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 178

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
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In his political faith Mr. Eaton was a stanch Prohibitionist, and for years was active in the work of that party. Before the consolidation of the school districts he served Montville for a year and a half on the school board.


On March 31, 1880, Mr. Eaton was married to Mary Elizabeth Maine, daughter of Fenner and Lucretia ( Maine) Maine, of Scotland, Conn., where the former in his life time was engaged in brick making. The mother is also deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton had no children. He was active in the work of the Montville Congregational Church, in which Mrs. Eaton is still greatly es- tcemed for her many noble traits of character.


MAINE. Mrs. Eaton is a descendant in the sixth generation through Fenner and Lucretia (Maine) Maine ; David Maine and Esther (Dean) Palmer ; Jeremiah Maine and Thankful Brown; Jeremiah and Widow Ruth Brown; of Ezekiel Maine, the first of the name who resided perman- ently in Stonington, where he settled in 1670. In 1672 he received a grant of land from the town, and subsequently purchased other lands. In 1680 he received another grant of land, all probably in the town of North Stonington. His wife's Chris- tian name was Mary. He died June 19, 1714; in Stonington. His children were: Ezekiel, Mary, Jeremiah, Thomas, Phebe and Hannah.


EDSON S. BISHOP, United States Marshal, has been for many years a well known citizen of Norwich. He is descended from one of the oldest families in Connecticut, whose members have al- ways enjoyed the respect and confidence of their fellow citizens.


(I) John Bishop, founder of the American branch of the family, was one of the twenty-five who emigrated from England in the company of Rev. Henry Whitefield. He was one of the signers of the Plantation covenant, entered into on ship- board, June 1, 1639, and one of the men chosen by the company to purchase lands from the Indians at Manunketuck, now Guilford. He was also one of the magistrates of the Plantation. He died in Feb- ruary, 1661, and his wife, Anna, in April, 1676. Their children were John, Stephen and Bethia.


(II) John Bishop (2), son of John, married Dec. 13, 1650, Susannah Geldham, daughter of Henry Geldham, of Guilford. John Bishop died in October. 1682, and his wife passed away Nov. I, I703. They had children as follows: Mary, born


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in 1652: John, 1655: Susannah, 1657; Elizabeth, 1660; Daniel, 1663; Nathaniel, 1666; Samuel, 1670 ; Sarah, 1674; and Abigail, 1681.


(III) John Bishop (3), son of John (2), born in Guilford, in 1655, married, Nov. 18, 1713, Mary Johnson, a native of New Haven. John Bishop died in Guilford Nov. 25, 1731. His children were : William, born Oct. 18, 1714; Enos, born May 26, 1717; Esther, born Feb. 4, 1719; and Nancy, born May 7, 1722.


(IV) Enos Bishop, son of John (3), was born in Guilford May 26, 1717, and married Dec. 15, 1742, Abigail Burgis. She was a daughter of Thomas Burgis and Mary Wright, and was born in 1724. She and her husband both died in 1802, and are buried in Guilford. Their children were as follows: Seba, born Sept. 1I, 1743; Thomas, born June 8, 1747; Abigail, born Dec. 9, 1748; Rachel ; Johnson, born July 29, 1750; Abigail (2) : Anna, born in 1752; Bildad, born Dec. 28, 1760; Abner, born Aug. 7, 1763: Sarah, born June 19, 1768; Eli, born June 20, 1771; and Burgis, born in 1775.


(V) Abner Bishop, son of Enos, was born Aug. 7, 1763, and married Oct. 20, 1701, Thankful Buell. She was born Dec. 12, 1767, and died Sept. 12, 1806. Her husband lived until September, 1825. They had the following children: Matilda, born July 10, 1792; Augustus, born Dec. 31, 1793 ; John S., Feb. 9, 1796; Betsey, Feb. 14, 1798; Bil- dad, Jan. 24, 1800; Relby A., born Dec. 26, 1801 ; and Benjamin, June 8, 1808.


