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 62

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

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In November, 1865, Col. Huntington was mar- ried to Jane Lathrop Trumbull, great-granddaugh- ter of Jonathan Trumbull. She died on March 3. 1868, leaving two sons. In 1879 Col. Huntington married Elizabeth S. Whipple, daughter of Gen. Amiel Whipple, who was killed at the battle of An- tietam. The Colonel's sons are: Robert W. Hunt- ington, Jr., secretary and actuary of the Connecti- cut General Life Insurance Co., Hartford ; and Rev.

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Daniel Trumbull Huntington, now a missionary in China.

(4) Samuel Huntington was born Dec. 17, 1842, and resides at Plainfield, New Jersey.

(5) Henry Huntington was born March 27, 1844.

(6) Sarah B and (7) Elizabeth A. Huntington (now Mrs. Charles J. Cole), were born Nov. 30, 1847.

EDWARD FENN GAYLORD, the heaviest land owner in Bristol and Burlington, Conn., own- ing over 800 acres and residing on a 129-acre tract on Peaceable street, Bristol, was born July 31, 1848, in Syracuse, N. Y. He is a son of William Lewis and Nancy ( Fenn) Gaylord, and a brother of Mar- vin Lewis Gaylord, in whose biography may be found the lineage of the Gaylord family from Eng- land's first pilgrim of the name to the present gen- eration.

Edward F. Gaylord was eight years of age when the family removed from New York State to Kansas, where he was first sent to school; but his privileges there were limited, as in 1861 his widowed mother and her two sons returned to Connecticut, of which State she was a native, and settled in Burlington. Here Edward F. found bet- ter opportunities for securing an education, and attended school until he was sixteen years old, when he apprenticed himself for five years at wood-turn- ing with Lewis M. Jones, of Burlington. At the conclusion of his term of apprenticeship he went on the road to handle a patent broiler for a York (Penn.) firm, and canvassed Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Connecticut one year; during the following year he was employed at wood-turn- ing in the Stanley Rule & Level Works at New Britain. He then bought the farm of 129 acres on Peaceable street, Bristol, on which he now makes his home. He pays but little attention to farming, devoting his immense estate of over 800 acres to other purposes. He has a large dairy and whole- sales his milk to another party; he also deals in grain and feed of all kinds, and employs all the year round, a force of from fifteen to fifty men in his different lines of business. He has a contract for sprinkling the streets of Bristol, and formerly had a contract for keeping in repair eighty miles of road in the town. Besides his wood business, which is a secondary consideration, he owns and operates a portable sawmill, which he runs the year round. He also deals in horses, buying and selling.

Mr. Gaylord was united in marriage Sept. 15, 1869, with Miss Martha Caroline Tuttle, daughter of Luther L. and Martha (Lowery) Tuttle, of Bristol, and a very interesting family of three chil- dren has been born to them: Luther Lewis, born March 7. 1873, married Feb. 15, 1899, Miss Edna Lewis, of Farmington, and is now living in Hart- ford, where he is confidential clerk for the Cape- well Horsenail Co .; Charles Edward, born Oct.

31, 1876, who has charge of all his father's machin- ery, married Miss May Lycha Stone, of Burling- ton, Jan. 26, 1899, and has one child, Margerie May; Jennie Martha, born March 9, 1884, is at- tending the Bristol high school, class of 1901.

Although not strictly a farmer, Edward Fenn Gaylord takes a deep interest in agricultural pur- suits. For two years he was president of the Bris- tol Agricultural Society; has acted as chief mar- shal of the Bristol Fair Association, and has had the management of the horse exhibit at the Fair. He is a member of Whigville Grange, No. 48, of Burlington, of which he has served several years as master ; is a member of Pomona Grange, of which he is the past overseer and present master, and his wife is also a member of the P. of H. Mr. Gaylord and his family are devout members of the Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he has always been an active Republican.

FRANKLIN BENJAMIN BYINGTON, who is living in retirement on South street, near the cor- ner of Main, Bristol, was born in Wolcott, New Haven Co., Conn., June 7, 1840, a son of Noah Henry and Parley ( Perkins) Byington.

Noah Byington, grandfather of Franklin B., lived in that part of Bristol town now known as Edgewood, was a surveyor, and owned the property now known as the Muzzy farm. He was twice mar- ried, and by his first wife, whose name is not now known, he had two children, Welles and Charles. By his second union, with Ruth Manross, of Bristol, he also had two children, Noah Henry, father of our subject, and Franklin B., who died young. Welles was a tinner, and had a shop in Bristol for many years : he was a deacon in the Congregational Church. Charles, who was a physician, practiced first in Bristol, then for a number of years in New Haven, where he died at the age of sixty-two.

