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Charles T. Hemingway, born in East Haven in 1857, is a son of Stephen, he a son of John, he a son of Stephen, he a son of Samuel, he a son of Samuel, he a son of John and he a son of Samuel, who is supposed to have come from England, and who settled in East Haven and in 1662 married Sarah Cooper. John, their son, born 1675, married Mary Morris in 1703. Samuel, their son, born 1713, married Mehitable Denison. Samuel, their son, born 1739, married Hannah Morris. Stephen, their son, married Esther Bradley in 1791. John, their son, married Adeline Bradley. Their children were Stephen and Jared. Stephen, born 1827, married Ann A .. daughter of Merwin Tuttle. Their children were Charles T. and Charlotte A. Stephen Heming- way engaged in the mercantile trade about 1857 in East Haven and continued until his death in 1889. He was postmaster for over thirty years. Charles T. Hemingway became a partner of his father in 1881, and continues the business. He was elected town clerk in 1881 and held the office continuously until 1892; also justice of the peace since 1881. He is a member of the Episcopal church, a vestryman and treasurer of the parish, also clerk of the board of health several years.
William H. Hosley, born in Branford in 1863, is a son of Benjamin A., born 1823, and grandson of Loring D. and Anne A. (Beach) Hosley. Benjamin A. Hosley married in 1849 Lois W., daughter of William Ward of Vermont. Their children are: Benjamin F., Anna 31., John H., M. Carrie, William H., Edward K. and Judith E. (deceased). Benjamin F. married Idella Pond. Anna M. married George W. Dory. John H. married Jane Van Wie. M. Carrie married Gaius W. McClunie. William H. married in 1885 Amelia L., daughter of Charles W. Farnam of Norwich, Conn. They have one son. Charles F. Mr. Hosley became a resident of East Haven in 1885, and has been engaged in the milk business.
Joseph Ives Hotchkiss, born in East Haven in 1814, is a son of Lyman, he a son of Joseph, born 1756, he a son of Joseph, born 1725, he a son of Samuel, born 1683, and he a son of Samuel Hotchkiss, who married Sarah Talmadge in 1678. Samuel, their son, married for his first wife Sarah Bradley in 1705, and for his second wife he married Hannah Russell. Joseph, their son, married Esther Russell. He served in the revolutionary war. Joseph, his son, married Temper- ance, daughter of Timothy Andrews. Their children were: Annie. Lyman, Orrilla, Esther, Polly and Huldah. Lyman Hotchkiss mar- ried Sybil, daughter of Captain Daniel Bradley. Their children were: Grace A., Sophronia, Joseph Ives, Lyman, Samuel. Daniel, Elizabeth (died in infancy) and Elizabeth A. Joseph Ives Hotchkiss was clerk in a store at Fair Haven for a time, then spent a year in the West. Returning he followed the sea for six years. since which time he has been engaged in farming. He has held the offices of assessor, selectman, etc., and in 1869 was elected to the legislature.
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He was captain of the East Haven militia four years. He married in 1836 Sarah A., daughter of Roswell Bradley. Their children were: Ellen E., Sarah E., Theron B., Joseph I. and Cornelia M .; all living except Theron B. Mrs. Hotchkiss died in 1889.
William S. Jones, born in Northford, Conn., in 1839, is a son of Edwin L., whose father John, was a son of Morris Jones, who was in the revolutionary war. They were farmers and residents of North Madison. John Jones married Marian Webber. Edwin L. married Emily, daughter of Luman Johnson. They had one son, William S. Jones. He resided in New Haven from 1864 to 1876, then came to East Haven. August 8th, 1862, he enlisted in the 14th Connecticut Regiment. He married in 1862 Ellen C., daughter of Richard and Lucretia (Moulthrop) Russell.
