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(M. E.). For several years instructor in mechanical engineering at Yale, and now pro- fessor of mechanics at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. He is a member of Sigma Ni. American Society of Mechani- cal Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science. American Society for the Promotion of Engineering. Providence University Club, president Rhode Island er- onautical Society. 4. Susan May, born Sep- tember 1. 1878. 5. Grace Elizabeth Platt, May 9, 1881. 6. Ethel Chapman. August IT, 1884.
( The Alden-Mullins Line ).
(I) John Allen, married 'Priscilla Mullins.
(II ) Elizabeth. daughter of John Alden and Priscilla ( Mullins ) Alden, married Wil- liam Pabodie.
(III) Lydia. daughter of William Pabodie and Elizabeth ( Alden ) Pabodie. married Dan- iel Grenell.
(IV) Lydia Grenell, daughter of Daniel Grenell and Lydia ( Pabodie ) Grenell, mar- ried Joseph Clark. (See Clark IV.) (Some of the Pabodie descendants use the form of Peabody for the family name. and it is now the most common ).
( The Clark Line ).
(1) John Clark settled in Cambridge. Mas- sachusetts, 1632. He came to Hartford, Con- necticut, with Thomas Hooker's company in 1636. and removed to Saybrook, Connecticut. about 1645, where his descendants settled. He was one of the company under Captain John Mason, who came down from Hartford in 1637 and fought the Pequots at Mystic. He was one of the patentees to whom the Royal Charter was granted by King Charles II, which was hidden in the Charter Oak in Hartford by Captain Wordsworth. John Clark was one of the most influential men in the colony. Ile died in Milford. Connecticut. in 1673. He married (first ) - : (sec- ond) Mary Ward Fletcher: no children by second wife.
(II) Jobn (2), son of John to Clark, married Rebeckah Porter.
(III) Major John (3), son of John (2) and Kebeckah ( Porter , Clark, served in the French war in 1708-co. and was promoted to rank of major. He also served in King Phil- ip's Indian war. He married Rebeckah. daughter of William and Lydia ( Danforth) Beaniont.
(IV) Joseph, son of John (3+ and Rebeck- ah ( Beamont ) Clark, married i fir-to, Lydia. daughter of Daniel and Lydia . Pabodie) Grenell : ( second ) Priscilla ----. James W. Brooks is a descendant from Jolin
Alden and Priscilla Mullins through the first marriage of this Joseph Clark.
(V) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) and Lydia ( Grenell ) Clark, married Parnell ( Ship- man ?).
(VI) Renben, son of Joseph (2) and Par- nell ( Shipman? ) Clark, served in the revolu- tionary war, ranking as ensign. He married (first ) Elizabeth Truby, (second) Prudence Wright.
(VII) Joseph (3), son of Reuben and Eliz- abeth (Truby) Clark, was too young to enlist, and entered the army with his father Reuben as his servant ; later he enlisted and served to the end of the war. He married Ann South- worth.
(VIII) Nancy 1., daughter of Joseph and Ann (Southworth ) Clark. married Nathan Brooks (see Brooks II).
( IX) Zerah Clark Brooks, son of Nathan and Nancy A. ( Clark) Brooks. married Susan Cecelia Griffin ( see Brooks III).
( X) James Weston Brooks, son of Zerah C. and Susan C. (Griffin ) Brooks, married Sarah Esther Platt (see Brooks IV).
(The Rossiter Line).
(I) Edward Rossiter came from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. with Rev. John Wareham, and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He had numer- ous descendants.
(II ) Bryan, son of Edward Rossiter, came to Connecticut in 1636, with others forming the Connecticut Colony. He became a dis- tinguished physician, and was prominent in public affairs. He removed from Windsor. Connecticut, to Guilford. Connecticut, about 1652.
( III) Josiah. son of Bryan Rossiter, was much engaged in public affairs, and was a member of the Upper House of Assembly 1700-1711. He married Sarah, daughter of Hon. Samuel Sherman, of Woodbury. Con- necticut.
(IV) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (1) and Sarah (Sherman) Rossiter, marricu Mary Hill.
(\') John. son of Josiah (2) and Mary ( EIill) Rossiter, married Jemima Bri-tol.
