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 58

Author:
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1568

USA > Connecticut > New London County > 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 58

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

On Oct. 21, 1895, Frank E. Hyde wedded Eva E. Stark, who was born in Lebanon, March 20, 1874, daughter of William L. and Rhoda (Sisson) Stark. Three children blessed this union: Ells- worth Stark, born March 9, 1897, died March 14, 1897; Walter Averill, born June 25, 1898; and Clara Sisson, born Nov. 10, 1901. Like his father and grandfather Mr. Hyde is a Republican. For the past ten years he has been registrar of voters, and has served as grand juror, and on the board of relief. In his young manhood he united with the Newent Congregational Church, and is now serving on the Society's committee. For nearly twenty-five years he has served as organist. As a rest from his work Mr. Hyde has ever turned to music, evincing no little natural ability-an ability that has been cultivated until he has mastered the technicalities of the art, and plays with an expression and technique possible only in real musicians. His instructor was Charles Edward Prior, formerly of Jewett City, now of Hartford. Mr. Hyde and his wife are justly esteemed in the town, and none are more popular in the social life.

STARK. The Stark family of which Mrs. Hyde is a member, is one of the oldest in the county and a more complete record is given elsewhere. Her father, the late William Lathrop Stark, was born in Bozrah, Conn., Feb. 9, 1833, a son of Lathrop and Fanny A. (Saxton) Stark. He remained on the home farm until the spring following his marriage, when he moved to Lebanon, and settled on a newly purchased farm in Goshen Society, where he lived the rest of his life, and he died there Nov. 8, 1897, and his remains rest in the Stark cemetery in Boz- rah. As a farmer he met with much success, and acquired a substantial competence. Though ever

interested in the success of his chosen political ty, he cared nothing for the holding of offices. Huras well posted on the events of the day, and was een called into party council, his well known good lg- ment giving great weight to his opinions. Fle- longed to the Goshen Congregational Church Ind was a liberal contributor to its support. On v. 24, 1864, Mr. Stark married Rhoda Sisson, wh 'as born April 23, 1840, daughter of Noyes and Fhel (Avery) .Sisson. She died Jan. 3, 1877. To feir union came the following children : Charle: a- throp, born Sept. 17, 1866, died Nov. 24, 1870; tie Irene, born May 3, 1870, died Dec. 25, Mary Rhoda, born Oct. 27, 1871, married, Apit:,, 1900, John Waldron Cater, a fruit grower of ps- tonia, Cal .; and Eva E., born March 20, 187. be- came Mrs. Frank Ellsworth Hyde.

GEN. EDWARD HARLAND, lawyer, c len soldier, legislator, banker, etc., of Norwich, i: {ne of the distinguished sons of that ancient his bic town.

Born June 24, 1832, in Norwich, Gen. Ha ud is a representative in maternal lines of the fourrs of the town 240 and more years ago. His gra: a- ther, Thomas Harland, an ingenious artisan, wich and clock maker from London, England, car to America in 1773, stopping for a time in Bc n, whence in the same year he moved to Norwich. Ie superintended the construction of the first firen- gine, in 1788, owned in Norwich. Mr. Harland fas born in 1735, and married, in 1779, Hannah Ck, who was born in 1754, a daughter of Elisha nid Hannah (Leffingwell) Clark. Their family of 1- dren was as follows: Mary, born in 1780, dicin 1859; Thomas, born in 1781, died in 1806; 21- nah, born in 1785, died in 1803; Fanny, bor in 1787; Henry, born in 1789; and Edward, born 1793, died in 1817. Of these,

