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. 1. Augustus, b. May 13, 1780, and d. at Charleston, S. C., July 4, 1807.
2. Anne, Jan. 23, 1782; m. Ethan Walter.
3. Calvin, b. Dec. 18, 1783; m. Mary Ann Wright.
4. Ambrose, b. Aug. 26, 1786 ; m. Effia Hicock, of Danbury.
5. Cyprian, b. June 25, 1788; m. Jennett Scovell.
6. Samuel Baldwin, b. April 17, 1790.
7. Nervina, b. Sept. 6, 1792 ; d. 1838.
8. John Hyde, b. Oct. 26, 1794 ; m. Eliza W. Washburn.
9. George Lewis, b. Sept. 8, 1796 ; d. 1817.
10. Laura, b. July 2, 1799.
11. Clara Maria, b. Sept. 4, 1801.
12. Freelove, b. April 12, 1804 ; m. Amasa N. Chapin.
The father d. at Goshen, Sept. 1, 1809, aged 53. His wife died March 4, 1821, aged 61 years.
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COLLINS, PHILO, son of Cyprian, b. in Goshen, Jan. 5, 1761, m. Olive Foot, Nov. 3, 1782, and had children :
1. Olive, b. Sept. 19, 1783; m. Benjamin Sedgwick, Esq.
2. Martha, b. Sept. 1, 1786.
3. Betsey, b. Aug. 22, 1795; m. Julius Bell, of Cornwall.
4. Harriet, b. March 9, 1798 ; m. Wm. Miles.
5. Emily, b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; m. Oakey M. Hogeland ; no sons.
CAPT, TIMOTHY, son of Cyprian, b. Jan. 11, 1769, m. Miriam Norton, dau'r of David Norton, Sept. 8, 1791, and had children :
1. Homer, b. Dec. 10, 1793 ; m. Anne Wadhams.
2. Cicero, b. July 30, 1798 ; m. Allitia Gaylord.
3. Plato, b. Aug. 7, 1803; d. Dec. 26, 1834.
4. Virgil Collins, b. March 4, 1810 ; m. Jane Lucas.
COLLINS, CYPRIAN, JUN., son of Cyprian, of East Bloomfield, b. at Goshen, Nov. 6, 1770, m Huldah Norton, dau'r of Aaron, May 7, 1793. Children :
1. George W., b. Feb. 8, 1797 ; m. Cynthia Newton.
2. Hiram L., b. June 31, 1799 ; m. Ann H. Cooly.
3. Betsey, b. Oct. 9, 1801 ; m. Philo Hamlin.
4. Hasculine, b. July 8, 1803 ; m. Patty Boughton.
5. Guy, b. May 8, 1805 ; m. Maria Ellis.
6. Wm., d. Dec. 12, 1807.
7. Mary, b. March 26, 1807 ; d. July 29, 1509.
8. Azubah, b. Aug. 22, 1808 ; m. Horace Lee.
9. Second William, b. Dec. 25, 1810 ; m. Emily Stimpson.
He d. at E. Bloomfield, Sept. 3, 1843, and his wife d. Dec. 17, 1843.
TYRANNUS, son of Cyprian, of E. Bloomfield, b. at Goshen, and m. Eliza Goodwin, and had children :
1. Nelson, d.
2. Virgil A., d.
3. Clara Eliza, b. Nov. 9, 1810 ; m. Ethan Walter.
4. Montgomery.
5. Horatio.G.
6. Lucius M., d.
7. James G., d.
8. James L., d.
This is only the line of Rev. Timothy Collins.
NOTE .- COLLINS, PETER, a planter at Pequot, (N. L.,) had a house-lot at N. L. in 1651. He d. in 1655. Will dated May, 1655. He notices John Gager, of Say[brook,] as his full heir and executor, but gave Richard Poole his house and home-lot, &c., and Joseph Waterhouse to have the land at the neck ; also a brindle cow and thirty shillings. He gave Robert Burrows, planter, at Pequet, a black cow and £1, 1s. due him from Wm. Roberts, who was Thomas Stan- ton's man ; one-third of a bill of £4, James Tonge owed him ; also gave Gideon Harwood one- third of the £4 due from Tonge ; also noticed John Harwood, planter, of Pequet, Mathew Beck-
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COLBURN, COLBORNE, WM., signed to embark for N. Eng- land if the charter and government should be transferred, came with Winthrop, and was deacon, ruling elder in Boston, representative, &c .; d. Aug. 1, 1662. (Collections, p. 96.)
with, Tho's Hungerford, £1, 2s., James Tonge and Wm. Morton. Inventory, £57, 0s. 8d. Ap- pears left no family ; lived alone. He applied to remain in N. L. in 1654. He appears not to have been a member of either of the other Collins families in Conn. in 1655. He was the first of the name in N. L. (See Caulk., p. 271.)