Noah Henry Byington, born in Bristol in Sep- tember, 1810, graduated from Yale Medical School, practiced in Wolcott sixteen years, and then in Southington until his death, Dec. 29, 1878. He died in the faith of the Congregational Church. He was a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Washington Commandery, Hartford. To his marriage with Miss Parley Perkins, who was born Oct. 23, 1817, a daughter of Green Perkins, of Wol- cott, were born two children: Charles Henry, Feb. 12, 1838, a mechanic, who died in Southington Jan. 12, 1865; and Franklin B. The mother died in New Haven, April 7, 1891. Mr. Byington was a Democrat, and active in politics, serving a number of years as first selectman of his town, which he represented two terms in the State Legislature.

Franklin B. Byington attended school in Wol- cott until eight years old. In April, 1849, the fam- ily removed to Southington, where he finished his education, graduating from Lewis Academy in June, 1857. In the following July he entered Bradley & Woodruff's drug store, in the same town,

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and remained until 1861, when he entered the dis- pensary of the hospital at New Haven, where he spent the years 1862 and 1863; he then went into Peck & Smith's general store, as clerk for two years, and next went to Plainfield, N. J., where he and a Mr. Lewis formed a partnership in the dry-goods trade, under the style of Lewis & By- ington; two years later Mr. Lewis bought out Mr. Byington's interest.

Mr. Byington now returned to Southington and started in the coal, wood and lumber trade, in partnership with Dennis Bristol, under the style of J. D. Bristol & Co., which was maintained about four years, when our subject sold his interest to Mr. Bristol. Mr. Byington next accepted a posi- tion with the Ætna Nut Co., of Southington, in which he had charge of the yard and freight for six years, resigning in 1878, since when he has lived in retirement. In 1881 he located in New Haven, where he lived until 1892, when he came to Bristol and erected his present modern home. He is a stockholder in the Ætna Nut Co., and the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co., both of Southington.

Mr. Byington is affiliated with Franklin Lodge, No. 56, F. & A. M., of Bristol, and he and his wife are members of Dwight Place Congregational Church at New Haven. In politics he was formerly a Democrat, but was always in favor of the gold standard for redemption money.

On May 6, 1868, Mr. Byington was married to Miss Maria Theresa Thorpe, who was born Dec. 14, 1841, a daughter of Lauren and Katherine (Byington) Thorpe, of Southington. They have had no children.

ADDISON LEWIS CLARK (deceased) was born at Webster, Mass., Dec. 4, 1832. He came of stanch Revolutionary stock, his grandfather hav- ing been Asahel Clark, who served as a patriot soldier in 1776.

Asahel Clark was born at Woodstock, Conn., and was one of the gallant devoted band of raw recruits who marched to the defense of Boston in April, 1775, participating in the battle of Bunker Hill. He afterward served under Gen. Israel Putnam, suffer- ed in the camp at Peekskill, N. Y. ; followed Mc Pher- son into Pennsylvania, took part at Germantown, and underwent the horrors of the winter at Val- ley Forge.

Lathrop Clark, father of our subject, was born at Woodstock, Conn., Aug. 12, 1787, and died Nov. 16, 1856. On Oct. 22, 1814, he married Lucy Perrin, who was born April 22, 1796, and they became the parents of ten children, of whom Addison L. was the youngest. The others, in order of birth were: War- ren, born Sept. 9, 1815. died in 1896; Asahel D., born July 23, 1817, died March 16, 1867 : Charles L., born Feb. 27. 1819, died in 1893; Eden P., born May 19, 1821 ; Francis W., born Feb. 5, 1823 ; Abiah L., born Alay 25, 1824, died June 25, 1879; Lucy A., born May 25, 1826, died March 4, 1830; Otis, born June

1, 1828, and Lucy A. (2), born July 16, 1830. The mother of these dying in 1834, Mr. Clark, two years later, married Miss Sarah Childs, by which union there were two children: George M., born March 22, 1837, and John W., born April 25, 1839. Of this large family of thirteen children only Lucy A. sur- vives. She is the wife of Lebbeus Bissell, treasurer of the Savings Bank of Rockville, Connecticut.

