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We see, therefore, that these principles of freedom, which made us what we are, were of Divine origin ;- that they were silently and slowly infused into certain walks and grades of life in the old world, and that, when sufficiently matured and strengthened for the purpose, they were trans- planted to this country by men of strong arms, and stronger hearts-with power to will and power to do: a noble race of men, whom we glory in calling our ancestors. Whether or no men agree with all their views and fancies, they can not doubt the devotion, the honesty, the resolution, the bravery, and the self-sacrificing spirit of our fathers. They felt that they had a high and holy mission to the world, and though they may have sometimes erred in their mode of declaring it, the present condition and prospects of our country are clear evidence that they were not mistaken. If, then, there be any meaning in history, any teachings in God's providence- any lesson for the future to be learned from the experience of the past, the duty of the American citizen is among the highest and holiest upon earth; and he who would dismem- ber this glorious Union, or resist the peaceable operations of its laws, must be blind to the past, careless of the present, and heedless of the future. The voice that bid Israel go in and possess Canaan might have been more audible, but was no more certain than that which bids us be a great, a free,
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and a happy people. We have but to listen to that voice, to obey its behests, and, in the fear of GOD, to march on in the way He has marked out, to make the town, the State, the nation, preëminent above all others-as the name im- ports-
GLASTENBURY FOREVER.
APPENDIX I.
ORIGINAL SURVEY OF NAUBUC, WITH SOME GENEALOGI- CAL ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILIES POSSESSING THE FARMS.
THE land lying on the East side of the Connecticut river, within the bounds of what was then Wethersfield, was the first tract of land in the Colony regu- larly surveyed, and laid out in farms,-this having been done previous to 1640. By this survey all the land from Hartford line to the vicinity of Roaring brook had been laid out in farms of various widths, each being bound- ed by the Great river West, and by the wilderness East, each being three miles long. The object of this seems to have been, that every one might possess a due proportion of meadow, of upland suitable for cultivation, and of woodland, furnishing the fuel and timber for all necessary purposes.
We give below, a comparative view of the farms surveyed at Naubuc, about 1639 and 40,-the names of the persons to whom they were set, and the width of the same. To this we have added, for the sake of comparison, the lots as they stood in 1684, with some occasional lines as they now stand on the highway, enabling persons of the present day to ascertain the original loca- tion of their farms. A few of the names and quantities towards the northern part, are something in doubt as they stand in the first column, having been deduced from a comparison of the recorded and unrecorded lots. But the principal ones are certain, and the remainder sufficiently accurate to pre- vent any material error.
To this we have added brief genealogies of those families whose descend- ants still remain here, so far as we have been able to procure them. There are no doubt materials for enlarging this part, indefinitely almost. Our ob- ject has been, to show the relation and descent of the householders in Glas- tenbury, at the time of the incorporation of the Town and building of the Meeting House, with the early settlers of Wethersfield. These householders are designated by being printed in large capitals. Those who have repre- sented the Town in the General Assembly, have an asterisk (*) prefixed to their names.
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Naubuc Farms : from Hartford, South. 1640. 1684.
1853.
RODS WIDE.
RODS WIDE.
1 George Wyllis,
80 Samuel Wyllis, 174}
2 John Deming, 263
3 Robert Bates,
30}
4 Richard Gildersleeve,
37}
5 Joseph Sherman, 40 Thomas Bunce, 40
6 Thurston Rayner, 55 Richard Smith,
55
7 Thomas Welles,
72} Samuel Welles,
723
Thaddeus Welles.
Richard Smith,
25
Hebron Turnpike.
8
47-
James Wright,
22
9
22 Edward Benton, 22
Mr. Wyllis, 8
Meeting House.
10 Rev. Henry Smith, 40 Samuel Hale,
32
11 Samuel Sherman, Richard Gildersleeve,
44 Capt. Talcott,
44 Talcotts.
12 Samuel Smith,
22} Wm. Wickham,
22}
13 Thomas Uffoot,
19} William Goodrich, 19}
14 George Hubbard, 321
John Hubbard, 60
G Highway.
