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of the town in the General Court. His wife died Oct. 22, 1769, aged ninety years. Their children were: Abigail, born Sept. 13, 1707, died June 2. 1792; Daniel, born Oct. 14, 1709, is mentioned be- low ; Mehitabel, born Sept. 28, 1711, died Oct. 21, 1711 ; Pelatiah, born March 7, 1713, married Lydia Crittenden ; Mehitabel, born in 1714, married John Brewster.
(IV) Deacon Daniel Leete, eldest son of Deacon Pelatiah, was also a deacon of the Fourth Congre- gational Church of Guilford. He was engaged in farming and stockraising at Leete's Island and built a house near the residence of his father, which became noted in the Revolution. In 1874 it was de- molished and upon its site was erected the present residence of Calvin M. Leete. Deacon Daniel Leete died Oct. 1, 1772. He married, June 14, 1738, Rhoda, daughter of Caleb and Sarah ( Meigs ) Stone, of Guilford, born Nov. 2, 1719, died Dec. 23, 1769. Both are buried in the Guilford cemetery. Children : Rhoda, born April 14, 1739, married Noah Rogers; Daniel, born April 17. 1742, married Charity Norton; Ambrose, born Jan. 19, 1748, is mentioned below ; Abraham, born Sept. 25, 1753. died Oct. 26, 1753; Abraham (2), born April 5, 1755; died Nov. 5, 1757.
(V) Deacon Ambrose Leete, son of Deacon Daniel, was born on the homestead at Leete's Island, Jan. 19, 1748. Like his father and grandfather he was a deacon of the Fourth Congregational Church, chosen to that office in 1786, and to the same office in the First Church in 1807. He married. Nov. 10, 1773, Miranda, daughter of William and Ra- chel (White) Chittenden, and died Feb. 14. 1809; his widow survived until Sept. 16, 1838, reaching the age of ninety-one years and six months. Chil- dren: Ambrose, born Nov. 10. 1774. married Catherine Ward: Miranda, born Jan. 8, 1777. died Dec. 21, 1822; Miner, born June 30. 1779, is men- tioned below ; Abraham, born Jan. 1, 1784. died Feb. 26, 1848; Wealthy, born Oct. 27, 1785, died March 23, 1870.
(VI) Miner Leete was born on the Leete's Island farm, where he spent his life in agricultural pursuits, a well-known citizen. He died compara- tively young in life, Nov. 7. 1826, aged forty-seven years, and was buried in the Leete cemetery. He married, Nov. 17, 1807. Lucinda Norton, horn Nov. 18, 1780, in Guilford, daughter of Col. Rufus and Hannah (Cook) Norton. She died Ang. 28, 1848, and was buried in the family cemetery. Their five children were as follows: (1) Edward Lorenzo, born June 28, 1810, resided through life at Leete's Island, was a deacon in the church. and died May 3, 1884. He married Sylvia Fowler, and had two children, Edward Walter and Lucy Louisa. He compiled the Leete genealogy. (2) Rufus Norton, born Aug. 17. 1812, is mentioned below. (3) Theo- dore Adgate, born May 18, 1814. married Mary C. White, and died April 28, 1886, leaving three chil-
dren, Ella Louisa, Rev. William White, and Theo- dore Woolsey. He graduated from Yale College in 1839, subsequently from Yale Theological Seminary. and filled several pastorates. (4) Calvin Miner born Oct. 18, 1816, married Lucy Maria Leete. (5) Louisa Maria, born Aug. 20, 1822, died unmarried, July 29, 1855.
(VII) Rufus Norton Leete passed his entire life in the locality of his birth, revered by the associa- tions of six generations of ancestors. He was reared on his father's farm, and upon reaching manhood adopted agricultural pursuits as his life vocation, following same with merited and signal success all his days. In 1848 he erected a residence at Leete's Island, which he occupied until his death, which occurred Dec. 28, 1894, when he was aged eighty- two years. His remains were interred in Leete's Island cemetery. Mr. Leete was of a retiring dispo- sition, and was known to be a man of unflinching honor and unimpeachable integrity, steadfast in his convictions and principles. In politics he was an earnest and consistent Democrat, in religious faith an active member and liberal supporter of the Bap- tist Church in Guilford during its existence. He was largely interested in the industrial development of his native town, aside from his farm pursuits ; was a large stockholder in the Guilford Manufactur- ing Co., and for a number of years was an efficient member of the Guilford Savings Bank.
