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GENEALOGY OF THE PURITANS.
ABBE, (Abbie, Abbee, Abbey,) JOHN and Hannah his wife were at Windham, Conn., and had issue recorded there, viz: Richard, b. Feb. 9, 1682, d. July 10, 1737, aged 54; Mary, b. Sept. 16, 1684 ; Marcy, b. March 5, 1689 ; John, Jun., b. April 20, 1691 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 13, 1693 ; Lidia, b. May 21, 1696 ; Sarah, b. March 11, 1699. John Abbe d. there Dec. 11, 1700. Thomas Abbe d. April 1, 1700. His son John, Jun., was a proprietor in the drawing of the 20 acre lots in 1707.
ABBE, RICHARD, EsQ., son of John and Hannah, m. Mary Gen- nings, Nov. 16, 1703, (probably removed.)
*ABBE, SAMUEL, of Windham, m. Hannah Silsby, March 15, 1710, and had issue : Samuel, Jun., b. Oct. 12, 1712, d. 1714. Samuel the father d. Jan. 15, 1736-7, aged about 61 years.
ABBE, OBADIAH, of Windham, and Elizabeth his wife, had issue : Mercy, b. Oct. 5, 1702 ; Obadiah, b. April 10, 1704 ; Eliza- beth, b. April 1, 1706 ; Hannah, b. Dec. 1, 1707; Abigail b. Oct. 25, 1709 ; Ruth b. Sept. 15, 1712 ; Joseph b. May 28, 1714 ; Rich- ard b. May, 1716; 2d Joseph b. Jan. 16, 1718-19.
ABBE, SAMUEL, of Windham, d. there in 1698. His widow Ma- ry m. Abraham Mitchell, and she administered on her first husband's estate. Samuel's children were, Mary, aged 25, Samuel 23, Thom- as 20, Ebenezer 16, Marcy 14, Sarah 13, Hepzibah 10, Abigail 8, John 7, Eleazer 8, Benjamin 6, and Jonathan 2. Elizabeth's estate, £58. 8s. 3d.
ABBE, EBENEZER, of Windham, deeded land to John Fitch, of Windham, Sept. 12, 1715. OBID ABBE gave a deed of land
* Windham was incorporated May, 1692, though it commenced settling as early as 1689, when Capt. John Kates or Cates, and his servant, framed and raised the first house in Windham.
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in Windham to Samuel Abbe, of Windsor, in 1714. JOHN ABBE, of Windham, d. Dec. 1700. He left a widow Hannah and children. He had married a widow, who had children by her first husband.
ABBE, JOHN, who was born at Windham, settled in East Hart- ford soon after 1700 : he died in East Hartford, Oct. 30, 1790, aged 109 years.
ABBE, JONATHAN, of Willington, Conn., d. in 1760, and left children, viz : Anne, Mary, Jonathan, Samuel and Rebeccah.
The Abbe's were also pioneers at Enfield.
*ABBE, THOMAS, was an original proprietor and settler at En- field. He died at Enfield, in 1728, and left two sons, who settled there, viz : Thomas, Jun., b. 1686, m. Mary Pease, daughter of Capt. John Pease, 1714, d. 1745, had two sons, first, Obadiah, b. 1728, d. 1745 ; second, Thomas, b. 1731, m. Penelope Terry, widow of Dr. Ebenezer, d. 1811, aged 81 years, and left children : John, b. 1692, one of the first settlers of the upper part of " King's street," had four sons-John, b. 1717, m. Sarah Root, daughter of Timothy Root, of Somers, 1739, settled in the east part of the town, d. 1794, left two sons, who both settled and died in the east part of Enfield. Thomas, b. 1721, and Daniel, b. 1726, both died at Cape Breton, 1745, without children. Richard, 4th son of John Abbe, b. 1735, m. Mary Bement, daughter of Capt. Dennis Bement, 1755, d. 1807, left children. This name is yet found at Enfield and Windham.
ABBIE, SAMUEL, of Salem Village, Mass., freeman 1689-90. ABBY, JOHN, Sen., of Redding, Mass., freeman 1634. This was an early name at Cape Cod.
Abbey has but one coat of arms. Five of this name have gradu- ated at Yale College.
