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Charlestown has cause to remember the public spirit of General Sedgwick. He took a warm interest in its welfare; and either as selectman, representative, or a member of an important committee, was constantly in its service. He was an enterprising merchant, as we find him building wharves on the shore east of the old ferry-ways, carrying on a brew- ing establishment, building the old Tide Mills, and interested in the Iron Works at Lynn. Ile was zealous in disciplining his company,-freely spending time and money, Johnson says, for this purpose. The train band manifested their feelings towards him by the grant, somewhat irregularly, of a piece of land, which the town "to gratify the major," confirm- ed. His residence was in the market place, now the square, near the site of the Bunker Ilill Bank.
Robert Sedgwick was a representative of the liberal Puritans of early New-England. Religion was in all his thoughts, and yet he openly opposed the prevailing intolerance. His regard for education is seen in his gifts to the College. Ile was "a very brave, zealous and pious man," "beloved and esteemed by all." Aylesbury, June 25, 1656, in Thurloe, Vol. IV., p. 604. "Ile was truly a religious man, and of the most innocent conversation I ever accompanied." [History of Charlestown, by Richard Frothingham, jun., Esq.]
Middlesex County Land Records, Vol. IV., page 230, May 20, 1657. By deed of this date, "Johanna Sedgwick, of the Parish of Stepney, in the County of Middlesex, the widow and reliet of Major General Robert Sedgwick, late of Jamaica, in the parts beyond the seas, deceased," for the consideration of twelve pounds ten shillings, sells and conveys to Francis Norton, of Charlestown, "a right of commonage in Charlestown, for five eows." The deed is witnessed by Henry Moss, notary public, Jno. Leveritt, Jere. Jenoway and Peter Tilley, Boston,-and to the same is appended the following attestation :
" Boston, May 28, 1672. Massachusetts Colony. John Leveritt, Esq., deputy governor, being sworn, do say and attest that he was present and saw Joanna Sedgwick sign, seal and deliver this within instrument of conveyance, to the grantee, Francis Norton, of Charles. town, and that he subscribed his name as a witness thereto."
Underneath is endorsed, -- Deed entered for Record, 1672.
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SEDGWICK FAMILY.
DESCENDANTS IN TIIE LINE OF SAMUEL SEDGWICK, SON OF GEN. ROBERT SEDGWICK.
THIRD GENERATION.
1
SAMUEL SEDGWICK, of London, England, was married to Elizabeth
I do not find that he had or had not children : but have collected the following particulars relating to hin.
Mr. Samuel Sedgwick was in the city of London, in 1657, as appears by the subscription of his name, as a witness to the will of Jonathan Wade, of Ipswich, Mass., which purports to have been executed in that city, on the 17th of JJune, 1657. and was proved before and approved by a Court of Probate held at Boston. July 8. 1686. and is recorded on Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol. XI., p. 40. Next after said Record is an entry of the follow- ing deposition :
" The deposition of Elizabeth Sedgwick, aged 33 years. or thereabouts. This deponent testifieth and saith, that for the space of six years, wherein she was wife to Mr. Samuel Sedgwick, late of London, deceased, she well knew his hand writing, and was perfectly acquainted therewith, and that she hath well viewed and considered the subscription of the said Sedgwick's name as a wit- ness, and that she verily believes the same to have been done by himself, and no other. Taken upon oath, December 1, 1683, be- fore Peter Bulekley, assistant.
Vol. III., page 332, of Middlesex County Land Records. is recorded an Indenture in writing, purporting to have been executed in the city of London, on the 20th of May, 1667, by Samuel Sedgwick, in which he describes himself as "citizen and eloath- worker, of London, sonne & heire of Robert Sedgwick, late of Charlestowne in New-England, in the parts beyond the Seas, Esq" deceased," and by which he conveys to " Francis Willoughby, of Charlestowne, in New-England, aforesaid, Esq"" his the said Samuel Sedgwick's house and land in Charlestown, and some other real estate, in, or in the vicinity of Charlestown.
DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OF WILLIAM SEDGWICK, SON OF GEN. ROBERT SEDGWICK.
THIRD GENERATION.
III.
WILLIAM SEDGWICK, of Hartford, Coun., was married to Eliza- beth Stone, daughter of Rev. Samuel Stone, second minister of Hartford, Conn. She was divorced from him, by the Court of
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Assistants upon her own application, and subsequently married to John Roberts, of Hartford, afterwards of - ., New-Jersey .* Mr. William Sedgwick died
Mrs. Elizabeth Sedgwick, alias Roberts. died
Child,-one only. 1667.
+ 6 Samnel, born
FOURTH GENERATION. 6.
SAMUEL SEDGWICK. of Hartford, Conn., was married to Mary Hopkins, daughter of Stephen Hopkins, of Hartford, and grand- daughter of John Hopkins, one of the first settlers of that town. 1689.
Capt. Samuel Sedgwick died March 24, 1735, in his 69th year. [Grave-stone, West-Hartford burying-ground. ]
His widow. Mrs. Mary Sedgwick, died September 4. 1743, aged 73. [Grave -- tone. West-Hartford burying-ground.]
Children.
7 Samuel, born August 22, 1690.
& Jonathan,
born Mareh 29,1693.
9 Ebenezer, born February 25, 1695.
10. Josephi,
born May 16, 1697.
11 Stephen,
born March
17, 1701.
12 Abigail,
born February 23, 1703.
13 Mary,
born Julv 1, 1705.
14 William,
born June 29, 1707.
15 Elizabethı,
born December 10, 1708.
16 Thankful.
born November 3, 1710. Not named in the distribution of her father's estate, which is dated July 14, 1735: she is, therefore, supposed to have deceased prior to that time. A Thankful Sedgwick, probably this one, died July 20, 1720.
17 Mercy, born January 18, 1713.
18 Benjamin.
born November 7. 1716.
FIFTH GENERATION. 7.
SAMUEL SEDGWICK, of Hartford, Conn .. was married to Ruth Peck, daughter of Paul Peek. of the same town. February 1. 1711. [After his death, she was married to Samuel Culver of Wallingford, Con., January 3, 1728, by the Rev. Mr. Cotton, of Hartford. West Society. She was his second wife. His first
"Court of Assistants, October 1, 1674. " Elizabeth Sedgwick is divorced from her lins- hand, upon her own application, provided he doth not return by the first day of January next."
It is said by Hinman, that " Mr. Sedgwick spent much of his time in passing to and from the West Indies, in the neglect of his family. His wife became dissatisfied with his absence and negligence, and petitioned the Court of Assistants for a bill of divorce."
Middlesex County Land Records, Vol. III., page 383, September 7, 1668. By deed of this date, " William Sedgwicke, of Hartford, in Connecticut Colony, in New-England, gentleman, the second sonne of Major Robert Sedgwicke, sometime of Charlestowne, in the County of Middlesex, in the Massachusetts Colony, in New-England aforesaid,"-sells and conveys to Francis Willoughby, of said Charlestown, all his the said William Sedgwick's right and interest in and to the estate of his said father, Major Sedgwick, in Charlestown.
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SEDGWICK FAMILY.
wife, whose Christian name, likewise, was Ruth, died January 18. 1727. By his second wife Mr. Culver had two children .- Sam- nel, born September 25. 1728, and An, born October 3. 1732, a- appears by entries on Wallingford Town Records. ]
Mr. Samuel Sedgwick died December 25. 1724, aged 34. Mrs. Ruth Sedgwick, alias Culver, died
19 Ruth, born January
Children.
22, 1712. Married Caleb Merriman, of Walling- ford, August 31, 1732. Mrs. Ruth Merriman died before her husband. " Caleb Merriman, Esq., deacon of the consociated Church of Christ, in Wallingford, died of the small pox. June 2, 1770." Children,-recorded to them on Wallingford Records,- Sarah, born May 25, 1733. George, born 1736, and died April 24, 1757. Elizabeth, born November 24, 1739. Ruth, born November 1, 1741.
