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(IV) Jonathan Church, son of Richard (3) and Elizabeth (Noble) Church, was born December 7, 1700, and died October 27, 1761. He was an early set- tler of North Parish, New London, now Montville, where he came from Colchester. First notice of him is in his marriage, February 24, 1724, to Abigail Fair- banks, born in 1705, daughter of Samuel and Chris- tian (Chapel) Fairbanks, by Rev. James Hillhouse. Soon after this union he purchased a farm in the vi- einity of Uncasville, at a place afterwards called "Pennytown." His wife was a woman of considera- ble ability and moral character. Her mother was a member of the Hillhouse church. These children have been recorded: 1. Jonathan, Jr., born in 1726; married (first) Mary Angell, February 13, 1762, daughter of William and Almy (Harding) Angell, of Warwick, Rhode Island, he served in the Revolution- ary War as private in Colonel Erastus Wolcott's regiment at New London, February 28, 1777; married (second) Mary Angel Fairbanks; (third) Jemina An- gel; he died previous to 1800; his widow sold out his
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interest in the farm to Levi Lester in 1801 and re- moved to New York State. 2. Fairbanks, born in 1728. 3. John, born in 1734. 4. Amos, born in 1736. 5. Peleg, of whom further.
(V) Peleg Church, son of Jonathan and Abi- gail (Fairbanks) Church, was born in 1738. He mar- ried Elizabeth Congdon, daughter of Jeremiah and Ann (Chapel) Congdon. He was a blacksmith, and first started a shop on the land bought of Joseph Church, in 1764, in Uncasville, then called "Penny- town." He afterwards removed to the Fort Hill farm at Mohegan, where it is said he lived for over thirty years. He served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Calkins company, General Lati- mer's regiment, at Saratoga, in 1777. He died before 1805. His children are: Elizabeth, Peleg, Jr., of whom further; Sanford, born in 1768, married Sarah Monroe; John, born in 1770, married Sarah Leach, sister of Mary Leach, wife of Peleg Church, Jr.
(VI) Peleg Church, Jr., son of Peleg and Eliza- beth (Congdon) Church, was born in 1766. He mar- ried Mary Leach, daughter of John and Mary (Gray) Leach, of Mohegan. His children are: Erastus, of whom further; Peleg, born in 1793, married Jane Harrington; Henry, born in 1795, married Parthema Bradford, in January, 1816, daughter of William Bradford; Nancy, born in 1796, married Ebenezer Story; Maria, born in 1798, married Joshua Rogers; James B., born in 1790, married Julia O'Brien; Lydia, married Joseph Fuller in 1830; Eliza, born April 2, 1800, married Samuel Atwell; William, mar- ried Harriet Lucas; and Abby, married George F. Dolheise.
(VII) Erastus Church, son of Peleg, Jr. and Mary (Leach) Church, was born April 6, 1792. He married (first) Nancy Ford, daughter of John Ford, and had children: 1. Mary, born November 2, 1812, married George Carpenter, and died January 5, 1848. 2. Elisha R., mentioned below. 3. Almira, born April 23, 1821, died September 24, 1822. 4. Emeline, born September 20, 1822, married (first) George Cranston; (second) Dr. King, of Norwich. 5. Eliza, born January 16, 1824, married Nathan Champlin Chappell. 6. Nancy, born December 20, 1826, married Edward Burdette, and died aged forty- one ycars. Erastus Church married (second) Mrs. Fitche (Comstock) Church, widow of George Whit- man Church, and daughter of Ebenezer and Desire (Comstock) Comstock, born in Montville, in 1790. She had five children by her first marriage: 1. Mary Ann, born December 21, 1815, married Mr. Carpenter, of Norwich, Connecticut. 2. Captain James Leander, born January 19, 1819, and died Jan- uary 15, 1901; married Anstriss Wentworth Sweet, born in 1830, and died June 16, 1900, daughter of Na- thaniel and Betsey (Ellis) Sweet, of Providence, Rhode Island. 3. George W. 4. Electa, born August 20, 1821, married (first) John Chapman, and (second) Levi Lester. 5. Dudley, died young. Children by Erastus Church's second marriage to Mrs. Fitche (Comstock) Church. I. Captain Erastus, born April 13, 1834, died March 5, 1911; married Helen M. Saw-
yer, born September 20, 1859, died September 6, 1919. 2. Charles E., born February 14, 1837, died May 23, 1902; married Isabelle Utley Beebe. 3. Nicholas W., born May 24, 1839; married (first) Ellen Cong- don, (second) February 2, 1886, Juliet Maynard, born October 14, 1839, died February 28, 1914.
