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the Country Troop of the county of Hartford, in 1677; (the first troop of horse in the colony.) (Col. Rec.) John Sen., and Jun., Thomas, Samuel, and Nath'l Bissell, were freemen at Windsor in May, 1669. Nathaniel Bissell contracted for the ferry over the great river in Windsor for seven years; in 1675, the council at Hartford, ordered " a garrison kept at Nath'l Bissell's, Tho's Burn- ham's, Mr. John Crow's, and at Nabuck, and Mr. Willy's his farm." His will was dated Sept. 25, 1673 ; his sons John and Tho's Exec- utors ; Deacon John Moore, and Hon. Dan'l Clark, overseers of his will ; codicil to his will dated April 6, 1677. Inventory, £520, 16s. 3d. ; appraised Oct. 22, 1677 ; he d. Oct. 3, in 1677 ; wife unknown ; issue, Nath'l, baptized Sept. 27, 1640, m. Mindwell Moore, Sept. 23, 16 -; Mary, m. Jacob Drake; Joice, m. Samuel Pinny ; John, Jr., m. J. Mason, June 17, 1658; he d. 1693; Thomas, m. Abigail Moore, Oct. 11, 1655 ; Samuel, m. Abigail Holcomb, June 11, 1658 ; Nathaniel, b. Sept. 24, 1640 ; some of his children appear to have been born before he came to Windsor. The mother d. 1665; John the father d. Oct. 3, 1677, aged S6 years.
BISSELL, JOHN JR., m. J. Mason, June 17, 1658; children, Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1658; John, b. May 4, 1661 ; * Daniel, b. Sept. 29, 1663 ; Coronet Daniel, d. Dec. 9, 1738, aged 74; Dorathy, b. Aug. 10, 1665; Josias, b. Oct. 10, 1670; Hezecia, b. April 30, 1673; Ann, b. April 28, 1675 ; Jeremiah b. Feb. 22, 1677; John, Jr., d. 1693, (brother of Daniel.) John, Jr., was the first settler in
* In 1748, April, a bridge was asked for, by individuals at Windsor, over the Tunxis river in Windsor, and the town gave liberty to any persons to build one, provided they did so, at their own expense, and made it a free bridge forever, (liberal.) In Dec., 1748, Isaac Burr, Peletiah Allyn, and Daniel Bissell, accepted the offer and built the first bridge erected over Tunxis River in Windsor.
* EPITAPH .- " Here lyes the body of Mrs. Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Daniel Bissell, who died June ye 9th, 1749, aged 21 years. Also in memory of her father Capt. Roger Newbury, who died in the Kings servis in the Spanish West inges, March 6th, 1741, aged in the 35th year." (Should be, wife of Daniel, Jr.)
* EPITAPH .- In memory of Mr. Benoni Bissell, who died August 26, 1761, in the 72d year of his age. (Stone.) Erected by the first society of Windsor in grateful remembrance of his generous gift for the support of their school.
* John Bissel having made complaint of Susannah Denslow for reproachful speeches which she hath spoken against the wife of s'd Bissell. The court having considered the complaint, do order that Henry Denslow, or his wife, shall severely correct their daughter with a rod upon her naked body, in the presence of Mrs. Wolcott, and Goody Bancroft, this day ; and in case it be not attended to this day, the constable is to see it done the next oppertunity, and the s'd Susan- nah is to give security for her good behavior till the court in Sept. next ; May 18, 1664. (Court Rec. Hartf., Sec. office.)
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Coventry-and received his deed of Israel Everett, of Lebanon, Oct. 1715; was the first captain in Coventry ; held slaves. Though he moved from Lebanon to Coventry, he originated at Windsor.
