Genealogical and biographical record of New London County, Connecticut, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the early settled families, Part 129

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
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Mary Stevens 1672-

Thomas Lincoln,

Peter Bartow Alice Burroughs

-1619

Peter Bartow 1608-

Dr. Thomas Bartow

1636-1691

Rev. John Bartow

1673-1726-27

Grace Snell 1650-1676

Hon. John Reid 1655-

Margaret Miller 1644-1728 1 Helina Reid 1681-1759

John Bartow

1740-1816

Sir John Pell 1643-1702

Thomas Pell

1675-1739

Rachel Pinckney

Bathsheba Pell

Indian Sachem of West- 1 Ann

chester

-1681 )

John Atwater Susan

David Atwater

1616-1692

John Punderson 1643-1729 Damaris Atwater 1649-1711

Thomas Punderson -

1678-1742

Rev. Ebenezer Punderson 1705-1764

William Bradley -1691

( Alice Pritchard

Dea. Abram Bradley 1650-1718

Lydia Bradley 1675-

Hannah Thompson 1654-1718

Clarina Punderson 1749-

Ephraim Miner 1642-

Grace Palmer,

1608-1691

Ephraim Miner 1668-

Edward Butson Elizabeth Butson Anthony Snell

Henry Miller

Rev. John Pell 1585-1616 ( Rev. Rt. Hon. John Pell

1611-1685

Henry Reginolles 1 'Tamar Reginolles Philip Pinckney

Mary Bartow

Barnardus Ryder

Mary Ryder

(569)

{ Margaret Miller, 1644-1728 Henry Miller

Helina Reid 1681-1759

John Punderson Margaret

Roger Pritchard

John Thompson Ellen Harrison ¿ Lieut. Thomas Miner, 1608-1690

-1674 )

-1684 \ Mary (Lincoln) Hack

1642-

Theophilus Bartow 1710-177-

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(I) Thomas Wheeler (1602-1686) emigrated to this country in 1635, settling first at Lynn, Mass., was made freeman there in 1642; removed to Ston- ington, Conn., in 1667, was made freeman there in 1669; chosen commissioner by the General Court in 1669 ; and deputy for Stonington in 1673.

(III) William Wheeler ( 1681-1747) was the first white child born in Stonington.

(I) Robert Parke (1585-1665) emigrated from Preston, England, in 1630; returned to England the same year, carrying an order from the governor of Massachusetts to his son John in England to pay money, probably the first bill of exchange drawn in America. On his return to America Robert Parke settled with his son Thomas in Wethersfield, Conn. ; was admitted freeman there in 1640; was deputy to the General Court in 1641, 1642; and juror 1641- 1643. He removed to Pequot (now New London) in 1649. He finally settled at Mystic, in Stonington. He and his son Thomas served in the Colonial wars.

(II) Capt. John Gallop came to America in 1630; settled in Boston, Mass., and became a large landowner there. He was a skillful mariner. He obtained a colonial and later a national reputation by a successful encounter with the Indian murderers of John Oldham. This has been called the first naval battle on the Atlantic coast, and was the beginning of the great Pequot war.

(III) Capt. John Gallup, 2d, (1615-1676), emi- grated to this country in 1633; in 1640 he went to Taunton (then a part of Plymouth Colony) ; in 1651 to New London, Conn .; and in 1654 to Ston- ington, settling upon a grant of land given him by New London in 1653, in recognition of the dis- tinguished services of himself and father during the Pequot war. He represented the town at the General Court in 1665 and 1667. In King Philip's war he was in the fearful "Swamp Fight" (Dec. 19, 1675) at Narragansett, and fell with five other captains in that memorable battle.

(III) Rev. Joseph Coit (1673-1750) was the first native of New London, Conn., to receive a collegiate education ; was graduated at Harvard in 1697, and admited to a Master's Degree at the first Commence- ment of Yale College in 1701. He preached in Nor- wich in 1698; and was settled pastor in Plainfield, 1705-1748.

(IV) Col. Samuel Coit (1708-1792) removed from Plainfield to Griswold (Preston), where he spent a long and honored life. In 1758 he had com- mand of a regiment (raised in the neighborhood of Norwich) that wintered at Fort Edward. He rep- resented Preston in the General Assembly in 1761, 1765, 1769, 1771, 1772, 1775 ; sat as Judge on the Bench of the County Court, and of a Maritime Court in the time of the Revolution; in 1774 was moder- ator of the Town meeting on the Boston Port Bill, and one of the Preston Committee on Correspon-

dence. He was excused from active service ime Revolution because of his age, but owing to his Hi- tary experience he was attached to the res fes under Saltonstall with the rank of colonel.

