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6 EBENEZER; m (1) Harriet Pardee; m (2) Phebe Matson.
7 HANNAH ; m Elias Root.
8 ESTHER; m (1) Harry Blair; m (2) Thomas Walden of Portage Co., Ohio.
9 CLEORA; m - - Jennings of Portage Co., Ohio. FAM. 20. JOHN & CAROLINE (JOHNSON) WILMOT :
1 JOHN WILLIS, b 3 Sep 1798, d 10 May 1878; m 20 Mar 1848 Mary Ann (- ) Scott of Wy, who d 23 Apr 1856.
2 ELI TAYLOR, b 26 Sep 1800.
3 CAROLINE MATILDA, b 11 Feb 1802, d 18 Feb 1860 æ. 58 LT; m Dudley Hosford.
4 POLLY MARIA, b 16 Nov 1803; m 24 Jan 1826 Loyal W. Allen.
5 OLIVER JOHNSON, b 28 July 1807, d s. p.
FAM. 21. ELI & MOLLY (STONE) WILMOT :
1 HIRAM, b 29 Aug 1803, d 25 Aug 1825 æ. 23 LT.
2 NELSON, b 10 Feb 1806, d 27 Jan 1884; res. Collins- ville ; m Maria , who d 27 Mar 1874 æ. 64.
3 LUCIUS, b 11 July 1808 LT, d 5 Aug 1875 LT ; m 15 Apr 1833 Mary Ann Kilbourn.
4 MARY, b 15 May 1810, d 14 June 1843 æ. 33 LT; m 25 Sep 1831 Luman Bishop.
5 JULIA, b 17 Feb 1812, d 30 May 1843 æ. 31 LT; m 15 Sep 1833 Osander Bishop.
6 EMELINE, b 19 Jan 1816; m 8 Dec 1839 Prentice Parkhurst.
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FAM. 21. ELI & SALLY (-) WILMOT :
7 JEANETTE A., b c. 1830, d 26 June 1848 æ. 18 LT ; m 31 Dec 1844 Frederick Stoddard.
8 ANDREW J., b [Dec 1835], d 12 Feb 1838 æ. 2-2 LT. FAM. 22. WILLIS & HANNAH -) WILMOT :
1 EDWIN T., b c. 1811, d 3 Sep 1830 æ. 19 LT.
2 JANE, b c. 1811, d 15 Sep 1827 æ. 16 LT.
3 ABBY A., b c. 1812.
4 MEDAD, d 1831 (at Wtn).
5 WILLIS, b c. 1817; m 25 Sep 1843 Sally P. Gibbs.
WILSON. MISCELLANEOUS. JOHN, b 18 June 1660 (Medfield, Mass.), d Dec 1728 (Braintree, Mass.) ; Dr .; m 4 July 1683 NHV-Sarah da. Roger & Mary (Hooker) Newton, b 24 Jan 1661 MV [1661/2], d 20 Aug 1725 (Braintree). Several chil- dren, of whom Sarah, b 1 Apr 1684 NHV, d 20 Aug 1725; m 28 Aug 1701 (Braintree)-John Marsh ....... NATHANIEL, s. of Phineas of Hartford, supposed dead 1702 ; m Apr 1700 Susannah da. William & Hannah (Eaton) Jones, b 18 Aug 1675 NHV, d 1705. Child : Phineas, b 28 Aug 1701 NHV, d 19 Jan 1701/2 NHV. Susannah's will named s. Benjamin (d early) & Rebecca (living 1719) ....... RICHARD of Boston, Mass., m Sarah Hurst, who m (2) 8 Feb 1654 NHV-John Benham.
WILSON. FAM. 1. JOHN, b c. 1725, d 18 Dec 1783 æ. c. 58 NHC1; m 31 Jan 1765 NHC1-Anna da. Theophilus & Elizabeth Morrison, b 27 June 1733 WV.
1 RICHARD, b 21 July 1766 NHV, bp 21 June 1767 NHC1, d 23 Apr 1842 æ. 77 (Fair Haven) NHV; m 29 Mar 1792 NHC1-Sally Smith.
