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2 Neither can we be insensible how unable many persons will bee after a second remove to those plantations without ruine to ye families to return again to these older plantations ; partly by means of ye chargeableness of such removes & partly by means of what disapointments we have already met with.
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3 Thirdly we desire ye mutuall obligation betwixt rulers & subjects may be considered viz : yt as ye latter owe subjection respecting both ye persons & estates ; so ye former are obliged to protect both according to ye best ability providing that they may lead a quiet & peceable life.
4 Let it be considered ; that though formerly the country had cause enough because sin enough to beget an expectation of affliction yet yr was little or no expectation yt it should arise from such means before it did begin ; the experience yr fore of so unexpected an affliction affords (notwithstanding a present seeming cessation) ye more cause to expect ye like again sooner or later especially so little of refformation any where appearing : If therefore new-begun & remote plantations may not in such hazzards have any promise of just protection ye non-encouraging of such (as will endanger their desertion) so it will discourage any other persons from erecting any other for ye inlarge- ment of ye Colony & whether yt will not be much to ye disadvantage of ye Colony we leave upon inquiry.
5 The secureing of those two plantations of Woodberry & Darby will ac- cording to second causes be one of ye most considerable securities in a time of such dangers unto ye two western counties viz, of New Haven & Fairfield for it can hardly be expected yt any strength of indians will adventure to set upon any lower plantation till they have attempted ours above & if they fail they will be ye more shy of pounding themselves by coming lower.
6 Though we cannot affirm yet we are not without some reason to sus- pect (& yt fore only propound it as a conditionall argument) that ye charges expended in other colonies for garrisoning some of their out towns & fetching offe ye persons & goods of some others will come upon account in ye publick charges of ye war to be proportionably borne by ye three Colonies which if it be this Colony will not be so much ye shorter in ye bill of expenses because they have not done ye like & vertually fined to ye other Colonies because they had not as extensive & generall a care of yr out plantations yt were most ex- posed to danger as other Colonies had of theirs.
We humbly request yor consideration of ye premises & yt yor worships will so far regard or infant plantations as to afford us some intimation of yor pleasure concerning this or inquiry.
Yours in all due observance
John Bower. in ye behalfe of Derby.
ZECHARIAH WALKER in ye behalfe of Woodberry.
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GENEALOGY.
CANFIELD.
THOMAS CAMPFIELD was in Milford as early as 1646, and in 1668 his name appears as proprietor of the home lot No. 55 in the original town plot. In 1669 he was recorded a freeman, and May 13, 1669, he was confirmed "Serjeant of the Train Band" of Milford. He was admitted into the church at Milford in 1657. In 1686 he was taxed on £154. His will is dated Feb. 23, 1687. In his inventory, dated Ang. 22, 1689, (£482, 1s., 2d.,) are mentioned his three married daughters, Sarah, Phebe and Elizabeth, his daughter Abigail, and three unmarried daughters, and his two sons as executors. He married Phebe -. Children : 2Thomas, b. Oct. 14, 1654; d. in 1712; 3Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1659 ; 4Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1659 ; 5Hannah, b. Nov. 20, 1667 ; 6Meliitabel, b. July 2, 1671 ; "Jeremiah, 8Abigail ; 9Sarah, m. Josiah Platt, Dec. 2, 1669 ; and 1Phebe.
"THOMAS, Jr., son of Thomas and Phebe, (spelled his name Camfield), had children : 11Rebecca, b. Jan. 28, 1682; 12Thomas ; "3Israel, b. May 24, 1684; 14 Abiel. Milford Records of Apr. 30, 1712, speak of land deeded by Israel and Abiel, sons of Thomas Camfield, late deceased, to Thomas, their older brother.
14 ABIEL3, son of Thomas, (name spelled Canfield,) removed to Derby and m. Ruth Washborn Sept. 12, 1717. The name occasionally appears upon record as Abiram. Children :
15 Joseph, b. Oct. 1, 1719, m. Sarah Stilson Sept. 3, 1746, d. July 14, 1784. 16 John, b. Mar. 31, 1721. 17 Abiel, b. May 30, 1723, d. Mar. 13, 1741.
18 William, b. Oct. 29, 1725; m. Hannah Lumm, d. Sept. 30, 1761.
19Samuel, b. Dec. 26, 1727, m. Mary Bassett Apr. 3, 1751.
