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Socially Mr. Williams is genial, pleasant and deservedly popular. He is a member of New Ha- ven Commandery, No. 2. K. T., and also a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythiias. His political af- filiations have been with the Democratic party, but in 1896 he voted for William McKinley for presi- dent.
Glancing backward over this sketch one readily observes what native worth and steady industry, with the upward gaze, may accomplish. Given the aspiring mind and heart, and the patient toil of years, and the young man thrown upon the | world with no resources outside of himself may come to eminence in the professions, and to es- teem in the community where he lives.
Munson, his preceptor. She died in September, 1876, and on June 17, 1878, he was married to Miss Nellie A. Jolinson, of Oxford, Conn. From their elegant home is dispensed a generous hos- pitality. The residence, built in 1887-88, at No. 115 Atwater avenue, Birmingham, is one of the busiest places in Derby, and is beautifully located, overlooking the city of Ansonia.
PEASE. The Pease family of Connecticut is one of the old Colonial families of this Com- monwealth. It is the purpose of this article to briefly treat of the New Haven branch whose head was the late Thomas H. Pease, for half a century an active merchant and substantial citizen of the Elm City, and who was succeeded in business by his son, Salmon G. Pease, book seller and sta- tioner at No. 102 Church street.
Born March 3, 1849, Salmon G. Pease, now of New Haven, is a descendant in the ninth gen- eration from Robert Pease, who was a son of Robert and Margaret Pease, of Great Baddow, County of Essex, England, and who came to America in the ship "Francis" from the port of Ipswich, England, in 1634, landing at Boston. Mr. Pease located in Salen, and there died in 1644, aged thirty-seven years. His wife, Marie, and other members of his family probably came later. From this emigrant settler the lineage of Salmon G. Pease is through John, Robert (2). Samuel, Nathaniel, Calvin, Salmon and Thomas H. Pease.
(II) John Pease, son of Robert the settler, was born in England in 1630, and came to New Eng- land when a lad. He is first of record in Salem, when mentioned in connection with his father's estate, in 1644. He married (first) Mary Goodell. daughter of Robert Goodell, of Salem. She died Jan. 5, 1669, and he married (second) Dec. 8, 1669. Ann, daughter of Isaac Cummings, of Top- field, Mass. Mr. Pease settled in that part of Salem ealled Northfields, uniting with the First Church of Salem in 1667. He is supposed to have removed in about 1681 to Fresh Water Brook, which was a part of Springfield, Mass. In about 1682 he removed to Enfield, Conn., where he was active in the Church. He died there in 1689. His wife, Ann, died in the same year.
(III) Robert Pease (2), son of John, born May 14, 1656, in Salem, married Dec. 16, 1678, Abigail Randall, and settled in Northfield. In 1681 he removed his family to the Connecticut Valley, settling in Enfield, of which town he was one of the first constables. He died there in 1744, aged eighty-eight years.
(IV) Samuel Pease, son of Robert (2), born Dec. 30. 1686, in Enfield, married Elizabeth War- ner, and settled in his native town, where he died in 1770.
(V) Nathaniel Pease, son of Samuel, born Sept. 29. 1728, in Enfield, married April 24. 1755,
On May 5, 1874, Mr. Williams was married to Miss Iris E. Munson, daughter of Hon. Harris P. | Eunice Allen. Between 1760 and 1764 he re-
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moved from Enfield to Norfolk, Conn., being among the first settlers of the town. He died there March 28, 1818, at the advanced age of nearly ninety years. His wife died March 21, 1807.
(VI) Calvin Pease, son of Nathaniel, born Sept. 14, 1757, in Enfield, married Sally, daughter of Titus Ives. Mr. Pease was a farmer and for many years an inn-keeper in Canaan, Conn, where he died .. Ile was a patriot of the Revolution.
