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109. Harriet Whitman, b. Sept. 2, 1848, d. Sept. 4, 5848.
113. Mary Cleaveland, b. July 22, 1856, d. 1857.
IIO. Alien Whitman, b. Aug. 27, 1851, d. April, 1852.
114. Anna Caroline, b. Oct., 1858.
81. REV. JAMES R., son of Rev. Daniel and Anna (Keyes) Coe, m. Oct. 4, 1848, Mary Cleaveland, b. Dec. 23, 1830. He was a minister of the Pro- testant Episcopal church. Children :
115. Anna Higley, b. Aug. 10, 1849. 118. Charles Cleveland, b. June 13, 1855.
116. Sarah Whitman, b. Jan. 13, 1851. 119. Mary Cleaveland, b. Dec. 17, 1857.
117. George Jarvis, b. May 7, 1853.
21. EBENEZER, son of Robert and Barbara (Parmele) Coe, of Durham, m. Jane -, and settled in Torrington, a little later than his brother Jonathan; his house standing where Mr. Alonzo Whiting's spring house now stands, and hence just across the highway from Priest Roberts. In after years the remark was made of him that there was no man in town as well off as Capt. Coe. He was one of the leading men in forming the strict Congregational church, and building the second meeting house. Children :
120. Eunice, b. April 29, 1742, m. Joseph Hoskins, Jr., Aug. 20, 1761.
121. Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1744, m. Asahel
Wilcox, Sept. 13, 1762.
122. Rozel, b. Sept. 20, 1746, m. Esther Bancroft.
122. ROSWELL, son of Ebenezer and Jane Coe, m. Esther Bancroft, April 22, 1766. He kept a tavern a number of years a little south of the crossing of the roads on Goshen turnpike, near Alonzo Whiting's. He began for him- self it is said, with more property than any other young man of his day, but with the keeping of a tavern, and signing notes for other people, which he finally had to pay, he lost all his property and d. poor. He and his wife d. in the old Dea. Whiting house and were buried in the same grave. They had no children.
47. ABIJAH, son of Robert and Chloe (Thrall) Coe, m. Sibyl, daughter of Israel Baldwin, of Goshen, Oct. 18, 1792, and settled in Goshen, East street, a blacksmith, where he remained until 1810, when he came to Torrington, near Wist pond, where he resided until the decease of his wife. She d. April 5, 1848. He d. in Wolcottville, April 8, 1852. Children :
123. Chloe, b. Mar. 5, 1793, m. Ira Mott Sophia C., b. Dec. 24, 1816; Flora, b. in 1813, and lived in Winchester. He Dec. 22, 1818; Asahel, b. March 27, 1820, d. Dec. 30, 1825 ; Ira, b. April 5, 1822, d. April 8, 1824; Emerson, b.
d. Mar. 20, 1846, she d. in 1877. They had : Edward W., b. Jan. 24, 1814;
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Nov. 1, 1824, d. at sea, Feb. 8, 1845 ; Ellen, b. Aug. 17, 1826; Wakeman, b. June 21, 1830 ; Chloe Ann, b. Nov. 16, 1834; Adeline, b. Feb. 21, 1827.
124. Israel, b. Dec. 14, 1794, m.
125. Flora, b. Feb. 17, 1797, m. Anson Stocking, May 15, 1825. They had : Flora E., b. June 22, 1827 ; Omer C., b. Oct. 14, 1828, Fanny M., b. Dec. 4, 1830; Phila H., b. April 2, 1836 ; Eber N., b. Feb. 14, 1838.
