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ALLEN, CALEB, son of Edward, 2d, m. Hannah Eaton, of Haverhill, in 1721, and had a daughter Hannah, b. Feb. 6, 1722-3 ; Tamer, b. Dec. 3, 1723; Lydia, b. Aug. 16, 1726.
ALLEN, EBENEZER, son of William, Sen., m. Mercy Allen, of Suffield, Sept. 20, 1724, and had Benjamin, b. Jan. 12, 1724-5; Mercy, b. Nov. 2, 1726 ; Ebenezer, b. Feb. 9, 1728-9 ; Zilpah, b. at Sheffield, Sept. 24, 1731; Ruth, b. Feb. 27, 173 -; Mary, b. March 24, 1736 ; Samuel, b. Feb. 21, 1737-8; Zilpah, d. 1740 ; Caleb, b. Jan. 11, 1740-1 ; Simeon, b. Sept. 10, 1744. This family
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of Allens, descendants of Edward, Sen., are now found in Enfield. One of the great-grandsons of Hon. Mathew, also removed from East Windsor to Enfield, and perhaps has descendants there now.
ALLEN, JOSEPH, of Coventry, son of Mercy, removed in early life from Coventry, as is now supposed to Woodbury, where he m. Mary Baker, March 11, 1736-7, a sister of Remember Baker, and soon after, as appears by the birth of his first child, removed to Litch- field, where it was born. He removed from Litchfield to Cornwall, about 1740. Col. Ethan Allen, the hero of the battle of Benning- ton, was born at Litchfield, Jan. 10, 1737-8, (as appears by the Litchfield record.) He had other sons, brothers of Col. Ethan, viz : Hon. Heman, Heber, Levi, Zimri, and Ira. This family early re- moved to Vermont, where several of them became distinguished. Gen. Ethan Allen, one of the most distinguished officers in the war of the Revolution, d. Feb. 15, 1789, aged 52.
Samuel Allen m. Hannah Woodford, at Northampton, Nov. 29, 1659. The following were those who had coats of arms. The name of ALAN has three coats of arms. ALLEN, (Viscount,) one. ALLEN, (Bath, ) one. ALLEN, (Chelsea, 1563,) one. ALLEN, or ALLEYN, (Suffield and Wilts, ) one. ALLEN, (Stanton, Wood- house, Derbyshire, 1586,) one. ALLEN, (Devonshire, ) one. AL- LEN, (Essex.) Three different coats of arms in Essex. ALLEN, (Grove, near Maidstone, Co. Kent, 1610,) one. ALLEN, (Kent,) two of Kent, unlike. ALLEN, (Hoyland, W. R. Co. York,) one. ALLEN, (Lancashire,) one. ALLEN, (Whitson, Leicestershire,) one. ALLEN, (Sheriff of London, 1620,) one. ALLEN, (Lon- don,) five of this name in London. ALLEN, (Suffolk and Sussex,) one. ALLEN, or ALLEYN, (Edward, founder of Dulwich Col- lege, Co. Surrey, b. in 1566, d. in 1626,) one. ALLEN, (York- shire,) and fifteen others for the same name. In all, forty-one coats of arms for this name. Also eight for ALLAN: two for AL- EYNE : two for ALEN: three for ALLEYN: three for AL- LEYNE : one for ALLIN : four for ALLYN.
Richard Allin, James Atkinson, James Allin, Joan Allin, embarked in the ship Safety, John Grant, Master, from England, to Virginia, Aug. 1635. JAMES ALLIN, of Dedham, Mass., and his wife Anne, had John, b. 1639 ; Mary and Martha, b. 1641. Edward Allein, d. at Dedham, in 1642. THOMAS ALLYNE, of Barnstable, 1644. MATHEWE ALLEN, freeman in Massachusetts, March 4, 1634- 5. THOMAS ALLEN, of Scituate, is of the list of those in the town, in 1643, able to bear arms, between the ages of 16 and 60 years.
