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40. EDWARD PATERSON OR PATTISON, -1787.
The Patersons * of New Britain and Berlin were of Scotch-Irish descent. As early as 1650, mention is made of families of Patersons in the county of Dumfries, Scotland. William Paterson, the founder of the bank of England, and one of the most distinguished financiers of that time, was born in 1658 in this county, but in middle life resided awhile in America. A branch of the Paterson family from Scotland removed to Ireland, making their home in the County of Tyrone, nearly west of Dumfries, Scotland. Between 1730 and 1740, a family of these Scotch-Irish Patersons arranged to emigrate to America, partly to escape political and religious persecution. A short time before they were ready to sail, the father, Edward, sickened and died, after requesting
* This name is found spelled in various ways as Paterson, Patterson, Patteson, Pattison, and Patison. Members of the same family seem to have used different orthography, yet it is probable that two distinct families were repre- sented in Berlin and New Britain.
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his family to carry out the plan which had been made. Edward, the eldest son, was left in charge of the family. In compliance with his father's request, he first came to America and selected a place for the family, and then returned to Ireland and brought over the others, viz .: his brothers, William and Noah, and his sisters, Anna and Jennie. It is said that Edward came from Boston to Berlin with only eighteen cents in his pocket. William first resided in Wethersfield, then in Kensington, New Britain, and Worth- ington. Noah and Jennie went south, and Edward and Anna settled in Berlin. Anna married Thomas Galpin. Edward . made his home on West Street, or the old highway, Berlin, and there, near his house, established the manufacture of tin ware, the first made in this country. He imported the tin plate and at first peddled his ware from house to house from a basket. At that time articles of tin were as great a luxury and as much sought as silver ware since. His business was afterwards extended, and was the beginning of the manufac- turing industries of New Britain and Berlin.
He had six children, Edward, Shubael, Lucretia, Lois, Elizabeth, and Rhoda. The descendants of these are now living both in Berlin and New Britain.
41. JOSIAH LEE, 1711-1797.
Josiah, the youngest son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Royce) Lee, was born August 13, 1711, and he married Hannah Warren of Glastonbury, November 12, 1737. He inherited from his father half of his dwelling-house, and half of the barn, garden, and orchard. He built, a short distance from the homestead, the Skinner House, still standing, 1889. After the death of Major Paterson, he was appointed deacon of the New Britain Church. He was captain of the Farming- ton train-band and was in King George's war, in the expedi- tion against Canada. He deeded to the society half of the lane from East Street to the meeting-house, now Smalley Street. Deacon Lee was much respected and esteemed. His home on East Street was near that of Dr. Smalley, his pastor.
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He had a good farm, and an interest in the saw-mill by the meeting-house, but his love for his daughter was such, that when she and her husband, John Paterson, removed to Lenox, Mass., he sold his property in New Britain, and went with them ; and afterward, when General Paterson and his family took up their residence in Central New York, his home was with them there. He died at Binghamton in 1797.
CHILD. Elizabeth, m. June 2, 1766, John Paterson, afterwards an officer in the revolutionary army, member of Congress, etc.
42. PHINEAS JUDD, 1715-1790.
Phineas, son of Deacon Anthony Judd of the Great Swamp Parish, was born Feb. 4, 1715. He married Ruth Seymour, and had his home near the south end of Stanley Street. He inherited the homestead of his father, half the house and five pieces of land being given to him in 1748, for parental love; the remainder by will made in 1750. He was an efficient farmer, much respected ; was one of the petitioners for the division of the Great Swamp Society and the incor- poration of New Britain, and one of the original members of the First Church. He was captain of the local military company, and enlisted into the revolutionary army, Feb. 24, 1777. He died Dec. 22, 1790.
