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II. JAMES NELSON,9 b. October 20, 1836 ; m. July 19, 1857, Kate R. Goddard. He was Lient. in 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery. Children : 1. Nelson Daniel,10 b. October 17, 1858; 2. Kate Goddard,19 b. July 6, 1865 ; 3. Harriett Maria,1º b. September 20, 1869.
III. ASON,9 b. 1838 ; d. same day.
IV. DANIEL SIDNEY,9 b. August, 1840.
V. ELLEN MARIA,9 b. March 31, 1845.
REV. JONATHAN COE,8 married, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 15, 1844, Sarah Wales Whitman ; born March 30, 1815; she died September 5, 1848; and he married (2d), Jannary 1, 1850, Susan L. Whitman, sister of his first wife. He was a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and first Rec- tor of St. James' Church, Winsted. He died of a railroad accident at Athens, New York, about 1867.
CHILDREN.
I. JAMES HERBERT,9 b. July 22, 1845.
II. WILLIAM WATSON,9
b. November, 1846.
b. September 2, 1848 ; d. September 4, 1848.
b. August 27, 1851 ; d. April, 1852.
V. ROBERT HENNING,9
VI. REGINALD,9
VII. MARY CLEVELAND,9
VIII. ANNA CAROLINE,9
b. October, 1858.
REV. JAMES R. COE,8 a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church ; married, October 4, 1848, Mary Cleveland ; born December 23, 1830, daughter of Charles C. and Rachel (Talcott) Cleveland.
CHILDREN.
I. ANNA HIGLEY,? b. August 10, 1849.
II. SARAH WHITMAN,9
b. January 13, 1851.
III. GEORGE JARVIS,9 b. May 7, 1853.
IV. CHARLES CLEVELAND,9 h. June 13, 1855.
V. MARY CLEVELAND,9 b. December 17, 1857.
ROBERT MCEWEN, a native of Dumfries, Scotland, a covenanter, who fought at Bothwell Brig, was apprehended by the English government,
III. HARRIET WHITMAN,9
IV. ALLEN WHITMAN,9
b. October 1852; d.
b. July 22, 1854.
b. July 22, 1856 ; d. 1857.
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and with others, was allowed to come to America, in the Henry and Francis ; he landed at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, December 18, 1685, and the next summer walked to Stratford, Connecticut, arriving there July 18, 1686, where he married, June 20, 1695, Sarah, daughter of Timothy Wilcoxson. He died in Stratford, February, 1740.
CHILDREN.
I. JOHN,2 b. in Stratford, September 20, or 23, 1697.
II. ELIZABETH,2 b. November 7, 1699.
III. ROBERT,2 b. “ March 7, 1702.
IV. SARAH,2 b. “ November 5, 1704.
V. TIMOTHY,2 b. « April 11, 1707.
VI. GERSHOM,2 b. " April 7, 1711; m. January , 1737, Martha, daughter of Samuel Piekett. He bought in 1766, of David Austin, the farm now owned by Marcus Munsill, about a quarter of a mile south of Winchester center. He was ealled of " Winchester," in 1773. He owned and occupied land next south of Sylvester Platt's farm, until his death, August 31, 1794. She d. in Sangersfield, New York, in 1798, aged 86.
CHILDREN OF GERSHOM2 AND MARTHA (PICKETT) MCEWEN.
I. MARY,8 b. S., Apr. 1, 1738 ; m. Apr. 17, 1760, Peter Blackman.
II. ROBERT,3 b. S., June -, 1743 ; came to Winchester soon after his father made the first purchase in 1766, and began to clear and improve the land. He married October 10, 1770, Jerusha Doolittle. She died December 10, 1815, aged sixty-three. In 1769 his father conveyed the lot to him, and he continued to own and occupy it until his death, Nov. 17, 1816, at the age of seventy-tliree. He was a member, and was eon- stituted moderator of the Church at its organization in 1770, and became one of its deacons in 1799; was a representative in nine sessions of the assembly from 1781 to 1797 ; filled nearly every office of trust in the town, and performed several terms of military duty in the Revolutionary War. This record indicates the estimation in which he was held. He inherited from his covenanting ancestors reetitude, shrewdness, and thrift, which, when combined with earnest piety, made him a strong pillar of the infant Church and town. He was father of Rev. Abel McEwen, D.D., late of New London, deceased.
