Families of ancient New Haven, Vol. VII, Part 29

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


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vi Mehitabel, bp 12 Aug 1764 Bristolx.


vii Rispah, bp 23 Dec 1766 Bristolx.


3 LYDIA, b 28 June 1735 WV, bp Aug 1735 CC.


4 PATIENCE, b 6 Mar 1739 WV.


FAM. 7. JOHN & MARY (DOOLITTLE) TYLER :


5 JOHN, b 15 Aug 1742 WV.


6 PHEBE, b 10 Nov 1743 WV, d 26 Nov 1816 æ. 73 WT1; m 2 Dec 17 [-] WV-Ephraim Cook.


FAM. 8. ISAAC & SUSANNA (MILES) TYLER :


1 ENos, b c. 1735, d 2 June 1804 æ. 69 PptT; Census (C) 1-1-3; m (1) 21 Oct 1757 WV-Obedience da. Daniel & Abigail (Alling) Smith, b 18 Sep 1733 WV, d 29 July 1771 CC ; m (2) 30 Jan 1772 CC- Lydia da. David & Lydia (Cook) Dutton, wid. Nathaniel Hitchcock, b 27 Apr 1738 WV, d 29 Oct 1774 CC; m (3) 26 Jan 1775 CC-Mary da. Giles & Abigail (Curtis) Andrews, wid. Asa Hotchkiss, b c. 1735, d 20 Nov 1806 æ. 79 PptT.


(By 1) : ¿ Reuben, b 30 May 1759 WV, d 11 July 1806 (at sea) CC; m 28 Dec 1780 CC-Merab da. Gideon & Miriam (Hotchkiss) Curtis, b 20 Nov 1760 WV.


ii Nathaniel, b 22 Jan 1761 WV, d before 1804; m (1) 14 May 1783 NHSupCt-Mabel da. William & Lucy (Smith) Hodge; he div. her 1799; m (2) Patience da. Oliver & Damaris (Prindle) Terrill, b c. 1770, d 16 Apr 1831 æ. 61 PptT; she m (2) Benjamin Farrel. Chil- dren : Fanny, m Noyes Canfield; Polly, m Isaac Sears of Dutchess Co., N. Y .; Lucy; Henry; Julia; Rachel.


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TYLER FAMILY


iii Levi, b 4 June 1763 WV, "son" d 1777 (in Camp) CC.


iv Child, d 4 Mar 1768 CC.


v Enos, b 17 June 1768 WV, bp 14 Aug 1768 CC.


vi Obedience, bp 4 Aug 1771 CC; m Ashbel Porter. (By 2) : vii Sarah, bp 29 May 1774 CC; m Simeon Andrews [proof, CDeeds, 5: 155].


(By 3) : viii Lydia, bp 3 Mar 1776 CC.


ix Mary, bp 3 Mar 1776 CC; m Samuel Shepard. 2 CHILD, bu. Feb 1736/7 CC.


3 ABRAHAM, b 9 June 1738 WV, bp 1 June 1738 CC, d 1823 PptT; m His s. Lyman, b 1766 d 1836 (Rev. soldier) PptT. A da. m Ebenezer Hough. Other children were prob .: David, d 23 Sep 1826 æ. 58 PptT; Ichabod, d 13 Nov 1848 æ. 69 PptT, whose w. Elizabeth d 5 Oct 1851 æ. 77 PptT; & Esther, b c. 1761, d 2 May 1837 æ. 76 Watx; m 7 Apr 1785 WatV-Asa Hoadley.


4 ISAAC, b 23 Nov 1740 WV, bp Nov 1740 CC; Census (C) 2-0-1; rem. to Wol.


5 JACOB, b 20 Mar 1742/3 WV, bp Mar 1742/3 CC; disappeared; m 1764 Eunice Bartholomew ; she div. him 1778.


6 SUSANNA, b 8 Apr 1745 WV, bp Apr 1745 CC; m 3 Aug 176 [4] WV-Samuel Munson.


7 HANNAH, b 20 July 1747 WV, bp Aug 1747 CC; m 23 Feb 1769 WatV-Elijah Welton.


8 SARAH, b 2 Mar 1749/50 WV, bp Apr 1750 CC; m 13 Dec 1770 WatV, CC-Jesse Welton.


9 NATHANIEL, b 9 Oct 1753 WV, bp Nov 1752 CC, "child" bu. Nov 1753 CC.


FAM. 8. ISAAC & ABIGAIL (CHAUNCEY) TYLER (but perhaps Eunice & Amos were by first wife) :


