Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Pt 2, Part 17

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
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Mr. Shepard's ancestry goes back to many of the founders of our New England towns, but be- fore presenting the same we will give an account of the name.

SHEPARD.

The frequent puns on our family name remind us that the word Shepard signifies a man who tends and guards sheep in a pasture. It is derived from sceap, sheep, and hyrde or hcord, a herd, a flock, a guardian, and was at length bestowed upon some person as a surname. According to several authorities it is classified with trade, occupation, or professional names, as, for example, the masons, carpenters, bakers, butchers, cooks, farmers, millers and coopers. Charles Wareing Bardsley in "Our English Surnames," says, "Are we again on the bleak hillside? The sheep have given us our Shep- herds, the rams our Wethersherds," etc. The cita- tions in connection therewith are "Margaret le Shepherde in Hundred Rolls, John le Shepherde writs of parliament and Josse le Shepherde Hun- dred Rolls."

In Mark Antony Lower's Dictionary of Fam- ily Names is "Shepherd, the occupation, variously misspelt," with the name Pastor and Le Pastur as another form of name from the same occupation. In Barber's "British Family Names" we find "Ship- pard, Shepard, Shepherd and Sheppard" as from "Chebbard," a local name in Dorsetshire, and from "Schappert," a Dutch personal name. In German

mythological names we find "Shippey" for sheep island, and in Kent, England, we find "Sibberts- wold," now pronounced Sheperdswell, said to have been anciently Swythbrihtesweald, meaning the wood of Swythbright.

These various derivations and the chances that the occupation name may have been bestowed upon different persons in remote localities, makes it high- ly improbable that the various persons by the name of Shepard have any common origin.

No extended research has been made by the compiler as to the antiquity of the surname "Shep- ard." but it does not appear in the "list of names of Persons in Domesday Book holding lands, and tenants, and under tenants," as given in Barber's "British Family Names," nor in his list of Norman names. Neither have we been able to find the name "Chebbard" anywhere aside from the single pas- sage in Barber herein before given. The earliest mention of the name Shepard thus far found with the year specifically stated is in "Palgrave's Par- liamentary Writs," which gives "Richard le Shep- herd, Manucaptor (bailsman), of Johannes filius Gwydonis, Knight of the Shore, returned for War- wick 1298, and Hugh le Shepherd, Manucaptor of Rogerus de Barton Burgess, returned for Kings- ton-upon-Hull, 1305. The Margaret le Shepherde and Josse le Shepherde, before referred to, were of an early date as their names appear in "Hun- dred Rolls," a record that was ordered by Edward I, who reigned from 1272 to 1307.

In the "Gentlemen's Magazine," of 1830, a writer referring to Bibliotheca Topographica Bri- tania, Vol. V, No. 52, says: "The family of Shep- ard is of considerable antiquity and was originally at Mendlesham in the County of Suffolk. The earliest notice of them which I met with there is an inscription on a loose stone in the vestry, which serves as a support to the church." He then gives the inscription in latin, without date, and adds, "These lines I have seen translated into the fol- lowing doggerels, viz. :

One mind did both of us direct, One love united found; Our hearts to the one God of Love, Our bodies to the ground. We both by one and self same name Of Sheppard long were known; The wife, she was Elizabeth, The husband, he was John. We both did thrice three sons produce, And daughters fair twice two; God grant that, thus increas'd, our house May ever do so too.

In the visitations of Shropshire, 1623, we find arms from Harleian records bearing date 1396 for "Shepard," the spelling being identical with that herein used as the proper spelling. Variations in spelling are numerous, but of no special significance, and in some English records we find the name abbreviated as "Sheppe." The spelling "Shep-ard" is phonetically correct, contains no superflous let- ters, and, having been in use more than five hun-

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dred years ago. can well be accepted as a correct form of the name.

