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As we shall hereafter give in a connected form the history of the ecclesiastical society of Winsted, we proceed with our account of the settlers.
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The inventory of JOHN STEEL, late of Winchester, deceased, was this year returned to the Simsbury Probate Court by Hannah Steel, his widow. He is not found on the records as a landholder, and his location is not known, but as the bondsman and appraisers lived near Barkham- sted line, his residence was probably in the same vicinity.
BARZILLAI HANDEE from Woodbury, this year bought a tract of land near Colebrook line, now composing a part of the Wm. E. Cowles farm, which he owned and occupied until 1781, when he probably returned to Woodbury, his name appearing in "Cothren's History " as one of a committee to provide for soldiers' families in 1783. Wife Mary.
CHILDREN.
I. CLEMONS, b. August 29, 1762.
II. CYRENUS,
b. April 13, 1764.
III. ABEL,
b. August 13, 1767 ; d. March 13, 1769.
IV. LUCY,
b. May 13, 1769.
V. LYMAN,
b. December 17, 1773.
VI. THANKFUL,
b. November 13, 1776.
VII. LUCRETIA,
b. August 4, 1779.
CLEMONS HANDEE is on the tax list of Winsted, from 1796 to 1799, when he lived in one of the houses attached to the Upper Forge. He is believed to have been an iron refiner or bloomer.
CYRENUS HANDEE lived as late as 1810 near the Old Forge in the southeast corner of Colebrook. He raised a family there, of whom three were Alpha, Hiram, and Leman, the latter of whom made extensive explorations in Africa and Central America, in pursuit of wild animals for the Westchester menageries.
During the years 1779 and 1780, we find the names of no new settlers of the Winsted section.
1781.
The following memorial shows more feelingly than any modern writing can do, the condition of this back-woods settlement, in this year.
To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Connecticut convened at Hartford :
The Memorial of the subscribers hereunto humbly shows to your Honors, that we are inhabitants of the east part of Winchester, making part of the society called Winsted, and being the newest and youngest part of said Winchester, having just begun under low circumstances, on new and un- cultivated and exceeding heavy timbered lands, the expenses of the town and this society being greater than in older places; having no meeting-
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house, nor minister settled in this society, most of us not having houses for ourselves scarcely to defend us from the inclemencies of the weather, and a number without barns ; our families consisting chiefly of small chil- dren that cannot provide for themselves, having many of us a considerable part of our provision to buy at a distance in these difficult times : expenses arising almost on every hand, and but little profit arising from our labor or lands ; our quota of men to find for the army, and to provide for, which comes very heavy on us ; a considerable of a tax arising on these lands, which are wild and useless at present to us.
We therefore, your Honors' Memorialists, humbly pray that you would be pleased to compassionate us, in our infant and weak condition, and suf- fer us not to be crushed in the bud of our being by having more laid on us than we are able to bear ; but that your honors would be pleased to exempt us from county taxes, until it shall appear your duty to lay them on us, and we have ability to pay them. As in duty bound your memo- rialists shall ever pray.
Dated at Winsted this 12th day of June 1781.
Josiah Smith, Jesse Doolittle,
Committee for the Memorialists.
Enoch Palmer,
Phinehas Potter,
Lazarus Palmer,
John Wright,
Joseph Bown,
Charles Wright,
David Crissey,
Freedom Wright,
John Walter,
David Mills,
Nathan Balcom,
Stephen Arnold,
Henry Walter,
Simeon Rogers,
Samuel Hayden, John Balcom,
Jonathan Balcom.
In Lower House.
On this memorial granted that the memorialists be abated of the 2 s. 6 d. tax payable December, 1781, and of the 9 d. tax payable March of '82. Test, Jedh. Strong, clerke.
Concurred in the Upper House.
Test, George Wyllys, secretary. (Ecclesiastical Records, vol. 15, p. 132.)
UZAL CLARK, from East Haddam, bought and occupied the lot next south of the Ebenezer Rowley farm, on South street, and sold the same to Stephen Knowlton in 1784. He afterward lived in Torrington and Barkhamsted. Wife Azubah.
