USA > Connecticut > New Haven County > Seymour > History of Seymour, Connecticut, with biographies and genealogies > Part 25
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28
216
HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
Sheldon, b. Oct. 12, 1781, m. Esther, dau. of Daniel Canfield, d. June 13, 1873, aged 91 y. and 8 m. She was b. Mar. 6, 1790, d. May 30, 1852. William, b. Aug. 20, 1783, m. Anna Smith, d. June 25, 1856. She died Sept. 28, 1867, aged 76 years.
Betsey, b. Sept. 10, 1785, m. Anson Chatfield, d. June 28, 1863. Children: Divine, Marietta, Susan.
Sally, b. Nov. 10, 1787, m. Sheldon Nichols, d. Oct. 25, 1863. Children: Sheldon, William, Lucena.
Isaac, b. Feb. 13, 1790, d. Aug. 18, 1875.
Lucinda. b. Oct. 2, 1792, m. Capt. William Lum, d. Aug. 9, 1825.
Medad, b. Dec. 18, 1794, m. Rebecca White, d. Feb. 6, 1830. She died May 2, 1826, aged 32. Children: Roswell, Mary, Polly, Ann, John.
EBENEZER KINNEY, son of William, m. Betsey Buckingham, b. Apr. 19, 1783. Children:
Betsey M., b. Jan. 29, 1804, m. Jeremiah Durand.
William, b. Sept. 27, 1806, d. Jan. 1, 1847. George, b. Nov. 2, 1816, d. Oct. 16, 1847. Lester B., b. Feb. 4, 1819.
WILLIAM KINNEY, son of William, m. Anna Smith. Lived in the house on Hill st., now occupied by John Kelleher. Children : Mary Jane, m. James Johnson of Bridgeport. Sarah Grace, m. Isaac White, lived in Derby. Miranda, m. Clark Lum of New Haven. Esther Ann, m. Medad K. Tucker.
DEA. ISAAC KINNEY, son of William and Mille, m. 1st, Polly Durand, b. July 3, 1796, d. Sept. 23, 1827; 2nd, Dec. 16, 1828, Anna Church, b. Sept. 20, 1803, d. Jan. 24, 1868. Children :
Isaac Heber, b. Mar. 7, 1830, d. Feb. 13, 1851. Charles D., b. Mar. 27, 1832, living in New Haven. Frederick C., b. Nov. 28, 1836, died July 30, 1854.
CHARLES D. KINNEY, son of Isaac and Anna, m. 1st, Jan. 25, 1857, Martha J. Wilder, b. Dec. 3, 1835, d. Oct. 23, 1871; 2nd, July 16, 1874, Ella A. Burwell. Children :
Frederick N., b. Feb. 2, 1860. Charles H., b. Feb. 17, 1866.
217
GENEALOGY.
LOUNSBURY.
JOSIAH LOUNSBURY came from Rye, Westchester co., N. Y., to New Haven, m. Ruth Lines May 7, 1724, removed to Bethany, lived nearly oppo- site where Win. Lounsbury now lives. Children :
Timothy2, m. Hannah Smith and lived to be 86 years of age. Children : - -, a boy, died young. Timothy, Eri,
Lucy, m. James Hotchkiss, moved to Homer, N. Y.
Eunice, m. Truman Prince, had but one child, Castle, died young.
Stephen2, m. - - Sperry. Children :
Elias, m. Ist, Appalina Judd, 2nd, Mary Perkins.
Hezekiah, father of Mrs. Thomas Cochran.
Poany and Irena.
John2, b. Jan. 18, 172g, m. Ruth Perkins Apr. 4. 1751. Children :
Jairus, b. Jan. 14, 1752.
Benjamin, b. Apr. 11, 1753. Richard, b. Aug. 20, 1754. Ethal, went west.
Ethan, d. a bachelor.
Mary2, b. Feb. 12, 172].
Josiah2, b. Aug. 5, 1729. Children :
Linus, m. Prudence Scott. Children :
Josiah, father of Ransom, Calvin, Obadiah, Ancel.
