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He married. October 12, 1861, Augusta S. Hubbard, born in East Haddam September 15. 1842. a daughter of Captain Timothy
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Hubbard, of an old Haddam family. MIrs. Beers died September 7. 1905, aged sixty- two years. Children: t. Child, died in in- fancy. 2 Ruth, died June 17, 1879, aged two years. 3. Frances, married Henry Richards, superintendent of the Gould Carriage Com- pany, Albany, New York; children: Frances and Katherine. 4. Calista, married Andrew Winton, of Bridgeport, now a chemist in Chi- cago; children : Robert and Louis Winton. 5. Jolin, educated in the public schools of Bridgeport and entered his father's factory at an early age, learned the business and was admitted to partnership under the firm name of Philo Beers & Son, and is at present act- ing superintendent and general manager ; married Leila Mosier and they have one child: John. 6. Eleanor, married Lewis Hall, a graduate of Brown University. now a me- chanical engineer with the Union Metallic Cartridge Company. 7. Esther S., married Winthrop Haycock, graduate of a scientific school, mechanical engineer also with the Union Metallic Cartridge Company.
STERLING William Sterling, founder of the American branch of the family, was born in England in 1637. He emigrated to New England, and according to the records of Essex county, Massachusetts, lived at Rowley Village, now Bradford. about 1660, and there worked as a ship carpenter and miller. About 1669 he settled at Haverhill, and the city hall of that town now stands on what was his property. Ile was prominent in town affairs, and in 1693-94-95-96 was one of the tithingmen, also holding the office of constable. In 1697 he moved to Lyine, Connecticut, where he fol- lowed his trade of shipbuilding. and died there January 22. 1719. He was married four times. His first wife was Elizabeth -. whom he married. probably, about 1659. She died in Haverhill. February 6. 1675. Chil- dren: William, born 1660-61 : Elizabeth. Au- gust 6, 1662: Richard, August 5. 1663: Mary. September 14. 1661: John. May -, 1666: Han- nah, February 14. 1668; Sarah, May 4. 1669: Abigail. May 27, 1670; Nathaniel, June 25. 1671 ; Daniel. October 2. 1672, died May 27. 1673; Daniel. September 10, 1673: James, February. 1675. died March 6. 1675. Wii- liam Sterling married ( second) in Haverhill. October 19. 1676. Mary ( Blaisdell) Stowers, born in Haverhill. March 5. 1642, daughter
nah or Josiah, born in Haverhill, October 21, 1677, died of smallpox. December 21, 1090; Jacob, August 29, 1678, mentioned below ; Ruth, December 17. 1679: Twins, May 21, 1681, died May 29. 1681, their mother dying on the same day. William Sterling married ( third ) in Haverhill, April 24, 1683, Ann ( Nichols) Neale, of Salem, widow of John Neale. They had one child, Ann, born in Haverhill, March 14, 1684. William Sterling married (fourth) in Lyme, Connecticut, in. 1705, Mary Sayer or Sawyer, widow of Icha- bod Saver or Sawyer, and daughter of Hugh Hubbard, of New London, formerly of Der- byshire, England.
(II) Jacob, son of William and Mary (Stowers ) Sterling, was born in Haverhill. Massachusetts, August 29. 1678. In 1607-98 he came with his father and brother Daniel to Lyme, Connecticut, and after attaining his majority removed to Fairfield, where he fol- lowed his trade of ship carpenter. He owned considerable property and later purchased some in Stratford, whither he removed. His name is on the Stratford parish records of 1721. He attended the Congregational church in Fairfield, and on July 28, 1731. joined the Stratford Congregational churchi. He died January 9, 1765, and he and his wife are buried in the old Stratfield burying ground in Bridgeport. He married. in Fair- field. in 1705-06, Hannah (Odell) Seeky. widow of Nathaniel Seeley, born in Fairfieldl. October 20. 1679, died June 14, 1756. She was a daughter of John and Johannah ( Wal- ker) Odell, of Greenfield. near Fairfield. John Odell was a son of William Odeli, of England, who was in Concord, Massachu- setts, in 1639. andi came to Fairfield about 1642, dying in 1676. Johannah Walker was a daughter of Joseph Walker, who was hap- tized in Boston. July 19. 1646, and in 199 was one of the founders of the Old South Church in that city. Children of Jacob and Hannah (Odell) (Seeley ) Sterling and dates of baptism were: John. October 10. 1708: 1 .- seph. October 8. 1710: Stephen, October 10. 1712, mentioned below: Mary. October 24. 1714. died March 2. 1737: Samuel. May 20.
