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Charles Hall, father of our subject, was born in Cheshire. Conn., Oct. 12, 1806. On Sept. 30, 1830, he married Amy Moss, daughter of Asahel and Amy Andrews ( Hitchcock ) Moss, and a lineal descend- ant from John Moss, one of the first settlers of Wallingford. who died at the patriarchal age of one hundred and three years. Some time after their marriage our subject's parents moved to Brunswick, Ohio, settling on a wild tract of farm land. In 1843 he returned to Cheshire, where he died on his farm : his wife passed away Aug. 13, 1875. In re- ligious faith they were identified with the Congre- gational Church. he being a Sunday-school teacher in same. In politics he was first a Whig, later a Republican. In 1832 he was commissioned, by Gov. Peters of Connecticut, as captain of the 32d Regi- ment of Militia. A family of nine children were born to Charles Hall and his wife: (1) Celia E. died at the age of four years. (2) Willis C. is our
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subject. (3) Ellen M., born Jan. 12, 1835, mar- ried Seth Eleada Frost, who was born in Wolcott Feb. 24, 1832, and is a farmer in Southington, Conn. (4) Emma, born Aug. 11, 1837, was mar- ried, Dec. 25, 1860, by Rev. John S. C. Abbott, to Elmer William Hitchcock, and they settled on a farm in Cheshire. (5) Gardner M., born in Bruns- wick, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1841, died Oct. 13, 1880; he was a member of the firm of the Hall & Upson Ice Co., also president of the Naugatuck Valley Co., of Bridgeport, Conn. On May 10, 1870, he married Georgiana Elizabeth Mullings, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Brooks) Mullings. (6) Franklin Amos, born in Brunswick, Ohio, Aug. 1, 1843, en- listed in Company H, 20th Conn. V. I .. during the Civil war, was captured and confined in Libby prison. On his return home he became a travel- ing salesman, and later proprietor of the "Earle House," Waterbury. On Oct. 9, 1867, he married Adelaide Ulissa Munger, daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Russell) Munger, of Waterbury. He died Feb. 20, 1879. (7) Denison Asahel, born Jan. 18, 1847, died unmarried Dec. 2, 1875. (8) Adelaide Eliza, born Sept. 17, 1849, was married. June 14, 1871, to George B. Lawton, of Waterbury; he is a diesinker in Waterbury, and lives in Cheshire. (9) Warren L., born May 21. 1856. is a merchant in Waterbury; he married. Dec. 14, 1881, Etta Louise Andrews, of Naugatuck.
Willis C. Hall, the subject proper of these lines, passed his boyhood in his native place, Cheshire, with the exception of the five years he lived in Ohio, and he received a liberal education at the dis- trict schools. For a time he worked on a farm, and later clerked for Samuel Hitchcock, in Cheshire. some four years. after which for two years he con- ducted a dry-goods and grocery business. His store being destroyed by fire, he returned to the old farm for a time, or until 1862, in that year taking up his residence in Waterbury, where he worked for the Scovill Manufacturing Co. for some time, and then clerked for B. S. Hotchkiss eight years, after which he and I. A. Spencer conducted a grocery store in Waterbury seven years. Mr. Hall then opened a grocery on Bank street, which he con- tinued one year, at the end of which time he and his brother, Warren L., went into a fruit and com- mission business, the copartnership existing four years. In the fall of 1890 he opened his present grocery business at No. 1I Cherry street, in which he is meeting with desirable success.
On May 26, 1857, Mr. Hall married Elizabeth Heatly, daughter of William Heatly, of England, whose ancestors fought under William the Con- . queror ; she died Nov. 20, 1873, the mother of three children : Charles Edward, Walter (deceased) and Gardner Irving. On June 13. 1876, Mr. Hall mar- ried (second) Orinda Daniels, who was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y .. daughter of Joseph B. and Eleanor (Miller) Daniels, and two children came of this union, Joseph and Alfred, both of whom
died at the age of five years. Mr. and Mrs. Halt are members of the Episcopal Church at Water- bury. In politics he is a Republican, and he cast his first presidential vote for Fremont. He is a prominent member of the community in which he lives, a supporter of all matters of public concern that are calculated to advance the public welfare, and all who know him hold him in high regard.
