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Sheldon had a double portion, £758 ; Benjamin Sheldon, £379; Amy, wife of James Warriner, £379 ; Mary, wife of Ebenezer Hitchcock, £379; Rachel, wife of Jedediah Bliss, £379; (these were the five Sheldon children,) and John Ashley, son of Mr. John Ashley, £379; all having the. same mother. This John Ashley, who afterwards settled at Sheffield, was a great-grandson of the first Robert Ashley ; he was also the great-grandson of Col. John Pyncheon, of Spring- field, and of William Whiting, one of the first settlers of Hartford.
ASHLEY, JOHN, of Westfield, was one of a Committee for making a purchase of the Indians, granting lots, dividing the tract of land now Sheffield, admitting settlers, and to reserve lands for the first ministers, for the support of schools and the gospel. The com- mittee met in 1723, and received fifty-five settlers, or rather propri- etors. In 1724, a deed signed by Kon-ke-pot and twenty other In- dians, of this large tract of land, was acknowledged by them, before John Ashley, Esq., as magistrate or justice of the peace, which tract embraced several of the towns north of Sheffield, as now incor- porated. In 1725, Capt. John Ashley and Capt. Pomeroy divided the lower township. In June, 1733, John Ashley, E. Pomeroy and S. Ingersoll were appointed a committee by the legislature, to ad- vance the settlement in the lower and upper settlement. Capt. John Ashley's son, John, became one of the first settlers of the town of Sheffield, with Austin, Noble, Kellogg, Pell, and others, from West- field ; the same year Sheffield was incorporated, (1733,) and the first town meeting held at the log house of O. Noble.
*ASHLEY, JOHN, EsQ., of Sheffield, son of John, Esq., of West- field, who was born at Westfield, Dec. 2, 1709, emigrated in early life to Sheffield, and located himself there as a lawyer, after he had been admitted to the bar, in 1732. He held large quantities of land in the valley of the Housatonic and at Kunkapot, three miles east of the river. He soon rose in the militia to the rank of colonel, and was most of his life a magistrate of the county of Berkshire ; he was also a judge of the county court, from 1765 until the court was dismissed during the war of the Revolution, in 1781. He graduated at Yale College, in 1730, and died at Sheffield, Sept., 1802, aged 93 years.
* In January, 1723, John Ashley, Esq., and others, a committee, met at Springfield, where they received the names of fifty-six settlers or proprietors for the settlement of the lower town- ship, (Sheffield.) In 1725, Capt. John Ashley, of Westfield, and Capt. Ebenezer Pomeroy, made a division of the lower township, (Sheffield,) upon the river. The first settlers of Sheffield were from Hampshire county. Judge Ashley, son of the above named Capt. John Ashley, set- tled at Sheffield, in 1732 or '3.
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Hannah, his wife, died June 19, 1790, aged 78 years. He became a gentleman of great wealth, and left to his son and two daughters, then living, and grandchildren, about 1000 acres of finely cultivated lands and other estate ; most of his lands he had held from his first settlement there, until his death. Colonel or Judge John married in early life, Hannah Hugaboom, of Claverac, in the State of New York. Judge Ashley had one son and three daughters, viz., Major General John, Jane, Mary and Hannah.
ASHLEY, JANE, the eldest daughter of Judge John, of Sheffield, married Dr. William Bull, who lived and died at Sheffield. They had one son. Dr. William Bull. After the death of her husband, she married Ruluff Dutcher, of Canaan, Conn., by whom she had several children, viz., Christopher, John, Ruluff, Jr., Washington, and five daughters. One of the daughters of Ruluff, Jr., married Mr. Stir- ling, of Salisbury ; another married a Mr. Bushnell, and a third married Gen. Francis Bacon, of Litchfield, a young lawyer of much promise, since deceased ; and the fourth daughter married Professor Stewart, of Hartford. After the death of Mr. Ruluff Dutcher, Sen., Jane married for her third husband, Judge J. Porter, of Salisbury, the father of the late Gen. Peter B. Porter, of Black Rock, or Niag. ara Falls, New York.
