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1773. when it went into the hands of George and William Burr, relatives. He married ( second ) Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Samuel Stone. Children of first wife: Sarah, mar- ried Jolin Wilcox; William, died in infancy; Mary, married Thomas Stoughton: Jolin. mentioned below. Children of second wife: Elizabeth, born 1645; Samuel, 1646; Joseph, captain. immortalized in history by his exploit in hiding the colonial charter in the Charter Oak : Sarah, 1650; Thomas, 1651 ; Rebecca. 1656.
( II) John, son of William Wadsworth, was born in Hartford. He was an early settler of Farmington. Connecticut, where he resided until his death. His widow Sarah survived him. He was one of the most prosperous and influential citizens. In 1669 of eighty- four taxable estates his was third with a valu- ation of one hundred and eighty-three pounds. He was sergeant of the military company, and member of what was later called the state senate. He was present when his brother, Captain Joseph, concealed the charter. He married Sarah Stanley, born at Hartford. Children: Sarah, born 1657: Samuel, 1665: John, 1662; Mercy, 1665 : William, mentioned below: Nathaniel. 1677: James (twin), 16;7; Thomas, 1680: Hezekiah. 1683.
(III ) William (2), son of John Wads- worth, was born in 16;1. died in 1751. He represented Farmington in the general assem- bly from 1718 to 1740. He married (first), 1696. Abigail Lewis, who died in ITO7. He married (second), 1707. Sarah Bunce. Chil- dren, born at Farmington: William. born 1697. died young : Mary, 1700: Hannah, 1201; Abigail, 1702: Ezekiel. 1704; William, men- tioned below.
(IV) William (3). son of William ( 2) Wadsworth, was born in 1709, died 1,69. He lived in Farmington. He married1. in 1740. Ruth Hart. Children, born in Farmington: William, 1742: Asahel, mentioned below ; Gad. 1743: Ezekiel. 1746. died 1748.
(\) Asahel. son of William (3) Wads- worth, was born at Farmington. 1743. died in 1817. He married ( first) Mercy Woodruff. who died in ISIT. He married (secon.1) Hannah Wadsworth, who died in 18IS, age? sixty-one, daughter of Nathaniel Wadsworth. Jr. Children, born at Farmington: Manna. born 1768. died I;gt : Ruth, married Washburn and went to Vermont: Thomas Hart, mentioned below.
(\'I) Thomas Hart, son of Asahel Wads- worth, was born at Farmington. 1771. died in 1853. He married (first) Sarah North. who died in 1800: ( second), in 18:2. Eliza- beth Rowe. Children, born at Farmington.
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Anna Deming. 1805, died young: Marcus North, 1806: Lucy, 1808; Winthrop Manna. mentioned below : Adrian R., 1814: Elizabeth A., married - Rockwell.
(VII) Winthrop Manna, son of Thomas Hart Wadsworth, was born at Farmington. November 27, 1812, died November 24, 1891. He was educated in the public schools. He owned the homestead which has been in the family since 1682. He was a well-to-do and prominent farmer. at one time president of the State Dairymen's Association, and presi- dent of the Farmington Creamery Corpora- tion, the first of its kind in New England : president also of the Union Agricultural So- ciety. comprising the farmers of five towns. for fifteen years. He was a charter member of the Farmers Savings Bank, which now has more than two million dollars in de- posits. He represented the town in the gen- eral assembly. He married. December 21. 1853. Lucy Ann Ward, who died February TO, 1883. Children, born at Farmington: Ward M., 1854: Adrian R., mentioned below : Harry H., 1857: Frederick .A., 1858: Frank 11., 1850: Isabella, died in infancy ; George B .. 1864.
