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RUGGLES HUMPHREY, son of Solomon Humphrey, Sen. He received his given name probably to honor and perpetuate the name of his grandmother, Mercy, the daugh- ter of the Rev. Mr. Ruggles, of Suffield. He married Lucy the daughter of Amos Case, Sen. They had no children. He resided on the premises now owned by Roswell Barnes, lying in the East Hill school-district. He gave part of the farm he left, to the Connecticut Missionary Society. He was born 1751; died 1802, aged 51. His wife Lucy, born 1752, died 1837, aged 85.
SOLOMON HUMPHREY, JUN., son of Solomon and Naomi Humphrey, married for his first wife, Lucy, daughter of Ezekiel and Lucy Case, A. D. 1772, and for his second wife Hannah, daughter of Capt. John and Mrs. Hannah Brown, married 1778.
He resided the first twelve years of his family state with his father on the place now owned by Levi, 2d, and Orestus Case, in the East Hill school-district near the confines of Simsbury, until the year 1785. He then removed to Bur- lington, and there resided until 1813, and then removed to Barkhampstead where he resided the remainder of his life. He had two children by his first wife, and thirteen by his second.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Solomon Humphrey, 1752, 1834. 81.
1st wife, Lucy Case, 1754, 1776, 22.
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2d wife, Hannah Brown, 1758. 1825, 66.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Horace,
1772, 1855, 82.
Solomon, Jun.,
1774, 1830, 56.
Heman,
1779.
Late president of Amherst College; married Sophia, daughter of Dea. Noah Por- ter, of Farmington.
Lucy,
1781, 1809, 28. Jason Squires' 2d wife.
Luther,
1783,
Married 1st, Sarah H. Lawton ;. 2d, widow Julia B.
Treat.
Infant,
1784, 1784.
Infant,
1786, 1786.
Infant,
1787, 1788.
Clarinda,
1789.
Married Harvey Webster.
Infant,
1791, 1791.
Candace,
1792.
Naomi,
1794.
Married Henry Barber.
Hannah,
1796,
Married Alson Barber.
Electa,
1799.
Married Sidney Hart.
Harriet,
1802.
CAPT. EZEKIEL HUMPHREY, SEN., son of Samuel Humphrey, 2d. Capt. Ezekiel, was grandson of the first Samuel Humphrey in the line of Samuel Humphrey. He removed from the old parish to West Simsbury in 1743, and settled on the parsonage lot now owned by Dr. B. A. Kasson. He had ten children, five sons and five daughters, all of whom married and had children, except Lydia.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Ezekiel Humphrey,
1720, 1795, 75.
Elizabeth Pettibone, 1724, 1792, 68.
Children. Born. Died. Age.
1746, 1802, 56. Married Scott.
Ezekiel, Elijah, 1748, 1788, 40. Married Chloe Wilcox.
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Elizabeth, 1750, 1808, 58. Married 1st Daniel Case, Jun .; 2d, Elisha Case.
Frederick,
1753, 1821, 68. Married Ruth Teller.
George,
1756, 1813, 57. Married 1st, Elizabeth Petti- bone; 2d. Rachel Hum- phrey.
Anna, 1758, 1826, 68. Married Reuben Humphrey.
Giles, 1760, 1816, 56. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Dea, Abraham Case.
Chloe,
1762, 1813, 51. Married Asher Humphrey. 1767. Married Sylvanus Humphrey,
Betsy,
Lydia,
1769.
Married 1st. Alexander Petti- bone; 2d, Samuel Web- ster.
CAPT. EZEKIEL HUMPHREY, JUN., with his wife, - Scott, settled in family state about . He was a sea-captain, and of course was absent from his native town a great part of the prime of life. They had two sons and one daughter. He died in 1802, aged 56.
CAPT. ELIJAH HUMPHREY, son of Capt. Ezekiel Humphrey, Sen., and Brother to Capt. Ezekiel Humphrey, Jun. He was also a sea-captain. He married Chloe, daughter of Ephraim Wilcox. They had one son Allen, who in - - removed from this town; one daughter, Chloe, died of scarlet fever in 1793, aged eleven years, and one son died in 1778, aged five years, and a double monument was erected to their memory in the South burying-ground, by their older brother Allen at the age of twenty-four years. The father was lost at sea in the year 1788, aged forty-two. The widow afterward married James Olcott.
