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Reared in his native town, Albert Chatfield is indebted to its public schools for his educational advantages, and being the only son, he remained at home with his parents, aiding his father in the work of the farm and early acquiring an excellent knowledge of the occupation which he has chosen as a life work. In 1860 he removed to the farm where he now resides, and to its cultivation and improve- ment has since devoted his energies, being success- fully engaged in general farming. Politically he is a stanch Republican.
STREET WILLIAMS was born July 9, 1833, in Wallingford, where his father, Julius Williams, was born April 25, 1801. and where he died Oct. 26. 1881. The father was a Whig and became a Re- publican on the formation of the party. He was much interested in political affairs from principle, but was never an office seeker : he was a hard-work-
In 1857 Mr. Meigs was married to Miss Lucy Yale. of Canaan. Conn., who died the following year. He was again married Jan. 3, 1867, Bernice, ; ing and an earnest member of St. Paul's Episcopal
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Church and served as warden for nearly twenty years, and as vestryman many years. Julius Will- iams was married, in 1827, to Miss Betsy Todd, who was born in 1806, a daughter of Eliazer Todd, of North Haven ; she died Nov. 11, 1844. To their marriage were born: (1) Dwight, born Oct. 6. 1828, and died May 7, 1874; he was a life-long farmer, and he married Miss Sarah A. Lamphier, of Branford. (2) Street. (3) Juliette E., born May 8, 1841, married Edgar Squires, of Bridgeport.
Willoughby Williams, father of Julius, was born in 1757, in Wallingford, where he died in 1837. For many years he was senior warden of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. In early life he was a Federal- ist, and died a Whig. In matters of finance his judgment was regarded as good, and he was much employed in settling estates. He married Abigail Merriman, of Wallingford, and was father to the following children: ( I) Philo, who died in 1805, aged nineteen years; (2) Sallie, who married John Street, of Holyoke, Mass., a descendant of the famous Rev. Samuel Street, one of the first settlers of Wallingford; (3) Lodema, who married Ira Munson, of Wallingford; (4) Harry, who married Rebecca Todd, of Northford; (5) Julius noted above; (6) Abby, who married John H. Johnson, of Wallingford; and (7) Lucinda, who wedded Jesse Tuttle, of Hamden.
Willoughby Williams, Sr., father of Willoughby, and great-grandfather of Street Williams, is sup- posed to have come from England, where he was born in 1736. He died in 1776. Where he set- tled in Wallingford is still known as the "Williams section," and is still occupied by a large number of his descendants. He was a weaver by trade, and was a very active man, and exceedingly athletic ; he was able to put his great strength and endurance to good use in the French war, when he was taken prisoner at Quebec, and confined by the French on board a ship. In the night he dropped into the river, swam ashore, and reached the English lines. He married Abigail Allen, and had several children, among whom were Willoughby and Herman. The daughters went to the West, and all trace of them has been lost.
Street Williams passed his boyhood days in Wallingford, and received his education in the pub- lic schools and in private schools taught by Levi W. Hart, a Mr. Barnes, and Charles Cothren. When he was eighteen years of age he entered the State Normal School at New Britain, where he was well prepared for a career in the school room. After leaving the Normal he taught school for two years, but circumstances turned his attention to farming, which he afterward followed during his active life, and made a decided success of it in the very best sense of the word. In 1893 he sold the greater part of his estate to his nephew, Julius D. Williams, and removed to North Main street, Wallingford, where he built himself a comfortable and attractive residence, and here he is spending his last years in
the enjoyment of a rest for which he has richly paid in long and arduous years.
Mr. Williams is a Republican, and has filled various local offices. For seven years he served as assessor of the town, and for three years has been on the Board of Relief. Deeply interested in educa- tion he has been connected with the administration of the local schools for many years, for over thirty years was clerk of School District No. 7. For four years he has been justice of the peace, and is still active in that position. From his youth Me has been a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where he has been vestryman for twenty-five years, and for many years treasurer of the parish. He was super- intendent of the Sunday-school seven years, and still works earnestly for its success.
