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Dr. Jeremiah Bradford was the son of Gershom and Pricilla (Wiswall) Bradford, first of Kingston, Massachu- setts, and then of Bristol, Rhode Island, grandson of Samuel and Hannah (Rogers) Bradford, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, and a descendant of Gov. William Brad- ford, of Plymouth colony. He settled in Middle Had- dam, and married Rebecca Dart, June 3d 1756. He is said to have been an able practitioner and a man of good sense. He died in 1814, at the age of 80. His children were: Vienna, who married George Talcott; Jeremiah jr., baptized October 29th 1758, graduated from Yale in 1779, studied medicine, but never practiced as a physician, married Mary Smith in 1782, and about the year 1806, removed to Berlin, Vermont, where he died December 25th 1835; William, baptized 1760; and Joel, baptized 1764, married Sarah Stocking.
Othniel Brainerd, son of Abijah, of Haddam, born June 5th 1728, married Lucy Swaddle, May roth 1750, and resided in Middle Haddam Society for a time, and finally removed to East Hampton, where he died, De- cember roth 1816. His wife died in 1763, and he mar- ried Jerusha, widow of Samuel Kilbourn, who died Aug- ust roth 1806. His children by his first wife were: Lucy, who married Isaac Brown; Lois, who married John Johnson; Othniel jr., Azuba, Esther, and Seba. By his second wife: Ansel, Abigail, and Oliver. Oliver married in 1793, Lucy Rogers, and, after her death, Anna, daughter of Adonijah Strong. He resided north of the lake, in the house now occupied by William Grover, and had nine children. Aristobulas; Jerusha, who married William Utley; Lucy, who married Erastus Buck; Adonijah S .; Ursula, married John G. Hinckley; Betsey, married Warren Veazey; Mary, married Francis Gilbert; Elizabeth, married Marvin T. Nash; and Amanda, who married Nathan Levee.
Othniel Brainerd jr., married Grace Stocking in 1782. He served seven years in the war of the Revolution, and about two years before it closed received an orderly sergeant's warrant. He died in Madison county, New York, May 27th 1832.
James Brainerd jr., son of James, of Haddam, married, July roth 1744, Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Hurd. He died in 1749, before the birth of his youngest child, Ichabod, who was born August 19th of that year. His quite prominent as a local preacher of the Methodist de- other children were Abigail and James. James married Mercy Stocking, October 29th 1771, and died May 2d
1797. Their children were: Jared, who married Henri- etta Smith; Mercy, Lucy, who married Jeremiah Taylor; Parsons, James, George, Russell, and Abigail.
Joshua Brainerd, born May 20th 1707, son of Caleb Brainerd of Haddam, settled in the east part of Middle Haddam, and was released from paying taxes for the support of that society in 1748, and allowed to pay his rate to East Haddam. He was married three times, and by his first wife had a son Abner, who was born May Ist 1731, and lived in Chatham. Abner married, first, De- cember 29th 1756, Elizabeth Champion, of East Had- dam, who died in 1758, and in 1761 he married Eliza- beth Burr. His children were Elizabeth, Joshua, Abner, Caleb, Dorothy, Seymour, Gurdon, Jeremiah, Mary, and Jared Warren. Joshua married Hannah Foster and was the father of Julius Brainerd, who lived in the Tarsia District, near the school house. Jeremiah married Eliza- beth Green, and settled in Rome, N. Y., and was a man famous for his ingenuity and firmness of character. He was a contractor on the great Erie Canal and built the first weigh lock and the first canal barrow in its present shape that was ever made. His inventions were numer- ous and useful.
Ozias Brainerd, son of Jedediah Brainerd of Haddam, and Nathan Brainerd, son of Nathan and Sarah (Gates) Brainerd of the same place, resided in the Young Street District and had large families. Nathan married, for his first wife, Content Hannah, youngest daughter of Benja- min Smith. After her death he married Lydia, widow of Jabez Brooks, and youngest daughter of the Rev. Benja- min Bowers. He died April 29th 1809, and is buried in the Young Street Cemetery. Other families of the name have resided in different parts of the town, all of them descending from Daniel, one of the first proprietors and settlers of Haddam.