20 Mary,
twink.
born January
7, 1714.
21 Jerusha,
Married Samuel Tyler, of Wallingford. February 4, 1734. Children record- ed to them on Wallingford Rec- ords,-Lanthrop, born June 22, 1734. Samuel, born December 14, 1735, and died March 13, 1823. Daniel. born March 17, 1738. Moses, born March 5, 1740, and died JJanuary 1, 1743. Jernsha, born July 29, 1745, and died May 3, 1744. Moses, born February 12, 1747.
22 Samuel,
born January
23 Daniel,
born July
18, 1717. 24, 1719.
24 Thankful. born April
21. 1721.
Died January 8, 1725.
Supposed to have died young. a. ao trace of him can be found.
Married Jehiel Preston, of Walling- ford, October 21, 1741. I find but one child recorded to them on Wal- lingford Records, viz., Hannah, born July 5, 174%.
JONATHAN SEDGWICK, of Hartford. Conn .. was twice married. 1. To Isabella Stebbins, of - -. March 7, 1716-7. She died -. aged -. 2. To Anna Brace, widow of Lieut. Henry Brace. late of Hartford. deceased. and daughter of -. of the same town.
Mrs. Anna Sedgwick, alias Brace, died JJuly 13, 1764. aged 77. Mr. Jonathan Sedgwick died August 16. 1771. aged 78.
Married Isaac Brocket, of Wallingford, June 16, 1731. After her death, he was married to Elizabeth Culver, of Wallingford, February 25, 1737, who, after his death, was married to Dan- iel Frisbie, May 4, 1748. Mrs. Mary Brocket died January 19, 1734. Mr. Isaac Brocket died October 18, 1746. 1 find one child only, recorded to them, viz., Rachel Brocket, born May 23, 1732.
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Children,-by his first wife.
25 William, born December 21, 1717. Married Elizabeth Brace, daughter of Henry Brace, of Hartford, May 8, 1740. She died July 4, 1759, aged 41. He died in 1771. Children,- Elizabeth, bap. July 5, 1741. Abi- gail, bap. February 13, 1743. Isabel, bap. October 26, 1746. Rhoda. Jonathan, bap. November 6, 1748. Lucy, bap. November 18, 1750 .* Mercy, bap. June 10, 1753. Nancy, (or Mary,) bap, 1756. Son, not bap. April 1, 1758, and died in infancy. Child, not named, born July 4, 1759, and died in infancy.
26 Jonathan, born April 15, 1721.
27 Mehita- bel,
28 Isabel, twin .. born March 18, 1723-4.
Died in early life. Married Thomas Lee, of Farmington, Conn.
9.
EBENEZER SEDGWICK, of Hartford, Conn., was married to Pru- dence Merrills, daughter of Deacon Abraham Merrills, of the same town, June 30, 1720. She was born December 22, 1700. After the death of Mr. Sedgwick, she was married to Col. David Whitney, of Canaan, Conn., July 28, 1767.
Mr. Ebenezer Sedgwick died December 2, 1759, aged 63. Mrs. Prudence Sedgwick, alias Whitney, died at Hartford. February 1, 1793, aged 92. She fell into the fire.
Children.
29 Abraham, born April
27, 1721. Married Abi Brace, daughter of Henry Brace, of Hartford, Conn., September 19, 1745. Children,-Jonatlian, born February, 1746, in West-Hartford, and scalded to death, May 27, 1748. Thankful, bap. March 29, 1748. Ebenezer, bap. April 1, 1750. Abi, bap. June 7, 1752. Wealthana, bap. January 19, 1754. Linda and Sina, twins, bap. April 7, 1757. Abraham, bap. April 29, 1759. All the bap- tized children were baptized in Win- tonbury, by the Pastor of the church there.