Henry Harland, whose birth occurred Feb 5, 1789, in Norwich, married Oct. 14, 1822, Ab il Leffingwell Hyde, a native of the same town, Fn in October, 1800, a daughter of Judge John Sarah R. (Leffingwell) Hyde, of Norwich. lis union was blessed with the following children : (1- ward, born Oct. 5, 1823, died in September, If .: Harriet, born Oct. 3, 1825, died in September, Il'; Elizabeth, born Oct. 21, 1827, married Ferdin d Castile Stedman, born April 5, 1826, and residen Norwich ; Thomas, born March 17, 1830, becai lawyer of Norwich; Edward was born June |, 1832; Harriet, born Aug. 31, 1834, died in infa and Ruth L. was born Jan. 16, 1837. Henry ] land, the father, in early life located in New leans, where he was engaged in the busines hof watchmaker and jeweler, and remained until alt 1830. He then returned to Norwich, where het- sided at the old Harland homestead in North Town until his death, in 1841. He led a lif. f useful citizenship, esteemed and respected by e community. His widow passed away in 1888.

Edward Harland

Brig. Gen. U. S. V.

249

GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

In his mother's side Gen. Harland is a descend- 1 the eighth generation from William Hyde, his grant ancestor, his lineage being through Sam- abez, Jabez (2), Ezekiel, Judge John and Abi- _effingwell Hyde.

[) William Hyde appears first of record at Ha ford in 1636, and was an original proprietor in 16 40, and as such his name is perpetuated on the inc ment now standing in the old graveyard to the car of the First Church in Hartford. He was latd of Saybrook, and was one of the thirty-five ori: al proprietors of Norwich in 1660. Mr. Hyde wa:frequently a selectman, and was a man of con- side ble importance. He died in Norwich Jan. 6, I68

[) Samuel Hyde, born about 1637 in Hartford, mai ed in June, 1659, Jane Lee, of East Saybrook (no . Lyme), daughter of Thomas and Phoebe (Br /n) Lee. Mr. Hyde and his wife settled in Nor ch in 1660, he being an original proprietor. The daughter Elizabeth is said to have been the first hite child born in Norwich. Mr. Hyde was a faner, and had lands assigned to him in Nor- wicl Vest Farms, where he died in 1677.

I) Jabez Hyde, born in May, 1677, in Nor- wich married Dec. 29, 1709, Elizabeth Bushnell, daug er of Richard and Elizabeth (Adgate) Bush- nell, Norwich. They settled in Norwich West (now Franklin). Mr. Hyde was a wealthy

Farn farm possessed of large tracts of land. He was a jus e of the peace, and was for eight sessions a itative in the General Court. He died Sept. and his widow passed away Aug. 21, 1768.

repre 5,17 Mr. "de was clerk of Franklin Church for many vears

"ginning with 1716.

Norw Abel, Abel,

() Jabez Hyde (2), born Sept. 16, 1713, in 1 West Farms, married Dec. 8, 1736, Lydia aughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Hazen)

Norwich. They settled in Norwich West Farm where he was an extensive land holder. Mrs. Hyde ed June 25, 1803, Mr. Hyde on March 6, 1805.

Ezekiel Hyde, born April 20, 1738, in West Farms, married Dec. 6, 1768, Rachel laughter of John and Margaret (Hyde) nd settled in Norwich West Farms, where de died Nov. 20, 1781. Mr. Hyde passed ly 10, 1808. He had married (second) 1782, Mary Closen.

Norw Tracy Pracy .Irs. way Dec. I (V Korwi effing Da orwic il Jo is a acc. arch

Judge John Hyde, born June 23, 1773, in married in March, 1798, Sarah Russell :ll, who was born Oct. 20, 1778, daughter and Elizabeth (Whiting) Leffingwell, of the latter a descendant of Gov. Bradford Alden, of the "Mayflower." Mr. Hyde vyer in Norwich, served as justice of the stmaster and judge of probate. He died , 1847. His wife survived him.

(VF Abigail Leffingwell Hyde, daughter of lın, lin in October, 1800, in Norwich, married

Oct. 14, 1822, Henry Harland, who was born Feb. 16, 1789, in Norwich.