Samuel Brown, whose parentage has not been ascer- tained, married, April 27th 1758, Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Brainerd, and resided in the east part of East Hampton Parish, not far from the Colchester line, near the Lyman Viaduct. He died January 11th 1795, aged 65 years. Their children were Elizabeth, Samuel, Su- sannah, Mary, Enos, and Abner. Samuel Brown jr. mar- ried, first, Mary Kellogg, by whom he had four children, Clarissa, Cyrus, Polly, and Samuel. His wife dying, he married Sibil, widow of Loren Cowdrey, and by her he had two children, William A. and Arminda. He served in the war of the Revolution, and resided in the East School District, in the house now owned by James Daley.
Captain Enos Brown, born March 26th 1769, married, June Ist 1796, Anna Williams, and resided on the home- stead of his father. His children were Horace, Halsey, Nancy, and Eliza. Horace Brown, son of Enos, married, and resided on the old homestead, and was a prominent member of the Protestant Methodist Episcopal Church, and a local preacher of that denomination. His oldest son, William Bolles Brown, removed to Iowa, and was nomination in that State. He died a few years since, in Waverly, Iowa.
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The ancestors of Lyman Brown are of French descent, and the emigrant is said to have been the head of one of the "wealthy Acadian families " whose property was con- fiscated in the time of the French war. He came to Norwich with his family, which consisted of two sons, but with one of them subsequently returned to Nova Scotia.
Rev. Thomas G. Brown, a native of Corinth, Vt., and for many years circuit preacher and minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, resides in East Hampton on Mil- ler's Hill, and has passed his 85th year. He enlisted in the war of 1812, but saw no active service. At 63 years of age he enlisted as chaplain of the 21st Regiment Con- necticut Volunteers, and, at the battle of Drury's Bluff, was wounded by a shell, while praying at the front for the dying soldiers. On " Battle Flag Day," September 17th 1879, he marched the entire distance from the ar- senal in Hartford over the route of the procession. He married, May 31st 1829, Caroline Maria, daughter of Amasa Daniels. Their children are: Henry B., born in 1833, was an assistant paymaster in the navy during the Rebellion, and after the war closed commenced the man- ufacture of bolt cutting machinery in New Haven, but in 1876 removed to East Hampton and located on the site of Abell's Mills, where he now carries on the business (He has also been a successful newspaper reporter, and been prominently connected with the cause of temper- ance and a leader in the Christian Advent church in East Hampton of which he was the founder); Delos D., born in 1838, enlisted in Co. H, 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, and was commissioned first lieutenant in 1862, and afterward promoted to the rank of captain of Co. F of the same regiment, and participated in nearly all the actions in which the regiment was engaged (He was for a time engaged in the manufacture of wrought iron cow bells in company with D. W. Sexton and War- ren Veazey, under the firm name of Sexton, Veazey & Brown. He was also engaged for a while in Norwich in mercantile business. Since April Ist 1884, he has held the office of county commissioner); Caroline, married Lieut. Fred W. H. Buell, who died in the service of his country, in 1855 (She is now the very efficient corres- ponding secretary of the " Wonen's Christian Temper- ance Union," which has its central office in New York city); and Eben Plummer, youngest child, who served as a paymaster clerk in the navy, and died in 1868, at the age of 27. Other families of the name have resided at different times in various localities in the town.
