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EZEKIEL WOODFORD, son of Ezekiel, sen., came into the town with his father in his minority. He bought his brother Romanta's Homestead in Dec., 1817, and there resided until his removal to Windsor in 1832. Returning to Winsted in 1857, he lived in the house on the north side of Hinsdale street, next east of the graded school house, until his death, August 14, 1859, at the age of 69. He was born June 30, 1790; m. Sept. 7, 1825, Roxana Lyman, b. June 18, 1797 ; died Dec. 26, 1871.
CHILDREN.
I. ANDREW D., h. June 15, 1826; d. Dec. 9, 1826.
II. GEORGE L., b. Dec. 29, 1827.
III. JOHN, b. March 4, 1831.
LESTER WOODFORD, youngest son of Capt. Ezekiel, came with his father to Winsted while a minor. In 1823, in company with N. Kinney, he bought the Elihu Rockwell farm on the Spencer Street road north of Amos Pierce, and resided there until his removal to the Russell homestead on the Coe street, now owned by Junius Gillett, where he afterwards resided until his removal to - in 1867. He married, Dec. 10, 1823, at W., Rosanna, daughter of Luke Case, late of Winchester, deceased.
CHILDREN.
I. LYMAN CASE, b. Junc 15, 1826, d. Feb. 10, 1835.
II. CAROLINE ELIZABETH,
b. April 28, 1832, d. May 21, 1836.
III. CHARLES BISHOP,
b. Feb. 10, 1837.
IV. MARIANNE, b. Oct. 16, 1839.
V. WILLIAM STERLING, b. Sept. 3, 1842.
BENJAMIN BARBER WOODFORD, oldest son of Erastus, lived in the Green Woods Hotel, his father's early residence, from his first marriage to about 1848, when he built a small brick house on High street, which he occupied until his removal to Derby about 1851. He now lives in Spring- field, Mass. He married Polly Ann Hills, and has one daughter, Mary C., his only child.
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ERASTUS STERLING WOODFORD, second son of Erastus, became a partner with Samuel W. Coe and Luman Hubbell, under the firm name of Coe, Hubbell & Co., about 1830, and continued with them in mercantile business until 1842, when he withdrew from the firm, and did business in his individual name until about 1849, when he went to California, whence he returned some three or four years later, and engaged for a few years in the manufacture of pins, and was subsequently engaged in Insurance business until his death. He was a man of refined literary culture and modest deportment, kind-hearted and public spirited; as a neighbor, obliging ; as a citizen, liberal, not only in his contributions to public ob- jects, but indefatigable in his personal labors for their advancement. He married, October 13, 1834, Huldah Coe, born April 6, 1809, daughter of Jonathan and Charlotte (Spencer) Coe. She died of consumption, April 18, 1859. He married (2d), June 26, 1862, Anna J. Coe, daughter of Asahel M. Coe. He died Sept. 26, 1870.
CHILDREN.
I. FRANK MUNRO, b. August 10, 1843 ; d. Dec. 25, 1848.
II. LOUISE HALE, b. June 6, 1863.
LUCIUS J. WOODFORD, third son of Erastus, lived as a farmer on the old Waterbury turnpike, near Colebrook line, from his first marriage, until his removal to the Daniel Tuttle farm on South street near Torringford line, in 1845. It is painful to refer to the long protracted and bitter con- troversy between him and his brother-in-law, resulting in the death of the latter by a gun-shot wound inflicted by the former, and the conviction of Mr. W. of murder in the first degree, for which he was sentenced to state prison for life by the superior court for Litchfield county in 1866. On his application for pardon in 1869, evidence was introduced before the legislative committee, which made a report recommending his pardon, and in accordance with the recommendation, he was by the Assembly pardoned and liberated. He married Catharine, daughter of Daniel G. Tuttle, by whom he had a son, George E., born -, -, who married, Nov. 27, 1864, Rosa A., daughter of John S. Fyler.
CIIILD. FRANK, b. Feb. - , 1868.
GEORGE WOODFORD, oldest son of Ezekiel,? learned the joiner's trade, and resides in this town. He married, Sept. 15, 1856, Helen J. Watson, born June 5, 1833.