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ROBERT ALLIN, Dedham, freeman 1671. SAMUELL and NE- HEMIAH ALLINE, took the oath of allegiance at Northampton, Mass., Feb. 8, 1678. SAMUEL ALLEN, Gov. of New Hamp- shire, 1698. ROGER ALLEN, was a single man and resided in the New Haven Colony, in 1639, and 1643. Also HENRY ALLEN, as early as 1645. TIMOTHY ALLEN, not known as a relative of Robert Allyn, was at Norwich, as early as 1669. THOMAS AL. LEN, was Deacon at Middletown, in 1670, supposed brother of Mathew, Sen. Obadiah Allen, made Deacon at Middletown, May 31, 1704. Deacon Jonathan Allen, of Middletown, d. 1780, aged 80. HON. JOHN ALLEN, of Litchfield, an eminent Lawyer of Litchfield County, represented the town in 1793, and 1796, was Clerk of the House, and five other sessions, and Member of Con- gress, from 1797 to 1799 : an Assistant from Litchfield District, from 1800 to 1806. Gideon, James, James, Jr., and Noble Allen, of Bethlem, have each represented the town of Bethlehem, one ses- sion. James, of Cornwall, one session. Austin, of Goshen, one session. Henry, of Barkhampstead, one session. Mathew of the same town, five sessions. Pelatiah, of same, twenty-three sessions, and Sanford Allen, of same town, one session. Rev. Mr. Thomas Allen, of Pittsfield, Mass., m. Miss Elizabeth Lee, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Lee, of Salisbury, Conn., Feb. 18, 1768. Joseph Allen, aged 30, husbandman, and his wife, Ann, 30, embarked in the Ab- bigall, de London, Hackwell, Master, for New England, per certifi- cate from the Minister of Cranbrook, in Kent, England.
The Allens, in the early settlement of New England, were nearly as numerous as the Smiths and Jones's, but have produced many eminent men, members of Congress, Presidents of Colleges and D. D's., with several celebrated Lawyers.
Joseph Allen, an Englishman, settled at Wethersfield, Conn., be- fore A. D. 1700.
ALLIS, (Allice,) WILLIAM, Deacon at Braintree, Mass., was admitted freeman in 1640, and d. in Massachusetts, Oct. 1653. He had children : John, b. March 5, 1642 ; Samuel, b. Feb. 24, 1647 ; Josiah, b. Oct. 20, 1651, and William, b. Jan. 10, 165 -. (Farmer.) Rev. Samuel Allis, was the first Minister at Somers, Conn., where he was ordained 1727.
ALLIS, WILLIAM, of Wethersfield, m. Mary Griswold, daugh- ter of Jacob, Dec. 15, 1709, by Rev. Stephen Mix, of Wethersfield : children, Mary, b. Nov. 22, 1711; Lidia, b. Sept. 14, 1713 ; Sa- rah, b. Oct. 6, 1715. John Allis, d. May 13, 1756, aged 28 years.
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ALLIS, NATHANIEL, of Bolton, d. in 1750. His widow Eliz- abeth, and son David, executors. Children, David, Jonathan, Na- thaniel, John, Ebenezer, Timothy, Mary Johns, (she left heirs, Ben- jamin and Stephen Johns,) Jemima Root, Mindwell Rood, and Mar- cy Coleman. He gave to his son David all his lands and buildings in Bolton, if David should pay £1000 in legacies given by the will to his other children within six years after the death of the father, and support his father and mother during their lives. Estate over £2000. (Inventory dated Jan. 1750.)
ALLIS, JOHN, of Wethersfield, son of William, d. 1760; wife Zeruiah. She afterwards m. David Webster. ABEL, the only son of John, aged six years. ABIGAIL, of Wethersfield, d. in 1762.
ALLIS, WILLIAM, of Wethersfield, an aged man in 1756. The father of the above John, made his will and noticed his grandson, Abel, by giving him all his lands. He also noticed his grandson, Ebenezer Sanford, son of his daughter Mary or Mercy, then deceased. Also his grandchildren, William and Experience Barrett, children of his daughter Mercy, deceased. His daughter Lydia Collins, wife of John Collins. His daughter Sarah Kelsey, wife of Ezekiel Kel- sey. His daughter Ann Pike, wife of Samuel Pike. He appointed Sergeant Isaac North, Executor of his will. Estate £151, 12s. 8d. He had resided at Kensington, near Berlin, in Conn.
