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Deacon Solomon, third son, b. Oct. I. 1724, moved to Cornwall in 1764, making many purchases of land on the river from Corn- wall Bridge to Canaan line, also largely in the present Hart school district. He built the large white house which stood near pres- ent site of Mr. Isaac Marsh's residence, which was called Hart's Tavern, and the locality now West Cornwall was then known as Hart's Bridge. He married, Mar. 3, 1750, Experience Cole of Southington, and died May 15, 1805, aged eighty years, leaving children, Ruth, Esther, Titus, Lot, Phineas, Elias, Jemima, Expe- rience, and Solomon, of the sixth generation.
Phineas Hart, of the sixth generation, third son of Deacon Solo- mon, born in 1758, did valiant service for his country in the Rev- olution. He was a pensioner of the general government. He married and lived in Cornwall, where he had children: Lot, Solo- mon, Mary, Experience, and Jane. He removed West, where his children remained. He died in Cornwall in 1728, aged 70 years.
Captain Elias Hart, fourth son of Deacon Solomon, was born May 11, 1759. He was a brave youth, and when the war for independence came, although scarcely sixteen years of age, he gave his services heartily to his country, and through seven cam- paigns unflinchingly faced the foe and met the privations of war. One inclement winter, when the small-pox was raging with fatal effect in camp, he inoculated himself, and thus came through this fearful scourge in safety. The inkstand he used after the war
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was a small metal flask taken from the enemy at Danbury. He married, June 14, 1781, Philomela Burnham, sister of Oliver Burnham, Esq., of Cornwall. Both were consistent members of the Second Congregational church. He moved in 1784 from Hart's Bridge to the farm deeded him by his father that year, the house then standing on the large meadow now owned by E. Burton Hart. He served the town many years in positions of trust and honor, and received a pension till his decease, at the age of 75, in 1834; their children being seventh generation :
Enos d. in childhood; Elias, b. 1784, m. 1807, Hannah Harri- son of Cornwall, d. Mar. 5, 1865, æ. 80; Oliver Burnham, b. 1787, m. 1807, Amanda Harrison, d. Aug., 1844, æ. 57; Laura, b. 1790, m. 1819, Eber Harrison, d. Mar., 1875, æ. 85; Philomela, b. 1793, m. 1814, Col. Anson Rogers; Julius, b. 1796, m. Jan. 7, 1819, Rhoda, dau. of Dea. Noah Rogers; Harriet, b. 1798, m. Gideon P. Pangman, d. 1853, æ. 55; Jerusha, b. 1801, m. Palmer Brown; Alvin Nelson, b. 1804, m. 1829, Charlotte F. Ball of Mass., d. 1874, æ. 70.
Titus, oldest son of Solomon Hart, was born in Farmington, June 4, 1754; came to Cornwall with his father at the age of ten years. He married Esther Hand, and lived in a house where Mrs. H. M. Hart's barn now stands. He was deacon of the church in North Cornwall, eminently a man of prayer; he was never known to omit his morning and evening devotions, after which he retired for his private or closet duties. He died October 31, 1831, aged 77. His children, being the seventh generation, were: Nathan, b. June 12, 1774, d. 1861, æ. 86; John, b. 1779, d. 1801, æ. 22; Nathan, m. Sylvia Clark. He succeeded his father Titus as deacon, and was superintendent of the Sunday-school for many years.
Deacon Hart was largely identified with the religious interests of the town, and Litchfield North Consociation; a man of strong mind and good sense. His children, being of the eighth genera- tion, were: John Clark, Titus Leavitt, Abigail Amelia, Hezekiah Milton, Solomon, Esther Maria, Sylvia Ann, Mary Eliza, Clarissa, Nathan, Delia, Uri William. Of these, Titus Leavitt, H. Milton, and Nathan settled in Cornwall, farmers by occupation. They are iden- tified with the improvement of the agricultural industries of the town and State. H. Milton was judge of probate, justice of the peace, surveyor, and in the winter months taught music in various places in the State. Nathan represented the town in the Legislature in 1860, and held many positions of trust in the civil and business
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affairs of the town; was also member of the State Board of Agri- culture from Litchfield county, and its treasurer for several years.
