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 27

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(II) Henry Miner (2) married Henrietta Hick. (III) William Miner married a Miss Greeley.

(IV) Lodowick Miner married Anna Dyer.

(V) Thomas Miner married Bridget Hervie.

(VI) William Miner married Isabella Harcope. (VII) Clement Miner married Sarah Pope.

(VIII) Thomas Miner, born April 23, 1608, married April 23, 1634, Grace, daughter of Walter Palmer, in Charlestown, Mass. He served in the Indian wars of the Colonial days.

(IX) Ephraim Miner, baptized May I, 1642, was married, June 20, 1666, to Hannah Avery. He was a soldier in the war against King Philip, the In- dian chieftain. His remains were buried at Taug- wonk.

(X) James Miner, born in November, 1682, married Abigail Eldredge, Feb. 22, 1705.

(XI) Charles Miner, born Nov. 15, 1709, was married Dec. 9, 1740, to Mary, widow of Isaac Wheeler and sister of Paul Wheeler.

(XII) Christopher Miner, born March 16, 1745, married Aug. 17, 1765, Mary Randall, daughter of Lieut. John and Dorothy (Cottrell) Randall.

(XIII) Elias Miner, born March 4, 1775, mar- ried (first) Phoebe Brown and (second) Betsey Brown. His children were: Christopher ; Thomas ; Mary, wife of Benjamin Spaulding; Phoebe, who married (first) James Wheeler and (second) Clark Davis; Alfred, born March 14, 1809, who married Minerva Niles ; Latham, March 4, 1814, who mar- ried (first) Lydia Dodge and (second) Maria John-

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son ; Almira, wife of Rev. I. B. Maryott ; Elias, Nov. 23, 1825, who married Clarissa Miner; Erastus Den- ison, Dec. 16, 1829, who married Jane Breed; and Martha, wife of Noyes Chapman.

(XIV) Erastus Denison Miner was born in 1829, in Taugwonk Valley, Stonington, and lived on the home farm until he was twenty-four years old, when he moved near Avondale, R. I., and en- gaged there in farming for four years. In 1857 he bought his present farm in Stonington, the Ichabod Dickerson place, and later bought the Noyes farm, adjoining, having in all about 95 acres, upon which he has been actively and successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits.

On Aug. 15, 1852, Mr. Miner married Jane P. Breed, who was born Nov. 15, 1831. The follow- ing children blessed this union: (I) Herman E., married (first) Fanny Gavitt and (second) Fanny Wilcox. He lives on a part of the Noyes farm, which he bought Aug. 9, 1882. (2) Sarah J. mar- ried Herman C. Brown, and has five children, Ethel, Howard, Lewis, Emma and Wilson. They reside in Stonington, within two miles of the Miner homestead. (3) Mary E. is the wife of Frank Wil- cox, and resides on the home farm where she was born. (4) Annie E. married John Seymour, and they live in a comfortable home in Pawcatuck, built in 1898. Erastus D. Miner early in life became a professor of religion, and has throughout his long life taken a deep and active part in all religious work, and for nearly forty years has been deacon of the Broad Street Christian Church in Westerly, R. I., and of this same church, his son, Herman E. was chosen deacon in 1902.

ELIJAH A. MORGAN, of old Mystic, who passed away May 6, 1904, was a descendant in the seventh generation from James Morgan, the founder of the family in America.

(I) James Morgan, the emigrant, was born in 1607, in Wales, and came to America, being made a freeman at Roxbury, Mass., May 10, 1645. In 1650 he had lands granted him in Fequot, now New Lon- don, was selectman there, and deputy to the General Court ten terms. On Dec. 25, 1656, he sold his property in Pequot, and moved across the river near what is now Poquonnock. He served in the Colon- ial wars. On Aug. 6, 1640, he married Margery Hill, of Roxbury, and died in 1685.

(II) James Morgan, son of James, was born March 3, 1644, and married, Nov. 3, 1666, Mary Vine, of England.

(III) William Morgan, son of James (2), born March 4, 1669, married, July 17, 1696, Margaret Avery.

(IV) Solomon Morgan, son of William, born Oct. 5, 1708, married, July 1, 1742, Mary Walworth. (V) Nathan Morgan, son of Solomon, born Jan. 2, 1752, married, Sept. 8, 1774, Hannah Perkins.

