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(IV) Solomon Finney, son of John (2) and Mary (Campbell) Finney, was born August 21, 1724. He lived in Stam- ford and later in Greenwich, Connecticut, his house occupying the site now covered by the plant of the Mianus Manufacturing Company. He married Tamar June, born May 6, 1739, daughter of Thomas and Tamar June. Records show that the June family was resident in Stamford in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Daniel Finney, a brother of Solomon Finney, was born November 22, 1733, married Phoebe Fisher, of Norton, Massa- chusetts, and settled in Norwalk, Connec- ticut, where he has descendants now living.
(V) Solomon (2) Finney, son of Solo- mon (1) and Tamar (June) Finney, was born in 1781, in Greenwich, Connecticut. He enjoyed for his day exceptional educa- tional advantages. In his early manhood he was for some years a schoolmaster, but eventually abandoned that calling and became a farmer. He married, in or be- fore 1805, Mary Betts (see Betts VI), and their children were: John A., Finnetta, Hannah Maria, Mary Ann, Lavinia, Charles, Elizabeth, George, Abijah, and Lorenzo, mentioned below. Solomon Finney died in 1839.
(VI) Lorenzo Finney, son of Solomon (2) and Mary (Betts) Finney, was born March 22, 1827, in Mianus, Connecticut. He learned the trade of finisher in the old Greenwich Iron Works, commonly re- ferred to as "the rolling mills." At the beginning of the Civil War he formed a partnership with John Hughes and they made a contract with the owner of the mill to produce spike iron on a per ton basis. After a short time the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Finney continued
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the contract alone. Later, the mill having passed to another owner, he became its superintendent, retaining the position for a number of years. After resigning, he devoted his latter years to the cultivation of his farm. For a number of years he served on the school committee, later holding the office of school visitor. Mr. Finney married Caroline Jessup, born in 1828, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Dibble) Jessup, of Greenwich, and the following children were born to them: Allen J., John H., Susan M., Lorenzo W., B. Franklin, mentioned below; Caroline; and one who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Finney were members of the Congrega- tional church in Sound Beach. The death of Mr. Finney occurred March 17, 1899, and his widow is still living, in the ninety- second year of her age.
(VII) B. Franklin Finney, son of Lo- renzo and Caroline (Jessup) Finney, was born April 5, 1859, in North Mianus, Connecticut. He received his education in local public schools. He was employed in the rolling mills until attaining his majority, when he became associated with his eldest brother in the grocery business. After a short time, however, he engaged in the meat business on his own account in Greenwich village, and for ten years carried it on successfully. About 1896 he disposed of his interests and has since then conducted a real estate and insurance business. To the latter business he de- votes special attention, handling all kinds of insurance, and enjoying a large clien- tele. He is a charter member of Empire Lodge, No. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Greenwich, in which he now holds the rank of past grand. Mr. Finney married Clara L. Brown, daughter of Wil- liam S. Brown, of Greenwich, and their only child is W. Stanley, mentioned be- low. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Fin- ney took place December 2, 1890.
(VIII) W. Stanley Finney, son of B. Franklin and Clara L. (Brown) Finney, was born June 25, 1892, in Greenwich, Connecticut. He received his early edu- cation in local public schools, passing thence to the Greenwich Academy. On leaving that institution he chose for his profession that of the law and attended lectures at the New York University Law School, graduating in 1912 with the de- gree of Bachelor of Laws. It being im- possible that Mr. Finney should be ad- mitted to the practice of his profession before reaching the age of twenty-one, he connected himself, during the ensuing three years, with the insurance business conducted by his father, and in 1915 was admitted to the bar. Since then, while still continuing his connection with the insurance business, he has devoted the greater part of his time to his legal work, meeting with the most gratifying results. The absorption of Mr. Finney in his chosen profession is rivaled by his keen interest in insurance matters, in which latter field his legal training has con- tributed to his marked success. His de- votion to his work, however, never ren- ders him unmindful of the duties of citi- zenship. He constantly seeks, quietly but earnestly, to further the best interests of his home city.
