The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America
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Descendants of John Benedict.
"-- pictos ostendere vultus majorum." JUVENAL.
1. JOHN2 (Thomas1), born at Southold, L. I., removed with the family to Norwalk and married Phoebe, daughter of John and Sarah Gregory(*) of that town, Nov. 11, 1670.(+) He was a freeman of Norwalk in 1680, and succeeded his father as selectman in 1689. He was a selectman in 1692-94 and '99; and also held some minor civil appointments
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(*) Adam1 Gregorie= * * *
fil. et cohaer
Adae Ormeston, co. Lancas; Will.2 Gregory=Doro. fil. * * * Parre de
Kempenhaugh, in com. Lancas; Hugo3 Gregory=Maria* * *; Thom.4
Gregory=Doro. Beeston, de Overbroughton, com. Nott. (on borders of
Leicestershire, north of Frisby and Asorby); John5 Gregory=Alicia* * * de
Broughton Sulney; Henry6 de Boston in Nova Anglia. |
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in the town. He was occupied, however, mainly, with church affairs, having become Deacon, probably, upon the death of his father. Thenceforth the records show him to have been constantly on committees having charge of the religious and educational interests of the community, now "obtaining a minister," then, "hyering a schoolmaster." In 1705 the church honored him by voting him a sitting "in ye seat before ye pulpit." He served as representative in the General Assembly in the sessions of 1722 and 1725. The date of his death is not to be ascertained, nor is that of his wife. The volume of probate records, which probably covered the time within which they died, unfortunately, is missing. He conveyed property to his sons James and Joseph of Ridgefield, in 1722 and 1723; and that he was living in 1727, is thought to be certain, because his son is then referred to as Deacon John Benedict Junior. (See Hall, pp. 83, 88, 93, 100, 102; and Town Records, Norwalk, Ct.) Ch.
SARAH. PHOEBE, b. Sept. 21, 1673.
2. JOHN, b. March 3, 1676, Norwalk, Ct.
JONATHAN (no des. given in the old Ms.).
3. BENJAMIN, b. 1678.
4. JOSEPH.
5. JAMES, b. Jan. 5, 1685. MARY, or MERCY.
6. THOMAS, b. 1682.
2. JOHN3 (John,2 Thomas1), b. March 3, 1676; was selectman 1705 and 1715; surveyor 1709 and 1711; lister and fence viewer 1713-18; called serjeant in 1717; townsman 1722 and and 1724; Deacon before 1725, which office he held for many years; m. Mary (Haite?); d. Norwalk, Jan. 16, 1766. Wife d. June 5, 1749, aged 72 yrs. Ch.
7. JOHN, b. 1701; d. 1770.
8. MATTHEW, b. Oct. 2, 1703; d. July 7, 1757.
9. CALEB, b. 1709.
10. NATHANIEL, b. 1716; d. April 2, 1808.
ANNA, or HANNAH, m. Matthew Gregory, and removed to Danbury,
Ct.
PHOEBE, m. April 4, 1731, Ezra Hoyt. (Hall, p. 215.)
3. BENJAMIN3 (John,2 Thomas1), b. 1678, Norwalk; m. Mary --, who d. Nov. 30, 1771. He moved to Ridgefield, and, in 1720, was selectman and third Deacon of the church
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there. He d. July 3, 1773, Stamford, Ct., and was buried at Ridgebury. Estate settled Nov. 2, 1773--real, œ13 9s. 6d., moveables, œ129 4s. Ch.
ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 17, 1705; m. Dec. 18, 1728, Wm. Drinkwater;
d. before 1773.
11. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 1, 1706.
12. TIMOTHY, b. Nov. 15, 1709; d. May 12, 1791.
MARY, b. March 5, 1711; m. John Dibble.
13. JOHN, b. Oct. 5, 1714.
14. DANIEL, b. Nov. 27, 1716.
SAMUEL, b. June 29, 1719; d. Oct. 13, 1740. (No heirs mentioned
in will of Benjamin3).
RACHEL, b. June 17; 1721; m. Benj. Bostwick; d. before 1773.
15. AMOS, b. Sept. 17, 1722; d. July 29, 1809.
THANKFUL, b. June 23, 1727; m. John Whitney.
4. JOSEPH3 (John,2 Thomas1), b. Norwalk; m. Anne --; removed to Ridgefield, where she d. Dec. 9, 1716; m. 2d, March 21, 1720, Mary --. By his first wife he had four ch.
16. JOSEPH, b. July 29, 1708; d. March 25, 1790.
17. GIDEON, b. March 15, 1710. ANNA, b. Dec. 17, 1713.
18. SAMUEL PITMAN, b. Jan. 31, 1721; d. 1775.
19. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 2, 1721-2; d. Sept., 1800.
MARY, b. July 25, 1726.
EZRA, b. Aug. 19, 1730. (Descendants, if any, not ascertained.)
5. JAMES3 (John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 5, 1685; m. 1709, Sarah, dau. Thomas and Mary Hyatt of Norwalk, b. Dec., 1686, and d. Feb. 9, 1767. "In 1708 he and other inhabitants of Norwalk purchased a large tract of land between that town and Danbury. The purchase was made of Catoonah the chief sachem, and other Indians, who were the proprietors of that part of the country. Deed bears date Sept. 30, 1708. At the Norwalk town session, 1709, it was ordained that it should be a distinct township by the name of Ridgefield." (Trumbull, p. 460). James was also one of the original settlers of this township. Fence-viewer in 1715, called Ensign, 1719, afterwards Captain, and, 1737, Esquire. He was appointed justice of the peace for Fairfield county, Ct., May, 1732, and was reappointed annually until 1733. He was representative for Ridgefield, from May, 1740-45, and 1748-1752. He was the first to write the genealogy of the Benedict family. In his youth he lived with his grandmother, Mary Bridgum, wife of Thomas,
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and she delivered to him, from her own mouth, the genealogy down to his own memory, and he reduced it to writing. His Genealogy of the Family of the Benedicts, dated March 14, 1755, has been the foundation of all the subsequent ones. His grandson, Abner Benedict, a member of the junior class in Yale College, made an exact copy of it, June 23, 1768. James was the second Deacon of the church in Ridgefield, till old age and its attendants rendered him unable to serve. He sustained the character of a pious and exemplary Christian. His death occurred Nov. 25, 1762. The following inscription is on his gravestone in Ridgefield.
Here lies interred
the body of
James Benedict
Deacon of the first Church of Christ in this town;
Together with
Sarah, His Wife
Who, after having served their generation
According to the will of God,
fell asleep and were gathered to their fathers,
the first on Nov. 25. 1762
in the 77th year of his age; the other, February
ye 9th, 1767, in the 81st year of her age.
Ch.
SARAH, b. May 23, 1709-10; m. Gideon Smith of Ridgefield.
RUTH, b. Dec. 3, 1711; m. Thomas Rockwell.
20. PETER, b. March 20, 1714.
HANNAH, b. Jan. 25, 1715-16; m. Daniel Birt; d. March 12,
1737. PHOEBE, b. March 14, 1717-18; d. young.
21. JAMES, b. Feb. 19, 1719-20.
MARTHA, b. April 15, 1722; m. James Scott.
22. JOHN, b. Oct. 3, 1726; d. July 9, 1814.
23. THOMAS, b. Oct. 3, 1726.
6. Capt. THOMAS3 (John,2 Thomas1), b. 1682, Norwalk, Ct.; m. 1705, Millison, dau. Thomas and Mary Hyatt of that town. Thomas Hyatt was active and brave enough in the Indian wars of his time to incite the town to make to him a grant of land as a testimonial of its gratitude, and a requital of his services. Millison, b. Dec., 1686, was twin-sister of Sarah, who became the
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wife of Dea. James3 (5) Benedict of Ridgefield. Thomas appears to have possessed a strong desire for military distinction, together with so much aptitude for affairs of that character, that during his whole life, he was never without some military rank. He comes before us as "Sergeant," in 1713; as "Ensign," in 1724; as "Lieutenant," in 1742, and as "Captain," in 1746; this latter title adhering to him for the rest of his life. It is very evident, however, that civil position was not distasteful to him; for he was chosen selectman not less than seven times, and moderator of the annual town meetings at least ten times; the last occasion being the year preceding his death. He was representative in the General Assembly, probably in 1737 and 1740, and certainly in 1744. He exhibited the family tendency to do service in the church. Dec. 2, 1724, the town desires him "to sett ye tune to ye Psalme, at such times as that part of service is to be performed in ye publik worship of God; and to read ye Psalmes needed; ye town, also Seat ye said Bennedick in ye 3d long seat at ye end of ye middle alley." The power of his voice must have been something remarkable, for it is stated on credible authority that he could be heard and understood at the distance of more than a mile. It is probable he was a Deacon of the church (Congregational) of which he and his wife were members (1725), but the loss of the church records prevents certain knowledge on this point. His will bears date May 20, 1763, and was proved July 5, 1763.(*) He died, of course,
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(*) In the Name of God, Amen. The 20th day of May, A D 1763. I Thomas Benedict of Norwalk, in the County Fairfield and Colony of Connecticut, being weak of body but of sound mind and memory, and willing to mind my mortality, do make and ordain this my last will and testament. Principally and first of all, I commend my soul into the hands God who gave it, and my body I commit to ye Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of Executors hereafter named nothing doubting of its resurrection and hoping for eternal life through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Redeemer. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life I will, devise and bequeath the Same in manner and form following: My will is yt my just debts and funeral charges be first paid out of my moveable estate. Imprimus: I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Millisson Benedict all my household goods and furniture to be her own forever; also, the use and improvement of my dwelling house and the one half part of my real estate during her natural life in lieu and in full of her dowry. Item. I give and bequeath unto my two sons John Benedict and Seth Benedict and my daughter Betty Betts, and to each of them, their heirs and assigns forever, |
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in the interval between those dates. His wife survived him, but the date of her death is not known. Ch. all b. in Norwalk.--(See Hall's Hist. Norwalk, Ct., pp. 113, 114, 125.) Ch.
EBENEZER, m. Thankful -- and moved to New Canaan; was admitted
admitted with his wife to Cong'l church there Oct. 1733.(*) Ch.
I. Phoebe, bap. Oct. 21, 1733.
II. Samuel, bap. April 28, 1734; may have m. 1st, Sept. 8, 1763,
Dinah Hayt, and 2d, Nov. 6, 1771, Mary Roscoe.
III. Ebenexer, bap. Oct. 8, 1738.
IV. Hannah, bap. Dec. 10, 1740.
V. Esther, bap. Dec. 26, 1742.
VI. Anna, bap. April 3, 1745.
VII. Levi, bap. Oct. 18, 1748.
Twenty five pounds lawful money to be taken out of my Real Estate according to the apprizal of said Estate. Item. I give and bequeath unto my two grandsons Stephen Benedict and Uriah Benedict and to each of them, their heirs and assigns forever, ten pounds lawful money; and, also, to my grand daughter Betty Benedict and to her heirs forever, five pounds lawful money, to be taken out of my Real Estate according to the apprizal of said estate. Item. I give and bequeath unto my loving sons Ebenezer, John, Seth and my daughter Betty Betts, and to their heirs, the four sixth parts of the residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal. Item. I give and bequeath unto my grandsons Jesse Benedict and David Benedict, the one sixth part of the afore mentioned residue and remainder, viz: To Jesse and to his heirs forever, the two third parts of the last mentioned sixth part of the aforesaid remainder: and to David, the one third part of ye aforesaid sixth part to his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto the surviving children of my son Thomas Benedict, late deceased, and to their heirs forever the other sixth part of the aforementioned residue and remainder not before disposed of, to be equally divided among them. I likewise constitute, make and ordain my loving sons Ebenezer, John and Seth Executors of this my last will and Testament ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and date above written. (Signed) THOMAS BENEDICT [L. S.] Signed, sealed, published and pronounced and declared by the said Thomas Benedict the Testator, to be his last will and Testament in the presence of us, the subscribers.
DAVID COMSTOCK Mem. John and Seth accepted trust--will ordered approved and recorded July 5, 1763. Original will is on file in Probate office, Fairfield, Ct., and the record is contained in vol. "1761-63," p. 28. |
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(*) An Ebenezer Benedict of Norwalk, Ct., d. in 1775, and left a will which was proved Jan. 1, 1776; mentions wife Mary (St. John?) and appoints his brother-in-law Nathaniel St. John, executor. No children mentioned. A deed on record at Norwalk, Ct., Sept. 18, 1797, mentions lands bounded by property of "heirs of Ebenezer Benedict." |
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VIII. Isaac, bap. July 29, 1750; may have m. Aug. 18, 1794, Polly Carter. IX. Deborah, bap. Aug. 26, 1753. X. Martha, bap. June 12, 1757.
Ebenezer (son of Ebenezer and Thankful), m. Nov. 13, 1763, Mary, dau. Absalom Gray, the widow of Ebenezer Wixon. He d. Pawlings, 1807. Ch.
I. Deborah, b. Aug. 9, 1764; m. Thomas Rogan; d. June 24, 1823, Turin. II. Esther, b. Feb. 25, 1767; m. William Hollaway; her son Ransom was representative in Congress for 8th District of New York, 1849-51. III. Anna, b. Feb. 10, 1769; m. John Salmon, Dec. 20, 1788; d. Oct. 5, 1838, Turin. IV. Levi, b. April 5, 1771; d. June 11, 1833, Turin. V. Martha, b. June 2, 1773; m. May 8, 1806, Abner Alford.
Levi (son of Ebenezer and Mary Wixon), b. April 5, 1771; m. Dec. 22, 1791, Mary, dau. Daniel and Cornelia Turner of Dutchess Co., b. April 27, 1772, and d. July 19, 1814. He m. 2d, May 1, 1819, Clarissa, dau. Wm. and Polly Carter of Westfield, Mass., who was b. April 25, 1789, by whom he had three ch. He removed to Turin, soon after its settlement, in 1796; he was overseer of the highways, March 14, 1800. His ch. were b. at Pawlings and Turin. Ch.
I. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 14, 1792; m. 1814, Elijah Salmon of Turin; d. Sept. 8, 1829. II. Mary, b. May 22, 1794; d. April 18, 1818. III. Henry, b. Feb. 1, 1796; d. Sept. 6, 1869. IV. James, b. Nov. 27, 1797, Pawlings. V. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 12, 1801; d. Jan. 21, 1870. VI. Allen, b. Aug. 28, 1804; res. Turin. VII. Jane, b. Sept. 29, 1807; d. Oct. 9, 1829. VIII. Levi, b. May 22, 1810. IX. John, b. Aug. 31, 1813. X. Mary, b. May 2, 1820; m. March 6, 1866, Harvey Miller of Lowville. XI. Delia, b. May 13, 1823; m. Feb. 14, 1855, Jesse Walworth of Rome. XII. Esther, b. May 23, 1826; m. Oct. 1, 1844, C. F. Kellogg; d. March 8, 1852.
James (son of Levi and Mary Turner), b. Nov. 27, 1797; m. Oct. 11, 1842, Jeanette A., dau. Andrew Doig of Lowville, who was b. April 10, 1816. Served in War of 1812. Ch. b. Turin:
I. Jane Cornelia, b. April 15, 1845; m. Sept. 8, 1868, Adoniram Lee Foot. II. James Clinton, b. June 27, 1848. III. Andrew Doig, b. Oct. 11, 1856.
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Ebenezer (son of Levi and Mary Turner), b. Feb. 12, 1801; m. Sept. 27, 1827, Candace Clark, b. July 29, 1810. Ch. all b. Turin:
I. Sylvester Henry, b. June 7, 1828; d. Nov. 10, 1868. II. James T., b. Jan. 28, 1833; m. Dec. 2, 1855, Celia A. Jones, b. Aug. 2, 1837, Turin and had: Candace Addy, b. Feb. 2, 1858. Jennie B., b. Oct. 29, 1864. III. Madison A., b. Oct. 28, 1837; d. June 8, 1860.
Levi (son of Levi and Mary Turner), b. May 22, 1810; m. Feb. 19, 1834, Clarissa, dau. Joseph Wetmore of Leyden, b. Jan. 29, 1810. Ch. b. at Turin. Ch. I. Jane E., b. Jan. 30, 1835; m. Sept. 23, 1859, Martin Wilkin, who enlisted in 14th N. Y. Art. Regt.; was in the various engagements of the regt.; killed at the retaking of Fort Stedman, March 27, 1865. II. Oscar Hannibal, b. Nov. 6, 1837. III. Homer Henry, b. Feb. 5, 1840. IV. Louisa M., b. May 28, 1844; d. Oct. 13, 1854.
John (son of Levi and Mary Turner), b. Aug. 31, 1813; m. Sept. 24, 1839, Levantia W., dau. Dr. Sylvester Miller of Lowville, who was b. July 4, 1815; was a member of Assembly from Lewis Co., for 1852. Ch. b. Lowville:
I. Sylvester Miller, b. July 2, 1840; merchant, Lowville. II. John Spencer, b. March 5, 1844; d. May 30, 1864, at Utica.(*)
24. DAVID, d. March, 1762. (Hall, p. 158.) 25. JOHN, d. 1789. 26. THOMAS, b. 1719. BETTY, b. March 14, 1721; m. May 22, 1748, Thomas Betts of Norwalk, d. May 21, 1782. Their son, Capt. Hezekiah Betts, a Revolutionary soldier, d. May 31, 1827. (Hall, p. 212.) SETH, b. June, 1725; m. about 1754, Eleanor, dau. Jonathan and Eleanor Fairchild, who was b. 1730. He was tything-man, lister, and fence-viewer, between 1752-58; d. Oct. 13, 1764, without issue, bequeathing by will his whole estate to his wife; his will was proved Nov. 7. 1764. His widow m. 2d, Daniel Lyman, Esq., of New Haven, and after his death Thaddeus Betts of Norwalk. She d. March 23, 1825, in her 95th year. She was a member of the church 61 years. (Hall, p. 226.)
7. JOHN4 (John,3 John,2 Thomas), b. 1701; m. Dinah Bouton; removed to New Canaan, June 20, 1733; joined, by
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(*) The proper position of Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Thankful --, was ascertained after the manuscript was arranged, which will account for the introduction and completion of his line in the same connection. Descendants, if any, of his brothers Samuel, Levi, and Isaac, not ascertained. |
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letter, the Congregational ch., of which he became Deacon. He m. 2d, Mary --, who survived him. He d. Feb. 27, 1770. His will was made Feb. 19, 1770, and proved April 17, 1770. Ch.
27. DANIEL, d. in 1777.
28. JOHN; b. Sept. 11, 1724; d. Jan., 1807.
JACHIN, d. July, 1760. No record of descendants. The following
from church and town records: Eleazer, bap. Jan. 12,
1755; his uncle John appointed his guardian, Dec. 2, 1760;
he was living in New Canaan, 1782; (an Eleazer Benedict d.
New Milford, Ct., 1802, leaving wid. Ruth; no mention of
ch. in the distribution of estate, Sept. 18, 1802; John Warner
and wid. were appointed admrs.). Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 15,
1756, probably d. before 1760. Jachin, bap. April 23, 1758;
was living, New Canaan, 1782 (deed); admr. of Jachin Sr.,
appointed Aug. 5, 1760.
29. JOSEPH, b. May 20, 1730; d. Aug. 24, 1785.
DINAH, bap. May 5, 1734; m. Nov. 10, 1763, Eleazer Bouton;
d. before 1771. LOIS, bap. 1735; m. Nov. 28, 1754, Jeremiah
B. Eells. (Hall's Norwalk, p. 225.)
30. HEZEKIAH, bap. Oct. 23, 1737; d. 1813.
RHODA, bap. June 16, 1739; m. April 5, 1759, Samuel Lawrence.
MARY, bap. April 24, 1743; single; d. after 1771.
SARAH, m. Feb. 4, 1761, Timothy Hoyt. (Hall's Norwalk,
p. 302.)
8. Capt. MATTHEW4 (John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 2, 1703; m. Ruth, dau. John Keeler of Norwalk, Dec. 8, 1727; d. July 7, 1757, of small-pox, Ridgefield, Ct. Ch.
31. MATTHEW, b. Oct. 28, 1728, Ridgefield.
ANNA, b. Feb. 22, 1730; m. Wright Northrop of Newtown, Ct.
JOHN, b. April 23, 1732; d. April 24, 1732.
RUTH, b. March 24, 1733; d. about 1774, unm.
32. JESSE, b. Feb. 2, 1735. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 2, 1737; m. Oct.
27, 1758, Elijah Smith. (m. 2d, Thos. Hyatt?)
PHOEBE, b. Aug. 2, 1739; m. Samuel Sturtevant of Danbury.
EZRA, b. Nov. 5, 1741; d. Sept. 15, 1745.
JOHN, b. Sept. 3, 1743; d. about 1763, unm.
9. CALEB4 (John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. 1709; m. Mehitable, dau. Caleb and Mehitable (Blatchly) Hoyt of Norwalk, who was b. 1714, and d. Dec. 13, 1797; moved to New Canaan, and was received into the church, 1773; surveyor, lister, constable, and tything-man, between 1735 and 1773; selectman, 1774 and 1785; was known as "Ensign" as early as 1755; lived
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on Brushy Ridge, and d. May 19, 1761, of small-pox. Ch. all b. New Canaan. (Hall, p. 198.) Ch.
CALEB, bap. Dec. 1, 1733. MEHITABLE, bap. May 9, 1735.
RUTH, bap. Sept. 11, 1738; m. March 7, 1759, Daniel St. John.
33. CALEB, bap. Dec. 28, 1740.
34. JAMES, bap. Dec. 18, 1743.
35. EZRA, bap. May 27, 1746.
MEHITABLE, bap. Dec. 25, 1748; d. young. ANNA, bap. June
23, 1751; m. March 15, 1774, James Stevens, and removed
to Danbury. ADAH, bap. June 23, 1751; m. Dec. 12, 1771,
Eliasaph Kellogg. (Hall, p. 211.)
36. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 21, 1755.
MEHITABLE, bap. Feb. 10, 1760; m. Nov. 23, 1778, John Stevens.
10. NATHANIEL4 (John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. 1716, and m. Mary, dau. Deacon Lockwood, who d. Jan. 12, 1763, aged 42. He m. 2d, Jan., 1764, Hannah, dau. Rev. Thomas Hawley, who d. Jan. 31, 1795, aged 67. Fence viewer, surveyor, lister, constable, and collector, between 1739 and 1757; selectman, 1755, '61, '62, '66-'72, '75, '76, and '78; called "Lieut.," 1762; representative in Gen. Assembly, Oct., 1762 His house and barn were burned by the British in 1779. The following obituary notice of him was written by Hon. Roger Minot Sherman: "He died at Norwalk on the morning of the 2d of April, 1806, after a shock of the palsy, with which he lingered about twelve days, in the 90th year of his age. On the 3d his remains were followed to the grave by a large concourse of friends and relatives, among whom were his twelve(?) surviving children, and many of his more remote posterity. He has left ninety-one grandchildren and eighty-eight great-grandchildren, the whole number of his descendants, now living, being 191. For about thirty-two years he sustained the office of Deacon of the First Congregational church in that town. Deacon Benedict was one of those venerable personages by whom what remains of the pious habits of our forefathers, have been transmitted to the present generation. His long life has been eminently exemplary, and years to come will feel its happy influence. Every morning and evening witnessed his devotion. His sabbaths were faithfully appropriated to public worship and religious family instructions. An amiable, cheerful disposition, a sound mind, improved by a good degree
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of reading, and much reflection, and adorned with a bright constellation of Christian graces, comprised his character. At his funeral an appropriate sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. Burnett, from Prov. xiv, 32. "The wicked is driven away in his wickedness; but the righteous hath hope in his death." Ch.
ANNA, b. 1740; m. Seth Seymour.
MOLLY, b. 1741-2; m. Deliverance Bennet; removed to Saugatuck;
d. April 23, 1835.
37. NATHANIEL, b. March 26, 1744; d. Feb. 24, 1833.
JOSEPH, b. June 29, 1746; m. Hannah Hoyt; removed to Danbury,
where he d. Dec. 9, 1835. His wife was b. Dec. 6,
1759, and d. Jan. 3, 1836. Ch.
Hannah, b. Oct. 4, 1777; m. March 26, 1796, Elijah Gregory;
d. June 17, 1836.
Luther, b. Aug. 20, 1780; d. Oct. 15, 1807.
Sally, b. April 28, 1783; m. Nov. 25, 1802, Ephraim G.
Stevens; d. Lucinda, b. April 27, 1785; d. April 21, 1857.
Phila, b. June 9, 1787; m. Sept. 28, 1806, Ezra Peck,
son of Peter5 (52) Benedict of Danbury; d. Nov., 1868.
Fanny, b. Sept. 7, 1790; m. Nov. 2, 1813, Augustus Wilcox;
d. June 7, 1849.
Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1790; res. Danbury.
ESTHER, b. 1748; m. Jan. 20, 1766, Uriah Raymond; d. July
27, 1806. (Hall, p. 292.)
38. ISAAC, b. July 6, 1751; d. May 17, 1841.
WILLIAM, b. 1753; m. Feb. 20, 1782, Nancy Fitch, who d.
Sept. 11, 1836. He d. Sept. 2, 1821, Norwalk. Ch.
Anna, b. July 31, 1783; m. N. Lockwood.
Charlotte, b. Sept. 29, 1785; m. Jer. Camp.
Charles, b. Sept. 29, 1785; d. about 1810.
Sukey, b. Jan. 30, 1788; m. James I. Hoyt.
Sally, b. Nov. 17, 1790; m. Daniel Smith.
Esther, b. May 10, 1793; m. Edward Smith.
Mary, b. April 4, 1796; m. George Brown.
Fanny R., b. Dec. 30, 1798; m. Seth Williston7 (264)
Benedict.
Deborah, b. Dec. 30, 1798; m. George Scribner.
SALLY, b. 1756; m. Nathan Hoyt; removed to New Milford.
BETTY, b. Feb. 20, 1759; m. March 22, 1781, Enoch Scribner
(Hall, p. 298); d. April 19, 1835.
39. NATHAN, b. Dec. 10, 1765; d. Feb. 3, 1832.
HANNAH, b. 1766; m. April 3, 1782, Deacon Stephen Wood;
d. Nov. 28, 1826. (Hall, p. 289.)
LYDIA, b. 1768; m. Capt. Lemuel Brooks; d. Feb. 18, 1828.
40. JOHN, b. Feb. 3, 1770; d. 1839.
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11. BENJAMIN4 (Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 1, 1706; m. Jan. 18, 1731, Hannah Bostwick of New Milford; d. Canaan, Ct., Sept. 2, 1779. Ch.
MARY, b. 1734; d. July 16, 1790. RACHEL, m. Turner.
HANNAH, m. Osborn. NOAH, probably lost at sea.
41. JOHN, signer of Revolutionary Pledge, 1775 (Blake's Putnam Co.,
N. Y., p. 102). SAMUEL, also a signer Rev. Pledge; resided
Amenia; will, recorded March 28, 1801, mentions wife Martha
and nephews.
42. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 28, 1757; d. Oct. 13, 1828.
12. Capt. TIMOTHY4 (Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 15, 1709; called "captain;" m. Jan. 24, 1733-4, Sarah, dau. Ebenezer and Sarah Smith, b. 1713 and d. Jan. 18, 1765; was appointed justice of the peace 1770; m. 2d, Elizabeth --; res. Ridgefield; d. May 12, 1791. His will made Aug. 20, 1782. Inventory showed œ1,716 8s. 0d. Ch.
SARAH, b. April 13, 1735; m. Bartholomew Weed.
ABIAH, b. Dec. 20, 1736; m. Samuel Keeler Jr.
TIMOTHY, b. Sept. 27, 1740; d. June 21, 1757.
13. JOHN4 (Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct., 1714-5; m. Nov. 29, 1738, Lucy --. Ch.
ALEXANDER, b. Dec. 22, 1739. LUCY, b. June 6, 1741.
SAMUEL, b. April 26, 1743. JOHN, b. June 16, 1745.
ELIJAH, b. Oct. 6, 1747.
14. DANIEL4 (Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 27, 1716; m. Feb. 13, 1739-40, Agnes Wallace, by whom he had seven ch.; m. 2d, -- --, had two ch. by this wife; m. 3d, Hannah Burr, had by her two sons and one dau. Ch.
MARY, b. Nov. 15, 1740; m. James Crawford. (s/b
Archibald)
43. DANIEL, b. April 2, 1743; d. Dec. 23, 1822.
RACHEL, b. Feb. 27, 1745; m. Archibald Crawford. (s/b
James)
JAMES, b. May 30, 1750.
SARAH, b. May 13, 1752; m. Joseph Scofield.
BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 22, 1754; d. in the revolution.
Daughter (Martha? b. Jan. 14, 1757); m. Joseph Hazen.
JOSEPH, m. Nellie Smith; settled Lodi.
ELIZABETH, m. John Smith; settled Lodi. JAMES, settled Livingston
Co. ARCHIBALD, settled Livingston Co. Daughter, settled
Livingston Co.
15. AMOS4 (Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 17, 1722; m. Martha Sturtevant; removed early from Norwalk to South Salem (Lewisboro, Westchester Co.); d. July 29, 1809. In
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his will, proved Sept. 2, 1709, after liberally remembering his heirs, he emancipated his slave "Johnno" for faithful service, and devised to him and his heirs five acres of his farm, also an acre of meadow, one cow, one feather bed with pillows, sheets and coverlets. Ch.
44. ISAAC, b. Aug. 7, 1746; d. Aug. 10, 1813.
45. SOLOMON.
AMOS, m. Elizabeth Brown; killed by the fall of a tree; had
Abigail, m. Brown.
46. JACOB, b. 1751.
47. JONAH, b. Aug. 7, 1762; d. Feb. 26, 1826.
RACHEL, m. Arnold Dickens.
MARTHA, m. Brown; killed by the Indians. HANNAH, m. Bishop.
16. JOSEPH4 (Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 29, 1708, Norwalk, Ct.; m. May 8, 1732, Susannah --; m. 2d, -- --; m. 3d, Lydia --. He res. near the the village of Cross Roads, in the town of South Salem; justice of the peace. Lydia d. Feb. 24, 1791, aged 75 years; he d. July 17, 1793. By his three wives he had 23 ch., most of whom d. under age. The names of the following only have been ascertained, who with the exception of first three are mentioned in his will, proved Nov. 6, 1793. Ch.
JOSEPH, b. Feb. 17, 1732; no record of his descendants; probably
d. before 1793.
JEREMIAH, b. May 14, 1735; d. May 17, 1735.
SUSANNAH, b. March 25, 1736.
48. LEWIS, b. June 25, 1754; d. July 21, 1827. LYDIA.
NANCY, b. 1756. It is said of her that "she was superior in education
to those around her, and that she was constantly teaching
her neighbors to read and write." In 1776, when Gen. Howe
advanced northward from New York, she mounted her horse, and
with other heroic women, followed the army and witnessed the
battle of White Plains." Joseph4 lived near the "neutral ground,"
and had in his employ one David Williams, who, when not engaged
in military service (the whigs who encountered the "Cowboys"
in their excursions into the country were generally in the
militia service on short enlistments), made the house of his employer
his welcome home. Thus it happened that Williams was
enjoying an agreeable tˆte-…-tˆte with Nancy Benedict, in the fall
of 1780, when she pointed out to him a small company of armed
men approaching their village. They entered an inn near by,
and Williams, having recognized Isaac Van Wart, John Paulding
and others, they set out together for Tarrytown; the especial
object of Williams being to reclaim the property of a neighbor,
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the widow Pelham, or avenge the death of her husband, killed
the night before by a party of Cow-boys. At Tarrytown, Williams,
Paulding and his cousin Van Wart separated from their
companions, taking the east road, at an angle of which they concealed
themselves, obtaining a north and west view of it for some
distance. The approach of Major AndrŠ, his arrest, etc., followed.
Congress having granted Williams, Nov. 3, 1780, a
medal, a yearly annuity of $200, in specie, or an equivalent in
current money, during life; also, the privilege of locating any
confiscated lands in the county of Westchester, to the value of
$1,250, or of receiving the said sum in cash, he married Nancy
Benedict, and with the $1,250 bought a part of the farm owned
by his father-in-law and settled upon it, erecting a log cabin to
to live in." * * * "In the fall of 1830, he visited the city
of New York on the invitation of the corporation, to be present
as a guest at the celebration of the French Revolution. Here he
received all manner of attentions, and was presented with a silver
cup, a silver-headed cane, an elegant horse, carriage and harness.
He died at Broome, Schoharie Co., Aug. 2, 1831. After her
husband had been dead ten years, Mrs. Williams obtained a continuance
of his pension, which had been stopped at his death,
receiving $2,000 at once." She d. about 1848, in her 92d year.
(Simm's Schoharie County, etc., p. 649.)
49. AMBROSE.
SUSANNAH (?), m. Miller. ANNA, m. Robert Murphy.
17. GIDEON4 (Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 15, 1710, Norwalk, Ct.; m. April 11, 1737, Dorothy Botsford of New Milford, Ct.; he res. and probably d. New Milford, where his ch. were b. The names of only two are known. Ch.
DOROTHY, m. Pratt.
50. ELIJAH, b. 1741; d. Underhill, Vt., Jan., 1811.
18. SAMUEL PITMAN4 (Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 21, 1720, Norwalk, Ct.; m. Mercy Bostwick of New Milford, Ct., who d. Arlington, Vt., 1772; ch. all b. New Milford. He removed to Arlington, Vt., after 1765, and d. there 1775. Ch.
JOANNA, m. Ward.
