Families of ancient New Haven, Vol. III, Part 6

Author: Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1887-1970
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Rome, N.Y. : C. Smith
Number of Pages: 530


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FAM. 6. ROGER & REBECCA (GILBERT) DORMAN:


1 PATTY, bp 18 Aug 1795 HC2; [m - Sperry; "grandchild- ren Leonard C. & Patty Sperry" are named in will of Roger Dorman].


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2 CHESTER, bp 18 Aug 1795 HC2, d s. p.


3 ASENATH, bp 18 Aug 1795 HC2; m 16 Oct 1811 F-Dana Hub- bard.


4 JOSEPH, bp 18 Aug 1795 HC2, d s. p.


5 SYBIL, bp 18 Aug 1795 HC2, d 1 Mar 1863 æ. 67 NoHT3; m Per- it Merriman Sanford.


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8 JOEL, b c. 1799 d 12 Feb 1826 æ. 26 HT2; Capt .; m Sybil da. Timothy & Sybil (Heaton) Andrews, bp 1799 HC2, d 7 May 1849 æ. 50 HT2; she m (2) 28 Apr 1845 HV- Orrin Tuttle.


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i Royal O., b [22 Nov 1819], d 25 Dec 1895 æ. 75-11-3 NH V; m Cornelia da. Jesse & Sarah (Graham) Alling, who d 3 Jan 1894 æ. 67-8 NHV.


il Chester C., b [Jan 1822], d 29 Aug 1823 æ. 1-7 HT2.


ili Chester J., b c. 1825, d 20 July 1900 æ. 75 HT2; m 10 Aug 1845 HV-Sarah Elizabeth da. Lewis & Sylvia (Munson) Heaton, b 1829, d 20 July 1861.


7 ALMIRA, bp 1801 HC2; m Jason Fenn.


8 RUFUS, bp 1803 HC2, d 25 Apr 1851 æ. 48 HT2; in Bede da. Joshua & Rhoda (Ives) Goodyear, bp 13 Mar 1808 HC/.


i Lester Morse. ii Rufus Goodyear.


9 JULIA REBECCA; m 9 Nov 1828 HV-Sidney S. Morse.


10 BETSEY JENNET, b [1 Feb 1808], bp 1808 HC2, d 5 Sep 1882 æ. 74-7-4 NHV ; m 18 Jan 1826 HV-Russell Alling.


(A grandchild Antoinette Smith is also named in will of Roger Dor- man.)


FAM. 7. JOSEPH & PATIENCE (HEATON) DORMAN:


1 ADAH; m (1) Daniel Austin; m (2) Amos Warner.


2 LUCINDA; m Jesse Abbe; rem. to Jefferson, N. Y., & Kalamazoo, Mich.


3 MERRIT, b c. 1787, d 18 July 1831 æ. 44 HT2; m Esther da. James & Sarah (Cooper) Gilbert, bp 6 May 1787 NHC2, d 10 Aug 1862 æ. 75 HT2.


i George H., b 29 Nov 1808 HV, d 12 Oct 1871 æ. 63 HV; m 7 Apr 1833 NHV-Jane E. Cooper.


il Esther Lucretia, b 26 Jan 1811 HV, d 26 Ang 1863 æ. 52- 8 HT2; m William Gorham.


lit Jane Louise, b 6 Apr 1814 HV; m 28 Sep 1833 Allen Cooper Bradley.


iv Joseph Lee, b 12 Apr 1816 HV, d 22 Oct 1898 æ. 82-6-10 HV; m 17 Mar 1844 HV-Laura Ann Johnson.


v Philo Gilbert, b 11 Nov 1818 HV, d 5 Feb 1890 æ. 71-4 H V; m 20 Sep 1847 HV-Roxy S. da. Stephen & Rebecca J. (Dorman) Warner, b 13 Jan 1821 HV, d 4 Mar 1915 HV.


vi Julius Heaton, b 22 Dec 1820 HV, d s. p. 15 Feb 1889 HT 2, æ. 70 HV.


olf Julia Amelia.


vili Sarah Elizabeth, b 9 Dec 1826 HT2, d 13 June 1905 HT2; m 21 Nov 1845 HV-Philo Bradley.


ZAM. 8. DAVID & MABEL (DORMAN) DORMAN:


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1 ISAAC, b c. 1787, d 12 Oct 1836 æ. 50 NHTI, 20 Sep 1834 æ. 47 (Meth) NHV; m 19 Oct 1806 NHC2-Sarah da. Joel & Marga- ret (Yeomans) Gilbert, b c. 1787, d 1 Sep 1837 æ. 50 NHTI, 12 Oct 1836 æ. 50 NHV.


i Isaac, b c. 1808, d 16 Ang 1832 æ. 24 NHTI.


ii Mary Ann, b c. 1810; m Albert Huntley.


ill Martha, b c. 1812; m William Leverre.


iv Joel G., b c. 1815; m 2 Aug 1835 NHV-Grace Ann Park- is.


v Sarah; m John Thom of N. Y. City.


vi Child, b c. 1820, d 22 Dec 1826 NHV.


vii Amos, b c. 1822, d 18 Aug 1859 æ. 37 NHV; m Mary ---. viii Maria; m Francis Mack of N. Y. City.


ix Child, b c. 1829, d 12 Aug 1830 æ. 1 NHV.