30 Abigail, born December 2, 1722.
Married Elisha Seymour, of Hartford, son of John Seymour of the same town, July 5, 1743. He died June 19, 1790, aged 68. Children,-Eli- sha, bap. January 27, 1744. Abi- gail, bap. January 19, 1746, and married Enos Kellogg, of Sheffield, Mass., June 11, 1765. Thankful, bap. January 17, 1748. Enos. Prudence, bap. March 1, 1752.
* Seth, sou of Robert Collins, and Lucy, daughter of William Sedgwick, married August 25, 1768. Lucy, their daughter, baptized June 20, 1782, was married to Rev. Joab Brace, pastor of the Congregational Church in Newington Society, Wethersfield, Conn., January 21, 1805.
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SEDGWICK FAMILY.
Cynthia, April 9, 1758. Abner, Au- gust 19, 1759. Eli, bap. January 3, 1762. Levi, bap. March 18, 1764. Ebenezer.
Married Amos Kellogg.
Married John Ensign, jun., of Ilart- ford, Conn., afterwards of Salisbury, Conn., June 6, 1746. She died Feb- ruary 19, 1805, in the 79th year of her age. Children,-John, bap. January 18, 1747. Molly, bap. July 7, 1751. She was the grandmother of Chief Justice Church, as says Hinman.
33 Thankful, born April
34 Elizabeth, born June
17, 1731.
Married Elisha Ensign, of Hartford. July 18, 1754.
35 Ebenezer, born March
14, 1734-5.
Died in November, 1759. There is some appearance that he married and raised a family of children.
10.
JOSEPH SEDGWICK, first of Hartford, Conn., then of Tyring- ham, Berkshire County, Mass., was married to Ruth Smith, daughter of Joseph Smith. of Farmington, in the same state, Jan- nary 24, 1722-3.
Mr. Joseph Sedgwick died Mrs. Ruth Sedgwick died
Children.
36 Samuel. born April 11, 1725.
37 Experience, born March 12, 1726-7.
38 Esther, born January 1, 1728-9.
39 Son, (not
named,) born February 5, 1730-1. And died in infancy, (February 5, 1731.
40 Ruth, born Marchi 20, 1731-2.
41 Naomi, born July 19, 1735.
42 Joseph, born July 22, 1739. Supposed to have died December, 1776, in the army.
11.
STEPHEN SEDGWICK, of Farmington, Conn., was twice mar- ried. 1. To Mary Harris, widow of Joseph Harris, late of Litch- field, Conn .. deceased,* December 16, 1725. She died November 2. 1760, in the G1st year of her age. 2. To Elizabeth Porter.
* The settlement of the town of Litchfield, the Indian name of which was Bantam, was commenced in the year 1720. During the frequent wars between England and France, the Canadians and Indians often harassed our borders ; and Litchfield, being a frontier town, was exposed to their ravages.
" In the month of August, 1721, Mr. Joseph Harris (one of the first settlers of Litch- field, from Middletown) a respectable inhabitant, was at work in the fields alone, and being attacked by a party of Indians, attempted to make his escape. The Indians pursued him : and finding that they could not overtake him, they shot him dead and sealped him. As Mr. Harris did not return, the inhabitants were alarmed, and some search was made for him ; but the darkness of the night checked their exertions. The next morning they found his body, and gave it a decent burial. Mr. Harris was killed near the north end of the Plain where the road turns to Milton, a little cast of a school-house now standing ; and for a long time after, this Plain was called Harris' Plain." The place of his interment remain- ed unmarked for more than a century, but rested in the memory of the older inhabitants.
31 Prudence, born September 14, 1724.
32 Mary, born April
29. 1726.
7, 1728. Supposed to have died before her father. as she is not mentioned in his will.
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Mr. Stephen Sedgwick died August 13, 1768, of malignant fever, aged 67.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sedgwick died August 13. 1780, aged 78 .* Children.