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CAPT. FREDERICK HUMPHREY, son of Capt. Eze- kiel Humphrey and of the fourth degree in descent from the first Michael Humphrey, of Windsor. He married Ruth Tuller, daughter of Ensign Isaac Tuller. He resided in the early part of his family state, in the north-west part of Avon, then called Whortlebury Hill, until 1789, when he built the most ancient house now standing in Collinsville, where he resided the remainder of his life. For many of the last years of his life, he was the owner of about four- fifths of the land on both sides of the river where the village of Collinsville is now situated.
He was a man of stately and robust frame, with strength and resolution in proportion to it. In the year 1792, he, in company with his brother, Col. George Humphrey, erected a forge for the manufacture of iron. It was situated on the then east branch of the river, at or very near the site of the old stone shop that has a steeple and bell. It was so much damaged by the Jefferson flood, so called, in 1801, that it went into decay from about that time, and was swept off by the great flood of 1804. A grist-mill and saw-mill were afterward erected there, but were both removed in 1827, or soon after, to make room for the manufacturing establish- ment of the Collins Co.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Frederick Humphrey, 1753, 1821, 68.
Ruth Teller, 1755, 1818, 63.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Frederick, Jun.,
1775, 1830, 55.
Married Alla Dyer.
Isaac,
1777, 1856, 79.
Alexander,
1778, 1850, 72.
Ruth,
1783.
Rufus,
1785.
Sylvester,
1786.
Married Phebe Bidwell.
Zada,
1790, 1818, 28.
Elias Woodford's first wife. Married Huldah Woodford.
Romanta,
1788.
Fanny,
1793.
Elias Woodford's second wife.
Correl,
1795, 1835, 40.
Married Almira Humphrey.
Married Miss Boughton. Married Roxy R. Brown;
died 1855. Married Luke Hayden.
Married Lucinda Woodford.
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COL. GEORGE HUMPHREY, a son of Capt. Ezekiel and Elizabeth Humphrey. His ancestry, from the first settlers in Windsor, was as follows, viz .: first Michael, sec- ond Samuel 1st, third Samuel 2d, fourth Ezekiel Ist. He was a prominent and worthy citizen in the various depart- ments of public and private life. He bore a part in the Revolutionary war in early life. He possessed to a good degree the confidence of his fellow-citizens. He honorably filled various offices in the military department in the prime of life. At the time of his decease he was in the capacity of justice of the peace, judge of probate, and member of the state legislature. He resided on the parsonage farm left by his father. He was connected with his brother Fred- erick, in the building and ownership of the forge which was built in 1792.
He married for his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Abraham Pettibone, and granddaughter of Samuel Petti- bone, Jun. For his second wife, he married Rachel, daugh- ter of Oliver Humphrey, Esq.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
George Humphrey,
1756, 1813, 57.
Elizabeth Pettibone,
1756, 1784, 28.
Rachel Humphrey,
1756, 1831, 75,
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Clarissa
1778, 1779, 1.
Clarissa,
1780.
George, Jun.,
1782, 1836, 54.
Case;
Jerusha,
1783, 1784, 1.
Elizabeth,
1785.
Cornelia,
1787.
Decius,
1789.
Married Laura Adams.
Stelly,
1790, 1846, 56.
Married 1st, Lester Cone.
Emily,
1792.
Married Ralph Meecham.
Laura,
1795.
Married Lancel Foote.
Hector,
1797.
Married Elisha Dyer.
Married 1st, Candace 2d, Lois Woodford.
Married 1st, Dudley Hum- phrey.
Married Abraham Griswold.
President of the college at Annapolis, Maryland.
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SAMUEL HUMPHREY, the third of the name of Sam- uel. He married Mary Wilcox, in 1734, a twin to Nathan- iel Wilcox. He removed from the Old Parish to West Simsbury about the year 1741. He was born in 1710; sup- posed to have died about 1760; aged about fifty years. Mary his wife, was born 1719; died 1756, aged 37. He re- sided on or near the site now occupied by Pomeroy Higley. They had six children, three sons, and three daughters, who all lived to connect in life, and have children; whether any died in early life is not known.
Children. Born. Died. Age.
Samuel,
1734, 1804, 70.
Married Prudence Mills.
Azubah,
1737, 1816, 79.
Married Thomas Dyer.
Hannah,
1740, 1821, 81.
Married Benjamin Mills,
William,
1742, 1773, 31. Married Hepzibah Merrell.
Theophilus,
1744, 1826, 82. Married Hepzibah Cornish.
Mary,
1746, 1830, 84.
Married Daniel Morgan, grandfather of the present Daniel Morgan.
