Commemorative biographical record of Middlesex County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Part 109

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago : Beers
Number of Pages: 1502

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Benjamin L'Hommedieu (probably a son of Pierre and Marthe ( Peron) L'Hommedieu ) was born at La Rochelle in 1656, and married Patience Sylvester, daughter of Nathaniel Syl- vester, of Shelter Island. Benjamin died Jan- uary 17, 1748, aged ninety-two years, and his wife, Patience, passed away November 2, 1719. The following is the record of their children : (1) Benjamin, born December 3, 1694, married first in 1717 Mary Conklin, daughter of John Conklin, and she died June 19, 1730, the mother of the following children : Benjamin, born November 21, 1717, died in November, 1738; Sarah, born in April, 1719, married in January, 1753, Perryer Reeve ; and Elizabeth, born May 20, 1725, married Sam- uel Borne (or Bourne). For his second wife Benjamin married on July 1, 1731, Martha Bourne, of Sandwich, Long Island. This mar- riage was blessed with one son, Ezra (born August 30, 1734, died September 28, 1811, at Southold, L. 1.), who graduated from Yale in 1754, and who filled various prominent posi- tions, having been a delegate from New York to the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1783, and again from 1787 to 1788: he as- sisted in forming the first State Constitution ; was a member of the New York Assembly from 1777 to 1800, except the year 1793: and was once a member of the Council of Ap- pointment. Ezra married first Charity Floyd ; his second wife. Mary C. Havens, was a daughter of Nichol and Sarah ( Fosdick ) Ha- vens, the latter a daughter of Deacon Thomas Fosdick, of New London, Con. (2) Hosca, born in April, 1697. married in 1718, Freelove

Howell, and had children as follows: Con- stant, born November 22, 1720, who died March 29, 1725; Patience, born December 13, 1721; Hosea, born May 20, 1723; and one born July 8, 1725, who died unnamed. (3) Peter, born August 19, 1699, married in 1723, Sarah Corwin, by whom he had a son, Con- stant. (4) Griscell, born April 20, 1701, married Samuel Hudson, son of Jonathan Hudson, and had the folowing children : Sam- uel, born in 1727, died October 7, 1737; Na- thaniel, born in 1729, died May 26, 1735; and Elizabeth, born in 1734, died in 1738. (5) Sylvester, born January 7, 1703, married in 1737, Elizabeth Booth, by whom he had the following children: Samuel, of Sag Harbor ; Grover, born August 3, 1741, died June 17, 1821, married first Esther Vale, and had thirteen children, namely : Elizabeth (born Jan- uary 9, 1764-65), Giles (April 28, 1766), Mary (May 4, 1768), Susanna ( March 13, 1770), Ezra (March 12 1772), Sarah (January 12, 1774), infant (Sep- tember 2, 1776),

Esther ( September 26, 1778), Joseph (September 30, 1780), Lucretia (December 17, 1781), William (November 17, 1783), Abby ( 1785) and Joshua ( May 31, 1787, became first president of the Deep River National Bank ) : by his second wife, Elizabeth Tracy, Grover L'Hom- medieu had six children, William (born Oc- tober 6, 1793). Stephen ( March 16. 1796), Benjamin ( March 6, 1798), Maria ( May 17. 1800), Fanny (September 24. 1802). and Nancy ( September 30, 1807. ) (6) Susan, born December 14, 1704, married Jonathan Tuthill, and had two children: Jonathan, born in 1724, who died in 1726, and a daughter whose name is not given. (7) John was the young- est of the family.

John L'Hommedieu, son of Benjamin and Patience, was born January 11, 1707. On February 22, 1727, he married Mary Hudson, daughter of Jonathan Hudson. Their chil- dren were : John, Benjamin. Henry and Mary.

Henry E'llommedieu, son of John, was born in 1741. On September 8, 1762, he mar- rid Jemima Spencer, daughter of Caleb and Hannah Spencer, of Westbrook. They located in the Horse Hill District, town of Westbrook, and there he died June 8. 1791, aged fifty years. His wife died May 26, 1807. Their children were: William, born June 18, 1703;

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Henry, born January 12, 1765; John, born 1773; Jerusha; Enoch and Jemima (twins) ; and Spencer, who was lost at sea ..

