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13. Uriel E., b. July 4, 1806, d. at Salis- bury, Vt.
14. Wait E., b. lives at Keeseville, N. Y.
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4. MILES, son of Dea. Wait, m. Huldah Grant of Litchfield. He d. Aug. 16, 1827. His widow removed to her daughter's at Bridgehampton, where she d. Children :
16 Almeda, b. Oct. 24, 1795, m. William H. Whiting.
to Bridgehampton, N. Y.
18. Edmund.
16. Lewis, b. March 14, 1797, d. young.
19. Miles, b. March 16, 1800.
17. Hannah, m. Henry Judd, and removed
10. AARON L., son of Dea. Aaron L. Beach, m. Dec. 29, 1810; had four children, b. at Charlotte, Vt. Children :
20. Aaron L., b. Oct. 21, 1811, d. March 22. Charles G., b. Aug. 13, 1815, resides in Wis.
13, 1860, at Aurora, Ohio.
21. Adelia, b. Aug. 31, 1813, m. Dec. 13, 23. Samuel E., b. Dec. 14, 1817, resides in 1859, resides at St. Albans, Vt. Williston, Vt.
19. MILES, son of Miles, m. Charlotte, daughter of Noadiah Bancroft, April 26, 1824, who was b. Dec. 8, 1802. Children : 25. Loomis B., b. Dec. 3, 1827.
24. Emeline, b. April 25, 1825, m. Harmon Loomis, and had Emma, b. July, 1855, and Wilbur, d. young.
26. Mary, b. Mar. 8, 1827, d. in 1862, a. 32. 27. Jonathan, d. young.
BEERS, AMOS S., was b. in Lewisboro, Westchester Co , N. Y , March 15, 1827 ; m. Susan Olmsted of New Canaan, Ct, Nov. 1848. She d. in March, 1860, in Waterbury, and he m. second, Rachel H. Thompson, of Hartford, in 1864, and in 1866, he made his residence in Winsted, Ct., where he still resides. He has been conductor on the Naugatuck rail road twenty- three years. Children by ist wife.
1. Herbert S., b. in 1849.
3. Edward J., b. in 1857.
2. Willie H., b. in 1854. By 2d wife :
4. Anna May, b. May 20, 1867.
BIRGE, DANIEL, came from Dorchester, Mass., with Mr. Warham, of whose church he was a member, and had a home lot in Windsor, Feb. 6, 1640. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Gaylord, Oct. 5, 1641. He d. 1851 : his widow m. Thomas Hoskins of Windsor. Children :
I. John, b. 1642, d. 1643. fall of a tree.
2. Daniel, b. Nov. 24, 1644. 5. John, b. Jan. 14, 1649.
3. Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1646, d. soon.
4. Jeremiah, b. May 6, 1648, killed by the
6. Joseph, bap. Nov. 2, 1651, d. July 18, 1705.
Joseph, one of the first of Litchfield, was probably of this family.
5. JOHN, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Gaylord) Birge, m. Hannah Watson, Mar. 28, 1678. He d. Dec. 2, 1697 ; she d. July 24, 1690. Children : 7. John, b Feb. 4, 1679. 9. Jeremiah, b. Sept. 22, 1682. 8. Hannah, b. June 17, 1682. IO. Mary, b. Sept. 9, 1688.
9. JEREMIAH, son of John and Hannah (Watson) Birge, m. Mary Griswold Jan. 1, 1718. He d. in 1775. He was an original proprietor of Torrington but did not reside here. Children :
II. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 23, 1718.