WILLIAM HUMPHREY, the second son of Samuel Humphrey, 3d, married Hepzibah Merrell, A. D., 1762. They resided in that part of New Hartford that is now Can- ton, on the place now occupied by John and Mark Pike.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Married 1762.
William Humphrey, Hepzibah Merrell, 1817. Married 2d, Sylvanus Case.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
William, Jun.,
1763.
Married Elizabeth Roberts.
Roswell,
1765.
Married Betsey or Elizabeth Seymour. Married George Wilcox.
Susannah, Arnold P.,
1768.
1770, 1851, 80.
Married 1st, Amelia Spencer; 2d, Rosanna Mills.
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SAMUEL HUMPHREY, commonly called Master Sam, the fourth of the name and fifth degree (inclusive) from the first Michael. He married Prudence, daughter of John Mills, about A. D. 1759. He resided on the place, and in the house now occupied by his youngest son, Eber. He was lame, taught school, and wrote much.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Samuel Humphrey,
1734, 1804, 70. Son of Samuel Humphrey, 3d.
Prudence Mills, 1734, 1805, 71.
Children. Born. Died. Age.
Samuel, Jun., the fifth,
Married Zerviah Wilcox.
Married Abisha Forbes.
Lemuel G. Gordon.
Married Dorcas Case.
Married John Mark.
Rosetta. Dorthy or Dolly.
Married David Cooper.
Ichabod.
Married Esther Olmsted.
Mary.
Married Oliver Brewster,
State of New York.
Eber. 1776.
Married 1st, Lydia Dill; 2d,
Ruth Rising.
JONATHAN HUMPHREY, a descendant of the first Jonathan Humphrey, of Simsbury. He resided in the East Hill, school-district, on land situated between the school- house, and the farm belonging to Calvin Case, Jun. It fell to the late Cyrus Humphrey. He had seven children four by his first wife, and three by his second wife, who died in 1794.
Parents. Born. Died. Age. Jonathan Humphrey. 1796.
Children by 1st wife. Born. Died. Age.
Lucina. Cyrus, 1822.
Married Amy Baldwin, of
Waterbury.
Aurelia.
Amoret.
Died unmarried.
Phebe, 1763, 1848, 85.
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Children by 2d wife. Born. Died. Age.
Jonathan, Jun., 1830.
Ruth,
1789, 1829, 40.
Alma.
Married widow of Jonathan Andruss, Jr. First wife of Plinny Gris- wold. Married Barzilla Roberts.
LIEUT. CHARLES HUMPHREY, 2D, a son of Charles Humphrey, with his wife Sarah, daughter of Benajah Hum- phrey, settled in West Simsbury, about the year 1753. Their first buildings were erected onthe east end of the farm. He afterward built and lived on the western part of his farm at the site now occupied by his grandson, Charles Humphrey and Bera Case. The young man now living on the East Hill and on the old site, bearing the name of Charles, is of the fifth generation from the first Charles; the name of Charles, being used five generations in succession.
The wife of Lieut. Charles had four husbands: 1st, Charles Humphrey, 2d, Seth Smith, 3d Elisha Graham, 4th Amasa Case.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Charles Humphrey,
1734, 1779, 45.
Sarah Humphrey,
1736, 1823, 87.
Children. Born. Died, Age.
Charles, Jun.,
1754, 1805, 51. Married Hannah Case.
Mary,
1756. Married Phineas Noble.
Benajah,
1759, 1803, 44. Married Thede Case.
CHARLES HUMPHREY, 3D, a son of Lieut. Charles Humphrey, and great grandson of Lieut. Samuel Humph- rey. He resided on the East Hill by his father, Charles Humphrey, 2d.
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Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Charles Humphrey,
1754, 1805, 51.
Hannah Case,
1754, 1808, 54.
Daughter of Dea. Abraham Case.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Mary, or Polly,
1782, 1822, 40.
Married Ira Case.
Charles, 4th,
1785.
Rachel,
1790.
Married
Laura
Case;
died
1842, aged 54.
Married Abel Case, 2d.
DEA. THEOPHILUS HUMPHREY, son of Samuel Humphrey, 3d. He with his wife, removed to West Sims- bury about the year 1764, and settled at the south-east part of the town. He afterward lived in the Old Parish a few years, and in 1782, he again removed to West Simsbury, and settled on the premises now owned by his grandson, Loin H. Humphrey, in the Center district.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Theophilus Humph-
rey, 1744, 1826, 82.