(VIII) Elisha R. Church, son of Erastus and Nancy (Ford) Church, was born April 2, 1816, in Mohegan. He married (first) Augusta
March 4, 1844, the Rev. Mr. Potter performing the ceremony. She was born August 14, 1826. He mar- ried (second) Melissa S. Williams, daughter of John and Eliza (Brown) Williams, who was born in Montville, October 4, 1841. She died November 5, 1918. He died in Preston, February 6, 1892. Chil- dren by first wife: Bishop S., Isabell A., and Charles B. Children by second wife: Theodore N .; Henry E .; Jane E .; Leonard P., of whom further; Elisha, twin brother of Leonard P., died young; Warren W .; Evelyn.
(IX) Leonard P. Church, son of Elisha R. and Melissa S. (Williams) Church, was born April 2, 1868, in Preston, Connecticut, where he spent his boyhood days and received his education. When eighteen years of age he entered the employ of Charles Offenheiser, of Norwich, as bookkeeper, where he remained for one year, after which he was employed by Welcome A. Smith for two years in the same capacity. On December 1, 1889, he en- tered the Thames National Bank, where he has served continuously since, having reached the posi- tion of assistant cashier, which position he now holds.
Mr. Church, in his religious faitlī, is a Baptist, he and his family belonging to the Central Baptist Church. Politically, he is a Republican, and frater- nally, a member of the Arcanum Club since 1890, and a member of the Chelsea Boat Club, serving for .many years as treasurer.
On April 5, 1893, Mr. Church married Harriet C. Briggs, born January 17, 1872, daughter of Horace A. and Esther (Green) Briggs, of Norwich. To this union has been born two children: Natalie N., who died at the age of ten years; and Kenneth Briggs, who graduated from Clark College in 1920, and then entered Clark University, and is now em- ployed as a chemist at the Aspinook Company, Jewett City.
ARTHUR H. BREWER-In May, 1922, Arthur H. Brewer, president of the Thames National Bank, of Norwich, celebrated the seventy-fourth anniver- sary of his natal day, and amid the scenes in which his most useful life began,-Norwich, Connecticut. No man ever lived in the city of Norwich whose life has been more persistently devoted to the busi- ness interests of the city, as merchant, manufacturer and banker. The mercantile, industrial and financial history of Norwich could not be written, and the career of Arthur H. Brewer be omitted, neither could the history of several leading corporations of the city be chronicled, truly, without a great
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deal of space being given to the following: The Edward Chappell Company, coal and lumber, one of the largest and oldest businesses of its kind in East- ern Connecticut; the Hopkins and Allen Arms Company; the Shetucket Company; the Falls Com- pany; the Ashland Cotton Company (Jewett City); the Ponemah Mills; the Norwich Savings Society, the oldest of financial institutions in Norwich; the Thames National Bank, the largest of all New Lon- don county banks; and a dozen others, in which he has held or holds official position. So, too, there would be blank pages were his name and his deeds omitted from the records of the city's church, chari- table, philanthropic and fraternal institutions. While the years have taken their toll, Mr. Brewer is still "in the harness," and he can be found at his office in the Thames National Bank every business day.