(VIII) Adrian R., son of Winthrop Manna Wadsworth, was born in 1855 at Farmington. He attended Deacon Hart's Academy at Farmington. Professor Camp's School at New Britain and graduated from the Sheffield Sci- entific School of Yale University in the class of 1880. He followed the profession of en- gineering and in 1882 was city surveyor of Shamokin. Pennsylvania. In 1883 he was in the employ of the Clark Bridge Company in Virginia and practiced both civil and min- ing engineering in Minnesota. He returned afterward to his native town and followed farming and civil engineering. He was a prime mover in organizing the Farmington Water Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer. He is also secretary and treasurer of the Farmington Creamery Company. one of the oldest and most prosperous in New England. He was president of the State Dairymen's Association for two years. He is secretary and treasurer of the Connecticut Association of Civil Engineers. He repre- sented his town in the general assembly in 1897 and was house chairman of the com- inittee on contingent expenses and forfeited rights. In ISoo he was on the committee on roads. bridges and rivers, and in 1001 was chairman of the agricultural committee. He has been justice of the peace and first select- man of Farmington. In politics he is a Re- publican. He is a member of the Congre- gational church. He is a member of Evening
Star Lodge. No. 101, Free and Accepted Masons: Royal Arch Masons: Royal and Se- lect Masters and Knights of Pythias. Hc married, April 16, 1890, Charlotte B., daugh- ter of William C. and Mary W. Steel. of Hartford. Children: Ilelen B., born April IO, 1891: Adrian R., Jr., February 25, 1895 : William Steele. December 16, 1899.
COLE Jaines Cole, immigrant ancestor. came probably from Essex county. England, and settled in Hartford. Connecticut, with the founders under Hooker. His name is on the list of the original set- tlers and on the monument at Hartford. His home lot was on Main street. He was a cooper by trade. His will was dated in 1652. His widow died February 20. 1678-79. Children : Abigail, married Daniel Sullivan ; John, mentioned below.
(II) John, son of James Cole. was born in England. He was admitted a freeman at Hartford in 1655: was constable in 1657. He owned eleven lots of land, comprising eighty acres. His will was dated August 4. 1683. proved March 4. 1686. Children : John: Job: Samuel, mentioned below : Maiy. born June 27, 1654: Anne, married Benton : Lydia, married John Wilson: Na- thaniel.
(III) Samuel, son of John Cole, was born in Hartford. He married Mary --. who died March 16. 1603. Children, born at Hart- ford: Samuel, 1673: Ichabod: John: Jona- than, mentioned below: Elizabeth, married Richard Smith : Dorothy : Hannah.
(IV) Jonathan, son of Samuel Cole, was born about 1685 at Hartford. He lived at East Hartford and Manchester, Connecticut. He married Children : Ton- atban. mentioned below : Mary, married John Kendall : Hannah : David.
(V) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (1). Cole. was born at Hartford. He received land from his father by deed. April 24. 17.19. and sold it June 29, 1756, to Captain David Good. He married Had two children : Thomas, mentioned below. and Marv.
(\'T) Thomas, son of Jonathan (2) Cole. was born about 1755. He was a soldier in the revolution and was with the continental army when it was occupying New York City. He was sick in New York, and his wife passed through both lines on horseback and took him home and nursed him back to health. He married. at Norwalk. Connecticut. No- vember 28. 1770. Mary Ressiquie, of French ancestry. daughter of Alexander Ressionie. granddaughter of Alexander Ressiquie and
adriano & Madewith.
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great-granddaughter of Pierre Bontecue, one of the French Huguenot settlers. His widow was granted a pension on account of his ser- vice in the revolution. They lived in Wilton parish, part of Norwalk, and he was a wagon- maker by trade. Children, born at Norwalk : Thomas, October 20, 1780; Ira, February 10, 1783; Timothy, August 11, 1785; Sally, Feb- ruary 9. 1788 : Curtis, mentioned below ; Sam- uel, October 22, 1792 : Sherman, June 4, 1804, manufacturer of carriages and hubs in Wil- ton, married Susan, daughter of Louis Hurl- butt.
(VII) Curtis, son of Thomas Cole, was born May 10, 1790. in Wilton. Ile was edu- cated in the public schools, and followed his father's trade as carriagemaker and wheel- wright and later had a farm at Easton, Con- necticut. He spent his last years at the home of his daughter at Huntington, Connecticut. He married Mary Sturges, who was born in Weston, daughter of James and Mary ( Deit- mann) Sturges. She died at the age of sev- enty-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Cole had two children: Julia Ann and James Sturges, mentioned below. Julia Ann mnar- ried Joseph E. Fields, who was a resident of Huntington. later Stepney. Connecticut, and they had two daughters: Mary D .. married Lampheer and died January 28. 1911, and Anne. married Wright and resides
in Newtown.