Mr. Finney married, June 27, 1914, Sara Margaret Boswell, daughter of Henry C. Boswell, of Greenwich, and they are the parents of a son, Warner Austin, born March 14, 1919.
W. Stanley Finney has loyally chosen for the scene of his career the city of his birth, and his ancestry and all other evi- dence indicate that his record, in its com- pleted form, will add new lustre to an old and honored name.
(The Betts Line).
The name Bett, or Betts, a contraction of Bettson (Bett's son) is derived from
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Beat, or Beate, from the Latin beatus, blessed, happy. The Betts escutcheon is as follows :
Arms-Sable on a bend argent, three cinquefoils gules ; all within a border engrailed on the scrawl.
Crest-Out of a ducal coronet, gold, on a buck's head gules attired gold.
(I) Thomas Betts was born in 1618, according to some in Hertfordshire and according to others in Smithfield, London. In 1639 he came from England to the American colonies, and was one of the forty original planters of the town of Guilford, Connecticut. The Betts house was taken down in 1895. In November, 1657, Thomas Betts moved to Milford, Connecticut, and in 1660 he purchased land in Norwalk, whither he had re- moved. He sold his land in Guilford, and his landed property in Norwalk was not inconsiderable. He married, probably after coming to America, Mary
and in the census of 1672 is credited with a family of eight children, that being then the largest family in the town. Two years before his death the town voted that he, with two others, should "be seated in the Round Seat," which was a prominent position in the church, the privilege of occupying it being conferred by the town upon those esteemed most worthy of re- spect. Thomas Betts died in Norwalk in 1688. He brought with him from Eng- land a Bible dated 1591, which is still in possession of the family.
(II) Thomas (2) Betts, son of Thomas (1) and Mary Betts, was born in 1644, or 1650, in Guilford, Connecticut, and in 1692 represented the town of Norwalk in the General Assembly, being again chosen in 1694. In that year he became a voter and was afterward selectman and deputy, also serving on town and church commit- tees. He married, January 13, 1680, Sarah Marvin, daughter of Matthew Mar- vin, Jr. Thomas (2) Betts died in 1717.
(III) John Betts, son of Thomas (2) and Sarah (Marvin) Betts, was born July 7, 1684, and in the latter part of his life held the office of justice of the peace. He married, April 13, 1708, Hannah Burwell, daughter of John Burwell, of Greenwich, and through her his children inherited a large estate in the Manor of Hemmel Hampstead, Parish of Barington, Hert- fordshire, England. John Betts died June 7, 1745.
(IV) Silas Betts, son of John and Han- nah (Burwell) Betts, was born December 6, 1718. He married, January 15, 1743, according to some accounts, Elizabeth Lockwood, daughter of Gershom Lock- wood, and according to others, Abigail Smith, daughter of Ezekiel Smith, of Stamford. The death of Silas Betts oc- curred April 29, 1759.
(V) Silas (2) Betts, son of Silas (1) Betts, was born September 1, 1752. He married Sarah - -, whose surname has not come down to us. Silas (2) Betts died in September, 1789.
(VI) Mary Betts, daughter of Silas (2) and Sarah Betts, was born May 22, 1780, and became the wife of Solomon (2) Fin- ney (see Finney V).
CROSBY, Francis Dane,
Dentist, Honored Citizen.
One of the most ancient English sur- names is Crosby. It is derived from Cross, the symbol of Christianity, and the Danish word, by, equivalent to bury or burg. meaning a center of population. It was an early custom to erect crosses by the side of the road, particularly in sec- tions where the settlements were far apart. In this way, as population grew, a town was referred to as the town of the cross which became Cross-by and has become one of the most honored sur- names. In 1204 there was an Ode de
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Crossby, constable of Tikehall in York- shire, near the Nottingham line, and as early as 1220 we find Simon de Crossby in Lancashire. As a Christian name, Simon has continued to the present time and is frequently found on record. The Crossby coat-of-arms is :
Arms-Per chevron sable and argent, three goats passant, counterchanged.