ALLIS, JOHN and WILLIAM, resided at Hatfield, Mass., 1668. In 1672, SAMUEL ALLIS resided at Hatfield, with widow Allis, and both were taxed there in 1680. COL. WILLIAM ALLIS had a son Dexter, born at Hadley, Mass., Feb. 1697. Nathan Graves, m. Rebecca Allis, at Hadley, in 1702. JOHN and SAMUEL AL- LICE, of Hadley, took the oath of allegiance in Massachusetts, in 1678. DANIEL AULLICE, (perhaps Allis,) of Dedham, freeman, 1690. CAPT. JOHN ALLICE, made free in Massachusetts, May, 1640. REV. SAMUEL ALLIS, of Somers, and others of Connec- ticut, were probably of the family of Braintree. John, of Hatfield, Mass., m. widow Mary Clark, Dec. 14, 1669, and had a daughter Abigail, born there, Feb. 25, 1671. HANNAH ALLIS, of Hat- field, m. William Scott, June 28, 1670. Sarah Allis, d. at Wind- sor, March 6, 1852, aged 92 years. Two of this name have gradu- ated at Yale College, and Samuel Allis, at Harvard College, in 1724.
ALLISON, JOHN, of Hartford, purchased land of Samuel Gra- ham, in Hartford, in 1726.
ALLISON, JAMES, was of Boston, in 1644, and had a son James,
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b. in 1650. (Farmer.) Two of this name graduated at Yale Col- lege, before 1851.
ALLISTON, WILLIAM, was of Windsor, previous to 1700. No facts are found concerning him.
ALMER, BENEDICT, in Hartford, 1643. (Wm. Almy, of Lynn, Mass., in 1636. Sandwich, 1637.
ALSAP, (Alsup, Alsope,) of New London, 1674. He is sup- posed to be Joseph Alsope, who came to New England in the Eliza- beth and Ann, Roger C. master. Thomas came in the same vessel at another time.
ALSUP, or ALSOP, THOMAS, of Simsbury, d. insolvent. He was drowned in the River at Windsor, March 2, 1724-5.
ALSOP, RICHARD, Robert Field, Sen., and Jr., John Bull, and others, of Newtown, L. I., in 1655-6, Three of the name of Alsop, graduated at Yale College, before 1850.
The name of Alsop, ( Alsope, Co. Derby, ) has one coat of arms. Alsop, (Lord Mayor of London, 1752.) Alsope, (Derbyshire.) Alsoppe, (London, 1797,) one. Thomas Alsopp, aged 20, embarked from England, May 14, for New England, in the Elizabeth and Ann, Roger Cooper, Master.
AMADOWN, ROGER, Salem, 1637, Weymouth, 1640, Boston, 1643, mentioned by Farmer. Farmer says, probably d. at Reho- both, Nov. 13, 1673 : was probably the same man who is called upon the Connecticut Records, Anadowne, Anadacom, Roger, at Hartford, in 1643, when Mr. Whiting and Capt. Mason, were to examine whether the country, or an individual should pay the debts due him. JACOB AMADON, (probably the same name) gradua- ted at Harvard College, in 1775-
This was an old name in Boston and Weymouth, and is yet found in Connecticut.
AMBECK, MR. JOHANNES, of Hartford, had a daughter, Ju- dith, b. Dec. 5, 1654. He d. Dec. 30, 1658, and his widow mar- ried the same year, Mr. Paulus Schritt, (Dutch settlers.)
AMBLER, MR. ABRAHAM, of Stamford, Conn., m. Mary-, Dec. 25, 1662, and had issue : Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1663; Abraham, b. Jan. 5, 1665 ; John, b. Feb. 18, 1667; Joshua, b. Sept. 8, 1670 ; Sarras, (a daughter,) b. Oct. 6, 1672, perhaps others.
AMBLER, ABRAHAM, JR., of Stamford, had Sarah, b. Dec. 29, 1721 ; Abraham, Jr., b. Feb. 2, 1724, and others.
AMBLER, STEPHEN, and DEBORAH, of Stamford, had John, b. March 24, 1728-9; Joseph, b. Oct 4, 1727, and others.
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ABRAHAM, of Stamford, as early as 1685, on the 26th of May, was one of the Patentees of Stamford, granted by the Govern- ment and Company. This Abraham was the son of Richard Amb- ler of Watertown, Mass., who was there, says Farmer, in 1639. and had a son Abraham, b. in 1642. ABRAHAM was the first of the name in Connecticut. His descendants are now found at Trumbull, Danbury, Bethlem and other towns in Connecticut, and respectable wherever located.