Amelia, m. Daniel Davis.
Esther, m. Edmund Mallory of Hull's Hill.
Patty, m. Titus Smith.
Samuel2, was a soldier of the Revolution, died in Farmington over 80 years of age. Ruth2., m. - Tolles.
TIMOTHY LOUNSBURY3, son of Timothy2 and Hannah, m. Hannah French. Timothy lived to be nearly 86 years of age, his wife nearly 70. Children :
Dorcas4, m. Jabez Wilcox.
Timothy, m. Mary Ann Clark.
Lewis, m. Charity, dau. of Amos Clark of Nyumphs.
Daniel, m. Sarah, dau. of David Wooding of Bethany.
Jesse, m. Bede, dau. of Jesse Bradley of Bethany.
Hannah, m. Herschel Sanford of Prospect.
Smith, m. Jennette Tomlinson
Allen, m. Maria, dau. of Elam Cook of Cheshire.
Eunice, m. 1st, Vincent Brown, 2nd, McDonald Fisher.
Mary, m. Burritt Hitchcock, son of Timothy.
Dr. John of Oxford, mn. Mary, dau. of Win. Church. Children : Emma, Tully.
George, III. -- - Austin of Prospect.
218
HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
Eri, m. Sally Carrington. Children : Polly, Sarah, Rebecca, Abraham, Lucy, Isaac, Lucretia, Harriet, William, Harlo.
The preceding portion of the Lounsbury genealogy was furnished by Dr. John Lounsbury of Oxford.
JAIRUS LOUNSBURY was said by his sons to have come from Vermont to New Haven and settled near where the jail now stands. He married Amelia Chapman who died at the age of 83 years. He was in the Revolutionary service, and died aged 96. Children :
Collins4, b. July 19, 1783, m. and lived in Vermont, d. aged 80.
Clarissa, b. Feb. 11, 1791, m. John Gamsby. Children :
Albert, John Henderson, Alfred, Edwin, Sarah, Lucius.
Betsey, b. Oct. 11, 1794, m. Harvey Finch. Child: Crownage.
Victory, b. Sept. 8, 1795, m. Loraine Baldwin.
Sally, b. Apr. 13, 1800, m. Russell Moulton. Children :
Ann Julia, m. Elijah Losee of Norwich.
Amanda, m. Capt. Alden Powers. Children :
Frank, Sarah, Luthera, Benjamin.
Benjamin, shot in San Francisco, Cal.
Mary.
Crownage, b. May 20, 1803, m. Samantha Hotchkiss, d. Feb. 28, 1879, aged 76 years. She died Feb. 28, 1877. Children :
William H., m. Julia Ann Ladue of Mattawan. Child, Jennie.
Mark, m. Ann Webster of Thompsonville. Children: Annette Eliza, Etta Maria, Norman Webster.
Sarah, m. Chauncey Hooker, near Helyeke, Mass.
David, b. Aug. 15, 1805, m. Jane Patchen died in New Haven April 1, 1877, aged 72 years. Children : Lewis, Martha, Eliza, Mary, Maria.
Probably Jairus was the son of John, (2), of Bethany and went from there to Vermont, where he mar- ried Miss Chapman, whose father was killed by the Indians when she was an infant.
VICTORY LOUNSBURY, son of Jairus and Amelia, m. Loraine, dau. of James and Sarah Baldwin, who d. Nov. 25, 1868, aged 73 y. and 8 m. Children: Fanny, b. Feb. 2, 1817, m. Byron Tucker. Child: Lillie, m. Oscar L. Woodruff; child, Bernice.
George W., b. Aug. 27, 1819.
John, b. Sept. 8, 1821, mn. Lucinda Summers. Child : Gertrude, m. Matthias Smith ; child, Maud Lizette.
Charles W., b. Jan. 23, 1824, d. Oct. 13, 1826.
Albert W., b. Jan. 6, 1826, m. Olive Maria Sharpe.
