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James Thomas, son of Charles and Sarah (Crofoot) Thomas, was during his busy and active life a sea captain and civil engineer. He was one of the sur- veyors for the proposed parallel railroad in Connecticut, a project that never ma- terialized. He married, in Norwalk, Au- gust 15, 1863, Clara Stevens Doty, daugh- ter of Isaac Reed Doty. (See Doty line).
Edward James Thomas, only child of James and Clara Stevens (Doty) Thomas, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Jan- uary 21, 1870. He attended grammar and high schools and prepared for col- lege, but owing to serious illness in his family was compelled to abandon his plan. As a youth of fifteen years he became employed in a stationery store, soon after- ward entering the Norwalk post office in the capacity of clerk. Later he was trans- ferred to the South Norwalk post office as assistant postmaster to establish the foreign money order department and the free delivery system in that section of the
city. His initiative and ability attracted the favorable attention of James Golden, editor of the South Norwalk "Sentinel," and he offered Mr. Thomas a position as reporter for Norwalk, which was ac- cepted. He afterward became a member of the reportorial staff of the Danbury "News," then returned to Norwalk and the service of the "Sentinel." During this period he represented the Associated Press and contributed articles to several leading New York newspapers, including numerous illustrated feature articles for the Sunday editions. Mr. Thomas re- mained with the "Sentinel" until Febru- ary 27, 1901, when he became associated with the company which purchased the control of the Norwalk "Hour," then owned by the estate of Brainard W. Maples. The "Hour" has been, insofar as a single interest can be said to have occupied him, his life work, and his able, devoted service as publisher, treasurer and manager has been responsible in no small measure for its strong, influential position of the present day. Mr. Thomas has been for a number of years vice- president of the Connecticut Daily News- paper Association. He is also a member of the National Editorial Association, the Connecticut Editorial Association, the In-
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ternational Circulation Managers, the 8, 1891, Nellie May Kellogg, daughter of American Newspaper Publishers' Asso- Martin (3) and Jennie (Pooley) Kellogg. (See Kellogg line). ciation, the New England Alliance of Daily Newspapers, and the Employing (The Doty Line). Printers of Connecticut. In all of these he has been active through committee service, and has cooperated heartily in their work.
In other associations that are distinc- tively Norwalk's, Mr. Thomas has like- wise taken a leading part. He was one of the fathers of the Fourth of July Mar- di Gras, an annual institution that has made Norwalk noted throughout the State for her Independence Day celebration. He was an organizer of the Alpha Wheel Club, an organization that gained fame far beyond the confines of Norwalk. Mr. Thomas has always been a Republican, and although he has always held decided views on public affairs and issues, has never entered public life. Norwalk has had no more loyal champion than he, and all causes advancing the prosperity and welfare of his city number him among their energetic supporters. He is a Ma- son in fraternal affiliation, holding the thirty-second degree, and is a member of St. John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons; Washington Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, all of Norwalk; and Lafayette Consistory, Sovereign Princes of the Royal Secret; and Pyramid Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, both of Bridgeport. In the days of the popular- ity of the bicycle, Mr. Thomas was an ex- pert cyclist. He has always been fond of out-door recreation, and with the in- troduction of the automobile was an early owner, now an enthusiastic motorist. For forty years he has been a member of the Norwalk Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Norwalk Club and the Craftsmen's Club.
Mr. Thomas married, in Norwalk, April
Abner Doty, parents' names not known, was probably descended from Isaac Doty, the first of that name from Oyster Bay, Long Island. Abner was a farmer and lived at Southeast, Putnam county, New York. He died about 1797. Among his children was Abner.
Abner (2) Doty, son of Abner (1) Doty, was born at Southeast, Putnam county, New York, about 1781, and died about 1822. He lived at Southeast, Mount Washington, and Amenia. He married, at Southeast, in 1802, Esther Reed, daugh- ter of Daniel Reed. Among his children was Isaac Reed.
