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(III) Caleb Dudley, the third son of Joseph and Ann (Robinson) Dudley, was born in Guilford in June, 1673, and died March 20, 1730. He married June 23, 1700, Elizabeth Buck, of Wethersfield, who. was born June 4, 1676, and died April 14, 1738. She was a daughter of Emanuel Buck and Mary ( Kir- by), and granddaughter of John Kirby, one of the first settlers of Middletown, Conn. Caleb Dudley was a farmer, and the first one of the Dudley name who made his home on "Clapboard Hill," the neigh- borhood afterward called "Dudleytown." His fa- ther, in his will, gave him the portion of his real estate lying in that vicinity. Caleb Dudley built his house on what is now ( 1902) the home-lot of Joseph E. Dudley (the old house stood a little west of Joseph E. Dudley's present home). It was afterward successively the home of his son Caleb; grandson Nathaniel ; great-grandson John; and the birthplace of his great-great-grandchildren Hooker, Elon, John, Horace Dudley and Ruth (Dudley ) Norton, the mother of Deacon J. W. Norton. The value of (III) Caleb Dudley's estate. as inventoried after his death, was £2,108. He had eight children, seven sons and one daughter: ( I) Thomas, born April 23, 1701, died May 22, 1776; he married June II, 1733, Abigail Seward, of Durham. (2) Caleb,
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sketch of whom follows. (3) Ruth, born Dec. 28. 1704, died April 13, 1736: she married March 9. 1732, Samuel Evarts ( Daniel, Daniel, John). (4) Daniel, born April 3. 1707, removed to Bethlehem, Conn .; he married Jan. 20. 1732. Joanna Rose, of Branford. (5) Josiah, born Aug. 30, 1709. died Oct. 20, 1755; married in 1738 Silence Dowd. He lived at East Guilford. (6) Samuel, born Dec. 4. 1711, died Nov. 10, 1789. He married May 3. 1738. Jane Talman, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer and Ann ( Morrison) Talman, and they had but one son, Samuel, boru Nov. 27, 1747. who died Dec. 17, 1819. he married Hannah Evarts ( Jonathan, Jonathan, James, James, John). Their only son Deacon Asher Dudley, born April 2, 1770, who died Oct. 27. 1862, was the father of Maria Dudley, born April 30, 1802, who married Oct. 13, 1819, Jonathan Par- melee. Samuel Dudley lived in (and probably built) the old house now occupied by his great- great-great-grandson, Charles E. Parmelee, west of the residence of Herbert E. Parmelee, in the Clap- board Hill District. (7) Noah, born Aug. 15, 1716, removed to Roxbury, Conn. ; he married May 28, 1752, Submit Talman, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Talman (Dr. Peter, Peter). (8) David, born Nov. 27, 1718, died Feb. 17. 1807; he married Feb. 17, 1742, Mary Talman, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Tal- man (Dr. Peter. Peter ). They had one son who died young, and five daughters, one of whom, Anna, born April 13, 1752, married Timothy Field. They were the parents of Rev. David Dudley Field, D. D., born May 20, 1781.
