oct., 1751, he married Sarah Copp, daughter of Dea. Jona- than Copp. He died 23 June, 1761. Children by Jane. 34. Jane, b. .T Dec, 1727; m. James Chapel. 35. Mary, b. 15 Sept., 1729 ; bap. when 10 days old and died when 3 weeks old. AVERY FAMILIES. 521 36. Tiiomas, b. 16 Oct., 1Y30; bap. when 3 days old and miarried l&t, Sarah. Mason; 2d, Eutk Haugkton. 37. Hanmb, b. 30 Sept., 1Y32; bap. when 10 days old; m. Daniel Smith of Lyme. 38. Euth, b. 1 July, 1Y35; m. Abel Griswold of -l^orwich. 39. Jonathan, b. 22 June, 1737; m. Smith of Lyme. 40. William, b. 7 March, 1739. 41. Nathan, b. 6 May, 1740; m. Thomas of Leba- non. 42. Abraham, b. 18 July, 1744; m. Eebecca Stevens. JONATHAJSr (16), b. 9 Dec, 1691, son of Capt. Thomas Avery and Hanna^h Miner; married 1st, Elizabeth Water- man, 16 April, 1724; 2d, Widow Dorothy (Denison) (Eogers) Copp. She was daughter of Capt. Bobert Denison, and mar- ried 1st, Ebenezer Eogers, and 2d, Dea. David Copp. He settled in JSTorwieh. Children by Elizabeth. 43. Elizabeth, b. 7 Jan., 1725. 44. Hannah, b. 45. Charles, b. 30 March, 1730. 46. Elisha, b. Children by Dorothy. 47. Ann, b. 10 July, 1753. 48. Lucy, b. 16 July, 1755. 49. David, b. 27 Dec, 1757. JOSHUA (18), bap. 25 Aug., 1695, son of Capt. Thomas Avery and Hannah Eaymond; married Jerusha Eockwell 17 Aug., 1722. Children. 60. Lucy, b. 12 Sept., 1728. 51. Joshua, b. 11 Dec, 1730. ABEAHAM (42), b. 18 July, 1744, son of Abraham Avery and Jane Hill; married, 1665, Eebecca Stevens, a granddaughter of Bev. Timothy Stevens of Glastonbury, 622 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Corni. lie settled in Glastonbury; was a tanner and saddler by trade. lie died at Glastonbury 24 May, 1817. She died there 4 Sept., 1792. Children. 52. Nathan, b. 53. Dolly, b. 54. Ashbel, b. 55. William, b. 56. Annis, b. . 57. Abraliam, b. 22 June, 58. Thomas, b. 59. Rebecca, b. 17S2; m. Elizabeth Bliss. ABRAHAM (57), b. 22 June, 1782, at :\[ontville, son of Abraham Avery and Rebecca Stevens; married about 1809 Elizabeth Bliss. lie was a tanner and currier at Bean Hill, ISTorwich, and died at Wilbraham, Mass., 8 Oct., 1853. Children. 60. Addison, b. 2 Feb., 1810. 61. Benjamin, b. 16 June, 1813. 62. Simeon, b. 22 Aug., 1817. 63. Elizabeth, b. 13 Oct., 1819. 64. • Julia, b. IS April, 1822; m. 1st, John Roper; 2d, George C. Rand. 65. Abraham, b. 15 Nov., 1824; m. 19 Xov., 1851, Mar- garet Crtok Camp, and had children, Anna, b. 29 Oct., 1856; William, b. 26 March, 1858; Kate, b. 22 Sept., 1861. He was connected with the firm of Avery & Rand of Boston, publishers. JAilES (3), b. 16 Dec, 1646, son of James Avery and Joanna Greeuslado; married . He had a son James, and grandson, Jonathan, b. in 1682, and married 11 April, 170;'., Elizabetli Bill, and had Jonathan, b. 30 Dec, 1703; Elizabeth, Mercy, Lucy, Abner, Sarah, Abel, Tem- perance, Freelove, and Experience. James Avery of Groton married Mary Comstock, b. 28 April, 1743, daughter of Capt. John Comstock and JMary Lee. BLISS FAMILIES. Thomas Bliss was among the early settlers in the colony of Connecticut. Lie was born in England and came to ISTew England with his father in 1635. Lie was the son of Thomas Rliss and Margaret , born about 1580. His grand- father was Thomas of Belstone Parish, Devonshire, Eng- land. Thomas Bliss, 2d, had ten children, Ann, born ; married 29 April, 1642, Robert Chapman of Saybrook, and died 29 Nov., 1685. Mary, born ; married 26 Nov., 1646, Joseph Parsons of Hartford. Thomas, born ; married 30 Oct., 1644, Elizabeth . Nathaniel, born ; died 8 Nov., 1654. Laurence, born ; died 16Y6. Samuel, born , 1624; died 23 March, 1Y20. Sarah, born at Boston, 1635; married, , John Scott. Elizabeth, born at Boston, 1637; married, , Miles Morgan; Hannah, born at Hartford, 1639; died unmarried 1662. John, born , 1640; died 10 April, 1702. Thomas, 3d, first appears at Saybrook among the earliest proprietors tliere. He, with others, roiiKM-ed to Norwich and settled there about 1660, and became a permanent inhabitant. Lie married 30 Oct., 1044, Elizabeth , and died 15 April, 1688. Children. 2. Elizabeth, b. at Saybrook 20 Nov., 1645; m. Edward Smith, 1663. 3. Sarah, b. at Saybrook 26 Aug., 1647; m. Thomas , 1668. 4. Mary, b. at Saybrook 7 Feb., 1649; ni. David Caulkins, 1672. 5. Thomas, b. at Saybrook 3 March, 1652; died 29 Jan., 1682, unm. 6. Deliverence, b. at Saybrook 10 Aug., 1655; m. Daniel Perkins, 1682. 524 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. 7. Sniiiuel, b. at Saybrook 9 Dec, 1657; m. Ann Elderkin. 8. Anne, b. at Norwich 15 Sept., 1660; m. Josiah Kock- well, 168S. 9. Ecbccea, b. at Norwich 18 March, 1663; m. Israel Lath- rop, 1686. II. SAjMI'EL (7), son of Tliomas (1); married 8 Dec, l(;sl, Anme Eldevkiii, b. Sept., l(i(i(), daughter of John Ekler- kin. He settled at Norwich, where he died. He purchased land of Owaneco in Lebanon in 1704. Children. 9a. Thomas, b. 6 Sept., 1682; m. Mary Loomis 27 May, 1708. 10. Samuel, b. 13 Nov., 1684; m. Sarah Parker 21 April, 1715. 11. Elizabeth, b. 28 Feb., 1687; m. Capt. Daniel White. 12. John, b. 23 Oct., 1690. 13. Peletiah, b. 17 Nov., 1()97; m. Widow Sarah (Harris) Brown. 14. Thankful, b. 7 March, 1700; m. Joseph Willoughby 6 April, 1719. III. THOMzVS (9a), son of Samuel (7); married 27 May, 1708, Mary Loomis, b. , daughter of '. Tie was bitten by a rattlesnake and died in June, 1719. Children. 15. Thomas, b. 26 June, 1709. 16. Samuel, b. 3 Julv, 1712. 17. Elijah, b. 30 March, 171.^.. 18. Elizabeth, b. III. SAMUEL (10), son of Samuel (7); married 21 April, 171.5, Sarah Parker, li. , daughter of . He died 20 Sept., 1763. She died 18 Oct., 1775. Children. 19. John, b. 16 May, 1717. 20. Desire, b. 26 May, 1719; m. George Dennis. BLISS FAMILIES. 525 21. Thankful, b. 27 Jan., 1721; m. Benjamin Dennis. 22. Freelove, b. 10 JSTov., 1723; m. JSTehemiah Coming. 23. Mindwell, b. 22 April, 1726; m. David Kockwell. TV. PELETTAII (13), son of Samuel (7); m. 1st, about 1730, Sarah (Harris) Brown, b. 27 Sept., 1697, widow of John Brown of Colchester, and daughter of Lieut. James Harris and Sarah Kogers. He married 2d, about 1743. Martha (Avery) Comstock, b. about 1705, widow of Capt. Peter Comstock, and daughter of Samuel Avery and Eliza- beth Ransford. He married for a 3d wife, Lucy Harris, who survived him. He died in 1763. Mr. Bliss lived in the ISTorth Parish of JSTcw London, and at the time of his death he lived on the farm afterwards soldby his heirs to Eev. Rozel Cook. The will of Mr. Bliss was received for probate in New London 8 Eeb., 1763, and read as follows: "In the ISTame of God, Amen. This 21st day of December, 1762, I, Peletiah Bliss of ~New London, North Parish, being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament; That is to say: 1st, I will that all my debts and funeral charges be paid by my executor hereinafter named ; " 2d, Whereas an agreement between Mrs. Liicy Harris and myself touching our worldly estate made before marriage, dated Dec. 16th, 1756, It is my will that said agreement be carried out and fulfilled according to the intent thereof; " 3d, I give to my only son, Peletiah, my dwelling house, barn, and one hundred acres of land. The land to be set to his on the north part of my farm, to be laid out in equal breadth so as to include one hundred acres, soxith by land of Ezekiel Fox, westerly by land of John Baker, north by land of Esquire Kaymond and Daniel Kogers, and east by the land of John Vibber. " 4:th, I give to my daughters, Sarah Ransom, Elizabeth Jones, Ann Welch, Althea Comstock, Delight Swaddle, Mary Eargo, Thankful Baker, Abigail Baker, and Eliphal Scofield, 526 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. all the remainder of my real estate after the payment of my debts. To my son Peletiah I give my gun and sword. Witnesses. John Baker (Signed) PELETIAH BLISS." David Jewett Rachel Baker Children, all by First Wiie. 24. Sarah, b. ; m. Joshua Ransom. 25. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Joslnia Jones, 1740. 26. Ann, b. ; m. AVilliam AVelch. 27. Althea, b. ; m. Joseph C'omstoek, and had one son, Joseph, b. 4 Jnne, 1749. 28. Delight, b. ; m. Samuel Swaddle. 20. ]\'rary, b. . ; m. Joshua Fargo. 30. Thankful, b. ; m. Gideon Baker. 31. Abigail, b. ; m. Joshtia Baker. 32. Peletiah, b. ; m. Elizabeth Harris. V. PELETIAH(32), son of Peletiah (13); m. Elizabeth Harris, b. about 1738, daughter of Ephraim Harris. He settled first in the ISTorth Parish of jSTevsr London, and afterwards removed to Avon, X. Y., where he died. She died there in 1834. Children. 33. Elizabeth, b. 8 May, 1769; m. Gurdon Rogers. 34. Hannah, b. 19 Jan., 1772; m. William Yibber. 35. Peletiah, b. 17 ]\lavch, 1774; m. Gilbert. 36. John, b. 8 ISTov., 1780; m. Lucretia Bishop. PELETIAH (35), son of Peletiah (32); m. , Gil- bert. They lived in Avon, Otsego County, N. T. He mar- ried for second wife, Elizabeth Lathrop, born in 1769. Child by First Wife. 37. Gilbert, b. , 1796. BLISS FAMILIES. 527 Children by Second Wife. 38. Eliza, b. , 1Y98. . 39. Hannah, b. , 1801. 40. John, b. 20 Feb., 1804; m. Eosina liiggins. 41. Seth L., b. 20 Feb., 1804; twin to John. 42. E. Lathrop, b. , 1800. 43. Peletiah, b. , 1808. 44. James, b. 28 Jan., 3 812. JOHISr (36), son of Peletiah (32); married, 1802, Ln- cretia Bishop, b. 29 March, 1777. She died in Ohio, 1839. Children. 45. Giles Bishop, b. 16 Dec, 1803. 46. Eobert Stanton, b. 1 Ang., 1805. 47. Euia Angeline, b. 29 April, 1815; m. Edwin Iloklen, 1833. GOPP FAMILIES. D(!a. Jonathan CVij)p was the first deacon chosen by the church in the North Parish of New Lon(k)ii, now called Mont- villc (V'uter (Uiurch, at its organization in 1722. He, with ('apt. Thomas Avery, C'ai)t. Kobert Denison, Mr. Samuel Allen, Mr. John Vibber, and Mr. Nathaniel Otis, with their wi\'cs, were the first covenanters, forming the nucleus for the future church of North Parish, and over this little flock in the wilderness Rev. James Ilillhouse was ordained its pastor 3 Oct., 1722. Some two or three years previous to the calling of Kev. James Ilillhouse as pastor, this little band of Christian work- ers had met together on the Sabbath for divine worship with Deacon Copp as the probable leader. His farm lay in the northern part of the Parish, near the Norwich line, in Avhat is now called Lefiingwell Society. Dea. Jonathan C'o]ip was born 23 Feb., 1665, son of David Copp and Obedience Topliff. He came from Boston, but the exact date is not certainly known, probably soon after 1700. His children were all probably born before his re- moval here. Pie was married to Catherine Lay 18 Aug., 1690. He died 4 Nov., 1716. She died 24 May, 1761. Both were buried in the church cemetery in the rear of the First Church, on Ivavmond Hill. Children. 2. Catherine, b. 7 July, 1()02; m. Thomas Edgecomb. o. Jonathan, b. 12 June, 1604; m. 1st, Margaret Stanton; 2(1, Widow Hul)bert. 4. Obedience, b. 17 Sei^t., 1696; m. Stephen Baldwin. 5. Mary, b. 27 Oct., 160S; m. John Mason, Jr. C. Sarah, b. 24 Se])t., 1700; died 21 Dec, 1710. 7. David, I). 3 Oct., 1702; m. Widow Dorothy Rogers. OOPP FAMILIES. /• / / - 529 8. Samuel, b. 24 Jan., 1704-5; m. Elizabeth Leffingwell. 9. Amy, b. 24 Sept., 1707; m. John Vibber. 10. John, b. 29 Sept., 1709; m. Isabel Dixson. 11. Sarah, b. 31 Dec, 1712; m. Abraham Avery, 2d wife. DAVID (7), b. 3 Octj 1702, son of Jonathan Copp and Catherine Lay; m. Widow Dorothy (Denison) Rogers, daugh- ter of Capt. Robert Denison. He was also a deacon of the church, succeeding his father. He died May, 1751, and his widow afterwards married Jonathan Avery of Norwich. Children. 12. Dorothy, b. 13. Mercy, b. 14. Obedience, b. ■^ SAMUEL (8), b. 24 Jan., 1704-5, son of Jonathan Copp and Catherine Lay; married Elizabeth Leffingwell, daughter of Samnel . His children Were all born here, but probably moved away before they grew up, as no mention of his death is made in the record. Children. 15. Prudence, b. 5 April, 1746. 16. Samuel, b. 22 Nov., 1747. 17. Jonathan, b. 5 Nov., 1749. 18. David, b. 10 Aug., 1752. — — • 19. Lois, b. 31 Dec, 1754. 20. Catherine, b. 15 May, 1757. 21. Abigail, b. 14 Nov., 1759. JOHN (10), b. 29 Sept., 1709, son of Jonathan Copp and Catherine Lay; married 7 Nov., 1744, Isabel Dixson. His children were all born in Montville, but they all removed to Nova Scotia, with their parents. Children. 22. Catherine, b. 12 Aug., 1745. 23. Isabel, b. 17 Nov., 1747. 34 530 HiSTOfeY OF MOJfTVlLLE. 24. Anna, b. 6 July, 1749. 25. Sarah, b. 20 May, 1751. 26. John, b. 3 Jan., 1753. 27., Timothy, b. 30 Dec, 1755. JONATHAIST (3), b. 12 June, 1694, son of Jonathan Copp and Catherine Lay; married 28 Dec, 1721, Margaret Stanton; 2d, Widow Hubbert. Children. 28. Dorothy, b. 25 ISTov., 1722. 29. Jonathan, b. 22 July, 1725. 30. Margaret, b. 29 May, 1727. 31. Catherine, b. 16 July, 1730. 32. Joseph, b. 18 Nov., 1732. CROCKEE FAMILIES. Thomas Crocker appeare at ISTew London in 1660, at wHch time he bought a house in ISTew Street. He was born about 1633, and among those whose names appear in the Letters Patent granted by his Eoyal Majesty Charles the Second of England in 1663. His wife Rachel was daughter of George Chappell. He died 18 Jan., 1715-16, aged eighty- three years. Children. 2. Mary, b. Y March, 1668-9. 3. Thomas, b. 1 Sept., 16 YO; m. Ann Beeby. 4. John, b. ; na. . 5. Samuel, b. 27 July, 1676. 6. William, b. , 1680. 7. Andrew, b. , 1683. II. SAMUEL (5), b. 27 July, 1676, son of Thomas Crocker and Rachel Chappell; married . The name of his wife is not to be found 'on record. He early pur- chased twenty acres of land of Capt. Joseph Tracy on Little Leibanon Hill, afterwards called Crocker Hill, in Eranklin, Conn. He was an active and influential member of the settle- ment. In 1716 he served on an important committee, and his name often appears upon the records of the society at later dates. In 1722 he served as selectman. He had children, Samuel, John, Jabez, and Hannah, baptized in 1709. II. JOHN (4), b. about 1672, son of Thomas Crocker and Rachel Chappell; married and had a son (8) John, b. about 1706. He married 20 March, 1733-4, Jerusha Larrabee. He was a soldier of the Erench Wars, and was a resident of Montville, where he died 30 Nov., 1746. 532 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. 9. John, b. 20 Jan., 1Y34-5. 10. Joseph, b. 18 March, 1735-6. 11. Mary, b. 14 March, 173Y-8. 12. Mercy, b. 2 March, 1739-40. 13. Phebe, b. 16 Feb., 1741-2. 14. Andrew, b. 28 March, 1743-4. III. JOHN" (9), b. 20 Jan., 1734-5, son of John Crocker and Jerusha Lan-abee; married 18 May, 1758, Ann Camp, daughter of William Camp. He was a member of the Mont- ville Center Congregational Church, and resided in the north part of the town. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His wife died 7 Oct., 1787. He afterwards mar- ried, 13 June, 1802, Thankful Robbins. Children by Ann. 15. Joseph, b. 21 March, 1759; died 28 Oct., 1776. 16. Lydia, b. 27 Oct., 1761; m. Samuel Bailey 6 May, 1787. 17. Malzor, b. 6 Aug., 1763. 18. John, b. 11 Sept., 1765. 19. Elizabeth, b. 14 May, 1768. ' 20. Mary, b. 30'May, 1770. 21. Anna, b. 20 July, 1772; m. Josiah Hills. 22. Mercy, b. 20 March, 1775. 23. Sarah, b. 31 May, 1777. 24. Joseph, b. 8 April, 1781. LYDIA (16), b. 27 Oct., 1761, daughter of John Crocker and Ann Camp; married 6 May, 1787, Samuel Bailey, and had children, 1st, Chloe, b. 1789; 2d, Gordon, b. 1792; 3d, Lydia, b. 1795, died young; 4tb, Lydia Agan, b. 1798; 5th, Abigail, b. 1801, m. Beaumont, and was living in 1893. CHAPMAN" FAMILIES. Josepli Chapman was an inhabitant of the North Parish of ISTew London previous to 1755, at which time he exchanged 25 acres of land with Pev. David Jewett, which he says, " being land that my father, Samuel Chapman, gave me." The land thus exchanged by Mr. Chapman lay along the north side of the Jewett Farm, now owned by D. Chester Comstock. He afterwards owned the farm on which the famous " Coche- geon Pock " is located, afterwards owned by Bliss Baker, and a part of which farm Mr. Chapman sold to Joshua Baker, Jr., in 1762. This Samuel Chapman was one of the patentees named in the list of signers to the patent of New London presented to the governor and approved Oot. 14, 1704. He was probably a grandson of William Chapman of 1657, who " bought the house and lot of Mr. Blinman, formerly be- longed to Capt. Denison." Among the minutes of county court cases in 1667 is- the following item: " John Lewis and Sarah Chapman, presented for sitting together on the Lord's day under an apple tree in Goodman Chapman's orchard." Joseph Chapman is supposed to have been a brother of Jonathan Chapman, born in Nov., 1726, and who settled in LefEngwell Society near the Montville line, and has de- scendants still living in that society. Joseph Chapman, whose wife was Mary Perkins, had sons, 1st, Joseph, b. 15 May, 1761, m. Sabra Baker, daughter of Grideon Baker. He was killed by the falling of a tree on 26 May, 1799. After his death his widow married Nathan Latimer. His son, John Chapman, b. about 1798, died at the residence of his cousin, Joseph L. Chapman, 13 Oct., 1876, 534 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. unmarried; 2d, Zebvdon, b. about 1765; 3d, Alpheus; 4tli, Dyer; 5th, (Jideon, married Sarah Cook. ZEBULOX, second son of Joseph and Mary Chapman; married 12 March, 1795, Ann Latimer, daughter of Nathan Latimer and Jane Lee. He settled in Chestei-field Society, a farmer. He died S Jime, 1802, in the 37th year of his age. Children. 6. Joseph- Lee, b. 9 Dec, 1795; m. Phebe Wickwire. 7. Mary, b. 15 July, 1798; m. John Latimer. 8. Oliver Eaymond, b. 6 May, 1801; died 9 March, 1802. JOSEPH LEE (6), b. 9 Dec, 1796, son of Zebulon Chap- man and Ann Latimer; married 5 Pel)., 1818, Phebe AViek- wire, daughter of Willard Wickwire and Hannah Chapel. He settled in Montville, Chesterfield Society, a farmer. A man of considerable ability, and active in town affairs. He represented his native town in the state legislature in Is 37. A Jackson Democrat. He was well informed in both politi- cal and civil affairs of the town and country. He died at Montville 15 Oct., 1876. She died 18 Jan., 1871). C'hildren. 9. Oliver Wolcott, b. 21 Oct., 1818; m. . He died in Jan., 1864. 10. Sarah Grardner, b. 15 Sept., 1821; m. Alvin Gardner. 11. Hannah, b. 27 June, 1824; m. Artemas Gardner. 12. Frank, b. 1827; died young. 13. Leander, b. 18 Mav, 1828; m. 1st, Landphere; 2d, . 14. Mary Jane, b. ; m. John Bogue. 15. Charles Allen, b. 29 Oct., 1838; m. 1st, Mary R. Ed- wards; 2(1, Laura S. Comstock. JOXATIIAN CMTAPMAN, supposed son of Samuel (^liapnian, b. about 1726; married ]\Iercy , b. about 1732. Her maiden name has not been ascertained. He CHAPMAN FAMILIES. 5S5 settled in Bozrali, Leffingwell Society., a farmer. He died 9 May, 1802. She died 11 May, 1818. Children. 2. Christopher, b. 20 Aug., 1756; m. Eunice Fitch. He died 13 Nov., 1834. She died 30 ISTov., 1834. 3. Lucy, b. 25 Aug., 1Y59; died 14 Sept., 1837. 4. Desire, b. about 1762; m. Maples. 6. Prudence, b. about 1769; died 28 Dec, 1792, unm. 6. Jonathan, b. 28 Sept., 1771; m. Phebe Leffingwell. JONATHAISr (6), b. 28 Sept., 1771, son of Jonathan Chapman and Mercy ; married, 1798, Phebe Leffing- well, b. about 1774, daughter of Samuel Leffingwell and Betsey Baker; a farmer, lived at the old Chapman homestead in Leffingwell Society. She died 20 Nov., 1847. He died 15 Oct., 1859. Children. 7. Christopher, b. 16 Feb., 1799; m. 1st, Sabra Harring- ton; 2d, Clarissa Lampher. 8. Abby, b. 8 Feb., 1806; m. Marvin Leffingwell. CHKISTOPHER (7), b. 16 Feb., 1799, son of Jonathan Chapman and Phebe Leffingwell ; married 1st, Sabra Harring- ton. She died 12 Feb., 1821. He then married 3 Nov., 1824, Clarissa Lampher. He settled on the old homestead in Bozrah, a farmer. He died 7 Sept., 1851. She died 2 Oct., 1832, leaving two children, 1st, Sabra, b. 1 May, 1825, m. Isaac Winchester; 2d, Christopher Nelson, b. 7 Jan., 1827, m. Mary (Gardner) Maples, widow of George Maples, and daughter of Rhoderiok Gardner. ALPHEUS CHAPMAN, son of Joseph Chapman and Mary . Was an inhabitant of Montville and lived on the farm afterwards occupied by Gilbert Allen, and sub- sequently by John MoAlpine. He w^as one of the appraisers on the estate of Samuel Holmes, his nearest neighbor, Oct. 8, 536 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 1114:. He was bom about 1750, and was living in 1812. His wife's name was Martba , and was one of tbe witnesses to the last will of Samuel Holmes, August 4, 1774. He had sons, jVlpheus, Avho married Elizabeth Allen; Jesse married Hannah Holmes, daughter of Jabez, and his children were Jesse, Mary, married Nehemiah Fargo. James Bab- cock, Alpheus Babcock, Thomas Babcock, and Mary Babcock, Henry Minai'd, Sophia Minard, Emihne Minard, and Ann Bird were heirs at law of the estate of Alpheus Chapman. OABBWELL FAMILIES. William Cardwell, wliose name is first found on tlie records of New London, and wlio married 4 September, 174:7, Elizabetli Burcli, has very little said about bim. His marriage is the only evidence, together with the birth record of his children, of his being a resident of JSTew London. It is not ascertained who his parents were or where he came from to New London, nor in what part of the town he lived. The young man mentioned by Mr. Hemstead as being killed by a stroke of lightning that descended upon the old Saltonstall meeting-house in ~New London on the Sabbath, while the people were at worship, August 31, 1735, shaking its very foundation, splitting timbers, rafters, and posts, scat- tering them in fragments on every side, and laying about forty persons prostrate and senseless upon the floor, may have been a brother of Elizabeth Burch. " It pleased God," says Hemstead, " to spare all our lives but Edward Burch, a young man newly for himself, who was struck fatally and died." Children. 2. Samuel, b. 27 Aug., 1748; died in the 17th year of his 3. William, b. 6 April, 1751; m. Sibbel Griswold. 4. John, b. 5 May, 1752. 5. Nathaniel, b. 10 May, 1755. 6. Mary, b. 16 June, 1757. 7. Sarah, b. 1 Aug., 1767. ,. WILLIAM (3), b. 6 April, 1751, son of William Card- well and Elizabeth Burch; married 11 April, 1779, Sibbel Griswold. He probably resided in New London, as the births of his children are recorded there. Children. 8. John, b. 23 April, 1780. 9. Samuel, b. 6 March, 1782. 538 HISTORY OP MONTVILLB. 10. Uriah, b. 10 Feb., 1Y85; m. Hough of Bozrah. 11. Nancy, b. 6 Aug., 1786. 12. Eobert, b. 23 March, 1788; m. 1st, Lydia Dorsett; 2d, Rebecca (Breed) Potter. 13. Lyrlia, b. 23 Jan., 1790; m. Eussel Treadway. 14. Rebecca, b. 6 June, 1792; died unm. 15. Vera Ann, b. 22 Aug., 1794; m. Gurdon Abel. 16. Sibbel or Sybel, b. 28 June, 1797; m. William Tew. 17. William R.! b. 10 Oct., 1802; m. 1st, Rebecca B. Land- phere; 2d, ISTancy (Lester) Comstock. WILLIAM S. (17), b. 10 Oct., 1802, son of William Cardwell and Sybel Griswold; married 1st, Rebecca B. Land- phere 25 ISTov., 1830, daughter of Oliver Landphere of Bozrah. She died 7 June, 1837. He married for his second wife T^ancy (Lester) Comstock, widow of Amos Comstock, 24 March, 1839. He settled in Montville; a merchant. He commenced the grocery business in the old store of Giles Turners, aftiTwards owned by Erastus Baker, on the " old Colchester road." Mr. Cardwell, about 1832, removed to Jfontville Center, where he carried on the grocery bxisiness in the old red building that formerly stood nearly opposite the present chiirch edifice. From this place he removed to TJneasville, and bought a house and a few acres of land of Daniel Lester, on which he erected a store, which he occupied until his death, 25 Se]")t., 1865. He was siicceeded by his son- in-law, John A. Coggeshall, who built a new house and store. He was a successful merchartt at ITncafeville, and highly ros]i(>ete(l l)y his fellow to'\\Tismen. He was a de- seeiidant of -John Coggosliall, one of the founders of ISTewport, R. I., " from whom all American Coggeshalls axe descended." He died 22 May, 1S02, and was succeeded by his son, William A. Coggeshall, now in active business at the old store. Children of William S. Cardwell. 18. "^iary, b. 1 Sejit., 1831; m. John A. Coggeshall. 10. William Henry, b. 25 Aug., 1833; m. Lucy Morgan. 20, Winslow G., b'. 14 Aug., 1835; m. Sarah Holdridge. DENISON FAMILIES. Capt. Robert Denison, the first of the name that settled in the ISTorth Parish of New London, now Montville, was son of John Denison and Phebe Lay, and a grandson of Capt. George Denison, th-e first of Stonington. This Capt. (leorge Denison was born in England in 1618. He came to this cotintry with his father and two brothers about 1631, and settled at Roxburv, Mass. In 1640 he married Bridget Thompson of Stonington, by whom he had two daugh- ters. LTpon her death, in 1643, Capt. Denison returned to England and engaged in the civil war, which was then going on there. And the tradition in the family is that in an engagement in Ireland he was dangerously wounded, and in this situation was cast upon the hospitality of j\Ir. John Brodil of Cork, a gentleman 'oi wealth who had an only daughter, Anne Brodil, who became a ministering angel to him in his critical condition and great need. That he recovered and persuaded her to marry him and to share his fortunes in this new world the sequel of events clearly prove. • He had by her seven children, John, George, William, Anne, Margaret, Brodil, and Mary. The two daughters by his first wife were Sarah, born 20 March, 1641; married Stanton; and Hannah, born 20 May, 1643; married Saxton. Capt. George Denison was the first representative of Ston- ington in the General Assembly at Hartford. He died 23 Oct., 1694, while attending the assembly at Hartford, at the age of 76. His widow died 26 Sept., 1Y12, aged 97. John Denison, their eldest son, born 1646, at Koxbury; married in 1667 Phebe Lay of Saybrook, daughter of Eobert Lay. Their son, Robert, born 17 Oct., 1673, married Joanna Stanton, born 5 Jan., 1679. He is known to the records as 540 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Capt. Robert Denison of the ISTortli Parish. In January, 1709, Owaneco, the sachem of the Mohegans, conveyed by deed to Capt. Robert Denison, then of Stonington, a tract of 500 acres of land " on the southmost side of the little pond called ' Opsoboxuk ' and adjoining land of Oliver Manwar- ing ill the i^orth Parish of Xew London." He moved on to this land within two or three years thereafter, and built his house. This house is still standing, though it may have been several times remodeled since. This house was afterwards occupied by Erastus Gardner, and now by Mr. Theodore Lehman. Capt. Robert Denison died about 1737. Children by Joanna. 2. Robert, bap. 21 March, 1697; m. Deborah Griswold. 3. John, b. 28 Nov., 1698; m. Patience Griswold. 4. Johanna, b. ; m. Thomas Morehouse. 5. Mary, b. ; died young. 6. Nathaniel, b. ; died about 30 years old, unm. 7. Sarah, b. ; died about 11 years old. 8. Andrew, b. ; died in the West Indies at 23. 9. Anna, b. ; m. Capt. J%,mes Pitch. 10. Thomas, b. ; m. Elizabeth Bailey in 1709. 11. Lucy, b. ; m. Samuel Rogers. 12. Elizabeth, b. ; died young. 13. George, b. ; died in infancy. 14. Abigail, b. ; m. Wm. Wattles of Lebanon. His first wife died and he married for his second. Widow Dorothy Prink. Her maiden name was Stanton. Children by Dorothy. 15. George, b. ; m. Hannah Dodge. 16. Dorothy, bap. "0 Dec, 1722; m. 1st, Ebenezer Rogers; 2(1, Dea. David Copp; 3d, Jonathan Avery. ROBERT (2), bap. 21 March, 1697, son of Capt. Robert Denison and Johanna Stanton; married 19 Oct., 1721, De- borah Griswold, b. at Lyme about 1697, daughter of Mathew Griswold and Phebe Hyde. He first settled at Montville, o DBNISON FAMILIES. 541 and afterwards removed West. He is known to the records as Major Robert Denison, and died in June, 1766. His iirst wife died 24 Dec, 1731. He then married Prudence Sher- man. Children by Deborah. 17. Deborah, b. Dec, 1722; m. Christopher Manwaring. 18. Ehzabeth, b. about 1723; died in infancy. 19. Robert, b. about 1725; died when nine weeks old. 0. Elizabeth, b. Sept., 1726; m. Nathan Smith of Groton. 21. Andrew, b. 2 May, 1728; m. Mary Thompson. 22. Mary, b. Jan., 1720 : died 21 Dec', 1743. 23. Robert, b. ; died in infancy. Children by Prudence. 24. David Sherman, b. 12 Aug., 1734; m. Sarah Pox. 25. Marcy, b. 5 Oct., 1736; died 15 Jan., 1743. 26. Robert, b. 31 July, 1739; died 25 Dec, 1743. 27. Prudence, b. 31 March, 1741; died 20 Dec, 1743. 28. Samuel, b. 8 Peb., 1742-3. 29. Sarah, b. 11 Nov., 1744. 30. Phebe, bap. 1 March, 1746-7. The following is the copy of a letter sent by George Deni- son to Bridget Thompson in 1640: "Tt is an ordinance, my dear, divine Which God unto the sons of men mates shine Even marriage, is that whereof I speak And unto you my mind therein I beak In Paradise, of Adam, God did tell • To be alone, for man, would not do well He in His wisdom thought it right To bring a woman into Adam's sight A helper that for him might be most mete And comfort him by her doing discreet I of that stock am sprung, I mean from him And also of that tree I am a limb A branch, though young, yet do I think it good That God's great vows by man be not withstood Alone I am, an helper I would find Which might give satisfaction to my mind The party that doth satisfy the same 542 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Is Mistress Bridget Thompson by her name God having drawn my affections unto thee "-■ My heart's desire is thine may be to me Thus with my blottings though I trouble you Yet pass these by because I know not how Though they at this time should much better be For love it is the first have been to thee And I could wish that they much better were Therefore I pray accept them as they are So hoping my desire I shall obtain Your own true lover I, George Denison by name From my father's house in Roxbury To Miss Bridget Thompson, Stonington, 1640.' GAUDNEE FAMILIES. Stephen Gardner was among the early settlers in ISTew London County, and was probably a descendant of the Rhode Island families. He is first known as a purchaser of a large tract of land near the " Great Pond," afterwards called " Gardner's Lake," lying partly in Montville, partly in Boz- rah, and partly in Salem. On this land he settled and reared a large family of children. Lie married, about 1700, Amy Sherman, born 25 Oct., 1681, daughter of Benjamin Sher- man and Hannah Mowry of Kingston, E,. I. Very little is recorded relating to the characteristics of the man, and little known of his history. ISTeither the date of his death or that of his wife is found to be recorded. Children. 2. Amy, b. 13 June, 1701. 3. Lydia, b. 10 October, 1702. 4. Stephen, b. 24 February, 1704; m., 1722, Frances Congdon, daughter of Benjamin. 5. Benjamia, b. 18 April, 1706. 6. Peregrene, b. 24 Jan., 1707; m. Susanna Robinson. 7. Daniel, b. 14 Dec, 1709 ; m. Bathshebe . 8. Sarah, b. 25 Oct., 1711. 9. Hannah, b. 2 May, 1713. 10. Mehitabel, b. 22 May, 1715; m. John Congdon, Jr. 11. Abigail, b. 9 July, 1717. 12. David, b. 28 Jan., 1720; m. Jemima Gustin. 13. Jonathan, b. 18 April, 1724; m. 1st, Mary Haughton; 2d, Abia Fitch. II. STEPHEN (4), b. 2rFeb., 1704, son of Stephen Gardner and Amy Sherman; married, 1722, Frances Cong- don, daughter of Benjamin Congdon. He was born at Kings- ton, E. I. The house where his father lived stood probably 544 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. in the then town of Colchester, which afterwards was set off and became a part of the town of Salem. He died in 1776. Child: ren. 14. Trances, b. 7 June, 1723; died 27 June, 1786, unm. 15. Amy, b. 17 Feb., 1725; m. Capt. Stephen Harding. 16. Lydia, b. 20 March, 1727; ni. Judge John Jenkins. 17. Esther, b. 26 Dec, 1729; m. Crocker. 18. Sarah, b. 10 Feb., 1731; m. Thomas Jenkins. 19. Hannah, b. 7 ISTov., 1738; m. Thomas Jones, 1753. 20. Stephen, b. 27 March, 1735; m. 1st, Frances Brown; 2d, widow of John Abbott. 21. Mary, b. 20 Dec, 1737; m. Israel Jones. Thomas, b. 4 Sept., 1740. Mehitabel, b. 11 Xov., 1745; m. James Angell. 9,9 II. PEEEGEEI^E (6), b. 24 Jan., 1707, son of Stephen Gardner and Amy Sherman; married April, 1731, Susamia Eobinson, b. 1711. Children. 24. Stephen, b. 1 Aug., 1734. 25. Mary, b. 14 March, 1736. 26. John, b. 9 May, 1737; m. Elizabeth Mumford, by whom he had live children. He was taken prisoner at Wyoming in July, 177 S, and loaded down with plunder, under which he fell down exhausted, and was put to death by the squaws by fiery torture. 27. Peregrene, b. 12 March, 1739. 28. Euth, b. 9r, Oct., 1742. 29. Eobinson, b. 27 ]S3"ov., 1743. 30. Hannah, b. 10 Dec, 1745. 31. William, b. 13 Aug., 1747. II. DAITIEL (7), b. 14 Dec, 1709, son of Stephen Gardner and Amy Sherman; married, about 1735, Bathsheba . He settled in Bozrah, near Gardner's Lake, a farmer. He died 31 May, 1755. GARDNER FAMILIES. 545 Children. 32 Bathsheba,' b. 20 Oct., 1736; m. John Way. 33. Daniel, b. 9 Oct., 1738; m. Elizabeth . 34. A son, b. 29 Jan., 1741-2. 35. William, b. 20 March, 1743; m. Sarah Randall. 36. Stephen, b. 25 April, 1745. 37. Anna, b. 7 Sept., 1748. 38. James, b. 19 Nov., 1750. 40. Elizabeth, b. 2 July, 1755. II. DAVID (12), b. 28 Jan., 1720, son of Stephen Gardner and Amy Sherman; married 1 October, 1744, Je- mima Gustin, daughter of Thomas Gustin. He was a farmer and settled in the vicinity of Gardner's Lake, and died there. Children. 41. Amy, b. 16 March, 1745; m. Nathaniel Otis. 42. Sarah, b. 13 Eeb., 1751; m. Ezekiel Chapel. 43. David, b. 20 April, 1753; m. 1st, Dennis Holmes; 2d, Lathrop; 3d, Olive Metcalf. 44. Jemima, b. 26 Dec, 1755; m. George Holmes. 45. Anstis, b. , 1758; m. John Way. 46. Isaac, b. 30 ISTov., 1761; m. 1st, Martha Rogers; 2d, Esther Palmer. II. JONATHAN (13), b. 18 April, 1724, son of Stephen Gardner and Amy Sherman; married, about 1752, Mary, daughter of Samson Haughton. She died 29 Eeb., 1760. He afterwards married, about 1762, Abia, twin daughter of Daniel Eitch and Sarah Sherwood. He was a farmer and lived at Bozrah, near Gardner's Lake. He died 22 Aug., 1792. Children by Mary. 47. Amy, b. about 1754; m. Jedidiah Lathrop. 48. Jonathan, b. 2 Dec, 1758 ; m. Jerusha Hyde Stark. 49. Mary, b. about 1756; m. Elihu Avery. 50. Lucy,,b. , 1760; m. George Bentley. 35 54t) HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Children by Abia. 51. Lemuel, b. 10 Julj, 1763; m. Jemima Latbrop. 52. Sarah, b. , 1765; m. Kussell Leffingwell. LYDIA (16), }>. 20 March, 1727, daughter of Stephen Gardner and Amy or Almy , 1 Feb., 1751; married John Jenkins of East Greenwich, K. I., b. 6 Feb., 1728. He was a school teacher, surveyor, and conveyancer. When, in 1753, a company was formed to effect a settlement on the Susquehanna, under the grant of Charles II, 20 April, 1662, in confirmation of a previous grant made by Charles I in 1631, John Jenkins became a leading and active member of that company. He led on the first forty that effected a permanent settlement at Wyoming. He endured his share of the priva- tions and sufferings incident to a new settlement, distant from friends and resources, surrounded and warred upon by Indians, Tories, British, and Pennamites, seeking to drive them from their new homes. He was the first judge of the new colony, their scribe and defender. He died in iSTovember, 1784. She died 22 Oct., 1804. Children. John, b. 27 ISTov., 1751; m. Bethia Harris, daughter of Jona- than Harris and Rachel Otis. Stephen, b. 22 Feb., 1753. Benjamin, b. 18 July, 1754. Amy, b. 12 Jan., 1757. Thomas, b. 19 Jan., 1761. William, b. 30 October, 1764. Wilkes, b. 18 July, 1767. III. WILLIAM (35), b. 20 :\larch, 1743, son of Da^^d Gardner and Bathsheba ; married 21 June, 1764, Sarah Randall, b. 26 Oct., 1746. He was a farmer and re- sided in the vicinity of Gardner's Lake. He died 12 Aug., 1813. She died 25 Sept., 1840. GARDNER FAMILIES. 547 Children. 53. Rhoda, b. 22 May, 1765; m. Abel Gates. 54. Sarah, b. 3 Dec, 1767; m. Gurdon Gardner. 55. Euth, b. 3 STov., 1769; m. Smith. 56. Anna, b. 16 Dec, 1771; died young. 57. William, b. 16 Aug., 1774; m. Mary Randall. He was drowned in Gardner's Lake in 1842. 58. Anna, b. 2 July, 1777; m. Gideon Miner. 59. Lucy, b. 15 Nov., 1780; died young. 60. Asenath, b. 18 ISTov., 1782; m. Ichabod Stoddard. 61. Gilbert, b. 31 March, 1785; m. Salina Llolmes. 62. Abel, b. 2 Sept., 1787; died unm. 63. Elias E., b. 25 July, 1790; died unm. 64. Mary, b. 19 Oct., 1793; m. David Ferman. ASEXATH (60), m. 3 June, 1819, Ichabod Stoddard, b. 13 Sept., 1767, son of Ichabod Stoddard and Tabbatha Bill- ings of Groton. He died 21 Jan., 1851. She died 29 March, 1870. Children. Sophia, b. 24 Aug., 1820; m. Ebenezer H. Payne. Tabitha, b. 22 Sept., 1822; m. William H. Chapman. Ichabod, b. 19 Jan., 1825; m. ISTancy A. Hurlburt. IIL DAVID (43), b. 20 April, 1753, son of David Gardner and Jemima Gustin; married, about 1772, Dennis Holmes. She died 14 ISTov., 1801, aged 49 years. He after- wards married Mary Lathrop, by whom he had one son. After her death he married for his third wife Olive Metcaif, who survived him. He was a farmer, and resided near Gardner's Lake. He died 20 Jan., 1823. She died 8 Nov., 1827, aged 68 years. Children by Dennis. 53a. Catherine, b. 17 May, 1773; m. Jabez Gardner, and had two children, Jabez and Elsa, who married J. E. Comstock. 54b. Amasa, b. 1 Nov., 1776. 55c. David H., b. 2 Aug., 1778; m. Fancy Comstock. 548 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. 56d. Azel, b. 5 Aug., 1780; m. Amy Kogers. 57e. Lucinda, b. 12 ISTov., 1782; m. David Rogers. 58f. John, b. 1 Feb., 1786; removed to the state of New York. 59g. Anstis, b. 24 June, 1787; m. 1st, John Gardner; 2d, John Gates. 60h. Erastus, b. 16 July, 1780; m. 1st, Anna Rogers; 2d, Eunice Hvde. 61i. Artenius, b. 15 Jan., 1792; died in 1819. Children by Mary. 62j. Solomon, b. 5 (3) Dec, 1804; m. 1st, Mary Avery; 2d, Harriet Gifford; 3d, Wilcox. III. ISAAC (46), b. 30 Xov., 1761, son of David Gard- ner and Jemima Gustin; married 3 Jan., 1783, Martha Rogers, daughter of Joseph Rogers, by whom he had five children. She died 13 Feb., 1798, aged 40 years. He after- wards married, 23 Aug., 1798, Esther Palmer, b. 2 May, 1775. He was a farmer and resided in Bozrah. He died 30 May, 1834. She died 2 April, 1860. Children by Martha. 65. Amy, b. 18 Feb., 1785. 66. Amos, b. 19 April, 1787; m. Philomelia Ford. 67. Kehemiah, b. 3 Oct., 1789. 68. Harriet, b. 9 April, 1792 ; m. Benjamin B. Selden. 69. Elizabeth, b. 26 May, 1795; m. Benjamin B. Ford. Children by Esther. 70. Earls P., b. 31 July, 1799 ; m. Frances W. Pope, 1832. 71. Gershom R., b. 1 Feb., 1801 ; m. Sarah S. Culver, 1822. 72. Martha R., b. 15 N"ov., 1802 ; m. Isaac B. Avery, 1822. 73. Deborah B., b. 7 Nov., 1804; m. Jabez Gardner, 1825. 74. Jennet, b. 20 Nov., 1806; m. Orrin C. Ely, 1838. 75. Edwin B., b. 13 April, 1809; m. 1st, Eunice Post, 1834; 2d, Emilv Stark, 1848. 76. William P., b. 27 Dec, 1 81 2 ; m. Sarah F. Jones, 1836. 77. Abel, b. 3 ]\larcli, 1815; in. Harmony C. Bates, 1842. 78. Rebecca, b. 15 July, 1817; m. Orrin C. Ely, 1839. GARDNER FAMILIES. 