CHILDREN.
I. ELLA LOUISA, b. Jan. 18, 1859; d. Nov. 23, 1860.
II. CORA ISABELLE,
b. Jan. 19, 1862.
III. DE WITT CLINTON,
b. May 16, 1863.
IV. FREDERICK EZEKIEL, b. Oct. 5, 1865 ; d. Sept. 5, 1869.
& . Woodford
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JOHN WOODFORD, second son of Ezekiel,2 served his time as clerk in the mercantile firm of M. & C. J. Camp, and was received into and con- tinues a partner in the concern. He married, May 24, 1860, Laura C., daughter of Hiram and Irene (Sanford) Burnham, born March 6, 1840.
CHILDREN.
I. ARTHUR BURNHAM, b. Oct. 7, 1861.
II. FRANK CLARKE, b. Nov. 24, 1867 ; d. Nov. 17, 1868.
III. FANNIE LOUISE, b. Jan. 18, 1870.
1806.
JOSEPH T. CUMMING this year came from Kinderhook, N. Y., and, in company with Benjamin Jenkins, went into trade in the store building on Main street, east village, now occupied by Theophilus Baird, and lived in the Ezra Baldwin house adjoining. In 1809 he moved to Otis, Mass., where for several years he kept a store and tavern.
SAMUEL ROWLEY, Jr., from Torrington, this year bought the home- stead on the Old North road, adjoining Colebrook line, now occupied by his son Edwin Rowley, which he occupied until his death in 1854.
No record is found of his family. His widow died several years after him. They had
CHILDREN.
I. CALVIN, who died a resident of Illinois.
II. ELIZA, wife of Orrin Freeman of Winchester.
III. LUCIA J., of Colebrook, in 1858; d. in Illinois about 1869.
IV. EDWARD (twin).
V. EDWIN (twin), of Colebrook.
VI. MARY, (twin), m. - Miller.
VII. MARIAII (twin), m. Darwin Smith.
BENJAMIN JOHNSON, a cabinet maker, owned and lived in a house, now torn down, on the north side of West Lake street, nearly opposite the brick house built by John C. Stabell, from 1806 to 1812, when he moved to Ohio. Among other children he had one daughter, who mar- ried Dr. Steese of Massilon, O.
BEMSLEY CARPENTER, a singing master, is on the list of this year. From 1807 to 1816 he lived on the Jonathan Gilbert farm, on South street. He had one or more sons and two daughters- Eunice, now living (1872) here, and Emily, who married, August 24, 1834, James B. Phelps, from Leicester, Mass., and resided here until his death, March 25, 1857. She died in 1870.
ELIZUR HINSDALE came from Torrington in 1805. He this year
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built, and afterwards occupied, the house on north side of Main street, now owned by Philo G. Sheldon, and a trip-hammer shop on the site of the Foundry & Machine Co.'s Works, in which he manufactured axes until his removal to Leroy, N. Y. His first wife, Olive, died October 28, 1816, aged 30. He married (2d) Mrs. - Everett of New Milford, in 1817.
CHILDREN.
I. MARY ELIZABETH,
baptized June 7, 1807.
II. MORRIS.
III. CHARLOTTE MARIA,
bap. October 16, 1814.
IV. A DAUGHTER, bap. , 1819.
ELAM ROCKWELL appears on the list as a resident this year. From 1812 to 1814 he owned and lived on Mad River, near the Danbury schoolhouse.
DANIEL BURNHAM, from 1806 to 1814, owned and lived in a house nearly opposite and west of the stone bridge over Still River, and car- ried on a chair factory in the upper part of Hoadley's Mill. In 1826 he bought the Lemuel Clarke place on Wallen's Hill, which he occupied until his death, May 19, 1836, at the age of 54. His wife, Clarissa C., died February 22, 1855, aged 74. The names of their deceased children, as found in their burial lot, are-
I. DANIEL C., d. January 19, 1810, aged 6.
II. LUTHER, d. August 23, 1837, aged 26.
III. ERWIN, d. February 12, 1812, aged 19.
IV. HENRY S., d. July 5, 1818, aged 2.
V. SALLY A., m. December 9, 1830, Rufus Cleveland ; d. April 17, 1854, aged 51. They had another daughter, CLARISSA, who m., September 13, 1831, Milo Hall of New Marlboro, Mass.