126. Asahel, b. Jan. 28, 1799, m.
127. Norman, b. May 1, 1801, m.
128. Eliza, b. Nov. 27, 1803, m. Chauncey Spencer 1827, and d. Aug. 26, 1830. They had : Homer, b. Aug. 14, 1828.
129. Eber Norton, b. March 7, 1806, m.
130. Sibyl, b. June 29, 1808, d. unm. Sept. II, 1864.
131. Orrel, b. Nov. 25, 1810, m. Samuel J. Stocking, Mar. 22, 1835, d. Dec. 8, 1850.
132. Harvey, b. Jan. 3, 1817, d. Aug., 1839, in Alabama.
124. ISRAEL, son of Abijah and Sibyl (Baldwin) Coe, married Nancy Wet- more Sept. 17, 1817. She was born July 19, 1796, and died Aug. 30, 1838. He married, 2d, Huldah De Forrest Oct. 16, 1839. (See Biography.) Children :
133. Lyman, b. Aug. 14, 1818, d. Apr. 5, 138. Cornelia, b. Feb. 18, 1828, m. Israel 1819.
134. Lyman W., b. Jan. 20, 1820, m.
135. Russell A., b. Nov. 10, 1821, d. Nov. 24, 1867, in Detroit, unmarried.
136. William H., b. Jan. 17, 1824, m.
137. Sarah . M., b. April 27, 1826, m. Je- dediah Hibbard, at Detroit, May 9, 1850. He was born Sept. 13, 1814, and d. Feb. 8, 1856. Their children : Nancy Wet- more, b. April 14, 1851, d. Aug. 30, 1853 ; Charles, b. June 23, 1853 ; Rus- sell Abernethy, b. Mar. 9, 1855, d. Oct. 17, 1868.
Holmes 2d, in Detroit, May 22, 1848. He was born Aug. 10, 1823. He with his family, spent several years after 1863, in England in business engagements. Their children : Martha Cornelia, b. July 17, 1850; Samuel Judd, b. Jan. 14, 1853, d. July 4, 1855; William Coe, b. Aug. 25, 1854 ; Franklin Carter, b. Aug. 21. 1859; Charles Leland, b. Oct. 16, 1863, in England; Frederick Nelson, b. Nov. 12, 1864, in England; Walter Wetmore, b. Oct. 13, 1866, in England. 139. Adelaide E., b. Apr. 26, 1833.
126. ASAHEL, son of Abijah and Sibyl (Baldwin) Coe, married Maria Wetmore, June 2, 1830. She was born May 14, 1805. He resided some years in Wolcottville, being engaged with Geo. D. Wadhams and Webster, in the button business, and in 1838 removed to Waverly, Ill. He had five sons in the late war, all of whom returned home uninjured. They went with Gen. Sherman through Georgia. Children :
140. Charles W., b. March 8, 1831; m .; 144. William, b. Nov. 13, 1841; in the in the late war. late war.
141. Edward B., b. Feb. 22, 1833; in the war; d. at Cheyenne, April 1, 1876.
142. Lauren W., b. July 25, 1835, m. ; in the late war.
173. Louisa M., b. April 18, 1838, m. John M. Van Deren, Springfield, Ill., Sept. 8, 1864.
145. Alfred, b. April 4, 1843; in the late war.
146. Israel, b. Aug. 19, 1847. 147. Sarah Eveline, b. Oct. 31, 1849.
127. NORMAN, son of Abijah and Sibyl (Baldwin) Coe, married Naney Whiting Aug. 26, 1827 ; removed to Alabama, where he resided some years, and thence to Grenada, Mississippi, where he d. Oct. 1, 1859. Children :
148. Irwin B., b. July 15, 1828.
149. Edwin M., b. May 23, 1830.
150. Norman, b. Feb. 22, 1834, d. June 27, 1854.
251. Eber, b. Sept. 5, 1835, d. June 20, 1836.
152. Eliza M., b. Oct. 30, 1837, in Ala- bama.
153. Flora Janette, b. Sept. 3, 1841, in Alabama, d. in Miss., Sept. 10, 1856.
129. EBEN NORTON, son of Abijah and Sibyl ( Baldwin) Coe, married Sarah
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Townsend Apr. 10, 1837. She was born Mar. 4, 1820. He died in Ala- bama Dec. 16, 1857. His wife Sarah died Mar. 13, 1849. Children : 154. Ellen Cornelia, b. April 9, 1838. 156. Marion Napoleon, b. Aug. 5, 1847.