Henry W , b. June 29, 1829, m. Dec. 20, 1850, Mary A., dau. of Ben - jamin and Harriett Bradley of New Haven, d. Aug. 14, 1862. Children: Charles, living in New Haven, Mich.
Harriet Jane, m. July 22, 1874, David Evans, Jr.
Children : David Otis and Benjamin Bradley.
Edward Benjamin.
Jane, b. Nov. 6, 1832, m. Lucius Canfield of New Haven, Mich. Children : Alanson, Horatio, Oscar.
219
GENEALOGY.
Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1834, m. David W. Riggs of Pinesbridge. Children :
Francis, m. Harris Osborne.
Fred O., m. Sarah Isbell, who d. in Apr., 1879. Elmer, Edward, Dudley.
Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1836, m. John H. Miller, d. May 2, 1867. Children: George B., d. Aug. 2, 1867, aged 3 years ; Eda.
Charles, b. Sept. 4, 1838, d. Sept. 15, 1850.
Ellen, b. Sept. 14, 1843, m. Frank Couvrette, d. Apr. 12, 1878, aged 34 years. Children :
Arthur B., Alice B., d. in July, 1873, aged 11 months.
ELIAS LOUNSBURY3, son of Stephen2, m. 1st, Appolina Judd. Child: Elias, father of Elizur of Westville.
Married, 2nd, Mary Perkins. Children: Major, Newel, Marlin, Belus, Ursula.
TUCKER.
DANIEL TUCKER came from Long Island, m. Elizabeth -. Children: Capt. Ruben, b. Mar. 1, 1743. Gideon, b. Apr. 17, 1746. Joseph, b. July 1, 1748. Zephaniah, b. in 1759.
ZEPHANIAH TUCKER, blacksmith, lived uptown, Derby, d. Sept. 18, 1848, aged 89 years. Children :
Sheldon, b. Mar. 6, 1786, d. Jan. 5, 1843. Anna, b. Nov. 27, 1783, m. Edmund Steele. Betsey, m. Rev. Nathaniel G. Huntington.
SHELDON TUCKER, m. Nancy Kinney, b. Nov. 23, 1793, d. Sept. 19, 1831. Children :
Medad K., b. Jan. 28, 1815. Mariah A., b. Sept. 23, 1819, m. Isaac B. Davis. Sheldon, b. Mar. 6, 1824, d. Aug. 18, 1825.
MEDAD K. TUCKER, son of Sheldon, m. Esther A. Kinney. Has one son, Sheldon, m. Mary E., dau. of Henry B. Beecher.
220
HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
HITCHCOCK.
EBENEZER HITCHCOCK! of New Haven, m. Rebecca Thomas, Mar. 23, 1747. Their son, Timothy2 was born Nov. 8, 1748.
TIMOTHY HITCHCOCK2 of Bethany, son of Ebenezer and Rebecca, m. Abigail -, who d. aged 99 years and 7 months. He d. Aug. 5, 1820, aged 72. Children :
Timothy.
Denzil H., b. Dec. 7, 1786, d. Jan. 24, 1850, aged 63.
Clark, m. Abigail Perkins, removed to Baltimore.
Abigail, d. in 1873, unmarried.
Anna, m. Dilavan Wooster of Watertown.
Elizabeth, m. Darius Driver of Bethany.
Thyra, m. Arlon Hine, removed to Cleveland, Ohio. Lydia, m. Samuel Driver of Bethany.
The following inscription from a Bible shows the excellent character of the writer :
" This Bible is the Gift of Timothy and Abigail Hitchcock to their son Denzil Hitchcock, who was born Dec. 7th, A. D., 1786, in the Parish of Bethany, town of Woodbridge, county of New Haven and State of Connecticut.
"My son, I beseech you not to let this Book lie by you neglected ; read it with care and attention; meditate ou the truths and doctrines it contains with delight ; and endeavor to govern your life and con- versation agreeable thereto.
"That God may grant you Grace to avoid sin; Patience under trials; quiet resignation to Provi- dence ; A Prosperous life; and a happy Eternity, is the earnest Prayer of your Affectionate Father, Timothy Hitchcock."
