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wok and money. He was one of the incorporators of he Norwich Free Academy and for years one ots trustees. He was a trustee and Fellow of Tity College, and for many years, until his death, w on the executive committee. In October, 1887, horas appointed chairman of the committee named
at town meeting to investigate the affairs of the · toli and read the report at an adjoined meeting, ch, with some modification, was accepted. Mr. W iams was a man of positive opinions and strong onality. His memory remains green and his ir ience is still felt in the town and community to which he devoted his life. He was a kind friend and Wł greatly respected and admired. His death oc- ci ed rather suddenly on July 31, 1888, from an affection of the heart, at his residence in Yantic.
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On his mother's side, she being formerly Eliza- Dorr Tracy, Mr. Williams was a descendant in th seventh generation from Lieut. Thomas Tracy, th immigrant ancestor, his lineage being through Jo, Capt. Joseph, Dr. Elisha, Col. Elisha and Elabeth Dorr (Tracy) Williams.
I) Lieut. Thomas Tracy, born in 1610, in T kesbury, Gloucestershire, England, probably a sc of Sir Paul Tracy, Baronet, and his first wife A a, daughter and heiress of Raffe (Ralph) Shar- kelly, of Ayno-on-the-hill, County of Northampton, ar grandson of Richard Tracy, Esq., of Stanway, in irly manhood crossed the sea to the Massachu- se Bay Colony. In 1637 he removed from Salem Wethersfield, Conn. He was in Saybrook in to
, 1652 and 1653. In 1645 he and Thomas L. ngwell, with others, relieved Uncas, the Sachem offie Mohegans, with provisions, when he was be- sided at Shattuck's Point by Pessachus, Sachem of th Narragansetts, which led to the subsequent grant offie town of Norwich in 1659. In 1660 he and his fa ly removed to Norwich, of which town he was or of the proprietors. He was deputy to the Gen- er Court at nearly all of its sessions from 1667 to I65, and from Preston in 1683 and 1685. He was a in of education, held other offices of importance Ir ar was a man of consequence in the community. 641 he married (first), at Wethersfield, Mary, www of Edward Mason. She was the mother of hi even children, and died in Saybrook. He mar- ri (second) in Norwich, before 1679, Martha, W w of Gov. Bradford's son John, and a daughter of
homas Bourne, of Marshfield, Mass. He mar- ri (third), in Norwich, Mary, a daughter of N daniel and Elizabeth (Deming) Foote, of Weth-
eld, and at the time twice a widow. His chil-
er dı were: John, born in 1642; Thomas, 1644;
than, 1646; Solomon, 1651 ; Daniel, 1652; Sam-
Jc 1654; and Miriam, 1648.
II) John Tracy, born in 1642, in Wethersfield, Ca 1., married Aug. 17, 1670, Mary Winslow, who born in 1646, daughter of Josiah Winslow, born in 06, at Deitwich, England, and Margaret Bourn, bo in Marshfield, Mass., a niece of Gov. Winslow, off ne "Mayflower." Mr. Tracy was one of the
original proprietors of the town of Norwich, was a justice of the peace, and represented the town for six sessions in the General Court. He died in Nor- wich, Aug. 16, 1702, and his widow died there July 21, 1721. Their children were: Josiah, born Aug. IO, 1671; John, Jan. 19, 1673; Elizabeth, July 7, 1678; Joseph, April 20, 1682; and Winslow, Feb. 9, 1689.
(III) Capt. Joseph Tracy, born April 20, 1682, in Norwich, married Dec. 31, 1705, Margaret Abel, who was born in 1685, in Norwich, daughter of Caleb and Margaret (Post) Abel. She died Jan. 17, 1751. He died April 10, 1765. Their children were: Joseph, born Oct. 17, 1706; Mary, Jan. 4, 1708; Margaret, May 1I, 1710; Elisha, May 17, 1712; Zervia, Dec. 14, 1714; Lydia, Dec. 10, 1716; Irine, Jan. 15, 1719 ; Phineas, Jan. 1, 1721 ; Jerusha, May 23, 1723 ; and Elizabeth.
