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John Keogh, grandfather of John (2) Keogh, was born in the vicinity of Dub- lin, Ireland, and grew to manhood. The Christian name of his wife was Mary, and they were the parents of Daniel Keogh, who was born near Dublin, Ireland, com- ing to America in 1868 or 1869, being then a young man. He first located in New York, then went to New Haven, Connec- ticut, and later to Bridgeport, Connecti- cut, finally removing to Norwalk, same State. He died October 21, 1904. Dan- iel Keogh married Frances McMacken, daughter of Thomas McMacken, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, died July 31, 1906, aged fifty-seven years, in South Norwalk, Connecticut. Thomas Mc- Macken married Sara MacIlhenney, whose mother, Jennie (Fulton) MacIl- henney, tradition says, was a cousin of the inventor of the steamboat, "Robert Fulton." Mr. and Mrs. Keogh were the parents of nine children, seven of whom grew to maturity: John, of further men- tion; Thomas, Daniel, Sarah E .; Stephen F., now deceased ; Jeremiah, and Harry W.
John (2) Keogh, son of Daniel and Frances (McMacken) Keogh, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, December 15, 1871. He was educated in the Bridge- port and Norwalk public schools. In 1897 he graduated from the Yale Law School with the degree of LL. B., and the same year was admitted to the bar. Until twelve years ago Mr. Keogh was engaged in practice alone; in 1908 he formed a partnership with Nehemiah Candee, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work, under the firm name of Keogh & Candee. Their practice is a general one and they are among the most successful lawyers of Fairfield county. For two years Mr. Keogh served as judge of the City Court, and was corporation counsel of Norwalk for five years.
In politics Mr. Keogh is a Democrat,
and is a staunch advocate of that party's principles. On January 1, 1920, he was appointed referee in bankruptcy for Fair- field county. Mr. Keogh serves as a member of the board of directors and is counsel for the People's Trust Company of South Norwalk. Fraternally he is a Ma- son, Odd Fellow, and Elk, and was first commander of the local post of the Amer- ican Legion. At the outbreak of the World War, Mr. Keogh, who had seen service in the Connecticut National Guard, enlisted as a candidate at Plattsburg, New York, and was later commissioned, serv- ing with the 76th Division in France, where he was made a captain and as- signed to the staff of Major-General Harry F. Hodges.
Mr. Keogh married, in 1898, Nana V. Pearson, daughter of Thomas and Caro- line Pearson, and they have two children : Jack, born February 25, 1910; and Fran- ces, born August 11, 1912.
GREGORY, George,
Metallurgist, Legislator.
The English antecedents of Henry Gregory, founder of the family in Amer- ica, were of distinguished lineage, trac- ing from Gregorious, whose son, John Gregory, was lord of the manors of Ashfordby, Leicestershire and Freseley, Shropshire, England. He married Maud Moton, daughter of Sir Roger Moton, Knight of Peckleton. John Gregory was living A. D. 1162. His son, Nicholas Gregory, was the father of Adam Greg- ory, of Highhurst, Lancashire, who mar- ried a daughter of Adam Ormeston, of Ormeston, in the same county. The coat- of-arms of the Highhurst Gregory fam- ily was :
Arms-Party per pale, argent and azure, two lions rampant averse, counterchanged.
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The next in line was William Gregory, of Highhurst. Most genealogies call him the son of Adam, but one writer says he was a lineal descendant. William Greg- ory married Dorothy Parr, of Kemp- enhaughe, Lancashire, and her family claimed descent from Sir William Parr, of Parr (an ancestor of Queen Katharine Parr, wife of Henry VIII.) and his wife, Elizabeth (de Ros) Parr, who was de- scended from Baron de Ros, one of the twenty-five barons appointed to compel King John to obey the Magna Charter. Robert was also a crusader, and married Isabel, natural daughter of King William the Lion, of Scotland. Robert was de- scended from the Earls of Warren and King Henry I of France. William Greg- ory had a son, Hugh, who married Maria Their son, Thomas Gregory, of Overbroughton, Nottinghamshire, mar- ried Dorothy Buston. Their son, John Gregory, of Broughton, Sutney, Notting- hamshire, married Alice Of their children, William, made a fortune as a grazer, and was alderman, mayor and member of Parliament from Nottingham.