10 EUNICE. d 1831 (Belleville) ; m 11 May 1780 WatV- Nathaniel Hoadley.


11 AMOS, Census (C) 1-1-1; m Chloe da. Isaac & Eunice (Wilmot) Hine, b 8 Dec 1769 WatV.


¿ Seymour.


ii Abigail; m (1) Gilbert Tyler; m (2) Aaron Harmon.


iii Chloe, b 29 Mar 1793 F ; m Silas Wilmot.


iv Amanda; m William Waters.


v Isaac; m Polly Benham.


vi Lucia; m Oliver Hubbard.


12 MILES CHAUNCEY, res. McDonough, Greene Co., N. Y .; m Sarah da. John William & Sarah (Wil- mot) Sanford, b 6 Oct 1771.


1928


TYLER FAMILY


FAM. 9. JOSEPH & MEHITABEL (CLARK) TYLER:


1 ABIGAIL, b 29 Dec 1740 WV ; m 4 Feb 1756 WV-Eli Smith.


2 SYBIL, b 31 Dec 1740 WV; m 28 Aug 1759 WT- Benjamin Cook.


TYLER. FAM. 10. ASAHEL, b c. 1745, d 10 Jan 1802 æ. 57 HT1; res. Bd 1786; m (1) Abigail [Taintor] ; m (2) Mary da. Stephen & Mary (Gilbert) Cooper, b c. 1759, d 26 Apr [1818] æ. 59 HT1.


(By 1) : 1 ASAHEL, res. S; m Amy -, who d 5 May 1794 æ. 25 ST. 2 JACOB.


3 MALACHI, b c. 1775, d 24 Apr 1824 æ. 49 (NHC2) NHV; m 14 Mar 1804 NIIC1-Elizabeth Hotch- kiss.


4 JARED, b c. 1777, d 10 June 1848 æ. 71 HIV; res. S & H. 5 EDWARD.


(By 2) : 6 ABIGAIL.


7 LoIs; m Moses Tyler of S [proof, HDeeds, 9 : 378]. 8 REUBEN, d prob. s. p.


9 BEDE, res. H unm. 1819 [IIDecds, 11: 202].


TYLER. FAM. 11. WILLIAM, from Bd, d 12 May 1787 NoHC; m 15 Mar 1770 NHV-Jemima da. Joseph & Jemima (Smith) Cooper, b 27 Jan 1735/6 NHV.


1 JOSEPHUS WILLIAM, b 13 May 1771 NHIV, bp 16 June 1771 NoHC.


2 JOHN WOOSTER, b 10 May 1773 NIIV, bp 13 June 1773 NoHC; prob. m 26 Aug 1794 EHC-Sarah da. Isaac Smith.


3 SALOME, b 27 Dec 1775 NHV, bp 4 Feb 1776 NoHC; m 11 July 1803 NoHV-Joseph Turner.


4 EDWARD MORRIS, b 27 Nov 1778 NIIV, bp 30 Dec 1778 NoNIC; rem. to Hannibal, N. Y .; in 20 July 1801 NoHC-Sally da. Joel & Thankful (Potter) Ford. TYLER. FAM. 12. JOHN, b c. 1760, d 12 Apr 1829 æ. 70 EIIT, æ. 69 EHIC; m 20 Apr 1786 EHC-Mabel da. Simeon & Abigail (Denison) Bradley, b 16 Dec 1763 EHV, d 15 Aug 1841 æ. 78 EHT.


1 AMMI, b 20 Feb 1789 EHIV, bp 13 July 1800 EHIC, d 18 Nov 1818 æ. 28 (Is. of St. Kitts) EIIC.


2 JOHN, b 29 June 1792 EHIV, bp 13 July 1800 EHC, d 3 Sep 1827 æ. 35 EHT, 30 Sep EHIC; m 30 June 1814 EHC-Eve Ely da. Benjamin & Lydia (Gates) Smith, b c. 1792, d 25 Feb 1878 æ. 86 EHT. A child, Esther, b 8 Dec 1814 F, d 1883 ; m 4 Nov 1839 Justin Bradley.


