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Children,-by her first husband.
6 Tryphena, bap. July 8, 1750.
7 Hezekiah, bap. March 3, 1754. Children,-by her second husband.
10 William Pitt,born April 2, 1766.
8 Lucy, born September 10, 1760. Married George Smith, of Smithtown, L. I. 9 Sarah Ann, born Jnne 6, 1762. Married David Beers, of Fairfield, Conn. Married Anna Sturgis, daughter of Hon. Jonathan Sturgis, of Fairfield, Conn., June 9, 1793. He died September 18, 1810, aged 44. His remains were interred at Fairfield. He settled in Albany, N. Y., and was an eminent Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
76. p. 54.
SOLOMON ELLSWORTH, of East Windsor, Conn., was married to Mary Moseley, daughter of Abner Moseley, Esq., of Glasten- bury, Conn., December 27, 1758.
Solomon Ellsworth, Esq., died October 19, 1822, aged 85.
His widow, Mrs. Mary Ellsworth, died February 16, 1823, aged 85.
Children.
11 Mary, born September 14, 1759.
12 Ann, born March 13, 1761. Died.
13 Solomon,
born December 12, 1762.
14 Elizabeth, born January 16, 1765.
15 Stoddard, born April
14, 1767.
16 Abigail, born January 6, 1769.
17 Abner Mose- ley, born January 4, 1771.
18 Jolın,
born February 13, 1773.
19 Marilda, born December 27, 1774.
20 Timothy,
born December 12, 1776.
Died December 22, 1776.
21 Timothy,
born April 17, 1778.
Married Miss Mather.
22 Joseph,
born March 6, 1780.
23 Ann,
born April 30, 1784.
78. p. 55.
ANN ELLSWORTH was married to Lemuel Stoughton, of East Windsor, Conn., 1769.
Col. Lemuel Stoughton died March 4, 1793, in the 62d year of his age.
His widow, Mrs. Anna Stoughton, died November 8, 1819, aged 77.
Children.
24 Anna, born November 7,1770.
25 John, born February 2, 1772.
26 Lemuel, born March 27, 1774.
27 Ruth, born May 12, 1776.
28 Martha, born November 15, 1777.
29 Eunice, born November 20, 1779.
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EDWARDS FAMILY.
90. p. 56.
CLORINDA BACKUS was married to Zebadiah Lathrop, of Nor- wieh, Conn., about 1740.
Mr. Zebadiah Lathrop died November 14, 1793, aged about 68. His widow, Mrs. Clorinda Lathrop, died October 25, 1803, aged 73.
30 Joseph, born about
31 %ebadialı, born about
Children.
1755. Died at West Point, during the Revo- lutionary War aged 23.
1758. Married Starr, daughter of Wil- liam Starr, of Middletown, Conn., December 11, 1783, and settled in that town. She was born May I, 1759. lle died about 1798, aged about 40. She died in June, 1849, aged 93 years, nearly. 6 children are recorded to them on Middletown Records.
32 Simon
Backus, born
33 Asa, born
34 Eunice, born 35 Nathaniel, born
1768.
1760. Married Molly Culver, of Norwich, March 1, 1792. He died December 14, 1805, aged 45. They had children. Married a daughter of Ebenezer Jones, of Norwich. He died in Norwich, October 29, 1808. She died at St. Marys, in Georgia. They had no children. Died, unmarried, in New Canaan, N. Y., in 1820. Died at Stockbridge, Mass, in 1845, aged 80.
92. p. 56.
ELIZABETH BACKUS was married to David Bissell, Jun., of East Windsor, Conn., February 25, 1761. Mr. David Bissell died December 16, 1799. His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Bissell, died
Children. 36 Noadiah, bap. November 22, 1761. Married Sibil Enos, of Vermont; and after her death, Betsy Shuttleworth, of Dedham, Mass. They settled in East Windsor, but subsequently re- moved to Windsor, Vermont. Chil- dren,-one by his first, and four by his last wife.
37 David, born June 6, 1764
Married Heart Wickam, of Pomfret, Conn., where he settled. From Pom- fret, he removed to East Windsor, Conn., and from East Windsor, to llartford, Conn., where he died in or about 1816, leaving 6 children, 3 sons and 3 daughters. After his death, she was married to Dr. Edward Tudor, of Middlebury, Ver., where she died. Dr. Tudor was a native of East Windsor.
