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Mr. Mason married, May 3, 1888, at Bristol, Alice M. Dunbar, born in that town, April 3, 1868, daughter of Win- throp W. and Sarah A. (Wheeler) Dun- bar. Mr. and Mrs. Mason were the par- ents of three children: I. Florence F., born at Bristol, July 14, 1889, married Leander W. Rockwell, son of Albert F. Rockwell, of Bristol. 2. Anna D., born June II, 1893, wife of Herbert A. Marom, of Meriden, Connecticut. 3. Carlos H., born September 25, 1900.
KELLOGG, Henry Laurens, Agriculturist.
For several generations the Kellogg family was established in what is now the town of Newington (previous to 1871 Newington Parish of Wethersfield). The family is a very old one in Wethersfield, beginning with Lieutenant Joseph Kel- logg, and tracing in England to Phillipe Kellogg, of Bocking, County Essex, a parish adjoining Braintree. The surname Kellogg, found in England in the six- teenth century, is a place name, derived from two Gaelic words meaning lake and cemetery. In January, 1525, Nicholas Kellogg was taxed in Debden, County Essex, and at the same time William Kellogg was also on the tax list. The
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name is found with a multitude of spell- ings, using both K and C as the initial, and many families of the name were found in Great Leigh and Braintree, Essex.
Nicholas Kellogg, above mentioned, born about 1488, was buried in Debden, May 17, 1558. His wife, Florence, daugh- ter of William Hall, was buried there, November 8, 1571.
Their son, Thomas Kellogg, who lived in Debden, was probably the ancestor of the American immigrant.
Phillipe Kellogg was in Bocking, Es- sex, where his son, Thomas, was baptized September 15, 1583. He was later in Great Leigh, where a child was buried in 16II.
His son, Martyn Kellogg, baptized No- vember 23, 1595, in Great Leigh, was a weaver and cloth worker, living in that parish, and in Braintree. He married, at St. Michael's, Bishop's Stortford, Hert- fordshire, September 24, 1621, Prudence Bird, whom he survived.
They were the parents of Lieutenant Joseph Kellogg, who was baptized April I, 1626, at Great Leigh, and settled in Farmington, Connecticut, where he was living in 1651. He sold his home lot in 1655, removed about two years later to Boston, and in 1659 purchased a dwelling house on the street leading to Roxbury. The lot is now occupied by the "Adver- tiser" building on Washington street, Boston. His purchase price was the equivalent of seven hundred dollars. He sold this property in 1668, and removed to Hadley, Massachusetts, where he made an agreement with the town in that year to keep a ferry to Northampton. He built his house on a lot which had been reserved by the town for a ferry lot, and was given leave to entertain travelers. In 1677 the town voted him £40 for ferry- age for soldiers and the loss of his team,
which had been impressed for the Col- onial service. His son, John, and grand- son, John, continued to keep the ferry until 1758. For many years Joseph Kel- logg was a selectman of Hadley, and he served on various important committees, was a sergeant of the Military Company in 1663, ensign, 1678, and lieutenant from October of that year until 1692. As ser- geant, he was in command of the Hadley Troop at the famous Turner's Falls Fight, May 18, 1675. His wife, Joanna, who probably accompanied him from England, died in Hadley, September 14, 1666.
Their fourth son, Martin Kellogg, was born November 22, 1658, in Boston, and lived in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where he was one of the victims of the Indian massacre during Queen Anne's War. Over forty of the inhabitants were killed, and one hundred and twelve of both sexes and all ages were carried into captivity by the Indians, including Martin Kellogg and four of his children. His wife took refuge in the cellar where she concealed her infant son and hid herself under a tub. The cries of the infant attracted the attention of the Indians, who quickly dis- patched it, and sat down upon the tub under which the agonized mother was lying to regale themselves on food found in the cellar. After the departure of the Indians, she ran two miles through the deep snow, with bare feet, to the house . used as a fort, the only building in the town not captured by the Indians. Mar- tin Kellogg was one of the fifty-seven survivors who were redeemed from cap- tivity and returned to Deerfield. He mar- ried, December 10, 1684, Anne Hinsdale, born February 22, 1667, died July 19, 1689, daughter of Samuel and Mehitable (John- son) Hinsdale, of Hadley.
