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Leonard S. Allen, Co. F. 21st Reg. Mustered out. Frederick C. Brainard, Co. F, 21st Reg. Died Hampton, Va., May 5, 1863.
Charles F. Chapel, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
William A. Chapel, Co. F, 21st Reg. Discharged, dis.
Robert Chapel, Co. F, 21st Reg. Discharged, died soon after.
John B. Congdon, Co. F, 21st Reg. Discharged, dis.
Nathaniel Dustin, Co. F, 21st Reg. Discharged, dis.
Curtis D. Hack, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
Frank W. Hack, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
Russell Johnson, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
Benj. G. Johnson, Co. F, 21st Reg. Discharged, dis.
David A. Johnson, Co. F, 21st. Reg. Trans. Invalid Corps, mustered out.
Gottlob Lash, Co. F, 21st Reg. Died of wound, Hampton, Va., June 19, 1864.
Andrew Maynard, Co. F, 21st Reg. Discharged, dis.
Thomas Maguire, Co. F, 21st Reg. Died Falmouthı, Va., Dec. 10, 1862.
Robert Mitchell, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
John Murphy, Co. F, 21st Reg. Wounded, mustered out.
Curtis Phillips, Co. F, 21st Reg. Died Suffolk, Va., March 31, 1863.
Billings H. Payne, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
Lucius B. Rathbun, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
Albert Rudd, Co. F, 21st Reg. Discharged, dis.
Oliver H. Rudd, Co. F, 21st Reg. Discharged, dis.
John J. Spencer, Co. F, 21st Reg. Trans. Invalid Corps, mustered out.
Max Sternn, Co. F, 21st Reg. Died Norfolk, Va., Nov. 15, 1863.
Michael Sarsfield, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
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Stephen Staplins, Co. F, 21st Reg. Died Suffolk, Va., April 12, 1863.
John Sullivan, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
Elijah B. Tracy, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
Joshua Vergason, Co. F, 21st Reg. Trans. Invalid Corps. Mustered out.
Charles Williams, Co. F, 21st Reg. Discharged, dis .; wounded.
David Wright, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out.
John Wheeler, Co. F, 21st Reg. Mustered out. Wounded.
David C. Comstock, Co. C, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
Moses B. Chapel, Co. C, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. Elias Johnson, Jr., Co. C, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
Henry C. Johnson, Co. C, 24th Reg. Furnished substitute. Maurice Lappe, Co. C, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
James M. Raymond, Co. C, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
James M. Snowden, Co. C, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
Henry A. Smith, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. Albert C. Colburn, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. Walter Myers, Co. A, 26th Reg. Hon. discharged.
Edward S. Wheeler, Co. 1, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
James H. Chapel, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. John Ackley, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. Ira Browning, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. Smith Browning, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. John D. Clifford, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. George H. Chappell, Co. 1, 24th Reg. Died at Port Hud- son, July 5, 1863.
John Chappell, Co. A, 24th Reg. Mustered out.
Joseph Flike, Co. A, 24th Reg. Killed at Port Hudson, June 14, 1863.
Orrin E. Lyon, Co. A, 24th Reg. Killed at Port Hudson, May 27, 1863.
Edwin Miner, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
Charles Patterson, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. dis. Died November 12, 1875.
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Marvin Palmer, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. Benjamin R. Sweet, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. Orrin S. Smith, Co. 1, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. John C. Smith, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged. Joseph A. Tillotson, Co. A, 24th Reg. Killed at Port Hud- son, May 27, 1863.
George N. Teft, Co. A, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
John B. Winchester, Co. A, 24th Reg. Killed at Port Hud- son, July 6, 1863.
David L. Winchester, Co. 1, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
Ransford P. Willard, Co. A1, 24th Reg. Hon. discharged.
William H. Johnson, Co. H, 10th Reg. Discharged, dis. John H. Gillen, Co. E, 11th Reg. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 6, 1864.
William H. Davis, Co. H, 11th Reg. Discharged, wounded. Alden Rudd, Co. H, 11th Reg. Discharged, dis.
Jeremiah Rogers, Co. H, 11th Reg. Discharged, dis.
