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sachusetts, born about 1765, probably daughter of James and Remembrance (Brooks) Brown. Their only son, Ste- phen (3) Taylor, born August 4, 1708, in Hadley, lived in Colchester and had a wife whose baptismal name appears on the town records as Bennit. Josiah Taylor, undoubtedly the son of Stephen (3) and Bennit Taylor, born about 1740, lived in Colchester, where he married, November 4, 1761, Sibbel Northam, who was bap- tized, August 1, 1736, at the First Church of Colchester, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Day) Northam. Their son, Daniel Taylor, born October 5, 1765, in Col- chester, married there, October 28, 1792, Margaret Foote, who was born February 27, 1769, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Kellogg) Foote. They were the par- ents of Daniel (2) Taylor, born October 18, 1796, in Colchester, and died in the same town, October II, 1877. He mar- ried Harriett Chamberlain, and they were the parents of Amanda A. Taylor, who became the wife of David Haines, and the mother of Frank D. Haines, as previously indicated.
Frank David Haines was born January 16, 1866, in Colchester, Connecticut, and spent his boyhood on the paternal farm in that town, where he was early made ac- quainted with labor and those principles of independence, stability and integrity, which characterized his father and all his ancestors. The public schools of his na- tive town supplied his early education, and he completed his schooling at Bacon Academy, a widely-known educational in- stitution at Colchester. He removed to Middletown with his parents in 1883 and during the same year entered the employ of a banking house in Middletown, where he was actively employed for a period of seven years. Having decided, in 1890, to take up the legal profession, he began its study, reading law in the office of M.
Eugene Culver, and then entered Yale Law School, where he completed the course in one year, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the class of 1893. Upon admission to the Connecticut bar the same year, he formed a partnership with his former preceptor, and for several years the firm conducted a very success- ful legal business. During 1895 and 1896, he served as executive secretary with Governor O. Vincent Coffin, who was the first Middlesex county man to occupy the gubernatorial chair. This widely ex- tended the acquaintanceship of Mr. Haines, and enlarged the scope of his activity and usefulness. After his term as executive secretary, he opened a law office in Middletown, and for more than a quarter of a century continued a very active practice.
During those years Mr. Haines was honored with various positions of trust and responsibility. He served as liquor prosecuting attorney for Middlesex county ; was corporation counsel for the city of Middletown; clerk and treasurer of the First Ecclesiastical Society ; a mem- ber and for several terms, the president of the Board of Education; director of the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls; a director in the Omo Manufactur- ing Company ; a director of the Middlesex County National Bank; a trustee and a director of the Middletown Savings Bank. In recognition of his public zeal and abil- ity, he was honored by Wesleyan Univer- sity with the degree of Master of Arts. In 1910, he purchased a handsome resi- dence in Portland, in which he has since resided. In 1904 he succeeded John M. Murdoch as State's attorney for Middle- sex county, and continued to serve in that capacity until his appointment to the bench in 1918. He was for years a mem- ber of the State Bar Examining Commit- tee, and served by appointment by Gov-
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ernor Marcus H. Holcomb, as a member ton. Having thoroughly prepared himself of the Statute Revision Board, which prepared the 1918 revision of all the stat- utes of the State. In the early part of 1918, Mr. Haines was appointed by Gov- ernor Holcomb, to the bench of the Su- perior Court of the State, which position he now holds. It has been said by many of his friends that all the promotions received by Judge Haines were fairly earned by industrious application and by consideration for the rights of others.
Mr. Haines is a Mason, being a mem- ber of Warren Lodge, No. 51, of Port- land. He is a member of the Graduates' Club of New Haven, of the American Bar Association and the Connecticut State Bar Association, and in politics is a Re- publican. He and his family are mem- bers of the Episcopal church of Portland. Judge Haines is fond of out-of-doors re- creation and, when privileged to relax from the various duties incumbent upon him, is wont to retire to the woods and mountains, where he delights in plying the streams for trout.
