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 166

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CHARLES D. WIGGIN, M. D., late of Mys- tic, Conn .. was born in Meredith, N. H., and was a direct descendant of Thomas Wiggin, who mar- ried the daughter of Governor Winthrop, and was Governor of the North Plantation. The line of de- scent is from Governor Thomas, through Andrew. Bradstreet, Chase, Bradstreet, Chase. Richard Rust. John Mcad to Charles Dearborn, our subject. who was born Dec. 7 1840.

Thomas Wiggin, the progenitor of the family in America, came to New Hampshire in 1031. as agent of the proprietors of the Upper Plantation. embracing Dover, Durham and Stratham, with a part of Newington and Greenland. After a few years he returned to England on business for the provinces and did much to avert the evils that threat- ened it from the enmity of Georges and Mason. Upon his return to New Hampshire, he brought a considerable number of families with him. He re- mained at the head of the Plantation under Lords Lay and Brook, until the people of Dover, instigated by Bordet, displaced him. Upon the mion of the Province with Massachusetts, Thomas Wiggin Was made a magistrate, and was Deputy to the General Court from Dover in 1045. He died in 105. 11. wife was Catherine Winthrop, and they had iwo children : Andrew and Thomas.

Andrew Wiggins was born in 1035, and died in 1710. He married Hannah Bradstreet, daughter of Gov. Simon Bradstreet, of Andover, Mass., almut 10,50.

Bradstreet Wiggin, born Sept. 1. 107%, die IS, 100. He married, in 108. Am Chase, of Hampton, New Hampshire.

Chase Wiggin, of Stratham, N. 11 , mairie l Mais tha Weeks.

Bradstreet Wiggin, born in 172%, died 1 1757 He married Mary Loker.

Chase Wiggi, of Merehth, N 11, was 1 m 1751, and he died in 1701. In 175%. le mail Molhe Perkins, of Meredith

Richard Rust Wiggin, born m 1;So, holm 185 ;. He was a carpenter and farmer His wife was Fimmice Roberts Mead

John Mead Wiggin, father of Dr. Wiggin of

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Mystic, was born in 1810, in Center Harbor, N. H. In 1836 he married Polly Fox Wadleigh, of Mere- dith, and died in 1884. They had children: John L., living retired in Nebraska City, Neb .; Oliver C., M. D., who died Feb. 2, 1903, near Jacksonville, Fla. ; Charles Dearborn ; and Richard Rust, deceased.

Dr. Charles D. Wiggin spent a happy boyhood in his native village. He had excellent educational opportunities and was fitted for college at Phillips Academy, at Exeter, N. H. He entered Brown University, where he was graduated B. A., in 1868, and M. A. in 1871. He then went West and spent five years in teaching in the State of Nebraska, fin- ally deciding to devote his life to medicine. In 1873 he began the study of the science at Yale, and was given the privilege of finishing the course in two years, graduating with the class of 1875. Prior to this he had studied both at Dartmouth and Bow- doin. In 1875 he entered upon the practice of his profession in Providence, where he was located un- til 1887, when he went to Wyoming, Neb., remaining there until 1890. He then located in Mystic, where he remained in practice until his death, which oc- curred on May 21, 1904. During his residence in Providence he was a valued member of the Provi- dence Medical Association and the Rhode Island Medical Society. He was also professionally con- nected with the Providence Lying-in Hospital, and was prominent in the local affairs of that city, being a member of its school board. He retained his mem- bership in the college fraternity, Delta Kappa Ep- silon, which has members all over the world. Dr. Wiggin was a member of the Union Baptist Church at Mystic. He was a great Bible student, and was deeply interested in missions.

In 1870 Dr. Wiggin was married, in Providence, R. I., to Adelaide A. Buckley, who was a daughter of John Buckley, a prominent resident of that place. Mrs. Wiggin died May 29, 1884, aged thirty-eight years. Two daughters were born to this marriage: Marion, who is the wife of Rev. Edwin B. Dolan, of Wales, Mass., has three children,-Ruth, Doro- thy and Eleanor ; and Hope, who married Edward Everett Bucklin, of Mystic, Conn., has one daugh- ter, Adelaide Elizabeth. In 1886 Dr. Wiggin was married (second) to Lucy Daly Bucklin, of Provi- .dence, R. I.

