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( III) Stephen, son of Thomas and Mary (Rowell) Miller, was born in Middletown. March 5. 1699, baptized the same day, and died August 15, 1783. He is believed to have ruin both a saw and grist mill, and he and his wife were buried in the old graveyard on Farm Hill, Middletown. He married, July 2, 1730, Anna, born in 17to, died June 10. 1777, daughter of Richard and Hannah ( Bulkeley ) Goodrich Gree Goodrich and Bulkeley lines forward ). Children: Hannah, born July 2. 1731: Patience, August 22, 1732: Anna, April 15. 1734: Stephen. Febru- ary 20, 1735-6. died September 27. 1737; Caleb, born April 24, 1738: Stephen ( see for- ward) : Joshua, born February 3, 1742: Con- stant, May 13, 1744; Sarah. May 16, 1747; Jemima, January 25, 1748-0.
( IV) Stephen ( 2). son of Stephen ( 1) and Anna (Goodrich) Miller, was born Febru- ary II, 1739-40, died July 21. 1822. He married (first), October 11. 1761. Thankful. born September 12. 1739. died April 12. 1777. daugliter of Daniel and Mehetalle (Hub- bard) Whitmore. He married ( second .. April 2, 1780, Lucy, born, 1755, died January 10. 1837, daughter of William and Elizabeth! (Jones) Roberts, of Middletown. Children by first marriage : Mabel, born May 22. 1762, married George Hubbard; Deborah, born April 18. 1763, married John Frothinghan; Stephen, married Abiah Roberts: Thankful. married Manwah Hubbard: Lucretia. mar- ried Earl Bishop: Gordon, died November 20, 1774: Hannah, died October 14, 1,75. Chil- dren of the second marriage: Sally. married Nathan Gladwin: Mary, born June 16. 1786. married Comfort Starr: Thomas. married ( first ) Mary Lamb. ( second) -- Clark: Benjamin, born February 21, 17GI, married
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(first ) Lydia Henshaw. (second) Amelia Lewis; Joseph:, born September, 1792, mar- ried Martha Rodgers: Stephen, see forward. (V) Stephen (3%, son of Stephen (2) and Lucy ( Roberts ) Miller, was born about July 4, 1795. died September 20, 1877. He mar- ried (first). October 5. 1820, Clarissa, who died in August. 1825, daughter of Noadiah Whitmore of Middletown. He married ( sec- ond), December 2. 1827, Lucretia, daughter of Elisha and Lucretia (Tryon) Fairchild ( see Fairchild and Tryon lines forward). Children by first marriage: Stephen Whit- more. born October 22. 1821 ; Benjamin. May 6. 1824. Children by second marriage. Darins. Nathan Gladwin. Charles, Kate Mil- ler Strickland, and Frank, all of whom are living. their combined ages aggregating three hundred and sixty-five years. On August 14, 1910, Darius Miller and his wife, Elizabeth Bissell. celebrated their golden wedding, at which time the accompanying picture of the . brothers and sister was taken.
( The Fairchild Line).
This name was originally Fairbairr, but when the family removed from Scotland to England the English form of the name. Fair- child, was assumed. The coat-of-arms is an ancient one. The three martlets on the shield represent three pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and the three crescents represent three pris- oners taken by some knights in the Crusades.
(1) Thomas Fairchild and his first wife were among the seventeen families who lo- cated at the mouth of the Great or Pootatuck river in the early summer of 1639. Ilis home lot was on the main street of the village, which was laid out, and he was one of the foremost men of the community. In 1659 the general court honored him with the prefix of "Mr." He held numerous public offices, and, 1660. was appointed one of the purchas- ers of Patatuck ( Newtown ), for a plantation. but the project was then abandoned for many years. From 1667 to 1670 he was one of the members of Mr. Chauncey's church. who dif- fered in religious views, which resulted in the formation of a second church in Stratford, and whose seventeen adherents removed to Pomperang, thus forming the Woodbury plantation, Mr. Fairchild, however, never liv- ing there. He married (first) Emma ( ? ). who died after October. 1653. daughter of Robert Seabrook. He married (second) in London, England. December 22. 1662, Kath- erine Craig. Children of the first marriage : Samuel, born in Stratford, August 31. 1640, said to be the first white child born in the town. married Mary Wheeler; Sarah, born
February 19. 1641-42, married Jehiel Preston, John, born May 1, 1644, died young : Thomas, sce forward: Dinah, born July 14, IC4S; Zachariah, born December 14, 1651. married Hannah Beach: Emma, born October 14. 1653. married Hackaliah Preston. Chiliren of the second marriage: Joseph, born April 18. 1664, married Joanna Wilcoxson: John. born June 3. 1666; Priscilla. April 20, 1069.
