History of New London county, Connecticut : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 115

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1317


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twenty he bought out the proprietor and engaged himself in business, marrying the same year Catha- rine Burdick, thus assuming all the responsibilities of manhood, depending solely upon his own energy and skill and the good will of his fellow-citizens. He became one of the largest buyers of farmers' products and dealers in farmers' supplies on the Thames River, and carried on besides a considerable trade with the West Indies, and was interested more or less in the various ventures by sea common in a maritime town.


With the pecuniary prosperity which followed his efforts came the approval and consideration of those around him. He was elected captain of his company in the Eighth Regiment of Volunteers, and in the war of 1812 was promoted from captain to major, by which title he was known among his neighbors until his death. He was summoned to Stonington with the volunteer troops on the 10th of August, 1814, when an attack was made on that town,-a day on which he was to have been married (a second time) to Mrs. Mary Smith, the widow of Elijah Smith, and daughter of Starr Chester; but the marriage, delayed by this event, was consummated the next day. Being a Jeffersonian Republican, Mr. Barber supported Mr. Madison's administration and the war, and while Commodore Decatur was blockaded in New London Harbor he sometimes entertained him and his officers at his house, with other men of prominence in the region of differing political views, and all his life addicted to hospitality, and his house was open not only to men of distinction with whom he had intercourse, but to a large circle of friends who were wont to meet under its roof. The Republican party of Jefferson was largely in the ascendant at that time, and with this party Mr. Barber heartily sympathized, and every position of honor and trust within the gift of his fellow-citizens was open to him.


He was twice elected to the Legislature of Connec- ticut, and in 1821 was nominated for Congress, and elected as a member of the House of Representatives, and returned each. successive election until 1835, a period of fourteen years, which has not been equaled before or since in this State, except by Benjamin Tallmadge, of Litchfield, who served eighteen years in the House of Representatives. When Mr. Barber took his seat James Monroe was President, and Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Thomas H. Benton, John Q. Adams, and Andrew Jackson were members of Congress. It was a brilliant period in our national history, and though the subject of this sketch could not be reckoned among those who moved the House by the power of his eloquence, he faithfully and dili- gently sought to be useful to his constituents and his country, and was as earnest and untiring in his efforts to serve his political opponents as those who favored his own views. The records of Congress assure us his vote was always recorded in the interest of economical administration of the government, liberality to the nation's benefactors and pensioners, and in favor of


liberty for the oppressed in our own and other lands. Mr. Barber was appointed on the Committee of Claims, of which Elisha Whittlesey, of Ohio, was chairman, and on this committee he served to the close of his congressional career. It was a committee where much hard and difficult work was to be done, and from all that can be learned two more faithful and laborious men could not be found in the Congress of the United States than Elisha Whittlesey and Noyes Barber. No period in the history of the government has been more often referred to for economy in the administration of its finances and righteousness in the adjustment of its claims. A change came over the politics of our country, and in 1824 the Electoral College failed to elect a President, and the House of Representatives being required to do it, John Quincy Adams was elected over his opponent, Andrew Jackson, and the old Jeffersonian Republican party was disrupted, the Jackson Democracy claiming to be the true Democ- racy ; but not so thought Mr. Barber, and, with the sounder and safer men with whom he followed, he was proscribed by the popular party, though returned to Congress by his constituents. As he had done be- fore so he continued to do,-strive to keep fraudulent claimants from thrusting their hands into the treasury, voting in favor of a measure that for each day's unne- cessary absence of a senator, representative, or dele- gate he shall forfeit his eight dollars, and on a motion to adjourn on the 22d of February, in honor of Wash- ington's birthday, voting adversely with a majority of the House, because, as was said by Mr. Forsyth, of Georgia, " the most respectful tribute the House could pay to the memory of Gen. Washington was a due attention to the discharge of their proper duties." In the bitter contest between Gen. Jackson and the United States Bank Mr. Barber was on the side of the bank, and as an evidence of his practical wisdom Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, said to one of Mr. Barber's descendants that at the time of Jackson's famous veto Webster, Clay, and some of the more distinguished men of the party thought it would render him unpopular, but Mr. Barber said, "No, it won't; where he has had one vote he will have two," and events justified the correctness of his opinion. In 1835, Mr. Barber, though receiving more votes than in any previous election, was, with his party, returned to private life, but in all that con- cerned the welfare of the country his interest did not abate, and he was sent regularly from his town to the Whig conventions of the State. At the last one be- fore his death, being unable to attend because of im- paired health, he wrote to a friend of his inability to be present, and expressing a preference for Clay and Davis as candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presi- dency, concluding his letter with advice characteristic of the man, " Be bold, have no skulking." He died Jan. 3, 1844, at his home in Groton, and the com- ments of the various journals of his own State and others on his life and character were such as his most


