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EDWARD CHAPMAN, married Elizabeth Fox, in England. Henry, born here, July 4, 1663. Simon, born here, April 30, 1669. And six daughters, the youngest born May 24, 1675.
HENRY CURTISS, married Elizabeth Abel, May 13, 1645. Samuel, born April 26. 1619. Nathaniel, born July 15, 1651.
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SAMUEL FORWARD, married Anne
Samuel, born July 23, 1671.
He died in 1684, She died in 1685.
Joseph, born Nov. 10, 1671.
JONATHAN GILLETT.
Anna, baptized, Dec. 29, 1639.
Abigail, baptized June 28, 1646.
Joseph, July 25, 1641. Jeremiah, Feb. 12, 1647.
Samuel, Jan. 22, 1642-3.
Josiah, July 14, 1650.
Jonathan Gillett, Jr. married Mary Kelsey, April 23, 1661. She died April 18, 1676. Married Miriam Dibble, Dec. 14, 1676.
Mary, born October 21, 1667.
Jonathan, born Feb, 18, 1670.
William, born Dec. 4, 1673.
Samuel, Dec. 17, 1680.
Thomas, born May 31, 1678-dead. Cornelius Gillett.
Priscilla, born Jan. 23, 1659-60. Cornelius, born Dec. 15, 1665.
Daniel, born June 30, 1678. And five other daughters.
Joseph Gillett, married Elizabeth Hawkes in 1664.
Josephi, born Nov. 2, 1664.
Nathaniel, born May 4, 1673.
Jonathan, born August 11, 1669.
And three daughters.
John, born June 10, 1671.
John Gillelt, married Mary Barber, July 8, 1669. John, born Aug. 6, 1673-died 1699.
Samuel, born Feb. 16, 1677-8. Nathaniel, born Oct. 3, 1690.
Thomas, born July 18, 1676. Mary, 1682-3.
Nathan Gillett, removed to Simsbury-wife died 1670-1.
Elizabeth, born Oct. 6, 1639. Nathan, born April 17, 1655. Elias, born July 1, 1649. And three other daughters.
Benjamin, born Aug. 29, 1653.
Josiah Gillett, married Joannah Taintor, June 30, 1676. Josiah, born Nov. 24, 1678.
JOIN GRIFFIN, married Anna Bancraft, May 13, 1647.
Hannah, born July 4, 1649. Abigail, born Nov. 12. 1660.
Mary, born March 1, 1651. Mindwell, born Feb. 11, 1662.
Sarah, born Dec. 25, 1654. Ruth, born Jan. 21, 1665.
John, born Oct. 20, 1656. Ephraim, born May 1, 1668.
Thomas, born Oct. 3, 1658. Nathaniel, born May 31, 1673.
THOMAS HOLCOMB, died 1657. His widow, Elizabeth, married James Eno, 1658. Abigail, born Jan. 6, 1638. Nathaniel, born Nov. 4, 1648. Deboralı, born Feb. 15, 1650.
Joshua, born Sept. 27, 1640.
Sarah, born Aug. 14, 1612-dead. Jonathan, born March 23, 1652
Benajah, born June 23, 1644. Deborah, born Oct. 15, 1646-dead.
-dead.
Joshua Holcomb, married Ruth Stanwood, June 4, 1663. Ruth, born May 26, 1664. Sarah, born June 23, 1668.
Thomas, born March 30, 1666. Benajah Holcomb, married Sarah Eno, April 11, 1677.
Benajah, born Aug. 16, 1668. James, born Oct. 13, 1671.
NICHOLAS HAYES, married July 12, 1616.
Samuel, born May 1, 1647. David, born April 22, 1651. Daniel, born Aug. 10, 1653, dead.
Jonathan, born June 7, 1649.
MICHAEL HUMPHREY, married Priscilla Grant, Oct. 14, 1647. John, born June 7, 1650. Sarah, born Maich 6, 1658.
