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(XII) Thomas, son of Captain Joseph Drake, was born May 18. 1708, and marriedl. January 25, 1750, Eunice Skinner, probably the widow Eunice who died March 23. 1740. Children: Amasa, mentioned below : Thomas. born November 7, 1753: Amy. July 7 1755: Elinor, October 27, 1756: Abner. September 23, 1758.
(XIII) Amasa. son of Thomas Drake, was born December 8. 1750. died February 10. 1838. He was known as "Captain Smooth". He married ( first) Waitstill Sadd. who ;lied May S. 1786. daughter of Matthew Sadd. of Fast Windsor : [second) Jagger, who
died March 30. 1836. Children : Eunice. born December 2. 1775 : Sarah. September 10.
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1778: Thomas, Juge 30. 1779: Francis, men- tione.I below: Polly, October 30, 1790.
(XIV ) Francis, son of Amasa Drake. was born January 8. 1781, and settled south of the old burying ground in East Windsor. He died March 21. ISII. He married Lucy Wolcott, born October 31. 1783. baptized February 5. 1804. daughter of Dr. Simon Wolcott, and adopted daughter of Elizur Wolcott. She married ( second ) Erastus Strong. Children : Elizur Wolcott, baptized February 15. 1804: Elizabeth. baptized May 11. 1806: France: Catherine, born February 25, 1839, baptized May 19. 1811. married. November 10, 1830. Charles Griggs, of Tolland (see Griggs VII) : she died January 26, 1895.
(The Foote Line).
(1) Nathaniel Foote, immigrant ancestor. was born about 1593. Ile came probably from Shalford, Colchester. England, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. He took the freeman's oath in 1633. He removed to Weth- ersfield. Connecticut, where he was one of the first settlers. In 1640 he had a home lot of ten acres on the east side of Broad street. He was a farmer. He was deputy to the gen- eral court in 1641. He married. ir England. about 1615. Elizabeth Deming. born about 1595. died July 28. 1683. sister of John Deming, a first settler of Wethersfield. She married (second) Thomas Welles, Nathan- iel Foote died in 1641. Children: Elizabeth. born about 1616: Nathaniel, about 1620: Mary: Robert, mentioned below : Frances : Sarah : Rebecca.
(IF) Robert, son of Nathaniel Foote, was born in 1629. died in 168t. He was a lien- tenant. Ile lived in Wethersfield and Wal -- lingford, and in 1668 in Branford. Connecti- cut. He married, in 1650, Sarah, daughter of William and Frances Potter: she marrie 1 (second), in 1686. Aaron Blachley, of Bran- ford. Children: Nathaniel, born April 13. 1660; Sarah. February 12, 1662 : Joseph, men- tioned below : Elizabeth. March 6, 1666; Sam- uel, May 14, 1668: John. July 24. 1670: Ste- phen and Isaac. twins. December 14. 1672.
(II) Joseph, son of Robert Foote, was born March 6, 1664. died March 6, 1,51. He was a captain. He resided at North Bran- ford. Connecticut. He married (first). 1600. Abigail Johnson, of New Haven, born April 9, 1670 : ( second). 1710, Sarah Rose, of Bran- ford, daughter of Deacon Jolm Rose, who died Tune 3. 1741 : ( thord). September 8. 1741. Susannah Frisbie, who died May 17. 1707. Children: Joseph, born June 20. 1601 : Dan- iel. May 10, 1605, died young: Sammel, De- cember 25. 1696, died young : Robert. May 31.
1699: Daniel. August 16, 1701 ; Abraham, De- cember 28. 1704: Ichabod, mentioned below.
(IV) Dr. Ichabod Foote, son of Josep !! Foote, was born May, 1711, died September II, 1773. He married ( first ), March 4, 1734. Hannah Harrison, died September 2. 1748, agedl thirty-six. daughter of Isaac Ifarrison ; ( second ) Damaris, daughter of Daniel Finch. Children, born in North Branford, Connecti- cut : Jared, mentioned below : Joseph. March 3. 1737: John, February 18, 1740; Hannah, January 30. 1742, died young: Abigail. De- cember 6, 1743: Ichabod, February 24. 1746- 47: Ruth, 1749: Robert. 1752: Ilelen, 1755; Jesse. January 22, 1758: Hannah, 1760.
