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Nov. 4th, 1805, J. Lum, moderator ; David Tomlinson, clerk ; JJ. Inni, A. English and Wilson Hurd, committee. Doet. Lum to see to the school- house.
Nov. 19th, 1806, same clerk and moderator elected; Richard Holbrook and Abm. English committee.
Nov. 30th, 1810, John Smith, moderator; D. Tomlinson, clerk ; adj. to W. A. Gillett's; Jared Mansfield and John Smith, connnitter ; Capt. J. Nettleton, collector. "Voted that wood pr. load should be 84 ets. and board- ing teacher 7 ets. per meal or 87gc. per week.
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Committee,
1847-9, Lyman Botsford,
1850, Warren French,
1851, Hiram Upson,
1852-3, Charles Swift,
January 4th, 1852, voted to unite with other districts in forming a Union School.
1854, Warren French,
1855, David Lonnsbury, 66
Augusta Sanford,
Leverett Mallory.
1856,
Leverett Mallory.
1857, Chas. R. Hurlburt,
1858, James E. Fisher,
1859, Charles Daniels,
1860-4, Stephen R. Rider,
1865, Amos G. White,
1866, B. W. Smith,
1867, Joseph J. Wilcoxon,
1868, Charles W. Storrs,
BELL SCHOOL, No. 5.
Teachers, Summer,
Teachers, Winter.
1832, Mrs. Travis,
Isaac Sperry.
1833, Miss Platt,
Ann Benham.
1834, Miss Williams,
John Northrop.
Miss Williams kept a select school, 1835-7.
1835, James Green,
John Lindley.
1836, Miss Huntington,
John Northrop.
1837, Miss Williams,
John Lindley. .
1838, Miss Benham,
Wales Buckingham.
1839, Miss White, .
Mrs. Wheeler.
CENTER DISTRICT, No. 6.
Teachers, Summer. Teachers, Winter.
1846,
Committee. John Bodge.
1847, Ransom Tomlinson, P. B. Buckingham.
1848, Crownage Lounsbury.
1849,
Frederick Lord,
Jane M. Wooster.
1850,
Elijah Losee, Charles W. Sharpe.
1851, Nathan Tomlinson,
Stephen S. Mallet. School Building moved north of the house of S. Y. Beach.
1852, 1854, 1855,
Albert Allen. S. Y. Beach,
Laura A. Sperry, E. M. Bradley.
E. M. Bradley.
School-house moved to its present location. Betsey Leek.
1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 66 1860, Evan Llewellyn,
E. L. Tuttle. M. A. Wilcox, Cornelia E. Sherwood, Cornelia E. Sherwood. 66 66 Rhoda Kendall. 66
1861, Philo B. Buckingham,
1862,
David Betts, Jr.,
Rhoda Kendall, ור 66
66 66
1863, 1864,
Ira E. Parmelee,
66
1865,
Henry Kershaw, Mark Lounsbury,
66 66
1866,
1867,
Christian Quering,
Miss Coltingham.
P. B. Buckingham. P. B. Buckingham. P. B. Buckingham.
Thomas James, 66 Peter Worth, 66
Teachers, Summer.
Teachers, Winter. Frederick Durand.
Frances Wooster.
GENEALOGIES.
" THE sacred tie of family, which reaching backward and forward, binds the generations of men together, and draws out the plaintive music of our being from the solemn alternation of cradle and grave-the black and white keys of life's harpsichord ; the magical power of language, which puts spirit in communion with spirit in distant periods and climes ; the great sympathies of country, which lead the Greek of the present day to talk of 'the victories we gained over the barbarians at Marathon'; the mystic tissue of race, woven far back in the dark chambers of the past, and which after the vicissitudes and migrations of centuries, wraps up great nations in its broad mantle ; those significant expressions which carry volumes of meaning in a word-Forefather, Parent, Child, Posterity, Native Land : these all teach us, not blindly to worship, but duly to honor the past, to study the lessons of experience, to scan the high counsels of man in his great associations, as those counsels have been developed in constitutions, in laws, in maxims, in traditions, in great, un- doubted principles of right and wrong, which have been sanctioned by the general consent of those who have gone before us ; thus tracing in human institutions some faint reflection of that divine wisdom which fashioned the leaf, that unfolded itself six weeks ago in the forest, on the pattern of the leaf which was bathed in the dews of Paradise in the morning of crea- tion."-HON. EDWARD EVERETT.