(VI) Augustus Bishop, son of Abner, was born in Guilford, Dec. 31. 1793, and married Sept. 25. 1816, Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and .Anna ( Blatchley) Walkley, of Haddam, Conn. Mr. Bishop died May 6, 1873, and his wife, who was born Aug. 10, 1794, passed away Oct. 6. 1876. Both are buried at Guilford. Their children were as fol- lows: Curtis, born March 18, 1818; Betsey, March 15, 1820; Joel B., April 6, 1822; Enos B., March II, 1825 ; Mary E., Dec. 25, 1827 ; and Sherman B., Aug. 23, 1830.


(VII) Joel B. Bishop, son of Augustus, was born April 6. 1822, in Madison, and married Fcb. 6, 1843, Amanda, daughter of David and Abigail (Stevens) Dudley, of Madison, Conn. Mrs. Bishop was born Feb. 20, 1823, and died in Nor- wich April 9. 1870. Her husband died in Moodus. Conn., June 8, 1868, and both are buried in Madi- son. They were the parents of the following chil- dren: Edson S., born May 5. 1844. is mentioned below: Wesley W. was born Dec. 23. 1845: and Jane Elizabeth was born Nov. 15. 1810. Joel B. Bishop was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, at which he worked for many years in his native state. In 1850 he took his family to lowa, where they located in De Witt, Clinton county. There Mr. Bishop fol- lowed his trade, and also became a local preacher of the Methodist Church.


At the beginning of the


Civil war he enlisted in an Iowa company, in which he attained to the rank of captain. In February, 1865, he returned to Connecticut, and settled in Norwich, preaching there and in Baltic. Later he moved to Moodus, Middlesex county, where he was stationed over the Methodist congregation until his death in- 1868. In politics he was always a strong Republican.


(VIII) Edson S. Bishop, son of Joel B .. was born in North Madison, Conn .. May 5. 1844. and was twelve years old when his parents moved to Iowa. His early school days were passed in Guil- ford, and he was also a pupil of Moses T. Brown at the Webster School in New Haven. After the family removal to the West, he studied in a private school in DeWitt, Iowa. On the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted July 30, 1862. in Company F. 26th Iowa V. I. He was promoted rapidly, holding successively the rank of second corporal, fourth ser- geant, ordnance sergeant. first lieutenant and cap- tain. He was mustered out June 6. 1865 with the rank of captain after three years' service, during which period he took part in the battles of Walut Heights, Arkansas Post, Jackson, first and second. Brandon. Cherokee Station, Tuscumbia. Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge. Ringgold. Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro, Snake Creek Gap and Bentonville. He was also in the siege of Vicksburg. the siege of Atlanta and the siege of Savannah. In July, 1865, he returned East, and settled in Nor- wich, where until 1875 he engaged in mercantile business. In that year he received the appointment of deputy sheriff under Sheriff O. N. Raymond. and served throughout the term with satisfaction to all concerned. In 1878 he established himself as a merchant in Guilford, and remained there until 1895. when he came back to Norwich, and was soon afterward appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff George O. Jackson. On Aug. S. 1808, he was ap- pointed under the Mckinley administration. Unitel States Marshal for Connecticut, and was re-ap- pointed in 1902. under President Roosevelt. Ile still hokls the office which he has filled from the beginning in a most able and efficient manner.


On Jan. 1. 1800, Edson Bishop married (first ) in Norwich, Mary Davis, who was born an Guil- ford, a daughter of George B. Davis. Three chil- dren were born to this union . en Frank, born June 20, 1870, die Nov. 3. 1828 (2) Huis 01. Wym Ang. 1. 1826. married, in Oktober, , Bertha Ingraham. He is station agent at Waterford, for the New York, New Haven & Hattord Railroad. (3) Arthur G. bern Det 3. 1881. is also an employe of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Mrs. Mars (Davis) Bishop died Max 10, 1001, and is bunte in Gulford. She was an earnest member of the Episcopal Church. Bishop married (secondly Dec. 8. 1002. Bertha Mand Bottles, who was born in Rhode Island. daughter of Thomas E. and Emma illart ) Bot- tomles. Mrs. Bishop is a woman of education and


