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of Mrs. Olive Pike. He had three sons and two daughters who settled in family state, and four of them had families. Jonathan Merrell, Sen., died in 1788, aged about 90 years.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
William,
Jonathan, Jun.,
1732, 1806, 74. 1734.
Married Sarah Kellogg.
Married Hannah Douglass.
Hepzibah,
1743, 1817, 74.
Married 1st, William Humph - rey; 2d. Sylvanus Case.
George.
Susannah,
1741, 1810, 69.
Married Dudley Case, Jun.
WILLIAM MERRELL, SEN., son of Jonathan Merrell, Sen. He with his wife, who was Sarah Kellogg, settled on the place that was afterward owned by the late Capt. Isaac Merrell. He settled in family state about the year 1752.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
William Merrell,
1732, 1806, 74.
Sarah Kellogg, 1735, 1801, 66.
Children. Born. Died. Age.
Sarah,
1752.
Married Oliver Bronson, the the father of Judge Greene C. Bronson, of New York. Married Ashbel Benham.
Rhoda,
1757, 1792, 37.
Daniel,
1759, 1829, 70.
William, Jun.,
1761, 1830, 69.
Sybil,
1763.
Margaret,
1765.
Isaac.
1767, 1846, 78.
Candace,
1771.
1754, 1786, 32.
Married Diadama Mills. Married 1st, Elizabeth Wil- cox; 2d, Thede Brown. Married Asa Cowles. Married William Roberts.
Married Elizabeth Seymour; died, 1855. Married Bates Willey.
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JONATHAN MERRELL, 2D, with his wife, who was Hannah Douglass, settled on the premises now owned by Norman N. Bidwell. They had three sons and four daugh- ters who settled in family state and left children.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Jonathan Merrell, 1734.
Hannah Douglass, 1741.
Children. Born. Died. Age.
Rachael, April,
1763.
Married 1st, - Miller,
who was drowned; 2d.
James Hill.
Jonathan, Jun., 1764, 1842, 78.
Benajah, June, 1766.
Abi,
Jan., 1769, 1848, 79.
Hannah, March, 1772, 1816, 44.
Susannah, Nov., 1773.
George, Dec., 1778, 1842, 64.
derson. Married Jonathan Barber.
Married Roswell Barnes.
GEORGE MERRELL, son of Jonathan Merrell, 1st, settled at first on the place in New Hartford, (now Canton;) the farm is now owned by the family of Mrs. Olive Pike; afterward he removed from it to the farm that was the prop- erty of the late Daniel Merrell, deceased.
This family have long been gone from this part of the country.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Hannah,
1806.
Married
Chauncey Petti-
bone.
Married Edward Dill.
, Shubael.
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Married 1st, Asenath Tuller; 2d, widow Goodwin. Married Mrs. Hen-
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JOSEPH MESSENGER, was the first of that name that settled in West Simsbury, and was a son of Nathan Messenger, of Windsor. Joseph Messenger, and his wife, Catharine Holcomb, daughter of Nathaniel Holcomb, and granddaughter of Thomas, Holcomb, came from that part of Simsbury that is now Granby, and settled in West Sims- bury in 1742, in the north-west part of the Center school- district; his son Isaac and his wife came with them. They settled on the farm now owned by Almon and Newel Mes- senger.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Joseph Messenger.
1685, 1763, 78. Married, 1707.
Katharine Holcomb, 1689, 1769, 80.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Sarah,
1710.
Joseph, Jun.,
1713.
Jehiel,
1715.
Isaac,
1717.
Catharine,
1720.
Elijah,
1722.
Nathaniel,
1725.
ISAAC MESSENGER. was the third son of Joseph and Katherine Messenger. He settled on the farm that was occupied by his father. Isaac and his wife had fifteen chil- dren, ten sons and five daughters; thirteen of the family grew up and settled in life, and twelve of them left children.
Mr. Isaac Messenger was in the early part of his family state, an expert hunter. His family were noted as being remarkably large, strong and robust.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Isaac Messenger,
1717, 1801, 84.
Hannah Alford,
1727, 1811, 84. Daniel of
Nathaniel Al-
ford.
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Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Joseph, Jr ..
1741.
Married Jemima Barber.
Hannah,
1743.
Married William Brittian.
Isaac.
1745.
Married Anna Ward.
Simeon,
1746, 1821, 75.
Married Mary Paine.
Moses,
1748, 1811, 63. 1750.
Married Isabel McFarland.
