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b. February 6, 1838.
VIII. FRANCIS M.,7
b. May 19, 1840.
IX. EDWIN M.,7
b. November 20, 1842.
JUDAH R. RUSSELL,6 third son of Daniel and Lucy, removed to Tecumseh, Mich., in 1857, where he died in 1858; he married August 30, 1836, Prudence Prescott. She died June 19, 1851.
CHILDREN.
I. AMBROSE,7
b. December 15, 1837.
II. PRESCOTT B.,7
b. May 18, 1839.
III. CHARLOTTE F.,7
b. May 25, 1841 ; d. June 25, 1842.
IV. LUCY A.,7
b. 1843 ; d. March 16, 1846.
BENJAMIN STILLMAN RUSSELL,6 second son of Hamlin and Saralı, of Towanda, Penn., a banker in 1862; married May 20, 1827, Mary Gaskill from Philadelphia, Penn.
CHILDREN.
I. SARAH NORCROSS,7
b. May 7, 1848 ; d. July 12, 1848.
II. EDGAR FIELDING,7
b. September 5, 1849 ; d. March 31, 1851.
III. HAMLIN,7
IV. EDMUND GASKILL,7
b. March 23, 1854.
b. September 18, 1856.
b. September 27, 1857.
VII. BENJAMIN DOUGLASS,7 b. April 8, 1861.
VIII. REBECCA GASKILL,7
b. May 11, 1862.
GEORGE JACOB RUSSELL,6 third son of Hamlin and Sarah, a tanner at Mill Creek, Erie Co., Penn .; married January 26, 1854, Amanda J. Hayes, and had, in 1862, one
CHILD.
MINNIE MYRTLE,7 b. October 20, 1856.
JAMES COCHRAN RUSSELL,6 fourth son of Hamlin and Sarah, at Belle Valley, Erie Co., Penn., a farmer ; married February 7, 1856, Octavene A. Chambers, by whom he had one
CHILD.
JAMES LEWIS,7 b. October 15, 1860 ; d. October 2, 1862.
BENJAMIN WHEELER, Senior, probably came from Woodbury with his son, Benjamin Wheeler, Junior, in 1784. He died in Winsted, January 28, 1788.
b. May 30, 1852.
V. MARY ELIZABETH,7
VI. SAMUEL WAGNER,?
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BENJAMIN WHEELER, Junior, named of Woodbury, May 4, 1784, owned and occupied the farm late owned by Gideon Hall, Sen., deceased, until about 1814, when he removed to Mount Pleasant, Wayne Co., Pa. He built the house at the junction of South street with the Green Woods turnpike, now occupied by Mrs. G. Hall, in which he kept a tavern at the beginning of this century. He was postmaster of Winchester until about 1807, when the office was removed to West Winsted. He mar- ried, May 5, 1785, Lowly Mallory.
CHILDREN.
I. ZAYDE (dau.), b. March 13, 1786.
II. HEMAN, b. January 11, 1789 ; d. November 20, 1792.
III. FRANKLIN, b. February 25, 1791.
They had several younger children, whose names and births are not recorded, among them Heman, Jeduthan, and Lowly are remembered. All their children went with them to Mount Pleasant, and were settled around him at the time of his death.
1785.
OTHNIEL BRAINARD, Jr., named of Chatham, bought a lot now com- posing the south part of the O. W. Jopp farm, and lived in a log house on the east side of South street until 1795, when he sold to Ezra Woodruff, and left the town.
SEBA BRAINARD, WILLIAM CASE (of Barkhamsted), and NATHAN HOSKIN were temporary residents of Winsted, as appears by the tax list of this year.
JOHN JOPP, a native of " Sterderton, Scotland," and a probable descendant of Wallace's armor bearer-Jopp-who
" went on before,
And the great warrior's massy buckler bore,"
came to America in 1760, at 22 years old; lived in Boston one year ; afterward went to Leicester, Mass., and married, April 7, 1763, Hannah Henshaw ; thence removed to Glastonbury, Conn .; thence came to Winsted in June, 1785, and settled on the Henshaw tract, owned by his wife's brother. His house stood on or near the site of the Thomas Williams house, on the west side of South street. He died in Winsted, July 22, 1800. His widow removed to Butler, Wayne Co., N. Y., and died there in April, 1820, aged 77.
