Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Pt 1, Part 113

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1336

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(V) Abel Case, Jr., born in 1786, died March 25, 1861. He settled on the homestead, on land given by his father, and was a shoemaker and farmer by occupation. He married (first) Sally Hoskins, daughter of Ashbel and Sarah (Marvin) Hoskins, and (second) wedded Miriam Squires, who was born in 1797, and died in 1865. By the first marriage he had six children: Dwight, who married Lucy Brockway, of Simsbury; Norton, born in August, 1810; Perry ; Deluna, unmarried ; Laura; and Melissa, who married a Mr. Ryder. By the second marriage there were three children : Harriet ; Ruth; and Jane, who married a Mr. Roberts.

(VI) Norton Case, son of Abel, Jr., was mar- ried twice, (first) to Flora Jones, of Simsbury, and (second) March 25, 1835, to Electa Case, daugh- ter of Giles Case, of Canton. The children by the first marriage were: Charles, born in June, 1832, went to sea forty years ago, and has not been heard from since. Horace, born in February, 1834, is one of the oldest grocers in Hartford; he married first Lucretia Goodrich, and later Sarah Boardman, of Hartford, but has no children. The children by

the second marriage of Norton Case were: Flora, born in 1836, died in 1840; George A., born in September, 1838, was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion ; Arden G., born Dec. 25, 1844, is men- tioned below more fully. Norton Case was a farmer throughout his life. He died in Southington, Conn., in December, 1890, aged eighty, and his widow, Electa, who was born in November, 1810, died in September, 1893, aged eighty-three.

(VII) ARDEN G. CASE, resident of Weatogue, owns and occupies, as a homestead, land which once belonged to John Case, the pioneer, and is a stone mason by occupation. Politically he is a stanch Democrat. At one time he had served as juryman, and for five years he was a corporal in Company H, Ist Regiment, State Militia. In 1869 he married Marion E. Cornish, daughter of Sidney A. and Emeline (Humphrey) Cornish, of Sims- bury, and they have had two children: Howard James, born June 12, 1870, died March 30, 1872; Daisy Marion, born Aug. 16, 1871, married, Jan. 10, 1893, Carleton S. Marks, of Simsbury, and their children are Harold Humphrey Marks, born Aug. 30, 1893, and Eleanor Stanley Marks, born Jan. 29, 1895. Mrs. Arden G. Case belongs to the Method- ist Episcopal Church.

Arden G. Case is descended from John, the pio- neer, through three other lines, tracing to Richard, John, Jr., and Bartholomew, as indicated below.

(II) Capt. Richard Case, the fourth son of John, the pioneer, was married Sept. 1, 1701, to Amy Reed, daughter of Dr. Philip Reed, of Concord, Mass., and settled in Weatogue. He was born Aug. 27, 1769, and died in 1746. His children were : Amy, born in 1702, died in 1703; Amy (2), born in 1703, married Jonathan Holcomb, and died after 1740; Richard is mentioned below; Timothy, born in 1711, married Sarah Holcomb, daughter of Na- thaniel Holcomb; Margaret, born in 1713, married Jacob Holcomb, and died after 1740; Edward, born in 1715, died June 1, 1746; Lydia, born in 1718, died after 1740; and Mary, born in 1722, died after 1740.

(III) Sergt. Richard Case, born in 1710, died April 12, 1769. He married Mercy Holcomb in 1733, and in 1737 removed to West Simsbury, where he was the first settler, and erected the first dwelling- house. Mercy Holcomb was born in 1712, and died in 1780. Their children were Richard (3) (1734-1805) ; Joab (1735-1758) ; Sylvanus ( 1737-1817) ; Simeon (1739-1822) ; Eli (1741-1804) ; Uriah ( 1743-1826) ; Edward ( 1748-1822) ; Phineas ( 1750-1798) ; Mercy (1752-1818) ; Naoma (1755-1822) ; and Timothy (1759-1850).

(IV) Eli Case married Athildred Curtis, born in 1745, and died in 1805. They had the follow- ing children: Athildred, Eli, Jr., Riverius, Zabad, Giles, Orange, Thede, Calvin, Chastina and Har- riet.

