The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. II, Part 1

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1012

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THE

HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES OF

ANCIENT WINDSOR,

CONNECTICUT:

INCLUDING

EAST WINDSOR, SOUTH WINDSOR, BLOOMFIELD WINDSOR LOCKS, AND ELLINGTON.

1635-1891.

BY HENRY R. STILES, A. M., M.D.

"A painful work it is, and more than difficult, wherein what toyle le in been taken as so man thinketh, so no man believeth, but he that hath do the Trial."-Anthony à Wand, 1658-1955-

VOL. II. GENEALOGIES AND BIOGRAPHIES.

HARTFORD, CONN. PRESS OF THE CASE, LOCKWOOD & BRAINARD COMPANY. 1892. 10,33

ILLUSTRATIONS-VOL. IL.

1. PORTRAIT OF U. S. CHIRP JUSTICE OLIVER ELLSWORTH,

9. Portrait of Frederick J. Bancroft, M.D.,

The Bissell Family Arms,

4. Portrait of Rt. Rev. Bishup W. HI. A. Busell,

5. Portrait of Edward Biasell,

5. The Drake Family Arms,

7. Portrait of Col Albert W. Drake,

8. Portrait of Gov. Willian W. Ellsworth,

9. Portrait of Judge Henry Martyn Shepard.

10. Portrait of James William Ellsworth,

11. The Enb Shaving-Bowl, 1663,

12. Portrait of Hon. Giles F. Filley,

13.

Portrait of Marens Lyon Fiske, M.D.,

14. Portrait of Rev. Roland Dwight Grant,

15. Portrait of Frauk Grant,

16. View of the Levi Hayden House, Windsor,

17. Portrait of Nathaniel Hayden,

18. Portrait of Henry Thomas Hooker,

19. Portrait of Oliver Mather Byde.

Portrait of Edward King,

21. Portrait of Charles A. Kingsbury, M.D., D.D.S., Portrait of James C. Loomis,

The Mason Family Arms, The Mather Family Arms.

35. 26. 27.

View of the Old Mather Homestead, Windsor,

Portrait of, Rev, Oliver Wolcott Mather.

Portrait of Horace E. Mather,

The Mille Family Arms,

20. .30. 31

Portrait of William W. Munsell,

Portrait of Gen. Roger Newberry,

82. Portrait of Walter Loomis Newberry,

Portrait of Prof. Jobn Strong Newberry,

Portrait of Gen. Walter Casa Newberry.

595

37. Portrait of Isaac Newton Phelps, Portrait of Anson Greene Phelps, Portrait of Gen. Ferdiunud P. Earle,

613

30. 40. Portrait of Dr. Elijah Fitch Reed,

41. Portrait of Rev. Julius A. Reed, D.D.,

42. Portrait of Sidney W. Rockwell, M.D.,

-43, Portrait of Rev. Henry A. Rowland, S.T.D.,

Frontispiece.

48 76

NT 177 186 293 226 333 241 255 260 837 337

381 401 414 425 427 448 478 4×0

Portrait of Gen. Frederic Ellsworth Mather,

491 49/1 494 518 520 626 527 5X1

83. 34. 85 Portrait of Dr. Launcelot Phelps, Portrait of Judge James Phelps,

6357 656 665

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait of Lieut .- Gov. George G. Sill.

644

14. 1.5. Portrait of Hon. Lewis Sperry, 700 708

Portraits of Pres. Ezra Stiles of Yale College - at age of 36, of date of 1786, of date of 1767,

709 +10 $12

Facsimile of Capt. Thomas Stoughton's Commission - 1699,

729

54 Portrait of Horace Wells, M.D.,

55. The Wolcott Family Arms.

Mr. Henry Wolcott's Deed-Chest, 1630,

Monument of Henry and Elizabeth Wolcott.

798 799 $00 801

59. Monument of Gov. Roger Wolcott,

$11

61. Portrait of Rev. Samuel Wolcott, D.D.,

421

62. Portrait of Hon Edward O. Wolcott, 823

ABBREVIATIONS USED.