(VI) Elijah Bailey Morgan was born March I, 1809, at Groton Bank. In early youth he went to

sea, serving as a ship's boy, and in 1843 was caj = of the ship "Herald," of Stonington. He was cerned wholly with whaling vessels, being e with Capt. George Brewster, of Stonington, a sailor with Capt. Billings Burtch. During the a Id excitement of 1849-51 he was in California. He id suddenly, of heart disease, while in comman ,f the ship "Contest," of New Bedford, in 1861 the coast of Brazil. On March 6, 1832, he ma. d Mary Ann Perkins, who died in 1841, leaving e son, Elijah A., born Aug. 11, 1836. His second : riage was to Jane M., daughter of Rev. Joh: Wightman, and they had children : John C., of f Lisbon, Wis .; Anna, wife of Charles Chapman Center Groton, Conn .; Myron, a policeman of : wich, Conn .; George R., deceased ; and Emma, of Edgar Crumb, also deceased. Mr. Morgan resented Groton in the State Legislature. Earia his political career he was a Democrat, but lat a Republican.

Elijah A. Morgan, whose name introduces is sketch, spent his boyhood days in Center Gro where he was born, and obtained his education inte public schools. At the age of fourteen years he ;- companied his father on a two-years voyage Desolation Island, afterward named Kergula Island, discovered by Capt. Cook. Mr. Morgan /1 passed one year at the Connecticut Literary It- tute, at Suffield, Conn., and for a few months wali business at the Fulton Market, New York. In he came to Old Mystic to close out a stock of god and during the next eight years kept a store th. In 1860 he embarked in the ice business, whichle followed for over forty years, when, on accountf ill health, he sold the business to John W. McIf- ald. In 1873 Mr. Morgan erected one of the filt dwellings in Old Mystic, in which he continued reside until his death, one of the most esteel citizens. He was prominently identified with pi affairs, serving as selectman of the town of Ston ton in 1877, 1878, 1880 and 1881, and in the lar years represented Stonington in the State Leg ture, doing good service as a member of the cf. mittee on Roads and Bridges. For six years he's county commissioner, and the records of his inc .. bency show that he was a useful official, careful fl diligent in protecting the interests of the public.

In 1858 Mr. Morgan was united in marriage 1 1 Mary F. Davis, daughter of Capt. Daniel and MI (Heath) Davis. She died in 1886, the surviv; children being : Elijah D., who is in the ice busi: 5 at Hartford, Conn .; and Fannie M., who mar! John E. Hart, president of the Elroy (Wis.) B; and has had three children, Jeannette, Raymond Edmund. In 1888 Mr. Morgan married (seco) Sarah Lawton, of Newport, R. I., and they had. son, Earle, now a resident of Elroy, Wis. Fra nally Mr. Morgan was a Mason, affiliated wi Charity and Relief Lodge, No. 72, F. & A. M Mystic. For many years he was a member of Mystic Methodist Church. Known throughout:

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Stal as a man of honesty and integrity, he was mely respected, while his genial, social nature woll im many friends.

ORRIS W. BACON, of New London, now 1 from business, has engaged in many enter- which have left lasting monuments, along ad of progress in this city, and he has also

. Wor hor sinc and his yachts-one of his yachts a few years being a cup winner at New York City.

) The Bacon family was founded in New Eng- landy Nathaniel Bacon, one of the original pro- prieurs of Mattabassett, now Middletown, Conn., who vas born in 1630, in the Parish of Stratton, .Rutidshire, England, and who came to America abo1 1649. In the fall of 1650 he settled in Middle- tow . Mil

Conn. He was twice married, first to Ann , who became the mother of all his children. Nat niel Bacon died Jan. 27, 1705.

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[) John Bacon (known as "Elder John") son above, born March 14, 1662, in Middletown, d Sarah Whetmore, and for his second wife d Mary, widow of Jacob Cornwall, and daugh- Ensign Nathaniel White. "Elder" John died iber 4, 1732.