BISSELL, THOMAS, son of John Sen., m. Abigail Moore, Oct. 11, 1655 ; children, Thomas Jr., b. Oct., 12, 1656 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 23, 1658; John, b. Jan. 26, 1660 ; Joseph, b. April 18, 1663; Eliz- abeth, b. June 9, 1666, m. Stotan ; Benjamin, b. Sept. 9, 1669 ; Isaac, b. Jan. 9, 1671 ; Ephraim, baptized April 11, 1676 ; Esther, b. April 22, 1677, d. 1678 ; 2d Ephraim, b. Sept. 4, 1680, and Luke, b. Sept. 22, 1682. His will proved 1689. Left a widow. One daughter m. John Stotan, perhaps a daughter Sarah. Estate £868; d. 1689.
BISSELL, SAMUEL, son of John, Sen., m. Abigail Holcom, June 11, 1658, she was b. 1638; children viz , John, b. April 5, 1659; Abagail, b. July 6, 1661; Jacob, b. March 28, 1664; Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1666 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 11, 1668, wife Mary, d. June 24, 1718; Benaja, b. June 30, 1671; Elizabeth, b. March 4, 1677 ; Debora, b. Oct. 29, 1679; (Joshua noticed in his will.) Deputy to General Court March 26, 1656.
BISSELL, NATHANIEL, son of John, Sen., was b. 1640, m. Mindwell Moore, daughter of Dea. John Moore, Sept. 23, 1662, and had children, viz., Mindwell, b. Oct. 3, or July, 1663; Nath'l, Jr., b. Jan. 7, 1665 ; Jonathan, b. July 3, 1668, d. young ; Hannah, b. Jan. 12, 1670; Abigail, b. Sept., 1673; 2d Jonathan, b. 1674; 2d Abigail, b. March 9, 1676 ; Elizabeth, b. March 15, 1679.
NATHANIEL, JR., son of Nath'l Bissell, m., left a widow, and had issue :
1. Jonathan, had a son Jonathan m. Eliz'th Holladay, 1743.
2. David.
3. Mindwell.
4. Abigail.
5. Elizabeth.
6. Dorothy.
7. Anne.
8. Mary.
9. Hannah, m. Bancraft and had 6 children.
Jonathan and David his sons, executors of his will. The will is dated Sept. 23, 1713; the will proved 1714. Estate £655, 1s. 5d.
BISSELL, JOSEPH, son of Thom's, m. a daughter of Return Strong, he had two sons, perhaps others, and his wife was pregnant at his decease. He died about 1688 or '9; his widow and Lieut. Return Strong, administrators. Estate £194, 4s.
BISSELL, HEZEKIAH, son of John, Jr. His brother Daniel
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administrator 1709, property distributed to his four brothers and three sisters, viz., Daniel, Josiah, Jeremiah, Samuel, Dorothy, Ann, and Mary. He d. Oct. 17, 1709. Estate £148, 18s. 10d.
BISSELL, EPHRAIM, son of Tho's of Windsor, settled and d. at Tolland ; d. 1717-18. Isaac Bissell his brother of Windsor, one of the administrators ; children, Eph'm, 14; Benj'n, 3 years ; Tho's Bissell, Jr., guardian for sons Abel and Stephen, Joseph Stedman, guardian. £90, 18s. 8d.
BISSELL, REV. HEZEKIAH, of Windsor-Bloomfield. Mary his widow, agreed with her son Hezekiah, Esq. of Windham, and Mary her daughter of Windsor, to settle the distribution with the widow in 1781; his will dated May 15, 1730; she had the negro boy Cæsar.
BISSELL, THOMAS, son of Thomas, m. Elizabeth, or Esther, daughter of John Strong of Northampton, Mass., Oct. 15, 1678 ; issue, Esther, b. Sept. 10, 1679 ; Abigail, b. Oct. 20, 1681. ( Wind. sor Record.)
BISSELL, BENJAMIN, son of Tho's ; distribution to Thomas, John, Isaac, Eph'm, his brothers, Nath'l Gaylord in right of his wife, Dan'l White of Hatfield 1693; ( Abigail his widow.) Jeremiah Bissell, m. Mehitabel White of Hatfield, Mass., 1705.