16 Robert Rose,
52 Samuel Smith, 52
17 John Gibbs,
22 William Miller, 22
D. Watrous.
High way,
15
2 rods.
18 Nathaniel Foote, 32
19 Mr. Parke, 17
20 Abraham Finch,
10
James Richards, 93
21 John Plum, 34
22 John Thomson, 7
John Edwards, 273
23 John Edwards, 81
David Hubbard.
15 George Wyllis,
30
161
1640.
1684.
1853.
24 Frances Kilborn,
18 John Kilborn,
18
Austiu Kilborn, Esq., 15
25 Thomas Coleman,
15 Coleman,
15
26 Jeffrey Ferris,
74
Thomas Welles,
18
27 John Whitmore,
9
28 John Robbins,
22
Eleazer Kimberley,
22
Misses Smith,
22
29 Thomas Wright,
7
Jno. Wright,
7
30 Robert Cooe,
13
31 James Boosie,
14
32 Leonard Chester,
72
Osmer Hale.
33 Clement Chaplain, 200
Messrs. Graves,
37} Elijah Miller.
Gershom Bulkley,
37}
John Hollister,
37}
34 Matthew Mitchel,
150 Robert Rose,
374
35
John Hollister,
(20)?
Treat Farm,
310
G. T. V. 1720.
36
This width must have been computed from the mouth of Roaring Brook, South.
37
Samuel Hale, Jr., 133
38
Rich. Smith, Jr.,
13%
39
John Hollister,
133
40
John Waddams,
13}
41
Caleb Benjamin, 132
42
Thomas Edwards,
133
43
Richard Treat,
13%
44
Thomas Loveland, 133
Undivided land until 1743.
(285) ?
Thomas Brewer, 81
Rev. T. Stevens, 25
Middletown.
Chatham.
Portland.
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1. GEORGE WYLLIS. The first lot on the North was 80 rods wide, con- taining 480 acres, and was set out to George Wyllis. Mr. W. came to America from Fenny Compton, England, where he left a large estate. He was chosen Lieutenant Governor of the colony in 1641, and Governor in 1642. He died in March, 1644, leaving his property in Naubuc to his son Samuel, who added other lots by purchase from Strickling, Morehouse, Sher- wood, Talcott, Gibbins, Fletcher, and others, containing in all 567} acres. To all this, the General Court in 1670, added a mile in length, his farm then being 174} rods in width. Samuel W. was born in England, graduated at Harvard, 1653, and the next year at the early age of twenty-one, was elected an Assistant, and to the same office annually, until 1684. He married Ruth, daughter of Gov. Haynes. He died in 1709, leaving several children, among whom was Hezekiah, who inherited the property in Naubuc.
Hezekiah Wyllis married Elizabeth, the daughter of the Rev. Jeremiah Hobart, in 1702. He was Secretary of State, from 1711 to 1735. George Wyllis, the son of Hezekiah, was graduated at Yale, 1729, married Mary, the daughter of the Rev. Timothy Woodbridge of Hartford, and was Secre- tary of State from 1735 to 1796, a period of sixty-one years. Gen. Samuel Wyllis, son of George Wyllis, was graduated at Yale, 1758, and was Secre- tary of State, from 1796 to 1809, when Thomas Day was chosen assistant Secretary. Some of the descendants of George Wyllis are still resident in Glastenbury, bearing other names .*
2. JOHN DEMING. The width of the second lot laid out to John Deming, called in the earliest record, Demion, is not specified. It seems, however, to have been about 263 rods wide, and to have contained about 160 acres. It was subsequently sold to Mr. Wyllis, as mentioned below. Mr. Deming left a large family, the descendants of which are still among our citizens.t
His wife's name is unknown. The children were-
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John, b. Sept. 9, 1638, m. Mary
, Sept. 20, 1657, d. January 23, 1712.
Jonathan, b.
1639, m. (1) Sarah
-, Nov. 11, 1660, (2) E. Gilbert, Dee. 25,
Samuel, b.
- m.
Sarah
, Dec.
d. 1683. [1673.
David, b.
