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30. STEPHEN.
STEPHEN PARDEE, son of Stephen (16), b. May 30, 1725; m. Mabel, daughter of John Russell, Jr., and his wife, Mary Forbes, born May 7. 1728, in East Haven. He died of small-pox, March 30, 1788.
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CHILDREN .- 43. Stephen, m., 1768, Abigail Smith; 44. Samuel; 45. Mercy; 46. James; 47. Eli; 48. James 2d; 49. Asahel; 50. Mary; 51. John; 52. Amos; 53. Elizabeth; 54. Amos 2d.
41. NOAH.
NOAH PARDEE, son of Benjamin (27), b. Jan. 12, 1757, in East. Haven; m. Mary, daughter of Phinehas Woodruff, of Southington, and his wife, Sarah Dunham, born March 31, 1763, in Southington. He lived in East Haven and Southington. He died, when Mary, his widow, married (2) Sept. 2, 1790, to Elkanah Smith, as his second wife, whose widow she died, Jan. 8, 1826, aged 64 years.
CHILDREN .- 55. Mehitabel, 6. 1800; m. Dec. 22, 1800, William Davis; d. July 21, 1805; 56. Phinehas, b. Dec. 13, 1781; 57. Benoni, b. 1785; d. Oct. 24, 1808.
44. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL PARDEE, son of Stephen (30) and Mabel Russell, his wife, born 1742; settled in Southington; m. Nov. 20, 1777, Mercy, daughter of Dr. Joshua Porter, of Southington, and his wife Mercy -, born March 6, 1755. He lived at Plantsville, on the corner, near where the Capt. Smith house now stands; from thence he removed to the old homestead of his father-in-law, Dr. Joshua Porter, where Joseph P. Platt now lives. This place his wife inherited in part, and he appears to have bought the remainder. Mercy, his wife, died Dec. 28, 1806, in her 52d year. He married (2) Clarena Hitchcock, of Cheshire. He held the military rank of Captain, and died March 19, 1829, aged 77 years. Clarena, his widow, died in Cheshire, Dec. 24, 1831, aged 64, and was buried there.
CHILDREN .- 66. Porter, b. July 20, 1790; d. Feb. 7, 1794; 67. Samuel R., b. 1810; d. Jan. 2, 1825; 68. Clarena B., b. 1813; d. Nov. 19, 1813.
56. PHINEHAS.
PHINEHAS PARDEE, son of Noah (41), b. Dec. 13, 1781; m. in South- ington, Jan. 17, 1808, Emma Lewis, daughter of Seth Lewis and Rhoda Cole, his wife, she born Jan. 17, 1789. He lived at the Ro- mantha Carter place; was a tinner by trade,-his shop stood some dis- tance east of his house. He was chosen Deacon in 1819; resigned 1838. During the last years of his life he lived south of the north ceme- tery, where he died, Nov. 6, 1853, aged 73. Emma, his widow, died in New Haven, Sept. 5, 1861, aged 73.
CHILDREN .- 58. Emma Ann, b. March 17, 1809; m. Aug. 11, 1830, Dr. Giles M. Langdon; 59. Harriet, b. April 3, 1811; d. Jan. 12, 1812; 60. Frederick Benoni, b. Oct. 28, 1812; d. Oct. 2, 1836, at Marion, Ala .; 61. Henry Lewis, b. Nov. 8, 1814; d. Aug. 5, 1836, at Quincy, III .; 62. Phineas, b. Feb. 4, 1817; 63. Mary, b. April 9, 1819; d. Oct. 17, 1870; 64. Fanny Maria, b. Sept. 16, 1823; d. Feb. 7, 1841; 65. Wm. Andrew, b. Sept. 24, 1828; d. Oct. 8, 1832.
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PECK.
HENRY PECK was in New Haven in the spring of 1638. He is sup- posed to have emigrated with Rev. John Davenport and others, who arrived in the ship Hector, in Boston, June 26, 1637. He signed the fundamental contract in New Haven, made June 4, 1639, and was active in public affairs; died 1651; his will probated Oct. 30, 1651. Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, is not sustained by the gene- alogist of the Peck family (Ira B. Peck) with respect to the children of Henry Peck. Savage states that there were two Eleazers, one dying young; but Ira B. Peck says he finds but one on the record in New Haven. Savage says that Joseph and Benjamin were twins, but this fact does not appear from the record.