ABBOT, (Abbott, Abbit,) GEORGE, a servant boy at Windsor, was fined £5, for selling a pistol and some powder to the Indians, and bound by the Court for his good behavior, and disposed of by the Court for farther service to his master, and to pay a fine, &c., 1640. He was in Court at Hartford, in 1647-8. In 1647 he was fined 12s. to Richard Lettin.
ABBOTT, ROBERT, was a juror at the Particular Court in Hart-
* Enfield began to settle in 1680, or '81, (the grant by Massachusetts to have it become a township, was in May, 1683,) and was incorporated in May, 1688. The town of Enfield was annexed to Connecticut, from Massachusetts, as were other towns, adjoining the north state line of Connecticut, as late as 1752,
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ford, July 2, 1640, also Sept. 2, 1641 : he was probably as early as any other of the name in Connecticut. Yet I find JOHN ABBOTT at Wethersfield, holding several lots of land there, as early as 1641. GEORGE ABBET, of Windsor, and John Moses, settled with the Indians of Massacoe,* (Simsbury,) for injury done to John Griffin of Windsor, by burning his tar and pitch, June 28, 1648 ; by the Indi- ans conveying their land at Massacoe, except two acres reserved by them for their own use. John Griffin, Dec. 23, 1661, assigned his Indian deed to the Committee, who had been appointed to dispose of the lands at Massacoe, for the use of the town of Windsor. GEORGE ABITT, Sen., and JOHN and JONATHAN ABBITT were all land holders in Norwalk, Conn., in 1687, George, Sen., was settled there as early as 1655. In 1672, he had seven children at Norwalk, and the town of Norwalk gave him ten acres of land for his service as a soldier. The Abbots formerly of Wallingford and Ridgefield, were son and grandsons of JOSEPH ABBOT, of New Haven, as early as 1681.
ABBOTT, PHILLIP, of Windham, m. Abigail Bigford, Oct. 8, 1723, and had issue born at Windham, viz: John, b. July 12, 1724 ; Abial, b. March 3, 1726 ; Stephen, b. April 21, 1728 ; Hannah, b. March 16, 1730; Mary, b. July 6, 1732; Zebediah, b., d. Dec. 2, 1731.
ABBOTT, JOHN, of Colchester, had a son John, baptized there Dec. 25, 1748 : Sarah, baptized May 27, 1750.
+ABBOTT, JONATHAN, of Norwalk, m. Sarah, daughter of Lieut. John Olmsted, June 5, 1696, and had children born there, viz : Jonathan, Jr., b. April 6, 1697,; Sarah, b. June, 1699 ; Eunis, b. Jan. 23, 1702; Mary, b. July 8, 1704 ; Deborah, b. Dec. 3, 1707 ; Keziah, b. April 17, 1711 ; Lemuel b. March 21, 1713-14 ;
* Simsbury, (Indian name Massacoe,) began early to settle by the white people from Wind- sor. Several families were there about 1648, and the first settlers fled, during a part of Philip's War, though it was incorporated as early as May, 1670.
Farmer mentions ARTHUR, of Marblehead, an early inhabitant. DANIEL, freeman, 18th May, 1631, of Cambridge, in 1634, fined 5s. for neglecting his watch in 1630. GEORGE, of Row- ley, died 1647. WALTER, a vintner of New Hampshire, in 1640. Robert, of Watertown, Mass., freeman, in 1634, and several others, (see Farmer.) The name is spelt upon some of the records in Connecticut, " Abbit, Abbitt."
t Norwalk originally included most of the present towns of Wilton, Westport, and New Ca- naan. The General Court of Connecticut Colony, gave Nathaniel Eli, and others, an order of settlement, in 1650, and in Sept., 1651, incorporated the town. Though some of its settlers were there in 1650. Some of the early records call the town Norrwake, and some early records call Norwich, Norridge.
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Jane, b. Oct. 5, 1716, and Mindwell, b, Dec. 21, 1718. This name and blood yet continue in Fairfield County and other parts of Con- necticut. Thirty persons by the name of Abbot, and two by the name of Abbott, graduated at Harvard College, before 1849; and two by the name of Abbot, and three by the name of Abbott, at Yale College, before 1851.
ABBOTT, EDWARD, and Henry Andrews of Taunton, Mass., were enrolled in 1643, as able to bear arms, between the ages of 16 and 60 years.