(IV) Caleb Dudley, son of Caleb and Elizabetlı (Buck) Dudley, was born in the Clapboard Hill District, Guilford, Nov. 20, 1702, and died Oct. 10, 1793. He married May 31, 1739, Hannah Stone, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Graves) Stone. He was a farmer, and lived upon the homestead of his father. Caleb Dudley had five children, all sons. The eldest died in infancy, and the others settled near their parents at Clapboard Hill. (1) Caleb, born Feb. 24, 1740, died in March, 1740. (2) Caleb (2), born July 24, 1741, died Sept. 14, 1802. (3) Abra- ham, sketch of whom follows. (4) Nathaniel, born Oct. 3, 1745, died Feb. 21, 1826; he married March 12, 1777, Mary Hart, daughter of Thomas and Con- currence ( Bartlett ) Hart. (5) Amos, born Nov. 3, 1747, married Feb. 27, 1771, Mary Evarts, daugh- ter of Eleazer Evarts ( Samuel, Judah, John). She died Aug. 23, 1797, aged forty-seven, and on July 15, 1799, he married ( second ) Deborah ( Johnson), widow of Elon Lee. Of this family
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(V) Caleb Dudley married Nov. 28, 1764, Han- nah Evarts, daughter of Eleazer Evarts (Samuel, Judah, John). She died Sept. 6, 1765, aged twen- ty-one, leaving one child, ( I ) Caleb. born Aug. 28, 1765, who died June 30, 1815. Caleb Dudley mar- ried (second) Jan. 18, 1769. Anna Munger, daugh- ter of Ebenezer, and they had five children: (2) Hannah, born Oct. 31, 1769, died Feb. 17, 1828
(married Jan. 13. 1790, John Griswold). (3) Anna. born May II, 1773, died Aug. 20, 1866 ( married Amos Bartlett; their daughter Ruth, born April 15, 1802, married Capt. George Bartlett ). (4) Ruth, born July 19, 1777, died June 30, 1847 (married Peter Talman). (5) Abel, born Sept. 3, 1781, died March 11, 1821 (married Betsey Minor). (6) Hul- dlah, born Oct. 29, 1784, married Timothy Terryl, of Woodbury, Connecticut.
(V) Abraham Dudley, son of Caleb and Han- nah (Stone) Dudley, was born March 2, 1743, and died July 24, 1818. He married Jan. 28, 1773. De- boralı Cruttenden, daughter of Joseph Cruttenden ( Joseph, Abraham, Abraham) and Lucy (Spen- cer ). For some years after his marriage he lived in the "Sabbath Day House," on the west side of Guilford Green, near the present home of Rev. G. W. Banks; but some time between 1785 and 1790 he built and removed to the house nearly op- posite his father's, now the home of his great- grandson, Charles A. Dudley. He was a farmer and weaver.
Abraham Dudley had three children: ( I) Lucy. born August 3. 1775. died April 13, 1837 ; she mar- ried June II, 1796, Deacon Asher Dudley ( Samuel. Samuel, Caleb. Joseph, William). They had two children-Horace, born Nov .. IO, 1798, was drown- ed July 9. 1810: Maria, born April 30, 1802. who died April 25, 1893, married Oct. 13, 1819. Jona- than Parmelee ( see sketch of Parmelee family ). (2) Deacon Abraham, born Feb. 2, 1779, died July 18, 1852. (3) Joel, born July 13, 1788, died Nov. 14, 1869. He married Dec. 8, 1814, Harriet Gris- ·wold, daughter of John Griswold and Hannah (Dudley) (Caleb. Caleb, Caleb. Joseph, Willian1 ). She died Feb. 26. 1849. aged fifty-eight. They had four children-Hon. Lewis Joel, born Nov. II, 1815. graduated Yale College in 1838; lived in Northampton, Mass. Henry Nelson, born Nov. 9. 1818, died Aug. 1, 1894: he married Maryette Minor, of Woodbury, and had two children. Kath- erine Minor and Harriet Griswold. Mary, born Dec. 29, 1820, died July 31, 1892, unmarried. En :- ily was born Sept. 17, 1825.
(VI) Deacon Abraham Dudley, the eldest son of Abraham and Deborah (Cruttenden ) Dudley. was born Feb. 2, 1779, and died July 18. 1852. He married Dec. 8, 1802, Mary Bassett, who was born March 10, 1781 (died June 23. 1863). daughter of Elisha Bassett and Hannah (Stone) (Deacon Thomas, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John ), of East Guil- ford (now Madison). Abraham Dudley lived in the house built by his father, at Clapboard Hill, and like him was a weaver and farmer. In 1808 he and his wife united with the First Congregational Church, of which he was chosen a deacon Aug. 20. 1827; this office he held until his death, almost twenty-five years later. Deacon Abraham Dudley had three children: (1) Clarissa, born Dec. 23. 1804, died Dec. 10, 1873 : she married Oct. 22. 1834- Joel Evarts, son of Nathaniel and Julia ( Parmelee)
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Evarts, of the Nutplains District. (2) George, sketch of whom follows. (3) Eliza, born March :, 1810, died May 10, 1894. unmarried.
