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 58

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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Hle was selectman, 1652-53-54, and had grants of land from the town, July 4, 1653, and June 4. 1654. His first wife was Anne who came over in 1623. It is supposed that he had a second wife, Frances, who after his death married Richard White. He died 1055 or 1656, and letters of administration were granted June 30, 1656. to Richard White. He had a child, William, and perhaps others.


( II) Charles Otis Hilton, son of -- and Abigail ( Comstock) Hilton, was born Janu- ary 17, 1817, at Thamesville, Connecticut, died in Norwich, Connecticut, March 12. 1901. Abigail Com-tock was born in Montville. Con- necticut. The Hiltons are descended from the pioneers mentioned above. Charles O. Hilton was engaged in the manufacture of carriages, with a factory on Bath street, Nor- wich, Connecticut, for more than sixty years. When a young man he learned the trade of carriagemaking and afterward was in part- nership with Halsey F. Biddle under the firm name of Hilton & Biddle. He married Lydia Shipman Northrop. of Norwich, born near the town line of Baltic. Connecticut. daughter of Oliver R. and Sally Marshall Northrop, granddaughter of Thomas and Freelove ( Ed- gerton ) Marshall. Children of Charles Otis and Lydia Shipman (Northrop) Hilton: I. Charles Erastus, Forn January 21, 1849. mar- ried Kate Cce. of West Newton, Massachu- setts : is in the employ of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. 2. Alice. died young. 3. Frank Marshall. men- tioned below. 4. May Prentice. born No- vember 9, 1859. married Albert M. Kennedy, of Norwich : children: Alice Prentice. Theo- dore Otis and Clara May Kennedy. 5. Emma Elizabeth, resides with her brother. Frank Marshall Hilton. at 45 Union street, where all of the family. except Charles Erastus, was born. 0. Grace Aurelia. Children of Oliver R. Northrop: William Comstock : Elizabeth. died young : Mary, married Amos G. Thomas ; Sarah, married George W. Capron : Josephine, married George D. Fuller, of Hartford. Con- necticut : Lucy, married William S. Kemp, of Norwalk, Connecticut : Lydia Northrop. men- tioned above.


Erastus Hilton, brother of Charles Otis Hilton, was a mariner. lost at sea: Abbie Hilton, a sister, married Joseph Kentanna, of Brooklyn, New York. captain of a tugboat.


(III) Frank Marshall. son of Charles Otis Hilton, was born at Norwich. June 30. 1857. He attended the public schools of his native town. For fourteen years he was employed by the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. Besides the ancestry mentioned above, Mr. Hilton trace, his de-


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scent to the Hyde family of Norwich, the Post, Abel, Tracy, Lathrop, Huntington, Gris- wold, Edgerton. Lcffingwell and other early settlers of New London county, some of whom are treated elsewhere in this work.


HOPKINS The surname Hopkins was spelled Hopkyns in England in the sixteenth century and earlier. It is an ancient English family of Oxfordshire where in 156; John Hopkins was a civic officer in Coventry. From the strong resemblance of the armorial bearings of the Wyckhams of Swelcliffe, county Oxford, and those of the Hopkins family of Oving, it is conjectured by Burke that in early times some bond of connection existed between the two families. In confirmation of this conjecture there is found in Sibford Gower in Swelclitie Parish a small estate which is charged with a quitrent of a hundred pence that tradition has assigned to the late owners as the nineteenth John Hopkins who had successively and lin- eally inherited it without intervention of any other Christian name than John. As this es- tate joints immediately to Warwickshire, it may fairly be assumed that the family of Hop- kins in Coventry and Swelcliffe derive from a common ancestor. A branch of the family is found in the north of Ireland.