CHILDREN. 1. Phineas, b. Dec. 13, 1750, m. Dec. 17, 1780, Elizabeth Mazuzen ; 2. Anthony, b. Aug. 1, 1752, m. Aug. 29, 1782, Rebecca Belden; 3. Ruth, b. March 31, 1754, m. Oct. 11, 1772, Gordon Smith, and (2) Elijah Root ;' 4. Susanna, b. Feb. 7, 1756, m. July 7, 1774, Elijah Smith, Jr .; 5. Job, b. Oct. 21, 1757, m. Miss Andrus ; 6. Isaac ; 7. Hannah, b. March 15, 1761, m. March 17, 1785, Martin Hooker ; 8. Selah, b. July 17, 1763, m. Elizabeth Andrews.
43. WILLIAM PATERSON OR PATTISON.
William Paterson, son of Edward, Sr., was born at Dungannon, county of Tyrone, Ireland. He is supposed to have been of Scottish origin and probably related to the Patersons of Dumfrieshire. He was a sturdy Scotch Pres- byterian, and came to this country with his brother Edward and sister Anna, making his home in Wethersfield, the
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residence of James Paterson. He was a member of the Great Swamp parish and Kensington Church before the First Church in New Britain was organized. He was one of the original members of the latter church, but was dismissed from it to the Kensington Church in 1762. He lived on East street in New Britain, and was at that time one of the wealthiest men in the parish. He sold his homestead and about twenty-six acres of land with buildings to Dr. Smalley in 1759, and this was the residence of the first pastor of the New Britain Church for about thirty years. William Pater- son and his brother Edward are believed to have been the first manufacturers of tin ware in this country, having introduced' the manufacture about 1740. He was married to Sarah Dunham.
CHILDREN. 1. Esther, b. July 26, 1752; 2. John ; 3. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 18, 1757 ; 4 and 5. Sarah and Susanna, b. Nov. 21, 1758 ; 6. William, b. Nov. 14, 1760; 7. Thomas, born March 7, 1762 ; 8. David, b. Aug. 7, 1763; 9. George, b. Jan. 7, 1765.
44. COL. ISAAC LEE, 1717-1802.
Isaac, the second son of Dr. Isaac and Mary (Hubbard) Lee, was born Jan. 7, 1717. He married July 10, 1740, Tabitha Norton of Kensington, the heroine of Mrs. Willard's " Stealing the Bride." She died Nov. 2, 1770, and he married Dec. 30, 1772, (2) Elizabeth Grant of East Wind- sor, who died May 17, 1782. He married Oct. 9, 1783, for his third wife, Mary, widow of Amos Hall, and daughter of Ephraim Johnson, both of Wallingford. Col. Lee was thirty- seven years of age, in the vigor of manhood, when the New Britain Society was incorporated, and he soon became one of the most influential men of the place. With a vigorous body and commanding mien, in youth, he had been a leader in athletic sports, and in manhood, he was prominent in shaping the civil and religious affairs of the parish and of the town. At the first meeting of the new society, he was appointed clerk, and held the office for nearly forty years. He was one of the original members of the First Church, a member of the standing com-
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mittee from its organization, and was appointed deacon, Sept. 3, 1772. He was active in securing the incorporation of the town of Berlin, being chairman of the first committee appointed by the society to petition the General Assembly for a new town.
For thirty years, Col. Lee was the principal magistrate in New Britain, and administered justice with wisdom and impartiality. Controversies among the people were submitted to his judgment, and so great was the confidence of all in his intelligence and integrity, that his decisions were universally accepted, and his word had almost the force of law. With the exception of four years, he was a member of the Colonial Assembly from 1761 to 1775. He was a representative from the town in the General Assembly of the State at its first session in 1776, and with the exception of two years, 1779 and 1782, he continued to be a member of the Assembly, first from Farmington and then from Berlin until 1791 .* He was a member of the Assembly which, headed by Gov. Jonathan Trumbull and other officers of the State, met in Hartford, October, 1776, and took the " oath of fidelity of allegiance " to the new government of the United States. He was also a delegate from the town of Berlin to the conven- tion which met in Hartford, January, 1788, to ratify the constitution.
