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 154

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(VIII) GARDINER GREENE (3) was born Aug. 31, 1851, in Norwich. He was graduated from the Norwich Free Academy in 1868, from Yale College in 1873, and from Columbia College Law School, in 1877. He was admitted to the Bar in New York City, in May, 1877, and at New London, Conn., in March, 1878. In the latter year he became associ- ated in the practice of law with the late Hon. John Turner Wait, of Norwich, a partnership that only terminated with Mr. Wait's death in 1899. Mr. Greene was a member, from Norwich, to the Lower House of the General Assembly of the State in 1891- 92, and in 1895. He was chairman of the committee on Canvass of Votes for State Officers in the mem- orable deadlock session of 1891-92. The House having ordered that no business should be introduced except through this committee, he was placed at the head of the Republican party in the Assembly dur- ing that contest. He was a member of the com- mission for the revision of the Statutes of Connecti- cut, whose labors are represented in the General Statutes of 1902. Mr. Greene is one of the leading members of the New London County Bar, an enter- prising and public-spirited citizen, and one of the substantial men of his community.

On April 4, 1894, Mr. Greene was married to Louise Eustis Reynolds, of Norwich, daughter of the late Henry Lee Reynolds and Mary (Hill) Rey- nolds. Both Mr. and Mrs. Greene are members of Christ Episcopal Church.

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WHEELER. The lineage of the Wheeler fam- ily of Stonington, Conn., given herewith, is that of the late Nelson H. Wheeler, who was a highly esteemed citizen and successful farmer, and his sons, Arthur G., Fernando and George A. Wheeler, well known citizens of that town.

(I) Thomas Wheeler appears as a resident of Lynn, Mass., in 1635, in which year he was elected constable ; he was admitted a freeman in 1642, and owned large tracts of land, etc. He married at Lynn, his wife's name being Mary. In 1667 he removed to Stonington, Conn., and was made a freeman in the Connecticut Colony in 1669. He represented Stonington in the General Court in 1673, and in 1674 he was one of the nine who orga- nized the church in Stonington. His wife Mary was one of the first partakers of the communion service. He died March 6, 1686, aged eighty-four years. His children were Isaac, Elizabeth and Sarah.

(IT) Isaac Wheeler, born in 1646, married Jan. IO, 1667, Martha, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Thompson) Park. Mr. Wheeler early served in the Colonial wars, and he died June 5, 1712. His widow passed away Feb. 14, 1717. Their issue was Mary, Martha, Thomas, Isaac, Anna, Richard, Dorothy, William, Eliza and Experience.

(III) Richard Wheeler, born March 10, 1677, married Dec. 12, 1702, Prudence, daughter of Dea- con John Payson, and wife Bathsheba Tilestone Payson, of Roxbury, Mass. Mr. Wheeler died April 12, 1712. Issue : John, Jonathan, Richard and Prudence.

(IV) Richard Wheeler, son of Richard, was porn July 23, 1710, married Aug. 25. 1734, Anna Pellet, of Canterbury, Conn., and died .April 10, 1749. Issue : Patience, Asa and Joseph.

(V) Joseph Wheeler, born Jan. 23, 1747, mar- ried Sept. 18, 1774. Prudence Palmer, who died March 6, 1790, aged thirty-eight. Issue : Pru- lence, Joseph, Fanny, Asher, Edward, Samuel, Sanford and Coddington.

(VI) Samuel Wheeler, born Sept. 14. 1784. married in 1800 Rebecca Prentice, who died Dec. 1842. He married for his second wife Mrs. Hannah ( Heath) Havens, and they had one child. lelen, deceased. Mr. Wheeler died March 24. 852, a lifelong Democrat. His education had been brained in District No. 8, of Stonington, and after e finished his school days he commenced farming nd continued to pursue that calling all of his life. n local matters he took a prominent part, serving s selectman and member of the board of relief, as ell as assessor, and in every capacity proved him- If a man of parts. He attended the Road Church. id gave toward its support very liberally. By his rst wife Samuel Wheeler had issue as follows : amuel Prentice, born Sept. 12. 1810, married Nov. 2, 1838, Amanda Avery, and resided in Stonington. ith his family : Mary, born June 1, 18te, married iram Wheeler, and had children-Samuel, Ralph.

