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Mr. Lounsbury has been twice married, the first time in November, 1873, to Elizabeth Palmer, who died . June 2, 1886. On Feb. 26, 1891, he married Bertha M., a daughter of Elizur and Abigail ( Hos- ley) Johnson, of Branford. Mr. Lounsbury belongs to the N. E. O. P., and is also a Mason, being en- rolled in the Widows Sons Lodge, No. 66, and his genial ways endear him to members of the frater- nity ; in politics he is a Republican.
BEACH. The name of Beach has been a familiar one in the manufacturing annals of New Haven county for many years. Andrew Yale Beach and Sharon Dayton Beach, of the S. Y. Beach Paper Co., of Seymour, trace their descent from David and Ann Yale, who came from England to America in 1637, settling in New Haven, Connecticut.
Thomas Yale, their son, born in 1616, in England or Wales, came with his parents to New Haven. In 1645 he married Mary Turner, and they had a family of nine children, of whom Capt. Thomas Yale, born in 1647, in New Haven, married three times, and had eight children, one being named Nathaniel. Nathaniel Yale, born Dec. 31, 1702, married Ruth Bishop, of New Haven, and ( second) Thankful Bassett, on Jan. 15, 1728-29, and had four children : Mary, born Dec. 17, 1729; Nathaniel James, born July 31, 1731 ; Nathaniel, born Aug. 29, 1732 ; and Rebecca, born Oct. 9. 1737. Of these Mary Yale married Capt. Jonathan Dayton, of North Haven, Conn., and they had children, as fol- lows : One that died when young. Thankful, Jona- than, Nathaniel, Cornelius, Mary, Bezaleel, Miriam, Bedotha and Darlin. Of these,
Mary Dayton, born Sept. 4, 1765, died March 18, 1829. She married Giles Beach, of North Haven, and they had eleven children, namely: (1) Beda. born April 1, 1700, married Samuel Hemingway, of East Haven, and died at the age of ninety-nine years and four months. (2) Ancey, born March 5. 1792, died Oct. 1. 1794. (3) Joseph Dayton, born Jan. 8, 1794. married Julia Curtis, of Sharon, Conn., and had five children, Dayton, Curtis (deceased at the
age of seventeen years), Franklin, David and Lor- enzo. (4) Amelia, born Oct. 6, 1795, died same day. (5) Benjamin Hubbard, born Sept. 21, 1796, died Oct. 7. 1855 ; he served in the war of 1812; he married Hannah Shannard, of New Marlboro, Mass., and they had children-twins, born and died Aug. 17, 1826; a son, born and died Nov. 27, 1828; John Francis, born May 20, 1831 ; a son, born and died Sept. 4, 1835 ; and Mary Jennett, born May 28, 1838, who married Oct. 2, 1855, William A. Dixon, of New Boston, Ill. (6) and (7) twins, born Feb. II. 1799. died Feb. 26, 1799. and March 4, 1799, re- spectively. (8) Mary, born Jan. 11, 1800, died April 19, 1809. (9) Abraham, born Dec. 24. 1801, died Aug. 23. 1832; he married Rhoda Dorathy, of Fair Haven. Conn., and they had two sons-Henry, who died in 1832, when six years old : and Cyrus, living in Fair Haven, Conn. (10) Ancey, born June 1, 1805, died in 1887 in North Haven, Conn. (II) Sharon Yale, born May 21, 1809. died March 17, 1899 ; he married, Oct. 4. 1832, Adeline Sperry, and had children : George W., Andrew Y., Emeline E., Stiles D., Sharon D., and Theodore B. George W. is president of the S. Y. Beach Paper Co., and Theodore B. is secretary of that concern.
