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JOHN, of Suffield, son of Jacob, m. Martha Winchel, July 12, 1733, and had Martha, b. May 19, 1734; Abia, b. Feb. 28, 1735 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 17, 1737-8; Mary Adams, b. March 28, 1740; daughter Martha, d. Sept. 13, 1741; John d. Sept. 13, 1741; 2d John, b. Oct. 12, 1744; Joseph Winchel Adams, b. May 17, 1748 ; Martha, his wife, d. Nov. 22, 1760.
DANIEL, of Suffield, m. widow Mary Sikes, Dec. 24, 1712, and had Zebulon, b. on the Sabbath, Sept. 27, 1713; Gideon, b. March
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26, 1716 ; Mary, b. July 19, 1719 ; Stephen, b. Feb. 21, 1721-2; Elizabeth, b. April 24, 1724 ; Daniel, b. April 30, 1726 ; Gideon, d. Aug. 6, 1734 ; Stephen, d. May 10, 1737; Mary, d. May 4, 1741, and Mary, the mother, d. March 20, 1756.
ZEBULON, son of Daniel, m. Bethia King, June 17, 1742, his wife d. Jan. 22, 1761, without issue. He then for his second wife, m. widow Susanna Pengiley, in Jan. 24, 1762, and had Susannah, b. Feb. 8, 1763 ; Zebulon, b. July 21, 1765; Stephen, b. April 6, 1769: Zebulon, the father, d. Dec. 25, 1795.
The Adams family of Canaan, Conn. are descendants of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass.
Henry Adams, from Devonshire, England, in 1630, settled at Brain- tree, Mass., ancestor of the two President Adams's.
ADAMS, REV. ELIPHALET, (son of Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, who graduated at Harvard College, 1671, ordained at Ded- ham, 1673, and died there, Aug. 17, 1685,) was born March 26, 1677. His mother died June 24, in 1679, and his father married Alice Bradford, daughter of William, of Plymouth, in 1680, and had other children by this marriage. This Alice, after the death of Rev. Wm. Adams, married for her second husband, in 1686, Capt. or Major James Fitch, of Norwich, for his second wife. Eliphalet graduated at Harvard College, in 1694. He preached first at Little Compton, in 1696. He was appointed to preach to the Indians, in 1698; in 1699, he preached to them for the first time, in their language. His half-brother William, had gone to Connecticut, before 1699, and he visited him in August, 1699. He preached at different parts of the Colony, for some years, and to different tribes of Indians, and was settled by ordination, at New London, Conn., Feb. 9, 1708-9, where he continued forty-three years. He mar- ried Lydia Pygan, daughter of Alexander Pygan of New Lon- don. Their children were, William, b. Oct. 7, 1710; Pygan, b. March 27, 1712, Mary, b. March 5, 1713-14 ; Thomas, baptized Jan. 4, 1715-16 ; Samuel, b. Aug. 11, 1717, d. in infancy ; Lydia, b. Feb. 20, 1720, d. 1721. (Calkins.) Mr. Adams was a learned divine and scholar : he was a Trustee of Yale College, seventeen years in its infancy. He was elected Rector, in 1723, which he de- clined. (Kingsley.) Mrs. Lydia Adams, d. Sept. 6, 1749, aged 62 years. Rev. E. Adams d. Oct. 4, 1753, in the 77th year of his age. Mr. Adams m. Elizabeth or Alice Bradford for his second wife. Mrs. Bulkley of Colchester, a daughter of Mr. Adams, died before her father, and after her mother, viz : Jan. 24, 1749-50. She
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first m. Dr. Jonathan Gardiner, son of John, of Gardiner's Island, Nov. 13, 1733, and during his life, resided in New London. REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, son of Rev. Eliphalet, graduated at Yale Col- lege, 1730, appointed tutor 1732, where he remained two years, af- ter which, he preached sixty years, and refused to be settled or marry : he died single.
PYGAN, 2d son of Rev. Eliphalet, b. March 27, 1712, was by trade a goldsmith. He turned merchant, and went many voyages to the West Indies, to dispose of cargoes. He d. July, 1776, aged 64. His wife who was b. Sept. 18, 1728, d. Jan. 8, 1809. They had sons.
William, d. at St. Pierre, April 4, 1778, aged 33 years.
Alexander P. was lost at sea, in 1782, aged 35.
Thomas, d. at St. Martins, W. I., Sept. 8, 1815, aged 54 years.