Mr. Brewer comes of ancient New England fam- ily, his grandfather, Lyman Brewer, coming to Lud- low, Massachusetts, then to Norwich, Connecticut, in early life. Lyman Brewer was of the sixth gen- eration of the family founded in New England by Daniel Brewer, who came in the ship "Lion" in 1632. This family history is traced from Daniel and Joanna Brewer, the American ancestors, to Arthur H. Brewer, of Norwich, through their son, Daniel (2) Brewer, and his wife, Hannah (Morril) Brewer, they of Roxbury, Massachusetts; their son, Rev. Daniel (3) Brewer, a graduate from Harvard Col- lege, 1687, an ordained minister of the Gospel, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and his wife, Catherine (Chauncey) Brewer; their son Isaac Brewer, of Wil- braham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Mary (Bliss) Brewer; their son, Lieutenant Isaac (2) Brewer, a large landowner of Ludlow, Massachusetts, and his wife, Sybil (Miller) Brewer; their son, Lyman Brewer, of further mention, and his wife, Harriet (Tyler) Brewer; their son, Charles H. Brewer, of further mention, and his wife, Martha L. (Witter) Brewer; their son, Arthur H. Brewer, to whom this review is inscribed.
Along maternal lines, Mr. Brewer traces through his mother, Martha L. ( Witter) Brewer, to Professor John Witter, of Yale University, son of Jacob Witter, of Brooklyn, Connecticut, son of Nathan Witter, of Brooklyn; son of Ebenczer Witter, of Preston, Connecticut; son of Deacon Ebenezer Witter, born in Scotland, in 1668, who came to New England, settling in Preston, where he died in 1712, aged forty-four years. Through his grandmother, Har- riet (Tyler) Brewer, descent is traced from Rev. John Tyler (Yale, 1765), first rector of Christ Epis- copal Church, Norwich, who served that church for fifty-four years. Through his great-grandmother, Hannah Tracy, Arthur H. Brewer finds an ancestor in Lieutenant Thomas Tracy, whose English line of descent was from Egbert, the first Saxon king of all England, who was sixth in direct line from Cedric the Saxon, of the sixth century.
Lyman Brewer, of the sixth American generation, was born in 1786, settled in Norwich, Connecticut, where he died June 19, 1857. In early life he en-
gaged as a merchant, but in 1825 aided in organiz- ing the now Thames National Bank, and became its cashier, continuing in that position until liis death, thirty-two years later. He was also one of the founders of the Norwich Savings Society, of Nor- wich, in 1824, these being the first two banking in- stitutions in Norwich and both survive as leaders, one now a National, the other a savings bank. Lyman Brewer resided in the old Brewer house, at No. 92 Washington street, which is occupied by Miss Louisa J. Brewer, one of the eleven children of Lyman and Harriet (Tyler) Brewer. Mrs. Har- riet (Tyler) Brewer died in Norwich, November 3, 1880, aged ninety years, eleven months.
Charles H. Brewer, son of Lyman and Harriet (Tyler) Brewer, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, August 9, 1824, but spent little of his business life there, dying suddenly in San Francisco, California, January 10, 1891. For more than a decade of years he was a resident of San Mateo, California, asso- ciated with his brother, Rev. Alfred L. Brewer, D.D., head of a military school there. In 1890 he left his home in Norwich to look after some real estate in California, and there died. He is buried in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich. Charles H. Brewer married, in 1847, Martha L. Witter, born in 1828, died Decem- ber 9, 1873, daughter of Professor John and Eliza (Buckley) Witter. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Brewer were the parents of four children: Arthur H., of further mention; Frank C., a banker; Annie Louise, married Walter L. Wellington, a merchant; Kate Tyler, married Robert DuBois, a merchant.
