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THE BISHOP FAMILY has long been represented in New England. Its first progenitor in this coun- try was John Bishop, whose son, Stephen, was a farmer, and died in Guilford in June, 1690. Tabitha Wilkinson, his wife, whom he had mar- ried May 4, 1654, died Dec. 21, 1692. Their chil- dren were: (1) Stephen, born Dec. 20, 1655, mar- ried Hannah Bartlett; (2) Tabitha, born Sept. 14. 1057; (3) Caleb, born June 24, 1660, married Lydia Evarts, and died Aug. 19, 1752; (4) Daniel, born Dec. 8, 1663, died young ; (5) Mehitable, born Dec. 12, 1668, married John Whiteham; (6) Han- nah, born March 27, 1671; (7) Josiah, born June 30, 1674; (8) Ebenezer; (9) James, born Aug. 18, 1678, married Thankful Pond, and died July 2, 1739
Ebenezer Bishop, who was born in Guilford, Aug. 5, 1675, died in February, 1744. Ann Lati- mer, his wife, whom he married Nov. 3, 1699, died Oct. 6, 1752. Their children were: (1) Ann, born April 10, 1701, died Oct. 15, 1761; (2) Josiah, born Nov. 1, 1703, married Hannah Chittenden. and died April 12, 1745; (3) Joshua, born 1704. married Silence Crampton, and died Nov. 13, 1777 ; (4) Ebenezer, born 1707, married Sarah Stevens. and died Oct. 27, 1747; (5) Caleb; (6) Experi- ence. born Feb. 1, 1718, died Feb. 25, 1718; (7) Santel, born Oct. 28, 1719, and (8) Elisha, born Aug. 6. 1723, both died young.
Caleb Bishop, who was born in East Guilford in October. 1714, engaged in farming all his life, and died Feb. 16, 1785. In 1744 he married Abi- gail Parmelce, who was born in June, 1719, and died Feb. 8. 1780. Their children were: ( 1) Bud- well. born Nov. 3, 1745, died Oct. 5, 1820; (2) Linus, born May 10, 1749; (3) Russell, born Dec.
12, 1752, married Abigail Bartlett, and died Oct. 26, 1825.
Linus Bishop, who was born May 10. 1749, died Sept. 14, 1830. He was married to Sarah Hill, June 29, 1785, and she died June 1, 1822. She was a daughter of Peleg and Dorcas ( Tucker ) Hill, and by her marriage with Mr. Bishop became the mother of the following children: (1) Sarah, born Dec. 19, 1786, died Jan. 11, 1871 ; (2) Richard, born March 8, 1790, married Polyanthus Scranton ; and (3) Frederick.
Frederick Bishop was born Dec. 17, 1792, in Madison, and there died Oct. 3, 1855. He was married Dec. 24. 1818, to Olive Bassett, who was born June 30, 1799, a daughter of Nathan and Olive (Clark ) Bassett. of Guilford, and died Feb. 9, 1842. Eleven children were born of this union, as follows: (I) Frederick William, born Oct. I, 1819, died Feb. 9, 1822; (2) Henry, born Oct. 12, 1821, died Oct. 6, 1844; (3) Edward, born April 20, 1823. married Elizabeth F. Stannard; (4) George, born Dec., 1824, married Nancy M. Evarts ; (5) William Frederick (2), born May 27, 1827, married Sarah A. . Chittenden; (6) Albert Ferdinand, born May II, 1829, married Eliza J. Farnham; (7) Samuel R., born Oct. 22, 1831, mar- ried Catherine E. Blatchley; (8) Joseph Richard, born April 15, 1834, died Nov. 2, 1834; (9) Mary Elizabeth, born Feb. 21, 1836, married George W. Jacobs; (10) Joseph Richard, born Feb. 28, 1838, married Louisa Baldwin; ( II) Nancy Clarissa, born June 27, 1842, married Birney Buddington.
