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THIRD GENERATION. 22.
NATHANIEL GOODWIN married 1. Lois, only daughter of Deacon Thomas Porter, of Farmington; she died June 15, 1697, aged 27. 2. Sarah Easton, daughter of John Easton, of Hartford, September 11, 1699.
Ensign Nathaniel Goodwin died March 12, 1746, aged 79. [Grave- stone.]
Mrs. Sarah Goodwin died January 2, 1740, aged about 60. [Grave- stone.]
Children, -- by his first wife.
30 Nathaniel,
born February
20, 1691. Died February 25, 1696.
31 Thomas,
born May 3, 1692. Died in 1695.
32 Lois, born September 10, 1694. Married Josiah Hart, of Farmington, Feb- ruary 22, 1738.
33 Eunice, born
1097.
Children,-by his second wife.
34 Timothy,
torn January
14, 1700. Died young.
35 Thankful,
born April
29, 1703.
Died young.
36 Daniel, born January
15, 1705.
37 Timothy,
bap. January
19, 1707.
38 Thankful,
bap. February
23, 1709.
39 Sarah,
born
1711.
40 Daughter,
born
1713.
41 Rachel,
bap. January
22, 1715. Married Moses Seymour, of Litchfield, March 14, 1738.
42 Elizabeth,
bap. July 5, 1719.
24.
JOHN GOODWIN, son of Nathaniel Goodwin, and grandson of Ozias Goodwin, was twice married. 1. To Sarah -; she died May, 1735. 2. To Mary Olmsted, widow of Nicholas Olmsted, of Hartford. Her maiden name was Mary Hosmer.
Deacon John Goodwin died February 6, 1758, aged 86.
His widow, Mrs. Mary Goodwin, alias Olmsted, died March 2, 1760, aged 77.
Children.
43 Damaris,
bap. February
11, 1699. Married a Forbes; she died August, 1723, aged 24.
44 Mary,
born
Married Joseph Cowles, of East Hartford.
45 John,
bap. August
11, 1706.
Married Dorothy Pitkin. Died September 14, 1793, aged 87. Died February 18, 1745, aged 36.
46 William,
born
1709.
4, Joseph,
born
1711. Diedt February 28, 1838, aged 27.
48 Caleb,
born
1712. Never was married, or if married, had no issue. [See Probate Records. ] Died April 12, 1769, aged 57. Died March 3, 1745, aged 26.
49 Richard,
born
1719.
50 Ilannah,
born
Married Porter, by whom she had children,-Aaron, Caleb, Damaris, and Hannah.
25.
SAMUEL GOODWIN, married 1708, Mary or Sarah Steele, of Hartford. Samuel Goodwin died 1712, aged 30.
His widow, Mrs. Sarah Goodwin, died
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Children.
51 Abigail, bap. December
19, 1708. Married March 23, 1738, Nathaniel Eggles- ton.
52 Samnel, bap. October
15, 1710.
FOURTH GENERATION. 36.
DANIEL GOODWIN, married 1. Dorothy Cole; she died October 7, 1746, aged 26. 2. November 6, 1748, Mrs. Abigail Bigelow, widow of Timothy Bigelow, and daughter of John Olcott, of Hartford. Capt. Daniel Goodwin died January 6, 1772, is his 67th year.
Ilis widow, Mrs. Abigail Goodwin, died December 26, 1776, in her 73d year.
Children.
53 Dorothy, born
1742. Married John McLean, son of Doct. Neil McLean, of Hartford.
54 Nathaniel,
born about
1743.
55 Daniel,
born
1745.
56 Sarah,
born
1747.
45.
JOHN GOODWIN, of East Hartford, was married to Dorothy Pitkin, daughter of Pitkin, of the same town. Mrs. Dorothy Goodwin died August 17, 1789, aged 72. Deacon John Goodwin died September 14, 1793, aged 87.