Gen. Edward Harland, the subject proper of this notice, after being prepared for college entered Yale, from which he was graduated in 1853. He then studied law in the office of the late Hon. John Tur- ner Wait, at Norwich, and was admitted to the Bar in New London county in 1855. The firing on Sumter, in April, 1861, called forth his patriotism, and on the 25th of that month he enlisted in Com- pany D, of the 3d Connecticut Volunteers. He was mustered into the United States service May IIth, as captain of that company. The 3d was soon com- manded by Col. John L. Chatfield, and had the priv- ilege of participating in the first battle of the Civil war-the first Bull Run, where "the 3d moved with its brigade at the head of the column under Mc- Dowell, when it advanced via Centerville and Bull Run, and, in the trying scenes on that disastrous field, behaved with the firmness and courage of a regiment of veterans." Said Col. Keyes, "The gal- lantry with which the 2d Regiment, Maine, and the 3d Connecticut Volunteers charged up the hill upon the enemy's artillery and infantry was never, in my judgment, surpassed."

Capt. Harland was mustered out of the three- months' service Aug. 12, 1861, and on Sept. 4, 1861, joined the 8th Conn. V. I., and was mustered into the service as its colonel Oct. 5, 1861. The engage- ments of the 8th were: Newbern, N. C., March 14, 1862 ; siege of Fort Macon, N. C., April, 1862; An- tietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862; Fort Hugar, Va., April 19, 1863; Walthall Junction, Va., May 7, 1864 ; Fort Darling, Va., May 16, 1864 ; Petersburg, Va., Aug. 25, 1864 : and Fort Harrison, Va., Sept. 29, 1864.

Col. Harland was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers Nov. 29, 1862, and commanded a brig- ade from that time on. In February, 1863, Har- land's brigade comprised the 8th, 11th, 15th, 16th and 21st Connecticut regiments, and formed a part of Peck's Division. Gen. Harland shared the fort- unes of war along with his company, regiment and brigade respectively, and returned to his home with an honorable war record, a record in which any one might take just pride. His resignation took place June 22, 1865.

Returning to his native town after the close of the war, Gen. Harland resumed the practice of his profession and has since been an honored and es- teemed citizen of the town, city and State. In 1869 and again in 1878, he was chosen by his fellow citi- zens to represent them in the State Legislature. In 1870 he represented his district in the State Senate, and was the president pro-tempore of that body. From 1872 to 1876 he was the efficient judge of pro- bate of the Norwich district. He was made adju- tant-general of the Commonwealth for 1879-80. The General is a Republican in political faith. In March, 1883, he was appointed a member of the

an im ue ga

250

GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD ..

State Board of Fardons by Gov. Thomas M. Waller, and has been reappointed successively since then, still serving. In 1875 Gen. Harland was chosen a director of the Chelsea Savings Bank, and a num- ber of years later he was chosen vice-president; in 1890 he was elected president, being the third presi- dent since its organization in 1858, and he is still serving as such. Gen. Harland was one of the cor- porators of the W. W. Backus Hospital at Norwich. In all the relations of life and citizenship he has so borne himself as to merit the esteem, love and re- spect of his fellow-citizens. One has only to read between the lines to judge of the worth of such a man to the community. Gen. Harland never mar- ried.

RALPH H. DENISON, attorney at New Lon- don, residing at Groton, traces his ancestry to