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VANDERMARK FAMILY


3, 4 TWINS, b June 1796 EHIR, d s. p.


5 WILLIAM, b 26 June 1799 EHV, bp 13 July 1800 EHC, d 15 Sep 1863 æ. 64 EHT; m 22 Dec 1833 EHV-Julia Amanda Thompson, who d 12 Dec 1855 æ. 56 EHT.


6 JERUSHA LOUISA, b 2 May 1805 EIIV, EIIT, d 26 Dec 1895 EHT.


TYLER. MISCELLANEOUS. ELNATHAN, S. of Elnathan & Lucy, d 9 Oct 1817 æ. 68 NoBT1; m 8 Mar 1786 NHC1-Phebe da. David & Elizabeth (Bassett) Atwater, b 5 May 1764 NHV, d 2 Jan 1852 æ. 87-7-27 NIIV. Children : Betsey, m


Atwater; Polly, m Smith; Harriet, m Dayton ;


Lucy, m Prescott; John B .; Phebe J., m Hotch-


kiss ; Ellen, mn Miller; David Atwater, b c. 1804, d 10


Sep 1818 æ. 14 NoBT1 .. .... BERIJAH m 17 Apr 1751 WV- Hannah, wid. Hall. Children: Hannah, b 5 Aug 1752 WV; Berijah, b 24 Dec 1753 WV ; Lorana, b 11 Apr 1755 WV ; Sarah, b 22 Aug 1756 WV .. . MIRIAM m 28 Oct 1773 NIIx-William Powell .. . . ... ABIGAIL m 26 Sep 176[4] WV-Miles Hall .. . JACOB d 3 July 1832 æ. 78 ST; his w. Julia d 23 Sep 1841 æ. 81 ST.


UMBERFIELD. See Humphreville.


UPSON. ELIZABETH, bp 18 Sep 1784 (adult) NHx; m (1) 5 Nov 1771 NHC2-Timothy Prout Bonticou; m (2) 23 May 1789 NHx-Jacob Morgan .... .. HANNAH, bp 18 Sep 1784 (adult) NHx; m 15 Apr 1786 NHx- Benjamin Harrington.


UTTER. FAM. 1. ABRAHAM of EH, rem. to the Oblong, Dutch- ess Co., N. Y. ; m 27 June 1715 EHV-Lydia da. John & Hannah (Moulthrop) Russell, b 18 Sep 1692 NHV.


1 ABRAHAM, b 7 Mar 1716 EHV [1716/7], d 10 Feb 1779 æ. 62 Amenia,N.Y.,T.


2 LYDIA, b 24 Nov 1718 EHV, d 21 Aug 1750 WatV; m 21 Feb 1739/40 WatV .- Thomas Welton.


3 SAMUEL, b 24 July 1720 EHV.


4 JOHN, b 18 Dec 1722 EHV.


5 ISAAC, b 22 Feb 1724/5 EIIV.


6 MARY, b 14 Nov 1727 BdV.


7 SARAH, b 3 July 1730 WatV.


8 JABEZ, b 7 Nov 1733 WatV; res. Philipse Precinct, N. Y.


FAM. 2. BENJAMIN, Dr .; m Mabel da. John & Hannah (Moul- throp) Russell, b 14 July 1706 EHV, d 20 Apr 1782 æ. 75 EHC. 1 MARY, bp 20 Feb 1757 EHC ; in 13 July 1758 EHC- Benjamin Russell.


2 MABEL, bp 24 Feb 1765 EHC.


VANDERMARK. JAMES m 27 Jan 1725/6 NHV-Mary da. Richard & Martha (Mansfield) Sperry, wid. Daniel Murray, b c. 1690.


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WADE FAMILY


1 ELSA, b 2 Dec 1726 NHV, bp 4 Dec 1726 NHC1.


2 ELIZABETH, b 24 June 1728 NHV, bp 23 June 1728 NIIC1.


3 RHODA, bp 29 Nov 1730 NHC1.


4 JAMES, b 1 Dec 1732 NHV, bp 7 Jan 1732/3 NIIC1. VAN DEURSEN. WILLIAM, Capt .; m 30 Sep 1778 NHC1- Martha da. Chauncey & Martha (Newton) Whittlesey, bp 5 Sep 1756 NIIC1.