57 Damaris,
born
1738. Died October 18, 1773, aged 35. 1741. Died 1784, aged 43.
58 Jolm,
born
59 Joseph,
born May
9, 1743. Died November 13, 1809, aged 66.
60 William,
born
1745. Died March 20, 1785, aged 40.
6I Sarah,
born
1750. Married John Wyles, of East Hartford.
62 Richard,
born
1753. Died August 15, 1821. aged 68.
63 Thankful,
born
1754. Died December 13, 1771, aged 17.
64 Levi,
born
1757. Married Jerusha Drake, of East Windsor. Died April 24, 1830, aged 78.
65 llannah,
born
66 Mary,
born
1762.
68 Dolly,
born
69 Caleb,
born
52.
SAMUEL GOODWIN married 1. Abigail - -, who died September 16, 1748, aged 32. 2. Leodamia Samuel Goodwin died September 30, 1776, aged 66. Mrs. Leodamia Goodwin died May 1790, aged 61.
Children.
70 Samuel,
born
1752.
71 James,
born December
5, 1754. Married Hannah Mather ; she was born March 20, 1761, and died February 22. 1805. Hle died June 24, 1822. Father of James M. Goodwin, Esq., of Hartford. 7, 1756. Married Mary, daughter of Richard Ed- wards, Esq., December 2, 1779.
73 Abigail,
born
1759. Married James Anderson.
74 David,
born
1761. Married Susanna, daughter of Joseph Pratt, of Hartford. Ile died -. She died 1855; without children.
75 Theodore,
born
1764.
76 Russell,
born
1766.
77 Mary,
born
1769.
Died May, 1783, aged 14.
78 Mary,
born
1771.
72 George,
born January
Married Deacon Moses Smith. Married Doctor Timothy Ilall, his second wife. [No issue.] Died January 14, 1780, aged 18. Married Benjamin Roberts, Jun., of East Hartford.
67 Anna,
born
Children.
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GOODWIN FAMILY.
FIFTH GENERATION. 54.
NATHANIEL GOODWIN married Anne, daughter of Isaac Sheldon. Nathaniel Goodwin died February 20, 1782.
Mrs. Anne Goodwin died February 4, 1823, aged 73.
Children.
79 Sarah,
born November
12, 1769. Died May 1, 18Il.
So Anna,
born May
22, 1771. Died same day.
5] Nathaniel,
born March
18, 1772. Died same day.
82 Elizabeth,
born July
27, 1773. Married Jesse Hopkins. Died February 14, 1799. Died September 20, 1776.
83 Dorothy,
born April
20, 1775.
84 Daniel,
born March
24, 1777. Married Lucretia, daughter of Major Robert Davis, of Boston, December 19, 1798. Ile lied of the yellow fever, on his passage from Monserrat to Charleston, S. C., Au- gust 16, 1807, aged 29. Children,-Lucretia Ann, Daniel. [After the death of Mr. Goodwin, his widow married fon. Elisha Volt, by whom she had four children. ] Mrs. Lucretia Colt, alias Goodwin, died October 30, 1820, aged 40. 24, 1779. Died October 12, 1843, unmarried. 5, 1782. Died May 29, 1855, unmarried.
85 James,
born October
56 NATHANIEL.
born March
59.
JOSEPH GOODWIN, of East Hartford, was married to Hannah Olm- sted, daughter of - Olmsted, June 3, 1773. Mr. Joseph Goodwin, died November 13, 1809, aged 66. His widow, Mrs. Hannah Goodwin, died July 1, 1814, aged 67.
Children.
87 Joseph.
born June
2, 1776.
88 Caleb,
born November
3, 1778. Married Harriet Williams, of Wethersfield. Children,-Elizabeth, William, Henry M., Caleb, and Lewis.
89 Hannah,
born July
4, 1781. Married John, son of Charles Reynolds, of East Hartford. Children,-Francis, Cla- rissa, John, Mary, George, Joseph, Fred- erick, Charles and Julia. Died November 8, 1824, aged 40.