(V) Giles Case, born in 1776, died in 1851. His wife, Mary Case, daughter of Silas and Mary

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(Case) Case, was born June 20, 1781, and died in May, 1850. Giles Case was a shoemaker by trade. His children were: Betsey, who died in childhood ; Mary; Achsah; Eli; Betsey, who married Elizur Mills, of Canton ; Electa, who married Norton Case, of Simsbury ; Pliny ; Amos ; and Eveline.

From John, Jr., the line of descent is traced as follows :

(II) John, Jr., eldest son of John, the pioneer, was born Nov. 5, 1662, and died in 1733. He mar- ried ( first ) Mary Olcott, and (second) Sarah, daugh- ter of Joshua Holcomb, in 1693. John, the only child by the first wife, died in 1685, in infancy. By the second marriage there were the following chil- dren : John B., born Aug. 22, 1694, married Abi- gail Humphrey, and died in 1752; Daniel, born March 7, 1696, married Penelope Buttolph, and died in 1733; Mary, born about 1698, married Josiah Alford, and died in 1732 ; Jonathan, born about 1701, married Mary Beeman; Sarah, born about 1703, married John Alderman ; Hannah, born about 1709, married Capt. Noah Humphrey, and died in 1799.

(III) John B. Case was married, in 1716, to Abigail Humphrey, by whom he had the following children : John, born in 1718, died in 1776; Noah, born in 1720, married Miriam Holcomb, and died in 1797; Capt. Charles, born in 1723, died in 1808; Abigail, born in 1725, married Jonathan Case, Jr., and died in 1779; Mary was born in 1727; Lucy, born in 1732, married Lieut. William Wilcox, and died in 1805 ; Martha, born in 1735, married Thomas Barber; Capt. Job, born in 1737, married Joanna Wilcox, and died in 1798; Lydia, born in 1741, mar- ried Jonathan Pinney.

(IV) John Case was married, in 1745, to Sarah Barber, who was born in 1722, and died in 1805. Their children were: John (5), born in 1746, mar- ried Chloe Owen, and died in 1776; Giles died in childhood; Seth, born in 1749, married Eunice Tuller, and died in 1820; Sarah, born in 1751, married Deacon Elisha Cornish, and died in 1827 ; Asa, born in 1753, married Sarah Rohe, and died in 1830; Mary, born in 1755, married Silas, son of Amos and Mary (Holcomb) Case, and died in 1833 ; Giles, born in 1757, married Dorcas Humphrey ; George born in 1759, married Electa Moore; Levi, born in 1760, married Polly Humphrey (Camp- bell Case's ancestors), and died in 1802; Judah (twin of Levi) married Ruth Higley, and died in 1821 ; Abigail, born in 1763, married Asa Hoskins, of Simsbury, and died in 1844.

(V) Mary Case, who married Silas Case, had children as follows: Mary, born in 1781, married Giles, son of Eli Case, and died in 1850; Ira, born in 1782, married Mary Humphrey, and died in 1848; Silas, born in 1785, died in 1816; Levi, born in 1787. married Keturah Bandell, and died in 1865 : Ruggles. born in 1789, married Cynthia Case; Jane, born in 1792, married Holcomb Case, and died in 1865; Lucy, born in 1794, married Everett Case, and died in 1858: Gad. born in 1796, married Tirzah Gibbons ;

Ruth, born in 1799, married Case Braman,, and died in 1832.

(II) Bartholomew Case, fifth son of John, was born in October, 1670, and died in 1725. He was married, in December, 1699, to Mary, daughter of Lieut. Samuel Humphrey, and they resided on his paternal homestead. Of their children, Deacon Thomas, born in 1702, died in 1770 : he married Eliz- abeth Woodford, and settled on the old homestead. Mary was born in 1704. Elizabeth, born in 1710, died in 1742. Amos, born in 1712, died in 1798. Sarah, born in 1715, married Joseph Highley. Isaac, born in 1717, married Bathsheba Humphrey, and died in 1796. Deacon Abraham, born in 1720, mar- ried Rachel, daughter of Capt. James and Esther (Fithen) Case, and died in 1800. Abigail was born in 1821.

(III) Amos Case married, in 1739, Mary Holcomb, and removed to West Simsbury in 1740. She was born in 1714, and died in 1802. Their children were: Mary, Ruth, Huldah, Amos, Jr., Abel, Silas (who married Mary Case), Lucy, Pliny, Rhoda and Seth.

