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Frances -, b. May 9, 1896.
GEORGE remains with his mother on the farm.
WICKWIRE.
CHESTER WICKWIRE; d. July 7, '87; Mary Harrison, his wife, d. Feb. 19, 1901.
Children: Jane, m. Daniel Smith, Cortland, N. Y. Children:
Bertha. Roscoe C.
Daniel, farmer, Ottawa, Ill .; two children.
Eugene, farmer, Sheffield, Mass .; m. Belle Rogers. Children: Grace. Clara.
Gertrude, m. E. J. Hornbeck, Falls Village. Luman C. and Julia are still at home. Mary d. in infancy.
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Luman C., farmer, one of the largest landholders in town, represented the town in General Assembly in '82, and has held other town offices. Integrity and square dealing are characteristic of the family. The old farm on Cream Hill continues to furnish a liberal return for care and labor bestowed.
NETTLETON.
JEHIEL NETTLETON came to Cornwall in 1808, m. Amy Jack- son and had nine children, and d. at an advanced age. The family have all gone from Cornwall. One son, Lucius J., m. Mary A. Upham, and lived in Barrington, Mass .; b. in '17, d. '97, ae. 80 years. He had four children. At the age of 77 he visited Cornwall, at our first " Old Home Week," in 1874. In a letter dated later he says: "Cornwall is a wonderful town. I did skip over the hills like a deer. Cream Hill is a beautiful place. I attended school there a number of years. My old teachers were Mary and Emily Burnham, E. Fellows, D. Smith, F. Bradford, Dea. Dwight Pratt for many years - he told me he taught for thirty winters."
DEA. ELIJAH NETTLETON, brother of Jehiel, had a large family of children. One was mother of Col. Chas. D. Blinn, Captain in 13th Reg. His uncle, Isaac Fuller Nettleton, was Ist Lieut. in same company. Another daughter m. Rev. E. N. Jencks, a Baptist missionary. None of the descendants left in Cornwall. Col. Charles D. Blinn, though born in Sharon, yet all his business and social relations in early life were with Corn- wall. His mother was born and bred on Cream Hill. He was in the employ of Pratt & Foster, and was member of the Sunday- school and church in West and North Cornwall. Cornwall was his boyhood home, and conditions here developed that sterling integrity and persistent purpose which controlled his life. Corn- wall sent one hundred and fifty soldiers in the War of the Re- bellion, and volumes would be required to report their courage and valor. They were worthy sons of their revolutionary sires. Col. Blinn m. Harriet Pratt, Sept. 23, '68, and after the war resided in New Milford. His health became impaired from exposure, and he died Nov. 4. 1888.
Children: Elizabeth. Mary. Charles Pratt
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HART.
TITUS L. HART, son of Dea. Nathan Hart, d. in Sharon, April, 1878. His first wife, Harriet Corban, d. in Cornwall, '72. They left no children, but adopted Horace C., son of Woodbridge Corban and Mary Bingham. They gave him the name, and the farm where he resides - three adjoining farms now owned and tilled by some of the grandchildren of Dea. Hart.
HORACE C. HART; b. Philadelphia, Nov. 15, 1839; m. June 14, '66, Julia B. Osborne, dau. of Dr. E. and his wife, Mrs. J. B. Osborne of Litchfield ; she d. in Cornwall Oct. 30, '93.
Children:
Jessie Osborne, b. April 23, 1867; was for several years musical instructor in A. M. A. mission school at Talladega, Ala.
Walter L., b. June 14, 1868, m. Jan. 17, 1899, Miss Clarissa M. Jones of Colchester ; now employed in New York in electrical work. Hattie B., b. Jan. 8, 1874, m. Oct. 24, 1897. David Flint Smith, son of J. B. Smith of Sharon. She died Dec. 21, 1902, leaving Children:
Julia Hart, b. in Sharon Dec. 9, 1898.
Martha Reed, b. July 18, 1901.
H. MILTON (son of Dea. Nathan ) d. Dec. 27, '71. His wife still survives at age of 90. Two children, William Clarence and Sylvia R., remain on the old homestead.