20 Josiah, b. Dec. 22, 1729, d. Jan. 1, 1737.
21 David, b. Feb. 5, 1734, d. Nov. 23, 1741.
22Dr. Josiah, b. Dec. 31, 1739, m. 1st, Jan., 1, 1767, Anne Nichols, who died Oct. 20, 1768; 2nd, Feb. 28, 1769, Mrs. Naomi Davis ; child, 23 Abigail, b. Sept. 9, 1770.
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Abiel3 gave to his son Joseph a house and land on Bungay as appears by the deed which reads as follows :
Received to Record December 2d, 1754, and Recorded in page 295 of Derby 6 Book, by me. CHARLES FRENCH, Clerk. TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETINGS
Know ye that I Abial Canfield of ye Town of Derby in ye County of New Haven in his Majesties Collony of Connecticut in New-England Do for ye Parential love good will and affections that I have and do bear to wards my Son Joseph Canfield of sd Derby with other good Causes and considerations me hereunto moveing : Do by these pres- ents Give: Grant. Bargain, Alien : make Over convey and Confirm unto to him ye sd Joseph Canfield and to his heirs and assigs for ever one certain percell of Land Scitnate within ye Town Ship of Derby above sd. Lying and being within that tract of Land called Camps Mortgage : Containing by Estimation Thirty Acres be it more or less Bounded East and Westerly on High ways: Northerly or ye Land of mr John Brinsmaid Southerly on ye Land of Sarnt Jouah Smith together with one Dwelling House and orchards thereon Standing : Withall ye previlidges and Appartenances there unto belonging to Have And to Hold all ye above Granted and Bargained premisses withall ye privilidges and Appurtenances thereof unto him ye sd Joseph Canfield and to his heirs and assigns for Ever : to his and their own proper use & beuitit as a good Indefeasiable Estate in Fee Simple: Without any manner of trouble or Molestation Given by me ye gd Abial Canfield or any other person or persons in Name or Steed In confirmation of se premisses I ye sd Abiall Canfield have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this twenty fourth Day of June in ye Twenty first year of ye Reign of our soverign Lord George ye Second of Great Brittian King &c A,: D. 1847.
ABIEL CANFIELD
Signed Sealed and Delivered } EBENEZER KEENEY
In presence of S ABIGAIL RIGGS juner
Derby in ye County of New Haven on ye Day and Date above written then and there Mr Abill Canfield personly appeared aud Acknoledged ye Above written Instrument with ye signing and Sealing ye Same to be his own free act and Deed before me SAM" RIGGS Justice of Peace
Abiel3 died in 1772 and his will was proved at New Haven in June of that year, John Canfield, executor. In it he mentions his grandson Samuel, son of Dr. Samuel of Derby, deceased, also his grandson Abel, son of Wil- liam. Ruth d. Sept. 24, 1784, aged 87 years.
15 JOSEPH4, oldest son of Abiel and Ruth, m. Sept. 3, 1746, Sarah, daughter of Moses Stilson, b. Apr. 23, 1726, d. Jan. 25, 1793. Children :
24Ruth, b. Feb. 7, 1748, d. Oct. 31, 1749.
25 Ruth, b. Feb. 20, 1750.
26 Anne, b. Oct. 17, 1751.
27 Abiel, o. Apr. 6, 1753, m. Mary Barlow, d. Dec. 6, 1812.
3Sarah, b. Mar. 19, 1755.
29 Charity, b. Feb. 1, 1758, d. Feb. 2, 1758.
30 Abraham, b. June 20, 1759, m. Oct. 6, 1784, Mabel, dau. of Isaac and Lois Johnson, b. Nov. 27, 1766, and had children ;
31, Ethelinda, b. Feb. 12, 1786, (32) Urania, b. Mar. 6, 1788. 33Daniel, b. Mar. 21, 1761, m. Anna Hurd, d. Dec. 25, 1818.
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27 ABIEL5, oldest son of Joseph and Sarah Canfield, m. Mary Barlow of Stratford Dec. 23, 1779. See page 126. Children :
34 Abiel, m. Eunice, daughter of Capt. Bradford Steele, removed to Ohio. 35Samuel, b. 1797, m. Mary Allen, d. Apr. 17, 1879.
36Clark, 37 Lewis.
38Betsey, m. Lewis Broadwell, d. in 1821.
