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its president. He was a prime factor in the movement which resulted in the founding of the Dime Savings Bank, of which he was a trustee until his death. He was also a director of the Manufacturers' Na- tional Bank and was its president at the time of his death. In 1854 Mr. Frisbie made his entrance into public life in Wa- terbury, as the representative of his dis- trict in the Connecticut State Legislature. From this time forward he took an active and influential part in the official affairs of Waterbury, serving in various public offices, and lending his support continu- ously to all movements which had for their end the betterment of civic condi- tions. In 1872 he was reelected to the Legislature. Mr. Frisbie was also a mem- ber of the Board of Selectmen before the incorporation of Waterbury as a city. Under the city government he served as a member of the City Council, and as a member of numerous boards and commit- tees. He was a member of the Board of Assessors and justice of the peace for many years. Mr. Frisbie was a democrat of the Jeffersonian school, and until his death was a prominent leader in the coun- cils of his party. In religious belief he was an Episcopalian; when St. John's Parish was divided and Trinity Parish formed, he became a vestryman in the newly-established church and was later one of its wardens. Despite the varied and insistent nature of his public service and his business and financial interests, Mr. Frisbie was essentially a home-lover, finding his greatest enjoyment at his own fireside. His home was the center of a wide and cultured circle of friends. A man of deep sympathies, sincere in his purpose and steadfast in his attachments, Mr. Frisbie's friends were legion, and his death caused genuine sorrow among hun- dreds.
On February II, 1850, Mr. Frisbie mar-
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ried (first) Hannah A. Welton, daughter of Hershel Welton, of Wolcott; she died July 10, 1857. Two of their four children died in infancy; two attained majority. Children: I. Mary A., who became the wife of Ellis Phelan. 2. Edward Laurens, a resident of Waterbury.
Mr. Frisbie married (second) Josephine Deming, daughter of Abner Deming, of Derby; she died October 14, 1872, leav- ing one daughter, Josephine. On October 2, 1884, Mr. Frisbie married (third) Emily J. Welton, daughter of George Wales and Mary (Graham) Welton, of Waterbury (see Welton VII). Mrs. Frisbie is a member of the Melicent Porter Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, holding a life membership in the chapter. She is also a member of the Woman's Club, and was at one time its president, the third woman to hold the office. She has long been active in the benevo- lent and philanthropic efforts of Trinity Church, and has been a generous donor to all such endeavors in Waterbury. Mrs. Frisbie is widely and eminently known in the more conservative social circles of the city. Edward Laurens Frisbie died at his home in Waterbury, April 13, 1909.
(The Welton Line).
Arms-Argent, a mullet gules, on a chief of the second a demi-lion rampant of the field.
Crest-A demi-lion rampant argent, guttée de sang.
The surname Welton, of local origin, and therefore of ancient date, appears in medieval English registers of as early date as the Hundred Rolls, 1273, where we find the entry-Roger de Weltone- for County Bedford. Parishes of the name flourished in the thirteenth century in Counties Oxford, Lincoln, Northants, and in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The particle "de" was eventually dropped, and
the name in its present form has figured in English life and affairs for over seven hundred years.
The American Weltons, distinctively a Connecticut family, comprise the progeny of one John Welton, an Englishman of substance, whose descendants have played notable parts in the public, professional, and business life of Connecticut Colony and Commonwealth for two and a half centuries. The line of ancestry traced herein is that of the late George Wales Welton, one of the organizers of the Wa- terbury Brass Company, and one of the leading business men of Waterbury in the middle decades of the last century.
(I) John Welton, immigrant ancestor and progenitor, was, according to family tradition, originally a resident of Say- brook, whence he removed early to Farm- ington. Here he was one of the pioneer settlers, and in 1672 was one of the eighty- four proprietors of the town. In 1674 he was a signer of the articles of agreement. John Welton shared in all the allotments except the first, and was probably in Mat- tatuck as early as 1679. Here he was one of the twenty-five who pledged them- selves to pay the salary of Mr. Peck, the first minister. In 1691 he was a member of the local militia, with the rank of cor- poral. In 1708 he was selectman, and for eight years, between 1698 and 1714, filled the office of town constable. He lived on the south side of West Main Street. His house lot, containing two acres, was bounded on the east by land of Thomas Judd, Jr., west by land of Abraham An- druss, Sr., and north and south by the highway. John Welton married Mary -; she died October 18, 1716. They were the parents of eleven children, six of whom were born in Farmington before the removal of the family to Waterbury. John Welton died June 18, 1726; his son
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George was administrator of the estate. He was one of the leading men of the early settlement at Waterbury.
