Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut, a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume IV, Part 43

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843- joint ed. cn; Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, joint ed; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917, joint ed; Bostwick, Frederick, 1852- , joint ed; Stearns, Ezra Scollay, 1838-1915, joint ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1178

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(VII) William, son of Eliab Isbell, was born February. 1782, died October, 1847. Ile married, 1804. Easter Mitchell, born 1786, died March 2, 1828. Children : Mileden Mitchell, mentioned below ; William Curtiss, Jared Stoddard, Martin Stevens. John Lamp- son. Alza, Ahna, Susan.

(VIII) Mileden Mitchell, son of William Isbell, was born in April, 1805, died October IO. 1845. He married. December 25, 1827, Sarah M., daughter of Reuben Tuttle, born July, 1810, died November 6, 1882. Her fa- ther, Reuben Tuttle, was born August 8. 1773, died September, 1811. He was a sea cap- tain in the West India trade. He was the son of Reuben Tuttle, born March 3, 1739, who was son of Ezekiel Tuttle, who was the son of William Tuttle, born May 25, 1673. died 1727. William was the son of Jonathan Tut- tle, baptized July 8. 1637, died in 1705, and Jonathan was the son of William Tuttle. Mi- leden Mitchell Isbell had children: 1. George Mitchell. born September, 1828, married, in Meriden, 1861, Jane Stevens : children: Re- villo Edward, born April. 1864 : Georgie, 1868: Genevieve. December, 1868. 2. Merriman, January, 1832. married, in Woodbridge. De- cember. 1856, Fatima Northrup; children: Nellie Betsey. born 1857 ; Sarah Maria, 1850; Mileden Mitchell, 1861. 3. John Bray. Feb- ruary 14, 1836, died October 29, 1870: mar- ried, 1864. Lucy Morse, of New Haven : child, Vara B .. born 1867. 4. James Franklin. July 1839. died February, 1867; married Susan Hewitt, of Hyde Park, New York. 5. Mile- den Cleaveland, mentioned below.

(IX) Mileden Cleaveland. son of Miledlen Mitchell Isbell, was born February 14. 1842, died February 22. 18-8. He married, in An- sonia. Connecticut, March 18, 1868, Alice Lou- ise Sperry, born January 8, 1846, a descend- ant of Elder William Brewster. Children: Milton Cleaveland, mentioned below : John Al- fred, born in New Haven. December 1, 1873, married. September 14. 1906, Lydie Buckmas- ter.

(X) Milton Cleaveland, son of Mileden Cleaveland Isbell, was born in Seymour. Con- necticut, November 10. 1870. Ile attended the public schools of Ansonia in that state, and graduated from the Ansonia -high school in the class of 1888. He then entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University and was graduated with the degree of Ph. B. in 1801 : he was on the honor list of his class. He entered the Yale Law School in 1891 and graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1893. He was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in January. 1894. and practiced in Milwaukee for a time He returned to Connecticut and

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passed the bar examinations there in 1894. locating at Ansonia, where he has continued in general practice to the present time. He has been honored with various offices of trust and responsibility. He was house chairman of the committee on education in the general assembly, session of 1905, and a member of the committee on judiciary in the session of IQII. Ile has been presiding officer in the various. Masonic bodies, including the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter. Council, and also in the Order of the Eastern Star and Ama- ranth. He was grand patron of the Grand Chapter of Connecticut, Order of the Eastern Star, in 1906. He has been president of the Ansonia High School Alumni Association since its organization in 1901, a member of the vestry of Christ Church since 1902, and belongs to several clubs. He was appointed in 1911 as deputy judge of the city court of Ansonia for two years.

He married, November 14. 1906. Cora Amanda Wakelee, born at Ansonia. January 16, 1875, daughter of Frank Watrous and Fannie ( Platt) Wakelee, and granddaughter of William and Sarah ( Oviatt ) Platt, of Mil- ford, and of Eli Hawkins and Eunice (Chat- field) Wakelee, of Ansonia. Watrous Clark Wakelee. father of Eli Hawkins Wakelee. was of Derby, Connecticut. His father was Freegift Wakelee, of Ripton Parish. Con- necticut.

