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Until he reached the age of seventeen our sub- jeet remained at the homestead. the common schools affording him an education, and he then learned the mason's trade with Isaac P. Davis, of Seymour. He followed that trade twenty-five years, doing a profitable contract business, and then built the store now occupied by E. A. Curtiss, corner of Wakelee .avenne and Jackson street. For ten years he was
engaged in mercantile business there, but since sell- ing out, in 1895, he has been looking after his real- estate interests exclusively. He bought fifty aeres of the old homestead, from which he has sold a number of building lots, and he has also put up a number of houses, some of which he still owns and rents. Mr. Wakelee attends the Episcopal Church, of which his wife is a member. In polities he is a stanch Democrat, having been identified with the party since he was twenty-one years old. For more than twenty-five years he served as assessor, and held that office while Derby was still a part of the town; he served as chairman of the board of assessors longer than any other man now living in Ansonia. He also served a term as collector and one year as selectman ; and for a number of years was a member of the town committee and the local board of relief.
On Jan. 12, 1853, Mr. Wakelee married Miss Amanda Chatfield, a native of Bethany. They have had one son, Frank W., a carpenter and joiner in Ansonia, who married Miss Fannie Platt and has had two children, Cora A. and Harry W., the latter of whom died when five years old. Mrs. Wakelee is a member of a well-known family, her grand- father, Phineas Terrell, having been one of the first settlers in Bethany, where he engaged in farming. Her father, Russell Chatfield, a native of Oxford, was a farmer and mason in that town, and lived to the age of ninety-one years. He married Sarah Terrell, who died at the age of eighty-four, in the same house in which she was born and married. Russell and Sarah Chatfield had five daughters, of whom three are living: Mrs. Mary M. Beecher ; Mrs. Ruth M. Warner, who still resides in An- sonia with a daughter ; and Mrs. Wakelee. Of the others, Mrs. Sarah A. Beecher died aged thirty- two, and Mrs. Pamelia J. Todd died aged thirty. The family is much esteemed socially and has been identified with the Episcopal Church for genera- tions.
GEORGE LEANDER WELD ranked among the substantial and most highly respected citizens of the town of Guilford, where the greater part of his useful and active life was passed. He was a native of the town, born March 12, 1814, son of George and Mabel (Fowler ) Weld, and was the eldest brother of the late Capt. Frederick A. and William E. Weld, of Guilford.
Our subject received his education in the com- mon schools, attending first in the North Guilford District, and later at Sag Harbor, L. I., whither he removed with his parents. Early in life he was engaged in farm work, later learning the trade of shoemaker, which he followed for some time, and he also engaged in carpentering and building. He fin- ally took up his home at East River, New Haven county, settling on the old Bartlett homestead, where he passed the remainder of his days, engaging in ship carpentering in addition to agricultural pur-
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suits. By energetic industry and good management lie became quite well-to-do, and he gained the respect of his neighbors and friends by a life of integrity. In religious connection he was a member of the episcopal Church of Guilford, and active in its work, serving as warden and vestryman in the church. His political support was given to the Democratic party. He never sought office, preferring to give his atten- tion to his private affairs, but he took an intelligent interest in the welfare of his locality, and was well read.
On Sept. 16, 1849, Mr. Weld was married, in Guilford, to Miss Sarah Judson Bartlett, who was born Feb. 20, 1828, daughter of Josepli Bartlett, and survives him, still making her home in East River. She is an intelligent woman, well preserved, and enjoys the highest esteem of the community in which her life has been passed. Three children blessed this union : Mary Bartlett, born Oct. 27, 1855, died Nov. 9, 1865; George M. and Joseph, twins, were born Jan. 3, 1863, and the latter died Oct. 12, 1865. Mr. Weld was a kind-hearted husband and loving father, and his death, on Oct. 22, 1891, at East River, was deeply mourned. His remains rest in the East cemetery, in Guilford.
George M. Weld was born Jan. 3, 1863, received his education in the local district schools, and is employed in a shop in the town of Madison. He married Miss Lottie M. Rogers, and they have had four children: Ruth M., Mabel R., George Leon and. Elsie Bartlett, all living.
