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 68

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) Dennis Kimberly. son of Leverett Tuttle, was born March 19, 1826. in Hamden. He prepared for college in the Cheshire Mili-

tary Academy and graduated from the Vale Law School in 1850.

Mr. Tuttle after practising law in New Ilaven for five years he removed to lowa City. Iowa, where he was connected with the gov- ernment land office service, in addition to his law practice. In 1858 he removed to Iludson, Wisconsin, where he was soon elected district attorney for St. Croix county. In December, ISOI, he enlisted in the Twentieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was present at inany important battles of the Army of the Potomac. He witnessed the memorable fight between the "Monitor" and "Merrimac" in Hampton Roads. He was commissioned a first lieutenant by Governor Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana, and served nearly four years as regi- mental and brigade quartermaster. He was discharged from service at the close of the war, in Louisville, Kentucky. It was during his service on the staff of Major General Da- vid G. Birney that he formed the admiration for that brilliant general that caused him to name his son for him. After the war he set- tled in Madison, Connecticut, and engaged in cranberry culture. He was town clerk and chairman of the board of education in that town for several years. He removed to New Haven in 1879. where he resided with his wife and son until his death, June 7, 1907, at the age of eighty-one years. He was a member of Admiral Foote Post, Grand Army of the Republic, which organization officiated at his funeral.

Dennis K. Tuttle married, February 14, 1855. Anna U. Hotchkiss, daughter of Abra- ham Bennett Hotchkiss and Lucy Ann Dag- gett Fuller Hotelikiss. The father of the lat- ter, Joab Fuller, was a soldier in the revolu- tion. She was also a descendant of the Dag- gett family of Attleboro, Massachusetts, con- spicuous among whom was Napthali. early president of Yale College. and militant revo- lutionist.

Abraham Bennett Hotchkiss was one of the 155 great-grandchildren of Gideon Hotchkiss. of revolutionary fame. His mother was Es- ther Beecher, daughter of Benjamin Beecher. of Cheshire. Samuel Hotchkiss, the progeni- tor of the Hotelkiss family in America, was in New Haven as early as 1642, and died there in 1663, leaving six children.

Abraham Bennett Hotchkiss, sixth genera- tion in descent from Samuel, was born in Prospect, Connecticut, in ISto. His father, Joel Hotchkiss, emigrated to northern Penn- sylvania when Abraham was twelve years of age. and settled with his six children on a large tract of land in Sasquehanna county. Here by his advanced scientific and horticul-

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tural tastes he developed an ideal estate. At the local Hartford Academy, Abraham Ben- nett was preparing for college when his health made an outdoor life imperative. From his Beecher ancestry he had inherited strong me- chanical tastes. Ife put in operation on many waterways turbine water wheels. He married Lucy Ann Fuller, in Hartford, whose family had also emigrated to Pennsylvania from At- tleboro, Massachusetts. In 1842, with his wife and three children. he returned to Connecticut and settled in New Haven, established a pat- ern making business, and was identified for half a century with the mechanical and scien- tific interests of New Haven. He invented the Hotchkiss air spring trip hammer now in oper- ation throughout the world: the rock drill, with which the great tunnels have been bored ; the card match machine, and many other im- portant machines and devices. He died in 1883, aged seventy-three years. Of his three daughters, Ennice Adelia died in 1855, aged sixteen years : Emily Alice Fuller Monson died in 1899: and Anna U. Hotchkiss, widow of Dennis Kimberly Tuttle and mother of J. Birney Tuttle, still survives.

(VIII) John Birney Tuttle, son of Dennis Kimberly and Anna U. ( Hotchkiss) Tuttle, was born May 19, 1864. in a house which stood on ground now occupied by the east end of Woolsey Hall. New Haven.