(In addition to those given in Vol. I, page 15.)

A. I.

Vinshouse.

A. T. S. A. T. Servin. adm. ulministrator.

D. W. P. E. N.S. et. exec. excentor.

D) Williams Patterson.

E. N. Shepard. and.

Ki. II. W.

granted.

Henry Watson.

J. A. Il. Rev. Julius A. Reed.

L. A R. Lester A. Roberts.

M. R. I. Mary R. Holkins.

M. I. E. M. Jane Elmore.

Mrs. Stiles. ret

Sec No. 17, MS. Authorities, p. 14, Vo . returned.

Probate.

Prob. R. D. R ". Dr. Thomas Robbins' Diary. inger.

ygr.

46. The Stiles Family Arms.

47. -18. 49. 50. Portrait of Samuel Stiles, 51. The Stoughton Family Arms, 52. 53. Portrait of Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D. D., S.T.D.,

:21

749

57 58 Monument of Simon and Martha Wolcott,

60. Portrait of Hon. Lynde Harrison,

PREFACE TO VOLUME II.

T THIS revision of a work, published thirty-four years ago, furnishes a striking illustration of the greatly-increased interest felt by the American public in matters pertaining to family history. The original volume, a novice's work, was then (1859), with the exception, perhaps, of Bond's Watertown ( Masx. ) Genealogies, and Cothren's History of An- cient Woodbury, Conn., the most considerable work of the kind, as to scope and size, which had then appeared. At that time, I found but few who sufficiently appreciated the nature and value of my labors to assist in perfecting them. In the preparation of the present edition, 1 have almost suffered from a plethora of material; and, I think, my printers have had serious apprehensions lest I should expand my work to a third volume! It is, also, a significant fact, that, since the issue of the origi- nal History, more than thirty genealogies of original Windsor families (some being works of great extent and value), viz., Allen, Alvord, Barber, Bartlett, Bidwell, Burnham, Chapin, Clapp, Gaylord, Geer, Hull, Hayes, Hayden, Humphrey, Hyde, Loomis, MeLean, Me Kinstry, Mather, Munsell, Nash, Oleott, Porter, Reed, Robertx. Rockwell, Sill, Stiles, Strong, Thrall, Winchell, Wolcott, have been issued ; and that fully as large a number are now in active preparation ; and from these, both in print and manu- script, this Revision has received much incidental help. Many of these genealogies, as I have occasion to know, owe their inspiration and ac- knowledge their indebtedness to the old Windsor History of 1859. So, I am well assured that, if a book ever had " a call " to be re-issued, it has been this one -the result of a positive, direct pressure brought to bear upon me during the past twelve or fifteen years,- in fact, since the old edition began to be scarce.

With the added facilities referred to, and the larger experience ac- quired by half a lifetime of more or less continuous work in this line of research, I have striven to bring this Revision somewhat nearer to my ideal of what a book of Local History and Family Genealogies should be. It is seldom permitted to a man, in his later years. to review and re-build the work of his earlier days; and this thought has added to my labors on these pages an element of profound gratitude to God, and a deeper sense of responsibility in the work itself.

My sense of obligation to those who have kindly aided me I have thought would be best expressed by giving them credit on the printed page which bears the impress of their help; and by allowing them thus to share with me the responsibility for the statements made. I have, also, been at particular pains to "elinch every nail. as soon as driven,"

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by giving, as far as possible. the source of record of each statement made. and this with a minuteness which, though to some it may appear unnec- essary, will, I am sure, be appreciated by the working genealogist. Knowing that, in the ordinary course of nature, I will soon be beyond the possibility of question and answer as to all these matters whereof I now speak, I desire so to establish the metes and bounds and milestones of my long-traveled path, that they may be easily found by those who may have cause to follow the same trail.

For greater readiness and ease of reference, I have used, in these genealogies, two kinds of type (the italie and the black-faced) in des- ignating family names ; which, I believe, will be a feature duly apprecia- ted by those (especially of weak, or elderly eyes ) who consult these pages.