Mary, born Oct. 24, 1653. Samuel, born May 15, 1656. Martha, born, Oct. 5, 1663.
Abigail, born March 23, 1665. Hannah, born Oct. 21, 1669.
John, Oct. 5, 1644.
Ebenezer, born Oct. 26, 1689,- dead.
And two other daughters.
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JOHN MOSES, married Mary Brown, May 13, 1653. John, born June 15, 1654. Sarah, born Feb. 2, 1662.
William, born Sept. 1, 1656.
Margaret, born Dec. 2, 1666. Mindwell, born Dec. 13, 1676.
Thomas, born Jan. 14, 1658. Mary, born May 13, 1661. Timothy Moses, born Feb. 1670. Martga Moses, born March 8, 1672. children of the above or not.
It is uncertain whether these are
JOHN OWEN, marricd Rebecca Oct. 3, 1650.
Josias, born Sept. 8, 1651. Mary, born Dec. 5, 1662.
Jobn, born Nov. 5, 1652-dead. Benjamin, born Sept. 20, 1664- dead.
John, born April 23, 1654-dead.
Nathaniel, born Aug, 9, 1656.
Rebecca, born March 28, 1666.
Daniel, born March 28, 1658. Obediah, born Dec. 12, 1668. Isaac, born May 27, 1670.
Joseph, born Oct. 23, 1660.
Josius Owen, married Mary Osborne, Oct. 22, 1674. Josias, born June 6, 1675. Isaac, born June 4, 1678.
Mary, born Feb. 15, 1679.
HUMPHREY PINNEY, married in Dorchester, Mary Hall. Samuel Pinney, born in Dor- chester. John, born Oct. 19, 1651.
Sarah, born Nov. 19, 1618.
Nathan'l, born here, Dec. 1611. Abigail, born Nov. 26, 1651.
Mary, born June 16, 16-14. Isaac, born Feb. 24, 1663.
Samuel Pinney, married Bissell, Nov. 17, 1665.
Mary, born June 16, 1667. Samuel, born Nov. 20, 1668. Nathaniel Pinney, married Sarah Phelps, widow, July 21, 1670. Nathaniel, born May 11, 1671. Sarah, born Oct. 11, 1673.
THOMAS MASKELL, married Bethia Parsons, May 10, 1660. Thomas, born March 19, 1661-2 Thomas, born Jan. 2, 1665-6. -dead. John, born March 19, 1667-8.
Abigail, born Nov. 2, 1663. Elizabeth, born Oct. 19, 1669.
SIMON MILLS, married Mary Buell, Feb. 23, 1659-50.
Two sons that died.
Mary, born Dec. 8, 1662. Abigail, 1672.
Simon, born May 1, 1667. Elizabeth, 1674.
John, born Jan. 1668-9. Sarah, born Sept. 16, 1670. Hannah, 1665.
Prudence, 1676.
Simon, 1678.
Beacon JOHN MOORE's children born in Windsor. Mindwell, born July 10, 1643. John, born Dec. 5, 1645.
Deacon Moore died Sept. 18, 1677.
John Moore, married Hannah Goffe, Sept. 21, 1664.
John, born June 26, 1665. Edward, born March 2, 1674.
Thomas, born July 25, 1667. Josias and Joseph, born July 5, 1679.
Samuel, born Dec. 24, 1669. Nathaniel, born Sept. 20, 1672.
Andrew Moore, married Sarah Phelps. Sarah, born Dec. 1672. Andrew, born Feb. 15, 1675.
Deborah, born May 31, 1677. Jonathan, born Feb. 6, 1680.
SAMUEL - MARSHALL, married Mary Willson, May 6, 1652. Samuel, born May 27, 1653. Lydia, born Feb. 18, 1655. Thomas, born April 23, 1659 -dead. Daniel, born July 21, 1661.
Thomas, born Feb. 18, 1663.
Mary, born May 8, 1667.