He was graduated from Hillhouse High School in 1884 and Yale Law School in I891. From 1884 to 1889 he was connected with the editorial staff of the New Haven Register, and wrote largely for New York newspapers. In 1889 he was assistant city clerk of New Haven. clerk of the court of common pleas in 1900, and special agent of the United States Census Department for the cen- sus of. 1900. He is the author of the history of New Haven published in the City Year Book of 1889, and the history of the Police and Fire Departments of New Haven published in the same year. He is a veteran member of the New Haven Grays and was secretary of the company during his membership. For twenty years he has de- voted himself entirely to the practice of law in New Haven, and has appeared as counsel in many important cases in the superior and su- preme court. In politics he is a Republican, in religion a Congregationalist He is a mem- ber of the American Bar Association, the State Bar Association of Connecticut, a mem- ber of the Council of One IFindred of the Civic Federation of New Haven, the Econom- ic Club, and Hiram Lodge Free and Accepted Masons. His residence is at 315 Willow street, New Haven.

(VII) Erastus E,. son of SCOFIELD Edwin Scofield (q. v.), was born at Stamford. November 11, 1815, on his father's homestead. where he. passed his boyhood. Here he was educated in the district schools and afterward became a teacher in a boarding school at North Stam- ford. Subsequently he was engaged in the milling business there. Ile had a flour and feed store, and for many years was a leading citizen of that section. He was honored with various offices of trust, serving as first select- man for two years. In politics he was first a Whig, then a Republican. Ile was a promi- nent member of the Congregational church. He married, in New York City, Mrs. Jane A. Waterbury, of Poundri Ige. New York. She was a member of the Congregational church. She died December 25, 1867. Children, born at Stamford: Edwin L., mentioned below ; Frederick, who died in infancy.

(VIII) Hon. Edwin L. Scofield, son of Erastus E. Scofield, was born at Stamford, June 18, 1852. He attended various private schools in his native town. In 18;I he en- tered the senior class of the Columbia Law School, New York, and was graduated in 1873. In September following he was admit- ted to the Fairfield county bar at Bridgeport. He formed a partnership, January 1. 1874. with James HI. Olmstead. of Stamford, and continued in this firm until January 1. 1880, and since then he has been alone in practice with offices at Stamford. During the time that Mr. Olmstead, his partner, was an attorney for the state. he was assisted by Mr. Scofield. From 1874 to ISSo Mr. Scofield was prosecut- ing attorney for Fairfield county, and for sex- eral years was corporation attorney for the town and borough of Stamford. In 1881 he was elected to the general assembly of the state, and served on a number of important committees. He was a member of the judi- ciary committee and chairman of the commit- tee on new counties and county seats. In 1882 he was elected a state senator from the twelfth senatorial district, and while in this office was chairman of the judiciary committee. În 1895 he was elected mayor of Stamford and re- elected the following year. He was appointed by Governor Cooke. July 1. 1897. commission- er of building and loan associations, resigning July 1. 1800, to accept the office of insurance commissioner of the state for a term of four years from July 1, 1800. He is a Republican. He is president of the Jolin Davenport Com- pany of Stamford : vice-president and director of the First National Bank of Stamford. and director of the Greenwich Trust Company. He has been president of the Crestwood Com-

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pany, of New York, since 1902. Ile was sec- retary of the Stamford Hospital Corporation for fifteen years, from 1895 to 1910, and since then has been presblent. In religion he is a Congregationalist. He is a member of the Suburban Club of Stamford, the Stamford Yacht Club and the Wee Burn Golf Club of Noroton, Connecticut. He married, October 15. 1879. Annie W .. daughter of Julius .A. and Eveline (Weed) Candee. They have one child, Edwin L., born August 25, 1887. He graduated from Yale University in the class of 1909 and from the New York Law School, class of 1911.

The surname Chase is derived CHASE from the French chasser (to hunt ) and the family has been prominent in England since the first use of surnames. The seat of the family in England

was at Chesham. in Buckinghamshire, through which runs a rapidly flowing river called the Chess, whence the name of the town and perhaps also the family.

Thomas and Aquila Chase, brothers, whose English ancestry is traced to remote antiquity, are believed to be cousins of William Chase, the American ancestor of the family de- scribed herein.