(VII) George Dudley, only son of Deacon Abraham and Mary ( Bassett) Dudley, was born Nov. 30, 1807, and died Dec. 8, 1869. He married May 3, 1832, Lucy Evarts, who was born May 31, 1800, daughter of Nathaniel and Julia ( Parmelee) Evarts, of the Nutplains District, and died Jan. 6, 1XXS. George Dudley lived in the house with his father till 1840, when he built and removed to the house on the opposite side of the street, now the home of Eli T. Dudley. He was a member of the First Congregational Church, with which he united in 1831, and his wife in 1827. He died at the age of sixty-two, after a week's illness with erysipelas, which developed in an injured limb. George Dud- ley had six children: ( 1) Lydia Clarissa, born Sept. 9, 1833, died Dec. 15, 1889. unmarried. (2) George Edwin, born Dec. 10, 1836. died July 16. 1847. He was drowned in East river while bath- ing. (3) Lucy Jennette. born Nov. 7. 1839, died Feb. 20, 1842. (4) Charles Ellsworth. born Feb. 11, 1842, died April 28, 1844. (5) Eliza Jen- nette was born Sept. 8, 1845. (6) Charles Abra- ham, sketch of whom follows.
(VII) CHARLES ABRAHAM DUDLEY, born Aug. 14. 1849, became a farmer of the Clapboard Hill District, Guilford. He married April 10, 1872. Lucy E. Auger, born May 26, 1849, daughter of the late Deacon Phineas M. Augur, of Middle- field, Conn .. who married May 7. 1846, Lucy Eliza Parmelee, daughter of the late Jonathan Parmeled. of Guilford (see sketch of Hon. Phineas M. Augur). Mr. Dudley lives in the house built by his great-grandfather. Abraham Dudley, between 1785 and 1790. He is a member of the First Con- gregational Church. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley have had six children: (1) George Edwin, born July 12, 1873, died June 23. 1888; he was drowned in A vain attempt to save his brother. (2) Alice Lucy was born June 27. 1875. (3) Charles Parmelee, horn May 19, 1877, died June 23, 1888; he was drowned in East river, while bathing. (4) Susan Marilla was born Dec. 11, 1878. (5) Arthur Augur was born Nov. 4, 1881. (6) Ruth Christine was born Oct. 9. 1891.
L'ARMELEE FAMILY. (1) John Parmelee, Sr., ofte of the original settlers of Guilford, Conn., and a signer of the Plantation Covenant, was one of the „Mler men who came from England in Rev. Henry Whitfield's company, in 1639 .. His home-lot, con- "ting of one and one-half acres, embraced the land " ww occupied by the First Congregational Church styl the buildings in the rear. Hannah, his first wife, was the mother of his children. He married secondo Widow Elizabeth Bradley, of New Ha- ven, who after his death married. May 22, 1663, Ihn Evarts, of Guilford. John Parmelee died 1 1059 [ Steiner's History of Guilford gives the date of his death as Nov. 8, 1659, but another record
says that his will was proved on that date]. His children were probably all born in England, and dates of birth are not known. The only ones of whom we find record are: (1) John, sketch of whom follows; (2) Hannah, who married Sept. 3, 1651, John Johnson, of New Haven, afterward of Guilford; and (3) Mary, who married Sept. 16, 1660, Dennis Crampton, and died March 16, 1667. Widow Elizabeth Bradley, second wife of John Parmelee, Sr., was the mother of Stephen and Nathan Bradley, who afterwards settled in Guil- ford.