1st wife, Hepzibah, Cornish, 1742, 1800, 58. Daughter of Elisha Cornish.
2d wife, Diana Averit, 1752, 1843, 91.
Children. Born. Died. Age.
James,
1765, 1830, 65.
Married 1st, Keturah Case;
Hepzibah,
1767.
Alvin,
1769, 1847, 77.
Case;
Child.
Amelia,
Theophilus, Jun.,
1776, 1851, 75.
1774, 1808, 34. Married Jonathan Barber, 2d. Married 1st, Cynthia Hay- den; 2d Miss Cornish.
Loin, Plinny,
1777, 1854, 77.
1780, 1852, 72.
2d, Diadama Garret. Married Jesse Barber. Married 1st, Almira 2d, Mary Hays. Died in infancy .
Married Rhoda Case.
Married Rhoda Higley, daugh- ter of Seth Higley.
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Thede,
1782.
Married Jun. Married
Thomas Sugden,
Dudley,
1784, 1826, 42.
Elizabeth Humph-
Keziah,
1786, 1818, 32.
rey. Married
Stephen H. At-
water.
REV. JEREMIAH HALLOCK was born at Brookhaven, Long Island, 1758. At the age of eight years, he with his parents removed to Goshen, Mass. Mr. Hallock was licensed to preach the gospel in 1784, and was ordained over the church and society of West Simsbury, (now Canton,) in 1785. He was honored for his faithful and unwearied efforts in the service of his divine Lord and Master; during the entire term of his ministry, extending over a period of forty years, and terminating with his life, he exerted a rare in- fluence, not only over the people of his charge, but through- out an extensive circle of acquaintance. His memory is yet venerated. He died June, 1826, aged 68. He married Mercy Humphrey, daughter of Oliver Humphrey, Esq., in 1786. She was born in 1762; died 1826, aged 64 years.
Their first son, Jeremiah Humphrey Hallock, was born 1790; graduated at Williams College, Mass., 1809, and entered the profession of law. He was long the presiding judge in the Ohio Circuit Court, and died at Steubenville, Ohio, 1848, at the age of 58.
The second son, William Homan Hallock, was born 1795; yet survives, and owns and occupies the place occupied by his father, excepting the dwelling-house, which is now owned and occupied by Mr. Hallock's successor in the ministry, Rev. Jairus Burt.
Daughter Sarah was born 1799: died. 1813, aged 14 years.
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ITEMS OF HISTORY OF THE HIGLEY FAMILY, AND RACE
OF DESCENDANTS.
JOHN HIGLEY, EsQ., was among the early settlers in Windsor, and among the early settlers in Simsbury. The place where he and his numerous descendants lived in Sims- bury, was north-west from Tariffville. It was formerly called Higley town, after the name of its inhabitants. He married Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah Drake, and grand- daughter of Dea. John and Hannah Moore, married, A. D. 1671. He was honored with many of the highest offices in the gift of his fellow-citizens, being the first appointed jus- tice of the peace, and soon after, judge of the county court. He represented the town at the General Assembly, for many sessions, subsequent to the year 1698. He was the first military captain, being chosen in 1698, an office at that time of great dignity. His children were John Jun., or 2d, born 1673; Jonathan, born 1675; Hannah, born 1677; Rebecca, born 1679; Brewster, born 1681. Of these, Hannah, the oldest daughter, married Joseph Trumbull, in 1704, and be- came the mother of the first Governor Jonathan Trumbull, and his honorable descendants, who for many years held a high rank among Connecticut worthies.