15. Ann, b. Oct. 28, 1726.
16. Peletiah, b. Sept. 8, 1730.
17. Hannah, b. Mar. 18, 1731.
18. Mindwell, b. Mar. 24, 1733.
19. Lucy, b. Sept. 23, 1736 ..
13. CAPT. JOHN, son of Jeremiah and Mary (Griswold) Birge, m. Mary Kellogg. He is said to have been the third settler in Torringford. His father gave him and his brother David each a farm, but not large ones. He is said
12. Mary, b. Aug. 23, 1721.
13. John, b. Apr. 25, 1723, m. and settled in Torringford.
14. David, b. May 16, 1725, m.
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to have come to this town before his marriage, but this is not certain. He first built a log house in which he resided, half a mile south of Shubael Griswold's, or near the south end of Torringford street. Children :
20. Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1752, m. Silas White. 24. Roswell, went into the Rev. army, came home and died when seventeen.
21. John, b. Mar. 15, 1753.
22. Simeon, b. Dec. 26, 2756.
25. Anna, m. Ellsworth.
14. DAVID, son of Jeremiah and Mary (Griswold) Birge, m. Elizabeth , and settled on Torringford street a little south of his brother John's home. Children :
26. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 21, 1754, m. Eliphaz 27. Daughter, m. Catlin of Harwinton, had Bissell.
a daughter Eunice.
21. JOHN, son of John and Mary (Kellogg) Birge, m. Lydia Hopkins of Canaan, Mar. 23, 1779 ; lived on south end of Torringford street, where his descendants still reside. Children :
28. Polly, b. Feb. 22, 1781, m. Dea. Richard Bristol, lived in Harwinton.
29. Aranda, b. Sept. 1, 1782, m.
30. John, b. May 4, 1785, m. Betsey Loomis ; lived in Bristol, Ct., and had ; Juliette, Mary and Nathan.
31. Chester, b. July 23, 1788, m. Sally
Garrish, removed to Hudson, Ohio.
32. Hopkins, not m. was in business in the southern states, returned as far as New Haven, where he d.
33. Marilla, b .; m. Chester Barber, Feb. 6, 1821.
22. SIMEON, son of John and Mary (Kellogg) Birge, m. Experience Ham- lin, October, 1783, and lived on his father's homestead. He d. June 8, 1854, a. 97. His wife d. March 16, 1844, a. 83. Children :
34. Hamlin, b. Aug. 25, 1784, m.
35. Experience, b. April 7, 1786, d. Feb. 26, 1803.
36. Ransley, b. Feb. 17, 1788, d. not m. in Ga .; was merchant.
37. Clarissa, b. April 28, 1780, m. Calvin Hammond ; rem. to West Port, in N. Y.
38. Betsey, b. Feb. 7, 1792, m. Anson Little, of New Hartford, removed to Ill.
39. Sally, b. Jan. 26, 1794, m. Gideon Hammond, of West Port, N. Y.
40. Roswell, b. Feb. 5, 1796, m.
41. Luther, b. Oct. 28, 1797, m. settled in Farmington, Ill.
42. William S., b. May 5, 1800, m. ; lives in Texas.
43. Nathaniel, b. July 23, 1802, m. 44. Infant, b .; d.
29. ARANDA, son of John and Lydia (Hopkins) Birge, m. first Sally Barber, of Harwinton, April 12, 1810. She was b. Sept. 11, 1787 ; d. March 12, 1812. He m. second Laura Barber, July 20, 1814. She was b. August 16, 1793. She m. as her second husband Norman Griswold in 1821. Aranda Birge d. May 27, 1819; Mrs. Laura Griswold, d. May 13, 1840. Ch. : 45. George H., b. March 28, 1816.
34 HAMLIN, son of Simeon and Experience (Hamlin) Birge, m. Betsey
Dutton. He resided in different parts of the town, and for a time near Hotch- kiss mill on the west branch. Children :
46. Willard L., b. Jan. 7, 1808. 47. Caroline, b. Dec. 28, 1810.
48. Experience, b. July 16, 1812.
40. ROSWELL, son of Simeon and Experience (Hamlin) Birge, m. Amanda, daughter of Harvey Whiting, June 23, 1826, lives on his father's homestead on Torringford street. Children :