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CHILDREN.
I. FILENDA (dau.), b. October 29, 1780.
II. JOSEPH, b. January 1, 1783.
STEPHEN KNOWLTON, Jr., from Chatham, brother-in-law of Ebenezer Rowley, bought and lived on the farm on South street, next south of Mr. Rowley's farm, in a house now torn down, afterward bought and occupied by Samuel Camp. He migrated to Western New York in 1804. He married February 1, 1780, Deidamia Chubb.
CHILDREN.
I. RACHEL, b. March 31, 1781.
II. CALVIN,
b. March 23, 1783.
III. DEADAMIA, b. October 5, 1785; m., 1804, Moses Camp.
IV. LAURA, b. September 21, 1788.
V. STEPHEN,
b. August 25, 1790.
VI. SAMUEL, b. June 6, 1793.
SIMEON ROGERS owned a thirty-seven acre lot embracing the home- stead lots of John Camp, Edward G. Whiting and others, on North Main street. He lived on the east side of Still river, a little north of the old Potter house, now standing, until 1789, when he removed to Barkhamsted. He was by trade a blacksmith. He married August 12, 1782, Hannah Potter.
CHILDREN.
I. JOSEPH, b. January 16, 1783.
So recorded.
II. POLLY ESTHER, b. October 31, 1783.
III. CHARRY, b. May 16, 1785.
ABIJAH FULLER, from Chatham, owned and lived on 11 acres of land on Wallen's hill, adjoining Barkhamsted line, now a part of the farm of Homer W. Whiting. He is named of Barkhamsted in 1785.
ELISHA SPENCER, from Saybrook, bought and lived on land immediately west of the pond causeway, on West Lake street, in a log house that stood a little east of the new dwelling recently built by Sherman T. Cook. About 1793 he removed to a house, now torn down, on the original Spen- cer Street road, about sixty rods north of the Manchester place. In 1812 he removed with his son, Ozias, to Colebrook, where he died May 3, 1817. His wife Mary died July 23, 1828. He was born in Saybrook in 1744, and had a wife Rachel, who died before he came to W., by whom he had one
CHILD.
I. OZIAS, b. Saybrook, October 1, 1769.
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CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE.
II. RANNEY, b. September 8, 1774 ; d. April 21, 1839.
III. ELISHA, b. November 12, 1777.
OZIAS SPENCER resided with his father in both the houses above men- tioned, and removed with him to Colebrook in 1812, where he died April 8, 1858. He married September 29, 1799, Hannah Shattuck ; she died October 16, 1800; and he married (2d), October 5, 1801, Mary Shattuck.
CHILDREN.
I. HIRAM SHATTUCK, b. June 12, 1800, by 1st wife.
II. HANNAH, b. March 21, 1804, by 2d wife.
III. ELVIRA, b. October 8, 1805. do.
IV. AMOS BARTLETT, b. April 16; 1808 ; m. Susan H. Deland.
V. ROBERT SHATTUCK, b. September 7, 1810 ; married Charlotte Chapin.
RANNEY SPENCER married, 1796, Cynthia Walter ; he moved to Ver- mont, and died March 21, 1839.
CHILDREN.
I. WILLARD, b. August, 1798.
II. WILLIAM, b. June, 1808.
III. LAURINDA, b. 1821.
ELISHA SPENCER, Jr., left the town in early manhood, and probably settled in Vermont.
CHILDREN.
I. ERASMUS, b. November 19, 1814.
II. CHESTER, d. September 13, 1845.
HIRAM S. SPENCER, oldest son of Ozias, lived on his father's home- stead, in Colebrook. He married, January 26, 1834, Mary Hill, and died Colebrook, 1869.
CHILDREN.
I. AMOs B., 2d, b. June 29, 1835.
II. HARRIET C., b. November 28, 1838.
III. MARY L., b April 25, 1841.
1782.
