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Judge Russell married, May SI, 1889. Ada Frances Robie, born September 23. 1867. at Plymouth, New Hampshire, daughter of James and Frances A. ( Jameson) Robic. granddaughter of Samuel and Eunice ( Roh- erts) Robie. great-granddaughter of Joseph and Polly (Davis) Roberts. Her father had two brothers. Thomas and William Robie. Judge Russell is a collateral descendant of Judge Stephen Hopkins, born at Scituate. R. I .. March 7. 1717. died at Providence in 1785. one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence : also of Esek Hopkins, first admiral appointed by the continental con- gress, commissioned in December, 1775. com- modore and commander-in-chief, born at Scituate in 1718).
Mrs. Frank F. Russell is a member of Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter. Dangh- ters of the American Revolution, of Putnam. Judge and Mrs. Russell have one child, Con- stance Lucile, born December 31. 1898. and their home is at the corner of Grove and Seward streets, in Putnam, where they have resided for a number of years.
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Richard Davis
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John Bailey or Baylie. immi-
BAILEY grant ancestor. came from Eng- land, and was one of the twenty- eight purchasers of the town of Haddam, Con- necticut, whither he removed from Hartford in 1662. In 1648 he was viewer of chimneys and ladders. He was constable at Hartford in 1656-57. He was admitted freeman in May, 1657. He died at Haddam in 1606. He had sons : Benjamin, mentioned below, and John.
(II) Benjamin, son of John Bailey, was born about 1660. He lived at Haddam and had three sons: John, who was deaf and dumb, but married and had a family: Benja- min. mentioned below : Nathaniel. had sons Daniel and Ezekiel.
(III) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin ( 1) Bailey, was born in Haddam in 1690. He lived in his native town and had sons: Heze- kiah : Benjamin, mentioned below : Samuel.
(IV) Benjamin (3). son of Benjamin (2) Bailey, was born about 1720. He lived at Haddam.
(V) ---- , son of Benjamin (3) Bailey. was born about 1750. He was a soldier in the revolution in the Tenth Connecticut Regi- ment under Colonel James Wadsworth.
(VI) Benjamin (4), son of Bailey. was born at Haddam, Connecticut, and was a farmer in his native town. He married Lau- rena Tryon, born at Middletown. Children : Charles Turner, diedl unmarried. aged forty- three years; Jerry. unmarried : Fanny, mar- ried Alva Spencer, of Haddam, and had three children: Edgar. Eleanora and Lauren; Dr. Samuel B .. married Sarah Price: children : Edna, Lonis, Jane and Mabel: Sarah : Wol- cott, married Thelia Bailey, a cousin : chil- dren : Ivernot and Blanch: William F., mar- ried Rachel Treadwell : children: Aden and Clitns ; Eleanor. unmarried: Dr. Leonard, mentioned below.
(VII) Dr. Leonard Bailey, son of Benja- min (4) Bailey, was born at Haddam. Jan- uary 1, 1836, in the section known as Higga- num. He attended the district schools and the Brainard Academy. He began to study medicine in Philadelphia Medical School and graduated fifth in a class of forty at the age of twenty-two. He then spent a year with Dr. Burr, of Middletown, and afterward practiced for three years at East Haddam. In 186t he returned to Middletown, where he has practiced since that time. He visited Philadelphia in 1862 and took a coarse of medical lectures in the winter of 1862-63 under Professor S. D. Gross and Drs. Pan- coast. Wood and Dunglison. He has en- joyed a large practice in Middletown and
stands high in his profession. In politics he is a Republican. He was a member of the board of education for eighteen years and director of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Na- tional Bank of Michigan for thirty years. Dr. Bailey won a notable lawsuit against the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company after a long and stubbornly con- tested litigation. Dr. Bailey had a claim for damages against the railroad on account of an accident when he was crossing the tracks, due to the negligence of the railroad. De- feated in the Connecticut courts, the suit was pressed to a decision in the supreme court of Massachusetts. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He mar- ried. February 3, 1863, Sarah J. Robinson. of Portland, Connecticut. They have no chil- dren. Dr. Bailey resides at 188 Court street. Middletown.
