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first selectmen chosen in 1677, and his mill and property was destroyed by the Indians in 1675. After that he resided in Medfield. His eldest child, James Albee, born 1648-49, in Braintree, received all of his father's property. He married, in Medfield, October 18, 1671, Hannah Cook, daughter of Walter and Catherine Cook, of Mendon. Their second son, John Albee, was born July 3, 1678, in Medfield. He married Deborah Thayer, born No- vember 4, 1687, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (French) Thayer. Their sec- ond son, John (2) Albee, was born Feb- ruary 15, 1721, in Mendon. He lived on the border of the present town of Mil- ford, whence he removed to Townsend, Massachusetts, where he lived with his wife, Abigail. Their son, Ebenezer Al- bee, born June 9, 1743, in Townsend, removed about 1770 to Rockingham, Vermont, where he cleared a farm, and was admitted to the First Church, Sep- tember 15, 1776, with his wife and sur- viving children. Later he became a dea- con of the church. He was a soldier of the Revolution from Rockingham, in Captain Jonathan Holton's company, Colonel Ebenezer Wood's regiment, enlisting October 17, 1780, and serving fifteen days on the alarm at the burning of Royalton, Vermont. He married, December 8, 1763, in Townsend, Rachel Avery, born 1745, died November 4, 1815. Their son, Eleazer Albee, was born June 19, 1785, in Rockingham, where he was a farmer north of Williams river. For many years he was a teacher; represented the town in the Legislature; and was prominent in various capacities. Late in life he re- moved to Stanstead, Canada, where he died August 28, 1764. He married, July 23, 1804, Hepzibah Bancroft, born Octo- ber 1, 1785, in Nelson, New Hampshire, died March 22, 1833, in Rockingham,
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daughter of Captain James and Lucy (Whitney ) Bancroft.
The Bancroft family was founded in this country by John Bancroft, who came with his wife, Jane, in the ship "James," of London, sailing in April, 1632, arriving June 12, follow- ing ; died about 1637. His son, Thomas Bancroft, born 1622, in England, lived in Dedham, Massachusetts; moved about 1650 to Reading; and later to Lynnfield, where he died, August 19, 1691. He mar- ried, September 15, 1648, Elizabeth Met- calf, daughter of Michael Metcalf. Cap- tain Ebenezer Bancroft, son of Thomas Bancroft, born April 26, 1677, probably in Reading, lived in that part of Lynn now Lynnfield. There he married, May 19, 1692, Abigail Eaton, born August 17, 1677, daughter of John and Dorothy Eaton, of Reading ; died April 8, 1758, in Lynn, then a widow. Their son, Lieuten- ant Timothy Bancroft, was born Decem- ber 14, 1710, in Lynn, died November 21, 1772, in Dunstable, Massachusetts. He married (intentions published April 3, 1732, in Dunstable), Elizabeth Taswell, of that town, who died September 23, 1754. Captain James Bancroft, son of Timothy Bancroft, was born October 26, 1745, in Dunstable, and served through two en- listments in the Revolutionary War. He was first enrolled as a sergeant in Cap- tain John Mellin's company, Colonel Enoch Hale's regiment, June 28, 1777, recruited from Fitzwilliam, New Hamp- shire, and towns near, and was discharged July II, same year. This force was raised to reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga on the alram of that year. He again en- listed as a private August 8, 1778, in Cap- tain James Lewis' company, Colonel Hale's regiment of volunteers, which marched from New Hampshire to join the Continental Army in Rhode Island, and was discharged August 28, service twenty-
three days, including travel home. A pen- sion was granted on his account. He married Lucy Whitney, and they were the parents of Hepzibah Bancroft, who be- came the wife of Eleazer Albee, and they were the parents of Marcia Albee, who became the wife of Charles E. Davis, as previously noted.