ASHLEY, MARY, second daughter of Judge Ashley, married Gen. John Fellows, of Sheffield. They had four daughters and three sons, viz., Hannah, Mary, Charlotte, Jane, John, Edmund and Henry. Hannah married Dr. J. Porter, Jr., of Salisbury ; Mary married a Mr. Penfield, who settled the town of Penfield, in the State of New York ; one of the daughters of Mr. Penfield married the Hon. Ogden Ed- wards, of the city of New York. Mary Fellows, wife of Gen. Fel- lows, died Dec. 7, 1797, aged 53. Gen. Fellows died at Sheffield, August 1, 1808, aged 74. Hannah, third daughter of Judge John, married Martin Vosburgh, of Claverac, New York, and died soon after, and left no children.
*ASHLEY, MAJOR GEN. JOHN, born Sept. 26, 1736, only son of Judge John. He entered Yale College, and received the honors of that Seminary, in 1756. He settled in his native town, Sheffield, as a merchant. He served his town many years as a representative to
* The children of Gen. John Ashley, deceased, of Sheffield, are descendants of John Gay, of Dedham, one of the first settlers there, of William Ballantine, of Boston, of the first Gov. Wine throp, of Gov. Wyllis, of Hartford, by his daughter Amy, of Col. John Pynchon, of Springfield, of William Whiting, of Hartford, and Robert Ashley, of Springfield, Mass.
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the General Court, at Boston, as his honored father had done before him. He rose through the several militia grades to the rank of Ma- jor General of the ninth division of the militia of Massachusetts ; he also held several civil appointments. Gen. Ashley distinguished himself in the suppression of Shay's rebellion in Massachusetts. He commanded the force which dispersed the insurgents at Sheffield, Feb. 26, 1787. He married Louisa Ward, of New Marlborough, May 20, 1762. Their children by this connection, were-Louisa, born March 10, 1763, and John Ashley, born Jan. 11, 1767. Louisa, the first wife of Gen. John, died April 2, 1769. Gen. Ashley, for his second wife, married Mary Ballantine, Oct. 17, 1769, daughter of Rev. John Ballantine, of Westfield, a descendant of William, of Boston. She was born in 1744, and died March 8, 1827, aged 83 years. By this marriage his children were, Ballantine, born Dec. 2, 1770, Major William, born Jan. 4, 1773, Roger, born March 27, 1775, Samuel, born Nov. 21, 1778, Mary, born March 20, 1781, Hannah, born Sept. 10, 1782, Jane, born March 19, 1784, Lydia Ashley, born Nov. 19, 1788. General Ashley died Nov. 5, 1799, in the sixty-fourth year of his age, and was buried with military honors. Ballantine, son of Gen. John, died single, aged twenty-eight years. Roger and Samuel died young and unmarried. Col. John, son of Gen. John, of Sheffield, half-brother of Major William, married Ase- nath Keyes, and had children, Harry, Louisa, Maria, Emeline, Eliza, Jane, John and Robert. Col. John died Dec. 22, 1823, and his widow, Asenath, died a few years after him.
ASHLEY, LOUISA, eldest daughter of Gen. John Ashley, by his first wife, married Samuel B. Sheldon, then of Salisbury, who soon moved to Vermont, and became the first settler of the town of Sheldon, and gave to the new town his own name. They had two children, Elizabeth and John; the latter died young. Elizabeth married Dr. Chauncey Fitch, late of Sheldon, deceased. Their chil- dren were, Jabez, Dr. Samuel S., John, Louisa and Eliza. (See THOMAS FITCH.)
*ASHLEY, MAJOR WILLIAM, son of Gen. John, was born Jan.,
* "Major William Ashley, died at his residence in Sheffield, on the 29th ult., at the age of 76 years. Major Ashley was the son of Gen. John Ashley, who commanded in the Shay's insur- rection in Berkshire county, and the grandson of Col. John Ashley, formerly one of the Judges of the old Court of Common Pleas, and one of the original settlers of Sheffield. His mother was a daughter of the Rev. Mr. Ballantine, of Westfield, Mass.