38 Mary, born November 14, 1766. Died November 7, 1771.
39 Simon
Backus, bap. January 22, 1769. Married a daughter of Gen. Morey, of
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Orford, N. H., where he settled; af- terwards removed to Cincinnati, O. Children,-4, all sons, one of which, as I have been informed, was edu- cated at West Point, under the pat- ronage of General, afterwards Presi- dent Harrison, and is a Lieutenant in the navy of the United States, and resides in Philadelphia.
40 Mary,
born April
41 Child, born
10, 1774. Married Nathan Lyman, of Coventry, Conn. He settled in East Windsor, and died March 3, 1826, aged 58. They had 13 children. 1776. Died August 27, 1776.
93. p. 56.
REV. SIMON BACKUS, pastor, first, of the Church in Granby, Mass., and afterwards of the Church in Guilford, Conn., was mar- ried to Rachel Moseley, daughter of Abner Moseley, of Glasten- bury, Conn., February 7, 1763.
Rev. Simon Backus died in Stratford, Conn., August 7, 1823, in the 86th year of his age. His remains were interred at Bridge- port, Conn.
His widow, Mrs. Rachel Backus, died in Stratford, Conn., July 28, 1825, aged 79 years, 9 months and 4 days. Her remains were also interred at Bridgeport.
Children.
42 Joseph, born December 26, 1764.
Married Huldah Burroughs, daughter of Stephen Burroughs, Esq., of Strat- ford, October 15, 1797, and settled in Bridgeport. Joseph Backus, Esq., died -. His widow, Mrs. Hul dah Burrows, died December 15, 1851, aged 83.
43 Simon, born September 1, 1766.
Died.
Died September 2, 1775.
46 Abner Mose- ley, born May 30, 1772. Died August 21, 1775.
47 Mary,
born July 1, 1774. Died, unmarried, in Newbern, N. C.
48 Dilecta, born September 15, 1776. Died May 4, 1800.
49 Simon, born January 6, 1779. Died December, 1836, in N. York city.
50 Eunice, born February 18, 1781.
51 Abner Mose-
ley, born June, 1783. Died November, 1818, in Ithica, N. Y.
52 Rachel, born October 13, 1785.
53 Thomas
Moseley, born November, 1787
94. p. 56.
ESTHER BACKUS was married to Benjamin Ely, of that part of West Springfield, Mass., now called Holyoke, June 1, 1758.
Mr. Benjamin Ely, died December 25, 1802, aged 72.
Ilis widow, Mrs. Esther Ely, died September 19, 1820, aged 81, nearly.
44 Simon,
born February 27, 1768.
45 Clarina, born June 25, 1770.
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EDWARDS FAMILY.
Children.
54 Lois, born March
14, 1759.
55 Esther, born November 23, 1760.
56 Robert, born February 28, 1763.
57 Elihu, born July
13, 1765.
58 Eunice,
born October
15, 1767.
Died March 13, 1772.
59 Benjamin,
born January
30, 1770.
60 Elijah, born March
1, 1772.
61 Eunice,
born January, 1782.
96. p. 56.
JERUSHA BACKU'S was married to Smith Bailey, of East Wind- sor, Conn., afterwards of the eastern part of Connecticut, (town not ascertained,) about 1765.
Mr. Smith Bailey died Mrs. Jerusha Bailey died
Children.
62 Child, (not
named,) born
1706.
Died in infancy.
63 Child, (not named,)
born 1768.
Died in infancy.
64 Tertius,
born
1770.
65 Polly, born May
16, 1773.
Married and settled in Stonington, Conn. Married Jonathan Birge, of East Wind- sor, December, 1791. She died Sep- tember 5, 1793, aged 21. He died December 12, 1820, aged 52. Child,- one only, Bailey Birge, born August 4, 1793. After the death of Mrs. Birge, Mr. Jonathan Birge was mar- ried to Sally Warner, daughter of Doct. Ichabod Warner, of Bolton, Conn., May 8, 1794, by whom he had 7 children; the first child, Back- us Birge, born February 8, 1795, and died , was the first husband of Mrs. Roderick Terry, of Hartford. Mrs. Birge, the second wife of Jona- than Birge, died at South Windsor, Conn., April 21, 1855, aged 80.