Eliakim, born July 10, 1669. John, born April 10, 1672.
Elizabeth, born Sept. 27, 1671.
ANTHONY HOSKINS, married Isabel Brown, July 16, 1656. Isabel, born May 16, 1657. John, born Oct. 11, 1659.
Robert, born June 16, 1662. Anthony, born March 19, 1661.
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Rebecca, Dec. 3, 1668-dead. Thomas, born March 14, 1672. Grace, born July 26, 1666. Joseph, born Feb. 28, 1674.
Jane, born April 30, 1671.
THOMAS HOSKINS, married Elizabeth Birge, widow, April 20 .- (year oblit- erated. John, born May 29, 1654. Thomas Hoskins, died April 13, 1666. The Widow Hoskins died Dec. 22, 1675. John Hoskins, married Deborah Denslow, January 27, 1677. His daughter Deborah, born June 9, 1679.
JOHN HILLYER's family.
John, born June 3, 1637. Mary, born Dec. 25, 1639. His son James, born January 25, 1678.
Timothy, born June 3, 1642. James, born Aug. 24, 1644- married the widow of Eben- Sarah, born Aug. 25, 1652.
Nathaniel, born Jan. 1, 1650.
ezer Dibble, June 28, 1677. Abigail, born Aug. 21, 1654.
Andrew, born Nov. 4, 1646. John Hillyer Sen. died July 16, 1655. Elizabeth, daughter of John Hillyer, born Dec. 8, 1680. Ann, 66 May S, 1677-dead.
JOHN PETTIBONE, married Sarah Eggleston, Feb. 16, 1661. John, born June 15, 1665. Stephen, born Oct. 3, 1669.
Sarah, born Sept. 24, 1667.
STEPHEN TERRY, married in Dorchester.
Mary, born here, Dec. 31, 1635. John, born March 6, 1637. Abigail, born Sept. 21, 16.16.
Elizabeth, born Jan. 4, 1641.
John Terry, married Elizabeth Wadsworth, Nov, 27, 1662.
Elizabeth, born Dec. 16, 1664.
Stephen, born Oct. 6, 1666. Sarah, born Nov. 16, 1668.
John, born March 22, 1670- dead.
Rebecca, born Jan. 7, 1671- dead. Mary, born July 19, 1673.
Solomon, born March 29, 1675. Rebecca, born Feb. 27, 1676- dead.
JOHN HIGLEY, married Hannah Drake, Nov. 9, 1671. Jonathan, born Feb. 16, 1675. John, born March 16, 1673.
*Hannah, born March 13, 1677. Rebecca, born Aug. 7, 1679.
WILLIAM PHELPS married in England. He died July 14, 1672, and his widow, Nov, 27, 1675, both at an advanced age. He had four children, born before he came to Windsor, viz. William, Samuel, Nathaniel and Joseph, and afterwards two others, Timothy, born Sept. 1, 1639, and Mary, March 3, 1644, who married Thomas Barber.
William Phelps, married Isabel Willson, June 4, 1645. After her death, he married, Dec. 20, 1676, Sarah, daughter of Humphrey Pinney. He left no issue.
Samuel Phelps, married Sarah Griswold, Nov. 10, 1650, He died May 15, 1669.
Samuel, baptized September 5, 1652.
Timothy, born Oct. 1656. Married Sarah Gaylord, Nov. 18, 1680; for second wife, Sarah Pratt, Nov. 13, 1690-he died 1712.
Sarah, born May, 1654-married John Mansfield, Dec. 13, 1683, Mary, born Oct. 1658.
William, born Nov. 1660-married Hannah Hayden, Jan. 1, 1693. John, born July 7, 1662-died without issue.
* Hannah was married to Joseph Trumbull, Aug. 31, 1704, and was the mother of the first Governor Trumbull.
Simon, born Dec. 25, 1648 .-
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Ephraim, born Nov. 1, 1663-married Mary Joggers, May 11, 1691- died Oct. 30, 1697.