BENJAMIN BREWSTER BROWN was a deacon of the Congregational Church of Prospect for several years, and the oldest living resident of that town. He was born in Windsor, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1815, a son of Daniel and Charlotte (Roe) Brown, both natives of Long Island. His maternal grandfather was Capt. Roe, who served as an of- ficer in the Revolutionary war. The father fol- lowed farming both on Long Island and in Wind- sor. N. Y., and both he and his wife died at the latter place. They were earnest and consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a Democrat in politics.
Our subject attended the public schools and also a select school of his native town, but the greater part of his education was acquired through his own unaided efforts. He assisted his father in the op- eration of the farm until sixteen years of age and then learned the tailor's trade, which he continued to follow until 1845. It was during that year that he came to Prospect, and located on the farm which he owned and occupied until his death. Through the summer months he engaged in agricultural pur- suits, while during the winter he successfully en- gaged in teaching school for fifteen years, being employed in the district schools of Prospect and Cheshire, and at that time he was one of the most popular educators of the community. He continued to actively engage in farming until old age com- pelled his retirement.
In Prospect Mr. Brown married Miss Emily B. Hotchkiss, a native of that town and a daughter of David M. and Zeruah (Stevens) Hotchkiss, and granddaughter of Frederick Hotchkiss. By this union were born two children : ( I) Clarence Henry, a resident of Wallingford, Conn., and deacon of the Baptist Church there, married Nettie F. Mansfield, and has two children, Emily Adeline and Edna Louise. (2) Frederick Hotchkiss, who is engaged in the furniture business in New Haven, and is dea- con of the Congregational Church there; he mar- ried Kate E. Woodward, of Bethany. The wife and mother, who was a good Christian woman and an active member of the Congregational Church, died April 1, 1887.
In 1864 Mr. Brown was elected on the Repub- lican ticket to the State Legislature, and was called upon to fill other offices, having served as a mem- ber of the school committee, as selectman of Pros- pect, and justice of the peace for several years. On attaining his majority he became identified with the Whig party ; later was a stanch Republican, and still
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later, on account of his views on the temperance question, he cast his ballot with the Prohibition party. For many years he was an active and promi- nent member of the Congregational Church, and served as teacher in, and superintendent of the Sun- day-school, and for the long period of forty years filled the office of deacon. His long and well-spent life justly entitled him to the high regard in which he was held, and no citizen in Prospect was more honored or esteemed. Over his life record there falls no shadow of wrong, his public service was most exemplary, and his private life was marked by the utmost fidelity to duty. He died at his home, which he loved so well, July 31, 1900, and was laid to rest beside his wife in the Prospect cemetery.
LEWIS ROSSITER ELIOT (deceased), in his lifetime one of Guilford's best known and most highly respected citizens, descended from one of the oldest families of Connecticut. Tradition traces the ancestry of the Eliots of England to the time of the landing of William the Conqueror on the shores of that country in 1066. In the early history of England the name was variously spelled Eliot, El- liot, Elyot, Elyotte, etc.