and Silas B. ; Rebecca, born Sept. 17, 1813. married Nov. 15. 1832, Joseph Davis, and was the mother of Oliver, Calvin and Clark; Joseph, born Oct. 20. 1815, married, May 23, 1843, Mary M. Swan; Phebe, born Dec. 8, 1817, married, Sept. 9, 1843. Clark N. Whitford ; Warren S., born in July, 1819. married Phebe Gallup, and had issue-Joseph. War- ren, Lucy and Prudence ; Coddington, born March 23, 1823, died young : Prudence, born June 18, 1825. married Giles Haley: and Nelson H., born March 28, 1827, is mentioned below.

(VIII) NELSON H. WHEELER, born March 28. 1827, at the old homestead in Stonington. there spent the days of his boyhood, or until he was eighteen years old. After that time he farmed for a year. then worked as a carpenter for a year more, and for another year peddled goods through the country. On Jan. 26, 1849, he sailed for California, after six months and thirteen days on the "Trescot." an old whaler, reaching his destination. He remained there four years, mining the first year, and then en- gaged in farming and teaming, near Sacramento. In 1853 he returned to Connecticut, via the Isthmus. and resumed farming on his birthplace. There he remained until 1901, when he removed to Mystic. in the town of Groton, where he passed away Jan. 18, 1904: his widow is still living.

On April 3. 1853. Nelson H. Wheeler married Melinda Gallup, daughter of Luke and Melinda (Williams) Gallup, of Ledyard. Issue: Samuel N., born May 20, 1854, was a graduate of the Bos- ton University, taught school, and died in 1806: Lilla M., born Jan. 4. 1857. died March 30. 1885 : Arthur G. is mentioned below : Mary S., born April 20. 1860. who died Jan. 22. 1895, married Rev. O. G. Buddington, and became the mother of Osmore W. and Arthur Francis : Herman E., born April 20. 1862, died April 6. 1885 : Agnes M., born May 2. 1864, married Frank L. Lathrop, of Norwich, secre- tary of the New London County Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company, and they became the parents of Bertha I. (deceased) and Marian W. : Fernando is mentioned below : George A. is mentioned below. Nelson H. Wheeler served as assessor and mem- ber of the board of relief in Stonington. He was a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and wa. one of the prominent factors in that denommation. being deeply respected In his fellow members as well as by the community at large.

(VII) ARTHUR G. WHEELER, SOU Of Nelson HI. Wheeler, one of the representative farmers of Stonington, and a man of prominence in Ins commu- nity, was born Det. 3. 1858, at the old Stonington homestead, and remained on the farm until he attained his majority, attending pubhe school and the Mystic Valles Institute. When he was twents- one years of age Mr. Wheeler removed to what is known as Cherry Hill Farm, in the town of Stou- ington, and there he has since remamed, bringme his farm to a high state of cultivation.

On June 7. 1803. Mt. Wheeler married Mars.

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daughter of Sanford N. Billings, and their children are: Nelson F., born Feb. 25, 1894; Mary Starr, born Sept. 14, 1895 : Arthur G., Jr., born April 13, 1897; and Donald Billings and Dorothy Billings, twins, born June 28, 1900.

Mr. Wheeler has been a prominent Democrat ever since he cast his first vote, and has taken an active part in politics. For eight years he served as collector ; during the years 1892-93 he was a mem- ber of the lower house of the State Legislature, and has proved himself a man well qualified to hold posi- tions of responsibility and honor. Fraternally he is a member of the Royal Arcanum. His religious affiliations are with the Baptist Church of Old Mystic.

(VIII) FERNANDO WHEELER, son of Nelson H. Wheeler, a successful farmer and business' man of Stonington, and a man who stands well with his neighbors, was born June 16, 1866, on the home farm, where he made his home until seventeen years of age. He then commenced teaching school in Stonington, and continued thus in Stonington and Preston for four years. At the expiration of that time he began traveling and for a part of two years represented the Mapes Fertilizer Co., of New York, on the road. In March, 1890, he located on his present fine farm, buying it of Noyes S. Palmer ; this he operates himself, and enjoys the reputation of being well versed in modern methods of farming. He still handles fertilizers, for which he finds a ready sale in the home neighborhood, and also deals in farming implements. He and his brother Arthur handle the greater portion of the fruit in this section. He is one of the few dealers in blooded Swiss stock in Connecticut.

