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CANADIZE, DANIEL, a minor, at New Haven. Daniel Holt appointed his guardian, 1755.
CANDEE, ZACHEUS, m. Saria Lane, of N. Haven, Nov. 19, 1702 ; settled at Middletown, and was perhaps of the Candee family of N. H. Issue, Zacheus, Jun., b. June 6, 1703 ; Isaac, b. Dec. 13, 1704 ; Theophilus, b. Dec. 20, 1706 ; Sarah, b. 1708 ; Hannah, b. 1711 ; Abigail, b. May 9, 1714 ; Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1716. Sarah, wife of Zacheus, d. Sept. 30, 1737. Zacheus d. there Dec. 20, 1743, aged 67.
CANDEE, SAM'L, of N. Haven, m. Abig'l Pinion, Ap'l 28, 1703.
Mr. Wm. Condy, (perhaps Candee,) of New London, was offered for a freeman from New London, Oct., 1669.
This name was early in Derby and Oxford, Ct.
SAMUEL, of Mass., in 1664.
One by the name of Cande, and four by the name of Candee, have graduated at Yale College.
CANER, REV. HENRY, of King's Chapel, joined in marriage Dimond Morton and Margaret Johnnot, of Boston, July 31, 1767. Rev. Henry Caner was the first Episcopal minister at Norwalk, in 1729. He graduated at Yale College in 1724, and was doctorated with a D. D. from Oxford College.
CANER, REV. RICHARD, graduated at Yale College in 1736. In 1738 or 9, he preached at Norwalk. (See Note.) Caner, Henry, graduated at Yale College, 1724, and Richard, 1736. CANNEY, THO'S, Pascataqua, 1631 ; Bloody Point, in Dover, 1644; Joseph, his son, m. 1670 .*
* Keith, Rev., a convert from the community or society of Friends, accompanied by Rev. John Talbot, both of the Church of England, preached in New London as early as 1702, as missiona- ries. Mr. Keith addressed a letter to the " Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and all others, the Honorable Members of the Society," dated Nov. 29, 1702 ; in which he gave an account of his labors after he arrived in Boston, June 11, 1702. He mentions that Mr. John Cotton, grandson to John Cotton, Sen., of Hampton, invited him to preach, and that he did preach there twice, and Mr. Talbot once, with great auditories. Also, Mr. Cushing, of Salisbury, Mass, where they both preached on Sunday ; and Mr. Gordon Saltonstall, of N. London, where they both preached on Sunday. (Ch. Rec., Vol. 1, No. 17. See N. E. Cornwall's His. Address.) They also preached at Hempstead, L. I. After this, Rev. Mr. Muir, another Episcopal mission- ary, visited Stratford in 1706, to visit a few Episcopal families from N. Y., where he was not as amicably received by the authority and minister as they were at N. London. He baptized 40*
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CANFIELD, CAMFIELD, CAMPFIELD, CAMPFILE, MAT- THEW, was an early settler at New Haven, 1640, where three of his children are recorded, viz., Matthew, b. May 9, 1650 ; Hannah, b. June 21, 1651, and Rachel, b. July 29, 1652. He probably soon after this removed into the Conn. Colony, at Norwalk.
Hon. Matthew had probably passed the middle age of life, when he removed from New Haven to Norwalk, and yet some few years older, when he removed to Newark. Tradition says, he was a brother of Thomas, of Milford. Matthew had four sons, viz., Sam- uel, of Norwalk, Ebenezer, Matthew, Jun., and Jonathan. The last d. without children. Samuel had a home-lot in Newark, but re- mained on his father's lands in Norwalk. Ebenezer and Matthew, Jun., were settled at Newark, and perhaps removed there with their father, Matthew, Sen.