III. SARAH,3 b. S., Apr. - , 1747.
IV. SAMUEL,3 b. S., December, 1749; came with his father to Winchester ; married October 7, 1773, Lois Sherman. He owned and occupied the Deacon Platt farm until 1798, when he removed to Vernon, N. Y., and became a pioneer of that town, and one of the deacons of the Church at its organization.
V. GERSHOM,3 b. S., -; married April 24, 1777, Thankful Andrews. He came into the town with his father, and owned and occupied a house and land north of and adjoining the homestead of Deacon Abel S. Wetmore, until 1796, when he removed, as is believed, to Sangersfield, N. Y.
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CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND JERUSHA (DOOLITTLE) MCEWEN.
I. SARAH,4 b. February 6, 1772 ; died March 23, 1772.
II. SARAH,4 b. March 2, 1775 ; m. Solomon Rockwell, Esq.
III. ABI,4 b. April 8, 1777 ; m. May 29, 1800, James Beebe, Esq.
IV. ABEL,4 b. February 13, 1780 ; graduate Yale College 1804 ; m. January 21, 1807, Sarah Battell, b. May 29, 1781, daughter of William Battell, Esq., of Tor. He died at New London, September 7, 1860. She died March 9, 1859. He was pastor of Cong. Ch. in New London, nearly fifty years.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL3 AND LOIS (SHERMAN) MCEWEN.
I. CLARK,4 b. October 26, 1774.
II. EZRA, 4 b. January 10, 1776.
III. HANNAH,4 b. November 13, 1777.
IV. PHEBE, 4 b. April 4, 1779.
V. Lois,4 b. Jannary 28, 1781.
VI. ZŁNAS,4 b. March 23, 1784. Living in Lisbon, Kendall Co., Illinois, in 1863.
CHILDREN OF GERSHOM3 AND THANKFUL (ANDREWS) MCEWEN.
I. MARY,4 b. Angust 18, 1777.
II. ELI,4 b. November 30, 1778.
CHILDREN OF REV. ABEL4 AND SARAH (BATTELL) MCEWEN.
I. ROBERT,5 b. June 22, 1808 ; m. Betsy, daughter of Ebenz. Larned, b. May 30, 1803; grad. Yale, 1827 ; clergyman. .
II. CHARLOTTE,5 b. February 9, 1810; m. July 7, 1834, Cortland L. Latimer, of Norwalk, O., b. Febrnary 8, 1810.
CHILDREN.
1 Lucius,6 b. Feb. 11, 1835 ; d. same day.
2. Cortland,6 b. February 20, 1836; d. September 26, 1836.
3. Cortland,6 b. March 19, 1838; d. May 14, 1840.
4. Charlotte MeEwen,6 b. December 13, 1841 ; d. August 7, 1847.
5. Abel McEwen,6 b. July 18, 1843 ; d. January 15, 1853.
6. Everton Judson,6 b. October 14, 1848.
III. SARAH,5 b. May 25, 1812; m. Jannary 5, 1838; Henry Garrett, of Buffalo, N.Y .; b. August 8, 1812. He d. Feb. 9, 1849.
CHILDREN.
1. Sarah Battell,6 b. December 24, 1839.
2. Charlotte McEwen,6
b. January 26, 1842.
3. Anna,6 b. February 14, 1844.
4. Henry,6 b. November 26, 1845; d. March 1, 1863.
IV. WILLIAM,5 b. May 29, 1814.
V. ANN BUCKINGHAM,5 b. January 15, 1817 ; d. November 18, 1832.
VI. HARRIET,5 b. September 15, 1819; d. July 18, 1832.
VII. JOHN BATTELL,5 b. April 19, 1821 ; d. October 1, 1861, unmarried.
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ENOCH PALMER from Farmington came to Winchester in 1767, and lived in the late homestead of Adam Mott, junior, which stood on the site of Noble J. Everitt's house, next north of the Robert McEwen house, now owned by Marcus Munsill, until 1773, when he removed to a farm on the old north country road, near the Wallen's Hill School-house, where he died in 1795. His sons Lazarus, Solomon, and Reuben, who resided near him in Winsted, will be hereafter adverted to. His daughter Mary was wife of Reuben Sweet. His wife, Jemima, died May 28, 1790; he married (second) November 23, 1790, Elizabeth Soper. He died 1795, in Winsted.
