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Mr. Nathaniel Dwight died at Springfield, Mass., November 7, 1711, aged 46.
His widow, Mrs. Mehitabel Dwight, died at Northampton, Octo- ber 19, 1756, aged 82.
Children.
20 Timothy, born October 19, 1694, in Hatfield. 21 Samuel, born June 28, 1696, in Northampton, married Mary Lyman. Lived in Suffield, Conn., and in Mid- dletown, Conn., some years in each place, but finally settled in Somers, Conn.
32 Mehitabel, born November 11, 1697, in Northampton. Died December 22, 1697.
23 Daniel,
born April
29, 1699, in Hatfield. Yale College, 1721. Was Episcopal Clergyman, located near Charlestown, S. C., at St. Johns. Married 1. Christina, daughter of Gov. Boughton. She died without issue. 2. Esther Cordis, by whom he had 5 children.
24 Seth, born March 3, 1702, in Northampton. Died September 12, 1703.
25 Elihu, born February 17, 1704, in Northampton. Died in Philadelphia, in 1728, without children. Is called cordwainer.
26 Abia,
twins. born February 17, 1704, in Northampton. Married Samuel Kent, of Suffield, Conn., February 28, 1722. 27 Mehitabel, born November 2, 1705, in Northampton. Married Abraham Burbank, of Suffield, January 31, 1728.
28 Jonathan, born March 14, 1708, in Northampton. Married Mary Lane. Settled at Boston. Had children. Died at Halifax, N. S.
29 Anna, born July
2, 1710, in Northampton. Married Abel Cald- well.
30 Nathaniel, born June 20, 1712, (posthumous,) in Northampton. Lived in Belchertown, Mass. Was a Snr- veyor, &c. Married Mary Lyman.
16.
HENRY DWIGHT, of Hatfield, Mass., was married to Lydia Hawley, daughter of Capt. Joseph Hawley, of Northampton, Mass., August 27, 1702.
Henry Dwight, Esq., died March 20, 1732, in the 56th year of his age.
His widow, Mrs. Lydia Dwight, died April 27, 1748, in the 68th year of her age.
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DWIGHT FAMILY.
Children.
31 Joseph,
born October 16, 1703.
Died June 9, 1764.
32 Seth, born August
18, 1707.
Died June 7, 1774.
33 Dorathy,
born September 17, 1709.
Died July 12, 1745.
34 Lydia,
born April
25, 1712.
35 Annas,
born August
14, 1714.
Died same mouth.
36 Josiah,
born October 23, 1715.
Died September 28, 1768. Was a wealthy Springfield merchant; the richest man, it is said, in the old county of Hampshire, at the time of his death. Died October 28, 1755.
37 Edmuud,
born January 10, 1717.
38 Simeon,
born February 18, 1719.
Died February 21, 1778.
39 Elisha, born May 25, 1722. Died in 1803.
40 Anna,
born September 2, 17:24.
Died December 22, 1802.
FOURTH GENERATION.
20.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT, of Northampton, Mass., was married to Experience King, daughter of the second John King, of North- ampton, in 1716. 1le was a Surveyor, a Magistrate, Judge of Probate, &c., and usually called Col. Dwight.
Mrs. Experience Dwight died December 15, 1763, in the 71st year of her age.
Col. Timothy Dwight died April 30, 1771, aged 76.
Children.
41 Eleanor, born
1717. Married Phineas Lyman, of Suffield, Conn., afterwards Gen. Lyman.
42 Gamaliel, born
1718. Died in infancy.
43 Gamaliel, born
1720. Died young.
44 Timothy, born
1726.
31.
JOSEPH DWIGHT, of Brookfield, Mass., afterwards of Great Barrington, in the same State, was twice married. 1. To Mary Pynchon, daughter of Col. John Pynchon. of Springfield, Mass., August 11, 1726. She died March 29. 1751, aged -. 2. To Abigail Sargeant, widow of Rev. John Sargeant, deceased, of Stockbridge, and daughter of Col. Ephraim Williams, of Stock- bridge, about 1752.