tain in the militia there, and held the office of postmas- ter from 1821 to 1845. He married Lucy, daughter of Deacon Gideon Arnold, in 1803, and had six children: Charles A .; Maria, who married Harry Clark; Tilson Aldridge; Caroline M., who married Nehemiah Tracy; William G .; and Sarah E., who married Rufus Benson, of Millville, Mass. He died April 5th 1858. Charles A. was for a number of years a merchant in Middle Had- dam and afterward engaged in the bell business in East Hampton with J. N. Goff and Amiel Abell, under the firm name of Goff, Abell & Buell. In company with Hiram Veazey, he purchased the interest of his partners, and carried on the business under the firm name of Buell & Veazey, afterward selling out to his partner. He fol- lowed farming until 1872, when he was employed as station agent for the Air Line Railroad. He resigned a year or two since and resides on his farm. He has represented the town in the General Assembly and the old 18th Senatorial District in the State Senate. William G. Buell resides on the old homestead, where he has kept a public house for a number of years. He has been postmaster, representative, and a member of the State Senate. In his hotel office is a large collection of relics of the aboriginal inhabitants of the vicinity and many curiosities. The emigrant ancestor of this family was William Buell, of Chesterton, England, who settled in Dorchester, Mass., in 1630, and removed to Windsor, Conn., in 1635, where he died in 1681.
Chauncey Bulkley was a merchant, and for a long time held the office of justice of the peace in the town. He was very wealthy and lent considerable money to the town in the time of the Revolution, as appears by the books of the treasurer. October 23d 1774, he was married to Sarah, widow of Nathaniel Doane, and daughter of Jonathan Parmelee; she died in 1792, and he married Mary, widow of Joseph Hurd and daughter of the Rev. Benjamin Bowers. By her he had a son, Chauncey Bow- ers, who married Lovina Strong. Esquire Bulkley died May roth 1818, aged 75 years.
Jonathan Burr was one of the early settlers in Middle Haddam Parish, locating south of the Hog Hill Cemetery. He was a descendant of Benjamin Burr, one of the early settlers and proprietors of Hartford in 1635. He mar- ried Abigail Hubbard, of Middletown, and had the fol- lowing children: Mary, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Abigail, Thankful, and Hannah. He died January Ist 1735. Ebenezer, Jonathan, and Nathaniel, above mentioned, were petitioners for the incorporation of the society in 1738. Ebenezer died in 1743. Jona- than married, October 30th 1730, Elizabeth Belden, of Wethersfield, and had Jonathan, Elizabeth, Mary, Abi- gail, Ebenezer, and Experience, born between 1741 and 1752. Nathaniel removed to Haddam and died in 1802.
Captain Joseph Buell, son of Timothy Buell, was born in Marlborough, May 29th 1749. He married, in 1772, Hope Loveland, and in 1775 removed to Glastonbury, and in 1780 to Colebrook. About 1791, he removed to East Hampton, when he purchased one fourth part of the iron works, which he sold in 1798, and removed to Westches- Joseph Carey, probably son of Joseph and Abigail (Bushnell) Carey, of that part of the town of Windham which is now Scotland, and a descendant of John Carey who came from Somersetshire, England, and settled in Duxbury, Mass., in 1637, at the age of 25, married Abi- ter, where he died July 24th 1828. His children were: Sally, born August 26th 1773, married Norton Bill; Joseph, born July 14th 1775, married Mercy Carrier and settled in Westchester; and David, born January 10th 1778. David was a merchant in East Hampton, a cap- | gail Bigelow, October 24th 1739, and settled in Middle
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Haddam. Their children were: Josiah, born July 9th 1740; Edward, baptized April 24th 1743; Prosper, 1745, married Elizabeth Parker; George, 1747, married Rachel Hurd; Waitstill, 1749, married Editha Bigelow; Joseph, 1752, married Rebecca Hurd; Nancy, 1754; James, 1758; Abigail, 1759, died young; Abigail, 1762, married Jacob Hurd; Mary, 1764, married Benjamin Hurd; and Samuel, 1768. Joseph Carey, jr., was master of a vessel which was captured in May 1780, by a British privateer, and, the capturers being pursued, they applied a pressure of sail that carried the ship and all on board to the bottom of the ocean. He had two children: Halsey who, being quartermaster of the Chesapeake, died off Algiers in 1814; and Phœbe.
James Child removed from Warren, R. I., to Haddam about the year 1762, and married a Miss Kelly. His children were: James Kelly, born August 30th 1763; Thomas, born April 18th 1765; John, born March 18th 1770; Samuel, born Sept. 6th 1779; Gardner, born June 6th 1781; and Heman, born June 12th 1784. Thomas was a ship builder, and worked, it is thought, in Haddam some time before engaging in the business at Middle Haddam. He was the master builder of 237 vessels, most of which were built in this place. He married Hannah Tryon, January 19th 1786. He died April 25th 1856, in the 9Ist year of his age.