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culture, who is greatly devoted to her husband and her home. A daughter, Florence Ella, was born of this union Nov. 24, 1903. Mr. Bishop is well known in fraternal circles, being a member and past mas- ter of Somerset Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Norwich ; Franklin Council, No. 4, R. & S. M. ; charter mem- ber and past grand high priest of Halleck Chapter, R. A. M., of Guilford. He has twice been elected Commander of his Grand Army Post, and is now on his fourth year as its Adjutant; was Chief of Staff under Commander W. E. Simonds in 1898; Assistant Inspector General on the Staff of Com- mander in Chief Albert D. Shaw in 1899; Depart- ment Inspector under Commander Thomas . Bou- dren in 1901, and a member of the Department Council of Administration for three years. He was also Commander of the Connecticut Division, Sons of Veterans, in 1899. For six years he was Chair- man of the Board of Education for the West Chel- sea School District of Norwich. For ten years Mr. Bishop was justice of the peace in Guilford, and for two years he served as a grand juror. He is a man of very genial disposition, one who is popular with all classes and who has many friends.


JOHN TILLINGHAST BEACH, one of the representative farmers of Waterford, of which town he is an honored and respected citizen, was born Aug. 8, 1828, on Long Island, New York. He is a son of Lewis A. Beach, and a descendant of an old New England family.


The Beaches of early Connecticut ancestry de- scend from the three pilgrims, or first settlers, of the Beach name in Connecticut, who were Richard, John and Thomas. Richard was of New Haven, 1639; John, 1643; and Thomas, 1647. Richard and Thomas Beach were brothers, and there is a great variety of evidence that John was the brother of the other two.


(I) Richard Beach was in New Haven in 1639, and married in 1640-41 Catherine Cooke. He was in Stratford, Conn., 1660; in Wallingford, Conn., 1672; in Elizabeth, N. J., 1673-74. He sold his farm lands in Elizabeth in 1684; his home lot in 1668, and removed to Morris county, New Jersey.


(II) Benjamin Beach, son of Richard, born Oct. 1644, lived in Stratford, Conn. He married (first) in 1670-71, Mary Peacock, (second) Feb. I, 1677-78, Sarah Welles, and (third) Widow Mary Fairchild.


(III) Benjamin Beach (2), son of Benjamin, resided in Stratford.


(II) Azariah Beach, son of Richard, born in July, 1646, went first to Wallingford, Conn., and then to Killingworth, and finally settled in New Haven. One of his sons, Richard, was one of the grantees of Durham, Conn. Another son, Thomas, was an early settler of Durham.


(I) John Beach was in New Haven in 1643; in Stratford, 1660; in Wallingford, 1670-71 ; and died in 1679.


(II) Benjamin Beach, son of John, was born in 1674, in Wallingford; and later removed to North Haven, Branford and thereabouts. He became the father of nine children.


(II) Isaac Beach, son of John, born June 27, 1669, married May 3, 1693, Hannah, daughter of John Birdsey, and probably lived near Stratford village. One of his sons was Rev. John Beach, of Newtown, Conn., a graduate of Yale College, and first a Congregationalist, then an Episcopalian, who labored in the Episcopal Church as a missionary and pastor in Newtown from 1732 until his death, in 1782.


(I) Thomas Beach was in New Haven in 1647; married in 1652, in Milford, Sarah Platt, and settled in that town in 1657-58. He died there in 1677.


(II) Zophar Beach, son of Thomas, born in 1662, married and removed to New Jersey, and is the ancestor of the many by the name in that State.


(II) Deacon John Beach, son of Thomas, born in 1655, went to Wallingford, in 1673-74; married there in 1678, and also died there, in 1709. He was one of the original members of the Wallingford Church, February, 1675. One of his sons, Samuel, born Nov. 29, 1696, married in 1718 Phebe Tyler, . and is the ancestor of the Litchfield and probably the Hartford families. Another son of Deacon John Beach, Caleb, lived in Winchester, Connecti- cut.