The Shepards of America, in so far as they have descended from emigrant settlers who were here prior to 1650, are mainly descendants of Ralph Shepard, of Dedham, who came in the "Abigal," 1635, was later of Malden, Mass., and generally known as of that place; the Rev. Thomas Shepard, of Cambridge, who came in the "Defence" Oct. 3, 1635, and is recorded at the custom house in England under the name of "John Shepard," and Edward Shepard, who was in Cambridge as early as 1639. There were three other Shepards in New England about the same time, but we have no knowl- edge of their posterity. Other Shepard emigrants who have left descendants were here not long after 1650. The Shepards of Killingly and vicinity in eastern Connecticut and of East Haven, Conn., are the descendants of Ralph of Malden, and the Hartford family of Shepards are from Edward through his only son, Sergeant John.

EDWARD SHEPARD. An account of Edward Shepard and his descendants was published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XXXII, July, 1878. p. 322, in part compiled by Mr. Shepard, and to which reference is made for matter here omitted.

It is supposed that this Edward Shepard came from England, but no mention has been found of him previous to his appearance in New England, nor have we been able to trace any connection be- tween him and some half-dozen other Shepards who came to this country about the same time. Savage says that John Shepard, of Braintree, was a brother of Edward, and had Samuel, who died Aug. 29, 1641, and that said John was one of the thirty-two petitioners desiring to plant at Nara- gansett. Edward Shepard and John Shepard were both made freeman at Boston May 10, 1643 [Co- lonial records, Vol. XI, p. 27], and they may have been brothers, as Savage says. Since 1878 ex- haustive researches have been made in England without getting any new light as to Edward Shep- ard's English antecedents. A scrap of evidence has, however, been found by E. N. Shepard in a manuscript note book of the Rev. Thomas SheD- ard, giving the "Relation of Goodman Shepard," meaning, it is thought, Edward Shepard. It begins as follows: "The Lord brought me into a family where I was led to see what a vile creature I was. Going to hear Mr. Rogers," etc. In the church at Dedham, Essex, England, is a mural monument with the figure of a man preaching and the name John Rogers, Oct. 18, 1636 [History of Essex, by a gentleman, 1772], from which we learn that Mr. Rogers preached at Dedham, a place fifty-nine miles from London. This is the only clue to Edward Shepard's residence in England. The account of his conversion savs E. N. Shepard, reads "much like the modern Praver meeting confession." The particular sin which so much troubled him was Sabbath breaking.

"Edward Shepard bought of James Herringe one dwelling house, with a garden, abuttelling on John Betts northeast, Edward Mickerson on the north, Mr. Andrews west, the highway (now South street between Holyoke and Dunster) south. More, a small garden on the other side of the highway, abutelling on John Thrumbull east and south, on Mr. Paine's yard west, on the highway north. More upon the south side of Charles river, a lot of plant- ing land, five acres more or less, abutelling Boston field east, John Thrumbull and Mr. Andrew's lands west and south upon the highway and creek north.

RICHARD JACKSON, JOSEPH ISAKE, ROBERT SAUNDERS."

[Cambridge Records, 1639, p. 108.] No date of the purchase is given, and according to the usual custom he probably bought this land and resided at Cambridge sometime before the land was re- corded, although 1639 is the earliest date that can be positively stated.

The following is from the record of "Shepard and Mitchell's Church," which was made up from memory by Rev. Mr. Mitchell in 1658, after the death of Rev. Thomas Shepard :

"Edward Shepard member in f. c. So also was his wife, Violet, deceased. Their children yt were in minority when He joyned are Abigal, now liv- ing at Dedham ; Deborah, now also at Dedham, and Sarah, now dwelling at Braintree. The eldest of these aged twelve, ye 2d ten, 3d seven years when their Parents joyned, being all baptized in Eng- land." It was then necessary to be a member of the church in order to be made a freeman, and therefore the date of Edward's admission to the church may be considered as 1643, on May 10 of which year he was made a freeman. His daughter, Sarah, who married Samuel Tomson, died at Brain- tree, Mass .. Jan. 15, 1679, aged forty-three, and would therefore have been seven years of age in 1643, the year in which we suppose Edward joined the church.

From the same church record we have "Mary, now the wife of the aforesaid Edward Shepard. was dismissed hither from Ch. at Dorchester, and is in f. c. with us. Her dau., Mary Pond, baptized at Dorchester, was eleven years old at her mother's joyning with us."