THE BARTLETT FAMILY, from which Mrs. Weld is descended, is one of the oldest in Guilford, and Joseph Bartlett, the first of the name here, was a native of England. He was one of the first settlers of Guilford, where he passed the remainder of his life, dying Aug. 3, 1669. He was a deacon in the church. On Sept. 14. 1650, he married Mary Crut- tenden, daughter of Abraham Cruttenden, and she survived him but a few weeks, dying Sept. 11, 1669. Children: Elizabeth, born in March, 1653, died Oct. 4, 1742, married Abraham Fowler : Mary, born Feb. 1, 1655, died Nov. 5, 1724, married Nathaniel Stone; John, born Nov. 9, 1656, died Aug. 16, 1669; Hannah, born Nov. 6, 1658, married Stephen Bishop; Deborah, born in 1660, died Dec. 4, 1692, married John Spinning : Daniel, born Dec. 14, 1665, died Nov. 14, 1747, married Sarah Meggs; Abra- ham, sketch of whom follows.
Abraham Bartlett, born Feb. 19. 1667, in Guil- ford, died Feb. 20, 1731. On June II, 1693, he married Mary Warner, born in April, 1664, who died May 25, 1738, and they had children : Mary, born May 18, 1694, died June 9, 1755: Abraham, born March 4, 1698, died Jan. 13. 1764; Joseph, sketch of whom follows ; Timothy, born March 15. 1702, died Dec. I, 1773, married Susanna Crutten- den : Ebenezer, born Nov. 6, 1704. died Oct. 19, 1777.
Capt. Joseph Bartlett, born in Guilford Oct. 24, 1699, died Aug. 29, 1769. On June 9, 1726, he
married Mindwell Cruttenden, born in 1706, died Sept. 24, 1769. Children : Joseph, sketch of whom follows; Mindwell, born May 17, 1730, died Nov. 3, 1808, married Samuel Chittenden ; Abraham, born Jan. 12, 1734, married Submit Everts; Ruth, born in October, 1735. died Dec. 21, 1831, married Miles Griswold; Samuel, born Feb. 10, 1742, mar- ried Abigail Ingraham.
Joseph Bartlett, born Sept. 8. 1727, died July 23, 1812, in Guilford. On Dec. 30, 1756, he mar- ried Sarah Cruttenden, born Feb. 2, 1735, died June 13, 1818. Children: Joseph, born Nov. 8, 1757, died Aug. 23, 1787 ; Saralı, born Oct. 21, 1762, died Feb. 5, 1773; Amos, born June 23, 1764, died July 12, 1836, married Anna Dudley: Noah, sketch of whom follows; Hannah, born Sept. 4, 1778, died March 14, 1858, married Timothy Dudley.
Noah Bartlett, born Aug. 27, 1766, died Jan. 17, 1837. On June 23, 1796, he married Sally Judson, born Nov. 27, 1775, died Jan. 25, 1867. Children : Joseph, sketch of whom follows; Sally, born Nov. 20, 1799, died July 21, 1866, married Horace Mun- ger ; Polly, born Nov. 20, 1801, died Nov. 14, 1876, married Joel Griswold, of Guilford.
Joseph Bartlett, father of Mrs. Weld, born July 24, 1797, was one of the leading business men of Guilford in his day, keeping store at East River, and also conducting a hotel at that place, where he spent his life. He owned vessels, in which he shipped his produce to New York and other mar- kets, and was also a large land owner and dealer in stock. In the management of his various interests he became widely known, and his reputation was untarnished by any doubts as to his uprightness and integrity. During his busy career he accumu- lated a comfortable competence, and he was regard- ed as one of the substantial men of his locality. Mr. Bartlett passed away Jan. 5. 1864, at East River, and his remains rest in the East cemetery. He at- tended the Congregational Church. and in politics was first a Whig, later a Republican.
On March 15. 1827, Mr. Bartlett married Mary Ann Cruttenden, who was born May 21, 1798, daughter of Bela Cruttenden, and died Aug. 15, 1876. One child blessed their union, Sarah Judson, who is now the widow of George L. Weld.