CHILDREN.
I. JOHN,
b. March 6, 1765.
II. ELIZABETH, b. January 7, 1767.
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III. HANNAH, b. August 25, 1769; d. November 25, 1857
IV. HULDAH, b. April 24, 1780.
V. BENJAMIN, b. September 21, 1782.
JOHN JOPP, Jr., came with his father to Winsted, and occupied, with him, the same premises. He built the Thomas Williams house, and occupied it until his death, November 4, 1829, aged 66. His wife, Jerusha, died December 22, 1844, aged 78.
CHILDREN.
I. RUSSELL, went west. II. SAMUEL HENSHAW, died April 19, 1813, aged 19.
III. SALLY, m. Harris Brown.
IV. ORSON W., m. - Gilman ; lives in Winsted.
NATHAN WHEELER, son of Benjamin, Senior, from Woodbury, this year bought the Potter. farm, lately owned by the Holabird heirs, and occupied the old house on the east side of Still River, nearly opposite Nathan Champion's, until his death in 1800, at the age of 40, which was occasioned by falling from his hay-mow upon a pitchfork, which penetrated his bowels. His widow (Mary) resided in the house until her death, August 4, 1822, aged 55. He married March 23, 1786, Mary, daughter of Jesse Doolittle.
CHILDREN.
I. NANCY, b. Sept. 5, 1788 ; m. Reuben Baldwin ; she d. Feb. 13, 1854, aged 67.
II. MINERVA, b. March 17, 1791; m. Seth Bishop, Jr.
III. PAMELA, b. Aug. 6, 1792; m. David Marble.
IV. HULDAR, b. March 3, 1794 ; m. Raymond Mather.
V. ANSON, b. Feb. 3, 1796 ; m. Flavia Barber of Canton, Conn.
VI. ALMA, b. July 17, 1798 ; m. Philo Hawley.
ANSON WHEELER, EsQ., son of Nathan, removed to Barkhamsted, not far from 1824, where he d. June 26, 1857, aged 61. He was m., but childless.
CAPT. ZEBINA SMITH came from Goshen to Winsted in 1784 or 1785. He lived and died on the farm, and in the house now owned by Geo. R. Doolittle, on the old North Road, near Colebrook line. He d. Feb. 4, 1842, aged 82. His widow, Martha, d. June 29, 1845, aged 87. He was a man of great amiability of character, and of sincere and earn- est piety. He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1798 and 1802. He m., Norfolk, Aug. 1, 1780, Martha Benham.
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CHILDREN.
I. ELISHA, b. March 28, 1785; m. Sally, dau. of John Fyler.
II. ORRIEL, b. Oct. 7, 1790 ; m. Samuel E. Mills of Colebrook.
III. MILES BENHAM, b. 1795 ; d., unm., March 14, 1816.
DEACON ELISHA SMITH, son of Capt. Zebina, lived and d. on the farm, and in the house nearly opposite his father's, now owned by Solo- mon Sacket. He was a man of strong conservative mind and ardent temperament, who filled a prominent place in the community, as Deacon of the Congregational Church, a Major in the militia, an Assessor of taxes at various times, and in 1856, a representative of the town. He d. Jan. 29, 1860, aged 75. He m. Sally, dau. of John Fyler; she d. 1862.
CHILDREN.
I. AURELIA, b. Aug. 30, 1813; m. March, 1835, Alexander P. Cleveland.
II. MILES, b. July 6, 1817 ; m. Dec. 4, 1839, Matilda Baldwin.
III. ZEBINA, b. Ang. 9, 1820; d. Nov. 25, 1841, unm.
IV. SARAH, b. Dec. 11, 1825; m. Sept. 8, 1858, Rev. Henry A. Russell.
MILES SMITH, m. Dec. 4, 1839, Matilda Baldwin ; lived in the house previously occupied by his grandfather, Capt. Zebina Smith, and d. July 27, 1851, leaving a daughter, Martha Baldwin Smith, b. May 18, 1848; m. April 23, 1872, King T. Sheldon.
