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 48

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
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In 1868 Mr. Ladd sold the old homestead and re- moved to Windsor Locks, purchasing a farm there, on which he resided five years. During this period, as before, he was employed as purchasing agent and as adjuster of claims against the Hartford, Provi- dence & Fishkill Railroad (now a part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford) serving in this and in similar capacities for about twenty-six years. He was also engaged in various outside works and spec- ulations for firms and corporations involving good judgment and experimental knowledge of men and things. Lawyers in the employ of companies and corporations which employed him valued his services in carrying on suits at law, in preparing the cases brought to trial, for which he received many compli- ments from them. In 1886 he moved to the town of Canterbury, having bought the house on "Canter- bury Green," which occupies the site of the old Judge Judson residence, long since demolished. On the premises is "Cobble Hill," the eminence from which the cannon was fired nearly a century ago, when the valiant citizens of Canterbury succeeded in driving

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Prudence Crandall out of town for the offense of teaching colored children in her school. Mr. Ladd has held various town offices in Canterbury and else- where, among them that of postmaster of Canter- bury. While a resident of Canterbury his religious connection was with the Congregational Church in Plainfield. The life work of Mr. Ladd abounds with practical achievements for the public welfare in the various localities in which his lot has been cast, and he has the satisfaction of seeing results which abundantly demonstrate that he has worthily served his day and generation.

In 1845 Mr. Ladd was married to Philena B. Hazen, daughter of Col. Henry Hazen, of Franklin, and a graduate of the Wilbraham Academy ; she died in 1860, and he married (second) in 1861, Catherine G. Kenyon, of Plainfield, a cousin of the late Hon. David Gallup. His children are : Philena Josephine, born Feb. 27, 1846, married in October, 1866, Lovell K. Smith ; Samuel Pierpont, Dec. 5, 1847, married June 7, 1869, Sarah A. Meacham ; and Arthur Clin- ton, Jan. 31, 1855, married, in March, 1880, Ida Browning.

ARTHUR CLINTON LADD, son of Samuel J. P., and whose birth and marriage appear above, is a na- tive of the town of Plainfield, though his elementary education was received in the district schools of Franklin and Sprague, in which town his father was then engaged in farming. Later the family removed to Windsor Locks, Conn., and Arthur C. there at- tended the high school from which he was graduated with the class of 1871. After this event he accepted a clerkship with the Hartford, Providence & Fish- kill Railroad, with which company he was employed until 1879, when he accepted a position in the rail- way mail service between Boston and New York. Here he continued until 1887, during which time he made his home in Jewett City. After leaving the mail service he became one of the organizers of the Jewett City Creamery, and was its manager until 1889, when he was made postmaster of Jewett City -a position he filled until the office became a presi- dential appointment, when he was appointed under the Harrison administration and filled the office with general satisfaction for four years, serving the pub- lic in this capacity in all for six years. In 1895 ow- ing to a change in administration, he resigned the office of postmaster and was engaged for four years as a superintendent and inspector of the construction of waterworks in Jewett City, Hartford and Boston. In 1899 he was appointed deputy collector of inter- nal revenue for the District of Connecticut, a posi- tion of trust and honor he has filled for the past six years with satisfaction. Mr. Ladd is a stanch Re- publican. He is liberal in his religious views. He is a stockholder and president of the Jewett City Water Company.

Socially Mr. Ladd is prominent in Masonic cir- cles : is a member of Vernon Lodge No. 75, F. & A. M., of Jewett City, of which lodge he is past mas- ter ; is also a member of Franklin Chapter and Coun-

cil at Norwich, and of Washington Commands at Hartford and the Sphinx Temple, Mystic Ship. ci the same city. He is also a member of Rfnce Lodge of Odd Fellows of Jewett City.

Mr. Ladd is a genial and popular man, fd is worthily carrying the name of his disting uihe father. He was married, as stated in the ford fin .... in 1880, to Ida Browning, daughter of Welco. A. and Cecelia H. (Williams) Browning. Mrs. dl. too, descends from an honorable line of sturd few England stock. She is a member of the Dat ters of the American Revolution.

