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29. Samuel, bapt. July 23, 1704.
30. David, b. in 1707.
31. John, b. in 1711.
32. Sarah, b. in 1713.
33. Abigail, b. in 1714.
34. Daniel, b. in 1716.
35. Jermima, b. in 1718 ; m. - Bristol.
36. Elizabeth, D. Dec. 17, 1719 ; m. - Hub- bard.
37. Ebenezer, b. in 1729, of Turnbull, m. Catharine ; and had Daniel, b. Nov. 26,
38. Tabitha, b. Jan. 1, 1722; m. Timothy Hurd, of Woodbury. in 1741. By Second Wife.
39. Sarah, b. Sept. - , 1723. 40. George, b. in 1725. 41. Dorothy. b. in 1729.
25. Jehiel, son of Daniel, 2d, and Sarah Foote, mn. Susannah -, about 1712. He died in 1740, aged 55.
42. Rachel, b. Aug. 19, 1712.
43. Joseph, b. Dec. - , 1714.
44. Daniel, b. July 25, 1717.
45. Jeheil, b. Dec. 17, 1719 : d. y.
46. George, b. Nov. 4, 1721.
47. Jehiel, bapt. Feb. 29, 1723-4 ; d. 1754, A. 31.
48. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 17. 1726; m. Daniel Monroe, of Stratford, Feb. - , 1744.
49. Susannah, bapt. Dec. 13, 1728 ; m. John Beers.
50. Mary, bapt. May -, 1731 ; m. Caleb Dayton. 51. Hannah, bapt. Dec. -. 1733.
29. Samuel, son of Daniel, 2d, and Dorothy (Blakeman) Foote, m. Eleanor Day, March -, 1730. This Samuel and Eleanor are omitted by Goodwin in his " Foote Family."
59. Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1730. I 53. Tabitha, b. Mar. 9, 1732.
43. Joseph, son of Jehiel and Susannah Foote, m. Sarah Blakeman, Nov. - , 1737.
54. Isaac, b. Sept. 13, 1738. 58. Joseph. b. Dec. 6, 1748. 59. Sarah, b. Feb. 27, 1749-50.
55, Martha, b. Feb. 7, 1740-1.
56. Rachel, b. July 8, 1744. 60. Ebenezer, bapt. Oct. - , 1754- 61. Jehiel, bapt. Feb. - , 1756.
57. Hannah, b. Dec. 26, 1746.
44. Daniel, son of Jehiel and Susannah (-) Foot, m. Sarah Whitney, Nov. -, 1745-6. She died in 1803, aged 74 years. They removed to Newtown, where he died.
62. Whitney, b. Nov. 6, 1746. 67. Peter, bapt. Aug. - , 1758: m. Naomi 63. Abigail, b. Nov. 4, 1747. Gillet, of Newtown, and removed to New Stamford, N. Y.
64. Anne, b. June 14, 1749.
65. Charity, b. -- , 19, 1752. 68. Daniel, bapt. July -, 1761.
66. Susannah, b. Sept. - , 1755.
46. George, son of Jehiel and Susannah (-) Foot, m. Hannah Hurd, of Newtown, in 1745.
68. Betty, b. Aug. 7, 1746.
69. George, b. Oct. 11, 1749.
70. James, b. Mar. 5, 1752. 71. John, bapt. July -, 1754.
1. Foot, Daniel, m. Abigail Hurd, Nov. 14, 1771, in North Stratford.
2. Ebenezer, bapt. Sept. 6, 1772. 4. Abby Chester, bapt. Aug. 23, 1778.
3. Benajah Ellis, b. July -, 1775. 5. Charter, b. Aug. - , 1780.
1. FORD, Timothy, m. Hannah Sunderland, Aug. 6, 1780.
1. FORDICE, James, of Newtown, m. Abigail McCranny, of Unity, a widow, Sept. 21, 1741.
1. FORBES, John, and wife Abigail.
2, Samuel, bapt. Oct. - , 1735.
1. Forbes, Alexander, and wife Agnes. 3. Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1758.
1. FRAZIER, 2. Charity, bapt. June -, 1770. 1 3. Elizabeth, bapt. April -, 1772.
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1. FRENCH, William, came in the ship Defence, from London, in 1635, being 30 years of age, his wife Elizabeth 30, son Francis 10, Elizabeth 6, Mary 21/2 and John 5 months of age. They were from Essex, England, as shown by the record in the custom house. William French was one of the original settlers of the town of Billerica, eighteen miles north of Boston, where he died, aged 78, having had ten children born in America. He was the author of the famous tract entitled Strength out of Weakness, published in London and reprinted by the Boston Historical Society.
