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CHILDREN. 1. John, b. Jan. 24, 1781, d. young; 2. Laura, b. Feb. 23, 1784, m. March 25, 1807, Timothy C. Cressy; 3. Anne, b. April 23, 1786, d. in infancy; 4. Horace, b. July 21, 1788, m. Sophia Lloyd; 5. John, b. June 10, 1790, d. young; 6. Amon Langdon, b. Aug. 16, 1798, m. Feb. 17, 1825, Rosanna Hart; 7. Ira, b. May 7, 1800, m. May 23, 1822, Hannah Clark.
83. JOSEPH ANDREWS, 1751-1831.
Joseph, son of Moses and Lydia (Root) Andrews, was born Dec. 23, 1751. He married, Feb. 6, 1777, Lydia Judd, and (2) Amy Cowles, and built a house, which he occupied as his home, a short distance east of his father's, and near the south end of what is now Burritt Street. He learned the carpenter's trade of his father and worked at it for several years, being considered a good mechanic. At different times,
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he had several apprentices, working with him. He had a large farm on which were extensive apple orchards. He had a cider mill and a cider-brandy distillery near his house. He was one of the six sons of Moses Andrews, who went into the revolutionary war. He died Nov. 23, 1831.
CHILDREN. 1. Lydia, b. Dec. 5, 1777; 2. Joseph, b. June 27, 1780, d. young ; 3. Ursula, b. Jan. 28, 1781 ; 4. Lucy, b. June 23, 1786, m. April 21, 1808, Benjamin Slater; 5. Nancy, b. May 22, 1783, m. Jesse Barthol- emew; 6. Sally, b. June 22, 1788, d. in infancy ; 7. Joseph, b. Jan. 4, 1791, m. Dec. 20, 1812, Clarissa Langdon, and (2) Clarissa Osgood; 8. Amon, b. Jan. 24, 1794, d. in infancy.
84. LOT STANLEY, 1752-1807.
Lot, son of Thomas and Mary (Frances) Stanley, was born March 3, 1752. He married Rhoda Wadsworth of Farmington. He had a farm in Stanley Quarter, his home- stead being at the corner of the Stanley road and the " new highway." He engaged in the manufacture of fur hats, employing several workmen and selling his hats in New England and New York. He was one of the first to engage in this business, and the hats made by him and his son were noted for their excellence. He died March 8, 1807.
CHILDREN. 1. Ira, b. Oct. 12, 1773, m. Abi Langdon, and (2) widow Elizabeth (Booth) Lincoln; 2. Ursula, b. Jan. 24, 1776, m. John Judd ; 3. Amon, b. March 10, 1778, m. Abi North ; 4. Sally, b. April 15, 1780, m. Samuel Sheldon; 5. Lucy, b. July 11, 1782, m. William Kelsey ; 6. Rhoda, b. July 28, 1783; 7. Lot, b. Jan. 3, 1785, d. young; 8. Almira, b. Dec. 31, 1786, m. Ansel Stocking; 9. James, b. July 1, 1789, d. young; 10. Polly, b. Feb. 13, 1791, m. Ezra Carter; 11. Dolly, b. Nov. 1793, d. young; 12. Dolly, b. Feb. 15, 1794, m. Francis Hart ; 13. Lot, b. Dec. 6, 1795 ; 14. Maria, b. Sept. 22, 1797, d. young.
85. ISAAC LEE, 1752-1828.
Isaac Lee, son of Col. Isaac, born March 29, 1752, married March 25, 1773, Abigail Goodrich. She died April 9, 1811. Oct. 29, 1812, he married Betsey, daughter of Peter Curtis and widow of David Lusk. He inherited the homestead of his father which stood on the east side of North Main Street, near the foot of Dublin Hill. He was a farmer and for a
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time owned a large part of the land in the northern part of what has since become the city of New Britain. He was greatly interested in the welfare of the church and society, and donated to the latter the site upon which the second church edifice was built in 1822, at the corner of North Main and East Main streets. He died April 11, 1828.
