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 57

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Publication date: 1905
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EDWIN A. CARD, one of the best known and most extensive lumber dealers and timber con- tractors in eastern Connecticut, comes of sturdy New England ancestry. In both paternal and ma- ternal lines his lineage is traced to old and prom- inent families of Rhode Island. Mr. Card was born at what is now Oneco, in the town of Sterling, Conn., July 6, 1838, son of Alvin and Betsey P. (Kenyon) Card, the former of whom died when Edwin A. was but five weeks old. The widowed mother, a daughter of the late George P. Kenyon, of Sterling, Conn., resided with her son for twelve years pre- vious to her death, which occurred at his home Feb. 27, 1904.

Edwin A. Card passed his boyhood days in his native town, where his early schooling was also re- ceived. His education was completed with a course in the Rhode Island Seminary, at Scituate, Rhode Island. Entering upon a business career, Mr. Card, in 1862, opened a store at Oneco, in the town of Sterling, meeting with success in his venture. Later branching out in the manufacturing line, he built the mill at that place, and operated it for ten years in the manufacture of print cloth. The enterprise

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and push of Mr. Card were greatly reflected in the material growth and up-building of that village. He subsequently disposed of the business to W. C. Bates, and in consummating the transaction he took in part payment the timber that was on the Bates farm. He at once began the reduction of this tim- ber into merchantable form, taking the contract for furnishing poles for the Merchants' Union Tele- graph Company, from Pawtucket, R. I., to Scotland, Conn. This was followed by various other timber contracts, which he fulfilled. It is safe to say that he furnished as many as 100,000 ties in the building of what was the New England Railroad. Mr. Card later transferred his operations to the South, and was for three years at Slocomb's Creek, North Caro- lina, engaged in the lumber business. In 1889 he removed to Groton, where he has since made his home.

During his connection with the lumber trade, Mr. Card has cut the timber from more than 10,000 acres of land, and his transactions in native timber will no doubt equal, if not surpass, those of any in- dividual in the State. Operations of this character, and on such an extensive scale, to be successful re- quire a managerial head of peculiar fitness, and as such Mr. Card has demonstrated his thorough com- petency. As a judge of standing timber, the cost of reduction, and the ability to secure a profitable market, he has few equals. The intimate knowledge of the most minute details of the business, the great capacity for work, and the ability to handle his work- ing force for best results, are prominent traits of this man's ability. He utilizes the most improved methods and machinery in his work, in addition to which he has had in use at one time as many as seventy-six horses. Some idea of the magnitude of his operations can be gathered from the sale of 65,000 ties in one year to the Consolidated railroad- ties, of course, being but one commodity in a timber dealer's line. The amount of work incident to a successful management of a business of this kind is stupendous, and Mr. Card's great energy and physical force were given to it without reserve. He furnished all of the native timber in the construction of the trolley from Groton to Westerly, and as the owner of the schooner "Witch Hazel," he does much of his own transporting. During the past year he has cut nearly 150,000 ties and sold them to various railroad and trolley companies, more than 12,000 of these being sent to South Africa.

Notwithstanding the exacting nature of his busi- ness, Mr. Card has taken an active and prominent part in town affairs. He has always been a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and in 1884 he was elected to the State Legislature from Sterling, Conn., his personal popularity insuring his success although that town is normally Democratic. While a member of the Legislature he served on the com- mittee on State Prison. He was appointed post- master at Sterling, during Abraham Lincoln's ad- ministration, and served twenty-four years. Any

movement having for its object the impro' development of the town, has always foundin Mlr. Card an enthusiastic supporter. He was charter O. F., active

member of Fairview Lodge, No. 101, I. : at Groton. In church affairs he has taken interest. In 1881 he united with the Bapti: church, of which he has ever since been a consi liberal contributor. As a citizen he is o

fnt an of the foremost in his town, and one whose in ence is always felt on the side of right.