Anne, m. John Champlin, May 5, 1768, and had fourteen children. He removed with his family to Baltimore, and d. there, June 17, 1800, aged 54 : his widow Anne d. there, April 6, 1838, aged 89.
ELIZABETH, daughter of Pygan, m. Thomas Pool, son of John, of Raritan, N. J., Oct. 19, 1775 : children, Wm. Adams, Sally Field. This Sally Field, m. Samuel Green, Esq., the editor of the New London Gazette, Jan. 4, 1798: she d. March 10, 1801, and left an only son, who d. unmarried, Nov. 30, 1825.
LYDIA, youngest daughter of Pygan Adams, Esq., m. Robert Hal- lam, Sept. 17, 1779. He (Robert) d. Feb. 18, 1835, aged 78: his wife, Lydia, d. Oct. 29, 1845, aged 88 years. Rev. Robert A. Hal- lam, of New London, is his only surviving descendant. (Taken from Miss Calkin's Memoir of Rev. Wm. Adams, of Dedham, and Record.)
It will be noticed that the descendants of Rev. Eliphalet Adams, married into the best families in the country.
ADAMS, FERDINAND, and his wife, Anne, of Dedham, Mass., had children : Abigail, b. in 1639 ; Bethia, b. in 1640 ; Nathaniel, b. 1642, &c.
CHARLES, was a tax payer, at Dover, N. H., in 1648. JOHN, of Plymouth, d. about 1633. GEORGE was a first settler at Brain- ford,* (Branford,) Conn., also JOHN ADAMS.
* Branford, (Brainford, Totoket,) first settled in 1644, by William Swain, &c. Incorporated by the General Court of New Haven Colony. Soon after the charter was obtained by Gov. Winthrop, for Connecticut, most of the settlers of Branford, with Mr. Pierson, removed to New- ark, N. J. Feb. 16, 1685, a patent was granted by Connecticut, confirming the proprietors in
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ADAMS, CHARLES, of Dover, N. H., took the oath of fidelity, in 1669.
ADAMS, Richard, Robert Arnold, Wm. Andrews, Richard Ab- bott, Greggorie Allin, George Alden, Jacob and George Averie, em- barked for Virginia, in the Globe of London, in August, 1635.
ADAMS, JOHN, embarked in the Fortune, for New England, and arrived at Plymouth, Nov. 11, 1621. The name of Adam has sev- en coats of arms, and the name of Adams has twenty-nine.
ADAMS, EDWARD, of Milford, Conn., was allowed by the Gen- eral Court at Milford, in March, 1646, to have a lot of land in Mil- ford, provided he would learn to dress skins and leather, and follow the trade. His lot had been laid out to Glover, with two acres at Mill Neck, &c.
ADAMS, GILLETT, m. Abigail Lewis, widow, maiden name Abigail Bacon, Aug. 4, 1715: issue, Jerusha, 2d daughter, b. March 13, 1718 ; Abigail, Ist daughter, b. June 2, 1716-17. Per. haps others.
ADAMS, SAMUEL, of Simsbury, m. Elizabeth Read, of Con- cord, Mass., July 2, 1713. EPHRAIM ADAMS, m. Ruth Bea- man, May 5, 1726. JOSEPH ADAMS, m. Mary Case, April 30, 1719.
There were several of this name in Massachusetts, before there was any known settlement in Connecticut, viz ., Henry, of Braintree, from Devonshire, England, in 1630, (or soon after.) His monument was erected by John Adams, one of his descendants at Quincy, Mass. He had eight sons when he landed near Mount Wollaston. JEREMY, at Cambridge, 1632, probably the same Jeremy Adams, of Hartford, Conn., in 1638. JOHN, of Plymouth, a passenger in the Fortune, in 1621, d. 1633. JOSEPH ADAMS, who m. Han- nah Bass, and d. Feb. 12, 1737, aged 82. He left several children, amongst whom was Dea. John of Braintree, b. Feb. 8, 1692, and d.
their titles, and in 1686, they were empowered to embody in church order. It was first pur- chased of the natives, in December, 1638, at the time, or soon after New Haven was purchased.