(VI) John (2), son of John (1) and Je- mima ( Bristol) Rossiter, married Submit Wright.
(\'II) David, son of John (2) Rossiter and Submit ( Wright ) Rossiter, married Abigail Buell.
(VIII) Jemima. daughter of Dayki and Abigail ( Bucll) Rossiter married James Needham Griffin.
( IX) Susan Cecelia Griffin, daughter of
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James N. and Jemima ( Rossiter) Griffin, married Zerah Clark Brooks.
(X) James Weston Brooks, son of Zerah C. and Susan C. ( Griffin ) Brooks, married Sarah Esther Platt ( see Brooks IV).
( III) Theophilus Munson,
MUNSON son of Samuel Munson (q.v. ). was born September 10, 1675. died November 28, 1747. He lived in New Haven, where he was a very prosperous and prominent citizen. For forty-five years he lived at the southwest corner of College and Wall streets, where President Dwight now lives. His name appears continually in the New Haven records, and during his entire life he served the town in various official ca- pacities. By trade he was a locksmith or blacksmith, and also an extensive dealer in real estate. April 29. 1701. he took the free- man's oath, and in 1703, his name was on the list of freemen in New Haven. In December, 1705. he was chosen lister for the first time, a position to which he was elected several times later. December 26, 1700. he was made town treasurer. December 25, 1710, he was first elected sealer of weights and measures. a po- sition which he continued to hold for thirty- five consecutive years. In 1712-13-14-15-16- 17. he was selectman : in 1718-19-20, deputy to the general court. April 3. 1719. he was admitted, with his wife, to communion of the First Church. March 16. 1720, he contrib- uted one acre of land for the benefit of Yale College. February 19. 1722, he bought the ancestral home on Grove street. In 1722 and 1731 he was chosen tythingman. In 1725 he was one of a committee to treat with the In- dians concerning the purchase of land. He was chosen a trustee of the Hopkins Gram- inar School in 1742, and served until his death in 1747. He was also prominent in the mili- tary affairs of the colony: sergeant in 1712: ensign in 1726. and captain in 1731. Early in his career, 1696, he was granted land. and from then on was continually buying, selling or exchanging land.
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He married Esther. daughter of John Mix or Meeks. She died September 16, 1746. aged sixty-eight years. Her father was the son of Thomas and Rebecca ( Turner ) Meeks, the latter a daughter of Captain Nathaniel Turner. Theophilus Munison died November 28. 1747. His will was dated March 29. 1746, and proved December 28. 1747. The inventory of his estate was large, amounting to seven thousand two hundred and fifty-four pounds, nineteen shillings, six pence. Chil- dren born in New Haven: Elizabeth, Sep- tember 26, 1697, married Rev. Richardson
Miner ; Esthier, November 8, 1099; Israel, De- cember 11, 1701; Martha, August 8, 1704; Daniel. January 12, 1708-09. mentioned be- low ; Benjamin, March 28. 1;1! : Theophilus, June 25, 1713; James, October 1. 1715; Ann, January 4, 1717-18; Sybil, March 22. 1719- 20: Lois, June 7, 1722.
( IV) Daniel, son of Theophilus Munson, was born January 12, 1708-09. in New Haven, and was the first of the American Munsons 10 become a physician. He graduated from Yale College in 1726, and received the degree of A. M. in 1729. His father's will says : "Dan- iells Education & what he has Since Received of me is to be accounted equal to what I have given my two Sons Benjamin & Theophilus by Deed.'
Mr. Munson was rector of the Hopkins Grammar School in 1729-30. He lived in New Haven until 1740. and in 1736 was wit- ness to a conveyance by his father, which is recorded in that year. April 9. 1740, he bought in Stratford. Connecticut, two acres right of commonage. He became a member of Christ Church. Stratford. February 5. 1744. He married. April 27, 1730. Mary. daughter of Joseph and Sarah Gorham, of Stratiord. She was born in Yarmouth. Maine, and after the death of her first husband. married ( second ) November. 1747. Benjamin Arnold. Iler father was the son of James Gorham, born April 2. 1650. the fourth of eleven children of Captain John Gorham, who commanded the Barnstable company in the great Swamp fight. December 19, 1675. at Narragansett. In this fight, Captain John Gorham contracted dis- ease from cold and exposure and died at Swansea. February 5. 1676. He came to Plv- month. in 1643, from Benefield. England.
