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Jeremiah Center m. Mary Wyman, in Mass., about 1718. This has been a late and respectable family in Connecticut.
CESUM, JOHN, was drowned in Windsor, in 1675. Nothing more is found of this settler at Windsor.
CHADWICK, CHARLES, freeman at Watertown, Mass., in 1631; deputy to General Court, 1657 and 9; died April 10, 1682, aged 86. (Shattuck.)
Farmer says John his son, was freeman 1655, and called Ser- geant Chadwick, and had five sons and three daughters and d. Feb. 5, 1711 ; also THOMAS, son of Charles, of Watertown, had four sons and three daughters. Charles desired to be made a freeman in Oct., 1630, and was sworn in May, 1631. He early had seven lots of land recorded at Watertown. (Wat. Rec.) BENJAMIN, of Malden, a son of James, in 1689; also Abigail, daughter of James, b. Feb. 4, 1692. James was a freeman at Malden, in 1689-90. JOHN CHADWICK, of Tyrringham, m. Prudence Seymour, daugh- ter of Elisha, of West Hartford, Conn., May 15, 1773. This name came late into Connecticut, but for many years has been found at Lyme, where several wealthy families of this name now reside ; two or more of them are sea captains. An estate in England is waiting for the lawful heirs of Andrew Chadwick, deceased, to prove their heirship. Mary Chadwick m. Dane Robinson, at Ando- ver, Mass., 1693-4. Chadock has one coat of arms, and Chadwick has five coats of arms.
Chadwick, Clark, Child, Chenery and Coolidge were names early at Cambridge, Roxbury and Watertown, Mass.
Chaduck, (perhaps Chadwick,) James, (perhaps Shattuck,) was allowed by the council at Hartford, Jan. 22, 1676, " for his paynes as Commissary, besides souldiers pay," five pounds. (Rec. of Gov- ernor and Council of Conn.) Thomas Chaddock, of Newbury, m. Sarah Woolcott, April 6, 1674. Chadwick, Joseph, came from Lon- don in England, and landed at Falmouth, Mass., as early as 1709; supposed to have been a brother or relative of Sir Andrew Chad- wick, who died without heirs in England in the reign of Queen Anne, where he left a large estate. Joseph married Martha Lumbard, of
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Falmouth, Sept. 23, 1709, by Stephen Skiff, justice of peace, and had children born at Falmouth, viz.
1. Martha, b. Dec. 17, 1709.
2. Joseph, b. May, 1711.
3. Benjamin, b. Aug. 18, 1713.
4. Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1719.
5. Marah, b. Aug. 26, 1723.
CHADWICK, SAMUEL, son of Joseph, m. Elizabeth Price, both of Falmouth, April 10, 1740, by Rev. Samuel Palmer, the minister, and had issue, 1st, Martha, b. Sept. 8, 1740 ; 2d, Mary, b. Feb. 11 or May 16, 1742; 3rd, Rose, b. Feb. 11, 1745; 4th, Isa- iah, b. Dec. 13, 1749; 5th, Abiather, b. last day of Feb., 1754; 6th, Archilus, b. March 1, 1757; 7th, Samuel, b. March 30, 1760. (See Falmouth records; also old bible of Samuel Chadwick.)
Dr. Ansel Chadwick, one of the family, furnished the following list for one of his family, viz: "Charles Abiather Chadwick, the son of Abiather Chadwick and Basheba his wife, who was the son of Samuel Chadwick and Elizabeth, who was the son of Joseph and Martha his wife, who were married at Falmouth, Mass., Sept. 23, 1709." Chadwick, James, and Hannah his wife, of Malden, had a son Benjamin, b. Jan. 28, 1689 ; Abigail, b. Feb. 4, 1692; Mary Chadwick, m. Dane Robinson, of Andover, Mass., Jan. 18, 1693-4. Charles Cheedwicke, freeman of Boston, 1630; Jno., made free in Mass., 1656 ; John, of Woburn, made free 1680; James, of Mal- den, free 1689-90. (His. Gen. Reg.)
John Chadwick, of West Hartford, m. Prudence Seymour, May 15, 1773, the first of the name on the Hartford record.
