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 36

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VIII) James Dixon Mowry, born Nov. 5, 1820, in Canterbury, Conn., married March 19, 1844, E. Lose Smith, daughter of David Smith, and their ch: ren were: David S., born March, 1845 ; Will- iar C., born in June, 1850; S. Louise, born in At ist, 1858; and Lucy C. married Frederick T. Man, and has one daughter, Louise Mowry Ma- SO1 The father, as his father had been before him, wabprominent in the affairs of the town, and a man- ufa urer. "In January, 1862, James D. Mowry con- tra ed to furnish the government with 30,000 rifle mu ets of the latest Springfield construction. The bails were made at Cole & Walker's, Norwich, the ocks by C. B. Rogers & Co., of West Chelsea, andother pieces at Mowry's factory, Greeneville." He ed February 22, 1895, in Norwich.

illiam C. Mowry, the subject proper of this arte, received his education in the Broadway Gra mar school, and the Norwich Free Academy, beii graduated from the latter institution in 1868. He ad prepared himself for a course in the Shef- field Scientific school of Yale, but was prevented from entering that institution on account of an af- fect 1 of his eyes. Later, having recovered the use of ; eyes, he accepted a position in the Mowry A.x and Machine Company, in Greeneville, for the se of obtaining a practical knowledge of the pur bus.

:ss. Remaining in the mechanical department ears he was promoted to the business depart-

two mer of the company, which place he retained until 187 A short time afterwards the Page Steam Hea

ig Company was organized for the purpose of tking steam heaters, and Mr. Mowry was trea rer and business manager for a long time. Lat he was the managing director of the Hopkins

& A en Manufacturing Company. He was identi-

fied ith a number of the business enterprises and insti tions of Norwich. He was a director in the Nor Nor

ch Savings Society, First National Bank, ch Water Power Company and Norwich Gas

and Electric Company. He was one of the organ- izers of the Norwich Club and was a member of the Arcanum Club and Board of Trade. In all these organizations he took an active interest.

Col. Mowry was a Republican and took an act- ive interest in the advancement of the party, and was always ready to aid with his time and means. In company with W. T. Lane he represented Nor- wich in the Legislature in 1889, and in 1893 he was again a member from this town in company with W. H. Palmer, Jr. Mr. Mowry filled positions on im- portant committees, one of which investigated af- fairs in the state prison. He was an aide on the staff of Gov. Harrison in 1886. He was elected sec- retary of State in 1894 and received the largest vote of any candidate on the ticket. He proved to be a capable official and was popular. His religious con- nections were with the Park Congregational Church, Norwich, of which he was one of the Society Com- mittee.

Col. Mowry was prominently connected with Ma- sonry in Norwich. He was made a member of Som- erset Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., in 1882, and took the thirty-second degree in Connecticut Sovereign Consistory April 21, 1890. He belonged to Frank- lin Chapter, Franklin Council and Columbian Com- mandery in the York Rite and to all the bodies of the A. and A. Scottish Rite in this city. . In the building of the Masonic Temple in 1893 and 1894 Mr. Mowry was closely connected with the work. He represented Columbian Commandery in the Ma- sonic Temple Corporation, and during the erection of the temple was a member of the building com- mittee, serving faithfully as far as his health would allow, which at that time was poor. He was vice- president of the corporation at the time of his death and was also on the board of directors. He held next to the highest office in Connecticut Sovereign Consistory, thirty-second degree, that of illustrious first lieutenant commander. Among his Masonic brtheren he was most popular, and his genial pres- ence among them was always desired.

Col. Mowry had positive convictions on all mat- ters in which he was interested, and he had the courage of his convictions, but he was willing to give his opponents all due consideration. He was always cheerful and regarded highly by all who knew him. He was well-known throughout this state. His death occurred July 2, 1898, at Watkins, N. Y., where he had gone for the benefit of his health.