On Feb. 20, 1862, Mr. Card was unite [1 mar- riage, at Sterling, Conn., to Miss Hattie Hyde, daughter of Albert Hyde, superintendent o fe mill at that place. Three children have been bo fof this union, namely : (1) Frank E., born Dec. 1865, prepared for liis professional career at BuIngton, Vt., afterward taking a post-graduate cours fi New York, and is now a practicing physician &Provi- dence, R. I. He married Miss Bertha Sheperdson, and they have two children, Edwin 'A. and faxine. (2) C. H., born June 15, 1870, is in a wood fisiness at Groton, where he is also filling the officeof con- stable. He married Edith Perkins, and t have four children, Arthur, George, Bessie and harles M. (3) Herbert Albert died in childhood.

THEOPHILUS YALE WINSHIP, offof the venerable and successful citizens of Nonch, is engaged at truck gardening on his farm loled on the New London turnpike, about one mile est of the city. Mr. Winship is a self-made man, fs suc- cess being due to a combination of industry rugal- ity and splendid business judgment.

The grandfather of Mr. Winship came | Nor- wich from New York, and spent the rest of |; days there. Thomas D. Winship, his father, vf born Oct. 9, 1795, in the city of New York. Athe age of thirteen years he went on the water [h his maternal grandfather Freeman, and eventifly be- came master of a vessel. He was lost at sea 1846. having been washed overboard when his veel was plying between New York and Liverpool.

Thomas D. Winship married Phila Y July II, 1817. She was the daughter of Jos and Lydia (Sanger) Yale, was born March 2|179", and survived her husband, dying at the agejf sev- enty-seven years. They were the parents f five children : Lydia Eliza, born April 22, 18. mar- ried Joseph L. Lamb, and died in Norwich |June, 1903, leaving two children; Theophilus Y | was born Sept 14, 1820; Sarah Freeman, born jie 26, 1823, is the widow of John F. Woodworth, d re- sides in Washington, D. C., with her three c dren: Thomas, born March 9, 1826, died unmarrie Phila Amelia, born July 15, 1828, is the widow o \very Smith, and resides in Norwich (she has t chil- dren).

Theophilus Yale Winship was born at Be Hill, Norwich, and attended the district school the each winter until he reached the age of fifteen ears. When a boy, during the vacation period, he brked

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as a irm laborer, his wages being only twenty-five cent a day. At the age of fifteen he began as a cler No five mai1 n the wholesale grocery house of Backus & 1, on Water street, Norwich, and for the first ars was given his board and clothes. He re- with this firm for ten years, and in 1846, with year brotl Wat Smit Mr. and succe le savings of his wages during the last five he engaged in the grocery business with his -in-law, Avery Smith, in the Bolles block, on street, under the firm name of Winship & This partnership lasted for five years, when inship bought out the interest of Mr. Smith tinued in business by himself with marked until 1867. In that year he disposed of the sameand has since devoted his attention to market

ng. In May, 1852, Mr. Winship purchased garde his p: ent farm, which was a part of the Star place, and cipleted the house in 1853. He has also put up al ne other buildings there. Mr. Winship for manybars was the leading market gardener, as he was 1 to-date in his ideas, having greenhouses for getables, etc. Of late years, because of his early advar d age, he does not go into the business so exten: ely.

M Winship was married Dec. 24, 1850, to Miss Jerus A. Avery, who was born Aug. 30, 1824, in Presto Conn., daughter of James and Hannah (Prid of M home

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Avery. They have no children, but a niece Winship, Miss Mary A. Hill, has made her th them, and has been reared with all the care a ier.