Aaron,
Reuben,
1752, 1838, 86.
Married Eunice Bunce.
Dorcas,
1754, 1760, 6.
Elisha,
1756.
Married Hayes.
Elijah,
1758.
Married Lucretia Matson.
Abner,
1760.
Married Abigail Pike.
Dorcas,
1762, 1793, 31.
Married William Brittian.
Rosy,
1764, 1849, 85.
Keziah,
1766, 1778, 12.
Carmi,
1771, 1825, 54.
Married Francis Bacon.
Married 1st, Rachel Daniels; 2d, Sabra Case.
JOSEPH MESSENGER, 3D, oldest son of Isaac Mes- senger, grandson of Joseph, 1st, and great grandson of Na- than Messenger, of Windsor, married to Jemima Barber, daughter of the then late Jonathan Barber, deceased, com- menced family state about the year 1762; was the first resident on the farm afterward owned by Theophilus Humphrey, adjoining Kimberley's line. This farm is now owned by Loin H. Humphrey, and occupied by John Mil- lard, Esq. He removed in 1782, to Otis, Mass., and removed from Otis about 1791, to the Delaware region, State of Penn- sylvania, where it is understood he spent the remainder of his life. Among his children were Joseph, Jun., Cornish, Jemima, Zebina, and perhaps others. This is all that is known to the writer about this family.
ISAAC MESSENGER, JUN., was second son of Isaac, Sen. He married Anna, daughter of Gamaliel Ward. He, in the early part of his family state, resided on the farm now
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owned and occupied by Friend White, within the confines of Barkhamsted, in the part then called Ratlum. He re- moved from Barkhamsted to Western New York, about the year 1794. His children were Isaac, Jun., Hannah, Damaris, and others, including some four that died in infancy.
SIMEON MESSENGER. He was the third son of Isaac, Sen. He, with his wife, settled in the year 1769, on the Hill farm, then in the town of New Hartford. The site of his first house was near the dwelling now occupied by Daniel Humphrey, near the confines of Barkhamsted. His first house was destroyed by fire in 1785, but was rebuilt soon and he remained there until 1792, when he removed to the south-east part of Barkhamsted, where he spent the re- mainder of his life. He was a man of great frame, large bone, and of great strength for labor, when in the prime of life particularly at mowing. It may be said of the whole of those ten Messenger brothers, that they were uncommon- ly great, strong men.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Simeon Messenger,
Mary Paine,
1746, 1821, 75. 1825.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Betsy,
1770.
Married Noah Gibbert.
Hira,
1772.
Died single.
Simeon, Jun.,
1773.
Married Lucy Daniels. Moved to State of New
Trueman,
1775.
Loditha,
1777.
York. Married 1st, John Wright; 2d, Avery Brown.
Diadama,
1779, 1830, 51.
William,
1781.
Married John Higley. Married Ruth Miller.
Elihu,
1783.
Married Polly Merritt.
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JOHN OWEN, the great ancestor of most of the Owens, was a native of Wales, Great Britain. He was among the first settlers of Windsor. He married Rebecca Wade, A. D. 1650. Their children were, Josias, born 1651; then two in succession by the name of John, who both died in childhood; Nathaniel, born 1656; Daniel, born 1658; Joseph, born 1660 ;. Mary, born 1662; Benjamin, born 1664. The late John Owen, Esq., of Simsbury, was a descendant of Josias, one of the aforementioned sons. Isaac Owen married Sarah Holcomb. They had two sons. Isaac, Jun., or 2d, was the ancestor of the Owens in Turkey Hills, or East Granby. Elijah, the second son of the first Isaac, and grandson of the first John Owen, was the ancestor of another family of Owens, who removed to the State of Massachusetts; also, a family of Alfords, the children of Benedict Alford and Rebecca Owen who removed to Vermont about 1790; also of Hannah, the wife of Capt. John Brown, the mother of the Brown family that were reared up in Canton the latter part of the last century.
CAPT. ABRAHAM PETTIBONE, SEN., son of Samuel Pettibone, Jun., and great grandson of the first John Petti- bone, was an early settler in West Britain, now Burlington. His landed property lay on the confines of Burlington, New Hartford and Canton. He is entitled to a place in these short sketches, as numbers of his descendants were connected with, and became inhabitants of Canton, and there lie buried the remains of the early fathers, and mothers, of their race. He, for first wife, married Jerusha Pinney, of Simsbury; for second, daughter of Dea. Michael Humphrey, and widow of Lieut. Sadosa Wilcox.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Abraham Pettibone, 1727, 1797, 70.