Arthur H. Brewer, of the eighth American Brewer generation in New England, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, May 17, 1848, and there resides, an honored, "native son," (August, 1922). He was educated in Norwich and Boston schools, and at the age of twenty entered the employ of Edward Chap- pell, a coal dealer of Norwich. Ten years later, in 1878, Mr. Chappell admitted Mr. Brewer to a one- third partnership interest, Enoch F. Chapman also having an equal interest. Mr. Chappell died in 1891, Messrs. Brewer and Chapman continuing the busi- ness until the latter's death in January, 1898, when Mr. Brewer admitted his former most worthy em- ployces, Messrs. Washburn, Hatch, Chapman and Crary, reorganizing as a corporation, The Edward Chappell Company. The company waxed prosper- ous and great, its management claiming Mr. Brew- er's able interest until 1913, when he retired from the management, not to private life, but to an en- larged field of activity. The interest Mr. Brewer held in The Edward Chappell Company he disposed of among his sons-in-law, William A. Norton, Willis Austin and Lucius Briggs.
It would require a volume to chronicle in full the ramifications of Mr. Brewer's numerous interests, so important have they been. He was for a num- ber of years president of the Hopkins & Allen Arms Company; president of the Falls Company; vice-president of the Ponemah Mills Company, act- ing president during President William A. Lester's
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absence abroad; president of the Ashland Cotton Company of Jewett City; secretary-treasurer of the Uncas-Hall Company; director of the Norwich Gas and Electric Company; president of the Crescent Fire Arms Company; vice-president of the Norwich Water Power Company; director of the Uncas Paper Company; president of Bard Union Company; and numerous others. He has retired from executive place in many of these corporations, but holds di- rectorships in several.
Mr. Brewer's banking interests are very important and have become his sole activity in the business life of his city. On June 21, 1913, he became presi- dent of The Norwich Savings Society, which institu- tion, in 1924, will celebrate its centenary. In 1918 he was elected the eighth president of the Thames National Bank, and is yet holding that office with the institution that his grandfather, Lyman Brewer, aided in organizing and served as its first cashier, 1825-1857. This in brief is an outline of the business career of a real captain of industry, but it is only an outline of half a century of useful effort, and a rec- ord not completed but still in the making.
The Norwich institutions devoted to charity and philanthropy have always had a warm friend in Mr. Brewer, although he has acted in a quiet, unobtru- sive way, few knowing how deep his interest is and how broad his charity. He has long served as a di- rector of the Eliza Huntington Memorial Home; is an ex-president of the Norwich Chamber of Com- merce; member of the Arcanum Club, and its presi- dent when the club revamped and occupied its pres- ent quarters on Webster Heights, the acquirement of which was originally instigated by Mr. Brewer; trustee of Norwich Free Academy; member of the Society of Colonial Wars, and is a Republican in politics, sitting as a delegate in the National con- vention in 1896 that first nominated William Mc- Kinley for president of the United States. Political office had no place in his scheme of life, and he never accepted one, either appointive or elective, although opportunities have not been lacking.
In the Masonic order his record covers all degrees of American Masonry. He was "made a mason" in Somerset Lodge, No. 34, Frec and Accepted Masons, upon becoming of lawful age, December 27, 1869. He sat in the Senior Warden's chair in 1878, and in 1870 was elected worshipful master. In 1890 he was elected trustee of the lodge and has heid that office until the present (1922). He is a companion of Franklin Chapter, No. 4, Royal Arch Masons, ex- alted September 30, 1873: master of the second vail, 1874; king, 1875; high priest, 1876-77. He is a mem- ber of Franklin Council, No. 3, Royal and Select Masters, making his entrance into Cryptic Masonry, November 20, 1873; was captain of the Guard, 1874- 77, principal conductor, 1878, captain of the guard, 1879-81, deputy master, 1882, thrice illustrious mas- ter. 1883-87. He was knighted in Columbia Com- mandery, Knights Templar, May 9, 1879, and on Jannary 9, 1880, entered King Solomon Lodge of Perfection, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He was
treasurer of all the Scottish Rite bodies 1891-95, and has been a trustee, 1895-1922. He became a member of Van Renssalaer Council, Princes of Jerusalem, of the same rite, June 18, 1880, and was treasurer of the Council, 1891-95. He acquired the degrees of the Norwich Chapter of Rose Croix, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, June 18, 1880, was master, 1884-1907. He became a member of Connecticut Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, June 25, 1880. On September 14, 1880, he was honored with the highest degree of the Order in the United States, the hon- orary thirty-third, of the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, a degree conferred by the Supreme Council for "distinguished service rendered the Order." Mr. Brewer was the leading spirit and chairman of the preliminary committee of the organization of the Masonic Temple Corporation, and was elected first president of the corporation, April 29, 1892, and has continued its executive head until the present (1922).