AARON WEST, a minor, confessed judgment before Esquire Alvord, May 31, 1773, " for playing and laughing on ye Sabbath or Lord's Day," and was fined three shillings, and one shilling cost. His name next appears as grantee of the Lockwood Farm, on Spencer street, on which he lived until 1787, when he is named of New Hartford.
JOHN SHAW, a Hessian soldier from Burgoyne's Army, captured at Saratoga, is on the tax list of this and several succeeding years. He was a currier and flaxdresser by trade, and after living in various parts of the town, retired to the Bourbon region, where he d. April 13, 1806, leaving a widow [Eunice], who rode a black and white pacing mare between Bourbon and Winsted, as late as 1815.
JOHN SHAW, Jr., son of the Hessian, though a citizen of Barkham- sted, lived at frequent intervals in Winsted, grinding scythes through a long course of years, in defiance of the grinder's consumption, and dying at the allotted age of man, apparently uninjured by irregular habits. His sons, Levi and James, still dwell among us. He had other sons, Jehila- mon, Addison, and Andrew Jackson, and one or more daughters.
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CHARLES BARNES, SON-in-law of John Shaw, Sr., lived at this period in a log-house on the Thomas Williams farm, and afterwards retired to Bourbon.
1786.
JOHN ALLEN'S name is on the tax list of this year, as the owner of the farm on Spencer street, recently owned, successively, by Nishus Kin- ney, Lucius L. Culver, and Luther G. Hinsdale. He built the large red house, on the premises, in which he lived until 1798, when he sold out to his son-in-law, Elihu Rockwell, and removed, as is believed, to Oneida Co., N. Y.
JOHN ALLEN, JR., supposed to have been son of the above, bought land in 1797, immediately north of his father's farm, which he sold in 1798.
JESSE FILLEY's name is on the list of this year as a resident of Winsted, and is not found elsewhere.
DAVID HOLMES, son of Phebe Holmes, afterwards second wife of Chileab Smith, of Goshen, served in the army at New York, in 1776, and came to Winsted in 1786. He owned and occupied the south part of the Rockwell farm, now owned by Mrs. J. R. Boyd, and built the old farm house now standing thereon. He sold out to Merritt Bull in 1805. and removed to Russell, Hampshire Co., Mass. He was brother of Joseph Holmes, step-brother of Capt. Zebina Smith, and half-brother of Theodore Smith, all of Winsted. He m. April 29, 1784, Chloe Strong.
CHILDREN.
I. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 18, 1784.
II. CHARLOTTE, b. Aug. 29, 1786.
III. ASENATII, b. Dec. 6, 1788.
IV. CLARA,
b. Oct. 21, 1790.
V. CHLOE, b. May 7, 1792.
VI. LYMAN,
b. March 7, 1794.
VII. SOPHIA,
b. Nov. 20, 1795; d. March 23, 1798, of small pox.
VIII. SALLY,
b. Jan. 26, 1798; d. March 13, 1798, of small pox.
IX. SOPHIA,
b. Dec. 30, 1799.
X. SALLY, b. July 20, 1802.
XI. ASAHEL, b. June 4, 1804.
XII. DAVID,
b. Russell, Mass., May 13, 1808.
ISAAC WHEELER, cousin of Benjamin and Nathan, in company with Levi Norton, bought the Deacon Hurlbut farm, east of Long Lake, in 1786. From 1788 to 1790, he lived on the south part of the farm be-
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tween the lakes. In 1795 he bought the part of the West Village ground south of M. & C. J. Camp's line, and in 1798 built the old Higley tavern house next south of Camp's brick block, the first frame building erected on Main street between Col. Hinsdale's corner and Still River Bridge. In 1799, he sold out to Horace Higley and removed from town. He married, October 17, 1784, Mehitabel Williams, and had one son :
RILEY, b. Nov. 29, 1785.
HEZEKIAH WOODRUFF, Jr., named "of Southington," this year bought and occupied a part of the Amos Pierce farm, on Spencer street, and built his house on the summit of the hill a quarter of a mile east of Mr. Pierce's dwelling. An old orchard visible from the village indicates the place where his house stood. He sold out to Grinnell Spencer in 1791, and removed to Colebrook.
