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Dr. Samuel W. Gold died Sept. 10, 1869, aged 74 years, 11 months. His wife. Phebe C., died Nov. 29, 1869, aged 73.
Theodore Sedgwick Gold, seventh generation, son of Samuel W., inarried Caroline E. Lockwood, daughter of Charles and Eunice Lockwood, Sept. 13, 1843. Children-Eleanor Douglas, b. Sept. 11, 1844, in. Chas. H. Hubbard of Sandusky, O., Sept. 30, 1868;
*We bought a revolving horse-rake from Amenia, Dutchess Co., in 1842, and an Allen mowing-machine in 1857. We had tried a Ketchum unsuccess- fully the previous year.
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Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1847, d. July 11, 1857, aged 10 years, 5mo., 9d; Emily Sedgwick, b. Jan. 31, 1849, d. April 2, 1858, aged 9 years 2m ; Rebecca Cleveland, b. July 29, 1851, m. Sam- uel M. Cornell of Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1876; Caroline Simons, b. Oct. 3, 1855.
Mrs. Caroline E. Gold, wife of T. S. Gold, died April 25, 1857, aged 32. Theodore S. Gold married second wife, Mrs. Emma (Tracy) Baldwin, daughter of A. W. Tracy of Rockville, Ct., April 4, 1859. Children-Alice Tracy, b. Jan. 14, 1860; Martha Wads- worth, b. July 20, 1861; Charles Lockwood, b. April 14, 1863; James Douglas, b. Nov. 5, 1866.
T. S. Gold graduated at Yale, 1838, studied at Yale one year after graduation; taught in Goshen and Waterbury academies three winters; came to Cornwall in 1842, as a farmer; established agri- cultural school with his father, in 1845, and taught for twenty-four years; was chosen Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture at its organization in 1866, which office he still holds.
Charles H. Hubbard and Eleanor D., eighth generation, daugh- ter of T. S. Gold, had children (being the ninth generation)-Rollin Barnard, b. July 22, 1869; Caroline Lockwood, b. Oct. 14, 1871; Eleanor Gold, b. Sept. 20, 1873, d. Aug. 11, 1874; Charles Mills, b. Oct. 24, 1875.
Frederic Lyman married Julia L., daughter of Samuel W. Gold, and had children-Samuel; Anna E., b. Sept. 13, 1848; Frederic Gold, b. Aug. 27, 1850; Sarah Mead, b. Oct. 21, 1852; Theodore, Edward C. Samuel, Theodore, and Edward died in early infancy.
Daniel Cleveland and Julia R., second daughter of Hezekiah Gold, had children-James Douglas, b. 1822, m. Charlotte Bing- ham; Julia Antoinette, b. Jan. 25, 1830, m., Oct. 1, 1851, Charles G. Aiken; Mary S., b. 1832, d. May 6, 1877; Thomas Gold, b. May, 1838, m. Harriet Wiley, and d. in 1871. Julia R. Cleve- land d. Feb. 13, 1852, and her husband, Daniel Cleveland, a few years after.
James Douglas Cleveland and Charlotte Bingham had children- Emma Douglas, b. Oct. 8, 1852; Walter Gold, b. Oct. 1, 1857; William Bingham, b. May 20, 1863. James Douglas Cleveland, a lawyer in Cleveland, O. Has held, and now holds, many public and private trusts, as an honest lawyer, able and willing to defend the right.
Thomas Gold Cleveland and Harriet W. had children-Grace, b. Nov. 26, 1855, d. Feb. 13, 1856; Katharine, b. April 28, 1857,
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d. Oct. 11, 1857; Douglas, b. Jan. 11, 1859; Julia Gold, b. Dec. 22, 1860; Hattie, b. June 12, 1863; Alfred, b. May 20, 1866; George Wiley, b. Dec. 24, 1864; Alice, b. Oct. 27, 1868; Darwin Burton, April 25, 1870. Dr. Thomas G. Cleveland was a physician in Cleveland, O. He did good service as a surgeon in the war of the rebellion, and died in 1871, of exposure and fatigue in army ser- vice.