90 Clarissa,
born March
20, 1784.
91 Sally,
born October
12, 1786.
Died July 16, 1836, aged 50.
92 Hezekiah,
born September
21, 1789.
Married Emily Pratt, of East Hartford. Children,-Frances P., Emily, Horace E., Frederick L. and Edwin Olmsted. .
SIXTH GENERATION.
87.
JOSEPH GOODWIN was thrice married. 1. To Abigail Smith, daugh- ter of - Smith, 1800 ; she died January 10, 1801, aged 21. 2. To Eleanor Olcott, daughter of Jedediah Olcott, of Windsor, September ?, 1802; she died December 26, 1831, aged 55. 3. To Olive J. Gaylord, widow of Gaylord, June 25, 1836. Her maiden name was Olive J. Jolinsou.
Child,-by his first wife.
93 Joseph Smith, born January 1, 1801. Died October 29, 1829, in his 29th year.
Children,-by his second wife.
91 George Olcott,born June 11, 1803. Married Harriet Fairchild, of East Hartford. Died August 28, 1831, aged 28. Chil-
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NOTES OF THE GOODWIN FAMILY.
95 Abigail, born October
96 Eliza Eme-
97 Edward Scott, born September
98 Eleanor Lord,born January
dren,-IIarriet and Julia. She removed to Indiana, and married again.
5. 1805. Died April 13, 1816, in her 11th year.
line, born May 2, 1807. 29, 1809. Married Jane Treat Roberts, daughter of 13, 1812. - Roberts, September 24, 1835. Married Samuel P. Robinson, of Canter- bury, Conn.
99 Jedediah Ashley, born March
18, 1814. Died May 20, 1814.
100 James Cad- well, born September 4, 1815. Married Abigail Judd, of Hartford.
101 Abigail Ash-
ley,
born January
18, 1819. Married Barnabas Haskell, of East Hartford.
REV. ADAM BLAKEMAN,
ONE OF THE
FIRST SETTLERS OF STRATFORD, CONN.
REV. ADAM BLAKEMAN, of Stratford, Conn., and first Minister of that town, was married to Jane
Rev. Adam Blakeman died in 1665 .*
His widow, Mrs. Jane Blakeman, died in 1674.1
FIRST GENERATION.
Children of Rev. Adam Blakeman.
I. John, born
II. James, born
III. Samuel, born
IV. Deliveranee, born
V. Benjamin, born
Ile, probably, died unmarried.
Harvard College, 1663.
Preacher at
Malden, Mass., 1675. Married to Rebecca Scottow, daughter of Joshua Scottow, of Boston, April 1, 1675. " Mrs. Rebecca Blakeman, wife to y" Rev. Mr. Benjamin Blakeman, aged about 60 years, died March v- 20th, 1715." Grave Stone, Copp's flill burying ground, Boston. records he appears to have had chil- dren, but I do not find their names. ;
* Rev. Adam Blakeman left a Will, dated Ist mo: 16, 1665, [March 16. 1665.]
The following extract from that instrument contains an important historical reference to the form of Church Discipline approved by the Reverend Elders and brethren of the Colony of Connecticut, and of the Bay in 1649, and set forth by Rev. Thomas Hooker. first minister of Hartford, in his elaborate work entitled " The Survey of Church Discipline."
" Item. Because many of God's servants have been falsely areused concerning the judy - ment of the kinglike power of Christ : though I have canse to bewail my great ignorance and weakness in acting, yet I do and hope i shall, through the strength of Christ, to my dying day, adhere to that form of Church Discipline agreed on by the Rev. Elders and brethren in the year 49, now in print. And to the truth of God concerning that point, left on record by that famous and Rev. servant of God, of Messed memory, Mr. Thomas Hooker, in his elaborate work called "The Survey of Church Discipline, to which most in all the churches of Christ then gathered in this colony gave their consent, as appears in tue Rev. author's epistle, so at Milford, New Haven, Guilford, and those in the Bay, who could be come at in that stress of time. And, I being one who, in the name of our church, sub- scribed that copy, could never, (through the grace of ('hrist.) see cause to receive any other judgment nor fall from those principles so soundly backed with Scripture, and arguments which none yet could overturn."
f Mrs. Blakeman's Will, which will be found recorded on Fairfield Probate Records, is dated September 20, 1671. Her inventory bears date January 28, 1673-4.