His son Samuel, who afterward appears in his manhood at Nor- walk, was probably his eldest child, and is not recorded as b. at N. Haven. He (Matthew) is found in the list of lands at Norwalk, in 1655, for the sum of £283, 10s., and his son Samuel had a home- lot at Norwalk, in 1656. Nathaniel Campfield is in the list of those who had home-lots at Norwalk in 1652, (perhaps later.) If so, he probably was another son, though not named in the will, of Hon. Matthew, Sen. Matthew, Sen., was an important and useful inhab-
about twenty-four persons, chiefly adults, though from his letter to the society, Nov., 1705, he had been at Stratford before he wrote. Rev. Evan Evens, another Episcopal missionary, accom- panied Mr. Muirson to Stratford. Mr. Muirson had a call by a few families at Stratford and Fairfield, to settle there as a missionary, and reside there; but as Mr. Muirson d. in Oct., 1708, they received no answer from him. After this, Rev.'Mr. Talbot, Sharpe and Bridge, all mission - aries located at N. Y. and N. Jersey, officially visited Stratford and Fairfield, and baptized sev- eral. Rev. Mr. Phillips, another Episcopal preacher, took charge of the parish at Stratford, in 1713, but soon after left the colony. Mr. Pigot, another Episcopal missionary, was sent to Strat- ford, by the society, to reside there, with the charge of the Episcopalians in Stratford and Fair- field, in 1722. In 1723, Doct. James Laborie, a French physician, who had been ordained " by Mr. Kinglet, antistes of the Canton of Zurich," in Switzerland, taught service under the usage of the Church of England, at his house in Fairfield, on such Sundays as Mr. Pigot preached at Stratford, &c. A parish was organized at Fairfield in 1724, and Mr. Pigot left Stratford for Providence in 1723, and was succeeded by Rev. Samuel Johnson, in 1724-5. Henry Caner, (Canner, Conner,) son of Mr. Caner, of N. Haven, read service at Fairfield, when Mr. John- son preached at Stratford, &c. He had graduated at Yale College in 1724. He had been en- rolled by Mr. Johnson in the registry book of Mr. Pigot, as a communicant at Stratford, March 28, 1725. " Henry Caner," perhaps father of the last, was enrolled in the same registry book of Mr. Pigot, Sept. 2, 1722. It also appears by said book, that in 1724, wardens and vestrymen were not only appointed for Stratford and Fairfield, but for Ripton and Newtown. The warden for Fairfield was Dougal Mackenzie, and vestrymen, James Laborie, Sen., and Benj'n Sturges ; and James Laborie, Jun., as vestryman for Stratford. Mr. Caner was ordained in England, and appointed missionary to Fairfield in 1727. (See Cornwall's Discourse, in 1851. Also, see Col. Rec.)
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itant in the Colony, as an Assistant, Magistrate, Judge, and Legisla- tor ; made freeman at Hartford by the Gen. Court, in 1654, and a mem- ber of the Gen. Court from Norwalk, in May, 1654, 56, 57; twice in 1658, 1659, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 ; May, 1665, 66. Hon. Matthew d. in Newark, about 1673, and one of the first magistrates at Newark.
Nathaniel Camfield, Deputy, May 17, 1655, from Norwalk. (Who was he ?)
Hon. Matthew was Collector of Customs at Norwalk, March, 1652-9, on all liquors landed at Norwalk, except for exportation. Commissioner for Norwalk, May, 1664. In May, 1654, he was ap- pointed an assistant, with Geo. Hull and Alexander Knowles, of Fairfield, and Phillip Groves, of Stratford, to be assistants to such magistrates as the Gen. Court should at any time send among them, to execute justice, to marry, grant summons, bind over delinquents to courts, &c. In Oct., 1658, the Gen. Court of the Colony appoint- ed Mr. Ward, Mr. Hill, and the Townsmen of Fairfield, to assist Mr. John Welles, (of Stratford, son of Gov. Welles,) and Assistant Campfield, in proving wills, making inventories, and distributions of estates intestate ; appoint administrators, &c., in Stratford, Fairfield and Norwalk ; chosen and sworn an Assistant in May, 1660. The Gen. Court in May, 1660, gave liberty to Fairfield, Stratford and Norwalk, to raise a small troop of horse, with two proper officers of their own election, to exercise them and the troopers to be approved by Mr. Gould, Mr. Fairchild, and Mr. Campfield, and the officers approved by the Gen. Court, (seven for Stratford, seven for Fairfield and four from Norwalk.) Hon. Matthew, of Norwalk, and Phillip Groves, of Stratford, were confirmed Assistants, (according to an order in May, in 1654,) in May, 1655. He was chosen Assistant, May, 1656, and ordered to give the oath to the other two Assistants. He was sworn Assistant for the year, May, 1657, and ordered to give the oath of freedom, and of a magistrate, to Ensyn Gold. Mr. Wyllis and Mr. Allyn were desired by the Gen. Court to hold a court at Fairfield, Oct. 20, 1659, and Mr. Camfield to assist them. Mr. Campfield, Mr. Gould, Mr. Sherman, Ens. Judson, Mr. Lawes and Lieut. Olmsted, were appointed a Committee, or any three of them, by the Gen. Court, July, 1655 ; to which committee, each plantation in the Colony should consider some way to discover the approach of the enemy, and on such approach to give notice to the Committee ; and the Committee to extend from Stratford to Rye. This Commit- tee was appointed at the time De Ruyter, the Dutch admiral, was expected on the coast, with his forces. All the Committees from