On Sept. 28, 1864, Street Williams was married to Miss Julia A. Blackman, who was born Feb. 23, 1838, a daughter of William Blackman, of Hunting- ton, Conn. She is an excellent companion and help- meet, and Mr. Williams attributes much of the suc- cess and happiness in life which he has enjoyed to the counsel and co-operation of his gifted wife. Mr. Williams has, in an eminent degree, the con- fidence and respect of his fellow citizens.
GEORGE MARCUS ROCKWELL. A well- known business citizen of Meriden, Conn., is George M. Rockwell, who is associated with the Charles Parker Co., in the gun shop department, engaged in his trade as contractor.
Mr. Rockwell was born in Lebanon, New London Co. Conn., March 23, 1840, a son of Jabez Rockwell. The latter was born in Norwich, Vermont, where he was thoroughly educated, and later entered upon the profession of teaching. While in young manhood he came to Lebanon, Conn., purchased some land and during the winters taught school and followed farming in the summers. At a later date he re- moved with his family to Norwich, Conn., follow- ing the same lines, becoming one of the best known educators in the county, and a man who was uni- versally respected. During his later years he was an invalid, from a paralytic attack, his last days being made as comfortable as possible by the care and attention of friends. In political opinion, he was a Democrat, while his religious views made him a Universalist. Mr. Rockwell was a valued member of the Masonic fraternity, and for many years was active in its work. Jabez Rockwell was a man of fine character and of literary ability far above the average. An omnivorous reader, he was one of the ardent supporters of all educational and progressive measures in his town, and was for many years the most interested subscriber to the Hart- ford Times, in Norwich. He was married in Leba- non, Conn., to Eunice Bailey, her death taking place in Norwich, where both she and her husband are interred. She was a devoted wife and mother, and a woman of high Christian character, for many years being a consistent member of the Methodist
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Church. She was known for her charity and kind- ness, and as the years of her life gathered, she grew in grace, and her gentle influence still remains as a benediction to all who knew her. No tribute could be too great to honor a devoted mother. To Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell was born a large family, many of these having become valued and useful members of society, while others have joined the "great ma- jority." Their names were; Austin, deceased ; John, also deceased ; William, deceased; Bailey, de- ceased ; Elisher, deceased ; Charles, deceased ; Fred- erick Augustus, a resident of Providence, R. I .; Julia married Jedediah Maynard; Mary, deceased, married Henry Hasen ; James and George M., twins, the former deceased; Arthur, deceased ; and Nellie, who married John W. Martin, of Florence, Mass- achusetts.
George M. Rockwell, the eleventh child of Jabez and Eunice ( Bailey) Rockwell, attended the dis- trict schools in Lebanon in his boyhood and was still a lad when the family removal was made to Norwich. Here he entered school again for a time, but while still a youth, became a clerk in the hat store of Mr. J. M. Currier, remaining until he se- cured a more lucrative position in the clothing store of William Gardiner, of Norwich. Two years were spent here by Mr. Rockwell as clerk, but his desire was to learn a trade, and after looking the ground over, he decided to enter the tin shop of Roth & Dennis, and became skilled in that business. Here he spent three years, learning the trade thor- oughly in all its branches, and then started out as a journeyman, working through the various towns in this capacity, for several years. Finally Mr. Rockwell became associated with C. R. Pryor, and they opened up a business in Greenville, the firm style being Pryor & Rockwell, this partnership last- ing about four years, and Mr. Rockwell continued alone, remaining there for a period of twelve years. From Greenville Mr. Rockwell then removed to Woonsocket, R. I., where he found employment in a wringer factory, remaining there until 1883, at which time he came to Meriden, Conn., and accepted the position of inspector, offered him by the Parker Bros., in the gun factory, two years later being made the contractor in the gun department, filling that position with efficiency for the last sixteen years. Mr. Rockwell is one of the most valued among the reliable and capable men that this great company has attracted to their works. Their name and product is widely known, a result of the employment of skilled men who manage so many of their import- ant departments.
