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BILLINGS, WILLIAM, REV., (supposed from Hadley, Mass.) He graduated at Yale College in 1720; he m. Bethia Otis, daughter of Joseph Otis, Esq., of Mass. He was ordained at Windham Vill- age, Canada Society, (now Hampton,) June 5, 1723, and the church was organized at the same time, which was then, and now is, the first church in Hampton ; it then had seventeen male members in- cluding Mr. Billings. He continued there until his death. The ministers present at his ordination with their messengers, (delegates,) were, Rev. Samuel Easterbrooks, of Canterbury ; Rev. Joseph Coit, of Plainfield ; Rev. Eleazer Williams, of Mansfield ; Rev. Samuel Whiting, of Windham ; Rev. Eliphalet Adams, of New London. Mr. Billings had children; William, b. March 20, 1725-6; Be- thiah, b. Nov. 5, 1727; Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1729; Patience, b. June 6, 1731 ; 2d Patience, b. April 8, 1733 ; (Ch. Rec. Hamp ) Mr. Billings d. May 20, 1733, and was interred at Hampton. He did not remove to New London ; his church records of baptisms, &c., are continued until his death, May 20, 1733, aged 35. (The above births differ some in the days of the months, on the same record.)
BILLINGS, BETHIAH, widow of Rev. William, m. for her 2d husband, Rev. Samuel Moseley, July 4, 1734, the 2d minister of Canada Society in Windham, and had children by 2d marriage ; Hannah, Elizabeth, Samuel ; Ebenezer, d. 1825, aged 84; Mary, Anna, and John; Bethiah the mother, d. May 29, 1750. (See MOSELY.)
Five of this name have graduated at Harvard College, and 9 at Yale. Hon. Noyes Billings of New London, son of Hon. Codding- ton, graduated at Yale College in 1819, and has held many impor- tant offices in Conn. SAMUEL d. at Hadley, 1677 ; he m. Sarah Fellows 1661. RICHARD, of Hatfield, m. Hannah Marsh, in 1703. Farmer notices JOHN of Portsmouth in 1640. Nathaniel of Concord, free 1641, d. Aug. 24, 1673, and left sons, Nathaniel and John ; Roger of Dorchester member of the church, 1640, free, 1643; William, of Lancaster, 1654; Roger, of Dorchester, and his wife Mary, had a daughter Mary, b. 1643 ; John, Mass., 1658; Na- than, of Concord, free, 1673; Ebenezer, of Dorchester, free 1690. Samuel and Sarah his wife, (Sarah Foot,) of Hatfield, had a son Richard, b. April 17, 1672. John, b. Oct. 11, 1674. One of this name, graduated at Brown University ; eight at Yale ; five at Harvard, and two at Williams College.
Billing has four coats of arms. Billings (Bedfordshire) has one. (Burk.)
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William Billing of Stonington, received lands of Thomas Stafford, in 1677, which was laid out to said Stafford at Pachaug, in 1674. (Col. Rec. note, p. 138.
BINGHAM; this name is first found in Conn., at Saybrook ; soon after Thomas Bingham is at Norwich, and m. Mary Rudd, Dec. 12, 1666, and had issue ; Thomas, b. 1667 ; Abel, b. 1669; Mary, 1672; Jonathan, 1674 ; Ann, 1677; Abigail, 1679; Nathaniel, b. 1681; Deborah, b. 1683 ; Samuel, b. 1685 ; Joseph, b. 1688 ; Ste- phen, b. 1690. Thomas Bingham made free from Norwich by the General Court 1671. Miss Calkins says in her history of Norwich, page 98, Thomas Bingham 2d m Hannah, daughter of Lieut. Wil- liam Backus, and settled in Windham. Deacon Thomas, Sen., d. at Windham, June 16, 1730, aged 88. His wife Mary d. Aug. 1, 1726, aged 78.
BINGHAM, ABEL, son of Thomas of Windham, b. 1669, m. Elizabeth, and had a daughter Abigail, b. at Stratford, June 7, 1696 ; Mary, b. at Stratford, Dec. 17, 1697; John, b. at Stratford, Feb. 9, 1700; Elizabeth, b. at Stratford, March 27, 1702; Abel, Jr., b. at Stratford, June 17, 1704; Ann, b. at Stratford, Sept. 13, 1706. He then returned to Windham, and had Jemima, b. at Windham, Oct.