HON. SAMUEL H. CHITTENDEN, at pres- ent serving in the Connecticut State Senate from the Sixth District, is a native of New Haven county, born Nov. 18, 1845. on the old Chittenden home- stead at East River, in the town of Madison. He is a descendant of (I) William Chittenden, one of the original settlers of Guilford, who came to the town in 1639, and was prominent in public affairs, serving as magistrate of the Plantation and deputy to the General Court until his death.
(II) Sergt. John Chittenden, fourth child of William, was born in 1643, and die.l in Guilford in April, 1716. On Dec. 12, 1665, he married Hannah Fletcher, daughter of John Fletcher, and they had
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six children: Jolin, born Oct. 19, 1666; Elizabeth, Jan. 26, 1670 ( she married Thomas Cruttenden) ; Joseph, March 26, 1672 (married Mary Kimberly) ; Gideon, Sept. 23, 1678, died 1679; Abel, May 14, 1681 (married Deborah Scranton) ; Lydia, March 30, 1684 (married William Hall ).
(III) Jolin Chittenden, son of Sergt. John, born Oct. 19, 1666, died in February, 1710. On March 13, 1701, he married Saralı Clay, who was born March 5, 1674, and died April 5, 1717. Her par- ents, Josepli and Mary ( Lord) Clay, were of Guil- ford and Saybrook, Conn., respectively. Two chil- dren were born of this union: John, June 8, 1702 (married Bathsheba Cruttenden) ; and Samuel, Aug. 16, 1704.
(IV) Samuel Chittenden, son of John, born Aug. 16, 1704, married Nov. 7. 1726, Susanna Bishop, who was born Jan. 12, 1704, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Wetmore) Bishop, and died Nov. 8, 1747. On Sept. 8, 1748, he married Mrs. Phyllis (Burgis) Jolinson, widow of Nathaniel Johnson, and daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Wright) Burgis. She was born March 1, 1716, and died Oct. 12, 1760, and on Jan. 13, 1762, Mr. Chittenden married Hulda Fowler, who was born March 6, 1723, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Starr) Fowler, and died Nov. 17, 1820, at the ripe age of nearly ninety-cight years. The children of Samuel Chittenden were: Samuel, born Nov. 2, 1727 (married Mindwell Bartlett ) ; Nathaniel, Aug. 1,'1730 (died 1730) ; Nathaniel (2). June 2, 1732; Susannah, June 2, 1832 (married John Crampton) ; Noah, July 31, 1734 (married Elizabethi Cramp- ton) ; Sarah, July 9, 1739 (married Miles Gris- wold) ; Benjamin, mentioned below.
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(V) Benjamin Chittenden, son of Samuel. born Nov. 23, 1749, spent his life in Guilford, and died Sept. 1, 1820. On Jan. 16, 1777, he married Mabel Dudley, who was born Nov. 22, 1751, daughter of Thomas and Abigail ( Seward) Dudley. and died Feb. 1I, 1795. They had two children: Samuel, born Nov. 12, 1777 ; and Joel, born Nov. 13. 1785, who married Sally Carter. For his second wife Benjamin Chittenden married, Feb. 10, 1796, Lucy Fowler, who died June 9, 1835, aged seventy-three years.
(VI) Samuel Chittenden, son of Benjamin, born Nov. 12, 1777, was a farmer and land owner, and spent his life in the town of Madison, dying Feb. 23, 1846. On March 31, 1803, he married Lauranda Collins, born Dec. 22, 1774. daughter of Joel and Bethya (Hall) Collins, the former of Guilford, the latter of Wallingford, Conn. This wife died July 3, 1805, and in 1808 he married Amanda Kelsey, who was a daughter of Preston and Clarissa (Graves) Kelsey. of East Guilford, and passed away Oct. 22, 1811, at the carly age of twenty-four years. In April, 1813. Mr. Chittenden wedded Sally War- ner, who was born July 14. 1790, daughter of Chap- man Warner, of Hadlyme. Conn .. and died Feb. 9, '1864. He was the father of seven children: Lau-
randa C., born May 19, 1809, married Timothy H. Lee; Samuel Conklin, born Sept. 22, 1811, is men- tioned below; Henry A., born May 31, 1814, died Dec. 25, 1834; Hosmer Ely, born Feb. 10, 1816, was lost at sea Oct. 6, 1844, on the brig "Ocean ;" Chapman W., born Dec. 27, 1818, died Dec. 28, 1880; William F. was born Aug. 1, 1825; and John Newton, born Dec. 25, 1827, married Elizabeth Cruttenden.