Mrs. Marion E. Case, wife of Arden G. Case, traces her descent from several pioneer families of Simsbury, Windsor and Hartford. She is a daugh- ter of Sidney A. and Emeline (Humphrey) Cor- nishi, and in this line is descended from James Cor- nish, an Englishman, who died in Simsbury, Oct. 29, 1698, at an advanced age. It may be mentioned here that the first records of the Cornish family are of one William Cornish, of England, to whom Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII, gave the sum of thir- teen shillings and four pence for setting the carol on Christmas Day, 1502. [Agnes Strickland's "Wives of Kings of England."] James Cornish, the pio- neer, was a noted school teacher, and his name is found in the records of various places along the river. In 1674 his terms were thirty-six pounds a year in Windsor. In 1676 he gave five shillings to the poor of Simsbury, after the burning of that town by the Indians. On Feb. 1, 1660, an item was entered in the town records at Windsor concerning four pounds, ten shillings, due to him for teaching. From the records of the Lee family it is learned that lie was married after 1661 to Phobe Larraboy (or Larrabee), widow of Greenfield Larraboy ( ?), of Saybrook, Conn., and daughter of William Brown, of the County of Essex, England. She came from England in 1645, and died in Northampton, Mass., Dec. 22, 1664. Her first husband was a Lee, and she was undoubtedly the second wife of James Cor- nish. The latter had three children : Gabriel, born, perhaps, in England ; Elizabeth ; and James.

(II) Deacon James Cornish, born in 1663, died in Simsbury, April 2, 1740. In 1698 he exchanged lands in Windsor with Eleazer Hills, of Simsbury. On Nov. 10, 1692, he married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy Thrall, of Windsor, Conn. She was born May 1, 1667, and died Jati. 25, 1713-14. He married (second) Hannah, daughter of Andrew

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Hillard (now Hillyer), and widow of Thomas Hum- ohreys, April 15, 1715. She was born Dec. 12, 1681, ind died Dec. 2, 1751. By the first wife he had six children : James, born Oct. 30, 1693 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 25, 1695 ; Joseph, Oct. 18, 1697 ; Phebe ; Sarah, April (9, 1709; and Benjamin, March 28, 1710-II. The children by the second wife were: Gabriel, born May 25, 1716; Jemima, Nov. 20, 1718; Keziah, Oct. 12, [721 ; Mary ; and Jabez, 1726. Deacon James' daugh- er Jemima was the ancestress of Mrs. Lucius G. Goodrich, Ralph Ensign, Henry Ensign, also Mrs. Joseph Toy, of Simsbury.

(III) Capt. James Cornish, born Oct. 30, 1693. lied March 22, 1784. He married ( first) Amy But- er, of Hartford, Dec. 9, 1719. She died Feb. 16, 1763, and on Nov. 24, 1763, he married Mrs. Han- ah Hickox, nec Thrall, who died Aug. 27, 1779. They lived in Simsbury. His children were : James, porn Oct. 4. 1720 ; Elisha, June 5, 1722; Amy, Aug. 2, 1724; Daniel, May 21, 1727; Abigail, Sept. 5. 729; Joel, July 18, 1731 ; Abigail, May 5, 1733; Lucy, June 8, 1735; Violet, April 12, 1737 ; Rachel, Sept. 3, 1740.

(IV) Sergt. Elisha Cornish, born June 5, 1722, bed April 27, 1794. He was in the Revolutionary var, and it is said that he was a noted lawyer of East Veatogue, a very keen and sagacious man, and very vealthy. He married (first) Hepsibah, daughter of Charles Humphrey, Sept. 25, 1740. She was born in 1724, and died Feb. 25, 1755. Ile married second) Mary, daughter of Benjamin Dyer, Aug. I, 1755. She died Oct. 21, 1775, and June 2, 1776, le married (third) Charity, daughter of John Pet- ibone, and widow of Sylvanus Humphrey. She vas born June 30, 1744, and died Oct. 5, 1803. The children of his first wife were : Hepsibalı, born Aug. 27, 1741 ; Hepsibah, Nov. 4, 1742; James, Dec. 16, 744; Elizabeth, May 8, 1746; Elisha, Dec. 7, 1748 ; Dorcas, Sept. II, 1750: Charles, Sept. 29, 1752. Mary, born Feb. 17, 1759, was the only child by the second marriage ; and Giles, born April 8, 1780, was lie only child by the third.