Edward Bishop, who was born in Madison, April 20, 1823, was married Aug. 23, 1855, to Elizabeth F. Stannard, who was born in 1834, and died Feb. 27, 1862. Edward Bishop was a sea- faring man, and engaged in the coasting trade be- tween Madison, Guilford and New York. He was captain of a vessel for many years, when he retired from active life, and made his home in New Haven, where he died June 19, 1898, and his remains were interred in the cemetery at Madison. He was the father of two children : Clifford Forrest ; and Min- nie B., born Feb. 10, 1860, became the wife of James Young.
Clifford Forrest Bishop was born in Guilford, Sept. 17, 1856, and received his education in the district schools and at Lee's Academy in Madison. He learned the sheet iron and plumbing business with Robinson & Co. In his political faith he is a Republican, while in his religious belief he is a Congregationalist. He married Maria Elizabeth Coan, daughter of the late Joseph and Lydia E. ( Hall) Coan.
EDWIN W. POTTER, one of the representa- tive citizens and successful business men of Ham- cien, New Haven county, was born on the farm where he now resides, Feb. 3, 1833. He is a de- scendant of John Potter, who was born in Eng- land in 1607, died in New Haven in 1643; he was
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the founder of the family in the New World. Philemon (4), a descendant from the above John, was born March 31, 1735.
Justus Potter, son of Philemon and grandfather of our subject, was born in Hamden, Conn., in 1772, and married Anna M. Hunt, who was born Dec. 5, 1777. Their son, Horace Potter, was born in the same town, Dec. 14, 1798, on a farm our . subject now owns, and died March 8, 1869. He was married May 7, 1821, to Emma Beckley, who was born in Berlin, Conn., July 17, 1799, and died Nov. 14, 1847. Their remains rest in the East Plains cemetery in Hamden. Horace Potter was but a boy when his father died, and he was thus early thrown upon his own resources, but he be- came a successful man in the face of adversity and lack of opportunities in his youth, and was a citi- zen of no little influence. In early life he learned the shoemaker's trade in Berlin, and it was there that he became acquainted with his future wife. Almost immediately after his marriage he located on the place in Hamden where he ever afterward lived, in later years devoting his time and attention to market gardening. He was a very prominent and influential man in his community, one whose integrity was never questioned, and he was called upon to serve as selectman of Hamden several years, and twice as member of the Legislature. He was a Democrat in political sentiment. Relig- iously he was a member of the Episcopal church of Fair Haven. Physically Mr. Potter was short in stature and stoutly built. Mr. and Mrs. Potter had born to them a family of twelve chil- dren, the others besides Edwin being as fol- lows: Amelia M., born May 4, 1822, married Charles Tuttle, and died July 3, 1887; Henry J., born Nov. 17, 1823, died April 29, 1829; Samuel .F., born Aug. 1I, 1825, died in North Haven, June 6, 1874; Horace B., born July 28, 1827, is living retired in Muscatine, Iowa; Henry S., born Sept. 30, 1829, makes his home in Detroit, Mich .; Edwin B., born Feb. 13, 1831, died Sept. 29, 1832; Emily M., born Aug. 28, 1834, died July 2, 1852; Sarahı F., born March 30, 1838, died March 23, 1853; Catherine A., born July 12, 1841, died March 6, 1852; one son died the dav of his birth; and Minott C., born April 3, 1843, is a resident of Hamden.
Edwin W. Potter passed his early life upon the farm where he now resides, and he obtained his literary education in the common schools of the locality, attending the little old brick school at East Plains, Hamden, and a short time at Center- ville, at Rev. C. W. Everest's school. On leaving home, at the age of twenty-two years, he moved to the farm now occupied by Elihu Davis, and upon that place lived for seven years. In 1861 he began the erection of his present residence upon the old nomie farm, and upon its completion, in the spring of 1862, took up his abode there. Here he owns forty acres of land, and also has property elsewhere,
his landed possessions aggregating 125 acres, a part of which is valuable clay adapted for brick making, which he utilizes in that way. Formerly in connection with the manufacture of brick he also engaged extensively in market gardening, planting thirty acres of his land in vegetables of all kinds, and he raises considerable small fruit upon liis place. He successfully carried on his brickyard from 1870 to 1898, and in all his undertakings has steadily prospered.