CHILDREN .- 2. Eleazer, bap. March 13, 1643; 3. Joseph, bap. Sept. 5, 1647; m. Nov. 28, 1672, Sarah Alling; 4. Benjamin, bap. Sept. 5, 1647; m. March 29, 1670, Mary Sperry; 5. Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1649; m. Dec. 4, 1672, John Hotchkiss.
2 . ELEAZER.
ELEAZER PECK, son of Henry, bap. in New Haven, March 13, 1643; m. Oct. 31, 1671, Mary Bunnel. Removed to Wallingford, where he died, in 1734, aged 91; she died July 20, 1724, aged 75.
CHILDREN .- 6. Samuel, b. March 3, 1672-3; d. March 12; 7. Abigail, b. March 6, 1673- 4; 8. Samuel, b. 1675; 9. Mary, b. July 14, 1677; 10. Martha, b. July 2, 1679; 11. Stephen, b. Aug. 4, 1681; 12. Eleazer, b. Feb. 19, 1683; d. 1684; 13. Eleazer, b. June 16, 1685; 14. Nathaniel; 15. Elizabeth, m. William Hough.
13. ELEAZER.
ELEAZER PECK, son of Eleazer (2), b. June 16, 1685; m. (1) Ann ; (2) Oct. 30, 1726, Elizabeth Culver, and soon after removed to Southington from Wallingford.
CHILDREN .- 16. Hannalı, b. Jan. 20, 1717; 17. Mehitable, b. July 19, 1719; 18. Eliakim, b. Oct. 24, 1721; 19. Benajah, U. Feb. 8, 1724; 20. Gideon, m. Mary, who died Jan. 1, 1751, aged 40; 21. Charles, b. Nov. 8, 1727; 22. Eleazer, b. July 2, 1730; m. Dec. 6, 1755, Eliza- beth Woodruff; 23. Zebulon, b. Dec. 9, 1733.
18. ELIAKIM.
ELIAKIM PECK, son of Eliezer (13), b. Oct. 24, 1721, in Wallingford; m. Sarah Woodruff, daughter of Samuel, who died March 9, 1768, when he married (2) - -- -, who died Sept. 28, 1809, aged 80. He died May 7, 1801.
CHILDREN .- 24. Thomas, bap. Oct. 5, 1752; 25. Abigail, bap. July 25, 1754; 26. Eliakim, bap. Nov., 1759; 27. Phebe, bap. Sept. 9, 1764; m. Hemingway Bradley.
26. ELIAKIM.
ELIAKIM PECK, son of Eliakim (18), b. Nov., 1759, in Southington; m . - Removed to Colebrook.
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CHILDREN .- 28. James, m. - Miner; 29. Erastus, m. Lucretia, daughter of Jesse Carrington; 30. Huldah, m. Miner; 31. Josiah; 32. Jeremiah; 33. Raymond, m. Sept. 3, 1814, Fanny Woodruff; 34. Sally ; 35. Asenath.
36. PAUL.
DEACON PAUL PECK is supposed to have been born in Essex County, England, in 1608, and to have emigrated in the "Defence," in 1635; arriving in Boston, and from thence, in 1636, removed to Hartford, Conn. In the latter place he is recorded a proprietor in 1639. He died Dec. 23, 1795, having been quite a public man, and Deacon of the church.
CHILDREN .- 37. Paul, b. 1639; 38. Martha, 6. 1641; 39. Elizabeth, b. 1643; 40. John, b. Dec. 22, 1645; 41. Samuel, b. 1647; 42. Joseph, bap. Dec. 22, 1650; 43. Sarah, b. 1653; 44. Hannah, b. 1656; 45. Mary, 6. 1662.
41. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL PECK, son of Paul (36), b. 1647; m. Elizabeth - -; d. Jan. 10, 1696. He lived in West Hartford.