" Major Ashley was educated at Harvard College, and after his graduation devoted himself to the care and improvement of his estate. In all the transactions of life, he has ever been dis-
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4, 1773 ; and was graduated at Harvard College, 1793, but followed no profession, except that of a gentleman farmer, holding a large estate in lands in Sheffield, where he died April 26, 1849, aged 76. When young he married Jane Hillyer, a daughter of Judge Hillyer, of Granby, Conn., Jan. 4, 1803, born August 24, 1779. By this connection he had two daughters, viz., Julia H., born Nov. 29, 1803, and died August 4, 1822, and Jane Pelletrau, born Jan. 21, 1808. Julia married Horatio L. Warner, Esq., a merchant of Sheffield, June 18, 1821; she died soon after marriage, and left no issue. Jane married Hon. William G. Bates, of Westfield, Mass., Oct. 29, 1830, a lawyer of eminence, who has been two years a member of the Gov- ernor's Council of his State, and held other important offices. He was born Nov. 17, 1803 ; his children, Sarah Barnard, born June 24, 1831, died August 27, 1831 ; Jane Ashley, born Feb. 24, 1835; Mary Ashley, born July 28, 1837, died Sept. 23, 1838; William Ashley, born Jan. 26, 1839, died May 2, 1839; Sarah Porter, born Oct. 16, 1840, died April 25, 1841 ; an infant, born June 17, 1843, died same day ; Fannie Bulah Bates, born March 4, 1845; and Elizabeth, born 1848.
MARY, the daughter of Gen. John, married Dr. John Laffargue, of St. Domingo, in the West Indies ; he afterwards located and died at Sheffield ; Mary, his widow, died Dec. 5, 1848. He had an only son, John Laffargue ; this son married Catherine E. Stanly, of Stock- bridge, Mass., and has issue, John, Royal H., Mary, Frederick and Ellen.
ASHLEY, HANNAH, married John Hillyer, son of Judge Hill- yer, deceased, of Granby, Conn., and has several children, viz., Mary A., b. July 1809 ; Julia, b. 1812; William A., b. 1814 ; John, b. 1817 ; and Jane, b. Jan. 11, 1823. William A. married Mrs. Julia Banker, of New York, and has two daughters. Julia Hillyer married Mr. Benedict, and has one daughter.
ASHLEY, JANE, daughter of Gen. John, married Harry Clark, of Sheffield, and had two children, John B. and Jane M. She then married Dr. Nathaniel Preston, of Sheffield, and had Lydia A., Har- riet A., and Sarah B. Dr. Nathaniel Preston died Dec. 23, 1825, aged 43 years. Sarah died young. John married Miss Graves, a daughter of Judge Graves, of Sherman. Jane M. married Judge Pren-
tinguished by his just dealings, his rigid integrity, and his conscientious regard to duty. By his death the poor are deprived of a genuine friend, to whom they never applied in vain, the com- munity of a valued and highly respected citizen, and the church of a sincere Christian."
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tice, of Indiana. Lydia married Jonathan Woodruff, of Lima, Indi- ana, and left one child ; she died in 1816. Harriet married Elijah Deming, of Indiana, June 23, 1847. Jane, the mother, is still living in Indiana.
ASHLEY, LYDIA, youngest daughter of Gen. John, married Roy- al R. Hinman, Esq., of Hartford, Sept. 14, 1814. (See HINMAN.)
ASHLEY, DAVID, son of Robert, Sen., of Springfield, married Hannah Glover, of New Haven, Conn., 1663, and located at West- field, Mass. ; he had Samuel, and other children, He removed his family to Westfield, from Springfield.
ASHLEY, SAMUEL, son of David, son of Robert, Sen., married Sarah Kellogg, of Hadley, in 1686, and had Joseph, afterwards Rev., and several other children.
*ASHLEY, REV. JOSEPH, the youngest child of Samuel, gradu- ated at Yale College, with his cousins, John and two others, in 1730. He read theology and settled in the ministry at Winchester, New Hampshire, in 1736, where he remained until the inhabitants of the place were driven away by the Indians. In 1747, he was installed pastor of the church in Sunderland, where he died in 1797, aged 88 years. Mr. Ashley married Anna Dewey of Westfield, the year he settled at Winchester ; he had a son, Stephen, and other children.
ASHLEY, STEPHEN, son of Rev. Joseph, son of Samuel, son of David, son of Robert, Sen., m. Elizabeth Billings, and settled in Sunderland, where he died in 1815; they had William, and other children.