( VII) Samuel Conklin Chittenden, father of the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, was born Sept. 22, 1811, on the homestead, and was for many years extensively engaged in the lumber busi- ness at East River, embarking in that industry be- fore the building of the New Haven & New London railroad, of which he was one of the original pro- jectors and stockholders. During the early years his lumber was brought in sailing vessels from Maine and Albany. He also engaged in the manu- facture of sash and blinds, in which line hie was quite successful, and he was ever regarded as one of the prosperous, substantial citizens of his town, continuing to reside on the old family homestead at East River, where his widow still makes her home. On Feb. 8, 1843, Mr. Chittenden married Miss Amanda A. Munger, born Nov. 27, 1813, daughter of George and Parnel (Kelsey) Munger, and chil- dren were born to this union as follows: Samuel H., Nov. 18, 1845: Clarissa, March 1, 1848 (died March 3, 1848) ; George Benjamin, Dec. 25, 1849. The last named was married Dec. 25, 1876, to Miss Ella Spencer Delano. who was born in 1857 in Washington, D. C., and they have had three chil- dren : Myra D., born Feb. 2, 1879; Horace W., born Aug. 25, 1880; and Marjorie L. Samuel C. Chittenden passed away Dec. 3. 1886. at his home in East River. Originally a Whig in politics, he finally united with the Republican party, but he was never an office seeker. In religious connection he was a Congregationalist, and his widow is also a member of that church, being a devout Christian. She is a lady of culture and intelligence, and enjoys the unbounded esteem of all who know her.
Samuel H. Chittenden was reared in the town of his birth, and after acquiring his rudimentary education in the public schools fitted for college at Guilford Institute and Lee's Academy, Madison. In 1867 he graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, and a few years later took an addi- tional course, receiving the second degree of C. E. In February, 1868, under the patronage of Cor- nelius S. Bushnell, then a director of the Union Pacific railroad, he was given an opportunity to commence work at his profession, becoming a civil engineer on that road. At that time the end of their track was only a few miles west of Cheyenne. Mr. Chittenden, joining the field party of Maj. Law- rence, traveled from the end of the track with freight wagons through the Indian country, the party having an escort of United States cavalry, and commenced work on location through the Bitter
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Creek section, later moving west to Echo Canon and the location over the Wahsatch Summit. During 1868 and 1869 the road was built and running to a connection with the Central Pacific road west of Salt Lake City, and some unprecedentedly rapid work was done, especially in grading and track lay- ing. Mr. Chittenden continued with the road, doing general engineer work, until 1876, after which, for about a year, he was engaged on the Quinnipiac bridge, at Fair Haven, Conn. His next work was in Alabama, on the Mussel Shoals improvement of tlie Tennessee river and Coosa river, in Georgia, as assistant engineer under Maj. W. R. Ring, of the United States Engineers. Between 1880 and 1890 he was engaged with his brother, George B. Chitten- den, in mining in Arizona and New Mexico, and in general engineering and contracting in Washing- ton, D. C., and among other undertakings we may mention the enlarged dam across the Potomac river, at Great Falls, to increase the water supply of the city, which he built.
