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Lewis, machinist, res Derby, m. Louisa Buel.
Albert Zeri, b. 1806, m. Sarah Cook Pritchard, d. in Westville June 19, 1884. Frederick, farmer, residence Bethlehem, m Phebe Hawley.
Brintha, residence Groton, m. William Cash.
Henry, b. 1817, cabinet maker, res. New Haven, m. Fannie Gabriel, d. April 30, 1872.
WILLIS, son of Zeri and Rachael Downs, m. Millicent Guernsey. He located in Woodbury, Conn., where he was engaged in the grist and sawmill business.
ALBERT Z, son of Zeri and Rachel Downs, m in Waterbury, Oct. 12, 1830, Sarah Pritchard, occupation, cabinet maker. Residence, Woodbury and New Haven. Children .
Francis Henry, b. Waterbury, May 17, 1832, now living in Oklahoma.
James Isaac, b. Dec. 16, 1833, in Waterbury, engineer, d. in Westville Sept. 3, 1889.
Frederick Augustus, b. Woodbury Nov. 22, 1835, farmer, res. Lyndon, Kas., m. Amanda Bales, of Des Moines, Iowa, Feb., 1867.
Albert Z., b. in Woodbury Dec. 31, 1838, m. Emily Evarts.
Edward Sanford,* b. Feb. 15, 1841, m. Hattie Umberfield, d. Sept. 18.1880. Sarah Louisa, b. in Woodbury Apr. 21, 1843, m. Smith Abbott of Derby July 4, 1887.
William Pritchard, b. Woodbury Sept. 16, 1845, machinist, res. Westville, m. Emma Boardman, Sept. 16, 1877.
Maria Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1847, m. Thomas Robertson. Ella Cornelia, b. Oct. 18, 1850, m. Alfred Cooper Oct., 1897, res. Branford. Helen Augusta, b. April 21, 1853, m S. Hart Culver of Seymour, Aug. 10, 1873 dau., Helena A., b. May 18, 1875; m. Oliver M. Williams.
Clara Jennie, b. in Bethlehem, May 12, 1855, d. in Westville, Feb. 5, 1860.
*Enlisted in Co. F, 6th C. V., Sept. 8, 1961; re-enlisted in 1863, was pro- moted sergeant June 26, 1865; and served until the close of the war; m Harriet E. Umberfield in Seymour Mar. 20, 1867; d. Sept. 10, 1880, aged 39.
ALBERT ZERI, son of Zeri and Sarah Downs, m. Emily A. Evarts, May 1, 1867, in New Haven. Residence Westville. Occupation machinist. Children : Linna Emily. James Evarts. Edytha Alma. Alberta Mabel.
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WILLIAM HENRY, son of Charles and Sarah Downs. m. Nov. 28, 1880, Laver na, dan. of Frederick and Rhoda ( Austin) Tuttle, Resides in Bethany. Child: John Samuel, b. Sept. 26, 1882; m. Oct 9, 1907, Blanch E. Harrington of Naugatuck. Residence Bethany.
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ORIGINAL DOWNS HOMESTEAD, DOWNS STREET, BETHANY.
ELBERT, son of Lyman and Amy Downs, m. Feb. 26, 1858, Catherine, dau. of Selden and Susan (Dorman) Bailey. Resided on the old home farm, Downs street, Bethany. Children :
Theodore, b. Dec. 14, 1878, m. Minnie McClure June 15, 1904, res. Downs st., Bethany. Lillian, b. July 13, 1860.
Katie, b. Oct. 21, 1862, m. Dwight L. Humiston Nov. 27, 1879, res. Bethany. William, b. July 18, 1864.
Theodora, b. Feb. 10, 1876, d. April, 8, 1876.
Elbert S., b. Feb. 6, 1878. Res. Bethany.
LONSO, son of Lewis and Julianna Downs, m. Nancy Smith. Resides in Southford, Ct. Children :
Rosa. Fanny. William. Harriet. Lewis.
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ISAAC, son of Eber and Anna Downs, m. Mabel Perkins of Bethany.
He lived in Wolcott, Conn. Children :
Kneeland, b. 1809, d. Sept 30, 1864. Harley, m. Leonora Norton lived in Wolcott; had dan. Esther, who m. Elizabeth, m. - -- Camp. [James Huff. Harriet.