During the important period of our country's history which followed the French and Indian war, and immediately preceded the revolution, during that war and the years which followed it and the adoption of the constitution, he held intimate relations with the leading patriots of the times, and shared with them the labor and responsibility of moulding our civil institutions. He was identified with the military organization of the town and of the colony. After holding subordinate offices in the company, he received his commis- sion as captain of the Thirteenth company of the train-band in the Sixth Regiment of the colony, May, 1767. In October of the same year, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the
* He was a member of the legislature twenty-four years in all.
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Fifteenth Regiment, and in March, 1775, promoted to the office of colonel. When New Britain, in 1754, became a separate society it received its name from Col. Lee, in honor of Great Britain. In general matters, both civil and religious, he was a leader. In manners, he was courtly and dignified, conforming in dress to the habits of the times in which he lived. He wore a cocked hat and white wig, a blue coat with metal buttons, white cravat, black velvet breeches with silver knee buckles, white silk stockings, and shoes with large silver buckles. He was treated with reverence; children upon the streets and men in the fields uncovering their heads and making obeisance as he passed. He held the office of justice of the peace, then one of dignity, until he was more than eighty-one years old .* He died Dec. 13, 1802.
Extract from a sermon preached by Rev. John Smalley, D.D., at the funeral of Col. Isaac Lee, who died, aged 86 years and 11 months :
" The venerable man whose cold remains are inclosed in that coffin, now to be laid low in the dust, has performed many laborious and im- portant services, for a long time, of a public as well as private nature, and, to many of us he has been one of the kindest, firmest, and most able friends we have ever had in this world. Not only in the relations of a husband, parent, neighbor, and parishioner, have his kind attentions and faithful exertions been singular ; but of this society he has been very much the father, from the beginning. In its first formation, he had a principal hand ;
* Resignation of the office of Justice of the Peace by Col. Isaac Lee.
" To the Representatives of the County of Hartford in the General Assembly in their present sessions.
Gentlemen : It has given me sensible pleasure to feel that I had the confidence and approbation of so respectable a body who have nominated me to the office of Justice ot the Peace for about thirty years successively. To possess such con- fidence has given me animation, and I hope you will believe that I have endeav- ored to answer your just expectation in executing said office with integrity and dignity according to my best abilities.
I have now by an indulgent Providence arrived to my eighty-second year. I find my powers of body and mind are much debilitated, and the office is become a burthen and I wish to be relieved from all public employment, that I might have more opportunity to think of my very soon approaching dissolution.
These are therefore to request that you will leave me out of the nomination for the future, and suffer me, Gentlemen, to subscribe myself your most obedient and very humble servant, I. LEE."
Berlin, May, 1798.
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and for more than forty years, he has been more active, and had more in- fluence, than almost any other man, in building it up and promoting its prosperity. In the church also, and in the town and state, he has sustained, and well executed important offices. And, as in life, he has been much honored and beloved, it cannot reasonably be otherwise than that, in death, he should be respectfully lamented.
There are considerations, however, which may well moderate our grief. He goes to the grave full of days, as a shock of corn that cometh in its season. He had little more of comfort to expect in this life. He may be taken away from great evils to come, of which he was anxiously appre- hensive. And, we have reason to hope and trust, he is entered into peace, where the wicked cease from troubling. He early made a profession of religion ; and has given good evidence ever since of the sincerity of his profession. For constancy in attending upon the public worship of God, and a very close attention to the ministry of his word he has had few equals. Even to old age, he was rarely ever absent from the solemn assembly. No inclemency of weather, or slight indisposition of body, would detain him from the sanctuary, on appointed seasons. Equally constant was he likewise in the more private duties of devotion. Nor was he one of those who seem to be religious, while very deficient in morality and the social virtues. In his public, civil capacity, he exerted himself with more than common zeal, for the suppression of vice, the support of justice and the preservation of peace. And in his private intercourse and dealings with mankind, his character was unimpeachable. It is true, he escaped the woe of our Saviour, unto whom all men speak well of. In him was verified the proverb of Solomon, He that is upright in the way, is abomination to the wicked. There were not wanting those who reviled him, and said evil of him. Nor can it be denied that he was subject to like passions as others; but I know of nothing ever plausibly alleged against him, which ought to shake our charity for him as an honest and good man."
