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Yrs. Mos. D's
1788
February 11 Mrs. Elizabeth Tolles wife of
Ens. Abraham Tolles 29
29
February 13 Infant son of Medad Hotchkiss 0
0
1
February 15 Infant son of Winard Mitchell 0
1
12
February 21 Mrs. Hannah Buckingham
wife of Abijah Buckingham 51
5
4
March 8 Miss Lucy Johnson
27
6
21
March 15 Stillborn infants (twins) of Lieut. Jesse Beecher
March 20 Miles son of Simeon Wheeler
2
11
5
March 29 Infant son of Ebenezer Bishop
0
1
18
April 3 Widow Ruth Lounsbury
85
5
9
April 21 Lieut. Jonathan Mansfield Peck
May 18 Lemuel Wooding
44
11
13
June 4 Micah, son of Timothy Lounsbury
2
3
29
July 19 Stillborn son of John Huggs
December 17 Catherine wife of Joseph Hitchcock
22
7. 1
December 24 Thankful Perkins, about 82
1789
February 2 Widow Susanna Johnson
April 23 Sarah wife of Cyrus Wooding
27
10
24,
June 12 Mary wife of Samuel Beach
56
7
June 24 Daniel Tyler
51
2
27
August 1 John Andrew
29
7
0
1
3
July 9 Anna, wife of Elijah Clark
26
11
16
May 24 Infant twin daughters of Joseph Johnson (Anna and Fanny)
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September 12 or 15 Thankful, wife of John Alsop Talmadge
40 4 3
September 19 Infant son of Daniel Tolles 0
0
4
November 24 Samuel Kingsley
1790
January 5 Widow Deborah Carrington
96
6 (28)
March 21 Widow Dorcas Thomas
89
3
19
April 5 Joel son of Samuel Brisco
0
2
17
April 23 William son of William Purdee
0
5 17
May 31 Nathan Nettleton
31
3
21
July 10 Isaac son of Polycarp Smith
0
3
10
July 26 Infant son of Ezra Sperry Jr.
0
0
1
October 20 Son of Hezekiah Johnson
1791
March 15 Sarah Bellamy Tolles, daughter of Capt. Lazarus Tolles
March 25 Samuel Brisco
33 4 21
July 9 Isaac Beecher 2d (Jr.)
August 11 Rebecca Wooding, wife of Cyrus Wooding
September 18 Esther, wife of Ebenezer Humfreville 34
October 13 Phinehas Tirrel
66 4 13
1792
February 15 Silas Nelson
March 27 Abel Ives 69
March 31 Wife of Wheeler Beecher 30
April 13 Ens. Gershom Thomas
July 10 Joanna Smith
October 9 Abel Ward
November Capt. Amos Hitchcock 68 5
December 23 Esther wife of Ama (sa)
Tuttle
1793
February 3 Ezekiel Smith stillborn infant March 15 Anna wife of Azariah Perkins
April Mary, wife of Rev. S. Hawley ( )
Book Reviews
This department of the New Haven Genealogical Magazine offers to compilers and publishers of genealogical books the opportunity to secure fair and honest reviews of their productions. The reviewer will do his ut- most to point out the good features of every book which is presented for review, but in fairness to those who read the reviews will mention strik- ing deficiencies, such as the lack of an index, unusually poor arrangement of material, or gross inaccuracies. All genealogical books, even the poor- est, have some value, insofar as they present material not to be found else- where in print, and it is our aim to say the best that can be said of each book. Those who wish books reviewed should send them to the address below.
Donald L. Jacobus, Editor 554 Central Avenue Westville, Conn.
BLACKMAN Blackman and Allied Families. Com- piled for Nathan Lincoln Blackman by Alfred L. Holman. Privately printed, Chicago, 1928. 8°, cloth, 1 chart, 258 pp. Address: Nathan L. Blackman, 6930 South Shore Drive, Chicago, Ill.
