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 33

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
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Mrs. Beckwith enjoys the esteem of a large circle of congenial friends in Norwich. She is a lady of education and business ability, and was on many occasions a counselor whose advice was valued by her husband, and to which he attributed a consid- erable portion of his success. For twenty years prior to her marriage, she engaged in teaching school in the towns of Preston, North Stonington, and for the last seven years, was located at Jewett City. Mrs. Beckwith is a member of the Central Baptist Church. Through her grandfather, Shora Davis, who was a Revolutionary soldier, she is elig- ible to membership in the D. A. R.

CAPT. GEORGE GREENE BENJAMIN (de- ceased), one of the best known citizens of his town, and one whose death caused a wide-spread feeling of sorrow, was descended from an old New England family.

Major Asa Benjamin, grandfather of Capt. George Greene, was a native of Connecticut, where he followed his trade of harness maker and saddler. He served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He left one son, Ephraim.

Captain Ephraim Benjamin resided in the town of Preston, where he was engaged in farming. Po- litically he was a Democrat, and was prominent in public affairs, holding a number of offices. He was a captain of the State Militia, and was widely known and as widely respected. In his young manhood he married Sarah Greene, daughter of Peter and Sarah Greene, of East Greenwich, R. I. His death oc- curred in 1859 or 1860, when he was aged seventy- three years, and his wife survived him till 1876, when she passed away, aged eighty-two years; both were buried in the cemetery at Long Society. They were the parents of eight children. (I) George Greene was the first born. (2) Harriet married George Palmer, a farmer of Griswold, and died there. She had three children : George B., of Gris- wold; Eunice M., deceased ; William D., in Meri- den, Conn., president of Brown & Dowd Company, manufacturers. (3) Charles was the captain of a whaling vessel, and was drowned in the harbor at New Bedford, Mass. (4) William, who was also the captain of a whaling vessel, married Cynthia Palmer, and resided in Mystic, Conn., where he died leaving two sons : William, deceased ; Charles, of Mystic. (5) Sarah is the widow of Reuben Heath, and resides in Mystic. She has two children : Charles R., of Mystic ; and Bessie, the wife of Her- bert Wolf, of Mystic. (6) Asa, who was in the whaling trade, died very suddenly in Norwich, un- married. (7) Mary married George Washington Crandall, a well known business man, and died in

New London, where they resided. Their child were: Frank A., of Yonkers, N. Y .; and Min the wife of J. Paul Les Strade, of Providence, I. (8) Edwin married Phrozenia Barnes and sides on the home farm in Preston. They have 1} three children: Mary, who died aged ninet years; Frederick E., of Preston; and Grace S. school teacher.

Captain George G. Benjamin, the immedi subject of this sketch, was born in the town of Pi ton, Feb. 11, 1813, and remained on the home fa until he was seventeen years of age, his educatio advantages being limited to the schools of his tive town. From boyhood he cherished the idea going to sea, and as soon as he was old enor presented himself to Major Thomas W. William of New London, who immediately employed h and sent him out as a common sailor before the ma in his ship "Connecticut," Capt. Robert Tate in cc mand. This first voyage was a whaling expedit to the South Seas, and Mr. Benjamin was gone months. He made six different voyages to. 1 South Seas, and elsewhere, before he himself v made captain of a vessel named "Clematis," owr. by Williams & Barnes ; in this he made two voyag both successful, but the first voyage in "Clemat was the one of his whole career, which p. haps merits special notice. The "Clematis," fiti out by Williams & Barnes, arrived July 4, 18. after a voyage around the world of ten months a twenty-nine days, and brought home two thousat five hundred and forty-eight barrels of oil. Tl; voyage, when the time, the distance sailed, and t quantity of oil brought home are considered connection, deserves to be ranked among remar able achievements.

In no associated line of business were the prof more equitably divided among those engaged in than in the whale fishery. The owners, agents, (! ficers and crew were all partners in the voyage, a each had his proportionate share of the results. operated, therefore, to enlarge the means and mul ply the comforts of the many, as well as to add the wealth of the few. The old West India trac which preceded it, was destructive in a remarkat degree to human life and health, besides cngende ing habits of dissipation, turbulence, and reckle extravagance. The whaling business was a gre advance upon this, not only as regards life, but in i relation to order, happiness and morality, and t. mass of the people, the public as well, certain gained by the exchange.