2 LYDIA, b c. 1788, d 10 Oct 1842 æ. 54 NHTI ; m George William Sharpe (an Englishman from Birmingham).


3 SALLY, b [10 Mar 1790], d 17 Oct 1791 æ. 0-7-7 NHTI.


4 SALLY, b [Jan 1793], bp 31 July 1795 (æ. 3) NHx, d 31 July 1795 NHx, æ. 2-6 NHTI.


5 DAVID; m.


i Harriet Louisa; m Edward A. Elliot of Detroit, Mich.


il John B .; rem. to N. Dansville, Livingston Co., N. Y.


6 MARY; m (1) Mar 1813 ColR-Nathaniel L. Heaton; m (2)30 Apr 1838 NHV-John G. Kenny.


7 MABEL, b c. 1800, d 2 Apr 1876; m Henry Ward.


8 HENRY, bc. 1802, bp 28 July 1811 (æ. 9) NHx, d s. p. c. 1826.


9 WILLIAM RUSSELL, b c. 1804, bp 28 July 1811 (2. 7) NHx, d s. p. 8 Apr 1846 æ. 41 NHV; incompetent.


10 JENNET, b c. 1807, bp 28 July 1811 (æ. 4) NHx, d 9 Oct 1822 z. 15 (Meth) NHV.


11 ELIZA LOUISA, b [Nov 1809], bp 28 July 1811 (æ. 2) NHx, d 18 Oct 1865 æ. 55-11 NHV; m 11 Sep 1828 NHV-Alling Dor- man.


FAM. 9. DANIEL & PHEBE (WARNER) DORMAN:


1 EZEKIEL, b c. 1782, d 30 Jan 1846 æ. 63 HT2; m Ruth da. Ebe- nezer & Susanna (Tuttle) Warner, b [6 Mar 1780], d 3 Jan 1861 æ. 80 HT2, æ. 79-9-27 HV.


¿ Orrin, b c. 1803, d 10 Mar 1815 æ. 12 HT2.


il Patty Melinda, b [15 Jan 1805], d 26 Nov 1885 x. 79 HT 2, æ. 79-10-11 HV; m 4 May 1825 HV-Alva Munson.


ill Alfred; m Esther da. Thomas & Amy (Moss) Clinton, bp 2 May 1802 WdC.


io Abi; m Matthew G. Blakeslee.


v Susanna R., b c. 1816, d 1 July 1861 æ. 45 HT2; m Har- ley Warner.


vi Clarissa, b 18 Jan 1819 HT2, d 3 Dec 1896 HT2; m Sher- man W. Gorham.


vil Eber O., b c. 1824, d 29 Nov 1898 æ. 74 HT2, HV; m Charlotte A. Riggs, who d 20 May 1914 z. 75 HT2.


2 OBEDIENCE, b c. 1784; m Nathan Whiting.


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3 RHODA, b [June 1786], d 23 Dec 1871 x. 85-6 NHV; m 11 Feb 1802 Matthew Gilbert Blakeslee.


4 DANIEL, b c. 1789, d 7 Nov 1853 æ. 64 HV; m Patty da. Ebene- zer & Susanna (Tuttle) Warner, b c. 1782, d 16 Nov 1850 æ. 67 HT2, æ. 68 HV:


i Marietta, b c. 1807, d 29 Nov 1892 æ. 86 HV; m Hugh Megin.


il Lewis; m 24 Nov 1831 NHV-Hannah Crampton of Mad- ison.


il Chester; m.


iv Susan; m Selden Bailey.


» Sidney, b [Oct 1820], d 29 Sep 1899 æ. 78 HT2, æ. 78-11 HV; m Charlotte Emeline Riggs, who d 6 June 1897 æ. 73 HT2.


úl Louisa Jane, b [23 Oct 1828], d 14 Mar 1902 æ. 73-4-21 HV; m 15 Feb 1849 HV-Russell Warner.


vit Philos; m Eliza da. Horace & Rhoda (Andrews) Preston, b c. 1826, d 9 July 1890 æ. 64 HV.


5 REBECCA J., b [8 July 1791], d 11 Mar 1881 æ. 89-8-3 HV; nt Stephen Warner.


6 DEARING, b c. 1794, d 1 Apr 1877 æ. 83 HT2; m (1) Huldah da. Levi & Patience (Alling) Munson, b 11 Jan 1798 F, d 21 Dec 1850 æ. 53 HT2; m (2) Catherine


(By 1): ¿ Maria, b c. 1817, d 13 Apr 1898 æ. 81 HT2; m Lorenzo Dickerman.


il Orin, bc. 1819, d 11 Mar 1840 æ. 22 HT2.


ill Harvey, b c. 1821, d 16 Oct 1840 æ. 19 HT2.


Iv Matilda, b c. 1824, d 21 Jan 1894 æ. 69 HT2; m Horace W. Cooper.


o Silva, b [July 1826], d 18 Ang 1826 æ. 10 wks. HT2.


vi Levi, b 19 July 1828 F, d 12 Feb 1907 æ. 79 HT2; m (1) Cornelia Keeler; m (2) Amelia (Matthews) Sheppard. oif Silva, b [July 1830], d 15 Mar 1832 æ. 0-16 HT2.


FAM. 10. EDMUND & RACHEL (WARNER) DORMAN (incomplete):


1 CELINDA, b c. 1796, d 15 Nov 1845 æ. 49 NHV; m 27 Oct 1822 N HV-Jared T. Clinton.


2 RACHEL A., b c. 1798, d 12 Aug 1888 x. 89 WdT3; m 4 Mar 1821 HV-Daniel Carrington.


S ELECTA, b c. 1802, d 2 Feb 1887 æ. 85 (at Wtn); m (1) 20 May 1821 NHV-Alfred Blakeslee; m (2) 8 Nov 1846 NHV-Jared T. Clinton.


