Families of ancient New Haven, Vol. VII, Part 15

Author: Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1887-1970
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Rome, N.Y. : C. Smith
Number of Pages: 544


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On the whole the only value this genealogy possesses is that of a starting point for some well-qualified genealogist, who wishes to compile a history of the family of Devereaux.


PEABODY-MERRIAM. The Ancestry of Franklin Merriam Peabody Collected and Made into this Book as a Mark of the Affection of his Grandfather, Franklin Asbury Merriam. Com- piled by Sidney Augustus Merriam. . . Sickels Ancestry by William Joanes. 136 p. Svo. [New York ?] 1929. Order from Franklin Asbury Merriam, 4 Westway, Pondfield Crossways, Bronxville, N. Y.


This attractive book has been printed on an excellent grade of paper and issued in heavy gray paper covers. Portraits of Mr. Merriam, Kemper Peabody, Elihu and Joseph Burritt comprise the illustrations.


Included there are records of the following families (the arabic numeral after each name indicates the number of genera- tions) : Barlow-1, Baxter-1, Blanchard-2, Bliss-3. Booth-1, Boreman-1, Brink-5, Brockway-3, Bronson-1, Burritt-6, Burton (John)-5, Burton (Solomon)-2, Campfield-2, Chapin-2, Chedsey- 4, Cole-4, Cool (Kool)-4, Cornwell-2, Curtis (Elizabeth) -3, Cur- tis (Phineas)-2, Davis-1, Dodge-2, Doolittle-4, Foote-3, Gold- smith-2, Hall-3, Harvey-1, Hendrick-1, Hopkins-3, Hutchinson-1, Hutton-1, Hyatt-3, Judd-2, Judson-2, Kenney-4, Knight-2, Lewis- 2, Low-2, Merriam-14, Moss-3, Moulthrop-2, Nash-2, Nettleton-1, Nichols-1, Paine-1, Parker-1, Peabody-10, Perkins-3, Pike-1, Putnam-5, Roberts-2, Rockwell-4, Russell-3, Sawtelle-2, Shepard- 3, Sickels-7, Smith (James, of Salem)-4, St. John-1, Stone-9, Stuyvesant-1, Thompson-2, Treat-1, Turney-1, Ufford-4, Utter-2, Van Aken-2, Van Winkle-3, Vreeland-4, Walkeley-3, Westbrook- 2, Westfall-3. Westlin-2, Wheeler-2, Willoughby-1, Wilkins-4.


Of these seventy-six families, the accounts of the following show the results of original research and a very careful consider- ation of documentary evidence: Brink, Burritt, Merriam, Pea- body, Putnam, Sickels, Smith, Stone, and Wilkins.


In the account of the Merriam family the ancestry of Joseph, Robert and George Merriam, "three" brothers who settled in New England in the seventeenth century, sons of one William Merriam, is carried back, through the evidence of recently dis- covered wills and decds, to a William Meryham, who died in 1478/9.


Wherever an original document has been used the compiler has cited its source, but he, unfortunately, we think, has failed to cite other references. We have recognized the sources of some of the genealogies included in this volume as coming from town histories and the like. To the uninitiated user, coming for the first time upon an account of a family in which he may be


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interested, a reference to the source would be of great value. We regret this exclusion.


The compiler would have done well to consult the NEW HAVEN GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE, vol. 2, p. 470-71 (July, 1924), where it is to be noted that Phineas Curtis (p. 116) was the son of Isaac3 (Isaac2 Richard1) and Abigail (Tuttle) Curtis, and his ancestry carried back three generations.


Families of Ancient New Haven (Continued from page 1733)


FAM. 7. DANIEL & EUNICE (BROWN) THOMAS :


1 EUNICE, b c. 1704, d 1789 æ. 85 WHIT2, 25 Dec 1788 æ. 85 WHID; m (1) John Clark; m (2) Ebenezer Stacker.


2 ELIZABETH, b c. 1705, "Wid." d 25 Mar 1783 WIID; m 27 July 1727 NHV-Joseph Prindle.


3 LYDIA, d 16 Feb 1787 WIID; m 10 Oct 1732 NHV- Daniel Clark.


4 BATHSHEBA, b c. 1708, d 11 Sep 1794 æ. 86 WHIT2; m Samuel Tolles.


5 DANIEL, b c. 1710, d 25 Mar 1795 æ. 84 WHD, 24 Mar æ. 84 NHx; Census (NH) 1-0-0; m 25 Dec 1735 NHV-Sarah da. James & Elizabeth (Kirby) Brown, b 9 Nov 1711 NIIV, d 2 June 1788 WIID, bu. 3 June æ. 77 NHx.


i Daniel, b 6 Oct 1737 NHV, d s. p. 1760 æ. 21 WHT2.


ii Ebenezer, b 13 Nov 1739 NHV, d 14 Oct 1776 WHD.


iii Benajah, b 2 Nov 1741 NHV, d 4 Apr 1802 æ. 60 WIID : m (1) Mehitabel da. Josiah & Mary (Newton) Platt, b 9 Sep 1749 NHV, d 30 May 1785 WHD, bu. 3 June NHx; m (2) Pamela Peck, wid. Samuel Smith, b c. 1760, d 6 Oct 1815 æ. 55 HT4; she m (3) between 1809 & 1813 Philemon Potter [3d m proved by NH Deeds 66 : 458]. FAM. 17.


iv Adonijah, b 28 Aug 1743 NHV.


v Edward, b 30 May 1745 NHV, d 20 Nov 1794 æ. 49 WHD, bu. 21 Nov NHx; Census (NH) 3-1-5; m Esther , b c. 1747, d 23 Dec 1831 æ. 84 WHD. FAM. 18. vi Cornelia, bp 8 May 1748 WHx, d 1760 æ. 11 WHT2.


vii Sarah, bp 15 July 1750 WHx, [d 23 Mar 1824 æ. 74 MyT; m (1) Amos Clark; m (2) c. 1779 Benjamin Hine].


viii Elizabeth, bp 11 Apr 1753 (at WH) Dx.