39 Lockwood, b. 1782, d. Feb. 18, 1803.
Abiel Canfield made many purchases of land on the west side of the Naugatuck and south of Little river, among which were the following, which may help to give an idea of the " ancient landmarks ":
May 10, 1784, from Theophilus Miles, a piece of land " lying at a place ealled Camp's mortgage, containing twenty rods of land, begining at the northeast corner of said peace of land, neare to a well in the highway, and then runing northwesterly by the highway ten rods to a heap of stones, and then runing southerly three rods to a heap of stones, and then runing easterly ten rods to a heap of stones, and then runing northerly one rod to the first mentioned corner ; bounded north on high way, west and south and east on my own land." Witnessed by James Riggs and Thomas Clark, Justice of the Peace.
Dec. 6, 1790, from James Pritchard of Bethlehem, Litchfield co., for the consideration of £20, " one certaine peace or parcel of land situate in the Township of Derby, containing three aeres, be it more or less, lying in Camp's Mortgage on the Little River Road, said peace of land being part of the land owned by Nathaniel Wooster, Deest .- bounded East on highway, north on Susannah Cornishes land, west on Johnathan Miles' land, south on Daniel Wooster land." Wit- nessed by John Davis and Thomas Clark, Justice of the Peace.
Aug. 22, 1791, from Samuel Sanford, for £17, one piece lying southward of John Cornishes house, the other west of sd. Cornishes house, commeneing at corner of John Rowe's land, running westward 41 rods on highway, southward 35 rods on Johnathan Miles' land, thenee eastward 21 rods on Abiel Canfield's land and northward 9 rods on John Rowe's land ; witnessed by Simeon Curtiss and Thomas Clark, Justice of the Peace.
July 2, 1796, from Jesse Smith, nine rods of land between lands of said Canfield and Smith, wit - nessed by Jesse Baldwin and Levi Tomlinson, Justice of the peace.
Feb. 9, 1805, from George Steele, for $500, a piece of land bounded northerly and westerly by highway, easterly on land of the heirs of Isaae Baldwin, 1} aeres with house and barn ; and two aeres bounded southerly by highway and northerly and easterly on Johnathan Miles' land. Wit- nesses, Philo and Levi Tomlinson.
The same date, from George Steele, Wm. and Milo Keney, for $650, one piece bounded westerly on highway, southerly on land of Abijah Hull, easterly on Naugatuck river, northerly on land of beirs of Isaac Baldwin and said Steele, 5} aeres ; and 1 acres bounded southerly on highway and land of Leverett Pritchard, westerly on land of sd. Pritchard and Josiah Washborn, northerly on land of Philo Holbrook, and easterly on land of Johnathan Miles.
35SAMUEL6, son of Abiel and Mary Canfield, m. Mary Allen, who died Oct. 5; 1841, aged 38 years. Children :
40 Ann, d. Jan. 16, 1858, aged 30 years.
41 Jolın M., d. Apr. 14, 1858, aged 29 years.
42 Elsie, d. Sept. 10, 1848, aged 18 years.
43George, d. May 25, 1853, aged 18 years.
44 Harriett, m. Henry T. Booth. Children :
45, Alida ; (46) IIattie, m. Frank A. Cotter of Ansonia ; (47) Lottie E. and (42) Mary. 49Samuel H., m. Harriett, daughter of Raymond French, Esq. 50Edwin U.
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At the time of the second war with Great Britain, Samuel Canfield was an apprentice learning the trade of machinist with Elias Gilbert. He was drafted, and Mr. Gilbert hired a substitute rather than lose his assistance. Years after, in company with Hiram Upson, he carried on the manufacture of augers in what are now James Swan's chisel works, and afterwards worked for Dwight and French and the Humpreysville Manufacturing Company about twenty years. For the twenty years preceding his death he lived in retirement at his residence near Trinity church. He died April 17, 1879, aged 82 years.
33DANIEL,5 third son of Joseph and Sarah Canfield, m. Feb. 11, 1789, Anna, d. of Zedock Hurd of Woodbury, b. Ang. 13, 1765. Lived on Bun- gay, south of the schoolhouse. Children :
52 Esther, b. Mar. 5, 1790, mn. Sheldon Kinney.
53Charity, b. Oct. 24, 1792, d. Oct. 1, 1793.
