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Seymour, and Mrs. Beard's maternal grandfather, Deacon Bradford Steele, served for about eight months in the Revolutionary army, enlisting about July 10, 1777, as a lad of sixteen. His wife, Ruth Wheeler, was born Sept. 17, 1765, a daughter of Simeon Wheeler, and died Feb. 20, 1856. Her mother, Sarah Baldwin, who was born April II, 1746, and died May 13, 1826, married first a Mr. Wheeler, and second Capt. Bradford Steele. In this line Mrs. Beard is a descendant of Sylvester Baldwin, the pioneer, the line being traced as fol- lows: Sylvenius, son of the pioneer ; Richard ; Timothy; and Capt. Timothy Baldwin, father of Saralı Baldwin Wheeler.
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WEBSTER. This well known and numerous family of New England traces its line of descent to John Webster, fifth Colonial governor of Connecti- cut, who landed in Massachusetts Sept. 4, 1635. He and his wife Agnes left Warwickshire, England, in the spring, and settled first in Cambridge, Mass. During that year a company of one hundred persons was organized to form a Colony on the banks of the Connecticut river, and in June, 1636, a well ordered band set forth. Gentlemen of fortune and rank and delicately bred ladies were there, and bravely endured the hardships of that journey over moun- tains, through swamps, across rivers, and drove their flocks and herds before them.
In Benjamin Trumbull's "History of Connecti- cut" we find the following: "For twenty years Mr. John Webster had been annually chosen into the magistracy of Connecticut, being elected Gov- ernor in 1656. At the election in Hartford, May 17, 1655, Thomas Wells was elected Governor, and John Webster Deputy Governor. At the election in 1656 John Webster was elected Governor, and Thomas Wells Deputy Governor. At the election in 1657 John Winthrop was elected Governor, Thomas Wells Deputy Governor, and John Webster Chief Magistrate. Mr. Webster removed to Had- ley, Mass., in 1659." During this entire period he was active in the administration of public affairs, and the records show him to have acted in nearly every important movement. In 1639 he was one of a committee appointed to confer with a like com- mittee from New Haven concerning the best way to treat with the Indians regarding their murderous attacks at Middletown. In 1640 he acted on another committee, which in this day and generation seems extremely curious if not futile, "to consult with the elders of both plantations" to prepare instructions for the punishment of lying, "which begins to be practiced by many people in the commonwealth." In 1645 we find him as one of a committee ap- pointed by the General Court to arrange "all par- ticulars and several charges of the late war and for the support of Uncas"-the "late war" referring to trouble with the Narragansett Indians, and a little later, when Long Island was threatened by the Dutch and Ninigrate, he was appointed with others
to secure a frigate of some ten guns for the neces- sary defense. In 1649 the New England Congress employed him to levy on the towns for the neces- sary men and ammunition for the Indian troubles. Besides all these various duties it is found that he surveyed highways, administered justice, looked after the impost duties, and the exportation of pro- visions in times of scarcity, and he assisted in draw- ing up legal papers and petitions. During the time he was a member of the New England Congress he was one of the authorities on Indian troubles, both as regards protection from them, and as regards the Indians' conversion to Christianity and his educa- tion at Cambridge. The fact that the papers and correspondence on these topics were written in Latin speaks well for the educational standing of the men in the Colony.
During his administration as governor there seems to have been a period of comparative quiet. The term of office was for but one year, and not until 1660 could the same person be elected gov- ernor more than once in two years. The duties of governor were varied, and for a long time no com- pensation was received, but in 1647, owing to the many expenses, the sum of thirty pounds was granted.