155. Martha Frances, b. Aug. 22, 1840. 157. William Harvey, b. Feb. 28, 1849.
134. LYMAN WETMORE, son of Israel and Nancy ( Wetmore) Coe, m. Eliza, daughter of Samuel Seymour, of Wolcottville, Nov. 3, 1841, and has resided some years in Waterbury, but since 1863, in Wolcottville, and is a prominent man in the town, county, and state. ( See Biography.) Children :
148. Adelaide Eliza, b. Oct. 29, 1745, m. W. H. K Godfrey of Waterbury, where they reside. Had : Mary, b. July 16, 1876. 159. Edward Turner, b. June 1, 1846, at- tended school at Mr. F. W. Gunns Wash- ington, Ct., and at Mr. Wm. H. Russell's, military school New Haven; m. Lelia dau. of Amos Wheeler of Wolcottville,
Oct. 9, 1873.
160. Ella Seymour, b. Feb. 24, 1854, m. Oct. 21, 1874, Thomas J. Nichols, of Brooklyn, N. Y., son of Charles M. and Sarah M. (Green) Nichols. Mr. T. J. Nichols is engaged as clerk with the Tur- ner and Seymour company.
136. WILLIAM H., son of Israel and Nancy (Wetmore) Coe, m. Deborah S. Archer, at Waverly, Ill., Nov. 11, 1846. She was b. Sept. 1, 1824. Children : 161. Frederick Archer, b. Aug. 12, 1847. 163. Charles Henry.
162. Franklin Lyman, b. Apr. 8, 1850, d. 164. William Augustus.
Aug. 30, 1867, at Appleton, Wis.
140. CHARLES W., son of Asahel and Maria (Wetmore) Coe, m. Phebe Crawford in Iowa. Children :
165. Louisa M., b. Oct. 26, 1857.
166. Franklin, b. Oct. 12, 1859.
142. LAUREN W., son of Asahel and Maria (Wetmore) Coe, m. Martha E. Jarins, Aug. 31, 1858. She was b. July 1, 1837. Child :
167. Russell J., b. July 22, 1859.
28. WILLIAM, son of Robert and Barbara (Parmela) Coe, of Durham, and being a younger brother of Jonathan and Ebenezer, came to Torrington some years later than they, and purchased in 1752, twenty-eight acres of land in the southwestern part of the town. Whom he m. is not known ; the town records giving the names of only two children. He and his wife united with the Torrington church in 1757, and afterwards removed to Torringford where he d. in 1766. Children :
168. Seth, b. Dec. 21, 1757, m.
169. William, b. March 23, 1764, nothing is known about him.
168. CAPT. SETH, son of William Coe, was in the Revolution eight years, enlisting when seventeen years of age, leaving his mother a widow. After the war he settled in the southeast corner of the town on a farm, still known by his name. He drew a pension many years, living to be quite aged, and was always ready to tell stories to the young people about the war. He m. first Hopkins, second Elmer, sister of Abiathar. Children by Ist wife :
170. Lucianna, b .; m. --- Scoville.
By 2d wife :
171. Luranna, b., never m. 173. Marilla, b.
172. Henry, b. Sept. 2, 1792, m. 174. Sylvester, b.
172. HENRY, son of Seth and (Elmer) Coe, m. Sophrona, daughter of Alexander Elmer, March 16, 1815, and lived on his father-in-law's farm until 1836, when he removed to Wolcottville, where he had purchased fifty
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acres of land and built him a house, on South Main street, where he lived until his death, Jan. 4, 1862. Children :
175. Henry P., b. Aug. 3, 1877, m. Ist Mary dau. of Porter Bissell, 2-, and removed to Clayton, Ill., and has five child.en.