GENEALOGICAL research is becoming more frequent and the data are more highly valued with the lapse of years. The following collection is made up from town records, family records, old manuscripts, colonial and town histories, and the recollection of our older citizens. Where descendants of the old settlers have interested themselves to furnish additional particulars, or where the re- cords have been more full, the genealogies are more complete. The fol- lowing abbreviations are used; b. for born; m. for married; d. for died. D. R .- Derby Records ; bmd_volume of births, marriages and deaths. The figures preceding names indicate the individuals descended from the same ancestor, and are for convenience of reference. The figures on the right indicate the generation, thus-John4 indicates the fourth generation from the first of the name given.
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FRENCHI.
FRANCIS,1 one of the first settlers of Derby, (see p. 41,) m. Lydia ---. Chil- dren: 3 Lydia, b. Ang. 21, 1662, d. Sept. 7, 1664; 4 Elizabeth, b. June 20, 1664; 5 Anna, b. Aug. 10, 1666; 6 Mary, b. Sept. 4, 1668, d. Oct. 26, 1677 ; 7 Dorah, b. Sept. 20, 1670; 8Samuel, b. Jan. 6, 1672; 9Susannah, b. June 6, 1675; 1º Francis, b. Feb. 11, 1677 ; 11(Name torn off the record), Nov. 1, 1679. Frances1 died Feb. 14, 1699.
10FRANCIS,2 m. Anna Bowers, Sept. 2, 1703. Children : 13 Nathaniel, d. Nov. 13, 1770, aged 64; 14Samuel, d. Feb. 2, 1783, aged 78; 15 Charles, town clerk of Derby thirty-four years, d. Nov. 9, 1783, aged 79; 16 Israel.
16 ISRAEL3 was one of the first settlers of the north part of Derby, now Seymour, Sarah Loveland, Sept. 11, 1739. Children : 17 David, b. 1741, d. Ang. 4, 1821; 18 Israel ; 19 Enoch, the miller ; 2º Bowers ; 21Charles, b. Dec. 19, 1765.
17 DAVID,4 the oldest son of 16 Israel, married Lois Lines of Bethany. He first lived on Nyumphs Hill, but after a while built in Bethany, then the north part of Woodbridge, at the place now occupied by Justus Peck. His children were : 22 David, 23 Adonijah, 24 Luther (of Beacon Hill), 25 Asaph, 26 Harry, 27 Sarah, 28 Hannah, 29 Dorcas, 30 Hepzibah, 31 Lydia, 32 Lois.
22 DAVID5. Children : 35 Stiles (of New Haven) ; 36Charles ; 37 Hannah, m. Sheldon Clark ; 38 Emma, m. Joel White of Oxford ; 39 Eliza, m. John Sanford, d. 1877 ; 4º Hannah, m. - Doolittle, lived in Ilamden.
23 ADONIJAII5 was a justice of the peace and several times one of the rep- resentatives of Woodbridge. Children : 42 Adonijah, 43 Miles, 44 Lois ; 45 Har- riett, m. Jared K. Ford.
21CHARLES,4 b. in town of Derby, Dec. 19, 1765; Anna Woodcock, b. in Milford, Aug. 20, 1763, m. Feb. 23, 1784; Charles,4 d. April 14, 1814; Anna, d. Dec. 24, 1859. Children :
5ºSally, b. Nov. 14, 1784, mn. Erastus Sperry, Dec. 20, 1803.