6 STEPHEN, b c. 1712, d Aug 1789 WHID, bu. 21 Aug æ. 77 NHx; m 20 Feb 1737/8 NHV-Lydia da. Gideon & Lydia (Johnson) Andrews, wid. Samuel Thomas, b 14 Jan 1699 NHV.


i Stephen, bp 28 Apr 1740 NHIC1, [lost at sea 1778]; m (1) Mary da. Caleb & Mary


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(Hodges) Andrews, b 29 Nov 1738 NHV, d s. p. before 1772; m (2) Hannah


7 DORCAS ; m James Stevens.


8 JOHN, d 1766; m Sybil da. John & Mehitabel (Tal- madge) Smith, b 30 June 1720 NHV, d 11 Aug 1802 WIID, 12 Aug æ. 82 WHT2.


i John, b 11 May 1743 NHV, d c. 1775; m Rhoda da. Samuel & Rhoda (Clinton) Stevens, b c. 1747, d 20 Oct 1840 æ. 93 WHD; Census, Rhoda (NH) 0-1-1. Child : 1 John, b c. 1775, "child" bp 31 Dec 1775 NHx, d 20 Nov 1791 æ. 16 (at sea) WHID.


ii Sybil, b 27 Nov 1745 NHV, d 14 Dec 1822 æ. 78 WIID; m John Ward.


iii James, b 13 Mar 1747 NHV, bp 30 Mar 1746 Stx [1747].


iv Aaron, b 16 May 1749 NHV, bp 18 July 1749 Stx, d 31 Mar 1825 æ. 76 WHT2; Census (NH) 1-3-5; m (1) Anna [da. Benjamin & Eleanor (Brown) Graham, bp 6 May 1747 (at NH) Stx], d 3 July 1783 æ. 36 WHIT2, 20 July WILD; m (2) 16 Dec 1784 NHr-Martha [Strickland], wid. James Tolles, b c. 1753, d 29 Mar 1835 WIID, æ. 82 WHT2. FAM. 19.


v Asahel, b c. 1755, d 19 Dec 1815 æ. 61 WHD; Census (NII) 2-0-2; m (1) 27 Jan 1791 NHx- Hannah Merwin, b c. 1761, d 23 Aug 1796 æ. 35 WHT2, bu. 25 Aug NHx; m (2) 25 May 1797 NHx-Abigail Stevens, who d 30 Oct 1805 WHD. FAM. 20.


9 CHARLES, d 1773 ; m 22 Mar 1741/2 NHV-Lydia da. John & Elizabeth (Bradley) Augur, who d 12 Dec 1803 WHD.


¿ Mabel, b 20 Oct 1742 NIIV ; m David Bristol.


ii Lydia, b 27 May 1744 NHV, d 22 Jan 1822 æ. 77 WIID ; m John Richards.


iii Charles, b 24 Apr 1746 NHV ; m Sarah A child Dorcas, bp 25 Dec 1777 (sponsors, John Richards & Martha Tolles) NHx, d 30 Jan 1778 WIID, 31 Jan NHx.


iv Thomas, b 13 Mar 1747/8 NHV, bp 8 May 1748 Stx; m Mary A da. Dinah, bp 15 Dec 1776 (sponsor, Lydia Thomas) NHx.


v Samuel, bp 15 July 1750 Stx; (tax list reports him in N. Y. 1778) ; m Dorothy [? da. Stephen & Dorothy (Tolles) Bristol], b c. 1748, d 12 Aug 1834 æ. 86 (NHx) NHV. Children: 1 Felix, bp 11 Feb 1776 (sponsor, Martha Tolles) NIIx. 2 Bethuel, bp 3 Aug 1777 NH.x, d 6 Jan


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1797 æ. 21 WHD; m 15 Oct 1795 NHx-Mary Bristol. 3 Child, d Apr 1779 WHD. [Chil- dren of "Dolly Thomas": Susanna, b c. 1790, d 24 Oct 1795 æ. 5 WHD; Statira, b c. 1794, bp 1 Feb 1797 (æ. 2) NHx.]


vi Bathsheba; m Abraham Higgins.


vii Seth, d 10 May 1782 (at Newburyport) WHID; Capt .; m Mary da. Israel & Mary (Tolles) Kimberly, b c. 1753, d 13 Sep 1833 æ. 80 WHIT1; she m (2) James B. Reynolds.


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viii Stephen.


10 DINAH, d 18 Apr 1797 WHD; m (1) David Smith ; m (2) Jared Belden.


11 TIMOTHY, b 22 May 1723 NIIV, d 7 Dec 1793 æ. 73 WHD ; m 20 Oct 1746 NIIV-Susanna da. Samuel & Judith (Hodge) Hale, b 1 Apr 1725 NHIV.