176. Sophrona E., b. Sept. 16, 1820, d. Mar. 16, 1836.
177. Jane E., b Nov. 20, 1824, m. Samuel A. Healy of Torrington, lives Canton, Ct.
178. Oliver P., b. Apr. 25, 1828, m.
179. Laurana, b. Dec. 20, 1830, d. Jan. 18, 1833.
180. James E., b. Jan. 16, 1834, went to Chicago, where he m. and has five children.
181. Nelson W., b. Jan. 2, 1837.
178. OLIVER P., son of Henry and Sophronia (Elmer) Coe, m. Annie Ash- born, Sept. 1, 1864, who d. July 14, 1874. He m. second Lucy A. Upson, of Wolcott, Oct. 19, 1876. He is foreman in the Coe Furniture Manufactory. Children :
182. William Henry, b. Aug. 13, 1865, d. Sept. 18, 1866.
July 19, 1871. 185. Sophronia Isabel, b. Feb. 17, 1872.
183. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 12, 1867. 186. Oliver Elmer, b. Apr. 20, 1874.
184. Harry Elmer, b. Oct. 28, 1869, d.
181. NELSON W., son of Henry and Sophronia (Elmer) Coe, m. Caroline E., daughter of Samuel Workman, Sept. 19, 1862, lives on North Main street. Children ;
187. Frank E., b .; d. young.
188. Grace F., b. June, 1866.
189. Frank E., b. Feb., 1872.
COLT. The name of Dutton Colt appears often in English history. He was dispossessed of his estate for opposing popery, and afterwards regained it by valiant service for his country, and was granted one of the coat of arms of the Colt family. He was probably son of Sir Oliver Colt. We read during the 15th century, also, of Sir Thomas, Sir Henry and Sir George Colt. It is yrobable the line of descent is as follows :
SIR PETER, a peer in England, son of Sir John Dutton Colt.
JOHN, son of Sir Peter Colt.
JOHN, son of John. JOHN, son of John.
JOHN, son of John, who was born in England about the year 1625, came from Colchester, England, during the troubles of George I, at the age of eleven years. In 1638 he removed from Dorchester, Mass., to Hartford, with a col- onv that came thither during that year. He afterwards married ยท Skin- ner and settled in Windsor. He probably married for a 2d wife, Mary Fitch, daughter of Joseph Fitch, from whom he received land in Windsor for love and good will. He was one of the early settlers on the east side of the river, and was much troubled with the Indians. In 1665, he subscribed six shillings to raise the minister's salary. He lived to the age of 105 years.
JOHN, son of John and Mary Fitch Colt, was born in 1658.
BENJAMIN, son of John Colt, born in Conn., in 1700, was one of the early proprietors of Harwinton, though probably he never lived there himself. In 1735, he deeds, "for the natural love and good will I do have for my son John, all my land in Harwinton."
JOHN, married Mercy Higley and lived about one-half mile east and then one-half mile north of the present church in Harwinton. Children :
I. Jonathan Higley b. Oct. 13, 1735. 5. Ruth, b. Dec. 14, 1742.
2. Anna, b. May 6, 1737.
6. John, b. March 16, 1745.
3. Mary, b. April 5, 1739. 7. Ann, b. Nov. 17, 1747.
4. John, b. Feb. 19, 1741.
8. Dorothy, b, Sept. 10, 1753.
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I. JONATHAN HIGLEY, son of John and Mercy (Higley) Colt, married Oct. 12, 1761, Mary Tuttle of Harwinton, born Mar. 22, 1741, and died Oct. 17, 1822. Children :
9; John, b. Sept. 9, 1762.
IO. Eliphalet, b. Feb. 12, 1764, m. Huldah Adams, settled in Otis, Mass., removed and d. in Ohio in extreme old age.