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intimate friends know to be only just and true. The National Intelligencer, of Washington, quoting an eulogy from the New York Courier and Enquirer, says of it, " And far from being chargeable with the usual exaggeration of partial friendship in regard to the dead, utters no more than the literal truth of one of the best men, in both his public and his private character, that it has ever been our fortune to incet," and with the editors of the Intelligencer, Messrs. Gales and Seaton, Mr. Barber was on terms of intimacy. Though not a communicant, Mr. Barber was a con- stant attendant upon the services of the Congrega- tional Church, in which he was reared, and a supporter of the institutions of religion, and his house was one where the ministers of the church were cordially re- ceived and hospitably entertained. In these days it is well to review the political life of those who repre- sented the country in its earlier history, when the old- fashioned writers of economy, integrity, and devotion to its best interests were not at a discount, and may a review of the public life of the subject of this sketch prove useful to those who have known of him, though living too late to have known him personally.


Hon. Elisha Haley .- Elisha Haley, son of Caleb and Mary (Helmes) Haley, was born in Groton, two miles from Mystic River, Jan. 21, 1776. IIe had in early life the common-school advantages of a farmer's boy, and that was all the schools of the land ever gave him. He continued on the farm with his father until his marriage, July 24, 1803, to Nancy, daughter of Nathan Crary, of Groton, and until 1816, when he purchased a little piece of land, and lived with his brother Stephen, in a house on the place now occu- pied by Warren Haley. There he continued to reside until 1846 or 1847, when he removed to Centre Gro- ton, and made his home there until his death, Jan. 22, 1859. He was a great student, and acquired much more valuable practical knowledge than many colle- giates. He was well developed physically, and had a well-balanced mind. He was stirring and active, a leader in society and in politics. He knew no such word as fail. Whenever he took hold of a measure or principle it was carried to success. He was never a candidate for any office and failed of an election, and he was popular not only in his own town, but throughout the range of his extended acquaintance. He came from good Democratic stock, and was firm and fearless in the advocacy of those principles. He was intrusted with various important positions in his native town, represented it in the General Assembly of Connecticut for several years, was State senator more than once, and was early elected member of Congress from Connecticut. He was always ready to help every scheme of publie improvement. In 1816- 18 was largely interested in constructing turnpikes in both Connecticut and Rhode Island, and held stock in several of these companies more or less during his life. He was for several years a captain in the State militia, and was universally respected and honored by


his townsmen. He was a representative farmer, an owned six hundred broad acres in Groton. Mrs Haley was born Nov. 30, 1780, and died Sept. 11, 1860 She was a consistent member of the Baptist Church for many years. Their children are Henry, bor May 11, 1804; Giles, born Sept. 24, 1805 (deceased) Austin, born May 11, 1810; Abby A. (Mrs. Willian F. Mitchell), born May 28, 1814; and Eliza, bori Nov. 13, 1818.


Henry has always been a farmer, residing at Centr Groton sinee 1844; had common-school education taught district school several terms, and married, Jun 15, 1853, Mary Ann, daughter of John B. and Betsey (Haley) Burrows. They have had three children,- Virginia (Mrs. Nelson Morgan ; she has one son Jolin A.), Betsey A. (Mrs. Albert C. Burrows ; she has two daughters), John B. (residing with his father he has four daughters). Mr. Haley is a quiet, law abiding citizen, never accepting any public position even refusing to sit on a jury. He owns about three hundred and fifty acres of land, and, like his father, i. a strong Democrat. As long as the Democrats werd in power the January meetings were held at the Haley residence, and it was the regular place for holding Democratic caucuses.


