Ecclesiastical and other sketches of Southington, Conn, Part 77

Author: Timlow, Heman Rowlee, 1831-1892. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1875
Publisher: Hartford, Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard co.
Number of Pages: 916


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17. SETH.


REV. SETH LEE, son of Jared (10), b. March 31, 1736; m. Sept. 3, 1761, Sarah Ingersoll, who died July 15, 1770, in her 29th year, when he married (2) Sept. 9, 1771, Joanna, daughter of Daniel and Joanna (Preston) Johnson, of Wallingford, she born April 4, 1743. He grad- uated at Yale College; studied theology, and also medicine; lived in Farmington; removed to Ludlow, Vt., in 1796, and died there Feb. 17, 1803 (see sketch, p. 474).


CHILDREN .- 23. Sarah Ingersoll, 6. Feb. 25, 1769: 24. Charles Johnson, b. Sept. 1, 1772; 25. Samuel, b. Jan. 18, 1775; 26. Noah, b. June 12, 1776: 27. Abigail, b. Oct. 4, 1778; 28. Seth, b. Jan 26, 1780; 29. Rhoda, d. April 4, 1782; 30. George, b. June 6, 1784; 31. Tim- othy, b. June 11. 1789.


18. AMos.


AMOS LEE, son of Jared (10), b. July 19, 1738; m. May 28, 1765, Anna Camp. He is supposed to have removed to Simsbury. The records do not give other than the following members of his family, although he probably had other children.


CHILDREN .- 32. Samira, b. May 15, 1766; 33. Jared, b. Dec. 31, 1767.


19. TIMOTHY.


TIMOTHY LEE, son of Jared (10), b. Nov. 26, 1740; m. (1) April 23, 1772, Lucy Camp, who died July 13, 1793, when he married (2) Dec. 21, 1794, Esther Stanley. He lived on the homestead now occupied by Dr. F. A. Hart, and built the house now standing, completing it just before his first wife died. He had both a tavern and store; died Oct. 1, 1813, and his widow, Esther, July 2, 1822.


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CHILDREN .- 34. Lois, b. Aug. 31, 1773; m. Elisha Lewis; 35. Clarissa, b. Dec. 18, 1774; m. Eliakim Hall; 36. Lucy, b. Sept. 18, 1776; m. Joel Judd; 37. Martin, b. Oct. 10, 1778; m. Sally Hart (see Hart Gen., p. 402 and 457); 38. Jared Camp, b. Aug. 1780; 39. Roxana, b. Aug. 28, 1782; 40. Mary, b. March 11, 1784; 41. Orrin, b. Jan. 17, 1786; 42. Truman, b. Oct. 21, 1787; m. June 4, 1818, Polly, daughter of Hez. Root; 43. Barzillai, b. Jan. 21, 1790.


35. CLARISSA.


CLARISSA LEE, daughter of Timothy (19), b. Dec. 18, 1774; m. Dec. 21, 1790, Eliakim Hall, he born May 21, 1772. They lived in a honse standing on the site of the present Bradley House, Southington.


CHILDREN .- 44. Lucy, b. May 11, 1798; 45. Ira, b. March 20, 1800; 46. Erie, b. July 15 1803.


37. MARTIN.


MARTIN LEE, son of Timothy (19), b. Oct. 10, 1778; m. Feb. 27, 1824, Sally, daughter of Elizur and Sarah (Langdon) Hart, and widow of Manly Clark. He lived on the homestead of his father and grand- father, the same now occupied by Dr. F. A. Hart, where he died Jan. 21, 1841, and his widow; Dec. 19, 1860, aged 82.


CHILD .- 47. Lucretia Sarah, m. June 21, 1842, Dr. F. A. Hart.


38. JARED C.


JARED CAMP LEE, son of Timothy (19), b. Aug. 11, 1780; m. March 20, 1811, Amorilla Andrews, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Andrews, of Cheshire, she born April 10, 1791. He died March 31, 1860.


CHILDREN .- 48. Lucinda, b. June 20, 1813; m. Hial Woodruff; 49. Phebe, b. May 1, 1816; 50. Thomas, b. April 26, 1818; m. Oct. 4, 1851, Sarah Cowles; two sons, Frank, b. Sept. 27, 1852; Arthur, b. Nov. 7, 1859; 51. Sarah, b. Sept. 8, 1821; d. April 7, 1825; 52. Olive, b. July 25, 1826; m. June 7, 1856, Caroline Sperry; one son, Edward C., b. July 20, 1861; d. Feb. 16, 1875; 53. Sarah, b. July 13, 1833.