II. Anson, b. July 19, 1766.
12. Allen, b. March 4, 1769, m. Polly Webster, had several children : Allen, Polly, Nancy and others.
13. Truman, b. Jan. 13, 1771.
14. Milicent, b. Jan. I., 1773 ; m. Ist, Ruel Gridley, 2d Abel Gridley.
15. Rhoda, b. Jan. 11, 1775 ; m. Benjamin
Hopkins.
16. Sarah, b. Oct. 3, 1776 ; m. Darius Wil- son. Had a son Darius who m. Clarissa Treadway.
17. Pollythi, b. Dec. 20, 1778; m. James Wilson, lived in Paris, Canada.
18. Huldah, b. Aug. 7, 1780, m. Silas Gridley, had Eliza, Sally, Belinda, Silas Riley.
19. Electa, b. April 15, 1785 ; m. and set- tled in Western New York.
9. JOHN, son of Jonathan Higley and Mary (Tuttle ) Colt, m. Ruth Gilbert, Dec. 7, 1785, and lived in Harwinton ; she d. June 11th, 1792 ; he m. 2d, Chloe Bull, June 5, 1793. Children by ist wife :
20. Belinda, b. Sept. 7, 1786, m. Edward Bartholomew, and is still living and in her 92d year. Her son, John Bartholomew, Children by 2d wife :
22. Gilbert, b. April 19, 1794.
23. Lyman, b. March 22, 1796.
24. Riley, b. Dec. 4, 1797.
25. Wolcott, b. July 11, 1801, m. Sept. 10, 1826, Polly Tomkins ; Their children were : I. James W , b. June 20, 1827 ; II. Charles, b. March 3, 1829 ; III. John Riley, b. Jan. Ist, 1831 ; IV. Cornelius, b. Feb. Ist, 1833 ; v. Char-
m. Almira Strong.
21. John, b. Dec. 23d, 1788, m. Mary Grimes Dec., 1819.
lotte, b. Feb. 12, 1835; VI. Mary, b. April 8, 1837 ; VII. Lyman, b. Feb. 12, 1839; VIII. Caroline, b. Jan. 20, 1841 ; IX. Adaline, b. March 5, 1842 ; VIII. Julia, b. Sept. 12, 1844; x. Martha, b. April 30, 1848 ; XI. Ruth, b. Dec. 7, 1849.
26. Elias, b. Aug 4, 1803.
27. Elias, 2d, b. Feb. 14, 1807.
13. TRUMAN, the fifth son of Jonathan Higley and Mary (Tuttle) Colt, m. Anna Forbes, and settled in East Han, had two children :
28. Willis, b. , traveled south and d. in New Haven. Children : I. Edwin, m. lived and d. in Stockton, Cal .; II. Francis, m. S. B. Jerome of New Haven ; III. Orilla: Sarah, m. R. S. Stillman of North Haven; Anson T., b. June 30, 1822, m. Dec. 31, 18-, Mary Ann Tomlinson,
residedin New Haven, and later in New York. Children: 1. William Tomlinson; II. Frederic Sherman ; III. Mary Henrietta ; IV. Charles Frederic ; v. Sherman Pres- cott ; VI. Charlotte Jannett ; VII. William Edward ; VIII. James Bennett.
II. ANSON, the third son of Jonathan Higley and Mary (Tuttle) Colt, m. Feb. 23d, 1792, Chloe, daughter of Jabez and Ann Gillett.
He came from Harwinton to Torringford when twenty-one years of age, and was married when twenty-six. He built, first, the second house south of the present Torringford church on the same side of the road, also the shop standing near; he afterwards lived in the large two story house standing where James Woodward's house now stands, one-half mile north of the church. About the year 1813 he removed to Greenwoods, and after living in the one story brown house three years, built, in 1816, the substantial house now occupied by George Colt. Here they lived and fulfilled well the mission assigned them, and were gathered to their heavenly home at a ripe old age, Mrs. Colt retain- ing her mental faculties perfectly to the age of 96 years. In visiting their rela- tives and friends in Windsor and Otis, Mass., the journey was performed on horseback, the mother taking a child on a pillow, and the father taking a younger
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one on a pillow in front of his saddle. He died Oct. 28th, 1848, aged 82 years. Children :
34. Nancy, b. Jan. 15, 1793, m. Ralzimon Loomis, July 11, 1819, removed to Char- lestown, Ohio, making the journey with oxen and cart in 40 days (See Loomis Family). She d. Jan. 30, 1876.