(I) William Chase, immigrant. was born in England, in 1595. died May 4-13. 1659. He settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and became a member of the first church. The record of Rev. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle. pastor of this church, bas this entry : "William Chase, he came with the first company. bring- ing with him his wife Mary and his son Wil- liam." The maiden name of Mary is un- known. She was an invalid for several years and died in 1659. He applied ior freeman- ship October 19. 1630. and was admitted May 14, 1634. He was a town officer of Roxbury. and served against the Narragansetts in 1645. He removed to Yarmouth in 1638, and died there. Ilis will states that he was "aged." It was dated May 4. 1650, and proved May 13, 1659. He bequeathed to his wife Mary and two sons. Benjamin and William, Chil- dren: William, born 1623: Mary, May, 1637: Benjamin, mentioned below.

(II) Benjamin, son of William Chase. born 1639, was admitted freeman at Portsmouth. Rhode Island. May. 1674. Ile removed to Freetown, Massachusetts. He and his wife joined the Baptist church June 17. 1717. His will, dated September 6. 1739, proved July 20. 1731, bequeathed to Benjamin and Daniel Grinnell, and granddaughter Sarah, wife of Isaac Hathaway. Ile married Philippa. daughter of Phillip and Sarah ( Odding)

Sherman. Children : Mary : Sarah ; Philippa, born July 5, 1679: Benjamin, July 15, 1682; Walter, mentioned below: Bethia, December 3, 1686.

( 111) Walter. son of Benjamin Chase, was born October 23, 1684. at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He married, January 20. 1707. De- liverance Simmons. Children: Edward. born January 24. 1708, died 1735: Constant. April 2, 1710, died young: Seth, October 4, 1711; Philip: Sybil: Walter; George; Charles; Sarah; Hannab ; Alice; Benjamin.

(IV) Edward, son of Walter Chase, born January 24, 1708. died 1735. He married and among his children was a son Edward, men- tioned below.

(V) Edward (2), son of Edward (1) Chase, born 1730, married, and had a son Edward, mentioned below.

(VI) Edward (3), son of Edward (2) Chase, born 1760, married ( first) Amy Bur- gess, who bore him nine children; married ( second ) Rebecca Horton. November 23, 1820, who bore him ten children.

(VII) Emery Edward, youngest child of Edward and Amy ( Burgess ) Chase, was born in Killingly, near Putnam, Connecticut, 1822. He married Fannie E., born 1824, daughter of Nathaniel Babcock (see Babcock VIII). Children : 1. George Edward, born 1847 : mar- ried Eliza Church, of Montville. Connecticut ; five children. 2. Emery Edward. fr., born 1848, married Lillian Palmer; twelve chil- dren. 3. Mercy Addie, born 1851 : married Charles L. King, of New Haven; child, Charles U. King. 4. Edgar E., born 1853; married Almeda Burdick, of Westerly. Rhode Island: six children. 5. Fannie, born 1854, married Henry L. Fuller, of Westerly, Rhode Island. 6. Ellan, born November 23. 1856, married Aaron D. Hall. 7. Warren Williamn, born January 25, 1858. married Susan Vaughn : child. Ethel Chase. 8. Prentice Wil- liam, born November 27, 1859, mentionedl be- low. 9. Amy B., born May, 1862. 10. Arthur D., April 19, 1865. 11. Sylvester, December 25. 1867.

(VIII) Prentice William, son of Emery Edward Chase, was born in old Mystic vil- lage, town of Stoughton, Connecticut, Na- vember 27, 1859. Ile attended the public schools of his native town, and worked in the woolen mills there until he was nineteen years old. He then came to New Haven and was employed for three years or more in the factory of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. In 1884 he entered the Yale Law School and graduated in 188; with the de- gree of LL.B. He was admitted to the bar and began to practice immediately after grad-