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*Southerton to Rye, when met in their respective limits, were em- powered, by the Gen. Court, to order and appoint how or in what way the order for aid should be carried out and effectually attended. In Oct., 1662, the Gen. Court appointed Mr. Campfield, Mr. Gould, (Nathan) and Mr. Sherman, or either two of them, to hire vessels to transport the corn from the sea-side towns to N. London, &c. In Oct., 1662, Mr. Campfield, Mr. Gould and Mr. Sherman, were appointed by the Gen. Court to hold a Court at Fairfield, when they see cause, for the trial of such controversies as they were capable, according to the charter. At this Gen. Court, the towns of Stanford, Greenwich and Westchester, had liberty granted them to try their cases at the Court held at Fairfield thereafter. Mr. Campfield ordered to admin- ister the constable's oath to Robert Usher, for Stamford. The Gen. Court, March, 1662-3, voted that Mr. Campfield, Edward Griswold and Mr. Bond, should be nominated at the next Court, in May then next. May 16, 1661, the Gen. Court appointed Wm. Wadsworth, Mr. Campfield and John Moore, "to ripen ye case respecting the horses in controversy twixt Reynold Marven and Matthew Gris- wold, for ye determination of ye Court." (Print. Col. Rec.)
The Gen. Court, in Oct., 1661, appointed Mr. Gould, Mr. Sher- man, Mr. Knowles, and Mr. Campfield, or any three of them, pro- vided Mr. Gould was one, to try the case of Joseph Jeames and Marcy Holbridge, and inflict such punishment as they should judge proper.
As full evidence of the high reputation of Matthew Campfield in the Conn. Colony, I mention that he was one of the nineteen petition- ers to King Charles II., for the Charter of Conn., and is named in the charter as petitioner and grantee. Notwithstanding the exalted reputation he enjoyed in the Colony, ; Hon. Matthew, after the union
* Southerton is by this Court named Mistick, in memory of that victory God was pleased to give this people of Connecticut over the Pequot Indians." By Major Mason, Lieut. Bull, &c. (Col. Rec., p. 216.)
t First settlers of Newark, New Jersey, from Connecticut.
May 11, 1665, the union of the Connecticut and New Haven Colonies was effected, to which Rev. Ab'm Pierson and others of Branford, Guilford, New Haven, and Milford, were so violently opposed, that they determined to remove, and in 1665, agents were sent from these towns to examine the country on the Passaic River, in New Jersey, and make purchases of the Indians, and other arrangements necessary for a removal. The Committee were Capt. Robert Treat, John Curtis, Jasper Crane, and John Treat. They purchased the land comprising the an- cient town of Newark, N. J. The price paid was £130, New England currency, twelve Indian blankets, and twelve guns.
Preparatory to a removal, the emigrants from Guilford, Branford and Milford, met and adopted the following " PLANTATION COVENANT."
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of the Conn. and New Haven Colonies, removed to Newark, N. J., with his family, where the name is now numerous, particularly in Newark and Orange. His son Samuel remained at Norwalk, as appears by a deed to him by, his father Matthew, when Matthew describes himself late of Norwake, now resident of Newarke, in the Colony of New Jersey, dated April 1, 1669. Hon. Matthew was an early magistrate in Newark.
Deuteronomy, i: 13. Exodus, xviii : 21. Deut., xvii : 15. Jeremiah, xxvi : 21. 1. None shall be admitted freemen or free burgesses within our town upon Passaic River, in the Province of New Jersey, but such planters as are members of some or other of the Congregational Churches ; nor shall any but such be chosen to magistracy, or to carry on any part of civil judicature, or as deputies or assistants to have power to vote in establishing laws, and making and repealing them, or to any chief civil trust or office. Nor shall any but such church inembers have any vote in any such elections, though all others admitted to be planters have right to their proper inheritances, and do and shall enjoy all other civil liberties and privileges, according to all laws, orders, grants, which are or hereafter shall be made for this town.
2. We shall with care and diligence provide for the maintainance of the purity of religion professed in the Congregational Churches. Whereunto subscribed from time to time, until the removal, which happened June 24, 1667, the following persons:
Abraham Pierson, Branford.
Mr. Robert Kitchell, Guilford.
Samuel Kitchell, (his son,) Guilford.