On Oct. 23, 1833, Rufus N. Leete married Saralı Bishop. daughter of Ezra S. and Abigail ( Norton ) Bishop, who survives him. Mrs. Leete is a de- seendant of an old New England family. She is of the seventh generation from (I) John Bishop, the founder of the family in Guilford. ( II) John Bishop, his son, married Susannah Goldenham, and to them were born nine children, of whom ( III) Nathaniel Bishop, the tourth child, was born in 1666, and died May 16, 1714. He married, Feb. 9, 1693, Merey Hughes, who was born Mav 20, 1676, and died Dec. 7, 1760. Their chidren were as fol- lows: Nathaniel. born Nov. 17, 1693, married Abi- gail Stone, and died Sept. 24, 1769: Samuel, born July 20, 1695, married Hannah Hull, and died Feb. 24, 1771 ; Mary, born Nov. 29, 1697, died young ; Ebenezer, sketch of whom follows; Experience, born April 2, 1705; Temperance, born April 27, 1709. married Nathaniel Lee, and died March 29, 1751.
(IV) Ebenezer Bishop, youngest son of Na- thaniel, was born Sept. 22, 1701, in North Guilford, where he engaged in farming. In 1729 he married Mehitabel Chittenden, who was born Sept. 30, 1712. Their fourteen children were as follows: Aliah, born March 26, 1730, married Ruth Snow, and died Nov. 30, 1765: Temperance, born March I, 1732, married Giles Chittenden ; Mabel was born Dec. 17, 1733: Amos, born May 5, 1735, died young : Ezra, born Nov. 27, 1736, died young ; Ebenezer, born March 1, 1738, died young; Eber.
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born Sept. 1, 1740, resided in New Milford ; Beulah, born Dec. 10, 1742, married Thomas Fowler ; James, born June 3, 1745, married Eliza Wetmore, and died June 16, 1832; Nathaniel was born May 6, 1747 ; Olive. born June 6, 1749, married Noah Gris- wold, and died Nov. 28, 1817: Neriah, sketch of whom follows; Jared was born Aug. 17, 1753; Luther was born Aug. 20, 1755.
(V) Nerialı Bishop, born Aug. 28. 1751, in North Guilford, died April 22, 1796. He married, May 10, 1781, Rachel Stone. who was born July 30, 1757. Their three children were: Rachel, born Feb. 13, 1782 ; Neriah, born May 16, 1783 ( married Harriet Handy) ; and Ezra Stone, sketch of whom follows.
(VI) Ezra Stone Bishop, born June 13, 1786. in Guilford, died June 29, 1873. He married, April 23, 1809, Abigail Norton, born Feb. 11, 1791. daughter of Jared and Sarah ( Brockett) Norton. She died Nov. 5, 1829. Their seven children were: Eliza, born Sept. 9, 1810: Sarah, born Sept. 18, 1812, widow of Rufus N. Leete, our subject ; Mar- garet, born Sept. 11, 1815, who died Sept. 7. 1879; William H., born March 23, 1819, who married Saralı Griffing; Charles, born Dec. 12. 1823, who married Emily Cochrane; George, born Sept. 12, 1825, married to Florilla C. Fowler ; and Abigail, born in October, 1829, who died Dec. 13, 1882.
To Rufus N. and Sarah ( Bishop) Leete, were born six children : ( 1) Nancy, born Oct. 23, 1834, married, Feb. 12, 1862, Walter G. Bishop, of Mleri- den, and died in Guilford, April 4, 1886. (2) Rich- ard Miner, sketch of whom follows. (3) Roger Calvin, sketch of whom follows. (4) Ellen Lu- cretia, born Aug. 20, 1840, married, Feb. 22, 1887, W. G. Bishop. (5) Rufus Burton, born June 22, 1843. (6) Margaret Elizabeth, born March 11, 1846.