Abiather Chadwick, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, m. Desire Rider. Archelaus, son of Sam. and Eliz'th, m. Sarah Goodspeed. The above Joseph Chadwick is supposed by his descendants to have been a brother of Sir Andrew Chadwick, who died intestate in Lon- don, without children, and his descendants the lawful heirs of Sir Andrew.
Samuel Chadwick, a settler of Reading, Mass., before 1700. Mary Chadwick, m. John Peabody, of Mass., in 1636.
"CHADDUCK, (Commiss.) JAMES, is allowed for his paynes as commissary, besides his souldier's pay, five pounds." Flias Shadock d. at Windsor, 1676. ( See Record of Council of Conn. Jan. 22, 1676. Windsor Rec.)
CHAFFE, THOMAS, had lands granted him by the town of Hingham, in 1637. (His. Gen. Reg.)
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CHAFE, MATHEWE, a ship-carpenter, admitted into the church in Boston, 1636, and removed to Swanzy. (Farmer.) This name, spelled "Chaffee," was at Woodstock in the early settlement of the parish, a respectable family, (but as the first book of records of North Woodstock has been lost, I have few facts of the family at Woodstock.)
CHAFFEE, JOSHUA, of Mansfield, Conn., removed to Sharon, Conn., in 1755, and m. the only child of Matthew St. John, Jr., where he d. in 1789, aged 56 years. He had sons, b. in Sharon, Joel, Matthew and Joshua B. ; his son Matthew d. early ; Joshua B. was a Justice of the Peace, and Joel was living in 1842. ( Sedg.)
CHAFFEE, HEZEKIAH, came from England to Rehoboth, in Mass., and settled there as a farmer, and had several sons, one of whom was John. This John, the son of Hezekiah above, had two sons, viz. : John, Jr. and Dr. Hezekiah. John, Jr. is supposed to have had no issue ; Hezekiah, brother of John, Jr., b. at Rehoboth, in 1731, was educated, and came to Hartford for the purpose of es- tablishing a druggist's store and pursuing his profession, but by the advice of the first Dr. Isaac Bull, of Hartford, he settled at Windsor, Conn., and held a high rank in his profession. He m. Lydia Gris- wold, of Simsbury, and had children, Hepzibah, who d. July 6, 1824, aged 76. 2nd, Esther, m. Hector McLane, and d. April 4, 1790, aged 25. Dr. Hezekiah, Jr., d. Oct. 18, 1821, aged 60. John, d. Aug. 1, 1844, aged 77, m. Mary Rowland, daughter of Rev. Mr. Rowland, of Wi .; had no issue. Mary, wife of James Hooker, Esq., d. Oct. 7, 1846 ; he d. Dec. 10, 1805, aged 63.
Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee, Sen., of Wi., d. March 4, 1819, aged 88 years. Lydia, his wife, d. Oct. 1, 1801, aged 79.
CHAFFEE, JOHN, son of Dr. Hezekiah, of Wi., m. Miss Mary Rowland, of Windsor, but left no children.
CHAFFEE, DR. HEZEKIAH, JR., his other son, also became a physician at Windsor, and sustained the good reputation of his fath- er in his profession. Dr. Hezekiah, Jr., brother of John, m. Char- lotte Bradley, of Fairfield, Conn., daughter of Hezekiah Bradley ; she d. March 24, 1812, aged 48 ; he had sons Hezekiah Bradley and Samuel Griswold, and one daughter, Abigail S. Dr. Hezekiah, Jr., died.
CHAFFEE, ABIGAIL, daughter of Dr. Hezekiah, Jr., m. Col. James Loomis, of Windsor, and has a very respectable family.
CHAFFEE, HEZEKIAH BRADLEY, has never married and resides a bachelor in the city of New York.
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CHAFFEE, SAMUEL G., m. first Rebecca Phelps, of Bloom- field, only child of Nathan Phelps ; she d. Nov. 18, 1818, and had children, Samuel Good and Rebecca Charlotte. He m. for his sec- ond wife, Julia, daughter of Daniel Lombard, Esq., of Springfield, Mass., and had Julia L., Hezekiah and Maria Louisa, also Julia and Delia, twins ; Julia d. aged 15 months, and Delia d. 4 months old.