Hon. General Joseph Dwight died June 9, 1765, aged 62 .*
Mrs. Abigail Dwight, alias Sargeant, died February 15, 1791, aged 69.
Children,-by his first wife.
45 Mary, born June 22, 1727. Died July 10, 1731.
46 Dorathy, born November 13, 1729. Married Hon. Jedediah Foster, of Brookfield, Mass.
* He was Lieutenant-Colonel in the Militia, -Brigadier-General in the expedition to Louis- burg, in 1745,-many years a member of the Council,-Speaker of the House of Represen- tatives,- Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester, from 1743 to 1750,-and after his removal to Great Barrington, was appointed in 1761, Judge of the County Court and Judge of Probate for that County.
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47 Lydia, born January . 3, 1732.
48 Henry, born December 22, 1733.
49 Mary, born January 26, 1736.
50 Bathsheba, born March 12, 1738.
51 Elijah, born April 23, 1740.
52 Moses, born October 29, 1742.
53 Joseph, born January 23, 1745.
Married Rev. Dr. J, Willard, of Shef- field, Maxs.
Died February 28, 1756. Married Capt. John Lock. Died at Deerfield, Mass. Died January 11, 1761.
Died May 22, 1764. Settled at Great Barrington, Mass. Was Col. in the Militia, Senator, Judge of Court of Common Pleas, for Berkshire county. Married Anna Williams, by whom he had seven children.
Children,-by his second wife.
54 Pamelia, born June 26, 1753. Married Hon. Theodore Sedgwick, of Stockbridge, being his second wife.
55 Henry, Williams, born September 15, 1757.
FIFTH GENERATION. 44.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT, of Northampton, Mass., was married to Mary Edwards, daughter of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, Pastor of the Church at Northampton, afterwards President of the Col- lege in New Jersey, November 8, 1750.
Timothy Dwight, Esq., died at Natchez, June 10, 1772, aged 52. His widow, Mrs. Mary Dwight, died at Northampton, February 28. 1807, in the 73d year of her age.
Children.
56 Timothy, born May
3, 1752, O. S. D. D., LL.D., Yale College, 1769. Ordained Pastor over the Church and Congregation in the Parish of Greenfield, in Fairfield County, November 12, 1783. Inaugurated President of Yale College, 1795, Married Mary Woolsey, daughter of Benjamin Woolsey, Esq., of Dorsons, L. I., by whom he had 8 sons. Ile died January 11, 1817, aged 64.
57 Sereno Ed- wards. born December 10, 1754.
58 Erastus, born September 13, 1756. 59 Jonathan, born Jannary 29, 1759. 60 Sarah, born May 29, 1761. 61 Mary, born Jannary 9, 1763. 62 Theodore, born December 16, 1764.
Married Cynthia Pomeroy. Died unmarried, in 1825. Married a Wright. Married a Storrs.
Married Abby Alsop, of Middletown, Conn. Ife was an eminent lawyer. Settled in Hartford, Conn., but sub- sequently removed to the City of New York, where he died in 1846.
63 Manrice William, born December 15, 1766. 64 Fidelia, born August 7, 1768.
65 Nathaniel, born January 31, 1770.
Married Jonathan Edwards Porter, of Hadley, Mass., January 16, 1793. Married Rebecca Robbins, daughter of Appleton Robbins, Esq., of Wethers- field, Conn., June 20, 1798. Doct. Nathaniel Dwight died June 11, 1831, aged 61. Mrs. Rebecca Dwight died April 28, 1848, aged 77. They had a family of children.
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DWIGHT FAMILY.
66 Elizabeth, born January 29, 1772.
67 Ceeil, born June 20, 1770. Married Mary Clapp.
68 Henry Ed-
win, born September 20, 1770. Married Electa Centre.
55.
HENRY WILLIAMS DWIGHT, of Stockbridge, Mass., was mar. ried to Abigail Welles, daughter of Ashbel Welles, of West Hart- ford, Conn., June 8, 1796. She was born December 19, 1762.
Henry Williams Dwight., Esq-, died September 15, 1804, aged 50.