I Extract from the Will of Rer. Adam Blakeman. " Concerning my books, which I intended for my son Benjamin, seeing his thoughts are after another course of life, that his thoughts be not to attend the work of Christ in the ministry, my wish is that my son
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NOTES OF THE
VI. Mary, born
Was twice married, 1. To Joshua Atwa- ter, Esq., of Connecticut, afterwards of Boston, Mass., merchant, May 6, 1651. He died May 16, 1676. 2. To Rev. John Higginson, sixth minister of Sa- lem, Mass., formerly of Guilford, Conn., about 1677 .* He died December 9, 1708. She died March 9, 1709. She was his second wife. His first wife was daughter of Rev. Henry Whitfield, first minister of Guilford. Children by her first husband,-Ann; Samuel, born June 20, 1654; Joshua, born April 10, 1658; Mary, born 1659, and perhaps others.
DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OF JOHN BLAKEMAN, SON OF REV. ADAM BLAKEMAN. SECOND GENERATION.
I.
JONIN BLAKEMAN, of Stratford, Conn., was married to Dorathy Smith, daughter of Rev. Henry Smith, the first ordained minister of Wethersfield, Conn., about 1653. [After his death, she was married, 1. To Francis Hall, of Stratford, October 31, 1665. She
Atwater, make his son Joshua a scholar, and fit him for that work, I give unto him all my Latin Books; but if not, they shall be put into my estate and disposed of as my wife and my overseers shall think fit." [After the date of his father's Will the Rev. Benjamin Blakeman was educated for the ministry, at Harvard College, and subsequently became a preacher of the Gospel. ]
* The following statement of Rev. John Higginson, which I find recorded on the Land Records of the town of Stratford, informs us that ' the Meeting House at Hartford, (I sup- pose the reader may infer the first Meeting Ilouse, ) was not buylded in the beginning of the year 1638.' " Being desired to express what I remember concerning the transactions between the English at Connecticut and the Indians along the coast from Quilipoke to the Manatoes about the land, the substance I can say is briefly this : That in the beginning of the year 1638, the last week of March, Mr. Ilopkins and Mr. Goodwin being employed to treat with Indians and make sure of that whole traet of land in order to prevent the Dutch, and to accommodate the English who might after come to inhabit here, I was sent with them as an interpreter, (for want of a better.) We having an Indian with us for a guide, acquainted the Indians as we passed, with our purpose, and went as far as about Narwoke before we stayed ; coming tither on the sixth day we gave notice to the Sachem and the Indians to meet there on the second day that we might treat with them all-together about the business; accord- ingly on the second day there was a full meeting, (as themselves said) of all the Sachems, old men and Captaynes from about Milford to Iludson's River : after they had understood the cause of our coming and had consulted with us and amongst themselves, and that in as solemn a manner as Indians use to do in such cases, they did with an unanimous consent express their desire of the English friendship, their willingness the English should come to dwell amongst them and proofs that they did give and surrender up all their land to the English Sachems at Connecticut, and hereupon presented us with two parcels of wampum, the lesser they would give us for our message, the greater they would send us a present to the Sachems at Connecticut, it being not long after the Indian conquest, and the fear of the English being then upon them ; it being moved amongst them which of them would go up with us to signify this agreement and to present their wampum to the Sachems at Connee- tient, at last, Wanwhan and Wouwequsrkpeanast offered themselves and were much ap- plauded by the rest for it ; accordingly these two Indians went up with us to Hartford ; not long after there was a committee in Mr. Hooker's barn, the meeting house then not buylded, where they two did appear and presented their wampum, and I remember I went out and attended the business no farther ; so that what was further done or what writings there were about the business I cannot now say, but I suppose if search be made, something of the business may be found in the (contents, minutes or) papers of the Court ; and I suppose if Mr. Goodwin be enquired of, he can say the same for substance as 1 have, and William Cornwall at Saybrook, who was there. Mr. Nicholas Knell testifies the same with Mr. Ilig- ginson as respecting the Indians giving the land to the English, and mentions the pay- ment of money to the Indians as a gratuity for the gift. Taken this 3d April, "71.