Abigail, born May 16, 1666.
Josiah, born Dec. 15, 1667-married Sarah Winchell, April 26, 1690.
Nathaniel Phelps, married Elizabeth Copley, Sept. 1650. He removed to Northampton, and died there.
Mary, born June 21, 1651. William, born June 22, 1657-
Nathaniel, born April 2, 1653. born at Northampton.
Abigail, born April 5, 1655.
Timothy Phelps, married Mary Griswold, May 19, 1661-he died in 1719.
Timothy, born Nov. 1, 1663-married Martha Crow Nov. 4, 1686- died Sept. 25, 1659.
Joseph,* born Sept. 27, 1666-married Sarah Hosford Nov. 18, 1656 -- died in 1716.
William, born Feb. 4, 166S. Sarah, born Dec. 27, 1679-died without issue.
Cornelius, born April 26, 1671.
Mary, born Aug. 14, 1673-died March 25, 1690.
Abigail, born June 5, 1682. Hannah, born Aug. 4, 1684.
Samuel, born Jan. 29, 1675.
Ann, born Oct. 2, 1686.
Nathaniel, born Jan. 27, 1677.
Martha, born Nov. 12, 1688.
Joseph Phelps, married Hannah Newton, Sept. 20, 1660-he died at Simsbury in 1684.
Joseph, born Aug. 27, 1667. Sarah, married John Hill, of Hannah, born Feb. 2, 1669- died unmarried. Simsbury. William, died Oct. 8, 1689, under Timothy, age.
Timothy Phelps lived at Poquonock in 1703-he afterwards removed to Simsbury, where he had two daughters, Rachel, born March 18, 1709, Mary, July 7, 1711, and Timothy, who died May 27, 1737, and perhaps other children.
Joseph Phelps, son of the above, married Mary Collier, of Hartford, by whom he had, --
Joseph, born Oct. 9, 1689, who settled at Turkey Hills.
Hannah, born Oct. 25, 1693-married Samuel Humphry Feb. 23, 1710. She died before her father, leaving one child, Samuel, born Oct. 16, 1710.
Mary, born Oct. 17, 1696-died Jan. 9, 1713, unmarried.
His first wife died in 1697. His second wife was Sarah, daughter of John Case, whom he married Nov. 9, 1699. She died May 2, 1704. Their children were,-
Sarah, born Aug. 11, 1700-died June 14, 1714.
Damaris, born March 5, 1703-married John Mills, April 7, 1 720. His third wife was Mary, daughter of Richard Case, by whom he had --- Elizabeth, born April 7, 1709-married Daniel Hoskins, July 23, 1725. John, born Feb. 14, 1707-died Jan. 5, 1713. Amos,-married Sarah Pettibone, July 1, 1723. David,-married Abigail Pettibone, April 25, 1731.
He died Jan. 20, 1750, aged 83-his widow, Sept. 10, 1757.
The children of the last above named Joseph, (who resided at Turkey Hills) by his first wife, Rebecca North of Farmington, were Joseph, born Oct. 18, 1716, and Hannah, born June 7, 1717, who married Joel Harmon of Suffield. By a second wife he had- Elijah, born May 11, 1720. Elizabeth, born Nov. 27, 1726.
Ezekiel, born March 8, 1723. Abel, born May 22, 1730.
Lydia, born Sept. 10, 1729. Hezekiah, and Keziah, twins, born Feb. 18, 1732.
Rebecca, born Jan. 22, 1724.
* This Joseph left children-Joseph, Daniel, Edward, John, Abel, Ichabod, Jonathan, Mary, Sarah, and Abigail. He owned six hundred acres of land in Hebron, where, it is believed, his son Joseph settled, and was the ancestor of the Phelps families in that town.
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The children of Amos, were John, born Jan. 20, 1724-Sarah, Jan. 23, 1729-Timothy, April 11, 173S-Dorothy, Aug. 8, 1734.