Wm. C. m., Ist wife, Fannie M. Brewer, dau. of E. T. Brewer of New Milford (b. April 9, '60), Feb. 26, '84; d. '92. Children:
Milton Taylor, b. Dec. 23, 1884. Willard Judson, b. Sept. 9, 1886. Burnham Clark, b. May II, 1889. Sylvia Westervelt, b. Sept. 2, 1890. Olive Frances, b. Nov. 19, 1892, d. May 25, 1893.
Second wife, Clara Foote Hart, dau. of Uri W. Hart, b. Aug. 22, '65; m. Oct. II, '93.
Children: Kenneth Crawford, b. Feb. 5, 1895.
Clarence Foote, b. May 27, 1896.
William Delos, b. Aug. 14, 1897. Robert Cowles, b. March 15, 1899. Richard Harrison, b. March 15, 1899.
Donald Everton, b. April 5, 1900. Esther Gertrude, b. Jan. 28, 1903.
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REV. NATHAN HART WHITTLESEY was a grandson of Dea. Nathan Hart of Cornwall, b. in New Preston, son of Sheldon Whittlesey and Sylvia Ann Hart; graduated at Yale in 1871; d. at New Haven, 1901. In his later ministry he was engaged in the cause of the National Congregational Ministers' Relief Fund. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him for his ability and pure Christian character.
Nathan Hart, son of Dea. Hart, d. 1883, leaving three children.
ELLEN CLARISSA, b. Aug. 15, 1848, and John Cotton Sher- wood, b. in Greenwich, Oct. 18, 1845; m. Sept. 14, 1871, and reside in Stamford, Conn.
Children:
Herbert Francis Sherwood, b. at Cornwall Oct. 9, 1872, m. March 6, 1901, Grace Lillian Hammond; now resides at E. Orange, N. J. Is employed in editorial work; now in charge of marine department of New York Tribune, and special writer for the Syren, a weekly on shipping news. He also lectures on New York Harbor in the free lecture course of New York city schools, illustrated by 100 lantern views taken by himself of scenes in New York harbor.
Nathan Hart Sherwood, b. June 9, 1874, at Washington, Conn. Employed in Stamford National Bank from 1892, now head bookkeeper. Both are expert operators with the magic lantern.
CHARLES W. HART, son of Nathan Hart, b. W. Cornwall, Dec. 3, 1850; m. Martha Fieldsend Hoult, Walk-upon-Dearn, England, Sept. 21, 1856.
Children:
Nathan, Aug. 6, 1879.
Elizabeth Fieldsend, Sept. 8, 1881.
Raymond Blackburn, May 21, 1886. Wallace Marion, Dec. 2, 1887. Philip McPherson, April 28, 1889. Amelia Whittlesey, Oct. 26, 1890.
Charles Whittlesey, Oct. 4, 1892. Ruth Evelyn, June 10, 1894, d. Jan. 19, 1898. Gould LeRoy, Sept. 10, 1899.
GOULD WHITTLESEY HART; b. Nov. 22, 1855; m. Sophia W. Fritz (b. March 14, 1864), Oct. 16, 1880. Resides in Brook- lyn, N. Y. Business, photography, stereopticon and lantern slides a specialty.
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CLARKE.
CLARKE.
JAMES CLARKE (1) of New Haven is the ancestor of the Cornwall family of that name; native of England and was one of the early settlers of New Haven.
JAMES CLARKE (2), son of the above, of Stratford, m. about 1662, Deborah, dau. of John Peacock.
Children: James (1664). Sarah (1666). John (1668). Deborah (1672).
Phebe ( 1675). Isaac (1677).
Isaac ( 1679). Ephraim (1681). Nathan ( ?). Mary (1687).