CHILDREN. 1. Isaac, b. April 13, 1775, m. Sept. 27, 1799, Nancy Lusk ; 2. Thomas, b. Nov. 28, 1776, m. Oct. 10, 1797, Electa Riley; 3. Aimira, b. July 17, 1780, m. Sept. 27, 1801, Jesse Stanley; 4. Polly, b. Dec. 22, 1783, m. July 11, 1802, Joseph Shipman ; 5. Josiah, b. Aug. 6, 1786, d. young; 6. Abigail, b. May 14, 1788, m. Sept. 7, 1806, Cyrus Stanley ; 7. Josiah, b. 1791, d. young ; 8. Chloe, b July 24, 1793, m. Oct. 8, 1820, Treat Deming; 9. Lorenzo, b. Dec. 23, 1795, d. young.
86. ELIZUR HART, 1752-1794.
Elizur, seventh son of Deacon Elijah Hart, was born Dec. 25, 1752. He married, Jan. 1, 1778, Sarah Langdon. His home was near that of his father and was known for many years as the "state house." He became somewhat eminent as a school teacher, having taught seventeen seasons, chiefly in Kensington and New Britain. He kept tavern for several years, and his place, the "state house," became celebrated for parties. He died while on a trip to the West Indies, in 1794.
CHILDREN. 1. Sally, b. Nov. 9, 1778, m. Manly Clark, and (2) Martin Lee ; 2. Polly, b. Oct. 5, 1781, m. Sept. 8, 1800, John Hills ; 3. Sophia, b. Sept. 3, 1785, m. Nov. 30, 1809, Franklin Hitchcock ; 4. Erastus; b. May 8, 1787, m. Sept. 12, 1810, Mary Parmelee.
87. ROBERT CORNWALL, 1757-1819.
Robert, son of Captain Timothy and Mary (Warner) Cornwall of Middletown, was born Aug. 30, 1757. He mar- ried March 3, 1785, Sarah Hart, eldest daughter of Deacon Elijah Hart. He located in Hart Quarter near the first resi- dence of his father-in-law. He was a cooper and had his shop near the Shuttle Meadow road. After the Middletown and Berlin turnpike was opened in 1810, he kept tavern in his house, which was opposite his shop at the corner of the
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Shuttle Meadow road and the turnpike. He died Oct. 5, 1819.
CHILDREN. 1. Sally Gilbert, b. June 2, 1786, m. Oct. 1, 1812, Erastus Storrs; 2. Robert, b. Oct. 7, 1788, d. young ; 3. George, b. Nov. 7, 1791, m. Aug. 24, 1815, Hannah Hooker ; 4 Chauncey, b. Sept. 22, 1795, m. July 15, 1819, Mary Cosslett ; 5. Mary, b. July 12, 1798, m. April 4, 1816, Moses W. Beckley; 6. Robert, b. Aug. 16, 1801; 7. Julia Ann, b. Feb. 16, 1804, m. Oct. 3, 1821, Harvey Dunham, Jr.
88. AARON ROBERTS, 1758-1830.
Aaron, son of Dr. Aaron Roberts of Middletown, was born April 20, 1758. He married, Feb. 17, 1785, Ruth Hart, eldest daughter of Thomas Hart. She died, and he married (2) May 20, 1829, Mary Wadsworth. While young, he learned the trade of joiner and cabinet-maker at Rocky Hill. He bought of a fellow apprentice, Daniel Ames, a house which had been built by the latter on the west side of South Main Street. He also became owner of the Bassett farm, and for many years worked the farm with hired help, in connection with his trade. He became a member of the First Church in 1784, and was ever active and interested in providing for its needs and for the society. He gave thirty dollars towards the communion service, and when the second church was built, in 1822, he furnished his team gratuitously to aid in grading the site and preparing the foundation. He died Sept. 27, 1831.
89. ROBERT BOOTH, 1758-1796.
Robert, youngest son of Nathan and Abigail (Steele) Booth, and grandson of Robert Booth of East Street and the Great Swamp parish, was born June 20, 1758. He married, May 30, 1782, Abigail Barton. He lived with his father, near the site of the South Church, for twenty years after his marriage and before his father's death. When his father died Robert received the homestead and a large portion of his father's farm, and he lived at the old home and worked the farm until his sudden death May 8, 1796.