In 1890 Mr. Chittenden retired from his pro- fession, and he has since lived in comparative retire- ment at his old home in New Haven county, where he has taken an active part in local interests. The year of his return he was elected clerk of the town of Madison, in which office he has ever since served, and he is also judge of probate, discharging the duties of both offices with a satisfaction which has fully warranted the confidence placed in him by his fellow citizens. In 1898 he was further honored by election to the State Senate, on the Republican ticket, and he has since served in that responsible incumbency with becoming dignity, displaying a high sense of duty in the performance of the duties connected therewith. He has been the efficient chair- man of the committees on Humane Institutions and New Counties and County Seats, and has won the universal respect of his colleagues by his integrity and uprightness. Mr. Chittenden's call to public service from the time of his return to his native place is sufficient evidence of the affectionate esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens, and he is a worthy representative of one of the oldest families in the State, one whose members have ever been loyal to the best interests of the Commonwealth. Senator Chittenden is unmarried. He has been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 1876.
EDWARD A. THOMSON, justice of the peace and postmaster at Brooksvale, has for several years been prominently identified with the business and agricultural interests of Cheshire, as well as the political affairs of that town. In connection with the operation of his farm he is engaged in merchan- dising, and in all his undertakings has met with a fair degree of success.
Mr. Thomson was born in Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 22, 1836, a son of Henry Williams and Lydia Witter (Button) Thomson. The father was also
a native of Massachusetts, born Dec. 4, 1805, and was a tanner by trade. He also taught music. He died in Stockbridge Nov. 15, 1840, and his wife sub- sequently came to New Haven, Conn., where she died May 6, 1873. In their family were six children : Henry W., who was a merchant, died in New Ha- ven ; he was a deacon in the United Church on the Green. Sarah Eliza became the wife of Robert Bird, of Atlanta, Ga. David W., a member of the firm of Thomson & Co., safe manufacturers, died in New Haven. Jeannie died in the same city. Ed- ward A. is our subject. Giles G. was a partner with his brother David in the safe manufacturing com- pany of New Haven ; he went to the war as a mem- ber of the New Haven Grays.
At the age of six years Edward Augustus Thom- son accompanied his mother on her removal to New Haven, where he attended the public schools for a time. From the age of eight until he was seven- teen he lived in the town of Morris, Litchfield county. He began his business career as a clerk with the firm of Thomson Brothers, grocers and dealers in flour, in State street, New Haven, and in 1873 opened a feed store in Grand avenue, where he continued in business alone until 1880. In 1884 he removed to Cheshire, and on disposing of his store in New Haven purchased a part of the Charles Brooks farm, which he now cultivates. He is an enterprising and progressive business man, of known reliability, and the success that has come to him has been worthily achieved.
On Feb. 22, 1869, in New Haven, Mr. Thomson married Miss Elizabeth Lawton, a native of that city, and a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Lawton. Her father, who was also born in New Haven, was editor of the New Haven Morning News, and he also owned a brass foundry in State street, and an iron foundry in Grand ave- nue, manufacturing car wheels. He died in New Haven and his wife is still living. By this union Mr. Thomson had four children, namely: Eliza- beth, wife of John Seymour Dolph, a resident of North Guilford; Jane B., wife of Cornell Green, of South Willington, Conn. : Edward A., deceased ; and George W., a resident of Hamden, New Haven county. For his second wife Mr. Thomson married Miss Mary Eliza Allen, also a native of New Ha- ven, by whom he has one son, Edward Allen. Mrs. Thomson's parents were Ebenezer and Martha (Bunnell) Allen, the former born in Vermont March 17, 1805, the latter in New Haven March I, 1806. They were married in Fair Haven, this county, April 19, 1826, and made their home in New Haven, where the mother died June 5, 1887, the father June 5, 1893, in Pierpont street. By oc- cupation he was a joiner and ship carpenter. He was one of the oldest and best known Freemasons in the State, being a charter member of Pulaski Chapter and Crawford Council, and generalissimo of New Haven Commandery, K. T. To him and his wife were born eleven children, namely : Henry,
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born Feb. 11, 1827, was in the United States navy, and died Jan. 1, 1869; Lavina died in infancy ; Sher- man, born Sept. 8, 1830, died Sept. 13. 1830: Sarah, born May 1, 1832, died May 7, 1832; Noah L .. born Aug. 14, 1833, was also in the navy, and now resides in New Haven; Oliver B., born Jan. 8, 1837. en- listed at New Haven in the 9th Conn. V. I. during the Civil war, remained in the service until its close, and died Sept. 24, 1887 ; Ebenezer G., born Feb. 27, 1840, was a lieutenant of Company K, 10th Com. V. I., during the Civil war, and died March 18. 1865. from disease contracted in the service ; Martha, born Aug. 31, 1843, is now Mrs. Starkweather, of Mans- field, Conn .; George B., born Jan. 1, 1847, lives in Boston; Ellen J., born Nov. 21, 1849, makes her home in New Haven; and Mary E., born Aug. 5. 1853, is the wife of Mr. Thomson.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomson are members of the Episcopal Church of New Haven. They are quite prominent socially in the town where they now reside. As a Republican he has always taken an active interest in political affairs, and is now serving his second term as a justice of the peace, and his sixth year as postmaster at Brooksvale. He is thor- oughly impartial in meting out justice, and has proved a most trustworthy and capable official.