Milford, May 25, 1659.
JOHN HIGGINSON."
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BLAKEMAN FAMILY.
was his second wife. He died in 1689. 2. To Mark Sension, of Norwalk, Conn. She was his second wife. He died in 1693. 3. To Deacon Isaac Moore, of Farmington, Com. ] Mr. John Blackman died in 1662 .*
Mrs. Dorathy Blackman, alias Hall, alias Sension, alias Moore, died at Farmington, in 1706.1
Children.
7 John, born
8 Ebenezer, born
9 Joseph, born
THIRD GENERATION. 7.
JOHN BLAKEMAN, of Fairfield, Conn., was married to Mary Curtis, daughter of Widow Hannah Curtis, of Stratford.
Mr. John Blackman died in 1706.₺ Mrs. Mary Blackman died
Child, one only. 10 Abraham, born October 25, 1694. Married Elizabeth Barlow, February 27, 1718.
8.
EBENEZER BLAKEMAN, of Stratford, Conn., was twice married. 1. To Patience Willcoxson, daughter of John Willcoxson, of Strat- ford. by his second wife, Elizabeth Welles, widow of John Welles, deceased, of the same town, October 4, 1681. She was born Feb- ruary 1, 1663, and died 2. To Abigail Curtis, daughter of Widow Hannah Curtis, of Stratford, November 3, 1692.
Mr. Ebenezer Blackinan died in 1715.
His widow, Mrs. Abigail Blackman, died
Children,-by his first wife.
11 Dorathy, born March 18, 1683. Married Daniel Foote, of Stratford, January 2, 1705.
12 John, born April 4, 1685.
* Mr. John Blakeman left a Will, in which "Son Joseph. if he conduets himself dutifully towards his mother, he shall have ten pounds more than the rest." Will dated 11 mo: 19, 1661. [January 19, 1661.] Exhibited into Court, November 26, 1662.
+ The following extract from the Will of the Rev. Adam Blakeman, should be read in connection with the annexed order of the Particular Court, held Out. 10, 1665, having reference to the "unsuccessful suit " of one John Thomas, for the hand of the Widow Blakeman, whose many virtues caused her to be much sought after, she having been married three times after the death of her first husband.
"I give to my daughter Blakeman, if she marry not John Thomas, and shall take her friends' consent in the matter, or continue a widow, five pounds." [Daughter Widow Blakeman here referred to, was Dorathy Blakeman, widow of John Blakeman, (son of Rev. Adam Blakeman,) who died in 1662. She was daughter of Rev. Henry Smith, the first ordained minister of Wethersfield, Conn.]
At a particular Court held at Hartford, October 10, 1665. "The Magistrates do order, that in case John Thomas and the Widow Blakeman do not issue their difference by refer- ence now concluded on, that the said Thomas shall make good his claim to that woman at the next Court held at Fairfield, otherwise, the widow shall have liberty to marry."
# Left a Will, which was probated November 6, 1706, in which he devises his estate to his only son Abraham; and in case of his death, to John Blakeman, son of his brother Ebenezer.