1,2 DAUGHTERS, d 17 Apr 1779 æ. 0-0-1 NIIC1.


3 CHAUNCEY WHITTLESEY, bp 9 July 1780 NIIC1. 4 WILLIAM, bp 2 Feb 1783 NIIC1.


VAN GOODENHAUSEN. SAMUEL m c. 1647 wid.


Nathaniel Turner. Samuel [his son ?] m 11 Nov 1662 NIIV- Elizabeth Parris & had: Elizabeth, b 22 Feb 1663 NHV [1663/4]; Samuel, b 21 Feb 1665 NIIV [1665/6] ; John, b 11 Mar 1667/8 NHV.


VAN VOORHIS. JACOB & Martha had : Elizabeth Haight, bp 13 Apr 1783 NHx.


VAUTIE. JAMES & Hannah had : James, bp 7 Jan 1776 NHx. VENTRUS. MOSES m 15 Mar 1759 NHIV-Mary Parish of Bd. 1 WILLIAM, b 18 June 1761 NHV, bp 28 Nov 1762 NIC1, d 2 Aug 1764 NHV, æ. 3 NHC1.


2 MOSES SAMUEL, b 19 June 1763 NHV, bp 3 July 1763 NHC1.


3 WILLIAM, bp 28 July 1765 NHC1, d 2 Nov 1765 &. 0-3 NHC1.


4 CHILD, stillborn 9 June 1768 NIIC1.


5 MARY, b 20 June 1769 NIIV.


6 WILLIAM, b 4 Dec 1771 NHIV.


VIETO. NANCY, d 15 Aug 1795 æ. 55 NHIx; child of Nancy Veito bp 12 Oct 1782 NHx.


VINCENT. JOHN, of NH, d 1659 ; m Rebecca -- , who d 1679.


1 HANNAH, bp 17 Nov 1639 NHC1; m 28 Mar 1667 NHV-Ebenezer Brown.


2 ISAAC, bp 7 June 1640 NHC1, d s. p.


VINTON. JOHN, from Lynn, d 3 Aug 1664 NIIV; m Elinor "wife" d 3 Aug 1664 NHV. Children: Elinor, b c. 1648, & John, b c. 1650, returned to Lynn.


VOLLUME. LEONARD, Census (NH) 1-0-3; m 2 Oct 1785 NIIx-Esther da. Benjamin & Sarah (Alling) Humphreville.


1 CHARLES DENISON, b [Feb 1793], bp 15 June 1794 NHIx, d 15 June 1794 æ. 0-16 NIIx.


WADE. NATHANIEL m 21 May 1694 NHV-Mary da. John & Abigail (Pierson) Davenport, bp 17 Sep 1676 NIIC1.


1 ABIGAIL, b 22 Sep 1695 NHV, bp 19 May 1695(?) NHC1.


2 MARY, b 14 Aug 1703 NHV.


SUSANNA m 10 Mar 1663/4 NIIV-Benjamin Fenn of M.


1931


WALKER FAMILY


WAINWRIGHT. WILLIAM m 21 Mar 1741/2 WV-Sabra da. Ebenezer & Lydia (Hotchkiss) Johnson, b 17 Jan 1721 WV; she m (2) 8 Jan 1778 WV-Abraham Ives.


1 JOHN, b 5 Aug 1746 WV, d soon.


2 JOHN, b 5 June 1748 WV.


3 DAVID, b 27 Dec 1750 WV.


4 JONATHAN, b 29 July 1754 WV; Census (C) 1-5-3; m 31 Oct 1774 WV-Lucy da. Amos & Joanna (Parker) Bristol, b 10 Sep 1759 WV.


¿ William, b 3 Mar 1777 WV, "child" d 30 Mar 1777 CC.


ii Desire, b 21 May 1779 CV.


iii William, b 24 Oct 1782 CV.


iv Rufus, b 12 Oct 1784 CV.


v .Jonathan, b 12 Apr 1786 CV.


vi Lucy, b 15 Oct 1788 CV. vii Alfred, b 4 Apr 1796 CV.