HENRY B. NOYES. The Noyes fant of New London county is one of the oldest an most prominent in Connecticut. Henry Byron an Ed- win Brown Noyes, of Mystic, are descendais in the eighth generation from Rev. William Nci, of Cholderton, England, the father of the progenur of the family in America.

(I) Rev. William Noyes, born in 1568 inEng- land, was installed rector of Cholderton injo2. In 1595 he married Anna Parker, who was len in 1575 and buried March 7, 1657. He died in516. Their children were: Ephraim, Nathan, Jafs, a daughter, Nicholas and John.

(II) Rev. James Noyes was born in Ift, Il Cholderton, England, in 1634 married rah. daughter of Joseph Brown, of Southampton fing- land, and in March, 1634, embarked for NevEng- land, in company with his brother Nichol:fand Thomas Parker, his cousin, in the "Mary and an," of London. He preached for a short time a led- ford and for a time at Watertown, but in 163 went to Newbury, Mass., and preached there und his death, Oct. 22, 1656. His widow died Se 13. 1691. They had children as follows: ef h. James, Sarah, Moses, John, Thomas, Rebecca A il- liam and Sarah. He was much beloved in Ne urs.

(III) Rev. James Noyes (2), son of Rev. Ins, was born March II, 1640, graduated at Hard in 1659, and came to Stonington to preachı, fin- vitation of the town, in 1664, residing in the mil; of Thomas Stanton, Sr., until he was onne .. Sept. II, 1674. The next day he married Dothy Stanton. He purchased a large tract of 11 in Stonington from Samuel Willis, of Hartfor an! erected a house which became the first parson e! the Congregational Church at Stonington. an here died Dec. 30, 1719. For the first ten yel. he preached as a licentiate and the last forty-fiveari as an ordained clergyman. His children ere Dorothy, Dr. James, Thomas, Ann, John, seph and Moses.

(IV) Deacon John Noyes, son of Rev. 11 (2), was born Jan. 13, 1685, and married ar 16, 1714, Mary Gallup, who died May 13 736. On March 13, 1739, he married (second) Mr El'z- abeth Whiting, of Montville. He died Se 17 175I. His children were: William, John, eph, James, Mary, Sarah, Anna and Joseph.

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7) Joseph Noyes, son of Deacon John, was Feb. 29, 1730, and married Jan. 27, 1763, Pru- Dennison. They had issue : Prudence, Sarah, 1, Avery, Thankful, Zerviah, John, Anna, Re- Polly and Dennison.

I) Joseph Noyes (2), son of Joseph, was por. Sept. 3, 1768, and died Aug. 24, 1851. He nai d Nov. 30, 1790, Zerviah, daughter of Paul indi ucy (Swan) Wheeler, and she died Aug. 7, :801 They had issue as follows: William, born Aug 30, 1791, died Jan. 19, 1808; Joseph, born Feb :5, 1793, died June 12, 1872; Thomas, born Apr II, 1796, died Jan. 25, 1859; Paul W., born Mai 5, 1797, died Feb. 2, 1879; Cyrus W., born

Apr II, 1799, died Dec. 5, 1813; George W., born Sept ;0, 1801, died Feb. 26, 1866; Nathan Stanton, orr an. 7, 1804, died Aug. 27, 1898; and Lucy A., born Nov. 21, 1805, married Seth Williams, and lied mne 7, 1890. Joseph Noyes married (second) an. ), 18II, Eunice Chesebrough, who was born Dec.17, 1781, and died Nov. 4, 1844, daughter of Vill 1 and Esther Chesebrough. They had issue: Elisl D., born Oct. 28, 1811, died young ; William "., En March 28, 1813, married Jane R. Keown, esid at New York, and died Oct. 21, 1894; Eph- aim V., born Nov. 19, 1814, died unmarried ; silas ., born Oct. 18, 1816, died unmarried Sept. 9, I 7; Gurdon W., born Aug. 13, 1818, married McArthur, and died April 27, 1897, at New Agne

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Eunice E., born March 12, 1820, died tin- larr in September, 1877; Nancy L., born March 3, I |2, married (first) Sept. 2, 1841, John Starr 'arb (second) in 1852 Benjamin F. Hilliard, nd (ird) in 1866 Robert S. Taylor (she died in 904) T. Emily, born Nov. 3, 1823, married Sept. 8, Il.3, Charles G. Beebe, and resides at Mystic ; nd ( arlotte A., born April 3, 1826, was married 1 18: to David S. Babcock, and died in New York ity i 1904.