On Nov. 8, 1889, Mr. Wheeler married Josie Emma Avery, daughter of Ulysses Avery, of Pres- ton, Conn. Mr. Wheeler was a member of the Baptist Church of Old Mystic, but he and his wife are now both regular attendants at the Old Road Church. They are very pleasant, hospitable people, whose home is often the scene of pleasant gath- erings.

(VIII) GEORGE A. WHEELER, another son of Nelson H. Wheeler, and a young man of ability as well as social prominence in Stonington, is success- fully engaged in farming and fruit and vegetable raising. His birth occurred May 15, 1874, on the old homestead. His educational advantages consisted of a course at the public schools, supplemented with one at the Mystic Valley Institute and New London Business College, and when he had finished his studies he located upon the farm, which later his parents gave him when they removed to Mystic. Under his able management the farm has advanced in value, and he is proud of his fine property.

On Oct. 20, 1897, Mr. Wheeler was married to Lucille Billings Thompson, daughter of C. Dwiglit Thompson, of North Stonington. Their child, Nel- son Thompson, was born May 15, 1903, and is a very bright little fellow. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler

are active in the Baptist Church at Old Mystic. Mr. Wheeler is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and is popular in that organization as he is gen- erally.

This old and honored family is so closely con- nected with the history of Stonington that it is difficult to write at all comprehensively of the town without mentioning some one or other who bears the name. Its members from earliest times have been men and women of honor and responsibility, and the present representatives are well sustaining the high standard raised by those who have gone before.

DANIEL BURROWS DENISON in the past five years has won a high place in the insurance world at Groton, as well as having been eminently successful in the real-estate business. He is gifted with remarkable business ability, and in whatever line he has attempted he has prospered.

The Denisons are of an old New England fam- ily. (I) William Denison was baptized at Strat- ford, England, Feb. 3, 1571, son of John and Agnes Denison. He married Margaret (Chandler) Monck, and with his family came to New England in 1631. The sons who accompanied him were: Daniel, Ed- ward and George.

(II) Capt. George Denison, son of William, was baptized at Stratford, England, Dec. 10, 1620. He married about 1640, Bridget Thompson, born Sept. 11, 1622, daughter of John and Alice Thomp- son, and two daughters were born to them. She died in 1643, and Capt. Denison married (second) Ann Borodell. Their children were: John B., Ann, Borodell, George, William, Margaret, and Mary (or Mercy). In 1651 Capt. Denison took up his resi- dence in New London, Conn., and in 1654 removed to Stonington. He was a distinguished soldier and civilian.

In 1652 the town of New London granted him 200 acres of land in the Pequot-se-pos Valley at Mystic, upon which he subsequently built a dwell- ing-house, wherein he and his family made their permanent home. Capt. Denison died in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 23, 1694. His widow passed away Sept. 26, 1712. Both are said to have been remarkable for magnificent personal appearance, and for force of mind and character. They held a foremost place in Stonington. Miss Caulkins, in her history of New London, says of him, "Our early history presents no character of bolder and more active spirit than Capt. George Denison."

(III) William Denison, son of Capt. George, born in 1655, married Sarah Stanton Prentice, daughter of Thomas Stanton, and lived in Stoning- ton. Mrs. Denison passed away in August, 1713, and Mr. Denison died in March, 1715. Their chil- dren were: William, born March 24, 1687; Sarah, born April 14, 1789 ; and George, born Feb. 28, 1692.

(IV) George Denison (2), son of William, born Feb. 28, 1692, married June 6, 1717, Lucy Gallup. They resided on the old homestead farm in Stoning-

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ton, Conn. Their children were: Anna, born Aug. 6, 1718; Lucy, Oct. 13, 1721 ; Mary, Nov. 27, 1723 ; George, July 3, 1725; William, June 14, 1727; Mercy, Feb. 24, 1729; Esther, Sept. 16, 1732; Sam- uel, Feb. 18, 1735 ; and David, Jan. 29, 1736.