ABEL, b. 1750; made purchase of a farm 1774-75, on the intervales
below the falls, in town of Colchester, Vt., then included
in the "New Hampshire grants." With Ethan Allen and the
mass of the settlers on these grants--a brave and hearty race of
men--he resisted the claims of New York; and, a decree of
a convention of the inhabitants of the counties of Bennington
and Rutland, viz: "that no person should take grants, or confirmation
of grants, under the government of New York, etc.,"
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having been violated by one Benjamin Hough, he was selected
with John Sawyer to carry out in part the sentence of the Committee
of Safety, passed after trial upon said Hough. The
judgment was "that the prisoner be taken from the bar of this
Com. of Safety and tied to a tree, and there on his naked back
to receive two hundred stripes; his back being dressed, he should
depart out of the district, and on return to suffer death, unless
by special leave of the convention. Hough was tied by Ethan
Allen to an apple tree and whipped, the act being witnessed by
many of the inhabitants." The instrument of punishment was
termed the "beach seal," in allusion to the great seal of New
Hampshire affixed to the grants made by the governor of that
province, of which the beach rod well laid on the naked backs
of the "Yorkers" and their adherents, was humorously considered
a confirmation. Enjoying as we do the protection of
just and equal laws, it is difficult to form a proper estimate of
such measures. There was no choice left to the N. H. grantees
between an entire surrender of their farms rescued from the
the wilderness of nature, and made valuable by their industry,
and a determined and persevering resistance by force. Up to
Jan. 26, 1775, when Hough was whipped, no division of sentiment
with regard to matters of public policy had taken place;
and it is significant that Arlington was not represented in any of
the conventions of the different towns of Vermont that met to
confer upon the Declaration of Independence and other subjects.
Her leading men were not prepared for measures so decisive;
they had suffered much from New York, but it would have been
difficult for them to specify wherein the king had harmed them.
The king had given them their farms for a nominal price, had
provided reasonably for their religious and secular instruction;
in the words of one of them who suffered the loss of all things
for his loyalty, "they did not think it right to rebel against a
king who had done them no harm." Possibly this feeling and
the obligation resting upon churchmen to aid the head of the
church--so well known to have influenced great numbers at
this trying period, led Abel Benedict to join the Royalist army.
He was killed at the battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777.
SOPHIA, b. 1752; m. Eldad Andrus of Cornwall, Vt.
PHOEBE, b. 1754; m. Heth of Cornwall.
51. ICHABOD, b. Jan. 15, 1756; d. March 2, 1822.
52. BENAJAH, b. 1758; d. July, 1832.
CHLOE, b. 1761; m. Jacob Mead of Manchester, Vt.
53. ZACHARIAH, b. Jan. 19, 1767; d. Aug. 30, 1836.
RUTILLA, m. Lindsley of Cornwall.
19. JONATHAN4 (Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 2, 1723; m. Lucy Castle, who d. New Milford; moved to Manchester,
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Vt., where he m. 2d, wid. Margaret (Seelye) Pinnock, by whom he had one child. Ch.
54. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 1, 1749.
MARY, m. Sackett, and 2d, Kellogg. Her son, Rev. Ezra B. Kellogg
(Episcopal), res. Gambia, Ohio.
MARTHA, m. James Hard; removed to Ohio; m. 2d, Canfield.
LUCY, m. Peter French of Hampden.
55. SAMUEL, b. March 19, 1758; d. Sept. 4, 1820.
56. EZRA, b. April 15, 1763; d. Jan. 8, 1817.
SARAH, m. Morse Leavenworth, Roxbury, Ct.
SYLVIA, m. Thomas Bull; children res. Columbus, Ohio.
57. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 23, 1766; d. June 7, 1833.
ESTHER, m. Henry (Joseph?) Mears; ch. res. Vt.
CLARA (Merilla?), m. Isaac Burton; ch. res. Manchester, Vt.
20. PETER4 (James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 20, 1714, O. S., Ridgefield, Ct.; m. Oct. 29, 1734, Mary Parish; m. 2d, Agnes Heaton, dau. John Tyler of Branford, Ct., and wid. Rev. Samuel Heaton, A. M., June 23, 1737. He res. North Salem, then a small settlement on the borders of Ct. Aug. 20, 1779, there was a meeting of church members residing in Upper Salem, Cortland's Manor, and other places adjacent, to consult as to the expediency of organizing a church. Peter Benedict was chosen moderator of the meeting. Peter Ferris, the husband of his dau. Hannah, was also present. On the 25th of the same month a church was organized, and Mr. Benedict was chosen Deacon. His two sons, Joel and Abner, were the first pastors of that little flock. His sons were all men of education. Abner grad. Yale college, and Joel, Nassau Hall. Peter entered Yale, but did not graduate, leaving to join the army, the family all being ardent whigs. He d. in 1787, aged 73. His wife d. in 1802, aged 88. A short time before his death he wrote a brief paper of exhortation to all his children of a most affectionate and devotional character, closing with his prayerful blessing, which is evidence of his real character and of the light that shone on his declining years: "Oh! Thou most blessed Being, Thou sovereign Disposer of Thine own mercies and blessings, I beseech Thee to bless these instructions, and bless my offspring to the latest posterity. And bless this society, and most gracious Sovereign bless this church, this little flock. Build it up in faith, love and kindness. And, oh! Thou Great Head of the Universe,
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I beseech Thee to build up Thy Kingdom, glorify everywhere Thy name, and fill the world with Thy knowledge and with Thy glory. Amen." Ch.
PETER, d. in Infancy. JOSIAH, d. in infancy.
MARY, b. Dec. 22, 1738; m. Nathan Smith.
58. ABNER, b. Nov. 9, 1740.
PHOEBE, b. Dec. 5, 1742; m. Thomas Lowrey.
59. Joel, b. Jan. 8, 1745. HANNAH, b. Feb. 20, 1748; m. Peter Ferris.
AGNES, b. Aug. 4, 1751; m. Daniel Purdy.
60. PETER, b. March 4, 1753.
21. JAMES4 (James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 19, 1719-20, Ridgefield, Ct.; m. May 8, 1740, Mary Blackman of Green Farms, Ct.; m. 2d, Jemima --; became a member of the Baptist church, Stamford, Ct., and was licensed by that church to preach the Gospel. Having received a call to become pastor of the church at the new settlement of Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., he removed to that place, and was ordained Nov. 17, 1766. Some time during the troubles of the war of the Revolution, he removed to Wyoming, Pa., and was, with his family, among the sufferers from the fearful massacre of the inhabitants of that place by the tories and Indians under the notorious Brandt. His influence and character as a preacher with the Indians, protected himself and family from personal injury at their hands, but his property was mostly lost or destroyed. After suffering great hardships he returned to the town of Warwick in the year 1777, where he resided until his death, Sept. 9, 1792. His wife died some time previously, and he had m. 3d, wid. Bross, who survived him, but of this third marriage there was no issue. His remains, and those of his first wife, rest in the old Baptist burying-ground near the village of Warwick, but no monument marks their graves. Their descendants form a numerous and highly respected portion of the citizens of Orange county. The memory of the "old Elder," as he is familiarly spoken of, is held in great esteem and veneration by the community at large, as well as by the church of which he was pastor. The following is an extract from its records: "Those who knew him, and yet survive, hold his memory in great respect, and say that it is blessed." Ch. b. Ridgefield, Ct.
MARY, b. March 31, 1741; m. James Grey.
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SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1743; m. Gideon Smith.
61. JAMES, b. May 8, 1745; d. Nov. 9, 1822.
62. JOHN, b. April 24, 1747.
JEMIMA, b. July 25, 1749; m. John Newberry; res. Warwick.
MARTHA, b. June 16, 1751; m. John Hampton; res. Scipio.
PHOEBE, b. Aug. 14, 1753; m. Abram Dolson.
63. WILLIAM, b. July 14, 1755.
ANNA, b. July 25, 1757; m. Calvin Bradner; res. Warwick.
64. JOSEPH, b. May 11, 1760; d. Jan 20, 1847.
22. JOHN4 (James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 3, 1726; m. Jan. 24, 1749-50, Esther, dau. Joseph Stebbins, b. 1724, who d. Feb. 10, 1814. He grad. Yale College, 1747. He was justice of the peace, 1777-1804; member of the legislature in 1755, '56, '59, '64, '77, and 79; was fifth Deacon of the church in Ridgefield, and officiated many years. We learn "that his mother meant him for the gown, but he chose another dress." Mr. S. G. Goodrich, in his Recollections (p. 223), thus presents the portrait of Deacon John Benedict: "He was a worthy old man, and enjoyed many claims to respect. He was not only a Deacon, but a justice of the peace, and respected the law, especially as it was administered in his own person. He was severe upon those who violated the statutes of the state, but one who violated the statutes of Deacon John Benedict, committed the unpardonable sin. He was the entire police of the meeting-house on Sunday, and not a boy or girl, or even a bumble bee, could offend, without condign punishment." He d. July 9, 1814. Ch. b. Ridgefield:
ESTHER, b. Jan. 12, 1751; d. young.
65. JOHN, b. March 7, 1753.
SARAH, b. March 7, 1753; m. Jabez Keeler.
66. ABIJAH, b. Feb. 22, 1755; d. March 2, 1818.
ESTHER, b. Feb. 25, 1757; m. Joab Smith.
DELIGHT, b. April 26, 1759; was a school teacher. Mr. S. G.
Goodrich says: "I was about six years old when I first went to
school. My teacher was Aunt Delight, that is, Delight Benedict,
a maiden lady of fifty, short and bent, of sallow complexion
and solemn aspect. Having no children of her own, she combed
and crammed the heads of other people's children, and in this
way she was eminently useful in her day and generation." (See
his Recollections, pp. 34, 35, 224.)
HANNAH, b. Feb. 28, 1762; m. Jonah Foster.
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23. THOMAS4 (James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 3, 1726; m. May 27, 1752, Jane Gunn; he settled on land between the Hoosick patent and Pittstown in the spring of 1779, and in August, 1785, had improved 600 acres, "on which there were some very good buildings and orchards." In 1781, he was one of two representatives of "Scorticook" to a convention which met at Cambridge, which proposed articles of union between the eastern and western districts of the New Hampshire grants. He d. in the district (Broadalbin), and was buried at Pittstown, N. Y. Ch. b. Ridgefield.
67. THOMAS, b. Feb. 27, 1753.
68. AARON, b. April 15, 1755; d. Jan. 30, 1845.
DARIUS, b. Dec. 6, 1758; Revolutionary soldier and pensioner;
adm'r app'd Sept. 21, 1844.
69. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 26, 1760.
70. JAMES, b. Aug. 12, 1762; d. July 18, 1849.
71. ISAAC OLIVER, b. Aug. 14, 1764; d. Oct. 24, 1845.
SARAH, b. March 18, 1766; m. Josiah Carpenter; moved, 1812,
to Chautauqua Co.
PHILIP LEWIS, b. Sept. 4, 1767; d. Oct. 4, 1767.
HANNAH, b. Jan. 9, 1769; m. Holt; res. near Troy.
MARY. ESTHER.
24. DAVID4 (Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), m. (Tabitha?); was grand juror and lister 1739-48; was prominent in church matters; the erection of a pew for his Honor, the Governor, to sit in, was left to a committee of the Prime Ancient Society in Norwalk, assembled Dec. 25, 1754, of which he was chairman. (Hall, p. 158.) Probably d. early in 1762, as his inventory is filed March 30, 1762; it amounted to œ440 11s. 6d. His wid. probably survived, as Tabitha Benedict was chosen guardian by his children David, Tabitha and Sarah. Ch.
72. JESSE, b. about 1740; d. after 1786. TABITHA. SARAH.
DAVID. He is mentioned in his grandfather's will made in 1763.
25. JOHN4 (Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), m. Elizabeth --; d. 1789; was pounder, tythingman and lister between 1735-65. His will was made May 24, 1787; proved Aug. 31, 1789. Inventory showed œ106 10s. 4d. Ch. b. Norwalk.
73. ENOCH.
74. ABRAHAM.
MARY, m. Stephen Gregory. ELIZABETH, m. Thomas Hays.
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SARAH, b. June 15, 1752; m. William Bouton, Feb. 15, 1769; d.
Aug. 26, 1844. Mr. Bouton, b. Jan. 16, 1749, was son of
Joseph, son of Jachin, son of John, son of John, an original
settler in Norwalk, 1651. He d. May 31, 1828. (Hall, pp.
306-7.) Rev. Nathaniel Bouton, D. D., their son, b. June 20,
1799; grad. of Yale, 1821; Andover Theol. Sem. 1824; pastor
of 1st Cong. church Concord, N. H., from March, 1825-1867.
He delivered, July 9, 1851, in the first Cong. church, Norwalk,
an historical discourse in commemoration of the 200th anniversary
of the settlement of Norwalk, Ct. Res. at Concord, N. H.,
and is engaged in editing state papers. His eldest son N. Sherman
Bouton of Chicago, Ill., was Brig. Quar. Mast. in an Ill.
Regt., and was in the battles at Stone River, Chattanooga and
Chickamauga; his second son, John B. Bouton, grad. D. C.,
1849, and is chief editor of New York Journal of Commerce.
26. THOMAS4 (Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. about 1720; m. Abigail (Scrivener?), about 1740-41; was grand juror, surveyor, tything-man and fence viewer between 1745-59. He d. about the close of 1760, and his widow was probably deceased before Dec. 7, 1762, as the ch. then had guardians appointed for them in her place. The inventory of his estate amounting to œ247 18s. od., was approved March 3, 1761; and distribution among his nine children, b. Norwalk, Ct., was ordered accepted July 5, 1763. Ch.
75. STEPHEN, b. March 28, 1743; d. March 10, 1835.
76. URIAH, b. Feb. 15, 1745; d. Feb. 25, 1800.
BETTY, b. 174-; d. 1765; her brother Stephen appointed administrator
of her estate, April 10, 1765.
ELIAS, b. 174-; d. 1772; inventory of his estate dated Feb. 9, 1772.
PHOEBE, b. Dec. 14, 1748; m. Gershom Morehouse; d. March
6, 1835; Gershom Morehouse appointed 1st Lieut., Ct. Continental
Regt. in 1776.
ABIGAIL, b. 1752; m. Nov. 19, 1776, Hezekiah Gregory of
Danbury; removed to Milton, Saratoga Co., in 1790, and settled
March, 1793, in New Lisbon, Otsego Co., and d. Nov. 2, 1834,
aged 82. She d. July 12, 1836. Their son, Rev. Seth Gregory,
d. Dec. 17, 1869.
MOSES (his descendants, if any, not ascertained).
77. THOMAS, b. Sept. 28, 1858; d. RUTH.
27. Capt. DANIEL5 (John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. about 172-; m. Phoebe --, b. 1723, and d. 1815. They were members of New Canaan church 1750. He was known as "captain," and d. early in 1777, in the Sugar House (?).
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His will was made Oct. 9, 1776, and proved March 3, 1777. The inventory of his estate, filed June 21, 1779, footed œ357 3s. 2d. Ch. all b. New Canaan.
78. DANIEL, b. probably 174-; d. 1779, Fort Ann.
AZARIAH, bap. Nov. 18, 1750; d. young.
79. JOHN, bap. Feb. 2, 1752; d. 1809-11.
PHOEBE, bap. Oct. 6, 1754.
AZARIAH, bap. June 12, 1757. No knowledge of descendants, if
any; an Azariah Benedict joined New Canaan church May 11,
1783; sold his homestead Feb. 7, 1785; a private in Hunt's Co.
Wessenfel's Reg't., in 1782.
ANNE, bap. Nov. 4, 1759. ELIZABETH, bap. June 6, 1762.
ASENATH, bap. Aug. 26, 1764; m. -- Wood; res. Saratoga Co.
MARY, bap. May 10, 1767.
ERI, bap. April 15, 1770; m.; moved to Greenfield, Saratoga Co.,
with his brother John, and was living there April 17, 1799;
thence he went to Nine Mile Creek, Onondaga Co., and may
have finally settled in Michigan. He had a dau. Maria and
probably other ch. Maria m. and went to Texas.
MARY, bap. Jan. 22, 1775.
28. JOHN5 (John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 11, 1724; m. June 12, 1746, Mary, dau. of Samuel4 (4) Benedict, who was b. June 14, 1728, and d. Dec. 17, 1800. He joined New Canaan church July 15, 1744, of which he became a Deacon. She joined church Oct. 4, 1747. In 1803 he removed to Walton, Delaware Co., where he d. Jan., 1807. Ch.
MARY, bap. Dec. 13, 1747; m. Feb. 6, 1765, Ezra5 (35) Benedict.
REBECCA, bap. Oct. 20, 1751; d. unm.
DINAH, bap. June 17, 1753. RACHEL, bap. Sept. 26, 1757.
BETSEY, m. Jehial Weed. JOHN, d. young.
29. Col. JOSEPH5 (John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. May 20, 1730, O. S.; m. Keziah Wood, Nov. 22, 1750; she d. Sept. 23, 1817. Moved to South Salem, West Co., between 1757 and 1759. He was appointed Capt., 2d Co., 4th N. Y. Continental Regt., June 28, 1775. Promoted Major in 1777, and Lieut.-Col. of Regt. of Associated Exempts, March 4, 1780. (See Force's Am. Arch., vol. II, pp. 373 and 384; Journal Prov. Congress, vol. I, pp. 84, 91, and vol. II, p. 218; O'Callaghan's Rev. Papers, vol. I, p. 108, and vol. II, pp. 41, 43). Appointed justice of the peace, Feb., '78, Sept., '80, and Oct., '83. Member of assembly 1778 and '79. For land grants in which he was interested, see Cal. N. Y. State Historical
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MSS. (English), pp. 651, 770, 779, 795, 810. He d. Aug. 24, 1785. Ch.
80. JOSEPH, b. New Canaan, Oct. 11, 1750; d. April 13, 1841.
81. NATHAN, b. N. C., March 9, 1753; d. Jan. 31, 1803.
82. ENOCH, b. N. C., March 26, 1755; d. Jan. 18, 1833.
HANNAH, b. N. C., March 16, 1757; m. Solomon5 (45) Benedict;
m. 2d, Lebbeus Mead; d. Feb. 28, 1802.
RHODA, b. South Salem, Aug. 30, 1859; m. Stephen Northrop; d.
Aug. 23, 1842.
83. TIMOTHY, b. Jan. 24, 1762; d. Sept. 11, 1830.
BETSEY, b. April 4, 1764; d. April 11, 1785.
KEZIAH, b. July 18, 1766; m. Sept 25, 1791, Joseph Webster.
84. JARED, b. Nov. 15, 1768; d. Sept. 15, 1842.
JOHN, b. Oct. 14, 1770; d. Feb. 4, 1775.
85. STEPHEN, b. June 4, 1773; d. Dec. 23, 1851.
30. HEZEKIAH5 (John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), bap. Oct. 23, 1737; m. April 5, 1759, Rachel, dau. Samuel4 (4) Benedict, b. June 24, 1739; m. 2d, Martha, dau. Jonathan Bell of Stamford, Nov. 10, 1763. They joined, April 28, 1765, the New Canaan church. Martha d. Feb. 11, 1804, aged 66. Grand juror, surveyor and lister between 1768-72. He lived and d. July 11, 1813, at Brushy Hill, New Canaan, on The Homestead. Ch.
RACHEL, bap. Sept. 30, 1759.
DORCAS, bap. Aug. 2, 1762; d. July 3, 1791.
HEZEKIAH, bap. Oct. 5, 1764; d. New Canaan.
MARTHA, bap. April 6, 1766; m. Nov. 12, 1793, Daniel Weed
of N. C. (Hall, p. 263).
DINAH, bap. Sept. 20, 1767; m. Capt. Eliakim Smith of Norwalk.
JONATHAN, bap. Feb. 12, 1769. EUNICE, bap. Nov. 11, 1770.
RACHEL, bap. Sept. 20, 1772. EUNICE, bap. May 20, 1774; m.
Oct. 17, 1816, Adoniram Skeele of Durham.
ELIZABETH, bap. April 7, 1776; m. March 26, 1810, Deacon
Seth Hickok of N. C.
86. JONATHAN BELL, b. March 4, 1778.
87. JOHN, b. March 15, 1780.
SALLY, b. May 4, 1782; m. Jacob Weed of Stamford; d. near
Albany.
31. MATTHEW5 (Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 28, 1728; m. Elizabeth Pomeroy, Nov. 6, 1758, who d. Nov. 8, 1762; m. 2d, Abigail Silsby, Aug. 17, 1763, who d. Feb. 26, 1813; he removed from Ridgefield to West Stockbridge,
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Mass., about 1773, where he d. Dec. 30, 1777; will proved Jan. 5, 1779. (Lenox Records.) Ch.
MATTHEW, b. Oct. 6, 1758; d. Oct. 8, 1759.
88. MATTHEW, b. Nov. 23, 1760; d. Jan. 28, 1825.
ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 31, 1762.
89. JOHN, b. May 1, 1764; d. Nov. 20, 1833.
ELIJAH, b. -- 17, 1766; d. April 18, 1770.
ANNA, b. Feb. 28, 1768.
ELIJAH, b. April, 1770; d. March 1, 1772.
DAVID, b. Feb. 14, 1772; d. Aug. 9, 1777.
SARAH, b. July 11, 1774.
90. JONATHAN, b. Sept. 26, 1776; d. July 29, 1863.
32. JESSE5 (Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 2, 1735; m. Sept. 15, 1756, Mehitable, dau. Gamaliel and Mary (Dauchy) Northrop, b. June 16, 1737, and d. Dec. 11, 1804; lived and d. Ridgefield, Sept. 2, 1805. Ch.
ELIZABETH, b. June 16, 1757; m. Jasper Mead of Troy; d. Dec.
30, 1837.
91. JESSE, b. Dec. 13, 1758; d. July 3, 1826.
92. GAMALIEL, b. Nov. 9, 1760; d. June 20, 1835.
MEHITABLE, b. Sept. 11, 1762; m. Severus Deering(?) of Brookfield;
d, Jan. 24, 1842.
93. EZRA, b. April 8, 1764; d. Dec. 30, 1840.
RUTH, b. Sept. 6, 1766; m. Matthew Keeler; d. Nov. 28, 1836.
94. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 17, 1770; d. July 28, 1838.
95. BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 17, 1770; d. July 13, 1847.
96. THADDEUS, b. Jan. 7, 1772; d. Aug. 31, 1828.
97. LEWIS, b. Dec. 6, 1773; d. Sept. 7, 1830.
HANNAH S., b. Jan. 4, 1779; m. Platt Raymond, Norwalk; d.
April 7, 1844.
33. CALEB5 (Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), bap. Dec. 28, 1740; m. Deborah St. John, January 28, 1760; m. 2d, Hannah Pennoyer, January, 1786, who d. 1806; will proved March 26, 1806. He d. May 6, 1812. Ch. all b. New Canaan.
98. CALEB, bap. April 18, 1762; d. Sept. 21, 1822, Walton.
SILAS, bap. Nov. 27, 1763; m. Oct. 22, 1785, Mercy, dau. of
Matthew and Mary (Lockwood) Hoyt, b. Aug 17, 1765, d.
Nov. 17, 1837; settled in Walton, Delaware county, about
1790; no issue. He d. July 17, 1835.
DEBORAH, bap. Dec. 8, 1765; m. Eleazer Bouton Jr., Jan. 22,
1786.
ELIZABETH, bap. Nov. 1, 1767; m. Lindal Fitch and settled in
Walton about 1790.
MEHITABLE, bap. Nov. 5, 1769; m. Daniel Weed.
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99. EZRA, bap. June 5, 1774; d. Dec. 27, 1846.
100. AARON, b. Sept. 19, 1777; d. Nov. 26, 1849.
101. MATTHIAS, b. March 23, 1782; d. Oct. 18, 1831.
MARY, m. Henry Seymour, Nov. 28, 1799; d. in New York.
102. TROWBRIDGE, b. July 20, 1784; d. Nov. 21, 1869.
34. JAMES5 (Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), bap. Dec. 18, 1743; m. May 5, 1763, Thankful, dau. of Ephraim and Thankful (Grummon) Lockwood, b. March 24, 1745 (Hall, pp. 184 and 215), and d. June 17, 1838.
NEHEMIAH, b. April 16, 1764; d. Nov. 7, 1765.
103. NEHEMIAH, b. Dec. 29, 1765; d. April 26, 1819.
104. JAMES, b. Nov. 24, 1767.
RUTH, b. May 28, 1769; d. Aug. 17, 1770.
105. MATTHEW, b. Oct. 29, 1770.
DAVID, b. Sept. 22, 1772.
106. DAVID, b. April 7, 1774.
107. BILLY, b. March 7, 1777.
108. LOCKWOOD, b. March 29, 1779. THANKFUL, b. July 10, 1781;
m. Feb. 8, 1800, Jos. Bouton Hoyt; d. Oct. 27, 1844.
109. CALEB, b. July 6, 1783; d. Dec. 12, 1861.
RUTH, bap. Jan. 12, 1785; m. May 5, 1803, Jacob Reed, and
res. North Wilton, Ct.
35. Lieut. EZRA5 (Caleb,4 John,4 John,2 Thomas1), bap. May 27, 1746; m. Feb. 6, 1765-6, Mary, dau. John5 (28) Benedict, bap. Dec. 13, 1747, and d. July 9, 1829. He was appointed ensign, May, 1777. In 1780 he served as ensign (2d lieut.) in Capt. D. Olmstead's Co. (Col. Beebe's Regt.), on the lines near Horseneck, skirmishing with Delancey's Horse. (Hinman, Conn. in the Rev., p. 277.) Moved to Walton, Delaware Co., 1797. He d. Sept. 11, 1832. Ch.
JEMIMA, b. July 9, 1766; m. Thaddeus Hoyt, Oct. 29, 1785.
JOHN, bap. May 1, 1768; d. Sept. 23, 1778.
MARY, b. Feb. 8, 1770; lived to old age, unmarried.
DINAH, b. Jan. 26, 1773; m. Oct. 9, 1803, Jared Ayres.
ANNA, b. Dec. 31, 1774; m. Jan. 7, 1805, Cook St. John, 2d
wife (Hall, p. 245), and d. June 9, 1850. Mr. St. John was
b. June 1, 1773, and is living at Walton.
REBECCA, b. March 7, 1779; lived to old age, unmarried.
RACHEL, b. Feb. 12, 1781; d. Aug. 27, 1785.
CYNTHIA, b. Oct. 26, 1782; m. March 30, 1800, Rufus Fancher
ESTHER, b. Aug. 29, 1784; m. Nathaniel Steele, Delhi.
JOHN, b. Oct. 31, 1786; d. Aug. 27, 1789.
110. EZRA, b. Oct. 2, 1789.
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36. Capt. BENJAMIN5 (Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 21, 1755, New Canaan, Ct.; m. Mar. 27, 1775, Elizabeth, dau. Abijah Gilbert, who d. Nov. 25, 1838. "Capt. Benedict removed to So. Salem before 1776, and finally settled at Patterson, near the close of the last century. Here he became a member of the Presb. church, and held the office of Deacon for many years. During the Revolutionary War he performed considerable service in the American army. He served at least one enlistment in the Continental army, in the campaign of 1777, on the northern frontier; but the most of his service was rendered in the county of his residence (Westchester). Living near what was then called the 'lines,' or 'neutral ground' between the British army in N. Y. city, and the American armies in the interior, they were constantly in danger from the raids of the British army, and the depredations of 'Cow-boys,' as they were called. He belonged to a company of organized militia, called 'minute-men,' who were obliged to be in readiness to march at a moment's notice, and in this capacity did much service. He was a member of the guard over Major AndrŠ, during a portion of the time of his confinement, trial and execution." He was appointed Ensign, May 4, 1780; Lieut., June 24, 1786, and Captain, March 8, 1791. He d. Patterson, Oct. 17, 1832. His ch. all b. So. Salem.
ANNE, b. Nov. 23, 1776; m. Alexander Douglass; d. Hebron, Ill.
111. STEPHEN, b. Dec. 19, 1778. RUTH, b. Oct. 3, 1784; m. Thaddeus
N. Sturgis; d. Tonawanda.
ELLEN, b. Dec. 30, 1787; d. April 8, 1864, Patterson.
112. ABIJAH GILBERT, b. Nov. 13, 1790.
113. BENJAMIN BRUSH, b. June 21, 1801.
37. NATHANIEL5 (Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 26, 1744; m. June 6, 1758, Anah Raymond, b. 1750, and d. Feb. 26, 1792; m. 2d, April 2, 1794, Hannah Selleck, b. 1755, and d. Sept., 1800. Justice of the peace from May, 1777-9; surveyor, 1768 and '76; grand juror, 1774 and '78. He d. Feb. 24, 1833. Ch.
MARY, b. March 23, 1770; m. Nov. 19, 1792, John Eversley
Jr. (Hall, p. 283.)
114. ANDREW, b. June 21, 1772.
115. NATHANIEL, b. July 17, 1774; d. May 20, 1834.
116. SIMEON, b. Sept. 12, 1776.
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117. RAYMOND, b. April 2, 1779.
118. ASA, b. July 7, 1781.
119. URIAH, b. Sept. 13, 1782.
ANAH, b. July 4, 1789; m. Levi Scribner; rem. to Wilton, Ct.
HANNAH, m. Nathaniel Furnald; d.
ALFRED, b. May 7, 1791; d.
38. ISAAC5 (Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. June 26, 1751 (O. S.), Norwalk, Ct.; m. Oct. 13, 1773, Jane, dau. of Samuel Raymond of Norwalk, b. 1753, and d. Jan. 26, 1794; m. 2d, Aug. 19, 1794, Mary, dau. of Deodate Davenport, b. June 2, 1764, and d. Sept. 17, 1836. "Soon after his marriage he removed to New Canaan and settled upon a farm which he cultivated with his own hands for sixty years. For some time he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (pensioner); held several public offices in the community; for fifty-nine years a member of the Cong. church, and an efficient Deacon in the same for thirty-six years. He possessed great meekness and gentleness of disposition. His deep interest in the welfare of his country, and in all that appertained to the prosperity of the cause of the Redeemer, led him to make willing contributions, both of his money and services, to the cause of Christian benevolence. The poor found in him a steadfast friend, and to the church he was both an ornament and pillar. Both his corporeal and mental powers remained unimpaired till almost the close of his honorable and useful life, and his end was peace. He d. May 17, 1840, in his 90th year, having reached exactly the age of both his father and grandfather. An appropriate discourse was delivered upon the occasion of his funeral, by his pastor, Rev. Theophilus Smith, from Gen. xxxv, 29. 'And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days.'" Ch.
120. ISAAC, b. July 13, 1774; d. Oct. 3, 1846, Norwalk, Ohio.
GOULD, b. Feb. 4, 1776; m. Sept. 30, 1801, Betsey, dau. Moses
Foote Sr., one of the first settlers of Clinton, who d. April 2,
1846, aged 69; m. 2d, Mrs. Melinda Comstock, b. about 1799,
and d. Aug. 27, 1853. "In 1797 he started, with his older
brother Isaac, on a tour of exploration and inquiry to central
New York, then the "far west," and was so well pleased with
Clinton, Oneida Co., that in the following spring he fixed upon
that town as a place of settlement. He was a carpenter, and
erected many of the best houses in the village of Clinton. In
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1812 he removed to Lennox, and opened a public house in that
part of the town known as Quality Hill. At the close of the
war he returned to Clinton, and was employed for two years as
college steward, keeping 'commons' in the building now used for
the mineralogical cabinet. He made a profession of religion in
1820, and was chosen Deacon in 1844 (Cong. church). He
was active and efficient in all matters which concerned the welfare
of the church and the community. He was a diligent
teacher in the sabbath-school, and liberal in his gifts to objects
of philanthropy and benevolence. He was not a man of many
words, but his testimony was never wanting on the side of virtue
and religion. Deacon Benedict continued his habits of activity
up to old age. He d. Aug. 7, 1868, aged 92 years, 6 months
and 3 days. Mrs. Benedict, his 2d wife, was a valued and
faithful member of the church. With a discreet and reliable
judgment, and firmness and energy of purpose, she blended a
conciliatory deportment, prudence, and practical wisdom. Of
great equanimity and uniformity of temper and disposition, she
was eminently fitted to be useful. These qualities were sanctified
and consecrated by divine grace. She died in the exercise
of an humble faith, after a long and tedious illness."
--, b. Nov. 22, 1777, and d.
SAMUEL R., b. Aug. 22, 1779; d. March 12, 1794.
ABIGAIL, b. July 24, 1781; m. Sept. 12, 1802, William Davenport
of New Canaan, who was b. March 25, 1781, in Stamford, Ct.
"Mrs. D. was a woman of much native energy, blended with
great mildness and gentleness of character. Her piety was of a
cheerful cast, lightening every burden of life, sustaining the heart
under trial, sanctifying affliction and rendering the future ever
bright and joyous through the power of divine faith and love.
* * * It was in the private circle of home that her virtues
shone most brightly. With a strong faith in the promises of
God to parental faithfulness, she labored diligently and prayerfully
to inspire her children with honorable and right impulses,
and to train them up for usefulness and for heaven. * * *
After weeks of painful suffering, which she bore with Christian
resignation, she sank to rest, Oct. 9, 1839." (Davenport Family,
p. 255.) Their son, A. Benedict Davenport, Esq., author
of a History and Genealogy of the Davenport Family, was for
many years the principal of a private school in Brooklyn. He
is at present professionally engaged in the law and in real estate
in Brooklyn.
121. OBADIAH M., b, Aug. 19, 1783.
122. LEWIS, b. Sept. 27, 1785.
LORANA, b. Sept. 7, 1787; d. Jan. 13, 1793.
123. AMZI, b. May 19, 1791.
LORANA, b. Dec. 7, 1795; m. Nov. 23, 1843, Emory Whitlock;
d. Dec., 1868.
MARY SEELYE, bap. Sept. 2, 1797.
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39. NATHAN5 (Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 10, 1764; m. May 6, 1795, Susannah Sammis, Huntington, L. I., b. March 15, 1765, and d. April 13, 1836. He d. Feb. 3, 1832. Ch.
124. JAMES, b. Oct. 16, 1797.
WILLIAM SAMMIS, b. April 23, 1799; d. Dec., 1822.