RICHARD MINER LEETE, eldest son of Rufus N., was born on the homestead Nov. 20, 1836, and re- ceived his education at the district schools and the Guilford academy. Until his marriage he remained at home with his parents, working on the farm during the summers and teaching school in the winter seasons. After his marriage he commenced farming on his own account on a farm owned by his father in the Leete's Island District, and also kept store for seven years, though agricultural pursuits have practically been his life vocation. In religious faith he is a member of the Third Congregational Church, as are also his wife and the several men- bers of his family. In his political predilections he was originally an ardent Democrat, but is now an equally zealous Prohibitionist. and for a term of years has faithfully served his town as justice of the peace.
On Nov. 14, 1861, Richard M. Leete was mar- ried to Mary E. Norton, a daughter of Anson and Fanny Norton, the former of whom descended from an old Guilford family, whose genealogy is given below. A brief record of the seven children born
to Richard and Mary Leete is as follows: (!) Anson Miner, born Jan. 19, 1863, married Nellie Snow. (2) Arthur Bishop, born Jan. 13, 1864, married Ennice Stannard ; he is station agent at East Haven for the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford Railroad. (3) Ellsworth Norton, born June 26, 1866, married. Oct. 30, 1889, Annie B. Fowler, who died June 3, 1896, leaving two sons, Richard F. (born Feb. 14, 1891) and Edgar R. (born April 30, 1893). He married second, Oct. 17, 1900, Eliz- abeth Dudley. He is a bookkeeper in New Haven. (4) Jennie Elizabeth, born June 27, 1868, married Nathan S. Rose, of North Branford. (5) Fanny Helen was born Feb. 2, 1870. (6) Sarah Ellen was born April 19. 1872. (7) Carrie May, born March 20, 1875, died March 29, 1875.
NORTON FAMILY. John Norton, son of Thomas and Grace Norton, the first of the name in Guilford, was a native of England, born in 1628 in Ockley, County of Surrey. He came with his parents to America, locating in Guilford, where in 1664 he inarried Hannah Stone, born in 1644. For his sec- ond wife he wedded Elizabeth Hubbard, born in 1638. He died Marci: 5, 1704. His son John, who was the second of that name born to him, first saw the light in East Guilford, Conn., May 29, 1668. On Nov. 14. 1694, he married Hannah Buck, born April 12, 1671, in Wethersfield, Hartford county : he died March 15, 1712, in Guilford and was buried there ; she died Oct. 22. 1739. For her second hus- band she married John Fowler. To John and Han- nah Norton were born ten children.
John Norton, third in order of birth in the fam- ily of John, was born Dec. 13, 1699. He married Elizabeth Robinson, and died Jan. 9, 1797.
John Norton, son of John, was born in Decem- ber, 1734, and died in Guilford Aug. 17, 1804. He married, Dec. 27, 1758, Lucy Lee, born in 1740, who died in March, 1802, the mother of eight chil- dren: (1) Ambrose, born Feb. 15, 1760, married Hannah Hall, and died in March, 1813. (2) Sarah, born in May, 1761, married Caleb J. Hall, and died Ang. 24, 1843. (3) William, born in 1762, served in the Revolutionary war, and died in 1782. (4) John, born in 1763, died Aug. 27, 1773. (5) Ruth, born in 1765, married Jehiel Strong. (6) Silas, sketch of whom follows. (7) James, born in July, 1774, married Huldah Chittenden, and died Sept. 1, 1850. (8) Andrew, born Sept. 13. 1776, married Ruth Chittenden, and died July 9, 1859.