Isaac Reed Doty, son of Abner (2) and Esther (Reed) Doty, was born in Mount Washington, Dutchess county, New York, June 13, 1813, and lived in Norwalk, Con- necticut, where he died April 23, 1882. The following is quoted from an obituary notice : "He was a man of earnest nature, firm in his convictions, and could not be swerved from what he believed to be his duty. He served the town for many years as constable and grand juror. He was a hard working and cautious business man." He married, in Norwalk, Connecticut, April 2, 1834, Mary Ann Disbrow, born September 12, 1812, daughter of Phineas Sherwood and Rhuamy (Murray) Dis- brow. They were the parents of Clara Stevens Doty, born December 17, 1839, who married James Thomas.
(The Kellogg Line).
According to family tradition. Great Britain was the original home of the Kel- logg family, and there are a number of legends to that effect. The most general is that advanced by Hon. Day Otis Kel- logg, formerly United States Consul at
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Glasgow, and one of the earliest collec- tors of Kellogg data. He relates the tra- dition that the Kelloggs were partisans of James VI., of Scotland, and came with him to England when he ascended the British throne, and remained there until their settlement in New England. He says that the name is derived from two Gaelic words, kill, a cemetery, and loch, a lake, that is, the "Family of the Lake Cemetery." The name is found in old English records as early as 1420, and County Essex, England, is the earliest home of the Kelloggs. In the Lay Subsidy Rolls of Debben, County Essex, January, 1525, Nicholas Kellogg, of Debben, and William Debben are taxed on "mov- ables."
Nicholas Kellogg was born about 1488, and was buried at Debben, May 17, 1558. He married Florence Hall, daughter of William Hall; she was buried November 8, 1571. Among their children was Tho- mas.
Thomas Kellogg, son of Nicholas and Florence (Hall) Kellogg, resided in Deb- ben.
Phillipe Kellogg, the first English an- cestor from whom the Kelloggs of the New World can with certainty trace their descent, was probably the son of Thomas, and grandson of Nicholas. Among his children was Martin.
Martin Kellogg, son of Phillipe Kel- logg, was baptized at Great Leighs, No- vember 23, 1595. He married, in County Hertford, October 22, 1621, Prudence Bird, daughter of John Bird. He died in Brain- tree, England, between May 20, 1671, when his will was made, and September 20, 1671, when it was proved. He was the father of Daniel.
Daniel Kellogg, son of Martin and Pru- dence (Bird) Kellogg, was baptized in Great Leighs, England, February 6, 1630, and died in 1688. It is not known exactly
when he came to New England. He was one of the early settlers of Norwalk, Con- necticut, which was incorporated Septem- ber II, 1651. He was selectman, 1670; representative to the General Court, 1670- 1672-74-75-77-79-80-83. He married Brid- get Bouton, daughter of John, Sr. and Alice Bouton ; she died in 1698. Among their nine children was Daniel (2).
Daniel (2) Kellogg, son of Daniel (1) and Bridget (Bouton) Kellogg, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, May 7, 1671. It is not known whom he married. He died at Norwalk before July 28, 1709, as his estate, valued at £ 504, was appraised on that date. His eldest child was Dan- iel (3).
Daniel (3) Kellogg, son of Daniel (2) Kellogg, was born at Norwalk, May 7, 1698, died 1762. He married, in Hunting- ton, Long Island, Eunice Jarvis, of that town, born 1703, died 1767, daughter of Thomas Jarvis. They had eight children.
Jarvis Kellogg, son of Daniel (3) and Eunice (Jarvis) Kellogg, was born at Norwalk, in 1731, died March 22, 1815. .He was a farmer, lived in Norwalk, and served in Lieutenant Carter's company in the Revolution. He married (first) January 10, 1760, Elizabeth Smith, who died in 1778. He married (second) in 1781, Hannah Meeker, who died in 1832.
Deacon Jarvis (2) Kellogg, son of Jar- vis (1) and Elizabeth (Smith) Kellogg, was born at Norwalk, April 20, 1768, and died July 18, 1831. He married in 1792, Mercy Selleck, born June 12, 1770, died in 1850, daughter of Captain James Selleck, a Revolutionary soldier.