49. James R., b. March 5, 1828.
50. Jane, b. Jan. 4, 1830, m. S. E. Calkins, in Athens, N. Y.
51. Candace E., b. March 3, 1832, m. Penn- field Burr, and removed to Ill. ; d. June 7, 1854.
52. Edward B., b. Jan. 16, 1834, m.
53. Allstine M., b. Jan. 14, 1836, m.
54. Sherman, b. Oct. 4, 1838, d. July 5, 1839.
55. Wilber, b. June 17, 1840, m.
23. Isaac.
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43. Nathaniel, son of Simeon and Experience (Hamlin) Birge, m. Olive Peck of Torringford, and lives on Torringford street, east side a little way north of his brother Roswell's. Children :
56. Jenette.
57. Maryette.
58. Martha.
45. GEORGE H., son of Aranda and Laura (Barber) Birge, m. Mar. 14, 1838, Sallie B., dau. of Norris B. Barber of Harwinton ; lived on his father's farm, a little north of his grandfather. She was born July 26, 1816, d. Oct. 19, 1877. He d. Oct. 30, 1877. Children :
59. Laura E., b. Apr. 22, 1843, m. Theo- dore H. Reed, Mar. 29, 1864, d. Jan. 15, 1871; had Ellen E., b. Dec. 16, 1865;
Harvey B., b. Mar. 18, 1868 ; George H., b. Nov. 20, 1869.
60. Celia M., b. Aug. 4, 1849.
46. WILLARD L, son of Hamlin and Betsey Dutton, m. Nov. 9, 1833, Julia A. dau. of Bissell Merrill. She was b. Apr. 15, 1815. He resides on the Levi Thrall place ; is a farmer and dealer in cattle. Children :
61. Willard H., b. Mar. 20, 1841 ; was killed by the bursting of a cannon at Wol- cottville July 4, 1856.
East Hampton, Mass.
63. Luther M., b. Feb. 20, 1848, d. eleven months of age.
62. Carrie E., b. June 3, 1843, m. Henry 64. Lida J., b. June 6, 1857.
F. Pomeroy, Dec. 1, 1870; resides in
52. EDWARD B., son of Roswell and Amanda (Whiting) Birge, m. Anna E. Miiler of New Hartford, Nov. 24, 1863 ; lives on the farm with the father. Children :
65. Merton E., b. Nov. 10, 1864.
66. James E., b. Sept. 5, 1866.
53. ALLSTINE, son of Roswell and Amanda (Whiting) Birge, m. Eliza M. Hewitt, Sept. 26, 1869 ; lives half mile south of his father's, east side of the street. Children :
67. Wilbur Hewitt, b. July 19, 1863, 68. Lizzie Amanda, b. Oct. 8, 1864, drowned with his sister in the brook Feb. drowned Feb. 14, 1867.
14, 1867, in each other's arms.
55. WILBUR, son of Roswell and Amanda (Whiting) Birge, m. Julia A , dau. of Isaac P. Waterman of Torringford April 1, 1870 ; lives in Wolcott- ville ; clerk in Charles McNeil's drug store.
BIRNEY, ROBERT, the present owner and occupant of the farm known as the Demas Coe place situated within the limits of Wolcottville, was b. May 19, 1842, and spent his earlier years in the town of Southeast, Putnam county, N. Y. He came to New Hartford, Ct., in 1859, and united with the Baptist church there the same year. He was among the first who responded to the first call for troops to defend the national capital and was among the last to leave the service when the war was ended, having been mustered into the U. S. service May 7th, 1861, and his second discharge dating May 15, 1865.
He removed to Wolcottville in 1871, and since that time has been engaged in farming. He had an active part in consolidating the several school districts in the village and their reorganization as a graded school, serving as first distriet committee under the new order of things.
He m. Mary A. Henderson Nov. 28, 1859. She was b. in Montreal, Canada, Oct. 18, 1842. Her parents removed from Canada to New York city where they resided until 1856, when they removed to New Hartford where she united with the Baptist church in 1859. Children : Nellie E., b. Dec. 6, 1861. Mary J., b. Sept. 2, 1870.
Ina B., b. Sept. 2, 1866.