NATHAN, b. Aug. 29, 1802; m. Mary P., dau. Ebenezer and Olive
Chichester, b. 1806, and d. Sept. 5, 1837. He d. March 13,
1861, Ohio. Ch.
Henry Chichester, b. 1831; d. Feb. 4, 1866, Claremont, O.
Amelia, d. young.
Gilbert Chichester, d. April 9, 18--, aged 23, at C.
MARY S., b. May 3, 1805; res. Norwalk, Ct.
40. JOHN5 (Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 3, 1770; m. April 4, 1792, Jane, dau. Samuel Raymond of Norwalk, b. 1774, and d. April 22, 1828. He d. Ch.
ALFRED, b. Dec. 27, 1793; m. 1819, Martha, dau. Samuel and
Jane Cooper of Stillwater, who d. Feb. 8, 1848; m. 2d, May
20, 1852, Emily, dau. Luther and Tamer (Rand) Hulbert of
Saratoga Springs, b. Nov. 4, 1814. Res. Saratoga Springs. Ch.
John Henry, b. 1824; d. 1829.
125. HENRY, b. Jan. 22, 1796; d. July 18, 1868.
BETSEY, b. Aug. 17, 1799; m. Rev. Xenophon Betts, Aug. 27,
1829 (Hall, p. 295); d. March 19, 1838.
ANSON, b. Nov. 21, 1801; m. Sept. 27, 1835, Charlotte, dau.
Thomas and Mary (Jeffreys) Hoskins, b. March 14, 1812,
Stillwater. Res. Saratoga Springs. Ch.
Catharine A., b. Dec. 29, 1836; m. April 17, 1866, Hon.
John C. Hulbert, Saratoga Springs.
Mary J., b. March 28, 1839; d. May 12, 1841.
Mary J., b. Aug. 29, 1841; d. July 18, 1853.
JOHN, b. April 14, 1804; d. unm.
JANE A., b. Dec. 27, 1806; m. Rev. Xenophon Betts, Nov. 7, 1838.
SAMUEL RAYMOND, b. Aug. 25, 1809; m. Loretta, dau. Abigail
Belden of Haverstraw, b. June 6, 1813, and d. July 23, 1849;
res. Brooklyn. Ch.
Charles Henry, b. June 9, 1836; d. Nov. 18, 1838.
George Raymond, b. Jan. 17, 1838; d. May 10, 1849.
Louisa J., b. Feb. 15, 1840; m. April 25, 1867, Edwin M.
Merritt.
Samuel Belden, b. April 8, 1842; d. Nov. 25, 1865.
Mary E., b. Dec. 10, 1844; d. Dec. 24, 1844.
Eliza A., b. July 15, 1846; d. Sept. 25, 1865.
Henry Clay, b. July 16, 1848; res. Kansas.
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HARRIET, b. Feb. 2, 1812; m. Nov. 9, 1839, John Merritt; res.
South Norwalk.
AMANDA, b. Aug. 30, 1818; m. George, son of Asa6 (118) Benedict.
41. JOHN5 (Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. New Milford, Ct., probably not far from 1740; m. twice; names of wives unknown. He appears to have settled early in Amenia, Dutchess Co., and is among the signers of the Revolutionary Pledge in 1775. His will, made Aug. 30, 1807, mentions sons Noah, William, Samuel and Allen and dau. Betty. He d. between Aug., 1807, and the recording of his will, Jan. 20, 1808. His ch. b. Amenia. Ch.
126. JAMES, b. Aug. 3, 1780; d. Dec. 6, 1864.
NOAH, a miller by occupation, Norwich, Chenango Co.; killed at
the battle of Queenstown Heights, in war 1812; was unm.
WILLIAM, m. Sarah Anson; d. at Amenia; no issue.
127. ALLEN, b. July 6, 1792.
LEWIS, was well educated, and a teacher in different parts of
New York, until a short time before his death, which occurred
about 1837 (?), at Tioga or Owego.
BETSEY, m. Asa Hubbell of Amenia.
SAMUEL, m. Martha Hubbell, b. in Connecticut, and d. Feb., 1855.
He d. Feb., 1855, Woodstock. Ch.
Caroline, m. Cyrenus Wood of Topeka, Kansas. Charles,
res. Wis.; m., has number of ch. Betsy, m. Ringe; res.
Homer. Silas, res. Brookdale, Pa. Jane, m. Smith; res.
Truxton. Harriet, d. De Ruyter. Sarah, d. De Ruyter.
Lucy, m. Filmore; res. Manlius. Mary, m. Rice; res.
Kansas.
John H., b. Aug. 12, 1826, New Woodstock; m. Margaret
M., dau. Stephen Mills of Schoharie Co., who was b.
1827. Ch.
I. John Henry, b. Sept. 8, 1852, Wis.
II. Mattie E., b. Sept. 5, 1855.
III. Emma L., b. April 26, 1857.
IV. Clara E., b. Dec. 11, 1861.
V. Margaret R., b. Oct. 19, 1865.
42. BENJAMIN5 (Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 28, 1757; m. Dec. 7, 1780, Mary, dau. Capt. Timothy Moses of North Canaan, who was b. Aug. 19, 1761, and d. Sept. 25, 1839; he d. Oct. 13, 1828, Canaan, Ct. Ch. all b. Canaan. Ch.
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128. MOSES, b. Sept. 4, 1782; d. May 27, 1863.
129. BENJAMIN, b. May 26, 1784; d. Dec. 8, 1833.
SAMUEL, b. May 23, 1786; m. May 14, 1809, Clarissa Bills, who
survived him and married 2d, Wm. Newell of Stamford, and d.;
he d. Feb. 13, 1834.
SARAH, b. July 5, 1788; d. Sept. 5, 1791.
THANKFUL, b. Aug. 29, 1791; m. Mar. 28, 1815, Daniel Spaulding.
HANNAH, b. Feb. 19, 1793; m. April 3, 1811; Daniel Spaulding
(first wife); d. March 12, 1814.
130. TIMOTHY, b. May 25, 1795. PHOEBE, b. Jan. 19, 1798; m. Feb.
28, 1817, John Watrous Mead of Canaan, Ct.; d. June 28, 1859.
JOHN, b. Nov. 28, 1801; m. March 12, 1820, Nancy Stevens; d.
Oct. 5, 1830; wid. m. 2d, Alex. Roraback of Canaan Valley,
Ct., and d. about 1864.
JAMES KNOX, b. Nov. 24, 1807; d. April 19, 1828.
43. DANIEL5 (Daniel,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. April 22, 1741-2, Ridgefield; m. July 28, 1774, Mary, dau. Timothy Wood of Warwick, where he lived and d. Dec. 23, 1822. He appears to have possessed and improved land in Warwick, prior to July 25, 1782. (Cal. N. Y. Hist. MSS. [English], p. 835). Ch.
PHOEBE, b. April 19, 1775; d. Aug. 14, 1776.
WALLACE, b. July 27, 1776; m. March 17, 1779, Rachel Depew;
settled Indiana, 1839; d. Ch. Peter. Sarah. Ruth. Daniel.
Rachel.
HANNAH, b. Nov. 22, 1777; m. 1802, John Smith.
MARY, b. July 27, 1779; m. 1801, Isaac Blauvelt.
RUTH, b. Sept. 3, 1781; m. Daniel Smith.
BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 3, 1781; m. Milla Green, b. Oct. 21, 1785.
He went to Indiana in 1839, and d. Aug. 31, 1866. Ch.
Thomas, b. May 2, 1811. William, b. Oct. 28, 1812.
Marcia, b. Sept. 27, 1808. Sarah A., b. Nov. 7, 1814.
John, b. July 11, 1819. Rachel, b. March 17, 1826.
Almeda, b. March 25, 1828.
131. DANIEL, b. July 30, 1783; d. Oct. 1, 1863.
132. THOMAS, b. March 13, 1785.
133. JOHN, b. Dec. 7, 1787; d. June 2, 1862.
134. JAMES, b. April 24, 1791. RACHEL, b. Nov. 3, 1796.
44. ISAAC5 (Amos,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 7, 1746; m. May, 1769, Elizabeth Burchard of Wilton, b. Sept., 1744, and d. Dec., 1832; he d. Aug. 10, 1813; lived in South Salem, where his ch. were b. Ch.
ADAH, b. May 24, 1772; m. Thomas Baxter.
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ELIZABETH, b. May 24, 1774; m. Samuel Townsend of North
Salem; d. 1828. HULDAH, b. March 19, 1779; m. Isaac
Gage of Benton; d. April, 1833.
135. ISAAC, b. June 24, 1781; d. Jan. 25, 1858.
NANCY, b. Sept. 26, 1783; m. Daniel Purdy; d. at the west.
ESTHER, b. July 15, 1786; m. Sept. 27, 1804, Eri Mead of South
Salem; d. April 15, 1833.
45. SOLOMON5 (Amos,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), m. Hannah, dau. Joseph5 (29) Benedict. Died of small-pox in the army, Jan., 1777. Ch.
136. SOLOMON, b. Dec. 9, 1776, S. Salem; d. April 7, 1803, Ridgefield.
46. JACOB5 (Amos,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. 1751; m. 1782, Dorcas Roscoe, b. 1761, and d. 1813. He d. 1810, at South East, where all his ch. were b. Will recorded Oct. 30, 1811. Ch.
ESTHER, m. Reynolds.
HANNAH, m. Reynolds; removed to the vicinity of Cleveland, O.
MARTHA, m. 1809, Genung of South East.
DORCAS, m. Robert Bunton; res. Summerstown.
BENJAMIN, b. about 1792; d. 1810.
SARAH, m. Griffin, 1820; res. Bedford.
ABIGAIL, m. 1821, Gregory of Westchester Co.
THERESA, b. 1802; m. 1824, Nehemiah Wood of South East.
NANCY, b. 1804; m. 1828, Reynolds of Bedford.
137. AMOS, b. Jan. 19, 1806.
47. JONAH5 (Amos,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 7, 1762; m. Molly, dau. Daniel Lockwood of Poundridge; d. Feb. 26, 1826, S. Salem. She d. May 2, 1853. Ch.
PETER, b. Dec. 26, 1788; m. Feb. 23, 1811, Betsey, dau. Caleb
Smith of N. Salem. Ch.
Polly, b. Dec. 25, 1812; m. Dec. 29, 1830, Ebenezer Wood
of S. Salem. Loretta, b. Sept. 12, 1816; m. Nov. 28,
1837, Henry Keeler of S. Salem. Jonah S., b. Oct. 18,
1825; m. June 24, 1863, Mary F., dau. Simeon Brady.
George L., b. Aug. 15, 1828; d. Feb. 10, 1865.
48. LEWIS5 (Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. June 25, 1754; m. April 13, 1775, Jemima Newman, b. Nov. 13, 1752, and d. Aug. 7, 1831; he d. July 21, 1827. He served, 1780, in Delevan's Dragoons. He captured a British soldier who had accompanied the "Cow-boys" who murdered a Mr. Pelham, and took from him a Queen's arm and a carved powderhorn,
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which are now in the possession of his descendants. Ch. all b. So. Salem:
PHOEBE, b. Jan. 28, 1776.
NANCY, b. Jan. 28, 1777; m. Stephen Avery; d. Jan. 14, 1849.
LYDIA, b. April 30, 1779; m. John Bigelow.
138. JOSEPH, b. July 10, 1781; d. Oct. 27, 1818.
139. DAVID, b. Aug. 2, 1783; d. June 23, 1861.
SUSANNAH, b. March 31, 1786; m. David Bigelow; d. Aug. 4,
1840. ANNA, b. Oct. 9, 1788; m. Crissey; d. Sept. 6, 1850.
LEWIS, b. June 17, 1791; m. Oct. 21, 1807, Betsey, dau. Classon,
b. Oct. 23, 1795; he d. Kensico, March 7, 1855. Ch.
Annis J., b. Nov. 21, 1818, Cross River; m. Nov. 21,
1836, Erastus Richards; res. Newcastle.
Jeremiah, b. 1821; m. Sept. 11, 1850, Almira Palmer; res.
North Castle.
I. Lewis C., b. Oct. 25, 1856; d. June, 1864.
II. Arthur P., b. June 17, 1858.
JEMIMA, b. Sept. 28, 1793; m. Joseph Bishop; d. West Grove, Ill.
SALLY M., b. Feb. 26, 1797; d. Oct. 14, 1811.
49. AMBROSE5 (Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), was a drummer 7th Co., Drake's (2d) Regt., 1777, in the Revolution. Received 600 acres of land in Homer, as a state gratuity for full term of service, 3 years. He came to Ridgefield from So. Salem, with his wife Amy (Seward?). Ch.
AMBROSE Jr., m. Sally Rowe, by whom he had six ch.; m. 2d,
Elizabeth Squires, by whom he had one ch.; m. 3d, Urania Hawley,
by whom he had one ch.; he d. March 10, 1854. Ch.
I. Daniel, b. 1806; d. Jan. 8, 1826.
II. Sally A., b. 1807; d.
III. Timothy Sanford--from Ct. Census, 1865--res. Weston,
Ct. Timothy S., aged 53; Amity, wife, aged 46. Ch.
Amanda, 14; Stephen W., 11; Lorinda, 8.
IV. Aaron Silas, b. 1811; m. 1852, Elizabeth, dau. Amos and
Charlotte (Baldwin) Beecher, b. May 18, 1826, Woodbridge,
Ct., and accidentally burned to death Dec. 20,
1859. He d. Nov. 28, 1858. Ch. Isabella F., b.
Feb. 16, 1854. Alice, b. July, 1855. Gertrude E., b.
Sept., 1857. Res. Woodbridge, Ct.
V. Grace, d. VI. Mary, d. VII. Arietta.
VIII. Daniel B., last res. Ridgefield, Ct.
PHOEBE, and another dau.; one m. Gamaliel Hoyt of Poundridge,
the other, Dennis Casey of Ridgefield.
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50. ELIJAH5 (Gideon,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan., 1741; m. at New Milford, Ct., Mabel Hurlbut; settled Pollitt, Vt., before the Revolution, and having taken the King's side he lost his property and went to Montreal, Canada, with a part of his family. After the close of the war he returned to Underhill, Vt., and bought a large tract of land, where he lived and kept a tavern for twenty years. He was noted for his benevolence; religious meetings were held at his house where Lorenzo Dow preached for the first two years of his ministerial life. The house in which he lived and died is still occupied by his descendants. His wife d. 1814, at Peru; he d. Jan., 1811. Ch.
140. MOSES, b. April 4, 1764; d. May 4, 1822.
GIDEON, at the age of 22 was last heard from in the West Indies,
whither he had gone with a ship load of horses. He was a
young man of fine talents; unm.
MABEL, m. Samuel Parks, a merchant of Montreal.
ELNATHAN, d. aged 22.
ANNA, m. John Peck of Waterbury, Vt., in 1779; d. 1829. Mr.
Peck was high sheriff, general of militia, member of assembly
and senator the last years of his life. Their son, Hon.
Lucius B. Peck, was admitted to the academy at West Point,
1822, resigned Aug. 15, 1823, on account of ill health; completed
his law studies Sept., 1825, became a successful practitioner
in Orange and Washington Cos., Vt.; member of the legislature,
member of Congress 1847-'51; U. S. district attorney, under
President Pierce; and once or twice nominated by his party as
governor of the state. From 1859 to his death Dec., 1866, was
president of the Vermont and Canada railroad. (See proceedings
of Washington Co. Vt. Bar, March term, 1867).
51. ICHABOD5 (Samuel Pitman,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 15, 1756, New Milford; m. April 16, 1778, Lois Mitchell, who d. March 17, 1789; m. 2d, Nov. 25, 1789, Esther, dau. Daniel and Sarah Burritt, b. May 8, 1765, and d. June 30, 1835. He d. Arlington, Vt., March 24, 1822. Ch.
ABEL, b. Dec. 15, 1790, Arlington; m. Feb. 22, 1820, Orpha,
dau. Robert Collins, b. Aug. 13, 1791. Ch. b. Arlington.
Sarah, b. Dec. 18, 1820; m. 1847, A. F. Ellsworth.
Charles I., b. May 6, 1823; m. Oct. 31, 1855, Esther Burton.
Ch.
I. Emma, b. Jan. 20, 1859.
II. George, b. Oct. 7, 1861.
III. Robert, b. Sept. 19, 1865.
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ESTHER, b. April 6, 1797; m. Jan. 18, 1817, Thomas B. Reed;
d. July 31, 1846. Their son, Samuel B. Reed, was superintendent
and engineer of construction on the Union Pacific R. R.
SAMUEL, b. Dec. 3, 1798; m. Jan. 18, 1827, Aurelia, dau. Albert
and Salome Canfield. He res. Arlington, Vt. Ch.
Florilla, b. Oct. 11, 1828; m. Jan. 24, 1850, Charles Jay,
son of Graham6 (144) Benedict.
Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1830; m. Sept. 7, 1852, F. S. Baker.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1832; m. Dec. 13, 1865, H. M.
Farnham. Emily, b. Oct. 15, 1851.
SALLY, b. Oct. 25, 1804; m. Sept. 16, 1828, Reuben B. Oatman;
d. March 11, 1833.
NANCY, b. Oct. 10, 1805; m. William6 (145) Benedict.
ANNA, b. Oct. 26, 1806; m. Sept. 23, 1829, Erastus Hurd.
Tyrus I. and Lucy Adeline, their children, are graduates of
Lombard University, Ill., class of 1856.
52. BENAJAH5 (Samuel Pitman,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. 1758; m. Abigail, dau. John Newton, who d. Feb. 20, 1851; he d. July, 1832. He settled in the town of Addison, Vt., previous to the revolution. On the breaking out of the war he sided with the crown. After the peace, he acquiesced in the government and took the oath of allegiance, and became a warm supporter of our free institutions. Ch.
141. JONAS NEWTON, b. 1785.
JOHN, has a son Lauriston; res. Galesburgh, Ill.
MARTHA SOPHIA, m. McLean; res. Addison, Vt.
53. ZACHARIAH5 (Samuel Pitman,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 19, 1767, New Milford, Ct.; m. Minerva Johnson, b. June 17, 1767, Litchfield, Ct.; d. April 15, 1844, Cornwall, Vt. He d. Aug. 30, 1836. Ch.
SALLY, b. Sept. 8, 1788; m. before 1812, Samuel Holly; m. 2d,
Nathaniel Brown; d. Aug. 29, 1824.
142. ABEL, b. Jan. 22, 1792; d. Feb. 17, 1823.
TRUMAN, b. Nov. 5, 1799; d. April 15, 1804.
143. ELIJAH, b. Jan. 18, 1802; res. Cornwall, Ill.
54. JOSEPH5 (Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 1, 1749; m. Esther Ketchum; moved to Barsted, C. W.; d. Sept. 1, 1844, in his 96th year. Ch.
MARY. NANCY, m. Ira Gilbert; res. Canada West. ATHENA.
ESTHER. RACHEL, m. Benjamin Kilbourn, officer (Canadian) in
war of 1812; d. Sept., 1855.
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JOHN, m. Phoebe Brown; d. May 10, 1830. Ch. Louisa.
Almira. Isaac, merchant, Adrian, Mich. Olive, probably m.
Charles Kilbourn of Kitley, C.W. Nathaniel, res. Barsted, U. C.
55. SAMUEL5 (Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 19, 1758; m. Anna, dau. Lamon Seward, April 8, 1784, b. June 6, 1764, d. Jan. 29, 1857; he d. Sept. 4, 1820, Manchester, Vt. Ch.
144. GRAHAM, b. July 27, 1785; d. Jan. 13, 1862.
145. WILLIAM, b. July 23, 1787; d. July 25, 1866.
LAURA, b. Aug. 25, 1789; d. Dec., 1790.
146. SOLOMON, b. June 28, 1791.
147. TRUMAN, b. Nov. 3, 1793; d. Dec. 1, 1855.
ANNA, b. Feb. 4, 1796; m. SALLY, b. March 21, 1798; m.
148. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 19, 1801.
SYLVIA, b. April 6, 1804; d. March 25, 1828.
JONATHAN, b. June 14, 1806; d. Feb., 1810.
56. EZRA5 (Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. April 15, 1763; m. Eunice, dau. Thomas and Martha Bull; moved to Barsted, C. W.; she d. May 14, 1813; m. 2d, 1813, Rachel, dau. Gershom and Rebecca Wing. He d. Jan. 8, 1817. Ch.
LUCY, b. March 21, 1788; m. 1807, Orin Lillie of Barsted; d.
Sept. 10, 1867.
JOHN, b. Dec. 9, 1790. Taken prisoner in War of 1812, and
d. in Hospital, March 15, 1815.
EDITH, b. Feb. 26, 1792; m. William Parish; d. Ohio.
ISAAC, b. Jan. 18, 1794; m. March 1, 1815, Rebecca, dau. Jedediah
and Mary Wing. Moved to Iowa, 1849. Res. West
Point, Iowa. Ch.
--, b. Aug. 25, 1816; d. same day.
Cynthia, b. Aug. 20, 1817; m. Jan. 18, 1837, Jehiel Wing,
who d. April 24, 1854; m. 2d, 1856, Ezra Stevens, who
d. 1864; m. 3d, 1867, Jabez Hodgson.
Rue, b. Feb. 26, 1819; m. May 27, 1846, Alvin Orton.
Mary, b. Feb. 2, 1821; m. John Knowles.
Isaac, b. Aug. 31, 1822; m. Oct. 19, 1842, Martha, dau.
William and Margaret Stevens; res. Union Co., Ia. Ch.
I. William, b. Sept. 23, 1843; m. Jan. 25, 1867, Mary
Powers. Had son, William, b. May 25, 1869.
II. George Esly, b. Sept. 28, 1843; d. Jan. 17, 1870.
III. Emily, b. Feb. 14, 1848.
IV. Levi, b. Mar. 26, 1850.
V. Margaret M., b. March 20, 1853.
VI. Rebecca M., b. Oct. 11, 1855.
VII. Martha J., b. Oct. 20, 1858.
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VIII. Cynthia A., b. Aug. 11, 1860.
IX. Louisa V., b. April 23, 1862.
X. Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1866.
Rebecca, b. May 12, 1824; m. Mar. 11, 1844, Daniel Slack.
Jedediah Wing, b. Jan. 20, 1826; d. July 25, 1847.
Lucy, b. Dec. 9, 1828; m. Feb. 28, 1847, William Stevens;
d. April 7, 1861.
Ezra, b. Feb. 22, 1830; m. Sept. 30, 1851, Elizabeth, dau.
Joseph and Lucy Haskins. Res. Iowa. Ch.
I. Louisa, b. July 8, 1852.
II. Lucy L., b. Sept. 1, 1854.
III. John Phillips, b. July 1, 1856.
IV. Joseph, b. Feb. 22, 1859.
V. Olive O., b. June 23, 1861.
VI. Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1863.
VII. James Warder, b. Jan. 5, 1865.
VIII. Thirza A., b. March 28, 1868.
John Phillips, b. Aug. 6, 1831; m. Feb. 4, 1854, Anna V.
Hammar, b. July 2, 1835. Res. Iowa. Ch.
I. Arthur Benjamin, b. Dec. 12, 1854; d. Dec. 4, 1856.
II. Charles Gilbert, b. Aug. 16, 1856; d. Feb. 12, 1857.
III. Allura, b. Dec. 24, 1859.
IV. Rosalia, b. Nov. 9, 1863; d. March 17, 1865.
V. Zattie L., b. May 17, 1867.
Harvey, b. Aug. 24, 1833; m. Dec. 7, 1856, Martha Brisbin,
b. June 5, 1839. Res. Iowa. Ch.
I. Amanda M., b. Sept. 26, 1857.
II. Nella A., b. Sept. 22, 1860.
III. Mary D., b. Nov. 24, 1863.
IV. Rebecca, b. Dec. 19, 1864.
V. Phoebe J., b. Aug. 25, 1866.
VI. Cordelia, b. Dec. 22, 1868.
Anna, b. Aug. 24, 1833; m. Dec. 8, 1853, Thomas Jones;
d. Dec. 17, 1857.
Philip, b. Jan. 3, 1837; d. Nov. 18, 1856.
Thirza, b. Feb. 19, 1839; m. Jan. 17, 1855, Wm. Hammar.
Joseph, b. June 22, 1841; enlisted Feb. 28, 1864, Co. K,
1st Regt. Iowa Cav.; dis. Dec., 1864; d. June 7, 1866.
MARTHA, b. March 28, 1796; m. John Kelsey; d. Dec. 3, 1844.
RUE, b. April 7, 1798; m. Ephraim Jackson; d. May 5, 1829.
EUNICE, d. young.
EZRA, b. July 17, 1806; m. Aug. 24, 1831, Edith, dau. Eliada
and Catharine Parish of Canada, b. Sept. 29, 1813, and d. Oct.
18, 1869. Res. Iowa. Ch.
Edith, b. Oct. 22, 1833; m. James Newberry.
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Eber, b. Sept. 22, 1835; m. 1852, Electa Durfee. Res.
Lee Co., Iowa. Ch.
I. Florence, b. Jan. 13, 1855.
II. Edith E., b. Dec. 18, 1856.
III. Fanny, b. Nov. 5, 1859.
IV. Fenton, b. April 7, 1861.
V. Millicent, b. Feb. 5, 1863.
VI. Rosalia, b. Sept. 26, 1865; d. April 5, 1869.
VII. Jennie, b. Nov. 12, 1866.
VIII. Lory D., b. July 1, 1868; d. April 5, 1869.
Clarissa, b. Nov. 4, 1837; m. Feb. 1, 1856, Chester Sweet.
Fenton E., b. July 19, 1841.
Malinda, b. Feb. 16, 1843; m. Mar. 4, 1869, Wm. F. Wood.
Jason, b. Sept. 16, 1844.
William, b. July 11, 1848. Melissa, b. June 1, 1850.
ELECTA, b. Feb. 24, 1809; m. Joseph Church.
GRAHAM, d. young.
ALTA, b. Aug. 28, 1814; m. Abraham Baker of Mo.(*)
57. JONATHAN5 (Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 23, 1766, New Milford; m. Jan. 27, 1793, Sarah, dau. Robert and Sarah Ames of Dorset, Vt., b. April 24, 1761, and d. April, 1853; he d. June 7, 1833, at Manchester, Vt. Ch.
CLARISSA, b. March 20, 1794; m. Sept., 1815, Ebenezer Chamberlain,
Manchester.
MERILLA, b. Sept. 22, 1795; m. Jan. 25, 1816, Loring Dean.
HANNAH, b. April 4, 1798; m. Truman6 (147) Benedict, May 2,
1819.
149. EZRA, b. June 23, 1800.
SARAH, b. June 6, 1806; m. June 4, 1829, David Dyer of M., Vt.
LAURA, b. March 20, 1809; m. Feb. 2, 1853, Martin Slocum.
ESTHER M., b. Oct. 8, 1811; res. M.
58. Rev. ABNER,5 A. M. (Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 9, 1740, North Salem. He m. four times: 1st, Rebecca Benedict (?), by whom he had one child, who died in infancy, and the mother at its birth. He resided then, and up to 1765, at North Salem; m. 2d. 1771, Lois, dau. Dr. Northrop of New Milford, Ct. "After the death of his wife and child, and before his second marriage, he entered Yale College; graduated in 1769, and in due course took the degree of A. M. He studied theology with the celebrated Dr. Bellamy
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of Bethlehem, Ct., and was licensed as a Congregational clergyman. He preached as a candidate for settlement on Long Island, and in Connecticut. In 1771 he was ordained and settled in Middlefield, a parish in Middletown, Ct., and remained there about fourteen years; and, during that time, by his address and efforts, he procured the emancipation of all the slaves held by his people. During the war of the revolution, he was a genuine and consistent whig. He left his people temporarily to act as a chaplain in the army. He was one of the last in the retreat from Long Island, and was in the battles of White Plains and Harlaem. In 1785 he obtained a dismission from Middlefield, Ct., and was next settled at New Lebanon, where he was installed June 8, 1786. He was, at his own request, dismissed in 1791, his salary being greatly in arrears, the balance œ642 13s. not having been paid until May 19, 1794, as appears by a receipt on the books of the trustees. From New Lebanon he removed to North Salem, thence to Poundridge, and thence to North Stamford, Ct., where his wife died. From North Stamford he removed to Parsippany, N. J., thence to Roxbury, where he died Nov. 19, 1818, aged 78. His fourth wife (wid. Sawyer of Cobleskill) survived him. In the history of Middlesex Co., Ct., he is described as a man of strong and benevolent affections, and an intelligent and able divine. He left behind him some manuscripts, the result of great labor, particularly the one on the Book of Revelations. An ingenious essay on Melchisedec, left by him in manuscript, was published in one of the earliest numbers of the Christian Spectator. He also left some philosophical and mechanical tracts on the tides and winds, and on submarine navigation and attack, exhibiting a profound, ingenious and careful intellect. He was a man of remarkably clear, well balanced and philosophical mind, and of thorough education. He was offered a professorship in Yale College, but did not accept it. The following is the inscription on his gravestone:
Sacred to
The memory of
The Rev. ABNER BENEDICT.
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Distinguished for strength of intellect, serenity of temper and
Benevolence of disposition.
His powers and attainments,
Great and various,
were ever devoted
To the Service of God
And the good of man.
He died Nov. 19, 1818, aged 77 years and 362 days.
Erected by his son, Joel T. Benedict."
(Sprague's Annals Am. Pulpit, vol. I, p.682. See Chaplains and Clergy of the Revolution, for a short and appreciative biography, by his grandson, Hon. Joel T. Headley). Ch.
150. JOEL TYLER, b. Sept. 6, 1772.
LOIS, b. Sept. 6, 1775. ANNE, m. Samuel Hoyt.
151. ABNER, b. Feb. 13, 1781; d. Dec. 25, 1830, at Brighton.
IRENE, b. 1783; m. Isaac Headley. They had, among other ch.
Hon. Joel T. Headley, formerly Sec. State of New York, and
author of many popular histories; Rev. Phineas Headley, Presb.
minister, and author of Josephine, and other histories; Wm. H.
Headley, M. D., of N. Y. city.
ELIZABETH C., m. Isaac Hoyt.
59. Rev. JOEL5 D. D. (Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 8, 1745; m. May 16, 1770, Sarah, dau. Capt. Robert McKown of Bristol, Me., b. May 24, 1752 (O. S.), Boston, Mass., and d. June 20, 1831, at Newburgh. "He was graduated at Princeton, 1765, and pursued theological studies with Rev. Dr. Bellamy. He was ordained pastor of Newent Soc., Lisbon, Ct., Feb. 21, 1771, and dismissed for lack of support, May 1, 1782. He then removed to the vicinity of his native place, and preached as he had opportunity, till, in Aug., 1784, he was invited to a pulpit in Plainfield, which had then been nearly seven years vacant. Here he was installed Dec. 23, 1784 -- the sermon from his brother, Rev. Abner, of Middlefield parish. The ministerial rate having been given up, his support was provided for by funds and subscriptions. It was eked out by labors as an instructor in academical and theological studies. There Mr. Benedict served a long and happy term of ministerial service, winning to himself much esteem, not only among his
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own people, but throughout the country. In 1808 he received a Doctorate in Divinity from Union College, and, in 1814, the same degree from Dartmouth College. He was highly reputed for piety, knowledge, and prudence, and was especially thought a proficient in his acquaintance with the Hebrew Scriptures. His manner of preaching is described as quiet and moderate, chiefly extemporaneous, and full of good instruction, but not fitted especially to arouse the careless. He died Feb. 13, 1816. A monument reared by filial affection among the graves of his attached people, commemorates his virtues. A funeral sermon from the text, "A great man has fallen in Israel," by Rev. Samuel Nott, D. D., was published. Dr. Benedict is not known to have published anything except a sermon preached at Dr. Levi Hart's funeral." Cong. Zuar., July, 1860. His epitaph: "Religion that cheers the death scene endears the sepulchre." (Sprague's Annals, vol. I, p. 682.) Ch.
WILLIAM, b. Sept. 22, 1772, at Lisbon, Ct.; d. in infancy.
SALLY, b. Aug. 29, 1774, at Lisbon, Ct.; m. Rev. Eliphalet Nott,
D. D., LL.D., Pres. Union Coll. from 1804 until his death,
Jan. 29, 1866, the unexampled period of sixty-two years. "Mrs.
Nott d. March 9, 1804, at the early age of twenty-nine. Those
who knew her, spoke of her very interesting disposition, manners
and accomplishments."
152. ROBERT, b. July 11, 1776, at Lisbon, Ct.; d. Nov. 6, 1855,
Chester, Pa.
MARY, b. July 24, 1778, at Lisbon, Ct.; m. Benj. Allen, LL.D., of
Hyde Park; Prof. Union College, etc.
153. RICHARD HUTSON, b. Dec. 5, 1780; d. March 18, 1851, Oakland,
Mich.
ANNA, b. July 25, 1783; d. unm., aged 18.
SUSANNAH, b. Feb. 16, 1786; m. Rev. Samuel Phinney (Epis.
Min.), and Principal of a celebrated school at Newburgh.
154. WILLIAM MCKOWN, b. May 20, 1788; d. Jan. 17, 1847, Milbury,
Mass.
ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 17, 1791; m. John Hudson.
MARGARET, b. Nov. 1, 1795; m. James Hunter of Philadelphia.
LOUISA K., b. at Plainfield; m. James Brown, merchant in Baltimore,
afterwards of Brown & Sons, N. Y. She d. at Lyons,
France, whither she had gone for her health.