(VII) Lewis Olcott Davis, fourth son of Charles E. and Marcia (Albee) Davis, was born September 13, 1844, in Rocking- ham, and in boyhood attended the public school near his home. At the outbreak of the Civil War, before he was eighteen years of age, he enlisted, August 17, 1862, and became a member of Company I, Twelfth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, which was employed previous to the bat- tle of Gettysburg in the defenses about Washington. It was detailed to guard the baggage train of the First Corps, and thus was prevented from participating in the battle of Gettysburg. Later the regi- ment was detailed to guard prisoners on the way from the battlefield to Baltimore. He was discharged from the service, July 14, 1863. After returning to his native place, he expended the bounty and wages he received in the army in furthering his own education. For some time he was a student at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, and also at the Chester, Vermont, Academy. Subse- quently he taught two winter terms at Bartonsville. He had inherited musical ability and was a singer in the old church choir at Rockingham. While walking on the street one day in Claremont, New Hampshire, he met Rev. E. S. Foster, then in charge of the Universalist church at Middletown, who had heard Mr. Davis sing in his native town. Mr. Foster at once urged him to remove to Middletown to sing in his church, and through this influence, in July, 1866, he took up his residence in Middletown, and for sixteen
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years was engaged almost every Sunday in singing in the churches of that city.
As a daily occupation he took employ- ment with a carpenter as helper, and then became clerk in the store of E. B. & F. J. Chaffee, subsequently with Hubbard Brothers, dealers in lumber, continuing there from 1867 until 1875. In the latter year, in association with his younger brother, Eddie S. Davis, he dealt in sash, doors and blinds. Subsequently they be- came selling agents for J. W. Hubbard & Company, lumber dealers. To this busi- ness the Davis Brothers succeeded, and the business is now incorporated under the same name employed by the brothers, namely: "L. O. and E. S. Davis." Of this corporation, Mr. Davis is now the president and has been for many years. The concern handles all sorts of building supplies, and has enjoyed a fair degree of success. As a matter of curiosity, it may be noted in passing, that Mr. Davis was born on Friday, September 13, and started as clerk with Hubbard Brothers on the same day of the week. In political prin- ciple he has long adhered to the Demo- cratic party, but did not sustain its un- sound financial principles in 1896 and later. He is one of the most unassuming of men, and has never been a seeker after political preferment, although, as a matter of civic duty, he served on the Board of Education and was a member of the Com- mon Council for one term. He is past master of St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; is a member of Washington Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch Masons; and of Cyrene Com- mandery, No. 8, Knights Templar. He was long active in furthering the interests of this great fraternity and while acting master enjoyed the privilege of conferring the Master Mason's degree on four of his sons. He originated and carried out the plan by which the Masonic building, on
Court street, Middletown, was erected. His thought was concurred in by three brothers, Henry Woodward, Wilbur F. Burrows and George Bishop, at a casual meeting. Next day, after its inception and with no delay, the organization of a joint stock company was organized. Nearly all the subscriptions were secured by Mr. Davis, and the building was completed at once.
Mr. Davis married, November 18, 1868, Helen T. Stillman, who was born May 25, 1859, in Middletown, daughter of Edwin and Mary (Hopkins) Stillman, of that town, died August 6, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were the parents of the following children :
I. Louis Eddy, a sketch of whom ap- pears on a following page. 2. Charles Edwin, a sketch of whom follows. 3. Marcia Albee, resides at the paternal home in Middletown. 4. Ernest Still- man, a sketch of whom follows. 5. Rod- ney O., died in infancy. 6. Martha Helen, resides in the paternal home in Middle- town. 7. Harold Whitney, a successful dentist in Middletown. 8. Frank Twit- chell, employed by Guy & Rice, real estate dealers of Middletown. 9. Marion May, the wife of Edwin Wagner, residing in Akron, Ohio. Mrs. Davis was a descend- ant of George Stillman, who was born about 1654, probably in Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, England. The family name is of great antiquity, and branches of the family were known in England under various forms of the name including "Styleman" and "Stileman." In 1652 a coat-of-arms was granted to the Stillmans of Steeple Ashton as follows :
Arms-Sable, an unicorn passant or ; on a chief of the second three billets of the first.