Nathaniel Wheeler, Stratford.
Rev. Jeremiah Peck, (son-in-law,) Guilford. Mr. Jasper Crane, Branford.
Zechariah Burwell, Milford.
Samuel Swaine,
Laurence Ward,
Thomas Blachley, Samuel Plum,
William Camp, Henry Lyon, John Brown, John Rogers, Stephen Davis, Derby.
Josiah Ward, Samuel Rose,
J. Brooks .- [mark J. B.]
Thomas Pierson,
Robert Lyman .- [mark V.]
John Ward,
Francis Linchs .- [mark F.] Daniel Tichenor, N. Haven.
Richard Harrison,
John Bauldwin, Sen., Milford.
Ebenezer Canfield, Milford.
John Ward, Sen., Branford.
John Bauldwin, Jun., Guilford. Jonathan Tompkins, Milford.
John Harrison, John Crane,
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George Day.
Thomas Huntington,
Robert Doglich .-- (Douglass.)
Delivered Crane,
Hauns, Albers, New York.
Aaron Blachley,
Thomas Morris.
Richard Lawrence, =
John Johnson, Guilford.
Hugh Roberts. Eph. Pennington, New Haven.
Thomas [his x mark] Lyon, Branford. Robert Treat, Milford.
Martin Tichenor. Jolın Brown, Jr.
Obadiah Bruen, New London.
Jonathan Sergeant, Guilford.
Matthew Canfield, Milford, (Norwalk.)
Michael Tompkins,
Stephen Freeman,
Thomas Johnson,
John Curtiss, Stratford.
Eph. Burwell, Milford,
Robert Dennison, [mark R.]
Ed. Riggs, (Milford.)
John Catlin, 66
Joseph Walters.
Azariah Crane, Branford. Samuel Lyon, Joseph Riggs, Derby. Steplien Bond.
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CANFIELD, SAMUEL, son of Hon. Matthew, sold his house-lot granted by the town of Norwalk, located between Tho's Betts, Sen., and Ephraim Lockwood, in 1669. (Hall and Rec.) Samuel's name is in the list of those who had home-lots in Norwalk, but the exact time is not pointed out. He probably went to Norwalk with his father, from New Haven, between 1652 and 1654. In 1675, he sold the north part of his home-lot in Norwalk, to Joseph Smith, then late from Long Island. He had a house and four acres of land at N., Dec. 17, 1681. He had four acres, home-lot, in 1670 ; free, 1669. In the list of children, about 1672, in Norwalk, (he,) Sam- uel Camfield, had one child. Samuel Canfield (perhaps Sam'l, Jun.) m. Abigail Austin, daughter of Tho's, of Stamford, Aug. 1, 1709, and had a son Samuel, b. June 4, 1710. His wife Abigail d. June 11, 1710, and he m. Abigail Dean, May 9, 1711, and he died Sept., 1712.
CANFIELD, EBENEZER, of Branford or Norwalk, signed the contract of the company at Branford, forming rules to regulate their town on Passaic River, in New Jersey, Oct. 30, 1665. He was, as noted above, son of Matthew.
CAMPFIELD, NATHANIEL, had a home-lot at Norwalk of five acres in the first list of lots; time uncertain ; perhaps 1652. He probably removed or d. without issue. He was Deputy to the Gen. Court in Hartford in 1655, from Norwalk.
CANFIELD, THOMAS, Sen., of Milford, was not one of the first settlers at Milford, Ct. He probably was there as early as 1647, from N. H. His wife was Phebe, and his son Thomas was born there Oct. 14, 1654. This family and his descendants, on the Mil- ford, New Haven and Newark records, have usually spelled the name Canfield. He purchased of John Birdseye, in Milford, one acre, one rood and eight poles of land, and had three acres for his home-lot in 1647. He had liberty from the town of Milford, to ex- change a part of his land on the Plaine, in 1659. Serg't Thomas Camfield had four acres of the town, for supporting a gate at New field. He had one and a half acres of swamp in the West field, and a meadow East. He gave his sons, Tho's, Jun. and Jeremiah, lands which were confirmed to them by their father, Tho's, Sen., in 1687. He represented the town of Milford in the General Court in October, 1674, and in October, 1676, &c. Lieut. Thomas Canfield was
Mr. Robert Kitchell was a leading civil magistrate at Newark, and was called at Newark, " the benefactor" of the settlement. He went from Gullford, and occupied (R. D. Smith says) the place in Guilford, now occupied by the family of Judge Griffin.