¿ Timothy, b 22 June 1747 NHV, d 14 Nov 1777 MD; m Sarah FAM. 22.


ii Ephraim, b 22 Feb 1748/9 NIIV, bp 22 Feb 1748/9 (at WH) Dx, d 1 Mar 1804 æ. 55 WdC; Census (Wd) 1-2-4 ; m. FAM. 23.


iii Susanna, bp 7 May 1753 Stx.


12 JAMES, bp 31 May 1726 Stx, d s. p.


FAM. 8. ISRAEL & SARAH (HUMPHREVILLE) THOMAS :


1 SARAH, b 28 Mar 1716 NHV, d 5 Sep 1796 OxfC; m Eliphalet Bristol.


2 ISRAEL, b 5 June 1720 NHV, d 1784; m 24 June 1746 NHV,WdC-Martha da. Ambrose & Sarah ( Raper) Hine, bp 10 May 1724.


¿ Mary, b 21 Nov 1747 NHV, bp 3 Apr 1748 WdC; m Edward Perkins.


ii David, bp 3 May 1752 WdC; m (1) Mabel da. Isaac & Mabel (Hotchkiss) Beecher, b 9 Mar 1753 NHV ; m (2) 17 Dec 1795 NHx-Rebecca da. David & Lois (Moss) Cook, b 20 Mar 1763 WV. Children by 1st w .: 1 Martha; m Zac- cheus Hotchkiss. 2 Mary, d s. p.


iii Hezekiah, b c. 1760, d 25 Sep 1828 æ. 68 BT2, ColR; Capt .; Census (Wd) 2-1-3; m Chloe da. Daniel & Hester (Baldwin) Beecher, b c. 1757, d 19 July 1822 æ. 65 BT2. FAM. 24. 3 MOSES, b 5 Feb 1721/2 NHV, d 1803 ; Census (Wd) 1-0-1; m (1) 1 Mar 1749/50 NHV-Esther da. Thomas & Sarah (Bristol) Humphreville, b 16 May 1730 NHV ; m (2) Katharine da. Israel & Elizabeth (Clark) Cook, wid. Isaac Smith.


(By 1) : i Esther, b 8 Jan 1750/1 NHV.


ii Philo, b 10 Sep 1770 F, d 6 Jan 1840 æ. 70


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BristolT; m 4 Nov 1794 PC-Chloe Munson, who d 11 Feb 1844 æ. 76 BristolT.


4 GERSHOM, b 17 Mar 1724/5 NHV, bp 6 June 1725 NHC1, d 13 Apr 1792 BD; Ens .; Census (Wd) 3-0-1; m (1) 26 Apr 1749 WdC-Mabel da. Joseph & Sarah (Lines) Dorman, wid. Joel Perkins, b 26 Oct 1720 NHIV, d 18 Mar 1787 æ. 67 BT1; m (2) Mary


(By 1) : i Joel, bp 20 July 1750 WdC, d s. p.


ii Elijah, "child" bp 12 Apr 1752 WdC; res. Wol & Harwinton; m Sarah da. Abel & Lydia (Porter) Beecher, b 21 Sep 1770 WatV.


FAM. 25. iii Noah, b c. 1756, d 16 Sep 1818 æ. 62 BT1; Census (Wd) 1-2-3; m 9 Sep 1781 0xfC- Mary da. Daniel & Thankful (Smith) Tolles, b c. 1756, d 10 Sep 1842 æ. 87 BT1. FAM. 26. iv Rebecca, b c. 1756, d 20 Nov 1834 æ. 78 WdD; m Ezekiel Hotchkiss.


5 Lois, b 27 June 1727 NHV ; m 28 Oct 1747 WdC- Joseph Collins.


FAM. 9. SAMUEL & LYDIA (ANDREWS) THOMAS (all bp 22 Sep 1734 NHC1) :


1 DOROTHY, b 30 June 1726 NHV.


2 LYDIA, b 7 May 1728 NHV.


3 SAMUEL, b 4 Oct 1729 NHV.


4 ELIZABETH, b 28 Mar 1730 NHV.


5 SYBIL, b 14 Sep 1731 NHV, called "Sarah" at bp.


6 EUNICE, bp 22 Sep 1734 NHV; m June 1752 WdC- Jesse Wolcott.


FAM. 10. JOSEPH & DORCAS (RICHARDSON ) THOMAS :


1 ABIGAIL, b 17 July 1724 WV, bp 21 Feb 1724/5 CC, d 10 Sep 1807 æ. 84 WtnT, 13 Sep æ. 85 WtnD; m 9 July 1744 WdC, JulyNIIV-James Warren.


2 RACHEL, b c. 1726, bp 17 Sep 1738 NIIC1, d s. p.


3 REBECCA, b c. 1728, bp 17 Sep 1738 NHC1, d c. 1811; m 23 Mar 1747/8 NIIV, 24 Mar WdC-Ebenezer Hitchcock.


4 DORCAS, b c. 1730, bp 17 Sep 1738 NIIC1, d after 1794; m (1) 28 Apr 1752 NHV-Abel Tuttle; m (2) 20 Apr 1762 NoHC-Isaac Beecher.