Hezekiah B. and Samuel G. graduated at Yale College in 1809 and '10, and were many years merchants in company at Hartford, where Samuel G. now resides.
CHAFFE, ANN, m. Phineas Stebbin, son of Stephen, a descend- ant of Rowland of Northampton.
CHAFFEY, MATHEW, purchased Dr. John Clark's farm in Essex, Dec., 1651. (Gen. Reg.)
Coat of arms: Chafe, (Exeter, ) has one, and Chaffe has one.
CHALKER, ALEXANDER, was an early settler at Saybrook ; on page 96, vol. 1, at Saybrook, he m. Katrine Post, Sept. 29, 1649, and had issue, .
1. Stephen, b. Sept. 8, 1650.
2. Mary, b. April 27, 1653; m. Rich'd Cogens, 1677-8.
3. Abram, b. Oct. 19, 1655 ; m. Debora Barber, 1691.
4. Catern, b. Sept. S, 1657, m. John Hill, of Greenfield, 1673.
5. Sarah, b. Oct. 19, 1659.
6. Jane, b. May 25, 1662.
7. Alexander, b. Feb. 24, 1666.
CHALKER, STEPHEN, m. Eliz'th Chapman, June 3, 1703; he d. June 2, 1727. Issue, Eliz'th, b. March 12, 1704, d. 1707; Phebe, b. Aug. 11, 1705; Stephen, b. July 19, 1707; Mary, b. May 30, 1710; Lydia, b. July 30, 1713; Mehitabel, b. Aug. 13, 1715, d. March 7, 1730; Deborah, b. May 2, 1718. Stephen fined 20s. at N. L., for violation of Sabbath, 1673.
CHALKER, STEPHEN, son of Stephen, Jun., b. 1707, m. Mehitabel Chapman, Dec. 14, 1727. Issue, Stephen, b. Oct. 24, 1728 ; Eliz'th, b. May 22, 1730; Jabez, b. March 24, 1732; Me- hitabel, b. Sept. 9, 1733; Gideon, b. Jan. 9, 1735; Jeremiah, b. July 20, 1736, d. Dec. 31, 1736.
CHALKER, AB'M, b. 1657, son of Alexander, Sen., m. Han- nah Sanford, Jan. 16, 1679, and had children, b. at Saybrook, viz : Hannah, b. March 25, 1682; his wife Hannah d. Dec. 7, 1683. He m. for his second wife Sarah Ingham, Sept. 23, 1686, and had Abram, b. Sept. 1, 1687, d. Sept. 16, 1687, and his second wife Sarah d. Sept. 11, 1687.
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Isaac Chalker graduated at Y. C. in 1728, and Henry in 1834.
CHALKER, AMB'M, recorded at Killingworth, m. Deborah Barber or Barker, Nov. 19, 1691 ; she d. 1753, and he d. Feb. 17, 1731. Children, Deborah, b. Oct. 3, 1694; Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1697; Ab'm, b. May 1, 1699; Hannah, b. July 19, 1703; Isaac, b. Sept. 12, 1707; Elizabeth, b. April 17, 1710.
CHALKER, JABEZ, son of Stephen, m. Sarah Coe, May 29, 1750. Issue, Ja-bez, b. Aug. 21, 1757; John, b. Oct. 3, 1758 ; perhaps others. Jabez was taken prisoner in the expedition against Quebec, in 1775, with Andrew Hinman and others.
CHALKER, SAMUEL, perhaps son of Alexander, of Saybrook, m. Phebe, daughter of Robert Bull, Oct. 31, 1676 ; (another entry is Nov. 7, 1676 ;) had children, Stephen, b. Sept. 11, 1677; Sam- uel, b. Oct. 6, 1679 ; Phebe, b. March 29, 1682, d. 1683 ; 2d Phebe, b. May 9, 1685.
Alexander was a respectable and early settler at Saybrook.
Goodm. Chalker, Lt. Prat, Rob't Chapm., Mathew Griswold and Wm. Waller, were appointed by the Gen'l Court of Conn't, Oct., 1666, a committee to entertain and approve such as were received " inhabitents on ye east side ye River at Sea Brooke"-(forming the town of Lyme.)