(IV) Dr. Elisha Tracy, born May 17, 1712, in Norwich, married (first) June 16, 1743, Lucy, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Leffingwell) Huntington and settled in Norwich. Mr. Tracy was the earliest college graduate from Norwich West Farms (now Franklin). He was graduated from Yale in 1738. It was the wish of his friends that he should enter the ministry, but following his own pre- dilections he began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Theophilus Rogers, of his native village, and settled to practice in Norwich. His wife Lucy died Oct. 12, 1751, leaving five daugh- ters. He next married April 16, 1754, Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund and Mary (Griswold) Dorr, of Lyme, Conn. She bore him four sons and four daughters, and died March 23, 1781. He married (third) Oct. 19, 1781, Lois, widow of Nehemiah Huntington, of Bozrah Society, in Norwich, and daughter of Gersham and Mary Hinckley, of Leb- anon. She survived him, dying in Norwich, Oct. 3, 1790. He died in Norwich West Farms, May I, 1783, leaving two sons and seven daughters. His children were: Lucy, born July 20, 1744; Alice, Oct. II, 1745; Lucretia, Sept. 5,: 1747 ; Lydia, Dec. 26, 1749; Philma, Sept. 30, 1751; Phineas, June 29, 1755 ; Philemon, May 30, 1757; Elizabeth, June 29, 1760 ; Charlotte, June 27, 1762; Mary, May 3, 1764 ; Elisha, May 27, 1766; Joseph, Aug. 1I, 1769; and Deborah D., Nov. 7, 1770.
Dr. Tracy represented Norwich in the General Assembly at four sessions-in 1752, 1753 and 1755. In 1755 he was appointed on the committee to ex- amine all candidates for positions as surgeon. For his earnest advocacy of inoculation for the small- pox he encountered a storm of prejudice and even persecution. He was distinguished for social at- tainments, as well as for professional skill and for moral and social qualities.
(V) Col. Elisha Tracy, born May 27, 1766, in Norwich, married Oct. 31, 1796, Lucy Coit Hunt- ington, of Norwich, daughter of Judge Andrew and Hannah (Phillips) Huntington. Col. Tracy was a lawyer by profession and settled in the practice of
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the law in Norwich. He was frequently a member of the General Assembly, was a justice of the peace, and a colonel of the militia. He died May 10, 1846. His children were: William S., born Feb. 4, 1799; Winslow, Jan. 13, 1801 ; Elizabeth D., July 22, 1803 ; Lucy H., May II, 1808; Hannah P., April 13, 1809; Elisha, Jan. 4, 1810; Stephen D., July 4, 1812; Mary G., May 1, 1816; Charlotte I., Sept. 3, 1819: Elisha W., April 8, 1823.
(VI) Elizabeth Dorr Tracy, born July 22, 1803, in Norwich, married Oct. 29, 1829, Capt. Erastus Williams, and settled in Norwich, where she died Sept. 13, 1855. Their children were: Erastus Winslow, born Aug. 16, 1830; and Elizabeth Tracy, born Sept. 17, 1832.
WINSLOW TRACY WILLIAMS was born in Nor- wich Jan. 29, 1863, and was prepared for Yale at the Norwich Free Academy. He was in his Junior year at Yale when his brother died, and he left college to come home and assist in the mill and learn the busi- ness. He began at the bottom and learned every detail of the business, and upon the death of his father succeeded him in the position of secretary and treasurer of the Yantic Woolen Company. He is a director of the Chelsea Savings Bank of Nor- wich. Mr. Williams was an incorporator of the Norwich Free Academy.
Mr. Williams is a Republican, and in 1900 he was chosen a Presidential elector to express the will of the people in re-electing William McKinley for the Presidency. Socially he is a member of the Yale Club of New York, the Union Club of Boston, the Norwich Club and the Society of Colonial Wars of Connecticut. His religious membership is with Grace Episcopal Church, toward which he is a very liberal contributor, and he serves as senior warden of same.
Mr. Williams was married in New York, Jan. 17, 1889, to Florence Prentice, of that city, and they have had two children: (I) Erastus Winslow, born Oct. 8, 1891, and (2) Florence Arietta, born Sept. 1, 1897.