JOSEPH MILLER, Esq., attorney-at-law, commenced practice in Win- sted this year. In 1807 he built the house on the north side of Main street, now owned by Mrs. Parke, in which he lived until his removal to Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
He was a graduate of Williams' College, and of the Litchfield Law School ; a man of literary tastes and sound legal acquirements ; a kind, generous-hearted man, genial and upright ; a good neighbor and citizen.
As a lawyer, he was able in argument, and honorable in practice. An inborn principle of uprightness unfitted him for resort to professional tricks, and his moral sense revolted at whatever was mean or treacher- ous. By the court and bar he was highly respected.
n 1834, with a view to the advancement of a large family, he
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removed to Richland, then a sparsely-settled region, where he devoted himself to clearing and cultivating his new homestead, and limitedly to law practice. His children grew up around him, prospered and respected.
While a resident of Winsted, he was chosen a delegate. to the conven- tion which framed the constitution of Connecticut in 1818, and was subsequently a representative of the town in the general assembly.
In Michigan he was also a delegate of his county to the constitutional convention of that state, and held other public offices.
He married, in June, 1808, Sarah Sherman, who died December 30, 1816; married (2d) October 1, 1817, Elizabeth, daughter of Eli Richards, who died July 17, 1858, aged 73.
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE.
I. SHERMAN, £ b. April 29, 1809; lost on the steamer Pulaski, on the Carolina coast, in June, 1838, unmarried.
II. SARAH ANN, b. January 28, 1811 ; m. Ira Peake ; d. at Richland, Mich., January 27, 1859 ; left six children.
III. JANE, b. December 23, 1812 ; m. Doctor E. Stetson of Neponset, Ill.
IV. LYDIA M., b. Apr. 5, 1825 ; m. Enos Northrup, Richland, Mich.
V. JOSEPH, b. December 13, 1816, studied law with his father and was admitted to the bar of Kalamazoo county. Prosecuting attorney of said county for several years; U. S. Attorney, District of Michigan, from 1857 to 1861 ; an able and upright lawyer, a public-spirited and influen- tial citizen. "Thoroughly identified, both by early associations and matured intimacy with the people among whom he lived, his genial nature, his ripened and unerring judgment, his high legal attainments, and above all, his pure and unsullied integrity and entire truthfulness of thought and expression, won the heart and secured the attachment of all who approached him." At the session of the U. S. District Court, holden at the time of his decease, the district attorney, in announcing his death, remarked, " The period of our deceased brother's connection with the officers and bar of this court is so recent that it is unnecessary to call to mind the ability, the courtesy, the clear intellect, and the warm heart which characterized him in the manifold relations of his official and professional life. He was endowed by nature with a mind of high order, and with sympathies unusually tender, which drew around him troops of friends, whom his talents enabled him to serve. A handsome · competency, and the best practice of his section of the state, was the fruit of his diligence and ability." He m. Charlotte B. Brown.
CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE.
VI. ELI RICHARDS, b. Oct. 12, 1818; m., 1st, Artheusa Mills; 2d, Harriet Cook.
VII. JAMES, b. Feb. 11, 1838 ; m. Mary Ada Smith.
1807.
BENJAMIN SKINNER, from East Hartford, a miller, came to Winsted this year and had charge of Rockwell's mill during his remaining life, and lived in the old lean-to house on Lake street. He was a man of most
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industrious habits and sincere piety, training and educating his large fam- ily, and discharging the duties of a Christian citizen with exemplary fidelity. He died Feb. 5, 1814, aged 48. His wife Nabby (Spencer); died Dec. 2, 1830, aged 59.
CHILDREN.
I. JAMES, b. m., , Harriet Spencer, of Hart- ford ; d. in Hartford. CHILDREN : 1. Edward, d. young ; 2. James, m. Harriet Spencer.