1. ORRIN.


ORRIN LEE, son of Timothy (19), b. Jan. 17, 1786; m. July 21, 1814, Ruth Johnson, she born July 25, 1788. He died Nov. 4, 1861.


CHILDREN .- 54. Charles T., b. Feb. 11, 1815; m. May 1, 1844, Ann Hale, of Manlius, N. Y .; d. Oct. 25, 1861; 55. Celinda, 7. Jan. 27, 1818; m. Oct. 18, 1837, Columbus C. C. Wil- liams, of Pompey, N. Y .; d. Jan. 2, 1748; 56. Leonard Lee, b. March 5, 1820; m. April 11, 1844, Sophia A. Cook, of Pompey. N. Y., and lives in Kenosha, Wis .; 57. Oliver, b. Aug. 8, 1822; m. May 22, 1851, Hannah Butts, of Manlins, N. Y .; d. Sept. 18, 1867 ; 58. Cornelia, b. Nov. 20, 1824; m. March 1, 1854, George Butts, of Pompey, N. Y .; 59. Francis, b. Aug. 15, 1827 ; m. Nov. 9, 1853, Mary Graham, of Burdett, N. Y.


-12. TRUMAN.


TRUMAN LEE, son of Timothy (19), b. Oct. 21, 1787; m. June 4, 1818, Mary, daughter of Hezekiah and Mary (Barnes) Andrews Root, she born 1792, and died Oct. 18, 1831. He lived at South End, not far from the school house, and died Sept. 5, 1846. Had children, Tru- man, Ira, Selah, and Romeo-all dead.


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43. BARZILLAI.


BARZILLAI LEE, son of Timothy (19), b. Jan. 21, 1790; m. June 5, 1817, Catherine, daughter of John and Temperance (Bushnell) Wood- ruff, she born Jan. 30, 1792. He married (2) Polly Hulett, of Ken- sington.


CHILDREN .- Helen, b. June 30, 1818; m. Samuel H. Finch; Charlotte, b. April 22, 1821; m. Julins B. Savage; Erie Ann, b. Jan. 13, 1828; m. Dec. 18, 1850, Francis C. Bartholo- mew, and d. 7, 1873; Catherine, b. Dec. 1830; John, b. Dec. 14, 1836.


LEWIS.


WILLIAM LEWIS came from England in the ship Lion, landing in Boston, Sept. 16, 1632; was admitted freeman in November, and joined the Braintree company, which, in Aug., 1633, removed to Newtown (Cambridge). In 1636 he came with a company to Hartford, and in 1659 again removed and became one of the founders of Hadley, Mass., which town he represented in General Court in 1662. He resided in Northampton in 1664, and some time before Nov. 29, 1677, he removed to Farmington, Conn., and here died Aug. 2, 1683. He m. Felix -, who d. in Hadley, April 17, 1671, leaving one son, William. -


2. WILLIAM.


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WILLIAM LEWIS, son of William (1) and Felix Lewis, b. in England. In 1644 he was a resident of Farmington-first recorder of the town after its incorporation in 1645. He m. (1) Mary Hopkins, daughter of the wife of Richard Whitehead, of Windsor. Savage supposes her daughter of William Hopkins, of Stratford; (2) Mary, daughter of the celebrated teacher, Ezekiel Cheever, of New Haven and Boston, Dec. 22, 1671. He d. Aug. 18, 1690, when his widow m. Dr. Thomas Bull, of Farmington. Thirteen of his children were living at the time of his death. She d. Jan. 10, 1728, aged 87.


CHILDREN .- 3. Mary, b. May 6, 1645; m. Benjamin Judd: 4. Philip, bap. Dec. 13, 1646; 5. Samuel, 6. Aug. 18, 1648; 6. Sarah, 6. 1642; m. Samuel Boltwood (son of Robert), who was killed by the Indians, Feb. 29, 1704; d. Aug. 10, 1722; 7. Hamiah, m. (1) Samuel Crowe, of Hadley, (2) Daniel Marsh; 8. William, bap. March 15, 1657 ; 9. Felix, bap. Dec. 12, 1658; m. Thomas Selden; 10. Ebenezer; 11. John, b. May 15, 1665; d. 1784; 12. James, b. July 10, 1667. Second marriage .- 13. Elizabeth, 6. Oct. 20, 1672; d. 1674; 14. Ezekiel, b. Nov. 7, 1674; m. March 18, 1702, Mary Breadon; 15. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 1, 1676; m. Nov. 25, 1699, Abigail Ashley, of Westfield, Mass .; 16. Abigail, 6. Sept. 19, 1678; m. Dec. 10, 1696, William Wadsworth, of Farmington; d. June 24, 1707; 17. Joseph, b. March 15, 1680; 18. Daniel, b. July 16, 1681.