(I) Capt. George Denison, baptized at Stratford, Hertfordshire, England, Dec. 10, 1620, son of Wil- liam and grandson of John Denison, of Stratford. William Denison came to New England with his family in 1631 and settled in Roxbury, Mass., where he became a deacon in the church. He had been liberally educated, as had been his sons. George Denison, the youngest of these boys, married (first) in 1640, Bridget Thompson, daughter of John Thompson, of Preston, Northamptonshire, England, whose widow Alice came to America, and was liv- ing at Roxbury. Their two children were: Sarah and Hannah Denison. The mother of these children died in 1643, and Mr. Denison returned to England to serve under Cromwell in the Army of Parliament, winning distinction and being wounded at Naseby. Later he was married at the house of John Borodell to the latter's daughter Ann, and returned to Rox- bury in 1645. There he continued to live until 1651, when he located at New London, Conn., and in 1654 settled in Stonington. At the last named place he continued until his death, Oct. 24, 1694, the event occurring in Hartford. The children born to the second marriage were : John, born July 14, 1646; Ann, born May 20, 1649; Borodell, born in 1651 ; George, born in 1653; William, born in 1655; Mar- garet, born in 1657; and Mary, born in 1659. The mother of these children died Sept. 26, 1712. Capt. George Denison was not only distinguished as a civilian, but also as a soldier, and became during his life in Connecticut, second only to the distinguished Major John Mason, being closely identified with the early history of the colony.

(II) Capt. William Denison, born in 1655, mar- ried Sarah Prentice, widow of Thomas Prentice, and daughter of the first Thomas Stanton, and they lived in Stonington. Mr. Denison died March 26, 1715, and his wife died Aug. 7, 1713. Their chil- dren were: William, born March 24, 1687; Sarah, born April 14, 1689 ; and George, born February 28, 1692.

(III) William Denison (2), born March 24, 1687, married May 10, 1710, Mercy Gallup, and

lived in Stonington. He died Feb. 12, 17 she passed away March 2, 1724, aged th: 1-five. Their children were: Mercy, born June 2:1711; Sarah, born July 2, 1713 ; Esther, born Feb. 715: William, born Dec. 9, 1716; Hannah, born : il 10, 1719; Benadam, born Feb. 6, 1721; Jonathas born May 12, 1722; Nathan, born Feb. 11, 1724.

(IV) Benadam Denison, born Feb. 6, 17.

mar- ried Nov. 3, 1742, Amy Swan, and lived i ston- ington. Their children were: Lucy, born n. x. 1744; James, born Aug. 25, 1745; Benadaı EAnn. born July 9, 1747 ; Robert, born Sept. 28, 1;

, and George, born Oct. 8, 175I.

(V) Robert Denison, born Sept. 28, 17. . mar- ried (first) Alice Denison, who died Sept. 2 (1794. and his second wife was Deborah Dewey, wam he married Nov. 2, 1796. Eight children wel born to the first marriage, and nine to the second They were: Robert, born Sept. 2, 1774; Marth born Sept. 2, 1777 ; Benadam, born April 12, 178} Jon- athan, born Feb. 2, 1780 ; Jarnes, born, July

178 ;: Edward, born Feb. 6, 1788; Alice, born 1790; Elias, born June 5, 1794; Deborah,

fie 4. En in 1797; Joseph S., born March 8, 1798; L . D., born in 1800; William E., born Oct. 7, 1802 [oves P., born in 1804; Allen, born in 1807; Geo 11 . born in 1809; Emeline, born Oct. 13. 18; and Eliza, born May 8, 1815. The father of the chil- dren died Feb. 9, 1820, in Stonington, ir chich town he had lived.

(VI) Noyes P. Denison, born in 1804 Fas a grain and provision merchant of New Londe who died in 1875 in Virginia. He married Haft L Smith.

(VII) Noyes R. Denison married Feb. 1 |1861, Mary A. Miner, a daughter of John W. Mit, and they lived in Groton, Conn., where he died. [ly 4. 1876. In politics he was a stanch Republic, and he followed the seas for a livelihood, at o time had being first mate of a Liverpool cotton ship, a command of a vessel by the time he was of a children were: George E., born May 8, His 52, a resident of Groton ; Emily M., born June 13 :806: Mary E., born Feb. 6, 1865 ; Ralph H., bo Oct. 4, 1871 ; Isabella N., born July 12, 1875.