Simon Crossby, the immigrant ances- tor, was born in England, in 1608. He was a husbandman. In April, 1635, he sailed from England in the ship "Susan and Ellen," with his wife, Anne, and son, Thomas. He settled in Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, and was a proprietor there as early as 1635-36; was admitted a freeman and served as selectman. Simon Crossby died in September, 1639. He was the father of three sons, Thomas, Simon and Joseph.
(I) James Crosby, great-grandfather of Dr. Francis D. Crosby, was an early settler in Nova Scotia. He went there in 1777 from Yarmouth, Massachusetts, in company with his two brothers, Lemuel and Theophilus. The latter are listed among the early ship-owners, and the three brothers were leading farmers of Ohio, in the county of Yarmouth. In an old history of Yarmouth county, refer- ence is made to these brothers and of them it states: "Three noble men whose numerous descendants have always oc- cupied high rank."
(II) Knowles Crosby, son of James Crosby, was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where he lived during his lifetime. He was a farmer and acquired consider- able wealth through his industry. Knowles Crosby married Matilda Huc- kins, daughter of Charles Huckins, and they were members of the Baptist church of Yarmouth.
(III) George Crosby, fourth child of Knowles and Matilda (Huckins) Crosby,
was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He was educated in the public schools. While still a boy he went to Boston, Massachusetts, and learned the trade of tanner in a nearby town. Returning to Yarmouth, he went into the shoe manu- facturing business and was one of the first in Nova Scotia to manufacture in the modern way. Mr. Crosby sent wagons all over southern Nova Scotia to sell shoes. He was very successful in this venture and finally became owner of a number of vessels which sailed all over the world and coast-wise to the West Indies. Mr. Crosby was active in the shipping business until within ten or twelve years of his death, which occurred in Los Angeles, California, where he had resided for about five years with his chil- dren. He was a leading citizen of the town of Ohio, Yarmouth county, Nova Scotia, and refused to be a candidate for member in Canadian Parliament.
Mr. Crosby married (second) Septem- ber 17, 1859, Hannah W. Porter, born December 20, 1837, died November 24, 1888, daughter of Joseph B. Porter, an old sea captain (see Porter VII). Mr. and Mrs. George Crosby were the parents of the following children : George Knowles, born September 30, 1860; Wealthy Anne, born February II, 1862; Joseph Porter, born August 31, 1863 ; Alice Maude, born July 17, 1865, married, in 1896, George W. Spurr, of Hartford, Connecticut. All of the above mentioned children live in Los Angeles, California. The others are : Francis Dane, of further mention; Eliza- beth Mary, born August 30, 1873; Jessie Gertrude, born March 25, 1876; Lennie Beatrice, born September 9, 1880.
(IV) Francis Dane Crosby, son of George and Hannah W. (Porter) Crosby, was born September 28, 1868, in Ohio, Nova Scotia. His education was obtained in the public schools of that town, and
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after completing his courses there went to Philadelphia Dental College. In 1892 he was graduated with the degree of D. D. S., and immediately afterward went to the West Indies where he practiced for about six years. In 1896 Dr. Crosby settled in South Norwalk, Connecticut, and has since been successfully engaged in practice there. Dr. Crosby has inher- ited many of the fine traits which were characteristic of his ancestors, and he takes his place among the foremost citi- zens of South Norwalk. Matters of pub- lic interest have always engaged his attention, although he has been at no time desirous of holding office. His pro- fessional duties occupy the major part of his time ; he is one of the oldest practicing dentists of Norwalk and his clientele is a large one. Dr. Crosby's fraternal affili- ations are with the Masonic fraternity. He is a member of Old Well Lodge, No. 108, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Dr. Crosby married Jennie M. Wyman, daughter of Asa Wyman, of Ohio, Nova Scotia, and their children are: Stanley, a resident of Boston ; Dorothy ; Francis, a member of the class of 1922 at the Univer- sity of City of New York; Lawrence ; El- mer. The family are attendants of the Baptist church.