CHILD .- 46. Samuel, 6. 1672.
46. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL PECK, son of Samuel (41), b. in West Hartford, 1672; m. March 6, 1701, Abigail Collier; d. Dec. 9, 1765. She died Oct. 28, 1742. He lived in Kensington.
CHILDREN .- 47. Samuel, b. Jan. 6, 1701; 48. Moses, b. April, 1703; 49. Isaac, b. Nov. 28, 1706; 50. Abijah, b. Dec. 28, 1709; 51. Zebulon, b. Sept. 1, 1712; 52. Amos, b. March 3, 1815; 53. Abel, b. Dec. 28, 1717; 54. Elisha, b. March 11, 1720; 55. Elijah, b. July 23, 1723; 56. Lucy, b. Dec. 19, 1727; 57. Lois.
47. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL PECK, son of Samuel (46), b. Jan. 6, 1701; m. Jan. 10, 1725, Thankful Winchel. He lived in Kensington, and died July 25, 1784. She died Jan. 6, 1762.
CHILDREN .- 58. Sybil, b. June 4, 1726; 59. Eldad, b. June 4, 1728; d. 1736; 60. Thank- ful, b. April 30, 1732; 61. Samuel, b. May 2, 1734; 62. Eldad, b. 1738-died; 63. Eldad, b. 1740.
49. ZEBULON.
ZEBULON PECK, son of Samuel (46), b. Sept. 1, 1712; m. July 10, 1735, Mary Edwards; d. Jan. 13, 1795. She died May 23, 1790. He lived in Bristol.
CHILDREN .- 64. Abigail, b. May 20, 1736; m. Hezekiah Gridley; 65. Justus, b. Nov. 14, 1737; 66. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30, 1739; 67. Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1741; 68. Zebulon, b. 15, 1743; 69. David, b. May 13, 1749; 70. Lament, b. May 8, 1751; 71. Elizabeth, 6. 1758; m. Abel Hawley; 72. Josiah, b. Jan. 19, 1755.
61. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL PECK, son of Samuel (47), b. May 2, 1734; m. (1) March 3, 1757, Ruth Hopkins; (2) March 31, 1773, Sarah Winchel; (3) Dec. 7, 1775, Abigail Latimer.
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CHILDREN .- 73. Thankful, b. Feb. 3, 1758; 74. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1761: 75. Lavinia, 6. April 25, 1766; 76. Solomon, b. June 22, 1767; 77. Samuel, b. Sept. 25, 1768; 78. Edward, b. Nov. 21, 1776.
69. DAVID.
DAVID PECK, son of Zebulon (51), b. May 13, 1749; m. Huldah Cogs- well; d. Sept. 30, 1821. He lived in Southington.
CHILDREN .- 79. Mary, b. Jan. 25, 1773; 80. Huldah, b. July 8, 1775; m. Riley Smith; 81. Asahel, b. July 19, 1777 ; m. Feb. 3, 1803, Diadamia Dunham; 82. Seth, b. July 7, 1781; m. Salome Lewis; 83. Sally, b. Oct. 2, 1783; m. Sarschal Judd; 84. Orrin, b. Aug. 26, 1785; m. Ann Seward; 85. Phila, b. Aug. 31, 1787; m. Edward Converse; 86. Luanna, b. May 13, 1790; m. Joel Carrington.
77. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL PECK, son of Samuel (61), b. Sept. 25, 1768; m. Nov. 27, 1794, Polly M. Upson; d. March 19, 1833. She died Dec. 15, 1853, aged 77.
CHILDREN .- 87. Warren, b. July 4, 1796; 88. Samuel H., b. Dec. 14, 1798; 89. Russell M., 6. April 28, 1804; 90. Henry P., b. Aug. 6, 1812; 91. Sally M., b. Sept. 14, 1814.
81. ASAHIEL.
ASAHEL PECK, son of David (69), b. July 19, 1777; m. Feb. 3, 1803, Diadamia, daughter of Cornelius and Jemima (Andrews) Dunham.