For some time there had been an increasing dif- ference on the subject of religion, the disputed points being chiefly baptism, and various rules in church government. Gov. Webster and many other prominent members of the Colony advocated the strictest construction of doctrines, denying baptism to any but the children of members in full com- munion. He was firm in his belief, and in the de- bates that occurred he took an active part, and when after all other ways had been tried it was decided to found a new Colony at Hadley, in Massachusetts, he signed the agreement, dated April 18, 1659. After locating at Hadley he seems to have had much to do with the laying out of the town, but shortly after became ill, and in 1661 passed to his last rest. He had a family of four sons and three daughters. The eldest, Robert, ultimately located in Hartford in the old homestead, with his wife Susannah. Dr. Noah Webster, of New Haven, was a lineal descendant of Gov. Webster, through Robert. The children mentioned in Gov. Webster's will are: Robert; Thomas, who married Abigail Alexander, of Northampton, Mass., where he set- tled, and where he died in 1686, leaving several children ; William, who, with Thomas, inherited the estate at Hadley, married Mary Reeves in 1671, and died in Hadley in 1687 or 1688; Matthew, who settled in Farmington, and died there leaving a son, John; Anne, who married John Marsh, of Had- ley; Elizabeth, who married William Markham, of Hadley ; and Mary, who married a Mr. Hunt, by whom she had a daughter, Mary, who married John Ingersoll, of Westfield, and their descendants are now the Ingersolls of Connecticut.
(II) Robert Webster, eldest son of Gov. John
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Webster, married Susannah Treat, daughter of Richard Treat, of Wethersfield, Conn. They made their home in Middletown, Conn., and in 1651 Rob- ert Webster became the first recorder of the town. In 1660 they removed to Hartford, where he died in 1676, and his wife in 1705. Their children were: Jolın, born Nov. 10, 1653; Sarah, born June 30, 1655; Jonathan, born Jan. 9, 1657 : Susannah, born Oct. 25, 1659; Samuel, Joseph, William and Mary. There is no record other than the names of the four children last mentioned.
(III) Jonathan Webster, son of Robert, was twice married. His first wife was Dorcas Hop- kins, of Hartford, where he, too, made his home, and by her he had five children: Jonathan, born March 18, 1682: Susannah, born April 25, 1686: Mary, born Sept. 29. 1688; Mehitable, born March 8, 1691 ; and Stephen, born Jan. 21, 1693. His sec- ond wife was, in her maidenhood, Mary Judd, daughter of Thomas Judd. of Farmington, Conn., and she bore him but one child. Benjamin, born Aug. 9, 1698.
(IV) Benjamin Webster, son of Jonathan, ap- pears on the records as "Deacon Webster," and he made his home in Litchfield, Conn., where he mar- ried Elizabeth Peck, daughter of Deacon Paul Peck. and died July 10. 1755. He was the father of seven children : James, born June 2. 1734: Elijah. born Dec. 28, 1732; Benjamin, born Dec. 8. 1736; Stephen, born in Litchfield May 21. 1739; Elizabeth. born Jan. 23, 1741 ; Charles, born March 9, 1743; and John, born April 3, 1747.
(V) Stephen Webster, son of Benjamin, mar- ried Hanor Kilbourn. daughter of James Kilbourn, by whom he had three children: Sarah, born Sept. 8, 1765; Truman. born Jan. 12. 1770; and Orange, born Dec. 28, 1780.
(VI) Truman Webster. son of Stephen, was born in Litchfield, and settled there, engaging in farming. He married Diadema Sanford, daughter of Stephen Sanford, of Northfield. Conn., their marriage taking place Oct. 8, 1795. In 1799 they went to Northfield on a visit. and there their two boys were taken ill and died, and were buried in Northfield, whither Mr. Webster then removed, and where their other six children were born: David Sanford, born May 30. 1800: Sophia, born May IO, 1802, married Titus Turner : Lyman, born Nov. 7, 1805, married Elizabeth Smith: Abigal, born July 10, 1808, married Tertius Turner : Annie, born April 12, 1811, married Abner G. Fox; and Sally. born April 11, 1814. married Aaron W. Fox. The father of these children died Sept. 17, 1844. aged seventy-four years, and the mother on Aug. 10, 1839, when over seventy. They were devout men- bers of the Presbyterian Church.