(V) George Denison (3), son of George (2), born July 3, 1725, married Feb. 23, 1748, Jane Smith, daughter of Nathan and Mary (Denison) Smith, of Groton, Conn., and they resided in Ston- ington, Conn., on the old homestead. Their chil- dren were: Lucy, born Feb. 9, 1750; George, Sept. 16, 1753; Dorothy and William (twins), April 8, 1756; Oliver, March 2, 1758; Nathan, April 8, 1760; Gilbert, Sept. 18, 1762; Elisha, Oct. 12, 1764 : Dud- ley, July 25, 1767; Esther, Nov. 16, 1769; and Jane, Sept. 16, 1772.

(VI) George Denison (4), born Sept. 16, 1753, son of George (3), married in 1778 Abby Palmer. His death occurred in 1835. His children were: George, born in 1780; Henry, born in 1784; Will- iam G., born April 26, 1788; and Julia, born May 20, 1790.

(VII) George Denison (5), son of George (4), born in 1780, married Hannah Latham, and lived in Warren, Pa. Mr. Denison died Jan. 2, 1864. His children were: Abby Ann, born Nov. 15, 1807; George; Julia, born Aug. 15, 1812; Angeline M., born Jan. 2, 1820; Henry; Adeline; Joseph ; Chat- lotte A., born Oct. 2, 1825 ; and Erastus, born June 7, 1829.

(VIII) Joseph Denison, son of George (5), spent the greater part of his active life on the sca, sailing as captain of a number of vessels. His career as a mariner covered experience in the coast- ing trade, as well as voyages to European and South American ports. His last years were spent in a two years' trip as a captain on the "Robert Palmer," and then on the "Eliza S. Potter." In his young man- hood he was connected with the Washington Fish Market. His legal residence was, however, always maintained at Groton. On Feb. 27, 1845, Capt. Joseph Denison married Lura Burrows, daughter of Daniel Burrows, of Mystic. She died Sept. 26. 1902, in Mystic, and he died in the same place June 10, 1881. Their children were: Joseph L., born Dec. 21, 1845, died July 29, 1867; Daniel Burrows, born July 17, 1849, is mentioned below ; George W., born Feb. 15, 1854, died Feb. 16, 1880; and Frank, born Nov. 13, 1856, has been connected with the Central Vermont Railroad for twenty-five years. Mrs. Denison was a member of the Union Baptist Church. Politically Capt. Denison was a Democrat, and fraternally belonged to Charity and Relief Logde, F. & A. M., and Stonington Lodge, 1. (), O. F. In 1849 he was one of the hardy adventurers who sought the gold fields of California, but he did not remain long.

(IX) Daniel Burrows Denison was born in Alys- tic, town of Groton, in the house he now occupies, July 17, 1849. The district schools and the academy afforded him a good substantial education, and on

leaving the schoolroom he learned the machinist's trade in what is now the Standard Machine Com- pany, and followed the trade for nine years. He then engaged in the shoe business, where J. W. Phil- lips is now located, and on Sept. 12, 1894, sold out to Mr. Phillips. That year he was appointed post- master by President Cleveland, and served efficiently as same until March 12, 1899. Upon leaving the office he entered an entirely new line, that of real estate and insurance, carrying fire, marine, accident and life insurance. He entered upon his new work with zest, and has made a success of both lines. Thoroughly posted on every point, and a clear, logi- cal talker, his information carries weight, and he often succeeds where another fails. Besides these lines he is interested in the Dividend Mining and Milling Company, owning twenty-eight miles of gold, silver, copper and lead mines in New Mexico. He is upright in his dealings, and has won the honest respect of his fellowmen.

On Oct. 24, 1876, Mr. Denison was married in Groton to Mary Park. daughter of Ledyard Park.