ANDREW Y. BEACH, born Oct. 27, 1836, in the village of Humphreysville, town of Derbv. New Haven county, was first engaged with his father in the paper making business at Seymour, under the name of S. Y. Beach. from 1852 to 1856, and then entered the employ of the Hartford & New Haven Railroad Co., as clerk at Springfield, Mass. In 1858 he left this position to accept that of agent at Naugatuck, Conn .. for the Naugatuck Railway Co .. but soon thereafter moved to Seymour, and again entered his father's employ in the paper mills. In 1861 he became agent for the Naugatuck Rail- way Co. at Seymour ; in 1867 he was appointed gen- eral ticket agent for the same company, with office at Bridgeport, but resigned in November. 1872, to accept the position as agent at Springfield, Mass., for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- wav Co. This he continued to hold until July 1, 1887, when he resigned, owing to impaired health - through hard work. and returned to Seymour. He is again interested in the S. Y. Beach Paper Co., of which he is now vice-president, and he is aiso en- gaged in the coal, grain and grocery business.
Mr. Beach is a stanch Republican in politics, and while a resident of Springfield, was elected to the board of aldermen three terms. president of the board in 1886. For six years he has been trying justice at Seymour, now serving his fourth term in this office. In religious faith he is a Congregation- alist, and chairman of the Church Society, being a power in the work of that society.
In 1857 Andrew Y. Beach was united in mar- riage with Mary Cordelia Woodford, of Springfield. Mass .. a daughter of Benjamin Barber Woodford, one of the first agents there for the Hartford & New Haven Railroad ( 1856-1862). To this union was
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born one child, Addie, wife of Gustav J. Faber, of Seymour, and they have three children, Frederick Woodford, Mary Alice and Margery. Mrs. Mary C. l'each died Dec. 17, 1885, and on March 17, 1888, Mr. Beach married Mrs. Alice M. ( Hilton) Spencer, a native of Seymour, and a daughter of John and Maria (Molthrop) Hilton. Mrs. Beach had two children by her first marriage, Lewis H. and Otis G. Spencer, both of whom are married and live in New Haven.
SHARON DAYTON BEACH was born Nov. 23, 1849, in the village of Humphreysville, town of Derby, New Haven county, and since leaving school has been engaged in the paper business established by his father in 1843. Since 1880 he has been man- ager and treasurer of the concern, which is known as the S. Y. Beach Paper Co. The firm manufac- ture colored paper almost exclusively ; it is shipped to all parts of the United States, and there are no two paper makers that use the "stock" in the same way. Mr. Beach is a stock-holder in the Valley National Bank, of Seymour, and in the New Haven County National Bank, of New Haven.
On his 21st birthday, Nov. 23, 1870, Sharon D. Beach married Mary E. Rider, a native of Sey- mour, and a daughter of Stephen R. and Mary (Mecker) Rider, the former of whom was from Danbury, and the latter from Reading. Three chil- dren have graced their union, viz .: Sharon M., Ralph S. and J. Mabel, both sons being employed in the paper mill of which their father is manager. Sharon M. married Eva Gray, and they have one son, Albert Gray, born July 16, 1898.
Fraternally Sharon D. Beach is a member of the F. & A. M., Morning Star Lodge, No. 47, Sey- mour, and of Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 35, An- sonia ; is also affiliated with the I. O. R. M., Non- nawauk Lodge, No. 9, Seymour; with the A. O. U. W. Lodge, No. 60 (of which he has been "re- ceiver") ; and with the N. E. O. P., No. 100, Sey- mour. Mr. Beach and his wife are both members of the Order of the Eastern Star. Politically he is a Republican, and for the last two years has been a member of the board of relief. He has been offer- ed other offices, but always declined, having no desire for political preferment.
CHARLES MERRIAM WILLIAMS, the ef- ficient superintendent of the Connecticut School for Boys, and who for twenty and more years has been a teacher in the public schools of the city, is one among the leading educators of the State. Mr. Williams was born Nov. 13, 1851, in the town of Rocky Hill, Conn., son of the late Deacon Thomas Danforth and Mary Jane ( Boardman) Williams, and is a descendant of a sturdy New England an- cestry.