(V) Capt. William Coit (1735-1821) wa shipmaster and merchant in Norwich. He s fed in the Revolutionary war, was commissione as lieutenant in April, 1780, and captain in July che same year. His daughter (VI) Abigail mated (V) General Joseph Williams.

(I) Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell (1622-1714 |p- peared in Saybrook, Conn., in 1637. In 16. the gave relief to Uncas, the Mohegan Sachem, fen closely besieged by the Narragansetts. For pis service Uncas gave him a deed to the townsh fof Norwich. He removed to Norwich in 1659, as sergeant until 1672, ensign until 1676, and lieut nt thereafter. He was one of the local judges c the Court of Commission, and was representati in the Connecticut General Court fifty-three ses ens (1662-1700). He was in King Philip's war in |6, and was one of Queen Anne's Royal Commis in- ers in 1704. His great-granddaughter (IV) I ia, married (V) Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop.

(I) Lieut. Thomas Tracy (1610-1685) ne from Gloucestershire, England, emigrating to England in 1636; was first at Salem, Mass .; fen at Wethersfield, Conn., Saybrook, and finally s ted at Norwich, where he officiated on all impo.nt committees, and as surveyor, moderator and tons- man. He was chosen twenty-seven times as d lity to the General Court (1662-1684). In 1666 horas chosen as ensign of the train-band (the first on or- ganized in Norwich) ; in 1673 became lieut fint of the New London County Dragoons, Capt. Jules Avery's company, and was quartermaster of Ing- oons in King Philip's War in 1675. In 1678 horas appointed on the Commission of the Peace an as Justice.

(II) Dr. Solomon Tracy (1651-1732) was c of six sons who were all active and leading men i he early history of Norwich. He was a physician[nd filled the offices of townsman and constable; fras frequently elected representative to the Genera is- sembly, serving in 171I as clerk of the House nd in 1717 as speaker. In 1698 he was chosen e gn of the train-band and in 1701 was appointed eu- tenant.

(I) Walter Palmer (1585-1661) emigrat in 1628; went first to Salem, Mass., and was o of the founders of Charlestown, building the first cjell- ing-house there. With William Cheeseborough nd others he removed to Plymouth Colony and fouled Rehoboth, where he was elected as first repr en- tative to the General Court at Plymouth. Wit his son-in-law, Lieut. Thomas Minor, he joined Wijam Cheeseborough and Thomas Stanton in their ew

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tlemel at Stonington, Conn., and his name is on e moi nent erected there in memory of these ur ean settlers.

len Bread ( 1601-1692) came to this coun- Gov. Winthrop and party in 1630, and f the founders of Lynn, Mass., and one of il grantees of Southampton, L. I., 1640.

Gershom Breed ( 1715-1777) removed from 1 to Norwich about 1750; was a shipping and importer, and in 1774 captain of mili- . Hevas the great-great-grandfather of Presi- nt Ti: thy Dwight, of Yale College.

III) apt. George Denison (1620-1694) emi- New England with his father in 1631, set- in Roxbury, Mass. In 1643 he returned I, where he won distinction, serving under

ated t ng fir Engla omwe in the army of the Parliament. He came ck to oxbury in 1645; removed to the Pequot tleme (now New London) in 1651; and in 54 seted in Stonington on land still owned by ne of is descendants. He was a frequent repre- tative 4) a ainst dier ting t the General Court at Hartford ( 1671- for forty years a trusted military leader : Indians and was the most distinguished Connecticut in her early settlement (ex- ly Major John Mason).

v. John McLaren (1667-1734) was an minister of Tolbooth Church, St. Giles' hedrij Edinburgh. His son (II) Patrick emi- ted t America and was a merchant in Middle- n, Con. He married (V) Dorothy Otis.

udge Joseph Otis (1665-1754), born in Iass., was Judge of the Court of Com- for Plymouth Colony ( 1703-1714) and the General Court in 1710, 1713. He re- ved t New London, North Parish (now Mont- e), C n., in 1721, where he was much in public

ployn lt; moderator of town meetings and on ish a ghter church committees almost yearly. His V) Dorothy married Patrick McLaren, of ( Rev. John McLaren.