Esther, m. - Woodruff.
Ambrose Ives, had a son Isaac.
KNEELAND, son of Isaac and Mabel Downs, m. Ann Andrew, who d. Aug. 6, 1889, aged 85. He was one of the foremost in promoting the interests of the Methodist church of Bethany, and aided materially in its construction in 1840. Children :
Sarah A., b. March 26, 1832, m. John T. Beach.
Jerome Andrew. b. June 2, 1838.
Mary Esther, b. July, 1844, m. John J. Warner.
JEROME A. DOWNS. 1838-1901.
JEROME A., son of Kneeland and Ann Downs, m. 1st, Eliza D. Tolles, 2d, Dec. 2. 1868, Alta H. Porter. He enlisted in Co. K., 10th C. V., Sept. 26, 1861, and served three years in the Civil War, receiving an honorable dis- charge at the expiration of the term for which he had enlisted. He was one of Bethany's most respected citizens, a trustee and steward of the Methodist church, and had been elected to various offices in the gift of his townsmen. He died March 8, 1904. Children :
Clifton T., residence, New Haven.
Jerome A., b. Sept. 10, 1869, residence, Bethany. Alta H., b. Nov. 2, 1870, d. Jan. 6, 1871.
CHARLES, son of Lyman and Amy Downs, m. Sarah Durant. Children :
William Henry, b. April 13, 1848.
Leander. b. June. 1854, lives in Hamden, ( West Woods.)
Josephine, b. Oct. 1856. Augustus Thomas. Zina. m. Elizabeth Thomas. Res. New Haven. Children: Ella, Charles. Samuel B., b. Mar. 25, 1859, mn. Addie Warner Oct. 25, 1898: res Bethany.
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THE DOWNS FAMILY.
JEROME ANDREW DOWNS, son of Jerome A. and Alta H. Downs, m. 1st, Nov. 6, 1890, Florence A. Rathburn ; who d. Feb. 3, 1894: 2d, Jan. 6, 1897, Josephine Nettleton. He has been first selectman of Bethany for several years and represented the town in the Connecticut legislature in 1905. He has been a member of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry for twentytwo years, and Master of Beacon Valley Grange, No. 103, for four years. He was a member of the Governor's Guard for twelve years and was on the Major's Staff for six years with rank of Lieutenant. He is a charter member of Croswell Lodge, No. 39, of the I. O. O. F., of New Haven, and has been a member of the Young Men's Republican Club for sixteen years. Children :
JEROME A. DOWNS, 2D.
Jerome Andrew, b. July 11, 1892.
Florence Faith, b. Jan. 16, 1894.
Josephine Emogene, b. Feb. 21, 1898. Alta Saralı, b. Nov. 12, 1899. Kneeland Porter, b July 6, 1902. Dwight Baldwin, b. July 6, 1902
Stanley Hotchkiss, b. July 12, 1906.
FRANK, son of Lewis and Julianna
Downs, m. Charlotte Smith. Children : Elizabeth. Frederick, m Nellie Bunnell.
Elliot, m. Mary Donahue. Nelson. LEANDER, son of Charles and Sarah
Downs, mn. Julia Sanford. Residence, Hamden. Children :
Burton. Jessie. Irving Tuttle. SAMUEL B., son of Charles and Sarah Downs, m. Oct. 25, 189-, Addie Warner. Residence, Bethany. Child:
Samuel A., b. Aug. 25, 1899.
THEODORE, son of Elbert and Catherine Downs. m. June 15, 1904, Minnie McClurre. Residence, Bethany.
WILLIAM B., son of Elbert and Catherine Downs, b. in Hamden July 18, 1864; m. Jan. 2, 1888, Etta Blakeslee. Residence, Downs street, Bethany. Children : Ralph, b. Dec. 12, 1891. Isabel. b. July 29, 1993.
CLIFTON, son of Jerome and Eiiza D. Downs, m .- He is an en- gineer, residence, New Haven. Children :
Rollın.
Warren.