Martin (2) Kellogg, son of Deacon Jar- vis (2) and Mercy (Selleck) Kellogg, was born at Norwalk, July 3, 1808, and died May 14, 1867. He resided in Norwalk, New Canaan, Connecticut, and Bedford, New York. He married (first) October 15, 1828, Jane Gray, born in 1809, died
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in 1840, daughter of Stiles and Helena Gray. He married (second) Clarissa Jane Lockwood, daughter of Peleg and Clarissa (Dann) Lockwood.
Martin (3) Kellogg, son of Martin (2) and Clarissa Jane (Lockwood) Kellogg, was born October 19, 1846. He was street commissioner of Norwalk. He married, at New Canaan, Connecticut, June 27, 1867, Jennie Pooley, born at Huntington, Long Island, August 17, 1852, daughter of James and Maria Jane Pooley. He was the father of Nellie May Kellogg, born at Norwalk, April 24, 1873; married, in Norwalk, April 8, 1891, Edward James Thomas (see Thomas line).
NEILSON, Howard Stout, Physician, Served in World War.
Two brothers named Neilson emigrated to America from Belfast, Ireland, in the early part of the eighteenth century. Their father, John Neilson, was a cele- brated surgeon of Dublin, and was pro- fessor of surgery in the medical depart- ment of the University of Dublin. This university was founded in 1591 and has a single college, Trinity. There was a monument erected to Dr. John Neilson in Dublin, which was recently destroyed in Sinn Fein riots. James Neilson, who came first, established himself in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was wealthy, was a trader, and had vessels sailing to Belfast, Madeira, and the West Indies. He was a judge, a member of Council, and a warm friend of the Revolution. He married and left no issue.
(I) Dr. John Neilson, younger brother of James Neilson, born 1717, was a phy- sician, and died March 19, 1745. He mar- ried Catherine Coeymans, of Coeymans Manor, below Albany, New York. Chil- dren : Gertrude ; John, of whom further.
(II) John (2) Neilson, son of Dr. John
(1) and Catherine (Coeymans) Neilson, was born March II, 1745, on the old home- stead of the New Jersey branch of the Coeymans, on the Raritan river, near Somerville, New Jersey, and died in New Brunswick, March 3, 1833. He was edu- cated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, then went to live in New Brunswick, New Jer- sey, with his uncle, James Neilson. At the outbreak of the Revolution John Neil- son raised a company of volunteers, and was made captain. He was in the expedi- tion to the east end of Long Island to disarm Tories. On August 31, 1775, he was commissioned colonel, and August I, 1776, commanded the First Regiment of Infantry of his county. In December of that year he planned a surprise attack on the British quartered on Bennett's Island, which was made the following February 18th, and was brilliantly successful. In 1780 he was deputy quartermaster-gen- eral of New Jersey. The following is quoted from the Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution Lineage Book, No. 16,345 : "General John Neilson, born 1745, died 1833, served as colonel with minute men, 1775; brigadier-general of militia, 1777; deputy quartermaster-general at close of war. Lafayette presented him with a sword. He was born in New Brunswick, died there ; married Catherine Voorhees." After the war he was one of the state convention which ratified the constitution. He retired to private life and resumed mercantile business, and in civil life long exerted a commanding influence. A street in New Brunswick is called Neilson street, and a military company assumed the title "Neilson Guards." General Neil- son was one of the most distinguished and influential men of New Brunswick. When the Declaration of Independence was brought from Philadelphia he read it to an assembled multitude in the streets of New Brunswick. He was one of the
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early members of the board of trustees of the Theological Seminary of New Brunswick. He was married, December 31, 1768, to Catherine Voorhees (see Van Voorhees line). John and Catherine (Voorhees) Neilson were the parents of : I. Joanna, born July 30, 1771, died 1773. 2. John, born April 3, 1775, married, 1798, Abigail Bleecker. 3. Joanna, born Janu- ary 26, 1777, died 1781. 4. Gertrude, born April 25, 1780, died 1863; married George Spofford Woodhull. 5. Catherine, born March 28, 1783; married, in 1804, Augus- tus Fitz Randolph. 6. James, born De- cember 3, 1784, died 1862; married (first) Rivini Forman; (second) Jane Dunlap; (third) Harriet Benedict; (fourth) Cath- erine Bleeker. 7. Joanna, born June 7, 1786, died 1858, unmarried. 8. Abraham Schuyler, of whom further. 9. Cornelia Lott, born November 19, 1794, died 1797.
