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(II) Joseph Benjamin, son of John and Abigail Benjamin, born at Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 16, 1633, married, at Barnstable, Mass., June 10, 1661, Jemima Lambert, daughter of Thomas Lambert She died there, and he removed to Yarmouth, where, previous to Dec. 7, 1668, he married ( sec- ond) Saralı Clark. He removed to New London, Conn., where he died in 1704. Children : Abi- gail; Hannah, born in February, 1668; Mary, born in April, 1670; Joseph, born in 1673; Mercy, born March 12, 1674: Elizabeth, born Jan. 14, 1680; Jolin, born in 1682, who died Aug. 2, 1716; Jemima ; Sarah ; Kezia.
(III) Joseph Benjamin, son of Joseph and Sarah Benjamin, born at Yarmouth. Mass .. or New London, Conn., about 1673, married, Aug. 25, 1698, Elizabeth Cook. Children : Obed, born Aug. 15, 1701 ; Elizabeth, November, 1703 : Joseph, 1705 : Sarah, Jan. 17, 1707; Grace, Jan. 10. 1709: Jedc- diah, July 15, 1711 ; Daniel, Sept. 7, 1714; John ; Abiel, Dec. 17, 1716.
(IV) Joseph Benjamin, son of Joseph and Eliz- abeth Benjamin, born at Preston, Conn., in 1705. was married, at Preston, Conn., April 3, 1722. to Deborah Clark. He died abont 1803. She died at Mount Washington. or Egremont, Mass., at the home of her son Nathan. Children: Joseph, born Dec. 17. 1723 : Elizabeth, June 8, 1725 : James, April 3, 1727 ; Barzillai, March 28, 1730; Deborah, March 26, 1732: Josiah, March 13, 1734: Nathan, April 19, 1737; Mary, June 22, 1739; Isaac, April 15, 1742.
(V) Joseph Benjamin, son of Joseph and De- borah Benjamin, born at Preston, Conn., Dec. 17, 1723, married, at Preston. Abigail Dibble. He set- tled at Hampton, Conn. Some of his children re- moved to Mount Washington, Mass. Children : William, born June 18. 1748; Samuel, in December, 1749; Peleg, March 5, 1752; Judah, July 8, 1755: Mary, about 1757. The last four were baptized at Hampton, Conn., Sept. 3, 1758.
(VI) Judah Benjamin, son of Joseph and Abi- gail Benjamin, born at Hampton, Conn., July 8. 1755, removed to Mount Washington, Mass., about 1760, with his brothers William, Samuel and Peleg,
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and his sister Mary. He served as a private in the Connecticut militia in the Revolutionary war, from July 10, 1778, to July 14, 1779. He was married. about 1782, and had at least two children. In 1819 he resided in Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y. He died Ang. 16, 1834. in Pike township, Bradford! ! Co., Pa., leaving a widow, Susan, who might have ! been his second wife. Children: Orange, born : Jan. 26, 1784; and Lavinia, who married a Wooden. The following letters explain themselves :
State of Connecticut, Adjutant General's Office. Hartford, Feb. 16, 1898.
MR. E. B. BAKER, New Haven, Conn.
Sir-This is to certify that Judah Benjamin served in the Revolutionary war, and the following is said service, according to the records of this office.
On page 378. Conn. Men in the Revolution :
Judah Benjamin, a private. enlisted July 10. 1778. Term of service, one year ; from town of Milford ; occupa- tion, shoemaker ; stature, 5 feet. seven in. ; complexion. dark ; eyes, grey ; hair, dark ; discharged in 5th Troop, Col. Elisha Sheldon's Light Dragoons. 177. - 83.
Its field of service during war generally the East side of the Hudson, along the Westchester front. Occasion- ally its companies served at different points. In the spring of 1777 Major Tallmadge joined Washington in New Jersey with two troops and fought at Germantown, October 4th. At the same time, Captain Seymour with his troop was serving under Gates against Burgoyne.
other troops were under Putnam's command at Peekskill.
In the spring of 1778, the regiment was on the Hud- son, and in the fall formed part of Gen. Charles Scott's Light Corps, on the lines in Winchester.