(II) John Parmelee, Jr., born in England, son of John and Hannah Parmelee, came to Guilford in 1639. He had a home-lot on the east side of what is now State street, his house standing on or near the site of the house of the late J. Seymour Benton. He was the "town drummer." serving in that ca- pacity on "training days," and from a very early period he beat the drum to call the people to church on Sabbath-days, and to summon them to town- meetings. He died in January. 1869. The first wife of John Parmelee, Jr., Rebecca, died Sept. 29, 1651, leaving one son, Nathaniel, born in 1645, who died in the Indian war; he married Sarah French, daughter of Thomas French. John Parmelee, Jr., married (second) in 1651 Widow Ann Plane, who died March 30, 1658. He and his third wife, Han- nah, were married in February, 1659 (the maiden names of his first and third wives do not appear on any Guilford records). They had nine children : (2) John. born Nov. 25. 1659, died March 21. 1725; he married June 29, 1681, Mary Mason. (3) Joshua. born in 1664. died June 7. 1729. (4) Isaac, sketch of whom follows. (5) Hannah, born Nov. 5, 1667, married in November, 1688. Tappan Hill. (6) Stephen was born Dec. 6, 1669. (7) Job, born July 31, 1673. died March 6, 1765; he married Elizabeth Edwards. (8) Caleb was born in 1675. (9) Priscilla was born Mav 8, 1678. (10) Joel, born in 1679, died in July, 1748; he married June 30, 1706, Abigail Andrews, and lived in Durham.
(III) Isaac Parmelee, son of John Parmelee, Jr., and his third wife, Hannah, was born in Guil- ford Nov. 21, 1665, and died Jan. 23, 1749. He married Dec. 30, 1689, Elizabeth Hiland (or High- land), who was born June 18, 1666, daughter of George and Hannah ( Cruttenden ) Hiland, and died Jan. 3, 1746. They had nine children: (I ) Eben- ezer, born Nov. 28, 1690, died Sept. 27, 1777 ; he married July 24, 1718, Hannah Cruttenden, daugh- ter of Abraham and Susannah ( Kirby ) Cruttenden. (2) Abraham, born May 18, 1692, died Sept. 19, 1752. (3) Joseph, sketch of whom follows. (4) Elizabeth, born Jan. 20, 1696, married April 8, 1718, Nathaniel Baldwin. (5) Sarah, born Aug. II, 1699, died May 6, 1780; she married Oct. 17, 1720, Michael Hill. (6) Isaac, born May 20, 1702, died July 13, 1752 ; he married May 20, 1725. Eliza- beth Evarts, daughter of Sergt. James Evarts .
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(Daniel, John) and Anna ( Bow). (7) Andrew,
born May 21, 1795, died July 21, 1821 ; he married born July 20, 1704. died Aug. 7, 1794; he married | Clarissa B. Elliot, daughter of Reuben and Grace Anna Crampton. (8) Rachel, born Nov. 18, 1707, died Nov. 9, 1793; she married June 27, 1739. Samuel Evarts, son of Daniel Evarts ( Daniel. John ) and Mary ( West). (9) Josiah, born in De- cember, 1700, died in August, 1739.
(IV) Joseph Parmelee, son of Isaac and Eliza- beth ( Hiland) Parmelee, was born at Guilford Sept. 14, 1694, and died April 14, 1750. He mar- ried Sept. 19, 1716, Abigail Kimberly, who was born July 28. 1696, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah ( Downs) Kimberly, of West Haven, Conn. Mrs. Parmelee died Nov. 28, 1763. They had six | died Nov. 10, 1891.
children: ( 1) Abigail, born Jan. 21, 1719. died Feb. 8, 1780; she married Caleb Bishop. (2) Josepli, born April 3. 1721, died in July, 1804. (3) William, sketch of whom follows. (4) Elizabeth, born Nov. 21, 1728, married Ebenezer Chittenden. (5) Beulalı, born Aug. 30, 1732, died Sept. 16, 1818; she married Jan. 3, 1754, Nathaniel Elliott. (6) Samuel, born July 27, 1737, died Jan. 2. 1807.