He was married, March 8, 1887, at Mid- dletown, to Nellie Emeline Burke, daugh- ter of the late Robert Warren Burke of that town. Mrs. Haines is active in the church and in various local efforts for the improvement of social and municipal conditions. Two children were born of this marriage: Elmer Burke Haines, born May 8, 1892; and Warren Haines, born June 15, 1895. The latter attended Wes- leyan University and, at the opening of the World War, volunteered for service in the United States navy, but was re- jected for defective eyesight. He died October 8, 1918, and was buried in Trinity Cemetery at Portland. The elder son spent one year at Wesleyan University, two years at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and a like period at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, at Bos-
as an engineer, he volunteered, at the opening of the war, for service in the army of the United States. He was sent to the artillery school at Fortress Monroe, Vir- ginia, and after completing that course was made a master gunner and assigned for duty with the 53rd Coast Artillery. Soon after he was sent to France for duty at Army Artillery Headquarters, First Army, at Bar-sur-Aube, France. His work there consisted of maintaining a record of the allied artillery and the computation of artillery ranges and concentration. He was then assigned to the Saumur Ar- tillery School at Saumur, France, and after completing that course received a commission and joined the 146th Field Artillery in the Meuse-Argonne sector. He remained in active duty at the front till the armistice, and then entered Ger- many with the Army of Occupation, being stationed near Coblenz. After some months' service at this point, he was chosen to attend a course in French and French Customs, given by the United States Government at the University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France. Completing this course, he returned to the United States and was discharged at Fortress Monroe, August 2, 1919. He is now sales engineer with the S. K. F. Industries, In- corporated, New York City.
GUY, James Knox,
Bank Official.
Among the earliest of the present day business men of Middletown, Mr. Guy has been conspicuously identified with affairs in that town since his boyhood.
(I) Nicholas Guy, ancestor of James K. Guy, came to America in 1638, in the ship "Confidence," of London, being then fifty years of age, coming from Upton, Southampton, England. He was accom-
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panied by his wife, Jane, aged thirty years. They sailed from Southampton, April 24, 1638, and in that year located in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he witnessed the will of Richard Carver. He was proposed for a freeman of the Massachusetts Colony, May 22, 1639, in- dicating that he was then a member of the church. He died July 6, 1649. The will of his widow, made August 16, 1666, proved December 22, 1669, mentions their three sons-Ephraim, John and Joseph. No further record of this family appears in Watertown, and the sons probably re- moved to some other part of the Colony.
(II) John Guy, son of Nicholas and Jane Guy, born about 1645, is described in a deed recorded at Durham, Connec- ticut, as a trader. He received from John Sutliff, of Branford, June 16, 1719, a deed of house. barn and home lot of seven and one-half acres, including one common right in the town of Durham, for which he paid £91 IOS. He removed to Bran- ford, probably in 1724. In 1723 he pur- chased a house lot of three acres abutting on the town street, and adjoining the lot of Governor Gurdon Saltonstall, in Bran- ford. June 17, 1724, John Guy, trader of Durham, sold the home lot and building above referred to in that town to Abner Newton, of Milford, for two hundred pounds. On January 16, 1725, he deeded to Daniel Merwin for three pounds his common right in Durham, formerly the property of John Sutliff. In the Probate Court of Guilford, at a session held Au- gust 24, 1730, administration was granted to Anna, widow of John Guy, late of Branford. On January 12, 1734, the ac- count of Orchard Guy, only son and heir, with his mother Anna, executrix, pro- duced his will, which was then proven. Among the persons receiving bequests were his kinswoman, Mehitabel Green; his nephew. Joseph Pomeroy, who re-
ceived twenty pounds ; Hannah Hitt, who received forty pounds ; Orchard Guy, five pounds ; and grandchild, Sarah Guy, who received all the residue of his estate. To the poor of the South Society of Bran- ford, he left five pounds.
(III) Orchard Guy, only son of John and Anna Guy, born in 1702, died Janu- ary 30, 1774, in Branford. He married, December 5, 1733, Mary Foote, who was born September 27, 1715, and died about 1780, fourth daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Nash) Foote. She was de- scended from Nathaniel Foote, who was born in 1593, in England, and before 1637 was a resident of Wethersfield, Con- necticut, where he died in 1644. In 1640, he received a home lot of ten acres by grant of the town at the south end of Broad street, and by subsequent pur- chases became possessor of more than 400 acres. His descendants have erected a handsome monument to his memory near the site where he first settled. He married, about 1615, in England, Eliza- beth Deming, a sister of John Deming, who was also a pioneer of Wethersfield. She married (second) Governor Thomas Welles, of Wethersfield. Her second son, Robert Foote, born about 1627, resided first in Wethersfield, later in Walling- ford, and in 1668 removed to Branford, where he died in 1681. He married, in 1659, Sarah Potter, who was baptized August 22, 1641, in New Haven, daugh- ter of William Potter. In 1686, she mar- ried Aaron Blatchley, of Branford, and went to live in Guilford. Her two young- est children were twins-Steven and Isaac Foote. Steven Foote, born Decem- ber 14, 1672, in Branford, lived in that town, and died October 23, 1762, nearly ninety years of age. He married, in 1702. Elizabeth Nash, born April 15, 1681, died January 15, 1738, daughter of John and Elizabeth Nash. Her fourth daughter.