John Eliot, commonly called the "apostle to the Indians," was the American ancestor of the Elliots and Eliots, of which family our subject is a worthy member. That great and good man was born in England, Dec. 20, 1604. in-as authorities claim- Nasing, County of Essex, though both the counties of Devon and Cornwall lay claim to his birthplace, and there is a record of his baptism in the register of the church at Widford, Herefordshire. Nothing is related of his parents except that they gave him a liberal education and were exemplary for their piety, to which fact Mr. Eliot himself bore testi- mony, when, in after years, he wrote thus: "I do see that it was a great favor of God unto me to season my first years with the fear of God, the word, and prayer." He was educated at Jesus Col- lege, University of Cambridge, where he became distinguished for his love of the languages, es- pecially Greek and Hebrew, of which he acquired a sound, thorough and discriminating knowledge. He became well versed in the general course of lib- eral studies, and was particularly learned in the- ology. After leaving the university lie was em- ployed as usher in the grammar school of Rev. Thomas Hooker. at Little Baddow, County of Es- sex. Mr. Hooker subsequently was one of the most eminent of the worthies of New England. He exerted a salutary influence on the formation of Mr. Eliot's character. and principles, and decided him in pursuing the profession of a Christian min- ister. When Mr. Hooker was driven from Eng- land, Mr. Eliot followed him to the New World, making the voyage in the ship "Lion," and arriv- ing at Boston Nov. 3, 1631, in company with his brothers Jacob and Philip, Gov. Winthrop's wife and children and about sixty others. He was im-
mediately placed in charge of the First Church of Boston, the pastor, Mr. Wilson, having gone to England temporarily, on business. His betrothed, Annie Mountfort, who was born Sept. 16, 1603, followed him to New England, and they were mar- ried in October, 1632. Mr. Eliot continued in charge of the Boston congregation until his re- moval to Roxbury, where he was ordained Nov. 5, 1632. He was the first minister in that place, and continued as teacher of the church there until his death, a period of nearly sixty years, preaching as long as his strength lasted. His meeting house was on the hill where the present meeting house of the First ( Unitarian) Church of Roxbury now stands.
At that time there were many Indians within the limits of the English plantations, and to Christianize and improve them became the ruling motive of Mr. Eliot's life, his work among them commencing Oct. 28, 1646, at Nonantum, in Newton. He devoted his great intellect to learning their language, and made several translations of Holy Writ, the most noted being that known as the "Indian Bible." The New Testament was published at Cambridge in September, 1661, and was followed by the Old, and thus the entire Bible, with a catechism and the Psalms of David in metre, was given to the Indians in their own tongue within forty years after the settlement of the country. This work was of such magnitude, requiring such deep and exhaustive learning, that it yet excites the wonder of philolo- gists. Eliot's labors were far greater than those of any of the translators in Germany, England and France. for they had the facilities afforded by copies of the Bible in Latin, which was the conventional language of the priests and students of Europe, while his work was in an unwritten and unknown language, which he was first obliged to learn ; and, after his Bible was published, he had to establish schools and prepare a grammar and other books for instructing the savages to read it. In all these ar- duous duties he had no assistant but an Indian bov. Thus a humble and modest. yet faithful and zealous, pastor of a small Christian community, on the shores of a vast continent which was then almost a wilderness, alone achieved a work which excited the wonder and admiration of both continents, and has rendered his name memorable forever in the annals of literature and piety. With such holy ardor and un- tiring perseverance did he prosecute his great and commendable labors as to richly deserve his exalted title of "apostle to the Indians." His manner of preaching was very plain, yet powerful ; his de- livery graceful. The old oak at South Natick be- neath which he preached to the Indians in 1690 is still standing. Mr. Eliot's death occurred May 20, 1690, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, and he was laid to rest in what was called the minister's tomb, in the First burying ground. His wife died March 22, 1687. Their children were: Ann, born Sept. 17, 1633, was a daughter of excellent character, and remained with her parents as long as they lived ;
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she was the wife of Habakkuk Glover. John, born Aug. 31, 1636, died Oct. 11, 1668. Joseph, born Dec. 20, 1638, is mentioned below. Samuel. born June 22, 1641, died in 1664. Aaron, born Feb. 19, 1644, died Nov. 18, 1655. Benjamin, born Jan. 29, 1647, died Oct. 15, 1687.