(V) William Parmelee, son of Joseph and Abigail (Kimberly) Parmelee, was born in 1724. and died March 13, 1799. He united with the First Congregational Church in 1749. On June 6. 1749, he married Mary Rossiter, and they had five chil- dren : (1) Jerushia was born Feb. 27, 1750. (2) Eunice, born March 27, 1751, married Ebenezer Hopson. (3) William, born Dec. 12, 1752, died Dec. 31, 1835. (4) Nathaniel, born Oct. 6. 1754, died Nov. 17, 1828. (5) Amos, born Nov. 19, 1756, died. Dec. 8, 1820. William Parmelee mar- ried (second ) Dec. 17. 1764, Widow Mary ( Kirby ) Johnson, daughter of John and Hannah (Stow ) Kirby, of Middletown, Conn. She was born in December, 1727, and married (first) Nov. 8. 1753, Amos Johnson, of Middletown, who died in camp at Lake George, in September, 1758, while serving in the French and Indian war. She died Feb. 13. 1813. William Parmelee and his second wife had three children: (1) Jonathan, sketch of whom fol- lows. (2) Mary, born March 1. 1767, died March 7, 1854; she married Oct. 8, 1787. Thomas Hart, son of Thomas and Concurrence ( Bartlett ) Hart. (3) Eli, born May 28, 1772, died Jan. 27, 1805, unmarried : he was a sailor.
(VI) Jonathan Parmelee, son of William Parmelee by his second marriage, with Widow Mary (Kirby) Johnson, was born in Guilford Oct. 4, 1765, and died Dec. 7, 1835, aged seventy. He was a shoe-maker by trade, and lived in a house which stood just west of the residence of Isaac Kel- sey, on Boston street. He married Feb. 15, 1792, Elizabeth l'art, who was born July 17, 1765, daugh- ter of Thomas and Concurrence ( Bartlett ) Hart, of Guilford, and died Dec. 21, 1846. The graves of Jonathan and Elizabeth Parmelee are in one of the front lots of the west or oldest part of Alderbrook cemetery. They had seven children : (1) Jerusha. born Sept. 8, 1793, died Sept. 2, 1795. (2) Elisha,
| ( Fairchild) Elliot. (3) Sarah, born Feb. 28, 1797. died Oct. 31, 1884; she married (as third wife) April 30, 1851, Rev. Silas McKeen, D. D., of Brad- ford, Vt. (4) Jonathan, sketch of whom follows. (5) Mary, born Sept. 18, 1801, died Aug. 18, 1882; she married (as second wife) Charles E. Fowler. (6) Charles S., born Oct. II. 1804, was a sailor. and was drowned at sea. (7) Eli, born June 7, 1808, died Aug. 28. 1882; he married Betsey Ann Benton, who was born May 8, 1808, daughter of Dan Lindley and Betsey (Seward) Benton, and
(VII) Jonathan Parmelee, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Hart) Parmelee, was born Sept. 3, 1798. and died June 18, 1880, aged eighty-one years and nine months. He married Oct. 13, 1819, Maria Dudley, who was born April 30, 1802, and died April 25, 1893, being only five days less than ninety- one years of age. She was a daughter of Asher Dudley (Samuel, Samuel, Caleb, Joseph, William > and Lucy (Dudley) (Abraham, Caleb, Caleb, Jo- sephi, William). They lived together sixty-one years and eight months. The fiftieth anniversary of their marriage (Oct. 13. 1869) was celebrated by a Golden Wedding, at which nearly one hundred guests were present, including all their children ; all their grandchildren, except one; and a great- grandchild.
In his youth Jonathan Parmelee learned the shoemaker's trade with his father. but after his mar- riage was engaged as a farmer, and lived in the house built by his father-in-law, now the home of his grandson, Herbert E. Parmelee. In 1821 he and his wife united with the First Congregational Church, from which they were dismissed in 1843. with those who left to form the Third Congrega- tional Church, of which they continued active men- bers until their death. Two weeks after the organ- ization of that church Jonathan Parmelee was chosen superintendent of the Sunday-school, and served faithfully in that relation for many years. After the marriage of his youngest son, Henry E .. he left to him the care of the farm and removed to the borough, where he built a house south of the "Old Stone House," on Whitfield street. This house was destroyed by fire in 1898. There he was for many years connected with a fishing company. until obliged to give up work because of the in- firmities of age. He was a genial, upright. Christ- ian gentleman, universally respected and beloved. He died suddenly, of heart disease. having been in the street an hour or two before his death.