On Oct. 21, 1857, Mr. Potter was united in marriage in Fair Haven with Miss Eveline M. Newton, who was born in Winchester, N. H., on Christmas Day, 1836, and at the age of thirteen years came to Fair Haven, Conn., with her parents, Norman B. and Mary (Alexander) Newton, mak- ing her home there until her marriage. To this union came three children, namely: Burton D., born in October, 1864, is engaged in business with his father and resides at home. Evelyn N., living at home, graduated from the New Haven high school in the class of 1890, and later attended St. Agnace School at Albany, N. Y. Edwin M. died at the age of sixteen months.
The Democratic party finds in Mr. Potter a stanch supporter of its principles, and he has been honored with public office, having served as a mem- ber of the State Legislature in 1874, the last ses- sion held at New Haven, during which he was a member of the committee on Cities and Boroughs. In the fall of 1900 he was again elected to the Legislature. His majority of 163 in a town where the normal Republican majority is 300, speaks for his esteem. During his last term he was a member of the committee on Humane Institutions. Mr. Potter has been selectman of Hamden for ten con- secutive years, and thirteen years altogether. Fra- ternally he is a member of Day Spring Lodge, F. & A. M., of Hamden ; and religiously both he and his wife are active and prominent members of St. James Episcopal Church, of Fair Haven, of which he has been a member for forty-five years, and warden for over twenty-five years. Wherever known he is held in high regard, and has many friends throughout the county. The family stand high socially.
JUDGE SAMUEL J. BRYANT, one of the prominent citizens of New Haven county, is a na- tive of Massachusetts, born June 26, 1851, in West Stockbridge.
Rev. Sidney Bryant, father of our subject, was born Dec. 15, 1812, in Sheffield, Mass., where he lived enjoying, until the death of his father, in 1830, the advantages and discipline common to farmers' sons in those days. In the spring of the follow- ing year he went to New Lebanon, N. Y., to learn the trade of mason, intending to remain there three years ; but during the summer, while attending a four days' religious meeting, he was converted, and soon united with the Presbyterian Church. After
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teaching school for a time, he commenced to study for the ministry, and in 1833 he entered the Oneida Institute at Whitesboro, N. Y., graduating there- from in 1837. From Whitesboro he went to Troy and joined a class in theology under Dr. Beman and Prof. Larned, his second year in theology being spent at New Haven. On Aug. 6, 1839, he was li- censed as a preacher by the Hartford South Asso- ciation, and he preached in various places. In 1841 he was installed in West Stockbridge, Mass., re- maining there twelve years, and from 1855 to 1860 he served the Church in East Granby, in the fall of the latter year locating in Twinsburg, Ohio, where he remained eight years. He then spent a year in Oberlin for the educational advantages of the place ; preached two years in York, five in Vermilion and two in Waterford, Pa. In the spring of 1877 he retired front active work and remained so until his death at Middletown. He was a faithful and zeal- ous servant of the Master, and a member of the Litchfield South Association.
On Feb. 23, 1841, Rev. Sidney Bryant was mar- ried to Harriet Warner Lord, who was born in Canaan, N. Y., one of the ten children of Deacon Joshua and Mary (Douglas) Lord, farming people. Rev. Sidney Bryant died Nov. 3, 1885, aged seventy- three years, and his wife in 1886, when seventy-one years old. To their union were born three children, two of whom survive: Judge Samuel J., our sub- ject, and Mrs. Harriet L. Burke, of Wallingford.