David Tryon, son of Thomas, was a merchant in Mid- dle Haddam, occupying a building near the present store of John Carrier. He died March 24th 1851.
John Clark, of Middletown, North Parish, was an early, if not the earliest settler in East Hampton. He was born in Middletown, June 14th 1678, and was a son of Ser- geant John and Elizabeth (White) Clark, and grandson of William Clark, one of the first settlers and proprietors of Haddam. He owned a large tract of land on the west side of the lake, and about the year 1737 built a house on Clark's Hill, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1771, when he was 92 years of age. He mar- ried, May 9th 1710, Sarah Goodwin, daughter of William Goodwin, and great grandchild of Ozias Goodwin, who was one of the first settlers of Hartford, and a prominent
man among them. He was thrifty and prosperous, and bridle path from Providence to Middletown. The sign
amassed a large amount of property during his lifetime. His wife, Sarah, died October 19th 1781, aged 99 years. Their children were: Ebenezer, born July 12th 1711; William, born August 31st 1713; John, born December 9th 1715; Moses, born March 25th 1718; Aaron, born March 2d 1720-21; and Sarah, born August 4th 1723, married Ebenezer Hurlbut jr.
Ebenezer Clark, oldest son of John, married, June 21st 1733, Abigail, the daughter of Joseph (sen.) and Hannah Whitmore, of Middletown. His wife died April 9th 1738, aged 26 years, and he married, September 20th 1739, Ann Warner. He removed to East Hampton with his father and became quite a prominent citizen there, was a captain in the militia, and one of the first deacons of the church. About 1756, he removed to Judea Parish, now the town of Washington, but at that time a part of Wood- bury, Litchfield county, Conn., and there remained until
his death, April 5th 1800, at the age of 89. His gravestone, now standing in the Washington Cemetery, states that he was deacon of the church at Washington 44 years. His wife, Ann, died March 3d 1795, aged 79. His children by his first wife were: Abigail, born April Ist 1734; Jedediah, born January 16th 1736; by his second wife: Tabitha, born June 18th 1740; married Dr. John Cal- houn, of Washington, and died November 23d 1796; Ebenezer, born February 28th 1742; Ann, born March Ist 1744; Rebecca, born December 28th 1745, died No- vember 11th 1755, and was buried in the Lake Cemetery; Susannah, born April 23d 1748; Joseph, born May 30th 1750; Jerusha, born April 24th 1752: Sarah, born March 3d 1755, died June 30th 1776; Moses, born March 4th 1751, died same day.
William Clark, second son of John, married Mary Wright, February 7th 1744. His residence was near his father's, where William F. Clark now resides. He died, at the age of 99, September 26th 1812, from the effect of a fall and old age. His wife died February 16th 1797, aged nearly 77 years. Their children were: Mary, born De- cember 8th 1744, died July 24th 1749; Elizabeth, born July 17th 1750; Stephen, born June 23d 1754; Mary, born June 22d 1756; Samuel, born July 27th 1758; Lucy, born October 2d 1761.
Stephen Clark, son of William, married, February 28th 1782, Prudence Hale. He served as a soldier during the greater part of the Revolution. After the war he mar- ried and settled on the old homestead of his father. He died October 3d 1852, aged 98. His wife died Febru- ary 16th 1840, aged 82 years, 6 months, and 14 days. He had at the time of his death seen seven generations of the family, and had great-great-grandchildren living. His children were: William, born July 3d 1783; Rhoda, born March Ioth 1785, married, December 11th 1805, Timothy Abbe, of Enfield, and was the mother of Hor- atio H. Abbe, of the Gong Bell Manufacturing Company; Amy, died young; Amy; and Horace.