ELEAZER PORTER, from Hebron, this year bought the original lot which embraced all of the east village between the Episcopal church and the Green Woods turnpike. He lived on the original road from the Doolittle Mill to Torringford, in a house in the rear of the George Roberts and Jonas Le Roy houses. During his ownership of this lot, there was no road on the west side of Still river, south of Hinsdale street. He sold
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out the village lot in 1799, and his homestead in 1800, and soon after re- moved from the town. Wife Susanna.
CHILDREN.
I. ELIJAH, b. July 19, 1783.
II. ROSWELL, b. July 9, 1785.
III. ANNA, b. January 7, 1788.
SAMUEL CLARK, of Chatham, this year bought lands now composing part of the Lockwood farm. He is named as Samuel Clark, 2d, on the list of 1783, being then a resident proprietor. In 1788, he is named in his deed conveying away the same land, as Samuel Clark of Canajoharie, New York.
TIMOTHY COOK, from Windsor, this year became the owner of a lot on Still River and Wallen's Hill, embracing the Halsey Burr premises, on which he built a house and lived some years. In 1792 he owned and oc- cupied a lot on Colebrook line, west of Green Woods turnpike. He was defendant in a suit in 1797, after which his name disappears. His wife, Hannah, was daughter of Simeon Moore, Sr., of Windsor.
1783.
SILAS DUNHAM, from Chatham, bought and occupied a lot afterwards a part of the Jonathan Coe farm in Winsted, and since owned in part by E. S. Woodford, about 100 rods east of the toll gate on Green Woods turnpike. In 1794, he is named of Chatham ; and in 1787 of Nobletown, Columbia Co., N. Y.
COMFORT GOFF, owned and occupied a part of the Gillett farm, on Colebrook road, and conveyed the same to Nath. Russell, in 1784.
ELISHA MALLORY, from New Haven or Hamden, this year purchased the farm on Wallen's Hill, which he occupied during his remaining life. The house which he built and occupied, stands on the west side of the north and south road, nearly opposite the brick dwelling of his grandson, Homer W. Whiting. He was a man of great amiability and integrity of character ; a founder of the Winsted Congregational Church, from which he withdrew during the troubles with the first minister, after which he united in organizing the Baptist Church at the north-east corner of the town. He was born in February, 1736; married, March 12, 1762, Esther Chat- terton, born in June, 1742. He died March 23, 1812; she died August 27, 1828.
CHILDREN.
I. AMASA, b. February 20, 1763 ; m. Salome, daughter of Deacon Josiah Smith. He died November 9, 1855 ; she d. February 9, 1846, aged 75.
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II. SAMUEL, b. May 1, 1765.
III. LOWLY, b. November 9, 1769; m. Benjamin Wheeler, who went to Wayne Co., Pa.
IV. LUE, b. April 21, 1770, m. John Hawkins; d. August 20, 1835.
V. ELISHA, b. July 7, 1772; m., February 13, 1794, Sarah, daughter of Deacon Josiah Smith. He d. November 6, 1853; she d. June 13, 1838, aged 36.
VI. ESTHIER, b. November 10, 1794; m. Salmon Treat; she d. August 21, 1853 ; he d. March 30, 1858, aged 91.
VII. LYDIA, b. July 19, 1777 ; m., November 26, 1801, Jesse Clarke, of Winchester.
VIII. PETER, b. September 19, 1779; d. May 10, 1780.
IX. CHLOE, b. March 16, 1781, m. Reynold Wilson, son of Abija of W.
X. MARY, b. May 24, 1784; m., May 1, 1806, Lorrin Whiting of W. She d. January 10, 1851.
XI. AsA, b. December 7, 1786.
AMASA MALLORY married Salome, oldest daughter of Deacon Josiah Smith, and lived on the farm now owned by his daughter, Salome Mallory, on the Green Woods turnpike, a mile easterly from the east village. He died November 9, 1855, aged 93. His wife died February 9, 1846, aged 75.
CHILDREN.