(II) Richard Welton, son of John and Mary Welton, was born September 27, 1679, and is reputed to have been the first child of English parents born in Water- bury. In May, 1699, and in 1723, he became a townsman. He was apparently a car- penter by trade and was also a sergeant of militia. He first bought the house and a lot of three acres on the corner of Grove and Willow streets of his brother Stephen, for which he gave "a horse and a young stear and a parcel of timber," on August I, 1703. In 1711, "in consideration of a two year old heffer," he conveyed the land (no mention is made of the house) to John Scovill. In 1708 he had purchased the house of Joseph Gaylord, Jr., in Buckshill, and removed there. Richard Welton mar- ried Mary Upson, daughter of Stephen Upson.
(III) Richard Welton, son of Richard and Mary (Upson) Welton, was born in Waterbury, January 5, 1701. He was a prosperous landowner and farmer. On November 3, 1724, he married Anne Fen- ton, (see Fenton II). He died January II, 1766.
(IV) Captain John Welton, son of Richard and Anne (Fenton) Welton, was born January 26, 1726-27, in Waterbury, Connecticut. He was a farmer of Buck- shill. From an early period he was a prominent member of the Episcopal So- ciety, and held the office of senior warden. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War he espoused the cause of the col- onies, became a moderate Whig, and was confided in by the friends of Colonial in- dependence. In 1784 he was appointed a justice of the peace, and the same year was elected to the Legislature, of which he was a useful and much respected mem-
ber for fifteen sessions. It is said that few men were listened to with more deference than he. He died January 22, 1816. John Welton married, January 5, 1758, Dorcas Hickcox (see Hickcox IV).
(V) Richard Fenton Welton, son of Captain John and Dorcas (Hickcox) Wel- ton, was born April 17, 1767. On reach- ing manhood he removed to the center of the town, and lived on East Main Street, near the west end of the lot on which the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception stands. His lot was bounded on the west by land of James Scovil's, the division line being about where the west line of Phoenix Alley now is. About 1803 he established a general merchandise busi- ness, in a store which he owned on the corner of East and South Main streets. About 1810, his health failing, he gave up his business, and returned to Buckshill, where he purchased a small farm. In 1817 he disposed of this and removed to a farm near the present residence of Hiram E. Welton. Richard F. Welton married (first) Sarah Anna Hickcox. He married (second) Anna Porter (see Porter V). Children: I. Caroline. 2. George Wales, of whom further. 3. Joseph C.
(VI) George Wales Welton, son of Richard Fenton and Anna (Porter) Wel- ton, was born in the old Welton home- stead on East Main Street, Waterbury, August 26, 1809. After preparatory stud- ies in the Buckshill School, he entered the Waterbury Academy. On completing his studies, he turned to agricultural pur- suits, and until 1845 was engaged success- fully in extensive farming operations. In the latter year he was one of the prime movers in the formation of the now fa- mous Waterbury Brass Company, and until 1857 filled the position of superin- tendent of the company's plants. In 1857 he became superintendent of the Holmes,
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Booth & Hayden's plant, and served in this capacity for thirteen years. Through- out this period he was a leading figure in the manufacturing circles of Waterbury, a man whose judgment and ability were eagerly sought and highly respected. Mr. Welton was one of the founders of the Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Com- pany, and a member of its board of direc- tors until his death. He was also a stock- holder in the Oakville Pin Company.
George Wales Welton stands out pre- dominantly from the ranks of those men who directed the first industrial and com- mercial growth of the city of Waterbury, and laid the foundation for its present commanding position in the manufactur- ing life of New England. He was a man of long vision, cognizant of the resources of his native city, and ambitious for its development. Every public movement for the advancement of civic interests had his interested support. He remained aloof from politics, however.
