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The Clark family of which Dwight N. is a member was founded in America by Deacon George Clark, who came from England to the New Eng- land Colonies in 1637, in company with Rev. John Davenport and his congregation, from Kent and Surrey, near London, together with several other parties of wealth and respectability. The party landed at Boston, remaining there about one year, thence went to New Haven, Conn., and in 1639 Mr. Davenport's congregation, including George Clark, removed to Milford. Deacon Clark died there in 1690. He was one of the deputies under the Colonial government.
(II) Ensign George Clark, son of Deacon George, was born in Milford, in 1647, and died July 19, 1734. He married Deborah Gold. En- sign George Clark was one of those who negotiated for the purchase from the Indians, Feb. 29, 1700, of the land on which our subject now lives.
(III) Capt. Nathan Clark, son of Ensign George, married Abigail Newton, and died in 1783. (III) Sergt. George Clark, son of Ensign George, was born April 3, 1682, and died Aug. 21, 1762.
(IV) Nathan Clark, son of Capt. Nathan and Abigail (Newton), was born in Angust, 1746, and died July 12, 1819. He married Mabel Treat ( a descendant of Gov. Robert Treat), who was born in 1753, and died July 1, 1828.
( IV) David Clark, son of Sergt. George, was baptized July 31, 1713.
(V) Robert Clark, son of Nathan and Mabel (Treat ), was born Feb. 3, 1777, and died April 17, 1863. In 1796 he married Experience Newton, who was born in 1776, and died Aug. 16, 1856. Rob- ert Clark lived on the farm now occupied by our subject, and wasa cattle dealer all his life. He made a shipment every year for many years from his own stalls, of the choicest, finest, heaviest premium beef cattle that came to the New York city market in those times, always securing the top price for the year. Mr. Clark was first selectman for many years, that office remaining in his house for thirteen con- secutive years. He represented the town in the Legislature for many terms, and at one time was the oldest member in point of service, and had the honor of calling the House to order. His children were: Treat, mentioned below; Maria, who died Oct. 8, 1803, aged four years; Noyes, mentioned below ; and Maria (2), who married Clark Wooster, of Seymour, Connecticut.
(V) David Clark, son of David, was born in 1742, and died in March, 1778. He enlisted in May, 1777, during the Revolutionary war, in Capt. Jonathan Brown's Company, New York Regiment of Artillery, and was sergeant of his company. He was captured at Fort Montgomery Oct. 6th, fol- lowing, and died in prison in New York. This prison was an old sugar house, and the prisoners therein, being forgotten when the British evacu- ated New York, starved to death.
(VI) Elioenai Clark, son of David, the Revolu- tionary soldier, was born Dec. 30, 1763, and died Aug. 31, 1847.
(VI) Noyes Clark, son of Robert and Experi- ence ( Newton ), was born June 27, 1804, and died Sept. 20, 1831. On Aug. 30, 1827, he married Mary Abigail Clark, a daughter of Elioenai Clark, men- tioned above. She was born Sept. 1, 1803, and died Jan. 25, 1895. .
(VII) Dwight N. Clark, son of Noyes and Mary A. Clark, and whose name introduces this sketch, was but two years old when his father died. He was educated in the district schools, then at- tended Cheshire Academy, and early commenced following the business of his grandfather-that of dealing in cattle, a vocation he has ever since suc- cessfully pursued, buying and shipping for a time from Chicago, later from Buffalo and Albany, N. Y., and at this day there is no man in the State that is a better judge of live stock than Mr. Clark. Although now well advanced in years he manages not only his own farm of 600 acres, but those of his wife and relatives, aggregating over one thou- sand acres. His affable manner and liberal dealing have won for him the respect and esteem of his townsmen and of a large circle of customers who have relied upon him for the purchase and sale of cattle, and he has become widely known through his extensive business transactions in Western Con- necticutt, as well as at Albany and Chicago.