(VIII) Ralph Hurlburt Denison was bor fit his present residence, as above stated, and sq. ft his early school days in Groton, but when twel years of age he went to New London grammar hool: then to Norwich Free Academy in Norwic from which he was graduated in 1891. In Sep nber. 1892, he began the study of law with Judge Ralph Wheeler, of New London, and later studi with John C. Geary, in all devoting three years ) his profession, and in February, 1895, he was afitted to the Bar. Until 1902 he remained in udge Wheeler's office, and then began practicin falone at No. 4 Marble Block, No. 126 State street here he has a handsomely equipped suite of offices and he also has a branch office in Groton. He was nie of the incorporators of the Groton Water Copany,

251

GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

is |1 very much interested in the development imovement of the present system. Mr. Deni- me large realty holdings in Groton as well ondon, and is very prominent in both busi- professional circles. Fraternally he is a f the Union Lodge of A. F. & A. M., of don; Fairview Lodge, No. 101, I. O. tomas Lodge, No. 13, A. O. U. W., and nclave, No. 382, Improved Order of Hep- Politics have claimed a portion of the of this promising young lawyer, and he y ably as representative from Groton in Legfuture during the session of 1899.

On ne 16, 1903, Mr. Denison married Miss ry HRodman, who was one of the popular lic spol teachers, and a most charming and ily civated lady.

WEH The Webb family, early planted in the v Emf and colonies, and now represented in rwich ded e to 1654, Conn., by Julius Theodore Webb, is de- m Christopher Webb, who, it is thought, merica about 1650. He married Nov. annah Scott. On May 18, 1678, he was sen cha of Weymouth or Braintree, Mass., and hat t s. F

n died May 30, 1694, aged sixty-four children were: John, born Aug. 23, 5; Pel, born Oct. 1, 1657; Samuel, born June 660; ristopher ; Hannah, born July 5, 1665 ; jaminborn Dec. 2, 1667; Mary, born July 6,

: Jos h, born Jan. 15, 1672. (In Weaver's follo® ig the above, appears this entry : "Abi- their other, died, a widow, 1718.")

II) S mar

quel Webb, born June 6, 1660, in Brain- d in December, 1686, Mary Adams, Feb. 6, 1664 (according to Savage), daugh- f Jos 1 and Abigail (Baxter) Adams, grand- hter

Henry Adams, and a sister of Joseph was the grandfather of John Adams, lent of the United States. Children : Re-

ns, w d Pr bor July 25, 1688; Samuel, born May 12, (both forn at Braintree) ; Mary, born Nov. 25, Nathiel, born Feb. 10, 1696; and Zebulon, n 166 The father purchased, Jan. 27, 1706- f Thị tas Huntington, the fifth house, or lot Windham Center. Mr. Webb died PO, 17 -39, aged seventy-eight years. Mary, life, (

1 (according to town records) Dec. l eighty.

44, ag

I) Mhaniel Webb, born Feb, 10, 1696, mar- pril Fitch

, 1718, Elizabeth Fitch, daughter of 'sq. Mr. Webb died Sept. 19, 1750, lizaball, his wife, died July 3, 1780, aged four ars. Children : John, born June 14, Sam, March 5, 1720-21; Elizabeth, June ; Maj, Dec. 23, 1725; Ann, June 13, 1728; 7, 1730; Eunice and Joshua (twins), 173 34; and Nathaniel, Aug. 5, 1737.

) Jo Webb, born June 14, 1719, married

174 Ann Devotion, a sister of Rev. Eben- Mr. Webb died Feb. 27, 1787, in

his sixty-eighth year. His widow died July 2, 1805, aged eighty-one years. Children : Ann, born July II, 1747; Elizabeth, Oct. 1, 1748; John, Nov. 12, 1749; Solomon, about 1751; Jabez, April 18, 1753 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 13, 1755; Eunice, June 4, 1756; Jared, June 10, 1759; Lucy, May 30, 1762; Lydia, April 29, 1765 ; and James, Feb. 19, 1767.