(I) illiam Thomas (1574-1651) was one of merd int adventurers ( 1620-1627) and one of foun rs of New Plymouth Colony ; was deputy Ba stable in 1641 and from Marshfield in 6; w: chosen Assistant in 1642-1651, and one of Cou 1 of War in 1642. (II) apt. Nathaniel Thomas (1606-1674) emi- ted vln his father ; was deputy for Marshfield 1642

nsign in 1640; lieutenant in 1643; and tain i 1644. (III lemb 1675

udge Nathaniel Thomas ( 1643-1718) was of the town council in Marshfield, Mass., eutenant in King Philip's War in 1675;

deputy for Marshfield eight times (1672-1692) ; on Council of War, 1681-1685 ; captain of militia, 1681 ; associate for Plymouth, 1685 and 1690; clerk of the County Court of 1639; Judge of Probate for Plym- outh county, 1702, 1707; Judge of Court of Com- mon Pleas, 1692-1712; and Justice of the Superior Court, 1712-1718.

(III) Capt. Jabez Perkins, Ist (1677-1742), was admitted an inhabitant of Norwich in 1701; and in 172I was commissioned by the General Court as captain.

(V) Jabez Perkins, 3d (1728-1795), was cap- tain's clerk on the State man-of-war in 1778; con- tractor and dispenser of public stores; Gov. Trum- bull's "right hand man" during the whole Revolu- tionary war and one of the perpetual "Council of Safety." His daughter (VI) Lydia married (V) Shubael Breed.

(III) Major Thomas Leonard (1641-1713) em- igrated with his father (II) James from Wales in 1643, and became a distinguished person in Plymouth and Massachusetts colonies. He was ap- pointed by the General Court as ensign in Taunton, in 1665 ; captain in 1690; major in 1709; Judge of the Quarter Sessions, 1685-1713 ; Associate for Bris- tol County, in 1685 and 1690; Justice of the Peace ; Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 1702-1715; and deputy for eight sessions.

(I) Robert Hicks (1580-1648) came in the "For- tune" in 1621, his wife and children in the "Ann" in 1623.

(II) Capt. Henry Hodges (1652-1717) was a leading man in the early settlement of Taunton, Mass. ; was deputy to General Court for five years ; selectman twenty-eight years ; was commissioned as ensign in 1690, and as captain in 1703.

(I) Thomas Bliss (1580-1650) was a wealthy landowner of Belstone Parish, Devonshire, England ; espoused the Puritan and Parliamentary side in the civil and religious troubles of the reign of Charles I, and suffered imprisonment and loss of property on account of his opinions. His two sons emigrated to America in 1635.

(I) Francis Bushnell ( -- 1646) was one of the early settlers of Guilford, Conn., and signed the Plantation Covenant.

(I) Mathew Marvyn (1600-1678-80) was an original settler and proprietor in Hartford, Conn., and one of the pioneers at Norwalk.

(I) Simon Huntington ( 1610-1633) was a noted

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Puritan in Norwich, England, who for the sake of unmolested worship emigrated to America in 1633.

(II) Simon Huntington (1629-1706) came with his parents from England in 1633, joined the colon- ists in 1660, who settled in Norwich, Conn., and stood among the first both in church and state of that important settlement.

John Clarke ( -- 1673) was an early settler at Cambridge, Mass .; was made freeman there in 1632; removed to Hartford, Conn., about 1636; fought against the Pequot Indians in 1637; was juror in 1641 ; was deputy to nearly every session of the General Court at Hartford, first from Hart- ford and afterward from Saybrook ( 1641-1665) ; was one of the patentees of the Royal Charter in 1662; removed to Milford in 1665 and represented that town for some years, and was ruling elder in the church there in 1672. He was one of the most influential settlers in the Colony.

(V) CORNELIA JOHNSTON, the wife of Simeon Breed Williams, was also of Connecticut and Massachusetts lineage. We give herewith her an- cestry.

(II) Thomas Johnston, Jr. (1708-1767), a mem- ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany, Boston, Mass., was an escutcheon-maker, en- graver, and artist of much repute; also one of the

, earliest New England organ builders. He is buried in King's Chapel burying-ground. He married (IV) Bathsheba Thwing.