CHILDREN .- 92. Betsey Ann, m. Nov. 19, 1828, Amzi J. Barnes; d. Nov. 9, 1835; 93. Noble, b. March 13, 1807; m. Sarah Atkins Anderson, widow of John Anderson, and has two children, Noble and Sarah. Mr. Peck has furnished me with some valuable documents, and in many ways rendered aid in the preparation of this history. 94. Charles, died on return from the Mexican War. (See War Record.)
89. RUSSELL.
RUSSELL PECK, son of Samuel (77), b. April 28, 1804; m. (1) Oct. 27, 1827, Lydia Botsford, of Kensington, who died Aug. 22, 1837; (2) Sept. 26, 1839, Laura, daughter of Erastus Curtiss, who died Nov. 21, 1865; (3) April 2, 1866, Eunice C., daughter of Stephen Woodruff. He has lived in Kensington, but now resides in Southington village.
CHILDREN .- 95. George B., b. Jan. 15, 1829; d. May 14, 1849; 96. Sarah A., b. March 5, 1830; m. (1) July 11, 1858, Thomas Gilbert; (2) Dec. 11, 1866, John H. Pease; 97. Samuel H., b. March 31, 1833; m. Nov. 14, 1857, Celia Hart; 98. Betsey L., 6. April 6, 1835; died young; 99. Susan A., b. April 8, 1843; d. March 24, 1853; 100. Susan A., b. Oct. 29, 1854; 101. Salinda, b. Oct. 29, 1834; d. April 4, 1864.
PLATT.
JOSEPH P. PLATT, son of Gideon and Lydia (Sperry) Platt, b. in Middlebury, Nov. 16, 1808; m. April 28, 1830, Hetta Ann, daughter of Eli and Mehitible Bronson; she born June 22, 1810. They removed to Southington from Middlebury in 1864, and occupy the Dr. Porter place.
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CHILDREN .- 2. Cornelia, b. July 12, 1831; m. April 6, 1859, Thomas Scott; children, Frank E., Fannie L., Julia E., Herbert T .; 3. Franklin L., 6. Aug. 2, 1833; 4. Susan, b. March 10, 1836 ; d. Sept. 20, 1836 ; 5. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1837 ; 6. Julia, b. June 17, 1840; m. May 12, 1874, Giles L. Dunham; 7. Martha, 6. April 4, 1843; 8. Maria L., b. March 21, 1846; 9. Arthur, b. Aug. 20, 1849; 10. Ella C., b. July 16, 1854.
5. ELIZABETH (BECKLEY).
ELIZABETH PLATT, daughter of Joseph P. (1), b. Nov. 13, 1837; m. June 2, 1865, Moses W. Beckley, son of Moses W. and Mary W. (Cornwall) Beckley, who died Feb. 10, 1875. Mr. Beckley was a man of intelligence, and during life had a stainless reputation. For a num- ber of years he was Treasurer of the Peck, Stow, Wilcox Manufactur- ing Company, and received the utmost confidence of the Company for prudence and honesty in his transactions. His funeral was largely at- tended, and he was buried with Masonic honors, of which body he was a consistent member.
CHILDREN .- 11. Grace E., b. Feb. 14, 1867; 12. Charles W., b. March 15, 1869; 13. Alice L., b. Feb. 16, 1871; 14. Bertha T., b. Oct. 17, 1874; 15. Moses W., b. Feb. 10, 1875.
PORTER.
DANIEL PORTER was an early settler of the Connecticut colony, locat- ing in Farmington, and was one of the 84 proprietors of that town in 1672. He was a physician; licensed to practice in 1654 by the Gen- eral Court, and had his fee table established by law, and was required to visit the sick in Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield, and occasionally in Middletown. He was more particularly celebrated as a " bone- setter." He died in 1690. His wife's name was Mary.
CHILDREN .- 2. Daniel, b. Feb. 2, 1652-3; m. Deborah -; lived in Waterbury; 3. Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1654-5; m. Eleazar Knowles, of Woodbury; 4. Nehemiah, b. Oct. 24, 1656; m. Hannah Lumm, of Woodbury; 5. Richard, b. March 24, 1658; 6. Anne, b. 1660-1; d. single; 7. John, b. Nov. 14, 1662; m. Rebecca Woodford; 8. Samuel, b. Oct. 24, 1665; m. 1702, Abigail Humphrey, of Simsbury.