103. p. 57.
LUCY WETMORE was married to Chauncey Whittlesey, of Wallingford, Conn., afterwards of Middletown, in the same State .. February 17, 1770.
Chauncey Whittlesey, Esq., died March 14, 1812, aged 66.
His widow, Mrs. Lucy Whittlesey, died January 23, 1826, aged 78.
66 Lucy, born October
Children. 4, 1773. Married Capt. Joseph W. Alsop, of Middletown, Conn., November 5, 1797. He died October 16, 1844, aged 73. His widow, Mrs. Lucy Al- sop, is alive at this date, September 24, 1850. Children,-7; among them, Joseph Wright, born November 22, 1804, died ------; favorably knowu as a poet.
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67 Hannah, born May born May
10, 1775. 24, 1780.
68 Elizabeth,
69 Chauncey, born June
18, 1783.
Married Capt. Josiah Williams, of Mid- dletown, Conn., May 25, 1817, being his second wife. She died October 16, 1828, aged 48. He died October 5, 1835, aged 56. No children. Married Sarah Lathrop Tracy, daugh- ter of Doctor Ebenezer Tracy, of Middletown, Conn., April 14, 1818. They have 6 children.
104. p. 57.
OLIVER WETMORE, of Middletown, Conn., was married to Sarah Brewster, daughter of Elisha Brewster, of the same town, and Lucy Yeomans his wife, October 13, 1774.
Deacon Oliver Wetmore died December 1, 1798, in the 47th year of his age.
His widow, Mrs. Sarah Wetmore, died July 5, 1827, in the 73d year of her age.
Children.
70 Oliver, born December
1, 1774. Died at Utica, N. Y., January 1, 1852, aged 77. He was a preacher. Married Polly Bacon.
71 Elisha, born October 1, 1776.
72 Sarah, born October 1, 1778. Married John Stoughton, of East Wind- sor.
73 Timothy, born August 2, 1780.
74 Lucy, born May
9, 1782. Died unmarried.
75 Hannah, born August 8, 1784.
76 Clarissa,
born July 5, 1786.
77 Sophia,
born May 25, 1788.
Married Stephen Dodge. Married Giles Southmayd.
78 Chauncey,
born June 5, 1790.
79 Emily.
born January 4, 1795.
SIXTH GENERATION.
1.
JOHN DAVENPORT, of Stamford, Conn., son of Abraham Da- venport, of that place, and grandson of JJabez Huntington, of Windham, Conn., was married to Mary Sylvester Welles, daugh- ter of the Rev. Noah Welles, Pastor of the Church in Stamford, · May 7, 1780, by Abraham Davenport, Esq., assistant .*
Hon. John Davenport died November 28, 1830, in the 79th year of his age. He sustained many civil offices, was member of Congress, &c.
His widow, Mrs. Mary Sylvester Davenport, died June 25, 1847, in the 94th year of her age.
Children.
80 Elizabeth
Huntington,born March 4, 1781. 81 John Alfred, born January 21, 1783.
82 Mary Welles,born September 12, 1785.
83 Theodosia, born Jannary 31, 1789.
* Rev. Noah Welles, was son of Noah Welles, of Colchester, Conn., and was born Septem- ber 25, 1718.
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EDWARDS FAMILY.
84 Theodore, born January 26, 1792.
85 Rebecca,
born July
7, 1795.
86 Matilda, born April
7, 1798.
2.
ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, daughter of Abraham Davenport, of Stamford, Conn., and granddaughter of Jabez Huntington, of Windham, Conn., was married to Doct. James Cogswell, of Pres- ton, Con., May 4, 1775.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cogswell died at Stamford, November 15, 1779, aged 23.
Doct. James Cogswell died
Child,-one only.
$7 Alice, born Fine
15, 1777.
3.
JAMES DAVENPORT, of Stamford, Con., son of Abraham Davenport, Esq., of that town, and grandson of Jabez Huntington, Esq., of Windham, Conn., was twice married. 1. To Abigail Fitch, danghter of Doet. Perez Fitch. of Stamford, May 7, 1777. She died November t1. 1779, aged 22 years. 2. To Mehitabel Coggeshall, daughter of - Coggeshall, of - -, Novem- ber 6. 1790.