CHILDREN. 1. Theodore, b. May 21, 1741, d. March 5, 1742 ; 2. Theodore, b. Sept. 26, 1743, m. Nov. 10, 1768, Olive Boardman; 3, Chloe, b. Jan. 15, 1746, m. July 9, 1767, Elnathan Smith; 4. Isaac, b. Jan. 11. 1749, d. young ; 5. Isaac, b. March 29, 1752, m. May 25, 1773, Abigail Goodrich ; 6. Asahel, b. Feb, 22, 1759, m. April 30, 1772, Sarah Hun, d. in revolutionary army, 1776.
45. JOIIN JUDD, 1718-1781.
John, son of Deacon Anthony and Susanna (Woodford) Judd, was born April 25, 1718. He married Mary Burnham, daughter of Rev. William Burnham, the first pastor of Great Swamp. He was one of the first settlers of the central part of New Britain, having his house on the north side of West Main Street, a few rods back from the highway, and nearly
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on the site of the Erwin parsonage. His farm occupied the tract south of the Booth farm and west of Main Street. He was a lieutenant in the local militia and also held some civil offices. He was, in 1752, a member of the ecclesiastical society in Farmington, but on the organization of the First Church in New Britain, he and his wife were among the constituent members, and were, by Dr. Smalley, mentioned as from the church in Kensington. He died Oct. 16, 1781.
CHILDREN. 1. John, b. Feb. 14, 1746, m. Nov. 23, 1769, Lydia Mather ; 2. Mary, b. Aug. 31, 1748, m. Oct. 29, 1767, Gad Stanley ; 3. Seth, b. April 8, 1751, m. Oct. 1772, Lydia Richards ; 4. Rhoda, b. Jan. 9, 1754,. m. Sept. 29, 1774, James North.
46. JUDAH WOODRUFF, 1720-1799.
Judah, the youngest son of Joseph Woodruff of Farming- ton and a descendant of Matthew Woodruff, one of the eighty- four proprietors of the town, was born about 1720. He learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade and became expert in the use of tools and in planning buildings. He was the architect and master builder of the present church edifice in Farming- ton erected in 1771-72, and he also built ten or fifteen of the principal dwelling-houses of the place, some of which are still standing in excellent repair. He served in the French war, receiving a commission as First Lieutenant, dated March 22, 1759. He was at the battle of Ticonderoga, and continued with the army until the close of the war, when he returned to his home in Farmington to work at his trade.
At the opening of the Revolutionary war, he entered the army, his experience in the French war fitting him for good service as an officer in the American army. He had great energy of character, and by his persevering industry was able to accomplish work that would have been difficult for an ordinary mechanic. He was a man of taste as well as skill, and did much to improve the style of architecture in Farm- ington. He was earnest in his piety and consistent in liis life. He died, 1799.
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47. JOHN CLARK, -1782.
John, son of Matthew Clark, was one of the three persons who, with their farms, were excepted in the organization of the society in 1754. He lived on Clark Hill at the north end of Stanley Quarter. He married, Sept. 2, 1742, Elizabeth Newell, daughter of Capt. John Newell of Farmington, and though living within the present limits of New Britain, and identified with the interests and people of Stanley Quarter, he preferred to retain his connection with the society in Farmington, and he and his farm were specially excepted when the parish of New Britain was incorporated, After his death his widow became connected with the First Church, New Britain, and some of his descendants became influential citizens of that parish. He died June 10, 1782.