Martin Kellogg, eldest child of Martin and Anne (Hinsdale) Kellogg, was born October 26, 1686, in Deerfield, and was
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among the captives taken to Canada. After his redemption, he became a famous Indian fighter, noted for his interpidity and sagac- ity. He was twice captured by the Indians and suffered great hardships, but after- ward became very useful as Indian agent and interpreter to the six nations. The Massachusetts Colony voted him on two occasions sums which amounted to £35 to reimburse him for losses and hardships endured in the service of the colony. He died November 13, 1753, in what is now Newington. He married, January 13, 1716, in Wethersfield, Dorothy Chester, of that town, born September 5, 1692, died September 26, 1754, daughter of Stephen and Jemima (Treat) Chester.
Their eldest son, Martin Kellogg, was born August 2, 1718, in Wethersfield, where he was captain of the militia, a wealthy and influential citizen, and died December 7, 1791. He married, July I, 1742, Mary Boardman, born September 19, 1719, died April 8, 1803, daughter of Lieutenant Richard and Sarah (Camp) Boardman.
General Martin Kellogg, son of Martin and Mary (Boardman) Kellogg, was born July 24, 1781, in Wethersfield, where he lived through life. He was a large land- holder and sheep raiser, and engaged in cloth manufacture; he was the owner of five hundred acres of land. He was pop- ular and prominent in the militia, a faith- ful attendant and worshiper at the Con- gregational church, and died November 23, 1868, at the age of eighty-seven years. He married, in November, 1818, Mary Welles, born February 13, 1789, died April 24, 1865, daughter of General Roger and Jemima (Kellogg) Welles, who re- ceive mention elsewhere, in connection with the Welles family. Jemima Kel- logg was a daughter of Captain Martin and Mary (Boardman) Kellogg, born Au- gust 23, 1757.
Henry Laurens Kellogg, third son of General Martin and Mary (Welles) Kel- logg, was born January 31, 1819, in New- ington, and died June 3, 1895. He en- gaged extensively in farming, was for some years a member of the firm of Dick- inson & Kellogg, dry goods dealers in Hartford, and was a member of the firm of Martin Kellogg & Son, later H. L. Kel- logg, manufacturers of stockings and satinet, on Piper's brook, at Newington Junction. Besides his purchase of wool for his own use, he bought largely in the West, on commission. His last years were devoted entirely to agriculture. A good business man, his counsel was often sought by others. At the age of nine years he began singing in the choir of the Congregational church at Newington, and for many years led the choir until old age compelled him to abandon it. He possessed a remarkable tenor voice and was thoroughly master of it. A staunch Republican in principle, he was not blindly partisan, and was called upon to fill various local offices. He was a mem- ber of the Sons of the American Revolu- tion. In 1859 he represented his town in the Legislature. He was actively inter- ested in town and church affairs. He married (first), April 24, 1849, Julia A. Gardiner, born 1818, in Waterford, Con- necticut, died February, 1864. He mar- ried (second), February 6, 1866, Laura Kellogg Camp, daughter of Homer and Delia (Whittlesey) Camp, of Newington, who survives him.
Henry Laurens Kellogg, son of Henry Laurens and Julia A. (Gardiner) Kellogg, was born January 14, 1859, in Newington, in the house his father built, and was edu- cated in the local schools and the New Britain and Hartford high schools. He very early had turned his attention to agriculture, continuing to till the paternal homestead, which embraces about one
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hundred and seventy-five acres. By his industry and thrift he has prospered and is recognized among the most substantial farmers of his native town. Mr. Kellogg and his entire family are affiliated with the Congregational church of Newington, and he is a charter member of Newington Grange, and member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. Kellogg is interested in the welfare and progress of his home town, and has served in various capacities, such as collector of taxes, member of the Board of Relief, select- man, and as school committeeman of the North District, and after consolidation of the town schools was a member of the Town Board. He is independent of parti- san bias, though he acts usually with the Republican party. On his farm are located several houses, and he is an extensive owner of valuable real estate in the sec- tion known as Newington Junction. From boyhood he has been a singer in the church choir, and chorister, now as- sistant chorister, of the Sunday school. For many years he was clerk of the Ec- clesiastical Society, and assistant super- intendent of the Sabbath school. For fif- teen years he has acted as local corre- spondent of the Hartford "Times," a successor of his talented wife.
Mr. Kellogg married, May 31, 1893, Frances Harriett Kirkham, born Septem- ber 17, 1860, died December 18, 1903, daughter of Hon. John S. and Harriet S. (Atwood) Kirkham, of Newington. They were the parents of four children: Har- riet Atwood, born April 17, 1894; Julia Gardiner, December 14, 1895; Frances Kirkham, August 13, 1897; Laura Camp, January 27, 1901.
