Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 202

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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Number of Pages: 1795

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| rence, Jessie C., Austin M., and Howard S. C. ner. Taylor & Curtis until Mr. Warner's death, | Lawrence married Miss Harriet P. Glover, dangh- which occurred January 3, 1899. On October I ter of Smith P. Glover, and they have one son, 15. 1863, Mr. Warner married Miss Flora J. | Lawrence Glover. Beers, who was born March 20, 1842, a daugh-

(3) AUGUSTUS WARNER was born August 10,

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peaceful disposition made every one his friend, and he was universally respected." In business he was quite successful, while his extensive legal reading made his assistance of value as executor and administrator of estates. Like all of his

ment of religion, and was a member of Trinity

4, 1832, he married Miss Ann Maria Clarke, born January 7, 1811, daughter of James and Polly (Sherman) Clarke, of Zoar District, Newtown. [See Clark genealogy in sketch of Hon. Robert A. Clark.] Mrs. Warner died November 23. 1875, and Judge Warner afterward married

1 Angeline Twitchell, who survived him. His chil- I silverware business, in which occupation he still dren, all born to the first marriage, are:

(2) AUSTIN WARNER, born September 5, 1837. in Newtown, was here reared and educated. He clerked a few years in the store of Edward Starr in Newtown Centre, and in 1859 went to Vicks- burg, Miss., and there became engaged in busi- ness, from which time he has been closely iden- tified with the business interests of that city. He | is one of the leading merchants of Vicksburg, be-

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1839. in Newtown, where he passed his boyhood, , served as selectman. He died May 3, 1866, at completing his education at New Britain. Conn. ! the age of fifty-nine years. Emily Augusta, his In 1859 he began making surveys for county . wife, died February 6, 1875, aged sixty-four years. maps, and later on became engaged in the pub- (2) Juhette married George, son of Isaac Townsend, of New Haven, Connecticut. location of maps, atlases and local histories. In 1800 he located in Chicago, his partner being ]. 13 Elizabeth was educated in Brooklyn and New Haven, and married Edward T. H. S. Higgins, of Stepney, Conn In the following year J. Hobart Beers, a friend of his boyhood, I Gibson, of Boston. Mass., a descendant of became associated with him, and for years the firm of Warner & Beers was one of the substantial publishing houses in its line in Chicago

, prominent New England family. Their Newtown home was the old Elijah Sanford During . place. now known as the Gibson place and the campaign of 18-6 be published the Chicago Courier, a Democrat daily newspaper, and in 18;8 he retired temporarily from active business. In 1882 he resumed publishing, and in thot be- occupied by the family of the late J. Hobart Warner To Mr. and Mrs. Edmund T. H. Gib- con were born children as follows: E. T. H. and C. D. T. (twins), the former of whom is now came engaged in the manufacture of silverware . treasurer of the Illinois Central Railway Com-

in company with his nephew. P. B. Warner. On January 15, 1880. Mr. Warner was married to Miss Rissa ] .. daughter of ( vienus Beers, and their children are. Charles ( . born December !

1. 1880, and Raymond C., born September 28. , Jaket S. wife of C. M. Noble, son of Col. Will- 1885.

FLIJAH SANFORD, formerly of Newtown. was born in 178;, the son of John and Amy (Northrup) Sanford, and died October 26. 1846. His wife, Abigail Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah Tomlinson, was born October 29, 1789. and died February 3. 185 :. Her father, Josiah Tomlinson, was of the fifth generation in descent from Henry Tomlinson, through Agur and Zach- ariah, and his parents were tapt. Beach and Charity (Shelton) Tomitson. By occupation he was a farmer, and his old house in Newtown. about two miles from Zoar Bridge, is still stand- ing. He was married. January ;. 1773. to Anna. daughter of Samuel Shelton, a cousin of his mother. She died in May. 1836, and his death oc- curred in 1841 To Ehiah and Abigail Elizabeth Sanford three children were born, as follows