Captain Benjamin made two voyages in the shi "Lowell," owned by Messrs. Williams & Barnes, al then was given his third ship, the "Montezuma Besides visiting the South Seas very frequently, It circumnavigated the globe seven times, and visite nearly all the important islands. He commande different vessels for sixteen years, working in ¿ more than twenty-three years as a whaler, until 185 when he settled in Preston, in that part of the tow

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wn as Poquetanuck, and there lived retired until death. He suffered a decline of health for many

k h y f rs, and the death of his wife was a severe blow n which he never recovered ; it undoubtedly has-

to ed his own death, which occurred March 27, I 3. He was buried in the family lot at Poque- t: ick, where rest the remains of his wife and d ghter.

The narrative of such lives should not end with tlf mere mention of their termination by death. 1 like Captain Benjamin leave an influence which si vives them, as the roseate hues of a glowing sun- SỐ inger long after the sun has sunk to rest. Faith- fi in every relation of life, the architect of his own Cá er, he left to his family a handsome competence, bu ieathing to them at the same time a legacy of greater worth-a name unsullied and a reputa- fa ti without a blot.

Captain Benjamin in his political principles was a emocrat, as were his ancestors. In 1856 he was eled to the Legislature by both parties, only one vo being cast against him. He also held at various til s the other principal offices of the town. The ca ain was a liberal supporter of the Episcopal Circh, of which his daughter is a member, al-

gh his wife belonged to the Baptist denomina- tic

On March 29, 1843, Capt. Benjamin married Elabeth M., daughter of Henry C. and Sarah ((apman) Avery, who was born in Preston, June 22 1817, and passed away Dec. 1I, 1886. Two da hters were born to them, of whom Hen- rie . A., the elder, died in 1864, aged fifteen years. Ainda W. was born June 28, 1855, and became thewife of Henry A. Spalding, who was born Sept. I, 50, in Brooklyn, Conn., and spent his boyhood da in Jewett City. He was in poor health for ma years and died July 9, 1900. His widow re- sic at No. IIO Washington street, Norwich. Mrs. Sp ling is eligible to the Society of Colonial Dames an to the Daughters of the American Revolution, bu las never cared to present her claims to mem- bei ip in either.

apt. Benjamin was a genial, free-hearted man an vas greatly esteemed, was a fine looking man, nea y six feet tall, well proportioned, of great physi- cal rength and of commanding presence, while his

kin y face was a truthful index to his genial free heated nature. The loss of few men would have bee felt so widely or have touched men so deeply.

PICER. The family of Spicer, most worth- ily presented in the town of Preston, New London cou y, by James C. Spicer, and in the town of Gro- ton ame county, by John O. Spicer, has long been knc in Connecticut. Members of it have taken acti part in historic events of the State and Na- and all have been honorable, upright citizens.

tior The rst of whom there is any definite data was one (I) 'eter Spicer, whose son (II) Edward became the

ther of a son (III) John.

(III) John Spicer grew to manhood and married Mary Geer, and of his children there is record of two sons, Edward and John (2).