Children by 1st wife. Born. Died. Age.
Abraham, Jun., 1751, 1834, 83. Married 1st, Amelia
Smith; 2d, Huldah Prindle.
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Jerusha,
1753, 1815, 62.
Married Seth Spencer, of New Hartford. Died aboard of prison-ship in New York.
Elizabeth, 1756, 1784, 28.
Married George Humphrey.
Theodore,
1761, 1821, 60.
Married Mary Humphrey.
Chauncey,
1766, 1801, 35.
Married Hannah Merrell.
Alexander,
1763, 1801, 38.
Married Lydia Humphrey.
Charlotte,
1772, 1855, 83.
Married Joseph Dyer.
Theophilus,
1769, 1834, 65.
Married Esther Whitmore.
Norman,
1774, 1814, 40.
Married 1st Lovisa Nobles,
of Westfield, Mass .; 2d. Pamelia Whitmore.
Children by 2d wife.
Born. Died. Age.
Clarissa,
1784.
Married Horatio Gates, of Douglass, Mass .; now liv- ing, (1856.)
Roxy, Anna,
1782, 1848, 66.
Married John Beckwith.
1786, 1822, 36. Married Norman Humphrey.
THOMAS PHELPS settled in West Simsbury, (now Canton,) in the year 1745. He first resided on the place now owned by Richard Case. His wife, Margaret Watson, a near relative (supposed to be aunt) of the noted James Watson, who flourished in New York in the latter part of the Eighteenth century, and was noted for enterprise, wealth and respectability.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Thomas Phelps,
1710, 1777, 67.
Margaret Watson,
1717, 1777, 60.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Sarah,
1738.
Thomas,
1740, 1789, 49.
2d wife of Hezekiah Adams. Was father of the late Anson G. Phelps, of New York; married Dorothy Wood- bridge, granddaughter of Rev. Timothy Woodbridge.
Samuel,
1755, 1778, 23.
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Margaret, 1745.
Married Moses Cook.
Lois,
1747, 1776, 29. 2d wife of Daniel Graham.
Hannah,
1749, 1825, 76. Married James Merritt.
Job,
1752, 1777, 24.
Married Phebe
Mary,
1755, 1784, 29.
Married Joel Barber.
BENJAMIN PHELPS, brother of Thomas Phelps, with Lydia Palmer, his first wife, came from Windsor to West Simsbury, about the year He lived on the place now owned by Richard Case.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Benjamin Phelps, 1718, 1785, 67.
1st wife, Lydia Pal- mer, 1740, 1776, 36.
2d wife, Elizabeth
Goodhue, 1812.
Children by 1st wife. Born. Died. Age.
Benjamin, Jun., 1769, 1775, 6.
Lydia, 1770, 1802, 31. Married Freeman Graham.
Sarah,
1776, 1776.
Children by 2d wife Born. Died, Age.
Elizabeth, 1780, 1832, 52.
Benjamin, 1782, 1850, 68. Died in the State of New York.
WILLIAM PAINE settled on the place now owned by Elijah Whiting, about the year 1758. He had sons of the names of Jesse, Isaac, Abraham, Ezra and Eber. The names of the daughters are not known to the writer. The family removed out of West Simsbury on to the farm now owned by Dea. Charles Richards, of New Hartford.
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JOBPHELPS, son of Thomas, Sen., and Margaret Phelps, married Phebe -, about 1772. The wife and mother died in 1776, aged 20. He resided on the east side of the road, east of the house now owned by the family of the late Robert Case, Jun., deceased. After the death of his wife he went into the army; was camp waiter to Capt. John Brown, in 1776, and died of small-pox in 1777.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
Job Phelps,
1752, 1777, 24.
Phebe
1756, 1776, 20.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Job, Jun., or 2d.
1772.
Infant,
1775, 1775.
GEORGE PHELPS, with William, his brother, came from England. George was the great ancestor of Thomas and Benjamin Phelps. The descent from George to Thomas was followed down through, by the name of three Abrahams, in direct succession.
DARIUS PRIEST and Hepzibah ", his wife, re- sided in West Simsbury as early as 1768. He resided on several different farms during his life; was a remarkably strong man for labor; his two oldest children were cut down in the autumn of 1776, by the dysentery, which was then prevalent and very mortal in this part of the country.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Darius Priest,
1744, 1801, 57.