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CHILDREN. 1. Salome, b. March 15, 1785, m. May 28, 1801, Erastus Lewis; 2. Rhoda, b. Oct., 1787, m. July 5, 1810, Ira Strong; 3. Samuel, b. Jan. 23, 1790, m. May 5, 1812, Nancy Belden; 4. Abigail, b. July 5, 1792, m. March 17, 1813, Norman Woodruff ; 5. Robert, b. Dec. 8, 1794, d. in infancy; 6. Robert, b. Aug. 1, 1796, m. Nov. 26, 1818, Sally Whaples.
90. SOLOMON CLARK, 1758-1824.
Solomon, son of Joseph and Sarah (Curtiss) Clark, was born 1758. He married, June 3, 1784, Elizabeth Smith. He inherited the homestead of his father on East Street, just north of the railway, and passed the most of his life upon the farm. At this home, his father kept the first store in New. Britain, in which a few small articles for domestic use, and a few groceries, were sold or bartered for produce. Solomon Clark died March 29, 1824.
CHILDREN. 1. Chauncey, b. April 15, 1787, m. Sept. 15, 1818, Eunice Hart, who died Oct. 16, 1819, and (2), m. Dec. 22, 1824, Mary Smith ; 2. Anna, b. March 20, 1790; 3. Betsey, b. Dec. 20, 1794, m. March 31, 1819, Cyrus Hart.
91. DR. JOHN ANDREWS, 1758-1833.
John, son of Moses and Lydia (Root) Andrews, was born Nov. 29, 1758. He married, May 10, 1792, Phebe Lewis, and (2) March 16, 1800, Caroline Bronson. For several years in early life, and before his marriage, he taught school; he then engaged in the practice of a physician, and was contempora- neous with Dr. Adna Stanley of Stanley Quarter. His practice was chiefly limited to the southwestern part of the parish, and was mostly given up the latter part of his life for the care of his farm. His home was near that of his father on West Main Street. He died June 19, 1833.
CHILDREN. By first wife, 1. Phebe Lewis, b. Oct. 28, 1797, m. March 18, 1823, Asa Cowdry; by second wife, 2. Milton, b. Nov. 12, 1801, m. May 4, 1827, Charlotte Osgood ; 3. John, b. Oct. 10, 1803, m. Nov. 8, 1836, Lucy Foot ; 4. Abigail Bronson, b. May 16, 1806, m. May 4, 1827, Aaron Hart; 5. Hiram, b. April 7, 1808, d. young ; 6. Caroline Porter, b. Sept. 21, 1812, d. young.
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92. LEMUEL SMITH, 1759-1839.
Lemuel, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Buck) Smith, was born March 11, 1759. He married, Oct. 10, 1790, Dolly Smith. Soon after his marriage, he went to live on East Street in a house situated at the corner below the residence of his father-in-law. He had built the house on East Main Street afterwards occupied by Dr. Smalley and Deacon Whittlesey, but before he was married sold it to Dr. Smalley for £168. He afterwards built in Stanley Quarter, a short distance south of the residence of Prof. Andrews. He was tall, of commanding form, somewhat striking in appearance, and was for many years the chorister of the First Church. He died Jan. 17, 1839.
CHILDREN. 1. Anson, b. 1791 ; 2. Desdemona, b. 1797 ; 3. Lester ; 4. Bela, b. 1800.
93. NOAH STANLEY, 1759-1829.
Noah, the fourth child of Deacon Noah and Ruth (Norton) Stanley, was born April 25, 1759. He was a substantial farmer, industrious, and a man of scrupulous integrity. His first wife, Lucy Lewis, died in 1784, at the age of twenty- three. He married (2) Experience Welles, daughter of Joshua Welles of Wethersfield. She died Aug. 9, 1789, aged thirty-one ; and he married as his third wife, Naomi Burritt of Stratford. He lived at the home of his father in Stanley Quarter. He was but sixteen years old when the war of the revolution began, but entered the service during the war, serving as a light horseman. He died May 4, 1829.