On page 535. same book, appears the following :
Judah Benjamin ; a private in Captain Caleb Mix's Company. Arrived in camp July 17, 1778, in Colonel Moseley's Regiment.
Two militia regiments were ordered to the Hudson soon after the battle of Monmouth. June 28. 1778, and were stationed at different points, such as Fort Clinton, West Point. They were commanded by Colonel Moseley and Colonel Enos.
On page 641, same book, the name of Judah Benjamin appears as a Connecticut pensioner, Act of 1818, and as residing in New York.
In testimony whereof, we have affixed hereto the seal of this office. [ Signed]
WM. E. F. LANDERS. Col. and Asst. Adjutant General.
Record and Pension Office. War Department, Washington, April 4, 1898.
MR. E. B. BAKER, New Haven, Conn.
Sir-The records of this office show that one Judalt Benjamin served as a private in Captain Caleb Mix's de- tachment of Connecticut militia, commanded by Colonel Increase Moseley, Revolutionary war. He enlisted July 10, 1778, to serve two months: re-enlisted July 17. 1778. in Captain John Shethar's troop, 2d Regiment of Light Dragoons, Continental troops. commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon, to serve one year. and he was discharged July 14, 1779.
The following remarks appear on the records: "State of Connecticut :" "Town of Milford:" "trade. shoemaker :" "stature. 5 ft. 7 in. : " "complex., dark; eyes, grey ; hair. dark." No further information relative to his service has been found on record.
In view of the statement that the soldier was a pen- sioner, it is suggested as a possibility that additional in-
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formation may be obtained from the Commissioner of Pen- sions, Washington. D. C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars, and whose office is separate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department.
By authority of the Secretary of War,
[Signed ] F. C. AINSWORTH, Colonel U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, April 15, 1898.
MR. E. B. BAKER, New Haven, Conn.
Sir-Replying to your recent communication, you are advised that Judah Benjamin made an application for pen- sion on Oct. 11, 1819, at which time he was sixty-five years of age. and residing at Hamilton, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Connecticut troops. Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Col. Sheldon. He enlisted at Clare- mont, N. H.
[Signed]
Very respectfully. H. CLAY EVANS, Commissioner.
Treasury Department, Office of the Auditor for the Interior Department. Washington, May 5, 1898. MR. E. B. BAKER, New Haven, Conn.
Sir-In reply to your letter of May 3rd, in case of Judah Benjamin, Certificate 15762. New York and Penna. Agencies, Revolutionary roll, you are informed that the records of this office show payment to have been made at $8.00 per month in September, 1834, to August 16, 1834, date of death.
The pensioner died on the above date at Pike town- ship, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, leaving a widow Susan Benjamin, to whom the accrued pension was paid as above stated.
In July, 1820. pensioner resided at Hamilton, Madison County, New York.
[Signed ]
Respectfully, yours, WM. YOUNGBLOOD, Auditor.
(VII) Orange Benjamin, son of Judah Benja- min, born at Mount Washington, Mass., Jan. 26, 1784, married, at Sheffield, Mass., March 10, 1811, Clarissa Thorp. He died at Dover, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1846. She died at Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. I, 1852. Children: Joseph Seymour, born Dec. 3, 1811, died June 20, 1870, Hiram, born July 26, 1813, died Nov. 11, 1850; Mary, born July 15, 1815; Laura, born June 4, 1817, died June 20, 1859; Harriet Whipple, born July 8, 1819, died May 20, 1834; Jane, born July 20, 1822; Clarissa, born July 29, 1824, died Oct. 16, 1890 (the mother of Ellis B. Baker) ; Orange, born March 8, 1828; John Peck, born Oct. 10, 1830; Richard Graham, born Dec. 14, 1833.