Silas Norton, born Feb. 20, 1769, died Nov. 29, 1821. He married, Feb. 18, 1792, Lucy Chitten- den, born Feb. 9, 1774, died July 22, 1859. Their children : ( 1) Alathea, born Jan. 12, 1795, died July 22, 1811. (2) Harriet, born March 16. 1797, died Oct. 14, 1875. (3) Huldah was born June 18, 1798. (4) Polly, born Oct. 26, 1800, married Martin Hoadley. (5) John Ward, born Feb. 26, 1802, married Jane Nichols. (6) Anson, sketch of whom follows. (7) Silas, born Aug. 28, 1805, married Eliza Everts, and died Aug. 17, 1848. (8)
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Lucyette, born Jan. 31, 1807, married George Stan- nard. (9) Augustus Dennison, born Dec. 1, 1810. married Julia Perow. (10) James Austin, born Dec. 22, 1814, married Ann Gale.
Anson Norton, father of Mrs. Richard M. Leete, was born Dec. 7, 1803, and died Sept. 3, 1859. He married, Oct. 7, 1838, Mrs. Fanny Bishop, who was born Sept. 2, 1804, and died Nov. 10, 1871. Their children: Mary Emma, born Jan. 3, 1840, wife of Richard M. Leete; and James Lewis, born May 14, 1842, who married Minnie A. Hotchkiss.
ROGER CALVIN LEETE, second son of Rufus N., was born at Leete's Island, Guilford, Ang. 30, 1838, and received a good education, in part at the district schools, in part at the high school at Guilford. Until he was thirty-one years of age he remained on the homestead, and then removed to his present farm, which was part of the homestead, and where he has since followed agricultural pur- suits.
In October, 1869, Mr. Leete married Miss Helen A. Park, who was born in Sheshequin, Pa., a daughter of Amos and Arlette M. (Griffen) Park, and two children came to them, viz .; Irving P., born Jan. 22, 1875, attended the district school of his neighborhood, also the Guilford high school, and entered the third year of a course at Yale Uni- versity ; he died Aug. 2, 1896. R. Wayne, the sec- ond son, born Aug. 9, 1876, received a similar edu- cation at the district schools, and had just entered Yale when he, too, was called from earth, Dec. 8, 1896. The mother died May 3, 1898. She and her sons were highly respected in the community, and their taking away-the sons within a brief period of a few months-the mother following so soon afterward, was a terrible blow to the bereaved fa- ther, who still finds in the genuine sympathy of the community some little solace to his sorrow. He is a quiet unostentatious citizen, and a useful member of society, one who lives up to the "golden rule." In politics he is a Democrat, and at the present time is serving as selectman of Guilford.
WALTER A. MAIN, one of the most in- fluential and esteemed citizens of Orange, was born in that town Ang. 6, 1854. His grandfather, Brad- ley Main, was a farmer of Coventry, Tolland coun- ty, Conn., where he passed his life, and where he died at an advanced age.
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Elias T. Main, father of Walter A., was one of a family of six children, only one of whom is yet living, Abbie, wife of Elijah F. West, of Hartford, whose son Fred A. is a member of the board of aldermen of that city. Elias T. Main was a man of high personal character and great public spirit, and was universally respected and beloved by his fellow townsmen, who repeatedly evinced their admiration for, and confidence in, him by electing him to of- fices of grave responsibility and high trust. He was born in New Haven in 1819. In early life he was a carriage maker, and while yet a young man
took an active part in public affairs, being foreman of a (hand) fire engine company and captain of the military organization known as the Governor's Foot Guards. In 1852 he disposed of his business in New Haven and removed to Orange, where he purchased a farm and engaged in agricultural pur- suits. In 1858 he was elected town clerk, which office he held, through successive re-elections, for thirty years, or until his death, Sept. 20, 1888, at the age of sixty-nine years. In 1873, the location of the town offices being moved to the borough of West Haven, he abandoned farming and devoted himself wholly to his public duties. In addition to the office of town clerk he held that of registrar of vital statistics. His acquaintance was co-exten- sive with the limits of the town, and his incor- ruptible probity, joined to a keen business sagacity, commanded universal respect. He was an ardent Republican in politics, and was for many years chairman of the town committee and a delegate to numerous conventions. In 1872 he was elected a member of the Lower House of the General Assen1- bly. He was of a genial disposition and fond of social pleasure. A charter member of New Haven City Lodge, I. O. O. F., he filled all the chairs in that body, including that of past noble grand, and was for forty years a member of the Grand En- campment. He was an earnest and consistent mem- ber of the Baptist Church of New Haven, as was also his wife, who preceded him to the grave, dying at the age of forty-three. Her maiden name was Jane E. Smith, and she was the only child of Will- iam A. Smith, a prosperous farmer of Orange, of which town her family were early settlers, and where she herself was born. Of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Elias T. Main, five are yet living, Walter A. being the fourth. Martha is the wife of William M. Russell, of Tyler City, in the town of Orange: William D. is a resident of Hart- ford; Mary E. resides in West Haven ; Arthur L. is manager of the Spring Lake Co .. of West Haven. Clifford L., who was in the employ of the Electric railway, died during the summer of 1901, leaving a wife and four children, who reside in West Haven.