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Mary Foote, born September 27, 1715, in Branford, became the wife of Orchard Guy, as previously noted. His will, made April 10, 1772, mentions wife, Mary, who was to receive one-third of his entire es- tate and also his silver watch and negro man, Ham. His son John was bequeathed fifty acres in Killingworth and to his daughter, Elizabeth Huggins, land in Sharon, Connecticut, and the rest of his estate was to be equally divided between his children, Orchard, William, Mary Gould, Anna Guy, Sarah Fowler, and Lydia Guy, his wife and son Orchard were made executors. The inventory of his real estate made May 17, 1774. placed its value at £804 6s. His personal prop- erty was vlaued at EIII I9S. Iod.
(IV) Dr. Orchard (2) Guy, son of Or- chard (1) and Mary (Foote) Guy. born July 27, 1744, was an eminent physician of Branford, and left a large estate. He married, August 20, 1767. Abigail Bald- win, born December 15, 1749, baptized March 25, 1750, in Branford, daughter of Noah and Rebecca (Frisbie) Baldwin, of that town. She was descended from John Baldwin, who came from Bucks county, England, and was among the earliest set- tlers of Milford, Connecticut. He was not a church member when the list of freeinen in that settlement was made November 29. 1639, but was one of the proprietors. He joined the church, March 19, 1648, and was buried June 21, 1681. He married (second) Mary Bruen, of Pequot, daughter of John Bruen, of Sta- pleford, Cheshire, England, a descendant of Robert Le Bruen, who received a land grant in 1230. He was undoubtedly of French extraction. Mary (Bruen) Bald- win died September 2, 1670. George Baldwin, eleventh child of John Baldwin, fifth child and second son of his second wife, Mary, was born in 1662, in Milford. settled at Branford in 1686, and joined the
church there in 1693. He was a black- smith by occupation, a deacon of the church before 1715, and died October 26, 1728. Ile married Deborah Rose, daugh- ter of Deacon Jonathan Rose, of Bran- ford, and their fourth son, Noah Baldwin, born March 20, 1710, in Branford, died there November 20, 1799. He married, March 21, 1733, Rebecca Frisbie, and their daughter, Abigail, became the wife of Dr. Orchard (2) Guy.
(V) Orchard (3) Guy, son of Dr. Or- chard (2) and Abigail (Baldwin) Guy, settled in Wallingford, Connecticut. He married, May 29, 1794, Lois Hall, born February 28, 1769, in that town, daugh- ter of Giles and Thankful (Merriman ) Hall. She was of the sixth generation in descent from John Hall, who came early to Bos- ton, was later at New Haven, Connecti- cut, and among the first settlers of Wal- lingford in 1670. He was chosen select- man there in 1675, and died there ten years later, a large land owner and prom- inent man. He married, in 1641, Jane Woolen, who died November 14. 1600. Samuel Hall, son of John Hall, born in 1648, in New Haven, died in Wallingford, in 1725. In 1704 he was captain of the train-band. In May, 1668, he married Hannah, daughter of John and Grace Walker, born September 27, 1646. They were the parents of John Hall, born De- cember 23, 1670, died April 29, 1730. From 1722 to 1730 he was a member of the Upper House of the State Legisla- ture. In 1691 he married Mary Lyman. born in 1667, died in 1740, daughter of John and Dorcas (Plumb) Lyman. John Hall, son of John Hall, was born Septem- ber 13, 1697, and died June 18, 1773. He married, March 5, 1716, Mary Street. born 1607, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Glover) Street. Their son, Giles Hall, born February 18, 1733, died March 17. 1789. His sixth daughter. Lois, probably
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the daughter of his second wife, Thankful (Merriman) Hall, became the wife of Orchard (3) Guy, of Wallingford.