(I) Henry Gregory, brother of William Gregory, and the founder of the family in New England, was born in Nottingham- shire, England, about 1570. He was in Boston, Massachusetts, before 1639, and in Springfield, Massachusetts, not long after, and was reckoned as one of the worthiest citizens of that town. The his- tory of Stratford, Connecticut, shows Henry Gregory as a resident of that place in 1647. In that year his son, John, tes- tified as his father "was old and that his eyesight had failed him." If he was born in 1570, as seems probable, he was sev- enty-seven years of age in 1647. He was a shoemaker. No doubt he combined with work at his trade the labors of a husbandman during the growing season, as was the custom of shoemakers until
within a period remembered by people now living. The assessments against him for taxes and the inventory of his estate show him to have won a fair measure of success through industry and thrift under the trying conditions of pioneer life. He died in 1655, and his will was proved June 19 of that year. In the history of Spring- field, his wife is referred to as "Goody Gregory." Henry Gregory had several sons and two daughters: I. John. 2. Judah, married Sarah Burt, of Spring- field, in 1643. 3. Samuel, married a daugh- ter of Henry Wakelee. 4. Elizabeth, mar- ried Richard Webb, one of the original settlers of Hartford. 5. A daughter, mar- ried William Crooker, of Stratford, in 1638. The daughters were no doubt older than their brother, Samuel.
(II) John Gregory, eldest son of Henry Gregory, was born in Nottinghamshire, England, probably between the years 1600 and 1610. The date of his last recorded deed was 1689, and the first notice of his death appears in 1694, and he was at that time a very old man. If the family came to America between the years 1635 and 1638, as supposed, he was already a man of mature years and had already accum- ulated some wealth. He had been reared in a superior environment among dis- tinguished relatives, men of affairs, and their influence had doubtless ripened in him the character and habits of a leader which he continued to exhibit in the new home. While he is found mentioned in histories of Springfield and Stratford, it would seem that New Haven was the first town with which he was identified as a resident for several years. He repre- sented that town in the General Court. His favorite sister, Elizabeth, had become the wife of Richard Webb, the wealthy Hartford resident who first signed the agreement with Roger Ludlow for the settlement of Norwalk, and it is more
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than probable that the two families re- moved together to Norwalk. At any rate, John Gregory was one of the thirty original settlers of that town and his home lot was number one. He had mowed hay in the town in the summer of 1653. He became a large land owner and a leader of his community. He repre- sented Norwalk nine times in the Legis- lature at its May sessions and eight times at its October sessions. His first term was in 1662. He served on a committee with three other citizens appointed in 1670, to settle the boundary line between Norwalk and Saugatuck rivers. He mar- ried Sarah and their children were : I. John. 2. Jachin, removed to Wilton, Connecticut, in 1625. 3. Judah, removed to Danbury. 4. Joseph, baptized July 26, 1626. 5. Thomas, baptized March 19, 1648. 6. Phebe, married, in 1670, John Benedict. 7. Sarah, born December 3, 1652, married James Benedict, brother of Phebe's husband.
(III) Judah Gregory, son of John and Sarah Gregory, was born about 1643, and died about 1733. He was an early settler of Norwalk and Danbury. On October 20, 1664, he married Hannah Haite, daughter of Walter Haite (Hoyt). Wal- ter Haite was born about 1618. He was living in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1640 and 1644. He was deputy fourteen ses- sions ; made sergeant in 1659; selectman in 1672, and his death occurred about 1698. His father, Simon Hoyt, was prob- ably born as early as 1595. He was of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1628-29; Dorchester in 1633; Scituate about 1635; Windsor, Connecticut, about 1639 or 1640 ; Stamford, Connecticut, between 1657 and 1658; Fairfield, Connecticut, before 1659, and before his death was at Stamford again. He died there September 1, 1667. His wife, Susannah, died before Febru- ary, 1674.