Hepzibah -, 1751, 1801, 50.
Children. Born. Died. Age.
Cyntha,
1769, 1776, 7.
Mary,
1772, 1776, 4.
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Darius, Jun.,
1775.
William,
1778.
Hepzibah.
1787, 1806, 19, Was living with Mr. Hosea Case.
WILLIAM ROBERTS, IST. There were among the early settlers of West Simsbury, two by the name of Wil- liam Roberts. It is not known what relationship they sus- tained to each other, if any. They will be here distinguished in this work by the term of Ist and 2d. William Roberts, 1st, was among the pioneers of the town of Canton. His residence was on land, now the east part of the farm of Israel W. Graham. His wife was Hannah - -. They probably had several children, but nothing is known to the writer except what follows, viz., their daughter Anna, who was born in 1748, became the wife of Abel Adams. Rec- ord te Ils us also, that Mr. and Mrs. Roberts buried a daugh- ter Susannah, born in 1756, and died the same year. The parents, about the time of the commencement of the Ameri- can Revolution, removed to the State of Vermont, which closes their history as it respects Canton.
WILLIAM ROBERTS, 2D, commenced family state, with his wife Phebe Wilcox, about 1756. They resided in the vicinity of the village of Collinsville. He lost his life in attempting to cross the dam at Segur's mill, at low water. An axe that he was known to have with him when he was last seen, was found near the dam, although his body had floated down stream many rods. His death happened about the year 1774. His widow afterward married John Wallen, of New Hartford.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
William Roberts, 2d.
Phebe Wilcox.
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Children. Born. Died, Age.
Martin.
Married a daughter of the late Daniel Moses.
William, Jun.,
1824.
Married Margaret Merrill; she died, 1824. Married Riverius Bidwell,
Phebe,
1837, 76.
Esq. Married David Taylor.
Lucina,
1816.
Reuben,
1789.
Died unmarried.
Mindwell,
1833, 64.
Married Gurdon Humphrey, father of the late Mrs. Eliza Spencer. Married William Humphrey. Married Thomas Gleason.
Elizabeth,
1844.
Aseneth.
HEZEKIAH RICHARDS, with his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Case, settled at the south-west part of West Simsbury, near the confines of New Hartford and Bur- lington. He resided on the premises now owned by his grandson, William J. Richards. They had five children, four sons and one daughter. The time of their settlement in West Simsbury was A. D. 1761.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age,
Hezekiah Richards.
Sarah Case.
1732, 1776, 44. 1734, 1799, 65.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Hezekiah, Jun.,
1757, 1831, 74.
Married
2d, 1st, Miss Moses;
Timothy, Samuel,
1760, 1782, 22.
1763, 1837, 74.
Sarah, Jonah,
1766, 1853, 87,
1769, 1850, 81.
Married 1st, Ede Case; 2d, Naomi Simons. Married Michael Braughton. Married Nancy Cornwall.
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THOMAS SUGDEN came from England as a soldier in the British army. It is understood that he deserted from the British service. He came to Connecticut in 1777, and married Persia Dunham, of New Britain, where he com- menced family state, but soon removed to the south-west part of Simsbury, Old Parish; from the latter place he in 1802, removed to Canton, North school-district, and settled on the place now owned by Marvin Case.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age,
Thomas Sugden,
1759, 1819, 60.
Persia Dunham,
1759, 1834, 75.
Children. Born. Died. Age.
John,
Thomas, Jun.,
Elisha,
1786, 1843, 57.
moved to Hartford in 1838, where he died in 1843. Married Elisha Pettibone.
Sarah, or Sally,
1788.
Hannah,
1790, 1808, 18.
Nancy.
1792.
Died single. Married David Taylor.
Chester,
1796, 1815, 19.
Died single.
JOHN SEGUR, with his first wife Elizabeth, came from the east part of Simsbury, and settled in West Granby, ad- joining the premises of Noah and Levi Case, about the year 1750.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
John Segur, 1st wife, Elizabeth,
1725, 1808, 83.
1729, 1760, 31. Her infant was buried with her.
2d wife, Huldah,
1785.
3d wife, Deliverance Clarke,
1728. 1801. 73.
16
1780.
1783.
Married Elizabeth Hull.
Married Thede Humphrey; removed to Hartland in 1812, then to Michigan in 1833. Married Flora Moses; re-
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Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Elizabeth, Annah,
1795. 1758, 1779, 21.