LUKE HART's name is on the tax list of this year. In 1787 his wife, Deborah, became owner of a lot on the west side of Spencer street, nearly opposite Amos Pierce, on which they lived in a log house, and probably died there. They had three sons and one daughter, residents of Winsted, viz .: Selah, Stephen, Samuel, and -, the wife of Hawley Oakley, and mother of Alva Oakley, now a resident of Winsted.
SELAH HART, son of Luke and Deborah, lived until about 1812 in a log house at the parting of the two Colebrook roads, a little west of Jud- son Wadsworth's, and about 1816 removed to Canaan Mountain, where he died. He was the tallest man in town, and one of the four tallest in the county, the other three being - Elmore of Torrington, father of Peleg, Hon. John Allen, M. C., of Litchfield, and Rev. Aaron Kinney of Winsted. When straightened up, his height was 6 feet 62 inches. He worked at wall laying, was one of the fathers and pillars of the Methodist Church, a devout, kind-hearted, much-loved man. His children were: Deborah, wife of Zenas Alvord; Damy, wife of David Andrews, Sally, Phœbus Budd, and Newton. None of the family now reside in the town.
STEPHEN HART, son of Luke and Deborah, lived and died in the house nearest to Colebrook line, on the west side of the old Still River turnpike. He died September 17th, 1833, aged 66. His wife was Sarah Munson, from Middlebury, Connecticut. Among their children were Chester, Roseville, and Lovina, who married, March 19, 1825, Zerah Doolittle. All of them removed to the West.
SAMUEL HART, son of Luke and Deborah, lived in various parts of the town as a tenant farmer. In his later years he owned and occupied a house that stood opposite the Uri Church bridge, on the east side of the
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Green Woods turnpike, in which he died March 26, 1867, aged 70. He married a daughter of Elemuel Bassett.
CHILDREN.
I. WILLARD, who m Dee. 11, 1822, Rhoda M. Benedict ; he m. (2d) Maria Andrews.
II. SYLVESTER, m., June 23, 1822, Charlotte Walter.
III. WELLS.
IV. HAWLEY.
V. SYLVIA.
VI. SAMUEL,
m., Nov. 14, 1833, Laura Benedict.
Of their daughters, one was wife of Samuel Bandle, one of Levi Tuttle, and another of Edward Albro.
1787.
At the annual town meeting, November 12, 1787, in addition to routine business, it was voted "that the prayer of the memorial now lying in the General Assembly, for Winsted to be made a town, may be granted by the General Assembly, if they see fit to grant the same, without opposi- tion from the First Society of Winchester, provided the west tier of lots in Winsted be not included in the proposed town of Winsted. This project, now agitated for the first time, was repeatedly revived in after years. The main reasons for seeking a division of the town were, the want of a central place for public meetings, and the separation of the two portions by Long Lake, and the mountain ridges along the south- westerly side of Mad River, rendering communication difficult. Added to this was an embittered local feeling growing out of the superior number and refinement of the people of the "Old Society," who had become or- ganized and assimilated ; while the sparse population of Winsted was as yet in a state of comparative poverty and barbarism. The projected town of Winsted was to embrace the eastern third part of Winchester, and the part of Barkhamsted west of Farmington River. Similar difficulties of communication, arising from the chain of mountains west of the river cutting off the dwellers along the Farmington valley, rendered the new organization so objectionable that all the applications to the assembly were unsuccessful ; and the growth of the village of Winsted has put an end to all desire for a separation.
MOSES DARBE, named of Norfolk, this year bought the lot on South street, now owned by Jonathan Gilbert, on which he lived a short time. He is named of Norfolk in 1789.
BENJAMIN DE WOLF, " of Killingworth," this year bought jointly with his brother Daniel the lot on Spencer street, on which widow Lucy Coe now lives. About 1792 he bought and lived in a house now torn down
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on West Lake street, nearly opposite the John Stabell house, which he sold in 1805 to Benjamin Johnson. He lived in Winsted several years later, and worked in a wooden dish mill on the lake stream. He was a man of violent passions and a blistering tongue, sometimes very pious in profession, but always quarrelsome and mischievous. He married, May, 1786, Jerusha Carter.