* BISSELL, SAMUEL, son of John, m. Abigail, daughter of Wm. Filly, Aug. 26, 1680, he aged 20, and his wife 22; his daughter Abigail b. Aug. 3, 1681 (Perhaps others.)
BISSELL, JOHN, son of Sam'l of Windsor, 1685. His widow Abigail Ad'x. He d. and left a son and daughter; Abigail three and one half years old, and John two years old, £127. Inventory 1684.
BISSELL, SAMUEL, SEN., of Windsor. James Enno, and John Pettibone, Jr., his sons-in-law and Exr's presented his will in 1700. Mary his relict, was his 2d wife. His children were Samuel, Abi- gail, Mary, Eliz'th, D. borah, Harnah, Joshua, Jacob, John. Sam- uel died before his father. Mary, widow of Samuel, d. June 24, 1718. After the death of his son Samuel, he made a codicil to his will and appointed James Enno and John Pettibone his Exr's in 1700. He died Dec. 3, 1700. Estate, £495, 3s. 7d. His son Ja- cob marr'd Mary and resided in Simsbury, where he died Aug. 1, 1694. Estate £166, 16s. and left his wife Mary with Jacob, an only child aged three months. Mary the widow of Jacob, married Peter Buell for her 2d husband, and she with her husband were admr's on her first husband's estate. Jacob, Jr., b. June 8, 1694 ;
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he died at the age of 16 years, and his property was distributed to his uncles and aunts, the children of Samuel then decca'd. Debo- rah daughter of Sam'l m. Stephen Pettebone, and Elizabeth her sis- ter m. John Pettebone, and James Enno, marr'd another sister. John Bissell also a son of Samuel, mar'd and had a son John, Jr., who died about 1693 and had neither wife or children. Estate £64, 18s. John Pettibone, Jr., m. Mary, daughter of Jacob Bissell, Sen., and Stephen Pettibone m. her sister Deborah.
BISSELL, EZEKIEL, from Windsor was a proprietor and early settler at Harwinton 1733-4.
The Bissells of Litchfield are descendants of John of Windsor.
BISSILL, JOHN, removed from Lebanon in 1716, and became the first settler of Coventry ; he became wealthy, and had two daugh- ters who m. Jonathan and Israel Fowler.
BISSELL, EZEKIEL of Suffield, m'd Ruth Devotion, Dec. 23, 1742, and had Ebenezer, b. Oct. 25, 1743; Eliphas, b. Oct 11, 1744; Ezekiel, b. March 14, 1746; Margaret, b. Oct. 28, 1747, d. Dec. 1747 ; Ruth, b. April 20, 1750 ; 2d Margaret, b. Sept. 1748, died the same month.
BISSELL, JOSHUA, weaver of Elizabethtown, N. Jersey 1711, appointed Josiah Ogden of Newark, in N. J., his Lawful Att'y, to take possession of an estate in Windsor, as heir apparent to said Ja- cob Bissell's estate, his deceas'd brother and his son Jacob then do- ceas'd, nephew of said Joshua, dated at Elizabethtown, N. Jersey, Sept. 28, 1711.
Byssell has one coat of arms. Bissell has one coat of arms.
BISSELL, REV. HEZEKIAH, graduated at Y. C. 1733, and set- tled in the ministry at Wintonbury, (Bloomfield,) Jan. 1740.
John Bissell, Sen., John, Jr., Nathaniel Bissell, Samuel and Thomas Bissell, were all freemen at Windsor as early as 1669. Bessell or Bissell, John, took the oath of fidelity at Pamaquid in 1674. Eighteen of this name have graduated at Yale College.
BLACKBOURN, of Canaan, a transient person, d. in that town in 1741, and administration taken on his estate at Hartford by Rich- ard Seymour of Canaan, Ap'] 20, 1741. Blackbourn, 1 coat of arms.