2. Francis, son of William French, of Billerica, came with his father from England to Massachusetts, and thence to Milford, Ct .; about 1650. In 1654. he was one of three or four persons who were the first settlers in Derby. He married Lydia Bunnell, of Milford, April 10, 1661, and made his home in Derby, where with honor and efficiency he toiled as a successful farmer. He died Feb. 14, 1691, aged 66 years. His widow Lydia died April 1, 1708.
3. Lydia, b. Aug. 11, 1662 ; d. young. 8. Samuel, b. Jan. 6, 1672.+
4. Elizabeth, b. June 20, 1664.
5. Anna, b. Aug. 10, 1666.
6. Mary, b. Sept 7. 1668 ; d. Jan. 1688.
7. Lydia, b. Sept. 28, 1670; m. Samuel Bowers.
9. Susan, b. June 6, 1675.
10. Francis, b. Feb. 11, 1677.
11. Hannah, b. Nov. 18, 1679.
8. Sergt. Samuel, son of Francis, Ist, and Lydia French, bought lands in Stratfield Society as early as 1694. He was received into Stratfield Church in March, 1697-8. Abigail, his wife, dau. of Richard Hubbell, Ist, owned the covenant in the same Church in Feb., 1696-7, and she was received into full communion in April, 1699. They were married about 1696. He died in 1732 of "dry belly ache," says the record.
Their children on Stratfield Church record are :
12. Samuel, b. about 1697. - 16. Gamaliel, bapt. June -, 1706.+
13. Ebenezer, bapt. Nov. - , 1699.
14. Abigail, bapt. Jan. - , 1701-2 ; m. Stephen Bennett.
17. Deborah. - : m. - Weed.
18. Thankful, bapt. Jan. - , 1708-9.
19. Martha, bapt. May. - , 1711.
15. Elizabeth, bapt. June -, 1704. 1 20. Sarah ; m. Capt. John Mallet.
12. Samuel, 2d, son of Sergt. Samuel and Abigail (Hubbell) French, m. Mary, dau. of Benjamin Sherman.
21. Samuel. 29. Gamaliel, bapt. April 13, 1735.+
22. John, b. about 1719.+
23. Mary, b. about 1721 ; m. Benjamin Booth.
24. Ann, bapt .- , 1723 ; m. Samuel Beards- . ley.
25. Elizabeth, bapt. July -, 1726.
26. Thomas, bapt. April -, 1729.
27. Hannab, bapt. April -, 1731.
28. Joseph, bapt. July -, 1733.
30. Benoni, bapt. -. 1738; m. Mehetable
Booth, Jan. 11, 1763.
31. Jehiel, b. - ; prob. m. Abeah Middle- brook, 1769.
32. Samuel, -; prob. m. Mary Turney. 1777.
33. James, -; m. Mary Brinsmade.
21. Samuel, 3d, son of Samuel and Abigail French, m. Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Clark. June 2, 1736. She was the daughter of Nehemiah Loring.
34. Nehemiah Loring, b. May 1, 1737. 38. Josiah, b. Dec. 18, 1745.
35. Samuel, b. Mar. 9, 1738-9. 39. Joseph, b. July 26, 1748.
36. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 8, 1741. 40. Elijah, b. Sept. 12, 1751.
37. Sarah, b. June 22, 1743. 41. Andrew, b. Mar. 24, 1755.
22. John, son of Samuel, 2d, and Mary Sherman French, m. Bettee Edwards.
42. Huldah, b. Sept. 22, 1743. 46. Elisha, b. Dec. 19, 1750.
43. Bettee, bapt. Sept. 13, 1744 : d. young. 47. Bettee, b. June 8, 1752.
44. John, bapt. Dec. 23, 1746 ; m. Mary Sum- mers. "Sadler," by w.
45. Nathan, b. Dec. 26, 1748.
48. Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 1753 ; said to be dau. of John French, Jr., Hannab.
29. Gamaliel, son of Samuel and Mary (Sherman) French, m. Susannah Brins- made, Jan. 17, 1782. She was born Sept. 13, 1760.