NOTE. The ministers settled at Hampton, their deaths and time of service as Pastors. Rev. Win. Billings, ordained June 5, 1723; served 10 years, 11 months, 15 days. Died May 20, 1733, aged 35.
Rev. Samuel Mosely, ordained May 15, 1734 ; served 57 years, 2 months, 11 days. Died July 26, 1791.
Rev. Ludovicus Weld, ordained Oct. 17, 1792 ; served 31 years, 4 months, 16 days. Died March 2, 1824.
Rev. Daniel G. Sprague, installed May 26, 1824; served 14 years, 10 months, 21 days ; dis- missed April 17, 1839.
Rev. Daniel Clark Frost, ordained Sept. 15, 1840 ; dismissed Oct 19, 1841.
Rev. William Barnes, ordained Sept. 21, 1842 ; dismissed Sept. 21, 1847.
NOTE. Deacons of the first society of Hampton.
John Durkee and Thomas Marsh, chosen June 19, 1723.
John Clarke and William Durkee, Aug. 17, 1737.
Thomas Stedman, Oct 2, 1738.
Ebenezer Griffin, March 1, 1744.
Nathaniel Mosely, Jan. 9, 1761. Isaac Bennet, March 28, 1779. Ebenezer Mosely, April 16, 1788. Abijah Fuller and Thomas Williams, Dec. 20, 1815. Asahel Simons and Ransom Kingsbury, Sept. 25, 1824. Rufus Lummis, April 27, 1825, ) and Thomas Smith.
Henry Lummis, April 27, 1830, 5 brothers, Lester Burnet, 1838.
Chauncey Bowers, April 10, 1839.
James W. Sprague and Lyman Foster, Sept. 13, 1841. Mr. Sprague d. Sept. 22, 1841, and Robert Dorrance chosen Sept. 20, 1842.
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24, 1708 ; Jonathan, b. at Windham, Aug. 17, 1712, and David, b. at Windham, Sept. 12, 1714.
BINGHAM, JONATHAN, son of Thomas of Windham, m. Ann Huntington Oct. 28, 1697.
BINGHAM, NATHANIEL, son of Deac. Thomas, h. 1681, m. Sarah Lobdil, July 25, 1708, and had issue, born at Windham. Isaac, b. July 1, 1709 ; Mehitabel, b. Nov. 21, 1713; Jeremiah, b. Jan. 27, 1716. Deacon Nathaniel d. at Windham, Dec. 16, 1754, aged 73, and Sarah his widow d. June 28, 1763, aged 80.
BINGHAM, SAMUEL, of Windham, b. 1685, son of Deacon Thomas and Mary, m. Faith Ripley, Jan. 5, 1703, and had issue ; Jerusha, b. Feb. 2, 1709 ; Abisha, b. Jan. 29, 1710; Lemuel, b. Sept. 20, 1713 ; Anne, b. Nov., 1716 ; Mariah, b. Feb. 10, 1721, d. 1721. Faith his wife, d. Feb 11, 1721. He m. for his 2d wife Elizabeth Manning, Nov. 23, 1721, and had Elizabeth, b. Dec. 14, 1722, d. Dec. 26, 1722 ; Samuel, Jr., b. Nov. 11, 1723 ; Thomas, b. Sept. 12, 1725, d. 1726 ; Thomas 2d, b. June 20, 1727 ; Debo- rah, b. May 4, 1729 ; Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1731. (Elizabeth, widow of Samuel, d. March 27, 1780.) Jonathan, b. March 19, 1734 ; Abigail, b. July 18, 1736. Capt. Samuel d. March 1, 1760, aged 74.
BINGHAM, JOSEPH, b. 1688, son of Deacon Thomas, m. Abi- gail Scott, Dec. 14, 1710, and had issue, Lydia, b. Feb. 9, 1712 ; Gideon, b. July 3, 1714; Abigail, b. Nov. 2, 1716 : Elijah, b. June 1, 1719; Joseph, Jr., b. Aug. 10, 1721. His wife Abigail d. March 30, 1741, and he m. for his second wife Rachel. Huntington, of Nor- wich, Nov. 30, 1742. Joseph, Sen., d. Sept. 4, 1765, aged 77.
BINGHAM, STEPHEN, b. 1690, son of Deacon Thomas and Mary, m. Mary Kingsbury Dec. 11, 1712. His wife Mary d. Dec. 6, 1714, and he m. for 2d wife Rebeckah Bishop, Nov. 30, 1715, and had issue, Elizur, b. July 13, 1716; Rebeckah, b. Nov. 28, 1720. ( Windham Record.)