Mrs. Williams is in the eighth generation from Henry Prentice, the planter, who died in 1654, and she is a member of the Society of Colonial Dames. Like her husband, she holds membership in Grace Church.
AUSTIN-ROGERS. These families allied by marriage are among the oldest of the Common- wealth of Connecticut, their coming to the Amer- ican colonies reaching back to the middle of the Seventeenth century. The especial family here treated is that of the late Hon. Willis Rogers Austin, a lawyer and long a prominent citizen of Norwich, and whose only representative, his namesake, Willis Austin, is now a citizen of that city.
The name of Austin appears among those of the earlier settlers of New Haven, and frequently and prominently in the records of the town since. The name is said to have been derived from the sect of
Christians who were followers of St. Augustine. is certain the Austins who came to Connecticut e devout Christian people, as is evidenced by the vices of their antique coat of arms, which 1ły brought from England, and which was in e
possession of the late Willis R. Austin, who waa descendant in the sixth generation from John Aus the immigrant ancestor of this branch of the Aun family, his lineage being through David, David ( David (3), and John Punderson Austin. The i- tails of each of these generations follow and in order indicated.
(I) John Austin, of New Haven, marı 1 (first) Nov. 5, 1667, Mercy, born Feb. 29, IC daughter of the first Joshua Atwater; she died 1683, and he married (second) Jan. 21, 1684, Elif- beth Brockett. Mr. Austin was one of the Gre wich petitioners in favor of New Haven in I6. His children were : John, David, Joshua, Mary, Jo Mary (2), a son unmarried, and Sarah.
(II) David Austin, born Feb. 23, 1670, marr April 5, 1699, Abigail, daughter of John Alling, a their children were : Abigail, David, Stephen, Jo. than, Mercy and Lydia.
(III) David Austin (2), born Oct. 25, 17 married (first) Feb. II, 1732, Rebecca Thomps born Feb. 26, 1709, and .(second) Hannah Pund son. His children were: David, Samuel, Jol Hannah, Punderson and Jonathan.
(IV) David Austin (3), born March 6, 17. married (first) Dec. 14, 1752, Mary Mix, born 1733; she died Sept. 3, 1781, and he married (Sı ond) Esther, widow of Daniel Allen. Mr. Aus was a deacon in the North Church in New Havi from 1758 to 1801, a period of forty-three years. 1| was the founder and first president of the No Haven Bank, and to him and Hon. James Hillhou New Haven is indebted for the stately elm tre that have for so many years adorned the New Havl Green. He was collector of customs for the port New Haven. He served as a soldier in the Revol tion, going to the defense of New Haven July 1779, and was wounded there. Mr. Austin lived ( the southwest corner of Church and Crown street and built two large houses on opposite corners f. his sons David and John P. He died Feb. 5, 180 His children were: Rebecca, born Dec. 16, 175. Mary, born Oct. 24, 1755; Sarah, born in 175. David, born March 19, 17 -; Ebenezer, born Jui 18, 1761 ; Sarah (2), born July 4, 1763 ; Elizabet born June 1, 1765; Hannah, born Oct. 26, 176; Elisha, born March 23, 1770; John Punderson, boi June 28, 1772 ; Ebenezer E., baptized Feb. 16, 1772 and Mary, born in 1776.
(V) John Punderson Austin, born June 28, 177. in New Haven, married Sept. II, 1797, Susan Rog ers, born Sept. 15, 1778, and to them came thirtee children, all of whom grew up and married. M Austin was graduated from Yale College, froi which institution an older brother had also bee graduated and became an eminent divine, and frot
Willis R Austin
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which institution younger members of the family have since been graduated. The father of John P. Austin had been a man of wealth, which on his death had unfortunately been lost through an older son, and this embarrassment caused the removal of John P. to Norwich, Conn., where he passed the remainder of his life. He was an intellectual and cultured gentleman of the old school. On going to Norwich he engaged in teaching, and gave his time largely to the rearing of his large family of children, thirteen in number, three of whom were born in Norwich. Mr. Austin died June 24, 1834, while temporarily absent from home, in Brazos, Texas. His wife survived until 1870, dying Aug. 24th, when aged ninety-one years.