(I) John Hopkins, immigrant ancestor, is presumed to be a relative of Stephen Hopkins, who came to Plymouth in the "Mayflower." from the fact that he had a son Stephen, that other names in the family indicate relationship and from various other minor reasons. John was a proprietor of Cambridge in the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony as early as 1634. He was admitted a freeman March 4, 1635, and must have been a Puritan and member of the Com- bridge church before that. He removed to Hartford and was one of the original propri- etors there in 1630. He died in !654 at Hart- ford. His home lot was in what is now Fast Park. He was a townsman in 1640: a juror in 1643. His inventory dated April 14, 1654. amounted to two hundred and thirty-six pounds, eight shillings. His widow Jane mar- ried (second) Nathaniel Ward, of Hartford and Hadley, Massachusetts. Children: Ste- phen, mentioned below ; Bethia, born 1635. Perhaps others.


(II) Stephen, son of John Hopkins, was born in Cambridge in 1634. and re-med in Hartford. He was admitted a freeman there in 1657. He was a commissioner in 1668 and 1672. He died October, 1680. Rev. Samuel Hopkins, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and Newport, Rhode Island, was his great- grandeon. He married Dorcas, daughter of


John Bronson, of Farmington. Children. Stephen, married Saral Judd, November 17, 1086; John, mentioned below. Perhaps oth- ers.


(III) John (2), son of Stephen Hopkins. was born in 1660. He settled in Waterbury and was known as "The Miller of Water- bury". He built a mill on what is now Bald- win street. Waterbury. He married Hannah Strong, who died May 3, 1730. He died No- vember 4, 1732, leaving a widow Sarah. Chil- dren : Daughter, born December 22. 1684, die.] January 4, 1685; John, March 29, 1686; Con- sider. November 10, 1687 ; Stephen, November 19. 1680, mentioned below ; Timothy, Novem- Fer 10, 1601; Samuel. December 27, 1603: Mary, January 27, 1696-07 ; . Hannah, born April 23, 1699, baptized at Woodbury. May 23. 1723: twin of Hannah, died June 13 follow- ing: Dorcas. born February 12. 1705-06.


(IV) Stephen (2). son of John (2) Hop- kins, was born at Waterbury, November 19, 1689. died January 4, 1769. He settled at Naugatuck on Hopkins hill, in 1734. Te married ( first) August 20, 1718, Susanna, daughter of John Peck, of Wallingford. Su- santa died the last of December. 1755. Ste- pben Hopkins married ( second ). May 25. 1756, Abial Webster, widow of John Welter. of Farmington. Children, recorded at Water- hury: John, born Jaly 28. 1719, mentioned below : Stephen, June 12, 1721 : Anna, Sep- tember 25, 1723; Susanna, November 10, 1725: Mary, June 4, 1728, died Jane 7. 1735; Joseph, June 6, 1730; Jesse, . February 12, 1733: Mary, November 26, 1735: Lois. june 22, 1738: David, October 14, 1741.


(V) John (3), son of Stephen (2) Hopkins, was born at Waterbury. July 28, 1719, died May 12, 1802. He married ( first), December 13, 1749. Sarah, daughter of Denajah John- won. of Derby. She died May 31. 1,66, and he married (second ). January 14, 1767. Pa- tience, daughter of Samuel Frost. She died July 23. 1802. Children of first wife, born at Waterbury: Sarah, October 1. 1750: Su- sanna, September 26, 1752: Mabel (twin), November 25, 1755: Mary (twin) ; Lois, No- vember 13. 1757: David, August 24. 1762. mentioned below. Children of second wife : Rhoda, September 29. 1768; Patience, July 22, 1,69: Jomn, October 20, 1770; Patience, December 10. 1774: Susanna, May 19, 1780, , (fied voung : John, February 19, 1;82.


(VD) David!, son of John (3) Hopkins, was Born August 24, 1,62, at Waterbury, died April 21, 1814. He married, Juiy 4, 1791, Mary, daughter of Jonathan Thompson, of West Haven. She died August, 1820 Chil- diren, born at Waterbury: John, mentione ! .


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below ; Polly. November 13. 1794, married E. H. Hine: David, April 7, 1797. imarried Cla- rissa Adanis : Mabel, September 10, 1799, mar- ried Alfred Stevens: Laura, March 2. 1802, died May 22, ISHI: Truman, January 23, 1805: Edwin, December 20, 1808.