We have no records of their marriage. but Violet Shepard died Jan. 9. 1648-9. The daughter of Mary Pond married John Blackman, and their first child was born Aug. 10, 1656. We may there- fore conclude that Mrs. Mary Pond lived at Cam- bridge before her marriage with Edward Shepard, a conclusion the more probable because her first husband, Robert Pond, died in 1637: that it is also probable that she brought other children with her to Cambridge and that Daniel Pond, who married Abigail Shepard, was her son. Edward Shepard's name, as also that of his son, John Shepard, appears in the town and county records in various rela- tions until 1680-81, when his will was proven Aug.

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20, 1680, and John sold the homestead Sept. 18, 1681, to Owen Warland.

That he was a mariner appears from his own assertion in deeds to Edward Champney, March 19, 1652, and to W. Fessenden, Feb. 18, 1679, and in his will dated Oct. 1, 1674. Also from mention made in the record of the steward of Harv. Coll., 1654, of two importations of wheat "from aboard Ed. Shephearde's vessel." Also from a letter from Thomas .Stanley, of Hartford, to Mr. Albee, of Boston, showing that Goodman Shepard (that is, Edward) was engaged in the carrying trade be- tween Boston and Hartford and probably other ports in 1652 [Suffolk County Court Records].

We have no means of determining the date of his death other than the deed to W. Fessenden, 1679. and the proving of his will, 1680. The orig- inal is on file at the Middlesex probate office. East Cambridge, Mass., and the will is also on record there.

Children of Edward and Violet Shepard: (1) John, born in Eng., 1627. (2) Elizabeth, born in Eng., 1629, and according to her father's will was living in 1674 and had children. (3) Abigal, born in Eng .. 1631, m. Daniel, son of Robert and Mary Pond, of Dedham, or in other words the son of her stepmother. She died July 5, 1661. (4) Deborah, born in Eng., 1633, m. Jonathan Fairbanks, Jr., son of Jonathan and Grace Fairbanks, who came to Dedham in 1641. (5) Sarah, born in Eng., 1636. m., April 27. 1656, Samuel, son of Rev. Will- iam Tomson, Braintree, Mass. She died Jan. 15. 1679, aged forty-three. There is no record of any children by second wife. Mary Pond.

John, son of Edward. Mitchell's church record contains the following : "John Shepard ( son of Ed- ward Shepard. before named) and his wife both in f. c. Their children, Rebecca. John, Sarah, Violet. all borne and baptized in this church. Elizabeth, baptized July 29, 1660: Edward, baptized Aug. 3. 1662; Samuel Shepard, baptized July 3d, 1664; Thomas, baptized Nov. 18, '66."

John, made freeman at Cambridge May 22, 1650 [Colonial Records, Vol. XI, p. 228]. We suppose that he removed to Hartford after the birth of Thomas, 1666, as this is the last birth recorded in Cambridge. The first mention of him in Hartford is found in the records of the "Par- ticular Court" [Vol. II, p. 48], in the will of Thomas Greenhill, dated July 16, 1653. in which he requires his executors "to take a deed of sale of land I have lately bought of my Brother John Shep- ard and Rebecah. his wife." He also mentions "my sister, Rebecca Shepard, and her children, John and Rebecca." Again in Conn. Colonial Re- port, Vol. I, p. 360, we find. "Receaued by me John Shepherd of my loving Vnkel Gregory Winterton, Thirty-four pounds wch he receaued of my Bro. Thomas Greenhill for lands I have sold him. for wch I made my Vnkel a letter of Attourney, I say receaued by me John Shepherd Augst 4. 1654."

Thomas Greenhill was a son of Samuel and

Rebecca Greenhill and sister of John Shepard's wife, Rebecca. The said Thomas Greenltill died the same year he made his will, 1653. without pay- ing in full for the lands that he had bought of his sister, Rebecca Shepard. In Private Controverseys, Vol. II, p. I (Hartford), is a power of attorney from John Shepard of Cambridge, cooper, and Rebecca Shepard to Jeremiah Adams ( who had mar- ried the Widow Rebecca Greenhill, Mrs. Shepard's mother ), to sue Mr. William Goodwin and Edward Stebbins, of Hartford, executors on the estate of Thomas Greenhill, deceased. "for debts due upon account of ve land bought by said Greenhill." Dated March 25. 1655. The signatures of John and Rebecca Shepard are witnessed by Edward Shep- ard and John Blackman.