John L'Hommedieu, son of Henry and Je- mima, was married in 1802 to Sarah Towner, daughter of Abraham Towner, of Westbrook. Two children blessed this union: Charles, mentioned below; and Sarah M., born March 20, 1805, who married William Wilcox, of Madison, Conn., and had a daughter, Sarah, who located in the West. John L'Hommedieu, like his ancestors before him, was a cooper by trade, and plied his vocation as well as operat- ing a farm, in what is now the Horse Hill District, town of Westbrook. There he lived and died, upon the farm which Henry L'Hom- medieu purchased when he migrated from Long Island.

Charles L'Hommedieu, the father of Fred- erick, was born December 2, 1803, in the Horse Hill District, where he grew to manhood, attending the common schools. By close ap- plication to his books he acquired sufficient knowledge to become a teacher, and followed. that calling a number of years in his native town. Later he engaged in farming quite ex- tensively, and had large fishing interests near Grove Beach. Politically he was a Democrat, as were all his sons except Frederick. O1 September `8, 1823, Charles L'Hommedieu married Martha Kelsey, who was born Sep- tember 8, 1805, a daughter of Joel and Sub- mit (Porter) Kelsey, of Killingworth, and who died September 28, 1855. To them were born: (I) Emaline Amanda, born April 16, 1825, died May 5, 1844. (2) Nelson, born November 25, 1828, died March 12, 1884. On December 8, 1852, he married Caroline J. Ful- ler, of Rochester, N. Y., and had children; Ella E., Caroline A. and Charles F. (3) Cynthia Maria, who resided in Boston, mar- ried first Benjamin D. Kelsey, and had two children, Albro L. and Ellen E .; she married for her second husband Daniel B. Harvey, and had one child, Charles N. (4) Martha, born March 17, 1831, married James A. Spencer, of Clinton, and had thre children, Sarah E., James A. and Jennie. (5) John Henry, born April 2, 1833, married February 14, 1857, Milicent Hoff, of Union Springs, N. Y., and had two children -- Martha Marietta, born Jan- uary 30, 1858; and Susan Al, born November 19, 1863. (6) Sarah J., born December 16, 1835, died February 22, 1858, unmarried.

(7) Charles Austen, born January 9, 1843, died on December 19, 1846. (8) Frederick. The father died January 23, 1855, deeply mourned by all who knew him.

Frederick L'Hommedieu, born January 30, 1845, at Clinton, Conn., grew to manhood in his native town, and attended school in the neighborhood and at Clinton Academy. After finishing his scholastic course, Mr. L'Homme- dieu began teaching, and for nine winters pur- sued this vocation in Clinton, Madison, Kill- ingworth and Westbrook. In 1872, Mr. L'Hommedieu removed to Winthrop, opened a country store, and operated it for eighteen months, when, on October 1, 1874, he located in Deep River, and with his brother-in-law purchased a general store which was conducted under the firm name of Parks & L'Hommedieu. At the end of a year Mr. Parks removed to Clinton, and our subject became the sole pro- prietor, thus continuing until 1880, when Ezra J. B. Southworth became his partner. In 1884 another change was made, Mr. South- worth retiring and Mr. L'Hommedieu again becoming the only member of the firm. In June, 1899, Mr. L'Hommedieu took Edward E. Comstock into partnership, and the. firm has now one of the finest stores in Deep River, employing three clerks, and keeping two gro- cery wagons constantly busy delivering their numerous orders. Mr. L'Hommedieu is also a trustee of the Deep River Savings Bank.

On September 14, 1865, Mr. L'Hommedieu was married to Mary E., daughter of Edwin and Mary ( Merrill) Parks, and three children were born to them: John Henry, born July 25, 1866, died April 24, 1891; Clarence F., born October 27, 1868, died March 20, 1891; Mary E., born February 8, 1878, is the assist- ant postmaster at Deep River, Conn. Mrs. L'Hommedieu. died March 12, 1882. For his second wife Mr. L'Hommedieu married, on January 17, 1884, Julia E., daughter of David S. and Elizabeth (Hall) Norton. She died March 27, 1899, leaving four children: Flor- ence Norton, born December 30, 1885; Frank Eldridge, born February 19, 1888; Martha Elizabeth, born August 8, 1889 (died October 18, 1890) ; and Charles Frederick, born July 24, 1891. In politics Mr. L'Hommedieu is a stanch Republican, and cast his first vote for Ulysses Grant. When he had just reached his majority he served on the board of education in Clinton, and during his term of service the