5. RICHARD.
RICHARD PORTER, son of Daniel (1), b. March 24, 1658; m. Ruth . He early settled in Waterbury, where Ruth, his wife, died Jan. 9, 1709-10. He was Town Collector in 1709, and Selectman in 1713; removed to New Haven in that part called West Haven, and died in 1740. He is said to have been a physician.
CHILDREN .- 9. Daniel; 10. Joshua, b. Aug. 7, 1688; d. Nov. 19, 1709; 11. Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1690-1; m. - Northrop; 12. Ruth, b. Oct., 1692; 13. Samuel, b. March 30, 1695; m. May 9, 1722, Mary Bronson; 14. Hezekiah, b. Jan. 29, 1696-7; d. Aug., 1702; 15. John, b. June 11, 1700; 16. Timothy, b. Dec. 21, 1701; m. Dec. 18, 1735, Mary Baldwin; 17. Heze- kiah, b. July 27, 1704; 18. Joshua, b. Nov. 5, 1718; 19. Richard, 6. Aug. 22, 1722.
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18. JOSHUA.
DR. JOSHUA PORTER, son of Richard (5), b. Nov. 5, 1718, in New Ha- ven; m. in Southington May 2, 1754, by Rev. Jeremiah Curtiss, to Mercy -, but the record fails to give her maiden name. He settled in Southington, one mile south of the village where Joseph Platt now lives, and owned a large farm. He was a physician, and practiced some, but gave most of his attention to farming. Mercy, his wife, died March 14, 1796, in her 76th year, when he married (2) June 12, 1797, Mabel Pardee, as some suppose a sister or cousin of his first wife. He died Feb. 20, 1803.
CHILDREN .- 20. Mercy, b. March 6, 1755; m. Nov. 20, 1777, Samuel Pardee; 21. Sarah, b. March 9, 1756; m. March 27, 1803, Asher Dickinson; 22. Lorana, b. May 12, 1757; d. Nov. 25, 1778; 23. Militee, b. Feb. 17, 1759.
19. RICHARD.
RICHARD PORTER, son of Richard (5), b. Aug. 21, 1722, in New Haven; settled in Southington, and was there married by Rev. Jere- miah Curtiss, Nov. 16, 1749, to Lois, daughter of Deacon Samuel Woodruff, and his wife, Esther Bird; b. March 20, 1729, in Southing- ton. He lived a short distance north of the Truman Barnes house, on the east side of the road leading north, and from thence removed to the southeast part of Bristol, at what is called Redstone Hill. They were both buried in the Plainville cemetery.
CHILDREN .- 24. Lydia, bap. Sept. 24, 1752; d. Jan., 1756; 25. Sarah, bap. Sept. 24, 1752; d. Jan., 1756; 26. Lois, bap. May 6, 1753; d. Jan. 3, 1757; 27. Samuel, bap. June 27, 1756; 28. Sarah, bap. Feb. 12, 1758; 29. Lydia, bap. June 1, 1760; 30. Samuel, bap. May 29, 1763.
23. MILITER (WHITE).
MILITEE PORTER, daughter of Dr. Joshua (18), b. Feb. 17, 1759; m. (1) Nov. 15, 1779, Moses C. White (see sketch, p. 541), who died Nov., 1783; she m. (2) Oct. 25, 1786, Dr. Perez Mann, of Burlington, who " was perfect specimen of an honest man, and was respected by all who knew him."-Hinman. She died Nov. 19, 1789.
CHILDREN .- 31. Porter, b. June 12, 1780; d. Sept. 12, 1782; 32. Laurinda P., 6. April 22, 1782; m. May 17, 1801, John Miles, of Cheshire; children, Roderick; Fidelia, m. George Gridley; Ralzy, Almeron, John, Laurinda, Alvinza, Gertrude K., John. Second marriage .- 33. Militee, b. Aug. 23, 1787; m. Aaron Hitchcock, of Burlington.
POTTER.