2 JOHN, b 8 Feb 1770 NHV, bp 29 Apr 1770 NHC1. 3 WILLIAM, b 30 Aug 1772 NHV, bp 8 Nov 1772 NHC1; m 10 Jan 1793 NoHC-Lucy Ball.
4 ELIZABETH, b 15 June 1774 NHV, bp 10 July 1774 NHC1; m 10 July 1791 NHC1-Benjamin Howell.
WILSON. FAM. 2. THOMAS m Mary
1 ROBERT, bp 28 Feb 1779 (sponsors, Samuel & Mary Little) NHx.
2 THOMAS, bp 1 Apr 1781 (sponsors, Ambrose Ward, Wm. McCracken & Martha Little) NHx.
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IN MEMORIAM
FREDERICK L. TROWBRIDGE
Since the publication of the last issue of the Magazine, two of our subscribers have passed the frontier of mortality. Frederick L. Trowbridge, of New Haven, Conn., was an old family friend, who for many years was closely associated with my father. Both were members of the staff of the First National Bank, and Mr. Trowbridge was president of the New Haven Building and Loan Association, of which my father was secre- tary. When I succeeded my father (at his death) in the latter position, I was intimately associated with Mr. Trowbridge for several years, and beneath the reserve and punctiliousness of the banker learned to appreciate the human qualities that char- acterized the man.
Knowing that I resigned my office with the Association because of my greater interest in genealogy, he brought me two of my first clients; and he subscribed to the Magazine, not so much from a personal interest in genealogy, as to aid an undertaking which was close to my heart.
It is such simple acts of kindness and thoughtfulness, too rarely encountered, which will make Mr. Trowbridge long and pleasantly remembered by those who had the privilege of know- ing him.
We lose a life with every friend we lose, And every death is painful but the last.
COLONEL CHARLES E. BANKS
In the sudden and regrettable death of Col. Charles E. Banks, the genealogical world has lost one of its most outstanding figures. A native of Maine, Col. Banks for many years devoted his leisure to genealogical studies. Trained as a Doctor of Medi- cine and surgeon, he entered the U. S. service, where he rose to the command of a naval hospital, was personal physician to the late President Taft, and assistant surgeon-general of the United States Public Health Service. At the same time he made a name for himself as the author of the History of Martha's Vineyard and other historical works. Under the initials C.E.B.M. (Charles E. Banks, Maine) his contributions to the genealogical columns of the Boston Transcript were welcomed by inquirers all over the country.
Following his retirement from the service, he had several good years to devote exclusively to genealogy. Going to England for a few months to make special studies into the origin of the Mayflower pilgrims, he quickly made a reputation as a specialist
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in English research. Genealogical commissions sought him out, and he remained in England about four years, collecting valuable data concerning the antecedents of the New England colonists.
After his return, he established himself in Boston, and practi- cally worked himself to death. Within a space of three years, he wrote and published three books: The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers (1929), The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 (1930), and The Planters of the Commonwealth (1930). In addition, two more books from his pen are now in the press : History of York, Maine, and Able Men of Suffolk. The latter is the first publication of The Anglo-American Foundation, an organization in the founding of which he was actively interested. Not content with all this, he was active in the Massachusetts Historical Society, of which he was a member, and often read interesting papers on historical subjects, which were printed in the Proceedings of that Society. He also contributed articles to The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, and recently was made a member of the Publication Committee of that periodical. Yet he still had time to carry on a voluminous correspondence with other genealogists and to carry out com- missions for private clients. A remarkable record for a man to achieve in the few brief years before his death at the age of seventy-seven !