( II) Thomas ( 2), son of Thomas ( I) and Emma ( Seabrook) Fairchild, was born Feb- ruary 21, 1645, and died in Woodbury. March 27, 1686. He was a freeholder in Stratford as early as January 1, 1668, and was pro- pounded for freeman in October, 1669. He had inherited from his maternal grandfather what is at the present time the Samuel Curtis homestead, and was by occupation a black- smith and carpenter. After his marriage he removed to Woodbury and several of his chi !- dren were the first to be baptized in the Wood- bury church. His name is enrolled as a mem- ber of that church, May 5, 1670. He married Susanna who married ( second ) Samuel Nichols, and had: Josiah and An- drew. Children : Emma, born April 11, 1575- 76: Sarah, twin of Emma; Samuel, see for- ward; Ruth, born in January, 16-5-79: Alex- ander. . April, 1681-82, married Deborah Beardsley; Sarah, born February 16. 1682- 83; Katherine, baptized May, 1684-85.
(III ) Samuel, son of Thomas (2) and Su- sanna Fairchild, was born in Woodbury. January, 1677, and died in 1752. his will be- ing proved in May of that year. After his father's death he appears to be of Stratiord. residing there several years after his mar- riage. In May, I706, he, with several others. started out to found the town of Durham. and May 13. 1708. we find his name recorded as one of the patentees of that town. At the first town meeting he was chosen as one of the three selectmien; represented the town sev- eral times in the general assembly; ensign of the military company, 1729: later held rank as a lieutenant. He married. November 20. 1699, Mary, born in 168S, died at Ripten, in 1777, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah ( Curtis ) Lewis. Children : Thomas, born la- gust 23. 1700, married Thankful --: Di- nah, born March 10. 1701 : Robert, May IS. 1703, married Ann Curtis; Curtis, born in 1705, married Mercy -; Edmund, born in Stratford; Mary, born July 8, 1712: Ed- mund. August 15, 1714. married Mary -; Samuel. sce forward.
(IV) Samuel (2). son of Samuel ( 1) and Mary ( Lewis) Fairchild. was born .April 28, 1,17, and his will is dated November o. 1767. He was of Durham, but purchased land in
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the southern part of the town of Middletown and removed there. He appointed his wife as executor of his will, but as she did not qual- ify it is presumed that she was not living April 27, 1768, when the will was probated. Camp Her name.was Phebe, but her birth and par- entage are unknown. Children: Silvanus Asher, baptized June 15, 1735; Elisha, see forward: Sarah, baptized May 21, 1738; Phebe, May 25, 1740; Lucy, February 13, 1742-43; Elizabeth, September 22, 1745; Samuel, October 18, 1747; Rachel, January 21, 1749-50; Edmund, March 22, 1751-52; Joel, April 13, 1754.
(V) Elisha, son of Samuel (2) and Phebe Fairchild, was born May 16, 1736, and died January 25, 1777. He was a farmer, and ac- cording to tradition favored the Tory side dur- ing the revolution. He assisted the British on Long Island by carrying provisions front his farm. On one of these trips he caught the sinallpox, returned to his home, and died there. He married, December 15, 1753, Abi- gail, born March 22, 1746, daughter of John and Sarah ( Bidwell ) Crowell. Children : Olive, born December 6, 1764, died Novem- ber 8, 1769; Nabby, born October 7, 1766; Phebe, baptized October 23, 1768, died April 29, 1774; Elisha, see forward; Olive, bap- tized in 1773; Phebe, baptized May 19, 1776.