Baptismal records, generally only used by genealogists to approxi- mate birth-records where the latter are wanting, seem to me to have a deeper significance than is usually accorded to them. To the Christian they signify the date of the individual's birth into the Family of God. Thus, their sacramental import gives them a value co-ordinate with that of the record of the natural birth. I have, therefore, in this Revision. carefully preserved and recorded all baptismal data which I could find -knowing that, to some, it would be a matter of sincere interest to know that they, and their ancestry, were and are of " the baptized children of God"-and such knowledge, in these days, is not always obtainable.

While I have given full acknowledgment. throughout these pages, to those who have so kindly assisted me. I cannot forget that there were some - " comrades in arms," 1 may call them - who have fallen by the way, as we journeyed together, since the printing of this work began. They were ardently interested in the Windsor Revision : the impress of their hands is upon its pages : their words of cheer and advice still ring in my ears : its success was very dear to their hearts. Let us, then, re- member them - as we pass to the fruition of our labors -as they who happily have "entered into their rest," and inscribe to them an .

In Memoriam.

Henry Watson, Esq. Rev. John G. Baird.

Sereno Watson, M.D. Rev. Julius A. Reed, D.D. D. Williams Patterson.

" And their works do follow theul."

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What I have said, in the Preface to the first Volume, concerning my Associate-Editor, Miss RUTH T. SPERRY, applies with even stronger emphasis to this volume of Genealogies. No author could have a more loyal or indefatigable co-laborer than she has been to me, from title-page to colophon, of this work. The Genealogies of the families "East of the Great River" would never have assumed the importance which they have in this volume, except for her intimate local acquaintance with them.

And now, with a few more strokes of the pen, I am to resign the charge which has been laid upon me for five-and-thirty years of this my mortal pilgrimage -of the Parish of Old Windsor. True, I have twice before essayed to do this, and have found myself " called back," but it can scarcely be again. And, had I been "to holy orders called," and this my parish, in reality a " care of souls," I could hardly have felt a deeper interest in its welfare, a stronger sense of responsibility for its character and position before the world, a more abiding love for all its children, than I do as its historian. To me, its Past is inextricably and strangely merged into its Present : it seems as if I were co-eval with Old Matthew Grant and its other first settlers; and that I had known every man, woman. and child who ever dwelt within its bounds; and as, occasion- ally, I tread the highways and byways of the towns which onee composed Ancient Windsor, they are peopled for me with the shadowy - almost tangible-forms of those who have trodden them in the days of old. Conversant with their histories, familiar with the scenes familiar to them, linked to them by a strangely-threaded chain of heredity -what wonder is it, that the compilation of this History and these Genealogies has been to me "a labor of love" (tho' " with what toil" you shall see in the motto on title of this volume), and, in itself, a Life apart from that of every-day necessity and labor ?

And so, good readers, all -who, seeking these pages for recreation, or, in quest of some ancestral clue, shall happen on these parting words of mine-let me say, in the quaint language of the Oriental blessing which looks down upon me from my library wall,

"May be who is Lord of the East and of the West, from wbosc Cbrone bang millions of stars in chains of gold, Watch over thec, Preserve thee from the Evil Eye, and from the poison of matictous tongues, and cause This face to sbine upon thec, FOR EVERRIDORE!"

Army Rffiles. A.M. H. J

HILL-VIEW, WARREN CO., N. Y., Christmas Eve, 1892.

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" And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of those which came up first. "-Veh. vii., 5.

There are two questions continually put to me, and though often they are carelessly asked, and with little regard as to what the response may be, nevertheless I now and here attempt to answer them.

1. How can you be so interested in genealogy ?

So far as genealogy is a record of mere names and dates, I am not especially interested in it. except as we all retain a childish pleasure for, and never wholly eliminate from our daily lives. the varied game of hide and seek.