(V) Capt. James Cornish, born Dec. 16, 1744, lied in Simsbury, July 9, 1813. On Dec. 28, 1766, je married Ruhama Bidwell, who was born in 1743, und died March 14, 1814. Her father came from Windsor, and her mother was one of the noted Pin- jey family there. The children born of this union vere : Charles, born Oct. 29, 1767 ; Dorcas; Chloe ; Larue-Hamah; Eber, born Feb. 16, 1772, and ames, born in 1776.

(VI) Col. James Cornish, born in 1776, died Jan. 10, 1836. He married (first) Cynthia Russell, who vas born Oct. 14, 1778, and died Aug. 5, 1824. Her ather, Sergt. Jesse Russell, served in the Revolu- ionary war; her mother was a daughter of Daniel Cornish, son of Capt. James, mentioned above. Col ames Cornish married (second), in 1829, Mrs. `lizabeth Smith. His home was in Simsbury. His children were: Grove, born in 1796: Charles, 1799 ; Charles Edwin, April 13, 1805 ; James Darwin, May,

1808: and Sidney Aurora, Oct. 6, 1819 (the father of Mrs. Case).

The HUMPHREYS trace their descent to the time of William the Conqueror, and a valuable genealogy of the family is to be found in the Simsbury public library. During the Revolutionary war honorable mention was gained by several of the name, and in local affairs they have always been prominent. Gen. David Humphrey, aid-de-camp to Washington and minister to Portugal (1791), also minister to Spain, was the first importer of Merino sheep from the latter country to this country. Michael Hum- phrey, the head of the family in this country, came from Lyme Regis, England, in the ship "Mary and John." He was a merchant trader in Windsor, and in 1643, in connection with John Griffin, was en- gaged in the manufacture of pitch and tar at Mas- saco. He subsequently became a distinguished in- habitant of Massaco (now Simsbury). He mar- ried Priscilla Grant, daughter of Matthew Grant, of Windsor.

(II) Lieut. Samuel Humphrey, born May 15, 1656, a son of Michael, married Mary Mills, born in 1662. In an expedition sent against the Indians in Hampshire, Mass., he was appointed lieutenant, his commission being signed by Gov. Saltonstall. He had numerous parcels of land granted him by the town, and held various public offices; having been chosen collector in 1685 : fence viewer, 1690; select- man, 1694 ; pound keeper, 1695 ; tavern keeper, 1696; and in 1698 he was chosen ensign of the Simsbury "train band." He served as an officer in the com- pany every year from that date until 1715. It is on record that in 1698 the town owed Samuel Hum- phrey ten pence for a part of sum for the men that cleared the minister's well. He died in 1736, aged eighty years, leaving a will dated 1734. Mrs. Mary Humphrey died in 1730, aged sixty-eight years. Their children were Mary, wife of Bartholomew Case : Elizabeth, wife of John Collier, of Hartford ; Samuel, Jr., mentioned below; Jonathan, who mar- ried Mary Ruggles; Abigail married John Case (3) ; Hannah ; Charles, who married Hepsibah Pet- tibone, daughter of Samuel Pettibone, Sr .; Noah, who married Hannah Case, sister of John, who mar- lied his sister Abigail.

(III) Ensign Samuel Humphrey was born May 17, 1686, and died Oct. 16, 1759. He was married first, Feb. 23, 1709, to Hannah, daughter of Joseph (2) and Mary (Collier) Phelps. She died in 1710, at the birth of her son, Samuel (3). For his second wife he married Mary Tuller, daughter of John Tuller, and his wife, Elizabeth Case, daughter of John Case (I). His third wife was Lydia North, and his fourth Mary Orton. He was the father of nineteen children. He removed to Goshen, where he acquired a large amount of land, and his death oc- curred there. His posterity are very numerous, and have ever well sustained the reputation of their worthy progenitor. When he left his old home for

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his new one in Goshen a large number of friends and neighbors accompanied him a distance of some three miles, and there spent a night of prayer and praise. In the morning they bid him a kind and tearful fare- well, never expecting to see him again in this world. The distance of his new home was only about thirty miles, now a journey of only about one hour and a half by steam cars. He received land from his fa- ther in Simsbury, and some of his older sons stayed there.