In Meriden, Mr. Rockwell is highly esteemed in social and business circles. In 1891 he purchased a most desirable place on Queen street, and with his own skill made improvements which have made his residence the most comfortable and attractive on the street. It is gracefully presided over by his most amiable and estimable wife, a lady of great charm of manner, and one of the capable housewives of | Jan. 5, 1854, a descendant of Gen. Joseph Warren,
Meriden. Mr. Rockwell was married in 1863, in Middletown, Conn., to Miss Bessie Balch, who was born in Colchester, Conn., a daughter of Ahimaaz and Eliza (Lee) Balch. Socially Mr. Rockwell is connected with the I. O. O. F. Uncas Lodge, No. 1I, of Norwich. In his political sympathy, he is a strong supporter of the Republican party, but he loves the quiet and peace of his own fireside, with the companionship of his wife and his books and papers, too much to resign them to enter into any contest for political preferment. Although not connected with any religious body, Mr. Rockwell is a man of moral life, scrupulously faithful in per- forming his duties to his employers, broad in his charities, and fulfills every demand made upon him as a good citizen.
EVELYN E. STEVENS, than whom few men in New Haven are better known, comes of .a long line of eminently respectable ancestry. Of his grandfather, Elias Stevens, who served in the Revo- lutionary war, a more extended mention may be found elsewhere.
Jedediah Chapman Stevens, son of Elias, was born on Cow Hill, now Prospect Hill, in Clinton, Conn., May 5, 1807. His early education was ac- quired in the district schools, and early in life he started out for himself, by working in a blacksmith shop near his home. He was first associated with his father, and afterward with his brother, Harvey. They carried on general blacksmithing, and made edge tools, Harvey having a secret method of tem- pering the steel whereby he produced an extremely. high grade article. Their patrons came from miles around, and they shod many oxen that were brought in from distant towns. Jedediah Stevens was of medium height, a hard-working man, and when he died the business practically died too. While mowing a field he received a sunstroke from which his death resulted Aug. 8, 1876, and his remains are buried in Clinton. His home was erected under his supervision in 1855. Politically he was a Repub- lican, but took only a voting interest in politics. While he enjoyed but meager educational advant- ages he was a thorough reader, his favorite authors being Scott and Longfellow. His keen wit and in- exhaustible fund of stories made him an entertain- ing companion, and his company was much sought. In his religious belief he was a Congregationalist, and was an active worker in that society.
On Oct. 16, 1832, Jedediah Chapman Stevens was wedded to Analine E. Wright, who was born in Westbrook, Oct. 28, 1811, daughter of Jeremiah and Rachel (Stannard) Wright, farming people of that town. She died Oct. 21, 1890. The children of this union were: (1) Evelyn E. is mentioned farther on. (2) Melissa A., born June 27, 1835, died Dec. 24, 1891, unmarried. (3) Effie E., born May 14, 1850, married Oct. 4, 1887. Julian Warren Cramer, who was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
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and when a year old was brought to New Haven. where he was educated in the public schools. Mrs. Cramer is a graduate of the New Haven high school, and for several years prior to her marriage was successfully engaged in teaching in that school. They reside in Clinton, Connecticut.
Evelyn E. Stevens was born in Clinton, Conn., Feb. 3, 1834, and in the town of his nativity received his education in the public schools and the academy. For one year after leaving school he was with his uncle, employed on a packet running to Albany. In the fall of 1851 he came to New Haven, and hay- ing inherited the mechanical genius of his father. determined to learn the machinist's trade, which line of business he followed until the spring of 1861. In Clinton, Conn., August, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 7th C. V., and was mustered into the service of the government early in September, 1861. . He served until July, 1865. In November, 1861, he was detailed as surgeon's orderly, which led to his warrant as hospital steward, non-com- missioned staff. In March, 1865, he was commis- sioned first lieutenant of Company G, but upon the earnest solicitation of the regimental surgeon he was induced to remain as hospital steward, and was therefore not ministered. Afterward he was com- missioned first lieutenant and quartermaster, but again not mustered.