SMITH Thomas Smith, immigrant ances- tor. came from England in the ship "Hector," which came to New Haven, Connecticut, leaving London. England. in 1637. and wintered at Boston, Massachusetts. He was the youngest person on the ship He was born in 1634. died at East Haven, Connecticut. November 16. 1724. It is thought by some that his father, who ac- companied him. was Charles Smith. He mar- ried, in 1662. Elizabeth. born 1612. died 1;27, only daughter of Edward Patterson. Thomas Smith succeeded to the rights of his father-in- law among the proprietors of New Haven. Children: John. horn March. 1664: Anna. April 1. 1665: infant. 1667: John. June 14. 1660: Thomas. August 16, 1671; Thomas. January 31. 1673: Elizabeth Inne II, 16;6; Joanna. December 17. 1678; Samuel. men- tioued below : Abigail. August 17. mas : Lydia, March 24. 1685. Joseph. 1688: Benjamin. No- vember 16, 1600.

(ID) Sammel. son of Thomas Smith. was born at New Haven. June 24. 168 !. He mar- ried, 170S. Anna Morris, born 1686, died Oc- tober 19. 1743, daughter of Eleazer Morris. granddaughter of Thomas Morris, who signed

the Plantation Covenant in New Haven in 1630. Children : Patterson, born October 17, 1700: Abel, mentioned below : James. June 14. 1713; Benjamin, September 20, 1716; Anna, May 17, 1719: Sarah. April 6, 1725; Daniel, August 6, 1727 ; Thankful, August 27, 1720: Samuel, June 11, 1732.

(III) Abel, son of Samuel Smith, was born November 4, 1711. at New Haven. He lived at East Haven. He married, March 17. 1737, Lydia ( Ball) Tuttle. widow. born in 1715. died December 20, 1760. granddaughter of Alling Ball, one of the original settlers in New Haven. Children, born at East Haven : Lydia, January 27. 1738: Samuel: Abel, June. 1742; Anna. August 22, 1744 ; Oliver, mentioned be- low : Lucy. August 16. 1751; Sarah, married John Brodrick ; Jude ; Lyman.

(IV) Oliver, son of Abel Smith, was horn at East Haven, February 21, 1749. He mar- ried, November 17, 1774. Thankful Brackett. fourth in line of descent from John Bracket. of the New Haven colony, born in England in 1600. died in Wallingford in 1689. Children : born at East Haven: Esther, Samuel. Ly- man, Sidney. mentioned below. andt John.

(V) Sidney, son of Oliver Smith, was born in North Haven, Connecticut, and was a cooper by trade. He married Ruth Parker. Children: Henry Pierce. mentioned below. Horace, Sidney and Charles.

(VI) Henry Pierce. son of Sidney Smith. was born in North Haven in 1800, died in 18-o at Northford. Connecticut. He married Julia Eliza Blakesley, of North Haven, daugh- ter of Anson Blakesley, who was the fourth generation descended from Isaac and Mary (Frost) Blakesley, married March 31, 1733. whose son. Isaac Jr .. is reported to have served in the French and Indian wars. Lieu- tenant Isaac Blakesley Sr., was a son of Ebenezer and grandson of Samuel Blakesley. who came to Boston in 1636 and appeared in New Haven as early as 1646.

(VII) Henry Ellsworth. son of Henry Pierce Smith, was born at Northford. October 2. 1838, die1 at New Haven. April 27. 18;S. He was in the wholesale fruit trade and was the largest merchant in this line in New Ens- land, outside of Roston. at the time of his death. He enlisted in 1861 in the Fifteenth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. in the civil war and served three years ; he rose from the ranks to the offices of corporal ar! sergeant. He married. May 12. 1861. Ellen Louise Shares, now living in New Haven, daughter of Daniel William and Jenette ( Bas- sett) Shares. of Hamden. Connecticut. Ten- ette Bassett was a daughter of Harvey Bassett. granddaughter of Amos and Mary (Gilbert)

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Bassett. Amos was a son of Samuel and Mary ( Dickerman) Bassett. Samuel was a son of William and Hannah Bassett. his mother be- ing before her second marriage widow of Wil- liam Ives. The Bassetts were pioneers with Davenport in New Haven in 1638. Mary Gil- bert was a daughter of John and Mary ( Ives) Gilbert, granddaughter of Joseph and Mary ( Yale ) Ives. Joseph Ives was son of William Ives, whose widow married William Bassett. Mary ( Yale) Ives was a daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Turner) Yale. granddaughter of David Yale, who was of Welsh ancestry, hi- father being bishop of Chester. England. David Yale married Ann Thomas Yale owned a large estate in North Haven, in the present eighth district. Mary ( Turner) Yale was a daughter of Captain Nathaniel Turner. of the New Haven colony, who was lost in the phantom ship.