James H. Vergason, Co. H, 11th Reg. Deserted.
Benjamin F. Pratt, Co. D), 12th Reg. Pro. 2d lieut; mus- tered out.
Daniel B. Abel, Co. D, 12th Reg. Mustered out; wounded. Richard L. Ames, Co. D, 12th Reg. R. E. Mustered out.
Filex Conroy, Co. D, 12th Reg. R. E. Mustered out. Franklin B. Getchel, Co. D, 12th Reg. R. E. Mustered out. Thomas Lynch, Co. D, 12th Reg. Discharged.
Jonathan Reynolds, Co. D, 12th Reg. Discharged, dis.,
wounded.
Augustus P. Gay, Co. G, 12th Reg. Discharged, dis. Michael McCoy, Co. K, 12th Reg. Killed at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864.
Andrew T. Johnson, quartermaster, 12th Reg. Pro second lieut. Killed on railroad, Nov. 7, 1862.
Joel Congdon, Co. D, 12th Reg. R. E. Mustered out. Thomas W. Dolbeare, Co. D, 12th Reg. Discharged, dis. Joseph A. Gardner, Co. D, 12th Reg. R. E. Mustered out. Henry G. Jerome, Co. D, 13th Reg. Dropped from roll; never reported.
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William Wallace King, Co. D, 13th Reg. R. E. Mustered out.
Joseph F. Mitchell, Co. D, 13th Reg. R. E. Discharged, dis.
James Allen, Co. K, 29th Reg. Mustered out.
Oliver H. P. Lewis, Co. K, 29th Reg. Discharged, dis.
James Dorsey, Co. A, 30th Reg. Killed at Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.
Alfred Payne, Co. A, 30th Reg. Mustered out.
CHAPTER X.
POST-OFFICES.
In olden time the post was carried by a messenger pro- vided with a spare horse, a horn, and good portmantles. Up to the year 1704, the only post on all this continent was that which went east from New York so far as Boston, and west to Philadelphia.
The mails were conveyed from one town to another by the postman, who traveled over the hills and through the valleys on horseback, and made known his approach once a week to each post village by the blowing of a huge horn, which was always carried ready for use. . The postman, when he came along, was sure to tarry at the village inn a suf- ficient time, not only to distribute whatever papers and letters which he might have to leave there, but also to report such rumors as he might have collected by the way.
In government dispatches, the landlord of the village inn had the first and surest news of the early times, when armed horsemen did the work now performed by railroad and tele- graph. Eager for the news, everybody rushed for the latest news to the town inn or village tavern, and there, with a bowl of punch or a mug of flip, listened to the last report left be- hind by the "post-haste" rider, waiting, perhaps, for a fresh steed to take him to the next post-town. When post-offices and post-roads were first established in America, near the commencement of the eighteenth century, the great route from Boston to New York was through the North Parish of New London, over the "Indian Fields." By act of Parlia- ment in 1710, New London was made the chief post-office in Connecticut. Up to about the year 1782, New London was the regular place of letter delivery for the counties of New London, Windham, and Middlesex. During that year a post- office was established at Norwich.
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The first post-office established in the town of Montville was at the village of Uncasville, about the year 1822. Pre- vious to that date, the mail for the inhabitants of this town was either received or posted at New London or Norwich, or left by the postman or stage driver at the tavern kept by the Haughtons, and known as Haughton's Tavern, located about one mile north of the village of Uncasville, first named by Henry A. Richards from the famous chief of the Mohe- gans. The "Mohegan Turnpike," as it was at first named, leading from New London to Norwich, through Mohegan, was the first turnpike road constructed in the United States. It was built by money raised by lottery in 1806; the net avails were applied to the extension and improvement of the road. The Haughton tavern is supposed to have been erected about 1746, at which time Sampson Haughton bought the farm of Godfrey Milborn of Newport, and settled on it. This house has since been noted as the "half way" station between New London and Norwich. The house is still standing, and has an interesting history. Soon after the Uncasville post-office was established, another was established at Chesterfield, called Montville post-office, but was afterwards changed to Chesterfield, by which name it is now called. The follow- ing named persons have held the office of postmaster at this office, viz .: Liva Stewart, Peter Wickwire, Albert B. Teft, James B. Ashcraft, and Orrin H. Whiting.