CHILDREN. 1, Noah, b. March 26, 1782, d. in infancy ; 2. Lucy Lewis, b. Sept., 1787; 3. Pede Welles, b. 1792, d. in infancy; 4. Naomi Burritt, b. Sept. 24, 1792, m. Riley Griswold; 5. Wakeman Norton, b. March 9, 1793, m. Elizabeth N. Hart; 6. Noah W., b. Nov. 19, 1794, m. Laura F. Booth; 7. Jason, b. Aug. 12, 1796; 8. Pede, b. 1798, d. young; 9. Horatio, b. 1801, d. in infancy.
94. ELIJAH HART, 1759-1827.
Elijah, son of Deacon Elijah, second, and Sarah (Gilbert) Hart, was born May 7, 1759. He married, Dec. 21, 1780, Anna Andrews. He lived in the south part of the double
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house built by his father on Kensington Street, near the sand- bank road. He had a large farm and was also the owner of Hart's mills, near his home, in which he manufactured kiln- dried corn meal for the West India trade. He held the office of captain in the military company ; enlisted into the revolu- tionary army for three years; and was present at the sur- render of Burgoyne. In 1805, he was chosen deacon of the First Church, of which he had been a member for twenty years. In 1824, he was dismissed from this church to the church at Mount Carmel, Conn., where he had built a house and mill and where he resided several years. He returned to New Britain, and died at his old home, from the sting of a bee, Aug. 4, 1827.
CHILDREN. 1. Elijah, b. Feb. 11, 1782, d. May 13, 1802; 2. Selah, b. Nov. 6, 1784, m. Oct. 5, 1805, Jemima Webster ; 3. Samuel, b. April 7, 1786, m. March 18, 1812, Orpha North ; 4. Jesse, b. April 20, 1789, m. April 5, 1810, Lucina Cowdry; 5. Jonathan, b. Feb. 20, 1792; 6. Norman, b. Aug. 5, 1794, m. Sept. 8, 1818, Minerva Lee ; 7. Anna, b. Dec. 5, 1796, d. young; 8. Ira, b. July 22, 1798, m. May 3, 1820, Orpha Hart; 9. Anna, b. Nov. 17, 1801, d. young; 10. Elijah, b. Sept. 11, 1804, m. March 15, 1826, Louisa Warner.
95. ELIJAH FRANCIS, 1760-1846.
Elijah, son of Elijah and Hannah (Buck) Francis, was born Jan. 6, 1760. He married, Dec. 21, 1785, Jane Clark. He lived in the valley east of Osgood Hill, had a farm, and was also a tanner and shoemaker. At sixteen years of age, he was engaged as a teamster in the war of the revolution. He was respected for his public spirit, and was several times elected as a representative from the town of Berlin to the General Assembly. When fifty-seven years of age, he united with the First Church, was elected deacon of that church in 1822, and often served on committees of the church. In 1842, he headed the petition for the organization of a new church, and when the church was organized, he was appointed deacon at its first meeting. He was active in church work at both churches. He died Oct. 30, 1846.
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96. NATHANIEL PENNFIELD, 1760-1838.
Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Barnes) Penn- field, was born at New Haven Nov. 14, 1760. He married, Oct. 22, 1780, Eunice Kelsey, and (2) widow Polly Rugg. He was a cooper, working a part of the time at his trade and a part of the time upon a farm. He lived in the north- west part of the place, on Horse Plain. He was industrious, carefully husbanding his time. He was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and was in the engagements at Horse Neck and White Plains. He died Feb. 6, 1838.
CHILDREN. 1. Nathaniel, b. Feb., 1781, m. Nov. 5, 1798, Polly Steele ; 2. Silas, b. 1782, m. March 1, 1804, Huldah Hart ; 3. Polly, b. Sept. 4, 1786, m. Aug. 11, 1801, Shubel Curtiss ; 4. Eunice, b. May 12, 1789, m. May 22, 1808, William Pennfield; 5. John, b. Oct. 18, 1791, m. March 12, 1815, Elizabeth Hart; 6. Betsey, b. April 13, 1793, m. Feb. 6, 1820, Enos Pennfield, and (2) Joseph Langdon; 7. Chester, b. Jan. 23, 1796, m. June 4, 1820. Aurelia Carrington ; 8. Sally, b, Nov. 8, 1800, m. Aug. 5, 1821, David Northrop.