BINGHAM, ABEL, son of Abel, m. Abigail Moultan, March 1, 1726, (of Windham,) issue, Abigail b. Jan. 15, 1727; Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1729; Sybal, b. Sept. 20, 1730; Sarah, b. Sept. 16, 1732.
There was a Thomas Bingham of Windham, m. Sarah Hunting- ton, April 23, 1724.
BINGHAM, JOHN, of Windham, m. Mary Moultan Dec. 6, 1721, and had issue, Mary b. Aug. 28, 1723, d. 1729; Ithamer, b. Sept. 7, 1724 ; second Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1726 ; Lucy, b, Nov. 23 1728; Josiah, b. May 25, 1731 ; Jerusha, b. Aug. 22, 1733 ; Ithamer settled at Ellington, was a Deacon, and d. at Ellington April 26,
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1791; Ithamer, Jr. also d. there 1787. Mrs. Sarah d. there 1805.
BINGHAM, JONATHAN, son of Abel, m. Mary Abbe, May 9, 1734, and had Jonathan, b. Feb 20, 1735. Mary his wife d. March 4, 1735, and he m. widow Sarah Vinten Jan. 7, 1736. Malatiah Vinten was her first husband and he had a daughter Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1733. Jonathan and Sarah had issue, Malatiah, b. May 2, 1738 ; Elisha, b. July 13, 1740 ; Phebe, b. Ap'] 26, 1742; Naomia, b. May 13, 1744. Jonathan, the father, d. Feb. 16, 1800, aged 87 years.
BINGHAM, GIDEON, (son of Joseph and Abigail, ) b. July 3, 1714, m. Mary Carey, June 13, 1734, and had issue, Gideon, Jr., b. Dec. 2, 1735; William, b. March 6, 1738; Eliphalet, b. May 4, 1740; Thomas, b. July 3, 1742 ; Elias, b. May. 14, 1744, d. April 20, 1745; James, b. June 1, 1749, d. 1753; Anna, b. 1751, d. 1752; 2d Anna, b. April 1, 1753; John, b. Nov. 26, 1755 ; two sons b. Dec. 3, 1758, both d. Dec. 6, 1758. Mary the mother died Dec. 22, 1758.
BINGHAM, ABEL, JR., m. Abigail and had issue, Hannah, b. Dec. 27, 1734; Jerusha, b. April 24, 1737 ; Delight, b. Aug. 4, 1739; Abel, b. May 24, 1741; Josiah, b. Sept. 22, 1743, d. 1746; Elizabeth, b. and d. April 23, 1747; Abigail, b. -- d. 1747. Ab- igail, wife of Abel, d. Sept. 17, 1750. Abel m. Betty Phelps for 2d wife Oct. 13, 1752. Betty d. Nov. 8, 1771 or '90.
BINGHAM, ELIJAH, b. 1719, (son of Joseph and Abigail, ) m. Theody Crane, March 2, 1739, and had issue, Elijah, Jr., b. Nov. 24, 1739; Silas, b. D .c. 3, 1742; Abigail, b. Oct. 20, 1746. The- ody, his wife, d. April 6, 1751, and Deacon Elijah m. Sarah Jack- son for 2d wife July 19, 1753, and had issue, Roswell, b. April 27, 1754, d. Nov. 6, 1754. Talitha, (a daughter,) b. June 24, 1755 ; Eunice, b. June 18, 1756; James, b. Aug. 23, 1758 ; Nathan b. Jan. 4, 1760. d. 1760; Calvin, b. July 30, 1362; Harrison, b. Nov. 17, 1763; Vine, b. May 27, 1765; Lucy, - 26, 1767 ; Daniel b. April 10, 1769 ; Truman or Freeman, b. Feb. 17, 1771.
BINGHAM, LEMUEL, (son of Samuel and Faith, ) m. Hannah Perkins, April 23, 1737, and had issue, Hannah, b. April 26, 1738 ; Zeruiah, b. March 5, 1740; Lucy, b, Sept. 14, 1742. d. Feb. 7, 1777; Jedadiah, b March 3, 1748 ; Anna, b. Sept. 12, 1750; Elias, b. Sept. 28, 1753; Jerusha, b. July 3, 1756. Lemuel the father, d. Nov. 3, 1788, and his widow Hannah, d. Oct. 21, 1793.