(III) Abraham Schuyler Neilson, son of John (2) and Catherine (Voorhees) Neilson, was born September 10, 1792, and died June 30, 1861. He married, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, June 6, 1815, Catherine Stevens Grant. Children : William Howard, of whom further ; Mary E., married T. Robinson Warren ; prob- ably others.
(IV) William Howard Neilson, son of Abraham Schuyler and Catherine Stevens (Grant) Neilson, was born January 12, 1820. He married Hannah Maria Hoover. They were the parents of Charles Hoover, of whom further.
(V) Charles Hoover Neilson, son of William Howard and Hannah Maria (Hoover) Neilson, was married, October 7, 1873, to Kate Strandley Pritchard (see Pritchard line). Their son, Howard Stout, of whom further. Mrs. Neilson married (second) William H. Bishop.
(VI) Howard Stout Neilson, son of Charles Hoover and Kate Strandley (Pritchard) Neilson, was born in New
York City, August 30, 1874. He pre- pared for college at Peekskill Academy, and then entered the New York Homœo- pathic Medical College and Hospital, whence he was graduated M. D. in 1895. At graduation he received the honorary mention medal for his thesis on fractures and dislocations, and while at college he served as surgical editor of the "Chiron- ian." He was an interne at the Flower Hospital in 1895-96, demonstrator of an- atomy from 1896 to 1901, lecturer on pathology from 1900 to 1902, and chief demonstrator of pathology in 1903. In the last named year he resigned from the faculty and withdrew from medical prac- tice.
Dr. Neilson was one of the organizers of the Home Bank and Trust Company of Darien, and was its vice-president from its founding until 1920, when he suc- ceeded to the presidency of the institution, his present office. He became a resident of Darien in 1903, and in 1906 built one of the finest residences of this section of the State. His estate is named "Althea Farm," and here he has for eighteen years given much time and attention to the breeding of blooded horses, having for some time past centered his efforts on Arab and Arab-thoroughbred cross. He has exhibited the best of his stables at numerous horse shows in the East, and his work is well known among breeders.
On March 28, 1917, Dr. Neilson was commissioned captain in the remount service of the United States army, and while on duty in the United States pur- chased thousands of horses for army use, traveling to all parts of the country on this mission. He was ordered to France in March, 1918, commissioned major, Sep- tember 5, 1918, and remained on active duty until February 21, 1919. He was appointed a member of the Remount Board by special order No. 65, War De-
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partment, May 17, 1919. On December 19, 1919, commissioned lieutenant-colonel in Reserve Corps, Remount Section.
Dr. Neilson was one of the founders of the Alpha Sigma fraternity, and a member of the Connecticut State Board of Agri- culture ; Connecticut State Welfare Com- mission ; Darien School Board; Breeding Committee United States Remount Asso- ciation ; Army and Navy Club of Amer- ica ; Grolier Club, New York; Bibliophile Society, Boston ; secretary-treasurer Ara- bian Horse Club of America; member Arab Horse Club of England; Hackney Horse Society ; National Pony Breeders' Association, England; Morgan Horse Club; Horse Association of America ; American Jersey Cattle Club ; New Eng- land Shorthorn Breeders' Association ; New England Dairymen's Association ; Hampshire Swine Breeders' Association ; New York Zoological Society ; Stamford Yacht Club ; Woodway Country Club.
Dr. Neilson married, June 4, 1901, Jane Wallace Platt, daughter of Isaac Stephen and Mary Jane (Redfield) Platt (see Platt and Redfield lines). Isaac S. Platt is a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce. Children : Jane Wallace and Katharine Bishop (twins), born April 8, 1902; Wallace Platt, born November 24, 1903; Marion Redfield, born February 9, 1907; Edith Howard, born November 17, 1913.
(The Van Voorhees Line).
(I) Stephen (Steven) Coert Van Voor- hees was born in Hees, Holland, in 1600, emigrated to America in 1660, settling in Flatlands, Long Island, and died there in 1684. He married in Holland, and among his children was Lucas Stevense, of whom further.