COLLINS, EDWARD, 1640, of Cambridge, Mass., a deacon, representative sixteen years from 1654 to '70, excepting 1661. Mather says he lived to see " several most worthy sons be- come very famous persons in their generation." His children :
1. Daniel, lived in Konigsberg, in Prussia, in 1658.
2. John, graduated at H. College, 1649.
3. Samuel, went to Scotland ; lived there with his wife and son Edward, in 1658.
4. Martha.
5. Nathaniel, graduated at H. Coll., 1660 ; settled at Middletown, Ct. Also, Abigail, Sybil and Edward. (See Far. and Mather's Magnalia.)
COLLINS, REV. NATHANIEL, of Middletown, was a son of Deacon Edward Collins, of Cambridge, Mass .; was born there in 1642, graduated at Cambridge College in 1660, and was ordained over the church at Middletown, Conn., Nov. 4, 1668, over a church of ten male mem- bers. He m. Marie or Mary Whiting, dau'r of Mr. Wm. Whiting, Aug. 3, 1664. He contin" ued until 1684. They had children, viz .:
1. Mary, b. May 11, 1666, at Middletown ; m. Hon. John Hamlin, 1684, Jan. 11 ; d. 1722.
2. John, b. Jan. 31, 1667 ; m. Mary, dau'r of Judge Dixwell, of New Haven, one of the En- glish regicide judges and Bathshua, his wife, Dec. 24, 1707.
3. Susanna, b. Nov. 26, 1669 ; m. Wm. Hamlin, brother of John, May 26, 1692, and son of Hon. Giles Hamlin, Sen .; d. Feb. 24, 1721-2.
4. Sibbil, b. Aug. 20, 1672.
5. Martha, b. Dec. 26, 1673 ; m. Wm. Harris, Jan. 8, 1690.
6. Nath'l, Jr., b. June 13, 1677 ; m. Alice Adams, Jan. 7, 1701, a sister of Rev. Eliphalet, of N. L., from Dedham, Mass.
7. Abigail, b. July 13, 1682 ; m. Serg't Wm. Ward, July 9, 1702, and perhaps S. Wolcott.
8. Samuel, b. April 16, 1683 ; d. at Middletown, April 23, 1683.
Rev. Nath'l d. at Middletown, Dec. 28, 1684. Mary, his widow, d. at Middletown, Oct. 25, 1709. Rev. Noadiah Russell, b. in New Haven, was his successor in Middletown in 1687.
The estate of Mr. Collins appears not to have been closed until himself and wife were both deceased in 1712 ; estate, £679 ; when it was settled by his children ; signed by John Collins, John Hamlin and wife, Nath'l Collins, Win. Hamlin, Thomas Hurlbut, Samuel Wolcott and his wife Abigail. Nath'l Collins calls Tho's Fitch, of Middletown, his brother-in-law, June 23, 1673, vol. 1, p. 102 ; also calls Susan Bryan his honored mother. (See Mather's Magnalia.) Rev. Nathaniel Collins propounded for a freeman in 1667.
COLLINS, REV. NATH'L, JUN., b. 1677, was a son of Rev. Nathaniel, of Middletown, and , grandson of Deacon Edward, of Cambridge; graduated at Cambridge in 1697, and was the first settled minister at Enfield, Ct., as his father had been first at Middletown. He m. Alice Adams, daughter of Rev. Win. Adams, and Alice, his wife, of Dedham, and was b. at Dedham, Mass., April 3, 1682. She d. at Enfield, Feb. 19, 1735, and was interred in the old yard at Enfield . Their children, born in Enfield, were :
1. Mary, b. Nov, 15, 1701.
2. Ann, b. Dec. 20, 1702; m. E.Terry, Sept. 13, 1723 ; d. Sept., 1778.
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COLBURN, DANIEL, an original proprietor and settler at Staf- ford, Conn., settled about 1719. He was from Dedham, Mass. Mercy Colburn admitted to the church in Hampton, Conn., Nov., 1723. Hannah Canada in 1725. Samuel Colburn and his wife, and Elizabeth Colburn, admitted into the Hampton church in 1735.