(IV) Lieut. Samuel Humphrey (3), born Oct. 15, 1710, died July 7, 1755. He married Mary Wil- cox, who died in 1756, aged thirty-seven. In 1742 he removed to West Simsbury, and settled in the Suffrage District (now Canton Street), becoming a prosperous farmer. An inventory of his estate amounted to 291 pounds.

(V) Samuel Humphrey (4), eldest son of Lieut. Samuel, was born Nov. 17, 1734, and died in 1804. He was lame, and was called "master Sam," on ac- count of his profession of school teaching. He also wrote much. He married Prudence Mills, of Can- ton, daughter of John and Damris ( Phelps) Mills, and granddaughter of Sarah Case, daughter of John Case (I). Prudence Mills was born in 1734, and died in 1805. They had eight children.

(VI) Ichabod Humphrey, third son of Samuel (4), was born about 1772, and died in 1829. He married Esther Olmsted, of Bushy Hill, Simsbury, who died in 1839. She was a daughter of Daniel and Anna (Cadwell) Olmsted, and a descendant, through Nicholas, son of James Olmsted, who came to Hartford, Conn., with the first settlers in 1636, and afterward settled in the southeast part of Sims- bury, Bushy Hill. Daniel Olmsted served as cor- poral in the Revolutionary war, as did also two of his sons. He died in 1809 or 1812, at the homestead, leaving the greater portion of his property to his youngest daughter, Esther, and Ichabod, her hus- band., with whom his last days were spent. At Ich- abod Humphrey's death the estate inventoried $1,- 264.14. He had four children.

(VII) Manna Humphrey, the eldest child of Ich- abod, was born about 1790, and died May 22, 1855. He was married April 26, 1825, to Tryphena, daugh- ter of Ephraim and Keziah (Whedon) Baldwin, for- merly of North Branford. She came to Simsbury when she was sixteen years old. Her father, Ephraim, was in the war of the Revolution, and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne. Mrs. Hum- phrey was a woman of superior education for those early years, and had a remarkable memory, being especially familiar with ancient history. She began at the age of ten years to read the Bible, and had read it through twenty times, while for many years she was a devout member of the Congregational Church in West Avon. She was born Oct. 30, 1787, and ciied at the great age of ninety-four years. The Baldwins traced their ancestry back to William the Conqueror and Count Baldwin. [Genealogy of the Baldwins]. Manna Humphrey served in the war of

1812, being stationed at New London, and his widow received a pension after his death. He was a farmer on the paternal homestead, and was noted for his pleasant jokes and genial disposition. His only son, Charles Rollin Humphrey, born Jan. 13. 1832, lives on the old homestead, and also inherits his father's genial temperament. He married Nancy Ketchen, but has no children.

(VIII) Emeline, second daughter of Manna Humphrey, was born Oct. 22, 1829, and died Nov. 17, 1893. On March 11, 1849, she married Sidney Aurora Cornish, born Oct. 6, 1819, who died June 9, 1885. They had one child, Marion Eleanor, born Dec. 31, 1849, who married Arden G. Case.

LANGDON J. PECK. The origin and sig- nification of the surname Peck are matters of con- jecture, although as to its antiquity there can be no dispute. At a very early date the family is known to have had its seat at the ancient town of Belton, Yorkshire, England, whence branches spread over Great Britain, and even through the countries of continental Europe. There are, in the British Museum, the arms of Peck, impaled with the arms of many families into which they have married. There is no motto recorded with the early arms of the family. This one, "Probitatem quam divitias," 'probity (or truth and honesty) rather than riches," has been added.

The Massachusetts Pecks trace their lineage to. a branch which was established at Beccles, County of Suffolk, England, from whom was descended Joseph Peck, the first of the name to emigrate from the Old World to the New. He was of the twenty- first generation in direct descending line from John Peck, of Belton. His father was named Robert, and the parish records show Joseph's baptism to have occurred on April 30, 1587. He was a Puritan in faith, and was among those who bade adieu to home and civilization that they might find in the wilds of a strange, unsettled country that freedom of conscience which they esteemed a great boon. Joseph Peck was one of a company who sailed from England in 1638, in the ship "Diligent," of Ips- wich, his brother Robert being pastor of the little flock. He brought with him his wife and children - (three sons and a daughter), together with twc men servants and three maids. Soon after his ar- rival he settled in Hingham, Norfolk Co., Mass. whence his numerous descendants have scattered over the United States, Canada and the British: North-American provinces. He remained at Hing- ham about seven years, and was one of the town's foremost and most respected citizens, having beer a representative to the General Court from 1639 to 1642, besides holding numerous other offices, among them those of selectman, justice of the peace and assessor. From Hingham he removed to Seekonk where he appears to have been equally prominen in public affairs until incapacitated from participa

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tion therein by old age. He died Dec. 23, 1663, at the age of seventy-six.