49. William, b. Dec. 18, 1782. 51. Ruth, b. Aug. 21, 1786.
50. Bettee, b. Aug. 24. 1784. 52. Timothy, b. Sept. 12, 1788.
30. Benoni, son of Samuel and Mary (Sherman) French, m. Mehetable Booth, Jan. 11, 1763.
53. Clara, b. Dec. 7, 1776; m. Freeman Lewis.
54. Benjamin, b. June 2, 1773 ; d. June #3, 1772.
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31. Jehiel, son of Samuel, 2d, and Mary (Sherman) French, m. Eunice He m. 2d, Abiah Middlebrook in 1769.
57. Jerusha, bapt. Nov. 2, 1766. 1
55. Ephraim, bapt. Dec. 31, 1758. By Second Wife. 56. Child, bapt. Sept. 9, 1764. 58. Ezra, b. July -, 1770. 59. David, bapt. Apr. 26, 1772.
32. Samuel, 4th, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Loring) French, m. Hannah Nichols, May 29, 1766.
60. Joshua or Johannah, b. Feb. 20, 1767. I 61. Bettee, b. Apr. 16, 1770.
33. James, son of Samuel, 2d, and Mary (Sherman) French, m. Mary Brins- made, Jan. 19, 1774. He m. 2d, Mary -
62. John, b. Aug. 28, 1775. 65. Sarah Redfield, b. Aug. 13, 1783.
63. Ichabod, b. Jan. 13, 1777. 66. Joseph Brinsmade, b. June 12, 1786. 67. James, bapt. Apr. - , 1789.
64. Polly, b. Dec. 6, 1778.
1. French, Jeremiah, m. Hannah Edwards, July -, 1737.
2. William, b. Mar. 23, 1737-8.
3. Mary. b. Feb. 28, 1739-40; m. Daniel Shelton.
4. Sarah, b. May 22, 1741.
5. Jeremiah, b. July 8, 1743. 6. Benjamin, b. Oct. 22, 1745. 7. Charity, b. Aug. 15, 1747.
1. French, Lt. John, of Trumbull, m. Elizabeth -.
2. David, b. Mar. 8, 1750. 8. Benjamin, b. Nov. 9, 1763. 3. Sherman, bapt. July 15, 1751. 9. Hannah, b. May 17, 1766. 4. Samuel, bapt. Jan. 28, 1753. 5. Rebecca, b. Feb. 25, 1755. Io. Anna, b. Mar. 6, 1769. 11. Lucy, b. Mar. - , 1772. 12. Lois, b. Aug. - , 1776.
7. Bette, b. Oct. 3, 1761.
1. French, Jonas, m. Feb. 11, 1780, Susan Winton.
2. Lucy, b. Mar. 11, 1781.
5. Jeremiah, b. Aug. 3, 1786. 6. Lewis, b. Apr. 4, 1788.
3. Andrew, b. Dec. 29, 1782. 4. Daniel, b. Sept. 17, 1784. - 4 /3 + 7. Samuel, b. Mar. 28, 1790.
1. French, Abel, a prisoner in the Revolution, m. Ist, Hepsey Clarke. She died Dec. - , 1820, aged 51. He m. 2d, Mary -. She died Sept. - , 1845, aged 73.
2. Hepza, b. Nov. 26, 1809; m. David Beach, Nov. 25, 1831.
3. Sally, b. Feb. 3, 1812 ; m. John Clarke.
1. French, David, and wife Eunice.
2. Sarah, b. June -, 1780. 3. Mary, b. June -, 1782.
4. Eunice, b. Jan. 20, 1785.
5. Josiah, bapt. May -, 1788.
1. FROST, Stephen, son of Joseph, of Charlestown, Mass., born April 13, 1673 (?); said to have died March 18, 1774. He had a wife Hester.
2. Charity, bapt. May -, 1740. 5. Esther, bapt. Jan. - , 1749. 6. Mary, bapt. Apr. - , 1753.
3. Sarah, bapt. Mar. - , 1742.
4. Stephen, bapt. Jan. - , 1747.
2. Stephen, son of Stephen and Hester Frost, m. Eunice Wheeler, Aug. 10, 1772. . Wheeler, b. Feb. 1, 1773. 9. Esther, b. Mar. 21, 1779. 10. Lucy, b. June 4, 1786. 8. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 29, 1775.
1. Frost, Miller, and wife Mary.
2. Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1715-16.