Postmasters at Uncasville: The first was Henry A. Richards. Robert Comstock held the office several years, then William G. Johnson, W. R. Burnham, J. A. Comstock, Charles F. Geer, William M. Burchard, Frank Fowler, and the present incumbent, William A. Coggshall.
The Montville post-office was established about the year 1854 at Palmertown. The first postmaster was William H. Wheeler, the next in order was Jedediah R. Gay; following was Isaac Turner, Don F. Lathrop, William C. Turner, L. D. Tompkins, Lewis Browning. Nathan S. Comstock, Fred W. Hooper, and Charles A. Chapman, the present incumbent.
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The Massapeag post-office was established in 1880. John P. Turner was appointed its first postmaster, and has con- tinned to hold the office to the present time.
Oakdale post-office was established in the village of Oak- dale in 1881. William H. Baker was appointed its first post- master; following him was William Baldwin (+ years), Cal- vin B. Beebe, Almond Bartlett. The present incumbent is Henry A. Baker.
Mohegan post-office was established in 1889. Edward F. Burlingame was appointed its first postmaster, and held the office until 1894, when the present incumbent was ap- pointed.
PHYSICIANS.
Dr. Christopher Raymond was a practicing physician in the North Parish as early as about 1752. He was the son of Joshua Raymond, born at New London, North Parish, 17 July, 1729, and died 14 May, 1793, at Montville. He was a man of commanding appearance, possessing a large share of intelligence, having obtained a very liberal education for the times in which he lived. A man of high moral character, and a skillful practitioner in his profession.
Dr. Seth Wyman Holmes followed Dr. Raymond and was a practicing physician in the North Parish from about 1775 to his death, 12 Dec., 1821. He was a shrewd, sagacious man, and of an acute discernment in determining the nature of diseases; skillful in practice and much respected in the com- munity. He received his education in Boston, from which place, it is said, he removed to Montville.
Dr. Jeremiah Rogers was born in Montville 3 Sept., 1752, son of James Rogers. He studied medicine and was a practic- ing physician in Montville. His residence was at the place now called Pequot Village, and formerly owned the site on which the Pequot Mills now stand. He was contemporary with Dr. Holmes.
Dr. Ephraim Fellowes was born in North Stonington, Conn., 27 January, 1767, son of Ephraim Fellowes. He came to Montville about 1801, and commenced the practice of medicine, and became quite popular as a physician; was considered a successful physician in the treatment of all cases of fevers. At the time of his death he was said to be the
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oldest medical practitioner in the county. He died at Mont- ville 18 July, 1851, having been in the practice just one-half a century.
Dr. Josephi Peabody was born in New Lebanon in the state of New York 5 Feb., 1795, son of Jolin Nathaniel Peabody. His mother was Mary Mason. John Nathaniel Peabody, his father, was a descendant of William, who came to Plymouth in 1640, and married the eldest daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, celebrated in Longfellow's poem of the " Courtship of Miles Standish."
Dr. Joseph Peabody came from Lebanon, Conn., where his father then lived, to Montville about 1820. He was then a young man of college education and accomplished qualifi- cations for a physician. He, with his brother, Jeremiah Nathaniel Peabody, resided at the old Raymond place, then owned by Samuel Bradford. Dr. Jeremiah N. was a younger brother, born in Lebanon, Conn., 26 Aug., 1809. He mar- ried Elizabeth Lathrop Fitch of Bozrah 6 March, 1839, and had four children. All died without descendants. He died in Detroit, Michigan, 10 Feb., 1872.
Dr. Joseph left Montville about the year 1833, and went to Greeneville, Conn., where he erected a large building for stores and tenements, since called " Peabody's Block." He married Mary White of Canterbury, Conn., and died in Buf- falo, N. Y., 18 June, 1853. He had four children. The youngest son, James Terry White, is editor of a paper in Chicago, " The Railway Review."
Dr. Henry C. Beardslee was the successor of Messrs. Pea- body, and was a practicing physician at Montville Center for a number of years. He was much respected as a man, and considered a skillful practitioner.