ABBOTT, JOHN, and MARIA ABBOTT, aged 16 years, em- barked in the Hopewell, for New England.
ABBET, ROBERT, had three lots of land early recorded at Wa- tertown, Mass.
The Coats of Arms of the name by Burk, are-Abbot (Lord Mayor of London, 1638,) has one. Abbot, (Baron Colchester, of Col- chester, Essex,) one. Abbot, (Baron Tenterdon,) one. Abbot, (Shropshire,) one. Abbot, (Lincolnshire,) one. And three other Coats of Arms for the name.
ABBOT, PAUL, of Andover, Mass., purchased lands in Wind- sor, of Richard Abbe of Windham, and James Richardson, in 1721, also of Nathaniel Hovey, in 1721.
Robert Abbot, who is found in Connecticut, and is mentioned by Farmer, as admitted a freeman in Massachusetts, in 1634, was prob- ably the same man found a Juror at Hartford, July 2, 1640.
ABELL, (Abel,) CALEB, was appointed to keep a tavern at Norwich, Conn., in 1694, for the year. In 1716, Caleb Abel re- ceived a deed of land in Windham, of Benajah Bushnell, merchant of Norwich.
ABELL, JOSHUA, and Hugh Amos, were early settlers at Nor- wich, as soon as 1670, probably father of Caleb Abell. GEORGE ABELL was the first in Connecticut, as early as 1647.
ABELL, ROBERT, desired to be made free at Boston, in 1630, and took the oath, May, 1631.
ABELL, ROBERT, freeman at Weymouth, 1631 : his son Abra- ham was buried Nov., 1639. ELIJAH and JAMES ABELL graduated at Yale College, before 1851. This is an old name in Weymouth. Coats of Arms for the name .- The name Abell, (Es- sex,) has one. Abell or Abel (Kent and London,) the same as Abell of Essex. Abell, (Stapenhill, Co. Derby, visit, 1611,) and two other coats of arms.
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ABERNETHE, (Ebernethe, Ebernathe, Ebernatha,) WILLIAM, a Scotchman, was early in Connecticut, first at Branford, and from thence to Wallingford. He first married Sarah - Feb. 17, 1673, and married Elizabeth - for his second wife. His children at Wallingford, were Elizabeth, b. Oct. 15, 1673; William, Jr., b. July 23, 1675 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1677 ; Mary, b. March 27, 1679- 80 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 10, 1683, d. March 14, 1723 ; Daniel, b. Sept. 30, 1686, d. Oct. 31, 1723 ; Susannah, b. July 18, 1689 ; Damaris, daughter of William and Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 17 -.
ABERNETHE, SAMUEL, son of William, Sen., married Eliza- beth Peck, Aug. 10, 1710; issue, Abraham, b. March 1, 1712; probably others.
ABERNETHE, WILLIAM, Jr., and wife Mary, had children, Sarah, b. Dec. 15, 1705; Caleb, b. Feb. 11, 1710; Ann, b. June 7, 1706 ; John, b. Feb. 27, 1708 ; Susannah, b. April 28, 1712; Joseph, b. June 20, 1714 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 30, 17 -; John, b. - Jemima, daughter of William and Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1702; per- haps others.
ABERNATHE, ENOS, of Wallingford, married Beulah, and had issue : Samuel, b. May 5, 1738 ; Naomi, b. Oct. 6, 1739 ; Ben- jamin, b. Aug. 13. 1741 ; 2d Samuel, d. April 11, 1742, and Ben- jamin, d. Jan. 3, 1741-2 ; Naomi, d. June 2, 1742 ; 2d Naomi, d. Jan. 4, 1743 ; 2d Samuel, b. Aug. 23, 1744; Beulah, b. March 28, 1746 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 27, 1748.