- m.
Mary ,Aug. 14, 1678.
Ebenezer, b. - m.
Sarah , July 16, 1677, d. May 2, 1705.
Dau. m.
- Morgan.
Dan.
- m.
Beekley.
Dau.
m.
- Hurlburt.
Dau. [Mercy ?]
Wright, [Joseph, 1685 ?]
Dau.
Sarola m.
Se Moody.
(2) Jolın Deming, Jr., known as Serjt. D., and Mary his wife, had,
John, b. Sept. 9, 1658, m. Mary Graves, June 5, 1684, d. Nov. 25, 1729.
Joseph, b. June 1, 1661.
Jonathan, b. Feb. 12, 1663, m. Mary Buck,
Oct. 27, 1687.
Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1666.
Samuel, b. Aug. 25, 1668, m. Sarah -, March 29, 1694.
+ W. R. I. 63, II. 145: Trumb. C. R. II. 144. Porter's Hist. Not. 23, 24. + W. R. I. 131.
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Jacob, b. Aug. 24, 1670, m. Elizabeth Edwards, March 14, 1695.
Sarah, b. Jan. 17, 1672.
Hezekiah.
(2) Jonathan Deming married (1) Sarah -, 1660, and had,
Jonathan, b. Nov. 27, 1661, m. Abigail Filer, Jan. 5, 1709, d. Nov. 21, 1727.
Sarah,
b. Aug. 12, 1663, m. - Riley.
Mary, b. July 11, 1665, m. Joseph Smith, Nov. 26, 1685.
Comfort, b. June 5, 1668, m. Nathaniel Beckly, May 18, 1693.
Mrs. D. dying June 5, 1668, he m. (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Josiah Gilbert, a resident of Nayaug, from 1651 to 1663, and had,
· Elizabeth, b. June 12, 1674, m. Richard Beckly.
Elusse, b. Feb. 16, 1675.
Thomas, b. Nov. 27, 1679, m. Mary Williams, June 2, 1698, d. 1741.
Charles, b. June 10, 1681, m. Anna, dau. Tho. Wickham, Sept. 5, 1706.
Benjamin, b. July 20, 1684, m. Mary -, Feb. 4, 1707.
Jacob, b. Dec. 20, 1689.
Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1692.
Ann, b. Oct. 1, 1695, m. Nathaniel Wright, March 12, 1712.
(2) David Deming married Mary -, 1678, and had,
David, b. July 20, 1681.
Samuel, b. Aug. 9, 1683.
Honor, b. May 9, 1685.
Mehitable, b.
- - m. Nathaniel Stillman, June, 1743.
(2) Ebenezer Deming m. Sarah
-, 1677, and had,
Ebenezer, b. May 5, 1678, m. Rebecca Treat, Dec. 27, 1704.
John, b. July 25, 1679.
Sarah,
b. Jan. 9, 1681, m. Joseph Talcott, April 5, 1701.
Ephraim, b.
- - m. Hannah
Josiah,
b.
Prudence, b. - m. Thomas Wright, Oct. 4, 1705, d. Oct. 1706.
Previous to 1668, Samuel Wyllis had become possessed of the three lots last described, having purchased them of Strickling, Morehouse, Sherwood, Talcott, Gibbins, Foxes and Fletcher, (as the names seem to be,) who had probably obtained their title by inheritance. The intermediate title, how- ever, cannot be traced, owing to the loss of the Probate records during this period. The four lots belonged to Samuel Wyllis at the time of the survey of Naubuc-made by order of a General Court in 1684.
3. ROBERT BATES. The third lot seems to have been 30g rods wide, and to have contained 182 acres. It was laid out to Robert Bates, who removing, sold to William Gibbons as early as 1641. The persons bearing this name in Town, are probably the descendants of this man .*
4. RICHARD GILDERSLEEVE. The fourth lot was 37} rods wide, and containing 225 acres, was laid out to Richard Gildersleeve, and by him sold to John Talcott, in 1643. It is described in the deed as " The piece which Frog brook runs through." Some of the descendants of this man are still resident here, and in the Towns adjacent, especially in Portland.