BINGHAM, JEREMIAH, b. 1716, (son of Nathaniel and Sa- rah,) m. Mary Filly or Tilly, Sept. 25, 1740, and had issue, Sarah b. June 29, 1741; Mary, Lydia, Jeremiah, b. Aug. 24, 1748; Uriah, b. Nov. 10, 1751, and Huldah, b. March 27, 1757; Mary
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his wife, d. Aug. 9, 1768; Jeremiah the father, d. Sept. 4, 1784, aged 68 years.
BINGHAM, JOSEPH, b. 1721, (son of Joseph and Abigail,) m. Sarah Whelock Dec. 21, 1742, and had issue, Jerusha, b. Oct. 15, 1743; Tryphena, Sarah d .; Chester, b. Sept. 7, 1748; Ozias, b. June 12, 1750 ; Ralph, b. Oct. 12, 1755 ; Salome and Belinde.
There was a John Bingham at Norwich, 1736, where he had three rattlesnakes' tails to obtain his reward. Four persons of this name had graduated at Yale College in 1850. Coats of arms-Bingham, (Earl of Lucan,) had one. Bingham, (Lord Clanmorris,) one ; Bingham, (Hertfordshire,) one. Bingham, (Kent,) one, and five others. Bingham, Rev. Silas, b. in Hebron, Conn., June 27, 1765, graduated at Yale College 1790; settled in Addison County, V. T., June 22, 1804, and remained there about 4 years. Samuel Bingham of Windham received a deed of land from Thomas Bingham of Windham in 1716. Joseph of Windham, deeded to his brother Sam- uel of Windham 1717. Thomas Bingham of Norwich charged the town Dec. 30, 1718, £1, 0s, 8d, for bounty on snakes' tails and for drumming.
This family has been connected by marriage with several of the best families of Conn., and have produced several excellent men. Four have graduated at Williams College ; four at Yale.
BIRCHARD, BIRCHWOOD, BIRCHER, THOMAS, was an original settler and proprietor in Hartford, in 1639, and had twenty- six acres of land, in the land division in Hartford, in 1639; (by the name of Birchwood. ) Porter says, his lot was in what is now called Trumbull street ; he remained a few years at Hartford, and removed to Saybrook, which town he represented at the General Court, in 1650 and 1651. He was Juror at Hartford, in 1639. He was probably the same Thomas Bircher, made a freeman in Mass., in 1637. His daughter Sarah, m. Bartholomew Barnard, of Hartford, in 1647. In 1651, when Mr. Birchard and John Clark were repre- sentatives at the General Court, there was a debate upon the neg- lect of the town of Saybrook, to pay their proportion of taxes assessed against them. Birchard, Thomas, and John Clark, of " Seabrooke," in May, 1651, were appointed by the General Court, to go to Pequett, and view the 500 acres there, given to five of Capt. Mason's " sould- gers" at the Pequett war, which had been taken up by Pequett, which they desired might be recompensed (by land) at Niantecutt ; and lay out so much land to said "souldgers," as should be fully equivalent to the 500 acres at Pequett. The Court granted and fixed 19*
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bounds of Pequett, to go to Bride Brooke, provided it should not come within the bounds of Seabrooke, &c. Thomas Bichard elected Depu- ty to the General Court, May 16, 1650, but was absent. Birchard, (spelt Birchwood,) was located at Hartford, in the west part of the village in 1640, on a lot bounded east on the road from Seth Grant's to Centinel Hill, south on John Clark, and north on Ozias Goodwin. John, who afterwards settled at Norwich, and became a proprietor and clerk, selectman, constable and commissioner there-perhaps was the same to whom the General Court sent a warrant to enforce payment of the Charter tax against Mystic. His sons, as stated by Miss Caulkins, were Samuel, b. 1663; James, b. 1665 ; Thomas, b. 1669; John, b. 1671 ; Joseph, b. 1673 ; and Daniel, b. 1680.
BIRCHARD, SAMUEL, had a daughter Abigail, b. at Hartford, July 24, 1704.
BIRCHARD, MR. JOHN, of Norwich, as late as 1676, was ap- pointed Commissioner, by the name of "Mr. John Birchwood." (Col. Rec.)