Alexander Chalker was placed in nomination for a freeman in Saybrook, Oct. 10, 1667.
The appointment of Alexander Chalker upon this important com- mittee with such men as Chapman, Griswold, &c., shows his stand- ing in the colony. His descendants are yet found in Saybrook, Hartford and other towns in Connecticut.
CHALKWELL, EDWARD, was an early settler at Windsor ; he made his will Oct. 17, 1648, and his estate was £13, 7s. 8d., which he gave to Nicholas Saint John, John Moses, Rev. Mr. War- ham, Geo. Phelps and the poor of the church in Windsor; Geo. Phelps, Ex'r. He left neither wife or children; d. single, Dec. 5, 1648. He gave N. St. John his gun, sword, bandoleers, best hat and 40s. John Moses and Mr. Warham 50s., &c.
(In one instance the name is spelled Charwell.)
CHAMBERLAIN, CHAMBERLANE, CHAMBERLIN, JOHN, of Colchester, had children, Eliphalet, bap. April 13, 1740; Joseph, bap. Feb. 14, 1742; Mary, bap. Sept. 31, 1744; Elisha and Eliz'th, twins, bap. Aug. 10, 1746.
CHAMBERLAIN, PELEG, had several children bap. at Col- chester, as did John.
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CHAMBERLAIN, BENJAMIN, had children bap. at Colches- `ter, viz., Benj'n, Sept. 21, 1735; Oliver, Feb. 9, 1737; Hannah, May 30, 1742, and a 2d Benj'n, Oct. 14, 1744, and Ann, Nov. 23, 1746. Benj'n d. 1750, aged 49 years.
CHAMBERLAIN, WM., of Colchester, m. Lydia Treadway, Jan. 3, 1734, and had Joel, bap. May 4, 1735 ; Wm., Jun'r, bap. Oct. 26, 1735 ; Roswell, bap. March 16, 1740, and Lydia, bap. June 14, 1741. WM. CHAMBERLAIN, of the 2d church in Col- chester, had a daughter Molly, bap. Aug. 2, 1772.
CHAMBERLAIN, FREEDOM, of the 2d church in Colchester, an adult, was bap. March 25, 1733; wife Mary and his daughter Lydia, bap. same time ; daughter Delight, bap. Sept. 23, 1733, and Ellis, bap. Oct. 12, 1735 ; Irena, b. 1642. He d. in 1763, aged 59; widow Sarah d. 1768, aged 76.
CHAMBERLAIN, ELIPHALET, of 2d church in Colchester, had daughter Lucy, bap. Nov. 22, 1772, and Lecta in June, 1773.
CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH, of Colchester, m. Widow Hannah Gillett, July 12, 1738. Rebecca, bap. June 24, 1739; Mary, bap. March 14, 1742; Aaron, bap. Sept. 30, 1744.
CHAMBERLAIN, WM., an inhabitant of Billerica in 1658.
Wm. taken prisoner on the expedition against Quebec in Dec., 1775. (His. Gen. Reg.)
CHAMBERLAIN, EDMUND, at a town meeting at Woodstock, Nov. 23, 1693, was allowed a corner of land, about thirty rods, on the north side of Muddy Brook, for fencing. Granted March 21, 1693-4, three acres adjoining the land he purchased of James Frizell, of Woodstock.
CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH, was early settled at Colchester, where he d. in 1752, aged 87 years. The governor and council of Conn., March 21, 1712, directed the treasurer to pay him £1, 13s. for his entertaining the French embassador when they passed through Colchester to and from New London, in March, 1711.
CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN, of Colchester, had a daughter Eu- nice, bap. Oct. 29, 1732; Jerusha, bap. March 4, 1733; John, March 30, 1735, and Hannah, bap. 1735. WM. CHAMBERLAIN d. at Colchester, Oct., 1755, aged 67. John Chamberlain was one of the men under Capt. John Lovewell, by command of Lieut. Gov. Dummer in quest of Indians in 1724.
CHAMBERLAIN, PETER, m. Jane Higgins.
JOHN m. Sarah Day, June 7, 1744.
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CHAMBERLAIN, THOMAS, embarked for Virginia in the Thomas and John, John Lombard, Master, Jan. 6, 1635.