Archibald A. Perkins was born in Bethany, Conn., in 1819. His father's name was Jesse, and he was a son of Archibald, who was a resident of Woodbridge (now included in Bethany) and kept a tavern on the New Haven and Waterbury Turnpike for over sixty years. He was a deacon in the Episcopal church of Bethany for many years. He was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Wooding and the second a Miss French. Their children were: Lybias, Archibald A .. Jesse. Guy, James, Burr. Charles, Rebecca and Sarah. Archibald A., son of Archibald, was a shoemaker and tanner by trade and was one of Bethany's prominent men, representing the town in the legislature several terms and was justice of the peace for many years. He was also prominent in the Masonic Order. Jesse Perkins was a joiner by trade. He married Charlotte Hotchkiss and their children were: Hiram, Maria, Celestia, Jesse D., Nancy, Noah H. and Archibald A. Archibald A. Perkins is a brass and iron moulder by trade and for fourteen years was superintendent of the W. & B. Douglass Manufacturing Company of Middletown, Conn., after which he was superintendent of the brass foundry of J. B. Sargent & Co., of New Haven for nine years. He enlisted in Co. B., 25th Connecticut Infantry in 1862, and served thirteen months. He became a resident of East Haven about 1867. He married Malvina Andrews of Bristol in 1840. Their children were: Martha M., born 1844, and Noah H., born 1850. Martha M. married Lovell Jones. Their children are: Helen M., Jesse and Bertha. Mr. Perkins married for his second wife Barbara Patrick.
Jonathan N. Rowe was born in East Haven in 1859, and is a son of Robert, who was born in Lands End, England, and came to America about 1825. He followed the sea for many years and for thirty years he ran between New Haven and New York as first mate on a steamer. He married Abbie A. Story. They had five sons and nine daughters. Jonathan N. engaged in the grocery trade in 1883. He was elected selectman of New Haven in 1890. He married Margary M. Kenty in 1888. They have one daughter, Margary S.
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Frank M. Sperry, born in New Haven in 1850, is a son of Hosmer and grandson of Marcus, whose father Jacob was a son of Lemuel Sperry. Jacob Sperry was a soldier in the revolutionary war. He married Sarah Perkins of Woodbridge. They went to Waterbury when young and six children were born to them there. Huldah, the eldest, married Noah Bronson. The next two, Mareus and Sally, were twins. Sally married Daniel Cook. Lydia married Gideon Platt. Anson married Lois Upson. Charity married Clark Sperry. Anson Sperry was a cooper by trade and carried on that business in Waterbury for over forty years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was captain of the First Flank Company of the 22d Regi- ment Connecticut militia several years. Mareus Sperry married Rebekah, daughter of Samuel Carrington of Woodbridge. They had two sons: Edwin, born 180S, and Hosmer, born 1810. Jacob Sperry died in 1834, aged 86 years. Marcus, his son, died in 1811, aged 33 years. Lemuel, the father of Jacob, was a soldier in the English army during the French war in Canada and died there at that time. Hosmer Sperry learned the joiner's trade and for forty years was engaged in stair building. He married Desire Smith, daughter of Captain Caleb and Elizabeth Chidsey of East Haven. Their children were: Minot, who died in infancy; Elbert H., born in 1843; Mary, born 1845; Frank M., born 1850, and Charles E., born 1852. The sons learned their father's business, Elbert H. becoming a partner of his father. In 1887 he engaged in the same business for himself. He married in 1871 Martha Jane Leavenworth. They had one child, Fannie G., born August 14th, 1876. Charles E. married in 1881 Mary E. Robinson. Their children are: Mary E., born 1882; Lulu F., born 1884. Frank M. Sperry became a resident of East Haven in 1881. held the office of constable from 1885 to 1889, seleetman in 1889 and 1890, and in 1891 he was appointed deputy sheriff under C. A. Tom- linson. He is a member of Polar Star Lodge. I. O. O. F., of New Haven, and is secretary of the Foxon Grange. He married in 1871 Nellie A., daughter of Albert Palmer of North Branford. They have one son, Arthur Sperry.