ASHLEY, WILLIAM, the son of Stephen, the grandson of Rev. Joseph, great-grandson of Samuel, great-great-grandson of David, the son of Robert, Sen., of Springfield, m. Nancy Pomeroy, of Hadley ; he resided for a time in Prescott, and afterwards at Amherst, where Hon Chester Ashley was born, June 1, 1790. His children were, by his first wife, William, Jr., Hon. Chester, Elisha ; by his second
* Epitaph on the tomb-stone at Sunderland. Mass. " In memory of Rev. Joseph Ashley, the son of Mr. Samuel Ashley, who was born at Westfield. Mass .. Oct. 11th, 1709. graduated at Yale College, 1730, married Anna Dewey, Feb. 16th, 1736, was ordained over the church and people of Winchester, N. H., 1736, left there on account of the Indians, 1745, was installed over the church and people in Sunderland, Mass., 1749, died Feb. 8, 1797, in the 88th year of his age, and in the 61st year of his ministry.
Sound in judginent, meek in spirit, a friend of peace. a steady believer in the doctrines of grace, respected by his people. and esteemed by them in the ministry.
Daniel. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever."
(Copied from the tomb-tone of the Rev. Joseph Ashley, in the grave-yard of Sunderland, Mass.)
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wife, he had Lauretta and Pliny. Mr. Ashley removed from Am- herst to Hudson, N. Y., where he died in 1847.
ASHLEY, HON. CHESTER, son of William Ashley, of Hudson, N. Y., deceased, graduated at Williams College, in 1813. He read law in the office of Judges Reeve and Gould, at Litchfield, about one year ; he then returned to Hudson, New York, and finished his legal studies in the office of the Hon. Elisha Williams, at Hudson. He was born at Amherst, Mass. He emigrated with his father to Hud- son, when young. After his admission to the bar, he went to the west to seek his fortune in life, and for a short time opened a law office in Illinois ; from thence he removed to Little Rock, in Arkansas, where he located and remained in a profitable prac- tice of his profession until he was elected a Senator of the United States. Gen. Ashley was on his sixth year's service as Senator of the United States, and his State had re-elected him to that honorable and responsible office for six additional years, from and after the 4th of March, 1849. In the fore part of April, 1848, he was taken severely ill at Washington, when attending upon his senatorial duty ; he lingered a few days, unattended by any one of his family. He died at Washington, D. C., April 29, 1848, greatly lamented by his family, his associates in council, and his country. Mr. Ashley was an important member of that learned body of statesmen. He was a gentleman of fine, commanding appearance ; no man in the Senate surpassed him in this respect ; though his hair was white, his ruddy cheeks gave him the appearance at least of middle life, and his voice so often heard in that learned body, improved his youthful appear- ance, while it showed his talents equal to his task and position. He married in early life an accomplished lady, after his location at Little Rock, and had a son William, born there, who was educated at Hart- ford, Conn., and is now a planter near the former residence of his worthy father. He also left an amiable daughter, who figured con- spicuously in the highest circles at Washington, during a part of her father's residence there, and an amiable widow, who now resides in Arkansas.
ASHLEY, JOSEPH, and Elizabeth, his wife, had a son, Thomas, b. at Rochester, Mass., Feb. 21, 1704-5.
NOTE .- Col. John Pynchon, of Springfield, Mass., married Miss Wyllys, daughter of Gov. George Wyllys, of Hartford, Conn., in 1645. She became the mother of Mary Pynchon, who married Hon. Joseph Whiting, and was the great-grandmother of Hon. John Ashley, of Sheffield.
Mary Ashley, late of Sheffield, Mass., widow of Gen. John Ashley, left a book printed in 1646, and a silver headed cane, which had been presented by Col. Jolin Pynchon, to John Asb- ley, Esq., which are now in the family.
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ASHLEY, JONATHAN, of Hartford, second son of Robert, of Springfield, was b. in 1646, and m. Sarah, a daughter of William Wadsworth, of Hartford, where he settled. His children were, Jo- seph, Jonathan, Samuel, Sarah and Rebecca. Estate £1.30, 19s. He d. in 1704, and left a widow.
ASHLEY, JOSEPH, son of Jonathan, and grandson of Robert, d. at Hartford, in 1754 : left no sons. His daughters were, Hannah, who m. Samuel Day ; Ann, m. Samuel Clark, of Windsor; Mary, and Jerusha Ashley. Estate £189. Great-grandchildren of Robert.
ASHLEY, JONATHAN, JR., son of Jonathan, Sen., and grand- son of Robert, m. Elizabeth -, and had children : Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1704-5 ; Jonathan, b. Aug. 10, 1706, d. Dec. 4, 1708; Eliza- beth, b. Sept. 29, 1708 ; 2d Jonathan, b. April 30, 1710 ; Mary Gay- lord, Abigail, Rachel Tudor, (or Turner,) and Eunice-great- grandchildren of Robert. He died in 1750. His only son Jonathan, had all the land of his father, and paid legacies to his sisters.