(V) John Webb, born Nov. 12, 1749, married Nov. 12, 1772, Zipporah Robinson, daughter of Reuben Robinson. Mr. Webb died March 14, 1842, in the ninety-third year of his age. His wife died Nov. 23, 1834, in her eighty-fourth year. Children : John, born Aug. 3, 1773; Lois and Eunice (twins), Oct. 26, 1775; John (2), Oct. 14, 1777; Jonathan, Sept. 10, 1779; John (3), Aug. 2, 1781 ; Clarissa, Aug. 14, 1783; Esther, May 7, 1786; Ralph W., Oct. 12, 1788 ; and James, June 5, 1793.

(VI) Ralph Waldo Webb, born Oct. 12, 1788, made his home in what is now Scotland, Conn., and devoted his whole life to farming. On Dec. 31,. 1815, he married Eunice, daughter of Samuel Dor- rance. Mr. Webb died March 20, 1842, aged fifty- three years. His wife lived to be eighty-nine years, seven months old, dying Jan. 29, 1884, and both are buried in the old cemetery at Scotland. Their chil- dren were as follows: Harriet D., born Dec. 28, 1816; Henry, Nov. 9, 1818; Eliza J., April 29, 1821 ; and Julius, March 2, 1823.

(VII) Julius Webb, born March 2, 1823, in Scotland, Conn., married in November, 1844, Mar- tha Thompson, of Norwich, who died Jan. 15, 1888, and is buried in Yantic cemetery. Mr. Webb- was for nearly twenty years general man- ager of the Norwich & New York Transportation Company, and later engaged in the grain business in Norwich, where he was a well known citizen and where he spent his life. He died Oct. 20, 1891, and is buried in the Yantic cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Webb had a family of seven children: (I) Courtland Thompson, born Aug. 29, 1845, died Sept. . 16, 1879. He was assistant teller in the Mechanics Na- tional Bank at Worcester, Mass., but died in Nor- wich, Conn. (2) Julius Theodore is mentioned be- low. (3) Carrie married Dr. Leonard B. Almy, of Norwich. (4) William died in infancy in 1857. (5) Grace married Louis L. Blackstone. (6) Frank Andrews is connected with the American Wood Working Machine Co. (7) Ralph Waldo, succes- sor to the firm of Rawson & Whipple, married Iola Rawson.

The Thompson family with which the late Mrs. Julius Webb was connected, was an early settled one. in Rhode Island. The first of whom we have record was Isaac Thompson, who lived in Westerly, R. I., where he died in 1738. He was supposed to have been the son of Benjamin and Prudence Thompson, who made their home in Roxbury, Mass. He was a physician. Isaac Thompson married Mary Holmes, daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Chesbrough) Holmes, and she died in 1751. Their son, Isaac Thompson, was born in Westerly, R. I., and came

1, Oc

votid

has Vew s ar nbe: I F .; ton plis ntio: red

252

GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

to Connecticut, locating in the north parish of New London. Isaac, Jr., his son, born Sept. 22, 1698, had a son, Nathaniel, born in 1735, who married Delight Fox. He died June 14, 1828, aged ninety-three, and she died Feb. 4, 1815, aged seventy-five. Their chil- dren were: Alpheus; Isaac, who married Eunice Allen ; Gardner ; Burrell; Abby, who married a Man- waring; Parthina, born April 22, 1776, who died Aug. 8, 1860; Edna, born Aug. 8, 1780, who mar- ried Hazzard Browning; and Achsa, born Nov. 22, 1781, who married John H. Allen.

Burrell Thompson, son of Nathaniel and Delight (Fox) Thompson, married Mary Bishop, and their children were: Viana, Mrs. Churchill, who lives in Madison, Wis .; Sarah, who married Gilbert M. Peck, and died in East Bethany, N. Y. (where he is a wealthy farmer), leaving two children, William and Anna ; Frances, who married George W. Bent- ley, and died in New London; Joanna, who married the late Dr. J. Ward Ellis, and lives in Chicago (her one son, Warren Thompson Ellis, is also deceased) ; Martha, who married Julius Webb; Jirah, who moved to Wisconsin, and there died ; Courtland, who went to Florida in young manhood, and at Apala- chicola fell a victim to yellow fever, and was buried there.