CHAPPELL-HUNTINGTON. At New Lon- don and Norwich, respectively. these names reach back to the very beginning of the plantations at these points to the coming of George Chappell about 1649 and Deacon Simon Huntington in 1660, and the latter thenceforward stands among the first of that important settlement. Norwich, both in church and state, a position succeeding generations main- tained, until the opening of the Revolution found the Huntingtons the most wealthy, aristocratic and influential of the town. Such names of that period as Joshua, Gen. Jabez and Gen, Jedediah Hunting- ton, among many others, the latter two patriots of the Revolution of the highest type and conspicu- ous figures in it. have been indelibly stamped upon the history of that momentous period. And for a hundred and more years the Chappells through at least four generations have been prominent in mer- cantile, banking and commercial lines at New Lon don, where are now operating prominenth the brothers Frank Huntington and Alfred 11. Chap pell, vessel owners and operators in coal, in a sense successors of Franklin and he of Ezra and the latter of Capt. Edward Chappell, each in his generation . substantial man and leading citizen of his com munity.

It is the design of this article to refer to these allied families only in the lines of descent of the children of the late Franklin Chappell and his wife Hannah S. ( Huntington) Chappell. In paternal line Frank H., William S. and Mfred Il Chappell are in the seventh generation from their immigrant ancestor, George Chappell, through George (2). Comfort, Capt. Edward, Izra and Franklin Chap pell. These generations in detail so far as known follow in the order named

(1) George Chappell, aged twenty years, was among the immigrants in the "Christian" for New

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England, from London, 1635. He was at Wethers- field in 1637, and can be traced there as a resident until 1649, which was probably about the time he came to Pequot (New London), bringing with him a wife, Margaret, and some three or four children. Of this marriage, or of the births of these children, no account is preserved at Wethersfield. The whole list of his family, as gathered from various sources, is as follows: Mary; Rachel; John ; George, born March 5, 1653-54; Elizabeth, born Aug. 30, 1656; Hester, born April 15, 1662; Sarah, born Feb. 14, 1665-66; Nathaniel, born May 21, 1668; and Caleb, born Oct. 7, 1671. The father died in 1709, at which time all nine of his children were living, as was also his aged wife, whom he committed to the especial care of his son Caleb and grandson Comfort. Caleb Chappell had previously removed to Lebanon, whence his son, Amos, went to Sharon, and set- tled in that part of the town which is now Ellsworth.

(II) George Chappell (2), born March 5, 1653- 54, married (first) Alice Way and (second) Mary Douglas, and had two sons, George and Comfort.

(III) Comfort Chappell.

(IV) Capt. Edward Chappell, born about 1744, was a mariner of note and for many years sailed from the port of New London as master of merchant vessels. On his retirement from the seas he opened a store in New London for the sale of West India products and for years was engaged in commercial lines. He died at New London in 1824.

(V) Ezra Chappell, born in 1775, in what was then New London (now Waterford), married, about 1804, Wealthy Arnold. Mr. Chappell was reared to the business of his father, finally succeeded him in it, and also engaged in other commercial lines and through the first half of the nineteenth century was one of the most prominent merchants of the place. He was engaged in the West India and whal- ing trade, and distributed his importations from West India, besides his local trade, to other towns throughout the country. He was a jobber as well as an importer, doing no retailing. His old stand was in the vicinity of Golden street, but in 1807 he. removed his business to the corner of John and Water streets. Subsequently he removed to the east side of Water street and in 1828 purchased the property he there occupied, and in which he con- tinued to carry on business until 1843, from which time on until his decease, in 1865, he was engaged in a bond and brokerage business. From early in the century Mr. Chappell, outside of his regular business, engaged more or less in real estate, buying, building and selling considerable property, in which too, as in other lines, he was most successful and prospered. Several buildings now stand in the city as monuments to the family name. Mr. Chappell was prominent in banking circles. He was one of the first directors of the Savings Bank of New Lon- don on the organization of that institution, in 1827, and its first president. This relation he sustained to the bank for five years, resigning in 1833. He was

then made a trustee of the bank. He became vice- president of the bank in 1836, continuing in office until 1841, when he resigned. For years he was identified officially with what is now the New Lon- don City National Bank, of which he became a director in 1823, and in 1847 succeeded to its presi- dency, the late Jacob B. Gurley holding the office until 1853, when he resigned. Mr. Chappell showed his patriotism and evidenced farsightedness in pur- chasing at the beginning of the Civil war largely of government bonds, which proved a profitable invest- ment. "Uncle Ezra" Chappell, as he was familiarly called, a title of affection and esteem, lived to be ninety years of age, dying as stated in 1865.