ASHLEY, JONATHAN, grandson of Jonathan, Sen., of Hart- ford, d. in 1777. He appears to have left no children.
ASHLEY, LIEUT. EZEKIEL, of Hartford, his will offered by his relict, Hannah, in Aug., 1745 : he had children : Ezekiel, Jr., under 21 years ; Hannah, a minor, and a daughter "Grissill " (Griswold,) under 18 years of age. Hannah, his widow, Executrix. Will da- ted June 28, 1745. Ezekiel, Jr., m. Elizabeth -, and d. in 1761 and left children.
ASHLEY, SAMUEL, 3d son of Jonathan, Sen., of Hartford, and grandson of Robert, of Springfield, Mass., removed to Windham, now Hampton, from Hartford. He had an estate in lands, by his father's will, in Plainfield. He m. Elizabeth -, and had children : Love, d. young ; Samuel, b. Nov. 27, 1726 ; Abner, b. May, 1722; Jo- seph, Susannah, b. June 5, 1724. The two last settled upon their father's farm at Hampton.
ABNER, son of Samuel, had children : Daniel, Abner, and others. Joseph Ashley, left three sons and four daughters. His son Joseph lived upon the homestead, and his brothers, Thomas, and Ebenezer, removed to the state of New York, and their sisters, Mrs. Butts, Mrs. Davison, and a maiden sister, Chloe, remained in Hampton, and Mrs. Ingalls, at Pomfret. Mrs. Susan Smith, of Rodman, N. Y., is the last survivor of this generation. The wife of Samuel, d. aged 51 years, about 1750. Samuel, from Hartford, to Hampton, was the great-grandfather of Walter Ashley of Hampton. Walter, of Tolland, was a son of Abner, of Hampton.
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ASHLEY, SAMUEL, JR., m. Ruth Cressy, Nov. 23, 1746.
ASHLEY, JOSEPH, of Windham, son of Samuel, Sen., m. Sa- rah Cressy, Nov. 5, 1751 : had Sarah, b. Nov. 2, 1752 ; Anna, b. July 13, 1754 ; Joseph, Jr., b. July 21, 1756 ; Love, b. March 3, 1758. Sarah, his wife, d. Sept. 11, 1762, and he m. Zuruiah Lyon, April 25, 1764, and had issue : Thomas, Cloe, Ebenezer, Susannah, Zuruiah. His wife d. May 5, 1781. Joseph, the son of Joseph, remained on the homestead. Love left no children.
ABNER m. and had children, viz : Daniel, Abner, and others. Walter Ashley, of Tolland, is the son of Abner, Jr., and grandson of Samuel, the son of Jonathan Ashley, of Hartford.
This branch of the Ashley family that settled in Connecticut, have now become nearly extinct at Hartford, but some few of the descendants yet reside at Hampton, Tolland and other towns in the eastern part of Connecticut, one of whom was a member of the Con- necticut Legislature, in May, 1849, from Chaplin. One of the name graduated at Harvard College ; eight of this name have gradu- ated at Yale College.
ASHLEY, BENJAMIN, of Westfield, m. Rebecca Kellogg, of Suffield, in 1744.
ASHLEY, REV. JONATHAN, minister of Deerfield, graduated at Yale College, in 1730, ordained there in 1738, and d. in 1780, aged 67,-an able divine, and popular preacher.
" ASHLEY, EDWARD, of ye first church (Boston, ) ye North Church, 1677," when he was made free. I find no evidence that Ed- ward was of the family of Robert Ashley, of Springfield. " Died at Groton, Conn., in the county of New London, Mr. Edward Ashley, in the 108th year of his age." (Pub. in Hartford Courant, Jan. 26, 1767.) Probably son of Edward, of Boston, who was made free at Boston, 1677.
ASHLEY, ALICE, aged 20, a maid servant, was bound in the
NOTE .- Mrs. Kate Ashley, was Queen Elizabeth's Governess, and " exercised the most remarka- ble influence over the mind of her royal pupil, from her earliest years. She was Aunt to Sir Hum- phrey Gilbert, to whom Sir Walter Raleigh was uterine brother, and was married to a relative of Anne Boleyn, the Queen's unfortunate mother. Queen Elizabeth placed her chief favor and confidence in her maternal kindred, to the end of her life, and Mrs. Asliley's powerful influence was of great advantage to her nephews." (See Gen. Reg. No. XV, p. 226.)