EPHRAIM CLARK (3) of Stratford m. July 28, 1703, Hester, dau. of Daniel Belding. His wife, her sister, and their father had been carried captive to Canada by the Indians after the massacre at Deerfield (1696), their mother and brother and two younger sisters having been killed. The children of Ephraim Clark were:
Abigail (1704). Deborah (1705). Samuel (1707). Hester (1709). Elizabeth (17II). Ephraim (1712). Ruth (1716). ¿ David (May 5, 1718). Nathan (1720).
DAVID CLARK (4) of Stratford m. May 12, 1741, Sarah Hea- cock of Norwalk, by whom he had Silas (March 12, 1742). Sarah, wife of David Clark, d. 1743, and he m. Oct., 1743, Abi- gail Peck of Milford, by whom he had :
Children: Esther (1744). Sarah (1746). David (May 18, 1748). Abigail (1750). Hezekiah (1752). Martha (1754). Hester (1759).
The three sons above named removed to Cornwall.
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DAVID CLARK (5) of Cornwall m. Elizabeth Nodine of Stratford, a lady of French descent.
Children:
Mary Frost (1775), m. Eben Jeffers of Cornwall.
David (1777).
Elizabeth (1779).
Nancy (1781), m. Cephas Ives of Goshen.
Dorothy ( 1782).
Tabithy (1784). Hannah ( 1786).
William (Sept. 23, 1788).
Catherine (1791), m. Daniel Dayton of Kent. Anna (1793). Charlotte (1795).
David Clark d. May 17, 1811. His wife Elizabeth d. April 23, 18II.
WILLIAM CLARK (6) of Cornwall m. Jan. 1, 1808, Rebecca Northrup.
Children:
Catharine Rebecca (1809).
William Leavitt ( Feb. 4, 18II).
David (1812). Harriet E. (1814).
Frederick Dwight (1816).
Nancy ( 1818).
Clarrissa Ann (1821).
Hiram Northrup (1823).
Samuel (1826).
Mary (1828). Nelson Ives (1831).
Rebecca, wife of William Clark, d. April 27, 1832, and he m. Jan. 1, 1833, Patience Hollister, and had Sarah Frances ( 1834). William Clark d. 1852.
WILLIAM LEAVITT CLARK (7) of Cornwall m. Emeline Moore, Nov. 29, 1832, and had one son, Leavitt Walter; she d. May 11, 1836, and he m. Harriet J. Calhoun, dau. of Dr. John Calhoun, Oct. 12, 1836, and had three daughters:
Emeline H. Sarah R. Clara L.
LEAVITT WALTER (8) m. Charlotte J. Page, Oct. 17, 1855, and has one dau., Minnie Moore, who m. Dr. Charles D. Alton.
SARAH R. m. E. D. Benedict, Jan. 31, 1861, and has four children.
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PATTERSON.
CLARA L. m. A. W. Kellogg, May 6, 1868, and has one daughter.
PATTERSON.
SILAS G. PATTERSON, b. at Cornwall, March 11, 1838, and his children, are all who are of the name of Patterson, descendants of Andrew (now 1904), living in Cornwall: Silas G. Patterson6, Sherman5, Silas+, Elnathan3, Charles2, Andrew1. His school days were mostly passed in the thirteenth district. Good teachers were here employed, and sometimes this district got credit as first in town. Algebra, geometry, and sometimes Latin were taught; thirty-five scholars at times. Of all his school companions not one now remains in the vicinity.
After fourteen terms of school, wishing to learn land surveying, he purchased Davies' "Surveying and Navigation," and other books on practical mathematics. For forty years he has practiced surveying on the hills of Litchfield Co. and adjoining sections. In early life he spent a few years with his uncle, Burton Gilbert of Warren, where he acquired a taste for trade, which he followed later in life. In 1866 he became sole possessor of the old farm, and m. Sarah Jane, dau. of Perez Sturtevant and Hannah Rebecca Taylor, his wife. She was b. Aug. 22, '44, at Warren; d. April IO, '82, ae. 37.
Children:
Mary Rebecca, b. July 3, 1868. Sherman Henry, b. March 3, 1870. Isaac Sturtevant, b. May 2, 1873. Laura Twiss, b. March 15, 1876. Burton Bonney, b. April 30, 1878. Chas. Gilbert, b. Aug. 6, 1880. Three others d. in infancy.