ROBERT DOWNS. of Oxford, son of Leverett and Anna Downs, was born in Bethany Mar. 10, 1835, his parents moving to the Red Oak district, on the Chestnut Tree Hill road, Oxford. in 1836. He enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, for three years. in Co. H. 15th C. V .. and was in the battle of Fredericksburg, the siege of Suffolk, and the battle of Kinston, N. C., Mar. 8, 1865, where he was taken prisoner and taken to Richmond, but was paroled after three days, and after a
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furlough was again in the service. At the close of the war he returned to the old homestead in Oxford which he occupied until his death in 1906. He was a member of the Methodist church in Naugatuck and was one of Oxford's most respected citizens.
THE CARRINGTON FAMILY.
This has been one of the most respected families of the town of Bethany and in fact of New Haven Connty. The "Commemorative Biographical Record" of the county says-"Few names in the history of New Haven have been more potent and influential," and refers to the late John B. Carrington, for many years the publisher of the New Haven Journal and Courier, who was born in Bethany in 1811. He was the son of Alling and Nancy (Atwood) Carrington. The family history has been so well written up that only more recent names and events need be given here.
ABRAM E. CARRINGTON, whose portrait is here given, was the son of David and Rachel A Carrington of Bethany. He m. 1st, April 8, 1857, Sarah E., daughter of Jabez E and Lucretia Pritchard of Seymour, who died Dec. 19, 1874; 2d, Mary J., daughter of Henry and Malenia Patterson of Naugatuck, May 19, 1875. He was one of Bethany's most respected citizens, a devoted husband and a kind father. He died Jan. 24, 1908, aged 78 years, leaving an honored name and an example of good citizenship. He had enjoyed a long and successful life, and his end was as peaceful as his life had been. Children:
Mary E., b. Aug. 26, 1859 ; d Jan. 28, 1864. Willie E., b. July 22, 1862 ; d. Jan. 23, 1864. IDA M., b. Feb. 6 1865; m. Wni. H. Lowell of New Haven Oct. 15, 1896; dau: Marion Pauline, b. Oct. 18, 1897.
Charles P., b. Dec. 12, 1867; res. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ella S, b. Jan. 16, 1870; m. Burton W. Holbrook of Seymour. June 23, 1892. Children : Gladys Carrington, b. July 20, 1897.
Helen Isabel, b Aug. 15, 1903.
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Otis E., b. Feb. 24, 1876; m. Charlotte Clark June 20, 1901; res. Bethany. Children :
Bernice Ruth, b. Mar. 22. 1902.
Beatrice May, b. Aug, 6, 1904. Alfred Otis, b July 9. 1907.
Burton A., b June 12, 1877; m. Cora E. Loomis Mar. 11, 1903.
Henry P., b. July 30, 1880.
Rachel M., b April 9, 1882; m. Sherman P. Woodward Oct. 25, 1905; res. Bethany.
Hiram D., h Jan 3, 1886.
Ralph W., b April 8, 1888.
Ruth E . b Sept. 27, 1891.
DANIEL CARRINGTON, son of David and Thankful Carrington, m. Rachel A. Dorman June 30, 1830 Residence on Skokorat. Children:
David, b. July 14, 1821; m. Elizabeth Robinson ; d. Dec. 27, 1859.
Eliza A., b. April 17, 1824; m. Smith Terrill of Seymour.
Albert D., b. May 14, 1826.
Abram E., b. Oct. 31, 1832; m. Howard Chatfield of Seymour, d. Nov. 12, 1906. Emily G., b. Feb. 16, 1838; m. Howard Chatfield.
ALBERT D. CARRINGTON. son of Daniel and Rachel A , m. Ist, Dec 24, 1851, Lucretia Wheeler of Oxford, who died July 21, 1872; 2d, Sarah F. Buckingham, Dec. 3, 1872. Children :
Daniel, b. Sept. 25, 1852; m. Cornelia T. Hubbell Oct. 19, 1871. Res. Beacon Falls.
Wheeler, b. April 6, 1865.
Lulu, b Oct. 12, 1873.
Jessie, b. Sept 8, 1876; m. Caleb S. Fuller of Torrington Nov. 28, 1891.
Milton, b. Nov. 10, 1879.
THE ANDREW FAMILY.