The names of Ambler and Anbler have a coat of arms, viz : " Sa. on a fesse or, betw. three pheons ar. a lion pass-guard. gre. Crest, two dexter hands conjoined, sustaining a royal crown.
AMBLAR, JOHN, of Dover, New Hampshire, m. Elizabeth Trickey, Nov. 6, 1706, and had children, Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1709-10, in Portsmouth ; John, b. in Portsmouth, 1711; Joseph, b. 1714, in Dover ; Abraham, b. 1716 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 1718-19 ; Elizabeth, b. 1724. (N. E. Gen. Register, p. 449.)
AMBLER, RICHARD, of Cambridge, 1660.
AMBLER, is an old name in Watertown, Mass.
AMBLER, DAVID, EsQ., of Bethlem, represented Woodbury, Conn., in 1787, and Bethlem, in 1787 : in all, ten sessions in the Legislature of Connecticut.
AMBLER, F. P. EsQ., Representative from the town of Trum- bull, in the General Assembly of Connecticut, in 1849.
AMBLER, RICHARD, of Watertown, 1639 : son Abraham, b. in 1642. (Farmer.) Probably the same Richard, found at Cam- bridge, in 1660.
AMES, ROBERT, and wife Sarah, had children b. at Wethers- field, viz : William, b. Aug. 7, 1768; Sarah, b. April 24, 1771. Mr. Robert Ames, d. in Nov., 1771. He also had a son John, and perhaps others. He probably came from Massachusetts, to Weth- ersfield. Estate, £373, 13s. 7d.
AMES, JOHN, of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, son of Robert, was b. Nov., 1733, and d. July 16, 1790. He m. Abigail Butler, who was b. June 30, 1737, and d. Feb. 23, 1800. They had eleven children, viz : Daniel, b. Feb. 1, 1751, and d. Nov. 19, 1822-he lost one of his arms by a pistol ball. He resided in Southington, and taught school for a livelihood after he lost his arm. Philemon, b. Oct. 8, 1758, and d. June 9, 1797-m. Ruth Hurlbut, who was b. Oct. 1760. He was a ship-carpenter or builder, and master of the ship yard at Rocky Hill. He was a gentleman of great firmness of character. He died when only 39 years of age, and left but one 5
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child, Eunice Ames-she m. Frederick Robbins, of Wethersfield. John, son of John, b. Aug. 31, 1760, and died of the small pox, aged 16 years. Benjamin, son of John, b. Oct. 29, 1762, and d. Nov., 1795. Mahitabel, b. March 21, 1765, and d. aged 10 years. Will- iam, b. July 31, 1765, d. July 2, 1811. Eunice, b. Sept. 4, 1769, d. in 1775. Robert, b. April 20, 1772, d. in 1775. Abigail, b. June 3, 1774 ; m. Russell Mackee, and was living at Middletown, in 1840. She had four children, William the eldest then lived in Philadelphia ; Henry, the second son, was a sea captain, and com- manded a brig in the West India trade. Abigail died by an injury received by the bursting of a boiler of the steamboat, when on her way home from Albany, having then recently lost her husband at sea, Capt. Joseph Stocking. She was left a widow with infant twin sons. Joseph, was a merchant in New York. John Ames, b. May 1, 1777, son of John, d. in 1778. Mary Ames, b. June 1, 1780, d. in 1821, making eleven children. This family originated from the Ames family in Massachusetts. Horatio Ames, of Salisbury, Conn., is not of the family at Wethersfield, but came from Massachusetts to Salisbury; where he has a family, and is largely engaged in the iron business. There are but few families of the name in Connecti- cut at this time.
AMES, ROBERT, of Wethersfield. Estate distributed 1772 : left a widow, Sarah, who had dower. He owned land at Barkhamp- stead. He left a son William-had £199, 4s., besides the widow's life estate. Sarah Ames, only daughter, £99, 12s.
AMES, JOHN, son of Richard, of Bruton, in Somersetshire, set- tled at Bridgewater, Mass., and d. without issue. William Ames, his brother, of Braintree, 1641. His son, John, b. May 24, 1647, set- tled at Bridgewater, and had sons : John, Nathaniel, Thomas, Will- iam and David. The above Nathaniel, b. 1677, was the father of Dr. Nathaniel Ames, whose Almanacks were published forty years, successively, b. in 1708. He was the father of Hon. Fisher Ames, LL. D., the former learned and distinguished orator of Massachusetts. WILLIAM AMES, son of Rev. William Ames, D. D., professor of the University of Frankar, in Holland, who d. in Nov., 1633, aged 57, graduated at Harvard College, 1645 : he went to England, and was minister of Wrentham, where he d. in 1689, aged 66. His mother came to Salem, and d. at Cambridge, Dec. 23, 1644. (Farmer.)