(II) Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, son of Stephen Coert Van Voorhees, was born in 1650. He married (first) Cath- erine Hansen Van Noortstrand, daugh-
ter of Hans and Jannecken Gerritse Van Loon; (second), in 1689, Jannetje Minnes; (third), in 1703, Catherine Van Dyck. Among his children was Jan Lu- casse, of whom further.
(III) Jan Lucasse Van Voorhees, son of Lucas Stevense and Catherine Hansen (Van Noortstrand) Van Voorhees, was baptized February 19, 1675. He married (first) Ann Van Duyckhuysen, daughter of Jan Teunnisen and Agatha (Stoothoff) Van Duyckhuysen; (second) in 1704, Mayke R. Schenck. Among his children was Johannis, of whom further.
(IV) Johannis Van Voorhees, son of Jan Lucasse and Ann (Van Duyckhuysen) Van Voorhees, was born July 19, 1700 and died in 1733. He married, in 1721, Sara Schenck, daughter of Jan Rolofse and Sara (Kouwenhoven) Schenck, and among his children was Johannis, of whom further.
(V) Johannis (2) Van Voorhees, son of Johannis (1) and Sara (Schenck) Van Voorhees, was born November 18, 1729, and died in 1802. He was a minuteman in the Middlesex, New Jersey, militia. He married Catherine Schuyler, born 1733, died 1782.
(VI) Catherine Voorhees (Van Voor- hees), daughter of Johannis (2) and Catherine (Schuyler) Van Voorhees, was born December 25, 1753, and died August 2, 1816. She married, December 31, 1768, Colonel John Neilson (q. v.).
(The Pritchard Line).
(I) James Pritchard, of Prowley, Eng- land, was born in London, February 2, 1788, died in New York, January 30, 1823, and was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard. He was an actor of note. He married, July 24, 1811, Catrina Lewis (see Lewis and Van Benschoten lines). She died of cholera in La Grange, Dutchess county, New York, September 10, 1846, and was buried in Freedom Plains Churchyard.
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Children, born in New York City: John Nicholas, of whom further; William Ed- ward, born 'November 15, 1815, died young ; James William, born January 17, 1817, killed November 20, 1834, married Caroline Turnbull.
(II) John Nicholas Pritchard, son of James and Catrina (Lewis), Pritchard, was born in New York, July 13, 1812, and died in Baltimore, Maryland, August 19, 1888. He was in the banking business in early life, but for the last forty years of his life was president of the Lumbermen's & Mechanics' Insurance Company of St. Louis, Missouri. He organized the Na- tional Guard of St. Louis, was captain of the first company, afterwards colonel of the regiment. He married, July 28, 1835, Amelia J. Stubbs, born in George- town, Maryland, July 26, 1813, died in New York, August 20, 1890. Children : James, born October 21, 1836; Fannie I., born June 17, 1838, married, 1859, William Tod Helmuth; Katherine Strandley, of whom further ; Nicholas W. R., born Sep- tember 20, 1856, died April 20, 1861.
(III) Katherine Strandley Pritchard, daughter of John Nicholas and Amelia J. (Stubbs) Pritchard, was born October 17, 1849. She married (first) Charles Hoover Neilson (see Neilson line). She married (second) William H. Bishop.
(The Lewis Line).
(I) Leonard Lewis married, November 16, 1688, Elizabeth Hardenburg. He re- moved to Poughkeepsie, New York, was colonel in the militia, and kept the first tavern. He married Elizabeth Harden- burg. He had son Thomas, of whom further.
(II) Thomas Lewis, son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Hardenburg) Lewis, was born August 23, 1694, and died in 1766. He married, October 4, 1714, Anna Maria Vander Burgh. He had son Leonard, of whom further.
(III) Leonard (2) Lewis, son of Tho- mas and Anna Maria (Vander Burgh) Lewis, was baptized in Poughkeepsie, July 6, 1720, and died before 1766. He had son Thomas, of whom further.
(IV) Thomas (2) Lewis, son of Leon- ard (2) Lewis, married, in 1776, Rachel Van Benschoten (see Van Benschoten line). Among his children was Catrina, born February 19, 1779, married, July 24, 18II, James Pritchard (see Pritchard line).