HILLARD. (I) Hugh Hillard, the progenitor of the family in America, came from England prob- ably about 1630 and located at Salem, Mass. He became a freeman Sept. 3, 1634, but is not named in Felt's list of church members. He married Mar- garet, whom he left a widow about 1640, and she married John Elson, who died in 1648 at Wethers- field, leaving his estate to the widow and two boys. Mrs. Margaret Elson married for her third hus-

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band Thomas Wright, of Wethersfield, and died in 1671. In her will, dated 1670, she names her de- ceased son Job Hillard and his children, and her son Benjamin Hillard, whom we may presume to have been the older. She had no children by her sec- ond marriage, and probably none by her third. The children born to Hugh Hillard and his wife Mar- garet were: (1) Benjamin, who may appear in the town records of Wethersfield as "Benoni," keeper of town herd in 1648; there is also the following record-"Benjamin, a fisherman of Salem, 1653, killed by the Indians at Hampton, June 13, 1677." (2) Job died in March, 1670.

(II) Job Hillard and his wife Sarah had two children : William (born in 1642, died Jan. 24, 1714) and Sarah. Mrs. Sarah Hillard died Oct. 14, 1660, and Job Hillard married (second) April 1, 1661, Mary Oliver, said by Savage to have been the daughter of Thomas Oliver, of Salen. In Septem- ber, 1670, she administered the estate of Job, which amounted to 123 pounds and thirteen shillings. By his second marriage Job Hillard had children as follows: Abigail, born July 26, 1662; Benjamin, May 4, 1664; Job, June 1, 1669 (who died un- married).

(III) William Hillard married Deborah in 1676, at Little Compton, R. I., where he died Jan. 24, 1714. She was born in 1652, and died Feb. 15, 1718. By trade William Hillard was a cooper. His will, proved Feb. 1, 1714, names his wife Deborah as executrix, giving her a life interest in all his estate. Deborah Hillard's will, dated Jan. 23, 1717, proved March 3, 1718, names her son David as executor. William's estate amounted to 866 pounds, three shill- ings, two pence. Deborah's estate amounted to 100 pounds, sixteen shillings. The children born to William and Deborah Hillard were: (1) David, born in 1677, died Jan. II, 1749. (2) Deborah, born in 1685, married Nov. 11, 1706, John Pad- dock, son of John and Ann (Jones) Paddock. (3) Esther married Jeremiah Gears, son of George and Sarah (Allyn) Gears, and had issue, Oliver, Han- nah, Esther, Zebulon, Ziporah and Jerusha. (4) Mary, born April 3, 1687, died in 1717 ; she married Dec. 25, 1704, John Palmer, son of John and Eliza- beth Palmer, who was born Nov. 24, 1687; and they. had issue, Bridget (born March 17, 1706), Amy (born May 24, 1708), Deborah (born July 30, 1710), and John (born Oct. 20, 1712). (5) Abigail, born July 12, 1690, married April 25, 1714, Warren Gibbs. (6) Sarah was born June 28, 1692. (7) Jon- athan, born Nov. 8, 1696, married Abigail Wilbur, daughter of William, May 13, 1716; she was born April 1, 1697, and died Oct. 5, 1741, the mother of David (born Sept. 3, 1718), Azariah (born Nov. 30, 1719, died June 16, 1724), Joanna (born May 24, 1722, married Dec. 30, 1740, Nathaniel Hancox), Isaac (born Oct. 2, 1726, married April 5, 1751, at Westerly, R. I., Victorious Coats, and had chil- dren-Abigail, born March 30, 1752, Jonathan, Feb. 27, 1754, Jorriah, Feb. 14, 1758, Elizabeth, Feb. 5,

1763, Delight, Aug. 18, 1764, and David, Feb 7, 1767), John (born March 12, 1729, married Mah 5, 1761, Hannah Rosseter ), and Ambros (born b. 6, 1731, died Jan. 24, 1732).