DENZIL HITCHCOCK3, son of Timothy1, m. Betsey, dau. of Elias Carring- ton of Milford. Children :
Henry Nelson, d. Mar. 25, 1825, aged 2} years.
Henrietta.
Sarah C., m. 1st, Oct. 24, 1847, Bernard Humphreys, who d. Jan. 9, 1854; 2nd, George B. Robinson Dec. 4, 1854.
Bernard Humphreys bought out Albert Steele's cabinet business and at one time was engaged in papermaking in company with Andrew De Forest.
TIMOTHY HITCHCOCK3, b. in August, 1781, m, ist, Rayner Twitchell; 2nd, Mrs. Amanda Bassett; d. in New Haven Dac. 5, 1878, aged 97 7. and 4 m. Children :
Sheldon, m. - dau. of Capt. Auger of New Haven, d. in New Haven in Aug., 1877.
Burritt, m Mary, dau. of Dr. Timothy Lounsbury, of Bethany. Resi- dence, New Haven.
Sarah, m. Clark Webster of Oxford.
Lucinda, m. Joel Chatfield. Children : Clark and Lucinda.
Jonathan Hitchcock in. Abigail Beecher Jan. 21, 1747. Samuel Hitchcock m. Ann Johnson Jan. 20, 1743, Child :
D. R., Vol. 6, p. 2.
Samuel, b. June 8, 1750.
.
221
GENEALOGY.
BEECHER.
A Mr. Beecher, with his wife and son, from county Kent, England, is said to have embarked in the first ship which brought emigrants to New Haven. (The first settlers came overland from Massachusetts.) He died before the vessel sailed. His wife was persuaded by the other emigrants to continue with the company, with her son Isaac, from whom all the New Haven families of the name are said to have descended, and from whence the name has spread throughout the country, numbering among the direct descendants the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn. For her services as physician and midwife, the first Mrs. Beecher had a portion of land voted to her by the town of New Haven, which remained in the family until quite recently. On a part of it the City Hospital now stands.
JOHN BEECHER, lived in New Haven. Children :
John, b. Aug. 9, 1671. Jemima, b. Feb. 11, 1681.
Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1672. Joseph, b. Feb. 13, 1683. Johanna, b. July 21, 1677. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 12, 1686.
JOSEPH BEECHER, son of JJolin, lived in New Haven. Children: Allis, b. Jan. 28, 1695. Hezekiah, b. June 14, 1703.
Joseph, b. Nov. 22, 1698. Nathaniel. b. Mar. 7, 1706.
Lydia, b. Feb. 15, 1700. Eliphalet, b. May 31, 1711.
JOSEPH BEECHER, 2ud, m. Sarah Ford May 15, 1729, lived in New Haven. Children:
Joseph, b. Feb. 14, 1732. m. Esther Potter Feb. 28, 1754.
Moses, b. Feb. 2, 1733. Timothy, b. Feb. 8, 1733. Abel, b. Nov. 17, 1737.
Titus, b. July 5, 1740. Amos, b. June 10, 1743.
New Haven Records. Vol. I.
ISAAC BEECHER of Derby, m. Hannah Ball, d. in Sept., 1789. Child : Mary, b. July 3, 1775, m. John Riggs Jan. 1, 1793, d. Dec. 16, 1827.
EZRA BEECHER of West Haven m. Mary Trowbridge, who died in South- bury aged 92 years. His son, Nathaniel, m. Dinah Smith of West Haven and lived in Southbury.
222
HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
LEWIS BEECHER, son of Nathaniel and Dinah, m. Martha Peck. Children: Louis L., m. Polly Fairchild, lived in New Haven.
Sarah M., m. - Bartholomew, lived in New Haven.
Henry B., auger manufacturer of Seymour.
Eliza A., m. Major Russell Norton of New Haven.
Mary J., m. George Fowler of New Haven. Child : Frederick, m. Mary Root.