In politics Mr. Clark is a conservative Democrat,
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and he was in full sympathy with the government and prominent in its aid during the Civil war. He was elected to the State Legislature two terms ; for many years, including the period of the Civil war, he served as first selectman, and he has been hon- 1 ored with every office in the gift of his fellow towns- men which he would accept. He has always taken a deep interest in the schools and been ready to con- tribute liberally toward their support and improve- ment, as well as to whatever else would promote the culture and refinement of society. He has been interested in church and society, and living near the Woodbridge line, he has been identified with the Congregational society of Woodbridge, of which Rev. S. P. Marvin has long been pastor. Mr. Clark has been one of the church's most liberal sup- porters, and has been one of the committee; gave valuable advice and was liberal with his means toward the remodeling of the church, making it for the time one of the most elegant country churches in all the region.
On Sept. 26, 1866, Dwight N. Clark married Althea E. Bradley, a daughter of Jason Willis Bradley, who was born Jan. 10, 1809, and died Oct. 12, 1888. They have one child, Noyes Dwight, men- tioned below.
Jason Willis Bradley, a stanch Republican, was State Senator, judge of probate, and for many years first selectman, and for years held the first offices of his town, though Bethany is strongly Demo- cratie. He married, Oct. 23. 1834, Elizabeth Sperry, who was born Dec. 24. 1809, and died May II, 1870. We have record of three children born to them : Althea E. ( Mrs. Dwight N. Clark) ; Isaac, who during the Civil war was a member of Com- pany E, 27th Conn. V. I., was taken prisoner, con- fined to Libby Prison, and died in 1866, from the effects of confinement; also Ida I., who married John W. Smith, of Seymour, Connecticut.
(VI) Jason Bradley, father of Jason Willis, was born March 22, 1772, and died Oct. 11, 1831. He married Electa Tolles, born in 1779, who died March 20. 1858.
(V) Jason Bradley, father of (VI) Jason, was born Jan. 1, 1741, and died May 1, 1819. He mar- ried Mary ( surname unknown ), born in 1742, who died July 8, 1808.
(IV) Joseph Bradley, father of (V) Jason, was born March 18, 1707, and on Oct. 27, 1731, mar- ried Miriam Gilbert, born April 14, 1712.
(III) Joseph Bradley, father of (IV) Joseph, was born Feb. 15. 1677.
(II) Joseph Bradley, father of ( III) Joseph, was born Jan. 4, 1645-46, and died in January, 1705 : he married Oct. 25, 1667, Silence Brockett.
(I) William Bradley, father of ( II) Joseph, came from England to New England about 1637, and was a resident of New Haven, Conn., in 1644, when he took the oath of fidelav. He married. Feb. 18, 1645, Alice Pritchard, daughter of Roger Pritch- ard, of Springfield and Milford. He died in the
early part of 1692, or possibly in ift; leaving a will which is recorded in the New Haven Probate Records, Book II, page 3. The inventory of his estate bears date May 29, 1692. His wife died some time between Oct. 5. 1092, and Feb. 12, 1693.
(VIII) NOYES DWIGHT CLARK, only child of Dwight N. and Althea E. ( Bradley) Clark, was born April 2, 180. He distinguished himself in the Scientific Department of Yale, graduating in 1891, and in 1894 took the degree of C. E. For several years he has been engaged in the New Ha- ven city engineer's office.
(VI) Treat Clark, son of Robert and Experi- ence ( Newton ), died May 10, 1866, aged sixty- nine. He married Maria Peck, who died July 26, 1886, aged eighty-five. They had four children : Ann Eliza, who died Feb. 15, 1840, aged eighteen ; Frances C., who died Oct. 19, 1853, aged twenty- six; Mary, who died May 4, 1892; and Nathan Noyes, who died Oet. 5, 1842, aged eight years and six months. Mary, the only one of the chil- dren to marry, became the wife of Judge Amos S. Treat, of Bridgeport. Conn .; they had one daugh- ter, Mary C., who still resides in Bridgeport.
WARREN PERCY BRISTOL, superintendent of the Meriden Electric Railroad, is a descendant of one of the earliest settlers of the town of Cheshire.
Henry Bristol, the first settler of Copper Valley, located there about the beginning of the eighteenth century, and there became a land owner and farm- er, and spent his days. He died in 1750, at the ripe age of ninety-seven years. He married De- sire Bristol, and to the union came children as fol- lows: Jonathan, born Dec. 27, 1725; Lydia. born March 16, 1728; Desire, who married Thomas Brooks; Austin, who died in early manhood; Amos ; Simeon, who was a graduate of Yale College ; Gideon, who died in 1747 ; and Augustus, who died in 1742.