Asahel H. Thompson, born in East Haven in 1840, is a son of Samuel C., born 1806, he a son of Abraham, born 1772, he a son of Timothy, born 1727, he a son of John, born 1692, he a son of John, born 1667, he a son of John, who was a son of John, who was one of the signers of the colony constitution of New Haven in 1639. Timothy Thompson married Esther Perkins. John, his father, married Sarah Pardee. Abraham Thompson, son of Timothy, was a sea captain. He married Mary Smith in 1797. Their children were: Julia A .. born 1798; William, born 1801; Desire, born 1804; Samuel C., born 1806: Mary A., born 1808; Abraham, born 1810; Asahel, born 1813: Joseph, born 1816, and Sally, born 1820. Abraham died May 6th, 1848. Mary, his wife, born 1778, died 1855. Samuel C. Thompson was a seafaring
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man. For many years he ran a packet between New Haven and New York. He married Grace A. Hotchkiss in 1832. Their children were: Samnel, Asahel H., Lyman and Theodore. Samuel married Eveline F. Andrews for his first wife. They had a daughter, Olive A. For his second wife he married Susan O. Russell. They have one daughter, Julia E. Asahel H. was married in 1865 to Mary A. M. Woodward. Their children are: Grace E., born in 1867; Charles W., born 1868, died 1869; William W., born 1874. Lyman C. married Julia L. Morris. They have one son, Morris L. Theodore Thompson married Ella S., daughter of Elizur Thompson. They have one daughter, Florence S.
Elizur Thompson, born in East Haven in 1809, is a son of James, and grandson of Stephen, born 1723. He was a stone mason by trade, and was one of the building committee who built the stone church at East Haven; was one of the builders, fell, had his skull fractured, was trepanned and got well. He married Hannah Rowe. Stephen had a second wife, widow Mary Baldwin. She was the mother of James. The father of Stephen was John, born 1692, son of John, born 1667, he a son of John and he a son of John. James, the father of Elizur, married Lydia Chidsey. Their children were: Stephen, Mary, Leonard, Nathaniel, Henry, Elizur, James, Abraham C., Abraham, Edward E. and Haynes H. Elizur Thompson learned the tailor's trade but soon after engaged in the grocery business in New Haven, with his brother Stephen, which they carried on for several years; afterward was so engaged in East Haven. In 1861 he was appointed superintendent of the New Haven Light, and with the exception of two years was in charge of the same until 1877, when he resigned and his son Henry C. Thompson was appointed in his place and has since held the position. Since 1877 Mr. Thompson has had charge of the signal station at Morris Cove. He married in 1830 Elizabeth M., daughter of Leverett Bradley of East Haven. Their children were: Leonard, born 1831; Henry C., born 1833; Hemingway H., born 1835; Antoinette, born 1839; Jason D., born 1841: Sidney, born 1844; George, 1846; Stephen E., born 1849; and Ella S., born 1851. Leonard mar- ried Susan, daughter of Daniel Thompson. He was in New Orleans at the opening of the war and was never heard of after that time. Henry C. married Lucretia Buttrick. Hemingway H. is supposed to have been lost at sea. Antoinette married Lyman Granniss. Jason D. married Harriett Arison. Sidney married Emily Craig. George married Fannie Hunt. Ella S. married Theodore, son of Samuel Thompson. Elizabeth M. Thompson died December 9th, 1871, and in 1877 Mr. Thompson married Mrs. Ellen Pierce. Three of his children served in the Union Army through the rebellion and were honorably discharged, viz .: Jason, enlisted for three months, reënlisted in Connecticut Cavalry, was captain, served under General Custer; Sidney and George, served as privates.