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NOTES OF THE
13 Elizabeth, born February 18, 1688. Married Edward Fairchild, of Strat- ford, January 25, 1711.
14 Ebenezer, born August 9, 1690. Children,-by his second wife.
15 Jonathan, born April 24, 1696. Married Mary Beecher, December 20, 1722.
16 David, born January 6, 1698. Died March, 1703.
17 Abigail, born November 20, 1700. Died March, 1703.
18 Nathan, born September 29, 1702.
19 Sarah. born April 3, 1705. 0.
JOSEPH BLAKEMAN, of - -, Conn., was twice married. 1. To Hannah Hall, of Stratford, July 4, 1674. She died 2. To Esther Wheeler, January 29, 1705. Mr. Joseph Blakeman died
His widow, Mrs. Esther Blakeman, alias Wheeler, died
Children,-by his first wife.
21 John, born
20 Joseph, born April 30, 1675. Married Elizabeth Seeley, September 14, 1697. Married Jemima Hollibut, April 29, 22 Samuel, born 1701. 23 Abigail, born Married William Smith, of November 6, 1701. Married William Curtis, of Stratford, December 1, 1708.
24 Rebecca, born
Children,-by his second wife, none.
FOURTH GENERATION.
12.
NATHAN BLAKEMAN, first of Stratford, Conn., and after 1744, of Munroe, Conn., was married to Sarah Welles, daughter of Sam- uel Welles, of Stratford, December 31, 1732.
Mr. Nathan Blakeman died in 1789, aged 87.
His widow, Mrs. Sarah Blakeman, died
Children.
25 Eunice, born October 8, 1733. 1735.
26 Sarah, bap. July
27 Ephraim, born March 9, 1746. 1748. And others, whose names I have not found.
28 David, born
FIFTHI GENERATION. 27.
EPHRAIM BLAKEMAN, of Munroe, Conn., was married to Sarah Wilcoxson, daughter of John Wilcoxson, 1777. She was born February 10, 1757.
Ephraim Blakeman, Esq., died in 1811, aged 65.
His widow, Mrs. Sarah Blakeman, died in 1828, aged 71.
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BLAKEMAN FAMILY.
Children.
29 Agur, born July 27, 1778.
30 Sarah, born February
18, 1780.
31 Samuel, born October 5, 1781.
32 .Jolu, born December 1, 1783.
33 Eli, born April 14, 1788.
34 Philo, born September 13, 1790.
35 Ira, born October 30, 1792.
36 Rufus, born January 12, 1795. Rufus Blackman, M. D., my much esteemed friend, while he has earned a high reputation as a skillful and learned physician, has found time to indulge his taste for antiquarian research, and has been frequently called upon by his fellow-citizens of the town of Fairfield to represent them in the General Assembly of the State. He has been President and annual orator of the Connecticut Medical Society.
37 Anna Ma- ria. born July 3, 1798.
38 Eli Wilcox-
son, born November 27, 1800.
DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OF JAMES BLAKEMAN, SON OF TIIE REV. ADAM BLAKEMAN.
SECOND GENERATION. II.
JAMES BLAKEMAN, of Orange Society, Stratford, Conn., was married to Meriam Wheeler, daughter of Moses Wheeler, of Stral- ford, 1657.
Mr. James Blakeman died in 1689 .*
Ilis widow, Mrs. Meriam Blakeman, died
Children.
39 Sarah, born April 25, 1658.
40 Mary, born April 21, 1661.
41 Hannah, born January 21, 1665.
42 Jane, born October 26, 1668.
43 Meriam, born February 8, 1671.
44 Zechariah, born May 26, 1678.
45 Adam, born January 1, 1683.
46 James, born Decentber 4, 1686.
DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OF SAMUEL BLAKEMAN, SON OF REV. ADAM BLAKEMAN.
SECOND GENERATION. III.
SAMUEL BLAKEMAN, of Stratford, or Huntington, Con., was married to Elizabeth Wheeler, daughter of Moses Wheeler, of Stratford. " the latter end of November, 1660." [After his death,
* Will dated July 18, 1689. Probated November 7, 1689.
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NOTES OF THE
·
she was married to Jacob Walker, of Stratford, December 6, 1670, by whom she had, Samuel, born November 6, 1671; John, born October 29, 1674 ; Mary, born January 6, 1679; Mercy, born March 11, 1682.]