35. Anson, b. Jan. II, 1795.
36. Chloe, b. Feb. 12, 1797, m. Feb. 14, 1830, to Leverett Tuttle. (See Tuttle Family.
37. Henry, b. Nov. 25, 1800.
38. Charlotte, b. Feb. 21, 1803, m. Burton Pond, Oct. 5, 1829, and had children :
Cornelius, b. June 19, 1831, d. March 26, 1834. Marcellus, b Oct. 28, 1833; d. May 22, 1857 ; Charlotte Ann, b. May 6, 1840 ; m. May 30, 1861, to Nathan Bronson, who was b. Nov. 20, 1837. She d. Dec. 7, 1871. Children : 1. Alice, b. Aug. 23, 1862; II. Henry B., b. Sept. 6, 1864, d. June 8, 1865 ; III. Joseph S., b. Aug. 22, 1866, d. June 17, 1870, IV. Wilbur N., b. Nov. 29, 1870; d. June 11, 1876.
39. Cornelia, b. Dec. 20, 1843.
35. COL. ANSON, son of Anson and Chloe (Gillett) Colt, married Sept. 12, 1824, Mary Ann Newberry Barber. He traveled south in the mercantile business while a young man, and settled as a farmer on the opposite side of the street to his father. He possesssed sound mind, good judgment, and business ability. He died Aug. 16, 1865. Children : 40. Christopher, b. May 14, 1829 ; m. Sept. May 23, 1862 ; II. James C., b. March 28, 1851, Francis Chidsey who d. Aug. 17, 1869. 15, 1858 ; he m. 2d Sarah Barber, Oct. 41. John Anson, b. April 3, 1836; d. July 23, 1859. 29, 1860 .. Children : I. John B., b.
37. HENRY, son of Anson and Chloe (Gillett) Colt, married Chloe Catlin Oct. 19, 1829. He also traveled south, trading in dry goods, and afterwards settled on his father's homestead where he lived, honored for his piety and in- tegrity, and died Nov. 22, 1876 Children :
42. Henry Gillett, b. Nov. 2, 1832 ; m. Nettie Griswold (b. June 24, 1849), Mar. 19, 1874 ; lives in Winsted. Children : Ella Chloe, d. Dec. 19, 1874; Florence A., b. Jan. 7, 1876; Henry Lane, b. July 15, 1877.
43. Maria C., b. Sept. 6, 1834; m. David Strong, b. Aug. 17, 1825; Sept. 14, 1857 ; d. Feb. 2, 1865, had John Henry, b. Sept. Ist, 1859; d. Aug. 20, 1860.
44. George Kellogg, b. Oct. 26, 1838 ; m. Dec. 24, 1863 ; Margarette E. Griswold, daughter of Richard Griswold ; b. Feb. 4,
1843; had Julia Maria, b. July 6, 1866. 45. Emerette S., b. Nov. 21, 1841 ; m. David Strong, June 7, 1866. Children : Frederick Clark, b. May 12, 1867. Ar- thur David, b. Apr. 7, 1870; d. Feb. 2, 1871 ; Herbert Gillett, b . Dec. 20, 1871 ; Walter Colt, b. June 15, 1875; d. Jan. 15, 1877.
46. Luman Catlin, b. Jan. 20, 1849 ; m. Oct. 11, 1870, Mary Virginia Tuttle, b. Dec. 2, 1850; lives in Winsted, has Chas. Henry, b. Sept. 24, 1872.