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uation, and has been in active practice ever since. For many years he was one of the most prominent and successful criminal law- yers in the State of Connecticut, and defended many of the notable murder cases in the higher courts. Since 1900 his practice has been more general in character. He is a mem- ber of the Connecticut Bar Association, the New Haven Counts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the United States Bar Association. He has con- tributed various articles to law journals and other periodicals on legal subjects : and has also written for magazines and newspapers on subjects of more general interest. At one time he was an active and prominent Demo- crat, and was founder of the Monticello Club of New Haven, an organization of the tariff reform wing of the Democratic party. and was its first secretary. Since 1896 he has been a Republican. He was a member of the com- mon council of New Haven in ISSo. He is in much demand as a public speaker in political campaigns and on other occasions. He has been identified with the business interests of New Haven for a number of years, having been president of the Bristol Shoe Company. the Joice Shoe Company, the White Net Mills Company. the Gents Hose Company. the Mid- dletown Club of Middletown and Algonquin Club of Bridgeport. He is a member of the Union League Club of New Haven, the Young Men's Republican Club, the Ancient Order of United Workmen of America, and many other organizations in the city and state.

Mr. Chase married. March 6. 1889. Helen Frances, born September 1, 1859, daughter of Thomas A. Sproat, of New Haven. One child, Prentice Thomas, born September 3. 1891. graduated from the New Haven high school in 1908 and entered the Sheffield Scientific School in 1909.

(The Babcock Line).

(I) James Babcock, the immigrant ances- tor, was born in England in 1612, probably in county Essex, and died June 12. 16;9. The name is spelled in various ways : Badcock, Badcocke, and Badcook. The early settlers used the form of Badcock, which is in gen- eral use in England at the present time. while the American family uses the spelling Bab- cock. James Babcock settled first in Ports- mouth, Rhode Island. and was admitted an inhabitant of the town February 25, 1642. He had a grant of land. was admitted a free- man July 10. 1648. was a juryman several times, and assessor in 1650. He was on a committee in 1642 to see that all firearms were in repair. In 1655 he was on a com- mittee to treat with the Indians, and on other

important committees for the town. He was a member of the general court in 1057-58-59. He was on a committee to lay out highways and settle boundary lines in 196 :. He removed to Westerly, Rhode Island, in March, 1662, and had lot 62 in the new town. His name appears on a petition to the general court for protection from the men of Southertown, Connecticut, an adjoining town. He was in constant trouble with the Pequot Indians, and was brought into court on a charge of driv- ing them off their planting ground. In 1678 he was baptized by Elder William Hiscox and united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Newport and Westerly. He made a verbal will to his sons John and Job, June 12. 1679. and they appeared before the governor of Rhode Island. September 17. 1679. and testi- fied to the truth of the will. He married ( first ) Sarah who died 1665: (sec-

cnd) Elizabeth who married (sec- ond), September 22, 1679. William Jolison. Children of first wife: James, born 1641, married Jane Brown: John, mentioned below : Job, born 1646. married Jane Crandall : Mary, born 1648 (?). married William Champlin. Children of second wife: Joseph, born 1670 ( ?). married (first) Dorothy Ket: ( second) Hannah Coates. widow : Nathaniel, died Jan- uary 2. 1719: Elizabethi.

( II) John, son of James Babcock, was born in Portsmouth. Rhode Island. in 1644, and died in Westerly, in 1698. Tradition says that lie and his wife eloped and settled upon the east bank of the Pawcatuck river. He was among the early settlers of Westerly, when he was about eighteen years old. lle received the twenty-seventh lot. on the banks of the Pawcatuck, near what is now Avondale, Rhode Island. It is said that he was in the Great Swamp fight in King Philip's war, and he received land for his services in the war from the colony of Connecticut. His name appears in the Stonington militia. He was admitted a freeman of Connecticut in 1676. when that state claimed the town of Westerly. He was deputy to the general court in 1682- 84. He died intestate, and his estate was disposed of by the town council June 25. 1698. He married Mary, daughter of George and Elizabeth ( Hazard) Lawton, of Portsmouth. She married (second). April 21, 1698, Eras- mus Babbitt, and died November 8, 1711. Children: 1. James, married ( first ) Elizabeth -: ( second) Content Maxson. 2. Ann. 3. Mary. 4. John. married Mary Champlin. 5. Job, married Deborah 6. George, born 1673. married Elizabeth Hall. -. Eliza, born. tradition says, the day of the Great Swamp fight. December 19, 16,5: died un-

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married. 8. Robert. married Lydia Crandall. 9. Joseph, born about 1681. 10. Oliver, mar- ried (first) Susanna Clark, ( second ) Deb- orah Knowles.