(VII) David Sanford Webster, son of Truman. was born in Litchfield, and followed farming until within ten years of his death, which occurred in Virginia in 1867. He married Clarissa Wattles. daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Dean) Wattles, of
Bethlehem, Conn., the former a well-known bridge builder of the town, who died aged eighty-two years. Mrs. Lydia (Dean) Wattles, who was born in Ox- ford, died at the age of seventy-seven. David Webster and his wife settled in Bethlehem, where two children were born that died in infancy. In 1837 Mr. Webster purchased a large farm in Pleas- ant Valley, Conn., and there lived until 1850, when he removed to Waterbury. Both he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and took a keen interest in all that pertained to the wel- fare of the town. Mrs. Clarissa ( Wattles) Webster was born in Hebron, Conn., May II, 1800, and died in Waterbury Jan. 15, 1873. Of their chil- dren, four grew to maturity, as follows: (1) Hen- rietta Louise, born June 1I, 1830, was married, Oct. 9, 1848, to Rev. Apollos Phelp Viets, and pre- vious to locating in their present home in Water- bury they lived in Canton and Milford. Conn., and Hancock, Mass., respectively. They have had six children, namely: Elsworth Phelp. born Nov. 12, 1850, was drowned at Ansonia, Conn .. July 28, 1867: Wordsworth B., born Nov. 18. 1854; John C., born Nov. 18, 1856; Mary Louise. born June 16, 1858. married William L. Horton, July 3. 1884; Beulah Ruth, born June 11, 1861, died Sept. 22, 1861 : and Henrietta C., born Nov. 28. 1863. (2) Truman Monroe, born March 13, 1833. learned the trade of a mason, and located at Waterbury, Conn. In 1866 he wounded his foot by stepping on a nail, and his death occurred from lockjaw Nov. 23, 1866. His marriage to Miss Sarah White, of Durham, Conn., had occurred Oct. 15. 1855, and at his death he left three children, as follows: Eugene A., born July 16, 1856, now a druggist of Springfield, Mass .. married Miss Nora Mead, of New Haven, Conn .; Arthur T., born Aug. 15. 1858, now a druggist of Waterbury, married Miss Addie Talmadge. of Mid- dletown, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1880, and has one daugh- ter ; Carrie B., born March 14, 1860, married E. Darwin Ketcham, Jan. 10, 1882, and has three chil- dren. (3) Erwin Wattles, mention of whom will be made below. (4) Albert William, born Jan. 21, 1838. learned the machinist trade, and worked at this in Waterbury and New York, until his loca- tion in Ansonia in 1864. when he began the manu- facture of metal goods, which he continued for four years, and then sold out to enter the dry goods trade. In 1873 he disposed of his dry goods store, and entered into partnership with Plummer & Gal- pin, dealers in clothing, dry goods, boots, shoes, etc., which continued for three years, when Mr. Plummer withdrew, and the business was continued under the name of Galpin & Webster for the next
decade. when it was sold to W. A. Fellows & Co. Two years later Mr. Webster moved to New Ha- ven, Conn., where he started the Elm City Shoe Store, which he still continues. He has been twice married. first on June 13. 1865, to Eliza Marden- brough Peck. daughter of Eleazer and Louise MI. Peck, of Ansonia, who died Aug. 10, 1882, leaving
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three children : Louise Mardenbrough, born March 5. 1866, married John Disosway, of Staten Island. and has one daughter : William Wattles and Susie (twins), born March 16, 1869, the former of whom died in Brooklyn, N. Y .. April 10, 1896. and the latter in infancy. For his second wife Mr. Webster married on Nov. 14. 1887, Miss Jennie P. Hor- ton, daughter of Joseph S. and Annie Eliza Horton, of Port Ewen, N. Y., and they have two children : Albert Raymond, born Sept. 29, 1889; and Annie Clarissa, born Feb. 21. 1894.