But this study is far more than one of names and dates. No man can be identified until he is properly placed in his local habitation. and has received a parentage that no genealogist can take from him : we must learn what part he played in his day and generation, and what relation he bore to those around him. To do this requires a thorough and minute acquaintance with the history of church and town, with the topography of parish and farm ; and adding town to town we have the history of the State, as it could not be gained in any other way. Such study is often wearisome to mind and body ; but, mingled with the irk- some labor are long drives through green fields and past quiet homes. and pleasant memories of those whom we meet as strangers and leave as friends.

11. Of what use is it ?

Briefly stated, genealogy is identification, and every man must be identified ere even his government can require of him taxes, military duty, or a day of service on the jury. Before he, in turn, can vote, he must declare his age, and to learn when a man was born is the main puzzle a genealogist has to solve.

Insurance companies, the pension bureau, and the census follow on in the same line, and added to these are the memorial catalogues of schools, colleges, and all the various professions, occupations, and pursuits.

By genealogy family feeling is increased in warmth and extent, and when our hearts are well stored with kinship lore we find that they must welcome - with varied emotions, it is true - a wide circle of cousins. and cousins, and half-cousins. Interest in the history of church and state grows when we know what positions our forefathers held there and what works they wrought there. And historical facts will not escape us if they can be forced to minister to family pride.

Nor is this minute knowledge of family and town affairs insignifi- cant if we accept these words from Dr. Bancroft : " He that will unkder- stand the political character of New England must study the political character of its towns, its schools, and its militia." And another adds,

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" No satisfactory constitutional or political history of the United States can appear until the constitutional and political development of the va- rious national subdivisions has been exhaustively studied. Thus the fundamental character of the local historian's labor becomes appar- ent. for the evolution of our States is the story of the assimilation of localities." +

Genealogy fosters the love of Americans for America, and strength- ens the bond of brotherhood between those whose common heritage is our lands and our laws. How great the need already is that some stand be made against the greed and the vice that Europe casts out upon us, the statesman, the statistician, and the police-court judge can tell.

That history repeats itself is an axiom, and that to know the past is to acquire power to control the present and to guide the future, a self- evident truth. To these let us add a deeper trust in each other, as from the pages of Genealogy we are now able to "call to remembrance the unfeigned faith . . . which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee, also." +

We regret that some will seek their register among those that were reckoned by the following genealogies, but they will not be found .¿ To many of these we appealed in vain for their family data, and to some we must say that their kind advice, " Search the public records and you can learn it all," was good. but could not be followed ; time had its limits, even to a genealogist, and the blessings a man would not seek for himself we would not thrust upon him.

The work now before you is imperfectly done, but be assured in it the editors will find more mistakes than its most vigilant student can de- tect. To discover a mistake is good, to correct it better still, and to this pursuit we commend our readers and place a wide field before them.

Sincerely Ruth 9. Spry.

EAST WINDSOR HILL, CONN. The New Year, 1893.

Republic of New Huren, p. ili, by Charles A. Livermore, Ph.D. + : Tim., i: 5. + Veh., vi: 64.

To the members of The Case. Lockwood & Brainard Co., as well as to the foremen of the several depart- ments of that establishment, the Editors desire to express their grateful appreciation of many kindly evidences of their personal interest in the preparation and success of this work.

GENEALOGIES AND BIOGRAPIIIES.

ABBE (AAbbre, Abbie, Abby, Abbey), name original at Enfield, Con, Assistance acknowledged from MARY II. HOLKINS of Warehouse Point.

1. Abbe, David of Granby, Mass., b. July, 151; m. 25 Aug., 1774, Sarah Preston, b. 2 June, 1754. He d. 7 Ang., 1799, w. 48, (h .:

1. David. b. 31 Ang .. 1775. FAM. 2. G. Sarah. b. 1: Nov .. 1785: d. 3 .Jan .. 1809.

2. Eunice, h. 27 Ang .. 1778. 7. Rhoda, b. 26 Apl .. 1788: 0. 11 Dec .. 1788.

3. John. b. S .June, 1580; d. 21 Nov., 1803. S. Joel. b. 19 Apl .. 1790. FAM. 3.

1. Levi, b. Is Nov., 12 1; res. (/ d. Enf. nr. W. ]'t. 9. Rhoda, b. 28 Tune, 1793.

5. Sinon, b. G Oct., 1783. 10. Coleman, b. 19 June. 1796; d. 4 Sept .. 1803.

2. Abbe,? David (/orrid1), in. 25 Oct., 1798, Mary Clough, b. 2 May, 1476, who died W. Pt. 3 Apl. 1841. :. 64 .- S. B. Ile d. W. Pt. 1 Nov., 1823, w. 48 .- S. B. Ch. prob. all b. et m. W. Pt. :