Grace H., b. Mar. 21, 1876.
Emma L., b. Dec. 10, 1867.
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BISSELL, JOHN, who came to Windsor is the only one known to have come to this country. Tradition asserts that this John, with a brother Thomas, came from Somersetshire, England, to Plymouth, in 1628. The latter died at Plymouth or returned to England. The family is probably of Huguenot descent, many of whom fled to England to escape the persecutions which followed the massacre of St. Bartholomew's day in 1572. John came to Windsor about 1640. He was the first settler on the east side of the Con- necticut. He died Oct. 3, 1677, a. 86 years ; his wife died May 21, 1641. Children :
1. John, b. in England. 4. Samuel.
2. Thomas, b. in England. 5. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 24, 1640.
3. Mary, b. in England, m. Jacob Drake, Apr. 12, 1649.
6. Joice, b .; m. Samuel Pinney, Nov. 7, 1665.
I. JOHN, JR., son of John, married Izreel Mason, of Saybrook, June 17, 1658 ; she d. Mar. 29, 1665 ; of a second wife married in 1669, there is no reliable record. He d. in 1693. Children :
7. Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1659.
8. John, b. May 4, 1661.
IO. Dorothy, b. Aug. 10, 1665.
12. Ezekiel, b. Apr. 30, 1673, d. near Al- bany Oct. 17, 1709.
9. Daniel, b. Sept. 29, 1663. 13. Ann, b. Apr. 28, 1675, m. Capt. Daniel White, of Windsor.
II. Josiah, b. Oct. 10, 1670. 14. Jeremiah, b. June 22, 1677.
9. DANIEL, son of John and Izreel (Mason) Bissell, m. Margaret Dewey, of Westfield, Oct. 27, 1692. He d. Dec. 9, 1738 ; she d. Nov. 27, 1712. Children :
15. Daniel, b. Oct. 31, 1694. 18. Ezekiel, b. Sept. 6, 1706.
16. Margaret, b. Mar. 19, 1698.
19. Ann, b. Jan. 6, 1709.
17. Mary, b. Nov. 17, 1701, m Nathaniel Gilbert, of Colcester.
II. JOSIAH, son of Jacob and Izreel (Mason) Bissell, married widow Miriam Hayden Dec. 10, 1703 ; she d. July 8, 1747, a. 66. Children : 20. Josiah, b. Nov. 17, 1714. 21, 1776, a. 63.
21. Amelia, b. - , d. at Reading, Dec. 22. Benjamin, b. - , 1719-20.
18. EZEKIEL, son of Daniel and Margaret (Dewey) Bissell, m. Ruth, dau. of Rev. Ebenezer Devotion of Windham, Dec. 13, 1742 ; removed to Suffield, and in 1757, to Torringford. He was a cooper and farmer, and purchased one hundred and forty acres of land at first, in 1757, and afterwards added to it until he owned about five hundred acres upon which he settled his four sons ; Hezekiah on the homestead ; Ezekiel next north ; Eliphaz next, and Ebenezer next ; all the dwellings on the west side of Torringford street, nearly a mile north of the present meeting house. Children :
22. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 25, 1743, m
23. Eliphaz, b. Oct. 11, 1744, m.
24. Ezekiel, b. March 14, 1746, m.
25. Margaret, b. Oct. 28, 1747, d. Dec. 3, 1747.
26. Ann, b. Sept. 3, 1748, d. Sept. 6, 1748. 27. Ruth, b. April 17, 1750, d. Nov. 22,
1827, a. 77. 28. Margaret, b. June 14, 1754, m. - Hinman, and Capt. Elijah Gaylord.
29. Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1756.