Socially and professionally Dr. Wiggin was most favorably known in Mystic, and few residents had better claim to the esteem given representatives of the old and honored New England founders. His life was lived for others, and he endeared himself to the people in Mystic and all the country round about by his quiet gentle manner, and his unselfish devotion to his chosen work.

COTTRELL. The Cottrell family was founded "in America by one Nicholas Cottrell, descendent from a long line of English ancestry and the ances- -tor of all the Connecticut and Rhode Island Cott- -rells. He is of record in the list of the inhabitants

of Newport May 20, 1638, and he was admitted a freeman of that town in 1655. He represented his town in the Colonial Assembly in 1670, and was one of the signers of the Misquamicut (Westerly) con- tract. He was twice married, and his second wife, Martha, was born in 1645. His death occurred in 1680, at Taunton, Mass., and in his will are men- tioned eight children, namely: Nicholas, John, Gershom, Eleazer, Mary, Hannah, James and Jabez.

(II) Nicholas Cottrell (2), son of the immi- grant, was admitted a freeman of Westerly, R. I., Oct. 28, 1668, and was a soldier in the Narragansett war of 1675. His high character as a citizen is evi- denced by the number of important offices he held. Like his father he represented his town in the Colonial Assembly; he also served as constable (then an important office), juryman, fence viewer and councilman. The maiden name of his wife is not known. He died in December, 1715, in West- erly, and his will mentions the following children: Nicholas (3), John, Mary, Elizabeth and Dorothy.

(III) Nicholas Cottrell (3) was born in 1658. He served as a soldier in the early Colonial wars, and died in 1727. In March, 1706, he married Dor- othy Pendleton, daughter of Capt. James Pendle- ton and his wife, Hannah (Goodenough) Pendle- ton. She was baptized at Stonington Oct. 3, 1686, and was admitted to the Church in July, 1709. The children born of this marriage were: Dorothy, bap- tized July 31, 1709, married John Randall; Mary, born Aug. 19, 17II, married Nathan Randall; Amey, born July 31, 1709, married Josiah Smith; Elinner, born June 12, 1715, married Nathan Ran- dall after the death of her sister; Nicholas was born July 7, 1717 ; and Joseph was born Aug. 7, 1726.

(IV) Joseph Cottrell, son of Nicholas (3), was born Aug. 7, 1726. In 1750 he was residing near Pendleton Hill, in North Stonington. He and his wife, Mary, had the following family: Prudence, born March 25, 1746; Joseph, born Aug. 16, 1748; Mary, born Dec. 28, 1750; Abigail, born April 15, 1755; Reuben, born Aug. 15, 1758; Charles, born Aug. 17, 1768; and Royzel, born Jan. 10, 1772.

(V) Charles Cottrell, son of Joseph, was born Aug. 17, 1768. In partnership with Ebenezer Den- ison he ran a line of packet boats between New York and southern ports, and died in New York City Oct. 4, 1798. On Oct. 18, 1795, he married Esther Denison, daughter of Isaac and Eunice (Williams) Denison. They had one child, Joseph, who was reared by his maternal grandmother Denison.

(VI) Joseph Cottrell, son of Charles, was born July 10, 1797. On Oct. 3, 1826, he married Fanny, daughter of Capt. Jabez and Fanny (Potter) Stan- ton, sixth in line from Thomas Stanton, who im- migrated from England to Virginia in 1635, and was later one of the original settlers of the town of Stonington. She was born in 1807, and died at Mystic, Conn., July 19, 1865. He died April 19, 1865. He died April 19, 1865. Their children

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were : Mary Ann Stanton, born July 24, 1827, mar- ried Charles H. Denison, who died Dec. 2, 1902; Frances Esther, born July 8, 1829, died April 8, 1833 ; Charles, born July 3, 1831, died June 9, 1832 ; Harriet Shaw, born May 11, 1833, married George Harris, of Providence, R. I., who died in 1875; Frances Josephine, born May 5, 1836, died March 14, 1837 ; Joseph Oscar, born Feb. 1, 1838, married Oct. 22, 1863, Josephine Williams, who died March 9, 1865, and on Oct. 21, 1869, he married Nellie Crosby, of New York (he died Jan. 2, 1890) ; Fanny Ella, born March 29, 1840, married Joseph Griswold, Jr., of Colerain, Mass., and died Sept. 4, 1901; Charles H., born Jan. 27, 1842, married Georgianna Crary, and died Feb. 20, 1904; Jabez Stanton, born May 15, 1846, died May 17, 1846; Emma Elizabeth, born March 5, 1844, died Feb. 27, 1900; Ida Louise, born Sept. 9, 1847, died Jan. 7, 1878; Frank Denison, born April 24, 1850, died April 29, 1852.