(The Porter Line).
The ancient family of Porter has a rec- ord of nearly three centuries in New Eng- land, and was founded by William de la Grande, a Norman Knight, who accom- panied William the Conqueror to Eng- land and in return for his services was given lands in or near Kenilworth, War- wickshire.
Ralph or Roger, son of William de la Grande, became Grand Porteur to King Henry I., and from his tenure of this high office was derived the family name. The escutcheon of the Porters is as follows:
Arms-Argent, on a fesse sable between bar- rulets or, three bells of the first.
Crest-A portcullis argent chained or. Motto-Vigilantia et virtute.
(I) John Porter, founder of the Ameri- can branch of the family, was born in England, about 1596, and about 1637 is known to have been of Hingham, Mas- sachusetts. Later he removed to Salem, and there passed the remainder of his life. He was a man of prominence in the com- munity, holding high and responsible of- fices, and is said to have been a personal friend of Governor Endicott. John Por- ter married Mary -. His death oc- curred in 1676.
(II) Samuel Porter, son of John and Mary Porter, was born, probably in Eng- land and was a mariner, owning a farm in Wenham, Massachusetts, near Wenham Pond. He married Hannah Dodge, and died about 1660.
(III) John (2) Porter, son of John (I) and Hannah (Dodge) Porter, was born in 1658, and about 1680 moved from Dan- vers to Wenham, Massachusetts. He was a malster, and lived on a farm. Mr. Por- ter married Lydia Herrick. He was an active and influential citizen and lived to the venerable age of ninety-five years, passing away in 1753.
(IV) Nehemiah Porter, son of John (2) and Lydia (Herrick) Porter, was born in 1692, in Wenham, Massachusetts, and was a weaver and a yeoman. He lived on a farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married, in 1717, Hannah Smith, who was a daughter of Hezekiah Smith, of Bev- erly. Nehemiah Smith died in Ipswich in 1784.
(V) Nehemiah (2) Porter, son of Ne- hemiah (1) and Hannah (Smith) Porter, was born March 22, 1720. He early deter- mined to study for the ministry. He graduated from Harvard College, and in 1750 was ordained pastor of the church
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in Chebacco parish, where he remained sixteen years. At the end of that time he went to Nova Scotia where, however, he spent but a few years, returning ere long to Massachusetts and accepting a pastorate in Ashfield, which he retained to the close of his long life. He married (first) January 20, 1749, Rebecca Chip- man, daughter of the Rev. John Chipman, of Beverly, Massachusetts. The Chip- mans were numbered among the old Colo- nial families of the province. Mr. Porter married (second) Elizabeth Nowell, of Boston. During the Revolutionary War he volunteered as chaplain, and always believed that his prayers turned the tide of battle at Saratoga. To his great honor be it recorded that he was strongly anti- slavery. Many anecdotes are related illustrative of his strength of principle, his originality of mind, and his trenchant and ready wit. A gentleman who refused to attend church ended his argument with "I have a right to think as I have a mind to." To which Mr. Porter instantly re- plied, "You have no right to think wrong." On February 29, 1820, this de- voted man "ceased from earth." He had rounded out, in years, very nearly a cen- tury, seventy-five of those years having been spent in the Christian ministry. His character considered from every side is one of the noblest in our history.
(VI) Nehemiah (3) Porter, son of Ne- hemiah (2) and Rebecca (Chipman) Por- ter. was born January 12, 1753. He married, July 18, 1776, Mary Tardy, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
(VII) Joseph Blaney Porter, son of Nehemiah (3) and Mary (Tardy) Porter, was born June 28, 1795. He married, December II, 1817, in Nova Scotia, Eliz- abeth Wyman, daughter of Matthew Wyman. Mr. Porter died April 12, 1859. He was the father of Hannah W. Porter, who became the wife of George Crosby (see Crosby III).