(VII) John (4). son of David Hopkins, was born at Waterbury, July 13. 1792, died June 22, 1859. He married, in 1815. Abiah Woodruff, of Naugatuck, daughter of Jonah Woodruff. Children, born at Naugatuck : Samuel, 1816: Edward, 1817; Henry, 1819; Emily M., 1822: David T .. 1825; George, 1826: Amelia, 1828; Willard, 1830. mentioned below : John, 1833.


(VIII ) Willard, son of Jolin (4) Hopkins, was born November 11. 1830, at Naugatuck. died November 27, 1801. He married Bet- sey Adams, born December 4, 1830, died April 22, 1900, daughter of Davis and Constant (Lockwood) Adams, granddaughter of Eli and Anna ( Baldwin) Adams, of Woodbridge, Connecticut. Anna was a daughter of Mat- thew Baldwin. granddaughter of Samuel Baldwin, and great-granddaughter of Nathan- iel Baldwin. Eli Adams was son of Abraham and Hannah ( Warner) Adams, married May 14, 1753. daughter of Samuel Warner: Abra- ham, born 1725, was son of Abraham Adams. of Newtown. Abraham Sr., born 1660, was son of Elward Adams, of Fairfield. Con- nectient, who was of New Haven as early as 1640. Children: Samuel E., mentioned be- low, and four others died young.


(IX) Sammel E., son of Willard Hopkins. was born in Naugatuck, formerly Waterbury, December 31, 1863. He attended private schools in his native town and the Military School at Ossinning-on-the-Hudson. New York, graduating in the class of IS;9. He then took special courses in metallurgy with a view of engaging in the iron business. For 20 years he was engaged in the malleable iron business at Naugatuck. Connecticut, and Toledo, Ohio, and has continued in business to some extent to the present time as me- chanical engineer. He is president and di- rector of the Manufacturers' Foundry Com- pany of Waterbury, Connecticut: president and director of the Southern Phosphate De- 'velopment Company of Florida; director of the Naugatuck National Bank of Naugatuck. Ile is one of the incorporators of the Nauga- tuck Savings Bank: director of the Nauga- tuck Water Company and director of the Mal- leable Iron Company of Bridgeport. Connecti- cnt. In poltics he is Republican, in religion a Congregationali-t. He married. January 15, 1885. Abbie Bartholomew, born December 9. 1863, daughter of Samuel Merriman and Sar-


ah Ellen ( Bartholomew) Cool, of Walling- ford, Connecticut. They have no children.


Thomas Judd. immigrant ancestor,


JUDD came from England in 1633 or 1631, and settled at Cambridge. Massachusetts. He had a home-lot of four acres granted to him in August. 1634, in the part of Cambridge called the "West End." on the northeast side of the highway to Water- town. He was among those who were to receive their proportion of meadow land. August 20, 1635, and also he was on the list of those who had a house or houses in Can- bridge in February, 1636. He was made free- man, May 25. 1636. He removed to Hart- ford in 1636, probably one of the company of about a hundred men, women and children who left on the last day of May, 1636. and went through the wilderness to the Connecti- cut river. He had a house-lot at Hartford of about two acres. He was one of the first proprietors and settlers of Farmington, where he probably moved about 1644. and his home lot was the third lot from the north end of the main street, on both sides of the street. extending toward the Farmington river. He was a prosperous farmer and a prominent citizen, being one of the first two deputies to the general court. May, Hogy. He was also a deputy in May. 1648-49: September. 1650-Si- 57 : October, 1658-59 : May and October. 1661- 62-63 : May, 1666; October. 1008-75; May and October, 16,7: May. 1678. and October, 1679. Ilis wife died in Farmington, perhaps about 1678. He married (second ). Clemence Mason, December 2, 1670. widow of Theinas Mason. of Northampton, who died in 1678. They lived in Northampton during most of their life, on her homestead on the east side of Pleasant street. He owned about forty acres of meadow land. He was a selectmian in Northampton in 1682. His youngest son, Samuel, came there and lived with him, and after his death the son took care of his widow, Clemence Indd, and she gave her es- tate to him. Thomas Judd was a member of the church under Rev. Thomas Hooker and Rev. Samnel Stone, both at Cambridge and Hartford, and he remained with the Hart- ford church until a church was gathered at Farmington. October 13, 16:2. He was one of the seven pillars of the church at Farming- ton at its organization, and his wife joined in November. 1652. He was the secon i deacon of the church. He died November 12. 1688. and his death was registered by the county clerk at Springfield. His second wire, Cieni- ence, died November 22. 1696. He settled his estate by deeds. He was one of the