(1) David, born August 1. 1506. married Emily A .. daughter of Jaar and Phebe (At- water) Townsend, of New Haven, Conn. Their children were : John T .. born September 5. 1832, was married to Hattie Mills, daughter of Isaac Mills: William 1. is married and has three children; lane E., born March 8, 1830. married Rev. William H. Moote: Grace S. ; Juhet ; Julia. born May 3. 1844: George M. born December 18. 1841 ; and Paul ] .. born October 1. 1846. Only Paul and William are now living. David San-

ford figured quite prommentiy in public affairs in Newtown, where he was a citizen of worth and usefulness. He was a representative in the State Legislature in 1845. and again in 1858; and from ate in the 'fifties until the time of his death he

pany. the latter with the Lancashire Insurance Company; John Cotton, who died in 1871; Emily and Ehzabeth, who died in infancy in 1842; Wilham Hamilton, who is mentioned below; iam H. Noble, of Bridgeport: Henry S., who is engaged in the insurance business in New York City as a member of the firm of Gibson & Wes- son: and Hubert T., an actor, at present with lincoln J Carter, in Chicago. Wilham H. was born in the old homestead where his mother was born; the others are natives of Brooklyn, New York.

WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON, who died in Washington, Conn., his country home. in 1896. was one of New town's most distinguished sons. being widelyknown as an artist, author, lecturer and naturalist. His interest in nature gave a trend to his literary work which resulted in a number of books which delight all lovers of out-door life, the charm of the written words being enhanced by profuse illustrations. At the time of his death he was engaged in compiling a work on botany. in which English terms were given instead of Latin Chief among his published writings are: "Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, and How to Distinguish Them." with thirty colored plates and fifty-seven other illustrations: " Sharp Fives. a Rambler's Calendar ": " Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine ": .. Happy Hunting- Grounds ": ". Highways and Byways, or Saunter- ings in New England"; " Pastoral Days, or Memories of a New England Year": " Camp Life in the Woods, and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "; and " My Studio Neigh- hor: Among the many important works illus- trated by him we may mention ". The Heart of the White Mountains," by Samuel Adams Drake; ". Nature's Serial Story "; ". The Pictorial Edition of Longfellow." and "In Berkshire With the Wild Flowers," while he also made many illus-

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trations for magazines and furnished a number of the natural history illustrations for the "Ameri- can Cyclopædia."

B OOTH. Tradition says that the American

Booths descended from three brothers, the | by Edward Starr. He was buried near the cen- sons of Richard Booth, of Cheshire, England. who came to America some time prior to 1640. I covered, reddish gravestone reads as follows: their father having died previous to their emigra- tion. John Booth settled at Southold, Long Island. N. Y .. and the younger brother went ; years." The grave of Hester, his wife, lies by north. History speaks of one Robert Booth at | his side, but the inscription on her gravestone is Exeter, N. H., as early as 1645. Richard Booth, I only partially legible. Jonathan Booth's chil- the eldest brother, settled at Stratford. Conn., i dren were: Daniel. Abel, Ann, Jonathan and in 1640. Mabel.

land for cultivation, returning the next year to prepare dwellings before they moved their fami- lies. The first home that was built, it is said. stood directly above the residence owned by Edward Clark in 1880. Jonathan Booth settled on the place occupied twenty or more years ago | ter of Newtown burying-ground, and his moss- " In memory of Mr. Jonathan Booth. He died | February 8, A. D. 1755, aged seventy- three

From Jonathan and his cousin, Ebenezel

The father of these boys, says tradition, was the fifth son of Sir William Booth, Knight, who | Booth, all the Booths of Newtown have de- died and was buried at Bowdon, Cheshire, in I scended, and there is scarcely an old family name 1 | riage) trace their lineage back to them, as. for September, 1578. Richard Booth (the emi- I in the limits of the town but can (by inter-mar- grant) married Elizabeth, sister of Joseph Haw- ley. of Stratford, the founder of that name in i instance, the Beers family, the Nichols family. America. This Richard Booth was the progen- Hawleys, Glovers, and many others. His (Jon- itor of the Booths of Fairfield county. Richard | athan's) youngest son, Jonathan, built a house and Elizabeth ( Hawley) Booth's children were: I on the old homestead lot, nearly in front of h !: (1) Elizabeth. born September 12. 1041, was | father's, in 1740. This dwelling was covered with cypress shingles; those on the roof lasted eighty | years before renewal, and the bricks used in the construction of the chimney were brought fron: ! Holland. The plastering was done by an Indian. , and the ring, composed of mortar, in the ceiling ci the parlor was considered a great piece of art ir. those days. The house remained until a few years ago, when it was removed to the opposite