JOHN ADAMS, EsQ., deceased, represented the Town of Canaan, first, in 1791, and seven Sessions afterwards. His son, Samuel F. Adams, Esq., represented the same town, in 1816, and three sessions afterwards. Hon. Andrew Adams, of Litchfield, represented Litchfield, first, in 1776, in 1779 and '80 was chosen Speaker, and seven other sessions. He was several years Judge of the Superior Court, and appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. One of the eminent Jurists of Connecticut ; Assistant, 1781, to 1790 ; a descendant of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass. Charles Adams, of Litchfield, Deputy in 1845. George R. Adams, of New Hartford, one session. Matthew Adams, of Winchester, five sessions, and Normand Adams, of the last town, one session.
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1761, aged 69, who was the father of Hon. John Adams, the second President of the United States, and grandfather of Hon. John Q. Adams, late President of the United States, &c.
RICHARD, Salem, 1637. WILLIAM, Cambridge, 1635, per- haps afterwards of Ipswich, (see Farmer.) This name probably has produced more celebrated men than any other in the country, as no other has furnished two Presidents of the United States.
ADDIS, (Addies,) WILLIAM, of New London, in 1660. He was probably there before. Adis, ( Middlesex, ) has a coat of arms.
ADGATE, (Adgat, Agate,) THOMAS, was early at Saybrook, and had children recorded there, viz : Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10, 1651, and Hannah, b, Oct. 6, 1653 : perhaps others. He removed from Saybrook to Norwich, in its first settlement, in 1660. When the meeting-house was seated at Norwich, in 1698, Mr. Adgate was one of a Committee of five, of the aged and respectable inhabitants, to seat the people, with a due regard to rank. The square pew first in dignity. The new seats and fore seats in the " broad ally," alike in dignity. He was living in 1700. He was made a freeman at Hartford, May 21, 1657. Thomas Adgate, was accepted to be made a freeman by order of Court, Oct. 8, 1663.
ADGATE, THOMAS, Norwich, 1660 : was a deacon of the church in Saybrook, in 1659. He is not found upon the colony record in any town previous to his being in Saybrook. While there, he m. the widow of Richard Bushnell.
At the time Dea. Adgate m. Mrs. Bushnell, at Saybrook, he had two daughters, and she had two daughters and two sons, and by this marriage they had one son and two daughters. His son also became a deacon at Norwich, and had sons, Thomas and Matthew. Dea- con Thomas, Sen., d. 1707. This was a respectable, pious and good family.
ADKINS, THOMAS, came first to Hartford, and was located at East Hartford, in 1682. He d. in 1694. His children were, at his decease, viz : Mary, aged 22; Thomas, Jr., 21; William, 19; Jane, 16 : Sarah, 12; Josiah, 9; and Benoni, 4 years old. Estate, £182, 15s.
ADKINS, EPHRAIM, a Welchman, perhaps was the first in Connecticut.
ADKINS, JOSIAH, Middletown, m. Elizabeth Wetmore, Oct. 8, 1673 : children, Sarah, b. July 16, 1674, d. 1719 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 11, 1676 ; Solomon, b. July 25, 1678; Josiah, b. March 9, 1680 ; Benjamin, b. Nov. 19, 1682; Ephraim, b. March, 1685 ;
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Elizabeth, b. Aug, 11, 1687 : she m. Samuel Ward, of Haddam, Aug. 10, 1710. Elizabeth, Josiah's widow, d. about 1700. Josiah, the father, d. Sep. 12, 1690.
ADKINS, JOSIAH, JR., (son of Josiah and Elizabeth, ) m. Mary Wheeler, of Stratford, Dec. 16, 1708: children, Joseph, b. Sept. 1709 ; Mary, b. Oct. 14, 1710 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1712 ; Abigail, b. Aug. 14, 1713; Josiah, b. Oct. 11, 1715 ; John, b. Oct. 14, 1717. Mr. Josiah, the father, d. Nov. 1, 1724.
ADKINS, DEA. SOLOMON, (son of Josiah and Elizabeth,) m. Phebe Edwards, of Northampton, Mass., May 18, A. D. 170 -; chil. dren, Abigail, b. April 11, 1711 ; Samuel, b. Sept. 21, 1713 ; Han- nah, b. May 26, 1715 ; Solomon, Jr., b. Feb. 10, 1717, d. 1718 ; Phebe, b. May 30, 1719, d. 1719 ; 2d Solomon, b. Aug. 11, 1720 ; 2d Phebe and Ester, b. Aug. 4, 1725 ; Jabez, b. April 23, 1728, d. 1729 ; 2d Abigail, b. April 6, 1729; Rebecca, b. Nov. 21, 1730; 2d Jabez, b. Nov. 21, 1731, d. 1751. Deacon Solomon, d. 1748, aged 70.