5. JOSEPH SHERMAN. The fifth lot of land, was set out to Joseph Sher- man, who gave it to his son Samuel Sherman, in 1641. As then described,
* W. R. I. 61, 129.
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it contained 144 acres. Mr. Sherman having removed to Stamford, it was subsequently sold to Thomas Bunce, and then contained 240 acres. The first entry is probably a mistake, as the farm of Thomas Bunce was found to contain 240 acres at the general survey in 1684. The Bunces now residing in Town are supposed to be the descendants of Thomas Bunce .*
6. THURSTON RAYNER. The sixth lot was 55 rods wide, and contained 330 acres. It was originally set out to Thurston Rayner. Mr. R. removing to Stamford in 1641, sold this lot to Richard Treat. Richard Treat, Jr., in 1660, sold it to James Boswell, who sold it to Richard Smith, in 1664, to whom it belonged at the time of the survey in 1684. Mr. Rayner removing early, left no descendants here, but the first Episcopal minister that preached in Glastenbury, appears to have been a descendant. Mr. Boswell never re- sided here. The descendants of Richard Treat are among the present in- habitants of the Town.t
7. THOMAS WELLES. This lot in 1684, was 72} rods in width, contain- ing 435 acres. It seems to have retained its original width, thoughi not its length, without alteration, as it had remained in the same family without change.
THOMAS WELLES probably came to Hartford from Saybrook, and is re- ported by tradition to have been private Secretary to Lord Say and Seal, be- fore coming to this country. He was first Treasurer of the Colony, and then Secretary from 1640 to 1648 ; Lieut. Governor in 1654, 6, 7 and 9 ; and Gov. in 1658. He died January 14th, 1660. He married for his second wife, Elizabeth, widow of Nathaniel Foote, and sister of John Deming, and had,
Thomas, who settled in Hartford.
Samuel, to whom the Gov. gave half his farm in Naubuc, and who d. 1675.
John, who went to Stamford, in 1640, carrying the Weth. records with him.
Mary, m. (1) Tho. Thompson, (2) Anthony Hart, Farmington.
Ann, m.
Sarah, m. John Chester, of Wethersfield, whose dau. m. Rev. Timothy Stevens.
(3) Robert, the son of John, inherited the Governor's farm in Wethersfield, covering the ground where the State Prison now is, and extending near half a mile further North.
(3) Thomas, who had one-half the Naubue farm.
(4) Gideon was the son of Robert, who had,
(5) Gideon, M. D. of Canterbury, and Solomon, who married his cousin from Glastenbury.
(6) Leonard, son of Gideon, m. Robbins, and had,
(7) Leonard, who had,
(8) Gen. Leonard R. Welles, the present Warden of the State Prison.
(2) Samuel m. Elizabeth, and had,
Samuel, b. April 13, 1660, d. Aug. 28, 1731.
Thomas, b. July 29, 1662.
Sarah, b. Sept. 29, 1664, m. Ephraim Hawley.
Mary, b. Nov. 23, 1666, m. Samuel Hale, Jr.
Ann, b. 1668. Elizabeth,h. 1670, m. Daniel Shelton, Stratford.
(3) *SAMUEL WELLES, m. Ruth Rice, and had,
*Samuel, b. Dec. 24, 1689, Grad. Yale, 1707, d. May 20, 1770. Samuel Welles, the Parisian *Thomas, b. Feb. 14, 1693, m. Martha Pitkin, d. May 14, 1767. [Banker, was his son
* W. R. I. 99, 128. + W. R. I. 59, 74, 82, 141.
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Thaddeus, b. March 27, 1695, d. Dec. 22, 1780.
Silas, b. March 4, 1700, d. Sept. 17, 1754.
Mrs. Ruth Welles d. March 31, 1742.
(4) Thaddeus m. Elizabeth Cole, of East Hartford, and had,
Samuel, b. 1731, m. Lucy Kilborn.
Bathsheba, b. m. Jedediah Smith.