BLACHFORD, BLATCHFORD, BLACHFIELD, PETER, was fined in Court at Hartford in 1639, for a fowling piece, (by the name of Peter Blachfield.) He was also fined 5s. in 1644. In 1649 he testified in Court, and was Def't in Court in 1647, and was made a freeman in 1658. He removed to Haddam where he died Sept. 1671. His name is also found at Saybrook in 1663. He had
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children at the time of his decease, viz., Joanna 5 years old ; Peter 4 years, and Mary one. One of the name of Blatchford has grad- uated at Y. College. Peter Blatchford gave a legacy to Hunger- foot's two daughters, by his will. Peter Blachford of Haddam was Deputy to the Gen'l Court in May, 1669, and May, 1670. Inventory £239, 2s. The Gen'l Court, Oct. 12, 1671, gave the heirs of Peter Blachford 50 acres of land for pay as a Pequot soldier.
Coats of arms. Blachford (London and Dorsetshire, granted 1629) one. Blachford (Lord Mayor of London 1750) one. Blatchford has also one coat of arms. One of this name grad'd at Yale College 1796, and one at Wm's College.
BLACHLEY, BLATCHLY, THOMAS, was in the Conn't Col. in 1641 ; he embarked in the Hopewell, Tho's Babb Master, for Mass. A man by this name was at E. Hartford in 1651. This name in the persons of Thomas and Aaron Blatchley was at * Branford, and there signed the rules formed by a company to govern their town on the Passaick River in the Province of New Jersey, Oct. 30, 1665, and probably most of them removed to (now) New- ark as soon as 1666. Aaron Blatchly m. Mary, daughter of Dan'l and Mary Dod of Newark, N. J .; she was born in 1647. Thomas Blatchly was at Newark with Edward Riggs, &c., in 1666. (New Jersey Rec.) Joseph Blatchley. m. Mehitable Keeler, daughter of John of Norwalk, Oct. 14, 1703 ; he died Oct. 14, 1704; his daugh- ter Mary, b. Nov. 9, 1704. His widow m. Caleb Hoyt or Hayt, Feb. 25, 1707-8 ; she had two children by her 2d marriage, Bena-
*The names of Blakely and Blachl' are in some cases difficult to discriminate which name is intended by the recorder."
* Ministers of Branford Congregational Church. In Neal's History of N. E. we find that a Mr. Bruce who was " in orders in the church of England" came to N. England for the free ex- ercise of his ministry and preached' in Brainford, for a time before Mr. Pierson was settled there, how long is not known. After him, Rev'd Ab'm Pierson who had been settled at South- anipton, Long Island, removed to, and was settled at Brainford. The years he came and left, is not shewr. at Branford, as he left no church records. His daughter Grace was born at Brain- ford July 13, 1650, and recorded. Mr. Pierson was at Newark, N. J., as soon as 1667. No minister was settled at Branford after Mr. Pierson, until March 7, 1688, when Rev. Samuel Russell was settled and the church reorganized. He was a son of Rev. Mr. Russell first of Wethersfield, and afterwards of Hadley, Mass. Rev. Samuel had been previously settled for a short time in Mass; he died at Branford June 25, 1731, aged 74 years. Rev. Philemon Rob- bins was ordained at Branford Feb. 7, 1732-3, and died Aug. 13, 1781, in the 72d year of his age, and 49th of his ministry. (The grand-father of Rev. Thomas Robbins of Hartford, D. D., yet living.
Rev. Jason Atwater was ordained at Branford March, 1784, and died June 10, 1795, aged 35, and in the 11th year of his ministry. Rev. Lynde Huntington was ordained at Branford Oct. 28, 1795, and died Sept. 20, 1804, aged 38 years.