Brewster, the third son, was married A. D. 1708, to Esther, (or Hester,) daughter of Nathaniel Holcomb, and grand- daughter of the first Thomas Holcomb. Their children were Brewster, Jun., born 1711; Joseph, born 1713; David, born 1715; Hannab, born 1717; Hester, born 1719; John, (the third of the name,) born 1721; Elizabeth, born 1723; Naomi, born 1725. These eight persons, who are all that are known of as belonging to this family, lived to great age; their sev- eral ages when added together make the round number of 646 years, which divided by eight, makes the average lon- gevity to be about eighty years and nine months. There are now living in Canton several families, who, through the female line are descendants of this ancient Higley family. Hannah, the oldest daughter, became the wife of Elijah Owen, the first, about the year 1734. She had by him, Re-
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becca, who married Benedict Alford, and removed to Ver- mont. She lived to the age of 95 years. One child died in infancy; Elijah Jun., or 2d, who died at Otis, in 1814, aged 76; Hannah, was the wife of Capt. John Brown, and the mother of the Brown family in Canton, and died there in the year 1831, aged 91 years. The aforementioned Hannah Higley, widow of Elijah Owen, for a second mariage, mar- ried Peletiah Mills, Esq., in the year 1748. Their children were Peletiah, Samuel, Roger, Martha, Eli, Frederick, Su- sanna and Elihu, the father of the Mills in the town of Bloomfield. Martha married a Barnard; Susanna married a Hubbard; Hester married Capt. Josiah Case, and was the mother of the late Capt. Fithen Case, and that connection; Elizabeth married Rev. Gideon Mills, minister of West Sims- bury; Naomi married Solomon Humphrey, Sen., or 1st, and was the mother of Solomon Humphrey, Jun., or 2d, and that connection. Brewster, Jun., the oldest son, was the father of the wife of Abel Case, Sen., and that connection, also grand parent of the wife of the late Plinny Humphrey, and the mother of Norman Case. John, the fourth son of Brewster, Sen., and the third of the name of John, married Apphia, daughter of Jonathan Humphrey, the first, and great grand- daughter of the first Michael Humphrey. He resided a part of his family state in Canton, though mostly in Old Simsbury. His sons were John, Carmi, Obed, Isaac, Eber, Roger, and Job. His daughters were the wife of Dea. Jared Mills, and the wife of Job Mills. John, Jun., or John the 4th, resided in the north-west part of the Farms school-district, in Canton, on land now owned by the heirs of the late Asaph Tuller, Esq. Among his children were the wife of Abraham Bar- ber, Jun., John, Timothy and Dan. The father died May, 1802. The family are now extinct in Canton. Carmi, another son of John Higley, 3d, married Hestor, widow of Thomas Case, 2d, and daughter of Capt. Josiah Case. He was in the American army in the autumn of 1776; was taken a prisoner by the British, and with many others, con- fined in one of the New York churches, then made a prison of, for the purpose of starving soldiers to death, where he
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died under British cruelty. He left an infant son of his own name; that son was lost at sea when a man, some forty years of age or more. Obed Higley, son of John Higley, of the fourth degree inclusive from the first John Higley, married Miss Rebecca Mills. He resided most of his fam- ily state upon the premises now owned by his son, Alson Higley.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Obed Higley,
1757, 1841, 84.
Rebecca Mills,
1766, 1827, 61.
Children, Born. Died. Age.
Sally, Sept. 30, 1789, 1815, 26. Married Allen Case.
Thede, April 19, 1790, 1853, 63. Married Benjamin Goff.
Obed,
Jan. 5, 1791. Married Mary Dickinson.
Alson,
Feb. 20, 1793. Married Christian Robbins.
Luther,
Nov. 9, 1794.
Married 1st, Electa Wood- ford; 2d, Flora Bidwell; 3d, Sarah F. Bidwell.
Correl,
Feb. 12, 1796.
Married Nancy Phelps.
Pomeroy,
Nov. 10, 1798.
Amelia,
Oct. 7, 1801.
Married Eunice D. Humph- rey. Married Austin N. Humph- rey.
Almenia,
April 1, 1805.
Emeline,
Nov. 4, 1808.
Married Leonard S. Sweett. Married 1st, Luke Tuller; 2d, Z. Kempton.
NATHANIEL JOHNSON, married Tryphene, daugh- ter of Samuel Barber. He was a joiner by occupation, both for building and shop work; was called an ingenious and faithful workman. His last family residence was on land about one-fourth of a mile north of Gen. E. Hosford's. He had been at work on the house of Mr. Jesse Case, Sen., now the residence of Samuel S. Case. He went into the well to clean the bottom of it, and lost his life by the damps or
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poisonous air; those who drew his lifeless body from the well, did it with great difficulty, and at the risk of losing their own lives. This event happened September 6th, 1783.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age,
Nathaniel Johnson,
1753, 1783, 30.
Tryphene Barber, 1755.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Chloe,
1777. Married Charles Adams.
Samuel,
1779. Married Elizabeth Steele.
Olive,
1781.
Married Medad W. Merrell.
Infant,
1783, 1783.
JAMES KIRKLAND, with Penelope his wife, resided on a patch of ground on the west side of the road, between Amos L. Spencer and Philetus Case.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age,
James Kirkland,
1736, 1815, 79.
Penelope 1829.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
James, Jun.,
1804.
Cyntha,
1776, 1804, 28. Married John Philips.
Caleb.
Jacob.