Charles G. Aiken and Julia Antoinette Cleveland had children- Julia Cleveland, b. Oct. 22, 1852, d. Sept. 12, 1854; Florence Car- nahan, b. Aug. 8, 1855; Henrietta, b. July 26, 1857, d. Aug. 24, 1858; Willie Cleveland, b. June 11, 1859, Charles S., b. Feb. 6, 1863.
William S. Stevens and Laura Sedgwick, third daughter of Hezekiah Gold, had children-George G., b. Feb. 16, 1829, d. about 22 years old; Emeline Cordelia, b. Aug. 20, 1832; Mary Lorain, b. Nov. 11, 1834, m. Rev. - Kinney, and has chil- dren-Edward, d. about 20 years old, he was a good soldier in the war against the rebellion, and died in Saratoga from disease con- tracted in the service. William S. Stevens d. Nov. 30, 1876. His wife Laura d. Nov. 12, 1867.
Joseph Wakeman, youngest son of Rev. Hezekiah Gold, settled as a farmer at Pompey, N. Y., accumulated a handsome property, and died in early life. He had a daughter, who married Andrew Dickson, a merchant in New York. His son Andrew is a mer- chant in Chicago.
THE EVEREST FAMILY.
Rev. CORNELIUS B. EVEREST was a son of Daniel Everest, who lived south of the village of Cornwall. He was a graduate of Williams College, a faithful and acceptable preacher. He married Abigail, daughter of Deacon Benjamin Gold, and had several chil- dren. He was settled over a Congregational church in Hartford county; also at Norwich, Conn.
THE HARRISON FAMILY.
The name of Harrison has been associated with Cornwall from the earliest period of its history. Each generation has well sus- tained its part in the history of the town, and they have spread laterally into many families, conspicuous among the present inhab- itants, while their descendants are found in many of the States-
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even to the shores of the Pacific. Those bearing the name have been, with scarcely an exception, freeholders and heads of families, thus becoming closely identified with the prosperity of the com- munity where they have resided, building up happy homes, the secure foundation of the nation. They have been law-abiding citi- zens, and such has been their regard for law and the rights of others, that it is doubted if there has ever been one of the name in this town, or their descendants, indicted for crime. All of those now residing in Cornwall of the name (except Myron Harrison, in the Hollow, who is grandson of Daniel, 2d,) are descended from Noah Harrison, who came to Cornwall from Branford in 1762, in company with Noah and Edward Rogers. His first purchase of land was a fifty-acre lot, upon which he built the house now stand- ing near the present residence of Luman Harrison, where he lived and died in 1823, aged 86. He was a man of great resolution, and a great teamster with oxen. It is said that " the crack of his whip could be heard at a mile's distance." During the Revolution a troop of dragoon horses were wintered on his farm, and from the man in charge Mr. Harrison and others learned to braid those whip-lashes for which the neighborhood was so famous.
Noah Harrison married Hannah, sister of Noah and Edward Rogers, and had children-Edmund, b. May 1, 1868; Heman and Luman; and by a second marriage, Hannah m. Elias Hart, and Amanda m. Oliver Burnham Hart.
Edmund Harrison, as a pupil of Oliver Burnham, developed a taste for mathematical studies, and became a farmer of more than ordinary intelligence. He ruled his family well, both by precept and example; was temperate in all things; a strict observer of the Sabbath, and of unblemished moral character, and in public and private life bore the title of an honest man. One of his maxims was, " What is worthy of thy remark, remember, and forget the rest." His grandson, Geo. C. Harrison, enjoyed much of the society of his grandfather in his later years, and gives many rem- iniscences of him. In his 87th year he received injuries from a fall which rendered him comparatively helpless for the remaining eleven years; yet he was always cheerful, and by reading and con- versation kept well informed in the knowledge of passing events, even to the close of life, Jan. 4, 1867, aged 98 years, 8 months, and 4 days. His memory held out to the last, and his apt quota- tions of poetry, from book, and of local origin, enlivened his con- versation. Addressing thus a young pedagogue, he quoted:
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" The schoolmaster rages For want of more wages, And hurries his scholars along. He teaches them morals, And whips all that quarrel, And silence all day is his song."