John J. and Deacon A. L. Avery .- Capt. Jame: Avery, the first American ancestor of the numerous Avery families of Groton, was born at Salisbury England, in 1620, and emigrated to America with hi: father, Christopher, and for a time settled at Glou- cester, Mass., where he married Joanna Greenslade and afterwards moved to New London, Conn., where he was granted land, Oct. 19, 1650 ; had the fifth lo: of six acres on " Cape Ann Lane," and settled there in 1651. In 1652 and 1653 he with others received grants of land in South Groton. He was a man o mark in the community, was a leading member o the first church organization in New London, and was assessed in 1664 on property valued at two hundred and thirty-six pounds. In June, 1668, with Cary La- tham, was appointed by the town to treat with the Mohegan chief Uncas and settle the boundary line a very important trust; was twelve times deputy to the General Court, for fifteen or twenty years was commissioner (justice), was a noted Indian-fighter. and was in active service through King Philip's war ; was assistant judge of the County Court, was chosen townsman in 1660, and held the office twenty-threc years. He removed to Pequonnock between 1660 and 1670, and died there in 1694. A part of the house now occupied by James Avery, of Groton, a lincal descendant, was built by him, and has been continu- ously in possession of the family for seven genera- tions. He left several children.


James Avery, Jr., was born at Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 16, 1646 ; married Deborah, daughter of Edward Stallyon, Feb. 20, 1669; with his wife, stands first on church records of Groton, admitted profession not given. They had twelve children. Mr. Avery died


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Aug. 22, 1728. James Avery (3) married Mary Gris- wold. He was born April 20, 1673, and had eight children. The line of descent continues through John, his son, born 1700, married Mary Elizabethi Morgan ; Elijah, baptized Sept. 15, 1734, married Prudence Avery, and had three children,-Caleb, Elizabeth, who married Wm. Eldredge, and John J., to Albert L.


John J., born March 4, 1776, was therefore in the sixth generation from James (1). He was born in Groton, Conn., as were all his ancestors following James. He was a well-to-do farmer, was modest and unassuming in his manners, owned seven hundred acres of land, was one of Groton's leading farmers, and one of the solid, substantial men of his day. He married Nancy, daughter of James Murdoch, of Say- brook, in 1794, and had twelve children,-Maria M., born Jan. 26, 1796, died July 13, 1867 ; Elijah, born May 27, 1798, died 1834; Dean Loy, born Feb. 14, 1800, died April, 1824; George Anson, born Jan. 28, 1802, died May 8, 1856; Delia A. (Mrs. Samuel B. Wheeler) ; Carlton M., born April 24, 1806; Court- land, born Dec. 18, 1807 ; Erastus, born Dec. 8, 1809; Albert L., born July 12, 1812 ; Oscar F. and Amanda M., born May 24, 1813; and Solon C., born May 27, 1816, died July, 1854. Mr. Avery was a Whig in politics. He died Oct. 25, 18 -. At this writing (June, 1881) Carlton, Amanda, and Albert are the surviving children.


Albert L. was born on the place in Groton, near the Thames, where F. Bill now resides. He received his education at the district schools of Groton, and the then highly-celebrated "Bacon Academy," at Colchester. His home was with his father until his marriage, March 15, 1837, to Phebe Esther, daughter of Deacon Charles Wheeler, of North Stonington. She lived but a short time.


Immediately after his marriage Mr. Avery removed to Eastern Point, Groton, and has been resident there since. Quite a marked contrast exists between the state of the Point then and now. Surely if the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a public benefactor, why is not Mr. Avery entitled to the same distinction ? Here has his life-work been given. The best road in Groton runs from the Point to New London, but when Mr. Avery first came there there was no road for quite a distance, and the rest of the way it was but a gate-road, with five gates to open. The nicely-graded streets, the beautiful villages of cottages, evidences of refined and cultured inmates, are most all indebted to Mr. Avery for their existence. Alone, with far-seeing sagacity, he discerned the opportunity of develop- ment, and in spite of the opposition of neighbors and friends, has convinced them that he was right. He commenced his married life with two hundred and fifty dollars cash capital. The next year he built the house where he now resides, at the cost of one thou- sand dollars, and for ten years improved the land.