(VIII) ERWIN WATTLES WEBSTER, son of David Sanford Webster, was born in Bethlehem, Conn., April 9, 1836, and his common school course was supplemented by one term at the select school in Watertown, Conn. In 1853. when seventeen years old. he left home to make his way in the world, taking a place in the ticket office of the Naugatuck Railway Company, at Waterbury, and in 1857 he removed to Ansonia, to assume the duties of his present position as general freight agent of the Naugatuck division of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. He has charge of all the freight and pas- senger traffic and of the telegraph office, the entire working force being under his direction. When he took charge he had but one man as assistant, but at present the station has seven clerks, being the second largest of the twenty-seven stations on the line of sixty-five miles of railway, all manufactur- ing towns. He has now been connected with this company for forty-eight years, and. with the ex- ception of the superintendent, has been in their serv- ice longer than any other man. In 1863 he formed a partnership with his brother, Albert W., and for four years they operated a factory at Ansonia, mak- ing fancy metal goods. Politically Mr. Webster has been a Democrat all his life, but his breadth of view and liberality of opinion have won him friends in both parties. His public spirit has been shown in many ways, notably in official life, to which he has frequently been called by his fellow citizens. He has served many years on the town committee and as delegate to State and county conventions, and as selectman and town agent of Derby and An- sonia lie gained the approval of the best element in both parties. He was first elected in the old town of Derby in 1877, and in the following year was made town agent. This position he held seven years, and when Ansonia was organized he became the first town agent there. In 1893. when a candi- date for the State Legislature. he had a handsome majority, and his re-election in 1895 was a well- deserved tribute to his faithfulness and efficiency as a member of that body. When nominated for mayor of Ansonia, in 1895, he defeated one of the strongest candidates in the Republican party, and in 1896 he was again chosen for the position. He has been actively interested in educational affairs, and served as a member of the school board for a number of years, part of the time as chairman. He has also been burgess of the borough, register of
vital statistics, and grand juror, and has filled other positions of a public nature, giving to the duties of each the sound judgment and executive ability which have characterized his business career. So- cially he is identified with George Washington Lodge, No. 82. F. & A. M. : Mount Vernon Chap- ter. R. A. M., and the Council, and his thirty years' membership make him one of the oldest Masons in the locality. He and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church, of which for three years he was junior warden.
Mr. Webster has been twice married, first to Miss Jane Miller, of Avon, Conn., who died Aug. 15. 1858. On Jan. 1, 1861, he married Miss Sarah Rogers, who was born in Millerton, N. Y., dangh- ter of Orlando and Thirza ( Fuller ) Rogers. One child was born of this union-Aleine Virginia, who married Frank G. Hotchkiss, April 25. 1887, and died at the age of twenty-five. Nov. 7, 1889, leaving one daughter, Aleine Webster, born Jan. 4, 1889, who resides with her grandparents. Mrs. Webs- ter's ancestors were early settlers on Long Island, and her great-grandfather, Isaac Rogers, and his wife, Annie Wilcox, removed from there to Fish- kill-on-the-Hudson, and in 1773 to Millerton, then called Northeast. Joel Rogers, son of Isaac Rogers, was born at Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, and later made his home, with his wife. Annie Hedger, on a farm near "Boston Corners," where he died at the age of eighty years, leaving a large family. His wife died at the age of eighty-one. Orlando Rogers, father of Mrs. Webster, was a son of Joel, and was born and reared on the old homestead, following farming in that vicinity for many years, and dying at the age of sixty-one. Both he and his wife. Thirza Fuller, were devout members of the Meth- odist Church, in which faith she died at the age of sixty-three. Thirza ( Fuller ) Rogers was a daugh- ter of Nathaniel Fuller, a farmer of North East, and his wife, Dorcas, and his father, also Nathaniel by name, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army. Orlando Rogers and wife had eight children, of whom two sons and three daughters are living : Hilan, station agent at Torrington, and a promi- nent man there: Henry: Harriet Ellen, who mar- ried the late Nathaniel Lewis: Sarah, Mrs. Webs- ter : Mary, widow of Walter Gilbert. Mrs. Webs- ter is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, through her great-grandfather, Isaac Rogers, mentioned above.