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I) Lieut. John Bacon (son of "Elder" John), an. 30, 1695, in Middletown, Conn., married

borr Sara White, of Upper Houses. He died Aug. 8, 1781

J) John Bacon (son.of Lieut. John and the grea great-grandfather of Morris W. Bacon), born Apr 21, 1723, in Middletown, settled in Westfield, Con. On March 1, 1748, he married Rhoda Gould, daughter of John and Mabel Gould, of Cromwell, and ildren as follows came to them: (1) Thomas born May 9, 1749, removed to Susquehanna, d died there leaving a large estate. (2) John, -grandfather of Morris W.), born Jan. 22, (gre 175I porn ried :ami Tosia nfar s fully mentioned farther on. (3) Ebenezer, .ug. 4, 1755, removed to Cohoes, N. Y., mar- ere when well advanced in life, and had a (4) Rhoda, born July 12, 1757, married Churchill. (5) Sarah, born in 1760, died in . (6) Sarah (2), born Jan. 29, 1765, also lied 1 infancy. John Bacon's second wife was Moll

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) John Bacon (great-grandfather of Morris W. I con), born Jan. 22, 1751, in what is now Mid- llefice , Conn., settled on the homestead as a farmer. Grac s twice married, first, on Dec. 28, 1774, to Griswold, of Wallingford, and to this union hildren as follows: (I) Rhoda, born Nov. 5, ame 775 orn tarried Joel Miller, Feb. 1I, 1796. (2) Sarah, 800 ov. 19, 1777, married Joseph Clark, Jan. 30, 3) John (grandfather of Morris W. Bacon), orn ec. 15, 1779, is fully spoken of farther on.

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4) 1 ne was born March II, 1781. (5) Daniel was ily 28, 1783. (6) Matthew, born Sept. 9,

1785, located in Middletown, later settling in Lyme, Conn. (7) Joseph, born June 28, 1787, removed to South Carolina. (8) Jonathan born May 10, 1789, removed to the Black river country, New York State. The mother of these died Sept. 30, 1797 ; and on Jan. 4, 1798, John Bacon married Olive Atkins, daughter of Joel and Mary Atkins. By this marriage there were no children. John Bacon died Sept. 17, 1804.

(VI) John Bacon, born Dec. 15, 1779, in Mid- dlefield, Middlesex county, managed a farm and kept a hotel in his native town. At one time he was considered wealthy, but through indorsing papers for a friend he lost some $15,000, and at his death Dec. 6, 1859, he had little to leave his family. His homestead, however, is still in the possession of the family. On Jan. 27, 1803, John Bacon was married to Amy Coe, who bore him five children, as follows : (1) Curtiss, born April 17, 1804, married Ann Stow, and died July 7, 1883. (2) William is mentioned below. (3) John L. was for a time associated with his brother William in the hotel business, removed to Middletown, and died there. (4) Lucy, twin to John L., married Oliver L. Foster, and resided in Westfield. Their only child was Amy A., who mar- ried Henry Wetherell, and had a son Frank W., who was in business in New London, until his death in 1904. In 1872 she married Joel Guy, of Meriden, and is now his widow, residing in Middlefield, Conn., and (5) George W. married Phoebe Birdsey, and lived in Middlefield. Mrs. Amy (Coe) Bacon, a noble woman, strong in the Methodist faith, died Oct. 30, 1865, when over eighty years old. She was a daughter of Nathan and Abigail (Parsons) Coe, and a descendant in the seventh generation from Robert Coe, a native of Suffolkshire, England, who with his wife Anna and three sons, in company with seventy-nine others, sailed from Ipswich in the ship "Francis" April 10, 1634, reaching Boston in June following. Robert Coe and family settled in Watertown, Mass. From Robert Coe, Amy (Coe) Bacon's lineage is through Robert Coe (2), and Hannah - -; John Coe and Mary Hawley ; Capt. Joseph Coe and Abigail Robinson ; Capt. David Coe and Hannah Camp; and Nathan Coe and Abigail Parsons.