(IV) John Spicer (2), son of John and Mary (Geer) Spicer, was born in Groton, Conn., Feb. 17, 1724. He died in the same place June 28, 1769, of a strange disorder of his throat, which, according to tradition, grew together so that it was impossible for him to eat. By his will, which was probated at Stonington, Conn., he left quite a goodly estate to his sons and daughters. On Oct. 25, 1744, he mar- ried, in Groton, Mercy Chapman, who was born Oct. 13, 1723, daughter of William and Mary (Stoddard) Chapman ; she died in Pittstown, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1812, at the home of her son Cyrus, and at that time was the widow of Daniel Ellis. The nine children of John and Mercy (Chapman) Spicer were all born in Groton, and were as follows: (1) Mercy, born Aug. 4, 1745, died Aug. 7, 1745. (2) Mary, born Jan. 28, 1747, died Jan. 10, 1750. (3) John, born April 20, 1749, died Oct. 8, 1826, in Groton. He married, Dec. 29, 1774, in Groton, Mary Parke, daughter of James Parke, born Dec. I, 1756, died July 19, 1839, in Ledyard. John Spicer served in the Revolutionary war, in 1775, as a corporal in a company under Capt. Abel Spicer, regiment com- manded by Col. S. H. Parsons, and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, and he was also in the siege of Boston. In 1776 he served as sergeant under Col. Smith, in Capt. Oliver Spicer's regiment, in the campaign about New York. To John and Mary (Parke) Spicer were born, all at Groton, children as follows: (a) Mary, born Nov. 24, 1775, died June 16, 1866, in Ledyard Union. (b) Hannah, born in December, 1777, married a Brumley, had a son John, and died in Greeneville in 1841. (c) James, born Nov. 30, 1779, married (first) Lydia Pride (daughter of William and Abigail (Stoddard) Pride), who died Jan. 3, 1812, and (second) Eunice Pride (sister to his first wife), and he died April 22, 1867, the father of the following children : William (born Feb. 9, 1803, married Polly Part- ridge, and died Sept. 19, 1869), John Grant (born Nov. 26, 1804, married Feb. 26, 1834, Mrs. Clarissa (Kimball) Stoddard, daughter of William and Bet- sey (Harvey) Kimball, and died Aug. 27, 1882), Herbert Pride (born Nov. 17, 1806, married, Feb. 7, 1836, Hannah Spicer, born Oct. 12, 1804, daugh- ter of Abel and Sarah (Park) Spicer, died Sept. 12, 1859, and he died July 12, 1886), Lydia (born July 21, 1809, married March 29, 1851, Ira Judd, and died March 25, 1879), Mary (born Nov. 21, 18II, married Feb. 12, 1832, Francis Averill of Jewett City, and died May II, 1895), Abigail (born in 1813, married, Jan. 29, 1854, Jacob Maclin), Sarah (born in 1814, married Nov. 29, 1838, Butler Benja- min, and died Aug. 3, 1898), James (born June 25, 1817, married Oct. 8, 1848, Susan Ann Griswold, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Darrow) Gris- wold, was a prosperous farmer, and died Sept. 29, 1878), and Charles (born Jan. 31, 1820, married,

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Aug. 19, 1844, Lucy Dennis, daughter of James Den- nis, of Griswold, where she died Feb. 24, 1862, and he died April 9, 1882). (d) Eunice, born Feb. 26, 1782, married Palmer Stanton. (e) Clarissa, born Dec. 30, 1785, married, May 24, 1807, Randall Stanton, son of Rev. Robert and Elizabeth (Palmer) Stanton, the former a Baptist minister. She died at Belchertown, Mass., Dec. 12, 1822, the mother of children as follows: Randall (born July 21, 1808, married Lucy Hamiten or Hamilton), Mary Eliza (born June 8, 1810, married Cyrus Williams, of Lebanon, and died in Iowa April 25, 1891), James Park (died unmarried), John Whitman (born Aug. 30, 1814, married (first) Betsey Kimball, (second) Caroline D. Hinckley, has a son William, and resides in Hinckley, N. Y.), Rev. Robert Palmer (born Jan. 20, 1818, married, Jan. 17, 1848, Harriet Jones, has two children, and is a Baptist minister), Clar- issa Alvira (born April 20, 1820, married William Henry Palmer, and died . April 17, -), and Charles Bromley (born Aug. 10, 1821, died May 5, 1826). (4) Cyrus, born March 13, 1750, died Feb. I, 1826, in Pittstown, N. Y. He married, July 28, 1771, in Groton, Mary Eddy, born Dec. 16, 1750, daughter of Constant and Mary (Winslow) Eddy ; she died in Pittstown, N. Y., July 31, 1828, the mother of seven children born in Groton, and of one born in Pittstown. They resided in Groton until 1788, when they removed to Pittstown. Cyrus Spicer was a prosperous man and his descendants have all been successful. (5) Molly was born Jan. 27. 1753. (6) Keziah was born March 13, 1755. (7) Solomon, born Oct. 6, 1757, died Oct. II, 1757. (8) Abel, born June 1, 1760, died in Preston, Conn., July 7, 1849. He was married three times, first, Nov. 13, 1788, in Groton, to Sarah Park, born May 23, 1769, daughter of Abijah and Elizabeth (Morse) Park ; she died in Preston July 27, 1815. He married, second, Elizabeth Morse, born May 15, 1776, died July 27, 1817; his third marriage, which occurred on March 18, 1818, was to Sarah Rose, born Jan. 28, 1777, daughter of Peleg and Mary (Spicer ) Rose ; she died May 5, 1874. He learned the trade of blacksmith, but never followed it, as he preferred school teaching, and after his marriage he purchased a farm in Preston. At the age of sixteen he was drafted in the army for the war of the Revolution, and served in Rhode Island, and after that was a volunteer on the Continental frigate "Confederacy." In 1780 he went with Capt. Hunt- ington's Company to Danbury, Conn., and from there formed part of the Ninth Regiment, com- manded by Col. Huntington, of Norwich, which was stationed near the place where Major Andre was hung. He, with others, was sent to West Point to assist in drawing in the chain which had been stretched across the North river to keep out the British. By his first wife he had children as fol- lows: (a) Sarah, born Oct. 18, 1789, married, on Dec. 1, 1814, Cyrus Newton, of Preston, Conn., son of Abel and Sylvia Newton, and died Aug. 25, 1861,