The Kirkham family is an old and prominent one in England, having a seat in Blagdon, and still more anciently located at Ashcombe, under Haldon Hill. In the time of Henry III. the family was
in possession of this property, and prob- ably much earlier, and continued as lords of the manor four hundred years after the time of Henry. By intermarriage with noble and distinguished families, they came into high position, and two mem- bers of the family filled the office of high sheriff of Devonshire, the last being Sir John Kirkham, high sheriff in 1523. He appropriated large revenues to the sup- port of the chapel in Honiton, and was buried in the aisle of the south side of the parish church of Parington. The progen- itor of the family in America was Thomas Kirkham, who settled in Wethersfield as early as 1640. Henry Kirkham, a grand- son of Henry Kirkham, was born in Wethersfield, September 1, 1728, and was the father of John Kirkham, the Revolu- tionary soldier. He was the father of William Kirkham, born March 19, 1788, in Newington Parish, and married, No- vember 30, 1815, Sophia Leffiingwell. He was a clothier in early life, and for thirty years was a teacher in Newington, Weth- ersfield, Farmington, Hartford, Windsor, and Springfield, Massachusetts. He died October 6, 1868. His wife, born July 27, 1796, survived him more than twelve years, and died November 14, 1880. Their son, John Stoddard Kirkham, was born April 6, 1826, in Newington, reared on the paternal farm, and was educated in the Springfield High School and the New- ington Academy. He was one of the pioneer band of Argonauts, organized in Hartford, in 1849, which purchased a ves- sel and made the voyage around Cape Horn to California, arriving there Octo- ber 6. In 1850 Mr. Kirkham was chosen a member of the Board of Managers, and also clerk of Eldorado county. His capi- tal before starting for California was $500.00, and he returned home at the end of two years with $100.00, remaining henceforward. He lived on the old home-
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stead, was a very substantial farmer, and died February 8, 1918. He was one of the most prominent and useful citizens of the town, and filled varied official sta- tions. From 1855 until his death he was justice of the peace. On the organization of the town of Newington in 1871, Mr. Kirkham was chosen town clerk, and with the exception of three years filled that station for a quarter of a century. From 1860 to 1898, he was a member of the Board of School Visitors, and during most of the time acting visitor. He was superintendent of the Congregational Sunday school several years. For ten years he was treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture, was a staunch defender of the rights of the farmer, and a leading spirit in the local and State granges, fill- ing the office of chaplain in the latter organization. He was a charter member of Newington Grange and served as mas- ter. Until the free silver campaign in 1896, he was active in promoting the in- terests of the Democratic party. In 1878 he represented Newington in the Lower House of the State Assembly, and ten years later was elected Senator from the Second Senatorial District. For many years, down to his death, he was clerk of the Congregational church in Newing- ton, and throughout his life was respected for his sound judgment, self-reliance, and strong, executive ability. He married Prudence Atwood, daughter of Josiah and Prudence (Kellogg) Atwood, who died in 1882. Their eldest child, Frances Har- riet Kirkham, born September 17, 1860, became the wife of Henry Laurens Kel- logg, as previously noted.
LADEN, Michael R., Physician.
Foremost among the prominent physi- cians of the city of Hartford, Connecticut,
Dr. Michael R. Laden was born in Wal- lingford, that State, February II, 1874, son of James C. and Cecelia (McGrath) Laden, and died in Hartford, August 2, 1917.
The elementary education of Dr. Laden was received in the local and high schools of Wallingford, where he prepared for entrance to the medical department of Yale University, where he studied one year, and was graduated from the New York University in the class of 1898, with his degree of M. D. In order to more fully equip himself for his life's work, he became an interne of Bellevue Hospital, New York City, and subsequently re- ceived extensive training in Yonkers, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island. He engaged in the practice of his pro- fession in Torrington, Connecticut, where he remained for a year, and removed thence to Hartford, establishing his office there and building up a large and flour- ishing clientele.
Dr. Laden was keenly interested in the civic affairs of Hartford, and had always taken more than a passive interest in the political life of that city. He was very prominently mentioned by his party sev- eral times as mayoralty candidate, and served as the commissioner of charity. In 1912 he was elected to the Common Coun- cil from the Sixth Ward, which body he had the honor of serving as vice-presi- dent. Dr. Laden was associated with the fraternal organizations, among them be- ing the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Eagles, Moose, Orioles, Knights of Columbus, Foresters, Modern Wood- men of America, and the New England Order of Protection.
In 1893, Dr. Laden married Mary E. Duffin, of Chateaugay, New York, and they were the parents of the following children: Lester T. and Dorothy J. Laden.