3. James, b. Jan. 3, 1718-19. 4. Joseph, b. - : d. Mar. 26, 1726.
5. Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1721. 6. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 19, 1724-5.
3. James, son of Miller and Mary Frost, m. Mary Beers, Jan. 17, 1744-5. 8. Joseph, b. July 2, 1745. 10. Sarah, b. Sept. 22, 1749.
9. Eunice, b. Mar. 25, 1747. II. Elizabeth, b. July 22, 1751.
8. Joseph, son of James and Mary (Beers) Frost, m. -
12. Mary, b. Jan. - , 1775. 13. Joseph, bapt. Mar. - , 1788.
14. Betsey, bapt. Feb. - , 1793.
1. FOLSOM, Folsome, Samuel, son of Israel Folsom, of (Exeter and Stratham, Mass., and) Ashford, Ct., m. Anne Bingham. (See Biog. Sketch, p. 448). Samuel Folsom's grandfather was Samuel, who was the son of John, from Hingham, England. (See Folsom Genealogy.) Mrs. Cleveland, wife of
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6. Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1759.
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President Grover Cleveland, is descended from the Massachusetts and not from the Stratford family.
2. Ann, b. Aug. 19, 1740; m. Abraham
Tomlinson, as ad wife.
2. Samuel, b. May 9, 1743. He settled in Arlington, Vt.
4. Darius, b. Dec. 24, 1743.
5. Cyrus, b. Dec. 4, 1745 ; m. Ann Curtiss, rem. to Greenwich, N. Y.
6. Abigail, b. Oct. 15, 1747 ; m. - Belden, of Watertown, Ct.
7. Mary, b. Mar. 4, 1750; m. - Hawkins.
8. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 6, 1752; d. unm. at Albany, N. Y.
9. Glorianna, b. Dec. 24, 1753: m. John Starling, Mar. 10, 1771, and is called Glorianna op the marriage record. She bad Mary Glorianna, b. Dec. - , 1771. and Maria Jane, bapt. Mar. 14, 1773. (Sec sketch, P. 449.)
Io. John, b. May 17, 1756; removed_to Albany and thence to Greenwich, N. Y.
4. Darius, son of Samuel and Ann Fulsom, m. - Wheeler, July 24, 1766 ; lived in Stratford, Ct.
II. Ephraim, b. Jan 13, 1767. 12. William, b. Dec. 3. 1768.
13. Glorianna, b. July, 23, 1773.
14. Abigail, b. Feb. 7, 1779. 15. Nancy, b. Mar. 10, 1790; m. Eliphalet Hotchkiss, of Derby, Conn.
1. GALPIN, Samuel, son of Philip, of New Haven, came to Stratford and m. Esther, dau. of John Thompson, Mar. 2, 1676-7. She died at the birth of her daughter Esther. He in. 2d, Elizabeth - about 1679. He was born in 1650, and died in 1701.
2. Esther, b. Aug. 19, 1678; m. Jonathan Booth. By Second Wife.
4. Elizabeth ; m. Isaac Norton. 5. Abigail. 8. Caleb. 7. Mary ; m. Elnathan Peat.
3. Samuel.
6. Caleb, son of Samuel and Esther (Thompson) Galpin, m. Elizabeth Baldwin, of Milford, Feb. 24, 1719.
8. Samuel, b. Oct. 2, 1730. 1 9. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1714.
1. GASCOYNE, Gaskin, Gaskill, Samuel, son of Samuel, of New Haven, by his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. John Sherman, m. Abigail, widow of Doct. Nathaniel Hudson, July 12, 1703. Doct. Hudson died in 1701. In 1710, she m. Edward Burroughs, and died in 1720. She was a daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey, of Hatfield.
Her only children, apparently, were two by Mr. Burroughs. Her residence was in Stratford some years.
1. GERRELS, James, m. Prudence Wakelee Jan. 20, 1767.
1. GILBERT, John, from Springfield, Mass., m. 2d, Hannah Ranfield, July -, 1695. He m. 3d, Patience Catlin, Nov. - , 1714. He purchased land here first, May 2, 1713, of Ebenezer Wooster, at Oronoke, and conducted a ferry across the Housatonic, at that place, a number of years.