His widow, Mrs. Abigail Dwight, died May 31, 1840, aged 77.
Children.
69 Henry W., born February,
70 Edwin
Welles, born November.
1788. Hon. Col. Henry W. Dwight.
1789. Rev. Edwin W. Dwight. Was for several years, Pastor of the Church in Richmond, Mass. Died at Stock- bridge, February 25, 1841.
71 Louis, born March.
1793. Rev. Louis Dwight died July 12, 1854, at Boston, aged 61. Ho was Seere- tary of the Prison Discipline Society. from its original formation in 1825. " Though the life of Mr. Dwight was not prolonged beyond its grand eli macterie, yet it has been a long life when estimated by the 'great end ' it answered." [ Puritan Recorder, July 20, 1854. | Mr. Dwight was married May 20, 1824, to Lonisa H. Willis, daughter of Deacon Nathaniel Willis, of Boston. She died April 6, 1849. Mr. Dwight leaves three children, one of whom is the wife of Rev. William T. Enstis, of New Haven, Com.
DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OF HANNAII DWIGHT, DAUGHTER OF JOHN DWIGHT, THE SETTLER.
SECOND GENERATION.
HANNAH DWIGHIT was married to Nathaniel Whiting, of Ded- ham, Mass., March 4, 1643.
Mr. Nathaniel Whiting died JJanuary 15, 1682 .* %
Ilis widow, Mrs. Hannah Whiting, died November 4, 1714. aged 89.
Children.
72 Nathaniel, born September 7, 1644.
73 .John, born September 29, 1646. Died in early life.
74 John, born October 9, 1647. Died in infancy.
* The first mention we find of Nathaniel Whiting is, that he had a grant of ten acres of land in Lynn, in 1638. The next notice of him appears in Dedham, where he joined the Church on the 30th of July, 1641, and where he continued to reside until his death.
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75 Samuel, born November 20, 1649.
76 Hannah,
born February
17, 1651.
77 Timothy, born January 5, 1653.
78 Mary,
born July 8, 1656.
Died in infancy.
79 Mary,
born October 12, 1658.
80 Sarah,
born December
3,1660.
81 Abigail,
born June
7,1663.
82 John,
born July 19, 1665.
83 Jonathan,
born October 9, 1667.
84 Judah,
born March 30, 1670.
85 Anna,
born February 25, 1672.
THIRD GENERATION.
82.
JOHN WHITING, of Wrentham, Mass., was married to Mary Billings, of Wrentham, December 24, 1688.
Mrs. Mary Whiting died January 4, 1728.
Mr. John Whiting died in 1732.
Children,-several,-one of them.
86 Nathaniel, born February 2, 1691.
FOURTH GENERATION.
86.
NATHANIEL WHITING, of what was then Medfield, now the Factory Village, in Medway, Mass., was married to Margaret Man, daughter of Rev. Samuel Man, of Wrentham, April 18, 1711. She was born December 21, 1691.
Mrs. Margaret Whiting died January 11, 1775, in her 84th year.
Mr. Nathaniel Whiting died September 4, 1779, aged 87.
Children,7 several,-among them.
87 Nathan, born December 22, 1725.
FIFTH GENERATION.
87.
NATHAN WHITING, of the West Parish of Medway, Mass., was married to Mary Metcalf, daughter of John Metcalf, of Belling- ham. She was sister of Judge Stephen Metcalf, of Bellingham, and was born October 16, 1728.
Lieut. Nathan Whiting died May 9, 1790, aged 64.
His widow, Mrs. Mary Whiting, died in, or about 1798.
Children,-several,-among them.
88 Timothy, born August 5, 1767.
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DWIGHT FAMILY.
SIXTH GENERATION.
88.
TIMOTHY WHITING, of Medway, Mass., was married to Rhoda Bullard, danghter of Timothy Bullard, of Medway, April 20, 1796. She was born December 25, 1771. In 1815, Mr. Whit- ing removed to Washington County, Me., where he owned a tract of land, and where the town of Whiting, in that County, was named after him.