51 Polly, b. Oct. 26, 1786, d. Nov. 11, 1794.
52 Wales, b. Oct. 12, 1788, m. Betsey Hitchcock, April, 1810, died in N.Y. March 5, 1814. His widow died in New Milford in 1820.
53Grant, b. Oct. 13, 1790, d, Sept. 29, 1794.
5 4 Raymond, b. July 29, 1792, d. Sept. 27, 1794.
55 Alfred, b. Aug. 22, 1794, m. Lydia Hotchkiss, d. June 23, 1859
56Grant, b. July 28, 1796.
57 Polly, b. Aug.28, 1798, m. Joseph Russell, Dec. 23, 1817, d. May 27, 1865.
5 8 Susan b. July 28, 1800.
59 Harriett, b. March 20, 1803, d. May 5, 1804.
60 Raymond, b. Jan. 7, 1805, m. Olive Curtiss, Dec, 11, 1833.
6] Charles, b. Oct. 1, 1807, m. JJulia Sperry, Aug. 20. 1831.
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70 NATHAN, m. Lucy Johnson, Sept, 2, 1773. Children : ? Eunice, b. May 8, 1775; 72 Asa, b. March 26, 1777.
54RAYMOND, son of Charles and Aima French, mn. Olive Curtiss, Dec. 11, 1833. Children :-
Carlos, m. Julia HI. Thompson of New Milford.
Ann. m. Cornelius W. James of Seymour.
Sarah, mn. Judge W. B. Stoddard of New Haven.
Harriett, m. Samnel II. Canfield of Seymour.
19 ENOCII+ m. Comfort -, died Sept. 27, 1852. Children : 73 William, b. Sept. 29, 1783, d. Oct. 16, 1823; 74 Nancy, b. Dec. 22, 1785, m. William Bassett, Jan. 29, 1811 ; 75 Bird, of Salisbury, b. Oct. 1, 1797, m. Eliza Tharp, Aug. 2, 1822; 76 Pamelia, b. Sept. 16, 1799, m. Isaac Bassett, Sept. 8, 1822 ; 77 Enoch, b. Jan. 8, 1803, d. May 12, 1824; 78 Israel, b. Jan. 29, 1805, m. Caroline Tolls, Feb. 8, 1829.
80WALTER FRENCH married Laura Storrs, and came to Humphreysville from Mansfield. He first introduced the manufacture of angers in what is now Seymour. The first were made in the old shop corner of Hill and Pearl streets, Mr. F. being associated with Col. Ira Smith. Soon after, Mr. F. built the house on West street formerly occupied by JJohn Washburn, and built a shop a little east of the house now occupied by Warren French. He afterward superintended the works of Gen. Clark Wooster, whose shop stood on the river bank opposite where the works of James Swan now stands. His shop was closed in 1844, and Walter French returned to Westville, to commence the manufacture of angers there. Wales French bought the shop by the saw- mill, and, with his brother Warren, carried on the business about two years, when Wales sold out and removod to Westville. The children of Walter French were: 82 William, 83 Warren, 84 Watson, 85 Wesley, 86 Wales, 87 Washington ; 88 Eliza, m. Levi Gilbert of New Haven ; 89 Emily, m. Henry McCoy of Branford ; 90 Emmeline, m. Lemuel Bliss of Humphreys- ville.
82WILLIAM, m. Milenna Martin. Children : 91Isabel, m. S. C. Ford ; 92 Samuel.
83WARREN, b. Nov. 10, 1804, mn. Lucinda Riggs, Nov. 21, 1823. Chil- dren : 93 Harpen R., 94 Herman B., 95 Laura M., 96 Walter J.
85 WESLEY, m. 1st, Harriet, daughter of Rev. Samuel Hickox, 2d, Mary Boughton.
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BOOTH.