5 SARAH, d 2 Nov 1759 WV.


6 SUSANNA, b 2 June 1760 WV; m 2 May 1776 WV- Edmund Field.


WAKEFIELD. JOHN, d 1660; m Ann - who d 1695;


, she m (2) 17 Oct 1661 NHV-James Clark.


1 HANNAH, bp 29 Dec 1644 NIIC1; m 1662 Edward Grannis.


2 MARY, bp 21 Aug 1645 NHC1; m (1) Nov 1663 NHV-Ebenezer Dibble; m (2) 15 June 1677 James Hillier.


3 MARTHA, b 19 Apr 1650 NHV, bp 19 Apr 1650 NHC1; m 21 Oct 1668 Nicholas Buckland.


WALKER. FAM. 1. JOHN, d 1652; m Grace who d 1660 ; she m (2) 1 July 1652 NIIV-Edward Watson.


1 MARY, bp Mar 1641 NHC1; m (1) 1 Jan 1660 NHV- John Brown; m (2) 28 May 1675 NHV-John Clark.


2 HANNAH, bp 28 Sep 1646 NHC1, d 20 Dec 1728 WV; m May 1668 NHV-Samuel Hall.


JOAN (perhaps sister of John) m (1) 28 Aug 1651 NHV-Henry Humiston & (2) 15 Dec 1664 NIIV-Richard Little.


WALKER. FAM. 2. JAMES, b c. 1732, d 19 May 1786 æ. 54 NHC1; m 30 Aug 1765 EIIC-Abigail, wid. John Everton, b c. 1730, d 17 Nov 1801 æ. 71 EHC; Census, Abigail (EH) 0-0-5.


1 JOHN, b 15 Oct 1765 EIIV, bp 18 Apr 1773 EIIC, d 8 June 1781 æ. 15 (k. upon the Island) EHC.


2 WILLIAM, b 6 Feb 1766 EHV [1768], bp 18 Apr 1773 EHC; Census (EH) 1-1-1; m 9 Dec 1787 EHC- Eunice da. John & Sarah (Shepard) Chidsey, b c. 1768.


i John.


1932


WALTER FAMILY


ii William. iii James.


3 MARY, b 29 Jan 1770 EHV, bp 18 Apr 1773 EIIC, d 2 Aug 1842 æ. 72 EIIC ; m (1) 20 Apr 1791 EHIC- Alling Frost; m (2) 7 Mar 1813 EHC-Chandler Pardee.


JERUSHA da. James bp 25 May 1746 WdC.


WALLACE. WILLIAM, Census (NH) 3-1-4; m 28 Sep 1786 NHIx-Elizabeth Griffith.


1 BETSEY, bp 11 Aug 1787 NHx.


2 WILLIAM BENJAMIN, bp 9 Apr 1789 NHx.


3 JAMES GRIFFITH, b [May 1795], bp 15 Aug 1796 NIIx, d 17 Aug 1796 æ. 0-15 NHx.


WALTER. FAM. 1. WILLIAM, d 1770; m (1) Mary


b c. 1689, d 20 Mar 1746 æ. 57 NoHIT1; m (2) 4 May 1747 " WC2-Susanna Smith; [? m (3) Katharine , b c. 1721, d 16 Feb 1801 æ. 81 NoHC].


(By 1) : 1 THOMAS, d 1786; m Mehitabel da. Josiah & Deboralı (Barnes) Tuttle, b 8 Aug 1720 NIIV; Census, Mehitabel (NoH) 0-0-2.


i Mary, b 20 Apr 1747 NHV, d 1751 æ. 5 NoHT1.


ii Katharine, b 26 June 1750 NHV, d soon.


iii William, b 6 Mar 1752 NHV, d 19 Apr 1824 æ. 72 NHT1, 20 Apr (NHx) NIIV ; Census (NH) 3-3-4; m (1) 17 Nov 1777 NoHC-Theodosia da. Samuel & Elizabeth (Frost) Pierpont, b 22 Feb 1758 NIIV, d 15 July 1806 æ. 48 NHT1; m (2) 23 Nov 1806 NHC2-A., wid. Kirby. FAM. 2. iv Mary, b 23 Apr 1754 NHV, d 30 May 1756 æ. 3 NoHIT1.


v Jacob, b 5 Apr 1756 NHV, d 2 Dec 1822 æ. 66 NoHT1; Census (NoH) 2-2-2; m Esther da. Enos & Lois (Williams) Brooks, b 30 Aug 1765 WV, d 6 Feb 1828 æ. 62 NoHT1.