Thomas Williams, the first of his paternal ances- tors of whom we have record, bought land in Weth- ersfield, Conn., in February, 1661, and in the same year received a grant of twelve acres, along the
river and near the landing at Rocky Hill, where he settled about 1670, and died in 1693. He is believed to have been one of the very earliest settlers at Rocky Hill. He and his wife, Rebecca, had ten chil- dren.
Jacob Williams, son of Thomas, was born in 1664, and made his home in Stepney Parish. He was aj sea captain and owned a home near the landing in Stepney, now Rocky Hill, and died there in 1712. He married Sarah Gilbert, who was born in 1661, a daughter of Josiah Gilbert, who died in 1688, and his wife, Elizabeth, who was born in 1632, and died in 1682.
Ephraim Williams, son of Jacob Williams, was born in 1690 and resided in Wethersfield, Conn., where he died in 1761. He was a merchant, and from 1748 until his death we have account of his shipping "oynons" (onions) from Stepney to New York and the West Indies, and importing sea coal and products of the West Indies. He married Eliza- beth Russell, born 1695, died 1765. She was a great-granddaughter of John Russell, the emigrant ; and also of Stephen Terry, one of the first settlers of Windsor, Conn., afterward of Hadley, Mass., who was married in Dorchester, Mass., about 1635, and died in 1668; his daughter, Elizabeth, born Jan. 4, 1641, married Jan. 10, 1665, and with her son, Stephen, was slain by the Indians Sept. 19, 1677.
Elias Williams, son of Ephraim, was born in Wethersfield, Conn., Feb. 10, 1718, and about 1750 located in Stepney Parish. Both before and during the Revolution he was a man of much prominence in both parishes. He was a member of the Board of Safety of the town. In June, 1774, he was chosen on the committee to receive contributions to send to Boston. In the following December, he was a mem- ber of another committee. In 1795, with Jacob, and probably his sons Eliel ånd William, he owned the schooner "Industry," and is sometimes spoken of as a sea captain. His death occurred in Stepney Parish Dec. 5, 1798. On April 29, 1742, Elias Will- iams married Prudence Robbins, who was born in 1723, and died in 1799. She was a great-grand- daughter of John Robbins, the settler. He had a conveyance of land at Wethersfield as early as 1638, and was a member of the General Court in 1644. It is supposed that his father, John, came with him to Wethersfield, and died soon after, as he (John, the settler) mentions land owned by his father (John). Elias Williams was a captain in the 6th Conn. Militia in 1777. This regiment was composed of companies from Wethersfield and Glas- tonbury.
Eliel Williams, son of Elias, was born in Stepney Parish Jan. 30, 1746, and died there Aug. 2, 1819. He was second of the four corporals, enrolled under Capt. John Chester, and sent by Wethersfield, Conn., when the Lexington alarm in April, 1775, reached them. He also participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. On Jan. 26, 1769, he wedded Comfort Mor- ton, born in 1747, died in 1811. Through her ma-
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ternal ancestors she was sixth in descent from Thomas Wells, governor of Colony of Connecticut in 1655 and 1658. Her mother, Sarah Robbins, was a sister of Abigail, who, for her second husband, married Hon. Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Con- necticut. Her father's great-grandmother, Honour Treat, was a sister to Robert, governor from 1683 to 1698 (fifteen years), and wife of Hon. John Dem- ing, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield.
Merriam Williams, son of Eliel, was born in Stepney Parish July 3, 1785, and made his home in Rocky Hill. He was a tanner and currier by trade, and also carried on shoe making, giving work to a number of his townsmen. Later in life he turned his attention to agriculture. Among old papers he left a bundle of deeds, fifty-two in number-convey- ances of land to Elias, Elicl and Merriam, father, son and grandson-the oldest bearing date 1753. On March 25, 1819, he wedded Elizabeth Danforth, who was born Aug. 23, 1789, and died March 29, 1852, a daughter of Thomas Danforth, a partner in a large manufacturing business in Rocky Hill and Philadelphia, later establishing a large trade in Rocky Hill, where he included every possible kind of hardware of the period. Merriam Williams died May 10, 1857.