549 III. JONATHAN (48), b. 2 Dec, 1758, son of Jona- tlian Gardner and Mary Hanghton; m. 22 Jan., 1783, Jerusha Hyde Stark, b. 20 May, 1760, only daughter of Silas Stark and Jerusha Hyde. He settled at Bozrah, and in 1829 re- moved to Colchester. He died 6 May, 1847. She died 22 March, 1847. It was said of her, " She was one of the ex- cellent of the earth." Children. 79. Jerusha, b. 21 Nov., 1783; m. Col. Avery Morgan. 80. Mary, b. 10 Jan., 1786; m. Charles Bingham. 81. Eoderick, b. 20 July, 1788; m. Emma Miner. III. LEMUEL (51), b. 10 July, 1763, son of Jonathan Gardner and Abia Eitch; married 28 Oct., 1789, Jemima, youngest daughter of Jedediah Lathrop and Jemima Burchard of Bozrah. He was a farmer and resided first at Bozrah. In the year 1800 he removed to Norwich, and in 1816 to Montville, where he died 10 July, 1839. She died 11 March, 1850; aged 83 years. Children. 82. Lorinda, b. 15 June, 1790; m., 1810, Levi Whaley, b. 1788, son of David Whaley and Anna L. Leffing- well. They settled at Montville and had eight children, viz. : 1st, Levi Gardner, b. 30 May, 1811; m., 1833, Weltha Davis, dajzghter of Stephen Davis of Norwich. They settled at Norwich Town, and were living in 1884. Their children were Weltha, b. 1836; George Gardner, b. 1838; Wil- liam Henry, b. 1839; and Erederick, b. 1844. 2d, Charles Lathrop, b. 29 Jan., 1813; m. 18 March, 1833, Emma Smith, daughter of Benjamin Smith. He was a farmer and was residing at Montville in 1884. They have one daughter, an only child, Lorinda, b. 21 July, 1836; m. 30 April, 1854, J. Andrew Stevens, and had one son, Alton E., b. 10 August, 1855. 3d, David Chauncey, b. 28 March, 1815; m. 22 Sept., 1839, Frances Gardner. He died 24 Sept., 1845, at sea. She died 24 Sept., 1855. They had two 650 HISTORY OF MOJSTTVILLB. children, Sidney, b. 5 Jan., 1843; died 10 Sept., 1843; and Charles Bentley, b. 31 May, 1845. 4th, Theodore Dwight, b. 4 Feb., 1817; m. 27 Jan., 1847, Jane, daughter of Francis Maynard of jVlont- ville, and sister of Dr. Samuel E. Maynard. They had three children, Abby Jane, b. 15 Dec, 1848; Sarah Anne, b. 26 Oct., i860; and Alice A., b. July, 1853; m. , Henry 0. Dolbeare; died March 18, 1886. 5th, Mary Anne_, b. 22 Aug., 1818; m. 29 Oct., 1839, Henry Fanning of Griswold. They settled at JSTewton Upper Falls, Mass. They had three chil- dren, Eugene, b. 17 March, 1842; Henry H., b. 10 June, 1851; and Francis, b. 13 April, 1854. 6th, Jane Maria, b. 17 Dec, 1819; m. 14 July, 1839, Jacob Johns of jSTorwich. They had four children. 7th, Sarah Anne, b. 14 'i^oy., 1821; m., in 1839, Mar- vin Leffingwell of Norwich. They had two chil- dren, Maria, b. 17 Aug., 1840; m. James Beebe; and Chauncey, b. 2 June, 1850; m. Frances Fanning. 8th, Lorinda, b. 4 March, 1824; died 1828. 83. Almira, b. 27 May, 1792; died at Mont^dlle. 84. Sidney, b. 17 April, 1795; m. 23 June, 1823, Maria Fanning, daughter of Thomas Fanning of ISTorwich. He was a farmer and died at Norwich 14 Sept., 1840. They had four children. 1st, Sidney Alfred, b. 19 March, 1824; died 22 June, 1847, unm. 2d, Sarah Ann, b. 3 May, 1826; m. 23 May, 1849, Daniel Price, who died 7 Aug., 1853, in California. 3d, Frederick Lester, b. 5 March, 1832; m. was a merchant in Norwich, and living there in 1884. 4th, Charles Henry, b. 3 Aug., 1837; m. Ellen Chap- pel. 85. John Fitch, b. 5 Nov., 1808; m. 25 Feb., 1829, Martha, daughter of .John Crary of Boston. He was a farmer, settled at Montville, where he died. She died there. Thev had three children. 1st, Henry, b. 10 Feb., 1832; m. Caroline (Beebe) Shaw. 2d, Albert, b. 29 April, 1833; died 12 March, 1856. GARDNER FAMILIES. 551 He was crushed by a tree falling on him, while in the act of chopping it down. 3d, Mary Hellen, b. 23 March, 1838; m. Albert S. Beebe of ISTorwich. IV. DAVID H. (55c), b. 2 Aug., 1778, son of David Gardner and Dennis Holmes ; m. ISTancy Comstock, b. 9 June, 1785, daughter of Ramsford Comstock and Azubba Davis. He was a farmer and settled at Bozrah. He died 14 April, 1863. She died 26 Sept., 1866. Children. 86. Eliza, b. , 1804; died 21 Nov., 1873. 87. Hester, b. , 1806; died , unm. 88. Leonard, b. , 1808; was living in 1884, 89. Alvin, b. ; m. Chapman. 90. Henry, b. ; m. Sarah Gardner. 91. David, b. ; m. Caroline Bord. 92. Lorinda, b. ; m. Russel Davenport. 93. Mary Ann, b. ; died unm. 94. Sophia, b. ; died unm. 95. Susan, b. ; died unm. 96. Almira, b. ; m. Andrew Miner. IV. AZEL (56d), b. 5 Aug., 1780, son of David Gard- ner and Dennis Holmes; m., , -^'^J> daughter of Dea- con Jehial Rogers and Amy Vibber. He was a farmer and resided in Bozrah, where he died 14 'Nov., 1868. She died 21 Jan., 1866. Children. 97. Anna, b. 15 March, 1813; m. Thomas Leach. 98. Cyrus, b. 25 June, 1815; m. Lucy Swan. 99. Darius, b. 31 March, 1818; m. Lucinda Butts. 100. Erancis E., b. 8 Dec, 1819; m. Elizabeth Avery. 101. Amy, b. 14 May, 1823; m. Elisha M. Rogers. ' IV. ERASTUS (60h), b. 16 July, 1789, son of David Gardner and Dennis Holmes; m. Anna C, daughter of Dea- con Jehial Rogers and Amy Vibber. She died 21 Feb., 1832. 552 HISTOEX OP MONTVILLE. He afterwards married Eunice Hyde. He was a farmer and resided in Montville near Gardner's Lake. He died 20 July, 1866. Cliildren. 102. Artemus b. 24 Oct., 1814; m. 22 Feb., 1842, Hannah Chapman, b. 27 June, 1824, daughter of Joseph L. Chapman and Phebe Wickwire. He was a farmer ; resided at Montville. He died 22 Dec, 1881. She died 2 Feb., 1884. 103. Sally E., b. 5 July, 1816; m. David Way. 104. Julia Ann, b. 9 July, 1818; m. Richard Eaymond. 105. Charlotte, b. 4 Feb., 1821; m. Bowen. Child by Eunice. 106. Erastus H., b. 4 Dec, 1833; m. . IV. EODEEICK (81), b. 20 July, 17SS, son of Jona~ than Gardner and Jerusha Hyde Stark; m. Emma Miner. He was a farmer; resided at Bozrah. His residence was near the outlet of Gardner's Lake. He died 1 Jan., 1849. She died 6 March, 1866. Children. 107a. Dyer Hyde, b. ; m. Maria Fitch. 108b. Ulysses Seldon, b. ; m. Lucy E. Abel. 109c. Adolphus, b. ; m. Emeline Wentworth. llOd. Jackson, b. ; m. Fanny Eandall. llle. Eussel, b. ; m. 1st, Fanny Abel; 2d, Jane Abel. 112f. Lucius L., b. ; m. Maria Etheridge. 113. Mary, b. ; m. George Maples; 2d, ISTelson Chap- man. 114. Austin, b. ; m. Delight Baker. 115. Anson, b. 19 May, 1827; m. Harriet Palmer. 116. Albert A., b. 26 Aug., 1831; m. Emma J. Arnold. 117. Emma E., b. 24 Aug., 1833; m. E. L. Lathrop. "' 18. Elisha, b. 13 July, 1836; m. Lizzie Packer. IV. AMOS (66), b. 19 April, 1787, son of Isaac Gard^ ner and Philomelia Ford, daughter of Benjamin Ford and . He died GARDNER FAMILIES. 553 Children. 107. Emily 'F., h. 10 March, 1814; m. Joseph G. Ford. 108. Emma L., b. 13 May, 1817; m. George L. Ford. 109. Sherwood, b. 7 Feb., 1820; died 1 Sept., 1841. 110. Mercy Ann, b. 24 May, 1824; died young. 111. Sarah Ann, b. 30 Jan., 1826; m. Henry E. Gardner. 112. Henry W.,'b. 11 Nov., 1833; died young. IV. GILBEKT (61), b. 21 March, 1785, son of WilHam Gardner and Bathsheba ; m., , Selina, daugh- ter of George Holmes and Jemima Gardner. Children. Levi, b. 15 Dec, 1808; m. Eveline Smith. Sophrona, b. 11 July, 1811; m. Isaac W. Champlain. William, b. 10 Sept., 1813; m. Anna . Sarah, b. 10 Sept., 1815; m. Burlingame. HILLHOUSE FAMILIES. Eev. James Hillhouse came to ISTew England early in tlie last century. His father, John Hillhouse of Eree Hall, 'n'as the eldest son of Abraham Hillhouse, who resided at Arti- kelly. His- uncle, James Hillhouse, was one of the commis- sioners to treat with Lord Mount] oy in the memorable defense of Derry against the forces of James II, and was mayor of Londonderry in 1693. This Abraham Hillhouse was among the signers of an address to King William and Queen Mary on the occasion of the relief of the siege of Londonderry, dated 29 July, 1669. Rev. James Hillhouse was educated at the famous Uni- versity of Glasgow in Scotland, and afterwards read divinity at the same college under the care of Rev. Mr. Simson, then professor of divinity there. He was ordained by the Presby- tery of Londonderry in Ireland, and appears to have resided at or near the ancestral home till the death of his father in 1716. The estate descended to his older brother, Abraham. His mother died a few months afterwards, in January of the fol- lowing year. ISTot long after that date he came to seek a home on this side of the Atlantic. He is supposed to have come with the other Presbyterian emigrants from the north of Ireland, who, in 1719, established themselves in New Hampshire, where the towns of Derry and Londonderry, and the Londonderry Presbytery are the permanent memorials of that migration. At the close of the year 1720 he appears in Boston, committing to the press a sermon which he had written nearly four years before on the occasion of his mother's death, but which does not appear to have been pveached. " This work, though entitled a sermon," says his historian, " was more properly a treatise in a volume of HILLHOUSE FAMILIES. 555 more than one hundred and forty pages." Cotton Mather speaks of its author as " a valuable minister," and " a worthy hopeful yoting minister lately arrived in America." At the Parish meeting of the North Parish of l^ew Lon- don (now Montville) held on the 5th day of Pebruary, 1721-2, it was voted, " that Mr. Joseph Bradford be chosen a com- mittee to go to the governor, Mr. Saltonstall, and request him to write to Rev. James Hillhouse to ascertain if he could be obtained as pastor of the church." It is probable that the official acts on the part of Mr. Bradford were speedily per- formed, for on the third day of October, 1722, Mr. Hillhouse was installed pastor of the church in the ISTorth Parish of ISTew London. This church was organized only a short time pre- vious to the call given to Mr. Llillhouse. A full account of his labors as their pastor may be found in the Parish history, contained in this work. EEV. JAMES HILLHOUSE was born about 1687, and was married on the 18th day of January, 1726, to Mary, daughter of Daniel Pitch (one of his parishioners). She was granddaughter of the Eev. James Fitch, the first minister of JSTorwich. Mr. Hillhouse was pastor of the church about sixteen years, and the fruits of his labors still remain. He died young in the ministry, and his early death was probably hastened by the care and perplexity attending his troubles and lawsuits near the close of his ministry on earth. He died 15 Dec, 1740, aged 53 years. She died 25 Oct., 1768, aged 62 years. Ohildreij. 2. John, b. 14 Dec, 1726; died 9 April, 1735. 3. WilHam, b. 17 Aug., 1728; m. Sarah Griswold. 4. James Abraham, b. 12 May, 1730. 5. Rachel, b. 22 Jan., 1735; m. Joseph Chester. II. JUDGE WILLIAM (3), b. 17 August, 1728, son of Rev. James Hillhouse and Mary Pitch; married 1 Nov., 1750, Sarah Griswold, b. 2 Dec, 1728, daughter of John 556 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Griswold, and sister of the first Governor Griswold. He settled on the paternal estate at Montville, and continued to reside there until his death. He was greatly trusted and honored by his fellow citizens. He was one of the most prominent men in his native town, and a leading patriot in the Eevolution. At the age of twenty-seven years he repre- sented his native town in the Legislature of His Majesty's Colony of Connecticut, and was by semi-annual elections con- tinued in that trust till, having become honorably known and esteemed throughout the state, he was chosen in 1785 an assistant in the Upper House. He was also for many years a judge of the county and probate courts. He was also a major in the Second Regiment of Cavalry raised by the state for service in the war of the Revolution. At the age of eighty, in the full possession of his powers, he decHned a re-election to the council, and withdrew from pubhc life. His journeys to Hartford and ISTew Haven, and other places, were always performed on horseback. He was tall, spare, swarthy, with heavy overhanging eyebrows, quaint in speech and remarkable for simplicity of" manners, combined with an impressive dignity. Mrs. Hillhouse died 10 March, 1777. He after- wards married 24 May, 1778, Delia Hosmer. He died 12 Jan., 1816. Children by Sarah. 6. John Griswold, b. 5 Aug., 1751; m. Ehzabeth Mason. 7. Mary, b. 10 April, 1753; m. 1st, William Prince; 2d, Rev. David Jewett, 2d wife. 8. James, b. 20 Oct., 1754; m. 1st, Sarah Lloyd; 2d, Re- becca AVoolsey. 9. David, b. 11 May, 1756; m. Sarah Porter. 10. "William, b. 7 Sept., 1757. He graduated at Yale in 1777. "Was a lawyer, and died 23 Feb., 1833, unm. 11. Rachel, b. 17 Aug., 1760; m. Daniel P. Raymond. 12. Samuel, b. 17 Jan., 1762; m. Sarah Comstock. 13. Oliver, b. 11 Nov., 1764; died 27 June, 1771. 14. Thomas, b. 24 Sept., 1766; m. 1st, Harriet Hosmer; 2d, Ann Ten Brock. 15. Sarah, b. 12 May, 1773; died 14 Sept., 1778. HILLHOUSE FAMILIES. 567 II. JAMES ABEAHAM (4), b. 12 Mav, 1730, son of Rev. James Hillhouse and Mary Fitch ; married . She was a lady of French descent, whose grandfather fled to this country at the revocation of Nantes. She survived her husband and died in 1822, at the age of 89 years. Mr. Hill- house was educated at Yale College, where he graduated in 1749, and was appointed tutor one year afterwards. He entered the profession of law about 1756 at New Haven, and was soon distinguished at the bar by his forensic abilities as well as by his learning. In 1772 he was elected one of the twelve assistants, who, with the governor and lieut.-governor, were the council or senate. Three years afterwards, at the noon of life, being only forty-six years of age, he was re- moved by death, leaving a name long held in remembrance among his townsmen. His Christian life and conversation were truly exemplary; he was adorned with graces of meek- ness, charity, and humility. He died childless, and his man- sion in New Haven and growing possessions were without a lineal heir. III. JOHN GRISWOLD (6), b. 5 Aug., 1751, son of Judge William Hillhouse and Sarah Griswold; married in 1786, Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah Mason of Lebanon. He settled at Montville, where he was a farmer. At the time of his death he was living on the farm next east from the Congregational Church. He was several^ times elected representative in his native town, a justice of the peace, and was judge of the county court. He died suddenly 9 Oct., 1806, while making preparations to start for Hartford as a member of the Legislature. She survived him and died in May, 1835. Children. 16. Elizabeth, b. 22 Nov., 1787; died 13 Dec, 1807, unm. 17. Sarah Griswold, b. 31 Jan., 1790; m. 4 Nov., 1813, Joseph H. Belemy of Bethlehem, Conn., where he died 1 Nov., 1848. They had four children, John Hillhouse, David Sherman, both of whom died in childhood; Charlotte, m. Eev. N. W. Monroe of 558 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Cambridge, Mass.; she died in Oct., 1757, leaving two children; and Elizabeth Mason, m. Rev. Aretixs Loomis of Bethlehem. 18. Harriet, b. 28 May, 1792; m. 24 May, 1814, David Buel of Litchfield. He died 16 Aug., 1860, at Troy, X. Y. They had nine children, Samuel, who graduated at Williams College; David Hill- house, he was a Episcopal clergyman, and married a daughter of Eight Tiev. Bishop Atkinson of ISTorth Carolina; John Griswold, he was a lawyer at Troy, ]Sr. T. ; Charlotte Elizabeth, m. Henry C. Lockwood of Rochester, X. Y., he was a merchant at Troy; Sarah Van Vechten; C'larence, he was a lawyer; Hampden, he was a merchant at Keokuk, Iowa; Olive Price, he graduated at Williams College. 19. Mary Ann, b. 9 Oct., 1796; m. in April, 1823, Dr. Elias Williams. They had two children, Mary E., b. in Jan., 1825; m. William Fitch, youngest son of Col. Asa Fitch of Bozrah, and had one son, Wil- liam Asa. John G. Hillhouse, b. Aug., 1827; died young. 20. John Griswold, b. 4 Nov., 1802; died 28 Oct., 1808. III. JA]\IES (8), b. 20 Oct., 1754, son of Judge William Hillhouse and Sarah Griswold ; m. 1st, Jan., 1779, Sarah Lloyd, daughter of James Lloyd of Boston. She died 9 Xov., 1779, at the age of twenty-six years. They had one child, Sarah Lucas, who died in infancy, three days before its mother. He then married 10 Oct., 1782, Rebecca Woolsey. He was adopted and educated by his uncle, James Abraham Hillhouse of New Haven. He graduated at Yale in 1773, and was a lawyer. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws there in 1823. He was treasurer of the college fifty years, and the first commissioner of the school fund, from 1789 to 1791, was a member of Congress in 1791, and was afterwards sixteen years a member of the United States Senate. She died 30 Dec, 1813. He died 29 Dec, 1832. HILLHOUSE FAMILIES. 559 Children. 21. James Abraham, b. 26 Sept., 1789; m. Caroline Law- rence. 22. Augustus Lucas, b. 9 Dec, 1791; died in France, 1859, unm. 23. Sarah Lloyd, b. 7 July, 1783; died 26 June, 1853, unm. 24. Mary Lucas, b. 13 Sept., 1785. 25. Eebecca Woolsey, b. 12 Jan., 1794; m. 26 Sept., 1816, ISTathaniel Hewitt, D.D., a Presbyterian minister. Lie became pastor of the Second Society at Bridge- port, Conn., at which place she died 4 Jan., 1831. They had s'ix children, Eebecca Hillhouse; James Hillhouse; ISTathaniel Augustus, who was an Episco- pal clergyman, and afterwards became a Catholic priest; James Hillhouse; Sarah, twin to James H. ; Henry Stewart, he was a physician, m. Catherine S. Hurd, daiighter of Eerris Hurd of Bridgeport. After the death of his first wife Eev. ISTathaniel Hewitt married 14 ISTov., 1831, Susan Elliot, daugh- ter of Eev. Andrew Elliot, and had by her one child, Eebecca Hillhouse. IIL DAVID (9), b. 11 May, 1756, son of Judge Wil- liam Hillhouse and Sarah G-riswold; married 7 Oct., 1781, Sarah Eorter, daughter of Col. Elisha Eorter of Hadley, Mass., granddaughter of Eev. David Jewett. They removed to Georgia. He was publisher of a newspaper at Columbia, South Carolina. She died 19 March, 1831. Children. 26. David H., b. 27. David Porter, b. 28. Thomas, b. 29. William E., b. 80. Caroline, b. 31. Sarah, b. ; m. Felix H. Gilbert of Georgia, and had one daughter, Sarah Hillhouse, b. in 1806, who married 29 April, 1823, Adam L. Alexander. They had twelve children. A son married the daughter- of Hon. Eobert Toombs of Georgia. -32. Mary, b. 560 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. III. SAMUEL (1-2), b. 17 Jan., 1762, son of Judge William Hilllioiise and SaraH Griswold; married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Comstock and Sarah Bradford of Mont- ville. He settled first at Goshen, Conn., and returned to Montville previous to 1806. He was a farmer on a large scale. He was deacon of the church at Montville. He after- wards removed to Wethersfield, where he died 21 Dec, 1834. She died previously at Montville 30 June, 1824. Children. 33. William, b. 31 May, 1788; m. 1st, Mary Goodell; 2d, Eliza Pitch. 34. I^athaniel, b. ; m. Sarah Bradford. 35. Delia, b. 16 Aug., 1784; m. John Beach. 36. Samuel, b. ; died at Wethersfield, unm. 37. Mary, b. in April, 1787; m. Joshua Raymond. 38. Sarah, b. ; died unm. 39. Rachel, b. ; died unm. III. THOilAS (14), b. 24 Sept., 1766, son of Judge WiUiam Hillhouse and Sarah Griswold; m. 1797, Harriet Hosmer, daughter of Hon. Titus Hosmer and Lydia Lord, and sister of Chief Justice Stephen T. Hosmer. He was a merchant and settled at Troy, ISF. Y., where she died 3 Oct., 1811. He afterwards married in Oct., 1812, Anne Ten Brock, and settled at Waterville, X. Y., where he was an extensive and wealthy farmer. He died 15 July, 1834. Child by Harriet. 40. Harriet, b. 21 July, 1798; m. Cornelius Schuyler. Children by Anne. 41. Sarah Anne, b. in July, 1813. 42. Thomas, b. 10 March, 1816. 43. John, b. 17 Dec, 1817. 44. William, b. 22 Nov., 1820; m. Cornela Hillhouse, his cousin. HILLHOUSE FAMILIES. . 561 IV. JAMES ABEAHAM (21), b. 26 Sept., 1789, son of Hon. James Hillhoiise and Rebecca Woolsey; married 23 Nov., 1822, Caroline La^^rence. He graduated at Yale Col- lege in 1808. He was a poet and of high literary attainments. Children. 45. Cornelia, b. ; m. William Hillbouse. 46. Mary, b. 47. Isaphene, b. 48. Jamis, b. IV. WILLIAM (33), b. 31 May, 1788, at Goshen, Conn., son of Samuel Hillhouse and Sarah Comstock, mar- ried 13 June, 1822, Mary Goodell, b. in 1788. She died 11 Oct., 1824, leaving no issue. He then married 19 April, 1825, Eliza Fitch, b. 17 May, 1797, daughter of Eufus Eitch and Zippora Smith of Preston. He settled at Montville and was an extensive farmer. He resided several years on the Jewett farm. On 1 April, 1855, he sold the Jewett farm and purchased the Sherwood Raymond farm on Raymond Hill. Mr. Hillhouse and his wife were members of the Con- gregational Church at Montville. He died 29 Oct., 1867. She died 22 Aug., 1883. Children. 49. James W., b. 27 April, 1826; m. 17 March, 1852, Louisa M., daughter of Lemuel K. Dolbeare and Eleanor Raymond. He died from an injury re- ceived from being thrown from his wagon in Oct., 1854. He left one son and one daughter, twins; the daughter died in infancy, and the son, James William, b. 21 June, 1854, graduated at Yale in 1879. 50. Sarah, b. ; died in childhood. 51. David, b. 29 Dec, 1835; m. 20 March, 1860, Harriet E. Sweet, daughter of Dr. Stephen Sweet of Frank- lin. She died 22 Nov., 1880, leaving three chil- dren, William, b. 8 May, 1863; John Samuel, b. 36 562 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 11 Aug., 1869; and Sarah E., b. 11 March, 1877. lie was a farmer and resided on the farm left to him by his father. He has held important trust offices in his native town and society. He died suddenly while at the house of S. Denison Brad- ford, on a neighboring call, 30 Oct., 1885, of paralysis of the heart. IV. ISTATHANIEL (34), b. , son of Samuel Hillhouse and Sarah Comstock; married in Oct., 1816, Sarah Bradford, daughter of Joseph Bradford and Eunice Maples. He was a farmer and settled first at Montville. He removed about 1830 to Wethersfield, where he died 25 April, 1845. Children. 52. Sarah Frances, b. 7 Aug., 1817; died 7 April, 1838, unm. 53. William, b. 18 May, 1819; died 16 Oct., 1821. 54. Joseph Sherwood, b. 15 March, 1821; m. 20 April, 1852, Euth Smith Piatt, who died 26 Xov., 1855, leaving two children, Samuel Sherwood, b. 1853, and died in 1854; Helen Frances, b. Jan., 1855, died April, 1855. He then married Sarah Isabel Foster 11 March, 1858, and had a daughter, Sarah Brad- ford, b. 7 Jan., 1802; m. W'illiam Hillhouse, son of David. 55. Samuel, b. 8 Sept., died 4 April, 1825. JEWITT FAMILIES. Rev. David Jewitt, the second pastor of the ehiirch in ISTorth Parish of New London, now Montville, was the son of Stephen Jewitt and Priscilla , being a twin brother of Daniel Jewitt, born at Eowley, Mass., June 10, 1Y14. He was a.great-grandson of ]\raximilian Jewitt, who was admitted a freeman in Eowley, Mass., in May, 1640. This Maximilian Jewitt is supposed to have been the son of Edward Jewitt of Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and Mary Taylor, who died in 1616. Maximilian had a brother "William, who came over at the same time and settled in Eowley. Maximilian married Sarah , and had one son, Eze~ kiel,,born in 1613, and six daughters. Ezekiel married Faith Parrot, and had six sons and three daughters. His sons were Francis, b. 1665; Thomas, b. 1666; Ezekiel, b. 1669; Maximilian, b. 1672; jSTathaniel, b. 1681; and Stephen, b. 1683. Stephen, the youngest son, married July 12, 1Y08, Pris- cilla Jewitt. She had by him six children, and died Dee. 28, 1722. He afterwards married Lydia Eogers Nov. 23, 1725, and had by her one child. His children were Phebe, b. 2 Nov., 1709 ; Eliphalet, b. 22 Jan., 1711-12; David and Daniel, twins, b. 10 June, 1714; Solomon, b. 2 Sept., 1716; and Ee- becca, b. Feb., 1818-19. By his second wife he had Pris- cilla, b. 30 June, 1727. EEV. DAVID JEWITT, b. 10 June, 1714, son of Stephen Jewitt and Priscilla ; married Patience Phil- lips of Boston, Mass. He was a graduate at Harvard Uni- versity in 1736, and ordained pastor of the Second Church in New London, North Parish, now Montville, October 3, 564 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 1739. Ilis wife, Patience, died 14 Nov., 1773, aged 66 years. He then married Mary, widow of William Prince.* In 1738 Eev. David Jewitt received a call by tlie Second Church of ISTew London, North Parish. Previous to his in- stallation over this church he had been employed as a mis- sionary to the Mohegans, and much in favor with Ben Uncas, the sachem, and the foremost members of the tribe. Through his influence many of the Indians joined the church. In 1756 Mr. Jewett was absent for several months as chaplain in the colonial army. This was a service to which he was afterwards often called. During both the French War, as well as in the Revolutionary AVar, many of the. members of the Alohegan tribe were engaged. ]\Ir. Jewett was highly esteemed among his own people, and by his brother ministers of the county. He was a man of dignified deportment and very fervent in preaclimg. His animated manner and his energetic language made him very popular as a preacher. During his pastorate of about forty- five years, one hundred and thirty-six whites and twenty-one Indians received admission into the church. Between the years 1742 and 1759, from eighteen to twenty persons with- drew from the church and united with the " New Lights," as they were then called, who soon after emerged into the Baptist denomination. Isaac Hammond was one of the leaders in the movement, many others follomng him. Bev. David Jewett died at jMontville in Jime, 1783, while still pastor of the church. His last wife survived him, re- maining on the farm with her son-in-law, Dr. David H. Jewett, until her third marriage in 17'.I9. Mrs. Patience Jewett, though laboring under the disadvantage of having but one hand, could use the needle and spin linen, and perform all other hoTisehold duties as well as many ^^'onaen with two hands. During his last sickness Air. Jewett made and executed a will, disposing of his worldly effects as follows: * After the death of Rev. Mr. Jewett, his last wife, Mary, married 17 March, 1785, William Williams, and died 18 April, 1799, aged 77 years 4 mos. JEWITT FAMILIES. 565 " Will of Rev. David Jewett, made 15tli February, 1783. In the name of God, Amen: T, David Jewett of 'New Lon- don, ISTorth Ifarisli, in the County of New London, and state of Connecticut, clergyman, calling to mind the frailty of human nature and admonished by age, being now in the 69th year of my age and 44th year of my ministry, being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory, thanks be to God, therefore do make and ordain this my last will and tes- tament as follows : " First of all I commit my immortal soul into the hands of God who gave it, bearing my humble testimony to the- truth, power and preciousness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, of which (the most unworthy) I have been made a minister and hoping through the richness of God's grace and love in Christ to obtain pardon and acceptance with him to Everlast- ing Life. " My body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named, believing in and hoping for the resurrection of the just. " The flock over which I have been made an overseer I affectionately commit to the care of Christ, the compassionate shepherd of the sheep. My family I also commit to him in whom the families of the earth are blessed, and for this bleeding oppressed Country I pray with my latest breath. " l^ow as touching my worldly estate of which I thankfully own God the giver and proprieter, I give and dispose of the same in manner following : " Imprimis. My Will is that my debts with funeral ex- penses be timely and fully paid. " Item. My Will is that the agreement I made with my present beloved wife, Mary, written and confirmed at the time of our marriage, be punctually fulfilled. " I give to my beloved wife whatever wearing apparel and bedclothes have been made in the family since we have lived together. Also my best gown and easy chair. Also my famous old mare which she sits so much by. Also one-half 566 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. of the wool and one-lialf of the flax not worked up. Also a good milcli cow. " I give to my only son, David Hibbert Jewett, the whole of my farm where I now live, requiring him to faithfully ful- fill and execiite this my Will, enjoining upon him to bring up to college his son, David Jewett, if God may please to smile upon the endeavors. Having jDreviously given my son the Susquehanna purchase, I hereby renew the gift. Also all my personal estate, except what is otherwise disposed of. " As touching my negro woman servant named Yiolet, I give her the choice either to live with my son or other- wise with my granddaughter Sarah, the wife of Mr. David flillhouse, and I give with my said negro woman her bed and bedding with all her wearing apparel and a cow for her sup- port. " I give to my grandson, David Jewett, all my library of books not otherwise disposed of. Having heretofore given by deed to my grandchildren Samuel Porter and Sarah, the wife of David Hillhouse, two grants of land in the state of A"er- mont, I give unto my grandson, David Jewett, one other grant of land in said state of Vermont for which I have the Gover- nor's receipt. " In addition I hereby give and bequea,th unto my said grandchildren, Samuel Porter, Sarah Hillhouse, and David Jewett, the whole of what money I have in the Continental Loan OfSce, to be equally divided between them. " Item. I give to my son-in-law, Elisha Porter, Esq., of Hadley, Dr. Doddridge's Family Expositor, six volumes. I give to my people of this parish the works of the Keverend and (lead Mr. Flavel, one volume folio to be for public benefit, leaving this as my parting advice that while they are destitute of a minister they forsake not the house of God. " Item. I give to the Church of my charge, ten pounds silver money to encourage a public stock for the poor and necessitous members of it, the yearly interest of it to be dis- tributed at the discretion of the deacons for the time being, or JEWITT FAMILIES. 567 as tlie church shall see fit to order, the same to be paid to said Church or to their Treasurer or Committee by my Executor when he shall choose with lawful interest yearly from the time of my decease till paid, this I do hoping it may be followed by others according to their ability. " Item. I give to my su.ccessor or successors in the gospel ministry (if God may graciously please to send them) and so long as he may continue them, Doctor Owen upon the Spirit, a book very difficult to be got and very precious in its wealth, reserving for my posterity forever the liberty of read- ing it. " Item. I give to my grandson, Charles Jewett, the colt which my mare now goes with, being kept till two years old. " I give to my granddaughter, Elizabeth Jewett, what- ever remains of my household furniture not herewith dis- posed of. " I give to my little granddaughter, Sarah Jewett, a, cow to be put to use for her till she comes of age. " I give to my great-granddaughter, Sarah Hillhouse, a cow to be put to use for her till she comes of age. " I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my said son, David H. Jewett, the sole Executor of this my Will, con- fiding in his faithfulness to see the same duly executed. " Witnesses. Pelatiah Bliss. DAVID JEWETT. [Seal.] " Jno. Kaymond, Jr. Jas. ]\Iorris. The above will was presented in court and probated June 9, 1783. Inventory of his estate: Farm with 2 dwellings and outbuildings, £1,169 Os. Od, Personal, 678 12 1 Whole amount, .... £1,847 12s. Id. 568 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Children. 1st, Sarah, b. 25 Aug., 1741; m. 13 May, 1762, CoL Elisha Porter. They had a daughter, Sarah, b. 29 April, 1763; m. David Hillhouse, 7 Oct., 1781, and had six children. She died 5 April, 1775. The daughter died 19 March, IS-'U. 2d, David Hibl>arcl, b. 21 Aug., 1745; m. Patience Bulkley, daughter of Major Charles Bulkley and Ann Latimer. She was a granddaughter of Kev. John and Patience (Prentice) liJuJkk'V, first minis- ter at Colchester, and great-granddaughter of Ger- sham and Sarah (C 'hauncey) Bulkley, second minis- ter of Xew London. Slie Avas a devoted Christian and a remarkable woman. Dr. David Jewett was a surgeon in the army of the licvolution. He died at JMontville 26 April, 1814. The next year after his death his widow removed to Wilkesbarre, Penn., where she died Feb., 18;50. 1. Patience, b. Sept., 1770; died at the age of 7 years, 4 m. 2. David, b. 17 June, 1772; m. Eliza Lawi-euce, daughter of Hon. A. H. Lawrence of Xew York city, in 1827. Lie was a lawyer and stiidied law with Gov. Griswold of Lyme, Conn. Lie weut in early life to Spain wiith a relative. The sea vo.yage made him infat- uated with the sea. ^Vfter his return from Spain he studied navigation and received a commission of a vessel at the age of nineteen years. Afterwards he was captain of the ship " Trumbull," United . States ISTavy, twenty years. He had under him as lieutenant liis brother, Cliarles, with his brother George and coiisin Jonathan Bulkley, midshipmen. Afterwards he served in Buenos Ayres and in Chili. On his return home was sent for by Don Pedro of Brazil, was there commander and on the establish- ment of the Brazilian Independence, with his own hantl seized and raised the first flag of Brazilian Constitutional Independence. She died and was buried a few months afterwards. He died and was buried in Bio Janeiro in July, 1842. Said the Em- peror Don Pedro to a son of Capt. David Jewett, while he was on his visit to this country with the Em- press and their escort, " Admiral Jewett was one of JBWITT FAMILIES. 569 our heroes." Some of his officers said " they looked upon him as the people of this country looked upon Lafayette." He left one son, A. D. L. Jewett, a minister in New York city. 3. Anna, b. 1 Jime, 17Y4; died young. 4. Charles Bulkley, b. Dec, 1775; died young. 5. Charles, b. 9 June, 1777. He was a lieutenant in the United States Navy, and died 14 Feb., 1825, unm. 6. Elizabeth, b. 9 Oct., 1780; m. Phineas Waller 31 March, 1814. She died 21 Feb., 1859. He died June, 1859. They had 1st, David Jewett, b. 16 Jan., 1815; 2d, Charles Phillips, was judge; 3d, Hannah, m. Kev. Dr. Andrews; 4th, Greorge Grant, a lawyer. 7. Sarah, b. 8 Oct., 1782; died 15 May, 1857, unm. ' 8. George, b. 22 May, 1785. He was lieutenant in the United States ISTavy, died unm. 9. Martha, b. 6 July, 1787. 10. Nancy, twin to Martha; m. Judge Collins. Had one son, Eev. Charles Jewett Collins. 11. Harriet, b. 16 Jan., 1791; died Nov., 1816, unm. LOO^tnS FAMILIES. John. Loomis, who married, 18 Dec, 1760, Rachel Harris, born in Salem, Conn., 30 Sept., 1Y37, daughter of Jonathan Harris and Rachel Otis, daughter of Deacon Joseph Otis, was a son of Daniel, born 6 June, 1741, a descendant of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Conn. He settled in Colches- ter, " Salem Parish," a farmer. He died 4 May, 1811, aged 70. She died 23 June, 1827, aged 90. Children. 2. Jacob, b. 19 June, 1761; m. Selina M. Holmes. 3. John, b. 17 April, 1763; m. Hannah Buel, 13 June, 1790. 4. Rachel', b. 15 May, 1765; m. Oliver Warner, Warren, E". Y. 5. Elizabeth, b. 15 March, 1767; m. John Tenant, Spring- field, ]ST. Y. 6. Elsie, b. 19 Jan., 1769; m. Abel Xewton, Cooperstown, isr. Y. 7. Harris, b. 9 Sept., 1770; m. Lubinda Eurman, in 1793. 8. Joel, b. 6 May, 1773; m. 1st, Hannah Angel; 2d, Ellis Cliappell. 9. Hubbel, b. 31 May, 1775; m. 1st, Jerusha Burt; 2d, Widow H. Pratt. 10. Guy, b. 31 July, 1777; m. Abigail Derthick in 1799. 11. Elias, b. 18 Julv, 1779; m. i^ancv Comstock, 16 Sept., 1802. 12. Elijah, born twin to Elias; m. 1st, Mary Allen; 2d, Nancy Dodge. II. JACOB (2), b. 19 June, 1761, son of John Loomis and Rachel Hari'ls; m. 7 Dec, 1785, Selina M. Holmes, born about , daughter of Dr. Seth Wyman Holmes and Sarah Rogi'rs, daughter of Alpheus Rogers and Delight Har- ris. This Dr. Holmes was a physician, and lived in Mont- LOOMIS FAMILIES. 571 ville, where he was a successful practitioner of the profes- sion. He was engaged in the war of the Revolution, and held the title of captain. He was captain of a company in Colonel Samuel Chapman's regiment in 1778. Dr. Holmes died at Montville 12 Dec, 1821, aged 83. Jacob Loomis settled in Salem, a farmer. lie died 12 Dec, 1838. She died 15 Oct., 1837- Children. 13. Sarah E., b. 17 Nov., 1786; m. Dr. William Brown, 16 April, 1829. 14. 'SaHna JMatilda, b. 27 Feb., 1788; m. Jonathan Sisson, 4 Xov., 1810. 15. - Rachel, b. 17 July, 1789; m. Aniasa Loveridge, 29 March, 1815. 16. Mary, b. 6 June, 1791; m. Caleb Loveridge, 18 Jan., 1818. 17. Elizabeth, b. 27 Jan., 1793; m. John Cushing, 6 ISTov., 1820. 18. Jacob, b. 19 April, 1795; m. 1st, Amy Browning; 2d, Sarah M. Kimball. 19. Plarriet, b. 29 Jan., 1797; m. Jesse Jerome, 24 ISTov., 1831. 20. Lucretia E., b. 26 Aug., 1798; died 11 Nov., 1820. 21. Philena, b. 6 March, 1800; m. Caleb Miner, 4 Jan., 1826. 22. Louisa, b. 14 Nov., 1801; m. Daniel Pellet, Nov., 1830. 23. Seth W., b. 31 March, 1803; m. Lois G. Bishop, 2 Nov., 1826. 24. Hubbel, b. 27 Dec, 1804; m. Sophrona Strickland in 1830. 25. Almira T., b. 2 May, 1807; m. Daniel Brown, 8 Oct., 1829. II. JOEL (8), b. 6 May, 1773, son of John Loomis and Rachel Harris; m. 1st, Hannah Angel, granddaughter of William Angel and Almy Harding of Warwick, R. I.; 2d, Ellis Chapel, daughter of Ezekiel Chapel and Sarah Gardner, daughter of David Gardner and Jemima Gustin. He set- tled in Lyme, a farmer, was Judge of Probate Court, and a member of the State Legislature in 1830. He died 1 March, 1867. 672 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Children. ao. Hannah, b. 7 Sept., 1707; m. Daniel Chapel, 3 Oct., 1S14. 27. James, b. 30 March, 1800; m. Eliza H. Comstock, 1 Oct., 1826. 28. Eliza A., b. 27 May, 1802; m. Martin Ames. 2!». Charlotte, h. 17 Jan., 1805; m. Marvin Fargo, 2 Oct., 1828. 30. Joel, b. 6 May, 1806; m. Emily Parker, 24 Eeb., 1828. 31. Almene, b. 27 Sept., 1807; m. Henry Clark, 19 Oct., 1826. 32. Sarah G., b. 20 May, 1810; m. Osmond Darrow, 27 Oct., 1826. 33. Francis B., b. 9 April, 1812; m. 1st, Elizabeth M. Ing- ham; 2d, Angenora Beckwith. 34. Christopher C, b. 6 Feb., 1814; m. Jane M. Turner in 1836. 35. Emma A., b. 20 Sept., 1815; m. Orrin F. Smith, 2 iSTov., 1831. 36. Ellis, b. 27 Dec, 1816; m. Elisha H. Palmer, 30 JSTov., 1837. 37. Cordelia F., b. 13 Aug., 1819; m. Seth Smith, 1 April, 1839. KAYMOOT) FAMILIES. Richard Raymond, the ancestor of the large family of Raymonds, who have been residents of Montville since its first settlement, and who have been among its most influen- tial and prominent citizens, makes his first appearance at Salem, Mass., where he and his wife Judith were members of the church in 1634. He was made a freeman there the same year. Richard Raymond (the name as then recorded was written "Rayment") wdth his sons, appears to have left Sa- lem about 1650, and scattered themselves along the shore of Long Island Sound. He first settled at JSTorwalk, previ- ous to 1654, and afterwards removed to Saybrook, where he died in 1692. Children. 