Rev. Timothy P. Gillett, the present worthy Pastor, was ordained at Branford June 15, 1808°
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jah and David ; she d. March 21, 1755. Tho's and Moses Blach- ly were early at Branford. Thomas Blachly is in the list of free- men there in 1669. SAMUEL BLATCHLY was at Guilford as early as 1650, and perhaps a first planter there. THO'S BLACH. LEY was Deputy to the Gen'l Court of Conn., after the union of the Colonies in May, 1667; elected Oct. 1668, but absent ; Oct. 1669, absent ; May, 1670 ; May and Oct. 1671, and May and Oct. 1672, &c.
The inhabitants of New Haven and Branford for the purpose of establishing the bounds between the towns, Oct. 5, 1669. New Ha- ven for this purpose selected Hon. James Bishop, Lt. Thomas Mun- son, Wm. Andrews, John Moss, and John Cooper, Sen., for N. H. Branford appointed Mr. John Wilford, Thomas Blachly, Michae. 'Taintor, Thomas Harrison and Samuel Ward for Branford. Mr. Wm. Tuttle was substituted for John Cooper, Sen., by N. Haven. MIRIAM BLACHLY of Branford, m. Sam'l Pond of Branford Jan. 4, 1669, (an ancestor of Lieu't Gov. C. H. Pond of Milford.)
Tho's Blachly or Blackly was a Deputy to the Gen'l Court May. 1667. The Gen'l Court granted Tho's Blachley sixty acres of land where he could find it, upon the usual terms in May, 1670. Depu- ty for Branford May, 1671, and Capt. Wm. Curtis and L't Rich'c. Olmsted were appointed a committee Oct. 9, 1673, to lay out his land before granted. He was a man of influence in the Colony. Moses Blachly of Guilford proposed for a freeman May, 1673.
BLATCHLEY, SAMUEL, of Stamford d. there Oct. 15, 1756, aged 86 years. AARON BLATCHLY of Branford, was allowed two acres of land west of Dirty Swamp in Branford in 1686.
One of this name (Joel S.) grad'd at Yale College, 1850.
BLACKLEACH, JOHN, Farmer says was of Salem, admitted freeman (in Mass.) 1635, representative in 1636, had a family of 9 persons-that his son John of Boston, had a son John b. in 1660- that the name is written Blachleeche on the Salem records. He is found on the Conn't records Blackleech, Blackleach, Blackledge. JOHN, of Boston, appears to have removed to Hartford about 1660. John Blackleage, Jr., was admitted an inhabitant of Hartford by the town, 1659-60. Porter locates him at the corner of Main and Arch streets in Hartford, in 1660. He was a constable with Thomas Cat- lin at Hartford, in March, 1663. John purchased land in Wethers. field, of John Hubbard of Hadley for £70, March 21, 1661, and his wife Eliz'th held it Sept. 11, 1672. He was a noted merchant at Hartford. His son John was largely engaged in commerce. John 21
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Blackleach, Sen., d. at Wethersfield Aug. 23, 1683, and his wife's death is recorded at Wethersfield, July 20, 1683. The inventory was offered in court, and Samuel Butler appointed administrator, Sept., 1683; at the same court, John, Jr., appeared and stated that his father's book shewed that his father had disbursed upon his father, the sum of £225, 9s. 1d .; £69, 6s. 3d. of which, the General Court May 13, 1675, ordered paid out of his estate in lands, &c., after his decease. The court ordered L't Steel and Serg't Deming to appraise so much of the land, and housing as would pay s'd sum, and deliver it to Mrs. Blackleach, and after payments of debts, to distribute the remainder to his children, who were then living, (at his decease,) according to his deed of gift on record, viz., to Mr. John Blackleach, Jr., Exercise Hodges, Mary Jeffries. Benoni it was thought by the court might then be living, an absent son, therefore the court or- dered Steel and Deming to divide the land in four parts equally, and if Benoni should prove to be deceased, to divide his share to the other three children. Mrs. Exercise Hodges presented the inven- tory of her father's estate, dated at Wethersfield, Sept. 8, 1683.