(VII) Salmon P'ease, son of Calvin, born June 14, 1783, in Norfolk, Conn., married Matilda Hunt- ington, daughter of Dr. Thomas Huntington (Yale, 1768), of Canaan, and was a resident of Canaan until the fall of 1826, when he removed to Charlotte, Vt., and there died July 23, 1857. He was a farmer.
(VIII) Thomas H. Pease, son of Salmon, born Oct. 24, 1815, in Canaan, Conn., married (first) April 16, 1838, Catherine N. Coon, of Brooklyn, N. Y. On April 17, 1848, he married (second) Elizabeth Graham, of New Haven, and June 2, 1852, married (third ) Eliza Morris, of Bethel, Vt. Mr. Pease lived to be almost seventy-five years of age, dying in New Haven, Sept. 15, 1890. His early years were passed in Canaan, Conn., and Charlotte, Vt. For a period he was engaged in business in Albany. Later he had a position on the New York Observer. Still later he became associated in New York City in the book business with C. S. Francis, and subsequently was en- gaged in that business alone on Broadway, corner of Lispenard street. In 1842 he came to New Haven and engaged in the same line, and for the long period of nearly fifty years continued in that business, and was one of New Haven's highly re- spected and esteemed citizens. His first location was in the old Miles tavern on Chapel street, near where now is situated the "Young Men's Insti- tute" building. After doing business in that loca- tion for thirty-six years he removed in 1878 to the present location of his successors, No. 102 Church street. At that time his son, Salmon G. Pease, became associated in business with him, and succeeded him on the father's death. The elder Mr. Pease was a member of the United Society. He was an Odd Fellow, a member of Wooster Lodge, F. & A. M., and of the Union League of New Haven.
his great-grandfather, Dr. Thomas Huntington. He succeeded his father at the latter's death, and successfully continued the same line until he re- tired Jan. 1, 1902, just sixty years after the estab- lisliment of the business by Thomas H. Pease, and he was succeeded by "The Pease-Lewis Company."
WILLIAM J. ATWATER. The name At- water has been associated with the history of New Haven from its earliest settlement, and of the well- known business men and citizens of the last cen- tury the late William Atwater, and his sons, Henry J. and William J., stood deservedly high in the social and business life of the city. William J. Atwater is still active in business, being the senior member of the firm of W. J. Atwater & Co., deal- ers in masons' and builders' supplies, a business established by his brother and himself fifty years ago. His son, E. I. Atwater, is at present the junior member of the firm.
David Atwater, the emigrant ancestor of the New Haven families bearing that name, came from Kent, England, and was one of the first planters at New Haven, his name being affixed to the Plan- tation Covenant June 4, 1639. In the first di- vision of lands among the settlers he was assigned an extensive tract in what was known as Cedar Hill, where he died Oct. 5, 1692.
William J. and Henry J. Atwater, sons of the late William Atwater, are descendants in the sev- enth generation from David Atwater, their first American ancestor, their line being through David (2), Joshua, David (3), Jared and William At- water.
David Atwater (2), son of David the planter, was born in 1650, spent his life in New Haven, and died in 1736.
Joshua Atwater, son of David (2), was born in 1687, married Anna Bradley in 1721, and set- tled on a portion of the original farm, where he died in 1773.
David Atwater (3), son of the foregoing Joshua, married Elizabeth Bassett in 1744, when he was twenty-one years of age. She was the motlfer of all his children. His second wife was Mrs. Abiah Cooper. David Atwater (3) was one of the committee who after the close of the Revolu- tion took action as to the proper treatment of the Tories, and his name appears among the signers of the document pertaining thereto. The family has a record of his wife. who was the great-grand- inother of William J., having provided food for more than fifteen hundred of the American sol- diers during the period of three weeks while they were passing through this section.