(III) Major Samuel Johnston (1756-1794), of Boston, Mass., and Middletown, Conn., was adju- tant, 3d Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade (com- manded by his father-in-law, Col. Comfort Sage), in. 1776; adjutant and brigadier major, Col. Sher- burne's regiment, 1777-1779. He married (V) Sarah Sage.

(IV) William Sage Johnston (1791-1869), born at Middletown, Conn., commenced his business ca- reer in New London, and removed in 1817 to Cin- cinnati, Ohio, where he had a long and honorable career. In 1865, he moved with the family of his daughter (V. Cornelia Johnston Williams) to Chi- cago and Lake Forest, Ill. He married Clarina Bartow, of Westchester, New York.

(I) Benjamin Thwing (1619-1672) emigrated from London in 1635; was admitted townsman Boston, Mass., 1642; and was proprietor in Water- town and Concord.

(IV) Bathsheba Thwing married (II) Thomas Johnston, Jr.

(I) David Sage (1639-1703) emigrated from Wales in 1652, and was one of the early pioneers at Middletown, Connecticut.

(IV) Gen. Comfort Sage (1731-1799) was a merchant and man of influence in Middletown ; was appointed quartermaster of troop of horse in the

6th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, in 1757 eu- tenant in 1761 ; captain in 1763. On news the battle of Lexington, he marched his troops to los- ton ; in May, 1775, was appointed lieutenant conel in Col. James Wadsworth's 23d Regiment, C ticut Militia, was member of General Assen lec- - in May, 1776, and at that session appointed liet fant colonel of the regiment, "now to be raised ar tioned at New London ;" was appointed in fine, sta- 1776, colonel of the 3d Battalion, Wadsworth Bri- gade (Maj. Samuel Johnston, his future son- Faw, was his adjutant ) ; colonel of the 23d regimei fOc- tober, 1776; and brigadier general of the 20 rig- ade in 1784. He was a member of the Gener As- sembly (with few exceptions), from 1776 tc (-86. He married (IV) Sarah Hamlin, and their digh- ter, (V) Sarah Sage, married (III) Major Shmuel Johnston.

(I) Dr. Comfort Starr ( -- 1660) em fated from Kent County, England, in 1635; settle first in New Town (Cambridge), later in Duxburt and finally in Boston. He was a physician of mik re- pute. His great-granddaughter (IV) Hannal nar- ried (II) John Sage.

(II) Capt. Joseph Weld (1595-1646) em ated about 1635 and settled at Roxbury, Mass., wie he was admitted freeman in 1636, chosen dept to General Court six times (1636-1644) ; was oftain Roxbury Military Company. His name stand hird on the original roll of the Ancient and Howable Artillery Company, of which he was ensig and then captain. His daughter (III) Marah nfried (III) Comfort Starr.

(I) Thomas Coleman (1598-1674) em ated in 1634-35 ; was a prominent man in Wethe field, Conn .; settled there in 1636; was juror frecently (1639-48) ; deputy to General Court in 1650 -52- 53-56 and repeatedly thereafter ; removed wit Rev. John Russell and others to Hadley, Massacl etts.

(I) John Porter (- - 1648) emigra(1 to Windsor, Conn., in 1639; was appointed con able, 1639, 1640; juror, 1640; grand juror, 1643; puty to General Court, 1646, 1647.

(II) Thomas Wright (1610-1670) cam iron England with John Winthrop in 1630; was st at Watertown, Mass .; was one of the Massac setts Court of Assistants before the Colonial gove nent was established at Boston; removed to Whers- field, Conn., about 1639 ; recorded as man o nflu- ence and high standing; was deputy to (heral Court of Connecticut in 1643; selectman, 658; constable, 1668-69 ; on State jury at Hartford 668- '69 ; and was prominent in church controversy hich led to the removal to Hadley, Massachusetts

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(I onas Weed (- - 1676) came from Eng- h Winthrop in 1630, went to Watertown, 0 1631 ; and settled in Stamford, Conn., er in Fairfield.