WILLIS ROGERS AUSTIN, son of John Punder- son Austin, was born in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 31, 1819. He was educated for the legal profession, was graduated from Yale Law School in 1849, and shortly after this event visited Texas. It was his intention to have located there in the practice of the law, but after some successful operations in cotton he concluded to return North, and, locating in Phila- delphia, he engaged in the banking business. In this he was also successful, and, having gathered in a few years a fair amount of this world's goods, he determined to retire from business and take relaxa- tion in travel. He first traveled extensively in this country, and then went abroad and traveled over Europe and Asia, spending three years on his tour. Upon returning to the United States he fixed upon Connecticut, the State of his ancestors, and Norwich, his native city, as his future home, and there he spent the rest of his life. Mr. Austin died March 4, 1896, and was buried in Yantic cemetery. He was fond of out-door life, and remained active until his death, which was unexpected, coming after a brief illness. He was very fond of hunting, of his horses and his dogs, owning a number of blooded animals.
Mr. Austin had never sought political preferment. Personally popular, however, he had often been urged to accept office, but steadily refused until, at the urgent solicitation of his fellow citizens of Nor- wich, he consented to be one of their representatives in the General Assembly of 1874. In 1875 he was re- elected a representative in the General Assembly, and in 1876 he was elected senator from the Eighth District of the State. His service in the Legislature was characterized by the most constant and faithful attendance and attention to his duties. During the sessions of which he was a member he served upon the committees on Finance and Railroads, and on Constitutional Amendments.
After Mr. Austin's term of service in the Senate he was induced to serve as a member of the Repub- lican State Central Committee for a period of five years, and during the years 1877-80 he was president of the New London County Agricultural Society. These four years the society experienced marked prosperity, the grounds were enlarged, new buildings 1
erected, premiums and expenses all paid, and a con- siderable sum of profit remained each year. He also served as chairman of the Connecticut Board of Charities. Mr. Austin was a confirmed believer in the maxim that occupation and usefulness are re- quirements for the health and happiness of mankind ; hence he selected his home with ample grounds, that he might see the growth of various objects of orna- ment and necessity. He always held himself ready to discharge all the duties of friend and citizen.
For nearly thirty years Mr. Austin was a prom- inent resident of Norwich and stood high in business circles. In all public matters he took a deep in- terest, and was anxious to see° Norwich progress. He was vice-president of the Dime Savings Bank and a director in the Second National Bank. While "The Elms" existed he was a prominent member, was an incorporator of the Norwich Club, and a member of the Arcanum Club. He was also an active worker in the Board of Trade. For many years he was a member and faithful attendant of Christ Church.
At the first meeting of the Norwich Club, some years ago, Mr. Austin was elected president, which office he held at the time of his death. He was a Mason, holding membership with a Philadelphia lodge, and at the centennial meeting of Somerset Lodge, in Norwich, a short time previous to his death, he occupied the seat of honor in the East. "Mr. Austin is one of the most cultured men in the State. He is a clear and forcible speaker when oc- casion requires, and his judgment is entitled to the fullest deference." He was widely known as Col. Austin, having been colonel of a regiment of local militia during his residence in Philadelphia. Mr. Austin was a member of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, admitted as a descendant of David Austin, of New Haven, Conn., wounded in the defense of New Haven during Tryon's raid, July 5, 1779, and of David Rogers, a surgeon in the army.
In 1851 Mr. Austin was married to Louisa, daughter of the late E. B. M. Hughes, of New Ha- ven, well remembered for her personal attractions and true excellence of character, whose death oc- curred in Philadelphia, where they resided, in 1854. She left a daughter of two years, who died at the age of eighteen. In 1864 Mr. Austin married (sec- ond) Mary McComb, a very accomplished woman, who was born in Geneva, N. Y., daughter of John McComb, of a well-known and prominent New York family, and granddaughter of John McComb, who was identified with almost all the progressive im- provements of the day. One child, a son, named Willis Austin, was born of this union Oct. 18, 1878. He was educated in Norwich Free Academy, and under private instruction, and when in his early teens spent three years abroad. He was married Nov. 26, 1901, to Annie Huntington Brewer, daughter of Arthur H. and Mary (Young) Brewer, and they
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have a son, Willis Phipps, born Oct. 21, 1903. Mrs. Willis R. Austin died Feb. 1I, 1894, aged fifty-four years.