2. Anna, b. June -. : 688. By Second Wife.
3. Thomas, b. April 16, 1696.
4. Josiah, b. Mar. 24, 1699.
5. John, b. Mar. 13. 1700-1.
6. Frances, b. about -- , 1703; m. John Keyes. He d. in 1753, and she m. in 1756 Edmund Lewis. 7. Sarah, b. Nov. 10, 1705.
3. Thomas, som of John and Hannah (Ranfield) Gilbert, m. Dec. - , 1717, Jemima Silliman, of Fairfield. She died in 1718. He m. 2d, Dec. - , 1718. Elizabeth Howe. She was born in 1700, and died in 1789.
8. Jemimab, b. Sept. 1. 1718.
9. Abraham, bapt. April -- , 1724 ; d. 1792. -
12. Thomas, bapt. Mar. - , 1733; m. Mary Booth, Nov. 4, 1756.
10. Sarah, bapt. july -. 1728. 13. Ruth, bapt. April -. 1736.
11. Betty, bapt. Dec -- , 1730. -
14. Huldah, bapt. Aug. -- , 1743.
4. Josiah, son of John and Hannah (Ranfeld) Gilbert, m. Sarah . 15. Mary, bapt. Jan. 1727.
5. John, 2d, son of John and Hannah (Ranfield) Gilbert, m. Sarah, dau. of John Marchant, Jan. 19, 1748-9. She died in 1808. He died in 1777.
16. Josiah, b. June 6, 1750 ; m. 1776, Huldah . 20. Thomas, b. Dec. 10, 1755.
Judson.
sr. Joel, b. May 29, 1758.
17. "Elle" or Eli, b. Aug. 9. 1751 ; m. Eliz- 82. Anna, b. May 2, 1762. abeth Wheeler, 1773. 23. Sarah Ann, b. Nov. 10, 1763.
18. John, b. Oct. 21, 1752; m. Huldah Mallery. 24. Agur, b. Feb. 22, 1767.
- 13. Lemuel, b. May 9, 1754. 25. Marchant, b. May 9, 1774-
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21. Joel, son of John and Sarah (Marchant) Gilbert, m. May -, 1785, Patience, dau. of Oliver and Abiah Chatfield. She was born May 2, 1765, in Derby. He died in 1813.
26. Eli, b. Feb. 25, 1786. 27. David, b. Aug. 17, 1788 ; d. 1790. - 28. Nancy, b. Feb. 5, 1792 ; d. 1792.
1. Gilbert, Thomas, had :
2. Elisha, bapt. July 6, 1768, In North Stratford.
1. Gilbert, Humphrey, of Mansfield, m. Rebecca Hubbard, of New Fair- field, Dec. 9, 1784.
1. Gilbert, David, of North Fairfield, m. Abigail Wakelee, Nov. 2, 1774.
1. GLOVER, John, probably, son of John, of New Haven, was in Stratford as early as 1702. He m. Nov. 27, 1700, Mrs. Margery Hubbard, of New Haven. She died in March, 1703-4. He m. widow Bethia Bickley July -, 1707. She was the daughter of Benjamin Beach.
John Glover, joiner, of Newtown, Ct., in 1711, sells to Mr. Moss his lands in Stratford.
2. John, b. Dec. 30, 1701.
By Wife Bethia.
3. Henry, b. Oct. 8, 1703.
1 4. Benjamin, b. May -, 1708.
1. Glover, Mehetable, of New Haven, m. Benjamin Coney, of Stratford, Dec. 18, 1705.
1. GOLD, Nathan, Major, came from St. Edmondsbury, England, to Fairfield, and was an early and influential settler there-1644-1649. He was a large land holder; was an assistant from 1657 until 1694. He died Mar. 4, 1693-4. The inventory of his estate was {400-3-6, which was wealthy, but not near that of some of his neighbors. Fairfield had many wealthy peo- ple. He m. Martha, widow of Edward Harvey.
2. Nathan.+ 4. Deborah ; m. George Clark.
3. Sarah ; m. John Thompson.
5. Abigail ; m. Jonathan Sellick.
2. Hon. Nathan, 2d, son of Major Nathan and Martha (Harvie) Gold, m. Dec. 8, 1663, Hannah, dau. of Lt. Col. John Talcott. She died Mar. 28, 1696. He m. 2d, Sarah -, who died Oct. 17, 1711. He died Oct. 3, 1723. He was town clerk of Fairfield for many years ; was an assistant from 1694 uatil 1723 ; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1712 ; Lieut-Governor from 1708 until 1723.