After his return from the war Mr. Stevens en- gaged in the manufacture of coach lamps and trin- inings with Charles E. Thompson, under the firm name of C. E. Thompson & Co., which about twenty years later became Stevens & Sackett, which firm continued in that line until February, 1901, at which time Mr. Stevens retired from active business.
On Oct. 2, 1878, Mr. Stevens married in Clinton, Conn., Sarah A. Stevens, daughter of Leander Stevens and widow of Everett Hurlburt. He has had a summer home in Clinton for a number of years, which he at present regards as his permanent home. Fraternally Mr. Stevens has been a Mason since 1865, and belongs to Jeptha Lodge, F. & A. M., of Clinton ; he is a member of Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R., the Army and Navy Club of Con- necticut, and many other clubs in New Haven. In his political affiliations he is an unfaltering Re- publican and keenly alive to the interests of his party. He attends the Church of the Redeemer in Orange street.
BIRDSEYE. The Birdseye family of Connect- icut is one of the oldest and most honorable in the State's list of notable families. A writer of an ar- ticle, published in "Lippincott's Magazine," July, 1879, says: "The Birdseye pedigree is the central stem of all Stratford genealogies." It is not within the province of this work to give an extended gen- ealogy of the family at large, but it is intended to es- pecially refer to the line of the particular family of the late Thaddeus Gould Birdseye. He and his son, Thomas Shelton Birdseye, have been prominent in '
Derby's history for sixty-five years past, forty of which they have served successiveiy as secretary and treasurer of the Derby Savings Bank, in which position the latter is still serving.
Jolin Birdseye, the progenitor of the Connecti- cut family, came from Reading, in Berkshire, Eng- land, in 1636, and died in 1649. He had two chil- dren, Joseph and Jolin, of whom the former resided in Wethersfield. He had only one daughter.
(11) John Birdseye, born in England in 1616. : came to New Haven with his father. and the same year removed to Wethersfield. In 1639 he removed to Milford, and in 1649 to Stratford. He married ( first ) Phillippa, daughter of Rev. Henry Smith, and ( second) in October, 1683, Mrs. Alice Tomlin- son, widow of Henry. Deacon Birdseye died April 4, 1690, and his widow on Jan. 25, 1698. He was the first deacon in the Congregational Church in that town, and in those days the diaconate was an insti- tution of great power and dignity, the deacon being a conspicuous person, second only to the parish min- ister of the Established Church.
From Deacon John Birdseye Thomas Shelton Birdseye, now of Derby, is in the eighth generation. his line being through John (3), Joseph, Rev. Na- than, Joseph (2), David and Thaddeus Gould Birdseye.
(III) John Birdseye (3), son of Deacon John by his first marriage, born March 28, 1641, married, Dec. 11. 1669, Phoebe, daughter of William and Margaret Wilcoxson, of Stratford. Mr. Birdseye was an esteemed citizen, held the office of selectman of the town, and died in 1697. His children were: : Hannah, born Feb. 5, 1671, married, May 3, 1693, Isaac Beach, of Stratford, and died Oct. 15, 1750; Mary, born Nov. 10, 1675, died June 17, 1691 ; Sa- rah, born May 9, 1678, died Jan. 21. 1679; Abel, born November, 1679, was a lieutenant in the French and Indian war, and died May 14, 1747; Joseph, j born Feb. 22, 1682 : Comfort, or Elizabeth, born Oct. 21, 1685, died in 1692: Dinah, born in 1688, mar- ried (first) Benjamin Beach, of Durham, Conn., and ( second) Samuel Norton, of Goshen, Conn., and died Sept. 17, 1765.