Dec. 6, '88, m. Emma Estella, dau. of James Reed Waldron and Betsey Payne, his wife, b. March 28, '61 ; she d. May 21, '93. There were five children from this marriage; all d. in infancy. He united with Cong. Church in Warren Sept. 2, '66, his wife member previously at Kent.
For the last three years he has been buying real estate, mostly woodland, till now he owns over 3,000 acres - 20 to 40 years' growth of wood. He has spent much time in genealogy, and these records, much reduced, are from him.
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HISTORY OF CORNWALL.
His mother was Polly Gilbert of Warren, a descendant of Jonathan Gilbert of Hartford, a man largely employed in public service and the chief inn-holder of Hartford.
POLLY G., b. Dec. 30, 1800, m. Sherman Patterson5, Jan. 15, 137.
Children:
Silas Gilbert, b. March II, 1838.
Burton Clark, b. Sept. 10, 1839.
Henry Sherman.
Another line of descent of Sherman and Polly Patterson is John Pierce1, Joshua Pierce2, Priscilla Pierce3, and her husband, Perez Bonney, Abigail Bonney4, and her husband, Sherman, and Polly Patterson.
The Bonney line is traced back to Thomas Bonney, who came over in the Hercules, and m. a dau. of Henry Sampson, who came in the Mayflower.
SHERMAN HENRY PATTERSON" ; m. March 27, '93, Adelaide, dau. of James Reed Waldron of Kent.
Children: Alice Estella. Gilbert.
Lives in Torrington. Engaged in sale of milk with Benj. Crissey.
ISAAC STURTEVANT PATTERSON7 m. Lulu Cook, dau. of Frank Cook of Torrington. Had one son ; d. in infancy. Lives in Simsbury.
BURTON BONNEY PATTERSON7; single. Lives on the old farm, more than 100 years in the family. A good, thrifty farmer.
CHARLES GILBERT PATTERSON"; single. Lives with his brother, and manages his father's home farm.
MARY REBECCA PATTERSON". In her younger days she was helpless (about 10 years) from spinal meningitis, and for five years could not be raised to a sitting posture or turned on to either side. It is not possible to describe the awful suffering of those years, nor the cheerful, happy state of mind, fixed on God, in faith believing, though at many a time death seemed near at hand, that she should be helped of God, and it has been according to her faith ; now she rejoices in health and strength to perform the ordinary
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PATTERSON.
labors of life. Though debarred from attending school a single day, she learned to read and write without any instruction. The Bible was her constant study, and its precepts her support and guide.
LAURA TWISS PATTERSON7. She commenced school teaching at sixteen years of age, and for eleven years has been a successful teacher ; is now employed in the higher grade at West Cornwall.
BURTON CLARK PATTERSON", son of Sherman and Polly Gil- bert, b. Sept. 10, '39; m. Feb., '72, Harriet Beach of Goshen, dau. of Silas Beach, b. March 15, '73. Silas Beach Patterson7, son, b. March 25, '73. Yale, 1894, B.P., '97, C.E .; now at Taclotan, Province of Leyte, Philippine Islands, supervisor of the province, having charge of prisoners, government buildings, government roads, and construction work.
Harriet Beach d. Oct. 18, '74, and he m. 2d, May 18th, Annie M. Merwin of Brookfield.
Children: Burton Merwin, b. March 9, 1877. Edson Burr, b. Aug. 8, 1882.
Mr. Patterson removed to Torrington in 1866, to a farm near the village. As selectman, member of the General Assembly, etc., he has served the town. Member of Hope Grange, the oldest in the state, purchasing agent of the State Grange, member of exam- ining committee and served two terms as Worthy Master of State Grange, trustee of the Connecticut Agricultural College, and in other positions of trust he has proved an efficient worker.
HENRY SHERMAN PATTERSON6, son of Sherman and Polly Gilbert, b. Jan. 28, '42 ; removed to Torrington in '66. He soon had a large business as builder and contractor. Mar. Oct. 6, '80, Estella B. Wooster of Torrington.