In the records of the Particular Court, Vol. II, page 88, "A quarter Courte in Hartford." June 8, 1656, "John Shepard and Rebecca Adams plts., Contra Mr. Will Goodwyn and Edw. Stebbing. de- fendts., in an action for monys due uppon the sale of land to the damage of 40 pounds." There was a letter presented to this court by "Jer. Addams" as from John Shepard, of Cambridge, with a marked passage for the court to read, referring to Mr. Goodwin, as follows: "I Ret nothing of him but harsh words not fit to bare as Imprisonment and Chaines a sore brush but a Cloude without Raine." No record of the court decision is found and the circumstances of the case are not sufficiently set forth to enable us to understand the application of the language quoted. Perhaps these words had reference to the great religious controversy then going on, respecting the qualifications for baptism, church membership, and the rights of the brother- hood, which arose from a difference between Rev. Mr. Stone and Mr. Goodwin (who was afterward the leader of "the Withdrawers"), and which so agitated so many churches that Doctor Mather said "From the fire of the altar there issued thunder- ings, and lightnings, and earthquakes through the colony."

John Shepard's ninth child, Deborah, by hier death record, was born in 1670, and as the birth of his eighth child, Thomas, in 1666, is the last one recorded at Cambridge, it is supposed that Deborah, Abigal and Hannah were born in Hart- ford. and that the removal from Cambridge to Hartford was between 1666 and 1670. In the Hart- ford Town Votes we find that John Shepard was voted an inhabitant of the town June 2, 1671, which is the first record we find of him as a resident of Hartford.

Hinman says he was "a man of consequence in the colony." Ile was known as Serjeant John Shepard. The records of the Particular Court, Nov. 25. 1673, is the first instance found where he is described as Serjeant. He lived on what is now known as Lafayette street, just south of the capitol. Two of his sons, John and Thomas ( and perhaps Samuel) lived on the same street. The fact that he and his four sons were all coopers

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caused the street to be called "Coopers Lane," by which name it was known until changed to La- fayette street by vote of the Common Council on May 24, 1852.

He was one of the jury of the Particular Court March 7, 1671-2, and again March 12 of the same year. He was the town packer or repacker in 1672- 3-4 and 8 and again in 1679. In 1689 he was packer and sealer of measures, packer in 1681 and 1682 and sealer of measures in 1706.

In Hartford land records, Distributions, page 577, land is recorded as belonging to nineteen dif- ferent persons, one of whom was John Shepard. They were probably the heirs of Samuel Green- hill. The entry has no date, but the next entry is dated 1681. On page 591, same book, seventeen acres of land "breth to Wethersfield bounds" are laid out to John Shepherd Jan. 19, 1683. the first date given for any of his land in Hartford.

In the records of the Particular Court, Vol. III. p. 134. Nov. 25, 1673, is the following: "Mr. Way, plntf., Contra Sargt. John Shepherd, defnt., in an action of the case for making unsizeable Bar- rels for porck whereby the sayd mr. Way was much damnified with ye damage to the value of Twelve pounds. In this action the jury find for the Defnt."

In 1675 [Particular Court Records, Vol. III, p. 148] he sues his wife's stepfather, Jermy Adams, for trespass in the illegal use of lands belonging to Samuel Greenhill's estate. The matter was re- ferred to another court. In Hartford Town Votes [printed edition, p. 207], Jan. 14. 1683, land which should have been laid out to Thomas Greenhill (whose division is equal with Gregory Winterton) was laid out to John Shephard Senr. By the rec- ords in "Private Controverseys" we find that about 1679 he appealed from the decision sustaining the will of Thomas Greenhill, and later presented a certificate from England, the place of Greenhill's nativity showing his "non age" and consequent in- capacity to make a will. The record is long, full of details and somewhat confusing. . In 1679 the will was disallowed and the executors both being dead Sergt. John Shepard was appointed admin- istrator, but the matter was still before the court in 1682 and on March 4, 1696, "Sergt. Shepard with- draws his appeal."