5. SAMUEL.


SAMUEL LEWIS, son of William (2), b. Aug. 18, 1648; m. Elizabeth He held the military rank of Sergeant, and died Nov. 28. 1752,


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CHILDREN .- 19. Hannah, bap. Oct. 4, 1691; 20. Samuel, b. March 29, 1692; m. Aug. 11, 1720, Mary Cole; 21. John, b. Sept. 28, 1703; 22. Nehemiah, b. May 3, 1705; 23. Nathan, 6. Jan. 23, 1707 ; 24. Hester, b. Nov. 8, 1708; 25. Josiah, b. Dec. 31, 1709; 26. Job, b. Jan. 13, 1713.


8. WILLIAM.


WILLIAM LEWIS, son of William (2), bap. March 15, 1656-7; m. Phebe Moore, daughter of Deacon Isaac Moore, of Farmington, who died Aug. 19, 1725.


CHILDREN .- 27. Ruth, b. Sept. 12, 1679; 28. Sarah, b. April 13, 1682; 29. Isaac, b. April 26, 1685; 30. William, b. Aug. 31, 1687; d. Jan. 11, 1734; 31. Daniel, b. Dec. 10, 1691; 32. Phebe, b. Sept. 3, 1694; d. Jan. 11, 1713; 33. Jonathan, b. 2, 1697; 34. Mary, b. March 31, 1700.


10. EBENEZER.


EBENEZER LEWIS, son of William (2), m. Dec. 2, 1685, Elizabeth Merriman; d. 1709. He removed from Farmington to Wallingford about 1684. He was a blacksmith by trade, and lived in the east part of the town.


CHILDREN .- 35. Hezekiah, b. Oct. 12, 1686; m. Abigail ------; d. 1711; 36. Caleb, b. Oct. 15, 1691; m. Nov. 25, 1713, Sarah Cook; 37. Felekes (Felix ?), b. Oct. 25, 1693; 38. Eliz- abeth, b. Oct. 15, 1695; 39. Barnabas, b. Nov. 4, 1697; m. Elizabeth -; 40. Hannah, b. Oct. 10, 1699 ; m. Samuel Cook; 41. Benjamin, b. Sept. 21, 1701; m. Nov. 3, 1724, Esther Mat- thews; 42. Malachi, b. Oct. 4, 1703; 43. Agape, b. Jan. 10, 1705; 44. Ebenezer, m. June 12, 1735, Sarah Averel.


23, NATHAN.


NATHAN LEWIS, son of Samuel (5), b. Jan. 23, 1707; m. July 28, 1730, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Humphrey) Gridley. He settled in Southington, living in Marion district. His wife died May 20, 1784, aged 77, and he Sept. 7, 1799.


CHILDREN .- 45. Job. b. 20, 1731; m. Nov. 13, 1755, Hannah Curtiss; 46. Rhoda, b. 1733; m. John Webster; d. Dec. 25, 1789; 47. Nathan, b. Dec. 15, 1734; 48. Lemuel, b. 1736; m. Sarah (or Martha) Royce, of Cheshire; 49. Timothy, b. April 18, 1740; 50. Mary, b. Dec. 31, 1743; m. John Curtiss; 51. Asahel, b. Feb. 25, 1744-5; m. Feb. 1, 1769, Lois Lee; 52. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 1747; m. Feb. 15, 1769, Sarah Gridley ; 53. Hannah, b. 1753.


25. JOSIAH.


* JOSIAH LEWIS, son of Samuel (5), b. Dec. 31, 1709, in Farmington; m. July 6, 1737, Phebe Gridley. He settled in the southwest part of Southington, and from thence removed to Bristol, where he died Oct. 9, 1793. He held the military rank of Lieutenant. His widow died April 25, 1794, aged 78.