JOHN POTTER, of New Haven, was among the earliest settlers of that town, and signed the Plantation Covenant there June 4, 1639. He married Elizabeth -, and after his death she married (2) June, 1646, Edward Parker. (See New Haven Colonial Records, pp. 257- 62.)
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CHILDREN .- 2. Hannah, m. Dec. 3, 1850, Samuel Blakesley ; 3. John, bap. Oct. 17, 1641; m., 1661, Hannah Cooper; 4. Samuel, bap. Oct., 1641; m. Nov. 21, 1670, Annah Russell.
3. JOHN.
JOHN POTTER, son of John (1), bap. Oct. 17, 1641; m., 1661, Hannah Cooper, daughter of John. She died June 15, 1675, when he married (2) Dec. 29, 1679, Mary Russell, widow of Ralph Russell, of East Haven, and daughter of Edward Hitchcock. He lived in East Haven, and was called "the father of the East Haven Potters." In military rank he was Sergeant.
CHILDREN .- 5. Hannah, b. 1661; d. June 13, 1662; 6. John, b. June 13, 1663; d. Aug. 10, 1664; 7. Hannah, b. June 26, 1665; 8. John, b. Aug. 4, 1667; 9. Samuel, b. July 23, 1669; d. Nov. 16, 1669; 10. Samuel, b. Dec. 25, 1670; d. Feb., 1671-2; 11. Mary, b. March 16, 1672-3; 12. Samuel, b. June 3, 1665; d. Nov. 26, 1670; 13. Abigail, b. Sept. 23, 1680 (by second marriage); m. Samuel, son of John Thompson.
8. JOHN.
JOHN POTTER, son of John (3), b. Aug. 4, 1667; m. Feb. 23, 1691-2, Elizabeth Holt, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Thomas) Holt. She died April 21, 1718, at East Haven.
CHILDREN .- 14. John, b. July 14, 1695; d. March 12, 1723; 15. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 24, 1697; m. John Luddington; 16. Gideon, b. June 3, 1700; m. Mary Moulthrop; 17. Daniel, b. Jan. 15, 1701-2; m. Sept. 12, 1728, Hannah Holbrook; 18. Samuel, 6. 1708; m. Dorothy MouIthrop; 19. Enos, b. Dec. 12, 1706; m. Sarah Hemmingway; 20. Joseph, m. Thankful Bradley.
14. JOHN.
JOHN POTTER, son of John (8), b. July 14, 1695; m. Abigail He removed to Southington. She died here July 27, 1753, in her 57th year.
CHILDREN .- 21. John, b. April 1, 1821; d. Feb. 18, 1784, in Southington; 22. Abigail, b. Jan. 26, 1723; m. Jan. 11, 1744, Gideon Andrews; 23. Joel, b. April 11, 1727; m. Rhoda
23. JOEL.
JOEL POTTER, son of John (14), b. April 11, 1727; m. Rhoda He came from New Haven to Southington, and settled in the Flanders district, on the west side of the highway, opposite the present house of Francis D. Lewis. The house stood back some distance in the meadow. He held the military rank of Captain. While on a visit to Milford he died of small-pox, Feb. 8, 1778. His wife died Sept. 5, 1801.
CHILDREN .- 24. Asahel, bap. July 23, 1753; d. May 21, 1775; 25. Philemon, bap. March 31, 1754; 26. Rhoda, bap. April 9, 1758; m. Martin Deming ; d. April 1, 1795; 27. John, bap. June 8, 1760; m. Hila Clark; 28. Panlinus, bap. April 11, 1762; m. June 24, 1784, Abigail Barnes; 29. Joel, bap. May 20, 1764; 30. Elizabeth, bap. March 23, 1766; m. Oct. 26, 1789, Harvey Smith; 31. Martin, b. 1767; m. Nov. 25, 1790, Phebe Barritt; 32. Phebe, bap. Feb. 18, 1770; 33. Daniel, bap. Feb. 8, 1773; 34. Lydia, m. Jan. 1, 1799, Palmer Neal; 35. Lem- uel, removed to Bristol; thence to Hatfield, Mass., in 1790.