Our subject's father was in very moderate cir- cumstances, and when the boy was but twelve years old he was glad to go to Woodstock, Conn., his fa- ther's old home, and secure work with a farmer, Deacon Lyon, for his board and clothes. Subse- quently he returned to Webster ( Mass.), and ob- tained a situation in the Slater Woolen Mills. From there he drifted to Winsted, Conn., and later to Rockville, alternating between the three points without special motive. Finally he went to Nor- wich where his skill and fidelity earned him promo- tion to the post of superintendent, and it was while there that he married, for his first wife, Miss Julia Andrews, by whom he had two children : Addison L. (deceased), and Josephine ( Mrs. Cooper Robe- son, of Springfield). Leaving Norwich he settled at Philmont, N. Y., where he began the manufacture of cashmeres, remaining there several years, when he went to North Conway, Mass., still carrying on the manufacture of woolens. In 1871 he estab- lished himself at Manchester, purchasing the old Keeney Mills at Manchester Green. This prop- erty was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Clark erected a new and greatly improved mill upon the same site, operated by the Glastonbury Knitting Co., of which concern he was the president. The cor- poration owned three plants, the other two being located in the village of Addison (so named in his honor), and in the town of Glastonbury. Under the energetic guidance and skillful business man- agement of Mr. Clark these properties were so successfully developed that they became the most valuable mills in Hartford county.

In politics our subject was a Republican. He was self-made in the best sense of that term; and self-educated as well, his early scholastic advantages being such as he could obtain at a district school be- fore reaching the age of twelve years. Later he ai- tended ą business college for a time, acquiring a knowledge of bookkeeping, etc. At his death, Jan. 20. 1896, he left an estate valued at $200,000, accu- mulated through his own hard work, sound judg- ment and constant probity. After the death of his first wife Mr. Clark married, Jan. 5. 1883, Miss Luella T. Talcott, of East Hartford, Conn. One child was born to this marriage but died in infancy. Mrs. Clark survives him, and resides in Hartford.

CALVIN WILLIAM JACQUES, M. D., who passed away March 21, 1891, at his home in the town of Manchester, was engaged in the active prac- tice of his profession there for almost a half century, and his memory will long be cherished throughout

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that section of Hartford county by the many who learned to love and honor him during his long and useful career.

Dr. Jacques was, as his name would suggest, of French ancestry in the paternal line, his great-grand- father, who was a native of France, coming to this country with LaFayette, of whom he was a rela- tive, and in whose service he was an officer. His wife was an English lady. Amos Jacques, the Doctor's grandfather, was born in Newport, R. I., and married Freelove Westcott, an American lady. Amos Jacques, father of Calvin W., was born in Sterling, Windham Co., Conn., in the eastern part of the State, and became a man of means, owning a large estate at his native place. He moved to a farm in the vicinity of Rockville, Tolland Co., Conn. He married Miss Mary Kenyon, of Plainfield, Conn., and they became the parents of four children: Cal- vin William, Adonirum Judson, John J. and Nar- cissa E. The last-named became the wife of Dr. Isaac Sperry, and now resides in Waterbury, Con- necticut.

Calvin W. Jacques was born March 24, 1822, at Tolland, Conn., and was reared on a farm. He attended the common schools, also the academies at Plainfield and Westfield, and when but sixteen years old commenced teaching, meanwhile continuing his studies. Beginning preparation for his profession when quite young, he read first with a doctor of New Haven, and later in the office of Dr. Johnson, of Hartford, with whom he practiced for a short time after graduating. In 1844 he came to the town of Manchester, locating at Buckland's Cor- ners, and here continuing in the active duties of his calling up to the time of his decease, remarking n his deathbed that he was dying "in the harness." From the start he met with most encouraging suc- cess, and during his later years his practice was so large that he was obliged to devote his entire time to its demands, relinquishing pleasures and other activities which he also enjoyed in order to give proper attention to his numerous patients. His re- mains were interred in the Buckland cemetery, his brethren of the Masonic Fraternity taking charge of the funeral services. Dr. Jacques was not a member of any church, but attended services, and contributed generously to church work and religious enterprises. With an intelligent and progressive comprehension of the needs of the community, he was a valuable citizen, and was honored with elec- tion to the State Legislature, in which he served ably and faithfully. Since Manchester became a town only three Democrats have attained that dig- nity, the other two being Ralph Cheney and Francis W. Cowles.

At Buckland Dr. Jacques formed the acquain- tance of Miss Anna Griswold Buckland, whom he married about a year after settling there, and in 1847 he built the main part of the beautiful residence now occupied by his widow and in which they made their permanent home. During their carlier mar-

ried life Dr. and Mrs. Jacques traveled extensively throughout the United States; but his increasing practice kept him closely at home for a number of years prior to his decease.

Mrs. Anna Griswold ( Buckland) Jacques was born in the town of Manchester, daughter of Tudor and Annie ( Griswold) Buckland, and, as her mother died a few days after her birth and her father five months later, she was reared by her maternal grand- parents, Daniel W. and Esther (Case) Griswold. She attended the public and private school of her native place, and Miss Bulkeley's private school on Temple street, Hartford.