(IV) John (2) Gregory, son of Judah and Hannah (Haite) Gregory, was born March 17, 1668, and died in 1758. The Christian name of his wife was Hannah.
(V) Ebenezer Gregory, son of John (2) and Hannah Gregory, was born as early as 1737, and died November 13, 1809, in his seventy-fourth year, and is buried in North Street Cemetery, Danbury, Con- necticut. He lived in Danbury. He mar- ried, July 12, 1768, Phebe Booth, daugh- ter of Abel Booth, of Newton, and she died September 26, 1818, aged eighty-one years. Their children were: I. Huldah, born April 9, 1769, died January 12, 1774. 2. Caleb, of whom further. 3. Esther, born November 23, 1772. 4. Abel Booth, born October 28, 1774. 5. Huldah, born August 19, 1776, died October 12, 1778. Ebenezer Gregory· had a nail shop on his house lot, which he deeded to his son, Abel B., in 1802.
(VI) Caleb Gregory, son of Ebenezer and Phebe (Booth) Gregory, was born October 10, 1770, and died December 2, 1849. He lived in Danbury, and in 1801 received by deed from his father land in Wigwam in compensation for his services between the ages of twenty-one and twen- ty-seven. Caleb Gregory married Fanny Brewer, daughter of Peter Brewer, and she died July 18, 1825, at the age of fifty- two years. Their children were: Stephen Townsend, Harry, William Harvey, of whom further ; Ira ; Abel ; Eliza, died July 24, 1831, aged twenty-one years; Maria, married Aaron Pierce ; Phebe, died Octo- ber 28, 1805, aged two years, five months, five days.
(VII) William Harvey Gregory, son of Caleb and Fanny (Brewer) Gregory, was born in Danbury, in 1804, and died in 1891. He spent most of his life in Darien, Con- necticut, and in his young manhood was a carpenter and joiner, but after some years went into the lumber business. Mr.
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Gregory was a man of progressive ideas, but very quiet and unassuming in man- ner. He married Mary Ann Richards, daughter of Ambe and Sally (Dibble) Richards, of Darien. She was born in 1810, and died in 1868.
(VIII) George Gregory, son of Wil- liam Harvey and Mary Ann (Richards) Gregory, was born March 20, 1835, and is now living at the advanced age of eighty- six years (1921). He was educated in the public schools, and at the age of six- teen years became apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade. He was only twenty- five years old when he was made foreman of what was then the largest blacksmith shop in New Haven. In 1880 he went to South Bend, Indiana, to take charge of a shop for the Studebaker Brothers, but on account of ill health was obliged to re- turn East after about fourteen months. After that he engaged for many years in carpentering and farming. One notable achievement of his career was the mas- tery of the art of welding copper, and also copper to iron, something very seldom at- tempted. For many years Mr. Gregory has resided at Noroton Heights in the town of Darien, where he is held in high esteem. He was a member of the Legis- lature. Mr. Gregory married Sarah Jane Whitlock, daughter of Wakeman and Bet- sey M. (Slawson) Whitlock. Their chil- dren were: Henry W., William H., and Ira O., sketches of whom follow.
(The Richards Line).
(I) Samuel Richards, the ancestor of Mrs. Gregory, was born in England, prob- ably in Staffordshire. He came to this country as a soldier at the time of Queen Anne's War, March 31, 1713. He was then in his youth. He applied for a dis- charge from the army which was refused. Later, however, he was fortunate enough to escape and eventually came to Nor-
walk, Connecticut, where he settled and became one of the most useful and dis- tinguished citizens there. He served as grand juryman in 1734, and as tything- man in 1743. Samuel Richards married (first) March 7, 1714, Elizabeth Latham, daughter of Jonathan Latham, of Nor- walk, born in 1692, died in 1751. She was the mother of John, of whom further. (II) John Richards, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Latham) Richards, was born February 16, 1720-21, and died May 5, 1790. He married, January 19, 1742-43. Rebecca Fitch, born in 1720, died October 15, 1801; they resided in what is now West Norwalk, and John Richards served as grand juror in 1750.