CHILDREN. 1. Mercy, b. 1743, m. Dec. 1766, William Wadsworth; 2. Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1745, had the first private school in New Britain; 3. Marvin, b. Nov. 26, 1746, m. Jan. 18, 1773, Sarah Woodruff; 4. Dan, b. Aug. 11, 1748, m. Jan. 24, 1771, Lucy Stanley; 5. Abel, b. 1751, m. Jan. 6, 1774, Abigail Judd; 6. Ruth, b. March 19, 1752, m. Jan. 6, 1774, Seth Stanley; 7. John, b March 18, 1754; 8. Huldah, b. 1756, m. Caleb R. Walker; 9. Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1758, m. Moses Andrews, Jr .; 10. Jane, b. Nov. 20, 1763, m. Dec. 21, 1785, Elijah Francis.
48. NATHAN BOOTH, 1721-1802.
Nathan, eldest son of Robert and Ann (Hollister) Booth, was born Aug. 6, 1721. He married, 1745 or '46, Abigail Steele, daughter of Dr. Joseph Steele, and soon after made his home in what was then a wilderness but is now the cen- tral part of the city of New Britain. He became the owner of a large tract of land extending from Walnut Hill to South Main Street, and from the junction of Main and Arch streets to quite a distance to the southwest. A part of the tract was heavily wooded, much of it broken but well watered, and some of it fertile. He cleared away the forest and built his house, supposed to be the first house near the center, nearly on the present site of the South Church. He was engaged extensively in farming and getting timber. His tax list in 1775 was the largest in New Britain. He died Dec. 31, 1802.
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CHILDREN. 1. James, b. March, 1747, m. Nov. 22, 1775, Thankful Winchel; 2. Abigail, b. Oct. 3, 1748, m. March 24, 1773, Joshua Webster and (2) March 15, 1813, Sylvanus Dunham; 3. Nathan, Jr., b. March 1, 1749, m. June 24, 1773, Frances Smith; 4. Joseph, b. Oct. 1, 1751, m. Dec. 18, 1777, Elizabeth Francis; 5. Anna, b. 1754, m. Sept. 6, 1781, Seth Lusk; 6. Robert, b. June 23, 1758, m. May 30, 1782, Abigail Barton; 7. Lucy, b. March, 1760, m. April 15, 1790, Stephen Booth; 8. Chloe, b. 1763, m. Jan. 11, 1804, Asahel Hart.
49. MOSES ANDREWS, 1722-1806.
Moses Andrews, the first of the Andrews family to live in New Britain, was the second son of John Andrews of Wethersfield, but of the Great Swamp parish. He was born May 12, 1722, and married Nov. 10, 1748, to Lydia Root. Soon after their marriage he and his wife came to New Britain and occupied a house on West Main Street, about a mile west of the post-office. This house was given to Mrs. Andrews by her brother, Joseph Root, who built it, but died before he was ready to live in it. Mr. Andrews learned the carpenter's trade, and after his marriage worked at his trade and in the care of the farm. He bore the military title of sergeant, but was noted principally for his kind disposition, earnest piety, and active benevolence. He was one of the original members of the First Church of New Britain, and was appointed one of the standing committee September 3, 1772. He had nine sons ; two of them died in infancy ; six of the others were in the revolutionary war, fitted out for the army by the indus- try of their parents. Three of his sons were physicians, two of whom practiced in New Britain. He died May 17, 1806.
CHILDREN. 1. Samuel, b. Nov. 2, 1749, m. Dec. 17,.1769, Abigail Smith; 2. Moses, b. Dec. 15, 1750, d. in infancy; 3. Joseph, b. Dec. 23, 1751, m. Feb. 6, 1777, Lydia Judd, and (2) Amy Cowles; 4. Moses, b. April 7, 1755, m. Elizabeth Clark; 5. Isaac, b. Jan. 31, 1757, m. Betsey Talbot; 6. John, b. Nov. 29, 1758, m. May 10, 1792, Phebe Lewis, and (2) Caroline Bronson; 7. Jesse, b. Dec. 19, 1760; 8. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 15, 1762, m. 1786, Polly Lewis, and (2) Oct. 7, 1790, Jerusha Sage; 9. Seth, b. Aug. 19, 1765, d. in infancy.