(VI) George W. Noyes was born Sept. 30, BOI, District No. 14, Stonington, and died at lysti Feb. 26, 1866. He spent his boyhood days 1 St ington, where his father was a farmer, erke for Enoch Burrows and Peleg Denison at tic, and later bought the latter's mercantile isine About 1833 he became the cashier of the ysti Bank at Old Mystic, and in November, 1851,

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irst marriage of George W. Noyes, which Sept. 2, 1827, was to Hannah E. Denni- was born March 26, 1810, and died Sept.

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10 di The econd marriage of Mr. Noyes, on Jan. 17, 33, vi; to Prudence Dean Brown, born June 14, IO, v) died Jan. 22, 1854, daughter of Randall

and Sarah (Palmer) Brown. They had children : Sarah E., born Nov. 24, 1835, died March 5, 1836; Henry Byron was born Jan. 15, 1837; Joseph Ran- dall, born Nov. 26, 1838, died July: 30, 1859; Wil- liam Harrison, born April 4, 1841, died Sept. 24, 1858; Ellen Elizabeth, born July 27, 1843, married John Gallup, Jr., Oct. 5, 1870, and their daughter, Mary E., born Aug. 7, 1871, married Harry F. Roach, of St. Louis, Mo., March 8, 1893 ; Theodore F., born Aug. 25, 1847, died Oct. 27, 1848; Edwin Brown, born Jan. 27, 1850, was married Oct. 2, 1873, to Eliza Tift, who was born at Mystic, Oct. 5, 1850, and died April 15, 1900, the mother of three children-Edwin, born Jan. 4, 1875 (died Feb. 7, 1875), Clarence T., born Oct. 26, 1876, and Emily D., born June 6, 1884.

The third marriage of Mr. Noyes was on Jan. 16, 1856, to Emily F. Denison, daughter of Isaac and Lavina (Fish) Denison, and to this union came George Frederick, born July 20, 1858, of the Thames National Bank of Norwich, Conn. ; he mar- ried Lotta O. Champlin, Oct. 28, 1891, and they have three children-John C., born March 17, 1895 ; Robert G., born Sept. 1, 1898; and Freda E., Jan. 6, 1902.

(VIII) Henry Byron Noyes was born Jan. 15, 1837, at Old Mystic, Conn., and on June 8, 1870, married Ellen Holmes, daughter of Isaac D. and Ellen (Kemp) Holmes. They had one son, Henry Byron, Jr., born April 15, 1871, who was married Oct. 18, 1898, to Alberta Neidlinger, born Aug. 19, 1873, and to them one son, William Henry, was born Dec. 20, 1899. Henry Byron Noyes, Jr., is a prominent citizen and is treasurer of the Groton Savings Bank. In 1895 he served in the State Leg- islature, and was a member of the committee on Banks. He is a member of the Congregational Church, of which he is clerk.

Henry Byron Noyes, Sr., spent his early school days in Old Mystic and was only fourteen years of age when he began his association with the bank- ing business by attending to the very necessary de- tails of opening the doors and sweeping the floors. In the fall of 1853, on account of the ill health of his brother George D., he entered the bank at Old Mystic as acting cashier, and in the spring of 1854 became connected with the Mystic River National Bank as clerk. In 1866 he was elected cashier of the Mystic River National Bank and secretary-treasurer of the Groton Savings Bank, to succeed his father, and served as secretary and treasurer of the latter institution until July 27, 1875, when he was elected president, which office he still holds in addition to being cashier of the aforesaid national bank. For eighteen years Mr. Noyes and F. M. Manning con- ducted a drug store under the firm name of H. B. Noyes & Co., and they have ever since been asso- ciated in other business enterprises. They are no longer in the drug business, however. Mr. Noyes has other large business interests in the town and he has also been conspicuous in politics, represent-