30. Hezekiah, b. Sept. 7, 1758, m.
31. Keziah, b. Dec. 29, 1762, d. Sept. 23, 1819, a. 57.
22. EBENEZER, son of Ezekiel and Ruth (Devotion ) Bissell, m Roberts; set- tled on a part of his father's farm on Torringford street. Children :
32. Pericles, b .; d. a. 21 years. Y., d. Sept. 1856, had Marcus, Byron and Frederick ; all lived near Syracuse.
33. John, b .; a physician, settled in Onon- daga Co., N. Y.
34. Elizur, b. ; m., settled in Syracuse, N.
35. Peletiah, b .; d. at Volney, N. Y .; had Lucius and Erasmus.
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23. ELIPHAZ, son of Ezekiel and Ruth (Devotion) Bissell, m. Elizabeth, daughter of David and Elizabeth Birge of Torringford. Children :
36. Eliphaz, b .; m. (See Biography).
37. Catlin, b. ; lived in Torringford, and d. in 1817.
39. A daughter, b.
40. A daughter, b.
38. Hezekiah, b .; d. in Texas, in 1837
24. EZEKIEL, son of Ezekiel and Ruth (Devotion) Bissell, m. Lucretia Spencer, Dec. 9, 1779. He d. in Torringford, Oct. 1, 1834, a. 88 years. She d. in 1833. Children :
41. Ezekiel, b.
42. Theodocia, b. June 24, 1784, m. Wm. Smith, in Potsdam, N. Y.
43. Apollos, b. Jan. II, 1786, not m .; d. in Charlotte, Vt.
44. Samuel, b. Jan. 14, 1789, m. went to
Canton, N. Y.
45. Fitch, b. Aug. 19, 1791, d. at Zanes- ville, N. Y., July 26, 1849.
46. Cyrus, b. Dec. 9, 1793, d. at Hartford, Wis., June 3, 18 57.
47. Roderick, b. July 17, 1796, m.
51. Lucretius, b. ; m. dau. of Joseph Loomis and lived at Austinburg, O.
Bissell, m. and settled in Syracuse,
52. Marcus, b., lived near Syracuse.
53. Byron, b., lived near Syracuse.
54. Frederick, b., lived near Syracuse.
36. DR. ELIPHAZ, son of Eliphaz and Elizabeth (Birge) Bissell, m. Diantha Norton, Dec. 29, 1806. He d. in Conn. in 1829, (see Biog.) Children : 55. Samuel. 57. Charles.
56. Henry.
41. EZEKIEL, son of Ezekiel and Lucretia (Spencer) Bissell, m. and removed to Madrid, N. Y., where he d. in 1833.
58. Frederick, a lawyer at Dubuque, Iowa, had Rollin, Ralph of St. Lawrence Co. N.Y.
47. RODERICK, son of Ezekiel and Lucretia (Spencer) Bissell, m. Fanny, daughter of Elijah Gaylord, May 11, 1824 ; lived in the old homestead of his father and grandfather in Torringford. Was an active, influential man, with more than an ordinary spirit of enterprise and general information. He d. Feb. 10, 1875, a. 78 years. Children : 59. Gaylord, M.D., b. Feb. 1825, m. Emily nie Bell, b. Aug. 8, 1864; Anna E., b. Oct. 24, 1867, d. Feb. 14, 1875. Tallmadge Nov. 7, 1849 ; resides at Lov- ilia, Iowa, has a son Edwin R. (See Biog.) 62. John Edgar, b. Mar. 15, 1833, m. Leah Byerly Sept. 15, 1870, lives at Frederick, Iowa. 60. Charles R., b. May 18, 1831 ; m. Anna Henn, 1866, a physician in Colorado. (See Biog.) 63. Esther Ann, b. Apr. 19, 1835.
61. Mary Jane, b. Mar. 4, 1829, m. Merritt Bronson Nov. 1, 1855 ; had Edgar M., b. Aug. 9, 1862, d. Feb. 25, 1876; Fan-
64. Virgil R., b. Dec. 80, 1841, m. Nettie Owens, lives in Lovilia, Iowa.
22. BENJAMIN, son of Josiah, and first cousin to Ezekiel, who settled in Torringford, m. Mary Strong and came to Torringford in 1745,' and was the second settler in Torringford. His house was on the east side of the street a little north of Shubael Griswold's house. Here Mr. Bissell kept tavern quite a number of years.