FAM. 3. vi Katharine, b 18 July 1758 NHV, bp 1759 NoHIx, d 9 Jan 1797 æ. 39 NoIIC; m 4 Feb 1793 NoHIC-Timothy Heaton.


vii Eleanor, b 14 Mar 1760 NHV, bp 1769 NoHx, d 22 Sep 1821 æ. 61 NoHT2; m 3 Mar 1785 NoHC-Ezekiel Jacobs.


2 WILLIAM ; m 8 Nov 1739 NIIV-Patience da. Stephen & Sarah (Hill) Clark, b 12 Jan 1720/1 NIIV. Their da. Mary, b 27 May 1742 Goshen, m 3 Jan 1760 Goshen-Stephen Thomson.


1933


WAN FAMILY


3 PEIRCE; rem. to Cornwall; m Martha Chil- dren : Sarah, b 24 Feb 1752; John, b 14 Jan 1754; Mary, bp 31 Oct? 1756, d 20 Mar 1757; Charles, bp 5 Mar 1758.


4 HENRY; res. Goshen 1752 [proof, NHCCt, 4:518] ; m.


¿ Lemuel, bp Nov 1749 (at NH) D.r.


5 CHARLES; res. Goshen 1751 [proof, NHCCt, 4: 437]. FAM. 2. WILLIAM & THEODOSIA (PIERPONT) WALTER :


1 JOEL, b 28 May 1778 NHV, NHT1, bp 1783 NoIIx, d 17 Jan 1833 NIIT1, 20 Jan 1832 æ. 53 (NHx) NHV; B.A. (Yale 1800) ; m 28 Oct 1804 Sarah da. William Leavenworth, b 20 June 1784, d 6 Feb 1860 (at Barnwell, S. C.) ; had 12 children, see "Leavenworth Genealogy."


2 LOUISA, b 22 May 1780 NHV, bp 1783 NoHx, d 3 May 1800 æ. 20 NHT1; m 3 Apr 1800 NHT1-Timothy Bishop.


3 LOVINA, b 4 May 1782 NHV, bp 1783 NoH.c, d 11 Sep 1821 æ. 40 NIIT1; m John Shipman.


4 JERY, b 23 Mar 1784 NHV, bp 1784 NoIIx; m 25 Dec 1804 NHx-Elizabeth Wilmot.


5 WILLIAM, b 10 Oct 1786 NHV, bp 17 Dec 1786 NHx, d 1818 ; m 22 Jan 1810 NHx-Ann Kirby, [Wid. N. Walter d 10 Feb 1830 æ. 40 (NHx) NHV].


FAM. 3. JACOB & ESTHER (BROOKS) WALTER :


1 LAURA, b c. 1788, d 25 Mar 1819 æ. 31 HT3; m 19 Dec 1810 NoHC-Jason Dickerman.


2 WOOSTER BROOKS, b c. 1790, d 16 June 1859 æ. 60 NoHT1; m Anna - -, who d 26 July 1864 æ. 70 NoIIT1.


i George, b c. 1818, "only child" d 31 May 1851 æ. 33 NoHT1.


3 WILLIS, b c 1792, d 10 Oct 1795 æ. 3 NoHT1.


WAN or WHAN. JOHN, Indian servant of Eaton; m Lucretia - , who d July 1665 NHV.


(Continued on page 1941)


THE INDEX


Much to the surprise of the editor, four offers to compile an index for the eight volumes of the NEW HAVEN GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE have been received during the past few months. We are very grateful for so much unselfish interest in the under- taking. The last offer was received after definite arrangements had been made. The other three offers were made close together, but one was later withdrawn and replaced by a promise of $100 towards the printing of the index. Between the two remaining offers, we were embarrassed to choose, as we fully appreciated the kindness of the two who were willing to devote so much time and effort to the task. The decision to accept Miss Love's offer was based on the fact that she had already made a beginning, and that it is possible in her case to confer occasionally and "talk things over."