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taxed in Milford in 1686, on £154. He was admitted into the church at M. in 1657. His will is dated Feb. 23, 1687. Inventory dated Aug. 22, 1689, £482, 1s. 2d., in which he notices his three married daughters, Sarah, Phebe, Elizabeth, and gave them £5 each, payable one year after his wife's death. He gave his dau'r Abigail, three acres of land, and gave his three unmarried dau'rs, £20 each, payable at their marriage. He mentions his son John Smith, and his two sons, Thomas and Jeremiah Canfield, who were his executors. This Thomas, Sen., is found to be the ancestor of the Milford, Derby, New Milford and Sharon families, and a part of those of the name in Newark, New Jersey, and Orange.
CANFIELD, THO'S, SEN., and Phebe, his wife, had issue, 1. Tho's, Jun., b. Oct. 14, 1654; 2. Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1656-7 ; 3. Jer- emiah, b. -; 4. Hannah, b. Nov. 20, 1657 ; 5. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1659-60 ; 6. Ealis ? a d'r, b. Dec. 16, 1667 ; 7. Mehitabel, b. July 2, 1671. Also, Abigail, Sarah and Phebe. (N. Haven Pro- bate and Milford Records.)
The children settled his estate, Oct. 2, 1689.
CANFIELD, THOMAS, JUN., (spelled Campfield,) wife not found, had issue, Rebecca, b. Jan. 28, 1682; Israel, b. March 24, 1684, went to Newark ; Abiram, (and supposed a Thomas.) His son Abiram settled in Derby, where he d. in 1772. This Thomas, Jun., d. in 1711 or 12, as the record of lands in M. speaks of land deeded by Israel and Abiram, sons of Tho's Canfield, late dec'd, to Tho's, their older brother, April 30, 1712.
CANFIELD, JEREMIAH, son of Tho's, Sen., had children, Thomas, b. Sept. 16, 1704; Jeremiah, Jun., b. June, m. Judah Mal- lory ; Phebe, b. Jan. 27, 1715-16 ; Mary, b. June 30, 1719 ; per- haps others. The record speaks of Jeremiah Canfield, son of Serg't Tho's, and father of Thomas, deceased, June 30, 1712.
CANFIELD, THOMAS, of Milford, m. Mary Camp, Jan. 3, 1705-6, and had six children, viz., Thomas, b. Dec. 28, 1706, died 1712 ; Mary, b. April or May 24, 1709; Joel, b. Feb. 7, 1711-12 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 1, 1714; Gidion, b. June 4, 1717 ; second Tho's, b. Aug. 6, 1720.
CANFIELD, THOMAS, son of Jeremiah, had sons Loriah ? Jeremiah, Tho's, and perhaps others.
CANFIELD, JEREMIAH, son of Jeremiah, and grandson of Thomas, Sen., had six children, viz., Azariah, Samuel, Jeremiah, Zarobabell, Jemima, Joseph. He was an original purchaser of the town of New Milford, in 1706. His son, Jeremiah, and daughter
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Jemima, not being on the N. Milford record, probably remained at Milford.
The Milford record speaks of Thomas, in the line of Thomas, liv- ing in Washington, Ct., and settling his father's estate at Milford, July 29, 1783.
CANFIELD, JEREMIAH, of Milford, son of Thomas, of Mil- ford, m. Judah Mallory ; his will dated Sept. 18, 1756. He gave his wife Judah, one-third, and his only son, David, of New Milford, one-half his home-lot, house, barn and all his land undisposed of in New Milford. Also notices his daughters, Phebe Smith and Mary Collins. Appointed his only son, David, of N. Milford, his sole executor.
CANFIELD, ABIRAM, son of Thomas, Jun., removed early to Derby ; m. Ruth, and had issue, John, Samuel, Wm., Joseph and Josiah. His will proved at N. Haven, June, 1772, John Canfield, executor. He noticed one-third of his estate to Ruth, his wife ; also, names his grandson, Samuel, son of his son, Dr. Samuel, deceased, of Derby ; also his grandson, Abel, son of his son Wm., deceased, and of his three living sons, John, Joseph and Josiah.
CANFIELD, WM., son of Abiram, of Derby, d. about 1761 ; his brother John, adm'r ; widow, Hannah, 1761. Inventory, £430, 16s. 5d., dated Oct. 9, 1761. He left four children, and his widow Hannah was appointed guardian over the children, Abel, Hannah, Reuben and Levi Canfield, minor children of Wm., dec'd, 1762.