Mrs. Rhoda Whiting died August 15, 1805, aged 33.
Children,-several,-among them.
89 Nathaniel, born
Is Nathaniel Whiting, Esq., of Water- town, Mass.
WILLIAM EDWARDS,
ONE OF THIE
FIRST SETTLERS OF HARTFORD, CONN.
WILLIAM EDWARDS, of Hartford, Conn., and one of the first settlers of that town, was married to Agnes Spencer, widow of William Spencer, who also was one of the first settlers of Hart- ford, about 1645.
Mr. William Edwards died before 1672 .*
Mrs. Agnes Edwards, alias Spencer, died
FIRST GENERATION.
Child of William Edwards, and of Agnes Edwards, his wife,-onc only. 1 Richard, born May, 1647.
* Mrs. Ann Edwards, the mother of Mr. William Edwards, was married in England to her second husband, Mr. James Cole, who, together with her son William Edwards, then a young man, and Abigail Cole, daughter of said JJames Cole, by his first wife, came early into New England, and were among the first settlers of Hartford.
Mr. James Cole died in 1652, leaving a will, of which the following is a copy :-
"I, James Cole, of Hartford, upon the river of Connecticut, being of perfect memory and soundness of minde, doe, according to my duty, (knowing the frailty of my body and uncertainty of my life, for the preventing of distractions to myselfe while I live, and differ- ency in my family when I am gathered to my Fathers, ) make and ordaine this, my last Will and Testament, and doe dispose of that outward estate wherewith the Lord hath of his abundant mercy blessed me in manner following.
" Impri: 1, give to my deare and well-beloved sonn and daughter Daniel and Abigail Sul- lavane, my new dwelling-honse in Hartford, with all other outhousings, orchard, garden, homelott, with all appertinances thereto belonging with one peice of land, being about five acres more or less, lying at penny wise within Wethersfield bounds ; as alsoe, one parcel of upland, being about fowre acres more or less, lying about the Wolfe pound, all web foremen- tioned lands and housing I give to them, and ther heires for ever, provided that my sonn Daniel and daughter Abigail, pay yearly to my deare and Well beloved wife Ann Cole, the just and full summ of three pounds in good current pay during her naturall life. further my Will is, That my wife should have an upper roome at the South end of my new dwelling- house during her widowhood with free liberty of egress and regress without molestation. further, my Will is, that shee my wife Ann Cole, should have the use of their firering for her owne comfort in any respect ; as also any fruit or herbes in the orchard or garden for her owne partienlar spending ; as also the use of the well belonging to the house. further if my wife desires to keep a cow, or a hogg, or some poultry for her perticular use, she providing meat for them, my will is, that she shall have yard roome for Them wher my Sonn Daniels Cattel are nsually yarded.
"Item. I give all my Cooper Tooles equally to be divided between my well-beloved sonn William Edwards, and my Loving Cousen Henry Cole. Item. I give to my deare and well beloved wife Ann Cole, all my household stuff of every kind undisposed of, with all my Cat- tell and Crop of Corne now one the ground with all my debts owing to me, provided that shee pays all my just debts and defray all that charge wch shall be thought necessary by the overseers of this my will, for my christian burial. also, I doe desire and appoint my trusty and well beloved Friends, Mr. John Webster, and William Gibbons overseers of this my will, and. further, I doe appoint my deare and well-beloved Ann Cole, to be my sole exeeutrix of this my last Will and Testament.
" Witnesses,
" JOHN WHITE,
" THOMAS HOSMER."
JAMES COLE."
EDWARDS FAMILY. 19
DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OF RICHARD EDWARDS, SON OF WILLIAM EDWARDS, THE SETTLER.
SECOND GENERATION. I.
RICHARD EDWARDS, of Hartford, Conn., was twice married. 1. To Elizabeth Tuthill, daughter of William Tuthill, of New Haven, in the same State, November 19, 1667. She died . 2. To Mary Talcott, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Talcott, of Hartford, by his first wife, Helena Wakeman, daughter of Rev. John Wakeman, of New Haven, about 1692.