The compiler of the index is Miss Helen E. Love of South Kent, Conn. The editor gladly assigns to her all right and title in the index, and in addition to the promised $100 hopes that the Magazine itself will have sufficient surplus at the end of the present volume to supply another $100 towards the printing costs. It is believed that most of the subscribers will desire the index, and that sales will balance the rest of the printing cost. Unsold copies will remain the property of Miss Love, and the compiler sincerely hopes that in time she may receive therefrom some remuneration for her labor.


It is not certain that the compilation of the index will be completed by the time Volume VIII is finished, and subscribers who are anxious to obtain copies are requested to wait patiently until notified that they are ready for distribution. The sub- scription list will be furnished to Miss Love, and she will mail a notice to every subscriber when the index is ready for printing, giving its description and price and asking for orders.


YE EDITOR.


BOOK REVIEWS


By GILBERT H. DOANE


This department is limited to a consideration of recent publications on the subject of American genealogy or colonial history. Books that may be of interest to our subscribers, especially those containing the genealogy of Connecticut families, are sometimes accorded a notice without request. Authors and publishers can make certain of securing a review by sending one copy of the book to the reviewer, Office of the Librarian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. Reviews are by the Review Editor unless otherwise initialed.


Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines. Volume II. Gates and Allied Families. Compiled by Mary Walton Ferris. Privately printed, 1931. 916 + 20 pp.


Too rarely does the opportunity present itself of reviewing so meritorious a genealogical work as this volume which Mrs. Ferris compiled for her cousins, the noted Dawes brothers of Chicago. It is the product of a decade of labor.


Intended primarily for the Dawes family, the genealogical sketches are thoroughly readable, and no effort has been spared to gain and hold the interest of the reader. Full historical details are stated to provide a background for the activities of the Dawes ancestors. The first volume will treat of the Dawes (paternal) ancestral lines; the present volume, which happened to be ready for publication in advance of the other, treats of the Gates (maternal) lines. The early generations of most of these families resided in Massachusetts and Connecticut.


Each family is accorded full treatment, with brothers and sisters set forth in each generation, enabling the reader to become acquainted with the entire family group, collaterals as well as direct ancestors; and charts are provided with each family to show the line by which the Dawes family descends. A large number of references follow each chapter, and the statements in the chapter are liberally keyed to indicate the sources whence they were derived. This method makes the book an eminently scholarly piece of work and a real contribution to American history as exemplified in the ancestral records of the Dawes-Gates family. Not all of the authorities cited are of equal standing, but quite evidently it was the compiler's wish to consult all available authorities, to sift the wheat from the chaff, and to present in her text unassailable conclusions. A study of the references makes it clear that the compiler has obtained a great deal of original research on many of the families treated, going to contemporary source material when- ever she has felt the printed authorities to be inadequate or not sufficiently trustworthy.


1936


BOOK REVIEWS


The taste in the choice of paper, type and binding eannot be too highly eommended. Every mechanical feature has received the same careful attention as the subject matter of the book. The illustrations are of high quality, and several maps are included to aid the reader in visualizing the family migrations. For the exeellent press work, The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, is responsible.


Three indices are provided, the first being a full index of personal names oeenrring in the text, and the third, of place names. The second index is a partial subjeet index, listing snch subjects as vessels, witchcraft, military serviees of ancestors, Quakers, ete .; most intriguing is a list of "unusual ineidents and phrases," which spurs the reader to seek the text for an explanation of the episodes or terms indexed.


A partial record of eighty-four families is given, covering from two to eight generations. Those families of which four or more generations appear are : George Gates, Nicholas Ackley, John Bartlett, Simon Beaman, Daniel Brainerd, Francis Bushnell, Alexander Chalker, Robert Chapman, Robert Coe, Franeis Cooke, John Doane, Edmond Freeman, George Graves, Henry Herick, George Hull, Josiah Cooke, Philip Kirtland, John Little, James Pettyjohn, Humphrey Pinney, Edward Shipman, and William Woodbury.


Absolute perfection and aceuracy in a gencalogical work of this magnitude is an ideal that ean never quite be attained. Mrs. Ferris has set up perfeetion as an ideal to be aimed at, and she has probably eome as near attaining it as is humanly pos- sible. Very occasionally, some one of her conclusions may be disputed by other genealogists; but this is true of the conclu- sions of the most skilled workers in every branch of historieal or scientific research. The care and sincerity of the compiler can never be questioned, and this magnificent volume, should she never compile another, assures her of a place in the foremost rank of Ameriean genealogists. D. I. J.