1 So says the Bissell Genealogy.
30. HEZEKIAH, son of Ezekiel and Ruth (Devotion) Bissell, m. Margaret Mills, lived near his father's homestead, and d. Jan. 30, 1792. Children : 48. Luman, b .; d. young. 50. Henry, b .; lives at Austinburg, O.
49. Peter Mills, b. ; m. removed to Austin- burg, Ohio; had Platt, lives at Kent, Ct.
34. ELIZUR, son of Ebenezer and where he d. Sept., 1856. Children :
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He died Sept. 12, 1790, a. 71. His widow died Aug. 17, 1806, a. 86. Children :
65. Benjamin, b. at Torrington. a. 75; not m.
66. Mary, b. - -, m. Samuel Austin, 69. Elisha.
Oct., 1778.
70. Lorain, b. March 6, 1755, m. Ebenezer
67. Oliver, b. -- , d. Oct. 18, 1828, a. Miller, Dec. 6, 1832.
71. Martha, b. - , m. Daniel Winchell. 86.
68. Return, b. , d. Nov. 25, 1832.
72. Elijah.
65. BENJAMIN, JR., son of Benjamin and Mary (Strong) Bissell, m. Silence Winchell, April 21, 1778 ; d. at Harwinton, June 1, 1829. Children :
73. Porter, b. March, 22, 1779. 75. Benjamin, b. Nov. 7, 1782.
74. Almira, b. Sept. 22, 1780. 76. Horace, b. Nov. 18, 1786.
69. ELISHA, son of Benjamin and Mary (Strong) Bissell, m. Rhoda dau. of Ebenezer F. Bissell. He d. June 6, 1812, a 58. Children :
77. Edwin, b. Aug. 1795. 79. Rhoda, b. July 12, 1823.
78. Esther, b. Sept. 27, 1797. 80. Henry, b. Nov. 8.
72. ELIJAH, son of Benjamin and Mary (Strong, Bissell, m. Rachel dau. of David Soper, Jan. 22, 1789. He died Feb. 23, 1825, a. 63. Children :
81. Elijah, b. 28, 1791, d. in Ohio.
82. Hannibal C., b. April 10, 1793, went to Ohio.
87. George.
88. Rachel.
84. Edward, b .; went to Detroit.
93. George L.
85. Nancy.
73. PORTER, son of Elijah and Rachel (Soper) Bissell, m. Mary Tucker. Children :
91. George P., b. May 14, 1833, d. Aug. 33, 1804.
98. Elizabeth, b. April 23, 1816, d. May 1, 1847.
92. Ann W., b. Nov. 21, 1804. 99. Mary E., b. June 17, 1818.
93. George P., b. March 27, 1836. Ico. Lucy, b. June 25, 1820.
94. Martin, b. Feb. 26, 1828. William, b. Feb. 7, 1822, d. Feb. 22, at Rockville, Ct.
96. John. b. Oct. 18, 1811.
97. Rosetta F., b. Nov. 27, 1813.
93. COL. GEORGE P., m .; lived on the Hezekiah Eno place, and he and his wife d. and were buried in the same grave in 1876.
BISSELL, BENJAMIN, m. Betsey daughter of Chester Brooker, Oct. 24, 1749. Children :
I. Ellen G., b. Dec. 9, 1856, m. Dec. 25, 1871, Lewis Brague, has ; Lewis, b. Dec. 25, 1872; Paul, b. June 25, 1874; d. March 10, 1875; Mabel, b. Jan. 22. 18-6.
4. Ruth M., 5. Nov. 16, 1861. 5. Andrew J., D. May 16, 1864. 6 Melissa P., b. April 15, 1866, d. March 6, 1874. 7. Grace A., b. Feb. 6, 1868.