Mi Winship is a Republican, and takes an in- interest in politics, but has never cared to e, and has declined all offers of nomination or an' He has many business interests outside of is ma

t gardening, being a director of the Nor- Fich D tual Assurance Company, and a member tor of the New London County Agricul- iral S iety. In alist, that

religious belief Mr. Winship is a Spiri- d is a most earnest supporter of the views ct. At his advanced age he is still well eservi, and makes one or more trips daily to He ranks among the most substantial orwic f the town, for he has ever been a hard id has had a splendid helpmeet in his wife, 'ves a large share of the credit for their rmers orker 10 de ccess. Mr. 1 has nt in sou y and towi

Tinship is emphatically a self-made man, icceeded not only through his good judg- tsiness matters, which has proved univers- . but equally through his unwavering hon- brightness in all his dealings. No man in las a better reputation for strict integrity.

ling D. I9. he o (I) JUDE ELIAS B. HINCKLEY, one of the tizens of Stonington, Conn., was born 352, in Stonington, and comes from one and honorable families of New England. muel Hinckley, the emigrant ancestor,

came to New England, with his wife Sarah, from Tenterden, Kent, England, in 1634, on the good ship "Hercules," and settled at Scituate, Mass. Of his children, Thomas, Susannah, Mary and Sarah, were born in England; Elizabeth, Samuel and Samuel (2), were born at Scituate ; Samuel (3) and John, the latter May 24, 1644, at Barnstable, Mass. The mother of these children died Aug. 18, 1656, and Samuel married (second) Bridget Bodfish. He died at Barnstable. He was made a freeman at Scituate in 1637, and removed to Barnstable in 1640. His oldest son, Thomas, became governor of Plymouth Colony.

(II) Ensign John Hinckley, born May 24, 1644, gained distinction in military life. In July, 1668, he married Bethia, daughter of Thomas Lathrop, of Barnstable. She died July 10, 1697, leaving chil- dren : Sarah, Samuel, Bethia, Hannah, Jonathan, Ichabod and Gershom. He married ( second), Nov. 24, 1697, Mary Goodspeed, and died Dec. 7, 1709.

(III) Samuel Hinckley (2), born Feb. 2, 1670, at Barnstable, eldest son of Ensign John, married Sept. 29, 1699, Martha Lathrop. With Henry Cobb, he came from Barnstable, Mass., and bought a large tract of land in Stonington. In the division of the land in 1717, he took the portion lying on Hinckley Hill. He was a member of the First Church at Stonington, in 1708-1710. His children were : John, Martha, Samuel, Sarah, Joanna, Mary. Thankful, Mary and Nancy.

(IV) Samuel Hinckley (3), son of Samuel, was born March 4, 1706, at Stonington, and was married, Jan. 22, 1730, to Zerviah Breed, daughter of John and Mercy ( Palmer) Breed, who died June 14, 1731, leaving one child, Zerviah, born April 11, 1731. On Dec. 30, 1736, he married (second) Mary Wyatt, born Dec. 8, 1717, daughter of Jonathan Wyatt ; she died June 17, 1806. He died Nov. 9, 1763. They had these children : Samuel, born Aug. 22, 1737; Wyatt, born Jan. 18, 1739; David, born Jan. 28, 1741; Abel, born April 10, 1743: Elijah, born July 15, 1745; Nathan, born Feb. 23, 1748; Mary, born July 8, 1750; Gershom, born April 5, 1753 ; Vose, born Aug. 28, 1754; Martha, born June 5, 1758 ; and Grace, born Sept. 14, 1760.

(V) Abel Hinckley, son of Samuel (3), was born April 10, 1743. On Oct. 25, 1764, he married Sarah Hubbard Hobart, who died Oct. 16, 1806, and he died March 20, 1818. They had children as follows : Sarah, born March II, 1765, married George Fish; Rebecca, born Oct. 6, 1766, married Ezra Gallup; Mary, born Feb. 23, 1768, married Theophilus Morgan; Anna, born Aug. 16, 1769, married Joshua Gallup; Abel, born May 13, 1771; Samuel Hobart, born Dec. 26, 1772; and Esther, born Nov. 25, 1777. He lived on Hinckley Hill, engaged in farming, and died March 20, 1818.