SIMEON LOOMIS, supposed from Torrington, is named of Winchester, in a deed of June 29, 1767, conveying to him a part of the Salmon Bronson Farm, lying south of the road running west from the Wade Tannery, which he occupied until his death after 1790, and which was afterwards owned and occupied until 1801 by Seth Griswold, who mar- ried Loomis's widow. He married, November 29, 1770, Huldah Priest. Administration granted on his Estate in Simsbury, Probate Court, January 9, 1777. His widow, Huldah, married December 31, 1778, Seth Griswold of New Hartford.
CHILDREN OF SIMEON AND HULDAH (PRIEST) LOOMIS.
I. ELISHA, b. August 14, 1771 ; had wife Mary, and a daughter Sabra Maria, b. November 14, 1804.
II. LOIS, b. August 12, 1773.
III. JOAB, b. June 2, 1775.
AARON COOK from Torrington purchased in 1767, and occupied during his life, the lot at the southeast corner of the second tier, first division, immediately north of the Preston reservation, and lived on south part of Blue Street. He died May 19, 1804, aged fifty-nine.
CHILDREN OF AARON AND LYDIA COOK.
I. ABIGAIL,
b. November 19, 1768.
II. ASENATH,
b. April 22, 1771 ; m. May 10, 1792, Jonathan Hall.
III. RUTH,
b. March 12, 1773.
IV. HANNAH,
b. January 20, 1775 ; m. November 26, 1801, Merritt Bnil.
V. JOSEPH,
b. December 1, 1776.
VI. ROGER,
b. December 20, 1781.
VII. REUBEN,
b. October 31, 1784.
VIII. LENA ALSON,
b. March 25, 1796.
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ELEAZER SMITH had a child born in Winchester in 1768, but is named of Barkhamsted in a deed of June 22, 1770, conveying to him land at the angle of the old road to Winchester Center, north of Sylvester Platt's. He built and occupied the old house recently torn down that stood east of the north and south road opposite the turn westward of the road to the center. In 1791 he sold to Thomas Spencer, junior, after which his name disappears. He had ten children born in the town, but it is not known that any of his descendants remain among us.
CHILDREN OF ELEAZER AND MARY SMITH.
I. MARY,
b. October 2, 1768.
II. ROXY,
b. June 21, 1770.
III. NOADIAH,
b. July 5, 1772.
IV. SARAH,
b. December 13, 1774.
V. LUCINA,
b. August 6, 1777.
VI. MERCY,
b. June 6, 1779 ; d. July 1, 1779.
VII. DOROTHY,
b. July 4, 1780.
VIII. ZADOC,
b. February 15, 1783.
IX. ELEAZER, b. September 10, 1785.
X. DAVID WILLIAMS, b. August 3, 1787.
NOAH GLEASON from Torringford bought a house and lot of John Smith in 1769, on the east side of Blue Street, near Torrington line, which he oeenpied until about 1776. In 1783 he bought and lived on the west side of Blue Street, now a part of the farm of Henry Drake. He afterwards lived until 1793 on Brooks Road, a little above N. T. Loomis.
NOAH GLEASON, junior, owned and occupied land adjoining his father, on the west side of Blue Street, from 1783 to 1787, and after- wards on the Brooks Road. Both father and son occasionally shifted their residence from Winchester to Torrington, and back again.
DANIEL GROVER of Stratford, a shoemaker, bought in 1769 a lot of land at the parting of the Norfolk and Brooks Street roads, in first tier, first division, which he oeenpied, living in a house near N. T. Loomis, until 1785. He had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot. . He moved to Unadilla, N.Y. Daniel Grover and Mercy Stannard mar- ried April 11, 1773. She died June 5, 1776.
CHILDREN.
I. MERCY, b. May 26, 1776.
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Daniel Grover and Betsy Stanclift married October 13, 1778, and had
CHILDREN.