97. DANIEL JUDD, 1761-1834,
Daniel, son of James and Hannah (Andrus) Judd, was born Aug. 14, 1761. He married Irene Hitchcock, who died June 17, 1790, and he married (2) Hannah Bartholomew. He had his home, which he inherited from his father and grandfather, on East Street. The house had been considered the extreme north end of the Great Swamp parish, the houses further north belonging either to Farmington or Wethersfield. He was a farmer, but part of his time was occupied in the care and management of the saw-mill, which he owned in company with his brother James, and which was known as Judd's saw-mill. He died Oct. 17, 1834.
CHILDREN. 1. William, b, Dec. 9, 1787, m. April 23, 1807, Polly Eddy ; 2. Daniel, b. April 14, 1790, m. Abigail Squire ; by second wife, 3. Irene b. Nov. 13, 1793, m. Dec. 5, 1819, John Ellis; 4. Polly, b. Dec. 15, 1795 m. April 23, 1823, William Bassett; 5. Eri, b. Jan. 13, 1798, m. Jan. 21, 1819, Lovisa Bronson; 6. Amon, b. Oct. 27, 1800, m. Aug. 4, 1824, Jerusha Belden; 7. Betsey, b. Aug, 13, 1804, m. Oct. 3, 1832, Henry Gladden; 8, Richard, b. Jan. 23, 1807, m. Jan, 29, 1836, Eliza Howd ; 9. Rhoda, b. Nov. 4, 1809, m. July 28, 1830, William Hart,
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98. DR. ADNA STANLEY, 1763-1825.
Adna, the fifth child of Noah and Ruth (Norton) Stanley, was born in Stanley Quarter, Jan. 28, 1763. He graduated at Yale College in the class of 1787, studied medicine and became a practicing physician in New Britain, having his residence in Stanley Quarter. He married, April 26, 1809, Nancy Deming of Newington. His practice was in New Britain, Newington, and Farmington, and to this practice was added the care of a large farm which he owned, and which was cultivated under his direction. He was a man of vigorous mind, but of few words. His appearance and man- ners were those of a man of refinement and dignity. He left what was then a large estate, amounting to nearly $18,000. He died Dec. 30, 1825.
CHILDREN. 1. Julia Ann, b. Feb. 12, 1810, m. Henry L. Bidwell ; 2. Augusta, b. Nov. 3, 1811; 3. Sophia, b. June 14, 1813; 4. Nancy, b. Aug. 18, 1815, m. Nov. 1, 1831, John H. Goodwin; 5. Cordelia, b. Jan. 23, 1820.
99. ABIJAH HART, 1764-1829.
Abijah, eldest son of Thomas and Mehitabel (Bird) Hart, was born April 7, 1764. He married, Sept. 22, 1794, Anna Hall, and (2) Oct. 26, 1826, Lucy Dunham. He taught · school in Middletown, and in 1795 received from Yale College the honorary degree of A. M. He engaged in mer- chandise and commerce in New York city, and became a partner in the firm of Hicks, Vanderbilt & Hart. About 1808, he returned to the old home of his father on West Main Street and engaged in farming. He died May 3, 1829.
CHILDREN. 1. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 1, 1795, m. Dec. 16, 1818, Seth Lewis; 2. Caroline Bird, b. April 15, 1798, m. Dec. 16, 1818, Alfred Andrews; 3. Thomas Giles, b. Dec. 2, 1800; 4. Henry Abijah, b. Aug. 9, 1805, m. April 24, 1827, Eliza Shipman; 5. Samuel Mansfield, b. Aug. 30, 1807.
100. LEVI WELLES, 1764-1823.
Levi, son of Elisha and Lydia (Deming) Welles, was born in 1764. He married, Dec. 9, 1790, Hannah Welles, who
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died March 1, 1809, and he married (2) Betsey Mather. He was a farmer and lived in Newington for a few years after his marriage, and then removed to New Britain. He bought of Timothy Kilbourn, in 1800, a farm with house and other buildings on East Street, and made New Britain his home. He was a member of the standing committee of the First Church. He died Oct. 23, 1823.