where he was baptized January 28, 1621. He was deputy from Yarmouth. He married De- sire, daughter of John Howland. who came over on the "Mayflower." and married white on board, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Bridget ( Van der Velde ) Tilley, both "May- flower" pilgrims, and the last of the name John Howland, father of Desire, was born 1593. died February 23. - 1673, and was the son of John Howland. of Newport. E-sex. England. The latter was the son of John Howland. of London. baptized August II, 1541. and his wife Emma, daughter of Nich- olas Revell. John Howland. of London. was the son of John and Anne ( Greenway ) How- land, and John was the son of John Howland, citizen and salter. London, making five gen- erations of the name, including the Pilgrim. Daniel Munson died June 21. 1746. Children : Kirk, baptized August 1. 1731, as Joseph Kirk Munson: George, July 21. 1740, Stratford;
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Sarah, November 21, 1742, Stratford : Daniel, April 4, 1745. Stratford.
(V) Kirk, son of Daniel Munson. was bap- tized August 1, 1737. in New Haven, and married Margaret C., daughter of Elilun Cha- pin, who was the son of Japhet Chapin. The latter was born in Roxbury. Massachusetts, October 15, 1642. His father came from Eng- land, 1638, and removed to Springfield. 1642. Kirk Munson lived in Huntington, Connecti- cut. His name was originally Joseph Kirk. and liis son, originally named Joseph. added Kirk on removing to New Haven, where there was already a Joseph. Children : Anne, bap- tized July 16. 1758. Stratford; Sarah, baptized October 5, 1760. Stratford; Polly, married George Clark; Katy, married Hollis- ter, of Farmington; Joseph ( Kirk), men- tioned below.
(VI) Joseph ( Kirk), son of Kirk Munson. was born August 13. 1765. He married. Jan- uary 1, 1786, Lucinda, daughter of John and Frances ( Plum) Sears, of Milford. John Sears was the son of John and Elizabeth ( Moore) Sears. Frances was daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Bailey) Plumb. Her father. Joseph Plumb, was the son of John and Elizabeth (Norton ) Plume, son of Robert and Mary ( Baldwin) Plume, son of John and Dorothy Plume, son of Robert and Grace ( Crackbone ) Plume, son of Robert and Eliza- beth ( Pursas) Plume, son of John and Eliza- beth Plume. Joseph ( Kirk) Munson was by trade a shoemaker and a farmer. He was a Congregationalist in religion. He lived in Milford and New Haven, Connecticut. At the age of thirteen, he is described as a drum- mer in Captain Joseph Birdley's company, in Colonel Whiting's regiment, five days in serv- ice. July 4, 1779. This was at the time of the New Haven invasion. According to one au- thority. he had served previously, October 5- 27. 1777. He was living in Milford. in 1793. and in that year. October 30. bought a piece of land. In 1802, he sold land at "Stubing Plains." According to the records of the Second Church. Milford, the covenant was propounded to Joseph Munson and his wife "March 25. 1798, and later the church voted them a letter of recommendation to the first church in New Haven." He was a resident of New Haven. July 1. 1808. In 1812 he pur- chased a lot with a dwelling-house on it. where he lived until 1822, when he sold the dwelling-house. In 1824 he sold the remain- der of this property, and probably went to live on land which he had purchased for a farm in 1821. It is supposed that he followed his trade of shoemaker until about this time. During the next ten or twelve years, he seems
to have engaged extensively in the buying and selling of land. He and his wife were adent- ted to membership in the North Church in April, 1810. In November, 1823, he was chosen pound-keeper. He died January 15. 1841, and his wife February 21, IS4S. His will was dated January 14, 1841, and signed by a mark, "On account of bodily suffering." The total value of his real estate was $4,355. Children: Margaret, born November 10. 1787 : Francis Plum, January 5, 1700 : Charles. February 14, 1792, mentioned below: Han- nah. July 17, 1794; Phebe, December 15. 1796: Mary, February 7, 1.99: Lucinda, July 20, 1802; George, February 11. 1804: Elibe Chapin. March 7, 1807.