(III) John (2) Richards, son of John (1) and Rebecca (Fitch) Richards, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, and bap- tized July 28, 1744. He was a cordwainer by occupation. He married, in Ridgefield, Connecticut, February 5, 1766, the Widow Abigail Olmstead.
(IV) Ambe Richards, son of John (2) and Abigail (Olmstead) Richards, was born September 23, 1773. He married, in 1801, Sally Dibble, daughter of John Dib- ble. This line has not yet been definitely traced back of Reuben Dibble, the grand- father of Sally Dibble. Reuben Dibble was born February 6, 1732-33, and mar- ried (first), March 16, 1758, Anne Sher- wood, who presented a son, John, for bap- tism on December 16, 1759.
(The Whitlock Line).
Justus Whitlock, born February 12, 1764, formerly of Greenfield, Massachu- setts, married, July 19, or 29, 1781, Abi- gail Meeker, of Redding, Connecticut. (see Meeker).
Walter Whitlock, son of Justus and Abigail (Meeker) Whitlock, born Febru- ary 22, 1782, was made freeman in Red- ding, Connecticut. Married, December 24,
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1799, Anna Morgan Gorham, born in Red- dington, Connecticut, September 1, 1782, daughter of Isaac Gorham, Jr. (see Gor- ham).
(The Meeker Line).
Abigail Meeker, who on July 19, or 29, 1781, married Justus Whitlock, was born February 12, 1764, daughter of Seth and Abbie (Wakeman) Meeker. Samuel Meeker, father of Seth Meeker, was born about 1700, and married Abigail Greg- ory. Their residence was on Cross High- way, Westport, Connecticut. His father, Daniel Meeker, married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Richard Ogden, ancestor of the Og- den family. His father, Robert Meeker, married, in Branford, Connecticut, in 1640, Susannah Tuberfield, and his will is dated 1651.
(The Gorham Line).
(I) The Gorham family was established in England in the time of the Norman Conquest. James Gorham, born in 1550, in Benefield, Northamptonshire, Eng- land, married, in 1572, Agnes Bernington. He died in 1576. His descent is trade from the De Gorrams, of La Tanniere, near the village of Gorram in Maine on the borders of Brittany as early as the beginning of the twelfth century. In 1158, Giles De Gorham, led an expedition to the Holy Land and returned to La Tan- niere in 1162. Several of the family fol- lowed William the Conqueror to Eng- land. The Gothambury Manor in Hert- fordshire was in the possession of the Gorhams from quite early in the twelfth century until 1307, when John and his wife, Isabella, sold the reversion of the estate after their deaths and thus it passed from the family. In 1338, a William de Gorham was living in Oundle, a place near Benefield.
(II) Ralph Gorham, son of James Gor- ham, was born in 1575 in Benefield. He
died about 1643. He came with his fam- ily to New England, and was in Plymouth in 1636.
(III) Captain John Gorham, son of Ralph Gorham, was baptized in Benefield, England, January 28, 1620-21, and came to New England in 1635 in the ship "Philip." He married, in 1643, Desire Howland, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tilly) Howland (a Mayflower passenger) and granddaughter of John Tilly and wife Vandevelde, who also came in the "May- flower." On October 4, 1675, John Gor- ham was appointed captain of the Sec- ond Company of Plymouth forces in King Philip's War, and died from exposure in the Great Swamp Fight. He was buried February 5, 1675-76, in Swansea, Massa- chusetts. Desire Howland, born in Ply- mouth in 1623, was one of the first chil- dren born in the Colony. She died Octo- ber 13, 1683, in Barnstable, Massachu- setts. In 1646 Captain Gorham removed to Marshfield, where two years later he was chosen constable. He was made freeman in 1650; was a member of the Grand Inquest in 1651 ; removed to Yar- mouth in 1652. There he was elected to the Plymouth Colony Court in 1653. He was surveyor of wards in 1654; selectman of Barnstable in 1673-74 ; in 1673 was ap- pointed lieutenant of the Plymouth force in the Dutch War. He was a farmer and tanner, and also owned a grist mill. In 1669 the Plymouth Court granted him one hundred acres at Papasquosh Neck, and in 1677 confirmed the grant to his heirs forever for the services he had per- formed. A similar grant of land in Gor- ham, Maine, was also participated in by his heirs.