The Rogers lineage of the late Willis Rogers Austin follows, and as in the foregoing in regular order from the immigrant ancestor, John Rogers.
(I) John Rogers, born about 1615, of New Lon- don, Conn., is generally conceded to have been the John Rogers who at the age of twenty embarked in the ship "Increase," in 1635, for America. He married, at Stratford, Conn., Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Rowland, and became an inhabitant of New London, Conn., as early as 1660. He died there in 1687, and his widow in 1709.
(II) James Rogers, born Feb. 15, 1652, married in Milford, Conn., Nov. 5, 1674, Mary, daughter of Jeffrey Jordan. Mr. Rogers died Nov. 6, 1714.
(III) James Rogers (2), born Feb. 2, 1676, in New London, Conn., married (first) Elizabeth, and (second) June 29, 1713, Freelove Hurlbut. Mr. Rogers was prominent in public affairs, was deputy to the General Court sixteen times, and served as the speaker of that body. He died July 9, 1735, in Norwalk, whither he had removed in 1726.
(IV) Dr. Uriah Rogers, born Oct. 10, 1710, married, about 1734, Hannah, daughter of James and Lydia (Smith) Lockwood. He died in Nor- wich Conn., May 6, 1773.
(V) Dr. David Rogers, born Aug. 21, 1748, married Martha, daughter of Charles Tennent, of Maryland, and twelve children, ten sons and two daughters, were born to them. Dr. Rogers was a distinguished physician of New York City, and for years was city physician. He served in the Con- tinental army in the Revolution. He passed the last years of his life in Norwich, Conn., residing with his daughter, Mrs. John Punderson Austin, and died there in 1831.
MORGAN. The Morgan family represented in the present generation by Stanley G. Morgan, of Waterford, is descended from (I) Richard Rose Morgan, who arrived at Boston in 1660. In the record of his marriage at Charlestown, Mass., to Hopestill Merrick, Oct. 7, 1664, his second name, which is the very common Welsh name Rhys-often found there written Rees-is spelled Rose and he seems to have adopted and retained that method of spelling it to distinguish his family from the James Morgan family. After his marriage he and his wife removed to New London, taking up their residence in the western part of the town known since as Waterford. He was one of the first settlers, and lived there until his death in the year 1698, leav- ing his widow, Hopestill, and sons, John, Richard Rose, Benjamin, and several daughters. His wife, according to the History of New London, was born Feb. 20, 1643, and died June 1, 1712.
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(II) John Morgan married Ann, daughter of Richard Dart, of New London, and their children were : Bethia, born April 2, 1700; Stephen, Sept. 23,
1701 ; Richard, Dec. 9, 1703 ; Ann, March 16, 170. Elizabeth, May 30, 1708; John, Jr., Jan. 16, 171 Peter, July 10, 1713; Hannah, April 18, 1714.
(III) John Morgan, Jr., was born Jan. 16, 171; On Oct. 16, 1735, he married Grace Morgan, pro ably daughter of Abraham and granddaughter ( Richard Morgan, and their children were: Edwar. John, Isaac, George, Lucy, Mary, Martha, Rebec( and Phebe.
(IV) Edward Morgan, born May 23, 1734 married, April 9, 1760, Zerviah Shipman, who wa born Jan. 13, 1735, daughter of William and Har nah Shipman. Their children were: Anne, bor Aug. 2, 1761, died March 3, 1762; Guy, born Nov 20, 1762, died April 26, 1763; Grace, born March 2 1764, married a Mr. Douglas ; Stephen, born Jul. 19, 1765, is mentioned below; Hannah, born Ma 26, 1767, married a Mr. Waterman; Martha wa born Aug. 28, 1768; Ezra, born April 30, 1770, mar ried Desire Tinker ; Anne was born July 16, 1771 Sarah, born May 27, 1774, married a Mr. Thomp. son ; Zerviah was born Sept. 10, 1776.