(VI) Samuel Hobart Hinckley, son of Abel, was born Dec. 26, 1772. On April 13, 1800, he married Abigail Helms, born Oct. 21, 1772, daugh- ter of Oliver and Katherine (Greenman) Helms.

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She died May 31, 1813, the mother of : Samuel, born June II, 1801, died Feb. 25, 1802 ; Abby, born Sept. 4, 1802, married George D. Cross; Abel, born Nov. 3, 1803 ; Elias B., born June 26, 1805 ; B. Franklin, born April 10, 1807, died Sept. 1, 1833; Henry, born July 15, 1809; and Mary E., born April II, 18II, married Charles M. Davis. Samuel H. Hinckley married (second), March 9, 1815, Nancy Chapman Clarke, widow of William Clarke.

( VII) Henry Hinckley, son of Samuel H., was born July 15, 1809. His boyhood was spent on the home farm on Hinckley Hill, and could recall seeing his father kill sheep for the soldiers stationed on Stonington Point, in 1814. He watched the bom- bardment of Stonington and when the British ship, "Despatch," ran ashore on Wamphassac Point, he could distinguish the sailors throwing shot and shell overboard in their effort to float the stranded ves- sel. In young manhood he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, with his brother Elias B., who was in business in Westerly. In 1834 he went to West Hartford, for B. E. Palmer, and there erected a large church edifice. On his return in January, 1835, he narrowly escaped being killed by the care- lessness of a small boy, who set off a blast prema- turely. As it was, he was knocked down and was seriously injured. After his recovery he went to Hartford and completed a section of the Phelps Block, in that city. In 1836 he assisted in the erection of the "Wadawanuck Hotel" in Stoning- ton.

On Dec. 12, 1838, Mr. Hinckley was married to Prudence Mary Chesebrough, and began house- keeping in the small house on the Westerly road, near the homestead, where the family lived for ten years. During this time he was engaged in ship joining at the Pawcatuck shipyard. From here they went to live with his father at the homestead, where the next fifteen years were spent. For three years after his father's death, he remained at the old homestead, and then removed to the little home on the Westerly road. At this time his reputation as a farmer was well known, and Capt. Alexander S. Palmer engaged him to improve the farm on Wamphassac Point, and he remained there for the · next four years. Mr. Hinckley then removed with his family to Bozrah, where he purchased a farm and occupied it for six years, when he went to Franklin, returning after a year to Stonington and taking up his residence in Wequetequock, where his death occurred June 18, 1901. He was a man pos- sessed of a broad and liberal mind, which had been cultivated by reading and thought. While he al- ways hesitated to give advice, yet, when given, it was found to be of a nature safe to follow. Kind to the poor, generous to the deserving, he won many friends, while honesty and integrity of character were so developed that the follies and foibles of life were always met with reproof. In short, in the life of Henry Hinckley, the sphere in which he moved was made better, and his descendants have just

cause for pride in preserving his memory. Ilbore the burden of his years with ease and dignity feing as active in mind and body as most men a stře of years younger.

Mr. Hinckley's marriage united him gh a member of one of the notable old families c l'on- necticut, a descendant of William Chesel fish, born in 1594, in England, who was the first hite settler in Stonington, Conn. Mrs. Hinckle Bied Ing : Lace, £15. Sept. 9, 1896. Their children were the foll Mary, born Oct. 15, 1839, married Charles E. and died March 24, 1881. Abbie H., born J 1841, married Charles H. Babcock, and sh lied March 14, 1883. Thomas H., of Springfield, where he is manager of a meat market, n Lied Etta Weaver. Eliza C., born May 16, 1845 fıar-

ried William H. Palmer, who is now deused. Vincent, born Oct. 20, 1847, died Aug. 11, 399. Elias B. is mentioned below. James B., born une 30, 1856, is in New Haven, Conn., where he fen- gaged in the insurance business ; he married Śnie Mershon, of Norwich.