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The devotion and solicitude of Dr. to the pastorate at Cromwell, Connecti- Laden to his profession was truly re- markable. He possessed that courage which holds on in spite of all disappoint- ments and reverses. The impelling spirit of his life was service, not the service of self-centered ambition, but a desire to serve his fellow-men, and this spirit led him to continue with his work even after his health had become so impaired that physically he was unable to do so. He possessed great strength of character as well as strength of body, always fully equal to the occasion. He had put his ability, his energy and life into the work of his profession, and his death, in the prime of life, is regretted by the many who knew his helpful ministrations.
LADEN, Thomas Joseph, Priest.
A member of a Wallingford family, Father Laden was born October 31, 1872, in that town, son of James C. and Cecelia (McGrath) Laden.
As a youth he was studiously inclined and availed himself of the public schools of Wallingford, including the High School, where he was a student for two years. He then entered St. Bonaventure's College at Allegany, New York, where he continued his studies over a period of five years. He was prepared for the priest- hood at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, Massachusetts, where he was ordained December 17, 1897. He was immediately assigned to duty in St. Peter's Parish, Hartford, where for nearly fifteen years he was assistant to the Rev. Thomas Broderick. This is a very large parish and the duties of this position were many. Father Laden was busily occupied from morning until night in the various depart- ments of parish work. On August 28, 1912, he was appointed by Bishop Nilan
cut, which includes a mission at Rocky Hill. For these duties Father Laden had been well prepared by his previous exper- ience and his charges are flourishing. Many improvements have been made in the church, as well as the pastoral resi- dence at Cromwell, and the mission at Rocky Hill. Through the careful man- agement of the pastor, these charges have been kept free from any considerable debt, and he has also been active in various good works of the community. He is a member and vice-chairman of the Cromwell Council of Defense of the War Bureau, and has been active in promoting the work of the Knights of Columbus and Red Cross in behalf of our soldiers at home and abroad.
Father Laden is not bound by any par- tisan allegiance in civil affairs, and gives his vote and influence as his conscience directs, regardless of any partisan consid- eration. He is esteemed and respected by his contemporaries of all classes, and is doing an excellent work in the field to which he has been assigned. .
SPENCER, Clayton Robert,
Foundryman.
The Spencer family is one of the oldest in New England and was long established in old England. The name is derived from an occupation, which in early times was called "dispenser," and like many surnames was adopted in comparatively recent times. Michael Spencer was a landholder in Stotfold, England, and mar- ried, January 25, 1555, Annis Linde. His second wife, Elizabeth, was the mother of Garrard (now rendered Jared) Spencer, who was baptized May 20, 1576. His youngest son, Garrard, born 1610, was a landowner in Newtown, now Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1634, and four years
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later was granted a franchise for main- taining a ferry in Lynn, Massachusetts. There he served as grand juror and ensign of the militia, in 1660 removed to Hartford, and two years later to Had- dam, Connecticut, where he was one of the twenty-eight original proprietors. For many years he represented the town in the Legislature and served on impor- tant committees, including that which settled the bounds between Haddam and Saybrook. His wife, Hannah, was the mother of Samuel Spencer, who was a member of the Millington Society of East Haddam, and died August 7, 1705. His first wife, Hannah, was a daughter of Isaac Willey, of New London, and widow of Peter Blachford, of Haddam. Her second son, Isaac Spencer, was born Jan- uary 8, 1678; was deacon of the church; married, October 2, 1797, Mary Selden. Their third son, Jared Spencer, was born November 5, 1718, was a member of the Haddam Church, and living in 1760. Elizabeth Spencer, also a member of that church, probably his wife, was living at Spencertown in 1761. They were prob- ably the parents of Joseph Spencer, whose birth was not recorded in either town or church record of Haddam. He was born in 1742, and died November 10, 1814, in Haddam. He married there, June 2, 1774, Eunice Cone, who was born October 13, 1745, daughter of Simon Cone, and died April 12, 1809. She was baptized in the Haddam Church in March, 1776. Her father, Simon Cone, died in the Colonial army in 1756-57. Her eldest child, Joseph Spencer, was born April 27, 1775, and baptized in April, 1776, at the Haddam Church. He married, July 18, 1799, Mar- tha. surname not recorded. Possibly her maiden name was Dana. They were the parents of Joseph Dana Spencer, who was baptized October 29, 1809, at the Congregational church in Haddam. He
lived in Higganum, and was highly re- spected as a man of sound judgment, often acting as an advisor of his fellow-citizens.