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Henry J. H. Thompson, born in East Haven July 5th, 1832, is a son of Albert I .. he a son of Joel, born 1764, he a son of Samuel, born 1737, he a son of Samuel, born 1704, he a son of John, born 1667, he a son of John, and he a son of John. John second, married Priscilla Powel in 1666. Samuel, son of John third, married Hannah Heming- way. Samuel, their son, married Desire Moulthrop in 1759. Joel, their son, married Lois Chidsey in 1782. Albert I., their son, married Jane B., daughter of Harmon Byington in 1831. They had one son, Henry J. H. Thompson. He is a joiner by trade and was a contractor and builder for many years. He enlisted in the 9th Regiment Con- necticut Infantry as drum major, but being taken sick did not serve in that regiment. He enlisted in 1862 in the 15th Connecticut Infantry and served until the close of the war. He was promoted to corporal. He is a member of Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R .; Polar Star Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Fair Haven; Golden Rule Encampment, No. 24, of New Haven; the Veteran Firemen of New Haven and the Foxon Grange and Pomona Grange. He married in 1856 Lucretia E., daughter of David Cooper of North Haven. They have one son, Ellsworth H. Thompson, born July 4th, 1866.
John Woodward Thompson, born in East Haven in 1833, is a son of James and Laura Woodward Thompson. His grandfather, James Thompson, was a son of Stephen, who was a descendant of John Thompson, who came from England at an early date and settled in East Haven in 1647. James Thompson, son of Stephen, was one of the prominent men of the town, and represented East Haven in the legislature eleven terms. He was also a captain in the Old Militia. James, his son, was in the legislature in 1857 and 1859, and was selectman several years. John Woodward Thompson was elected to the legislature in 1875. The children of James and Lanra Woodward Thompson were: John Woodward, Eliza C., Emeline A. and James. John W. began life as an entry clerk in a New York dry goods house and later was engaged in the grocery trade in New Haven, retiring in 1871. He is a descendant of Reverend John Davenport, the founder of New Haven; of Reverend John Woodward, pastor of the church at Norwich, 1699; of Deacon John Chidsey and John Thompson.
Ruel S. Thompson, born in New Haven in 1831, is a son of Ruel, he a son of Joel, born 1764, he a son of Samuel, born 1737, he a son of Samuel, born 1704, he a son of John, born 1667. he a son of John and he a son of John. John second married Priscilla Powel. Their son Samuel married Hannah Hemingway. Samuel, their son, mar- ried Desire Moulthrop, and Joel. their son, married Lois Chidsey. Their children were: Sarah, born 1783; Huldah, born 1785; Polly, 1789; Anson, 1792; Horace, 1794; Nancy, 1796; Ruel, 1798; Lucy, 1800; Linda, 1802; William, 1805; Almira D., 1808; and Albert, 1811. Ruel Thompson married Lucy Sanford of North Haven. Their children were: Clarrissa, Nancy, Rnel S., Reumali A. and Lucy. Ruel S.
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Thompson was assessor several years and with the exception of two years has held the office of seleetman since 1879. He married in 1855 Martha Noble of Portland, Maine. Their children are: Ruel N., born 1858, and Eugene S., 1863. Ruel N. married Eva J. Sehappa. He died in 1887. Eugene S. married in 1882 Eva J. Weisbarth.
John Smith Tyler, born in East Haven December 2d, 1834, is a son of William, and grandson of John, who was a native of Branford, and a shoemaker by trade, carrying on an extensive business in that town. Jolın Tyler was in the government service during the war of 1812. He settled in East Haven, and married there Mabel Bradley. Their children were: John, Ami, William and Jerusha Louisa. William was a shoemaker, having a shop just east of his residence on the main street, and also engaged in farming. He married Julia A., daughter of Abraham Thompson, who resided at South End, town of East Haven. The dwelling house in which Wiliiam Tyler was born has always been the residence of John S., and is probably the oldest in the town. It has a leanto roof, which was common one hundred and fifty years ago, and is in good repair at the present time. Simeon Bradley was great-grandfather to John S., and also lived in this house. The children of William Tyler were John S. and Harriet A., who died in 1852. John S. was educated in the publie schools, and in the seleet sehool, which was in the town hall, the instructor of which was a Mr. Potter, also at one time a Mr. Wooleott. He has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was elected selectman on the republican ticket in 1886, and was reëleeted in 1887, '88, '89 and '90. In 1866 he married Jane E., daughter of Joseph Thompson. The children of this marriage were Willie J. and J. Alexis D., both deceased.