CHILDREN.
I. JAMES (twin), b. Oct. 20, 1786.
II. CHARLOTTE (twin), b. Oct. 20, 1786.
III. MILLER, b. May 21, 1790.
IV. ALVAH, b. July 7, 1792.
They had several other children whose names are not recorded.
DANIEL DEWOLF, from Killingworth, lived with his brother Benja- min, on Spencer street, until 1793, when he bought and removed to a lot adjoining Colebrook line, opposite William E. Cowles, on which he lived until his removal to the northeast part of Colebrook. He was father and grandfather to the De Wolfs now at Colebrook River.
ELEAZER KELLOGG, from Barkhamsted, lived from 1787 to 1791, on the farm lately owned by Roswell Smith, in the northeast part of the town. Wife, Esther.
CHILDREN.
I. ELIJAH (twin), m. Oct. 23, 1794, Mabel Clement.
II. ELISHA « m. June 28, 1792, Persis Dunham.
III. ISAAC.
IV. ESTHER, b. Nov. 14, 1789.
V. CRUSA, (dau.) b. Aug. 13, 1791.
CALEB MUNSON, JR., from Waterbury, Middlebury Society, came to Winsted this year, and owned and occupied the David N. Beardsley farm, on the old hill road to Colebrook, living on the west side of the road in a house (now torn down) afterwards successively occupied by James Eggleston, Hine Clemons, Joseph Loomis, Stephen Hart, Cyrus Buttrick, and others. About 1800 he lived in a house, now torn down, on Lake street, near the "Old Factory house." About 1807, he migrat- ed to Marcellus, N. Y. He m. April 20, 1790, Mabel Tuttle.
CHILDREN.
I. CALEB MILES,
b. Jan. 15, 1792.
II. GLOVER STREET,
b. May 14, 1794.
b. Jan. 13, 1797.
III. LEVE BENHAM (dau.),
IV. AZUBAH,
b. May 21, 1799 ; d. Oct. 17, 1799.
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V. ALVIRA,
b. Nov. 24, 1800.
VI. JERRY,
b. March 25, 1803.
VII. LUCY,
b. March 8, 1806.
NORTON WRIGHT, oldest son of Moses, and brother of Alvin of Cole- brook, lived in the old deserted house on the east side of the Old Still River Turnpike, near Colebrook line, from this year until 1817, when he moved to Western or Northern New York. He m., July 7, 1781, Lucy Banning.
CHILDREN.
I. SAMUEL,
b. Aug. 9, 1792.
II. LUCY,
b. June 21, 1794.
III. SARAH,
b. June 5, 1796.
IV. ABIGAIL,
b. May 23, 1798.
V. MOSES NORTON,
b. Sept. 1, 1800; d. 1803.
VI. WEALTHY,
b. Oct. 2, 1802.
VII. JONATHAN NORTON,
b. Oct. 31, 1805.
VIII. MOSES, b. Nov. 21, 1807.
1788.
DEACON SHUBAEL COOK and URIJAH COOK, of Winsted, herein- after mentioned, were sons of DEACON JOHN COOK,4 of Torrington, who was son of JOHN,3 b. in Windsor in 1692, and d. May 25, 1751 : grandson of JOHN,2 b. Windsor, April 3, 1662; m. Nov. 26, 1686, Mary Downs, of Northampton ; and great grand-son of NATHANIEL,1 an early resident of Windsor, who m. June 29, 1649, Sarah Vare.
He, Deacon John4, m. June 22, 1741, Rachel Wilson, of Windsor. They were among the constituent members of the First Church of Tor- rington, Oct. 21, 1741.
CHILDREN.
I. RACHEL,5
b. May 2, 1742; m. David Soper.
II. JOHN,5
b. Ang. 29, 1743 ; d. in Torrington, aged 80.
III. EUNICE,5 b. March 5, 1746 ; m. Ensign Jonathan Coe, of Win-
chester.
IV. FRANCES,5 b. Sept. 18, 1747 ; d. Dec. 23, 1750.
V. DEA. SHUBAEL,5
b. April 21, 1749.