60. Lieut. PETER5 (Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 4, 1753, North Salem; m. Susannah Norton. He began a classical education, entered Yale College in 1774, and stayed
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there one year. The American Revolution then broke out, which turned the minds of patriotic young men in another direction. He left his studies and entered the army as an orderly sergeant, and went with Gen. Montgomery into Canada to the reduction of St. Johns. He was appointed 2d Lieut. 3d N. Y. Continental Regt., Oct., 1776. Appointed 1st Lieut., Nov. 21, 1776, in 3d N. Y. Continental Regt., but declined promotion though remaining in the service. He was officially recorded as "a very good officer." (Force's Amer. Archives, vol. I, 5th series, p. 1776; also, O'Callaghan's Rev. Papers, vol. II, pp. 12, 26). He remained in his native place till 1788, when he removed to Burlington, Vt., where he resided twelve years. In 1800 he removed to St. Andrews in Lower Canada, where he d. May 20, 1830. He was selectman of Burlington 1795-96, and for sixteen years he filled the office of a magistrate at St. Andrews. He was a man of strong, cultivated and reflective mind; amiable, just and useful. His wife was b. July 23, 1759, and d. July 17, 1846. Ch.
GEORGE NORTON, b. 1779; d. June 21, 1802.
SUSANNAH, m. Benjamin Wales; d. March, 1860.
HENRY, b. 1782; d. Jan. 3, 1802. ELIZABETH, m. J. L. Beach.
155. CHARLES, b. Oct. 22, 1785.
61. JAMES5 (James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. May 8, 1745; m. 176-, Mary, dau. Israel Wood, b. Dec. 20, 1747, and d. April 20, 1813; he removed with his father to Warwick, and at its first town meeting, April 1, 1789, was elected overseer of the poor, collector of the district, and fence-viewer. He d. Nov. 9, 1822. Ch. b. Warwick:
RUTH, b. Aug. 18, 1770; m. Gilbert Wheeler; d. Dec. 11, 1842.
156. JAMES, b. Oct. 7, 1773; d. Aug. 13, 1856.
MARY, b. Nov. 8, 1775; d. Aug. 20, 1776.
ISRAEL, b. May 29, 1777; d. March 8, 1806.
157. WILLIAM, b. June 3, 1779; d. May 23, 1817.
MARY, b. June 2, 1781; m. John Wood; d. Dec. 8, 1843.
SARAH, b. May 20, 1783; d. Oct. 4, 1867.
ANNA, b. Feb. 17, 1787; m. Enos Smith.
ELIZABETH, b. May 9, 1789; m. Jedediah Stevens of Chester; d.
April 16, 1863.
FANNY, b. June 11, 1791; m. April 16, 1829, Jonathan Bell6 (86)
Benedict; res. Warwick.
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62. JOHN5 (James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. April 24, 1747; m. Hannah Wisner, 1771, and moved to Pittston, 1791. His wife d. Sept., 1827. He d. Pittston, Pa., 1810. Served in the Revolution; appointed ensign, Feb. 19, 1778. Ch.
SALLY, m. Lewis Jones of Exeter, Pa.; one son, a minister, and
one, a lawyer.
NANCY, m. Stephen Tripp of Providence, Pa., who d. Sept. 1841,
aged 65; she d. Clinton, Pa., July, 1865, in her 82d year.
158. GEORGE W.
159. THOMAS.
SAMUEL, school teacher; d. unm., aged 29.
POLLY, m. John Allsworth.
160. JOHN, b. 1785; m. Betsey Brown.
63. WILLIAM5 (James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 14, 1755; m. 1781, Jane, dau. Samuel Vance of Warwick, b. 1715; d. April, 1829. He d. May 24, 1827, W. Served in Revolutionary war, Col. Wisner's Regt. (See O'Callaghan's Rev. Papers, vol. II, p. 75, for his affidavit respecting "tories going over to the enemy;" also, for Sergeant William, April 7, 1777. vol. II, pp. 77, 78). Ch. b. Warwick:
MARGARET, b. July 11, 1782; m. Feb. 28, 1802, James Helms of
Chester.
ELIZABETH, b. May 9, 1784; m. Jan., 1804, Austin Reeder; d.
Feb. 6, 1868, Southport.
SAMUEL VANCE, b. Aug., 1786; volunteered Nov., 1812; d. Dec.,
1812, of fever, New York city.
WILLIAM, b. March, 1789; entered the U. S. Navy 1810; remained
till war of 1812, when he joined U. S. sloop of war
"Argus" which, after carrying William H. Crawford to the
French court, cruised in St. George's Channel for prizes. After
taking many, she was captured and her crew were confined in
Dartmoor prison, where they remained until the close of the war.
Upon his return to the United States, in 1815, he joined Com.
Decatur's fleet, bound for Algiers; was shipwrecked and lost.
POLLY, b. March, 1791; m. March, 1818, James King; d. 1820,
Warwick.
HENRY TOWNSEND, b. July 24, 1793; m. March 6, 1841, Welthea,
dau. Samuel Miller of Jackson, Pa., b. June 18, 1815. He
volunteered in N. Y. S. Artillery in 1813, was called out in
1814, and served over three months in New York city. Was
postmaster of Southport, under Pierce and Buchanan, whither he
removed in 1832. Ch.
Mary J., b. Dec. 27, 1841; m. March 14, 1865, Miles
Cassada of Seely Creek.
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64. JOSEPH5 (James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. May 11, 1760; m. 178-, Eleanor Schoonover, b. March 18, 1761, and d. March 17, 1837. Ch.
161. JAMES, b. Aug. 7, 1785; d. Sept. 1, 1863.
NANCY, b. Sept. 21, 1789; m. Jan. 7, 1808, John Van Duzer;
d. March 4, 1861.
65. JOHN5 (John,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 7, 1753; m. Esther, dau. John Baldwin. He is thus described by a granddaughter: "John Benedict Jr., was an exemplary Christian, a pillar in the Congregational church in Ridgefield, and a valuable member of society. He was a social, genial and happy man. Was killed by the fall of a tree." His will was proved in 1815. Ch.
162. JOSIAH BALDWIN, b. Nov. 6, 1778.
ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 3, 1780; m. Samuel Hoyt of New Canaan, Ct.; d.
ESTHER, b. Oct. 2, 1784; m. Dec. 29, 1808, Matthias Hubbell;
d. July 8, 1850.
SARAH, b. Feb. 22, 1787; m. Abram Nash of Troy; d. Dec.
31, 1862.
POLLY, b. Aug. 16, 1792; m. Nov. 20, 1831, Pelatiah Richards,
b. 1786, and d. Feb. 11, 1870, at Warrensburg. His father,
Pelatiah, was the sixth son of Dr. Samuel Richards, and with
four brothers served in the Revolutionary war. Removed to
Warren Co. Pelatiah Jr., was ensign in War of 1812; sheriff
of Warren Co., 1819; member of legislature, 1843. Polly d.
Dec. 13, 1868. Their only child, Charles Benedict Richards,
res. Fort Dodge, Iowa; president First National Bank there.
KATY, b. Aug. 7, 1795; d. March 20, 1804.
66. ABIJAH5 (John,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 22, 1755; m. Jan. 17, 1781, Amelia Buckley, b. May 31, 1755, and d. Aug., 1837. He left Ridgefield June 2, 1805, and removed to Pompey; d. March 2, 1818. Ch.
163. BRADLEY, b. Nov. 17, 1781; d. June 7, 1853, Cayuga.
AMELIA, b. April 21, 1789; m. March 11, 1812, George W.
Burt of Orange Co., an early settler of Oswego. Their second
son, Bradley Benedict Burt, b. Nov. 19, 1814, is a prominent
lawyer of Oswego; he m. June 21, 1843, Artemesia, sister of
William Curtis Noyes. Amelia d. March 30, 1850, at Oswego.
BETSEY, b. Aug. 19, 1791; m. June 14, 1820, Richard Vernam;
d. Jan. 26, 1855, Iowa.
HARRIET, b. July 19, 1801; m. Sept. 22, 1825, John Willey;
res. Cayuga.
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67. THOMAS5 (Thomas,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 27, 1753; m. Miss Strong; m. 2d (unknown); m. 3d, Miss Wallace; m. 4th, Susan Swift. He lived at Lenox and West Stockbridge, Mass. He sold property in West Stockbridge, in 1781, and removed to Pittstown. Thomas and Sarah, his wife, sold their farm at Pittstown in 1791. Revolutionary pensioner. He d. Jan. 9, 1841, McLean, Tompkins Co. Ch.
164. AARON, b. Feb. 17, 1779, West Stockbridge; d. March 20, 1860, Pleasantville, Pa.
165. JOHN, b. Jan. 20, 1780; d. March 18, 1846, McLean.
JERRY, m. Annis Spencer; lived Enterprise, Pa. Ch.
Eldridge Gerry, m. Elizabeth Pettit; no issue.
Seldon, m. Mary Hefron; they had four children.
Harriet.
Major, m. Ch.
I. Victor.
II. Berdinia.
III. (Unknown.)
IV. (Unknown.) Res. Enterprise, Pa.
OLIVE, m. Simeon Lucas of Cortlandt Co.
DAVID, m. Phoebe Hubbard. Ch.
Harriet.
Caroline.
Maria.
Flavius, P. O., Pleasantville, Pa.
Susan.
Elizabeth.
Mary.
By 2d wife:
ROXY, m. Ansel Wilson.
68. AARON5 (Thomas,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. April 15, 1755; m. three times; name of 3d wife, Betsey Morse. Aaron, and wife Elizabeth, of Lee, Mass., deeded property, April 7, 1798. In 1800 he was living in Sangersfield, Oneida Co. He d. at Lisle, Broome Co., Jan. 30, 1845. He was a soldier in the Revolution. Ch.
STEPHEN T., b. Nov. 9, 1783, Ct.; m. Margaret, dau. George Mattice, b. June 30, 1793. He d. Middleburgh, Scho. Co. Ch.
Aaron, b. June 6, 1809, Middleburgh.
Aaron, b. Sept. 15, 1811; m. Sept 18, 1831, Esther M., dau. Elisha and Esther Driggs, b. Aug. 10, 1814, and d. July 3, 1860, Penn Yan. Ch.
I. Esther A., b. Feb. 28, 1833; m. Jan. 19, 1852, La Rue Reeves.
II. Almira, b. April 10, 1836; m. Dec. 18, 1854, Amasa Josselyn, who d. Oct. 21, 1855; m. 2d, Jan. 17, 1859, Benj. H. Long.
III. Albina, b. Feb. 21, 1841; m. Aug. 2, 1865, H. C. Guthrie.
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IV. Alonzo Driggs, b. Jan. 24, 1843; m. Feb. 6, 1865, Rosa, dau. Nathaniel and Sarah Davis, b. Sept. 17, 1845. Res. Penn Yan. Enlisted in navy, one year, 1863. Ch.
i. Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1865.
ii. Olive F., b. March 6, 1867.
V. Charles Cleveland, b. July 29, 1845; enlisted in --- Regt., and supposed to have d. at Andersonville.
VI. Ellen M., b. Nov. 16, 1853.
William, b. 1813; m. Malissa Driggs.
Hiram, b. Sept. 19, 1815; m. Dec 18, 1842, Elizabeth M., dau. Michael Truax of Knox, b. March 19, 1823. Res. Schoharie. Ch.
I. Maria J., b. Dec. 29, 1843.
II. Joseph Henry, b. April 29, 1851.
III. Ella E., b. June 6, 1853.
IV. Charles Alfred, b. Sept. 5, 1859.
V. George Arthur, b. Aug. 26, 1863.
John O’B., b. 1818; m. Betsey ---; res. Middleburgh. Ch.
I. Stephen L., b. 1842.
II. Anna M., b. 1845.
Eliza, b. 1820.
Fanny, b. 1823.
Eli, b. May 19, 1826; m. Lydia ---; res. Cortland. Ch.
I. ---.
II. Gurley, b. 1848.
III. Nellie, b. 1850.
Eliard, b. May 19, 1826.
Spencer, b. May 1, 1827; d.
Calvin, b. May 15, 1828.
Joseph, b. Aug. 30, 1832; res. Richmond, Ill.
AARON. (No trace of descendants, if any.)
CLARA, m. Abner Eaton of Sangersfield.
DELIGHT, m. Jesse Conger of S.
166. BENJAMIN M., b. Feb. 25, 1807, at S.
167. JOSEPH PERRY, b. Aug. 8, 1805; d. Sept. 26, 1865, Columbus, Wis.
69. JOSEPH5 (Thomas,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct 26, 1760; m. Sybil Butler. Sold his property at Pittstown, 1796; removed to Pittsfield, Vt., where he probably died. His wid. m. twice; last husband, Simpkins; d. Attica. Ch.
JOSEPH, m. before 1811.
SALOME, m. Prentice.
168. REUBEN, b. June 10, 1790.
EPHRAIM, lived at Union, Broome Co.
70. JAMES5 (Thomas,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 12, 1762; m. Sylvia, dau. Josiah Reed, who d. 1806, Broadalbin.
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A revolutionary soldier and pensioner; wintered at Valley Forge; was on guard the day of Andre's execution. He d. July 18, 1849, Broadalbin. Ch.
ROXANA, b. Pittstown; m. 1807, Silas Sprague; res. Grand River,
Michigan.
169. AMOS, b. P. Jan. 8, 1789; res. Syracuse.
AMY, b. Broadalbin; m. Levi Pearce; res. Erie, Pa.
POLLY, m. Wheeler Pearce; d. about 1858, Indiana.
170. LEVI, b. April 8, 1795; res. Benedict's Corners.
THOMAS, m. Phoebe; res. Ind. (No returns).
171. ISAAC, m. Lydia, dau. Joseph and Hannah Cole; d. Broadalbin.
SYLVIA, m. Robert Stoddard.
SARAH, m. Frederick Avery.
71. ISAAC OLIVER5 (Thomas,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 14, 1764; m. 1788, Asenath Beach, by whom he had seven ch.; m. 2d, 1803, Amy, dau. Josiah Reed of Pittstown, by whom he had six ch.; m. 3d, widow Mary Huntington, 1815, Gilbertsville. Asenath d. June, 1800, Waterville. Amy d. May, 1714, Cambridge. Mary d. Butternuts. He was a revolutionary soldier and pensioner; d. Oct. 24, 1845, at B. Ch.
172. NORMAN, b. Jan. 13, 1789; d. Feb., 1863.
173. ISAAC, b. May 17, 1790; d. March 18, 1864.
LUCY, b. 1791; d. 1798.
SALLY, b. Aug., 1793; m. Peter Wheeler; res. Ill.
174. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 26, 1795.
SUSAN, b. 1797; m. Gideon Austin, of Butternuts.
ARCHIBALD, b. Aug. 25, 1799; m. Rhoda, dau. John Morey, Nov.
16, 1823, who d. Dec. 16, 1833; he d. Feb. 17, 1832, Fitchville,
O. Ch.
Albert, b. Jan. 11, 1826, Waterville; m. Jan. 27, 1848,
Eliza C., dau. Chauncey Stannard. Ch.
I. Fanny Lavinia, b. Nov. 6, 1852, Rock Island, Ill.,
merchant; res. R. I.
JANE, b. 1805; m. 1829, Aaron Sheldon; res. Summer Hill.
175. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. April 22, 1807; res. Lisle.
176. CHARLES, b. May 4, 1809.
177. JOHN, b. May 17, 1812.
Two ch. d. in infancy.
72. JESSE5 (David,4 Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. about 1740; m. March 22, 1764, Esther St. John, b. 1743, and d. Aug. 4,
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1802. Jesse deeded his property in Norwalk, May 28, 1795. Date and place of death unknown. Ch.
HANNAH, b. May 18, 1766; may have m. Walcott Downs, July
15, 1786 (Hall, p. 275.)
JESSE, b. March 19, 1767; d. unm., New Orleans.
MARY, b. Jan. 31, 1770; d. June 2, 1848, Saugatuck, Ct.
178. DAVID, b. Nov. 24, 1771; d. Oct. 20, 1850.
179. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 9, 1774.
ESTHER, b. Dec. 26, 1776; m. Deacon William Richards of Westport;
d. 1854.
ELIJAH, b. June 16, 1782; d. probably Norwalk; teacher in New
York city for forty years. BETSEY, b. Oct. 27, 1786.
73. ENOCH5 (John,4 Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Norwalk; m. Esther, dau. John Hoyt of Norwalk; d. March 26, 1791. Ch.
RUTH, m. John Freeman; des. in Wisconsin.
180. DANIEL, b. Oct. 5, 1778; d. Nov. 5, 1859.
DEBORAH, m. Jacob Hoffman; des. Chenango Co.
DAVID, m. Sabra Hall; m. 2d, Hannah Cook. No issue.
SALLY, m. Charles Carver; des. Delaware Co., and in Iowa.
BETSEY, m. Eli Stetson. SETH, d. unm.
74. ABRAHAM5 (John,4 Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. 1745; m. Lydia Hoyt, who d. New Lisbon, about 1812. He was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. He d. aged 100, at N. L. Ch.
181. JOHN THOMAS, b. June 26, 1773; d. March 7, 1845.
182. ISAAC.
183. ABRAM, b. 1779; d. July 5, 1855.
184. MOSES, b. Feb. 2, 1783; d. Aug. 30, 1864.
POLLY, m. Nathan Dart.
RUTH, m. Ira Thurston; had a son, Rev. Curtis Thurston.
LYDIA, m. Benj. Thomas; d. Clarendon.
75. STEPHEN5 (Thomas,4 Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 28, 1743; m. Nov. 17, 1763, Abigail Howes of New Canaan; m. 2d, Miss Kellogg; m. 3d, Lydia Betts, b. Jan. 5, 1756, and d. March 10, 1835, Verona. Ch. by his 1st wife:
185. STEPHEN, b. Aug. 18, 1764.
BETTY, b. Dec. 22, 1766; m. Grummond.
ABIGAIL, b. May 9, 1769; m. Oct. 26, 1786, Abraham Bidwell.
ELIAS, b. Sept. 23, 1771; d.
POLLY, b. March 28, 1774; m. Wilson; d. Nov. 6, 1810.
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EASEN, b. April 6, 1777; d.
RUTH, b. Sept. 14, 1781; m. Jeremiah Green of Galway, where
she d. 1821.
By 3d wife:
186. THOMAS BETTS, b. Feb. 11, 1789, Galway.
187. ALFRED, b. April 21, 1790; d. Oct. 7, 1858.
RHODA, b. Oct. 20, 1792.
76. URIAH5 (Thomas,4 Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Norwalk, Ct., Feb. 15, 1745; m. Mary Howes(*) of New Canaan, Nov. 22, 1764. She was b. Feb. 9, 1748. He and his wife were received into the Congregational church at Stamford, May 27, 1770, in which town they continued to reside until 1773 at least, for the birth of a dau. there is recorded Feb. 14th of that year. March 7, 1771, Uriah and Stephen of Norwalk, had sold and conveyed their respective interests in their father's estate to their brother John; evidently in contemplation of an exodus from New England. Accordingly, in the latter part of 1773, Uriah and Stephen, together with several other New England families, removed to Ball's Town, in the Saratoga district of New York. The deed of Uriah's farm bears date Jan. 12, 1774. He did not fail to display alacrity to take part in the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the settlement, for which his religious character and business capacity fitted him. The first church established there chose him Deacon; and he was supervisor of the district in 1783 and 1784. He had five sons and six daughters, and his family, like himself, was eminent for temperance and industry. He d. Feb., 1800. His wife, a notable housewife and a prodigy of industry, even until old age, survived him until Dec. 6, 1834. Ch.
188. URIAH, b. Oct. 1, 1765; d. May 10, 1813.
189. ELIAS, b. Aug. 30, 1767.
POLLY, b. Oct. 2, 1770; m. March 5, 1793, Wm. Marvin, b.
Oct. 19, 1768, and d. Feb. 27, 1839, Malta. The son Thomas
Jefferson was b. June 26, 1803; grad. Union College; member
Assembly, 1834; appointed by governor and senate, 1838,
judge of court of common pleas, Saratoga county, for five years.
Another son, James Madison, b. Feb. 27, 1809; elected to
Assembly, 1846; county supervisor for three terms; proprietor
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of the celebrated United States Hotel at Saratoga Springs;
elected, in 1862, to 38th congress, and reelected to 39th congress.
William Marvin was son of William, son of Josiah, son
of Samuel, son of Matthew, son of Matthew, pioneer of Norwalk,
Ct., 1654.
ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 22, 1772; m. Lemuel Cable; d. Jan., 1835.
SALLY, b. Oct. 19, 1774; m. Daniel Couch.
190. DAVID, b. Aug. 2, 1776.
191. SAMUEL, b. May 22, 1779.
192. THOMAS, b. April 22, 1782.
NANCY, b. Jan. 27, 1785; m. Moses Cook; d. 1815.
LUCY, b. June 2, 1787; m. Austin Willis; res. Coeymans.
RUEMA, b. Oct. 12, 1789; m. Enoch Strong.
77. THOMAS5 (Thomas,4 Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 28, 1758, Norwalk; m. Martha Scudder of Long Island, who d. 1786; m. 2d, Elizabeth Seelye of New Canaan, Ct., who d. Oct. 17, 1799; m. 3d, Selote Sprague, the widow Sweet, of Milton, b. Smithfield, R. I., and d. July 22, 1839. He settled in Saratoga Co., prior to his third marriage; removed to New Lisbon, Otsego Co., in the spring of 1816, and went thence to Rhode Island in the spring of 1833, where he d. He served in the Revolutionary war. Ch.
193. DAVID, b. Oct. 10, 1779, Norwalk, Ct.; res. Pawtucket, R. I.
BETSEY, b. Feb. 28, 1782; m. Dec. 16, 1798, Zephaniah Warren
of Galway.
URIAH, b. March 3, 1784; m. Nov., 1812, Phila Walcott of
Pawtucket, R. I.; m. 2d, Jan. 26, 1834, Sally Ann Walcott
(sister). Ch.
Caroline M., b. Aug. 1, 1813; m. Aug., 1835, James M.
Kimball of New York; d. Aug. 11, 1846.
Frances H., b. Aug. 10, 1815; m. Feb. 5, 1835, Rev.
Samuel S. Mallery of Norwich, Ct.
Ann E., b. Dec. 17, 1817; d. Aug. 25, 1841, Providence,
Rhode Island. Elizabeth W., b. June 17, 1822; m. July
6, 1846, John D. Burgess of Providence, R. I.
William Edward, b. Feb. 5, 1825; d. June 29, 1845.
By 2d wife:
POLLY, b. April 5, 1788; d. June 15, 1796.
HANNAH, b. Feb. 24, 1793; m. Nathaniel Armstrong of New
Lisbon; d. April 29, 1832. MARTHA, b. July 11, 1799; unm.
SALLY, b. Aug. 10, 1798; m. Nov. 6, 1815, George F. Jenks of
Pawtucket, R. I.
By 3d wife:
STEPHEN, b. Jan. 15, 1801, Milton; m. Aug. 9, 1830, Bathsheba
A. Barber of Bellingham, Mass. He was Deacon; manufacturer.
Died without issue, Dec. 25, 1869.
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ELLAS, b. April 18, 1803; d. May 9, 1835.
MARY, b. July 6, 1805; d. May 10, 1839.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, b. Nov. 17, 1808; m. June 13, 1837, Nancy
Carpenter of Smithfield; he d. Sept. 8, 1845. Ch.
Ellen U., b. April 15, 1836, Central Falls, R. I.; m. April,
1862, Samuel Olney of Pawtucket, R. I.
William Curtis, b. Feb. 28, 1840, C. F. Served in -- Regt.
CYNTHIA U., b. April 1, 1811; d. March 29, 1824, New Lisbon.
78. DANIEL6 (Daniel,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. 174-; m. Mary Newman, who survived her husband, and was living in Salem, 1781. She m. again one Raymond. Daniel was a soldier in the Revolution, and, dying in the service, was buried at Fort Ann, in 1779. The inventory of his estate was filed 1779. His heirs were widow, Mary, and the following:
194. DANIEL, bap. May 12, 1776, New Canaan, Ct.; d. 1840.
JEMIMA.
ANNA, b. 1778; m. Samuel Webb, Monckton, Vt.
MARY, b. 1779; m. Stephen Robinson of Bedford, Ohio.
79. JOHN6 (Daniel,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), bap. Feb. 2, 1752; m. Sept. 23, 1772, Hannah, dau. of Deacon John and Hannah (Benedict) Carter of New Canaan, Ct., who was b. July 9, 1754, and d. Greenfield, 1792. (Hall, pp. 234-5.) Hannah Benedict was dau. Thomas4 (3) Benedict. He m. 2d, wid. Lucy Jones, by whom he had one child, Alma. He settled in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., 1787, and removed to Booneville at the close of the century. He d. there, 1812. Ch.
195. JOHN, b. 1774; d. May 6, 1843.
HANNAH, m. M. A. Childs, and d. 1818.
BETSEY, m. White; moved to Genesee Co.
196. BENJAMIN, b. March 2, 1777; d. March 22, 1862.
DEBORAH, m. Elisha Brace; moved to St. Joseph Co., Mich.
POLLY, m. John Creale of Greenfield.
197. DANIEL, b. 1785; d. Jan. 24, 1854.
ALMA, b. 1800; m. Asahel Porter of Booneville; d. Jan. 15,
1867.
80. Col. JOSEPH6 (Joseph,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 11, 1750; m. March 25, 1773, Rebecca Hawley, b. July 12, 1752, Stamford, and d. March 24, 1838. He lived at New Salem until 1830, when he removed to Unionville; enlisted, 1775, Col. Drake's (2d) Regt.; marched to N. Y., and served
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three months as sergeant. In 1776, served three months same regt. at Crown Point, and same year enlisted for five months in Col. Thomas's Regt., and served as sergt. In 1777, three weeks under Capt. Gideon Seeley; marched to Fort Independence; also under Capt. S. at other times in same year; also, in 1777, served three months under Capt. Delavan at Crumpunds. Appointed 1st lieut., June 25, 1778. Revolutionary pensioner. Commissioned captain in N. Y. state militia, June 24, 1786; major, March 29, 1802; lieut.-col., April 8, 1805. Died April 13, 1841. Ch.
198. BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 25, 1774; d. April 3, 1849.
HANNAH, b. Sept. 6, 1778; m. May 22, 1799, John Newman;
res. Unionville.
199. HOLLY, b. June 23, 1780; d. Jan. 10, 1867.
81. NATHAN6 (Joseph,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 9, 1753; m. 1776, Deborah, dau. John Todd of Long Ridge, Ct., b. 1755, and d. 1836, Volney. He d. Feb. 13, 1802, Manlius, having removed from Salem 1783. Ch.
200. JOHN, b. Nov. 11, 1778.
POLLY, b. Feb., 1781; m. Obadiah Alber.
201. JOSEPH, b. Aug., 1784; d. Aug., 1856.
202. JOEL, b. Nov. 16, 1786; d. Oct. 27, 1823.
BETSEY, b. 1791; m. Simon Hill; res. Columbus Center.
82. ENOCH6 (Joseph,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 26, 1755; m. March 25, 1778, Hannah, dau. Capt. Gould and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Bouton of Salem, who d. 1792; m. 2d, Lucy --, who d. Aug. 22, 1832. Served in the Revolution; commissioned as Ensign, Drake's Regt., June 25, 1778; moved to Renss. Co., and afterwards to Monroe Co. He d. Jan. 18, 1833, Perinton. Ch.
203. JACOB, b. April 23, 1779, Nassau, Rens. Co.; d. March 27, 1855,
Perinton. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 27, 1781; m. Reed.
204. GILBERT, b. Dec. 18, 1788.
83. TIMOTHY6 (Joseph,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 24, 1762; m. Dec. 12, 1783, Phoebe, dau. Thomas and Ruhamah Rockwell, b. May 15, 1768, and d. March 5, 1845. He d. Sept. 11, 1830, N. Salem. (See Calendar N. Y. Hist. MSS., pp. 770, 795, 820, for land patents in which he was interested). Ch.
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205. THOMAS ROCKWELL, b. Oct. 7, 1784; d. June 5, 1851, Ephratah
206. JOSEPH, b. June 22, 1787; d. Feb. 4, 1863, Union, N. J.
NANCY, b. April 30, 1790; m. Nathan Keeler of N. Salem.
PHOEBE, b. Aug. 8, 1792; m. Elias Gilbert of New Haven, Ct.
RUTH, b. March 11, 1795; m. Azor White.
207. DAVID SMITH, b. Aug. 25, 1797.
84. JARED6 (Joseph,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 15, 1768; m. Jan. 1, 1786, Sarah, dau. Daniel Bouton of S. Salem, b. Sept. 21, 1767, and d. June 6, 1860. He d. Sept. 15, 1842, Sherburne. Ch.
THIRZA, b. Nov. 21, 1787, S. Salem; m. July 16, 1807, Ephraim
Whitney; res. Sherburne.
SARAH, b. March 6, 1790, S.; m. 1819, Stephen Northrop; res.
Sherburne.
208. DANIEL, b. Oct. 14, 1792, Nassau.
209. ENOCH, b. Dec. 6, 1794.
210. MARTIN, b. Aug. 20, 1797.
211. BOUTON, b. Sept. 20, 1799.
RUAH, b. April 4, 1802, Sherburne; m. Jan. 1, 1824, Melancthon
Benton; d. June 6, 1848, Mich.
212. ANDRUS, b. Oct. 8, 1804.
ERI, b. March 17, 1808; res. Sherburne.
BETSEY, b. May 28, 1810.
85. STEPHEN6 (Joseph,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. June 4, 1773; m. March 13, 1792, Joanna, dau. James Mills, who d. Jan. 14, 1854, Sherburne; he d. Dec. 23, 1851, Sherburne; Justice of the Peace. He is described in Hatch's Hist. of Sherburne, p. 42: "as the antipode of Esq. Hatch in matter and manner, being mild, attractive and winning; avoiding responsibility but never shrinking from it when necessary." Ch.
213. STEPHEN, b. June 15, 1794, Bedford; d. Aug. 16, 1833, Lebanon.
214. JOSIAH, b. Nov. 5, 1796; d. Feb. 20, 1868, Sherburne.
BETSEY, b. Aug. 2, 1799; m. July 16, 1816, Sylvester Benton;
res. Sherburne.
215. JOSEPH, b. April 11, 1801; res. Utica.
CHARLES, b. May 6, 1803, Amsterdam; m. April 4, 1826, Fanny,
dau. Reuben Davis of Sherburne, b. Nov. 26, 1801, and d.
March 2, 1829. Ch.
Fanny S., b. Feb. 10, 1829.
He m. 2d, Cornelia, dau. Roger Balch of Sherburne, Oct. 11,
1829, who was b. July 31, 1808. They res. Sherburne.
NANCY, b. May 13, 1805; d. Sept. 11, 1806.
MARIAH, b. April 21, 1807, Sherburne; m. Feb. 17, 1829, Dr.
Joshua M. Fiske; res. Utica.
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AMY, b. May 3, 1809; m. Aug. 7, 1828, Almon Foster; d. Sept.
10, 1847.
216. OLIVER MILLS, b. June 9, 1811; res. Rochester.
ANNA, b. Aug. 30, 1813; m. Feb. 22, 1844, James Hart; d. July
21, 1850. MIRANDA, b. Dec. 11, 1815; d. Oct. 8, 1846.
MELINDA, b. Dec. 7, 1817; m. Sept. 6, 1836, Rev. Silas Hawley;
d. Dec. 23, 1848.
86. JONATHAN BELL6 (Hezekiab,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 4, 1778; m. Millicent, dau. John and Lydia (Kellogg) Hickox of New Canaan (Hall, p. 229), who was b. Sept. 14, 1780, and d. Jan. 22, 1827; m. 2d, Fanny, dau. James5 (61) Benedict. He was selectman of New Canaan, 1825, '26, '33 '35; justice of the peace 1828-36 inclusive. He d. April 4, 1841, Warwick, whither he had removed about 1836. His widow res. W. Ch.
ANTOINETTE, b. 1804, at N. C.; m. 1821, Rufus Fancher; d. Oct.
26, 1826.
ELIZABETH, b. 1806; m. 1825, Henry Fancher; res. Black Rock, Ct.
217. ANDREW, b. Oct. 7, 1810; d. Jan. 17, 1855, Stockton, Cal.
By 2d wife:
JAMES WOOD, b. Jan. 30, 1830, N. C.; m. Feb. 28, 1866, Harriet,
dau. Thomas E. Durland; res. Maysville, Mo. Enlisted Sept.
10, 1862, Capt., Co. D, 124th N. Y. Vols.; Sept. 19, 1864,
Major of 124th Regt. Ch.
Fanny, b. June 11, 1867, M.
HUBERT VAN WAGGENEN, b. Jan. 5, 1836, Warwick, where he res.
87. JOHN6 (Hezekiah,5 John,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 15, 1780; m. Mary Wardwell of Stamford, who d. about 1848, Darien, Ct. He was a sailor and supposed to have d. New Orleans, La. Ch.
SARAH, m. Zalmon Hoyt; d. 1859, New Canaan.
MARY ANN, unm. and lives California.
JOHN BELL, b. Dec. 18, 1809, Norwalk; m. Jan. 22, 1832, Eliza,
dau. John and Margaret Niblock; removed to N. J., Sept.,
1828, and now res. New Brunswick, N. J. Ch.
George Hanford, b. May 25, 1833, German Valley, N. J.;
res. N. B.
Mary A., b. Feb. 2, 1835; d. April 15, 1835, German Valley.
Clarissa S., b. June 7, 1836; d. July 1, 1845, G. V.
Martha E., b. Aug. 8, 1839; d. July 25, 1854, N. B.
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HEZEKIAH, b. at N. C.; m. Dec. 24, 1835, Sarah Dudley; m. 2d,
July 27, 1849, Henrietta, dau. Brady Brown of Poundridge;
res. N. C. Ch.
Mary A., b. Aug. 12, 1837.
John Franklin, b. April 25, 1838; m. Nov. 1, 1860, Phoebe
Jane, dau. Edwin and Martha (Hayt) Segar, b. Jan. 25,
1839; res. Danbury, Ct. Ch.
I. Willie Hayt, b. Dec. 31, 1861; d. Aug. 7, 1862.
II. Mattie B., b. Sept. 26, 1867; d. Aug. 3, 1868.
III. Frank Peck, b. June 29, 1869.
Hezekiah Lewis, b. Jan. 28, 1842; d. Oct. 6, 1864; volunteer
10th Ct. Regt.