CANFIELD, DR. SAMUEL, of Derby, son of Abiram ; Mary, his widow, and John, his brother, administrators, Sept., 1766. Mary, his widow, appointed guardian for his children, Feb. 26, 1767, viz., Samuel, Siba, Sabere, Salle, Suse and Sylva, children of Dr. Can- field.
CANFIELD, THOMAS, the first of the name found on the rec- ord at New Milford, and one of the original purchasers in 1706, and paid towards it £1, 4s. After this, he disappears from the record. But Jeremiah was also an original proprietor of the town, and his was the 8th family that removed into the town, (from Milford.) He removed with four sons, viz., Azariah, Samuel, Zerobbabel and Joseph.
CANFIELD, AZARIAH, had Benajah, Nath'l, and Asahel ; he removed to Vermont.
CANFIELD, SAMUEL, son of Jeremiah, remained at New Mil- ford, and had five sons, viz., Jeremiah, Heth, John, Samuel and Ol- iver. Samuel's branch of the four brothers became distinguished,
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when Litchfield County was established in 1751. Hon. Samuel Can- field was a Justice of the Quorum of the C. C., and so continued until 1754. He was also a member of the Legislature repeatedly.
CANFIELD, ZEROBABEL, son of Jeremiah, m. and had five children, viz., Nathan, Lemuel, Enos, Daniel and Hannah. He re- sided in the society of Bridgewater, in N. Milford.
JOSEPH, son of Jeremiah Canfield, settled on Second Hill, in N. Milford ; m. and had four children, viz., Joseph, Jun., Isaac, Rhoda and Eunice.
JEREMIAH, son of Hon. Samuel Canfield, resided in New Mil- ford, and had five children, viz., John, Jeremiah, Betsey, Abigail and Polly.
HETH, son of Samuel, lived on Second Hill, in N. Milford, and had a daughter and perhaps others.
JOHN, son of Hon. Samuel, settled in Sharon.
SAMUEL, COL., son of Hon. Samuel Canfield, resided in New Milford ; had seven children, viz., Philo, Ithamer, Asher, Herman, Judson, Lorraina, and Rebecca. He was standing Representative for the town about twenty-five sessions of the Legislature ; a man of influence in the town and state.
OLIVER, son of Samuel, had three sons, viz., Homer, Abel and Ira.
NATHAN, son of Zarobabel, settled in Arlington, Vt. His brother LEMUEL, m. Sarah Burton, and had issue, Daniel, Burton, Esq., Anna, Lemuel, Augustine, Orlando, d. young ; Lemuel lived in Bridgewater, N. M.
ENOS, brother of Lemuel, d. by exposure in the French war, and had no family.
DANIEL d. suddenly and young. He and his father were inter- red in the same grave at Bridgewater.
JOSEPH, JUN., son of Joseph, lived on Second Hill, in N. Milford, and had children, Joel, Jerusha, d., and one other.
ISAAC, brother of Joseph, Jun., had three daughters ; no sons.
JOHN, had three wives, and children, Treat, Everton C., Amza, George, Arza, Polly, Betsey, Laura, Phebe, Louisa. He lived in Bridgewater Society, N. M.
HETH, son of - -, lived on Second Hill, N. Milford, and had three children, Ransome, Lawrence and Alanson.
PHILO, son of Col. Samuel, had issue, Ransom, Avis, and two other daughters ; he was a farmer.
ITHAMER, son of Col. Samuel, resided in New Milford ; became 41
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a man of a large estate, and died over 80 years of age. He m. Miss Starr, and had children, Col. Samuel Canfield, Betsey Booth, and Royal I. Canfield. Betsey and Royal I. are yet living.
HERMAN, son of Col. Samuel, removed to Ohio.
HON. JUDSON, son of Col. Samuel, and nephew of Hon. John, of Sharon, graduated at Yale Coll., 1782, and settled as a lawyer in Sharon in 1787. He became Judge of the County Court, in Litch- field County, a member of the Council, &c., and late in life removed with his family to the town of Canfield, in Ohio, where he d. in 1839, over 80 years of age. He left a son, Henry J., and some daughters.
COL. SAMUEL, a brother of Hon. Judson, also settled at Sharon, in early life, as a merchant, where he held the office of Town Clerk and other places of trust.
ASHER, son of Col. Samuel, a brother of Ithamer, m. Miss Rug- gles ; removed to South America, where he died, and left a widow and children. His father, Col. Samuel, who was son of Samuel, Sen., was also a Justice of the Quorum in Litchfield County from 1777 to 1790.
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