A few years ago, Col. Banks spent weeks abstracting the numerous genealogical entries in Winthrop's medical journal, a mine of rich genealogical ore which has been almost unknown. He had the great kindness to send me a carbon copy of his abstracts for my private information. I have used none of these entries which were of interest to my professional clients without obtaining his permission in each instance, and usually paying a modest fee for the privilege. When, however, I was compiling Families of Old Fairfield, of his own volition he authorized the use of any of this material affecting Fairfield families, and acknowledgment was made to him in the preface of that work. When he learned, some time ago, of my proposal to publish the early Connecticut records, he again, on his own initiative, gave me written permission to utilize the Winthrop abstracts if and when I carry out these plans. Now that my plans for publishing the Connecticut families are more definite, I hope and expect to publish (along with them) the Winthrop abstracts, under the name of Col. Banks, as a tribute to his memory and to his generosity.
Col. Banks had few equals in his ability to read the script of the earlier centuries. His research was in original documentary sources, and his keenness led him to make a number of creditable discoveries. He was a true scholar, and it was his contention that genealogy, being a form of collective biography, is a branch of history and not inferior to other types of historical research.
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A liberal in religion and politics, a man of great independence of thought, Col. Banks had the courage to express his convictions, and on several occasions assailed conventional historical opinions with great force. His literary style was fluent, not without charm, and punctuated with wit, and he was at his best when writing on a controversial subject, either historical or genealogical.
In Col. Banks I have lost a personal friend. Several times I had the pleasure of entertaining him for a few hours in my home, and always found conversations with him instructive and stimulating. A letter written only a few days before his death referred to the trip he was then planning and the possibility of my seeing him en route. He died at Hartford, Conn., 22 October, 1931, while on this trip.
It is given to few men, after retirement from a successful career, to devote their years after seventy to a hobby so assidu- ously as to convert that hobby into a second career and to rise to eminence in it. The genealogical world mourns his passing ; I feel a sense of personal loss ; yet Col. Banks had a good life, a full and active life, and survived to a good age with intellect and faculties unimpaired. Like Tennyson's Ulysses he could say :
Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Little remains; but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things.
Yet in that little remnant of life beyond seventy, with unremit- ting zeal le erected an enduring monument to himself in his historical and genealogical books. We may regret that he over- taxed his energy to accomplish this ; but we must not forget that he was happy in doing it, and that he would have been unhappy in an inactive, muffled-up old age.
Come from the heat of battle, and in peace, Soldier, go home; with thee the fight is won.
D. L. J.
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THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST AND
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PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
With the April 1932 issue, the New Haven Genealogical Maga- zine will complete its eighth volume and the task of publishing the record of New Haven families. Many subscribers have asked us to continue the magazine and to devote it to the records of other Connecticut towns. The present announcement is issued, to set forth the plans and policies adopted for the magazine.
The American Genealogist and New Haven Genealogical Maga- zine (Volume IX) will begin with the July 1932 issue. The double title has been adopted, to retain the goodwill which has been won under the latter title, and to signify the wider scope and double purpose of the magazine in the future. It will be a quarterly. The present price ($6.00) per volume will be retained. Each issue will contain at least 64 pages, and it is hoped to print 80 or 96 pages in each issue. This will be done if enough new subscriptions are received to enable us to pay for the enlarged size.
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THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST
About half the pages in each issue of the magazine will contain some or all of the following features :
I. Articles of interest to amateurs on various phases of gene- alogical study, by Mr. Jacobus. Among the titles which will appear in early issues are: Tradition and Family History; Errors in Genealogical Books; Dates and the Calendar; Mar- riage; and Probate Customs. The intention is to make this section a complete course of training for the inexperienced genealogist.
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III. Notes by reputable genealogists, both professional and amateur, giving results of their research; new discoveries not previously circulated by publication. These notes will be limited chiefly to first settlers and their immediate families in any of the American colonics.
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VII. An index at the end of each volume.
CONNECTICUT RECORDS
The other half of the pages in each issue will be devoted to printing the early records of Connecticut to at least 1700. Thesc will include the vital statistics of the older towns, and church records, and it is intended thereafter to print abstracts (to 1700) of the probate records, county court records, and the plantation and land records.
This will not be a rehash of matter already in print, but a careful copy of original records, many of which are in a poor state of preservation. Our plan will make them accessible in convenient form to genealogical inquirers, and will result in saving the information buried in these archives before they become entirely illegible. Mr. Jacobus plans to compare the copy with the original before printing in each case, to ensure the accuracy of the printed copy.