Elias B. Hinckley, one of the prominer find representative citizens of Stonington, passe this hoyhood on the family farm on Hinckley Hi jand attended the local schools until he was sev cen years of age. Delicate health compelled hin Lien to give up study for a season, and he spen, our years working in a market for his brother T nas H. From 1876 to 1880, he was engaged the meat and provision business with Calvin W. fier, at Westerly, R. I., and then became bookkeep |for Nathan H. Gates, a leading contractor in Steag- ton. In 1882 he became clerk in the auditor's fice of the Stonington & Providence Railroad pany, a position he continued to fill until A 1 9, 1886, when he was appointed postmaster of [on- ington by President Cleveland. This office hefeld continuously until Feb. 1, 1891. Judge Hinck 15 a stanch Democrat, and in the fall of 1890 h vas elected town clerk, and a year later was chosen wn treasurer. In 1892 he was elected probate jige, by a majority of three ; in 1894, was re-elected by a majority of thirty-seven; again in 1896 by na- jority of 258; in 1898 he was the unanimous o,ice of both parties; in 1900, which was presid cial year, he received a majority of 557, over vo- thirds of the votes cast, and in 1902 and [104 he developed no opposition. This record nee no comment, the mark of efficiency and public app val being made evident enough by the facts.

On Oct. 23, 1878, Judge Hinckley married (un- nie, daughter of Horace H. and Frances (Buril's) Clift, of Mystic. Mrs. Hinckley died Aug. 28, 35, the mother of two children: Eleanor, born 1g. 29, 1880; and Hobart, born Aug. 19, 1882, ed Aug. 20, 1890. On Dec. 20, 1893, Judge Hir ley married Grace M. Levy, born Oct. 24, 1869, d: ter of Francis A. Levy, of Stonington. They ve two daughters, Thelma Clift, born Jan. 8, 1895 Prudence Mary, born June II, 1899.

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adgd Hinckley is a member of Pequot Council, 1 Annum, of Stonington, in which he has cretary. He attends the Baptist Church, das hich sol a

his family are members. Among his in- de of his office it may be mentioned that ector of the Niantic Savings Bank of erly | hode Island.

RAM: ELLSWORTH HYDE, a well known sentifive of an old New England family, and f the ubstantial and respected citizens of Lis- was Arn in his present home Oct. 21, 1865.

[) Jonathan Hyde, the founder of the family nerid came .in 1647, from near London, Eng- to My Town (now Arlington), Mass. He ed tlfe the remainder of his life, and died full years and honors. He was twice mar- His ist wife, Mary French, bore him fifteen ren, 1 his second, Mary Rediat, became the er of ght.

[I) Jeph Hyde, son of Jonathan, married Per jis, daughter of Isaac Perkins, and be- the flher of a large family. [II) tabod Hyde, son of Joseph, was born 7, in what is now Cambridge, Mass., Norwich (West Farms, now Frank- n early life. By occupation he was a 24, came Conn r. E married Mary Haskins, daughter of 1 and and Iehitable (Badger) Haskins, of Nor- y became the parents of eighteen chil- Hed in Franklin, April 13, 1779, having [ him, well deserved reputation for integrity dust

V) BH labas Hyde, son of Ichabod, was born '. Upon reaching manhood he moved to Lisbon, and settled on the farm y James H. Kennedy, where he re-

17, I' Frank wnec intil out 1791. In that year he removed to m n occupied by Frank E. Hyde, and he reaining years of his life were passed. V. I. 1771, he married Lydia Armstrong, wich, The orn orn Jan. 14, 1751. She died Sept. 2, our children of this marriage were : ). 19, 1774; Lee, born July 14, 1776; born ied

eb. 4, 1779; and Lydia, born Feb. 12, . 17, 1800. Barnabas Hyde was an upri t man, who was true to his friends, considerate of those with whom he act. He was quiet and unassuming, · for public position, although at one · office of selectman, giving universal