(VI) George W. Guy, youngest son of Orchard (3) and Lois (Hall) Guy, was born September 28, 1813, in Meriden, and received such education as the schools of the day afforded. Early in life he started out to sell various novelties and useful articles produced by the manufacturers of Meriden, after which he embarked in a small way in the grocery business in Mer- iden. Shortly before 1840, in association with his elder brother, Joel Hall Guy, he became proprietor of a general store in South Farms, near Middletown. Soon after the senior partner removed to Mer- iden and the original business at Middle- town was conducted by George W. Guy, who became sole proprietor upon the di- vision of the business. At the close of the Civil War, he sold out and retired from business. In 1857 he built the substantial house on Main street, South Farms, where he continued to reside until his death, and which is now occupied by his son. Mr. Guy was a regular attendant of the North Congregational Church, of Middletown, to whose support he contributed liberally. He served many years on the Board of School Visitors, and filled many positions of trust and responsibility. Politically, he was an earnest Democrat, and a warm admirer of James K. Polk, for whom he named his eldest son. A popular citizen, he was frequently called upon to serve the town, in which he held every office ex- cept that of assessor, and in 1856 and again in 1870 was a member of the State Legislature. He was a director of the Middlesex County National Bank, in which position he was succeeded by his son. His first wife, Elizabeth T. (Burr) Guy died soon after their marriage, leav- ing no issue. He married (second), No- vember 20, 1844, Nancy S. Brainard, who
was born February 26, 1817, in Haddam, daughter of Captain Daniel and Fannie (Smith) Brainard. She was descended from Daniel Brainard, one of the found- ers of Haddam, who receives extended mention elsewhere in this work. He mar- ried Hannah Spencer, and their sixth son, Elijah Brainard, born about 1678, was a farmer on Candlewood Hill, Haddam, and died April 20, 1740. He married, Septem- ber 28, 1699, Mary Bushnell, born March 10, 1675, died September 11, 1735. Their third son, Jabez Brainard, was born Feb- ruary 19, 1715, was a very prominent cit- izen of Haddam, captain of the militia in 1757, representative in the General Court and justice of the peace from 1772 to 1776. He married, October 15, 1739, Han- nah Clark, born December 1, 1713, in Haddam, daughter of John and Mehitabel (Lewis) Clark. Their third son, Daniel Brainard, was born January 9, 1752, lived in Higganum, served as justice of the peace, representative for thirteen sessions, and was colonel of the Seventh Regiment, Second Brigade of Connecticut Militia. He married, in June, 1773, Suzanna Clark, born March 23, 1751, daughter of John Clark, probably his cousin. Their eldest daughter Betsey, born February 2, 1778, married John Arnold. Their eldest child, Daniel Brainard, was born November 16, 1774, was a farmer in Higganum, justice of the peace, and captain of militia. He married, November 3, 1800, Fannie Smith, who was born January 17, 1780, in Had- dam, daughter of Captain Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Shailer) Smith, of that town. Their fourth daughter, Nancy Smith Brainard, born February 26, 1817, became the wife of George W. Guy.
(VII) James Knox Guy, only son of George W. and Nancy Smith (Brainard) Guy, was born March 3, 1846, in Middle- town, and enjoyed the best educational facilities afforded by his native place. As
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a boy he attended what was known as the Miller's Farms District School, was later a student in the famous school of Daniel H. Chase, of Middletown, and attended the West Haven Institute one year. For two years he was a student at Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Massachusetts, and for a like period at Wilbraham Acad- emy in the same State. Subsequently he pursued a business course at the United States College of Business and Finance in New Haven. Before completing his twentieth year, Mr. Guy began his busi- ness career as a bookkeeper for the Hub- bard Hardware Company, manufacturers of edge tools in Middletown, where he continued some five years. Through close association with his honorable father, he became very much interested in political matters, and in 1874 was elected to rep- resent the town of Middletown in the State Legislature, receiving a plurality of 534 votes, the largest received by any can- didate up to that time, and in passing, it may be remarked, that he was the young- est man that ever represented the town in the Legislature. During his term, he was a member of the Committee on Incorpora- tions, and its clerk. In the following year, without any effort on his own part, he was made a messenger in the State Senate. In 1876 he again turned his at- tention to business and entered the office of his uncle, Joel H. Guy, in Meriden, where he received his first training in the insurance business. Having become fa- miliar with its details, he returned to Middletown in 1878, and established an insurance office, in which he at once achieved a remarkable success. In April of the following year he formed a partner- ship with the late Wallace K. Bacon, of Middletown, who was then conducting a shoe store on Main street, and together they conducted both the shoe trade and insurance business. Under their pushing
and intelligent management, the insurance business expanded rapidly, and after a short time the shoe store was disposed of and the partners devoted their time ex- clusively to the insurance business. Mr. Guy is still the head of the firm, which was formerly Bacon & Guy and is now conducted by Guy & Rice, Mr. Bacon hav- ing retired many years ago. In January, 1882, Mr. Guy was elected a director of the Middlesex County National Bank to succeed his father, and in 1892 became its president. This institution was merged with the Middletown National Bank in January, 1916, and Mr. Guy continues as a director of that institution. Inciden- tally, it may be noted that in winding up the affairs of the Middlesex County Na- tional Bank the stock-holders received 118 per cent. of their interest. He has long been a director of the Farmers' & Mechanics' Savings Bank, of Middletown, was elected a trustee in 1890, soon after became vice-president, and in 1907 suc- ceeded the late Samuel T. Camp as pres- ident of the institution. He has also been interested in many other business under- takings of the city, was one of the corpor- ators of the Middletown Street Railway Company, of which he was long secre- tary and treasurer; is a director of the Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company, and of the New London Mutual Insurance Company of Norwich. He was long a director of the Simpson, Hall & Miller Company of Wallingford. For twenty- five years he has been chairman of the Town Board of School Visitors. He is a member of the Middlesex County Histor- ical Society, and of the committee of the First Ecclesiastical Society of Middle- town. Politically, Mr. Guy gave his al- legiance to the Democratic party, and was four years a member of its State Cen- tral Committee. At the time William J. Bryan became leader of the party, Mr.