CHILDREN .- 54. Roger, b. July 17, 1738; d. Dec. 26, 1756; 55. Josiah, b. Nov. 1, 1739; m. May 8, 1766, Abigail Jerome; 56. Rebeckah, b. March 17, 1741; 57. Eli, 6. April 15, 1743; m. Jan. 31, 1765, Anna Collins; settled in Bristol; 58. Royce, b. Jan. 23, 1745; 59. Samuel, b. April 26, 1747; 60. Abel, b. Sept. 16, 1749; 61. David, b. Oct. 7, 1751; d. June 9, 1752.


29. ISAAC.


· ISAAC LEWIS, son of William (8), b. April 26, 1685, in Farmington; m. (1) May 4, 1710, Abigail Curtiss, of Wethersfield, who died Aug.


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3, 1727; (2) Jan. 29, 1728-9, Phebe Wiard, of Wethersfield, who died Feb. 12, 1758. He lived for a time in New Britain, and then removed to Southington South End, where he died, April, 1761. He held the military rank of Ensign.


CHILDREN .- 62. Eldad, b. Feb. 15, 1711; 63. Medad, b. Sept. 8, 1712: 64. William, b. Dec. 24, 1714; 65. Phebe, b. Oct. 16, 1715; d. Sept. 27, 1719; 66. Isaac, b. Sept. 11, 1719; m. Kezia -; lived in Wallingford, was a physician, and died there Oct. 12, 1784; 67. Gideon, b. Jan. 3, 1720-21: 68. John, b. Oct. 2, 1722; d. June 1, 1741; 69. Abigail, b. Aug. 15, 1725; 70. Charles, b. June 12, 1727; d. Dec. 21, 1727.


45. JOB.


JOB LEWIS, son of Nathan (23), b. April 20. 1731; m. Nov. 13, 1755, by Jared Lee, Esq., to Hannah, daughter of Rev. Jeremiah and Han nah (Burnham) Curtiss, of Southington, who died May 4, 1810, aged 74. IIe lived in the north part of Southington, was by trade a shoe-maker and tanner; died Dec. 5, 1813.


CIFILDREN .- 71. Oliver. b. April 24, 1757; d. in Savannah, Ga., Oct. 12, 1784; 72. Seth, b. June 24, 1759; 73. Infant, d. Oct. 22, 1761; 74. Selah, bap. Sept. 2, 1764; 75. Hannah, bap. May 19, 1769; m. Col. Hitchcock; 76. Sally, bap. Feb. 14, 1773; d. Dec. 31, 1840.


47. NATHAN.


NATHAN LEWIS, son of Nathan (23), b. Dec. 15, 1734; m. Dec. 5, 1768, Jemima Dickinson, daughter of Josiah and Jemima (Dick- inson) Cowles, of Southington. He lived in the southwest part of the town, a short distance south of the Rev. John Merri- man's house. His wife died June 14, 1800, aged 54, when he married (2) March 22, 1815, Polly Taylor, who died March 31, 1821. His widow married March 20, 1822, Jotham Woodruff.


48. LEMUEL.


LEMUEL LEWIS, son of Nathan (23), b. 1736; m. Sarah or Martha Royce, of Cheshire, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Morse) Royce, who died Oct. 24, 1796, aged 59, when he married (2) - Linds- ley. He lived in Southington, south of the old Baptist cemetery in Marion district, where he died Sept. 9, 1822. His widow died Dec. 15, 1832, aged 79.


CHILDREN .- 77. Mereb, b. March 1, 1765; m. April 8, 1786, Dr. Josiah Root; 78. Martha. b. July 18, 1767; m. Dec. 11, 1786, Samnel Newell; 79. Ebenezer, b. June 6, 1769: 2. Ura- nia Atwater: 80. Elisha, b. Sept. 28, 1771; m. Lois Lec: d. Dec. 2, 1826; child, Luther, d. March 27, 1800; 81. Royce, b. Feb. 11, 1773; m. Dec. 21, 1796, Electa Newell; 82. Lemuel, b. May 15, 1776; d. May 6, 1828; 83. Sarah, b. Aug. 1, 1780; m. Arnold Atwater.


49. TIMOTHY.


TIMOTHY LEWIS, son of Nathan (23), b. April 18, 1740, in Southing- ton; m. Jan. 6, 1769, (1) Ruth, daughter of Jonathan and Esther


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(Wadsworth) Root, who died May 23, 1790, aged 39, (2) Amy He lived in the north part of the town, where he died June 13, 1817. His widow died May 31, 1839, aged 88.