2. John, b. , m. Mary Betts. They settled at Norwalk, where he died and left descendants. .3. Bathsheba, bap. 11 July, 1637. 4. Joshua, bap. 3 March, 1639; m. Elizabeth Smith. 5. Lemuel, bap. 3 Jan., 1641. 6. Hannah, bap. in Feb., 1643; m. Oliver Manwaring. T. Samuel, bap. 13 July, 1645; m. Mary Smith, daugh- ter of ISTehemiah Smith and Ann Bourn. He set- tled at New London, where he died in 1705, leav- ing a considerable estate, but no children. 8. Richard, bap. 2 Jan., 1648. 9. Elizabeth, bap. 28 April, 1650. 10. Daniel, bap. 17 April, 1653; m. 1st, Elizabeth Harris; daughter of Gabrel Harris, and had two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah. After her death he mar- ried Rebecca Lay, daughter of John Lay of Lyme, by whom he had sons, Richard and Samuel, and probably others. His second wife survived him and married Samuel Gager of Norwich. 574 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. II. JOSHUA (4), bap. 3 Marcli, 1639, son of Kichard Raymond and Judith ; married 10 Dec, 1659, Eliza- beth Smith, daugliter of Xehemiah Smith and Ann Bourn. He was one of the first purchasers of land in the North Par- ish of New London. He settled at New London, and for a short time may have resided on his farm in Montville, where he built a mansion, which was afterwards owned and occu- pied by his son Joshua. Mr. Raymond was actively en- gaged in the Pequot War, and was, by the council, appointed commissary of the colonial troops. A short time before his death he was directed to fit out a vessel at New London for the Barbadoes, with provisions for the troops. He was one of the committee appointed to survey and lay out a road from New London to Norwich, through the Indian reservation, lying in the present town of Montville. This road was after- wards made a turnpike, and was the first incorporated in the United States. Mr. Raymond received for his services in laying out this road a grant of land in Mohegan, on which his mansion was built. He died 24 April, 1676. His death was supposed to have been caused by a wound which he re- ceived in the "Great Swamp fight," with the Narragansetts, 19 Dec, 16Y5. His widow afterwards married, 26 Jan., 1681, George Dennis of Long Island, and died 1 May, 1712, aged 71 years. Children. 11. Joshua, b. 18 Sept., 1660; m. Mercy Sands. 12. Elizabeth, b. 24 ilav, 1662; m. David Richards. 13. Ann, b. 12 May, 1(364. 14. Hannah, b. 8 Aug., 1668; m. Thomas Avery. 15. Mary, b. 12 March, 1671-2; m. John Chandler. 16. Experience, b. 20 Jan., 1673-4; died 25 June, 1689. 17. Mahitabel, b. 19 Dec, 1675; died young. III. JOSPIUA (11), b. 18 Sept., 1660, son of Joshua Raymond and Elizabeth Smith; married 29 April, 1683, Mercy, daughter of James Sands of Block Island. His fam- ily resided at Block Island. Mr. Raymond, having his busi- RAYMOND FAMILIES. 675 ness in New London, was absent from his family much of the time. The care and management of the home affairs, de- volved upon his wife, who was a woman of great energy and executive ability. He died at his residence on Block Island in 1704. Soon after his death she removed, with her chil- dren, to the North Parish of JSTew London (now Montville), where she, with Major John Merritt purchased a tract of land containing about fifteen himdred acres. She built a house on the hill, afterwards called "Raymond Hill," in which she, with her son Joshua, lived. Mr. Raymond in his will appointed Captain John Sands and Major John Merritt of Sew York his executors. To his son Joshua he gave "the homestead at Block Island, one hundred sheep, twenty cat- tle, a team and cart;" also "his father's homestead farm in New London in the Mohegan fields." ■ Mrs. Raymond and Major Merritt gave the land on which the first church in ]\Iontville was built. She and her son Joshua were liberal supporters of the church, which was there organized. She died at Lyme while on a visit among her friends there, 3 May, 1741, aged 78 years, and was buried near the stone church in that place. The births of their children are found re- corded in the town records of New Shoreham, Block Island. Children. 18. Sands, b. 16 Feb., 1684. ' 19. Elizabeth, b. 18 Nov., 1687. 20. Mary, b. 21 July, 1690; m. Jonathan Rogers. 21. Caleb, b. 16 June, 1693. 22. Ann, b. about 1695; m. William Whiting in 1724. 23. Joshua, b. 20 Jan., 1697; m. Elizabeth Christophers. lY. SANDS (18), b. 16 Feb., 1684, son of Joshua Ray- mond and Mercy Sandsj married . He settled in the North Parish (now Montville), in the Mohegan territory, on a farm conveyed to him by his mother, consisting of two hun- dred acres of land. 576 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. CMldren. 24. Samuel, b. 25. Elizabeth, b. ; m. James Greenfield. IV. JOSHUA (23), b. about 1697, son of Joshua Kay- mond and Mercy Sands; married 31 Aug., 1719, Elizabeth Christophers, daughter of John Christophers and Elizabeth Mulford. lie settled in Montville, and was active in the affairs of the town and church. He held offices of trust in both. lie was chosen to represent the town in the General Assembly' of the state, and served by re-election for several years. He was a justice of the peace from 1738 to 1743 for the county of jSTew London. In 1738 he was commissioned lieutenant of the third company in Xew London. He with his wife united with the church in Xorth Parish, 12 July, 1724, and was chosen deacon in 1740. He held the office of deacon until his death. She died 12 May, 1730, aged 30 years. lie afterwards married Sarah Lynde of Saybrook, 23 Xov., 1730, and died 12 ISTov., 1763. She died 19 Oct., 1771, aged 75 years. Children. 26. Elizabeth, b. 24 April, 1720; m. Oliver Hazzard of South Kingston, E. I. 27. ilercy, b. 24 Dec, 1721; m. Thomas Williams. 28. Joshua, b. 22 Dec, 1723; m. Lucy Jewett. 29. John, b. 18 Jan., 1725; m. Elizabeth Griswold. 30. Edward, b. 15 Feb., 1727; m. Sarah Douglass. 31. Christopher, b. 17 July, 1729; m. Eleanor Eitch. V. JOSHUA (28), b. 22 Dec, 1723, son of Joshua Kaymond and Elizabeth Christophers, married 4 Oct., 1750, Lucy Jcwctt, eldest daughter of Captain Nathan Jewett and Deborah Lord of Lyme. He settled at ]\rontville, and owned the farm on which he lived, and situate about one-half of a mile west of the present Congregational church. This farm was a portion of the one formerly owned by his grandmother, Mercy Raymond, and was inherited by his father. Mr. Ray- mond was, like his father, possessed of large business qualifi-' RAYMOND FAMILIES. 577 cations. He was active in the society and church affairs. He represented the town of New London in the General Assem- bly for several years. Pie was chosen deacon in 1763, and held the office imtil his death, 14 Sept., 1790. She died 26 Feb., 1811, aged 81 years. Children. 32. Mercy, b. 6 Aug., 1751; m. John Eaymond. 33. Joshua, b. about 1753; m. 1st, Mary Raymond; 2d, Elizabeth Prince. 34. Nathan, b. about 1754. He was a sergeant in his uncle Captain Joseph Jewett's company, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Flatbush. He died 16 Jan., 1777, of small pox, immediately after his re- turn home. 35. Josiah, b. about 1757; m. Elizabeth Baker. 36. ilulford, b. about 1760; m. Eleanor Bradford. 37- Louisa, twin to Mulford; m. Nathaniel Lynde Ray- mond. 38. Charlotte, b. about 1763; m. Benajah Gardner of Rhode Island. He was a large landholder and far- mer, and settled in Waterford. He had a large family, and died June, 1828. She died 23 May, 1854. 39. Lucy, b. 12 Nov., 1764; m. Nathaniel Bradford. 40. Mary, b. about 1766; m. Lemuel Raymond. 41. Jewett, b. about 1768; died 3 Oct., 1774. 42. Oliver, b. 24 Jan., l77l; m. 1st, Hannah Eaymond; 2d, Mary Comstock. V. JOHN (29), b. 18 Jan., 1725, son of Joshua Ray- mond and Elizabeth Christophers; married in 1747, Elizabeth Griswold, b. 16 July, 1728, daughter of the Rev. George Griswold of Lyme by his first wife, Hannah Lynde. He owned and occupied the old Raymond homestead near the head of Haughton's Cove. He was a military man; at one time he was lieutenant under Colonel Whiting in the French War. He was stationed at Fort Edward in November, 1756, from which place he wrote letters to his friends here at Mont- 87 578 historT of montville. ville on birch bark, wrapped in brown paper. Sbe died 16 Jan., 17Y9, of small pox. He died Y May, 1789. Children. 43. John, b. 7 Jan., 1748; ni. Mercy Raymond (32). 44. William, b. 27 June, 1749. He was in the army taken prisoner, and whipped to death at Halifax. He was never married. 45. Elizabeth, b. 7 April, 1751; m. Joshua West. 46. Hannah, b. 28 Oct., 1752; died 10 Xov., 1S34, unm. 47. Mary, b. 17 Oct., 1754; m. Joshua Raymond (33). 48. Nathaniel L., b. 18 Nov., 1756; m. Louisa Raymond (37). 49. Anna, b. 13 Dec, 1758; m. 1st, Captain Stephen Bill- ings; 2d, George Dennis. 50. Eunice, b. 15 March, 1761; m. Henry D. BoUes. 51. Eleanor, b. 9 Nov., 1765; m. John Manwaring. 52. George, b. 8 Dec, 1767; m. Martha Smith. 53. Sarah, b. 4 March, 1772; m. Daniel Baker. V. EDWARD (30), b. 15 Eeb., 1727, son of Joshua Raymond and Elizabeth Christophers; m. 14 Nov., 1758, Sarah Douglass. He was a farmer, and settled in Water- ford. He died 14 Sept., 1788. Children. 54. Caleb, b. 21 Jan., 1759; m. . He was a town clerk in Waterford 29 years. 55. Elizabeth, b. 25 Nov., 1761. 56. Mehitabel, b. 18 March, 1763. 57. Joshua, b. 2 Jan., 1766; died 13 Nov., 1789. 58. Hannah, b. 13 June, 1774; m. Oliver Raymond (42). 59. Sarah, b. 11 March, 1777. V. CHRISTOPHER (31), b. 17 July, 1729, son of Joshua Raymond and Elizabeth Christophers; married about 1752, Eleanor Fitch, eldest daughter of Daniel Fitch and Sarah Sherwood. He settled in ]\Iontville, and owned the farm on which he lived, situate next west of the cemetery on Raymond Hill, afterwards owned by David Hillhouse. RAYMOND FAMILIES. 579 tie was a physician. He died 14 May, 1793. Slie died 17 March, 1826. Children. 60. Sarah D., b. 20 Jan., 1753; m. John Dolbeare. 61. Daniel Fitch, b. abotit 1755; m. 1st, Eachel Hill- house; 2d, Charlotte Comstock. 62. Abigail Xorth, b. about 1758; m. Perez Comstock. 63. Christopher, b. about 1760; m. ISTancy Mason. 64. Lemuel, b. ; ra. ]\fary Raymond (40). 65. Eleanor, b. ; m. Levi Smith of Hartford. VI. JOSHUA (33), b. about 1753, son of Joshua Ray- mond and Lucy Jewett; married 1st, Mercy Raymond, third daughter of John Raymond (29) and Elizabeth Griswold. She died the first year of their marriage, without issue. He then married Elizabeth Prince, b. 12 March, 1.760, daugh- ter of William Prince and Mary Holland. , He settled at Montville and owned the farm on which he lived, situate near Massapeag. He was elected representative of the town in 1790, and also in 1797-98-99. He was treasurer of the town of Montville four years, and for several years held the office of justice of the peace. He died 5 April, 1806. His widow with her family removed first to Massachusetts, and afterwards settled in Colchester, Conn. At the time of her death, 2 Jan., 1844, she was living with her son Joshua. Children. 66. Jewett, b. 16 Jan., 1785; m. Rebecca Osbun of ISTew York. He removed into the state of ISTew York, where he died and left children. 67. Mary, b. ISTov., 1787; m. Jirah Williams, son of Enos AVilliams of Colchester. They first settled at Leb- anon and afterwards removed into the state of ISTew York, where they died and left three children. 68. Joshua Lord, b. 20 Jan., 1791; m. Stark- weather of S'orwich, and settled at Colchester. 69. Sophia, b. 19 ISTov., 1792; died at Lyme in 1847, unm. 70. Martha, b. about 1794; m. 11 Oct., 1816, Horace White of Lyme. They first settled at Lyme, but 580 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. afterwards removed to Mauma, Ohio. They had one son, Horace Frederick, b. 17 March, 1821, who was a lawyer, and settled at Chicago. She died in Chicago in 1853. 71. Lucretia, b. about 1797; m. — ■. Saxton. 72. Eliza, b. abont 1799; died in 1817 at Peru, Mass. 73. Joseph Holland, b. about 1801; m. Unity Kirtland. 74. Lucy, b. about 1803; m. Ira Geer of Peru, Mass. 75. Ursula Bradford, b. in 1806. After her father's death she married Captain John ]\rather Chadmck of Lyme. Slie died at Lyme in 1847, leaving one daughter. VI. JOSIAH (35), b. , 1757, son of Joshua Eaymond and Lucy Jewett; married 2 Sept., 1784, Elizabeth Baker, daughter of Joshua Baker and Abigail Bliss. He set- tled in Montville and owned the farm now occupied by Pay- mond ]Sr. Parish, next west of the Congregational church. He was erecting the dwelling-hoiise now standing on the farm at the time of his death, 21 July, 1795. His death was caused by a bruise received upon one of his feet. After his death his widow married Deacon Pobert Manwaring. She died 13 Feb., 1802, at Xorwich. Children. 76. Joshua, b. 13 June, 1785; m. ]\Iary Hillhouse. 77. Orlando, b. 4 I^ov., 1789; m. Elizabeth Xelson. He was a merchant, and removed to Iowa in 1S20, where he was postmaster. He died there in 1829, leaving one daughter, Cora O., b. 8 Sept., 1827. 78. Josiah, b. 23 Nov., 1791; m. Judith Eansom. VI. iMULFOED (3(i), b. about 1760, son of Joshua Eaymond and Lucy Jewett; m. , Eleanor Bradford, daughter of Samuel Bradford and Bridget Comstock. He was a farmer, and settled at iront^-ille. The farm on which he lived until his art of the nineteenth century were quite numerous, but very early in the century many of the families removed to other parts of the country, some moved to Nova THOMPSON FAMILIES. 595 Scotia, and others removed to the western states, so that as late as 1850 only a few families of the name remained. The line of connection between the families is not as clear as is desired. The dates of births are very hard to find, and the land records show bnt a meager evidence of facts relating to the family. Samuel Thompson, who is known to have been a resident here, was supposed to have been the son of Isaac, Jr. In the year 1Y55 he was chosen a colleetor of the " minister's rates." ITe had sons, William, Samuel, and Nathaniel, and daughter, Anna, married Jeremiah Vallet. William married Lucretia , and had sons, Elias, b. 10 Jan., 1772, and Jabez, b. 21 Feb., 1775, and daughter, Lovice, b. 6 April, 1769, she being the eldest child, and married Dea. Caleb Lyon. William, the father, died in 1834. Samuel, another son of Isaac Thom]ison, Jr., married Margaret ITox, daughter of Samuel Fox and Abigail Harris, and had a son, Samuel, who married Susanna Eogers, daughter of Jeremiah Rogers and Susanna Congdon, they had children, Sarah Ann, bap. 8 May, 1807; John, bap. 15 Oct., 1808; Margaret, bap. 9 Jan., 1811; Lucretia, bap. 2 July, 1814; Lydia, bap. 18 Sept., 1817; and Florimal Fox, bap. Sept., 1821. NATHAlSriEL, b. about 1735, son of Isaac Thompson, Jr.; married Delight Fox, sister to Samuel's wife. He died 14 June, 1828, age 93 years. She died 4 Feb., 1815, age 75 years. Children. 1. Alpheus, b. ; m. 2. Isaac, b. ; m. 7 March, 1799, Eunice Allen, and had George Stanton, b. 16 April, 1800, and ISTath- aniel Allen, b. 17 June, 1804. 3. Gardner, b. 4. Burrel, b. ; m. J\fary Bishop. 5. Abby, b. ; m. Asa Manwaring. fi. Part'hena, b. 22 April, 1776; died 8 Aug., 1860, unm. 7. Edna, b. 8 Aiig., 1780; m. Hazzard Browning. 8. Achsa, b. 21 Nov., 1781; m. John H. Allen. 596 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. ELIAS THOMPSOISr, h. 10 Jan., 1Y72, son of William and Lucretia ; married Eosanna Harris, b. about 1767, daughter of Ephraim Harris and Lydia Beebe. OHldren. 9. Elias, b. about 1804; m. Sarab Williams. 10. Elisha, b. ; m. Jemima Gardner. 11. James, b. ; m. WMtman. 12. John, b. 13. William, b. 14. Lucretia, b. 15. Mary, b. 16. Annab, b. m. Lord. Gardner. JABEZ THOMPSOTvT, },. 21 Feb., 1775, son of William and Lucretia ; m. 1st, Eunice Harding; 2d, Sarab ilorgan. BCe liven on the old Colchester road at the corner of the road leading from the old Colchester road to Oxoboxo. Children by Eunice. 17. Abby, b. 18. Eunice, b. ; m. W. K Clark. Children by Sarah. 19. Nancy, b. ; m. John Crocker. 20. Maria, b. ; m. Isaac Eichards. 21. Plarriet, b. ; m. Ebenezer W. Beebe. 22. Sarah, b. ; m. Amos Bill. 23. William, b. ; m. Eliza Green. 24. Jabez, b. : died unm. 25. Isaac, b. about 1809; m. Hannah Chawell. 2fi. Guy, b. ; m. Sarah Ann Mitchel. ELTAS THOMPSON, b. about 1804, son of Elias Thompson and Eosanna Harris; married 24 March, 1822, Sarah Williams. He lived on the farm afterwards owned by Isaac S. Champlin, about 1830. THOMPSON FAMILIES. 597 Cilildren. 2Y. James H., b. 17 Dec, 1823; m. Fannie Bill. 28. Elias, b. 6 June, 1825; m. Sarab Craig. 29. David F., b. 13 Marcb, 1828; m. Hannab Williams. 30. Oremel W., b. 31 May, 1831; died 18 Sept., 1884. 31. Calvin Dwight, b. 28 May, 1833; m. Maria Dart. 32. Martin Y. B., b. 24 Aug., 1835; m. Angeline Gardner. 33. Mary L., b. 2 Dec, 1838; m. George D. Beacb. 34. George W., b. 26 Sept., 1842; m. Elizabetb A. Wool- wortb. TUTTLE FAMILIES. Daniel Tuttle appears to be an inhabitant of tlie ISTortli Parisb, where he married 24 April, 1728, Sarah Comstock, daughter of Samuel Oomstock and Sai-ah Douglass. He settled at Mohegan, living on one of the farms rented by the overseer of the Mohegan tribe of Indians. He with his wife united with the Congregational Church on Raymond Hill the 8th day of June, 1Y29. Children. 2. Ann, bap. 8 June, 1729. 3. Elizabeth, bap. 25 April, 1731. 4. Daniel, b. about 1733; m. Thankful Bliss, b. about 1733, daughter of Peletiah Bliss and Sarah Harris. They had a son (5) Peletiah, who married, 1st, Sarah Eiogers, daughter of Thomas Eogers and Sarah Fitch. . She died about six months .after their marriage. He then married ISTov., 1783, Bet- sey Swaddle, daughter of Samuel Swaddle. Daniel the father died soon after the birth of his son, Peletiah, and his widow then married Gideon Baker. PELETIAH (5), b. about 1757, son of Daniel Tuttle and Thankful Bliss; married 1st, Sarah Ptogers; 2d, Betsey Swaddle. He settled in Montville and lived at Mohegan. Children, all by Betsey. 6. Joseph, b. 22 Oct., 1784; m. Hill. 7. Daniel, b. 30 May, 178('). 8. John, b. 18 Mayj 1788. 9. Sarah, b. 1 Aug., 1791. 10. Elizabeth, b. 26 May, 1794; m. Thomas Rogers. TUTTLB FAMILIES. 599 11. Sanford, b. 16 Oct., 1Y95. 12. Thankful, b. 14 Oct., 179Y. 13. Mary, b. 2Y Feb., 1800. 14. James, b. 9 Aug., 1802. 15. Peletiah, b. 20 Oct., 1805. 16. Charles, twin to Peletiah. ALDEN FAMILIES. The Eev. AbisKai Alden, fifth pastor of the Oongregatioiial Church at Montville, was born at Stratford, Conn., the 28th of January, 1765, son of Joseph Alden and Susanna Packard, and a descendant of John Alden, bom 1599, who came in the Mayflower in 1620, through Joseph (2) 1624, Joseph (3) 1667, Daniel (4) 1691, Joseph (5) 1718. He graduated at Dart- mouth College in 1787, and his first settlement in the ministry was at Millington, Conn., where he was ordained in 1791. He continued in the faithful performance of his duties as a min- ister of the gospel at that place eleven years, and was dismissed in 1802. He received a call from the church at Montville in May, 1803, which call he accepted, and was installed its pastor the I7th day of August following. There were present as the in- stalling council the Eev. Levi Hart, moderator; the Eev. Jo- seph Strong, the Eev. Moses C. Welch, the Eev. Jonathan Murdock, the Eev. Henry Channing, scribe, and the Eev. Eoyal Tyler. The Eev. Abishai Alden was a faithful, devoted pastor, a man of sound judgment, devout and dignified in his demeanor, sound and orthodox as a theologian, and quite acceptable as a preacher. His sermons were always appropriate to the time and occasion, that called for special themes. He was general- ly loved and respected by his parishioners. Near the close of his ministry there were certain persons who thought a more popular minister ought to be obtained, a man younger, and of more animation when preaching, and bet- ter qualified to interest the young people of the parish. This feeling continued to grow stronger on the part of the younger members of the congregation, and shared by a few of the older ones, until the pastor was compelled to resign his position as ALDBN FAMILIES. 601 pastor of the church, and was dismissed by council the 26th day of April, 1826, after a pastorate of nearly twenty-three years. During his pastorate at Montville, he admitted into the church, on profession of their faith, one hundred and eighty- two persons, and baptized, by sprinkling, one hundred infants. He also joined in marriage ninety-four couple. After Mr. Alden was dismissed from the Congregational Church at Mont- ville, he preached at Grassy Hill, Lyme, twelve months, be- tween May, 1830, and May, 1831. He removed from Mont- ville to Dover, N. H., about 1882, where he died, 11 Oct., 1833. The Eev. Abishai Alden was married to Elizabeth Parker 16 Aug., 1792. She was born 7 Nov., 1767, daughter of Dr. Jonathan Parker and Dolly Cofhn of Litchfield, IST. H. She died at Dover, IST. H., 14 July, 1852. Mrs. Elizabeth (Par- ker) Alden was a descendant from James Parker, born in Eng- land about 1617, and who settled at Groton, Mass., through Josiah (2); Eev. Thomas (3); Dr. Jonathan (4). Children. 1. Almira, b. at Millington, 6 July, 1793; m. Eev. David Koot, and had children Elizabeth, Almira, Caroline, and David. She died 10 Aug., 1832. 2. Dolly Coffin, b. at Milhngton 22 Eeb., 1795 ; died young. 3. Augustus, b. at Millington 26 'Nov., 1796; m. Lampkin, daughter of Governor Lampkin of Geor- gia, and had Ann, Elizabeth, Morcella, Almira, Florence, Oscar, and Lampkin. He died 13 July, 1870. 4. Sophrona, b. at Millington 8 Sept., 1799 ; m. Wil- son, and had Edmond and Lucilla. She died 1 April, 1836. 5. Elizabeth Parker, b. at Millington 1 April, 1802 ; m. Oliver Blockley, and had Elizabeth and Henry. She died 1 Feb., 1833. 6. Edward Parker, b. at Montville 17 April, 1805. He died 12 April, 1833, unmarried. 602 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 7. WilliamHillhouse,b. at Montville 21 Nov., 1809; m. Har- riet B. Riley of Dover, JST. H., and had 1st, Elizabetli Ann, b. 3 July, 1838; m. Dr. George M. Beard, son of Rev. Spencer F. Beard, a former pastor at Mont- ville. They had two children, Edith May, b. 7 Jan., 1873, and 'Grace Alden, b. 27 Sept., 1874. Dr. Beard died at New York, 23 Jan., 1883. She died 31 Jan., 1883. Edith ]\Iay, their daughter, died 20 July, 1873. 2d, John Abishai, b. 10 April, 1840. 3d, William Henry, b. 28 Oct., 1843; m. Helen Milledolor; no issue. 4th, Mary Blockley, b. 13 Jan., 1846. 5th, Edward Augustus, b. 4 Sept., 1848. 6th, David Root, b. 20 Xov., 1851. 7th, Harriet Riley, b. 20 ilarch, 1856. 8th, Oliver Blockley, b. 16 Aiig., 1858. The following lines were written on the death of Rev. Abishai Alden soon after his decease, by J. Hill of Dover, IST. H., and published in one of the newspapers of the city: ' ' Thou art gone, good old saint, thou art gone to thy rest, From sorrow and care set free. When happy forever among the blest Thou art there to spend thine eternity. ' Thou dwelt many years in this troublesome world, Where sorrow and conflicts arise, But now, to thy sight bright heavens unfold. Thy spirit has flown to the skies. ' Death has knocked off the shackles that bound thy good soul To withering object below ; Thy spirit has flown to the heavenly goal, Where long it has fluttered to go. " Thou didst come to a stranger's land to die. Thou art welcome to the sod ; Thou art welcome among our dead to lie Till thou hearest the trump of God. Then arise, noble saint, in triumph arise. And soar above the skies ; There thou slialt behold with unclouded eyes. And enjoy the well-earned prize." LOEENZO DOW. Lorenzo Dow was born in Coventry, in tMs state, 16 Octo- ber, 1Y77. His father, Epbraim Dow, was born in the same town, and was a descendant from English ancestors, of the f oxirth generation. William, who was the father of Ephraim, came with his father and grandfather from Norfolk, England, and settled in America. William had four sons; one went to seek his fortune and was never heard from afterwards. One settled in Voluntown, Conn. Another settled in Plainfield, ( 'onn., and Ephraim settled in Coventry. His wife was a daughter of Humphrey Clark of Ipswich, Mass. Ephraim Dow, the father of Lorenzo, married a daughter of James Parker, son of Joseph Parker, whose parents came from England, and was murdered by the Indians. Himself, with the other children, escaped from the Indians by hiding in the grass and brush, though in sight of the savage foes. One of the children was an infant, which the sister dropped from her arms in her fright, and Joseph, the elder brother, picked it up. The child being very quiet, they were all saved. Joseph Parker settled in Coventry, and built the first house erected in that town. He died there at the advanced age of ninety-four years. The Parkers of this line are said to have been descendants from Lord Parker of Macclesfield, England, who is supposed to have descended from one of the natural children of King Charles II, who is said to have descended from William the Conqueror. Lorenzo Dow was one of the most conspicuous characters in America at the beginning of the nineteenth century. He joined the Methodists when young. Having heard much said regarding that sect that did not impress him very favorably, and having the curiosity to see one himself, he, at a convenient 604 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. opportunity, went to one of their meetings. He says, " I went to the door and looked in to see a Methodist, but, to my siirprise, lie appeared like other men." He finally became a Methodist himself and ultimately a traveling preacher. Oif making religious profession he says, " Having been sprinkled in my infancy, and not feeling altogether satisfied, I had the rite performed as a declaration to the world of my own voluntary dedication of myself to God and his service." Pie entered the ministry at the age of twenty-one and was first sent to Cambridge, Mass., where he remained one year. The next year he was stationed at Essex. The circuits em- braced all the countries north of Rensselaer to Canada line, but the field, wide as it was, did not suffice for his roaming propensities or his growing evangelistic ambition. He was dropped from the regular work on account of his eccentrici- ties, and for nearly forty years was wandering over the world. He traveled all over the United States and even crossed the ocean to Great Britain, visiting England, Ireland, and Scot- land. He was a ready writer, shrewd and often amusing. His dress and address were aKke singular. He always wore a Quaker garb and had his beard and hair long, in a day when clean shaves and a close crop were in fashion, his beard falling over his breast, reaching nearly to his waist, and his hair falling over his shoulders. Starting out on one of his annual tours for some distant point he would sing and pray and preach from his wagon in the public square of every city and village he passed through and would leave a string of appointments to be filled on his return, weeks and months, and sometimes one year ahead. He never failed to be on hand at the appointed time. The first great object of his warfare, both with pen and tongue, was the fatalistic Calvinism, as he termed it, which was held to by many in New England a century and a half ago. The efforts of the advocate of the Calvinistic doctrine to re- concile freedom of will with predestination is described in the humorous liues : 4C LORENZO DOW. 606 " You can and you cant, You shall and you sliant, You will and you wont. You'll be damned if you do, You'll be damned if you don't." He acted independently of all ecclesiastical relations, making his own appointments and preaching when and where he chose. He usually preached in the open air, sometimes from his wagon and sometimes from the head of a barrel or box, and when closing would make an appointment to preach again in the same place some months ahead, and though, as was frequently the case, he had in the meantime been hundreds of miles away, yet, when the day and hour came, he was sure to be there. In Stevens' History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the TJnited States is found an interesting description of the first church built in Mississippi. The historian says : " It was built mainly by the efforts of Randall Gibson, who had removed to the Mississippi territory, then in the hands of the Spaniards, aboiit the close of the Revolutionary War." The church referred to in the above was in the town of Washington, in the northwestern portion of the grounds on which Jefferson College, the oldest college in the Southwest, stands. The lot on which this church stood was donated by Lorenzo Dow, and the deed to it, with the signature of the eccentric, but generous, evangelist of the Methodist Church, and his noble Christian wife, Peggy Dow, are now, so it was said in 1878, among the archives of the college. The convention which framed the constitution of Missis- sippi was held in this church, and the "Charter Oak" of Mississippi, under which was placed a field piece, from which was fired the first salute to the new-born state, stood about one hundred yards from the former site of the old church. In the year 1872-3 a severe storm prostrated the old church build- ing, but its location. is still marked for a memorial both to the builders of the church and the donors of the lot. His courtship and marriage were perfectly characteristic, 606 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. and are related in his journal as follows: " I was resolved wlicTi I began to travel that no created object should be the moans of rivalling my God, and of course not to alter the situa- tion of my life, unless a way seemed to open in the way of Providence, whereby I might judge that my extensive useful- ness should be extended rather that contracted." His court- ship and marriage, as related by himself in his autobiography, was as follows: Pie says, " Smith J\Iiller (this man was a brother-in-law to Peggy, he having married her older sister, and had adopted Peggy, her parents dying when she was quite young) of Western came to a big meeting in the woods and heard that crazy Dow was there, and after some time sought and found me. He aceompanied me to my appointments, consisting of about one hundred miles to travel. He kept what some would call a Methodist ta-\-ern, i. e., a house for the preachers. One of my appointments being near his house, he invited me to tarry all night, observing his daughter would be glad to see me. I asked if he had any children. He re- plied, a yoimg woman I brought up I call my daughter. I stayed all night, but as it happened that not a word passed between her and me, though there were but three in the family. I went to my appointments, where we had a precious time, but whilst preaching I felt uncommon exercise (known only to myself and my God) to run through my mind which caused me to pause for some time. In going to my evening appointment I had to return by the house, he being still in company with me. I asked him if he would object if I should talk to his daughter concerning matrimony. He replied, I have nothing to say, only I have requested her, if she had any regard for me, not to marry so as to leave my house. " "When I got to the door, I abruptly asked his wiie, who had been there and what they had been about in my absence. She told me, which made ^vay for her to observe, that Peggy was resolved never to marry unless it were a preacher, and one wlio would continue traveling. This resolution being similar to my own, as she then stepped into the room, caused me to ask LORENZO DOW. 607 if it were so. She answered in the affi-rmative, on the back of which I replied, ' Do you think you could accept of such an object as me?' She made no answer, but retired from the room; this was the first time of my speaking to her. I took dinner; asked her one question more — and went to my neighboring meetings, which occupied some days, but having a cloak making of oil cloth, it drew me back to it. I. stayed all night, and in the morning when going away I observed to her and her sister, who brought her up as. a mother, that I was going to warm countries where T had never spent a warm sea- son, and it was possible I should die as the warm climate de- stroys most of those who go from a cold country; ' but,' said, I, ' if I am preserved about a year and a half from now, I am in hopes of seeing this northern country again, and if during this time you live and remain single, and find no one that you like better than you do me, and would be willing to give me up twelve months out of thirteen, or three years out of four to travel, and that in foreign lands, and never say do not go to your appointments, &c., for if you should stand in my way 1 should pray to God to remove you, which I believe he would ans'.ver, and if I find no one that I like better than I do you, perhaps something further may be said on the subject,' and finding her character to stand fair, I took my departure. " In my travels I went to the ISTatchez country, where I found religion low, and had hard times, but thought this country one day would be the garden of America, and if the famiily would remove there it would prove an everlasting blessing (as its respects religion) to the inhabitants, consider- ing their infant state. " It lay on my mind for some weeks, when I wrote to them on the subject, -though I had no outward reason to suppose they would go, considering the vast distance of near two thousand miles. But now I found she was still single and they all willing to comply with my request, which removed many scruples from my mind. Knowing that it was a cir- cumstance that turned up in the order of Providence instead 608 HISTORY OP MONTVILLB. of by my own seeking, so our bargain was drawn to a close, but still I tbought not to have the ceremony performed nntil I should return from Europe, but upon reflection, considering the circumstance would require a correspondence, nay letters might be intercepted, and the subject known, prejudice arise, jealousy ensue, and much needless conversation and evil be the result, wherefore, to prevent the same, a preacher coming in, we were married that night; the only five were present, this being the third of September, 1804." Peggy, the wife of Lorenzo Dow, died at Hebron, Conn., January 6, 1820. She had been a true and valuable com- panion to him during his travels about the country on his preaching tours for sixteen years. On his first visit to Ireland (he several times crossed the Atlantic) he says, ''A loyal woman scolded me because I did not pray for the king. I replied that I came from a country where we had no king, and it was not natural for me, so she excused me and invited me to breakfast." In Belfast he was sent to prison for preaching in the streets, but was very soon liberated. He improved his opportunity, however, while in prison to address the prisoners. Being solicited to play cards while on a passage in a canal boat, he told them who solicited him that would play one game when they had done. After they had done playing he offered to buy the cards. The captain told him he did not sell cards, but that he would give them to him, which having done, Dow played his game by throwing them out of the windows into the canal. Speaking in relation to one who was prejudicial against him he remarked, " The best way that ever I found to kill an enemy, was to love him to death." In speaking of a visit to Stonington, Conn., he says, " Left Peggy, visited Hebron, Stonington (where George's ship " Nimrod " killed two horses, one hog and a goose) so on to ISTewport, E. I." There are many anecdotes related of Lorenzo Dow, some of which he relates himself in his journal, and others which LOEENZO DOW. 609 lie does not mention. The following are some of the latter: He was applied to in a place where he was about to preach to endeavor to detect a thief who had stolen his neighbor's axe. Accordingly, he carried with him into the pulpit a stone as large as he conld easily wield with one hand. During the service he remarked that there was an individual in the as- sembly who had- stolen his neighbor's axe, and seizing the stone, and raising it for a heave, he declared that he was going to throw it at the thief's head, whereupon the guilty individ- ual dodged and thereby was detected. The story about his raising the devil had, become quite familiar to persons well acquainted with this eccentric man in past generations. In one of his frontier tours in New York or Pennsylvania he came to a log house, the mistress of which entertained him hospitably in his character as a preacher, gave him his supper and a bed in a sleeping room adjoining the living room. After he retired a familiar friend of the woman came to visit her and the two chatted till midnight, when the mistress' husband came home intoxicated and angry to find the door fastened. For fear of his drunken wrath, the wife's companion got into a barrel and she covered him up with the tow of flax;. Then she let in her husband, swear- ing loudly at being barred out. " Hush ! " says she, " You'll wake up the preacher sleeping in the spare room." Preacher? What preacher? " " Why, the celebrated Lorenzo Dow." " Dow? Why, I've heern of him, and blamed if I don't have him up," and in spite of the wife's remonstrances Dow had to dress and exhibit himself, saying to the master of the house, " Well, sir, Lorenzo Dow is before you, what will you have? " " Why, I'se heern tell as how you can raise the devil — '■ now let's see you do it." Dow took the candle from the table, made a circuit of the room, saying " Hocus, pocus " several times in succession and touched the flame to the tow, when the fellow in the barrel rose up all afire, and, with a screech and a howl, ran blazing out of the door. The drunken hus- band was sobered in an instant from fright, and was com- 39 610 HISTORY Oi? MONTVILLB. pletely cured of his drinking habits. He reformed and joined the church, and the secret was kept till after the death of the man. Another ludicrous incident is related that Lorenzo Dow is said to have been connected with when on one of his preach- ing tours through South Carolina. As the story goes, on reaching a large spruce tree he overtook a colored lad, who was blowing a tin horn and could send a blast with rise and swell and cadence which waked the echoes of the distant hills. Calling aside the lad, Dow said to him, " What's your name, sir?" "My name's Gabriel, sir," said the ebony-colored lad. " Well, Gabriel, have you ever been to Church Hill? " " Yes, Massa, I'se been dere many a time." " Do you re- member a big spruce pine tree on the hill? " " Oh, yes, Massa, I knows dat pine tree." " Do you know that Lorenzo Dow has an appointment to preach under that tree to-morrow?" " Oh, yes, Massa, everybody knows dat." " Well, Gabriel, I'm Lorenzo Dow, and if you'll take your horn and go to- morrow morning and climb up into that tree