.Four children were born to Thomas H. Pease, as follows: Caroline M., Mary H., William B. and Salmon G. Of these Capt. William B. Pease, born Jan. 30, 1844, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, in the 15th Conn. V. I. Later he was appointed lieu- tenant in the 8th U. S. C. T., and served till the close of the Civil war. On March 7, 1867, he was Jared Atwater, son of David (3), was born in 1758, and married Eunice Dickerman. They lived on Cedar Hill, where he died in 1813. commissioned first lieutenant in the IIth Regiment U. S. A., and is now a retired captain of the United States Regular Army. SALMON G. PEASE William Atwater, son of Jared, and the father of William J. and Henry J. Atwater, was born entered Yale College in 1868, just one hundred years after the graduation from that institution of | June 17, 1805, and was left fatherless at the age
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of eight years. His mother had a numerous fam- ily, and when he was sixteen years of age young William left his native home on Cedar Hill and came to New Haven to learn the carpenter's trade. He acquired his knowledge of the business under the direction of an older brother, and from the time of his majority carried on the building trade in New Haven for ten years, at the end of which period he returned to his native town. There he purchased a farm, and for eighteen years was en- gaged in its cultivation. At the end of that time he came to New Haven and embarked in the mer- cantile business with his sons, Henry J. and Will- iam J., the firm being H. J. Atwater & Co. By close attention to their business, good management and upright dealings, these gentlemen greatly pros- pered, and the house is now the oldest in the city conducted under the same name. The elder At- water became quite wealthy, and owned consider- able' real estate and many fine homes. He con- tributed largely to the improvement and progress of the community in which he lived. . His was a busy and useful career, and as a man and a citi- zen he was held in high regard and great esteem by his associates. His religious connections were with the Congregational Church, and with his wife he belonged to the Chapel Street Society when he first lived in New Haven; at Hamden they be- longed to the Whitneyville Congregational Church ; on their return to New Haven they became men- bers of the Third Congregational Church, and still later joined the Humphrey Street Congre- gational Church, while it was still a mission, Mr. Atwater gave the entire lot for the church edifice and donated about one-fourth of the entire ex- pense of construction of the church. Upon his death he left a permanent fund for the support of the Gospel. In his political views Mr. Atwater was a Republican, and he served in the ranks of that party from its first organization. .
On May 21, 1828, Mr. Atwater was married to Eliza, daughter of Joel and Eunice Ford. She died April 7, 18,8, and on April 15, 1879,. he was married to Mrs. Mary C. Hemingway, of Fair Haven East. His children, all of the first mar- riage, were: (1) Henry J., born July 18, 1829, who died in 1884: (2) William J., born Feb. 10, 1831; and (3) Mary J., born Feb. 16, 1833, who became the wife of Herman D. Clark. The fa- ther passed away in April, 1897.
one. Then he sold out the brother's business, and has been associated with his son.
Mr. Atwater married for his first wife Olivia Atwater, who lived only one year and two months after marriage. His second wife was Harriet Barnes, a daughter of Horace Barnes, a shipping merchant of New Haven, and to this union came three children, two of whom are living: Edward I., in business with his father ; Elizabeth, who mar- ried Henry L. Sterrett, of Cincinnati, Ohio; and William ( deceased ).
Edward Irving Atwater was educated at the New Haven Business College, was with H. C. War- ren, the banker, for two years, and then entered his father's office. He married Lila Mather Brooks, who was born in Cheshire, and they have two chil- dren, Margaret and William Irving.
William J. Atwater began life as a Whig, but united with the Republicans on the organization of that party. For two terms he has served on the board of public works; was police commissioner one term; has been alderman two terms; and wherever he has been found he has never failed to prove himself a competent and public-spirited official. Mr. Atwater is a Mason ; a member of the I. O. O. F., in which he has passed all the chairs ; belongs to the Knights of Honor; and to the Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. Atwater has ex- tensive interests in some of the most successful western mining companies, and is extensively inter- ested in New Haven real estate. He and all his family are connected with the Church of the Re- deemer, Congregational.