{\'II ) Charles, son of Joseph ( Kirk ) Mun- son, was born February 14, 1792. died June 9. 1879. He served in the state militia in the war of 1812, under Captain Joseph A. Bishop. He resided in New Haven, but for a time was in the retail shoe business in Newbern. North Carolina. in partnership with his brother. He also resided in Woodbridge. Connecticut. where he was highway surveyor in 1832-45- 57: grand juror in 1835-36. He and his wife were members of the Congregational church. He married. April 11, 1815, Mabei Beach. born August 2, 1792. daughter of Benajah Beach. She died February 16. 18;8. Chil- dren : Charles Newton, born April 30. 1816. at New Haven: Edwin Reach, October 30. ISi7. mentioned below : Francis. July 25, IS2 ;. died March 7, 1825; Francis. July 15. 1827. at Woodbridge.
(\ III) Edwin Beach, son of Charles Mun- som. was born at Woodbridge. October 30. 1817. died August 15, 1879. He became an elector at Woodbridge in 1840. He became associated with his brother-in-law. Hon. N. D. Sperry, and Willis Smith, as masons and builders, and the firm lasted three years. For many years he was a railroad contractor and he superintended the construction of the ma- sonry and purchase of materials for the New Haven. New London & Stonington railroad in 1857-59. President Giles, in a letter about this work, said of him: "He not only equalled cur expectations, but far exceeded them in ability. energy and mechanical kill." Later Mr. Munson built the Derby railroad. He be- came superintendent of the Fair Haven & Westville horse railway. His place of resi- dence was New Haven and in 1860 he served in the common council. On the breaking out of the civil war, he raised Company K. Tent !! Connecticut Regiment of Volunteers, and Was commissioned captain, September 25. ISO! He was mustered into the service. October 2. 1861, and remained until December 14 follon -
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ing, when he resigned. Captain Munson was a man of fine and imposing appearance and commanded the respeet and esteem of his townsmen and all others who knew him.
He married. June 3, 1841, Amelia Cather- ine Sperry, of Woodbridge, born June 13. 1822, daughter of Wyllis and Catherine (Ramsdell ) Sperry. Children : I. Albert Le- roy. born March 24, 1842, connected with the National Folding Box and Paper Company of New York City; was second lieutenant in the Fifth New York Artillery in the civil war, March 5, 1862, first lieutenant, December, 1862, and captain, March 15, 1865, and brevet- lieutenant colonel: married, April 4, 1891, Lizzie Mineur, born in Copenhagen. Den- mark, daughter of Henry Mineur. 2. Henry Theodore, born March 26, 1844, lawyer of New York City: was clerk in the New Haven postoffice, then in the patent office at Wash- ington and became principal examiner, resign- ing in July. 1875. to engage in the practice of law in New York City : married, December 26, 1876, Nellie Sarah Porter, born October 1. 1856, at Grand Rapids, Michigan. daughter of Lewis and Hannah (Gregory) Porter. 3. Mary Gertrude, April IS, 1846. married. June 20. 1867, Richard Henry Greene, a law- yer of New York City. 4. Kate Amelia, born August 15. 1849, in New Haven, married. September 7, 1869, Louis Hartman, Todd, born September 14, 1839, son of James Laur- ence and Louisa Marietta ( Hartman ) Todd. 5. Sarah Augusta. April 18, 1852. married. March 21. 1882. Albert T. Candee. of New Haven. 6. Edward Benjamin, June 12, 1854, mentioned below. 7. Harvey Sperry. March 3, 1857, associated with his brother. Edward B., in the manufacture of patented paper boxes ; has taken out numerous patents on de- vices used in the business, secretary of the National Folding Box and Paper Company : married. February 11. 1886. Grace Louise Catlin : child. Marion Catlin, born August 5. 1887. 8. Harriet Eliza, March 16, 1859. 9. Emma Mabel, March 25, 1864. died August 2. 1888.