VI. SARAH,5
b. Oct. 31, 1750 ; m. Hurlbut.
VII. EDE,5
b. Nov. 28, 1752 ; d. in early life.
VIII. URIJAH,5
b. Sept., 1754.
IX. LUCY,5
b. Oct. 3, 1756 ; m. Moses Loomis.
X. HANNAH,5
b. March 13, 1758 ; m. Simeon More.
XI. ELIHU,5
b. March 18, 1760 ; d. July 20, 1760.
XII. ELIHU,5
b. March 29, 1761 ; d. in Torrington.
XIII. MARY,5
b. Nov. 10, 1764; d. in early life.
Merchan Good
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DEACON SHUBAEL COOK came to Winsted in 1792, and settled on the Daniel Tuttle farm, adjoining Torringford line on South street. His house, long since torn down, was on the west side of the road, a little north of the Daniel Tuttle house. About 1815 he removed to a house on the south side of Green Woods turnpike, in which he died, Dec. 27, 1824, aged 75 years. His wife died in 1827, aged 79. In 1802, he was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church, which office he filled with great fidelity and acceptance, until his deatlı. Deacon Cook was a man of warm and cheerful piety, poor in this world's goods, but rich in Chris- tian attainments, and in the love of his brethren. He m. Sept. 17, 1773, Sarah Bassett Gillett.
CHILDREN.
I. ROSINDA,6 b. 1776; m. Asher Loomis of Windsor, where she d. in 1855.
II. REUBEN,6 b. d. young, scalded.
III. EDE,6 b. 1783; d. single, Feb. 1, 1818, aged 35.
IV. REUBEN,6 b. Sept. 10, 1786.
URIJAH COOK,5 came to Winsted in 1788, and settled on the east side of Spencer street. He built and lived in the Lockwood House, at the top of the hill, in sight of the West Village. In 1819, he sold out and removed to Barkhamsted (Wallen's Hill), where he died June 28, 1832, aged 73. His wife (Submit) d. Dec. 16, 1844, aged 88. In addi- tion to farming, he carried on brick making in a swale at the east end of his farm, in the early part of this century. He was a man of ardent temperament, a zealous Federalist, and equally zealous theologian of the Hamiltonian and Hopkinsian schools, - not over tolerant of opposing views, either in politics or religion. In his old age, Christian charity pre- dominated over party and sectarian zeal, and he died in peace and love with all men. He m. Feb. 8, 1779, Submit Tuttle.
CHILDREN.
I. ANSON,6
b. in Torrington, Oct. 4, 1779.
II. LOIS,6 b. « March 25, 1781 ; m. Giles Russell.
III. SALLY,6 b. March 28, 1782; d. unm.
IV. RIIODA,6 (twin),
b. Winsted, Jan. 7, 1790; d. April 29, 1807.
V. RACHEL,6
b. Jan. 7, 1790 ; m. Hamlin Russell.
VI. HULDAH,6
b. Feb. 9, 1795.
VII. PHILO,6 b. Sept. 28, 1798; m. a dau. of Capt. William Swift, of Colebrook, moved with his father to Barkhamsted, where he d. about 1858, s. p.
REUBEN COOK,6 son of Dea. Shubael,5 came to Winsted with his father, - was clerk for S. Rockwell & Brothers, and soon after coming of age, went into the manufacture of bar iron in the works erected by
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him on Still River, recently owned by the. Cook Axle Co. He lived in the house on North Main street, nearly opposite the bridge leading to his works, until a recent period. He m. April 15, 1811, Ruth Shepard. She d. Jan. 8, 1841. He d. March 16, 1872.
CHILDREN.
I. JERUSHA,7 b. March 17, 1812; m. Jan. 1856, Daniel Spring.
II. SARAH,7 b. June 9, 1813 ; m. Shepard S. Wheeler; d. Feb. 8, 1855.
III. CHARLES,7 b. Oct. 15, 1815; m. Sept., 1837, Mary Jane Lewis, of Suffield.
CHILDREN.