(The Van Benschoten Line).
(I) Theunis Eliasen Van Benschoten was in Kingston, New York, in 1671. He died between February, 1725-26, and Feb- ruary, 1727-28. He married Gerritje Gerrits, parentage unknown, and had son Elias, of whom further.
(II) Elias Van Benschoten, son of Theunis Eliasen and Gerritje (Gerrits) Van Benschoten, was baptized November 23, 1679, in Kingston. He married (first) in 1705, Sarah Jans Jansen, daughter of Jans Mattysen Jansen and Magdalena (Blanchan) Jansen ; married (second) in 1716, Catrina Keyser, daughter of Dirk Cornelius and Agnietta (Coens) Keyser. Among their children was Elias, of whom further.
(III) Elias (2) Van Benschoten, son of Elias (1) and Catrina (Keyser) Van Benschoten, was born April 23, 1717. He married Jaquemyntje Van Couwenhoven, daughter of Johannes and Rachel (Ben- son) Van Couwenhoven. Among their children was Rachel, of whom further.
(IV) Rachel Van Benschoten, daugh- ter of Elias (2) and Jaquemyntje (Van Couwenhoven) Van Benschoten, was born September 12, 1761. She married, in 1776, Thomas Lewis (see Lewis line).
(The Platt Line).
It is well known that the name Platt is frequently found in various parts of England. Coats-of-arms have been
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granted to six or seven of the family from the time of Edward III, 1326, to the twen- ty-first year of the reign of Queen Eliza- beth. The first ancestor in America was Richard Platt, believed to have been the "Richard, son of Joseph" baptized Sep- tember 28, 1603, in Bovington, a village near Hertford, England, died in Milford, 1684. He came to America in 1638, landed in New Haven, Connecticut, and had eighty-four acres of land in and near New Haven. He was among the first settlers in Milford, Connecticut, and was deacon there in 1669. His children by his wife Mary, who died in January, 1676, were: Mary, probably born in England, as were John, Isaac, of whom further, and Sarah ; Epenetus, of whom further; Han- nah, baptized October 1, 1643; Josiah, baptized 1645; Joseph, baptized 1649.
Isaac Platt, son of Richard Platt, set- tled in Huntington, Long Island, and was enrolled among the fifty-seven landown- ers of that place in 1666. He was a cap- tain of militia, and held "every office of consequence in the gift of his townsmen." He died July 31, 1691. He married (first) March 12, 1640, Phebe Smith; (second) after 1660, Elizabeth Wood, daughter of Jonas Wood. Children: Elizabeth, born 1665; Jonas, born 1667; John, born 1669; Mary, born 1674; Joseph, born 1677; Ja- cob, born 1682; and others.
Epenetus Platt, son of Richard Platt, born in Milford, baptized July 12, 1640, was called captain, sometimes lieutenant, and held many offices. He also settled in Huntington, Long Island, and was en- rolled among the fifty-seven landowners of that place in 1666. He died in 1693. He married, in 1667, Phebe Wood. Chil- dren : Phebe, born 1669; Mary, born 1672; Epenetus, born 1674; Hannah, born 1679; Elizabeth, born 1682; Jonas, born 1684; Jeremiah, born 1686; Ruth, born 1688; Sarah, born 1692.
(I) Israel Platt, a descendant of Epe- netus Platt, was born in 1738, baptized in Huntington, Long Island, March 30, 1740, and died of yellow fever in 1796 in New York City. In the early part of the Revo- lution he moved from Huntington, Long Island, to Pleasant Valley, Dutchess county, New York, and was a captain of militia during the Revolution. He mar- ried (first) Elizabeth Scudder, of Hun- tington ; married (second) Abigail, sur- name unknown. Children : Stephen, of whom further; Edwin, born 1764, died 1788; Henry, baptized 1764, died young ; Sarah, married Dr. Cyrenius Crosby ; Zilla, born 1773, married Egbert Barton ; Ruth, born 1778, married Samuel Rey- nolds; Betsey, born 1781, died 1848, mar- ried Ariovistus Pardee; Harriet, born 1785, married Walter Perlee ; Nancy, born 1786, married Rufus Herrick.
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