54 William, b. Sept. 18, 1792. 55 Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1796, m. Frances Eason.
56 Julia Ann, b. Apr. 10, 1799.
57 Almira, b. Dec. 5, 1801, m. Charles Bradley. 58Sarah, b. Jan. 5, 1804.
59 Caroline, b. Sept. 26, 1806, m. Treat Botsford.
60 Judson, b. April 8, 1806, m. Sarah Miles.
16JOHN4, son of Abiel and Ruth Canfield, m. 1st in March, 1751, Elizabeth Johnson, who died Sept. 8, 1751; 2nd, Mrs. Martha Judd, Nov. 20, 1753. Children : David, b. Nov. 6, 1754; Bette, b. Mar. 26, 1756 ; Molle, b. June 1, 1758 ; Eunice, b. Nov. 17, 1760. Derby Records.
18WILLIAM4, m. Hannah Lumm Mar. 6, 1774. Children, Abel, b. May 29, 1755 ; Hannah, b. May 30, 1756.
19DR. SAMUEL4, son of Abiel and Ruth Canfield, m. Apr. 3, 1754, Mary Bassett, and d. in 1766. Children : Samnel, b. July 13, 1756; Sabra, b. Feb. 15, 1758; Snze, b. Nov. 6, 1759; Seba, b. Jan. 2, 1762; Salle and Silva.
Derby Records.
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RIGGS.
EDWARD RIGGS settled in Milford in 1640, and was afterwards one of the first settlers of Derby. Savage says Samnel Riggs of Milford m. in 1667 a daughter of Richard Baldwin and removed to Derby.
EDWARD RIGGS of Derby, probably a descendant of Edward of Milford, and Lois Osborn of Waterbury were married by Rev. Mr. Mansfield May 19, 1759. Children :
Moses, b. Apr. 10, 1760, m. Susannah Tucker.
Edward, b. Jan. 24, 1762. David, Thomas and Isaac.
MOSES RIGGS, son of Edward and Lois, a soldier of the Revolution, In. Susanna, daughter of Samuel Tucker. Children :
Sheldon, m. Rebecca Lingham.
Leman, m. Patty Clark.
Moses, m. Gracie Holbrook.
Simon, Thomas, m. Watie G. Smith.
Clara, m. 1st, David Johnson; 2nd, John Nichols.
+Susan, m. Ezra Bassett. Harriett, m. Daniel Holbrook. Eliza, m. Levi Johnson. Garry, m. Sally Clark.
EBENEZER RIGGS, m. Rachel Peck of Waterbury July 5, 1733. Children :
Rachel, b. May 31, 1734, d. May 25, 1740.
Esther, b. July 24, 1736.
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 17, 1738, d. May 29, 1740.
Rachel, b. Jan. 23, 1741.
Louis, b. July 25, 1743, d. Ang. - , 1751.
Eunice, b. Oct. 14, 1745. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 22, 1748. Jeremiah, b. July 1, 1750. Joseph, b. Ang. 17, 1753.
EBENEZER RIGGS of Oxford m. Julia M., dau. of Col. John Davis. Children: Lucinda, m. Henry, son of Sheldon Church of Seymour. Dewitt, unmarried.
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Homer, m. Mary E. Davis of New Rochelle, N. Y., daughter of Capt. Clark Davis, and granddaughter of Capt. Truman Davis. Resides at Washington, D. C.
Bernice, m. Charles Meiggs of Oxford.
N. Clark.
JOSEPH RIGGS, m. Mabel Johnson Feb. 20, 1739. Children : Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1740. John, b. Apr. 10, 1742. Joseph, b. July 21, 1746.
Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1750, d. Sept. 21, 1766.
Mabel, b. May 5, 1759.
JOHN RIGGS, Esq., son of Joseph and Mabel, m. Elizabeth Hawkins. He died June 18, 1814, and his wife died Oct. 3, 1815. Children : John, b. Dec. 22, 1771, m. Jan. 1, 1793, Mary Beecher.
JOHN RIGGS, son of John and Elizabeth, m. Jan. 1, 1793, Mary, dan. of Isaac and Hannah Beecher. Children :
Maria, b. May 7, 1793, d. June 4, 1813.
Laura, b. May 7, 1795, m. John Davis Oct. 16, 1813, d. in 1854.
Mary, b. Mar. 13, 1798, m. John S. Moshier, Oct. 27, 1816, d. Feb. 9,1877. John H., b. Jan. 6, 1801, d. Oct. 10, 1805.