On September II, 1837, Mr. Welton married (first) in Waterbury, Harriet Mi- nor, daughter of Archibald Minor, of Wol- cott, Connecticut. Child : Harriet Minor, who became the wife of Leverett D. Kinea, of Thomaston, Connecticut.
On December 22, 1840, Mr. Welton married (second) Mary Graham, who was born in Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of Cyrus Graham (see Graham III). Chil- dern : I. Mary Elizabeth, became the wife of George E. Bissell, the noted sculp- tor; they have five children: i. George Welton, dean of the Michigan State Col- lege at Lansing. ii. Isabella Graham, at home. iii. Harry Johnson. iv. Joseph Welton, died in childhood. v. Percy R., United States Army. 2. Emily J., men- tioned below. 3. Ellen Caroline, who mar- ried James E. Coer, of Waterbury. 4. George Richard, now deceased; married
Nellie C. Webster, of Thomaston; their daughter, Gertrude Webster Welton, is a graduate of St. Margaret's School, of Wellesley College, and the medical de- partment of the University of Michigan. Miss Welton is now a well known physi- cian of New York City, and is in charge of the X-ray department of the Polyclinic Hospital, of New York. 5. Child, who died in infancy.
(VII) Emily J. Welton, daughter of George Wales and Mary (Graham) Wel- ton, was born in Waterbury, Connecti- cut, August 27, 1845. She married, Octo- ber 2, 1884, Edward Laurens Frisbie, of Waterbury (see Frisbie VI).
(The Graham Line).
Arms-Quarterly, Ist and 4th or, on a chief sable three escallops of the first, for Graham; 2nd and 3rd argent, three roses gules, barbed and seeded proper, for the title of Montrose.
Crest-A falcon proper, beaked and armed or, killing a stork argent, beaked and membered gules. Motto-N'oubliez. (Do not forget.)
Few families, says Sir Walter Scott, can boast of greater historic renown than that of Graham. Great obscurity and numer- ous fables invest the origin of the name, yet even Sir Robert Douglas repeats the old story that the Grahams are descended from the famous warrior, Robert Graham, who with his men breached the Roman wall in 420 and won it the name of Graham's Dyke in the time of Fergus II. (Graham's Dyke is still the local name for the Roman fortified frontier, consisting of rampart, forts and road, which ran across the narrow isthmus of Scotland from the Firth of Clyde and formed the northern boundary of Roman Britain.) The first authentic appearance of the name in Scot- tish history occurs circa 1143-47, when William of Graham was one of the wit- nesses of David I to the Holyrood Char- ter. In this entry the name is spelled
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De Graeme, which would indicate a local origin. The descendants of this progen- itor form one of the largest and most distinguished families in Scotland. They possess the dukedom, marquisates, and earldom of Montrose; marquisate of Graham and Buchanan; earldoms of Airth, Kincardine, Monteith, and Strath- ern ; viscountcies of Dundas, Dundee and Preston; lordships of Aberuthven, Kil- point, etc; barony of Esk, etc.
The American families of the name de- scend from several unrelated progenitors. Connecticut and Massachusetts boast many distinguished Graham families. Tradition has it that the Grahams of Con- necticut descend from three brothers. One of the first of the name to settle within the limits of the colony was Benjamin Graham, of Hartford. Several members of the family rendered valiant service dur- ing the American Revolution. Mrs. Emily J. (Welton) Frisbie, widow of the late Edward L. Frisbie, of Waterbury, Con- necticut (see Frisbie VI), descends ma- ternally from the Graham family.
(I) Jesse Graham, great-grandfather of Mrs. Frisbie, was born in 1761, and was but fifteen years of age on the outbreak of the American Revolution. He enlisted as a drummer-boy, however, and his name appears on the payroll of the Fourth Con- necticut Regiment, Colonel Zebulon But- ler commanding, as having received pay from January I, 1781, to December 31, 1781. His name again appears on the Census of Pensions, as returned under Act for Taking the Sixth Census in 1840, at which time he was a resident of Chath- am, in Middlesex County, and was sev- enty-nine years old. Jesse Graham was a farmer and well-known resident of Chatham for several decades. He mar- ried, and among his children was Cyrus, mentioned below.