and hide your- self among the branches before the people begin to gather, and wait there till I call your name and then blow such a blast with your horn as I heard you blow a minute ago, I'll give you a dollar; will you do it, Gabriel? " Gabriel, like Zacchaeus, was hid away in the tree-top in due time. An immense concourse of persons of all sizes and color assembled at the appointed hour, and Mr. Dow preached on the last judgment day. By his power of description he wrought the multitude up to the opening of the resurrection scenes, and grand assize at the call of the trumpet blasts which are to wake the sleeping nations. " Then," said he, " suppose my dying friends, suppose that this should be the very hour? Suppose now, that you should hear, at this moment, the sound of Gabriel's trumpet? " Sure enough, at this moment the trumpet of Gabriel sounded, the women shrieked and many fainted, the men sprang up and stood aghast, some ran, others fell and t'ried for mercy, and all felt for a time that the judg- LORENZO DOW. 6ll ment was set and the books were opened. The preacher stood and watched the drifting storm till the fright had abated, and someone had discovered the ebony angel, who had caused the alarm, qtiietly perched on a limb of the old spruce, and wanted to get him down to whip him. Then the preacher resumed his theme, saying, " I forbid all persons from touching the boy up there. If a colored boy with a tin horn can frighten yoti almost out of your wits, what will you do when you hear the trtimpet thunder of the archangel? How will yovi be able to stand in the great day of the wrath of God? " Peggy Dow, the first wife of Lorenzo Dow, died at He- bron, Conn., Jan. 6, 1S20, aged 39 years. He afterwards married Lucy Dolbeare of Montville, the daughter of George B. Dolbeare. His last courtship and marriage was unique as was the first, and was characteristic of the man. Miss Dolbeare was a thorough Methodist, and, being a woman of great muscular strength and masculine in her speech, and, withal, gifted with a flow of language, she was a powerful ally in a Methodist meeting. At one of Mr. Dow's meetings Lucy was present and Mr. Dow was strongly attracted toward her. At the close of the meeting he shook hands with her; before parting he propounded the question. She was ready to meet the proposal, and both then and there entered into a contract which was very soon after sealed with the marriage vow. Soon after their marriage Mr. Dow settled at Montville, and was engaged in farming. He did not, however, abandon his itineracy, and continued at certain seasons of the year to ,make his tours through the country, fulfilling appointments made a year ahead, l^early every Sunday he would preach either in his own neighborhood or in adjoining towns. He run a saw-mill which stood on the farm which he occupied. This farm belonged to his wife, ha^dng been bequeathed to her by her father in his last will. He afterwards bought a saw and grist-mill of Henry Maynard, which was located at the outlet of Oxoboxo Pond, which he occupied until sold in 612 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 1830, after the great lawsuit between Peter and Henry A. Eichards and himself about holding back the water in his pond. During the time he lived on his farm in Montville, from about 1822 iintil his death, he did quite a business at farm- ing. He repaired the buildings and improved his land, and was considered quite a successful farmer. The shingles at that time put on his house have remained quite sound and were still intact in 1890. Often when going to market (ISTor- wich being the city where he did most of his trading) he would yoke up his oxen and drive into town. It was not unusual to see him ride through the streets on the bottom of his ox-cart or wagon drawn by two and sometimes three yoke of cattle, driven by a negro teamster. Lorenzo Dow was a staunch Jackson-man, and when the president made his eastern tour in 1833 his route led him near to j\Ir. Dow's residence, the route being along the Essex turnpike through Montville and Salem. At the " Bland Tavern " Mr. Dow had a hickory pole erected with the flag of the nation flying at the top. As President Jackson came along with his suite, on his way from Hartford, by way of Essex, to Norwich, he stopped and had an interview with Mr. Dow and his wife, Lucy, the president introducing to them his suite, Van Buren and Donaldson, his private secretary. The place of their meeting was then and long afterwards called Hickory Plain, in honor of the president. It is said that about two hundred of the neighboring citizens assembled on that occasion. Mr. Dow took considerable interest in the affairs of the town. At one time he was chosen, with others, to audit the accounts of the town. The records will show the remarks made by him, written on the margin of the pages by his own hand with his name attached. The following are specimens of the remarks: " IST. B. It appears that those men at the bottom of the town business get our own orders and then charge interest, LORENZO DOW. 613 though the books do not express it; either the books are not correct, or the men are innocent who hold those orders; or else it is Montville way of doing business! L. DO"W." " P. S. See IsTo. 119, 1823, interest $40.14 on his ' note ' \vhere we find no note mentioned, but Order 669-21 as above and yet the order for interest is $41.14 and for five days less than a year." " Mont\dlle wants a new book, better bound to transmit the records safe to posterity. L. DOW. Dec. 23, 1823." Lorenzo Dow was a remarkable and eccentric individual, who for nearly half a century, prompted by an inward impulse, devoted himself to a life of singular labor, self-denial, and sacrifice. One month he would be heard of laboring for the good of souls in his own peculiar way in the neighborhood of his home, the next, perhaps, braving the frosts and snow of a Canadian winter ; the next on his way to Ireland or England in the prosecution of some benevolent purpose, and six months or a year afterward he is encountering the dangers and hard- ships of a Georgia or Kentucky wilderness, or fleeing for his hfe from the tomahawk or the scalping knife of the Indian savage in the then untrodden wilds of the Mississippi valley. The suddenness and promptitude of his appearance in a town or village at the very hour and minute that he had appointed, perhaps some twelve months before, the boldness with which he would attack the ru.ling vices and denounce wickedness, either in high places or low, the general adaptation of his dry and caustic rebukes to the sin and follies prevalent in the place where he might be and which he seemed to know almost intuitively, together with the biting sarcasm and strong mother-wit that pervaded his addresses, all served to invest the approach to any place of the " crazy preacher," as he was fre- quently called, with an air of singular and romantic interest. And most extensively has the influence of the labors of this strange and eccentric man been experienced and felt; eternity can only reveal the good he may have accomplished. Scarcely a neighborhood from Canada to Georgia, or from the Atlantic 114 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. to the Mississippi, tliat has not some tradition still to relate, or some tale to tell of the visit and the preaching of Lorenzo Dow, and there is scarcely an individual in all jSTew England that has not heard their fathers or mothers, or grandfathers and grandmothers, relate some one or more of the witty say- ings, or speak of the htimorous doings of this singular man. He died at Alexandria, Va., the second day of February, 1834, aged 56 years and 4 months. The last wife of Lorenzo Dow survived him and remained on the " Old Dow Home- stead " until her death. She used to receive quite an income from the sale of her husband's books, which contained a journal of his life, his travels, incidents, and witty sayings, during the first few years after his death. She died at Montville on the 26th day of October, 1863, aged 77 years, and was buried on her own farm in a burying- lot enclosed by an iron fence. LORENZO DOW. CHAPTER V. INDUSTEIAL HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Althougli this town, as a separate and independent in- corporate body, does not date back but a little more than one hundred years, yet its early history is intimately connected with that of New London, of which it was originally a part, and until dt was incorporated a distinct township, in 1Y86, was called the " North Parish of New London." Its early settlement, which was very rapid the first half- century, was largely owing to its being an elevated and re- tired location, descriptive of its name, its many fertile, open fields and extensive timber, its beautiful lakes and rivulets, affording an abundance of water-power, easily controlled for saw and grist-mills, industries of great importance with the first settlers. Its advantages were further increased by its near access to the " Great River," afterwards called the Thames, then affording an abundance of fish. Containing, as it did, mthin its hounds the famous tribe of Mohegan Indians, so friendly and generous to the white man, its history has ever been such as to command universal attention. " New London County," says its gifted historian, Miss Caulkins, " is a locality no way inferior in interest to any part of the state. Its early history is full of life and vivid anecdotes. Here the white and red race flourished for a time side by side, while hard- ships, reverses, and adventures of various kinds marked its subsequent progress." This town, in its growth and advance in agricultural, manufacturing, and other industrial pursuits, may serve as a representative of other New England towns. That noble band of Puritans who left their own native coimtry to found a, home in a wild foreign land, and whose special object appears 616 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. to have been "to preserve the morals of their youth ; to prevent them through want of employment from lea-vdng their parents and engaging in business unfriendly to religion ; to lay a foun- dation for propagating the gospel in the remote parts of the world; to form the model of a pure church, free from admix- ture of human additions." A set of men more conscientious in their doings, or simple in their manners, never founded any commonwealth. Speaking of them, Governor Stough- ton remarked, " God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into the wilderness." These same Puritans who landed at that dreary, disconso- late place, afterwards named Plymouth, after the town in England from which they last sailed, in the month of Decem- ber, 1620, and those of like faith and noble character who followed them during the fifteen or twenty years foUovsdng, had many representatives among the early settlers in this town. The name of Bradford, Rogers, Fitch, Mason, Turner, Baker, Raymond, Alden, and many others, all were early settlers here. These pioneers were the first to cultivate and improve these farms, build houses, fence their lands, lay out and build highways through their farms, and from house to house. The first to erect schoolhouses and to found a church. The school- houses served as well for meeting-places for religious worship on the Sabbath before any church edifice could be erected. It was nearly fifty years after the first English settler located in this present town before a house for the public worship of God was erected. Most of the early settlers here were members of some church before they came, some belonged to the church at New London, and some at ISTorwich, and it was never con- sidered a hardship to ride six or ten miles on horseback to attend religious services at those places on the Sabbath. These pioneers were a robust, hardy set of yeomen, capable of enduring hardships and privations, and were possessed of a nature willing to endure privations, and an ability to ]>erf()riii a great amount of manual labor. Erom early morn to the last rays of the evening twilight they were employed INDUSTRIAL. 617 in some laborious work on their farms. The famihes in those days were usually quite large, often from four to six sons and nearly as many daughters, who, when arriving at the proper age and strength were called upon by their parents to assist them, the sons on the farm and the daughters about the house- work. The pleasure and enjoyment of the home circle in those days seem to have been far greater than that of modern experience, the labor of the hands gave life and buoyancy to the spirit. Some of the first inhabitants of this township were remote only three generations from their first American ancestors, and were possessed with much of the Piiritan character. " They were men," as an able writer has truth- fxiUy portrayed, " who habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence." Our forefathers were men well calculated and wonder- fully fitted to be pioneers, in subduing and improving the vdld land, and laying a foundation for the building up of indus- tries, which to-day are of magnificent proportions. Much hard labor was required in clearing the land and erecting houses in which to live. Though their houses were nearly as rude as those of their uncivilized neighbors, yet they served as a home and were pervaded with a spirit of contentment and wholesome enjoyment. As progress was made in the im- provement of their homes and farms, as clearings were con- tinued to be made, the soil broken up and improved, better dwellings built, schoolhouses and houses of worship erected, new life began to dawn upon them, fields of knowledge were discovered, new industries were developed, social intercourse among neighbors became a greater source of pleasure and profit. Attendance upon religious worship was a means of building up character and developing a higher spiritual life. The Pilgrims were an agricultural people, and so were many of those who followed them to these shores. One 618 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. reason why the Pilgrims left their adopted country, Holland, was, according to Bancroft, because they " had been bred to ai^i-icultural pursuits," which they could not follow in that land. That they continued to follow their original pursuit as their chief one for many years after their arrival is familiar history. But their task was a severe one. Cleared fields were small and few; and their implements were rude and ill fitted to clear the dense woods and break up the stubborn soil. Some of their implements, no doubt, were obtained from the mother country. The only metal to be found here that could be formed into implements of husbandry was bog-iron ore, whicli was very brittle and often spoiled by a day's use. The magnitude of their task from lack of appropriate implements with which to perform their work is perhaps more difficult for those of the present age to realize than any other feature of our history, because agricultural implements have been brought to such a degree of perfection. The most important of farm implements is the plow, and is doubtless one of the oldest, for its origin must be coeval Avith the human race of antiquity, in the days of Elisha, who, when sum- moned by Elijah to follow him, was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. The plow is probably an improvement upon the hoe, which may be claimed as still more ancient. At first it was made of the tough crotches of trees ; then the forked piece was trimmed and bound to the handle to prevent the two from splitting apart. The plow had an equally humble origin. Like hoes, one limb of a tree formed the beam and the other the share. When the colonists first began to upturn the soil the plow was a very simple and weak affair. It was wholly made of wood. It required a great deal of power to draw it. During all the centuries preceding the present but few improvements were made in the construction of the plow. Even at the beginning of this century this implement was wholly made of wood, except that a wrought-iron share 1)1- point was attached to the mould-board, and some bolts and nuts whereby the pieces were fastened together. Fastened to INDUSTRIAL. 619 the end of the beam was an iron clevis. The wooden mould- hoard was sometimes plated with sheet iron or by strips made by hammering out old horeshoes. The standard rose nearly vertically, and to which was attached the beam. Two pins in the standard formed the handles. All the other implements of husbandry used by our fore- fathers were alike rude and clumsy, and it required great strength to manage them. Eor a century the colonists here, and throughout the country, remained in nearly a stationary state in respect to their leading pursuit. Their implements, few and imperfect, were rarely improved. The hoe, plow, spade, fork, and occasionally a harrow, scythes, and axes, com- prised nearly the whole inventory of farming tools. There was an obstinacy with which old ideas were cherished that served to quench the spirit of improvement in those times. The system of agriculture best adapted to the country and the method by which the best results could be obtained could only be learned by experiment. If a possessor of superior in- telligence arose, who ventured to try experiments, he was neither cheered nor encouraged, but on the other hand was laughed at for his folly. One who was familiar with the habits and customs of the people of those times has said that if such an one " did not plant just as many acres of corn as his fathers did, and that, too, in the old of the moon, if he did not sow just as much rye to the acre, use the same number of oxen to plow and to get in his crops in the same day; or if he did not hoe as many times as his father and his grandfather did, if, in fine, he did not wear the same kind of homespun dress and adopt the same religious views and prejudices, he was shunned in company by old and young, and looked upon as visionary." However prejudicial our ancestors may have been to any newly advanced idea in their method of work or of their reli- gious views, yet, in the log cabin or simple frame dwelling of that agricultural era were first cultivated the true, though austere religion, the domestic virtues, the sturdy habits of (320 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. frugal industry, the daring spirit and the devoted love of liberty that have so advanced the prosperity and the renown of their remote posterity. Let us go back to the first half of the eighteenth century, and in imagination, with the help of history, recall some of the sketclies of the houses of that period as drawn from actual observation by the antiquary of those historic times. On a visit to one of these yeomen we pass along a " trail " indicated by marked trees, and first discover his horse and i-attlc-shcd standing near an old Indian clearing, which may have been a planting-field of the chief of the tribe; and just a little way off stands the dwelling built of logs, with a thatched roof and a large chimney at one side built of stones cemented vdth clay. The small windows are covered with oil paper, and the massive door is thick enough to be bullet- proof. At one end of the house, at a distance of about ten feet, is a well, fi'om which water is obtained by means of a crotched tree set in the ground, supporting a large " sweep " balanced in the middle, upon the small end of which is fastened a pole reaching down to near the ground. On the lower end hangs the " Old Oaken Bucket." Pulling the " latch string " we enter and find that the fl.oors are made of rifted chestnut or straight-grained oak, roughly smoothed with the adze, while the immense hearth in front of the large fireplace occupying nearly one-half of the side of the house, is of large flat stones. There are no partition walls, but thick curtains made of homemade cloth, and are hung so that at night they divide ofF their straw beds, upon which they pile rugs, cover- lets, and flannel nr linen sheets. A high-backed chair or two, a massive table, a large chest -with carved front, and some Indian birch-bark boxes and splint baskets are ranged round the walls, while on a large dresser we notice wooden bowls and trenches, pewter plates and earthern plates, horn drinking- cups, and a " tinder box " with flint and steel. Hanging on the wall is the old " flint lock " ready for defense or to shoot down the wild beasts that may be prowling aroimd their flocks. INDUSTRIAL. 621 In one corner is the spinning-wlieel and tlie loom, at wMch tlie housewife is busily engaged when the meals are disposed of and the dishes \vashed and set upon the shelf. High on the mantel shelf with a candle-stand on one side and the time- marking hour-glass on the other is the oft-read Bible, never kept for show. There were gatherings, besides those for religious worship, where neighbors met one another and had social " chats." Upon elections and " training " days people mingled together, also at " raisings," when flip and cider flowed plentifully. The " husldng," too, was a social as well as an industrial gathering, followed by a rich repast upon pumpkin pie, whici has, to the present day among the farmers, formed one of the most thoroughly enjoyed dishes. Of those " days of long ago " we have heard our mothers and grandmothers say they were full of real enjoyment, al- though there was a great deal of hard work, yet it seemed a pleasiire. The young people were allowed to have evening parties, when the neighboring households gathered and spent the time in plays, games, and other social recreations, making life joyous and burdens light. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. The first industry started up in this town, excepting the saw-mill, was that of making iron from bog-ore. These bogs were found all along the Coast from Maine to Maryland. Water filtering through the neighboring hill brings down into the ponds and marshes large quantities of iron in solution and deposits the same at the bottom of the ponds or coves along with vegetable mould in soft spongy masses, which went by the name of bog-iron ore. The large furnaces of the present day could not be supplied with it, because it does not exist in sufficient quantity, but for the use of the early colonist it sup- plied nearly every want. The iron cast from it was brittle, but very soft when melted. Such iron is still used in some parts of our country for stove castings. In 1643 specimens of the bog-ores from ponds near Lynn, 622 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Mass., were sent to England to be tested, and was found to be of so good a quality that a " Company of Undertakers for tbe Iron Works " was formed by John Winthrop, Jr., and others, and they began the regular manufacture of iron at Lynn. The work was very successful, the bog-iron being well adapted for casting cannon, shot, pots, and other hollow ware. About six years after John Winthrop, Jr., came to New Lon- don he obtained a grant of privilege from the Assembly to enable him to make iron here. His first attempt to establish the manufacture of iron was within the limits of this tovsm, at a place still called the " Old Forge," at the outlet of the Oxoboxo stream, below " Johnson's Dye Works." Here he started a " bloomey," as it was then called, for the smelting of iron. The primitive bloomey was merely a hole in the ground, in which charcoal was burned by the aid of a bellows made from a goat-sldn, iron ore being added to the fire in small quantities. The one here built was, however, an im- provement upon the primitive ones used in India from the most ancient times, and are still said to be employed by the natives in Asia and Africa. This consisted of a furnace and a forge. The furnace was made by means of stone laid in clay, formed in the shape of a large kettle, the inside being overlaid with plastered clay. A chimney was raised to a STifiicient height to produce a strong draft. In this way the ore was brought to a condition for the forge to form the iron into the proper shape for use. These iron works appear to have been soon after abandoned and nothing more was done there for nearly one hundred years. The next mention of the iron works is in 1750, when the land on which the works formerly stood was deeded by Benja- min Alford to Benjamin McCall. The next mention of the works was on the 11th daj of April, 1788, when Jeremiah Vallet, 2d, sold a piece of land to Greorge Willianis, containing ten acres, " with two-thirds of the spot where the late iron works were erected." The same year George Williams con- veyed the same premises to Pemberton Baker, who, on the 10th day of January, 1792, conveyed it to Amariah Weston. INDUSTRIAL. g23 The only mills in operation within the present boundaries of Montville at the date of its incorporation were four grist- mills, seven saw-mills, and one fulling-mill. The grist-mills were owned by Ezekiel Fox, Jonathan Maynard, George Latimer, and Levi Lester; the saw-mills by Ezekiel Fox, Atwell Ohapel, Deshon, Wheat et Hallam, Mathew Leffingwell, C! eorge & Jonathan Latimer, George B. Dolbeare, and Joshua Eaymond; the fulling-mill was owned and operated by Joseph Smith. The most important stream which runs through the town and on which are located most of the manufacturing estab- lishments, is called Oxoboxo. This stream takes its rise in the northwest corner of the town. Its general course is south- easterly, and empties into a cove, which makes out from the Thames Eiver a few rods north from the present Montville station of the IsTew London ISTorthern railroad. This arm of the river runs up into the main land about one mile, originally called " Massapeag," afterwards called Baker's C^ove, but now bears the name of Haughton's Cove. ISTear the outlet of the Oxoboxo, first called by the early settlers " Saw-mill Brook," located a few rods about the " old iron works," is the Dye Wood Works of the late William G. Johnson, now owned and operated by his son, Henry C. John- son. Upon this site the first saw-mill erected on the stream stood. It was built under the direction of John Winthrop about 1653. After the purchase of these premises by Amariah Weston in 1792, he built a small shop near the site of the Winthrop saw-mill, but, was never occupied by him, as he died soon after its completion. By his last will, Weston gave this prop'erty to his wife, Mary, who afterwards married Andrew Tracy. In 1798 John and Arthur Scholfield obtained a lease of the water privilege and buildings connected therewith from Mary Tracy for fourteen years. They there set up and put in operation the first woolen machinery for the manufacture of cloth by water power started in the state of Connecticut. 624 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Arthur Scholfiekl remaiiipfl here with his brother, John, a few years, and then removed to Pittsfield, Mass., where, in 1808, he manufactured a piece of broadcloth containing thir- teen yards, which was presented to James Madison, and from which his inaugural suit was made. After the expiration of Mr. Scholfield's lease, in 1S12, he sold out to John R. Oom- stock, who continued the business until his death, in 1821, at which time his father, I^Tathan Comstock, and his brother, Nathan Comstock, Jr., came into possession of the mill- property. In 1823, Nathan Comstock, Sr., sold out his inter- est in the property to his son, Nathan Comstock, Jr., who soon after set up an oil-mill on the site of the old saw-mill, and carried on the oil business for several years. Nathan Com- stock, Jr., sold to William Gr. Johnson in 1834, who soon after erected buildings and started his dye works. In 1848 the business was enlarged by the erection of a large brick building to be used as an " extract." Mr. Johnson, being a man of remarkable business qualifications and bending his whole en- ergy to his business, was in a few years able to pronounce his undertaking a success. In May, 1870, Mr. Johnson leased to his two sons, Edwin C. Johnson and Charles S. Johnson, the entire premises, to- gether with all the appurtenances thereto belonging, for the term of ten years, with the privilege of an addition of another ten years after the expiration of the first term, if desired. Messrs. Johnson it Co. continued in the business until about 1890, when they gave it up, and it was afterwards continued by William G. Johnson himself imtil his death in 1892. After Mr. Johnson's death the dye-works property was sold to Henry C. Johnson, the present owner and proprietor. The second mill-privilege on the stream is now owned by the Uucasville Manufacturing Company, a joint-stock cor- poration, formed in 1S4S with a capital of fifty thousand dol- lars ($50,000), which was increased in 1852 to seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000). George E. Lewis was its first president, and Charles A. Lewis its secretary. On the site INDUSTRIAL. 625 of tLe present cotton-mill Levi Lester, in 1794, built and put into operation a grist-mill. The land now owned by the Ilncasville Manufacturing Company, and on which the village of Ilncasville is located, was formerly owned by George Wil- liams. In the year 1823 Peter Richards and his son, Henry A. Eichards, purchased of Levi Lester the grist-mill and the water privilege, and also a tract of land adjoining, of George Williams, and erected the present mill, into which they put machinery for the manufacture of cotton cloth. Messrs. Richards soon after failed in business and the whole plant came into the possession of Charles A. and George R. Levds in 1830. Since that time the business has been carried on successfully, and many improvements have been made by the company in the erection of new tenement houses and en- largement of the mill. Since the death of Charles A. and George R. Lewis the company has been reorganized by the choice of new officers and an entire new plan of operation established. The village of Ilncasville is very romantically located, and is within a half-mile from the railroad station near the Thames River. It has a commodious and beautiful church edifice, belonging to the"- Methodist denomination, a fine schoolhouse, a post-office, three grocery stores, a black- smith shop, livery stable, and a meat market. The Pequot Mills, so called, are the next in order as we pass tip stream. Here are two mills, one built of stone and the other is a wooden building. Several tenement houses have been erected for the accommodation of the employes. On the site of the present woolen-mill building formerly stood an oil-mill, built by John Congdon and David Congdon about 1803. Previously a saw-mill was erected here, to which the first use of the water power was applied. These premises were conveyed by, John Congdon to Giles Turner in 1822, and by Giles Turner conveyed to his son-in-law, Albert G. Darrow, in 1837. Mr. Darrow run the oil-mill until near the time he sold out to Norton Brothers and Hiram 40 626 HISTORY OP MONTVILLE. C"rosl)y of IsForwich, in 1860. Soon after this purchase the oil-mill building was enlarged and the stone mill built, and both fitted up for the manufacture of woolen goods. A sub- stantial stone dam was built several feet higher than the original one, giving a fall of about forty-six feet. In 1877 this property passed into the possession of Henry B. l^orton and Lorenzo Blackstone of Norwich. A change was made in the mills. The woolen machinery was taken out and machinery for working cotton was substituted. The mills are now in successful operation under the management of Wil- liam Blackstone in tlie manufacture of print cloth and lawns, containing 23S looms, and ^,001 spindles, and employ about 130 hands. The next mill-site on the stream above the Pequot ]\[ins is the one now operated by the ilontville Woolen Company, composed of James Freeland and P. H. O'Keefe. This privi- lege was first purchased by Col. Frank B. Loomis of Cideon Palmer in 1846. Col. Loomis, the same year, built the stone mill now occupying the site, and immediately put in woolen machinery for the manufacture of woolen cloth. Li 1854 Col. Loomis sold out to Orrin F. Smith, who carried on this business until 1861, when it again came into the possession of Col. Loomis. Li 1862 the property was purchased by the Thames Woolen Company, composed of iVndrew j\I. Farn- ham of East Llartford, William W. Billings and Isaac L. Hayden of Windham, and Richard G. Hooper of Glastonbury. The same year Hart Talcott of Glastonbury became connected with the firm, but sold out his interest the next year to the other members of the firm. On the 13th day of May, 1864, Andrew M. Farnham sold to Isaac L. Hayden, who also sold to Andrew J. Wood of Brooklyn, ]S[. Y. W. W. Billings also sold out his interest to Isaac L. Hayden in Oct., 1864. The business Avas continiied by this firm until August, 1875, when a joint-stock company was formed with a capital of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), with Andrew J. Wood as presi- dent, Seymour J. Strong as treasurer, and B. G. Hooper as manager. 03 ►J o ei Pi H < INDUSTRIAL. 627 In J/LsLvch, 1877, an assignment was made by the Thames Woolen Company to Freeman M. Brown of Hartford, in trust for the benefit of all its creditors. The bankrupt estate was settled in the Probate Court, and. the property sold by the trustee at private sale to K. Gr. Hooper. Mr. Hooper in Jan- uary, 1878, entered into a limited copartnership with Aaron Shaw of Philadelphia, E. Gr. Plooper being general partner, and Aaron Shaw as special partner, under the firm name of E. Gr. Hooper & Co. This firm continued the manufacture of fine woolen goods until the death of E,. G. Hooper, August 16, 18'88. Soon after, Mr. Shaw purchased the estate's in- terest, and continued the business in bis own name "until his death, when it came into possession of James Preeland. The broad loom has been introduced in the mill, new and im- proved machinery added, and the business now successfully carried on. iSeveral new tenement houses have been erected, which show the prosperity of the concern. Palmer Brothers Bedquilt manufactory is the next indus- trial plant on the stream above that of the Thames Woolen company, and on the site of the o^d oil-mill built in 1798 by Elder Reuben Palmer. The first person occupying this water privilege- was William Hill, about 1770, by erecting a fulling- mill. His business was to full and finish cloth as it came from the looms of the many house women, who in those days spun the yarn and wove it into cloth by hand. Thiswater priv- ilege was purchased by Elder Beuben Palmer of Jeremiah Rogers in 1797. A grist-mill was erected and put into opera- tion about the year 1814, near the oil-mill. The grist-mill was afterwards converted into a distillery, which was run by Elder Palmer and others, nntil it was sold to Gideon Palmer in 1820. The distillery was abandoned soon after, and only the oil business was carried on. In the year 1850, Elisha H. Palmer and others purchased the water privilege with the oil-mill, and commenced the manufactiire of cotton rope, twine, and batts, using a part of the oil-mill for that purpose. As the cotton business increased, the oil business was given 628 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. up, and the cotton manufacture continued until the present occupants came into possession of it about 18Y5. E. H. Pal- mer built, in 1866, the stone mill, which was enlarged by the present owners, whose business continued to increase from year to year until this new industry became established. ISTew features in the manufacture by means of new patents and improvements in its machinery have from time to time developed, until it has become an industry of magnificent proportion. The sixth manufacturing establishment on the Oxoboxo stream is a paper mill now owned by the estate of Oarmichael Robertson. This privilege was first utilized by the erection of a dam across the stream by Gideon Palmer about 1852, and the pond thus formed used as a reservoir. In 1869 the water privilege, together with such water rights of flowage as were possessed by JVIr. Palmer at his decease, was sold by the executrix of his estate to the Montville Paper Company, a joint stock corporation, of which Oliver Woodworth was president. In the year 1865 the company sold out to John Robertson, Oarmichael Robertson, and James Bingham. Oarmichael Robertson purchased the interest of the others, who owned with him in 1866, and since that time, until his death, November 28, 1888. He was very successful in the paper business, and accumulated a handsome property. Since the death of Mr. Robertson the business has been suc- cessfully carried on in the name of the estate by his sons, Alexander C. Robertson, Tryon E. Robertson, and William R. Robertson. The next mill site above the Montville Paper Mill last mentioned, is the one where formerly stood the cotton, twine, and rope factory of Alfred Hurlburt. This privilege was purchased of several different owners, and cencentrated into one. The factory was first built by Mr. Hurlburt in 1866, and a prosperous little business was carried on here by Mr. Hurlburt until the loss of the buildings and machinery by fire in 1874. The next year it was rebuilt by him, and the ^^y^f^^'^'i- / »* ^»f f'^AJf-Riiah'^ ^ Gyl^/^^^cJj.'^ZtJ^ /Z/"-^^d^^.Z^t^^i^ INDUSTRIAL. 