Ten of this name had graduated at Harvard College, before 1849. The name of Ames, (Clifton and Bristol,) has a coat of arms. As has Ames or Amos.
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AMES, WILLIAM, of Braintree, had daughters, Hannah and Rebecca, born there, as early as 1642 : made free in Mass., 1647.
Ames has been an old name at Boston and Braintree, and has been highly respectable in Massachusetts and Connecticut, from the early settlement.
AMOS, HUGH, of Norwich, established the first regular ferry over the Shetucket River, in 1671. AMOS or AMES has a coat of arms. AMES, (Clifton and Bristol, ) one.
AMOS, HUGH, made free at Boston, 1666, probably the same who was at Norwich, in 1671. Few of this name (if any) are now found in Connecticut.
ANDERSON FRANCIS, of Hartford, d. in 1771. Ashbel An- derson, of East Windsor, d. in 1777-Abigail, his widow.
ANDERSON, GAWEN, admitted freeman in Massachusetts, 1640. JOHN, of Boston, 1647, and John, of Ipswich, in 1665. ( Farmer.) Four of this name have graduated at Yale College, and four at Harvard College.
The name of Anderson, has twenty coats of arms.
Richard Anderson, Martin and Edward Atkinson, and others, em- barked in the Merchant's Hope, Hugh Weston, Master, after the usual examination at Gravesend, &c. Probably in 1635. JOHN ANDERSON, SEN., made free at Boston, 1673.
ANDREWS, WILLIAM, was an early settler at Hartford ; he was in the first land division in 1639, and had thirty acres ; he was the first school-master, and contracted with the townsmen, to teach a year, for £16, in 1640. He was a Juror in March, 1644. He resided south of Little River, adjoining the river, west of John Hop- kins' lot, and west by the road from the Mill to the country. It was voted, Dec. 6, 1642 to appropriate £30 for the school in Hartford. In 1643, £16 was ordered to be paid Wm. Andrews, as teacher.
William Andrews had a son Samuel, b. at Hartford, Oct. 20, 1645. His daughter Abigail, d. in 1653 : probably other children. There was a William Andrews in the New Haven Colony, an early settler there. He is in the list of families there, in 1643, with eight persons in his family. He was also a subscriber to the fundamen- tal agreement made in a general meeting of all the free planters of New Haven : probably in 1639. (See note to ATWATER.) He was also at East Haven afterwards, and was not the same Wm. Andrews, the early settler of this name, at Hartford.
Samuel Andrews, supposed son of William, went from Hartford
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to Saybrook, and from thence to Norwich, and was a brother of John Birchard's wife.
Francis Andrews, with Samuel Martin, were recognized in the sum of £40 in 1646, to appear before the next Court at Hartford, for hav- ing put on board of a vessel at Hartford, ninety-seven bushels of corn, and left Hartford without entering the corn. Francis had sons John and Thomas baptized at Hartford, Jan, 2, 1647, and per- haps others. He purchased the north half of Richard Butler's lot, in Hartford.
ANDREWS, JAMES, m. -; had a son John baptized Sept. 27, 1646 ; also Thomas, baptized Jan. 1647, at Hartford : perhaps others.
ANDREWS, JOHN, SEN., Hartford, d. in 1681 ; wife Mary. His sons were, Benjamin, John, Abraham, Daniel and Joseph. He had grandchildren, Thomas Barnes, John Andrews, Abraham An- drews, John Richards, Daniel Andrews, Ezekiel Buck, and Joseph, the son of his son John. He had daughters, Mary Barnes, Hannah Richards, and Rachel Buck. He gave each of his grandchildren named, a legacy.
ANDREWS, JOHN, JR., m. Hannah Gillet, April 23, 1702, of Hartford, and had issue b. Nov 25, 1703; Elizabeth, b, Feb. 7, 1705-6 ; Abigail, b. Feb. 21, 1707-8 ; Asahel, b. Dec. 2, 1711, &c.