3. John, (Lieut.,) b. Jan. 7, 1705 ; m. Mary Meacham, 1728; he d. at Cape Breton, March 26, 1746.
4. Olive, b. Feb. 19, 1707; d. 1709.
5. Nath'l, (Rev.,) b. Aug, 17, 1709 ; m. Abigail Pease, July 17, 1735 ; d. Dec. 5, 1787 ; left a son, Eliphalet and perhaps others.
6. Win., b. June, 1711 , m. Ann Jones, or Collins, May 3, 1734 ; d. at Somers, 1799.
7. Edward, (Deacon,) b. Nov. 26, 1713; m. Tabitha Geer, Feb. 19, 1736; d. 1796 ; left children.
8. Second Alice, b. March 14, 1716 ; m. Nath'l Parsons, Jan. 15, 1736.
(Rev. Wm. Adams, the father of the wife of Rev. Nath'l Collins, of Enfield, was " called to the charge of the church at Dedham, by a vote made with white and red corns," instead of votes on paper.)
COLLINS, JOHN, b. 1667, son of Rev. Nathaniel, of Middletown, m. Mary Dixwell, of New Haven, daughter of Judge Dixwell and Bathshua, his wife, Dec. 24, 1707. They had children born in Middletown, viz .:
1. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 17, 1708.
2. Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1710.
3. John, b. March 1, 1712-13 ; d. 1714.
4. Second John, b. Nov. 13, 1714 ; d. in infancy.
5. Sibbel, b. Aug. 16, 1716.
6. Abigail, b. Jan. 4, 1718.
Bathshua, the mother of Mary, the wife of John Collins, d. at Middletown, Dec. 27, 1729, aged -, and was buried there.
COLLINS, SAMUEL, of Middletown, who had d. at Middletown. His widow Mary petitioned the court for the sale of land to pay debts, as administratrix on his estate, May 10, 1711; al- lowed. Samuel Collins, of Middletown, and wife Mary, had issue :
1. Edward, b. June 18, 1664.
2. Martha, b. March 3, 1666.
3. Samuel, b. Oct. 21, 1668.
4. Sibbila, b. Feb. 24, 1670.
5. Mary, b. June 16, 1672.
6. Abigail, b. June 2, 1673.
7. Daniel, b. Oct. 5, 1675.
Mary, the mother, d. March 5, 1714. (Middletown Record, by Stearns.)
This Samuel Collins was perhaps a brother of Rev. Nathaniel, of Middletown, son of Edward of Cambridge, and was the son of Edward ; the same Samuel who went to Scotland in 1658, and was at Saybrook Oct. 14. 1664, named by Farmer. Mr. Samuel Collins, deputy to the Gen. Court from Middletown, Oct., 1672. Mr. Samuel Collins was an importer of goods. The Gen. Court of Conn., May, 1665, remitted the custome of Mr. Samuell Collins, on his goods, which he had then landed in the colony, on account of his late loss. He was offered for a freeman of Middletown in May, 1667.
Oct. 14, 1664, Samuel Collins, now residing at Seabrooke, in the corporation of Connecti- cut, mortgageth his grey horse, now in Middletown meadows, to his brother, Nathaniel Collins, of Middletown. This is strong evidence that Samuel, of Saybrook, was the son of Deacon Ed-
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Edward, of Chelmsford, 1675, ancestor of the Dracut Colburns, or Coburns. (Hubbard's In. War.) Robert, of Ipswich, 1648, had a son Robert. Samuel, of Salem, 1637. (See Farmer.)
COLLSON, or COLTSON, or COLAND, from Great Britain,
ward, of Cambridge, in 1640, the same Samuel Collins, who was with his wife and son Edward in Scotland, in 1658, and the same Samuel Collins who was an importer at Saybrook, and after- ward lived and died in Middletown, and a brother of Rev. Nath'l, the first minister of Middle- town, Ct. Mary, widow of Samuel Collins, d. at Middletown, March 5, 1713-14.
As I have not traced the descendants of Robert Collins, I only mention, ROBERT COLLINS m. Eunice Foster, of Middletown, June 3, 1707, and had Mary, b. April 26, 1708 ; Robert, b. Feb. 17, 1709-10 ; Edward, b. Aug. 7, 1711, &c. Edward m. Susanna Peck, Aug. 29, 1738, and had Mole, b. Aug. 23, 1739.