Thomas,
1782, 1789. 7.
Esther,
Married Garner Latimer.
SAMUEL LEETE, was a native of Guilford, a descend- ant of Gov. William Leete, he married Miss Kelley, of Guilford. They had four children born in Guilford; their names were Jane, who subsequently became the wife of Silas Case, of Canton; she died A. D. 1777 leaving an infant son,
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Kelley, whois yet living; Samuel, Jun., born 1766, who mar- ried Sarah Case; Amos, born 1769, married Cosmilly Mills; Lucy, an idiot, who died 1793. Mr. Leete, for second wife, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Barber. He removed to Canton and resided on the farm previously owned by Dudley Case, Jun. His house stood on the west side of the road nearly opposite the cooper shop of N. R. L. Bristol, Esq. He died in 1799. Elizabeth, his second wife, died 1825, aged 85.
JONATHAN LATIMER. He settled in the North-east school-district, near Granby line, about the year 1760, on the farm of his late and only son, Jonathan Latimer, late deceased. He had a number of daughters who settled in family state; among them were the first wife of Mr. John Edgerton, who died in the year 1792.
Jonathan Latimer, Sen., died in 1826, aged 91. Mrs. Rachel, his wife, died in 1817, aged 74.
The time of the death of Jonathan Latimer, Jun., or his wife, is not known.
GILES LATIMER, SEN. He settled about 1763, on the farm adjoining to Philetus Case, in the North-east dis- trict. He hada number of sons, viz., Giles, Jun., George, Roswell, Garner and James, and a number of daughters.
Mr. Giles Latimer, Sen., died in 1829. His first wife had died in 1808, aged 59. His son, Roswell Latimer, died in 1830, aged 52.
ASA MATSON, SEN. He settled on the place now owned principally by his grandson, Salmon Matson, in the North-east district. His sons were Asa, Jun., William
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and Joshua; likewise daughters; among them the wife of Elijah Messenger, and the wife of Ezra Paine. The history of this family is but imperfectly known.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE MILLS FAMILY.
In giving some historical sketches of the Mills genealogy herewith appended, it may be proper to state that from com- mon report and investigations carefully made, there were two distinct families of that name who settled in New England, one of English and the other of Dutch descent. Of the latter may be named Rev. Gideon Mills and Rev. Zede- kiah Mills, nephews, Rev. Samuel J. Mills and the Rev. Edmund Mills. Of the English descent, tradition says they came from Yorkshire, England. Simon Mills' name first occurs. This Simon Mills married Mary Buel, February 23d, 1649, twenty-nine years after the first settlement of Plymouth. He resided in Windsor previous to 1669, and removed to and settled at Weatauge, East Simsbury. Whether he was a native of New England or not can not be ascertained; one inference is certain, his father was a native of England. This Simon had eleven children, five sons and six daughters; two sons supposed to have died in infancy or in youth.
Children. Born.
Died. Age.
Mary,
Dec. 8, 1662.
Hannah,
1665.
Simon,
May, 1667.
John,
Jan. 1668.
Sarah,
Sept. 1670.
Abigail,
1672.
Elizabeth,
1674.
Prudence,
1676.
Simon, 2d,
1678.
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JOHN MILLS, son of the last named Simon, was the immediate ancestor of Joseph Mills who settled in West Simsbury. This John Mills married Sarah Pettibone; report says the first ancestor of the Pettibones came from England during Cromwell's wars.
This John Mills had four children, viz., John, Benjamin, Joseph and Sarah. Benjamin and Joseph were twin broth- ers; Sarah had three husbands, Samuel Tuller, Francis Garrett, Joseph Woodford, whom she survived; children only by the two first.
Mrs. Woodford died in 1797, aged 100 years; her chil- dren were noted for their longevity. John Mills the imme- diate ancestor of the family, died in early life. His sur- viving widow married Dea. John Humphrey, by whom she had several children, among whom may be named John, Hannah, Benajah, Michael, and Rev. Daniel Humphrey, father of the celebrated Gen. David Humphrey. Joseph Mills, whose record is given, (and grandfather of the com- piler* of these historical notes of the family,) was a native of Simsbury, born 1694, and died April 19th, 1783, aged 89 years. At the age of thirty years he married Hannah Adams, aged fifteen years, who was born 1709. She died September 1776, aged 67. They had fourteen children, ten sons and four daughters, all of whom he lived to see mar- ried and have children. He removed from Meadow Plain, Old Parish, to West Simsbury, in 1742 or 1743.
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