Dr. Jedediah R. Gay was born at North Stonington 30 Nov., 1816, son of Jedediah Gay and Dolly Main. He lo-
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cated first at Uncasville, where he married Ursula Bradford 28 January, 1837. He then built a house at Palmertown, where he continued to reside until his death, 16 Oct., 1887.
Dr. Gay possessed natural qualifications for a physician, and was a successful practitioner in medicine. He styled himself an " Eclectic "; was somewhat eccentric in the manner of expressing his opinion, but of a sound judgment and bright in intellect. He was buried by the side of his wife in his own burial-lot, laid out and enclosed by an iron fence on his own land, in a grove of pine trees near the bank, on the south side of Haughton's Cove.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin Bradford, a native resident of Montville, born 2 Jan., 1820, son of William Bradford, a descendant of Governor William Bradford. Dr. Bradford studied medicine with Dr. Gay, and for several years was among the leading physicians of the town. He died at Mont- ville 11 March, 1869.
Dr. John Calvin Bolles was another native resident, born 18 Sept., 1816, son of Calvin Bolles. He commenced the practice of medicine in the early part of 1840, when he bought of Dr. Manwaring the privilege to practice in the town of Montville, Dr. Manwaring having first obtained this privilege of Dr. Gay, who gave a guarantee not to practice within the limits of the town, except on a call of consultation with him or some other physician. Dr. Bolles has always been a very careful practitioner in dispensing medicine, and his advice has been sought by many of his townspeople, par- ticularly by those of the poorer class of the inhabitants. He is still living (in 1896), and is remarkably active for his age.
Dr. Samuel Erskine Maynard was born in Montville in January, 1820, son of Francis Maynard. He studied medi- cine under Dr. Worthington Hooker of Norwich, and grad- uated at the Medical School of Yale College in 1847. He
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practiced medicine in Montville until 1862, when he removed to Norwich, and there continued his practice, both in Nor- wich and in Montville until his health failed, and for sev- eral years before his death was an invalid. He died 12 July, 1882.
While a resident of Montville he was a man of consider- able influence in the community, greatly respected and hon- ored. He was government agent of the reservation fund for the Mohegan tribe of Indians, and for several years was their overseer.
Dr. William M. Burchard was born 31 Oct., 1844, at Bozrah, Conn., son of Rev. William M. Burchard, acting pastor of the Montville Center Congregational church from April, 1868, to April, 1891. Dr. Burchard graduated at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., March 6, 1866. He enlisted as a private in Company G,Sixteenth Conn. Regi- ment, Aug. 14, 1862, and served through the late Civil War. He was discharged March 16, 1865, for the object of re-en- listing in the regular army of the United States. The sur- render of General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army under him to General Ulysses S. Grant, April 12, 1865, ter- minated the war, and Dr. Burchard gave up all further thoughts about entering the service, and entered at once upon the preparatory steps to the medical profession.
Dr. Burchard came to Montville about September 1, 1869; married Elizabeth Robertson, 28 Dec., 1870, daughter of Carmachael Robertson, paper manufacturer, since which time he has continued in the practice of medicine and sur- gery in this town, being one of the leading physicians in the county of New London. He has " kept up to the times," an energetic, intelligent, and skillful practitioner. He was in active service here in 1896.
Dr. E. M. Druley came to Montville in 1894, a young man of bright intellect, and his success as a physician ap- pears to be assured.
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Dr. M. E. Fox, another young physician, came to Mont- ville about the same time as Dr. Druley. He located at the village of Uncasville, has a good practice, devotes much of his leisure time in reading medical works, and appears eager to keep abreast of the latest scientific developments and dis- coveries.
APPENDIX.
Chapman.
William Chapman died 18 Dec., 1699. The name first ap- pears in 1657, when he bought the Denison house-lot on Hemp- stead street, nearly opposite the jail. No previous record is found of his family. The children named in his last will were John, William, Samuel, Jeremiah, Joseph, Sarah, and Re- becca.
John was probably the eldest son, and removed from New London to Colchester in 1706 with his family, where he was living in May, 1748, when it was noted that he would be 95 years old the next November.