He was two years in Victoria, B. A., and for the last seven has been instructor and professor in the Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs. His experience as a builder has been of great value in planning and erecting buildings at the college.
Children:
Bertha May. Irving Wooster.
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HISTORY OF CORNWALL.
BERTHA MAY PATTERSON m. H. L. Garrigus at the Con- necticut Agricultural College, Nov. 29, 1899.
ELNATHAN PATTERSON3 came to Cornwall about 1772. There is an inventory in his "Book of Accompts," date of '72, probably what he brought with him to Cornwall :
One lucing glass, which means
one looking glass.
One dussen plats,
one dozen plates.
Fife platters,
five platters.
Two pots,
. two pots.
One tepot,
one teapot.
One set nives, and forks,
one set knives and forks.
Duch blankit,
Dutch blanket.
One tunil,
one tunnel.
A grater,
a grater.
One dussen of earthern plats,
one dozen earthen plates.
One porrig pot,
one porridge pot.
And a dish cittel,
and a dish kettle.
One par of flat eyrns,
one pair flat irons.
2 quart basons,
2 quart basins.
6 spoons,
6 spoons.
After living in Cornwall for a few years he sold his farm to his sons, and removed to farm on Sharon mountain, later owned by J. T. Andrew.
LIEUT. MATTHEW PATTERSON ; b. March 6, 1745; m. April 13, '72, Hannah, dau. of Zechariah Howe Jones. He d. Feb. 12, 1807; she d. Aug. 12, '34. He was son of John" Patterson* and Mary Curtiss.
Elnathan Patterson's descendants have intermarried with the following Cornwall families: Everest, Johnson, Jones, Bonney, Clark, Judson, Pierce, Calhoun, Baldwin, and others.
SHERWOOD.
Cornwall Land Record, Vol. 4, Page 15.
EBENEZER SHERWOOD, and Hannah, his wife.
Children: Joshua Bradford, b. May 19, 1772.
John, b. Sept. 25, 1773. Molly, b. March 2, 1777. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 28, 1779. Sally, b. June 4, 1780.
* John Patterson, our carly town clerk, moved to N. H. and died 106 years old, being at his death the oldest Yale graduate.
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BALDWIN.
JOSHUA BRADFORD SHERWOOD, son of Ebenezer, m. Anna, dau. of Titus and Anna Bonney, Nov. 12, 1793, and had eleven children :
A son, b. and d. Nov. 9, 1794.
Maria, b. Feb. 25, 1796, m. Rossiter Hopkins.
Anna, b. April 24, 1798, m. Erastus Johnson.
Wakeman.
Laura. William, m. Sally Ware. Sarahı.
Ebenezer. Mary Pierce. Eleanor Gold. John S.
BONNEY.
JOHN BONNEY, son of Titus and Anna Bonney, m. Orilla Sherwood; eight children :
Mira. Orpha. Hezekiah. John.
William. Hannah. William Sherwood. Timothy Stone.
BALDWIN.
From Record furnished by George L. Baldwin, Sioux City, Iowa.
JOSEPH BALDWIN, son of Richard Baldwin, weaver, of Choles- bury (a village in County Bucks, about thirty miles northwest of London, England), was one of the first settlers of Milford, Conn., and his name appears Nov. 20, 1639, in the first list of free planters. He had a large family, and nearly three thousand of his descendants are listed in the " Baldwin Genealogy," published in 1881.
Joseph Baldwin's oldest son, Joseph, Jr., was the father of James Baldwin, who was one of the proprietors of Durham, Conn., at the date of the patent, May 1, 1708, but sometime after 1724 he moved to Saybrook. James Baldwin's grandson, Aaron, was the father of Henry Baldwin, the first settler of that name in Cornwall.