ADKINS, BENJAMIN, (son of Josiah and Elizabeth, ) m. Jane Stevens, of New Haven, June 8, 1709 : issue, Sarah, b. March 27, 1710; Hannah, b. Oct. 12, 1712 ; (no sons. ) Jane, his wife, d. Nov. 16, 1712. Benjamin, m. for his 2d wife, Elizabeth Barnes, May 9, 1716, and had issue : Elizabeth, b. 1717 : Benjamin, Jr., b. Nov. 2, 1718; Daniel, b. March 25, 1721; Rachel, b. 1723; Joel, b. April 24, 1725 ; Ruth, b. 1728; Jemima, b. Nov. 9, 1731 ; David, b. June 20, 1734, d. July, 1734 ; 2d David, b. July 16, 1736 ; Elisha, b. Aug. 12, 1738, d. 1740. Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin, d. May 20, 1752.
ADKINS, MR. EPHRAIM, (son of Josiah, Sen., and Elizabeth, of Middletown,) m. Elizabeth Wetmore, June 16, 1709 : children, Thomas, b. April 5, 1710, Ephraim, Jr., b. July 18, 1712, d. 1713 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 6, 1714, d. May 30, 1750; 2d Ephraim, Jr., b. March 22, 1717, d. 1735; Naomi, b. June 6, 1719 ; Ebenezer, b. Oct. 1, 1721 ; James, b. April 9, 1724 ; George, b. Dec. 26, 1726. Mr. Ephraim, the father, d. Dec. 26, 1760; Elizabeth, the mother, d. May 20, 1752.
ADKINS, THOMAS, SEN., appears to have died at Middletown. He requested his brother Gabriel, to take his little son, Benoni, and bring him up. Estate, £182, 15s. He died Oct. 23, 1694.
In 1709, administration was granted on the estate of Thomas Ad- kins, of Hartford, to Josiah, his brother, of Simsbury.
ATKINS, ABRAHAM, was a member of the ar. co. in Massa-
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chusetts, in 1642. (Farmer.) JOSIAH ATKINS, and his wife Chloe, of West Hartland, Conn., were recommended to the Church in West Springfield, July, 1799. Three of the name of Atkins have graduated at Harvard College, and two at Yale College. This name on the early records in Connecticut, was uniformly spelled Adkins, while it is now as uniformly spelt Atkins.
ATKINS, HENRY, and his wife, Elizabeth, of Eastham, Mass., had children : Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1651; Isaac, b. June 15, 1654, d. -; 2d Isaac, b. June 14, 1657. His wife, Elizabeth, d. March 14, 1661-2. He m. Bethiah Linnell, March 25, 1664, for his second wife, and had Desire, b. May 7, 1665 ; John, b. Dec. 15, 1666, d. young. Joseph, b. March 9, 1669; Nathaniel, b. 1667 ; Thomas, 1671; John, b. 1674; Marcy, b. 1676; Samuel, b. June 25, 1679.
ADKINS, HEZEKIAH, m. Rachel Barnes, of Middletown, April 4, 1771, and had children born at Goshen, viz : Adino, b. Feb. 27, 1772 ; Rachel, b. May 28, 1773. He probably removed from Goshen.
ATKINS, THOMAS, of Boston, made free, 1690. Aitkens has one coat of arms. Aitkin or Atkin has a coat of arms.
AGARD, (Aguard,) this name was first in Connecticut, about 1700, at Windsor. The name Agard, has four coats of arms.
AIGHTS, ABRAHAM, of Simsbury, d. 1766, and left a son Abraham, 14 years old. Abraham Aights, a minor son of Abra- ham Aights, of Simsbury, chose Captain J. Case, for his guardian, in 1766. Not an early family, and little is found concerning them.
AIKEN, JOSEPH, 1648, viewer of chimneys and ladders, at Hartford. JOHN AIKINS graduated at Yale College, in 1798. This name is found on Quaker Hill, N. Y. The name of Aiken, has one coat of arms. AKIN, HENRY, of Middletown, m. Isabel Harnes, Aug. 8, 1720 : children, Thomas, b. in Boston, April 28, 1723 ; Sarah, b. June 4, 1725 ; Robert, b. Dec. 8, 1727 ; Henry, Jr., b. Sept. 11, 1729. His wife Isabel, d. June 1, 1731, and he m. Margaret Woods, for his second wife, July 6, 1732, and had Eliza- beth,b. April 3, 1733; George, b. Dec. 28, 1735; William, b. Feb. 8, 1737-8 ; Joseph, b. March 24, 1739, and Samuel, b. Aug. 24, 1740.