Rebecca, the first wife of Serjeant John Shep- ard, died Dec. 22, 1689, aged about fifty-five [Judd says she died Dec. 26, 1690.] They were married (probably at Cambridge, Mass.), Oct. 1, 1649. He married (second) Susannah, widow of William Goodwin, Sen., Hartford, with whom he made a marriage contract dated Aug. 3, 1691. This Will- iam Goodwin was son of Ozias, and not the Will- iam Goodwin referred to in John Shepard's letter in the court record before mentioned. The widow Susanna was a sister of Sarah Fruen, who was en- gaged to Thomas Greenhill at the time of his death. She died carly in 1698, and he married (third) Sept. 8, 1698, Martha, widow of Arthur Henbury,

of Symsbury and Hartford, who was buried Aug. I. 1697.

The first probate record in Hartford of any Shepard estate is in Vol. VI, page 33, when the will of Susanna Shepard was proven April 13, 1698, having been made the 7th of March previous. She mentions only her own children and grand- children. The next Shepard estate recorded is found in Vol. VII, page 95, court side, July 7, 1707. when "John Shepard, of Hartford, Cooper, and Martha Shepard, of Hartford, Widdow, relict of Serjt. John Shepard, late of said Hartford (de- ceased), exhibited in this Court an inventory of the Estate." He died June 12, 1707. The distribution of the estate Nov. 28, 1710 [Distribution files], names Martha Shepard Relict, John Shepard, Sam- uel Shepard, Thomas Shepard, Elizabeth Goodwin, Rebechah , Sarah Ston, Deborah White, Abigal Butler, and Hannah Ensign.

Children of John Shepard and his first wife, Rebecca Greenhill: (1) Rebecca, born 1650, mar- ried, 1671, Jonathan Bigelow, of Hartford. She died, and he married (second) Mary Olcott, dau. of -, and (third) Mary Benton, dau. of Andrew Benton. After Bigelow's death his widow Mary married. May 8, 1712, John Shepard, brother of Rebecca. (2) John, born Jan. 22, 1653. (3) Sarah, born March 5. 1656, married Benajah Stone, of Guilford, Conn., and probably died heirless be- tween the date of the distribution of her father's estate, 1710, and the distribution of her brother Samuel's estate, Dec. 18, 1753, in which no mention is made of Sarah nor her heirs. (4) Violet, born , married, Aug. 10, 1678, John Stedman. She died Aug. 4. 1682. (5) Elizabeth, born 1660. bapt. July 29, 1660, married, 1680, William, son of Susannah and William Goodwin, and conse- quently son of her father's second wife. (6) Ed- ward, born July 31, 1662, was a cooper, died Sept. 9. 17II ; married, April 14, 1687, Abigal, dau. of John and Elizabeth Savage, she born July 10, 1666. He resided at Middletown, Conn., and was deputy to the General Court, 1710-II. He left three sons, John, Edward and Samuel. The latter was drowned in the Connecticut river, 1750, and was the richest Shepard whose estate is on record at Hartford. His inventory amounted to £12,964, 12s., 6d.

(7) Samuel, born, 1664, bapt. July 3, 1664, was a cooper. Made his will Feb. I. 1742, at which time he resided at West Hartford. Will proven April 2. 1745. He probably never married, as his brothers and sisters or their heirs were his only heirs. (8) Thomas, born Nov. 12, 1666, was a cooper. Made his will Feb. 2. 1742 ; proven March 6, 1743; married first, Susannah Scott, Sept. 5, 1695; married (second), Oct. 12, 1710, Jane Steb- bins, dau. of John and Deborah Stebbins, born at New London, Conn., Sept. 6, 1680, and widow of John North, of Avon, who died in 1709. The in- ventory of Jane Shepard's estate was taken April 21, 1749. (9) Deborah, born 1670, married, Feb.

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4, 1692, Jacob, son of Capt. Nathaniel and Elizabeth White, of Middletown, Conn., where she died Feb. 8, 1721, aged fifty-one. He married (second), Dec. 16, 1729, Rebecca Willett, widow of Thomas Ran- ney, and died March 29, 1738, aged seventy-three. (10) Abigal, married, Aug. 6, 1691, Thomas, son of Jonathan Butler, of Hartford. Thomas Butler died Aug. 23, 1725. (II) Hannah, married. Dec. I. 1692, Thomas Ensign, of Hartford.