& EMMELINE J., b [Nov 1808], d 13 Oct 1885 s. 76-11 NHV; m George W. Atwater.


NAM. 11. ELIHU & ANNA (ANDREWS) DORMAN:


1 BENJAMIN; rem. to Greenburgh, Ala.


2 MARIA, bp 28 June 1812 NHx; m 10 July 1825 NHV-Marcus Foster.


3 ALLING, b c. 1805, bp 28 June 1812 NHx, d 3 Nov 1843 æ. 38 NH V; m 11 Sep 1828 NHV-Eliza Louisa da. David & Mabel (Dorman) Dorman, b [Nov 1809], d 18 Oct 1865 se. 55-11 NHV.


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4 SARAH, bp 28 June 1812 NHx; m 16 Ang 1826 NHV-Matthew Scovill.


5 MARVIN GORHAM, bp 28 June 1812 NHx, bu. 8 July 1812 NHx.


6 IRENE, b [May 1810], bp 22 Apr 1811 (æ. 0-11) NHx, bu. 22 Apr 1811 NHx.


DOUGAL. DAVID, bc. 1741, d July 1808 æ. 67 ConnH; Census (NH) 1-2-4; m (1) - ---; m (2) Grace -, who d June 1809 æ. 65 ConnH.


(By 1): 1 ISABEL, b c. 1758, d 19 Dec 1844 æ. 87 NHV.


2 DAVID.


(By 2):


3 Lucy, bp 8 Dec 1776 NHC2; m James Parcells.


4 HANNAH, b [Mar 1778], bp 3 May 1778 HuntingtonC, d 15 July 1806 æ. 28-4 NHTI; m (1) 9 Jan 1796 NHx-Jonathan Mans- field; m (2) Ebenezer Johnson.


5 WILLIAM, bp 7 Sep 1780 HuntingtonC, d before 1816; m (1) 18 Sep 1804 NHC/-Elizabeth da. Samuel & Eunice (Gilbert) Pun- derson, b 4 Oct 1786, d 10 Feb 1810 æ. 24 F; m (2) 29 Jan 1812 HuntingtonC-Nancy Wheeler, who d s. p. 18 May 1840 æ. 52 NHV.


(By 1): ¿ Charles Hewitt.


if Elizabeth Punderson, b c. 1813, d 1839 æ. 26.


6 THOMAS, b c. 1782, bp 20 Jan 1792 (æ. 10) NHx, d Aug 1852; m Polly da. Henry & Hannah (Lewis) Peck, b c. 1785, d 5 Nov 1865 æ. 80 NHV.


i Henry Peck; m 22 June 1828 NHV-Dotha Edwards of Wtn.


ii Leonard Lewis; m 24 Nov 1831 WatV-Emerett A. Sco- vill.


DOUGAL. JAMES; Census (NH) 3-1-3. Two children of "Widow Sarah" bp 1 Sep 1795 NHx, one æ. 3, the other æ. 0-9; the elder, a son, d the same day NHx. Jeremiah, s. of "Widow Anna" bu. 5 Sep 1796 æ. 1 NHx.


DOUGLAS. FAM. 1. ALEXANDER, d 7 Mar 1762 WV, WC2; m Sarah da. John & Sarah Ballard of Lynn, Mass., who d Oct 1787 æ. c. 84 WC2.


1 NATHANIEL, b 27 Sep 1738 WV, d 9 Oct 1803 WC2; Census (W) 1-1-4; m 1 Feb 1759 WV-Hannah da. Benjamin & Esther (Matthews) Lewis, b 8 Mar 1741 WV.


i Katharine Louisa, b 11 May 1760 WV.


il John, b 2 Oct 1762 WV; Census (W) 1-2-1.


ili Levi, b 17 Dec 17[64] WV; Census (W) 1-0-3.


iv Rebecca, b 23 Jan 1768 WV.


v Hannah, b 26 July 1770 WV.


vi Nathaniel Thomas Berry, b 20 Feb 1773 WV.


vil Samuel, b 8 Sep 1775 WV.


vill Abigail, b 7 Mar 1781 WV.


2 ABIGAIL, b 25 Dec 1740 WV, bp 30 Dec 1739 WC2, d 5 Apr 1775 WatV, æ. 36 WatT3; m 21 Nov 1763 WatV-David Hotchkiss. 3 SARAH, b 28 May 1742 (erroneously as "Abigail") WV, bp 30 May 1742 WC2.


ALEXANDER, b 6 July 1744 WV, bp 8 July 1744 WC2, "infant'' d 20 Aug 1744 WC2.


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5 REBECCA, b 6 July 1744 WV, bp 8 July 1744 WC2, "the other twin" d 7 Sep 1744 WC2.


6 ALEXANDER, b 14 May 1746 WV, bp 1 June 1746 WC2; m 29 Jan 1767 WatV-Ann Scott.


DOUGLAS. FAM. 2. BENJAMIN, b c. 1739, d 3 Dec 1775 æ. 36 NHCI, NH TI ; B. A. (Yale, 1760); King's Att'y, N. H. Co .; m (1) 1763 Rebecca da. Jo- seph & Rebecca (Peabody) Fish, b c. 1740 (at Stonington), d 8 Dec 1766 c. 27 NHTI ; m (2) 1768 Elizabeth da. Henry & Ruth Smith, b c. 1743, d 1 Mar 1823 æ. 80 (at Stamford) NHT1; she m (2) Philetus Smith of Smithtown, L. I.