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eighty-four proprietor, of Farmington. and much of his land by the division was received by his children and grandchildren. after his death, between 1708 and 1730. live of his sons were also among the eighty-four pro- prietors .. In March. 1662. the general court granted to him two hundred acres of land which was called Judd's Farm, but some years after the land was found to be in the bounds of Wallingford. and it was given up, and other land taken elsewhere. Children : Elizabeth, born between the years 1633 and 1636: William. born between the years 1633 and 1636: it .is not known which was the older, William or Elizabeth: Thomas, 1638; John, about 1640: Benjamin, about 1042. mentioned below : Mary, about 1644: Ruth, 1647 : Philip, 1649.


( II) Benjamin, son of Thema- Judd, was born about 1642. He lived at Farmington. He married Mary, daughter of Captain Will- iam Lewis, of Farmington. She was born in May. 1645. He died in 1689. probably in October, and the inventory of his estate. two hundred and sixty-seven pounds. was pre- sented to the court. November 6, 1689. His widow died in 1601 or 1692. Iler son Benja- min was appointed administrator. March, 1692, with John Judd and William Lewis to aid. The estate was divided among the chil- dren, May 20. 1607. Benjamin and Philip Judd died in less than a year after their father, and their brother William died the next year. 1600. while their sister. Mary Loomis, died August 8. 1684. Children, born in Farmington: Elizabeth, born August 21, 1668, died young : Benjamin. 16;1, mentioned below: Mary, 1075: Sarah, 1677: Hannah, baptized March 13. 1681: Nathaniel. baptized July 22, 1683: Esther, baptized February 14. 1686: Jonathan, baptized September 22, 1688.


(III) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin ( 1 ) Judd. was born in 1671. He married Susanna North. of Wethersfield. January 18. 1604. and lived in that part of Kensington parish. in Farmington, called New Britain. He died March 9, 1764. and four sons and seven daughters seem to have lived to an adult age. He did not leave a will. Children : Benjamin. born March 2. 160 ;: Susannah, August 12, 1690: Mary, February 6, 1702: , Abigail, September 5. 1703: Kezia. Septem- ber 14. 1705: Bathsheba. August 20. 1707 : Joanna. October 16. 1700: Catherine, October 26, IT11; Uriah. December 28. 1713: James, January 20, 1716, mentioned below : Nathan. August 24. 1710: Hezekiah. June 19, 1722, died September 9. 1727.


(IV) James, son of Benjamin (2) Judd, was born January 20. 1716. He married Han-


nah Andrus, 1749, anl lived in New Britain Society. He made his will in 1782 and was proved February 17, 1783. He mentioned luis wife Hannah, two sons, James and Daniel, and four daughters. His wife died about 1790. Children: Hannah, married Leonard Belding and left four children ; Abigail, born June 5, 1752: Lydia, October 6, 1754: James, about 1756: Asahel, May 24. 1759. died young ; Daniel, August 14, 1761, mentioned below ; Anne, 1764. died young : Sarah, 1768. (Sam- nel, son of James, died 1752, and James. son of James, died 1755. These may have been sons of James, son of Daniel Judd, of Farm- ington. )


(V) Daniel, son of James Judd, was born August 14, 1761, died in 1835. He married ( first ) Irene Hitchcock and ( second ) Han- nah Bartholomew. He had two children by the first wife, and the remainder by the sec- ond wife. In 1839 four sons were living in New Britain. Children : William : Daniel ; Jrene, married John Ellis and had four chil- dren : Polly, married William Barrett and had three children : Eri. mentioned below : Amon ; Betsey. married Henry Gladding and had two children : Richard, married Eliza Howd and had three children : Rhoda, married William Hart and had six children.