629 business more extensively carried on, until another fire, on the 21st day of December, 1894, destroyed the whole struc- ture again. Since this last fire Mr. Hurlburt has sold out the privilege to a bicycle company, who are erecting a building in which to manufacture an improved bicycle. The Rockland Paper Mill, now belonging to the estate of Garmichael Robertson, was at first built of wood in 1850 by John W. Smith, who at the time was running a small cot- ton-batting factory on the same premises, which formerly belonged to his father, Mr. Abel Smith, deceased. Mr. Smith leased the mill and water privilege, while the build- ings were being constructed, to Enoch li. Culver, for a term of five, ten, or twenty years, at the option of the lessee, the term of the lease to commence at the completion of the build- ing. In 1851 a warrantee deed was executed by Mr. John W. Smith, conveying the whole premises to the lessee, E. B. Culver. On the 24:th day of April, 1852, Enoch B. Culver made an assignment of all his property to Benjamin Durfee of Norwich, in trust for the benefit of his creditors. This prop- erty was, in November following, sold by the trustee to Bab- cock, Dubuison & Hall of New York city, and by whom the paper business was carried on until 1857, when it was again sold to the Rockland Company, of which David Smith of Norwich was the president. In 1868 the mill was totally destroyed by fire. Soon after the fire, the original stock- holders sold the stock to Norman B. Church, who transferred about one-half of the same to other parties, residing in New London and elsewhere. The mill was again rebuilt of stone and put into operation, with Mr. Church as manager, who was also president of the company. After the death of Mr. Church in 18Y3, the business having been unsuccessfully managed, it was found to be in failing circumstances. The other stockholders, not wishing to take any further risks in running the mill, made a voluntary assignment to Charles W. Butler, a lawyer of New London, in trust for the benefit of the company's creditors. On the 19th day of July, 1875, 630 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. tlie trustee sold tlie equity of the concern to Carmichael Eob- ertson, who was one of its largest stockholders. At this paper-mill, book and news-paper was first made. After Mr. Robertson came into possession, a new paper machine, a 68- inch cylinder, was put in, and afterwards only manilla paper was manufactured here. During the present year, 1895, a new building has been erected, 30x100 feet, on the west side of the paper-mill, and about 30 feet distant therefrom, in which the manufacture of paper boxes, by the Kex Box Com- pany. jSTear the present site of the Eockland Paper Mill there formerly stood an old building, which is supposed to have been built by Joseph Smith, about the year 1780, and first used by him as a fulling-mill. This building was afterwards converted into a cotton-batting mill, and operated by Abel Smith, son of Joseph Smith, and father of John W. Smith. The "Fox Mills," so called, are of ancient origin, and at first contained a sawmill and a gristmill. This site is probably the second one to be occupied on the stream. ilr. Samuel Fox was its first owner. He obtained a grant of about 1,500 acres of land in the vicinity, about the year 1700, and erected at this place on the stream a sawmill. The gristmill was probably built by his son, Ezekiel Fox, after his father's death, to whom the property was devised by the last will of his father, Samuel Fox. Ezekiel, by his last will, devised it to his grandson, Ezekiel Fox, who occupied it only a few years, and sold it to Isaac Turner in 1805. In the year ISll, Isaac Turner conveyed the same to Elder Reuben Palmer. In 1813, Elder Palmer leased to Jared S. Rogers the privilege to use the water power for a machine shop, and conveyed to him a small piece of land on which to erect a building. Mr. Rogers not being suc- cessful in the business, it was taken possession of by the les- sor. The Wooden Wheel Clock was for a short time man- ufactured in the building erected for a machine shop. The building erected by Mr. Rogers was afterwards used as a INDUSTRIAL. 631 cotton factory, but was burned down about 1817. In 1837 Henry Wheeler came into possession of the old factory site, and rebuilt another cotton factory. Mr. Wheeler and his sons, William H. and Edwin C. Wheeler, continued in the cotton business here until 1871, when the whole property, including the grist and sawmill, was purchased by the Rock- land company. It was afterwards sold with the other Rock- land company's property to Carmichael Robertson. Mr. Robertson removed the grist and sawmill, and in 1886 erected a substantial and convenient paper-mill building, built of stone quarried from a ledge near by. Oakdale Mill was built of stone by James Bingham in 1866, and occupied by him as a paper-mill until April, 1880, at which time it came into the possession of the Palmer Brothers, and used by them in the manufacture of bedquilts about ten years, when it was leased to the Massasoit Companj^ of Tall River, Mass. This company run it in the manufac- ture of cotton wick. This water privilege was first utilized by James Bingham, and was purchased by him of Charles F. Scholfield, and consisted of about two acres of land, to- gether with the right to build a dam on other land of Mr. Scholfield, and by means of a ditch conduct the water to the mill. The land upon which this mill stands was originally a part of the Samuel Fox land, and afterwards to his son Ezek- iel, and gi'andson, Brintnal Fox. The next water privilege above the Oakdale mill is owned by Charles F. Scholfield. The dam and mill was here erected by Mr. Scholfield in 1868, and for several years after used in the manufacture of cotton twine. In 1878 Mr. Scholfield put in woolen machinery, and has since continued the manufacture of flannels and kerseymeres, together with custom roll carding and wool batts. Scholfield's celebrated satinet mill, located next above, is the oldest woolen establishment on the Oxoboxo stream. A clothiers' establishment was started here about the year 1790, which took the place of a sawmill that was erected 632 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. many years before by Joshua Raymond. Josepb Otis ap- pears to have been the first to engage in the clothiers' busiaess of fulling and dressing home-made cloth at this place. Af- terwards, in 1808, Elijah Beemis carried on the same business at this site. In 1814, John Scholfield bought the property of Daniel F. Raymond, enlarged the old building, and put in machinery for manufacturing woolen cloth, and the woolen business has been carried on at this place by some one or more of the Scholfields to the present time. The old building is still used for the same purpose for which it was built one hundred years ago. At this mill Thomas Scholfield wove the fij'st piece of satinet that was manufactured in this state. The present owner, B. F. Scholfield, continues to make "Scholfield's Satinet." The woolen factory lately owned and operated by Dea- con Harry Vincent, deceased, is the first that was put in opera- tion next below the Oxoboxo reservoir. A sawmill was first built here by Atwell Chapel, who owned the privilege about 1795. In the year 182Y, Joshua Baker, Sherwood Ray- mond, Caleb Baker; and Clark Bissel, erected here a build- ing, and started the oil business. It did not prove very profit- able, and was abandoned a few years afterwards. In 1829, the property was sold to Deacon Harry Vincent, who en- larged the old building, and put up machinery for carding rolls, spinning yarn, and making flannels and cassimeres. At the time Deacon Vincent started the woolen business at this place, he lived in a part of the mill. He continued in the same line of manufacture until his death, in 18Y8. By strict economy, close attention to his business, and honest dealing, he had accumulated a handsome amount of property at his death. So great was his trust in the Di^ane Providence that he was strenuously opposed to availing himself through the use of popular means, to escape the loss of property from fire or lightning, or any other destructive element, and was never known to have suffered any loss by either. Since Deacon Vincent's death, the property has been sold to R. IST. Parish, INDUSTRIAL. 633 wh.0 has erected a sawmill of tlie modern improved style. A considerable business in that line is now bein^ done here. The reservoir at the head of the Oxoboxo stream is now called "Oxoboxo Pond," a name given to this body of water by Lorenzo Dow. The original Indian name for it was "Op- sobosket," or "Little. Pond," as called by the early settlers. This reservoir now covers an area of about one hundred and sixty acres. The dam has been raised from time to time since the original was built. At the settlement of this to'mi a dam was raised a few rods above the present structure, and a sawmill was set up, and afterwards a gristmill was started here by Jonathan Mynard. This mill site and a considerable portion of the surrounding land was conveyed by Owaneco, the chief of the Mohegans, December 11, 1698, to Thomas Stanton of Stonington. Mr. Stanton, afterwards conveyed it to James Harris, a land spec- ulator, who sold it to Joseph Otis. Mr. Otis conveyed it to William Mynard, and Mr. Mynard left it by heirship to his son, Jonathan Mynard, who, by a deed of gift, conveyed it to his son, Jonathan Mynard, Jr., and he to his son, Henry Mynard, and Henry Mynard conveyed it to Lorenzo Dow in 1825. The distance from this reservoir to the outlet of the Oxoboxo stream at the cove, into which it runs, is eighteen himdred and sixty rods, or five and four-fifths miles. The surface of the water in the reservoir when full is about three hundred and fifty feet elevation from tide water in the Thames River, it being an average of about twenty feet fall to each mill privilege on the stream. During the year 1836, Lorenzo Dow raised the dam about four feet, "thinking," as he said, "it would be -for the interest of the mill owners be- low." But Peter and Henry A. Richards, who were the owners of the mill at Uncasville, considered that the raising of the dam ^vas an infringement upon their rights, they claim- ing that it was only intended to keep back the natural flow of the water. They therefore, in 1827, brought a suit against Mx. Dow for damage to their business. The case was tried 634 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. before the County Court in New London, and the case de- cided in favor of Mr. Dow. The plaintiffs then took an ap- peal to the Superior Court of JSTew London County, and the case was tried before a jury, who, upon rendering a verdict, said, "In this case the jury find that the defendant is guilty in manner and form as the plaintiffs in their declaration have alleged, and therefore find for the plaintiffs to recover thirty dollars damages, and their costs." The cost amounted to sixty dollars and ninety-four cents. ^Vfter JsLr. Dow settled with the plaintiffs, he at once raised his gates at the dam, and let the water run out as fast as the opening would allow it, v/hich caused a great freshet along the stream, and doing con- siderable damage. This privilege, with the reservoir, was, in xfovember, 1829, sold by Lorenzo Dow to Robert Bowser and Hezekiah Goddard of jSTew London, who shortly afterwards conveyed it to Charles A. and George li. Lewis. The dam was again raised several feet, and a cotton-mill started at this place, which was kept in operation for several years in connection with their mill at ITucasville. Since that time the pond has been used for a reservoir only. One hundred years ago the assessed value of all the mill property located on "Sawmill Brook," now called Oxoboxo, was only about two thousand dollars. The present assessed value is about four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which is more than fifteen times greater than that of the whole town in 1820. There are other small streams in the town on which mills to a small extent are operated. In Chesterfield there is a saw and a gristmill owned by George Latimer, v^hich has been in the possession of the Latimer family more than one hundred and sixty years. A saw and gristmill has been located near the head of Ilaughton's Cove, at the outlet of "Stony Brook," so called, for many years, 'and now owned by Charles S. Johnson. A grist and shingle mill is in opera- tion near the head of Stony Brook, owned by William H. Pal- mer. Several sawmills have at various periods existed on INDUSTRIAL. 635 Stony Brook, but all have been abandoned except the two mentioned, one at the outlet, and the other at the head of the stream. Other industries have at different times been carried on in this town besides those already named, such as the dis- tilling of cider brandy. During the early part of the pres- ent century several were running, and a considerable trade in that line was carried on. The article was shipped to differ- ent parts of this country and sold, it being a source of con- siderable income. The l^ew London, Willimantic & Springfield railroad was built along the west side of the river Thames, through this town, in 1848 and 1849. The first trip over the road, from 'S&w London to Willimantic, was jnade Thanksgiving day, November 15, 1849. CHAPTER VI. ECCLESIASTICAL. The inhabitants of that part of New London which was added to the township in 1703, and which afterwards was incorporated into the town of Montville, petitioned the General Assembly in 1714 that they be allowed to become a distinct and separate parish, and to settle an orthodox minister of the (jrospel among them. The petition was granted and the pai-ish, freed from all parish duties to the town of New London, or to the society for the public worship of God there, as soon as they should procure and settle among them an orthodox minister of the Gospel. The people of the JSTorth Parish, not being able to agree upon the site upon which to erect a meeting-house, were several years without any settled ministry. In the year 1722, through the influence of Governor Saltonstall, the services of Kev. James Hillhouse, then at Boston, were secured. For the further encouragement of the society, which had been previously formal, the General Assembly granted them a freedom from county taxes for the space of four years, and five hundred acres of land for religious purposes, this land to be laid out from the general purchase by John Livingston, Kobert Denison, Samuel Rogere, and James Harris, in 1710. Two hundred and fifty acres of the land was to be settled upon the minister for his support, and the remaining two hundred and fifty acres to be used for " other pious purposes." The first parish meeting was held January 22, 1721-2. George Richards was chosen clerk, and Robert Denison, Jonathan Hill, Jonathan Copp, Joseph Bradford, and Nathan- iel Otis parish committee. On the 5th day of February fol- lowing the first meeting it was voted " That Mr. Joseph Brad- ford be chosen a committee to go to the Governor and request ECCLESIASTICAL. 637 him to write to Rev. James Hilliiouse to ascertain wlien he will come, and if he needs any assistance in coming up, and that Mr. Jonathan Copp go down and company him up." Rev. James Hillhouse commenced his ministerial labors in the North Parish of iSTew London in Eebruary, 1721-2. His first meetings were held in the west rooms of J/Lv. Samuel Allen's tavern. He was installed pastor of the church Octo- ber 3, 1Y22. The following record is found on. the first page of the church records in the handwriting of Rev. James Hillhouse : " I received my call at Boston, dated February 5th, 1721-2. I was installed by the Rev. Mr. Adams of ISTew Lon- don, Mr. Buckley of Colchester, Mr. Woodbridge of Groton, in October the third day, 1722. Mr. Adams preached from Acts 16, 9." The church having been organized, consisted of seven members only at the installation of Mr. Hillhouse. They were Thomas Avery, Robert Denison, Jonathan Copp, Samuel Allen, John Vibber, ISTathaniel Otis, and Charles Campbell. During the first year of Mr. Hillhouse's pastorate fifty-one persons united with the church, and one-hundred and twenty- three joined the church during his ministry of fifteen years. The society agreed to pay a salary of one hundred pounds, so long as he should continue their minister. April 30, 1722, the society passed a vote annexing the south part of Colchester and the north part of Lyme to the ISTorth Parish, and that a convenient site be agreed upon, as near the center of the parish as practicable on which to erect a meeting-house. June 13, 1722, Serj. Jonathan Hill, Lieut. Samuel Comstock, George Richards, Samuel Fox, and Benjamin Otis, were chosen a committee to lay out the minister's land. It was not until February, 1722-3, that arrangements were made to build a meeting-house. The size agreed upon was 35 x 45 feet, and 20 feet between joints. George Richards, John Vibber, and Jonathan Hill were chosen a committee to attend to the building of the house of worship. The site for the g38 HISTORY OF MONTVILLiB. house was to be on tlie land given by Major John Merrett and Mrs. Mercy Kaymond. The committee made an agreement with Mr. John Hough of New London to build the house and become responsible individually for the expense of its erection; " the p'arish to become obligated to the committee to indem- nify them against all damage that might come upon them." At this date there were no public roads in the north and west parts of the parish, and, considering the necessity, a committee was appointed to lay out such highways as public interest seemed to require. Major John Merrett, Capt. Eobert Denison, Mr. Jonathan Hill, and others, were by the parish appointed such committee. The committee at once entered upon their duty and laid out the following roads: First highway " to begin where the road that comes from near Nathaniel Otis' house intersects the county road that leads from ISTew London to Colchester, thence to the east gate of John Merrett, near ISTathaniel Rogers'; thence throug'h the land of Daniel Rogers to a large white oak tree; thence to a bridge; thence to a heap of stones by a ledge; thence to the road that leads from New London to Norwich; thence to the cove known as Baker's Cove. Also from said Otis to Capt. Robert Denison's. Also another road from the place selected for the chu.rch, southeasterly to the "Widow Comstock's, and also a road from John ]\rerrett's east gate northward by Charles Campbell's and John Maples' house to the house of David Steel; thence westerly of Jonathan Hill's house to near the house of Adonijah Titch; thence to a Nonvich line. Also a road from John Men-ett's dwelling house northerly to Jo nathan ^ Copp's mJH." All the proprietors of the land through which these roads were laid out were " to have the privilege of erecting gates and to be maintained by the owners." November 18, 1723, the following bill was presented at a parish-meeting eo^^ering the expense of building the meet- ing-house: ECCLESIASTICAL. 639 £179 9s. 6d. Y 2 2 15 3 4 14 6 195 19 3 Paid out by tlie committee, To Jonathan Hill for services, " John Yibber, " Joseph Bradford, " Nathaniel Otis, . December 30, 1Y23, at a parish meeting, Nathaniel Otis was chosen clerk ; Jonathan Hill, Deacon Jonathan Copp, and John Vibber, committee; Joshua Baker and Adonijah Fitch, collectors. October 5, 1Y24, it was voted " to build a school-house near the meeting-house, the same to be 19 feet long, 14 feet wide, and Y feet posts." The house was completed before the close of the year and a teacher hired. Mr. Allen MuUan was the first teacher approved by the committee. The parish settled upon him a salary of 24 pounds a year and ten acres of land forever. December 31, 1Y28, liberty was granted to John Vibber, Peter Wickwire, Jason Allen, Joseph Atwell, Samuel Fox, Jr., and John iSTobles, " to build a stable on the southeast corner of the meeting-house lot, for the accommo- dation of horses when attending church." The General Assembly was petitioned in May, 1Y29, for liberty to straighten the south line of the parish " so that it should run by the south side of John Congdon's farm, a due east course to the river, and a west course to Lyme line." In June, 1Y30, a survey was made by Josiah Conant, county surveyor, and the south line of the parish established, by its approval by the parish. The following survey was found in the parish records: " I, the subscriber, being desired by Mr. James Otis and Mr. Joshua Eaymond of the second society in New London, to run a divided line between the first and second parishes in said New London, in pursuant to an Act of the Llonorable As- sembly holden at Hartford in May last, which was resolved as f oUoweth : that for the future the dividing line shall begin 640 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. on the south side of Mr. Condall's farm, and from thenoe an east and west line throughout shall divide between said parishos, and in pursuance hereof I took to my assistance Mr. William Miner and Mr. Joshua Weeks, who were chain-men under oath, and beginning at a white oak tree a little north- ward of Mrs. Mary Comstock's house, which tree was shown me by Capt. Joshua Hempstead, Esq., and Capt. Thomas Prentis of N'ew London, and others, to be the most southern- most part or comer of said Condall's farm, and from said tree we ran east and made large monuments of stones every eighty rods until we came to the river (Thames), and found the whole distance from said tree to said river to be two hundred and sixty-three rods, where we made a large heap of stones on the bank by the river side, and returning back to said white oak tree we ran and measured west, making large monuments of stones every eighty rods until we intersected the line be- tween said ISTew London and Lyme, when we made a large heap of stones around a small white oak tree, which stands close by the side of a small river, on the westerly side of said river, and here w© found the distance from the first-mentioned white oak tree to the intersection of said line to be five miles and three-quarters and nineteen rods, which in the whole, adding the two hundred and sixty-three rods to five miles and three-quarters and nineteen rods, together makes in the whole six miles two hundred and two rods. This survey was finished June 26, 1730, by me, JOSIAH CONANT, Surveyor for the County of Windham. At a parish meeting warned to be held January 26, 1735-6, none of the committee being present, it was adjourned to Februairy 9th, at which time the meeting was dissolved with- out taking action on the question for which they were called together. The question pending was " whether they would use means. to recover fifty pounds allowed to Mr. Hillhouse by the auditors in their settlement with him for the time he was absent on a visit to Ireland shortly after his settlement ECCLESIASTICAL. 641 as pastor." At a subsequent meeting, held Marcli 29, 1736, it was voted " that we use such means as are necessary to re- cover from Mr. Hillhouse the sum of fifty pounds as allowed by the auditors of account, and to appoint an agent to lay the matter before the G-eneral Assembly to be held in May following." Joshua Raymond was appointed such commit- tee. The meeting was adjourned to the 19th day of April following, at which time it was voted " to hire the Rev. Wil- liam Adams to preach to them three months." Peter Wick- wire was appointed a committee to see Mr. Adams and to en- gage his services for the period voted. Mr. Adams was engaged to supply the pulpit until Novem- ber following. At the expiration of the time he was hired for three months more. About this time a committee of three was chosen to confer with Mr. Adams in regard to his settlement as pastor. Joseph Otis, Deacon Jonathan Copp, and James Harris were the committee. No arrangements having been made with Mr. Adams, whereby a settlement as ■their pastor could be accomplished, he, however, continued to preach to the church and society until some time in May, 1738, when the Rev. David Jewett was hired to supply the pulpit for a period of six months, and was afterwards settled and ordained pastor of the church and society. At a parish meeting held January 13, 1736-7, and con- tinued, by adjournment, to the 13th day of February follow- ing, Joshua Raymond, James Harris, and Joseph Otis were chosen agents to manage the case depending between the Rev. James Hillhouse and the parish. The unhappy difficulties which had existed for several years between Rev. Mr. Hill- house and his parishioners continued to become more passion- ate, and both parties had to appeal first to the Ecclesiastical Council, and afterwards to the civil law. The following vote recorded on the parish records was probably passed at an adjourned meeting of the society held May 31, 1737: "Voted, that Joseph Otis, Esq., Lieut. James Harris, and Joshua Raymond, .agents, fully , empow-f 41 642 HISTORY Oh' MONTVILLE. ered to remonstrate the aggrieved state of tlie churcli of Christ in the North Parish in New London unto the Rev. Council of Elders, etc., to be convened at the ISTorth Parish in Stonington, June the second, Tuesday, and particularly to represent the conduct of the Rev. Mr. James Hillhouse, our former pastor, since the result of the Council convened among us, to hear, consider, and determine of certain articles exhibited in way of charge and complaint against him on the first day of July, 1735, by which said Council it was resolved that the said Mr. Hillhouse in many instances hath been unfaithful to the great trust reposed in him, which Council adjourned to the 23d day of July, 1Y35, and accordingly met at New London, North Parish, aforesaid, and entering into a further considera- tion of the premises relating to and in behalf of the parish to act and defend the same with the best advice they could obtain." The agents were empowered to engage such attorneys as, in their judgment, was thought best to assist them in the de- fense, and to remove the action by a review or appeal, if occasion should require it. At the same meeting ten persons were chosen from the principal fi-eeholders residing in the parish, " to consider the propriety of requesting the Indians," belonging to the Mohegan tribe, " to unite with the English in public worship, at one place, and also to consider the pro- priety of building a new meeting-house where it would better accommodate both the Indians and English." The coim- mittee chosen was to consist of five persons residing west of the meeting-house, and five residing east of the meeting-house, with power to confer and treat -with those persons in Boston who had the supervision and power of disposing of the money given to Christianize the Indians and to lay the circumstances of the Indians in their connection with the parish before the Boston gentlemen to consider, and if, in the opinion of these gentlemen, it would be advisable that the Indians unite with the English in the public worship at one place. This com- mittee were to ascertain what proportion of the minister's BOCLBSIASTIOAL. 643 salary the gentlemen would consent to pay out of the funds at their disposal for the Christianization of the Indians. This committee were also to arrange for a place of worship and designate the hest site for the erection of a new meeting- house, and lay the matter before the parish for their ap- proval. Joseph Otis, Robert Denison, "William Whitin'g, James Otis, and David Copp of this committee, residing on the west of the old meeting-house, and James Harris, Jason Allen, John Comstock, John Vibber, and Joshua Eaymond on the east. Whether it was owing to some disagreement on the part of the committee, or whether the commissioners at Boston refused to allow the funds for the Indians to be used in the way proposed by the parish, or whether from some other cause, it is not shovsm what the difficulty was, but the matter of the uniting of the Indians with the English was deferred for several years, and was finally arranged after Mr. Jewett became pastor. At a meeting of the parish held March Y, 1736-7, James Harris, Peter Wickwire, and John Vibber were chosen a com- mittee to treat with Rev. Mr. Barber and the Mohegan Indians in the mattcT of having but one place of public worship for both the Indians and the English settlers, and to lay the matter before the Honorable Commissioners at Boston and elsewhere, having the disposal of the money for Christianiz- ing the Indians, for their concurrence. The follovdng vote, recorded on the parish records, was probably passed at a church meeting held May 10, 1737, and adjourned to May 31st: " Voted, that Joseph Otis, Lieut. James Harris, and Joshua Raymond, agents, fully empowered to remonstrate the aggrieved state of the church of Christ in the ISTorth Parish in ISTew London with the Rev. Council of Elders, etc., to be convened at the ISTorth Parish in Stonington, June the second, Tuesday, and particularly to represent the conduct of the Rev. Mr. James Hillhouse, our former pastor, since the result of the Council convened among us to hear, consider, 644 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. and determine of certain articles exhibited in way of cliarge and complaint against him. on the first day of July, 1735, by wMcb said council it was resolved that the said Mr. Hillhouse in many instances hath been unfaithful to the great trust re- posed in him, which Council adjourned on the 23d day of July, 1735, and accordingly met at New London, E"orth Parish, aforesaid, and entering into a further consideration of the premises relating to the former and later conduct of him, the said M.r. Hillhouse, did thereupon finally judge and determine it highly fit that the said Mr. Hillhouse should resign his pastoral office among the people of said parish, and thereupon ordered and directed that he resign said office ac- cordingly, and in consequence thereof advised us as speedily as might be to call some fit person to supply the aforesaid pastoral office, all of which fuUy-appears by the result of the aforesaid Council. In compliance wherewith we have en- deavored to act in all things, and by the advice of the neighbor- ing ministers, have been very industrious to obtain another minister and the resettlement of ourselves. But, to our great surprise, the said Mr. Hillhouse, notwithstanding the justice and authority of the aforesaid result and his own submission thereto, hath yet ever since opposed himself to such of our en- deavors, challenges the office of pastor to us again and labors to discourage any ministers coming to pi'each to us, and charges them who come unto our help as being guilty of usurpation upon his office and care, and by his artful insinua- tions hath divided our people into parties and heads, a num- ber thereof unto whom he preaches in his private house every Sabbath day, and is resolute to persist therein, challenges salary since such result, and hath sued the society aforesaid therefor by an action now pending in the court. By which surprising conduct, and as we conceive great disorder to him, the said Mr. Hillhouse in contempt of the aforesaid result, our civil and religious interests and concerns much embroiled, perplexed, and destroyed, and a once well-organized church of Christ • utterly destroyed and dissolved • if some speedy ECCLESIASTICAL. 645 remedy be not provided and applied. Wherein tlie honor of Christ and His holy religion is so much ooneemed that renders the premises a just cause of their attention, together with the peace of the society and the good of souls, and the vacation of the authority of the result aforesaid. All which matters at large we desire to empower and instruct Joseph Otis, Esq., James Harris, and Joshua Raymond, our aforesaid agents, to lay before the Council in their next convention at North Stonington as aforesaid, and pray their effectual de- termination thereupon. " Signed by Deacon Jonathan Copp, Moderator." The association which met at ISTorth Stonington on the 7th day of June, 173Y, upon the consideration of the existing difficulties between the I^orth Parish church and their pastor, advised the people of the parish to apply to the Consociation of ISTew London County, " and request them to repair to the society " in the North Parish of New London " on Tuesday the 28tih instant, to hear, consider and resolve upon such matters as shall then be represented and exhibited in charge against the aforesaid Mr. Hillhouse." There are no records that show whether the Consociation was convened as advised by the association, or whether they did not. The people were now divided into two parties, each claiming the house of worship and a right to the pulpit. Other ministers were em- ployed by the majority; the friends of Mr. Hillhouse appear to have been in the minority. Mr. Hillhouse continued to preach to a feV of his parishioners in his own house. His admissions to the church were as late as May 1, 1737, and baptisms were made up to August, 1740. In the year 1735 Rev. James Hillhouse brought a peti- tion to the General Assembly in which he claimed " that his parishioners have failed and do neglect to fulfill their covenant with him as their minister and praying for relief." The Greneral Assembly appointed auditors " to adjust the accounts between the said Mr. Hillhouse and his parishioners relating to his salary." The auditors, upon examination of the case, 646 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. found the parish in arrears to j\Jr. Hillhouse in the sum of £587, 9s., 3d., and on report of the lauditors the Assembly- ordered the whole amount due from the parish to be forth- with collected. This order of the General Assembly caused considerable feeling on the part of the inhabitants of the North Parish, and a memorial was at once presented to stay the pro- ceedings. At the time the E-ev. James Hillhouse was called to settle as pastor, no church edifice had been erected in the North Parish. It was a newly settled territory, and literally a wilderness. Their first meetings were held at the private dwelling house of Mr. Samuel Allen. During the time in which the meeting-house was being built, in 1723, Mr. Hill- house returned to his native countiy. He was absent about six months. On his return to his field of labors the house of worship had been so far completed as to be in a condition to receive its worshipers. The salary was to be raised by taxa- tion on the property of the inhabitants. Owing to this taxa- tion, and the expense incurred in the erection of the house of worship, the burden was much felt by many of the people. Some who were able to pay their rates neglected to meet the demands made upon them, while others of scanty means could not, from necessity, meet the requirements and demands of the church organization in the payment of the minister's salary, and as a consequence the salary was never fully paid up. The privations and discomforts incident to a pioneer life are not helpful to a true religious ciilture or church sup- port. The minister found his work often seriously hindered by the many trials incident to such a life. The physical wants of the people must be supplied, their homes were to be built, their land must be cleared and tilled, roads cut through the hitherto pathless woods, and all those conveniences which, in these days, ono generation finds prepared for them by the preceding, these oiir fathers had to gather about their new homes by the most unwearied industry. The matters of the church here were kept along with tolerable succ^s and harmony until about the year 1729, when the arrears on the EOOLESIARTIOAL. g47 minister's salarv were fast accuuiulating, and Mr. Hillhouse was urging his people to pay up. About this time several withdrew their support from the church, feeling that the burden was greater than they could bear. Taxes were con- tinued to be laid, and the few who were d^irous of sustaining the gospel in the parish and uniting the people in the work had to redouble their efforts to keep up religious service among them. Many of the property-holders refused to pay their rates as assessed to them, and it was difficult to obtain collectors who would act. Under these influences matters grew worse from year to year. It appears that there was a misunderstanding as to the time when the minister's salary should begin, some claiming that he should not receive any salary while absent on his visit to Ireland, and that his salary should commence with his labors after his return to the parish. Mr. Hillhouse, however, claimed full salary from the date of his installation. This difference of opinion was a subject of much bitter discussion. In May, 1736, a committee was appointed by the society to confer with Mr. Hillhouse, and, if possible, effect a recon- ciliation of the difficulties. As soon ^as the committee was chosen, and before any action had been taken or decided upon by the committee, Mr. Hillhouse addressed them a letter, a copy of which appears from the society records, and is as follows: " Gentlemen : — You may assure yourselves it is no delight or pleasure to me to make you the trouble or give you occasion of meeting, but necessity to the supplying of which if you will assure me of one hundred pounds in a short time I will at present drop that affair. "JAMES HILLHOUSE." The committee laid the matter before the society, which, by a vote, instructed the committee to communicate to Mr. Hillhouse the following reply to his letter: " The parish complys with your request in procuring a hundred pounds in public bills of credit, provided that shall 648 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. answer in full for one year's salary, and also to add the words ' in full ' to your former receipts." In reply to the above communication, Mr. Hillhouse said in another letter: " Gentlemen: — In answer to yours, if so be that you will pay me the hundred pounds forthwith, or give me sufficient security that I may have it in a short time, I will upon your paying the hundred pounds give a sufficient receipt, and if there be any injustice in any of the receipts that I have already given I stand ready to right them. "JAMES HILLHOUSE." The proposition of Mr. Hillhouse, as expressed in his last letter to the society, was not accepted by them for the reason, as they say, "it being looked upon as ambiguous and pre- carious." Thus affairs stood until the death of Mr. Hill- house, which occurred December 15, 1740. Wo final settle- ment of the difficulties between Mr. Hillhouse and the society was ever consummated. Then difficulties, which naturally grew out of a misunder- standing as to the commencement of the salary, and an ina- bility on the part of the inhabitants of the parish to meet all the demands upon thean consequent upon their beginning of a new settlement in a wilderness, and being attended with much care and perplexity on the part of Mr. Hillhouse, prob- ably hastened his death. So far as the writer has been able to gather facts from the records at his command, Kev. James Hillhouse was a man of good-natured abilities, of great sagac- ity, zealous for the truth, and contended strongly for his rights. The rumor, which is still extant, that these unhappy difficulties commenced in a controversy between Mr. Hill- house and his next neighbor, Oapt. Denison, regarding cer- tain land bounds, appears to have no foundation in facts; no such charge was ever publicly prefen-ed against him, and the writer has never found in any public or private documents that anything of a dishonest character was justly laid against him. ECCLESIASTICAL. 649 It is not to be supposed that all the men upon whom this little church was dependent for its support were men of cul- ture and stability; the very chances for speculation and excite- ment of the life itself would naturally draw into society the restless, the adventurous and unprincipled. In this newly- settling territory, where lamd was often bought up and held for speculation, there should be none who were impulsive, wayward, and insubordinate.