Joseph Cottrell, the father, was a man of great business enterprise and tact, establishing more than eighty years ago the first and only lumberyard in Mystic, together with a planing-mill and machine tool works. By his thrift and wise management he accumulated a competency, leaving a fine estate to be divided among his seven living children ; he de- pended upon their honor and fraternal affection to settle things harmoniously, and that they surely did. In 1860 he was elected by the Republican party a representative from Stonington to the State Legislature, his colleague being Horace N. Trum- bull. He and his wife attended the Congregational Church. It has been said of him that "He was a man from every point of view, physically, mentally and morally. His intellect was broad and compre- hensive, and when a move was to be made in busi- ness matters, or a difficult problem was presented, his judgment was always found to be sound and correct by that decisive arbiter, the result. He was one of the greatest benefactors to the working class of Mystic. The report of his benevolence and many generous gifts was not spread abroad, and his great nature and nobility of soul made him overlook in- gratitude. He was incapable of any small or dis- honorable action. He could have had any post of honor or trust from the people had he chosen to accept the same, for there was no man stood in ad- vance of Joseph Cottrell in the esteem of his fellow citizens."

Harriet Shaw Cottrell, second daughter of Jo- seph, was born May 11, 1833, and married George Harris, of Providence, R. I. Their children were : Josephi Cottrell, born in March, 1863. and James T., born in September, 1870. The elder son, Jo- seph Cottrell Harris, married Mary C. Logan in 1804, and they have one child, Joseph Cottrell Har- ris, Jr., born in November, 1900.

(VII) Joseph Oscar Cottrell, son of Josephi, was born Feb. 1, 1838, in Mystic, at the Cottrell homestead. He died in Providence, R. I., Jan. 2.

1890. In early life he was in business with his father, but later he engaged in the making of boil- ers in Mystic, at Pistol Point. After the war this factory was converted into a woolen mill, and in a few years burned down. Later Mr. Cottrell left Mystic and continued the lumber business in New York City and Jersey City. On Oct. 22, 1863, he married Josephine, daughter of Giles and Abby Jane (Stanton) Williams, born in November, 1839, died March 9, 1865. She was in the sixth genera- tion from Robert Stanton, one of the first settlers of Newport, R. I., and in the seventh generation from Robert Williams, the pioneer ancestor of the Williams family. The only child by this marriage was Josephine Williams, born Jan. 18, 1865, who was married in Collegiate Church, New York City, June 4, 1889, to George Walworth Middleton, and they have had four children, Josephine (born March 22, 1890, died young), Harold Cottrell ( born May 5, 1893), Marjory (born June 21. 1896) and Einna (born March 23, 1898). For his second wife, on Oct. 21, 1869, Joseph Oscar Cottrell married Nellie Crosby, and to this union were born the following children : Ellen Roland, born in November, 1870; Joseph, born in July, 1874: Charles Henry, born in August, 1875, who married Mabelle Bond. of Middlebury, Vt., Oct. 22, 1903; John Crosby, born in September, 1877; and George Harris, born in July, 1883. In 1867 Mr. Cottrell represented the town of Stonington in the State Legislature.

(VII) Charles H. Cottrell, son of Joseph, suc- ceeded to the lumber business established by his father. He was educated in boarding schools at Providence, R. I., and Middleboro, Mass. In his young manhood he became associated with his father in business, and when the latter passed away the son was well qualified to carry on his father's extensive operations with the same success that had attended the business when in its founder's care. Like his father, too, he became an efficient public servant, and he represented the town of Stonington as selectman in 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886. 1887; he was first selectman in 1883. 1884, 1885 and 1887. Politically he was a Republican, and fraternally he was a master Mason. He was highly esteemed as a man of sterling integrity.