5 JAMES, b c. 1732, bp 17 Sep 1738 NIIC1, d 20 June 1803 æ. 69 WdC, prob. s. p .; Census (Wd) 1-0-0.


6 LYDIA, b c. 1734, bp 17 Sep 1738 NHIC1, d 4 Aug 1820 æ. 87 OxfT1; m (1) 23 Oct 1751 NHV-Nathan Taylor; m (2) Zachariah Hawkins.


7 HANNAH, b c. 1737, bp 17 Sep 1738 NIIC1, d c. 1821; m 10 June 1762 WdC-Joseph Hotchkiss.


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8 JOSEPH, bp 15 June 1740 NHC1, d after 1804; Census (L) 1-1-1; m Ann da. John & Mary (Comstock) Trowbridge.


i Mary, b 4 Oct 1762 LV.


ii Joseph, b 27 May 1764 LV.


iii John, b 9 May 1769 LV.


iv Samuel, b 21 July 1779 LV.


9 AMos, bp 10 Oct 1742 NIIC1, d 15 Dec 1826 æ. 90 WdD; Census (Wd) 2-2-1; m 7 Oct 1767 WdC- Elizabeth Northrop.


i (prob.) Justus, b [June 1771], d 28 Feb 1831 æ. 59-8 WAT1; m Polly da. Nathan & Deborah Platt, who d 5 Apr 1863 æ. 86 WdD. A child, Nathan Platt, b c. 1808, d 2 Sep 1875 æ. 67 WdD; m Mary A. - -, who d 27 Mar 1897 æ. 84 WdD.


FAM. 11. JEHIEL & MARY (MILES) THOMAS :


1 MARY, b 13 May 1735 NHV, d 1 Aug 1804 æ. 70 NHC1; m 24 July 1752 NHV-Thomas Bills.


2 HANNAH, b 2 Apr 1737 NHV, bp 3 Apr 1737 NHC1, d 1812; m (1) 20 Nov 1760 NHC1-Samuel Tolles ; m (2) 12 Apr 1779 NIIC1-Thomas Howell.


3 SUSANNA, b 9 Sep 1739 NHV, bp 16 Sep 1739 NHC1, d 20 Sep 1799 ; m 14 Nov 1762 NHV, NHC1-Peter Bonticou.


4 JAMES, b 2 June 1742 NHV, bp 6 June 1742 NHC1, d 6 May 1785 (drowned) NIIC1; m Anne - -, b c. 1753, d 14 Mar 1815 æ. 62 NHT1; she m (2) 10 Nov 1790 NHC1-Abraham Tuttle. [The will of Mary Ball, dated 1813, proved 1830, gave her estate to niece Nancy Stevens.]


¿ Lucinda, b [Nov 1773], d 28 Aug 1774 æ. 0-9 NHC1.


ii Lucinda, bp 22 Oct 1775 NHC1, d 24 Oct 1850 æ. 75 NIIT1; m 13 Oct 1792 NHIC1-Nathan Howell.


iii Nancy, bp 21 Mar 1779 NHC1; m 7 Sep 1796 NHC1-Leverett Stevens.


iv Samuel Miles. bp 30 Apr 1780 NIIC1, d 9 Feb 1825 æ. 45 (NHx) NHV ; m 20 Nov 1811 NHx- Harriet Shipman.


v John, b 14 Oct 1783 BdV.


vi James, bp 7 Nov 1785 NHC1.


vii Mary, "child of Wid." bp 19 Feb 1786 NHC1, d 31 Jan 1853 æ. 67 NHT1.


5 SAMUEL, b 6 Sep 1745 NHV, bp 8 Sep 1745 NHC1, d 24 June 1799 æ. 54 NHC1; m (1) 16 Nov 1769 NIIC1-Sarah da. Timothy & Mary (Tuttle) Ford,


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b 17 May 1746 NIIV ; m (2) 23 Nov 1788 NHC2- Lois da. Nicholas Howell.


FAM. 12. HACHALIAH & ELIZABETH (CLARK) THOMAS:


1 OLIVE, b c. 1732, d 18 Nov 1768 æ. 36 NHC1; m 5 Sep 1750 NHV-Matthew Ford.


2 ELIZABETH ; m 17 Aug 1763 NIIC1-Gideon Parker.


3 ABIGAIL, b c. 1737, d s. p. 18 Sep 1792 æ. 55 WHT1, Sep 1791 æ. 54 NHx, 19 Sep 1791 æ. 55 WHD; m [James] Lancashire; census, Abigail Lancashire (NH) 0-0-1.


4 REUBEN, b c. 1740, d 25 Feb 1815 æ. 75 WdD ; Census (Wd) 1-0-2; m (1) Rhoda da. Thomas & Mary [Downs] Clinton, wid. Samuel Stevens, bp 6 Mar 1730/1 Stx, d 8 Oct 1775 WHID ; m (2) before 1792 Sarah [da. Zebulon & Sarah (Johnson) Carrington, wid. Benjamin Lines] ; m (3) Martha da. Ebenezer & Hannah (Jones) Benham, wid. Isaac Ford, b c. 1737, d 9 Feb 1815 æ. 85 WdD.