Jonathan and Maria (Dudley) Parmelee had a family of five children: (1) Horace Dudley Parmelee, born March 22, 1821, died Dec. 10, 1901. He married Oct. 20, 1842, Clarissa Chapman Seward, who was born Feb. 24, 1824, daughter of Samuel Lee Seward (Timothy, David, Deacon William, John, William) and Sarah (Bartlett), of
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Guilford. Their children-(a) Charles Edward. born Oct. 28, 1844. a farmer of Guilford, married May 15, 1868, Ann E. Grosvenor, who was born May 15, 1849, daughter of Joseph and Ann ( Oak- ley) Grosvenor ; they had one child, Frank Ernest. born April 17, 1869, who died May 20, 1870. (b) William Henry, born Jan. 1. 1858, a merchant of South Norwalk, married Dec. 31. 1885, Mary E. Monroe, who was born Sept. 2. 1857, daughter of Beverly and Elizabeth ( Fowler) Monroe ; no chil- dren. (c) George Head, born Sept. 26, 1868, a lawyer of Johnstown, Pa., married April 22, 1891. Mary E. Bishop, who was born April 22, 1871, daughter of William C. and Abigail L. (Davis) Bishop; they have three children-Harry Bishop, born Jan. 23. 1892; Earle Lindley, Jan. 18, 1894; and William Horace, Jan. 21, 1897.
(2) Mary Maria Parmelee, born May 18. 1823, died Dec. 3. 1887. She married Sept. 11, 1845. Alfred G. Hull, who was born May 10, 1822, and died Jan. 31, 1894. He was a son of Joseph and Fanny (Chittenden ) Hull, of Clinton, Connecticut.
(3) Lucy Eliza Parmelee, born July 15, 1825, died Jan. 4, 1895. She married May 7. 1846. Phineas Miller Augur, who was born Feb. 8. 1826. son of Phineas and Esther ( Kirby) Augur, of Mid- dlefield, Connecticut.
(4) Sarah Marilla Parmelee, born April 30, 1828, died Sept. 9. 1892. She married Dec. 3. 1858 (as his third wife), Josiah Pierson, son of Rev. Josiah Pierson, of Bergen, New York.
(5) Henry Elisha Parmelee, born Jan. 1, 1830, died Sept. 7, 1896. He married May 27, 1851, Georgiana Elvira Rossiter, who was born April 21, 1829, daughter of Theophilus and Eliza A. (Chit- tenden) Rossiter, of North Guilford. The former traced his line through William. Theophilus, Josialı. Dr. Bryan. Mrs. Eliza A. (Chittenden ) Rossiter is descended from Amos, Jared, William, Willian, Thomas, William. Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Parm- elee had three children : . (1) Herbert Eugene, born Nov. 27, 1853. farmer and sawyer, married Oct. 31, 1888, Mary Potter, of North Guilford, who was born Nov. 6, 1862, daughter of Russell and Polly A. (Hull) Potter ; they have one child, Sarah Ei- vira, born Oct. 29, 1889. (2) Ella Louisa, born June 23, 1855, died Sept. 12, 1857. (3) Edgar Pier- son, born Oct. 16, 1859, farmer and sawyer, of Guil- ford, married Oct. 16, 1884. Helen Hill, of North Guilford, who was born July 17. 1863. daughter of George and Mary ( Kimberly ) Hill : they have three children - Mabel Maria. born Sept. 30. 1885; Ernest Eugene, born March 14. 1890; and Ella Hill, born Jan. 29. 1892.