On Nov. 16, 1865, Mr. Cottrell married Miss Georgiana Crary, daughter of Capt. George B. and Catherine (Latham) Crary. Of their four children only one is living. Fanny Stanton, born in Novem- ber, 1866, who married John 1 .. Dodge, Jr., of Gro- ton, Conn. They have had tive children : Fanny Stanton, born in November, 1885 ; Charles Cottrell. born in October, 1887 ; Paul. born in 1880, who died young ; Roger, born in October, 1803. who died in 1807, and Joseph Griswold, born in September, 1848.

WILLIAMS. (1) Robert Williams, the pioneer progenitor of Mrs. George W. Middleton, in the maternal line, was the son of Stephen and Margaret (Cook) Williams, born in 1598, baptized in Great

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Yarmouth, England, under date of Dec. II, 1608. He married Elizabeth Stalham, of Great Yarmouth, and sailed for America in the ship "Rose," from Great Yarmouth, landing in New England in the year 1635. His wife died July 28, 1674, aged eighty years. He married again, it is supposed, to Martha Strong, who died Dec. 22, 1704. He was a mem- ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, in 1644. He died at Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 1, 1693. His children were: Elizabeth, De- borah, John, Samuel, Isaac, Stephen and Thomas.

(II) Isaac Williams was born at Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 1, 1638, and died Feb. 1I, 1707. He was mar- ried (first) in 1660, to Martha Park, who died Oct. 24, 1674. He married (second) Judith, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Smith ) Hunt, and widow of Nathaniel Cooper. She died in 1724. The children by his first wife were: Isaac (1), Isaac (2), Mar- tha, William, John, Eleazer, Hannah, Elizabeth and Thomas. By his second wife he had : Peter, Sarah, Mary and Ephraim.

(III) Eleazer Williams, was born Oct. 22, 1669, and married Mary (Rediat) Hyde, of Newton, Mass. He went first to Lebanon, Conn., whence he removed in 1712, to Stonington, where he purchased a large tract of land on Quangutaug Hill, and built him a house, where he lived the remainder of his days. He died May 19, 1725. His children were: Nehemiah, born Feb. 4, 1695; Martha, March II, 1700 (died in 1703) ; Mary, Jan. 18, 1704 (the sec- ond wife of Samuel Williams) ; Hannah ( who mar- ried Ephraim Woolbridge) ; Elizabeth (who was married in 1732 to Jonathan Smith) ; and Priscilla ( who married May 17, 1738, David Lester).

(IV) Nehemiah Williams, born Feb. 4, 1695, died Aug. 25, 1778. He married June 16, 1719, his cousin, Deborah Williams, born April 2, 1695, daughter of John and Martha ( Wheeler) Williams. She died Jan. 31, 1756, and he married ( second) March 2, 1757, Hannah Stoddard, who died Aug. 7, 1818, aged seventy-seven years. His children were: Deborah, born Aug. 25, 1720; Nehemiah, Jan. 20, 1723, who married Abigail Allen ; Eunice, Sept. 20, 1726, who married Elisha Williams; Mar- tha, May 23, 1728, who married Jonathan Denison ; Eleazer, Aug. 1, 1730, who married Abigail Pren- tice; Lucretia, April 21, 1733, who married Titus Smith ; and Prudence, July 17, 1738, who died Sept. 14, 1744.

(V) Deacon Eleazer Williams was born Aug. I, 1730, and married March 14, 1754, Abigail Pren- tice, born Dec. II, 1734, daughter of Deacon Sam- uel and Abigail (Billings) Spencer. She died Aug. 18, 1786. Children : Martha, born Oct. 26, 1755, died Aug. 18, 1756; Deborah, July 24, 1757, mar- ried Park Williams; Eleazer was born June 27, 1759; Gilbert, April 16, 1761, married Grace Bil- lings, April 15, 1799; Martha, Dec. 15, 1762, mar- ried Oliver Denison ; Amos was born Dec. 31, 1764 ; Daniel, Jan. 28, 1767, married Eunice Smith ; Pren- tice was born April 15, 1769; Fanny, Feb. 8, 1771,

married June 6, 1793, Daniel Chesebrough ; Elam, July 14, 1773, married (first) in 1797, Katherine Bogert, (second) Abbie Weed, (third) Eliza Ten Eyck, and (fourth) Deborah Vanderpool ; Hannah, June 16, 1775, married Amos Hallam.