(By 1) : i Anna, b c. 1761, d 16 Feb 1824 æ. 63 Oxf; m. (1) 5 May 1785 WdC-Jesse Smith; she div. him 1809; m (2) 30 Aug 1809 Sy-Stephen Bate- man.


ii Mehitabel, b 12 Apr 1764 F, d 27 Dec 1852 æ. 89 Oxf; m 10 Apr 1782 DV-John Davis.


iii Theresa, b c. 1766, d 14 May 1847 æ. 81 WdT2; m 7 Nov 1786 WdC-Josiah Baldwin.


iv Ebenezer Downs, b c. 1769, d 17 Jan 1853 æ. 80 BT1; m Sarah da. Peter & Elizabeth (Perkins) Perkins, b c. 1774, d 15 July 1827 æ. 53 BT1. FAM. 27. v Amelia, b c. 1771, d 14 Dec 1853 ; m Feb 1809 ConnH-William Morris.


vi Elizabeth. b c. 1772, d 22 Dec 1808; m 28 Mar 1792 OxfC-William Morris.


FAM. 12. HACHALIAH & SUSANNA (CORNWALL) THOMAS :


5 ISAAC, b c. 1746, d Feb 1819 æ. 73 (at NH) ColR; Census (H) 3-2-4; m 15 Sept 1766 NHC1-Sarah da. Caleb & Mary (Hodges) Andrews, b 31 July 1741 NHV.


i Sarah, b 16 Nov 1767 NHV, bp 4 Nov 1770 NHC1.


¿i Silas, b c. 1769, bp 4 Nov 1770 NHC1, d s. p.


iii Dorcas, b 12 Sep 1771 NHIV, bp 4 Nov 1770 NHC1.


iv Silas, b 21 Sep 1773 NHV, bp 22 Nov 1772 NHC1.


v Richard, b 22 Sep 1775 NHV, bp 22 Jan 1775 NIIC1, d Feb 1835 æ. 56 NHV ; m (1) Hannah


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-; m (2) 2 June 1821 NHIV-Patty, wid. Johnson, who d 18 May 1831 æ. 56 (Meth) NHV.


vi Susanna, b 22 Sep 1775 NHV, bp 22 Jan 1775 NHC1; m 23 Dec 1795 NoIIC-Jacob Thorpe. vii Isaac, b 10 Oct 1777 NIIV, bp 27 Jan 1777 NHC1; m 21 Oct 1795 NHC1-Elizabeth da. Joseph & Elizabeth (Bunnell) Benham, b c. 1779, d 20 Mar 1832 æ. 53 HT2; she m (2) & (3) Isaac Jones.


viii Benjamin, b 17 Feb 1779 NHV.


ix Asa, b 1 Aug 1781 NHV, d 3 Sep 1812 ; m 7 Mar 1802 (at NH) Conn Journal-Anna Louisa da. Caleb & Eunice (Bassett) Gilbert, b 19 July 1777 NHV, d 14 June 1850 æ. 73 NHV.


FAM. 28. x Mary, b 17 Apr 1784 NHV.


6 JOSEPH, b c. 1750, d 3 Sep 1807 æ. 57 NHC1; Census (NH) 1-5-3; m 9 Feb 1775 NHC2-Anne Hodge, b c. 1750.


i Anne, b c. 1776, bu. 3 Sep 1803 æ. 27 NHx.


ii Lucy, b c. 1778, d 3 Oct 1844 æ. 67 NIIV ; m Richard Gorham.


iii Joseph.


iv Susan, b c. 1784, d 11 Sep 1863 æ. 79 NHV ; m Samuel Short.


v Elisha, b c. 1786, d 11 Jan 1860 æ. 74 NHV. vi Eli.


vii Son, b c. 1792, d 21 Oct 1802 æ. 10 NHC1.


7 MARY ; m 4 Nov 1774 NIIC2-Ashbel Beecher.


8 HESTER; m 12 June 1776 EHC-Hiram Beecher. FAM. 13. AMOS & ELIZABETH (BEECHER) THOMAS :


1 ABIGAIL; m 10 Aug 1788 WdC-Enoch Beecher.


2 JOHN, b c. 1775, d 12 Mar 1815 æ. 40 WdT1, 15 Mar WdC; m Sarah da. Linus & Chloe (Cook) Gilbert,


b 18 May 1776 WdV, d 2 Mar 1866 æ. 90 WdD.


¿ Amos, b 29 Dec 1798 F, d 16 Jan 1874 æ. 75 (at Westbrook) NHV; Gen .; m 25 Sep 1817 F- Lucretia Baldwin, b 17 Mar 1800 F, d 25 Apr 1879 F. FAM. 29. ii Elizabeth, b c. 1801, d 24 Nov 1867 æ. 67 (at New Britain) WdD; m Caleb Clark.


iii Linus Gilbert, b c. 1802, d 10 Apr 1879 æ. 77 WdD; m (1) 29 Dec 1824 NHV-Electa Peck, who d 14 Sep 1835 æ. 33 WdD; m (2) Mary Peck, who d 2 Oct 1850 æ. 41 WdD.


iv Abigail, b c. 1803, d 22 May 1877 æ. 74 WdD; m Amadeus Newton.


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v Noyes H., b c. 1805, d 30 Mar 1849 æ. 44 WdT1; m Emma Baldwin.


vi Horace, b [22 July 1805, d 27 Feb 1806 æ. 0-7-5 WdT1].