( TII ) Stephen, son of Jacob and Hannah (Odell) ( Seeley) Sterling. was baptized (ic- tober 10. 1712. He lived all his hie in Strat- ford, with the exception of the first year- of his infancy. He occupied the house which
of Ralph and Elizabeth Blaisdell and widow . his father had purchased in 1720, and was the of Joseph Stowers. Raiph Blaisdell was a owner of a farmi comprising about one hun- dred and twenty acres. He married. in De- cember. 1738. Eunice Summers, who was born in 1720. He died March 19. 1793, and his tailor in Salisbury and died about 1650. His wife died August. 1667. Mrs. Sterling die! in Haverhill, May 29. 1681. Children: Jo-
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wife died October 8, 1808. They are buried in the old Stratfield burying ground. Chil- dren: Sylvanus, born in 1739. mentioned below; Mary, 1741; Abijah, 1745; Eunice, August 1, 1751 : Stephen, 1754.
(IV) Sylvanus, son of Stephen and Eunice (Summers) Sterling, was born in Stratford in 1739. In August, 1757, he saw sixteen days' service in Captain James Smedley's company of Connecticut militia, responding to the alarm for the relief of Fort William Hen- ry in the French and Indian war. He was a selectman in Stratford in 177. He and his wife were members of the Unity Church at North Stratford. He married Esther Sher- wood, born in 1737, daughter of Nathaniel and Mercy (Sherman ) Sherwood, of Strat- ford. Sylvanus Sterling died January 6, 1781. His wife died July 16, ISII, and both are buried in the Long Hill burying ground in Trumbull. Children: Sylvanus, born April, 1762, died young : Eunice, baptized March 4. 1764; Elijah, born September, 1767; Philip. born January 22, 1769: Nathaniel, born No- vember II, 1771, mentioned below : Gurden, baptized July 31, 1774; Jesse, baptized Feb- ruary 22, 1778; Esther, baptized April 8. 1781.
(V) Nathaniel, son of Sylvanus and Esther (Sherwood) Sterling, was born in Trumbull. November II, 1771. He married, in 1796. Phoebe Nichols, born April 13. 1777, daugh ter of James Nichols, a farmer of Booth's Hill, Trumbull. Nathaniel Sterling died Oc- tober 18, 1839, and his wife died March 3. 1862. Children: 1. Lucretia, born in I797, married Elbert T. Edwards. 2. Gassford. March 27, 1800, married Eliza Post, survived by a daughter. Emily M. 3. Le Grand. June 12. 1802, married (first) Eloise Burton ; mar- ried (second) Tolman: married (third ) Harriett Whiting: he died July 20. 1875. 4. Emily E .. September 22, 1805, mar- ried Zacharial: Curtis, died November 29, 1834. 5. Charles Nichols, born May 10, 1808, mentioned below. 6. Lorenzo B., born De- cember 22, 1813. died November, 1882, was never married. 7. Nathaniel T .. December 25, 1816, married Catherine Beardsley.
(VI) Charles Nichols. son of Nathaniel and Phoebe ( Nichols) Sterling, was born May 10. 1SOS, and spent his early years in Trumbull. He was a man of remarkable in- tellectual endowments and was gifted as a public speaker. He was a teacher by profes- sion, later a farmer. He was temperate in his habits and of thoroughly upright charac- ter. He married Minerva, born November 15, 1817, daughter of Ephraim Wells and Dorothy (Curtis) Beach, of Trumbull.
Charles Nichols Sterling died August 7, 18,7. llis wife died October 20, 1898. Both are buried at Trumbull Centre. Children : I. Charlotte, born November 18, 1840, married tfirst) Wakeman Buckley. ( second) George Henry Bradley: lives in Greenfield Hill. 2. Lorenzo B., born January 5. died March 12, 1843. 3. Samuel. April 8, 1845, married Es- ther Richmond, widow of Henry Mancie : lives in Bridgeport. 4. George Curtis, April 3. 1847, married Maria P. Cramsey. 5. Mar- garet, January 5, 1849. died in infancy. 6. Charles Sherwood, January 5. 1851. 7. Wool- sey B., October 31, 1853, lives in Trumbull. 8. John Tolinan, January 5, 1857, mentioned below. 9. Emily, September 28, 1860, died July 20, 1884.