married to John Minor. of Stratford. (2) Ann, born February 14. 1043. (3) Ephraim. born in August. 1648. (4) Ebenezer, born November 19, 1651. (5) John. born November 6, 1055. was twice married, for his first wife marrying. June 14. 1678. Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Hawley, of Roxbury, by whom he had-Thomas, 1 Jonathan, Ephraim. Mary, Ann, Sarah and John: : this wile died in 1710, and for his second wife he , side of the street and replaced by the mert married Hannah, widow of Robert Clarke, she i modern structure now on its site. dying in 171 ;. John Booth, the father, took an The following is taken from a biographical active part in the Pequot war, serving as sergeant. I sketch of the life of Lieut. Daniel Booth, which. (6) Joseph. born in February or March, 1656. | appeared in the Newtown Bec December 1 ;. (7) Bethia. born May 18, 1658. (8) Johanna. born March 21. 1661.

Jonathan Booth, of the third generation from Richard through John Booth, was born at Strat- ford, Conn., in the winter of 1681-82. He was married. in 1703. to Hester, daughter of Samuel Galpın, and after the birth of his eldest son, it is said. he, with his cousin Ebenezer, came to the | site of Newtown, in 1707-08. On this journey : mouth of a small stream called Pootatuck Brock from Stratford in search of a place to settle From these Indians a number of settlers fren. Stratford and Milford purchased a large tract c" ! territory of land for a nominal sum, migratec they followed up the Housatonic river from its , mouth to where the tribe of Pootatuck Indians lived, and purchased an extensive tract directly I thither, and settled on these lands in 1708-c west of them, Jonathan Booth taking a promi- . and in 1710 it was incorporated into a tow! called Newtown: a site for a village was selected a! nent part in the purchase. It has been stated that he was the first white man who felled a tree i its earliest commencement, and some dozen c: in what afterward became Newtown. They im- . more of the settlers took up their residence er mediately commenced to clear the forests of the | the main street in lots about five acres each, with

1879. (Daniel Booth was in the fourth genera- tion from Richard Booth through John and ¡ Jonathan, and was born at Stratford January 12, 1704). " When he was about four or five years of age his parents, in company with others moved twenty miles north of Stratford, thier 1 miles from the Housatonic river, on whose bank- there lived a small tribe of Indians near the

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their land in the rear. Jonathan Booth's lot was this Church, and also his relation as a brother, on the east side, at the upper end of the street, ' because he could not, as himself declareth, be easy under the Calvinistic doctrine therein taught.'

near the North ( entre school house. The In- dians cultivated their corn in a primitive way, with rude implements, but since the proximity of the whites among them they have been greatly facilitated in their labors by the introduction of the plough The father of young Daniel used to join with the Indians ploughing out their corn.

" Lieut. Daniel Booth was a tall man, of a tine and commanding appearance. with a good physical constitution far beyond one of his years. He was a man of a benevolent and charitable disposition, and was ever ready to assist the and they in turn would come and hoe out this , needs. A neighbor of his offered him his price com. for a cow, which he refused, saying that a poor man with a large family had no cow and wanted one. but had no money to buy one, and he had made him a present of it. In making his last will and testament he calls to mind . the mortality of my body, and knowing it is appointed for all men to die and being of perfect mind and memory to make this my last will and testament; first, and principally, I give and recommend my soul to God that gave it, and my body I recommend to be buried, and touching such worldly good, it has pleased God to bless me with in this life. I give devise and dispose of it in the following manner and form.' His death occurred April 8. 1 ;;; No better record can be given of him than the epitaph on his tombstone in the cemetery at Newtown, written by his esteemed pastor and rector. the Rev. John Beach:

.. Daniel Booth was married to Funkce, daugh- ter of Thomas bennett, by the Rev. John Beach. then a Congregational minister. By he mathave he had eight children- three sons and five daugh- ters-all of whom lived to grow up, mains and have families, and settled around him. His in- ther built him a house about half a mile east of his own and gave him a deed to the same in March, 1728-29 with the orchard of young appie trees thereon, and two of them are still living By his industry and management be acquired a ' large landed property, and was at one time the largest landholder in the town. The inhabitants of the Colony were sparsely settled within its limits and looked to themselves to keep up a military organization in defense of itself against any Ih- roads of an enemy Every able-bodied man was enrolled to duty, beld hunself ready in any emery. ency, and every town had its organized company Daniel Booth was chosen a hentenant in the con,- pany at Newtown, and held a hentenant s com- mission, and the numerous deeds on the town . records give him the title of heutenant. Lent Damel Booth was a faithful and an honored member of the Society to which he belonged, was a man of extensive reading. well versed in the Bible, and had held the office of a deacon for thirteen years. diagentiy studying the Scriptures. continually perusing their sacred leaves. until he became convinced of the errors of Congregation- alsm. and resigned his office of deacon and mell .. bership in the said Society. In the month of September they met in the meeting house for the purpose of acting on his resignation. Deacon Daniel expressed his views on the subject and the Rev. Mr. Judson followed him on the subject of his resignation: they then seasoned on the matter together. but Iacon Daniel, having thoroughly posted himself, and brought forward so much Scriptural proof that he outreasoned the Rev. Mr. Judson. his minister. the Rev. Mr. Jud- son, told his people not to say one word against Deacon Daniel Booth resigning. The members of the Society recorded the following: Sep- tember 9. A. D. 1703: Deacon Daniel Booth resigned of his own motion his office of deacon in

The once well-respected Mr. Daniel Booth, here rested from the hurry of life the 8th of April, A. D. 1777, aged 1.XXII. Could a virtuous, honest, and amiable character. could blessings of the poor echoing from his gate, could sympathetic grief of an aged partner disarm the King of Ter- fors- he had not died.

What is life, to answer life's great aim?

From earth's low prison, from the vale of tears.

With age incumbered and oppressed with years, Death set him free, his Christ had made his peace; Let grief be dumb; let pious sorrow cease.

Lieut. Booth died universally respected and beloved. His children named in his will were: Esther, Anna, Daniel. Sarah, Abraham, Eunice, Naomi and Ezra."

A glance at the records of the town reveals the fact that the Booths took considerable in- terest in public affairs. Among those of the name who represented the town in the General Court, or, as it was afterward. the State Legislature, were: Daniel, Abel, David, Jonathan and Joseph. Among those who served as selectmen were: Ebenezer. Jonathan, Samuel, Jotham. John, Daniel, Abel, Ezra and Austin.

C MYRENIU'S H. BOOTH, M. D., son of Philo and Aurelia (Hard) Booth, was born May 25, 1797, and died September 29, 1871. In October, 1820. he was married to Sarah Ed- mond, daughter of Judge William Edmond.

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She was born June 24, 1800, and died January 21, 1864. Their children were: Sarah A. (Mrs. Marcus C. Hawley), Mary E. (Mrs. Henry San- ford), and William E., M. D., all now deceased excepting Mrs. Hawley.

Dr. Cyrenius H. Booth was a respected and esteemed citizen in the community where his life | Hester, died in 1635, and in the same year their was passed. He studied medicine with Dr. | two sons, Anthony and James, accompanied their Bennett Perry, of Newtown, and before com- I uncle, Capt. Richard, to America. James came mencing to practice attended a long course of medical lectures delivered by the celebrated Doctor Hosack, of New York, who stood at the head of his profession on this continent. Doctor Booth was a man of infinite mirth, and, says one of his old friends, in all of his intercourse with men renowned for their talents, wit and humor, he was unable to recall one who was the Doctor's equal.

T HE BEERS FAMILY appears to have orig- inated in the Parish of Westcliffe. County of Kent, England, at a place called Bere's or Byer's Court. William de Bere, of Bere's Court, was bailiff of Dover about 1275, and one Nich- olas de Bere held the manor of Bere's Court in the twentieth year of the reign of Henry III. Of this same family was Roger Byer, or Bere, who died in the reign of Mary. In 1542 his son John purchased the Horsman Place, in Dartford, which is said to have been a " mansion of some note." In his will, dated 1572, John Beer founded four almshouses in Dartford, and devised his mansion to his eldest son, Henry. His grandson, Edward Beer, died unmarried in 1627, bequeathing Hors- man Place to John Twistleton, of Drax.

The first ancestor to whom the descent of the American branch of the family can be authentic- ally traced was Martin Bere, of Rochester, in Kent, who was living in 1486. He married a daughter of Thomas Nyssell, of Wrotham, Eng- land.

Il. John Bere, of Rochester, son of Martin, married Faith, daughter of John Royden. Esq., of Rochester, and had two children, James and Mary.