3 JAMES, b c. 1777, d 15 Apr 1856 æ. 79 WdD; m Esther da. Charles & Rachel (Dickerman) Bradley, b c. 1782, d 30 Sep 1825 æ. 43 WdT1.


¿ Charles, b c. 1799, d 23 Aug 1849 æ. 50 WdD; m Nancy da. John & Lucena Northrop, who d 22 Aug 1861 æ. 59 WdD.


ii Rebecca, b c. 1801, d 6 Jan 1878 æ. 77 WdD; m Thaddeus Russell.


iii James Clement, b c. 1810, d 21 Nov 1867 æ. 58 WdD; m Fanny -, who d 2 June 1876 æ. 70 (at Plainville) WdD.


FAM. 14. JOHN & LYDIA (HOTCHKISS) THOMAS :


1 SARAH; m 25 Feb 1810 CC-Eliphalet B. Coleman.


2 ALLEN, b c. 1790, bu. 13 Apr 1839 æ. 49 Bx; m Apr 1814 ColR-Mary da. Elias & Mary (Fowler) Gil- bert, b 17 Mar 1795 F.


i Mary Ann; m John Bassett of Ill.


ii Frances; m - Day of Ill.


iii Harriet L .; m Bachellor.


iv Caroline ; m - Fanning of Patchogue, L. I.


3 JOHN, b 27 Jan 1792 F, d 5 Mar 1866 æ. 74 (at Gales- burg, Ill.) F; rem to Cortland, N. Y .; m 3 Dec 1815 F-Caroline Beers, b 20 Jan 1796 F, d 20 Mar 1867 (at Galesburg, Ill.) F.


i Elias Beers, b 18 Dec 1816 (at NHI), d 29 June 1841 æ. 24 (Cleveland, O.).


" John Hanson, b 26 Jan 1818 (at NH), d 22 Feb 1852 æ. 34-0-26 (Cortland, N. Y.) ; m 18 May 1846 (Truxton, N. Y.)-Mary Stiles, b 20 July 1822 (Truxton), d June 1883 (Cortland). Their s. Edward Beers was Justice, Sup. Ct. N. Y.


iii Edward Fitch, b 4 Feb 1820 (NH), d 5 Oct 1872 æ. 52 (Galesburg, Ill.) ; m.


iv Lewis, b 16 Feb 1822 (Otisco, N. Y.), d 10 Jan 1841 æ. 18-10-24 (Hamilton, N. Y.).


v Charles, b 23 Mar 1824 (Homer, N. Y.), d 2 Nov 1860 æ. 36 (Caloveras Co., Calif.).


vi Henry Clay, b 19 Sep 1826 (Homer), d 25 Aug 1826.


vii Henrietta, b 9 Aug 1828 (Homer), d 21 Sep 1828.


viii Henry, b 15 Dec 1831 (Homer), d 28 Aug 1833. ix Cornelia Caroline, b 24 June 1837 (Cortland), d 30 Apr 1838


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x Infant, dæ. a few hours.


4 LEWIS, b c. 1798, d 1840; m Louisa da. Phineas & Anna (Smith) Peck, b 1 Nov 1799 F, d 27 Nov 1876 æ. 77-0-27 WdD.


5 HARRIET; m 1 Jan 1829 ColR-Lucian Spencer of Wat.


FAM. 15. JOSIAH & SUSANNA (SEELEY) THOMAS :


1 BETSEY, b 31 Aug 1785 NoHV, bp 1785 NoHx, d 15 July 1868 æ. 83 NoIIV; m 2 Jan 1804 NoHV- Zophar Jacobs.


2 SENA, b 5 Aug 1792 NoHIV, bp 1792 NoHx, d 8 Mar 1868 æ. 75-7-13 Morris, N. Y., T; m 10 Jan 1810 NoHC-Lemuel Brooks.


FAM. 16. ENOCH & EUNICE (MERRIAM) THOMAS :


1 SARAH, b 24 May 1764WV, bp 11 June 1769 CC.


2 RUTH, bp 11 June 1769 CC.


3 SAMUEL, bp 18 Mar 1770 CC, d young.


4 EUNICE, bp 16 Feb 1772 CC, d young.


5 MERRIAM, bp 4 June 1775 CC, d young.


6 WILLIAM MERRIAM, b 18 Oct 1776 CV, bp 12 Jan 1777 CC.


7 EUNICE, b 18 Feb 1779 CV, bp 2 May 1779 CC.


8 ELIZABETH, b 20 June 1780 CV, bp 20 Aug 1780 CC.


9 MERRIAM, b 9 Dec 1782 CV, bp 27 Apr 1783 CC.


10 SAMUEL JOHN WEBB, b 27 July 1785 CV.


(Children of Enoch d 23 Feb 1769 (?) CC, 19 Oct 1776 CC, 31 Oct 1776 CC, 2 Dec 1781 CC, & 30 June 1798 CC.)