At the expiration of that time he had gotten it nicely into improvement, well stocked, and all improve- ments, stock, etc., paid for except one hundred and twenty dollars. Ile then purchased the land (three hundred acres) from his father, his brother Erastus purchasing the remainder of his father's possessions in this part of Groton, over three hundred acres more. He ran in debt for the entire purchase-money, eight thousand dollars. He had then conceived the idea, for which some persons called him crazy, of making a watering-place and summer resort of the pleasant point. In pursuance of this object he sold to Capt. Fisk, of the "Ocean House," a piece of land for a merely nominal price, to secure the building of an- other house. At that time (1842) there was but Mr. Avery's residence and the "Ocean House" on the point. Since then, by Mr. Avery's persistent labor and energy, a three-rod road was laid out on the bank of the river, about 1871, and in addition to the other residences spoken of, thirty-eight summer residences have been built by wealthy gentlemen from various places. In connection with this improvement, the steamboat "Cecil" was built to ply between New London, Pequot House, Edgecombe House, and Ocean Honse. The round trip was made every hour through the day during the summer season. The travel in- creased so that in 1880 there were two boats on the same route. (Mr. Avery has a free life-pass on this line for his services in developing Eastern Point.) The boat from Norwich to Watch Hill makes two calls a day, and several other lines make regular stops. The streets have been made under Mr. Avery's personal supervi- sion, at his expense and the cottage-owners', and al- though done by permission of the selectmen, he has never called on the town for a dollar. He paid nearly four hundred dollars himself to improve one street. Mr. Avery married Joanna B. Wheeler, sister of the first wife, Jan. 1, 1839. She died March 5, 1866. Their children are George A., born March 4, 1840 ; Rebecca W., Jan. 17, 1842; Maria L., Feb. 5, 1844; Martha W., who died aged seven years ; Augustus P., June 11, 1849; John D., June 8. 1852; Jerusha P., Sept. 17, 1855; Thomas W., Dec. 26, 1858; and An- nie H., April 20, 1861. He married Mrs. Abbie J. Burrows, of Norwich, Feb. 8, 1869. Although never seeking office, Mr. Avery has been called to fill various representative positions, was two terms on State Board of Agriculture, was one of the originators of the New London County Agricultural Society, and served as president two years, declining the "third term." He has at various times been selectman ; was chosen in 1865 to represent Groton in the General Assembly of the State. Mr. Avery particularly distinguished him- self in the Legislature by his determined opposition to the attempted removal of the county-seat from New London to Norwich, and by a telling speech and active labors he rendered efficient service and ac- quired great popularity. Mr. Avery has been a con- sistent member of the Congregational Church for


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nearly half a century, and succeeded his brother Erastus, who died in 1878, as deacon. For over fifty years he has diligently labored in the Sabbath-school, holding its superintendency for about twenty years. He was an active member of the building committee in rebuilding of the church, and has shown himself to be a worthy son of worthy sires by his active and cordial support of all things tending to improve man- kind or develop the progress of his native town. He is to-day one of its honored and prominent citizens and a leading man in the community.


The Burrows Family .- In the early settlement of New England, it is said, there came with the Pilgrims three brothers, John, William, and Robert Burrows, who being Baptists were driven out by religious per- secution from Manchester, England. One finally settled in Pennsylvania, one in New York, and Robert, who was one of the first who removed from the vicinity of Boston, Mass., settled in Wethersfield, Conn. He there married a widow, Mary Ireland, prior to 1642. About 1643, Robert, with a few others, made a permanent settlement at Pequot, now New London, Conn. After the organization of the town of New London a special grant of land was made to him, dated June 2, 1650. On the division of the lands vacated by the Pequots in Groton, Robert Bur- rows, John Packer, and Robert Park settled on the west bank of Mystic River. Mr. Burrows' grant, dated April 3, 1651, was a "parcel of land between the west side of the river and a high mountain of rocks." The records also say, "Goodman Robert Burrows was chosen the first ferryman to ferry horse and man across Mystic River for a groat" (four- pence). With his house in New London and his estates at Poquonnock and on the Mystic, he was in 1664 the third gentleman in the New London set- tlement in the amount of his taxable property. His children were Samuel and John, both presented to be freemen of the colony in 1669. He died in Groton in August, 1682. John was born in 1642, married Hannah, daughter of Edward Culver, Dec. 14, 1670. Their children were John, Mary, Margaret, Samuel, Robert, Jeremiah, and Isaac. Mr. Burrows was one of the patentees of the amended charter of the New London settlement (1704), that up to this date in- cluded Groton. He was evidently of large property and honorable position. His remains, marked by a large granite slab, marked " J. B., 74, dyed 1716," are in the Wightman burying-ground, near the site of the first meeting-house of the Baptists. He was a liberal supporter of the first Baptist Church in Groton, which was also the first in Connecticut. His sons, John, Samuel, Robert, and Jeremiah, were in 1712 among the "accepted inhabitants of Groton."