Crest-A camel's head erased azure billettée, muzzled, collared, lined, and ringed or ; on the col- lar three hurts.
Supporters-Dexter, a stag argent with a lion's four paws and tail, collared ; sinister, a lion gules. Motto-Milii parta tueri.
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George Stillman was by trade a mer- chant tailor, and was among the three men in the settlement of Hadley, Massa- chusetts, who received the distinctive title of "Mr." He was educated, enterprising, and possessed of some means, and even- tually became the richest man in Hadley. Several times he was elected to the office of selectmen of that town, which he rep- resented in 1698 in the Massachusetts General Court. At one time he kept an inn, which was probably that owned by his wife's father. It was a stockaded house and in a hiding place behind the chimney the regicide judges, Goffe and Whalley, were secreted during their stay in Hadley, at the time of King Philip's War. Becoming weary of the dangers and exposures of this frontier settlement, he removed to Wethersfield and became a man of considerable importance in that town. Here he established himself in mercantile business, which grew to large volume and was international in char- acter. He dealt largely in horses, rum and molasses, which were shipped to the West Indies, and his store was stocked much more completely than were the majority of country stores in those days, his stock including dress goods, silks, pins, and hardware. He owned Indian slaves which were presented to his daughters when they married. In 1705 he was juror, next year selectman, and died in 1728, leaving an estate of £4,436 12s. 6d. His second wife, Rebecca, was a daughter of Lieutenant Philip Smith, of Hadley. She died October 7, 1850, aged eighty-two years.
Deacon Benjamin Stillman, fifth son of George and Rebecca (Smith) Stillman, was born July 29, 1705, in Wethersfield; graduated at Yale in 1724, and practiced law in Middletown from 1743 to 1754. He was previously a deacon of the Wethers- field church. He married, August 29,
1727, Sarah Doty, born January 18, 1708, died October 4, 1732, daughter of Cap- tain Samuel and Anne (Buckingham) Doty, of Saybrook; granddaughter of Edward and Sarah (Faunce) Doty ; great- granddaughter of Edward and Faith (Clarke) Doty, progenitors of a large fam- ily, and early residents of Plymouth, Mas- sachusetts.
George Stillman, eldest child of Deacon Benjamin and Sarah (Doty) Stillman, was born November 24, 1729, and baptized the thirtieth of the same month, in Wethersfield. For a few years he lived in Essex, Connecticut, whence he removed to Portland, and there owned the land subsequently occupied by the large brown stone quarries of that town. He became a wealthy man for his day. He married (second) in March, 1772, Catherine Rob- erts, of New London.
Captain John Stillman, eldest child of George and Catherine (Roberts) Stillman, was born 1772-73, lived in Middletown, where he died in May, 1828. The inven- tory of his estate made May 29 of that year, placed its value at $4,475.45. The liabilities as established by commissioners appointed for that purpose amounted to $1,502.34.
Edwin Stillman, only son of Captain John Stillman, was born August 26, 1806, died September 12, 1864. He lived in Middletown, where he was a rule maker. He married, May 22, 1828, Mary Hop- kins, daughter of Godfrey and Paulina (Freeman) Hopkins, of what is now East Hampton, Connecticut. The name, "Hopkins," is an anglicized form of the name of the Dutch immigrant, father of Godfrey Hopkins. Paulina Freeman was descended from Elder William Brewster, elsewhere mentioned at length in this work.