JACQUES. The Jacques family has for forty years been prominently identified with the history of Waterbury, where the late John Josiah Jacques, M. D., a successful physician and business man, and a substantial citizen, figured for upward of a third of a century, and where the boyhood and business career of his son, Eugene Leslie Jac- ques, have thus far been passed in a manner that has given him an excellent outside acquaintance and popularity enjoyed by few men.
The Jacques family is of French Huguenot origin, the earlier generations of the Waterbury family living in Rhode Island, in which State the great-grandfather of the late Dr. John Josiah Jac- ques was a criminal lawyer, and was for thirteen successive terms a representative in the General Assembly of that State. More recent generations of the family reside in the town of Tolland, Con- necticut.
William J. Atwater is now the only member of his family living. He was educated in New Haven and in Meriden, where he was a pupil of Henry D. Smith. He started in the grocery busi- JOHN JOSIAH JACQUES, son of Amos and Mary (Kenyon) Jacques, of Tolland, Conn., the for- mer a farmer and builder, was born Oct. 11, 1831, in Tolland, one of four children-three sons and a daughter-the sons all becoming physicians, and the daughter the wife of a physician. The chil- dren other than Dr. John J. were Dr. Calvin W. ness, which he continued for a year, and then went into business with his brother and father, as noted above. For fifteen years they continued in this line, and then sold out and went into the paper business under the same name. After the brother's death William J. carried on the business until the death of his father, at the age of ninety- | Jacques, of Manchester, Conn .; the late Dr. A. J.
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Jacques, of Bridgeport, Conn .; and Narcissa, who married Dr. I. J. Sperry, of Hartford, Conn. Dr. John J. Jacques was reared on his father's farm, and in the schools of the locality received the rudiments of an education. He began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Sperry, later attending the medical college at Worcester, Mass., from which institution he graduated. He began the practice of medicine at Plymouth Hill, Conn., where he remained two years; then set- tled in Waterbury, where he passed the rest of his life, and had a career both useful and successful. Sometime late in the 'sixties or early in the 'sey- enties Dr. Jacques opened a drug store on Bank street. This store he subsequently sold, and he then bought what was known as the Park drug store on Park place, and continued there until his death, giving simple prescriptions and dispens- ing drugs to a large number of people whose faith in him and his practical theories never wavered. He was a careful, good business man, and accumu- lated considerable property, leaving as a monument to his enterprise and public spirit the beautiful opera house bearing his name, erected in 1886 at a cost of $50,000. For some thirty years prior to his death the Doctor was in poor health.
Dr. Jacques was a man of strong personal views which would not allow him to permit ques- tions of the hour pass without note, and this char- acteristic- made of him an earnest political mover. At one time he was well known throughout the State as a political speaker whose power with the people was great, a power that was often proved in Waterbury town and city meetings, where he mercilessly attacked persons and things which could not meet with his approval; and he was generally on the winning side in the long run. He occasionally delivered medical lectures. He was a railroad commissioner one term, and served as postmaster of Waterbury under President John- son. During the Greeley campaign he bolted with many other good Republicans and went to that leader, and from that day forward he was a stanch independent Democrat, never afraid to stand by his principles, antagonize whom he might.
On July 8, 1851, Dr. Jacques was married to Susan L. Marsh, daughter of Guy C. and Lamira (May) Marsh, of Hartford, and a direct de- scendant of Roger Williams. The Doctor died April 10, 1887. and his wife Jan. 25, 1901. One son, Eugene Leslie Jacques, was born to them.
EUGENE LESLIE JACQUES, son of the late Dr. John J. Jacques, was born April 30, 1855, in Plym- outh, Conn. His education was received in the public schools of Waterbury, at the private school of H. F. Bassett, and at the academy in Elling- ton, Conn. Young Jacques was a business boy, and along in the middle 'sixties was connected with Alvin Avers on the Avere Monthly, a juvenile paper edited and published by young Ayers when eleven years old. At the age of eighteen young 90
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Jacques became associated as a partner in the drug business with his father. and they continued to- gether until the death of the latter in 1887.