(By 2): ELIZABETH, b 18 May 1770 NHV, bp 16 Dec 1770 NHCI, d 3 Sep 1834 æ. 64 NHT1 ; m 24 May 1789 F-William Gold Hubbard.


DOUGLAS. FAM. 3. WILLIAM, b 17 Jan 1742 (at Plainfield) NoBT!, d 28 May 1777 æ. 36 NoBTI ; Col .; m 5 July 1767 Hannah da. Stephen & Hannah (Beach) Mansfield, b 17 Nov 1747, d 22 May 1825 æ. 77 NoBT !.


1 OLIVE, bp 22 May 1768 (sponsors, Stephen & Hannah Mans- field) NHx; m 26 Jan 1786 NoBC2-Solomon Fowler.


2 WILLIAM, bp 20 May 1770 (sponsors, Enos Alling & Stephen Mansfield) NHx, d 14 Sep 1823 æ. 54 NoBT/; Capt .; in Sarah da. Constant & Rachel (Brockett) Kirtland, b 19 Mar 1778 W V, d 28 Nov 1842 æ. 65 NoBTI.


3 HANNAH, bp 24.May 1772 (sponsors, Stephen & Hannah Mans- field) NHx, d 12 July 1853 æ. 81 WT1; m 10 Nov 1793 NoBC2 -Amos Dutton.


4 JOHN, bp 28 May 1775 (sponsor, Daniel Bonticou) NHx, d 20 Feb 1784 æ. 9 NoBTI.


DOWNS. FAM. 1. JOHN of WH, probably from Kent, Eng .; m.


1 JOHN, b 5 Mar 1658/9 NHV, d soon.


2 SAMUEL, b 28 Oct 1662 NHV, d 23 Dec 1711 æ. 52 WHTI; m 1 July 1692 NHV-Christian da. Thomas & Mercy Pinion.


i Elizabeth, b 28 Aug 1693 NHV.


il Samuel, b 23 July 1696 NHV, d 9 Oct 1776 NHY, WHD; Dea .; m 29 Oct 1717 NHV-Mary da. Samuel & Sarah (Kimberly) Blakeslee, b 6 Sep 1696 NHV, d Mar 1779 WHD. FAM. 2. iif Thomas, b 7 June 1699 NHV, d 1 Oct 1785 æ. 86 WHD; m (1) 26 Dec 1722 NHV-Mehitabel da. Joseph & Eliza- beth (Lane) Clark, b 17 July 1701 NHV, d 25 Oct 1723 NHV, 25 Aug æ. 22 WHTI; m (2) 16 Dec 1725 NHV- Elizabeth da. Daniel & Esther (Sperry) Bristol, b 13 Ang 1699 NHV, d 30 Oct 1787 æ. 92 WHD. FAM. 3. iv Nathaniel, b 17 July 1702 NHV, d 19 Dec 1786 æ. 85 WH D; m Obedience da. Daniel & Esther (Sperry) Bristol, b 7 Oct 1704 NHV. FAM. 4. » Abigail, b 4 Nov 1704 NHV; m 28 June 1726 GV-Daniel Chittenden.


3 MARY, b 28 Jan 1664 NHV [1664/5].


4 EBENEZER, b 3 Apr 1667 NHV, d 20 Mar 1711 æ. 45 WHTI; m 28 Nov 1694 NHV-Mary da. John Humphreville, wid. Thom-


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as Mallory; she m (3) 3 Nov 1713 NHV-Thomas Carnes.


i Esther, b 5 Sep 1695 NHV; m 16 Nov 1714 WyV-Joseph Hinman.


i Hope, b 11 Mar 1698 NHV, d c. 1729; m 7 Aug 1718 NHV -Thomas Clinton.


ili Ebenezer, b 9 June 1700 NHV, d soon.


iv Mary, b 22 Jan 1701 NHV [1701/2]; [m c. 1730 Thomas Clinton].


v Seth, b 16 Aug 1704 NHV, d 27 Dec 1767 NHV; m 8 June 1727 NHV-Mercy da. Richard & Martha (Mansfield) Sperry, b 4 Jan 1702 NHV [1702/3], d c. 1779. FAM. 5. vi Ebenezer, b 28 Mar 1707 NHV, d 1 Oct 1790 æ. 84 S.Brit- ainT; Dea .; Capt .; m 14 Sep 1727 NHV-Dinah da. Eliphalet & Esther (Peck) Bristol, b 10 June 1705 NHV, d 11 June 1793 æ. 88 S.BritainT. FAM. 6.


vil Mehitabel, b 23 Aug 1709 NHV, d 5 Aug 1788 WdC; m (1) Jonathan Sperry; m (2) 23 Feb 1775 NHC/ -Thomas Gil- bert.


5 DELIVERANCE, b 19 Apr 1669 NHV, d c. 1749; res. M; m (1) Re- becca da. Simon & Persis Lobdell, bp 29 Apr 1676, d 2 Feb 1740 æ. 64 MT; m (2) Mary -, wid. John Thomas & Richard Porter.