Ellen A., b. Dec. 1, 1843.
Sarab N., b. 1846; d. 1846.
Sarab M., b. 1851.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. N. C.; m. Abby, dau. Justus White; res. Norwalk.
Ct. He had two sons.
88. MATTHEW6 (Matthew,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 23, 1760; m. Nov. 23, 1783, Rebecca Brush, b. April 15, 1766, and d. May 6, 1813; m. 2d, 1814, Abigail King, b. March 5, 1769, and d. March 3, 1862, by whom he had one child, Will proved Feb. 3, 1825, Ulster Co. He d. Marlboro, Jan. 28, 1825. Ch.
ISAAC, b. Oct. 9, 1786, at M.; m. Maria --; were residing
Smithfield, Chenango Co., Jan. 13, 1830, when they sold property
Ulster Co.
RUTH, b. Oct. 1, 1788; m. 1st, Mackey; m. 2d, Case; res. Meredith.
JOHN, b. Oct. 26, 1790; m. Jane --; res. Plattkill, March 5,
1829, when they sold property; last heard of at Auburn.
RIMPEY, b. Sept. 18, 1792; m. Hitchcock.
HART, b. Aug. 28, 1796; m. Sarah --; living Marlboro, Aug.
27, 1829, when he sold property; last heard of in Homer. Ch.
Aaron. Ann. (Unknown.)
JESSE, b. July 28, 1798; m. Irene Hitchcock, b. 1795, and res.
West Davenport. Ch.
Franklin, b. 1825; m. Eugenia --, b. 1823. They have
had seven (7) ch., but N. Y. Census, 1865, gives only --
I. George, aged 11. II. Clarence, 8. III. Horace, 6.
IV. Elsie, 2. Elsie, 3 mos.
Anne. George, b. Sept. 28, 1830; m. Oct. 18, 1859, Susan
Taylor of Franklin, b. March 1, 1832. Ch.
I. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 21, 1861; d. Sept. 18, 1862.
II. Charles N., b. Sept. 18, 1862.
III. Jennie E., b. Oct. 21, 1863.
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Benjamin, b. July 11, 1832.
SMITH, b. Oct. 21, 1800; m. Helen --; b. 1810; res. Hudson
city, N. J. He d. 1860. Ch.
Anne M., b. 1836; m. Wm. H. Scott of H. city.
Elizabeth, b. 1838; m. Robert G. Wilson.
Martha, b. 1845; m. Henry Brill. Charlotte, b. 1850.
MATTHEW, b. June 26, 1804. Sold property April 27, 1829,
then of Marlboro.
SALLY ANN, b. Aug. 26, 1806; m. Harvey Strong; res. Belvidere, Ill.
REBECCA, b June 19, 1809; m. Ananius Quick; res. Milton, Ulster Co.
ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 15, 1815; m. 1833; d. Jan. 27, 1867, Pokeepsie.
89. JOHN6 (Matthew,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. May 1, 1764, Ridgefield; m. Jan. 7, 1789, Betsey, dau. John Stevens of Richmond, Mass., b. Nov. 8, 1769, and d. Aug. 16, 1841. He d. Nov. 20, 1833, West Stockbridge, Mass. Ch.
218. SYLVESTER, b. Oct. 5, 1790, Alford, Mass.; res. and d. April,
1864, at West S.
BELINDA, b. Jan. 24, 1793; m. Feb. 12, 1818, Henry Woodruff;
d. Nov. 21, 1832.
219. BARZILLIA BROWN, b. Dec. 31, 1797; res. West S.
SAVILLA, b. Oct. 21, 1799; m. Jan. 21, 1823, Ebenezer King;
res. Chatham.
BETSEY, b. Oct. 23, 1803; d. June 23, 1831.
JOHN ASHMAN, b. March 1, 1806; m. Feb. 3, 1831, Sophia M.,
dau. Nathaniel Leet of West S.; d. June 23, 1831.
90. JONATHAN6 (Matthew,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 26, 1776, West S.; m. Jan. 15, 1798, Betsey, dau. Martin Green, who d. March 24, 1831. He d. July 29, 1863, Meredith. Ch.
220. MARTIN GREEN, b. 1800. MARY ANN, m. 1821, Ira Bailey.
L. LOUISE, m. Feb. 20, 1825, Charles Dibble; res. Coldwater, Mich.
BETSEY, m. Nelson Flint.
221. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 13, 1809.
MATTHEW, b. 1815; m. Feb. 28, 1836, Betsey Bostwick; m. 2d,
Feb. 28, 1865, Delilah Hill. Ch. Lavilla, b. 1854 (Census,
1865.)
ABIGAIL, m. Levi Dutton.
91. JESSE6 (Jesse,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 13, 1758; m. Urania, dau. Elijah and Susannah (Henderson) Walter of New Preston, Ct. He d. July 3, 1826, Brookfield, Ct. Ch.
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222. JESSE, b. Oct. 12, 1787, New Preston.
223. HENDERSON, b. March 2, 1789; res. Bridgeport, Ct.
MARINDA, m. Jan., 1814, Amos Hubbell, who d. Oct., 1825; m.
2d, May, 1827, Leman Ackley; d. Feb., 1851.
MEHITABLE, d. aged two years, six mos.
92. GAMALIEL6 (Jesse,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 9, 1760; m. April 24, 1788, Hannah, dau. Nathan and Deborah (Close) Keeler, b. 1766, and d. April 24, 1837. He served in the revolution as sergeant (Capt. Olmstead's Co., Col. Beebe's Reg't) in 1780, on the lines near Horseneck. He was member of Conn. Legislature May and Oct., 1811, also May and Oct., 1817 and 1819. Res. Ridgbury; d. June 20, 1835. Ch.
BETSEY, b. Dec. 28, 1789; m. Samuel Scribner of Danbury, Ct.
CLARK, b. Jan. 8, 1781; m. May 20, 1817, Eliza, dau. Chas
Ambler of No. Salem; he was Deacon Cong. church Ridgbury;
d. Oct. 24, 1828. She m. 2d, Nov. 1834, Dea. John Wallace
of No. Salem. Ch. i. Hannah, b. Sept. 8, 1819; m. Dea.
James E. Hoyt of Ridgbury, Ct. ii. Betsey M., b. Aug. 18,
1821; m. Rufus E. Raymond of Norwalk, Ct. iii. Gamaliel
Charles, b. Mar. 2, 1825; m. May 6, 1851, Mary, dau. Alfred
Mead. Res. No. Salem. No issue.
GAMALIEL NORTHROP, b. June 14, 1793; m. Dec. 6, 1821, Sarah,
dau. Thomas and Rebecca Boughton, b. Nov. 8, 1795. He
was a member of Conn. legislature 1831 and 1834; justice of
the peace 1825, 1832-'40, 1842-'44, 1846-'50, 1854-'56;
selectman, 1855; postmaster (Ridgbury), 1848-'55. He. d.
Nov. 13, 1856. Ch.
Julia, b. March 9, 1823; m. May 15, 1842, Almon Hickok
of Danbury, Ct.; d. Jan. 12, 1861.
Mary, b. Nov. 22, 1826; m. June 6, 1858, Daniel Minot
son of Henderson7 (223) Benedict.
Thomas Clark, b. April 24, 1830; m. Oct. 21, 1855,
Frances Caroline, dau. Wm. and Clarissa (Morris) Day,
b. Nov. 6, 1833. Ch.
I. Wm Morris, b. July 27, 1856; d. July 13, 1862.
II. Geo. Northrop, b. Aug. 11, 1858; d. Aug. 2, 1860.
III. Charles Bouton, b. Dec. 1, 1861.
IV. Mary Morris, b. March 8, 1866.
93. EZRA6 (Jesse,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. April 8, 1764; m. 1783, Susannah, dau. Jared and Mehitable Hind, b. Nov., 1760, and d. Sept. 10, 1801; he d. Dec. 30, 1840, Ridgefield, Ct. Ch.
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224. JARED, b. Jan. 19, 1784; d. Oct. 15, 1819, West Farms.
CLARA, b. Jan. 29, 1788; m. Dec. 8, 1809, David Perry of
Ridgefield. Their son, Nehemiah Perry was b. R., March 31,
1815; received a good education at West Lane Seminary; has
been chiefly engaged in the cloth and clothing business; was for
many years the presiding member of the common council of
Newark, N. J.; served a number of years in the legislature of
that state; was elected representative from N. J., to the 37th
congress, serving on committee of Revolutionary claims, etc.;
and to the 38th congress, when he served on committee on commerce.
225. EZRA, b. April 12, 1790; d. April 11, 1832, Ridgefield.
BENJAMIN, b. May 28, 1795; m. Oct. 22, 1817, Louise, dau.
Aaron and Mary Keeler of South Salem, b. May 22, 1796.
He served in war of 1812; d. Oct. 31, 1819, R. His wid.
m. Isaac Bouton of South Salem. Ch.
Mary A., b. May 31, 1819, R.; res. with her mother.
JESSE, b. May 4, 1797; m. May, 1818, Polly, dau. Joseph and
Abigail -- of Ridgefield, b. 1800, and d. Feb. 26, 1824.
He d. Feb. 4, 1826. Ch.
Ira, b. Feb. 14, 1819; m. dau. Wm. Banks of Greenfield, Ct.
Samuel, b. Aug. 10, 1822; adopted by his uncle Ira; was
drowned Black Rock.
IRA, b. July 26, 1793; m. Sept., 1821, Clara, dau. Mr. Sanders of
Wilton, Ct., who d. July 8, 1842, aged 53. He d. Ridgefield,
Sept. 30, 1835.
SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 29, 1801; m. Dec. 3, 1829, Jerry Stebbins of
Ridgefield.
94. JOSEPH6 (Jesse,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 17, 1770; m. Joanna, dau. Benajah Northrop, Dec. 23, 1792, who d. Dec. 28, 1860. He d. July 28, 1838, Ridgefield. Ch.
ELI, b. Oct. 13, 1793; d. April 18, 1795.
SALLY M., b. Jan. 23, 1796; m. Nov. 26, 1818, Geo. Henry Lyon
of N. B.; res. Petersville, Queens Co., N. B.
MATILDA A., b. Dec. 6, 1798; m. Sept. 13, 1818, Benj. Platt
Jones; res. Brooklyn.
226. THADDEUS MEAD, b. Jan. 3, 1801.
JOSEPH STURGESS, b. May 29, 1803; m. June 30, 1824, Deborah,
dau. Capt. Solomon Disbrow of Saugatuck, Ct. No issue. Dead.
JESSE LEWIS, m. June 11, 1828, Lucretia, dau. wid. Anna (Weed)
Holmes, b. Jan. 28, 1807, d. April 17, 1856; m. 2d, April 8,
1857, Delia, dau. Jeremiah and Hannah Banks of Bedford, b.
April 30, 1821. Selectman, Ridgefield, 1848, '49, and '56. Ch.
Eliza, b. March 4, 1829; m. Dec. 10, 1851, Milan H.
Mead of Ridgefield, Ct.
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227. WILLIAM NORTHROP, b. Dec. 3, 1806.
228. JOHN HARVEY, b. Feb. 23, 1808.
229. SAMUEL GOODRICH, b. 10, 1810.
HARRIET E., b. May 30, 1813; m. April 17, 1836, Thomas Butler.
She res. N. Y. city. Their son, Joseph Benedict Butler,
volunteered, 71st N. Y. Regt., and was killed battle of Bull Run.
95. BENJAMIN6 (Jesse,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 17, 1770; m. May 8, 1803, Polly, dau. Nathan and Jane (Ressegui‚) Smith, b. Sept. 27, 1778, and d. Jan. 1, 1839. Benjamin res. and d. Ridgefield, July 13, 1847. Ch.
EMILY, b. July 27, 1804; m. Thomas Northrop; d. Lysander.
EDWARD, b. Oct. 26, 1805; m. Maria, dau. Ebenezer Hoyt of
Ridgefield; res. Butler. Ch.
Jane. Polly. Nathan. Mary. Julia. Emma. Benjamin.
EDWIN, b. Oct. 26, 1805; m. Oct. 13, 1833, Catharine, dau.
Samuel and Anah Seymour of R.; res. R. Ch.
Cornelia E., b. June 4, 1834; m. June 4, 1855, James Duncan
of R.
Harriet E., b. March 2, 1836.
JANE A., b. April 21, 1809; m. Oct. 14, 1832, John Harvey7
(228) Benedict.
MARY, b. May 27, 1813; d. April 15, 1827.
BENJAMIN SMITH, b. Jan. 27, 1817; m. Mary Davis of Scriba, b.
1823. Physician; d. Scriba. They had four children. N. Y.
Census, 1865, gives:
William, aged 18, sailor; m.
Annie E., aged 11.
96. THADDEUS6 (Jesse,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 7, 1772; m. Jan. 19, 1794, Huldah, dau. Uriah Marvin, who was b. at Ridgefield, and d. at Victory, July 30, 1851. He d. Aug. 31, 1828, at Victory. Ch.
230. DAVID SCOTT, b. July 4, 1794; d. Aug. 16, 1849.
SALLY, b. Oct. 27, 1795; m. Oct. 2, 1816, Homer Lockwood;
res. Victory.
231. ROSWELL, b. April 8, 1797; d. Aug. 1, 1856.
RUTH, b. Jan. 1, 1799; m. Jan. 1, 1826, Lyman Wetherby; d.
Victory.
232. NATHANIEL MARVIN, b. June 20, 1800; d. Jan. 28, 1855.
233. SMITH, b. Feb. 27, 1809.
ELIZA A., b. Feb 29, 1812; m. May 31, 1826, Elliot Mixer of
Wolcott.
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97. LEWIS6 (Jesse,5 Matthew,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 6, 1773; m. Catharine Teller of Westchester Co., who d. Feb. 11, 1830. He d. Westchester Co., Sept. 5, 1830. Ch.
ELIZA A., b. June 22, 1801, Putnam Co.; m. Amos Tompkins; d.
MARIA, b. May 20, 1804; m. Gabriel Purdy; m. 2d, Amos
Tompkins; res. Yorktown.
WILLIAM C., b. May 27, 1807, near Peekskill; m. Feb. 18, 1844,
Eliza Ann, dau. Wm. H. Appleby of Westchester Co., b.
March 20, 1820. Res. Monticello. Ch.
Emily, b. Dec. 6, 1846.
JOHN L., b. Nov. 9, 1809, Anvil, Westchester Co.
MATILDA ANN, b. Courtlandt; m. John Wilkins; res. Peekskill.
98. CALEB6 (Caleb,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), bap. April 18, 1762; m. Jan. 1, 1784, Rebecca Seely, b. March 14, 1766, and d. Oct. 21, 1789; m. 2d, June 10, 1790, Sarah Seymour, b. 1768, and d. Dec. 11, 1831. Moved to Delaware Co., 1797; Deacon; d. Sept. 21, 1822, Walton. Ch.
234. CALEB, b. July 9, 1784; d. Feb. 15, 1853.
235. SEELY; b. May 23, 1786.
236. IRA, b. June 2, 1788.
237. SEYMOUR, b. 1792; d.
REBECCA, b. Jan., 1793; m. Eliphalet Seely; d. New Road.
SALLY, m. Nathaniel Fitch; res. Walton.
SILAS, d. Oct., 1814, unm. Soldier, War of 1812.
238. LINUS, b. Jan. 15, 1801.
ANNA, m. Dec. 12, 1822, Seymour Fitch7 (253) Benedict; burned
to death, Dec. 7, 1844.
99. Col. EZRA6 (Caleb,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), bap. June 5, 1774, New Canaan, Ct.; m. Dec. 1, 1799, Hannah, dau. Moses and Betsey (Seymour) Comstock, b. July 13, 1777, and d. April 8, 1845, at N. C.; m. 2d, Jan. 22, 1846, Sarah Comstock. He served in Ct. Militia, in every grade, from 4th corporal to colonel; d. Dec. 27, 1846. Ch.
239. ANDREW COMSTOCK, b. Jan. 25, 1802.
HANNAH, m. Aug. 4, 1834, Smith B. Keeler; res. Jamestown.
240. LEWIS ST. JOHN, b. Oct. 24, 1811.
241. ROSWELL SEYMOUR, b. Sept. 30, 1814.
AMELIA COOK, b. 1819; m. June 13, 1843, Charles, son of Caleb7
(234) Benedict; d. June 25, 1844, New Canaan, Ct.
100. AARON6 (Caleb,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 19, 1777; m. Sally Mallory, who d. Feb., 1808; m. 2d, Sally
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Curtis, who d. at Union, March 20, 1861. He d. Nov. 26, 1849, at Monticello. Ch.
MARY, b. New Canaan, Ct.; m. John Baker.
DEBORAH, b. N. C.; m. Richard Pike.
242. MINER, b. Oct. 12, 1798.
DELIA, b. N. C.; m. Jehu Smith; res. Newburgh.
243. HANFORD, b. Jan. 30, 1802.
GEORGE, d. Oct., 1823, at Thompson.
244. GILES MALLORY, b. Aug. 29, 1806.
245. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 18, 1808.
By 2d wife:
SALLY, b. Jan. 28, 1812. ELIZA, b. May 13, 1813.
REBECCA, b. May 26, 1814.
CEPHAS, b. Dec. 1, 1815, Monticello; m. Oct. 11, 1853, Ellen,
dau. James Weller, b. 1820. Editor and prop'r Union News,
Broome Co., which he has conducted for 13 years. Ch.
Weller, b. Aug. 10, 1854, Monticello.
101. MATTHIAS6 (Caleb,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 23, 1782; m. Polly, dau. Thaddeus Husted, b. Jan. 15, 1783, and d. Nov. 16, 1822; m. 2d, March 2, 1824, widow Elizabeth Lockwood, who d. Jan. 11, 1834. He d. Oct. 18, 1831. Res. N. Y. city. Ch.
246. SAMUEL HUSTED, b. July 29, 1804, New Canaan.
BETSEY M., b. June 15, 1806; m. Jan. 24, 1828, Samuel M. Burrill;
d. Jan. 23, 1834.
THADDEUS SEYMOUR, b. July 19, 1808; m. Nov. 24, 1829, Mary
F., dau. Anthony Bellamy, b. Oct. 29, 1811. He d. June 11,
1847, in New York. Ch.
Edward Seymour, b. May 29, 1843; m. June 4, 1868,
Emma E., dau. P. V. Schanck of Brighton, Monroe Co.;
wholesale stationer, N. Y.
102. TROWBRIDGE6 (Caleb,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 20, 1784; m. Betsey, dau. Capt. Jesse Richards, b. April 2, 1784, and d. Dec. 5, 1834; m. 2d, Oct. 4, 1836, Betsey (Alsop) Cox, b. May 12, 1803. He d. Nov. 21, 1869, West Norwalk, Ct. Ch.
ABBY M., b. July 17, 1808; m. Egbert Scudder; d. July 22, 1834.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, b. Aug. 27, 1810; d. Oct. 9, 1814.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. Sept., 1819; d. Aug. 31, 1821.
EDWARD TROWBRIDGE, b. Jan. 26, 1832; d. Feb. 13, 1837.
JAMES LEWIS, b. Oct. 8, 1826; m. June 28, 1855, Frances Emily
Street of W. Norwalk. Justice of the peace, 1858-61; selectman,
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1858-59; postmaster, 1859-60; member 7th Presb. ch.
N. Y., and teacher and superintendent of its sabbath school;
returned to Norwalk, 1855; gathered and organized a sabbath
school at W. Norwalk, of which he was superintendent until his
decease; held offices of honor and responsibility in the town,
and in all the relations of life was ever found faithful, upright
and honorable. He d. April 11, 1861.
CAROLINE K., b. Feb. 11, 1816; m. Sept. 19, 1837, Daniel Osborn
Bulkley.
JESSE RICHARDS, b. Jan. 11, 1824; m. Sept. 16, 1845, Catharine
O'Conner, b. April 25, 1825; merchant; res. Grayville, Ill.
Ch.
James Seeley, b. Dec. 21, 1853.
Mary B. H., b. April 8, 1863.
By 2d wife:
EDWARD TROWBRIDGE, b. Nov. 8, 1840; m. Nov. 19, 1867, Agnes
Robertina Morrison.
103. NEHEMIAH6 (James,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 29, 1765; m. Oct. 26, 1786, Hannah, dau. Stephen5 (10) Benedict, b. July 29, 1766, and d. Dec. 7, 1814; m. 2d, April 17, 1815, wid. Susannah Betts, b. 1769, and d. Jan. 22, 1820. He d. April 26, 1819. Ch.
247. NEHEMIAH, b. July 28, 1787; d. July 5, 1849.
HANNAH, b. Oct. 18, 1790; m. Jan. 1, 1807, Matthew Reed; d.
Sept. 20, 1845.
104. JAMES6 (James,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 24, 1767; m. Jan. 28, 1790, Sarah, dau. Caleb and Mercy (Seely) St. John, b. Nov. 18, 1767, and d. Sept. 26, 1836. He moved to Walton, 1797; d. Dec. 18, 1850, New Road. Ch.
SOPHIA, b. Oct. 14, 1790, New Canaan, Ct.; d. Aug. 11, 1866.
248. MATTHEW, b. Sept. 21, 1792; d. Nov. 11, 1835.
ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 15, 1794; m. Dec. 2, 1813, Joseph Bishop;
d. Nov. 10, 1835.
MARY S., b. Jan. 22, 1797; m. June 20, 1822, Stephen Rogers;
d. April 30, 1866.
THANKFUL, b. Oct. 25, 1799, Walton; m. Feb. 6, 1821, Lewis
Fitch; d. Dec. 23, 1839.
249. CALEB S., b. April 26, 1803.
105. MATTHEW6 (James,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 29, 1770; m. Jan. 13, 1791, Anna, dau. Matthias St. John, b. Nov. 13, 1770, and d. April 24, 1846. He d. Sept. 2, 1846, Walton. Ch.
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POLLY, b. July 15, 1796, Walton; m. May 19, 1814, Ezra6 (110)
Benedict; res. Elmira.
250. MATTHIAS ST. JOHN, b. Oct. 20, 1803.
251. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 15, 1806.
NATHAN, b. Aug. 1, 1809; m. Lucinda Wakefield; m. 2d, Louisa
Sellen. He had:
Alice, m. Oct., 1865, Mr. Talcott.
Frances, m. Mr. Dunn. Res. Marshall, Mich.
106. DAVID6 (James,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. April 7, 1777 (s/b 1774); m. Dec. 22, 1796, Hannah Fitch; m. 2d, Eunice Hoyt; m. 3d, wid. Nancy Caroll. He d. Franklin. Ch. all by 1st wife.
252. JAMES, m. 1821; d. Feb. 14, 1844.
253. SEYMOUR FITCH, b. July 19, 1799; d. Jan. 30, 1846.
254. HEZRON, b. July 10, 1801; d. Jan. 28, 1838.
255. ALVAH, b. July 6, 1806.
256. TRUMAN, b. Jan. 30, 1810.
JOHN, b. April 30, 1812; m. Nov. 26, 1836, Marietta, dau. James
Perkins of Weston. Ch.
Mary G., b. Aug. 6, 1838; d. Dec. 24, 1858.
Augusta R., b. June 30, 1841; m. Dec. 15, 1863, Geo.
Robbins of Bennettsville; d. Dec. 28, 1867.
Sarah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1844.
Phoebe Ann, b. May 21, 1847.
NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 15, 1814; res. Prairie City, Min.
257. RUFUS CALEB, b. Aug, 20, 1816.
NANCY, b. March 9, 1820; m. Jesse Tuttle.
107. BILLY6 (James,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 7, 1777; m. Jan. 29, 1800, Anna, dau. Moses C. and Abigail (Reed) Eells (Hall, 295), b. Dec. 22, 1778, and d. Dec. 19, 1841; m. 2d, Oct. 29, 1843, Catharine Ward, b. May 30, 1785, and d. Dec. 26, 1858. He moved to Walton, and d. Jan. 1, 1865. Ch.
POLLY, b. May 4, 1801, New Canaan; m. Nov. 2, 1820, Thomas
A. Everett.
ALANSON, b. April 11, 1803, Walton; m. Rachel Gaylord of Castle
Creek, b. 1805. Res. Oneonta. Census of N. Y., 1865, gives ch.
Lydia, wife James F. Adsit, aged 31; husband in army.
Isaac D., 25 years old.
Joseph, 24 years old; formerly in army.
Maria, 21 years old.
(Unknown.)
ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 19, 1804; m. Sept. 25, 1834, Peter Teed; d.
June 18, 1843.
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JOHN, b. May 1, 1806; d. April 20, 1809.
MEHITABLE, b. May 29, 1808; m. March 12, 1844, Peter Dunn.
ALBERT, b. Oct. 19, 1810; m. Jan. 17, 1844, Eliza Wakefield.
No issue. Res. Lawrens.
ANNA A., b. Aug. 12, 1812; m. March 12, 1844, Alanson
Thompson.
EGBERT COMSTOCK, b. Aug. 8, 1814; m. Elizabeth Shaw; d. March
15, 1859. They had Leroy, b. Walton, and perhaps others.
MARY, b. Nov. 28, 1816; m. Sept. 25, 1838, Rev. John W.
Van Horne of Colchester.
108. LOCKWOOD6 (James,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 29, 1779; m. May 12, 1800, Betsey, dau. Jehiel and Betsey (Benedict) Weed. Betsey Weed was dau. Deacon John (28); m. 2d, Margaret Ervin, b. Dec. 19, 1781, and d. Oct. 22, 1859. He d. July 26, 1840, Kane Co., Ill. Had one child only, Rachel, by first wife. Ch.
RACHEL, b. New Canaan; m. John Conlay of Norwalk, Ct.
258. JOHN, b. April 26, 1814, Canajoharie; d. June 14, 1843.
259. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 16, 1815, Canajoharie; res. Whitesboro.
ALIDA M., b. June 19, 1817; res. New London.
260. BENJAMIN, b. March 19, 1819.
NELSON ERVIN, b. Feb. 8, 1821, Lee, Oneida Co.; m. Sept. 5,
1854, Emeline, dau. Henry and Lucy Patterson of Pulaski, b.
Jan. 22, 1830; d. Nov. 20, 1859. No issue.
DANIEL CURTIS, b. June 29, 1823; d. June 13, 1841.
HENRY BLEECKER, b. Aug. 23, 1825; d. Aug. 15, 1843.
GEORGE, b. March 2, 1827; d. Aug. 8, 1849.
JAY, b. Aug. 30, 1830; m. Feb. 18, 1852, Mary Eliza, dau.
Allen and Catharine Ferguson of Rome, b. Dec. 13, 1833; res.
Whitesboro. Ch.
Cornelia Maria, b. Nov. 23, 1852.
William Henry, b. Sept. 18, 1854.
DeWitt Clinton, b. Nov. 22, 1857.
CORNELIA A., b. Jan. 19, 1833; m. Feb. 25, 1860, Jordan Ables
of New London.
109. CALEB6 (James,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 6, 1783; m. Aug. 23, 1801, Ellis, dau. Hezekiah and Phoebe (Keeler) St. John, b. July 30, 1783, and d. Dec. 12, 1861. He d. Feb. 12, 1857, New Canaan, Ct. Ch.
RUTH, b. Feb. 12, 1802; m. Aug. 3, 1820, James B. Ells of New
Canaan, Ct.
261. CALEB S., b. Oct. 28, 1803; res. New Canaan, Ct.
SILEY, b. Oct. 3, 1804; m. Oct. 29, 1823, Stephen Hoyt of N. C.
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MARY, b. March 25, 1806; m. May 25, 1826, Rufus Richards of
New C.
DEBORAH A., b. July 26, 1807; m. Sept. 11, 1825, John F. Raymond
of New C.
262. JAMES MADISON, b. May 7, 1809; d. Jan. 1, 1865, Hartford, Ct.
RUFUS ST. JOHN, b. June 2, 1810; m. Jan. 2, 1843, Betsey, dau.
Benj. Phillips, who d. Aug. 27, 1863; m. 2d, her sister, Irene,
March 12, 1866. He res. East Norwalk, Ohio. Ch.
Hannah, b. Aug. 22, 1846; m. March 28, 1867, Judson
Perrin.
Frank, b. July 15, 1848.
Lester, b. Dec. 1, 1849.
Emma, b. June 29, 1852; d. May 2, 1853.
Lucian, b. Jan. 12, 1854.
Frederick, b. July 6, 1856.
JOHN, b. June 17, 1812; m. April 26, 1835, Mary, dau. Eldre
and Polly Mills, b. March 25, 1813. Res. New Canaan, Ct. Ch.
Harriet, b. April 4, 1836; m. July 10, 1858, Walter Hoyt.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 4, 1837.
James Wilber, b. July 24, 1839; m. March 11, 1864,
Harriet Louise Reed, b. Dec. 18, 1844. Res. New
Haven, Ct. Ch.
I. Enos Eldre, b. Nov. 25, 1867.
Elvina, b. Feb. 12, 1842; m. May 7, 1863, Norman Austin.
John Murray, b. Dec. 24, 1843; res, New Canaan.
Arthur Louis, b. Oct. 4, 1851; res. Norwalk, Ct.
ELIZA J., b. Oct. 12, 1813; m. Jan. 7, 1834, Wm. Henry Ayres
of Saratoga, Ill.
EZRA, b. Nov, 20, 1814; m. June 26, 1841, Mary Strong, dau.
Erastus and Delia Pixley, b. Aug, 8, 1821. Merchant; res.
Glen's Falls. Ch.
Charles Edward, b. April 28, 1846.
Ella C., b. June 10, 1847.
Julia A., b. Feb. 21, 1849.
Irving, b. June 25, 1853; d. March 17, 1854.
Ida M., b. Sept. 20, 1856.
Laura E., b. July 31, 1858.
William St. John, b. Sept. 13, 1861; d. April 22, 1862.
HANNAH, b. July 8, 1816; m. March 29, 1836, Marcus Avery;
widow; res. N. C.
ELLIS, b. May 3, 1818; m. May 24, 1842, Augustus Dunn of N. C.
ENOS WEED, b. April 23, 1820; d. Oct. 4, 1830.
PAULINA, b. May 10, 1822; m. May 23, 1839, William Dunning;
res. Brooklyn.
BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 23, 1824; m. Sept. 17, 1848, Emily, dau.
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Epenetus and Sarah Palmer of North Salem, b. 1829, and d.
March 18, 1864; res. Burlington, Iowa. Ch.
Melville D., b. July 21, 1849; d. Nov. 27, 1849.
Clementine, b. July 27, 1850; m. Nov. 18, 1869, Edgar
Bloomer Jr., Burlington, Iowa.
Melville, b. March 20, 1853.
Sarah, b. Dec. 20, 1854. Van Wyck, b, Nov. 22, 1859.
110. EZRA6 (Ezra,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 2, 1789; m. May 19, 1814, Polly, dau. Matthew6 (105) Benedict, b. July 15, 1796. He d. May 22, 1846, Springfield, Pa. Ch.
ESTHER, b. Sept. 8, 1815, Walton; m. Dec. 24, 1837, Quartus
E. Cleveland, who served three years 141st N. Y. V. Regt.;
res. Springfield, Pa.
JOHN, b. Nov. 26, 1821, W.; m. Sept. 25, 1850, Harriet Denton
(both mutes); res. Levanna. No issue.
EZRA, b. Feb. 3, 1826, at W.; d. Sept. 11, 1832.
MARY ANNA, b. Sept. 14, 1828, at W.; m. Oct. 2, 1856, Edwin
R. Mills, Marshall, Mich.
SAMUEL NATHAN, b. Aug. 9, 1833, W.; m. Sept. 14, 1862, Sophia
N., dau. Aaron Chapin of W. Stockbridge, Mass., b. Jan. 20,
1839; served May 6, 1861--June, 1865, as 1st and 2d Lieut.
in 23d N. Y. V. Regt.; as Adjt. 107th N. Y. V. Regt.; was
transferred from Army of Potomac to the Western department,
and was under Sherman on his march from "Atlanta to the Sea."
Was wounded slightly in the left arm at the second Bull Run;
brevetted Major May 18, 1866, by Gov. Fenton, for gallant and
meritorious services; res. Hartford, Ct. Ch.
Ida Fisher, b. Nov. 24, 1864, Hartford.
Lucy P., b. Oct. 16, 1868.
CYNTHIA C., b. Jan. 25, 1842, Springfield, Pa.; m. Sept. 4, 1862,
Geo. W. Hale, who d. Aug. 27, 1863. Res. Elmira.
111. STEPHEN6 (Benjamin,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 19, 1778; m. 1802, Deborah, dau. Maj. Nathaniel Delavan of Patterson, who was b. Nov. 25, 1786, and d. Aug. 27, 1851. He d. Sept., 1864, Kenosha, Wis. They had twelve children, four of whom d. in infancy.
SELINA O., b. June 2, 1804, Patterson; m. Aug. 25, 1825, Jason
Evans; res. Penfield, Mich.
RUTH A., b. March 25, 1806, at P.; m. Aug. 25, 1825, Willis
Ford, Kenosha, Wis.
BENJAMIN G., b. 1808, at P.; d. 1822.
MARY M., b. May 12, 1810, Rutland; m. Dec. 3, 1829, John
L. Paddock; d. 1843.
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DELIA E., b. Dec. 13, 1813, R.; m. Feb., 1858, Chauncey Tuttle;
res. Beloit, Wis.
Rev. THOMAS NELSON, b. Sept. 1, 1817, R., Jefferson Co.; m.
Sept. 23, 1846, Caroline M., dau. Philetus Raymond of Peekskill,
b. Aug. 22, 1825. Thomas Nelson is a Congregational
minister; graduate of Yale College, 1842, and Yale Seminary,
1845; ordained Feb. 3, 1846; first settled at Champion, and
since at Messina and Peekskill, N. Y., and Brookfield, Ct.; at
present at Lisle, Broome Co. Ch.