6. Abigail, b. Feb. - , 1687; m. the Rev. Thomas Hawley, of Ridgefield, Conn.
7. John, b. April 25, 1688; m. Hannab Slaw- son.
8. Nathan, b. April 6, 1690.
9. Samuel, b. Dec. 27, 1692, who had 6 ch.
10. Joseph : d. Oct. 11, 1769, aged 77. 11. Hezekiah (Rev.), b. - , 1694.+
12. Onesimus; m. had ch. 13. David.
14. Martha ; m. Samuel Sherman, Apr. 4, 1788.
11. Rev. Hezekiah, son of Hon. Nathan and Sarah (-) Gold, of Fairfield, Ct .; was graduated at Harvard College in 1719; and ordained pastor in Stratford in June, 1722. He m. widow Mary Ruggles, of Guilford, May 23, 1723. She died July 2, 1750, aged 48 years. He m. 2d the widow of John Prynn, who survived him ; and returned to the West Indies whence she came. John Prynn died in Stratford Nov. 23, 1751. Rev. Hezekiah Gold was born 1694, and died April 12, 1761, aged 66. (See Biog., p. 304.)
15. Mary or " Molly," b. Feb. 29, 1724 ; m. Doct. Agur Tomlinson.
16. Catee, b. Aug. 31, 1725 , d. Sept. 30, 1742. 17. Jerusha, b. Mar. 6, 1726-7 ; d. Sept. 24. 1747.
18. Sarah, b. May 8, 1729 ; m. - Stocking, of Middletown, Conn.
. 19. Hezekiah, b. Jan. 18, 1731 ; m. Ellen Hobart, of Fairfield, Feb. 4, 1786, and d. May 30, 1790.
20. Thomas, b. Jan. 8, 1733.
21. Anna, b. Dec. - , 1734 ; d. April 9, 1739.
22. Rebecca, b. Sept. - , 1736; m. Abraham Tomlinson, Dec. 1754-
23. Huldab, b. April 15, 1738; m. Samuel Curtis.
24. Anna, ad. b. May 14, 1740 ; m. - Hub- bard, of New Haven.
25. Catharine, b. Oct. 15, 1743 ; d. Oct. 23,
26. Abigail, b. Nov. 4, 1744; m. Samuel Uffoot, Thanksgiving day, Nov. 1769: d. Dec. 3, 1817.
27. Elizabeth or " Betsey," b. Aug. 15, 1747 : d. young at her grandmother's house in Guilford.
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1. GORHAM, Joseph, son of James, of Barnstable, Mass., came to Strat- ford with wife Sarah. He m. 2d, Abigail Lockwood, April -, 1715. He m. 3d, Temperance - in 1731-2.
2. Joseph, b. Nov. - , 1712.+
3. George.+ By Second Wife.
4. Hannah, b. Mar. 10, 1715-16.
s. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1716. 11. Jabez.+
8. John. b. July 20, 1718.
7. Lockwood.+
8. Shubael. By Wife Temperance.
9. Samuel, b. July 15, 1724.+
Io. Hezekiah, b. Mar. 29, 1727-8.
12. Benjamin, b. Nov. - , 1733.
13. Isaac.+
2. Joseph, 2d, son of Joseph and Sarah Gorham, m. Hannah -
14. Joseph, bapt. Feb. 1744-5. - 17. Nathan, bapt. Aug. 1751.
15. Betty, bapt. July, 1746. 18. William, bapt. April. 1754.
16. Joseph, bapt. Oct. 1749. -
19. Tryphena, who m. Joel McEwen.
3. Capt. George, son of Joseph Gorham, m. Hannah -, and after some
years made his residence in Trumbull.
20. Isaac, b. Dec. 7, 1738. 23. Hannah, b. Dec. 6, 1747.
21. Sarah, b. May 23, 1741. 24. Charity, bapt. May 10, 1752.
22. Mary, b. Oct. 14, 1743- 25. Phebe.
7. Lockwood, son of Joseph and Abigail (Lockwood) Gorham, m. Abigail, dau. of David Meeker, of Stratford, Sept. 20, 1742. She was born June 10, 1725.
36. David, b. Jan. 1, 1743-4. 29. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4. 1749-50.
27. Hannah, b. Sept. 27, 1745. 30. Daniel, b. Oct. 9. 3752.
$8. Lockwood, b. Nov. 9, 1747. 31. Joseph, b. June 18, 1755.