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ing Stonington in the Legislature in 1871, serving on the committee on Enrolled Bills. His father was a liberal supporter of the Congregational Church and he is also a very active member, being clerk of the Ecclesiastical Society. Mr. Noyes was elected a trustee of the Elm Grove Cemetery Association on April 10, 1871, and on April 8, 1872, he was elected treasurer of the same and has served in those capacities ever since. He is also a trustee of the Mystic Oral School for the Deaf and Dumb.

EDWIN BROWN NOYES was born Jan. 27, 1850, at Old Mystic, Conn., and married Oct. 2, 1873, Eliza, daughter of Amos C. Tift, as previously noted. He spent his boyhood days at Mystic and ob- tained his education in the public schools. At the age of seventeen years he began clerking for Evan D. Evans, a dry-goods merchant of Mystic, with whom he continued five years. On April 26, 1872, he opened a store for himself in a building which stood at his present location, but was burned out Dec. 29, 1880. In August, 1881, through energy and business enterprise, he re-opened his business at his present stand and is now the oldest dry-goods merchant in Mystic. Mr. Noyes is a director of the Mystic River Bank. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. Religiously both he and his wife belong to the Congregational Church.

CHURCH. The branch of the Church family represented by the late Capt. Simeon Church, of Montville, and his brother, William Allen Church, who still resides in his native town, is descended from (I) Jonathan Church, who was an early settler in the North Parish of New London, now Montville. Previous to his coming there he was a resident of Colchester, Conn. The first notice of him is in the record of his marriage, Feb. 24, 1724, to Abigail Fairbanks, daughter of Samuel Fair- banks and Christian Chapel, by the Rev. James Hill- house. It appears that soon after this union Mr. Church purchased a farm in the vicinity of Uncas- ville, at a place afterward called "Pennytown." He must have been a man of some note and responsi- bility as some of his descendants became noted men in jurisprudence. It is said that the late Sanford Church, chief justice in the State of New York, was one of his descendants.

(I) Jonathan Church was probably a descendant of Richard Church, one of the first settlers of Dux- bury, Mass., and father of the "great warrior against the Indians," Benjamin Church. Richard Church had another son, Joseph, born in 1638, who died in Little Compton, R. I., March 21, 17II. This Joseph was in all probability the great-grandfather of Jona- than. The wife of Jonathan Church was a woman of considerable ability and character. Her mother was a member of the Hillhouse Church.

The records concerning this family are sadly deficient ; it is only from the land records, inscrip- tions on gravestones, and tradition that the informa- tion secured has been obtained, consequently many

of the dates are approximately given. Th Children of Jonathan so far as known, were as folk :: (I) Jonathan, born about 1726, who marriedfor his second wife, Mary Angell; (2) Fairba , born about 1728 ; (3) Joseph, born about 1730, 1 fitioned below ; (4) Peleg, born about 1738, who harried Elizabeth Congdon.

(II) Joseph Church, born about 173 {son of Jonathan Church (I) and Abigail Fairban owned a piece of land in the vicinity of Uncastle, one acre of which, with a mansion house theon, he sold to Peleg Church, Jan. 4, 1764. The fame of his wife is not to be found and he prol ly had other children than the two here given: (I Joseph, born about 1753, who married Priscilla Conroe; and (2) Amos, born about 1765, whc harried Lydia Utley.