Married Jesse Steele,
Infant,
1760, 1760.
John.
Died young.
Augustus,
1839.
Married daughter of Eli Tul-
Huldah.
Two infants,
1768, 1768.
Mary,
1770, 1779, 9.
ler.
JOSEPH SEGUR, JUN., was an early settler in West Simsbury. He resided on the west side of Farmington river. His house stood where is now the center of Collinsville, west village. The farm that he owned, now belongs to the Collins Company, and Samuel W. Collins, Esq. During a great share of his family state previous to 1795, he tended the grist-mill, then called Segur's Mill. The mill stood the east side of the river some eight or ten rods south of the main bridge, the great flat rock in the middle of the river, making the middle part of the dam, which was a low one. He daily crossed the river in his canoe, to go to and from the grist-mill, when the river was not frozen sufficient to be safe crossing on theice. Among his children were Israel, Charles, Benoni, the wife of Eliphalet Alford, and two other daugh- ters. He, with his son Benoni, removed to New Hartford in 1805, to spend the remainder of his days, where he and his wife died in 1818. The family are now gone from this town. His father Joseph Segur, Sen., married Dorothy Al- ford in 1730. The writer will relate one little incident con- nected with that mill, which made some sport among the people at the time being. Mr. Chauncey Gleason, a trader in the East Village, then called Suffrage, having a quantity of brimstone in the roll or lump, wishing to pulverize it into fine sulphur, (an article sometimes used in families at that time,) carried a large quantity of it to Segur's mill to be ground, in the year 1789-90; it was put into the corn-mill,
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but it soon took fire and flamed up frightfully. Gleason ran to the river and brought water in his hat to extinguish the flames. The undertaking soon proved a failure, and in the operation, Mr. Gleason having on a valuable broadcloth coat, spoiled it for use; the mill became thoroughly scented with the itch antidote, and the event was well spread abroad. A neighboring poor family had a small grist of indian corn ground in the mill afterward, and in trying to bake some of the meal in johnny cakes before the fire, their cakes ignited and blazed up. A man by the name of Bethuel Parker, an apt poetical genius, wrote a lengthy and apt poem on this laughable subject, entitled "Hell upon Earth, or Brimstone in the Grist-Mill," touching upon different parts of the scene, something after the manner of Cowper's John Gilpin. He compared the blazing of the mill and johnny cakes, to Mount Ætna in a blaze. The closing lines were:
" Then Segur cries out in bitterness of soul,
Have mercy, Lord, though I did take large toll."
CALEB SPENCER, with his wife Hannah --- , came from Hartford, and first settled and built near the dwelling- house of the late Giles Lattimer. He subsequently bought of Daniel Barber, of Simsbury, and lived and died on the place now owned by his great grandson, Amos L. Spencer, North Canton. He settled in this town about 1756.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Caleb Spencer,
1735, 1816, 81.
Hannah Spencer, 1735, 1798, 63.
Children. Born. Died. Age. 1760. Married Betsey Little.
Ebenezer, Roswell, 1806. Married Faith Mills.
Caleb,
1762, 1770. 8.
Moses,
1768, 1770, 2. Amos, Hannah, about
1772, 1847, 75. 1775.
Married Candace Case. Married George Lattimer.
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- SMITH, married a daughter of Nathaniel Alford, 1st. He, with his brother-in-law, Joseph Tiff, resided away from the road, south of the John Hill farm, near the south end of the east mountain. He was known by the vulgar name of Noggy Smith. He removed to Vermont about A. D. 1786.
JOSEPH TIFF, with his wife Susan, daughter of Na- thaniel Alford, 1st, lived with his brother-in-law Smith, on the East Hill. The family have long been gone from this town. This is all that can now be ascertained respecting these two families, that had a place among the first settlers.
SOLOMON THOMAS was an early settler in West Simsbury. He, with his wife Lugia, lived on the place now owned by Miles and Mills Foot. His son Samuel lived with them. They both removed to Otis, Mass., about the year 1798, where the old gentleman died the beginning of the present century," aged about 90. His wife had died in the year 1779; she was also daughter of Nathaniel Alford, 1st. But little more is known about this family.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, with his second wife Ruth, the widow of -- Higgins, came from Middletown about the year 1756, and settled on premises now owned by Alson Bar- ber. They both had previously been married to other part- ners, and he had children, John and Mary, and probably others. She, by her first marriage, had Nathaniel Higgins, who died in 1809, aged 60 years. The time of the birth, death, or age, of Mr. Taylor's first children is notknown. Mr. Taylor, in the early part of his life, previous to coming to West Sims- bury, was a seaman. His oldest son John resided at or near the place now occupied by Martin Moses. Mr. Taylor died
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of the small-pox; he was quite sure that he had had it in the West Indies; but when his son John's children had it, and seeing how hard it went with them, he was led to be- lieve that he might be mistaken with regard to himself, and was accordingly inocculated with the small-pox and died, and was buried on the hill north-west of the house of Elijah Whiting.