2. Mary J., b. Sept. 1, 1857.
3. Jennie B., b. Nov. 17, 1859.
8. Benjamin B., b. Sep :. 17, 1871. 9. John C., b. March 2, 1873.
BLAKE, JOSEPH, came to Torrington, about 1760, probably from Middle- town, and was engaged in the carding mill across the river opposite the Wilson's saw mill, and afterwards in the one that stood near the rock opposite the present woolen mill. He m. Aug. 27, 1767, Manara, dau. of Wm. Grant, who d. in Wolcottville. Children :
I. Seth, b. Dec. 7, 1767. 4. Barzillai, b. Nov. 5, 1772.
2. Jesse, b. July 2, 1769, d. May 22, 1773. 5. Jesse, D. Dec. 14, 1775. 6. Lorrain, b. Dec. 27, 1778.
3. Sarah, b. Nov. 22, 1779.
86. Mary.
83. Leonard, b. -, went to Georgia. 89. Lucius.
95. Lebeus P., b. Jan. 8, 1813; a merchant 1825. 102. Catharine, b. Oct. 27, 1823, d. Oct. 31, 1849.
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BARZILLAI, son of Joseph, m. Ruth Murry, Sept. 27, 1798. Children. 7. William, b. Sept. 25, 1799. 8. Ruby, b. Dec. 20, 1800.
ELIJAH, probably brother to Joseph, m. Sarah Hamlin, Nov. 27, 1779, then both of Middletown, Ct. He was a tanner at Griswold's corners, Tor- ringford. Children :
1. Sally, b. Dec. 12, 1780, in Torringford, 5. Harry, b. June 29, 1788.
d. June 17, 1793.
6. Ithiel, b. Aug. 1, 1790.
2. Polly, b. Sept. 15, 1782.
7. Allen, b. May 19, 1792.
3. Elijah, b. June 26, 1784. 8. Sally, b. Dec. 16, 1794.
4. Jonathan, b. Aug. 17, 1786. 9. Maria, b. Oct. 18, 1797.
BOSTWICK, DR. WILLIAM, and his wife Philomela, and family resided in the town about ten years. He built the house afterwards owned by and the residence of Dr. Elijah Lyman. Children recorded in Torrington :
I. Wm. Frederick, b. June 8, 1798. 3. Harmon B., b. Mar. 23, 1805.
2. Eliza Potter, b. Feb. 6, 1800.
BRACE, ARIAL, fourth son of Henry Brace Sen., miller and carpenter of West Hartford, baptized Aug. 7, 1748, came to Torrington previous to 1771. He received by his father's will, 1789, "twenty pounds hard money." He m. Deborah dau. of Aaron Loomis, Jr., of Torrington, and bought of Reuben Thrall, land of the first division, lot 126, 43 acres, deed dated 1771, and was the farm, probably where he lived many years, on Goshen turnpike, next house east of Mr. Willard Birge's present dwelling. He d. She d. Mar. 13, 1839, a. 87. Children :
I. Jared, b. Dec. 7, 1773, went to Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y., d. July 13, 1818, a. 44.
2. Willis, b. Aug. 31, 1779, d. in Torring- ton with lockjaw from a cut on his toe, Apr. 12, 1810.
3. Rial, b. July 8, 1781, went to Camden, N. Y., d. May 4, 1859, a. 80.
4. Truman, b. Aug. 11, 1783, d. in Ill., Jan. 18, 1855, a. 72.
5. Semantha, b. Dec. 10, 1784, m. Reuben
Merriman of T., removed to Litchfield thence to Cheshire, Ct., where she d. Sept. 7, 1814
6. Harlan, b. Aug. 1787, m.
7. Rodney, b. May 1, 1790, m. Jerusha Eggleston of T., no children, d. Oct. 10, 1862, a. 72.
8. Lucy, b. Mar. 12, 1793, m. Alanson Morris in 1812, and lived on the home- stead.
6. HARLAN, son of Rial and Deborah (Loomis) Brace m. Parlia Johnson of Harwintown. He was a cooper and lived in Torrington hollow. He d. Nov. 11, 1857, a. 70. Children :