(IV) Joseph Birdseye, son of John (2), born Feb. 22, 1682, married, June 10, 1708, Sarah, daugh- ter of Ambrose and Sarah ( Wells) Thompson, of Stratford. She died May 3, 1726. Mr. Birdseye resided in Stratford, was a large land owner, and commanded the esteem and respect that his intelli- gence and moral character merited. He died June 25, 1757. His children were: Hannah, born Aug. 12, 1710, died unmarried ; Dinah, born Oct. 18, 1712, died in June, 1718; Nathan, born in August, 1714; and Joseph, born Dec. 10, 1717, died Dec. 17, 1738.
(V) Rev. Nathan Birdseye, son of Joseph, born in August, 1714, married, April 17, 1739, Dorothy, born Feb. 27. 1719, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Abigail (Gold) Hawley, of Ridgefield, and grand- daughter of Nathan Gold, of Fairfield, Deputy Gov-
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ernor of Connecticut. Rev. Birdseye was college bred, and took his degree from Yale in 1736. He became pastor of the West Haven Congregational Church in 1742; preached there sixteen years, and then removed to his patrimonial estate in Stratford, where he lived until his death, Jan. 28, 1818, aged 103 years, 5 months and 9 days. His wife died Sept. 21, 1807, when eighty-eight years of age. Their children were: Joseph, born Feb. 4, 1740, re- sided in Huntington, Conn .; Dorothy, born Aug. 10, 1742, married (first) John Brooks, and (second) Thomas (or Norman) Ives, of Stratford, and died Sept. 12, 1834, at the advanced age of ninety-two years ; Nathan, born May 29, 1744, died unmarried Aug. 5, 1832; Hannah, born Dec. 15, 1746, mar- ried Feb. 17, 1765, Silas Curtis, of Stratford, and died Nov. 24, 1812; Ezra, born Jan. 28, 1749, mar- ried Phoebe, daughter of Benjamin Curtis, and died Dec. 28, 1832; Helen, born July 17, 1751, married Josiah, son of Nathan Peck, and died July 10, 1845 ; Thaddeus, born April 18, 1753, married Helen, daughter of George .Lewis, and died Feb. 22, 1800; Abigail, born April 28, 1755, and died unmarried May 4, 1827; Ebenezer, born May 13, 1757, married (first ) Eunice, daughter of Capt. Beach Tomlinson, of Huntington, and (second) Sarah Bell, and re- sided in Cornwall; Lucy, born March 1, 1759, died unmarried Dec. 24. 1823; John, born Feb. 16, 1761, married (first) Phoebe, daughter of James Coe, of Stratford, and (second) Joanna Calhoun, and died Oct. 16, 1839; and Sarah, born Aug. 26, 1763, married Rev. Payson Williston, pastor of the First Congregational Church organized in Easthampton, Mass., and died Aug. 19, 1845, aged eighty-two years. According to the family history, all the six sons of Rev. Nathan and Dorothy Birdseye ren- dered military service during the Revolution, but as military record of only Capt. Joseph, Sergeant Thaddeus and Ezra has been found in the adjutant general's report at Hartford, it is presumed the others were in the skirmishes in defence of the coast during Tryon's invasion.
(VI) Joseph Birdseye (2), son of Rev. Nathan, born Feb. 4, 1740, married Dinah, born Jan. 20, 1744, daughter of James and Sarah ( Frost) Black- man, and resided in the town of Huntington, where he died May 26, 1817. His wife died Oct. 4, 1815. Their children were: Joseph, born Aug. 9, 1765, died Jan. 4, 1767 ; Joseph (2), born March 10, 1769, married Hannah, a daughter of Moses and Hannalı Platt, and removed to Hopeville, N. Y., where lie died Aug. 14, 1805; Ezekiel, born Oct. 26. 1771, died June 18, 1793; Nathan Gould, born Jan. 23, 1774, married Polly, daughter of Moses and Hannah Platt, and died May 24, 1846: James, born April 9, 1776, married Phoebe Phelps, settled at Hope- ville, N. Y., and died Oct. 21, 1835; Sarah, born Nov. 17, 1778, married Philo, son of Ephraim and Ann Curtis, of Stratford, and died Dec. 26, 1823; Dolly, born Jan. 30, 1781, married Sylvester Post, 36
lived in Huntington, and died there Aug. 15, 1852; and David, born April 3, 1783.
