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Mr. Gates' fraternal connections are included in membership with Francis S. Long Post, No. 30, G. A. R., of Willimantic, the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut, and the Connecticut Pomological Society. In his religious views he is liberal as to creed, but in life regulates his affairs as nearly as is compatible with the teachings of the Golden Rule. He has a wide acquaintance through the town, and probably enjoys the respect and esteem of every worthy citizen.
On Jan. 25, 1860, Mr. Gates was married at Lebanon, to Ellen Maria Ford, born April 15, 1838, daughter of Ezekiel and Sally (Burnham) Ford, and the four children born to this union are: (I) Frederick, born in March, 1861, graduated from the Natchaug High School at Willimantic, and was connected with the Willimantic Linen Company of that city, where he was also connected with the Ma- sonic order. He married Hattie J. Bliven, and at his death, Dec. 18, 1902, he was survived by his widow and one son, William Frederick, born Feb. 29, 1896. (2) Andrew Frink, born Oct. 22, 1862, graduated from the Natchaug High School, and from Yale College in 1887. In 1889 he graduated from the Yale Law School, was admitted to the Bar of New Haven county in the same year, and engaged in the practice of law at Hartford. In 1889 he served as assistant clerk of the House of Representatives, under clerk Samuel A. Eddy, their service extending through the famous "deadlock session" of 1891. In 1893 Mr. Gates was made clerk of the House, and in 1895, clerk of the Senate. In the meantime he had been appointed prosecuting agent for Hartford and vicinity, and served as the same until 1901, when he resigned in order to accept the position of Tax Commissioner for the State of Connecticut, tendered him by Gov. George P. Mc- Lean, an intimate friend. His ability was such that he was chosen by his political party as chairman of the Republican State Central committee. In all these positions he has acquitted himself with a fidel- ity and true sense of the responsibilities of his trusts, which have not failed to win him the hearty commendation of all concerned. His many sterling characteristics, combined with his legal skill and acumen, have gained him an enviable standing in the ranks of the legal profession in his city, county and State. In 1893 he was elected a member of the board of school visitors of Hartford for a term of
six years, during the latter part of which he ar- formed the duties of acting visitor. He is genety conceded to be one of the promising rising yeg men of the State. He married Alice Louise, da o- ter of Dr. John Welch, of Hartford, and they two daughters, viz .: Elizabeth Welch, born II, 1895 ; and Margaret, born Aug. 28, 1900. Julia Maria, born Feb. 8, 1865, married Chips Larrabee, Jr., a farmer and quarry owner at Wil- ham, and they have two children, viz .: Heler born March 17, 1891 ; and Marion G., born Jul 1896. (4) Arthur William, born June 22, 186 ftas a graduate of the Natchaug High School, and fills the position of overseer of the bleaching de ment of the Willimantic Linen Company. He ried May Amelia Avery, of Willimantic.
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BENEDICT W. MORGAN (deceased), 01 f the best known men in his generation in My where he was successfully engaged as a merc ft from the close of the Civil war until his death, fy 15, 190I, was a member of one of the oldest fan Is of New London county.
(I) James Morgan, the first of this line of w'In we have record, married Margery Hill.
(II) Capt. James Morgan, son of James, marți Mary Vine.
(III) Deacon William Morgan, born Marc 1669, died Dec. 25, 1750. He was the first de: 1 of the Congregational Church at Groton, Now, 1704. On July 17, 1696, he married Marg; daughter of Capt. James Avery, of Groton, and ke passed away in 1755.
(IV) Capt. Joseph Morgan, born Aug. 10, Il was married Dec. 4, 1735, to Dorothy, daughte li Ebenezer Avery, of Groton. She died April 5, I and he passed away Dec. 1, 1785.
(V) Joseph Morgan, born Jan. 31, 1738, Dec. 10, 1771. On Dec. 10, 1761, he married 1|- dence, granddaughter of Capt. Christopher Av, of Groton.
(VI) Joseph Morgan, born Nov. 28, 1762, 1 Dec. 1, 1831. He served in important town off. being selectman and representative of Salem. July 3, 1783, he married Eunice Perkins, who (! March 16, 1799, and he subsequently, on July 1799, married her sister, Mrs. Mary (Perki Latham.