1. David, h. 13 July. 1790; @. 10 Apl .. 1823.

2. Mary, b. 14 July, 1803: m. John Chub- buck of Ell. 26 Feb .. 1822: she d. 8 Nov., 1878.

3. Caroline, b. 24 Sept .. 1815: 1. 25 Nov.," 17. Geo. . 1. Douglass, b. 3 Jan., 1812: iskit tl; Gen. Abbe,

h. 20 Feb., 1849: m. 13 Oct., '84, Dora Vietts, (2) Emma (,, b. 29 Sept., 1850. m. 17 Det., 11, Lyman C. Upson, res. I'msonville, (1., 4 ch. 1. Sarah, b. 25 Sept .. 1817: m. Jan., 18Hi, David 1. Bartlett; res. Baltimore, Md.

3. Abbe, Joel (Durid'), E. W., m. Lydia -, who d. W. Pt. 7 Apl., 1873, 1. 17; he d. W. Pt. 8 July, 1861. Ch. (fm E. W. Town. Rec.) b. W. Pt. :

1. . forl. b. 11 Jam. 1817: d. W. Pt. 2 Apl., 1853.

2. Lydia, b. 28 Nov .. 1818.

3. John. b. 26 Feb .. 1829.

1. Mary, Joel?| b. 12 Mch. . 1-21.

5. Jacob, b. 95 Inc. 196; m. Eliza Van Houghton of N. Y .: s. p.

6. Mary (perhaps the "ch. of Jocl." d. 20 Det .. 1830, . 2. S. B.)

7. Ennice, b. 12 Ajd. , 1832: m. W. Pt. 2Jan . 54. Capt. Ralph Clark of Haddam; wid. res. N. Landon. s. Joseph. b. 20 Dec., 1836; m. 13 Det .. 1855, Caro- line Radcliffe of W. Pt .; res. Ashland. O.

Abbe, John, m. (1) Apl. 11, 1831, Delia Moran, who d. 25 Feb., 1844, we, 21: m.

(2) 9 Feb., 1847, Mary Hathaway ; res. W. In: Ch. (by Ist mar.), Eliza, who m. - King; (by 'd mur.), Mary Louise, m. William Mather of W. I .; Fran- ces Theresa, m. Herman Butler of Enf., Conn .: Rosa Belle; Nellie Grace.

Abbe, John, Mr., m. Hannah Billings, of Somers, Conn. ; hed. W. Pt. 19 July, 1847, 2. 82 .- E. IN. : she J. 6 Nov., 1989, a. G6 .- S. B. Ch. :

I. Hannab, b. 1991; d. 4 Oct .. 1855. w. 64. S. B.

. Alanson, b. E. W. 17June. 1795, { Y. C. Her. says b. at Enf .. but. E. W. given on anth, of his son. | Studied at Phillips Acad., Andover, Muss , grad. Yale Med Sel. 1891: sett. in Litchfield. Com. : rom. 18:00 to Worcester, Mass. ; rem. 1811 to Rox bury, Mass .. where he made a specialty of spinal and other chronic diseases, in Grove Hall; from 1841 he res. Boston, where he d. 19 Meb., 1866: m. (1) 181. Eliza W. Barnes of Tolland. (t .: mi. (2) 1839. Hepzah H. Burgess of Boston . in. (3) 1811. Margaret 1 .. D of Albany. N. Y. (h., Sdans, of6 ans, one of whom, Rev. F. R. Abbe, wheed 1×89, was a well-known clergyman of Dorchester, Mass .. whose son. Dr. Alanson J. Abbe, res in N. Bedford,

Mass, Two other sons of Dr. A. Dr. Edward P. md William A., rs in V. Red. See also. More's Rich Mon of Boston Communicated by Rov. V. C. Carpenter of Andover, Muss.)