SUSANNAH, daughter of -- , m. Samuel Yale, March 11, 1736. SARAH ABERNETHE, m. Thomas Doolittle, (by Capt. Yale,) May 27, 1730. ELIZABETH EBENETHE, was m. by Capt. Hall, to Wm. Hough, Dec. 14, 1726. SUSANNA ABER- NETHA, m. George Merriman, Jan. 8, 1713. JEMIMA, daughter of William, Jr., and Mary, m. John Curtis, June 17, 1723. ELIZA- BETH ABERNATHA, m. John Ward, May 11, 1736. MARTHA ABERNATHA, m. Job Brockett, Feb. 27, 1750-1, by Rev. Phile- mon Robbins. ABIGAIL ABERNATHA, m. Robert Collins, May 4, 1736. ANNA d. Nov. 23, 1726. JOHN, son of William and Mary Abernatha, " was struck dead, by thunder," &c. May 12, 1727. WILLIAM EBERNATHA, d. Feb. 17, 1728. JESSE ABERNETHE, d. Dec. 2, 1741. JARED, son of Caleb, m. Lois Thompson, daughter of Dea. Gideon, of Goshen, May 26, 1766, and had a son Cyrus, b. there, June 11, 1767. WAITE ABERNETHE and DAMARIS ABERNETHE witnessed the will of Mathew Bel- lamy, of Wallingford, in 1744.
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ABERNATHA, CALEB, son of William and Mary, m. Lois Gaylord, of Wallingford, (by Capt. Yale,) Sept. 26, 1733. Issue, William, b. July 1, 1734; Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1736, d. Nov. 29, 1736 ; John, b. July 2, 1738 ; 2d Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1739; Jared, b. Oct. 31, 1741.
About 1743, the above Caleb and Lois removed to Farmington, (in that part of the town now Bristol,) where the following children are recorded, viz : Giles, b. Dec. 3, 1744 ; Waite, b. Dec. 16, 1745 ; Caleb, Jr., b. April 8, 1748, d. 1751; Lois, b. April 10, 1750, m. William -; Ann, b. March 15, 1754 ; Mary, b. - , m. Daniel Bacon, Oct. 24, 1765 ; Caleb, d. 1759. His son John was execu- tor of his will. The foregoing are the ancestors of those of the name, at Harwinton, Torringford, Washington, Woodbury, Bridge- port, and other towns in Connecticut. As imperfect as the forego- ing list is, it may aid them in perfecting a full roll of their ances- tors. Four of the name had graduated at Yale College, before 1851.
ABERNETH has one coat of arms. ABERNETHY has three coats of arms.
This name is often found upon the records, spelled Ebernathe, Ebernatha, and Ebernetha, &c.
ABORN, (Abborn,) SAMUEL, yeoman of Tolland, will dated Nov. 1st, 1743-wife, Martha-sons, John and Samuel, and daugh- ters, Elizabeth Woodward and Abigail Aborn. Abigail to have of his estate £160, (old tenor,) when married or 21 years of age. Samuel also under the age of 21-the sons had all of his real es- tate, and paid legacies to the daughters. Inventory over £500. He was probably at Tolland soon after the town was settled in 1713, and while it was a part of Hartford County, and perhaps when it was called Skungamug, by the Indians.
ASHBORN, JOSEPH, had lands in Milford, Conn., before 1700- perhaps the same name.
ACCORLY, (Acerly,) HENRY, (perhaps Ackley) was an early settler at Stamford, he went to Stamford about the same time, and perhaps in company with Capt. Underhill and Slauson, as early as 1641 or '2. The first twenty families were from Wethersfield, to Stamford, and were first purchasers and settlers there. Accorly was in the 3d company of settlers. The first now found upon the first record at Stamford-are Rev. Richard Dentan, Thurston Rainer, Jonas Wood, Jonas Wood, Jr., John Jessup, John Northend, Thom- as Weekes, Mathew Mitchell, Robert Coe, Samuel Sherman, Jere- miah Jagger, Vincent Simking, Edmond Wood, Henry Smith, An-
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drew Ward, Richard Gildersleve, John Seaman, Daniel Finch, Sam- uel Clark, Jeremiah Wood. These all came according to their agree- ment. With the above, or soon after, the following persons removed and settled at Stamford, viz: Richard Law, Ferris, Robert Bates, John Whitman, John Reinolds, Thomas Morehouse, Francis Bell, Richard Crabb, and Robert Fisher : these last settled there in 1641, some of them from Wethersfield, some from Hartford, and two of them from Milford. The descendants of many of them now reside in Stamford.
Henry Accorly, died at Stamford, June 17, 1650. The Inventory of his estate, dated Jan. 4th, 1658. He was by trade a " house-car- penter and farmer."
Ackerly, Robert, was one of the petitioners in 1659, at Setauket, on L. I., to be united to the Colony of Connecticut, upon the same terms with South and East Hampton, L. I. He was made free by Connecticut, in 1664.