(VI) Elisha (2), son of Elisha (I) and Abigail (Crowell) Fairchild, was baptized December 9. 1771, and died April 26, 1828. He resided in Middletown, where he was born, was a mariner by occupation. and rose to the rank of captain. He married, Novem- ber 26, 1794, Lucretia, born in 1775, died September 20, 1861, daughter of Captain Amos and Mary ( Hubbard) Tryon (see Tryon and Hubbard lines forward). Chil- dren : Amos, born September 20, 1795, mar- ried Eliza Smith: Phebe. born May 2S, 1797, married Moses Bidwell; Samuel, born May IS, 1799: Eliza, born August 19, 1802, died April 18, 1844; Mary, born April 18, 1805, died October 8, 1806; Lucretia, see for- ward: Elisha, born June 17, IS12: Robert Hubbard, born April 21, 1815. died March 9, 1854: Abigail, born January 21, ISIS, died January 25, 1818: Maria, born July 26, IS20, died August 4, 1820.
(VII) Lucretia. daughter of Elisha (2) and Lucretia (Tryon) Fairchild. married Stephen Miller ( Miller V).
(The Tryon Line).
(I) David Tryon, of Wethersfield, mar- ried Hannah Wadhams.
(II) David (2), son of David (I) and Hannah ( Wadhams) Tryon, was born in
Wethersfield, January 23. 1700-1, and died August 20, 1772. As a member of his fa- ther's family he removed about 1720 to that part of Middletown now Portland. He was the owner of large tracts of land, acquired by purchase, on both sides of the river. He mar- ried, August 26, 1725. Susannah Bevin. of Middletown East Society, who died Septem- ber 6, 1793, in her eighty-eighth year. Chil- dren : Elisha, born February 22, 1726-27 : Da- vid, November 20, 1728; Martha, October 23, 1730; Hannah, June 12, 1733 ; Amos. see for- ward: Susannah, born September 29, 1738; Huldah, October 19, 1,40; Caleb. April 15, 1743 : Mary, July 15, 1745; Stephen. October 6, 1750.
(III) Captain Amos, son of David (2) and Susannah ( Bevin) Tryon, was born March 17, 1735-36. and died August 18, 1700. He leit two wills, dated, respectively, June 14 and August 13, 1790. the second cancelling the first, with the exception of a few be- quests. His inventory showed property amounting to two hundred fifty-two pounds ten shillings. It is not known whether he served in the revolutionary war or not, but Captain Amos Tryon was one of the persons appointed by the town December jo, I;y. to care for the families of the soldiers in that war. He married. September 17, 1773. Mary. born September 10, 1745. died June 24. 1815. daughter of Caleb and Mary ( Hubbard : Hub- bard ( see Hubbard forward) Children : Amos, baptized September 26, 1773. dies i'c- tober 2, 1776; Lucretia. see forward : Amos. baptized August 29, 1779. died October 7, I-So: Enoch, baptized August af, IFSt. mar- ried Sally Crowell.
(IV) Lucretia, daughter of Captain Amos and Mary ( Hubbard) Tryon. married Elisha Fairchild (see Fairchild VI).
(The Hubbard Line).
(j) George Hubbard was born in the southeastern part of England, in 1601, and died March 18, 1684, his will being flared Mav 22, 1681. His name first appears as one of the company which made the settlement= at Pyquag, Dorchester and Newtown, and he is in a list of the early settlers at Ilaitford in 1639. He was granted land on which he lived with his family, but in March. 1651-52, sold his possessions in Hartford and removed to Mattabesett, now Middletown. He was made a frecman in 1654. and owned large tracts of land on both sides of the river. He held a number of public offices and donated land for the second meeting house. He mar- ried. 1640, Elizabeth, who died in 1702. dangh .. ter of Richard and Elizabeth Watts. Chil-
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dren : Mary, born January 16, 1640, married Thomas Rannay : Joseph. see forward ; Daniel, baptized December 7, 1645. married Mary Clark; Samuel, born May, 1648, married Sarah Kirby; George, born December 15, 1650, died in Middletown: Nathaniel, Lorn December 10, 1652, married Mary Earle ; Richard, born December, 1655. married Martha Cornwall: Elizabeth, who was born January 16, 1659, and married Thomas Wet- miore.