(V) Dr. Jared Foote, son of Dr. Ichabod Foote, was born July 17. 1735, died October 11. 1820. He lived at Branford. He married ( first ). May 12, 1763. Submit Bishop, who died June 11. 1810, aged seventy-two. daugh- ter of Joshua and Hannah ( Chittenden) Bish- op, of Guilford: ( second), November 13, 1812, Sarah Stillman: (third). August 11, 1815. Jemima Holcomb, who died October 5. 1816: ( fourth), May 20. 1817. Hannah Kim- berly. Children: Olive; Submit. horn Feb- ruary 7. 1766; Anna, November 5. 1,60; Jo- seph, mentioned below ; Lucy.
(\1) Dr. Joseph (2) Foote, son of Dr. Jared Foote, was born May 12, 1770, medl April 24. 1836. He resided at North Haven. Connecticut. He married (first). February 16, 1797, Mary Bassett, of Hainden, Con- nectieut, born March 19, 1777, daughter of Enos and Mehitable ( Goodyear) Bassett. She died September 3. 1801. aged twenty-four. He married ( second ). January 26. 1803. Eu- nice Foote, who died November 12, 1833. daughter of Samuel Foots. of Branford Chil- dren: Mary, born June 3. 1798: Jared, men- tioned below: Emily, March 13. 1804: La- vinia, September 16, 1806; Ennice, May ., 1809 : William C .. November 6. 18:1.
(VII) Jared (2), son of Dr. joseph (2) Foote, was born January 2, 1800, died July 28. 1873. He was a farmer at North Haven. He graduated from Yale College in 1820. lie married. September 13. 1820, Rebecca. Beech- er. of Kent. Connecticut. born January 7. 1800, died at Hamden, October 27, 18;6 (see Beecher VII). Children: Joseph, born \u- gust 28, 1821. died November 21, 1840; Wil- fred. October 12. 1823. died May 18, 1004: Robert. November 14, 1825, died Slay It, 1806: Frederick Jared. September 4, 1820; Mary Bassett, September o. 1836, died May 19. 1900. married, October 0, 1862, at Ham- den. Henry Charles Griggs (see Griggs VIID. Cullen Beecher. November 28. 1839. died July. 1900.
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( The Beecher Line).
(III) Isaac (2) Beccher, son of Isaac ( I) Beecher (q. v.), was born about 1650, died in 1712. He married (first) Tonana
and (second) Hannah Children : Isaac, born October 20, 1680. died in 1708; Ebenezer, February 14, 1682; Samuel, men- tioned below; Abigail and Abiah, twins, born September 24. 1693: Jemima and Joannah, twins, December 12, 1698.
(IV) Samuel, son of Isaac (2) Beecher, was born in New Tlaven. 1684, died in 1760. He married, October 22. 1713. Hannah Far- ington, of Branford. Children, born at Sey- mour, Connecticut : Samuel, mentioned be- low; Rebecca, December 15. 1715: Isaac, 1717; Jonathan ; Amee. married Jonathan .\1- ling; Abigail, married Hitchcock ; Hannah, married Enos Pardee in 1752.
(V) Samuel (2), son of Samuel ( 1) Beech- er, was born August 30, 1714, at Seymour, Connecticut. He married Mary -. They joined the church at Kent in 1779. This may be Samuel (V) or a son of the same name.
(VI) Jonathan, son of Samuel (2) Beech- er. was born at New Haven, April S, 1757, died at La Baysville, Pennsylvania, January 29, 1826. A Jonathan Beecher was in the revolution in 1,81 in Captain Charles Smith's company. He married Mrs. Anne ( Hine) Baldwin.
(VII) Rebecca. daughter of Jonathan Beecher, was born January 7, 1800, diedl Oc- tober 27. 1876: married. September 13. 1820, Jared (2) Foote ( see Foote VII).