DAVIS According to family and local tra- dition, Solomon Davis. ancestor of this family, came to Killing- worth. Connecticut, from Long Island. From him descended Lemuel Davis, who was the father of a son, Lemuel Davis, and he in turn was the son of Lewis Talcott Davis. who married Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Huldah ( Bailey) Burr, married in 1803.
Richard Davis. son of Lewis Talcott and Sarah ( Burr) Davis, was born at North Killingworth, Connecticut, May 37, 1848. He was educated in the public schools. He learned his trade in the Branford Lock Works in New Haven, Connecticut, and made, tem- pered and dressed his own tools. being a skillful mechanic. He accepted the position of manager of the firm of Richard Atkins at Middletown, June 10, 1860, and subsequently became the owner of the place. which is widely known as the Oak Grove Dairy Farm. He is one of the most successful farmers in Middlesex county, his farm con- taining some two hundred and three acres. and is located between Middletown and Dur- ham. Connecticut. He has been active in pub- lic life and held many offices of trust and honor. He is a Democrat in politics. He served eight successive years on the board of selectmen of Middletown: represented the town in the general assembly of Connecticut in 1900; in 1002 was nominated and elected high sheriff of Middlesex county, though the county is normally Republican, and was re- eiected to the office by an increased majority over the seven hundred and forty-nine plut- rality he received in his first election. He is a member of the Connecticut Pomological So- ciety : the Connecticut Dairymen's Associa-
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tion : Middletown Grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry, in which he has held several offices, including that of master ; member of the ex- ecutive committee of the Connecticut State Grange; member of the Knights of Pythias ; director of the Central National Bank, of Middletown, and president of the Pine Grove Cemetery Association, of Middletown, With his family he attends the Methodist church. Mr. Davis has an office at Haddam. Hard work, attention to details and strictly fair and honest dealing in all things have brought him unusual success in business.
Mr. Davis married. October 17, 1871, An- nie Talmadge Atkins, born at West Long Hill, September 10, 1839, only child of Rich- ard and Melinda (Edwards) Atkins, and a descendant of George Hubbard, of Middle- town. Connecticut, and also a descendant from the early settlers of East Hampton, Long Island. Children: 1. Mary Gray, born Jan- uary 27. 1873, a musie teacher. 2. Sarah Edwards. October 4, 1374, followed the occu- pation of school teacher until her marriage to Robert Hubbard ; children : Harriet Fairchild. born September 9, 1902: Willard Davis, Au- gust 31, 1905: Lucy Atkins. February 26, IQOS; Robert Meigs, December 1, 1909. 3. Grace Atkins, July 14, 1876, married Richard Ackerman : children : Annie Davis, born June 13, 1901 : Richard Atkins, November 15, 1905; Marion Davis. June 22, 1909. 4. Alice Hub- bard. February 3, 1879. married Frederick Harris : children : Alice Marion, born Decem- ber 3, 1899, died aged seven months: Richard Davis, August 9, 1904. 5. William Atkins, September 7. ISS2, died April 6, 1883.
(The Cone Line).
(I) Daniel Cone, immigrant ancestor, set- tled at 'Haddam, Connecticut, and resided there until 1680, later removed to the east side of the river at Machi-Moodus, and sub- sequently returned to Haddam. where he died October 24, 1706, aged eighty years. He deeded land on the west side of the river to his son Caleb. He married (first) Mehitable Spence, of Hartford, daughter of Jared and Alice Spence. Her father settled in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, in 1634. at Lynn in 1637. at Hartford in 1660, and at Hanlam in 1662. He married (second) Reberca, widow of Richard Wakeley, in 1602. Chil- dren: Ruth, born January 7. : 662: Hannah. April 6, 1664; Daniel. January 21. 1666; Jared. January -, 1668; Rebecca. February 6, 1670: Ebenezer. baptized March 25. 1673: Nathaniel. baptized June 4. 1675: Stephen. baptized March 26, 16,8: Caleb, mentioned below.