8. Shubael, son of Joseph and Abigail (Lockwood) Gorham, m. Rebecca, dau. of Gideon Hollibert, Jan. 22, 1746-7.
33. Stephen, b. Dec. 10, 1747.
33. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 1, 1749. 34. Shubael, b. July 4, 1752. 35. Rebecca.
36. Lydia, b. Dec. 14, 1763 ; she was a child born at Shubael Gorham's and left there to be brought up.
9. Samuel, son of Joseph and Temperance Gorham, m. Anne Grooman (or Grumman), Dec. 8, 1747. Their children were recorded in Trumbull.
37. Temperance, b. Aug. 24, 1749. 39. Nehemiah, b. Oct. 10, 1753.
38. Mercy, b. Feb. 20, 1752 ; m. Abel Patter- son.
40. Sarah, b. Aug. 19, 2755 : d. 1761. 41. David, b. Feb. 17, 1760.
11. Jabez, son of Joseph and Temperance Gorham, m. Mary, dau. of Benjamin Couch, Nov. 27, 1752. She was born Nov. 15, 1732.
42. Martha, b. Aug. 13, 1753. -
43. Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1754.
44. Lydia, b. May 29, 1756.
13. Isaac, son of Joseph and Temperance Gorham, m. Ann, dau. of Joseph Wakeman, July 25, 1752.
45. Hannah, b. Nov. 15, 1753. 1 46. Ann, b. Sept. 29, 1754.
39. Nehemiah, son of Samuel and Anne (Grooman) Gorham, m. Polly, dau of Thomas Olcott, March 18, 1784.
. Nehemiah Olcott, +. Nov. 29, 1785. sz. Oliver, b. Mar. -. 1794.
18. Julliet, b. Feb. 9. 1787. 5ª. Charles R., b. -. 1797.
49. Robert Henry, b. April 20, 1789. 53. Sarah, b. June -, 1802.
50. Anne, bapt. Aug. - , 1791. 54. Mary.
1. GRAY, Nathan, m. Mary Hurlbut, July -, 1735 ; probably both of Fair- field.
1. GRIMES, Joseph, and wife Hannah. 3. Joseph, b. Dec. $7, 1715.
1. GROOM or Grummon, Edward, and wife Miriam. 2. Mary, b. Nov. 1690.
1. GREGORY, Henry, came to Stratford before 1647, since in that year the New Haven records so informs. His son John testified in 1647 that "his father was old and his sight had failed him." Henry Gregory's will was brought into court June 19, 1655. He is said to have sons Judah and John and a dau. who was Wm. Crooker's wife.
2. John, and others.
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1. Gregory, Samuel, from Springfield, Mass., was in Stratfield about 1666 to 1670, and had a house near what is now the corner of Fairfield and Park avenues, Bridgeport. He m. a daughter of Henry Wakelee, for in 1689, he calls Henry Wakelee "Honored Father-in-law." In 1709 he is described by his son Samuel as dead. Henry Wakelee m. Samuel Gregory's sister-in-law Sarah, widow of Judah Gregory, of Springfield, Mass.
2. Samuel, 2d, son of Samuel Gregory, above, m. Ist, -; 2d, Mary -.
3. Thaddeus, bapt. July, 1701. 6. Gilead, bapt. May, 1711.
4. Beulah, bapt. Aug. 1703. 7. Miriam, bapt. June, 1712-13. 8. Jemima, bapt. Oct. 1717.
5. Enoch, bapt. Dec. 1707.
3. Thaddeus, son of Samuel, 2d, (and his wife) Gregory, m. Rebecca -. He died in 1777, aged 77 years. .
9. Mary, b. Mar. 1735; d. in 1726.
10. Mary, b. Nov. 1726.
II. Sarah, b. July, 1728; m. David Hubbell, Dec. 28, 1749.
12. Jeremiah, b. Mar. 1730.
1. Gregory, Samuel, m. Naomi
2. Stephen, b. Dec. 3, 1751.
3. Child, bapt. July 10, 1757.
. 4. Sarah, b. Aug. - , 1758.
5. Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1760.
1. Gregory, Jacob, m. Naomi
2. "Sintha," b. Jan. 16, 1766. 3. Child, bapt. Dec. 10, 1767.