The first twenty-one pages are devoted to a record of the family of John Blackman (of Dorchester 1640), one branch of which is brought down for eight generations. A very full account is given of the families of James Adams (of Westerly 1698), of Thomas Joslin (of Hingham 1635), and of John Keigwin (of Stonington 1702).
The remainder of the volume deals less exhaustively with other fami- lies from whom Mr. Blackman traces his descent. A great dealof informa- tion is compressed into small compass, and descendants of the following Connecticut settlers will find much of interest in the book: Robert Allen or Allyn (of New London 1651); William Billings (of New London by 1670); Richard Birge (of Windsor 1640); Robert Campbell (of New London 1714); Stephen Gates (of Preston 1708, son of Stephen of Hingham 1638): Wil- liam Gaylord (of Windsor 1638); George Geer (of New London 1659); Jona- than Gillett (of Windsor 1635); Thomas Holcombe (of Windsor 1635): Rob- ert Howard (of Windsor by 1643); Jolin Ingersoll (of Hartford by 1651); William Kennedy (of Preston before 1727); Thomas Kilbourne (of Wethers- field by 1640); Joseph Loomis (of Windsor 1639); Thomas Lord (of Hart- ford 1636); Daniel McMains of Plainfield 1734); John Marsh (of Hartford 1636); John Packer (of New London by 1651); Walter Palmer (of Stoning- ton); Robert Parke (of Stonington); George Phelps (of Windsor 1(25): Stephen Randall (of Stonington, son of John of Westerly); Thomas Rose (of New London); Ephraim Sawyer (of Windham 1717, grandson of Thomas of Lancaster); Gerard Spencer (of Haddam 1660); Josiah Standish (of Nor- wich 1686, son of Myles of Plymouth); Roger Sterry (of Stonington 1671)):
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and Gov. John Webster (of Hartford 1636).
Other New England families, of the following nanies, are also consid- ered: Allen, Blogget, Brooks, Brown, Church, Collins, Edmands, Farrar, Gardner, George, Hall, Hayward, Heywood, King, Linton, Mason, New- hall, Pelton, Potter, Prescott, Richards, Sabin, Scott, Shaw, Smith, Tuck- er, Warren, Waters, Wheeler, Whitcomb, Wilder, and Woodward.
The matter is well arranged, and an index provided. References to printed sources are given, and on many of the families much original re- searchı has been done. Many documents are quoted, and the illustrations add to the value of the book. The fact that Mr. Holman is the compiler gives assurance that the research was carefully done and that the informa- tion found in the book is dependable. It ranks with the best pedigree books of this type, and is recommended to genealogical students and libra- ries.
DODGE Dodge Genealogy Colonial Ancestry: The Nicholls-Upham Line: The Nicholls-Bruce Line. Compiled by Olive E. Dodge. Published by Melvin Gilbert Dodge, Utica, N. Y., 1925. 15 p. 8°.
This pamphlet states the ancestry of Lydia Nicholls, wife of William Dodge, through her father Benjamin Nicholls of Mansfield, Conn., and her mother Lydia Upham. It follows "Sergeant Francis Nicholls and Descendants of his Son, Caleb", by Walter Nicholls, in stating that Fran- cis Nicholls of Stratford, the first settler, was son of Francis & Margaret (Bruce) Nicholls and hence brother of Gov. Richard Nicolls of New York. This statement of the parentage of Francis of Stratford is erroneous. Francis the brother of Richard was a Royalist Captain, who followed the King into exile, and died on the Continent; since the Civil War in Eng- land did not break out until 1642, and our American Francis was in Straf- ford in 1639 and died there in 1650, the identification is impossible. On page 13 it is stated that Benjamin Nicholls who was born at Stratford 15 June 1729, married at Mansfield, Conn., 20 June 1745, Lydia Upham. No proof is given, and although it is not impossible that a youth of sixteen was married at that age in a town far removed from his place of residence, the circumstances are unusual and descendants of the Mansfield Benjamin should seek record proof of these statements before accepting them.