(II) Caleb, son of Daniel Cone, was born at Haddam in 1679, baptized March 19, 1682, at Middletown. He was representative in the general assembly in 1731-32-33-45.49, and was captain of a military company. He married ( first) at Haddam, December 16, 1701, Eliza- beth -, who died there, November 14,
1714. He married (second), September 6, 1723, Elizabeth Cunningham, who died Sep- tember 28, 1743. Children of first wife: Caleb, born September, 1702; Joseph, Jan- uary 26, 1704; Noah, July 14, 1707: Elisha, September II, 1709; Joshua, July 4, 1714. Children of second wife: Simon, born June II, 1,24; Daniel, December 22, 1725 ; Beriah. September 12, 1727; Abigail, July 2, 1730; Mary, March 23. 1732, died October 8. 1796, married Richard Knowles (see Knowles IV) ; Lydia, January 29, 1735.
(The Knowles Line).
(I) John Knowles, the first of the line here under consideration, was killed by the Indians in King Philip's war, near Taunton. Massachusetts, April 3. 1675. He married Apphia, daughter of Edward Bangs, a pil- grim, coming over in the ship "Ann" in 1623.
(II) John (2), son of John ( I) Knowles, was born July 10. 1673, died 1757. He mar- ried, 1693. Mary Sears, and among their chil- dren was John.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) Knowles, married Mehitable Walker (see Walker II). and among their children was Richard.
(IV) Richard, son of John (3) Knowles, was born at Haddam in 1725. died April 9, ISIO. He married, April 4. 1749. Mary. daughter of. Caleb and Elizabeth ( Cunning- ham) Cone (see Cone II). Children: Eliza- beth, born December 6, 1750; Mary, October 28, 1751. married, 1774, Joseph Burr: Su- sannalı, February 5, 1755; Bethiah, March 6. 1757; Esthier, March 7, 1759: Simon, April 18, 1,61.
(The Walker Line).
(I) William Walker, immigrant ancestor, came from England to Hingham in 1636 or earlier. He was born about 1620, died in 1703. He was on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643; he was admitted a free- man, Inne 3, 1656: surveyor of highways in 1668-60-78-79: constable in 1682: was ex- .cused from training. June 2, 1685, because of weakness, and having two sons in the train band. one of whom was killed. He married. in 1654. perhaps second. Sarah, daughter of Nicholas Snow. of Eastham, who married Constance, daughter of Stephen Hopkins, who came in the "Mayflower." progenitor of a distinguished family. Children of Mr. and
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Mrs. Walker: John, born November 24, 1655, killed in 1676; William, October 12, 1057, died young ; William, mentioned below ; Sarah, September 28, 1664; Jabez, July 8, 1668.
(II) William (2), son of William (I) Walker, was born August 2, 1659, died Jan- uary, 1743-44. He married
Children : William, married Anne Young ; Mehitable, married John Knowles : John, lived at Eastham ; Susan, married Jonathan Collins.
WAKEFIELD This family appeared early in New England. A town in Massachusetts was named for the family, and its members have been prominent in the fields of education. medicine, law and ministry. They have also been active as business men, aiding in the mental and moral growth, as well as the mate- rial development of the commonwealthis in which they lived.
John Wakefield, the immigrant ancestor, was born in Hertfordshire. England, and came to America in 1632. He was an inhabitant of Marblehead, Massachusetts, January 1, 1637. He had a grant of four acres on the Neck, and in 1641 he also had a grant under the authority of the Ligonia patent, which was later known as the Great Hill Farm, in Maine. He settled in the town of Wells, Maine, where he attained considerable prominence. He was commissioner and selectman in 1648, 1654 and 1657. In 1652 he purchased Drake's Island. where he removed and resided for two or three years. He then removed to Scarbor- ough and resided for several years. From there he went to that part of Biddeford which is now Saco, where he died February 15, 1674. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund and Annie Littlefield. of Wells. Children: John, married Hester Harbor : James, mentioned be- low : Henry, died unmarried: William, mar- ried Rebecca Littlefield; Mary, married Wil- liam Frost : Katherine, married Robert Nanny.
(II) James, son of John Wakefield, was born probably at Salem or Wells. ( In 1657 the town clerk's office at Wells, Maine, was burned, and with it all the records. ) In 1699 he was granted one hundred acres of land on Kennebunk river. "at the landing." He and his brother William, Moses and Joh Littlefield, and Joseph Storer Jr., on October 25, 1707, "went out in a small sloop to fish. there was a heavy sea at the bar, and they attempted to drive the sloop over it. she was upset, and all were drowned. bodies of four were re- covered. These men were all valuable eiti- zens and their aid was greatly needed." He married Rebecca, daughter of James and
(Lewis) Gibbons, of Saco. Children : James, married, December 18, 1719, Mary Durrel! ; Jolin, married, May 27, 1724, Eliza- beth Durrell ; Keziah, married, May 27, 1724, Phillip Durrell Jr .; Nathaniel, married, 1730, Hannah Emmons; Samuel, mentioned below ; Gibbons, married Mary Goodwin, November 13, 1756.