(1X) Edward Benjamin, son of Edwin Beach Munson, was born in New Haven. June 12. 1854, on what is now the northeast corner of George and West streets. In those days that was a farming section and the only road leading toward the city wa> Chapel street. He attended the old Webster school and from there went to the old Hillhouse high school. the building of which during the pe- tiod of his attendance was demolished and the construction of the present building begun. School was held in the old state house during the progress of the improvements. He left in
his sophomore year to begin his business ca- reer. As a boy he was ambitious and -oon proved his business ability. He was carrier for the New Haven Courier when a young boy and later for the New Haven Palladium and he used to deliver papers at the factory on the corner of Williams and Bradley streets, among others. and this property afterwards was owned by himself and brother. Many of his boyhood friends became prominent busi- ness men and distinguished in public life. A souvenir of that period of his life, something he prizes very highly, is a photograph of a baseball team of which he was a member and of which others also rose to positions of prom- inence in professional and business life. At the age of fifteen he was an errand boy in the store of Bradley and Pratt on the southwest corner of State and Chapel streets. From there he went to the firm of Kimberly & Candee in the same line of business. The firm failed and instead of continuing in this business he refused a position and engaged with his brother, Harvey S. Munson, in the business of office stationery and supplies. The business was successful. Early in 1874 the young firm secured the New England rights to manufacture folding paper- boxes from J. B. Osborn, of Newark, New Jersey. The very first order was for fifty thousand boxes for C. Cowles & Company, of New Haven. and the manufacturer could not fill the order. for want of facilities. The firm soon installed machinery to make the goods, and in 1875 the firm of Munson & Company was established. The first location was on the top floor of a building on Artisan street, the 40x50 room serving as factory and office. Many difficul- ties due to the infancy of the industry and lack of capital were overcome, and in two years larger quarters were required and they took the whole of the top floor of the building. Later, the floor beneath was added, but it was not until 1878 that the busi- ness was really prosperous. Costly pat- ents had been bought and the product had been introduced to the trade. however. In 18;y. a die was perfected for the business, the efficiency of which was proved by the fact that it has since been in almost universal use without improvements. In 1881 larger quar- ters were again needed and the property at the corner of Bradley and Williams streets. the old plant of the New Haven Organ Com- pany. was purchased by the firm. In ISSS another building was erected on this site, 40X 50, five stories high, and a structure connect- ing with the original building, which was 35x 90 feet. and also five stories in height. Their boxes found a ready market and from time to
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time new inventions were applied to increas- ing the product at less expense and in improv- ing the style and quality of the goods. In 1891 the business was consolidated with others in the formation of the National Folding Box and Paper Company. The real estate was re- tained by Munson & Company and is still owned by the firm.
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In February. 1896, owing to internal dis- sensions in the corporation, the Munson Brothers withdrew from the National Com- pany and prepared to resume business. Mun- son & Company was then incorporated with Harvey S. Munson as president and Edward N. Munson as secretary and treasurer. They started again in the same quarters where the business was first established on Artisan street. The new company found plenty of business and grew rapidly. In March, 1898. the present quarters on Clinton aventie were bought and transformed into one of the most convenient and up-to-date plants in the busi- ness. From the outset the business was pros- perous. The firm was peculiarly well-fitted to meet competition and hold its share of busi- ness. The partners possessed a thorough knowledge of the manufacture and sale of their product. both business and mechanical ability of a high order. The business is now conducted under the corporate title of The Munson Folding Box Company. with C. H. Wickham as president, E. B. Munson as trea- surer and H. Benjamin Munson as secretary. The New York office is at 47 West Thirty- fourth street. Harvey Benjamin Munson is son of Edward B. Munson. The office and factory is at 385 Clinton avenue. He and two brothers formerly owned the Munson To- bacco Company. incorporated August. 1893. to manufacture the Munson continuous cig- arette machine.
Edward Benjamin Munson is a prominent Free Mason, having taken the thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite Masonry. He is a meni- ber of Wooster Lodge, of New Haven; of Franklin Chapter. Royal Arch Masons: of Harmony Council, Royal and Select Masters ; of New Haven Commandery. Knights Temp -- lar, and the Lafayette Consstory. He is a Republican in politics and has served two terms in the common council of the city of New Haven, representing the eighth ward. He is a member of the Knights Templar Ciuh of New Haven. He and his family attend the United Congregational Church of the Re- deemer. Ilis residence is at 120 Lexington street, New Haven.