(II) Cyrus Graham, son of Jesse Graham, was a well-known resident of West Hartford, Connecticut. He married Fanny Curtis, and they were the parents of Mary, mentioned below.
(III) Mary Graham, daughter of Cyrus and Fannie (Curtis) Graham, was born May 18, 1817, and died February 13, 1892. She married, December 22, 1840, George Wales Welton, of Waterbury, Connecti- cut (see Welton VI).
(IV) Emily J. Welton, daughter of George Wales and Mary (Graham) Wel- ton, became the wife of the late Edward Laurens Frisbie, of Waterbury (see Fris- bie VI).
(The Wakelee Line).
Arms-Argent, on a cross sable five lions ram- pant or.
Crest-A lion rampant or, in the dexter paw a tulip gules slipped vert.
The origin of this surname is seen in the Anglo-Saxon waecan or waeccan, meaning to watch. This took a diminu- tive form in the eighth century in the early Teutonic as Wachilo, which became Wakley, Weekly, Wakelin, and Wakelen. Wakley and Weekly appear in Devon- shire and Kent, respectively. Waklyn, Wakelyn and Wakelen appear in Derby- shire and Northampton. Hugh Waklyn, of Eden in Devonshire, lived in the fif- teenth century and in Sutton Hundred in Northamptonshire. Thomas Wakelin ap- pears as early as 1375. Thomas Wakely, of Devonshire, was a member of Parlia- ment for Navan, in that shire in 1585.
(I) Henry Wakelyn or Wakelee, as the name was afterwards written, held land in Hartford, Connecticut, and was one of the first settlers of Stratford, appearing there before 1650. He held home lot No. 15 on Main Street in Stratford. His wife was a widow when she married him, as Henry Wakelyn was administrator to the
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estate of his wife's other husband, May 15, 1650. He is called of Hartford. His wife's name was Sarah, and she was liv- ing in 1711. Henry Wakelee died in 1689; his will was probated July II, 1689. Chil- dren: I. Deliverance, married, Decem- ber 13, 1678, Hannah Nash. 2. James, of whom further. 3. Jacob, married Han- nah Peet. 4. Patience, married Timothy Titterton. 5. Abigail, born in 1666, mar- ried John Beardsley. 6. Mary, married a Stevens. 7. Mercy.
(II) James Wakelee, son of Henry and Sarah Wakelee, of Stratford, Connecticut, was born about 1658, and died about 1710. He married (second) Hannah Griffin, February 26, 1701-02. Children : 1. James, born December 28, 1688. 2. Joseph, bap- tized in June, 1689. 3. Henry, born May 15, 1691. 4. Ebenezer, of whom further. 5. Hannah, married, in 1728, Nehemiah Allen.
(III) Ebenezer Wakelee, son of James Wakelee, removed to Wolcott, Connecti- cut, which was at that time called "Big Plains." He was one of the earliest set- tlers there, and held considerable property in the town. He married Elizabeth Nich- ols, daughter of Joseph Nichols, of Water- bury, Connecticut. Children: I. David, married, February 21, 1788, Mary Parker. 2. Elizabeth, of whom further. 3. Sarah, married, November 20, 1777, Josiah Barnes.
(IV) Elizabeth Wakelee, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Nichols) Wake- lee, married, in 1769, Reuben Frisbie, son of Elijah Frisbie (see Frisbie III).
(The Hill Line).
Arms-Gules, two bars ermine, in chief, a lion passant or.
Crest-A lion passant or, holding in the dexter paw a cross gules.
Hill is one of the oldest of English sur- names, and can be said to have been de-
rived from two sources. The first is "hill," a derivation characteristic of a lo- cality; secondly, it can be said that it came from the old Norman hild, which means war or strife. Early records in the fourteenth century speak of Geoffrey de Hil; and Sir Rowland Hill was Lord Mayor of London in 1492.