(III) Samuel, son of James Wakefield, re- sided in Kennebunk, Maine. In 1766 he built the first schooner on the Mousam river. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and in 1756 enlisted and was sent toward the lakes and Canada. He married, about 1736, Ruth Godfrey. Children: Samuel, mentioned below; Mary, married, November 27. 1766, Daniel Kimball; Benjamin, married, Novem- ber 5. 1767, Elinor Littlefield: Daniel, mar- ried Priscilla Allen : Lydia, married, June 21, 1767, Jesse Larribee; Eunice, married. Feb- ruary 26, 1767, Benjamin Tripe ; Abigail, mar- ried. July 12, 1770, John Fiske; Lucy, mar- ried, June, 1770, Samuel Cluff: James, born about 1759. married Sarah Wilson.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Wakefield, was born about 1737. He removed from Kennebunk, where he was born, in 1756- 57, and settled at the head of the bay. on the lot comprising a considerable part of the village of Steuben. He was a farmer. He married, November 17, 1757. Ruth. daughter of John and Hannah Burbank. Her father was a millwright, and was a lieutenant at the taking of Louisburg in 1745. He married ( second ) probably the widow Small. Chil- dren of first wife: Samuel, born March 15. 1768, married Anna Cox : Lydia, married Icha- bod Godfrey: Benjamin, mentioned below; Ruth. married Captain Joseph: Perkins ; Phebe, married James Kingsley ; Hannah, born Octo- ber 15. 1804, married Nathan Cleaves. Chil- dren of second wife: Sally, horn August 21. 1810, married Wheeler Tracey ; Miriam, mar- ried Winslow Gallison: James, born 1784, married Priscilla Small : Daniel, married Pris- cilla Allen ; Lucy, married Lighton.
(V) Benjamin, son of Samuel (2) Wake- field. was born November 12. 1772, and died October 28, 1834. in Steuben, Maine, where he lived all his life. He married Polly Dor- man, born June 30. 1775. died June 25. 1855. daughter of Jabez and Mary ( Godfrey ) Dor- man of Harrington, Maine. Children: Sy- rena, born May 6. 1796. died March 10. 1800; Matilda, born January 15, 1798: Sabina, Sep- tember 23, 1799; Hannah, August 25, 1801 : Amasa. April 10. 1803: Judith. May 2. 1805. died May 18. 1805: Lewis, born October 20, 806; Mary Dorman. July 19, 1806: Elbridge Gerry, May 30, 1811, died 1888; Ambrose
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Goffin, born November 15, 1813; George Washington, mentioned below; Hilda Ann, born April 3, 1819.
(VI) Dr. George Washington Wakefield, son of Benjamin Wakefield, was born Novem- ber 23, 1815, at Steuben, Maine. He gradu- ated at the Blue Hill Academy in 1835, and attended Waterville College for some time. He studied medicine and was a practicing physician and surgeon in eastern Maine until failing health obliged him to give up his pro- fession. He began building mills, and be- came a practical millwright and iron founder. He was a pioneer in the temperance work in Maine and was a strong abolitionist. He was a trustee of the Cherryfield Academy for over forty years. He married, May 21, 1837, Su- san Coffin Campbell, born in Cherryfield, Maine, February 7, 1817, died April 21, 1884, daughter of James Archibald and Thirza (Ficket) Campbell. Children : Atwood, men- tioned below ; Edwin Campbell, born July 16, 1841 ; Benjamin, October 26, 1844, married Abbie Adams ; Abbie Adams. October 6, 1849, married Henry Haviland Bowles: James Campbell. October 15, 1853, now a resident of Healdsburg, California.