CHILDREN .- 84. Mark, b. Nov. 6, 1769; m. Lucy, daughter of David Hitchcock; 85. Esther, b. July 11, 1773; m. Nov. 13, 1793, Jotham Woodruff; 86. Margaret, b. Aug. 27, 1775; m. May 14, 1798, Daniel Dickinson; 87. Calvin, b. March 5, 1779; 88. Ruth, b. May 29, 1781; d. Nov. 1, 1849; 89. Lnana, b. Dec. 1, 1783; d. April 10, 1794; 90. Lucy, b. 1785; d. April 21, 1788: 91. Nathan, b. Dec. 7, 1787; 92. Timothy, b. Oct. 29, 1789.


51. ASAHEL.


ASAHEL Lewis, son of Nathan (23), b. Feb. 25, 1744-5, in Southing- ton; m. Feb. 1, 1769, Lois, daughter of Jared and Rhoda (Judd) Lee, b. April 24, 1747, in Southington. He lived in the southwest part of the town, where he died Oct. 14, 1793. His widow married Feb. 4, 1796, Capt. Samuel Lewis.


CHILDREN .- 93. Son, b. Jan. 13, 1770; d. Feb. 6, 1770; 94. Jesse, b. Nov. 23, 1772; 95. Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1775; 96. Leva, b. Sept. 8, 1778; m. (1) April 26, 1797, Samuel Cole, (2) Jotham Woodruff; 97. Daughter, b. Sept. 22, 1781; d. Oct. 11, 1781.


52. NATHANIEL.


NATHANIEL LEWIS, son of Nathan (23), b. Dec., 1747, in Southing- ton; m. (1) Feb. 15, 1769, Sarah Gridley, who died Aug. 11, 1809, aged 68, when he married (2) widow Lydia Frisbie. He lived on the mountain side, in the east part of Wolcott; was prominent in town and church affairs after it was set off from Southington; d. Feb. 24, 1839, and on his grave stone is inscribed-" An honest man."


CHILDREN .- 98. Sylvia, b. Dec. 31, 1770; m. Jan. 10, 1788, Isaac Upson; 99. Reuben, b. Aug. 16, 1772; 100. Appleton, b. Aug. 18, 1774; 101. Addin, b. Nov. 18, 1776; d. Nov. 1, 1779; 102. Addin, b. Jan. 4, 1780; 103. Roxana, b. Nov. 28, 1781; m. Lee Upson; d. Nov. 26, 1820; 104. Salome, b. April 5, 1785; m. April 16, 1817, Seth Peck; 105. Nathaniel Grid- ley, b. April 6, 1787; m. Amanda Truesdel, of Bristol; children, Sophia, Maria, Amanda, m. Jeremiah Ely.


62. ELDAD.


' ELDAD LEWIS, son of Isaac (29), b. Feb. 15, 1711; m. (1) March 10, 1737, Sarah Wiard, who died Aug. 10. 1742, aged 29; (2) July 4, 1745, widow Jerusha Cowles, who died Nov. 4, 1752; (3) April 11, 1754, widow Sarah Root, daughter of Deacon John Hart, of Farmington, who died Jan. 25, 1789, aged 70, and was buried at South End, the inscription on her tomb-stone reading, "She was the exemplary mother of ten children." He died June 29, 1784.


CHILDREN .- 106. William, bap. Dec. 1, 1787; 107. John, b. 1745, and bap. April 20, 1746; m. Mary, daughter of Col. Leverett Hubbard, of New Haven, she b. April 13, 1752; d. Aug. 11, 1786. He d. April 28, 1792. 108. Eldad, b. Feb. 7, 1755; received honorary degree of Master of Arts from Yale College in 1788; d. 1819; was a practicing physician; 109. Sarah, b. May 8, 1757; 110. Hart, bap. Sept. 9, 1769.


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63. MEDAD.


' MEDAD LEWIS, son of Isaac (29), b. Sept. 8, 1712, "owned the church covenant," Feb. 8, 1741; m. Jan. 17, 1739-40, in Southington, by Rev. Jeremiah Curtiss.