WILLIAM ANDREW was at Cambridge, Mass., in 1634. He was constable in 1635 and 1640, and selectman in 1635. Mary, his wife, died Jan. 19, 1639-40. He m. 2d widow Reana James, of Watertown, Mass., about Aug. 1640. He died 1652. He had a sou-
Samuel, b. in England about 1621; d. in June, 1701.
SAMUEL ANDREW, son of William and Mary, m. Elizabeth White Sept. 22, 1652. Children:
Samuel, b. Jan. 29, 1655 6; d. Jan. 24, 1738.
William, b. June 7, 1658.
John, b, March 2, 1660; d. May 30, 1693.
Elizabeth, b. April 5. 1663; m. William Gedney.
Thomas, b. May 13, 1665; d. Feb. 24, 1666-7. Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1666; d. June 20, 1667.
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Thomas, b. March 23, 1667.
Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1671; d. Feb. 29, 1671.
Jonathan, b. 1699; d. May 9, 1700.
SAMUEL ANDREW, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, was a graduate at Harvard 1675, and removed from Cambridge to Milford, Conn., where he was ordained pastor of the church Nov. 10, 1635 He worked with Pierpont and others in the founding of Yale College, was a member of the first board of trustees, was president of the college from 1707 to 1719, an instructor in the college for several years, and a member of the corporation until his death. He was a clergyman for 52 years. He married Abigail, dau, of Governor Robert and Jane Treat of Milford. Children:
Abigail, bapt. Jan. 16. 1687; m. Jonathan Law Aug. 1, 1706.
Samuel, bapt. Oct 14, 1639; d. April 26, 1729.
Elizabeth, bapt. June 1690; m Timothy Cutler.
William, bapt. May 8, 1692; d. May 2, 1712
John, bapt. July 22, 1694; d. Dec. 25, 1714.
Jane, bapt. Jan. 7, 1696; d. Feb. 1, 1696.
Mary, bapt. Jan. 7, 1696.
Jane, bapt. April, 1699; m. Andrew Durand.
Jonathan, bapt. Aug. 24, 1701; d. 1740.
Hannah, bapt. Nov. 19, 1704.
JONATHAN ANDREW, son of Rev. Samuel and Abigail, mn. Elizabeth, dau. of Walter Smith, of Milford, Jan. 5, 1727. Children :
Elizabeth, bapt. Sept., 1728,
Jonathan, bapt. Oct. 1730.
Abigail, bapt. March, 1732.
William, bapt. June. 1734; d. Aug. 28, 1796.
Mary, bapt. June, 1734.
Samuel, bapt. June, 173 -.
WILLIAM ANDREW, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth, m. 1st, Esther, dau. of Samuel Marchant; 2d, Margaret Merwin, of Oyster River. Children :
William, b. 1764; d. Dec. 7, 1834.
Mary, m. Stephen Prindle.
Elias, m. Huldah -.
Esther, m. Thaddeus Bryan.
Roxana, m. Jeremiah Peck,
Merwin, m. Susan Platt.
WILLIAM ANDREW, son of William and Esther. m. Mary, dau. of Phineas Terre.l. Res. Bethany. Children:
Mary, b. 1792; m. Clark Hitchcock.
William, b. Aug. 3, 1794; d Nov. 22, 1856.
Job. b. Aug. 19, 1796: d. Aug. 18, 1868.
Samuel, b. 1800; m. Salmah Smith.
Esther, b. 1803; m. Amos Hine.
Nehemiah, b. June 5, 1805; m. Phinette Sperry, d. Feb. 16, 1889. Ann, m. Kneeland Downs.
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WILLIAM ANDREW, son of William and Mary, m. Temperance, dau. of Silas Hotchkiss, of Bethany. Children :
Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1813; m. Samuel Bassett.
Hiram, m. Grace Tyrell.
Susan, m. Stiles Russell.
William Wooster.
Harriet, b. 1818; m. Joseph G. Reynolds.
Ann, m. Jackson Johnson.
Theodore Read, m. Mary Sperry.
JOB ANDREW, son of William and Mary, served in war of 1812, and repro- sented the town of Bethany in the legislature in 1841. He m. Jan. 4, 1815, Lois Prince, who d My 9, 1874, aged 97. Children :
Maria, b. April 5, 1817; m Sheldon Alling of Orange.