John Clark, son of Deacon Nathan Hart, graduated at Yale Col- lege in 1831, and after a course in theology at Andover, entered the ministry, and was a devout and successful minister. He mar- ried, first, Emily Irene, daughter of Oliver Burnham, and, second, Mrs. R. K. Moore; he died at Ravenna, Ohio, Sept., 1871, æ. 67. At this time (October 1, 1877), of this family of twelve children, six are living: Titus Leavitt, Sharon, Conn .; Sylvia Ann Whittle- sey, New Preston; Mary Eliza - Nodine, Vt .; Clarissa - Nodine, matron Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Rochester, N. Y .; Nathan, West Cornwall; Uri William, North Haven, Conn.
Children of H. Milton, being of the ninth generation: Sylvia Rosalia, Mary Jane, John Milton, Albert Judson, William Clarence.
Children of Nathan, being the ninth generation: Ellen Clarissa, m. John Cotton Sherwood; Charles Whittlesey, Gould Whittlesey. Titus L. Hart has no children, but adopted a nephew of his wife, Horace Hart, who succeeds in the occupancy of his farm.
The children of Elias Hart and Hannah Harrison, being the eighth generation, were: Albert B., b. 1806; Flora Ann, b. 1811; Elias Nelson, b. 1813; Harriet E., b. 1815; John Elias, b. 1817; Caro- line A., b. 1819; Hannah M., b. 1821; Juliette, b. 1823; Edmund H., b. 1826; Alvin Henry, b. 1828; Jerusha R., b. 1830.
Of these but one son, Albert B., lives at present in the town, and two daughters, Mrs. Harriet Wetherby and Mrs. Juliette (Horace) Hitchcock.
Hon. Alvin Nelson Hart, youngest child of Captain Elias, edu- cated at Amherst College, was the first settler of Lapeer, Mich., in 1831. He held the offices of sheriff, supervisor, representative, State senator, and judge of Lafayette county. Removed to Lan- sing in 1860, where he died. He was engaged in real estate and' merchandise, and was an efficient promoter of railroads and other enterprises for the development of the State. Oliver Burnham Hart, third son, soon followed his brother to Lapeer, where he died much lamented. They have many prominent descendants in the State of Michigan and elsewhere.
Julius Hart, fourth son, has led an active life cultivating the soil on part of the acres of his ancestors, and has enjoyed the society of six generations. He worshiped many years in the old church at the Center, contributed liberally to the construction of the church in North Cornwall, and to its subsequent support, and now, in his eighty-second year, rejoices in the erection of the chapel in West
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Cornwall; which experience is not shared by any other male member of the Second Congregational church. He has served the town well in various offices, also enlisted heartily in the Washingtonian temper- ance movement of 1840. He was for years president of the local society, and kept open house for worthy temperance laborers. He made it a rule to supply from his own purse any deficiency in the public contributions for the adequate compensation of deserving speakers. The good resulting to this community was positive and enduring.
Their children, born in Cornwall, being the eighth generation. Julius Rogers, b. Dec. 15, 1819, d. Jan. 31, 1821; Noah Rogers, b Sept. 12, 1821; Julius Leavitt and Lydia Julia, b. Aug. 9, 1826, the latter d. June 10, 1827; Elizabeth Wilson, b. Jan. 22, 1829, d. Sept. 28, 1835; Elias Burton, b. Feb. 9, 1834; George Spencer, b. Feb. 11, 1837.
Noah R., second son of Julius Hart, was early a clerk, later a manufacturer. In 1853 he opened a boarding school for boys, in which he continued until 1857, when he engaged in mercantile business in West Goshen, thirteen years. He was superintendent of the Goshen Sabbath-school ten years, and one of the founders of the Young Men's Christian Association there; is now engaged in manufacture of printers' ink in Brooklyn, N. Y. Nov. 22, 1843, married Lucretia M. Barnum of Cornwall. Their children, ninth generation: Frederick Augustus, b. July 25, 1849, at Cornwall; Arthur Benton, b. June 26, 1855, at Cornwall; Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 8, 1859, at Goshen; Emma Lucretia, b. Mar. 16, 1865, at Goshen.