Richard Edwards, Esq., died April 20, 1718, in his 71st year. Ilis widow, Mrs. Mary Edwards, died April 19, 1723, aged 62.
Children,-by his first wife.
2 Mary, born 1668. No trace of her to be found.
3 Timothy, born May
14, 1669. 1671.
4 Abigail, born
5 Elizabeth, born 1675.
6 Ann,
born
1678.
7 Mabel,
bap. December 13, 1685.
8 Child, (un- named,) born [no date.]
Children,-by his second wife.
9 Jonathan, born January 20, 1693. Died March 21, 1693.
10 John, born February 27, 1694.
11 Ilannah,
born January 3, 1696.
12 Richard, born January 5, 1698. Died May 20, 1713.
13 Daniel,
born April 11, 1701.
14 Samuel, born November 1, 1702.
THIRD GENERATION.
3.
Rev. TIMOTHY EDWARDS, of East Windsor, Conn., and Pas- tor of the Church in that town, was married to Esther Stoddard, daughter of the Rev. Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of the Church in Northampton, Mass., November 6, 1694. Mr. Edwards was graduated at Harvard University in 1691, and ordained Pastor of the Church of Christ in East Windsor, May, 1694.
Rev. Timothy Edwards died January 27, 1758, in the 89th year of his age.
Mrs. Ann Cole; alias Ann Edwards, died February 20, 1679. A short time before her decease; she made a verbal disposition of her estate, which, as entered on the Records of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford, is as follows, ris. :
" Mrs. Cole declaring that it was her minde, that after her decease, her home and Land should be to her son William Edwards, he only to have the use & Improvement for himselfe & wife during their naturall life, & then it should return to her Grandson Richard Edwards & to his heires forever, and the like dispose she made of the other part of her estate, as ap- peares by the Testimony of Mr. Saul Willy, Mr. Jonathan Gilbert, and Wm. Edwards, which the Court approves of & confirmes, & this Court Granted Administration upon the cstate to Richard Edwards, who accepted the same in Court."
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His widow, Mrs. Esther Edwards, died January 19, 1771, in the 99th year of her age.
Children.
15 Esther, born August 6, 1695.
16 Elizabeth,
born April
14, 1697.
17 Ann, born April 28, 1699.
18 Mary, born February 11, 1701. Died in East Windsor, September 17, 1776, unmarried.
19 Jonathan, born October 5, 1703.
20 Eunice, born August 20, 1705.
21 Abigail,
born December 25, 1707.
22 Jerusha, born May 30, 1710.
Died December 22, 1729.
23 Hannahı, born February 8, 1713.
24 Lucy, born May 25, 1715. Died August 21, 1736.
25 Martha,
born January 5,1718.
4.
ABIGAIL EDWARDS was twice married. 1. To Benjamin Lathrop, 1689. He died 1690. 2. To Capt. Thomas Stoughton, of East Windsor, Conn., May 19, 1697. She was his second wife. [His first wife, to whom he was married December 31, 1691, was Dorathy Talcott, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Taleott, of Hartford, Conn. She died March 28, 1696, aged 31. By her, Mr. Stoughton had one child only, a daughter Mary, born January 4, 1693, married Pelaliah Allyn, of Windsor.]
Capt. Thomas Stoughton died January 14, 1749, in the 87th year of his age.
Mrs. Abigail Stoughton, alias Lathrop, died January 23, 1754, aged 82.
Children,-by her first husband,-none. Children,-by her second husband.
26 Thomas, born April 9, 1698.
27 Daniel, born August
13, 1699.
28 Benjamin, born April 28, 1701.
29 Timothy, born June 27, 1703.
30 Abigail,
born December 21, 1704.
e 31 David, born September 9, 1706.
32 Mabel, born August 19, 1708.
33 Jonathan, born October 21, 1710. Died August 10, 1733, unmarried.
34 Elizabeth, born December 20, 1712.
35 Isaac,
born November 2, 1714.
5.