COOK, CAPT. AARON, was b. in Plymouth, England, about 1610, and was at Dorchester, Mass., in 1630; and received a grant of land, voted him, July 5, 1636, in Windsor. He mn. as supposed, a daughter of Henry Smith, of Springfield, son-in-law of William Pyncheon. From Windsor he went to Northampton, where he was a representative, and thence to Hadley, which town he also represented at the Mass. Gen. Court. " Mr. Cooke was a man of great energy, and a devoted friend of the regicide judges, Goffe and Whalley ; while they were in this country, they resided in his neighborhood ; his first wife was a dau. of Thomas Ford ; his second, was Joan, dau. of Nicholas Denslaw ; he had a third and a fourth wife, and d. in the year 1690." ( Hist. Dorchester.) Children :
I. Nathaniel ; no record.
2. Joanna, b. Feb. 21, 1640.
3. Aaron, bapt. Feb. 21, 1640.
4. Miriam, b. March 12, 1642.
5. Moses, b. Nov. 16, 1645.
6. Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1650.
7. Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1653.
8. Noah, b. June 14, 1657 (old ch. Rec., Windsor. )
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I. NATHANIEL, son of Capt. Aaron Cook, m. Lydia Vore, June 29, 1649 ; was made freeman, May 16, 1650. He and his wife were members of the Windsor church. He died May 19, 1688 ; his widow Lydia, d. June 14, 1698. Children :
9. Sarah, b. June 26, 1650. 13. Abigail, b. March 1, 1660.
Io. Lydia, b. Jan. 9, 1652, d. Oct. 24. 14. John, b. Aug. 3, 1662.
II. Hannah, b. Sept. 11, 1655.
15. Josiah, b. Dec. 22, 1664.
12. Nathaniel, b. May 13, 1658.
14. JOHN, son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Vore) Cook, m. and lived in Wind- sor. Children :
16. John.
16. DEA. JOHN, was son of John, the son of Nathaniel (certified by the late Herman Cook, of Wolcottville). This Dea. John Cook, was an original proprietor in 'T'orrington, and is called invariably John Cook, 2d, or junior. He was one of sixteen men, appointed by the towns of Hartford and Windsor, to locate the corner monuments of Torrington, and the other five towns, which were included in Hartford and Windsor's "western lands." Dea. Cook's initials were on stones at the southeast corner of Torrington. 'The record of his family has not been obtained. He d. in 1751. His widow Edee, d. in Torrington, Oct. 29, 1781. Child : 17. John, b. in 1718.
17. DEA. JOHN, son of Dea. John Cook, of Windsor, came to Torrington, in 1740, and was m. to Rachel Wilson, sister to Noah and Amos, June 22, 1741. His father gave him the farm lot, 56, of the first division on which he built so far as is known the first framed house in the town, probably in the spring of 1741, and in this house he lived until his decease ; and the place is still known by his name ; the frame of the house is still standing but has been recovered, and is in good repair. In this house the first church was organized and the first minister ordained, October 21, 1741. Dea. Cook was much honored, and apparently greatly respected as long as he lived. Dea. Cook's mother Ede, d. in 'T'orrington, Oct. 29, 1781. He d. April 8, 1779. His
widow d. April 8, 1789. Children :
18. Rachel, b. May 2, 1742, m. David Soper Jan. 26, 1764.
19. John, b. Aug. 29, 1743, m.
20. Eunice, b. March 5, 1746, m. Ensign Jonathan Coe, Jr., April 15, 1767.
21. Francis, b. Sept. 18, 1747, d. Dec. 23, 1750.
22. Shubael, b. April 21, 1749, m.
23. Sarah, b. Oct. 31, 1750, m. Levi Hurlbut July 26, 1777.
24. Edee, b. Nov. 28, 1752, m. Joseph
Beach, Jr., Jan. 4, 1776.