(VIII) James Sturges, son of Curtis Cole. was born at Wilton, September 10. 1825. He was reared and educated in Wilton. At the age of eigliteen he came to Easton, Con- necticut, and followed farming for many years. Afterward he lived in Trumbull, Con- necticut, where he followed farming for five years. For a time he resided in that part of Fairfield now in Bridgeport, and in ISSo came to Bridgeport and there spent his last years in retirement. He died August 30, 1906. aged eighty-one years, an honored and respected citizen. He was successful in business and earned the confidence and esteein of all who knew him by fair dealing and scrupulous in- tegrity in all his transactions. He was a faithful member of St. John's Church. In politic, he was a Democrat, later a Republi- can, and he was for one term a selectman of Easton. He married Emeline Mallett. a na- tive of Trumbull, daughter of Ephraim San- ford Mallett (see Mallett VID. Children : I. George Wilbur. born December 14. 1858, resides in Long Hill. Trumbull, Connecticut : married Annie Sherwood Burr: children : Amy Burr. Clifford Mallett. Mabel Sherwood and Cynthia. 2. Charles Mallett. born Feb- ruary 26, 1863. married February 11. 1893.
Edith Anna Wheeler ( see Wheeler VIII), and had one son. Hobart Fairchild Cole. 3. Mary Emma, born October 28, 1867, mar- ried Edward Larry Baldwin, of Leicestershire, New York, and they have two children: Stanley Cole and Esther M. Baldwin. 4. Jen- nie Estelle, born December 11, 1871, married C. Henry Hurlburt ; children: Henry Cole, James Sturges and Edward Glenn Hurlburt.
(The Mallett Line).
(I) David Mallett, the progenitor, was a French Huguenot living at Rochelle, France. During the persecution of his sect his brother and brother-in-law were among the victims put to death by being broken on the wheel. In 168; he took refuge in England, where he died in 1691. Early in lite he had a com- mission as commissary under the French gov- ernment.
(II) John, son of David Mallett, was born in France and went to England with his fa- ther. After the death of his father he re- turned to his native land and secured his wife and two children and some money and sailed with other Huguenots for South Carolina. At Santee his vessel landed, and two other ships that came in company with that vessel landed their passengers at Beaufort. His wife and two children died. He later returned to Europe, to some part of Germany, where a brother had taken refuge, and for two years he was a soldier. He came again to this country by way of New York to Santee and located soon at the Huguenot town of New Rochelle. New York, about 1695. One of his brothers was a physician in Yorkshire, Eng- land : another was. as stated. in Germany, and a third came to America with him. He mar- ried, in 1695. Johanna Lyon, born in 1663. died September 16, 1764, aged one hundred and one years, in the house where Mrs. Cole's father was born. Her will was dated March IS. 1;63. hequeathing to sons John and David. He settled at Fairfield. Connecticut, and died September 23. 1745: is buried at Stratfield cemetery. Children: David. mentioned be- low: Captain Jolin. born October 16. 1703: Lewis, August 14. 1706: Johanna, March IO. I;10: Peter, March 31. 1712.
(III) David (2). son of John Mallett. was born January 10. 170 !. died August 22, 1777. He resided at Tashna. He married Esther Angevine. born at New Rochelle, New York. in I,II. died at Taslima. January 16, 1787. A journal of some one hundred and eighty pages, written by David ( 1) and John (2). was finally lost. but was reproduced in some measure from memory hy a descendant who was familiar with its pages. His account is
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given in the Mallett genealogy and is exceed- . ingly interesting. He describes the elegant home at Fairfield, the family. servants, all speaking French, and gives an unusually good account of the first settler and his family. Practically all of this account has been veri- fied by records. David's will was dated March 5, 1775. mentioning all the children but Hannah. Children of David Mallett, born at Tashua and Trumbull, Connecticut: John, October 28. 1731 : Hannah, September 10. 1733; David. November 15. 1735: Joseph, mentioned below: Esther, January 1. 1745, married John Wheeler (see Wheeler \').
(IV) Joseph, son of David (2) Mallett, was born March 25. 1740. died November 15, 1819. He married May 4. 1768, Jerusha Middlebrook, born Angust 31, 1742. died Au- gust 31. 1819. Children, born at Tashua and Trumbull : Elizabeth, February 7. 1769: Ephraim, February 18. 1772, died young ; Elijah, mentioned below : Robert, June 15, 1778: Esther. April 8, 1781.