Lucinda, b. May 20, 1804, m. Warren French, Nov. 21, 1823; d. § 20, '76. Thirza, b. Oct. 26, 1807, m. 1st, John Humphrey, 2nd, Joshua Kendall. John, b. Oct. 25, 1811, d. Nov. 14, 1855. Harpin, b. Dec. 9, 1813, m. Harriett Upson May 17, 1840.
Henry, b. Jan. 15, 1816, m. Mary Ann Bradley, d. in 1864.
John m. 2nd, Mar. 6, 1829, Betsey Hawkins, b. Apr. 26, 1786, d. July 18, 1849.
HARPIN RIGGS, son of John and Elizabeth, m. Harriett, dan. of Hiram and Sarah Upson May 17, 1840. Children :
John H., b. Apr. 5, 1841, m. Adella Kennedy May 17, 1866. Children : Alice Louisa, Lizzie Atwood, John Harpin.
Royal B., b. Oct. 6, 1844, m. Mary Dunn.
Hiram U., b. Dec. 20, 1846, d. July 4, 1852.
Louiza B., b. Sept. 4, 1849, m. Norman Sperry Nov. 24, 1869.
Sarah M., b. June 5, 1852, m. Geo. A. James May 26, 1875. Child: Florence H.
Harriett, b. Apr. 2, 1856, m. Joseph G. Redshaw of Ansonia Sept. 18, '78. Mary B., b. Feb. 4, 1859, m. Gilbert E. Osborne of New Haven, Nov. 7,'78.
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GILLETTE.
CAPT. GILLETTE was taken by the British at the time of the Revolution as he was returning with a valuable cargo after an absence of four or five years. His vessel and cargo were held by the enemy, but he was after a time released.
ANSON, son of Capt. Gillette, b. Feb. 3, 1773, in. 1st, Oct. 11, 1795, Sarah Hull, b. Jan., 1769, d. Aug. 28, 1800; 2nd, Mar. 10, 1801, Betsey Mansfield, b. Nov. 30, 1777. Children:
David, b. Dec. 16, 1796, d. in Golconda, Ill., in 1822.
William, b. Aug. 16, 1798, d. Sept. 11, 1803.
Sally, b. Dec. 23, 1801, m. Judson English, Mar. 23, 1828.
William, b. July 31, 1804, m. Amaritta Johnson.
Isaac, b. Dec. 7, 1805, m. Harriett Hurd, d. May 22, 1833.
>Eli, b. June 1, 1810, m. Eliza Bassett.
Lucius, b. June 11, 1812, d. Nov. - , 1878. Philo, b. Sept. 30, 1814, m. Mary Bassett.
Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1816, d. May 26, 1817. Charles, b. May 15, 1818, d. Mar. 13, 1819.
Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1820, m. Albert J. Downs of Squantuck.
Betsey, b. Apr. 8, 1823, m. Abner White, moved to Bradford co., Pa., d. Mar. 8, 1848.
nové date.
> ELI GILLETTE, son of Anson and'Sarah, m. Eliza, dau. of Ezra L. Bassett of Oxford. Children :
Emily, m. F. M. Clemons. Children :
Bertha, m. Apr. 20, 1879, Walter W. Radcliffe of Oxford ; Arthur F. and Walter.
Wilbur F., m. Amelia Rice. Residence, New Haven.
Sarah A., m. Edwin W. Clark of Derby.
Lillie M.,
Augusta, d.
EPHRAIM GILLETTE, m. Pervis 10 Children :
Freelove, b. Aug. 10, 1729.
Mary, b. Mar. 10, 1726-7. Joseph and
Benjamin, b. Aug. 7, 1744.
PHILO GILLETTE of Rocker's Hill, m. Mary, dan. of Ezra Bassett. Children :
Martha, m. David Hawley of Oxford. Child, Clifford.
Dexter, m. Emaretta Sperry. Child, Walter.
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JOHNSON.
PETER JOHNSON1 of Fairfield, had three sons.
Moses, with his wife Mary, removed to Woodbury, and died Oct. 30, 1713, aged 62.
Ebenezer m. Elizabeth Wooster and removed to Derby.
John, d. in 1659.
COL. EBENEZER JOHNSON2 m. Nov. 23, 1671, Elizabeth, dan. of Edwin Wooster ; removed to Derby in 1676. Children :
Elizabeth, b. in 1672.