(VI) Eleazer Williams, was born June 27, 1759, and died March 20, 1814. He married, Nov. 5, 1786, Mary Billings, born in 1762, daughter of Nathan and Ann (Bell) Billings. Children: Mary, born March 28, 1788, married Charles Crary ; Eliza, Oct. 28, 1789, married Ethan Denison; Eleazer, July .30, 1791, married Nancy S. Avery ; Denison, March 2, 1793, married Hannah Avery; Matilda, Jan. 29, 1797, married (first) James Avery, and (second) Rev. Ira Stewart; Frank, March 4, 1798, married Nancy Hutcherson; Noyes, March 28, 1799, mar- ried Emily Pendleton ; Giles, March 26, 1801, mar- ried (first) Abby Stanton, and (second) Mary Vanderpool ; Austin, March 19, 1803, married Mary Avery; Alfred, July 16, 1805, married Frances Phelps; Phebe, Dec. 16, 1808, married Feb. II, 1830, Frank Pendleton ; Ira married Elizabeth San- ger.

(VII) GILES WILLIAMS was born March 26, 1801. He married (first) March 23, 1831, Abby Jane Stanton, born Jan. II, 18II, daughter of Ben- jamin F. and Maria (Davis) Stanton. She was drowned Aug. 9, 1841, in the burning of the steamer "Erie," on Lake Erie. Mr. Williams married (sec- ond) Dec. 12, 1848, Mary Elizabeth Vanderpool. He died April 3, 1888, and his widow died in 1900. The children of the first marriage were : Abby Jane, born Aug. 10, 1832, who married Charles A. Jones ; and Josephine, born in November, 1839, married Oct. 22, 1863, Joseph Oscar Cottrell.

OLIVER SHERMAN (deceased) was a suc- cessful citizen of Lebanon and resided in that part of the town known as Liberty Hill. His grand- father, Daniel Sherman, was a farmer, and resided on Tobacco street, in Lebanon. His son, Daniel Lee Sherman, father of Oliver, was a farmer, and made his home in early life on the homestead. The latter years of his life were spent on Liberty Hill, and there he died in his ninetieth year. He married Nancy Weeden, whom he survived for a number of years. Oliver Sherman was the fifth child in order of birth in a family of seven. One son yet survives, John Weeden Sherman, who resides in Syracuse, New York.

Oliver Sherman was born March 12, 1828, and received a limited education in Lebanon, his native place. By observation and experience he became a keen judge of men and was well posted in affairs generally. When a boy he went to Norwich, Conn., and for a number of years was employed as a clerk there. In 1849 he joined the army of gold seekers bound for California, and was one of a company from New London county and vicinity that char- tered a vessel and sailed from Mystic, Conn., for San Francisco, around the Horn. The voyage took

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six months, and when he arrived his physical con- dition would not permit him to work in the mines. Therefore he obtained employment in a large store at Marysville, Cal., and by saving his wages and being successful in a few ventures he was enabled to make a comfortable fortune, after several years returning to Connecticut via the Isthmus. Soon after his arrival in Lebanon he was married and then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where in company with another party he engaged in a mercantile busi- ness. After two years he again returned to Con- necticut, and locating in Lebanon erected a nice home on Liberty Hill where he resided for some years, when he went to Syracuse, N. Y. He was en- gaged in conducting a hotel with his brother, Alex- ander, but came back after a few years, and the re- mainder of his life was spent at Liberty Hill. There he carried on farming upon a small scale, more for pleasure than remuneration. His death occurred May 8, 1885, and he was buried at Willimantic. For several years prior to his death he was in very poor health. From poverty Mr. Sherman raised himself to a position of wealth and gained the re- spect of all who knew him. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and prominent in that orga- nization.

On June 1, 1853, Mr. Sherman married Jane Kingsley, who was born Sept. 5, 1830, daughter of George and Lucy (Hyde) Kingsley, and she died Aug. 31, 1902. Their children were as follows : Lucy Anna resides on the home place at Liberty Hill; George Kingsley, unmarried, who resided on the farm, died Oct. 30, 1901, aged forty-one years ; Daniel Oliver was a bookkeeper in early life, but spent his latter years at Liberty Hill, and died July 7, 1898, aged thirty-six years.