II. MARY, b. July 28, 1783 ; d. July 30, 1783.
III. DANIEL,
b. January 18, 1787.
IV. TIMOTHY, b. March 4, 1792; d. March 6, 1792.
V. BETSY, b. May 3, 1796.
JOSEPH HOSKIN from Torrington came to Winchester probably in 1769, and lived on a road bordering on Torrington line, at the south end of the third tier, first division. He served as trumpeter in the cavalry detachment that went down from Litchfield County to Long Island, whose gaunt appearance, rusty equipments, and pacing horses excited the ridicule of Washington's army, until their good service in the battle and retreat from Brooklyn Heights made them better appreciated. He was a kind-hearted jovial man, as was indicated by his life-long sobriquet of " Uncle Joe." He died in Winsted, December, 1818, aged eighty-two.
JOSEPH HOSKIN, junior, married August 20, 1761, Eunice Coe, eldest daughter of Ebenezer Coe,5 b. September 22, 1742.
CHILDREN.
I. RACHEL,2 bap. April 12, 1762; m. December 27, 1783, Lazarus Palmer.
II. THEODORE,2 bap. in Tor. May 20, 1764 ; died young.
III. THEODORE,2 b. April 1766 ; bap. Tor., June 29, 1766 ; m. Eunice, daughter of Thomas and Mary Coe, b. July 24, 1766.
IV. ROSWELL,2 b. in W., August 30, 1769.
V. ALEXANDER,2 b. “ Angust 31, 1773; lived in Winsted a short time, and went to Vernon, N. Y.
VI. LORANDA, b.
" December 19, 1778 ; m. November 22, 1803, Ichabod Loomis.
VII GUSTAVUS, ৳. March 4, 1784.
CHILDREN OF THEODORE2 AND EUNICE (COE) HOSKIN.
I. CLARISSA,3 b. ; m. December 12, 1808, Christopher Lyon.
II. MARIAH,8 b. m. Luther Phelps.
III. ERASTUS,3 b. ; removed to Ohio. twins
IV. AUGUSTUS,3 b.
V. SILAS,3 b. January 20, 1798 ; m. October 13, 1823, Priscilla Bailey, b. Groton, October 26, 1799, daughter of Ransford and Priscilla Bailey. He d. September 9, 1870.
VI. ROXANA,3 m. May 25, 1826, m. Alva Oakley.
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CHILDREN OF SILAS AND PRISCILLA (BAILEY) HOSKIN.
I. RANSFORD BAILEY,4 b. June 24, 1825; d. October 17, 1828.
II. TRUMAN SILAS,4 b. March 23, 1827.
III. THEODORE BAILEY,4
b. April 26, 1829.
VI. THOMAS COE,4
b. March 15, 1831.
V. ERASTUS,4 b. April 9, 1833.
VI. CHARLES SHERMAN,4
b. February 4, 1835.
VII. GEORGE,4 b. 5, 1837.
REUBEN TUCKER, from Bolton, bought lands adjoining Norfolk line on both sides of Mad River in 1769, on which he resided after 1770, until his death in 1811, at the age of 64. He left a large family of children, most of whom removed from the town early. His son, Isaac Tucker, lived in the town as late as 1830. Mr. Tucker built the first saw-mill on the site near the Norfolk line, now owned by the Brooks's. He mar- ried December 17, 1772, Martha Carrier. He died July 24, 1811, aged 64 ; she died March 27, 1814, aged 64.
CHILDREN.
I. REUBEN, b. February 15, 1774 ; of Elmore, Vermont, in 1814.
II. MARTHA, b. October 13, 1775; ın. Thayer.
III. CHLOE, b. February 25, 1778; d. October 6, 1783.
IV. IRA,
b. March 19, 1780; d. June 6, 1801.
V. MOSES, b. June 25, 1782 ; d. July 5, 1782.
VI. ISAAC, b. January 11, 1784 ; m. Nov. 5, 1805, Pamelia Benedict.
VII. HIRAM, b. February 13, 1786 ; d. April 14, 1794.
VIII. ZEBINA, b. January 19, 1788; of Elmore, Vermont, in 1813 ; of Sods- bury, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in 1817.
IX. PHEBE,
b. February 9, 1790.