(V) Elijah, son of . Joseph Mallett, was born August 31. 1773, died July 6. 1806. He married, December 1, 1705. Sarah Sanford. born January 11. 1777. died February 27. 1834. Children, born at Tashua: Ephraim Sanford, mentioned below : Josiah. April 23. 1798 : Esther. January 17, 1802.
(VI) Ephraim Sanford. son of Elijah Mal- lett, was born at Tashua. January 6. 1797, died March 15. ISSI, at Tashua. He mar- ried. April 2, 1828. Cynthia Sherman, born April 1, 1792. died August 10. ISSI. daughter of Ebenezer Sherman. Chil- dren, born in Trumbull : Sarah Ann. February 22. 1830. died August 31, 1834; Emeline, born September 20, 1836, married James Sturge. Cole. Voril 27. 1851 (sec Cole VIII) ; Mary Esther. December 16, 1834. married Charles Middlebrook Jennings : Josiah HI., February 16. 1838, married Juliette Sherwood. December 14, ISTO.
( The Wheeler Line).
(I) Sergeant Ephraim Wheeler. immi- grant ancestor, came from England at an early date in company, very likely, with Ker. John Jores and party. He located first at Concord, Massachusetts, where he was made a freeman, March 13. 1630, and in 1644 he same to Fairfield with Mr. Jones colony. At this time he had a wife and one child, it not two children. He became prominent in the colony, acquiring a large amount of land, which was mentioned in his will. dated Sep- tember 22, 1669. On October 28. 1670, his estate was inventoried at ten hundred and twenty-six pounds sterling eighteen shillings
and six pence, and in 168t his widow toid taxes on seven hundred and six acres of banl. Children: Isaac, born in 1038, died young; Isaac, mentioned below : Mary: Rath: Han- nalı; Rebecca : Judith : Abigail, died February 7, 1712; Samuel, less than twenty-one years of age in 1669; Timothy : Ephraim.
( Il) Deacon Isaac Wheeler, son of Ser- geant Ephraim Wheeler, was born December 13. 1642. He received from the town of Fair- field, on February 12, 1673, a building Jot and pasture lot, according to the custom of the town with new householders. This tract lay on the west side of what is now Park avenue and in the vicinity of State street, and it was occupied by him as a homestead. He also received from his parents a large amount of real estate and became a well-to-do farmer. His interest in religious progress is seen from the fact that he was one of the first nine members of the Stratfield Congregational Church. He married and had children : Isaac, mentioned below : Samuel : Sarah : Re- becca : Mary : Experience : Mercy.
(III) Isaac ( 21, son of Deacon Isaac (I) Wheeler resided in Fairfield, and on April 18, 1608. his estate was inventoried at four hundred and thirty-nine pounds nine shillings and five pence. He married and bad chil- dren : Isaac, born ron2: Ebenezer, men- tioned below : Elizabeth. 1996.
( IV ) Ebenezer, son of Isaac (2) Wheeler, was born 1694: made his home in Stratford ; his estate was distributed Iune 12. 1717-IS. He married Abigail Edwards. Children: Ebenezer, born February 21, 1732, died April 27, 1735: Sarah, died July 29, 1,33: Mary. Rebecca : John, mentioned below.
(V) John, son of Ebenezer Whecier, was born in 1738. He married. January 26. 1700. Esther Mallett, born January 1, 1745. dasgh- ter of David Mallett ( see Mallett III ). Chil- dren : Ebenezer. born February 11. 1705: David, August, 1707 : John M. mentioned below.
(VII) John M., son of John Wheeler, was born January 7. 1760, and settled in the town of Trumbull. where he was a farmer. He married Ann Walker, born July 11. 1774. daughter of Eliakim Walker. Children: Me- lissa, born 170 ;: Walker, January 21. 1803 : Ebenezer, mentioned below.