John Phelps married Thanks Willcox, June 15, 1741.
Thanks, born Dec. 11, 1742. Darius, born Oct. 15, 1752.
John, born Feb. 5, 1745. Sarah, born Aug. 12, 1754.
Martha, born Aug. 14, 1747.
Jedediah, born May 12, 1756.
Amos, born March 31, 1750.
The children of David, were ---
David, born March 26, 1733. Ruth, born Sept. 15, 1743.
Elisha, born Oct. 17, 1737. Sarah, born Oct. 15, 1745.
Noah, born Jan. 22, 1740.
Susanna, born Jan. 4, 1748.
Abigail, born Nov, 5, 1735.
Lois, born March 27, 1750.
Rachel, born Dec. 11, 1741.
He died of the small pox, Dec. 9, 1760-his widow married deacon David Strong of Bolton, Jan, 1, 1772.
GEORGE PHELPS, (who, it is supposed, was brother of the first William Phelps,) married a daughter of Philip Randall. She died Aug. 29, 1648. Isaac, born Aug. 26, 1638. Joseph, born June 24, 1647.
Abraham, born Jan. 22, 16.12.
His second wife was Frances, widow of Thomas Dewey, whom he mar- ried Nov. 30, 164S.
Jacob, born Feb, 7, 1649. Nathaniel born Dec. 9, 1654.
John, born Feb. 15, 1651.
He removed to Westfield, and died there, July 9, 1678.
His son Isaac married Ann Gaylord, May 11, 1662. Isaac, born Sept. 10, 1666-married Mary Maudsley Dec. 17, 1690- lived in Westfield.
Sarah, born 1760, and John born in 1673.
Abraham, married Mary Pinney, July 6, 1663. He resided it is supposed in East Windsor. He died Jan. 28, 1728, aged 85, and his wife July 2, 1725, aged 81.
Abraham, born March 6, 1666-died in 1732.
Isaac, born Aug. 5, 1673-died Jan. 4, 1703.
Benjamin, born Oct. 1, 1683.
Joseph, married Mary Porter, June 26, 1673-she died Jan. 16, 1682. Mary, born Jan. 13, 1674. Sarah, born April 4, 1677. Joseph, born Dec. 30, 1678-married Abigail Bissell Nov. 26, 1702. He married a second wife, Hester and died in 1695.
Hannah born in 1680-Mindwell, 1682-Hester, 1693-Benoni, 1695.
Sergeant SAMUEL WILLCOXSON, (Willcox) was an early settler. He resi- ded at Meadow plain, and died March 12, 1713. He removed from Hartford. He left, it is supposed, three sons, Samuel, William and Joseph. Samuel had Joseph, born Aug. 1701, and Ephraim, Feb. 4 1707, and perhaps other children.
William, married Elizabeth Willson, by whom he had John, Wil- liam, Amos, and Azariah, born July 27, 1706. William was a deacon in the church, and was living in 1770. Amos married Joanna Hillyer, Nov. 6, 1725. His widow married a Mr. Bishop, and died at about one hundred years of age. Their children were, Amos, born May 15, 1729. Elijah, born Sept. 25, 1743.
Ruth, born Jan. 10, 1733. Lucy,-married Ariel Lawrence.
Ezekiel, born June 10, 1735. Esther. Joanna, born May 26, 1740. James, born Feb. 10, 1751.
Joseph, had Joseph, born Feb. 9, 1705, and perhaps other children. He settled at Westover's plain. Some of his descendants, it is sup- posed, settled at Salmon brook. Joseph and Ephraim Willcox were taxed there in 1734.
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JAMES CORNISH settled at Northampton, and was the first schoolmaster in that town. He afterwards removed to Westfield, and, about 1667, was ap- pointed Clerk of the courts in Hampshire county, by Sir Edmond Andross. Shortly afterwards, when the government of Massachusetts was resumed under the Charter, he was left out of office, but the court applauded his good services, and recommended him to public favor. It is understood that he afterwards removed to Windsor-whether he died there, or in Simsbury, is not known. There was a Jumes Cornish, and Gabriel Cornish, in Windsor, in 1676. James Cornish, son, as supposed, of the above, settled in Simsbury about 1695. He was taxed here in 1699, and was deacon of the church in 1715.