- It would be very strange if religion, which pledges peace and harmony, should not prove in. such a mixed community a source of alienation and of earnest conflict. What more could be expected than that sharp diversions should arise, and that heated and obstinate maintenance of views and opinions would end in alienations and feuds? At a meeting of the Greneral Assembly held at Hartford, May 13, 1Y36, a memorial was presented by Joshua Kaymond, agent for the North Parish of ISTew London, in which was shown that Joseph Backus, Simeon Lathrop, and John Huntington, auditors, appointed by the Assembly to settle the accounts between the parish and Mr. Hillhouse, had found the parish in arrears and that the parish had voted a rate of six pence on the pound to balance the balance of arrears still unpaid, but as no person in the parish could be prevailed upon to collect the tax, this petition was brought to the Assembly, asking that the sheriff of New London county be authorized to collect the tax in the parish, and pay the same over to the parish committee. The petition was granted and the execution, which had previously been granted in favor of Mr. Hillhouse against the parish, was ordered to be sus- pended for two months. This action of the General As- sembly caused the already existing bitter feelings on the part of Mr. Hillhouse's enemies to become still more bitter and malicious against him and his friends, and it was many years before harmony was restored in the parish. At a meeting of the North Parish held Oct. 2, 1Y38, a vote was passed author- izing John Lee of Lyme as their agent to defend the parish against Eev. Mr. Hillhouse before the General Assembly, 650 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. to be held at New Haven during that month; and also that Mr. Lee, in behalf of the parish, present a memorial to the Assembly praying that body to grant them relief in their difficulties. Kev. James Hillhouse having been formally dis- missed from his connection with the society, had taken with him the settlement conferred upon him at the time of his becoming their pastor, of the land that was given by the As- sembly for ministerial purposes, amd now they were without a pastor or any land to settle upon him when such could be obtained. They, therefore, desired the Assembly to give further assistance by granting other land for the settling of another minister. On the 3d day of October, 1739, Eev. David Jewett was ordained pastor of the church in the itTorth Parish of Wew London, and by a grant of the General As- sembly, in 1Y42, fifty acres of land were given to him, it being what remained of the first grant made to the parish at the time of Mr. Hillhouse's settlement. The land settled upon Mr. Hillhouse and on which he erected a dwelling-house was occupied by him until his death, and then descended to his heirs, who held possession of it many years. It was finally sold by them and passed out of the name. It was subsequently purchased by William Raymond, Esq., and on his death it descended to his two sons, William and Richard, and divided as nearly as possible. Rev. David Jewett's farm was situated on a hill about one-half a mile from the main road, northeast of the present meeting-house, on which he built a house and lived there until his death in 1783. In the year 1745 the subject in relation to the Indians uniting with the English in religious worship, and of bearing their proportion of the expense attending the ministry, was brought up. A committee was appointed by the society to mieet the chief, Ben Uncas, and other prominent members of the Mohegan tribe of Indians, and ascertain the condi- tions on which a union could be obtained. At a parish meet- ing, held Eebruary 18, 1745-6, the following resolution was ECCLESIASTICAL. 651 passed: " Considering that Bcu Uncas, Chief Sachem of the Mohegan Indians, together with the most of said tribe, who are desirous of being instructed in Christian religion having manifested their willingness and desire of uniting with us in one church or assembly under Rev. David Jewett's ministry, and further this parish having by their vote expressed their readiness so to unite, provided there could be a mutual agree- ment as to the terms." Mr. Jewett, for some timte before bis seittlement as pastor over the church in North Parish, had been engaged as a missionary among the Mohegan Indians, and had become greatly endeared to them. It was this kindly feeling on the part of the Indians toward Mr. Jewett that they were so strongly desirous of becoming connected with the society and uniting with the church, many of whom did after- wards join the church and became regular attendants upon the public worship. The people of the parish undoubtedly had a motive in urging the Indians to unite with them. It would not only be a means to the Christianization of the Indians, but it would serve as a. means toward the support of the church through the funds provided by the colony for the benefit of the Indians. In January, 1747-8, the matter was again brought up in regard to removing the meeting-house to some more convenient spot further east. The easterly and southerly part of the parish had become more thickly settled, and, for the better accommodation of the members of the tribe of Indians, it was deemed best to locate the meeting-house on a site so as to better accommodate the Indians and the people living in the east part of the parish. A committee was, therefore, chosen and agreed upon, consisting of persons who were residents of other parishes to determine upon the site for the erection of a new meeting-house. This committee consisted of Col. Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., John Ledyard, and Esq. Luke Perkins. The committee thus chosen met at the house of John Bradford in the ISTortJi Parish of New Lon- don, on the first Tuesday in March, 1747-8, to hear the re- quests of the various parties interested, and to examine the 652 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. several sites proposed, and to locate and determine upon tlie spot whicli, in their jud'gment, would be tlie most convenient for all concerned. The committee, not agreeing upon a site at that time, another parish meeting was called and held on the first Mon- day in April of the same year. At which meeting it was voted not to remove the old meeting-house from where it then stood; but to repair it and let it stand where it was. The house was, therefore, repaired and remained on the original site until the year 1772, when a new site was then agreed upon, and a new house of worship erected. At a meeting of the inhabit- ants of the ISTorth Parish in New London, held the 23d day of December, 1771, a committee was chosen " to take into con- sideration the matter of building a new meeting-house; view the several places proposed and agree upon a site and report at an adjourned meeting." The committee was composed of twelve persons who were residents of the parish, and who were among the most prominent members of the society. At the adjourned meeting of the parish held on the 9th day of January, 1772, the report of the committee was submitted to the meeting ^and accepted. The report was as follows: " We, the subscribers, being appointed a committee at your anuual parish meeting to take into consideration the matters concerning building a meeting-house in this parish, view the several places that may be proposed and see if we could agree upon a place for that purpose and report, etc.. Beg leave to report that pursuant to the appointment, we met together on the 26th day of December and viewed the several places proposed and considered the same with the attending circum- stances, and have agreed mutually that all the circumstances of the parish considered it will be for the peace and quiet of the parish to build a new meeting-house at the northeast corner of the meadow of Joshua Raymond, at a place known ECCLESIASTICAL. 653 by the name of the ' "WTiite Oak Stick,' all of whicli is sub- mitted by your bumble servants. Dated, New London, Dec. 26tb, 1Y71. Adonijah Pitch, John Eaymond, ~^ James Fitch, Joseph Chester, I Nathaniel Comstock, Ebenezer Weeks, Bzekiel Fox, Peter Comstock, Wm. Hillhouse, Joseph'Ford, Joshua Raymond, y Committee. At the adjourned meeting, held January 9, 1772, it was voted " to apply to the County Court for an approval of the site fixed by the committee for building a new meeting- house." The Court subsequently approved of the site agreed upon by the committee, and a new house of worship was im- mediately erected. The site then selected, and on which the new meeting-house was built, is the same on which the present church edifice now stands. The house then built was about fifty feet on each side, fronting to the east, with porches or wings on the north and south side extended above the pe'ak of the main building several feet, on the top of which was a spire with a vane at- tached. There were three doors for entering from the out- side, one in the center of the main building, and one in each porch, all on the easterly side. The stairs leading to the gallery were in the porches, the gallery extended on three sides of the building and was supported in front by posts. On the back side of the gallery next to the wall of the building were square box pews, which were elevated above the front seats from two to three feet. In front of the gallery were the " singers' seats," extending around the three sides, the breastwork forming the front of the seats and served as a re- ceptacle for the hymn and singing-books. The windows con- tained glass which was of the size of Y x 9 inches, with twenty panes in each sash. On the main floor were twenty-eight box-pews, and in the gallery there were thirteen. Each pew 654 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. was capable of seating from ten to twelve persons. The pulpit was located in the center of the west side, being elevated four or five feet above the floor, and in front of which was the deacons' seat. At this date the former system of taxation to raise the minister's salary had become unpopular. A new method for raising the salary was adopted, that of renting the pews. In the old meeting-house the pews were owned by those who had put them up, and held by them as real estate and descended by heirship. The new method was to sell the pews each year, the person buying a pew was required to give his note, payable on the first day of January of the following year with interest on the same after it became due until paid. The sale took place in the month of January in each year. This new meet- ing-house, which was erected in 1YY2, was not fully completed at that time; improvements were made from time to time as circumstances favored. At first no plastering was put upon the walls, timbers were not cased, and no stove put into it until after the year 1800. On the 25th day of May, 1823, while the congregation was engaged in worship on the Sabbath, the house was struck by lightning, the fluid entering by the spire on the north porch and following down the posts of the porch and running along the timbers of the house in all directions, shivering timbers and casements, scattering splint- ers and broken fragments of ceilings throughout the entire building. Two persons were instantly killed, Mrs. Betsey Bradford, wife of Perez Bradford, and a child of John E. Comstock. Many were shocked and a general consternation seized the awe-stricken assembly. The building being very much damaged, it was soon after i-epaired, the upper portion of the north porch was taken off and was finished up at the same height with the south porch. This house stood until the year 184Y, when it was taken down and the present house of worship erected on the site, at a cost of $2,000. Sherwood Eaymond, Esci-, gave $500 toward the building of the house, and the balance was made up by BOCLESIASTICAL. 665 subscriptions varying from $200 to $25. Its size is fifty feet in length and thirty-five feet in width, with twenty-feet posts. In the year 1860 the bell was placed in the belfry, it being obtained through the efforts of Eev. Hiram C. Hayan, then acting pastor of the church. Eev. David Jewett was ordained pastor of tli© church in the North Parish of ISTew London on the 3d da.y of October, 1Y39, it being the same day of the month and the same month, seventeen years before, that Kev. James Hillhouse was in- stalled. He died in June, 1Y83, aged sixty-six years, after a united and prosperous ministry of forty-five years. The admissions to the church during his ministry were 136 whites and 21 Indians belonging to the Mohegan tribe. Among those of the Indians who joined the church in full connection were Widow Anna Uncas, wife of Benjamin Uncas the Sachem; Lucy Cochegan; Joshua ISTonesuch and his wife, Hannah; Andrew Tantapah; Cyrus Junce, and two sisters, Sarah and Lucy; Samuel Ashpo; Widow Hannah Cooper, wife of John Cooper, and others. In 1Y56 Mr. Jewett obtained leave of absence for several months to act as chaplain in the army, to which service he was afterwards very often called, not only during the French War, but in that of the Revolution. He was born in Rowley, Mass. Rev. Rozel Cook, the third pastor, who was previously settled in Watertown, Litchfield County, Conn., succeeded Mr. Jewett, and was ordained June 30, 1784. An ordination at that period called forth a great concourse of people, and was frequently followed by a dance and supper. Yet, it must not be supposed that the minister or any of the church man- agers took part in the " vrind up " ; it was the congregation or young people's ball. Mr. Cook had settled upon him the sum of two hundred and sixty pounds, and a yearly salary of sixty pounds, and thirty cords of wood delivered at his home, so long as he should continue their gospel minister. After- wards the sum of forty pounds was added to his settlement. 656 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. making in all the sum of tliree hundred pounds, witli whicli money a farm was purchased of Peletiah Bliss, and the deed of the same was given to Mr. Cook. On this farm Mr. Oook settled and lived there until his death, April 18, 1798. At his death the farm was distributed among his children, anid is still owned by one of his grandsons. Mr. Oook died in the fourteenth year of his ministry, and in the forty-second year of his age. Mr. Cook's letter of acceptance, when called by the church and society of the North Parish in ISTew London, as found recorded on the society records, was as follows: " liTew London, May 21st, 1784. " Gentlemen: — I have taken into consideration the par- ticular situation of ye church and society of New London ISTorth Parish and also their union in and call to me to settle with them as their gospel minister and all circumstances rel- ative thereto. The present prospects of a happy union and of being in ye hands of Providence, an instrument (though but weak) to promote your peace and edification. I have on ye whole concluded so far to blot out all disagreeable circum- stances from my mind, as to give you my answer in ye affirma- tive. At ye same time most earnestly praying Christ Jesus the Great Head of ye church and Governor of ye union to send his spirit and grace into our hearts to guide and direct us in ye way of our duty and to order all things relative to so great, weighty and solemn a transaction as our uniting to- gether as minister and people in such a manner as may do honor to His great name and most happily promote the best interests of His kingdom. " EOZEL OOOK. " To the committee chosen by the church and society to wait on me with their votes and to receive my answer." The ministers who took part in Mr. Cook's ordinajtion were Kev. Benjamin Throop of Norwich, Kev. Benjamin Trumbull of North Haven, Kev. Timothy Stone of Lebanon, and Kev. Levi Heart of Preston, with their delegates. n CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (MONTVILLE CENTER). ECCLESIASTICAL. 657 In the ecclesiastical history of New London Miss Caulkins relates the incident of Mr. Cook's preaching the last sermon in the old meeting-house on " Meeting House Hill " in JSTew London, August 23, 1786. The occasion was that of the sudden death of Sally, daughter of Thaddeus Brooks, who was killed by lightning on the day previous. Mr. Cook's text was from Job 37, 11-14. In 1798 a fund was raised by subscriptions for the support of the minister, the taxation and sale of the pews having become odiotis and burdensome, was abandoned. The sum raised and funded at that time was 1,067 pounds. The subscription list comprised ninety names, which, probably, was the full number of families then belonging to the congregation. This became the nucleiis to the present fund of the society. Many of those who sub- scribed at that time gave their notes to the treasurer of the society, and paid the interest annually, while others paid in the cash, which was loaned by the treasurer, he collecting the interest annually for the support of the ministry. In 1800 an additional subscription was made, securing to the society its present fund, amounting to the sum of three thous- sand six hundred and seventy-two dollars ($3,672). Rev. Amos G. Thompson became the successor of Mr. Cook, and was installed Sept. 26, 1799. He had previously been connected with the Methodist denomination, and had been ordained elder by Bishop As-bury, at Leesburg, Va., in 1790. Withdrawing from that connection in 1798, he offered himself as a candidate for the Congregational minis- try, and was examined and approved by the association of Windham county, his ordination accepted as valid, and re- ceived to the fellowship and communion of the Clongrega- tional churches. . His ministry here was short. He died Oct. 23, 1801, in the thirty-eighth year of his age. Eev. Abishai Alden was the successor to Mr. Thompson, and was installed Aug. 17, 1803. Mr. Alden had previously supplied the pulpit for a time, and, in May, 1803, a call was extended him by the church and society to settle among them 42 658 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. as tlieir gospel minister. A salary of three hundred dollars anmially was voted him by the society. The following letter was received by the committee appointed to communicate to him the wish of the society: " To the Congregational church and society in Montville. " Brethren and Friends : — In the course of Divine Provi- dence it has pleased the Great Head of the church so far to unite this church and society, as to give me a call to settle with them in the work of the gospel ministry. I have taken your call under consideration, consulted the advice of my brethren in the ministry and addressed the throne of grace for light and direction so far as duty is made plain to me. I think I see my way clear to settle with you in the work of the ministry. Therefore I give my answer in the aifirmative and accept the proposals which you have made. Wishing that we may be built up in the faith and order of the gospel, asking your prayers that I might be found a faithful watchman, and that we being found in the faith may be so happy at last as to meet Christ Jesus, is the sincere prayer and wish of your affectionate friend and well wisher, ABISHAI ALDEISr. " Montville, Jime 6th, 1803." ]\lr. Alden was a faithful minister and efficient pastor for twenty-three years, ha^dng the love and confidence of his parishioners up to within a few yeai-s of his dismissal, when differences arose which resulted in the alienation of a part of his people, and a division among the members of the society. A few of the members of the church were strongly opposed to his remaining pastor of the church longer, but he had also many firm friends who continued true -and faithful to him in his trials. A council was, however, called, and he was dismissed from his charge April 26, 1826. During his min- istry one hundred and eighty-two persons were received to the communion of the church, several of whom are still living. Ninety-one were added to the church between Oct. 5, 1823, ECCLESIASTICAL. 659 and August 1, 1824. Mr. Alden continued to reside in the parish until about 1830, wlien he removed to Dover, New Hampshire, where he died greatly resj)ected. At a society meeting held on the isth day of June, 1825, the following resolution was passed : " Resolved, that where- as sundry persons lielonging to the first Ecclesiastical Society in Montville, and members of the church in their individual capacity, have brought various accusations against the Rev. Abishai Alden, tending to impeach his moral and religious character, And whereas the said persons and ilr. Alden agree to have or submit these accusations to the arbitration and decision of a certain number of ministers with their delegates to convene in the capacity of an Ecclesiastical Council, And whereas said council after a thorough and lengthy hearing and consideration of the several charges preferred by said persons against Mr. Alden have judged and decided that said charges or accusations were not substantial, and that Mr. Alden was not guilty of the several charges brought against him. Thereupon, Resolved, that it is the opinion of this meeting that we concur in the decision of the aforesaid council and are satisfied by hearing the testimony adduced in support of those accusations, that Mr. Alden was not guilty, of im- proper or dishonorable conduct in the several transactions stated in those accusations which can or ought to impeach his character as a man or a minister of the gospel. " And, Whereas, said council did advise that if the dif- ficulties between Mr. Alden and the above mentioned persons could not be settled, that a dissolution of the connection be- tween Mr. Alden and the church and society should take place. Therefore further resolved, that it is the opinion of this meet- ing that said council after their acquittal of Mr. Alden, having not found him guilty of death or of bonds, ought not to have expressed or given advioe in the case, especially when the controversy was between certain individuals in the society and Mr. Alden, and not between the church and society and Mr. Alden. And further resolved, that it is the opinion of 660 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. the meeting that it will greatly adduce to the happiness and well being of this Ecclesiastical Society in a civil and religions view that now when the council agreed upon by the parties have acquitted the defendant, that the plaintiff should sheath the sword and lay down the weapons of their warfare and unite with their fellow citizens in promoting the benefit and happiness of the society." Yery soon after Mr. Alden's dismissal Kev. James 'Nojes was engaged to supply the pulpit; at first for five Sabbaths, and afterwards the time was extended to three months. After the close of Mr. ISToyes' engagement Mr. Alden was hired to supply the pulpit for six months at a salary of five dollars per week. Mr. Alden continued to preach for the society until the first of April, 1829, after that date Rev. Rodolphus Land- fear supplied, who soon after received a call by the church and society to become their pastor. On May 30, 1829, the society, by their vote, extended to the Rev. Rodolphus Land- fear a call to settle as their pastor. The call was accepted and Mr. Landfear was installed Aug. 21, 1829. His ministry was short, continuing less than three years. On the 10th day of ^lay, 1832, he made a request of the church and society that they unite with him in calling a council for the purpose of dissolving the pastoral relation existing between him and the people. The church and society uniting, a council was convened on the 30th day of IMay, 1832, and Mr. Landfear was dismissed and the pastoral relation dissolved. During his ministry forty persons were. received into the church. His voice failing him was the reason of his resigning his charge, ajid the trouble became so serious as to prevent him from engaging thereafter in the public duties of the ministry. He was esteemed by all as a very exemplary, conscientious, and devoted Christian man. He was afterwards a city missionary in Hartford for a time, and also in Boston. ]\rr. Landfear was bom in Manchester, Conn., ISTov. 2, 1794. Graduated at Yale College in 1821, and at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1824. He served as a Ecclesiastical. 661 home missionary at Maryville and Ashville, ~New York, and was for a time an agent of the Connecticut Bible Society, previous to his coming to Montville. He died at Hartford May 28, 1880. After the dismissal of Mr. Landfear, Kev. Erastus Eipley was engaged and served as stated supply until Jime, 1838. Four persons only were received into communion with the church during his ministry. Some time during the first part of the year 1838 Eev. Sijencer F. Beard received a unanimous call to become their pastor, and was installed July 5, 1838. During his ministry of eight years, forty-one persons were admitted into the church on profession, and twenty-one child- ren were baptized. A precious revival was enjoyed by the church in the early part of Mr. Beard's ministry liei'e. He was dismissed by the association June 24, 1846, and was fol- lowed by Eev. John W. Salter, who became acting pastor in August, 184Y. The same year the present church edifice was erected on the site of the old church building, and dedi- cated in ISTovember of the same year. During Mr. Salter's ministry here thirteen persons Avere received into the church, two on profession, the remaining ones by letter. Mr. Salter closed his labors with the church April 1, 1858. Mr. Salter was an enthusiastic advocate of temperance, and early in his ministry here urged the adoption of the temperance pledge by the church, which was readily accepted. All persons thereafter, during his stay with the people, propounded or examined for admission to the church were required, before admission, to sign the pledge. After the close of Mr. Salter's labors here the pulpit was supplied by Eev. Thomas L. Shipman, Eev. Frederick Graves, and Eev. Joseph Hurlburt, each occupying about six months. In Sept., 1859, Eev. Hiram 0. Haydn, a young, enthusiastic man, a late graduate of Amherst College of the class of '57, received their unanimous invitation to become acting pastor. The invitation was accepted and he at once entered upon his duties. The church had at that time become somewhat 662 HISTORY OF MONTVtLLE. divided and thereby weakened. He entered heartily into tlie work of uniting and building up the church, which labors were blessed and the church was again in a prosperous condition. Through his efforts the church building was painted outside and inside, and a bell hung in the belfry, ilr. Haydn was a faithful and effective preacher, gaining the confidence and love of his hearers. He closed his labors here in April, 1861, much respected and loved by the people. Rev. Robert Bayard Snowden, another young man, fol- lowed Mr. Haydn, and commenced his labors as acting pastor in iVpril, 18()1. He continued his labors here two years, and left for another field of lal>or. He was succeeded by Rev. "Walter R. Long, who faithfully served the church for two years more, and was succeeded by Rev. "William E. Dickin- son, who labored with much earnestness for two years, closing his labors in October, 1867. During his ministry here a new parsonage was built, and he was the first minister to occupy it. CHESTERFIELD. The General Assembly, at its session at Xew Haven, Jan. 5, 1Y69, upon the memorial of Jonathan Latimer, Jr., and others, inhabitants of New London and Lyme, constituted an ecclesiastical society within the bounds described in the me- morial to be called by the name of Chesterfield. The bound- aries of the society commenced " at a birch tree standing in a cluster of round high rocks on Rogers ^Mountain, so-called, in New London first society, then west twenty degrees and one-half south, six hundred and sixty rods to a heap of stones, then west ten degrees north five hundred and ten rods to a heap of stones on a hill of rocks, then west thirty-six degrees and one-half south two hundred rods, then west forty degrees south, one hundred and fifty rods to Thomas Beckwith's well a little southeast from his dAvelling house; then west fifteen degrees and one-half north three hundred and fifty rods to a heap of stones, then west five degrees north three himdred rods to four mile river, then the same course two hundred and o W ts m ►^ W S tr' a o K c! ?c o W H CO ECCLESIASTiCAL. gg3 eight rods, then north some degrees west six hundred and thirty rods to a black oak tree in the highway, one hundred and twenty rods north 'of Capt. Matthew Dorr's south west corner, then north about eight degrees east twelve hundred rods to a heap of stones, four rods northwest from ye northwest corner of John Mumford, Jr. dwelling house, then east nine degrees north four hundred and forty rods, then east eight ' degrees south nine hundred and forty-five rods to ISTew London town line, then south by said town line one hundred and twenty rods to a large heap of stones, the southwest corner of G-eorge Dolbeare's land an ancient bound of the town of l!Tew London, then easterly in the ancient line of 'New London that runs from the last mentioned heap of stones that runs to the white rock at JSForwich river, being the south line of said Dol- beare's land, viz: so far eastward in said line till it inter- sects a straight line drawn from a large white oak tree and stones about it standing near the head of a swamp in said Dolbeare's land, then south about thirty-seven degrees east to the first mentioned bound, excluding the families, estates and lands of Mr. Eobert Douglass, Thomas Douglass and Seth Lee." At a society meeting held at John Moore's house in Lyme, in the society of Chesterfield, Feb. 2, 1769, Joseph Prentis was chosen moderator, John Douglass clerk, John Moore, Joseph May, and Jesse Beckwith, committee. Mr. James Beckwith was their first minister. He commenced his labors in October, 1768, and continued to serve as their minister until 1772, being hired from year to year at a salary of eighty pounds a year, and to receive in payment for his salary wheat at three shillings per bushel; com and rye at three shillings per bushel, when merchantable ; pork at three pence ; and beef at two pence per pound. At a meeting of the society, held at the house of Joseph Way, Nov. 20, 1769, it was voted " to find the center of the society," having at a previous meeting voted " to build a meeting house in the center of the society." The county was tobe employed to find the center. It was not 664 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. until July, 1Y72, that a site was agreed upon. Application had been made to the. county court to establish a site. The site established by the county court was accepted by the society and a meeting-house erected on the hill south of Jonathan Latimer's house, and is \-\'liere the present cemetery now stands. The first society meeting held in the new meeting- house was on the 17th day of August, 1773, at which time it was vrited " to give Mr. Avery a call to preach twO' months on probation." On tlie 22d day of March, 1775, Mr. Avery was ordained as tlieir minister. Rev. Mr. Jewett, Rev. Mr. Hart, Rev. J\ir. Judson, Rev. ilr. Iveeney, and Rev. Mr. Johnson were selected by the society to be the ordaining coun- cil. It appears that before a year had elapsed Mr. Avery desired to be released from his engagement to settle as their minister, but the society refused to release him. Soon after, in May, 1776, the society again called a meeting to consider the matter, and agreed " to have a council of ministers for advice." The ministers selected were Rev. !Mr. Jewett, Rev. Mr. Judson, Rev. ]\Ir. Johnson, and Rev. ^Iv. Troop. The council met at Major Latimer's June 2.5, 1776. What the advice of the council was at this time does not appear, but at a subsequent meeting of the society it was voited " to release Mt. Avery from all contracts with them relative to his settling as their pastor." From this time the society seemed to lose all interest in church matters, and for two yeare previous to 1780 the society were without officers. In February, 1780, application was made to Abraham Chapman, a justice of the peace in Lyme, for authority to warn a society meeting. Authority being given, a meeting was called soon after and officers chosen. Some of the old sjiirit for religious Avorship was again revived. Meetings in the church were regularly held on the Sabbath for several yeais. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to settle a minister, but probably owing to differences among the mem- bers of the church and society, and an accumulated debt upon the societv, they could not agree to settle a minister. Abou.t EOCLE.SiASTtOAL. g65 this time several members of the church joined the Separatists, who held meetings in that vicinity. Meetings were, how- ever, kept up in the church, the pulpit being supplied by a succession of ministers until 1824. During the last yeai-s of the existence of this Congregational Church the services were principally condudted by the Baptist denomination. In the year 1824 the old meeting-house was taken down, and a new one erected on a site given by ISTathan Latimer, situate about one-half a mile north of the spot where the first house was built. Another attempt was made to reorganize and revive the church and society. Kev. ISTathaniel Miner received a call to settle as pastor. The call was accepted and Mr. Miner was ordained pastor in 1826. The members of the church at this time were few and widely scattered. At the end of about five years it was completely overshadowed by a Baptist church that rose and flourished by its side. This Baptist church, since its organization, has continued to prosper until the present time. It was organized in 1824 with thirty members, a house of worship was erected, and Elder Simeon Beckwith was their first minister. He was succeeded by Elder Oliver Wilson, who commenced his labors April 1, 1825, and continued a faithful and respected pastor of the church until some time in 1832. Many, during his ministry, were baptized and united with the church. During the last years of his labors difficulties arose between him and his parishioners which resulted not only in his dismissal, but also in his exclusion from the church. Elder IST. E. Shailer was his successor, and an acceptable preacher for two years, when Elder Jonathan Miner succeeded him and continued his labors two years more. In 184Y Kev. Charles H. Gates was ordained pastor of the church, and continued his relations as such pastor till 1850, when he was dismissed. Erom 1850 to 1875 a suc- cession of ministers were employed from year to year. Dur- ing the year 18Y5 a number of its members withdrew and formed a Methodist church; a house of worship was erected near the Baptist church edifice. At this date, 1884, two 666 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. societies are endeavoring to sustain the gospel in the old Chesterfield society, with but few members in each. Rev. George H. Lester was acting pastor of the Baptist church from 18Y5tol881. He was an earnest and faithful minister, greatly respected, not only in his own cliurch, but by the neighboring parishes. A small society of Separatists were gathered in the south- east part of I^orth Parish about the year 1747. They called themselves " New Lights." Many were attracted to them on account of the zeal manifested in their worship. These Separatists were first under the leadership of one Dyer Hyde, a ISTew Light preacher. Mr. Hyde was successful in drawing away from the Congregational churches many members. In ]\ray, 1750, Joshua Morse, a resident of the North PaTish, was ordained their elder. About this time they erected a meeting-house on the site where the old Palmer meeting- house afterwards stood. This society of Separatists, or Bap- tists, kept together about thirty years. Though they called themselves Baptists, they held to open communion. Elder Morse removed, in 1779, to Sandisfield, Mass., and the church, which he had so long kept together, soon became ex- tinct. Prom the remnant of the Morse church originated the Palmer Baptist church. A few years previous to the organization of the Palmer church a band had gathered, and Elder Christopher Palmer and Elder Abel Palmer of Col- chester held occasional services in the old ]\Iorse meeting- house. On the 22d day of February, 1788, a church was organized by Elder Christopher and Abel Palmer, by giving to those persons whose names had been signed to a covenant, the right hand of fellowship. Soon 'after the church was organized Elder Reuben Palmer was called to be their minis- ter. Mr. Palmer had been ordained to the ministry in Ston- ington, Conn., where he had resided until his removal to iMontville in 1788. He was not installed their pastor until several years aftei'wards. In November, 1798, a council was called for the pui-pose of installing him. The council a o !a GJ O ECCLESIASTICAL. g67 convened on the 25tli day of December, 1Y98, land publicly installed liim as pastor of the church. The seiTaon was preached by Elder Asa Wilcox. Elder Zadoc Darrow gave the charge to the pastor and Elder Wiloox the right hand of fellowship. Deacon Oliver Comstock offered the first prayer and Deacon Jehial Rogers the concluding prayer. Elder Reuben Palmer continued pastor of this church until his death, April 22, 1822. His ministry was continued with much success, several hundred being baptized under his ministry. During his conneotion with this church his son Reuben Palmer, Jr., was converted, and, after his father's death, was ordained to the work of the ministry, and conducted the affairs of the church, of which his father was so long connedted, for a few years. The church soon began to decline, and was irregularly supplied until 1831, when it was dropped from the Baptist Association, and the body was considered extinct. It, however, struggled on till the 6th day of January, 1842, when, by a vote of the few remaining meiubers, the church organization was dissolved, and the body, now known as the Union Baptist Church, was formed. A new house of worship was built, and, on the 4th day of October, 1842, it was dedi- cated, the site for the new church being purchased of Oalvin Bolles. This house was ocaupied by the Union Baptist Church of Montville until 1867, when it was abandoned and sold. A larger and more elaborate structure was erected on a more eligible site, it being their present place of worship. Elder Levi Meach was instrumental in the reorganization of the old Palmer Baptist Church, and became its first pastor. A powerful revival was experienced in the winter of 1841-2. Many of the old church members were awakened and united in the work; quite a mimber of young people were converted, baptized, and united with the new church. Rev. N. T. Allen succeeded Elder Meach, and was ordained pastor Aug. 12, 1846. He continued his pastoral relations with the church until 1848, when Elder Allen Darrow was engaged as their 668 HISTORY OF MONTVILiifi. pastor. After Elder Darrow removed from the place tlie church had a succession of ministers until 18Y6, when Rev. C. H. Hickock was engaged as acting pastor. During his ministry the church built a parsonage, and after a ministry of about two years, Rev. ilr. Hickock resigned, and Rev. J. J. Bronson was engaged, and continued to serve the church about two years more. In the spring of 1880 Rev. Warren IST. Walden became acting pastor. Under his faithful and effi- cient labors the church has continued united, and has been greatly prospered. M0HE6AN CHURCH AKD SOCIETY. Erom the period of the first settlement of the English in the Mohegan territory great interest has been manifested by the white people in the moral and intellectual condition of the natives of the soil. When first known by the English these native settlers were sunk in darkness, ignorance, and stupidity. Rev. James Fitch appears to have been the first to be touched with pity for their condition, and spared no pains to alleviate it, both as to their spiritual and temporal plight. From the time when the Colonial Assembly requested Rev. Mr. Fitch to teach Tineas and his family Christianity to the present time, philanthropists Jiave been raised tip who have made the Mohegan tribe their special care. And from the first, though but little impression could be made upon the native chief by his friend. Rev. ]\Ir. Fitch, yet many of the common people have listened with attention, and many of the tribe have given evidence of conversion. Miss Sarah Huntington, whose memoirs have made her name widely known as a benefact(ir to her race, living at Norwich, and being within a few miles of the Mohegans, became, about the year 1827, strongly interested in the moral and physical condition of the tribe, and set herself to work to lift them from their depth of ignorance and degradation, into which they had fallen during the quarter of a century of past neglect. ECCLESIASTICAL. 