1. Jane Elizabeth,8 b. 1838; d. June, 1842; 2. Rollin Hillyer,8 b. Aug. 24, 1844, m. June -, 1866, Minnie Graves, of New Milford ; she d. Oct. 20, 1868, leaving children, Minnie Graves,9 b. June, 1867, and Eliza Jane,9 b. Sept. 30, 1868.
IV. HARRIET,7 b. May 29, 1818; m. Sept. 7, 1853, Ehi R. Miller.
V. JULIA,7 b. Dec. 1, 1820; d. Jan. 22, 1837.
VI. JOHN R.,7 b. Feb. 18, 1823; m. Oet. 15, 1845, Marietta A. Phelps, of Norfolk ; she d. Jan. 21, 1861 ; and he m. (2d) Sept. 29, 1863, Jane M. . Dickinson, of New Britain.
CHILDREN.
1. John Phelps,8 b. Jan. 25, 1849 ; 2. Eliza Phelps,8 b. Feb. 15, 1851 ; 3. Marietta,8 b. June 5, 1861, d. at Chicago, July 12, 1864.
ANSON COOK,6 son of Urijah, came with his father to Winsted. He was by trade a millwright, and lived for several years in the west village, and afterward in a house on the north side of the Wallen's Hill road, a little east of the clock shop, until a few years before his death, when he removed to the house in the east village immediately south of the Epis- copal Church, in which he died December 17, 1860, aged 81. His wife, Amelia, died May 15, 1851, aged 70. He was an industrious, quiet, upright man, and sincere Christian. He married, December 31, 1806, Amelia Hinsdale, sister of Colonel Hosea. She died May 15, 1851, aged 70.
CHILDREN.
I. JAMES,7 b. March 9, 1809.
II. RHODA A7., b. December 16, 1810.
III. SHERMAN TUTTLE,7 b. March 22, 1813; m. November 27, 1839, Cornelia Emeline Jacqua, b. Canaan, October 16, 1817. She died by a railroad accident about 1858, and he married, 2d, Mrs. Lucia (Stillman) Cross.
CHILDREN.
1. Edward Sherman, b. December 20, 1841.
2. Frederick Monroe, b. March 28, 1843.
3. Cornelia Elvira, b. September 15, 1850.
4. Emma Amelia, b. October 3, 1853.
IV. ANSON BISSELL,7 b. December 12, 1814.
V. LAURA,7 b. May 24, 1818.
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LIEUTENANT JONATHAN DUNHAM, named of Colchester, this year bought a part of the Moses M. Camp farm on South street, on which he lived until 1790, when he moved to the highest point of Wallen's Hill, and lived until 1800 in the house afterward occupied successively by Reuben Palmer and George Treal, and now torn down, when he removed to Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y. His children are not on our records. The following may be only an incomplete list of them :-
Jonathan Dunham, Junior, married, November 24, 1791, Susanna Kellogg.
Elias Dunham married, March 10, 1791, Jerusha Lewis.
Mehitabel Dunham, married Asher Rowley.
Hazael Dunham, married Abigail Rowley ; lived in Utica, N. Y.
William Dunham, settled between Erie and Ashtabula, O. .
DEACON MICHAEL GRINNELL's name is on the tax list of this year. He was born in Saybrook, Conn., March 20, 1752; removed with his parents to Salisbury, Conn., at the beginning of the Revolution, and about 1788 came to Winsted. He first owned land on the east side of Long Lake. In 1793 he bought the Wedge lot at the northeast corner of the town, lately owned by Joel Mead, on which he lived (in the Partridge House) until 1823, when he removed to Clinton, Wayne Co., Penn., where he resided until his death, on the 12th day of February, 1858, aged one hundred and six years. He served in the Revolutionary Army, and witnessed the tearing down of the leaden statute of George III. at the Bowling Green in New York. His hearing almost entirely failed during the last thirty years of his life, while his sight continued nearly unimpaired until past his hundredth year. He was a deacon of the Baptist Church in this town, and was always in his place in the stated meetings of the Church, until more than one hundred years old. He married in 1777, Susanna Balcom, perhaps daughter of John ; she died in August, 1825, aged 70 years. Of their six children only two births are recorded in this town.
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