FAM. 17. BENAJAH & MEHITABEL (PLATT) THOMAS :


1 MEHITABEL, b c. 1769, d 2 Nov 1829 æ. 60 NHT1, (at WH) ColR; m 14 Mar 1791 NIIC1-Chauncey Alling.


2 SARAH, b c. 1771; m 22 Oct 1794 NHIx-Chauncey Smith.


3 ANN, bp 24 Nov 1774 NHx; m Isaac Welton; res. Goshen 1803.


4 Lois, bp 11 Feb 1776 NHx, d 2 Oct 1850 æ. 75 NHIV ; m Darius Higgins.


5 MARY, bp 31 Aug 1777 NHx; m 9 Jan 1796 NHx- Hubbard Kimberly; res. Goshen 1803.


6 CORNELIUS, bp 2 May 1779 NHx.


7 MABEL, b 15 Dec 1780 F, bp 18 Feb 1781 NIIx, d 18 Apr 1862 æ. 81-4 NHV; m 2 July 1801 Stephen Richards.


8 CHILD, d 2 Jan 1783 WHD.


9 NATHAN, b c. 1785, d 21 Jan 1858 æ. 73 NHT1; res. P & NH; m Sep 1809 NHC1-Eunice da. Alexander & Lydia (Bradley) Bradley, b c. 1788, d 28 Jan 1864 æ. 76 NHV.


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The following were prob. by Benajah's 2d wife :


10 BENAJAH.


11 JULIA ANN.


FAM. 18. EDWARD & ESTHER (-) THOMAS.


1 DANIEL, b c. 1768, d 22 Feb 1825 æ. 57 WHD ; m Sybil Children d 8 July 1791 WHD, June 1807 WHD, 8 Dec 1810 WIID, & 14 Sep 1812 WHD.


2 CHILD, d Nov 1777 WHID.


3 EUNICE, b c. 1772, d 12 Aug 1787 æ. 15 WIID.


4 EDWARD, d May 1818 WIID.


5 SARAH, d 10 Aug 1806 WIID.


6 ESTHER, bp 2 Nov 1777 NHIx, d 28 Feb 1848 WHD, 29 Feb æ. 72 (at WH) NHV; m (1) Peter Johnson ; m (2) 11 Aug 1811 Elihu Augur.


7 LYDIA, bp 26 Apr 1780 NIIx, d 12 Oct 1821 æ. 41 WHD.


S CHILD, d 28 Apr 1782 WHD.


9 DINAH, bp 30 May 1784 NHx, d 11 July 1806 WIID.


10 AMOS C., b c. 1786, d 31 Oct 1858 æ. 72 WHV, æ. 73 WHT3; Capt .; m Amarilla - A da. Cor- nelia, b c. 1826, d 22 Nov 1866 æ. 40 WIIT3; m Otto Gotchling.


11 HULDAH, bp 22 Mar 1789 NIIx, d Oct 1816 æ. 28 WHD.


FAM. 19. AARON & ANNA [GRAHAM] THOMAS :


1 HANNAH ; m Thomas Hull.


2 EUNICE; m 13 Sep 1796 NIIC1-William Culver.


3 AARON, bp 5 Oct 1777 NIIx, d 27 May 1834 æ. 57 WHT2, 30 May WHD; m 20 Mar 1804 NHx- Abiah Alling.


4 JOHN GRAHAM, bp 2 July 1780 NHx, d Nov 1798 (at sea) WHD, May 1783 ( ?) æ. 17 (at sea) WHT2.


5 ASAHEL, bp 16 Mar 1783 NIIx, d June 1806 WIID, 7 June æ. 23 WHT2.


FAM. 19. AARON & MARTHA [STRICKLAND] THOMAS :


6 PATTY, "da." bp 7 Aug 1785 NHx, d 1 Feb 1811 æ. 25 WHID, 8 Feb WIIT2, bu. 10 Feb æ. 26 NHx; m 7 June 1807 NHIx-Loveman Dudley.


7 PHEBE, bp 15 Feb 1788 NHIx, d 19 June 1843 æ. 55 WHT2.


8 THADDEUS, bp 7 Nov 1790 NHx, d 28 Aug 1825 æ. 34 WHD, WHIT2; m Lovisa Clinton.


9 RICHARD.


10 JAMES. "child" bp 17 July 1796 NHx, d Oct 1802 æ. 7 WHID.


FAM. 20. ASAHEL & HANNAH (MERWIN ) THOMAS :


1 HANNAH L., b [Dec 1792], d 12 June 1873 æ. 80-6 WIIT3.


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FAM. 20. ASAHEL & ABIGAIL (STEVENS) THOMAS :


2 CHARLOTTE.


3 ABIGAIL, b c. 1803, d 23 Feb 1888 æ. 85 WHT3; m Granville Smith.


4 ASAHEL, b c. 1805, d Sep 1849 WHD, 6 Sep æ. 44 WHT2; m Ann


FAM. 21. SETH & MARY (KIMBERLY ) THOMAS :


1 WILLIAM, d 1 Apr 1778 (fell from tree) WHD.


2 CORNELIUS, bp 7 Jan 1776 NHx; rem. to Liverpool, Ohio.


3 POLLY, bp 26 Apr 1780 (sponsor, Charles Thomas) NHx, d May 1782 WHD.


4 WILLIAM, b c. 1782, d 17 Aug 1798 æ. 17 WHD, WHT1.


FAM. 22. TIMOTHY & SARAH (-) THOMAS (incomplete) :


1 SARAH, bp 6 Dec 1776 (at M; James Clark, sponsor ) NHx.


2 SUSANNA, bp 6 Dec 1776 NHx.


3 MARY, bp 6 Dec 1776 NHx.


FAM. 23. EPHRAIM &


(-) THOMAS :