Farmer notices Edmond, of Chelmsford, 1655, and son Edm'd, b. 1656. Henry, of Hingham, blacksmith, freeman 1638, land granted before 1640 ; and sons Henry and Wm. John, Charlestown, d. 1653 ; Richard, of Braintree, 1644; Tho's, of Woburn, free- man, 1644; Wm., of Billerica, 1654, perhaps son of Henry, of Hingham ; had sons Jacob, Tho's and Edmonde ; he, Wm., d. May 31, 1706, aged 86 ; R. Chamburlayne is found in the " Roll of Bat- tle Abbey," of Norman blood, true as steel.
Coats of Arms. Chamberlain, one ; Chamberlaine three ; Cham- berlan, one; Chamberlayn, twenty; Chamberlayne, nine; Cham- berlen, one ; Chamberlin, (London,) one ; Chamberlyn, two.
This was not an early name in Connecticut, but is found early in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
CHAMPION, RICHARD, aged 19 years, embarked from En- gland for Virginia, in the Merch't Bonaventure, in 1634-5. THO'S CHAMPION, of Ashford, England, by a certificate of Edm. Hayes, Vicar, 12th of March, 1634, embarked in the Hercules, of Sand- wich, from Sandwich, in England, for New England.
Number of Coats of Arms .- Champeyon has one; Champion, (Berkshire and Essex,) one ; Champion, (London, ) one ; Champion, (Essex,) one, and eight others ; Champeyne, one ; Champeyon, one.
CHAMPION, HENRY, was born in England in 1611. He came to New England, and is found at Saybrook as early as 1647, as he married there in August, 1647. Henry was propounded for a free- man at Lyme in 1670. Henry Champion was one of those com- plained of by John Prentice, &c., of N. London, to the county court at Hartford, in March, 1671-2, in the great quarrel between the people of New London and Lyme, as to the eastern bounds of Lyme and western bounds of New London. He had lands beyond "Little Stoney Brook," in June, 1674, and other lands. He removed from' Saybrook to Lyme many years before he died. He died Feb. 17, 1708. He had children, viz .:
1. Saraw, (Sarah,) b. 1649.
2. Mary, b. 1651.
3. Henry, Jun'r, b. 1654 or '5.
4. Thomas, b. April, 1656.
5. Stephen, b. 1653, d. May, 1660.
Henry, Sen., died in 1708, aged ninety six years. He had his earmark at Lyme, in 1673-4.
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CHAMPION, THOMAS, son of Henry, Sen., b. 1656, m. Han nah Brockway, of Lyme, Aug. 23, 1682, and had issue,
1. Hannah, b. Feb. 13, 1683 ; (died March 2, 1750.)
2. Sarah, b. March 8, 1687-8.
3. Thomas, Jun., b. Jan. 21, 1690-1.
4. Mary, b. July, 1693.
5. Henry, b. May 2, 1695.
6. Deborah, b. April 26, 1697.
7. Elizabeth, b. July 1, 1699.
Thomas, the father, died1705.
CHAMPION, HENRY, son of Thomas, born May 2, 1695, re- moved and settled at East Haddam. He married Mehitabel Rowlee, Jan. 16, 1717, and died in 1779, and had issue.
1. Ebenezer.
2. Henry, b. Jan. 19, 1723,
3. Israel, who married and left children.
4. Judah, b. in E. Haddam.
CHAMPION, COL. HENRY, (son of Henry, ) born in East Had- dam, Jan. 19, 1723, m. D. Brainard. He d. July 21, 1797, and left issue, Gen. Henry, b. March 16, 1751 ; Gen. Epaphroditus, bap. in the second church in Colchester, April 11, 1756 ; Dorathy, bap. Dec. 23, 1759 ; (supposed one b. in Nov., 1760 ; ) Esther, bap. June, 1766.