ANDREWS, STEPHEN, m. Sarah Gillet, March 29, 1705 : is- sue, Elisha, b. July 10, 1706; Dinah, b. Aug. 10, 1708 ; Charles, b. Oct. 3, 1710, &c.
ANDREWS, SOLOMON and ELIZABETII, had issue at Hart- ford : Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1708, &c., d. in 1712. Inventory, £175, 12s. 4d. Elizabeth, his relict, d. after her husband, and.noticed in her verbal will, Ephraim Tucker. Her estate, £39, 10s.
ANDREWS, ABRAHAM, son of John, Sen., settled at Water- bury : widow Sarah, "enciente" at his death : she was sister of Thom- as Porter. He d. May 3, 1693. Inventory of his estate offered in 1693. Estate £177, 17s. Issue, Sarah, Abraham, Jr., Mary, Ben- jamin and Robert.
ANDROSS, JOSEPH, son of John Andrews, of Hartford, (spelt Andross.) John, his father, administrator. Estate insolvent, 1698-9.
ANDREWS, JOSEPH, SEN., son of John, of Farmington, settled at Wethersfield, and died there, in 1706. His widow, Rebeckah, exhibited his will in 1706. The widow, and his son Joseph, execu- tors. Issue, viz : Joseph, Jr., Benjamin, William, Caleb, aged 15
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years, in 1709 ; Rebecca, aged 17, and Ann, 13. The mother, Re- becca, guardian for the three last. Estate £413, 7s. 4d.
ANDREWS, EDWARD, d. in 1673-was a brother-in-law of Josiah Adkins. He left a wife and children. Josiah Howlton m. his sister. (Gideon, of Fairfield, juror in 1730. Thomas of Mid- dletown, d. in 1690, and left children, Thomas, John, Samuel, Han- nah, Elizabeth, Sarah and Abigail.) Edward resided in East Hart- ford, in 1655-will dated July, 1673. Edward was made free at Hartford, 1657. Inventory dated Nov. 25, 1673. Estate £265, 12s. He gave Josiah Adkins, ten acres for liis child, the child of his sister, Adkins.
ANDREWS, THOMAS, of Middletown. Inventory of his es- tate offered in 1690. His son Thomas, administrator. Issue, Thom- as, John, Samuel, Hannah, Elizabeth, Sarah and Abigail. He was probably son of Francis, of Hartford ; baptized at Hartford, Jan. 2, 1645. A Thomas Andrews, of Hartford, m. Love Knight, daugh- ter of George, Nov. 20, 1702.
ANDROSS, RICHARD, had a deed of Amos Dodge, in Wind- sor, in 1720.
ANDREWS, JOHN, and Rachel his wife, of Middletown, (Vol. II, p. 19) : children, Samuel, b. March 18, 1706 ; Mary, b. May 5, 1708 ; Joseph, b. April 24, 1710 ; Benjamin, b. March, 1712 ; Ra- chel, b. Sept., 1713 ; Phebe, b. Dec. 31, 1715; Jane, b. June 12, 1718; Elizabeth, b. June 12, 1720. John, the father, d. Dec. 6, 1724.
ANDREWS, THOMAS, of Middletown, m. Sarah Porter, of Haddam, Aug. 11, 1720 : children, Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1721 ; Charles, John, Esther ; William, b. Feb. 25, 1731-2, and Rachel, b. Jan. 29, 1734-5.
*ANDREW, REV. SAMUEL, of Milford, where he preached over fifty years, ordained at Milford, Nov. 18, 1685. Fellow for a time, of Harvard College, afterwards Rector of Yale College, ( Socii,) from 1700 to 1737-8. He d. Jan. 24, 1737-8, aged nearly 82 years, (lacking five days :) b. 1655.
Rev. Samuel, son of Samuel, of Cambridge, who was son of Will- iam, of Cambridge, was b. Jan. 29, 1656 : graduated at Harvard College, 1675 ; ordained 1685.
* This name is spelt upon the Records, Andrews, Andrus, Andross, and Andrew. The name at Milford, has been uniformly spelt Andrew. The spelling of names at this day, is very slight evidence that they were not from the same ancestor, either in England, or this country.