669 This interest was shared by another female of similar spirit, Miss Sarah Breed of the same place. By the summer of 1830 two Christian ladies had established a Sabbath-school at Mohegan for the purpose of teaching the Indian children. They taught by turn, walking for that purpose from their homes in ISTorwich, a distance of four or five miles. The school was opened at the Samson Occum house, then occupied by his relative. In a few months after the opening of the school Miss Breed resigned her post as teacher and was suc- ceeded by Miss Elizabeth Eaymond of Montville. A daily school was about this time established at the farm house on Fort Hill farm. This school was taught by Miss Huntington and Miss Baymond by alternate weeks, both remaining at Mohegan on the Sabbath so as to assist each other in conduct- ing the religious exercises of the day. Eighteen or twenty scholars, three or four of them adults, usually attended the day school, and the females of the tribe, beside being instructed in reading, writing, and arithmetic, were taught millinery, dressmaking, and tailoring. These worthy ladies were not contented with these personal efforts at teaching, but exerted themselves to 'obtain such assistance as should secure to the natives steady and public religious services. In this they were assisted by Joseph Williams, Esq., of Norwich, and by other benevolent individuals of that city. A plan was set on foot to build a chapel for the Indians, and hire a missionary who should settle permanently among them. Subscription lists were circulated and several hundred dollars were collected. Efforts were also made to interest the American Board for Foreign Missions, the government of the state of Connecti- cut, and the general government at Washington in their behalf. Miss Huntington drew up a petition and laid it before the Legislature of Connecticut. She also wrote a letter to Jere- miah Evarts, corresponding secretary of the American Board. The petition to the Legislature of Connecticut contained a large number of signatures, but neither the petition nor the letter met a favorable reception, and no aid or appropriation 670 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. was obtained. Failing in these directions, two applications by Mr. Williams and one by Miss Huntington were made to the Secretary of War, to whose department the superintend- ence of the Indian affairs then belonged. These urgent ap- peals were more successful, and from the " fund for promot- ing the civilization of the Indians," five hundred dollars were appropriated for the erection of buildings at ]\rohegan foi- school purposes, and an equal amount annually for the support of a teacher. The five hundred dollars approjjriated for buildings was expended in building a house for the teacher; the expense in the erection of the chapel was defrayed by private subscriptions obtained principally in Norwich. The land on which the chapel was built was given by t\vi5 ]\rohegan females, Cynthia Hascott and Lucy Tee Comwas. One hundred dollars annually was contributed by the Home Missionary Society, and this sum, with the appropriation by the general government, was sufficient to hire a capable teacher. In the spring or summer of 1^31 the chapel was finished, and not long after the services of Kev. .Vnson Gleason were ob- tained, and he settled among them as pastor of the church gathered there of Indians and whites. The lot on which the chapel was erected was situated on tlie east side of the old turnpike road from I^orwich to ISTew London, and nearly op- posite the old Indian fort on Fort Hill. The lot is square, being eight rods in length on each side. The donors conveyed it by deed to the Mohegan tribe of Indians, and with the land the right of way to the aforesaid turnpike. The Indians expressed surprise that the whites should pay any attention to their wants after having so long neglected them, and were suspicious that their present conduct was prompted entirely by some selfish and pecuniary motive. At one time a number of evil-disposed persons among them succ(>pde Mathew Turner, " 360 ^ John G. Hillhouse, "350 Jonathan Gilbert owned the greatest number of sheep, being 300. Peleg Church owned 150 sheep and Joseph Chester owned 100 sheep. John G. Hillhouse was assessed on the greatest amount of property, being £128. Joshua Raymond was assessed for £116 Joseph Fitch " 113 Joseph Chester " 113 John Dolbeare ' ' 109 In 1790 the amount of property assessed was, " 1800 1810* 1820t 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 $40,453.00 45,911.81 43,153.00 33,596.00 515,559.75 564,961.00 777,326.00 1,057,623.00 1,226,760.00 1,068,645.00 1,057,880.00 Between the years 1820 and 1830 the manufacturing interest in the town began to be developed and increased the grand list nearly $500,000. A few persons began to invest in bank stock, and money at interest had increased a consider- able in 1830; after that date up to 1850 the increase was very great. The first bank stock assessed to any individual in the town was to Samuel Hillhouse, the following being the amounts of bank stock, amount invested in manufacturing and money at interest from 1830 to the present time, as showing the increase and decrease, taken from the grand list of the town every tenth year: * Waterford was incorporated a town in 1801, talking a portion of the southeast part of Montville. t Salem was incorporated a town in 1819, a portion being talien from the west part of Montville. 686 HISTOEY OP MONTVILLE. Bank Stock. In 1830 " 1840 " 1850 " 1860 " 1870 " 1880 '• 1884 " 1895 7,875 25,867 64,728 151,197 103,566 38,435 37,980 Manufacturing. Money at Interest $43,700 $6,700 60,500 30,205 70,467 77,461 195,525 66,830 256,550 64,363 297,800 18,495 294,100 18,789 288,435 5,847 A summary of the town treasurer's account from tlie year 1800 to 1890, inclusive: Amount Amount Amount Amount Date. deceived. Paid Out. Date. Received. Paid Out. 1800 $605.10 $617.75 1876 $30,853.69 $15,531.75 1810 837.93 837.93 " bcS* 30,496.00 ,fdJrB 30,496.00 1830 1,515.82 1,439.38 1877 15,708.53 18,301.35 1830 1,193.96 1,333.35 1878 31,101.61 19,650.33 1840 1,620.50 , 1,696.90 1879 19,537.11 18,605.76 1850 1,727.08 1,697.78 1880 19,995.75 23,158.69 1860 3,773.43 3,801.03 1881 18,033.03 20,387.30 1861 3,020.80 3,014.04 1882 35,000.98 24,039.04 1862 4,937.92 4,939.50 1883 33,408.32 20,255.62 1863 10,173.19 9,817.36 1884 43,355.91 40,914.99 1864 10,827.69 10,670.65 1885 17,717.51 18,435.55 1865 14,680.40 17,638,87 1886 21,654.11 20,576.07 1866 14,765.37 15,606.50 1887 24,811.04 25,230.49 1867 13,833.46 13,818.65 1888 20,331.30 24,584.35 1868 13,351.33 13,783.76 1889 23,934.10 24,006.09 1869 17,735.45 17,489.55 1890 36,307.91 26,443.53 1870 17,007.57 17,007.78 1891 31,469.31 21,749.39 1871 18,105.34 18,027.10 1893 33,936.99 33,100.65 1872 19,177.97 19,181.66 1893 22,367.75 33,531.09 1873 20,867.32 20,546.87 1894 33,531.09 19,603.09 1874 30,660.87 30,449.29 1895 35,959.61 35,337.78 1875 19,051.23 16,880.46 * Dated Jan. 1, 1876, to run tliirty years. Amount, $30,000, lield by the New London Savings Bank, on interest at 6 per cent., payable semi-annually. STATISTICAL RECORDS. 687 Amount of the nually to September indebtedness of the town computed an- tlie first, since the year 1870: Amonnt of Tax Amt, Taxes Amount of Tax Amt. Taxes Date. Indebtedness. Eate. on Eate Bill. Date. Indebtedness. Eate. on Eate Bill. 1871 $13,239.76 18 $16,855.47 1884 $52,777.97 14 $14,986.50 1873 14,711.89 10 12,591.94 1885 53,949.87 16 16,554.11 1878 18,783.76 13 11,804.42 1886 53,803.91 16 16,390.33 1874 24,143.16 10 14,929.59 1887 53,113.59 16 15,849.60 1875 39,240.18 13 15,144.59 1888 57,846.08 16 17,631.11 1876 88,410.46 12 13,572.80 1889 55,154.72 16 17,368.38 1877 37,614.39 12 12,978.35 1890 53,378.43 16 16,936.09 1878 40,187.92 13 13,4'69.89 1891 49,815.53 16 17,114.78 1879 45,142.79 13 13,321.40 1893 46,183.07 16 16,313,73 1880 45,445.36 13 13,650.50 1898 44,331.54 16 16,484.81 1881 46,733.23 15 16,582.34 1894 41,006.75 16 16,833.14 1882 46,707.48 10 11,512.24 1895 40,375,68 16 15,275.31 1883 51,897,31 14 15.506.93 The following list of persons have been elected to repre- sent the town in the Legislature of this state from 1787 to 1896: 1787 to 1790, John G. Hillliouse. 1790 to 1791, Joshua Raymond. 1791 to 1792, Joseph Chester. 1792 to 1793, John G. Hillhouse. 1793 to 1794, Joseph Chester. 1794 to 1795, Erastus Worthington. L 1795 to 1796, Mathew Turner. '' 1796 to 1797, John G. Hillhouse. 1797 to 1800, Joshua Raymond. 1800 to 1801, AdonijahF. Bradford. 1801 to 1802, John G. Hillhouse. 1803 to 1803, Nathaniel Comstock. 1803 to 1804, Daniel Worthington. 1804 to 1807, John G, Hillhouse. 1807 to 1813, William W.Hq,ugh ton. ■\^ 1813 to 1815, David Turner. 1815 to 1817, William W.Haughton. -|- 1817 to 1818, David Turner. 1818 to 1819, Oliver Comstock. 1819 to 1830, Mumford Dolbeare. 1830 to 1831, Stephen G. Thacker. 1831 to 1822, Nathaniel Bradford, 1833 to 1833, Asahel Otis. 1833 to 1826, Sherwood Raymond. 1826 to 1827, Thomas Fitch. 1837 to 1828, 1838 to 1839, 1829 to 1830, 1830 to 1881, 1831 to 1833, 1833 to 1834, 1834 to 1835, 1835 to 1836, 1836 to 1837, 1837 to 1838, 1838 to 1839, 1839 to 1840, 1840 to 1841, 1841 to 1843, 1843 to 1843, 1843 to 1844, 1844 to 1845, 1845 to 1846, 1846 to 1847, 1847 to 1848, 1848 to 1849, 1849 to 1850, 1850 to 1851, 1851 to 1852, 1853 to 1858, Sherwood Raymond. William Raymond. Sherwood Raymond. Ephraim Fellows. Sherwood Raymond. Azel F. Rogers. Mulford C. Raymond. Sherwood Raymond. Azel F. Rogers. .Joseph L. Chapman. Nathaniel Parish. Robert Comstock. William Thacker. Edmund Smith. Thomas P Rogers. Albert G. Darrow. Henry C. Beardslee. John B. Rogers. Robert Comstock. Nicholas Latimer. Peter Wickwire. Ethan G. Crandall. George G. Latimer, Daniel L. Browning. Nathaniel B. Bradford. HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 1858 to 1854, 1854 to 1855, 1855 to 1856, 1S56 to 1857, 1857 to 1858, 1858 to 1859, 1859 to 1860, 1860 to 1861, 1861 to 1863, 1862 to 1863, 1863 to 1864, 1864 to 1865, 1865 to 1866, 1866 to 1867, 1867 to 1868, 1868 to 1869, 1869 to 1870, 1870 to 1871, 1871 to 1872, Thomas P. Rogers. Blisha H. Palmer. Hiram P. Baker. Ethan Q-. Crandall. Thomas B. Williams. Albert G. Darrow. Norman B. Church. Calvin Allyn. Ralph P. Caulkins. Water'n R. Burnham. Thomas W. Champlin- Elisha H. Palmer. Willet R. Wood. Raymond R. Parish. Aaron F. Rogers. William Fitch. Willet R. Wood. James Allyn. Augustus A. Parker. 1873 to 1878, 1878 to 1874, 1874 to 1875, 1875 to 1876, 1876 to 1877, 1877 to 1878, 1878 to 1879, 1879 to 1880, 1880 to 1881, 1881 to 1883, 1883 to 1888, 1888 to 1884, 1884 to 1885, 1885 to 1886, 1886 to 1888, 1888 to 1890, 1890 to 1892, 1892 to 1894, 1894 to 1896, Elisha M. Rogers. Anson G. Baker. John L. Comstock. Alex. C. Robertson. John M. Crumb. James H. Manwaring. Eben R. Eaton. Henry W. Strickland. John A. Coggshall. Carmichael Robertson . Raymond N. Parish. J. Randolph Rogers. Charles W. Comstock. Edwin C. Johnson. J. Randolph Rogers. Alex. C. Robertson. Charles A. Chapman. John F. Freeland. George N. Wood. The following persons, residents of tMs town, who have been elected senator for the ITinth Senatorial (now the Eleventh) District, siace the year 1838: 1838, Sherwood Raymond. 1846, Sherwood Raymond. 1856, William Thacker. 1866, Elisha H. Palmer. 1874, Richard G. Hooper. 1888, Raymond N. Parish. Town clerks elected to the office since the incorporation of the town in 1Y86: 1786 to 1802, John Raymond, 16 years. 1802 to 1803, David H. Jewett, 1 1803 to 1808, Adonijah F. Bradford, 5 1808 to 1817, Azel Rogers, 9 1817 to 1823, Giles Turner, 6 1823 to 1826, Joshua Baker, Jr., 3 1836 to 1827, Joseph L. Chapman, 1 1827 to 1834, Mulford C. Rfiymond, 7 1834 to 1835, Azel F. Rogers, 1 1835 to 1848, Mulford C. Raymond, 13 1848 to 1854, Joseph Brumley, 6 1854 to 1855, John A. Coggshall, 1 1855 to 1857, Elisha H. Palmer, 3 1857 to 1863, Raymond N. Parish, 5 1863 to 1864, Elisha H. Palmer, 3 1864 to 1889, Henry A. Baker, 35 STATISTICAL RECORDS. 689 1889 to 1893, 1893 to 1894, 1894 to 1896, 1786 to 1790, 1790 to 1791, 1791 to 1792, 1792 to 1793, 1798 to 1794, 1794 to 1796, 1796 to 1797, 1797 to 1799, 1799 to 1800, 1800 to 1810, 1810 to 1815, 1815 to 1817, 1817 to 1830, 1820 to 1821, 1831 to 1833, 1833 to 1825, 1825 to 1848, 1848 to 1854, 1854 to 1855, 1855 to 1856, 1856 to 1862, 1862 to 1869, 1869 to 1878, 1873 to 1876, 1876 to 1877, 1877 to 1879, 1879 to 1880, 1880 to 1881, 1881 to 1884, 1884 to 1885, 1885 to 1887, 1887 to 1891, 1891 to 1893, 1893 to 1896, A Earl Mathewson, William B. Tooker, Everett W. Coggeshall, TOWN TREASURERS. David H. Jewett, Joshua Raymond, Isaac Turner, Joshua Raymond Adonijah F, Bradford, Thomas Hillhouse, John Raymond, Joshua Raymond, John Gr. Hillhouse, Atwell Chapel, William W. Haughton, Azel Rogers, Giles Turner, Azel Rogers, Nathaniel Bradford, Azel Rogers, Nathaniel Parish, John Fellows, Daniel L. Browning, Nathaniel B. Bradford, John Fellows, John B. Rogers, Raymond N. Parish, Henry Baker, Carmichael Robertson, Lewis Browning, Frank A. Rogers, Silas M. Browning, Lewis Browning, Nathan S. Comstock, Lewis Browning, Alexander 0. Robertson Tryon E. Robertson, Frank H. Rogers, 4 years. 1 " 2 " 4 years. 1 " 1 " 1 " 1 " 3 " 1 " 3 " 1 " 10 " 5 " 2 '' 3 " 1 " 3 " 2 " , 23 " 6 " 1 " 1 " 6 " 7 " 4 " 3 " 1 " 3 " 1 " 1 " 3 " 1 " 3 " 4 " 3 " 3 " Tlie town of Montville was constituted a Probate District by an Act of tbe Greneral Assembly of tbe State of Connecti- cut at its May Session in 1851. Tbe following persons bave been elected to tbe office of judge' of probate in tbis district since it was constituted: 44 690 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 1851 to 1854, Benjamin F. Bradford, 3 years 1854 to 1855, Albert Gr. Darrow, 1 " 1855 to 1859, Joseph Brumley, • 4 " 1859 to 1861, Henry A. Baker, 3 " 1861 to 1864, Mulford C. Raymond, 3 " 1864 to 1867, William Fitch, 3 " 1867 to 1889, Henry A. Baker, 22 " 1889 to 1896, Charles W. Comstock, 7 ■' The town of Montville was, previous to its incorporation as a separate town in 1Y86, a part of ISTew London. The first census was taken in the year 1800, and the following figures show the population of the town on each census since: 1800, . 3,333 1850, . 1,848 1810, . 3,187* 1860, . 2,148 1820, . l,951f 1870, . 2,496 1830, . 1,973 1880, . 3,666 1840, . 1,990 1890, . 2,344 * Waterford was incorporated a separate town in 1801, taking off a portion of Montville. + Salem was incorporated a separate town in 1819, taking off a large tract of territory lying on the westerly side of Montville. CHAPTER VIII. RAYMOND LIBRARY. TMs institution was founded by Albert 0. Raymond, a native of Montville, but a resident of East Hartford in tbe last years of Ms life. Mr. Raymond was bom at Montville 29 Sept., 1819. Son of Daniel Fitch Raymond and Char- lotte Comstock. He died at East Hartford 26 June, 1880. In his last will is the following item : " Upon the de- cease of my said wife I give, devise and bequeath the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars to Henry A. Baker, David Hillbouse, Raymond IST. Parish, Augustus Parker and James Manwar- ing all of Montville in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, and the. survivor or survivors of them in trust for the purpose, following: that is to say, immediately upon the decease of my wife, they shall take the necessary measures to cause a corporation by the name of the Raymond Library Company of Montville to be formed at said Montville, either under the Joint Stock law of this State or by special charter for the purpose of receiving from said trustees the said trust as vested in them as aforesaid and of forever supporting a public library in said Montville, and immediately upon the organization of said corporation said trustees shall pay and deliver to said Corporation said trust fund to be held by said Corporation forever for the aforesaid purpose, and the said Lib];ary shall be forever conducted and managed by said cor- poration pursuant to the following provisions of this will." Then follows the special conditions by which the library shall forever be conducted, the location of a site for the library building, and the amount to be expended thereon, the charac- ter of the literatiire it shall contain, and the amount annually expended for the same. At the January session of the General Assembly in 1880 692 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. a charter was granted to Henry A. Baker, David Hillhouse, Raymond IST. Parish, Augustus A. Parker, James H. Man- waring, James Allyn, and Calvin AUyn, incorporating them a body politic under the name and style of The Ilaym.ond Library Company of Montville, and such others as shall be duly elected from time to time members of said company. The first meeting of the Raymond Library Company was held at the residence of Hon. R. ~R. Parish on the 12th day of April, 1880, at which time the company was organized and the following ofiicers chosen: Raymond IST. Parish, presi- dent; Henry A. Baker, secretary; Calvin Allen, treasurer; and David Hillhouse, librarian. After the death of Mrs. Raymond, 16 Sept., 1883, the ; sum donated for the founding of the Raymond Library was received from the executors of the estate of Albert C. Ray- mond by the Raymond Library Company, who immediately caused a library building to be erected at a cost of two thou- sand dollars. The building was a beautiful brick structure, built under a contract by Mr. Robert Turner of E"orwich, and completed in the winter of 1884-5. At the annual meeting of the Raymond Library Com- pany, held October 14, 1885, the library building was formally opened to the public; a bountiful collation was prepared by the ladies of the town, which was partaken of and heartily appreciated by all the pei-sons who gathered at the chapel of the Congregational church at Montville Center on the occasion. After the repast a historical address, prepared for the occasion, was read by the secretary, speeches by James W. Fitch, Mr. Bishop of Norwich, Hon. Elisha H. Palmer, Hev. C. A. Stenhouse of Uncasville, Mr. James Allyn, Rev. Charles Cutting, Mr. Augustus A. Parker, Mr. William Fitch, Mr. Calvin Allyn, and Mr. John Brown, were all interesting, and, with many happy wishes for the future prosperity and use- fulness of the library, the assembly dispersed, feeling that a great and good work had been begun in the town, which was to be for the benefit of future generations. RAYMOND LIBRARY. 693 The first public act passed by the General Assembly of this state tO' encourage and legalize the formation and estab- lishment of library companies was at its October session in the year 1818. During the year following the passage of the act entitled " An Act Concerning Library Companies," a portion of the inhabitants of this town availed themselves of the privilege granted by the General Assembly and formed themselves into an association called " The Montville Library Association." They lodged with the secretary of this state a copy of the articles of association on the 21st day of January, 1819, this being the first public library organized in the state of Connecticut under the Act of l.sl,8. How long this association existed is not certainly known, or how flourishing it was while it did exist. It was certainly of only a few years' duration, as another library company was soon after formed here, called the " Union Library Com- pany." This was organized January 31, 1823, and had an existence of only a few years. The books belonging to the company were purchased from a subscription fund by mem- bers of the company, each miember subscribing and paying in a certain sum of money to be expended in books. It is probable that this private library did not contain more than from one hundred to two hundred volumes. Some dissatis- faction among its members finally caused the company to dissolve. The books were distributed among its members, each member taking from the library such books as he could get hold of as an offset for his subscription. The library was kept in the old building formerly occu- pied as a dwelling and store, and which stood on the site of the present Congregational church chapel at Montville Center. This chapel was erected in the year 1884. Among the churches located in this town is the St. Johns Church at Uncasville, Eev. James P. Eyle its present pastor. For some years previous to the institution of the parish in Montville St. Johns Church was attended from JSTew Lon- don. The first resident pastor was Rev. James P. Connolly, 394 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. who came ilarcli 1, 1887. He died in October, 1890, and was immediately succeeded by Rev. Cbarles E. McGowan. Tbe present pastor assumed the protectorate of the church Dec. -10, 1894. The Catholic church edifice was first erected in the year 1866, and from time to time enlarged. Though the sanctuary is not large, yet it is sufficient for the accommodation of the worshipers gathering there. The parochial house, which stands only a few feet from the sanctuary, is a neat commo- dious structure of two stories, built in 1888. Eev. Mr. Ryle was bom in County Kerry, Ireland, Jan. 1, 1855, and came to Connecticut in childhood. He studied at St. Charles' College, and at Villanova, and, after a theo- logical course in the Grand Seminary at Montreal, was or- dained in December, 1882. For three months after ordina- tion he had temporary charge of the parish of ~New Milf ord. He then went to St. Mary's, ISTew Haven, where he remained three months. Thence he was transferred to St. Patrick's in the same city, where he was first assistant for almost twelve years. While there he organized the Young lien's Total Abstinence Society and the Ladies' Aid Society, his enter- tainments and kindnesses in aid of the poor being very suc- cessful. In the short time he has been pastor at Montville he has renovated and furnished the rectory thoroughly, refurnished the church, built a bam and sheds, and paid off on the mort- gage, besides canceling on the floating debt one thousand dollars. The people of Montville, including the non-Catholics, co-operate with the pastor by their contributions and atten- dance upon the public entertainments of the church in re- moving the debt, which has for several years been a drawback to their complete success and growth. CHAPTER IX. ENLISTMEl^TS IN THE CIVIL WAR List of the men who enlisted in the service of the United States in the late Civil "War residing in the town of Montville. Patrick Cary, Eifle Co. B, 2d Eeg. Discharged. Frederick Stanton, Eifle Co. B, 2d Eeg. Discharged. Edward H. Latimer, Cavalry Co. C, 1st Eeg. ; pro. 2d Lieut. Died Eeb. 14, 1866. Henry B. Tinker, Co. C;, 1st Cavalry. Discharged. Daniel Whipple, Co. Gr, 1st Cavalry. Discharged. Amos Comstock, Cavalry, Co. K, 1st Eeg. Captured June 29, 1864. Ezra M. HoUoway, Cavalry, Co. L, 1st Eeg. Deserted. Henry Evans, Co. A, 1st Eeg., Artillery, sub. Deserted. John King, Co. A, 1st Eeg., Artillery. Deserted. Enoch Mosher, Co. D, 1st Eeg., Artillery. Discharged. C'hester A. Chapman, Go. D, 1st Eeg., Artillery. Discharged. William Mathews, Sergt., Co. E, 1st Eeg., Artillery. Dis- charged. John Casley, Co. E, 1st Eeg., Artillery, sub. Deserted. Charles Griffin, Co. E, 2d Eeg., Artillery, sub. Discharged. John E. Sisson, Co. B, Infantry, 6th Eeg. Discharged. Peter Duberle, Co. D, Infantry, 6th Eeg. Deserted. Henry H. Church, Co. H, Infantry, Yth Eeg. Discharged. Henry Fuller, Co. H, Infantry, 7th Eeg. Transferred to U. S. ITavy. Henry H. Kimball, Co. H, Infantry, 7th Eeg. Died Sept. •7, 1864. William H. Thorpe, Co. H, Infantry, 7th Eeg. E. E. as veteran Dec. 22, 1863. Thomas Cleury, Co. C, Infantry, 8th Eeg. Substituted. Asahel W. Burrows, Co. D, Infantry, 8th Eeg. Discharged. 696 HISTORY O^ MONTVlLLE. Francis A. Jerome, Co. ~D, Infantry, 8tli Keg. Killed at Fort Haven, Va. Jedediah E. Gay, Corporal, Co. H, Infantry, lOth Keg. Wounded and discharged. Henry L. Brainard, C^o. H, lOth Keg. Died at ]Srewbern, IST. C, Nov. 2, 1862. John F. Day, Co. H, lOth Keg. Killed at Kingston, IsT. C, Dec. 14, 1862. Frederick C. Palmer, Co. D, 13tli Keg. K. E. Mustered out. James E. Keynolds, Co. D, 13tli Keg. Discharged, disability. William B. Tooker, Co. D, 13th Keg.; pro. 1st Lieut. Mustered out. Calvin B. Beebe, Co. E, 13th Keg. K. E. Mustered out. George F. Bogue, Co. F, 13th Keg. K. E. Mustered out. John L. Comstock, Co. F, 13th Keg. Discharged. Albert H. Douglass, Co. F, 13th Keg. Discharged, dis. Jonathan P. Gay, Jr., Co. F, 13th Keg. Discharged, dis. Patrick H. Sheaff, Co. H, 14th Keg.; sub. Transferred 0. V. H. A. Simeon A. Armstrong, Musician, Co. K, 14th Keg. Mus- tered out. Geo. F. Littlefield, Co. K, 18th Keg. Deserted, recruit. Charles H. Kogers, Co. E, 21st Keg. Died at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 6, 1862. Henry T. Phillips, 1st Lieut., Co. F, 21st Keg.; pro. Capt. Kesigned. James A. Carey, Sergt. Co. F, 21st Keg. Discharged. Joseph Comstock, Sergt. Co. F, 21st Keg. Killed Chapin Bluff, Va., Sept. 29, 1864. Ichabod S. Bogue, Sergt. Co. F, 21st Keg. Discharged. Thomas W. Gay, Corp. Co. F, 21st Keg. Died Falmouth, Va., Dec. 23, 1862. Henry C. Lanpher, Co. F, 21st Keg. Mustered out. J. Gideon Palmer, Corp. Co. F, 21st Keg. Mustered out. Alfred Kudd, Musician, Co. F, 21st Keg. Mustered out. William H. Palmer, Jr., Musician, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mus- tered out. ENLISTMENTS IN THE CIVIL WAR. 697 Edward E. Darrow, "Wagoner, Co. E, 21st Eeg. Mustered out. Lewis Arnold, Co. E, 21st Keg. Mustered out. Ezra M. Ayers, Co. E, 21st Keg. Mustered out. Leonard S. Allen, Co. E, 21st Eeg. Mustered out. Erederick C. Brainard, Co. E, 21st Keg. Died Hampton, Va., May 5, 1863. Charles F. Chapel, Co. F, 21st Keg. Mustered out. William A. Chapel, Co. E, 21st Keg. Discharged, dis. Kobert Chapel, Co. E, 21st Keg. Discharged, died soon after. John B. Congdon, Co. F, 21st Keg. Discharged, dis. ISTathaniel Dustin, Co. E, 21st Keg. Discharged, dis. Curtis D. Hack, Co. E, 21st Keg. Mustered out. Frank W. Hack, Co. F,' 21st Keg. Mustered out. Kussell Johnson, Co. E, 21st Keg. Mustered out. Benj. G. Johnson, Co. F, 21st Keg. Discharged, dis. David A. Johnson, Co. E, 21st Keg. Trans. Invalid Corps, mustered out. Gottlob Lash, Co. E, 21st Keg. Died of wound, Hampton, Ya., June 19, 1864. Andrew Maynard, Co. E, 21st Keg. Discharged, dis. Thomas Maguire, Co. F, 21st Keg. Died Falmouth, Va., Dec. 10, 1862. Kobert Mitchell, Co. F, 21st Keg. Mustered out. John Murphy, Co. F, 21st Keg. Wounded, mustered out. Curtis Phillips, Co. F, 21st Keg. Died Suffolk, Ya., March 31, 1863. Billings H. Payne, Co. E, 21st Keg. Mustered out. Lucius B. Kathbun, Co. E, 21st Keg. Mustered out. Albert Kudd, Co. E, 21st Keg. Discharged, dis. Oliver H. Kudd, Co. F, 21st Keg. Discharged, dis. John J. Spencer, Co. E, 21st Keg. Trans. Invalid Corps, mustered out. Max Sternn, Co. E, 21st Keg. Died Norfolk, Ya., Nov. 15, 1863. Michael Sarsfield, Co. E, 21st Keg. Mustered out. 698 HISTORY OF MONTVILLB. Stephen Staplins, Co. F, 21st Eeg. Died Suffolk, Ya., April 12, 1863. Joim Sullivan, Co. F, 21st Eeg. Mustered out. Elijah B. Tracy, Co. F, 21st Eeg. Mustered out. Josliua Vergason, Co. F, 21st Eeg. Trans. Invalid Corps. Mustered out. Charles "Williams, Co. F, 21st Eeg. Discharged, dis.; wounded. David "Wright, Co. F, 21st Eeg. Mustered out. John "Wheeler, Co. F, 21st Eeg. JNfustered out. "Wounded. David C. Comstock, Co. C, 24:th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Moses B. Chapel, Co. C, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Elias Johnson, Jr., Co. C, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Henry C. Johnson, Co. C, 24th Eeg. Furnished suhstitute. Maurice Lappe, Co. C, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. James M. Eaymond, Co. C, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. James M. Snowden, Co. C, 24:th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Henry A. Smith, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Albert C. Colburn, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. "Walter Myers, Co. A, 26th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Edward S. "Wheeler, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. James H. Chapel, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. John Ackley, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Ira Browning, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Smith Browning, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. John D. Clifford, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. George H. Chappell, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Died at Port Hud- son, July 5, 1863. John Chappell, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Mustered out. Joseph Flike, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Killed at Port Hudson, June 14, 1863. Orrin E. Lyon, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Killed at Port Hudson, May 27, 1863. Edwin Miner, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Charles Patterson, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. dis. Died November 12, 1875. ENLISTMENTS IN THE CIVIL WAK. 699 Marvin Palmer, Co. A, -Ziih Eeg. Hon. discharged. Benjamin K. Sweet, Co. A, 24t]i Eeg. Hon. discharged. Orrin S. Smith, Co. A, 24:th Eeg. Hon. discharged. John C. Smith, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Joseph A. Tillotson, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Killed at Port Hud- son, May 21, 1863. G-eorge N. Teft, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. John B. Winchester, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Killed at Port Hud- son, July 6, 1863. David L. Winchester, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. Eansford P. Willard, Co. A, 24th Eeg. Hon. discharged. William H. Johnson, Co. H, 10th Eeg. Discharged, dis. John H. Gillen, Co. E, 11th Eeg. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 6, 1864. William H. Davis, Co. H, 11th Eeg. Discharged, wounded. Alden Eiidd, Co. H, 11th Eeg. Discharged, dis. Jeremiah Eogers, Co. H, 11th Eeg. Discharged, dis. James H. Vergason, Co. H, 11th Eeg. Deserted. Benjamin F. Pratt, Co. D, 12th Eeg. Pro. 2d lieut; mus- tered out. Daniel B. Abel, Co. D, 12th Eeg. Mustered out; wounded. Eichard L. Ames, Co. D, 12th Eeg. E. E. Mustered out. Eilex Conroy, Co. D, 12th Eeg. E. E. Mustered out. Eranklia B. Getchel, Co. D, 12th Eeg. E. E. Mustered out. Thomas Lynch, Co. D, 12th Eeg. Discharged. Jonathan Eeynolds, Co. D, 12th Eeg. Discharged, dis., wounded. Augustus P. Gay, Co. G, 12th Eeg. Discharged, dis. Michael McCoy, Co. K, 12th Eeg. Killed at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. Andrew T. Johnson, quartermaster, 12th Eeg. Pro second lieut. Killed on railroad, ISTov. Y, 1862. Joel Congdon, Co. D, 12th Eeg. E. E. Mustered out. Thomas W. Dolbeare, Co. D, 12th Eeg. Discharged, dis. Joseph A. Gardner, Co. D, 12th Eeg. E. E. Mustered out. Henry G. Jerome, Co. D, 13th Eeg. Dropped from roll; never reported. 700 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. William Wallace King, Co. D, ISth Eeg. K. E. Mustered out. Joseph F. Mitchell, Co. D, 13th Eeg. K. E. Discharged, dis. James Allen, Co. K, 29th Eeg. Mustered out. Oliver H. P. Lewis, Co. K, 29th Eeg. Discharged, dis. James Dorsey, Co. A, 30th Eeg. Killed at Petersburg, Ya., July 30, 1864. Alfred Payne, Co. A, 30th Eeg. Mustered oiit. CHAPTER X. POST-OFFICES. In olden time the post was carried by a messenger pro- vided with a spare horse, a horn, and good portmantles. Up to the year 1704, the only post on all this continent was that which went east from ISTew York so far as Boston, and west to Philadelphia. The mails were conveyed from one tovra. to another by the postman, who traveled over the hills and through the valleys on horseback, and made known 'his approach once a week to each post village by the blowing of a huge horn, which was always carried ready for use. The postman, when he came along, was sure to tarry at the village inn a suf- ficient time, not only to distribute whatever papers and letters which he might have to leave there, bxit also to report such rumors as he might have collected by the way. In government dispatches, the landlord of the village inn had the first and surest news of the early times, when armed horsemen did the work now performed by railroad and tele- graph. Eager for the news, everybody rushed for the latest news to the town inn or village tavern, and there, with a bowl of punch or a mug of flip, listened to the last report left be- hind by the "post-haste" rider, waiting, perhaps, for a fresh steed to take him to the nest post-town. When post-offices and post-roads were first established in America, near the commencement of the eighteenth century, the great route from Boston to New York was through the ISTorth Parish of ISTew London, over the "Indian Fields." By act of Parlia- ment in lYlO, New London was made the chief post-office in Connecticut. Up to about the year 1Y82, New London was the regular place of letter delivery for the counties of New London, Windham, and Middlesex. During that year a post- office was established at Norwich. 702 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. The first post-oiEce established in the town of Montville was at the village of TJncasville, about the year 1822. Pre- vious to that date, the mail for the inhabitants of this town was eithar received or posted at 'New London or JSTorwich, or left by the postman or stage driver at the tavern kept by the Haughtons, and known as Haughton's Tavern, located about one mile north of the village of TJncasville, first named by Henry A. Richards from the famous chief of the Mohe- gans. The "Mohegan Turnpike," as it was at first named, leading from ISTew London to Norwich, through Mohegan, was the first turnpike road constructed in the LTnited States. It was built by money raised by lottery in 1806 ; the net avails were applied to the extension and improvement of the road. The Haughton tavern is supposed to have been erected about 1Y46, at which time Sampson Haughton bought the farm of Godfrey Milbom of l^ewport, and settled on it. This house has since been noted as the "half way" station between New London and Norwich. The house is still standing, and has an interesting history. Soon after the TJncasville post-office was established, another was established at Chesterfield, called ITontville post-office, but was afterwards changed to Chesterfield, by which name it is now called. The follow- ing named persons have held the office of postmaster at this office, viz.: Liva Stewart, Peter Wickwire, Albert B. Teft, James B. Ashcraft, and Orrin H. "Wliiting. Postmasters at TJncasville: The first was Henry A. Richards. Pobert Comstock held the office several years, then William G. Johnson, "W". P. Burnham, J. A. Comstock, Charles P. Geer, William M. Burchard, Prank Powler, and the present incumbent, William A. Coggshall. The Montville post-office was established about the year 1854 at Palmertown. The first postmaster was William H. Wheeler, the next in order was Jedediah R. Gay; following was Isaac Turner, Don P. Lathrop, William C. Turner, L. D. Tompkins, Lewis Browning, Nathan S. Comstock, Pred W. Hooper, and Charles A. Chapman, the present incumbent. POST-OFFICES. 703 The Massapeag post-offi.ee was establislied in 1880. Jolm P. Turner was appointed its first postmaster, and lias con- tinued to hold the office to the present time. Oakdale post-office was established in the village of Oak- dale in 1881. William H. Baker was appointed its first post- master; following him was William Baldwin (4 years), Cal- vin B. Beebe, Almond Bartlett. The present incumbent is Henry A. Baker. Mohegan post-office was established in 1889. Edward Y. Burlingame was appointed its first postmaster, and held the office until 1894, when the present incumbent was ap- pointed. PHYSICIANS. Dr. Christopher Eaymond was a practicing physician in. the North Parish as early as about 1752. He was the son of Joshua Eaymond, born at JSTew London, North Parish, 17 July, 1729, and died 14 May, 1793, at Montville. He was a man of commanding appearance, possessing a large share of intelligence, ha^dng obtained a very liberal education for the times in which he lived. A man of high moral character, and a skillful practitioner in his profession. Dr. Seth Wyman Holmes followed Dr. Eaymond and was a practiciag physician in the North Parish from about 1775 to his death, 12 Dec, 1821. He was a shrewd, sagacious man, and of an acute discernment in determining the nature of diseases; skillful in practice and much respected in the com- munity. He received his education in' Boston, from which place, it is said, he removed to Montville. Dr. Jeremiah Rogers was born in Montville 3 Sept., 1752, son of James Rogers. He studied medicine and was a practic- ing physician in Montville. His residence was at the place now called Pequot Village, and formerly owned the site on which the Pequot Mills now stand. He was contemporary with Dr. Holmes. Dr. Ephraim Fellowes was born in North Stonington, Conn., 27 January, 1767, son of Ephraim Eellowes. He came to Montville about 1801, and commenced the practice of medicine, and became quite popular as a physician; was considered a successful pliysician in the treatment of all cases of fevers. At the time of his death he was said to be the PHYSICIANS. 