CHAMPION, GEN. HENRY, of Colchester, (son of Col. Henry, ) b. 1751, m. Abigail Tinker, Oct. 10, 1781, and had issue, Henry, bap. Oct. 6. 1782 ; Aristobulas and Aristarchus, twins, bap. Oct. 31, 1784 ; Abigail, bap. April 8, 1787; Harriet, bap. July 19, 1789 ; Maria, bap. Feb. 14, 1792, and one other daughter. One of his daughters m. Joseph Trumbull, late governor of Connecticut ; one m. Robert Watkinson, Esq .; one m. Elizur Goodrich, Esq., of Hartford ; and his daughter Abigail, m. Gen. David Deming, (now deceased,) Sept. 14, 1804. One of her daughters m. Rev. Mr. Ship- man, one died unmarried, and she has the honor of being the mother of Hon. Henry C. Deming, of Hartford, who has been so favorably known in Connecticut as an orator and public debater in both branch- es of the legislature, and at the bar.
CHAMPION, GEN. EPAPHRODITUS, son of Col. Henry, bap. in the second church in Colchester, April 11, 1756. He m. Miss Hubbard, of Hatfield, Mass., and had but two children who survived him. His son Epaphroditus, who was educated a lawyer, died un- married at middle age. The only daughter of Gen. E. Champion, m. Hon. Asa Bacon, an eminent lawyer of Litchfield, Conn., (now 44*
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of New Haven,) who has retired from his profession with an ample fortune, full of honors and years. They had three most promising sons, all of whom they have lived to consign to the tomb.
CHAMPION, REV. JUDAH, son of Col. Henry, and grandson of Thomas, b. at E. Haddam, graduated at Yale College in 1751; in- vited to settle in the ministry at Litchfield, Conn., Feb. 26, 1753, as the successor of Rev. Mr. Collins, their first minister, which he ac- cepted and became the second minister of the town, where he died in 1810, aged 81 years. He early married Miss Welch, a sister of the first Judge Welch, of Litchfield, and had three daughters and no sons, viz., Nancy, Betsey and one other ; the two last died single. Nancy m. John Landon, Esq., who was many years high sheriff of Litchfield County, and had one son and two or more daughters. He and his wife both died at Castleton, Vt. in their old age.
CHAMPION, HENRY, supposed Jun., had children born at Lyme, viz., Joshua, b. Sept. 28, 16 ..; Henry, b. Jan. 5, 16 ..; Susan, b. Feb. 25, 16 ..; Samuel, b. 169 .; Alse, b. March 15, 1694 ; Rachel, b. Dec. 1, 1697; Abigail, b. June 25, 1699 ; Ste- ven, b. July 15, 1702; Mary, b. Oct. 14, 1704. Henry, the father, died July, 1704.
CHAMPION, REUBEN, of Lyme, married Lydia Dunk, of Say- brook, Feb., 1755, and had issue, born in Saybrook, viz., Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1757; Reuben, b. July 30, 1760 ; Meads ? b. Aug. 18, 1764; Azeubah, b. May 6, 1768. Reuben died at Lyme, Dec. 10, aged 92 years-a soldier of the Revolution.
CHAMPION, STEVEN, married Abigail Bowers, July 18, 1743, had Stephen, b. Aug. 24, 1744 ; Jerusha, b. at Saybrook, June 21, 1746 ; perhaps others.
CHAMPION, THOMAS, had children, Hannah, died March 2, 1750 ; Jane, d. March 12, 1750; Betty, d. March 13, 1750 ; Sam- uel, d. March 14, 1750; Elizabeth, d. March 16, 1750 ; Phebe, d. Dec. 11, 1752; Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1751, and Lucy, b. May 26, 1754-(unfortunate family.)
Jeffery and Wm. Champion, and Christopher, of Westerly, R. I., took the oath of fidelity in that colony in 1679. Four of this name had graduated at Yale College in 1850 .*
* ANECDOTE FOR LYME .- The town of Lyme passed the following vote : " At a public meet- ing, April the 18th, 1692, it was voted, that all bachelors and boys, from eight years old and upwards, be catechised once a fortnight on the Lord's day, in the meeting-house." Also voted at the same meeting, " that all maids and girls shall be catechised on the week days, and that Mr. Noyes shall see that they meet to order."