Amos Bristol, son of Henry, was born in Che- shire, where he also became a land owner and farmer, and where he passed his entire life. In June, 1740, he married Joanna Parker, who was born July 8. 1723, a daughter of Eliphalet and Hannah ( Beach) Parker. Their children were: Thomas, born March 28, 1741 : Augustus, July 19, 1743; Hannah, March 20, 1745: Amos, May 6, 1751; Ezra, Jan. 0. 1753: Reuben, Oct. 1, 1755; Lydia, Sept. 15. 1757 : and Lucy, Sept. 10, 1759.
Ezra Bristol, son of Amos, was born in Che- shire. He passed his life in his native town, en- gaged in farming and stock raising, and became a land owner. He died on the farm, and was buried in the Cheshire cemetery.
Azariah Bristol, son of Ezra, was born in Che- shire, where he lived and died. Like his father, he was a farmer and stock raiser.
Rver Bristol, son of Azariah, was born in Che- ; shire Feb. 1, 1811, and died there Aug. 31, 1871.
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He, too, was a farmer, but also engaged to some extent in manufacturing. He married Abigail Munson, who was born Dec. 27, 1810, daughter of Levi and Tenna ( Brooks ) Munson, the former of whom, born April 9. 1783, died Dec. 25, 1844; the latter, born Sept. 23. 1783, died Jan. 3. 1862, at Hamden, Conn. The following named children came to Ryer and Abigail ( Munson ) Bristol: (1) Antoinette, born Oet. 20, 1834. married Sept. 17, 1855, William S. Bates, of New York, and died June 17, 1874, leaving two children-Mena, born in 1863; and William G., born in 1866, who married Ida Chidsey, of Cheshire. (2) Alfred was born June 15, 1839. (3) Abbie, born Aug. 21, 1844. was married in June, 1800, to Charles N. Jones, of Wallingford.
Alfred Bristol, son of Ryer, and father of War- ren P., was born on the old homestead in Che- shire June 15, 1839. He grew to manhood on the farm, and in his younger days followed farming as an occupation, later becoming engaged in the lumber business in his native town, and also carry- ing on some insurance business there. He died at Hartford, Conn., Dee. 20, 1884, and his remains were laid to rest in Cheshire cemetery. Mr. Bristol was a stanch Republican, and always supported his party. He held local offices in Cheshire, serving as tax collector for several years. In religion he was a member of the Episcopal Church. On Sept. 7, 1865, he was married in Cheshire to Fannie A. Doo- little, who was born in Cheshire, a daughter of Warren Doolittle, of that town. Mrs. Bristol is still living with her family in Cheshire. Seven children came to this union: Edward D., born in 1866, as a machinist by trade, and is at present (1902) a member of the State Legislature from Cheshire; May Louise, born in 1869, died young; Alfred S., born in 1871, is a machinist, and resides in Hartford: Warren P. is the subject of this sketch; Lucia, born in 1875, resides at home; Drurie, born in 1877. is at home ; Arthur C., born in 1880, is employed by the Winchester Arms Co., New Haven.
Warren P. Bristol was born April 21, 1873, in Cheshire, and acquired his education in the district schools of that town. When he was eleven years of age death deprived him of his father, and he at once started out to work. finding employment in the Cheshire watch factory, where he received Ebenezer Doolittle (3), son of Ebenezer (2), was born on the Doolittle farm in Cheshire Oct. 12, 1736. He married and had two children: Elkanah, and Amaryllis, who married Landa Bris- tol, of Cheshire. He owned and occupied the farm late the prosperty of Landa Bristol, of Cheshire. three dollars per week. He continued at this place two years, attending school during the winter sea- son. He then spent two years in the jeweling de- partment of the Waterbury watch factory, and next obtained a position in the button factory in West Cheshire, where he worked one year. The Elkanah Doolittle, of Cheshire, was graduated from Yale College. He was twice married, first to a Miss Cook, and his second marriage, to Hannah Compton, took place in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he resided until his death. He left the following chil- dren: Edward (deceased in Cheshire ), who mar- jeweling department in the watch factory was again the scene of his labors for a year, and he received eighteen dollars per week. Having saved some money, and desiring to secure a business edu- cation, he attended Yale business College. from which he was graduated in 1893. He then came | ried Abigail Foote, daughter of Dr. William Foote;
to Meriden and obtained a position with the en- gineer corps, laying out the route of the Meriden and Wallingford electric railroad, and continued with the corps until 1894. when he was appointed assistant to the superintendent of the road, under W. C. Gray. In 1895, when the road was purchased by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway Co., Mr. Bristol was appointed superintendent. For the past six years he has filled that office to the general satisfaction of the company, and also of the general public. Mr. Bristol has charge of Han- over Park, the laying out of which-costing over $50,000-was under his personal supervision alone.