HENRY B. BEECHER, son of Lewis and Martha, m. 1st, Betsey A. White; 2nd, Mary Fairchild. Children :
Ann, m. William W. Joy of Ansonia. Children : Frederick and Willie.
Frank H., m. Nellie A. Thompson.
Mary E., m. Sheldon Tucker of Seymour.
STEELE.
ADDITIONAL.
WALTER W. STEELE of Ansonia, son of William Steele, b. Jan. 28, 1824. m. Mary E. Carter of Wolcott, Sept. 23, 1850. He died Sept. 20, 1874. Children :
Arthur Willis, b. Mar. 18, 1852, d. Aug. 24, 1852.
Mary Frances, b. Apr. 5, 1855.
Truman Bradford, b. Aug. 21, 1858.
JOHNSON.
ADDITIONAL.
HEZEKIAH JOHNSON In. Dec. 12, 1784, Rebecca Tuttle, dau. of Abraham and Elizabeth Tuttle, b. Feb. 14, 1756, d. May 1, 1830. Hezekiah, b. Nov. 6, 1749, d. Nov. 15, 1826.
NEWEL JOHNSON, son of Hezekiah and Rebecca, b. May 22, 1788, d. June 11, 1879 ; m. 1st, Oct. 21, 1809, Betsey, dau. of Benjamin and Martha Molthrop, who d. Feb. 7, 1810; 2nd, Sept. 2, 1810, Esther Carrington, dau. of Elias and Content Carrington of Milford, who d. Mar. 9, 1866. He re- moved from Humphreysville to Westville in 1833. Children :
Sheldon N., b. May 5, 1811, d. Jan. 27, 1853.
Betsey Julia, b. May 1, 1813, d. July 6, 1872.
Richard Miles, b. Nov. 8, 1814, d. Jan. 26, 1874.
Esther Ann, b. Apr. 7, 1817.
Almira Minerva, b. Jan. 6, 1821.
Eliza Angusta, b. Sept. 10, 1836.
223
GENEALOGY.
WOOSTER.
SAMUEL WOOSTER, m. Mary -. Children :
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 25, 1761, d. Nov. 24, 1855.
Milton, m. - - Welton.
Dilavan, m. Anna, dan. of Timothy Hitchcock.
Josiah, m. Elizabeth Terrill.
Philo, m. Sarah, dau. of Philo Hawkins.
NATHANIEL WOOSTER of Quaker Farms, son of Samnel and Mary, m. Feb. 5, 1788, Charity -, b. July 26, 1767. Children : Mamie, b. Sept. 23, 1788.
Grace, b. Jan. 9, 1791, m. John Smith.
Anna Maria, b. Nov. 13, 1793; d. Oct. 29, 1794.
Bennett, b. Oct. 13, 1795; m. Sarah, dau. of Truman Bassett. Child : Charles B., m. Mary A. Booth. Residence, New Haven.
Clarissa Maria, b. Mar. 4, 1796, m. Lewis Buckingham of Oxford. Children: Mark, living in Ansonia.
Martha, m. Styles French of New Haven.
Henrietta, went west.
Henry.
Joel, killed in the war of the rebellion.
Nathan R., b. Nov. 18, 1810, m. Antoinette, dau. of Truman Bassett. Mark, b. Jan. 26, 1815, d. July 2, 1839.
GRACE WOOSTER, dan. of Nathaniel and Charity, m. John Smith of Quaker Farms. Children:
Edwin, m. Betsey A., dan. of Harvey Johnson of Ansonia. Residence, Seymour. Child : Frances, m. Robert N. Smith.
Lucy, died young.
Mary, m. Joel Wheeler of Oxford.
Laura. Bennett, died young.
George, m. - , dan. of Luther Moulthrop. Residence, Ansonia.
1
BALDWIN.
ADDITIONAL.
JAMES BALDWIN In. Sarah Perkins. Children :
Elias.
Anson.
Stephen, m. Betsey Hubbell.
Loraine, m. Victory Lounsbury.