Julius D., third son, from an early age was clerk, till, in 1857, in partnership with his oldest brother, he succeeded the firm of A. Miles & Son in West Goshen. He is now in Watertown, Wis., 'engaged in the purchase of Western produce. He married, Aug. 1, 1863, Mrs. Harriet C. Watson, youngest daughter of Capt. John Smith, formerly of Kent, Ct. Their children are: Minnie Luella, b. Nov. 28, 1864, at Goshen; George Edward, b. May 11, 1867, at Goshen.
E. Burton Hart, fourth son, was born on the homestead he now owns and occupies. He labored on the farm from the age of seven, being allowed only one short term yearly at the common school from that time. He taught district school at Cornwall Center the winter of 1852-3; then for four years both studied and taught in connection with the private school known as the West Cornwall Institute, of which he soon became principal and proprietor. In
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1857 he received the honorary degree of Bachelor of Arts from the Norwich University of Vermont, and that of Master of Arts in 1860; was a member of the Legislature in 1865; is now one of the board of selectmen. He was married, October 7, 1857, to Harriet, daughter of Lee Canfield, Esq., of Salisbury, Conn.
Their children, being ninth generation: Lee Canfield, b. Nov. 15, 1862; Elias Burton, b. Feb. 1, 1865; Charles Julius, b. June 29, 1867.
George S. Hart, youngest son, was brought up on the farm, where he performed all the duties that fell to those who are born on a farm, and did them faithfully. He was not a strong youth, however, and the winter of 1859 and '60 finds him in the South, whither he was sent by his parents for the benefit of his health.
It was during this Southern trip that he first conceived the idea of entering the trade in which he has since won so much reputation. Two years later, in 1862, he determined, although still in feeble health, to go to New York and enter the great whirlpool of com- merce. His object was to acquire a proficiency in the produce business, and more especially the receiving and selling of dairy products. It was no easy task for him, however, to secure the employment he desired. He offered his services without remuner- ation to many houses in the trade, but this Connecticut youth did not apparently possess the qualities that old merchants desired, and he went-as Lafitte, the French banker, went-from store to store, in search of employment. As the French boy came from the provinces, and applied to the leading financiers of Paris, so did George S. Hart come from the hills of Connecticut, and, just as Lafitte worked and triumphed, so did he. If others would not employ him, he would try his own chances, and so hired a very limited office privilege in Washington street. Here so well did he do, that in a few weeks he decided to locate on the east side of the city, near the Produce Exchange, and with a limited capital, furnished by his brother E. Burton, he hired a small office at 39 Pearl street, with a contracted space in front, on the first floor, for the reception of goods. Before the year was out the young mer- chant's business had increased to such an extent that he required and had secured the entire building. Business prospered under his management, and after remaining at 39 Pearl street for several years, a move was made to the present commodious quarters of the firm, 33 and 35 Pearl and 22 and 24 Bridge streets. From the commencement of his business in the city he has met with con- tinued success; no failures nor embarrassments have marked his
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course, and he is now, and long has been, regarded as one of the authorities in the trade. The business of his firm is of unusual magnitude, and there are daily receipts of dairy produce from nearly every point of production in the Union, the annual sales amounting to over two million dollars. In addition to Mr. Hart's immense produce business, he is a director in the New York Pro- duce Exchange Insurance Co., as well as director and executive officer of some of the leading railroad companies of the city. In 1856 he became a member of the Congregational church at North Cornwall; and the good teachings imparted to him in youth he has endeavored to carry out amid the turmoil of commerce and the excitement of trade. On February 23, 1871, he married Anna, daughter of Charles H. and Anna Eliza Dudley of New York city.
Their children: Anna Dudley, b. Dec. 25, 1871, d. Sept. 13, 1872; a daughter b. May 27, 1877, d. in infancy.
THE ADAMS FAMILY.
Deacon Samuel Adams of the Baptist church, came to Cornwall from New Bedford in 1800. He first lived as a tenant in the Hol- low; afterwards on Cream Hill, and finally bought a farm of Nathan Wickwire on Waller Hill. He enjoyed little opportunity of education, but was a man of decided opinions, and well informed upon all public matters. He served an apprenticeship as a wheel- wright at Westerly, R. I. His father was a captain of a privateer in the time of the Revolution, and perished while in action, his vessel being blown up by the explosion of the magazine.