In the valuable late extracts from the original record in the Custody of the Master of the Rolls in London, by Mr. Somerby, I find Samuel Ashley, aged 19, and Mary Ashley, aged 24 years, in 1635, were embarked in the Merchant Bonaventure, James Ricrofte, Master, to be transported to Virginia. (Perhaps Ashley River took its name from this Samuel Ashley.) 7
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ship Defence de Lond., to New England, per certificate from two Justices of Peace, and Minister of All Saints, (homan ?) in North- ampton, (England.)
ASPINWALL, or ASPINWELL, ELIAZER, or EBENEZER, of Kensington, d. there in 1741 or '2. Inventory dated July 2, 1742, and letters of administration granted same month and year, to Aaron his son and Mary his widow. His children were, Aaron, Ma- ry Adkins, Hamatter, and Anna Nott. He left over £700 estate. Distribution, Aug. 17, 1743.
ASPINWELL, AARON, m. Sarah Collins, Oct. 20, 1732, and had children : Dorothy, b. Nov. 10, 1733 ; Caleb, b. May 4, 1736, perhaps others.
ASPINWALL, PETER, Brookline, Mass., 1653 ; from Lanca- shire, England. (Savage, I.) This was an early name at Norfolk, Conn., (spelt Aspenwell.)
ASPINWALL, WILLIAM, Boston, juror, 1630, and freeman, 1632, deputy, 1637, member ar. co. 1643, afterwards of Watertown, Mass. Removed to Rhode Island, and was first Secretary of the Colony, returned to Boston, and thence to England, where he died. ASPINALL has two coats of arms, and ASPINWALL, one.
ASPINWALL, MR. WILLIAM, desired to be made free at Bos- ton, Oct. 19, 1630 : took the oath April 3, 1632. This is an old and highly respectable name in Boston, Mass.
ASPINWALL, PETER, of Roxbury, Mass., in 1683 : signed a contract with others, to settle the town of Woodstock, Conn.
ASPINWALL, WILLIAM and ELIZABETH, of Boston, had children : Edward, b. at Boston, 26th of the 7th month, 1630, and d. the 10th of the 8th month, 1630 ; Hannah, Elizabeth, Samuel, Ethlan and Dorcas, b. the 14th of the 12th month, 1639. This is the first found in Mass. PETER, freeman in Massachusetts, 1645. Mr. Aspinwall, (supposed) Recorder for the County of Suffolk, (Gen. Reg. No. 11, p. 207.) WILLIAM ASPINWALL, was Re- corder in 1647. This has been a celebrated name in Massachusetts, early, and at a later period in the City of New York, by some of their descendants from Massachusetts. The name of Aspenwell is at Mans- field, and George W. Aspinwell, representative of the town, in 1852. ASTWOOD, JAMES, Farmer says, was a freeman at Dorches-
NOTE .- Hon. Heman Allen, (a brother of Col. Ethan Allen, the hero of Bennington,-who was many years a leading Member of Congress, from the Burlington District in Vermont, and American Minister to the Chilian Republic, (appointed by President J. Q. Adams,) died of Apo- plexy, at Highgate, in Vermont, April, 1852. (See JOSEPH ALLEN, p. 45.)
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ter, 1639, and probably one of the founders of the 2d Church in Boston : sons, John and Joseph b. in 1640 and 1644. John, Massa- chusetts, freeman in 1636, removed to New Haven Colony, and set- tled at Milford, as early as 1639, where he was a magistrate. Nov. 20, 1639, he was appointed at Milford, one of the Judges "in all civil affairs," to try all causes between man and man, as a court to punish any offences and sin against the commandments therein, till a body of laws should be established, and to observe and apply them- selves to the rule of the written word of God." He was one of the first church of Milford, gathered at New Haven. He returned to England and d. there in July, 1654. He was one of the principal men at Milford, for the few years he remained there. He, with Mr. Tapp, and Wm. Fowler, of Milford, were requested by the General Court of Connecticut, in Sept., 1641, to settle the bounds " between Paquanuck and Uncoway." (Indian name of Milford,* was Wep- owaug.)
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