(VI) Eri, son of Daniel Judd. married Lovisa Brownson and had seven children. Children: Lorin F., mentioned below: Nel- son, married Abigail W. Smith: Andrew. un- married : Walter. unmarried : Hannah. un- married : deceased : - -- . deceased.


(VID) Lorin F .. son of Eri Judd. was born in New Britain, February 3. 1820, died there, 1896. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and in early life was in partnership with T. C. Loomis in the manu- facture of clocks. He was traveling sales- man for his firm, after the custom of the times, and he used to tell many interesting stories of his experiences. He was shrewd and he found full play for his wits in a call- ing that furnished a start in life for so many Yankees. But it was in the firm of North &'s Judd Manufacturing Company that brought to Mir. Judd the opportunity for the applica- tion of his business ability and love of work that made him successful. This concern datos back to the year 1812, when Alvin North and his brother. Seth J. North, and sons conducted a factory in the vicinity of the present piant. manufacturing article- of plated ware for more than forty years. In 1855 the interests of Alvin North were purchased by Mr. Judland J. A. Pickett and the firin became H. F. North & Company. In 1863 Mr. Jadd bought ont Mr. Pickett and the name was changed to


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North & Judd and soon afterward the busi- ness was incorporated under the title of the North & Judd Manufacturing Company. During the civil war this concern did an im- mense business at large profit, furnishing army supplies, and thus laid the foundation for the great prosperity of later years. In February, 1888, the wooden factory was destroyed by fire and its place was taken by a large brick building, to which extensive additions have been made from time to time. To this husi- ness Mr. Judd gave almost all the years of his active life and his tremendous energy, and it is his chiet monument. He was also a director in the New Britain National Bank, the New Britain Gaslight Company and the Union Manufacturing Company. He was one of the prime movers in securing for the city a street railway system, furnishing money and credit to build it. tlien selling his interests when the road was in operation. losing a substantial amount, but securing for the city a great convenience and an important aid to its growth, development and prosperity. Ile was public-spirited in the best sense of the word, and New Britain benefited much from his loyalty and strong influence in the busi- ness world. He died March 10. 1896. He was a member of the First Congregational Church from 1857 until he died and gave liberally of his time and money to the church and its good works. The New Britain Herald said of him: "Lorin F. Judd, one of New Britain's oldest and most pro-perous and best known business men, died at his residence on Main street shortly after nine o'clock last night. He had been in poor health for sev- era! years, although he managed to get to the factory for a short time each day. The immediate cause of his death was heart fail- ure. He has lived here continu- ously and had always been associated with the business interests of the town and had taken a prominent part in advancing the growth and progress of New Britain." He married, May 19. 1842. Josephine M. Lee, of Bristol. Children: Mortimer M .. secretary of the North & Judd Manufacturing Com- pany, and Mrs. Charles S. Landers.


Joseph Smith, probably of the Wethersfield Smiths, settled. be- SMITH fore 1740, in Simsbury. Samuel Smith, presumed to be his brother, was there earlier and had children: Samuel, born Jan- nary 13, 1727: Jolin, born February 22, 1728: Daniel. April 15, 1732: Joseph. February 12, 1733: Margaret. December 8. 1735. James Smith, Jr., had a daughter Elizabeth there in 1748, and James Smith, Sr., may have been


father of Joseph and Samuel. The children of Joseph Smith, born at Simsbury: 1. Eliza- beth, May 9, 17440. 2. Elisha, November 19, 1742. 3. Lucy, February 4, 1747. 4. Joseph, April 16, 1749, died November 3, 1751. 5. Joseph, mentioned below.


(II) Joseph ( 2). son of Joseph ( 1) Smith, was born at Simsbury. November 1, 1751. When he was twelve years old he moved to Norfolk, Connecticut. His first purchase of land was made in that town, and subsequently he bought a tract of wild land in the western part of Colebrook, where he settled. He was active in the patriot army and as a citizen during the revolution, helping to defend Dan- bury on the occasion of the second attack by the British. He was a farmer. He died No- vember 8, 1846. at the great age of ninety-five years. He married ( first ) Sybil Wardell, of Branford or New Haven. She died March 24, 1813, aged fifty-six years. He married ( second ) Anne Hewett. a widow. Children of first wife: Humphrey. Lois, Josephua, Betsey, Laura, Evelyn, Hiram Guy, mentioned below.