(VII) Isaac A. Morgan, born Sept. 9, 1788, -* married Sept. 13, 1812, to Abby, daugliter Thomas Wells, who was born July 3, 1792. Morgan died March 16, 1856. He was a cabin maker and undertaker by occupation, and resi| at Old Mystic.
(VIII) Benedict W. Morgan, born March 1830, in Stonington, spent his school days there in Ledyard. When a young man he went to Cl fornia, making the trip around the Horn on schooner "Velasco" with other "forty-niners," he also made a second trip to the New Eldora Later he was on coasting vessels to the West Ind
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ubsequently began to follow the trade of ship ter, which he had learned in boyhood, work- 1 that line for a number of years before the
Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion he ed in Company E, 2Ist Conn. V. I., but after serv At the oper whi busi trad Noa blo g some time was taken ill, and returned home. close of the conflict, in 1865, he commenced ection of Morgan's block, and on its completion 1 a meat market in one of the store rooms, he carried on until his death. He did a large ss, not only supplying the Mystic and local but also sending carts to Stonington and :. He also established a furniture store in the and dealt largely in real estate, and in nearly ever imp his mor of 1 caus case when he bought property he made marked vements upon it. He was successful in all ntures, and no man of his day was better or favorably known in Mystic and that section w London county. His death, which was by an attack of pneumonia, was widely mou ed, and was regarded as a real loss to the tow1 Socially he was a member of the Royal Arca im, affiliating with Pequot Council, and he was so a member of Williams Post, No. 55, G. A. R., &1 the American Legion of Honor.
( Feb. 18, 1856, Mr. Morgan married Ellen Nan Avery, who was born Feb. 18, 1834, daughter of Fk W. Avery, of Groton, and two children bless this union: Walter C., born Nov. 1, 1856, and arriet, born April II, 1858.
Fk William Avery, father of Mrs. Morgan, was 1 n Sept. 20, 1788, and died Dec. 11, 1866. On Oct. 4, 18II, he married Clarissa Belton Avery, who jas born April 27, 1792, and died March 25, 1867 .They were the parents of fourteen children, William Park, born Nov. 12, 1812, was viz. : drow d while in bathing, July 20, 1830. Lauriston, born born April Jan. : son, 1 lon, Oct. oppos OW11 porn lied lied
n. 12, 1814, died June 16, 1836. Caroline, ct. 12, 1815, married Hiram Allyn, and died 0, 1891. Albert F., born Feb. 21, 1817, died 1890 ; he was a carpenter by vocation. Jeffer- 'n Aug. 14, 1819, was a grocer of New Lon- d died Aug. 3, 1884. James Denison, born 1820, died Jan. 26, 1897, and his widow lives : the Avery Memorial in Poquonock ; he was erk of Groton for many years. Eunice L., arch 31, 1822, married John Morgan, and pt. 15, 1901. Youngs, born Feb. 8, 1824, ril 22, 1870; his son Hubbard resides in Norwfi, and Luther resides in New London. Lucy rn Dec. 14, 1825, married Colonel Hubbard gan, of Groton, and died Nov. 25, 1851. mily, born Feb. 6, 1828, married Moses ind died Aug. 20, 1886. Hannah M., born 1830, died Nov. 20, 1833. Adelia Esther, ly II, 1832, married Elisha S. Thomas, of Ellen Nancy, born Feb. 18, 1834, married W. Morgan. Prentice Park, born March died Aug. 19, 1884.