(IIJ ) Captam James Babcock, son of John Babcock, was born in Westerly, 1662 of 1063. Tradition says that he was the first male child born in Westerly. He died there Janu- ary 17, 1736-7, and was buried in the Bab- cock burying ground at Massatuxet. where his gravestone is still to be seen. He mar- ried (first ) 1687 !? ). it is supposed. Eliza- beth, daughter of Tobias Saunders. Another tradition says that her name was Elizabeth Babbitt. daughter of Erasmus Babbitt. She died March 3. 1730-1. Ile married ( sec- ond). in Westerly. July 7, 1731. Content, eld- est child of Jonathan and Content ( Rogers ) Maxson, born at Westerly, January 28. 1708- 9. She married ( second ), December 22. 1742. William Hiscox, son of Thomas and Bethia (Clark ) Hiscox.

Captain James being the eldest son, was by the English law heir to all the real estate of his father, but surrendered half of it to his mother, to dispose of as she shouldi think fit. He was often referred to in public records as "James, the widow's son." April 22, 1686. he was made a freeman at Westerly. At a town meeting held March 28. 1692. he was among twenty-five citizens. each of whom received grants of lands of one hundred acres. For many years he was town treasurer: he was councilman in 1090-93-95: was modera- tor at many town meetings, and for the years 1701-6-7-8-9-16 he represented Westerly in the legislature of the colony of Rhode Island. held at Newport. In 1717 he was justice of the peace for Westerly. His last will was written. January 9. 1736-7. and was entered for probate January 31, 1736-7. By this will he gave to his children and grandchildren, eight or ten farms. comprising some two thousand acres of land. carefully bounded. He provided that his infant son James should receive a college education. It has been said of Captain James Babcock that "He was as good as he was rich, a true philanthropist. who lived for God and his fellow-men." Children : James, born at Westerly. December 23. 1688. mentioned below: Elizabeth, born February 8. 1691-2: Samuel. February 15. 1697-8: Daniel. April 23. 1009.

(\\') Jamies (2), son of James (1 ) Bab- cock, was born at Westeriv. December 23. 1688. and ched at Stonington, now North Stonington, Connecticut. April 9. 1731. He married. June 12. 1706. in Milton, Massa- chusetts. Sarah daughter of Edward . and. Abigail Vose. She was born in Milton, Au-

gust 30, 1684, and died in North Stonington, December 25. 1758. Her father, Edward Vose. was born in England, in 1036, and died in Milton, January 20, 0-16. Her grandfather. Robert Vose, born in Lancaster, England. about 1599, came to America with his three sons. Edward. Thomas, and Henry, ans] bought land in Milton, July 13, 1654. Her mother, Aibgail Vose, died in Milton, May 18. 1712.

James Babcock and his wife settled upon a farm in that part of Stonington which is now Pendleton Hill. North Stonington. It was afterwards found to lie partly in Stonington and partly in Voluntown. It was owned by his father, and much of the land was retained in the family for more than a hundred and fifty years. He and his wife joined the Ston- ington Congregational church, August 8. 1708. and left with others to form the North Stonington church, 1727. He was buried ont the farm on which he lived; later his widow. children. and grandchildren were baried near him. In the fall of 1900 the bodies of James and his wife. their sons Oliver and Timothe and their wives, were removed to a well kept cemetery near the Pendleton Hill meeting house. about a half a mile from the original burial ground. Children : 1. James, born May 29, 1708. 2. Nathaniel, born March 6. 1,09- ro, mentioned below. 3. Elias, born Febru- ary 20. 1;11-12. 4. Sarah. baptized January II, 17144; birth not recorded en Stonington records. 5. Elizabeth, boin August 25, 1715. 6. Martha, born March. 1717, died April 18. 1717. 7. Isaiab, born January 20. 1710. 8. Oliver, born July 27, 1720. 9. Grace born December 31. 1722. 10. Timothy, born Oc- tober 12. 1724.