I. SALLY, m. January, 1812, William Dexter; went to Illinois,
II. AMASA, settled in Illinois.
III. NANCY, m. Henry B. Crowe ; lived and died in Winsted.
IV. POLLY, m. Lorin Sexton of Hartford.
V. BETSEY, m. Samuel S. Camp of Norfolk.
VI. ANNE, m. Miles C. Burt of Hartford.
VII. SALOME, unmarried.
VIII. HARRIET, m. Dr. Myron H. Hubbard of New Hartford, and m. (2d) Harvey B. Elmore of Winsted.
ELISHA MALLORY, Jr., lived on the farm in Barkhamsted bordering on Winchester line, in the house now owned and occupied by his son Elisha 3d, and his daughter Sylvia. He married February 13, 1794, Sarah 2d, daughter of Deacon Josiah Smith. He died November 6, 1853, aged 81. She died January 13, 1838, aged 66.
ASA MALLORY, son of Elisha, lived with his brother Elisha in Bark- hamsted, until 1809, and afterwards in the old homestead with his father, until 1816, when he removed to Concord, near Painesville, Ohio He married December 8, 1807, Fanny Norton.
CHILDREN.
I. RILEY, b. December 13, 1808.
II. HARMON, b. January 2, 1811.
COMFORT STANCLIFT had a child born in the town this year. In
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1786 he bought the Andrew Pratt farm, a mile south of the Naugatuck depot, on which he lived until 1792 ; wife Hannah.
CHILDREN.
I. MARGARET, b. July 26, 1783.
II. MARTIN, b. March 11, 1785.
HI. HANNAH, b. January 30, 1787.
SAMUEL STANCLIFT from Torrington, first owned land in the old society, near Goshen line, and afterwards owned and lived on a farm adjoining that of Comfort Stanclift, in a log house, long since torn down, which stood on the north and south road, nearly cast of the Pratt house. He sold to Aaron Marshall. In 1798 he is named of Norfolk. He married, November 12, 1783, Olive Balcom.
CHILD.
SAMUEL, b. August 10, 1784.
JOIN SWEET from Rhode Island, this year bought the Edward Manchester farm on Spencer street, and built the rear part of the dwell- ing thereon, in which he lived until he purchased the mill property and farm of David Austin, at the outlet of the lake, in 1796. He then lived in the house directly east of the bulkhead, at the pond outlet, a few years, and about 1800 sold out to the Rockwell Brothers, and bought the Erastus Woodford farm, on which he built the house at the parting of the turnpike and Colebrook roads. In 1806 he removed to Otis, Mass., whence he returned about 1812, and bought the farm between the lakes, and a few years later removed to Tyringham, Mass., thence to Staten Island, N. Y., and thence to East Hartland, where, at 90 years of age, he married his third wife, and died a few years later.
He was a shrewd, long-headed, restless man, who made sharp bargains, but attained to no more than ordinary wealth, owing to his frequent removals from place to place. He early became a local Methodist minister, and preached and traded to the elose of his life. He married, December 7, 1780, Phebe, daughter of Thomas Spencer.
CHILDREN.
I. ANNA, b. August 16, 1781 ; m. November 23, 1797, William Keyes ; she m. (2d) Rev. Daniel Coe.
II. PHEBE, b. January 20, 1783 ; m. October 18, 1798, Cyrus Bertrick.
HII. RILEY, b. August 16, 1785; was a captain in war of 1812, and left the town soon after the close of the war.
IV. ADAH, b. September 29, 1787.
V. ORRA, b. January 20, 1790.
VI. JOHN WESLEY, b. February 18, 1792; m. Laura, daughter of Asahel Miller. He owned for a few years the farm between the lakes on the
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Winchester road. He moved to Tyringham, Mass., in 1820, where he still lives.
VII. CHARLES WESLEY, b. July 28, 1794 ; left the state about 1815.
VIII. BENEDICT, b. October 15, 1796 ; m. Lois Lucena Grant.
IX. ADDISON,
b. September 5, 1800.
X. ALGERNON SIDNEY, b. July 2, 1804.
The only descendants of John Sweet remaining in the town are the children of Colonel Nelson D. Coe, son of Anna, his oldest daughter.