CHILDREN. 1. Lydia, b. Oct. 24, 1792, m. Jan. 20, 1814, Augustus Flagg ; 2. Levi, b. Sept. 7, 1793, m. Ann Ames ; 3. Horace, b. Aug. 11, 1795, m. Dec. 24, 1823, Pamela Sedgwick; 4. Hannah, b. Aug., 1797, m. Sept. 19, 1821, Chester Hart; 5. Elva, b. Sept. 11, 1800, m. May 12, 1824, Chester Hart ; 6. Lemuel Watts, b. July 4, 1803, m. Nov. 15, 1827, Abi . Stanley ; 7. Marilla, b. Sept. 26, 1805, m. Nov. 2, 1825, Ralph Shipman.
101. ELIHU BURRITT, 1765-1827.
Elihu, son of Elihu and Eunice (Wakeman) Burritt was born Dec. 13, 1765, at Stratford, Conn. He was a shoe- maker by trade, but also worked on a farm or engaged in other business. He married, July 20, 1793, Elizabeth Hins- dale. He had his home for a time on the west side of Main Street, near the site of Porter's block, but afterwards lived in other localities, the latter part of his life in a house belong- ing to his father-in-law, Elijah Hinsdale, near the junction of Elm and Stanley streets. He was in the war of the revolu- tion for a short time before its close. He died Jan. 29, 1827.
CHILDREN. 1. Elijah Hinsdale, b. April 20, 1794, m. Oct. 28, 1819, Ann W. Watson; 2. Betsey Hinsdale, b. July 22, 1796, m. Aug. 24, 1829, Hezekiah Seymour; 3. Emily, b. Aug. 12, 1798, m. 1838, Capt. Taylor; 4. George, b. Dec. 5, 1800; 5. Mary, b. Feb. 18, 1803, m. May 26, 1825, Wil- liam Williams; 6. William, b. July 8, 1805, m. May 5, 1826, Clarissa Cole; 7. Isaac, b. May 31, 1808, m. Oct. 16, 1832, Nancy Barnes; 8. Elihu, b. Dec. 8, 1810 ; 9. Eunice Wakeman, b. May 2, 1813, m. April 24, 1833, Jabez Cornwell, and (2) A. J. Sawyer ; 10. Almira Bidwell, b. July 27, 1816, m. Nov. 24, 1836, Stephen L. Strickland.
102. DR. JAMES PERCIVAL, 1767-1807. .
James, son of James and Dorothy (Gates) Percival, was .
- born in East Haddam, April 20, 1767. He was a lineal descendant of John Robinson, the famous Leyden pastor of
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the Puritan Fathers. He married, January, 1790, Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Hart of Kensington. Having studied medicine he commenced practice in Kensington, having his home near the Methodist Church. As was the custom in those days, he carried his medicines with him in his saddle- bags, when calling on his patients. He soon became eminent as a physician, and was useful as a public-spirited citizen. He was a man of great industry, much esteemed in the com- munity. After an illness of a few days, he died Jan. 22, 1807.
CHILDREN. 1. Harriet, d. Feb. 16, 1807; 2. Edwin, b. 1793; 3. James Gates, b. Sept. 15, 1795; 4. Oswin Hart, b. 1797.
103. DR. ELI TODD, 1769-1833.
Eli, son of Michael and Mary Todd, of New Haven, was born in that city in 1769 or 1770. He graduated from Yale College in 1787, and soon after went to the West Indies. On his return he studied medicine with Dr. Beardsley, an eminent physician of New Haven, and in 1790 came to Farmington, where he was engaged in practice nearly thirty years. He attained eminence in his profession, and had the full confidence of the community. He removed to Hartford in 1819, where, with his regular practice, he became deeply interested in the care and management of the insane, and by his influence and exertions contributed largely to the establishment of the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane. On the 7th of January, 1823, he was unanimously chosen superintendent, with a salary of one thousand dollars, and the use of a dwelling-house near the institution. He was already familiar with the literature of insanity and the methods of treatment in European institutions. He now studied the subject still more carefully, and acquainted himself with the little that had been done in the treatment of the insane in this country. His rare ability and skill in the treatment of diseases both of body and mind, and the clear and full statement of his plans, at once secured the confidence of the medical fraternity and of the public,
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and the institution was a success from the start. He remained connected with it as physician and superintend- ent until his death, in the autumn of 1833.