ROBERT COLLINS, b. 1709-10, m. Abigail Ebenetha, May 4, 1736, by Mr. Hall, and had a son Samuel, b. April 20, 1737 ; John, b. Jan. 12, 1740, &c. Lament, daughter of Robert, Sen., d. May 13, 1732.
Alexander Keith, of Middletown, son of Wm. Kief, mu a dau'r of John Collins and Mary Dix- well, his wife-(no date.)
COLLINS, DANIEL, (not known where from,) settled, one of the first, in the south part of the town of Enfield, and d. in May, 1690, aged 42 years. Left a son Nathan, b. May 31, 1683, who went to Brimfield, Mass., to settle ; Also, Sarah, b. July 31, 1686 ; also, Josiah and Thomas, twin sons of Daniel, d. in Sept., 1690, aged about three montlis.
COLLINS, DANIEL, m. Ruth Wilkinson, of Milford, Dec. 7, 1699, and had a son Daniel, Jun., b. Dec. 9, 1700 ; Edward, b. Sept. 17, 1702, d. Feb., 1702-3. Daniel Collins m. Abigail Thomp- son, at N. Haven, Sept. 8, 1698. Wm. Collins m. Sarah Morrell, at N. Haven, Jan. 1, 1667.
COLLINS, MARY, of Windsor, 1640.
COLLINS, THOMAS, had his ear mark for cattle in Hartford, 1646.
WETHERSFIELD COLLINS'S.
COLLINS, SAMUEL, of Wethersfield, m. Martha -, Oct. 24, 1704, and had issue at Wethersfield, viz .:
1. Samuel, b. Jan. 21, 1705.
6. Hannah, b. June 7, 1717.
2. Jonathan, b. Oct. 8, 1706.
7. Mary, b. April 11, 1720.
3. Martha, b. July 9, 1709.
8. John, b. Jan. 8, 1723.
4. David, b. May 13, 1712.
9. Benjamin, b. Nov. 13, 1724.
5. Daniel, b. Aug. 27, 1714. 10. James, b. Oct. 30, 1727.
COLLINS, JONATHAN, b. 1706, of Wethersfield, son of Samuel and Martha, m. Rebina Smith, June 21, 1731. Issue b at Wethersfield :
1. Isaac, b. Feb. 27, 1732.
5. Prudence, b. Sept. 20, 1740.
2. Robert, b. June 5, 1734.
6. Olive, b. March 13, 1743.
3. Charles, b. Oct. 6, 1736 ; d.
7. Charles, b. Nov. 11, 1746.
4. Anna, b. July 14, 1738.
8. Rachel, Rebina and Kezia, b. July 20, 1749
COLLINS, JOHN, son of Samuel, b. 1723 ; m. Lydia Allis, March 8, 1739, and had children b. at Wethersfield, viz .:
1. Amos, b. June 4, 1746.
2. Kezia, b. 1747.
COLLINS, DAVID, b. 1712, son of Samuel, of Wethersfield, m. Sarah Cole, Nov. 11, 1742, and had issue at Wethersfield :
1. Abigail, b. Dec. 14, 1742.
3. Josiah, b. July 26, 1748, d. 1748.
2. Lucy, b. Dec. 5, 1745. 4. 2d Josiah, b. Sept. 26, 1750.
COLLINS, JAMES, b. 1727, son of Samuel, of Wethersfield, m. Eliz'th Riley, Nov. 5, 1747
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m. Marcy Shepard, of Simsbury, Feb. 26, 1718-19. He d. March 12, 1719, less than three weeks after his marriage.
COLLSON, MOSES, m. Sarah Silsby, April 10, 1766, of Wind- ham. Issue, Wm., b. July 26, 1766, d. Aug. 16, 1766 ; second Wm. b. and John.