HENRY BALDWIN; b. in 1752, in what is now known as Chester. On July 11, 1775, he enlisted in the Rev. Army, in
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Capt. Edward Shipman's (6th) Co. of Col. Chas. Webb's (7th) Regt. This regiment was stationed along the shore of Long Island Sound until Sept. 14th, then ordered to the camps at Boston, where it was assigned to the brigade of Gen. Sullivan and stationed at the left of the besieging line on Winter Hill, and there remained until its term of enlistment expired, Dec. 18, 1775. On Feb. 28, 1778, he enlisted in Capt. Elisha Ely's Co. of the 6th Regt., "Conn. Line." This regiment encamped at West Point. It assisted in the construction of " Meigs Redoubt," also the intrenchments on the east side of the river; in the summer of '78 it was encamped at White Plains, and went into winter camp at Redding. This enlistment was for eleven months, and he received his discharge Jan. 1, 1779. For these services he re- ceived a pension of $8.00 per month, which after his death was continued to his widow.
Blessed with the rugged virtues of strength, courage, honesty, and thrift, Henry followed the occupation of farming all his days, and reared a large family of ten children in habits of industry and right living. He and his wife were fine specimens of "Mens sana in corpore sano." A great grandson, the late Francis H. Trowbridge of Neligh, Neb., remembers them, and he states that they were both very large people, their combined weight being over four hundred and fifty pounds. They were members of the Methodist Church, and diligent in attending its services.
Henry Baldwin d. June 15, 1831, from an attack of apoplexy, ae. 79 years. After her husband's death Mrs. Baldwin remained with her unmarried daughter Anna in the old home. Here, with most of her children and grandchildren residing in the same or adjoining towns, "in an old age, serene and bright," with un- ceasing activity and usefulness to the last, she passed away Aug. 24, 1841.
Children :
I. JANE; b. in 1781 ; m. Joel Trowbridge, who was a soldier in Burgoyne's army. He was a miller and cooper, and they re- sided in Cornwall. They had seven children :
Henry. Prudence. Joel Andrus. Lucy. Mary. Hannah A. Flora.
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2. HENRY, JR .; b. in '81 ; d. in 1860; m. Mitylene Millard, dau. of Joel Millard, and resided as a farmer in Cornwall.
Children:
William W. Mary Amelia. Artemisia.
The latter m. George A. Wheaton of Cornwall and is still living.
3. ITHAMAR; b. '85; m. 1814, Electa Millard, and lived as a farmer in Cornwall; d. '73.
Children:
Charles F., d. 1854. Marcia L. Lucretia.
Marcia is still living, in New Britain, the widow of Geo. Leach, who was a teacher in Avon for many years.
Gertrude, the only daughter of Charles F., m. Prof. R. H. Chit- tenden, who is now director of S. S. S., Yale University.
4. ANNA did not marry, and lived and died in Cornwall.
5. JABEZ ; b. 1788; d. 1854; m. Irene, dau. of Hawley Reed and granddaughter of James Wadsworth, and resided as a farmer in Cornwall.
Children: Maria. Jane. Harriet. Lucy I. Jonathan Reed.
Mary, who m. Roswell Norton of Waterbury, and is the only one now living.
Jane, being the only one who remained in Cornwall, m. Smith Nickerson.
Children:
A son and daughter; the daughter Mary, who m. John Salewski, with her children, now being the only de- scendants of Jabez Baldwin who reside in Cornwall.
6. HANNAH; b. April 15, 1793; d. July 31, 1874; m. June 2, 1814, James D. Ford of Cornwall. Mr. Ford was a brick and stone mason, and lived in Cornwall; d. 1876.
Children: Edward Curtis. Chauncey. Chester. John. Ellen M. Hannah A. Lydia J. Nancy R. James O. Mary E. Sarah.
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7. MARY m. Chester Markham of Wrentham, Mass.
8. NOAH ; b. June 23, 1796; d. Nov. 15, 1871 ; m. Oct. 19, 1828, Mrs. Sabra Smith Cotter, widow of John Cotter, and dau. of Capt. John Smith, a soldier of the Revolution, and sister of Rev. Walter Smith, pastor of the 2d Eccl. Soc. in Cornwall. In her daily life she exemplified the gospel which he preached. This sustained her in many afflictions ; for deeds of charity and self- sacrifice she was universally respected and loved. Few women have exerted such an influence for good in Cornwall; b. in Kent, 1801; d. 1890. Noah was a farmer in Cornwall.