Hon. James Davenport died Angust 3, 1797, in the 38th year of his age .*
His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Davenport, died November 30. 1804, aged 41.
Children,-by his first wife
88 Elizabeth
Cogswell, born January 27, 1778. Married Charles Apthrop, Esq., of Bos- lon, merehant. She is mother of the wife of Rev. Dr. Bushnell, of Hartford, Conn.
89 James Hunt- ington, born November 11, 1779. Died in infancy
Children,-by his second wife.
90 Abigail
Fitch,
born November 17, 1791. Married Rev.
Whelpley, of the
City of New York.
91 Mary Ann, born November 11, 1793. Married Rev. Matthias Bruen, of the City of New York. He died Sep- tember 6, 1829, aged 36.
92 Frances
Louisa, born November Jo, 1795. Married Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Skinner, of the City of New York.
" Called in early life to the important offices of a JJudge of the Court of Common Picas, a Member of the Council of the State, and Representative to the Congress of the United States, he discharged the respective duties of these offices, as well as the various duties of private life, with honor to himself, and fidelity to his country."
[Tombstone, Stamford burying-ground. ]
WILLIAM GOODRICH.
67. p. 79.
ELIZUR GOODRICH, born October 18, 1734, settled in Dur- ham, Conn., married Katharine, daughter of Hon. Elihu Chauncey, February 1, 1759 ; she was born April 11, 1741.
Rev. Elizur Goodrich, D. D., died November 21, 1797. Mrs. Katharine Goodrich, died April 8, 1830.
Children.
1 Chauncey, born October 20, 1759. U. S. Senator, and Lieut. Governor of Connecticut. Died August 18, 1815.
2 Elizin, born March 24, 1761.
3 Samuel, born January, 12, 1763.
4 Elihu, born September 16, 1764.
5 Charles Au-
Died numarried.
gustus, born March 2, 1768. Died unmarried.
6 Nathan, born August 5, 1770. Died young.
7 Catharine, born December 2, 1775. Married Rev. David Smith, D. D., of Durham, Conn. Died in 1845.
2.
ELIZUR GOODRICH married Anne Willard Allen, only daugli- ter of Daniel and Esther Allen, September 1, 1785.
Hon. Elizur Goodrich died at New Haven, Conn., November 1, 1849.
Mrs. Anne Willard Goodrich died November 17, 1818.
Children.
8 Elizur, boru October
3, 1787. Married Eliza, danghter of Gen. Henry Champion, October 25, 1818. Resi- dence, Hartford.
9 Chauncey Allen, born October 23, 1790. Married Julia, daughter of Noah Web- ster, LL. D.
10 Nancy, born January 1, 1793. Married Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth. Died January 15, 1847.
3.
SAMUEL GOODRICH married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. John Ely, July 29, 1784.
Rev. Samuel Goodrich died at Berlin, April 19, 1835. Mrs. Elizabeth Goodrich died at Berlin, March 3, 1837.
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GOODRICH FAMILY.
Children.
11 Sarah Wor- thington, born August
7, 1785. Married 1. Amos Cooke. 2. Ilon. Fred-
eric Wolcott. Died
12 Elizabethı, born April 26, 1787. Married Rev. Noalı Coe.
13 Abigail, born November 29, 1788.
Married Rev. Samuel Whittlesey.
14 Charles An- gustus, born August 19, 1790. Married Sarah Upson.
15 Catharine, born December 4, 1791. Married Daniel Dunbar, of Berlin.
16 Samuel Griswold, born August 19, 1793. Married 1. Adaline Bradley. 2. Mary Boot.
17 Elihn
Chauncey, born November 18, 1795. Died June 9, 1797.
48 Mary Ann, born May 20, 1799. Married Hon. N. B. Smith, of Wood- bury.
19 Emily
Chauncey, born November 25, 1801. Died October 22, 1803.
20 Emily
Chauncey, born November 13, 1805. Married Rev. Darius Mead. Died
WILLIAM SPENCER.