(IV) David Hillard and Joanna Ambros le married in Stonington, Conn., July 13, 1699 y Joseph Church, J. P. She died April 14, 171 n her thirty-ninth year. They were both taken 0 the Road Church, Stonington, Conn., April 4, 1 3, and he was dismissed to the church in Little Cob- ton, R. I., May 16, 1717. He lived in Stonin en and New London, Conn., and Little Compton, Je. He owned land in Plainfield, Conn., which he d Sept. 15, 17II, and also bought and sold lan n Stonington, Conn., and Salem, Mass. His will, dad Aug. 1, 1748, proved Feb. 7, 1749, names his Susanna as executrix. He was a military off (, and up to the time of his death was called cap.l. By will he left his swords to his sons. The chil In of his first marriage were: (1) Deborah, born Ail 4, 1700, baptized at Stonington, Conn., Apri B, 1708, married June 29, 1719, Isaac Wheaton. Lydia, born Oct. 4, 1702, died young. (3) Wil ja was born Oct. 28, 1703. (4) Priscilla, born No 1705, baptized at Stonington, Conn., April 8, I married Sept. 1, 1725, Job Palmer; and had ir children legatees under the will of David; her da occurred at Norwich, Conn. (5) John, born If. 17, 1707, baptized at Stonington, Conn., April, 1708, died young. (6) Oliver, born in 1709, 1 - tized Nov. 28, 1709, by Rev. James Noyes, at F/1 Church, Stonington, Conn., married Nov. 18, I ) Sarah Wilbur, of Little Compton, R. I., who is born Feb. 28, 1713. He had part of his fatlys farm in Little Compton, and was a deputy fh there in 1762. They had children, Joanna (h 1 March 26, 1733), John ( April 5, 1735), Isaac (A I I, 1737, married Feb. 28, 1759, Sarah White), D: 1 (April 21, 1743), William (twin of David, die 2 1756), Joseph (May 8, 1745), Oliver (Aug. 1747, died Oct. 18, 1756), and Sarah (Aug. 1747). (7) Joseph, born in August, 1711, bapt ] Aug. 12, 17II, by Rev. James Noyes, at RI Church, in Stonington, was married Feb. 25, I; - 36, by Joseph Fish, to Freelove Miner. (8) Doro., born in 1713, baptized May 24, 1713, married J.2 18, 1736, Joseph Cole. (9) Benoni, born March 1716, baptized by Rev. James Noyes, at Ri Church, April 22, 1716, married (first) Martha L 1 and (second) Fatience Pierson, and died Aug. 180I.

David Hillard, father of the above given 1|2 children, married for his second wife Susa ? Luther. She was born in 1686, and died Apri 1777. Their children were: (1) Mary, born J]: 23, 1718, died Aug. 8, 1740; she married June , 1737, William Shaw, Jr. (2) Joshua, born Oct. 1719, married, in 1744, Esther Burgess. (3) HI- nah, born Oct. II, 1721, married Dec. 12, 1746. J - Wilbur, Jr. (4) Samuel, born March 19, 1723, ( Aug. 6, 1741. (5) David, born Sept. 21, 1726, cl

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in y, 1816; he married Sept. 19, 1746, Ann Mercy Iris and he was doubtless a lieutenant-colonel in the d Regiment, Militia, of Providence, in 1776. (6] Susanna, born June 9, 1730, died Aug. 26, (7) Abigail, born Oct. II, 1732, married Dec. 750, Champlin Potter. In May, 1774, Oliver, h and David Hillard were three of the eighty-

173 15, Jos thr who petitioned the Assembly of Connecticut for Sto ermission to build a church at Long Point, in ngton.

7) William Hillard was baptized April 8, 1708, onington, and was living in Stonington on given him by his father in 1745. He died Oct ., 1783, in the eightieth year of his age.

(TI). William Hillard, Jr., son of the above Wi um, was married Feb. 20, 1755, in Stoning- Mary Denison, born Jan. 24, 1735, daughter

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ton of ebe Denison, granddaughter of Daniel Deni- son great-granddaughter of John Denison, and gre great-granddaughter of George Denison. Wil m Hillard, Jr., died June 7, 1815, in his eigh- rth year. The children born to him were: born Oct. 4, 1756, died March 1, 1826; Will- as born Jan. 10, 1759; Azariah, born Jan. 25, 176 was 176 15, married Nov. 20, 1788, Sarah Brown; Mary orn April 13, 1763; Phebe was born Oct. 24, Priscilla, born March II, 1769, married Feb. 1307, Jonathan Records; Guairden (Gordon) wastorn Feb. 10, 1771 (his wife's name was Pe- cura 1 .-

II) John Hillard and Betsey Worthington Matr were married in Stonington May 25, 1783. as born Dec. 16, 1763, and died Feb. 9, 1817. She The children were: Sarah, born Jan. 30, 1784, d Jesse Miner ; Betsey, born June 9, 1786, mar mar d a Jenks, and became the mother of Phy- land and Sally ; Charlotte was born Feb. 14, 1788;