(V) Captain Nathaniel Babcock, son of James (2) Babeock, was born in North Stou- ington, March 6. 1700-10: was baptized in Stonington. Marc !: 6. 1710. He joined the North Stonington Congregational church. 1738. He married. November 20, 1733. Sarah Billings, of Preston, Connecticut. She was born in 1715, and died in Petersburg. New York, February 25, 1794. He died before 1772. He was commissioned ensign in Con- necticut in 1740. captain in 1750. by the general assembly of Connecticut. On March 13. 1735-6 he bought for £300, the west halt of the farm previously deededoo him by his grandfather. a survey having shown that the latter had no good title to it." Children: Na- thaniel. Tr .. born January. 1735. mentioned below : Jonas, February 21. 1737-8: Sarah. April 18. 1739: Lucy, February 12. 4742-3: Comfort, June 3. 17-6: Amy, April 14, 1749: Reuben, March. 2. 1758-50.

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(VI) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel ( 1) Babcock, was born in Stonington ( ?). Janu- ary 24, 1735: was baptized September 14, 1735. He married. December 1, 1756, Mary. daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Landphear ) Larrison. She was born in North Stoning- ton, 1741. and died there October 15, 1801. They lived for a time at Canterbury, Con- necticut, as late as I798, and later settled on the Larrison farm. North Stonington. Ile died there April 19. 1813. and was buried in Union cemetery. He was a soldier in the

revolution. Children: Jonas, born 1757; Mary, 1759; Stephen, mentioned below.

(VII) Stephen, son of Nathaniel (2) Babcock. born 1765. married, and had a son Nathaniel, mentioned below.

(VIII) Nathaniel (2), son of Stephen Bah- cock, was born near Coventry, Connecticut, 1795. He married, about 1819,- -. Chil- dren: Nathaniel, born IS22: Fannie E., born June. 1824, married 1845, Emery Edward Chase (see Chase VII).

(II) William (2), son of Wil- CHASE liam (1) Chase (q. v.), was born in England about 1623, died Feb- ruary 27, 1685. He lived near Harding river, on the east side of Bass river, in Yarmouth, now Dennis or Harwich. His children were members of the Society of Friends, established in 1681, and all except John and Elizabeth settled in Rhode Island. William, Jacob, Jo- seph and Samuel went to Swansea about 1700, and were of the Society of Friends there un- til their deaths. The name of his wife is un- known. Children. horn at Yarmouth: Wil- liam, married Hannah Sherman ; Jacob : John ; Elizabeth, married. May 27. 1674. Daniel Ba- ker : Abraham : Joseph, mentioned below : Ben- jamin, married. September 21. 1696. Amy Bor- den : Samuel. married Sarah Sherman.

(III) Joseph, son of William (2) Chase, was born about 1670. He was a member of the Friends Society. at Sandwich. Massachu- setts, in 16SI. He removed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island. where he was living in 1688. and was a prominent member of the Rhode Island Friends Meeting until his death in 1724. He lived in later years at Swansea, where he died. His will was proved March 30, 1725. in Bristol county, Massachusetts. He married. February 28, 1694. Sarah, daughter of Samson and Isabel ( Tripp) Sherman. Chil- dren : Abigail, born July 6, 1605 : Lydia, Oc- tober 18, 1606: Job. January 21. 1608: Alice, November 16. 1700: Ruth. April 15. 1702: Samson. April 1. 1704: Isabel. October 6, 1705; Joseph. July 11, 170 ;: Stephen, May 2, 1709; Sarahi, married George Shove; Si-

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