ZEBULON THOMPSON'S name is on the tax list this year. In 1785 he lived in a log house then standing on the farm of Thomas Williams, on South street. In 1784 he and his son, Zebulon, Jr., were fined six shillings each for " prophane swearing " by 'Squire Alvord.
DAVID WEST, Jr., from Chatham, first lived in a log house at the base of Cobble Hill, on Spencer street, a little south of the Joshua Hewit dwelling. Prior to 1800 he built a small house on the site of George Dudley's residence, in which he lived until his death in 1822, at the age of 87. He was one of the early Methodists, a pious and worthy man. His wife, Judith, died February 24, 1816, aged 80.
JUDAH WEST, son of David, Jr., came to Winchester with his father, and first lived on the Halsey Burr place, on the old Still River turn- pike, and afterward, until his death, April 9, 1825, aged 60, in a house on the east side of the same road where the toll gate was located. He married, December 26, 1785, Mary Todd.
CHILDREN.
I. MARY, b. September 24, 1786; m. Erastus Burr.
II. DAVID, b. February 20, 1789 ; d. February 22, 1790.
III. ALPHA, b. September 4, 1790.
IV. NANCY, b. September 6, 1792 ; m. Roswell Burr.
They had other children whose births are not recorded. Among them DAVID, probably born in 1794; a daughter, born about 1797, who married John P. Oviatt ; EDGAR, about 1799, and FLORA, who mar- ried November 29, 1821, Hiram Wescott.
None of this family or their descendants now live in the town. Most or all of them removed to Western New York or Ohio.
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CHAPTER XXII.
WINSTED IMMIGRANTS AND FAMILY RECORDS.
From 1783 to 1791.
NATHANIEL RUSSEL, from Wethersfield, Rocky Hill Society, came to Winsted this year and settled on the farm, on the old road to Colebrook, now owned by Junius Gillett, and there spent his remaining life. He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1801, held sundry town offices, and reared a large and influential family.
We are indebted to Hon. Edwin Stearns, late of Middletown, deceased, for the following extracts from his genealogy of the descendants of William Russell, who came from England in 1639.
MR. WILLIAM RUSSELL, born in England, October 11, 1612; came from England in 1639, and soon after came to New Haven and signed the covenant agreement of the first settlers and free planters of Quinnipiack ; was a man of good standing and education, a member for several years of the General Court, assessor of taxes, &c. He died at New Haven, Jan- uary 2, 1665. He married, 1649, Sarah, daughter of William and Martha Davis, of New Haven; she died December 3, 1664.
CHILDREN.
I. HANNAH,2 b. July 29, 1650; m., November 21, 1670, Samuel Potter, of Wallingford, afterward of Newark, N. J.
II. JOHN,2 b. November 12, 1653; died young.
III. WILLIAM, Jr.,2 b. 1655 ; d. in infancy.
IV. JAMES,2 b. 1657; d. in infancy.
V. NOADIAH,2 b. July 22, 1659.
REV. NOADIAH RUSSELL,2 graduated at Harvard in 1681 ; tutor in 1682 and 1683; studied for the ministry ; settled over the first society of Mid- dletown in 1688; was one of the founders of Yale College in 1700, and one of its trustees ; one of the framers of the Saybrook' Platform, and a distinguished divine, beloved of his flock. He died at Middletown, De- cember 3, 1713, in his 55th year. He married, February 20, 1690, Mary, daughter of Captain Giles and Esther Hamlin. She died October 4th, 1743, in her 81st year.
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CHILDREN.
I. REV. WILLIAM,8 b. November 20, 1690; graduate and tutor of Yale, suc- ceeded his father in the ministry at Middletown; m., August 19, 1719, Mary, daughter of Rev. James Pierpont; d. June 1, 1760.
II. NOADIAH,8 Jr., b. August 8, 1692; m. February 23, 1721, Desire Cooper, (daughter of ? ) a farmer in East Middletown; he d. February 20, 1734.