3. John B.y. bp. 4 Ang. ING. Y. B .: m. Abigail 1. dan. of Sanford, Kingsbury, if Nw., 152. E. D : had ch. 1. E. W .: rem. to lowa.

1. Laretta, bp. 9 July. 18m. d. 27 Ang. 1414 S.B. 5. Sophronia, bp. 2 Apl., 1811 S. B .; m. a Kil- bourn; rem.

G. Asmall Ams for zier regar 2). bp. 5 Nov. 1815 F. W Mf & B .; m. a Kilbourn drother of ,er der Syphonin'- husband); rem.

I. Jane -tprob, the James Madison hp. & May. 1813 S. B): m. in Albany. N. Y.

Abbe, Jeremiah, had two wives - Mary, who d. 21 Aug., 1797, in 63dl year; and Lydia, who d. 9 Sept., 185. 2. 79. 0% .: 1. Harriet, d. 6 July. 1807. 2. 6. 2. Minera, d. 20 Sept .. 1414, a. 3. 3. Miles, d. 21 Der., 153 ;. 2. 39.

Abbe, Amos and wife Abigail had (E2. H. Ree.) C'h .:

1. Jmnos, b. 25 Jun., 1799. 2. Lucy. b. 21 June 1595. 1 3. Piquil, b. 28 July, 1797.

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Abbe, Richard T. (s Charles and Harriet Strong), b. Enf. 14 Dee., 1525; m. Helen Woods at St. Johnsbury, VI., 3 Meh., 187; rem, to E. Windsor Hill, 1879; bought the Carlos Clapp house. Children :

1 Olive, b. 2 Apl., 1858; m. Oliver Jones. 2. I-aar Thomas, d. Feb .. INST

Abbe, Levi (of W. Pt.); perhaps the Levi (s. of David), b. 1781 .- Sce first family of this name, p. 9; had ch. :

1. Coleman, who m. Roxy

dau -.

2. lavi. in. twice: the ad' wife a Mr-, Champlin; 1 5. Sarah; m. John McKnight of Ell .: hud ore

res. W. Pt. : loud a son Edward. son, John, who in. soploa Hal ; res. E.Il.

3. Preston, h. Enf .. 1822. FAM. 2. 6. Roxanna: m. a McKnight.

1. David; res. Bristol, Conn .. m. sarah -; 3

Abbe, Preston (Leri), m. (1) in 1844, Roxana Welton ; (2) 1570, Louis Warner; res. (1891) W. L .: res. 1891 So. W .; miller at Dry Brook mill. C'h. :

1. John Preston. b. 1946: d. 1818. Arthur T. Eggleston of Itfd., Mch. 1. 1-20; 2. Mary Ethel, b. S. W . 1 Dec. 1818; m. Judge Tes. 11. 12. T. -. Miscellaneous. Marriagex,-Amos in. Clarissa L. Marble, 6 Jan., 1833 .- E. W. Albert m. Maria Abbe, 9 Apl., 1816 -E H' ets B. Charles A. m. Eliza Pasco, 30 Mch., 1843 .- S. R. Harriet m. Daniel Bacon of Mass., 28 Nov., 1838 .- I.C.R. Robert M. m. Maria Wolcott, 28 Apl., 1522 .- E. H. Rufus Strong m. Ruth Harmonia Amidon, 3 JJuly, 1842 .- S. R.

Ruptixx .- Pamelia, bp. 4 May, 1817; Rufus Strong [Rjulius [S]trong, wife of, bp. ? Jan., 1811; Samuel (adult), bp. 14 June, 1807, and his 2 ch. bp. same day .- (These bp. from E. W. et S. B.)