BIRCHARD, or BIRCHWOOD, JOHN, was the first school mas- ter at Norwich. He was probably a town clerk at Norwich, as Miss Caulkins says, (p. 65.) that "some of the earlier records are in the hand writing of John Birchard, and Capt. James Fitch " He was one of the two first Commissioners of the peace in Norwich, perhaps a son of Birchard, a Juror at Hartford, in 1639.
The first Thomas Birchwood was probably the same Thomas Brchwood, who was an original proprietor at Hartford, in 1639, and ror the same year. He went to Saybrook, soon after which, the name of Thomas Birchard appears there.
BARTCHERD, THOMAS, (perhaps Birchard,) embarked for Virginia, in the ship Merchant's Hope, Hugh Weston, master, after the usual examination at Gravesend by the minister.
BIRCHARD, SAMUEL, was gaoler at Hartford ; his daughter Abigail b. at Hartford, July 24, 1704. Birchwood had a daughter Sarah who m. Bartholomew Barnard, Oct., 1647, at Hartford.
BIRCHER, EDWARD, is mentioned in the will of the first Dr. Samuel Fuller of Plymouth, and gives his son Samuel " land at Straw- bury-hill, given Dr. Fuller, by Edward Bircher if Mr. Roger Wil- liams refuse to accept it as he has formerly done." Perhaps Thom- as Birchwood, first at Hartford, was the same Thomas Bircher made free in Mass., in May, 1637. One Birchard and one Birchett grad- uated at Harvard College ; two at Yale College before 1851.
BIRCHARD, JOSEPH; the town of Norwalk, in 1709, voted to give to said Birchard and others, liberty to dam a creek in Norwalk,
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and the stream that runs into the creek, if Birchard &c., should erect a grist-mill at the dam within one year, and finish said mill within three years, &c. Burchall one, and Burchar one coat of arms.
THOMAS BURCHARD, aged 40, laborer; MARY BURCH- ARD, aged 38; ELIZABETII, 13; MARIE, 12; SARA, 9, SU- SAN, 8; JO, 7, and ANN BURCHARD, 18 months old, embarked for New England in the Truelove, Jo Gibbs, master.
BIRCH, BURCH, DANIEL, and his wife Anna, of N. Stratford, had a son David, b. May, 1767; Ruth, b. March, 1771; Silas, b. March 12, 1775, lived at Quaker Hill. An Englishman of this name now resides in Hartford.
Byrch, three coats of arms, Byrche, has three coats of arms. Birch, has six coats of arms. Burche, has two coats of arms.
This name yet continues in Fairfield County. Two by this name have graduated at Yale College.
BIRD, THOMAS, was appointed bayliff at Dorchester, Mass., in 1654. He died, (sen.,) aged 54 years, in 1667.
BIRD, THOMAS, located in Wethersfield Lane, in Hartford, as early as 1645 ; he was not an original proprietor in Hartford. Jo- seph Bird removed to Farmington; he was made free in 1657. James Bird was made freeman the same year. Thomas, Sen., ap- pears to have resided at Windsor and Hartford ; he died at Hartford, in 1653 ; wife Mary ; children, Joseph. His widow Mary d. in her old age, Jan. 22, 1729-30 ; Joseph, son of Thomas, d. 1695 ; James, son of Thomas, m. Lydia Steel, March 31, 1657 ; Hannah, daughter of Thomas, had two husbands ; 1st Edmand Scott, and 2d Mr. North.
BIRD, JOSEPH, son of Thomas, was the first of the name that settled at Farmington. He had children viz.
Thomas, d. 1701, unmarried ; he noticed Samuel, son of his broth- er Samuel, William Smith, son of his sister Mary, and Ebenezer her son, Joseph, son of Joseph, and the remainder of his estate, two. thirds to his mother, and one-third to his sister Mindwell Burd. James, d. 1728. Mary, m. Jonathan Smith. Elizabeth. Samuel, m. Esther Woodruff, 1695; he d. 1699, she d. 1742. Nathaniel, m. Sarah Woodford ; he d. in 1703-4, she d. 1750. Estate, ££139, 14s. Mindwell b. in 1681, d. unmarried.
BIRD, JAMES, son of Thomas, Sen., settled at Farmington ; he m. Lydia Steel, had issue viz .; James, Jr., d. in 1708 ; Hannah, m. Nathaniel Morgan, of Springfield ; Rebecca, m. Samuel Lamb ; Me- hitabel, b. 1682, m. Simon Newell, May 22, 1710; Elizabeth, b. 1684, m. Ebenezer Alfard, or Alvord ; Thomas, m. Mary Woodford ;
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she d. Nov. 9, 1725, and he m. for 2d wife, widow Sarah Smith ; she d. in 1737, and he d. 1725; Lydia, m. Peletiah Morgan, of Springfield.