II. BENJAMIN,. b. 1794; m. d. Sept., 1854, aged 60; has one son (Henry) now in. and living in Ohio.
III. ABIGAIL, b. 1797 ; d. unmd. June 16, 1842, aged 45.
IV. RHODA, b. d. unmd. Feb. 17, 1864.
V. HORACE, b. m. (Ist) Charity Sage, (2d) Sarah Clark.
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE : 1. Charles ; 2. Horace; 3. Sarah. BY SECOND WIFE : 4. Abby ; 5. Mary ; 6. Belle; 7. Sarah Beach. Had seven children, all dead in 1872.
VI. HENRY.
VII. TIMOTHY PHELPS, b. Sept. 11, 1807 ; m., March -, 1840, Mary T. Jaques. VIII. FREDERICK.
IX. LUCIUS, b. m., June 20, 1836, Lucy Champion ; was drowned in Nangatnek river by railroad disaster at Plymouth, Conn. CHILDREN : 1. Ellen Maria, b. May 22, 1838; 2. Hannah Clark, b. May 10, 1840, d. ; 3. Lucius Spencer, b. March 28, 1843 ; 4. Frank Bevins, b. April 23, 1850.
CAPT. LEMUEL CLARKE, from Whately, Mass., came to Winsted this year, and bought the David Mills farm, afterwards owned by Daniel Burnham, on Wallen's Hill, on which he resided until 1826. He served as a sergeant in the Continental army in the Revolutionary War; was in the battle of Bunker Hill and other engagements, and retired from the service with a certificate of honorable discharge signed by Washington. He was born at -, Mass., March 24, 1755 ; married at Sunderland, Mass., by Rev. Mr. Ashley, in October, 1779, to Kezia Hubbard : he died Aug. 22, 1840; she died March 22, 1843.
CHILDREN.
I. LUCIUS, b. July 14, 1780, d. March 9, 1782.
II. LEVI HUBBARD, b. Sept. 22, 1782; grad. Yale College, 1802; states attorney Middlesex Co., Conn., 1807-8; judge of Monroe Co. court, N. Y., in 1818; judge of seventh and tenth ward court, N. Y., in 1835; assistant editor of New York American, 1821-4, and New York Com- mercial Advertiser 1833-5. He m. Nov. - , 1809, Mary Ann, daughter of John Griswold, of Lyme, Conn., eldest son of Gov. Matthew Gris- wold. She d. Jan. 30, 1812, aged 26.
CHILD.
ELIZABETH BRAINARD, m. Sept. 14, 1844, Bushnell White, Esq., a lawyer of Cleveland, Ohio. CHILD; John Griswold White, b. August 10, 1845, at Cleveland, Ohio, and now practising law in that city.
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III. CAROLINE, b. Feb. 6, 1785, d. May 11, 1790.
IV. KEZIA, b. Dcc. 21, 1787 ; m., -- - , William Moore, d. De- cember, 1824.
V. LUCIUS, b. Whately, Mass., Aug. 22, 1790, d. Dec. 28, 1863.
VI. ERASTUS LEMUEL, b. May 21, 1793 ; m. ; d. Oct. 27, 1835.
VII. AUGUSTUS, b. Sept. 8, 1796; d. Ang. 9, 1803.
VIII. GEORGE HUBBARD, b. Dec. 27, 1799 .; d. Feb. 22, 1852; m. (1)
LUCIUS CLARKE, son of Capt. Lemuel, married, Jan. - , 1819, Nancy, daughter of James Boyd, of Winchester.
CHILDREN.
I. CAROLINE, b. Rochester, N. Y., May 4, 1822 ; d. 1822.
IÍ. FREDERICK BOYD,
b. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1823; d. 1825.
III. LUCIUS HUBBARD,
b. Winsted, Sept. 25, 1825 ; d. s. p.
IV. MARY MUNRO,
b. Winsted, May 4, 1827 ; m. H. B. Alvord.