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Hyde, son of Barnabas, born in , 1779, was reared as a farmer, an ollowed all his life. Modest and re- anner, he preferred the quiet of his e honors of public office, and stead- to consider any change that would the lime light of publicity. He was E cal

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even temperament, good judgment able executive ability. His business

transactions were marked by the same strict integ- rity that has always been characteristic of the fam- ily. He married Lydia Burnham, who was born Feb. 16, 1783, daughter of Daniel and Martha Burn- ham, of Hampton, Conn. She died April 10, 1858, in the faith of the Newent Congregational Church, of which her husband was also a member. Their children were: (I) Patty P., born March 7, 18II, married James H. Kennedy, a farmer in Lisbon, where she died Feb. 14, 1892. (2) Daniel Burn- ham, born May 12, 1812, in Lisbon, received his preliminary education in the public schools, and became, like all his family, a farmer. He com- menced teaching school in 1830, teaching in the winters and working on the farm in the summers. After teaching two terms, he again attended school, intending to prepare for college, but failing health necessitated a change in his plans, and for three years he was compelled to assume the role of an in- valid. In 1838 he again took up teaching, and for six consecutive winters followed that work. Ill- ness again changed his plans, this time the malady being so troublesome that he was almost - helpless. All in all he taught sixteen winters and one sum- mer. He was industrious and intelligent, a student by nature, and the hours of enforced idleness were profitably employed in reading and study. His man- ners were unassuming, and, having a keen appre- ciation of his own ability and limitations, he never undertook what he was not able to perform well. His political principles made of him first a Whig, and later a Republican, and the duties of the official positions he held were all faithfully fulfilled. On Sept. 2, 1831, he became a member of the First Con- gregational Church of Lisbon, and was a regular attendant upon its services. His absolute reliability and integrity, and his sincere devotion to any cause tending to uplift humanity, marked him as one of the best and noblest of his time. He died unmar- ried Oct. 8, 1893, at his home in Preston. (3) Eli Ellsworth, born June 29, 1819, is mentioned be- low. (4) Lucy Ann, born Oct. 13, 1821, is the widow of Charles Palmer, and resides in Preston City.

(VI) Eli Ellsworth Hyde was born in the house now occupied by Frank E. Hyde. He attend- ed the district schools, and out of school hours re- ceived practical instruction in farm work under his father's experienced guidance. He remained on the home farm, assisting his father until the latter's death, when the farm became his. His own life ended there July 10, 1897, and he was buried in Ames cemetery, at Lisbon. He had been very suc- cessful as a general farmer, and at his death left a comfortable competence. Politically he was a Re- publican, but never cared for the honors and emolu- ments of public office.

On Dec. 26, 1864, Eli Ellsworth Hyde was mar- ried to Rachel Gallup, who was born in Sterling, Conn., Jan. 16, 1831, daughter of Samuel and Maria (Park) Gallup. She died Oct. 20, 1900. The only

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child of this union was Frank Ellsworth, born Oct. 21, 1865. They had an adopted daughter, Fanny (Chapman) Hyde, who came to them at the age of five years, and whom they reared as their own; she is now the wife of Frank S. Avery, of Norwich Town, by whom she has two children, Sidney and Arthur. Both Mr. and Mrs. Eli E. Hyde were members of Newent Congregational Church.

(VII) Frank Ellsworth Hyde has lived his life in the house in which he was born. His education was acquired in the district schools and in the Jewett City high school. For one term he taught school in his native town. Remaining at home he assisted his father in the cultivation of the home farm, which at the latter's death, became his by inherit- ance. He has been one of the successful young farmers of the town, and has adopted progressive methods in his work. In addition to general farm- ing, he is also engaged in dairying, keeping about a dozen cows. The old home farm comprises 200 acres of land, all under a good state of cultivation and improved with good buildings. Mr. Hyde also owns forty acres more in the north part of the town. In 1901 he added sawmilling to his work, the mill being erected near his home.

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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 57

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