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He married. February 24. 1870. Josephine Etta. born July 13. 1856, daughter of Oscar B. Leavenworth. of New Haven. Children :
1. Grace Amelia, born April 24. 1880. gradu- ate of Mrs. Cady's School, New Haven. 2. Maude Josephine, November 22, 188t. gradu- ate of the same school. 3. Harvey Benjamin, December 20, 1884, associated in business with his father. 4. Ethel May. August 13. 1892. 5. Thornton Sperry, January 1, 1897.
(II) John (2) Warner, eldest
WARNER son of John ( I-q.v. ) and
Anne ( Norton ) Warner, was born about 1645, in Hartford. or Farmington. probably the latter, and was reared in that town, appearing on the list of freemen in 1660 and the list of proprietors in 1072. together with his father. He also subscribed to the articles of 1674 and made an effort to secure his right in the "Waterbury estate." of which he was a pioneer. His name occurs in all the fence divisons and he is called "Senior" in the Waterbury records. He had recorded there. February 19, 1703, one and a half acres of land on which his dwelling then stood. He called himself "of Farmington" in April, 1703. and again in 1705 In his will, however. dated Farmington. December 27. 1,06. he speaks of himself as "of Waterbury." Ile died soon after the latter date. in his sixty-
third year. and the inventory of iv's estate was made in March. 1707. His real estate and homestead in Waterbury were given to his son John, and the latter with Samuel Bron- son, a son-in-law, were executors of the will. Children: 1. John, born March t. 1670; was a physician in Westbury ( now Watertown ). and first deacon of the church there. 2. Eph- raim, mentioned below. 3. Robert settled in Woodbury. died 1759. 4. Ebenezer, a physi- cian, resided in Woodbury, where he died. 1759. His grandson, Colonel Seth Warner, ar- rived with five hundred fresh troops at a crit- ical moment in the revolutionary battle of Bennington, turning threatened defeat into one of the notable victories of that struggle. 5. Lydia, baptized March 13, 1680: married Samuel Bronson, and received by her father's will his "beds. bedding and household stuff." 6. Thomas, baptized May 6. 1083. probably died before his father.
( III ) Doctor Ephraim, second son of John (2) Warner, was born in 1670. and died An- gust 1, 1753. in his eighty-fourth year. His first grant of land in Waterbury was on the northeast corner of Willow and Grove streets. made January 21. 1600. on condition that he "should erect a house and co-inhabit it for four years." There he built his house and resided until ITOn. his next house being on a plot of fortytwo and a half acies on Buck's Hill. This he exchanged February 21, 1704, for an-
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other house and two lots of land. He received his forty pound right March 18, 1701, and soon after removed to Woodbury. In the latter town he was associated with his younger brother Ebenezer, who was also a physician. He continued practice there until April, 1714. when the town of Waterbury passed the fol- lowing vote: "The town, to encourage Dr. Ephraim Warner to come and live with tis, grant him the use of the school land for three years ( only one-half the lot in Hancox's meadow is exempt this year ), he to maintain the fence." They also voted him ten acres in the "sequester" on the condition that he re- main four years. He is not called doctor on the records until December. 1706, and he probably removed to Waterbury in response to the vote above quoted, being then called a practitioner. After his return to that town he became one of its notable men, bought and sold real estate to a large extent, and was much engaged in public business. He appears to have settled on Buck's Hill with several of his sons, to whom he gave houses and lots. He served as townsman, school committee. town collector, deputy to the general court in May. 1717. May, 1719. May and October. 1720, and May, 1722. As early as 1722 he was chosen captain of the train band, being the second thus distinguished, and was mod- erator of the town meeting in 1730. His es- tate was first settled by agreement of the heirs. ratified by order of probate in 1762. Much of it had been given to his children during his lifetime. He married Esther, daughter of Obadiah Richards, of Waterbury. Children: I. Margaret, born February, 1693. died the following month. 2. Ephraim, October 20. 1695, died when nine years old. 3. Benjamin. September 30, 1608: was a physican, called "Dr. Ben" to distinguish him from his father. and died in 1772. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. Obadiah, February 24. 2703. 6-7. Ebene- zer and Esther. mentioned in probate records.
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