Children:
Andrew Cotter, died in 1858.
Chauncey E., m. Julia Howard of Madison, N. Y.
Noah's only living grandson, Edward C. Baldwin, Sept. 3, '98, the son of Chauncey, Yale, '95, Ph.D. '98, Yale University, is 110W Prof. of English Literature in the University of Illinois.
M. Mabel Merrill, dau. of Chas. G. Merrill of New Haven; daughter, Grace Howard, b. Oct. 22, '99.
9. WILLIAM ; b. March 21, '98; m. Oct. 22, '23, Julia Traf- ford, dau. of Joel Trafford of Cornwall, and d. in Pittsfield, O., in 1876.
Children:
William Henry, Lee, Mass. Mary Elizabeth, died unm. Electa M., m. J. W. Gaines of Cleveland, Ohio, d.
Noah R., died young.
Horace F., New Haven.
Russel P. and James S., farmers in Lorain County, Ohio.
Edward D., Santa Barbara, Cal.
Francis C., New Haven.
William H. has one son, William C., who is in the lumber busi- ness in Lee; James, no children; Russel, six; Horace, three ; Edward, one, and Francis, three. Two of the grandsons of Horace, Lyman E. and Howard W., are in the U. S. Navy.
IO. ABIGAIL; b. 1801; d. 1881 ; m. Edward Rogers White. Children:
Edward H. .
Cynthia J., both of whom died childless.
PIERCE, MAJOR SETH ; Yale, A.B., 1806; b. May 16, 1785; d. Aug. 6, 1881, ae. 96 years, 2 mo., and 20 days. Mr. Pierce was a farmer, a student of history and literature, always indulging in some peculiarities which gave rise to many stories. He retained his mental ability and native shrewdness in his extreme age. For some time he was the oldest living graduate of Yale. His cheery ways for nearly a century will long be remembered.
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BIRDSEYE.
HON. VICTORY BIRDSEYE ( Williams), b. in Cornwall, was son of Ebenezer B., and grandson of Rev. Nathan Birdseye of Strat- ford, who d. ae. 101. M. C., 1815 and 1841, in the latter year succeeding Hon. Edward Rogers, who defeated him in a very close vote for the preceding term. He resided at Pompey, N. Y., and held a high rank in his profession as a lawyer.
WHEATON.
GEORGE A., son of George Wheaton, had children.
GEORGE H. m. Gertrude Fitch ; had one dau., Jessie G. Mrs. W. d. Nov. 10, '72 ; he d. March 27, '73. LEWEY WHEATON m. Erastus H. Dean ; d.
Children:
Edith G., m. Frederic Starr, New Milford, June, 1902; son, b. April 17, 1903. George S.
HARRIET N. WHEATON m. James A. Cochrane.
Children : George Wheaton. Jessie C., m. Miner P. Rogers Oct. 22, 1902.
ALLEN.
JOSEPH ALLEN came to Cornwall from Litchfield about 1740, bringing one son, Ethan, and resided here till his death, about 1751. He was buried in the old burying ground west of Cornwall Center. Ethan and probably rest of family moved to Salisbury. Later the family removed to Vermont, and when they had established a home there Ethan and his brothers carried the body of their father to that state. Many other bodies were removed from that ground, and now no marked graves appear. Joseph Allen was one of the original proprietors of Cornwall, and was a prominent man among the early settlers.
Children born in Cornwall:
Heman, 1740. Lydia, 1742. Heber, 1743. Levi, 1745. Lucy, 1747. Ira, 1751. 8
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Another Allen ( Daniel) m. Dorcas Dibble, and had a son Orlo and other children.
ELIHU and GABREL ALLEN lived in town and had children. No descendants as far as known are now living in Cornwall.
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