705 oldest medical practitioner in the county, tie died at Mont- ville 18 July, 1851, having been in the practice just one-half a century. Dr. Joseph Peabody was born in New Lebanon in the state of ISTew York 5 Feb., 1795, son of John Nathaniel Peabody. His mother was Mary Mason. John Nathaniel Peabody, his father, was a descendant of William, who came to Plymouth in 1640, and married the eldest daughter of John Alden and Priscilla MuUins, celebrated in Longfellow's poem of the ■' Courtship of Miles Standish." Dr. Joseph Peabody came from Lebanon, Conn., where his father then lived, to Montville about 1820. He was then a young man of college education and accomplished qualifi- cations for a physician. He, with his brother, Jeremiah Nathaniel Peabody, resided at the old Kaymond place, then owned by Samuel Bradford. Dr. Jeremiah N. was a younger brother, born in Lebanon, Conn., 26 Aug., 1809. He mar- ried Elizabeth Lathrop Pitch of Bozrah 6 March, 1839, and had four children. All died without descendants. He died in Detroit, Michigan, 10 Peb., 1872. Dr. Joseph left Montville about the year 1833, and went to Greeneville, Conn., where he erected a large building for stores and tenements, since called " Peabody's Block." He married Mary White of Canterbury, Conn., and died in Buf- falo, N. Y., 18 June, 1853. He had four children. The youngest son, James Terry White, is editor of a paper in Chicago, " The Kailway Keview." Dr. Henry C. Beardslee was the successor of Messrs. Pea- body, and was a practicing physician at Montville Center for a number of years. He was much respected as a man, and considered a skillful practitioner. Dr. Jedediah E. Gay was born at North Stonington 30 Nov., 1816, son of Jedediah Gay and Dolly Main. He lo- 45 706 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. cated first at Uncas'S'ille, where he married Ursula Bradford 28 January, 183Y. He then built a house at Palmertown, where he continued to reside until his death, 16 Oct., 1887. Dr. Gay possessed natural qualifications for a physician, and was a successful practitioner in medicine. He styled himself an " Eclectic "; was somewhat eccentric in the manner of expressing his opinion, but of a sound judgment and bright in intellect. lie was buried l)y the side of his wife in his own burial-lot, laid out and enclosed by an iron fence on his own land, in a grove of pine trees near the bank, on the south side of Haughton's Cove. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Bradford, a native resident of Montville, born 2 Jan., 1820, son of William Bradford, a descendant of Governor William Bradford. Dr. Bradford studied medicine with Dr. Gay, and for several years was among the leading physicians of the town. He died at Mont- ville 11 March, 1869. Dr. John Calvin BoUes was another native resident, bom 18 Sept., 1816, son of Calvin BoUes. He commenced the practice of medicine in the early part of 1840, when he bought of Dr. Manwaring the privilege to practice in the town of Montville, Dr. Manwaring having first obtained this privilege of Dr. Gay, who gave a guarantee not to practice within the limits of the town, except on a call of consultation with him or some other physician. Dr. BoUes has always been a very careful practitioner in dispensing medicine, and his advice has been sought by many of his townspeople, par- ticularly by those of the poorer class of the inhabitants. He is still living (in 1896), and is remarkably active for his age. Dr. Samuel Erskine Maynard was bom in Montville in January, 1820, son of Francis Maynard. He studied medi- cine under Dr. Worthington Hooker of ISTorwich, and grad- uated at the Medical School of Yale College in 1847. He PHYSICIANS. 707 practiced medicine in Moait\dlle until 1862, wlien he removed to Norwicli, and there continued his practice, hoth in Wor- widh and in Mont-^dlle until his health failed, and for sev- eral years before his death was an invalid. He died 12 July, 1882. While a resident of iMontville he was a man of consider- able influence in the community, greatly respected and hon- ored. He was government agent of the reservation fund for the Mohegan tribe of Indians, and for several years was their overseer. Dr. William M. Burchard was bom 31 Oct., 1844, at Eozralh, Conn., son of Rev. William M. Burchard, acting pastor of the. Montville Center Congregaiiiomal church from April, 1868, to. April, 1891. Dr. Burchard graduated at Georgetown University, Washingtooi, D. C, Marcih 6, 1866. He enlisted as a private in Company G,Sixteenth Conn. Regi- ment, Aug. 14, 1862, and served through the late Civil War. He was discharged March 16, 1865, for the object of re-en- listing in the regular army of the Uniteid States. The sur- render of General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army under him to General Ulysises S. Grant, April 12, 1865, ter- minated the war, and Dr. Burchard gave up all further thoughts about entering the service, and entered at once upon the preparatory steps to the medical profession. Dr. Burchard came to Montville about September 1, 1869; marrieid Elizabeth Robertson, 28 Dec, 18Y0, daughter of Carmachael Robertson, paper manufacturer, since which time he has continued in the practice of medicine and sur- gery in this town, being one of the leading physicians in the county of New London. He has " kept up to the times," an energetic, intelligent, and skillful practitioner. He was in active service here in 1896. Dr. E. ' M. Druley came to Montville in 1894, a young man of bright intellect, and his success as a physician ap- pears to be assured. 708 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Dr. M. E. Fox, anotker young physician, cam© to Mont- ville about the same time as Dr. Druley. He located at the village of Uncasville, has a good practice, devotes much of his leisure time in reading medical vs^orks, and appears eager to keep abreast of the latest scientific developments and dis- coveries. APPENDIX. Chapman. William Chapman died 18 Dec, 1699. The name first ap- pears in 1657, when he bought the Denison honse-lot on Hemp- stead street, nearly opposite the jail. ISTo previous record is found of his family. The children named in his last will were John, William, Samuel, Jeremiah, Joseph, Sarah, and Re- becca. John was probably the eldest son, and removed from E'ew London to Colchester in 1706 with his family, where he was living in May, 1748, when it was noted that he would be 95 years old the next ISTovember. Samuel was the ancestor of the Montville and Waterford families of Chapmans. He settled in the Cohanzie District, where he died in 1758, aged 93 years. Walden. William Walden, son of William of Bristol, England, mar- ried Kuamis Simons of New London 5 Aug., 1754, daughter of Eli Simons. Their children were Lienor, John, Elizabeth, William, b. 13 Sept., 1762, Robert, Simon, Mary, Amy, Ed- ward, and David. David married and settled in Salem, and was the ancestor of the Salem Waldens. William married Elizabeth McEall, daughter of AVilliam 3kIcFall and Deborah Chapman. He was a soldier in the Eev- olutionary War, serving one year under Captain Larabee. He settled in Montville, Chesterfield Society, and had children, Grace, m. John Taylor; A¥illiam, b. May, 1796, m. 1st, Lu.- cenda ; 2d, Amy (Comstock) Oongdon. He died 5 Sept., 1859. Eliza married John AVinters. Hannah married John Taylor, second wife. Hiram married Rebecca Bird of Stoughton, Mass. Hiram Walden, b. 13 May, 1804, son of William Walden 710 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. and Elizabeth McFall; m. Jan., 1827, Eebecca Bird, b. 31 Jan., 1806. He settled first at Mansfield, Mass. From there he re- moved to Somerset, Mass., then to Waterford, Conn., and af- terwards to Montville, where he was a Methodist minister. He studied for the ministry with the Eev. Abishai Alden in the year 1823, boarding with different families in the society, each giving him from two to three weeks' board to aid him in his education for the ministry, the Rev. Mr. Alden giving his ser- vices free. He was a sincere, devoted minister of the gospel, highly respected, and faithful in the service of the Master. He continued to preach in the various churches of the Methodist order, as he had an opportunity, until near the close of his life on earth. He died 19 July, ISYl. She died 10 March, 1880. Children. 1. Almira, b. at Marshfield, Mass., 31 July, 1828; m. Trav- erse Douglass of Waterford. 2. Mary Fletcher, b. at Somerset, Mass., 29 June, 1830; m. Greorge L. Eogers of Montville. 3. Edwin Hiram, b. at Montville, Conn., 4 Aug., 1832; m. Kate . 4. Ellen Eebecca, b. at Waterford, Conn., 19 Sept., 1834; m. Elder Edmund Darrow. 5. William Brownell, b. at Mont-sdile 19 Jan., 1837; m. ' Caroline Eogers of Montville. She died 6 March, 1879. He afterwards married Gadbois. 6. Charles Heber, b. at Mont^dlle 4 June, 1839; m. Emily H. Morgan. 7. Lucinda, b. at Montville 6 ISTov., 1841; died young. 8. Nathan Warren, b. at Montville 12 ISTov., 1844; m. 1st, Ella Scott; 2d, Widow Laura Oliver. 9. Albert Henry, b. at Montville 14 March, 1847; died young. 10. John Wesley, b. at Montville 31 May, 1850; m. Adella Manwaring of Niantic. 1 1 . ISTelson Bird, h. at Montville 1 3 March, 1853; died young. Baher. Captain Elisha Bliss Baker, son of Elisha Baker and Bath- sheba Adams, was bom at Montville 11 Dec, 1803. He was APPENDIX. 711 a seaman, lived at Brooklyn, IST. Y., and belonged to tlie Corps .of New Jersey Pilots. He was one of the most experienced and skillful men in his profession, and had the esteem and re- spect of the commercial class of the city, to which, from his oc- cupation, he was best known. In his private life and domes- tic relations, he was a man above reproach. The flags of the pilot boats in the harbor and on some of the public buildings of Brooklyn were displayed at half-mast in respect to his memory. He died March 8,1856. Graves Hosmer was an inhabitant of Montville in 1778, and lived in a house, at that time standing on the land of Judge William Hillhouse, near the Essex turnpike. He was a brother of Delia Hosmer, who married Judge Hillhouse for his second wife. Oardn er-Giistin. David Gardner, b. 28 Jan., 1720, son of Stephen Gardner and Amy Sherman; m. Jemima Gustin, b. at Storiington, Conn., Oct., 1720, daiighter of John Gustin, Jr., and Mary . Jemima had an Uncle Thomas, who settled at Col- chester, Conn., and married, 7 June, 1722, Sarah Holmes. John Gustin, Sr., of Portland, Maine, was bom at Le Tocy, St. Owen's Parish, Isle of Jersey, 9 Jan., 1647, son of Ed- mond Jean, who married, 25 April, 1638, Esther, daughter of Jean Le Eosignol of St. Owens. He is called in Willise's His- tory of Portland, Maine, Augustine Jean, and who afterwards appeared under the name of Jean or John Gustin. He had six children. John Gustin, Jr., settled in Stonington, Conn., aboiTt 1713 ; from there he removed to Hebron, then to Glaston- bury. About 1745 he removed to Sussex County, ISTew Jersey, where he died 15 Oct., 1777. He was bom 5 ISTov., 1691. His wife Mary died 3 Dec, 1762. " The tombstones of these ancestors are to be seen as fresh to-day as though cut yesterday," says one of their descendants, " in their private grave-yard, now on the farm of Israel McDonald, near Branch ville, New Jer- sey." John, Jean, or Augustine, died 3 July, 1719. His will 712 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. is recorded in Portland, Maine. He describes himself as a " Mariner " in a deed given to Kev. John Brock, of Beading, 26 June, 1677. He was a captain in the Merchant ilarine, and after^vards became a sergeant in the company of Captain Beers in King Philip's War. Willoiif/hhi/. Joseph Willoughby, about 1721 or 1722, purchased a farm in the ISTorth Parish, near the iSTorwich line, in what is now called " Leffingwell Society," lying on the north side of the Essex turnpike. The farm is now a part of that of George O. Gadbois. (Mr. Gadbois' farm contains upward of four hun- dred acres of land, in good condition, on which is kept a fine stock of cattle and horses. Mr. Gadbois is a thrifty and suc- cessful farmer.) Joseph Willoughby was married to Tliankfiil Bliss 6 April, 1719, daughter of Samuel Bliss and Ann Elderkin. It was his grandson who was the proprietor of the " Willoughby tavern " at Gardner Lake, in the early part of the present century. Prince. William Prince, a resident of iloiitville, was the eleventh child of J(jseph and Elizabeth (Robinson) Prince, bom in Sa- lem, Mass., baptized there 6 Sept., 1717; removed to Pomfret, Conn., where he married ilary Holland, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Holland, and lived there iintil after 1757. About this time he removed to the !N"orth Parish of Xew Lon- don, now ]\Iontville. His wife, Mary, united with the church then under the pastorate of the Bev. Da^dd Jewett, about 1765. She died here IS April, 1799, aged 77 years, and was buried in the Old Cemetery, on Raymond Hill. On her gravestone is this inscription: " Maty Williams, whose first husband was William Prince, died April 18, 1799, aged 77 years i months." William Prince died here 21 Eeb., 1773, in the 56th year of his age, and was buried in the old Church Cemetery. After his death, his widow, Mary, married for her second husband APPENDIX. 713 tHe Eev. David Jewett, whose wife Patience had died 14 Nov., 1773. There is no record of the marriage of the Kev. David Jewett to his second wife. In a little more than a year after the death of the Eev. David Jewett, his widow, Mary (Holland) (Prince) Jewett, m~arried William Williams, 17 March, 1785. She died as above stated, and was buried by the side of her first husband. The children of William and Mary (Holland) Prince were 1st, Joseph, b. 25 April, 1748; 2d, Eunice, b. 3 Jan., 1750; 3d, William, b. 6 March, 1753; 4th, Lucy, b. 21 Oct., 1755; 5th, Elizabeth, b. in Montville 12 March, 1760, and married Joshua Raymond for his second wife. William Prince was a grandson of Robert Prince and Sarah of Danvers, Mass. He was a large land-holder in Montville, and at one time owned the farm on which Captain Jerome W. Williams now lives (1896). He became greatly entangled by debt, and was obliged to make an assignment of his property, which left him much impoverished at his death. Elizabeth Holland, the mother of Mary, died at Montville 23 Aug., 1762, aged 64 years. Joseph, the father, died 18 ISTov., 1762, in the 68th year of his age. Both were members of the Jewett church. Church. Since the Church families' record has been in type, facts have come into the possession of the writer, through the cour- tesy of jMrs. Mary E. W. Church, wife of Erederick Eargo Church, Esq., a lawyer of Rochester, E". Y., that scatter much of the mist that has hitherto surrounded the more remote an- cestry of this branch of the Church families. It now appears to be clearly established that Richard Church of Westfield, Mass., born in 1664, and married 3 March, 1692, Elizabeth ISTobles, b. 9 Feb., 1673, daughter of Thomas Nobles of Bos- ton, was the father of Jonathan Church, who married Abigail Eairbanks of North Parish, 24 Eeb., 1724. This Richard ChTu-ch and his wife Elizabeth are found among the early settlers in Colchester, where he died 1 April, 714 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 1730, in the 67tli year of his age. His wife afterwards mar- ried Deacon Samuel Loomis, and died 10 Aug., 1741, aged 78 years 6 months 1 day. The children of Richard Church, as found recorded at AVestfield, Mass., were 1st, Hannah, b. 5 Oct., 1692; 2d, John, b. 12 Jan., 1693-4; 3d, Rachel, b. 1 March, 1694-5; 4th, James, b. 26 Oct., 1696; 5th, Joseph, b. 7 Dec, 1698; 6th, Jonathan, b. 7 Dec, 1700; 7th, Samuel, b. 28 Nov., 1702; 8th, Elizabeth, b. 26 March, 1705; Jonathan, 6th child of Richard Church and Elizabeth Trebles, b. 7 Dec, 1700; m. 24 Eeb., 1724, Abigail Fairbanks. He had a son, Jonathan, b. about 1726, and was twice married. The name of his first wife is unknown, and may have been Amy , that being the name of her daughter, b. 1 April, 1754, and m. 2 Aug., 1773, James Comstock. He married for his second wife Mary Angell, b. 7 Oct., 1744, daughter of William An- gell and Almy Harding of Wai-wick, R. I., 13 Feb., 1762. Their children were 1st, Amter, b. 12 Oct., 1762; 2d, Roswel, b. 23 Aug., 1764; 3d, James, b. 13 Sept., 1766; 4th, Jonathan, b. 6 Aug., 1770; 5th, David, b. 18 April, 1773; 6th, Amos, b. 6 Oct., 1775; 7th, Joshua, b. 22 June, 1779; 8th, William, twin to Joshua; 9th, Lydia, b. 6 Oct., 1782; 10th, Abel, b. 4th Oct., 1786; 11th, Addelisa, b. 27 Dec, 1794; 12th, Lemuel, b. 3 June, 1797. Joshua, the 7th child of Jonathan Church and Mary An- gell, m. 12 Feb., 1807, Deha Cushman. She died 7 Aug., 1821, leaving one daughter. He then married, 17 Oct., 1822, Celina Mallory. Fie died at Ftica, N. Y., 27 Jan., 1861. She died there 25 Dec, 1880, leaving four sons and one daughter. William, twin to Joshua, married and settled in Meadville, Penn. Fie had one son, G-aylord, who was a judge, and mem- ber of Congress. Whiting-Noyes. The Whitings wci-e an old family, of Old Boston, England. A William Whiting, or Whytynge, is on the subsidiary rolls of Edward 3d, 1333, as an inhabitant of Boston at that time. There were three brothers of the name who came to New Eng- APPENDIX. 715 land in 1630. Two of them were clergymen. One settled at Lynn, Mass., the other at Billerica. The third brother, William Whiting, bom at Deptford, Kent County, England, was one of the most respectable of the early settlers of Hartford, and set- tled there in 1636. He was one of the assistants of the gov- ernor, a magistrate in 1643, and was elected treasurer of the colony, and continued in that ofRce until his death, in July, 164Y. He was a niajor. His wife's name was Susannah, and they had six children, viz.: William, John, Samuel, Mary, Sarah, and Joseph.. John Whiting, born about 1635, married Sybil Collins, and died at Hartford, 8 Sept., 1689. He was a graduate of Harvard in 1653, a clergyman at Salem, Mass., moved to Hart-' ford in 1660, was twice married, and had seven children by each wife. Has third child was Sybil Collins. William, his son, b. 1659, married 6 Oct., 1686, Mary AUyn, daughter of John Allyn. He was a prominent man, and represented Hart- ford in the General Court eleven sessions ; was Speaker in 1714. He distinguished himself in the Indian wars, and was major in 1705. Commissioned by Queen Ann, Apiil 1, lYlO; col- onel of a regiment of foot, raised in the Colony of Connecti- cut Jiily 5, 1692; served in the field in command of the Con- necticut troops in the expedition against Canada in lYll. He had three children, Mary, Charles, and William. Charles, b. 5 July, 1692 ; m. 10 Jan., 1716-lY, Elizabeth, daughter of Sam- uel Bradford of Duxbury, Mass., great-granddaughter of Gov- ernor Bradford. Her mother was Hannah Rogers, daughter of John Rogers and Elizabeth (Peabody) Holt. Elizabeth Peabody was the granddaughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens. He was a lieutenant, so called, and died at Mont- ville, 1 March, 1738. His widow afterwards married Deacon John Noyes of Stonington. She died 10 May, 1YY7. They had nine children. The third child, Sybil, b. July, 1722, m. William ISToyes, b. 2 March, 1716. Slie died 27 April, 1790. He died at Canaan, Conn., Nov., 1809, where both are buried. 716 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. 'Nelsoii-Rogers. Joseph JSTelson was born 20 ]^ov., 1Y90, son of Thomas N'elson and Sarah Martin, and was mamed 30 April, 1816, to Nancy Eogers, b. 8 Aug., 1794, daughter of Isaiah Eogers and Mabel Otis, daughter of Xathaniel, of Montville. Thomas JSTelson, the father of Joseph, was born in England, and removed to Coiinty Armaugh, Parish of Kilmore, Town of Corniscribe, Ireland, where he mamed Sarah Marten, from Scotland. He came to America in April, 1801. He was a linen-bleacher, and was a Mason of considerable prominence. He had children, Joseph, Elizabeth, Sarah, Thomas, William, John, and Mary. Joseph, the eldest son of Thomas !N"elson, had children, 1st, Isaiah Eogers, b. 4 March, 1817: m. Alice Doughty; 2d, Thomas Emmet, b. 15 March, 1819; m. Mary Murtaugh; 3d, Mabel Ann, b. 17 Jan., 1821; died 30 March, 1839, unm.; 4th, Frances Harriet, b. 4 April, 1823; m. Henry B. Marsh, 22 Sept., 1843. He was a jeweler, lived in Brunswick, N. J., where he died in December, 1892, aged 83 years. Their chil- dren were 1st, Henry Nelson, b. 6 June, 1844; 2d, Edward Beebe, b. 1 Nov., 1845; died 11 Oct., 1850; 3d, Mary Fran- ces, b. 30 Nov., 1847; m. Joseph Fisher, and died 17 March, 1877; 4th, Edgar Jerome, b. 26 July, 1850; 5th, Eugene Le- Grand, b. 2 Feb., 1860; 6th, Charles Arthur, b. 10 Oct., 1863; m. Nettie Blue; 7th, Leo, b. 24 Nov., 1866; died 23 Feb., 1867. Isaiah Eogers was born in jMontville, in that part of the town which was set off to Salem. It is not certainly knowli who his parents were. He married about 1793 Mabel Otis, and soon after moved to Lansingburg, where he was a land- holder. He, with his brother-in-law, ilr. Powei-s, bought large tracts of land in the West. He died at Lansingburg about 1794, leaving only one child, Nancy. His widow then married about 179."5 Francis Carpenter, and had children, Fran- cis, bom about 1796, and Hester, born about 1800; m. John Hart, and had three children, James, Mary, and Charles. APPENDIX. 717 Williams. Dudley B. Williams, a carpenter and machinist, lived at ITncasville, son of Captain AUyn Williams of Ledyard, and Susanna Ormsby. He married 1st, Fanny B. Lester, daughter of Daniel Lester, and had five children. After her death, he married Lucy W. (Brown) Church. He died 19 June, 1866, age 67 years. She was living with her daughter, Harriet A. Avery in 1896, being 99 years old, having been a widow 30 years. FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS. The foHowing is a copy of the petition of the Hon. E. JST. Parish, administrator of the personal property of Joshua Ray- mond and Christopher Raymond, deceased, for French Spolia- tion committee prior to July 31. 1801, to the United States Court of Claims: " That, on the 10th day of November, 1886, this peti- tioner of the town of Montville, State of Connecticut, was duly appointed Administrator of the Goods, Chattel, and effects of Joshua Raymond and Christopher Raymond, deceased, by the Court having jurisdiction thereof, and on the same day letters of Administration were duly issued to him by the said Court. That in the year A.D. 1Y95 and at all the times hereinafter mentioned the said Joshua Raymond and Christopher Ray- mond were citizens of the U. S. and residents of the State of Connecticut. " That at the times hereinafter mentioned the said Joshua and Christopher Raymond were sole owners of a certain Amer- ican schooner called the Good Intent, registered in the port of New London, State of Conn., and the Stock on board as men- tioned herein. " That on or about the 14th day of January 1800 the said Schooner sailed under the flag of the U. S. from the said port of New London bound for the Island of Martinique. That on the 28th day of February 1800 the said schooner " Good 718 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. Intent " being in the Latitude of about 15 degrees North, Lon- gitude 59 degrees West, and while fully pursuing said voy- age, was illegally seized, captured, and taken possession of by a French Privateer called L' Unique, Commanded by Captain Journard, together with said stock on board and by said Priva- teer taken into the Island of Guadoloupe where said vessel and stock were condemned as prize. That by reason of said il- legal capture and seizure and condemnation the said Schooner her tackle, fiirniture and stock became a total loss to the said owners thereof. No part of the same ever being received by said Joshua and Christopher Raymond. " That the value of said schooner, Good Intent, at the time of capture was Five thousand dollars, and the said stock Two thousand three hundred and thirty dollars, and the freight on the same One thousand dollars. " That said stock was owned as follows: Christopher Eav- mond, $1000.00, Joshua Eaymond $1330.00. That said Christopher Raymond paid as a premium for Insurance on said Stock and freight, and said Vessel the sum of $500.00. That said claim was not embraced in the Convention between the U. S. and the French Republic, concluded April 30, 1803, nor has it, or any part thereof been allowed, or paid under any treaty with Spain, concluded the 22d day of February 1819 nor with France, concluded July ith 1831. " That neither the whole or any part of said claim has ever been sold, assigned, transferred or set over to any one, or any interest therein been assigned or transferred, or any part there- of been paid, except the sum of $965.00 paid the said Christo- pher Raymond for said insurance effected by him on said ves- sel, and the sum of $777.41 paid to said Christopher Raymond for said stock owned by him." Joshua Raymond was also the sole owner of another schoon- er called " Polly," which was also captured and condemned by an armed French privateer in December, 1799, while on a voyage from ISTew London to Tortola, with a cargo of stock on board of the value of $3,000, the value of the schooner being APPENDIX. 719 $4,000. This claim also has been presented to the United States Court of Claims for adjudication and allowance. It is not known whether either of these claims, or any part of the same, have been secured or not. A very large tract of land, containing more than one thou- sand acres, lying partly in Montville and partly in Lyme, now a part of the town of Salem, and owned by William Brown, was confiscated to the State of Connecticut about 1Y76. This property was afterwards sold by John Lawrence, treas- urer of the State of Connecticut, to A'athan AUyn, 2d, of Gro- ton, 20 March, 1783, by order of the General Assembly. Mr. Israel F. Brown of New London, president of the Brown Cotton Gin Co., was bom near the Salem town line 31 Dec, 1810, son of "William Brown, born at Gales Ferry about 1771, and died at Macon, Georgia, 3 March, 1829. His mother was Sarah Gager Edgerton of jSTorwich, Conn., bom 1773, and married 27 Sept., 1795. Mr. Israel F. Brown, on the day he was fifteen years old started for Georgia, where his parents had already, located. He was the inventor of the cot- ton gin, now so largely manufactured at JSIew London. ■ The E"orwich and Essex Turnpike was built in 1828. It passes through the north part of Montville, entering the town of Salem near the old Willoughliy tavern, which formerly stood near Gardner Lake. The site is now owned by Phillips, on which he has lately erected a new hotel. Joshua Eaymond leased to Jeremiah Comstock and Guy Turner, in 1807, for a term of ten years, the house and lot, opposite the Congregational Church, at the center, afterwards owned by Nathaniel Parish, in which he kept a grocery store. The old building was in 1884 taken down, and a new chapel was erected on the site the same year. Elijah Bemis leased to Palmer Cook in 1811 the saw-mill, fulling-mill, and cloth works, with carding machine, that for- merly stood on the site of B. F. Scholfield's present woolen-mill. The dwelling-house that was at this time connected with this 720 HISTORY OF MONTVILLE. mill was afterwards owned by James Scholfield. After Mr. Scholfield's death in 1882, the old house was taken down, and a larger, commodious, mansion house erected near the old site. The greatest freshet that there is any record of occurring in this town, swept through the entire town on the afternoon of the 25th day of August, 1877, carrying away dams and bridges, wrecking mills, washing out the highways, and causing great destruction to croi^s. A great snow storm occurred throughout iiSTew England and ISTew York on the 12th day of March, 1888. It was the most severe ever known by the oldest inhabitants. Roads were impassable for several days, business was greatly hindered, railroads blocked, and much suffering was the result. It has since been called " the great blizzard of 1888." n^DEX OF FAMILY :^AMES. Allen, Samuel, 430. Jason, 431, 432, 434. Joseph, 433. Stephen, 433. George, 433. JohnH., St., 433. John H. Jr., 434. Allyn, Robert, 514, 515. John, 515. James, 515, 516. Charles, 516. Atwell, Benjamin, 378, 382, 384. Eichard, 379, 380. Samuel, 279, 381, 383. Joseph, 380, 383, 385, 387. James, 283. Daniel L., 384. Onesimus, 284. George B., 285. James S., 386. Alexander B., 386. Allen J., 386. Charles B., 287. William G., 287. John, 288. Austin, Robert, 389, 290. Jeremiah, 289. Ezekiel, 390, 291. Stephen, 390, 291. Avery, Christopher, 518. James, 518, 522. Thomas, 519. Samuel, 519. Abraham, 530, 531, 523. Jonathan, 521. Joshua, 531. Adgate, Thomas, 498, 499. JohnH., 499. Asahel, 500. 46 Alden, Abishai, 600. Baker, Alexander, 153, 157. Joshua, 153, 154, 158, 161, 165. Samuel, 158. Gideon, 158. James, 159. Stephen, 160. John, 160. Asa, 161. Jared, 163, 166. Lebbeus, 162. Lemuel, 163. Elisha, 163, 169. Bliss, 164. Josiah, 164,' Oliver, 165. Daniel, 165. Zebediah, 167. Hiram P., 167. JohnG., 168. Elisha B., 168, 710. Erastus, 169. Abishai A., 170. Edwin B., 170. Henry A., 171. George G., 173. Bailey, Thomas, 493. John, 493, 494. Obediah, 494, 495. Simeon, 495, 496. Robinson, 496. Simeon A., 497. Henry E., 497. Bolles, Joseph, 111, 113, 117, 119, 123. Thomas, 112, 114. John, 113, 114, 118. Ebenezer, 115. 722 INDEX. Bolles, Isaiah, 115, Enoch, 115. Joshua, 116. Samuel, 116. Daniel, 118. Amos, 119, 132, David, 130. Hezekiah, 120. Calvin, 131. Zebediah, 131. .John R., 122. Jared, 133. Bradford, William, 391, 393, 394, 400. Joseph, 393, 394, 396, 397. John, 893, 396, 397. Samuel, 394, 396, 398. Israel, 395. Bphraim, 395. Perez, 398. Benjamin, 398. Nathaniel, 399. Joshua R., 399. AdonijahF., 401. Thomas, 401. James F., 403. Samuel S., 408. Browning, Nathaniel, 233. William, 333, 324, 236, 327. Samuel, 324. John, 225, 336. Ephraim, 337. Avery, 327. Rouse, 228. Hazzard, 228. Dr. Isaac, 239. Elias, 230. Bliss, Thomas, 523, 524. Samuel, 534. Peletiah, 525, 536. John, 537. Chester, Samuel, 240. John, 340. Joseph, 340, 241, 243, 243. David, 242. Lemuel, 343. Erastus, 343. Church, Richard, 505, 713. Jonathan, 505, 506. Joseph, 506, 507. Peleg, 507, 508. Amos, 508. Sanford, 508. John, 509. Samuel, 509. Prentice, 509. George, 510. Tracy, 510. Seth G., 511. Erastus, 511. Harry, 513. Norman B., 513. Chapel, William, 474, 479, 483. John, 474, 475. Joseph, 475, 476. Richard, 476, 481. Ezekia, 476, 479. Jonathan, 477. Isaac, 478, 481. Guy, 478. Atv?ell, 478. Daniel, 479, 483, 484. Peter, 480. Jedediah, 480, 483. Comstock, 480. Erastus, 481. Chariot. 483. Ransford, 488. Samuel, 483. George, 484. GoddardM.,484. Hubbard L., 485. Champlin, Jefifery, 851, 353. William, 351, 353, 354. Christopher, 353, 854. Samuel, 854, 355. Oliver, 355. John, 356. Isaac S., 357. Rowland, 357. Nathan, 358. Frederick, 858. Comstock, William, 183, 144. John, 182, 133, 188, 143. INDEX. 723 Comstock, Daniel, 132, 133, 135, 136, 139. Samuel, 133, 135, 146. Christopher, 183. Gideon, 133, 133, 134, 137. Kinsley, 134, 136. Nathaniel, 136, 140. Zebediah, 137, 141, 147. Caleb, 137, 147. Peter, 138, 141, 148. James, 138, 144, 150. Joseph, 139. Elisha, 139. Jared, 140. Lancaster, 141. Eansford, 143. Kathan, 143, 149. Bbenezer, 144. Perez, 145. David, 146. Alexander, 147. Jonathan, 148. Jesse., 148, 153. Asa, 149. Oliver, 150. John R., 151. Amos, 151. Prentis, 151. David C, 153. Cardwell, William, 537. William S., 538. Coggshall, John A., 538. Crocker, Thomas, 531. Samuel, 581. John, 531, 532. Lydia, 533. Chapman, Samuel, 583, 709. Joseph, 533. Zebulon, 534. Joseph L., 534. Jonathan, 534, 535. Christopher, 585. Alpheus, 585. Copp, Jonathan, 528. David, 539. Samuel, 529. John, 539. Congdon, Benjamin, 134. John, 135, 126, 128. Jeremiah, 126. David, 137, 138. Nicholas, 138. Dart, Richard, 455. Daniel, 455. Ebenezer, 456. David, 456. Moses, 456. Dolbeare, John, 838, 334, 338. George, 834, 337. Samuel, 335, 339. George B., 335. Mary, 385. Abigail, 336. Hannah, 336. Christopher, 337. Elisha, 337. Lemuel R., 338. Mumford, 839. Guy, 840. William B. , 340. George F., 840. David, 341. Edwin M., 341. Darrow, George, 102. Christopher, 103, 104. Nicholas, 103, 105, 106. Ebenezer, 104. Zadoc, 105. Lemuel, 106. John, 107. Daniel, 107. Francis, 108. Edmund, 108. Jason, 109. Albert G., 109. Osmond, 110. Turners., 110. Denison, Robert, 539, 540. George, 539, 541. Dow, Lorenzo, 608. Fargo, Moses, 139, 180, 131. Robert, 139, 130, 131. Stanton, 130. Fellowes, William, 346. 724 INDEX. Fellows, Isaac, 346, 347. Bphraim, 346, 347, 348. Francis, 349. John, 350. Fitch, James, 377, 379, 385, 386. Samuel, 380. Daniel, 381, 385. John, 381, 390. Jeremiah, 383. Jabez, 383. Joseph, 383. Nathaniel, 384. Adonijah, 384, 387. Squire Joseph, 386. John G., 387. William, 388. Benjamin, 388. Benajah, 389. Thomas, 389. Rufus, 389. Asa, 390. Fox, Thomas, 365. Samuel, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372. Jabez, 363. John, 367. Isaac, 368. Benjamin, 370. Ezekiel, 371. Elisha, 373. Brintnal, 373. Daniel, 373. Lyman, 374. Lamson, 374. George, 375. Robert, 375. Henry, 375. Joel H., 376. Gardner, Stephen, 543. Peregrene, 544. Daniel, 544. David, 545, 547. Jonathan, 545, 549. Lydia, 546. William, 546. Aseneth, 547. Isaac, 548. Gardner, Lemuel, 549, Sidney, 550. John F., 550. David H., 551. Azel, 551. Erastus, 551. Roderick, 553. Amos, 553. Gilbert, 553. Green, John, 335. Samuel, 286, 338. Christopher, 337, 338. Benjamin, 337. William, 338. Stephen, 339. Holmes, John, 327. Samuel, 338, 339. Jabez, 330. Elisha, 330. Bartlett, 330. Griswold, 331. George N., 331. Seth W., 383. Hillhouse, John, 554. James, 554, 555, 558. William, 555, 561. James A., 557, 561. John G., 557. David, 559. Samuel, 560. Thomas, 560. Nathaniel, 563. James W., 561. Hill, Charles, 423, 423, 428. George, 433, 435, 438. Jonathan, 424, 427. William, 436. Samuel, 437. George W., 439. Haughton, Richard, 486. Sampson, 486, 487. James, 487. William W., 488. Jewett, David, 563. Stephen, 563. Latimer, Robert, 314, 331. Jonathan, 314, 316, 331, 325. INDEX. 725 Latimer, Samuel, 315, 319, 333. Peter, 316. Nathan, 318. Richard, 319. Picket, 319. George, 330. Wetherel, 331. Charles, 321. Joseph, 333. Nathaniel,. 333. Hallam, 333. Edward, 333. George G., 334. Nicholas, 334. Alexander H., 335. Joseph S., 336. LefBngwell, Thomas, 306. Nathaniel, 307. Samuel, 307, 308, 309, 311. John, 307, 311. Benajah, 307. Matthew, 308. Phineas, 308. Elisha, 309. Andrew, 309. Jabez, 310'. Benjamin, 310. Gurdon, 311. Christopher, 313. Marvin, 313. . John B., 313. Joseph, 313. Loomis, John, 570. Jacob, 570. Joel, 571. ■ Lester, Andrew, 489. Benjamin, 489. Timothy, 490. Levi, 490. Daniels, 491. Benjamin, 491. Lyon, Amariah, 450. William, 450. John, 450, 453. Caleb, 451, 453. Ephraim, 453. Daniel D., 453. Manwaring, Oliver, 244, 245. Richard, 345. Robert, 346. Roger, 347. John, 348, 349. Christopher, 349. Elizabeth, 349. Maple, Stephen, 466, 468. John, 466. William, 467. Joshua, 468, 470. Andrew, 468. Abel, 469. David, 469. Benjamin, 469. John C, 470. Newbury, John, 471. Trial, 471. Nathan, 473. Davis, 478. Christopher G., 473. Otis, John, 404, 405, 413. Joseph, 406, 410, 413, 417. James, 407, 409, 411. Nathaniel, 408, 413, 414. John T., 415. David, 416. Asahel, 417. David G., 417. Parish, Nathaniel, 100, 101. Elizabeth, 100. Elijah, 100, 101. Parker, James, 443, 444. Josiah, 444. Joshua, 444. Thomas, 444. Jonathan, 445. Eliphalet, 445. Edward L., 446. Benjamin, 446. Jeduthan, 447. Palmer, Walter, 435. Hannah, 436. Elihu, 436. Nehemiah, 436. Moses, 436. Benjamin, 436. Gershom, 437. 726 INDEX. Palmer, Rebecca, 437. Reuben, 437, 439. Gideon, 439, 441. Elisha H., 441. William H., 442. Reuben T., 442. Rogers, James, 176, 181, 184, 186, 189, 190, 191, 193, 200, 201, 203. Samuel, 178, 188, 189, 192. .Joseph, 178, 189, 202. John, 179, 184, 185, 190, 192, 204, 310. Jonathan, 182, 184, 187, 195, 301. Daniel, 182, 187, 305, 308, 317. Rowland, 185. William, 186, 207, 211. Alpheus, 188, 310. Thomas, 188, 198, 215. Joshua, 191, 313. Ichabod, 191. Alexander, 193, 305. Peter, 193, 306, 207. Nathaniel, 194. Ebenezer, 194, 196. Timothy, 194. Nathan, 195, 215. David, 196, 218. Jehial, 197. Asa, 197. Adonijah, 198. Andrew, 199. Azel, 199. Frederick, 200. Jeremiah, 201, 217. Stephen, 202. Isaac, 203. Isaiah, 203. Jason, 204. Lemuel, 206. Uriah, 207. Amos, 308. Phineas, 208. Ethan, 309. Zebulon, 309. Lester, 309. Paul, 210. Rogers, Henry T., 311. Thomas P., 312. AzelF., 313. Caleb B., 313. Frederick W. H., 314. Benjamin, 214. Lyman, 316, 218. Matthew, 217. Albert A., 219. Elisha, 319. JohnR., 230. Darwin E., 220. Benjamin N., 230. George A., 221. James H., 331 Charles E., 221. William H., 322. Richards, Nehemiah, 591. Rudd, Jonathan, 343, 345. Nathaniel, 343. Daniel, 344. Samuel, 844. George, 345. Raymond, Richard, 573. Joshua, 574, 576, 579, 587. Sands, 575. John, 577, 582. Edward, 578. Christopher, 578, 586. Josiah, 580, 588. Mulford, 580. Oliver, 581. Nathaniel, 583. George, 584, 589. Daniel P., 584. Lemuel, 587. Mulford C~, 588. William, 588, 589. Richard, 590. James M., 590. Smith, James, 293. Ebenezer, 393, 395, 398. Benjamin, 295, 297. John, 296, 304. Daniel, 296. Stephen, 397. Asa, 297, 300. Seth, 298. INDEX. 72T Smith, Marvin, 298. AlvinG., 399. Lyman, 300. Joseph, 301. Abel, 301. Nathan, 803.' David, 304. Joshua. 304. Jethro, 305. Scholfleld, Arthur, 267, 268. John, 267, 268, 269, 273. Joseph, 268, 271. James, 268, 370. Benjamin, 368, 273. Abraham, 268. Mary, 270. Thomas, 371. Hannah, 272. Nathan, 273. Albert, 274. Joseph A., 274. Edwin A., 275. John F., 375. Benjamin F., 376. Anson S., 376. Almy L., 376. Swaddle, "William, 593. Samuel, 593. James, 593. Stebbins, John, 419. Jabez, 430. Edward, 431. Turner, Thomas, 351. John, 351, 359. Humphry, 351. G ^. Matthew, 353, 353, 357. O"*""^ Isaac, 352, 256, 260. Jonathan, 253. David, 253. James, 354. Guy, 255, 260. Giles, 355, Jared, 256. Lyman, 357. James H., 357. Peter C, 358. Samuel, 358. William C, 358. Turner, Timothy W., 359. James L., 359. Henry, 259. Tuttle, Daniel, 598. Peletiah, 598, 599. Sanford, 599. Thompson, Isaac, 594. Samuel, 595. Nathaniel, 595. Elias, 596. Jabez, 596. Vallet, Jeremiah, 361, 262, 263, 364, 365. William, 365, 366. Vincent, William, 448. Harry, 448. JohnR., 448. Ira, 448. Samuel, 449. Frank, 449. Ezra, 449. Vibber, John, 331, 333. Nathaniel, 333. William, 333. Salmon C, 333. Whaley, Alexander, 501. James, 501, 508, 504. David, 501. Samuel, 502. Jonathan, 503. William P., 503. Williams, Thomas, 458, 459. Ebenezer, 460, 463. Robert, 460. Samuel, 461. ri-':]--l^y Isaac, 461. ' ' Stephen, 462, 463. John, 463. Henry, 464. George, 464, 465. Wiclcwire, John. 360. Peter, 361, 368, 364. Jeremiah, 361. Willard, 362. Zadoc, 363. Gardner, 363. Christopher, 363. Amos, 364.