Deacon Adams, born June 24, 1776, married first wife, Hope- still Williams of Stonington, in 1795, and had one daughter, Hope, who married Augustus Squires, and now lives at New Hartford, N. Y. In 1835 married second wife, Lorilla Hurlbut, and had children:
Samuel Judson, b. Aug. 23, 1836, m. Louisa A. Dibble, and has four children. He is a farmer, living on the old homestead; and John Quincy, b. Nov. 2, 1837; m. Sophronia A. Owen of Sharon; has one son, Eugene. John Quincy Adams is a lawyer at Ne- gaunee, Mich., and is reported as successful in his profession, and to have acquired wealth.
At the time of his first marriage, Deacon Adams was 25, and the blooming bride 48. To balance things, at his second marriage, at the age of 59, he took a partner aged 25.
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THE BEERS FAMILY.
England is credited with being the fatherland of the Beers, and the genealogical records of the family trace back to the feudal age, under the name of Beare, which was afterwards written Bears, with a coat-of-arms to correspond .* The family were represented in the English army during the reign of Charles I., and received a grant of land in the north of Ireland for services rendered, and a branch of the family permanently settled in that country in 1646. John Beers, the founder of the family in this country, was accepted an inhabitant of the town of Stratford, in Fairfield county, Novem- ber 25, 1678. The records are not definite upon the subject, but it is supposed he was accompanied by his wife and four sons, as we find that Samuel Beers, son of John and Mary Beers, was born November 9, 1679, and the records then show that Barnabas Beers m. Elizabeth Wilcoxson, April 4, 1688; Samuel Beers m. Sarah Sherman, Jan. 16, 1706; Josiah Beers m. Elizabeth Ufford, May 10, 1717; Joseph Beers m. Sarah Clark, March 6, 1720; Abiel Beers m. Elizabeth Cammel, Jan. 16, 1722.
Barnabas Beers left a family: Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1689; Nathan, b. Dec. 1, 1691 ; Josiah, b. Aug. 8, 1693.
Samuel Beers, it is believed, died without issue.
Josiah Beers left a family: Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1721; Josiah, b. Dec. 14, 1724 ; Ebenezer, b. Mar. 18, 1726.
Joseph Beers left a family: Ephraim, b. June 25, 1722; Mary, b. Nov. 20, 1723; Joseph and John, b. Oct. 13, 1727; Andrew, b. Feb. 3, 1729; Abel, b. Sept. 27, 1732; Sarah, b. Feb. 18, 1734; Matthew, b. Dec. 19, 1736.
Abiel Beers left a family: Ebenezer, b. March 18, 1726; Eunice, b. July 14, 1729; Abiel, b. Sept. 5, 1732.
Matthew Beers, youngest son of Joseph Beers, m. Sarah Curtis of Stratford, and left a family: Curtis, Silas, Menzis, Otis, Lewis, Lucinda.
Curtis, eldest son of Matthew Beers, was born in Stratford, March 25, 1789. At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to the shoe- maker's trade, and three years after purchased his time, as was customary then, and engaged to Enoch Curtis to work at his trade in Darien, Georgia, where at the expiration of two years he opened
* The coat of arms are described as follows : Arms argent (silver) ; a bear rampant, " sable " (black); Cantan Gulez (red) ; Crest on a garb lying fipwise (-) "or" (gold) ; a raven "sable" (black). Motto : Bear and forbear.
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a boot and shoe store. In the summer of 1812, the store was con- sumed by fire, leaving him penniless, and in October, 1812, he came to Cornwall, and engaged with Captain Nehemiah Clark in the curing of leather and the making of boots and shoes. Married Alice Curtis of Stratford, September 22, 1817, and in November of same year purchased, in connection with his brother Menzis, the house now occupied by Menzis Beers at Cornwall. For several years they manufactured boots and shoes for the Southern market, a brother, Lewis Beers, taking charge of the business in Athens, Georgia. In 1822 he purchased a farm of Luman Hopkins, near Cornwall Bridge, and removed there in 1826, and engaged in farm- ing, which occupation he followed until his decease, March 10, 1848. He left a family: Job W. C., b. July 9, 1818; Henry L., b. May 9, 1823; Sarah E., b. Oct. 25, 1825; Victory C., b. Sept. 25, 1832.