(VII) Atwood, son of Dr. George Wash- ington Wakefield, was born at Steuben, Maine. January 9, 1839, graduated at Cherryfield (Maine) Academy, 1859, removed to St. John, N. B., to engage in the lumber and milling business, which resulted in failure ow- ing to plant being destroyed by fire with no insurance. He then became connected with an iron and steel plant and designed and su- perintended the construction of the first six- wheel driving locomotives in use in America on the Canadian Pacific road. In ISS4 he removed to Hartford to become superintend- ent of the Buckeye Engine Company, where he has since resided. He married, August 20, 1861, Albenia Nice, of St. John, New Bruns- wick, born February 7. ISto. died July 10, 1902, a descendant of an old Dutch family that was among the very earliest settlers of Philadelphia, but owing to their political ac- tivities as Tories during the revolutionary war, were obliged to leave the country along with many of their compatriots that settled in Halifax and St. John. N. B. Children : Lincoln Fremont, born June 1, 1862, died in infancy; George Nelson. born June 17, 1863, died at Hartford. August 20. 1887; Charles Atwood. born April 28. 1865, drowned at Hartford, April 27, 1888 ; Walter Leslie. men- tioned below: James Percival, horn June 22, 1869. died March 12, 1897 : Archibald Camp- bell. hoin November 11, 1871, died November IS, 1801; Frederick William, born October
20, 1875, now a resident of New York City.
(VIII) Walter Leslie, son of Atwood Wakefield, was born in St. Jolin, N. B., May 6, 1867. He was educated in the public schools of St. John, N. B., and business college at Hartford, Connecticut. He is successfully engaged in the insurance business in Hart- ford, Connecticut, being senior member of the firm of Wakefield, Morley & Co., conduct- ing a fire insurance business throughout the New England states. Mr. Wakefield is promi- nent in the business and social life of Hart- ford, and has creditably filled a number of political offices, and is held in high esteem by a large circle of business and social friends. He married, April 26, 1893, Alice Grace Ba- con, of Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of Marcus Morton and Delia (Case) Bacon. Children: Mildred, born at Hartford, Febru- ary 1, 1895; Katherine Frances, horn March 19, 1897, died June 26, 1898 ; Helen, born No- vember 7, 1898; Elizabeth, January 26, 1908.
Edward Bergin was born in BERGIN Queens county, Ircland. in 1852, and came to this country in 1866. He located first at Waterbury. Con- necticut, and made his home there for two years. Then he came to Derby, Connecticut, where he is now the custodian of the Derby Public Library building. He married, March 21, 1871, Bridget Mansfield, born in Queens county, Ireland, in 1853, daughter of Ed- ward Mansfield. Children : John J., born January 13, 1874, married Katherine Riley, of New Haven; Timothy F., August 7, 1875; James F., October 2, 1877; Edward Red- mond, mentioned below : Katherine A., August 26, 1880: Thomas Francis, May 27, 1882; Mary ; Joseph, January 14, 1889, unmarried.
(II) Edward Redmond, son of Edward Bergin, was born in Derby. Connecticut, Feb- ruary 18, 1879. He attended the public schools of his native town, graduating from the grammar school. He then entered the La Salle Academy, New York City, from which hie was graduated in the class of 1808 with the degree of A. B. He returned to Derby and was appointed assistant in the office of the Derby town clerk and judge of probate. Then for a time he was clerk in a grocery store. In 1006 he was elected town clerk of Derby and has served since then. He was elected an alderman of the city and served in 1904- 06. He is member of the order of Elks. Derby Lodge, No. 571, and is its secretary ; member of the Knights of Columbus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. In politics he is a Democrat. IIe is unmarried.
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(VIII) Frank Goffe Phipps BARNES Barnes, son of Major Thomas Atwater Barnes (q. v.), was born at New Haven, September 18, 1877. He attended the public schools of New Haven and the Hopkins Grammar School of that city, the oldest school in Connecticut. He was en- gaged for time in newspaper work and sub- sequently in the manufacture of automobiles. He is now in the executive department of the New Haven Gas Light Company. He is a member of the Quinnipiack Club, the Union League Club, the Country Club, the New Haven Yacht Club, the Civic Federation and the Chamber of Commerce of New Haven. In politics he is a Republican. He is a mem- ber of Trinity Church. He resides at 191 Bradley street, New Haven. He married, No- vember 30, 1904, Mae Louise Gilbert, born March 2, 1882, daughter of John and Jane M. Gilbert, of New Haven. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have no children. Captain Jolin Gilbert, great- grandfather of MIrs. Barnes, was a soldier in the revolution, and was killed at New Haven on the spot where the Young Men's Repub- lican Club house now stands.