(VII) John Tolman, son of Charles Nich- ols and Minerva ( Beach) Sterling, was born January 5. 1857. He spent the early years of his life in Trumbull, where he attended the public schools, and also Emory Strong's school in Bridgeport. He was engaged with Elliott J. Peck in the crockery business for some years, then with his brother. Charles Sher- wood, purchased the business which they con- ducted together, and later John T. purchased his brother's interest and conducted the busi- ness alone for a number of years. He then became interested in the real estate business. and later in the furniture business, which he still continues. He has been a member of the Seaside Club a number of years, and was for- merly a member of the Bridgeport Yacht Club. Mr. Sterling married, January 5. 1881, Harriet Elizabeth, born in Stratford, Octo- ber 6. 1838. daughter of Elliott Judson and Elizabeth Ellen ( Baldwin) Peck, of Strat- ford (see Peck VII). Mrs. Sterling has for many years taken a very active part in mat- ters pertaining to the Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution. She has been the regent of the Mary Silliman Chapter, and was for many years a delegate to the national convention held at Washington, and in 1908 was elected vice-president-general. and two years was re-elected and upon this occasion she was solicited to become the president-general. this being the highest office in the national or- ganization. but she declined the honor. Al- though she has taken such an active part in these affairs, she never loses sight of the in- terests of her children, and is steadfast in her devotion to them. Mrs. Sterling is a promi- nent member of the North Congregational Church, and has taken an active interest in its affairs, having been for many years a member of the various church committees. She was president for many years of the Wednesday Morning Art League, of the Bridgeport Art
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Club, also connected with the Associated Char- ities, the children's ward of the Bridgeport Hospital, and the Young Women's Christian Association.
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling: 1. Le Grand Elliott, born March 6, 1882, grad- uate of the public and high schools of Bridge- port, and of the Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute, where he took a course in civil engineer- ing : after graduation he went to New York and was engaged for a time as superintendent of construction, surveying for a time for the lines under the Hudson river : since then he has been connected with the New York state board of civil engineers. 2. Howard Feck, born July 9. 1886, married. March 28, 1910, Amanda Pearl Fleming, in Edgewood, Iowa. They will take up their abode on Mr. Ster- ling's wheat ranch at Cold Springs. South Dakota. He is a graduate of the high school of Bridgeport, and of the Connecticut Agri- cultural College at Storrs. 3. John Carleton. born April 23. 1888, graduate of public and high schools of Bridgeport, and of Dartmouth College. Hanover. New Hampshire, class of IQII.
(The Peck Line).
(I) William Peck, of London, was born in 1601, died in 1674. Married Elizabeth
(II) Joseph, son of William Peck, was born 1641. died 1718, Married, in 1662. Saralı -, who died in 1726.
(III) Samuel, son of Joseph and Sarah Peck, was born in 1678, and married Martha Clark.
(IV) Job, son of Samuel and Martha (Clark ) Peck. was born 1718, died 1785. Married, July 31. 1744. Betty. born 1721. daughter of Joseph and Mary ( Walker ) Jud- son. Ile held the office of deacon in the church: His estate was distributed May 21. 1785. Children: Sarah, born July 27. 1745. married Andrew Curtiss ; John. April 2. 1747: Judson. May 17. 1740. mentioned below : Tob. October 15. 1751 : Job. born February 7. 1753; Betsey. 1757, married David Thomp- son and died in 1800: James, baptized March, 1759: Phoebe, baptized May, 1768.
(V) Julsen. son of Job and Betty (Jud- son) Peck, was born May 17. 1749, and was of Stratford. He married. December 20, 1775, Mary Blakeman, baptized March 22, 1756, died September 24. 1841 ( see Blake- man V). Children: Sally, born September 19. 1776; Dorothy, April 24, 1779; Judson. February 27. 1782, died July 20, 1782: Ind- son, September 13. 1783. mentioned below : Anne. August 13. 1786; Betty, or Polly, De- cember 6. 1789.