Jesse, m. Jane, dau. of Capt. Isaac Botsford. Child : Jabez. Charlotte.
224
HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
STEPHEN BALDWIN, son of James and Sarah, m. Betsey Hubbell. Children George R., m. Emily Grace Sperry of Oxford.
Eliza Ann, m. 1st, Lewis Williams of Naugatuck; 2nd, Jabez Pritchard. Lucy Jane, m. Hobart Churchill of Waterbury. Sarah Maria, m. Robert Twitchell of Naugatuck. Frederick L., m. Addie Way, lives in Oxford.
MOULTHROP.
MATHEW MOULTHROP, m. Jane - and removed from New Haven to Sterrey River in 1662. Children : Mathew, Jr., m. Hannah Tompson. Elizabeth, m. John Gregory in 1663. Mary.
MATHEW MOULTHIROP, 2nd, m. Hannah Tompson in 1662. Children : Hannah, b. Apr. 20, 1665.
John, b. Feb. 5, 1667, m. Abigail Bradley.
Matthew, 3rd, b. July 18, 1670. Lydia, b. Aug. 8, 1674. Samuel, b. Apr. 13, 1679.
Keziah, b. Apr. 12, 1682.
JOHN MOULTHROP3, m. Abigail Bradley June 29, 1692. Children : Abigail, b. Aug. 12, 1693.
John4, b. Mar. 17, 1696. Mary, b. in 1698. Sarah, b. in 1701, m. Adonijah Morris.
Dan4, b. Dec. 1, 1703; m. 1st, Hannah Belcher, 2nd, Lydia How. Children: Dan, Charles, lost at sea; Timothy; Hannah m. Israel Lindsley; Enos, Enoch; Sarah, m. Elisha Andreas; Eli, m. Mary Moulthrop ; Lydia ; Mabel.
Israel4. b. June 7, 1706. Joseph and Timothy.
JOHN MOULTHROP4, m. Sarah Children : Jolin5, Stephen, Mehitabel. Sarah, m. 1st, Timothy Russell, 2nd, John Pardee. Mary, m. John Dawson, Jr. Abigail, m. Dan Goodsell.
225
GENEALOGY.
JOHN MOULTHROP5, In. Abigail Holt. Children :
David6, m. Hepsibah Hotchkiss. Child: David ?. John.
Reuben, in. Hannah Street Nov. 18, 1792. Children: Daniel Bowen. Maria, Clarissa, Daniel, Delia, Sydney, Reuben.
ENOCH MOULTHROP5, son of Dan4, mn. Mary Hotchkiss. Children: Dan, Lydia, Mary, Betsey, Silas, Timothy.
ISRAEL MOULTHROP4, m. Lydia Page. Children : Samuel, m. Sarah Dennison.
Jacob, died in the French war.
Timothy; Lydia, m. John Fuller in 1766.
Loris, m. Charles Page in 1765.
SAMUEL MOULTHROP, ID. Sarah Dennison. Children:
Josiah, b. May 30, 1754, mn. Mrs. Lydia Smith July 4, 1792. Children : Desire, b. Apr. 16, 1793; Jared, b. Mar. 9, 1795; Samnel R., b. May 5, 1797.
Desire, b. Nov. 16, 1756, m. Moses Tompson in 1775.
Jared, b. Jan. 20, 1759.
Jacob, b. Aug. 29, 1762, m. 1st, Abigail Pardee; 2nd, Elizabeth Good- rich. Children :
Abigail, Betsey. Eunice, Leonard, Bela. Sarah, Damaris.
Sarah, b. Ang. 13, 1764.
Merey, b. Sept. 9, 1767.
Lydia, b. Aug. 7, 1769.
Samuel, b. Sept. 1, 1773.
James, b. Oct. 14, 1776.
Israel, b. in Sept., 1779.
JOSEPH MOULTHROP, m. Mary Wheden. Children : Elihu, Jude ; Adonijah, lost in French war ; Hannah, Rhoda, Mary, Lucretia, Abigail.