The following in regard to Ellis B. Baker ap- peared in "Telegraphers of To-day": "Like most boys who have achieved success in business, he left home at an early age. His first employment was in the job room of the Winsted Herald, where he ac- quired a thorough knowledge of the trade. At the age of fifteen years he entered the employ of Beardsley & Alvord, a firm engaged in general
business in West Winsted, where he served three years as a clerk. In 1872 he entered the employ of Edward Miller & Co., of Meriden, holding the posi- tion of paymaster, and also acting as telegraph op- erator on the firm's New York wire.
"In the early part of 1878 Mr. Baker intro- duced the first set of telephones into Meriden. He soon saw the possibilities of the telephone, and on January 31st of that year he opened the Meriden District Telephone Exchange, which is said to be the second exchange opened in the world.
"Upon the consolidation of the Western Union and the Bell Telephone interests, in 1881, he was offered the position of general superintendent of the Connecticut Telephone Co., with headquarters at New Haven, which position he has held for the past seventeen years, during which time the cor- poration became the Southern New England Tele- phone Company, with the State of Connecticut as its territory.
"Mr. . Baker is also the superintendent of the Connecticut Telegraph Company, a corporation op- erating several hundred miles of telegraph wires throughout the State of Connecticut. He was, for several years before his removal to New Haven, the superintendent of the Fire Alarm Telegraph, at Meriden."
On Sept. 21, 1876, Mr. Baker was united in mar- riage with Mary Gorham Frost, who was born at Bristol, Conn., Nov. 11, 1856, and two children have been born to them: Ellis Benjamin, July 24. 1877; and Carroll Frost, Jan. 2, 1880. The former is at Meriden, Conn., the latter at Springfield, Mass. Mr. Baker is a thirty-second-degree Ma- son, belonging to Hiram Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M., Franklin Chapter, Harmony Council, New Haven Commandery, and E. G. Storer Lodge of Perfection, A. & A. S. R. He is a member of the Second Company, Governor's Foot Guards, being a member of Major Clark's staff ; of the Old Guard of New York; of Putnam Phalanx, Hartford; of the Pequot Association, New Haven : and of the Connecticut Society, Sons of the American Revolu- tion.
FRANK POTTER, a successful farmer and market gardener of Waterbury, is a native of that town, born on the old Potter homestead in what is now Hopeville, Nov. 19, 1826.
Rev. Samuel Potter, his father, was born Sept. 23, 1778, a son of Len uel and Rachel ( Perkins) Potter ; he was a prominent Baptist minister of his day, and was pastor of the Salem Church in the town of Waterbury, and also ministered to the spiritual wants of the people at Woodbridge, Conn., but made his home near Pearl Lake, Waterbury, where our subject now resides, and there he died Dec. 5, 1833, being laid to rest in Brockett cemetery. In 1799 he married Leva Judd, daughter of Ros- well Judd, and to them were born two children: Samuel Darius, born Dec. 15, 1799, died in June,
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1803; and Leva Maria, born July 25, 1801, married M. Baldwin. The mother of these died, and for his second wife Rev. Samuel Potter mar- ried Chloe Brockett, March 14, 1803. Our sub- ject was the youngest child born of this union. The oldest, a son, was born in May, 1804. and died same month; Roxana, born June 23. 1805, mar- ried M. D. Root ; Samuel, born April 25, 1807, died March 7, 1894; Zenas, born Aug. 8. 1809, wedded Mary Hotchkiss, and died Jan. 11, 1856; Thomas Perkins, born Nov. 12, 1811. died May 22, 1822; Miller, born July 27, 1813; Isaac Fuller, born July 23, 1815; Wilson, born June 19, 1817; Dr. Gano, born July 19, 1819; Chloe, born Sept. 13, 1821, married W. G. Chase; and Thomas Per- kins, born June 2, 1824, died March 8, 1848.
On the maternal side Frank Potter is descended. from John Brockett, a native of England, who was one of the early settlers of New England, and re- moved from New Haven to Wallingford in 1667 with John Moss. He was chosen by the people of New Haven as one of the committee to manage the affairs of the settlement. He filled many public positions in the village, and represented it in the General Court after its incorporation. He died in Wallingford, March 12, 1689, aged eighty years. His children were John B., who was born in Eng- land, and became a physician at Muddy River, North Haven; Benjamin, born in 1648, who mar- ried Lydia Elcock, and died May 22, 1679; Abigail, born March 10, 1649; Samuel, born Jan. 14, 1650; Jabez, born Oct. 24, 1654, who was married Nov. 20, 1691, to Dorothy Lyman; Silence, wife of Jo- seph Bradley ; and Mary, wife of William Penning- ton, of New Jersey.