Thomas Danforth Williams, son of Merriam Williams, was born Dec. 4, 1819, in Rocky Hill, Conn., and there passed away Dec. 4, 18SI. He united with the Congregational Church, in his na- tive town, in 1837, was one of its deacons from March, 1852, until his death, and was an earnest worker for its prosperity and welfare, and forward in many works for the well-being of the community. He was married on April 6, 1842, to Mary Jane Boardman, who was born in Rocky Hill, March 20, 1820, and died Aug. 7, 1888, the last survivor in that town of the twelve children of Capt. Jason Boardman, for fifty years a prominent ship builder, owner and captain of Wethersfield, or Rocky Hill. "Mrs. Williams," says one who knew her well, "was a most estimable woman, and well filled her part in every relation of life." To the marriage of Deacon Thomas Danforth and Mary Jane ( Boardman) Williams were born children as follows: (1) Lu- ther Boardman, born June 7, 1844, married June 27, 1872, Addie Boardman, and they have four chil- dren. He is a machinist by trade, and for some fourteen years acted as superintendent of the loom room, much of the time in the employ of H. & G. W. Ward, manufacturers of twine and netting, at Boston, Mass., and Kennebec, Me. Since 1885 he has resided in Rocky Hill and been occupied in gen- eral and dairy farming. He has been honored a number of times by election to offices of trust and honor, serving in 1897 and 1898 in the State Legis- lature. (2) Caroline Elizabeth, born Nov. 6, 18.47, lives at Rocky Hill, Conn. (3) Charles Merriam is the subject of this sketch. (4) Annie Jane, born April 17, 1858, died Aug. 19, 1877. Thomas Dan-
forth Williams was a plain, unassuming man, who was engaged throughout life in the pursuits of agri- culture. He was a deacon in the church and was held in high esteem by the community, who for twenty years, though not consecutively, honored him with the office of town assessor.
On his mother's side, Charles M. Williams is in the seventh generation from Samuel Boreman, who was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, bap- tized there in 1615, son of Christopher and Julia (Carter) Boreman. He came to New England in 1638, appearing first as a settler in Ipswich, Mass., and disposing of his property interests there about 1641 or 1642, settled in Wethersfield, Conn. He married about this time Mary, daughter of Jolin and Mary Beets who were living in Claydon, England, in 1627. From this emigrant settler Mr. Williams' line is through Jonathan, Jonathan (2), John, Capt. Jason and Mary Jane ( Boardman) Williams.
Capt. Jason Boardman, from his prominence among the men of his day, is deserving of more than simply the mention of his name. His birth occurred in Rocky Hill Jan. 16, 1762, and on July 7, 1784, he was married to Hepzibah, daughter of Deacon Thomas and Dorothy Bulkley Curtis, of Rocky Hill, the latter a daughter of Dr. Thomas Hastings, of Hatfield, Mass. Jason's father was a sea captain, and was lost at sea when Jason was eighteen years of age. The latter succeeded the father in the old homestead, and as a sailor and sea captain, and later became prominent as a ship builder and ship owner. He owned, it is said, a line of packets which sailed regularly from the Connecticut river to Richmond, Va. He was also connected with vessels in the West Indies trade. Mrs. Boardman died Jan. 4, 1807, and Capt. Boardman married Jan. 3, 1808, Lydia Dem- ming, who died Feb. II, 1842. He died Feb. 6, 1844. Four of his twelve children were born to the second union. Two of his sons were sea captains, making three generations in succession sea-faring men. Capt. Boardman was a man of fine appearance, courteous and dignified in manners.
Charles M. Williams passed his boyhool on the home farm in the manner customary to the sons of the general farmer of that day, at school in the win- ter, and at work on the farmn in season. He fur- thered his schooling at Williston Seminary, East- hampton, Mass., and made his debut as a teacher as principal of the Railroad District School in Meri- den, Conn., in 1874. He was later made principal of the Center School, and still later was appointed principal of the West District school, now the second largest school in Meriden. The West District included the Lewis Avenue school and gave him in all about 500 pupils. The grad- uates from his district showed excellent train- ing and attained creditable scholarships at the high school. When the schools of the city were con- solidated in 1895 Mr. Williams was advanced to the position of superintendent of the Meriden schools.