(III) Grandfather Amos Church, bo about 1765, son of Joseph Church, married Ly( Utley, of Rhode Island. He was a thrifty farmer, {d lived near the river below Comstock's wharf. fe died May 24, 1846, aged eighty-one years. Is wife died June 7, 1851, aged eighty-three year , Amos Church's brother, Joseph, served with Ge Wash- ington in the Revolutionary war, and wafa pen- sioner until his death, Dec. 3, 1842. The pildren of Amos Church were as follows (all born | Mont- ville) : (1) Pruanna, born Dec. II, 1788. 1arried Elisha Comstock, of Montville. (2) Pren , born Jan. 9, 1790, married Prudence Fargo, Mont- ville. (3) Simeon, born about 1792, ma fed Al- mira Fargo, daughter of Stanton Fargo, al sister of Prudence, of Montville. (4) George, b about 1794, married Esther Chapel, of Montvit. (5) Tracy, born about 1797, married Hanna Clark. (6) Seth G., born in 1803, married Lucy |'hiting Brown. Other children, who died in infar , made Seth G. the seventh son, and as such he we always known in the family.

(IV) Prentice Church, father of Capt Simeon and William Allen, born Jan. 9, 1790, in Intville, son of Amos and Lydia (Utley) Church harried Prudence Fargo, daughter of Stanton ar Fanny (Comstock) Fargo, of Montville. He was lfarmer and butcher. For several years he was er ged in cod fishing, sailing on vessels, fitted out 'Gale's Ferry, to the Straits of Greenland. He w; a hard working, industrious man, and possessed rugged constitution. He stood about five feet, eigl inches, and weighed from 190 to 200 pounds. .e was genial, jovial and always good natured. I about eight years before his death he had charg of the stock on Nathaniel B. Bradford's farm in Matville. In his political views he was an old line Wg. His death occurred at Montville Nov. 12, 1849. Then he was aged fifty-nine years. His wife died Tov. I, 1881, aged about ninety-two years. Prentic Church was a private in the war of 1812, and dre a pen- sion, which was also paid to his widow til her death in 1881. He served fourteen days : June and seventeen days in September. His ildren,

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fari bor: in Montville, were: (1) Isaac was a man, and for years engaged in fishing. He lateryears became watchman at the car shops the orwich & Worcester Railway Company Vorwh, where he died, aged seventy-two years. mar d Mary Ann Perkins, of Preston, Conn., . ha( our children: Stewart, Lizzie, and two ers, who died young. (2) Lydia Ann, who mar- 1 Are bald Marsh, of West Hartford, Conn., a pente

y trade, died in Bridgeport, Conn., with- (3) Elisha P., born in May, 1818, was a and made many trips through the Gulf

erma Mexi to New Orleans in quest of sea-foods. mar d Mary Rogers, of Montville, and had dren.as follows : Ellen, Susan, Adeline, Kate șianna. He died in Montville, aged

enty- en years. (4) Simeon, born July 2,

o, is lliam entioned below. (5) Pruanna married rome, of New London (both deceased). was iron molder by trade, and was employed

he old Vilson foundry in New London for many rs. d in ey had two children. (6) A daughter ancy. (7) William A., born Jan. 29, 7, is ston, Prud daug entioned below. (8) Adelaide died in nn., aged twenty-four years, unmarried. ce Fargo, wife of Prentice Church, was er of Stanton Fargo, born about 1764, 'd Fanny Comstock, daughter of Elisha mai

hstocl nd Anna Fox, and a direct descendant Willi Comstock, who came to America be-

on the ears 1630 and 1637. He first settled in ton, ss., and afterward moved to Hartford, 1., bo g among the early settlers of that state. iton 1 go, father of Prudence, was a large land er o: Montville, where he occupied the old

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's re ved by falling into the fire. He was son ( Robert Fargo, a Baptist minister, and lence Stanton; grandson of Robert Fargo; t-gra t-gre ars a

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son of Moses and Sarah Fargo, and grandson of Moses Fargo, who first New London about 1680, and afterward orwic in 1690. In 1694 Moses Fargo obtained and in. Norwich, and became one of the tors of that town. He afterward, about "s among the inhabitants of the North app ch of ew London, now Montville, where he his family of nine children. He died d wi 26. V) C T. SIMEON CHURCH, son of Prentice and Fargo) Church, was born in Montville, ence ., Jul e clis

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2, 1820, and received his early training ct schools of his native town. Early veloped a fondness for the water, and small boy made his first voyage on a el. By close application to his duties