JULIUS THEODORE WEBB, son of Julius, was born in Norwich, Feb. II, 1847, and attended the public schools and Highland Military Academy, at Wor- cester, Mass., whence he graduated in 1866. For fourteen years he was engaged with G. P. Cottrell & Co. in the flour and grain business, and later he spent twelve years with the New York Transporta- tion Company. He is not engaged in any business now.

On Oct. 23, 1878, Mr. Webb was married, in Christ Episcopal Church, to Lillie Morgan Osgood, eldest daughter of the late Gilbert Osgood, and they have had one child, Gilbert Osgood, born July 22, 1884, who graduated from Norwich Free Acad- emy in 1903, and is now attending Yale. Mr. Webb is a stanch Republican in politics. The family are members of Christ Episcopal Church. Mrs. Webb is a lady of intelligence and character, much devoted to her husband and son.

GEORGE DICKINSON WHITTLESEY, one of the best known bankers of New London in his day, represented as high a type of citizen as that city contained. The family in Connecticut bearing this name, and from which our subject descended, is one of the oldest as well as among the more prom- inent of the early families who came to New Eng- land and to this section. He was descended from "Mayflower" ancestry, tracing his line to John and Priscilla Alden. The first of the Whittleseys in New England was

(I) John Whittlesey, a native of Cambridge- shire, England, who came with the Lord Say and Sale Company to Saybrook in 1635. His wife was Ruth Dudley.

(II) John Whittlesey, the next in line, frried Hannah Long, and they lived in Saybrool The descent is then traced through

(III) Hezekiah Whittlesey and Priscilla

ones, of Saybrook ;

(IV) Hezekiah Whittlesey (2) and Lyd Vat- erhouse, of Saybrook ;

(V) John Whittlesey (3) and Abigail 1 ham, of Saybrook ; and

(VI) John Elihu Whittlesey and Louisa lıgra- ham, of Saybrook, to

(VII) George Dickinson Whittlesey, ( Say- brook and New London, who was born 1831, at Old Saybrook, Conn., and after cor fenc- ing life on his own account was for severafrears engaged in the general store business there, lass- ing considerable money in that venture. Retving to New London in the early sixties he beca , one of the most prominent and influential citizens | that city, which was ever afterward his home. As a member of the firm of Whittlesey & Annt Mr. Whittlesey carried on the business of woolen anu- facturing in South Coventry, and later cant into the ownership of the glass works over at For feck. About 1872 he succeeded the late Peter Tuler as cashier of the First National Bank of New I don. of which his father-in-law, the late ex-Gov. Ancis B. Loomis, was president. Mr. Whittlesey as a Democrat, and during Cleveland's first a , inis- tration was appointed postmaster at New I don, an office he filled for five years most cre fably. This was the only public position he ever he that brought him in contact with the people as a [vant of the government, and it served but to enha p: the admiration in which he was universally held, r his friends were limited only by the circle of ac- with Jesent quaintances. The rarely sympathetic qualiti which he was endowed by nature, were ever in his relations with the patrons of the office, , in- deed, they were in all of his intercourse with . fel- low men, and he bore the reputation of beit, one of the most pleasant mannered men in Newcon- don. It has been remarked that Mr. Whit fey's cheerful "Good morning" seemed as a panaf. for many a case of dejected feeling. Certain it that no incumbent of the post office there ever mac nore friends in his discharge of the duties of tha ffice. He was a man of fine appearance, accentua d by his dignified and courteous bearing, and softed by the kindliness of his disposition. In business was shrewd and far seeing, but the soul of integy in any transaction, and was widely and fa ably known throughout this part of the State.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

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 58

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