Mr. Samuel Blakeman died November 27, 1668.
Mrs. Elizabeth Blakeman, alias Walker, died
Children.
47 Son, born January 1661. Died March 11, 1661.
48 Abigail, born December 11, 1663.
49 Adam, born September 4, 1665.
Supposed to have died in early life.
50 Joanna,
born December 4, 1667. Said to have married David Watkins, of Stratford.
48.
ABIGAIL BLAKEMAN was married to Hezekiah Dickinson, first of Stratford, Conn., then of Hatfield, Mass .; then of Hadley, Mass .; and then of Springfield, in the same State, December 4, 1679. He was son of Nathaniel Dickinson, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., where he was born " the last of February, 1645."*
Mr. Hezekiah Dickinson died in Springfield, June 14, 1707, in his 63d year.
Mrs. Abigail Dickinson, alias Ingersoll, died -.
Children.
51 Joanna, born February 2, 1684, in Hatfield.
52 Jonathan, born April
22, 1688, in Hatfield.+
* In 1659, Nathaniel Dickinson, the father of Hezekiah Dickinson, removed with his minister, Rev. John Russell, Jun., from Wethersfield to Hadley, Mass., and there continued to reside until his death, which occurred June 16, 1676. All his children, nine sons and one daughter, went with him.
+ Rev. Jonathan Dickinson, son of Hezekiah Dickinson, and grandson of Nathaniel Diek- inson, the settler, was pastor of the church in Elizabethtown, N. J., and subsequently Pres- ident of the College of New Jersey, which was located in Elizabethtown, but afterwards removed to Newark, New Jersey, and finally to Princeton, N. J. Ile died in Elizabethtown, October 7, 1747, aged 59, leaving surviving of eight children, three daughters, the rest having died young. " As he lived a devout and useful life, and was a bright ornament of his profession, he died universally lamented."
One of the daughters of President Dickinson was married to Jonathan Sargeant, Esq., of Princeton, being his second wife, by whom he had two children, a son and daughter. The son was Jonathan Dickinson Sargeant, born in 1746, afterwards counsellor at law, Philadel- phia.
Jonathan Dickinson Sargeant, Esq., married a daughter of Rev. Dr. Elihu Speneer, sue- eessor in the ministry to Rev. Jouathan Diekinson, at Elizabethtown, and subsequently Pastor of Trenton, N. J.
Rev. Dr. Spencer was a native of East Haddam, Conn., and descendant of Jared Spencer, who, in 1634, was one of the proprietors of land in "The New Town," now Cambridge, Mass., was admitted a freeman of Massachusetts, in 1637, removed from Cambridge to Lyun, in the same State, in 1637, had the ferry of Lynn, granted to him in 1638, removed to and was admitted an inhabitant of Hartford, Conn., in 1660, and in the same year, removed from Hartford to Haddam, Conn., where he continued to reside until his death, which took place in 1685.
Jonathan Dickinson Sargeant, Esq., died in 1793, in the 47th year of his age, leaving ten children.
The third child of Jonathan Dickinson Sargeant was John Sargeant, born about 1780, and died -. IJe long occupied an eminent position at the Philadelphia bar, and was candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1832.
Sarah Sargeant, the second child of Jonathan Dickinson Sargeant, was born January I, 1778, and in 1801, was married to Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller, now [1848] of Princeton College, having been 47 years his wife. This venerable and beloved minister died January 7, 1850. aged 80. From a letter dated December 4, 1848, addressed by Dr. Miller to a brother in the ministry, the compiler of these notes has been permitted to transcribe the following sentence.
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BLAKEMAN FAMILY.
53 Abigail, born December 8, 1690, in Hadley.
54 Elizabeth, born March 9, 1693, in Hadley.
54 Moses, born December 12, 1695, in Springfield .*
55 Adam, born February 5, 1702, in Springfield.
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