(II) Joseph. son of George and Elizabeth (Watts ) Hubbard, was born in Hartford, De- cember to, 1643, and in December, 1666, is recorded as assistant of Ins father in the keep- ing of the meeting house. It was also his duty to beat the drum to call the worshippers together. ard to beat an alarm in case of an attack by Indians. In 1686 the inventory of his estate amounted to two hundred forty pounds.
He was married, December 29. 1670. to Mary, born in 1650. died June 10. 1707, sister of Robert and Dr. Daniel Porter. of an old colonial family of Windsor. Children: To- seph, born October 22. 1671 ; Robert, October 30, 1673. married Abigail Adkins Ward; George. born October 7, 1675, see forward; John, born July 30, 1678, married Mary Philips; Mercy, born January 23. 168!, died in 1682; Elizabeth, born March 26. 1683.
(III) George (2), son of Joseph and Mary (Porter) Hubhard, was born in Mid Iletown. October 7, 1675, died December 17. 1765, and was buried in East Hampton. near Chatham. He served in the French and Indian war as lieutenant, having been commissioned October 25, 1728, in colonial army of King George Il. He married, December 22, 1703. Mehetable, born March 28. 1681, died April 17. 1753, youngest child of Thomas and Sarah ( Nettle- ton) Miller. of Middletown. Children : George. born September 15. 1704. mar- ried Mary Roberts: Thomas, born March 9, 1705, married Thankful Johnson; Me- hetable, born June 21, 1708: Richard, born January 8. 1712, married Susannah Roberts ; Abner, born April 10, 1715; Caleb, see for- ward.
(IV) Caleb, son of George (2) and Me- hetable ( Miller ) Hubbard. was born August 28, 1716. He married ( first ) Widow Eliza- betli Miller, and had children: Lucretia and Jemima. Tie married (second), November 22. 1744. Mary Hubbard. and had a child : Mary, see forward.
(V) Mary, daughter of Caleb and Mary (Hubbard) Hubbard, was born September IO. 1745. She married Captain Amos Tryon (see Tryon II).
(The Goodrich Line ).
( I) William Goodrich was born in Bure St. Edmunds, England, about 1625, and die i in New England in 1676. He and his brother John were among the first settlers o1 Wethersfield, and located at Watertown, Ma -- sachusetts, with a view of making it their permanent home. He was granted a parcel of land there, but in 1636 hie removed to Wethers- field, where he had land assignel him. He was deputy to the general court. 1065-62-63- 66. and his military rank was ensign. He married, October 4. 1648, Sarah, daughter of Matthew Marvin, of Harttord, and married ( second) about 1680, Captain William Cur- tis, of Stratford. Children: William. born August 8. 1649, died young; John, born May 20. 1653. married Elizabeth Allen : Elizabeth, born 1658, married Robert Wells: William. bom 1661, married Grace Riley : Ephraim, see forward ; David. born 1667, married Hannah Wright : Sarah, born 1669. married John Hcl- lister ; Mary. married Joseph Butler : Abigail, married Thomas Fitch.
( II) Captain Ephraim, son of William and Sarah ( Marvin) Goodrich, was born in 1663. and died February 27, 1739. He hell the military rank of captain. He married (first ), May 26. 1684. Sarah, who died January 26. 1712, daughter of Richard Treat ( see Treat line forward). He married (secord: De- cember 25. 1713. Jerusha. born in 16;8, died January 15, 1754, who was the widow of Captain Thomas Wells. Children by first marriage: Richard. see forward: Ephraim: Sarah. born in 1608; William. 170! : David. 1705; Thomas: Gideon. Children of second marriage : Oliver, born in 1714 : Gurdon. 1717.
(III) Richard, son of Captain Ephraim and Sarah ( Treat ; Goodrich, was born Feb- ruary 27, 1685, removed from Wethersfield and settled in Glastonbury. From a deed re- corded in 1725 he appears to be resident in Middletown ( Upper Houses). He married in Wethersfield, May 18, 1709, Hannah, born in 1690, died September 23, 1720, only daugh- ter of Dr. Charles Bulkeley, of New London ( see Bulkeley line forward). Children : Anna, see forward; Richard, born July 13. 1712. died in 1714; Sarah, born in 1714.
(IV) Anna, daughter of Richard and Han- nah (Bulkeley) Goodrich, was born March 6. 1710, and married Stephen Miller ( Miller III).