Jeremiah, b. Feb. 15, 1819; d. Mar. 12, 1888.
Azariah, b. June 29, 1821 ; d. Feb. 23, 1898.
Nathan, b. Aug. 26, 1828; d. Dec. 13, 1872.
Eliza Ann, b. Sept. 19, 1833; m. William Smith of Seymour.
JEREMIAH ANDREWS, son of Job and Lois, m. in 1841 Hannah Cooper, who d. Apr. 11, 1888, aged 72. Res. Seymour, 3rd house south of the Bungay school- house. He was for many years a prominent and efficient member of the Great Hill M. E. Church. Children :
Grace Adelaide, b. Nov. 20, 1842; m. Wm. Leroy Williamson Mar. 17, 1866. Hannah C., b. Dec. 8, 18-, m Edward N. Childs July 31, 1869. Res. Sey mour. George W., b May 31. 1855. Res. Seymour.
AZARIAH ANDREW, son of Job and Lois, m. June 29, 1856, Sarah A. Pardee of Orange, who died Jan. 11, 1901. Res. Bethany. Children :
Noyes, b. April 7, 1857.
Fannie P .. b May 17, 1858; m. John Earley of Seymour; d. June 19, 1894 Mary E., b. Jan. 21, 1860; m. Manson S. Burgess of Derby.
John D., b. June 9, 1861.
NATIIAN ANDREW, son of Job and Lois, m. Elizabeth Nettleton, who d. Dec. 28, 1870. aged 45. Occupation, sawyer. Res. Bethany. Children :
Celia E., b. Oct. 1, 1846.
Jerome, b. Feb. 18, 1848.
Llewellyn, b. Nov. 18, 1850; m. Teresa E. Washburn May 1, 1872. Res. Oxford. Occupation, miller.
Jeremiah, b. Oct. 5, 1852; m. Hattie E. Sackett.
Charles Hubert, b. May 16, 1855.
Eliza Ann, b - -; d. 1871.
Nelson, b. Mar., 1861.
JEROME ANDREW, son of Nathan and Elizabeth, m. Martha E. Osborn Mar. 26, 1873. Res. Beacon Falls. Ch:
Fred Lucius. b. June 8, 1877; m. Mabel Kate Lacey Apr. 9, 1901.
JEREMIAH ANDREW. son of Nathan and Elizabeth Andrew, mn. Hattie Sackett Dec. 9, 1874. Res. Seymour. Children:
Walter J., b. June 6, 1878.
Jennie E, b. Dec. 10, 1984.
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BETHANY. THE HOTCHKISS FAMILY.
SAMUEL HOTCHKISS, (probably from Essex, England, and traditional brother of John of Guilford Conn., ) was in New Haven as early as 1641. In August, 1642, he married Elizabeth Cleverly, and d. Dec. 28, 1663. Children :
John, b. 1643. Samuel, b. 1645. James, b. 1647. Joshua, b. Sept. 16, 1651. Thomas, b. Dec., 1654. Daniel, b. June 8, 1657.
ENS. JOSHUA HOTCHKISS, son of Samuel; m. Mary Hotchkiss. Children :
Mary, b. April 30, 1679. Dea. Stephen. b. Aug. 12, 1681.
Martha, b. Dec. 14, 1683.
Priscilla, b. 1688.
Abraham. Desire, d. in 1702.
Isaac, b. 1701. Jacob, b. Feb. 7, 1704.
ABRAHAM HOTCHKISS, sou of Joshua, settled in Bethany, and had three daughters.
ISAAC HOTCHKISS, son of Joshua, settled in Bethany. Children :
Abraham. Isaac. Jacob. Jabez. Joseph, and others.
JABEZ HOTCHKISS, son of Isaac, was a lifelong resident of Bethany. Children :
Stephen, b. Oct. 31, 1761; d. Nov. 5, 1847.
Mary, b. June 3, 1762.
Timothy, b. Jan. 22, 1766.
Lydia, b. Apr. 1, 1768; d. 1773.
Eleazor, b. June 4, 1770.
Lydia, b. June 7, 1774.