Henry L. Beers represented the town in the General Assembly in 1872 and 1876; was selectman for some years, and held many offices of trust.
Sarah E. m. Hiram Pierce of Thomaston, May 31, 1849; her only daughter m. Dr. Edward Bradstreet, and is settled in Meriden.
Victory C. Beers m. Sarah C. Harrison, daughter of Myron Har- rison, June 2, 1862, and has one son, George H., b. July 15, 1866. He was for several years a member of the Dem- ocratic State Central Committee; represented the Seventeenth Senatorial District in the Senate of 1870; was selected as chairman of the Board of Selectmen in 1876, which position he now holds.
Menzis Beers, third son of Matthew, was born in Stratford, July 23, 1795; he permanently settled in Cornwall in 1817, and engaged with his brothers Curtis and Lewis in the curing of leather and the manufacturing of boots and shoes for the Southern market. They opened a store in Athens, Georgia, under the name and firm of C. & M. Beers & Co. Married Laura, daughter of Captain John Pierce, Jan. 1, 1820, and has two sons: John W., b. Jan. 15, 1822; Silas C., b. Mar. 13, 1827.
In 1840, Menzis Beers engaged in the mercantile business with F. Kellogg, at Cornwall, under the firm name of F. Kellogg & Co., which continued two years; but in 1842 the firm of J. W. & S. C. Beers opened a store at North Cornwall for general merchandising and the manufacturing of gloves and mittens, which continued with several partners till 1860, when the business was removed to South Cornwall, under the firm name of M. Beers & Sons.
John W. Beers represented the town in the General Assembly of
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1857, and Silas C. was chosen town clerk and treasurer in 1852, which office he held continuously for fourteen years, and in 1867 he represented the town in the General Assembly. Was chosen deacon of the First Congregational church in 1868, which position he now holds.
THE SEDGWICK FAMILY.
Members of this family have often appeared in this record, yet some continuous account is requisite.
Gen. Robert Sedgwick, one of the first settlers of Charlestown, Mass., was the progenitor of that family in this country. He was one of the most distinguished men of his time, and, according to the record, " was stout and active in all feats of war." This was in Cromwell's time, and the account of his services against the French and in other public positions is very complete. He died at Jamaica, W. I., May 24, 1656. He had five children, one of whom, William, m. Elizabeth Stone, dan. of Rev. Samuel Stone of Hartford, and had one child, Samuel, b. 1667, d. March 24, 1735, in his sixty-ninth year.
Capt. Samuel Sedgwick, of the third generation, m. Mary, dan. of Stephen Hopkins, 1689, and had twelve children.
Dea. Benjamin Sedgwick, the youngest son of Samuel, and of the fourth generation, b. Nov. 7, 1716, m. Anna, dau. of John Thompson of Wallingford, and had children, Sarah, m. Rev. Hezekiah Gold of Cornwall, and d. Aug. 18, 1766; had five children.
John, bap. March 7, 1742, of the fifth generation, m. Abigail, dau. of Capt. Stephen Andrews of Wallingford, about 1763, and had children, John Andrews, b. March 8, 1764; Sarah, b. Dec. 27, 1765, d. unmarried; Henry, b. Sept. 13, 1767; Roderick, b. March 8, 1770, d. æ. 13; Parnel, b. Oct. 4, 1771; Anne, b. April 6, 1775, d. unmarried; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1777, d. Jan. 4, 1778; Pamela, b. Dec. 21, 1778; Benjamin, b. Jan. 25, 1781; Stephen and Elizabeth, twins, b. March 1, 1783, Elizabeth d. unmarried; Roderick, b. Jan. 26, 1785. Gen. John Sedgwick* m. second wife,
* I am informed by Gen. Charles F. Sedgwick of Sharon, that the statement that Gen. Swift was appointed Colonel over the head of Gen. Sedgwick, and that the latter resigned in consequence, is a great mistake. Gen. C. F. Sedg- wick says : " From a statement made by Gen. S., now before me, I learn that he was appointed a Captain in Col. Hinman's regiment in the spring of 1775. Swift's regiment was raised in 1776, but Gen. Sedgwick had no connection with it until as stated below. Gen. Swift was the first Colonel, and he had been an
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Mrs. Sarah Lewis of Farmington, but had no children by this marriage. He d. Aug. 28, 1820.