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Morgan school was built. During his resi- dence in Deep River Mr. L'Hommedieu has held numerous local offices, including that of town clerk since 1883, and he is a member of the board of education. In 1902 he was a delegate from Saybrook to the Constitutional Convention. Religiously he is a member of the Congregational Society, and fraternally he is a member of Trinity Lodge, No. 43, F. & A. M., of Deep River; Burning Bush Chap- ter, of Essex, Conn .; and Webb Lodge, I. O. O. F., Deep River, and he is as popular in these organizations as he is prominent in busi- ness life and influential in political circles.

CHARLES NELSON BURNHAM is one of Middlefield's best known and most suc- cessful merchants, his store being located in Baileyville. His grandfather was Nathan Burnham, a farmer, who passed his life in East Haddam from the cradle to the grave. He was the father of but one child, Israel, who was also born in the same town, on Sep- tember 28, 1814.

Israel Burnham enjoyed fairly good educa- tional advantages, for the time and locality in which he lived. After attendance upon the district schools he became the pupil of the Rev. Mr. Vail, pastor of the Congregational Church in his native town, of whose family he was for a time an inmate. Reared a farm- er's boy, his tastes where wholly bucolic, and his life was devoted to agricultural pursuits. He was an outspoken opponent of slavery, and a stanch Republican, and for many years held the office of school visitor. As a citizen Mr. Burnham was universally respected. He mar- ried Mary A. Chester, who, like himself, first saw the light in East Haddam. Her father, Eldekin Chester, was a joiner by trade, the owner of a shop, and successful in his voca- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Israel Burnham were the parents of a large family : (1) Elizabeth A., the oldest, has been twice married. Her first husband was Oliver Way, by whom she had one son, Revilo, who lived for some time in Tennessee, where he conducted husi- ness as a manufacturer, and now resides in East Haddam. Mrs. Way married for her second husband James R. Beck, a mechanic, living in Upton, Mass., and they had three children, James, Bessie, and Archibald. (2) Henry C. made his home in Lyme, Conn. He died March 14, 1902. He married Fannie Phelps,

and they had two children, Frances and Harry C., the former of whom is the wife of Albert Phelps, of Clinton, Conn. (3) Mary Emma became the wife of Frank La Place, a mechan- ic and builder, living at Essex, and they have one child. (4) Edwin C. has also been twice married. His first wife, Sarah Howell, bore him two children, Dwight and Maud; and aft- er her death he wedded Belle Travis, by whom he became the father of one daughter, Laura Belle. For many years Mr. Burnham has been connected with the police force of New Haven. (5) Rose E. married Andrew C. Phelps, and lives at Upton, Mass. Their four children are named Mary, Henry, Charles and Dewey. (6) Charles Nelson is mentioned be- low. (7) Mary A. Burnham married Will- iam N. Robbins, who died in 1900; he was for a time engaged in the manufacture of cordage, in the town of Essex; she is now the wife of Lieut. Walter G. Penfield. and lives in New Haven. (8) Aurilla, the next daughter, was married to Samuel Arnold, at present a con- tractor and builder in Chester, Conn .. by whom she had three children. (9) Lucy Ann is the wife of Everett Babson, and lives in

New Haven. (10) Isabel, the youngest daughter, was married in 1896 to Jesse Rog- ers, of Evans Mills, N. Y .. who graduated from Cornell University only a few months before his marriage, and was a successful draughtsman. Their home was at Evans Mills, until the death of the husband, which occurred in 1897. They had one child. Mrs. Rogers lived in New Haven, and died in October, 1900.

Charles N. Burnham was born in the southern part of East Haddam, April 13. 1857. He attended the common schools, as well as a private school taught by Miss Ella Howell, and lived upon his father's farm until after he had reached his majority, when he went to Hadlyme, Conn., to enter the general store of his brother as clerk. Later he secured a half in- terest in the business, which was conducted un- dler the firm' name of H. C. Burnham & Co .. until, in 1884, Charles N. disposed of his in- terest therein to his brother, and moved to Baileyville, in the town of Middlefield. There he bought the general store of Henry S. Coe. which he has greatly enlarged, and in connec- tion with which he conducted a ment market for several years, discontinuing the latter branch in 1900. He has an extensive and

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profitable trade in both Middlefield and West- field.