(II) Joseph Eliot, first of the name in Guilford, born Dec. 20, 1638, died May 24, 1694, at Guilford, where he was settled as a minister. He owned the home and ground occupied all his lifetime by the subject of this sketch, and which is now the resi- dence of Mrs. Eliot and her son Edward. He was graduated from Harvard in 1658. On Nov. 23, 1662, the people of Northampton unanimously ex- pressed their desire to settle Mr. Eliot as a teacher, and fixed his salary at fifty pounds. In 1664 he was settled at Guilford receiving ordination Dec. 23, of that year. It is said that he delivered an annual sermon before the General Assembly, and he received a grant of land from that body, prob- ably in acknowledgment of these services. He continued to discharge his pastoral duties at Guil- ford until his death. Joseph Eliot first married Sarah, daughter of Hon. William Brenton, gov- ernor of Rhode Island, and after her death he mar- ried Mary, daughter of Hon. Samuel Wyllys, of Hartford. She died Oct. 11, 1729, at the age of seventy-three years. His children, four by each wife, were as follows: (1) Mehitable, born Oct. 4, 1676, married William Wilson, of Guilford. and died April 14, 1723, without issue. (2) Ann, born Dec. 12, 1677, married Dec. 20, 1698, Hon. Jona- than Law, of Milford, governor of Connecticut, and died Nov. 16. 1703. (3) Jemima. born in 1678, married Rev. John Woodbridge, of West Spring- field, Mass., and died June 10, 1718. (4) Barshua, married Augustus Lucas, of Fairfield, a French refugee. (5) Jared, born Nov. 7. 1685, died April 22, 1763. (6) Abiel is mentioned below. (7) Mary, born in 1688, married in 1734, Hawkins Hart, of Wallingford, and had a large family. (8) Re- becca, born in 1690, married John Trowbridge, sheriff of New Haven, and after his death became the wife of Ebenezer Fisk; for her third husband she married Capt. William Dudley.
(III) Abiel Eliot, son of Rev. Joseph, was a farmer in Guilford, and died Oct. 28, 1776. He mar ried Mary Leete, daughter of John Leete, of Guil- ford, and great-granddaughter of William Leete, governor of Connecticut. Their children were: (1) Nathaniel, mentioned below; (2) Wyllys, born Feb. 9, 1731, who died Sept. 20, 1777: (3) Rebecca, born Sept. 8, 1733, who married Nathaniel Graves, of Guilford, and died July 7. 1820: (4) Timothy, born Oct. 23, 1736, who died April 17, 1809: (5) Levi, born Nov. 1, 1739, who died March 21, 1765; (6) Margery, born March 19, 1742, who married Theophilus Merriman, of Wallingford, and died May 15, 1823.
(IV) Nathaniel Eliot, son of Abiel, was born Aug. 15, 1728, and died April 24, 1804. He was a
farmer and land owner in Guilford. On Jan. 3, 1754, he married Beulah Parmelee, born in Guil- ford Aug. 30, 1732, a daughter of Joseph Parmelee; she died Sept. 16, 1818. Their children were: William ( sketch of whom follows) ; and Mary. The daughter, born May 1, 1762, died Sept. 10, 1819. On Sept. 30, 1787, she married Israel Halleck, of Dutchess county, N. Y., who died March 7, 1839. They had three children : Maria, born July 19, 1788, resided in Guilford; Fritz Greene, poet and writer, born July 8, 1790, was also a resident of Guilford; Nathaniel E., born in 1792, died Sept. 29, 1793.
(V) William Eliot (grandfather of Lewis R.) was born Feb. 10, 1755, in Guilford, where he was a lifetime farmer, dying there Feb. 14, 1833; he was buried in Alderbrook cemetery. He married Nov. 26, 1780, Ruth Rossiter, born in North Guilford April 17, 1757, daughter of Nathaniel and Deborah ( Fowler) Rossiter. She died July 19, 1814. the mother of three children: (1) William Horace, Sept. 13, 1781, married to Mary Law; (2) Charles, sketch of whom follows : and (3) George Augustus, born June 6, 1792, married Sarah Brown, and set- tled in Erie. Pennsylvania.
(VI) Charles Eliot (father of Lewis R.), born July 29, 1787, in Guilford, spent all his life there in farming pursuits, dying in 1870. In Guilford, Oct. 15, 1815, he married Chloe Pardee, born April 5, 1785, a daughter of James Pardee, of East Haven, and six children were born to theni: (1) Adeline, born June 28, 1816, married May 12, 1839, Josiah Griswold, of Guilford : he died Dec. 22, 1842, and she married (second) Leveret C. Stone ; (2) Lewis Rossiter, sketch of whom follows; (3) Edward, born March 25, 1820, became a merchant in Detroit, Mich .; (4) Sarah Ann, born Nov. 3. 1821, married Dec. 31, 1843, Henry Reeves Spencer, of Guilford ; (5) Charles Morgan, born Dec. 8, 1824, resident in Meriden ; (6) Ruth, born Nov. 23, 1829, married April 23, 1848, Samuel Augustus Wilcox, of Guil- ford.