William Cross. of Wethersfield1. CROSS Connecticut, and afterwards of Windsor, Connecticut, was the first of the name in this country. There is a tradition in every branch of the family that it was originally French Huguenot and the name Crosse was De la Croix. At the begin- ning William spelled his name Crosse and sometimes la Crosse. In Vol. 47. "New Eng- land Hist. and Gen. Register." p. 480, is a copy of the probate of the will of Johanus De Piester, of London, England, but formerly of Ghent, Belgium, which shows that William Crosse, of London, was his father-in-law, and that Peter Crosse and Josias Crosse were sons of William : also that John. James and
De Piester were his nephews, and co them be left the bulk of his provert .. This Jonas De Piester died in London, December 3, 1618. The history of the De Piester family in America, as found in Valentine's "Common Council of New York," seems to show that this nephew. Jomas, was none other than the well-known Jonas De Piester, who emigrated
to New York in 1651, was mayor of that city and one of the leading Huguenots of America. The De Picsters were for several generations very exclusive, always marrying French Huguenots, and usually going back to ilel- land for that purpose. They were originally of noble birth in France, from which they were driven by the massacre of St. Bartholo- mew, which commeneed at Paris, August 24. 1572, and soon extended to Rouen. This ex- clusiveness of the De Piesters leads to the conclusion that William and Peter Crosse. who were made executors of Johanus' will, must have been of like rank. faith and na- tionality. This, coupled with the above tradi- tion, appears to justify the conclusion that the Cross family belonged to the De La Croix of Rouen. This family, as appears by the his- tory of the Huguenots in France, was promi- nent. One of their number was a minister, who sat in the ecclesiastical council of La Rochelle.
William Cross served in the Pequot war as a soldier from Wethersfield in 1637 ("Memo- rial History of Hartford," vol. I, p. 435). He was early at Windsor, land owner in 1644 at Wethersfield. He appears to have been a seafaring man, and died in Fairfield about 1655, leaving a wife, and children (Vol. I, "Ancient Windsor." p. 156). Following this are other entries which seem to make a plain that his children were: Peter. mentioned be- low : Captain Samudi: John ; Nathaniel.
( I) Peter, son of William Cross, was born in England, and was apparently an adult when he came to America with his father. Chil- dren : Peter, born June 5, 1650, mentioned be- low : Mary, June 3, 1659.
( III) Peter (2), son of Peter (I ) Cross was born June 3. 1650, in Windsor, Connecti- cut. He was a resident of Norwich, in 1672 and 1696. but afterwar is removed to Wind- ham ( Vol. 27. "New England Hist. Rex .. " p. 77) and was among the first settler, or plant- ers of Windham in 1690. removing from Nor- wich. His daughter married John Crave. uni in "Connecticut Col. Reg .. " p. 417. We find : "Land in Windham granted to Peter Crow, Jonathan Crane and others to organize the town." That Peter was a man of standing. 1s apparent from the fact that his name appears first in this grant. and also that he was hy act of the general court appointed one of the ad- miristrators of the Wade estate, and that he stood at the head of the company which was authorized to and did organize the town of Handfield. Connectient, out of the territory that had belonged to Windham in 1703. In 1698 he was the leading citizen of Windhan and the head of a squad of citizens who were
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building a home there for the minister. He died April 9, 1739. In Hinman's "Early Puri- tan Settlers of Connecticut." p. 762, is the fol- lowing: "Peter Cross and his wife Mary of Windham ( from Ipswich a town in Windham county, Connecticut ) had children, viz. : Mary, born April 2, 1679; Stephen, May 15, 1681; Elizabeth, June 14, 1683; Peter, November 8, 1686: Daniel, March 8. 1688 : Experience. De- cember 11, 1601 : Abigail, June 3. 1694; Mary, December 9. 1695, died the same day ; Mary, December, 1607; Wade, December 15, 1699; the last two by the second wife. His wife Mary died December 9, 1695, in child birth. Some of his children were probably born be- fore he settled in Windham.
(IV) Stephen, son of Peter (2) Cross, was born May 15, 1681. He married, at Mans- field, Connecticut, November 30, 1703. Mary Children, born at Mansfield: Ste- phen. October 20, 1704: Jonathan, July 18, 1706: Noah, April 5. 1708; Betty, 1709-10; Ebenezer. January 18, 1711-12: Samuel. Oc- tober 20, 1714, died November 20. 1714; Pe- ter, mentioned below : Mary. April 15. 1718: Noah, April 17, 1720; Mary, August 17, 1722: Hannah, July 1, 1723: John. July 10, 1726.
(V) Peter ( 3), son of Stephen Cros-, was born at Mansfield. April 10, 1716. He appears to have been an early settler at Huntstown or Ashfield. Hampshire county, Massachusetts. and was selectman in 1777. In 1700 he was living at Ashfield, according to the census of 1790, with his family. He was called ensign. He married. at Mansfield, October 2. 1740. but according to the Coventry records, which are probably correct, June 23. 1736, Mary, daughter of Jonathan Fuller, formerly of At- tleborough, Massachusetts. Children. born at Coventry : Benjamin, October 2. 1740; El- lither. March 27. 1742: Aaron. mentioned be- low ; daughter, bom April 10, 1737. died April 29, 1737 : Elizabeth, June 18, 1739. Probably others.