Johr born Feb. 14, 1790, died May 21, 1790; John, born pril 9, 1791, removed to Ohio; Nabby, born Sept 5, 1793, married David Brient, and they re-

to Pennsylvania; Clarissa, born Feb. 14, 1795 married Martin Winchester, of Marlboro, illiam Mather, born May 26, 1798, died Aug. Vt .;

IO, 5 : Elias, born Oct. 30, 1800, married Oct. 10, 1824

Eliza Hewitt, and died Nov. 14, 1868, the fathe of Frank, Charles, Frances, Albert Clinton

and in; Hiram was born April 21, 1803 ; Worth- ingtc was born Nov. 6, 1805. John Hillard was 1 in Capt. Hyde's Company, Fourth Regi- Connecticut Line, Formation of 1777-81. He for the war, Jan. 1, 1777, and was honor- scharged Jan. 1, 1780.

corpo ment enlist ably 179 1825,

II) William Mather Hillard, born May 26, ied Aug. 10, 1885. He was married Aug. 7, / Elias Hewitt, J. P., to Cynthia S. Wheeler, s born Aug. 26, 1803, and died in 1829. They the parents of the following children : Will-

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race, born Aug. 8, 1826, is spoken of ex- y hereafter ; Albert Wheeler, born Oct. 18, married, Nov. 25, 1851, Emily Miner Ran- lall, d ighter of William Randall. William Mather

Hillard was married (second) May 18, 1830, by Rev. Asher Miner, to Lucy Morella Dewey, born Feb. 4, 1810, daughter of Christopher and Margaret (Brown) Dewey. Mrs. Hillard is yet living ( 1905), spry and active for her years. Their children were: (1) Lucy Morella, born April 18, 1831, married Oct. 13, 1852, Charles Henry Crandall, son of Nathan and Catherine (Brown) Crandall, who was born March 25, 1828, and who died Jan. 2, 1898; he was the father of Charlie, born March 21, 1854, died April 18, 1854; Cornelius Blackledge, born Feb. 21, 1856, married Nov. II, 1891, Mabel Gertrude Swift, and their children are Maurice Hillard (born March 21, 1893) and Mildred (born July 14, 1899) ; Geneva, born Sept. 22, 1858, married Charles Pendleton Trumbull, March 2, 1881, and their children are Eliza Niles (born Jan. 29, 1882, married Edwin Loomis King, June 29, 1904), Maria Babcock (born March 22, 1884, died Jan. 13, 1896), Geneva Hil- lard (born March 30, 1886), Horace Niles (born Jan. 23, 1890) and Charles Pendleton (born Dec. I, 1897). (2) Margaret, born Feb. 13, 1833, married Oct. 9, 1867, Benjamin Franklin Sisson, son of Gil- bert and Desire (Maine) Sisson, who was born April 1I, 18II, and died Sept. 8, 1885 ; their children were : Fannie Abbott, born July 2, 1868, died Feb. 15, 1871; Edward Carlton, born March II, 1870, married Aug. 22, 1895, Edith Jones, and became the father of Edward Albert (born July 18, 1896), William (born May 6, 1898) and Margaret Carlton (born May 15, 1901) ; Cora, born July 26, 1872, died March 7, 1876; and Madge, born Dec. 12, 1876. (3) Eliza Ann, born Feb. 20, 1835, married Feb. 22, 1860, Charles Edwin Hewitt, of North Stonington, Conn. He was the son of Stanton and Mary (Avery) Hewitt, and was born Feb. 1, 1834. Their children were: Mary Eliza, born Jan. 18, 1862, died March 6, 1889 ; Jennie Morella, born Nov. 14, 1863, married Frank Elwin Bentley, and became the mother of Elwin Hewitt (born April 2, 1898), Har- old Stanton (born June 5, 1899) and Fernando Waterman (born Dec. 18, 1900) ; Kate Amelia, born Dec. II, 1865, died May 28, 1888; Margaret Hil- lard was born Nov. 22, 1867; Edna, born Nov. 7, 1877, married April 30, 1901, George Wyman Tryon. (4) Luke, born April 19, 1838, married Oct. 9, 1866, Minnie L. Nichols, daughter of John D. and Mary E. (Webster) Nichols, who died Feb. 18, 1888. (5) Paul Herman was born Jan. 13, 1842. (6) Sabrina was born March II, 1849.