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TER CLIFFORD MORGAN, who was as- with his father during a long period of
that gentleman's business career in Mystic, was born Nov. 1, 1856, at Old Mystic, in the town of Ston- ington. He attended the schools of his native place and Palmer Gallup's private school in Mystic, and began his business career at an early age, on Aug. I, 1869, commencing work in the meat market with his father. They were associated in business as long as the father lived, and since his death the son has continued to carry on the market under the old name. In January, 1902, Walter C. Morgan pur- chased the Greenman farm, and in June, 1903, he removed to it, and he has made many changes in the place since it came into his possession, repairing and rebuilding the buildings on the land until they could hardly be recognized. The place comprises 123 acres, and in addition to general agriculture Mr. Morgan keeps thirty head of cattle and runs a milk route. With all this he has not neglected the busi- ness in which he was practically reared, and which has prospered under his management ; he has three wagons out all the time. He is energetic in every- thing he undertakes, and successful in all his ven- tures, as he deserves to be, and his standing in the town where he has spent practically all his life is most creditable.
On June 16, 1895, Mr. Morgan was married, at Hopkinton, R. I., to Miss Martha J. Wheeler, daughter of Noyes Denison and Susan Samantha (Wilbur) Wheeler, and two children have been born to them: Walter C., Jr., on July 25, 1896; and Clara Avery, on Dec. 15, 1899. Mr. Morgan is a member of the Masonic fraternity, affiliating with Charity and Relief Lodge, F. & A. M.
ODELL D. TOMPKINS. Among those of the present generation of the early Stonington families, who were themselves either born or reared in the town, and, although no longer residing there, are by reason of present family connections and per- sonal affiliation with its people, still identified with the place, is Odell D. Tompkins of Mount Vernon, N. Y. The son of Ellen M. Wilcox and so of the Wilcox and Denison lineage of New London county, he comes on the paternal side of an old New York family-the Tompkins' of Westchester county. Born Sept. 25, 1872, most of his boyhood was spent at Mystic, he attending the public schools there and graduating from what is now known as the Broad- way high school in 1889.
Taking up the study of law at Tarrytown, N. Y., continuing it later in the office of Austin Abbott, and in the meanwhile attending the University of the City of New York, he received from it the de- gree of LL. B., graduating with the class of '93, and in December of that year was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York. Almost immediately after admission he entered upon the practice of his profession at Mount Vernon, forming with Judge George C. Appell of that place a partnership that still continues.
In the spring of 1896 a complete breakdown in
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health necessitated the giving up of business, and resulted in the spending of two years living an out of door life in New Mexico and Arizona, where com- plete recovery was had.
On the President's call for volunteers at the breaking out of the Spanish-American war he en- listed, and served as a private soldier in Battery A, Utah Light Artillery, participating with his battery in the occupation of Manila, and subsequently in the battle of Feb. 4-6, 1899, and the ensuing engage- ments with Filipino Insurrectos. Invalided home in the summer of 1899, after some months spent at Mystic, business interests caused him to again seek and for a time settle in the West, whence he returned about three years ago, to resume the practice of his profession in Mount Vernon, N. Y., where he now is.
His interest in New London county, historically and otherwise, and his strong attachment to the locality, is revealed in nothing better perhaps than in the article he himself contributed, not long since, to the New England Magasine, descriptive of this portion of our Connecticut shore. His own summers, invariably spent at Mystic, and his unfailing interest in its affairs, and in the preservation of its New England character, attest both his wish and right to be considered one of its sons.
ALONZO R. ABORN. The Aborn family of early Salem and Lynn, Mass., and later of Tolland, Conn., from which Alonzo R. Aborn, who for twen- ty-five years or more has been prominent in the affairs of Norwich, comes, is one of honorable standing in New England for upward of two hun- dred and fifty years.
Born May 6, 1837, in the town of Ellington, Conn., Mr. Aborn is a son of Reuben and Amelia ( Peters) Aborn, and a descendant of Samuel Aborn, an early settler of Salem Village, Massa- chusetts.
Samuel Aborn (the name is variously spelled in early records, Aborne, Eborne, etc.) was an early settler of Salem Village. He was born about 1611 ; was made a freeman in 1665, and died in the winter of 1699-1700. He married Catherine Smith of Marblehead, who survived him, and was living in 1701. His children were: Samuel, Joseph, Moses, Mary, Rebecca, Hannah and Sarah. According to Nahant's History of Lynn, Mass. ( 1865), this Sam- uel Aborn, in 1640, was a farmer, and resided first on the Common, and afterward removed to Lynn- field.