(By 1): i Rebecca, b 7 Jan 1699/1700 MV, bp 26 June 1709 MCI ; m David Northrop.


il John, b 18 July 1704 MV, bp 26 June 1709 MCI, d 12 Jan 1799 æ. 95 MV; Census (M) 1-0-1; m 24 May 1733 Ann Hine; descendants in M.


iii Mary, b 25 Dec 1708 MV, bp 26 June 1709 MCI ; m - Baldwin.


iv Elizabeth, b 4 Mar 1709/10 MV, bp 5 Mar 1709/10 MC1, d 18 Feb 1798 æ. 88 MV; m 9 Oct 1739 MV-Samuel Ter- rill.


6 ELIZABETH, b 19 Apr 1669 NHV.


7 HANNAH, b 19 Jan 1670 NHV [1670/1]; m 22 Sep 1692 NHV- Nathaniel Kimberly.


8 JOHN, b 25 Nov 1672 NHV, d 1753; res. Fairfield; m Deborah -; descendants in Fairfield, Trumbull, etc.


9 DANIEL, b 29 Aug 1674 NHV, bp 27 Sep 1685 NHCI, d c. 1765; m Deborah


i Deborah, b 21 Jan 1716/7 MV, bp 22 Jan 1716/7 MCI, d 11 Aug 1787 æ. 70 MV; m 22 June 1748 MC2-John Tib- bals.


li Abigail, b 19 Jan 1718/9 MV, bp 19 Jan 1718/9 MCI ; m 24 Dec 1741 MV-Thomas Hitchcock.


iif Daniel, bp 8 Apr 1722 MCI, d s. p.


10 NATHANIEL, b 27 Dec 1676 NHV, bp 27 Sep 1685 NHCI .


11 RUTH, b 5 July 1679 NHV, bp 27 Sep 1685 NHCI.


FAM. 2. SAMUEL & MARY (BLAKESLEE) DOWNS :


1 MARY, b 5 June 1718 NHV, d 22 Aug 1759 BdV; m 24 Sep 1744 BdV -- Daniel Linsley. 1


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2 SAMUEL, b 4 June 1720 NHV, d 7 Feb 1801 æ. 81 BTI ; Census (Wd) 2-0-1; m 10 Dec 1746 NHV-Sarah da. Thomas & Saralı (Bristol) Humphreville, b 8 Jan 1727/8 NHV, d 9 Apr 1813 æ. 86 Bethlehem.


i Sarah, b 29 Nov 1747 NHV; m (1) Benjamin Hotchkiss; m (2) Ephraim Buckingham .


il Eber, b 30 Sep 1749 NHV, d 17 Feb 1810 æ. 60 BTI; m Abigail da. Joseph & Abigail (Bishop) Hitchcock, b 24 Nov 1752 NHV, d 30 Mar 1825 æ. 72 BT1 . FAM. 7.


ili Samuel, b 16 Apr 1752 NHV, d 20 May 1819 æ. 67 BTI; Census (Wd) 1-1-2; m 29 June 1779 NHx-Rachel [?da. Stephen & Dorothy (Tolles) Bristol], wid. David Smith, b c. 1742, d 6 May 1819 æ. 77 BT/.


Merritt, b c. 1780, d 13 June 1805 æ. 25 BTI.


Only child: (1)


io Jareb, b 6 Sep 1754 NHV, d 26 Feb 1802 æ. 47 BTI ; Cen- sus (Wd) 1-2-4; m Candace da. Joseph & Phebe (Sper- ry) Downs, b 6 Nov 1756 NHV. FAM. 8.


v Esther, b 18 Sep 1757 NHV, d Sep 1791 &. 33 NHx, 18 Sep æ. 34 BD; m 29 Jan 1781 NHx-Ebenezer Hun- phreville.


oi Felix, b 17 Apr 1762 NHV, d 3 Feb 1848 æ. 89 BT3; Cen- sus (Wd) 1-0-2; m Phebe da. Joseph & Plebe (Sperry) Downs, b 1 May 1765 NHV, d 9 Feb 1844 æ. 79 BT3.


FAM. 9.


oli Zeri, b c. 1769, d 3 May 1840 æ. 71 Bethlehem; m Rachel da. Stephen & Sybil (White) Sanford, b 1 Dec 1771 Wd V, d 22 May 1861. FAM. 10.


8 JONATHAN, b 26 Apr 1723 NHV, bp c. Nov 1723 NHCI, d 4 July 1801 æ. 78 NMT; Census (NM) 3-1-2; m Sarah Welch of M, b c. 1724, d 12 Apr 1802 æ. 78 NMT.


i Jonathan, b 11 Apr 1745 NHV, d 1823; Census (NM) 1-0 -4; m Mabel da. Bushnell Bostwick, who d 1818. Chil- dren: (1) Mabel; m - Howland. (2) Bushnell Bostwick; m Hannah da. Levi Clark. (3) Marcella; m Samuel Summers. (4) Harmon, d 8 Mar 1784 @. 1 NM T. (5) Mercy, d young.


il Sarah, b 11 Mar 1747 NHV; m - Dibble. iii Lemuel, b 12 Oct 1749 MV, d 14 Oct 1798; Census (NM) 1-1-6; m Sarah Children: (1) Sally. (2) An- na. (3) Irene. (4) Betty. (5) Orra. (6) Lemuel. (7) Matty.


iv Thomas, b 17 Mar 1753 MV, d 31 Jan 1812 æ. 59 NMT; Census (NM) 1-0-5; m Hannah da. William & Hannah Lamson, wid. Isaac Canfield, b 24 Oct 1749, d 1 Jan 1814 æ. 64 NMT. Only child: (1) Hannah; m Benjamin Roberts.


v Mary, b 21 Feb 1756 MV; m - Cone.


vi Elijah, b 15 Nov 1758 MV, d 23 July 1841 x. 83 NMT; Census (NM) 1-3-1; m 13 Oct 1785 Ruth Taylor, who d 9 Feb 1855 x. 92 NMT; had issue.