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ANDRUS, DANIEL, of Wethersfield, m. Mabell Goff, daughter of Jacob, Oct. 30, 1707 : issue, Abigail, b. July 22, 1713 ; Mabell, b. June 6, 1715; Eunice, b. Sept. 18, 1717; Daniel, b. May 12, 1720 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 8, 1723 ; Jacob, b. Jan. 24, 1729 ; Heze- kiah, b. Aug. 14, 1731. Mr. Daniel, d. Aug. 21, 1748.
ANDRUS, JOHN, of Wethersfield, m. Mary Goff, daughter of Jacob, June 26, 1712, and had issue : David, b. Jan. 28, 1719 ; Mo- ses, b. May 12, 1722. John, the father, was b. in Farmington, June 10, 1680, and d. June 16, 1740.
ANDRUS, CALEB, m. Mary, daughter of Joseph Gillett, of Hartford, Feb. 15, 1722, and had issue : Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1724 ; Hannah, b. May 7, 1725 ; Amos, b. Nov. 14, 1726; Rhoda, b. May 6, 1728 ; Lidia, b. July 20, 1730 ; Abel, b. May 6, 1735 ; Eli, b. Jan. 8, 1737 ; Clement, b. Oct. 31, 1739.
ANDRUS, WILLIAM, m. Irene Griswold, and had issue : Miles, b. May 22, 1735 ; Elisha, b. March 1, 1738; William, Jr., b. Oct. 28, 1740 ; Joseph, b. April 13, 1743 ; Chloe, b. March 3, 1748. By his second wife, Lois, he had Silvia, b. April 17, 1762 ; Cyn- thia, b. Oct. 15, 1765 ; Rhoda, b. Oct. 14, 1768.
ANDRUS, DANIEL, JR., m. widow Eunice Kelsey, Feb. 6, 1746, and had issue : Daniel, b. Aug. 24, 1748 ; Eunice, b. April 29, 1750 ; Mabel, b. June 17, 1754 ; Sybill, b. May 30, 1756 ; Abi- gail, b. May 4, 1759 ; Martin, b. May 30, 1761. The mother, Eu- nice, d. Feb. 23, 1763. He then m. for his second wife, Mary Mitchell, Aug. 2, 1764, and had issue : Justus, b. March 9, 1765.
ANDRUS, JOSHUA, and Sibbil, his wife, had issue : Jeremiah, b. Jan. 16, 1732 ; Epaphras, b. April 16, 1735 ; Fitch, b. Oct. 12, 1739. His wife had three children at one birth, and all of them died the same day, b. Jan. 8, 1742 ; and on the 3d day of March, 1743, she had three children at a birth, all died the same day ; and on June 1, 1744, she had two at a birth, one of which died the same day-the child which lived was named Curtiss. She had eight children within three years.
ANDRUS, BENAJAH, m. Anne Clark, Jan. 25, 1743 : issue, Elizar, b. Dec. 13, 1747 ; Silas, b. April 23, 1750.
ANDRUS, ELIJAII, m. Phebe Hurlbut, Feb. 21, 1745 : issue, Asa, b. April 10, 1746 : Josiah, b. May 16, 1749 ; Elijah, b. Oct. 16, 1752 : Rosee, b. Sept. 20, 1755. The mother d. Nov. 13, 1772.
ANDRUS, JOSEPH, m. Sarah Welles, April 3, 1746 : issue, Levi, b. Feb. 23, 1747; Elias, b. Feb. 16, 1753 ; Sarah b. Jan. 12, 1756.
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ANDRUS, DAVID, m. Margaret, and had issue : Mary, b. April 1,1748.
ANDRUS, PHINEHAS, m. Lois Williams, Oct. 16, 1751, and had issue : Katurah, b. Nov. 14, 1752 ; Phineas, b. July 19, 1763.
ANDRUS, MILES, m. Phebe Hurlbut, of Goshen, May 1, 1759 : issue, Miles, b. July 7, 1759 ; Irene, b. Jan. 17, 1761 ; Mehitabel, b. April 12, 1762 ; Chlorinda, b. June 15, 1764 ; Phebe, b. May 10, 1766 ; Jason, b. Feb. 17, 1768 ; Benajah, b. Nov. 13, 1769.
ANDRUS, JACOB, had issue by Eunice, his wife : Jacob, b. Jan. 20, 1760 ; Caroline, b. Oct. 20, 1762 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 7, 1765.
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