There were two children of Henry Ells- worth and Ellen Louise ( Shares) Smith: 1. John Glover Smith, born in New Haven. Con- necticut. October 15. 1866. died June 8. 1897 ; educated in the public schools of New Haven and entered the wholesale paper business at an early age: his active mercantile career led him into nearly every state in the Union, after which he became located in San Francisco, California, representing many eastern business concerns : he married. August 21. 1891, Annie J .. daughter of Frank W. Pardee, of New Haven : there is one child now living. Arthur Woodruff Smith, born May 27. 1892. 2. Ern- est Ellsworth Smith, see forward.

(VIII) Ernest Ellsworth, second son of Henry Ellsworth and Ellen Louise ( Shares) Smith, was born at New Haven, December '20, 1867. He attended the public schools, and the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Uni- versity, from which he graduated with the de- gree of Ph. B. in 1888 ; was a resident student in the graduate department of Yale till 1801 when he received the degree of Ph. D. : subse- quently pursued the regular course in medi-

cine at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College. receiving the degree of M. D. in 1808. From 1888 to ISO1 he was assistant in physiological chemistry at Yale when he was called to New York to associate with Dr. C. A. Herter in the organization and conduct of his private re- search laboratories, engaging with him ir in- vestigations on nutrition and kindred subjects until 1805. He became professor of physiology and biological chemistry at Fordham Univer- sity Medical School. New York, in 1906. He is a widely known specialist in experimental medicine and toxicology and in this capacity has been called into the courts as an expert in important criminal procedures and civil liti-

gations, and has written extensively on foods and kindred topics for medical and scientific publications. He is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, the New York Acad- einy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a mem- ber of many other similar organizations. He belongs to the University, Yale and Chemists' clubs of New York City. His office and labo- ratories are in the Chemists' Building .. No. 50 East Forty-first street. New York.

He married, in 1800, Lillian Irene Church, born October 11, 1865, at . Middletown, Con- necticut, daughter of Rollin Rodman and El- bertine Louisa ( Abel) Church. of Middlefield, Connecticut, granddaughter of William Pai- mer Abel, of Colchester, Connecticut, and of Rodman Church. of Bethlehem, Connecticut, and Maria ( Strong ) Church, of Durham, Con- necticut, who later removed to Macon, Geor- gia, where he was a prominent merchant. He was in the Seminole war and at that time con- tracted the disease from which he died. in 1840. Rodman Church was a son of Rollin, grandson of Joshua Church. great-grandson of Samuel Church. a saddler by trade, who re- moved to Bethlehem in 1740, and d'ed in 1760, and whose wife was Mary Porter, of Farm- ington, Connecticut. Samuel was son of Sam- uel and grandson of Sammel and Elizabeth ( Clark) Church, who were married in !710. Samuel Church, Sr., was son of John and Sarah ( Beckley) Church, who were married in 1657. Saral: Beckley was daughter of Richard Beckley. of New Haven. John Church died in 1691. and was the son of Rich- ard Church, who died in 1667, and came to Plymouth. Massachusetts. from England. and in 1636 removed to Hartford, drew twelve acres of land in the first division in 1639 and sixty acres at East Hartford in 1666. a volum- teer in the Pequot war in 1637; his name is on the monument at Hartford among the foun- ders: his wife was Ann ---. Mrs. Smith's maternal grandmother was Irene Miller (-ce Miller VO. Dr. and Mrs. Smith have one child. Harold Ellsworth, born December 4, 1800: educated in private schools in New York City and graduated from Vale College with the degree of B. A. in 19IT.

( The Miller Line).