in Des Moines, Iowa, the mother of the follow children : Abel (of Wilkes Block, Louisville, who married in Kentucky, and has two sons, Tho; and Clarence, the latter of Butte, Mont.), Dw (who married at Medina, Ohio, and has six ( dren, Dexter, Curtis, Jennie, Orlando of Oakv. Wash., Cornelia and Grace), Sophia (who res at Des Moines, Iowa, the wife of Curtis Bat Lucy (who married Ruel W. Mills, and reside Sharon, Medina Co., Ohio), Orinda (who mar Augustus Griswold, and resides at Robinson, and John ( who married Emma Newton McCrac of Rush county, Kans.). (b) Peter, born Der 1791, married, Oct. 15, 1815, Mary Park, dat ter of Simeon and Annie (Button) Park, and ( June 24, 1861, in Westminster, Conn. His child were : Mary (born Sept. 29, 1816, died Jan. 2, Il leaving a son, George, residing in Connectic. Sarah Maria (born May 18, 1819, at Westminst. married Thomas Palmer, and they had a son, gil), Abigail (born May 29, 1822, married James Ransom, had a daughter, Mrs. William Imes. Westminster, Conn., and died Sept. 7, 1877), F riet Persis (born Aug. 1, 1824, married Orrin Franklin, and resides at Westminster), Flora M cella (born Sept. 23, 1828, died Oct. 19, 1831), M cellus (born May 16, 1832, resides at Westminst Lucy (born Aug. 18, 1836, married for her tl husband Edward Smith, of Easthampton, Con Elmira (born Oct. 9, 1837, resides at Webs Mass.) and Albert (born Jan. 2, 1840). (c) Pal. born Feb. 23, 1794, married Oct. 30, 1823, A Griswold, and died Nov. 8, 1879, at Homer, C: land Co., N. Y. His children were: Abel F. (b Aug. 2, 1827, at Cortland, N. Y., has two childi Henry and Agnes, of Cuyler, N. Y.), David (born June 8, 1830, has two children, Anna Clinton, and resides at St. Cloud, Minn .. wł he is the patentee and manufacturer of Spic kitchen cabinet and refrigerator combination), bert L. (born June 3, 1840, resides at Homer, N. and has a son, Clarence) and Sarah Adah (born J; 4, 1842, married Deloss Williams Burdick, and sides at Whitney Point, N. Y.). (d) Abel C., b July 29, 1796, married Dec. 23, 1825, Lucy B cock, daughter of Gideon and Tryphena Babco and he was drowned in the Thames river Feb. 1859. Of his four children, only Addison lived maturity, and he had two sons, of whom one is ing, Walter Edwin, who was lately of New L don, but now resides at New Haven, Conn. Isaac, born Jan. 7, 1799, married Feb. 25, 18 Francina Chapman, daughter of Avery and Weal Chapman, and died in Norwich, Conn., in M 1856. He was a builder and inventor and beca prominent in local affairs. His children were: H Worthington (who left a son George W., the fat of three children, now orphans, who reside at N wich, Conn.), Ellen (who died unmarried) { Sarah (who married Charles Warren Clark, and sides in New London). (f) Daniel, born Sept.