1, RICHARD BOOTH,1 was born in England in 1607, came to Stratford, Conn, in 1640, m. Elizabeth Hawley. Children : 3, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1641, m. John Minor; 4, Anna, b. Feb. 14, 1643 ; 5, Ephraim, b. Aug. 1, 1648; 6, Ebenezer, b. Nov. 19, 1651 ; 7, John, b. Nov. 5, 1653 ; 8, Joseph, b. March 8, 1656; 9, Bethia, b. Aug. 18, 1658; 10, Johannah, b. March 21, 1651 .- [Stratford Records, vol. 1, p. 24.
6, EBENEZER,2 m. Sarah Fairchild. Children : 12, Ebenezer, b. 1681, d. 1729 ; 13, Benjamin; 14, Edward ; 15, Deborah ; 16, Elizabeth ; 17, Abi- gail. Ebenezer2 was made a freeman in Hartford court, May 13, 1765, from Stratford.
12, EBENEZER,3 m. Maria Clark, Sept. 8, 1709, settled in Newtown, d. in 1729. Children : 18, Ebenezer, b. 1710; 19, Deborah ; 20, Ann ; 21, Mary ; 22, Eunice ; 23, Abia ; 24, Abner.
18, EBENEZER.4 Children : 25, Ann, b. Dec. 4, 1740, d. 1741 ; 26, Ebe- nezer, b. Aug. 27, 1743; 27, Elijah, b. Oct. 30, 1745; 28, Ashbel, b. Oct. 19, 1747; 29, David, b. Oct. 4, 1749, d. 1753; 30, Nathan, b. July 19, 1751; 31, Amos, b. Aug. 17, 1752 ; 32, David, b. Oct. 8, 1754; 33, Amos, b. Dec. 18, 1758; 34, Amy, b. March 8, 1760; 35, Mary, b. March 17, 1762. 26, EBENEZER,5 m. Olive Sanford, Nov. 20, 1766, lived in Newtown, and was by trade a cabinet maker, d. June 4, 1740. Olive, b. March 27, 1744. d. June 16, 1805. Children: 37, Amy, b. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1767, m. - Sherman, d. April 29, 1798; 38, Joel b. Saturday, June 17, 1769, d. Oct. 4, 1794; 39, Olive, b. Thursday, Nov. 7, 1771, m.40 - Glover, d. June 17, 1794; 41, Rachel, b. Sunday, Oct. 16, 1774, d. Jan. 31, 1777; 42, Rachel, b. Oct. 6, 1777, m. - Glover, d. Feb. 23, 1801 ; 43, Ebenezer, b. Sunday, Dec. 24, 1780, d. Oct. 17, 1836.
43, EBENEZER,6 m. Anna Han, Jan. 11, 1802.
Anna Han was the danghter of Michael Han, who emigrated from Germany in 1752. He worked for Capt. Johnson of "Poverty " district, Newtown, several years, then removed to South Britain, and tended mill. He married Ruth Squire, sister of Solomon Squire. about 1760. He was one of the first members of the Sonth Britain Presbyterian church, having been one of the petitioners to the General Assembly for the division of the Southbury church. (Hist. Woodbury, p. 232.) He was early among the defenders of his adopted country. having been at the battle of Crown Point, N. Y., May 10, 1775, under the command of Col. Seth Warren. He died June 19, 1816, and was buried in the graveyard in Pierce Hollow, about a mile north of South Britain. His children were Mary, Benedict, Michael, Rosanna, Ruth, Olive, Jacob, James, and Anna who was born Sept. 12, 1779, and died Nov. 18, 1867.
Children of Ebenezer6 and Anna Booth :
44, Charles, b. October 21, 1802, m. Maria Booth, daughter of HI. Treat Booth of Woodbridge, who was the son of Dr. Peter Booth of Milford. Charles died in Seymour, Dec. 12, 1848. Children : 45, Henry Treat, b. May 12, 1820, d. in Washington, D. C., Jan. 4, 1863; 46, George, 47, Louisa. 48, Olive Maria, b. July 31, 1804, m. Lugrand Sharpe, d. March, 8, 1864.