On August 4, 1873, Mr. Brewer married Mary Phipps Young, born October 26, 1847, died Febru- ary 22, 1903, daughter of Caius C. and Mary G. (Phipps) Young. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, as follows: Martha W., married William A. Norton; Annie Huntington, married Willis Austin; Mary Goffe, married Lucius Briggs. The family are members of 'the Episcopal church, Mr. Brewer having been a vestryman and treasurer of Christ Church for several years. Mrs. Brewer was a gracious lady, greatly beloved for her at- tractive personality and wide charity. The Brewer home was the scene of a generous hospitality, and its greatest attraction was the devoted wife and mo- ther. In the chancel of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, a memorial has been placed.
GEORGE HENRY LORING-No list of the re- tired representatives of the agricultural interests of New London county would be complete without the name which stands at the head of this review. Mr. Loring has taken an active part in the political life of Norwich, his home town, and is closely identified with church work and with a number of other in- terests important to his community. He is a son of William Loring, and a descendant of Deacon Thomas Loring, who came from Axminster, Devon- shire, to Dorchester, in Suffolk county, Massachu- setts.
(I) Deacon Thomas Loring, the first of his name in New England, married, in England. Jane Newton, and on December 22, 1634, they left England, bring- ing their two sons, Thomas and John. The family lived in Dorchester, Hingham and Hull, Deacon Thomas Loring dying in the last named town, April 1, 1661, his widow, August 25, 1672. He was one of the first deacons of the Hingham Church, and an honorable, upright man. From Deacon Thomas Loring the line is traced in this branch through his second son, John.
(II) John Loring, son of Deacon Thomas Lor-
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ing, was born in England, December 22, 1630, and died at the home of his son, Captain Thomas Loring, in Hingham, Massachusetts, September 19, 1714. He was brought from England by his parents in 1634, and after removal to Hingham was ever a resident there. John Loring married (first) December 16, 1656, Mary Baker, daughter of Nathaniel Baker. She died July 13, 1679, and he married (second) Sep- tember 22, 1679, Rachel Buckland. By his first wife there were ten children born and by his second wife four children.
(III) Isaac Loring, son of John Loring and his first wife, Mary (Baker) Loring, was born in Hull, Massachusetts, January 22, 1666, and died in Boston, Massachusetts, December 3, 1702. He married, Au- gust 5, 1691, Sarah Young, and they were the parents of seven children, two of whom died in infancy.
(IV) William Loring, son of Isaac and Sarah (Young) Loring, was born December 23, 1700. He was a carpenter and joiner of Boston. He married, November 19, 1724, Ann Holland, who died in 1784. To them were born five children.
(V) Isaac (2) Loring, son of William and Ann (Holland) Loring, was born in Boston, November 30, 1729, and died prior to March 31, 1758, as an ad- ministrator was appointed on that date to settle his estate. He married Elizabeth Russell.
(VI) Captain William (2) Loring, son of Isaac (2) and Elizabeth (Russell) Loring, was born in Boston, January 5, 1756. He was a master mariner, and the following from Mr. Caulkin's "History of New London" thus gives his fate: "In February, 1788, the brig 'Clarissa' came from Port and Prince: her master, Captain William Loring, had died on the passage home just as they came upon the coast. The vessel touched at Elizabeth Island and they buried Captain Loring at Tarpaulin Cove that very cold Tuesday night, February 5, 1788." There is a tombstone at Naushon, Elizabeth Island, on which is the following inscription: "In memory of Captain William Loring of Norwich, Connecticut. He was born at Boston, January 5, 1756, and died at sea, February 2, 1788.
"Loring in all the prime of life, Hath quit this brittle clay, And calmly steered his single bark To yonder world of day."