The GRISWOLD family is descended from George Griswold, called, in his epitaph, Armiger of Kenil- worth, in Warwickshire, England, and for several years during the life of his father, Francis Gris- wold, was described as of Lyme, in Dorsetshire, where he was married. Of the ancestors of George Griswold several were members of Parliament, and one, Philip Griswold, was honorably distinguished in arms in the reigns of Henry V and VI.

The sons of George Griswold with a single ex- ception removed to New England. Edward, whose name appears to have been changed from Francis, was one of the first settlers at Windsor in 1633. Matthew Griswold also established himself originally at the same place. Edward Griswold, the first settler, was the father of George Griswold. The latter was the father of Daniel Griswold, who married Mindwell, daughter of Nathaniel Bissel, Feb. 3, 1680. Daniel Griswold was the father of Daniel, Jr., who married Sarah White in 1716. Daniel Griswold, Jr., was the father of White Gris- wold, born in Manchester, Oct. 22, 1727, who mar- ried Elizabeth Cheney. White Griswold was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and the following is a copy of a letter written by him at Fort George, to a friend. A few words are illegible, owing to the fading of the ink or to the creases made in folding the letter, which after much wear in open- ing and refolding has become almost worn through in places.

FORT GEORGE, Aug. 10, 1776.

SIR:

Although at a great distance from you yet I have an op- portunity which I gladly embrace to let you know something of my circumstances since I came from home. But where and how to begin I am at a loss, for the time is short in which I have to write, therefore * % $ must be short. I have been into Canada as far as the 3 Rivers, 90 miles above Quebec, which is 278 from this place, and on the march have under- went an unknown ordeal, both by fatigue and want of pro- visions, also by the small pox, so that we have undergone almost everything but death. But thanks be to God Land my son are in comfortable circumstances at present, for

which I desire I may ever be sensible of God's goodness to us, and walk answerable to mercies received, for which [ desire your prayers that I may so do and be returned to my family and friends in due time, with a sense of His goodness to me; and that I may ever set God as present before my eyes, that I may not sin agamst Ilim. I and Asa [ his son ] are both at work at Fort George at the joiner's business, in which I hope we shall continue, but it is uncertain how it will be, for we know not but we shall be called from this

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place in a short time, and to what business is uncertain. As to news, I have not much to write, for we don't know much about the affairs of the army at Fort George. It is very sickly and a * ** time. There are some days nearly 20 men buried, and I believe not a day but sundry men are buried. To view the hospital and see the dead carried to the grave (if rightly so considered) is, I believe, the most melancholy place and time that was ever in America. For this it be- comes the inhabitants of the land to humble themselves before God, who is able to avert the judgment which we feel, and turn from sin to Him by true and unfeigned repentance and implore His forgiving love and that he would return in mercy to us and grant the pardon of all sin, which is the cause of all evils which we feel. Our business for some days past has been making coffins. The dead have been chiefly buried without till Thursday, the 8th of August, we made 8, Friday 8, and Saturday 8; all but one were used as soon as they were made, and I don't see but it is likely to continue, as in time past. I counted the graves Saturday night, the 10th of August, and there were 130 graves, and sundry have two bodies in them, and 'tis not more than thirty days since the first was buried there. I can at pres- ent give no more intelligence, but, as I said before, I believe there is not a more melancholy place in America than this, if rightly so considered, although death is so frequent 'tis minded among the greater part of the soldiers no more than among a herd of cattle, which makes it the more doleful to behold. I shall conclude with wishing you and ail friends health and peace, both in time and eternity. This from your sincere friend and humble servant, WHITE GRISWOLD.

P. S., Sir: I don't * * * by not mentioning in particular and by name " * * son and daughter, but desire you would give my most kind regards to them, and let them know by the above lines the situation we are in, for as I told you be- fore we are well and hve well at present. In writing to you 'tis the same as though I wrote to each of them in particular, so fare ye well.

White Griswold died a British prisoner at Phil- adelphia. His son, Daniel White Griswold, ma- ternal grandfather of Mrs. Jacques, was a native of the town of Manchester, and was an extensive farmer and landowner near Buckland's Corners, in that town, where his daughter, Annie, Mrs. Jacques' mother, was born. On the paternal side, Mrs. Jacques is a granddaughter of Capt. Peter Buckland.

WILLIAM ALMERON TERRY, retired, with residence in Bristol, is a native of that town, born Oct. 14, 1828, and is a descendant of English an- cestry several generations removed.