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FAIRBANKS, Joseph Shelley,
Electrical Contractor.
There have been many distinguished men bearing the name of Fairbanks. Nearly all persons in the United States of this name are direct descendants of the immigrant, Jonathan Fairbanks, and there are many who can take a justifiable pride in tracing their lineage back to mothers born to the inheritance. Among the members of this ancient family there have been many who have distinguished them- selves in the professions, in business and in politics, and one has filled the office of vice-president of the United States, an- other has been governor of a State, and many have been notable in the arts and industries, among the latter, Joseph Shel- ley Fairbanks.
The name has been variously spelled. The immigrant often wrote his name Fairbanke and occasionally ffayerbanke. The origin of the name is somewhat com- plicated, it being in the class of "Names derived from localities." An ancient cus- tom was for a family and its members to designate themselves by assuming the location of their home as a surname. This was at a time previous to the adop- tion of surnames, before the thirteenth century. In this manner the name of Atwood was derived. John at the Wood was gradually evolved into its present form. So it is with Fairbanks. Fair in its old English form was fearr and means a roebuck. Bank is the same as now, a mound or bank, and we can readily see that near the home of an early ancestor, the roebuck were accustomed to come to a bank, to drink perhaps, and hunters re- ferred to this bank as fearr-bank, and this name was naturally adopted by the dweller near there, which is now handed down in its present form of Fairbank and Fairbanks.
(I) Jonathan Fairbanks, the ancestor
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of the family, was born before 1600. He came from Sowerby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Boston, Massa- chusetts, in the year 1633, and in 1636 settled in Dedham, Massachusetts, where he first built the noted "Fairbanks House," which is still standing as an an- cient landmark, the oldest dwelling in New England which for the same period of time has been continuously owned and occupied by the builder and his lineal de- scendants. He was one of the earliest settlers of Dedham, which was established in 1636, and signed the covenant, March
23, 1637. Before 1637 Jonathan Fair- banks had been granted at least one of the twelve-acre lots into which the first allot- ment was divided, with four acres of swamp land; in the same year he re- ceived as his proportion of a further allotment four acres of "swamp" land, this additional grant being made on account of the swampy condition of a portion of the first grant. In 1638 he was appointed with others "to measure out those polls of meadow which adjoin to men's lots and to mete out so much meadow in several parcels as is allotted unto them." In 1638 he was allowed six acres more, which was later exchanged for other land, and at other times follow- ing he received various small grants. He was admitted townsman and signed the covenant in 1654. He died in Dedham, December 5, 1668. His wife's name was Grace Lee, and she died October 28, 1673.
(II) Jonathan (2) Fairbanks, youngest son of Jonathan (1) and Grace (Lee) Fairbanks, was born in England, and was admitted a townsman in Dedham, Massa- chusetts, November 1, 1654. He lived there during his life, and died January 28, 1711-12. He was a soldier in King Phil- ip's War, and served in the Mount Hope campaign in 1675. He married Deborah Shepard, daughter of Edward Shepard,
of Cambridge, who came with her father, May 10, 1643.
(III) Jeremiah Fairbanks, son of Jona- than (2) and Deborah (Shepard) Fair- banks, was born November 31, 1674, in Dedham, Massachusetts. He settled in Bristol, Rhode Island, where he died March 28, 1735. He married Mary Pen- field, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Lewis) Penfield, of Taunton, Massa- chusetts, May 14, 1698.
(IV) David Fairbanks, son of Jere- miah and Mary (Penfield) Fairbanks, was born February 7, 1700, in Bristol, Rhode Island. He married (intentions pub- lished, January 6, 1723) Susannah Stacey, of Newport, Rhode Island.
(V) Samuel Fairbanks, son of David and Susannah (Stacey) Fairbanks, born in 1731-32, died May 25, 1794. About 1757 he removed to Ridgefield, Connec- ticut, where he purchased land in 1758. He served in the Revolutionary War, en- listing May 24, 1777, and was discharged February 1, 1778. He married Mehitable Heine.