(5) *Samuel m. Lucy Kilborn, Ang. 1752, and had a large family, among whom was,
(6) *Samuel, b. Oct. 6, 1754, m. Ann Hale, May 2d, 1783, d. Nov., 1834, leaving several children, among whom were *Gideon and *Thaddeus, to both of whom, we are indebted for interesting particulars in relation to this matter.
Thomas, of the third generation, had eight children, of whom (4) Jona- than, father of the late (5) Jonathan Welles, Esq., was one. (6) Henry T. Welles, Esq., is the most prominent representative of this branch of the family. The first mentioned Jonathan married Catharine Saltonstall, daughter of Capt. Roswell S. of Branford, eldest son of Gov. S. The mother of Capt. R. S. was Mary Haynes, daughter of John Haynes, and grand-daughter of Rev. Joseph Haynes, who was the minister of Wethersfield and Glasten- bury, in 1663 and 4, and who was himself the son of Governor Haynes. The members of this family have ever beeu among the most active and ener- getic citizens.
8. - To whom the eighth lot was originally set out, we have not been able to ascertain. It was, however, in the possession of JAMES WRIGHT, at an early period, who between 1670 and '80, sold 25 rods in width, upon the north side, to Richard Smith, Jr., reserving to himself a lot 22 rods wide on the south side .*
9. To whom this lot was originally set out, is a matter of some uncertainty. It appears at one time to have been in the possession of Gov. WELLES, but had become the property of EDWARD BENTON some time previous to 1673, and was in his possession at the time of the general survey, 1684. He left,
(1) Edward Benton, b. 1638, m. Mary -, and d. 1698. He had,
Samuel, b .- m. Mary Bradford, 1705.
Rebecca, b. -.
Mary, b. -.
Ellenor, b. 1670, m. Daniel Wright, Aug. 24, 1705, d. 1749.
Dorothy, b. -
Edward, b. -
, m. Mary Hale, 1702, d. 1713.
Daniel, b. d. 1682.
(2) Samuel, b. -- , m. Mary Bradford, and had,
Sarah, b. March 19, 1706.
Hannah, b. July 1, 1710.
Nathaniel, b. March 8, 1714, d. 1714.
Jonathan, b. Oct.
23, 1715, m. Hannah Beckly, 1742.
Nathaniel, b. April 9, 1718, m. Dorothy Cook, Oct. 13, 1745.
Abigail, b. Nov. 4, 1720.
* W. R. II. 254. Will, Rich. Smith, proved March 7, 1698. An account of this family will be given at lot number 29.
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(2) EDWARD BENTON m. Mary Hale, Oct. 16th, 1702, and had,
*Josiah, b. June 16, 1705, m. Hannah House, Feb. 5, 1736.
Ephraim, b. Aug. 19, 1707.
Mary, b. April 27, 1710.
10. REV. HENRY SMITH. This lot appears to have been originally 40 rods wide, and to have been set out to the Rev. Henry Smith, the first set- tled minister of Wethersfield and Glastenbury. He willed it to his wife in 1648, desiring her to give it to his son Samuel. Previous to 1668, it had be- come the property of Samuel Hale. This lot of land, or another precisely like it, belonged to Joseph Parsons, in 1673. At the time of the general survey, in 1684, 8 rods on the north side belonged to Mr. Wyllis, and the remaining 32 rods to Samuel Hale. The present House of public worship belonging to the First Ecclesiastical Society stands upon this lot .*
*Samuel Hale came to this Colony at a very early period. He was at Hartford, in 1637, and a soldier in the Pequot war, for which he received a " lot in the soldier's field." In 1639, he owned land in Hartford, on the east side of the river, but in 1643, he was a resident in Wethersfield. In 1655, he resided in Norwalk, but returned to Wethersfield, in 1660, though he did not sell all his property there before 1669. While residing in Norwalk, Mr. H. represented that Town in the General Court in 1656, 7 and 60. After his return to Wethersfield, he hired the Gov. Welles estate of the " Over- seers ;" and which, from the testimony in a case of damage for want of re- pairs, tried in 1671, appears to have been on the East side of the river. It may serve to throw light upon the conveniencies of those days, to mention that this house had no stairs leading into the chamber, the second story being reached by means of a ladder. His wife's name was Mary. He died Nov. 9, 1693. His children were.