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vil Elisha, b c. 1761, d 1 Feb 1812 æ. 51 NMT; m 18 May 1802 RoxburyC-Eunice Frisbie; she m (2) IVi- nans. Children : (1) Jonathan Elislia. (2) Edward Frisbie.


vill Isaac; m 4 Jan 1796 Prudence Polly Sperry of Huntington. ix Ann, bp 5 July 1767 NMC, d 15 Nov 1787 æ. 21 NMT.


4 DANIEL, b 18 July 1726 NHV, d young.


5 JOB, b 13 Apr 1729 NHV; Census (NH) 1-2-2; m (1) 18 Apr 1750 NHV-Hannah da. Ebenezer & Hannah (Jones) Benham, b 7 July 1730 NHV; m (2) 31 Aug 1763 RoxburyC-Rachel Smith. 6 ABRAHAM, b 1 Apr 1731 NHV; Census (Sandisfield, Mass.) 2-3- 2; m Elizabeth da. Daniel & Elizabeth (Riggs) Holbrook, b 3 Aug 1735 DV.


/ Elizabeth, bp 21 May 1758 DC.


il Eunice, bp 20 Apr 1760 DC, d 20 July 1841 æ. 81 jack's HillT; m 30 Apr 1783 OxfC -- Benjamin Bradley.


lii Abiah, b 22 Nov 1761 DV, bp 7 Mar 1762 DC; [m 20 Feb 1782 WdC-Elijah Osborn].


iv Abraham, bp 20 Mar 1763 DC.


v Enos; of Sandisfield, Mass.


vi Daniel, bp 5 Apr 1767 DC; of Galloway, N. Y.


oli Samuel, bp 9 Oct 1768 DC; of Sandisfield, Mass.


vili Adda.


ix Mary, bp 19 Dec 1773 DC.


* Jabez, bp 12 Mar 1776 DC.


xi Zina, bp 11 Oct 1778 DC.


7 DAVID, b 28 Apr 1734 NHV, d 13 Dec 1813 æ. 77-7-15 Sharon; Capt .; Census (L) 2-3-4; m Sarah da. Thomas Day, b c. 1742, d 14 Dec 1808 æ. 66 Sharon.


i Abel, bp 23 Sep 1773: m Jerusha Hempstead.


il Betsey, bp 23 Sep 1773; d 1785.


ill Clarissa, bp 23 Sep 1773; m Rev. Julius Gregory.


io David, b 9 Dec 1767, bp 23 Sep 1773, d 3 Oct 1812; m Polly Baird.


v Sarah; m Lyman Gould.


vi Erastus, b 19 July 1772, bp 23 Sep 1773, d 20 Dec 1784. vii Betty, b 23 July 1775, d 5 Jan 1785.


vill James, b c. 1779, d 27 Jan 1836; Dr .; res. N. Y. City; m 25 Feb 1803 Sarah da. David & Mary (Brewster) Gould.


ix John, bp 14 Apr 1782; m Mary Gregory.


x Erastus, bp 16 July 1786; m Lucy -.


FAM. 3. THOMAS & MEHITABEL (CLARK) DOWNS:


1 MEHITABEL, b 4 Oct 1723 NHV, d 29 Sep 1795 2. 74 WHD.


FAM. 3. THOMAS & ELIZABETH (BRISTOL) DOWNS:


2 ELIZABETH, b 31 Aug 1726 NHV, d Nov [1727] æ. 0-14 WHTI.


3 ELIZABETH, b 17 Nov 1727 NHV, d 19 Oct 1729 æ. 1 WHTI.


4 ABIGAIL, b 1 May 1730 NHV, d 1 Mar 1813 æ. 82 WinD; m Sam- nel Hitchcock.


5 THOMAS, b 2 Nov 1732 NHV, d 5 Sep 1751 æ. [19] WHTI.


6 BENJAMIN, b 23 Mar 1734/5 NHV, d 2 Apr 1793 æ. 59 WHD;


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Census (NH) 3-3-3; m Temperance da. Josiah & Mary (Ar- nold) Platt, b 18 Feb 1736/7 NHV, d 3 May 1821 æ. 84 WHD.


i Thomas.


ii Benjamin, b c. 1768; d 21 Sep 1802 æ. 34 Salemx.


ili Joel, b c. 1771, d 23 Jan 1837 æ. 66 WHD; in Anna who d 25 Feb 1834 æ. 57 WHD, "Joanna" WHT2.


iv Richard; m 18 Oct 1795 NHx-Amy da. Ebenezer & Es- ther (Thompson) Humphreville. Probable child: Ju- lia, b c. 1798, d 5 Mar 1850 æ. 52 OV; m Samuel Lewis Pardee.


v Luther.


vi Amos, b c. 1777, d 19 Feb 1819 æ. 43 WHD; m 6 Dec 1803 OC-Katharine da. Medad & Eunice (Jolinson) Beecher, b c. 1781, d 4 Jan 1823 æ. 42 WHD. Children: (1) Sal- ly, b c. 1805. (2) Katlıarine, b c. 1808. (3) Rebecca, bc. 1811. (4) Leverett, b c. 1814. (5) Leonard, b c. 1816.


vii Sarah; m 26 Dec 1807 OC-Isaac Morgan of Wd.