X. CHARITY,
b. May 7, 1792 ; wife of Stephen Ackley, 3d, of Chatham, in 1817.
TIMOTHY GROVER, brother of Daniel, owned land south of and ad- joining Daniel's, which he occupied until his death in 1780. He left no family.
CAPTAIN JONATHAN ALVORD, of Chatham, came into the town in 1770 and lived in a house, long since taken down, near the north west corner made by the Dugway road where it turns west to Winchester center, until he sold out to Rev. Joshua Knapp, in 1773. He married, October 16, 1739, Eliza- beth Sanford, of Milford. She died at East Hampton, Connecticut, April 7, 1764 ; he married (2d) East Haddam, November 21, 1765, widow Mary Brainard. He died June 28, 1784, in his seventy-third year.
ELIPHAZ ALVORD, EsQ., son of Jonathan above named, born at East Hampton, town of Chatham, January 13, 1742; married, November 29, 1764, Esther Hart, of New Britain, born April 1764. In 1770 he came to Winchester, and following the marked trees to the land he had pur-
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chased, cleared and planted a garden and built a log house, in three weeks, and then returned and moved his family and effects to his new home, carrying one child in his arms, and another behind him on one horse, and his wife riding another horse with an infant in her arms, while their effects were drawn on an ox-cart. He afterwards built, opposite his first log house, on west side of the Dugway road a red lean-to house, a little north of the line of the road westerly to the center, in which he re- sided during his remaining life. Both houses have long since disappeared, and no new structures mark their sites.
He was chosen Town Clerk at the organization of the town in 1771, and continued to hold the office, with the exception of two years, until his voluntary resignation in 1819. His records are a model of accuracy and penmanship ; and the vote of thanks for his faithful services was well merited. In 1779 he was appointed the first Justice of the Peace in the town, and held the office until disqualified by age, discharging the duties with equal ability and rectitude. If in doubt as to the law of any case before him on trial, he almost invariably went to Litchfield and consulted Judge Reeve, or some other able counsel before deciding the points. His cases were invariably recorded at large, with great precision, and in perfect legal form, -even to the taking of recognizances and administer- ing of oaths. His records give a better insight to the prevailing habits, customs, and vices of his day than can be obtained from any other source.
Rev. Frederick Marsh, in his commemorative sermon, deposited with the Connecticut Historical Society, says of Mr. Alvord :-
" He had a better education than most men of that day in the ordinary walks of life. He possessed a strong mind, mature judgment, and de- cided piety. His punctuality, accuracy, and weight of character, and talent for business, with his remarkably fair and legible hand-writing, were well appreciated by his fellow-townsmen. He held, and admirably executed the office of Town Clerk about forty-six years, and it is said, as an illustration of his fidelity, that of one hundred and seventeen Town Meetings holden during his life, he was present at all but one of them. When not detained by special cause, he was almost never absent from public worship on the Sabbath, or from stated and occasional meetings of the Church. He held and performed the duties of Justice of the Peace for many years, and represented the town in the Legislature more fre- quently than perhaps any other man. Having been chosen a Representa- tive when past seventy - in a very handsome and appropriate address to the people, le acknowledged their former respect and confidence toward him, and declined the appointment, desiring that he might never again be considered a candidate for any office.
His influence in the school-room, in the Church, in the society and town, and wherever he was known, was great and eminently salutary."
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His wife died November 18, 1818, aged 76. He died April 15, 1825, aged 83 years. No descendants bearing his name remain in the town.
CHILDREN OF ELIPHAZ2 AND ESTHER (HART) ALVORD.
I. ELIZABETH,8 b. November 22, 1765 ; d. June 26, 1818, unmarried.
II. ESTHER, 3 b. January 18, 1768 ; m. February 5, 1792, Dea. Levi Platt.
III. SYLVESTER,8 b. February 21, 1770; d. March 13, 1770.
IV. LOIS,3 b. March 4, 1771 ; m. Levi Ackley, January 6, 1795.
V. JOHN,8 b. May 27, 1773; m. Winchester, January 16, 1800, Ex- perience Webb, b. Hillsdale, Mass., Jan. 13, 1778 ; he d. October 20, 1841.