AINSWORTH, TIXHALL, of Hartford, had a case in Court in 1700. AINSWORTH, DANIEL, Roxbury, Mass., d. Nov. 13, 1680. (Farmer.) AINSWORTH, REV. LABAN, of Jaffrey, N. H., was son of William Ainsworth, and was born in Woodstock, Conn., July 19, 1759 : ordained 1782. His father lived at Wood- stock. The family removed from Roxbury, Mass., to Woodstock. 3*
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ALCOCK, THOMAS, of Hartford, had a lot he purchased of Hon. Edward Hopkins, about 1640 : bounded south on the road from the Meeting-house yard, to the Mill ; east on the road from the Palisado, to Centinel Hill ; west on the road from Seth Grant's house to the Pound, and Centinel Hill ; north by a lot sold by Gov. John Haynes, to John Pratt.
Also, another small lot adjoining the meeting-house yard, in Hart- ford, in 1640 : bounded north on the road to Little Meadow ; east on Thomas Scott ; west on the Meeting-house yard, and south on a lot of James Cole, purchased of Thomas Scott.
He was an original proprietor and had eight acres of land in the land division, at Hartford, in 1639.
Mr. Alcock's bargain with Higginson, for land in Hartford, was confirmed by the town of Hartford, in 1639.
ALCOCKE, MR. was a Juror, April 6, 1643. Thomas Wal- ston was fined 20s. in 1644, for inveigling the affections of the maid of Mr. Alcocke.
His daughter Elizabeth, was b. at Hartford, Dec. 7, 1643 ; John or Thomas, b. Feb. 3, 1649; Thomas baptized Feb. 1649. Farm- er mentions George Alcock, Deacon and Deputy of Roxbury, Mass., in 1631, d. 1640. JOHN and SAMUEL, of Kittery, freeman 1652. THOMAS of Boston, freeman, 1631. THOMAS, of Dedham, free- man, 1635, &c.
Three of this name graduated at Harvard College, before 1848. The name of Alcock, has eight coats of arms.
ALCOCK, THOMAS, of Dedham, Mass., and wife, Margery, had Elizabeth, b. 1638; Sarah, b. 1639 ; Hannah, b. 1642.
ALCOCKE, JOHN, freeman, Mass., 1652; Samuel, 1652 ; Jo- seph, 1652.
ALCOCK, MR. PHILIP, and Sarah, his wife, of Wethersfield, were appellants as administrators on the estate of Nathaniel Butler, deceased, of Wethersfield, on a judgment rendered in favor of Mr. William Gibbons, of Boston, before Nathaniel Stanley, Assistant, June 10, 1700.
ALCOCKE, GEORGE, of Boston, desired to be made freeman, 1630 : took the oath, 1631.
ALCOCKE, THOMAS, freeman, Mass., May, 1635.
* Il is supposed by some, that Thomas Alcock, on the Hartford Records, plainly and legibly so spelled, should have been spelt Olcott. Three of the name of Alcock, had graduated at Har- vard College, before 1674.
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ALDERMAN, (Olderman,) WILLIAM, SEN., Farmington and Simsbury, d. about 1697. Mary, his widow, small estate. He had children : Mary, 17 years old at her father's decease ; Thomas, 15 ; William 12 ; Sarah 6, and Joseph one year old. His widow, Mary, m. John Hillyer, of Simsbury, for her second husband. JOSEPH, son of William, m. Mindwell Case, June 30, 1720 : Mindwell, his daughter, b. Dec. 25, 1721_perhaps others. JOHN, of Simsbury, m. Sarah Case, of Simsbury, Oct. 28, 1719 : their first son, John, Jr., b. Aug. 19, 1720-perhaps others.
ALDERMAN, JOHN, of Salem, 1637, freeman in Mass., 1639, admitted to the church, Feb. 17, 1637, d. 1657. (Farmer.) Win- throp mentions Alderman, of Bear-love, 1634. GRACE came to New England, in the Paul, of London, bound for Virginia, in 1635. This name is yet found in Connecticut.
ALDRICH, JOHN, a first settler at Stafford, Conn.