James Eno, and George Hayes, were taxed in 1700; and in 1701, Benjamin Dibble, David Buttolph, Andrew Robe, Jacob Reed and Peter Rice.
The name of Tuller does not appear until about 1690. The first of the name, John Tuller, then spelt Tullor, resided near the south line of the town on the east side of the river.
The family of Latimer became inhabitants still later-they removed from Wethersfield. The first Isaac Ensign, whose widow is now living, was a native of Hartford ; and the late Elijah St. John, it is understood, removed from Fairfield County. The Williston and Bestor families came from Suf- field, and the Mather family from Farmington. Thomas Bacon was taxed here in 1694, but he was not among the first settlers. The name was then spelt, on the records, Backon. The Goodwins were not among the first set- tlers. They are descended from William Goodwin, of Hartford, who was born 1629, and died 1689. William was son of Ozias Goodwin, who was one of the first settlers of Hartford. The Westover family has become extinct in this town. The first of the name, in the town, was Jonathan, who settled here about 1690. He was a man of wealth and considerable influence. The ancestors of the Grimes and Vining families removed here about eighty years ago.
The Andruss family came here more than one hundred years since. When the wife of Mr. Butler Andruss was born, over seventy years since, she had living in the female line, in regular succession, four ancestors, all bearing the same christian name-viz .- Mrs. Joanna Hillyer of Granby ; Mrs. Joanna Bishop, whose first husband was Amos Willcox; Mrs. Joanna Case, wife of Job Case; and Mrs. Joanna Case, wife of Israel Case. Report says they all assembled to see the infant, whose name was also Joanna !- thus making a bevy representing five successive generations, all present at the same time, and bearing the same name ! Mrs. Hillyer, the eldest, was then upwards of ninety years old. Of this group, Mrs. Andruss is now the only survivor.
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STATISTICS.
CENSUS OF CONNECTICUT, IN 1756.
Counties.
Whites.
Negroes. Ind's. Counties.
Whites.
Negroes. Ind's.
Hartford,
35,714
854
Fairfield,
19,849
711
New Haven,
17,955
226
Windham,
19,669
345
New London, 22,015
829
617 Litchfield,
11,773
54
Total,
126,975
3,019
617
Whites. Negroes.
Hartford, then including East Hartford and Manchester,
2,926
101
Wethersfield, then including Glastenbury and Rockyhill,
2,374
109
Windsor, then including East Windsor and Bloomfield,
4,170
50
Farmington, then including Southington, Bristol, Burlington, and part of Berlin,
3,595
112
The number of , Indians was not correctly returned. There were some, at this time, in every County in the State.
CENSUS IN 1774.
Counties.
Whites.
Blacks. Indians. Counties.
Whites.
Blacks. Indians.
Hartford,
50,679
1,093
122 Fairfield,
28,936
1,153
61
New Haven,
25,896
854
71 Windham,
27,494
476
158
New London. 31,542
1,194
S42 Litchfield,
26,845
331
109
Total,
191,392
5,101
1,363
CENSUS OF SIMSBURY, GRANBY, AND CANTON, AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.
Years.
1756
1774
1782
1790
1800
1S10
1820
1530
1840
Simsbury,
2245
3700
4664
2576
2956
1966
1954
2251
1895*
Granby,
2595
2735
2696
3012
2733+ 2611
Canton,
1374
1322
1437
1736
Total,
2245
3700
4664
5171
5691
6036
62SS
6421
6212
* This decrease, it is supposed, was occasioned by a partial cessation of work in the carpet factory .
t Occasioned, in part, by thic removal of the state prison.
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