BIRD, JOSEPH, JR., m. Mary Steel, and settled at Northington, they had issue; Samuel, who m. Eunice Wadsworth, Feb. 13, 1729-30. Ruth, m. John Patterson, Jan. 28, 1730-1. Mary, Dec. , 1722, m. Joseph Hart.
BIRD, SAMUEL, son of Joseph, Sen., m. Esther Woodford, and had issue : Esther, b. Feb. 28, 1696-7; Samuel, Jr., b. 1699, only two children ; the father d. 1699. Estate, £113, 1s. 6d.
THOMAS, son of James, m. Mary Woodford ; in 1690 he settled at Northington, and had issue : Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1691, d. 1693 ; John, b. Aug. 15, 1695, he settled at Litchfield ; Joseph, b, Dec. 24, 1696, had two wives, Dorcas Norton, and widow Sarah Eldridge ; Jona- than, b. Dec. 28, 1699, d. 1748, m. Hannah Thompson in 1732; Mary, b. 1702, m. Thomas Hart, April 30, 1725 ; Rebeckah, b. Jan. 14,1703-4; Lydia, b. 1707, d. single in 1759.
JONATHAN, son of Tho's of Northington, removed and settled at Kensington ; he m. Hannah Thompson and had issue viz. : Thomas, b. April 5, 1733, d. in 1734 ; Zeruiah, b. March 30, 1734, m. Wha. ples ; Abijah, b. June 21, 1736, d. in '36; Mehitabel, b. July 15, 1738, m. Thomas Hart, 1758; Hannah, b. Jan. 5, 1740-1, m. Ne- hemiah Clark, 1764; Lydia, b. May 24, 1744, m. Jeremiah Tryon, 1766 ; Jonathan, Jr., b. March 6, 1746-7; he graduated at Y. C. 1768, and was a physician and preacher for several years, he d. in 1813.
SAMUEL son of Samuel, Jr., m. Rhoda Hawley, in 1770 ; he set- tled at Avon, where he had a daughter b. in 1770, and d. same year. Ira Wadsworth Bird, b. 1772; Samuel, O., b. 1774; Rhoda, b. 1776 ; Mary, m. Jesse Judd, (doubted,) James, son of Joseph, of Thomas m Abigail Gridley.
* Bird, Rev. Samuel, installed at White Haven, 1751, (in N. H.) Bird, Capt. John, Deputy of Milford, Oct., 1677.
Dr. Seth Bird, formerly of Litchfield, was b. at Bethlem, in 1733. He was a man of superior talents, and skillful in his profession, and had a large practice in Litchfield County. He had two unfortunate propensities, which injured his practice and his character. He d.
NOTE. Thomas Bird of Dorchester, d. Jan 1667, aged 64; his widow Ann d. Aug. 2, 1673. Thomas of Hartford d. 1653, aged about 50, and had daughters m. at his decease. "Hannah had two husbands." Hartford records say the ex'rs paid "To Hannah Scott £2" and to " good- wife North £14 13s. 4d."-so it appears there were two daughters.
*Rev. Samuel Bird was b. at Dorchester, Mass., he entered Cambridge University, aged about 16 years-m. Mabel daughter of Hon. - Jenner of Charlestown, for 2d wife. 2d daughter of John Prout, Esq. of New Haven, Conn., and had 12 children ; he was settled as pastor of the church at Dunstable, Mass., in 1747, and installed at N. Haven, Con., about 1751, and dismissed Jan., 1768. Bird of White Haven, was Samuel Bird of Dorchester, installed at New Haven.
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at Litchfield in 1805, aged 72 years. Ilis son John, graduated at Yale College, 1786. He became an eminent lawyer ; he firstly opened his law office in his native town, (Litchfield,) but removed to Troy, N. Y., about 1794; his brilliant talents soon recommended him to his new acquaintances in his adopted State, and he was elect- ed a member of the Legislature, and afterwards a member of Con- gress, in both of which positions, he distinguished himself by his su- perior powers of mind. He d. at the age of 38, in 1806. He mar. ried Eunice daughter of Joshua Porter, Esq. ; 2d, Sally Buel of Litchfield, an elegant and accomplished woman, who too often smart- ed under his reproofs. He has one son by his first wife.