(I) Thomas Miller, born in 16to. came to Rowley. Massachusetts, from Birmingham. England. in 1630: he removed to Middletown, Connecticut, about 1652. soon after its settle- ment ; he appears to have been a man of prom- inenec and built the first grist mill of the town. The land owned by lum became known as "Miller's Farms." now "South Farms."

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He married Sarah. daughter of Samuel Net- tleton, of Branford. Connecticut. Eight chil- dren were born, three daughters and five sons. the sons named respectively: Thomas, Jo- seph, John. Samuel, Benjamin, mentioned be- low.

(II) "Governor" Benjamin Miller, as he was called, son of Thomas Miller, was one of the first three settlers of Middlefield. formerly part of Middletown. Connecticut. He located in the south part of the town on the east side of Coginchang or West river and not far from the Durham line. about 1700. The country was then wild and the soil unbroken by white man's hand. Tradition says that the title of governor was conferred on Miller partly because of his influence with the In- dians, partly on account of his being a large landholder and having great influence in the settlement. He married (first ) Mary John- son, of Woodstock; ( second) Mercy Bassett. of North Haven. Children: Rebecca, mar- ried Robinson of Durham : Sarah. mar-

ried Hicox, of Durham : Mary. mar-

ried Spencer, of Haddam. Benjamin. married Hannah Robinson : Hannah. married Ephraim Coe: Isaac, unmarried : Mchitable. married Barnes : Ichabod, mentioned below : Lydia, married Eliakim Stow: Amos. married Abigail Cornwell : Ebenezer : Martha. married Thomas Atkins: Rhoda. married Benjamin Bacon: David. married Elizabeth Brainerd : Thankful. died unmarried.

( III) Ichabod, son of "Governor" Benja- min Miller. was born December 15. 1709. died August 9. 1788. He married ( first) Mary Elton: (second) Elizabeth Cornwall, widow of Jeremiah Bacon, and daughter of Captain James Cornwall.

(IV) Lieutenant Ichabod (2) Miller. son of Ichabod (1) Miller, was born in Middle- field in 1740. died there March 12. 1824. He was lieutenant in the Eighth Company of Alarm Volunteers in the Twenty-third Con- neeticut Regiment. He is buried in Middlefield. He married Elizabeth. daughter of Elizabeth Bacon, his father's second wife, who died De- cember 3. 1831. aged niety-three years. Chil- dren: Irene. married Isaac Miller: Rhoda. married William Babbitt : Sally, married Jona- than Turner: Elizabeth, died unmarried : Jesse, married ( first) Susan Wetmore, osec- ond) Mrs. Sarah Prior : Jeremiah, see for- ward: Captain Ichabod. married Sarah. daughter of Captain David Birdsey.

(V) Jeremiah, son of Lieutenant Ichbod ( 2) Miller, was born November 10. 1780, died in 1848. He married Mary Hall Ives, of Meriden, born March 13. 1792, died March 11. 1863. Their daughter. Frene, was born

January 10, 1818, died March 26. 1903. grand- mother of Mirs. Ernest E. Smith (see Smith

James Bridgman. immi- BRIDGMAN grant ancestor, came. it is supposed, from Winchester, county Hants, England, to America, prior to 1640. On March 3, of the latter year, occurs the first record of him in this country, at Hartford. Connecticut. It is probable that he was married there and that his oldest child was born there. In 1643 he removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, where the first record of him is in reference to a grant of four acres of planting land which he received in that year. At the same time other lands were granted him on both sides of the Connec- ticut river. Here he lived for eleven years. during which time he held several town of- .fices and was prominent in various business transactions. In 1645 he was constable: in 1646-47-51 fence-viewer ; in 1648 surveyor of highways. In 1648 he. with several others. built a cartway for the common use and charged toll for it. In 1654. in company with a few other Springfield men, he settled in what is now Northampton, Massachusetts, and spent the remaining years of his life there. His name appears frequently in the records of the latter town: in 1658 he was chosen deputy constable and in 1659, constable. The same year he was chosen sealer of weight- and measures, and held the latter office until his death. in 1676. His possession of land. etc., in Springfield, he did not sell until 1664. By trade he was a carpenter. He marric I