STEPHEN HOTCHKISS, son of Jabez; m. Hannah B:own. Children : Harriet. Harley, b. Sept. 12, 1791; d. Mar. 29, 1860.
Rebecca, m. Minott Collins.
Wealthy, died young.
Eber.
Stephen, m. Abigail Hotchkiss of Prospect, Sept 10, 1837. Hannah, m. John Russell. Jared, m. Amy French. He died Aug. 25, 1854, aged 50. Jesse, m. Caroline Sperry.
George, m. Laura Sperry.
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HARLEY HOTCIIKISS, son of Stephen; m. Harriet, dau. of Benjamin Collins, who died in 1862. Res. Bethany, near the Beacon Falls line. Children:
Wealthy Ann, m. Thomas Gilyard.
Andrew T., d. in Bethany in 1877.
Harris, died young.
Charles T., b. July 9, 1834.
EBER HOTCHKISS, son of Stephen; m. Thirza Driver. Children :
Dilazon.
Gracia.
Samantha.
Jane.
Samuel.
Hooker.
JARED HOTCHKISS, son of Stephen ; m. Amy French of Prospect, Sept. 13, 1840. Children :
Henry Hooker, bapt. Mar. 24, 1842; died young
Caroline Lucina, bap. Dec. 1844.
GEORGE HOTCHKISS, son of Stephen, m. Laura Sperry, April 4, 1841. Res. Bethany. Children:
Erban Evander, bap. Aug. 13, 1843; m. Elizabeth Crabtree.
-(dau.). (dau.).
ANDREW T. HOTCHKISS, son of Harley, m. Belinda Buckingham. Children :
Ernest Z.
Isa Annette, b. Apr. 29, 1853.
Harley D.
Andrew T.
CHARLES T. HOTCHKISS, son of Harley, m. in 1861 Emma V. Watson. He is a school teacher, res. Cheshire, Conn. Children :
Mary Claribel, m. Warren Andrews.
Clarence H., d. at 6} yrs.
Harriet I., m. Everett Pardee.
DAVID HOTCHKISS came from Woodbridge and settled in Bethany.
HARVEY HOTCHKISS, son of David, m. Sarah Alling He built the house near the southern bank of Lebanon Swamp.
JARIUS B. HOTCIIKISS, m. Eunice Russell Jan. 13, 1839. Res. Bethany. Children :
Philo Delos, b. Dec. 7, 1839.
Edward Lester, b. Dec. 11, 1840.
Juliet Christina, b. Aug. 21, 1843. Jane D., b. Sept. 5, 1845.
HARPIN H. HOTCHKISS, m. Charlotte E. Alling Feb. 15, 1852. Res. Bethany. Children :
Katie Irene. Ida Estella. Adelia May, bap. Dec. 7, 1872.
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HARVEY HOTCHKISS, son of - -, b. 1781, d. Dec. 9, 1855; m 1805 Sarah, dau. of Gideon Alling of Milford. Res. Bethany. She died Sept. 21, 1862. Children :
Sheldon Alling, b. Apr. 22, 1808.
Eliza Samantha, b. Sept. 18, 1810; d. Feb. 14, 1876.
Solomon, b. Jan. 18, 1813; m. Charlotte Hemingway ; d. Jan. 7. 1886. Beecher Delos, b. Feb. 11, 1815; m Betsey Perkins; d Oct. 30, 1866. Julius Leonard, b. June 17, 1817; m. Saphronia -; d. Feb. 17, 1879. Theodore Nelson, b. Dec. 20, 1819; m. Lucia Sperry ; d. Feb. 27, 1888.
Sarah Finette, b. Oct. 29, 1822; m. De Witt Clinton Castle of Seymour Mar. 5, 1848; d. Jan. 15, 1878.
Orlando Thomas, b. Aug. 8, 1825; d. Dec. 11, 1828.
Harvey Harpin, b. Feb. 16, 1828.
Margaret Dianthe, b. June 16, 1730; m. Matthew Trewhella of Cheshire ; d. Feb. 14, 1872.