The Connecticut branches of the family are de- scended from Joseph, of Milford; from Deacons William and Henry, of New Haven; and from Deacon Paul Peck, of Hartford, who were among the earliest settlers in their respective localities. Langdon Jabez Peck, whose name appears at the head of this biographical sketch, traces his ancestry back to Deacon Paul. The exact place and date of the latter's birth cannot be told with absolute certainty, but he is believed to have been born in the County of Essex, England, in 1608, and to have come to America in the ship "Defense,' in 1635. For a year he remained in or near Boston, and in 1636 accompanied Rev. Thomas Hooker and his followers to Hartford. As early as 1639 his name appears in the town records in a list of proprietors, and the same records afford abundant evidence that he was one of Hartford's leading citizens. His resi- dence is said to have been on what is now Wash- ington street, not far from where the State Capitol now stands. In fact, among old residents of the city it is not uncommon, even at this day, to hear this site spoken of as Peck's lot. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church from 1681 until his death, Dec. 23, 1695. His will may yet be read upon the probate records of the county. It is voluminous and interesting in its detailed descrip- tion of his possessions. His estate inventoried at 536 pounds, five shillings.

Deacon Paul Peck's son Samuel, born in 1647, was the next in the line of descent which leads to Langdon J. Peck. He was a resident of West Hart- ford, where he died Jan. 10, 1696. He had but one son, also named Samuel, who settled in that part of Middletown now known as Berlin. On March 6, 1701, he married Abigail, daughter of Joseph Collier. She died Oct. 28, 1742, and he on Dec. 9, 1765. Their son Amos was born in Kensington March 3, 1715. He married Mary Hart July 26, 1750, and took up his residence in Middletown. He died April 6, 1802, his wife having preceded him to the grave on June 22, 1771. Ile was the father of Amos (2), who was born Jan. 25. 1764, and died March 18. 1826. On Dec. 4, 1781, he married Anna Scoville, of Saybrook, who died Oct. 25, 1801, and they lived in the part of Berlin called Kensington. Amos Peck (2) served in the Revolu- tionary war as a fifer, and was with Washington at Valley Forge. He was a "gentlemanly gentle- man," modest and gentle in manner and spirit, much esteemed in his community, and was quite prom- inent in the settling up of estates. Norris Peck, father of Langdon J. Peck, was born Dec. 9, 1795, in Kensington, in the old homestead where his son vet resides, the house standing on the road to Meriden commonly known as the Blue Hills. His wife, Elizabeth Langdon, was born March 19, 1804. and their marriage took place Oct. 6. 1822. She died April 3. 1900. Mr. Peck was a merchant

by occupation, with headquarters at Cahawba, Ala., where for many years he spent much time. He was an uncompromising Abolitionist in politics. He died Aug. 8, 1869, and was laid to rest in the Center cemetery of Kensington. To him and his wife came nine children, as follows: (I) Eliza- beth Hibbard, born April 6, 1824, married Henry E. Russell, of the Russell & Erwin Co., of New Britain. (2) Amos, born May 2, 1825, was a sea captain ; he died at Santa Barbara, Cal., Feb. 12, 1882, unmarried. (3) Anna Scoville, born March 15, 1827, became the wife of S. C. Wilcox, a prom- inent citizen of Berlin; she died March 7, 1884. (4) Langdon Jabez, an account of whose life is given below, was born Feb. 1I, 1829. (5) Ellen Augusta, born in 1831, married James D. Frary, of the firm of Landers, Frary & Clark, of New Britain ; she died Dec. 7, 1899. (6) Mary Elizabeth, born in 1833, was married to Dennis C. Wilcox, who was for many years treasurer of The Meriden Britannia Co. (7) Alice D. was born in March, 1836. and lives at New Haven. (8) Matthew, born

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Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Pt 1, Part 113

Author: J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1901 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1336

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1336