Samuel was the ancestor of the Montville and Waterford families of Chapmans. He settled in the Cohanzie District, where he died in 1758, aged 93 years.
Walden.
William Walden, son of William of Bristol, England, mar- ried Ruamis Simons of New London 5 Aug., 1754, daughter of Eli Simons. Their children were Elenor, John, Elizabeth, William, b. 13 Sept., 1762, Robert, Simon, Mary, Amy, Ed- ward, and David.
David married and settled in Salem, and was the ancestor of the Salem Waldens.
William married Elizabeth McFall, daughter of William MeFall and Deborah Chapman. He was a soldier in the Rev- olutionary War, serving one year under Captain Larabee. He settled in Montville, Chesterfield Society, and had children, Grace, m. John Taylor: William, b. May, 1796, m. 1st, Lu- venda ; 2d, Amy (Comstock) Congdon. He died 5 Sept., 1859. Eliza married John Winters. Hannah married John Taylor, second wife. Hiram married Rebecca Bird of Stoughton, Mass.
Hiram Walden, b. 13 May, 1804, son of William Walden
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and Elizabeth McFall; m. Jan., 1827, Rebecca Bird, b. 31 Jan., 1806. He settled first at Mansfield, Mass. From there he re- moved to Somerset, Mass., then to Waterford, Conn., and af- terwards to Montville, where he was a Methodist minister. He studied for the ministry with the Rev. Abishai Alden in the year 1823, boarding with different families in the society, each giving him from two to three weeks' board to aid him in his education for the ministry, the Rev. Mr. Alden giving his ser- vices free. He was a sincere, devoted minister of the gospel, highly respected, and faithful in the service of the Master. He continued to preach in the various churches of the Methodist order, as he had an opportunity, until near the close of his life on earth. He died 19 July, 1871. She died 10 March, 1880.
Children.
1. Almira, b. at Marshfield, Mass., 31 July, 1828; m. Trav- erse Douglass of Waterford.
2. Mary Fletcher, b. at Somerset, Mass., 29 June, 1830; m. George L. Rogers of Montville.
3. Edwin Hiram, b. at Montville, Conn., 4 Aug., 1832; m. Kate
4. Ellen Rebecca, b. at Waterford, Conn., 19 Sept., 1834; m. Elder Edmund Darrow.
5. William Brownell, b. at Montville 19 Jan., 1837; m. Caroline Rogers of Montville. She died 6 March, 1879. He afterwards married Gadbois.
6. Charles Heber, b. at Montville 4 June, 1839; m. Emily H. Morgan.
7. Lucinda, b. at Montville 6 Nov., 1841; died young.
8. Nathan Warren, b. at Montville 12 Nov., 1844; m. 1st, Ella Scott; 2d, Widow Laura Oliver.
9. Albert Henry, b. at Montville 14 March, 1847; died young.
10. John Wesley, b. at Montville 31 May, 1850; m. Adella Manwaring of Niantic.
11. Nelson Bird, b. at Montville 13 March, 1853; died young.
Baker.
Captain Elisha Bliss Baker, son of Elisha Baker and Bath- sheba Adams, was born at Montville 11 Dec., 1803. He was
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a seaman, lived at Brooklyn, N. Y., and belonged to the Corps of New Jersey Pilots. He was one of the most experienced and skillful men in his profession, and had the esteem and re- spect of the commercial class of the city, to which, from his oc- cupation, he was best known. In his private life and domes- tie relations, he was a man above reproach.
The flags of the pilot boats in the harbor and on some of the public buildings of Brooklyn were displayed at half-mast in respect to his memory. He died March 8, 1856.
Graves Hosmer was an inhabitant of Montville in 1778, and lived in a house, at that time standing on the land of Judge William Hillhouse, near the Essex turnpike. He was a brother of Delia Hosmer, who married Judge Hillhouse for his second wife.
Gardner-Gustin.