Martha, b. 1643.
*SAMUEL HALE, b. 1645, m. Ruth Edwards, d. Nov. 18, 1711.
JOHN IIALE, b. 1647, m. Hannah , 1668, d. July 19, 1709.
Mary, b. 1649.
Rebeckah, b. 1651.
THOMAS IIALE, b. 1653, m. Naomi Kilborn, d. Dec. 23, 1723.
EBENEZER HALE, b. July 29, 1661.
Dorothy, b.
One of the daughters of Samuel IIale, married Caleb Benjamin, who left a dau. Abigail, men- tioned in her grand-father's will. She m. Doct. Ebenezer Hills.
(2) Samuel, Jr., married (1) Ruth, daughter of Thomas Edwards, in 1679, and had,
Samuel, b. - died unmarried.
Mary, b. - m. John Day of Colchester.t
Ruth, b Dec. 1, 1681, m. Thomas, son of Eleazer Kimberley.
* T. C. R. I. 503. W. R. I. 88, II. 154.
t The question, who Mary Hale married, is left by the Records in no small doubt. The following facts seem to prove, that the view taken in the text, is
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Ruth Hale d. Dec. 26, 1682, and Samuel married (2) Mary, dau. of Capt. Samuel Welles, and had,
(3) *Jonathan, b. Aug. 21, 1696, m. Sarah, dau. Deac. Benj. Talcott, Nov. 28, 1717, d. July
David, b. Jan. 7, 1700, d. March 31, 1718. [2,1772.
Joseph, b. July 10, 1702, d. Aug. 4, 1702.
Benjamin, b. July 22, 1707, m. Hannah, dau. Deac. Benj. Talcott, January 30, 1:29.
Lieut. Samuel Hale, Justiee of the Peace, d. Nov. 18, 1711.
Mrs. Mary Hale, widow of Lt. Samuel Hale, d. Feb. 18, 1715.
(2) Thomas Hale, son of Samuel Hale, m. Naomi Kilborn, Oct. 30, 1673, and had,
Naomi, b. Sept. 20, 1680, m. John Gains.
Mary, b. Nov. 20, 1682, m. Edward Benton, Oct. 16, 1702.
Thomas, b. Jan. 26, 1684, m. Susannah, dau. Nathaniel Smith, Jan. 11, 1722.
Ruth, b. m. Benjamin Hollister.
Eunice, b.
m. Ebenezer Kilborn.
Timothy, b. 1692, m. Sarah -, d. 1784.
Most of the Hales of Glastenbury have descended from these two, Samuel and Thomas. Descendants of the present generation are, John A. Hale, Esq., Chairman of the Com. of Celebration ; son (1) of Ebenezer, (2) of Gideon, (3) of Benjamin, (4) of Samuel, Jr., and (5) of Samuel, Sen'r. Another member of the Committee was Andrew Talcott Hale, son (1) of Benjamin, (2) of Benjamin, (3) of Timothy, (4) of Timothy, (5) of Thomas, (6) of Samuel, Sen'r. Our thanks arc due to both of these gentlemen for their kind assistance in this part of our work.
The Hales are supposed to have come from Wales, and are said to have been men of large size, and uncommon strength. An incident has been com- municated to us which goes to establish this point. At the time when the stoutest man in the Town was called " the bully," a man, " the bully" from another Town, who had heard of the feats of Mr. Hale " the bully" of Glas- tenbury, came here for the purpose of trying his strength with him. He met
the true one. By deed dated 1719, G. L. R. II. 143, Thomas Kimberly and Ruth Hale his wife, and John Day, and Mary his wife, sell land to Jonathan Hale, which they owned in common, and seem to have inherited of their father. In G. L. R., V. 8, Jonathan and Benjamin Hale release lands of their brother Samuel, to Jolin and Mary Day, and the following, children of Thomas Kimberly, Samuel K., Jeremiah and Ryth Goodrich, Jeduthan and Mary Smith, Elizabeth K., Daniel and Sarah House, and Anne Kimberley. This would seem to indicate that the relationship was to the Kimberleys. On p. Vol. V. G. L. R., John and Mary Day, sell land to her brother Samuel Kim- berly, which Mary had inherited from her grandfather, Thomas Edwards.