Judge Samuel J. Bryant was graduated from Oberlin College in 1873, and from Yale Theologi- cal Seminary in 1876. In the winter of 1869-70 he taught his first school in York, Ohio; winter of 1870-71, taught at Briar Hill. Ohio ; winter of 1871- 72, taught at Brownhelm, Ohio; winter of 1872-73, taught in winter school at Oberlin ; winter of 1873- 74, taught at Weston, Vt., this last teaching being while he was a member of the Theological school at Yale University. From July, 1876, to July, 1884, he was pastor of the Congregational Church at South Britain, Conn., at the latter date moving to West Haven, Conn., in the following November be- coming identified with the Maltby, Stevens & Curtiss Co., of Wallingford, Conn. While a member of Yale Theological Seminary, he spent the summer vacation of 1874 in supplying a Congregational Church at Braintree Hill, Vt., under appointment of the Vermont Home Missionary Society. The vaca- tion of 1875 he spent in supplying the Congrega- tional Church at Weston, Vt., where he had for- merly taught school, and during his last year at the seminary, he preached every Sabbath except three in Connecticut churches. Thus by teaching and preaching, and in other ways, he paid a large part of the expense of his education, and to his credit be it said that while in college he earned some money by sawing wood and work- ing in gardens. He says he always found time for and greatly enjoyed athletic sports, espec- ially baseball. He found it easy work in his
studies, but not until he reached the seminary did he apply himself assiduously and try to improve his opportunities. His college honors were confined to the literary society and the athletic field. In one annual contest between three college societies, he was one of two to represent the society of which he was a member.
The first ambition of our subject was to be a farmer, later, however, deciding to become a physi- cian, which choice he held to until the second term of his senior year in college, when he resolved on the ministry for his life work. The one who most influenced him to study for the ministry was, he avers, Doctor Noble, of Oberlin, with whom he lived during the winter of 1872-73 for the purpose largely of becoming initiated in the study of medi- cine; and yet a greater influence was that of Alex. Alexander, an alumnus of Yale, himself prevented by poor health from preaching, but, as Mr. Bryant says, the most enthusiastic and devoted man he ever knew, in respect to the ministry.
When Rev. Bryant resigned his pastorate it was at the time a necessity on account of his aged and infirm parents, and for the same reason he was at a loss to know when he could resume the work ; so, rather than be dependent, he chose to accept a favor- able opening in business ( with the Maltby, Stevens & Curtiss Co., 1884, previously mentioned), to which at that time ( Nov. 10, 1884) he thought he was better adapted than to a professional life.
In 1892, having finally decided to take up the profession of law, Judge Bryant entered the law department of Yale University, and was admitted to the Bar in June, 1895, immediately opening a law office in New Haven. The position he had accepted in 1884 he held up to 1891, when he went into part- nership with Walter A. Main, in the insurance and real estate business in West Haven, Conn., and this continued until 1896, in which year, on account of his increased practice of law, the partnership was dissolved. It may be added that his practice is mainly in the Probate Court.
In politics Judge Bryant is a Republican and takes an active part in the affairs of the party. In November, 1888, he was elected to represent the town of Orange in the Legislature of 1889-90, and while serving there he was chairman of the commit- tee on contested elections and clerk of the committee on humane institutions. In April, 1895, he was ap- pointed judge of the Orange Town Court. He was delegate from the Town of Orange to the constitu- tional convention. While a resident of South Brit- ain he was a member of the school board, and has since for several years held a similar position in West Haven; was also member of the board of wardens and burgesses, was chairman of the Re- publican town committee, and served as assessor. In the Congregational Church he takes an active interest. On Aug. 5, 1888, he was elected deacon in same at West Haven; in January, 1891, was elected superintendent of the Sabbath-school; at
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present he is chairman of the board of deacons, and is also treasurer.
Fraternally Judge Bryant belongs to the F. & A. M., having been made a Freemason in January, 1891 ; in June, 1892, joined New Haven Con- mandery, No: 2, Knights Templar; March, 1896, was elected to 32d degree; is past master of Anna- wan Lodge, No. 115, New Haven, and has been district deputy for New Haven county : is member of the Chapter and Council, and in the Commandery has held the office of eminent commander, and in the Grand Commandery of Connecticut is senior warden. He is a charter member of the United Workmen Lodge at New Haven, of which he was the first financial secretary, and was also at one time identified with the Knights of Honor; and he is a member of the Samoset Club, of West Haven ; of the Knight Templar Club, of New Haven; and Adi- rondack League Club, of New York, a club organ- ized for forest preservation and hunting and fish- ing, owning 88,000 acres and capitalized at $500,000 -the largest club of its kind, and it contains a dis- tinguished membership, 265 at present.