(VI) Aaron, son of Peter (3) Cross, was born at Coventry, September 6. 1743. He set- tled at Ashfield. Massachusetts, and was living there in 1790, having a family of seven per- sons. John Cross of this family had two males over sixteen, one under that age. and four females in his family. John Cross Jr .. his son, was a soldier in the revolution from Ashfield. aged sixteen. in 1780. Stephen Cross, probably another son of Peter, also lived at Ashfield and was in the Ticonderoga expedition (p. 14. "Howe's History"), in Captain Ephraim Jenning , company. Ash- field was a town adjacent to the locality in Northampton afterwards called West Farms. Josephi Cross was a soldier in the revolution
and settled in Buckland. Benjamin, son of Peter Cross, born October 2, 1740, resided at Ashfield. Massachusetts, and West Farms. Massachusetts. He was born at Coventry ; wife Mary. Children: J. Benjamin. was a doctor of medicine; he served in the war of the revolution as private in Captain Zachariah Beal's company, Colonel Alex Schammels' regiment, 1775 to 1780. age thirty-five, in 1780, height five foot seven, complexion dark. Benjamin bought land in Shaftsbury, Ver- mont, in 1792. of one Benjamin Smith. This deed was witnessed by his son Erastus. Dr. Benjamin later removed to Edinburgh, New York, where he died. as shown by the probate of his will in 1812. Children: Benjamin Jr., born 1767; Pheobe; Erastus, 1769, at West Farms; Aca; Ira; Lydia; Darius; Charita; Erastus and Ira both became physicians ; Darias took up the ministry. Dr. Benjamin mentions all of his children in his will, but left his wife Mary one-third, to Dr. Erastus and Dr. Ira esch two-thirds. To his grand- children, Erastus, son of Benjamin Jr., and Lucy. daughter of Charita King, each one hundred dollars. Benjamin Jr. married Eunice Davis. of Conway, Massachusetts. Charita married Dr. King.
(VII) Dr. Erastus Cross, son of Benjamin Cross, was born May 31, 1769, died April 17, 1849. He lived first in West Farms, Massa- chusetts, removed to Floyd, Oneida county, New York. and later to Darien, Genesee county. New York. He married at Westfield. Massachusetts, August 4, 1799. Catharine Brace. born April 9. 1782. died January IS. 1862. Children : Catharine. born April 9. 1,82: Chester, February 24, 1801, died 1815: Lester, March 16, 1803. married, January. 1820. Alma Sloane, at Darien, New York; Enestus T .. August 15. 1804. mentioned be- low : Henry N., March 15. 1806, died ISH.
(VIII ) Enestus T. Cross, son of Dr. Eras- tus Cross, was born at West Farms, August 15, 1804. died at Batavia. New York, August 7. 1850. He married ( first ) at Westfield. So- phia, daughter of Jabez and Lucy ( Elv ) Otis, born July 7. 1850. He.married ( second). Att- gust 9. 18 -. Margaret Hutchins. Children of first wife : Henry Tisdale, born January 15. 1820, mentioned below : Mary Adeline. Nu- vember 25. 1830, died March 26, 1806. mar- ried (first) George C. Dodge: (second ) Henry Lenord, M. D. ; Willard Nelson, Sep- tember 30, 1837, died January 31, 1889. mar- ried Frances A. Bergen: James Edward. March 27, 1840, married Florence Wilber : George Enestus, February 13, 1843. died 1843; Thomas Dallas, February 24. 1844, died May, 1848; George K., July 1, 1817. died
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June, 18447. Sophia ( Otis) Cross was a de- scendant of Nathan Ely, one of the first set- tlers of Hartford, Connecticut, and Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1040.