ALDRICH, NATHAN, was an inhabitant of Ellington, before 1800, and d. there, Oct. 24, 1802.
JANE d. there, June 9, 1802.
ALDRIDGE, HENRY, Dedham, Mass., 1644, freeman 1645, d. Feb. 23, 1646. His son Samuel, b. March 10, 1644; GEORGE, Dorchester, Mass., freeman 1636, removed to Braintree : children, John, Peter, Jacob, Mattithijah, and several daughters. (See Farmer.)
ALEXANDER, GEORGE, of Windsor, m. Susan Sage, March 18, 1644, and had children : John, b. July 25, 1645 ; Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1648 ; Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1650 ; Nathaniel, b. Dec. 29, 1652 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1654 ; also a 2d John, and another daughter. ( Windsor Church Records.) The father was a Scotchman. Geo. Alexander paid 3s. for a pew in the meeting-house, at Windsor, in 1659.
ALEXANDER, MR. " the Frenchman," had a child d. in Hart- ford, Oct. 31, 1758, another d. Nov. 18, 1758. He was not of the Windsor family.
ALEXANDER, EBENEZER, m. Mahitebel, daughter of Henry Buck, of Wethersfield, Oct. 10, 1709, and had issue : Elias, b. July 25, 1710, at Wethersfield. Five of this name have graduated at Yale College, and two at Harvard College.
ALEXANDER, JOHN, son of George, had a son Nathaniel, b. at Windsor, April, 1676.
Alexander, (of Menstrie, Earls of Stirling, ) has one coat of arms. Alexander, (Earl of Caledon, ) one. Alexander, Bart., (Dublin, 1809,) one. Alexander, (Dover, Kent,) one. Alexander, (borne
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by Francis Alexander, D. D., prebendary of Winchester, son of John Alexander, of Hampshire, by Mary, his wife, sister of Thomas Belsonn, Bishop of Winchester.) Alexander, (Auchmull, Scotland.) Alexander, (King lassie.) Alexander, (Boghall.) Alexander, (of Powis Co., clackmannan, borne by Sir James Edward Alexander, K. L. S., K. S. J., Lieut. Col. Portuguese service, and Capt. H. M. 14th Regiment, eldest son of the late Edward Alexander, Esq., of Powis, a descendant of the Alexanders of Menstrie. Alexander, or Sanderson, (Durham,) and four others.
ALEXANDER, JOHN and GEORGE, took the oath of allegi- ance, by order from " Our Honored General Corte," at Northamp- ton, Mass., 1678.
JOHN, of Northampton, m. Sarah Gaylord, daughter of Samuel, of Windsor, Nov. 28, 1671, by Mr. Newberry.
ALEXANDER, PHILIP, of Woburn, about 1730.
ALEXANDER, JOHN, of Northampton, made freeman, 1690, also Nathaniel. This was an old name at Boston. (See Nickelson.)
ALEXANDER, NATHANIEL, d. at Hadley, in 1742, aged 90 : was a son of George and Susan. George Alexander, who (Farmer says) was one of the first proprietors of Northampton, in 1653, was probably the same GEORGE who was at Windsor, Conn.
ALFORD, (Alfred, Alvord,) BENEDICTUS, was an early set- tler at Windsor, (he had relations at Boston.) He m. Jane Newton, Nov. 26, 1640, and had children : Jonathan, b. June 1, 1645 ; Bene- dict, b. July 11, 1647 ; Josiah, b. July 6, 1649 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1651, m. Drake ; Jeremy, b. Dec. 24, 1655. Benedictus joined the Church in Windsor, in 1641; Juror in April, 1643, and March, 1646, and Sergeant Alford was at the Pequot battle, in 1637. He d. April 23, 1683 : Constable in Windsor, 1666.
ALVORD, ALEXANDER, was also an early settler at Wind- sor, perhaps a brother of Benedictus, and probably the same Alex- ander Alvord, who (Farmer says) settled at Northampton, as early as 1659. He m. Mary Vore, of Windsor, Oct. 29, 1646, and had children, viz : Abigail, b. Oct. 6, 1647 ; John, b. Aug. 12, 1649; Mary, b. July 6, 1651; Thomas, b. Oct. 27, 1653 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1655 ; Benjamin, b. Sept. 11, 1657, and Sarah, b. June 24, 1660. ( Windsor Records.)
The will of Benedictus Alford, was proved in 1683-4, and his son Josias had the farm given his father, by the Country. Estate £229, 3s. 9d.