VI. ANNA,8 b. November 11, 1774 ; m. Abel Tibballs.
VII. ACHSAH,3 b. August 14, 1778; d. July 2, 1779.
VIII. ELIPHAZ,8 b. September 29, 1780; d. October 27, 1780.
IX. ACHSAH,3 b. May 21, 1782 ; d. same day.
X. ELIAS,3 b. March 4, 1784; d. April 23, 1784.
CHILDREN OF JOHN' AND EXPERIENCE (WEBB) ALVORD.
I. ACHSAH,4 b. November 11, 1800; m. February 22, 1829, James Lewis, of Wethersfield ; settled in Berlin, Connecticut ; he d. in 1860; had chil- dren, Celestia Chappel, b. Jannary 20, 1830 ; Edward James, b. Decem- ber 3, 1836.
II. ISAAC HYLAS,4 b. July 15, 1802 ; m. at Evansburg, Pennsylvania, February, 1836; d. February 1, 1847 ; had children, Esther, b. February, 1837, d. February, 1842; Mary, b. November, 1839, d. November, 1843.
III. HULDAH ELTHY,4 b. November 4, 1803; m. October 3, 1827, Elijah M. Gaylord, of Gainesville, New York ; she d. July 6, 1855 ; had children, Silas M., b. June 9, 1830; Margarette Experience, b. April, 1834 ; Mary Elizabeth, b. April, 1838; all of whom married and settled in Plainview, Minnesota.
IV. ELIPHAZ,4 b. March 13, 1807 : m. October 14, 1832, Mary Cravath ; she d. May 4, 1861 ; he m. (2d) November 23, 1861, Ruby Bissell; he had children, Eugene Stow, b. April 9, 1835, d. June 29, 1841; Coridon Alexis, b. March 18, 1839, d. May 8, 1840; Mary Brainerd, b. March 17, 1844; m. October 29, 1863, Capt. Sterling Manchester; Sarah Cravath, b. September 27, 1846 ; Emma Salome, b. May 5, 1851. He d. Nov. 9, 1871.
V. DAVID SANFORD,4 b. October 18, 1809; m. October 5, 1835, Sarah An- drus ; settled in Austinburg, Ohio; had children, Ellen Maria, b. Au- gust 26, 1836 ; Elizabeth Louisa, b. December 20, 1837 ; Sarah Jennet, b. January 15, 1840; Mary Loretta, b. April 19, 1841 ; Engene David, b. April 30, 1843 ; d. ; George Nelson, b. July 14, 1848 ; Coridon Alexis, b. December 2, 1849.
VI. CORIDON ALEXIS,4 b. May 12, 1813 ; m. September 6, 1836, Mary Ann Buck- land ; for many years engaged in the printing business in New York city ; retired in 1871, and now resides near Hartford, Conn. ; had children : Coridon Alexis, b. in Hartford, May 30, 1827; Mary Elizabeth, b. in Hartford, March 20, 1839, d. October 8, 1843 ; Huldah Amelia, b. in Hart- ford, May 31, 1841, m. December 5, 1860, Henry Howard, and had a
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child, Adeline H., b. November 1, 1861, and her husband d. December 16, 1861 ; Mary Elizabeth, b. in Hartford, March 26, 1843 ; m. May 31st, 1866, Charles Perret. Children : Frank Alvord, b. August 2, 1867; Léon Louis, b. April 22d, 1872 ; Eliphaz Eugene, b. in Brooklyn, New York, May 5, 1845, d. January 25, 1846; Caroline Experience, b. in New York, September 18, 1847; m. February 6, 1867, Charles B. Coc. Children : Coridon Ward, b. December 5, : 868 ; Charles Frederick, b. in New York, August 31, 1851, d. April 3, 1852; Florence Nightingale, b. in New York, June 7, 1857 ; George Mather, b. in New York, October 25, 1860.
VII. JOHN CALVIN,4 b. November 26, 1818; d. June 6, 1857 ; unmarried.
VIII. LOIS ELIZABETH,+ b. May 5, 1820 ; m. April, 1841, Cornelius Vrooman ; he d. October 20, 1848 ; she d. July 9, 1850 ; had children, Coridon Alexis, b. February 6, 1844; d. November 1, 1850; Daniel Mckinney, b. Jan- uary 31, 1847.