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In 1898 he was appointed superintendent of the Con- nectient School for Boys by the board of trustees of the school, which position he still holds.
On June 17, 1881, Mr. Williams was married to Emeline McFarland, and to this union has come one child, Stanley Thomas, born Oct. 25, 1889. So- cially Mr. Williams is a member of Meriden Lodge, No. 77, A. F. & A. M., and St. Elmo Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar. He also belongs to the Sons of American Revolution, and to the Home Club, of which latter he was treasurer for twelve years. Though not an active politician, he sustains the principles of the Republican party.
FRANCIS S. HAMILTON, chief clerk in the office of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., at Belle Dock, and registrar of voters, is one of the active and successful business men of New Haven. He was born in Bridgeport, May 12, 1846, a son of Starr and Frances ( Hyde) Hamilton.
Starr Hamilton was a native of Bridgeport, where his father was a merchant. He attended the Lovell school at New Haven, and adopted the mer- cantile profession, the business of his father, con- ducting for many years a dry goods store at Apal- achicola, Fla. He married Frances Hyde, a daugh- ter of Richard Hyde, and six children were born to them: Frances Jane ; Isabella Jane; and Adeline English ; all three died in infancy ; John F .; Cather- ine A. F .; and Francis S. John F. served in the Civil war, enlisting at Brooklyn, N. Y., in the 14th regiment. He was for many years a tea broker and died Nov. 5, 1900. Catherine A. E. married Major William L. Hubbell, of Bridgeport, an officer of the 17th Conn. V. I. In politics Starr Hamilton was a Whig. He died in New York in 1854.
Francis S. Hamilton, the youngest of the sur- viving children, was a boy of only eight years when his father died. He spent his boyhood days in Bridgeport, attending the public schools there, and also French's military school on Staten Island, and the school at Greenfield Hill, Conn. As his parents died when he was young, he was thrown early in life upon his own responsibilities. He began his career as cashboy in a store in Bridgeport. Later he was salesman in a dry-goods tore at St. Louis, Mo., for three months, but returning to Bridgeport, he be- came office boy and messenger for the Adams Ex- press Co., continuing in the service of that company for seven years. In 1872 he came to New Haven, accepting a position as waybill clerk in the office of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., at Belle Dock, and he has since been continuously in their service, oc- cupying all the desks successively to that of chief clerk, which position he now holds.
Mr. Hamilton married, in 1872, Mary E. Lewis, of Bridgeport, daughter of George L. Lewis, of that city. , By this marriage there were six children, namely : George Lewis, Francis Starr, William Hubbell, Edward Waterman, Elsie Hyde and Clar- ence Hinman, the last named dying in infancy. Mrs.
Hamilton, the wife and mother, died in 1884, and four years later our subject married Addie E. Howe, a native of Granville, Mass., daughter of Chaun- cey l'. and Clara A. (Hubbard) Howe. Chauncey P. Howe died in the military service of his coun- try during the Civil war, leaving four children : Lucelia N., Bion E., Lottie T. (deccased) and Addie E. By his second wife, Addie E., our subject has one child, Hubert Howe Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton and family are members of the Episcopal Church.
In politics Mr. Hamilton has always been a Re- publican, and he has been one of the active and in- fluential workers in the county organization. For six years he was chairman of the ward committee of the Eleventh ward, and for two terms he served as councilman and as alderman for the same length of time. Removing to the Fifth ward, a Democratic stronghold, he was made chairman of the ward com- mittee and was elected one term as alderman of the ward. He was elected registrar of voters in 1896 and is still serving in that capacity. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Royal Arcanum, the Improved Or- der of Heptasophs, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Patriotic Sons of America, Home Circle, and also of the Second Company, Governor's Foot Guards. He has an extensive acquaintance throughout the city, and is one of New Haven's most popular citizens.