John (2), born in Groton, 1671, married Lydia, daughter of Hugh and Jane (Latham) Hubbard, Oct. 14, 1700. Their children were John, Lydia, Mary, Hubbard, Hannah, Silas, Abigail, and Amos. He died in 1752. His remains, with those of his wife, Lydia,


are in the old Packer burying-ground, in Groton, on the southwestern slope of Pequot Hill. John (3) was born in Groton, Nov. 14, 1701, became both farmer and ship-carpenter, married Desire, daughter of Capt. James Packer. They had thirteen children, of whom Mary, Lydia, Phebe, Lucretia, Waity, De- sire, Nabby, John, Nathan, and Daniel attained maturity. The mother, Desire, died in 1808, aged ninety-three. Of her tradition relates that once, seeing great flocks of pigeons flying past the hill where she lived (now Clift's Hill), she took a gun and by a single shot brought down more than a score ; and also, during the extremely cold winter of 1740-41, she, in a huge chopping-tray for a sled, darted from her chamber-window castward over the snow-filled valley far away across the river. Nathan, born in 1744, married, first, Amy Williams, June 2, 1765; second, Sarah Williams, 1788. By his first wife he had eleven children,-Joseph, Waity, George, Betsey, Amy, Abigail, James, Nancy, Experience, Lydia, and Desire; by his second wife seven,-Benjamin, Jesse, Nathan, Simeon, Betsey, Edward (1), and Edward (2). During the Revolution he made two trips with ox-teams from Groton to Boston, Mass., conveying supplies to the patriot army. He died Aug. 18, 1808, in Chenango County, N. Y., whither he had removed.


Capt. Benjamin Burrows, Sr., was born in Gro- ton, near Mystic River, Oct. 20, 1789. He was oldest child of Nathan and Sarah (Williams) Burrows. He received his education at the common schools of his native town. His parents moving about 1805 to Che- mango County, N. Y., he accompanied them, but not liking a farm-life, he obtained his father's consent to return to Connecticut and follow a scafaring life. He was then about seventeen. He accompanied an uncle on foot to Jersey City, and after reaching his destination he at once went sailing on a fishing-smack, and for nearly a quarter of a century was engaged on the sea as a fisherman. In that pursuit he went as far sonth as Florida. He was not long in becoming not only captain but owner. One of his smacks was sunk during the war of 1812 to keep her out of the enemy's hands. He enlisted in the "Sea Fencible" at that period, and drew a pension for his services. He was for a long time a member of the Fort Hill Baptist Church, which was the first organization of that denomination in the State. Capt. Burrows was a true type of the old New England man, of plain, simple habits and clear perceptions, resolute, of great energy and force of character, penetrating in reading character, keen to observe, and could unerringly de- tect a sham or fraud in any one. If he had been educated for the bar he would have stood pre-eminent as a lawyer. He was four times married,-to Rebecca Thompson (born June 14, 1787 ; died Nov. 23, 1842), March 17, 1808; to Lucy Perkins, Nov. 10, 1844; to - (Y.) Williams (date unknown) ; to Sarah (R.) Holdredge, Nov. 22, 1864. By his first wife he had


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thirteen children,-Nathan (deceased), William T. (deceased), Hannah (Mrs. Franklin Gallup, deceased), Benjamin, Calvin, Edwin S. (deceased), Roswell S. and Rufus S. (twins, both deceased), Sarah E. (Mrs. Frank- lin Gallup), Simeon S., Mary Ann (Mrs. Geo. W. Morgan, deceased), George. By his second wife he had two children,-Lorenzo D. and Daniel L. (both of these were soldiers in the civil war, and died in 1863, while in service). Capt. Burrows died March 27, 1876. From a communication to the Norwich Weekly Courier of April 5, 1876, we extract the following :


Capt. Benjamin Burrows, Sr., one of our oldest and a highly-respected citizen, passed away on Monday, 27th ultimo, after an illness of only a few days, at the house of his son, Benjamin Burrows, Jr., at the age of eighty-six years and five months. Capt. Burrows was one of a family of eighteen children of Nathan Burrows, of Mystic, living in the house now occupied by Col. Amos Clift, in the north part of our village, his parents removing to Greene township, Chenango Co., N. Y., about 1804. Benjamin came back to his native village in 1806, walking to Jersey City, and coming over to New York, where he embarked on board a Mystic fishing-smack for his place of desti- nation. He then shipped on board a fishing-vessel, and spent the next twenty-two years of his life as a fisherman or marketman at Charleston, S. C., and in New York City. He was known as an enterprising captain in this trade.




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