Saralı , the date and place of marriage unknown. On June 18. 1661, her name i- found on the member roll of the church in Northampton. Her death is recorded as Au- gust 31. 1688. He died March, 1676. Chil- dren: Sarah, born 1643, Hartiord : John. July 7. 1645, Springfield, mentioned below : Thom- as. January 14. 1047-48, Springfield. died Feb- ruary 27. 1647-48: Martha, born November 20. 1649. Springfield: Mary. July 5. 1052 Springfield : James. May 30. 1655. Northamp- ton : l'atience, January 5. 150-57. Northamp- ton. died February. 1650-57: Hezekiah, horn June. 1658. Northampton. died March 30. 1050.

(TI) John, son of James Bridgman. was born July 7. 1645. in Springfield. He mar- ried, December 11, 1670, Mary, eldest daugh- ter of Isaac and Mary ( Woodford , Sheldon. of Windsor. Connecticut. before 1655. after- wards of Northampton. She was born 1051. in Windsor or Hartford, died April 20. 1728. in Northampton. He was made a freeman

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May 3, 1676, and spent his life in Northamp- ton. He inherited his father's property and continued to live in the old homestead. He died April 7, 1712, and in his will left his property to his wife and children. Children. born in Northampton: Mary, March 15. 1671-72 ; infant, December 23, 1073, died Jan- uary 4, 1674: John, October 20, 1675: De- liverance. March 17. 1676-77; James, 1678; Isaac, March 29, 16So: Sarah, 1082: Ruth, August 29, 1684; Ebenezer, February 4. 1686; Thomas, January 7, 1688; Martha. August 13. 1690; Hannah, October 24. 1003; Dorothy, October 4, 1097 : Orlando, mentioned below.

(III ) Captain Orlando Bridgman, son of John Bridgman, was born September 18. 1701. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Captain Benjamin and Mary ( Barker ) Wright, of Northfield, Massachusetts. She was born September 7, 1,04, died December 3, 1726, at Northfield. He married ( second ) Martha, daughter of John and Sarah ( Wait) Belding, of Hatfield. She died April 3. 1766. in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. He took an active part in the early Indian struggles. From December 1, 1721, to July 24, 1722, he belonged to a garrison of soldiers in North- field, and in 1723-24 to Captain Joseph Kel- logg's company, which defended Northfield, Deerfield and Sunderland. It is probable that he remained in that vicinity until the death of his wife Mary, in 1726. In 1728 a trading post and garrison was established near what is now Vernon, Vermont. with Captain Kel- logg first in command. John Sergeant second and Orlando Bridgman third. Near here, and on the west side of the Connecticut river, he purchased land about this time; also near here, in 1740-41. he built what was known as Bridgman's Fort. In 1746 he was in com- mand of scouting parties who hunted Indians with dogs. October 22. 1747. his fort, to- gether with his house and barn, was burned by Indians: also in 1748. and Inne 28, 1755. He removed to Hinsdale. New Hampshire. probably in 1753, and on September 25 of that year was chairman of the first town meeting. August 14, 1763, he was dismissed from the church in Northfield to that in Hinsdale. He died June 4, 1771, and was buried in Vernon, Vermont. just opposite Hinsdale. Children : John, born September 10. 1734, Northampton : Thomas, mentioned below: Orlando. about 1743.

(IV) Thomas, son of Captain Orlando Bridgman, was born March 15, 1741. in Northampton, died there October 14. 1771. He married. in 1767, Rachel, daughter of Eliphaz and Rachel ( Parsons) Clapp, of Northampton. She was born there about

1742, died June 14, 1798. He graduated at Harvard. 1762; read law in Major Hawley's office, in Northampton, and began practice there in 1765. He was justice of the court of common pleas in Cumberland county, Ver- mont, appointed April 7, 1768. Ile took the degree of M. A. from Yalc. He inherited the old homestead on Hawley street, where his son Thomas kept a tannery. His inven- tory. November, 1771, was valued at four him- dred and twenty-two pounds. Children : Thomas, mentioned below: Electa, baptized July 30, 1769 ; Eliphaz Clapp, baptized August 12, 1770.