(VI) David (2) Fairbanks, son of Samuel and Mehitable (Heine) Fair- banks, was born in Ridgefield, Connecti- cut, April 13, 1775. He married (first) April 5, 1795, in Ridgebury, Hannah St. John. He married (second) Sarah Gra- ham.
(VII) Andrew Graham Fairbanks, son of David (2) and Sarah (Graham) Fairbanks, was born in 1810 in Sing Sing, New York, and died May 19, 1873. For many years he was a driver of a stage. He married Sarah Chapin, a native of England.
(VIII) William Henry Fairbanks, son of Andrew Graham and Sarah (Chapin) Fairbanks, was born July 14, 1844, in Portchester, New York. When he was a boy of four years his mother died. At the age of eight he was bound out to a
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farmer, a common custom in those days, to work for his board, clothes and school- ing. He lived with several farmers on these terms, not all of whom performed their obligation in regard to the oppor- tunity to attend school. In spite of all these disadvantages his ambitious spirit was not quenched, and he has made use of every opportunity during a long life- time to acquire knowledge. In August, 1863, he located in Darien, Connecticut, as a young man of nineteen, and for the next fifteen years was employed in farm work. In 1878 he rented a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and during the next three years was a farmer on his own account. At the expiration of his lease, having by his thrift and industry, accu- mulated the means to embark in the dray- age business, he made a success of his venture from the start. As time went on the business grew, and at one period he owned fourteen horses employed in his work and had at times to hire other horses.
On July 8, 1864, Mr. Fairbanks married Catherine Shelley, born in Cheltenham, England, February 24, 1847, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pillou) Shelley. Their children were: Sarah Elizabeth, born August 11, 1867, married, April 9, 1890, Harry M. Hindley, of Darien ; Mary Emily, born August 19, 1869, married, April 3, 1893, Andrew J. Jayne ; William K., born July 18, 1872, died July 16, 1907; John Andrew, born June 15, 1874; Joseph Shelley, of further mention ; Katie Brown, born February 22, 1878, died June 8, 1887 ; Jennie Louise, born May 12, 1885, married William E. Gifford, of Worcester, Mas- sachusetts; Theodore Parker, born De- cember 15, 1887. In July, 1919, Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks celebrated the fifty-fifth anniversary of their marriage, a pleasure accorded to few, and they are still in ex- cellent health, with prospects apparently
of many years more of congenial wedded life. Working together, saving together, sharing life's joys and sorrows, having accumulated a competence, they can find satisfaction in the retrospect of lives well spent. They are both members of St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Noroton.
(IX) Joseph Shelley Fairbanks, son of William Henry and Catherine (Shelley) Fairbanks, was born in Darien, Connecti- cut, April 5, 1876. He was educated in the public schools of that town, and at the age of thirteen went to work. Two years later he entered the employ of the Ameri- can Telegraph and Telephone Company, employed on line work, gradually work- ing his upward way until he became a lineman. After three years experience he was fitted for his next promotion, a posi- tion known as "trouble hunter." For three years he remained in this work, and finding electrical work to his liking he desired to learn everything possible in the way of experience. To this end he went to Denver and accepted a position with the Denver Electric Light Company, later going to Lower California in the interests of the Edison Company. He as- sisted in the erecting of the largest ten- sion wire in that part of the State. About 1897 he returned to the East and worked for the Fisher's Island Electric Light Company. Here he received reward for his years of earnest work and careful at- tention to all the details of his trade. He was placed in charge and installed the plant at Fisher Island. The building of the lines and the setting up of the ma- chinery in the power house was under the direct supervision of Mr. Fairbanks. For three years he remained as superintendent and in 1904 removed to Stamford, Con- necticut, where he accepted a position in charge of the electrical work of the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company. An- other year found him in New York City
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