EDMUND GOODRICH, one of the active, prominent and enterprising citizens of East Haven, is now devoting his time and attention to dairy farming and the wood business. He owns and ope- rates a well-improved and valuable farm of 125 acres, and, being a man of keen discrimination, sound judgment and good business ability, he is meeting with most gratifying success in his under- takings.
A native of New Haven county, Mr. Goodrich
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was born Aug. 7, 1828, on the old homestead in the town of Branford, son of William and Mary A. ( Whiting) Goodrich, and grandson of Bartholomew Goodrich, a lifelong farmer, who died at the ripe old age of eighty-six years. The father was born on the same farm as our subject, and died at the age of fifty-three. In his family were eight chil- dren, namely : John, who died at the age of nine- teen years; Edmund, our subject; Sarah, now the widow of N. S. Hallenbeck; Jennette, widow of George Baldwin: Miles and Grace, both deceased ; Horace, who lives on the old homestead in Bran- ford; and one who died in infancy.
The subject of this review remained on the home farm in his native town until fifteen years of age, and then went to New Haven, where he served a : five years' apprenticeship to the carriagemaker's trade with David Wilcoxon, receiving $25 per year and his board. He continued to work at his trade until 1861, when he removed to Seymour and en- gaged in farming for three years, after which he again followed carriagemaking in New Haven for two years. In 1865 he located upon the farm in East Haven where he still makes his home, and to its cultivation and improvement has since devoted his energies with marked success.
On Oct. 6, 1852, Mr. Goodrich married Miss Mary A. Chandler, who was born July 7, 1829, in Elizabeth, N. J., and when a child was brought to New Haven. She died Dec. 30, 1900. Edmund C .. the only child of this union, born May 18, 1857, is engaged in farming with his father. He married Miss Mary A. Hall, who was born in North Bran- ford, daughter of Samuel L. and Anna (Leete) Hall, the former of whom served as a private in the Civil war, was wounded, and received an honorable discharge. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund C. Goodrich, viz .: Emma E., Dec. 21, 1880; Lyman H., March 15, 1884: Merton A., Aug. 26, 1887; Grace C., April 10, 1892 ; Carrie M., July 17, 1896; William E., May 23, 1898.
Politically our subject is identified with the Re- publican party, and religiously he is a member of the Congregational Church. As a public-spirited citizen he has manifested a deep interest in the prog- ress of his town and county, and has ever taken his part in support of those measures calculated to prove of public good.
JAMES MCDERMOTT. a retired stone mason and highly esteemed citizen of Union City, Conn., was born in County Kildare, Ireland, in 1827. His father, John McDermott, was also a stone mason by trade, and spent his entire life on the Emerald Isle. He married Ellen Dunn, a native of Kings County, Ireland, and to them were born eleven chil- dren, all of whom lived and died in Ireland with the exception of our subject. He grew to manhood in his native land, was educated in the national schools, and there learned the stone mason's trade.
Mr. McDermott was married in Ireland to Miss
Margaret Brennan, a sister of Andrew and P. J. Brennan, of Naugatuck, Conn .. and they became the parents of the following children: James, who has now retired from business and is living on the in- come derived from his property : William, a Catholic priest now located at Danville, Ohio; John, a farni- er of Naugatuck ; Andrew, a grocer of Union City, Conn. ; Mary A., wife of Joseph Le Roy, of Nauga- tuck; Patrick, foreman for E. E. Stevens, a lum- ber dealer of Naugatuck; Julia, wife of James Hagerty, of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Margaret, wife of Joseph Doran, of Naugatuck; and Thomas and Nellie, who died in infancy.