III. GILES,3 b. November 8, 1693; d. June 13, 1712.
IV. MARY,3 b. December 30, 1695; d. unm. February 27, 1723.
V. JOHN,3 b. July 6, 1697 ; d. unm. October 17, 1780.
VI. ESTHER,3 b. August 14, 1699; d. March 21, 1720.
VII. REV. DANIEL,8 b. June 3, 1702.
VIII. MEHITABEL,3 b. May 27, 1704 ; m. March 19, 1729, Daniel Deming, Jr., of Wethersfield.
IX. HANNAH,3 b. February 23, 1707; m. Joseph Pierpont, of North Haven.
REV. DANIEL RUSSELL,3 graduated at Yale in 1724; ordained first minister of S epney Society (now Rocky Hill) in 1724; died September 16, 1764. He married, November 13, 1728, Lydia, daughter of George and Rebecca Stillman. She died September 3, 1750, and he married (2d) July 29, 1752, Catharine, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel and Sarah Chauncey, of Durham, who died January 10, 1777, aged 71.
CHILDREN.
I. GILES,4 b. November 8, 1729; graduated at Yale, 1751 ; lawyer at Stoning- ton ; Captain in Old French War; Colonel in Connecticut Line in the Revolution ; mortally wounded at Danbury and d. October 28, 1779.
II. LYDIA,4 b. January 29, 1731 ; d. November 30, 1735.
III. DANIEL,4 b. June 21, 1732; m., October 16, 1755, Rachel, daughter of Joseph Stowe, of Middletown.
IV. JOHN,4 b. February 8, 1734; d. September 23, 1741.
V. BENJAMIN,4 b. December 13, 1735; d. January 31, 1758.
VI. MARY,4 b. August 18, 1737 ; m., November 25, 1784, John Robbins, of Stepney ; she d. August 27, 1825, in 90th year.
VII. LYDIA, 4 b. Nov. 26, 1739; d. September 24, 1741.
VIII. NATHANIEL,4 b. May 5, 1741.
IX. JOHN,4 b. December 26, 1742; d. in the army September 16, 1760.
X. HANNAH,4 b. May 31, 1746; d. August 23, 1753.
NATHANIEL RUSSELL,4 of Winchester, married, December 25, 1766, Elizabeth Willard, born in Wethersfield, April 26, 1741, daughter of Stephen. He died December 10, 1810, in his 70th year, and she died February 26, 1819, in her 78th year.
CHILDREN.
I. DANIEL,5
II. JOHN WILLARD,5
III. BENJAMIN,5
IV. GILES,5
b. in Rocky Hill, January 18, 1768.
b. in Rocky Hill, April 8, 1770.
b. in Rocky Hill, November 26, 1772.
b. in Rocky Hill, July 27, 1775.
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V. ELIZABETH,5 b. in Rocky Hill, November 23, 1778; unm .; removed to Mill Creek, Penn.
VI. HAMLIN,5 b. in Rocky Hill, March 5, 1781.
VII. GEORGE STILLMAN,5 b. in Rocky Hill, October 21, 1783; d. unm. July 14, 1813, at Mill Creek, Penn.
VIII. MARY,5 b. in Winsted, July 28, 1787; unm .; removed to Mill Creek, Penn.
DANIEL RUSSEL,5 came with his father to Winsted, whence he emi- grated, about 1794, to the Genesee Valley, and settled in Williamson, Wayne Co., N. Y., as a farmer, and died in 1852, He married, 1792, Lucy Wright, of Colebrook. He married (2d) Lucy Aldridge.
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE.
I. EMMA,6
m. Stephen Sanford.
II. DANIEL W.,6
III. JOHN,6 unm.
IV. JUDAH6,
V. NATHANIEL,6
m., March 20, 1834, Rachel Prescott.
VI. MOSES,6
VII. GEORGE,6
VIII. LUCY,6
CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE.
IX. MARY,6
X. ANN,6
XI. LOUISA,6
XII. CAROLINE,6
XIII. ALFRED,6
XIV. HAMLIN,6
JOHN WILLARD RUSSELL,5 was a sea captain in the African trade, in the employ of the De Wolfs, of Bristol, R. I. He settled at Bristol, where he died August 20, 1814. He married, June 1, 1802, Nancy Smith; she died September 5, 1810, aged 35.