(VI) Franklin Chappell married, Nov. 10, 1841, Hannah S. Huntington, who was born Aug. 26, 1816, daughter of Rev. Daniel and Mary Hallam (Salstonstall) Huntington, and to this marriage came children as follows: Frank Huntington, born Feb. 4, 1843; William Salstonstall, April 15, 1847; and Alfred H., May 12, 1849. The father died Feb. 19, 1849.

On their mother's side the Chappell brothers, of Norwich, are descendants in the ninth generation from Simon Huntington, who died in 1633 in pass- age from the mother country, their lineage being through Deacon Simon, Deacon Simon (2), Joshua, Gen. Jabez, Gen. Jedediah, Rev. Daniel and Hannah S. (Huntington) Chappell. The details of these generations follow in the order named.

(I) Simon Huntington died in 1633 on the voy- age to New England. His widow Margaret, for- merly a Baret, with their several children came on to New England. The earliest record of the name here is at Roxbury. She married, in 1635, or 1636, Thomas Stoughton, of Dorchester, Mass., and moved to Windsor.

(II) Deacon Simon Huntington, born (accord- ing to Norwich records) in 1629, married at Say- brook in October, 1653, Sarah, daughter of John Clark. In 1660 Mr. Huntington joined the colonists who settled Norwich, Conn., and thenceforward stands among the first of that important settlement, both in church and state. He was a deacon in the church, and was several times townsman, and a deputy to the General Court. He died June 28, 1706, in Norwich, and his widow died in 1721, aged eighty-eight years.

(III) Deacon Simon Huntington (2), born Feb. 6, 1659, in Saybrook, married Oct. 8, 1683, in Nor- wich, Lydia, born in August, 1663, daughter of John Gager. Mr. Huntington, in 1696, succeeded his father as deacon in the church, and in this office served with no less than the father's fidelity and ac- ceptance as long as he lived. He served in many of the most important offices of the town with marked ability. He died Nov. 2, 1736. His wife survived him less than a year, dying Aug. 8, 1737.

(IV). Joshua Huntington, born Dec. 30, 1698, in Norwich, married, Oct. 16, 1718, Hannah, daugh- ter of Jabez and Hannah (Lathrop) Perkins. Both

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Mr. and Mrs. Huntington were admitted to the church in 1727. Mr. Huntington was a very active business man, and in his successful business career commenced that family distinction and wealth which at the opening of the Revolution had placed his two surviving children at the head of the aris- tocracy, even of their own aristocratic town. He died Aug. 26, 1745. His wife, who was born in 1701, died also in 1745.

(V) Gen. Jabez Huntington, born Aug. 7, 1719, married (first) Jan. 20, 1741-42, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Tracy) Backus. She was born Feb. 21, 1721, and died July 1, 1745, and he married (second) July 10, 1746, Hannah Will- iams, of Pomfret, born July 23, 1726. Mr. Hunt- ington was graduated from Yale College in 1741. In 1750 he was elected a member of the General As- sembly of Connecticut and for many years repre- sented his native town in that body, often presid- ing over the deliberations of the lower house. Early after his graduation he entered into the West India trade, and by an honorable and efficient business ca- reer laid the foundation of one of the amplest fort- unes of that age. At the commencement of the Revolution he was the owner of a large amount of shipping, which, of course, was very much endan- gered by the rupture with the mother land. But his patriotism prevailed over his commercial and pecuniary ambition. He cheerfully sacrificed his property and consecrated himself and his family to the cause of independence. He was one of the most active of the committee of safety during the war, and in 1776 he was appointed one of the two major- generals from Connecticut, for the militia of the State, David Wooster being the other, and on the death of Wooster, from a wound received in a skir- mish with the British, retreating from Danbury, in April of the next year, he was appointed major- general over the entire Connecticut militia. He was a man of religious principle, having united with the church in 1741. The following is an extract from his funeral sermon: "As the train of melancholy distress which brought him to his end probably originated in unremitted exertions for his country, in the time of danger, his country, surely, will not withold the tear of grateful sorrow, but pay de- served respect to his memory, and teach succeeding generations to revere his dust ; and, as they pass his urn, to say, 'there lies the man who devoted his all to the public good : who sacrificed his case, his health, and eventually his life, to serve and save his

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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 154

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