(VI) Judson (2), son of Judson ( 1) and Mary ( Blakeman ) Peck, was born Septem- ber 13. 1783. He married Mary Beardsley, born 1786. Children: Sally J., born Novem- ber 11, 1808, married Sydney Lewis : Mary Ann, June 6. ISHI, married Jabez Dibble : Phoebe, July 6, 1813, married Hamilton Bur- ton: Elbert Orin. October 22. ISto, died in infancy; Dolly Lavina, February 28. 1818. married William Weeks ; Elliott Judson. May 22, 1822, see below: William James. March 31, 1824, married Elizabeth Chatfield.
(VII) Elliott Judson, son of Judson (2) and Mary ( Beardsley ) Peck, was born May 22, 1822, died March 5, 1893. He was reared in Stratford and studied for the ministry in Wesleyan University at Middletown, Con- necticut, from which he graduated in 1853. but ill health prevented his adopting this pro- fession. For many years he conducted an extensive crockery business, at that time the largest of its kind in New England. having for a partner Lorenzo B. Sterling. He was a man of great ability, an excellent public speaker, clear, concise and convincing in his arguments, a man of deep religious convic- tions, of large and progressive ideas and an acknowledged theologian: metaphysics was his hobby. He had a logical mind, took the highest honors in college and first prize for oratory. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a typical New Englander, having all the fine qualities of the early Puritans. While steadily declining to hold political offices, he took an active interest in all affairs of the town, particularly in educational matters. hay- ing taught school a few years as a young man. and was on the school board a number of year :. He brought about the establishment of graded schools. Married Elizabeth E. Baldwin, born December 9. 1831, died Decem- ber 22, 1908 (see Baldwin VIII ). Children . I. Carrie L., born August 26, 1856. unmar- ried, and lives at the old homestead which has been in the possession of the family for four generations. 2. Harriet Elizabeth, born October 6. 1858; married John T. Sterling ( see Sterling VID). 3. Susan M., born March 24. 1861, married Rev. J. W. May- nard, a leading Methodist minister of New Haven. 4. Julia. died young. 5. Mary Alice. born February 6, 1868. died October 2. 1801. 6. Elliott William, born May 13, 1800, living in Stratford with his sister. He is a gradu- ate of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, class of 1894, and stood at the head of his class. He then became associated with the A. W. Burritt Lumber Company, the largest of it, kind in New England, and was secre- tary and assistant treasurer of this for thir-
ELLIOTT J. PECK.
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teen years, when he resigned. He is one of the leading men of Stratford, being president of the board of trade, and is actively interest- ed in educational matters. Also takes an in- terest in the political affairs of the town. He is a Republican in politics, although reserves the right to vote independently. Has always taken an active part and interest in the Meth- odist church and designed and built the pres- ent church in Stratford. Since retiring from business he has devoted much of his time to study and travel. He married (first ) Octo- ber 1, 1896, May Cleaveland. She died July I, 1906. They had one child, Dorothy. horn November 4. 1808. He married ( second ) April 14. 1909. Helen Louise, daughter of G. W. Fairchild, a well-known jeweler of Bridgeport.
(The Blakeman Line).
(I) The Rev. Adam Blakeman, born 1598, in Staffordshire. England. first pastor in Stai- ford, Connecticut. married Jane Wheeler, born 1660, died 1674. Came to Stratford, 1639, died September. 1665. aged sixty-seven. Children : Mary, married, May 16, 1651. the Rev. John Higginson; James, born in Eng- land ; Samuel : Deliverance ; Benjamin.
(II) James, son of Rev. Adam and Jane (Wheeler ) Blakeman, was born in England. He was a miller and after some years settled at Farmill river. Stratford. where he built a mill, and was probably buried in the little place at the top of the hill, north of the pres- ent paper mill. His will was dated at Oro- noque, July 18. 1689. and proved November 7, 1689. He married, 1657, Miriam, daugh- ter of Moses Wheeler. Children : Sarah, born April 25. 1658. married John Todd, of New Haven; Mary, April 21. 1661. married Searle; Hannah, January 21, 1664, mar- ried Gilbert ; Jane. October 22. 1608. married, June 12. 1687, Joseph Russell, of New Haven ; Miriam. February 8. 1670. mar- ried Joseph Northrop: Zechariah. May 26, 1678. mentioned below: Adam. January 1. 1683: James, December 4. 1086: Elizabeth ; Martha, married Stebbins.