Moses Aborn, son of Samuel of Salem and Lynn, Mass., born in 1645-46, and baptized, "6-6," in 1648, in First Church, Salem, married (first) Sarah Haines, "9-7 mo." 1676; she died in Salem, "I-9 mo.," 1676, and he married (second) Abigail Gil- bert, of Ipswich, who was living in 1723. His will was proved Feb. 17, 1735-36. He was a husband- man in Marblehead in 1667, and then in Salem un- til about 1678, when he removed to Lynn, where he
afterward lived. His children born to the first riage were: Moses and Joseph ; those born toje second marriage were: Sarah, Abigail, Tho Hannah, Mary and James, John, Samuel and Edf- ezer, all born in Lynn.
Samuel Aborn, son of Moses, born in L March 19, 1692, married (first) Oct. 29, 17 Martha Bancroft, of Lynn, and (second) Sept 173I (date published), Sarah Needham, of Sa He was a husbandman, and in 1744 is called a s - herd. He lived in Salem in 1733, '34, '39, and (of Lynn, fisherman, 1734). His children w John, baptized in September, 1722, in Lynnf, Samuel, baptized June 4, 1727, in First Chut. Salem; Sarah, baptized April 8, 1733, in Peab( Jane, baptized Nov. 17, 1734, in Peabody; Su nah, baptized Dec. 19, 1736, in Peabody; and liam, baptized May 13, 1739, in Peabody.
On March 17, 1724, Samuel Aborn, of L Mass., took a deed of Nathaniel Wallis, conveyil tract of land in the north part of Tolland, Conn. the Hockanum. The first family record of San Aborn in Tolland is his marriage on Nov. 7, 175. Mary Ingham, of Hebron, Conn. Their child were : Martha, born Aug. 19, 1754; Samuel, t March 23, 1756; Mary, born Feb. 19, 1758, die( infancy ; Mary (2), born July 5, 1759 ; John, ba June 23, 1761 ; Dorcas, born March 31, 1763 ; El beth, born May 20, 1765 ; Ruth, born Sept. 3, I7. and Reuben, born March 5, 1772. (It is assui that the Samuel Aborn who was baptized in F Church, as shown in the generation next previ was the Samuel Aborn who settled in Tolland, married in 1753 Mary Ingham. The purcha of the land was probably his father, Samuel).
John Aborn, son of Samuel and Mary, b June 23, 1761, was a farmer, and resided n Crystal Lake, in the town of Ellington. He m ried June 28, 1796, Sarah Russell, of Ellington, ¿ their children were: Sally, born July 1, 17! Laura, Jan. 7, 1799 (married Chester Dart) ; Jc G., July 21, 1800; Hannah, Jan. 21, 1802 (marr (second) Alvin Kibbe) ; Daniel, Oct. 20, 1803; R ben, May 9, 1805; Lucius, Oct. 13, 1806; Par June 21, 1809; Madison, March 28, 1811; Mort Nov. 28, 1812; and Maria.
Reuben Aborn, son of John, born May 9, 18 in Ellington, Conn., married in May, 1836, Ame Peters, a native of the State of Pennsylvania. M Aborn purchased, in 1846, what was known as 1 Ebenezer Learned farm, in North Oxford, Mas and upon it built a new house. This farm la became the property of Capt. Stephen Barton, ther of Miss Clara Barton, of Red Cross fame, w for many years resided on the place. Reub Aborn died there Jan. 24, 1875. He was a farm and was also engaged at lumbering. He was t father of the following named children : Alonzo J born May 6, 1837, is mentioned below. Mary : born October 29, 1838, married William Kibbe, a died in October, 1869. Livonia V., born Jan.