COLTMAN, COULTMAN, JOHN, was early at Wethersfield, in 1645, and had six tracts of land recorded there as early as 1647, and four acres in the land division there in 1670. Sued for slander by Matthias Trott, in 1649, and defendant in court, Sept., 1649. For his improper treatment of Ruth Fish, and for disobeying the governor's command, was fined £5, July, 1645. He m. Mary -- , of Wethersfield, Sept. 16, 1667, and had Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1672; Eliz'th, b. Jan. 14, 1677 ; Anna, b. March 11, 1681. He was in the list of freemen at Wethersfield in 1669. The inventory of his estate was proved in court at Hartford, by Mrs. Mary Sherman, the former wife of said Coltman. She had again married. A previous inventory had been presented. She was sole administratrix, and she
and had Eliz'th, b. May 2, 1748 ; Patience, b. Nov. 9, 1749 ; Lydia, b. June 5, 1752 ; Zebedee, b. July 16, 1755.
COLLINS, BENJ'N, son of Samuel, b. 1724, m. Bathsheba Dimock, Jan. 30, 1755, and had Moses, b. at Wethersfield. Jan. 6, 1756.
COLLINS, ISAAC, son of Samuel and Martha, m. Esther Belding, Sept. 5, 1754, and had Simeon, b. Jan. 29, 1755. These are the Collins's of Wethersfield.
COLLINS, GILES, aged 20, passenger in the Paule, of London, Leonard Betts, master, bound for Virginia, July 6, 1635.
Wm. Collins, aged 34, and Wm. Collin, aged 20, passengers in the Plain Joan, for Virginia, May 15, 1635.
Henry Collins, aged 29, starch-maker, with his wife Ann, aged 30, and children, Henry, aged 5, Jo, aged 3, and Margery, aged 2 years, and five servants, embarked in the Abigall, Hackwell, master, for New England. Certificate from the minister of Stepney Parish, July 2, 1635.
Collins was an early name in Massachusetts and in Connecticut. John, in Massachusetts, aged 54, in 1658. John, Jun., aged 24. Christopher in 1654. Henry, aged 55, in 1662. James, aged 20, in 1664. John, aged 30, in 1665. Henry, Sen., of Lynn, 1662. Thomas, Sen., of Gloucester, 1666. Rev. Timothy, of Litchfield. Mr. Henry, of Newport, merchant, and Mr. Daniel Collings, of Charlestown, were subscribers for Prince's Chronology. John Collins * and Mehitable, his wife, of Gloucester, Mass., had children b. there, viz .: John, b. Dec. 12, and d. 20, 1659 ; John, 2d, b. 1662; Ezekiel, b. 1665 ; Ebenezer, b. 1667 ; Samuel, b. 1671 ; Amos, b. 1672 ; Benjamin, b. 1675. Farmer names Edward, of Cambridge, 1640, deacon, &c .; Fran- cis, of Salem, 1665; Henry, freeman, of Lynn, 1637 ; John, of Gloucester, selectman, 1646, and mem. ar. co. 1644, and son Tho's, b. 1645. (Far. His, Reg. and Rec.)
Eleven of this name had graduated at Yale College, before 1838; four at Harvard, before 1748, and seven at Williams College, before 1846.
Coats of arms .- Collens, or Collins, (Offwell, co. Dorset,) has 1 coat of arms ; Collens, or Col- lensworth, (Barnes Hill, co. Devon,) 1; Collens, (Upto", co. Hereford,) 1; Collins, 14; Collis, 1, and 10 others.
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in 1697, asked the court for a distribution of the estate to herself and three daughters, he having left no sons.
Coultman has one coat of arms ; Coltman has two coats of arms.
In 1659, John Coltman was a signer " at the meeting at Goodman Ward's house in Hartford, April 18, 1659," of the contract to re- move to Mass .; yet he did not remove as he had agreed, but re- mained in Wethersfield.