HARMON The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon 1755-1836, wife of Joseph Waterhouse of Standish, Maine. By Walter Goodwin Davis. Published by Stanhope Press, Boston, Mass., 1924. 122 p. 8°
This is a model volume, evidencing careful and thorough research in original record sources. The material is well arranged and presented, and there is an adequate index. A very full account is given of the early Har- mons of New England, and other families treated are those of William
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Roberts of Oyster River, N. H., Robert Goodale of Salem and' Wells, Isaac Cousins of Wells, John Hoyt of Amesbury, Newington and Scarborough, George Brown of Salisbury, Robert Taprill and George Walton of Great Is- land, N. H., and Daniel Hasty of Scarborough. This volume also contains a reprint of a curious tract entitled "Lithobolia: or, the Stone-Throwing Devil", originally printed in London in 1698, which narrates the supernat-7 ural events that harassed George Walton's family at Great Island, N. H.
HOSMER Hosmer Genealogy. Descendants of James Hosmer who Emigrated to America in 1635 and Settled in Concord, Mass. By George Leonard Hosmer. Pub. Cam- bridge, Mass., 1928. 271 p. 8°. Order from George L. Hos- mer, Room 1-239, Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Price, $10.00.
The family name is traced to Saxon times, and the ancestry of the American Hosmers is authentically traced to James Hosmer (died 1605) of Ticehurst, co. Sussex, the grandfather of Thomas Hosmer, founder of the Hartford, Conn., branch and of his brother James Hosmer, founder of the Concord, Mass., branch. The old difficulty regarding the identity of the mother of the emigrants is carefully analysed, and her real identity es- tablished.
The book, which is attractively bound in cloth, with gilt top, traces the Concord branch, and lists over 3400 individuals who were related by descent or marriage to the emigrant James. The arrangement of the gen- ealogical matter is clear and workmanlike, and there is an adequate index (27 pages). The compiler in his preface modestly disclaims any pretense that his Hosmer history is complete. However, completeness is an ideal impossible of attainment in this kind of work, and Mr. Hosmer has merit- ed the gratitude of Hosmer descendants and genealogical students in gen- eral, for preserving the valuable material he has collected by publication in a forni which makes it accessible to all.
There are pictures of the churches at Ticehurst, co. Sussex, and at Hawkhurst, co. Kent, with which the grandparents and parents of the em- igrants were associated, and other illustrations. We recommend the vol- ume to genealogical libraries.
SEAMAN The Seaman Family in America as descend- ed from Captain John Seaman of Hempstead, Long Island. By Mary Thomas Seaman. New York, 1928. 338 p. 8°. Order from the author, Miss Mary T. Seaman, 2 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn, N. Y. Price, $20.00.
This volume, recently issued from the press of Tobias A Wright, Inc., presents an attractive appearance, with red cloth binding, gilt top, a high grade of laid paper, and excellent typography.
It contains a wealth of material on the descendants of Capt. John Sea-
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man, who after a brief sojourn in Massachusetts and Connecticut, became an original proprietor of Hempstead, L. I., in 1647, and was appointed Captain of Queens County Troop in 1665. Miss Seaman's courage in un- dertaking to record the history of so prolific a family is worthy of ap- plause; for Captain John is credited with sixteen children, and the Hemp- stead Census of 1698 lists forty Seamans. A simple numbering system is employed; descendants in the male line are traced, and the children of Sea- man daughters given, when known.
Great praise should be bestowed on the choice of the twenty-two illus- trations. Of these, the coat-of-arins (in black and white )may be purchased separately for $1.00, and the reproductions of the 1657 deed from the Indi- ans to Seaman and others, and the autographed deed of John Seaman to his sons, as well as three pictures of Seaman homesteads, and a unique map, are sold separatelyat fifty ceuts each. Other original documents, deeds, marriage certificates, etc., are reproduced in the book, which as a whole and in detail should be of absorbing interest to Seaman descendants. The book is well indexed (45 pages).