(VII) William Bacon, son of John, was born in Middlefield, July 20, 1805. His first venture toward making his own way was in partnership with his brother Curtiss. They purchased a farm of 100 acres for $1,200, giving a mortgage for the purchase price. Energetic and capable, the young men soon paid for the farm. On April 18, 1839, William Bacon took charge of the "Bacon Hotel" in New London, which was owned by his uncle, Matthew. In this sphere of ac- tion he was very successful, and became very popu- lar. His kind hearted and ready sympathy never permitted him to turn any one away hungry because he had no money; yet he himself asked no favors, always paying one hundred cents on the dollar. He

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died in Lyme, Conn., May 28, 1882, aged seventy- seven, and he is survived by his second wife, form- erly Anna M. Lay, of Lyme, and now living in that town. On April 21, 1828, William Bacon wedded his first wife Elmira Johnson, one of the six chil- dren of Asa and Molly ( Ward) Johnson, of Middle- field, whose other children were: Timothy, of Charleston, S. C .; Harriet, who married Amos Coe ; Levin, who married Louisa Brainard; Mary, who married John Couch; and Ellen, who married Henry Tilton. Asa Johnson died in early manhood, but his wife lived to be seventy years of age, pass- ing away in 1846. Mrs. Elmira (Johnson) Bacon died July 22, 1866, aged fifty-nine years, the young- est of her family to pass away. She had two chil- dren, Morris W., of New London ; and Watson Coe, who died the day he was nine months old.

Morris W. Bacon was born Oct. II, 1830, on the 100-acre farm purchased by his father and his uncle Curtiss in Middlefield. He acquired his primary education in the district school in that neighborhood, and completed his studies in the public schools of New London. At the age of fifteen years he went to work, engaging as a clerk for Cady & Newcomb, with whom he remained three years, his salary being raised as his services became valuable. On Nov. 22, 1849, he assumed the duties of passenger clerk on the steamer "Connecticut," remaining in the employ of the steamboat company until 1874. Between 1855 and 1872 he was also a member of the jewelry firm of Gordon & Bacon, whose place of business was at the corner of Main and State streets, New London.

Mr. Bacon was engaged in some important trans- actions in real estate that have caused a marked improvement in property in New London. He erected a handsome marble block on State street containing spacious stores and a hall, and for ten years prior to 1890 he managed a billiard room in this block, which was one of the finest in this part of the country. The room was eighteen feet in' height, and 62 x 41 feet in dimensions, and not a post broke the harmony of the space. It was fitted with seven billiard tables. Mr. Bacon purchased a handsome residence property on State street in 1876, and building a fine barn, bought a number of thorough-bred horses. Some noted animals were bred on this place, and at one time he was the owner of twenty-one. He brought out "William H. Allen" and "Mary A. Whitney," and others known to the racing world. This State street property he sold in December, 1895, disposing of his horses at the same time. Mr. Frank A. Munsey, who was induced by Mr. Bacon to come to New London, purchased the estate for $30,000 and erected what is now the Mohican Hotel and apartments building. Mr. Ba- con's identification with real estate matters in New London has resulted in the building of some of the city's finest homes, and invariably improvements of the highest class.

Prior to 1877 Mr. Bacon was actively inter-

ested in yachting, owning a number of boats, sor of which he had built. He was licensed as a capta while he was in the employ of the steamboat cor pany, and he always sailed his own boats, being l- own pilot. In 1859, with the sloop yacht "Rowena he won the cup in the New York Yacht Clt regatta, for several years being a member of th famous club. For some years he was manager the Pequot and Ocean Transit Company.

On Oct. II, 1853, Mr. Bacon was married Jane E. Gordon, daughter of Abram and Betse (Gorham) Gordon, of New London ; she died Ju 19, 1891, leaving two children, Charles G. ar Lizzie J.

Charles G., who was educated at Exeter, N. H died Feb. 22, 1901, in New London, and Lizzie J who was educated at Auburndale, Mass., and is a accomplished artist, married Henry M. Whittemor of New York, now of New London.

Mr. Bacon contracted a second marriage, Oc 3, 1892, Jane D. Carroll, daughter of the late Wil iam Carroll, of this city, becoming his wife. William Carroll, who was extensively engaged in teaming died in 1882, leaving a widow, Mrs. Ellen Carrol and two daughters, Martha and Jane D., all res- dents of New London. In politics Mr. Bacon i nominally a Democrat, but he reserves the privi lege of voting for the candidate he deems best fitte for the office. He has refused all offers of publi preferment. He attends the First Congregationa Church of New London.

GEORGE BURBANK RIPLEY, whose deat! occurred at his home in Norwich, July 9, 1858, wa close to the hearts of the people of that community "no man was better known among them, or mon beloved."