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801 uly ied Cuni 843,1 nd I MIav nd 1 Rach . rea hild orn he fil orn Fox, tarried, Dec. 18, 1827, Phoebe Butts, and died 1873. (g) Hannah, born Oct. 12, 1804, mar- erbert Pride Spicer, as before stated. (11) born Sept. 20, 1808, married April 23, hn D. Kingsley, had two daughters, Sarah ebe, and died July 26, 1888. (i) Mary, born 1813, married, Dec. 10, 1848, Noah Gates, still living, residing with her sister, Mrs. Packer, of Preston City, Conn., and she is Daughter of the Revolution. (j) The only the second marriage of Abel Spicer was 1817, and lived but a day. (k) Elizabeth, child of the third marriage of Abel Spicer, 1g. 6, 1820, married, Feb. 17, 1846, Findley sided at Woodstock, Conn., and she, too, is realDaughter of the Revolution. Her only child, died some years ago. (1) Rachel, born Sept. ,, married Nelson G. Packer, July 1, 1875, ·s at Preston City, Conn. (9) Mercy, born 1764, died Feb. 21, 1842, in Sweden, N. Y., Joseph Randall, who was born in North on Aug. 6, 1758, son of Benjamin and Brown) Randall. They had six children, scendants now being scattered throughout

; (Briggs) Sweet, and has two children, Fortor 344, ardo1 iles 1 ed Se I90

ert Fride Spicer, son of James and Lydia Spicer, by his wife, Hannah Spicer, had the ¿ children : Herbert, born Aug. 7, 1839, harrie March 31, 1867, Esther S. Sweet, daughter f Pe P. and William; Hannah, born Sept. 15, rried Sept. 30, 1868, William Lewis, son of nd Susan (Peckham) Lewis, and resides at ry, Conn .; Park, born Sept. 30, 1846, mar- . 16, 1869, Cynthia A. Carpenter, and died leaving four children, Jennie Bell (who arrie Walter Johnson), Mary Josephine (wife of harle Saunders of Jewett City), Lizzie and rance Ma Pride

Spicer, daughter of James and Lydia Spicer, married, as above stated, Francis verill of Jewett City. Their daughter, Frances ary ] uise, born Jan. 24, 1833, married Feb. 24, nuel Griswold. 50, Abi il Spicer, daughter of James and Eunice Spicer, by her marriage with Jacob Maclin laughter, Eunice Elizabeth, born April 29, ) married Ogden Stanton, has two daugh- resides at Long Society, Preston, Con- 'ride d ond 55, W s, al cticut Sar ride ir tl

Spicer, daughter of James and Eunice Spicer, married Butler Benjamin, and of e children, James Elan, born Sept. 28, 39, d 1 June 13, 1866; Lucy died young ; and igail® sides at Long Society, Preston. Jam cer, ame

Spicer, son of James and Eunice (Pride) his marriage with Susan Ann Griswold e father of James C., who has been twice Fried irst, in 1876, to Josephine Spicer, had be c dren, Lucy M., James H. and Bessie, live.

it Long Society, Preston.

Charles Spicer, son of James and Eunice ( Pride) Spicer, married Lucy Dennis, and of their children, Charles served in the war of the Rebellion, and died from the effects of exposure; James Elisha lives near Norwich ; Lucy E. married a Mr. Franklin, and lives at Jewett City ; Eunice P. died in 1857; Jose- phine, born Aug. 23, 1852, married James C. Spicer and died June 29, 1899; Ellen married Edwin T. Haszard, and lives at Providence; Emma married George Wheat, and died several years ago.

Cornelia Newton, daughter of Dwight Newton, granddaughter of Cyrus and Sarah (Spicer) New- ton, great-granddaughter of Abel Spicer, and great- great-granddaughter of John and Mercy (Chap- man) Spicer, married Watson Allen, and resides at Seattle, Wash. Her daughter, Delia M. Medcalf, is living in Oakville, Chehalis Co., Washington.