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Guy withdrew his support, and has since acted independently on all political ques- tions. For more than thirty years he has been clerk of the Miller's Farms School District, also treasurer. He has long been identified with the Connecticut Associa- tion of Local Fire Insurance Agents. While he is rated as one of the ablest financiers of Middletown, Mr. Guy is one of the most democratic of citizens, easily approachable and always courteous and considerate. The paternal homestead in South Farms has been somewhat re-mod- eled and improved under his care, and now constitutes one of the most hospit- able and cheerful homes in the city's en- virons. Mr. Guy has traveled much, vis- iting all parts of the United States, and has made one trip to Europe. He spends considerable time in Florida, where he goes every February to remain until warm weather has arrived at Middle- town. He finds great pleasure in the transaction of business, and takes no vacations other than that involved in his avoidance of the rigors of our spring cli- mate. He is very fond of gardening and all farming interests, and devotes consid- erable time to raising chickens.
Mr. Guy married (first), September 24, 1871, in Wayland, Massachusetts, Eliza- beth A. Cooper, who was born September 24, 1848, in that town, daughter of John and Elmira (Loker) Cooper, whose ances- tors were among the founders of the town of Sudbury. Elmira Loker was born Au- gust 27, 1804, in East Sudbury, now Way- land, daughter of Isaac and Betsey (Cut- ting) Loker, of that town. She was mar- ried, February 10, 1832, in Sudbury, to John Cooper, of Boston. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Guy : I. George W., died in infancy. 2. James H., born May 5, 1874; was in the banking business in New York City, is now deceased. 3. Alice Baker, graduated from Vassar
College in the class of 1898; became the wife of William M. Titus; she died Au- gust 5, 1919. 4. Clarence Brainard, born October 29, 1881 ; is in business in New Haven, Connecticut. 5. Harold Seymour, born December 12, 1887; is engaged in the insurance business in Middletown, and is president of the Morris Plan Bank, of that city, and special agent of the Se- curity Insurance Company, of New Ha- ven. Mrs. Guy died March 3, 1918. Mr. Guy married (second), February 1, 1919, Mrs. Rose (King) Bacon, widow of the late Augustus S. Bacon, of Middletown. She is a native of Stratford-on-Avon, Eng- land. Her father died during her child- hood, and she came to America with her mother when she was only seven years of age. Augustus S. Bacon was the son of John P. Bacon, elsewhere mentioned at length in this work, and was long en- gaged in business in Middletown as a carriage dealer.
PALMER, Frederick Augustus,
Manufacturer, Lecturer, Philanthropist.
In a long life devoted largely to enhanc- ing the welfare of his fellows, Mr. Palmer has passed through many adventures and interesting experiences. He is the chief representative in Middletown of one of the oldest American families which has been identified with Connecticut from the first American generation.
(I) Walter Palmer, tradition says, was born in some town or village in Not- tinghamshire, England, and died in Ston- ington, Connecticut, November 19, 1661. The first authentic record of him is found in Charlestown, Massachusetts, May 14, 1634; Abraham and Walter Palmer, both citizens of Charlestown were made free- men by the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay. In the "Book of Possessions," compiled in 1638, the pos-
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