On April 21, 1896, in Cheshire, Warren P. Bris- tol was married to Minna Gillette, daughter of C. S. Gillette, a prominent farmer of that town. They have one child, Helen Doolittle. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bristol are members of the Episcopal Church of Cheshire. Socially he is a member of L. A. Thomas Lodge, No. 9, I. O. O. F., of Che- shire. In politics he is a Republican, but cares nothing for official position. He is a self-educated, self-made, hard-working man, and stands high in the estimation of the people of his community.
The DOOLITTLE Family, of which Warren P. Bristol is a descendant on his mother's side, has long been settled in Wallingford and Cheshire. Abra- ham Doolittle, the first of that name in Walling- ford, was at New Haven before 1642. He was in Wallingford in 1669, and died there Aug. 11, 1690. He was twice married, his last wife being Abigail Moss, a daughter of John Moss, the first settler of Wallingford. His family consisted of eleven chil- dren.
Ebenezer Doolittle (1), son of Abraham, was born July 6, 1672, in Wallingford, and died there Dec. 6, 1711. Ile settled in Cheshire Parish, where he was a land owner and farmer. On April 6, 1697, he married Hannah Hall, daughter of Sam- uel and Hannah Hall, and they had seven chil- dren. Mrs. Doolittle was born March 11, 1673, and died July 27, 1758. .
Ebenezer Doolittle (2), eldest son of Ebenezer (1), was born April 15, 1700, and, like his father, resided in Cheshire, where he was a farmer, and where his death occurred May 20. 1774. He was married June II. 1728, to Lydia Warner, and they had four children.
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Milton ; Elkanah; Warren, who died in Cheshire ; and William A., who died in Brooklyn, New York.
Warren Doolittle, son of Elkanah, and grandfa- ther of Warren P. Bristol, was born in Brooklyn, 1813. He was postmaster for a number of years, and died in Cheshire, in 1870.
In 1837 Warren Doolittle married Ann L. M. Taylor, and he left the following children: Ed- ward A., Oliver T., Fannie A. ( Mrs. Bristol), Hen- ry W., and Milton C.
DAVID PLATT, a prominent farmer in Orange, was born in Naugatuck, Conn., in 1830, a great-grandson of Josiah Platt, who was a dea- con in the Congregational church in West Haven, and aided largely in its support.
Nathan Platt, grandfather of David Platt, was a prominent man in his day. He was a captain of a military company, and served in the war of 1812. His house was raided by the British soldiers in that war. He married Cata Merrick.
Nathan Platt, son of Nathan and father of our subject, was born in Orange in 1800. The main part of his early years were spent in the common school and in aiding his father upon the farm; he received some special private instruction. A few years after his marriage he purchased a farm in West Haven, which he occupied for a goodly num- ber of years. For some time prior to his death in 1877, he lived retired. He married Mary Meloy, a daughter of John Meloy, who was a son of Ed- ward Meloy, who came to America about 1760, and became one of the standard residents of New Haven, Conn. He was an extensive property owner and real-estate dealer. The house which he built for his own occupancy is still standing ( 1902) on the west corner of George street and Congress avenue. His wife was Mary Parmelee. John Meloy, son of Edward Meloy, married Esther Umberfield. To Nathan Platt and wife were born ten children : Jane E. who married Francis Kim- berly; Samuel, who resides in Naugatuck; Mar- garet, a resident of West Haven ; David; Emily A., who married George E. Trowbridge, of New Haven; John, who resides in New Haven; Sarah A., residing in West Haven; and George, Nathan M. and Stiles T., all of New Haven.