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HON. PHINEAS M. AUGUR (deceased), who in his lifetime was prominent in agricultural affairs of the State, and especially active in the Prohibition movement, being that party's candidate for governor at the last election before his death, was born Feb. 8, 1826, in the town of Middletown, Middlefield So- ciety. Mr. Augur was in the sixth generation from
(I) Robert Augur, his first American ancestor, who came to the New Haven Colony from England. He was the son of John and Ann Augur, of Lon- don, England, and nephew (as shown by Nicholas Augur's will) of Nicholas Augur, a physician and trader at New Haven. Robert Augur was mar- ried Nov. 20, 1673, to Mary Gilbert, born June II. 1651. daughter of Deputy Gov. Matthew Gilbert.
(II) John Augur, son of Robert, born Nov. 16, 1686, married July 1, 1710, Elizabeth Bradley, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Bradley, of East Haven, Connecticut.
(III) Isaac Augur, son of John and Elizabeth (Bradley) Augur, born about 1718, died July 2). 1808. On Oct. 25. 1748, he married Eunice Tyler, born Oct. 6, 1729, died Feb. 3, 1812; she was a daughter of Abraham and Eunice (Arnold) Tyler, of Haddam, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Augur lived in Haddam, and had twelve children, six sons and six daughters. all of whom married and had chil- dren. One son, Felix, was the grandfather of the late Gen. C. C. Augur, of Washington, D. C. Pros- per Augur, a sketch of whom follows, was the fourth child.
(IV) Prosper Augur, son of Isaac, born Jan. 18, 1756, married May 30, 1781, Thankful Miller, born Oct. 16, 1755, died Sept. 16. 1825. She was a daughter of Deacon Giles Miller, of Middlefield, Conn., who was a prominent man of that commun- ity, a descendant of Thomas Miller ( through Jo- seph.), who came from Massachusetts to Middle- town, Conn., soon after its settlement, and located at South Farms. The children of Prosper Augur and his wife were: Elizabeth, who married Comfort Johnson : Sally, who married Luman Wetmore ; Polly ; and Phineas. The parents settled in Middle- field. Prosper Augur was self-educated, a man of sound mind, much stability of character, sterling in- tegrity and great usefulness. He was for many years a deacon in the Congregational Church of Middlefield. He died Dec. 16, 1836.
(V) Phineas Augur, only son of Prosper, born Aug. II. 1788, settled in the neighborhood of his father. On Oct. 29. 1821, he married Esther Kirby, of Upper Houses, Middletown (now the town of Cromwell), who was born June 24, 1790, and died April 16, 1872. At the age of sixteen years Mr. Augur commenced teaching school; at the close of his first examination, before Dr. David Dudley Field. of Haddam, the Doctor quoted Timothy, "Let no man despise thy youth." After teaching very suc- cessfully for several years he died, Nov. 18, 1825. in early manhood. His only child (posthumous ). Phineas Miller, was born Feb. 8, 1826.
(VI) Phineas M. Augur received a common- school education and later attended an academy. During his early life he was appointed surveyor for the county, and later deputy surveyor-general of Middlesex county. He made the first survey and maps of Middlefield, with the necessary post route,
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which was used successfully in Washington, D. C .. in obtaining a post office at Middlefield, by the late David Lyman. When the town of Middlefieldl was set off from Middletown, in 1866, Mr. Augur was chosen assessor, and made out the first assessment list of the town. At the same time he was chosen a member of the board of education, and held the place continually until his death. which occurred July 14. 1891. He served one term on the State board of education in 1869, and declined re-election. In 1869 he was elected to the General Assembly, serving on the committee on Incorporations, and several bills that he introduced now form part of the general statutes. When the Middlefield Farmers' Club was organized Mr. Augur became one of its leading lights. In 1872 he was elected pomologist by the State board of agriculture, and continued to serve in that capacity until his death ; he made a col- lection of Connecticut products for the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. Mr. Angur was always an independent thinker, anti-slavery in old times. He believed in economy in government, and that good teaching should be given in the public schools and to children at home. He was faithful to Tem- perance reform, became an ardent Prohibitionist, was prominent in their gatherings, and was nom- inated for the highest office in the State by that party at the State convention some time prior to his death. He was for more than thirty years a deacon in the Congregational Church of Middlefield.
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