(VII) David Birdseye, son of Joseph (2), born April 3, 1783, married Rebecca, daughter of Eph- raim and Ann Curtis, and resided in Huntington. He died Aug. 19, 1866. His children were: Jos- eph, born Dec. 17, 1804, married April 4, 1830, Car- oline, daughter of Isaac and Sarah ( Hawkins) Hub- bell, of Derby, and resided in Huntington, where he died April 5, 1847; Ephraim. born April 8, 1808, married Jan. 10, 1833, Eliza A., daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth A. (Curtis) Cummings, of Hunting- ton, was a merchant in Huntington, Derby and Brooklyn, N. Y., and died Sept. 17, 1855; Thad- deus Gould, born Sept. 9, 1810; Philo, born Oct. 24, 1812, married Sarah, daughter of Anson and Betsey Tucker, of Derby, was a tailor and later a farmer, and died Feb. 17, 1874; Sarah R., born March 13, 1815, died April 17, following; Ann Rebecca, born May 29, 1816, died unmarried Aug. 2, 1891.
Thaddeus Gould Birdseye, son of David and the father of Thomas Shelton, of Derby, was born Sept. 9, 1810, at the family homestead, a farm only a few miles from the now city of Derby, in the town of Huntington, Conn. There is in the home of his son and daughter in Derby a large oil painting of great value, reproducing minutely the old home- stead. There is the ancient house, the weil sweep, the servants, the horse, and the out buildings, all speaking of the home life of those early settlers. There Thaddeus G. Birdseye was born, and there he lived until, as a clerk with a New York whole- sale grocery house, he began his business life. Soon afterward he entered the postoffice at Bridgeport, Conn., where he remained some years. In the spring of 1836 he moved to Birmingham and was engaged successively in the grocery and dry goods trades. He became postmaster as the successor of Henry Atwater, and held the office eight years ; he- was clerk also four years, and was then chosen sec- retary and treasurer of the Derby Savings Bank, a. position he filled for twenty years, until his death: at seventy years of age, Aug. 15, 1880.
Mr. Birdseye is described as a quiet, unobtru- sive, genial man, one who always minded his own business, a devoted member of the Episcopal Church, a faithful official, who gave great satisfac- tion in the discharge of his financial duties, a tried and trusted friend of the poor. There is an muner history here, beautiful as rare. There are many in every community who have but little of this world's goods, and who are in need of a faithful, wise. lov- ing counselor and friend, one who will kindly and discreetly help them, invest their money, counsel in its outlay, devise, make and be custodians of their wills, perhaps become administrators of their es- tates; and Mr. Birdseye was the rare person to whom this considerable class turned for that brotherly aid they needed. Without remuneration, he did for the love of man all the helpful things.
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that only those who so received can appreciate, and their numbers were amazingly large. Mr. Birdseye was, in his political views, first a Whig, then a Republican.
On July 25, 1839, Mr. Birdseye was married to Miss Mary Ann, born June 5, 1819, daughter of Alfred and Ruth ( Beardsley) Shelton, of Hunting- ton. Mrs. Birdseye died Nov. 4, 1871. To this cou- ple were born children as follows:
(I) THOMAS SHELTON BIRDSEYE, born Oct. II, 1840, in Huntington, Conn., received his education in the schools of Derby. The same general, and inany of the special, traits of the father appear in the character of his only son. The latter entered the Birmingham postoffice and served as assistant for eight years, and later acted as assistant town clerk during his father's incumbency. After the death of his father, in 1880, he was chosen his successor as secretary and treasurer of the Derby Savings Bank, a position he fills with all the efficiency, fidelity and popularity of his honored predecessor. Cautious, wise, faithful, loving, he has succeeded to all the respect and esteem in society which his father held. The widow, the orphan and the aged all trust him and seek his counsel and his friendly service, and advice is given willingly and gratuitously to all. It is needless to say that a man of such char- acter is held in high esteem and loving respect.
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