Eugene L. Jacques, who has achieved great success and become widely known as a theatrical manager, began his career as such in 1874, at the time of the coming of the Theodore Thomas Con- cert Company to Waterbury, where in the selling of some twelve hundred tickets he evinced the energy and capability that in time led to his ap- pointment as the local representative at Water- bury of Alexander Calhoun, of Hartford, who was the circuit manager for Connecticut in that line. Not long thereafter Mr. Jacques, in connection with E. L. White and E. L. Frisbie, Jr., started the business of local theatrical manager on an in- dependent basis. Mr. Jacques later bought his partners out and conducted it alone. The City Hall was used for such purposes until the build- ing of the Jacques Opera House in 1886. This was afterward remodeled by Mr. Jacques, and is now one of the finest play houses in the State. One of the earliest of Mr. Jacques' successes was. with Neal Mowery, the celebrated polo player. The exhibition was given with horses and In- dians on the meadows, and drew an immense crowd. At one time or another through Mr. Jac- ques the community has been given the privileges of seeing and hearing the principal theatrical stars of the time. Among many he played here were Lawrence Barrett in "Richelieu" and "Hamlet ;" Kate Putnam; George S. Fox, the original "Humpty Dumpty;" Charles Furbisher's Fifth Avenue Company (the "Daly" of the period), in which Ada Deanes was a star ; Jarrett & Palmer's "Sardanapolis ;" Mary Anderson; Booth; Jeffer- son ; Modjeska; and Fanny Davenport. In 1891 Mr. Jacques built the Auditorium, which he re- modeled in 1897. He is popularly known in the- atrical circles as "Jean Jacques." Outside of this line of business Mr. Jacques is variously occupied and active. He owns and manages the Diamond Bottling Works of Waterbury, making his own syrups, and manufacturing the well-known brand of Naugatuck ginger ale. Mr. Jacques is a mem- ber of the Waterbury Club. He is a thirty-second degree Freemason, and a member of the Mystic Shrine, Uniform Rank of Odd Fellows, Independ- ent Order of Red Men, and Knights of Pythias.
On June 5, 1889, Mr. Jacques was married to Anna L. Ames, of Boston, and two children have come to them, one dying in infancy, and Marie Mercedes, born in 1894.
FITCH W. BURWELL was a prominent rep- resentative of a family whose various members have for half a century stood high in the business life of New Haven. The name is an old one in New Eng- land and in the Commonwealth of Connecticut, and Fitch W. Burwell traced his descent to (I) Edmund Burwell, born in 1485 in Sutton, County of Suf-
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folk, England. (II) Edmund Burwell married Margaretta Alford. (III) William Burwell, born at Sutton, England, where he died, married Lora Wilson, of Essex, (IV) Thomas Burwell, born April 29, 1566, at Sutton, married Feb. 29, 1589, a lady named Poentys.
(V) John Burwell, born Oct. 5, 1602, at Sutton, died Aug. 16, 1649, at Milford, Conn. He appears as a free planter of Milford, Conn., in 1639, hav- ing come to the American Colonies that year, and was married prior to his immigration to a lady whose Christian name was Alice. Some of their children were probably born in England, and of them: John died in 1665; Zacheus married, in 1663, Elizabeth Baldwin, and settled in Newark, N. J .; Capt. Samuel, born Oct. 11, 1640, married Sarah -; Deborah married and had a family ; Capt. Ephraim, born May 19, 1644, married and had a number of children, one of whom, Samuel, settled in Newtown, Conn .: Nathan, born Feb. 22, 1646, married in 1674 Temperance Baldwin, and settled at Newark, N. J. ; Elizabeth died unmarried.
(VI) Capt. Samuel Burwell died May 15, 1715. Throughout his life he was a man of influence and position in Milford, and was an officer of the train band. His first wife was a daughter of Benjamin Farm, one of the most influential men of the Colony, and a descendant of Richard Baldwin, of the Coun- ty of Bucks, England. For his second wife he mar- ried a daughter of Rev. Roger Newton, and grand- daughter of the famous Rev. Thomas Hooker, of Hartford. Burwells were large landholders in Milford, and Burwell Farms, now Woodmont, was so called because of the ownership of this family, having been granted to Lieut. Samuel as his share of the land. On this property he, in 1690, built a house, which was taken down about 1812.