Walter A. Main passed his boyhood upon his father's farm in Orange, and his early education was received at the common schools and academy of that town. After graduating from the latter insti- tution he entered his father's office, as assistant. Here under the care of a wise and loving father. he received his first business training, readily mas- tering all details and proving himself a capable and efficient clerk. In fact, he continued to render more or less aid to his father in the discharge of the duties of the office until the latter's demise, when he became his successor. Meanwhile he was made the incumbent of various other important offices. From 1874 until 1883 he was deputy postmaster at West Haven, the actual supervision of the office de- volving almost wholly upon him. In addition there- to he was chosen tax collector for the town and
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borough in 1877, and was annually re-elected until 1885. In 1887 he was elected first selectman, but resigned that office to accept the post of town clerk, which, as has been said, was offered him upon his father's death. In 1891, however, failing health compelled him to seek recuperation in the more salubrious climate of California, where he remained until June, 1893. During his sojourn on the coast he was connected with various local companies for irrigation, besides being interested in orange cul- ture. The following year, upon his return to Orange, he was again elected first selectman, and has been annually re-elected, holding the office at the present time. Like his father, Mr. Main is an earnest Republican, and a valued man in the coun- cils of his party, having been for many years chair- man of the town committee, and a frequent dele- gate to county and state conventions. In 1900 he was elected a member of the General Assembly to represent the town of Orange, and has served as clerk of the committee on Cities and Boroughs, which was one of the important committees of the session.
In 1883 Mr. Main embarked in the real estate and insurance business, which he resumed on his return from the West, and represents some of the oldest and soundest companies in the country, among them the German American, Aetna, London and Commercial Union. He is treasurer of the Spring Lake Ice Co., in which concern he is a large stockholder. Mr. Main's business career has been exceptionally successful, having been molded upon the principles of sound judgment and unwavering integrity.
Mr. Main is a member of the Royal Arcanum and a Mason of high rank, having passed through all the degrees of the fraternity up to the 32d, and affiliates with Annawan Lodge, No. 115, A. F. & A. M .. of West Haven; Franklin Chapter, R. A. M., and Harmony Council, of New Haven : New Haven Commandery, K. T .; La Fayette Consistory ; and Pyramid Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Second Company of Governor's Foot Guards, of New Haven.
In November, 1879, Mr. Main was married to Carrie E., daughter of Sidney Smith, a shoe dealer in West Haven, and his wife, Sarah (Goodell), of Westville. Mrs. Main is one of a family of four children, of whom only she and a brother, Edward E., survive; her parents are also deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Main have been born three children, Mildred I .. , Florence S. and W. Raymond. In re- ligions faith Mr Main is a Congregationalist, and attends the services of that denomination.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS WILCOX was born in Madison, New Haven county, Sept. 30, 1830, and makes his summer home in his native town. He comes of one of the oldest families of New England and is seventh in line of direct de- scent from John Wilcox, the first of the family
in America, who settled in Hartford prior to 1639, was one of the original proprietors and held several responsible offices; he had his home on the present site of the Park, near the State House, and had a good estate. He died in 1651 and left one son, John, who came with him from England, and two daughters.