Old Homes in Stonington with Additional Chapters and Grave- yard Inscriptions. By Grace Denison Wheeler. Indexed. 324 pages. Pub. The Mystie Standard, Mystic, Conn. Price : $10.00.


The book is attractively but not too substantially bound. It is in every respeet a readable book, one that can be picked up and sampled here and there with never-failing delight. For Miss Wheeler gives us here the fruits of a life-time acquaintance with old Stonington, its people and its houses. The gossipy style, the wealth of aneedote, and the plentiful illustrations, will endear the book, not only to residents of the town, but to all who have any ancestral connection, however remote, with Stonington.


1937


BOOK REVIEWS


Genealogists are hereby notified that the last eighty-seven pages of the book are devoted to the inscriptions found in Stonington's fifty graveyards. This alone makes the book worth its price to the genealogist. Because of the main title, librarians and genealogists may easily overlook the inclusion of these valuable records, which is our reason for directing special attention to them.


The book is so satisfactory as to contents that we cannot refrain from wishing that the press work might have been a little more adequate. It is also to be regretted that the inscrip- tions are not indexed, and that the index to the rest of the book is not entirely dependable. (The first two references the writer looked up were not on the pages indicated.) Yet these are minor defects; Miss Wheeler has generously provided so much of value and of interest that we choose to overlook them. No private or public library that specializes in local history or genealogy can afford to remain without a copy of this book.


D. L. J.


Dayton. The Record of a Family Descent from Ralph Dayton and Alice (Goldhatch) Tritton, married June 16, 1617, Ashford, County Kent, England: A Genealogical and Biographical Account of One Branch of the Dayton Family in America. By Edson C. Dayton. Privately printed, 1931. Edition limited to 150 copies. 96 + xi pages. Indexed.


This book, substantially bound in cloth, is an important con- tribution to the history of the Dayton family. It corrects some errors in, and adds somewhat to, previous accounts of the English origin.


A careful study has been made of the direct line of the com- piler, which comes through Ralph, Samuel, Abraham, Caleb, Josiah, Caleb, Isaac-Noble, and Dr. David-Day, all the descend- ants of the last named being brought down to date. Full lists of children are given in this direct line. It is interesting to note how this branch moved from place to place in successive generations. The first settler, Ralph, lived in New Haven, Conn., and East Hampton, L. I .; his son Samuel in South- ampton and Brookhaven, L. I .; Abraham remained in Brook- haven; Caleb lived in Stratford and Newtown, Conn .; Josiah lived in Newtown and New Milford, Conn .; Caleb removed from New Milford to Arlington, Vt .; and Isaac-Noble removed from Arlington to Henrietta, N. Y. The expansion of the country is well exemplified in such a family history as this.


Many erroneous statements have appeared in print with regard to the early generations of the Daytons and their wives. The account given in this book is based largely on independent research in original sources, and should be consulted by all Daytons who take an interest in their ancestry for the light it throws on the history of the early generations. D. L. J.


THE INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY


A DISCLAIMER BY DONALD LINES JACOBUS


In 1928 I politely declined a proffered membership in the Council of the Institute of American Genealogy, at the same time expressing sympathy with some of the aims set forth in his prospectus, by the founder of the Institute, and subscribing to an ordinary membership. Much to my surprise, the statement that I was a member of the Council appeared in advertising matter of the Institute, and also in the Compendium issued by the same house. Believing that an unintentional mistake had been made, I politely brought it to the attention of the Director of the Institute in a personal letter in which I wrote that I had no recollection of accepting the post. Evidently this protest was couched in terms too mild and courteous, for it brought no comment, and when the Institute began printing the Magazine of American Genealogy, my name appeared therein as a member of the Council.


At the end of the volume of the New Haven Genealogical Magazine then current, namely in April, 1930, I printed a disclaimer of any official connection with the Institute, and also in the same issue printed an unfavorable review of the Magazine of American Genealogy. A copy of this issue was mailed to the Director of the Institute, and brought the desired result, as my name was dropped from the Council membership as printed in the Magazine of American Genealogy.




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