HARPIN HARVEY HOTCHKISS, son of Harvey and Sarah; m. Feb. 15, 1852, Charlotte Eliza Alling. Res. Prospect. Children :
Adella M., b Dec. 13, 1852; d. Jan. 3, 1873
Orson B., b. Jnly 8, 1851; m. Sept. 12, 1892, Lillian Alling.
Katie I., b. Dec. 17, 1859; m. June 29, 1881, Herbert E Doolittle.
Ida E., b. May 6, 1861 ; m. Nov. 29, 1882, Geo. R. Doolittle.
Etta I., b. Feb. 1, 1868; d. Sept. 17, 1881.
CLARK HOTCHKISS, son of Isaac and Elizabeth ; m. Caroline A. Sperry, dau. of Chillon Sperry. He was for many years both deacon and chorister of the Congregational church, Bethany. He lived in the house now occupied by Clifton Rosha. Children :
Mary, m. 1st, Elizur Hicoch : 2d, Thomas Cochran.
Isaac, m. Mary Reed.
Sarah.
Isaac G., res Brent Creek, Mich.
Fanny, 2d wife of Adrian Rosha.
Julia, m. Thomas Higgins of Ansonia.
Anna Gertrude, m. in 1868 Adrian C. Rosha.
Arthur, m. Eugenia Sperry.
Martha, m. Lyman Gaylord of Bethany, now of Moundsville, Marquette Co., Wis.
BEECHER D. HOTCHKISS. m. Betsy Perkins, dau. of Guy Perkins, who d. Oct, 3, 1863, aged 42. He had a blacksmith shop across the road from his house, and a sawmill near, and was known as a man of varied mechanical genius. He d. Oct. 31, 1866, aged 62.
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GENEALOGY.
THE LOUNSBURY FAMILY.
RICHARD LOUNSBURY came from England, and his son John, of Rye, N. Y., had a son -
JOSIAH LOUNSBURY, 1st, who came from Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y., to New Haven, and m. Ruth Lines May 7, 1724: removed to Bethany. Children :
John, b. Jan. 18, 1724-5. Jacob, b. March 6, 1726.
Mary, b. Feb. 12, 1727-8.
Josiah, b. Aug. 5, 1729.
Samuel b. 1731 ; served in the Revolutionary War.
Ruth, b. 1733; m. Nehemiah Tolles, Sept. 20, 1759.
Daniel, b. 1735.
Stephen, b. 1736; m. Hannah Sperry Oct. 26, 1761.
Esther, b. 1738.
Timothy, b. 1740; d. 1821.
JOSIAH LOUNSBURY. 2d, son of Josiah and Ruth, m. Martha Hotchkiss of Woodbridge, Oct. 26, 1749. Children :
Hester, b. 1750. Josiah, b. 1754. Obadiah, b. 1759.
Linus, b. Jan. 3, 1752
LINUS LOUNSBURY, son of Josiah and Ruth, m. Prudence Scott of Oxford in 1783. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, enlisting in Gen. Wooster's regiment in April, 1775, at the first call for troops by the legislature. In 1776 he was in Wadsworth's Brigade which was sent to reinforce Washington's army at New York. His name appears in the list of pensioners in 1833. Children :
Josiah, b. 1785. Lyman, b. 1791.
Calvin, b. 1786. Esther, b. 1793; m. Edmund Mallory.
Amelia, b. 1788, m. Daniei Davis. Martha, b. 1795; m. Titus Smith. Ansel, b. 1790.
JOSIAHI LOUNSBURY, 3d, son of Linus and Prudence, m. Sarah, dau. of Erastus Lines of Bethany, in 1815. Res. Bethany. Children :
Harriet, b. 1817; m. Willis Umberfield; res. Seymour.
Caroline, b. 1821 ; m. Jessie Hotchkiss.
Ransom, b. Jan. 30, 1828; m. Mary Joyce of Trumbull Aug. 25, 1847.
JAIRUS LOUNSBURY, son of John and Ruth, m. Amelia Chapman, removed to Vermont, and after some years returned to New Haven. He was a soldier of the Revolution. Children :
Collins, b. July 19, 1783; lived in Vermont; d. 1863.
. Clarissa. b. Feb. 11, 1791 ; m. John Gamsby.
Betsey, b Aug. 11, 1794; m. Harvey Finch.