Edmund Harrison married Ruth Hopkins of Warren, and had children-Rufus, Noah, Myron, Chandler, Lucretia, John R., Han- nah, and William H. Of his sons, Rufus went to Genesee County, Mich., where by industry he secured for himself a home, with his own hands clearing away the primeval forest. He was a man of powerful frame, tall and lithe as his Indian neighbors, of bold and fearless character, and though of a kind and generous disposition, yet when aroused to vindicate his rights, according to the then law of that land, woe to the white man or Indian that came within reach of his arm.
Noah went to Columbia County, N. Y. Was a man of decided character and influence; had a large and prosperous family, one son, John J., being a graduate of Wesleyan University and of the Albany Law School, and is now an Episcopal clergyman on Long Island.
Myron Harrison, third son of Edmund, was born Sept. 25, 1800; he was apprenticed as a clerk to Mr. Allen, then a merchant at Corn- wall Center, where he remained some two or three years, until Allen failed; spent some two or three years in Goshen; then entered the mercantile business at Cornwall Bridge in 1826, in partnership with Peter Bierce. He married Charlotte E. Calhoun, daughter of Doct. John Calhoun, June 2, 1830. He died Sept. 19, 1872. He left a family of three children: Ralph C., b. Oct. 22, 1831; George L., b. May 5, 1835; Sarah C., b. Oct. 31, 1840; Ralph, m. Juliet Waite of Chicago, is a graduate of Wesleyan University, and of the Albany Law School, and is a lawyer in San Francisco, Cal. (he has two or three sons); Geo. L. is married, is General Pass. Agent of Chicago & Northwestern R. R. at Boston, Mass .; Sarah C. m. V. C. Beers of Cornwall. Myron Harrison was selectman of the town seven years; twice a member of the Legislature; United States Assistant Assessor eight years; during his life he was engaged in the settlement of eighty-six estates.
Chandler, who was considered the flower of the family, died at the early age of twenty-six, from consumption contracted in travel at the South; Lucretia m. John Bradford.
John R. Harrison m. Eleanor Bradford in 1833, and had chil-
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dren: George C., .b. May 19, 1840; Catharine, b. Aug. 1, 1843; Wilbur Fitch, b. Aug. 22, 1845, and John B., Nov. 4, 1848.
In 1833, with John Bradford as partner, Mr. Harrison engaged in mercantile business at the Center, and was postmaster there till the removal of the office to Cornwall Plain, about 1849. In 1833, there were only two other offices in town, one at Cornwall Bridge, and one in the Hollow, kept by John E. Sedgwick, in the house lately owned by Erastus Merwin. His business qualifications and true worth were soon brought into use in offices of trust and responsibility, and his life became closely identified with the record of the town; with such faithfulness were these duties performed, that almost continuously, from 1835 to 1877, a period of forty-two years, his townsmen called him to public duty. His record is three years in General Assembly, about thirty years Justice of the Peace; Selectman for seventeen years; Treasurer of Town Deposit and School Society's Funds, fifteen years; Judge of Probate, six years. Of dignified, unassuming manners, a safe counselor, and true friend, an example of temperance and sobriety, of an earnest Christian spirit, ready to aid with his name and influence those in straitened circumstances, Mr. Harrison still remains with us, though having passed the allotted "three-score years and ten;" and of such we say, Sero redeas in Coelum.
Of his children, George C. m. Mrs. Rebecca (Todd) White, Feb. 21, 1862, and has children: Cynthia R., Eleanor H., George E., Charlotte A., Katie J., Ruth, Gertrude, Anna, and Mary M.
George C. Harrison, as Town Clerk and Treasurer, and as Judge of Probate, with his young family, promises to rival his ancestors as a citizen worthy of the trust and confidence of his fellows.
Catharine, daughter of John R. Harrison, m. Wm. H. H. Hew- itt, and resides in New Haven; has children, Mary Cornwall, and Harrison.
Wilbur F., second son, m. Harriet, d. of Luther Miner; is a farmer residing in South Cornwall. John B. removed to Ohio, married there, and has one daughter.
Hannah Harrison, second daughter of Edmund, remained unmar- ried, and still occupies the homestead of her father in the Hollow.