(VII) Samuel Burwell, born at Milford in 1667, died in May, 1712. On Aug. 11, 1695, he married Deborah Merwin, who was born April 24, 1670, and died Oct. 10, 1706. She was a descend- ant of Miles Merwin and Richard Platt, early set- tlers of Milford.
(VIII) Samuel Burwell, born in 1702 at Mil- ford, was married Jan. 12. 1726, to Abigail Good- year, granddaughter of Deputy Governor Good- year.
(IX) Samuel Burwell, born Dec. 12, 1729, at Milford, died in 1816. He married Abigail Arnold, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Arnold.
(X) Samuel Burwell, born in 1761 at Milford, died in 1806. He married Comfort Law, who was born in 1762, and was a descendant of Richard Law, of Stamford, Conn., in 1687 ; and of William Andrew, of Cambridge, Mass., in 1682, whose grandson, Rev. Samuel, was an acting president of Yale. Through Gen. Benedict Arnold she traced her line of ancestry to Cadwan, king of the Brit- ons, who died in 675.
(XI) Benedict Burwell, son of Samuel and Com- fort (Law) Burwell, was.born at Burwell Farms Feb.
26, 1785, and died April 14, 1863. He spent his early school days at Burwell Farms, where he en- gaged in farming. He was a deacon in the Old South Church in New Haven, on Columbus avenue. On Nov. 24, 1808, he married Dolly Welch, and they had the following named children: Caroline Welch, born Oct. 29, 1809, died July 13, 1893. Charles, born Aug. 21, 1810, died Oct. 6, 1813. Charles Benedict, born Nov. 10, 1813, died March 25. 1896; he married Jan. 14, 1844, Harriet A. Gay. Welch F., born April 6, 1816, died Jan. 28, 1876. Fitch W. is specially mentioned below. Calena, born April 20, 1821, died March 13, 1832. Mary E., born July 15, 1823, married Robert Blair. Sarah Jane, born Feb. 12, 1827, married Thomas Barrett, who died in the battle of Fredericksburg, and they had one daughter, Caroline, who married P. S. Gehrish, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and has one daughter, Helen, born in Brooklyn; for her second husband Mrs. Barrett married Dr. Halsey.
Fitch W. Burwell, son of Benedict and Dolly ( Welch) Burwell, was born Nov. 5, 1818, and died Dec. 12, 1897. On April 29, 1843, he married Maria Chapman, daughter of Robert Chapman, of Norfolk, Va., and to them came children as fol- lows: Charles D., born in 1844 married Martha Wilkinson, and resides in Brooklyn, N. Y .; Elea- nor D., born in 1847, married (first) Charles Chap- man, of Louisville, Ky., and is now the wife of Ed- ward G. Merwin, a bookkeeper in the Mechanics Bank at New Haven; Frank, born in 1852, and Caroline May, both died in childhood. Fitch W. Burwell spent his childhood in Milford, and at the age of eighteen began his business career in New Haven, with the jewelry firm of Benjamin & Ford, and afterward with Mr. Freeman, of Norfolk, Va. Later he engaged in the jewelry business for him- self in Norfolk, Va., remaining there until 1854, when he returned to New Haven and built a beau- tiful home at No. 146 Columbus avenue. Having always been interested in photography, he em- barked some $50,000 in the Willard Mfg. Co., man- ufacturers of photographic supplies, and unfortu- nately lost the greater part of his investment. In addition he furnished several studios, and had them managed by expert photographers. In 1893, about four years before his own demise, Mr. Burwell lost his dearly beloved wife. He was a man of promi- nence in New Haven, and his death was deeply felt in the community.
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