Sergt. John Shepard's daughter Rebecca had six children : son John had seven ; daughter Sarah had none ; daughter Violet had two ; daughter Eliz- abeth had ten: son Edward had three; son Samuel had none: son Thomas had twelve; daughter De- borah had ten ; daughter Abigal had twelve ; daugh ter Hannah had six; making a total of sixty-eight grandchildren.

DEACON JOHN SHEPARD, son of Sergt. John, of Edward, born Jan. 22, 1653, married (first). May 12, 1680, Hannah, daughter of Dea. Paul Peck, born 1656: married (second), May 18. 1712, Mary Bigelow, the third wife and widow of Jonathan Bigelow, who first married John Shepard's sister, Rebecca. In Hartford Land Records [Vol. VIII, p. 387], Mary Shepard, formerly Mary Benton, daughter of Andrew Benton, of Hartford, quit claims all right in estate of Andrew Benton to her brother, Moses Benton. She was born April 14, 1655. Administration of the estate of Mary Shep- ard, widow and relict of Deacon John Shepard, deceased, was granted unto Moses Benton, of Hart- ford, Jan. 3. 1753 [Vol., XVI, p. 82]. The first church catalogue says "Widow Mary Shepard died Dec. 23, 1752, aged ninety and upwards." She was ninety-six years, seven months and twenty-eight days old on the said Dec. 23.

John Shepard was a cooper by trade. He was packer and sealer of measures in 1684 and again in 1705. He was one of the jurymen in the County Court in March, 1708-9. 1709-10. 1710-11, and in April, 1715. Grandjuryman in 1709, 1710, 1714 and 1715. In 1710 he was one of the selectmien, sealer of measures in 1712 and 1713. He and his first wife, Hannah Peck, joined the first church at Hartford on May 2. 1686, and in 1712 he was chosen one of the deacons, which office he held until his death in 1736. His will, dated Aug. 1. 1728, was proven April 6, 1736, and is recorded in Hart- ford Probate Records [Vol. XII. p. 359 to 361]. The inventory of his estate is dated April 7. 1736, and is recorded in Vol. XII, p. 369. The amount is £557. Os., 7d.

Children of John and Hannah: ( 1) John, born Nov., 1681, married, Oct. 9. 1707, Abigal, dau. of Gideon and Sarah Allen. They removed to Mil- ford, where both were admitted to the church July 8. 1711. He died about 1719, and she married (second), Sept. 8, 1723, Daniel Foote. of Strat- ford and Newtown. She died Dec. 19, 1755, aged over seventy. (2) Samuel, born Feb. 2, 1684. (3) Anna, bapt. Jan. 30, 1686-7. (4) Hannalı,

born Jan. 29, 1688, married, May 22, 1712, Charles Buckland. (5) Joseph, born April 29, 1689, mar- ried, Jan. 19, 1711, Elizabeth Flowers. His wife was buried March 24, 1750. His will, dated Dec. 17. 1761, was probated April 5, 1762. (6) Re- becca, born May 20, bapt. May 24, 1696, died young. (7) Timothy, born June 7, 1697, died April 21, 1716. (8) Rebecca, born May 20, 1698, died Oct. 29. 1706.

SAMUEL SHEPARD, son of Dea. John, of Sergt. John, of Edward, born Feb. 2, 1684, died June 5, 1750. He married (first) May 17, 1709. Bethiah, daughter of John and Meletiah ( Bradford) Steele, a descendant of George Steele from the County of Essex, England, 1632, granddaughter of Major William Bradford and great-granddaughter of Gov. William Bradford, of Plymouth, Mass .. who came over in the "Mayflower" in 1620. She died, 1746, and he married ( second) Eunice (daughter of John Butler ), who probably died in West Hart- ford Oct. 29, 1772. He convenanted his son, John. for baptism at the South Church, Hartford, April 30, 1710, but he and his wife, Bethiah, both joined the first church July 22, 1712, and the rest of his children were baptized there.

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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 2, Part 17

Author: J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1901 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1172

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1172