Dr. Todd was not only eminent in his profession, but as a man he possessed those rare mental endowments which always command respect. He had a retentive memory, a vivid imagination, and refined taste, with remarkable con- versational powers, which made him ever welcome in refined society. He was also kind hearted and specially sympathetic with the sick, at once winning their confidence. In early life a skeptic, he was led in later years to a careful investi- gation of the subject of religion, and a careful study of the Bible, and " he became a sincere and ardent disciple of Christ, and enjoyed in his later years, and especially in his last long and distressing illness, the peculiar supports and consolations of the gospel."
104. WILLIAM SMITH, 1771-1838.
William, son of Samuel and Mary (Goodrich) Smith, was born Sept. 2, 1771. He married, Nov. 6, 1796, Sarah Lewis, who died Feb. 4, 1810, and he married (2) Feb. 10, 1812, Lucretia Moore. He was brought up on his father's farm, in the south part of Stanley Quarter, but came to the center, bought a farm on West Main Street, west of the Judds, and made this his home. He worked upon the farm for a time, and then engaged in the manufac- ture of tin ware, contemporaneous with his brother-in-law, , Erastus Lewis. He was a partner in the firm of North, Lee, Smith & Shipman, organized in 1807 for the manufacture of jewelry, and was also interested in some other concerns. He was a representative of the town in the General Assembly, was justice of the peace, and held other civil offices. He was for several years one of the standing com- mittee of the church, and active in promoting its interests. He died Nov. 2, 1838.
CHILDREN. 1. Betsey Lewis, b. Nov. 24, 1797; 2. William Henry, b. Oct. 22, 1800, m. Aug. 7, 1825, Marcia North, and (2) April 27, 1842,
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Lucinda Hart; 3. Lauretta, b. Sept. 24, 1802, m. Jan. 24, 1821, Henry North; 4. Samuel Walter, b. May 15, 1805; - by second wife, 5. Sarah Maria, b. April 11, 1816, m. May 1, 1832, Grove W. Loomis, and (2) July 25, 1860, Gilman Hinsdale; 6. Levi Olmsted, b. March 25, 1818, m. Oct. 26, 1847, Sarah E. Whiting; 7. Harriet Strong, b. Sept. 29, 1820, m. May 14, 1845, Horace Brown; 8. Elizur Newton, b. Dec. 13, 1822, m. Dec. 22, 1846, Laura L. Clark; 9. Elizabeth Augusta, b. Dec. 13, 1822.
105. JOHN JUDD, 1772-1822.
John, son of John and Lydia (Mather) Judd, was born May 8, 1772. He married, May, 1792, Ursula Stanley. His residence was on West Main Street, on the site of the house built by Deacon Morton Judd, and afterwards occupied by Charles Blakeslee. He was a blacksmith by trade, hav- ing learned of his uncle, James North. He had his shop opposite his home, where his sons afterwards engaged in manufacturing business. He died July 18, 1822.
CHILDREN. 1. Nancy, b. Sept. 17, 1793, m. Dec. 12, 1813, Austin Woodford; 2. Aurora, b. March 20, 1795; 3. John, b. March 25, 1796, m. April 10, 1822, Betsey Hart; 4. Polly, b. Sept. 24, 1797, m. Sept. 2, 1816, Pliny Slater; 5. Marilla, b. May 7, 1799, m. Dec. 10, 1820, Rollin Dickinson, and (2) Dec. 5, 1852, Gilman Hinsdale; 6. Minerva, b. July 11, 1801, d. in infancy; 7. Marinda, b. Nov. 11, 1802, d. young; 8. Harry, b. Nov. 2, 1804, m. May 8, 1828, Julia A. Lewis; 9. Anna, b. Nov. 4, 1807, m. March 26, 1826, Lawrence Richards, and (2) Sept. 9, 1840, Gilman Hinsdale; 10. Morton, b. Nov. 5, 1808, m. Jan. 26, 1828, Lucinda Dunham, and (2) Feb. 21, 1855, Julia Ann Blinn; 11. Lydia, b. Feb. 9, 1810; 12. Oliver Stanley, b. Nov. 30, 1816, m. April 15, 1838, Emily A. Lewis, and (2) Jan. 5, 1860, Evelina Atkins.
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