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18. married E. Gerry Warren, of Auburn, Mass., andlied Aug. 7, 1894. Sarah E., born Dec. 6, 1849, malied Daniel I. Kelly, of Auburn, Mass., and have one son, Gerry Alonzo, now located in aso, Texas. Frank C., born in 1854, died in
the El I86 the 18C Mrs. Amelia (Peters) Aborn, the mother of children, died in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 29, aged eighty-three years, and was buried be- sidher husband in Oxford.
lonzo R. Aborn, son of Reuben, and the sub- roper of these lines, and who, in keeping with regoing, is a descendant in the seventh gener-
jec the atic from Samuel Aborn, of Salem and Lynn, Ma , when a mere child accompanied his father to Oxford, Mass., where his boyhood and early man- hoc were passed. He attended the common schools of ( ford, and graduated from Oxford high school. He as brought up to farm work, and later was emj yed as clerk in a store. In 1866 he removed to prwich, Conn., which city has since been his fieldof business operation and place of residence, an here he has steadily, through the force of his mak ip, prospered in business, and come to the fror in standing as a citizen. Beginning his busi- nessife in Norwich as a clerk in the store of the Nor.ch Grocery Company, at No. 170 West Main
stre two years later he became the proprietor, succ sfully conducting a grocery and feed store untine retired, in 1890. Seven years of this time he 11 C. H. Hulburt in partnership, under the firm ame of Hulburt & Aborn. Since retiring fron mercantile pursuits he has given his at- hold of property he has consummated some ex- : real estate deals. He is an enterprising and
tenti to real estate transactions. Himself a large tens: publ ·spirited citizen, and has in various ways iden ed himself largely with the growth of Nor- wich He was active in raising the funds for the buil g of the First Baptist Church structure, and was member of the building committee. For years he w a trustee of that society.
M. Aborn in his political affiliations is a Repub- lican and while not a politician he has filled most acce .bly to the public satisfaction, and with credit to h: self, a number of public trusts. In 1884 he was member of the common council. For about a de le, beginning in 1874, he was a member of the est Chelsea school board, and served as its chair in a part of that time. While on this board he w largely instrumental in wiping out a long stand g debt of some $25,000. In June, 1893, he was osen an alderman of the city, serving four vears In 1896 Mr. Aborn was the Republican can- lidat
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for mayor of Norwich. The Democratic te received a majority of the votes cast, but y of them were declared illegal that Mr.
Abor was declared elected; rather than hold the office a technicality, however, he refused to ac- cept
same. In this campaign he received the suppo of the better element and property owners. Mr. jorn is an active member of the Board of
Trade, and served as president of same for two years ending in January, 1902. Mr. Aborn is a Knight Templar Mason. He is a Baptist in religion, having united with the Baptist Church at Oxford, Massachusetts.
On Dec. 26, 1862, Mr. Aborn was married to Lucy A., daughter of Francis Clark, and the union was blessed with one child, Frank Clinton, born March 10, 1868. Mrs. Aborn died March 18, 1876, aged thirty-three years.
FRANK CLINTON ABORN, son of Alonzo R., was one of the most promising young men of Norwich, and his death, on the very threshold of a promising brilliant career, was a blow to his many admirers throughout the city as well as to the father, as he was his only son, in whom fond hopes were cher- ished. Mr. Aborn was graduated from the West Chelsea high school, and also from the Norwich Free Academy. As a student of medicine, which he had chosen for a life work, he showed great pro- ficiency. He began the study of his profession un- der the direction of Dr. W. K. Tingley, of Norwich, who, in a letter of introduction of the young man to the Faculty of Bellevue Medical College, stated that he was a student of high order. In that insti- tution Mr. Aborn stood high in his class. On his death, which occurred Feb. 24, 1890, the Dean of the College-Dr. Flint-in a letter to his father re- ferred to him as a "bright student and young gen- tleman." While in the city of New York Mr. Aborn . was a member of a debating club, and an active member of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Mount Morris Baptist Church, which church he at- tended. He was a member of the Amicus Club, and a charter member of the Chelsea Boat Club, of Norwich. His untimely death no doubt prevented him from becoming a member of the 7th Reg. National Guards of N. Y., of which organization he had been requested to become a member. His amiable disposition, kindness of heart and gener- osity made him a favorite both at home and in New York. He and his mother are buried in the family plot at Oxford, Massachusetts.
NATHAN ALEXANDER BINGHAM, a de- scendant of the well-known New England family of that name, is a substantial factor in the mer- cantile world at Norwich, New London county, where, in the part of the city known as the Falls, he is engaged in the grocery business.