JAMES AVERY DAVIS. The Davis family of Hamden, New Haven county, at the head of which was the late Edward Davis, whose two sons, William E. and James A., constitute the extensive brick manufacturing firm of W. E. Davis & Co., of New Haven, is a branch of the old Davis fan- ily, of Willington, Connecticut.
From Avery Davis, a prosperous farmer of Stat- ford, a native of the town of Willington, Tolland county, and a son of Avery Davis, came the mem- bers of that family in Stafford, Hamden and New Haven. Avery Davis married Hannah Tyler, a daughter of Deacon Samuel Lyon, of the same town, and their children were: Charles, Eliza, Mary, Edward, William, Samuel ( sketch of whom appears elsewhere) and John. Avery Davis passed his life in agricultural pursuits in Stafford, and there died at the age of seventy-eight years. His youngest son, John, was born in 1826, and married Amelia, daughter of Joseph Allen, of Ellington. He settled in Rockville, where he became a large holder of real estate, over which that city later spread, making him wealthy. Davis avenue there was named for him. The old Davis homestead at Stafford finally fell into his hands, and he long occupied it, engaged in farming. He died in Janu- ary, 1899, in Rockville, where he lived the most of his life.
Edward Davis, son of Avery, and the father of William E., James A. and Burton A., was born in 1818 in Stafford, and in 1837 established himself on a farm in Hamden, coming to that town with his brother, Samuel. By his upright life and exemp- lary habits he won the profound respect of the com-
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munity. He was selectman of the town and asses- sor, and also filled other positions of trust and re- sponsibility. In 1841 he was married to Betsy M. Augur, daughter of James and Almyra ( Ford) Angur, and a member of an old New England family. She was born in Whitneyville, and spent her life in that part of Hamden. She early iden- tified herself with the Whitneyville Congregational Church, and always took a deep interest in its wel- fare, and lived a busy, useful life, but one which al- ways seemed serene and peaceful. In her later years she became, indeed, "a mother in Israel." She was a constant reader and deep thinker, the subject of temperance and missions being of special interest to her. Thoroughly good and lovable, she left to her children a legacy of precious memories. Her death occurred Aug. 16, 1889, and she was buried in the Whitneyville cemetery by the side of her husband. Children as follows were born to their union: (1) James A., born June 6, 1844, in the town of Hamden, is mentioned farther on. (2) Betsy Maria. born April 12, 1846, is the wife of George W. Ives, of Hamden, by whom she had two children, Alfred and Lucy, the latter deceased. (3) William E., born in 1848, married Sophia Tamblingson, and has three children, William Ed- ward, Jr., Jessie and Harold M. (4) Carrie M., born in 1860, died at the age of sixteen years ; she was attending the New Haven high school at the time of her decease. (5) Burton A., born Sept. 15. 1862, married Martha E. Augur, and has one daughter, Marjorie, and one son, Minett. (6) Myra L., born in 1865, married William T. Burton, of Hamden, and died Feb. 1, 1901. She was the mother of John Edward, Ralph William and Don- ald Hepburn.
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