ELIZABETH EDWARDS was twice married. 1. To Jacob Dem- ing, of Hartford, Conn., March 14, 1695. He died -. 2. To - Hinckley, of Kingston, R. I. Hinckley died Mrs. Elizabeth Hinckley, alias Deming, died
Children,-by her first husband.
36 Jacob, born March, 1696.
37 Timothy, bap. March 26, 1698.
38 Abigail, born January 21, 1700.
39 Lemuel, born 1702.
Children,-by her second husband, -- if any, their names not found.
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EDWARDS FAMILY.
6.
ANN EDWARDS was twice married. 1. To Jonathan Richard- son, of Stonington, Conn., 1696. He died May 7, 1700. 2. To William Davenport, first of Hartford, Conn., then of Stonington, Conn., and afterwards, of Coventry, Conn., 1702. She was his second wife. His first wife was Elizabeth Nichols, daughter of Cyprian Nichols, of Hartford. She died February 19, 1697, aged 27. By her he had one child only, William.
Mr. William Davenport died in Coventry, June 29, 1742, in the 77th year of his age.
Mrs. Ann Davenport, alias Richardson, died in Coventry, May, 1764, aged about 86.
Children,-by her first husband.
40 Jonathan, bap. November 21, 1697, at Hartford. Settled in Stonington, married Anna Treat, daughter of Rev. Salmon Treat, minister of Pres- ton, Conn., October 25, 1721. Three children are recorded to them.
41 Amos, born June 23, 1700, at Hartford. Settled in Coventry. Mar- ried Rachel Yarrington, of Long Island. He died in 1779. They had 14 children.
Children, -- by her second husband.
42 Humphrey, born
1703. Settled in Coventry. Married Hannah Fitch, May 9, 1737. He died Janu- ary 19, 1750, aged 47. They had no children.
43 Ann, bap. August 26, 1705, at Hartford. Married Habakuk Turner, of Coventry. She died November, 1780, aged 75. He died January, 44 Elizabeth, born 1792, in the 87tlı year of his age. Married Nathaniel Gove, of Coventry. He died December, 1763. She died September. 1783.
45 Rachel, born 46 Richard, born 1716. Settled in Coventry. Married Allice She died February, 1772. He died October 16, 1803, aged 87. They had 6 children.
7.
MABEL EDWARDS was married to Jonathan Bigelow, of Hart- ford, Conn., December 14, 1699.
Mr. Jonathan Bigelow died July 29, 1749, aged 75.
His widow, Mrs. Mabel Bigelow, died May 16, 1765, in the 80th year of her age.
47 Timothy, born June
Children.
20, 1702. Married Abigail Olcott, daughter of John Olcott, of Hartford, 1727. After his death, she was married to Capt. Daniel Goodwin, of Hartford, Novem- ber 6, 1748, being his second wife. Mr. Timothy Bigelow died in June, 1747. Mrs. Abigail Goodwin, alias Bigelow, died December 26, 1776, aged 73. Seven children are record- ed to Timothy and Abigail Bigelow.
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48 Mabel, bap. November 6, 1703. Married Daniel Seymour, Jun., of Hartford. She died November 10, 1757. He died September 21, 1769. Four children are recorded to them. bap. November 5, 1708. bap. November 4, 1711. Died, unmarried, January 8, 1754. Married Daniel Marsh, of Oxford Society, East Hartford, Conn. She died March 27, 1790, in the 79tl year of her age. He died Novem- ber 6, 1795, in the 85th year of his age. They had children.
49 Rebecca, 50 Irena,
51 .Jonathan, bap. June
27, 1714.
Married Tabitha Coleman, of Hart- ford, Conn. He died January 23, 1779, in the 65th year of his age. She died September 17, 1785, aged 70. They had 7 children, among them Hannah, born in 1738, married Captain John Barnard, of Hartford. She died March 13, 1800, aged 62. He died in December, 1813. They were the grand-parents of Hon. Henry Barnard, LL. D., Superintend- ent of the Public Schools of Connecti- cut, and President of the Connecticut Historical Society. [After her death, Mr. John Barnard was married to Martha Stanley, widow of Frederick Stanley, of Hartford, and sister of his first wife, by whom he had no issue. She died November 11, 1823, aged 71.] 1717. Married Elisha Butler, of Hartford. She died Angust 17, 1777, aged 60. He died April 27, 1780, aged 65. They had no children.