A native of the town, a son of Major Dwigh Ripley, who for nearly half a century was a promi- nent merchant in Norwich, and his wife Eliza (Coit) Ripley, the daughter of Capt. William Coit captain of militia in the Revolution, Mr. Ripley came on both sides from the first families of the town. He was a direct descendant from Gov. Wil- liam Bradford, of the "Mayflower." In the paterna line he was a descendant in the seventh generation from William Ripley, the emigrant ancestor of the family, from whom his lineage is through John Joshua, Joshua (2), Ebenezer and Major Dwight Ripley.

(I) William Ripley, with his wife, two sons and two daughters, came from England in 1638 and settled in Hingham, Mass. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. On Sept. 29, 1654, he married (second) Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Thaxter. He died July 20, 1656. His widow mar- ried John Dwight, of Dedham, and died July 17. 1660. His children, all born in England, were: John, Abraham, Sarah, and a daughter whose name is not known.

(II) John Ripley, who was born in England,

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1 in 1684. He married Elizabeth Hobart, ( ghter of Rev. Peter Hobart, first pastor of the ()irch at Hingham, Mass. Their children were: J n. Joshua, Jeremiah and Peter.

(III) Joshua Ripley, born May 9, 1658, died y 18, 1739. He married Nov. 28, 1682, Hannah I idford, born May 9, 1662, who died May 28,

8. She was a daughter of William Bradford,

J deputy-governor of Plymouth Colony, and g nddaughter of Gov. William Bradford, of the ayflower," 1620. Mr. and Mrs. Ripley settled ft in Hingham, Mass., removed to Norwich, (in., Oct. 10, 1688, and to Windham, March 23, II. He was chosen clerk and treasurer of Wind- Hin at the first town meeting, June 11, 1692, and he all served as a justice of the peace. Their children vre: Alice, born Sept. 17, 1683 ; Hannah, March 2 1685; Faith, Sept. 20, 1686; Joshua, May 13, I 8; Margaret, Nov. 4, 1690; Rachel and Leah, ( ins), April 17, 1693; Hezekiah, June 10, 1695 ; Livid, May 20, 1697; Irene, Aug. 28, 1700; and Jisha and Ann, Nov. I, 1704. As far as can be tilted this is the inscription on the stone at the g ve of Joshua Ripley in the old Windham Cem- fy: "Here lies peacefully interred the body of Jua Ripley, Esq., one of His Most Worshipful Mjesty's Justices of the Peace, for the County of Vidham." The town record says he died May 8 739. The inscription on his wife's tombstone is ne easily traced-"Here lies interred the body 0 hat most worthy, and virtuous, and most inge- is gentlewoman, Mrs. Hannah B. Ripley, the n beloved consort of Joshua Ripley, who after sl had led a most lovely and eventful life, fell astep in Jesus, May 28, 1738, in ye 76th year of h age."

(IV) Joshua Ripley, born May 13, 1688, mar- ri Dec. 3, 1712, Mary Backus, daughter of John a1 Mary (Bingham) Backus, of Windham, Conn. M Ripley died Nov. 18, 1773. Their children we: Mary, born Nov. 18, 1714; Phineas, Nov. 21 1716; Hannah, Jan. 12, 1719; Nathaniel, June 30 1721 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 4, 1724: Joshua, Oct. 30, 170; Ebenezer, June 22, 1729; William, Feb. 12, I7 .; and John, March 31, 1738.

V) Ebenezer Ripley, born June 22, 1729, mar- ric

June II, 1752, Mehetabel Burbank. He died Ju II, 18II, and she passed away May 20, 1813, ag eighty-four, at Windham, Conn. Their chil- were: Hannah, born April 28, 1753 (died dr F( 16, 1803) ; Eleanor, Aug. 16, 1754; Jerusha, M 28, 1756; Juliana, July 31, 1757; Justin, Jan. 759; Abraham, Feb. 25, 1761 ; Abiah, Dec. 12, I,

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17 Dwight, Aug. 7, 1764; Ebenezer, March 26, ; Thaddeus, Oct. 22, 1767; Anna, June 20, 17 , and Horace, Aug. 20, 1772.