William H. Harrison, youngest son, m. Mary, d. of Benjamin Catlin, and has children: Edward R., b. Feb., 1841, living in Chi- cago; Nancy; Martha, m. Frederic Harrison, son of Heman, and gone to Iowa ; Mary; Charles, a farmer at home; Cornelia and Susan. Wm. H. Harrison is a thrifty farmer, owning a good farm
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near the village of Cornwall, has held many offices of trust, and enjoys the respect of his townsmen, and the well-earned rewards of his industry.
Heman, second son of Noah Harrison, remained on the old home- stead, and had sons, Heman and Luman, who are farmers, reside in the Hollow, and have promising young families; and daughters, Lucy, m. Coddington Crandall, and Mary, m. Chester Wickwire.
Luman, third son, removed to Genesee Co., N. Y., and has left numerous descendants in that vicinity.
Daniel Harrison, brother of Noah, was born about the year 1730, and came to Cornwall from Branford, Conn .; was son of Daniel Harrison of that place, m. Miss Hannah Barker, lived on the hill west of Cornwall Hollow, and died at an advanced age,- eighty-four years. This family consisted of four sons and two daughters: Daniel 2d, Joel, Joseph, Luther, Abigail, and Thankful.
Daniel 2d, m. Miss Hannah Page for his first wife, and Sarah Parker for his second; his children were: Eber, Sylvester, Han- nah, Reuben, and Joseph.
Joel, second son, m. Hannah Beardsley, sister to Stiles, and aunt to Julius Beardsley; removed to Amenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y., where he died, leaving one son and one daughter, who removed to Ohio.
Joseph, third son, enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, was taken prisoner to New York, finally exchanged, but from sufferings and fatigue of imprisonment, died before he reached home.
Luther, fourth son, m. Rachel Johnson, whose grandfather, Douglas, was one of the original proprietors; his family were: Douglas, Barker, Albert, Wm. E., Abby, and some who died young. Abigail, daughter of Daniel 1st, m. Wm. Cranmer, and removed to the West.
Thankful, daughter of Daniel 1st, m. John Cornwall, a minis- ter of the Presbyterian denomination.
Douglas, son of Luther, died young.
Barker, second son, m. Mary Scoville of Cornwall, removed to Michigan.
Albert and Abby removed unmarried to the West.
Wm. E., fourth son, remained in Cornwall, m. Fanny Winans, who died 1861; he remarried and removed West.
Children of Daniel Harrison, 2d.
Eber m. Laura Hart, sister of Elias and O. B. Hart-lived to an advanced age-he had two sons, Hart and Myron 2d, who is still
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living, 1877, on the homestead of his father; he leaves no children. Sylvester died young; Hannah m. Mr. Hitchcock, and removed to New York; Reuben m. and removed to Amenia, N. Y., where he died; Joseph m. Eleanor Bradford, sister of James Bradford- removed to the West. His son, Bradford Harrison, is now living at Cuyahoga Falls, and a grandson at Freedom, Ohio, with a son and daughter (Nellie) at home, and one son, Daniel, who is said to be a true type of Daniel 2d, living in New York State. He enlisted in the War of 1812, and died shortly after returning home.
THE BRADFORD FAMILY.
John Bradford came to Cornwall from Montville, New London County, about 1772; he bought and settled on the farm now occu- pied by Fowler Bradford, died in 1817, about eighty years of age; married Mary Fitch of Norwich, Conn .; his children were, James Fitch, Rachel, Mary, Abigail, Rebecca, and Eleanor.