Edmund Freeman, born about 1690, came from England in the ship "Abigail,"
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with his wife Elizabeth, in 1635, and lived a short time in Saugus, now Lynn, Mas- sachusetts. He was made a freeman of the Plymouth Colony, January 2, 1637, and was one of the original settlers of Sandwich, in that colony. He was one of the most conspicuous men of that town, had a larger interest in its lands than any other, and held many important offices in the colony. His wife died February 14, 1676, and he died in 1682. Their second son, John Freeman, was born about 1627, in England, and lived in Sandwich. He married February 13, 1650, Mercy Prince, born 1630, died September 28, 1711, daughter of Thomas Prince and his wife, Patience Brewster, daughter of Elder William Brewster. Lieutenant Edmund Freeman, fourth son of John and Mercy (Prince) Freeman, born in June, 1657; died May 18, 1720. He owned lands in the Connecticut Colony. His wife, Sarah Mayo, was a daughter of Samuel and Thomsine (Lumkin) Mayo. Their son, Edmund Freeman, was born August 30, 1683, settled in Mansfield, Connecticut, where he died June 1, 1766. He married Keziah Presbury, born 1687-88; died April 20, 1764. They were the parents of Dr. Nathaniel Freeman, born March 31, 1718, settled in Middle Haddam. He married, in 1739, Martha Dunham, of Barnstable. Their son, Sylvester Freeman, was born April 16, 1740. He married, October 30, 1758, Leah Brainard, born December 12, 1740, at Haddam Neck, daughter of Abijah and Esther (Smith) Brainard; granddaughter of James and Deborah (Dudley) Brainard; and great-grand- daughter of Daniel Brainard, pioneer set- tler of Haddam, elsewhere mentioned at length in this work. Paulina Freeman, christened Philena, was born January 24, 1771, daughter of Sylvester and Leah (Brainard) Freeman, and married, No- vember 8, 1796, Godfrey Hopkins. Their
daughter, Mary Hopkins, was the wife of Edwin Stillman, as above noted.
DAVIS, Louis Eddy,
Business Manager.
Louis E. Davis, eldest son of Lewis Olcott and Helen T. (Stillman) Davis (q. v.), was born May 24, 1870, in Mid- dletown, Connecticut, where he has con- tinued to reside to the present time. His education was supplied by the public schools of the city, and he left the high school at the age of sixteen to begin a business career, which has been most active and successful. Within a short time he was employed by L. O. & E. S. Davis in the yard, and subsequently in the office, by means of which he gained a thorough and practical knowledge of the business of the establishment. As the years went on, and his father relinquished much of the care of the business because of age, the management gradually fell upon the eldest son, who is now treas- urer and general manager of the corpora- tion, "L. O. & E. S. Davis." During his connection with the business, he has par- ticipated in its growth and development, and he is today esteemed as one of the substantial business men of Middletown. Like his father, he has sustained the Democratic party in general elections, but has paid little attention to politics, and has never sought for any official station.
Mr. Davis married, June 7, 1898, Jennie Louise Tryon, who was born June 7, 1873, in Middletown, daughter of Charles C. and Martha S. (Prior ) Tryon, of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are the parents of the following children : Charles Elliott, born August 22, 1901, now serving in the United States Navy; Helen Charlotte, born February 1, 1904, a student at the high school.
Mrs. Davis is a descendant of William
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Tryon, who was born 1645-46, and was in Wethersfield as early as 1673, in which year he was taxed there, drew lands in 1694, and died October 12, 1711, in his sixty-sixth year. The inventory of his estate placed its value at £309 8s. 8d. The baptizmal name of his wife appears to have been "Saint." She died December 7, 1711. She was supposed to have been a daughter of Bezaliel and Saint Latimer. His eldest child, Abel Tryon, born 1685, settled in Middletown, where he had a grant of four acres on Mill Hill, January 12, 1711, There is no record of his wife, but his children are recorded in Middletown. The eldest son, Thomas Tryon, born May 7. 1708, baptized two days later in Mid- dletown, married, December 20, 1733, Mary Andrus, born May 5, 1708, eldest daughter of John and Rachel Andrus, of Middletown. The eldest child of this marriage was Abel Tryon, born October 5, 1734, in Middletown. He married there, January 12, 1757, Lament Lindsey, born February 20, 1730, in Wethersfield, daugh- ter of Robert and Susanna Lindsey. His second son, Josiah Tryon, born Septem- ber 13, 1762, in Middletown, made his home in that town. He married, May 25, 1788, Mabelle Johnson, who was born December 27, 1769, second daughter of Amassa and Eunice (Cooley) Johnson, of Windsor. Their eldest son, Josiah Tryon, born December 1, 1790, in Middletown, was admitted to the first church there, March 4, 1810. He married, October 29, 1823, Joanne Lucas, and they were the parents of Josiah Tryon, who married, April 5, 1846, Abigail Prout. They were the parents of Charles C. Tryon, born July 15, 1847, in Middletown, a black- smith in that town, who married, October 4, 1869, Martha S. Prior, born January 19, 1840, daughter of Daniel H. and Chloe (Hubbard) Prior, of Middletown. She is still living, residing at South Farms.