BLACKLEACH, CAPT. JOHN, JR., wife Elizabeth. He was an extensive merchant in Hartford and Wethersfield, and largely con- cerned in commerce, and a man of wealth. Mr. John, Jr., of Weth- ersfield, in 1698, went to sea ; during his absence his wife died, and the Court appointed Cyprian Nichols, John Olcott, and Mr. Samuel Hooker, to take charge of his property until his return, and Mrs. Eliz'th Blackleach requested the Court, held Sept. 1, 1698, to appoint Mr. John Olcott guardian to the child (John, ) son of Mr. John Black- leach, Jr., decea'd, about 23 years old. Mr. John Blackleach of Farmington (record says) decea'd ; the Court appointed Mr. John Olcott administrator, Jan. 17, 1698-9, and Olcott offered the inven- tory, April 8, 1700, dated at Wethersfield. John Blackleach, Jr., daughter Mary, m. John Olcott and the inventory of John's estate was presented by John Olcott and Mary his wife, in March, 1708-9. Mary the daughter of s'd Blackleach, m. first Tho's Welles a grand- son of Gov. Welles's, and while his widow, she m. John Olcott, son of Tho's, Sen. John Olcott d. 1712 ; after his decease, Mary his wid- ow m. for her 3d husband, Capt. Joseph Wadsworth of Hartford, of charter memory. Capt. John Blackleach, Jr., d. Sept. 7, 1703, aged 77 years ; his widow d. June 12, 1708, aged 74; had 480 acres of land in Middletown, he also owned lands at Stratford, Hartford and Wethersfield ; the inventory of his estate, besides his property at Antigua, was £1576, 19s. His son John was at Farmington. His
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daughter Eliz'h Harris, m. in Boston, and had received £500, her full portion before the death of her parents, and her mother gave all her estate and that left by her husband to her daughter Mary Olcott. He had other children, Mrs. Jesse. Thomas Wickham aged 57, testified Aug. 2, 1708, that in June, 1708, Mrs. Eliz'h Blackleach sent to him to bring to her, her will, that he read it before her and her daughter, that the daughter wished to examine it, and he left it in her daughter's hands. Sarah Benjamin at the same Court testified that Mrs. Blackleach gave her will to her daughter Mary, to keep and do as she pleased with, and remarked that her daughter in Bos- ton had received her portion about £500, and that her daughter Mary had not received hers. John Blackleach of Farmington, m. Susannah Hooker widow of Wm. Hooker deceased, &c. There were so many Johns in this family without dates, it is difficult fol- lowing the different records. There was a Mr. Richard Blackleach in Stratford, who contracted with the people of Milford in 1712, to ferry people over Stratford river, if the people of Milford erected a ferry house on the east side of the river. Jonathan Frisbie of Bran- ford, sold land to Richard Blackleach of Stratford, lands he purchased of Moses Crafts in 1694, of Branford. Mr. John Blackleach was cho- sen Commissioner for Stratford May, 1669. John Blackleach of Farmington, m. Susannah, the widow of Wm. Hooker deceased, of Farmington ; she was his wife at his, John's decease ; she had a daughter Susan by Wm. Hooker, and a son John by Mr. Blackleach who d. young.