James F. Bradford was born May 1, 1767; was appren- ticed at the age of fourteen to a tanner and shoe-maker in Montville, Conn., and served seven years and came to Cornwall soon after the expiration of his apprenticeship. He married Mary Merwin of Goshen; built the house where Mrs. Fox now lives in Cornwall Hollow, and lived there the first part of his married life. After the death of his parents he owned and occupied where Fowler Bradford now lives until about 1825, when he gave to his sons John and Fowler that place, and spent the remainder of his days where Mrs. Fox lives. He was very handy with all mechanical tools, in erection of buildings, making tubs, pails, etc. His children were: Laura, m. Lyman Fox of Cornwall, now living; Mary, m. Sherwood Millard of Canaan, now living; Emeline, m. Wm. Marsh, M. D., one of whose sons, C. W. Marsh, is now living at Cornwall Plain, another son William in Memphis, Miss .; John, m. Lucretia Harrison, first wife, second, Maria Blinn of Sharon, third, Cornelia Beebe of Canaan; his widow and daughter are now living at Cornwall; Fowler, m. Charlotte Belden of Canaan; has three sons and one daughter living; two sons, John and James, are at home; Henry is in Plymouth, the daughter is married and lives in Canaan ; James Fitch, Jr., m. Catherine Catlin of Bethlehem ; Charlotte and Sarah m. William Regg of New Marlboro, Mass .; Eleanor m. John R. Harrison of Cornwall; Uri m. Charlotte Hurlbut, d. in Egremont, Mass., where his family remain; Benjamin m. Rebecca Jackson.
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Rachel, dau. of John Bradford, m. Shubael Lowry of Canaan. (She was mother of Mrs. David Smith of Sharon.)
Abigail m. David Smith of Goshen, commonly called " Quaker Smith," whose son, David F. Smith, now resides in Sharon; Mary m. Daniel Sterling of Cornwall; they settled in Jefferson County, N. Y .; Rebecca m. Heman Harrison of Cornwall, whose sons, Heman and Luman, now reside in the Hollow: His daughter Lucy m. C. B. Crandall, and Mary m. Chester Wickwire. Eleanor m. Joseph Harrison, son of Daniel 2d, and settled in Madison County, N. Y.
THE CRANDALL FAMILY.
Coddington B. Crandall came from Goshen about 1826, and mar- ried Lucy Harrison. Had four sons, three of whom lived to man- hood,-John, Henry, and George. The two last have represented the town in the legislature, and held other offices. George is a farmer, residing near West Cornwall on the farm formerly owned by Amos Johnson. The citizens of Cornwall have to thank Mr. Crandall for much good work upon our roads.
THE CHANDLER FAMILY.
Joseph Chandler came from Danbury, Mass., in 1748, and settled where Agur Judson lived in 1845. He lived to about ninety years. He had sons: Benjamin, who was a blacksmith, went to Fairmouth, Vt., and was killed at the battle of Bennington. Abner in 1774 sold his place to Jethro Bonney and went to Piermont, N. H. Jonathan lived where Jabez Baldwin lived, and went to Piermont, N. H. Simeon, after 1754, lived at New Milford; a daughter married Ephraim Patterson, brother of Matthew.
THE KELLOGG FAMILY.
Judah Kellogg from Colchester graduated at Yale 1763, taught school in Stratford, where he married Mary Tomlinson, an aunt of the late Governor Tomlinson, came to Cornwall in 1774, and bought 160 acres of land with a small house, of Stephen Royce, Here he lived till his death, in 1820, aged eighty. He represented the town in the General Assembly the first four years of his resi- dence here, and was Justice of the Peace for a long period. As deacon of the church he is referred to elsewhere. He was chosen clerk in 1776, and continued to hold the office till 1810, a period of thirty-six years. His skill and accuracy in penmanship was complete, while in accuracy in punctuation he was surpassed by none. William, his oldest son, succeeded him as clerk, and at his
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death Frederick, the fourth son of William, was chosen to the office, which he held till 1845. the clerkship having been in the family sixty-nine years.
William Kellogg had four sons, two of whom died young. Philo, the eldest son, was a farmer, and owned and occupied the site of his grandfather Judah. He was a partner in the firm of P. & F. Kellogg for twenty years. He represented the Seventeenth District in the Senate of Connecticut two terms, and was a represent- ative from Cornwall two years. He was appointed Judge of Probate at the organization of the district, and held the office two years. He died in 1862, aged sixty-eight.