(IV) Jabez Gorham, son of Captain John and Desire (Howland) Gorham, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, August 3, 1656. He married a widow, Mrs. Hannah Gray, daughter of Edward
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and Alice or Elizabeth Sturges. He died May 3, 1725, in Bristol, Rhode Island, and she died March 13, 1739. He also served in King Philip's War and was wounded. In 1680 he was constable in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and on the Grand Inquest in 1683.
(V) Joseph Gorham, son of Jabez and Hannah (Gray) Gorham, was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. Concerning his marriage, historians differ. The Gorham chart in the Fairfield Family Book states that he married Abigail Lockwood, of Fairfield, April 7, or May 1I, 1715. She was born November 28, 1694, and died January 23, 1724-25. Orcutt's "History of Stratford" states that Joseph Gorham married (first) Sarah - -, and was then of Stratford. The Sturges geneal- ogy gives Sarah Sturges as the name of his wife. There is a dispute that he mar- ried a Sarah at all unless he was thrice married. He married (second or third) Deborah Barlow, daughter of John and Abigail (Lockwood) Barlow, January 13, 1725-26. She was born May 3, 1705-06, and died January 25, 1778. He removed from Bristol and was in Stratford as early as 1715. He was a cordwainer by trade.
(VI) Isaac Gorham, son of Joseph Gor- ham, was born November 14, 1730, ac- cording to the Fairfield Family Book. The Fairfield church records give date of his baptism as September 30, 1729, while his tombstone in the Sanfordtown Church in Redding gives his age as sixty-eight years, eights months, ten days, when he died July 4, 1798, and this would make his birthday, October 24, 1729. On July 25, 1752, he married Ann Wakeman, born October 24, 1728, and died June 11, 1808, daughter of Joseph, Jr. and Abigail (Al- len) Wakeman. The town of Redding deeded him part of a highway on the easterly side of the Mill Common, De- cember 13, 1769. His negro slave, "Tone,"
was baptized April II, 1772. Isaac Gor- ham and Ann Gorham, were received into the church in Redding on producing a certificate of Greens Farms, and were in good standing there January 24, 1762. He was a farmer, and lived on the river run- ning to Saugautuck, about one-quarter of a mile west of their homestead.
(VII) Isaac (2) Gorham, son of Isaac (1) and Ann (Wakeman) Gorham, was born, according to his tombstone, Novem- ber 15, 1761, and died in Redding, May 4, 1813. He married, March 4, 1780, Sarah Morgan, born October 21, 1763, died Jan- uary 7, or 17, 1836, daughter of John Morgan. Their daughter Anna M. married Walter Whitlock (see Whitlock line).
(The Morgan Line).
Sarah (Morgan) Gorham, who on March 4, 1780, married Isaac Gorham, Jr., died January 7 or 17, 1836, aged seventy- two years, two months and sixteen days, according to her tombstone in the Red- ding Cemetery.
John Morgan, father of Sarah (Mor- gan) Gorham, was born December 27, 1736. He married, January or February, 1758, Joanna Banks, born December I, 1739, daughter of Joseph and Joanna Banks.
Captain James Morgan, father of John Morgan, was born April 1 or 2, 1716, in Eachchester, New York. He married (first) April 7, 1736, Anne Morehouse, born September 14, 1718, daughter of John and Ruth (Barlow) Morehouse. He served in Captain Bradley's company for relief of Fort William Henry. He rode on horseback from Fairfield, and served sixteen days from August 7 to August 23, 1757.
James Morgan, father of Captain James Morgan, married Abigail Fowler, daugh- ter of Henry Fowler, Sr., of Eastchester, New York.
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Charles Morgan, father of James Mor- in, Joanna Banks, daughter of Benjamin gan, married Elizabeth Feke, daughter of Widow Mary Feke. The latter made her will, June 20, 1691.
Charles Morgan, father of Charles Mor- gan, came, it is said, from Wales. He married (first) February 9, 1648, in New Amsterdam, Helena Applegate. He mar- ried (second) Catlyntje Hendricks.