(VII) Lewis Rossiter Eliot, the subject proper of this memoir, was born Jan. 23, 1819, in Guilford, where he followed agricultural pursuits all his life, being a large land owner, and successful in all his operations. As a Democrat, he took a lively inter- est in the affairs of his party, of which he was one of the leaders in his town. For several years he served as assessor, and filled other offices of trust with marked ability and characteristic fidelity ; was a director, and at one time president. of the Guilford Savings Bank. In church matters he always took a lively interest as member of the Episcopal Church, of which he was a vestryman for several years ; taken all in all, he was a good, loyal citizen, re- spected and esteemed. In his domestic relations he was especially happy as a loving husband and kind, indulgent father. Well-read, and possessed of good executive ability, he was often appealed to in intricate matters of business, and at various times.
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called upon to settle estates. He died June 9. 1893, and was laid to rest in Alderbrook cemetery.
The late Lewis R. Eliot was twice married, first time Dec. 5, 1847, to Fanny Griswold, born in Guilford, Oet. 27, 1823. died Dec. 24, 1856, and one child, Fanny Maria, born March 26, 1853, graced this union. For his second wife Mr. Eliot wedded Nov. 17, 1858, Catherine Graves, a native of Guilford and daughter of Sherman and Ann (Griswold) Graves, to which union came two chil- dren : Miss Elizabeth, who was educated in part in Guilford, in part at Mount Holyoke Seminary. Mass. ; and Edward, sketch of whom follows. The mother of these, a lady of culture and refinement, is yet living in Guilford.
(VIII) EDWARD ELIOT, only son of the late Lewis R. Eliot, was born in Guilford. Oct. 14. 1861. and received a liberal education at the public and high schools of the locality. He was reared on the home farm of 150 acres, and has ever since operated same, raising tomatoes chiefly, and conducting a dairy.
On Oct. 16, 1889, Edward Eliot married Maud 'A. Lee, born in Berlin. Wis., a daughter of William W. and Elizabeth (Vedder) Lee, both of whom died in Guilford. Three children have been born to this union, viz. : Elizabeth Maud. July 14. 1890 ; Lewis R., April 2, 1892; and Catherine Graves. Sept. 5, 1894.
In politics Mr. Eliot is a Democrat : for five years served on the board of burgesses of Guilford : in 1898 was elected warden of the borough; is a member of the school committee; and a director of the Guilford Savings Bank. Socially. he is affiliated with the New England Order of Protec- tion. In religious faith he is a member and vestry- man of the Episcopal Church in Guilford.
GRAVES FAMILY. (1) George Graves, the an- cestor of Mrs. L. R. Eliot, and the first of the name in Connecticut, was a native of England, whence he came to this country. settling in Hartford, Conn., where he died in 1673. He had three children : George, sketch of whom follows; John, and a daughter.
(II) George Graves, died in Hartford, Dec. 3. 1692. He married, April 2, 1651, Elizabeth Vent- nor, and had six children: George; Elizabeth ; John, sketch of whom follows; Ruth, wife of John Webb; Mehitabel, wife of James Harrison; and Mercy.
(III) John Graves, born in Hartford, married in 1680, Susannah Webster, born Oct. 26, 1658, and died in 1680, a daughter of Robert Webster, of Middletown ; he married (second) Harriet, daugh- ter of Philip Davis. Children: Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer Dudley ; John, sketch of whom follows; Sarah, born Sept. 25, 1698, wife of James Munger ; and four other daughters.