Samuel Brockett, son of John, was married, Nov. 21, 1680, to Sarah Bradley, and they had seven children, whose names and dates of birth were as follows: Samuel, Feb. 15, 1682; Daniel, Sept. 30, 1684; John, Nov. 8, 1685; Joseph, Oct. 25, 1688; Josiah, July 25, 1691 ; Alice, April 23, 1693 ; and Josiah, July 25, 1698. The last named married Deborah Abbott, and John married Huldah Ells.
Samuel Brockett (2nd), son of Samuel, was married, April 15, 1699, to Rachel Brown, who died Jan. 24, 1718, and on Aug. 5, 1718, he married Elizabeth Howe. In his family were the following children: Titus, who was born June 28, 1700, and wedded Mary Turnhand; Sarah, born Aug. 26, 1702; Isaac, who was born Sept. 3, 1705, and was married, June 16, 1733, to Marv Sedgwick; Rachel, born March 20, 1708; Abigail, born Feb. II, 17II ; and Samuel, born June 21, 1714.
Samuel Brockett (3rd), son of Samuel (2nd), married and by his wife, Ruth, became the father of six children, namely: Eunice, born Jan. 15. 1744; Zuer, born March 24, 1746; Joel, born June 14, 1749, died in infancy ; Joel, born July 28, 1750, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war; Zenas,
born July 12, 1752; and Benjamin, born Oct. 1, 1760.
Zenas Brockett, son of Samuel (3rd), was born and reared in Wallingford, and when a young man came to Waterbury, locating on what is now known as Brockett Hill, near Pearl Lake, where he pur- chased a large tract of land from the Indians for a small consideration. He was a farmer by occu- pation, and was well known and highly re- spected as a man of sterling integrity, upright and true in all his dealings, and he was beloved by ail who knew him. He was one of the first members of the Baptist Church in the town of Waterbury, in which he served as deacon. Before the Baptist Church in Waterbury was organized. there being no church of that denomination nearer than Wal- lingford, he would go sixteen miles to that town to worship, in the absence of roads finding his way through the thick forest by marked trees. He would transact no business on Sunday. He gave a small piece of land for the cemetery now known as the Brockett cemetery, and the first bodies buried there were those of his grandchildren of the Potter family. He died on his farm on Brockett Hill, and was also laid to rest there by the side of his wife. who in her maidenhood was Miss Abigail Johnson. of Wallingford. They had eight children: Chloe, born July 15, 1781, was the mother of our sub- ject : Anna, born June 3. 1783. married Benjamin Farrell; Peter, born Sept. 17, 1784: Abigail, born . Jan. 21, 1787, died Sept. 16, 1787: Abigail (2nd), born July 1, 1788; Rebecca, born April 30, 1790, married Loveland Judd in 1812: Rhoda, born Sept. 24, 1792, married Jesse Wooster ; and Zenas, born April 28, 1794, died May 14, 1794.
Frank Potter, whose name introduces this re- view, received a district school education, and at the age of fifteen years began his business career as a buttonmaker, working in the ivory button shops of Union City, Waterbury and Bridgeport, Conn .. for over a quarter of a century. Since then he has given his entire time and attention to farming and market gardening on the old homestead at Pearl Lake, where he has made many useful and valuable improvements.