I own, ustly files Hamlin ( 1622-1689) settled in Middle- nn., as early as 1654; was a Puritan and vled one of the pillars of the Colony. He vas ofisionally commissioner of the United Col- nies ;

presentative for Middletown nearly every ear fem 1666 to 1684; and was assistant from 689

John Hamlin (1658-1732-33) was com- , or justice of the peace, for Middletown, 691-1 3; appointed town clerk in 1696; deputy to he Gheral Assembly seven sessions, 1690-1693 ; ssista at eighty-one sessions, 1694-1729 ; member uncil of the governor at fifty-nine sessions, 7; judge of the court of Hartford County, 716; fd judge of the Superior court, 1716-1721.

of the 702-I (I) Col. Jabez Hamlin ( 1709-1791) was a awyer magistrate and soldier, and mayor of the ity of Middletown from its incorporation. During lution he was a member of the Council of he Re Safety (I Sarah Hamlin married (IV) Gen. Comfort age.

ohn Crow ( 1606-1686) came to America in ent through the wilderness with Rev. Hooker in 1636, and settled' Hartford, onn. He was a wealthy man, of much influence, 1 in business with his father-in-law, Elder Goodwin, and was one of the founders and of Hadley, Mass., in 1659. His daughter her (or Hester) Crow, married (I) Giles

ssocia Villia ettler: II) F famli

(II Rev. Nathaniel Collins ( 1641-1684) grad- ated m Harvard College in 1660, and was or- ainedsi 1668; was the first pastor of the church Mi etown, and was a famous minister in his ays. is daughter (III) Mary Collins, married [I) Jen Hamlin.

(I) Elder William Goodwin (1598-1673-74) nigraf 1 from London, England, in 1632; was one [ the raintree Company ; was admitted freeman Neown (now Cambridge), Mass., in 1632; move to Hartford, Conn., in 1636; and with cv. M. Hooker's Company settled the town of adley Mass., in 1659; subsequently removed to arming on, Conn., where he died. He was one of e pic ers, proprietors and settlers of Hartford, onn., id one of the large landholders there. His aught (II) Elizabeth married John Crow.

(I)| Iajor William Whiting (- - 1647) emi- rated from England and settled in Hartford,

Conn .; was admitted freeman in 1640; made treas- urer of the Colony, 1641-1647 ; assistant, 1642-1647 ; magistrate, 1642-1647. He was appointed major and commander-in-chief in 1647. His daughter .

(II) Mary Whiting married (II) Rev. Nathan- iel Collins.

(II) Richard Christophers (1662-1726) was one of the most prominent citizens of New London, Conn .; was assistant of the Colony of Connecticut (1703-1723), judge of the county court, judge of the Probate court and justice of the peace in 1700.

(III) Christopher Christophers (1683-1728), was graduated from Yale College, 1702 ; was assist- ant of the Colony ( 1723-1729), judge of the County court and judge of the Probate court in New Lon- don. He married (IV) Sarah Prout, and his daughter, (V) Mary, married (III) Col. Jabez Hamlin.

(II) Capt. Timothy Prout ( 1620-1702) was an early inhabitant of Boston, Mass .; master of the "Increase" in 1657 ; surveyor of the Port of Boston, 1682 ; captain of the forts and artillery, 1683 ; repre- sentative, 1685-1692 ; selectman 1684-1690.

(III) Capt. John Prout (1649-1719) was a sea captain and mariner of Plymouth in 1669, and pro- prietor in New Haven, Conn., in 1685.

(I) Elder William Brewster (1566-1644) was the first prominent layman who refused to conform to the Church of England; was the chief of those taken prisoner at Boston, England ; and suffered greatest loss. He went to Holland in 1607-08 with William Bradford and others for the free enjoy- ment of worship ; was ruling elder of the church at Leyden ; was one of the oldest and principal pas- sengers on the "Mayflower," which came to Flymouth, Mass., in 1620; and became one of the founders of the religious and civil government of this country.

(II) Jonathan Brewster (1593-1659), came to Plymouth, Mass., in the "Fortune" in 1621 ; re- moved to Duxbury, 1630; was deputy there; re- moved to New London, Conn., about 1649; and lived in that part which was afterward Norwich ; was deputy 1650, 1655-1658.

(III) Elizabeth Brewster married Peter Brad- ley, of New London.

(I) Gen. Bertaut was a French Protestant who removed from Brittany, France, to England in 1572, at the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew.

(V) Rev. John Bartow ( 1673-1726-27) was born in 1673 at Crediton, England ; graduated from Christ Chapel, Cambridge, in 1692 ; entered the min- istry, and became curate, then vicar of Pampisford, Cambridgeshire. In 1702, he came to America to the Province of New York and settled at West-

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chester, where he was the founder of St. Peter's Church, his parish including Eastchester, Yonkers and Manor of Pelham. He also performed mission- ary duty at Hempstead and Jamaica, on Long Island, and at Shrewsbury, Amboy and Freehold in New Jersey. He married (II) Helina Reid.