The difficulties that beset the searcher who attempts to trace Long Is- lan 1 families are only too well known to the reviewer, and where defici- encies occur in the present volume, we are more disposed to sympathize than to criticise. However, the possibilities of research on the early gen- erations have not been exhausted, and a few inaccuracies strike the eye. On page 14 we find the statement: "In 1646 John Seaman and his broth- er Caleb are recorded in New Haven, Conn. At this period came the Pe- quod Indian War, and Captain John Mason was given chief command (as Major) of the Connecticut Troops. To John Seaman he gave command of one of the Companies", etc. Actually, the name of John Seaman was not mentioned in New Haven records in 1646, when Caleb Seaman. quite possi- bly his brother, was recorded as about to return to England. The Pequot War was fought in 1637, before New Haven was in existence. John Mason led the Connecticut Colony troops as Captain, and was called by that title in the colonial records as late as 1653, the title Major being first applied to him in May 1654. We have been unable to find in any contemporary source the statement that John Seaman served under Mason in the Pequot War. No muster roll of Connecticut troops serving under Mason has ever been found or published, and the most accurate list obtainable is the one painstak- ingly compiled by the late James Shepard in his pamphlet, "Connecticut Soldiers in the Pequot War of 1637"-a work which, incidentally, does not mention the name of John Seaman.
We have called attention, in the interest of historical accuracy, to what we can only consider an unproved (and probably unprovable) statement in "The Seaman Family", and we believe that Miss Seaman was led into error by following secondary instead of primary sources of historical infor - mation respecting the career of Capt. John Seaman. We in no sense intend to impugn her general accuracy, or the value of the genealogical statistics which she has preserved in her sumptuous volume, which we cordially rec- oniniend to genealogical libraries.
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STORK The Genealogy of the Descendants of Moses Stork, Scarborough, Yorkshire, Old England. Compiled and published by Charles A. Storke of Santa Barbara, Calif., 1925. 21 p. 12°.
The founder of this family was Moses Stork, who by 1746 had come from Scarborough, co. York, England, to New London, Conn., removing a few years later to Branford, Conn. From there the family removed to Chenango County, N. Y. The descendants are traced and listed with exactness. This pamphlet was issued and distributed in the hope of elicit- ing additional information for a more complete history of the family. On the early generations, unpublished vitai, probate and census records are quoted, adding to the value of the booklet.
Accurate; not indexed.
STOWE Ancestry and some of the descendants of Capt. Stephen Stowe of Milford, Conn. Compiled and pub- lished by Nathan Stowe of Milford, Conn., 1924. 24 p. 8°.
This interesting pamphlet traces one branch of the John Stowe family of Roxbury, Mass., through his son Thomas of Middletown, Conn., and Thomas, Jr., and Dea. Samuel, both of Middletown, to the latter's son Stephen Stowe (1726-1777) of Milford, who had four sons in active service in the Revolutionary War, and lost his own life nursing the sick American soldiers. The line is traced to the grandfather of the emigrant. based on the research in England of Mrs. Elizabeth (French) Bartlett. A full rec- ord of brothers and sisters is given in each generation; also biographical notes of ancestors in the direct line; the ancestry of Freelove Baldwin, wife of Capt. Stephen Stowe; and a partial record of their descendants.
Accurate; complete within self-imposed limits; not indexed.
TOWNE The Ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne 1737- 1793 of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine. By Walter Good- win Davis. Published by The Southworth Press, Portland, Me., 1927. 81 p. 8°
Like the Harmon book noticed above, this is a splendid piece of work, based on original research both here and abroad. It treats of the families of William Towne of Topsfield and Arundel, whose antecedents in England are traced, Thomas Browning of Salem and Topsfield, Robert Smith of Boxford, Ens. Thomas Freuch of Ipswich, Zacheus Curtis of Boxford and Topsfield, and Thomas Looke of Lynn and Boxford. Mr. Davis, in issuing monographs on the families of early settlers, such as are contained in this volume and the Harmon book, has set a high standard of excellence, and we hope he will continue to publish the results of his researches.