(1X) Henry T., son of Enestus T., and Sophia ( Otis) Cross, was born January 15, 1829, at Darien, New York; married, May 3, 1853, at Batavia. Julia, daughter of Alva and Sarepta ( Townsend ) Smith. born August 22, 1833, died June 16. 1906. Her mother, Sarepta (Townsend, Smith was the daughter of Na- than Townsend, who was a soldier in the revolution, service as follows : sergeant, Cap- tain Edmund Brigham's company of minute- men, Colonel Ward's regiment, Westborough, Massachusetts, on the Lexington alarm, AApril 19, 1775; second lieutenant, Captain Brig- ham's company, Sixth Worcester County Regimeut of Massachusetts Militia, 1776: first lieutenant, same company, 1777. Her father, Alva Smith, was the son of Asaph Smith Jr., of Ashford, Connecticut. The latter was in the revolution, service as follows: private, Tenth Company, Suffield, Captain Oliver Han- chett, Second Regiment, Colonel Joseph Spencer, 1775. He was at Bunker Hill, posted at Roxbury, and was later attached to Arnold's expedition. His father, Asaph Smith, of Vol- untown. Connecticut, was the son of Jeremiah and Patience ( Bourne ) Smith, of Eastham, Massachusetts. Patience Bourne, born 1686. was the daughter of Shearjashib Bourne, born 1643, died 1719, and Bathna (Skiff ) Bourne. born 1647, died 1703. They were married in 1666. Shearjashib Bourne was the son of John and Ruth ( Winslow ) Bourne, the lat- ter a daughter of John Winslow, of the "May- flower," married 1637. Bathua Skiff was the daughter of James and Mary Skiff. Children : Henry Alva, born June 8, 1855; Frank Smith, March 13. 1858. married Anna Bell Cole, January 28, 1891 ; Morelle Fowler, mentioned below.
( X) Morelle F. Cross, son of Henry T. and Julia ( Smith) Cross, born at Batavia, New York. August 1. 1864. He is a member of the firm of Merrels, Cross & Beardsley, New Haven, Connecticut, decorators and fur- nishers. He is a thirty-second degree Scot- tish Rite Mason, member of Batavia Lodge. No. 475. Free and Accepted Masons. He was made a Mason at Batavia, New York. He is a member of Joseph Andrew Chapter. Royal Arch Masons, West Haven, Connecticut, and New Haven Commandery, Knights Templar. He is also a member of the Knights Templar Club of New Haven, and the Sons of the American Revolution. He is captain in the Governor's Foot Guard of Connecticut. Com- pany C. Second Regiment. In religion he is
an Episcopalian and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, New Haven. He married, August 16, 1888, Merta A., daughter of James WV. and Mary E. ( Parker) Harris, of Elba, New York. She was born in the latter place, December 24, 1865. Child, Julia Marion Cross, December 1I, 1908.
Colonel Jonathan Wade, immi- WADE grant ancestor, was born in Eng- land, probably in parish Denver, county Norfolk, where he owned large estates. He embarked June 22. 1632, for America in the ship "Lion" and located first at Charles- town, Massachusetts, of which he was a pro- prietor in 1632. He removed to Ipswich of which he was a proprietor as early as 1635. fle was admitted a freeman, May 1, 1634; was a commoner at Ipswich, licensed to keep an inn there. He served on the grand jury in 1637 : was selectman many years ; clerk of the write in 168 -. He engaged in business with William Paine and others. He was lieutenant in 1663 and afterwards captain and colonel. He died June 13, 1683, at Ipswich. His will dated June 17, 1657. and another dated May 22. 1669. were presented for probate and the latter approved. He bequeathed to sons Jona- than. Nathaniel and Thomas; wife Susanna; son-in-law Anthony Crosby, daughter Pru- dence Crosby and her children : Thomas, Na- thaniel and Jonathan Crosby: son-in-law William Symonds and his daughter Susanna; son-in-law Elihu Wardell and his wife Eliza- beth. He mentions lands in England and a debt due Sir William Peak, of England. He had a brother. Thomas Wade, of Northamp- tonshire, England. Children: Jonathan ; Na- thaniel. born 1648, mentioned below : Thomas ; Mary; Elizabeth : Prudence ; Elizabeth ; Su- sanna.
( II) Nathaniel, son of Colonel Jonathan Wade, was born about 1648 at Ipswich. Mas- sachusetts, died November 28, 1707. He gave his age as thirty-six in 1684. He settled at Medford. Massachusetts, and married. Deto- ber 31, 1672, Merev, daughter of Governor Simon Bradstreet and Anne ( Dudley) Brad- street, daughter of Governor Thomas Pud- ley. Their descendants have the honor to number two of the early Massachusetts grov- ernors among their ancestors. Children, horn at Medford: Nathaniel, July 13. 1673 ; Sinon (twin). April 9, 16;6; Susanna (twin) ; Mercy, September 19, 1678: Jonathan, March 5, 1681 : Captain Samuel. December 31, 1683; Anne, October 7, 1685: Dorothy, March 12, 1687.
(III) Simon, son of Nathaniel Wade, was born at Medford. April 9. 16,6.