Benjamin Beach, grandfather of John T. Beach, whose name introduces, these lines, died in East Lyme, when over eighty years old. He was a gate- tender on the turnpike for many years, and was also engaged in farming. He was the father of four children : William, Erastus, Emily and Lewis A.


Lewis A. Beach, our subject's father. was born in East Lyme, Conn., and died in Waterford, Conn., aged about eighty-two years. He married Phebe Tillinghast, of Long Island, daughter of John Tillinghast, and she also died in Waterford. Mr. Beach was by trade a cooper, and went on a number of whaling voyages as cooper. He was also ship- keeper. Giving up whaling, he came to Waterford and lived with his daughters. His health was not always good, and before going whaling he taught school for several years, or kept writing school. He was a devout member at Waterford of the first Baptist Church. In his earlier days Mr. Beach was a Jeffersonian Democrat, later joining the Repub- lican party. His family was as follows: (1) Eme- line married George Ewen, and (second) William Polly, and died in Long Island. (2) John T. is mentioned below. (3) Francis who never married, died in Long. Island. (4) Sarah, married George Lester, and died in New London. (5) Lewis lived in Waterford, where he died, unmarried. (6) Ann Eliza married Albert Burdick, and is living in New London. He was a blacksmith, and is now retired.


John T. Beach was born on Long Island, and there received his education, leaving school when fourteen years old. He took up farming, working


John S, Beach,


Elizabeth Beach


Ann


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at first for $2 a month, and also engaged in fishing, after which for one year he was in the coasting trade. When twenty-one years of age he came to Waterford where he was employed in the turning factory, working on handles for George Hill. He had previously worked one year at carpentering for Leander Beckwith. After remaining one year in the handle factory, he engaged in farming on the home farm with his parents, who had removed to Waterford, remaining there until 1859. After marrying he was engaged in farming out, and then for four years he and his wife had charge of Eras- tus W. Smith's farm, in Waterford. At the end of that period Mr. Beach purchased a farm on Finger's brook, near New London, consisting of fifteen acres, and here he has since engaged in general farming and gardening.


Mr. Beach was married, Oct. 28, 1859. to Ann Elizabeth (Gallup) Beebe, of Waterford, daughter of Elisha and Content (Wheeler) Gallup, and widow of Lester Beebe, of Waterford, Conn. They have had no children. Mr. and Mrs. Beach are members of the First Baptist Church of Waterford. Mr. Beach gives his support to the Republican party though he is in sentiment, a strong Prohibitionist. However, he votes for the best man in town affairs. He and his estimable wife are noble Christian char- acters, who live ideal lives, devoting their efforts to the betterment of humanity, in every possible way. They are held in highest esteem by all who know them.


REV. SAMUEL G. WILLARD, late of Col- chester, was a descendant of an old and honored family, carly settlers in New England.


Major Simon Willard, the first of the name known to have settled in this country, was thrice married. He was united ( first ) to Mary Sharpe in Horesemonden, England, (second) to Elizabeth Dunster, a sister of Rev. Henry Dunster, who was one of the carly presidents of Harvard College. and ( third) to Mary Dunster, a cousin of his sec- ond wife. Simon Willard was evidently a man of parts and high character. Records tell that he was hardy and courageous and was thoroughly imbued with the religious fervor of his time. To his three marriages were born seventeen children.


Samuel Willard, the sixth child and second son of Major Simon, was graduated at Harvard Col lege in 1659, became a minister of the gospel and settled at Groton. In 1678 he was installed over the Old South Church in Boston, where he continued pastor until his death, in 1707, and during the last six years of his life he was vice of acting president of Harvard College.


Dr. David Willard, father of our subject, was a successful and eminent physician, who resided at Wilton, Fairfield Co., Con., where he died. He had a brother, Sylvester Willard, who was a prominent physician in Auburn, New York.