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27. JOHN.
JOHN POTTER, son of Joel (23), bap. June 8, 1760; m. (1) Sept. 11, 1783, Lydia, daughter of Aaron Harrison, of Wolcott. She died Sept. 26, 1796, when he married (2) March 30, 1797, Hila, daughter of David and Lois (Andrews) Clark. He studied medicine, and located for practice in Wolcott, where he stood high in his profession, and in the church. About 1820 he removed West, where most of his family had gone.
CHILDREN .- 36. Zephna, b. Oct. 19, 1785, who also studied medicine; 37. Samuel Young, 6. Feb. 11, 1794. Second marriage-John Adams, b. Feb. 25, 1798; 38. Lydia Maria, b. Sept. 23, 1799; d. Oct. 12, 1799; 39. Albert Rodney, b. Nov. 29, 1800; 40. Sarah Maria, b. March 5, 1803.
31. MARTIN.
MARTIN POTTER, son of Joel (23), b. Oct. 21, 1767; m. Nov. 25, 1790, Phebe Barritt, daughter of William and Ruth (Cogswell) Barritt. He bought of Samuel Goodsell the place in Flanders district known as the Jason Hitchcock place, where he lived for several years, and sold out to Freemund Upson, and moved to the Daniel Allen place, where Isaiah Burritt now lives. He died of dropsy, June 4, 1821. He was a carpenter by trade, and became quite notorious for balancing himself on his head upon the ridge-pole at raisings. His size was medium, but was compactly built. He held the military rank of Captain. His wife died Dec. 25, 1858.
CHILDREN .- 41. Emma, b. Sept, 13, 1793; m. Nov. 7, 1821, Joseph P. Finch, as his second wife; 42. Rhoda, b. Sept. 30, 1796; m. Dec. 8, 1814, Joseph P. Finch ; d. Oct. 4, 1819; 43. Sophronia, b. April 2, 1799; 44. Joel, b. Oct. 5, 1800; 45. Ruth, b. July 21, 1803; 46. Vesta, b. July 18, 1807; m. Oct. 9, 1833, John M. Hobart.
4-1. JOEL.
JOEL POTTER, son of Martin (31), b. Oct. 5, 1800; m. April 23, 1822, Nancy, daughter of Dr. Josiah Root. He bought the place owned by the late Rev. William Robinson, and here died Feb. 27, 1873. He was for several years Constable of the town, and also had a store in the building now occupied by Joshua Bills.
CHILDREN .- 47. Lucretia, b. April 28, 1823; d. Oct. 11, 1844; 48. Samuel Martin, b. Nov. 10, 1825; m. Dec. 22, 1846, Martha A. Bidwell; d. May 17, 1850, at Sacramento, Cal. ; 49. Charles Albert, b. Feb. 8, 1830; d. April 3, 1832; 50. Anna Maria, b. Aug. 13, 1837; d. Aug. 15, 1852. -
46. VESTA.
VESTA POTTER, daughter of Martin (31), b. July 18, 1807; m. Oct. 9, 1833, John Munn Hobart (born July 6, 1805), of Homer, N. Y.
CHILDREN. - 51. Ellen Augusta, b. Aug. 16, 1835; m. May 16, 1855, Stephen Walkley, Jr .; 52. Jane Elizabeth, b. Dec. 9, 1836; 53. Vesta Sophia, b. Oct. 5, 1838; 54. Sarah Maria, b. July 10, 1840; d. July 4, 1842; 55. Julia Maria, b. Aug. 25, 1843; d. Feb. 7, 1845; 56. John Potter, 6. Oct. 19, 1845; d. June 1, 1861; 57. Rhoda Amelia, b. Aug. 6, 1847; 58.
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Charles Parsons, b. June 1, 1849; 59. Anna Alida, b. Sept. 7, 1853; d. Jan. 31, 1874; 60. Joseph Willie, b. Jan. 24, 1857.
52. JANE ELIZABETH.
JANE ELIZABETH COWLES, daughter of Vesta (46), b. Dec. 9, 1836; m. May 16, 1855, John M. Cowles, son of Samuel F., of Plainville. Mr. Cowles has been engaged in trade at Southington, and is now connected with the freight department of the N. H. and N. R. R.