V. THOMAS MONTAGUE, b. Winsted, Jan. 4, 1830 ; m., May 6, 1839, Julia Cat- lin, daughter of Dr. Orrin B. Freeman, Canton, Conn .; CHILDREN :
1. Carrie, d. in infancy ; 2. Lucins F., d. in infancy ; 3. Harry Catlin ;
4. Caroline Freeman ; 5. Boyd; 6. Munro, d. in infancy ; 7. Thomas M., d. in infancy ; 8. Fanny ; 9. Jessie.
VI. EDWARD, b. April 15, 1832; m. Susan Holmes.
VII. MARTHA, b. Springfield, Mass., 1834 ; d.
VIII. SUSAN, b. Feeding Hills, Mass., July 10, 1838 ; m. Rev. Mal-
colm McGregor Dana, minister of First Congregational Church, Nor- wich. CHILDREN : 1.
JASPER GRINNELL appears on this year's list. He built a house on the south side of the Wallen's Hill road, a little east of the ancient bury- ing ground near the clock factory, in which he resided until his death, Feb. 24, 1832. Of his family we have no record except his marriage to Lucy Filley, Sept., 1811, and the grave stones of two
CHILDREN.
LYDIA E., d. March 28, 1809, aged 8.
EDWIN D., d. Feb. 10, 1814, aged 2.
DAVID TALLMADGE is on the assessment list of this and many suc- ceeding years. He was not a land owner, and had no permanent residence. He raised a family of children, of whom the wife of Truman Scovill was one.
EBEN COE, son of Ensign Jonathan, married, Dec. 1, 1806, Eliza, daughter of Philemon Kirkum, and after living with his father, built and occupied the Jesse Williams house, on Spencer street, until near the date of his deathı. He died Sept. 10, 1813, aged 33, soon after which his widow and children moved to Ohio. (See COE Record.)
DEACON ELISHA SMITH is on the list of this year. He is noticed, and his family record given in connection with the record of his father, Capt. Zebina Smith.
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1808.
DR. LYMAN STRONG, from Southampton, Mass., this year began prac- tice in Winsted as a physician, and in 1809 became principal of the grammar school or Academy then first opened there, and continued to teach and practice until his removal to Guilford in 1810, where he prac- ticed until 1816, when he moved to Hartford and opened a boarding and day school for young ladies. In 1821 he moved to Beaufort, S. C., and officiated as president of a college in that place. Here he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Charleston, S. C., he having, before coming to Winsted, studied theology with Rev. Asahel Hooker, of Goshen. Re- turning to New England, he was, in 1825, settled in Hebron, Conn., and in 1830, at Colchester, Conn., where he spent his remaining life, and died Dec. 31, 1861, aged 80. He graduated at Williams' College in 1802, and was tutor for one year; studied medicine with Dr. Sumner, of Westfield, Mass. He was a man of fine appearance and address, and a teacher of high order-a Puritan of the Puritans ; " an industrious, earnest, cheerful man, full of joy in his life of active service to God and mankind."
He was born Sept. 12, 1781; married, March 12, 1808, Clarissa Morse, daughter of Jacob Morse, of Westfield; she died at Colchester, Dec. 20, 1821, aged 49; and he married (2d) at Middletown, Conn., Widow Rhoda Matson, daughter of Israel Newton. She died Dec. 18, 1843, aged 58; and he married (3d) widow Olivia (Bridges) Brooks, b. March 24, 1808.
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE.
I. CLARISSA MORSE, b. at Winsted, June 24, 1809; m., May 4, 1837, Rev. Jason Atwater, a grad. of Yale in 1825, and pastor at Middlebury, Conn., where she d. Feb. 13, 1844.
II. ELIZABETH, b. June 5, and d. June 8, 1812.
III. LYMAN, b. in Guilford, Feb. 20, and d. July 21, 1815.
HERMON MUNSON, from Middlebury, Conn., is on the list of this, and several following years. He moved into Barkhamsted, after his marriage, and lived on the Green Woods turnpike, about half a mile east of the town line, until his death, April 7, 1854, aged 72. He married, Jan. 1, 1810, Polly, daughter of Benoni Bronson of Winchester. She died May 9, 1849, aged 60, and he married (2d), Mrs. Smith. He had
CHILDREN BY HIS FIRST WIFE.