The Prior family is descended from Humphrey Prior, who was one of the early settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, on the east side of the river, where he died September 29, 1682. He married, Novem- ber 12, 1663, Ann Osborn, who was born January 15, 1648. Their second son, Dan- iel Prior, born December 18, 1667, settled in 1696, at Middletown. He married, February 9, 1683, Sarah Eggleston, daugh- ter of Samuel Eggleston, of Windsor. She died April 6, 1708. Their third son, Daniel Prior, born April 5, 1701, died February 4, 1766. He married, May 22, 1722, Sarah Gilbert, born 1694, probably the daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Stowe) Gilbert. She died October 27, 1785, aged ninety-one years. Their third son, Josiah Prior, baptized June 8, 1735, at the first church in Middletown, mar- ried there, November 1, 1759, Lucia Tryon. They were the parents of Wil- liam Prior, baptized October 19, 1777, who was a farmer in the Bow Lane district of Middletown, and died in middle life. He married, February 27, 1800, Sarah Harris, born in 1778, baptized Au- gust 25 of that year ; died at the age of sixty-four years, daughter of William and Millicent Harris, of Johnson Lane. Dan- iel Harris Prior, second son of William Prior, was born October 14, 1814, in the Bow Lane district, and attended the dis- trict school of that section until sixteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to a blacksmith. A few months before the completion of his apprenticeship, he pur- chased his liberty and went to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was employed in the Government Armory, and was sub- sequently employed three years by Rich- ard Hoe, of New York, manufacturer of the famous printing press known by his name. Mr. Prior was the first man in New York to weld steel. Returning to Middletown, he purchased a shop at South
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Farms, where he continued at his trade until 1868, following which he was en- gaged in farming. He died March 20, 1893. He was a Universalist, a Democrat in politics, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and served two years as selectman. He married, August 23, 1837, Chloe Hubbard, daughter of Simeon and Chloe (Williams) Hubbard, died January 27, 1852. Chloe Williams was a daughter of Jehiel and Ann (Ed- wards) Williams, of Cromwell. Her sec- ond daughter, Martha S. Prior, became the wife of Charles C. Tryon, as above noted, and they were the parents of Jen- nie Louise Tryon, wife of Louis Eddy Davis, as previously related.