(The Treat Line).
(1) Robert Trott (as the name was spelled in England), was a resident of Pitminster. Somerset, England, and a communicant of Pitminster Church. He married Joanna
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( II) Richard, son of Robert and Joanna Trott. was baptized at the Pitminster Church. Angust 28, 1384, and died in Wethersfield. New England, between October 10. 1609. and March 3, 1670. He emigrated to New Eng- land in 1637, and with Matthias Trott was the founder of the Treat family in that part of this country. He was one of the foremost mien of the colony in secular, religious and military affairs, and was one of the nineteen patentees on the charter of 1662, granted by Charles II. He owned a large tract of land in the Glastonbury section, which was known as the "Treat Farm" this consisting of nine hundred acres. a portion of it still being in the family name. He was given the title of "Mr.," which was considered as high as "Honorable" at the present time, there be- ing but four holding it in the list of freemen of Wethersfield in 1659, and was a very wealthy man for that period. He married, April 27, 1615, Alice, daughter of Hugh Gay- lard, also resident in Pitminster, and their children were born in England.
(III) Richard (2). son of Richard (1) and Alice ( Gaylard) Treat, was born Janu- ary, 1622-23, and baptized in the Pitminster Church in the same month. He came to New England with his father and settled in Wethersfield. He was "listed" for trooper, March II. 1657-58, and was appointed cor- poral of the company, the first body of cav- alry in Connecticut. By his father's will he inherited the "Treat Farm," and died between 1690 and 1693, as his name apears on the pe- tition of incorporation of the town of that date. He married, about 1661, Sarah, born in 1644. died at Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Au- gust 23, 1734, daughter of Thomas Coleman, one .of the first settlers of Wethersfield, and later of Hatfield.
(IV) Sarah, daughter of Richard (2) and Sarah (Coleman) Treat, was born June 8. 1664, and died in Wethersfield, January 26, 1711-12. She married, May 26, 1684, Captain Ephraim Goodrich (see Goodrich II).
(The Bulkeley Line).
Robert Bulkeley, Esquire, the ancestor of this family, was Lord of the Manor of Bulk- eley, in the County Palantine of Chester, in the reign of King John.
(I) Rev. Edward Bulkeley, D.D., of the ninth generation in descent from the preced- ing, was a faithful minister of the gospel and a moderate non-conformist.
(II) Rev. Peter Bulkeley, son of Rev. Ed- ward Bulkeley, was born at Woodhill, Bed- fordshire. England, January 31. 1583, and died March 9. 1659, at Concord. He was but six-
teen years of age when he was admitted to St. John's College, Cambridge, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Di- vinity. He succeeded his father in the min- istry and preached the non-conformist doc- trine for twenty years. He was then silenced for his religious views and decided to emi- grate. He came to this country in 1635 in the ship "Susan and Ellen,' with his sons, while his wife, in order better to deceive the government, sailed on another vessel. He ar- rived in Cambridge in 1636 and became the leader of those Christians who penetrated farther into the wilderness and formed the settlement of Concord, where he was installed April 6, 1637, and spent the remainder of his life. He married (first) Jane, daughter of Thomas Allen, of Goldington, whose nephew was lord mayor of London. By this marriage there were ten sons and two daughters. among them being Jolin, Benjamin and Daniel. Eight years after the death of his wife he married (second) Grace, who died April 21. 1669, daughter of Sir John Chetwood. Chit- dren: Gershom. see forward; Eleazer, born in 1638; Dorothy, August 2. 1640: Peter June 12, or August 12, 1043.