Parents.
Born. Died. Age.
William Taylor,
1777.
Ruth Higgins,
1813.
Children.
Born. Died. Age.
Married Asa Wilcox.
William, Jun,,
1757, 1835, 78. Married Abigail Case.
Ozias,
1814. Married Amelia Humphrey.
Ruth.
David,
1840. Married 1st Lucina Roberts; 2d, Marlow Johnson.
Isaiah,
1767, 1811, 43.
Married Zilpah Case.
ENSIGN ISAAC TULLER was an early settler in West Simsbury. He removed from the Old Parish about 1749. He was the third son of Sarah Woodford, who died in 1797, aged 100 years. He resided on the place that was afterward occupied by his son Rufus, and is now (1855) the property of Augustus H. Carrier.
There were eleven children in this family, three sons and eight daughters, all of whom lived to adult years, and ten of them had children.
Parents. Born. Died. Age.
Isaac Tuller,
1720, 1806, 86. Married 1746.
Phebe Case,
1728, 1799, 71. Daughter of James Case.
Children. Born. Died. Age.
Phebe,
1747, 1776, 29.
Married James Case, son of
Josiah Case.
Isaac, Jun., 1749, 1776, 28.
Died in the army at Bergen,
N. J.
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Deliverance,
1751, 1805, 54.
Married Isaac Wilcox.
Ruth,
1755, 1818, 63.
Married Frederick Humph-
rey.
Esther,
1757, 1851. 94.
Married Elijah Hill.
Lois,
1759, 1797, 37.
Married James Lawrence.
Sarah,
1761, 1812, 51.
Married Ozias Northway.
Aseneth,
1763, 1815, 52. Married Jonathan Merrell.
Amasa,
1765, 1792, 27.
Married Sylvia Case.
Rufus,*
1767.
Married Matilda Case.
Chloe,
1770, 1845, 75.
Married Timothy Cadwell.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE ANCESTRY OF THE WIL- COX FAMILIES IN SIMSBURY, CANTON. &C.
SAMUEL WILCOX, (then spelt Wilcoxson,) was the ancestor of all those that bear the name of Wilcox in this vicinity. He was an early settler in Simsbury, but the exact time is not known. It appears that he resided at Meadow Plain, and as Avon, adjoining to Simsbury, had at its early existence, some families of that name, it is probable that they sprung from this early stock through Samuel, 2d, the oldest son of the first Samuel. He had three sons, viz., Sam- uel, 2d, William and Joseph. It is not known that any of the descendants of the second Samuel ever settled in West Simsbury. Samuel, 2d, had sons, Joseph, born 1701; Ephraim, born 1707, and probably others. William, son of the first Samuel, had sons, John, William, 2d, known by the title of Dea. William, Amos and Azariah. Dea. William had sons, William, 3d, or Lieut. William who settled in West Simsbury. (See History of Lieut. William Wilcox.) Amos, another brother of Dea. William, had Amos, 2d, called Col. Amos, three brothers and five sisters; none of them became residents of this town. Azariah had sons, Elisha, Ist, Aaron, and others. Elisha was father of the late Elisha, 2d, and Col. Azariah, and was the ancestor of Harvey and Chester
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and their sisters. Joseph, 1st, the third son of Samuel, 1st, born 1674, was the father of the Joseph Wilcox, race in Can- ton. (See History of Joseph Wilcox 1st, and 2d.) There was raised up in the north-eastpart of Simsbury or Granby, Joseph Wilcox, Esq., who was son to the second Samuel; this Joseph was justice of the peace, representative, &c., for some twenty years, subsequent to 1738, who is supposed to be father of Joseph and Hosea Wilcox, of Norfolk, who were old men at Norfolk in 1800, but were never inhabitants of Canton. Joseph, Ist, was the father of Joseph Jun., Heze- kiah, Nathaniel, Ezra, 1st, or Sen., and sisters.
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