William Mather Hillard was a member of the Baptist Church in North Stonington, of which he was a trustee. He was a man of sterling qualities and held many offices of trust in his native town. Prior to him the family name was spelled Hilliard, but he dropped the "i," and since then it has been spelled Hillard.

(IX) Paul Herman Hillard, born Jan. 13, 1842, was married Jan. 16, 1868, in New London, Conn., by Rev. A. P. Buell, to Caroline Matilda Noyes, who was born Dec. 15, 1846, daughter of Avery Denison

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and Bathsheba (Dickens) Noyes. On Aug. 20, 1862, he enlisted, becoming a private in Company G, 21st Regiment Conn. V. I., and was honorably discharged July 5, 1865. After the war he re- ceived an appointment in the office of the adjutant general of Connecticut as clerk in charge of pensions, back pay and bounty claims, which position he held for three years and then resigned for political rea- sons. He then engaged in mercantile business at Binghamton, N. Y., until the spring of 1871. Since that time he has resided in Pawcatuck, where he has been engaged in the manufacture of novelties, and also in the life and accident insurance business and as a pension attorney. Mr. Hillard has always been prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity and with the Grand Army of the Republic, and is one of the leading men in his locality.

(X) WILLIAM AVERY HILLARD, M. D., physi- cian and surgeon of Pawcatuck, town of Stonington, was born in Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1870. The young man graduated from the Westerly high school, and then, following his natural bent, entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City, from which he was graduated June 14, 1893. In the fall of that same year he located at Pawcatuck, where he remained for six months. The succeeding three years were spent in active practice at Manchester, N. H., but in April, 1897, he returned to Fawcatuck, where he has since built up a large practice, which extends throughout the neighborhood and into Rhode Island.

On Dec. 25, 1895, Dr. Hillard was united in marriage, by Rev. George F. Babbit, with Miss Addie Woodbury Palmer, who was born at Haver- hill, Mass., April 22, 1874, daughter of Osmer Asa and Abbie Jane (Cummings) Palmer, at Ames- bury, Mass. One child, in the eleventh generation, Paul Noyes, was born to Dr. and Mrs. Hillard March 21, 1898. Dr. Hillard is a member of the New Hampshire State Medical Society, the Ameri- can Medical Association, the Washington County (R. I.) Medical Society (of which he is an ex-pres- ident) and of the Sons of the American Revolution in five different lines. He has spent a great amount of time and energy in historical and genealogical research, and is a very scholarly man, thoroughly abreast of modern research and medical discoveries. As a physician he stands high in his profession, and socially is very popular.

(IX) WILLIAM HORACE HILLARD, now one of the venerable residents of North Stonington, Conn., and one of its representative and prominent men, who has nobly borne his part in its development, was born in District No. Nine, of North Stonington, Aug. 8, 1826, and spent his early school days in that district, where he was educated. Until he was twenty-six years of age he farmed, and then for a few years was a teacher in North Stonington and Rhode Island. In 1860 he began clerking for Charles N. Wheeler, who kept a general store in North Stonington, and a year later bought him out,

and since then has carried on the business alon le- coming very successful. Mr. Hillard is a man ho has always taken a deep interest in political mats. Prior to the formation of the Republican part jie )-

was a Whig, and since then has been a strong porter of the principles of the new party. Mr. 1. lard has had a busy life, having been called upc in addition to his business cares, to fill more than le position of trust and responsibility, among vlh may be mentioned those of school visitor; n clerk, for a period of twelve years; judge of bate for the same length of time ; town treasur deposit fund ; and from 1877 to 1878 he was a r ber of the Legislature. Since 1861, with the ex tion of the two terms when President Cleved ruled, Mr. Hillard has been postmaster, and the position ably and to the entire satisfactionf the patrons of the post office. Religiously Mr. lard has been connected with the Baptist Ch 1 since he was twenty years of age, and he is deacon and trustee, serving with Henry E. B l and George A. Pendleton.