(I) Robert Hill, a member of this large and noted family, embarked from Eng- land, July 14, 1635, in the ship "Defence," Edmund Bostocke, master, sailing from Boston, Massachusetts. He is called twenty years old at this date, and was in the service of Craddock, Governor of Mas- sachusetts Bay Colony. He was in Bos- ton until 1638, and at that time removed to the new colony of New Haven, Con- necticut, where he was one of the earliest settlers. He was a signer of the compact, June 4, 1639, and is recorded as having inventoried his brother's (John Hill) es- tate in 1647. He died in August, 1663. He married (second), in 1662, Adeline, widow of Robert Johnson. Children: I. Abiah, baptized January 23, 1648; died young. 2. John, of whom further. 3. Han- nah, born January 18; baptized January 23, 1653. 4. Ebenezer, baptized August 12, 1655; married Mercy Brooks, in 1677. 5. Nathaniel, born May 22, 1659; died young.
(II) John Hill, son of Robert Hill, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, June 10, 1651, and was baptized January 12, 1652. He married Hannah Grannis, daughter of Edward and Hannah (Wakefield) Gran- nis, January 12, 1681. Children: I. Abi- gail, born December 24, 1681. 2. Sarah, born January 29, 1684. 3. John, born No- vember 5, 1687. 4. Mehitable, born in August, 1690. 5. Obadiah, of whom fur- ther. 6. Stephen, born December, 1702.
(III) Obadiah Hill, son of John and Hannah (Grannis) Hill, was born in New
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Haven, Connecticut, October, 1697. He was living in 1755. He married Hannah Frost, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Tuttle) Frost, who was born in June, 1706. Children: I. Eunice, born March 28, 1731. 2. Sarah, born May 20, 1732. 3. Mary, born October 5, 1733. 4. Lieuten- ant Jared, of whom further.
(IV) Lieutenant Jared Hill, son of Oba- diah and Hannah (Frost) Hill, was born in North Haven, Connecticut, August 10, 1736. He was a private in the French and Indian War and was a lieutenant in the Revolution. He removed to Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1784, and purchased a farm on East Mountain. He died April 20, 1816. He married Eunice Tuttle, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Mansfield) Tuttle, who lived to be very old, and died in 1829, aged ninety years (born in 1739). She was a person of rare qualities of head and heart, distinguished for her beauty and courage (see Tuttle V). Children : I. Obadiah. 2. Charles, died in Cheshire, Connecticut. 3. Hannah, married Thomas Welton. 4. Eunice, of whom further. 5. Jared. 6. David. 7. Samuel Mansfield. 8. Lydia, baptized July 6, 1796. 9. Sam- uel, baptized July 6, 1796. And other children.
(V) Eunice Hill, daughter of Lieuten- ant Jared and Eunice (Tuttle) Hill, mar- ried Daniel Frisbie (see Frisbie IV).
(The Culver Line).
Crest-A dexter cubit arm holding in the hand a club proper underneath the crest an empty shield argent.
This patronymic is derived from the word Colver, meaning a pigeon or dove. The name, although not very numerous in England, appears there in the early six- teenth century. William Culvere is an early name mentioned in the Hundred Rolls.
(I) Edward Colver, the Puritan foun-
der of this family, emigrated to this coun- try with John Winthrop, the younger son of the Governor John Winthrop. He was a member of the Massachusetts Bay Col- ony in 1635 and settled in Dedham, Mas- sachusetts. He participated in King Phil- ip's War. He removed to Roxbury be- tween 1644 and 1648, and finally to Mystic, Connecticut. He died there in 1685, aged about eighty-five years. He married, in Dedham, Massachusetts, September 19, 1638, Ann, daughter of John Ellis. Chil- dren : 1. John, born April 15, 1640; bap- tized September 19, 1641, at Dedham, Massachusetts. 2. Joshua, of whom fur- ther. 3. Samuel, born January 9, 1644; baptized January 29, 1644. 4. Joseph, bap- tized at Dedham, September 20, 1646. 5. Gershom, baptized at Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, December 3, 1648. 6. Infant daughter, baptized at Roxbury, April II, 1652. 7. Edward, Jr., born about 1654.
(II) Joshua Colver, son of Edward and Ann (Ellis) Colver, was born at Dedham, Massachusetts, January 12, 1642. He died at Wallingford, Connecticut, April 23, 1713. He married, December 23, 1672, Elizabeth Ford, daughter of Timothy Ford. Children: I. Elizabeth, born Oc- tober 7, 1673; died May 2, 1676. 2. Ann, born May 15, 1677; died September 8, 1677. 3. Elizabeth, born August 21, 1678; died April 19, 1704. 4. Joshua, born Sep- tember 21, 1684. 5. Samuel, of whom further. 6. Abigail, born December 26, 1686. 7. Sarah, born January 23, 1688. 8. Ephraim, born September 7, 1692.