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Few families in the Connecticut Colony have been more prospered than that of Henry Champion, Sen., of Saybrook. When I speak here of his family, I intend his numerous descendants. The branch descended from Thomas, Sen., have been peculiarly fortunate in amassing wealth, particularly Col. Henry, Gen. Henry and Gen. Epaphroditus Champion. Col. Henry was appointed commissary in 1775, in the commencement of the war of the Revolution, with oth- ers, to supply all necessary stores and provisions for the troops then to be raised. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of militia in May, 1775. The same year he was appointed a full colonel. He officia- ted as commissary most of that war, aided by his sons. When in- telligence reached the governor of Connecticut, that a large fleet of the British, with many transports, " were pushing up Narragansett Bay, toward Newport and Providence, in 1776, Col. Champion was sent for, and ordered to provide for the troops ordered to Rhode Isl- and. In 1777, all the salt of the state in the hands of Mr. Bull, store- keeper at Hartford, was ordered into the hands of said Champion, for salting pork for the state, and he was ordered to put up one thousand barrels of pork for the state. The governor and council of safety, Jan. 15, 1778, judging that the quantity of salted and other provis- ions laid up for the Continental army, in this state, would prove far short of the required quantity, and as fattened cattle were difficult to be obtained, " and as Col. H. Champion was considered a gentleman of great judgment, capacity and experience in said business, espe- cially beyond any other person in this state, and of most unexcep- tionable honor and integrity, and of universal acquaintance and abil- ity to promote the fattening of cattle and skill in purchasing ; the board applied to him to undertake said business." ( Record, Jan. 15, 1778.) Enough is here shown to prove the exalted rank he held in Connecticut during the war. Many others of the family were equal- ly ardent whigs. His two sons, Gen. Henry and Gen. Epaphrodi- tus, though young, were active whigs toward the close of the war, and were, after the war, elected members of both branches of the state Legislature, and held an exalted rank in Connecticut.
CHAMPLIN, JOHN, took a lease of the Rope Ferry, at the bar on the road from New London to Lyme, of the town of New Lon- don, in 1720. A great horse race was held, five horses at forty shil- lings each, at Champlin's, March 30, 1725, and Major Buor held the stakes. Bly won the money. (See Caulkins, p. 407.) Two seamen, Samuel and Lodowick Champlin, were at New London in
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1778 ; also, Lieut. George was killed in a desperate conflict in the West India seas, in 1778. (Caulkins, p. 402.)
Two of this name graduated at Yale College, and one at Harvard College .*
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CHAUNCEY, CHANCY, GEORGE, EsQ., resided in Hertford- shire, in England, a descendant of Chauncy de Chauncy, who went to England with William the Conqueror, in 1066. George, Esq., d. in 1627; he m. and had five sons, the youngest of whom was Charles, bap. Nov. 5, 1592 ; graduated at Trinity College, A. B., 1613 ; A. M., 1624. He m. in England, Catherine, daughter of Robert Eyre, of Wiltshire. He died in New England, Feb. 19, 1672, aged 82, and his wife died Jan. 4, 1668. Mr. Chancy having been persecuted in England, came to New England in 1638, and preached at Plymouth three years, and settled at Scituate in 1641, until 1654, at which time he succeeded President Dunster, as President of Harvard College, where he continued until his death, Feb. 19, 1672, in his eightieth year, or as Mather says, eighty-sec- ond year. He evidenced a brilliancy of talents which few possess, which has continued in several branches of his descendants. His children :
1. Isaac, b. in England, Aug. 23, 1632; d. in London, Feb. 23, 1712.
2. Ichabod, b. in England, 1635 ; (wife Mary d. 1736 ;) he d. at Bristol, Eng., July 25, 1691.
3. Barnabas, died in middle life; admitted into the church at Cambridge, Dec. 10, 1656 ; graduated at Harvard College, 1657.
4. Nathaniel, b. about 1639 ; settled at Hatfield, Mass., where he d. Nov. 4, 1686. He m. Abigail, daughter of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, and be- fore of Windsor, Ct. His widow, Abigail, d. April 15, 1704.
5. Elnathan, became a noted physician in Boston.
6. Israel, b. in 1644, was settled as the pastor of the church at Stratford, Conn,, where he died March 14, 1703. He m. 1. Mary Nichol, and 2. Sarah Hodshon, at New Haven, Nov. 11, 1684.
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