Frederick Kellogg, the youngest son of William, was a mer- chant; in 1829 he succeeded his father as Town Clerk, which office he held uninterruptedly for sixteen years, and was four times elected to the same office at various times afterwards; in 1852 he was appointed Judge of Probate for the District of Cornwall, which office he held, with the exception of two years, till constitutionally disqualified. In 1841 he was appointed County Commissioner, which office he held for three years. From 1830 to 1841 he represented the town of Cornwall in the Legislature four years. Is still living, enjoying his faculties of both mind and body, and the fruits of his industry and frugality.
John Kellogg, the second son of Judah, resided in Cornwall, and died at the age of seventy-seven. He raised a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters; the entire family emigrated to the Western States, viz., Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Kansas, and have become prosperous citizens.
Lucius, the third son of Judah, settled at Oyster Bay, Long Island, where he became an eminent physician.
THE HART FAMILY.
The name of Hart seems to be common to several nationalities. England, Scotland, and Ireland have their Harts. The origin of the name is not made known. Perhaps from David's beautiful ani- mal that panted for the water-brooks. The variety in spelling is not great. The prevailing is simply Hart-occasionally Hartt, Harte, Heart, Hearte. Tradition has it that three brothers came to this country early in its settlement, and the name is prominently connected with the settlement of various places.
" Honest John Hart," as he was called, was a son of one of the
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brothers, and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, being a member of the General Congress from New Jersey.
The patriotism of the family is proved by the great number found in the ranks of the armies of 1775, 1812, and 1861, either as officers or privates. There is a record of nearly three hundred names of Harts as soldiers, and the list is far from complete.
The mother of the Hon. Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, was a Hart, and the veteran Senator, in a conversation with the Hon. A. N. Hart of Michigan, said he was related to this family of Harts.
Deacon Stephen Hart, the principal founder of the Hart family in this country, was born in Braintree, Essex County, England, about 1605, came to Cambridge, Mass., in 1632, and to Hartford, Conn., with Mr. Hooker's company in 1635, where he was one of the original proprietors. His home lot was on the west side of what is now called Front street, near Morgan street, and there is a tradition that the town was called from the ford he discovered and used in crossing the Connecticut river at a low stage of the water, and so from Hart's ford it soon became Hartford. He took the lead about 1645 in settling among the Indians in Farmington, pur- chasing extensive tracts of land. His village lot on Main street, opposite the meeting-house, was five times as large as any other, and contained fifteen acres. He was one of the first representatives in 1647, and for the succeeding fifteen years. He was deacon of Rev. Thomas Hooker's church in Cambridge and Hartford, also first deacon of church in Farmington, organized in 1652, under Rev. Roger Newton, where he died in 1683, aged seventy-seven, leaving three sons-John, Stephen, and Thomas, of the second gen- eration.
John Hart, eldest son of Dea. Stephen, resided in Farmington, where he was made a freeman in 1654, and admitted to the church the same year. He was one of the first settlers of Tunxis, called after the Indian tribe of that name, from which he bought his house-lot. His sad and untimely death occurred on this wise, viz .: His house, located near the center of the village, was fired in the night by the Indians, and he and all his family, except his eldest son, John, who was absent, perished in the flames. All the town records were likewise burned. This fire occurred in 1666, when he was about thirty-five years of age.
Captain John Hart, eldest son of John Hart, born in Farmington in 1665, was caring for stock on his father's farm in Avon when the fire occurred, and thus providentially saved to be the progenitor
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of a numerous posterity. Many offices and honors were con- ferred on him, and he was a useful man in Church and State. He died in Farmington in 1714, aged sixty years, being of the third generation.
Dea. John Hart, son of Captain John, was deacon in Farmington and Kensington, was town clerk many years, and twenty-three times elected to the General Court. He died in 1753, aged sixty- nine, being of the fourth generation, leaving three sons-Judah, John, and Solomon, of the fifth generation.
John Hart, second son of Deacon John, born October, 1714, at Kensington, moved to Canaan, Connecticut, in 1740, and to Corn- wall in 1763, where he became a large land-holder. He died Dec. 18, 1773, aged fifty-nine years. By his second wife, Hannah Gould, he had five children; none of his descendants bearing the name of Hart remain in Cornwall. Amy, their second child, born in 1753, m. Capt. Seth Pierce of Cornwall, and their son Major Seth Pierce still resides here.
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