FRED A. BECKWITH, one of the representa- tive and influential citizens of East Lyme, is a di- rect descendant in the twenty-fourth generation of (1) Sir Hugh De Malebisse, who held lands with William the Conqueror. He was born in Nor- mandy, as were all the followers of the Conqueror. (11) Hugo De Malebisse, living in 1138, married (first) Emma, daughter of William de Percy.

(111) Sir Simon De Malebisse, Lord of Cow- ton, in Craven, married the daughter of John, Lord of Methley.

(IV) Sir Hercules De Malebisse changed his name to Beckwith on his marriage, in 1226, to Lady Dame Beckwith Bruce, daughter of Sir William Bruce, of Uglebarly.

(V) Sir Hercules Beckwith married the daugh- ter of Sir John Ferrers, of Tamworth Castle.

(V1) Nicholas Beckwith de Clint married the daughter of Sir John Chaworth.

(VII) Hamon Beckwith, who took upon him in 1339 the coat of arms of John, Lord de Male- bisse, married the daughter of Sir Philip Tynley. Knight.

(VIII) William Beckwith, second of the manor

of Beckwithshow, thirty-eighth year of Edward, 1364, married a daughter of Sir Girard Urfleet.

(IX) Thomas Beckwith, of Clint and Manors of Magna Otrigen and Housely, near Thursby, 4, Rich- ard II, which lands were holden of John, Lord Mow- broy, as his manor of Thursk, married the daughter of John Sawly, of Saxon.

(X) Adam Beckwith de Clint married Elizabeth De Malebisse, 4, Richard II.

(XI) Sir William Beckwith de Clint, Knight, married the daughter of Sir John Baskerville.

(XII) Thomas Beckwith, of Clint, Lord of one third part of Fily, Muster and Thorp, married the daughter and heiress of William Heslerton.

(XIII) John Beckwith married the daughter of Thomas Radcliff, of Mulgrave.

(XIV) Robert Beckwith, of Broxholme, was liv- ing in the eighth year of King Edward IV.

(XV) John Beckwith, of Clint and Thorp, was living in the eighth year of Edward IV.

(XV1) Robert Beckwith, of Clint and Thorp, married Jennet.

(XVII) Marmaduke Beckwith, of Darce and Clint, married ( second) Anne, daughter of Dynly, of Bramhope, County of York.

(XVIII) Matthew Beckwith, born Sept. 22. 1610, in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, emigrated in 1635 to New England, residing for a short time at Saybrook Point. 1635; Branford, 1638; among the first settlers of Hartford, 1642; among the first set- tlers of Lyme, 1651 ; purchased large tracts of land on the Niantic river, lying practically in Lyme and New London. He owned the barque "Endeavor." which was constructed by him, and was the first vessel launched from New London, and traded with the Barbadoes. Matthew Beckwith died Dec. 13. 1681. At the time of his death his wife's Christian name was Elizabeth.

(XIX) John Beckwith, born in 16(w), at Lyme, Conn., according to his deposition, 1740, had lived at Niantic Ferry for seventy-five (twenty-five ?) years.

(XX) John Beckwith, born Aug. 12. 1718, in Waterford, Conn., was one of the original patentees of New London, to Waterford, Connecticut.

(XX1) Seth Beckwith, born in New London. (now Waterford), Conn., in 1755. later removed to Montville, Conn. He was married Nov. 11. 1781. to Esther Leach, who was born in 1702. They had children: Esther, born in 1982; Joseph, 1785: Ru- pel. 1788; Clement 1. Seth Beckwith enlisted in the Continental army in 1778, in Capt. Kope's Com- pany, and re-enlisted in 1779.

( XX11) Clement L. Beckwith was for forty - seven years a tenant farmer on the estate of Dr. Isaac Thompson, of New London. In 18to he mar- ried Hannah Chapel, who was born in ton in Mont- ville, and died Dec. 11. 1881, in her eighty sixth year. Their children were as follows: (1) Gil- bert Russell was killed by accident at the age of six years, (2) Miroch, born in 18to, died in 1881.

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(3) Sarah A. married Francis D. Beckwith, of New London, Conn. (4) Allen died at the age of nineteen years. (5) Anson died aged sixty-five years. (6) Mary died aged nineteen years. (7) Alfred died in 1887. (8) Maria married Henry T. Squire, of New London, Conn. (9) John T. was born July 10, 1838.

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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 166

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