Julius, b. Feb. 19, 1863, Brookfield, Ct.; d. Feb. 26, 1864.
LAURA, b. 1819, R.; d. 1821.
ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 23, 1826, R.; m. Feb., 1850, Geo. L. Farnham;
d. Oct., 1859.
112. ABIJAH GILBERT6 (Benjamin,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 13, 1790; m. Nov. 13, 1816, Charlotte Hopper, dau. Thomas Newcomb, b. July 20, 1795, and d. Sept. 6, 1853. Member of assembly in 1836; loan commissioner; president Dutchess county medical society for a number of years; practised medicine and surgery in Red Hook until his death; d. Oct. 4, 1864. Ch.
MARY E., b. 1819; res. Red Hook.
CORNELIA A., b. 1821; m. April 17, 1867, A. B. Howe; res.
Beloit, Wis.
GERTRUDE R., b. 1823; res. Red Hook.
Rev. THOMAS Newcomb, b. March 9, 1823; m. Nov. 14, 1854,
Sarah Maria, dau. Spencer and Sarah (Eames) Stafford of New
Hartford. He is a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal
church; grad. Rutger's College, N. J., July, 1841, and at Gen.
Theological Seminary, N. Y., June, 1847; ordained Deacon by
Rt. Rev. Wm. H. DeLancey, in Calvary church, N. Y., June
27, 1847; ordained priest by the same Bishop, in Trinity
church, Geneva, June 18, 1848. During his ministry has had
charge of Grace church, Waterville; St. Stephens, New Hartford;
Grace church, Galena, Ill., and Christ church, Ottawa,
Ill. At present he is engaged in educational and ministerial
duties in Jubilee College, Peoria Co., Ill. Ch.
Cornelia S., b. Aug. 11, 1855, Galena, Ill.; d.
Herbert Eames, b. Oct. 23, 1858, G.; d.
Helen C., b. Feb. 10, 1862, Ottawa, Ill.
Walter Newcomb, b. April 29, 1865, Ottawa, Ill.
CHARLOTTE H., b. 1826; res. Red Hook.
CATHARINE E., b. 1828; m. Sept. 12, 1866, Edgar L. Traver of
Red Hook.
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CHARLES BYRON, m. Sept. 3, 1861, Ellen A. Frost. Hardware
merchant, Niles, Mich. They had two ch.
ABIJAH GILBERT, b. Sept. 29, 1832; m. Nov. 2, 1858, Mary
Anette, dau. Daniel Newcomb. He grad. College Physicians
and Surgeons in New York, 1855; was in charge of alms house
and hospital at Albany, nearly a year; moved to Lyons, Iowa,
in 1856, and thence to Buskirk's Bridge, where he remained
until 1862. He then entered 125th Regt. N. Y. Vols. as
surgeon; was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, when surrendered
by Col. Miles. Is practising medicine at Red Hook.
EUGENE FRANCIS, b. 1839; m. Nov. 20, 1866, Marion Henderson;
res. Niles, Mich. During the Rebellion he was out with
the 7th N. Y. S. M. Merchant.
113. BENJAMIN BRUSH6 (Benjamin,5 Caleb,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. June 21, 1801; m. Jan. 26, 1830, Julia Maria, dau. Captain D. L. Painter of Roxbury, Ct. Besides holding most of the principal town offices, has been justice of the peace many years, associate judge of Putnam Co., and member of the legislature, 1847. He was ruling elder, for a long period, of the Presbyterian church, Patterson; res. on the paternal homestead; present occupation, farming. Ch.
HENRY LAMBERTON, b. May 5, 1832; farmer.
CHARLES WILLIAM, b. April 24, 1834; merchant; d. Dec. 27, 1858.
THALIA M., b. April 22, 1837; d. Aug. 22, 1854.
Rev. BENJAMIN GILBERT, b. Dec. 6, 1838; grad. Lafayette College,
Easton, Pa., in 1859; Princeton Theological Seminary,
1866. Pastor of Hopewell Presbyterian church, at Bullville,
Orange Co.
EMILY E., b. Jan. 10, 1843; m. Oct. 17, 1865, Rev. Nathan M.
Sherwood, pastor Reformed church, Cold Spring.
114. ANDREW6 (Nathaniel,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. June 21, 1772, Norwalk, Ct.; m. Sally Brown; m. 2d, Sally Stancliff; m. 3d, widow Anna Nichols. He moved from Ct. to Ledyard, Cayuga Co., 1798, and d. there Sept. 23, 1853. Ch.
263. GEORGE, b. Aug. 26, 1795, Norwalk.
SUSAN, m. John Bouton; res. Ohio.
MARY. SALLY. ANNA.
By 2d wife:
ROTHILDA, m. Washington Nichols; d. St. Charles, Kane Co., Ill.
JAMES N., m. Betsey Ingersoll; d. in hospital on the Potomac, a
private in -- Regt. Vols.; widow m. again. Ch.
Two sons, b. and d. at St. Charles.
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Rothilda, m. Miller. Lucy A., b. in Iowa, unm.
Loren, b. St. Charles; unm.
By 3d wife:
ELEANOR, m. ANDREW COLES.
115. NATHANIEL6 (Nathaniel,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 17, 1774; m. Jan. 18, 1797, Esther, dau. William and Sarah Benedict [dau. John4 (25)] Bouton, b. May 20, 1779, and d. May 22, 1843. He d. May 20, 1834. Ch.
264. SETH WILLISTON, b. Nov. 16, 1803, Norwalk; d. Nov. 10, 1869.
116. SIMEON6 (Nathaniel,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 2, 1776; m. July 29, 1802, Rhoda Franklin; moved to Sweden; was chosen ruling elder of Presb. church of Brockport, which office he filled acceptably for more than twenty years; d. July 6, 1855; the funeral discourse was from the text found in Psalms, xii, 1. Ch.
ALFRED RAYMOND, b. May 1, 1804, Aurora; removed to Detroit,
Mich., where he engaged in business; d. Aug. 10, 1834.
DANIEL FRANKLIN, b. Sept. 3, 1806; m. Feb. 16, 1832, Charity
Stevens, Lockport, who d. May 25, 1836; m. 2d, Aug. 5, 1837,
Wealthy Merrill of Killingworth, Ct., who d. Lockport, 1838; m.
3d, wid. Nancy (Sammis) Gale, Dec., 1842, S. Norwalk, where
they now res. Ch. by 3d wife:
Franklin Seymour, b. 1849; d. 1849.
ELIZABETH A., b. Aug. 17, 1808.
SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 14, 1810; d. Sept. 17, 1810.
ADELINE, b. Aug. 20, 1812; d. Feb. 5, 1833.
CHARLES, b. March 25, 1815; d. July 20, 1815.
SUSAN J., b. Sept. 5, 1817; m. May 14, 1839, William Henry
Whipple of Sweden, Monroe Co.
CHARLES, b. Aug. 16, 1820; m. May 2, 1843, Maria Luther, b.
1821; res. Sweden. Ch.
Alfred Franklin, b. Nov. 25, 1846; d. Jan. 8, 1867.
Frederick Jay, b. Nov. 5, 1849.
Ida G., b. July 10, 1853; d. May 10, 1856.
Charles Edgar, b. July 11, 1856.
Herbert Leland, b. Feb. 28, 1860.
HENRY, b. June 4, 1823; d. Aug. 13, 1823.
117. RAYMOND6 (Nathaniel,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. April 2, 1779; m. Nov. 18, 1801, Mary Seymour, b. June 3, 1781, and d. Nov. 2, 1819; m. 2d, Nov. 24, 1822,
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Nancy Smith of Stamford, Ct. He d. Norwalk, May 21, 1851. Ch.
STEPHEN, b. Aug. 10, 1802; m. Oct. 22, 1833, Sarah Ann, dau.
Gershom Truesdell of Steuben, b. Jan. 8, 1810; res. Canandaigua.
Ch.
Mary A., b. Oct. 27, 1834, Canandaigua.
Gould Raymond, b. Jan. 31, 1836, C.; enlisted Sept. 1, 1862,
as artificer Co. H, 4th N. Y. Heavy Art'y; d. Salisbury,
N. C., Sept. 19, 1864.
Charles Seymour, b, Jan. 19, 1838; m. Dec. 28, 1857, Mary
Ellen, dau. Simeon Hillyer of Canandaigua, b. Sept. 7,
1838. He d. Oct. 23, 1868. Ch.
I. Jennie Bell, b. Jan. 8, 1858, South Bristol.
II. Ida May, b. Dec. 30, 1860, S. B.
III. Letty S., b. Nov. 2, 1862, Canandaigua, and d. Nov.
6, 1865.
IV. Carrie E., b. Oct. 12, 1864, C.
Mary A., b. Aug. 19, 1839.
ANN, b. Dec. 18, 1804; m. Peter Smith; res. Stamford.
ESTHER MARY, b. Feb. 13, 1807; m. Oct. 6, 1834, William7
(245) Benedict.
GOULD, b. Oct. 26, 1815; m. Nov. 26, 1835, Julia A., dau. Isaac
and Almira Bouton of South Norwalk, who d. July 26, 1854;
m. 2d, June 17, 1856, Almira, dau. David and Sarah Horton
of Salem, who d. June 2, 1859; res. South Norwalk. Ch.
Henry Otis, b. Sept. 1, 1836; m. 1857, Elizabeth, dau.
Chauncey Knapp; d. Oct. 23, 1859. No issue.
Julia A., b. July 20, 1854.
Mary E., b. Dec. 7, 1859.
118. ASA6 (Nathaniel,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 7, 1781; m. Jan. 5, 1804, Hannah Reed, who d. Nov. 11, 1830; m. 2d, Dec. 19, 1830, the widow Ruth Hanford, who d. Dec. 2, 1857. He removed to Brockport, Monroe Co., where he resided until his death, which took place Feb. 15, 1850. Ch.
FREDERICK REED, b. Oct. 20, 1804, Norwalk, Ct.; m. 1829, Mary
Ann Osborn, who d. Nov. 18, 1846; m. 2d, 1847, Amanda
Rockwell. Removed early to Wilton, Ct., and engaged in the
manufacture of shoes. Ch.
Edgar, b. Oct. 2, 1830; m. Feb. 11, 1858, Mary Elizabeth
Staples of Sweden. He removed from Wilton to Brockport,
where he now conducts a boot and shoe business;
clerk of the town of Sweden for three or more years. Ch.
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I. Frederick Staples, b. Sept. 3, 1860.
II. Joseph Osborn, b. Aug. 1, 1862.
III. Eddie, b. May 8, 1865; d. Aug. 27, 1865.
William Henry, b. Sept. 14, 1834; m. Nov. 14, 1860, Martha
Hawley, b. 1841. He moved to Brockport, April 1,
1859, where he engaged in business. Ch.
I. Isabella F., b. June 20, 1862.
II. Fannie L., b. Jan. 24, 1867.
Harriet I., b. Sept. 13, 1836; m. July 4, 1857, Thomas
E. Whitney, and d. Feb. 10, 1859.
Frank, b. June 25, 1842; res. Brockport.
Mary A., b. Oct. 29, 1846.
Helen Reed, b. May 12, 1848.
Emily Rockwell.
Julia Holt, b. Oct. 3, 1852.
GEORGE, b. June 2, 1807; m. Oct. 12, 1828, Sarah J. Beardslee,
b. March 14, 1810, and d. Feb. 20, 1847; m. 2d, Dec. 16,
1847, Amanda, dau. John5 (40) Benedict, b. Aug. 30, 1818.
Justice of the peace 1844-46 and '49; selectman 1850 and 1851;
superintendent for 30 years of South Norwalk Congregational
church sabbath school. Ch.
Homer H., b. July 18, 1830; d. Feb. 17, 1865, Placerville,
Cal.
Theodore B., b. June 1, 1832; enlisted for three years, April
19, 1861, Co. E, 1st Regt., Ct. Vols.; reenlisted Sept. 5,
1861, and again, Dec., 1863, in Co. D, 7th Regt., Ct.
Vols. Died May 3, 1865, in New Haven hospital, from
wounds received in the battle of the Wilderness.
Cornelia M., b. Dec. 9, 1838; m. Oct. 1, 1861, James L.
Russell.
Jennie O., b. June 5, 1850.
George Willis, b. Sept. 25, 1852.
ALFRED, b. Feb. 5, 1809; d. Sept. 11, 1818.
HARRIET, b. Dec. 21, 1812; d. Feb. 28, 1813.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. July 31, 1814; m. Nov. 23, 1837, Mary
Guyer, b. March 28, 1815. Represented Norwalk in legislature,
1849; president Mechanics' Savings Bank; Deacon So. N.
Congregational church. Ch.
Gertrude H., b. Feb. 6, 1841.
Arabella F., b. May 10, 1843; d. April 19, 1845.
Frances M., b. Feb. 13, 1846; m. Dec. 18, 1866, David E.
Disbro.
Emily I., b. Dec. 27, 1848; d. March 27, 1865.
Arabella L., b. Aug. 20, 1851.
Florence E., b. Jan. 28, 1856.
Florence M., b. Jan. 28, 1856.
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HARRIET B., b. April 20, 1817; res. Brockport.
ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 1, 1819; d. April 25, 1820.
MARGARET, b. Aug. 30, 1821; d. Oct. 4, 1821.
CHARLES NICHOLS, b. July 16, 1823; m. Feb. 7, 1854, Elizabeth
Ketchum, who d. Feb. 22, 1855. Res. Brockport.
119. URIAH6 (Nathaniel,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 13, 1782; m. April 10, 1805, Sally, dau. Benjamin North. They united with the Stamford Congregational church, May 7, 1809; Jan., 1811, removed to Ledyard, Cayuga Co., where they reside. Ch.
BENJAMIN NORTH, b. April 21, 1806, Stamford, Ct.; m. June 7,
1832, Harriet E., dau. Ralph W. and Joanna Goold of Hanover,
N. H., b. Feb. 7, 1811, and d. Oct. 4, 1834, Holley; m. 2d,
Jan. 14, 1836, Adelia, dau. Gains and Eliza Thomas of
Wyoming, b. Dec. 30, 1815, Middlebury; merchant; res.
Palmyra. Wis. Ch.
Harriet A., b. June 25, 1840, Holley; d. July 17, 1845;
Racine, Wis.
Mary A., b. Aug. 23, 1846, Palmyra, Wis.
Ellis B. N., b. Nov. 4, 1855, Palmyra, Wis.
Rev. WILLIAM URIAH, b. Sept. 25, 1808, Stamford, Ct.; m. Jan.
18, 1834, Almira A., dau. Ensign Bennett. Grad. Williams
College, 1829, and at Auburn Theological Seminary, 1832;
licensed to preach the gospel by Cayuga Presbytery, July, 1832,
and was ordained by the same Presbytery, June, 1834. He was
a year and a half in the service of the Am. Tract Soc., and five
years pastor of a church in Ira. In 1842 he went with a Vermont
colony to Vermontville, Mich., and spent twenty years in
useful labor in that region -- religious, educational -- blessed
greatly by the Holy Spirit; res. Vermontville, Mich. Ch.
William H., b. June, 1835; m. Sept. 23, 1858, Josephine
S. Barber; merchant, Vermontville, Mich. Ch.
I. Frank Howard, b. June, 1860.
II. Frederick Barber, b. June, 1865.
III. Lawrence, b. June, 1867.
Edwin Ellis, b. Aug. 11, 1838, Ira; m. May 16, 1866,
Sophia A., dau. John King, M. D., Grand Blau, Mich.
Grad. in law, Mich. Univ., 1863. Practises law at Manistee,
Mich. He has one son.
Sarah A., b. April, 1841, Sweden. Grad. 1863, Olivet
College, Mich. Artist.
Anne M., b. May, 1844, Vermontville, Mich. Grad. 1865,
Olivet College; teacher, Olivet College.
Orville E., b. Jan., 1851, Vermontville; d. July 7, 1865.
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HANNAH, b. May 7, 1811; d. Oct. 1, 1812.
Rev. EDWIN M., b. Sept. 3, 1813; m. Nov. 2, 1842, Mary
Melinda, dau. Oliver and Electa Spencer, b. Nov. 4, 1818.
Grad. Hamilton College, 1837. Received degree A. M.
Grad. Auburn Theological Seminary, 1840. Preached one
year North Bergen. Ordained Sept. 20, 1842, at Candor,
Tioga Co., where he remained ten years; pastor at Bath, six
years; at Jamesville, eight years; preached six months at Truxton;
settled at Moravia, 1867. Ch.
Clarence Spencer, b. Jan. 23, 1844.
Louise G., b. Sept. 20, 1855.
ASA, b. Sept. 14, 1816; m. Jan. 1, 1846, Harriet Emily, dau.
Truman and Harriet Allen; res. Vermontville, Mich. Ch.
Benjamin Emmons, b. March 20, 1848.
Mary Elizabeth, b. March 31, 1852.
Martha H., | b. March 30, 1858, Vermontville, Mich.
Maria L., |
EMELINE, b. April 2, 1819; m. 1842, Stephen W. Hanford, who
d. Sept. 4, 1856; res. Ledyard. Her son, Edwin M. Hanford,
served throughout the war.
HENRIETTA, b. March 6, 1822; m. July 25, 1852, Thomas H.
Phelps. HARRIET, b. March 6, 1822; d. March 27, 1822.
JANE, b. Feb. 23, 1825; m. 1851, Rev. Henry T. Lothrop of
Randolph, Mass.; res. Palmyra, Wis.
SARAH C., b. Feb. 15, 1830; m. George Phillips; res. Cambridge
Ill.
120. ISAAC6 (Isaac,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 13, 1774; m. May 22, 1802, Fanny, dau. Col. Hezekiah Hopkins, who d. Oct. 3, 1817; m. 2d, Feb. 11, 1823, Mrs. Huldah Blake of Boston, who d. March 31, 1832; m. 3d, April 19, 1842, Mrs. Clarissa Johnson, Norwalk, Ohio. He moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., in the spring of 1798; d. Oct. 3, 1846, Norwalk, Ohio. Ch.
JANE M., b. Clinton; m. Jan. 1, 1826, Lathrop Brockway; d.
March 19, 1831.
LOUISA, m. Charles Wilcox, Jan. 13, 1835; widow; res. Clinton.
GEORGE, m. Betsey Harris, Jan. 1, 1828; res. Galesburg, Mich.
FANNY, m. Aug. 22, 1827, Russell M. Smith; d. Sept. 24, 1828.
CHARLES, m. April 25, 1833, Charlotte Pomeroy; d. Sept. 30, 1852.
MARY, m. April 22, 1840, Edward Hurlburt; res. Kent, Ohio.
GOOLD, b. Oct. 24, 1814, Clinton; m. Oct. 7, 1840, Ann Janet,
dau. Charles Wilcox, who d. May 21, 1847; m. 2d, Sept. 9,
1850, Helen Elizabeth, dau. Dr. Solomon Bailey, Bethlehem;
res. Clinton. Ch.
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Charles Wilcox, b. July 12, 1845.
Helen L., b. April 7, 1847.
William Howard, b. Nov. 9, 1851.
SHELDON, b. Clinton; d. July 23, 1847.
121. OBADIAH M.6 (Isaac,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 19, 1783; m. Oct. 11, 1807, Clarissa, dau. Capt. Samuel Bingham of Windham, Ct. who was an officer in the Revolutionary war, and granddau. of Samuel Bingham, an officer in the French and Indian war, and also in the Revolution. She was b. Nov. 18, 1785, Windham. He d. Clinton, Sept. 26, 1861. Ch.
CAROLINE, b. Aug. 13, 1808.
SAMUBL BINGHAM, b. April 10, 1811; d. Sept. 8, 1833.
ALATHEA J., b. March 8, 1815; d. Nov. 7, 1853.
MASON, b. Sept. 8, 1817; m. March 5, 1850, Ann, dau. Barney
and Christina (Pettingale) O'Neil of Johnstown, b. 1820. He
d. Jan. 27, 1855. His wid. res. Clinton. Ch.
Clara M., b. May 23, 1852, in N. Y. city.
122. LEWIS6 (Isaac,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 27, 1785; m. Mary Scribner of Westport, Ct., who d. April, 1849. He d. at Verona, March 4, 1846. Ch.
WILLIAM SCRIBNER, b. Aug. 25, 1811, Madison; m. July 19,
1860, Arvilla C. Strong, dau. Alvin Wakefield. No issue.
Res. Binghamton.
Rev. LEWIS, b. Jan. 14, 1815, at M.; m. July 8, 1847, Martha
D., dau. Asa Tyler of Holland, who d. June 25, 1849; m. 2d,
Sept. 3, 1850, Frances Beattie, dau. Grant Wheat of Rome.
Grad. Hamilton College, 1839, and Auburn Theological Sem.,
1843. Congregational minister, and resides at Lawn Ridge,
Marshall Co., Ill. Ch.
Martha T., b. June 21, 1849, Rockton, Ill.
Mary F., b. Dec. 8, 1851, Rockton, Ill.
Abby J., b. Sept. 22, 1854, Aurora, Ill.
Susan W., b. July 1, 1859, Geneva, Ill.
Lewis Grant, b. Jan. 12, 1862, Brimfield, Ill.
Hattie L., b. Oct. 7, 1864, Lawn Ridge, Ill.
MARY E., b. March 27, 1817; m. Seely Perry, a grad. of Union
College; merchant, Rockford, Ill.
ISAAC, b. March 20, 1817; d. Aug. 16, 1840.
GEORGE, b. Dec. 17, 1820; m. Feb. 27, 1847, Sarah, dau. John
T. Walrath of Madison Co., b. 1825. Res Vernon. Ch.
George W., b. Feb. 2, 1848; res. Syracuse.
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Alice J., b. April 14, 1850.
Mary F., b. May 1, 1852.
Sarah E., b. Jan. 10, 1854.
Grace S., b. May 19, 1858.
Howard Mason, b. March 30, 1861.
GOULD, b. Dec. 2, 1822; d. Sept. 14, 1823.
SARAH S., b. Sept. 7, 1824; m. Wm. Z. Stuart, grad. D. C.;
lawyer; supreme judge, state of Ind.; mem. Ind. legislature.
Res. Logansport, Ind.
AMZI, b. Sept. 14, 1826; m. June 12, 1856, Catharine C., dau.
John I. Walrath. Res. Lake Forest. Merchant, Chicago. Ch.
Willie W., b. June 27, 1857.
Euella K., b. Dec. 21, 1858.
Caroline F., b. July 10, 1861.
Albert Grant, b. Dec. 12, 1864.
Sidney Amzi, b. Feb. 26, 1867.
123. Rev. AMZI6 (Isaac,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. May 19, 1791; m. Oct. 5, 1824, Martha S., dau. Gen. Solomon Cowles of Farmington, Ct. "He graduated at Yale College in 1814, and studied theology at Andover, Mass.; was ordained Sept. 24, 1818, in Newbury, with two others, as missionaries to destitute parts of the country; sermon by Dr. Dana. He was ordained pastor at Vernon, June 30, 1834, and dismissed Feb. 10, 1830; was then installed at Pomfret, Oct. 19, 1831; and dismissed July 15, 1834. During this time a revival added seventy-seven to the church, of whom fifty were admitted in one day. He was settled at Manlius, Dec. 6, 1837, and for four years thereafter. For a time he was principal of a female seminary in New Haven; about 1845-6 he supplied the pulpit of Dr. Bond of Norwich for two years; he resided, 1854, in Chelsea, Mass.; in the spring of 1855 took charge of a small society in Yorktown, Westchester Co., where he labored with satisfaction until disabled by a railroad accident, which caused his death three weeks later. He died in Brooklyn, L. I., at the house of his son-in-law, Dr. J. C. Hutchinson, Nov. 17, 1856. 'His sufferings were very great, but he experienced in full the supporting comforts of the religion he had so long professed and preached, and which he had adorned by an exemplary and devoted life. A discriminating theologian, a diligent student, a sound and earnest preacher, an assiduous
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pastor, and a faithful friend.' Mr. B. published, in 1850, a work entitled A Biblical Trinity. He published several sermons in the National Preacher." His widow resides in Brooklyn with Dr. Hutchinson. (Cong. Quarterly, Oct., 1860.) Ch.
SUSAN H., b. Feb. 22, 1826, Vernon, Ct.; m. Sept. 13, 1849.
Dr. Joseph C. Hutchinson, an eminent physician, of Brooklyn.
Dr. H. was president N. Y. State Med. Soc., 1867.
ELIZA C., b. July 20, 1827, Vernon; d. May 24, 1830.
CORNELIA C., b. July 11, 1829, Vernon; m. April, 1867, John
H. Gause. Res. Cleveland, Ohio.
EDWARD BLOOMFIELD, b. July 17, 1832, Pomfret, Ct.; m. Dec. 6,
1854, Fanny E. Bates, b. 1835, who m. 2d, Crary of Dorchester,
Mass. Enlisted in 13th Regt. N. Y. Vols. After its
return, served as 1st Lt. and A. D. C. on the staff of Brig.-Gen.
N. J. Jackson; while holding this position, in the summer of
1863, his regiment (the 145th N. Y. Vols.) was consolidated.
Soon after he received a commission in the 46th N. Y. Vols. (a
German regt.), stationed at Knoxville, Tenn. He served in it
until 1864, when it was mustered out. In Sept., Gen. Jackson
joined Gen. Sherman's command, and he reached Atlanta,
Ga., early in Oct. Lieut. B. went through the remainder of
the march to the sea. Entering the army from patriotic motives,
declaring 'that the country needed the hearts of her daughters
and the hands of her sons,' he carried with him the virtues and
graces of a Christian gentleman, illustrating, during weary
marches, and after sharp conflicts, by patient watching in the
hospital, by succor cheerfully rendered to escaped Andersonville
victims, by courtesy to all men, the Gospel he professed. During
his passage through the swamps of South Carolina, he was
attacked by severe chills, followed by a persistent cough. These
symptoms never yielded to treatment, although they were mitigated
by a change, in the winter of 1865, to Austin, Nevada,
where Lieut. B. had been appointed agent of the Keystone
Mining Co. In the spring he attempted a return home, but
suddenly "fell asleep in Jesus," at New Pass station, June 3,
1866. Ch.
Fanny E. B., b. Sept. 6, 1857.
Edward Swift, b. Jan. 23, 1860.
Charles, b. Oct. 25, 1861; d. Feb. 18, 1862.
CHARLES GOULD, b. July 25, 1838, Manlius. "He received a
good English education near Boston, Mass. Removed to Brooklyn
in 1853, and in 1854 joined the Clinton Ave. Congregational
church. In 1862, though in feeble health, he joined the
13th Regt. N. Y. S. M.; was stationed at Suffolk, Va. At the
expiration of his term came home in ruined health, and died
March 5, 1863. He was graceful, affable, and engaging, fond
of society, and well fitted to adorn it. He had deep convictions
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and warm sympathies; was a pronounced abolitionist, and
it was such feelings that prompted him to join the army, though
few were physically more unsuited to hardship and exposure.
A decided and active Christian, he avowed his religious convictions
in public, and obeyed them in his inner life."
124. JAMES6 (Nathan,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 16, 1797; m. Oct. 22, 1819, Susan Marvin of Norwalk, Ct., b. Dec. 1, 1796. Res. South Norwalk. Ch.
WILLIAM JARVIS, b. Dec. 7, 1820; m. June 5, 1862, Julia L.
Sanford of Hartford, b. 1831, and d. April, 1864. Res. South
Norwalk. Ch.
Julia S., b. April 19, 1864.
ROSWELL, b. March 27, 1822. Res. So. Norwalk.
CATHARINE E., b. Sept. 19, 1823; d. Jan. 19, 1843.
JAMES, b. May 1, 1825; m. Nov. 2, 1851, Thirza Cornelia Dibble,
b. Feb. 2, 1824. Served 3 years in Co. --, 17th Ct.
Vols. Teacher and farmer. Ch.
James, b. Jan. 5, 1854.
Roswell, b. Sept. 27, 1855.
Edgar, b. Oct. 12, 1857.
Neil, b. Oct. 2, 1859.
Lorenzo, b. Dec. 25, 1861.
Henry Seeley, b. Sept. 24, 1866.
Samuel, b. Jan. 10, 1869.
CHARLES FREDERICK, b. Sept. 1, 1830; m. Feb. 19, 1851, Mary
Seeley b. May 7, 1831. Res. N. Y. city. Ch.
Charles Clifton, b. April 12, 1852.
Mary G., b. April 20, 1857.
Gilbert Sanford, b. June 10, 1862.
125. Rev. HENRY6 (John,5 Nathaniel,4 John,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 22, 1796, Norwalk, Ct.; m. Sept. 1, 1823, Mary Betts, dau. Capt. Stephen Lockwood. "His early years were spent at Norwalk. After preparatory study at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., he entered Yale College, and pursuing the usual course, graduated in 1822. The year following he taught school in Virginia. Although for some years in feeble health, he determined to devote himself to the ministry, and pursued a theological course under private instruction. He commenced the work of the ministry at Waterbury, Ct., in 1826. The following year he preached in Galway, where he received a cordial request from the Congregational church in
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Norwalk, Ct., to become their pastor. Accepting the invitation, he was installed Aug. 12, 1828, and continued there four years, amid scenes of great religious interest and fruitfulness. Impaired health compelled him to resign his charge and visit the south. On his return, he labored a short time in the church at Somers, in 1833. In October of that year he accepted a call from Lansingburgh, where he remained two years. After which, declining permanent engagements, he preached (1836-7) at Covington, Ky., where he founded a church; afterwards (1838) at Stillwater, then at the Broadway Tabernacle, N. Y.; also, at the Bowery church (1839). Leaving New York, he accepted a call from the Congregational church, Westport, Ct. (1840), and remained there twelve years. Resigning this charge, he spent about a year in Europe (1852), and on his return was settled over the Presbyterian church at Portchester, where he continued until 1863, when advancing years induced him to lay aside his duties as pastor. He continued to reside at Portchester, ministering occasionally there, and in neighboring churches, until his decease, which occurred at Saratoga Springs, July 18, 1868. The foregoing is a brief record of a useful life, held in grateful remembrance in many households where the fragrance of his loving words and deeds still lingers." A funeral discourse was preached in the Presbyterian church, Norwalk, Ct., by B. F. Munday, the pastor, from I John, iii, 2. (See Norwalk Gazette, July 28, 1868, for account of his last illness and funeral services). Ch.
HENRY MARTIN, b. May 13, 1824, Norwalk, Ct.; m. Nov. 4,
1845, Lavinia Ophelia, dau. Charles C. Wright, engraver and
artist. Mr. B. is a prominent banker in New York; late
president of N. Y. Gold Exchange, and N. Y. Gold Exchange
Bank; res. Greenwich, Ct. Is warden of the borough. Ch.
John Henry, b. July 29, 1848.
Frederick, b. July 27, 1850; d. Jan. 19, 1853, at N. Y.
Carroll Lockwood, b. Aug. 18, 1852.
William de Liesseline, b. Oct. 7, 1854.
Edward, b. July 15, 1856.
Mary Isabel, b. May 21, 1858.
Francis, b. Oct. 21, 1859.
SARAH J., b. Nov. 15, 1827, West Galway; m. April 19, 1853,
Chauncey Taylor of Westport, Ct.; res. Oakland, Cal.
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FRANCIS LOCKWOOD, b. Aug. 20, 1829; d. Oct., 1853, Galveston,
Texas.
ELIAS CORNELIUS, b. Jan. 24, 1834, Somers, West Co.; m. Oct.
6, 1859, Sarah, dau. Lucius Hart. Mr. B. is a prominent and
successful broker in New York, where he resides. Ch.
Frederick Hart, b. Dec. 7, 1860.
Martha, b. Dec. 27, 1862.
Helen Ripley, b. May 31, 1865.
MARY E., b. March 28, 1836, Lansingburgh; m. Nov. 23, 1865,
Godfrey John Henry Peters of Portchester.
ELIZABETH B., b. March 31, 1838, Stillwater; m. Nov. 23, 1865,
Melancthon W. Mead of Brooklyn.
HELEN M., b. Oct. 15, 1840, Westport, Ct.; m. Dec. 20, 1860,
Mortimer M. Todd of Greenwich. Cashier 1st Nat. Bank of
Portchester.
CATHARINE P., b. Jan. 20, 1847.
126. JAMES6 (John,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 3, 1780; m. May 4, 1802, Charity, dau. James Titus of Norwich, b. 1785, and d. March 15, 1837. He d. Dec. 6, 1864. Ch.
ELIZA, b 1808, Norwich; d. Oct. 17, 1843.
ALMIRA, b. 1813, N.; m. Sept. 4, 1834, Elbridge Raymond.
SAMUEL TITUS, b. April 29, 1815; m. Sept. 1, 1840, Martha,
dau. Silas Newton of N., b. June 20, 1819; farmer; res. Norwich.
Ch.
Charles Henry, b. April 3, 1842; m. Nov. 4, 1867, Deborah
C., dau. Dr. J. J. and Martha Lyle of Macon, Mo.,
b. Aug. 22, 1842, New Portland, Mo. Member of firm
Turner & Bacon, Macon, Mo.; was gov't military telegraphic
operator in Mo., for four years during the war.
George Edwin, b. Sept. 16, 1845; res. Norwich.
MARTHA, b. 1817; m. March 4, 1838, Samuel Randall, Henderson,
Ill.
SARAH, b. 1819; m. 1845, Henry Richardson, Ottawa, Ill.
REXAVILLE, b. 1823; d. March 30, 1832.
127. ALLEN6 (John,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 6, 1792; m. May 4, 1817, Chloe, dau. Silas and Gertrude Case of Norwich, b. March 18, 1801. He was a miller and d. Port Huron, Mich. Chloe m. 2d, -- Rhea of Tompkins. Ch.
WILLIAM LEANDER, b. April 12, 1818; d. young.
MARTHA A., b. Dec. 28, 1820, Norwich; m.