John Clark jr., third son of John, married Sarah White February Ist 1744. He lived on the homestead of his father, and kept an ordinary or public house on the old
is still in existence, being in possession of Stewart D. Parmelee. He was chosen deacon of the church, to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of his brother Eben- ezer from the parish, and was quite prominently con- nected with building the first meeting house. He died August 8th 1809, aged 94 years. Sarah, his wife, died June 26th 1780, aged 56. Their children were: John, born March 15th 1745; Mehitable, born November 14th 1746, died November Ist 1747; Sarah, born February 20th 1747-8; Mehitable, born April 8th 1750; Daniel, born October 13th 1752, a Revolutionary soldier; Esther, born October 2d 1754; Elijah, born November Ist 1756, died in the army in 1777; Desire, born June 12th 1759, died same day; David, born May 23d 1760; Lydia, born April 13th 1763; Moses, born November 23d 1766.
David Clark, son of Deacon John, lived on the liome- stead. He married, first, Jerusha, daughter of Captain
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Abijah Hall, September 19th 1782. She died August 24th 1800, and he married, November 15th 1801, Eunice Griffith. She dying July 27th 1811, he married Mehitable Hubbard, sister of the wife of his oldest son. He kept the public house after the death of his father, was chosen deacon of the church July 11th 1816, was for many years justice of the peace, and was quite prominently con- nected with the affairs of the society and town. He was the first worshipful master of Warren Lodge, No. 51, F. & A. M., and was highly esteemed in the community. He died January 8th 1839, aged 79 years. His widow died November 26th 1854, aged 72. He had two sons by his first wife, Elijah and Chauncey.
Jesse, son of Robert Clark, of Haddam Neck, married, February Ist 1798, Eunice Brooks and settled in the northern part of Tarsia District, where he died April 13th, 1826. For many years he was sexton of the Tarsia Cemetery. His sons, Jonathan B. and Walter H., were wheelwrights and carried on business in a shop still stand. ing, though in a dilapidated condition, on Flat Brook, a few rods south of the Rapallo Viaduct. They made a specialty of manufacturing ox yokes, disposing of them to the quarry companies of Portland, Haddam, and Niantic.
Jonathan Clark jr., a descendant of John Clark, one of the early settlers of East Haddam, married Zilpah Brainerd, and settled in the Young Street District. His children were Timothy, Elijah, Lydia, Zilpah, Eunice, Thankful, and Betsey. Timothy served in the Revolu- tion and died from the effects of a wound received in an engagement toward the close of the war. Elijah, born June 4th 1762, married, April 15th 1787, Mercy Doane, and died March 10th 1831, leaving two sons, Elijah and Harry, and several daughters.
Elijah Clark 2d, son of Elijah, carried on the business of farming and lumbering in company with Ambrose N. Markham, furnishing large quantities of lumber to ship- yards on the river and on Long Island. He died in Windsor, November 22d 1879, leaving two children: Henry W., a merchant in Hartford; and Mary Ann, wife of Capt. N. C. Johnson.
Harry Clark married Maria, daughter of Capt. David Buell, and lived on the road leading south over Hog Hill and near the old toll-gate. His children were: David B., who carried on the butchering business until his pop-gun, which made a slight sore on his face that never death in 1868; Henry Glover, the merchant in East Hampton; Elijah P. and Rufus B., commercial travelers; Leverett D., of New London; Frank A., who resides on the homestead; and two daughters, Mary S. and Emma M.