7 ELIZABETH, b 30 May 1737 NHV, d 19 Oct 1751 æ. 14-4 WHTI.


8 SARAH, b 7 May 1739 NHV.


9 THANKFUL, b 2 June 1742 NHV, d 10 Dec 1743 æ. 3 WHTI.


10 DANIEL, b 13 Feb 1746/7 NHV, probably d s. p.


FAM. 4. NATHANIEL & OBEDIENCE (BRISTOL) DOWNS (incomplete):


1 NATHANIEL, b 28 Oct 1731 NHV, d Nov 1801 WHD; Census (N H) 2-0-3; m Mary da. Daniel & Eleanor (Brown) Hodge, b 24 July 1736 NHV, d 8 Oct 1805 æ. 70 WHD.


i Mary.


il John. d before 1801; m - -; child: John, d Sep 1817 WHD.


ili Hannah, b c. 1766, d 23 May 1845 æ. 79 WHT2; m Moses Humphreville.


iv Nathaniel, b c. 1768, d 8 Feb 1836 æ. 68 NHV; Census (N H) 1-0-2; m (1) Ann da. David & Ann (Bradley) Cook, b 2 June 1770 NHTI, d 12 Apr 1827 x. 57 NHTI, (NHx) NHV; m (2) 2 Nov 1828 NHV-Hannah Thompson, da. Titus & Thankful (Beardslee) Beecher, wid. ----- An- derson, bp 3 June 1788 NHx. FAM. 11. v Jairus; rem. to D).


el David, bc. 1773, d 27 June 1843 æ. 70 WHT2, July æ. 69 WHD; m Eunice - , bc. 1774, d 23 Mar 1849 x. 75 WHT2. Children: (1) John W., b c. 1800, d 4 June 1857 æ. 57 NHV, NHTI; Capt .; m Lovisa -, who d 11 May 1889 æ. 85 NHTI. (2) Betsey; m Edward Wickham. (3) Cynthia M .; m Peter R. Forbes.


vii Saralı, bc. 1776, d s. p. 17 June 1864 æ. 88 WHT2; m - Jones. vili Silas, d 1 Nov 1783 WHD.


2 OBEDIENCE, b 2 Sep 1733 NHV.


3 ELIZABETH, b c. 1736, d 7 May 1816 æ. 80 Salomx; m 7 Apr 1763 WatV-Nathaniel Gunn.


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FAM. 6. SETH & MERCY (SPERRY) DOWNS:


1 MARY, b 6 May 1728 NHV, bp 24 July 1737 NHCI, d 6 June 1812 æ. 84 WdC; m 22 Dec 1748 NHV, WdC-Caleb Sperry.


2 SETH, b 13 Mar 1730/1 NHV, bp 24 July 1737 NHCI , d 11 Apr 1795 WdD; Census (Wd) 2-1-3; m 25 Dec 1751 NHV, WdC- Sarah da. Joseph & Abiah (Sherman) Wilmot, b 6 Jan 1731/2NHV; she m (2) - Baldwin.


i Abiah, b 3 Nov 1752 NHV, d 30 Dec 1823 &. 71 WdTl ; m 10 June 1772 WdC-Amos Perkins.


il Mercy, b 8 Jan 1755 NHV; m 7 Dec 1774 WJC-Samuel Clinton; rem. to Wo !.


ili Joseph, b c. 1758, d 26 Jan 1822 æ. 64 WaTI; Census (Wd) 1-1-5; m 23 Nov 1780 WdC-Rhoda da. John & Mary ( Wilmot) Beecher, b c. 1758, d 19 Feb 1832 æ. 73 WdTI. FAM. 12.


iv David, b 4 Sep 1760 NHV, d 17 Dec 1838; res. Wtn; m 26 Nov 1781 WdC-Mary da. Samuel & Mary (Smith) Chatterton, b c. 1761, d 28 Dec 1829 z. 69 WatV.


FAM. 13. v Edward, b 19 Feb 1764 NHV, d 4 Feb 1793 æ. 24 WdC. vi Sarah; m Hezekiah Peck.


3 JOSEPH, b 22 Feb 1732/3 NHV, bp 24 July 1737 NHCI; Census (Wd) 2-1-2; m 1756 Phebe da. Joshua & Amy (Munson) Sper - ry, b 18 Feb 1735 NHV.


i Candace, b 6 Nov 1756 NHV; m Jareb Downs.


il Laban, b 19 Sep 1758 NHV, d s. p. 1782.


ili Zephaniah, b 15 July 1760 NHV, d 1785; m 31 Mar 1779 WdC-Mabel da. Simeon & Ann (Terrill) Beebe, b 18 Dec 1759 WatV. FAM. 14.


io Joshua, b 1 Dec 1762 NHV.


v Phebe, b 1 May 1765 NHV, d 9 Feb 1844 æ. 79 BT3; m Felix Downs.


vi Seth, b 28 Oct 1767 NHV.


vii Adda, b c. 1770, d 1794; m Eunice -; she m (2) Jonathan Atwater. Child: (1) Adda, b 1794.


viii, ix, x. Three children, untraced.