HARRIET M., b. May 20, 1823; m.; d. June 10, 1863.
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MARIETTE, b. April 23, 1825, Greene; m.
ALBERT CASE, b. Oct. 13, 1830, Barton; went to California in
1858; when last heard from, May, 1869, was living at Tuxon,
Arizona; unm.
128. MOSES6 (Benjamin,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 4, 1782; m. Jan. 25, 1825, Lucy, dau. James Partridge, b. Sept. 20, 1804, and d. April 26, 1857. He was 1st selectman of Canaan, Ct., in 1824; justice of the peace 1829-38, and in 1843. He d. May 27, 1863, Canaan, Ct. Ch.
JAMES KNOX, b. Nov. 27, 1827; m. Oct. 1, 1849, Phoebe Ann,
dau. Alpheus and Betsey Pond of Southington, Ct., b. April 6,
1829; claim agent; res. Wabashaw, Minn. Ch.
Mary E., b. Sept. 8, 1852. Adelaide E., b. Dec. 20, 1853.
Charles Alpheus, b. March 18, 1856.
Martha A., b. Nov. 16, 1864; d. July 24, 1865.
BENJAMIN, b. March 16, 1830; m. Nov. 24, 1852, Ursula, dau.
David Niver of Ancram, b. 1831; res. Canaan, Ct. Ch.
Margaret E., b. Nov. 22, 1853, Canaan.
Frank, b. Sept. 13, 1855, New Marlboro, Mass.
Mary A., b. May 25, 1861, Canaan.
MARY, b. 1832; m. Sept. 1, 1851, Auren Rockwell; res. Modena,
Wis.
MARTHA, b. 1835; m. April 6, 1856, M. P. Tobey; res. Sheffield,
Mass.
MARGARET, b. 1838; d. 1842.
129. BENJAMIN6 (Benjamin,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. May 26, 1784; m. Sept. 16, 1807, Elizabeth, dau. Judge Stephen Mack of Owego, b. 1782, and d. Dec. 9, 1863. He was a member of the assembly in 1822; d. Dec. 8, 1833, Meredith. Ch.
JULIA A., b. Oct. 16, 1808, M.; m. Sept. 22, 1828, Gen. Ephraim
Robbins Jr. of Union; d. Dec. 8, 1867. He d. Nov. 9, 1859.
Their son, Moses Benedict Robbins, b. July 10, 1841, volunteered
Aug. 27, 1862; was 1st Lieut. and then Capt. Co. E,
109th N. Y. Vols.; at Cool Arbor was partially paralyzed by
concussion of a shell; at present editor and proprietor of "Union
Weekly News," Union.
MARY A., b. Jan 7, 1811; m. May 7, 1833, Stephen Van Deuzen;
served Co. E, 50th Engineers, N. Y. Vols.; res. Union.
BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 5, 1813; m. Jan. 26, 1837, Caroline, dau.
Cornelius and Rebecca Mercereau, b. March 4, 1816, and d.
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June 28, 1848, Meredith; m. 2d, Frances Cawsay, by whom
he had one child, Caroline; merchant; d. at Owego, April 9,
1864.
ELIZABETH M., b. March 17, 1815; m. Feb. 22, 1840, Putnam
Israel Mercereau, Meredith. Their son, Peter Mercereau, enlisted
in Co. E, 44th N. Y. Vols.; and their son, Dudley, enlisted
in Co. B, 137th N. Y. Vols., and was killed May 3, 1863,
at Chancellorville.
STEPHEN MACK, b. May 7, 1817; d. March, 1819.
MOSES MACK, b. Feb. 28, 1820; m. Sept. 29, 1840, Harriet, dau.
Hon. Samuel and Sally S. Kimball of Union, b. July 11, 1823.
Merchant; accidentally killed April 14, 1860. Ch. b. Union.
Sarab E., b. Nov. 13, 1848; m. Dr. Amos Lewis Sweet,
Nov. 4, 1868; res. Southold, L. I.
Moses Eben, b. June 2, 1854.
Charles Dudley, b. Nov. 21, 1856.
CHARLES DUDLEY, b. Feb. 28, 1822; grad. Albany Medical College
in 1841; d. March 10, 1842, Albany. His death was
caused by a fall on the ice.
SAMUEL, b. May 7, 1824; d. July 15, 1842, Ithaca.
ELLEN M., b. July 27, 1827; d. Dec. 1, 1867, Union.
130. Rev. TIMOTHY6 (Benjamin,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. May 25, 1795; m. May 19, 1819, Mary E., dau. Martin Chamberlin. Methodist Episcopal minister, res. Lockport, Ill. Ch.
WASHBURN, b. July 20, 1820, Dalton, Mass.; m. May 5, 1845,
Thankful, dau. Timothy Buell, Canaan. Educated at Wesleyan
University. Res. at La Grange, Mich.
OREN C., b. May 29, 1822, Sheffield, Mass.; m. July 9, 1848,
Emily L., dau. Philip Merrill, Pittsfield, Mass. Res. Pittsfield.
WILLIAM C., b. Aug. 17, 1824, Hudson; d. in infancy.
CAROLINE M., b. March, 1826, Hudson; d. in infancy.
TIMOTHY, b. Aug. 28, 1827, Rhinebeck; d. in infancy.
LOUISA M., b. March 2, 1830, Hartford, Ct.; m. William D.
Swail; res. Belvidere, Ill.
JOHN E., b. May 10, 1832, Waterford; m. Mary J., dau. Rev.
L. A. Sanford of Rock River Conference, Ill. He was killed in
the late war, in the Union army, before Vicksburg, May 19,
1863.
MARY C., b. May 26, 1834, Pittsfield, Mass.; m. Oct. 5, 1859,
William H. Feakins, who d. 1863, of disease contracted in the
late war; m. 2d, May 15, 1864, Rev. Wm. H. Fisher, minister
of M. E. church; grad. Evanston Bible Institute, Ill.; res. Lockport,
Ill.
CAROLINE E., b. Aug. 19, 1839, Dalton, Mass.; m. William
Nicholson; res. Elwood, Ill.
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131. DANIEL6 (Daniel,5 Daniel,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 30, 1783; m. Oct. 11, 1811, Mary Mead; m. 2d, July 20, 1820, Emma, dau. Samuel Clark of Jerusalem, b. March 26, 1794. He was a resident of Jerusalem from about 1825 until his death, Oct. 1, 1863. Ch.
LILLAH, b. June 26, 1813; m. Lewis Sayre, 1832; res. Mich.
SARAH, b. Sept. 23, 1821, Jerusalem; m. June 8, 1848, Ephraim
Wheeler; res. Haskenville.
DANIEL WOOD, b. Oct. 27, 1823; m. Dec. 23, 1847, Olivia L.
Pickens, b. 1828; res. Prattsburgh. Ch.
Ann, b. July 3, 1848.
Frank E., b. July 8, 1852.
Carrie, b. Aug. 26, 1858.
MARY, b. Jan. 29, 1826; m. June 9, 1853, Jonathan D. Pierce;
res. Jerusalem.
EZEKIEL CLARK, b. Sept. 13, 1828; m. Dec. 30, 1852, Martha J.,
dau. Thomas C. Sutton of Jerusalem, b. Nov. 20, 1830; res.
Jerusalem. Ch.
Frederick S., b. Dec. 25, 1856.
DEBORAH A., b. Oct. 5, 1830.
EMMELINE, b. Nov. 16, 1832; m. July 21, 1860, Lewis I. Sutton of
Jerusalem.
CAROLINE, b. July 1, 1836; m. Dec. 24, 1863, Andrew M. Brown
of Jerusalem.
132. THOMAS6 (Daniel,5 Daniel,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. March 13, 1785; m. Jan. 22, 1812, Lydia Mead; res. Penn Yan. Ch.
JAMES BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 6, 1813; m. Nov. 9, 1837, Esther, dau.
Amos and Rebecca Hyatt, b. Dec. 8, 1814; res. Warwick. Ch.
Thomas M., b. Oct. 28, 1838.
Joel H., b. Dec. 23, 1839.
Rebecca, b. Aug. 13, 1842.
Racbel, b. June 24, 1849; d. Jan. 19, 1850.
Addie, b. June 4, 1852.
James E., b. Feb. 17, 1854; d. March 24, 1855.
MEHITABLE, b. Oct. 13, 1814; m. John Davison.
SALLY A., b. April 25. 1819; d. about 1835.
HANNAH, b. Aug. 31, 1823; m. Aug. 31, 1843, James Miller of
Penn Yan.
133. JOHN6 (Daniel,5 Daniel,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 7, 1787; m. Feb. 2, 1815, Phoebe, dau. Aaron and Jane
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Taylor of Warwick, b. Oct. 23, 1792. He d. June 2, 1862, Tecumseh, Mich. Ch.
265. ISAAC LAKE, b. Nov. 21, 1815.
266. AARON TAYLOR, b. Oct. 20, 1817.
DANIEL WOOD, b. Jan. 18, 1820; m. Jan. 18, 1843, Abigail, dau.
Benjamin and Mary Woodruff of Urbana; d. Feb. 5, 1844.
JOHN WALLACE, b. Jan. 26, 1822; m. April 14, 1847, Laurinda,
dau. Caleb Wolcott of Bradford, b. June 27, 1825. Res.
Tecumseh, Mich. Ch.
George Judson, b. Nov. 4, 1851.
Charles Wolcott, b. Sept. 23, 1854.
Frank H., b. June 28, 1858.
Rhoda M., b. Oct. 14, 1868.
JAMES EDWIN, b. June 17, 1824; m. Nov. 27, 1854, Eliza D.,
dau. Barnett Retan of Urbana, b. Jan. 10, 1833. Res. Lyons,
Mich. Ch.
Florence R., b. Nov. 16, 1855.
Jenny L., b. April 5, 1857.
Eunice A., b. Dec. 28, 1863.
Eddy, b. July 19, 1867; d. Aug. 23, 1867.
Frederick, b. July 19, 1867; d. Aug. 24, 1867.
Mary V., b. Oct. 26, 1868.
MARY J., b. Feb. 11, 1827; m. Dec. 10, 1850, John B. Garling-house,
Tecumseh, Mich.
THOMAS BENJAMIN, b. March 28, 1829; m. Oct. 25, 1863, Sarah
A., dau. Ebenezer and Phoebe Whipple, b. Aug. 12, 1838.
Grad. as physician and surgeon, at Cleveland, Ohio, 1860.
Res. Ionia, Mich. Ch.
Austin, b. Feb. 8, 1866.
JACOB MAGEE, b. July 26, 1831; m. Nov. 26, 1860, Mary E.,
dau. David and Minerva Barnard of Lyons, Mich., b. Nov.
15, 1835. Res. Portland, Mich.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. May 14, 1836; m. Oct. 23, 1861, Sarah
A., dau. -- Haight of Tecumseh, Mich., b. Aug. 26, 1845.
Res. Lyons, Mich. Ch.
Jacob Madison, b. March 17, 1863.
Nellie F., b. July 18, 1865.
Edwin Selim, b. May 24, 1868.
134. JAMES6 (Daniel,5 Daniel,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. April 24, 1791; m. Dec. 14, 1821, Elizabeth, dau. John Hall of Warwick, b. Dec. 28, 1804. Ch.
HARRIS SWEZY, b. July 12, 1823, Warwick; m. July 4, 1847,
Elmina, dau. George and Jane (Covert) Bryan of Sonora, b.
April 16, 1828. Physician. Res. Corning. Ch.
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Florence E., b. Jan 7, 1852.
Daniel Burton, b. July 4, 1853.
William James, b. Aug. 25, 1856.
Frank Harris, b. March 19, 1858.
Florence Louise, b. March 18, 1862.
George Bryan, b. May 3, 1865.
HULDAH ANN, b. June 12, 1825; m. Oct. 16, 1849, John Bush
of Campbell.
MARY ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 27, 1827; m. April 15, 1852, B. F.
Grant, M. D. Res. Bath.
EUNICE ARMINDA, b. Oct. 1, 1828; d. Aug. 13, 1832.
LEWIS, b. May 13, 1831; d. June 3, 1831.
EUNICE ARMINDA, b. May 26, 1834; m. Oct. 16, 1855, Luther A.
Wing of Bath.
135. ISAAC6 (Isaac,5 Amos,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. June 24, 1781, South Salem; m. Huldah Hoyt, b. Sept. 29, 1784, and d. April 5, 1825. He d. Jan. 25, 1859. Ch.
CYRENE, b. March 7, 1804; m. 1827, Harry M. Holmes of S. Salem.
DARIUS, b. July 18, 1805; m. Harriet Fuller, b. March 23, 1808;
res. North Salem.
NANCY, b. March 18, 1811; m. Sept. 29, 1829, Clark Fuller; d.
Dec. 25, 1831.
ISAAC N., b. April 21, 1813; m. Emma --; b. 1818; res.
North Wilton, Ct. Ch. (according to Ct. Census, 1860):
Lucy W., 18 yrs. Frederick D., 17 yrs. Arthur M., 15 yrs.
136. SOLOMON6 (Solomon,5 Amos,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 9, 1776; m. Abigail Rundel, who d. about 1798; m. 2d, Dec. 22, 1800, Anna Northrop. He was accidentally killed April 7, 1803, at Ridgefield. His widow m. Sept. 22, 1810, Jared7 (224) Benedict. Ch.
MARTIN, b. July, 1796; m. Miss Westcott; no issue.
267. JESSE, b. Oct., 1797.
ASA, b. Dec. 22, 1801, South Salem; m. Jan. 11, 1826, Eunice, dau.
Miah Northrop of Wilton, Ct., b. June 6, 1802, and d. March
24, 1842; m. 2d, Sept. 7, 1842, Esther, dau. Stephen Pardee
of South Salem, b. Nov. 29, 1807; res. Lysander. Ch.
Solomon, b. July 21, 1827; m. Sept. 11, 1856, Emeline B.
Keeler.
Jacob Gilbert, b. Aug. 9, 1828, at Wilton, Ct.; m. July 28,
1851, Julia Carrington; res. Fulton, Oswego Co. Ch.
I. Jay G., d. aged 5 yrs.
II. Carrie E., b. Jan. 27, 1857.
III. Cameron C., b. Nov. 29, 1859.
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Elizabeth N., b. April 19, 1832; d. Aug. 2, 1834.
Caroline E., b. Jan. 27, 1836; m. Jan. 23, 1861, R. Norton
Perine.
Jane A., b. Aug. 5, 1843, Lysander; d. Aug. 21, 1863.
Asa Gardiner, b. Aug. 11, 1848, Lysander; student, Ham. Coll.
137. AMOS6 (Jacob,5 Amos,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 19, 1806; m. March 13, 1823, Hannah, dau. Thomas Hobby of South East, b. Sept. 1, 1805, and d. 1853; m. 2d, March 13, 1854, widow Ann Moffat, dau. Hezekiah and Sarah Cousins, b. Feb. 14, 1816, Somersetshire, England; res. Wash. Co., Ohio. Ch.
MARY, b. July 31, 1825, S. E.; m. Wm. Simmons; d. 1852.
CATHARINE, b. March 17, 1828, Patterson; m. D. S. Wallbridge;
d. 1846.
HENRY NELSON, b. Aug. 16, 1830, Carmel; m. Nov. 8, 1858,
Martha Elizabeth, dau. Walter and Maria Brobham of Wash.
Co., Ohio, b. Sept. 22, 1838; res. Harmar, Ohio. Ch.
Frank Walter, b. Oct. 18, 1859.
Annie Emma, b. Sept. 30, 1861.
Howard Cyrus, b. May 5, 1864.
Sumner, b. May 5, 1867.
CAROLINE, b. Nov. 14, 1832, New Hudson; m. 1852, John Cain;
d. 1857.
ADELINE, b. July 12, 1835, Jamestown; m. 1853, Andrew Story;
res. McConnellsville, Ohio.
JULIA ANN, b. March 18, 1838, Jamestown; m. Oct., 1857, Henry
Hart; d. 1861-2.
HARRIET AUGUSTA, b. June 6, 1840, Jamestown; m. Sept., 1857,
Jefferson Miller; d. Dec. 24, 1864.
AMOS H., b. Aug. 27, 1843, Olean; m. May 25, 1867, Lucy
Emily, dau. Stephen L. and Louise Gould of Barlow, Ohio, b.
Feb. 14, 1847. Admitted to bar at Marietta, Ohio, April 12,
1867; was a member of 148th Regt., O. N. G.; res. Harmar,
Ohio. Ch.
Clarence Arthur, b. April 24, 1868, Warren, Ohio.
GEORGE EDWIN, b. July 3, 1846, Wash. Co., Ohio; served in 85th
O. V. I., and 2d O. V. C.; res. Erie, Ill.
ISABELLA, b. April 3, 1849; d. Nov. 7, 1857.
ALICE, b. April 22, 1858.
ALFRED, b. Aug., 1858; d. Sept. 11, 1858.
138. JOSEPH6 (Lewis,5 Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 10, 1781; m. Polly, dau. Benjamin Marshall, who d. Nov. 5, 1864. He d. at No. Salem, Oct. 27, 1818. Ch.
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ELECTA, b. May 9, 1802; m. Nov. 22, 1818, Erectus March;
d. Oct. 1, 1867, Greenwich.
GEORGE W., b. So. Salem; m. Maria Lottridge; res. Vinton, Ohio.
LYMAN, b. April 14, 1805; m. Sept. 25, 1839, Caroline E., dau.
William Bishop of Hoosick Falls. Res. Hoosick Falls.
HIRAM, b. March 24, 1808; m. Oct. 22, 1833, Sally, dau. Jesse
and Jane White, who d. Aug. 7, 1867. Res. Fredericksburg,
Iowa. Ch.
Robert Bruce, b. Oct. 2, 1834, Poundridge.
Myron Riley, b. Sept. 8, 1835; m. March 2, 1868. Served
3 years and 10 months in Co. F, 9th Iowa Vols.
David Lewis, b. Dec. 31, 1836. Served 1 year and 6 mos.,
in Co. F, 9th Iowa Vols.; d. at Vicksburg.
Joseph Hiram, b. Aug. 29, 1840, Franklin.
George Marshall, b. Sept. 14, 1843, Tompkins. Served 1
year and 5 mos. in Co. F, 9th Iowa Vols.
MARY ANN, b. No. Salem; m. 1831, David Taber.
ALLEN, b. Jan. 18, 1810; m. March 6, 1833, Sarah Ann, dau.
Col. Joseph Dorr, b. Feb. 10, 1817. Res. Troy. Ch.
Joel H., b. Oct. 24, 1835; res. Troy.
Jane A., b. June 6, 1837; m. Dec. 20, 1860, R. C. Huntington;
res. Chicago, Ill.
Joseph Reed, b. Sept. 12, 1839.
Ida, b. Nov. 10, 1841; m. Oct. 19, 1865, Dr. John Crane
of New York.
Caroline Frances, b. Aug. 5, 1842; m. Feb. 15, 1865, N. Z.
Wright; res. Chicago, Ill.
A. Reed, b. July 22, 1844; res. Troy.
JOSEPH N., b. Schoharie. No returns.
139. DAVID6 (Lewis,5 Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 2, 1783; m. Nov. 26, 1806, Elizabeth, dau. Andrew Bishop, and d. Jan. 18, 1864. He d. June 23, 1861, at South Salem. Ch.
JULIA, b. Sept. 18, 1807; m. March 13, 1836, Lewis Hoyt; res.
Danbury, Ct.
LOIS, b. Nov. 13, 1808; d. Sept. 24, 1830.
EZRA R., b. April 18, 1810; m. Feb. 11, 1835, Jane, dau. David
Hammond of N. Y., b. Dec. 3, 1814. Merchant; held offices
of village and school trustee, town assessor, and trustee of Presbyterian
church of Sing Sing. Ch.
David H., b. Oct. 20, 1840; m. June 4, 1863, Z. Amelia,
dau. Capt. John Collyer. Ch.
I. Clairville Ezra, b. 1864.
II. Jane Adelia, b. 1866.
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JEMIMA N., b. Feb. 5, 1814; m. May 19, 1840, Terah M. Elmore
of Cross River.
JOSEPH, b. March 8, 1816; d. Aug. 18, 1816.
SALLY M., b. Jan. 29, 1820; m. Dec. 25, 1845, Lucius L. Cady,
and d. April 16, 1857.
140. MOSES6 (Elijah,5 Gideon,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. April 4, 1764; m. 1783, Lois, dau. Samuel and Dorothy (Benedict) Pratt, b. June 1, 1768, and d. April 1, 1843. Dorothy was dau. Gideon4 (17). He d. May 4, 1822, at Underhill, Vt. Ch.
268. SAMUEL PRATT, b. Aug. 5, 1784.
269. ELIJAH, b. Feb. 14, 1791; d. Sept. 15, 1842.
ELNATHAN, b. 1793; m. Clarissa Thatcher. He res. Lisbon, St.
Lawrence Co., where he d. March 14, 1868. His wife had d.
previously. Ch.
Julius, res. Arlington, Ill.
RUSSEL, b. 1796; d. April 5, 1843.
LOUISA, b. Jan. 17, 1805; m. Feb. 6, 1828, Orin Chamberlain,
and res. Windsor, Dane Co., Wis.
HIRAM GIDEON, b. March 9, 1808, Underhill, Vt.; m. July 4,
1839, Delana, dau. Wait H. Hurlburt. Physician of extensive
practice; d. Underhill, April 13, 1861. Ch.
Addison Charles, b. Sept. 17, 1840. Enlisted, Oct. 17,
1863, 1st Vt. Cavalry, for one year; reenlisted, and
mustered out June 25, 1865. Lawyer; res. Underhill, Vt.
Maria Charity, b. Feb. 25, 1842; school teacher.
Marion Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1844; school teacher.
Wait Moses, b. June 3, 1846. Enlisted March 13, 1865, in
Co. G, 2d Regt. Vt. Vols; mustered out July 15, 1865;
res. Underhill, Vt.
George Hurlburt, b. Sept. 20, 1850.
141. JONAS NEWTON6 (Benajah,5 Samuel Pitman,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. 1785; m. Salome Towner, b. 1787, and d. May 13, 1843; he d. April 7, 1853, at Crown Point. Ch.
MARY EMMELINE, b. Sept., 1807, Bridport, Vt.; m. July 2, 1835,
Orison Davis of Newfield, N.J. Sons Newton and Warren
were in the army.
ADOLPHUS, b. Bridport; d. aged 4.
JONAS ADOLPHUS, b. May 15, 1814; m. Sept. 30, 1841, Harriet N.,
dau. John Renne of Crown Point, b. Feb. 16, 1816. Enlisted
Oct. 22, 1861, in 5th N. Y. V. Cavalry, and mustered into the
service as 1st Lieut. Co. H. The regiment was ordered from
Hart's Island to Annapolis, Md., and on its way, at Baltimore,
Lieut. B. having been ordered to quell a disturbance, received an
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injury, from the effects of which he died Dec. -- 1861. "Thus
passed away a choice spirit and a noble man -- and one of the
country's most zealous defenders." His widow res. at Crown
Point. Ch.
Frances, b. July 1, 1843.
Amelia Hammond, b. Nov. 4, 1847.
MARTHA SOPHIA, d. 1816.
BENNETT TOWNER, b. May 19, 1818; m. Nov. 29, 1849, Mehitable
P. Davis. He immigrated to California in 1858; res. Oakland,
Cal. Ch.
Frances Adelaide, b. Dec. 1, 1854.
SARAH ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 2, 1824; d. Crown Point.
BENAJAH, b. Dec. 1, 1825; m. Persis Hamblin; immigrated to
California in 1852; res. Almeda, Cal.
SOPHIA S., b. July 12, 1828; artist; immigrated to Cal. in 1862;
res. San Francisco, Cal.
142. ABEL6 (Zachariah,5 Samuel Pitman,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 22, 1792, Cornwall, Vt.; m. May 18, 1818, Lorraine Stacy, b. Rochester, Vt., d. Feb. 22, 1826. Was a private at the battle of Plattsburgh; captain of militia; d. Feb. 17, 1823, at Cornwall, Vt. Ch.
CHARLES, b. Dec. 30, 1819; m. Jan. 12, 1854, Ruth Letitia, dau.
Russell Squire of Hopkinton, b. July 6, 1832; res. Cornwall,
Vt. Ch.
Charles Fremont, b. Dec. 4, 1856.
Rollin Stacy, b. Jan. 14, 1859.
Emma Eliza, b. Oct. 16, 1861.
ABEL JEROME, b. April 22, 1822; m. Sept. 8, 1847, Helen Adeline,
dau. Nathan Peck of Hopkinton, b. Feb. 18, 1820. Deacon
of Baptist church in Cornwall, Vt. Ch.
Charles Abel, b. June 12, 1852; d. Jan. 5, 1853.
Gilbert Jerome, b. Nov. 30, 1853.
Helen Lorraine, b. Dec. 14, 1856.
William Henry, b. Oct. 26, 1863.
Milo Ellsworth, b. June 9, 1866.
143. ELIJAH6 (Zachariah,5 Samuel Pitman,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 18, 1802; m. March 11, 1823, Dolly, dau. Rufus and Susan Foster of Rochester, Vt., b. March 18, 1802. Justice of the peace for eight consecutive years and county surveyor four years. Res. Atkinson, Henry Co., Ill. Ch.
ELIJAH FOSTER, b. Nov. 18, 1825; m. June 24, 1848, Mary Janet,
dau. Abraham J. and Lorraine Follett of Atkinson, Ill., b. Dec.
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22, 1829. He enlisted, Aug. 9, 1861, in the 112th Regt. Ill.
Vols.; orderly sergeant, Co. C. Res. Cornwall, Ill. Ch.
Charles Rollin, b. May 31, 1849.
Mary Lorraine, b. Dec. 22, 1850.
Susan Jolly, b. Jan. 31, 1853.
Horace Greeley, b. Jan. 11, 1855.
Ellen Maria, b. March 9, 1857.
Addie Hurd, b. March 9, 1859.
William F., b. Dec. 2, 1860.
Arthur M., b. March 31, 1862.
Frederick, b. March 12, 1864.
Frank, b. June 12, 1867.
ABEL EDWIN, b. June 17, 1829; m. Oct. 27, 1852, dau. Julius and
Juliana De Long of Center Point, Ill., b. March 18, 1833. Justice
of the peace for eight years. Res. Cornwall, Ill. Ch.
Edwin J., b. Oct. 10, 1855.
George M., b. Sept. 10, 1859.
Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1863; d. Nov. 1, 1863.
Mary J., b. July 24, 1865.
ROLLIN ZACHARIAH, b. Feb. 21, 1832; d. Dec. 11, 1837.
GEORGE WHITFIELD, b. Oct. 11, 1836; enlisted, Aug. 9, 1861, as
member of the band of the 112th Ill. Vols., and served three
years; res. Cornwall, Ill.
ALBERT JOHNSON, b. Oct. 4, 1838; m. Oct. 14, 1851, Margaret
Jane, dau. Samuel A. and Elizabeth Dickey, b. June 21, 1838;
res. Cornwall, Ill. Ch.
Hattie Angeline, b. Oct. 4, 1861.
144. GRAHAM6 (Samuel,5 Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 27, 1785; m. Sept. 25, 1814, Lucy, dau. James Hickox of Manchester, Vt., b. Dec. 8, 1791. He was school com'r, com'r of highways, and overseer of the poor for a number of years in the town of Perry, where he settled in 1816, having first lived at Lima. He d. at Perry, Jan. 13, 1862. Ch.
HARRIET, b. Sept. 21, 1815; res. Perry.
EUNICE ANN, b. Nov. 12, 1818; m. Oct. 18, 1838, James Allen
Thompson of Perry.
SAMUEL SEWARD, b. Jan. 30, 1821; res. Perry.
CHARLES JAY, b. March 20, 1823; m. Jan. 24, 1850, Florilla Hurd,
dau. Samuel,6 son of Ichabod5 (51) Benedict, b. Oct. 11, 1828.
Res. Perry Centre. Ch.
Frank Canfield, b. Sept. 16, 1851.
Harriet Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1856.
Frederick Graham, b. Dec. 16, 1868.
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145. WILLIAM6 (Samuel,5 Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 23, 1787; m. Oct. 24, 1812, Esther, dau. Azel and Eunice Mead of Manchester, b. July 4, 1789, and d. Nov. 27, 1839; m. 2d, Aug. 19, 1840, Nancy, dau. Ichabod5 (51) Benedict, b. Oct. 10, 1805. He lived and d. at Manchester, Vt., July 25, 1866. Ch.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. June 7, 1841; m. Nov. 14, 1861, Elvira, dau.
Elisha and Mary Cook, b. Nov. 3, 1841. Res. Manchester,
Vt. Ch.
Addie Hurd, b. Aug. 10, 1862.
Frank William, b. Nov. 18, 1865.
SAMUEL SEWARD, b. Nov. 9, 1843; grad. of Williams College,
class of 1865; res. Guilford, Southern Kansas.
146. SOLOMON6 (Samuel,5 Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. June 28, 1791; m. July 2, 1812, Laura, dau. Joshua French, b. April 5, 1793; res. Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Ch.
GEORGE SEWARD, b. Sept. 24, 1814; m. Oct. 7, 1841, Betsey
Beardslee, b. July 20, 1818; res. Gambier, Ohio. Ch.
Pliny Clark, b. Nov. 6, 1842; d. Aug. 1, 1852.
Betsey Minerva, b. Dec. 24, 1845.
George Livingston, b. Dec. 17, 1847.
William Solomon, b. Oct. 8, 1850.
Mary Cornelia, b. Aug. 3, 1855.
Charles Sumner, b. March 5, 1858.
Edwin Ellsworth, b. Dec. 15, 1862.
HEMAN, b. Sept. 19, 1818; m. June 14, 1846, Lucy, dau. Jonathan
and Sally Huntington, b. Aug. 14, 1820; res. Mt. Vernon,
Ohio. Ch.
Sarah Jane, b. Oct. 18, 1848.
Charlotte Frances, b. Aug. 9, 1853.
Flora Kate, b. Nov. 14, 1856.
Henry Clay, b. March 9, 1864; d. Aug. 14, 1865.
LAURA ANN, b. March 28, 1821; m. Sept. 25, 1855, Josiah Day
Work; res. near Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
TRUMAN, b. April 29, 1823; m. June 10, 1852, Loraine Bassett,
b. Feb. 10, 1821; res. Gambier, Ohio. No issue.
MINERVA JANE, b. April 18, 1827; m. April 14, 1850, Capt. Levi
I. Nichols; res. Plymouth, Ohio.
FRANCES, b. Sept. 8, 1830; m. March 13, 1856, Uriah Walker;
res. near Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
AUGUSTA MARIA, b. Aug. 17, 1832; res. Manchester, Vt.
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147. TRUMAN6 (Samuel,5 Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 3, 1793; m. May 2, 1819, Hannah, dau. Jonathan5 (57) Benedict, b. April 4, 1798, and d. Aug. 4, 1857. He removed, in the winter of 1822, from Manchester, Vt., to the town of Perry, and may fairly be considered one of its pioneer settlers. Following the business of teaching winters and managing a small farm during the summer, the while maintaining correct habits, he soon won the confidence and esteem of all with whom he became acquainted. He was elected to various minor town offices; in 1834 was chosen supervisor, and continued as such for twelve or thirteen years. In 1842, and again in 1843, he was member of assembly, and for three years justice of the peace, holding that office at the time of his death, Dec. 1, 1855. Ch.
CHARLES GRAHAM, b. July 15, 1819; m. Oct. 18, 1849, Anna
Sabra, dau. Thomas B. Reed of Joliet, Ill., b. Feb. 22, 1821.
Res. Perry. Ch.
William Seward, b. Oct. 9, 1851.
Marion Addie, b. Oct. 20, 1853.
Truman, b. Aug. 17, 1855.
MARY, b. Sept. 8, 1821; m. Dec., 1842, Samuel Willard Tewksbury
of Perry.
WILLIAM, b. Feb. 3, 1827; m. April 27, 1856, Cynthia Lovina,
dau. Thomas Buell, b. Sept. 8, 1833, and d. June 2, 1856; m.
2d, Sept. 15, 1859, Dorleski, dau. Dr. Reuben Andrews, b.
Nov. 21, 1834, Cortland. Res. Perry Center. Ch.
Esther May, b. March 21, 1861.
Edith, b. Dec. 22, 1865.
Charles Sumner, b. May 6, 1869.
148. SAMUEL6 (Samuel,5 Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 19, 1801; m. Oct. 21, 1824, Julia Ann, dau. Nathaniel and Polly (Gates) Otis of Perry, b. Aug. 2, 1805. Res. Chicago, Ill. Ch.
BETSEY, b. Jan. 21, 1826, Perry; m. Nov. 9, 1843, Duncan
McKercher of York. Merchant; postmaster of Ripon, Wis.
MARTHA ANN, b. April 15, 1828; m. Oct. 3, 1849, O. Randolph
Ellis, city marshal and deputy sheriff, Ripon, Wis.
EMMA LOUISA, b. March 26, 1830; m. Jan. 8, 1851, S. Norris
Whitlock, merchant, Warsaw.
DAVID OTIS, b. June 17, 1832; m. April 2, 1862, Helen Negus of
Ocanomowoc, Wis. Res. at O. Ch.
Lulu Estelle, b. March 20, 1855.
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EDWARD ROSSITER, b. March 26, 1834; m. April 3, 1855, Levira,
dau. Hiram Morris of Warsaw, b. March 14, 1838. Real
estate agent, Chicago, Ill. Ch.
Ida E., b. Jan. 5, 1856, Warsaw.
George Morris, b. Aug. 12, 1857.
Frank, b. June 3, 1859; d. Oct. 17, 1866.
GEORGE GOODALE, b. July 12, 1836; m. Jan. 12, 1865, Mary
Painter of Warsaw. Res. Chicago, Ill. Ch.
Edwin Painter, b. Aug. 31, 1868.
MARVIN SMITH, b. Aug. 30, 1838, Perry; res. Chicago.