Jabez Clark, a descendant of William Clark, of Had- dam, married, August 5th 1742, Sarah Judd, and settled about that time on Clark's Hill, where he died April 25th 1765, aged 48 years. His children were: Nathaniel, born August 7th 1743; Ede, born August 29th 1745, married John Norton jr., and Deacon Moses Cook; Jabez, born August 25th 1747; Hannah, born January Ist 1749- 50, married John Johnson; Sarah, born March 25th 1752, married Isaac Bevin; Amos, born October 12th
1754; Abner, born October 12th 1754, and died in a prison ship in New York during the Revolution; Mercy, who married Joel Wood; and two sons by the name of Timothy, that died young. Nathaniel married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Norton; she died May 17th 1770, leaving a daughter, Eunice, who married Sparrow Smith .. He married, second, Dorothy Hale, who died March 11th 1838, aged 87, He died January 13th 1814, aged 70. Jabez married, first, Lydia, daughter of Abijah Hall, and after her death, he married Ruth Hinckley, February 27th 1788. He died Decem- ber 25th 1837, in the 91st year of his age. His children by his second wife were: Ira, who married Sarah Eddy; Jabez who married Ann Warner; Timothy, married Sophia Smith; Lydia, married Moses West; David, married Polly Gates; Orimel, married Pamelia Bevin; and Hiram, who married Achsa Arnold. Amos served in the army during the Revolution, and his gravestone says he was esteemed for his patriotism and piety. He married, July 12th 1781, Anna, daughter of Ebenezer Sears, and died March 20th 1843. His wife died July 8th 1835. Their children were: Anna, who died young; Philena, who married Nathan Harding jr .; Anna, who married Lazarus Watrous; Abner Nelson, a physician at Fredonia, New York; Sarah, who married Ephraim Meech; and Amos, born December 2d 1794, married, September 18th 1816, Betsey M. S. Smith, both of whom are now living on Miller's Hill in East Hampton. Their family consisted of nine children, seven of whom sur- vive.
Ebenezer Cole and wife, Elizabeth, with their children, Marcus, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, and Jerusha, emigrated from that part of Eastham, Mass., that is now Orleans, and bought for £900 three lots, with house and barn, May 13th 1748. He died early in 1752, as September 13th of that year his property, inventoried at £3,337, was divided among his heirs. His widow died February 19th 1794, aged 85. Marcus married Phoebe Scoville, and lived on the right hand side of the road, below the Jared Johnson place. He served in the French and In- dian wars, and was ensign and lieutenant in the Conti- nental army during the Revolution. He died February 7th 1811, aged 77 years, the immediate cause of his death being a cancer caused by the accidental discharge of a
healed. His widow died October 23d 1823, aged 87. Their children were: Abner, born 1754, married Lydia Freeman in 1785; Hendrick, who married Phoebe Grif- fith; Marcus, who married Sally White; Phoebe, who married Thomas Ackley; Reliance, who married Joseph Knowlton; Chloe, who married Philip Goff; Rebecca, who married Isaac Johnson; and Mary, who married Benjamin Leonard. Abner Cole was an ensign in the Continental army at the age of 21, serving during the war. Edwin H. Cole, a graduate of Wesleyan, 1850, and Charles J. Cole, attorney in Hartford, are his grandsons. Christopher Constock, a descendant of William Com- stock, who removed from Hartford to New London in 1649, married Anna Willey, and removed from Hadlyme
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to Chatham and settled on Salmon River near the Col- chester line. He had two children, Jabez and Richard- son. He died October 30th 1808, aged 82 years. Rich- ardson died at sea and left no family. Jabez married Almy Greene, of Warwick, R. I., and had two children: Lucina S., who married Dr. Sylvester Knight, of Centre- ville, R. I., and died there December 2d 1819, leaving two children, Nehemiah Knight, who died in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Jabez C. Knight, who lived in Providence and has been mayor of that city; and Franklin G., who married Tryphena, daughter of Gamaliel R. Tracy, and died August 6th 1845. Franklin G. removed to East Hampton in 1820 after which his time was mostly oc- cupied in public business. He was at the same time and for a number of years an associate judge of the County Court, and judge of Probate for the district of Chatham, and the author of " Comstock's Digest of Probate Laws," published in 1832. He was the first postmaster in West- chester and also in East Hampton. He was one of the first in starting the temperance movement, and during life was active and prominent in its furtherance. In 1833 he removed to Hartford and as editor of the New England Review, was conspicuous as a Whig in the Har- rison campaign. As secretary of the Hartford County Silk Society, he published the "Silk Culturist," which was largely instrumental in originating the silk manufac- ture which is now such an important interest in this country. In 1836, he removed to Wethersfield and engaged in the seed growing business until his death. He was a ready writer and speaker, genial and affable in all his vocations.
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