Druthx .- Alice H. (dan. Daniel and Amelia V.), d. 20 Sept., 1856, a. 6; Ben- jamin, d. 24 Nov., 1836, a. 83; Harvey C. m. Mary Ann -; he died & Ang., 1846, w. 40-E. W.I .; Henry, a ch. of, d. 18 Mch .. 1839, a. 2-S.B .; Lester (s. Hannah), d. 19 Mch., 1839, æ. 2; Lucy d. 7 Feb., 1863-E. M. C. R .; Russell d. 17 Nov., 1851, a. 57; his wife Martha d. 24 Sept., 1851, a. 61; Mrs. - d. 22 Mch., 1831, æ. 68,- S. B.

From E. IN. Rec .- Elijah (s. Samuel and Sally), b. 1 Aug .. 1793: Simeon (s. Thomas and Penelope), b. 3 Feb., 1772.

Samuel of W. bought land in Windham of Obed Abbe. 1714.

ABBOTT (Abbit. Ahett), George, " servant " in W., fined $5 for selling pistol and powder to Indians, and bd. by et. for his good behavior, 1640; at Hartford, 1617 8; fined 1647, 12x. to Rich. Lettin; witness to settlement betw. Ind. of Massaro (Sims.) and John Griffin, 1648. A George, Sen. (prob. same) af Norwalk, Conn., 1655. Abbott, Abiel, b. 10 Ang., 1693; m. 9 Jan., 1717, Abigail Grant; he d. 21 (22) (. R.) Jan., 1758, in 66th yr .; she d. 22 Aug., 1724, in 29th yr. - E. H. O. (h; 1. Abigail, b. 25 Nov., 1218. 1 2 Ann. b. 3 Ang .. 1721. 3. \biel. b. 11 June. 1721

Abiel (prob, the above A. b. 1721), had (C. R.) CA : (1) d. 15 Mch , 158; (2) d. 3 Mch., 1759; (B) 12. 22 Nov., 1961; s. (4) [Abiel 2] d. 19 Feb., 1700; (5) 7m. 2 Mch., 1769. Aurelia (spelled Orrel .- (. R.), had C'h. [J. Wells] bp. 13 Ang., 177.

ABERNATHY, Conant, m. Azuba Dexter, 20 May, 1800 .- W. C. R.

ADAMS, of Warehouse Point, Conn. This family may, with confidence, be traced to Thomas of Colchester, Conn., who was undoubtedly descended from Henry, who came from Essex County, Eng., in 1632, to Braintree, Mass,, and was the ancestor of the patriots Samuel and John Adams, the latter the second President of the United States.

Thomas, of Colchester, Conn .. m. Sarah Collins, of Lynn. Mass., and had ten children, b. 1717-1732; his eldest son Thomas, b. 80 Ang .. 1719. m. Mrs. Mary (Hammond) Vallett, of Montville, Conn., in 1714, under peculiarly romantic circumstances. She had m. in 1736 Jeremiah Vallett, a worthy sea-captain, to whom she bore a son; but about three years after their marriage he left her for a short cruise. But mouths elapsing without his return or any news of him, he was given

THE ADAMS FAMILY.

up as lost, his estate administered upon, and at the expiration of the time of mourn- ing, " but with no unseemly haste," she married Thomas Adams, then a young and active ship-carpenter, and settled down to domestic happiness in the "late" Cap- tain V. 's house. But in due course of time Capt. Vallett, sound and well, presented himself at their door. "Under the laws of the colony no wrong had been done or intended, and a consultation was held without delay with the good minister of the place who had tied the second knot, and a magistrate of the law as the legal coun- sellor, to effect an amicable arrangement between the parties. It was agreed that the wife should herself say which husband she preferred, and she unhesitatingly chose the second one, undoubtedly, from her past experience, being more in favor of a land lubber on shore than the best sailor-man in the world afloat. So the Cap- tain graciously accepted the situation, with the stipulation, however, that young Adamsand wife should depart from that neighborhood a considerable distance, " the Vallett child remaining of course with his father,

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The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. II, Part 1

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909 Publication date: 1891 Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company Number of Pages: 1012

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1012