VI) Major Dwight Ripley, born Aug. 7, 1764, maied Feb. 24, 1796, Eliza Coit, of Norwich, Co1., daughter of Capt. William Coit. Major Riley died Nov. 18, 1835, in Norwich, and his wife pa ed away July 30, 1846. Their children were :

Martha, born March 15, 1797; Eliza C., April 3, 1798; William D., Sept. 2, 1799; George B., March 13, 1801 ; Lucy C., Jan. 1I, 1803; Joseph, Aug. 17, 1804; James L., March 18, 1806; Eliza, March 22, 1808 (married Hon. William A. Buckingham, gov- ernor and United States Senator) ; Harriet, April 7, 1810; Daniel C., July 8, 1812 (died in Washing- ton, D. C., Oct. 27, 1893) ; and Jane, May 16, 1815 (died in Norwich Dec. 1, 1891).

Major Ripley removed to Norwich, Conn .; where he became associated in the drug business with Benjamin Dyer, the firm Dyer & Ripley ap- pearing first in 1793. This partnership was not of long duration, the firm title changing to Ripley & Waldo, and the goods sold were drugs, dry goods and groceries ; and this was the first firm in Norwich to start in a wholesale trade. Major Ripley was a druggist and merchant in Norwich for forty-five years, while his residence for forty years was in the house on Broadway previously occupied by Joseph Howland, who removed to New York, he and his sons becoming prominent merchants in the metropolis. The mansion is now gone, and the Y. M. C. A. building stands on the site of the old homestead. Major Ripley was a man of great force of character, and early Norwich owed much to his determined efforts in its behalf. His wife was a woman of singular sweetness and gentleness, which characteristics found full play in the bringing up of her eleven children.

George Burbank Ripley, son of Major Dwight and the subject of this article, was born March 13, 1801, in Norwich, and there married, Oct. 19, 1825, Hannah Gardiner Lathrop, who was born March 9, 1806, a daughter of Thomas and Han- nah (Bill) Lathrop, of Norwich. The marriage was blessed with children as follows: William L .. born April 30, 1827 ; Dwight, June 8, 1829; Hannalı L., Nov. 4, 1830; Harriet, Sept. 6, 1832; James Dickenson, Nov. 14, 1837 ; George Coit, Aug. 24, 1839 ; and Emily Lathrop, June 15, 184I.

George B. Ripley was graduated from Yale Coi- lege in 1822, and among his classmates were Will- iam H. Law and John A. Rockwell, both of whom were from Norwich, and subsequently rose to dis- tinction at the Bar of New London County ; and also William L. Lathrop, of Norwich, who died before entering the legal profession. Young Ripley was a student of law in the office of Judge Swift, at Wind- ham, Conn., until the latter's death, in 1823, and thereafter he continued and completed his studies under the direction of Judge Staples, at New Haven. He was admitted to the Bar and entered the legal profession in 1824, but a natural fondness for agricultural pursuits soon allured him from the law, and he became a farmer. He was a man of high literary and scientific attainments, of elevated and religious character, and of unusual urbanity of manner and warmth of heart. He was chosen to various municipal offices by his fellow townsmen, and, it is needless to say, performed their duties

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with intelligence and efficiency. For a number of years between 1850 and the time of his death he was judge of probate for the Norwich district. His rare wit and charm in conversation made him the center of a large circle of admiring friends.

Mrs. Hannah Gardiner (Lathrop ) Ripley lived to the age of ninety-one, "with keen appreciation of all about her, in nature, in art, and society, love of the beautiful and good, with ready sympathy and large hospitality," and with deep love for her church and its work at home and in mission fields. She died Sept. 17, 1897. She was descended in 'the paternal line from

Rev. John Lathrop, who came from England to Scituate, Mass., in 1634, her lineage from him be- ing through Samuel, Samuel (2), Thomas, Joshua and Thomas Lathrop, and in the maternal line she descended from John Bill, through Philip, Sam- tel, Samuel (2), Ephraim and Hannah ( Bill).

Thomas Lathrop, the father of Mrs. Ripley, was born, reared and died in Norwich. "He well sus- tained the social position to which he was born. He was especially held in remembrance as one who used his large wealth generously for the deserving poor, and as exhibiting to his generation a noble specimen of the old-time gentleman." He passed away Dec. 28, 1817, and his widow lived to be ninety-two years of age, passing away Jan. 28, 1862. Mrs. Lathrop was said (by Mrs. Sigourney) to be the most beautiful woman, who, in the old times, ever entered the Uptown Meeting House. Her faculties remained clear to the end of her long life, and her Christian faith never faltered.

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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 27

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