WILLIAM SPENCER, brother of Thomas and Jared, had been at Cambridge, in 1631, and was a representative in 1634-5. He was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn., and in 1639, a selectman of that town ; was married (in England probably) to Agnes -, about 1633. [After his death, she was married to William Edwards, who, likewise, was one of the first settlers of Hartford.]
Mr. Spencer was one of the deputies in the General Court in 1639, and appointed with Mr. Wyllis, and Mr. Webster to prepare the first revisal of the laws in that year.
William Spencer, Esq., died in 1640.
Mrs. Agnes Spencer, alias Edwards, died -.
FIRST GENERATION.
Children of William Spencer and Agnes Spencer his wife.
I. Samuel, born
II. Sarah, born
1636. Married John Case, of Windsor, and Simsbury, Conn.
III. Elizabeth, born
DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OE SAMUEL SPENCER, SON OF WILLIAM SPENCER, THE SETTLER.
SECOND GENERATION.
SAMUEL SPENCER, of Hartford, Conn., was married to Saralı. daughter of -- , of
Mrs. Sarah Spencer died April 24, 1706. Mr. Samuel Spencer died about 1716.
Children.
1668.
4 Samuel, born
5 Sarah, born
6 Hannah, born
7 Elizabeth, born
8 Rachel, born
9 Mary,
born
1681.
10 Abigail,
born
11 Agnes,
born
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SPENCER FAMILY.
THIRD GENERATION. 1.
SAMUEL SPENCER, first of Hartford. Conn., then of Colchester, Conn., afterwards of Bolton, in the same State, was married to Hepzibah Church, daughter of Deacon Edward Church, of Hat- field, Mass,, son of Richard Church, one of the first settlers of Hartford, September 16, 1696. at Hatfield.
Mrs. Hepzibah Spencer died at Bolton, September 13, 1745, in the 66th year of her age. [Gravestone, Bolton burying-ground.]
Mr. Samuel Spencer died at Bolton, March 26, 1748, in the 80th year of his age. [Gravestone, Bolton burying-ground.]
Children.
12 William, born February
9, 1698. Died September 28, 1702.
13 Hepzibah,
born December 28, 1701.
14 Samuel, born March 8, 1705.
15 William, born August 9, 1708.
16 Edward,
born April 29, 1711.
17 Sarah, born September 4, 1711.
Married - Downer. They removed to Susquehannah Co., Penn., where they both died; they had one child only, a son, who died in infancy.
18 Caleb,
born June 28, 1718.
19 Job,
born 1722.
20 Phillip, born April
30, 1724, in Bolton. {Bolton Records. ]
5.
SARAH SPENCER was married to Joseph Easton, of Hartford, Conn., son of Joseph Easton, of Hartford, and grandson of Joseph Easton, one of the first settlers of the same town, 1694.
Mr. Joseph Easton died
His widow, Mrs. Sarah Easton, died
Children.
21 Timothy, bap. August
11, 1695.
22 Joseph, bap. October
16, 1697.
23 Sarah, bap. January 2, 1700.
24 Samuel, bap. February 14, 1702.
25 Elisha, bap. March 11, 1704.
26 Elijah, bap. [no date. ]
6.
HANNAH SPENCER Was married to Caleb Stanley, JJr., Esq., of Hartford, Con., May 13, 1696.
Mrs. Hannah Stanley died December 5, 1702. Caleb Stanley, Esq., died January 4, 1712, aged 37.
Children,-none.
7.
ELIZABETH SPENCER was married to Nathaniel Marsh, of Hartford, Conn.
Lieut. Nathaniel Marsh, died in 17:48. His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Marsh, died
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Children.
27 Hannah, born
28 Nathaniel, born
29 Daniel, bap. October, 30,1709.
30 Lemuel, bap.
8.
RACHEL SPENCER was married to Joseph Cook, of Hartford, Conn., October 8, 1705.
Mr. Joseph Cook, died November 1, 1747, aged 67.
His widow, Mrs. Rachel Cook, died
Children,-none.
9.
MARY SPENCER was married to Cyprian Nichols, of Hartford, Conn., May 24, 1705. She was his second wife. ,[His first wife, to whom he was married was Helena Talcott, daughter of the " Hon. Lieutenant John Talcott," of Hartford, and of Helena, his wife, daughter of the Rev. Jolin Wakeman, of New Haven. She died about 1703. By this marriage, Mr. Nichols had one child only, a daughter, Elizabeth, bap. January, 14, 1700; who was married to William Davenport, of Hartford, being his second wife.]