WARIIAM GIBBS, from Litchfield, came into the town in 1770, and lived on the east side of a road now discontinued, running southerly from Winchester center, by the first meeting-house to the Luther Bronson place. The road. the house of Mr. Gibbs, and the old meeting-house, and all other traces of civilization in that vicinity, except a few ancient apple trees, have disappeared for near half a century.
Mr. Gibbs was Moderator of the first Town Meeting, and the first Constable of the town - also frequently appointed " to assist in reading the psalm" on Sundays, and to discharge other public trusts and duties. He went to Ticonderoga and Canada in 1775 and 1776 as lieutenant and captain, and did other service in the revolutionary war. He removed from the town in 1780. He married in Suffield, March 3, 1756, Eunice Spencer.
CHILDREN.
I. DARIUS, b. in Litchfield, February 9, 1759.
II. DORCAS, b. July 15, 1763.
III. MIRIAM, b. January 19, ; d. September 3, 1774.
IV. EUNICE, b. June 11, 1772.
V. ZEBULON, b. 66 June 2, 1774.
VI. WOODRUFF, b.
October 15, 1776.
VII. AZUBAH, b. November 1, 1778.
LEWIS WILKINSON, from New Milford, with his sons, Jesse and Levi, came to Winchester in 1770, and lived until 1773 on the farm on the Brooks road, - afterwards owned by Abram Andrews, - and afterwards until 1784 on the farm on the west side of the Brooks road, recently owned by Nathan Tibballs. He died August 31, 1785.
JESSE WILKINSON, son of the above, lived on lands adjoining his father's in a red lean-to house. He married, May 16, 1772, Ennice Roberts.
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CHILDREN.
I. EUNICE, b. December 17, 1772.
II. MILES, b. June 6, 1773.
III. LOIS, b. April 16, 1774; d. December 26, 1774.
IV. LOIS, b. May 6, 1777.
V. LUCINA, b. June 18, 1781.
LEVI WILKINSON, son of Lewis, lived between his father and his . brother Jesse, on the west side of Brooks road until 1789. He married, April 23, 1776, Bathsheba Tucker.
CHILDREN.
I. LEVI CLARK, b. January 23, 1778.
II. ELIZABETH, b. September 19, 1782.
III. IRA, b. April 18, 1785.
IV. ASAHEL, h. November 10, 1788.
SAMUEL WETMORE,1 born in Middletown, Middlefield Society, March 13, 1692; married, June 21, 1722, Hannah Hubbard, born July 21, 1700. He came to Winchester at the age of 79 years in 1771, and set- tled with his son, Samuel Wetmore, Jr., on the farm now owned and oc- cupied by his great great-grand-son, Deacon Abel Samuel Wetmore. He died December 30, 1773, aged 81. - and is said to have been the first person whose remains were deposited in the Winchester burying-ground .* She died June 4, 1797.
CHILDREN.
I. SAMUEL,2 b. December 24, 1723.
II. HANNAH, 2 b. . 18, 1725.
III. JOHN,2 h. October 27, 1727.
IV. NOAH,2 h. April 16, 1730; graduated at Yale 1757; ordained in No- vember 1760; settled as pastor at Bethel, Connecticut, November 25, 1770; had two children bap. in Torrington, Irenia, March 30, 1761, and Ann, February 12, 1768.
V. MEHITABEL,2 b. August 5, 1732.
VI. SARAH,2 b. March 31, 1734.
VII. LOIS,2 b. 6, 1736.
VIII. JOEL,2 b. 9, 1738 ; m. November 23, 1763, Sarah Lyman ; had three children bap. in Torrington, Olive, March 10, 1765; Ebenezer Lyman, December 28, 1776 ; and Millicent, January 19, 1772.
IX. MILLICENT,2 b. September 15, 1739. .Y. MARY,2 b. July 23, 1741.
* This burying-ground is held by a lease for the term of 999 years, from Samnel Wetmore, Jr., to Seth.Hills, Warham Gibbs, Committee in behalf of the Society, - the lessor reserving the use and improvement of the same as to the herbage .- See Winchester Land Records, Book 2, page 563.
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