(III) Samuel Culver (as this line uses the name), son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Ford) Colver, was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, September 21, 1684, twin with his brother Joshua. He died July 4, 1750. He married (first) Sarah, who died January 18, 1727; and (second), January 3, 1728, Ruth Sedgwick. Children (by
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first marriage) : 1. Elizabeth, born Febru- ary 12, 1715; married (first) Isaac Brack- ett ; (second) Daniel Frisbie, May 4, 1748. 2. Sarah, born December 23, 1716; mar- ried, June 18, 1740, Moses Cook; died at Waterbury, Connecticut, January 4, 1760. 3. Abigail, of whom further. 4. Esther, born March 17, 1721 ; died May 5, 1741. 5. Caleb, born February 18, 1723. 6. Enoch, born January 30, 1725. 7. Eben- ezer, born December 9, 1726. Children (by second marriage) : 8. Samuel, born September 25, 1728; served in the Revo- lution. 9. Anna, born October 3, 1732; married, December 25, 1751, Stephen Cook. She died December 10, 1769.
(IV) Abigail Culver, daughter of Sam- uel and Sarah Culver, was born December 17, 1718. She married Elijah Frisbie (see Frisbie II).
(The Tuttle Line).
Arms-Azure, on a bend doubly cotised argent a lion passant, sable.
Crest-On a mount vert, a bird, proper, in the beak a branch of olive, fruited, or.
Motto-Pax.
The derivation of this name is seen in very ancient application of tot and tut, which was evolved from Teutates, the name of a Celtic God. The root may be seen in the Greek theos, or deity. The combination of tut with hill, to form Tut- hill; or "the hill of God" has been applied to certain hills and places in England. Examples are Tutnall, Tetnall, and Tar- tenhill. Tuthill, or Tuttle, as a patro- nymic, is thus traced back in this manner, and is truly a grand old name. Tuthill, Tuttil, Tutoll, Tottle, Tuttle, Tatyle, Totehall, etc., are some of the varieties under which it presents itself.
The English Tothills lived in Devon, beginning with the fifteenth century. Geoffrey Tothill was alderman of Exeter ; one branch of the family was related to
the Drake family, a member of which was Sir Francis Drake, of explorer fame.
(I) William Tuttle, the ancestor of this Tuttle family, came to Boston, Mas- sachusetts, in July, 1635. He was desig- nated by the appellation of Mr., removed from Boston in 1638 to Quinnipiac, and thence, in 1641, to Hartford, Connecticut. He died in June, 1673, and his widow was granted the administration of his estate. He married Elizabeth, who died Decem- ber 30, 1684, aged seventy-two years. Children : 1. John, of whom further. 2. Hannah, born in England, in 1632-33; married (first) in 1649, John Pantrey; married (second) June 23, 1654, Thomas Wells, Jr. 3. Thomas, born in England, in 1634-35; married, May 24, 1661, Hannah Powell. 4. Jonathan, baptized in Charles- town, Massachusetts, July 8, 1637; mar- ried Rebecca Bell. 5. David, baptized in Charlestown, Massachusetts, April 7, 1639. He died unmarried in 1693. 6. Joseph, baptized in New Haven, Connect- icut, November 22, 1640; married, May 2, 1667, Hannah Munson. 7. Sarah, bap- tized in New Haven, in April, 1642; mar- ried, November 22, 1663, John Slauson. 8. Elizabeth, baptized in New Haven, No- vember 9, 1645; married, November 19, 1667, Richard Edwards. 9. Simon, bap- tized March 28, 1647. 10. Benjamin, bap- tized October 29, 1648; died (s. p.) June 13, 1677. II. Mercy, born April 27, bap- tized May 19, 1650; married, May 2, 1667, Samuel Brown. 12. Nathaniel, baptized February 29, 1652; married, August 10, 1682, Sarah Howe.
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