Mr. Burnham is one of the town's most popular and influential citizens, no man being held in higher esteem by the community at large than he. Strong in counsel, public spir- ited and conscientious in all matters, he is also genial, generous and whole-souled. Appre- ciating his mental and moral worth, his fellow- townsmen have repeatedly elected him to of- fices of high honor and grave responsibility. He has been tax collector and is now school visitor, and has been chairman of the school board for seven years. For four years he acted as selectman, during three years holding the post of first selectman. He has also been Middlefield's representative in the Legislature, and in 1899 served on the com- mittee on Humane Institutions, in that body. Fraternally he is a member of Pythagoras Lodge, No. 45. F. & A. M., of Hamburg ; Washington Chapter, R. A. M .; and Cyrene Commandery No. 8, K. T., of Middletown. His religious faith is that of the Congrega- tional Church, of which both he and his wife are devout members, and he has served upon the church committee for several years.

Mrs. Burnham, whose maiden name was Harriet B. Gates, was born at Lyme, and was married in Hadlyme. Her father, E. W. Gates, was at one time a merchant, and after- ward a farmer, in the town of Lyme. Three sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Burn- ham: Harold, Lawrence G., and Charles Nel- son, Jr., all of whom are at home with their parents.

RICHARD E. AND JOSEPH W. HUN- GERFORD are representatives of one of the oldest and most highly honored families of East Haddam, Middlesex county.

(I) Thomas Hungerford, the first of this family in America, came from England, prob- ably as a mariner, and lived in Hartford in 1639. He went with eleven others to New London, when John Winthrop was laying out that town. The name of his first wife is not known. They had two children: Thomas, born about 1648, and Sarah, born in 1654. In 1659 he married his second wife, Hannah Willey, and she had one daughter, named Hannah. Thomas Hungerford died at New London in 1663, in middle life, leaving three children, Thomas, Sarah and Hannah.

(II) Thomas Hungerford (2) was born in Hartford in 1648, and went with his parents to New London. In 1671 he married Mary Grey, of Narragansett. He sold his land in New London in 1687, and moved to Haddam, the Haddam records showing him to have been there May 21, 1688. He lived in Had- lyme. He was a blacksmith, and furnished the hand-wrought nails for building the parson- age in Old Haddam, receiving twenty acres of land therefor. He was chosen first selectman of East Haddam at the time of its organiza- tion, in 1713. He died in 1713-14, leaving four sons, Thomas, John, Greene and Ben- jamin, and daughters Elizabeth, Susannah, Sarah, Mary and Easter.

(III) John Hungerford was born near New London about 1672, and went with his parents to Hadlyme. He inherited the whole homestead and eighty-acre allotment. On De- cember 3, 1702, he married Deborah, daughter of John and Deborah Spencer. His wife joined the church May I, 1709, and he Au- gust 3, 1733. He was a member of Hadlyme Church at its organization, June 26, 1745, his wife joining by letter soon afterward. John Hungerford died July 9, 1748, his wife on Oc- tober 14, 1750. Their children: Mary, born November 3, 1703, died young. Ruth, born August I, 1705, married Joseph Shipman. Jane, born January 27, 1707, married Thomas Harvey. Ester, born October 14, 1709, mar- ried Joseph Day. John, born August, 13, 1712, died July 30, 1714. Thankful, born October 22, 1713, married John Waters. Robert, born January 3, 1716, married Grace Holmes. Thomas, born April 20, 1718, married De- borah Chalker. Deborah, born August 27, 1721, married John Hungerford.

(IV) Robert Hungerford, born January 3, 1715-16, married Grace Holmes March 3, 1736. He always lived in Hadlyme, about half a mile northwest of the Congregational Church, on the east and west road. He died April 7, 1794, and his wife died April 27, 1798. They had four sons: (I) John, born in 1737, married Jane Church; he was a sol- dier in the French war, and died in Hadlyme December II, 1760, of smallpox, contracted in the army. (2) Jeremiah, born in 1740, married Lydia Bigelow. He died November I, 1816, she on November 14, 1820. He was a captain in the Continental army, and marched to Boston when the news of the Lexington

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fight came to him. (3) Robert is mentioned below. (4) Elijah, born in 1756, married Rachel Harvey, and died in 1839. There were three daughters, (5) Deborah, (6) Silence and (7) Anna.