David Gardner, b. 28 Jan., 1720, son of Stephen Gardner and Amy Sherman; m. Jemima Gustin, b. at Stonington, Conn., Oct., 1720, daughter of John Gustin, Jr., and Mary Jemima had an Uncle Thomas, who settled at Col- chester, Conn., and married, 7 June, 1722, Sarah Holmes.
John Gustin, Sr., of Portland, Maine, was born at Le Tocy, St. Owen's Parish, Isle of Jersey, 9 Jan., 1647, son of Ed- mond Jean, who married, 25 April, 1638, Esther, daughter of Jean Le Rosighol of St. Owens. He is called in Willise's His- tory of Portland, Maine, Augustine Jean, and who afterwards appeared under the name of Jean or John Gustin. He had six children. John Gustin, Jr., settled in Stonington, Conn., about 1713; from there he removed to Hebron, then to Glaston- bury. About 1745 he removed to Sussex County, New Jersey, where he died 15 Oct., 1777. He was born 5 Nov., 1691. His wife Mary died 3 Dee., 1762. " The tombstones of these ancestors are to be seen as fresh to-day as though ent yesterday," says one of their descendants, " in their private grave-yard, now on the farm of Israel MeDonald, near Branchville, New Jer- sey."
John, Jean, or Augustine, died 3 July, 1719. His will
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is recorded in Portland, Maine. He describes himself as a " Mariner " in a deed given to Rev. John Brock, of Reading, 26 June, 1677. He was a captain in the Merchant Marine, and afterwards became a sergeant in the company of Captain Beers in King Philip's War.
Willoughby.
Joseph Willoughby, about 1721 or 1722, purchased a farm in the North Parish, near the Norwich line, in what is now called " Leffingwell Society," lying on the north side of the Essex turnpike. The farm is now a part of that of George O. Gadbois. (Mr. Gadbois' farm contains upward of four hun- dred acres of land, in good condition, on which is kept a fine stock of cattle and horses. Mr. Gadbois is a thrifty and suc- cessful farmer.)
Joseph Willoughby was married to Thankful Bliss 6 April, 1719, daughter of Samuel Bliss and Ann Elderkin. It was his grandson who was the proprietor of the " Willoughby tavern " at Gardner Lake, in the early part of the present century.
Prince.
William Prince, a resident of Montville, was the eleventh child of Joseph and Elizabeth (Robinson) Prince, born in Sa- lem, Mass., baptized there 6 Sept., 1717; removed to Pomfret, Conn., where he married Mary Holland, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Holland, and lived there until after 1757. About this time he removed to the North Parish of New Lon- don, now Montville. His wife, Mary, united with the church then under the pastorate of the Rev. David Jewett, about 1765. She died here 18 April, 1799, aged 77 years, and was buried in the Old Cemetery, on Raymond Hill. On her gravestone is this inscription : " Mary Williams, whose first husband was William Prince, died April 18, 1799, aged 77 years 4 months."
William Prince died here 21 Feb., 1773, in the 56th year of his age, and was buried in the old Church Cemetery. After his death, his widow, Mary, married for her second husband
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the Rev. David Jewett, whose wife Patience had died 14 Nov., 1773. There is no record of the marriage of the Rev. David Jewett to his second wife. In a little more than a year after the death of the Rev. David Jewett, his widow, Mary (Holland) (Prince) Jewett, married William Williams, 17 March, 1785. She died as above stated, and was buried by the side of her first husband.
The children of William and Mary (Holland) Prince were 1st, Joseph, b. 25 April, 1748; 2d, Eunice, b. 3 Jan., 1750; 3d, William, b. 6 March, 1753; 4th, Lucy, b. 21 Oct., 1755; 5th, Elizabeth, b. in Montville 12 March, 1760, and married Joshua Raymond for his second wife.
. William Prince was a grandson of Robert Prince and Sarah of Danvers, Mass. He was a large land-holder in Montville, and at one time owned the farm on which Captain Jerome W. Williams now lives (1896). He became greatly entangled by debt, and was obliged to make an assignment of his property, which left him much impoverished at his death. Elizabeth Holland, the mother of Mary, died at Montville 23 Aug., 1762, aged 64 years. Joseph, the father, died 18 Nov., 1762, in the 68th year of his age. Both were members of the Jewett church.
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