CHILDREN .- 111. Rosanna, bap. Feb. 22, 1741; 112. Phebe, bap. Aug. 17, 1746; 113. Chloe, bap. Jan. 7, 1750; 114. Gideon, bap. April 26, 1752; d. Oct. 7, 1774; 115. Tabitha, bap. Marclı 9, 1755.


67. GIDEON.


' GIDEON LEWIS, son of Isaac (29), b. Jan 3, 1720-1; m. June 12, 1746, Rachel, daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Smith) Woodruff, who was born Nov. 25, 1725, in Southington. He died Jan. 12, 1751.


CHILDREN .- 116. Abigail, bap. March 9, 1747; m. Dec. 25, 1766, David Smith, Jr .; 117. Rhoda, bap. Dec. 11, 1748; m. Dec. 29, 1768, Abel Carter; 118. Rachel, bap. May 5, 1751; m. Nov. 17, 1774, Robert Foot; d. Nov. 27, 1820.


72. SETH.


SETH LEWIS, son of Job (45), b. June 24, 1759, in Southington; m. March 9, 1788, Rhoda, daughter of Matthew and Rhoda (Smith) Cole, of Kensington, who died March 30, 1854, aged 88. He graduated at Yale College in 1783; studied law for a time; carried on hotel and mercantile business in Southington for several years; died March 26, 1808.


CHILDREN .- 119. Emma, b. Jan. 17, 1789; m. Jan. 17, 1808, Phinehas Pardee; 120. Fan- ny, b. March, 1790; m. (1) July 8, 1816, Anson Judd, (2) Sept. 28, 1823, Addin Lewis; d. Dec. 2, 1832; 121. Rhoda, b. Dec. 10, 1791; m. Oct. 31, 1810, Dr. Timothy Jones; 122. Harriet, bap. Nov. 22, 1801; m. Feb. 13, 1814, John E. Benjamin; 123. Seth, b. July 5, 1797; d. March 5, 1818, at Mobile, Ala .; 124. Job, bap. Nov. 22, 1801; m. Dec. 9, 1819, Abigail B. Bristol, who died June 12, 1827, aged 28; child, Leontine A., m. Oct. 3, 1842, Ashbel C. Hotchkiss; 125. Hannah Maria, bap. June 23, 1805.


74. SELAH.


SELAH LEWIS, son of Job (45), bap. Sept. 2, 1764; m. Jan. 1, 1792, Mary, daughter of Abel and Rhoda (Lewis) Carter, who died Nov. 26, 1824, aged 55. He died Sept. 12, 1827. He was a large land- holder and merchant, and lived in the north part of Southington.


CHILDREN .- 126. Oliver, b. March 31, 1793; m. Nov. 28, 1822, Maria Dunham; 127. Samuel, 6. Aug. 17, 1795; d. Sept. 24, 1796; 128. Selah, b. Sept. 18, 1798; m. May 6, 1819, Rhoda Cowles; 129. James, b. Aug. 5, 1800; m. Sophia Clark; 130. Laura, b. June 20, 1802; m. Nov. 1, 1821, Dr. Julius S. Barnes; 131. Phineas, b. May 29, 1804; d. Nov. 13, 1824; 132. Henry, b. Dec. 1, 1806; m. (1) Elizabeth Root, (2) Abby C. Carter; 133. Mary, 6. Aug. 25, 1809; m. (1) Feb. 14, 1828, Dr. Wyllis Woodruff, of Meriden, (2) Henry C. But- ler, of Meriden.


81. ROYCE.


ROYCE LEWIS, son of Lemuel (48), b. Feb. 11, 1773, in Southington; m. (1) Dec. 21, 1796, Electa, daughter of Deacon Pomroy and Eliza- beth (Carter) Newell, who d. 1808, aged 35; (2) 1809, widow Fanny Smith. He removed to Wolcott in 1798, and died in 1848.


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CHILDREN .- 134. Lucy, b. 1799; m. Romeo Warren; 135. Charles, b. June, 1803; m. Emeline Bartholomew; 136. Lemuel, b. Nov. 7, 1806; m. Eliza Tubbs; 137. Edwin N., b. Nov. 7, 1806; m. Nov. 27, 1833, Lucinda Curtiss; 138. Pomroy, b. June, 1808; 139. Electa, b. 1810; m. Ely Sanford, Binghamton, N. Y .; 140. Ann, b. 1812; m. Edward Terry; 141. Harvey, 6. 1814; m. Elizabeth Bassett; 142. Laura, 6. 1816; m. Lewis Wilmot; 143. Fanny, 6. 1818; m. Orrin L. Botsford; 144. Martha, 6. 1826.