(V) Robert Hungerford, born January 23, 1752, died December 29, 1834. He lived and died in Hadlyme, town of East Haddam near the Congregational Church, on the east side of the road. He served in the Revolution, having been a lieutenant in the Continental army. On February 1, 1776, he married Lovica Warner, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Selden) Warner. She died May 22, 1777, aged twenty-five, leaving one son, Robert, born January 17, 1777. Robert Hun- gerford's second marriage was to Olive Ely, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Ely, of Lyme, and she died July 20, 1843. To this union came : Joseph E., born July 28, 1784; William, November 22, 1786; Lovica, Octo- ber 18, 1789; Ansel, March 3, 1792; Asa, February 16, 1795; Richard, November 8, 1798; Ansel (2), April 21, 1801; Rebecca Ely, November 20, 1804.

(VI) Joseph E. Hungerford, born July 28, 1784, near Hadlyme, in the town of East Haddam, died February 28, 1861. His wife, Nancy Anderson, daughter of Robert and Annie ( Hungerford) Anderson, was born in Millington Society, East Haddam, January 12, 1795, and died March 12, 1890. Mr. Hunger- ford was a farmer by occupation. In politics he was originally a Whig, and later a Repub- lican ; he was never an office-seeker. He and his wife were consistent members of the Con- gregational Church. To their union were born : Nancy Louisa, Deborah Church, Sophia Anderson, Richard Ely (mentioned below), and Joseph William (mentioned below).

JOSEPH W. HUNGERFORD was born Sep- temiber 21, 1829, and grew up in his native town. He attended Williston Seminary and, returning to Hadlyme, engaged in farming, being now one of the most extensive agricul- turists of his locality. On November 29. 1864, he married, at Mount Clemens, Mich., Sarah F. Warner, a daughter of William Henry Warner, a native of Lyme, Conn. Williany Henry Warner was a brother of Sel- den Warner, and a son of Jonathan Warner, who was born October 20, 1760, and on June 5, 1788, married Dorothy Selden, daughter of

Col. Samuel Selden, a graduate of Yale. Jon- athan Warner was a farmer, and also prom- inent in public affairs, having served in the Legislature several terms. He died March I, 1843, aged nearly eighty-three. His wife, born December 26, 1766, died August 19, 1825. They had the following family: Selden, An- drew Fernando, Joseph, Richard, William Henry, Matthew! G., Mary, Elizabeth and Jonathan. In 1826 William Henry Warner married Sarah Canfield, of Chester, who was born March 1, 1799. After marriage they moved to Mount Clemens, Mich., where he died October 6, 1849. They had the follow- ing family: Elizabeth C., Sarah Mi., William Henry, Sarah F. ( Mrs. Hungerford), Har- riet .M., Mary Selden and Henry E.

· In politics Mr. Hungerford was first a Whig, and since the formation of the Republi- can party has adhered to its tenets. He has served on the board of relief several years, and represented his town in; the Legislature in 1882, during which session he served on the committee on Roads and Bridges. Both M.r. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hungerford are members of the Congregational Church, of which Mr. Hungerford has been a committeeman for ten or twelve years, and he has been deacon of the Hadlyme Congregational Church since 1889.

RICHARD E. HUNGERFORD was born De- cember 11, 1825, and, like his brother, received an excellent education, attending Bacon Acad- emy, at Colchester, Conn. Since attaining maturity he has engaged extensively in farm :- ing. He was first a Whig in politics, casting his first vote for Henry Clay, and is now a Republican. He has voted at every annual State election, and has missed but one town election since attaining his majority. During 1861-62, and 1883-84, he served as selectman : for eight or ten years was registrar of voters; and in 1864 represented his town in the State Assemmibly. Mr. Hungerford is a member of the Congregational Church, and served as clerk and treasurer for nearly forty years. Mr. Hungerford has suffered the misfortune of failing eyesight, being now nearly blind.