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(IV) Nathaniel (2), son of Simon or Na- thaniel his brother. was born about 1710 and settled at Scituate, Rhode Island, where he married. June 26. 1731. Ruth Hopkins. of "Mayflower" ancestry. His sister Merey mar- ried there. July 13. 1722, Elisha Hopkins. Children, born at Scituate: Simon, December II, 1732. mentioned below : Dudley, December I. 1734: Mary, December 10. 1736: Ruth, August 28. 1740: Deborah, May 23, 1744; John. January 1, 1746.
(V) Simon (2), son of Nathaniel (2) Wade. was born at Scituate. Rhode Island, December II, 1731. He was living in Foster, Rhode Island, in 1774, and had two males over sixteen and two under that age, two females over sixteen and two under. He was still living in Foster in 1700. according to the first federal census, and had three females in his family. He married Deborah Tracy. Children : Levi. was of Foster in 1790: Simon. mentioned below : Nehemiah, married Huldalı Hopkins at Foster and was living there in 1790: Gideon, was in Foster in 1700: Ruth, married Captain Willian Hawkis: Molly. married a Paine: Deborah, married a Wil- liams.
(VI) Simon (3), son of Simon (2) Wade, was born November 22. 1767. He married. before 1790, Phebe Horton. born May 7, 1772. and lived at Foster. Children: James, born December 10. 1791: Catharine, October 12, 1793: Sarah. October 23. 1798: Arnold. June 26, 1800 : Olive. September 25. 1802: Miranda. June 25, 1804 : Fenner, March 30, 1807 : Law- ton, mentioned below.
(VII) Lawton, son of Simon (3) Wade. was born in Foster. October 23. 1814. died in Hampton. Connecticut, February. 1905. He married Aleph Abby Handel, born December I. 18II. They lived at Harrisville, Rhode Island. until 1846, when they moved to Kil- lingly. Connecticut, where he became con- nected with the Williamsville Manufacturing Company. remaining there until July, 1862, when he removed to the Judge Sharp farm, in the southwest part of the town of Pomfret, Connecticut, which he bought and lived on until he moved to a little place in Hampton, where he died. Mrs. Lawton Wade died An- gust 6. 1865. She was the daughter of Dexter Handel. Mr. and Mrs. Lawton Wade had children: Lewis, born November 1 ;. 1833. died February 3. 1860; Infant : Lucy. borr Oc- tober 24. 1835: Julia. June 19. 1837: Henry Lawton. mentioned below : Mary, born May 17, 1846.
(VIII) Henry Lawton, son of Lawton Wade, was born in Harrisville. Rhode Island. May 24. 1842. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools and Westfield Academy in Killing- ly, Connecticut, and at the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. Most of his youth was spent at Williamsville. a manufacturing village, and before he was six- teen years of age he had worked in all the departments of the cotton mill there. He en- listed August 8. 1862, in the Eighteenth Regi- ment of Connecticuut Volunteers and served through the civil war, being mustered out in June. 1865. He became bookkeeper in the Waterbury National Bank, May 1. 1866, and held this position until August, 1870. In May, 1871, he was elected secretary of the Waterbury Clock Company and had charge of the manufacturing department of the busi- ness. He succeeded Manasseh Bailey as treasurer and was also secretary and general manager thereafter. Upon the death of G. W. Burnham in 1885 he became president of the company and has continued at the head of the concern to the present time. He has also been president of the board of trade of Water- bury, and a director in many of the large manufacturing concerns of Waterbury. From an humble beginning Mr. Wade has attained1 one of the foremost positions in the manu- facturing and financial circles of the com- munity. He has demonstrated his business ability, sound judgment and enterprise throughout a long and successful career. Of strong and sterling character, strict integrity and vigorous public spirit, he is accounted among the most useful citizens of the city and state. He is a member of Wadhams Post. No. 49. Grand Army of the Republic. is one of the vice-presidents of the Army and Navy club of Connecticut, member of the Water- bury club. Country Club of Farmington, an i other social clubs. In religion he attends the Congregational church, and in politics is a Republican. He married. September 20. 18 ;. Martha Chase Starkweather, born in North- ampton, Massachusetts. in 1854. daughter of Henry Starkweather. Children : Mar: Eliza- beth. born July 10. 1878, married William If. White : Lucy Starkweather, born July 9. 1886. married John Sinclair Dye, M. D., of Chata . nooga, Tennessee.
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