Capt. Cyprian Nichols died January 2, 1756, aged 84.
His widow, Mrs. Mary Nichols, died February 15, 1756, aged 75.
Children.
31 Cyprian, bap. February 14, 1706. Was married to Agnes Humphreys, daughter of Nathaniel Humphreys, of the same town, 1732. [ After his death she was married to Isaac Sey- of Hartford, by whom he had two children, Isaac and Lydia. Mr. Isaac Seymour died January 14, 1755, in the 32d year of his age.] Mr. Cyp- rian Nichols died 1745, aged 39. Mrs. Agnes Nichols, alias Seymour, died of small-pox, December 29, 1793, aged 82. Children,-Rachel, bap. Novem- ber 18, 1833; George, bap. December 13, 1741, married Eunice -. She died April, 1794, aged 48.
32 James, . bap. February 2, 1708.
Married Mary Wadsworth, of Hartford, January 22, 1738. She died July 26, 1783, aged 69. He died December 18, 1785.
33 William, bap. January, 1710.
Was married to Mary Farnsworth, daughter of Joseph Farnsworth, of the same town, February 5, 1739. Capt. William Nichols died of fever, on his passage from Ireland to An- tigua, September 3, 1767, in the 56th year of his age. His widow, Mrs. Mary Nichols, died October 13, 1771, aged 52. Children,-Rachel, bap. February 17, 1740; William, bap. Oc tober 4, 1741, died October 12, 1792,
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SPENCER FAMILY.
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34 Helena, bap. December,
1711.
Was twice married. 1. To James Me- Ilroy, of Hartford, Conn., formerly of Northampton, Mass., December 12, 1736. He died September 30, 1751, aged -. 2. To Thomas Long, of Hartford, 1754. Mrs. Helena Long, alias Mellroy, died February 10, 1762, aged 51. Mr. Thomas Long died . Children,-none. Was married to Moses Griswold, of Windsor, Conn., June 26, 1740. He was son of Benjamin Griswold, of Windsor, and of Elizabeth Cook, his wife. Mrs. Mary Griswold died De- cember 27, 1775, in the 63d year of her age. Capt. Moses Griswold died January 4, 1776, in the 62d year of his age. Children,-Moses, born , married Anna Holcomb, danghi- ter of - Holcomb, of - He settled in Windsor, but subsequently removed to Ilerkimer, N. Y., and had children, born in Windsor, Anna, born February 17, 1766: Moses Nieh- ols, born January 4, 1768; Anson, born September 30, 1769; Vashti, born April 1, 1774. Mary, born 1742, married Augustin Drake, of Wind- sor, Conn. He died May 6, 1777, aged 53; she died January 22, 1816, aged 78; they had children, Mary, born September 3, 1761; Elihu, born September 24, 1763; Martha, born September 20, 1765; Job, born Au- gust 23, 1767, he was father of Rich- ard G. Drake, Esq., of the firm of Chapman & Drake, of Hartford, At- tornies at Law; Rhoda, born ---; Lucy G., born Hannah, born
, married Abijah Enos, of Windsor, where they settled ; remov- ed thence to Rutland, Ver., and after- wards, from Rutland to Western New York. Lucy, born 1753, mar- ried Joseph Alford, of Windsor, 1772. Ile died November 1, 1826, aged 79; she died April 10, 1835, aged 82; they had children, Lucy, born December 17, 1772; William born May 3, 1774; Joseph, born May 16, 1776; Mary, born August 19, 1778. Rowel, born July, 1781; Moses, born April, 1783; Alamathea, born September 17, 1785; Sophia, born 1788; Eleanor, born May, 1791. 10, 1726. Died in childhood.
36 Rachel, born June
aged 51; Mary, bap. April 10, 1743; Abigail, bap. April 7, 1745, died Au- gust 5, 1750; Cyprian, bap. June 18, 1749, died December 28, 1749; Abi- gail, bap. May, 1751, died February 8, 1753; Caty, bap. February 24, 1754; Anna, bap. January 16, 1756: James, bap. July 10, 1757, died Sep- tember 14, 1790, aged 33; Hannah, bap. March 2, 1760.