JOSEPH MOULTHOP, m. Lucretia Bradley in 1766. Children : Abijah, Joseph, Jared, Rhoda, Irene, Chauncey.
ELIHU MOULTHROP, In. Mary -. Children: Jared, Polly, Adonijah, Elihu; Esther and Matthew, 3rd, who m. Mary ---. Children :
Jane, b. Dec. 13, 1694, m. Thomas Hodge ; Matthew, b. in Sept., 1696; Joseph, b. in Oct., 1698; Mary, b. June 1, 1701, m. Gideon Potter; Martha, b. Feb. 18, 1703; Mathew, b. Feb. 1, 1705; Benjamin, b. Mar. 2, 1707; Asher, b. Jan. 28, 1710; Dorothy, b. Dec. 1, 1712, m. Isaac Grauniss.
226
HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
MATHEW MOULTIIROP, 4tli, m. Sarah Granniss. Children : Thankful, b. in Nov., 1728; Joseph, b. in Dec., 1730; Sarah, b. in Jan., 1732; Mabel, b. Sept. 6, 1735; Mathew, b. Nov. 9, 1743; 2nd wife, Hannah Way, had David, b. March 23, 1748. David, mn. Rachel Swayne. Children: John, Martin, Major, Polly, Swayne.
BENJAMIN MOULTHROP, son of Elihu, had Benjamin July 20, 1735, Elizabeth, Mary, Benjamin.
BENJAMIN MOULTHROP, JR., m. Thankful Granniss in July, 1761. Children :
Benjamin.
Seba, b. Nov. 23, 1770, d. July 8, 1831, aged 60.
Mary and Elizabeth.
SEBA MOULTHROP, son of Benjamin and Thankful, m. Catharine Fowler, b. Aug. 16, 1780, d. May 22, 1859. He built the hotel, or tavern, as it was then called, corner of Hill and Pearl streets, in 1812, and kept it about twenty years, when he died. Children:
William Fowler, b. Aug. 3, 1798, m. Eunice Bassett Sept. 2, 1821, d. in April, 1864.
Luther, b. Nov. 17, 1800, d. in 1866, m. Jennet Candee Dec. 19, 1830. Huldah, b. Jan. 26, 1803 m. Jan. 19, 1852.
Mary, b. June 28, 1806, mn. Amos Wheeler Apr. 24, 1825. Clark, b. Dec. 6, 1812.
Betsey, b. Sept. 8, 1820, d. Aug. 5, 1847.
Grannis, b. Nov. 17, 1822.
HULDAH MOULTHROP m. Isaac Rowe Apr. 4, 1824. Isaac Rowe, Sr., and his twin brother Fred, born Ang. 16, 1799, came from Brattleboro, Vt., with Gen. Humphrey in 1811. Isaac was born Aug. 16, 1799; drowned in Lake St. Clair, Mich., Dec. 15, 1830. Children:
Huldah Keziah, b. Feb. 17, 1825, d. Oct. 26, 1873.
Isaac Thomas, b. Sept. 22, 1828; m. Sarah A. McGraw in Seymour Mar. 16, 1851.
Catharine, b. Jan. 4, 1831; in. George S. Wyant Dec. 24, 1850. Children: Frank H., Eugene A., m. Mary Hard ; Helen I., d. Apr. 17, 1859; Nettie E., George E.
Sheldon Clark
SHELDON CLARK, ESQ.
Condensed from a sketch by Prof. Silliman kindly loaned for the purpose by the Secretary of l'ale College.