Simeon or Simon Hubbard belonged to the numerous Hubbard family of Middle- town, descended from George Hubbard through his second son, Daniel Hubbard, who was baptized December 7, 1645, in Hartford, and died November 9, 1704, in Haddam. He was a soldier of the French and Indian War, and in 1700, removed to Haddam. He married, December 24, 1670, May Clark, daughter of William Clark, of Haddam, who died December 24, 1676. Their only child, Daniel Hub- bard, born December 16, 1673, settled in Haddam, where he was the owner of grist mills and large landed property, and died November 24, 1758. He married, Decem- ber 8, 1697, Susanna Bailey, daughter of John and Lydia Bailey, of Higganun. Their youngest child, Jeremiah Hubbard, born February 1, 1716, in Haddam, made his home in that town, where he died, November 30, 1803. He married, No- vember 11, 1736, Alice Shailer, born March II, 1713, in Haddam, daughter of Captain Thomas and Catherine Shailer. Jeremiah Hubbard, second son of Jere- miah and Alice (Shailer) Hubbard, was born January 29, 1746, in Haddam, and settled in Cromwell, 1793-94. He died
there August 23, 1808. Cromwell was then a part of Middletown. He joined the first church of Middletown in 1794, and was elected deacon, December 14, 1807. He married, February 11, 1768, Flora Hazleton, born November 16, 1747, daughter of James and Hannah Hazleton, granddaughter of James and Susanna (Arnold) Hazleton. James Hazleton was a soldier of the Revolution. Simeon Hub- bard, third son of Jeremiah and Flora (Hazleton) Hubbard, born 1773, lived in Cromwell, where he died April 10, 1838. He married, in 1799, Chloe Williams, daughter of Jehiel and Ann (Edwards) Williams, of Cromwell, a descendant of the ancient Williams and Edwards fam- ilies of Wethersfield. Chloe Hubbard, daughter of Simeon and Chloe (Williams) Hubbard, became the wife of Daniel Har- ris Prior, as above noted.
The founder of the Williams family of Wethersfield was Thomas Williams, who lived in the Rocky Hill section of the town, and died February 5, 1692, leaving an estate inventoried at £ 132 15s. His land was on the river, near Rocky Hill landing. The baptizmal name of his wife was Rebecca. Jacob Williams, fourth son of Thomas and Rebecca Williams, was born March 7, 1665. He drew land in 1695, lived near the landing, was a sea captain, and died September 26, 1712. He married, December 10, 1685, Sarah Gil- bert, born December 1, 1661, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Gilbert. Stephen Williams, third son of Jacob and Sarah (Gilbert) Williams, was born March 19, 1693, and died January 17, 1747. He mar- ried Abigail Butler, baptized August 6, 1704, daughter of William and Hannah (Hill) Butler. Jehiel Williams, son of Stephen and Abigail (Butler) Williams, was born about 1734, in Rocky Hill ; sold out his property there in 1761-62, and set- led in what is now Cromwell, where he
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built a house, and died June 12, 1810. He he is independent of partisan considera- married, January 6, 1757, Ann Edwards, who was baptized in 1735, daughter of David and Mary (Butler) Edwards, granddaughter of Josiah Edwards, who came from East Hampton, Long Island, and married Mary Churchill. Their daughter, Chloe Williams, was born about 1775, and became the wife of Simeon Hubbard, of Cromwell, as above related.
DAVIS, Charles Edwin, Lumber Dealer.
Charles E. Davis, second son of Lewis O. and Helen T. (Stillman) Davis, (q. v.), was born June 25, 1872, in Middletown, Connecticut, and gained his education in the schools of that city. In 1889, at the age of seventeen years, he went to Water- bury, where he was employed in the office of Homer Twitchell & Sons, brass manu- facturers. After ten years in this estab- lishment, he took an office position with the Oakville Company, engaged in the same line of manufacture in a suburb of Waterbury, with whom he continued until 1912, a period of thirteen years. In the last named year he returned to his native place to become secretary of L. O. & E. S. Davis, Inc., and has since continued in that capacity. Mr. Davis is thoroughly familiar with all kinds of office business, and is naturally able to contribute much to the advancement of the business with which he is now identified. He has at- tained the thirty-second degree in Free Masonry through the Scottish Rite, and is affiliated with St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Free and Accepted Masons; Washington Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch Masons; Cyrene Commandery, No. 8, Knights Templar ; Columbia Council, No. 9, Royal and Select Masters, all of Middletown. While a Democrat in political principle,
tions in supporting the candidates for of- ficial station. In 1916 Mr. Davis con- structed a thoroughly modern house on Main street, Portland, Connecticut, which commands a fine view of the river and mountains, and is one of the most cosy and hospitable homes in that town.
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