Gilbert Van Siekles was born in Milton, N. J., in 1845, and is a son of Augustus Van Siekles, who with his family settled in East Haven nearly forty years ago and was superintendent of the New Haven Chemical Company's works for many years. He married Hannah Ayres, and their children were: Margaret O., Elizabeth, Gilbert, Alex- ander, Euphemia and Frederick. Margaret O. married David Ben- nett, Elizabeth married George Ward, Euphemia married Luke Haviland, Frederick married Lillian Forbes and Alexander married Ella Talmage. Gilbert Van Siekles enlisted in the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery in 1864, and served until the close of the war. He is a member of Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R., of New Haven. He married in 1866 Aliee E. Thompson. Their children are: Fannie H., Augustus, Theodore, Irving and Raymond.
Edmund B. Woodward was born in 1859. The first of the family to settle in New Haven county was Reverend John Woodward, who graduated from Cambridge College in 1693. He assisted in the eouneil that compiled the Saybrook platform in 1708, and was admitted an inhabitant of New Haven in 1716. He married Sarah Roswell,
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and had a son John, who married Mary Denison. They had a son Stephen, born 1758, who married Elizabeth Morris. William Wood- ward, born 1781, son of Stephen, was thrice married: first to Sarah Bradley, second to a Mrs. Davis and third to Nancy Thompson. Charles Woodward, son of William, married for his first wife Maria, daughter of Morris Hemingway. Their children were: William A., born 1841, married 1861, Lois Thompson; Anna M., who married Asahel H. Thompson: Charles E., born 1848, married Flora Hull, and John E. (deceased). Charles Woodward married for his second wife Laura A., daughter of William and Mehitable Richards. They had two children: Edmund B. and Lulu E. (deceased). Edmund B. mar- ried in 1883 Hattie S. Brigham.
CHAPTER V.
THE TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN.
By SHELDON B. THORPE.
Location and Description .- Settlement .- Early Religious Affairs .- Reverend Benjamin Trumbull .- Congregational Church .- St. John's (P. E.) Church .- Baptist Church at Montowese .- Clintonville Union Mission .- The Militia .- Cemeteries .- Education .- Incorporation of the Town .- Civil List .- Public Improvements .- Public Buildings .- The Bradley Library .- The Town Cen- tennial .- General Business Interests .- Villages .- Sabbath Day Houses .- Slaves .- Fishing Privileges .- Taverns .- Physicians .- North Haven in the Nation's Wars .- Biographical Sketches.
T HE town of North Haven lies within the tract purchased of Momaugin, the Indian sachem, by the New Haven colonists in 1638. Its boundaries are irregular, but mainly conform to the layout of March 19th, 1715, at which time, by petition of its settlers, the mother town (New Haven) gave them permission to apply to the general assembly for erection into a separate parish, which prayer was granted at the October session, 1716. Its length north and south, is about eight miles, and its greatest breadth not far from three. Its area, taken from its first grand list in 1786, is given as 8,348 acres; in 1890 as 11,837 acres. The surface is denominated as level. Two ridges of easy grade traverse its length and give variety to its contour. The westernmost is composed of a soft reddish gravel, terminating on the south at East Rock. The other, much the older, geologically con- sidered, is of igneous origin, with walls of trap rock markedly exposed on their eastern face. On this ridge, near the southern line, rises " Peter's Rock," or Rabbit Rock, notable for its steep escarpments and hexagonal columns of basalt. These latter are among the finest in the state.
Two rivers, the East and the Muddy, water its valleys, the latter uniting with the former at the historic locality of " Momauguin hill."