I. MARY, who d. unmarried, Jan. 30, 1831, aged 21. II. SIDNEY,
of Minnesota.
III. EMERETT, m., Nov. - , 1837, Henry E. Rockwell ; d. Aug. 22, 1852, aged 36.
IV ABIGAIL,
of Minnesota.
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1809.
DEACON JAMES H. ALVORD* moved from East Hampton, Conn., this year, and soon after built the house at the north corner of North Main street and the lane leading west of the center burying ground, where he lived the remainder of his days a quiet, industrious, and exemplary life, devoted to the wise training and educating of a large family, and the up- building of the Church, of which he was an office bearer from 1836 to his death. He was born in Chatham, Conn., Aug. 8, 1781 ; married Oct. 11, 1804, Lucy Cook, born Ang. 7, 1784. He died July 29, 1868. She died Sept. 11, 1850.
CHILDREN.
I. CLARISSA PITKIN, b. Aug. 7, 1805 ; resides in Winsted.
II. JOHN WATSON, b. April 18, 1807; began life as a merchant's clerk in Hartford, Ct., in 1828, and during the next year becoming convinced that he must preach the gospel, declined an offer of partnership, and in 1830 began his preparation, studying at Oneida Institute, Lane Seminary, and Oberlin, where he graduated in 1836, and was ordained the same year. Hc preached one year at Maumee City, O., and since that has preached at Barkhamsted, and Stamford, Conn., and at South Boston, Mass .; has been District Secretary of American Tract Society, Boston ; Inspector of Schools and Finances for the Freedmen, under Maj. Gen. Howard ; and since 1869, Pres. of the Freedmen's Savings Bank and Trust Com- pany at Washington, where he now resides.
He m. June 3, 1845, Myrtilla Mead Peck, b. Greenwich, Conn., Oct. 11, 1819, daughter of Obadiah and Lisette (Mead) Peck.
CHILDREN.
1. Mary Anna, b. Granville, Ct., July 21, 1846 ; d. Boston, Mass. Aug. 18, 1847.
2. Julia Mead, b. Boston, Aug. 8, 1847 ; m. in Washington, D. C., Dec. 15, 1870, John L. Cole, and has a son, Dorr Edward, b. Dec. 29,1871.
* His father, Ruel Alvord, son of Seth and Elizabeth (Spencer) Alvord, was cousin to Deacon Eliphaz Alvord, who has already been noticed. He married, Nov. 15, 1774, Hannah Hall. He settled in Chatham, Conn., where he died, March 27, 1810, in his 60th year. She died, Ang. 3, 1830, aged 77 years.
CHILDREN.
I. JOHN, b. Chatham, Oct. 14, 1775 ; d. at sea, Nov. 11, 1800.
II. SIBYL, b. May 30, 1777 ; m. Parmenas Watson.
III. MARY, b. March 14, 1779 ; m. March 14, 1802, Elisha Rowley, b. C., March 14, 1780; they settled in Winchester in 1805.
IV. JAMES HALL, b. Chatham, Aug. 8, 1781.
V. LUCY, b. Durham, Conn., May 14, 1785 ; m. Sept. 30, 1806, Chann- cey Brooks; settled in Winchester, where she d. Sept. 1, 1831.
VI. ESTHER, b. Chatham, July 18, 1789; d. Aug. 28, 1835, unmarried.
VII. JABEZ, b. Sept. 27, 1792 ; d. Feb. 28, 1828,
VIII. HANNAH, b. March 1, 1795; d. Aug. 17, 1832,
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3. Charles Stewart, b. Boston, March 3, 1849; d. Boston, Jan. 3, 1853.