(V) Stephen Morgan, born July 19, 1765, died in Waterford. He married Mary Douglas, born Dec. 25, 1757, daughter of William and Mary (Lucas) Douglas. They removed to Wethersfield. The children born to them were as follows: Guy, born Sept. 17, 1786, married Nancy Clark Griswold; Maria, born Aug. 1I, 1788, married Daniel Wolcott ; Mary Ann, born June 7, 1799, married Romanta Wells ; Martha, born Aug. 1, 1801, died July 16, 1804; Elizabeth Douglas, born May 14, 1804, died April 21, 1822; Mary was born Aug. 9, 1806. Mrs. Mary (Douglas) Morgan died Dec. 14, 1817, and is buried in the Wethersfield (Conn.) cemetery.
(VI) Guy Morgan, born Sept. 17, 1786, in Wethersfield, Conn., was married Oct. 19, 1806, to Nancy Clark Griswold, of Wethersfield, daughter of Ozias and Anne (Stanley) Griswold, of Wethers- field. She was born Sept. 10, 1788, and died Oct. 3, 1853, in Waterford, whither she had come on a visit. When a young man Guy Morgan removed to Ohio, where he remained until his death, which oc- curred Oct. 9, 1842, at Prairie Depot, that State. He was extensively engaged in farming there. He and his wife became the parents of the following named children : Justus, born May 2, 1807 ; Stephen, Feb. 28, 1809; Nancy Ann Maria, Feb. 1, 18II (died in infancy) ; Griswold, June 5, 1813; Guy Douglas, Jan. 29, 1816; Edward, Aug. 15, 1818; Ezra, March II, 1821; Stanley, March 6, 1824; Riley, Feb. 13, 1827; Andrew Jackson, May 10, 1829. The first three children were born in Berlin, Conn., the others in Wethersfield, New York.
(VII) Edward Morgan, born Aug. 15, 1818, in Wethersfield, Wyoming Co., N. Y., died March 12, 1888, in Waterford. He was sent back to Water- ford when twelve years of age, to live with his grandfather Morgan, with whom he remained until twenty-one years of age. He then married and took up his father-in-law's farm of about one hundred
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acr to which he added until there are now about 200 cres. Able, energetic, persevering and hard- ng, he became a prominent citizen. He was a WO1 mai of military tastes, and was captain of a com- pan for many years. In political faith he was a stanft Democrat, and he served as selectman, town collfor, and in other important town offices, taking an day ber tive interest in public affairs in his younger During his young manhood he became a mem- the Baptist Church. Mr. Morgan was stout ickset, weighing about 185 pounds, was always ver healthy and rugged, and in disposition was gen , jovial and good-natured.
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1 Oct. 15, 1837, Mr. Morgan married Sarah Ma aret Gibson, only child of George and Sarah (P ers) Gibson, both of Waterford. Her grand- fatl resided in New London until his house was sachal and burned by the British in 1781, when he sett I on the farm now owned by Stephen Morgan. Mr 12, nan farı Sarah M. (Gibson) Morgan passed away July 002. She was the mother of the following 1 children : (I) Nancy married Edgar Smith, a r, of Wethersfield, Conn. (2) Martha M. is the idow of Henry Way, of East Lyme, and now fn Niantic, Conn. (3) Stanley Griswold, born live Ma Ap the yea one ), 1846, is mentioned below. (4) Stephen, born 7, 1853, is unmarried. He has been running ome farm, since his father's death. For six from the age of fifteen until he was twenty- e was clerk for J. D. T. Strickland, in his gro- cer ind coal yard in New London, and for two yea he was traveling in the interest of a garden irm. (5) Rowena married Martin Cadwell, of see W
ersfield, who was a tobacco commission mer- cha She is now residing in Hartford, at the "Lin- den Iotel." (6) Strong is a traveling salesman in the ardware line, and his home is in Meriden, Com He married Mary Leary. (7) Kittie Lucretia
is r narried, and living at the homestead ; she took car of her mother in the latter's declining years, Morgan having been feeble and quite helpless Mr for veral years before her death. (8) Lottie mar- riec 'rank S. Seymour, of Hartford, where he is en- gag in the teaming business.
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