49, Rosette, b. July 3, 1807, m. Wilson E. Hendryx, m. Oct. 14, 1830. Children : 50 Harry E., 51 Andrew B., 52,James W., 53 Wilbur A.
54, Mary Ann, b. Nov. 23, 1815, m. David Sackett.
55, Harry, b. Oct. 2, 1813, d. Oct. 2, 1825.
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HISTORY OF SEYMOUR. BALDWIN.
1 HENRY1, and his wife Alice, of Dundridge, England, in his will dated 1599, mentions his sons 2 Richard, 3Sylvester, 4John and 5 Robert.
3SYLVESTER2 m. Jane Willis in 1590, d. in 1638. Children : 6John, 7 Henry, 8 Richard, 9 William, 10Sylvester.
10SYLVESTER3 m. Sarah Bryan. He sailed for America on ship Martin, and died on the passage in June, 1638. Children : 11Sarah, baptised April 22, 1621; 12 Richard, baptised in England, Aug. 25, 1622, d. in Milford, - July 23, 1665; 13 Mary, Feb. 19, 1625; 14 Martha, baptised April 20, 1628 ; 15 Samuel, Jan. 1, 1632, buried June 4, 1632; 16 Elizabeth, baptised Jan. 25, 1633 ; buried Jan. 31, 1633 ; 17 John, 18 Ruth.
12 RICHARD4 was a leading man in Milford and one of the purchasers of Paugassett from the Indians. (See page 42.)
19 BARNABAS5, youngest son of 12 Richard, was born in 1665, d. 1741. Children : 20Timothy ; 21Theophilus, b. 1699; 22Sylvanus, b. 1706, m. Mary, daughter of Francis French2.
20TIMOTHYE, son of Barnabas, b. 1695, d. 1766.
23CAPT. TIMOTHY?, son of 20Timothy6, b. Dec. 15, 1722, m. Sarah Beech- er, Jan. 15, 1743, who died in 1794, in her 74th year. Children : 24 Sarah, b. April 11, 1746, mn. Simeon Wheeler of Derby, Oct. 10, 1764; 25Timothy, b. 1749, m. 1st, Sarah, daughter of Murray Lester of Poughkeepsie, 2d, Charity Somers, and left no children ; 26Thaddeus, b. June 22, 1751 ; 27 Anne, b. Feb. 24, 1757, m. Edmund Clark of Derby.
28 ISAAC7, the miller, son of 15Theophilus6, b. April 18, 1740, m. Philene Pardee of Derby, Dec. 24, 1766, lived in Woodbridge, Bethlehem and Derby, d. Jan. 4, 1799. Philene d. July 1826. Children : 29 Rachel, b. Sept. 30, 1767, d. 1786; 30 Rachel, b. Sept .- 30, 1769; 31Isaac, b. Nov. 24, 1780, 79 m. Louina Rowe, removed to Litchfield ; 32 Elias, b. Jan. 16, 1773; 33 Elizer ; 34Eunice ; 35 Louis, b. Nov. 17, 1780; 36 Eliphalet, b. 1785; 37 Lyman, Aug. 1, 1786.
38CHARLES7, son 22Sylvanus6, b. 1751.
39SEYMOUR8, son of Charles, b. 1807, m. Mary Candee of Oxford.
40 CHARLES C.9, son of 39Seymour8, b. 1834, residence Cleveland, Ohio, attorney at law, secretary of the Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Histor- ical Society, and author of the Genealogy of the Baldwin Family.
37 LYMAN8, ul. Nancy Candee, daughter of Moses Candee of Oxford. Children : 41Dr. Edwin C., of Baltimore; 42Julius, of Beach Pond, Pa .; 43 Alvin, 44 Amanda, m. - Cushman ; 45 Mary, m. - - Huntington ; 46 Emily M., m. - Olmstead, of Youngsville, Sullivan Co., Ohio.