( VII) Ebenezer (2), son of John M. Wheeler. was born November 13, 18me, in Trumbull. He always look a lively interest in all the affairs of bis town, holding varions town offices, and was a member of the state legislature in 1853. He was an active mem- ber of the Episcopal church at Long Hill. being warden at the tinie of his death. He
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died September 17. 1887. On February 20, IS40, he married Cordelia Mallett. Children : Hon. Hobart R., mentioned below ; Wilmot C., March 11, 1848.
(VHI) Hon. Hobart Rutledge Wheeler, son of Ebenezer (2) Wheeler, was born in Trumbull. November 20, 1840. He attended the public schools of Trumbull and New Britain, Connecticut, and New York City. He is one of the wealthiest and most influential citizens of Trumbull. having large holdings of valuable real estate in that town and in Bridgeport. His winters are spent in Bridge- port and his summers at his country home in Trumbull. He is a Democrat in politics and takes a keen interest in public affairs. He has represented the town of Trumbull in the general assembly. He is an Episcopalian in religion. He married. June 15, 1864, An- toinette S .. daughter of Daniel Fairchild. of Trumbull. Children: Edith Anna. born July 2. 1867, married February 11, 1893. Charles Mallett Cole, and has one son. Hobart Fairchild ; Daniel Fairchild. March 28, 18;2.
ROWLEY Thomas Rowley. immigrant ancestor, was born in Eng- land and settled early at Windsor. Connecticut. He bought and prob- ably resided on the Eggleston lot at Backer Row. He removed before 1682 to Simsbury. He married. May 5. 1660. Mary, daughter of Henry Denslow. Children: Mary. born April 16, 16;0: Thomas, mentioned below : child. died May 22. 16,6: Martha, born May 13, 1677: John. October 27. 1679. buried No- veniber 10. 1679: Thomas: Abigail. February IO. 1686: Grace, August 5. 1692: Samuel, lied August 1I, 1697; Elizabeth, married William Lucas.
(II ) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Rowley, was born in Windsor in 16;1. died October 28, 1741. He married. March 16. 1699, Violet ( Shepard ) Stedman, born Tune II. 1681, died April 1. 1;31. daughter of John. granddaughter of Edward Shepard. Children: Hannah, born July 5 1700: Ann. September 24. 1703: Thomas. December 5. 1705: Sarah. September 17. 1708: Sammuel. March 11. ITIO, mentioned below: Daniel. October 11, 171; : Hannah. February II. 1720.
( III) Samuel, son of Thomas (2) Row- lev, was born in Windsor. March IL. ITTO. died December 6. : 811. at the great age of one hundred and one years. He was a mem- ber of the Winterbury Church. Windsor. Children: Samuel. May 20. 1746: Elizabeth .. March 20. 1748: Tob. April 15. 1752. men- tioned below : Stephen. March 21. 1755 : Silas. December 2. 1,50: Lucina. March 10, 1762:
Kate, December 9. 1766: William, died Oc- tober 28, 1770.
( IV ) Job, son of Samuel Rowley, was born at Windsor, April 15, 1752, died February 24, I 823. He resided at Bloomfield. formerly Windsor. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Barnard's company. Connecticut Line (Third), Colonel Samuel Wyllys, of Hartford, for eight months, in 1778. He was also in Lieutenant Charles Seymour's com- pany, General Erastus Wolcott's regiment. the previous year. He married Ruth Loonss. born March II, 1763. died February 5. 1816. Children, born at Bloomfield. baptized there July 20. 1800: Job. born 1,88, resided at Hartford, died 1864. married Ruth Hale: Ruth, married Hooker Clark, died 1854: Emma. died aged five years: Naomi. died February 21, 1794. aged two years: Bildad. born August 17, 1795. mentioned below : Loomis, born April 13, 1797. married Rachel McNeil: Warren, died aged eight years.
(V) Captain Bildlad Rowley, son of Job Rowley, was born August 17. 1795. died Inne 12. 1884. He resided at Bloomfield, Con- necticut. He was captain of his company and a leading citizen of the town. He married (first) Clarissa Latimer, who died September 25. 1835. He married ( second ) Nancy Welles, who died August 20. 1871. Children of first wife. born at Boorifield; I. Ileze- kiah Latimer, February 28. 1819, married, October 14, 1841. Tane Loomis; George Washington, September. 1822. married Re- becca Latimer. and died April 13. : 873. Children of second wife, born at Bloomfield : Henry Welles. February 28. 1839. mentioned below; Edward Bunce, July 28. 1841. never married.