FRANKLIN R. WHITE, master mechanic in the factory of Platt Bros. & Co., Waterbury, is a native of Connecticut, born Aug. 26, 1854, in Hart- ford.
Lewis White, father of our subject, was born in Springfield, Mass., a son of Preserved White, and a brother of Leroy S. White, a sketch of whom ap- pears elsewhere. Lewis, after his marriage, was employed in the Colts gun factory, and on leaving there went into the manufacture of sundry small ar- ticles, receiving a medal for the invention of a shield (patented) for the protection of women's fin- gers when sewing. For a time, during the Civil war, he was inspector of army guns at Springfield, Mass. In 1866 he came to Waterbury, and for some thirty- one years was employed by the Rogers & Brother Silver Plate Co. He died in July, 1897, a Republi- can in politics, and a Congregationalist in religious faith. By his wife, Mary ( Wakefield), he had four children, viz .: Charles L., Franklin R., Mary R. and Maud. Of these, Charles L. died in Waterbury in 1876; Mary R. and Maud are single.
Franklin R. White, our subject, was educated partly in Springfield, partly in Hartford, Conn., and was twelve years old when the family came to Wat- erbury, the public schools of which place he also at- tended. On completing his studies he went to learn the button tool-making trade with the Waterbury Button Co., remaining with that firm five years, and he passed the succeeding five years in the silver plate factory of Rogers & Brothers. Leaving these, his next employment was with the White Machine Co .; but in 1883 he disposed of his interests in that con-
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cern to enter the employ of Platt Bros. & Co., as master mechanic and foreman, his present position.
Franklin R. White was twice married, first time Oct. 27, 1875, to Enima Breedon, of Waterbury, a daughter of Robert Breedon, and by her has one daughter, Emma, now the wife of Charles Curtis, a civil engineer with residence in Waterbury. On May 7, 1879, Mr. White married (second) Emma H. Fields, a daughter of Judge George S. Fields, of Waterbury, and four children were born to this union : Charles (deceased at the age of eight months), Edna C., Elsie H., and Ethel S. The en- tire family are identified with the First M. E. Church of Waterbury, Mr. White being steward of the offi- cial board. In politics he is a Republican, and is now serving his second term as alderman of the First ward, Waterbury. He served eleven years in the Connecticut National Guard, retiring as cap- tain of Company A, Second Regiment. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Uniformed Rank, Endowment Rank and D. O. K. K., and has been grand chancellor of the State; also affiliated with the Improved Order of Red Men, the A. O. U. W. and the Golden Cross.
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GEORGE W. SOMERS has, since 1889, held the position of New England Freight Agent at New Haven for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and he is well known in that city, both in his business connection and in fraternal circles. Mr. Somers comes of a family which has long been identified with New Haven county, being a great-great-grand- son of Henry Somers, and a great-grandson of Abel Somers. His grandfather, Benjamin Somers, was born July 1, 1762, and engaged in farming in the northern part of the town of Milford. He married Mary Marks.
Enoch Somers, father of our subject, was born Aug. 4, 1799, in Milford, was reared in that town, and learned the trade of shoemaker, which he fol- lowed for a time. Later in life he settled on a farm, and continued agricultural pursuits to the close of his earthly career, in January, 1863. He married Mary Platt Johnson, born March 12, 1806, in the northern part of the town of Orange, daughter of Nathan and Katy (Beers) Platt, who had ten chil- dren, all now deceased. Mr. Platt was a son of Josiah Platt; Mrs. Platt was a native of Great Bar- rington, Mass. By her first marriage with Enos L. Johnson, Mrs. Mary ( Platt) Somers had five children, one of whom, Mrs. P. M. Cady, now a widow, is a resident of West Haven. By her union with Enoch Somers she had but one child, our sub- ject. Mrs. Somers passed away July 23, 1889. She and her husband were members of the Congrega- tional Church, of West Haven. Mr. Somers served as captain of a company of militia.
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