ACKLEY, NICHOLAS, was located on lot No. 42 Trumbull street, in Hartford, in 1665, and was chimney viewer in Hartford in 1662-he for a time lived at 30 Mile Island, at the lower end of the Cove, and had a 6 acre lot toward Saybrook. Hannah Ackley, widow of THOMAS, son of Nicholas, in 1704, presented the inven- tory of Thomas Ackley's estate, and took administration on her hus- band's said estate. In 1705, Benjamin Trowbridge married the widow, and in right of his wife Hannah, accounted to the court for her administration on her first husband's estate. Thomas Ackley's children were Thomas, Job, Hannah and Ann. John and Nathan- iel Ackley were appointed guardians for the children. He had lived east of the river and died Jan. 16, 1703-4.
The children of Nicholas, Sen., of Haddam, were Nicholas, Jr., John, Samuel, Benjamin, James, Nathaniel and Thomas, and daugh- ters, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Lydia-the sons of Nich- olas, Sen., settled east of the Connecticut river. JOB, son of Thomas Ackley, and JAMES, son of James, settled at Colchester. JOB and JOHN each had a child baptized at Colchester in 1740.
ACKLEY, NICHOLAS, and Jerusha his wife, of Colchester, had Jeremiah, b. Sept. 26, 1742 ; Jerusha, b. Dec. 30, 1744 ; and Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1749.
ACKLEY, JAMES, and Sarah his wife, of Colchester, had a daughter Sarah, b. Sept. 18, 1743.
ACKLEY, NATHANIEL, and Sarah his wife, of Colchester, had Sarah, born there Sept. 4, 1743.
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ACKLEY, JOB, and Elizabeth, of Colchester, had Phebe, b. Aug. 15, 1742 ; Ezra, b. May 13, 1744 ; Job, b. July 1748 ; Ed- ward, b. July 22, 1753-all descendants of Nicholas Ackley, first of Hartford and afterwards of Haddam.
This name is found in many towns in Connecticut ; it was an early name in Kent. Benjamin Ackley was a deputy to the legis- lature in 1781 and 1782-also Chester, of Washington, in 1829 and 1840.
ADAMS, JEREMY, was at Cambridge, Mass., in 1632. He probably came to Hartford with Rev. Mr. Hooker's company in 1636. In 1638 he was one of a committee with Capt. John Mason, appoint- ed by the General Court of Connecticut, to trade with the Indians for corn. In 1644, he was ordered to appear at the next Particular Court, and receive from the court, such censure as he deserved for his resistance of an officer-his passionate speeches-loud language and unmannerly conduct in the face of the court. He had 30 acres of land, in the land division at Hartford in 1639. In 1640 he had a house lot in Hartford, south of Little River, bounded west by Joseph Easton, east by James Ensign, and north and south by roads. In 1661-2 the General Court granted said Adams 300 acres of upland and 40 of meadow, where he had kept his cattle the previous winter, (going to Monhegin. ) In 1661-2 he kept an ordinary at Hartford. In 1663, Mr. Adams was established custome master for Hartford ; and the power given Jonathan Gilbert by the particular court repealed, respecting his customing his own wines, liquors, &c. (Col. Rec.) Mr. Adams was constable in Hartford in 1639. In 1660, he was the only person in Hartford allowed to sell wine in a less quantity than a quarter cask, or other liquors less than an ancor. Mr. Adams was juror, representative to the General Court, and held other places of trust and honor in the town and colony. He married Rebekah, the widow of Samuel Greenhill, and possessed the Greenhill estate. He had children, viz : John, d. 1669 ; Ann ; Samuel, baptized Nov. 23, 1645; Willet; Rebeckah, b. 1658; Abigail, b. 1660. Jeremy Adams made free in Massachusetts, May 6, 1635. Mr. Adams d. Aug. 11. 1683, Nathaniel Willet, executor : he gave his property to his grandchildren, Zechariah Sanford and others-estate £243, 5s. 6d. The house of his executor was burned and in it, all the books and papers of the deceased.
ADAMS, EDWARD, resided at Fairfield in 1653 ; he purchased land of Daniel Frost, at Old Field, in Fairfield, Dec. 1653, and of Andrew Ward the same year, and other lots afterwards. Daniel Finch sold him land on Barlow Plain in May, 1665.