In Waterbury, Feb. 20, 1850, Mr. Potter was united in marriage with Miss Lucy Chase, a native of New Preston, and a daughter of Chauncey and Clarissa (Clemens) Chase. She died of heart trouble Aug. 6, 1898, and was laid to rest in the Brockett cemetery. To them were born three chil- dren: (1) Edna C. married William Snagg, of Waterbury, and they have four children, Gertrude, a stenographer and typewriter; Anna, a school teacher ; Burton; and Adella. (2) Adella married John Buchanan, of Simonsville, and they have one child, Frank, who is studying dentistry in Phila- delphia. (3) Frank, the youngest child of our sub- ject, died at the age of two years and a half. Mr. Potter also had an adopted son, Frederick, now
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deceased, who married Fanny Lum; for her sec- ond husband she wedded Samuel Clark. and they make their home with our subject. Their children are Helen and Marion M.
In early life Mr. Potter affiliated with the Den- ocratic party, but since the Civil war has been a stanch Republican. He is a temperance man and active member of the Second Baptist Church of Waterbury, in which he has served as deacon for the past five years. He has been a member of the school committee, and has always given his support to those enterprises calculated to advance the moral. intellectual or material welfare of his town or coun- ty. He is therefore numbered among the valued and useful citizens of his community, and by all who know him he is held in high regard.
JOHN JUSTUS WARNER, a well-known farmer and highly-esteemed citizen of Cheshirc. New Haven county, was born in the town of Hamden, this county, Sept. 8. 1840, son of Alonzo and Ruth Ann (Chatfield) Warner, and grandson of Simeon T. and Cynthia T. (Tuttle) Warner. The grandfather was also a native of Hamden and a farmer by occupation. His children were Alonzo : Emma; James, a sea captain ; Truxon ; Vina; and Justus.
Alonzo Warner, father of our subject, was born in 1812 in Hamden, and there passed his boyhood and youth. He was married in Bethany, this coun- ty, but continued to make his home throughout life in Hamden, where he died in 1892. His widow is still living, and resides in Birmingham, Conn. In their family were seven children, namely: Charles. who was a member of the Ioth Conn. V. I. during the Civil war, and now resides on the old home farm in Hamden : John Justus, our subject; Sarah, wife of Wales Chatfield, of Oxford; George Will- iam, of New Haven, now deceased; Emma, Mrs. Daniel Holbrook, of Ansonia; Frank, a resident of Florida ; and Birdsey, a resident of Ansonia.
In the town of his nativity John Justus Warner grew to manhood and attended school. Later he engaged in farming there until after the Civil war broke out, when he enlisted, in September, 1861, in Company K, 6th Conn. V. I., for three years, as a teamster. He was appointed wagonmaster un- der Gen. Sherman's command at Port Royal, S. C .; was at City Point, Va .; and later was under Gen. Grant at Bermuda Hundred, Fort Fisher and Ral- leigh, N. C. On the expiration of his three years term of enlistment he was honorably discharged in Virginia, in September, 1864, and later served ill the government employ as a civilian wagonmaster until the close of the war, looking after teams, having wagons painted, and keeping everything in order. When hostilities ceased and his services were no longer needed he returned to Hamden and resumed farming. For some time he made his home in Bethany. where he still owns a good farm, but in 1896 he came to Cheshire and purchased the
Daniel Humiston farm, upon which he has since successfully engaged in agriculture.
In 1866. in Hamden. Mr. Warner was united in marriage with Mrs. Mary E. Smith (widow of Edgar Smith), who was born in Bethany, a daugh- ter of Kneeland and Ann (Andrews) Downs, na- tives of Wolcott and Bethany, respectively. Mr. Warner and his wife have four children: John, who is married and lives in New Haven ; Minnie. now Mrs. Harry Munson, of Cheshire ; Burton ; and Marshall. Socially Mr. Warner is a member of Admiral Foote Post, No. 1, G. A. R., of New Haven, and politically he is identified with the Ro- publican party. He served as assessor in the town of Bethany, and his duties of citizenship have al- ways been most faithfully and conscientiously dis- charged.
HENRY BEVERLY HALL was born May 31. 1835, in South Main street, Wallingford. a son of John Parsons Hall, whose birth occurred Nov. 18. 1808, in Wallingford, where he died June 4. 1894.