Eunice, b. Aug. 22, 1678.
HIannah, b. Dec. 6, 1680.
Peter, b. Oct. 9, 1684.
Ebenezer, b. Feb. 22, 1686.
Israel, b. Apr. 13, 1689.
Ebenezer, Sr., was a freeman in 1678, long one of the chief men of Derby, and its representative to the General Assembly in 1685. His name is recorded in the list of the proprietors of Derby in 1717. Among the many purchases from the Indians made by him was one April 15, 1700, recorded in D. R., Book 1, p. 52, from Cockupatain and Ahuntaway, of "a certain quantity of land at Rimmon, bounded southward with ye little River, Eastward & north- ward with David Wooster his land & ye aforsd Captaine & Ensigne their land, Naucatug River Westward, & Northward with Tobie ye Indian's purchase."
On the 18th of April, 1704, he purchased from James Howd " a certain parcell of upland lying & being easterly of Road that goeth to Woodbury against ye land called Quakers Farme, bounded Northerly with a splitt Rocke & stones in ye cleft thereoff, easterly with a white oake tree, westerly with a chestnut tree, southerly with a chestnut tree, eighty rods long on each side, 62 rods wide att each end, containing 31 acres more or lesse." D. R., Book 1, p.80.
In D. R., Vol. 3, p. 43, is a record of a sale to Ebenezer Johnson in 1709, on account of a squaw, of land extending from the Naugatuck river east to Milford bounds, and from Beacon Hill Brook to Lebanon Brook.
LIEUT. EBENEZER JOHNSON3, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, m. Hannah -- , d. in 1751. Children :
Benajalı, b. in 1704; d. Apr. 13, 1763.
Timothy, m. Abigail Brewster, Feb. 21, 1725. They had but one son, 12 Alexander, b. in 1730, d. in Sept., 1817. m. John Riggs. Ann m. Samuel Hitchcock.
Sarah m. James Wheeler, May 19, 1736,
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BENAJAH JOHNSON4, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, m. Oct. 10, 1728, Mrs. Sara (Brewster) Hawkins, who died May 7, 1763, aged 72 years. Children: Isaac, b. in 1735, m. Lois Hopkins, d. Apr. 10, 1813.
Zeviah, b. in 1739, m. Abiel Fairchild, d. May 29, 1816.
Benajal Johnson bought of Johnathan Lum for £200 a tract of land " lying in the North purchase near Bladens Brook, so called, containing ninety-six acres, be it more or be it less, bounded northward on the land of Sam" Tom- linson, eastwardly on common land, southwardly on land of Daniel Wooster, late of Derby, deceast, westerly on highway." Dated "ye seventeenth day of December, in the ninth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, George ye Second of Great Britain, King, & A. D. 1735." D. R., Vol. 4, p. 157.
ISAAC JOHNSON, son of Benajah, m. Lois Hopkins, who was born in 1738, and died Oct. 16, 1814, aged 76 years. Isaac d. Apr. 10, 1813, aged 78 years. Children :
Susannah, b. Nov. 24, 1763.
Ruth, b. Mar. 31, 1765.
Mabel, b. Nov. 27, 1766.
Jesse, b. in 1773, d. Oct. 21, 1829.
Stiles, b. in 1782, d. Oct. 4, 1818.
ALEXANDER JOHNSON5, son of Timothy and Abigail, m. Hannah He lived at Pinesbridge, in the house still standing a little north of the house of William Gillette, and gave the land for the Pinesbridge cemetery. Children:
Timothy, b. Jan 21, 1766, d. Jan. 21, 1836.
David, Elijah, Nathaniel, Charles.
Abigail Brewster m. Moses Clark of Nyumphs.
Ruth, b. in 1693, m. Thomas Leavenworth.
ASAHEL JOHNSON In. Lois Children: Lois, b. Mar. 11, 1766. Elisha, b. Oct. 27, 1767.
GIDEON JOHNSON, son of Jeremiah, m. Lydia Beecher of New Haven, Mar. 24, 1749.
A sister of Gideon m. Thaddeus Baldwin of Woodbridge.
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EBENEZER BEECHER JOHNSON, b. Nov. 24, 1763, mn. May 25, 1785, Hannah P. Clark, b. Aug. 13, 1766. Children:
Garry, b. Nov. 5, 1792, m. Harriett Hotelikiss.