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ADAMS, EDWARD, of Hartford, in 1660 married Elizabeth Buckland, of Windsor, May 25, 1660 ; whether he was son of Ed- ward, of Fairfield, is not known : he had a daughter Mary b. at Windsor, 1671, and son Edward, aged 12 years in 1683, and a small estate ; he died Aug. 15, 1683 ; he left an only child Mary, and his widow.
ADAMS, WILLIAM, resided in Trumbull street, in Hartford, in 1650.
ADAMS, ANDREW, was school teacher in Hartford, at £16 per annum, in 1643.
ADAMS, RICHARD; brick-layer, aged 29, and SUSAN ADAMS, aged 26 years, embarked in the Abigall, Robert Hackwell, master, for New England, June 26, per certificate from Northampton, Eng. Thomas Martin, maior, and two justices. RICHARD, freeman in Massachusetts in Sept., 1635.
ADAMS, JOHN, son of Jeremy, of Hartford, d. Sept. 16, 1670. Inventory £74 15s. Children, Rebeccah 12 years old ; Abigall 4; Sarah 9 the next March ; Jeremy 6 the last August ; John 4, Sep- tember previous ; Jonathan 2 years November 6, 1670, and one enciente at the death of John.
ADAMS, JOHN, son of John of Hartford, had Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1706 ; John, b. Aug. 4, 1708 ; Abigail, b. Oct. 12, 1710 ; Patience, b. 1712 ; William, son of John, and Esther, b. Sept. 16, 1714; Sylvanus, b. Nov. 1, 1719.
ADAMS, DAVID, was a military man from Windsor to Canton, about 1742-3 ; he had four sons and five daughters ; he died in 1801, an aged man.
ADAMS, DANIEL, of Simsbury, Ct., made his will July 29, 1713, in the 61st year of his age-wife, Mary. Children named in his will, are Benjamin, Joseph, Thomas, Ephraim, and three daughters ; son Benjamin sole executor.
ADAMS, DANIEL, Jr., of Simsbury, d. Nov. 20, 1758, aged 20 years. He was a provincial soldier in Capt. Holcomb's compa- ny, and on his return in good health, by the carelessness of a soldier behind him, he had two bullets shot into one leg : he was carried to Albany, put on board of a vessel and was taken to New Haven, where he died of a fever in the limb.
ADAMS, DAVID, and Margery, of Colchester, Ct., had Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1744.
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ADAMS, SAMUEL, and his wife Mindwell, of Colchester, had a daughter Ruth born there March 20, 1743.
ADAMS, DANIEL, Jr., married Rebeckah Kendall, 1747.
ADDAMS FAMILY OF WETHERSFIELD.
ADDAMS, BENJAMIN, d. Jan. 28, 1713.
ADDAMS, AMASA, married Hannah Camp, March 16, 1731 : had issue, Lydia, b. Jan. 8, 1732 ; Abigail, b. March 5, 1734; Benjamin, b. Dec. 1, 1735 ; Susannah, b. Nov. 17, 1737; Camp, b. Oct. 9, 1739 ; Lucretia, b. July 21, 1741 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 5, 1743; John, b. Aug. 9, 1745 ; Elizabeth, b: Aug 9, 1747 ; Joseph, b. Sept. 7, 1749, d. May 19, 1753 ; Amasa, b. March 15, 1753.
ADDAMS, CAMP, son of Amasa, married Mehetabel Baxter, Dec. 13, 1759 : issue, Mehetabel, b. Dec. 27, 1759 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 17, 1761; Martha, b. April 20, 1764; James Camp, b. Feb. 13, 1766; Hannah, b. Jan. 18, 1768; Rebecca, b. Aug. 14, 1770; Mary Anne, b. Feb. 22, 1773; Ashbel, b. May 3, 1775 ; Honor, b. June 13, 1776.
ADDAMS, BENJAMIN, son of Amasa, married Patience Blinn, Feb. 5, 1761 ; issue, Persis, b. Nov. 8, 1762; Lucinda, b. Sept. 3, 1763 ; Linalda, b. Sept. 5, 1765 ; Uzziel, b. Jan. 3. 1768; Thank- ful, b. Feb. 2, 1770; Huldah, b. April 20, 1772 ; Charlotte, b. Oct. 1, 1777 ; William, b. Feb. 18, 1779.