FRANCES OTIS, b. Sept. 15, 1844; res. Chicago.
149. EZRA6 (Jonathan,5 Jonathan,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. June 23, 1800; m. Dec. 30, 1824, Eliza, dau. Andrew and Elizabeth Wilkins of Hillsboro, N. H., b. April 28, 1806, and d. March 15, 1842; m. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. Jesse and Ruth Hurd, b. April 29, 1804, and d. May 17, 1858; m. 3d, Nov. 17, 1859, Sarah F., dau. Jonas and Eliza Holden; res. Factory Point, Vt. Ch.
EDWARD, b. Dec. 30, 1826, Manchester, Vt.; d. June 7, 1829.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, b, June 3, 1828; m. Jan. 21, 1852, Jane,
dau. David and Paulina Colson of Dorset, Vt., b. June 11,
1832, and d. May 5, 1860; m. 2d, Nov. 19, 1861, Eveline,
dau. Solomon and Diana Bentley, b. May 9, 1837. Ch.
Alice N., b. Oct. 10, 1854.
Edward Augustus, b. June 11, 1832.
Eliza Jane, b. Dec. 31, 1862.
Ezra Wilkins, b. March 18, 1864.
Mary A., b. Oct. 14, 1868.
WILLIAM, b. July 7, 1831; d. May 10, 1832.
MARY ANN, b. Sept. 19, 1833; d. Jan. 30, 1834.
AMELIA, b. June 28, 1835; d. July 14, 1835.
MARIA ELIZA, b. Oct. 10, 1839; unm.
150. Rev. JOEL TYLER,6 A. M. (Rev. Abner,5 Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 6, 1772, at Middletown, Ct.; m. Jan. 1, 1795, Currance, dau. Deacon Adin Wheeler of Southbury, Ct., b. July 6, 1772. "He studied law with Thaddeus Benedict, Esq., of Reading, Ct., and was admitted to the bar of Fairfield Co., in 1794. He continued in the practice of law six years, first in Stamford, and then in Branford; and during this period, 1796-1801, was Chaplain 25th Regt., 5th Brig., 3d
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Div. of the Ct. Militia. His views changing, after preparatory theological studies with his father, he entered the ministry as a Presbyterian clergyman. He preached his first sermon Jan. 15, 1802. His first congregation was that of Blooming Grove, Orange Co., where he was ordained as an Evangelist, Nov. 16, 1803. From that place he was called to an adjoining agricultural parish (Bethlehem), in the township of New Windsor, where he remained four years. He was next settled over the church and congregation in Franklin, Del. Co., where he remained about eight years, when he was called to New Concord (Chatham), Columbia Co., and was pastor of the Presbyterian church there till, having been repeatedly attacked with bleeding at the lungs, he was forced to abandon the continued active duties of his profession, and was employed by the Pennsylvania branch of the American Tract Society in Philadelphia, where he remained till his death, occasioned by the bursting of a blood-vessel, October 21, 1833. He was buried in Laurel Hill cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. Eager, in his History of Orange Co., says of him: 'Mr. Benedict was a man of ardent piety, untiring zeal and eloquence, which continually drew crowds to listen to his preaching.' He sometimes left his people and preached as a missionary in the counties of Broome and Chenango, and the neighboring ones of Pennsylvania. The same result followed his preaching in those sparse settlements as elsewhere. The inhabitants flocked to hear him, and were deeply affected. He was almost constantly in the midst of religious revivals from the time he entered the ministry till his health failed. He was active and influential in the Northern Associate presbytery, where he was intimate with Rev. David Porter of Catskill, Rev. Seth Williston of New Durham, Rev. David Harrowar of Sydney, who in the beginning of this century, were the great apostles of the region lying west of the Hudson, and about the head waters of the Delaware and the Susquehanna. There was nothing ornate or rhetorical in his language or manner. He was simple, earnest, clear, and persuasive. His sincerity, sympathy and feeling were irresistible. It was said of his preaching 'the word melted hearts like wax before the fire.' His few published sermons fail to exhibit
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his power over an audience, because they lack the expression of feature, voice and manner. In all the ministrations of his sacred profession, his manner was very solemn and impressive. In social life, and in his family, he was cheerful and humorous, and abounded in anecdote and repartee. The following extract from a newspaper notice of his widow suggests the influence she may have exerted upon her husband and children. 'She was eminent during her long life for her earnest and practical Christian spirit, the brightness and activity of her intellect, and the vivacity and attractiveness of her disposition. In labors of love for the poor, the sick, and the ignorant, she abounded. To the old, the middle-aged, and the young, her society was alike, ever delightful. Her children and all who knew her rose up to call her blessed. The vigor of her mind was not weakened, the warmth of her love was not chilled, nor the benevolence of her hand checked by her advanced years; and to a remarkable extent her bodily strength remained till her last sickness, which was of but few days' continuance.'" She died June 4, 1862, in the 90th year of her age, at Huntington, Pa. Ch.
270. GEORGE WYLLYS, b. Jan. 11, 1796, at Stamford, Ct.
NARCISSA, b. Dec. 4, 1798; m. Garry M. Peck; res. Davenport,
Iowa.
271. ERASTUS CORNELIUS, b. March 19, 1800, at Branford, Ct.
LOUISA, b. Jan. 29, 1803, at Branford, Ct.; m. Nov. 18, 1834,
John Erhardt; res. Brooklyn.
272. ABNER, b. Jan. 18, 1805, at New Windsor.
273. ADIN WHEELER, b. Jan. 29, 1808.
151. Rev. ABNER6 (Rev. Abner,5 Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 13, 1781, in Ct.; m. Jan. 1, 1802, Nancy, dau. Capt. Phineas Farrand of Hanover township, N. J., who d. Jan. 12, 1831. "He received his classical and mathematical education chiefly under the guidance and instruction of his father. Removing, about 1800, to Parsippany, N. J., with his father, he taught, for a few years, academies, successively in Hanover, Springfield and Newark. In 1807 he removed to Franklin, Delaware county, where he studied theology under his father, whom he had accompanied, and under his elder brother, Rev. Joel T., who was then pastor of the Congregational church at that place. After receiving his license, and preaching a year in Cicero, he removed to Sherburne, where he remained three or
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four years as pastor of the Congregational church. The remainder of his days he devoted with great zeal and eminent success to the arduous and self-denying labors of an Evangelist. His preaching was singularly practical and searching. His doctrinal sentiments were those of St. Paul, as interpreted by Calvin. Revivals of religion almost invariably attended him whereever he went, and he did much to build up and strengthen, in their infancy, the early churches of Western New York. He was ardent in his feelings, genial in his social intercoure, tender and indulgent in all his family relations, as a lover of man and a lover of God. He died Dec. 25, 1830. Dr. Penney, his friend, and one of the ministers of Rochester, and subsequently president of Hamilton College, preached his funeral discourse from the text 'Our fathers! where are they? and the prophets? do they live forever?' The Rev. Dr. Joel Parker of New York, under date of March 12, 1870, described his friend and colaborer, Rev. Abner, 'as a little less than of a medium stature, of a compact frame, quick in his motions, as indicating a degree of nervous sensibility. His mental characteristics were peculiar, while his modes of thought were chaste, as indicating mental culture, he was distinguished for accuracy of statement and sharpness of discrimination. He was peculiarly a doctrinal preacher, and a high Calvinist. He was a very bold preacher, and an able debater. He was, at times, too, very pathetic, especially at the communion service. His discourses were not considered as eloquent throughout; but they were always replete with sound thought, often marked by passages of great power, delivered in a manner which I was always inclined to characterize as intense. With him true piety was first, and learning next. These were all -- godliness and mental discipline.'" Ch.
274. FARRAND NORTHROP, b. March 11, 1803, at Parsippany, N. J.
ABRAHAM KITCHELL, b. Jan. 11, 1805. Springfield, N. J.; was
fitted for, but prevented, entering college from ill health. He
early immigrated to the south-west; never m. and is probably d.
CHARLOTTE, b. Aug. 14, 1808, Franklin; resides with her brother
Farrand.
275. WILLIAM BURRITT, b. Aug. 13, 1811, at Sherburne.
NARCISSA, b. May 2, 1813, at Sherburne; d. Feb. 8, 1816.
HARRIET NEWELL, b. Oct. 31, 1815, at Burlington; d. unm.
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PHINEAS, b. April 15, 1819, at Onondaga; d. Dec., 1822.
276. JOEL TYLER, b. Jan. 18, 1821, at Mentz.
277. ABNER, b. Feb. 18, 1823, at Mentz.
152. ROBERT6 (Rev. Dr. Joel,5 Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. July 11, 1776; m. Feb. 11, 1808, Clarissa, dau. Nathan Dow of Richfield, b. May 27, 1789, at Voluntown, Ct., and d. April 27, 1868, at Philadelphia, Pa. Soon after becoming of age he lived at Albany, where he was a clerk and an assistant of Rev. Dr. Nott, then in charge of the academy there. Thence he went to Central New York, and about 1801 opened a store at Sangersfield, Oneida Co. The Annals of that county mention him as an early settler, and notice the fact that "Esquire Benedict was said to have been very much of the gentleman both in his manners and style of living." He lived for a few years after his marriage in Madison Co., but his home may be said to have been Richfield Springs, where he spent more than thirty years in the occupation of a farmer. His declining days were passed at Chester, Pa., where his children had settled. He d. Nov. 6, 1855. He was Deacon of church at Richfield Springs, and ruling Elder of Pres. church of Chester at the time of his death. The Richfield Springs Mercury, noticing the death of Mrs. Benedict, said: "She lived among us but to do us good, and to illustrate the excellence of those Christian graces which eminently adorned her character." Ch.
SARAH, b. Feb. 23, 1809, Richfield Springs; m. Nov. 26, 1840,
Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D., Bishop of Pennsylvania, and d.
Jan. 29, 1864. Bishop Potter grad. Union Coll. 1818; tutor
there 1819-22; was Prof. Math. and Nat. Philos. 1822-26; of
Logic and Moral Philos. in 1821, etc.
HARRIET, b. Jan. 10, 1811, at De Ruyter; m. James Neilson; res.
at New Brunswick, N. J., and d. June 16, 1840.
NATHAN DOW, b. April 7, 1815, at De Ruyter; m. April 25, 1844,
Emma Ewing, dau. William Harris, M. D., of Phila., Pa., b.
Jan. 27, 1821. He was educated at Newburgh, in Dr. Samuel
Phinney's school; grad. Rutgers Coll. in 1837; studied medicine
at the Univ. of Penn., and grad. class 1840; practised his profession
in Phila.; appointed Physician-in-chief to the "Phila.
Hospital Blockley," 1846; Supt. N. Y. State Insane Asylum, at
Utica, 1849. His health failing, he removed with his family to
Magnolia, Florida, and there lived on the banks of the beautiful
St. Johns, till his place was wasted by the ravages of the war of
the Rebellion, when he removed to St. Augustine to take charge
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of the U. S. General Hospital at that place, where he now resides.
Dr. B. suffered much on account of his Union sentiments
and his firm resistance to the Confederacy. Ch.
William Harris, b. July 29, 1845, at Phila.
Clara Howard, b. Jan. 4, 1847, at Phila.
Harriet Neilson, b. Sept. 30, 1848, at Phila.
Emma Ewing, b. Sept. 30, 1848, at Phila.; d. same day.
Mary Gray, b. July 27, 1850, at Utica.
Robert Patterson, b. Sept. 18, 1859, at Magnolia, Fla.
MARGARET HUNTER, b. June 18, 1820; m. Sept., 1844, Rev. John
Miller, Presb. clergyman of Phila., and son of Rev. Dr. Miller,
President Princeton College. Lived for a short time at Frederick,
Md.; d. Sept. 5, 1852.
JAMES, b. Sept. 6, 1822, at Richfield Springs; unm.; educated at
Newburgh, and other places, and was for two years a student in
Union College. In 1862, entered the army as commissary of
subsistence, with the rank of Captain; was ordered to the
"depot of supplies in the field," and was retained in that position
until the surrender. While at City Point he was buried for some
time beneath the ruins of government storehouses, destroyed by
the explosion of a boat-load of ammunition. Discharged honorably,
Feb., 1866, after 3 yrs. service, with the brevet rank of Major.
MARY ANN, b. Sept. 30, 1825; d. Aug. 14, 1827.
CLARA LOUISE, b. April 18, 1830; m. Dec. 16, 1863, Alfred R.
Potter of Philadelphia.
ANNIE TUNNECLIFF, b. July 31, 1833; d. Sept. 30, 1841.
153. Rev. RICHARD HUTSON6 (Rev. Dr. Joel,5 Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 5, 1780; m. Feb., 1804, Hepsibah Wheeler, b. 1785, and d. Nov. 10, 1810; m. 2d, June 30, 1812, Margaret, dau. of Archibald Gordon of Windham Co., Ct., b. April 6, 1785, and d. Nov. 26, 1857, at Elgin, Ill. He was ordained in 1816 as a minister of the Baptist denomination, at Sherburne; thence he removed into Chenango Co., where he preached two or three years. Afterwards (1819) he moved into the township of Riga, Monroe Co., bought a small farm partially cleared, and commenced farming, preaching on Sundays over a circuit of some twenty-five miles with much success. He was a logical reasoner and a ready extemporaneous speaker. In his theology he was a Calvinist of the strictest sort, and preached what he believed to be the truth in the face of all opposition. He removed in 1832 to Michigan, under the appointment of the Baptist Home Mission Society, where he labored as a missionary, making long journeys
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on horseback, and undergoing many hardships and privations in visiting the new settlements, gathering churches and preaching to the destitute. About 1845, his health failing, he ceased his active labors, preaching only occasionally, and writing for the press. He d. March 18, 1851, at Oakland, Mich. His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Bennet (Presb. minister, and a warm friend, who sympathized strongly with him in his theological views) from the text, "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."--Psa. 33: 37. An obituary notice appeared in the Michigan Christian Herald. Ch.
GEORGE, d. young.
JAMES WHEELER, b. July 22, 1807, Chenango Co.; m. Jan.
27, 1830, at Toronto, C. W., Margaret Susan Sanders of
Markham, C. W., b. July 23, 1809, and d. Feb. 19, 1848, at
Detroit. He d. March, 1849. Ch.
Margaret Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1831, Whitby, C. W.; m.
May 16, 1848; d. Nov. 19, 1848, at Detroit.
Pliny Hutson, b. June 10, 1838, at Oxford, Mich; d. Sept.
17, 1839.
J. George, b. Feb. 16, 1840, at Oxford; unm.
S. Louise, b. Jan. 5, 1846, at Detroit, Mich.; m. June 3, 1867,
John B. George. Res. Lapeer, Mich.
NANCY, b. July 9, 1809; m. Silas Smith, C. W.; res. Almont,
Lapeer Co., Mich.
By 2d wife:
ARCHIBALD GORDON, b. Georgetown, March 31, 1814; m. Feb.
27, 1837, Cornelia, dau. Justus Perry and Lucy (Culver)
Wheeler, b. 1782, Lanesboro', Mass. At the age of fourteen he
attended the academy at Ithaca; at sixteen he commenced teaching
district school in the winter and working upon his father's
farm in the summer, and continued this practice for ten years.
Removed with his father's family to Michigan in 1832, and in
1859 sold out his own farm in Michigan, and removed to Janesville,
Wis., and afterwards (1863) to Marquette, Mich., where
he engaged in shipping iron ore, and where he now resides.
Elected judge of probate, 1868. Ch. all unm.
Sarah H., b. Dec. 7, 1837; d. April 2, 1839.
Lucy Margaret, b. Sept. 3, 1839.
Mary Louise, b. June 23, 1841.
William Hutson, b. Aug. 8, 1843; volunteered in the late
rebellion, and d. Oct. 6, 1864, of disease contracted in the
service.
Frank Wells, b. March 27, 1845.
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George Wheeler, b. Jan. 15, 1848.
Helen Gornelia, b. July 15, 1850; d. May 28, 1866.
Joel Ralph, b. Oct. 27, 1853.
Caroline Lucinda, b. Sept. 10, 1857.
JOEL, b. June 20, 1816; m. Oct. 5, 1842, Mary, dau. Joseph and
Sarah H. Morrison, b. May 4, 1817. Res. at Ionia, Mich. Ch.
Margaret Sarah. Theodore Morrison.
Joseph Hutson. Mary Lucetta.
Archibald Wells Gordon. Jessie Louise.
Cornelia Augusta. Louise, d. in infancy.
MARY, b. Dec. 11, 1818; m. March 21, 1844, Frances Coleman
of Kalamazoo, Mich.
HARRIET, b. Jan. 22, 1822; d. Sept. 10, 1828.
LOUISE, b. Nov. 15, 1825; m. July 24, 1855, Robert Blenkinson
of Kalamazoo, Mich.
154. WILLIAM MCKOWN6 (Rev. Dr. Joel,5 Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. May 20, 1788; m. Aug. 19, 1815, Mary Chaplin, dau. Dr. Amasa and Mary (Brigham) Braman of Millbury, Mass., b. Jan. 6, 1797, and d. Aug. 31, 1831; m. 2d, March 20, 1833, Amelia, dau. Elijah and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Burbank, and widow of Austin Denny of Worcester, Mass., b. Nov. 28, 1800. He graduated at Union College, class 1810, and having chosen the medical profession (in which he afterward became eminent), he settled in Millbury, Mass., where he married, and died suddenly of disease of the heart, Jan. 17, 1847. He was a man of most genial disposition, of superior intellect, and like the long line of his ancestry, sustained an exemplary Christian character, and was an active member for many years in the church of Christ. Rev. Samuel G. Buckingham of Millbury, delivered his funeral sermon: he spoke of his eminence as a physician; of his tenderness and delicacy in the sick room; of his sympathy when the case was beyond medical skill; he commended Dr. B. as a citizen, reciting his interest in the public weal, his wise administration as a magistrate for many years, and his good counsel in town affairs. He spoke, also, of him as a kind friend, charitable in thought and action, as a Christian of rare piety, and as lovely in all his domestic relations. Ch.
WILLIAM, b. Oct. 6, 1828; d. Oct. 21, 1828.
ELIZA HUTSON, b. Jan. 26, 1819, Millbury, Mass.; m. Oct. 13,
1840, Nehemiah Bushnell; res. Quincy, Ill.
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MARGARET HUNTER, b. Oct. 2, 1821; m. Jan. 18, 1844; m.
Lorenzo Bull; res. Quincy, Ill.
WILLIAM GARDNER, b. May 24, 1834; m. Oct. 5, 1859, Fanny
Otis, dau. Abial and Eliza F. (Leonard) Wheeler of Worcester,
Mass., b. May 22, 1840; merchant, of the firm of Denny,
Poor & Co., Boston. Ch.
William Leonard, b. Oct. 14, 1860.
George Wheeler, b. Aug. 13, 1862.
155. CHARLES6 (Peter,5 Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 22, 1785, North Salem; m. May 11, 1812, Damaris, dau. Nathan Capron of Keene, N. H., and moved to Canada in the year --. He has been repeatedly commissioned for the summary trial of small causes; has held the office of justice of peace during several years of the reign of King George, and down to this date; commissioner for apprehending fraudulent and absconding debtors; joint commissioner appointed by government for administering the oath of allegiance; has, also, held various minor town offices. In the discharge of his duties in the militia, he rose from the ranks to rank of major. Volunteered in war of 1812, and was stationed at St. Claire. Has been for many years a Deacon of Presbyterian church at St. Andrews, C. W. Mr. B. and wife both survive. Ch.
GEORGE MORTON, b. July 4, 1814, at Carillon, Ottawa river; m.
Feb. 14, 1844, Eliza M., dau. David and Isabella (France)
Beattie of St. Andrews, b. March 3, 1827; res Ogdensburg. Ch.
Isabella, b. Oct. 5, 1845; m. Sept. 9, 1862, Dr. E. R. Owens
of Troy, Ill.
Henry Whitcomb, b. July 3, 1847; m. Nov. 21, 1866, Margaret,
dau. John and Margaret Crolly, b. Aug. 11, 1847, in
London, England; res. N. Y. city. Ch.
I. Margaret Ida, b. Sept. 12, 1867.
Georgianna, b. Oct. 19, 1849.
Susannah Mary, b. Sept. 6, 1851; d. Aug. 25, 1853.
David Beattie, b. Nov. 18, 1853; res. Troy, Ill.
Julia Norton, b. July 1, 1855.
Charles, b. Dec. 19, 1856.
Elizabeth Capron, b. March 19, 1859.
George Norton, b. Feb. 6, 1861.
William Keays, b. Feb. 21, 1864.
Mary Louise, b. Nov. 12, 1865.
Frances Amelia, b. Oct. 8, 1868.
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SUSANNAH, b. June 2, 1816; m. 1842, George G. Sharp; d. Jan.
16, 1858. ESTHER, b. Dec. 31, 1818.
PETER, b. March 16, 1821; m. June 15, 1858, Emma Eliot, dau.
Thomas James Howard, M. D., of Devonshire, England. Merchant;
res. Montreal, Canada. Ch.
Anna Laura, b. May 19, 1859, at Coburg, Canada; d. June
6, 1863.
Albert Hagar, b. Nov. 3, 1862, at Plantagenet, Canada.
Robert Howard, b. Aug. 1, 1864, at P.
ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 11, 1823, St. Andrews; m. 1854, Colin
Dewar; d. Oct. 11, 1866, East Hawkesbury, Ottawa.
CHARLES JOHNSON, b. April 24, 1826; m. 1863, Grace Ticknor;
res. Tremont.
HENRY WHITCOMB, b. March 3, 1829; m. June 28, 1854, Anne
Pearce, dau. Thomas James Howard, M. D., of Devonshire,
England; res. Coburg, Canada. Ch.
Henry Howard, b. April 5, 1855, Albany.
Elizabeth Capron, b. Sept. 25, 1857, Coburg; d. June 28, 1859.
Harry Emerson, b. July 4, 1859, at Coburg.
James Howard, b. Dec. 11, 1860, at Coburg.
Charles Howard, b. March 28, 1863, at Coburg.
156. JAMES6 (James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 7, 1773; m. Mary, dau. Zebulon Wheeler, b. April 1, 1777, and d. May 24, 1849. He d. Aug. 13, 1856. Ch.
JULIANNA, b. June 20, 1795; m. May 22, 1813, John Burt; d.
Aug. 4, 1835.
ABIGAIL, b. April 8, 1798; m. Jan. 24, 1816, Calvin Bradner of
Warwick.
MARIA, b. May 7, 1800; m. David Forshee; res. Warwick.
JAMES W., b. Jan. 13, 1802; never married. "Of strict integrity,
and kind, though reserved manners, he merited and received the
confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. He died universally
regretted, Jan. 5, 1853."
ADELINE, b. Dec. 22, 1803; m. James B. La Roe; res. Chester.
AURELIA, b. Sept. 17, 1805; d. Nov. 4, 1807.
WILLIAM S., b. Aug. 12, 1807; m. Feb. 6, 1833, Catharine, dau.
Nicholas Demorest, b. July 13, 1811. Res. Warwick. Ch.
James D., b. Sept. 2, 1834; m. Sept. 13, 1866, Mary T.,
dau. Mills Davis.
JOEL, b. Sept. 24, 1809; m. Nov. 13, 1833, Mary, dau. Benjamin
Burt, b. Jan. 8, 1814. He d. Feb. 12, 1841. His widow res.
at Warwick. Ch.
Julia, b. Oct. 25, 1834; res. N. Y. city.
Elizabeth, b. March 30, 1836; res. N. Y. city.
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Mary, b. Nov. 17, 1837; m. Nov. 13, 1861, Maurice H.
Demorest; res. New Milford.
Abigail, b. Feb. 8, 1840; m. Feb. 7, 1861, Andrew Houston.
ABNER, b. Jan. 4, 1812; m. Nov. 26, 1835, Julia A., dau. John
and Nancy Van Duzer, b. April 17, 1815. He engaged in
farming shortly after marriage. About four years since he
removed to the village of Warwick, where he owns and occupies
one of its most beautiful homes. Ch.
John Van Duzer, b. Jan. 1, 1837; unmarried. Grad. at
Union College, Class of 1861. Lawyer; special surrogate
of Orange county; res. at Warwick.
Joel W., b. Feb. 5, 1842.
Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1846.
Harriet E., b. Jan. 14, 1849.
HARRIET, b. Jan. 1, 1814; res. Warwick.
JOHN G., b. Sept. 30, 1816; m. Jan. 19, 1848, Emily S., dau.
Daniel S. Bigsbee, b. Nov. 20, 1826. Res. near Lawton Station.
Ch.
Elizabeth J., b. Oct. 29, 1849; m. Oct. 29, 1867, George
W. Sayre.
Henry W., b. March 30, 1851.
Ella M., b. Sept. 9, 1855.
Emily B., b. Sept. 2, 1864.
HENRY A., b. Sept. 3, 1818; m. March 23, 1853, Laura, dau.
Nathaniel Wright, b. May 12, 1826. Upon the death of his
father-in-law (1836) he came into possession of the homestead
farm, known as one of the largest and most valuable in the
town of Warwick. Ch.
James H., b. Feb. 13, 1854.
John W., b. Aug. 16, 1855.
Mary L, b. Dec. 16, 1856.
Robert W., b. May 4, 1858.
Elizabeth T., b. Oct. 2, 1859.
Albert A., b. Dec. 20, 1860.
Harriet E., b. April 20, 1862.
Phoebe A., b. Oct. 27, 1863.
William S., b. July 20, 1865.
Abigail, b. April 4, 1868.
157. WILLIAM6 (James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. June 3, 1779; m. 1799, Martha, dau. William Wood, b. Feb. 24, 1781, and d. March 27, 1862. He d. May 23, 1817. Ch.
MARANDA, b. July 30, 1801; m. Jan. 9, 1822, Nathaniel Knapp.
HANNAH, b. July 17, 1803; d. Dec. 29, 1828.
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ANN ELIZA, b. Jan. 31, 1806; m. June 2, 1831, John Blain.
SARAH, b. Nov. 4, 1808.
Rev. WILLIAM L., b. June 27, 1814; m Feb. 26, 1835, Phoebe,
dau. Benjamin Burt. He was elected, Nov., 1846, to the
assembly of N. Y.; ordained, Nov. 22, 1866, by Warwick Baptist
church, as a minister, just one hundred and one years after
the ordination of his great-grandfather by the same church. Res.
at Warwick, Ch.
Eliza, b. Nov. 26, 1835; m. March 23, 1859, C. B. Hornby.
Charles E., b. Nov. 8, 1837; m. Jan. 10, 1860, Sarah T.,
dau. James Bertolph of Hampton. He was appointed
principal of the Warwick Institute, March 1, 1858. In
April, 1860, became editor of the Putnam County Courier.
Aug., 1862, enlisted in Co. D, 124th N. Y. Vols., and died
in the service, Nov. 2, 1862. Ch.
I. Grace, b. Oct. 22, 1860.
II. Harrold, b. Oct. 22, 1862.
Thomas E., b. April 3, 1839; m. Jan. 1, 1867, Frances M.
Frea of Napanoch. He early engaged in the teaching of
music, and is now successfully practising his profession at
Montgomery.
Francis A., b. Feb. 25, 1841. Enlisted, Aug., 1862, in Co.
D, 124th Regt. N. Y. Vols.; fell at Chancellorville, Va.,
May 3, 1863. His captain wrote: "A braver and truer
soldier never followed the flag." His body was interred on
the battle field.
James B., b. Jan. 27, 1843; res. Volcano, West Va.
Clara, b. Oct. 5, 1844. Gilbert H., b. July 10, 1846.
Howard M., b. April 27, 1848.
William W., b. Dec. 6, 1849. Almira, b. Oct. 5, 1851.
Frederick Lee, b. July 29, 1853.
Fanny H., b. July 31, 1855. Lewis R., b. Aug. 13, 1857.
Elizabeth, b. June 16, 1859.
Clarence S., b. March 9, 1863. Mabel, b. May 3, 1865.
158. GEORGE W.6 (John,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Pittston, Pa.; m. Clara, dau. Benj. Brown of Providence, Pa. He d. at Pittston, Pa. Ch.
BURTON, b. April 8, 1800, at Pittston; m. 1827, Sophia, dau.
Jonathan Freeman of Palmer, b. 1805. Res. Albion. Ch.
Alonzo Freeman, b. Nov. 10, 1833, at Brockport; m. Sarah
Edmunds of Sweden. Res. Brockport.
Frances J., b. April 26, 1836, at Albion.
HARRIET, b. 1802; m. Robert Smith of Pittston.
TRUXTON, b. at Pittston; m. Charlotte Day; had six children; one
named John; res. Pittston.
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GEORGE W., m.; has Lewis and a dau.; res. Huntsville, Pa.
POLLY, m. Daniel Obits; d. at Pittston.
CLARA ANN, m. Barnabas Collins; res. Pittston.
159. THOMAS6 (John,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. at Pittston; m. Sabra, dau. David Brown of Pittston, who d. April 7, 1820. He d. at P., Dec. 6, 1815. Ch.
ASENATH, m. Jacob Lantz; d.
ANDREW ELY, m. Mary A. Neely.
ELIZA, m. John Brink. SUSANNAH, m John Brink.
JOHN, b. July 31, 1809; m. Sept. 25, 1832, Sarah A., dau. James
Stark of Plainsville, b. May 2, 1814; merchant; res. Meadville,
Pa. Ch.
James S., b. Jan. 25, 1834; res. Niles, O.
Catharine, b. Sept. 11, 1835.
Mary J., | b. March 21, 1840,
Sarah Z., |
Annie E., b. July 27, 1849.
DAVID, b. 1811; m. Mary Griffin; d.
MARY ANN, m. Joseph Mack; res. Burlington, O.
HANNAH, b. April 6, 1816; m. Jacob Decker.
160. JOHN6 (John,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. 1785; m. Betsey, dau. James Brown, a Revolutionary pensioner, b. 1791, and d. March 16, 1821; m. 2d, Sept. 18, 1824, Sally, dau. Joseph and Phoebe Armstrong of Pittston, Pa., b. April 25, 1800. He d. Aug. 30, 1830. Ch.
MARTHA, m. John C. Doty; d. 1843.
ALMEDA, b. 1814; d. Feb. 16, 1826.
THOMAS, b. Dec. 2, 1816; m. 1840, a dau. of Josiah Wright;
res. Pittston, Pa.
PAMELIA, b. 181-; m. Thomas Robinson.
By 2d wife:
WILLIAM, b. June 6, 1825; m. Jan. 31, 1856, Elizabeth, dau.
Joab and Prudence Hall, b. Nov. 10, 1832; res. South Eaton,
Pa. Ch.
Emma, b. Sept. 18, 1856. Pamelia, b. July 12, 1858.
161. JAMES6 (Joseph,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 7, 1785; m. Dec. 3, 1814, Isabel, dau. John Ferguson, b. July 3, 1796, and d. Dec. 27, 1867. He d. Sept. 1, 1863. Ch.
PHOEBE A., b. June 9, 1816; m. Dec. 19, 1839, Wm. Penney.
JO-ELEANOR, b. Sept. 9, 1825; m. Dec. 4, 1862, Colvin Bradner;
d. Jan., 1866.
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WILLIAM H., b. Nov. 3, 1829; m. Jan. 22, 1857, Abby A., dau.
Jesse Randall, b. Jan. 18, 1834; res. near Warwick. Ch.
Mary S., b. Nov. 6, 1857; d. Dec. 10, 1862.
Phoebe E., b. Oct. 4, 1859.
Joseph McClellan, b. June 10, 1864.
JAMES A., b. May 1, 1833; m. April 3, 1862, Anne R., dau. Elder
Wilson Housel, b. Feb. 18, 1844; res. Warwick. Ch.
Emma A., b. Jan. 7, 1863. Minnie S., b. May 23, 1864.
Jennie E., b. Jan. 2, 1867.
162. JOSIAH BALDWIN6 (John,5 John,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 6, 1778; m. Oct. 30, 1779, Esther Turrel of New Milford, who d. Nov. 14, 1851. He d. April 20, 1854. Ch.
LUCY, b. Oct. 14, 1800; d. Oct. 25, 1817.
JOEL T., b. July 28, 1802; m. Feb. 14, 1827, Phoebe Maria, dau.
Benj. and Phoebe (Bouton) Jones of Ridgefield, b. Sept. 8,
1808. Ch.
Harriet Cornelia, b. Aug. 1, 1829.
Seth Jones, b. Nov. 9, 1831; m. Sept. 21, 1853, Mary
Jane, dau. David and Huldah Mills of Bridgeport, Ct., b.
Feb. 14, 18--; res. at Ridgefield, Ct. Ch.
I. Libby Stanton, b. Aug. 10, 1869.
Phoebe Ann, b. Sept. 22, 1833; m. May 15, 1856, Matthew
Olmstead of Ridgefield, Ct.
HIRAM, b. Sept. 11, 1804; d. Nov. 27, 1862.
JOHN, b. March 16, 1808; m. Sept. 25, 1831, Emmeline, dau.
Alex. Murray of Middletown, b. Sept. 25, 1813; res. Wellsburg.
Ch.
George, b. July 21, 1832; m. July 5, 1863, Sarah Tooker
of Chemung Co. Res. Ridgebury, Pa. Ch.
I. Theron Murray, b. Jan. 23, 1865.
Abby, b. March 14, 1835.
Charles, b. March 17, 1838; d. May 3, 1838.
Charles Roberts, b. April 25, 1842; m. June 18, 1863,
Phoebe McLane of Chemung. He enlisted in the 50th
Engineers, N. Y. Vols; res. Ridgebury, Pa. Ch.
I. Willie. II. Cora. III. Hovey Everett.
Frank P., b. Nov. 9, 1852.
KATY, b. April 14, 1809; d. Dec. 13, 1835.
BETSEY, b. Sept. 24, 1811; d. June 10, 1860.
CHARLES, b. June 27, 1819. Res. Southport, Ct.