(VI) Henry Welles, con of Captain Bildad Rowley, was born at Bloomfield. February 2S. IS30. He lived at Bloomfield and was a leading citizen. He married Harriet T. Adams. Children. born at Bloomfield: Will- iam Henry. April 15. 1863. married. October 11. 188S. Lnei P. Bidwell: George Adams. September 20, 1864, die ! April 21, 18%: Andrew Scott. January 20. 1868. died Anrust 22. 1868: Arthur Malcolm. June 6. IST): Clayton Welles. August 23. 1874: Bertha Max. Joly 15. 1877: Robert Lee. August 15. 1870. imentioned below ; Hattie Adams, No- vember r. 1880, died Angust 14. 1881.
(VID) Dr. Robert Lee Rowley. son of Henry Welles Rowley, was born ar Bloom- fieldi. August 15. 1879. He attended the pub- lic schools of his native town and the Hart- fort high school, from which he was grad- nated in the class of 1808. He studied his profession in Yale Medical School and re-
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ceived the degree of M. D. in 1903. During the following two years he was an interne at the Hartford Hospital and was house sur- geon six months. For a short time he was in the Post-Graduate Hospital in New York and in the Bridgeport Hospital. He began to practice in Hartford, January 1, 1906. He is medical director of the department of policies of the Hartford Life Insurance Com- pany and is on the staff of the Hartford Hospital. He is a member of the Hartford Medical Society. the Hartford County Med- ical Society, the Connecticut Medical Asso- ciation, the Hartford Club and Hartford Golf Club. In religion he is an Episcopalian and a member of Trinity Church, Hartford.
· KNAPP Nicholas Knapp, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England and came to Massachusetts with Winthrop about 1630. He settled at Water- town, where he sold land and privileges, May 6, 1646, and died in April, 1670. Hle mar- ried (first ) Eleanor . who died August 16, 1658; (second), March 9. 1659, Unity, widow of Peter Brown and formerly widow of Clement Buxton. His will bequeaths to four sons and four daughters. Children : Jonathan, born December 27. 1631 : Timothy, December 14. 1632: Joshua. January 5, 1635: Caleb, see forward: Sarah. January 5. 1639; Ruth, January 6, 1641 : Hannah, November 6, 1643 : Moses : Lydia.
(II) Caleb, son of Nicholas and Eleanor Knapp. was born at Watertown. January 20, 1637. He settled at Stamford, Connecticut. and was admitted a freeman. 1670. His will is dated December II. 1674. He married Hannah Children, born at Stam- ford: Caleb, November 24, 1661: John, see forward, Moses : Samuel ; Sarah, Hannah.
(III) John. son of Caleb and Hannalı Knapp, was born July 25, 1664. He mar- ried, June 10, 1692, Hannah Ferris. Chil- dren, born at Stamford: Samuel, August 27. 1695; John, August 14, 1697: Hannah, March 10, 1698-99: Peter. August 5, 1701 ; Charles. May 9, 1703 : Deborah. June 28, 1705 : Moses. see forward.
(IV) Moses, son of John and Hannah (Ferris) Knapp, was born August 6. 1709. He married. November 25, 1731. Jemima Weed. Children, born at Stamford: Temi- ma, January 9, 1732-33 : Ebenezer. Angust 4. 1734: Moses. June 5. 1736: Abraham, De- cember 28. 1737: John. see forward: Tamsen. born July 28. 1739: Jabez. June 24. 1741; Phebe, June 19. 1743: Sarah, August 2. 1745: Jane, March 3. 1747-48: Isaac. April 14, 1750.
(V) John (2), son of Moses and Jemima (Weed) Knapp, was born in 173S, died in !Sio, and was buried in Danbury in a ceme- tery at the north end of Main street. By occupation he was a farmer and shoemaker. his homestead being in the Pembroke dis- trict. "He was an amiable, peace-loving man, and conscientiously opposed to the measures taken by the colonies to free themselves from the English yoke." As his sentiments, did not please his neighbors, he was obliged to leave his home for safety, and for a time lived in a cave on Rattle Hill mountain. near Neversink Pond, his wife supplying him with food by night.
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