The father of our subject was a farmer, and at one time in his life manufactured razor strops and combs. A Whig in early life, he became a Re- publican on the formation of the party, and served on the school committee. A member of the Con- gregational Church, he stood well in the community. A home man in every sense of the word, the do- mestic virtues strongly prevailed in his character. and to his family he was all a husband and a fa- ther should be. Mr. Hall and Miss Eunice Hotch- kiss were married Oct. 20. 1833. Mrs. Hall was born July 9, 1812, a daughter of Timothy Hotch- kiss, of Wolcott. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall were born the following children: ( 1) Henry Beverly is mentioned below. (2) John Randolph, born in 1837, died in Chicago June 4. 1893. while in at- tendance upon the World's Fair, representing the William Rogers Mfg. Co. For many years he was a wholesale dealer in notions and hosiery in New York. (3) Frederick Hotchkiss, born July 28. 1849, lives in New York City, where he is cou- nected with the wholesale house of Porter Broth- ers. He married Miss Agnes Hall, daughter of Joel Hall. (4) Charles S. is mentioned below.
Dr. Rice Hall. the grandfather of the above named children, was born in Wallingford May 8. 1784, and followed farming. He was also exten- sively engaged in teaming, before the era of rail- roads, running an express between between Wal- lingford and New Haven. A man of strong con- victions. he was a stanch Whig, and a devout mem- ber of the Congregational Church. It is said that he only missed one service in fifty years, and that was caused by an accident which compelled him to stay at home.
Henry Beverly Hall was born in Wallingford. where he received his education in the common school. For one year he was a student in Rus-
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seil's Military School. New Haven. Leaving school when nineteen years of age, he helped his father on the farm for about two years, when he went to the city of New York to take a position as entry clerk with the jobbing house of John I. Hinchman & Co., later on becoming a partner in the concern. In 1874 he returned to Wallingford to clerk for Leon- ard B. Bishop, the proprietor of an agricultural int- plement store in New Haven, Conn. After a year with that gentleman Mr. Hall secured a position as traveling saleman for the R. Wallace & Sons Manu- facturing Co .. being the first representative of that company to go on the road. For ten years he re- mained with them, covering the territory from Maine to Kansas City, and from Canada to Ken- tucky. Mr. Hall's next engagement was with Simp- son, Hall, Miller & Co., and he was their representa- tive in New York, Philadelphia. Washington and Baltimore. After one year spent with that house, Mr. Hall went on the road in the interest of the Bristol Brass & Clock Co., continuing with them for four years. At the present time he is devoting all his thoughit and care to his extensive real estate in- terests. In 1893 Mr. Hall was one of the origina- tors of the Biggins-Rodgers Co .. manufacturers of all kinds of hollow ware, and employing about fifty hands. Mr. Hall is secretary of that corpora- tion. Our subject is a strong Republican, and ac- tive in political affairs. He was elected warden in 1896, again in 1897, and a third time in 1899. An .attendant of the First Congregational Church, he takes a deep interest in the welfare of the church, and is a liberal supporter of its principles.
Mr. Hall and Miss Susan Parker were married Oet. 17, 1866. They had no children. Mrs. Hall was born May 25, 1835. daughter of Dr. Lyman Parker, who practiced medieine in Wallingford. She died July 19, 1892.
CHARLES STORRS HALL was born Nov. 13, 1852, in Wallingford, obtained his early education in the public schools of that eity, and supplemented same by a year in Hopkins Preparatory School, and another year in French's Private School. At the age of nineteen he left school and secured a clerk- ship in New York with the firm of Tooker, Waring & Co., dealers and jobbers in Yankee notions and hosiery, in which concern his brother Henry B. was a partner. He remained there about seven years, and for the last year and a half that he was in New York elerked for Hall & Co., dealers and jobbers in the same line. About 1880 he came to Walling- ford, and took a place in the postoffice under Judge Hubbard, which position he held for a year and a half. For the next three years he was connected with Simpson, Hall. Miller & Co. as order filling and stock clerk. Mr. Hall was then connected with the Do- mestic Manufacturing Co. for about three years, as order filling clerk. and had charge of the stock de- partment. In 1890 he entered the postoffice as as- sistant to Postmaster W. Burr Hall. When Mr.
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