35 LOUIS, In. 1st, Maria Somers. Ch .: 47 Aleta, b. 1808, m. Smith Clark ; m. 2nd, Lorinda, daughter of Jesse Baldwin. Ch .: 49 Albert L., m. Delia Youngs ; 50George W., 51 Am Maria, m. Edwin Hlyde of New Haven ; 52 Mary, m. Thomas Cypher of New York : 53 Editha, m. - Allen, of New Haven ; 55 Charles.
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BEACH.
1SAMUEL BEACH, who came to New Haven from England, married first, Miss Sanford, second, Miss Potter.
2 BENJAMIN, ouly son of Samuel, m. Miss Blackley and had three sons, of whom Benjamin, 2d, the first settled preacher in what is now Seymour, was one.
3BENJAMIN. Children : 4Giles, died in North Haven at the age of 82; 5 Lydia ; 6Titus, who built the first mill where Sharon Y. Beach's papermill now stands, d. in Clymer, Chatauque Co., N. Y .; 7 Mercy ; & Joel ; 9David, d. in Oxford ; 1ºSimeon ; Benjamin, 2d, died in Cornwall at the age of 79 years.
4 GILES, m. Mary Dayton. Children : 11Bedy, b. April 1, 1790, m. Samuel Hemingway of Montowese; 12 Joseph B., m. Julia Curtiss ; 13 Ben- jamin H .; Abram, m. Rhoda Dorothy, lived in Fair Haven ; 14 Ancy, b. June 1, 1805, m. George Minor of Montowese ; 15 Sharon Y. Beach, b. May 21, 1809.
15 SHARON Y. BEACH5, has been engaged in the manufacture of paper in this place for nearly forty years, (see page 120,) and has been a zealous advo- cate of the temperance reform. During the existence of the Baptist church of Seymour, he was one of its most efficient supporters. He was one of the first in Seymour to move in calling public meetings in aid and support of the government at the breaking out of the rebellion, contributing liberally of his time and means, and when Company H. of the 20th C. V. was being organ- ized he offered an additional bounty of $10 for each man who should enlist in the quota of Seymour, and when the company was completed he went to the camp and gave the sum promised to each man from Seymour, to the amount of $270. He was one of the selectmen of the town in 1852 and 1870, justice of the peace a number of years, one of the school visitors of Seymour five years, and a member of the Board of Education most of the time since the consolidation of the districts in 1868. He married Adaline Sperry, Oct. 4, 1832. Children :
16GEORGE W. BEACH, born in 1833. In 1850 he entered service of the Naugatuck Railroad Company as elerk at Seymour, and also filling any place upon the road as called upon. This position he filled with success, familiarizing himself with the details of the business and the methods of railroad work. In 1851 he was placed in the office at Waterbury as second clerk, but was fre- quently sent to various stations on the road, thus becoming acquainted all along the line. In 1855 he was appointed agent at Naugatuck, and in 1857 he was called upon to act as conductor of a passenger train, taking charge of the general ticket agency. In 1861 he became agent at Waterbury, and in 1868 succeeded Charles Waterbury as superintendent of the road, which office he has since held, and in which he has become generally and favorably known throughout the Naugatuck valley. He is a deacon of the First
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Congregational church in Waterbury, superintendent of its Sunday school, and was one of the delegates to the convention in New York which organized the Christian Commission for the relief of soldiers during the War of the Re- bellion. He represented Waterbury in the legislature in 1870 and 1871.
17 ANDREW Y. BEACH, for some years general ticket agent of the Nau- gatuck Railroad, and now general freight agent of the Consolidated Railroad at Springfield, Mass. ; in. Mary Woodford.
1 8 EMELINE E.
19 SHARON D. BEACH, paper manufacturer, Seymour. m. Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Stephen R. Rider.
20 Theodore B. Beach, ticket agent of the Naugatuck Railroad at Waterbury.
RICHARD BEACH1 was one of the early settlers of New Haven, and mar- the widow of Andrew Hull about 1640. Children : Mary, b. June, 1612; Benjamin, b. Oct. 1644; Azariah, b. July, 1646; Mercy, 1648.