Rev. Samuel G. Willard, son of Dayil, was born


Nov. 8, 1819, in Wilton, Conn., and was one of a family of six children, the only survivors being Mrs. Eldridge Mix, of Worcester, Mass., and Mrs. Sal- mon C. Gillette, of Colchester. Their brother Syl- vester was an eminent physician at Albany. N. Y., and Willard Hospital, in that State, was named in his memory. In Wilton Samuel G. Willard attend- ed the district school and Wilton Academy. where the able instructor, Dr. Hawley Olmstead. prepared boys for college. Later, under the same instructor, young Willard entered Yale from the Hopkins Grammar School and was graduated from the academie department in 1846, and from the Theo- logical Seminary in 1849.


Rev. Samuel G. Willard entered upon his first pastorate in the Congregational Church at Willi- mantic, Conn., where he remained for nineteen years, or until the fall of 1868, when he came to Colchester. and was pastor of the church here until his death, June 12, 1887. For one year prior to this event he had been in failing health, having suffered a stroke of paralysis. His burial took place at Colchester. and on the occasion his congregation testified to the love and reverence they felt for him. In recall- ing public events during the years of his existence. it is impossible to write of either Windham of Cil- chester without bringing him prominently forward. In politics he was a Republican, and in 180 The repre- sented the town of Windham in the Legislature. In Willimantic he served for many years as a mem- ber of the school board and as school visitor, while in Colchester he was equally active, serving here also for many years as school visitor. From the time of the founding of the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane until shortly before his death he was one of the board of trustees; was one of the board of trustees of the Colchester Savings Bank ; for twell- ty years, until resignation, he was one of the cor ara- tion of Yale University, severing his connection but shortly before his death. Mr. Willard was an d'- know ledged leader among the clergy of his own de- nomination in the State and was m active came tion with many of the auxiliary societies of the Church.


In 1903. upon the meeting of Howard Seen of New London counts. President Rigets all nomneed its intention to present meme its et all the original numbers, and we are permitted to cante from the modest paper prepared I Miss Alles G. Willard in memory of her distinguished father


his interests identifiel with it 11 - tather was D1 David Willard and his tec tes ell and was prominent in atto es in Cafilial Co- cor. Aass. His mother was the day hier ni Vers


ington's army and distinguished huset at York town


"Ar Willard carly began his stiches, bet en account of all health he was obliged to give up and he went into business at Norwalk He spent some


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time on his father's farm at Wilton and determined to study medicine, but gave it up for the ministry. After his college course he entered the Yale Divin- ity School and was graduated with honors in 1849. He was licensed to preach in 1848 and was ordained in the following year in Willimantic and in 1868 be- came pastor of the First Church of Christ at Col- chester, where he spent many active years.


"He was, however, a man of wide and varied interests. He was appointed a trustee of the General Hospital for the Insane of the State of Connecticut the year of its incorporation and continued to serve until his death. He was one of the original mem- bers of the New London County Historical Society. Mr. Willard was one of those who, at a meeting held in Norwich, in 1865, organized the Connecticut Temperance Society. He was a member of the cor- poration of Yale University, secretary of his class at Yale, a corporate member of the American board of commissioners of foreign missions, as well as holding various positions in religious and educa- tional bodies.


"His published works included sermons and his- torical addresses. He had an intimate knowledge of ecclesiastical matters and his advice was often sought in these matters. As was said of him, he was a rare man, and the influence of his kindly nature is still felt in the community."


Rev. Samuel G. Willard was married (first) to Mary Randall, of Wilton, Conn., who died soon after their marriage. His second wife was Cynthia Bar- rows, born May 16, 1823, in Mansfield, Conn., daughter of Dan Barrows, a descendant of one of the oldest families of that town. She survived her husband and died April 11, 1896, and was laid to rest by his side. The children of this marriage were three in number, namely : Samuel P., of Colchester, agent of the State Board of Education: Abby Gregory, who resides in Colchester, unmarried ; and Mary Randall, wife of Dr. Edwin B. Cragin, a na- tive of Colchester, who now resides in New York, where he is professor of obstetrics in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of that city. They have three children, Miriam, Alice and Bradford.