Captain Loring married Zerviah Lord, May 7, 1781, and they were the parents of four children. She married (second) Daniel Dunham.
(VII) George Loring, son of Captain William (2) and Zerviah (Lord) Loring, was born April 23, 1786, and died December 13, 1852. He married, March 23, 1809, Lucy Lester, born February 8, 1787, and died August 12, 1836, daughter of Elijah and Daman (Lord) Lester. They were the parents of eight children.
(VIII) William (3) Loring, son of George and Lucy (Lester) Loring, was born in North Preston, now known as Griswold, New London county, Connecticut, February 3, 1817, and died in Norwich,
Connecticut, December 10, 1896. He was early ac- quainted with farm pursuits and all his life was a. farmer, only retiring a few years before his passing. When still a young man, he was the owner of a farm of 125 acres, and for many years after was prominent among the farmers of his community. He also en- gaged, to some extent, in the breeding of cattle and sheep. He was a Republican, but never an office- holder, and belonged to no orders. He was a mem- ber of the Congregational church of Preston, in which he served as deacon for over thirty years .. Mr. Loring married, February 2, 1842, Harriet Kin- ney Morgan, daughter of Erastus and Polly (Meach) Morgan, and a native of Preston, Connecticut. Mr .. and Mrs. Loring were the parents of three children: Lucy L., born at Preston, and died in Norwich,. Connecticut; Mary F., born at Preston, and now re- sides in Colorado; and George Henry, mentioned below. A few years before his death, William Lor- ing removed to Norwich, locating on Laurel Hill avenue, where he died in his eightieth year. Mrs. Loring, a good and noble woman, died January 20, 1894.
(IX) George Henry Loring, son of William (3) and Harriet Kinney (Morgan) Loring, as born Sep- teniber 1, 1851, at Preston, Connecticut. He re- ceived his early education in district schools of his native town, afterward entering Eastman Business College, whence he was graduated in 1871. Choos- ing to make agriculture his life work, Mr. Loring be- came assistant to Lyman Randall, a farmer in the neighborhood of Norwich, remaining with him about nine years, then continued to manage the farm for the widow. In the spring of 1885, he purchased a farm of eighty acres on Scotland road, Connecticut, the Alba F. Smith farm, and cultivated it success- fully for about twelve years. In 1898 he sold the property and bought his present home on Lincoln avenue and Uncas street, Norwich, where he has since led a life practically retired, though retaining and manifesting a lively interest in affairs, local, State and National. In town and county politics, Mr. Loring has been very active, always supporting the Republican party. In 1916 and 1917 he served as alderman in the City Council of Norwich. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum, of Norwich, and to the Park Congregational Church, of Norwich, taking an earnest and helpful interest in its welfare and support.
Mr. Loring married, October 24, 1884, Lillian Avery, born in Preston, July 30, 1859, daughter of Ulysses and Lucy A. (Williams) Avery, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Loring are the par- ents of the following children, all of whom were born in Norwich; Nellie A .; Sarah L., married Ray- mond B. Sherman, of Norwich; Lucy Williams, mar- ried Joseph O. Hull, of Norwich; and Ruth Lester. These children, with the exception of Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Hull, reside with their parents. Mr. Lor- ing is a man respected, influential and well liked by his fellow-townsmen, his record, both as farmer and citizen, one which he may review with satisfaction.
Lucius J Sheffield
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REV. HENRY WOODWARD HULBERT, A.M., D.D .- An ordained minister of the Gospel, college professor and investigator, Dr. Hulbert has accom- plished valuable work for the cause of church and education, following the example of an honored fa- ther, Rev. Calvin Butler Hulbert, D.D., clergyman and teacher. Dr. Hulbert has served the twin causes, religion and education, in his native land and in far away Syria, and since 1914 has been pastor of the First Church of Christ (Congregational), Groton, Connecticut. To his ministerial works he adds a great deal of literary and platform work, his con- tribution to the literature of his profession being ex- ceedingly valuable.
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