At Ye Editor's Desk
In sending out renewal fornis for Volume VI, it gives the editor the greatest pleasure to announce that the magazine has at last been placed on a solid foundation, and to thank those subscribers and friends whose in terest and generosity made this possible.
Within the past two years a total of $419 was donated to the Endow- ment Fund, the individual gifts ranging from $1 to $100. This has made it possible for the editor to employ the the needed clerical assistance, and since the establishment of this fund the manuscript of the New Haven families has been prepared for the printer, from the letter M to the end of the alphabet.
In addition to the cash endowment, the magazine has been greatly as- sisted by the action of several subscribers in subscribing for an extra copy, and particularly the liberality of the Society of the Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut in purchasing five complete sets of the magazine.
The raising of the advance subscription price from $5 to $6, beginning with Volume V., enabled the magazine for the first time in its history to pay current printing expenses out of current income.
The pre paration of the manuscript for the printer to the end of the al- phabet, although it will nearly exhaust the Endowment Fund, guarantees the continued publication of the magazine until the record of New Haven families is completed. It is estimated that Volumes VI., VII. and VIII. will take care of this material. It is the editor's intention, as the sale of back issues gradually produces profit, to replace the amount that lias been expended out of the Endowment Fund, and to hold it towards the preparation of an index after the eight volumes are completed.
Contributors to the Endowment Fund were:
J. M. Andreini
John C. Pearson
Mrs. J. M. Andreini
William H. Peck
Mrs. Noyes D. Baldwin Lucius B. Barbour
George McK. Roberts
H. Prescott Beach
George Dudley Seymour
Henry H. Townshend
Leonard M. Daggett
Albert M. Turner
John Clapperton Kerr
Mrs. John Clapperton Kerr Mrs. William Malnge
E. V. D. Selden
George C. Bryant Miss Lucy Peck Bush
Francis B. Trowbridge
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut
To all of these good friends, as well as to the other subscribers, many of whom expressed their regret at not feeling able to contribute, the edi- tor is grateful for the assistance and encouragement he has received.
The New Hayen Genealogical Magazine is the only publication in Con- necticut which is devoted solely to genealogy. It was begun with the ob- ject of publishing the material which the editor had collected during many years of research on the old families of New Haven. After this work is
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completed, we hope to continue the magazine and make it state-wide in scope. With this in view, we have from time to time added occasional features in line with the new policy. In the present issue, we have start - ed a new section for the purpose of reviewing genealogical books. Very few periodicals in the country, and none in Connecticut, offer to compiiers and publishers of this type of book a forum for a fair and honest review. We hope that many will take advantage of it. In order that subscribers may lose nothing by the addition of the book review and advertising feat- ures, we have increased the size of this issue to the extent of several pages.
In closing, we feel moved to say a word in appreciation of our printer's work, and to thank him for the keen interest he has always shown in the Magazine and its success, for his patience when we have been (at times) impatient, and for his moderation in charges for liis services. Without the last named, the Magazine could not have survived its first two years, which financially were the hardest. Mr. Smith is himself a genealogical student, with a wide knowledge of the early families of Central New York, and not infrequently he has added items to our manuscript which have increased its value, and which we have not heretofore acknowledged as they were incorporated in the body of the work.
Others, non-subscribers as well as subscribers, have furnished many items relating to New Haven families, which we are glad to be able to print at the end of each volume under the heading, "Additions and Cor- rections". It is always our intention to make acknowledgement, when printing these items, to those who contributed them.
VE EDITOR
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MANUSCRIPTS FOR SALE
Subject to prior sale, the following typed manuscripts are offered for sale. The first five manuscripts offered are carbon copies made with Kee Lox Indestructo carbon paper, and with the exception of the Milford rec- ords they are my personal copies made from the original records. In typ. ing them for my own use, a single carbon copy was made, and it is these which are offered for sale. I expect shortly to type the early vital records of Milford and Branford, and perhaps also those of Danbury, and arrange- ments may be made with me in advance by any who are interested. The other manuscripts listed are either mine by purchase, or owned by others who wish them advertised for sale.