In 1871 Mr. McDermott, with his family, emi- grated to America, and took up his residence in Naugatuck, New Haven Co., Conn., where he worked at his trade for many years, but is now living a retired life in Union City, enjoying a well- earned rest. He is a faithful member of St. Francis Catholic Church, and is a Democrat in politics.
GEORGE FRANKLIN TYLER, a prominent and influential citizen of Cheshire, was born in the town of Prospect, Nov. 23, 1833. a son of Spencer and Sally ( Ferrell) Tyler, also natives of Prospect, where they spent their entire lives. The father, who was a son of Ichabod and Elizabeth (Stearns) Tyler, natives of Cheshire, died in 1856, the mother in 1857. Our subject is the fourth in order of birth in a family of six children, the others being as follows : Mary, who first wedded Stephen Beech- er, and second a Mr. Day, and died in Forestville. Conn. ; Luke, a merchant of Short Beach ; Charlotte, wife of Henry Mix, of Bristol; Sarah, who mar- ried Henry Russell, and died in Wallingford in 1894; and Fannie, wife of William Berkley, of Waterbury, Connecticut.
The early life of George F. Tyler was passed in his native town, where he attended school and learned the matchmaker's trade, which he followed for some time. Later he worked at brazing in a hoe and fork factory before and after the Civil war. During that conflict he laid aside all personal in- terests and offered his services to the government, enlisting at Prospect, in July, 1862, in Company A. 20th Conn. V. I., for three years. The regiment was mustered in at New Haven and assigned to the Army of the Potomac. While stationed at Arling- ton Heights, Mr. Tyler was taken ill and was hon- orably discharged Dec. 4, 1862. He continued to make his home in Prospect until 1893, when he removed to Cheshire, where he now lives.
In his native town Mr. Tyler was married. in 1853, to Miss Emily A. Mix, who was born in Wallingford, a daughter of Elias and Maria ( Judd) Mix, also natives of New Haven county. The fa- ther was a spoonmaker at Wallingford, and from there moved to Wolcott, thence to Cheshire; he died in Prospect April 11, 1861, aged fifty-six years, and his wife died in the same town July 28, 1894, at the age of eighty-three years. To our
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subject and his wife was born one daughter, Emma G., who married Edgar B. Jeralds, and died in Prospect in February, 1876.
Mr. Tyler was for two years commander of Edward A. Doolittle Post, No. 5, G. A. R., of Cheshire, and is an active and prominent member of the Congregational Church, of which he is one of the deacons. His political support is always given to the men and measures of the Republican party, and he has been honored by his fellow citi- zens with several important official positions. He was a member of the State Legislature from Pros- pect in 1870 and in 1882: was doorkeeper of the House in 1887, 1889 and 1894; and doorkeeper of the Senate in 1897. He also served as selectman, justice of the peace, and in various other local offices in Prospect, and since coming to Cheshire was elected justice of the peace, but resigned. His public and private life are alike above reproach, and wherever known he is held in high regard.
FRANK HARVEY THOMAS, a representa- tive and prominent citizen of Woodbridge, traces his ancestry back to more than one honored old family of that town. On the paternal side his great- great-grandfather was Amos Thomas, and the great-grandfather. John Thomas. The grandfather, who also bore the name of Amos Thomas. was prob- ably a native of Woodbridge, where he grew to manhood and married Lucretia Baldwin, a native of that town and a granddaughter of Thomas Bald- win, who was born there. Her great-grandfather, Barnabus Baldwin, the first of the family in this locality of whom we have any definite knowledge, was a farmer of Woodbridge and Milford, and was probably born in the latter place. Our subject's grandfather, Amos Thomas, was a carriagemaker by trade, and engaged in that business in New Ha- ven, where he also conducted a grocery store for a time. He owned property on Whalley avenue. A man of fine physical appearance, he was commis- sioned general in the State Militia, was captain of the police force of New Haven, a member of the fire department of that city, and foreman of No. 2 for a time. In politics he was a stanch Democrat.
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