George Augustus Wilcox is a son of the late Jonathan S. Wilcox and Chloe ( Hand), a sister of Daniel Hand. He was graduated from Yale College in 1852, and after spending a year at the South, went to Detroit, Mich., where he entered the law office of his uncle, Judge George E. Hand, and was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1854. Mr. Wilcox began the practice of his chosen profession, and continued it until 1880, when he returned East, and has since spent his summers in Madison, and his winters in the city of New York. Mr. Wilcox is a gentleman of genial character and much culture. He has tray- eled quite extensively both in this country and abroad, and has occasionally contributed literary ar- ticles for publication. Independent in politics and religion, he holds his own views and does not hesi- tate to express them on occasion clearly and posi- tively.
Mr. Wilcox was married, in Brooklyn, N. Y., to Mary H. Grenelle, a daughter of William H. Grenelle, and has one child, Constance.
MARTIN KELLOGG NORTHAM, a progress- ive and prominent farmer of the town of Branford. was born in Chatham, Middlesex Co., Conn., Oct. 16, 1818, son of John Cone and Rachel ( Kellogg) Northam.
Jonathan Northam, the paternal grandfather of Martin K., was a soldier in the war of the Revolu- tion, and received a pension on account of his service in the Continental army. He was a farmer. and died at Marlboro at the advanced age of eighty- seven years.
John Cone Northam was born in Marlboro. Conn. He was reared to farming, but became a quarryman, and was employed for many years in the quarries at Haddam Neck. He died at the age of sixty-four years. Mr. Northam first married Rachel Kellogg, a native of Chatham, and daughter of Martin and Rachel (Hosford) Kellogg, the for- mer of whom was a farmer in the town of Chatham. To this union were born children as follows: Jolm M., Martin K., Lucy A. (wife of Hubbard Fuller ). Joel K. and William B., of whom Martin and Lucy survive. By his second wife, Anna Brainerd. daughter of Frederick Brainerd, Mr. Northam be- came the father of two children: Laura B., who married William Bishop; and Frederick B., a far- mer, who married Ellen Lee.
Martin Kellogg Northam was reared in his na- tive town, where he received a common school education, and at the age of sixteen years started out in life for himself as a driver in the quarries, in
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which employment he acquitted himself ereditably, and won the good opinion of his employers. When he had become somewhat older he worked at stone cutting, beginning at this trade in 1836, and con- tinuing in same until 1867. In 1859 Mr. Northam located in Branford, and there followed the stone cutter's trade up to 1867, when he turned his atten- tion to farming, which has been his occupation ever since. He owns and cultivates a fine tract of eighty acres. Our subject is active in local affairs, es- pecially in the advancement of educational interests, having been a member of the school board for twelve consecutive years, during which period he has given his time and influence with such good effect that three new school houses have been erected in Bran- ford and Stony Creek. He has also acted as select- man of the town, and in his public service, as in his private life, his duties are ably and promptly per- formed. His political allegiance is given to the Re- publican party.
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Mr. Northam was married July 2, 1863, to El- len L. Palmer, who was born May 24, 1843, only child of Hezekiah and Mary ( Beach) Palmer, of Branford. Both her parents died in 1892, within two weeks. Mr. Palmer was a sailor, as was also his father. James Palmer, who was drowned off the coast of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Northam have had two children, John H. and Calvin K. John H. Northam was born Feb. 15, 1865, married Cora Bishop, who was born June 19, 1868, and has four children-Robert H., born Nov. 22, 1889; Adeline E., born May 12, 1891 : Frederick R., born July 25, 1892; and Martin P., born Sept. 22, 1896. John H. Northam is an engineer in the Norcross Quarry, Stony Creek. Calvin K. Northam was born June 17, 1866, married Jennie Botsford, Nov. 16, 1897, and has one child, Eva May. He is a farmer by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Northam both belong to the Stony Creek Congregational Church, and their long career of honorable industry and fine character are known and recognized in the com- munity.
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