35 Mary,
born October 4, 1713.
40
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37 Sarah, bap. June
8, 1718.
38 Hannalı,
bap. May
8, 1720.
Married Return Strong, of Windsor, Conn., January 19, 1744.
Was married to Elisha Bigelow, of Hart- ford, Conn., 1747. Mrs. Hannah Big- elow died September 26, 1795, aged 75. Mr. Elisha Bigelow died June 22, 1796, aged 73. Children,-James, bap. May 8, 1848, died in childhood ; William, bap. May 21, 1749; Elisha, bap. December 23, 1750, died Octo- ber 23, -; Cyprian, bap. Decem- ber 17, 1752; Normand, bap. October 13, 1754, died October 16, 1758; Rod- erick, bap. September 5, 1756; Sam- uel, bap. June 18, 1758, died October 21, 1758; Normand, bap. May 27, 1759; Samuel, bap. February 22, 1761; Edward, bap. January 30, 1763; Hannah, bap. May 5, 1765.
39 Thankful, bap. July
22, 1722.
Was married to Ebenezer Barnard, of Hartford, Conn., July 17, 1747, at Wethersfield. [Wethersfield Church Records.] After her death, he was again married to - by whom he had two children. Mrs. Thankful Barnard died August 25, 1780, aged 58. Mr. Ebenezer Barnard died April 19, 1799, aged 73. Children,-Thank- ful, bap. March 24, 1751, married Rev. Allyn Mather, of New Haven, and after his death, Ebenezer Town- send, Esq., of New Haven. He died -; she died in Middletown, Conn., at the house of her son-in-law, Na- than Starr; she had children, by her first husband, Increase, died in in- fancy; Allyn, was a lawyer, but left his profession, and went to sea as commander of a ship employed in the European trade, and was lost in the English channel, in a storm; Sophia; the children by her sec- ond husband, were Elihu, settled in the city of New York, died 1853, was of the late firm of Nevins & Townsend, of that city, brokers; Grace, married Nathan Starr, of Mid- dletown. Cyprian, bap. September 2, 1753, settled in Hartford, died No- vember, 1832; had several children, among them, Edwin Barnard, of Wa- terville, Wis., merchant. Timothy, bap. June 20, 1756, settled in Hart- ford, but subsequently removed to Mendon, Munroe Co., New York, married Phebe Dewey, daughter of Daniel Dewey, of Sheffield, Mass .; he died March 29, 1847; she died -; they had ten children, among them, Hon. Timothy Barnard and E. Henry Barnard, both of Mendon, and Hon. Daniel D. Barnard, of Al- bany, N. Y. Daniel, bap. July 13, 1760, died October 7, 1763. Ebene- zer, born 1761, settled in Hartford, married Elizabeth Lane; she died -; he died May 8, 1827, aged 78;
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SPENCER FAMILY.
they had no children. Charles, bap. August 28, 1763, died February 20, 1765.
10.
ABIGAIL SPENCER was married to Joseph Symonds, of Hart- ford, Conn., March 3, 1708. Mrs. Abigail Symonds died Mr. Joseph Symonds died February, 1756.
Children.
40 Abigail, bap. July 10, 1709.
41 Joseph, bap. February 25, 1711. Died in childhood.
42 Mary, bap. June 29, 1712. Died in childhood.
43 Joseph, bap. Jannary 31, 1714.
44 Samuel, born
45 Benjamin, born
46 William, born
47 Agnes, born
18 Sarah, born
11.
AGNES SPENCER was twice married. 1. To Nathaniel Humph- ries, of Hartford, Conn., March 11, 1709. He died December, 1711, aged -. 2. To John Hubbard of the same town, October, 1715. He was the son of Samuel Hubbard, of Hartford, and was born in August, 1691.
He died
She died
Children,-by her first husband.
49 Dosetheus, born December 4, 1703.
50 Agnes, born 1711. Married Cyprian Nichols, Jr., of Hart- ford.
Children,-by her second husband.
51 Hannah, born December 25, 1716.
52 Abigail, born January 29, 1719. 53 Jolın. born April 25, 1721.
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