I. Electa, m. Charles Hotchkiss.
2. Rhoda, m. David Evans.
3. Lois, m. Charles Benham, of Naugatuck.
4. Parlia Ann, m. Lewis Butler, of Harwinton.
5. Wallace, works at skate shop.
BRADLEY, CAPT SAMUEL, son of Nehemiah, of Litchfield, m. Chloe Rossiter, of Harwinton, and kept the hotel, now the American House, many years. Children :
I. Amanda, m. Dr. Erastus Bancroft. 4. Albert, m. a Miss Hunt, kept the Allen House a time, then the American House.
3. Emeline, m. Wm. Bissell, removed
to Massachusetts, where both died.
6. Samuel.
BRADLEY, SEYMOUR, and Tryphena Grant North, both of Torrington, m. May 30, 1791. Children :
I. Ralph, b. June 17, 1791.
4. Laura, b. July 24, 1796.
2. Almeda, b. May 13, 1793.
5. Seymour, b. Mar. 15, 1798.
3. Elvira, b. Dec. 10, 1794.
2. Clarissa, m. Salmon Hunt, removed to Bridgeport, where both died.
5. Caroline, d. in Wolcottville.
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GENEALOGIES.
BRADY, GEN. ALLEN G., son of James W., and Mary S. Brady of Mid- dlesex county, Mass., was b. Feb. 13, 1822. He m. Lucinda, daughter of Daniel and Clarissa Chandler of Hartford, Conn., July 10, 1842. He was engaged a time in East Haddam, in a cotton mill and came to Wolcottville, in 1845, to superintend the cotton mill, then just erected on the site of the old woolen mill, in which business he continued many years. He has now a dry goods store and shirt manufactory. (See Biography.) Children :
I. William Edgar, b. April 22, 1843. 4. James Wolfe, b. Jan. 13, 1851, d. Nov. 22, 1854.
2. Mary Jane, b. July 12, 1845, m. Henry E. Hotchkiss, Dec. 1, 1866.
5. Lucinda Estella, b. Oct. 24, 1862.
3. Amanda Jane, b. July 11, 1847, d. Sept. 30, 1848.
I. WILLIAM E., son of Allen G. and Lucinda (Chandler) Brady, m. Mary daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth A. Campbell of Fayetteville, N. C., Dec. 28, 1868. He served as sergeant major in the late war and thereby became acquainted with this lady and persuaded her to come to his Wolcottville home. He is engaged with his father in the dry goods store on Main street, south of the bridge. Children :
6. Mary E., b. Jan. 23, 1871, in Wolcott- 7. Lizzie M., b. Aug. 31, 1875, Fayettville, ville.
N. C.
BROOKER, JOHN, is found in Guilford, Ct., in 1695, and his wife Mary. This is the first trace found of this family in this country. There was a George Brooker in Boston, in 1635, who removed to Virginia. It is probable that this John Brooker was in Boston, some little time before he came to Guilford, as he continued to transact business with leading men of that city, until his de- cease. He is said to have been of East Guilford, (now Madison) and his six children are recorded in Guilford, but the seventh is not. He bought land in Killingworth (now Clinton), in 1708 ; bounded easterly on Indian river near the town plot, with " dwelling house, barn, orchard and other privileges" for £100. He was a shipwright and followed this business apparently until his decease. In his will dated 1742, he provides that: " Whereas I have had former dealings with sundry merchants in Boston, viz : Simeon Stodard, John Eyre, Thomas Salvage, Sen., Thomas Salvage, Jr., Charles Chauncey, Francis Foxcroft, Edward Proctor and William Keen, accounts of my executors being made up with them, each of them shall have a share in what I leave in propor- tion as above said." The remainder of his property, after paying all claims, he divides to his four sons or their children, saying nothing about his two daughters nor his son Edward. The inventory of his property amounted to £472,17.11. He united with the old church in Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1711, and his wife Mary in 1714. He does not mention his wife in his will and hence she was probably not then living. Children :
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