CHILDREN.
I. ELIZABETH B.,6 b. September 11, 1803 ; m. Rev. Royal Robbins.
II. PARNELL T.,6
b. October 18, 1805; unm.
III. NANCY SMITH,6
b. October 15, 1807 ; m. Henry Felix.
IV. JOHN,6 b. May 25, 1810; was adopted by his uncle Benjamin Russell.
BENJAMIN RUSSELL,5 emigrated in 1796 from Winsted to Mill Creek, Erie Co., Penn., and married, September 29, 1807, Maria C. Buchler. He died June 10, 1829, and his wife died March 16, 1841, aged 67; s. p.
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GILES RUSSELL5 lived with his parents until their death, and removed, in 1825, to Erie Co., Penn., where he died March 16, 1842, aged 67 years. He was for many years a successful teacher; a man of literary taste and culture ; a member of the General Assembly in 1810 and 1816; a selectman of the town, and sheriff's deputy for many years. Returning to Winsted on a visit, and finding the old cemetery in a neglected condi- tion, he collected money enough to pay for clearing the ground, setting out the trees, and fencing the cemetery. He married, July 3, 1803, Lois, daughter of Urijah and Submit Cook. She died October 17, 1852.
CHILDREN.
I. LOUISA LAURETTA,6 b. in Winsted, January 9, 1804 ; m. A. E. Austin, of Austinburg, Ohio; she d. April 5, 1855.
II. MARY ELIZABETH,6 b. W., March 18, 1805 ; m. John Cook.
III. CAROLINE MATILDA,6 b. W., February 27, 1807 ; m. 1835, Thos. G. Hurlbut.
IV. JULIA ANN RHODA,6 b. W., July 24, 1809 ; m. May 7, 1831, David Smith. V. GEORGE STILLMAN, 6 h. W., March 6, 1812 ; m. Juue 3, 1843, Jane Healey.
VI. SARAH SOPHIA,6 b. W., October 23, 1814; m., January 15, 1844, Jason R. Orton, M. D.
VII. GILES WILLARD, 6 b. W., November 16, 1817 ; d. unm. August 4, 1836.
VIII. BENJAMIN COOK,6 b. W., August 31, 1820; m., April 13, 1849, Sophia Parker.
IX. REV. EDWARD BRADFORD, 6 b. W., July 24, 1822; m. May 25, 1853, Mary Woods; she d. January 27, 1855; and he m. (2d) March 7, 1857, Mary E. Cable.
HAMLIN RUSSELL5 removed from Winsted to Erie Co., Penn., in June, 1802, where he was a farmer. He married May 29, 1811, Sarah Norcross, born December 22, 1788, in New Jersey. She died February 11, 1831; he married (2d) November 4, 1834, Rachel, daughter of Urijah and Submit Cook, who was living in 1862. He died September 19, 1852, aged 71 years.
CHILDREN.
I. NATHANIEL WILLARD,6 b. March 11, 1812.
II. POLLY ISABEL, 6 b. July 14, 1813; m. Johnston Laird.
III. NANCY FLEMING,6
b. December 31, 1815; m. Samuel Christy,M.D.
IV. BENJAMIN STILLMAN,6
b. Jannary 5, 1822.
V. GEORGE JACOB, 6
b. February 24, 1824.
VI. JAMES COCHRAN, 6
b. May 12, 1827.
DANIEL W. RUSSELL,6 eldest son of Daniel and Lucy, a farmer in Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y., married, June 17, 1824, Mary, daughter of Lewis Turner.
CHILDREN.
I. GILES B.,7 b. April 17, 1825.
II. MILO T.,7 b. October 29, 1826.
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III. CYRUS H.,7
b. July 27, 1828.
IV. LEWIS,7
b. October 3, 1830.
V. AVERY P.,7
b. April 7, 1833.
VI. WHITNEY D.,7
b. January 27, 1836.
VII. OSCAR F.,7
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