It is such citizens as these two brothers that make up the bulwarks of our nation's prosperity. Honorable, hard-working. stead- fast in their adherence to the principles they consider right, they offer excellent examples

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for the young men growing up, not only in their own vicinity, but wherever the influence of their lives is felt.

GEORGE WASHINGTON MILLER, one of the oldest residents of the town of Mid- dlefield, Middlesex county, descends from; a family that has been in existence there for over two centuries. He was born February 13, 1822, and is of the sixth generation of Millers in America.

The Miller family, of Middlefield, is traced to Thomas Miller, of Birmingham, England, who came to Rowley, Mass., was made a free- man in 1639, and was a carpenter there in 1651, according to the records. Thence he removed to Middletown, Conn., where lands were recorded in his name in 1654, when he was admitted to the church through letter from Rowley. He built the first gristmill in that town, which stood on Miller's brook, where one of the factories of the Russell Manufactur- ing Company now stands at the "Farms." By his first wife, Isabel, he was the father of one child, Ann, who was married in 1653 to Na- thaniel Bacon. His second marriage, at the age of fifty-six years was to Sarah Nettleton, daughter of Samuel Nettleton, of Branford. To this union eight children were born, viz. : Thomas, born May 6, 1666, married Elizabeth Turner for his first wife, and for his second spouse chose Mary Rowell; Samuel, born April 1, 1668, married Mary Eggleston; Jo- seph, born August 21, 1670, married Rebecca Johnson in 1701; Benjamin, born July 20, 1672, married (first) Mary Johnson, and ( sec- ond) Mercy Bassett; John, born Marcl: TO, 1674, married Mary Bevin, in 1700; Margaret married Isaac Johnson ; Sarah ; Mehitabel, born March 28, 1680, was married to George Hub- bard. Thomas Miller, the emigrant, and father of the above named children, died August 14, 1680, and his widow March 20, 1727.

Benjamin Miller, the fourth of the above family, was one of the first three settlers of Middlefield town. He located in the south part, on the east side of the Coginchang or West river, not far from the Durham line. Tradition has it that the title of "Governor" was conferred upon him, partly because of his influence with the Indians, partly on ac- count of his being a large landowner, and partly on account of his dominant disposition. He was not, however, exempt from the action

of the law, as will be seen. He was greatly annoyed at the frequent loss of his pigs, and suspected that they were devoured by bears; he accordingly kept watch, and one Sunday morning discovered Bruin in the act, and shot and killed the animal. For this he was arrest- ed, on the charge of desecrating the Sabbath. Benjamin Miller first married, September 18, 1696, Mary Johnson, who was born in 1676, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Johnson, and who bore him eight children, namely ; Rebecca, married David Robinson, of Durham; Benjamin, born October 2, 1700, married Hannah, daughter of David Robin- son; Sarah, born October 5, 1702, became the wife of Joseph Hickox, of Durham ; Mary mar- ried a Mr. Spencer, of Haddam; Hannah, born June 1, 1704, was married to Ephraim Coe; Isaac, born May 2, 1706, died unmarried ; Me- hitable, born February 5, 1707, was married to A. Barnes, and Ichabod, born December 15, 1709, married Elizabeth Cromwell, daughter of Capt. Joseph Cromwell. Mrs. Mary Miller, mother of the above named children, died De- cember 15, 1709, and Benjamin Miller, for his second wife, married Mercy Bassett, who was born in New Haven, in 1677, and she bore her husband seven children, namely: Lydia was married to Eliakim Snow; Amos, born June 1, 1713, married Abigail Cromwell ; Ebenezer, born August 20, 1714, died unmar- ried; Martha, born December 8, 1715, was. married to Thomas Atkins ; Rhoda, born March 8, 1717, was married to Benjamin Bacon ; Da- vid, born October 3, 1718, married Elizabeth Brainard; Thankful died unmarried. Benja- min Miller, the father, was a man of fine phys- ique and very powerful. He died November 22, 1747, and Mercy, his widow, died Febru- ary 9, 1756. The remains of both were in- terred in the old cemetery at Middlefield.

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Commemorative biographical record of Middlesex County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Part 109

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Chicago : Beers Number of Pages: 1502

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago : Beers
Number of Pages: 1502