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was engaged in the venturesome whale fishery for more than twenty years, sailing for Messrs. Will- iams & Haven, of New London, for ten years or more, and for Messrs. Lawrence & Company, of New London., Conn., for twelve years, in all of which he was famous for his successful management of ships, and his splendid voyages. His last voy- age was made in the schooner "Charles Colgate" to "Powell's Group." Some time previous, when the theory of the safety of the crew of the "Trinity" was advanced, he agreed to assume for Messrs. Lawrence & Company, the command of the schooner "Charles Colgate" and to conduct the search for the missing men. Ill-health, however, overtook him, and he was obliged to abandon this humane enter- prise.

Some time before his death Capt. Church left the sea and went to farming, but his ill-health con- tinuing, he spent the last four years of his life re- tired from all activity. He died at his home in Montville, May 22, 1882. Probably few whaling captains were more widely known or more generally esteemed than Capt. Church. His character was such as to command universal respect and faithful friendship. He was honest to the bottom of his heart, frank and straightforward. In all his deal- ings with his fellow men he was upright and high- minded, and in his views was as broad-minded as the sea, which had been his life-long companion. His death took away a true-hearted and veteran whaling captain-a class of brave and fearless men that is every day growing sadly less and less. He was a man held in the highest esteem by all who knew him, and his death removed one of Mont- ville's representative and honored citizens.

Capt. Church married (first) about 1856, Jane Lamb, of Ledyard, Conn., who lived but three weeks after their marriage. He married (second) July 12, 1858, Eliza Morgan O'Brien, who was born March 27, 1840, in Preston, Conn., daughter of George H. and Hannah (Turner) O'Brien, of Ledyard, mentioned elsewhere. To this union were born the following children: (1) Ina, born March 25, 1860, died Feb. 18, 1861, aged eleven months and thirteen days. (2) Jennie Winfield, born April 25, 1861, married, Oct. 15, 1889, Clarence Dwight Boynton, of Somers, Conn. They are living in Norwich, Conn., where Mr. Boynton is engaged in the restau- rant business. They have one daughter, Helen Eliza, born March 2, 1892, in Montville, Conn. (3) Wayland Clark, born July 19, 1871, in Montville, is living in New London, and in the employ of the Eastern Shipbuilding Company, of Groton, Conn. He married, Oct. 14, 1896, Grace Louise, daughter of the late Norman B. Church, of Montville. They have had four children, as follows: (1) Dorothy Ames, born Sept. 22, 1897; (2) Marian Winfield, born May 19, 1900, died Aug. 18, 1900; (3) Hazel Eliza, born Jan. 22, 1903 ; and (4) Louise H., born Jan. 8, 1904, died Jan. 18, 1904. Capt. Church was a Democrat in politics, but never cared for office.

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Fraternally he was connected with Union Lodge, F. & A. M., of New London. He was greatly in- terested in all Christian work, and gave liberally to the Uncasville Methodist church, and to other work of a religious character. He was devoted to his family, a loving husband and an affectionate father. After the death of Capt. Simeon Church, his widow and family resided for some time in Montville, where they now spend the summer.

(V) WILLIAM ALLEN CHURCH, son of Prentice and Prudence (Fargo) Church, was born in Montville, Conn., Jan. 29, 1827, near Gale's Ferry landing. He received his education in the district schools of his native town, which he left between the ages of fifteen and sixteen years. His first work was for Nathaniel B. Bradford, when twelve years of age, with whom he was employed for two and one-half years on his farm. He then made a fishing trip to Cape Cod in search of lob- sters, after which he engaged in farming, working for one year on the Gardner farm and two years for the widow of Adonijah Fitch. He then went to New Jersey, and for about six months was employed on the canal between the Hackensack and Passaic rivers. From there he went to Boston, Mass., and worked for Oliver Allen, on a dredge-boat, which was fitted out with the first steam shovel put into practical use on the water. Remaining there until February of the following year, he returned home, and was for a short time engaged in shad fishing, when he again went to farming for Mrs. Adonijah Fitch.

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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 48

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