(III) Rev. Gershom Bulkeley, son of Rev. Peter and Grace ( Chetwood) Bulkeley, was born at Concord, December 6, 1636, and died at Wethersfield, December 2. 1713. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1655. In 166t he located at New London as the second minister of the church in that town; removed to Wethersfield, probably in the spring of 1669, and was installed minister of the Wethersfield church. After ten years he was dismissed at his own request, as his health had become greatly impaired. He was dep- uty to the general court. 1670. then devoted himself to the practice of medicine and sur- gery. In 1675 he had been appointed surgeon in several military expeditions, Mr. Stone act- ing as his substitute in the pulpit. He was wounded in the thigh in 1676 during an en- counter with the Indians near Watehuset Ifill. Massachusetts. He held high rank in the min- istry and as a physician, was well versed in chemistry and philosophy, and was master of a number of languages. As a surveyor and magistrate he also did notable service. About 1679 he became a land owner on the Glaston .- bury side of the river. He married at Con- cord, October 6, 1659, Sarah, born at Ware. England, June 13, 163!, admitted to the church at Cambridge, December 10. 1655. died June 3, 1699, daughter of President Charles Chauncey, of Harvard College ( see forward). Children: Peter, born November 7, 1660; Catherine, married Richard Treat;
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Dorothy: Edward, born in 1672; John, 1679, was graduated from Harvard College; Charles, see forward.
(IV) Dr. Charles Bulkeley, son of Rev. Gershom and Sarah ( Chauncey ) Bulkeley, was born in New London. 1663, and died before his father. He studied medicine under the preceptorship of his father, and was licensed by the court to practice medicine in 168 ;. He married Hannah Raymond.
(V) Hannah, only child of Dr. Charles and Hannah ( Raymond ) Bulkeley, married, May 18, 1709, Richard Goodrich ( see Goodrich III).
(The Chauncey Line ).
Charles Chauncey, second president of Harvard College, was the son of George and Hannah ( Welsh ) Chauncey, of New Place" and Yardley Bury. Hertfordshire, England. He was baptized in Yardley Bury Church, November 5. 1592, and died February 19. 1671, at the age of eighty years. He became a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, which conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 1613 ; Master of Arts, 1617 ; a fellowship with the degree of Doctor of Divinity, 1624. He became vicar of Ware in 1627, and soon became eminent as a preacher throughout the country. He was greatly op- pressed by Bishop Land for his non-conform- ist views, and finally imprisoned and com- pelled to make a humiliating recantation, an act for which he never forgave himself. For a time he preached in Marston Lawrence, then emigrated to New England in the latter part of 1637. He preached at Plymouth, 1639; at Scituate. 1641; but feeling dis- heartenied at the poor recognition accorded his services, he determined to return to England, as conditions had changed in his favor. While in Boston making preparations for his return to the mother country the overseers of Har- vard College offered Mr. Chauncey the presi- dency, and he was inaugurated November 29. 1654. Half of the gra luates under his term in office became followers of the ministry. He was esteemed for his learning as a scholar, his genius as a poet and orator, his piety as a Christian, his suffering and sacrifices as a confessor.
He was married. March 17. 1630, to Catherine, born in 1601, died January 23, 1767. daughter of Robert Evre. Es., barris- ter at law, of Wilts, and his wife. Agnes, daughter of John Still. Bishop of Bath and Wills. Children, all the sons studying medi- cine and becoming ministers: Sarah, men- tioned above: Isaac; Ichabod; Barnabas; Nathaniel and Elnathan, twins; Israel, Han- nah.
(II) Thomas, eldest son of SEYMOUR Richard (q. v.), and Merey Seymour, was probably born in England, as no record of his birth appears in this country. His name occurs in the list of inhabitants and landholders of Norwalk in 1655, and he was one of the patentees named in the charter of 1686. In 1608 he was made freeman and in 1673 possessed an estate of £100. Fourteen years later his estate was valued at £184 in a list of the "Estates Com- monage of the Inhabitants of Norwalk." He was deputy from that town to the general court of Connecticut in 1690. Ilis home lot, which had been his father's, was on the west side of the common, bounded on the west and north by the highway, and on the south by Richard Webb, being near the present First Church and old burying ground. He died in 1712, between September 22 and November 7, He married ( first ) in January, 1653. Hannah Marvin, baptized December 12, 1634, in Great Bentley, county Essex, England. and daugh- ter of Matthew Marvin of Hartford and Nor- walk. The date of her death is unknown, but we learn from his will that he had a second wife, Elizabeth. Children : Hannab, born December 12, 1654: Abigail, January, 1656; Mary and Sarah (twins). September. 1658; Thomas, September, 1665 (not mentioned in will ) ; Jolin, mentioned below : Mercy. No- vember. 1666; Matthew, May, 1669: Eliza- beth, December, 1673; Rebecca, January, 1675.
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