James Spicer, mentioned above as son of James. and Eunice (Pride) Spicer, was born in Ledyard June 25, 1817, and died in Preston, Sept. 29, 1878. By occupation he was a lifelong farmer. In his boyhood his parents removed to Preston, locating on the farm now occupied by his son, James C. His life was one of industry, and in time he prospered, be- coming quite well-to-do. In appearance he was tall and slender, while in disposition he was quiet and reserved. He was a Whig in early life, but later became a Republican, and while he held some minor town offices he did so because he felt a citizen should never shirk his duty, his own personal inclinations leading him to a quiet private life. On Oct. 8, 1848, James Spicer was married to Susan Ann Griswold, who was born June 3, 1822, in Brooklyn, N. Y., daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Darrow) Gris- wold, and a descendant of Roger Griswold, of Lyme, Conn., governor of the State in 1811-12. The only child of this marriage was James C., and with him the mother made her home, until her death Oct. 15, 1904.

JAMES C. SPICER was born in Preston, Conn., Sept. 20, 1849, and received his education in the district schools of that town, supplemented by a three years' course in the Norwich Free Academy. Leaving school at the age of seventeen on account of the ill health of his father, he assumed the respon- sibilities attendant upon the cultivation of the home farm. He took up the work with a will, and proved himself master of the situation. Since the death of his father he has continued on the farm, and now has about eighty acres under a fine state of cultiva- tion. He recently sold off II0 acres. He also runs a milk route in Norwich, which he began some twenty years ago, and is still delivering milk to some of those who were among his first customers. He keeps from fourteen to sixteen cows, and uses: all the best methods of sanitation, thus insuring good pure milk to his patrons. Like his father, Mr.

Spicer is a stanch Republican in political faith, but has always declined to accept any office.

Mr. Spicer has been twice married. On April 6, 1876, he wedded Josephine Spicer, daughter of

Justin I, 18 nd li lug. harrie Stoni1 Ruth neir ne W He Pride ollow

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Charles and Lucy (Dennis) Spicer, of Griswold, Conn. She died June 29, 1899, in Preston, aged forty-six years. Three children were born of this marriage: Lucy M., who married Stephen E. Peck- ham, and has one son, Lester Allen, and one daugh- ter, Laura Susan; James Harry, who died Dec. 26, 1894, aged fourteen years; and Bessie, who is un- married and at home. On April 19, 1901, Mr. Spicer married Emeline Jennings Bradbury, daugh- ter of Charles Wesley and Lena Elizabeth (Bald- win) Bradbury, of Norwich. Mr. Spicer and his family all attend the Greeneville Baptist Church. He is a progressive and successful farmer, and is a representative of the sterling upright New England citizen.

EDWARD T. BROWN, president of the Brown Cotton Gin Company, is one of the leading residents of New London, and his father was a time-honored citizen of that place. Mr. Brown was born July 20, 1839, in Macon, Ga., and his father, Israel F. Brown, was born Dec. 31, 1810, in Salem, Connecticut.

William Fanning Brown, grandfather of Ed- ward T., was born in the year 1771, at Gale's Ferry, Conn., and died in 1837, in Macon, Ga. He was a son of William Brown, who was one of seven brothers, all of whom were musicians in the war of the Revolution. Having learned the trades of cab- inetmaker and shipjoiner, William F. Brown was engaged for some time in the manufacture of fur- niture in Montville, Conn., sending his goods to the West Indies. In 1823 he went South, and for some five years was in the furniture business in Macon, Ga., where his son, E. E. Brown, was afterward the proprietor of "Brown's Hotel." E. E. Brown erect- ed this hotel and was a prominent man in Macon, serving as a justice of the peace for several years, and was associated with Gen. Winfield Scott in mil- itary service at the time of the Seminole war in Florida.

William F. Brown was married, in 1795, in Nor- wich, Conn., to Sarah G. Edgerton, of that place, who also died in 1837 in Macon, Ga. They were the parents of five sons and two daughters, of whom Eunice died at the age of sixteen years. Elizabeth Leffingwell was the wife of Samuel Jacob Hicks, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and died at the age of eighty-three years, in Prattville, Ala. Alexander D. was a skill- ful mechanic and inventor ; he died in Columbus, Ga., when eighty-three years of age, leaving a fam- ily.

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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 33

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