( II) Zechariah, son of James Blakeman. was born May 26, 16;8. died July 11. 1779. He married (first ) Elizabeth Denman. of Derby, Connecticut. December 24. 1704. She was born in 1680. died in 1732. He married ( second) Mrs. Dinah Sherman. of New Haven, June 19, 1733. Children of first wife: Marv, born September 2, 1705, married Ebenezer Coe: Elizabeth, born July 28. 1708: James, born October 28, 1713 ; Zechariah, who continues the line and is further mentioned .below.
(IV) Zechariah (2). son of Zechariah (1)
and Elizabeth (Derman) Blakeman. born July 14. 1720, married Elizabeth Hull. of Derby, Connecticut. July 31. 1744. Children : Abigail, baptized November, 1750: Zachariah, born about 1753: Mary, baptized March. 1756, mentioned below ; Elizabeth, married John Burrill and removed to Monroe; Mercy, mar- ried Agur Curtiss.
(V) Mary, daughter of Zechariah (2) and Elizabeth ( Hull) Blakeman. was baptized March 22. 1756, and married, December 20, 1775. Judson Peck, of Stratford, Connecticut ( see l'eck \').
(The Baldwin Line).
The Baldwin family is traced back through the earls of Flanders to Godfrey De Bouillon, who was the leader of the only successful crusade against Jerusalem and as a result of this victory his followers offered him a crown, but this he refused saying he could not wear a crown of gold where his Lord had worn a crown of thorns.
(1) John Baldwin, died 1681. Married Mary -
( II) Josiah, son of John and Mary Bald- win. was born 1644, die:l 1683. Married, 1667, Mary Camp, born 1652.
( III) Samuel, son of Josiah and Mary ( Camp) Baldwin, was born 1675, died 1738. Married Rebecca Wilkinson, born 1676.
(IV) Caleb, son of Samuel and Rebecca ( Wilkinson ) Baldwin, was born 1704, and married. 1730, Ann Tibbals.
(V) Matthew. son of Caleb and Ann (Tib- bals) Baldwin. was born 1748, and married. 1778, Mary Northrup.
(VI) Eli, son of Matthew and Mary (Northrup) Baldwin, was born 1782. died 1832. Married. 1804. Lucy Sherman, born 1784, daughter of Samuel Sherman, born 1722. who.e brother Roger was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. grand- daughter of Sammel Sherman, born 1682. married. 1700. Mary Knowles, born 168 ;: great granddaughter of John Sherman. born 1651, died 1730, married Elizabeth ---: great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Sher- man, born 1618. died 1684. married Mary Mitchell. His father was Edmond Sherman. who married, 1611, Judith Angier, of Eng- land.
(VII) Samuel ( 2). son of Eli and Lucy ( Sherman ) Baldwin, was born 18og, and mar- ried. 183!, Susan Winton.'
(VIII) Elizabeth E., daughter of Samue! (2) and Susan ( Winton) Baldwin, was born December 9. 1831, died December 22, 1008. She was married to Elliott Judson Peck ( see Peck VII).
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( III ) Gershom Bulkley, son of
BULKLEY Peter Bulkeley ( q. v.) was ad- mitted to full communion of the church in Fairfield, under Mr. Wells. June 13, 1731. He married Rachel Talcott. Chil- dren and dates of baptism: Eunice, January 14, 1701-02: Rachel, March 3, 1706; Gersliom, March 27. 1709; Grace, May 27. 1711; Hezekiah. November 2. 1713; Peter. February 5. 1715. mentioned below ; Jonathan. May 18, 1718; Grace, February 2, 1720; Tal- cott, August 23. 1724.
(IV) Peter (2), son of Gershom Bulkley, was baptized February 5. 1715. died May 4. 1808. Ile married Anua Hill. July 9. 1740. She was born in 1719. died April 11, 1795. Children : William, born February 17, 1742. mentioned below: Abigail. April 12, 1743; Grace, April 7. 1745; Elizabeth, December 13. 1746; Gershom. May 9, 1,48; Rachel, March 30, 1750: Jonathan. November 15. 1751 ; Eu- nice, April 9. 1753: Abraham, June 15. 1755; Jerusha. January 26, 1757 : Eleanor, July 21, 1759; Anne. August 17, 1761.