1 SUSANNA; m 19 Sep 1793 NHC1-Elnathan Smith.


2 SARAH ; m - Smith.


3 JOHN A., b [Mar 1771], d 17 June 1841 æ. 64 EHT, 18 Jan æ. 69-10 EHC ; m (1) 1 Jan 1792 NHSupCt -Amelia - -; div. 1800; m (2) Clara , who d Mar 1813 ColR; m (3) Feb 1814 ColR- Harriet M. Ward, who d 3 May 1827 æ. 30 EHC; m (4)


4 ANNA, b c. 1784, d 10 Feb 1831 æ. 47 OT.


5 TIMOTHY, bp 1786 WdC, d s. p.


6 MEHITABEL, bp 19 Oct 1788 WdC.


7 EPHRAIM.


8 LYMAN.


FAM. 24. HEZEKIAH & CHLOE (BEECHER) THOMAS :


1 ISRAEL, b c. 1784, bu. 29 Apr 1849 æ. 65 Bx.


2 TABITHA, b 18 May 1787 (at Wd) LT, d 9 Oct 1852 æ. 65 LT ; m 17 Oct 1804 NHIC1, LT-Isaac Jones.


3 HEZEKIAH, b c. 1792, d 14 Apr 1845 æ. 53 BT2, bu. 15 Apr Bx; m 10 May 1821 LV-Margaret da. Martin & Thirza (Terrill) Stevens.


4 LEVERETT, b c. 1800, d 20 May 1862 æ. 62 BT2, bu. 22 May Bx; m Harriet da. Lysias & Lucy (Tolles) Beecher, b c. 1801, d 21 Aug 1857 æ. 56 BT2.


FAM. 25. ELIJAH & SARAH (BEECHER) THOMAS :


1 ELIZABETH, b c. 1790, d 13 May 1838 æ. 48 WdT3; m Philo Hotchkiss.


2 (prob.) JOSEPH, d 1813.


3 (prob.) SILAS.


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4 (prob.) MARSHAL.


5 MANSFIELD, b May 1798 WatV, d 31 Oct 1861 æ. 63 (at Wat) BAlm; in 22 Jan 1823 WatV-Sybil Platt.


FAM. 26. NOAH & MARY (TOLLES) THOMAS :


1 DANIEL, b c. 1784, bu. 12 Jan 1841 æ. 57 Bx; m 10 Mar 1822 WdV-Lucy Collins.


2 ANER, b [Mar 1786], d 28 Jan 1865 æ. 78-10 NHV ; m (1) Eunice da. Ashbel & Eunice (Murray) Lines, b c. 1784, d 3 Oct 1816 æ. 32 NHT1; m (2) 27 Feb 1822 Eliza Merriam.


3 LAURA ; m Elihu Robinson.


4 LEVERET, b c. 1791, d 17 Oct 1866 æ. 75 NHT2; m Porta , who d 31 Aug 1833 æ. 38 NHT2.


5 RANSOM ; m Clarissa


6 CHARLES, b c. 1800, d 13 July 1870 æ. 70 BT2; m 2 Sep 1821 WdV-Hannah da. Lysias & Lucy (Tolles) Beecher, b c. 1805, d 26 Dec 1887 æ. 82 BT2.


FAM. 27. EBENEZER DOWNS & SARAH (PERKINS) THOMAS :


1 CHARLOTTE, b c. 1800, d 29 Dec 1842 æ. 42BT4; m Lewis Wooding.


2 EMELINE; m Rev. Win. Stowe of Bristol, R. I.


3 HANNAH, d s. p.


FAM. 28. ASA & ANNA (GILBERT) THOMAS :


1 CHARLES ALFRED, b 25 Dec 1802, d 15 Aug - (at Point Peter, Guadaloupe).


2 LUCIUS AUGUSTUS, b 2 Apr 1806, d 22 May 1879 æ. 73-1-20 NIIV ; m 18 June 1840 Emeline da. Phile- mon & Anna Maria (Hunt) Peckham.


3 SIDNEY ADOLPHUS, b 2 Apr 1806, d 5 Feb 1865 æ. 59 NHV ; m Fanny Walker.


4 ISAAC GILBERT, b 6 June 1809, bp 24 Sep 1809 NHx, d Aug 1843 (Paddock Grove, Ill.) ; m 8 May 1831 NIIV-Betsey Whaples of Berlin.


5 ANNA LOUISA, b 21 June 1812, d 26 July 1873; m 3 Jan 1836 NHV-John Peckham.


FAM. 29. AMOS & LUCRETIA (BALDWIN) THOMAS : 1 BESSIE, b Sep 1818, d Sep 1818.


2 JOHN, b 30 Sep 1819, d 29 Jan 1866; res. D; m Aug 1841


3 GEORGE LEWIS, b 29 Sep 1821; res. Wat; m 20 Nov 1844 NHV-Jane Cunningham.


4 MARY ELIZABETH, b 18 May 1823, d 15 Apr 1910; m 3 Dec 1843 NHV-Horace W. Merchant.


5 WILLIAM WALLACE, b 19 May 1825; res. NH; m 20 Aug 1851 NHV-Mary L. Robertson.


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6 FRANCES JANE, b 8 Aug 1828 ; m 7 Aug 1850 NHV- George C. Hall.


7 SILAS MIX, b 23 July 1830; res. Calif ; m 23 Dec 1857 Cornelia Lines.




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