ADDAMS, JOSEPH, son of Amasa, married Mehetibel Burrett, Dec. 9, 1780; issue, Sally, b. June 17, 1781; Joseph, b. Aug. 5, 1783; Persis, b. Sept. 26, 1787 ; William, b. Oct. 7, 1790; James, b. June 30, 1793 ; Emily, b. Feb. 21, 1796 ; Henry, b. Dec. 1798- the mother died Dec. 1798 ; he then married widow Mary Dix, Jan. 9, 1800, and had issue, Lucy, b. Aug. 10, 1800-he died Sept. 1801, and left a widow.
ADDAMS, AMASA, Jr., married Sarah Grisold, Jan. 15, 1783 ; issue, Sylvester, b. Oct. 29, 1783 ; Horace, b. Jan. 8, 1787; Roxa, b. April, 1790-the mother died June 12, 1794_he then married Caroline Dalliby, Jan. 24, 1796 ; she died Aug. 13, 1798.
ADDAMS, UZZIEL, son of Benjamin : children, George Lucas, b. April 20, 1797; Fanny, b. March 9, 1799 ; Miles, b. Feb. 19, 1801; James Benjamin, b. March 16, 1803 ; Horace, b. Feb. 21, 1805 ; Clarissa, b. Dec. 2, 1806 ; Walter, b. May 3, 1810 ; Watson, b. Jan. 5, 1812 ; Orson Smith, b. June 4, 1814 ; Thomas Halsey, b. Feb. 27, 1816. Thirty-five persons of this name, and two by the name of Adams, have graduated at Yale College.
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ADAMS, JACOB, of Suffield, received of the Town Committee there, thirty-five acres of land, and fifty acres laid out in 1688, also nineteen acres of 2d division land, purchased of Thomas Cooper, which Adams held in 1688. He m. Anne -, of Suffield, and had issue : Abraham, b. Nov. 10, 1687 ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 16, 1686 ; Jacob, -; 2d John, b. June 18, 1694 : his first son by the name of John, d. Nov. 9, 1690, perhaps others.
Sergeant Jacob Adams, in 1705-6, was chosen moderator of the town meetings held in Suffield, for a full year, " to make speech and to lead all votes of a prudential nature, in town meetings." He also held other places of trust in Suffield.
ADAMS, JACOB, of Suffield, m. Mercy Gillet, Dec. 24, 1702, and had Jacob, Jr., b. Nov. 15, 1703; John, b. Aug. 18, 1705, and d. 1706 ; 2d John b. Jan. 28, 1706-7; Mercy, b. Feb. 19, 1708-9; Agnes, b. Feb. 4, 1710; Jonathan, b. Nov. 9, 1713, and d. -; Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1715 ; Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1716-17; Benja- min, b. Oct. 7, 1718 ; Rachel, b. Sept. 4, 1725 : Jacob, the father, d. Oct. 28, 1756.
ADAMS, JACOB, m. Elizabeth Warner, of Enfield, April 25, 1729, and had issue : Dorcas, b. Oct. 11, 1731 ; Zadoc, b. Nov. 28, 1733, d. 1737 ; 2d Zadoc, b. May 2, 1737 ; Asahel, b. March 22, 1739 ; Elizabeth, b. June 17, 1747.
ABRAHAM, son of Jacob, m. Joannah Norton, of Suffield, April 7, 1713, and had Abraham, b. Feb. 19, 1715 ; Joseph, b. Jan. 24, 1718-19 ; Joanna, b. Aug. 23, 1720 ; Freegrace, b. Nov. 14, 1723 ; Mournfull, b. Aug. 22, 1726 ; son Silence, b. and d. Aug. 7, 17 -. His wife d. Sept. 3, 1726 ; Mournfull, d. Sept. 5, 1726. He mar- ried for his second wife, Anne Heiden, July 25, 1733, and had Anne, b. May 27, 1734 ; Samuel, b. Sept. 4, 173 -. Abraham, the father, d. Feb. 12, 1769.
JOHN, son of Jacob, m. Abigail Roe, July 26, 1722, and had Moses, b. Jan. 8, 1722-3 ; Simeon, b. Nov. 4, 1724 ; Anna, b. June 8, 1727; Joel, b. Dec. 20, 1729; Lucy, b. May 31, 1731.
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