43 Ann. born September 16, 1726. Married Hezekiah Orton, of Farming-
44 Mary,
§ born March
1, 1729.
ton, afterwards of Litchfield, Conn. Married Daniel Hooker, of
{ bap. March 2, 1729.
She died April 7, 1791, aged 62. He died September 12, 1802, aged 72. Children.
45 Stephen, ( born June 3, 1731.
/ bap. July 4, 1731.
( born December 24, 1734.
46 Dorcas,
bap. December 29, 1734.
Married Johu Martin, of Litchfield, Conn., March 20, 1760.
47 Hannah,
( born December 16, 1736. / bap. December 19, 1736.
48 Huldalı,
bap. July
5, 1741.
Died, unmarried, February 28, 1811, in the 75th year of her age. [ Tomb- stone.] Married Ebenezer Bibbins, of Salisbu- ry, Conn., June 1, 1769.
12.
ABIGAIL SEDGWICK was married to Benjamin Kellogg, of Farmington, Conn., son of Samuel Kellogg, of Hartford, in the same State, November 9, 1721. He was born in January, 1701.
Children.
49 Margaret, bap. February 17, 1723.
50 Benjamin, bap. October 11, 1724.
51 John, bap. September 4, 1726.
18.
MARY SEDGWICK was married to Jacob Kellogg, of Hartford. Conn., February, 1723. [After her death, he was married in 1760, to Ruth Judd, widow of William Judd, deceased, of Farm- ington, and daughter of John Lee, of Farmington. William Judd was the father of William Judd, Esq., of Farmington, famous in the political history of Connecticut, who died November 13, 1804. aged 63.]
Mrs. Mary Kellogg died August 12, 1759, of fever, cancer. &c., aged 60.
Lient. Jacob Kellogg died July 31, 1763, of complicated fever, diabetes, &c., aged 70.
Children.
52 Timothy, born November 25, 1723.
53 Elizabeth, born August 8, 1727. Married Joseph Hinsdale.
54 Lydia, born July 22, 1729. Married Timothy Seymour, of Hart-
ford, December 1, 1748.
55 Jacob, bap. July 11, 1731.
He was buried in the west burial ground, near the village of Litchfield. In 1830, a suitable monument, with an appropriate inscription, was erected at his grave by voluntary contri- bution."
* July 5, 1761, admitted to Church by letter from Ist Church in Farmington.
[ Morris' Statistical Account of Litchfield. Woodruff's History of the Town of Litchfield. ]
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SEDGWICK FAMILY.
56 Azariah, bap. [date not entered. ] 57 Ozias, bap. September 4, 1735. 58 George, bap. July 10, 1737.
59 Hannah.
bap. May 19. 1789.
Died of consumption, June 1, 1759. Married Sarah Clark, of Hartford. He died August 24, 1808, aged 71. Married Caleb Croswell, of Hartford, February 26, 1767. He died Octo- ber 1, 1806, aged 73. She died April 9, 1829, aged 90, nearly. They had six sons and two daughters, --- two of whom, only, are now living. viz., Rev. Dr. Croswell, Rector of Trinity Church, New-Haven, Conn .. and Archibald Croswell, of Gilboa, N. Y.
14.
WILLIAM SEDGWICK. of Hartford, Conn .. was married to Mir- riam Hopkins, widow of Elias Hopkins, of Hartford, deceased. and daughter of Capl. Daniel Webster, of Hartford, May 14. 1761 .* Elias Hopkins was son of Consider Hopkins, of Hart- ford. and was born in 1726. [After the death of Mr. Sedgwick, she was married to John Marsh, of New-Hartford. Com., Novem- ber 27. 1777. She was his third wife. He died November 10. 1805. aged 78. His first wife. to whom he was married February 2. 1758. was Lueina Seymour. She died May 14. 1762. Hc was married June 17. 1763, to Sarah Nash, daughter of Moses Nash. of Wintonbury. She died July 17. 1775, aged 37. Bv her Hopkins husband. who is said to have died in Egremont. Mass .. she had children. Elias, born 1752, Mirriam. born 1755. and Freelove. born 1757.]