AZARIAH,2 settled in Killingworth. Children : Richard, b. Oct. 19, 1677; Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1679; Benjamin, b. Jan. 14, 1682.
BENJAMIN,3 m. Dinah Birdsey of Stratford. Children : Joseph, b. Oct. 24, 1710; Abel, b. Feb. 9, 1712.
JOSEPH,4 m. Experience -, lived in Durham and Torrington. Children : Miriam. b. Dec. 5, 1734; Hannah, b. May 17, 1736; Phebe, b. April 4, 1738 ; Benjamin, b. March 25, 1740; Experience, b. Sept. 10, 1744; Dinah, b. Nov. 2, 1751 ; JJoseph, b. July 26, 1753.
JESSE BEACH, Esq., of Derby, w. Sally Wheeler, July 30, 1792. Children ; Lucy Mariah, b. Feb. 23, 1794; Sally Keziah, b. Sept. 9, 1796. (D. R.bmd, p. 210.) Jesse Beach was chosen moderator of the town meeting, Dec. 11, 1809.
DURAND.
Three Huguenot brothers came over from France and settled-one in Mil- ford, one in Derby, and one in Oxford.
2, JOSEPH,2 of Derby, d. Aug. 6, 1792. aged 81. Anna, wife of Joseph, d. Feb. 14, 1788, aged 64.
4, NEHEMIAH,2 son of John, of Oxford, b. Dec. 8, 1753, d. Aug. 10, 1824 : in. Ruth Jones, b. Dec. 9, 1758, d. May 25, 1816. { hildren :
6, Hannah, b. May 12, 1789, d. Nov. 18, 1818.
7, Polly, b. 1791, m. Isaac Kinney, d. Sept. 23, 1827.
8, John, b. 1796, d. Oct. 3, 1819.
10, Jeremiah, b. March 22, 1800.
10, JEREMIAH,3 m. Betsey Maria Kenney, Dec. 25, 1827. Children :
11, Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1828, m. Edwin A. Lum, of Waterbury.
12, Maria A., b. Feb. 22, 1831, d. Aug. 29, 1848.
13, Charles William, b. Oct 2, 1834, m. Maria Hill of Oberlin, Ohio. Mercy, daughter of Noah and Damaris Durand, d. May 8, 1748 .- D. R., vol. 6, p. 2.
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HOLBROOK.
JOHN,1 mm. Abigail.
JOHN.2 m. - Nichols, daughter of Rev. Mr. Nichols of Newtown. Chil- dren : 5 Philo, 6 Abel, 7 Richard, 8 Nathaniel, 9 Austin. They were all in the Revolutionary war. Philo was at Danbury when General Wooster was killed. Nathaniel served through the whole of the war, and was present at the surrender of General Burgoyne. He brought home a musket, through the breech of which a ball from a " King's arm " passed at Saratoga, as he raised it to his shoulder to take aim. He had sons named 10 Daniel4, 12Cyrus4. John2 had a negro slave named Titus, who wished to go and fight for the in- dependence of the colonies, but as the sons were all gone, John told him that if he would stay and help him till the war was over he would then give him his freedom and a tract of land. He did so, and the road which passed the land which was given to him is still known as Titus' lane.
5 PHILO3 m. Eleanor Wooster, danghter of Squire John Wooster. Chil- dren : 14 Abijalı, 15 Sarah, 16 Eunice, 17 Sabra, m. 1st, Ebenezer Riggs, 2d, Curtiss Lindley.
14 ABIJAH,4 m. Sarah Webster. Children : 18Thomas W. and 19 Sarah.
7 RICHARD,3 m. 1st, Mrs. Sarah Lum, Sept. 13, 1797, d. Nov. 21, 1798, 2d, Gracey Hawkins, Oct. 6, 1799. Children : 25 Daniel Lum, b. Nov. 21, 1798; 26Sarah, b. July 31, 1800; 27 Philo, b. March 12, 1802; 28 Austin, Jan. 21, 1804 ; 29 Richard, Nov. 19, 1805. D. R.bmd p. 230.