COLT, JOHN, a peer of England, father of Sir John Colt, " the great," who was dispossessed of his estates for opposing popery. He fought in defense of his country until he had three horses killed under him, and broke his sword in the action ; replacing it, he gained the victory, at the head of his troops ; and from this was granted the coat of arms. He was the father of Peter Colt, a peer in England, who was father of John, who was father of John, the father of John, who was father of John, who was born in Colchester, in England, and left there during the troubles of King Charles I., and came to Dorchester, near Boston, it is said, when about eleven years old, but left there, and removed to Hartford, Conn., about 1638. He m., perhaps, a dau'r of Joseph Fitch, then of Hartford, and this is conjecture only from the fact of their friendship, and that Mr. Fitch gave him land in 1679, " for love and good will." Mr. Fitch also removed from Hartford to Podunk, where he held a respectable rank and was a large landholder. The settlers of this part of Windsor, for some reason, do not appear much in probate records, or records of births and deaths, or on grave-stones, which renders it very difficult to find their children, and if found to know their fathers. John, Sen., was at Hartford, and had a dau'r Sarah bap. in Hartford, Feb. 7, 1646-7; also a son John. Joseph, of Windsor, Abraham, and Jonathan, were probably the children of John, Sen. The time he located at Podunk is uncertain. He was there in 1665, when he subscribed six shil- lings to raise the salary of the minister. In 1672, he was called out with others to cut brush. In 1675, he was taxed there for £67, in- cluding his poll at £18, and was there some years after. In 1691, in the valuation of property, John Colt had two persons under age, and Joseph and Abraham, his sons, (of age.) In 1713, these were signers to an East Windsor petition, viz., John, Joseph, Jabez and Benjamin Colt ; this makes John Colt and four persons, including Abraham Colt, who removed to Glastenbury. From the age of John, Sen., at this time, (he was probably deceased in 1713,) and this was John, Jun., his son, who removed to Lyme with his family. In a list of the taxable inhabitants of Windsor, in 1726, only two Colts,
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Jabez and Ruth, appear on that list. Abraham had removed at this time to Glastenbury. Jonathan d. in 1711. John and his family had removed to Lyme. Jabez Colt had a son John b. at Windsor, Oct. 29, 1703 (whose son Jabez was, is not found ; ) it was probably his son John, who settled in Harwinton in 1740.
COLT, JOHN, JUN., (so called,) owned a house and lot of six acres at Podunk, he purchased of Samuel Olmsted, and other lands recorded as early as 1691, and Joseph Colt purchased the house and six acres of John, Jun., at Podunk.
At a meeting of the council, at Hartford, Sept. 1, 1675, John Colt declared before them that " he was shot at yesterday by an Indian," and that another party of Indians were discovered near the north meadow in Hartford the last night. The council ordered the return of Major Treat and his troops forthwith to Hartford. This John Colt was in the list of freemen at Windsor, May 13, 1669.
COLT, ABRAHAM, removed from Podunk to Glastenbury, in 1691. He married Hannah Loomis, of Windsor, July 1, 1690. He had 98 acres of the 6,000 acre tract at Glastenbury, for £49, in 1716, and 6 acres more Dec. 19, 1723, (says Dr. Chapin.) Abra- ham d. at Glastenbury as early as 1730, as Abraham, Jun., a minor son of Abraham, dec'd, chose David Hills, of Hartford, for his guardian, in 1730. (Perhaps it was Abraham, Jun. that d.) See below.
Abraham Sen's children were :
1. Abraham, Jun., b. May 21, 1692, at Glastenbury.
2. Mary, b. Jan. 17, 1696.
3. Isaac, b. Sept. 15, 1702 ; d. Jan. 17, 1703.
COLT, AB'M, JUN., (son of Ab'm and Hannah, ) b. 1692, m. Su- sanna Risley ? Dec. 10, 1713, and had a son Ab'm, b. Sept. 30, 1714. It was this son Ab'm, who chose his guardian in 1730, and not the son of Ab'm, Sen., who was of age.
COLT, JOSEPIJ, of Windsor, m. Ruth Loomis, Oct. 29, 1691.
COLT, JONATHAN, of Windsor, cordwainer, dec'd, and admin-
- istration granted to Mathew Grant, for which he gave bonds as adm'r, April 2, 1711. Joseph, " his brother," and other brothers, refused to administer on his estate.
COLT, JOHN, who removed from Windsor to Lyme, had several sons and dau'rs. None of his sons lived to have families except Samuel and Benjamin. One dau'r m. Sterling, of Niantic, in Lyme, and had an only dau'r, who m. Capt. Ezra Ely, and left issue. Another dau'r m. Travers Ayres, of Saybrook, and had several chil-
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dren. The third dau'r m. Mr. Comstock, of Hadlyme, and had a large family of children.
COLT, SAMUEL, son of John, m. Miss Marven, and had issue :
1. Martin, was killed in his youth by the fall of a tree.
2. Samuel, Jun., m. Sarah Fowler, of Lebanon, dau'r of Dizab Fowler.
3. One daughter.
COLT, SAMUEL, JUN., son of Samuel, m. Miss Fowler, of Leb- anon, and had issuc. His dau'r Taphenia m. Timothy Tiffany.