7. CALVIN.


CALVIN LEWIS, son of Timothy (49), b. March 5, 1779, in Southing. ton; m. Nov. 18, 1804, Martha, daughter of Hezekiah and Rosanna (Bronson) Root, who died April 13, 1861, aged 78, at the residence of her son Charles in Alabama. He lived on Farmington Plains, and from thence removed to White-oak district (Plainville), where he died Nov. 9, 1842.


CHILDREN .- 145. John Root, b. March 13, 1806; d. April 5, 1858, in Pennsylvania; 146. Henry, b. Jan. 30, 1808; m. Rhoda Hearn, of Alabama; d. 1860; 147. Timothy, b. March 22, 1811; m. Charlotte Bowen, of Far. Farms; 148. Lloyd, b. Aug. 8, 1813; d. March 3, 1841; 149. George, b. June 1, 1816; m. Helen M. Lewis, of Southington; 150. Charles, b. April 14, 1820; m. Adaline Hearn, of Alabama; 151. Martha, b. Aug. 11, 1824; m. Hoxie Hearn.


92. TIMOTHY.


TIMOTHY LEWIS, son of Timothy (49), b. Oct. 29, 1789; m. Dec. 14, 1814, Phila, daughter of William Tisdale, she born Jan. 31, 1793, and died Sept. 14, 1863. He was a farmer, and lived in Flanders district, where he died Dec. 10, 1847.


CHILDREN .- 152. Francis Deming, b. Dec. 27, 1815; m. (1) Aug. 13, 1845, Sylvia E., daughter of Reuben and Sylvia (Barnes) Hart, who died Sept. 7, 1852, (2) Sept. 23, 1855, Elizabeth P. Gilbert, who died March 13, 1858, (3) Jan. 26, 1859, Eliza O. Bishop; 153. Edbert Henry, b. Dec. 9, 1817; d. May 8, 1818; 154. Harriet, b. July 8, 1820; m. April 26, 1848, David F. Marsh; 155. Martha Emeline, b. Dec. 22, 1822; m. Nov. 28, 1844, Charles E. Beach; d. Sept. 5, 1852; 156. Edbert Henry, 6. July 31, 1825; m. May 16, 1853, Eunice E. Mandeville; d. Jan. 5, 1875; 157. Ann Maria, 6. Sept. 14, 1827; d. Dec. 28, 1828; 158. Ju- lius, b. Nov. 9, 1829; m. Nov. 3, 1851, Abigail B., daughter of Julius and Diadamia (Brad- ley) Hart; 159. Billings Tisdale, b. Oct. 29, 1832; m. Oct. 21, 1856, Harriet L. Gilbert.


94. JESSE.


JESSE LEWIS, son of Asahel (51), b. Nov. 23, 1772; m. Feb. 11, 1796, Julia, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Lyman) Woodruff, of Southington, who died Jan. 7, 1836, aged 58. He died in Wolcott Dec. 12, 1816.


CHILDREN .- 160. Asahel, b. Nov. 21, 1796; 161. Leva, b. Sept. 25, 1800; m. Sheldon Woodruff; 162. Henry J., b. Oct. 16, 1802; m. May 23, 1827, Mary Ellis Barnes; 163. Anson.


99. REUBEN.


REUBEN LEWIS, son of Capt. Nathaniel (52), b. Aug. 16, 1772; m. Mary, daughter of Curtiss and Rachel (Beecher) Hall, of Wolcott, who died June 19, 1843, aged 68. He died March 28, 1836.


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CHILDREN .- 164. Nathaniel C., b. Dec. 16, 1797; m. March 19, 1823, Lucy N. Adams, of Bristol; d. Aug. 19, 1849; 165. Sylvia, m. Levi B. Frost; 166. Ira G., m. Fanny Tully; 167. Luman, m. Nov. 22, 1826, Patience M. Foot; 168. Addin, 6. June, 1805; d. Oct. 18, 1826; 169. Thomas Z., m. Samantha Seeley; 170. Ives A., m. (1) Almira Hall, of Waterbury, (2) Harriet N. Thompson, of Southington; children, Oliver R., Arvilla, and Ida H .; 171. Sarah G., m. Henry A. Pond, of Bristol.