4 John Watson, b. Boston, Nov. 20, 1852; d. Greenwich, Conn., May 8, 1853.
5. George Lewis, b. Groton, Mass., Aug. 2, 1854; d. Groton, Oct. 21, 1855.
6. Samuel, b. Newton Centre, Mass., Feb. 23, 1857.
7. James Hall, b. Newton Centre, Mass., April 23, 1858; d. New- ton Centre, March 19, 1861.
8. John Watson, b. Newton Centre, Jan. 25, 1861.
III. MARY COOK, b. W., Feb. 26, 1809; d. Feb. 12, 1830.
IV. SUSAN B., b. Feb. 12, 1811; m. May 30, 1838, Asahel M. Riee, of W., has one daughter, Harriet M., b. March 24, 1848.
V. RICHARD, b. March 8, 1813 ; d. Dec. 1, 1818.
VI. CATHARINE, b. Feb. 12, 1815.
VII. JAMES,
b. " 10, 1817 ; d. March 17, 1820.
VIII. CHIARLES, b. Aug. 16, 1819 ; m. June 5, 1844, his cousin, Melissa Wat- son, b. Jan. 4, 1818, daughter of Parmenas and Sibyl (Alvord) Wat- son ; has
CHILDREN.
1. Lucy Cook, b. June 5, 1846.
2. Theodore Watson, b. April 11, 1848.
3. Clara Melissa, b. July 25, 1850.
4. Jabez, b. " 15, 1858.
IX. AMANDA MALVINA, b. Ang. 20, 1821 ; m. Aug. 31, 1841, John Hinsdale. X. JAMES RICHARD, b. Oet. 7, 1823 ; m. Dec. 3, 1849, Mary Eliza Landon,
b. in Poultney, Vt., Sept. 12, 1824, daughter of Rev. Seymour and Phebe (Thompson) Landon.
CHILDREN.
1. Louise Landon, b. Sept. 5, 1852 ; d. Jan. 4, 1870.
2. Charles, b. March 20, 1854.
3. Seymour Landon, b. Aug. 6, 1856.
4. Elliot Beardsley,
b. Aug. 2, 1859; d. Aug. 19, 1859.
5. James Richard, b. April 3, 1860; d. .1865.
XI. GEORGE, b. Aug. 23, 1825 ; m. June 1, 1863, Elizabeth Peck Hubbard, b. Sunderland, Mass., May 19, 1830, daughter of Ashley and Betsey (Dole) Hubbard; has been clerk in the Navy Department, Washington ; Cash- ier of Hurlbut Bank, West Winsted ; is now in the printing business in Winsted ; no children.
XII. JABEZ, b. Feb. 3, 1828 ; a machinist ; a soldier of the w of 1861, and Postmaster of Winsted ; unmarried.
1810.
JESSE BYINGTON came to Winsted this year, and in the following year built the Evert Bevins house, on the west side of North Main street. He also built a nail factory on the water privilege of the Winsted Manu- facturing Company (long since burned down), in which the nails were cut, and another shop, opposite his house, where the nails were headed by hand-
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AND FAMILY RECORDS.
blows. He employed a large number of hands, and did a prosperous business until about 1815, when he abandoned the business. He died Sept. 12, 1831, aged 46. He married about the time of his coming to Winsted, and had two daughters, JANE and FINETTE. Jane was of Torrington, and Finette of New Haven, in 1839.
WILLIAM GOUCHER, an iron refiner, lived in Winsted from 1809 to about 1825. He had among other children, Samuel, who went to En- field and died there; Polly, married, Jan. 13, 1833, Legrand Hubbell, who was killed in October, 1838, by the bursting of a grindstone, aged 32, and Hiram, now (1872) living, a bachelor, in Winsted. His wife died December, 1833.
JOSHUA HEWITT came to Winsted in his boyhood, and came of age this year. He worked as a shoemaker a few years, and then became an iron refiner, which trade he pursued until about 1835. He built the house on Spencer street, at the foot of Cobble Hill, in 1850, in which he afterwards lived until his death, April 13, 1864, aged 73. He married, April 24, 1808, Polly Williams. She died April 14, 1842, aged 55.
CHILDREN.
I. SALLY, b. July 8, 1809 ; m. Squire Sackett.
II. HOMER, b. Jannary 14, 1811 ; d. November 2, 1831, unmarried.
III. MARIA, b. ; m. August 23, 1837, Francis Brown. Child : Sarah, b. ; m. Charles Perry.
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