(IV) John Graves, born March 3, 1695, in Hart- ford, moved to East Guilford, and died there April, 1759. He married (first) Phebe Hand March 19,
1719, and (second) Keziah Norton, Ang. 1, 1723. . She was born Dec. 21, 1700, and died Oct. 8, 1771. Children : George, born May 30, 1724; Phebe, Jan. 29, 1726, married Enos Hall; Samuel, born Aug. 3, 1728, died Nov. 25, 1736; Joanna, born Oct. 8, 1730; Sarah, born Jan. 23, 1733; Jolin, sketch of whom follows ; Submit, Jan. 13, 1738: Keziah, born June 27, 1743, died Oct. 8, 1775; Samuel (2), June II, 1746; and Rufus, born Sept. 27, 1749, married Elizabeth Benton.
(V) Jolin Graves, born Oct. 9. 1735, in East Guilford, died April 13, 1791. He married Dec. 20, 1760, Elizabeth Graves, born Sept. 24. 1736. died April 17, 1767, a daughter of Ebenezer and Mary ( Isbell ) Graves. He married ( second) Sarah Dudley. born March 14. 1744, and died Nov. 17, 1797. Children : John, sketch of whom follows; Merriman, wife of Joseph Bartlett, died Sept. 23, 171 ; Titus, married to Rachel Dudley. died in 1814; George died without issue.
(VI) Jolin Graves, born at East Guilford Oct. 16, 1761, died Sept. 28, 1819; married January. 1787. Hannah Crane, born 1764. died Jan. 16, 1852. Children : Henry Crane, born June 12, 1788, mar- ried Clarissa Crompton, and died in 1846: Elizabeth 1 Amelia. born Feb. 17, 1791, married Phineas Dud- ley ; Nancy Merriam, born Sept. 10, 1793, died March 16, 1849; Sherman, sketch of whom follows; Rebecca, born March 4, 1798, married W. W. Dowd, and died Oct. 28, 1873; and John Adams, born Sept. 1, 1805, married Amelia Bailey, and died in 1837.
(VII) Sherman Graves, born Sept. 20, 1795, died Sept. 12, 1875; married Nov. 4, 1819, Ann Griswold, daughter of John and Hannah (Dudley) Griswold. Children : Elizabeth, born Sept. 18, 1820, died Sept. 20, 1849; John, born Feb. 17, 1822, married Nancy Landon, and died Nov. 4, 1883 : Catherine born May 16, 1824, now the widow of Lewis R. Eliot ; and Harriet, born Sept. 26, 1825, died May 18. 1849.
HON. RICHARD R. HEPBURN, judge of probate and clerk of the town of Milford, was born in Milford May 23, 1847, son of Richard and Maria Hepburn, and comes of an excellent line. The Hepburns were of the family famous in Scot- tish history. Judge Hepburn is a great-grandson of Capt. Peter (born in Stratford) and Mary (Cobb) Hepburn, of Taunton, Mass. Peter was a sea captain previous to the American Revolution, and sailed between the Colonies and Europe. After- ward he had extensive rope walks reaching from River to High street, and his homestead was on the corner of Broad and River streets, where the Taylor Library now stands. In winter he taught naviga- tion, and his nephew, who afterward became cele- brated as Commodore Isaac Hull, was among his pupils.
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sea-faring man in early manhood, but afterward engaged in the draying business in New York City. He died in Brooklyn in the year 1865, at the age of eighty-eight, and was buried in Milford. This worthy citizen married Harriet Miles, of Milford, and had seven children, as follows: (I) Thomas was connected with the police force in New York City, and also with the custom house in the same place for a time. He was prominent in the Masonic fraternity. He died in New York, but was buried in Milford. (2) Richard, our subject's father, is mentioned more fully below. (3) Henry, who died in San Francisco, was a shipmaster and commanded vessels running between New York, Liverpool and China. He, too, was identified with the Masonic fraternity. (4) Jane ( deceased ) married Nathaniel C. L'Hommedieu, who in early life was in the United States navy, and for many years in the em- ploy of the government at the Brooklyn navy yard. (5) Elizabeth (deceased) married John C. O'Con- nor, who entered the United States navy early in life, and later became a merchant and ship owner. and the possessor of valuable realty in New York City. (6) Harriet married Samuel Bryan, a cop- per-plate printer in New York, afterward a trusted employe of the government at the Bureau of En- graving and Printing, at Washington, D. C. (7) Sarah resides in Milford, Connecticut.
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