52 Jerusha, born
10.
JOHN EDWARDS, of Hartford, Conn., was married to Christian Williamson, supposed sister of Caleb Williamson, of Hartford. formerly of Barnstable, Mass., December 14, 1719.
Mrs. Christian Edwards died January 18, 1769, aged -. Deacon John Edwards died May 16, 1769, aged 75.
Children.
53 Mary, born August 20, 1721.
54 Richard,
born October 26, 1723.
55 Christian,
bap. September 25, 1726.
56 Sarah, -
twins. bap. February 9, 1729.
{ Died in childhood.
57 Abigail, §
58 Jernsha,
bap. May 30, 1731. Died in early life.
59 Jolm,
bap. February 3, 1734. Died in early life.
11.
HANNAII EDWARDS was married to Joseph Backus, Jun., of Norwich, Conn., afterwards of Hartford, in the same State, and subsequently of Norwich, March 1, 1722.
Mrs. Hannah Backus died in Hartford, October, 1747, aged 51. Mr. Joseph Backus died in Norwich.
Children.
60 William, born April
20, 1723, in Norwich.
61 Mary, bap. October
31, 1725, in Hartford.
62 Hannah,
bap. April
21, 1728, in Hartford.
63 Joseph, bap. August
22, 1731, in Hartford.
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EDWARDS FAMILY.
13.
DANIEL EDWARDS, of Hartford, Conn., was married to Sarah Hooker, daughter of Nathaniel Hooker, of Hartford, and grand- daughter of the Rev. Samuel Hooker, Pastor of the Church in Farmington, in the same State, 1728.
Hon. Daniel Edwards died at New Haven, Con., September 6, 1765, in the 65th year of his age.
His widow, Mrs. Sarah Edwards, died JJuly 31, 1775, aged 70.
Children,-several,-all which died in infancy, except,
64 Sarah, 65 Daniel,
born bap. May
1739. 23, 1746. Died in childhood.
11.
SAMUEL EDWARDS, of Hartford, Conn., was married to Jerusha Pitkin, daughter of William Pitkin, of Hartford, east side, and grand-daughter of Hon. William Pitkin, one of the early settlers of Hartford, 1731. [After the death of Mr. Edwards, she was married to Rev. Ashbel Woodbridge, Pastor of the Church in Glastonbury, Conn., November 17, 1739. He died Angust 6, 1758, in the 55th year of his age. Ile was son of Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, 6th minister of the First Church in Hartford.]
Mr. Samuel Edwards died November 4, 1732, aged 30.
Mrs. Jerusha Edwards, alias Woodbridge, died July 31, 1799, in the 89th year of her age.
66 Jerusha, bap. October
Child,-one only. 1, 1732. Married John Welles, of Glastenbury, son of the Hon. Thomas Welles, of the same town, March 7, 1753.
FOURTH GENERATION.
15.
ESTHER EDWARDS was married to Rev. Samuel Hopkins, see- ond Pastor of the First Church in West-Springfield, Mass., June 28, 1727.
Rev. Mr. Samuel Hopkins died October 5, 1755, in the 62d year of his age.
Ilis widow, Mrs. Esther Hopkins, died JJune 17, 1766, in the 72d year of her age.
67 Timothy, bap. June
68 Samuel, bap. October 20, 1729.
Children. 23, 1728. Married Dinah Miller, of West-Spring- field, Mass., December 9, 1756. Minister of Hadley, Mass. Was twice married. 1. To Sarah Williams, widow of Rev. Chester Williams, his predecessor in the ministry at Had- fey, and daughter of Hon. Eleazur Porter, of Hadley, 1756. She died February 5, 1774, aged 48. 2. To Margaret Stoddard, of Chelmsford, Mass., October, 1776. She died Oc-
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