(I) John Reid (1655 -- )was sent to Amer- ica by the proprietaires of New Jersey as a surveyor, sailing from Leith, Scotland in 1693; settled at Freehold; was member of the Assembly, and in 1702 appointed surveyor general of New Jersey.

(I) John Punderson (-1681) emigrated in 1637 with Rev. John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton and others, who were among the first settlers in New Haven, Conn., in 1638. He was one of the "seven pillars" of the First Church there.

(IV) Rev. Ebenezer Punderson (1705-1764) graduated at Yale College in 1726; studied theology and became pastor in the North Parish in Groton, now the town of Ledyard (Poquetannock). In 1734 he avowed himself a conformist to the Church of England, and in April went to England for or- ders, returning the following October as "Itinerant Missionary of the Venerable Society for New Eng- land." He settled in his old parish at Poquetannock, officiating in Norwich, Hebron and other neighbor- ing places (1738-1750). In 1753 he was trans- ferred to Trinity parish, New Haven, having Guil- ford and Branford also under his care. In 1762 he became rector of the church at Rye, in the Prov- ince of New York. He married (V) Hannah Miner.

(II) Lieut. Thomas Miner (1608-1690) emi- grated with Gov. Winthrop in 1630, settled first at Charlestown, Mass .; removed to Saybrook, Conn., in 1634, with John Winthrop, Jr., and his party, and with them formed the settlement of New London, where he took an active and important part ; was elected townsman, and "Military Sergeant of the town of Pequot" in 1649; deputy to General Court in 1650, 1651 ; removed in 1653 to Mystic (Quiam- baug Cove, Stonington) ; in 1655 was appointed chief military officer of the train-band at Mystic ; in 1665, captain in King Philip's war; in 1675, ap- pointed with Capt. Avery and Capt. Denison to "raise forces and destroy the enemy" ; in 1676 was an officer in the expedition against Canonchet (chief of the Narragansetts) ; was appointed on the court martial for New London county with Major Palmer, Capt. Avery and Capt. Mason; was deputy from Stonington in 1679, 1680, 1682, and on various im- portant committees. He was one of the four early settlers of Stonington whose names are on the monu- ment erected in their honor. He married (II) Grace Palmer, daughter of (I) Walter Palmer.

(III) Lieut. Ephraim Miner (1642 -- ) was one of the early settlers at Stonington, Conn .; justice

of the peace for New London county ( 1703-][); deputy to General Court twelve times (1676-)}) ; ensign in 1699; lieutenant in 1714; and ser King Philip's war. He married (IV) Hhah Avery. (V) Hannah Miner married (IV) lev . Ebenezer Punderson.

(II) Capt. James Avery (1620-1700) emi ted with his father (I) Christopher, about 1640; : led first at Gloucester, Mass. ; removed to New Locon, Conn., in 1650; and to South Groton (Poquo foc) in 1656. In 1660 he was chosen townsman an feld the office for more than twenty years ; was co qiis- sioner to the county court at New London finy years ; twelve times deputy to the General Ccf at Hartford, 1658-1680; in the Commission ( the Peace and assistant judge in the Prerogative ?rt; ensign in 1662; lieutenant, 1665, and captain, 73. He served throughout King Philip's war as chain of the New London County Dragoons ; and Im- manded the Pequot allies at the Great Swamp Ight at Narragansett, in 1675. His daughter (III) fan- nah Avery married (III) Ephraim Miner.

(II) Rev. John Pell (1611-1685) was grac ted from Trinity College, Cambridge, England In 1654 he was appointed by Oliver Cromwell a fas- sador to the Swiss Cantons ; recalled in 1658; a hit- ted to Holy Orders in 1661, and obtained fro ,the Crown the rectory of Fobbing and Lavin on, Essex; and became domestic chaplain to the ch- bishop of Canterbury. He was an eminent n the- matician ; became professor of mathematics at Ida, in Holland, appointed thereto by his patron, Wium, Prince of Orange. He wrote and published s ral important books and corresponded with man lis- tinguished men of his day.

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Genealogical and biographical record of New London County, Connecticut, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the early settled families, Part 129

Author: Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1568

Author:
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1568