In 1876 Judge Bryant was married to Ellen Ty- ler, who was born in New Haven, the only daugh- ter and only living child of the family of Dr. Da- vid A. and Elizabeth ( Maltby) Tyler, the former of whom, born at Northford, was for forty years a practicing physician in New Haven, the latter be- ing now deceased. Four children, all born in South Britain, came of this union, the eldest of whom, Robert WV., died at the age of thirteen, and Ellen T. at the age of seven, both being drowned; Harriet E., born March II, 1877, is the wife of Howard W. Thompson, cashier of the National Tradesman's Bank, New Haven (they have one daughter, Doris) ; and Douglas L., born Nov. 19, 1881, member of Sheffield Scientific School.
HIRAM W. RANDALL (deceased) was born at Bridgeport Sept. 9, 1830. His father, who also bore the name of Hiram, died when his son was an infant in arms; he married Sally Pritchard, whose birthplace was Seymour, and who was a daughter of Leverett Pritchard, who died on ship- board during the war for independence.
After the death of his father our subject was tenderly reared by his widowed mother. He en- joyed such educational advantages as were af- forded by the common schools, and while vet a youth entered the store of Lucius Tuttle as a clerk. He was industrious, economical and far-sighted, and it was not many years before he was able to purchase his employer's business. He was emi- nently successful as a merchant, being at once keen and upright, sagacious and liberal. He was re- puted to be one of the best buyers in the Nauga- tuck Valley, and being satisfied with reasonable profits, his trade grew apace. He was public-spir- ited and popular, and for more than a quarter of a century was the most prosperous dealer in his sec-
tion. He died at the age of fifty-six, enjoying an unblemished reputation, esteemed by his fellow men, and sincerely mourned by his friends.
In 1854 Mr. Randall married Miss Martha M. Gilbert, who is yet living in the house where she was born, which was erected by Gen. Hun- phrey, of Revolutionary fame, and bought by her father. She comes of a long line of distinguished ancestors, many of whom-in both direct and col- lateral lines-gained renown as patriot soldiers during the struggle which began in 1776 and was terminated by the recognition of American in- dependence after a seven-years' struggle against overwhelming odds. Her genealogical record is a most interesting one. Her grandfather, Thomas Gilbert, served in the army of the Revolution. While in the service he contracted that dread dis- ease small-pox, which resulted in totally depriving him of his sight. His home was in Huntington, but later in life he removed to Derby, where lie died after rounding out a well-spent life of ninety years. He married Abigail Holbrook, whose fa- ther, as well as several of whose brothers, were also followers of General Washington. She, too, died a nonogenarian, and was the mother of eight chil- dren.
The father of Mrs. Randall was Ezekiel Gil- bert, who was born and grew to manhood in Hunt- ington. His early life was spent upon a farm, but in 1830 he removed to Seymour, where for several years he was engaged in trade, enjoying the dis- tinction of being one of the town's earliest mer- chants. He established his son in business in New Haven, and returning to Seymour died there, in his fifty-sixth year. His wife's maiden name was Sarah Hurd. Her father, Wilson Hurd, was a resi- dent of Oxford, where she was born; she died at Great Hill. He, too, served in the war of the Rev- olution, and was a man of no little prominence in the community, his fellow citizens choosing him to represent them in the Legislature, and elevating him to the office of selectman. Both he and his wife were confirmed in the Episcopal Church, and were devout members of that communion until their death, Mrs. Ezekiel Gilbert passing away at the ripe old age of seventy-five. while her husband preceded her to the grave, in his fifty-sixth year.