BUCKINGHAM Hon. Edward T. Buck- ingham, at the present time mayor of the city of Bridgeport, is a descendant of one of the most prominent of the Puritan families of New England. This family may proudly boast of having had many eminent members, foremost among whom was the Hon. William Alfred Buckingham. the justly famous war governor of Connecticut, a statue of whom adorns the state capitol at Hartford.
(I) Thomas Buckingham. the Puritan set- tler, ancestor of all who bear the name of Buckingham in America, sailed from London and arrived at Boston, June 26, 1637. and at New Haven, then Quinnipiack. March 30. 1638. The following year he removed to Mil- ford. He married ( first) in England. Han- nah - who died at Milford. June 28. 1647 : children : Hannah. Daniel. Samuel, see forward, Mary and Thomas. He married (second ) Ann -- , and by this marriage had one son.
(II) Samuel. second son of Thomas and Hannah Buckingham, was baptized at Mil- ford, June 13, 1640, died March 17, 1699. He married, December 14. 1663, Sarah. daughter of Timothy Baldwin, one of the first settlers of Milford; children: Sarah. Mary. Samuel, died in infancy, Samuel, see forward, Hannah, Thomas. Anne, Mary. Hester, Ruth.
(III) Samuel (2), second son and fourth child of Samuel (1) and Sarah (Baldwin)
Buckingham, was born November 1, 166S, died October 29, 1708. He was a proprietor of the town of New Milford although he never removed to it. He married Sarah , who was admitted to the church in Milford, May 17, 1696, and had children: Samuel, see forward, Ebenezer, Sarah, Thom- as, Elizabeth, Esther, Nathaniel.
(IV) Samuel (3), eldest child of Samuel (2) and Sarah Buckingham, was baptized November 21, 1693, died in Old Milford, De- cember 29, 1749. He married, May 20, 1714, Silence Clark, and had children: Sarah, De- borah, Abigail, Ann, Samuel, Ebenezer. Es- ther, Jared, see forward, Nathan, Elizabeth. Enoch.
(V) Jared, third son and eighth child of Samuel (3) and Silence (Clark) Bucking- ham, was born October 16, 1732, died in Ox- ford, about 1812. Owing to the loss of many of the old records from various causes, we cannot trace the name of his wife or the date of his marriage, but his children were: John, see forward: Samuel, born in 1772, married Wooster, of Oxford. Connecticut : Isaac, 1774; Eunice. 1775, died in ISSO.
(VI) John, son of Jared and (Wooster) Buckingham, was born in 1770, and married. 1791, Esther Osborne. Their children were: Fanny, born 1792, married Roswell Hill and removed to Ohio: Heze- kiah, 1794, married Matilda Ann Wooster; Lucy, 1796, married Ethel (?) Bartiss: I.et- son, 1799, never married; Susan Matilda. 1802. also unmarried : David Harson, Sep- tember 19. 1805, married Anne Maria Sco- field; Lucius E., see forward; Linus. 1809, did not marry : Meroe, 1811. married Corne- lius Cahooe ; Laura L., 1813. married. Novem- ber 2. 1835, Joel F. Webster.
(VII) Lucius E., seventh child of John and Esther (Osborne) Buckingham, was born March 17, 1807, died in 1903. He was en- gaged in farming in Roxbury, Connecticut. and was also occupied as a stone cutter and a builder of monuments. He married. Tune 13. 1832, Julia A. Taylor, of New Milford. and they lived in Woodbury, Connecticut. Their children were: 1. Mary A., born April 2. 1833, in Roxbury : married, December 31, 1863, Isaac B. Prindle, who was for thirty years cashier of Pequonneck National Bank of Bridgeport, and died in that city. April 30, 1910. 2. Esther A., July 16, 1835, died December 11, 1855. 3. Walter, see forward. 4. George, Roxbury, November 14. 1846. 5. Ellen L .. December 11, 1848. married Henry E. Ward. 6. Alice A .. April 5, 1853. mar- ried Dwight Halleck, and died in 1895.
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