CHARLES CLARK LOOMIS, a highly re- spected and substantial farmer residing in Exeter Society, in the town of Lebanon, descends from one of the oldest families in the town. He traces his ancestry to


(I) Joseph Loomis, who was born about 1590, and for some years before coming to America was in business as a wool draper in Braintree, County of Essex, England. In 1639 he came to Windsor, Conn., being among the first settlers of the town, and his death occurred there Nov. 25, 1658. He and his family came to America in the ship "Susan and Ellen," landing at Boston, on July 7, 1639. His wife died Aug. 23, 1652. They had a family of eight children, five sons and three daughters.


(II) Deacon John Loomis, born in England in


1622, married. Feb. 3, 1648-49, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Scott, of Hartford. Mr. Loomis was. admitted to the Church in Windsor, Oct. 4, 1640. In 1643 he had granted him, from the Plantation, forty acres of land. From 1652 to 1660 he resided in Farmington, then returned to Windsor, where he was deacon of the Church. He was deputy to the General Court in 1666 and 1667, also from 1675 to 1687. He died Sept. 1, 1688, his wife surviving him. Their children were: John, Joseph, Thomas, Samuel, Daniel, Josiah, James, Timothy, Nathaniel, David, Samuel (2), Isaac, Elizabeth and Mary.


(III) Thomas Loomis, of Hatfield, Mass., born Dec. 3, 1653, married, March 31, 1680, Sarah, born Oct. 15, 1662, daughter of Daniel White, of Hat- field. Mr. Loomis died Aug. 12, 1688. His widow married, Nov. 12, 1689, John Bissel, and removed to Lebanon, Conn. Mr. Loomis's children were : John, born Jan. 1, 1681, and Thomas, born April 20, 1684.


(IV) Thomas Loomis, born April 20, 1684, mar- ried (first) Jan. 8, 1713, Elizabeth Fowler, who died July 18, 1742, and he married (second) Dec. 20,. 1743, Hannah Hunt, who died June 10, 1758. Mr. Loomis passed away April 30, 1765, in Lebanon. His son was Lieut. Thomas.


(V) Lieut. Thomas Loomis, of Lebanon, born in 1714, married Nov. 7, 1734, Susanna Clark ; she died Sept. 28, 1788, and Mr. Loomis died Feb. 27, 1792. Their children were: Elizabeth, born Oct. 25, 1735, died Oct. II, 1740; Joseph, born Dec. 5, 1737, died Oct. 16, 1740; Isaiah, born Dec. 20, 1740, died Oct. II, 1741 ; Elizabeth (2), born Aug. 10, 174I, married a Mr. Payne: Joseph (2), born April 29, 1743, married (first) Lydia Bosworth, and (second) Ruth -; Isaiah (2), born Sept. II, 1749, died Nov. 20, 1834.


(VI) Capt. Isaiah Loomis, son of Lieut. Thomas, born Sept. II, 1749, married Dec. 8, 1774, Abigail Williams. Capt. Loomis was a resident of Lebanon, Conn., and a soldier of the Revolution. He died Nov. 20, 1834. His wife Abigail died July 12, 1826, aged seventy-one years. Their children were : Veach, born Dec. 16, 1775: Susannah, born Nov. 17, 1779, married James Williams; Lucy, born April 23, 1783, married, March 27, 1823, Eliphalet Abel ; Sally, born Dec. 28, 1784: Eunice, born Jan. 9, 1786; Sherman, born May 17, 1787, married (first), Nov. 15, 1810, Elizabeth Champlin, and (second), Aug. 10, 1820, Margaret Mellick ; Lydia, born Dec. 8, 1790, married March 29, 1810, Simon Loomis ; and Bethia, born Sept. 23, 1796.


(VII) Veach Loomis, grandfather of Charles C., was a farmer, and resided in Exeter Society; Lebanon, on the farm now owned by Edwin P Kneeland. This farm had for many generations been occupied by the Loomis family. While he was not a very rugged man, he lived to an old age and died on that farm April 30, 1867, at the age o ninety-one years. His remains were interred in th cemetery at Exeter. He was a man of quiet dispos:




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