His son, Chatfield Spencer, was born May 4, 1824, in Higganum, and married Maria D. Smith, born in Rocky Hill, daughter of Mason Smith, a large farmer of that town. When twenty years of age, Mr. Spencer located in Rocky Hill, where he worked at his trade of black- smith, and later was a farmer. He was a Congregationalist in religious faith, and a Democrat, politically. He died in 1904, at the age of eighty years. His wife died three months before him, and the shock of this event caused his death. He was pronounced by his physician to be in per- fect health.
Clayton Robert Spencer, son of Chat- field and Maria D. (Smith) Spencer, was born December 21, 1865, in Rocky Hill. He attended the local grammar school, and very early began the endeavors which were necessary to sustain himself. His first employment, while still a boy, was with the Rocky Hill Hardware Company, where he became skilled in foundry work. He continued with this establishment until twenty-three years old, when he entered the employ of the Lamb Knitting Machine Company at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. There he continued three years, and then went to Middlefield, Con- necticut, where he was employed in the local foundry for a like period. About 1894 he engaged with the Pratt & Cady Company, of Hartford, as a moulder, and continued in the employ of that establishment for a period of ten years. On account of ill health, owing to the confinement of the shop, he engaged in the express business, operating between Rocky Hill and Hartford, and continued with success for several years. For some time he was with the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company, of Meriden, as
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assistant foreman, and later became su- perintendent of the shops at Rocky Hill, operated by Foster Merriam & Company, of Meriden, and has continued in that position to the present time. Like all his ancestors, Mr. Spencer is a man of even disposition, industrious and stead- fast, and a good citizen. In political prin- ciple he is a Democrat, and for a period of twenty years he has served the town of Rocky Hill as constable. He is a mem- ber of Apollo Lodge, No. 33, Knights of Pythias, of Middletown.
Mr. Spencer married, July 3, 1887, Mar- garet Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Levi Smith, of Rocky Hill, and they are the parents of three children : 1. Henry Clay- ton, born July 9, 1888; married Elizabeth Perry, of New York. 2. Arthur Wells, born December 4, 1891; is now in the Ordnance Department of the United States forces, soon to go abroad. 3. Mil- dred, born May 30, 1895; wife of Alfred H. Hubbard, of Middletown, Connecti- cut.
WAY, Ernest Newton,
Tobacco Factor.
One of the old American families is that of Way, founded in America by Henry Way, a stern Puritan, born in 1583, in England. With his wife, Elizabeth, he came to Massachusetts in the ship "Mary & John" in 1630, and settled at Dorches- ter, where he died in 1667.
His son, George Way, born in Eng- land resided in Boston, became a follower of Roger Williams, and about 1657 removed to Rhode Island. After the burning of Providence by the Indians, he removed to Saybrook, and there died about 1690. He married Elizabeth, only daughter of John and Johanna Smith, and they were the parents of George Way.
George Way, born about 1655, settled
in that part of Saybrook which is now Lyme, where he died February 23, 1717. He married, about 1690, Susannah, daugh- ter of Joseph and Sarah West, of New London.
Their son, Thomas Way, born March 18, 1700, in Lyme, married, November 29, 1739, Sarah Welles, daughter of Ephraim and Abigail (Allis) Welles, of Colchester, Connecticut, and settled in that town.
Their son, George Way, born about 1742, in Lyme, was a farmer in Colches- ter, a Revolutionary soldier, and died in 1804. He married, in November, 1769, Mary Moore, born in 1752, in Lyme, died in Colchester, in 1828.
Their son, Thomas Way, born about 1780, married Sally Randall, born June 12, 1781, in Colchester, daughter of Amos and Sarah (Kilbourne) Randall, of that town.
Their son, John Gardner Way, born December 16, 1812, was a teacher, quarry- man and farmer, residing in East Had- dam, Connecticut, where he died August 19, 1853. He married, September 3, 1834, Caroline W. Palmes, born July 3, 1814, died January 1, 1892. She was descended from Major Edward Palmes, born in 1638, in Sherborn, Hampshire, England, son of Andrew Palmes. In 1659 he came to America and landed at New Haven, whence he removed the next year to New London. He married (first) Lucy, second daughter of Governor John Win- throp, (second) Sarah Davis. His second son, Andrew Palmes, born October I, 1682, graduated at Harvard in 1703. His wife, Elizabeth, born in 1685, died No- vember 8, 1733. Their second son, Bryan Palmes, born November 7, 1714, was a merchant and real estate dealer, and died April 12, 1756. He married, December 29, 1750, Sarah, widow of Thomas Way, of New London, daughter of John and
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