(V) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) Bridgman, was baptized June 5. 1768, in Northampton, died August 5, 1799. He mar- ried, April 28, 1791. in Northampton. Eliza- beth, daughter of Bildad and Elizabeth (Oakes) Wright, of Northampton. She was born 1766. died May 25, 1806. He was a tanner by trade and kept his tannery on or near the old homestead. Children, born in Northampton: George, February 12. 1792; Laura, June 19, 1793: Thomas, mentioned below ; Betsy, March 11, 1797, died February 20, 1798: daughter, born July 8, 1798, died young; William, born October, 1799, died September 28, 1802.

(VI) Thomas (3). son of Thomas (2) Bridgman, was born July 14, 1795. in North- ampton, died November 18, 1864. He mai- ried. September 6, 1821, in Northampton, Sally Maria, daughter of David and Sarah (Cook) Judd. descendant of Francis Cooke, who came over as a passenger on the "May- flower" in 1620. She was born September 20, 1802. in Northampton. died there January 4, 1801. Ile lived in Greenville, South Carolina ; Columbus, Ohio : St. Pie. Canada, and Spring- field, Massachusetts. In 18446 he returned to Northampton, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was an antiquarian, and pub- lished the following books: "Inscriptions in the Graveyard of Northampton and of Other Towns in the Valley of the Connecticut, with Brief Annals of Northampton, Massachu- setts." "Epitaphs from Copp's Hill Burial Ground. Boston, with Notes," "Memorials of the Dead in Boston, or King's Chapel Epi- taphs." "The Pilgrims of Boston and Their Descendants, with an Introduction by Hon. Edward Everett, LL.D .. " "Inscriptions from Monuments in the Granery Burial Ground. Tremont Street." Children: Sally Maria, horn November 14, 1822, Greenville : Thomas, September 2, 1824. Greenville: Joseph Cook, May 19, 1827. Northampton: Edward Morris, July 6, 1829, Northampton: Charles Judson, July 10, 1831. Northampton : William Spencer,

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November 5. 1833, Columbus ; Henry, May 17, 1836, Columbus, died August 14, 1837 : Har- riet Maria, born June 28, 1838, St. Pie; Henry Harrison, mentioned below ; Frederic Miles. October 25, 1843, in St. Pié.

(VII) Henry Harrison, son of Thomas ( 3) Bridgman, was born in St. Pie, Canada, Oc- tober 3, 1841.

He received his education in the public schools of Northampton, Massachusetts. He embarked in the school book publishing husi- ness in New York City in 1863, and con- tinned in the American Book Company until 1896, when he retired. He has made his home in Norfolk since the year 1893. In politics he is a Republican. He represented the town of Norfolk in the general assembly in 1899, and was presidential elector-at-large for the state of Connecticut in 1900, and dele- gate to the Republican national convention at Philadelphia. Governor Lounsbury appointed Mr. Bridgman a member of the state board of charities, of which he was president for eight years. He is president of the board of trustees of Hartford Theological Seminary : vice-president of the American National Red Cross : member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and of various clubs in New York city. He was a delegate from the state of Connecticut to the National Prison Association and to the Na- tional Civic Federation, and frequently deic- gate to various state and national conven- tions. In 1908 he was again elected presiden- tial elector from Connecticut. He has always taken a keen interest in town affairs, espe- cially in public education, and is widely known for his publie spirit. He is deacon of the Congregational church of Norfolk. He mar- ried, June 1, 1893, at Norfolk, Alice Brad- ford, born October 22, 1852, in Norfolk. daughter of Rev. Joseph and Sarah ( Battell ) Eldridge. Their handsome residence at Nor- folk was constructed in 1897. of Litchfield county marble. Children : Eldridge LeBaron, born in Norfolk. April 24, 1894: Isabel Bat- tell, born December 4. 1896.

Deacon Thomas Brooks, son BROOKS of Richard Brooks, the immi- grant who settled in Lyn, Massachusetts, was one of the original pro- prietors of Haddam. Connecticut, in 1662. He came to this country from England, in the ship "Susan and Ellen" in 1036. He was ad- mitted a freeman in May. 1658. He died Oc- tober 18. 1668. His inventory amounted to one hundred and eight pounds nine shillings. He married Alice, daughter of Jarad Spencer. Children :

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