4 MERCY, b c. 1735, bp 24 July 1737 NHCI, d young.


5 MARTHA, b 16 Sep 1737 NHV, bp 6 Nov 1787 NHCI, d 31 Oct 1760 æ. 23 BTI ; m 20 Dec 1755 WdC-David Beers.


6 EBENEZER, b 14 Nov 1741 NHV, d c. 1778; m 28 Nov 1763 NHC /-Sarah da. Joshua & Amy (Munson) Sperry, b 13 Apr 1739 NHV; Census, Sarah (Wd) 0-0-1.


i Ebenezer; Census (Wd) 2-1-5.


FAM. 6. EBENEZER & DINAH (BRISTOL) DOWNS:


1 DANIEL, b 27 Oct 1728 WyV, d [-] Dec 1750 &. [-] SyT.


2 EBENEZER, b 1 Sep 1730 WyV, d 28 June 1793 æ. 51 S. BritainT; Census (Sy) 1-1-4; m 17 Sep 1782 S. BritainC-Abigail Stand- clift.


i Ebenezer.


ii Mary Ann.


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iti Nabby.


iv Sally, b [17 Dec 1790], d 14 May 1791 æ. 0-4-28 S. Britain T.


v Olive Sally.


3 AARON, b 18 Oct 1732 WyV, d 19 Apr 1825 æ. 92 S. BritainT; Cen- sus (Sy) 2-0-2; m 16 Aug 1753 SyC-Persis Wildman, bc. 1735, d 8 May 1825 æ. 90 S. BritainT.


i Daniel, b 12 Mar 1754 WyV, d 28 Oct 1776 S. BritainC.


if Dinah, b 28 Jan 1755 WyV; m 18 May 1780 WyV-John Griswold.


tif Aaron, b [12 Jan 1758], d 4 Jan 1764 æ. 6 (wanting 8 days) SyT.


iv Mary, b c. 1760; m 10 Jan 1780 WyV-Josiah Page.


v Wildman, b c. 1765, d Aug 1796 æ. 31 S. BritainT; Census (Sy) 1-1-1; m Eunice - -, b c. 1770, d 13 Feb 1853 æ. 85 S. BritainT. Children: (1) David, b c. 1789. (2) Cyrus, bc. 1791.


vi Joel, b c. 1768, d 20 Apr 1824 æ. 56 S. BritainT; in Nov 1806 S. BritainC-Betty Skeels, b c. 1770, d 12 Sep 1847 æ. 77 S. BritainT. Children: (1) Ruth Salome. (2) Daniel Willianı; m Lovisa M. Thompson.


vif Lydia Persis, bp 9 Sep 1770 RoxburyC; m -- Grannis. viit Asa, bp 3 Jan 1773 S. BritainC, d 30 Nov 1775 S. BritainC. ix Ruth, bp 3 Dec 1775 S. BritainC, d young.


4 MOSES, b 3 Sep 1734 WyV, d 21 Feb 1822 æ. 88 S. BritainT; Cen- sus (Sy) 2-1-2; m Ann da. Wait Hinman, bp 12 Dec 1737 Sy, d 11 Nov 1810 æ. 73 S. BritainT.


i Truman, b c. 1757, d before 1823; Census (Sy) 1-2-4; m 27 Feb 1777 WyV-Sarah Porter; had issue.


il Love, b c. 1759, d 17 Dec 1808 &. 49 S. BritainT; m 8 Jan 1777 WyV-Jehu Johnson.


ill Nathan, b c. 1761, d 29 Jan 1819 æ. 58 S. BritainT; Cen- sus (Sy) 2-1-2; m Susanna da. Noah & Susanna (Smith) Tuttle, bp 13 Nov 1763 SyC, d 3 Dec 1850 æ. 87 S. BritainT; had issue.


iv Anna, b 11 Oct 1764 F, d 18 Feb 1816 F; m 14 Feb 1787 SyV-Lemuel Blackman.


v Betty; m 28 Feb 1794 SyV-Eli Stilson.


vi Moses, b c. 1770, d 25 June 1827 æ. 57 S. BriteinT; m 4 Apr 1791 SyV-Balara Hinman, b c. 1766, d 9 Oct 1834 e. 68 S. BritainT. Child: (1) Preston, b 28 Nov 1791 SyV: m 4 Apr 1810 Sy-Sally Burr.


oif Polly.


olif Wait, b c. 1777, d 22 Oct 1822 æ. 45 S. BritainT; m 26 Mar 1797 Sy-Phebe Hinman, b c. 1770, d 9 May 1838 æ. 08 S. BritainT. Children: (1) Erastus. (2) Sophia. (3) Flora. (4) Seymour. (5) Nathan. (6) Anna. (7) Zephina.


6 SARAH; m 11 Feb 1756 Sy-Jonas Hinman.


@ MARY: m 29 Sep 1756 Sy-Reuben Hinman.


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7 . BETTY; m (1) -"Meaks" [?Mix]; m (2) - Downing.


8 DAVID, b c. 1743, d 31 Oct 1787 æ. 44 RoxburyT; m 9 Feb 1768 E HC-Susanna da. Robert & Thankful (Alling) Dawson; Cen- sus, Susanna (Wy) 0-1-2; she m (2) 31 Jan 1791 RoxburyC- Cornelius Bronson.


i David; res. Roxbury; m 2 Jan 1803 RoxburyC-Anna Mi- nor.


il Simeon; res. West Haven, Vt .; m 28 May 1789 RoxburyC -Susanna Hurd.


iii Elijah; res. Granville, N. Y.




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