NOTE .- Mr. John Blackleach Sen., was allowed by the General Court in 1667, to retail wine and liquors to his honest neighbors, sober house-holders and those only, till the last of Nov. John Blackleach was made a freeman as of Stratford, May, 1669. The same Court lie applied for lib- erty to use his endeavours to make known to the Indians something of the knowledge of God, &c. In Oct., 1674, the General Court granted John Blackleach Jr., 200 acres of land, provided he took it not injuring any former grant. At a meeting of the Council (of the Colony,) Oct. 11, 1675 they found it necessary to be more vigorous in making preparations for securing of the towns, especially for the head quarters in Hartford, when the Council should sit, and ordered Flankers placed in or near the outside houses of the town, so that they could command from Flanker to Flanker around the town, and to be prosecuted until accomplished ; and that a com- mittee be appointed to order and dispose of the same, and direct what inen should carry on the work and attend each Flanker in case of alarm. This important and trustworthy Committee, were Maj. John Talcott, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Gilberd. Ensign Stanley, Mr. Blackleach, Tho's Bunce, James Steele, L't Webster, C. John Gilburt, and Geo. Grave, impowered to appoint and require all inhabitants and teams to pursue the work until finished. Mr. John Blacklich is in the list of freemen at Hartford, Oct., 1669. Jolin Blackledge, Jr., admitted an inhabitant of Hartford in 1661. Mr. Richard Blackleach gentleman, a merchant of Stratford, was plaintiff against Mr. Wm. Hoadly a merchant of Branford, had a protracted law suit for years concerning some ne- gro slaves, Blackleach sold Iloadly, which was continued from 1698 to 1702. Mr. Richard Blackleach of Stratford, was attorney for Dugal Makensey, in Court May 10, 1707.
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BLACKMAN, BLAKEMAN, REV. ADAM, was b. in Stafford- shire, England-educated at Oxford University. His name is spelled Blakeman, at the time he graduated at College, and is occasionally so spelt on the Conn't records. He was Episcopally ordained in Eng- land, and preached at Leicester, and in Derbyshire in England ; he came early to N. England, and preached for a time at Scituate, in Mass., and removed from thence to Stratford, Conn., where he was installed the first minister in Stratford, in 1640. IIe was a man of eminent piety, and held an exalted rank with the ministers of his day in Conn't. He was appointed a committee with Mr. Ludlow, and Gov. Hopkins, to settle the line at Uncoway, in Fairfield County, by the General Court, and was otherwise favorably noticed by the Gen- eral Court. His wife was Jane ; he was married before he came to N. England ; his children were Samuel, James, John, Deliverance, Benj'n, and Tho's, d. young, and one or more daughters. Sam'l and James m. daughters of Moses Wheeler of Stratford. Tradition says his son Deliverance was the first child he had born in this country, and that his name was given him, for the happy deliverance of the family from British persecution. Dr. Trumbull says " he was fol- lowed by a number of the faithful into this country, to whom he was so dear, that they said to him in the language of Ruth," " Entreat us not to leave thee, for whither thou goest, we will go; thy people shall be our people, and thy God our God." He d. at Stratford in 1665, and his wife Jane survived him. Rev. Israel Chauncey succeeded Mr. Blackman at Stratford, in 1665, and died there March 14, 1722. Upon the settlement of Mr. Chauncey, a part of the town seceded and formed a 2d society, and settled * Rev. Zach- ariah Walker ; soon after, such were the troubles in the societies that Mr. Walker removed with many of his flock and settled the town of Woodbury. His sons Jacob and Joseph Walker remained at Strat- ford, where some of their descendants yet reside. A manuscript volume of sermons preached in Stratford on lecture days, by Rev. Mr. Walker, is now in possession of one of his descendants. Hon. Samuel C. Blackman of Newtown, Hon. Alfred Blackman of New Haven, Dr. Wm. Blakeman of N. Y. City, are descendants of Rev.
* The following persons signed an instrument placed upon the records at Stratford, (recorded 1677,) shewing they were members of Rev. Z Walker's Society, in Stratford, but they did not all renove to Woodbury with him, viz., Jeremiah Judson, John Hurd, Sen., Richard Beach, John Thompson, Edward Hinman, Samuel Galpin, Rich'd Butler, John Minor, Robert Clarke, Samuel Sherman, Jr., John Wheeler, Matthew Sherman, Ephraimn Stiles, Samuel Sherman, Sen., Edmond Sherman, Caleb Nichols, Samuel Stiles, Daniel Titherton, Hugh Griffin, and Joseph Judson.
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