(I) Thomas Bingham, the founder of the Ameri- can branch of the family, was baptized in Sheffield, England, June 5, 1642, a son of Thomas, Sr., and Anna (Stenton) Bingham. He came to New Eng- land, and is of record in Saybrook, Conn. He be- came one of the first settlers of Norwich, Conn., and was one of the first landed proprietors in 1660. He was made freeman of the town in 1671 by the General Court, and removed to Windham, Conn., where for thirty years he can be traced as sergeant, selectman and deacon of the Church. He was ap-
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pointed and ordained senior deacon at the organiza- tion of the first Windham Church, Dec. 10, 1670, an office he held until his death, Jan. 16, 1729-30. On Dec. 12, 1666, he married Mary Rudd, born in 1648, who died in August, 1726. Their children were : Thomas, Abel, Mary, Jonathan, Ann, Abigail, Nathaniel, Deborah, Samuel, Joseph and Stephen, all of whom married and had families except Jon- athan, and all settled in Windham except Thomas and Abigail, who settled in Norwich, and Stephen, who removed to Lebanon.
(II) Abel Bingham, son of Thomas, was born June 25, 1669, probably in Norwich, Conn. He lived first at Stratford, Conn., until about 1707, when he removed to Windham, where he died March 25, 1745. Several times he was elected a delegate to the General Court, and was selectman, also holding other offices. In 1729 he was chosen a deacon of the First Church. He married Elizabeth (accord- ing to Windham records) or Mary (according to the records of Rev. Nash) Odell, and their children were: Abigail, Mary, John, Elizabeth, Abel, Ann, Jemima, Jonathan and David.
(III) David Bingham, son of Abel, was born at Windham, Conn., Sept. 12, 1714, and is mentioned in his father's will as a tanner. On Sept. 7, 1742, he married Hannah Bingham, and they made their home in Norwich. Their children were: Adonijah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Nathan, Ezra and Martha.
(IV) Nathan Bingham, son of David, was born in Norwich, March 24, 1752, and made his home in his native town. He married (first) March 27, 1777, Susannah Stark, of Lebanon, who. died March 15, 1782, the mother of three children : Han- nah, born Jan. 22, 1778; Abial, born Jan. 3, 1780; and Ervah, born Feb. 25, 1782. For his second wife Nathan Bingham married, on Jan. 29, 1784, Zerviah Sabin, who died July 9, 1796, aged thirty- six years. The six children of this marriage were: Charles, born Oct. 18, 1784; Oliver, Dec. 6, 1786; Isaac, Nov. 17, 1788; Susannah, Oct. 28, 1790; Al- exander, Aug. 18, 1792; and Eunice, July 5, 1794.
(V) Alexander Bingham, son of Nathan, en- gaged in farming at Yantic, and died Aug. 22, 1828. In January, 1817, he married Susan Waterman, who was born Jan. 19, 1798, and died Oct. II, 1844, at the age of forty-six years. Their children were: (I) Henry Alexander, born Nov. 12, 1817, was a merchant in Yantic. On Dec. 9, 1845, he married Clarissa L. Pendleton, and they had three children, Henry Alexander, Jr., Benadam Pendleton and Charles Henry. (2) Susan Eliza, born March 30, 1819, married, Dec. 10, 1845, Charles M. Pendleton, a farmer, and died at Yantic, Oct. 1, 1890. He died Aug. 27, 1887. Their children were Alexander B., Charles A. and Claudius V. (3) Nathan Nehemiah Waterman, born Feb. 22, 1821, married (first) Sept. 16, 1844, Sarah Tracy Woodworth, by whom he had three children, Atkins Clark, Nathan and Charles Huntington, the two last named dying in infancy. He married (second) Martha Hyde. (4) Andrew Rob-
inson is mentioned below. (5) Eunice Robson, born June 19, 1825, married, Oct. 5, 1847, [hn Cundall Luce, who was engaged in the trung business at the Falls. She died at Norwich. "(6) Claudius Victor Spencer, born Oct. 11, 1827, ent to California in young manhood, and there die
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