Generally speaking the soil is light. The land is easily worked and the river bottoms and occasional areas on the hills yield abundant crops. Its poorest area is in the northern portion, where the soil has become utterly exhausted and patches of barren sand are frequently seen. The valley of the Quinnipiac, formerly called the East river, is underlaid on either side by immense clay beds, from which large
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quantities of brick are manufactured. On the extreme southern bor- der lies an extended marsh, once diked and yielding hundreds of tons of passable fodder, but now neglected and of little value. Timber grows freely and of excellent quality. There are no minerals, with the possible exception of bog iron ore, once dug in considerable quantities.
The first settler in North Haven was William Bradley, a reputed officer in Cromwell's army. He located on the ridge west of East river and above what is now known as Cedar hill. His dwelling house doubtless did not stand within the present town limits, but as a large portion of his farm lay north of the New Haven line, he is assumed as the first comer. This wasabout 1640. In 1660 Thomas Vale came from New Haven and located near the present residence of Gen- eral E. D. S. Goodyear. With him came two of his sons, John and Nathaniel. They were the pioneers and in point of fact the actual settlers of North Haven. John Yale married Rebecca Of their children David was born October 8th, 1699. He went to England in 1712, returned in 1718, and was made one of the first two deacons of the Congregational church, in that year, being then only 19 years old. He received an honorary degree from Vale College in 1724, and died in 1730. His only child, Martha, married James Todd, from whom descended Vale Todd, afterward a soldier in the revolu- tionary army and ancestor of many of the Todds in the town to-day. Nathaniel married Ruth Bishop of New Haven.
At the death of their father the two sons succeeded to the paternal estate. Nathaniel kept the old place, while John set up near by for himself. The country above them, in 1660, was a wilderness, but the New Haven colonist was aggressive and slowly forced his way into it. In 1670 Jonathan Tuttle, Nathaniel Thorp, Ebenezer Blakeslee and John Humaston, all from New Haven, went on two miles above the Yales, crossed the river and located in and around the present vil- lage center. In the same year Daniel and Thomas Barns, Moses Brockett and Thomas Jacobs began a settlement at Muddy River, now called Montowese. These men were the fathers of North Haven. With the exception of Yale, their family names are the most numerous within our borders to-day.
Other settlers followed. Land could be had almost for the asking. The East river was alive with fish, the woods with game. The Indians were not troublesome, the open country was easy of tillage, and its nearness to the city of New Haven made it desirable as a location. Notwithstanding this, the condition of the settlers was far from envia- ble. Their first dwellings were log houses; raiment was of the coarsest quality, and all food plain and oftentimes not abundant. Social priv- ileges were scant; there was little of literature and less of the lighter accomplishments; they were there to fight the battle of life in the
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wilderness with the axe, the plough, the gun, rather than with the em- broidery needle, the piano, the palette.
From 1670 to 1716 this small nucleus received slow but constant accessions. In all this time they were as much a part of New Haven as if they lived within the city limits. There they attended church, there they voted, and there did military duty. Doctor Trumbull says frequently the women walked from North Haven to New Haven, in some instances with a child in arms, attended two long services and returned .*
In 1716 the population of the parish comprised forty households.+ In addition to the families named, had come the Sanfords, Eatons, Coopers, Todds, Clarks, Bradleys and a few others. All told, the pop- ulation was between two hundred and three hundred. It was at the above date, as stated in the commencement, that they became embodied as the " North Parish," or "Northeast Parish " of New Haven. Un- der their new privileges their first meeting was held November 2d, 1716, at which time the First Ecclesiastical Society was organized, with Nathaniel Vale moderator and Joseph Ives clerk. Mr. Ives held his position 14 years, or until his removal to Wallingford, in 1730. Their earliest business was to seek a place of worship, which was first established at the house of Ebenezer Blakeslee, and later with Captain Joseph Ives. Two years before (1714) Reverend James Pierpont of New Haven had given " the neighbors" of the North Parish a plot of land (8 or 10 acres), "provided they would set their meeting house there and make their training and burying place there."
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