David Platt, the fourth child of Nathan Platt and Mary . ( Meloy) Platt, received his education in the public schools. In early youth he manifested that energy and intelligence which have charac- terized him through life. He early learned a trade and gave it his attention for a few years. In 1852 he went to California, and after spending two years in mining, he returned East with means to give him a start in life. He gave some attention to his trade while deciding upon some direct plan. In 1856 he married Melissa A. Shenehon, daughter of Michael and Rebecca (Johnson) Shenehon, of New Haven. In 1857 he purchased a beautifully located tract of land on Long Island Sound, erect-
ing his present substantial house and outbuildings, and here he has engaged in the fruit and vegetable farming and in fishing along the Sound, having large seines at Cove River. Success has attended his efforts. Mr. Platt is a representative New Englander, a man of sterling business integrity -- one whose "word is as good as his bond"-of great energy and keen insight. Above all this, he is em- phatically the poor man's friend. To many a man endeavoring to make some headway in the world, he has extended a helping hand. He is now looked upon as one of the substantial residents of West Haven. In accumulating this world's goods, he has not overlooked his eivie duties, but has taken an active part in political affairs, casting his ballot in favor of the Democratic party. For many years he was a member of the board of selectmen, assessor in 1880, town agent in 1890, member of the town committee for a number of years, and chairman of the same nearly all the time. He has been delegate to different County, State, Congressional and Sena- torial conventions, and has been chairman of the Senatorial committee. His influence has been felt alike in Republican and Democratic ranks. He has been a member and director of the Orange and Milford Agricultural Societies, and is one of the original stockholders in the Oak Grove Cemetery Association, having served as president for four years, and on the board of directors for seven years.
In 1856 Mr. Platt was united in marriage with Melissa A. Shenehon, daughter of Michael and Rebecca ( Johnson) Shenehon, of New Haven. This union was blessed with three children, Mary R., wife of Burton G. Andrew, of Orange; Sarah S .; and Florence L., wife of Edwin W. Decker. Mr. Platt has been called to mourn the loss by death in 1858, of his mother, and in 1892 of his wife. Of these two we may say, they were beau- tiful in person, mind and character; women who ever dispensed kind words and generous deeds. His father died in 1877; he was a man who was always ready to help his neighbor, and his house was a home for the homeless. Mr. Platt's eldest sister, a noble woman we may call her, died in 1895; a void came when she was gone, but glad memories filled it. One more, Mr. Platt's brother George; he was three years in service during the Civil war; two in direet service and one as a re- cruiting officer, and he entered into rest in 1902.
HEZEKIAH GILBERT. was a native of New Haven, son of Amos and Elizabeth Ann (Alling) Gilbert, and of good old Puritan stock. On both sides he was descended from long lines of noble and heroie ancestry, and was sixth in descent from Matt- hew Gilbert, of Colonial fame. He took a deep in- terest in public affairs, and in polities was a Whig, but upon the formation of the Republican party, he became a stanch supporter of its policies. In the business world he was a man of marked ability and I personal integrity ; and in his bearing a true type
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of the old school of courteous manners, and was of graceful and imposing personality.
From the formation of the Candee Rubber Co., he was one of its most efficient and tireless members, until the death of his only son, Amos H., when he retired from active business. Amos H. Gilbert was a young man of great promise. and was engaged in the mercantile house of Messrs. Claflin & Co., of Boston ; at the opening of the Civil war. he obeyed his country's call, and died while on duty at Fort McHenry, July 4, 1861.
Before the outbreak of the Rebellion, Mr. Gil- bert gave a lot of land-a portion of the family property-in trust for mission purposes. On this was erected the Bethany mission, which has trained for this work hundreds of Yale students, now scat- tered all over the world. In this little chapel Sun- day schools and services are held by different de- nominations. Its trustees were appointed from Yale College by Mr. Gilbert.
In 1886, at the advanced age of eighty-four, Hezekiah Gilbert entered into rest, leaving one daughter, Mrs. E. Gilbert Jerome, of New Haven.
MARCUS MERWIN, a highly esteemed citi- zen of the town of Milford, residing a mile and a half from Milford village, was born in that town Aug. 20, 1827, the son of Mark and grandson of David Merwin.