The other children of Dea. Benjamin were: Benjamin, bap. March 11, 1744; Theodore, bap. May, 1746 (Yale, 1765). History says of him: "Hon. Theodore Sedgwick, LL. D., was one of the great and good men of his time." He resided at Stockbridge, Mass. His sons Theodore, Henry, Robert, and Charles were also eminent lawyers. His daughters were, Eliza, m. Dr. Pomeroy of Northampton, Mass .; Pamelia, m. Elkanah Watson of Albany, N, Y .; Frances P., m. Ebenezer Watson of New York; and Catharine M., widely known as a writer of ability.
John A. Sedgwick, of the sixth generation, m. and had children: Charles F., a lawyer, living in Sharon; Albert, living in Bantam Falls. Mary Ann m. Mr. Noyes; Amanda m. Mr. Bridgman.
Henry m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Edward Rogers, and noticed in Rogers Family; Pamelia m. Jonathan Bates and had one daughter, Pamelia, who m. Charles Hunt of Canaan.
Benjamin m. Olive, dau. of Philo Collins of Goshen, and had children: Philo Collins, b. July 18, 1810; John,* b. Sept. 13, 1813; Olive Collins, b. Jan. 15, 1817, m. Ashbel Fuller of Kent, d. with- out children, Jan. 15, 1856; Emily, b. Nov. 6, 1819, m. Dr. Wm. Welsh of Norfolk, 1869; Eliza, b. Nov. 7, 1824, d. Feb. 15, 1831.
Benjamin Sedgwick was a farmer in Cornwall Hollow. His character and position are well given elsewhere in this volume. He died March 15, 1857. Olive C., his wife, d. July 12, 1859.
Gen. Charles F. Sedgwick, of the seventh generation, m. Betsey, dau. of Cyrus Swan, Esq., of Sharon, and had children: Betsey
officer in the French war, and was very properly selected as its commanding officer. I copy from my grandfather's statement as follows :
"' In the winter of 1776, I was appointed a Major in the regiment commanded by Col. Charles Burral, to succor our army after the defeat of Gen. Montgom- ery, and crossed the lakes on the ice.' 'In the arrangement of the army in 1777, I was transferred into a regiment commanded by Heman Swift, Esq., and served with the main army under General Washington, and HUTTED at Valley Forge.'''
This statement is consistent with the fact that Gen. Swift had been Colonel of the regiment for a year and a half before Gen. Sedgwick joined it. He served under Gen. Swift through all the campaign of 1777; was in the battle of Ger- mantown, and remained with the army till encamped at Valley Forge.
The appointment which gave him offense, and led to his resignation, was that of two young Captains from the eastern part of the State to the office of Colonel. One of them was Eleazer Huntington, afterwards Adjutant-General of the State militia.
T. S. G.
* For the record of Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, see Soldiers of the Rebellion.
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Swan, John, Harriett Maria, Emma Denison, Charles Henry, Caroline Swan, Mary Gould, Robert Adam, Cyrus Swan, and Annie Rachel.
Gen. Sedgwick (Williams, 1813) is well known as well versed in the pedigree of all this part of New England. My thanks are due to him for his historical addresses and other contributions which add so much to the value of this volume. His history of Sharon is very comprehensive, and gives many facts in a small space.
Hon. Albert Sedgwick, of the seventh generation, m. Mary Hunt of Canaan, October, 1822, and had children: John R., Mary H., E. Buel, Catharine, Albert, Theodore, Dwight, Charles F., and Elizabeth, all now living except Theodore and Dwight. Albert Sedgwick obtained the establishment of a post-office in the Hollow in 1824, and received a commission as postmaster from Amos Kendall, P. M., during the presidency of Andrew Jackson; was sheriff of the county for seventeen years, till he resigned in 1854, and was appointed Commissioner of the School Fund, May session, 1854, which office he held for twelve years.
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