100. APPLETON.


APPLETON LEWIS, son of Capt. Nathaniel (52), b. Aug. 18, 1774; m. Nov. 15, 1797, widow Lois Hall, of Waterbury, who died March 23, 1860, aged 83. He lived in Wolcott, where he died July 29, 1820.


CHILDREN .- 172. Rufus, b. Oct. 29, 1798; d. Sept. 14, 1828; 173. Mille Ann, b. Sept. 7, 1800; m. James Wightman; 174. Edward, 6. June 27, 1802; m. Janette Wightman; d. Jan. 21, 1851; 175. Alfred, b. June 20, 1804; m. Nov. 10, 1832, Rosanna Barnes; d. Dec. 2, 1862; 176. Julina, b. Oct. 22, 1807; m. Truman Dailey, of Waterbury; 177. Lloyd, b. Jan. 15, 1810; 178. Dennis, 6. Feb. 16, 1812; m. April 14, 1844, Lucinda Phinney ; d. Jan. 16, 1852. llis widow died April 25, 1866, aged 58; child, Averisto; 179. Lois Melissa, b. Nov. 28, 1814; d. April 17, 1831; 180. Jared Appleton, 6. Jan. 9, 1818; d. Aug. 17, 1825.


10%. ADDIN.


ADDIN LEWIS, son of Capt. Nathaniel (52), b. Jan. 4, 1780; m. Sept. 29, 1823, Fanny, daughter of Seth and Rhoda (Cole) Lewis, and widow of Anson Judd; died April 7, 1842. She died Dec. 2, 1832. He graduated at Yale College in 1803; was professor in the University of Georgia; a merchant at Mobile, Ala .; mayor of Mobile; an honored an useful citizen in all the walks of life. In his will he left $8,500 to the town of Wolcott for school purposes, and $15,000 to the town of Southington for the academy that bears his name. (See Sketch, p. 437.)


CHILDREN .- 181. Maria Louise, 6. Oct. 15, 1824; d. May 12, 1844; 182. Frances, b. March 29, 1827; d. May 8, 1838; 183. Josephine, b. Feb. 15, 1829; d. Jan. 18, 1833.


106. WILLIAM.


WILLIAM LEWIS, son of Eldad (62), bap. Dec. 1, 1737; m. Elizabeth Scott, of Farmington, daughter of Hezekiah and Mercy (Harris) Scott. She died Dec. 26, 1824, aged 90. He resided on East street; prac- ticed surveying for many years; held the military rank of Ensign; d. April 9, 1822.


CHILDREN .- 184. Chauncey, b. 1760; 185. Isaac, b. 1763; 186. Mercy, bap. June 8, 1766; 187. Levi, m. Aug. 2, 1801, Sally Bunnell, of Berlin; 188. Charles, bap. June 28, 1772; d. in New Haven, April 19, 1868; 189. Martin, received into the church at Rocky Hill in 1793.


107. JOHN.


REV. JOHN LEWIS, son of Eldad (62), b. 1745; bap. April 20, 1746; m. Mary, daughter of Col. Leverett Hubbard, of New Haven; she born April 13, 1752; d. Aug. 11, 1786. He graduated at Yale College in 1770; studied divinity, and settled at Rocky Hill, where he died April 28, 1792. He married a second time. (See Biog. Sketch, p. 480.)


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CHILDREN .- 190. William Fabius, bap. Jan. 26, 1783; 191. Sarah Jerusha, bap. July 31, 1785; 192. Edwin Elisha, bap. Feb. 15, 1791, at home, because of sickness of his mother.


110. HART.


HART LEWIS, son of Eldad (62), bap. Sept. 9, 1769, in Southington; m. (1) Celesta - -, who was admitted to church in Southington, Sept. 12, 1795, and Oct. 18, 1795, had seven children baptized there. He lived in Wallingford in 1802, and afterward in Rocky Hill, where his wife died Aug. 20, 1804.


CHILDREN .- 191. James: 192. Erastus; 193. Eldad, m. , who died March 29, 1816; 194. Olivia, m. Nov. 2, 1813, James Mallory; 195. Sarah, m. Ang. 2, 1801, Harvey Goodrich; 196. John, m. Oct. 21, 1825, Sophia Dickinson; 197. Orrin, m. October, 1820, Charlotte Buckley; 198. child, d Dec. 21, 1805; 199. child, d. July 5, 1807.




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