(The Banks Line)
(I) This branch of the family was es- tablished in America by John Bank, prob- ably a native of England. He spent some years in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was town clerk in 1643. There he mar- ried Mary Taintor, daughter of Charles Taintor, who afterwards also located in Fairfield. Soon after 1649, with Roger Ludlow, deputy governor, he went to Fairfield, where he was granted a home lot, and also acquired land by purchase. He was a lawyer and at once took an im- portant part in public affairs. From 1651 to 1666, he represented Fairfield in the General Assembly. Later he settled in Rye, New York, and from 1670 to 1673 represented that town in the General As- sembly. About 1675-76, he was appointed one of the Indian Council.
(II) Benjamin Banks, son of John Bank, was married, June 29, 1679, to Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of Richard Lyon. Benjamin Banks died about 1693.
(III) Joseph Banks, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Lyon) Banks, was born December 29, 1691, and died January 4, 1766. He married, June 25, 1712, Mary Sherwood, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Sherwood. Both were admitted to the Greenfield church, July 10, 1726. Mrs. Banks died June 13, 1779.
(IV) Deacon Joseph (2) Banks, son of Joseph (I) and Mary (Sherwood) Banks, was born April 12, 1713. He married, in Greenfield, March 29, 1737, his first cous-
and Ruth (Hyatt) Banks. He settled in Redding, Connecticut, and died July 8, I802. Their daughter, Joanna Banks, married John Morgan.
(The Morehouse Line).
(I) Thomas Morehouse, the immigrant, was in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1640. He removed to Stamford, Connec- ticut, the following year, and in 1653 bought twenty-four acres of land on "Sasco Hill," and ten days later bought the grist mill there. He died in 1658. Thomas Morehouse married Isabel Keeler, daughter of Ralph Keeler, sup- posed to have been his second wife and not the mother of his children.
(II) Lieutenant Samuel Morehouse, son of Thomas Morehouse, was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, as early as 1637. He was granted land in the "Long Lots," extending back to near the center of Red- ding. He died in 1687. He married Re- becca O'Dell, daughter of William and Rebecca O'Dell, of Concord, Massachu- setts. The latter were in Southampton, Long Island, in 1642, and later in Fair- field, Connecticut. Their daughter was baptized in Concord in 1639.
(III) John Morehouse, son of Lieuten- ant Samuel and Rebecca (O'Dell) More- house, was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, a "yeoman," as early as 1668. He died there in 1727. John Morehouse married Ruth Barlow, daughter of John, Jr. and Abigail (Lockwood) Barlow. John Bar- low, Sr. married Ann. or Anna His will is dated May 28, 1674. Thomas Barlow married Rose, daughter of Tho- mas Sherwood, and widow of Thomas Rumble. She was eleven years old when her father, Thomas Sherwood, Sr., emi- grated to America in 1634. Thomas Bar- low's will is dated September 8, 1658, and mentions his wife and seven daughters,
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but no sons. John Barlow, Sr. was living at the time and it is the opinion of some genealogists that he was the son of Tho- mas Barlow, even though not mentioned in his will.
(IV) Ann Morehouse, daughter of John and Ruth (Barlow) Morehouse, was bap- tized November 2, 1716. According to her father's will, in 1727, she was then eleven years old, but according to the Family Book, Fairfield, she was born September 14, 1718. She married, April 7, 1736, Captain James Morgan. She died November 5, 1735.
(The Slason-Slawson Line).
(I) George Slason made his will, De- cember 19, 1694, and changed it the fol- lowing January. He speaks of his wife, who was then alive, and three children, Eleazer, John and Hannah.
(II) John Slawson, youngest son of George Slason, was born in 1645. He married (first) November 12, 1663, Sarah Tuttle, daughter of William Tuttle, of New Haven. She was baptized in April, 1642, and was killed by her brother, Ben- jamin, with an axe, November 17, 1676. He was supposed to be insane, but was executed, June 13, 1677. John Slawson married (second) Elizabeth Benedict, daughter of Deacon Thomas Benedict, of Norwalk, Connecticut.
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