The family has been identified with Milford from an early day, and David Merwin was born there and made his home upon our subject's present farm. He married Eunice Perry, and had eleven children as follows: David was a tanner in the vil- lage.of Milford ; Isaac was a farmer there, but died in Ohio; John was a farmer and was also engaged in trucking for the city of Bridgeport; Martha mar- ried Jerard Davis, a miller and farmer in Hamden, Conn .; Sally married Andrew Baldwin, a farmer in New Milford; Mehitable married Samuel Potter, of Orange, Conn .; Mark is mentioned more fully be- low; Merritt was a farmer and raiser of garden seeds in Milford; Nancy married a Mr. Stone, a farmer in Pennsylvania ; Polly married a Mr. Platt ; ยท a farmer of Milford; and Eunice died unmarried.
Mark Merwin, our subject's father, was born in Milford, and passed his life there in agricultural pursuits. As a citizen he was much respected and although not a politician he took keen interest in public affairs, first as a Whig and later as a Repub- lican. He married Susan J. Miles, daughter of Theophilus Miles, a farmer of Milford, and they had seven children, viz: Susan, deceased, who married Lyman Treat of Orange; Martha, wife of James T. Burns, of Milford: Nathan, who married Ann Baldwin ; Marcus, our subject; Samuel, who was a carpenter in New Haven ; Caroline, who mar- ried Theodore Bristol, of Milford; and Samuel, de- ceased.
man he engaged in farming on his own account. His farm contains about 125 acres, and for many years his specialty has been the raising of garden seeds. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and his family are leading members of the First Congrega- tional Church, in Milford. His wife, formerly Eliza A. Platt, of Milford, is a daughter of Daniel Platt, a well-known farmer of that town. Of their five children the eldest Eugene, deceased, was a carpenter by trade; Miss Jennie E. is at home ; Wallace is a fisherman in New Jersey ; Emma is at home; and Frank resides in Chicago, Illinois.
EZRA SMITH, a worthy representative of the Smith Family of Connecticut, was born Dec. 16, 1788, a son of Jeffrey Smith. The early history of the Smith family may be found in the sketch of Davis W. Smith, elsewhere in this volume.
Jeffrey Smith was born in the town of Haddam, in 1763, a son of William and Martha Smith, and grew to manhood in his native place. He learned blacksmithing, and when he had mastered it, he moved to Madison, and located on the Neck, where he bought a small farm, which he cultivated in con- nection with his work in the smithy. He built a fine dwelling house on this tract, and spent his life there, dying Feb. 1, 1846. During the Revolution he drove cattle across the ice on the Hudson river, for Washington's army, and he drew a pension un- til his death. As may be inferred, he was a public- spirited and patriotic citizen. He married Dorothy ( Dolly) Hubbard, who was born in Haddam, and died in Madison July 13, 1836. Their children were : ( I) Jonathan was born Jan. 4, 1785. (2) Daniel Hubbard, born March 23, 1787, married Content Fowler. Of their children there is yet living in Madi- son, a daughter, Emeline Smith; three grandchil- dren, D. Eugene Smith, Catharine Shelley and Char- lotte Hinman ; and one great-grandchild, May Day. (3) Ezra is mentioned below. (4) Esther, born Oct. 16, 1790, married Dudley Brainerd. (5) Austin, born in 1793, died in November of the same year. (6) Austin (2), born Feb. 9, 1794, died Aug. 8, 1820. (7) Marvin, born in 1796, married Wealthy Shailer. (8) Davis, born in 1798, died April 25, 1827. (9) Samuel, born Aug. 16, 1799, married Lucinda, daughter of Gideon Watrous, of Chester, and lived and died in Madison, in the house where _ he was born. His son Samuel S., his grandchildren, William Bassett and Gertrude Ely, and his great- grandchildren, Raymond Algiers, and Clarence and Elsworth Bassett all reside in Madison. Emily Hopkins, daughter of Samuel and Lucinda, lives at Westville, Conn., with her three children, Ed- ward, William B. and Jennie. (10) Junius, was born March 25, 1801. ( II) Helena, born Nov. 29, 1802. died Oct. 1I, 1806.
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