Ill. James Bere, of Rochester, married Dorothy, daughter of John Kingswod, gentleman, of Rochester, and had two sons. John and James.

IV. John Bere. of Gravesend. married Mary. daughter of Robert Selby, of Yorkshire. and had five children: John, Samuel, Richard, James and Mary. Richard. who was known as .. Capt. VIII. Samuel Beers, only son of John brefs. Richard." was born in 1607, and came to Amer- ; born November 9. 1679. died at Newtown March. ica in 1635. locating at Watertown, Mass. He | 12, 1725. He was married, in 1706, to Sarah represented that town in the Massachusetts Leg- ! Sherman, daughter of Samuel Sherman and ht:

islature for thirteen years. During the troubles with the Pequot Indians he commanded a com- pany in several battles, and he was slain by In- dians near Northfield, Mass., September 4, 1675.

V. James Bere, of Gravesend, was a mari- ner, and was not living in 1635. His widow.

to Fairfield in 1657. and purchased a lot and house in 1659. In 1661 he bought another lot, of eight acres, in Greenfield, and in 1664 he was designated to take the freeman's oath. His death occurred in 1694. He and his wife. Abi- gail, had five children: James, who died before his father; Joseph, who married Abigail -; Martha, who married Joseph Bulkley; Deborah. who married Samuel Hall; Elizabeth. who mar- ried Joseph Darling.

VI. Anthony Beers, from whom most of the families of the name represented in this volume trace their descent, was born at Gravesend, Eng- land. His name first appears on record in this country at Watertown, Mass., where he took the freeman's oath May 6, 1657. In the year 105: | he removed to Roxbury, Mass., and in 16:5 came to Fairfield. Conn. He was a mariner and was lost at sea in 1676, his wife, Elizabeth, sur- viving him. They had seven children: Samue .. born May 9, 1647, at Watertown, who died young; Ephraim. born July 5, 1648, at Water- town; John, born January 20, 1652, at Water. town; Esther. born October 16, 1654. at Watertown, married -- Johnson, of Salem. Samuel, born May 2, 1657, at Watertown, who died at the age of four months; Barnabas, born September 6, 1658. baptized in Roxbury, Ir October, 1658; and Elizabeth, born in Apri .. 1661, at Fairfield. Connecticut.

VII. John Beers, known as John of Stratford ! was born in January, 1652. He was a soldie !. and was severely wounded December 19. 10 ;: in the great battle of Narragansett, for which h- received a grant of relief. He made his wil. February 9, 1683. and died soon after. Ise Savage's Genealogical Dictionary. ] He united with the Stratford Church in 1680. About 16- he bought a house lot. " bounded east on the stice! west on the burying place, south by a higi:wa! four rods wide, and north on the common land This highway now leads to the Stratford (. gregational burying place. He and his wait Mary had but one child, recorded, a son, Samue.

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wife, Mary ( Titharton), who was a daughter of ! died in ING. He and his wife Sarah had chil- Daniel and Jane Titharton. Samuel Beers had ! dren: James, Philo. Truman, Abraham, Eli and the following children: Mary, John. Samuel, - Daniel. Abraham, Nathan. Sarah. Hannah and Abigail. Elias 'twins), Jabez, Betty and Sally. Nathan. born February 10, 1718, in Newtown, followed the blacksmith's trade at Norwalk. He died " June 18. 1505, and his wife, Lydia (Hawley).

IN The rain fications of the family in various lines through the children of Samuel (VIII, are : died June 30, 1776, aged seventy-one. They too extensive to be fully given here In the had twelve children: Nathan, Ebenezer. Sain- ninth generation the record is continued as fol- i uel. Lydia. Hannah. Abijah. Ezekiel, Sarah,