Among the records which it is planned to publish in Volume IX are the vital statistics and church records of Milford to 1700; the vital statistics and church records of Branford to 1700; the vital statistics and church records of Woodbury to 1700; and a genealogical abstract of the first volume of Stamford Town Records which includes the vital statistics to 1700. The first two of these have never been published. Cothren's History of Ancient Woodbury contains numerous errors and omissions so
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far as the town vital statistics are concerned, and prints only about half of the baptisms prior to 1700. Huntington's Stamford Registration contains many errors in the vital statistics and of course does not include the early probate entries which are found in the first town book.
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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.
Eddy. The Aneestors and Descendants of Zachariah Eddy of Warren, Pa. By Byron Barnes Horton, A.M. Privately printed for the author by The Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vt., 1930. 332 pages, indexed. Obtainable from Byron Barnes Horton, Sheffield, Pa. Price : $10.00.
This is an attractively printed, well-bound volume: a credit to the book-making ability of The Tuttle Company and to the quiet, dignified taste of the compiler, who undoubtedly had considerable to do with the general format of the book.
One has but to read the author's preface to realize that this book is the work of a scholar, for there Mr. Horton makes a brief but comprehensive survey of the published genealogies of the Eddy family. Eaeh book is eited with careful regard for bibli- ographical aeeuraey, and the location of unpublished eompila- tions is noted with equal care. This prefaee is but a sample of the scholarly pains with which the entire book has been eom- piled. Accompanying each statement of fact throughout the book is a reference to the source of the information, whether that souree was a printed book, an unpublished doeument, or a member of the family.
The first fifty-six pages of the volume are devoted to the aecount of the deseent of Zachariah7 Eddy (1778-1872) ; pages 57-134 are taken up with the record of Mr. Eddy and all of his deseendants to the present day; pages 137-148 (Part II) eon- sist of a reeord of the Alden, Sampson, and Standish aneestry of Zachariah Eddy, set down in brief but none the less accurate form. The Appendix, pages 151-322, contains doeuments, a large majority here printed for the first time, which pertain to the Eddy, Alden, Sampson, and Standish families. The Index oecupies pages 323-332.
The genealogical arrangement is that known as the "Register plan" which was originally devised by the editors of the New England Historieal and Genealogieal Register several years ago. In the opinion of the Review Editor it is by far the most easily comprehensible arrangement of gencalogical data and should be used whenever spaee will permit.
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Zachariah? Eddy was descended from the Rev. William1 Eddye, vicar of St. Dunstan's, Cranbrook, co. Kent, England, through Samuel2, Obadiah3, Samuel4, Samuel5, and Nathan6. Mr. Horton has given a full account of each of these six paternal ancestors of Zachariah Eddy, noting the activities of each in their respective communities. The Rev. William Eddye, whose birth and parentage cannot as yet be determined, was born in Bristol, co. Gloucester, England; he graduated from Cambridge Univer- sity, and was associated in a modest way with some of the prominent protestants of his day. Two of his sons and one of his daughters came to New England: John2 settling in Water- town, Massachusetts, with his sister and her husband, John Ben- jamin; Samuel2 settling in Plymouth. Samuel died in Swansea, at the home of one of his sons. He married Elizabeth , whose surname and parentage have eluded Mr. Horton and other genealogists of the Eddy family. In the next generation the name and parentage of Bennet, wife of Obadiah3 Eddy, has likewise been undetermined. Samuel4 Eddy married Melatiah Pratt ; and his son, Samuel5, married Lydia Alden, a great- granddaughter of John Alden, the Pilgrim. Nathan" Eddy, their son, married Eunice Sampson, whose grandmother was Lydia Standish, a granddaughter of Capt. Myles Standish, the Pilgrim; he was attracted to the lands being opened up in Ver- mont, then popularly known as "the New Hampshire grants," and removed to Woodstock, with some twenty other Middleboro families, about 1780. He died in Pittsfield, Vermont, in 1804.
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