Samuel Terry, great-great-great-great-great- grandfather of our subject, was born in 1633-34 in or near Barnet, England. He came to America to serve one William Pynchon, who got into difficulties with the authorities in England on account of cer- tain theological views set forth by him in a pam- phlet he published, and consequently had to leave his native land never to return. On Jan. 7, 1654- 55, the town of Springfield granted to Samuel Terry ten acres of land in "Chickkuppee Plain," on condi- tion that he remain in the town five years. In 1664 he was granted land at Enfield, Conn. He was by trade a linen weaver, and was also something of a farmer. He served as constable, also as surveyor of highways, and served on the boundary committee. While discharging his duties on that committee he had the pleastire of meeting his son, Samuel, who was a member of the same committee from Enfield.

On Jan. 3, 1660-61, he married Ann Lobdell, and their children, all born in Springfield, Mass., were as follows: (1) Samuel, sketch of whom follows. (2) Ephraim, born Aug. 26, 1663, died in Spring- field, Mass., July 15, 1670, being drowned in the river. (3) Thomas, born March 6, 1664-65, was living July 23, 1743 ; he married (first) in Spring- field, April 21, 1687, Mary Cooley, born June 29, 1659, died Dec. 16, 1720; he married ( second) May 18, 1722, Widow Mary Meacham, of Enfield; he married (third) March 22, 1735-36, Widow Han- nah Chapin. By occupation Thomas Terry was a farmer and weaver; was a selectman of the town of Springfield, and often held minor offices. (4) Mary, born July, 1667, and died prior to Aug. 10, 1731, married Nov. 5, 1690, Jeremiah Horton, Jr. ; they lived in Springfield. (5) Rebecca (I), born July 25, 1669, died Aug. 18, 1670. (6) A daughter was born and died Dec. 12, 1670. (7) Ephraim, born Feb. 3, 1671-72, and died in Lebanon, Conn., Dec. 7, 1760, married July 25, 1695, Hannah Eggleston ; he was a farmer by occupation and was a deacon of the church at Windsor. (8) Rebecca (2), born Dec. 5, 1673, and died June 2, 1745, married Sept. 17, 1691, Abel Wright, a large land owner and man of affairs in Lebanon, Conn. (9) Elizabeth, born March 25, 1677, died April 2, 1677. (10) Ann ( date of birth tinknown) married Jan. 1I, 1693, John Bliss, of Lebanon, Conn. Of these,

Samuel Terry, great-great-great-great-grand- father of our subject, was born July 18, 1661, in Enfield, Conn., and died there Jan. 2, 1730-31. He married (first) May 17, 1682, Hannah Morgan, born April II, 1656, died Jan. 17, 1696-97 ; married ( sec- ond) in Wethersfield, Conn., Jan. 4, 1697-98, Mar- tha, widow of Benjamin Crane, Jr., who was born about 1666, and died in Enfield May 29. 1743. Sam- uel Terry settled in Enfield about 1683, and was a farmer ; at times held such local offices as constable and selectman, and several times served as ensign in the local militia, in which he became a captain in 1716. He was a man of exemplary piety, prom- inent in the church, and is styled "gentleman" in the public record of his appointment as adminis- trator to his father's estate. A brief record of his children, all of whom were born in Enfield, is as follows. By first marriage: (1) Hannah, born Nov. 18, 1684, married William Bement, March 3. 1706- 7. (2) Samuel, born March 26, 1690. (3) Rebecca, born Nov. 15, 1692, married John Pasco, Jan. 5, 1712-13. (4-5) Twin sons, born June 6, died Feb. 13, 1694-5. (6) Ebenezer, born March 31, 1696, died Aug. 2, 1780, married Mary Helms, who was born 1702, died April 5, 1764. He was a physician. a man of wealth and prominence and represented the town of Enfield in the Legislature. Samuel Terry's children by second marriage: (1) Benjamin, born Oct. 13, 1698, died Feb. 20, 1795, married March 29, 1721, Hannah Pease; he was a blacksmith in Enfield. (2) Ephraim, sketch of whom follows. (3) Jacob, born Feb. 20, 1703-04, died April 23, 1779,

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married May 7, 1730, Mary Pease ; he was a farmer of Enfield. (4) Martha, born Feb. 18. 1705-06. died March, 1705-06. (5) Jonathan. born Nov. 17, 1707. died Sept. 15, 1793. married in 1738 Sarah Pease. By trade he was a blacksmith in Enfield : in the later years of his life he joined the society known as Shakers, in Enfield. (6) Isaac, born .April 17, 1713, died Oct. 21. 1782, married in Springfield, Mass., July 18, 1734, Margaret Down- ing ; he followed shoemaking in Enfield. Of these,

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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 62

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