Gen. David Bird, g'd son of John resided at Bethlem, Conn., was a leading man in the town, and d. there when about 80 years of age, in 1849.
John and Joseph Bird, from Farmington, removed to Litchfield, in the first settlement of the town, in 1721. Joseph Bird and Ebenez- er Marsh, were the first Representatives from Litchfield to the Leg- islature, in May, 1740. He was also Deputy, in Oct., 1743; May and Oct., 1744; May and Oct., 1745; and May and Oct., 1746 ; and May, 1749. He was Justice of the Quorum, at Litchfield, in 1753, to 1754. John Bird represented Litchfield in the Legislature, in Oct., 1740, and three other sessions before 1750. John Bird was Town Clerk at Litchfield, from 1733 to 1738; and were both among the best early settlers. Joseph Bird removed to Salisbury, where he became one of the first Deacons of the church. He was the great grand-father of Rev. Isaac Bird ; who was son of Isaac Bird, and grand-son of James, of Salisbury. Joseph's great grand son Rev. Isaac Bird, now of Hartford, Conn., was b. at Salisbury, June 19, 1793 ; graduated, Yale College, in 1816, read Theology at Andover, in 1817 ; afterwards attended two courses of medical lec- tures at Boston and New Haven. He m. Ann, daughter of Capt. William Parker, of Dunbarton, New Hampshire, Nov. 18, 1822, and went to Syria the same year, as a missionary. His missionary ser- vice was chiefly at Bevroot fourteen years, during which time he visited Mt. Lebanon, Jerusalem, Malta, and Smyrna, Tripoli and Tunis, in which places he continued about fourteen years. While there he became acquainted with the Italian, Arabic, Syriac, and French languages, particularly with the two first. He returned to America in 1836, and became agent for the American Board, for about two years. He was instructor of Theology at the Gilmanton Seminary, and was instructor in Sacred Literature, and chosen pro- fessor of this department. July 9, 1844. Mr. Bird is now teaching a
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select school at Hartford, Conn. ; his wife Ann Parker, b. in East Bradford, Mass., in 1799; had children, William, b. at Malta, Medi- terranean, 1823; graduated Dartm'th College, 1844; Emily Ann, at Beyroot, Syria, 1825 ; m. Rev. H. J. Van Lennep, of the mission at Constantinople, 1850 ; James, b. at Beyroot, Syria, 1826, grad- uated at Yale College 1848; Martha Jane, b. at Malta, Mediterra- nean ; Henry P. first, b. Beyroot, in Syria, d .; Henry P. second, b. Beyroot, in Syria, d. 1833 ; Mary E., b. Beyroot ; Caroline, b. at Smyrna, Asia Minor; Ellen, b. at Gorham, Me., U. S., d. ; George B. W., b. at Gilmanton, New Hampshire, d.
Farmer notes John Bird of Mass., freeman 1645. Jathnell re- ceived a grant of land in Ipswich, 1641. Simon, Braintree, freeman 1644, a proprietor of Billerica, where he d. July 7, 1667. Thom- as, Scituate, 1639, and Thomas, Dorchester, 1642. Joseph Bird went from Litchfield to Salisbury, and the Birds of Litchfield from Farmington.
BIRD, THOMAS, and Anne had a son Thomas, b. at Dorchester, Mass., 1640 ; John, b. 1641.
BIRD, LYMAN, free, Mass., 1644 ; John, 1645.
BIRD, ENSIGN, JAMES, d. at Dorchester, Mass , Sept. 1, 1723, aged about 77 years. His wife Miriam, d. there the same year. This name yet is found in Dorchester, probably distant relatives of Thomas Bird who came to Hartford from Dorchester, Mass. Eliz- abeth, wife of Mr. John Bird, d. at Dorchester, Oct. 20, 1724, aged 77 years.
Aaron and Mary Bird, had a daughter Mary, aged 11, d. at Dor- chester, Dec. ye 16, 1715. James and Miriam Bird had a son George, d. there, aged 20 years and six months, July ye 23, 1716.
BIRD, JAMES, and Ann of Dorchester, Mass., daughter Eunice, d. there Aug., 1709, aged 29 years.' Thomas Bird, d. there Jan. 30, 1709-10, aged about 69 years. Joseph d. Feb. 28, 1711-12, aged about 44 years. ( Harris.)
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