Mr. William Sedgwick died 1771, aged 64.
Mrs. Mirriam Sedgwick, alias Hopkins, alias Marsh, died Sep- tember 17. 1819. aged 90, nearly.
* Capt. Daniel Webster was great-grand-son of John Webster, one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn., and one of the early Governors of the Colony of Connecticut,-and after 1659, of Iladley. Mass., ( where he died.) in the line of his son Robert Webster, and grand- father of the late Noah Webster, LL. D.
Capt. Daniel Webster atoresaid was twice married. I. To Mirriam Kellogg, widow of Abraham Kellogg, and daughter of Noah Cooke, of Northampton, Mass., and of Sarah bis wife, who, as appears to me, was daughter of Joseph Nash, one of the early settlers of Ilart- ford, abont) 1719. She was born September 30, 1690. Abram Kellogg died soon after his marriage to Miss Cooke, leaving no issue. Noah Cooke was born June 14, 1657, and was son of Capt. Aaron Cooke, who came from England to Dorchester, Mass., in 1630, and removed to Windsor. Conn., in 1635 or 1636: to Northampton about 1660. After that he lived some years in Westfield, Mass., but returned to Northampton, where he died Septem- ber 5, 1690, aged 80. Capt. Cooke married first, a daughter of Thomas Ford, of Windsor, and subsequently a daughter of Nicholas Denslow, and after her death, Elizabeth Nash, and after her death, Rebecca Smith, widow of Lieut. Philip Smith, of Hadley, Mass., deceased, and daughter of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn. Lieut. Smith died in 1684. Mather, in his Magnalia, says he was "murdered with an hideous witchcraft." The Denslow woman was the mother of Noah Cooke. The family name of the second wife of Capt. Daniel Webster, is unknown. Her Christian name was Hannah ; she survived him, and died October 17, 1776. Daniel Webster died in 1765. His children. whose names and times of birth follow, were by his first wife. _.
Daniel. born February 16, 1720.
Noah. born March 25, 1722.
lle was the father of Noah Webster, Esq . who was born October 16, 1758.
Zephanialı, born June
1.1;24.
Abraham, horn January 17. 1727.
Mirriam. born October 21, 1729.
Daniel, born September 4, 1731.
Elihu. born November 1, 1733. Died ummarried.
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Children.
60 William, bap. June 6, 1762.
61 Timothy, bap. December
18, 1763. Died October 2, 1833, aged 70 nearly.
62 Isabel, bap. October 20, 1765.
63 Sarah, bap. December
6, 1767.
64 Miles, bap. February
3, 1771. Died March 3, 1774.
15.
ELIZABETH SEDGWICK was married to Thomas Orton, jun., of Farmington, Conn., afterwards of Cornwall, Conn., June 18, 1730. [After her death, he was married to Hepzibah Buel, and subse- quently removed from Farmington. ]
Mrs. Elizabeth Orton died May 16, 1738, aged -. [Farming- ton Records, 1738.]
Mr. Thomas Orton died
Children.
65 Roger, born March
11, 1731. Died September 20, 1731.
66 Elizabeth, born November 8, 1732.
67 Esther, ( ?) born
Died April 1, 1738.
68 Anna, born May
8, 1736.
69 Esther, born May
12, 1738.
17.
MERCY SEDGWICK was twice married. 1. To Caleb Merrill. of Hartford, Conn .. son of John Merrills, of the same town, Au- gust 2, 1733. He was born July 14, 1707, and died September 24, 1735. aged 28. %2. To Ebenezer Mix, of Hartford, [After her decease, viz., in 1754, Mr. Mix was married to Anna Goodwin, daughter of Isaac Goodwin, of Hartford, by whom he had three children, John, born April 13, 1755, Samuel, born in 1760, and Elisha, bap. JJuly 1. 1764. Mrs. Anna Mix died Sep- tember 9, 1814, aged 93.]