Mrs. Hiram W. Randall has spent her life in Seymour. She is one of five widowed sisters : Esther A. (Mrs. Stoddard) : Catherine (Mrs. Minot F. Osborne) ; Sarah ( Mrs. Wilcox) ; and Charlotte (Mrs. Osborne). She is the mother of five children, three of whom are yet living. (1) Edward, the eldest surviving son, is a resident of Seymour. He was educated in the common schools and at Cheshire Academy. For some years he was employed in his father's store, but subsequently became connected with the Silver Plate Co., of Shelton. He married Elizabeth Steinmetz, who was born in New York City, and two children have been born to them, Kate and Hiram. (2) Walter
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Randall, the next son, was for several years super- intendent of the Silver Plate Co., of Shelton, and is now bookkeeper for the Whitlock Manufactur- Ing Co., of that town. He married Olive Voulette Whitlock, whose father, H. Sturgis Whitlock, was one of the founders of the Whitlock Machine Co., of Shelton, and the inventor of the press they manufacture. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Randall have one child, Gilbert E. (3) Gilbert, the youngest of Mrs. Randall's three living children, graduated from the Norwalk Military Institute, and has been in the employ of Price, Lee & Co., of New Haven, as a pressman.
Mrs. Randall, as were her parents, is a member of the Episcopal Church, and is a communicant at Trinity, in Seymour. She is a member of Sarah Ludlow Chapter, Daughters of the American Rev- olution, of Seymour, and was for many years a member of the Woman's Club of that town. Mr. Randall was a Democrat politically, but he voted independently, supporting the best man.
EGBERT E. PARDEE, ex-deputy judge and clerk of the town court of Orange, was born Dec. 16, 1840, in West Haven, and belongs to one of the pioneer families of that section. His grand- father, Silas Pardee, was a native of the town of Orange, where he followed farming during his ac- tive years. His death occurred in middle age. This worthy citizen married Elizabeth Alling, and they had twelve children.
Wyllys Pardee, our subject's father, was born and reared in Orange, and as the eldest of a large family, he was early trained to hard work. He possessed much intelligence, and although his edu- cation was restricted to the common schools he be- came well informned by private reading. When a young man he learned the cooper's trade, which he followed in his town for some time, and afterward in the South and in New Haven. Later he bought a small farm in the village of West Haven, to which he retired, and there spent a good old age, . dying at seventy-seven. He married Isabella Brockett, a native of the village of West Haven, and daughter of Capt. Benjamin Brockett, master of a vessel, who was lost at sea. Her mother, Rachel (Clark), who lived to the age of seventy- six, was a member of an old and respected family of the village of West Haven. Benjamin and Rachel Brockett had six children, but none are now living. Our subject's mother, who was the only daughter, died at the age of seventy-seven. The Clarks, Brocketts and Pardees have usually been identified with the Congregational Church, and our subject was reared in that faith. He was the voungest of a family of four children, the others being : George W., of North Haven; Alfred B., who served in the Civil war, being a member of the 14th Conn. V. I., and who died at the Soldiers' Home in Noroton, Conn., in August, 1898; and Silas S., a carpenter in West Haven.
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Egbert E. Pardee was educated in the common schools of his native town and in Brown's Male Seminary, attending until he reached the age of nineteen. He then assisted his father for some years, and at twenty-seven left home and engaged in the house painter's trade, which he followed un- til 1887. Since that time his public duties have de- manded all his time. On Dec. 21, 1868, he mar- ried Miss Maria L. Kelsey, and they had two chil- dren : Bertha Isabel, who died aged six years; and Martha E., who was educated in the public schools of West Haven, and at a private school in New Haven, and died Aug. 1, 1899, aged twenty- four years. Mrs. Pardee was born in Cromwell, Conn., daughter of William Kelsey, a farmer, who died in early manhood; his wife, Elizabeth (Teal), was a native of New York City. To William and Elizabeth Kelsey were born children as follows: Mrs. Howard Smith, of Watertown; Mrs. William A. Waterbury, wife of the superintendent of the Shore line division of the Consolidated Railroad, residing in New Haven; Mrs. Pardee; David, re- siding in Cromwell; Revilo, a well-known mer- cnant of Middletown, Conn .; and William W., cashier in the freight office of. the Consolidated Railroad at Belle Dock, New Haven. The mother is. still living, at the age of eighty-two years, and is a much respected member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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