(V) William, son of Peter (2) Balkley. was born February 17, 1742, died in 1787. He married Elizabeth Burr, who died in 1805. He was one of the largest property owners in the borough of Southport. and built the house in which Miss Emily Meeker lived. IIe owned all the land on the east side of the bridge, including the woods to the water's edge, and also the land where Mr. George Bulkeley now resides. as well as the Congre- gational church. the railroad station and all the land east of it to the main road. Children : William, born 1768. mentioned below : Grace. married ( first) April 27. 1788, Peter Whit- ney, (second) Ephraim Robbins; Burr, born July 24. 1777: Hill: Talcott. of Greenfield : Elisabeth, married Samuel Higgins, Septem- ber 24, 1804: Eunice. died 1798: Anne Hill.
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(VI) William (2), son of William ( 1) Bulkley, was born in 1768. and inherited the homestead from his father. It was not de- stroyed during the revolutionary war when other houses in the vicinity were burned. He built the store which W. B. Meeker occupied with some improvements, and kept a country store, sending market boats to New York City. When he was on a business visit to the city he was taken ill with yellow fever and brought home, where he died in 1808. aged forty. He married Sarah Redfield, who died in 1842, aged seventy-six. Children and dates of baptisin: William. May 12, 1790, men- tioned below: Polly. July 16. 1702: Althea. October 15. 1704. married Nathaniel Wood: Henrietta. December 3. 1797. married Samuel Perry: Eunice. March 8, 1800, married, in
1844, John Rider: Huldah Burritt, May 9, 1802, died young; Elihu, August 8, 1804, died Angust 15. 1821.
(VII) William (3), son of William ( 2) Bulkley, was born at Southport, Connecticut, baptized there May 12, 1790, died there May 8. 1868, aged seventy-eight years. He had the first general store in the town and enjoyed a large trade until he retired. He also had a number of vessels. sailing not only to coast- wise ports but to Europe. Among these was one called the "Julia Howard" which plied be- tween New York and foreign ports. On one of these voyages, she went to Antwerp and Charlotte Malvina Bulkley was a passenger and recalls the voyage with a great deal of pleasure. After landing at Antwerp, Miss Bulkley visited many places .of interest in Europe, among them the battlefield of Water- loo, where she was present upon the fortieth anniversary of that famous battle. Mr. Bulk- ley was one of the representative men of the town in all respects, not only as a business man but as a good citizen, taking a great in- terest in all affairs of his day and time. Mr. Bulkley married, in 1818, Charlotte Clark, of Boston: she died January 31, 1884. Children : 1. William Clark, baptized January 26, 1820. married. in 1849, Mary A. Cobb. ot New Braintree; resided in Lebanon. New Hampshire : children : William Howard. a minister in New Braintree, and Clarendon Cobb. 2. Mary Ann Farmer, married, Sep- tember 10, 1848. Emanuel Currant, of Dos- ton : children : William Bulkley, Sarah Maria. Charlotte Farmer and Alice B. Currant, all deceased. 3. Thomas Aubin, married Harriet F. Lamb. of Newark, New Jersey, merchant in Richmond, Virginia, where he died in 1854; and is buried in Hollywood cemetery: chil- Iren : Ada Virginia, Julia Florence, Charles Howard and Lillian May. 4. Charlotte Mal- vina, only one of the seven children living. 5. Edward ML .. married ( first) in 1850. Urania S. Alvord. of Southport, and ( second ) Mary E. Haddock, of Newbury: children of first wife: Clinton Alvord. Ella Morton, Charlotte Elizabeth. Edward Clifton, and by second wife : William Norton and Richard Haddock. 6. Sarah Maria, died in 1858, aged twenty-one. 7. Julia Howard, married, in 1860, Vietor Moreau Randolph Branch, of Richmond. Vir- ginia ; he died and is buried there; children . William Randolph. Aubin Bulkley, Charlotte Stannard, died at Richmond, aged fourteen months.
WHITFORD
Pasco Whitford. immigrant ancestor, was born in Eng- land and settled first in
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Newport. Rhode Island. He afterward lived at East Greenwich and Kingston, Rhode Isl- and. He was a taxpayer in 1680 and was ad- mitted a freeman of Rhode Island from East Greenwich in 1080. He is the progenitor of all of the name in this country, as far as known. Children: Nicholas. mentioned be- low: Pasco, resided at East Greenwich.
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