Mr. Ebenezer Mix died August 3, 1766, aged 50.
Mrs. Merev Mix, alias Merrill, died June 16, 1745, in the 32d year of her age.
Children,-by her first husband.
70 Abijalı, born May 2, 1734.
71 Mercy, born April 10, 1786, (posthumous.)
Children,-by her second husband.
72 Elizabeth, born January 1, 1738. Married to William Judd, Esq., of Farmington, Conn., December 8, 1765. He died November 13, 1804, aged 63. She died September 23, 1806, aged 68.
.78 Mary, born May 8, 1743.
18.
BENJAMIN SEDGWICK. of Hartford, Conn., until about 1748, and after that year, of Cornwall, Conn., was married to Ann Thompson, daughter of John Thompson, of Wallingford, Conn. Her father, John Thompson, died at Cornwall, November 22. 1765, aged 77. After his death, she was married to Timothy
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SEDGWICK FAMILY.
Judd, Esq., of Westbury Society, Waterbury, Conn., now Water- town, August 8, 1764. She was his third wife. After her death, Mr. Judd was married to Mary Foote, widow of Samuel Foote, deceased, of Watertown, June 6, 1780,-being his fourth wife. She died in October, 1788, and Mr. Judd afterwards married a fifth wife. Timothy Judd, Esq., died January 23, 1796, aged 82. For over 20 sessions, he was a representative from Waterbury in the General Court of Connecticut. He was brother of the Rev. Jonathan Judd, Pastor of the church at Southampton, Mass .. the grandfather of Sylvester Judd, Esq., of Northampton, Mass.
Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick died of apoplexy, February 7, 1757, aged 41 .*
Mrs. Ann Sedgwick, alias Judd, died -. Children. 74 Sarah, bap. March
25, 1739. Married Rev. Hezekiah Gold, of Corn- wall, Conn., November 23. 1758. She died Angust 28, 1766, in her 28th year. Rev. Hezekiah Gold died June, 1790, aged 59. Children,- Thomas, born November 23, 1759. Hezekialı, born May 7, 1761. Died April 6, 1766. Benjamin, born June 25, 1762. Thomas Ruggles, born November 4, 1764. Hezekiah, born August 1, 1766.
75 John, bap. March 76 Benjamin, bap. March 77 Theodore, bap. May,
7, 1742.1 11, 1744. 1746. Yale College, 1765. Was one of the great and good men of his time. His eivil and political history is too well known, to need repetition in this place. He was thrice married. 1. To Eliza Mason, and after her death, 2. To Pamela Dwight, daugh- ter of Gen. Joseph Dwight. of Great- Barrington, Mass., and of Abigail his second wife, widow of Rev. John Sargeant, senior, missionary to the Indians, at Stockbridge, and daugh- ter of Ephraim Williams, sometime of Stockbridge, and of Abigail his second wife, daughter of Josiah Jones, jun., of Watertown, Mass. She died September 20, 1807, aged 54. 3. To Penelope Russell, of Boston. Hon. Theodore Sedgwick, LL. D., died January 24, 1813, aged 66. Children,-by his first wife,-none. By his second wife,-Theodore, Henry, Robert and Charles Sedg-
* The epitaph of Deacon Sedgwick is expressive of the manner of his death :
"In an instant he is call'd Eternity to view ; No time to regulate his house, Or bid his friends adieu."
1 " Died in Simsbury, Conn., May 18, 1854, at the residence of her niece, Miss Sarah Mather, Sally Sedgwick, widow of the late Gen. John Sedgwick, of Cornwall, Conn., aged 96." [Conn. Courant, May 20, 1854. ]
Mrs Sedgwick was Sally Lewis, of Farmington, sister of the wife of William Mather, Esq., late of Simsbury, deceased, and was the second wife of Gen. Sedgwick, by whom she had no children.
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