Victory, b. Sept. 8, 1795; d. Nov. 25, 1868.
Sally b. April 13 1800; m. Russell Moulton
Crownage, b. May 20, 1803.
David, b. Aug. 15, 1805; d. April 1, 1877.
TIMOTHY LOUNSBURY, son of Josiah and Ruth; m. 1st, Hannab Smith; 2d,
Sally -. Res. Bethany. Children :
Lucy, m. James Hotchkiss.
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Hannah F., b -; m Robert R. Russell. Timothy, b
Eri, b. - -; m. Sarah -
Eunice, b. - ; m Truman Prince,
-(son) b. --.
TIMOTHY LOUNSBURY, son of Timothy and Hannah; m. Hannah, dan. of David and Lois French of Bethany. Res. Bethany. He was a man of excellent judgment and was regarded as one of the most thorough and thrifty farmers in the town. He lived for a long time in a little house much too small for the convenience of his eleven children, but in 1811, before his twelfth child was born, he built what was then the largest and the most costly house in the town. He at one time owned fourteen hundred acres of land in Bethany and in New York state. On what was then his farm, a few rods from the old homestead. is the Lounsbury cemetery, which was set apart by Timothy and enclosed with a neat and strong iron fence. Children :
Dorcas, b. July, 1798; m Jabez Wilcox.
Timothy, b. March 25, 1791; m. Mary Ann Clark.
Lewis, b. 1793; m. Charity, dau. of Amos Clark of Nyumphs.
Daniel, b. 1795; m. Sarah, dau. of David Wooding of Bethany.
Jesse, b. Dec., 1796; m. Bede, dau. of Jesse Bradley of Bethany.
Hannah, b. 1799; m. Herschel Sanford of Prospect.
Smith, b. -; m. Jennette Tomlinson Feb. 11, 1824.
Allen, b. 1803; m. Maria, dau. of Elam Cook of Cheshire. Res Bethany. Eunice, b. Jan. 14, 1805; m. 1st. Vincent Brown; 2d, McDonald Fisher.
Mary, b. Mar. 14, 1807; m. Burritt Hitchcock, son of Timothy.
John, b Aug. 16, 1809; m. Mary Church; d. April 6, 1895.
George, b Nov. 23, 1812; m. Mary Austin of Prospect. Eri, m. Sarah Carrington.
ERI LOUNSBURY. son of Timothy and Hannah, m. Sarah Carrington. Res. Lounsbury street, Bethany. Children :
Abram. Sally, m. Lyman Wheeler.
Isaac, m. Lodemann. Harriet, m. William Todd.
Polly, m Miles Horton.
Lucy, d. unmarried.
Rebecca, m. Asa Bradley.
William H., b. Dec. 30, 1815.
Lucretia, m. Selden Hoadley.
ABRAM LOUNSBURY, son of Eri and Sarah, m. Emily, dau. of David and Lolly (Todd) Perkins, Sept. 12, 1824. Res. Bethany. Children. :
Sarah, b. May 2, 1826; m. Nathan Clark, Sept. 6, 1843.
David A., b. Mar. 11, 1831. John Wesley, b. Aug. 10, 1838.
ISAAC LOUNSBURY, son of Eri and Sarah, m. Lodema Children : Isaac. Obed, located in Meriden.
WILLIAM H. LOUNSBURY, son of Eri and Sarah, m. 1st, Charity Bucking . ham; 2d, Sept. 8. 1873, Susan Beard. Children :
Irvin, b. July 9, 1843; d. Sept. 23, 1861.
Elford, b. Oct. 17, 1845.
Celia, b. Sept. 26, 1848; m. Charles D. Allen of Hamden Dec. 28, 1872.
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Delia, b. Sept. 29, 1848.
Etta, b. June 6, 1874.
William, b. June, 1876; d. May, 1877. William, b. Oct. 3, 1879.
DAVID A. LOUNSBURY, son of Abram and Emily, m. 1st, May 6, 1852. Susan M. Doolittle of Hamden; m. 2d, Nov. 18, 1854, Nancy A. Hopkins; m. 3d, May 16, 1878, Margaret Billerwell. Res. Bethany, until 1906, when he removed to Bridgeport. Children :
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