COLT, BENJAMIN, son of John, Sen., of Lyme, m. Miriam Harris, of Saybrook, and had seven sons and three dau'rs, all of whom m. and had issue. He d. aged 56 years.
1. JOHN, his first son, lived with his grandfather, (John,) while a minor. He m. Mary Lord, a maternal relative, and had several sons and one dau'r. His wife d. 1759, aged 29. He m. for his second wife, Mary Matson, and had a son. His eldest son d. single. Am- herst, his second son, settled as a physician in New Hampshire. His youngest sons settled in Lyme, and with Sam'l Colt possessed the old family estate. John's second wife Mary d. 1767, aged 25.
2. COLT, JOSEPHI, b. Feb. 27, 1727, son of Benj'n, m. Desire Pratt, b. 1729; in March 11, 1756, they had children, (five sons and three dau'rs,) viz .:
1. Isaac or Isaiah, b. Sept. 5, 1757 ; d. when in college.
2. Deborah, b. Oct. 27, 1759 ; m. Samuel Selden, son of Col. Samuel Selden.
3. Judah, b. July 1, 1761 ; m.
4. Desire, b. April 11, 1763 ; m. Richard Ely Selden, Oct. 2, 1783, son of Col. Samuel.
5. Ascnath, b. Oct. 19, 1764.
6. Joseph, Jun., b. April 17, 1766 ; m.
7. Samuel, b. June 27, 1771 ; m.
8. Jabez, b. Jan. 19, 1778-9; did not marry.
After the death of Joseph, the father, his sons Judah, Samuel, Joseph and Jabez, sold their patrimonial estate, and settled in Genesco, N. Y.
3. COLT, MARY, dau'r of Benj'n, m. Tho's Giddings, of Lyme, and removed to Hartland, when it was a wilderness, and had a large family of sons and dau'rs, and acquired a good property by farming. His wife was living in 1799. Some of the sons settled in Hartland, one in Vermont, and two of the dau'rs in N. H. One dau'r m. Amherst Colt, her cousin, and one m. Dr. Judd.
4. COLT, SARAH, dau'r of Benj'n, m. Joseph Harvey, of Lyme, and had sons and dau'rs. She d. before 1799. Her children set- tled in Lyme.
5. TEMPERANCE, dau'r of Benj'n Colt, m. Capt. Abner Lord, a maternal relative and brother to the first wife of her brother, John
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Colt, and had two sons and one dau'r, viz., Thomas, Abner and Mary. Thomas was a minister, and went to Marietta, Ohio. He m. a dau'r of Capt. Oliver, who moved there from Mass. Abner m. a dau'r of Col. Samuel Selden, of Lyme. After his father died, he removed to Ohio, near his brother. Mary, the dau'r, m. Rev. Mr. Ely, of Danbury, where her mother d. previous to 1799.
6. COLT, HARRIS, third son of Benjamin, m. Elizabeth Turner, of New London, and had children, Elisha, Arnold, Lucretia, Eliza- beth, Harris, Anne, d. young, Peter, second Anna, Temperance, Polly and Sally. Hon. Elisha Colt settled in Hartford ; was many years a popular and an efficient comptroller of the state of Conn. Hed. at Hartford in 1827, and left a family of high standing there then and at this time. Arnold, a son of Harris, went to Wyoming, Penn., where he m. and left children, Harris and Peter, d. single ; Lucre- tia m. Hon. Isaac Spencer, son of Gen. Spencer, of E. Haddam, who was many years treasurer of Connecticut. Elizabeth m. Zach- ariah Seymour, who settled in Canadaigua, N. Y. Anna m. Capt. Job P. Tabor, moved to Louisiana, and d. in Baton Rouge, and left three dau'rs ; two m. there, the other m. and settled in Penn.
7. TEMPERANCE.
8. POLLY, m. Francis Brown, and d. in Florida ; her child d. young.
9. SALLY, m. Deodate J. Griswold, and d. in Penn'a, without issue.
10. BENJAMIN, JUN., fourth son of Benj'n, Sen., b. 1738, m. Lucretia, daughter of Major Daniel Ely, of Lyme, in 1761; settled in Hadley, Mass., and d. in middle life, Aug. 30, 1781, aged 43. Lucretia, his widow, m. John Walker, and d. March 23, 1826. He was the youngest son of Benj'n, Sen., who moved from Windsor to Lyme, and was an ingenious blacksmith, and made scythes, axes and other edge tools. He had children, viz .:
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