Address: Donald L. Jacobus, P. O. Box 647, New Haven, Conn.
1 ROXBURY GRAVEYARD INSCRIPTIONS, from five graveyards. The inscriptions from three old yards are complete, those from another nearly so; only a few inscriptions from the modern cemetery. Thir- teen typed pages. $20.00.
2 EAST HAVEN INSCRIPTIONS, old stones complete, and most of the older stones in the modern section. The old stones were copied twen - ty-five years ago, and many of them since then have disappeared. Twenty-four typed pages. $24.00.
3 WOODBURY BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 1687-1726, copied from the original town records. Contains a number of early entries not found in Cothren's History of Woodbury, besides correcting other en- tries. Twenty-eight typed pages. $12.50.
4 BRANFORD INSCRIPTIONS, from the oldest cemetery. Com- plete copy of the old section except a few modern monuments at the rear, together with a few old inscriptions from the modern section. Twenty- five typed pages. $25.00.
5 MILFORD CHURCH ADMISSIONS, 1639-1657, from the copy made by the historian E. R. Lambert, now on deposit in the Town Clerk's Office, Milford. Many death records are added to the admissions. Five typed pages. $2.00.
6 GAYLORD-BRADLEY. Two sheets torn from the family Bible of Nathan Gaylord who married Anne Atwater in 1773. Contains also rec- ords of the family of Charles B. (son of Columbus) Bradley. $5.00. Copy will be made for $1.50.
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7 BARKER. Family record in the handwriting of Ephraim Barker (born 1736) of Harwinton, beginning with his grandparents Barker and Sanford. $5.00.
Copy will be made for $2.00.
8 HARWINTON DEATHS, 1817-18, 29-30, 33-34, the original ac- count in the handwriting of Ephraim Baiker. $6.00. Copy will be made for $2.00.
9 JOHNSON-MONSON. Copy of original Bible records of Eden Johnson of Bethany and Henry Monson, earliest date 1736. $3.00.
10 KILLINGWORTH ACCOUNT BOOK, 1803. $7.00.
11 DURHAM ACCOUNT BOOK, 1795 $6.00.
12 ANN M. K. WADE, 1833 Family Bible $18.00.
13 Letter written in 1788 from Rockdale signed Peter DeWitt. Excel- . lent condition, addressed to Peter Edmund Olmendorff $15.00.
14 Letter written to Collector of Philadelphia June 29th, 1809, signed by General H. Dearborn, Revolutionary War, Sec'y of War, 1801 $12.00.
15 SCRAP BOOK of R. B. Wade, about 1860 with many wood cuts $6.00.
WOOSTER
The Wooster Family Association is desirous of publishing the Wooster material now in its possession in order that it may not be lost to poster- ity. Most of this material was collected over twenty-five years ago by the late Dr. Frederick Wooster Owen, from record sources and from Woosters. all over the country, many of them aged people who have since passed away. Funds are sought to cover the cost of editing and publishing these records. It is hoped that interested members of the family who are able and willing to underwrite part of the cost will communicate with the Association at the address given below. Members of the Association have pledged part of the funds required, but it is estimated that $500. more will be needed. The Association will also welcome family records for their files and for eventual publication.
Address communications to Mrs. Alice G. Jones, 298 Wooster Street, Naugatuck, Conn.
Frederick L. Wooster, Chairman Sheldon F. Payne Alice G. Jones Committee
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MINER AND ALLIED FAMILIES
"One Branch of the Miner Family, with extensive notes on the Wood, Lounsberry, Rogers, and fifty other allied families of Connecticut and Long Island" by Mrs. Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck, 261 pages, pre- ceded by preface and historical introduction, one color plate, 25 other illustrations, two charts. Edition limited to 200 copies. Price $10., which includes postage. Address the publisher, Donald L. Jacobus, P. O. Box 647, New Haven, Conn.
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