50. ADONIJAH LEWIS, 1722-1799.
Adonijah, son of Captain Jonathan and Elizabeth (Newel) Lewis, was born July 12, 1722. He married, July 31, 1760,
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Mary Bronson of Southington. His home was at the south end of East Street, on the farm inherited from his father. He worked upon the farm a part of the time, but he had learned the blacksmith's trade, and this occupied a portion of his time. He was active in public matters and especially interested in the welfare of the new society of New Britain. He had a large family, several members of which became residents of the center of the society. He died Dec. 22, 1799.
CHILDREN. 1. Lucy, b. Dec. 18, 1761, m. Noah Stanley; 2. Lydia, b. 1763, m. March 23, 1780, Amos Richards; 3. Polly, b. Nov., 1765, m. 1786, Nathaniel Andrus; 4. Phebe, b. May 15, 1768, m. May 10, 1792, John Andrus; 5. Elizabeth, b. 1770; 6. Seth, b. May 3, 1772, m. Feb. 15, 1795, Lydia Wright; 7. Erastus, b. June, 1774, m. May 28, 1801, Salome Booth; 8. Sally, b. Sept. 15, 1776, m. Nov. 6, 1796, William Smith; 9. Gad, b. 1779; 10. Isaac, b. 1780, d. young; 11. Isaac, b. 1782, m. Oct. 28, 1804, Ursula Francis; 12. Abi, b. 1785, m. Nov. 5, 1802, Thomas Eddy.
51. LADWICK HOTCHKISS, 1723-1803.
Ladwick, son of Josiah and Abigail (Parker) Hotclikiss of Wallingford, was born Jan. 18, 1723. He married, Dec. 23, 1743, Molly North, who died Feb. 21, 1775; he married, sec- ond, Aug. 9, 1775, widow Mercy Hills, who died Feb. 7, 1777, and he married, third, widow Lydia Hart of Bristol. From Wallingford he went to New Haven, where he lived for a time, coming to New Britain about 1750. He was a black- smith, and had a shop on East Street, near the residence of William Paterson. When the latter sold his homestead to Dr. Smalley, in 1759, he reserved the shop of Ladwick Hotch- kiss and the ground upon which it stood. Mr. Hotchkiss worked in this shop for a time, but later in life, with his son Lemuel, built a shop in the western part of the parish, and had his residence in Plainville. He was one of the original members of the First Church in New Britain, joining from the Kensington Church. His name does not appear with those of his neighbors on East Street for a division of the society until 1752. After that time he was interested in the organization of the new society, liis name appearing upon
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petitions, and when the society was organized he was active in securing such things as were necessary for its growth and prosperity. He was placed upon committees, and the meet- ings were sometimes held at his house. He was appointed a member of the standing committee of the church in 1761. He held numerous civil offices in the town and society, and was captain of the local train-band. He removed to New Durham, N. Y., where he died March 7, 1803.
CHILDREN. 1. Lemuel, b. Nov. 8, 1741, m. March 26, 1764, Penelope Mather; 2. Molly, b. July 21, 1747, m. Dec. 17, 1769, John Stedman; 3. Ladwick, b. May 25, 1752, m. May 17, 1773, Martha Lee; 4. Josiah, b. Nov. 7, 1757, m. Feb. 22, 1781, Mary Root, and (2) widow Esther Carrington.
52. NOAH STANLEY, 1724-1778.
Noah, the second son and third child of Thomas and Esther (Cowles) Stanley, was born Jan. 16, 1724. He married, Nov. 2, 1749, Ruth, daughter of Thomas Norton of Stratford. His residence was some distance south of his father's, in Stanley Quarter. He was a farmer, but kept a tavern for several years. He was one of the original members of the First Church, New Britain, and was chosen deacon about 1774. He served in the French war as lieutenant of the king's troops. He had a large Bible in which were recorded in his own handwriting the names, births, and baptisms of his children and the number of times he had read the Bible through. He died May 5, 1778.
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