A little beyond our northern boundary, in Chestnut-tree Hill, is a tract of land owned by Yale College, given by one who is well worthy of a sketch in these pages. Sheldon Clark, a brother of Mrs. Abiram Stoddard of Seymour, was born in Oxford Jan. 31, 1785, and died April 10, 1840, aged 55 years. His father died when he was very young and he was adopted by his grandfather, Thomas Clark, Esq., with whom he remained until the death of this venerable ancestor at the age of 82, April 5, 1811. The grandson wished to obtain a liberal education, but his grandfather disapproved of such a course as a waste of time and money, and he had no extraordinary opportunities for education except about a year at South Farms, in Litchfield, in 1805 and 1806. But his active mind prompted him to diligently read such books as he could oh- tain and thus cultivated habits of intellectual exercise and independence of character. The death of his grandfather left him free to pursue such a course as his own judgment dictated, and he applied for advice to Prof. Silliman of Yale College and passed the autumn and winter of 1811-12 in a course of study in connection with the recitations and discussions of President, Dwight. Among his numerous manuscripts is one dated January, 1812, giving an ac- count of a dream or vision of the general judgement. The language is elevated and beautiful and the imagery splendid and sublime. It is remark- able for deep serionsness and reverence for the heavenly world. Ten years later he called on Prof. Silliman and stated that the twenty thousand dollars left him by his grandfather he had by industry and economy increased to twenty-five thousand, that he had no family, and might never have one, and that he was disposed to appropriate at least a part of his estate to the enconr- agement of learning. He therefore deposited $5,000, to be placed at com- pound interest until it should amount to a sufficient sum for the establishment of the Clark professorship. In 1824 he gave $1,000 for the purpose of estab- lishing a scholarship. This new instance of liberality excited additional in- terest in the hardworking Oxford farmer, whose example had now placed him at the head of the benefactors of this ancient literary institution. In 1829 he presented to the College an excellent telescope, with a focal length of ten feet and an aperture of five inches, made to his order, and costing over $1,000. Ile was elected to the legislature from Oxford in 1825 and for several succeeding
228
HISTORY OF SEYMOUR.
years. His sentiments and mode of thought may perhaps best he expressed in his own words, as in the following extract front a letter written by him in reply to acknowledgments of one of his bequests :
"OXFORD, Nov. 29th, 1832.
"RESPECTED FRIENDS-Man is a child of circumstances. While some are born to ease and plenty, seldom meet with disappointments, are surrounded by benevolent friends, always ready to assist, to comfort, and to afford them the most ample means of enjoying the highest degree of mental culture ; others are born to poverty and servitude, unassisted, even by their nearest relatives, and denied the privilege of obtaining a good common school education, and are often dispirited by disappointments.
"It was my destiny to belong to the latter class. Early in life I had a tender father, who was in possession of a large amount of property. He intended, and often promised, that I should have a liberal education-but, alas, before I was old enough to prepare to enter College, he died, and the estate proved to be insolvent.
" Thus all my fond hopes of having a liberal education were frustrated, and I was left fatherless and penniless in a hard, unfeeling, selfish world, to provide, by my own industry, to satisfy those posi- tive wants congenial te poer human nature. It fell to my let to live, till I was of age, with my grand- father, a hard working, parsimonious farmer, but I was allowed the privilege of reading occasionally, on Sundays, stormy days, and in the long nights of winter. From these opportunities of reading, I was soon convinced that the power, the honor, and glory of nations, consisted in, and depended upon, their great men. What has Greece, or Rome, or any nation of antiquity transmitted to posterity, worthy of esteem and admiration, but the achievements of their heroes, and the productions of their artists, poets, and philosophers? And what else can we transmit to succeeding ages, to distinguish ns from the un- lettered savages that roamed at large in the uncultivated wilds of America when discovered by our fathers ? Full of this idea, and animated with an ardent desire to promote the honor and happiness of my own native country, I felt determined to do all I could to patronize and encourage literature and science, to provide the means of affording our literary and scientific genius a finished education.
"Oft when toiling with ceaseless assiduity to accomplish that object, I have been pointed at, by my fellow-citizens, with the finger of scorn, and taunted by the tongue of ridicule. But for all this I felt a reward in the anticipation of promoting the honor, and glory, and happiness of my beloved country. I never dreamed of personally receiving the grateful acknowledgments of one of the most respectable collegiate elasses in the world. This I assure you, my dear friends, is a full, a rich compen- sation for all the labor, the hardships and privations I have suffered."
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.