CHILDREN .- 61. Samuel E., b. April 4, 1856; 62. John H., b. Feb. 19, 1860; d. Oct. 17, 1863; 63. Edward F., b. May 8, 1868; 64. Albert H., b. Jan. 13, 1875.
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27. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL PORTER, son of Richard (19), b. Feb. 22, 1763, in Southington, and there married June, 1766, Anna Hooker, who died Oct. 17, 1789, in her 23d year, when he second married Dec. 29, 1790. Abigail Hamblin, daughter of John Hamblin, of Whiteoak district, now east part of Plainville, where Abigail, his second wife, died May 1, 1838, aged 70 years. He died Sept. 26, 1840, aged 76. He and each of his wives have tombstones erected to their memory in the east cemetery, Plainville.
CHILDREN .- 31. Ezekiel, b. Aug. 2, 1791; 32. Chauncey, b. Feb. 14, 1793; 33. Bryan, b. Nov. 22, 1797; 34. Richard W., b. March 25, 1805; d. Dec. 1, 1845.
32. CHAUNCEY.
CHAUNCEY PORTER, son of Samuel (27), m. Oct. 20, 1816, Lucy, daugh- ter of Ichabod Culpepper Frisbie, of Southington, and his wife Thank- ful Moss, born Sept. 24, 1795, in Southington. He lived east of his father's residence in the Whiteoak school district, Plainville, where he died Sept. 3, 1861, aged 68 years and 5 months. He held the military rank of Colonel.
33. BRYAN.
BRYAN PORTER, son of Samuel (27), b. Nov. 22, 1797; m. Nov. 27, 1823, Thesta, daughter of Ezekiel Andrews, of New Britain, and his wife Roxana Hinsdale, born Dec. 16, 1798, in New Britain. He set- tled in Whiteoak district, Plainville, a short distance west of his father's residence on the north side the turnpike, about the year 1820; taught school one winter in the East street school district, Southing- ton. Thesta, his wife, died Jan. 25, 1828, aged 30. He died April 11, 1854, aged 57 years.
CHILD .- 37. Ann Eliza, b. Dec. 9, 1825; d. Dec. - 1852.
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PRATT.
The name appears in various early settlements of New England,- at Plymouth, in 1622; at Weymouth and Reading; at Boston, in 1640; at Lyme, Conn. The family represented in this town traces its ances- try back to the parish of Sterenage in Hertfordshire, England. The first emigration in this line occurred about 1632, in the persons of John and William Pratt, the latter then a minor. They settled in Cambridge, Mass., and came with Hooker to Hartford, in 1636. Wil- liam Pratt, bearing the military title of Lieutenant, married June, 1636, Elizabeth, daughter of John Clark, of Saybrook and Milford. He removed to Saybrook before 1648, and died about 1678.
CHILDREN .- 2. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1641; 3. John, b. Feb. 20, 1644; 4. Joseph, b. Aug. 1, 1648; 5. Sara, b. April 1, 1651; 6. Will, b. May 14, 1653; 7. Samuel, b. Oct. 6, 1655; 8. Lydia, b. Jan. 1, 1659; 9. Nathaniel.
4. JOSEPH.
JOSEPH PRATT, son of Lieut. William, b. Aug. 1, 1648; m. (I) -; (2) Sarah, daughter of Hon. Robert Chapman, the settler in Saybrook. He died Aug. 12, 1703; his wife surviving him, but the date of her death is unknown.
CHILDREN .- 16. Joseph, b. 1672; 11. William, b. 1674; 12. Sarah, b. 1676; 13. Experi- ence, b. 1678; 14. Margaret, b. 1680; 15. Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1687; d. Dec. 1, 1687; 16. Ann, b. Oct. 7, 1688; 17. Susannah, b. March 18, 1690; 18. Robert, b. Oct. 26, 1691; 19. Caleb, 6. 1693; 20. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 6, 1695; 21. Hannah, b. Feb. 27, 1799; 22. Temperance, b. Feb. 15, 1701.
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