34CAPT. JOHN HOLBROOK died Jan. 28, 1801, aged 74. Esther, his wife, died Feb. 5, 1795, aged 63.
35 JOHN HOLBROOK, JR., m. Huldah Fox, July 7, 1774. Huldah died April 1, 1796. Children : 36 Hannah, b. Jan. 6, 1775 ; 37 John, b. April 29, 1777 ; 38 Benjamin, b. Oct. 26, 1780 ; 39David, Dec. 27, 1782; 40 Nabby, b. Jan. 24, 1785 ; 41 Sally, b. June 9, 1787, d. May 27, 1788. D. R.bmd p. 230.
6 CAPT ABEL,3 m. Hannah Clark, of Oxford. Children : 42Thomas O .; 43 Patty, m. Joseph Platt of Southbury ; 44Sir William, 45 Hannah, 46 Abel, 4 7 Esther.
46 ABEL4 m. Olive Pierce of Southbury. Children : 48 Nathan, m. Ellen, daughter of William R. Tomlinson ; 49 Esther, m. Lawrence Mitchell of New- town.
27CAPT. PHILO HOLBROOK4, who died Nov. 17, 1878, was for some years in command of a vessel sailing between New Haven and the West Indies. He became a member of Morning Star Lodge, F. and A. M., Oct. 10, 1826, was one of the original stockholders of the Seymour Savings Bank in 1852, justice of the peace from 1852 to 1858, one of the selectmen of the town of Seymour in 1855 and in 1865, and represented the town in the legislature in 1869. He was held in high respect by his fellow townsmen, who had so often called upon him to fill offices of trust and honor.
42THOMAS C.4, m. Maria Benham. Children : 50 William E., 5 1 Charles F., 52 Noyes B.
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HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
61COL. DANIEL HOLBROOK2, son of 60 Daniel1, m. Hitchcock, built place now occupied by Joel Chatfield for his oldest son. Children : 62 Daniel, 63 David, 64 Josiah, 65 Abel.
62CAPT. DANIEL3, m. Elizabeth M. Riggs. Children : 66 Daniel, 67 Harry, 6 8 Samuel.
66 DANIEL4, m. Harriett, (b. 1798), daughter of Moses Riggs. Served in the company of Capt. Abraham Hubbard, Conn. Militia, in the war of 1812. Children :
6 9 Willis, b. Ang. 19, 1818, m. M. Maria Smith.
7 0 Horace, b. Jan. 18, 1821, m. Mary A., daughter of Styles Tucker.
71 David, b. June 24, 1826, m. Cynthia Smith.
72 Eliza, b. May 16, 1829, m. Clement A. Sargent.
67 HARRY, son of Capt. Daniel3, m. Nancy Davis. Children : 73 Nancy M., 7 4 Mary.
WHEELER.
'JAMES WHEELER, m. Sarah Johnson, May 19th, 1736. Children :- 2Sarah, b. Dec. 27, 1737, d. March 31, 1764; 3Samuel, b. Sept. 24, 1739; 4Simeon, b. Apr. 15, 1741; 5Ruth, May 20, 1743, d. Sept. 1, 1764; 6James, b. Apr. 6, 1745; 7a daughter b. March 1, 1747, d. in infancy ; &Joseph, b. May 14, 1748; 9Moses, b. July 28, 1750 ; 1º Anna, b. Aug. 10, 1752; 11David, b. May 14, 1754; 12John, b. June 2, 1756; 13Elijah, b. Dec. 22, 1758; 14Hannah, b. May 25, 1761 ; 15Sarah, b. Apr. 15, 1764. 1James, Sen., d. in May, 1768, aged 52 years. Sarah, his wife, d. in Sept., 1812, aged 92 years. Mrs. Lois Wheeler, the mother of James Wheeler, died Sept. 11, 1767, aged 87 years.
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