Mr. Hillard has been married three times, first wife having been Miss Maryette Burdick. h 1878 he married Miss Nancy Mary Wheeler, and March 15, 1903, he was united to. Miss Mary Chapman, daughter of Rev. Daniel Franklin Rebecca (Getchell) Chapman. The Rev. Mr. CI . man was pastor of the Pendleton Hill Baj Church for twelve years, until his death in I. and was a most excellent man and eloquent preac

This old and highly honored family is one of best known in New London county. From eari, times, as may be seen by the records given aby its members have been connected with the hist of the several localities in which they have resic and there is nothing but good written of them. Th bearing the honored name to-day are manfully holding the standard of excellence, and follow the examples set by those who helped to make nation what it is to-day, and who assisted in est lishing and maintaining law and order when wha now a flourishing commonwealth was almost wilderness.

BRIGGS. The branch of this family which nearly a half century has been identified with ma facturing interests in eastern Connecticut is an one in the State of Rhode Island.

We have been able to trace to John Briggs, wi is recorded in Kingston, R. I., in 1671, as a clerk a military company, and the next year as a land p chaser. He was a freeman in 1673, and consta in 1687. It is assumed by Austin, in his Genealo cal Dictionary of Rhode Island, that Thomas Brig of Kingston and Greenwich, and Daniel Briggs, East Greenwich, were his sons, his other childi being: John, of North Kingston; James, of E. Greenwich and Kingston, Portsmouth and Cra: ton ; Frances ; Richard, of Kingston and East Gret wich ; and Robert, Mary Ann and Sarah, who ser

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to ave left no posterity. Frances, the wife of John B ygs, died in 1697, the same year as her husband. James Briggs resided in East Greenwich, where became the father of the following children :

h H ry, who served in the French and Indian war, a1 died at East Greenwich; Anderson, who was a scier in the war of the Revolution, and died in t Greenwich ; and Jonathan.

onathan Briggs, son of James, was born in Ii, in East Greenwich. As a boy he went with Gls Pierce to Block Island, where he worked on a fa 1 During the Revolutionary war he enlisted ar served nearly seven years. At first he belonged to apt. Thomas Hughes's Company, and in 1779 he vas assigned to Col. Israel Angell's regiment. In 782 he became corporal. He participated in the hibric battles of Germantown, Monmouth and Y ‹town, and for some years was a United States pe ioner, receiving $8 per month. After the close offie war he engaged in farming at Coventry, R. I., fear Greene Station. While taking a load of poloes from the field he was caught between the ga post and the hub of the cart wheel, and his De thifi was crushed, from the effect of which he died 23, 1837, at the advanced age of eighty-two ye: He was buried on the homestead farm. He wa a man much respected by the community and bel ed by his family. His wife, Abigail Greene, wł was born June 17, 1758, at Harkney Hill, Cov-

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, R. I., daughter of Nathaniel Greene, died

Ju. 9, 1847. Jonathan Briggs and wife were the parts of the following children: Giles, born in Co ntry, went to Medina county, Ohio, where he leaving several children ; Wanton is mentioned die

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; Olney, born in Coventry, R. I., July 9, 1791, ed Eleanor Arnold, and died on the homestead ma far

at the age of ninety-two; Polly, who married a Jedan, died in Coventry; Niobe married a Blan- chal (by whom she had two children, Almira, who ma Jol ed Williard Vickery, and Hulda, who married Carpenter ), and second Albert Brown ; Hulda beche the second wife of James L. Ross, of Cov- ent R. I., and Clarissa, her daughter, married Lavon Corey, and settled in Bureau county, Illi:

anton Briggs, son of Jonathan, was born Oct. 38, and was a farmer in his native town of

COT itry. He served as a soldier in the war of 18I At a time when cotton factories were spring- ing p all over New England, and particularly in : Island, Mr. Briggs decided to leave his farm cate in the factory village of Harrisville, R. I .. . ich continued to be his home for many years, and where he reared his children to a thorough kno

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edge of the cotton business, which several of followed successfully as a life occupation. He man of good ability and sound judgment. As ce of the peace, his decisions were marked for

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a ju thei impartiality and good common sense. His he deat occurred at Phenix, R. I., March 27, 1849, and 's laid to rest in the Manchester cemetery in

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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 36

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