4. Zalmon, bapt. May 2, 1770. 5. Eunice, bapt. Aug. 9, 1772.
1. Gregory, Gilead, m. Ist, Mary - -; 2d, Sarah ·
2. Stephen Atwater, b. Aug. - , 1767.
3. Ebenezer Ives, b. Dec. - , 1769. By Wife Sarak.
4. Stephen Atwater, bapt. Oct. 16, 1774.
5. David, bapt. May 7, 1775.
6. Mary, b. Oct. - , 1776.
7. Johannah, b. April -, 1778.
8. Enoch, b. Jan. 1, 1779.
9. Lewis, b. Aug. - , 1782. 10. Ruth, b. Feb. - , 1785.
1. Gregory, Enoch, m. Phebe - His children were baptized in Trum-
bull.
2. Son, bapt. June 18, 1769.
4. Phebe, bapt. April 5, 1778.
1. GRIFFIN, Hugh, was one of the first settlers in Stratford. His will was dated Sept. 9, 1690, and inventory made Nov. 3. 1691. He mentions his wife Mary and her daughter Mary Norton and the following children :
2. Jobn. 6. Mary. 7. Dorothy.
4. Samuel.
5. Francis.
8. Hannab.
2. John, son of Hugh Griffin, had a wife Sarah -. 9. Samuel, b. Aug. 14, 1698. 11. John. 10. Hugh.
4. Samuel, son of Hugh Griffin, had :
12. Elizabeth ; m. Jonathan Wicks, of Hunt- ington, L. 1.
13. Phebe ; m. Obadiah Rogers, of Hunting- ton, L. I.
5. Francis, son of Hugh Griffin, by 2d wife, who was daughter of Francis Andrews, m. Nov., 1697, Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Curtiss. She died in 1707. He m. 2d, May, 1708, Jemimah Darling, of Jamaica, L. I., says Rev. B. L. Swan.
1. Griffin, Jonathan, m. Mehetable, dau. of John Mallory, and had : 2. Mabel, b. Nov. 18, 1721.
1. GUNN, Daniel, a Drum Major in Col. Frazier's Regiment. 2. Betty, bapt. Jan. 1758.
1. GUTHRIE, John, of Durham, m. Abigail Coe, June -- , 1727, remained in Stratford a few years.
2. John, b. Feb. 25, 1727-8.
3. James, b. July -, 1729.
5. James, b. April -, 1732. Joseph, b. June -, 1733-4.
4. John or William, b. Dec. - , 1730.
13. Selah, b. Nov. 1733 ; d. 1758.
14. Rebecca, b. Sept. 1734.
15. Bulah, b. Mar. 1736.
16. Thaddeus, b. Nov. 1738; m. Huldah, dau. of James Hawley.
6. Samuel, b. June -, 1762. 7. William, bapt. July 8, 1764. 8. Aaron, b. Sept. 15, 1766.
3. Josiah, bapt. Sept. 15, 1771.
3. Thomas.
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History of Stratford.
1. HALL, Francis, was the son of Gilbert Hall, who lived in Kent, England, and came to America with his brother William from Milford, county of Surrey, in the ship with the Rev. Henry Whitefield and his company. William set- tled in Guilford and Francis settled in New Haven. Francis Hall purchased land in Fairfield in 1654. and does not appear to have owned land there pre- vious to that date. In 1659 he purchased land in Stratford, and elsewhere, of James Rogers, of New London, and several years later settled in Stratford, where he was an attorney in law, and continued his practice nearly or quite to his decease." He had a wife Elizabeth who came with him from England and died, probably in Fairfield, where the record was made, July 6, 1665, and where they had resided several years. He m. 2d, Dorothy, widow of John Blakeman, of Stratford, Oct. 30, 1665. It is probable that soon after this he settled in Stratford. His will was dated May 6, 1686, and proved Mar. 14. 1689-90. He died Mar. 5, 1689-90. His widow Dorothy m. 3d, Mark Sension, of Norwalk, who died in 1693, and she m. 4th, Isaac Moore, of Farmington.
His wife Elizabeth owned a house and lands in England which were not sold until years after they came here. He sold the property in England and gave her a written agreement, dated Mar. 9, 1664, to deliver to her the same amount here. In 1687 her son Isaac entered a caveat, to prohibit his father from selling his property in Fairfield, claiming it under this written agree- ment, for the children of his mother. This made a family division, never reconciled, as appears by the father's will.
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