(III) Hiram Guy. son of Joseph (2) Smith. was born at West Norfolk. July 15, 1797, and died in Colebrook, November 8, 1880. He was educated in the public schools. For several years he had a fulling mill, where he dressed woolen cloth. After working on the homestead for a number of years for his father, hie succeeded to the farin and con- ducted it the rest of his life. He was a gifted musician and especially skilful player on the flute and bagpipes. He married, April 2, 1832. Clementina Barber, born at Canton, Hartford county, May 29. 1804. died Septem- ber 22, 1800, daughter of Michael and Anna ( Taylor ) Barber, granddaughter of Michael and Azubah ( Brown) Barber. Azubah Brown was the daughter of John (3) and Hannah (Owen) Brown and granddaughter of John (2) and Mary (Eggleston) Brown, great- granddaughter of John (I) and Elizabeth ( Loomis ) Brown. The last-mentioned John (1) Brown was son of Peter and Mary ( Gil- lett ) Brown and grandson of the Peter Brown who came over in the "Mayflower." Michael, Jr., and Ann ( Taylor) Brown lived in Can- ton several years after their marriage, but in 1809 went west and settled on a farm in Ohio, making the journey with teams in six weeks. Mr. Barber bought a tract of land in Marlboro and built a log cabin. He had not proceeded far with clearing his farm. however, when he died and he was buried in a coffin. made of a hollowed log. after the primitive custom of the day. His widow and three daughters returned to Canton. Clem-


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entina came to Colebrook when ten years old to live with Luman Barber. She died September 22, 1800, in the eighty-seventh year of her age, having lived to see and re- member seven generations of her family. Hannah Owen, wife of John Brown, her great-grandmother, was living when Mrs. Smith was a child. Children of Iliram Guy Smith: 1. Alpha, born September 1, 1833, died May 20, 1835 : Hiram Apha, (q. v.).


(IV) Hiram Alpha, son of Hiram Guy Smith, was born in Colebrook, May 3, 1836. He attended the district schools there an 1 completed his education at Norfolk Seminary. At the age of twenty-three he began to teach school and continued during the winter terms for a number of years, working on the farm in summer. In 1876 he began his career as a traveling salesman. representing the Empire Knife Company and the Beardsley Scythe Company for several seasons and afterwards holding a similar position with the Thayer Scythe Company and the Winsted Manufac- turing Company. He has traveled through Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Since 1858 he has resided on the farm in Colebrook. He enlisted August 26, 1862. in Company F. Twenty-eighth Connecti- cut Regiment of Volunteer Infantry, for nine months and joined his regiment at Camp Terry. In the fall he went south with the command to join General Banks's Division in the Nineteenth Army Corps and wintered at Pensacola, Florida, proceeding thence to Port Hudson, in the siege and capture of which he took part. He remained with his regiment until its arrival at Memphis, Tennessee, where he was left sick in the hospital, August 8, 1862. He was honorably discharged at New Haven, August 28, following, and returned home to recuperate in health. In public affairs he has been active and influential, serving the town several terms as selectman and school visitor, and in 1905 he represented the town in the general assembly. He married, Sep- tember 9, 1838, Harriet North, born at Cole- brook, January 12, 1830, daughter of Joel and Harriet (Taylor ) North.


Her father was born June 10, 1795. in Colebrook, son of Rufus North, a native of Torrington. and grandson of Martin North, also born in Torrington. Ebenezer North, father of Martin, removed from Farmington to Torrington when a young man and was one of the early settlers. Martin North was an early settler at Colebrook, a chairmaker hy trade and manufacturer of spinning wheels. He married Abigail Eno. Rufus North was a skilful woodworker, manufacturing churns, tubs bars and moulding boards and also con-




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