Amidst this uncertainty all we can be sure of, is, that Mary Hale and Mary Day were granddaughters of Thomas Edwards, while Mary Hale was, and Mary Day seems to have been sister of Thomas Kimberley. Samuel Kimber- ley may have married a sister of Jolin Day, which would justify all the lan- guage.
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Mr. Hale on the road with a load of cider in barrels, and made known his business. Mr. Hale consented to the proposition, the trial to be had the next day. In the mean time, Mr. Hale asked his challenger to take a drink of cider with him; and knocking out the bung of a barrel, took it in his hands by the chine, raised it to his mouth and drank, and offered it to the astonish- ed " bully," who declined that mode of pledging himself. Mr. Hale, there- fore, returned the barrel to its place, and drove on. On the morrow, at the time appointed, no fight took place, the stranger " bully" not being to be found.
11. SAMUEL SHERMAN and RICHARD GILDERSLEEVE. This lot of land measuring 44 rods in width was originally set out to the gentlemen just named, Mr. Gildersleeve's lot lying upon the north side, the respective width of the two lots being unknown. Both of these lots were purchased by Mr. John Talcott of Hartford, in 1643. Mr. Talcott dying in 1659, bequeathed the property to his son Samuel, who dying in 1691, bequeathed it to his two sons Benjamin and Nathaniel, both of whom were landholders in Glastenbury, at the time of its incorporation as a Town. Benjamin's share was on the north side of the lot and one rod wider than Nathaniel's. From these two, most if not all of the Talcotts of Glastenbury, have descended. The land still re- mains in the family .*
Mr. John Talcott came over from England, about the year 1632, and set- tled in Newtown, Mass., (now Cambridge.) In 1636, he removed to Hart- ford, and was a member of the General Court, and one of the Magistrates of the colony, until his death. He was the son of John Talcott of Braintree, Eugland. His mother's name was Skinner. He married Dorothy, daughter of Benjamin Smith. His children were :-
Mary, m. Rev. John Russell, June 28, 1649.
John,
m. (1) Helena Wakeman, 1650, and (2) Mary Cook, 1676.
Samuel, b. 1635, m. Hannah Holyoke, 1661, d. 1691.
(2) John Talcott, m. (1) Helena Wakeman of New Haven, and had by her --
John, b. Nov. 24, 1651.
John, b. Dec. 14, 1653, d. July 30, 1683.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1655, m. Joseph Wadsworth, Hartford.
Samuel, b. Aug. 21, 1658, d. April 4, 1681.
Mary, b. April 26, 1661, m. Richard Edwards, Hartford.
Hannah, b. Dec. 8, 1663, m. Nathan Gould.
Dorothy, b. Feb. 20, 1666, m. - Stoughton, Windsor.
Joseph, b. Nov. 16, 1669, m. Abigail Clarke, Milford. This man was Gov. Conn.
LIelena, b. June 17, 1674, m. - Nicholas, Hartford.
Helena, the wife, dying June 22, 1674, Mr. T. m. (2) Mary Cook, Nov. 9, 1676, and had by her-
* W. R. I. 67, 133. II. 229. S. V. T. 64, 108.
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Ruth, b. Sept. 12, 1677, m. - - Reed, an eminent Lawyer at Boston.
Sarah, b. Nov. 16, 1679, - , d. Dec. 6, 1679.
Rachel, b. Feb. 23, 1681, m. - - - Buckley, Fairfield.
Jonathan, b. 1683, -
Hezekiah, b. Feb. 24, 1685, m.
Parsons, Durham.
(2) The children of Samuel Talcott and Hannah Holyoke, were-
Samuel, b. 1663, m. Mary -, d. 1698.
John,
died young.
Hannah, b. 1665, m. John Chester, 1686, d. 1741.
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