lowe: Mary, born July 9, 1708. in Stratford, Abigail. Mary, Anna and Esther. Sarah, born June 16, 1720, in Newtown, died February 22. ! 1776. She was married, in 1743. to Joseph Tom- ! linson, of Derby, and had five children: Betsy. 1 Stephen, Elizabeth, Hannah and Kate. Hannah. ! born in May, 1722, married, in 1740. Abner | Hard, of Newtown. According to the Newtown ' town records, their children were: Niram, born 1 December 18. 1740; Cyrenius, born January 5. 1 1742: Ammon. born September 25, 1744; John. born July 20. 1746; Abigail, born January 7. 1748; Sarah, born January 9. 1751; Currence. born March 1. 1753: Ann, born May 9, 1755; Zilpha, 1 born November, 1756: Abner, born September 6. 1757: Hannah, born May 14. 1761; Jabez, born September 9. 1703: and Mary. born 1765. married Moses Stilson, of New Milford John, bon September 1. 1710, in Stratford, married Mart Series, and had ten children -Cynthia. born May 15. 1736, married (ist) Thomas Skid- mote. and second) Jotham Sherman. Anna, born November 7. 1737. married christ, John Fabrique, and second; Caleb Baldwin, Amy. born August 31. 1739. married Jotham Sherman; Phobe, born August 14. 1741. married (first) Samuel Ferris, and (second) Beniamin Curtis; Naomi, born November 8. 1743. married John Jackson: John. born November 3. 1745. mar- ried Sarah Sterling, November S. 1797: Sarah, born July 15. 1747. married Ehada Prindie; Andrew, born August 9. 1749. married Sarah Gunn. Oliver, born December 2. 1751. married ! Abigail, born April 17. 1724. married, in 1747. Catherine Hubbell; and Mary, born April IS. Noah Tomlinson, of Derby, and they had the following children: Amrillus, born June 28. 1748. died July 11. 1748; Daniel, born July 30. 1749: Nabby, born October 22, 1751, died April 22, 1753: Noah, born June 8, 1753. died June 16, 1753; Nathan, born 1754. died in childhood; Beers, born March 13. 1755; Noah, born August 3. 1757; Nathan (2). born August 4. 1760; Lucy, born July 10. 1767, died September 16, 1767; Nabby (2). born July 18, 1769, died in 1773. 1754. married Phineas Taylor. Samuel, born June 20. 1712. in Stratford, married, in 1747. Abigail Blackman, daughter of John and Abigail (Beers Blackman; he died October 12, 1773. and her death occurred April 5. 1702. They had three children-Abel, born December 10. 174%. died July 16, 1774. unmarried; Simeon, born Joiv 20. 1752. died December 11, 1813; and Abigail, born in 1754. married Izra Booth. Daniel was born in Stratford. November 23. X. Of this generation, Simeon Beers, son of Samuel Beers (1.X), married, in 1776, Phedima Nichols, daughter of Peter and Rebecca (Camp) Nichols, and had children: Abel, mentioned below: Samuel, born June 27. 1779. married Rissa Hard, and died July 23. 1820: Esther. born October 29. 1781, died in 1849, unmarried; Rebecca, born July 2, 1786, married David C. Peck. and died in 1829; and Abner, born May 19, 1793. died February 28, 1875. unmarried. In the line of Daniel (IX). Mabel, born December 12. 1756, was married, June 13. 1779. to John Beach (born December 9, 1757. died June 10. 1830, at Sheldon. Vt.). eldest son of John and Phebe Curtis Beach. Mabel Beers Beach died January 5. 1844. Her children were: Lucy, Anne, Matthew. Ann, Boyle, Phebe, John, Char- lotte. David and Mabel. In the line of Abraham (IX). Abraham, Jr .. married (first) Mary Shepard (born July 10. 1762. daughter of Lieut. Timothy Shepard, of Newtown), and (second) Ann Terrill. 1714. and died in Newtown, Conn., January 20. According to the old records. .. Daniel Beers and Mabel Boothe was joyned in marriage December ve 27th 1744-their first born a son named Cyrus was Born March ve 23d A. D. 1;46: their second child a Daughter named Jeru- sha Komme Sepr. ye and 1747-the third a son named Amos Born May the 12th old style A. D. 1750. their fourth a son named Daniel Born De- cember ve 25th New Stile in 1752. their fifth a daughter named Ann Born November ve 17th 1, 54 " In another part of the book: " Daniel Beers and Mable his wife three of there children entered here and the rest of there children entered in another place. There daughter Mabel Born Decr ye 12 A. D. 1756 - there son Daniel Born March ye 15 A. D. 1759. there daughter named Esther Born on May 1st 1761- there son named Austin Born July ye 10th 1763." Abraham, born August 22, 1716, at Newtown,

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 202

Author: H. H. Beers & Co. Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1795

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1795