JEREMY, son of Benedictus, of Windsor, m. Jane -, who
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was his widow in 1709, and administered on his estate. They had children : Benedict, b. April 27, 1688; Newton, b. March 24, 1689- 90 ; Jeremiah. Jr. b. May 8, 1692 ; Jonathan, b. March 4, 1695, d. 1700; Jane, b. Jan. 14, 1698-9; Joanna, b. March 1, 1701-2, and Elizabeth, b. Nov 22, 1703, d. Jan. 10, 1703-4.
ALVORD, JOB, of Windsor, became a first settler at Harwinton, about 1734. ISAAC, of Colchester, had a son Alexander, baptized there, July 27, 1753 or '5. JOSIAH, of Windsor, m. Mary Drake, alias Case, Oct. 20, 1726. NATHANIEL, m. Experience Hol- comb, daughter of Joshua, Jr., July 3, 1724. JOSIAS, son of Bene- dictus Alford, d. May 10, 1722. Farmer says WILLIAM AL- FORD, Salem, 1657, and perhaps as early as 1637. WILLIAM, Boston, had a son John, b. 1658. JOHN, THOMAS, BENJAMIN, and ALEXANDER, took the oath of allegiance at Northampton, Mass , 1678. Mr. BENJAMIN ALVORD, of Boston, freeman, 1689. (-, coats of arms of the name.)
ALFORD, (Berkshire,) has one coat of arms.
ALFORD, (of Holt, Co. Denbigh,) has one. Fawley, Co. Berks, and of Meux, Co. York, Sussex, and Hertfordshire, descended from Thomas Alford, of Holt, 1615.
ALFORD, (Ipswich, Co. Suffolk,) has one.
ALFORD, (Devon,) one. ALFORD, (Northamptonshire,) one. ALFORD, (Suffolk,) has one. AYLFORD, has two, and one oth- er, which is viz : Gu. a cross moline, ar.
NATHANIEL, of Windsor, removed to West Simsbury, about 1741, he had five daughters and one son.
This name yet continues in Windsor.
Alexander Alvord, of Northampton, d. there, Oct. 3, 1687. Thomas Alvord, of Northampton, d. there, July 22, 1688.
The Town of Alford, in Massachusetts, was probably named after some individual of this family.
ALGIERS, ROGER, wife Mary, d. at Ellington, Oct. 6, 1808.
ALGIERS, ELIJAH, m. Martha Kenedy, of Ellington, Jan. 11, 1807, a late settler in Connecticut.
ALLYN, HON. MATHEW, was an early and important settler at Hartford, as early as 1638 : he drew 110 acres of land in the Hart- ford land division in 1639. In 1639, he was sued for " seventy-four rods of corn," (for defect of his fence.) Plaintiff in an action of slander against John Coggin, Sept. 2, 1641. In 1644, Mr. Allyn presented to the General Court, several petitions against the church
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in Hartford, for relief in his censure of excommunication, in which he claimed he had been wronged by the church. The Court ad- judged, that said Allyn by his petitions and his expressions in Court, had accused the church of Hartford, and that he should produce in Court, the particulars of his charges, that they might be answered. In Oct. [25,] 1644, the Court decided that he had not proved his char- ges against the church, and that he should answer their rejoinder in the matter in Court, Nov. 27th, and answer for his former contempt. In the General Court, Sept. 12, 1650, Mathew and Thomas Allyn, brothers, had several law suits, in one of which, the record says, the Court did " further conclude that Mathew Allyn should pay unto his brother Thomas, the full sum of £5," &c. Mathew Allyn was freed from training, April, 1654, for a time. August 18, 1658, Mr. Mathew Allyn was appointed by the General Court, to stand as a Committee, with Mr. Henry Clary Clark, of Windsor, to act in dis- posing of lands at Massacoe. May 17, 1660, the worshipful Gov- ernor and Deputy Governor, (Winthrop and Maj. Mason,) were cho- sen Commissioners, for the year then ensuing, and Mr. Allyn chosen as a reserve. Mr. Mathew Allyn was also appointed moderator to supply the place of the governor and deputy, in case of their occa- sional absence from the General Court. August 28, 1661, the Gen- eral Court granted to Hon. Mathew Allyn, 400 acres of upland, and 100 acres of meadow, where he could find it in Connecticut, on the same terms as were given to Jonathan Gilbert.
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