Chary, b. Jan. 27, 1795, mn. James Downs of Monroe, Oct. 14, 1815.
Children, Clark B., b. Oct. 3, 1816; Chary Ann, b. June 16, 1818 ; James B., b. Feb. 21, 1=222.
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Hannah Betsey, b. Mar. 23, 1802, m. June 15, 1820, David Beach, d. Oct. 9, 1822. Child, Hannah B. Ebenezer B. Johnson d. Sept. 17, 1846. His wife Hannah d. July 24,1847.
GARRY, son of Ebenezer B. and Hannah P. Johnson, m. May 1, 1817, Harriett Hotchkiss, b. Mar. 29, 1798. Children :
Garry B., b. Apr. 9, 1817, m. Huldah Dolittle. Residence, Bethany. David, b. Mar. 11, 1819, m. Ruth Ann Scott. Residence, Seymour. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1821, m. Robert Hodge. Andrew, b. Oct. 5, 1823, m. Elizabeth Davis.
Betsey, b. Oct. 21, 1825, m. John Scott.
Harvey, b. Dec. 17, 1827.
Clark, b. May 4, 1830, m. Mrs. Eliza Snell.
Albert, b. Oct. 17, 1833, m. Eliza J. Tuttle, residence Ansonia.
Noyes, b. in 1836, m. Julia
Harriett E., b. Oct. 1839, m. Geo. G. Lewis. Residence, Shelton Martha A., m. Fred Neuschler. Residence. Ansonia.
ISRAEL JOHNSON, m. Elizabeth Wakling May 28, 1740. Children : Charles, d. Oct. 28, 1763, aged 22 years. Elijah, d. Nov. 11, 1763, aged 18 years. Elizabeth, d. Nov. 15, 1763, aged 2 years.
REV. JESSE JOHNSON, son of Isaac and Lois, m. Hepzebath .. , d. Oct. 21, 1829. Hepzebath d. Apr. 13, 1824. Children : · Sally B., b. Sept. 6, 1797, m. Jared Bassett. Isaac, b. Apr. 2, 1799. Jesse, Jr., b. Mar. 28, 1801.
Hepzibah, b. Jan. 28, 1803. Harry, b. Mar. 30, 1805. Sally, b. July 12, 1807. Lois Emily, b. Feb. 24, 1810. Stiles, b. May 14, 1813. D. R.bmd, p. 433.
HEZEKIAH JOHNSON m. Rebecca Johnson Dec. 12, 1784. Children : Elizabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1786.
Newel, b. May 22, 1789, d. in Westville June 11, 1879.
EBENEZER JOHNSON, b. in 1761, d. Sept. 25, 1792. Buried in the Cemetery adjoining the M. E. Church.
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GENEALOGY.
GIDEON JOHNSON, son of Ebenezer, m. Sarah, dau. of Dr. Crittenden of New Haven, m. in 1835, aged 86 years. His house stood in the angle of the road where Day and Pearl streets meet. Died in 1835, aged 36. Children :
Sheldon Crittenden, m. Susan H. Stoddard.
Hopie, m. Henry L. Noble, d. in Cleveland, O., in 1869.
SHELDON C. JOHNSON, son of Gideon, m. May 19, 1828, Susan H., dau. of Abiram and Eunice Stoddard. Residence, Seymour, Ct. Children :
Charles Napoleon, born March 4, 1829. Graduated in Yale College, 1857. Studied law in Tolland with Judge Waldo, and engaged in practice in New Haven in 1857, died Nov. 12, 1867.
Henry, born Nor. 10, 1830, married Oct. 10, 1853, Ellen E. Botsford, who died July 21, 1861. He resided in Seymour, Conn., till 1861, when he removed to New Haven. Is a merchant. He represented the town of Seymour in the Legislature in 1857, was one of the committee to locate the new county jail at New Haven, and was ap- pointed on other important trusts while a member of the Assembly.
Oscar, born Jan. 10, 1833, died Oet. 17, 1833.
Oscar F., born March 13, 1834, died Nov. 29, 1836.
Oscar Eugene, born Nov. 28, 1836. Removed to San Francisco in 1862. Josephine W., born Oct. 10, 1838, married April 9, 1863, Gustavus R. Elliot, Esq., a lawyer in New Haven.
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