25. Urijah, b. Sept. 1, 1754, m.
26. Lucy, b. Oct. 2, 1756, m. Moses Loomis, Jr., Aug. 8, 1782.
27. Hannah, b. March 3, 1758, m. Simeon Moore, Jan. 21, 1784.
28. Elihu, b. Feb. 18, 1760, d. Feb. 20, 1760.
29. Elihu, b. March 29, 1761, m.
30. Mary, b. Nov. 10, 1764, d. Nov. 14, 1784.
19. JOHN, son of Dea. John and Rachel ( Wilson) Cook, married Deborah Palmer, of Windsor, May 25, 1769. She died Aug 25, 1775. He married
2, Bethiah Winchel, Feb. 2, 1777. He died Jan. 16, 1823, She died Mar.
5, 1823. Children by first wife :
31. Deborah, b. Nov. 25, 1769, d. Oct. 14, 32. John, b. Dec. 2, 1741, d. Feb. 29, I774.
By second wife :
33. John, b. May 27, 1779.
34. David, b. Jan. 31, 1781.
1775.
35. Luther, b. Sept. 21, 1783.
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GENEALOGIES.
22. DEA. SHUBAEL, son of Dea. John and Rachel (Wilson) Cook, married Sept. 17, 1773, Sarah Bassett Gillett of Windsor. He removed in 1792 to Winsted and settled on the Daniel Tuttle farm, adjoining Torringford line on South street. About 1815 he removed to a house on the south side of Green- woods turnpike, in which he died Dec 27, 1824, aged 75. His wife died in 1827, aged 79. In 1802, he was chosen deacon of the Congregational church, which office he filled with great fidelity and acceptance, until his death. Dea. Cook was a man of warm and cheerful piety, poor in this world's goods, but rich in Christian attainments, and in the love of his brethren. Children :
36. Rosinda, b. Mar. 17, 1774, in Tor., 38. Ede, b. in 1783, d. single, Feb. 1, 1818, m. Asher Loomis of Windsor, where she a. 35. d. in 1805.
37. Reuben, b .; d. young, scalded.
39. Reuben, b. Sept. 10, 1786, a manufac- turer in Winsted.
25. URIJAH, son of Dea. John and Rachel ( Wilson) Cook, married Submit Tuttle Feb. 8, 1779. He removed to Winchester in 1788, and in 1819, he removed to Barkhamsted where he died June 28, 1832, aged 73. His wife, Submit, died Dec. 16, 1844, aged 88.
He was a farmer ; a zealous theolo- gian and federalist. Children :
40. Anson, b. Oct. 4, 1779, m. 41. Lois, b. Mar. 25, 1781, m. Giles Rus- sell.
42. Sally, b. March, 28, 1782, d. unm.
43. Rhoda, b. Jan. 7, 1790, d. April 29, 1807.
44. Rachel, b. Jan. 7, 1790, m. Hamlin Russell.
45. Huldah, b. Feb. 9, 1795.
46. Philo, b. Sept. 28, 1798, d. in Bark- hamsted, 1858.
29. ELIHU, son of Dea. John and Rachel ( Wilson) Cook, married Huldah Yale Jan. 6, 1787. Children :
47. Huldah, b. Feb. 14, 1788.
48. Roxy, b. Oct. 28, 1790.
49. Ophelia, b. Jan. 3, 1794.
50. Riley, b. Jan. 14, 1797.
33. JOHN, son of John and Bethiah ( Winchell) Cook, married Lydia Loomis of Harwinton, 19, 1806. He died Sept. 7, 1863, and his wife Lydia died Feb. 7, 1861. Children : 51. Herman, b. Feb. 2, 1807.
52. Lewis, b. Sept. 23, 1817.
34. DAVID, son of John and Bethiah ( Winchell) Cook, married Hannah L. Beach Dec. 21, 1806. They removed to Charlotte, Vt., where he died, Sept. 24, 1857, and his widow, Hannah L., died May 9th, 1870. Children :
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